Family and friends of veterans
(living or not) who served in the Combined Operations
Command are welcome to add veteran's details to this page in the way of a
personal tribute. We owe a debt of gratitude to those who served the
Allied cause in Combined Operations and who were fortunate to return home
after the conflict.
[A blue underlined entry is a link to additional
information of possible interest. Assume UK Nationality unless otherwise
stated.
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Surname |
Init |
Rank |
Service
No |
Service/Regiment |
Other incl. Nationality |
|
Ablewhite |
C |
Pte |
- |
Lincolnshire Regiment &
11 Scottish
Commando |
Badly wounded during the
Litani River Raid. |
|
Alexander |
K W |
A/Cpl LAC |
648576 |
RAF Combined Operations 1941 - 45 |
North Africa, Suez Canal, Saudi Arabia,
Syracuse Sicily, Naples, Italy, Anzio, Malta, Juhu India, Gibraltar,
France.
RIP 23/6/07
Photo |
|
Amess |
F J |
AB |
PJX 327866 |
RN LCT 611 |
D-day and Walcheren
[New Zealand] |
|
Anderton |
T A |
Stoker 1st |
KX 147311 |
RN Att HMS Copra |
COPRA |
|
Baker |
L F |
Sgt |
901911 |
RAFSC 3203 |
- |
|
Barker |
JW |
Cpl |
POX 107600 |
Royal Marine |
LCF 20 on D Day |
|
Barry |
KM |
AB (MiD) |
P/JX 388551 |
RN Commando 'R' |
- |
|
Bashford |
R L |
Cpl |
6872561 |
6 Commando |
- |
|
Bennett |
J I |
Pte |
3911811 |
3 Commando HQ Trp |
The Welch Regiment / S.W. Borderers 1940-46 |
|
Berrisford |
P J |
Sgt. (MM) |
N/K |
6 Commando 4 Trp |
Op Torch |
|
Bland |
J T |
PO (DSM) |
P/JX186974 |
RN Commando |
Bruneval, Dunkirk,
Lofoten
Islands, Dieppe (Lovatt), Torch, Daffodil
(Nth Africa), Sicily and Italy. |
|
Boreham |
J |
Sgt |
N/K |
6 Commando |
- |
|
Boulton |
D |
Bombardier |
- |
11 Scottish Commando |
Litani River Raid. Later Lt in 9th Btn DLI |
|
Boultwood |
G J |
Major |
- |
11th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment |
Landing Craft Expert attached to Combined Operations |
|
Briggs |
A W |
- |
- |
41 RM Commando |
Sicily and Salerno. RIP 2006 |
|
Burgess |
J C |
Gunner |
2066140 |
4 Commando |
Royal Artillery. RIP 1985
Commando Certificate |
|
Campbell |
T H H |
Sapper |
1877061 |
9 Commando |
RIP 1984 |
|
Christie |
D |
Pte |
3861947 |
5 Commando 6 Troop (Loyals) |
6/42 to 12/45. [ John Christie writes; I wonder if any
photo of the troop exists which may include my father. He served in 5
commando from 1942 to 1945. Please contact us
in first instance. ] |
|
Coulthread |
D E |
L/Cpl |
3061447 |
11 Scottish Commando
Royal Scots Greys |
Op Flipper
Black Hackle
Keyes' Batman |
|
Cowan |
A |
AB |
JX328854 |
RN Att HMS Copra |
COPRA |
|
Crosby |
A J |
- |
- |
B Troop, 7 Commando |
Served in North Africa and injured on Crete. RIP June
1978 |
|
Crowell |
M M |
CPO |
K0465625 |
RCNVR |
1941 - 45 |
|
Cruikshanks |
G |
AB |
D/JX340221 |
RN Commando, Beach Signal Section 9 |
Scottish soldier at El Al Amein, Algiers, Sicily, Italy, D-Day Gold
Beach. RIP 26/12//06 |
|
Dandy |
A J |
Cpl |
1533625 |
3210 RAF Servicing Commando |
Armourer. RIP 8/8/95.
Photo |
|
Donnison |
R E |
Pte |
4807481 |
5 Commando |
1941-46 |
|
Eden |
J |
AB |
CJX 355755 |
RN |
Landing craft (Omaha) |
|
Edeson |
P J |
Pte |
CLX /109402 |
Royal Marine |
LCG (Long) 18 |
|
Elcome |
H J C |
LAC |
1717143 |
RAF SCU 3204 +2TAF |
1942-47. RIP 2003. |
|
Emery |
D |
AB (DSM) |
SSX 29684 |
Royal Naval Beach Commando Fox |
Wounded Sword beach 6th June 1944. RIP
Nov 1950. |
|
Finucane |
F V |
Leading Seaman |
J100901 & P/JX 667462 |
RN att HMS Copra |
HMS Princess Astrid.
Landing Craft, Dieppe, Sicily, D-Day. 1905 - 1987
|
|
Ford |
C D |
Telegraphist |
D/JX 359899 |
RN att HMS Copra |
Bombardment Unit. Sicily, Salerno, Anzio south of France |
|
Gamblin |
F J |
AB |
V59716 |
RCNVR -
RN (Beach) Commandos |
New Brunswick, Canada. RIP 1994 |
|
Glen |
J |
Flt/Sgt
(MiD) |
976168 |
RAF Radar |
FDT 217. RIP 2000 |
|
Gorle |
H W |
Pte |
B66881 |
Royal Regiment of Canada |
Wounded Dieppe 1942, POW, Repatriated 1944 |
|
Grant |
T |
Pte |
2080011 |
3 Commando |
|
|
Green |
A |
Pte |
PLY/X 111456 |
4th Commando Brigade |
Signal Troop |
|
Hailes |
S B |
L/Cpl |
4620600 |
3
Commando 1 Troop |
1940-42
POW Dieppe |
|
Hale |
W A |
AC1 |
1321644 |
N/K |
Sicily, Anzio, Tunisia
and Arnhem |
|
Hall |
R M |
PO |
JX149429 |
RN Commando 'K" |
RIP 13 Nov 2006 |
|
Hamilton |
J |
Temp Lt (E) |
- |
RNVR - HM LST425 |
DSC for courage, endurance and determination in
transporting men and supplies to Normandy.
