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'Special Service Roll of Honour'
The Fallen from the Special Service Brigade and Group
No. 1 Independent Company
1 Brigade War Diaries
Transcripts of some War Diary entries.
1 Cdo Bde HQ War Diary 1st - 9th April 1945
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1 Cdo Bde HQ War Diary Jan-Mar 1945
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1 Special Service Bde Signals Troop War Diary June-Sept 1944
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1st Special Service Brigade Memorial
1st Special Service (Commando) Brigade Memorial at Amfreville, France. Designed by Private Thomas Cyril Sharpe, 1 Special Service Brigade HQ, Intelligence Section. Image credit: Stephane Sant-Martin.
ADAMS, F.
Private
Special Service Brigade
Post war member of the original Commando Association with whom they lost contact. Last known address: Walsall, Staffs. [Source: CA Lost Legion 1]
ADEY, James Jeffrey
Lieutenant
2600129
304166
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Commissioned from the ranks 29 December 1943 [1].
1 Brigade Signal Troop [2].
Promoted Captain 29 December 1949 [3].
Sources
ALEXANDER, John Rennie
Captain
170659
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Territorial Efficiency Medal
15.02.1941 commissioned Second Lieutenant [1].
06.06.1944 Officer Commanding 1 Special Service Brigade Signal Troop. Landed Queen Red Beach, Normandy [2].
ARMITAGE, James
Sergeant
CH/X102092
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant James Armitage died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of James and Elizabeth Armitage, of Sandyhills, Glasgow.
Sources
CWGC
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
ASH, A.H.
Sapper
14604273
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Engineers
Sapper Ash, HQ 1 Special Service Brigade, was wounded 6 June 1944 (remaining on duty) during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
BAILEY, Arthur Charles
Gunner
14422036
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery
Died in the UK
Gunner Arthur Bailey was found dead on Westhampnett Lane Chichester, a road leading to Goodwood. Ambulance men at the scene found that he had fractured his skull and it was later ascertained that he had fallen from a lorry in which he was a passenger.
BAILEY, Norman
Private
-
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Private Norman Bailey served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Cheshire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued February 2004.
BALL, Leighton Thomas
Acting Staff Sergeant
PLY/X110033
CMWTC
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Service
Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre (CMWTC).
1 Commando Brigade.
Commando Cliff Assault Wing (CCAW).
9 June 1949 awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division).
BARNES, Reginald William Carlile
Staff Quartermaster Sergeant
S/217057
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Service Corps
British Empire Medal (BEM)
January 1946 awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division).
Obituary written by Henry Brown OBE
BAUGH, Basil Lancelot
Acting Temporary Troop Sergeant Major
PLY/X1067
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Basil Lancelot Baugh enlisted into the Royal Marines on 25 May 1934. Corporal (Acting Troop Sergeant Major) Baugh, 1st Special Service Brigade, was wounded and a prisoner of war on 12 June 1944 during operations near the River Orne, Normandy.
BEATTIE, Bruce Albert
Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel)
214143
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Lieutenant Bruce Beattie took part in the Normandy landings with 1 Brigade Signal Troop.
17 June 1944 assumed command of the Signal Troop after Captain Alexander was wounded.
18 June 1944 promoted Captain, Signal Troop.
17 June 1944 assumed command of the Signal Troop after Captain Alexander was wounded.
18 June 1944 promoted Captain, Signal Troop.
BEDDALL, Hugh Richard Muir
Captain
45RM Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Also served in 1st Special Service/Commando Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association from London.
BIRKS, Victor, J.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Private Victor Birks served in 1 Commando Brigade Headquarters. Post war member of the Commando Association from Limehouse, London.
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 109 (Sept.1999).
BLISSETT, Harry Harold
Major
90331
No 4 Independent Company
No 2 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major Harry Harold Blissett served as a Captain in No 4 Independent Company and No 2 Commando. He was appointed Brigade Major in the 1st Special Service Brigade in preparation for Normandy. Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in NW Europe [1].
BRIDGER, Leonard William
Captain
Brigade Signals
No 3 Commando
Royal Marines
14.05.1942 commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant RM [1].
15.11.1942, promoted Temporary Lieutenant RM [2].
6 June 1944, 1 Special Service Brigade Signal Troop, landed with the main body of the troop at Normandy [3].
BROWN, H.C.
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stratford, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BROWN, J.
