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Marine
RM 9203
3 Cdo. Bde. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Terence Barnett died as a result of an accident whilst deployed to Malaya.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Malayan Emergency Commonwealth Deaths 1948-1960.
RM Historical Timeline.
BUDGEN, Paul Kindersley
Lieutenant
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Paul Budgen died whilst deployed oversees to Malaya.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Malayan Emergency Commonwealth Deaths 1948-1960.
EATOUGH, Bryan
Marine
RM8111
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Bryan Eatough from Lancashire died of wounds after being shot by a bandit sentry in Malaya.
FORDHAM, Peter Dennis
Marine
RM 8250
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Peter Fordham died of wounds during operations in Malaya.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Malayan Emergency Commonwealth Deaths 1948-1960.
MACKAY, Peter Lewis
Captain
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Peter Mackay died in Malaya. He was awarded the M.C.,[1] for gallant and distinguished service during an action in which he was shot in the head at Perak Malaya on the 1st May 1951[2].
MIDDLEDITCH, Alan Eveleigh
Marine
PLY/X113006
48RM Commando
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Marine Alan Middleditch, from Whittington, Shropshire, served in both 48RM and 45RM.
Post war Police Lieutenant, Federation of Malay Police.
Killed in action on anti-Communist duties Sungei Telum, Cameron Highlands, Perak.
MILLER, Leslie Oliver
Marine
RM 7305
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Leslie Miller was killed in an ambush in the Cameron Highlands area of Malaya.
NEVARD, Ernest John
Marine
CH/X 4772
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Ernest Nevard was killed when ambushed in a jeep along the Tapah-Chenderiang Road in Perak. Also killed was Marine David Charles Keyes [view].
PARR, Dennis
Marine
PLY/X 111607
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Dennis Parr was killed when the truck he was in surprised bandits in the act of robbing a bus in the Gopeng-Kampar hills, Malaya. Also killed in the same incident was Marine Leslie Turner.
ROWE, William Richard Norman
Corporal
PLY/X 3615
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Corporal William Rowe was accidentally killed in action whilst deployed on operations in Malaya.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Malayan Emergency Commonwealth Deaths 1948-1960.
STOREY, John
Marine
RM 7049
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine John Storey died in Malaya as a result of an accident.
Sources
AFM ROH.
Malayan Emergency Commonwealth Deaths 1948-1960.
WESTWOOD, George
Sergeant
PLY/X 4229
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant George Westwood died [1] when his patrol was ambushed in the Cameron Highlands area of Malaya [2][3].
WHITTINGHAM, Laurence
Corporal
No 12 Commando
No 1 Commando
Served in No.12 Commando and later in the far East with No.1 Commando 5 Troop.
Post war Laurence Whittingham from Wallasey, Cheshire, died of illness at Batu Gaja Hospital, Perak, Malaya, whilst serving as a Police Lieutenant in the Federation of Malaya Police.
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