Died in service 1946 - 1979

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Commandos who have died in service between 1946 and 1979.
Those who died during their commando course.

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1946 - 1949

Surname	First name	Rank	Unit	Year
ANDREWS	Samuel	Cpl	41RM Commando	1947
BEARD	Robert	Sgt	RM Commando	1946
BEDBOROUGH	Hubert	RQMS	40 Commando RM	1949
BRIGGS	George	WO2	No 3 Commando	1946
BROUGH	James	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1948
BUCHANAN	Thomas	Pte	No.1 Commando	1948
BUSCALL	John	Capt	Commando School RM	1948
CATES	William	Mne	45 Commando RM	1957
COLWILL	Horace	CSM	42 Commando RM	1948
CULLEN	Michael	Mne	45RM Commando	1946
EDMONDS	Arnold	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1949
EDWARDS	Ronald	Cpl	No 5 Commando	1946
EDWARDS	William	Pte	No 3 Commando	1946
EVANS	George	Mne	3 Commando Bde. RM	1947
FAIRBAIRN	Charles, A.M.H.H.	Mne	HQ, 3 Commando Bde RM	1948
FOWKE	Roger	Mne	42 Commando RM	1947
GEORGE	Kenneth	Mne	45RM Commando	1946
GRIFFITHS	T.H.	Pte	No 5 Commando	1946
HOWARD	Percy	RQMS	45 Commando RM	1949
HUSBAND	Norman	Mne	45 Commando RM	1949
LEE	Rexley	Mne	3 Commando Bde. RM	1947
LEEVES	Luther	Mne	42 Commando RM	1949
NUTT	John	Lieut	3 Commando Bde. RM	1946
OLIVER	Frederick	Pte	No 4 Commando	1946
PHILLIPS	William	Pte	No 5 Commando	1946
PICKERILL	William	Sgt	42RM Commando	1947
PILCHER	Joseph	Mne	45RM Commando	1946
ROBSON	Thomas	Mne	45RM Commando	1946
SEARBY	Alfred	Mne	3 Commando Bde. RM	1949
SELWOOD	William	Cpl	45RM Commando	1947
SHARP	Peter	LCpl	No 2 Commando	1947
STANFORD	Charles	Sgt	Commando School RM	1948
TAYLOR	Thomas	Gnr	No 4 Commando	1947
THOMPSON	Thomas	Mne	42RM Commando	1947
TYRIE	Ernest	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1947
WARD	Ronald	Mne	40 Commando RM	1948
WATSON	Maurice	Mne	42RM Commando	1947
WATTS	Ernest	Mne	44RM Commando	1946
WILSON	Sidney	Mne	45RM Commando	1946
WOODHOUSE	Arthur	Mne	40RM Commando	1947

