Location
In the Memorial Garden beside the main path.
 

Memorial
Memorial to 45 (RM) Commando
 
Inscription

45 ROYAL MARINES
COMMANDO
 
In proud enduring memory of
the 111 men of the Commando
killed in actions from the beaches
of Normandy to the Baltic Sea.
6th June 1944 to 8th May 1945
 
This memorial was erected in their honour
by surviving old comrades.


The names of the 111 men who died were as follows:-
 

Sergeant: P Ahern
Marine: D A Baker
Corporal: L Baker
Corporal: E B Beach
Sergeant: E B Begbie
Marine: R Bell
Marine: J Benson
Corporal: A Bidmead
L/cpl: W G Boniface
Marine: G Boothroyd
Captain: M C Brockbank
Corporal: A R Brooks
Marine: F Campbell
Marine: B L Cann
Corporal: W Carter
Lieutenant: A C P Casper
Marine: R Casson
Marine: H J Clarke
Corporal: H J Cocks
Corporal: J Cohen
Marine: A C Conaty
Marine: A G A Cook
Marine: E P Corbyn
Marine: W Crompton
Marine: W Crouch
Marine: E C Dangerfield
Marine: G Davidson
Marine: O Davies
L/cpl: K W J Davis
L/cpl: A C Dryburgh
Corporal: J J Duchan
Marine: A J Earl
Marine: B C S Fenton
Sergeant: W Finlay
Marine: E W Forbes
Marine: B B Foster

Corporal: H A Gage
Lieutenant: A Gale
Marine: R George
Marine: E J Gladwin
Corporal: F J E Goodenough
Captain: E E D Grewcock
RSM: J H Grimsey
Corporal: E G Gynes
Marine: J Hall
L/cpl: H E Harden
Marine: W Hobbins
Marine: P L Holmes
Marine: A J Kemp
Lieutenant: W Kennedy
Marine: R J Keogh
Sergeant: F Kerr
Marine: F Kershaw
Marine: C King
Corporal: J T Knott
Corporal: J H Laing
Marine: G Lay
Sergeant: T M Ledger
Marine: L L Lee
Marine: E J Lee
Marine: T A lovett
Marine: C Lyon
Corporal: R McFall
Marine: J McFatter
Marine: N W McIntosh
Marine: D McKeown
Marine: G McPake
L/cpl: H McNulty
Marine: L H Manley
Marine: T B Marshall
Marine: R Mitchell
Corporal: D A W Money

Marine: C Moseley
Marine: A Mulhall
Marine: W H Murphy
Marine: K Musgrave
Corporal: L Myers
Corporal: B G Newman
Marine: B K Ord
Marine: W H Pearce
L/cpl: W Purvis
Corporal: D W Reed
Corporal: A W Rogers
Marine: R J Rolson
Marine: G J Russel
Corporal: J R Ruston
Sergeant: J T R Smith
L/cpl: E T Stallwood
Marine: H J Stapley
Marine: D P Sweet
Marine: R Symes
Marine: J Timmins
Marine:T G Uthank
Marine: F Wales
Marine: J W Walker
Marine: G Watson
Corporal: J A Watson
Sergeant: J P Wharton
Marine: F Whitaker
Captain: B G White
Sergeant: R D White
Marine: R A Wilcox
Marine: F Wild
Sergeant: W A Wilson
Lieutenant: P Winston
Marine: A Wright
Lieutenant: T D Wright.
 


 
The following information concerning the resting place of those killed between 6th and 8th of June 1944 was supplied by the CWGC [Thanks to Andy Kemp for this information].
 
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.
 
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, FREDERICK, 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, FREDERICK 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, ALFRED, 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.
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.
 
 
IN ADDITION
While attacking Linne (the Netherlands) in bitterly cold weather 45 Commando was heavily engaged on 23 January 1945, when L/cpl Eric Harden RAMC was killed rescuing the third of the casualties he brought out from A Troop's isolated position. An action for which he was awarded the VC.
 
L/cpl Eric Harden is buried in NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY, NETHERLANDS.
 
For details search against his name at www.cwgc.org

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