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MCDUFF, William Henry Francis
Lance Corporal William McDuff from Walthamstow, London, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war since the previous day. Enlisted 3 September 1939.
MCEVOY, Christopher Anthony
McEWAN, Alexander
MCGARRY, Charles
Private Charles McGarry was reported wounded and missing 6 January 1943 during operations in North Africa, later found to be a prisoner of war.
MCGEACHY, E.
Rifleman McGeachy was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war at Stalag 4C.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO3921/1.
MCGIBBON, Robert Lorne

MCGILL, Arthur, T.
Private Arthur McGill was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
MCGLONE, Andrew
MCGOLDRICK, James William
Gunner McGoldrick from Ashton under Lyne was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service whilst serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. After volunteering for No.3 Commando he took part in Operation Ambassador at Guernsey July 1940.
MCHUGH, Gerard Thomas
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/30 and WO417/96.
MCKEE, Peter McIntyre Hugh

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28 and WO417/68.
MCKENZIE, Arthur Joss
MCKENZIE, James Burnett
Private James McKenzie was reported missing in the Middle East 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war since 19 November 1941.
McKERR, Hugh Francis Johnston
MCLEAN, Donald
Gunner Donald McLean was reported missing on 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. He was later found to have been taken prisoner and transported to Stalag 344 in Poland.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
MCLEAN, J.
Fusilier McLean was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war imprisoned in Poland.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
MCLELLAN, Dugald Bone

26.03.1938 posted Royal Scots Greys.
MCLUCKIE, Alan
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77, WO417/81.
MCMURTRIE, William Vass
Gunner William McMurtrie was reported missing believed a prisoner of war on 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later imprisoned at Stalag 4C in the Sudetenland.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
McSHANE, Charles Henry Hubert
- 1943 repatriated to the UK [3].
MCTAGGART, George
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
MEADLEY, George Albert
Timeline
29.03.1940, enlisted Royal Engineers.Trade on enlistment - Painter/Decorator.
MEALOR, Joseph
MEINERS, James Frederick
James Frederick Meiners, a Labourer from Essex, enlisted into the Royal Marines 28 August 1939 later joining 40RM Commando sometime after its formation in 1942. Marine Meiners was captured and a prisoner of war on 3 June 1944 during operations on Brac Island in the Adriatic.
MEISTER, Donald Martin
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/72.
MENDUM, Stanley, Marsden
METCALFE, George
Private George Metcalfe, No.1 Section of No.6 Troop, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
MICHAEL, Arthur Philip
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.
MILES, Hugh Logan
Lance Corporal Hugh Miles was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Stalag 4G.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/31.
MILLER, Ean Creighton
MILLIGAN, John
Regimental Sergeant Major John Milligan was reported missing and later a prisoner of war 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete. Post war member of the Commando Association from Ayr.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/30 and WO417/96.
MILLS, Charles Ernest
Charles Ernest Mills, a Miller and Millwright from Suffolk, enlisted 15 January 1940. Private Mills later volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.7 Commando embarking with them for the Middle East.
MILNE, Robert

MILNER, Harold
Sources
MILSTEAD, Roland William
Prisoner of War aged 23.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/257/61 (closed until Jan 2024).
MILSTED, Roland William
MITCHELL, William Pratt
MOLLOY, Joseph
MONTGOMERY, Robert Kerr

MOORE, Albert George
Rifleman Albert Moore was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be prisoner of war. His brother Sidney Henry Moore served in No.8 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association from Harrogate, Yorkshire.
MOORE, Donald Murray

Donald Murray Moore, a Fisherman from Lowestoft, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 5 March 1939. He joined 46RM Commando which was formed August 1943. Corporal Moore, 'B' Troop, was captured 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots, France.
MOORE, George Arthur, N.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/59.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
MOORE, William Charles Henry
MORGAN, Clifford
MORGAN, Francis Cecil
MORGAN, Richard Fuller

MORRIS, Luke John
MORRIS, Reginald
MOTLEY, Alan Herbert.
19 August 1942 (Lance Corporal) reported missing during Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war [2][3][4].
MOXEY, Edward Ernest
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/32.
MULLEN, Alfred

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.
MURDOCH, Sydney Wallace John
MURPHY, Patrick Joseph
- 2 June 1941 Crete, wounded and a prisoner of war [3][4][4a].
MURRAY, Alfred
Sergeant Alfred Murray was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29 and WO417/30.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 383).
MURRAY, John

Sources
[1] CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
[2] National Archives file ADM201/111.
MURRAY, Robert


Private Robert Murray, 8 Troop, was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association.
MUSCROFT, James Rudd
MUSTEY, Reginald W.

