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ATTWOOD, Thomas Albert

Marine Thomas Attwood 47RM Commando
Marine
CH/X11815
47RM Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Service timeline
08.12.1942 - Infantry Training Centre RM from Depot RM Lympstone.
13.02.1943 - To Holding Company 104th Brigade.
16.02.1943 - Taken on strength 10th Bn., RM Division.
01.081943 - 10th Bn., disbanded and restructured for those selected as 47RM Commando.

BARTLETT, H.

Marine
CH/X112184
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Served in 4 Brigade HQ.
 
Sources
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

BODELL, T.

Marine
PLY/X108817
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Served in 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Chatham, Kent.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

BOND, J.

Lance Corporal
PO/X100850
RM Engineer Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

03.01.1944 proceeded to 4 Special Service Brigade staff. 
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 3/1/44.

BOOTH, Albert Arthur

Albert Booth RM Commando Signals
Marine
PLY/X 108953
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Marine Albert Booth, RM Commando Signals, from Levenshulme, was wounded 26 June 1944 during operations in North West Europe.
Service
08.1942 - 16.09.1943 Portsmouth Division.
06.09.1943 - 16.01.1944 HBL RM Special Service Group.
17.01.1944 - 06.06.1944 HBL RM Commandos.

BROOK, Roy

Sergeant
CH/X105568
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
11.03.1944 to S.M.E. Ripon on 49 Bomb Disposal Course.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary April  and June 1944, ref DEF 2/49.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

BROWNE, T.J.

Captain
RM Engineer Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
03.01.1944 to 4 Special Service Brigade as Staff Officer Royal Engineers (S.O.R.E.).
 
Sources
RM Commando War Diary 3/1/44.
 

BURT, Joseph Smith Swan

Corporal
EX/784
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Joseph Burt from Tillicoultry, Scotland, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 18 October 1939 previously employed as a Grocer and Paper Mill worker. Corporal Joseph Burt, attached to 47RM Commando from 4 Special Service Brigade HQ Signals, was taken prisoner of war on 7 June 1944 near Port-en-Bessin, France.
 

BUTLER, George Albert

Marine
CH/X113017
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Died on war service

Marine George Butler, 4 Special Service Brigade HQ,  died at the General Military Hospital, Barming Heath nr. Maidstone from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

CASSON, Robert

Mne Robert Casson 45RMCommando
Marine
EX/3236
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine Robert Casson, 4 Special Service Brigade HQ, died during operations at Normandy on D Day. He was shot as his Landing Craft approached Juno beach.

CHILTON, R.

Private
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Brighouse, Yorkshire.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.

CONWAY, B.F.

Sergeant
PO/X.2195
RM Engineer Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

03.01.1944 proceeded to 4 Special Service Brigade staff. Post war member of the Commando Association from Northwich, Cheshire.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 3/1/44.

COTTON, Ray

Ray_Cotton_4_Bde_Sigs
Marine
CH/X114612
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Ray served in 4 Commando Brigade Signals and 45RM Commando. Member of the CA Lincoln Branch.
 
Sources
List of RM Commandos from RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
[Image] Dispatches Newsletter issue 22 (2011)
 

DOWNING, George

Marine
PLY/X104336
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
10.03.1944 to 4 Special Service Brigade.
29.08.1944 awarded 1st Good Conduct Badge with effect from 10 July 1944.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary March 1944, ref DEF 2/49.

HARRIS, D.

Lance Corporal
PO/X105291
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
4 Commando Brigade.
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec. and CBF).

HINE, Harry, C.

Corporal
Brigade Signals

4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Molesey, Surrey.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.

HOWARD, W.P.

Colour Sergeant
PO/X.2129
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Rhodesia.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (CA Secretary and CBF).

HOWIE, Gavin Dalzell

Captain
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Captain Gavin Howie, HQ 4 Special Service Brigade, died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Robert and Gertrude Susan Howie, of Upperton, Sussex.
 
Source
CWGC.
 

