ALEXANDER, John Moir

Marine Ronald Altringham died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
Marine Harry Anson was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/127.
Marine William Appleby was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/127.
Marine William Barrington died in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Termoli.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
Marine Cyril Basham was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/127.
Marine George Bates died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
Marine John Bluck died during operations in Italy (Anzio).
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
Marine Percy Bone died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/128.
Marine Geoffrey Boothroyd was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/128.
Marine Alexander Bremner died during operations in Italy (Lake Comacchio).
[Image] The War Illustrated magazine.
Marine William Bryce died of wounds at the 2nd Field Hospital which was located at Otok, on Vis Island, Yugoslavia. Seven days before his death his Commando were engaged in Operation Flounced, an attack on the enemy held island of Brac.
Marine Henry Burfitt died during operations at Termoli, Italy.
Marine Francis Burgess died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
Marine Leslie Bustard died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
Son of Clarence Walter and Irene May Chapman; husband of Joan Ellen Chapman, of Reading, Berkshire.
Marine Herbert Cockitt died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
Lance Corporal Gordon Colby died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
Marine Arthur Coomber died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
Marine Peter Coombes died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
[Image] Gillian Buck, daughter of Mne. James Major 40RM.
Lieutenant Brian Arthur Cooper died during operations at Termoli, Italy. Son of Albert Edward Valentine and Ethel Celia Cooper, of Croydon, Surrey.
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Corporal James Corcoran died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
Colour Sergeant Arthur Cornish died on board H.M.H.S. St. David. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Sicily.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
Registers of Births in Kent Oct/Nov/Dec.1916.
Corporal William Craddock died during operations in Italy.
Marine John Craig died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
Lieutenant Leonard Cross died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
Marine Reginald Day died at the 66th British General Hospital, Italy. At the time of his death his Commando was engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
Corporal David Dixon was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
Marine Harry Dowson died at 151 Field Ambulance during operations at Sicily.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
Lieutenant Charles Dutton died during operations on the island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
Son of Charles Frederick and Dorothy Isabel Dutton, of Purley, Surrey.
His brother Lieutenant Derek Alan Dutton, No 6 Commando, also died in service 14 days later.
Marine Maurice Edwards was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/130.
Lance Corporal Robert Fallas died at sea whilst aboard the HMS Queen Emma during an enemy air attack on the vessel in Sicily.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
Marine Robert Farrell was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/130.
Sergeant Ernest Finch died during operations in Italy.
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[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
[3] Registers of Births England Oct/Nov/Dec.1925.
Marine George Fisk was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/130.
Lance Corporal Ronald Foster died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
Marine Leslie Franklin died during operations in Sicily. His cause of death is recorded as illness on the Naval History website.
Marine James Ganner died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Marine Donald Gee died during operations against the enemy held Dalmatian island of Brac, Yugoslavia (now Croatia).
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Marine Frederick Goodyer-Kettley was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/131.
Marine William Gorrie died in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Captain Harry Grant-Dalton was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
Marine Patrick Griffin died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Marine Harry Guinan died at the Military Hospital, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Lance Corporal Leslie Harvey died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Colour Sergeant Frederick Harwood died during operations at Dieppe, France. Son of Arthur and Grace Harwood; husband of Dorothy May Harwood, of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Marine Robert Hays died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Francis and Elizabeth Griffen Hays, of Barrmill, Ayrshire.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
Corporal Albert Heath died at Rouen, France after the Dieppe raid. Son of Charles and Annie Heath; husband Of Glenoes Dorothy Heath, of Wandsworth, London.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
Marine Douglas Herman died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
Corporal George Heryet died during operations in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations to cross the River Garigliano.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
Captain William Hiles died during operations at Sarande, Albania.
Lieutenant Bertram Hill died during operations in the Dalmatian Islands. His death is reported on the Naval History website as being caused by an explosion.
Marine Norman Hopper died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery.
Those buried with him are Marines Pickering and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Brookes, Cooper, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.
