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ADDERLEY, Rex Alsager
AIRD, Michael Derrick

Michael was a grocer in 1939 before enlisting and resided 36 Gilroy Road, Fairfield, Liverpool. Son of George and May Aird.
Sources
CWGC.
BARRETT, Cyril Ernest
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
BIGGS, Leonard Vincent
Gunner Leonard Biggs from Hayes Middlesex was reported missing presumed killed in action at sea.
Sources
CWGC.
Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour file ref. National Archives DEFE/2/843.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
RA Casualty Cards.
RA Attestation Registers 1941.
BISHOP, John
BLACK, Graeme Delamere

BORGMAN, Robert Bernard John
BRYAN, Edward Joseph

BURGESS, Leslie
BURNS, Charles

CARLISLE, Alan

- 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
CHANCELLOR, Wilfred Douglas
Lance Bombardier Wilfred Chancellor was killed in action during an operation against German forces in the wadis near the Anzio beachhead, Italy. He has no known grave.
CHETWYND, Samuel Ernest
CHILD, Alfred Robert

CHITTY, John Albert
CHUDLEY, William Henry Albert

CWGC.
COUGHLAN, John

John embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 267 which was hit by enemy fire and sank with the loss of eight of the 11 Commandos, and all bar five of the RN crew.
Sources
CWGC.
COULSON, Garnett
COX, Victor John

CUNNINGHAM, Henry Peter

CURTIS, Eric Gordon

CWGC.
DONALDSON, John

DRANSFIELD, Keith Charles
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
ELDRIDGE, Leonard Frederick

EMBELIN, Arthur Edward
EVANS, Francis George
Private Francis Evans died during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
FORRESTER, Herbert William Louis

GERRARD, Thomas Cecil

GIBSON, William

GILES, John Frederick

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

GROSE, William Ernest
CWGC.
HANBURY-TRACY, Richard Algernon Frederick
HARRISON, Norman
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
HAYES, Frank

Guardsman Frank Hayes, 4 troop, was killed in action during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
HEATHER, William Bernard
HICKS, James William
HILLERNS, Michael Guy
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

HOODLESS, Donald Samuel

HOUGHTON, Joseph Blundell
View full record below under his birthname of Johnson-Houghton.
HUGHES, Charles Richard

24/2/40 whilst at 309 ITC appointed Acting Corporal (unpaid).
24/2/40 whilst at 309 ITC now appointed paid Acting Corporal
JACKMAN, Leonard Thomas
JAMESON, Robert Evan
CWGC.
JENKINS, Morgan

Son of Morgan and Mary Jenkins; husband of Edna (nee Kennedy), of Tottenham, London.
JOHNSON, Denis Alan
Private Denis Johnson died during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
JOHNSON-HOUGHTON, Joseph Blundell

JONES, Harri Havard
KAHL, Frederick George

LANE, William
Lance Corporal William Lane died during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
LEDDINGTON, Edward Roy
Private Edward Leddington died during operations at Dieppe.
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
LEWIS, John Frederick
MACDONALD, John Alexander
Lieutenant John Macdonald was reported wounded and missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later presumed killed in action. He has no known grave.
MAKEHAM, Reginald Henry

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

MAYLOTT, Jesse

Son of Jesse Maylott, and of Alice Maylott, of Orford, Warrington, Lancashire.
MERCER, Duncan Thompson
NEAL, Alfred William
PARKER, Charles Alfred

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
PETTIWARD, Roger Gamelyn
PEYTON, Thomas Grenville Pitt

ROBINSON, Sydney
SEVERN, Clive

SHARP, Thomas Robert
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
SMALLEY, Christopher John

SMITH, Miller

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
TURLEY, Frank William
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
VANDERWERVE, John Edward


WATTERS, Joseph

Rifleman Joseph Watters died during operations at Dieppe.
WHARTON, Bernard William
WHITTAKER, Jack
Guardsman Jack Whittaker died during operations at Dieppe.
WINTLE, John Henry
Lance Corporal John Wintle was attached to No.2 Independent Company when killed in action during operations at Pothus, Norway (Scissors Force). He has no known grave.
Sources
CWGC.
No.2 Independent Company War Diary Casualties at Bodo and Pothus / National Archives file WO168/106.
WOODCOCK, Mark
Lieutenant Mark Woodcock was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action at sea. Officer in charge of a demolition team who had embarked on motor launch ML 262. He has no known grave.
WOODMAN, Robert Salonicka

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