HUGHES, John

Marine
PLY/X 101328
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine John Hughes, HQ 4 Special Service Brigade, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
 

JONES, Harold

Harold Jones RM Commando Signals
Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)
CH/X104562
Brigade Signals
Royal Marines
Military Medal (MM)
Marine (Acting Temororary Corporal) Harold Jones, 4 Commando Brigade Signal Troop, was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry, determination and great devotion to duty during the assault at  Walcheren and Flushing.
Recommendation

KING, Leonard Sydney

Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)
EX/ 3058
Brigade Signals
Royal Marines
Military Medal (MM)
Corporal Leonard King, Special Service Group Signals RM, was awarded the Military Medal for courage and enterprise in reconnaissance operations (Operation Tarbrush).
Recommendation

LAYMAN, William Walter

Lieutenant
143207
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
South African Artillery
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant William Layman, South African Forces seconded to the Royal Marines, was killed in action during operations with 4 Special Service Brigade. He embarked for Walcheren on board Landing Craft Gun (Medium), LCG(M) 102, which was sunk during the approach.

Sources
CWGC.

LEES, V.

Marine
PO/X120396
Brigade Signals
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
4 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Cookridge, Leeds.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

LEICESTER, Bernard William

Brigadier Bernard Leicester DSO
Brigadier
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
Brigadier Bernard William 'Jumbo' Leicester commanded 4 Special Service Brigade. He was awarded the DSO for  gallant and distinguished service during the landing of Allied Forces in Normandy and during the advance to the River Seine [1].

LITHERLAND, R.

Sergeant
CH/X101157
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Crewe, Cheshire.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

LOVELL, Denis

Marine
CH/X105866
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Denis Lovell, a Railway Clerk from Surrey, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 30 September 1941 later joining 4 Special Service Brigade Signals. He was captured and a prisoner of war on 7 June 1944 during operations at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy.
 
Sources

MCKENZIE, Gordon Malachy Crawford

Gordon McKenzie 41RM Commando
Lieutenant
110297V
41RM Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
South African Armoured Corps
Killed in action or died of wounds

Lieutenant Gordon McKenzie, seconded to the RM Commandos, died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. From June 1944 he had been attached to 41RM Commando. Lieutenant McKenzie has no known grave but is remembered on the Groesbeek Memorial, the Memorial at Domburg, and also on the War Memorial at East London, South Africa, where he was born.

MEYER, Kurt

Kurt Meyer alias Peter Moody 10 Commando
Served as : 
MOODY, Peter
Lance Corporal
5550147
No 10 Commando
Hampshire Regiment
Killed in action or died of wounds
Kurt Meyer, a German national, was killed in action at Normandy, France. He was of the Jewish Faith and a member of 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the inter allied commando, serving under an alias of Peter Moody. At the time of his death he was temporarily attached to HQ 4 Special Service Brigade.

MILLINGTON, Harold John

Sergeant
PO/X102781
47RM Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Served 47RM Commando and 4 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincs.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 70 (1980).
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

NEALE, Peter Walter James

Captain Peter Neale
Captain (Acting Temporary Lieutenant Colonel)
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)
Captain (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Peter Neale RM, 1st RM Engineer Commando attached to 1 Commando Brigade [1][3], was awarded the Military Cross for bravery and great devotion to duty whilst operating with the allied army in North West Europe [2].

PAUL, Thomas.

Marine
PO/X108006
Unknown Commando Unit
Royal Marines
Commando Service September 1942 until February 1946. In 1945 he was at Middleburg, Holland. Precise unit not known but likely part of 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.
 
Sources
Commando Service Certificate.

PETERS, Thomas, W.

Major
-
Special Service Brigade
King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Major Thomas Peters served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade and also 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Sidmouth, Devon.

PINCOTT, Ronald Jack

Ronald Jack Pincott 48RM Commando
Marine
CH/X115571
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
48RM Commando
Royal Marines
10.11.1944 posted from 22 Training Bn., to Holding Operational Commando (H.O.C.).  
13.02.1945 posted 4 Commando Brigade Signal Troop embarked UK for North West Europe.
16.03.1945 to 109 British General Hospital.
23.03.1945 to 4 Commando Brigade Signal Troop.

