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WHITEHOUSE, Peter Beckwith

Captain
100423
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Peter Whitehouse RE, 2 Special Service Brigade Staff Officer, killed in action during operations in Albania with No.2 Commando. Son of Sir Harold Beckwith Whitehouse, and of Lady Whitehouse (nee Griffith), of West Brompton, London.
 
Sources
CWGC.

WHITFIELD, Guy Faulkener

Lieut Guy Whitfield MC 2 Commando
Captain
143475
No 2 Commando
King's Shropshire LI and Reconnaissance Corps
Military Cross (MC)
17.08.1940 commissioned into the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1].
10.02.1942 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps [2].
28.08.1942 attached to No 2 Commando [3].
18.11.1943 Molfetta, Italy, appointed No.2 Commando M.T.O. [3a].

WICKSON, Lionel Charles

Lionel Wickson MM
Lance Sergeant
5950750
No 2 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Military Medal (MM)
Lance Sergeant Lionel Wickson, 1 troop,  was one of the Commando contingent who had embarked on Motor Launch ML 457 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942 [1]. 

WILCOCK, Richard

Richard Wilcock 2 Commando
Lance Corporal
2931468
No 2 Commando
No 4 Independent Company
Liverpool Scottish Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

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.

WILCOX, Arthur George

Private
14682795
No 2 Commando
No 6 Commando
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Private Arthur Wilcox, No.2 Commando, was wounded 17 April 1945 during operations in Italy (Lake Comacchio and Argenta). Also served No.6 Commando. Member of the Commando Association from Solihull, West Midlands.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/91.

WILDE, J.

Lance Corporal
3655016
No 2 Commando
South Lancashire Regiment
Served in 5 Troop ('B' Section, No.4 Sub-Section) from at least 1942. Civil occupation Rivetter. Home address on enlistment 10 Heywood Avenue, Golborne, Lancs. Post war member of the Commando Association. Emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand.
 
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WILKES, Frederick

Fred Wilkes 2 Commando
Private
2931680
No 2 Commando
No 4 Independent Company
Liverpool Scottish Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Frederick Wilkes enlisted into the Liverpool Scottish 2nd Bn., in May 1939. Volunteered for Special Service in April 1940 and posted No.4 Independent Company. Attached to 5 Troop of No.2 Commando after its formation in February 1941.Embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942.

WILKINS, George Rowland

Sergeant
2881259
No 9 Commando
London Scottish The Gordon Highlanders
Military Medal (MM)
Lance Sergeant George Wilkins was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy. Member of the Commando Association.

WILLIAMS, Francis Charles

Private (Acting Lance Bombardier)
6195632
No 2 Commando
Royal Artillery
Wounded 13 September 1943 at Salerno, Italy. Member of the Commando Association from Laindon, Essex.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 53 (1971).
 

WILSON, Kenneth Charles

Kenneth Wilson 2 Commando
Private
6207934
No 2 Commando
Middlesex Regiment
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Private Kenneth Wilson died during a No 2 Commando training exercise. Son of F. Wilson and Clara Wilson, of Wood Green, Middlesex.
Extracts from the No 2 Commando War Diary 
  • 3 June 1942 - Exercise Doon - Dvr Wilson killed at Irvine.
  • 6 June 1942 - Military funeral in the afternoon.

WINTER, Thomas William

Thomas William Winter MM
Acting Company Sergeant Major
108938
Small Scale Raiding Force (62 Commando)
Royal Army Service Corps
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Military Medal (MM)
Company Sergeant Major Thomas William Winter was reported missing 12 September 1942 later confirmed as a prisoner of war. He was taking part in Operation Aquatint, a raid by 62 Commando, known as the Small Scale Raiding Force, at Saint Honorine des Pertes, France, to capture German prisoners for intelligence gathering.

WOODMAN, Robert Salonicka

Fusilier
6467448
No 2 Commando
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Robert Woodman, 6 troop, was reported missing on 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action. He had embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 192 and has no known grave. Son of Mrs. A. Woodman, of Battersea, London.
 

WOODS, Leslie William

Lance Sergeant
5777911
No 2 Commando
Royal Norfolk
Killed in action or died of wounds

Lance Sergeant Leslie Woods was killed in action in Italy. This was during the 6 week period in February/March when No 2 Commando were placed in the line under 5 Corps. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Woods, of Norwich.

WOOLLEY, S.

Private
6353229
No 2 Commando
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Served in 6 Troop from at least December 1942. 
1955 Manager of the Lord Byron PH, Hockley, Birmingham.
Member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Image in 2 Cdo Gallery titled 'Nominal Roll for No.2 Cdo. 6 troop Dec'42.'

WORTHINGTON, John Ronald

Private (later Corporal)
710159 or 14992625
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Parachute Regiment

Enlisted 26 September 1939. Served Warwickshire Regiment, No.2 Commando, 11 Special Air Service Battalion, and the 2nd and 7th Bn's., Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Released to Reserve 29 January 1947.

WRAY, F.W.

Lance Bombardier
4800543
No 2 Commando
Lincolnshire Regiment
Royal Artillery
Lance Bombardier Wray from Scunthorpe was wounded 16 September 1943 during operations at Salerno, Italy.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
Handwritten nominal roll of No.2 Cdo. provided by Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE.

WRIGHT, Dennis Raymond

Grave of Pte Dennis Wright No.2 Commando
Private
5127463
No 2 Commando
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Dennis Wright, aged 18 and from Birmingham, died during operations at Salerno, Italy. Initially buried near a house in a copse on the East side of road at Dragone. Map ref 602409. Son of John Stanley Wright and Daisy Lydia Wright, of Wylde Green. Sutton Coldfield.

YOUNG, Arthur

Lance Corporal
2880180
No 2 Commando
Gordon Highlanders (The London Scottish)
Mentioned in Despatches

Lance Corporal Arthur Young, 6 Troop, received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished serviceduring the raid on St. Nazaire on the night of 27th March, 1942.  Embarking on board motor launch ML 192 he was captured after the raid and later imprisoned at Stalag V111(b). 
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