PARSONS, Thomas

Fusilier
3131634
No 3 Commando
Royal Scots Fusiliers

Thomas Parsons from Irvine, enlisted on 16 October 1939 having previously been employed at the ICI Nobel's Explosives Factory, Ayrshire. After volunteering Thomas was attached to No.3 Commando. He was reported missing 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, later confirmed a prisoner of war.

MCLEAN, J.

Fusilier
3134205
No 3 Commando
Royal Scots Fusiliers

Fusilier McLean was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war imprisoned in Poland.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.

CADDIS, James

Fusilier
3128842
No 3 Commando
Royal Scots Fusiliers

Fusilier James Caddis was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.

CLELLAND, Frank

Fusilier
3129351
No 3 Commando
Royal Scots Fusiliers

Fusilier Frank Clelland from Kirkconnel was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.

SAUNDERS, George Victor

George Saunders, 10 Commando 3 Troop
Birth name: 
SALOSCHIN, Georg Victor Frederick Otto Wilhelm Felix
Private (later Sergeant)
6436354
No 10 Commando
Royal Sussex Regiment
Pioneer Corps
George Saunders (born Georg Saloschin) was reported missing in France on 9 June 1944, later reported a prisoner of war in German hands [1][5].
  • Served in No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando 3 Troop ( aka 'X' Troop) [1][3][4].

WILKINSON, John

John Wilkinson 40RM Commando
Marine
PLY/X103684
40RM Commando
Royal Marines

John Wilkinson, a Cotton Operative from Rochdale, enlisted in the Royal Marines 6 May 1941. Volunteered in 1942 for the first Royal Marine Commando unit formed. Marine Wilkinson was wounded and a prisoner of war 19 August 1942 after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.

ROMAN, Pierre

Lieutenant
39508
No 10 Commando
Knight Commander Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Military Cross (MC)

Lieutenant Pierre Roman, 4 (Belgian) Troop of No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando , was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service on 5 November 1944 during operations near Domburg on Walcheren Island, Holland.

RICHARDSON, James Walker Freer

Captain
254912
44RM Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Mentioned in Despatches
Doctor James Richardson, M.R.C.S., was commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, on 12 September 1942 [1].  He later became Medical Officer of 44RM Commando and received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Burma [2][2a]. 

PRESTON, Martin Luther

Temporary Captain
43RM Commando
South African Union Defence Force
Military Cross (MC)

Captain Martin Preston, S.A.U.D.F attached to 43RM Commando 'A' troop, was awarded the Military Cross for outstanding courage, determination, and devotion to duty in operations during the campaign in Italy.

POWELL, Reginald, J.H.

Troop Sergeant Major
3908241
No 1 Commando
South Wales Borderers
Mentioned in Despatches
Sergeant (later Troop Sergeant Major) Reginald Powell received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North Africa.
 
Sources
London Gazette 36180, page 4227.

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