No 6 Commando Nominal A - C

Commando Veterans Archive Nominal Roll for No.6 Commando.
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CA followed by a number = entry in a Commando Association newsletter.
CSC = Commando Service Certificate.
LL followed by a number = entry in Commando Association Lost Legion List.
CasList = National Archives Army Casualty Lists.
WO = War Office file at the National Archives
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SR = Service Record
DNW = Dix, Noonan, Webb.
 
SURNAME
FORENAME
RANK
NUMBER
AWARD
ADDITIONAL
Acreman
John, Ellery
Gnr
944326
 
RA; &2Cdo; CasList 6Cdo WO417/56 wounded 6Jan43
Desmond
Pte
14422299
 
Dorset Regt. Kia.
Adams - Cairns
Alastair
Lt
165886
 
Seaforths;  3Dec43  N Africa Caslist WO417/4; (CA70)
Ahern
C
Pte
14416236
 
QRR; wounded 6/6/44 and 22/3/45 WO417/77 and 90
Ainscough
J
LCpl
3384839  
 
E.Lancs;  wounded 6Jan43 CasList WO417/56  
Albrow
Frank, Joseph
Lt  (Maj) 
255599
 
Norfolks; & 4 Cdo; Korea CA15; CA119
Aldenshaw
Robert
Sig
 
 
(No.6 Cdo website)
Aldridge
G
Pte
4126800
 
Cheshire Regt; wounded N.Africa 30/11/42 CasList WO417/56
Alfred
Henry
 
 
 
See entry for SYRETT
John
Spr
2755937
 
RE; kia
Allen
Frank, William, 'Bill'  
Cpl
6983547
 
Gordons; & 4Cdo (CA103); wounded 6/6/44 WO417/77
George,Edward
Pte
3450087
 
Kings Own Royal Regt; kia
Allen
Reginald, Mark
Cpl
 
 
(CA107)
James
Sgt
4614105
MM*
Duke Of Wellington Regt (CA23)
D
Pte
4698558
 
KOYLI; N.Africa PoW
Amos
Cyril, J.
Sgt
 
 
 and 12 Cdo, CBTC (CA98)
Anderson
G
Pte
 
 
(No.6 Cdo website)
Anderson
Joseph
Gnr
 
 
(No.6 Cdo website)
Ansell
E.C.
Gnr
 
 
RA; (LL1)
Arnold
Arthur
Sgt
 
 
(CA48)
Arthur
John
Pte
 
 
& HOC; from Leics. (CA67)
Ashcroft
J.
Pte
 
 
lka Milford Haven (LL1)
Ashley - Cooper
Gerald, Nigel
Capt
67160
 
Ox & Bucks
Askew
Gordon, James
Pte
 
 
 
Albert,Ernest
Sgt
918259
 
RA; kia; also served 7 Cdo
Atkins
T
Pte
 
 
 
Attrell
George
Pte
 
 
emig Australia (CA55)
Luke, Patchcott
Cpl
2931015
 
Liv Scots & 4 Ind Coy, Malta Detachment, and SBS (CA78)
Austin
R.V.
LCpl
 
 
lka Erith, Kent (LL1)
Leonard, George
Pte
14731383
 
Somerset LI; kia
Baker
F.T.
Pte
 
 
lka Potters Bar (LL1)
Baker
D.W.A.
Pte
 
 
lka Essex (LL1)
Baldwin
A.B.
Pte
 
 
(CA14)
Banks
R.C.
Pte
 
 
& 12 Cdo (LL1)
Bar
'Jock'
Sgt
 
 
Scots Gds
Bardini
Vincent
Pte
 
 
from Carlisle (CA74)
Barker
Alfred
CSM
 
 
& 12 Cdo (CA32, CA72)
Joseph, Walter
LCpl
5507405
 
The Buffs; kia
Albert, John
TSM
4275682
 
RNF; kia
Barnes
W.H. 'Bob'
Lt 
 
 
&CBTC (CA74) (CA53)
Barrett
Reginald, Charles, 'Charlie
Pte
 
 
from West Bridgend, Dumbarton (CA120)
Barrow
 
Gnr
 
 
RA
Jerimiah
Pte
3970602
 
Welch Regt; kia
John
Pte
4122804 
 
Cheshire Regt; PoW CasLists WO417/58
Barry
L
Fus
 
 
Lancs Fus
Bartholomew
 
Lt
 
 
 
