No 12 Commando
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'French Coast - Operation Foxrock'
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Night of 31st May/1st June. This was a planned operation by 100 men from No 12 Commando at St Valery en Caux which was aborted after the raiding party were spotted by German naval forces.
'Norway - Operation Carey'
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Northforce section of No 12 Commando in operations in the Norwegian Fjords.
'Norway - Operation Checkmate'
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A combined operations raid on Axis shipping in the harbour at Kopervik, Norway. This raid was a No 14 Commando operation. The raiders managed to sink several ships using limpet mines, but were eventually captured and initially taken to Haugesund for interrogation before being transported to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
'Norway - Operation Crackers'
12 Commando
History of the Unit
No 12 Army Commando - The ‘Irish’ Commando.
12 Commando Nominal Roll
12 Commando Operations
These are some of the operations that No 12 Commando took part in, either on their own, or as part of a Combined Operations assault. In many cases only a handful of Commandos from No 12 took part rather than the Commando as a whole. They are in date order and form part of our overall history of No 12 Commando.
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Operation Chess - France, July 1941
Operation Kitbag - Norway, November 1941(aborted)
Operation Anklet - Norway, November 1941
12 Commando Troop Locations Operation Foxrock June 1942
Sheet indicating Troop locations 1st-30th June 1942 12 Commando
National Archives Document Ref WO218/41
12 Commando, Redesignation of 4 (Para) Troop,1943
A letter to Captain Oswald B (Mickey) Rooney of 4 (Para) Troop, No12 Commando from Lord Lovat, HQ Special Service Brigade, on the reallocation of No12 Cdo.Lovat has added a footnote to Mickey Rooney
OC No 9 'is short of a good subaltern who can be added to the 27 other ranks. Please contact him.
Document courtesy of Capt Rooney's son, Chris Rooney
12 Commando, Letter From Lord Mountbatten
Letter sent from Lord Mountbatten to Lt Col Harrison after a visit to No 12 Commando .....troop mentioned is E Troop commanded by Lt Pinckney.
ALLUM, Edward Thomas
Gunner Edward Allum was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1939. After volunteering he served in both No.12 and No.1 Commando.
ALLUM, Frank Edmund

BARTHOLOMEW, Peter Ian

BASSETT-WILSON, Paul Francis

BEGGS, Harold Raymond

BLOUNT, Arthur Harvey
Arthur was part of a demolition team who embarked for the raid on HMS Campbeltown, and was the son of Charles George Blount, and of Annie Blount, of Morden, Surrey.
BOLDEN, Stanley
BOWLES, Eric Charles
BOWMAN, Thomas Horne
BRETT, Gerrard
BRIERLEY, Herbert
BRODISON, Samuel James


CALLAWAY, Thomas, Frederick

CHETWYND, Samuel Ernest
CHUNG, Ronald Robert Fong

CLAPTON, John Francis

- Served in No.12 Commando 4 Parachute Troop prior to moving to No.6 Commando [3].
CONNOR, James

COOPER-KEY, Caryll Astley
COTTON MINCHIN, Douglas James Maurice

COX, Jack, A.

1976 serving as a Police Sergeant at Saltney, just over the Welsh Border from Chester.
COX, Victor John

CROFTS, Arthur Probert
CRUDEN, Peter Ramsay

- Lieutenant in No.12 Commando [2].
- 6 June 1944 (Lieutenant) (No.6 Commando) shot and wounded in shoulder by sniper at Normandy [3][3a].
DALY, Thomas

Thomas Daly served in No.12 Commando HQ from April 1941 and after No.12 was disbanded on the staff at the Holding Operational Commando until April 1946.
Read more in Linked Content below.
DARLINGTON, Kenneth Carr

DEERY, Stewart
DEXTER, Stanley
Gunner Stanley Dexter from Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, died in service, cause not known to this archive.
EAGER, W.
Lance Corporal Eager was wounded 24 March 1945 during operations at the crossing of the River Rhine at Wesel (Operation Widgeon). Previously served in No.12 Commando.
Post war member of the Commando Association, last known residing Titchworth, Hampshire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/90.
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
FARNWORTH, Joseph L.

