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MUNACHEN, James
Corporal James Munachen served in No.11 Commando before joining 'L' Detachment Special Air Service. He was reported missing 16 November 1941 during Operation Squatter, the first parachute raid carried out by the SAS on the enemy fighter bases at Gazala and Timimi, Libya.
MURDOCH, Sydney Wallace John
MURPHY, Patrick Joseph
- 2 June 1941 Crete, wounded and a prisoner of war [3][4][4a].
MURRAY, Alfred
Sergeant Alfred Murray was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29 and WO417/30.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 383).
MURRAY, John
Sources
[1] CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
[2] National Archives file ADM201/111.
MURRAY, Robert
Private Robert Murray, 8 Troop, was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association.
MUSCROFT, James Rudd
MUSTEY, Reginald W.
Marine Reginald Mustey, 'B' Troop, was captured and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, France.
MYCOCK, George Reginald Nicholls
Gunner George Mycock was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29.
NAGEL, Peter Thomas Lorenz
NAPIER, Alexander, McG.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
NAVARRETE, Francisco
Lance Corporal Francisco Navarrete, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
NEALE, Jack
NEAVES, James Mack
Gunner James Neaves was reported missing believed a prisoner of war on 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later imprisoned at Stalag 4A in Germany.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
NEILL, William
Corporal William Neill was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National archives files WO417/28 and WO417/29.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
NEWBY, George Eric
NEWELL, Aubrey John
NICHOLAS, John Harry
NICHOLLS, John, S.
Lance Corporal John Nicholls was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be prisoner of war.
NICHOLS, Alexander Hause
- 28 July 1933 attested into the Royal Tank Corps.
NICOL, Charles
Sergeant Charles Nicol was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war.
NOBLE, Arthur Frederick
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
NOLTING, Frank Gilbert
Sergeant Frank Nolting was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
NORTHOVER, F.P.H.
Served in 'B' Troop.
NUNN, Robert Richard
Sources
O'CONNOR, George Oliver
Served in 'B' Troop.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/275/387 (Stalag 12A).
[Image] 'B' Troop photo in 46RM Cdo Gallery.
O'DONNELL, Laurence Patrick Thompson
Corporal Laurence O'Donnell, 3 Troop, was wounded and taken prisoner on 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire. Embarked for the raid on HMS Cambeltown.
O'NEILL, James
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/32.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
O'ROURKE, J.T.
Served in 'B' Troop.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
[Image] 'B' Troop photo in 46RM Cdo Gallery.
O'SHEA, James Andrew
OAKLEY, Gerald
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
OPOCZYNSKI, Abraham
OSMOND, Charles Geoffrey
OWEN, W.G.
Corporal Owen was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war at Stalag 4D.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO3921/1.
PALMER, Robert George
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
PARKER, A.C.
Private Parker was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations in Tunisia (Operation Bizerte), later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/55, WO417/56.
PARKER, Robert John
Guardsman Robert Parker was reported missing 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm) and later found to be a prisoner of war.
PARKER, William Henry
Lance Corporal William Parker was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war having been captured on 1 June 1941.
PARKES, Frederick
PARSONS, Samuel
- 2 March 1943 reported missing during operations in North Africa, later found to be a prisoner of war in Italy [2][2a].
PARSONS, Thomas
Fusilier Thomas Parsons was reported missing 19 August 1942 after operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war.
PARSONS, William
Fusilier William Parsons was reported missing 19 August 1942 after operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war.
PASQUALE, James
Private James Pasquale was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Nantwich, Cheshire.
PATERSON, James, A.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
PATTERSON, Robert
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
PATTERSON, Stephen Valentine
PAUL, Haydn Bertram
PAXTON, Charles Henry
Private Charles Paxton, 10 Troop, was reported missing on 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ in Libya, and later found to be a prisoner of war.
