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All photographs and information on this site are either subject of copyright, © Commando Veterans Archive, or as specifically shown in the details to a third party. See our Licence at foot of page. Contact the Commando Veterans Archive website team for conditions of commercial reuse. Read our terms and conditions.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:41:40 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/112-13/.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/3/Iorwerth_Cyrus_Thomas_3Cdo.png.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/3/Iorwerth_Cyrus_Thomas_3Cdo.png.html
[Photo courtesy of his grandson Steve Jones].

Iorwerth Cyrus Thomas, a Welsh Labourer, enlisted into the Royal Artillery, service number 1654813, on 26 September 1940. He later volunteered for Special Service and was attached to No.3 Commando. Lance Sergeant Thomas, 6 Troop, was reported missing on 13 July 1943 during operations at the Punta del Malati Bridge, Sicily, later renamed 3 Commando Bridge. He was last seen with his Section soon after withdrawal from the bridge crossing the large field towards the orange groves on the left hand side of the road, on his way to take up a position on the hills. Subsequently confirmed prisoner of war at Stalag IV(B) Muhlberg, Germany. Liberated 17 April 1945.

Iorwerth Cyrus Thomas
b. 09.06.1909 Breconshire, Wales.
d. 05.06.1989 Breconshire, Wales.
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[Photo courtesy of his grandson David Morland via Jeff Hewitt].
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[Photos courtesy of Chris Bentley (Robert Rees Parry was his grandfather’s brother)].

Enlisted 8 May 1941. Volunteered for the Commandos. Attached No.12 Commando. Posted Holding Commando 17 November 1943. Attached No.6 Commando 8 February 1944. Active service included Norway and North West and Western Europe. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Liverpool.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Edward and grandson David Broderick].

Sgt. Broderick, 45RM Commando, was a member of the Commando Association from Criccieth, North Wales.

Wilfred Joseph Broderick
b. 16.11.1919
d. 1993.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Edward and grandson David Broderick].

Sgt. Broderick, 45RM Commando, was a member of the Commando Association from Criccieth, North Wales.

Wilfred Joseph Broderick
b. 16.11.1919
d. 1993.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Edward and grandson David Broderick].

Member of the Commando Association from Criccieth, North Wales.

Wilfred Joseph Broderick
b. 16.11.1919
d. 1993.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Edward and grandson David Broderick].

Member of the Commando Association from Criccieth, North Wales.

Wilfred Joseph Broderick
b. 16.11.1919
d. 1993.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Edward and grandson David Broderick].

Member of the Commando Association from Criccieth, North Wales.

Wilfred Joseph Broderick
b. 16.11.1919
d. 1993.
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[Photo courtesy of his great grandson Thomas Holloway].

In Memory of CH/X100561 Marine Robert Reginald Cyril Brown
No.41 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines,
who died 6 June 1944 aged 24, Normandy, France.
Remembered with honour at Hermanville War Cemetery.
Son of William Charles Horatio and Annie Elizbeth Brown, of Tottenham, Middlesex; husband of Violet Brown (nee Field).
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[Photo from the collection of Mne. Lawrence Page 44RM Cdo., courtesy of his grandson Colin Cheshire.

Annotated on rear: "l-r: Bill, Me, Norman, Emlyn, Ron, Jim, Bill".

1. Bill ?; 2. Mne. Lawrence Ernest Page; 3. Norman ?; 4. Mne. Emlyn Lewis; 5. Ron ?; 6. Jim ?; 7. Bill ?
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