John Withers
Son of James and Helen W. Mackinnon, of Glasgow.
-
23.03.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 93]
| T/2nd Lt. |
15.05.1942 |
| T/Lt. |
15.11.1942 |
| 15.05.1942 |
commissioned, Royal Marines [temporary commission] |
||
| (08.1942) |
- |
23.03.1943 |
RM Boom Patrol Detachment [borne on Portsmouth Division, RM]
(captured on 12.12.1942 during the Operation Frankton, the RM canoe raid on
the River Gironde, imprisoned for some months and executed by the Germans in
Paris) |
Alan Edward
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
12.04.2001
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
| 2nd Lt. |
01.01.1935 |
| Lt. |
21.05.1937 |
| Capt. |
13.01.1941 (retd
30.09.1953) |
| T/Maj. |
17.01.1944-(01.1946) |
| served
in the ranks for 4 years, 45 days |
|||
| (07.1935) |
- |
(02.1936) |
Portsmouth
Division, RM |
| ? |
- |
(02.)1937 |
RM
Depot, Deal |
| 1937 |
- |
(07.)1937 |
Plymouth
Division, RM |
| 01.07.1937 |
- |
(02.)1938 |
HMS
Courageous (aircraft carrier) (Home Fleet) |
| 1938 |
- |
(06.)1938 |
Plymouth
Division, RM |
| 27.06.1938 |
- |
(08.)1938 |
pilots'
course, No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, Sywell |
| 10.09.1938 |
- |
(04.)1939 |
pilots'
course, No. 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon |
| (08.1939) |
- |
(04.1940) |
Fleet
Air Arm |
| 21.11.1940 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
pilot,
802 Squadron FAA [HMS Merlin (RN Air Station, Donibristle, Fife)] |
| 05.07.1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
Commanding
Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Caroline (RN base, Belfast)] |
| 14.05.1942 |
- |
10.1942 |
Commanding
Officer, 804 Squadron FAA [HMS Heron (RN Air Station, Yeovilton)] |
| (02.1943) |
- |
(12.1943) |
RM
Planning Section, Combined Operations HQ |
| 18.03.1944 |
- |
(06.1944) |
Lieutenant-Commander,
Flying, HMS Rajah (escort carrier) |
| 31.12.1944 |
- |
11.06.1945 |
HMS
Khedive (escort carrier) |
| 12.06.1945 |
- |
21.11.1945 |
HMS
Bambara (RN Air Station, Trincomalee) |
| ? |
- |
(04.1946) |
Plymouth
Division, RM |
| ? |
- |
(07.1948) |
42
Commando RM |
| ? |
- |
(05.1950) |
Plymouth
Division, RM |
| ? |
- |
(05.1953) |
RM
Barracks, Eastney |
Lionel Guy Bradford
Son of Harry Guy Marshall, and Florence Edna Marshall (née McConnell), of Tealby, Lincolnshire.
Westhampnett district, Sussex
-
03.02.1945
(KIA) [age 27]
[Bari War Cemetery, Italy, VII.D.4]
| T/2nd Lt. |
01.12.1939 |
| T/Lt. |
01.06.1940 |
| A/T/Capt. |
< 06.1944 |
|
MC |
08.02.1944 |
capture
of Termoli 30.10.43 (Italy) |
|
|
MC |
18.04.1944 |
crossing
Barigliano 22.01.44 |
| ? |
- |
(04.1940) |
3rd
Battalion, RM Brigade |
| ? |
- |
(02.1941) |
3rd
Battalion, 102nd RM Brigade |
| ? |
- |
(12.1941) |
3rd
Battalion, 101st RM Brigade |
| (08.1942) |
- |
(10.1943) |
101st
RM Brigade |
| (12.1943) |
- |
(04.1944) |
HQ
Special Service Group |
| (06.1944) |
- |
03.02.1945 |
40
RM Commando [killed in action] |
William Hynd Norrie
Neil Stanley Eustace
-
06.1987
Yeovil district, Somerset
| 2nd Lt. |
01.09.1938 |
| Lt. |
14.04.1940 |
| A/Capt. |
06.06.1942-16.12.1943, 01.09.1944-(01.1946) |
| Capt. |
14.04.1948 |
| A/Maj. |
17.12.1943-31.08.1944 |
| Maj. |
30.06.1956 |
| Lt.Col. |
31.12.1961 |
| Col. |
31.12.1965 (retd
late 1960s?) |
| A/Brig. |
01.03.1968 |
|
MID |
29.08.1944 |
Italy |
| (10.1938) |
- |
(02.)1939 |
RM
Course, Plymouth |
| (04.)1939 |
- |
(04.)1940 |
RM
Course, Portsmouth |
| 05.05.1940 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
HMS
Cornwall (cruiser) |
| 1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
RM Depot, Deal |
| (08.1942) |
no
appointment listed |
||
| (02.1943) |
- |
(12.1943) |
Commando
Group RM |
| (04.1944) |
- |
(06.1944) |
40
RM Commando |
| 20.03.1945 |
- |
(04.1946) |
HMS Belfast (cruiser) |
| ? |
- |
(07.1948) |
RM Depot, Deal |
| ? |
- |
(05.1949) |
Staff College,
Camberley |
| 19.12.1949 |
- |
(05.1950) |
General Staff Officer,
3rd grade (GSO3) (Plans and Staff Duties), General Staff, Royal Marine HQ [=
RM Office] |
| ? |
- |
(05.1953) |
HMS President
(Admiralty) * |
| ? |
- |
(04.1955) |
Infantry
Training Centre, RM |
| ? |
- |
(01.1956) |
40
RM Commando |
| ? |
- |
(01.1957) |
RM
Barracks, Eastney |
| ? |
- |
(07.1961) |
Infantry
Training Centre, RM |
| 15.01.1962 |
- |
(02.1963) |
Commanding
Officer, 45 RM Commando |
| 16.09.1963 |
- |
(02.1964) |
General
Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Training), General Staff, Royal Marine HQ [=
RM Office] |
| (02.1968) |
- |
(02.1969) |
Plymouth
Group RM |
Richard Henry Leigh
Son of ... Maul, and ... Hoskyns.