PORTER, Alexander

Marine
PLY/X 102832
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds

Marine Alexander Porter, HQ 4 Special Service Brigade, died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Alexander and Agnes Porter, of Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire; husband of Ruby Porter, of Kirkintilloch.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.

POTTS, Arthur Frederick

Marine
PLY/X109803
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Served in 4 Commando Brigade. Member of the Commando Association from Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 100 (1995).
List of RM Commandos from RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

RICHARDSON, Sydney

Lieutenant
302230
CMWTC
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lieutenant Sydney Richardson died during operations at Flushing whilst attached to HQ 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Son of James Eric and Mary Richardson, of Tyldesley, Lancashire.

ROBERTS, Derek

Signalman
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Signaller, 4 Special Service (Commando Brigade), 47RM Commando and 48RM Commando. Member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Peter Oxley, Secretary of the Commando Association (March 2024).
 

ROLES, H.T.

Marine
PLY/X105989
Brigade Signals
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Served in 4 Commando Brigade Signals and Commando Group Signals.
 
Sources
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

SADLER, William John

Gunner
No 6 Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery
No.6 Commando and 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Colchester, Essex.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 117 (2003).

SMILLIE, John, M.

Corporal
PLY/X.2093
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade, No.4 Commando, and 3 Brigade Signals. 
Post war member of the Commando Association.
1962 licensee of the Tradesman's Arms, Octagon Street, Plymouth.
 
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 34 (1962).

THOMSON, Donald (Cpl)

Corporal
PO/X110320(T)
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
Died on war service

Corporal Donald Thomson, RM Engineer Commando Detachment, HQ 4 Commando Brigade, died during operations in Holland. Son of Janet Williams.

Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138.

RN Casualty Logs 1939-45.

TONGE, Harry

Marine
PO/X110213
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
Also served 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Member of the Commando Association from Wigan.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 21st and 28th August 1944, ref DEF 2/49. 
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 89 (1989).
 

WALSH, Thomas

Tommy_Walsh_aka_Welsh_RM
Served as : 
WELSH, Thomas
Marine
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
RM Commando. Service in North West Europe believed with 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade or possibly 1 Brigade. Specific commando unit not known. Died in the 1970's.
 
Sources
[Image taken in Belgium] His nephew Robert Arthur.
 

WARD, William George

Cpl William G. Ward, 41RM Cdo Signaller
Corporal
PO/X103295
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Brigade Signals
41RM Commando
Royal Marines
William George Ward from Northampton enlisted into the Royal Marines on 30 January 1941, civil occupation Boot and Shoe Operative.

WHENHAM, Herbert Frank

Lieutenant (later Captain)
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
14 February 1942 commissioned Second Lieutenant.
6 August 1942 Temporary Lieutenant, RM Forces.
October 1943 Temporary Lieutenant Transport Platoon, RM Group Supply Unit (MNBDO 2).
April 1944 Temporary Lieutenant, Officer Commanding Transport Platoon, RM Group Supply Unit (MNBDO 2).

WILD, William

William Wild 41RM Commando
Marine
CH/X/109878
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Dispatch Rider.  HQ 4 Special Service Brigade 6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945.
 
Sources
[Image] Rob Westbrook, grandson.
 

WILLIAMS, A.

Corporal
PO/X102638
47RM Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Also served 4 Commando Brigade. Last known residing Penzance.
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

WILLIAMS, L.K.

Marine
PO/X106559
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Posted to 4 Commando Brigade 8 September 1945
 
Sources 
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
40RM Commando War Diary 1945.
 

WILLIAMS, R.G.

Marine
PO/X106596
RM Engineer Commando
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
03.01.1944 proceeded to 4 Special Service Brigade staff. Post war member of the Commando Association from Northwich, Cheshire.
 
Sources
RM Engineer Commando War Diary 3/1/44.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 97 (1993).

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