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After Burma No.1 and No.5 Commandos were withdrawn to India to prepare for Operation ‘Zipper’ the invasion of Malaya. Zipper being abandoned after the cessation of hostilities both Commando units were re-deployed to Hong Kong on policing duties.
Because of the loss of men through demobilisation, No.1 Commando was merged early 1946 with No.5 Commando to form No.1/5 Commando which was itself later disbanded.
3 Commando Brigade, Burma Operations
Location
5 Commando
History of the Unit
5 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.
5 Commando, Formation in 1940
Scan of papers documenting the formation of No.5 Commando in 1940
5 Commando, Officers in 1940
Scan of original document listing the first Commanding Officer and Troop Leaders of No5 Commando on its formation in 1940. Listed are prospective subalterns for each troop.
ADDINGTON, Raymond Thomas Casamajor

Raymond Thomas Casamajor Addington, the third son of the 6th Viscount Sidmouth, joined No 5 Commando as a 2/Lieutenant upon their formation in July 1940 [1] [3].
ALBONE, Harold Charles
ATTER, Frank Edward
Labour Councillor for Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, from the 1950's through to the 1980's.
AUCOTT, Leslie Frank
3 Commando Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Wigston, Leicestershire.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 92.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
BALCHIN, John

BARTHOLOMEW, Norman Eric
BARTON, Leslie James
BEARD, William Charles Spencer
BEAUMONT, James
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 73.
Commando Association Lost Legions List 1.
BEAVER, Thomas
BEECH, James Frederick
BELL, Stanley
BENNETT, Henry
Post war member of the Commando Association from Middleton, Lancashire.
BENNETT, Leonard Sydney
BETTS, Arthur

BEVAN, William James
BEVERIDGE, Robert
BISHOP, John Franklin
BLAKEMORE, John
BOLITHO, Raymond Gordon
BOOTH, William Martel
In 1939 William Booth was an Essex Constabulary Police Constable based at South Street Police Station, Romford. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 as part of the Police Intakes to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
BOWYER, John Douglas

BRADFORD, Alan Charles

BRAY, Hubert Alaric Arthur
BRIGHT, Gerald Kitchener

BROTHWOOD, John Thomas Victor Wilfred Searson

BROWN, Frederick Harold
BROWN, James
BROWN, Kenneth, S.
BRYANT, Sydney

BUCKLE, Dennis Howard

BUDD, Lionel
BURTINSHAW, Robert James Glover
CARR, Francis Arthur
CHAMBERS, Philip Arthur John
CHANT, Stuart Whitemore

- October 1940 volunteered for the Army Commandos; attached to No.5 Commando [2].
CHURCHILL, John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming (Lt Col)

After a brief spell as 2i/c No 5 Commando, the then Major John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill (later affectionately known by some as Mad Jack) moved to 2i/c No 3 Commando. Wounded during Operation Archery at Vaagso 27 December 1941.
CLIFFORD, Frederick Henry
Private Frederick Clifford died as a result of an accident whilst deployed overseas. Son of Frederick Eli Clifford and Elizabeth Clifford, of Whetstone, Middlesex.
COLE, H.J.T.
Former Driver H. J. T. Cole of No. 5 Commando, later a Sergeant in the Royal Australian Army, died in 1955. [Source: Commando Association newsletter 23].
COLLINS, Michael Vincent

COOK, Henry John
Rifleman Henry Cook , No 5 Commando HQ, died as a result of an accident whilst deployed overseas. Son of Henry and Beatrice Cook, of Deptford, London.
COOKE, Charles Harry
COOPER, William Edward
COULSON, Garnett
CRUTCHLEY, William
CURRIE, James Charles
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Thornton, Fife.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 84 (1987).
DALZIEL, Andrew

DASHWOOD, Robert Gordon
Lieutenant Robert Dashwood received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Burma.
Sources
London Gazette 37730, page 4691.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 110 issued March 2000.
DAVIES, Ronald

DEADMAN, George

DICKSON, Alexander
DONNISON, Robert Ernest

DOWER, Ernest Stanley

EAGLE, Arthur William
Sources
Addition to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991).
EATON, Frank

EDWARDS, Denis Gold
EDWARDS, Henry, E.
EDWARDS, Ronald
ELLMER, Victor Cyril

FALLON, Allan Scott

FARRELL, C.
FERGUSON, John MacKintosh McLaren
FERGUSON, William
FLEMING, James Cameron Grant
FLOWERS, Charles William Thomas
GIBSON, George MacDonald
GLENISTER, Alfred
GODDEN, Frederic
Private Frederic Godden died in the United Kingdom. Son of Frederic and Maude Marion Godden, of Woolston, Southhampton.
GREEN, Anthony Lovering
GRIFFITHS, Thomas, H.
HALDANE, Frederick Henry Miller
HAMBRIDGE, Alfred
HARRIS, Thomas Leslie
HARTLEY, Sam
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Sam Hartley received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Burma. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
London Gazette 37425, page 383.
HATCH, Dennis Charles
Post war member of the Commando Association from Ynysawdre, Tondu, Glam.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 75 (1982).
HERON, John Golding

HICKS, Ronald Ernest
Addendum to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 87 (1988).
HILL, Arthur Charles

HILL, Geoff

HODGES, James Reginald
HOLLINGWORTH, Leslie
HOWARD, Roland Arthur
HUBBARD, Thomas James
HUGHES, J.
HUGHES, Robert
HULMES, George
HURLEY, Philip
IDE, George Edward