Frank 
Fus
6983550
 
R. Innis. Fus; WO208/5393 Escape evasion report
Bashford
Richard, Lewis
Cpl
6972561
 
R Inniskilling Fusiliers & CBTC (CA99)
Batchelor
Raymond, H.W.
Pte
14219417 
 
 
Black Watch; (LL1); CasList WO417/78 wounded NWE
Bate
John, Pimblett
LCpl
 
 
(CA80)
Bates
Leonard
Sgt
 
 
Welch Regt
Bateson
 
Pte
 
 
 
Batey
Denis, A.H.
Dvr
 
 
 
Bavan
 
Pte
 
 
 
Baxter
Eric, Gordon
Maj
96296
 
RA
Baxter
R
Pte
 
 
lka West Drayton Middx (LL1)
Beament
S.W.
Pte
 
 
lka Beconsfield (LL1)
Beaney
Philip, Melvyn
Pte
 
 
Sherwood Foresters; 6 Cdo Sept-Nov.1945 (DNW); (LL1)
Beard
J
Cpl
6408692
 
R Sussex Regt
Beard
A
Spr
 
 
RE;& 9 Cdo; lka Manchester (LL1)
Beattie
P
Fus
 
 
R Irish Fusiliers
Beattie
V.J.
Pte
 
 
 
Beaumont
Walter
TSM
 
 
 
Beaven
C.J.
Maj
 
 
 
Beckett
 
Pte
 
 
 
Beech
Dennis
Pte
 
 
from Hillsborough (CA100)
Beechey
Anthony, Richard
Fus
 
 
(CA21);(LL2)
Belcher
A.A.
Gnr
 
 
RA; lka Gillingham (LL2)
Bell
F
Cpl
 
 
lka Plymouth (LL2)
Harry
Pte
3782519
 
Loyal Regt
Bell
J.
Pte
 
 
lka New Zealand (LL2)
Bell
J.A.
Pte
 
 
from Billericay, Essex (CA113)
Bell
T
Pte
14626914
 
Durham LI; wounded 9/6/44 CasList WO417/77 NWE
Bell
Thomas
Cpl
 
 
from Hertfordshire (CA111)
Bell
T.W.
Pte
 
 
 
William, James
Cpl
405888
 
RAC; kia
Bennett
P
Pte
 
 
R Surrey Regt
Bent
Gerry
 
 
 
 
Berkeley/Bjorklund
K.V.
Gnr
 
 
RA; (CA109)
Peter, John
Sgt
910524
MM
Border Regt
Bethell
S.E.
 
 
 
& 5 Cdo (CA71)
William, Claude
Pte
 
 
from Newcastle upon Tyne (CA7)
Bidmead
William, 'Bill'
Pte
 
 
KRRC
Leonard, Vincent
Gnr
 
RA; kia (see ROH entry)
Billington
Harry, L. 'Bill'
Capt
 
 
R. Fus; & 1 CdoBde (CA114)
Sydney, E.
Pte
14526827
 
KSLI; kia
Joseph
Pte
4607985
 
Duke Of Wellington Regt; kia
Lancelot
Sgt
 
 
from Bradford (CA75)
Bird
 
LCpl
 
 
 
Bjorkman
P
LBdr
2888447
 
RA
Blackburn
Dudley
Sgt
4128052
 
Cheshire Regt
Blackledge
B
Pte
 
 
 
John, K.
Pfc
USA
 
US Army 34th Inf.
Albert, John
Fus
14604359
 
R Welch Fusiliers; kia
Blanchard
William, John
Major
197443
 
RA; (CA76)
Blasby
Alexander 
Pte
6089230
 
Black Watch / PoW lists 26Feb43; Stalag 344; (LL2)
Blewitt
Patrick, Cullen, 'Pug'
Gnr
 
 
RA
Harold, Trevor
LCpl
3384304
 
East Lancs Regt; kia
Woolf
LSgt
3323752
 
HLI; POW; (PG);(CA98 et al); emigrated Australia 
Alfred, Edgar
TSM
851755
 
RA; kia
Boddy
Victor, Howard
Sgt
 
 
 
