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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).

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).

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

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.

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.
 

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].

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.

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.  

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].

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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