1950 - 1959

Surname	First name	Rank	Unit	Year
AHERN	Gerard	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
ALDRICH	Arthur	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
ALEXANDER	Charles	Mne	40 Commando RM	1952
ANDREWS	Trevor	Sgt	Special Boat Service	1951
ARMOUR	Thomas	Mne	HQ 3 Commando Bde. RM	1956
BABB	Ronald	Cpl	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
BALDWIN	David	Sgt	45 Commando RM	1958
BARNES	Charles	Sgt	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
BARNETT	Terence	Mne	45 Commando RM	1950
BARRETT	Donald	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1953
BELSEY	Jarvis	Cpl	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
BENSLEY	James	Cpl	R.M.F.V.R.	1956
BLAKEWAY	Benet	Mne	45 Commando RM	1956
BOSTOCK	Harry	Mne	45 Commando RM	1958
BUDGEN	Paul	Lieut	45 Commando RM	1951
BURTENSHAW	Derek	Mne	40 Commando RM	1953
CASEY	Graham	QMS	45 Commando RM	1957
CHADWICK	James	Mne	40 Commando RM	1951
CHERRY	Roland	Mne	40 Commando RM	1951
CHIVERS	Graham	Musn	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1959
CLARK	Robert	Mne	40 Commando RM	1951
COBB	Richard	Mne	Commando School RM	1952
COOP	James	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1951
DAVIES	Ronald	Cpl	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
DAVIES	Donald	Sgt	45 Commando RM	1953
DAYES	George	Mne	40 Commando RM	1951
DENNIS	Donald	Sgt	42 Commando RM	1956
DICK	Louis	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1956
DON	Ronald	LCpl	40 Commando RM	1953
DOWLING	Michael	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1951
DUDHILL	Lorin	Mne	40 Commando RM	1956
EAMES	Rex	Mne	40 Commando RM	1951
EATOUGH	Brian	Mne	42 Commando RM	1950
FACEY	Robert	Mne	Commando School RM	1953
FINDLAY	Murdoch	Mne	45 Commando RM	1954
FORDHAM	Peter	Mne	45 Commando RM	1951
FOWLER	Michael	Mne	45 Commando RM	1956
FUDGE	Ronald	Mne	40 Commando RM	1956
GALLIMORE	Walter	Mne	Commando School RM	1953
GARNER	Ivan	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
GEACH	Ernest	Mne	RMB Eastney	1958
GENGE	Thomas, J.H.	Sgt	45 Commando RM	1951
GOATLEY	George, John	Mne	R.M.F.V.R. & 4SBS	1951
GOODFELLOW	Cyril	Mne	45 Commando RM	1956
GRAHAM	John	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
GRANT	Norman	CSgt	45 Commando RM	1954
GREENING	Raymond	Mne	40 Commando RM	1958
GRIBBLE	Norman, A.	Mne	RMB Plymouth	1953
HALFORD	Jack	CSgt	45 Commando RM	1958
HARWOOD	John	Lieut	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
HAYNES	Peter	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1957
HEARD	Lewis	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
HENRY	John	Cpl	45 Commando RM	1951
HEWITT	Samuel	Sgt	Commando School RM	1952
HILL	Christopher	Cpl	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
HILLS	Stanley	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
HITCHMAN	Keith	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
HOOPER	Alfred	Mne	Special Boat Service	1951
HOWARD	David	Mne	42 Commando RM	1956
HOWE	Norman	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1951
