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BOUNSALL, Keith

Marine
RM 21643
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Marine Keith Bounsall died whilst deployed overseas with 40 Commando RM. Son of Douglas and Iris Bounsall (nee Mills).
 
Sources
AFM ROH.
Registers of Births England and Wales Apr/May/Jun 1947..

DANELLS, Peter John Godfrey

Corporal Peter Danells 40 Commando
Peter Danells
Corporal
RM 19528
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Corporal Peter Danells died [1] when struck on the temple by a piece of shrapnel during a cross border operation (Op. Claret) in Sarawak [2].  The patrol came under small arms and mortar fire. Peter was hit by mortar bomb shrapnel and was carried back across the border by the section [3].

DEERING, Mark Anthony

Mark Anthony Deering 40 Commando
Marine
RM 20642
40 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Mark Deering drowned whilst crossing a river near the Sabah / Indonesian border.
  • 763 Squad (1961).
Obituary in the Globe and Laurel, December 1964.
"RM 20642 Marine M.A. Deering

FORMOY, Ronald David

Mne Ronald David Formoy 42 Commando
Marine
RM 16883
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Ronald Formoy, Lima Company, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarawak.

FOSTER, Cecil Wylie

Sergeant
RM 10369
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died in service
Sergeant Cecil Wylie Foster was found dead in a Company Store Block cabin at Sematan Camp, Borneo, with a gunshot wound to his head and a rifle lying beside him. An N.C.O. was outside the cabin and heard the shot. No one had entered or left the store when this occurred. Husband of Joan Foster; father of Barry, Ian, and Wendy.

KIERANS, Gerald

Gerald Kierans on HMS Bulwark
Marine
RM 16941
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Gerald Kierans, Lima Company, from Widnes, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarawak.

Sources
AFM ROH.
[Image] His sister Estelle Hart.

MACFARLANE, Walter Grant

Sergeant Walter Macfarlane 42 Commando
Sergeant
CH/X 4743
42 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Sergeant Walter Macfarlane, Lima Coy., from Middlesborough, was one of five commandos who died during an action which resulted in the rescue of hostages taken and held at Limbang, Sarawak.

Source: AFM ROH.
[Image] Newcastle Journal - Thursday 13 December 1962. 
 

PAGE, Peter John

Peter John Page 3 Commando Brigade RM
Marine
RM 18959
3 Cdo. Bde. RM / UK Commando Force
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Peter John Page was serving with HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM at the time of his accidental death during an exercise when he fell from a 4 tonne lorry. 
 
Sources
AFM ROH.
Entry on RMHS Facebook page.

SMITH, Derek

Marine
RM 9883
45 Cdo. RM
Royal Marines
Died on active service
Marine Derek Smith was shot and killed by a Malayan Police Inspector. He was originally buried in Pasir Panjang Cemetery before being reinterred at Kranji.
 
Sources
AFM ROH
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 17 January 1953.

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