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The Force consisted of Nos. 3 and 4 Commando, approximately 50 Royal Engineers, and a group from the Free Norwegian Forces. They were transported on board two converted ships, the Princess Beatrix and the Queen Emma, now loaded with LCA's or Landing Craft Assault vessels. Leaving from, and returning to Scapa Flow, they were escorted by 5 Royal Navy destroyers.
Report by Brigadier J.C.Haydon, D.S.O., O.B.E., Commanding Special Service Brigade [more....].
'Vaagso - Operation Archery'
Location
Vaagso Norway
A raid on Vaagso and Maaloy to destroy fish oil factories and sink enemy shipping. No.3 Commando were supported by 2 troops of No.2 Commando (less 1 Section), with a RAMC detachment from No.4 Commando and a RE detachment from No.6 Commando, and some from the Royal Norwegian Army.- Some of the Commandos who participated [view......]
- Gallery images for Operation Archery [view......].
4 Commando

History of the Unit
No.4 Commando was formed on 23rd June 1940 and ‘commenced operations’ on 15th July the same year. On 22nd July 1940 the first full parade of No. 4 Commando was held in the old pavilion on the sea front at Weymouth and it was taken by the newly appointed Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. P. Legard.
4 Commando Nominal Roll
In 1946 the Army Council decided that the Army Commandos were to be disbanded and no provision was allowed or made for any depository or office which would have at least contained a complete Roster of Names of the men who served in the various units.
4 Commando Operations
These are the main operations that No 4 Commando took part in, either on their own, or as part of a Combined Operations assault. They are in date order and form part of our overall history of No 4 Commando.
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4 Commando War Diaries
The No 4 Commando War Diary covering D Day operations can be found here:
A partial nominal roll for Dieppe
ACKERNLEY, Michael Clifford
ADLAM, William George Henry

Sergeant William Adlam was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the Glosters as part of the British Expeditionary Force 1939-40 [1].
AITKEN, J.E.
Lance Corporal Aitken, 4 Troop, was wounded 31 January 1945 during operations at Hill 170, Kangaw, Burma.
ALCOCK, H.
Post war member of the original Commando Association with whom they lost contact. Last known address: Birmingham. [Source:CA Lost Legion 1].
ALLARD, Camille
ALLEN, W.
ANDERSON, Andrew, P.
Private Andrew Anderson, 'C' Troop was wounded on 15 August 1944 during operations in France.
ANDREWS, Victor William
ASPDEN, Jack
BAGDONAS, Edward

BAILEY, Lionel James
Private Lionel Bailey, 'C' troop, died during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
BAIN, Thomas McCLaren
BALL, Joseph

BALL, Joseph - Research into his death
The following information is from Jack Bakker who has researched the incident.
BANFIELD, Graham
Private Graham Banfield was wounded during operations in North West Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association from Gwent.
Source
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 111 issued September 2000.
BANKS, Allan
Fusilier Allan Banks, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was wounded 10 June 1944 during operations at Normandy. Post war member of the Commando Association from Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire.
Sources
Partial Nominal Roll for Dieppe in archive.
BARRASS, Nicholas William

BATEMAN, Lawrence Thomas

BATTY, Ronald Lorraine
BEATTIE, Bruce Albert
17 June 1944 assumed command of the Signal Troop after Captain Alexander was wounded.
18 June 1944 promoted Captain, Signal Troop.
BEND, Francis William

BENNETT, Hector Allan
Private Hector Bennett died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of David Allan Bennett and Esther Alicia Bennett, of Forest Hill, London.
BILLINGS, E.S.
BISHOP, John
BLUNDEN, Charles Harold

BOAST, Robert John
Sources
Addendum to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 97 (1993).
BORGMAN, Robert Bernard John
BOUCHER-MYERS, Bertram William Sydney

BOWSKILL, W.
BOYD, John, M.
BRADSHAW, Stanley Arthur
- 23 April 1943, Private, 1st Bn. East Surry Regiment, wounded Italy.
BRAMWELL, Thomas
BRAY, A.S.
Private A.S. Bray, 'C' Troop was wounded on 15 August 1944 during operations in France.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/81.
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BROOKING, Alfred Edwin