PAYNE, Ronald McClure
Gunner Ronald Payne was reported missing on 8 April 1941 at Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24 and WO417/30.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
PEARSON, William George Victor Robert
Sources
PENFOLD, Frederick Arthur
PERCIVAL, Jack
PETERS, Albert Thomas
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/35.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
PEW, Charles McAllum
PICKERING, James
Served in 'B' Troop.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
German Record Cards of British Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO416/290/22.
[Image] 'B' Troop photo in 46RM Cdo Gallery.
PICKOVER, Richard
Private Richard Pickover, 5 Troop, was reported missing during operations on 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
PINCKNEY, Philip Hugh
Captain Philip Pinckney was executed whilst a prisoner of war. At the time he was serving with 2 SAS and had been captured on Operation Speedwell after parachuting with 6 others into Bologna, Italy. The aim of the operation was to disrupt enemy railway movements.
PINKNEY, Geoge Clifford
PORT, Ronald Albert
PORTER, A.
Fusilier Porter 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.
PORTER, Leonard, E.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24, WO417/25 and WO417/94.
PORTESS, George Thomas
Guardsman George Thomas was reported a prisoner of war in 1942 during operations in Cyrenaica. Post war member of the Commando Association from Brigg, Lincolnshire.
PORTWAIN, Edward
POSTELLO, Rafael
Sources
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/20.
POUCHER, William
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
POWELL, Frederick Thomas
POWELL, Leslie
Sources
POYZER, Ernest
Sources
PRATT, Henry
PREECE, Bernard Llewellyn
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/30.
PRESTON, John Alfred
PRYDE, William
PURDON, Corran William Brooke
RACHELL, Alfred William John
RAESIDE, Bendon Walker
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/33.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
RAISBECK, Robert Douglas Grant
RANDALL, Donald Charles
RANDELL, Richard Noel
READ, Kenneth Edward
Sources
REED, Robert Middleton
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/28.
REEVES, Francis Samuel
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/28 and WO417/30.
REEVES, Walter
REGAN, William
Sources
REID, Ernest, E.
Acting Lance Corporal Ernest Reid, 3 Troop, was reported missing during operations in North Africa 2 March 1943, found to have been taken prisoner and later transported to Stalag 4DZ.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/59; WO417/60.
RENNIE, Jim
RICE, Charles
RICHARDS, Branson
RICHARDSON, Peter Lingwood
RICHES, Phillip, G.
In 1943 he is reported no longer a prisoner and back in the United Kingdom.
RILEY, John Joseph
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
ROBERTS, D.
Fusilier Roberts was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Sicily, later found to be a prisoner of war in Austria.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
ROBERTS, D.W.
ROBERTS, Harold
Lance Corporal Harold Roberts, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in Ma
ROBERTS, John
Corporal John Roberts was reported wounded and missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Warrington.
ROBERTSON, W.T.
Private Robertson was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica (Bardia). Later found to be a prisoner of war.
ROBINS, George Edward
RODD, Stanley William
RODERICK, John Morgan
RODGER, Thomas Buchanan White
RODGERS, Joseph
Private Joseph Rodgers was reported wounded and a prisoner of war 19 August 1942 after operations at Dieppe, France. Post war member of the Commando Association from Stalybridge, Cheshire.
ROE, Alfred John
Patty Officer Alfred Roe was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway. He was captured and later died of typhus at Belsen Concentration Camp having been transferred there from Sachsenhausen. Husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Roe, of Manor Park, Slough, Buckinghamshire.
ROLFE, Charles Kenneth
ROSE, Harry, E.G.
ROSS, Andrew, T.
Private Andrew Ross was reported missing June 1940. He was later found to be a prisoner of war.
ROSTANCE, James, H.F.W.
ROTHWELL, Thomas Frank
ROUGH, Thomas
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
ROUND, Raymond John
ROWLANDS, Eric Douglas
Eric Douglas Rowlands, a Motor Mechanic from Liverpool, enlisted into the Territorial Army 29 May 1939. Lance Corporal Rowlands, R.E.M.E.
ROWLES, Thomas Arthur
Sources
ROY, Donald William
RUSSELL, Douglas Alexander
RUSSELL, Frederick James
Private Frederick Russell was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28, WO417/30, and WO417/94.
