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BROWN, H.J.

Marine
CH/X102039
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
Served in Commando Group HQ.
 
Sources
List of RM Commandos from RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

BURGE, Humphrey Edward Kelsey

Captain
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Captain, Commando Group Headquarters.
3 October 1952, HMS Ceylon, Captain RM, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for distinguished service in Korean waters.
 
Sources
List of WW2 RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

CARPENTER, W.R.

Private
Commando Basic Training Centre
Special Service (Commando) Group

C.B.T.C. and Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association from Appledore, Devon.
 
Sources
Additions to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991).

COOK, Gerald

Corporal
Special Service (Commando) Group
Commando Group. Member of the Commando Association from Barnsley, Yorkshire.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 101 (1995).
 

COVE, A.L.

Lieutenant
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
101st RM Brigade and Served Commando Group HQ.
Sources: Navy Lists / List of RM Commandos from RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

CROSS, Alan Eric

Lieutenant Colonel
Special Service (Commando) Group
Served in Commando Group. Member of the Commando Association residing Chiltington, Sussex.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 111 (2000).
 

DREW, Melville John

Private (later SQMS)
Special Service (Commando) Group
Headquarters Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association from Whitchurch, Cardiff.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 93 (1991).

Registers of deaths England & Wales Deaths, 1991, South Glamorgan District.

EGERTON, Harry

Sergeant
PO/X110311
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
Sergeant Egerton RM was temporarily attached to RM Engineer Commando from Special Service Group Signals. Returned to Special Service Group HQ 19 August 1944.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 19 August 1944, ref DEF 2/49.
 

ELLISON, William, G.

Lieutenant
Special Service (Commando) Group
Holding Operational Commando
Served Commando Group and H.O.C. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bangor, Co.Down, N.Ireland.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 42 (1966).
 

FRANKS, Brian Morton Forster

Colonel
89085
Special Service (Commando) Group
SAS
Middlesex Yeomanry
Royal Corps of Signals
Special Air Service Regiment
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC)
Territorial Decoration (TD)
1943, Brigade Major, HQ, Special Service Brigade, Military Cross at Termoli, Italy.
1944, Lieutenant Colonel, 2 SAS, Distinguished Service Order, at Vosges, France.
24 January 1977 appointed Colonel Commandant, Special Air Service Regiment.
Member of the Commando Association from Suffolk.
 

GASKIN, E.C.

Marine
PO/X12100
Special Service (Commando) Group
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
14.09.1943 returned to HQ Special Service Group.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 14 September 1944, ref DEF 2/49.
 

GILBERT, H.J.

Lance Sergeant
PO.X.101702 (T)
RM Engineer Commando
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
9 February 1944 to HQ Special Service Group.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary February 1944, ref DEF 2/49.
 

GRANT, C.A.

Lance Corporal
Special Service (Commando) Group
HQ, Commando Group. Member of the Commando Association from Lightwater, Surrey.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 5 (1974).
 

HALL, David

David Hall batman to Evelyn Waugh
Fusilier (later Trooper)
6461392
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Fusiliers
Royal Horse Guards
Medals: 1939/45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal.

HARPER-GOW, Leonard Maxwell

Major
130210
No 12 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Artillery
Knight Bachelor (KB)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Commissioned 30 April 1940. Service included No.12 Commando and HQ 1 Special Service Brigade. Member of the Commando Association.
1944 Married Lillan Kiaer.
1944 Staff Captain, HQ 1 Special Service Brigade, during Operation Overlord at Normandy.
1945 - appointed M.B.E. (Military Divsion).

HORSFALL, William Alexander Cameron

Colonel
41RM Commando
Holding Operational Commando
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1 January 1964 Major Horsfall RM was appointed O.B.E. (Military Division). Post war member of the Commando Association residing Burnley, Lancashire. Rank shown is rank on retirement. 
 
Sources
London Gazette 43200, p6 (New Years Honours).

KEEP, Raymond Walter

Raymond Walter Keep 2 Commando
Major
187000
No 2 Commando
Special Service (Commando) Group
West Yorkshire Regiment
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Raymond Keep joined No.2 Commando on 23 September 1942. He was appointed Adjutant on 23 September 1943 [1]. Awarded the Military Cross (Periodic) in recognition of his consistent gallant and distinguished service during operations whilst Acting Major [2][2a].

LILLYCROP, Frederick George

Major (later Lieutenant Colonel)
78893
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Served in Commando Group [1]. Post war remained in military service. 1952, Major, R.E.M.E., appointed M.B.E.(Military Division) [2]. 9 July 1956 promoted Lieutenant Colonel [3]. Member of the Commando Association residing Ashford, Kent [1].
 
Sources

MANGER, Harold Charles Walter

Chaplain
44RM Commando
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Mentioned in Despatches
Died on active service
Reverend Harold Manger, B.A. died during operations at Kangaw, Arakan [1].
Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in the Far East [2].
Educated at Radley College. Ordained 1931. Curate at St. Helen's Lancashire [3].

MAXWELL, S.W.

Marine
CH/X100690
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
HQ Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Orpington.
 
Source
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

MCCULLOCH, William

Marine
PO/X106843
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines

Marine McCulloch RM was temporarily attached to RM Engineer Commando from Special Service Group Signals. Returned to Special Service Group HQ 19 August 1944.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary August 1944, ref DEF 2/49.

MORGAN, William

Marine
PLY/X100300
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines

Marine Morgan RM was temporarily attached to RM Engineer Commando from Special Service Group Signals. Returned to Special Service Group HQ 19 August 1944.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary August 1944, ref DEF 2/49.

PRYDE, Norman William

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander
Special Service (Commando) Group
Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Pryde, R.N.V.R. was killed during a bomb attack on H.M.S. Queen Emma in Augusta Harbour, Sicily. He was on board the ship with 40RM Commando. Son of Thomas and Margaret Andyson Pryde, of Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand. M.B., Ch.B.(Otago).
 
Sources

RIGBY, Henry

Corporal
PLY/X3035
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines

Corporal Rigby RM was temporarily attached to RM Engineer Commando from Special Service Group Signals. Returned to Special Service Group HQ 19 August 1944.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 19 August 1944, ref DEF 2/49.

SMITH, Ernest Leigh

Major
75015
Special Service (Commando) Group
South Wales Borderers
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Ernest Leigh Smith, HQ Special Service Group, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service during a reconnaissance along the North coast of France on 15/16 May 1944 (Tarbrush) gathering vital intelligence in preparation for D Day.  
Post war member of the Commando Association.
 

STURGES, Robert Grice

Robert Grice Sturges
Lieutenant General
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major General Robert Grice Sturges, a veteran of WW1, commanded the Special Service Group, later re-titled Commando Group, from August 1943 until June 1945.
Early Service and World War 1 [1].
  • 15 May 1904 entered Royal Navy service as a Naval Cadet aged 12.

WALKER, John Ralph

Lieutenant Colonel
Special Service (Commando) Group
Headquarters Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association from Curbridge, Hampshire.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 102 (1996).
 

WARD, Edward Scott

Captain
Special Service (Commando) Group
Served in Commando Group HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association from Staines, Middlesex.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 83 (1986).
 

WHITTAKER, H.

Marine
PLY/X102391
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines

Marine Whittaker RM was temporarily attached to RM Engineer Commando from Special Service Group Signals. Returned to Special Service Group HQ 19 August 1944.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary August 1944, ref DEF 2/49.

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