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[Photo courtesy of his son in law Roger Heron].

Service Record
12.02.1942 enlisted 60th (Welsh) Holding Unit; s/n: 14200849; trade on enlistment - Printer.
22.07.1942 transferred to S.W.B. and posted 4th Monmouthshires.
10.10.1942 posted Commando Depot, Achnacarry.
10.11.1942 posted No.3 Commando.
14.02.1943 posted No.14 Commando.
18.03.1943 Private, 62 Commando (S.S.R.F.), North Africa.
07.04.1943 Private, No.1 S.S.R.F., Phillipville, Algeria.
12.06.1943 attended No.2 Parachute Training Course at No.1 Div. Para T.C. Qualified.
15.08.1943 Private, 2 Special Air Service Regiment granted submarine pay at 2 shillings a day for 4 days in May 1943 and 4 days in June 1943.
--.10.1943 until 13.11.1943 admitted 67 General Hospital.
04.12.1943 posted No.3 Commando.
25.12.1943 embarked North Africa for UK.
04.01.1944 disembarked Liverpool.
29.03.1944 to 27.04.1944 admitted Worthing Hospital.
05.06.1944 embarked with No.3 Commando.
06.06.1944 disembarked Normandy, France.
05.07.1944 appointed Lance Corporal.
16.07.1944 promoted Acting Corporal.
09.09.1944 disembarked UK from North West Europe.
14.10.1944 promoted war substantive Corporal.
12.01.1945 embarked UK for North West Europe.
13.01.1945 disembarked North West Europe.
24.01.1945 appointed Lance Sergeant.
14.03.1945 admitted to 14 Field Ambulance (FA) Sick. Transferred to 1 Field Dressing Station (FDS).
30.03.1945 transferred to 34 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS).
05.04.1945 rejoined No.3 Commando from 34 Casualty Clearing Station..
13.06.1945 disembarks UK and admitted the following day to Connaught Military Hospital.
03.08.1945 posted to 2 Commando Brigade.
22.09.1945 rejoined No.3 Commando.
19.11.1945 struck off strength No.3 Commando posted to 9 R.W.F.
1946 transferred to 2nd Bn. Monmouthshires serving with the Central Meditteranean Force until released to Class Z(T) Reserve 14.02.1947.

Richard Kenneth Hughes
b. 21.02.1923
d. 14.04.1985.
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[Photo courtesy of Peter McKee's son John].

1477227 Troop Sergeant Major Peter McKee, No.7 Commando and 'A' Bn., Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later confirmed a prisoner. Repatriated to the UK in 1943.
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[Photo taken whilst in captivity courtesy of his son Vyvyan Kinross].

130041 Captain James Macalister Kinross, Cameronians and No.7 Commando ('A' Bn., Layforce) was captured during operations in Crete and remained in captivity until the end of the war. After evacuation to the UK in 1945 he spent the next two years in military TB hospitals.
Timeline
14.05.1940 Second Lieutenant, Cameronians.
08.12.1940 posted No.3 Special Service Battalion.
31.01.1941 Captain/Adjutant of No.7 Commando which embarked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran, as 'A' Battalion of Layforce.
11.03.1941 disembarked Egypt.
25.05.1941 disembarked Crete to provide rearguard cover for evacuation of Allied Forces.
01.06.1941 prisoner of war Sfakia, Crete.
Camps
05.06.1941 Maleme air base Crete.
June/July 1941 Dulag 183 Salonika, Greece.
Aug 1941 Oflag X/C, Lubeck, Germany
Oct. 1941 Reserve Lazarett V, Hamburg Wandsbek, Germany.
Oct. 1941 Oflag VI/B Dossel-Warburg, Germany.
Sep 1942 Oflag VII/B Eichstatt Bavaria, Germany.
July 1943 - March 1945 Oflag IX/AZ Rotenburg, Germany.

James Macalister Kinross
b. 25.06.1919 London
d. 30.01.1967.
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[[Photo origins unknown but believed from Roy North's own collection].

Rank: Private (later Lance Corporal)
No.3 Commando
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service Number: 5955941.
Private Frederick Roy North was wounded 5 October 1943 during operations In Italy (Operation Devon). Post war member of the Commando Association from Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
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[Photo origins unknown but believed from Roy North's own collection].

Roy North is on the right smiling and looking at the camera. The rear of the photo is annotated "Aller Woods, April'45. White". The Corporal on the left may be the White mentioned. There were several by that surname in No.3 Commando.
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[Photo courtesy of Robert Shakeshaft].