Boettcher (US)
Otto, P.
SSgt
 
 
168 Inf Regt, 34 Us Div
Stanley
LCpl
3316568
MM
& 12Cdo. Kia 2SAS.
Bolger
P
Pte
 
 
 
Bolton
J
Pte
 
 
lka Gt Harwood nr Blackburn (LL2)
Bolton
J.A.P.
Pte
 
 
& 4 Cdo lka Pitsea Essex (LL8)
Bolton
J.R.
Pte
 
 
lka Essex (LL2)
Bomberg
R
Pte
 
 
lka Essex (LL2)
John, Alexander
Lt
109543
 
Loyal Regt; kia
Booth
A
Pte
 
 
& 4 Cdo (LL2)
Edward, L.
SSgt
USA
 
US Army 34th Inf.
Boreham
Jonathan, H.R.
Sgt
323834
 
RA; (CA6, CA14)
Bowell
 
Cpl
 
 
 
Francis, Paul, 'George'
Pte
 
 
resided Paris and Brussels (various CA newsletters)
Bowett
Horace
Pte
 
 
 
Bower
George
Sgt
 
 
from Southampton (CA120)
Bradbury
James
Rfn
 
 
 
Bradley
Norman
Pte
 
 
 
Bradshaw
F.T. 'Tom'
Gnr
 
 
RA; (CA114)
Bradshaw
William
Pte
 
 
 
N.L.
Pte
 
 
(CA17)
Leslie
Gnr
 
RA; PoW 26Feb43 CasList WO417/60
Bray
Reginald S
Pte
 
 
 
Brelsford
E
Pte
 
 
 
Brennan
Daniel, Joseph
LCpl
 
 
Duke Of Wellington Regt; from Todmorden (Obits. CA80)
Brennan
Anthony, E.
Cpl
 
 
(CA24).
Gerald, Harry /
Gunter, H.
Capt
13106632;
331216
 
Pioneer Corps and RWF; also served 47RM Cdo; 
Brereton
R.K.
TSM
356471,
EC6572
 
Black Watch; later Major  Punjab Regt; died West Africa Oct 1951 (CA15)(LG37558)
Breslin
R.W.
Pte
14416250
 
QORWK; wounded NWE CasList WO417/77
Brewer
W
Pte
 
 
 
Brogan
 
 
USA
 
 
Bromley
N
Pte
 
 
 
Alfred, Edwin
Pte
5619678
 
Glosters / & 4Cdo. Dieppe, Normandy, Rhine Crossing
Brown
Andrew, A. 'Andy'
Cpl
 
 
from West Earlham, Norfolk (CA81), (CA120)
Brown
W
Gnr
 
 
RA
Brown
R.B.
Lt
 
 
lka Redditch (LL2)
Brown
T
Pte
3783824
 
King's Regt; CasList WO417/80
Brown
Walter, George
Sgt
4743130
 
Yorks & Lancs; PoW 26/3/43 WO416/50/159; (CA108)
Browne
Arthur, John, Henry
Cpl
 
 
 
Bryen
Clifford, Leonard, George
WO1 (RSM)
6205873
 
Middlesex Regt; PoW 10/6/44.
Buchanan
Thomas
Sgt
 
 
RA
J
Pte
14755204
 
SLI; wounded 24/1/45
CasList WO417/88.
Bugg
R.S.
Pte
 
 
lka Plymouth (LL2)
Bunting
A
Fus
 
 
lka Belfast (LL2)
Oliver, 'Ossie'
Sgt
3970615
 
Welch Regt; (CA98); wounded 8/11/42 & 24/3/45 CasLists WO417/54 & 90
Burgess
H.C.
LBdr
 
 
RA; lka Kansas City USA (LL2)
Burns
David, Scot
Cpl
3058076
 
Royal Scots; & 2 SBS (PG); 
Burns
J.V.
LCpl
 
 
& 2 Cdo  lka Stoke Newington (LL2)
Vincent, Joseph
LCpl
4128376 
 
Cheshire Regt; kia
Burrell
Anthony, I.M.
Pte
 
 
 
Burroughs
 
Pte
 
 
 
Butler
A
Pte
 
 
 
