No 4 Independent Company
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A list of names of those from No.4 Independent Company who went on to serve in 5 Troop No.2 Commando and stayed on afterwards or moved elsewhere. Compiled by Lance Sergeant Joseph Rogers MM, No.2 Commando 5 Troop. Contains links on the header to pages within the Commando Veterans Archive.
'Veterans return to Norway'
Harry Pitman (No.1 Commando and No. 2 Independent Company) and John Wall (No. 5 Commando and No. 4 Independent Company) returned to Norway in May as the guests of the Norwegian No.14 Infantry Regiment to attend a ceremony in the Saltdal area, and a historical seminar. At the ceremony 30 Norwegian veterans received war medals for the service they gave throughout the war. This was followed by a lecture on the events in Saltdal in 1940.
4 Independent Company
4 Independent Company Nominal Roll
It is not complete. Many went on to serve in No.2 Commando.
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ASHCROFT, Arthur


- 25 April 1940 posted to 'X' Company 1st Liverpool Scottish.
AULD, Luke Patchcott

BLACK, Graeme Delamere

BLISSETT, Harry Harold

BLYTHE, William
Post war member of the Commando Association from Birkenhead.
BROOME, Richard Frank

BROWN, Louis Walter

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BURKE, Edward

- 23 April 1941 after volunteering for the Independent Companies he was posted to No 4 Independent Company and later took part in the landings at Bodo Norway as part of Scissors Force.
CHEETHAM, John Frederick

COPLAND, William Oranmore

COX, Hugh Wilfred

Private Hugh Cox, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire in March 1942
DAY, Stanley Ambrose

DOUGLAS, Edward

GWYNNE, John Edward Herbert

HOLT, Frederick

Corporal Frederick Holt, 5 troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in March 1942 [1]. He was initially reported missing in action until it was discovered he had been taken prisoner [2][2a][2b]. He was transported to Stalag 383 at Hohenfels Germany [3].
HOMER, Levi

HONEY, Peter

HOOPER, Richard Henry

HUGHES, William Armsted
HURST, Ernest


JOHNSON-HOUGHTON, Joseph Blundell

JONES, Colin

LOWSON, Robert Charles

MARTIN, Robert George

MCALLISTER, Kenneth

MCCORMACK, Thomas

MORGAN, Richard Fuller

Embarking on Motor Launch ML262 he commanded a small protection party and was captured after the raid [1][2][2a][2b][3].
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MOSS, Alan

MURDOCH, Sydney Wallace John
- Private Murdoch from Liverpool was a former employee of Liverpool Corporation Transport Department.*
PEACHEY, Frederick

- 27 December 1941 Pte. Peachey was one of the No.2 Commando detachment who took part in Operation Archery at Vaagso.
PROCTOR, John David

PROUT, Charles Leslie

RAISBECK, Robert Douglas Grant
RANDALL, Donald Charles

RENNIE, Jim

ROBERTS, Harold

Lance Corporal Harold Roberts, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in March 1942. He was wounded and taken prisoner of war.
ROGERS, Joseph Gerard Anthony

Lance Sergeant Joseph Rogers, 5 troop, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations at Spilje Albania on 28/29 July 1944.
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Military Medal (Immediate) Spilje Bay, Albania, Operation Healing 2.
ROY, Donald William

SHERMAN, Thomas


STEWART, John Alexander

SUMNER, Frank


VANDERWERVE, John Edward


WALL, John

WHEELAN, George Leslie

Private Les Wheelan, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in March 1942. He was reported missing after the raid, later found to have been wounded and taken prisoner. He was transported to Stalag 344 (V111b) Lamsdorf, Poland.
WILCOCK, Richard
Lance Corporal Richard Wilcock, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent who embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Wounded and taken prisoner he was later transported to Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Poland.
WILKES, Frederick
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