IRELAND	Leonard	Mne	40 Commando RM	1952
JARVIS	Dennis	Mne	Special Boat Service	1951
JAUNCEY	William	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
JENNINGS	Frank	Mne	45 Commando RM	1954
JONES	Alfred	Mne	45 Commando	1954
JONES	Peter	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
KEYES	David	Mne	45 Commando RM	1950
KNOCK	Douglas	Surg.Lt	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
LAMB	Ernest	Mne	40 Commando RM	1951
LAMB	Kenneth	Mne	45 Commando RM	1956
MACDOUGALL	Alexander	Mne	45 Commando RM	1958
MACKAY	Peter	Capt	42 Commando RM	1951
MASTERS	William	Mne	HQ 3 Commando Bde RM	1953
MATHIESON	Kenneth	Mne	40 Commando RM	1950
MCCARTHY	Peter	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1956
MCCOURT	Joseph	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
MELLING	Harry	Mne	41 independent Cdo. RM	1951
MILLER	Leslie	Mne	45 Commando RM	1951
MORAN	Roy	Mne	Commando School RM	1953
MORRIS	Henry	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1954
NEEDS	Robert	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
NEVARD	Ernest	Mne	45 Commando RM	1950
NICHOLLS	Reuben	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
O'HANLON	Patrick	Sgt	45 Commando RM	1952
ORR	Samuel	Sgt	40 Commando RM	1950
PARKINSON-CUMINE	Ralph	Capt	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
PARR	Dennis	Mne	45 Commando RM	1950
PRICE	Bernard	Mne	42 Commando RM	1956
PUXTY	Thomas	Mne	HQ 3 Commando Bde. RM	1957
RAINE	Denis	L/SBA	RN, attd 41 Ind. Cdo. RM	1950
RHYCE-REES	Stewart	Mne	42 Commando RM	1955
ROBERTS	Stephen	Mne	45 Commando RM	1969
ROBERTS	Terence	Mne	45 Commando RM	1955
ROSE	Harry	Mne	42 Commando RM	1950
ROWE	William	Mne	42 Commando RM	1950
RYDER	Raymond	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1951
SHERGOLD	Edward	Mne	Special Boat Service	1951
SHORT	Brian	Mne	42 Commando RM	1956
SKELTON	Stanley	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
SMITH	Derek	Mne	45 Commando RM	1952
SOUTHWORTH	Ronald	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
SPURLING	David	Lieut	45 Commando RM	1958
STOCKLEY	Gordon Herbert	Lt Col	RMB Eastney	1951
STOREY	John	Mne	42 Commando RM	1950
STRAIN	Eric	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
STRAY	Dennis	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
TATE	John Arnison	PO	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
TAYLOR	Maurice	Sgt	40 Commando RM	1951
TROTT	Charles	Cpl	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
TURNER	Leslie	Mne	45 Commando RM	1950
UFTON	Edward	Lieut	40 Commando RM	1956
WALKER	William	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
WALSH	John	LCpl	No.6 Commando	1951
WESTWOOD	George	Sgt	45 Commando RM	1951
WEMYSS	Brian	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1959
WHEELER	Alfred	QMS	45 Commando RM	1956
WHITHAM	David	Mne	45 Commando RM	1958
WOOLDRIDGE	Royston	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1950
WRIGHT	Robert	Mne	42 Commando RM	1950
WYETH	Kenneth	Mne	41 Independent Cdo. RM	1951
YOUNG	Terence	Cpl	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1959

