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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