Banbury district, Northamptonshire / Oxfordshire / Warwickshire
-
24.11.1941
[age 24]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 58, column 2]
| 2nd Lt. |
01.01.1936 |
| A/Lt. |
04.01.1938-31.01.1938 |
| Lt. |
01.02.1938 |
| A/Capt. |
01.04.1940-24.11.1941 |
| ? |
- |
(02.1936) |
RM
Depot, Deal |
| ? |
- |
(02.)1937 |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
| 1937 |
- |
(07.1937) |
RM
Depot, Deal |
| 04.01.1938 |
- |
08.1939 |
HMS
Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet) |
| 26.08.1939 |
- |
24.11.1941 |
HMS Dunedin (cruiser)
[torpedoed & sunk by U-124 in South
Atlantic] |
John
Son of Arthur Henry and Vereana Estelle Beresford Maxwell, of Corduff, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic.
-
20.07.1945
[age 32]
[Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore, collective grace 23.A.12-14]
| 2nd Lt. |
01.01.1932 |
| Lt. |
01.01.1935 |
| Capt. |
22.05.1939 |
| A/Maj. |
20.04.1944-20.07.1945 |
| Bt. Maj. |
30.06.1944 |
| (09.1932) |
- |
(05.)1933 |
RM
Depot, Deal |
| 1933 |
- |
(06.1933) |
Chatham
Division RM |
| ? |
- |
(01.)1934 |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
| 1934 |
- |
(07.1934) |
Plymouth
Division RM |
| 04.01.1935 |
- |
(07.1935) |
HMS
Queen Elizabeth (battleship) (Mediterranean) |
| (02.1936) |
|
|
no
appointment listed |
| 03.06.1936 |
- |
(02.)1937 |
HMS
Ramillies (battleship) |
| 1937 |
- |
(07.)1937 |
Plymouth
Division RM |
| 10.07.1937 |
- |
(02.)1938 |
HMS
Coventry (cruiser) (Portsmouth) |
| (06.)1938 |
- |
(08.)1938 |
Plymouth
Division RM |
| (10.)1938 |
- |
(08.)1939 |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
| 07.10.1939 |
- |
(02.)1941 |
HMS
Furious (aircraft carrier) |
| 1941 |
- |
(12.1941) |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
| 24.03.1942 |
- |
(12.1943) |
HMS
Anson (battleship) |
| ? |
- |
(04.1944) |
Portsmouth
Division RM |
| (06.1944) |
- |
(10.1944) |
no
appointment listed |
| (03.1945) |
- |
20.07.1945 |
HMS
Lanka (RN base, Colombo, Ceylon) [head of a Small Operations Group party that had landed by canoe from a submarine in March 1945 on the island of Phuket on the West Coast of Siam (Thailand) (Operation Copyright); captured and eventually killed (beheaded) by th Japanese [story]] |
Arthur
Son of Charles Francis Moore, and Ruth Mary Moore (née Watts); husband of Irene Madeline Moore, of Southsea, Hampshire, England.
South Yorkshire
-
18.02.1945
(KIA) [age 37]
[Sydney War Cemetery, V.C. 13]
| Clr.Sgt. |
? [Ch.24477] |
| T/Lt. |
16.09.1944 |
| 16.09.1944 |
commissioned, Royal Marines [temporary commission] |
Thomas David
Bedwelty district, Monmouthshire
-
07.02.2007
| ... |
... |
| T/Capt. |
29.11.1942 |
| T/Maj. |
? |
| ... |
- |
... |
.. |
| ? |
- |
(07.1945) |
5th
RM Anti-Aircraft Brigade |