1960 - 1969

Surname	First name	Rank	Unit	Year
ALMOND	Bernard	Mne	45 Commando RM	1961
ARNOLD	David	Sgt	45Commando RM	1964
BAKER	Paul	Bugler	45 Commando RM	1961
BAVIN	Richard	Lieut. Col.	Royal Marines	1968
BOUNSALL	Keith	Mne	40 Commando RM	1969
CALWAY	David	Mne	45 Commando RM	1967
CHAPPELL	Reginald	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1964
CLARK	Ian	Lieut	42 Commando RM	1966
COLDRON	Brian	LBdr	95 Commando RA	1965
COLEMAN	Michael	Cpl	45 Commando RM	1968
COLLIER	Vivian	Cpl	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1968
COLLINS	Bernard	Bdr	95 Commando RA	1965
COLLINS	Thomas	Mne	42 Commando RM	1966
CUNNINGHAM	Robert	Cpl	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1965
DANE	James Thomas	Bdr	29 Commando Regt RA	1966
DANELLS	Peter	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1965
DAVIDSON	Peter	Sgt	42 Commando RM	1965
DE'ATH	Ian	Lt. Col	Royal Marines	1960
DEERING	Mark	Mne	40 Commando RM	1964
DONNAN	Christopher	Mne	42 Commando RM	1967
DONNELLY	Mark	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1963
DUNN	Anthony	Mne	45 Commando RM	1967
EASTERBROOK	Anthony	Capt	ITCRM	1960
ELLIOTT	Victor	Sgt	95 Commando RA	1965
EMSLIE	Hamish	Capt	Sultan of Oman Armed Forces	1966
ESSEEN	David	Mne	45 Commando RM	1967
FORMOY	Ronald	Mne	42 Commando RM	1962
FOSTER	Cecil	Sgt	42 Commando RM	1966
FREEMANTLE	John	Cpl	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1967
GILLINGHAM	Graham	Mne	42 Commando RM	1962
GRAY	Thomas	Colonel	HMS President	1960
GREENSTREET	Hugh	Mne	ITCRM	1960
HALL	Thomas	Mne	45 Commando RM	1968
HANNAH	Rowan	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1966
HIGGINBOTHAM	James	Sgt	79 Commando Bty. RA	1963
HINCHLEY	Derek	Mne	40 Commando RM	1961
HIND	Joseph	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1964
HUSSEY	Gordon	Mne	41 Commando RM	1965
HYDES	Richard	Mne	45 Commando RM	1964
INCE	Geoffrey	Gnr	95 Commando Regt. RA	1965
JEFFERY	Reginald	LCpl	45 Commando RM	1963
JENNINGS	Richard	Mne	42 Commando RM	1962
JONES	Kenneth	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1962
KENNEDY	Malcolm, C.	Sgt	CTCRM	1966
KENYON	Eric	Mne	41 Commando RM	1961
KIERANS	Gerald	Mne	42 Commando RM	1962
LAW	James	Mne	HQ 3 Commando Bde. RM	1966
LOVEDAY	Brian	Cpl	Royal Marines	1960
MACFARLANE	Walter	Sgt	42 Commando RM	1962
MAGEE	Thomas	LCpl	40 Commando RM	1967
MALONEY	Ronald	Sgt	29 Commando RA	1965
MARRIOTT	Michael	Cpl	40 Commando RM	1964
McCREA	Edward	Mne	42 Commando RM	1964
MCGRATH	Edward	Cpl	45 Commando RM	1964
MCGREGOR	John	Lieut	41 Commando RM	1964
MIDDLETON	Robert	Cpl	Royal Marines	1969
MOIR	Daniel	Lieut	45 Commando RM	1967
MUIR	David	Mne	45 Commando RM	1965
MUNTON	Roger	Lieut	43 Commando RM	1962
NEWLAND	Percival	Mne	45 Commando RM	1968
O'NEILL	Michael	LBdr	95 Commando RA	1965
OXLEY	Thomas	Cpl	41 Commando RM	1961
PAGE	Peter, J.	Mne	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1969
PAYNE	John	Mne	ITCRM	1968
PERRY	Michael	Mne	45 Commando RM	1968
PETERS	Ronald	Cpl	RMB Eastney	1968
PETTIGREW	James	Mne	45 Commando RM	1961
POWELL	Fred	Mne	42 Commando RM	1962
POYZER	Gerald	Mne	43 Commando RM	1962
PRIVETT	Alan	Mne	RM Deal	1961
PROCTOR	Reginald	Mne	42 Commando RM	1968
REES	Gareth	Mne	Royal Marines	1969
RIDGWAY	Cecil	Mne	40 Commando RM	1960
ROFFEY	Charles David	Lieut	29 Commando Regt RA	1963
ROLLS	Graham	Lieut	42 Commando RM	1963
SARE	Francis	Mne	41 Commando RM	1968
SMITH	James	Mne	40 Commando RM	1963
SMITH	Ralph	Mne	40 Commando RM	1961
SPEED	Michael	Cpl	43 Commando RM	1967
SWINDELL	Roy	Mne	45 Commando RM	1963
TATE	Albert	Bdr	95 Commando RA	1965
TYRRELL	Ernest	Mne	42 Commando RM	1968
WELLINGTON	Walter	Mne	42 Commando RM	1964
WHITAKER	Kenneth	Mne	45 Commando RM	1965
WILSON	David	Mne	45 Commando RM	1964
WILSON	Maurice	Mne	43 Commando RM	1962
WILSON	Norman	Mne	45 Commando RM	1966