Marine Russell James died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Michael Jeffers, from Fontenoy Street Liverpool, was reported missing presumed died, along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
Marine John Jones died at 151 Light Field Ambulance, Syracuse, Sicily.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
Marine John Kelly died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Edward Klincke died during operations in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations to cross the River Garigliano.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
Lieutenant Ian Laidlaw died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
Marine David Ledbury died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine William Little died in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
Son of Samuel G. Mackinstry and Agnes S. Mackinstry, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
Marine Ernest McDowell died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Joseph McGee died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Dennis McGlashon died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
Corporal Reginald Metcalf died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Frederick Milo died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Lance Corporal Geoffrey Mole, RAMC attached to 40RM Commando, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine Edwin Moody died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Marine Kenneth Morgan died at Banstead Military Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Marine Thomas Mulvey was one of five commandos who died from injuries sustained in the accidental explosion of an ammunition truck in Sicily.
Marine Douglas Musgrove died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Marine Alec Nash died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Births Registered April, May, June 1921 in Clutton, Somerset.
Marine Thomas Nash died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Joseph Nightingale died during operations at Termoli, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
Marine Edward O'Brien died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Arthur Oborn died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Christopher Ockwell died during operations in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations to cross the River Garigliano.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
Marine Peter Orman died during operations at Dieppe, France. Son of Albert Ernest and Agnes Emma Orman, of Totton, Hampshire, England.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
Marine Leonard Pain died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
Marine John Palmer died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Robert Parker died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine George Payne died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Henry Pember died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Alfred Pickering died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery.
Those buried with him are Marines Hopper and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Brookes, Cooper, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.
Marine Ronald Pincher died during operations at Sarande, Albania.
Corporal Edward Pitt died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine John Platt from Manchester was reported missing presumed died during operations at Anzio, Italy. He has no known grave.
Major Norman Porter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine Wallace Powell died during operations at Dieppe, France. Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Powell, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.
Marine George Pratt died during operations at Sarande, Albania.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
Marine William Rhodes was reported missing presumed died during operations at Dieppe, France. He is remembered on Special Memorial 2.F.4. in the cemetery.
Husband of Hilda May Rhodes, of Southsea, Hampshire.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Marine James Richmond died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Robert Rutter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine James Salt died during operations at Sarande, Albania.
Sergeant William Scott died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine John Seabrook died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Harry Shockley died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Lance Corporal Dennis Short died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Corporal Joseph Simmonds died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Samuel Simpson died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine Frank Spencer was one of five commandos who died from injuries sustained in the accidental explosion of an ammunition truck in Sicily. He is buried in a collective grave with Marines Robert Denmark, Ernest Porter, and Albert Wise.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
Marine William St.Ange died during operations at Sarande, Albania.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
Captain John Stiebel died during operations in Sicily whilst aboard the HMS Queen Emma during an enemy air attack on the vessel.
Lance Corporal Kenneth Sutcliffe died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
Sergeant Leslie Swan died during operations in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations to cross the River Garigliano.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
Marine Harold Swift died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
Marine Ronald Tack died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
Marine Kenneth Tarrant died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery.
Those buried with him are Marines Hopper and Pickering of 40RM Commando, and Marines Brookes, Cooper, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.
Marine Ian Thomson died during operations in Sicily whilst aboard the HMS Queen Emma during an enemy air attack on the vessel.
Corporal Ronald Thomson died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Corporal Frank Toes died during operations at Termoli, Italy.
Marine James Towers died during operations at Anzio, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/138.
Marine William Trump died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Anthony Turner died during operations in Sicily whi
Marine Roland Turner died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine John Turrell died during operations at Termoli, Italy.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/138.
Marine Jack Wakefield died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Thomas Webster died during operations in Sicily whilst aboard the HMS Queen Emma during an enemy air attack on the vessel.
Lieutenant Paul Wedgwood died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Marine Desmond Wilson died along with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk.
Marine Alexander Wood died during operations in Sicily whilst aboard the HMS Queen Emma during an enemy air attack on the vessel.
Marine Robert Wood died during operations at Milna on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia.
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CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/139.
Corporal John Woodall died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
We will Remember them
And all ranks who served in the Commando and have since passed on in the passage of time, who are also remembered by their proud families and comrades.
Joe Rogers MM
No 2 Commando
Bob Mewett
No 12 & No 1 Commando
Mick Collins
No 5 Commando