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Displaying 1 - 80 of 80ABRAM, Cyril Henry
No 2 Commando
Executed
Rifleman Cyril Abram was one of the seven men of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
ADDERLEY, Rex Alsager
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sapper Rex Adderley was reported missing after operations at Dieppe, France, and was later presumed killed in action at sea. He has no known grave [1][2].
He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 21 June 1939 and, after volunteering, was attached to No.3 Commando on 7 July 1940 [3].
AIRD, Michael Derrick
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Michael Aird, 4 troop, died during the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on ML 268.
Sources
CWGC.
St Nazaire Society website.
BARRETT, Cyril Ernest
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Cyril Barrett died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
BIGGS, Leonard Vincent
No 6 Commando
Gunner Leonard Biggs was reported missing presumed killed in action at sea*.
He is not listed on the CWGC database or the Casualty Lists as a Commando, however his name is listed on the Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour. A full service record check should be made to confirm any Commando service.
BISHOP, John
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal John Bishop died during operations at Dieppe.
BLACK, Graeme Delamere
No 2 Commando
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC)
Executed
Captain Graeme Black DSO, MC, was executed whilst a Prisoner of War. He was one of the seven Commandos of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
BORGMAN, Robert Bernard John
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Robert Borgman died during the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
Sources
CWGC
St Nazaire Society website.
BRYAN, Edward Joseph
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Edward Bryan, 4 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on Motor Launch ML 267. The launch was hit by enemy fire and sank. Eight of the 11 Commandos, and all bar 5 of the RN crew, on board were killed.
BURGESS, Leslie
No 9 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Leslie Burgess died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
Sources
CWGC.
St Nazaire Society website.
BURNS, Charles
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner Charles Burns, 6 troop, died [1] during operations at Dragone Hill, Salerno. He was buried as far as is known by the 6th Yorks and Lancs on the forward slope of hill [2].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] 2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
CARLISLE, Alan
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Alan Carlisle, 4 Troop, died during operations at Vaagso, Norway. He was buried at sea after a service on board HMS Kenya.
- Enlisted 1937; deployed to France 1939; volunteered for Commandos after Dunkirk; joined No.3 Commando and took part in the Lofoten Islands raid in March 1941.
- See Linked Content below for more.
CARTER, Thomas
No 3 Commando
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Gunner Thomas Carter from Yorkshire died in a boating accident at Largs.
Extract from the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 06 June 1942
CHANCELLOR, Wilfred Douglas
No 9 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Bombardier Wilfred Chancellor died during an operation against German forces in the wadis near the Anzio beachhead.
CHETWYND, Samuel Ernest
No 12 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Samuel Chetwynd died during Operation Chariot, the raid a St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 457 as part of Capt. Pritchard's Demolition Control Party.
CHILD, Alfred Robert
No 7 Commando
SBS
Killed in action or died of wounds
Bombardier Alfred Child was reported missing presumed killed in action at sea [1][2].
CHITTY, John Albert
No 4 Commando
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Sergeant John Chitty, 'C' troop and a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died by drowning during a training exercise codenamed Exercise Brandyball. This was a mock seaborne raid on cliffs near Zennor, St Ives, Cornwall known as The Brandys.
CHUDLEY, William Henry Albert
No 2 Commando
Executed
Lance Bombardier William Chudley was one of the seven men of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
COUGHLAN, John
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal John Coughlan, 4 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on Motor Launch ML 267. The launch was hit by enemy fire and sank. Eight of the 11 Commandos, and all bar 5 of the RN crew, on board were killed.
COULSON, Garnett
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sapper Garnett Coulson died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
COX, Victor John
No 12 Commando
Executed
Sergeant Victor John 'Jack' Cox, No 12 Commando, was assigned to No.14 Commando for Operation Checkmate. He was captured on the raid at Kopervik in Norway on 29th April 1943. He was imprisoned and later executed after being taken to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp and shot.
CUNNINGHAM, Henry Peter
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Henry Cunningham, 4 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on Motor Launch ML 267. The launch was hit by enemy fire and sank. Eight of the 11 Commandos, and all bar 5 of the RN crew, on board were killed.
CURTIS, Eric Gordon
No 2 Commando
Executed
Private Eric Curtis was one of the seven men of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
DONALDSON, John
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal John Donaldson, 3 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on HMS Campbeltown.
