'Vaagso - Operation Archery'

Primary tabs

Date commenced: 
Saturday, December 27, 1941

Location

Vaagso, Norway
Norway
62° 0' 10.2204" N, 5° 3' 52.9092" E
Units: 
3 Commando
2 Commando
4 Commando
6 Commando

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.
Operation Archery - Commando Fallen
27 December 1941
FORRESTER, Herbert William Louis, Capt., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
GILES, John Frederick, Capt., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
CULLING, William, LSgt., No.3 Commando, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery.
GEEAR, Edward James, LSgt., No.3 Commando, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery.
HUGHES, Charles Richard, LSgt., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
POVEY, Harold Thomas Andrew, LSgt., No.3 Commando, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery.
CARLISLE, Alan, LCpl., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
LANE, William, LCpl., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
SKELTON, John, LCpl., No.3 Commando, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery.
EVANS, Francis George, Pte., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
HAYES, Frank, Gdsm., No.2 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
HICKS, James William, Pte., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
JOHNSON, Denis Alan, Pte., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
KEAST, Peter Hugh Joseph, Pte., No.3 Commando, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery.
MURRAY, James Gardner, Pte., No.3 Commando, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery.
TURLEY, Frank William, Pte., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
WHARTON, Bernard William, Gnr., No.3 Commando, Brookwood Memorial.
28 December 1941
CORK, Alfred James, Sgt., No.3 Commando, Poole Cemetery, Dorset.
17 January 1942
PRITCHARD, Wilfred Prestley, Gnr., No.3 Commando, Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery.
Archive pages: 
No 3 Commando
No 2 Commando
No 4 Commando
No 6 Commando
Norwegian

Ask Questions / Add Information / Add Photos

Use the Archive Forum for research enquiries [register now]. 
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Contact the Archive to add information or photos via the [contact form].
 
All content is researched and administered by the Commando Veterans Archive.