X-Troop

HQ & X Troop

Wounded 6 June 1944.

Killed in action 17 July 1944.

William Baines was in the Met police in 1939 but volunteered for the Commandos in October 1943. He took part in the Normandy landings. He returned to the police after the war.

Evacuated sick 17 June 1944.

A, X & Y Troop.

Evacuated sick 22 June 1944.

Buffs att. X Troop. Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Wounded 7 June, evacuated sick 10 June, killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 13 July, died 23 July 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Wounded 7 June 1944.

Hugh Corlett served as Home Based Ledger in Royal Marines Brigade with the rank of Marine until joining 47 RM Commando on the 1st of August 1943 where on the 1st of September 1943 he was promoted to Temporary Corporal and stayed with the Commando until posted to the Plymouth Division on the 16th of January 1946. He was released to Class 'A' on the 27th of March 1946. Hugh served in Heavy Weapons & X Troop.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

Killed in action 7 June 1944.

X-Troop (Signals). Ron Everton served as a signaller with 47 RM Commando, landing at Gold Beach on D-Day and on Walcheren, having had two landing craft sunk under him on the way in at Westkapelle.After the war, Ron served as a firefighter in Coventry, the city of his birth, until retiring with the rank of Chief Fire Officer.

Killed in action 3 November 1944.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

Q & X Troop

Wounded 18 June 1944.

Lt. James was Acting Temporary Captain in X Troop during the battle for Kapelsche Veer in January 1945. Welsh Regiment & 4 Commando attached X Troop

Wounded 18 June 1944.

Wounded 21 August 1944.

A & X Troop. Died of wounds 21 August 1944.

(*Military Medal) RAMC att. X Troop. Wounded 15 June 1944.

Wounded 13/14 January 1945.

Wounded 7 June 1944.

Wounded 28 June 1944.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

B & X Troop. Killed in action 15 June 1944.

Colin McCabe joined the Royal Marines on October 4th 1943 and was in No.581 Squad. After having completed commando training he joined 47 RM Commando in October 1944 just before the assault on Walcheren.

Wounded 1 November 1944.

Albert Edward Mills served in Portsmouth Division from the 5th of January 1944 until he went to Royal Marines Training Group on the 28th of March 1944. On the 11th of July 1944 he joined 47 RM Commando and stayed with them until the 3rd of January 1946 when he transferred to 26 RM Batallion. On the 14th of March 1946 he went to Portsmouth Division and was released in Class 'A' on the 25th of May 1946.

Wounded 7 June 1944.

Wounded 7 June 1944.

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

Wounded 23 July 1944.

Sgt. Patey was demoted to marine before being transferred to A-Troop

B & X Troop. Tommy Payne served on a Naval Sea Fort outside the Thames estuary from 1942.

After transferring to Achnacarry and completing his commando training, he joined 47 RM Commando at Wenduine just prior to the Walcheren landing. He served in X Troop and remained with the Commando until it was disbanded.

Wounded 25 July 1944.

Marine John Simpson Rodger was from Dysart, Fife in Scotland. He completed his commando training at Achnacarry, Spean Bridge in Scotland. He was involved in the D-Day landings and the assault on Port-en-Bessin.

RAMC att. X Troop (driver). Wounded 2 November 1944.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

AKA 'Scat'

Killed in action 17 July 1944.

Although the family surname is actually Currie-Smith, Tommy dropped the hyphen (as he didn't want to appear posh, even though from a very poor working class Islington family), and would have been known to his comrades as plain Tom or Tommy Smith. This spelling carried through to both his grave in Ranville War Cemetery and to his entry on the new Normandy Memorial where he is inscribed as "T W C Smith".

Wounded 8 August 1944.

Wounded 18 June 1944.

Herbert Tanner joined 47 RM Commando in September 1944 after completing commando training at Achnacarry.

HQ & X Troop

Sgt. Albert Thompson from Newton Heath, Manchester joined the Royal Marines 20/03/1941. On the 6th of May 1941 he went to Royal Marines Brigade and on the 1st of August 1943 he joined 47 RM Commando. He was involved in the Normandy landings, the liberation of Port-en-Bessin and the assault on Walcheren. On the 11th of December 1945 he was transferred to 33 RM Batallion and on the 8th of January 1946 he went to Plymouth Division until released in Class 'A' on the 16th of March 1946.

(*Military Cross). Major Walton had been the most senior Troop Commander since the death of Major Feacey on D-Day. He was an officer with a remarkably good judgement in any situation.

Died on 4 September 1944 due to the tragic incident in which the jeep Major Walton was driving had struck a German mine. His passenger Captain Stickings of Q troop was badly injured. This incident happened on one of the approach roads to le Havre, which was still in German hands. It was their policy to deny us use of the Channel ports in order to cause us supply problems. Major Walton had mistakenly thought that the enthusiastically waving villagers were showing friendliness when in fact they were trying to warn him of the minefield.

This sad incident precipitated a serious shortage of commissioned officers in the Commando.

Posted away 14 July 1944 - 4 SS Bde.

Killed in action 2 November 1944.

Wounded 29 June, died of wounds 30 June 1944.

William Whitwell enlisted and joined Plymouth Division on the 20th of March 1941 and served in 47 RM Commando from its formation on the 1st of August 1943 until the 15th of January 1946.

Leslie George Willmott joined the Royal Marines at the RM Depot Lympstone on the 13th of November 1941. He then became Home Based Ledger at Royal Marines Division on the 30th of December 1941. On the 1st of August 1943 he joined 47 RM Commando in Dorchester, landed on D-Day and fought with the Commando on Walcheren, where he lost his friends James Muir of 47 Commando and William Bean of 48 Commando. On the 5th of March 1946 he went to Chatham Division and was released Class 'A' on the 4th of May 1946.

Mne. F.A. Wright (act. ty. L/Cpl) served with X-Troop from November '43 to August '44, HQ-Troop from August '44 to September '45.

Killed in action 17 July 1944.