DRANSFIELD, Keith Charles
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Keith Dransfield died at sea. The exact circumstances of his death are not known. However a report in the Cheshire Observer 28 August 1943 notes him as missing believed drowned. This is supported by the Army Casualty Lists which list him initially as "At Sea - Missing 17 June 1943".
DUNCAN, Ronald
No 9 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Ronald Duncan died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on Motor Launch ML 268.
Sources
CWGC.
St Nazaire Society website.
ELDRIDGE, Leonard Frederick
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Leonard Eldridge, 2 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on Motor Launch ML 447.
Sources
CWGC.
St Nazaire Society website.
[Image credit] Karen Eldridge.
EMBELIN, Arthur Edward
SBS
Killed in action or died of wounds
Company Sergeant Major Arthur Embelin was the original CSM to 2 Special Boat Section. He died during operations at Oran Harbour. He had previously served in 101 Troop ( the Folbot section of No. 6 Commando).
Sources
CWGC
EVANS, Francis George
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Francis Evans died during operations at Vaagso.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
FORRESTER, Herbert William Louis
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Herbert Forrester, OC 4 troop, died whilst leading an attack on the German Headquarters during the Vaagso raid.
Sources
CWGC
Commando - Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig. John Durnford-Slater.
GERRARD, Thomas Cecil
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Thomas Gerrard died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC
Image: His great niece Ann Wilkinson.
GIBSON, William
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Sergeant William Gibson, 6 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268. Like all those on the raid they were given an opportunity beforehand to write their will or last letters. Bill Gibson wrote to his Father. Read it below.
GILES, John Frederick
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain John Giles, 3 troop, died during operations at Vaagso. He had served with No 3 Commando since their first raid on Guernsey.
John Giles received his first commission into the Gloucestershire Regiment and won the heavy-weight boxing championship of the Army Southern Command. He also played rugby for Clifton Rugby Football Club.
GOSS, Leonard George William
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Leonard Goss, 6 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 192.
GROSE, William Ernest
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman William Grose, 2 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 447.
Sources
CWGC.
St Nazaire Society website.
HANBURY-TRACY, Richard Algernon Frederick
No 8 Commando
Died on war service
Major Richard Hanbury-Tracy died at sea whilst No 8 Commando were part of Layforce.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/2.
Burke's Peerage online.
HARRISON, Norman
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Norman Harrison died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
HARROLD, Edward Thomas Hornsby
No 8 Commando
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.
Data file for the Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour.
Notes
HAYES, Frank
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman Frank Hayes, 4 troop, died during the raid at Vaagso.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
HEATHER, William Bernard
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal William Heather, 2 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 447.
HICKS, James William
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private James Hicks died during operations at Vaagso.
HILLERNS, Michael Guy
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Michael Hillerns died during operations at Dieppe. He was a Phantom patrol commander attached to No 3 Commando at the time.
HODGSON, Eric Stewart
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Eric Hodgson, Officer Commanding 1 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire. He was the Officer commanding the commando contingent on motor launch ML 446.
HOODLESS, Donald Samuel
No 4 Commando
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Corporal Donald Hoodless, 'C' troop and a veteran of the Dieppe raid, died by drowning during a training exercise codenamed Exercise Brandyball. This was a mock seaborne raid on cliffs near Zennor, St Ives, Cornwall known as The Brandys.
HUGHES, Charles Richard
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Sergeant Charles Hughes, 2 troop, died during operations at Vaagso. The incident where he was shot is described in the book Storm from the Sea by Brig. Peter Young.
Service Record entries
27/1/40 Posted as a Lance Corporal to 309 ITC (Infantry Training Centre) at Blandford Camp, Dorset
JACKMAN, Leonard Thomas
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Leonard Jackman died during operations at Dieppe.
The following is from a CVA forum message, "I believe that Len Jackman and my Grandfather Stan Hailes joined No. 3 Commando on its first day. Stan once told me that a small group of volunteers from the Duke of Wellington's were marched to the parade by Sgt Hobson. The group included:
JAMESON, Robert Evan
No 9 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Sergeant Robert Jameson died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on HMS Campbeltown.
Sources
CWGC.
St Nazaire Society website.
JENKINS, Morgan
No 2 Commando
No 5 Independent Company
Killed in action or died of wounds
Second Lieutenant Morgan Jenkins died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
JOHNSON, Denis Alan
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Denis Johnson died during operations at Vaagso.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
JOHNSON-HOUGHTON, Joseph Blundell
No 2 Commando
Military Cross (MC)
Executed
Captain Joseph Blundell Johnson-Houghton MC was executed whilst a Prisoner of War. He was one of the seven men of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942. Generally referred to as Joseph Houghton as the family often used the shortened surname of 'Houghton'.
