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WILLS, Richard Lloyd Joseph

Captain
129346
No 3 Commando
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Richard Wills was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service during operations at Dieppe 19 August 1942 during which he was shot in the neck and became a prisoner of war [1][1a][2]. There is an additional reference to this in our entry for Gunner Hub

WILTON, Hugo

Acting Corporal
P061546S
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)
Acting Corporal Hugo Wilton was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field during the period 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017.
 
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WITHERS, Richard Reginald

Marine
P057029L
RM Armoured Support Group
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)

Marine Richard Withers was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Afghanistan during the period 1st October 2007 to 31st March 2008.

Source
London Gazette 58776, page 11242.

WOOD, Gerrard

Marine
P063555H
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)
Marine Gerrard Wood was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Afghanistan in 2012.
 
Source
London Gazette Supp. 60456, page 5738.
 

WOOD, Norman Peter

Temporary Captain (Acting Major)
41RM Commando
Royal Marines
Military Cross (MC)

Major Norman Wood was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry, leadership and undaunted devotion to duty during the assault on the Island of Walcheren.

WOYEVODSKY, Michael

Captain
130815
No 3 Commando
Devonshire Regiment
Military Cross (MC)
Captain Michael Woyevodsky was captured at Catania, Sicily, on the 14th June 1943. On the 19th September 1943, whilst in transit to Germany, he escaped from the train South of Verona together with two other Officers.

WRIGHT, Edward Robin McMurdo

Lieutenant Colonel
EC29
338194
Indian Armoured Corps 19 Lancers
Royal Armoured Corps
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Military Cross (MC)
Mentioned in Despatches
Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Edward Wright was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Myebon, Burma on 15 January 1945 whilst temporarily attached from the Indian Army to No.1 Commando as a F.T.O.

YOUNG, Peter

Brigadier Peter Young
Then then Major Peter Young
Brigadier
77254
No 3 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC)
Bar to the Military Cross
2nd Bar to the Military Cross
Peter Young was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1939.

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