William George Ward from Northampton enlisted into the Royal Marines on 30 January 1941, civil occupation Boot and Shoe Operative. He served as a Signaller with the 18th Battalion RM, and the 1st RM Mobile Company, RM Division, before being posted to the Signals Troop of 4 Special Service Brigade in September 1943 which had just been formed the previous month. PO/X103295 Marine Ward was subsequently attached to 41RM Commando as a Signaller. Active service included the allied landings at Normandy and almost certainly Walcheren.
Commando postings from Service Record
30.01.1941 enlisted Royal Marines.
15.09.1943 posted to 4 Special Service (later redesignated Commando) Brigade.
22.10.1943 posted Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
23.10.1943 temporarily attached to the commando course of 46RM Commando.
09.11.1943 posted HQ 4 Special Service Brigade Signals Troop on completion of course.
10.01.1944 to 19.01.1944 attached 45RM Commando. Awarded 1st Good Conduct Badge.
16.04.1944 to 21.04.1944 posted Town Fighting Wing, Scottish Command.
05.06.1944 taken on strength 41RM Commando and embarked for overseas service.
06.06.1944 disembarked with 41RM Commando at Normandy.
20.08.1944 promoted Acting Temporary Corporal.
15.02.1945 struck off strength 41RM Commando to 16 Casualty Clearing Station (sickness) and hospitals including the 88th British General Hospital at Turnhout, Begium, and then 49 Rehabilitation Unit.
20.02.1945 appointed Temporary Corporal.
09.03.1945 taken on strength 41RM Commando.
05.07.1945 struck off strength 41RM Commando to 4 Commando Brigade Signals Troop.

William George Ward
b. 02.10.1915
d. 18.01.1977 Northampton.
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[Photo courtesy of Robert Shakeshaft].

William George Ward from Northampton enlisted into the Royal Marines on 30 January 1941, civil occupation Boot and Shoe Operative. He served as a Signaller with the 18th Battalion RM, and the 1st RM Mobile Company, RM Division, before being posted to the Signals Troop of 4 Special Service Brigade in September 1943 which had just been formed the previous month. PO/X103295 Marine Ward was subsequently attached to 41RM Commando as a Signaller. Active service included the allied landings at Normandy and almost certainly Walcheren.
Commando postings from Service Record
30.01.1941 enlisted Royal Marines.
15.09.1943 posted to 4 Special Service (later redesignated Commando) Brigade.
22.10.1943 posted Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
23.10.1943 temporarily attached to the commando course of 46RM Commando.
09.11.1943 posted HQ 4 Special Service Brigade Signals Troop on completion of course.
10.01.1944 to 19.01.1944 attached 45RM Commando. Awarded 1st Good Conduct Badge.
16.04.1944 to 21.04.1944 posted Town Fighting Wing, Scottish Command.
05.06.1944 taken on strength 41RM Commando and embarked for overseas service.
06.06.1944 disembarked with 41RM Commando at Normandy.
20.08.1944 promoted Acting Temporary Corporal.
15.02.1945 struck off strength 41RM Commando to 16 Casualty Clearing Station (sickness) and hospitals including the 88th British General Hospital at Turnhout, Begium, and then 49 Rehabilitation Unit.
20.02.1945 appointed Temporary Corporal.
09.03.1945 taken on strength 41RM Commando.
05.07.1945 struck off strength 41RM Commando to 4 Commando Brigade Signals Troop.

William George Ward
b. 02.10.1915
d. 18.01.1977 Northampton.
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[Photo courtesy of his nephew Major (Rtd) David Llewelyn Davies].

Top 4th from left below the man who is resting his hands on his shoulders.
Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Ernest Owen Davies, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R., was the Medical Officer for 41RM Commando from its formation in August 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for great courage and devotion to duty in caring for the wounded during landings at Salerno September 1943. From 6 June 1944 he served at the RN Hospital, Chatham.
29.12.1942 London Gazette, Mentioned in Despatches.
06.06.1944 to 03.04.1945 Surgical Section, RN Hospital, Chatham.
10.03.1949 Surgeon Lieutenant Commander.
[Newspaper obituary......].

Ernest Owen Davies D.S.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
b. 29.04.1917
d. 1986 Swansea
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[Photo courtesy of his nephew Major (Rtd) David Llewelyn Davies].

Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Ernest Owen Davies, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R., was the Medical Officer for 41RM Commando from its formation in August 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for great courage and devotion to duty in caring for the wounded during landings at Salerno September 1943. From 6 June 1944 he served at the RN Hospital, Chatham.
29.12.1942 London Gazette, Mentioned in Despatches.
06.06.1944 to 03.04.1945 Surgical Section, RN Hospital, Chatham.
10.03.1949 Surgeon Lieutenant Commander.
[Newspaper obituary......].

Ernest Owen Davies D.S.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
b. 29.04.1917
d. 1986 Swansea
In album Surg. Lieutenant (later Lt. Cdr) Ernest Owen Davies D.S.C., R.N.V.R., 41RM Cdo. M.O.]]> Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:48:42 +0100 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/41+RM+Commando/Ernest_Owen_Davies/Ernest_Owen_Davies_41RM.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/41+RM+Commando/Ernest_Owen_Davies/Ernest_Owen_Davies_41RM.jpg.html
[Photo courtesy of his nephew Major (Rtd) David Llewelyn Davies.

Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Ernest Owen Davies, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R., was the Medical Officer for 41RM Commando from its formation in August 1943. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for great courage and devotion to duty in caring for the wounded during landings at Salerno September 1943. From 6 June 1944 he served at the RN Hospital, Chatham.
29.12.1942 London Gazette, Mentioned in Despatches.
06.06.1944 to 03.04.1945 Surgical Section, RN Hospital, Chatham.
10.03.1949 Surgeon Lieutenant Commander.
[Newspaper obituary......].

Ernest Owen Davies D.S.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
b. 29.04.1917
d. 1986 Swansea
In album Surg. Lieutenant (later Lt. Cdr) Ernest Owen Davies D.S.C., R.N.V.R., 41RM Cdo. M.O.]]> Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:48:10 +0100