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BIDMEAD, Arthur

Corporal
EX/1043
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Arthur Bidmead died of wounds at the 6th Canadian General Hospital, France. Husband of Mrs Iris Bidmead (nee Huggan) from Hawick. Father to a young child.

CAMPBELL, Leslie

Leslie Campbell 3 Commando
grave of Leslie Campbell 3 Commando
Guardsman
2697390
No 3 Commando
Scots Guards
Killed in action or died of wounds
Guardsman Leslie 'Jock' Campbell, 3 troop, died during operations at Normandy. Son of John and Mary J. Campbell, of Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire; husband of Grace Dorothy Campbell, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is buried alongside 2 other Commandos and an Airborne Soldier.

CHARITY, Arthur

Fusilier
4206553
No 6 Commando
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Fusilier Arthur Charity died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Arthur and Sarah Charity; husband of Joan Charity, of Hove, Sussex, and father of their son Keith.

DIXON, Peter Cory

Captain
140423
41RM Commando
Royal Artillery
Mentioned in Despatches
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Peter Dixon B.A., a Royal Artillery Forward Observation Officer attached to 41RM Commando, was killed during an enemy air attack on the Commando HQ. He received a Mention in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe.

EARL, Arthur John

Marine
PO/X 113307
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Arthur Earl died during operations at Normandy.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/130.

MCNEILL, James

Lance Corporal
CH/X 112098
41RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Lance Corporal James McNeill, HQ Troop, died during an enemy air attack on the Commando HQ in Normandy, France.

MYERS, Leslie

Corporal
CH/X 100607
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Leslie Myers died during operations at Normandy, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/134.

ROWLINSON, Clifford

Marine
PLY/X 109543
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Clifford Rowlinson died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Herbert and Maggie Rowlinson, of Lancaster.
 
Sources
CWGC.

SILK, Eric John

Sergeant
PO/X 107314
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Sergeant Eric Silk died of wounds at the 6th Canadian General Hospital, Douvres, France.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/137.

WIGHTMAN, Frederick Gordon

Corporal
PO/X 103557
41RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Corporal Frederick Wightman, a Signaller, was killed during an enemy air attack on the Commando HQ. Son of Walter William and Florence Wightman, of Leicester; husband of Florence Isabel Wightman, of Leicester.

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