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Displaying 1 - 17 of 17BAKER, Kenneth
Corporal
5618955
No 8 Commando
Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Kenneth Baker was killed in action during operations in Libya with Layforce. Son of Thomas and Sarah Baker, of Torrington, Devon; husband of Sylvia Emily Jane Baker, of Torrington.
BREWITT, John
Private
7619486
No 8 Commando
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Died on active service
Private John Brewitt died as a result of an accident.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/24.
CARTWRIGHT, Leonard Richard
Sergeant
328983
No 8 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Died on active service
Sergeant Leonard Cartwright died as a result of an accident. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. A. Cartwright, of Nevendon, Essex.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/86.
CAWSEY, Francis William
Private
5499203
No 8 Commando
Somerset Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Francis Cawsey was first reported missing 29 April 1942 during operations in Burma, later corrected to missing presumed kille
COULDREY, Edwin Robert
Bombardier
830703
No 8 Commando
Royal Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Bombardier Edwin Couldrey, Special Service Detachment*, was reported missing 18 August 1942, later confirmed as having died, during operations in Burma. Royal Artillery Casualty Cards record his death as a battle casualty. He has no known grave.
EDSALL, Keith Valentine
Trooper
7912260
No 8 Commando
SBS
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Keith Edsall was killed in action during operations in the Western desert. Son of Percy and Gladys Edsall; husband of E. P. Edsall, of Wealdstone. Middlesex.
Sources
CWGC.
HANBURY-TRACY, Richard Algernon Frederick
Major
45143
No 8 Commando
Royal Horse Guards
Died on war service
Major Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 6th Baron Sudeley, died at sea whilst No.8 Commando were part of Layforce. Son of Maj. the Hon. Algernon Hanbury-Tracy, C.M.G., formerly of the Royal Horse Guards, and the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury-Tracy; husband of Lady Sudeley, of Whitchurch, Hampshire.
HARROLD, Edward Thomas Hornsby
Corporal
5615963
No 8 Commando
Somerset Light Infantry
Died on war service
Corporal Edward Harrold drowned at sea as a result of an accident.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/29.
HEADLAND, Thomas Herbert
Lance Sergeant
2613699
No 8 Commando
Grenadier Guards
Died on active service
Lance Sergeant Thomas Headland died as a result of an accident during operations in Syria. Son of John Robert and Eliza Elisabeth Headland, of Woodford, Northamptonshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO 417/30.
LACEY, Leonard Frank
Private
5669104
No 8 Commando
'Layforce'
British Military Mission 204
Somerset Light Infantry
Died on active service
Private Leonard Lacey died whilst a prisoner of war. He had been posted from the Commando to Middle East Detachment 2, later redesignated 2nd Special Service Detachment (SSD 2), in Burma. He has no known grave. Son of Edward James Lacey and Louise Rose Lacey.
MAYNARD, John Edward Trestrail
Corporal
5440304
No 8 Commando
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal John Maynard died during operations in Tobruk (Cyrenaica Libya) whilst part of a detachment from No 8 Commando ('B' Bn. Layforce) assigned to the garrison. Son of Percy Castell Maynard and Mary Elizabeth Maynard, of Redruth, Cornwall.
MILLER, John
Private
6139215
No 8 Commando
Special Service Detachment 2
East Surrey Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Miller was reported missing from approximately 12 June 1942 and later presumed killed in action, during operations in the Far East. He has no known grave.
PROWSE, Alfred Charles
Lance Corporal
5620784
No 8 Commando
Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Alfred Prowse died during operations in Libya with 'B' Battalion Layforce. Son of Arthur and Mable Ellen Prowse of Sidmouth, Devon.
Sources
CWGC.
RICHARDSON, Arthur
WO2 Company Sergeant Major
5381845
No 8 Commando
Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Richardson was reported missing presumed killed in action during operations in Burma.
SCANES, Lewis Ralph
Trooper
321274
No 8 Commando
1st Royal Dragoons Royal Armoured Corps
Died on war service
Trooper Lewis Scanes was reported missing presumed died during operations in Burma on or shortly after 19 June 1942, his secondary unit shown simply as "Commando" on each of the casualty lists. Son of Henry Frederick and Mary Charlotte Scanes, of Dagenham, Essex.[1][2].
TERRY, John Leslie
Lance Corporal
2617532
No 8 Commando
Grenadier Guards
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Corporal John Terry, 2 troop, was accidentally killed by a locomotive during a night operations exercise. The Commando were based at Burnham on Crouch at the time.
Son of Arthur M. Terry and Mary E. Terry, of Mapperley, Nottingham.
WELLS, Percy Arthur
Gunner
798608
No 8 Commando
Royal Horse Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner Percy Wells was killed in action during operations in the Western Desert.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/48.
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