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VINCENT, Jaffrey Tamplin Earle

Lieutenant (Acting Major)
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Distinguished Service Cross (USA)

Major Jaffrey Vincent was awarded the American Distinguished Service Cross* bestowed by the President of the United States of America for outstanding courage, coolness and skill in Commando operations during the assault on Walcheren in November, 1944. 

VINER, N.W.

Marine
CH/X107104
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Wounded. Last known residing Birmingham.
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

WALFORD, George

Marine
PO/X108123
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Member of the Yorkshire Branch of the Commando Association last known residing Leeds.
 
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 79 (1984).
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

WALKER, Raymond

Marine
PLY/X 103183
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Raymond Walker from Birmingham died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
Birmingham Daily Mail 27 October 1945 p3 (Deaths).
 

WEBB, Robert Edward

Sergeant
CH/X 103808
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Robert Webb died in November 1944 during operations in Holland. He received a Mention in Despatches for good service with the 21st Army Group published in March 1945.

WEBB, Ronald Henry

Marine
PLY/X.112633
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Ronald Webb died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Henry James Webb and Sarah Ann Webb, of Whittington, Worcestershire.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.

WEINBERGER, Ernst Georg

Weinberger alias Webster 10 Commando
Served as : 
WEBSTER, Ernest George
Private
6305466
No 10 Commando
47RM Commando
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Ernst Weinberger, an Austrian national of the Jewish faith, served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the inter allied commando under the alias of Ernest Webster. He was killed in action in a landing craft with Max Lewinsky during operations in Normandy on D Day. Husband of Gerda Webster, of Twickenham, Middlesex.

WEST, 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).

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).
April 1944 Temporary Lieutenant, Officer Commanding Transport Platoon, RM Group Supply Unit (MNBDO 2).

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.
Account by the Medical Officer Captain John Forfar M.C.

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.

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.

Sources

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.
Mentioned in Despatches for good service whilst operating with the 21st Army Group.

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.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/139.

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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