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ADAMS, John

Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

Served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Glasgow.

Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 108 (1999).

ADDISON, Kenneth William

Marine
PO.X.110880
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Marine Kenneth Addison received a Mention in Despatches for courage, tenacity, and skill whilst serving with the Allied Armies in the Mediterranean.
 
Sources
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
 

BARLOW, E.J.

Sergeant
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Member of the Commando Association last known residing South Darenth, Kent.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 1.
 

BARLOW, John

Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Brigade Signals. 2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bradley Fold, Bolton
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 98 (1994).

BATTERSBY, Frederick

Major
266078
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Major Battersby served in 2 Commando Brigade [1].
2 January 1943 commissioned Second Lieutenant, R.A.O.C. [2].
15 October 1946 (Captain) (R.E.M.E) relinquishes commission and granted the honorary rank of Major [3].

BLAKE, Alfred Lapthorn

Lieutenant Colonel
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Knight Commander Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major Alfred Blake was posted to Brigade HQ (3rd Special Service Brigade) when the Special Service Group was restructured in August 1943 [1]. 

BUTTERWORTH, J.

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Prestwich, Manchester.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.

CARLIN, Robert

Private
-
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Private Robert Carlin served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war in the late 50s he was married and residing in Ontario, Canada.
 
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 29 issued September 1959.
 

CUMBERLAND, D.G.

Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals

2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Aberdare, South Wales.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.

CUNLIFFE, W.

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stockport, Cheshire.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.

DARLEY, H.

Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing North Walsham, Norfolk.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.

DAVIES, William Kenneth

Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Lance Corporal William Davies served in HQ, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Aberystwyth.
 
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued September 2004.

DAYMAN, Eric John

Gunner
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from King's Lynn, Norfolk.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.

DRUMMOND, E.

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Glasgow.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.

DUNNE, Philip Russell Rendell

Temporary Captain
30978
No 3 Commando
No 8 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Horse Guards
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Philip Dunne, Special Service Bde. HQ., was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service during the Salerno Landings.
Recommendation
Salerno Bay 9-16 September 1943

EDWARDS, G.W.T.

Signalman
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals

2  Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Cheveley, nr. Newmarket.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.

EVERETT, D.R.

Sergeant
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Mitcham, Surrey.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.

GIBSON, Robert Roy

Lieutenant
155079
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Cheshire Regiment
Military Cross (MC)

Lieutenant Robert Gibson, attached to Special Service troops, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in Italy.

Sources
London Gazette 36327, page 256.
 

HATTON, Jack

Marine
PO/X.117594
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches

Marine Jack Hatton from Leigh in Lancashire received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
 
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Notes

HAZLEDINE, Edward Humphrey

Sergeant
-
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-

Sergeant Edward Hazledine served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Cambridgeshire. 

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued February 2004.

HENDERSON, John Patrick Leo

Lt Henderson 2 Commando
Major
117132
No 2 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major John Henderson MC, 2 Special Service Brigade, died during operations in Italy [1].
 
On the 8th May 1940 he transferred from the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry to the Royal Engineers retaining his seniority as 2/Lieutenant. [2]. 

HUTTON, Thomas Reay

Driver
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

Driver Thomas Reay Hutton served in 2 Commando Brigade Headquarters. Post war member of the Commando Association from Chesham.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 109 (Sept.1999).
 

JAY, Francis Hubert

Trooper
305985
40RM Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Horse Guards
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Francis Jay died during an enemy aerial attack against commandos based on the island of Vis. At the time of his death he was a signaller attached to 40RM Commando, 2 Special Service Brigade.

JOHNSON, J.W.

-
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-

Served in 2  Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Filey, Yorkshire..

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 110 issued March 2000.

JUPP, Clifford Norman

Captain
176804
No 2 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Fusiliers
Royal Artillery
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Mentioned in Despatches
8 March 1941 O.C.T.U. commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers [1].
Served in No.2 Commando and 2 Commando Brigade [2][4].

KING, N.W.

Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing New Jersey, USA.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.

KINSELLA, T.

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Kilburn, London
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.

KIRKHOPE, William Adamson Forbes

Signalman (later Second Lieutenant)
7662003 and 352648
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals & Camerons
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
Signalman Kirkhope, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals, was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy [1].
Recommendation
Gulf of Salerno 13th September 1943

LANCASTER, J.

Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Liverpool.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.

LEWIS, Hugh Howell

Lance Sergeant
2585875
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Military Medal (MM)
Lance Sergeant Hugh Lewis, 2 Special Service Brigade Signals, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations at Termoli, Italy. Post war member of the Commando Association from St Mellons, Cardiff.

MCNEIL, Thomas

Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
 
Sources

Commando Association newsletter 89 (1989).
Addendum to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 90 (1990).

MELVILLE, S.

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 2 Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Capetown, South Africa, in 1950. He died in Rhodesia in 1957 as a result of a road accident.
 
Sources

MILLS, William Carley

Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)
PO/X112087
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Corporal William Carley Mills from Bedlington Station, Northumberland, received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
 
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.

MITCHELL, Ronald England

Ronnie Mitchell 2 Commando
Captain Ronald Mitchell MBE 2 Commando
Major
79658
No 2 Commando
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Hertfordshire Regiment
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Captain Ronald England Mitchell joined the strength of No.2 Commando on 5 March 1941 and appointed Administration Officer [1].
February 1944 attached to HQ, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade [1].

MORLEY, S.

Gunner
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Wallsend-on-Tyne.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.

OPHER, F.H.

Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals

2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing New Malden, Surrey.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.

PERRY, Cyril Henry

Temporary Captain
262361
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Armoured Corps
Mentioned in Despatches
Territorial Efficiency Medal
Served in 2 Brigade and Group HQ. Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of distinguished service in Italy. Member of the Commando Association residing Queensland, Australia.
 
Sources

PIRIE, James

Captain
267968
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain James Pirie, Royal Engineers, was attached to 2 Special Service Brigade at the time of his death.
 
Notes
During this period the Brigade were involved in operations against the German garrison on the Island of Brac.

RAYMENT, Bryan, Antony

Captain
137138
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Service Corps
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Commissioned 16 July 1940. Served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.
5 December 1947 War Substantive Lieutenant relinquished commission and granted honorary rank of Captain. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Johannesburg, South Africa.
 

REEVES, William George

Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Christchurch, Dorset.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 100 (1995).
[Image] CVA Gallery Bde Sigs reunion 16th July 1988.

RICHARDS, L.

Signalman
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals

2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Lewes, Sussex.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.

RIMMER, Joseph, L.

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando Brigade). Post war member of the Commando Association from Southport, Merseyside.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.

ROBERTS, Edward

Corporal
5884746
SBS
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Hampshire Regiment 5th Bn.
Special Air Service Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Edward Roberts, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
Son of Leslie D. and Annie H. Fraser, of Parkhead, Glasgow.

Sources
CWGC.
 

SANDERSON, H.B.

Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing London SE4.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.

SEYMOUR, Terence

Temporary Corporal
PLY/X103513
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Corporal Terence Seymour, from Barry Docks South Wales, received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
 
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Notes

SHAW, Donald

Marine
PO/X.103907
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches

Marine Donald Shaw from Huddersfield received a Mention in Despatches for services in Italy between 1st April and 8th May 1945.
 
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
Notes

STOKES, Albert

Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Taunton, Somerset.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 71 (1980).
 

TAYLOR, Samuel James

Marine
PO.X.108092
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Marine Samuel Taylor received a Mention in Despatches for courage, tenacity, and skill whilst serving with the Allied Armies in the Mediterranean.
 
Sources
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
 

THORNE, John

Private
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Private John Thorne served in 2 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Extract from Commando Association newsletter 57

WAKEFIELD, Edward Roger

Captain
138709
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
General List
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Edward Wakefield was killed whilst attached to 2 Special Service Brigade during an operation involving Nos. 40 and 43RM Commando and Partisan forces, against German forces on the island of Brac.
 
He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches in 1945. 

WARDLE, Reginald

Lance Corporal
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No 4 Commando

2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade and No.4 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Sandford, Tasmania.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.

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

WOOLNOUGH, Bryan Owen

Bryan Woolnough 2 Brigade Signals
Signalman
2600497
Brigade Signals
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Served in 2 Commando Brigade Signal Troop. 
Member of the Commando Association.
12 June 1976 Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police, appointed M.B.E. (Civil Division).
 
Sources

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