Captain Graeme Black DSO, MC, was executed whilst a Prisoner of War. He was one of the seven Commandos of No. 2 Commando who were captured after Operation Musketoon, and later executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Berlin, 1942.
Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in successful combined operations, against the enemy at Vaagso and Maaloy during which he was wounded.
Distinguished Service Order in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field.
Sources CWGC. Killing of British POWs Germany after capture in Norway operation Musketoon / National Archives file WO311/382.
Vaagso - Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2. MC : London Gazette 35510, page 1506. DSO : London Gazette 37349, page 5574.
Report on the Nuremberg trials in the Birmingham Gazette 10 January 1946.