Marine Reginald Mustey, 'B' Troop, was captured and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, France.
MYCOCK, George Reginald Nicholls
Gunner George Mycock was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29.
NAGEL, Peter Thomas Lorenz
NAPIER, Alexander, McG.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
NAVARRETE, Francisco
Lance Corporal Francisco Navarrete, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
NEALE, Jack

NEAVES, James Mack
Gunner James Neaves was reported missing believed a prisoner of war on 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later imprisoned at Stalag 4A in Germany.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
NEILL, William
Corporal William Neill was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National archives files WO417/28 and WO417/29.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
NEWBY, George Eric
NEWELL, Aubrey John
NICHOLAS, John Harry
NICHOLLS, John Stanley
John Stanley Nicholls, a Dairyman from Birmingham, enlisted into the Armed Forces 27 June 1940 later volunteering for commando service. Lance Corporal Nicholls, No.6 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe later confirmed wounded and a prisoner of war.
NICHOLS, Alexander Hause
- 28 July 1933 attested into the Royal Tank Corps.
NICOL, Charles

Sergeant Charles Nicol was reported missing 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ, later found to be a prisoner of war.
NOBLE, Arthur Frederick
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
NOLTING, Frank Gilbert
Sergeant Frank Nolting was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
NORTHOVER, Frederick Thomas

Frederick Thomas Northover enlisted into the Royal Marines on 7 July 1942, having previously been employed in a Butchers. Corporal Northover serving with 46RM Commando, 'B' Troop, was captured during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, Normandy on 11 June 1944.
NUNN, Robert Richard
Sources
O'CONNOR, George Oliver

O'DONNELL, Laurence Patrick Thompson
Laurence P.T. O'Donnell from London enlisted in to the Armed Forces on 25 August 1939 later volunteering for the Commandos. Corporal O'Donnell, No.2 Commando 3 Troop, was wounded and taken prisoner on 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire.
O'NEILL, James
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/32.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
O'ROURKE, J.T.

Served in 'B' Troop.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
[Image] 'B' Troop photo in 46RM Cdo Gallery.
O'SHEA, James Andrew
OAKLEY, Gerald
OPOCZYNSKI, Abraham
OSMOND, Charles Geoffrey

OWEN, W.G.
Corporal Owen was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war at Stalag 4D.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO3921/1.
PALMER, Robert George
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
PARKER, A.C.
Private Parker was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations in Tunisia (Operation Bizerte), later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/55, WO417/56.
PARKER, Robert John
Guardsman Robert Parker was reported missing 26 February 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm), later found to be wounded and a prisoner of war.
PARKER, William Henry
Lance Corporal William Parker was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war having been captured on 1 June 1941.
PARKES, Frederick
PARSONS, Samuel
- 2 March 1943 reported missing during operations in North Africa, later found to be a prisoner of war in Italy [2][2a].
PARSONS, Thomas
Thomas Parsons from Irvine, enlisted on 16 October 1939 having previously been employed at the ICI Nobel's Explosives Factory, Ayrshire. After volunteering Thomas was attached to No.3 Commando. He was reported missing 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, later confirmed a prisoner of war.
PARSONS, William
William Parsons, a Bricklayer from Irvine, Ayrshire, enlisted 16 May 1940, later volunteering for the Commandos. Fusilier Parsons, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, France, later being confirmed a prisoner of war.
PASQUALE, James
PATERSON, James, A.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
PATTERSON, Robert
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
PATTERSON, Stephen Valentine
PAUL, Haydn Bertram
PAXTON, Charles Henry
Private Charles Paxton, 10 Troop, was reported missing on 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ in Libya, and later found to be a prisoner of war.
PAYNE, Ronald McClure
Gunner Ronald Payne was reported missing on 8 April 1941 at Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24 and WO417/30.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
PEARSON, William George Victor Robert
Sources
PENFOLD, Frederick Arthur
PERCIVAL, Jack
PETERS, Albert Thomas
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/35.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
PEW, Charles McAllum
PICKERING, James