JAMES, Harry John
JARVIS, Joseph Augustus
Joseph Jarvis was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos joining HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943. In 1939 he was a Constable based or residing at 62 Wapping High Street, Stepney. Post war member of the Commando Association.
JEFFERS, Edward
- July 1940 listed as Trooper attached to 2 Troop No.5 Commando on its formation [3].
JOHNS, Philip


JOHNSON, Bertie Lawrence
JOHNSON, Douglas Edward
JOHNSON, William John
JONES, Anthony Windsor
JONES, Sydney
KELLY, George William
KERR, Denys Stanley Kerr
KERR, Joseph Robert
The death of Sergeant Joseph Robert Kerr (14 & 5 Cdos) of Hensingham, Whitehawn, Cumbria, was announced in Commando Association newsletter 68 issued March 1979.
KING, R.
KLUS, Sidney William

KNOWLES, William, H.
LANCASTER, Leslie
- 15 March 1944 wounded Burma [2].
LINSEY, Cyril William Frederick

LYCETT, Robert Arthur

LYNN, Sidney Frank

MACGOWAN, Sydney James Watt

MACKENZIE, George

MACPHERSON, William
MANFORD, Francis Stanley

MANNING, Frederick

Corporal Frederick Manning, a Police Officer from Kent, was one of the Police Intakes to the Commandos commencing his training 15 October 1942. He served with No.5 Commando in the Far East and post war resumed his service with the Police.
MASON, Dennis Cook
MCAVOY, John
John McAvoy enlisted into the Royal Artillery in 1934. He was attached to No.5 Commando 4 Troop on its formation in July 1940. Member of the Commando Association.
McKERR, Hugh Francis Johnston
MCNIFF, Jack
MCPHERSON, MacIntyre Wilson


MEEK, William

MENDAY, Ronald Philip


MILES, Charles George
Rifleman Charles Miles died on war service in the United Kingdom. His funeral was on Wednesday 16 June 1943. Son of William and Annie Miles, of Hyde Road, Richmond.
MORRIS, Bernard
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 116 (2003).
Commando Association Lost Legions List 8.
MORRIS, Charles, H.
NELSON, William Andrew
OLIVER, Matthew Dudgeon
10.06.1944 commissioned O.C.T.U. from the ranks Second Lieutenant [2].
ORMESHER, George
Corporal George Ormesher died of wounds during operations in Madagascar. Son of Margaret Ormesher.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/50.
PALMER, Frederick


PALMER, Frederick (No.5 Cdo) - newspaper report about police service
Newspaper report dated 1946 about his former Police Service in Hartlepool.
PARKER, James Frankland
PEACH, Leslie Alfred Brandon
PEEBLES, John Alan Laing
PETERS, David Robert

- Attached to No 2 Commando from at least January 1943 [2].
PHILLIPS, William James Augustus
POCOCK, Thomas Charles
POLLITT, Charles Jordan Bellingham

PRICE, Eric, C.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
PRINGLE, Thomas Henry

QUILLIN, Douglas Gordon.

REEVE, Stanley Richardson
ROBERTS, James
ROBINSON, Dennis, R.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Gainsborough, Lincs.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 106 (1998).
ROBSON, Charles Edward

SANSOM, Samuel Jack
SAYER, Fred
Private Fred Sayer, a Signaller in 4 Troop, received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Burma. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
[1] London Gazette 37425, page 383.
SCOBBIE, John Ross
SERRICK, Daniel

Pte Serrick was born in Nova Scotia.
SHAW, David Mackenzie
SHEDDEN, Richard Graham
SKEATES, Albert Charles
SMALLEY, Christopher John

SMITH, John Russell
Also served No.5 Commando and COPP. Post war member of the Commando Association from Dersingham, Norfolk.
SMITH, Leslie James
Post war member of the Commando Association from Billericay, Essex.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 94 (1992).
SMITH, Ronald James
SNADDON, J.
Lance Corporal Snaddon, 4 troop, was wounded in 1944 during operations in Burma.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
Document in 5 Cdo. Gallery titled 'No 5 Cdo Memorial Service held on the 27th March 1944.'
STAPLETON, Alfred William
STEDMAN, Ernest Harold
STOKES, George Stanley
STROWGER, John Dunkirk
John Strowger was a serving Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos as part of one of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he was a Police Constable serving at Croydon Police Station, London. Post war member of the Commando Association.
STUART, Charles Robin McKenzie

STUART, Ted, Memories of 5 Commando and Mission 204
A personal account of the memories of Ted Stuart, No 5 Commando, who volunteered for Mission 204.
SYLVESTER, George
TAYLOR, Reginald George
TOMS, Frederick John
TOOTH, Eric Roger
TORDOFF, Kenneth
TUFFIN, Leslie Ernest Longhurst
TUNGATT, Leonard Frederick

TURNER, William George Jack
WALKER, David
Lance Corporal David Walker, Medical Section, received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Burma. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
London Gazette 37425, page 385.
WALL, John

WALTERS, Haydn
WARD, John James
Former Sergeant John James 'Paddy' Ward (5 Cdo) died whilst at sea and was buried in New Jersey. (Source: Commando Association newsletter 35.)
WHEELER, Bert
WHITE, Charles Edward
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Capel St. Mary, Suffolk.
Sources
Additions to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991)
WILLIAMS, John
WOOD, Steven Patrick
WRIGHT, Douglas Thomas
YEOMAN, Robert
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