Butler
Cleo
Pte
 
 
 
Butler
Roy
Pte
4802679
 
Lincs Regt; PoW CasList WO417/94, WO416/52/479
Butler
Stanley, Sidney
Pte
 
 
from Hailsham  (CA105)
John, Vincent
CSM
2060658
DCM
Gordons, 11 Cdo and SAS; (CA6)(LL8)
Caldwell        (Fraser-Caldwell)
James, H.
'Jim'
TSM
3712143
 
KORR; 3Tp (CA28, CA65)  emigrated Canada; wounded 24/3/45 CasList WO417/90
Caldwell
J
Pte
3975440
 
Welch Regt
Campbell
 
 
USA
 
 
Campbell
H
Pte
5952606
 
Beds & Herts Regt; lka Herne Hill (LL3)
Campbell
James, Joseph
Gnr
 
 
and No.9 Cdo (CA95)
Capaldi
Jack
Pte
 
 
lka Southsea (LL3)
Charles, Edward
Fus
6983360
 
R.Inniskilling Fus; wounded 26/2/43
Carrigan
James, 'Jim'
Tpr
 
 
3 troop; Edinburgh 1957 (CA24) (PG)
Horace, C.
LSgt
4542130
 
West Yorkshire; died result of grenade accident
Cash
Bernard
Pte
 
 
 
Norman, Walter
LCpl
 
 
 
Caswell
 
Cpl
 
 
 
Cater
Michael, William, Bernard
Sgt
 
 
from Cheshire (CA119)
Cator
Mick
LCpl
 
 
 
Caulfield
Ronald, Kenneth
LCpl
 
 
KOYLI
Cawthorne
Richard, G.M.
Pte
 
 
(CA9 and CA116)
Cawthra
 
Sgt
 
 
R. Signals
Chaldicot
 
Capt
 
 
 
Chamberlian
Terence, Mccauland
Capt
228857
 
RE
Champion
A
LBdr
 
RA wounded 24/1/45 CasList WO417/88.
Chaplin
F
Pte
 
 
 
Peter, Neilson
Pte
14987110
 
Yorks & Lancs Regt; kia
Chapman
 
Cpl
 
 
 
Arthur
Fus
4206553
 
RWF; kia 
Robert, Henry
Sgt
2574228
 
R. Signals; NWE CasList WO417/76
Bernard
Gnr
 
RA
Christensen
 
 
USA
 
 
Christian
Dennis, R.
Pte
14491492
 
R Sussex Regt
Church
 
Pte
 
 
 
Church
T.H.
Pte
 
 
(LL3) (PG)
Chute
Desmond, C.F.
Maj
 
 
Fife & Forfar Yeomanry
Clague
William, Norman
Sgt
3775712
 
embedded photographer from AFPU killed 12Jun44 Amfreville (not Commando)
John, Francis
Capt
258657
MC
Cameronians
Clark
H.T.
Pte
 
 
 
Clark
J
Pte
 
 
 
Clark
J.C.
Capt
 
 
Gordons
Clark
Michael, Charles
Capt
152808
 
RACD
Clarke
Harold, Frederick
Cpl
 
 
R. Sigs (CA 47)
Clarke
Jack, 'Nobby'
Dvr
 
 
from Brighton (CA119)
Clarke
D.C.I.
Capt
 
 
 
Clegg
George
Pte
 
 
 
Clegg
Richard
Pte
 
 
From Hyde (CA109)
Clegg
W.H.
Pte
 
RA
Clemmitt
Alan
Pte
 
 
 
Clery
J.D.
Cpl
 
 
(CA97)
Cliff
D
Pte
 
 
 
Clifford
Arthur, W.E.
Pte
 
 
(CA7; CA107)
Clifford
Edward, 'Taffy'
TSM
 
 
 
John, Albert
Capt
321568
BEM
Lincs. Regt
Charles, Bill, Courtenay
Lt Col
117368
 
South Staffs Regt
William, John, Lewis
Pte
5051813
 
North Staffs Regt; kia
Cobb
A.J.
Pte
 
 
 
Cobb
G
LSgt
683983
 
RA
Cobby
J
Pte
 
 
 