BROOKS, Ernest Frank William

BURGESS, James

Pte J Burgess is listed in Commando Association Lost Legion No.2 which is of those they had lost contact with over the years.
BURKE, Anthony John
BURKITT, Frederick
BURNESS, Michael Frederick

BURNS, William Stirling
BURT, Hutchison

- 23 April 1942 commissioned 2/Lt. from the rank of Warrant Officer Class 11 (S. Gds) [2].
BURY, Frank James Lindsay
BYRNE, Patrick Joseph
CARLIN, James
CARLOS-CLARKE, Charles Thomas Alexander

CARR, Edward Lionel Knyvet Augustus

CAWTHRAY, Eric
CHITTY, John Albert
CLARK, Eric
Post war member of the Commando Association from Merstham, Surrey.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 66 (1978).
CLARKE, Patrick Joseph
CLEAVELEY, Francis, G.

CLEWES, James Dennis
Served with the Commando at Dieppe, France. Post war member of the Commando Association from Stourbridge, West Midlands.
COLLINS, George
Fusilier George Collins died during operations at Normandy.
COOK, John Barrington
Rifleman John Cook died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of John Thomas Cook and Rose Beatrice Cook; husband of Grace Dorothy Cook, of Ilford, Essex.
COOPER, Dennis


COOPER, Roy
Also served in No.6 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Connah's Quay, Flintshire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 116 (2003).
COOPER, Samuel
Sources
COPPIN, Daniel

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 66 (1978).
COULSON, Garnett
COULSON, Leonard Nickson

COX, Frederick Ernest
CRAIG, George McKinlay
Rifleman George Craig, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died of wounds sustained during operations at Normandy, France.
CREW, John William
CROIZER, Robert
CROWTHER, Walter Ernest Jim
CROXTON, Michael John

CUNNINGHAM, Harry
DALE, J.

DARLINGTON, Kenneth Carr

DAWSON, Robert William Palliser

DIPLOCK, Anthony Bruce
Lance Corporal Anthony Diplock was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to have been wounded and prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Broadstairs, Kent.
DOBBS, Cyril


DONKIN, Henry

DOUGLAS, Walter
DUMENOIR, Raymond
DUNNING, James Edwin


DUNNING-WHITE, John Michael
Temporary Lieuetenant Colonel John Michael Dunning-White received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy.
EAST, Gerald Thomas
EDWARDS, James John

ELMS, Frank


ENNIS, James Francis

ETCHES, George Henry
FAIRBRIDGE, A.F.H.
Fusilier Fairbridge served in No.4 Commando before embarking with Layforce for the Middle East. He was reported missing during operations at Cyrenaica on 20 April 1941 (Bardia Raid) later found to be a prisoner of war.
FARNESE, Orlando Raffaele

Private Orlando Farnese died during operations at Normandy, France.
FARNWORTH, Joseph L.

FARRINGTON, John Beddell
FINNEY, William
FINNIS, Leslie Thomas


FLESCH, Raymond
FLOWERS, Dennis
FLYNN, John
FORSHAW, Alan
Sergeant Alan Forshaw, No.4 Commando and 1 Special Service Brigade, was wounded 20 June 1944 during operations in North West Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association from Doncaster.
FOURER, Lucien
FRANKS, Clifford Francis George

FRASER, George

FUSSELL, Peter Lincoln

GARNETT, C.V.
Corporal C.V. Garnett was wounded during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
GARTHWAITE, William Owen

Sources
GILCHRIST, Donald Johnston

GILLON, Douglas
Private Douglas Gillon died during operations in the Netherlands.
GOFF, Samuel Watson

Private Samuel Goff, 'C' troop, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was reported wounded and missing during operations in Normandy, later reported died of wounds.
GOOCH, Frederick Maurice

GOURONG, Maurice Jean Louis
GROOM, James George
GULVIN, Peter James
Private Peter Gulvin died of wounds sustained during operations at Normandy, France.
GUMPERTZ, Kurt Wilhelm

HAIG-THOMAS, David

HARPER, Stanley Eric


HARRIS, George Francis

HARRISON, Douglas
Post war member of the Commando Association from Selsdon, Surrey.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 77 (1983).
HARVEY, William Young
HATHAWAY, Henry, C.

