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- Lieutenant Colonel J.M.T.F. Churchill, D.S.O., M.C. embarked from Vis as the Commanding Officer of a Force consisting of 43RM Commando, some commandos from 2 Special Service Brigade HQ, the Raiding Support Regiment, a company of the 2nd Highland Light Infantry, and 111 Field Regiment R.A. This was a diversionary attack on the German Garrison of Brac to draw off German Forces who were launching an offensive against the Yugo-Slav National Army of Liberation in Bosnia.
'Special Service Roll of Honour'
1961 Return to Italy
It is with much pleasure that we print extracts from a letter received from ex. Cpl. A. A. H. (Bert) Cowell (2 Cdo Bde) who recently paid a return visit to old commando haunts in ltaly.
"To those chaps who enjoyed the pleasures of the olive field and arches at the camp at Monopoli I can say that the field is still there. Olives are still growing, the flies are just as big, if not bigger, and the ants are still working hard.
A Return in 1973 to Yugoslavia
ADAMS, John
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
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
ADDISON, Leslie Robert
AGNEW, J.F.
- 11 September 1943 wounded during operations at Salerno, Italy.
ARCHER, G.L.
HQ 2 Commando Brigade. [Source: Commando Association Lost Legions List 1.]
ARCHIBALD, William Niven
Signalman William Archibald served in the Brigade Signals and 2 Special Service Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Falkirk, Scotland.
ARMSTRONG, Robert
Robert enlisted on the 12th June 1941 and then volunteered for the Commandos. After his commando training he served with the Special Service Brigade Signals Troop and 2 Commando Brigade Signals.
ASLEY, L.E.
BARLOW, E.J.
BARLOW, John
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
BENNETT, Gordon, S.
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bristol.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 96.
BIRKBECK, John Edward Hilbert Blake
Posted 2 Special Service Brigade, Land Forces Adriatic, from 30 November 1944 [2].
BLACKLEDGE, J.
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BLAKE, Alfred Lapthorn
BULL, Harold James
BUTTERWORTH, J.
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Prestwich, Manchester.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BUTTON, Richard James
CARLIN, Robert
COWELL, Albert Arthur H.
COX, Graham
Corporal Graham Cox served in 1 Bde Sigs Troop Jan ’43 – Feb ’44; and 2 Bde Sigs Troop Feb ’44 - Nov ‘45.
CROUCH, Alfred John
Trooper Alfred Crouch, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
CUMBERLAND, D.G.
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.
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stockport, Cheshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
CURRIE, John Robert Sanderson
Signalman John Currie, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals, was killed in action in Italy. The date of his death coincides with Operation Partridge. He has no known grave. Son of Daniel James Currie and Mary Jane Currie.
DARLEY, H.
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
DAYMAN, Eric John
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
DE'ATH, Ian Dudley
DRUMMOND, E.
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Glasgow.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
EDMONDS, Eric
EDWARDS, G.W.T.
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.
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Mitcham, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
FLEAR, Peter Hendry
- 1st January 1969, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Flear, Royal Corps of Signals, on loan to the Malaysian Armed Forces, appointed O.B.E. (Military Division).
GIBSON, Robert Roy
Lieutenant Robert Gibson, attached to Special Service troops, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in Italy.
HARRISON, G.
HATTON, Jack
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 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.
HEAP, D.
HENDERSON, John Patrick Leo
HUGHES, Stanley Raymond
Fusilier Stanley Hughes M.M., SBS, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio. Son of Edward Lloyd Hughes and Bertha Hughes; husband of Hilda May Hughes, of Stoneycroft, Lancashire.
HURLEY, Thomas, B.
2 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 87 (1988).
HUTTON, Thomas Reay
Driver Thomas Reay Hutton served in 2 Commando Brigade Headquarters. Post war member of the Commando Association from Chesham.
JACKSON, C.W.
Private Jackson was reported wounded 9 October 1944 during operations in Greece. Casualty lists record his secondary unit only as 'Commando'.
JAMES, Clifford Vizetelly
JAY, Francis Hubert
JOHNSON, Cyril
JOHNSON, J.W.
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
KING, N.W.
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.
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
Recommendation
Gulf of Salerno 13th September 1943
KNIGHT, John E.
LANCASTER, J.
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Liverpool.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
LASSEN, Major, Anders Frederick Emil V. Schau, VC
LEWIS, Francis
Signalman Francis Lewis, 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals, was killed in action in Italy. The date of his death coincides with Operation Partridge. He has no known grave. Son of William and Mary Lewis, of Liverpool.
LEWIS, Hugh Howell
MANSBRIDGE, Frederick, C.
MCNEIL, Thomas
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 89 (1989).
Addendum to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 90 (1990).
MELVILLE, S.
MILLS, William Carley
Source
London Gazette 37505, page 1441.
MITCHELL, Ronald England
MORLEY, S.
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.
MURCUTT, Frederick George Halls
OPHER, F.H.
2 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing New Malden, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PALMER, George Harold
PERRY, Cyril Henry
PETERS, Thomas, W.
Major Thomas Peters served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade and also 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Sidmouth, Devon.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 112 issued March 2001.
PIRIE, James
RAYMENT, Bryan, Antony
REEVES, William George
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.
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.
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 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.
SANDERSON, H.B.
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
SHAW, Donald
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
TAYLOR, Samuel James
London Gazette 37136, page 3191 dated 19 June 1945.
THORNE, John
TOD, Ronald John Frederick (Brig)
VERRI, Alexander
VIANEST, J.A.
2 Brigade Signal Troop.
WAKEFIELD, Edward Roger
WARDLE, Reginald
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
WILLIAMS, Jack
Served in 2 Commando Brigade Signal Troop. Member of the Commando Association from Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 76 (1983).
WOOLNOUGH, Bryan Owen
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