JONES, Harri Havard
No 12 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Harri Jones died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268 and part of a Demolition Team.
KAHL, Frederick George
No 6 Commando
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Captain Frederick Kahl, 3 Troop, was accidentally killed in a climbing accident on the Milestone Buttress of Tryfan mountain near Bethesda, Wales.
LANE, William
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal William Lane died during operations at Vaagso.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
LEDDINGTON, Edward Roy
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Edward Leddington died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
LEWIS, John Frederick
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman John Lewis, 2 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 447.
MACDONALD, John Alexander
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant John Macdonald, 'F' troop, died during operations at Dieppe.
MAKEHAM, Reginald Henry
No 2 Commando
Executed
Private Reginald Makeham, 6 troop, was one of the seven men of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
Sources
CWGC.
Killing of British POWs Germany after capture in Norway Operation Musketoon / National Archives file WO311/382.
MARTIN, Robert George
No 4 Independent Company
Died on active service
Private Robert Martin, No. 4 Independent Company, was accidentally shot and killed returning from the British Expedition to Norway. His Company were part of Scissors Force.
MAYLOTT, Jesse
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Jesse Maylott, 4 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on Motor Launch ML 267. The launch was hit by enemy fire and sank. Eight of the 11 Commandos, and all bar 5 of the RN crew, on board were killed.
MERCER, Duncan Thompson
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Duncan Mercer was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe. He died of wounds on 24 August 1942. He has no known grave.
NEAL, Alfred William
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Alfred Neal died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 447.
See comments below.
PARKER, Charles Alfred
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Charles Parker died whilst taking part in intelligence gathering operations from Malta. Landing from submarines of the 10th submarine flotilla utilising folbots they would gather information and be picked up later.
PATERSON, Kenneth Albert
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Kenneth Paterson, 2 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 447.
PETTIWARD, Roger Gamelyn
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Roger Pettiward, 'F' troop, died during operations at Dieppe in 1942.
PEYTON, Thomas Grenville Pitt
No 2 Commando
No 5 Independent Company
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Thomas Peyton, 6 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was section officer of the commando contingent on motor launch ML192.
ROBINSON, Sydney
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman Sydney Robinson, 4 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 268.
SEVERN, Clive
No 11 Commando
SBS
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Clive Severn died at sea. He received a posthumous MiD "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East. [Source: London Gazettes Supp. 36065, page 2870.]
SHARP, Thomas Robert
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Thomas Sharp died during operations at Dieppe.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
SHENTON, Joseph
No 9 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Joseph Shenton died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on board motor launch ML 268.
SMALLEY, Christopher John
No 5 Commando
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Christopher Smalley died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. Embarking on HMS Campbeltown he commanded a demolition party whose task it was to destroy the Dry Dock Installations. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "gallant and distinguished services."
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SMITH, Miller
No 2 Commando
Executed
Sergeant Miller Smith was one of the seven men of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
TUNSTALL, Harry
No 6 Commando
Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Lance Corporal Harry Tunstall , 101 troop, died during the very short period his unit was redesignated as 5 Special Service Bn., before reforming again as No 6 Commando. His death is recorded as by drowning in the Westminster Abbey Commando ROH database.
TURLEY, Frank William
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Private Frank Turley died during operations at Vaagso.
Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig Durnford-Slater.
VANDERWERVE, John Edward
No 2 Commando
No 4 Independent Company
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant John Vanderwerve died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 306 and OIC of a protection squad for the demolition team on board.
WATTERS, Joseph
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Rifleman Joseph Watters died during operations at Dieppe.
WHARTON, Bernard William
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Gunner Wharton from Liverpool died during operations at Vaagso, Norway. He has no known grave.
Sources
CWGC.
RA Attestation Register for 1939.
RA Casualty Cards 1939-1947.
WHITTAKER, Jack
No 4 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman Jack Whittaker died during operations at Dieppe.
WOODCOCK, Mark
No 3 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Mark Woodcock died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was Officer in Charge of a demolition team on Motor Launch ML 262.
WOODMAN, Robert Salonicka
No 2 Commando
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Robert Woodman, 6 troop, died during Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire. He was one of the commando contingent on motor launch ML 192.
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