RUSSO, James Anthony
RYAN, Ronald James
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
SADD, Albert Norman
SADDLER, Thomas
Trooper Thomas Saddler, Middle East Commando, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/34, and WO417/92 (1945).
SADLER, George Norman
SADLER, William Henry
Sources
SAEGERT, John Maclean (Lt. Col)
SAINT, Reginald George
Guardsman Reginald Saint was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Stalag 383.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/31.
SALISBURY, Frank
SALISBURY, George
Private George Salisbury, 1 Troop, was one of the commando contingent embarked on Motor Launch ML 177 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid, later found to be a prisoner of war.
SALISBURY, Glyn
Corporal Glyn Salisbury was one of the commando contingent embarked on Motor Launch ML 306 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Wounded and taken prisoner he was subsequently transported to Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Poland.
SALTER, Charles Henry Bevan
Lance Corporal Charles Salter, No.1 Section of No.6 Troop, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association residing New Eltham SE London.
SANCHEZ, Manuel
Private Manuel Sanchez, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/35.
SANDBACH, Cecil Emerson
SAUNDERS, George Victor
- Served in No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando 3 Troop ( aka 'X' Troop) [1][3][4].
SAUNDERS, Lionel
SAVAGE, Alistair Carpendale Mcewan
SCAIFE, Josiah
SCHOFIELD, Harry Vane
SCOTT, Edward
Rifleman Edward Scott was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war after being captured the previous day.
SCOTT, H.H.
SCRUPPS, Kenneth Aubrey
SEARSON, Alfred Clarence
SHARPE, Frederick William
SHARPE, Frederick William
SHAWYER, Henry Alfred
Henry Alfred Shawyer, a Flour Mill Machine Hand from Southampton, enlisted 16 October 1939. Volunteered for Special Service and attached to No.7 Commando. Embarked for the Middle East with Layforce.
SHEEHY, Richard, W.
Sources
SHELTON, Leslie
Lance Corporal Leslie Shelton was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war.
SHERINGTON, Leonard Arthur
Leonard Arthur Sherington, a Clerk from London, enlisted 19 May 1940. He later volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.3 Commando. Corporal Sherington was wounded 27 December 1941 during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
SHERWIN, Albert Edward George
SHINN, William John
SHIPTON, Herbert John
Lance Corporal Bert Shipton from Peckham, London, embarked on Motor Launch ML 457 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid later found to be a prisoner of war. Enlisted April 1937. Civilian employment - Salesman.
SHORTALL, James Patrick
SIMMONDS, Frederick John
SIMMONS, Ronald
SIMPSON, Arthur, C.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
SIMPSON, David
Corporal David Simpson was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. He had served in India before the war and was the recipient of the India General Service Medal.
SIMPSON, Harold Leonard
Lance Corporal Harold Simpson, 3 Troop, from Minehead, Somerset, received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during the raid on St. Nazaire on the night of 27/28th March, 1942. Embarked on HMS Campbeltown. Wounded and prisoner of war.
SIMPSON, Norman
SIMPSON, Sydney
SINNOTT, Edward
SLATER, I.J.
Sources
SLATER, Marshall Gordon
SMALE, Kenneth William Ridley
SMALL, John
Lance Corporal John Small, 'B' Troop, was captured and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, France.
SMART, Victor David Walter
Sources
SMETHURST, Harry
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/30.
SMITH, Alexander
SMITH, Alfred Desmond
Private Alfred Smith was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war imprisoned in Poland.
SMITH, Ernest William
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/33.
POW Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
SMITH, George
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/30.
SMITH, J.
Prisoner of War. Post war member of the Commando Association from Atherton, Manchester.
SMITH, James
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
SMITH, John
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/32, WO417/94.
SMITH, John Henry
Gunner John Henry Smith was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations in North Africa (Bizerte, Tunisia), later found to be a prisoner of war.
SMITH, Joseph
SMITH, Kenneth, N.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/58, WO417/59, WO417/63.
