45 RM Commando Casualties Report 6^th-8^th June 1944

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France

 

KEMP, Marine, ARTHUR JOHN, CH/X 2986, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 8 June 1944. Grave Ref. XVI. A. 29.

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BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France

 

WATSON, Marine, GILBERT, CH/X 114698, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 19. Son of David and Annie Watson, of Highfield, Co. Durham. Grave Ref. XI. C. 9.

 

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France

 

DAVIES, Lance Corporal, OSMOND, EX/969, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 25. Son of David and Edith Davies; husband of Joan Mary Phyllis Davies, of Watford, Hertfordshire. Grave Ref. IIIA. N. 5.

 

KERSHAW, Marine, FbrownERICK, PLY/X 109563, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 20. Son of Sam and Linda Kershaw, of Bradford, Yorkshire. Grave Ref. IA. B. 5.

 

LOVETT, Marine, THOMAS ALBERT, CH/X 112152, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 8 June 1944. Age 19. Son of Thomas and Janet Lovett, of North Finchley, Middlesex. Grave Ref. IA. H. 5.

 

RUSTON, Corporal, JOHN ROBERT, PO/X 102711, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 27. Son of John William and Maria Ruston, of Leeds; husband of Dorothy Ruston, of Holbeck, Leeds. Grave Ref. IA. K. 5.

 

STALLWOOD, Lance Corporal, FbrownERICK THOMAS, CH/X 104989, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 8 June 1944. Grave Ref. IA. L. 1.

 

WALKER, Marine, JAMES, EX/3379, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 8 June 1944. Age 24. Husband of Mrs Hessie Walker, of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Grave Ref. IA. F. 5.

 

WRIGHT, Marine, ALFbrown, PO/X 3893, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 22. Son of James and Edith Wright, of Dagenham, Essex. Grave Ref. IA. E. 5.

 

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE, Calvados, France

 

CASSON, Marine, ROBERT, EX/3236, No. 45 Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 25. Son of David and Mary Ellen Casson, of Whitehaven, Cumberland. Grave Ref. IV. B. 2.

 

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France

 

WHITAKER, Marine, FRANK, CH/X 3815, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 19. Son of Frank and Ellen Ann Whitaker, of Burnley, Lancashire. Grave Ref. Divn. 67. Row I. Grave 6.

 

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France

 

CORBYN, Marine, EDWIN PETER, EX/3439, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Grave Ref. I. K. 12.

 

DAVIS, Marine, KENNETH WILLIAM JOHN, PLY/X 617, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 27. Son of John Henry Hoit Davis and Emily Davis, of Pomphlett, Plymouth. Grave Ref. III. A. 8.

 

GALE, Lieutenant, ANTHONY, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 23. Son of Bertram Archibald and Florence Georgena Gale, of Oxshott, Surrey. Grave Ref. I. K. 13.

 

GRIMSEY, Serjeant Major, JOHN HENRY, CH/X 53, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 33. Son of John and Alice Elizabeth Grimsey; husband of Georgina Mary Grimsey, of Gillingham, Kent. Grave Ref. I. K. 10.

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GYNES, Corporal, EDWARD GEORGE, EX/4220, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Grave Ref. I. K. 11.

 

HOBBINS, Marine, WILLIAM, PLY/X 108713, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 19. Son of William and Jessie Elizabeth Hobbins, of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Grave Ref. III. A. 9.

 

NUTTER, Sergeant, HENRY, PLY/X 104840, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Grave Ref. III. A. I.

 

PERCIVAL, Lance Corporal, ANDREW RENTON, EX/4169, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Grave Ref. III. A. 2.

 

ROLSON, Marine, ROBERT JOSEPH, PLY/X 107249, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 8 June 1944. Age 19. Son of Robert William and Elizabeth Agnes Rolson, of Mapperley, Nottinghamshire. Grave Ref. I. K. 9.

 

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon, United Kingdom

 

CARTER, Corporal, WILLIAM, EX/1069, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. , Died ashore 7 June 1944. Panel 102. Column 2.

 

HOLMES, Marine, PETER LESLIE, PLY/X 101828, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 30. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Ellen Holmes, of Pendlebury, Lancashire. Panel 92, Column 1.

 

MURPHY, Marine, WILLIAM HAMILTON, EX/4167, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 24. Son of John and Susan Murphy; husband of Joan Murphy, of Marbury, Northwich, Cheshire. Panel 92, Column 2.

 

THOMAS, Marine, RONALD, EX/4263, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 27. Son of David and Ada Thomas; husband of Mary Thomas, of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Panel 92, Column 2.

 

WATSON, Corporal, JOHN ARTHUR, EX/4269, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. , Died ashore 7 June 1944. Age 26. Son of Arthur and Hannah Isabel Watson. Panel 102. Column 3.

 

WILLIAMS, Marine, ROBERT, PLY/X 106817, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 21. Son of Ellis Thomas Williams and Margaret Elizabeth Williams, of Denbigh. Panel 92, Column 2.

 

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom

 

BAKER, Lance Corporal, LEONARD, PO/X101944, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 6 June 1944. Age 26. Adopted son of William and Lavina Daffern; husband of Lilian Baker, of Bedworth, Warwickshire. Panel 87, Column 2.

 

DANGERFIELD, Marine, EDWARD CHARLES, PO/X 110927, No. 45 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 20. Son of Albert George and Violet Rose Dangerfield, of Bow, London. Panel 87, Column 3.

 

GLADWIN, Marine, ERNEST JAMES, PO/X 4566, No. 45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Age 26. Son of William Henry Gladwin, and of Nellie Rose Gladwin, of Southgate, Middlesex. Panel 87, Column 3.

 

MANLEY, Marine, LEONARD HERBERT, PO/X 109579, No.45 R.M. Commando., Royal Marines. 7 June 1944. Panel 87, Column 3.

 

The above information has been kindly provided by Andy Kemp