Stalag IX-C (9C), Bad Sulza, Germany
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12BANKS, Ronald Douglas
Private
6351872 & 373245
No 3 Commando
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Royal Engineers
Military Medal (MM)
Private Ronald Banks, attached to Commando Group, was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service at Dieppe, France. He was reported missing during the raid, later found to be a prisoner of war [1][2].
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.
BOWMAN, James
Marine
PO/X107052
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
James Bowman, a Bricklayer from Cullybackey, County Antrim, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 9 June 1941. He volunteered for the first RM Commando unit raised in February 1942. Marine Bowman was wounded 19 August 1942 and a prisoner of war after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.
CHITTY, Wyndham Roland, G.P.
Lance Sergeant
6844883
No 3 Commando
King's Royal Rifle Corps
West Sussex Constabulary
Lance Sergeant Wyndham Chitty, known as William, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to have been wounded and taken prisoner of war [1][1a][1b].
COCHRANE, Archibald Leman
Captain
136278
'Layforce'
Royal Army Medical Corps
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Professor Archibald Cochrane, CBE, MB, FRCP, was the Medical Officer of 'D' Bn. Layforce (50 and 52 Middle East Commandos). He was taken prisoner of war during operations at Crete continuing his work as a Doctor in the prison camps.
CROSS, Walter
Guardsman
2658849
52ME Commando
Coldstream Guards
Guardsman Walter Cross from Hull was reported wounded and missing on 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war [1][1a][3].
FOY, Thomas
Private
6352123
No 3 Commando
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private Thomas Foy was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
HEFFERNAN, William John
Corporal
CH/X2485
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
William John Heffernan joined the Royal Marines in 1938. After a call for volunteers he joined the RM Commando (later re-designated 40RM Commando) on its formation in 1942. Corporal Heffernan was wounded and a prisoner of war on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France.
MICHAEL, Arthur Philip
Lance Corporal
4191932
No 2 Independent Company
Royal Welch Fusiliers, 6th Bn.
Lance Corporal Arthur Michael was reported prisoner of war during operations at Pothus, Norway (Scissors Force). He was captured on 26 May 1940. He had previously been wrongly reported killed in action.
RACHELL, Alfred William John
Marine
PLY/X2920
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Alfred Rachell from East London enlisted into the Royal Marines on 26 November 1937. He volunteered for the first RM Commando unit raised in 1942. Marine Rachell was wounded 19 August 1942, hospitalised, and a prisoner of war after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.
SIMMONS, Ronald
Marine (later Corporal)
CH/X2889
40RM Commando
Royal Marines
Ronald Simmons, a Metal Trimmer from Essex, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 14 February 1939. He served on HMS Southampton engaged in North Sea Patrols before volunteering in 1942 for the newly raised RM Commando.
SMITH, Reginald Alban
Private
5956795
No 3 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Reginald Smith, a Carpenter Improver from St. Albans Hertfordshire, enlisted 1 June 1940, and subsequently volunteered for the commandos. Private Smith, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe France, later confirmed a prisoner of war.
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