Gunner
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Leeds.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.
BROWSTER, F.
Signalman
2696113
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman Browster, 1 Commando Brigade Signal Troop, was wounded 29 April 1945 during operations in Western Europe.
Sources
Casualty List / National Archives file WO417/92.
BUGG, Alfred John
Private
14821244
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Private Alfred Bugg served in HQ, 1 Commando Brigade.
Sources
Picture in gallery No.1 SS Brigade HQ - o/s the Quartermaster Store.
Comment posted to picture by his son Phillip Bugg.
CARRUTHERS, William, J.
Signalman
2383616
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman William Carruthers, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signal Troop, was wounded during operations in North West Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association from Dundee.
CASSEY, Norman Walter
Lance Corporal
14649217
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action or died of wounds
Lance Corporal Norman Cassey, 1 Special Service Brigade Signals, died during operations at Le Plein Normandy when the HQ was heavily shelled and mortared. Son of Walter and Annie Cassey; husband of Doris Mary Cassey, of Dartford, Kent.
Sources
CHRISTIE, Thomas John
Lieutenant
337687
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Military Cross (MC)
29 November 1944 commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Signals. Awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service in North West Europe during March 1945.
Recommendation
CHRISTOPHER, Robert William
Corporal
5990123
No 3 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Hertfordshire Regiment
Military Medal (MM)
Corporal Robert Christopher, HQ 1 Commando Brigade, was awarded the Military Medal (Periodic) [1] in recognition of gallant and distinguished services over a prolonged period during operations at Agnone in Sicily, Bova Marina and Termoli, and at Amfreville, Normandy [2]
CLARKE, Kenneth Edward
Birth name:
GOLDSCHLAGER, Kurt Theodor
Corporal
13801160
13118804
No 10 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Pioneer Corps
Mentioned in Despatches
Kurt Theodor Goldschlager being of the Jewish Faith served under the alias of Kenneth Edward Clarke.
CLUBE, Gordon Murray
Lieutenant
105161
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Territorial Efficiency Medal
Lieutenant Gordon Clube served in 1 Special Service Brigade Signals [1].
- 11 November 1939 (Private) (Artists Rifles) commissioned Second Lieutenant [2].
CONNOR, H.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Durham City.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.
COX, Graham
Corporal
2586417
Brigade Signals
38v (Welsh) Divisional Signals T.A.
Corporal Graham Cox served in 1 Bde Sigs Troop Jan ’43 – Feb ’44; and 2 Bde Sigs Troop Feb ’44 - Nov ‘45.
CURTIS, E.H.
Corporal
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Gillingham, Dorset.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DAVIES, Norman
Signalman
2588380
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action or died of wounds
Signalman Norman Davies, 1 Commando Brigade Signals, was killed in action during operations in Germany. At the time of his death 1 Commando Brigade were engaged in operations near Wesel. Son of Benjamin Rees Davies and Elsie Ida Davies, of Staines, Middlesex.
DE JONGHE, Arthur Jules Charles Baudoin
Captain (later Major)
229494
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No 10 Commando
General List
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Bronze Star Medal (USA)
Temporary Captain Vicomte Arthur de Jonghe, a French speaking Belgian national, took part in Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire on 28 March 1942. He was a Liaison Officer embarked on board motor launch ML446 and was evacuated back to the UK after the operation [1].
DENHAM, Joah Selwyn
Captain
14241763 and 329309
No 3 Commando
Sherwood Forresters
Lincolnshire Constabulary
Military Medal (MM)
Corporal Joah Denham was awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service at Bova Marina and Capo Spartivento, Italy, 27 August to 5 September 1943 [1][2].
15.11.1943 Lance Sergeant, No.3 Commando HQ (Admin) [3].
DICKIE, J.M.
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Clackmannan, Scotland
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DONNELLY, Terence Alfred
Captain (Temporary)
134132
No 3 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Captain Terence Donnelly, General Staff Officer (GSO 111) 1st Special Service/Commando Brigade HQ [1], was appointed M.B.E. (Military Division) [2] in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during the allied crossing of the River Rhine to capture Wesel.
DUFFY, J.P.
Corporal
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association from Coventry.
Sources
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 106 (1998).
DUGDALE, R
Lance Corporal
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Ilford, Essex.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
DUNNING-WHITE, John Michael
Lieutenant Colonel
132780
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No 9 Commando
8th Hussars
Mentioned in Despatches
Temporary Lieuetenant Colonel John Michael Dunning-White received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy.