Served in 'B' Troop.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
German Record Cards of British Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO416/290/22.
[Image] 'B' Troop photo in 46RM Cdo Gallery.
PICKOVER, Richard

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.
PINKNEY, Geoge Clifford
PLACKETT, John Leonard
PORT, Ronald Albert
PORTER, A.
Fusilier Porter was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war imprisoned in Poland.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
PORTER, Leonard, E.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24, WO417/25 and WO417/94.
PORTESS, George Thomas
Guardsman George Thomas was reported a prisoner of war in 1942 during operations in Cyrenaica. Post war member of the Commando Association from Brigg, Lincolnshire.
PORTWAIN, Edward
POSTILLO, Rafael
Sources
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/20.
POUCHER, William
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
POWELL, Frederick Thomas
POWELL, Leslie
Sources
POYZER, Ernest
Sources
PRATLEY, George Albert
PRATT, Henry
PREECE, Bernard Llewellyn
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/30.
PRESTON, John Alfred
PRYDE, William
PUNTON, Joseph
PURDON, Corran William Brooke

RACHELL, Alfred William John
RAESIDE, Bendon Walker

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/33.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
RAISBECK, Robert Douglas Grant
RANDALL, Donald Charles

RANDELL, Richard Noel
RATCLIFF, Harry
READ, Kenneth Edward
Sources
REED, Robert Middleton
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/28.
REEVES, Francis Samuel
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/28 and WO417/30.
REEVES, Walter
REGAN, William

Sources
REID, Ernest, E.
Acting Lance Corporal Ernest Reid, 3 Troop, was reported missing during operations in North Africa 2 March 1943, found to have been taken prisoner and later transported to Stalag 4DZ.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/59; WO417/60.
RELF, Arthur Charles

RENNIE, Jim

RICE, Charles
RICHARDS, Branson
RICHARDSON, Peter Lingwood
RICHES, Phillip, G.
In 1943 he is reported no longer a prisoner and back in the United Kingdom.
RILEY, Joseph John
ROBERTS, David
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
ROBERTS, Dennis Wyn
ROBERTS, Harold

Lance Corporal Harold Roberts, 5 Troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in Ma
ROBERTS, John
Corporal John Roberts was reported wounded and missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Warrington.
ROBERTSON, William Thorburn
William Robertson from Edinburgh enlisted on 1 August 1939, civil trade Painter. He later volunteered for the Commandos. Private Robertson was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica (Bardia), later found to be a prisoner of war.
ROBINS, George Edward

ROBINSON, James William
RODD, Stanley William
RODERICK, John Morgan

RODGER, Thomas Buchanan White
RODGERS, Joseph
Private Joseph Rodgers was reported wounded and a prisoner of war 19 August 1942 after operations at Dieppe, France. Post war member of the Commando Association from Stalybridge, Cheshire.
ROE, Alfred John

Patty Officer Alfred Roe was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway. He was captured and later died of typhus at Belsen Concentration Camp having been transferred there from Sachsenhausen. Husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Roe, of Manor Park, Slough, Buckinghamshire.
ROLFE, Charles Kenneth
ROSE, Harry, E.G.
ROSS, Andrew, T.
Private Andrew Ross was reported missing June 1940. He was later found to be a prisoner of war.
ROSTANCE, James, H.F.W.
ROTHWELL, Thomas Frank

ROUGH, Thomas
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
ROUND, Raymond John

ROWLANDS, Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas Rowlands, a Motor Mechanic from Liverpool, enlisted into the Territorial Army 29 May 1939. Lance Corporal Rowlands, R.E.M.E.
ROWLES, Thomas Arthur
Sources
ROY, Donald William

