Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy
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Displaying 1 - 43 of 43ALTRINGHAM, Ronald Leslie
Marine
CH/X 112202
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Ronald Altringham died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Mrs. H. Altringham, of Hackney, London.
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
BREMNER, Alexander
Marine
CH/X 104278
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alexander Bremner died during operations in Italy (Lake Comacchio). Son of Robert and Alice Maud Bremner, of Erith, Kent.
BROWN, John
Private
4350290
No 9 Commando
The East Yorkshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private John Brown died during operations in the region of Lake Comacchio and Argenta, Italy. Son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Brown; husband of Elizabeth Brown, of Bootle, Lancashire.
Sources
CWGC.
BUSTARD, Leslie Mears
Marine
PO/X 113418
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Leslie Bustard died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Herbert William and Violet Clayton Bustard, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
COLBY, Gordon David
Lance Corporal
CH/X 112755
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Gordon Colby died of wounds during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Robert Herbert Colby and Esther Colby, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
COOMBER, Arthur William George
Marine
CH/X 113203
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Arthur Coomber died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Robert Edwin and Daisy Coomber, of Withyham, Sussex.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
CORCORAN, James Ernest Bertram
Corporal
CH/X 1679
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal James Corcoran died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of James and Alice Corcoran; husband of Joan Corcoran of Wainscott, Kent.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
CROUCH, Alfred John
Trooper
7952333
SBS
Special Air Service and Royal Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Trooper Alfred Crouch, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, was killed in action during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
DIMARCO, Paul
Colour Sergeant
PO/X 107388
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Colour Sergeant Paul DiMarco died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of James Dimarco and of Elizabeth Dimarco (nee Birmingham); husband of Ellen Dimarco, of Cowes, Isle of Wight.
An account by Ron Perry of the action
An account by Ron Perry of the action
FOSTER, Ronald Thomas
Lance Corporal
CH/X 2825
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Ronald Foster died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.
GARDNER, James
Lance Corporal
3535628
No 9 Commando
Manchester Regiment, 9th Bn.
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal James Gardner was killed in action during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Fred and Jane Gardner.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/91.
GARSON, Andrew
Marine
PO/X 108150
43RM Commando
royal ma
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Andrew Garson died during operations at Lake Comacchio and Argenta, Italy. Son of Andrew Alexander Garson and Jessie Garson, of Holm, Orkney.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HAMSTEAD, Edward Oliver
Marine
CH/X 104537
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Edward Hamstead died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. He had earlier received a Mention in Despatches for outstanding service while operating with the Allied Armies in Italy, rank shown as Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)*.
HARVEY, William Joseph Alphonso
Colour Sergeant
PLY/X 2905
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Colour Sergeant William Harvey, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
HAYS, Robert Griffen
Marine
PO/X 113795
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Hays died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Francis and Elizabeth Griffen Hays, of Barrmill, Ayrshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HILL, Henry William
Sergeant
EX/5515
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Henry Hill, a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
HOBBS, Victor Frederick
Marine
CH/X 112644
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Victor Hobbs died during operations at Lake Commachio, Italy. Son of George Albert and Amelia Eleanor Hobbs, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
An account by Ron Perry of the action
HUGHES, Stanley Raymond
Fusilier
4130995
SBS
Special Air Service and 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
Military Medal (MM)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Stanley Hughes M.M., SBS, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio. Son of Edward Lloyd Hughes and Bertha Hughes; husband of Hilda May Hughes, of Stoneycroft, Lancashire.
HUNTER, Cpl. Thomas Peck, VC
Corporal
CH/X 110296
43RM Commando
Royal Marines
Victoria Cross (VC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. Son of Ramsay and Mary Hunter, of Edinburgh.
Victoria Cross Citation
Admiralty Whitehall 12th June 1945.