DYMER, John, C.
Corporal
Brigade Signals
Corporal John 'Jack' Dymer served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association residing USA.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued February 2004.
EAST, Gerald Thomas
Corporal
6482238
No 4 Commando
Royal Fusiliers
Metropolitan Police
Corporal Gerald East, No.4 Commando, was wounded 6 June 1944 (remaining on duty) during operations at Normandy, France. Also served in No.3 Commando and 1 Commando Brigade.
EASTON, Norman Kidston
Captain (Temporary)
P/277394
CMWTC
46RM Commando
Highland Light Infantry
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Norman Easton, CMWTC, 1 Commando Bde. HQ, and 46RM Commando 'X' Troop [1], was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished service [2].
EMMERSON, John Kenneth
Lance Corporal
No 2 Commando
No 12 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No.2 Commando, No.12 Commando and 1 Commando Brigade HQ.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newletter 88 (1989).
EVANS, T.A.
Corporal
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Neston Wirral, Cheshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
FISHER, Frank, W.
Lance Sergeant
2590215
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Lance Sergeant Frank Fisher, 1 Special Service Brigade Signals, was wounded on 6 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France. He remained in service after the war serving in Germany and was a member of the Commando Association.
FORSHAW, Alan
Company Quartermaster Sergeant
T141150
No 4 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Service Corps
Sergeant Alan Forshaw, No.4 Commando and 1 Special Service Brigade, was wounded 20 June 1944 during operations in North West Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association from Doncaster.
FRANKS, Godfrey Reginald
Major
71409
No 2 Commando
No 10 Commando
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm (Belgium)
1941 Captain No.2 Commando.
January 1943 Major and second in command of No.2 Commando.
1944 Major No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando.
1 July 1944 France, Liaison Officer, 1st Special Service Brigade Headquarters.
FUSSELL, Peter Lincoln
Private (later Major)
214506 & 461895
No 4 Commando
Royal Army Service Corps
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Private Peter Fussell served in No 4 Commando, 'F' troop, and took part in operations at Dieppe on 19 August 1942. Later that year he moved to 1 Special Service Brigade HQ (Clerks) [1] and [2].
GELDERD, _
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 1 Commando Brigade.
Sources
[Image] Commando Brigade Gallery (collection of LCpl Ken Emmerson).
GLASER, Kurt Joachim
Served as :
GRIFFITH, Keith James
T/Captain
6387018 & 322333
No 10 Commando
Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Killed in action or died of wounds
Kurt Joachim Glaser served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, under the name of Keith James Griffith. He was shot and killed by a sniper during operations with 1 Special Service Bde. to cross a railway bridge over the River Aller near the town of Essel.
GOUGH, Frederick Colin
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Douglas, Isle of Man
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 112 issued March 2001.
GOW, Sidney John
Lance Corporal
2370914
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman Sidney Gow, 1 Commando Brigade Signal Troop, was wounded 29 April 1945 during operations in Western Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association from Selly Oak, Birmingham. They record his final rank attained as Lance Corporal.
GROSSER, Charles Jackson
Sergeant
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Sergeant Charles Grosser was assistant chief clerk on Lord Lovat's staff in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Duncan Grosser (son).
HAAS, Francis
Lieutenant
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
17 US Airborne Division
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Lieutenant Haas, United States 17 Airborne Division attached to HQ 1st Commando Brigade, was appointed M.B.E. (Military Division) for gallantry during the Rhine crossing at Wesel.
Citation
HANKE, H.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Post war member of the Commando Association from Smethwick, Staffordshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 6.
HARRIS, C.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HAY, T.
Marine
PO/X102013
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
1 Commando Brigade.
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec. and CBF).
HEBBLETHWAITE, R.
Trooper
Brigade Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Purley, Surrey.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HENLEY, W.J.
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop. Appointed Acting Lance Corporal 7 August 1944. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Willesden Green, London.
Sources
HIGGINS, T.J.
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association (Secretary of the Gloucestershire and Cheltenham Branch, before moving to Hereford).
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HOARE, J
Signalman
2349310
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman Hoare, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals was wounded on 10 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
HOLMAN, Leslie John
Lance Corporal
No 10 Commando
Brigade Signals
Served No.10 (IA) Commando and 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals Troop.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Truro, Cornwall.