Rifleman Henry Hathaway was wounded on 10 August 1944 during operations in France. Post war member of the Commando Association from Troon, Ayrshire.
HAWKINS, Isaac John

HECKMAN, Edward Percy Henry
HELLYER, Kenneth George

Private Kenneth Hellyer died in a training exercise accident.
HILL, Edward Arthur
HILL, Joseph
HILLS, Robert Edward
Staff Sergeant Robert Hills was wounded on 10 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Nottingham.
HILTON-JONES, Bryan

HINDE, Albert Leslie

HODGSON, Thomas
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/48.
HONEYWILL, Gerald George
HOODLESS, Donald Samuel

HOOPER, Owen Gerrard
HORNE, Frederick, J.
HORNE, George
Lance Sergeant George Horne was a prisoner of war after operations at Dieppe on 19 August 1942. He was initially reported as being killed in action this later being corrected to his being alive and in captivity. Post war member of the Commando Association from Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
HUBERT, Louis J.M. Augustin

Second Lieutenant Louis Hubert, 1st Batallion Fusiliers Marins Commando, badge no. 136, attached to No 4 Commando, died during operations at Normandy.
HUGHES, Colin James
HUGHES, Walter James Frederick
HULOT, Leopold Hyacinthe

HUMPHRIES, A.E.R.
Corporal Humphries, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was wounded on 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France, and again on 1 November 1944 during operations at Flushing, Holland.
HUNTER-GRAY, John Simon

HUTCHINSON, David
HUTCHISON, Edward Alexander Jackson Clark
IRONSIDE, William
IVES, Albert Frank
IVISON, Henry George
- 8 January 1940 attested at Kingston into the Honourable Artillery Company, 11th Regiment RHQ [2][3].
JACKSON, Ernest Stanley
JARMAN, William, K.
JENNINGS, Harold Charles Henry
Private Harold Jennings died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
JENSEN, Niels Christian F.
Private Niels Jensen was wounded on 7 July 1944 during operations in Normandy, France.
JONES, Edgar Prince

JONES, G.
JONES, Harold

Marine (Acting Temororary Corporal) Harold Jones, 4 Commando Brigade Signal Troop, was awarded the MM for "gallantry, determination and great devotion to duty during assault operations at Walcheren and Flushing whilst attached to No 4 Commando. "
KEENAN, James
KENDRICK, Percy George
KENNEDY, Michael Crawford Scott

KENNETT, Kenneth Cecil

KERR, John
KIEFFER, Phillippe

KINET, Henry Robert Lawrence
KING, Peter Frederick
- 3 July 1944 (Sergeant) (Acting TSM 'C' Troop) granted an Immediate Emergency Commission [2][2a].
KING, Thomas, J.
Served: No.4 Commando; 3 Special Service Battalion; No.7 Commando; 'A' Bn., Layforce.
Private Thomas King was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
KIRBY, William John
KNIGHT, John Henry

Private John Knight was reported missing 6 June1944 during operations at Normandy, later confirmed killed in action.
KOONS, Franklin Marion

LAING, David

LAMBERT, Peter Laurence

LARMENT, Henry Frederick

1940 married his wife Alma.
Service number 884501.
Final rank - Bombardier.
Attached to No.4 Commando.
LATHAM, Leslie, James
LAUX, Pierre

LEGARD, Charles Percy Digby
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Legard was the first Commanding Officer of No.4 Commando on its formation in June 1940.
LEMOIGNE, Jean
LEONARD, G.A.
Private Leonard was wounded June 1944 during operations in Normandy, France.
Sources
Casualties Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
LESSONS, George Sutherland
LESSONS, Victor Alfred