Coke
Lawrence, Redman
Capt
108106
 
RAMC
Colhoun
John, J.
Sgt
 
 
RA; from Ledbury (CA100)
Coligan
James
Gnr
 
 
RA
Colley
S.A.
Pte
 
 
also served in 12Cdo
Colley
Sidney
Pte
 
 
RADC
Collins
Harold, David, Morris
CSM
 
RE; 11/6/44 wounded NWE WO417/ 77; from Yiewsley (CA74)
Collins
L
Fus
 
 
 
Patrick
Gnr
981100
 
RA; kia
Collins
P
LCpl
7044515
 
R Irish Fus.
Colquhoun
Donald,
'Half Pint'
Capt
75674
 
Scots Gds
Robert, McLeod
LCpl
7951111
 
RAC; (PG)
Connally
P
LSgt
5500110 
 
Hamps Regt; PoW CasLists.14Dec42 escape query WO417/70
Connolly
Frank
Cpl
 
 
Kings Liverpool Regt
Connolly
J
Pte
4128397 
 
Cheshires; CasList 26Feb43;PoW Lists Stalag 344
John, Henry
Sgt
5500110
MM
Hampshires (POW escaper then OCTU)
Edward
Pte
14554281
 
Royal Scots; kia
James, 'Jim'
Cpl
2883201
 
Gordon Hldrs; & 12 Cdo; (PG) wounded 12/6/44 WO417/77
Connor
T
Gnr
 
 
 
Constable
Douglas, Hugh
Lt
100242
 
Border Regt
Conway
John
Sgt
 
 
 
Conway
 
Pte
 
 
 
Cook
Robert, 'Bobby'
LCpl
14529920
 
RA; forum post
Coombes
 
Pte
 
 
A&SH
Cooper
E
Pte
 
 
lka Rochdale Lancs (LL3)
Cooper
Reginald
Gnr
 
 
RA; from Stoke on Trent (CA98)
Cooper
Roy
Fus
 
 
and 4 Cdo (CA116)
Corcoran
John, Joseph, 'Corky'
LSgt
 
 
 
M
Dvr
T/95342; 
MiD 
RASC; WO208/3345 PoW escape 14Sep43;  LL3; LG36563
Cotter
Percy
LCpl
2880902
 
Gordon Hldrs and 6 cdo; wounded 10/6/44 WO417/77
Cotterill
Albert
TSM
5048483
 
N Staffs Regt
Cousins
 
Pte
 
 
 
Couzens
J.G.
Pte
 
 
 
Cowper
John
Capt
156587
 
Black Watch 
Cox
Ernest, Everard
Lt
296253
 
R. Signals
Coxon
Robert, Joseph 
Lt
326312
 
 
Coxon
P
Gnr
920290
 
RA
Crabtree
J
LSgt
3460696
 
Lancs Fus; wounded 22/3/45 CasList WO417/90
Craig
Donald
LSgt
 
 
RE
John, James
LCpl
5823141
 
Suffolk Regt; PoW NAfrica
Crickmar
C
Pte
 
 
 
William
Pte
3132610
 
DLI; kia
Crisp
George, J.
Pte
 
 
 
R.A.
Pte
14417183
 
Middx Regt; wounded 24/3/45 CasList WO417/90
Criton
 
RQMS
 
 
 
George
Pte
14633927
 
A&SH
Crofton
J
Pte
 
 
 
Crook
J
Pte
 
 
 
Ernest
Pte
6922998
 
Highland LI; kia
Crowley
J.P.
Cpl
3710217
 
KORR; wounded 12/6/44 WO417/77
Crowther
Geoffrey
LSgt
 
 
RA
Michael, J.
Cpl
917046; 
MiD 
RA; PoW Escape report 
Peter, Ramsay
Capt
179476
MiD. Sx Star
RA / Black Watch; (CA9)
John, Edwin, George
LSgt
4612416
 
Duke Of Wellington Regt; kia
Cunningham
Richard
TSM
3127983
 
Border Regt
Cunningham
Wallace, Stephen
Pte
 
 
from Tyne and Wear (CA114); (PG)
Cunningham
H.G.
Pte
 
 
 
Curtis
Ronald, Frederick
Gnr
 
 
RA; lka Potters Bar (LL4)
Cutler
Allan
Pte
 
 
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