Q-Troop

Killed in action 14 January 1945.

Lt. Adam was killed in action on 14 January 1945. His body was found by officials from the Dutch town of Sprang-Capelle, and identified by his landlady in Oosterhout.

Wounded 14 August 1944 & 13/14 January 1945.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

Wounded 6 June & 2 November 1944.

RAMC att. Q Troop. Wounded 2 November 1944.

A & Q Troop. Wounded 13/14 January 1945. Charles Cadman was wounded by shrapnel in his calf in January 1945 at Kapelsche veer and was carried to safety by a colleague. He joined the Royal Marines in 1942 until demobbed in 1946.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

Captain Carey was an Army Captain attached to 47 RM Commando.

Missing believed killed 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 7 June 1944.

A & Q Troop. Chad served from October 1944 to Febuary 1946 in 47 RM Commando, 46 RM Commando, and 41 RM Commando. He stayed on the Dutch islands of Walcheren and Noord-Beveland until his Troop moved to new billets in the town of Aalten near the German border in May 1945.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

RAMC att. Q Troop. Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

Cpl. Cox was wounded at La Rosière on D-Day and eventually evacuated back to the UK

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 18 June 1944.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

A & Q Troop. Lt. Roger Dobson joined the Royal Marines at Deal Barracks in Kent in June 1942, was commissioned on April 3rd. 1944 and in November of that year went to Achnacarry. He joined 47 Commando in early March 1945. Roger Dobson, also known as Dobbie, was a Lieutenant who served in both A and Q Troops. In June 1944 he worked in the docks and witnessed 47 RM Commando embarking for Normandy and had a brief word with one of the men. He immediately decided to volunteer for Commando training. In March 1945 he was assigned to 47 RM Commando and joined them in Holland. He actually recognised the man he had spoken to as Sgt Mark Packer (A Troop). He arrived after Kapelsche veer so he didn't see any action other than patrolling the banks of the River Maas, nevertheless he served from then onwards through the difficult period when 47 RM Commando helped to bring order to a disintegrated Europe.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Alan David George Eglington served as Home Based Ledger in Royal Marines Division until he joined 47 RM Commando on the 1st of August 1943 and stayed with the Commando until the 4th of August 1943. The following day he went to Royal Marines Training Group until he was transferred to HMS "Copra" on the 26th of September 1943 where he served until the 8th of February 1945 and went back to Royal Marines Training Group until transferred to HMS "Odyssey" on the 29th of March 1945 where he served until the 18th of July and went back to RMTG the following day. On the 31st of January 1946 he went to the Chatham Division from where he was released Class 'A' on the 5th of April 1946. Cpl. Eglington was attached to A & Q Troop.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

(*Military Medal)

(*Military Medal)

Wounded 23 July & 2 November 1944.

Q & Y Troop. Killed in action 14 January 1945. Son of Mrs R Evans of Bridgend, Glamorgan

A & Q Troop. Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 6 June & 2 November, died of wounds 7 November 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Maj. Feacey was killed in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, when his LCA was the first to be hit probably by shell fire from Le Hamel or Longues-sur-Mer.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Wounded 6 June, killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

HQ & Q Troop. Sgt. Gibson was wounded in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, when his LCA was the first to be hit probably by shell fire from Le Hamel or Longues-sur-Mer.

Wounded 6 June & 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 14 January 1945.

Killed in action 2 November 1944. At first light 48 RM Commando pushed on and took Zoutelande, meeting only light opposition. No.47 RM Commando took over the advance but soon came up against a strong fortified position with an anti-tank ditch and Dragon's Teeth. The weather had closed in and no air support was available so they attacked supported only by artillery. They came under heavy mortar fire and suffered several casualties, Lance Corporal Maurice Grimsdell, aged just 21, was one of those casualties.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

Q & X Troop

Wounded 30 July 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Wounded 19 August 1944.

Gurnos Jones joined the Royal Marines as a regular before the war and served in many different parts of the world, including Crete in 1941. In due course, he served with both 45 and 47 RM Commando.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Wounded 11 August 1944.

HQ & Q Troop. Wounded 2 November 1944.

Robert Lines served as Home Based Ledger in the 1st Royal Marines Group Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation until the 10th of May 1944 and the following day went into Royal Marines Training Group until the 11th of July 1944. He joined 47 RM Commando on the 12th of July 1944 and stayed with the Commando until the 2nd of December 1945 when he was transferred to 33 RM Batallion. On the 15th of January 1946 he went to Portsmouth Division and on the 5th of April 1946 was released in Class 'A'. Mne. Lines was wounded on Walcheren 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

A & Q Troop. Wounded 3 November 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Mne. Lumsden was killed by a German sniper on 6 June 1944 near the Meauvais-Buhot road in Normandy.

Heavy Weapons & Q Troop

Bill MacLennan's service with 47 RM Commando included 'Operation Horse', the tough and almost impossible battle for the island at Kapelsche veer in the River Maas where so many were killed or wounded.