Sources
HOPSON, Donald Charles
Major
87593
No 3 Commando
Lancashire Fusilers, Royal Armoured Corps
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Second Lieutenant Donald Hopson was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers which later converted to an armoured unit of the Royal Armoured Corps. Served in No.3 Commando from 23 June 1943. Adjutant from 14 July 1943. Also served 1 Commando Brigade.
HUDSON, G.K.A.
Gunner
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Ramsbotton, Manchester..
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
HUGHES, J.
Signalman
4034927
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman Hughes, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals was wounded on 23 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
HULL, A.G.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Tottenham, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
INGHAM, R.E.
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Morley, Leeds.
Source
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
JAMESON, Frank
Driver
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Brigade Signal Troop.
11 August 1944 evacuated to hospital from Bois de Bavant, France.
1 September 1944 rejoined 1st Special Service Brigade Signal Troop.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Newhaven, Sussex.
JELLYMAN, Geoffrey Ernest
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association from Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 65 (1977).
JONES, W. Emlyn
Signalman
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Served in the Brigade Signal Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association.
LANGTON, R.H.
Signalman
2719401
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman Langton, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals was wounded on 23 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Liverpool.
LAWRENCE, Joseph Arthur
Captain
105709
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Lovat Scouts
Mentioned in Despatches
Silver Star (USA)
Territorial Efficiency Medal
1 Commando Brigade Headquarters. Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in NW Europe. Awarded the Silver Star conferred by the President of the United States of America in recognition of distinguished service in the cause of the Allies.
LEET, C.
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Acton, London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
LIMB, H.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Mansfield-Woodhouse, Notts.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 7.
LOVAT, Lord
Birth name:
FRASER, Simon Christopher Joseph
Brigadier
44718
No 4 Commando
Lovat Scouts
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC)
Deputy Lieutenant (DL)
Justice of the Peace (JP)
Lord Lovat first enlisted in the Scots Guards in 1932, leaving the army in 1937. Two years later at the outbreak of war he rejoined the Army in the Lovat Scouts.
LUFF, Clifford
Lance Corporal
No 4 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Also served 1 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Guildford, Surrey.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter.
MCGREGOR, A.M.
Signalman
2598341
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman McGregor, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signal Troop, was wounded on 8 June 1944 during operations in Normandy, France. Post war member of the Commando Association from Inverness.
Sources
MCKELVIE, D.
Marine
CH/X 113629
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Also served 1 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Frizinghall, Bradford.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 8.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA sec and CBF).
MCKENZIE, P.
Staff Sergeant
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Hinton-Admiral, Hampshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
MCLEAN, Ronald
Signalman
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association. Honorary Secretary of the London Branch from 1964 onwards for over 25 years.
Sources
MILLS-ROBERTS, Derek
Brigadier
69334
No 4 Commando
No 6 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Irish Guards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Bar to the Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Born in 1908; educated at Liverpool College and Oxford University; worked for his father's firm of solicitors, 1935; joined Supplementary Reserve of Officers, Irish Guards, 1936; joined 1 Bn, Irish Guards, 1939-1942, and served in Norway; transferred to special services No 4 Commando, 1942; took
MOORE, Thomas John
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Lance Corporal Thomas Moore served in 1 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Poole, Dorset.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 110 issued March 2000.
MORGAN, J.E.
Corporal
Brigade Signals
1 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Walton, Liverpool.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 88 (1989).
MORGAN, Leslie George
Private
No 12 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in No.12 Commando and 1 Brigade. Member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 112 (2001).
MURRAY, James
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Ruislip.
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 108 (1999).
NAYLOR, Frederick Thomas
Marine
CH/X 103937
RM Engineer Commando
Royal Marines
Enlisted 17 April 1941. Served in 1 Engineer Company RM and 1 Troop of the RM Engineer Commando with attachments to HQ Special Service (Commando) Group and HQ 1 Commando Brigade. Commando service from August 1943 to January 1946.
NEALE, Peter Walter James
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].
NORMAN, R.H.
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing London NW6.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
NORTON, Edward Emanuel John Glynfrin
Signalman
5192733
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signals. Wounded 30 March 1945 Western Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association. Emigrated 1954 to Canada.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/91.
NORTON, James Albert
Signalman (later Lance Corporal)
2386720
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman James Norton, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals, was wounded during the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. He received a 21st Army Group Certificate for Gallantry.
