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Displaying 1 - 18 of 18ARMOUR, Thomas
Marine
RM 131178
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Thomas Armour, HQ 3 Commando Bde., died in a road accident.
[Source: AFM ROH / British Cyprus Memorial Trust Book of Remembrance.]
BALDWIN, David
Known as:
Snowy
Sergeant
RM 7784
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Sergeant David Baldwin died near Akanthou in the Karpas Peninsula during operations in Cyprus. He and Marine David Whitham were killed when their patrol landed by helicopter and came under ‘friendly fire’.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Cyprus Emergency Deaths 1955-1960.
British Cyprus Memorial Trust Book of Remembrance.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Cyprus Emergency Deaths 1955-1960.
British Cyprus Memorial Trust Book of Remembrance.
BARRETT, Donald John
Corporal
PO/X 6473
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Donald Barrett died during operations in Cyprus. He was crushed when a DUKW hit a house and brought a wall down.
[Sources: AFM ROH / SFROH website]
BLAKEWAY, Benet Carr
Marine
CH/X 5377
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Benet Blakeway, HQ 3 Commando Brigade, died during operations in Cyprus. He, and QMS Alfred Wheeler, both perished from exposure on anti-terrorist operations after their vehicle fell into a deep gully in the Troodos Mountains during a blizzard [1].
BOSTOCK, Harry Samuel
Marine
RM 15473
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Harry Bostock died in Cyprus. He was accidentally shot dead when his patrol ran into an EOKA ambush in the Troodos Mountains.
CASEY, Graham Charles Nicol

Quartermaster Sergeant
PLY/X 4320
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Quartermaster Sergeant Graham Casey died during operations in Cyprus. He was killed in a helicopter accident during anti-terrorist operations in the Troodos Mountains.
DICK, Louis Timothy Mylius
Lieutenant
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Louis Dick died in Paphos when a bomb was thrown into his vehicle as reprisal for the Governor’s refusal to commute the death sentences passed on two convicted terrorists who would be hanged next morning May 10 and after which EOKA would in revenge immediately ‘execute’ two other British servicemen.
GREENING, Raymond Thomas
Marine
RM 16034
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Raymond Greening died in an ambush near Sarandi, Cyprus.
HAYNES, Peter Michael
Lieutenant
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Peter Haynes died during anti-terrorist operations in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus.
LAMB, Kenneth

Marine
RM 14427
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Kenneth Lamb died during operations in Cyprus. He was accidentally shot and killed on anti-terrorist operations in the Troodos Mountains during the Cyprus emergency. They were reinforcing a Greek Police Station in Agros at the time.
[Source: AFM ROH / British Cyprus Memorial Trust Book of Remembrance.]
LOCK, Kevin Anthony
Lance Corporal
P037613Q
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Lance Corporal Kevin Lock died in a traffic accident whilst walking in Cyprus.
Sources
AFM ROH
Globe and Laurel Sept/Oct. 1984 edition /p284.
MACDOUGALL, Alexander
Marine
RM 15894
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Alexander Macdougall died in a road ambush near Amiados in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus.
ROBERTS, Terence
Marine
RM 9243
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Terence Roberts died in an ambush at Pano Amiandos, a village in a densely wooded area of the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus.
ROUTLEDGE, John Nixon
Sergeant
CH/X 4316
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant John Routledge was mortally wounded in a grenade attack in Limassol, Cyprus.
SHAND, Mark Anthony
Marine
P042261T
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Mark Shand died in a traffic accident in Cyprus.
Sources
SPURLING, David Neville
Lieutenant
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant David Spurling died in a firefight in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, after his patrol ran into an EOKA gang.
WHEELER, Alfred
Quartermaster Sergeant
PO/X 5243
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Quartermaster Sergeant Alfred Wheeler, HQ 3 Commando Brigade, died during operations in Cyprus. He and Mne.
WHITHAM, David Glyn
Known as:
Slim
Marine
RM 16250
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine David Whitham died near Akanthou in the Karpas Peninsula during operations in Cyprus. He and Sgt. David Baldwin were killed when their patrol landed by helicopter and came under ‘friendly fire’.
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