INGRAM, Richard George
Marine
PLY/X 107498
43RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Richard Ingram died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of George and Lily Ingram, of Hayle, Cornwall.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
JAMES, George Henry
Lance Corporal
CH/X 110924
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal George James died at 214 Field Ambulance, Italy. At the time of his death his commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
KITHER, Harry Thomas
Captain
96760
No 9 Commando
Royal Artillery
Military Cross (MC)
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Harry Kither MC, from Longcot Shrivenham near Swindon, died during operations at Lake Comacchio and the Argenta Gap. He had been awarded the Military Cross "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy."
Sources
LASSEN, Major, Anders Frederick Emil V. Schau, VC
Major
234907
SBS
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Special Air Service Regiment
Victoria Cross (VC)
Military Cross (MC)
Bar to the Military Cross
2nd Bar to the Military Cross
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major Anders Lassen, MC and 2 bars, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached to 2 Commando Brigade, was killed during
LITTLE, William Armstrong
Marine
CH/X 113276
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine William Little died in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
MCGLASHON, Dennis Patrick
Marine
CH/X 111797
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Dennis McGlashon died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
MOLE, Geoffrey E.
Lance Corporal
6105340
40RM Commando
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Geoffrey Mole, RAMC attached to 40RM Commando, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
MOODY, Edwin John
Marine
CH/X 112355
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Edwin Moody died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Albert Edward and Mary Moody, of Lenham, Kent. Brother of Don, Frank, Dick, and Jimmy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
NASH, Alec
Marine
PLY/X 109509
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alec Nash died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
Births Registered April, May, June 1921 in Clutton, Somerset.
PAIN, Leonard James
Marine
CH/X 110765
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Leonard Pain died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/135.
PEGRUM, John David George
Lieutenant
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant John Pegrum died 11 April 1945 during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Served in 'Q' Troop in Corfu, January 1945.
Son of George William Pegrum, and of Ethel May Pegrum, of Setch, Norfolk.
PITT, Edward Albert
Corporal
CH/X1257
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Edward Pitt died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
PORTER, Norman Maund
Major
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Major Norman Porter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
ROBERTS, Edward
Corporal
5884746
SBS
2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Hampshire Regiment 5th Bn.
Special Air Service Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Edward Roberts, Special Boat Service, SAS Regiment, AAC, attached 2 Commando Brigade, died during operations at Lake Comacchio.
Son of Leslie D. and Annie H. Fraser, of Parkhead, Glasgow.
Sources
CWGC.
RUTTER, Robert
Marine
PLY/X 111427
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Rutter died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
SCOTT, William James
Sergeant
CH/X 1327
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant William Scott died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
SIMPSON, Samuel
Marine
PLY/X 111427
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Samuel Simpson died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
SMALLBONE, Nelson Arthur Michel
Sergeant
6467394
No 2 Commando
Royal Fusiliers (City of London)
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Nelson Smallbone, 6 troop, died 11 March 1945 during operations in Italy. Son of Nelson W. F. and Lucie M. L. Smallbone, of Streatham, London [1][5].
SUTCLIFFE, Kenneth George
Lance Corporal
CH/X 111640
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Kenneth Sutcliffe died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
SWIFT, Harold
Marine
PLY/X 112407
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Harold Swift died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Robert and Eunice Swift, of Lower Broughton, Salford, Lancashire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/137.
TANNER, John Andrew
Corporal
14241755
No 9 Commando
Middlesex Regiment
City of London Police
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal John Tanner was killed in action on 15 April 1945 during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. The previous year on 20 March 1944 he was wounded (recovered) during operations in Italy.
WATTS, Albert
Served as :
POWER, Thomas
Driver
T/269038
No 9 Commando
Royal Army Service Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds
Driver Albert Watts, from Manchester, died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy. Son of Charles Robert Watts, and of Ann Watts, of Harpurhey, Lancashire.
WEDGWOOD, Paul Neville
Lieutenant
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Paul Wedgwood died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
WOODALL, John William
Corporal
CH/X 2684
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal John Woodall died during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
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