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Displaying 1 - 56 of 56ALMONDS, John Edward
BACKHOUSE, Charles, R.
BENNETT, Robert
BLAKENEY, James
BOLDEN, Stanley
BOLLAND, Stanley
BROOK, Harold
BROUGH, William Gordon
BROWN, Leslie Jock
BYRNE, John Vincent
COCKBILL, Edward James
DAVIDSON, Alexander
DRONGIN, Anthony
Regimental Sergeant Major Anthony Drongin of No 8 Commando gave up his rank to join L Detachment SAS when 8 Commando was disbanded. He served as a Corporal and is reported to have died of wounds inflicted during SAS operations near Benghazi.
DUFFY, Joseph Aloysius
Private Joseph Duffy joined L Detachment, SAS, from No 11 Commando on the 28th August 1941 and was accidentally killed in training due to a parachute failure, along with his friend and fellow Seaforth Highlander, Private Kenneth Warburton. Location given as East side of the Great Bitter Lake.
FARRAGHER, Kieran Joseph
Warrant Officer Kieran Farragher, attached to the Special Air Service, died in a climbing accident in Botswana. He had joined the SAS in 1973 having previously served in 95 Commando and 29 Commando Regt RA.
FASSAM, Joseph William
FITZPATRICK, Michael Benedict
FOSTER, William Johnstone
- 6 October 1933 attested into the Royal Artillery.
HEARN, William Alec, V.
HEARN, William Herbert
HERSTELL, Ernest Maxwell
KEAY, J.H.
KEITH, Douglas
LAPPIN, James
LAPRAIK, John Neilson
LEE, Jack William Raymond
LEWES, John Steel
LILLEY, Ernest Thomas
He had previously served in No. 8 Commando [2].
LOWSON, Robert Charles
MARTIN, Michael John
McCLEMENTS, Thomas
MCGONIGAL, Eoin Christopher
MCNINCH, William Matthew
Lance Sergeant William McNinch died during operations at Termoli Italy with the Special Raiding Squadron having left the Commando. A veteran of the Litani River raid he died when a shell hit the truck that he was sitting in.
MUNACHEN, James
Corporal James Munachen served in No.11 Commando before joining 'L' Detachment Special Air Service. He was reported missing 16 November 1941 during Operation Squatter, the first parachute raid carried out by the SAS on the enemy fighter bases at Gazala and Timimi, Libya.
NIXON, Malvern
PINCKNEY, Philip Hugh
Captain Philip Pinckney was executed whilst a prisoner of war. At the time he was serving with 2 SAS and had been captured on Operation Speedwell after parachuting with 6 others into Bologna, Italy. The aim of the operation was to disrupt enemy railway movements.
POWELL, Adrian Mark
Trooper Adrian Powell died in a road traffic collision whilst serving with the SAS. He had previously served with 7 and 148 Btys. of 29 Commando Regt. RA, and 7 RHA. He died when the vehicle in which he was travelling overturned while on way to training exercises near Nairobi in Kenya.
PROUT, Charles Leslie
RALPHS, Edward
REED, Neville
- Post war he was RSM of 22 Special Air Service Regiment in Malaya. [1]
RILEY, Charles George Gibson
ROBINSON, Joseph Henry
SEEKINGS, Albert Reginald
SEEKINGS, Robert William
SENIOR, Fred
SHORTALL, James Patrick
SHORTEN, Raymond Herbert
Dec 40, 52 ME Cdo
Jan 41, wounded
SILLETT, Thomas John
STAPLES, Montague
STONE, Sidney James
Sergeant Sidney Stone was serving with "L" Detachment, S.A.S. Bde Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C. at the time of his death, having previously served in No. 8 Commando.
TAIT, Duncan Robert
TERRY, Jack
TINNION, Bradley
WARBURTON, Kenneth
WESTWATER, Alexander
WHITE, Harold
(by Lt. Col. A.D. Stirling, D.S.O.)
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