1970 - 1979

Surname	First name	Rank	Unit	Year
ALLAN	Lennard	Mne	40 Commando RM	1972
ALLEN	Thomas	Mne	Commando Log. Regt. RM	1977
BARNES	David	Cpl	RM Deal	1975
BECKETT	Ian	Cpl	RM Poole	1979
BELL	Samuel	Cpl	HQ Commando Forces	1972
BEWLEY	Neil	Mne	45 Commando RM	1977
BOOTON	Arthur	Mne	RMB Eastney	1972
BOULANGER	Martin	Mne	41 Commando RM	1979
BUTLER	Stephen	Jun. Mne	Royal Marines	1976
BRYANT	John	Mne	45 Commando RM	1972
CAMERON	Duncan	LCpl	40 Commando RM	1977
CATTELL	William	Mne	40 Commando RM	1972
CHEETHAM	Gerald	CSgt	Commando Log. Regt. RM	1979
COOKE	Adrian	Cpl	CTCRM	1978
COULTER	Richard	Jun. Mne	Royal Marines	1972
COX	Grahame	Mne	42 Commando RM	1973
CUTTING	Robert	Gnr	29 Commando Regt. RA	1972
DAKERS	James	Mne	HQ, 3 Commando Cde. RM	1977
DARLEY	Nicholas	Mne	RM Poole	1974
DAVID	Anthony	Mne	40 Commando RM	1972
DUNWORTH	Christopher	Cpl	RM Poole / HMS Orpheus	1977
EDWARDS	Steven	Mne	Commando Log. Regt. RM	1977
FARMER	Morris	Cfn	3 Cdo. Bde. Air Sqn. RM	1977
FERRIS	David	Mne	HMS Endurance	1973
FOXALL	Ian	Cpl	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1972
FRASER	Hugh	Mne	45 Commando RM	1977
GILMORE	Ian	Mne	40 Commando RM	1977
GOULDEN	Alan	Mne	42 Commando RM	1975
HAMBLIN	Anthony	Mne	Royal Marines	1973
HIGGINS	James	Cpl	Royal Marines	1976
HIGGINS	Nigel	LCpl	42 Commando RM	1974
HISCOCK	Denis	Lieut	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1973
HODSON	Robert	Sgt	3 Cdo. Bde. Air Sqn. RM	1972
HOWELL	Reginald	CPL	CTCRM	1974
HUGHES	Barry	Cpl	CTCRM	1979
JENKINS	Melvin	Mne	Commando Log. Regt. RM	1975
KENNEDY	Kevin	Mne	45 Commando RM	1973
LAWS	Kenneth	Mne	42 Commando RM	1971
LEACH	Dennis	Cpl	45 Commando RM	1974
LEVER	Alan	Sgt	45 Commando RM	1972
MACGREGOR	Duncan	Jun.Mne	Royal Marines	1979
MACKLIN	James	Mne	42 Commando RM	1974
MARSHALL	William	Capt	Royal Marines	1975
MCCARTHY	Frederick	CSgt	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1971
MILLER	Robert	Cpl	42 Commando RM	1978
MILNER	Terence	LCpl	41 Commando RM	1977
MUIR	Charles	Mne	HQ, 3 Commando Bde. RM	1975
O'NEAL	John	Cpl	CTCRM	1977
PAGE	Peter, E.	Sgt	RMB Eastney	1970
PHILLIPS	Alexander	CSgt	RM Depot	1974
POPE	Geoffrey	Sgt	HMS Raleigh	1978
QUICK	Raymond	Cpl	RM Deal	1977
RAE	Alexander	Mne	Commando Log. Regt. RM	1973
RAE	Stuart	Lieut	Royal Marines	1971
REED	Derek	Sgt	HQ 3 Commando Bde. RM	1973
RUSSELL	Philip	Gnr	29 Commando Regt. RA	1978
SEYMOUR	Peter	Lieut	3 Cdo. Bde. Air Sqn. RM	1972
SHAW	John	Mne	40 Commando RM	1973
SMITH	Kevin	Gnr	29 Commando Regt. RA	1972
SOUTHERN	Michael	Mne	45 Commando RM	1974
STANTON	Allen	Mne	42 Commando RM	1972
STANWORTH	John	Cpl	HMS Rooke	1971
SWAIN,	Ivor	Sgt	29 Commando RA	1973
THOMPSON	Terence	Capt	HQ 3 Commando Bde. RM	1976
TIERNEY	Paul	Mne	45 Commando RM	1975
TURNER	James	Lieut	RM Poole / HMS Orpheus	1977
WALL	Graham	Mne	41 Commando RM	1972
WALSH	Daniel	Mne	41 Commando RM	1976
WEEKS	David	LCpl	40 Commando RM	1971
WHEDDON	Gareth	Mne	42 Commando RM	1978
WOOTON	Bernard	Mne	RMB Eastney	1977

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