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Those executed are Remembered with Honour at the Brookwood Memorial.

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Photo courtesy of Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE whose brother was one of the Commandos executed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp after Operation Musketoon.

View more about the raid here: [ Operation Musketoon.]

The Memorial at Sachsenhausen is in memory of not only those executed on the above raid, but of all the British and Commonwealth Forces, many still unknown, who were interned and perished there, or elsewhere, at the hands of their captors. These include the Commandos from Operation Checkmate.

View more about this raid here: [ Operation Checkmate.]
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Cpl. Sverre Granlund, a Norwegian, was attached as a scout/guide to the No 2 Commando raiding party for Operation Musketoon.

Photo courtesy of Stig Olav Johansen who adds that Sverre Granlund survived the Musketoon Operation. Later he was killed on Operation Seagull when the submarine HNMS Uredd (P-41) struck German mines in Fugløyfjord

In Memory of Corporal Sverre Granlund
Norwegian Independent Company (Noric) 1, SOE,
Born 9th November 1918 in Telemark, Norway.
Killed in action 24th February 1943
Remembered with honour.
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Sgt. Djupdræt, a Norwegian, was attached as a guide/scout to the No 2 Commando raiding party for Operation Musketoon.

Photo courtesy of Stig Olav Johansen who adds that Sgt. Djupdraet evaded initial capture but was badly wounded by a German who bayoneted him in the stomach in Fykandalen, inside a cabin. He died of his wounds in hospital in Bodø on Sept. 24th. 1942, three days after the Musketoon Operation.

In Memory of Sergeant Erling Magnus Djupdræt,
Norwegian Independent Company (Noric) 1, SOE
Born on the 16th December 1920 near Bergen, Norway.
Died of wounds on the 24th September 1942
Remembered with Honour.
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Memorial to those interned at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp and who perished there or elsewhere at the hands of their captors. Included are the Commandos and Naval personnel from Operation Checkmate, and the Commandos from Operation Musketoon.

Photo courtesy of Julie. Posted by Pete R.
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Gdsm. John Fairclough MM - No.2 Commando. Escaped after Operation Musketoon
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L/Sgt Richard O'Brien, No. 2 Commando 2 troop, one of the men who returned from Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire. He was awarded the DCM for his actions during Operation Musketoon just 6 months later. The following year he was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry between the 10th and 18th Sept. 1943 during the battles of Salerno, Dragone Hill, and Piegolette .
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The story of their escape published in the London Gazettes.
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In memory of Private 6399046 Frederick Harry Trigg MM
Escaped after Operation Musketoon.
Sadly killed in action 16/02/1944
Remembered with honour at the CASSINO MEMORIAL
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Document relating to those who were executed. See additional photos in our No.2 Commando In Remembrance album. Photo courtesy of Bob and Janet Bishop
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These Commandos were executed under Hitler's Commando Execution Order, at Camp Sachsenhausen, Berlin, 23rd October 1942. They were part of the Commando raid codename Operation Musketoon. This photo is a compilation of photos already in our No.2 Commando In Remembrance album. Created and posted by Pete R.
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