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BUSCALL, John Allan

Capt Buscall RM
Captain
PLY/X 561
46RM Commando
Commando School RM
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Died in service
Captain John Buscall RM died whilst serving at the Commando School RM [1].
  • 1942 PLY/X 561 Sgt John Allan Buscall RM promoted Lieutenant [2] 
  • August 1943 joined 46RM Commando 'Z' troop rank Lieutenant [3].

FACEY, Robert

Marine
CH/X 5386
Commando School RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Robert Facey, from Co. Durham, died after a fall at the RNH Haslar where he had been admitted for treatment. The Portsmouth Evening News reported that the South East Hampshire Coroner, Mr. R.N. Sherwell, recorded a verdit that he had taken his own life.
 

GRIBBLE, Norman Albert

Marine
CH/X5093
Royal Marines
Died in service

Marine Norman Albert Gribble died when the assault craft he was on board sank during a night training exercise in Plymouth Sound. Marine Roy Thomas Moran, Commando School RM, also died.
 
Sources
AFM ROH.

MADOC, Reginald William

Major General
3 Cdo. Bde. RM / UK Commando Force
Royal Marines
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major General Reginald Madoc D.S.O., O.B.E., was appointed C.B. on 1st January 1959 [1].
  • 1951 (Lieutenant Colonel) (42 Commando RM) appointed O.B.E. for gallant and distinguished services in Malaya [2].

MORAN, Roy Thomas

Marine
RM12904
Commando School RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Roy Moran from Prescot, Lancashire, died when the assault craft he was on board sank during a night training exercise in Plymouth Sound. Marine Norman Albert Gribble also died.
 
Sources
AFM ROH.

PALMER, Eric Charles Ernest

Lieutenant Colonel
41RM Commando
Royal Marines
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Eric Palmer, Officer Commanding 41RM Commando, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of his gallant and distinguished service during his Commando's landing at the breach in the dyke at Westkapelle, Walcheren, on 1 November 1944, and the successful

RENDELL, Albert

Quartermaster Sergeant
PLY/X1448
Commando School RM
Royal Marines

RN Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1950.

Sources
UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 / National Archives file ADM171/153.

STANFORD, Charles Robert

Charles Robert Stanford RM
Sergeant
CH/X 2302
3 Cdo. Bde. RM / UK Commando Force
Commando School RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Sergeant Charles Stanford, Commando School, Commando Cliff Assault Wing, drowned during a training exercise at Porthmeor beach, St. Ives, Cornwall [1][2].
Extract from the Cornishman newspaper - Thursday 29 April 1948.

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