Frank Makings served with the 10th Battalion RM before training at Achnacarry and joining the newlyformed 47 RM Commando. He landed in both Normandy and on Walcheren and stayed with the unit until its disbandment.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Evacuated sick 9 June 1944.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

(*Military Cross) Q, X & Y Troop. Later Captain.

Wounded 23 July 1944.

Wounded 15 & 23 July 1944.

Lt. Patterson originated from the Army and was attached to 47 RM Commando.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

At 0800 on the 6th June, 14 Landing Craft Assault (LCA’s) headed to the beach through a heavy swell. As they approached, shells began to fall in the water and the craft Harry was in was hit. Of the 36 men onboard, 11 including Maj. Feacey were killed and14 others wounded.

Harry always said “he was lucky” and was picked up by a craft returning from the beach, taken back to the ship and then rejoined the Commando in the now liberated Port-en-Bessin a few days later.

The next location was at Sallenelles where during the period 12th June – 18th Aug the Commando suffered 117 casualties including 14 killed, but Harry’s luck continued. The Commando, fighting as it went, liberated towns such as Fécamp, whilst pursuing the Germans back through France, to Belgium and on into Holland.

Sailing from Ostend on the 1st November they landed on the island of Walcheren under heavy fire to attack the heavily fortified German bunkers. The fighting was at close-quarters and continued day and night. Harry recalled a mortar shell landing nearby that killed or wounded half of his troop as they moved forward to capture the bunker. January 1945, moving towards Germany on the banks of the River Maas in the snow and bitter cold frozen polders the Commando attacked a heavily defended German location but were beaten back. Harry’s Troop Commander, Lt Ian Adam died as a result of that.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 20 August 1944.

45 RM Commando attached to 47 RM Commando.

Norman Rose completed Commando training in 1943 before being assigned to 40 RM Commando, and saw action for the first time in Italy. He was subsequently transferred to 47 RM Commando at Port-en-Bessin on D+1, and Walcheren on 1 November 1944.

Died of wounds 27 July 1944.

It was in fighting around Caen where Clifford was severely wounded by shell fire whilst guarding a bridge. He died the next day, 27th July 1944, aged just twenty and he lies in grave V1 B 9 in Douvres-La Delivrande War Cemetery, France. He is commemorated on the Lancaster City War Memorial.

Dispatch Rider. Wounded 13/14 January 1945. At the beginning of the 2nd World War he was not, initially, old enough to join the Forces, so he was in the Home Guard when he was 15/16 years old and learnt to look after guns at Southwark. On 14/12/43 he joined the Royal Marines and served in Europe and the Far East, including India, China, Japan and Hong Kong. He served with 45 and 47 Royal Marine Commando. It is believed that his unit's mission was destroying V1 launching sites in Holland, and that they found a V2 launch site, saw a V2 launch and shot it down as it left the launch pad. He and his friends 'borrowed' a German half-track and went for a joy-ride at 60mph, flattening the trees all around. He was demobbed the 8th of January 1947.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Mne. Scott was killed in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, when his LCA was the first to be hit probably by shell fire from Le Hamel or Longues-sur-Mer.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 4 September 1944. Killed in action 14 January 1945.

Killed in action 14 January 1945.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

A, HQ, Q & Y-Troop (Signals)

On 6 June 1944, Arthur was in one of the landing craft which sunk after it received a direct hit from German mortar fire. Arthur was brought back to Portsmouth to recover and get refitted, and rejoined 47 Commando after the liberation of Port-en-Bessin in the Sallenelles area.

Camerons att. Q Troop. Wounded 1 November 1944.

Wounded 6 June 1944.

Wounded 2 November 1944.

B & Q Troop. Posted away 10 July 1944 - 4 SS Bde.

Ray Tullett was Mne. Ron Tullett's brother

HQ & Q Troop + Transport

On 5 August 1943 was appointed Administration Officer in the rank of Lieutenant

Wounded 13/14 January 1945. Gordon Tye, generally known by his nickname Tim (as in Tiny Tim because he was a tall man), joined the Royal Marines in 1938 and served on several ships as a gun layer until he volunteered for the Commandos in 1943. Serving as a corporal with 47 RM Commando, he was wounded in action at Kapelsche veer.

Wounded 15 June 1944.

Wounded 1 November 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Q & Y Troop. Wounded 23 July 1944.

HQ & Q Troop

Heavy Weapons & Q Troop. Wounded 23 July 1944.

Killed in action 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 14 January 1945.

Later RSM. Wounded 2 November 1944.

Wounded 18 June, died of wounds 31 Dec. 1944.

Mne. Zammit suffered severe chest and spinal injuries during a night patrol on 18 June 1944 in the area of Grande Ferme de Buisson near Sallenelles, from which he died five months later.