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ALEXANDER, P

Marine
PLY/X113971
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

Served in 3 Commando Brigade.

Sources
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

AUCOTT, Leslie Frank

Corporal
PLY/X114125
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
No 5 Commando
Royal Marines

3 Commando Brigade Signals. Post war member of the Commando Association from Wigston, Leicestershire.

Sources
Commando Association newsletter 92.
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

BALDWIN, R.S.

Craftsman
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Served in 3 Commando Brigade and Commando Brigade's Headquarters. Post war member of the Commando Association (Ross on Wye). 
[Source: Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 113 issued Sept. 2001].
 

BARBER, C.

Private
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

Private Barber served in 3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association with whom they lost contact, last known residing Ipswich.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 1.
 

BATES, Philip Edward

Captain (later Major)
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Educated Shrewsbury School. Served in the Royal Marines 1943-1949 including Captain, HQ 3 Commando Brigade. 26 May 1949 commission terminated on appointment to the Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve (R.M.F.V.R.). 1958 Major commanding R.M.F.V.R. Merseyside.

BRADLEY, E.G.

Private
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

Served in 2 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stourbridge.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.

BRAWN, L.

Marine
PO/X102835
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Source: List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).

BULLIVANT, John, A.

Corporal
PO/X118460
47RM Commando
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

Corporal John Bullivant served in 47RM Commando and HQ 3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bishops Stortford.

BUTLIN, W.

Lance Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing South Yardley, Birmingham.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 2.

CARTWRIGHT, T.W.

Lance Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Crewe, Cheshire.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
 

CHARTERS, J.F.

Fusiliers
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Rochester, Kent.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.

CHRISTOPHER, Robert William

Corporal Robert Christopher MM
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]

CONLIN, D.C.

Private
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Folkestone, Kent.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.

CUMMINS, M.J.

Lance Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Overstone, Northampton
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 3.

DAGNALL, A.J.

Lance Bombardier
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Swansea.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.

DAVIES, Charles, E.

Private
No 5 Commando
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Also served 3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Treharris, Glamorganshire.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 117 (2003).
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
 

DINAN, John Samuel

Sergeant
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
HQ, 3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Leeds.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 117 (2003).
 

DUNCAN, J.

Gunner
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Glasgow.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.

HARROW, S.M.

Lance Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

Served in 3 Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Nottingham.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.

HAYLOCK, D.E.

Lance Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 3 Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association.
[Source: Commando Association Lost Legion List 6].
 

HILTON, J.M.

Bombardier
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Kidsgrove, Stoke on Trent.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991).

HOLDSWORTH, J.F.

Marine
PO/X116671
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Stamford, Lincolnshire.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.

HOLLINSHEAD, Thomas

Private
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

Private Thomas Hollinshead served in 3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association.

Source
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 34 issued March 1962.
 

KIRKLAND, Robert

Brigade Chaplain
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Temporary Chaplain The Reverend Robert Kirkland, 3 Commando Brigade HQ, was appointed M.B.E. (Military Divsion) in June 1945.
 
Sources
London Gazette 37119, page 2941.
3 Cdo Bde Jungle Book issue 9.

MACDONALD, William

Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 106 (1998).
 

MCGLONE, J.

Gunner
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Artillery

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

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.

MERCER, F.J.

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Served in 3 Commando Brigade.
Last known address Musselburgh.
 
Source
Commando Association newsletter 88 March 1989.
 

MOONEY, T.

Sergeant
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Battersea, London.
 
Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.

NICKLIN, W.J.

Lance Corporal
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

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

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.

NOLAN, William

Marine
PO/X 110387
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
3 Commando Brigade.
 
Sources
Burma Star Association membership list.
Lancashire Branch.
Membership no. N/508/75.
 

NONWEILER, Wilfrid Ivan

Major General
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Brigadier Wilfrid Nonweiler RM was the first Commanding Officer of 3rd Special Service Brigade when it was formed in1943 [1].
  • November 1944 returns to the UK [2].
  • 9 June 1949 appointed C.B.E. (Military Division) [3].

PLOWRIGHT, C.E.

Private
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade

3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade.  Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Ilford, Essex.

Sources
Commando Association Lost Legion List 9.

RICHARDSON, Sam Scruton

Acting Temporary Captain (later Major)
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Mentioned in Despatches
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Captain Sam Richardson RM, 3 Commando Brigade HQ Signal Officer, received a Mention in Despatches for distinguished service while operating with the Army in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India [1][1a][4].

ROBERTS, F.

Sergeant
CH/X1595
45RM Commando
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Also served 3 Commando Brigade.
 
Sources
List of RM Commandos from RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

ROBERTS, William

Company Sergeant Major
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Hinckley, Leicestershire.
 
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 112 (2001) and Obituaries in newsletter 116 (2003).

SHARMAN, Sidney Charles

Sergeant
No 1 Commando
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Also served 3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Littleover, Derbyshire.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119.
 

STOCKWELL, John Neville

Marine
PO/X 3716
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Brigade Signals
44RM Commando
Royal Marines
Killed in action or died of wounds
Marine John Stockwell, 3 Commando Brigade Signal Troop, died during operations at Kangaw, Burma. Son of Richard and Bessie Stockwell; husband of Eileen Lilian Ann Stockwell, of Shirley, Southampton.

TOZER, Bernard Gilbert

Acting Temporary Captain
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Captain Bernard Tozer was serving as Staff Captain in 3 Special Service Brigade HQ on its formation August 1943 [1]. On 13 June 1946 he was appointed M.B.E. (Military Division) [2].

TURLEY, M.

Marine
PO/X114016
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines
Served in 3 Brigade. Last known residing Southampton.
 
Sources
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
 

WALKER, C.A.

Marine
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Royal Marines

Marine Walker served in HQ, 3 Commando Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association from Portslade, Sussex.

Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 110 issued March 2000.
 

WASSELL, Richard Peter

Richard Wassell 3 Commando
Captain
242288
No 3 Commando
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Richard Peter Wassell, aged 19, was commissioned Second Lieutenant 8 August 1942. Lieutenant Wassell was briefly reported missing in action on 11 June 1944 at Normandy, this report later being cancelled. He joined No.3 Commando in July 1944 serving with them until January 1945.

WILLIAMS, L.A.

Major
3 Special Service (Commando) Brigade
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Served in 3 Brigade. Post war member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Commando Association newsletters 112 and 113 (both 2001).
 

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