SMITH, Lawrence George
SMITH, Miller
Sergeant Miller Smith, a former Police Officer, was one of seven men from No.2 Commando captured after Operation Musketoon and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp under Hitler's Commando Execution Order.
SMITH, Peter
Gunner Peter Smith, from Glencraig in Fife, was reported missing in 1942 (full date not reported) during operations in the Middle East , later found to be a prisoner of war [1][1a]. He was subsequently killed as a result of aerial bombardment [2][2a].
SMITH, R.
Source: RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
SMITH, Reginald Alban
Sources
SMITH, Thomas, B.G.
Lance Corporal Thomas Smith was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica (Bardia raid) later found to be a prisoner of war.
SMITH, William Henry
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/29.
SMITH, William John
SNEDDON, Arthur Muir, B.
Gunner Arthur Sneddon was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
SNEESBY, Eric
Driver Eric Sneesby was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28, WO417/34, and WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
SNELSON, Cyril
Lance Corporal Cyril Snelson was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
SPALL, Claude William
SPEECHLEY, William
SPEIGHT, James Robert
James Robert Speight from Leeds was reported as missing on 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm). Later found to be a prisoner of war. On 13 April 1945 he escaped from a working party and reached allied lines.
SPIERS, James
Fusilier James Spiers was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
SQUIER, Herbert Cecil
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29 and WO417/31 (Stalag 8A).
STABLES, Leslie
STANCOMBE, Christopher
Troop Sergeant Major Christopher Stancombe, 'B' Troop, was taken prisoner of war on 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, France.
STANDEN, Paul Joseph
STANNACK, Luke
STARLING, Reginald, E.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4B).
STEELE, David Ronald
STEINKE, Roy Frederick
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/33.
STEPHENS, James Harry
STEVENS, A. Kenneth
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
STEVENSON, Joseph
Sources
STEWART, Charles
STEWART, W.S.
STOCKS, Douglas
STOCKS, Joseph William
STOKES, Samuel William
STOTT, Charles Henry
STRACEY, Leonard
STRATFORD, Mark, F.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 8B).
STUTCHBURY, John Forbes
SULLIVAN, Norman Tracy
SUMMERFIELD, J. (or Charles, J.)
- 2 June 1941 Crete reported missing later found be a prisoner of war [3][4][5].
SUMNER, Frank
SUTHERLAND, George Martin
Gunner George Sutherland was reported missing believed a prisoner of war on 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica, Libya. Later imprisoned at Stalag 4F.
SWANSON, Charles William
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/351/282 (closed until Jan.2025).
SWAYNE, Ronald Oliver Carless
SWINBURN, Arthur
SWINTON, Frank
Gunner Frank Swinton, from Greenheys, Manchester, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
SYMONDS, Idwal Eric
Sources
Prisoners of War Records / National Archives files ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
TAITE, John Anthony
TALBOT, Dennis Gifford
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/29.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
TARGELL, Thomas Henry
Private Thomas Targell was reported missing 4 March 1943 during operations in North Africa, later corrected to 'wounded and a prisoner of war'.
TASKER, John Norman
TAYLOR, George
TAYLOR, Harry, G.
TAYLOR, Horace
TAYLOR, J.M.
Acting Corporal Taylor, 'A' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
TAYLOR, James Alexander
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
TAYLOR, Percy, V.C.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28 and WO417/36.
TAYLOR, Stanley Benjamin
TAYLOR, William
Lance Sergeant William Taylor from Atherton Lancashire was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later found to be a prisoner of war in Poland.
TERRY, Antony Frederic Aimé Imbert
THEOBALD, Richard
Sources
THEW, Edwin
THOMAS, Iorwerth Cyrus
THOMAS, John Smith
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24 and WO417/27.
THOMAS, Norman
THOMAS, Patrick John
THOMPSON, Alfred
Alfred Thompson, a Painter from Liverpool, enlisted on 27 October 1938. Private Thompson volunteered for the Commandos in 1940 and was attached to No.7 Commando embarking with them for the Middle East as part of Layforce.