NORWOOD, A.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Harrogate, Yorkshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PAIN, Nigel
Sergeant
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Served in HQ, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade and also at the Commando Basic Training Centre. Post war member of the Commando Association from Corfe Mullen, Dorset.
Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued September 2004.
PARRACK, Stanley Herbert
Warrant Officer
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Senior Ordnance Warrant Officer for 1 Commando Brigade. Post war remained in service and in 1949 was stationed at the Ordnance Depot, Malta. He later served in Malaya. Member of the Commando Association from Petworth, Sussex.
Sources
PHILLIPS, N.H.
Marine
CH/X.3916
45RM Commando
Royal Marines
Also served 1 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Elland, near Halifax.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 9.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA sec and CBF).
PHILLOTT, Albert William Kenneth
Corporal
No 4 Commando
Gloucestershire Regiment
Albert William Kenneth Phillott, then a Private and known as Ken, was one of the early volunteers to join No 4 Commando in 1940 aged 20. He was amongst a group of eight from the Glosters who served in 'G' (later 'B') troop of No 4.
PIDGLEY, Ronald
Corporal
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signals.
PINKNEY, E. Alan
Signalman
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Felixstowe, Suffolk.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 85 (1987).
POLLOCK, John, S.
Signalman
14589078
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Special Service Brigade Signals. Wounded 16 August 1944 Bois de Bavant Normandy. Post war member of the Commando Association from Appleton, Oxfordshire.
Sources
Commando Association newsletters 98 and 102.
POTTAS, Donald
Signalman
14414990
No 6 Commando
Royal Corps of Signals
Killed in action or died of wounds
Signalman Donald Pottas, 1 Special Service Brigade Signals attached No.6 Commando, died of wounds during operations at Normandy, France. Son of John and Mary Annie Pottas, of Whitby, Yorkshire.
PRAGNELL, George
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
HQ, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Smethwick, Staffordshire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.
PRITCHARD, Clifford
Captain
No 3 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Padre in No.3 Commando and 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ. He died in 1962 of a sudden heart attack leaving a widow and four young children.
RAMSEY, J.
Private
7356532
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Army Medical Corps
Attached to HQ 1 Special Service Brigade 1944.
Source
Army Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
REDMAN, Reginald Frank
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served HQ 1 Commando Brigade. Member of the Commando Association from Paddington, London.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 62 (March 1976).
RICE, H.F.
Sergeant
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 1 Commando Brigade. Post war emigrated to Canada. Member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 18 (1954) and 87 (1988).
RIDGE, Thomas William
Sergeant
14241691
No 6 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Liverpool City Police
Thomas Ridge was a serving Liverpool City Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes. He served with No.6 Commando and 1 Commando Brigade, final rank Sergeant.
14 April 1945 (Acting Corporal) (No.6 Commando) wounded in Western Europe.
ROBERTS, William Tudor
Private
No 1 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No.1 Commando and 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade (MT Section). Post war member of the Commando Association from Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, North Wales. Married to Lilian Evans in November 1944.
Sources
ROBY, Denis Alfred Ernest
Lance Corporal
2597284
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade Signal Troop. Member of the London Branch of the Commando Association.
Sources
Commando Association newsletters 55 and 118.
ROLLINS, Steven
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 1 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Rednall, Birmingham.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 63 (1976) and obituaries in newsletter 94 (1992).
Commando Association newsletter 63 (1976) and obituaries in newsletter 94 (1992).
ROPER, Stanley
Staff Sergeant
CH/X4551
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served 1 Commando Brigade HQ. Believed RM Engineer Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Plymouth.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 120.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
SADLER, J.N.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Sherborne, Dorset.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SANDERSON, B.
Signalman
2381922
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Signalman Sanderson, 1 Special Service Brigade Signals, was wounded on 6 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France.
Source
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
SEABROOK, R.G.
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Clapton London.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SHARPE, Thomas Cyril
Private
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Private Thomas Cyril Sharpe, Intelligence Section, 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ, designed the memorial at Amfreville, France, honouring the Fallen from his Brigade. Also served in No.4 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association.
