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CARPENTER, W.R.

Private
Commando Basic Training Centre
Special Service (Commando) Group

C.B.T.C. and Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association from Appledore, Devon.
 
Sources
Additions to Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 92 (1991).

CROSS, Alan Eric

Lieutenant Colonel
Special Service (Commando) Group
Served in Commando Group. Member of the Commando Association residing Chiltington, Sussex.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 111 (2000).
 

DREW, Melville John

Private (later SQMS)
Special Service (Commando) Group
Headquarters Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association from Whitchurch, Cardiff.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 93 (1991).

ELLISON, William, G.

Lieutenant
Special Service (Commando) Group
Holding Operational Commando
Served Commando Group and H.O.C. Post war member of the Commando Association from Bangor, Co.Down, N.Ireland.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 42 (1966).
 

LILLYCROP, Frederick George

Major (later Lieutenant Colonel)
78893
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Served in Commando Group [1]. Post war remained in military service. 1952, Major, R.E.M.E., appointed M.B.E.(Military Division) [2]. 9 July 1956 promoted Lieutenant Colonel [3].

SMITH, Ernest Leigh

Major
75015
Special Service (Commando) Group
South Wales Borderers
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Ernest Leigh Smith, HQ Special Service Group, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service during a reconnaissance along the North coast of France on 15/16 May 1944 (Tarbrush) gathering vital intelligence in preparation for D Day.  

STURGES, Robert Grice

Robert Grice Sturges
Lieutenant General
Special Service (Commando) Group
Royal Marines
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Mentioned in Despatches
Major General Robert Grice Sturges, a veteran of WW1, commanded the Special Service Group, later re-titled Commando Group, from August 1943 until June 1945.
Early Service and World War 1 [1].

WALKER, John Ralph

Lieutenant Colonel
Special Service (Commando) Group
Headquarters Commando Group. Post war member of the Commando Association from Curbridge, Hampshire.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 102 (1996).
 

WARD, Edward Scott

Captain
Special Service (Commando) Group
Served in Commando Group HQ. Post war member of the Commando Association from Staines, Middlesex.
 
Sources
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 83 (1986).
 

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