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ANDERSON, C.

Gunner
Training Centres
Royal Artillery
Post war member of the Commando Association residing St. Ives, Cornwall.
 
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 (2004).
 

BALL, Leighton Thomas

Acting Staff Sergeant
PLY/X110033
Training Centres
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Service
Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre (CMWTC).
1 Commando Brigade.
Commando Cliff Assault Wing (CCAW).
9 June 1949 awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division).

BAXTER, Richard Fraser

Captain
45RM Commando
Training Centres
Royal Marines
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
45RM Commando and Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre during 1945-6.
Post war he was ordained Reverend and was appointed OBE in the 1964 New Years Honours List "for public services in Nyasaland."
 
Sources

BROWN, R.A.

Private
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing East Dulwich London SE22.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
See Linked Content below.

DICKS, George

Company Sergeant Major
4975705
Training Centres
The Sherwood Foresters
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Instructor at the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre.  Awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division) on the 1st January 1946.
 
Sources
Re-union at St Ives document below (rank shown as CSM).

HEWLETT, Sidney

Sidney Hewlett 1 Commando
Troop Sergeant Major
3907388
No 1 Commando
Training Centres
Dorsetshire Regiment
Served in the Commandos from December 1940 - October 1945.
Wounded 1941 (full date not recorded).
Also served at the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre (CMWTC).
Post war member of the Commando Association from Kilwinning.
 

HORNE, A.

Private
Training Centres

Served at the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Dundee.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
 

HUNTER, Jack, F.

Corporal
Training Centres
Served at the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre (CMWTC). Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Kampala, Uganda.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.

JARRATT, F.

Craftsman
Training Centres
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing St. Ives, Cornwall.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
Named on the Nominal Roll in Linked Content below.
 

JEFFERIES, E.J.

Private
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Blackwood, Monmouthshire.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
Named on the Nominal Roll in Linked Content below.

LEWIS, N.B.

Marine
Training Centres
Royal Marines

Commando Mounttain Warfare Training Centre (CMWTC). Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing St. Ives, Cornwall.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.

MCCARTHY, Peter Francis

Sergeant
3775704
No 4 Commando
Training Centres
The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Military Medal (MM)
Lance Sergeant Peter Francis McCarthy, No.4 Commando, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the combined attack on Dieppe [1][1a]

MCGHEE, N.F.

Private
Training Centres
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Rutherglen, Glasgow.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
Names in Linked Content below.
 

MCINTOSH, W

Lance Corporal
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Kirkcaldy, Fife.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
Names in Linked Content below.

MCKENZIE, P.

Private
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Tain, Ross-shire.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
Names in Linked Content below.

MORGAN, B.

Corporal
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing St Ives, Cornwall.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
Names in Linked Content below.

MURDOCH, R.J.

Corporal
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Glasgow.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
Names in Linked Content below.

NISBET, C.

Lance Corporal
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Largs, Ayrshire.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
Names in Linked Content below.

PHILLIPS, Albert Henry

Corporal
7885644
No 2 Commando
11 Special Air Service Battalion
Training Centres
Royal Armoured Corps
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Corporal Albert Phillips, 11 Special Air Service Bn., formerly No.2 Commando, died in a climbing accident during training at STC Lochailort. Son of Albert Henry and E. E. Phillips, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Cause of death “Multiple injuries. Accidentally killed by falling over precipice.

PORTER, G.

Private
Training Centres

Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Glasgow.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
Names in Linked Content below.

SMITH, Andrew Henry

Captain
67373
Training Centres
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Captain Andrew Smith, formerly a civil engineer, was accidentally killed by a gunshot wound at STC Lochailort. The informant was Major Hodges, STC Lochailort Medical Officer.
 
Sources
CWGC.

STABLES, J.

Private
Training Centres

Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Huntly, Aberdeenshire

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.


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