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BARRASS, Nicholas William

BEAN, William George
Marine William Bean died during operations in Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
BRANCH, Walter James
BREHME, Reginald Herbert Ronald
Sergeant Reginald Brehme died during operations at Westkapelle. Son of Albert Frank and Ada Ruth Brehme, of Southwark, London. His Commando were clearing the enemy from a series of gun batteries along the dunes at Westkapelle from Zouteland to west of Groot Valkenisse and Klein Valkenisse.
BRIND-SHERIDAN, Paddy Kendall
Major Paddy Brind-Sheridan was killed during operations at Westkapelle. Also served Commando Group HQ.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
BROWN, William

BUCHANAN, Joseph
Lance Corporal Joseph Buchanan died during operations in Holland. Son of George Ernest and Margaret Buchanan, of Seaforth, Liverpool.
BURGESS, Norman
Marine Norman Burgess died during operations at Walcheren, Holland.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
CHRISTOPHERSON, Ola
COOKE, William Frank
Marine William Cooke died during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. Son of Thomas Benjamin and Clara Jane Cooke, of Leicester.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
DAVIES, Albert Stanley
Marine Albert Davies died during operations in Holland. Son of Samuel and Annie Davies, of Hawarden, Flintshire. His Commando were clearing the enemy from a series of gun batteries along the dunes at Westkapelle from Zouteland to west of Groot Valkenisse and Klein Valkenisse.
DAVIS, Anthony David
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Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
DAY, James Edward
Marine James Day died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of James William and Alice Maud Day, of Leicester.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/129.
De STACPOOLE, Derek Roderick

DERRICK, Martin
Marine Martin Derrick died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Martin and Mary Annie Derrick, of North Shields, Northumberland; grandson of Elizabeth Jensen, of North Shields.
DIVE, Francois

DONKIN, Henry

DUKE, Andrew

Marine Andrew Duke from Belfast died during operations at Walcheren. Son of John and Sarah Duke, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His Commando were clearing the enemy from a series of gun batteries along the dunes at Westkapelle from Zouteland to west of Groot Valkenisse and Klein Valkenisse.
ENGLAND, Walter Hugh
EVANS, Edward James

FAWCETT, Joseph
Marine Joseph Fawcett died of wounds inflicted during the Westkapelle landings at Walcheren. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Fawcett, of Liverpool [1][1a][2].
FEE, Denis
Marine Denis Fee died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of James and Martha Fee, of Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
FLANNAGAN, John

FLETCHER, William Robert Dennis
Lance Corporal William Fletcher died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of William Robert and Florence Alice Fletcher, of Barking, Essex.
FOGG, Dennis
FULHAM, William Frederick
Private William Fulham, RAMC, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Frederick and Annie Fulham, of St. Phillip's Marsh, Bristol; husband of H. M. E. Fulham, of Itchen, Southampton.
GIBBS, Robert Maurice
Marine Robert Gibbs died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
GODKIN, Noel Herbert

GOURONG, Maurice Jean Louis
GRIMSDELL, Maurice Herbert
HAINES, Leslie James
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HARVEY, William Young
HAY, John
Marine John Hay died during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. Son of John Richard and Agnes Maude Hay, of Darlington, Co. Durham.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/131.
HAYDON, Peter Hillyard


HAYWARD, Norman Albert William
HEYWOOD, Herbert William
Sergeant Herbert Heywood died during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. Son of Frederick Thomas Heywood and Alice Heywood, of Fallowfield. Manchester.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
HILL, Edward Arthur
HOLMES, John William
Lieutenant John Holmes died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of John William and Mabel Holmes; husband of Barbara Holmes, of Lindley, Huddersfield.
Sources
CWGC.
HOOPER, Owen Gerrard
HOVSTAD, Lars
HUBBARD, Ronald Leslie
Marine Ronald Hubbard was reported missing presumed killed during operations in North West Europe. His Commando were engaged in operations at Walcheren, Holland. He has no known grave. Son of Frederick Charles and Elsie Maud Hubbard, of Enfield, Middlesex.
HUGHES, Harold
Marine Harold Hughes died at sea during operations at Walcheren, Holland. He has no known grave. Son of Harold and Ada Hughes, of Hanley, Staffordshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/132.
HUGHES, John
JOHN, Reginald Brinley
Marine Reginald John died during operations at Walcheren, Holland.
JORDAN, Kenneth Joseph
Marine Kenneth Jordan died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Husband of Kitty Evelyn Jordan, of Ashton, Lancashire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
LARSEN, Leif Ludvik
LAUX, Pierre

LAW, James Ernest
LAWTON, Edward Gerald
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LAYMAN, William Walter
LINDREA, Cyril Brian

