40RM Commando Commanders
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PHILLIPPS, Joseph Picton
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Died :
Wednesday, August 19, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Picton Phillipps, Officer Commanding 40RM Commando, died during operations at Dieppe, France. He has no known grave.
Sources
CWGC.
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MANNERS, James Calvert
Known as:
Pops
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Saturday, June 3, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lieutenant Colonel James Manners DSO, Officer Commanding 40RM Commando, died during operations on the enemy held island of Brac, Yugoslavia. He had been Commanding Officer since just after the Dieppe raid and was appointed D.S.O. for gallant and distinguished services in operations leading to the capture of Termoli. *
Sources
CWGC
* London Gazette 36367, page 687 [8/2/1944].
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SANKEY, Robert Woodall
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Sankey was appointed Officer Commanding 40 Royal Marine Commando on the 1st July 1944 after the death in June of Lieutenant Colonel James C. Manners, DSO [more....] [1].
- 1943 Commanding Officer 11th RM Bn. [2].
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July 1943 (Temporary Captain) (Acting Temporary Major) received a Mention in Despatches for good service in operations in the Middle East [3].
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28 December 1943 (Temporary Captain) (Acting Temporary Major) awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for courage and leadership in operations in North Africa [4].
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1 July 1944 posted 40RM Commando as Commanding Officer [1].
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23 November 1944 (Temporary Major) Acting Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) awarded the Distinguished Service Order [5] in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations at Sarande between 24 September and 17 October 1944 [6].
Sources
[1] The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle, MBE, MC, RM.
[2] Navy Lists June 1943 Bi Monthly Volume 1. https://digital.nls.uk/9311211.
[3] London Gazette Supp. 36099, page 3276.
[4] London Gazette Supp. 36303, page 5636.
[5] London Gazette Supp. 36807, page 5375.
[6] National Archives file WO373/46/234.
Notes from The Light Blue Lanyard @ [1] above.
Enlisted Royal Marines 1932; awarded King's Badge; former Corps heavyweight boxing champion;served as NCO until leaving service in 1935; renlisted at start of hostilities; commissioned 1940; posted 11th RM Bn; later OC 11th RM Bn.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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