No 11 Commando
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Wounded a second time on 15 December 1941 during operations in the Western Desert [2].
ADAMS, Jack
AINSLIE, William Robson Milne
CWGC.
ANDERSON, John Clover
BAILLIE, Alexander Charles
Lance Corporal Alexander Baillie died during operations at Litani River.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
BALLANTYNE, Alexander A.
BARR, Edward
BARRAND, Peter Charles
BARTON, J.
Wounded 9 June 1941 attached Layforce during operations at Litani River, Syria.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/29.
BEATTIE, Alexander
Corporal Alexander Beattie was taken prisoner of war on 21 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ.
BERTIE, James John William
BEST, George
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
BLAIR, David Arthur
BOGLE, James
James Bogle from Glasgow enlisted 27 June 1940 later volunteering for the commandos. He was attached to No.11 Commando and embarked with them for the Middle East as part of Layforce. Private Bogle was was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ.
BOULTON, David
BRADY, J.
Signalman J. Brady was wounded 9 June 1941 during operations at Litani River, Syria.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
BRUCE, Charles
Sergeant Charles Bruce, from Brechin, Angus, was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war at Camp 59 in Italy from which he managed to escape back to allied lines after the Italian Armistice.
BRYAN, Gerald Jackson
BULLOCK, Howard Ernest
BURROWS, Charles William
Gunner Charles Burrows from Beckenham, Kent, died during operations at Litani River.
BURTON, Kenneth Harwood
BUTLER, Howard Herbert Cosens
BYRNE, John Vincent
CAMPBELL, William
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
CARR, Richard Philip
CHANTRELL, William
CHEYNE, John
CHISHOLM, James Alexander
Sergeant James Chisholm died during operations at Litani River.
CLARK, P.
Private Clark was wounded 9 June 1941 during operations in Syria.
CODD, Lawrence Joseph
COHEN, Aaron Harry
COODE, Donald Alastair
COOKE, John
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
CRAIG, James Cross
DAVIDSON, Alexander
Private Alexander Davidson was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war.
DAVIDSON, Alexander
DEAN, L.W.
DIBB, Edgar
DINSDALE, Henry
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
DOVE, George
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[Image] CVA Gallery.
DUFF, David
David Duff served in No.11 Commando 10 troop in the Middle East. He left No.11 Commando which was disbanded early and returned to the 5th Bn., Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
DUFFY, Joseph Aloysius
Private Joseph Duffy joined L Detachment, SAS, from No 11 Commando on the 28th August 1941 and was accidentally killed in training due to a parachute failure, along with his friend and fellow Seaforth Highlander, Private Kenneth Warburton. Location given as East side of the Great Bitter Lake.
DUNCAN, George Ian Alistair
EARDLEY, Albert William
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
EDMISTON, Gordon
ELLIOT, John
FARMILOE, William Arthur
FOWLER, Robert
FRASER, Christopher
FRASER, Thomas Coupar
GALLAGHER, Denis
GIBBS, William George
GLITHEROE, G.E.
Corporal Glitheroe was wounded on 9 June 1941 during operations at the Litani River in Syria.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
GORNALL, James
GREIG, Robert
GRIFFIN, Thomas Basil
GUNN, David
HAMILTON, Alexander
HAMILTON, Robert Scott
HARLAND, Edwin
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
HARMER, Reginald
HUGHES, Albert Edwin
HURST, Ben
Private Ben Hurst was killed in action during operations at Litani River, Syria.
INNES, John
JOHNSTON, Robert
JONES, Charles Ernest
JONES, G.
JONES, Harold
KEARNEY, Joseph Francis
KEITH, Douglas
KEYES, Lt Col. Geoffrey Charles Tasker, VC
KING, Ernest Taylor
KINGHORN, Robert
Private Robert Kinghorn was killed in action during operations at Litani River, Syria.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
KNIGHT, Denis Hammond
LAING, J.
Private Laing was reported wounded and missing 9 June 1941, and later a prisoner of war, during operations in Syria. In 1942 a further report stated he was now not a prisoner of war.
LANG, John
LAPPIN, James
LAWSON, James Wallace
LISTER, Richard
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/30.
LOCK, Charles
Corporal Charles Lock, 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 from Walmer, Kent.
LOW, Laurie
MACARTHUR, Robert
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
MACQUARRIE, Donald Maclean
MACRAE, Philip
MCADAM, Leslie
MCAULEY, Michael
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
MCGONIGAL, Eoin Christopher
MCGUIRE, John
MCKAY, Robert
MCKENZIE, A.J.
Sources
MCKENZIE, James Burnett
Private James McKenzie was reported missing in the Middle East 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war since 19 November 1941.
MCKEOWN, John
MCNINCH, William Matthew
Lance Sergeant William McNinch died during operations at Termoli Italy with the Special Raiding Squadron having left the Commando. A veteran of the Litani River raid he died when a shell hit the truck that he was sitting in.
MELLOWS, Charles Henry
MITCHELL, Alan
MORE, George Robert Melville Harvey
- January 1944 operating with the SOE in Serbia's Kopaonik Mountains [2].
MULLEN, James Cassidy
MUNRO, George
MURPHY, James
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.
NAPIER, Bevil Charles Alan
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.
NIXON, Malvern
O'SULLIVAN, William Martin
OLIPHANT, Archibald Johnston
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/26.
PADBURY, John
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/30.
PARNACOTT, Geoffrey Alfred Henry
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.
PEDDER, Richard Robert Newsham (Lt Col)
PLUNKETT, John
POMFORD, Douglas
PRYDE, William
PURSE, Jack
REYNOLDS, Walter John Albert
RICHARDS, Charles Geoffrey
ROBB, Leslie
ROBERTSON, Andrew
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
ROBINSON, Donald Tyson
ROFT, Peter William
Private Peter Roft was wounded on 9 June 1941 during operations at the Litani River in Syria. Post war member of the Commando Association from Brechin, Angus.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
ROONEY, Lawrence
RYAN, E.
SCEALES, James Stewart Macewan
Promoted Major he was reported wounded in 1944 during operations in Italy. On 12 May 1944 it was further reported that he was dangerously ill [1].
SCOTT, Thomas Fields
SELBY, Neil Beauchamp
SEVERN, Clive
SINCLAIR, Archibald Roy McGregor
SMITH, John Rolland
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].
STABLES, Leslie
STEVENSON, Thomas
STOCKS, Douglas
STYLES, Alexander Mundie
Signaller Alexander Styles died during operations at Litani River, Syria.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
TAIT, Duncan Robert
TAYLOR, Felix Henry
TERRY, Jack
TEVENDALE, Lewis Legertwood Legg
THOMPSON, Royce
Son of Harry and Charlotte Thompson, of Monk Bretton, Yorkshire.
THOMPSON, Walter Herbert
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Hastings, Sussex.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 97 (1993).
TITTERTON, Cyril Arthur
Son of Arthur Titterton and of Mary Annie Titterton, (nee Ratcliffe); husband of Helen Titterton (nee Casson), of Skerton, Lancaster.
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.
WALLACE, Hugh
WARBURTON, Kenneth
WILSON, John Marshall Prentice
WILSON, Matthew Steel
WOOD, Alfred Joseph
WOODNUTT, Desmond
Sapper Desmond Woodnutt died during operations at Litani River, Syria.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
RE Enlistment Register for 1939 (enlisted 16 Oct. 1939).
RE Casualty Card.
WORRALL, Frederick William Gordon
YOUNGER, Matthew Scott
Matthew Younger was wounded 9 June 1941 during operations at Litani River, Syria. Post war member of the Commando Association.
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