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TUNNICLIFF, Leslie Thomas Ludlow

Acting Temporary Captain (Quartermaster)
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

1945 appointed M.B.E. (Military Division). Post war member of the Commando Association residing Hertfordshire.
 
Sources
London Gazette 37119, page 2941. (HM Birthday Honours).
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 98 issued March 1994.

TURNER, Anthony

Anthony Turner 47RM Commando
Marine
PLY/X 105677
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Anthony Turner died of wounds during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of John and M. E. Turner, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 
Sources
CWGC.

TURNER, Stanley Henry Richard

Marine
CH/X 103820
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Stanley Turner died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Henry Richard and Minnie Georgena Turner; husband of Elsie May Turner, of Laindon, Essex.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/138.

TYE, Gordon

Corporal
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Corporal Gordon Tye was wounded during operations against the German held small island of Kapelsche Veer which lies between the River Maas and the River Oudermaas
Account by the Medical Officer Captain John Forfar M.C.

TYNAN, Frank

Troop Sergeant Major
PO/X1599
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Served in 'Y' Troop. Wounded by shrapnel 1 November 1944 during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. 

Sources
War Diary, 47 (RM) Cdo, Nov 44, Appx. 'A' - Battle casualties - Other Ranks

UNSWORTH, James

Corporal
CH/X 3886
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal James Unsworth died during operations in Holland. 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. Snipers and mortar fire resulted in many casualties. 

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).

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.

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).

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.

WILLASEY-WILSEY, Anthony Patrick

Major General
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
During WW2 Acting Captain Anthony Willasey-Wilsey served on ships before being posted to Commando service [1][1a][1b][1c] .
Service at Sea in WW2 
HMS Rodney (present at the Bismarck action)
HMS Howe
HMS Furious

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, 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.

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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