THOMPSON, John Copeland
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/60.
THOMPSON, W.S.
THOMPSON, William
THOMSON, Robert
THOW, Henry Beverley
THRIFT, Frank, W.
TORRALBO, Miguel
Private Miguel Torralbo, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
TRILL, Jaime
Private Jaime Trill, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/35.
TRUSTY, Robert
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
TUCKER, Rowland Derrick
TURNER, Edward
Corporal Turner was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Stalag 344.
TYMAN, Frederick Philip
Marine Frederick Tyman was awarded the Military Medal for courage, determination and resource in silencing a German mortar position single handed in an operation in Italy. He was later taken prisoner of war.
VARNEY, Frank Ernest
Lance Corporal Frank Varney, 10 Troop, was reported missing on 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ in Libya, and later found to be a prisoner of war.
VAUGHAN, John Henry
Trooper John Henry 'Jack' Vaughan, 'D' Batallion Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
VAUGHAN, John Henry
VEASEY, Arthur Francis Sherrard
VERNER, Thomas
VERRI, Alexander
VINCENT, Andrew
Sergeant Andrew Vincent, No.1 Section of No.6 Troop, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. He had been attested into the Royal Artillery on 9 September 1929.
VOWLES, Richard Guy
WAINWRIGHT, Terrance
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
WALDOCK, Harold Frank
Harold Frank Waldock enlisted 18 November 1935, civil trade Cook. Corporal Waldock, 50 Middle East Commando, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete later found to be a prisoner of war.
WALSH, Joseph
WALSH, Percy John
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
WALSH, Stanley, G.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
WALSH, Thomas
WARD, Alfred George
Private Alfred Ward was reported missing on 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/33.
WARNER, Morton Wallace
WATSON, William Humphreys
WEBB, Frederick, C.
WEBB, Harold Levi Henry
WELLER, Jack Henry
Private Jack Weller was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war..
WEST, Andrew Anthony
Able Seaman Andrew West was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway (Operation Checkmate). He was captured and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Son of Patrick West, and of Sarah West, of Glasgow.
WESTLAKE, Peter David
WHALEY, James Arundel
WHEELAN, George Leslie
Private Les Wheelan, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in March 1942. He was reported missing after the raid, later found to have been wounded and taken prisoner. He was transported to Stalag 344 (V111b) Lamsdorf, Poland.
WHEELDON, E.
Gunner E. Wheeldon was reported missing 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm), later found to be prisoner of war in Italy. In 1943 he is reported no longer a prisoner of war.
Sources
WHITE, Charles, E.
Sources:
WHITEHEAD, R.H.
WHITEHOUSE, John Henry
WICKS, Joseph Albert
WICKSON, Lionel Charles
WILCOCK, Richard
Lance Corporal Richard Wilcock, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent who embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Wounded and taken prisoner he was later transported to Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Poland.
WILKES, Frederick
WILKINSON, John
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.
WILLETT, Douglas
Trooper Douglas Willett was reported missing on 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica, Libya (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
WILLIAMS, Albert Ivor
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/30, and WO417/93 (1945).
WILLIAMS, George James
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
WILLIAMSON, Charles Edward Filling
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
WILLS, Herbert Charles
WILLS, Richard Lloyd Joseph
WILSON, Arthur
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/31, WO417/32, WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO3921/1.
WILSON, John Eric
WILSON, Matthew Steel
WILSON, Peter
Lance Bombardier Peter Wilson from Thornley, Durham, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to have been taken prisoner the previous day. Enlisted 17 October 1939. Civil trade - Bricklayer.
WILSON, Robert
WINTER, Thomas William
WINTERBOTHAM, Sydney, J..
WINTERBURN, Martin Henry
WOOD, George Evelyn
WOOD, N.K.
Source: RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
WOOD, Peter
WOOD, Wilfred Edward
WOODHEAD, Dudley George
Lance Sergeant Dudley Woodhead was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, France, on 19 August 1942, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Lydney, Gloucestershire.
WOODING, Frederick Reginald
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