FERGUSON, William John
Corporal William Ferguson was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later found to have been wounded and taken prisoner of war. He had embarked on board HMS Campbeltown for the raid.
FINDLEY, Frederick George
FYNN, Francis West (Lt Col)


HARRISON, Stewart Sandbach (LtCol)
HENRIQUES, Robert David Quixano
- Former Troop Leader of 'E' troop No. 12 Commando [1a].
- 2 June 1943 (Captain)(Temporary Major)(Acting Lieutenant Colonel) appointed M.B.E. (Military Division) [2].
HILL, David Henry
HOWELLS, Ellis

HOYLE, Robert
Corporal Robert Hoyle embarked on HMS Campbeltown for the raid at St. Nazaire on 28 March 1942. Reported as missing after the raid he was later found to have been taken prisoner and transported to Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland.
HUNTINGTON, John, Memories of No 12 and No 1 Commando
Sgt John Huntington was in E Troop No 12 Commando and 3 Troop No 1 Commando.
This document is Johns memories as detailed in letter form over the course of 5 years to John Mewett. Unfortunately before the project was complete JH died but what was related makes for a very interesting first hand account of life in a commando unit.
JENKINS, David William Phillip
JOHNSON, James
JONES, Harri Havard
LEAPHARD, Clark Edmond John

LEAVER, John Charles
Private John Leaver, 5 Troop, was wounded on 23 January 1945 during operations in Burma. He previously served in No.12 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Cardiff.
LEMON, Frederick
Lance Corporal Fred Lemon embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St. Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid, found to have been taken prisoner and transported to Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland.
LYNCH-STAUNTON, Anthony Cormick
MAGINNIS, John

MALONEY, Daniel

MARTIN-SMITH, Patrick Geoffrey Brian
MCGONIGAL, Ambrose Joseph

METCALFE, Thomas Gibson
Operation Cartoon
MEWETT, Robert

Private Robert Mewett served in No 12 Commando and later in Burma with No 1 Commando 4 troop.
MOLLOY, Joseph
NASH, Douglas James
O'SULLIVAN, Robert Deyos
PAGE, Alan George
Lance Sergeant Alan Page, No.6 Commando, was wounded 6 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France. He had previously served in No.12 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Leicester.
PARNWELL, Basil Arthur
- Special Operations Executive (SOE) [3].
PERRY, Alfred Charles


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.
PRICE, Randall Emerson Connop
Lieutenant Randall Price died following an operation Wrexham hospital. [1] and [2]
PURDON, Corran William Brooke

QUILLIN, Douglas Gordon.

REEVES, Walter
ROBINSON, Joseph Henry

SIMS, Edward, G.

- Post war in June 1946 he was one of ten commandos chosen at random to sit with the Queen in the Royal Box at the Albert Hall concert in aid of the Commando Benevolent Fund [3].
STEADMAN, Charles Emanuel

STEVENS, John William
SYNNOTT, James Francis


TEMPLETON, J.A.
Casualty Records / National Archives file WO417/90.
Commando Association newsletter 87.
TENNICK, Maurice William
TIBBLES, Harry
TOWSE, Alfred Burley
TURNER, Frederick William Morgan
Also recorded as dying by drowning on this date were Private Pat McCarthy, Fusilier James Scullion, and Gunner Alan Haydon [see Linked Content below].
TYREMAN, George Vincent
WALDIE, Robert Gibson
WARD, William G.
WHAM, James Howie
WHITTINGHAM, Laurence
Post war Laurence Whittingham from Wallasey, Cheshire, died from illness whilst serving as a Police Lieutenant in the Federation of Malaya Police. He had been ill with Scrub fever after a long spell on Jungle Patrol in the Kinat Hills, Ipoh.
WILTON, Max Robert
WOOLLARD, George
WRIGHT, Robert Ernest


‘Norway - Operation Anklet’
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300 men from No 12 Commando, and some from the Royal Norwegian Army, landed on the Lofoten Islands about 300 miles North of Vaagso. Since the first Lofoten raid in March such operations were seen as a useful tactic to confuse the enemy and consequently divert enemy forces for future defence.
‘Norway - Operation Cartoon’
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