LETANG, Jean
LEWINGTON, Leslie John

LION, Robert

LISTER, Dudley Stuart

LLOYD, Frank
Lance Sergeant Frank Lloyd died during operations at Normandy.
LOCKETT, Jeffrey Gordon
LOFI, Alexandre

LOGAN, Frank Allan

10.11.1941 to 141 O.C.T.U.
LOGAN, Frederick James
- 2 September 1939 Frederick Logan became a Metropolitan Police War Reserve Constable and in 1942 he volunteered for the Commandos.
LOVAT, Lord

Lord Lovat first enlisted in the Scots Guards in 1932, leaving the army in 1937. Two years later at the outbreak of war he rejoined the Army in the Lovat Scouts.
LOVELL, Ronald Ernest
LUFF, Clifford
MACDONALD, John Alexander
MACKENZIE, Alistair Campbell
MADIN, S.
MADRA, Robert Peter
MAHAN, Robert McKenna
Fusilier Robert McKenna Mahan, 'C' Troop, was wounded on 6 June 1944, remaining on duty, during operations at Normandy, France. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Guisborough, Cleveland, Teeside.
MANLEY, Frederick, Reuben, W.
- 6 June 1944 wounded (remaining on duty) on 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France [1].
MANN, Richard

MARRON, Austin
MARTIN, Donald Hugh

MASKELL, Frederick George

Corporal Frederick Maskell died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
MASON, John, Thomas, M.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Kew, Surrey.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991).
MASON, Robert, H.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 87 (1988).
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 98 (1994).
MASON, Thomas
20 August 1944 L'Epine.
MATHER, Ernest Griffith
MAULE, Stanley

Corporal Stanley Maule died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
MAUND, Francis William
Gunner Francis Maude received a Mention in Despatches for distinguished service during Operation Claymore, the raid on the Lofoten Islands Norway, in March 1941.
MAYBURY, John

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June 1944 (Lance Corporal) (No.4 Commando) wounded at Normandy [4].
MAYNARD, James Barcliffe
MCCARTHY, Peter Francis
MCCARTNEY, William
MCCUBBIN, Duncan Stuart
MCDERMOTT, Joseph
MCDONOUGH, Thomas

McGANN, Stanley
MCGUNNIGLE, William Mitchell Pollock

'G' Troop No.7 Commando.
Wounded 25 July 1944 Breville.
Emigrated to Canada post war.
MCIVER, Geoffrey Donald
MCKAY, Donald Bell
Named on a partial nominal roll in this archive as a Royal Engineers Lieutenant in No.4 Commando during the Dieppe raid on 19 August 1942.
MCKENZIE, E.G.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
MCVEIGH, Patrick

MEDDINGS, Sidney William

MEEK, Angus
MELLARS, Vivian Roy
MELLOWS, Charles Henry

MENDAY, Ronald Philip


MERCER, Duncan Thompson
Sources
MEREDITH, William Gordon
Private William Meredith died during operations at Normandy.
MERRY, Jack

Bombardier Jack Merry served in 2 Troop, No.2 Commando and later in No.4 Commando.
MESSANOT, Georges

MILBURN, Ridley
MILLS, Alexander
Lance Corporal Alexander Mills was reported wounded and missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later confirmed killed in action. Son of Edward and Cecellia Mills, of Liverpool, England.
MILLS-ROBERTS, Derek

Born in 1908; educated at Liverpool College and Oxford University; worked for his father's firm of solicitors, 1935; joined Supplementary Reserve of Officers, Irish Guards, 1936; joined 1 Bn, Irish Guards, 1939-1942, and served in Norway; transferred to special services No 4 Commando, 1942; took
MITCHELL, William Henry
MONCEAU, Yvan

MONTEAN, Jean

MORRIS, Leonard Christopher Hugh
MOSS, John
MULLANIFF, John
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MULLARD, Sidney John
MULLEN, Brian Joseph

MUNNS, Leonard Cyril
MYNHEER, Frederick Robert Charles
NAYLOR, Howard
NICHOLSON, James
NICOLSON, Angus
NOTMAN, John