|
|
Hannam |
R H |
AB |
- |
RN Commando |
D-Day. Survived the assault and overland to Hamburg. |
|
Heath |
A |
AB |
P/JX 418280 |
RN Commando 'R3' |
Normandy, Sword Beach - 6/6/44. RIP 1/1/2008
RN Commandos |
|
Henderson |
L F M |
Pte |
V41125 |
RCNVR |
Canadian |
|
Henson |
F L |
AB |
JX376601 |
HMS Quebec 1943,
HMS Copra 1943/44, LCOCU (Landing Craft Obstacle
Clearance Unit.) |
LCOCU - trained to remove underwater mines and beach obstacles
prior to D-Day. Very hazardous work. Landed with Canadians at NanGreen
Sector, Juno Beach. RIP 27/12/84
|
|
Howard |
D |
- |
C/X 112798 |
Royal Marines, 539 Assault
Flotilla |
Normandy & Pacific. RIP
16/6/07 |
|
Irving |
M A |
Cpl |
4205846 |
4 Commando |
Aug 1941- Dec 1945 |
|
Jones |
J B |
Pte |
5347501 |
9 Commando |
1941-1945. RIP 2004 |
|
Laming |
F A |
Pte |
897518 |
Gordons & 9 Commando |
Africa and Italy
|
|
Law |
P E |
Telegrapher |
JK358525 |
RN Landing Craft |
Served on LCG 14 |
|
Learmouth |
W |
AB |
JX33276? |
RN Landing Craft |
Sunk on D-Day off Omaha |
|
Leo |
L |
LAC |
1727259 |
3207 RAF Servicing Commando |
Burma & India 1944/45. RIP 2006 |
|
Maguire |
S |
A/CMM (CPO) |
V27093 |
RCNVR 80th Flotilla |
1941-45. Canadian |
|
Maines |
H |
Corp |
4197433 |
No 1 Commando |
North France, Operation Torch, Burma,
RIP 12/11/78 |
|
McGinnis |
W D |
- |
- |
Attached No 1 Commando |
US 34 Inf Div. Op Torch (North Africa). USA. |
|
Merry
|
W E |
- |
JX 382962 |
RN 131 Flotilla |
1942-1945 |
|
Miles |
G J |
Leading Seaman |
P/SSX 30846 |
RN (Naval Commando) |
Coxswain on Tank Landing Craft. RIP 1981 |
|
Muddle |
C |
LAC |
1655091 |
FDT
216 |
Posted to India after 216 was sunk off Normandy |
|
Norman |
R T G |
W/O |
PO/X102244(T) |
No 3 Trp RM Eng Commando |
16 theatres of war. See
Commando Service
Certificate. RIP 1983. |
|
Nugent |
J |
S/Sgt |
13119435 |
101 Royal Pioneer Beach Assault Group |
22 Beach Brigade |
|
Oakley |
K |
- |
- |
Royal Naval Beach Commando |
RIP 2007 |
|
O'Marah |
A J |
TSM |
4185353 |
No1 Commando |
RWF & 142 Commando Company, Burma. |
|
Orton |
J |
L/Cpl |
2819656 |
No 11 Commando |
Later L Det SAS Brig. POW 11/41 |
|
Parr |
S |
Temp Lt (DSC 4/11/44) |
JX264305 |
RNVR |
HM LCT 379, HM LCT 369 and HM LCT 304. OiC of HM LCG 5 and HM LCG 18. |
|
Peace |
J |
Cpl |
- |
No 8 Commando |
Ex Coldstream Guards. RIP 1982 |
|
Peachey |
F |
L/Sgt (MM & Bar) |
3654154 |
2 commando 4 troop (South
Lancs.Regt) |
St Nazaire, Salerno Argentina, Vaagso, and Op.
Butcher Germany |
|
Peel |
S E |
Leading Stoker |
D/KX129758 |
RN Assault group G.2 |
DSM for courage and undaunted devotion to duty.
(1911-1983) |
|
Phillips |
W P A |
LAC |
1477035 |
HMS Largs 1941-1946 |
Torch, Corkscrew, Husky, Avalanche, Overlord, Dragoon,
Argonaut, Dracula & Zipper
RIP 15/5/06 |
|
Port |
J |
Pte |
2991563 |
5th Troop, 9 Commando |
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
RIP 1973 |
|
Prentice |
J C E |
SQMS |
24329427 |
Royal Signals. Served within Combined Ops, 4th Ships
Signals Section |
HMS Goatland, HMS Lothian, HMS Persimmon & all HQ ships. |
|
Price |
A G |
PO |
JX129595 |
RN Landing Craft |
- |
|
Rees |
L N |
Sub Lt |
- |
RNVR |
Skipper LCT HMS Lochailort / Visakhapatnam India |
|
Rodaway |
W F |
AB |
JX192749 |
RN Landing Craft |
HMS Prins Albert from 19/8/41 to
7/1/45 |
|
Rowling |
E |
Sub Lt RNVR |
JX271458 |
RN Landing Craft |
HM LCI(S) 502 on D-Day (Queen Red in area Sword)
HM LCI(L) 04 (in command) Jan 1945 to March 1946
|
|
Saunders |
A G |
Pte |
5190505 |
