47RM Commando
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Displaying 301 - 324 of 324WEST, William, H.
Marine
CH/X 114742
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Fulham.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 106 issued March 1998.
CA List of WW2 RM Commando members.
WETJEN, John Basil
Marine
PO/X119263
47RM Commando
Holding Operational Commando
Royal Marines
Member of the Commando Association last known residing Herne Bay, Kent.
Sources
Adverts for Invicta Garden Centre, Herne Bay, in many Association newsletters eg. 66 (1968) and 84 (1987).
WHEELER, Charles Ernest
Marine
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Served in 'S Troop (Heavy Weapons).
[Source: Article and photos in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo 31 May 2019].
WHENHAM, Herbert Frank
Lieutenant (later Captain)
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
14 February 1942 commissioned Second Lieutenant.
6 August 1942 Temporary Lieutenant, RM Forces.
October 1943 Temporary Lieutenant Transport Platoon, RM Group Supply Unit (MNBDO 2).
WHITE, --
Sergeant
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
WHITE, W.J.
Marine
CH/X103809
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Wounded 7 June 1944 France.
Sources
RN Casualty Logs 1939-45.
WHITTAKER, Glyn Bateman
Lieutenant
35014
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Glyn Whittaker died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Richard Henry and Maud Mercy Whittaker, of Hertford.
WHITTINGHAM, F.L.
Corporal
PO/X108279
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Last known residing Gorton, Manchester.
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
WILDMAN, Frederick, G.
Marine
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Served in the Heavy Weapons Troop.
1991 Vice Chairman of the Commando Association London Branch
Sources
'47RM Commando From Omaha to the Scheldt', author Prof John Forfar MC (former MO 47RM Cdo).
WILKINSON, Robert Moorelvin
Marine
PO/X 119052
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Wilkinson died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Arthur and Mary A. Wilkinson, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. His brother Private Arthur George Wilkinson, aged 26, RASC, was accidentally killed in the UK on 13 July 1942.
WILLIAMS, A.
Corporal
PO/X102638
47RM Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Also served 4 Commando Brigade. Last known residing Penzance.
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
WILLIAMS, D.B.
Corporal
PO/X109753
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Member of the Commando Association from Morriston, Swansea.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 75 (1982)
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
WILLIAMS, Raymond
Marine
PLY/X108521
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Raymond Williams died during operations against the German held small island of Kapelsche Veer which lies between the River Maas and the River Oudermaas. Son of William Edward and Marion Kate Williams, of Kingstanding, Birmingham.
WILSON, G.C.
Lieutenant
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Sources: Navy Lists and From Omaha to the Scheldt, author Prof. John Forfar MC.
WILSON, George McLeod
Marine
CH/X 102069
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine George Wilson died during operations in Holland. Son of William and Jessie F. S. McL. Wilson, of Elgin, Morayshire. His Commando were clearing the enemy from a series of gun batteries along the dunes at Westkapelle from Zouteland to west of Groot Valkenisse and Klein Valkenisse.
WILSON, J.S.
Sergeant
CH/X102073
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
WITHINGTON, John Vernon
Marine
PO/X 120713
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine John Withington died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of William Edward and Ida Elizebeth Withington, of Gosport, Hampshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/139.
WOOD, Eric Albert Benjamin
Colour Sergeant (Acting Regimental Sergeant Major)
CH/X 1135
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
British Empire Medal (BEM)
1936 King's Badgeman of 220 Squad [1].
1944 October Acting RSM of 47 RM Commando [2].
1 January 1946 awarded British Empire Medal (Military Division) [3].
Sources
WOOD, George Evelyn
Marine
CH/X 103876
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
George Evelyn Wood enlisted 3 April 1941, civil occupation Tractor Driver. Served in the Commandos from August 1943. Prisoner of war 7 June 1944 during operations at Port en Bessin, France. Member of the Commando Association residing Coggeshall, Essex.
WOOD, J.H.
Lance Corporal
PLY/X 111522
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association list of WW2 RM Commando members.
WOOD, John Peter Wentworth
Major (later Lieutenant Colonel)
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
08.1943, Acting Temporary Captain and Adjutant, 47RM Commando on formation.
10.1944, Acting Temporary Captain and Adjutant, 47RM Commando.
04.1945, Acting Temporary Major 47RM Commando.
WRIGHT, F.A.
Corporal
PO/X 118984
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association list of WW2 RM Commando members.
YOUNG, Robert James
Lance Corporal
CH/X 113009
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Robert Young died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of James and Lydia Young, of Castleford, Yorkshire; husband of M. Young.
Sources
CWGC.
ZAMMIT, Robert
Marine
PO/X 106117
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Zammit died at the EMS Hospital, Park Prewett, Basingstoke, from the wounds he received during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Edward and Josephine Zammit; husband of Gertrude Ellen Ethel Zammit, of Bassett.
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