O'DONNELL, Robert
OLD, G.
Private G. Old, 'C' Troop, was wounded on 8 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France.
Casualty Records / National Archives file WO417/77.
OLIVER, Frederick Arthur John

OLIVER, Roland


ONG, Robert William

Private Robert Ong died during operations at Normandy, France.
ORCHIN, Stanley Frederick
OSTICK, Ernest
OVENDEN, Roderick Joseph

PAGET, Ernest Arthur

PALFREY, Edward Francis

PALMER, Victor James
PARDOE, David Miles
PARK, John
PASQUALE, James
Private James Pasquale was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Nantwich, Cheshire.
PASQUALE, Joseph

PATMORE, William
Son of David Patmore, and of Bessie A. Patmore, of Hammersmith, London.
CWGC
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
PENNINGTON, Harold Hammond

Captain Harold Pennington was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He had embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 268.
B.A. (Oxon.), Kitchener Scholar, and Rugby Football Blue (1937).
PERRY, John

PETTIWARD, Roger Gamelyn
PHILLOTT, Albert William Kenneth

Albert William Kenneth Phillott, then a Private and known as Ken, was one of the early volunteers to join No 4 Commando in 1940 aged 20. He was amongst a group of eight from the Glosters who served in 'G' (later 'B') troop of No 4.
PORTEOUS, Capt. Patrick Anthony, VC

PORTEOUS, Patrick Anthony. VC Citation
Royal Regiment of Artillery & No. 4 Commando.
PORTMAN, Irving

Recommendation Operation Jubilee, Dieppe Area 19th August 1942
PRICE, John Edgar Dudley


REGAN, John Leslie


RICHARDS, D.
RIDLAND, Ian Robert Manson
Private Ian Ridland died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
ROBERTS, Richard
ROBINSON, Arthur


RODGERS, Joseph
Private Joseph Rodgers was reported wounded and a prisoner of war 19 August 1942 after operations at Dieppe, France. Post war member of the Commando Association from Stalybridge, Cheshire.
ROGAN, John Thomas

John Rogan, known as Tommy, was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1938 and in 1940 was part of the British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk. He then volunteered for the Commandos and served with them until wounded June 1944 during the Normandy landings in France.
RUDD, Anthony Alexander

RUDD, Ronald, E.
RUPPE, Yvan
RUSHTON, Edward Gordon

Edward was a Police Officer in Lancashire who had volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing at 12 Crabtree Street, Colne.
RUSKIN, Leonard James

RUTHERFORD, David Smith
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Milngavie, Glasgow.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SADLER, William Jack
SAERENS, Robert

SCANLON, George
Sergeant George Scanlon, RAMC attached to No.4 Commando, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe. Post war George Scanlon, a resident of Troon, was an active member of the Troon and District Branch (lat
SCRIVENS, William Richard

Corporal William Scrivens served with No.4 Commando taking part in both the Normandy and Walcheren operations. Post war member of the Commando Association he collapsed during a rugby match at East Grinstead whilst captaining the Seaford Rugby team and died shortly afterwards.
SENEE, Jacques Pierre Antoine

SHARPE, Thomas Cyril

SHAW, Frank
SIBLEY, James Sydney
SIEVEWRIGHT, John

SKERRY, John

SKINGLEY, Sidney
Private Sidney Skingley, 'C' troop, was killed in action during operations at Normandy, France.
SMALLMAN, Sydney

Private Sydney Smallman died during operations at Normandy on DDay.
Sources
CWGC.
[Image] From family via Forum posting by Stephane Saint-Martin.
SMILLIE, John, M.
Post war member of the Commando Association.
1962 licensee of the Tradesman's Arms, Octagon Street, Plymouth.
SMITH, Anthony, D.C.
SMITH, Eric, A.
SMITH, Fred
SMITH, Stanley
SMITH, Stanley Reginald

SMITHSON, Milton
Parachute trained No.4 Commando took part in the Dieppe raid. Later transferred to 2 Special Boat Section. Post war member of the Commando Association from Rossendale, Lancashire.
SPEECHLEY, William
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