LONGDEN, Alan
MACKENZIE, Roderick Gimson

MCARTHUR, James

MCGREGOR, Duncan Ferguson
MCKENZIE, Gordon Malachy Crawford

Lieutenant Gordon McKenzie, seconded to the RM Commandos, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. From June 1944 he had been attached to 41RM Commando.
MEE, Alfred John
MENY, Adolphe

Lieutenant Adolphe Meny, 4 (Belgian) troop, was killed during operations at Domburg, Walcheren. (Source: Account of Carlo Seghers in "20 Heroes of Us" by General Crahay.)
MONCEAU, Yvan

MONTEAN, Jean

MOSES, Byron
Marine Byron Moses died during operations at Walcheren, Holland.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
MUIR, James
Marine James Muir died during operations at Westkapelle, Holland. Son of James and Jessie Muir, of Ayr.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.
NEVEN, Jean

NICHOLL, Francis
NICHOLSON, Robert Fisher
Marine Robert Nicholson died at Harefield County Hospital, Middlesex, of wounds inflicted at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Richard Fisher Nicholson and Hannah Nicholson, of Belfast.
PAGE, Henry
Marine Henry Page died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Page, of Barry Dock, Glamorgan.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/135.
PATEY, Kenneth Gordon
PAYNE, Harry
PEACE, Harold
PETTIT, Robert Alan
PLANK, Harold Henry
POTTER, Frederick
Marine Frederick Potter died during operations at Holland. Son of Fred and Mary E. Potter, of Hull.
PUDDICK, John Edward
RACKHAM, Robert Frederick
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
READ, John William
Marine John Read died during operations at Walcheren Island, Holland. Son of Samuel and Florence Mary Read, of Northfleet, Kent; husband of Gertrude Mary Read, of Northfleet.
RIPINER, Charles Stephen
Corporal Charles Ripiner died in Holland. Son of Richard and Gladys Ripiner; husband of Elizabeth E. Ripiner, of Stirling. His Commando were clearing the enemy from a series of gun batteries along the dunes at Westkapelle from Zouteland to west of Groot Valkenisse and Klein Valkenisse.
ROBERTSON, John Burt
Marine John Robertson died at Ostend Belgium. His Commando were engaged in operations at Westkapelle, Walcheren.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives files ADM 104/136.
ROSLAND, Sverre
RUPPE, Yvan
SAGE, William Colston
Marine William Sage died at Ostend, Belgium. Son of Edward Colston Sage and Ethel Elizabeth Sage, of Bristol.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
SAMWELL, Lawrence Arthur
SAVAGE, Cyril Charles
Marine Cyril Savage died during operations in Holland. Son of Kate Savage, of Patchway, Gloucestershire.
SHEARS, Philip Desmond
Marine Philip Shears died during operations at Walcheren Island, Holland.
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
SHRIGLEY, Ernest
Corporal Ernest Shrigley died during operations in Holland. Son of Thomas Arthur and Emma Jane Shrigley, of Talke, Staffordshire.
SKELLAND, Colin
Marine Colin Skelland died during operations at Holland. He was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
SMITH, Charles Edward
Corporal Charles Smith died during operations at Walcheren Island, Holland. Son of William John and Margarate Sarah Smith, of Leytonstone, Essex.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.
SMITH, Reginald
CWGC
SOLBU, Alf Kristian

SPEAR, William James Clement
STEPHENS, Kenneth William
STEVENTON, Thomas
Corporal Thomas Steventon was reported missing presumed died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. He has no known grave. Son of Thomas Steventon, and of Florence Steventon, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
STODDART, John

STYLE, Michael George Hurrell
Lieutenant Michael Style, attached to 47RM Commando, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland.
Sources
CWGC.
TEED, Kenneth Talbot
Corporal Kenneth Teed, married and from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was reported missing presumed died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. F. Teed, of Bridgnorth, Shropshire.
THATCHER, Albert George May
Marine Albert Thatcher, 'B' troop, died of wounds he received during the allied landings at Westkapelle, Walcheren. He was on board LCT 18 when it was hit by a shell and he received shrapnel wounds. He was taken to a Beach Dressing Station but died the next day.
TITMUSS, Philip George
TURNER, Anthony

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UNSWORTH, James
WALKER, Alfred John
WALL, Norman Frederick
WARE, Charles John
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.
WEBB, Robert Edward
WEICH, Salo
Salo Weich, an Austrian of Jewish faith, served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the Inter Allied Commando under an alias of Robert Geoffrey Hamilton. He was killed during operations with 41RM Commando at Walcheren. Son of Jacob and Sabine Weich, of Vienna, Austria.
WILSON, George McLeod
WINSER, David Michael De Reuda

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