RUSSELL, Douglas Alexander
RUSSELL, Frederick James
Private Frederick Russell was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28, WO417/30, and WO417/94.
RUSSELL, Phillip Arthur
RUSSO, James Anthony
RYAN, Ronald James
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
SADD, Albert Norman
SADDLER, Thomas
Trooper Thomas Saddler, Middle East Commando, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/34, and WO417/92 (1945).
SADLER, George Norman
SADLER, William Henry
Sources
SAEGERT, John Maclean (Lt. Col)

SAINT, Reginald George
Guardsman Reginald Saint was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Stalag 383.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/31.
SALISBURY, Frank


SALISBURY, George
Private George Salisbury, 1 Troop, was one of the commando contingent embarked on Motor Launch ML 177 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid, later found to be a prisoner of war.
SALISBURY, Glyn
SALTER, Charles Henry Bevan
SANCHEZ, Manuel
Private Manuel Sanchez, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/35.
SANDBACH, Cecil Emerson

SAUNDERS, George Victor

- Served in No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando 3 Troop ( aka 'X' Troop) [1][3][4].
SAUNDERS, Lionel
SAVAGE, Alistair Carpendale McEwan
SCAIFE, Josiah
SCHOFIELD, Harry Vane
SCOTT, Edward
Rifleman Edward Scott was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war after being captured the previous day.
SCOTT, H.H.
SCRUPPS, Kenneth Aubrey
Stalag XIIA 28 June to 17 July 1944.
SEARSON, Alfred Clarence

SHARPE, Frederick William
SHAWYER, Henry Alfred
Henry Alfred Shawyer, a Flour Mill Machine Hand from Southampton, enlisted 16 October 1939. Volunteered for Special Service and attached to No.7 Commando. Embarked for the Middle East with Layforce.
SHEEHY, Richard, W.
Sources
SHELTON, Leslie
Lance Corporal Leslie Shelton was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war.
SHERINGTON, Leonard Arthur
Leonard Arthur Sherington, a Clerk from London, enlisted 19 May 1940. He later volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.3 Commando. Corporal Sherington was wounded 27 December 1941 during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
SHERWIN, Albert Edward George
SHINN, William John
SHIPTON, Herbert John
Lance Corporal Bert Shipton from Peckham, London, embarked on Motor Launch ML 457 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid later found to be a prisoner of war. Enlisted April 1937. Civilian employment - Salesman.
SHORTALL, James Patrick
SIMMONDS, Frederick John
SIMMONS, Ronald

SIMPSON, Arthur, C.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
SIMPSON, David
Corporal David Simpson was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. He had served in India before the war and was the recipient of the India General Service Medal.
SIMPSON, Harold Leonard
Lance Corporal Harold Simpson, 3 Troop, from Minehead, Somerset, received a Mention in Despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during the raid on St. Nazaire on the night of 27/28th March, 1942. Embarked on HMS Campbeltown. Wounded and prisoner of war.
SIMPSON, Norman
SIMPSON, Sydney
SINNOTT, Edward

SLATER, I.J.
Sources
SLATER, Marshall Gordon
SMALE, Kenneth William Ridley
SMALL, John

Lance Corporal John Small, 'B' Troop, was captured and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, France.
SMART, Victor David Walter

Sources
SMETHURST, Harry
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/30.
SMITH, Alexander
SMITH, Alfred Desmond
Private Alfred Smith was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war imprisoned in Poland.
SMITH, Ernest William
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/33.
POW Lists / National Archives file WO392/1.
SMITH, George
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/30.
SMITH, J.
Prisoner of War. Post war member of the Commando Association from Atherton, Manchester.
SMITH, James
SMITH, John
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/32, WO417/94.
SMITH, John Henry

Gunner John Henry Smith was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations in North Africa (Bizerte, Tunisia), later found to be a prisoner of war. Served in the Commando from July 1942 until December 1945.
SMITH, Joseph
SMITH, Kenneth, N.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/58, WO417/59, WO417/63.
SMITH, Lawrence George