SMALLMAN, William Alan Wynne
Lieutenant (later Brigadier)
93086
No 3 Commando
Special Service Brigade
Royal Army Service Corps
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Served as staff officer with Royal Army Service Corps in France and Belgium, 1940; served with No 3 Commando in GB, 6/1940-1/1942 including Operation Claymore, the raid on the Lofoten Islands, Norway, 4/3/1941 and Operation Archery, the raid on Vaagso Island, Norway, 27/12/1941; served as staff
SMITH, Anthony, D.C.
Lieutenant (Acting Captain)
130201
No 4 Commando
Intelligence Corps
Lieutenant Anthony Smith was the Intelligence Officer for No.
SMITH, M.S.
Craftsman
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
SMITH, Stanley Reginald
Guardsman
2616557
No 4 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Grenadier Guards
No.4 Commando and 1st Special Service Brigade. Took part in Operation Jubilee at Dieppe.
SPENCER, Paul
Acting Temporary Captain (later Major)
47RM Commando
Royal Marines
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Captain Paul Spencer had served with the Commando since its formation in August 1943. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of his gallant and distinguished service whilst Adjutant during an assault on a gun battery at Walcheren on the 2nd November 1944.
SPILLER, Reginald Stanley
Private
-
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Private Reginald Spiller served in 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Dorset.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued February 2004.
SQUIRES, William Philip
Corporal
No 9 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No.9 Commando and 1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Folkestone, Kent.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 82 (1986).
SUMMERHAYES, Arthur James
Sergeant
EX/ 2524
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Sergeant Arthur Summerhayes, 1 Commando Brigade HQ, died at the 22nd British Field Dressing Station, Germany. At the time of his death 1 Commando Brigade were
THACKER, Lawrence William
Lance Corporal
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Lawrence William 'Laurie' Thacker was an English professional rugby footballer who played front row forward for England and the British Empire, and at club level for Hull. During the war he served in 1 Commando Brigade. Died 1952 after a long illness.
WALKER, Alan
Lance Corporal
Brigade Signals
4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
-
Lance Corporal Alan Walker served in 4 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Camberley, Surrey.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 105 issued September 1997.
WALKER, J.E.
Signalman
6097424
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Special Service Brigade Signals. Wounded 16 August 1944 Bois de Bavant Normandy.
Sources
War Diary (see Linked Content below).
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/80.
WARWICK, Robert, A.
Signalman
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served 1 Brigade Signals, No.6 Commando, and HOC. Post war member of the Commando Association from Plymouth, Devon.
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 116 (2003).
WESTWORTH, Richard, H.
Private
Holding Operational Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
HOC and 1 Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Preston, Lancashire,
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 108 (1999).
WHALEBELLY, L.
Corporal
Brigade Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop.
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion 11.
CVA Gallery image.
WHEELER, George Russell
Corporal
6899188 & 271249
No 2 Commando
Royal Sussex Regiment
Military Medal (MM)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
George Wheeler, a pupil of Godolphin School, Wiltshire, graduated as a BSc from Exeter University. He married in 1941. After enlistment he volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.2 Commando.
WHITE, Robert, M.
Corporal or Sergeant
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
Brigade Signal Troop.
Post war 1946, residing in Buenos Aires Argentina.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 3 (rank shown Cpl.).
WHITE, W.H.
Driver
Brigade Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legion 11].
WHITLEY, A.M.R.
Captain
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 1 Bde. Signal Troop.
[Sources: Commando Association newsletters 74, 87.]
WHY, Frederick Ernest, A.
Corporal
3969518
No 3 Commando
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Welch Regiment
Corporal Frederick Why was in the 1st line of reinforcements for No.3 Commando at Normandy on 9 June 1944 and posted to 5 Troop. Post war member of the Commando Association. Frederick Why died in 1961 after a long illness.
Sources
WILD, D.W,
Signalman
Brigade Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Brigade Signal Troop.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legion 11].
WILTON, Max Robert
Private
13099961
No 6 Commando
No 12 Commando
Pioneer Corps
Wounded 20 August 1944 France.
Also served 1st Commando Brigade.
Post war member of the Commando Association from Cromer.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/76.
WRIGHT, Duncan
Signalman
2328187
Brigade Signals
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Corps of Signals
Private Duncan Wright, 1 Special Service Brigade Signals, was reported wounded and a prisoner of war on 6 June 1944 during operations in Normandy France.
WYE, Arthur John
Company Sergeant Major
1 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
1 Brigade HQ Intelligence Section from 1943. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Warsash near Southampton.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 38 (1964).
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