SMITH, Miller

Company Sergeant Major Miller Smith, a former Police Officer, was one of seven men from No.2 Commando captured after Operation Musketoon and later executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp under Hitler's Commando Execution Order.
SMITH, Peter
Gunner Peter Smith, from Glencraig in Fife, was reported missing in 1942 (full date not reported) during operations in the Middle East , later found to be a prisoner of war [1][1a]. He was subsequently killed as a result of aerial bombardment [2][2a].
SMITH, R.
Source: RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
SMITH, Reginald Alban
SMITH, Thomas, B.G.
Lance Corporal Thomas Smith was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica (Bardia raid) later found to be a prisoner of war.
SMITH, William Henry
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/29.
SMITH, William John
SNEDDON, Arthur Muir
Arthur Muir Sneddon, a Local Government Servant (Public Assistance) from Broxburn, West Lothian, enlisted 15 August 1940 and subsequently volunteered for the commandos.
SNEDDON, William
SNEESBY, Eric
Driver Eric Sneesby was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28, WO417/34, and WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
SNELSON, Cyril


Lance Corporal Cyril Snelson was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
SPALL, Claude William
SPEECHLEY, William
SPEIGHT, James Robert

James Robert Speight from Leeds was reported as missing on 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm). Later found to be a prisoner of war. On 13 April 1945 he escaped from a working party and reached allied lines.
SPIERS, James
SQUIER, Herbert Cecil
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29 and WO417/31 (Stalag 8A).
STABLES, Leslie
STANCOMBE, Christopher

Troop Sergeant Major Christopher Stancombe, 'B' Troop, was taken prisoner of war on 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and Le Hamel, France.
STANDEN, Paul Joseph
STANNACK, Luke

STARLING, Reginald Ernest
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4B).
STEELE, David Ronald
STEINKE, Roy Frederick
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/33.
STEPHENS, James Henry
STEVENS, A. Kenneth
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
STEVENS, Richard Leonard
Colour Sergeant Stevens was captured on 23 May 1944 on Miljet Island Dalmatia during Operation Foxhound.
STEVENSON, Joseph
Sources
STEWART, Charles
STEWART, W.S.
STOCKS, Douglas

STOCKS, Joseph William
STOKES, Samuel William

STOTT, Charles Henry
STRACEY, Leonard
STRATFORD, Mark, F.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 8B).
STUTCHBURY, John Forbes
SULLIVAN, Norman Tracy
SUMMERFIELD, J. (or Charles, J.)
- 2 June 1941 Crete reported missing later found be a prisoner of war [3][4][5].
SUMNER, Frank


SUTHERLAND, George Martin
Gunner George Sutherland was reported missing believed a prisoner of war on 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica, Libya. Later imprisoned at Stalag 4F.
SWAINBANK, Christopher
SWANSON, Charles William
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/351/282 (closed until Jan.2025).
SWAYNE, Ronald Oliver Carless
SWINBURN, Arthur

SWINTON, Frank

Gunner Frank Swinton, from Greenheys, Manchester, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
SYMONDS, Idwal Eric

Sources
Prisoners of War Records / National Archives files ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
TAITE, John Anthony
TALBOT, Dennis Gifford
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/29.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
TARGELL, Thomas Henry
Private Thomas Targell was reported missing 4 March 1943 during operations in North Africa, later corrected to 'wounded and a prisoner of war'.
TASKER, John Norman
TAYLOR, George
TAYLOR, Harry, G.

TAYLOR, Horace

TAYLOR, J.M.
Acting Corporal Taylor, 'A' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
TAYLOR, James Alexander
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
TAYLOR, Percy, V.C.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28 and WO417/36.
TAYLOR, Stanley Benjamin

TAYLOR, Thomas Frederick
TAYLOR, William

Lance Sergeant William Taylor from Atherton Lancashire was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later found to be a prisoner of war in Poland.
TERRY, Antony Frederic Aimé Imbert

THEOBALD, Richard
Sources
THEW, Edwin
THOMAS, Iorwerth Cyrus
THOMAS, John Smith
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24 and WO417/27.
THOMAS, Norman
THOMAS, Patrick John
THOMPSON, Alfred
Alfred Thompson, a Painter from Liverpool, enlisted on 27 October 1938. Private Thompson volunteered for the Commandos in 1940 and was attached to No.7 Commando embarking with them for the Middle East as part of Layforce.
THOMPSON, John Copeland
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/60.
THOMPSON, W.S.
THOMPSON, William
THOMSON, Robert George

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