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Jellicoe, George Patrick John Rushworth, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton
Brigadier, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, Captain
Coldstream Guards
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment
Special Boat Squadron, Commanding Officer
Born: April 4th, 1918
Died: February 22nd, 2007
Sutherland, David George Carr
Lieutenant-Colonel, Lieutenant
No. 108190
6th Battalion Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment, Commanding Officer
Special Boat Squadron, Commanding Officer
Born: October 28th, 1920
Died: March 14th, 2006
Allott, Richard Knowles Brian “Tramp”
Major, Temporary Captain, Lieutenant
No.  77673
Middlesex Regiment
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
POW
Born: August 8th, 1918
Died: October 5th, 1995
Courtney, Roger James Allen
Major, Captain, Lieutenant
No. 105460
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
No. 8 Commando
Folboat Section
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 2 Special Boat Section
Born: July 30th, 1902
Died: February 15th, 1949
Lapraik, Ian “Jock”
Major
No. 132519
Highland Light Infantry
Cameron Highlanders
No. 51 Commando
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment, Commanding Officer
Greek Sacred Squadron
Born: November 13th, 1915
Died: March 15th, 1985
Lassen, Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau
Major, Captain, Second Lieutenant
No. 234907
Danish Merchant Navy
Special Operations Executive
No. 62 Commando, Small Scale Raiding Force
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Born: September 20th, 1920
KIA: April 9th, 1945
Milner-Barry, Walter L. “Papa”
Major, Captain, Temporary Captain, Lieutenant
No. 144860
TransJordan Frontier Force
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment
Special Boat Squadron, Headquarters Detachment
Wilson, Robert “Tug”
Major, Captain, Lieutenant,
3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery​
No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Died: 2002
Kealy, Michael Robert Bayley
Temporary Major
No. 50892
The Devonshire Regiment
No. 8 Commando
Middle East Commandos
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 1 Special Boat Section, Commanding Officer
1st Special Service Regiment
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Groups, No. 2 Special Boat Section
Blyth, William “Bill”
Captain
Scots Guards
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment
POW
Brinkworth, Ian
Captain
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Buchanan, Harry Alexander Desmond​
Captain
Grenadier Guards
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service​ Regiment
​POW
Chevalier, Harold Gordon
Captain, Lieutenant
No. 147705
No. 1 Special Boat Section​
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
1 Special Air Service, B Squadron​
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment
Duncan, George Ian Alistair
Temporary Captain, Lieutenant
No.  132481
The Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment
No. 11 Commando
Special Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron
POW
Imbert-Terry, Edward Henry Bouhier
Temporary Captain, Lieutenant
No. 132220 
Coldstream Guards
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment ​
POW and escape
1 Special Air Service
Grant-Watson, Robert de Merve Low 
Captain
2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards
No. 1 Special Boat Section
KIA: November 11th, 1942
Langton, Thomas R. “Tommy”
Captain, Lieutenant
Irish Guards
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Squadron, Commanding Officer
MacClean, Fitzroy
Captain
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, M Squadron, Commanding Officer
Montgomerie, Tom
Captain, Lieutenant
No. 62629
The Black Watch
9th Queen’s Royal Lancers Royal Armoured Corps
No. 4 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment
The Black Watch
Born: March 14th, 1914
KIA: August 18th, 1942
Pate,
Captain
Special Boat Section
Sherwood, James Barlow Brooks “Jimmy”
Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant, Lance Corporal
No. T/106321
Royal Army Service Corps
No. 8 Commando, 8 Troop)
No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Royal Ulster Rifles
No. 2 Special Boat Section
Thomson, John
Captain
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Tsoucas, George
Captain, Lieutenant
No. 200230
Intelligence Corps former Royal Hellenic Army
No. 1 Special Boat Section
British Liaison Officer
POW and escape
Verney, John
Captain
North Somerset Yeomanry
No. 1 Special Boat Squadron
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment, Commanding Officer
Wilson, Robert
Captain, Temporary Captain, Lieutenant
No. 97240
Royal Artillery
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Alexander, Michael
Lieutenant
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Barnes, George
Lieutenant, Company Sergeant Major
No. 2617252
Grenadier Guards, King’s Regiment
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment Special Air Service Regiment
Special Boat Squadron
Cochran, John
Lieutenant
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Duggin, Allan
Lieutenant
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Henshaw, C.
Lieutenant
Special Boat Squadron
Lamonby, Kenneth
Lieutenant
Suffolk Regiment
Special Boat Squadron, S Squadron
Muirhead, Terence D’Arcy ​
Lieutenant
No. 73369
1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service
2 Special Air Service
No. 1 Special Boat Section ​
Newby, George Eric
Lieutenant
No. 153984
The Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment
No. 1 Special Service Regiment
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
POW
Born: December 6th, 1919
Died: November 20th, 2006
Saunders, Alan
Lieutenant
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Churchill, Randolph
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment

Non-Commisioned Officers
Feeberry, Cyril
Sergeant Major, Sergeant
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L-Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Allender, James ​
Sergeant, Private
No. 4614105
1st Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, West Riding
No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 6 Commando
Austin,
Sergeant
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Bremner, George. C.
Sergeant, Corporal
No. 2880295
1st Battalion London Scottish, The Gordon Highlanders
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Cass, George Edward
Lance Sergeant
No. 2616121
Grenadier Guards
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
POW and escape
KIA: November 5th, 1943
Dunbar, W.
Sergeant
No. 2986278
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
No. 11 Commandos
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
POW
Henderson, Patrick “Patsy”
Sergeant
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
Jenkins, William “Bill
Sergeant, Marine
Royal Marines
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment, Special Air Service Regiment
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron
Kingston, Frank
Sergeant
Royal Army Medical Corps
No. 1 Special Boat Section
KIA: April 24th, 1944
Moss,
Sergeant
Devonshire Regiment
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Nicholson, Jack Turner
Sergeant
No. 3056933
Royal Scots
Special Boat Squadron
Penn, Herbert Henry Victor
Sergeant
No. 2 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 2 Special Boat Section
Pomford, Douglas “Duggie”
Sergeant
South Lancashire Fusiliers
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L-Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
McKerracher, Duncan
Sergeant
No. 1520288
Royal Artillery
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
O’Reilly, Sean
Sergeant
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L-Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
Scully, Pat
Sergeant
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Waite,
Sergeant
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
Scott, John
Lance Sergeant
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment

Aubrey, “Busty”
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Barr, Edward
Corporal
No. 3325427
Highland Light Infantry​
​No. 11 Commando​
No. 1 Special Boat Section
No. 2 Special Boat Section
Born: January 6th, 1915
Booth, John Hamilton
Corporal
No. 2824715
Seaforth Highlanders
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section, L Detachment Special Air Service
POW and escape
No. 2 Special Boat Section
Butler, Howard Herbert Cosens
Corporal
No. 2927900
South Lancashire Regiment
No. 9 Commando
No. 11 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
POW
Edsall, Keith Valentine
Corporal, Trooper
No. 7912260
Royal Armoured Corps
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
KIA: November 27th, 1941
Dowland, Sid
Corporal, Guardsman
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
POW and escape
Training Battalion Grenadier Guards
3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Born: April 15th, 1917
Died: October 2002
Duffy,
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Gurney,
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Holmes, Richard “Dick”
Corporal, Lance Corporal, Guardsman
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron
MacKenzie,
Corporal
Highland Light Infantry
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Pollock,
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section, M Detachment
Pomford,
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Riley,
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Sinclair,
Corporal
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Miller, G.W.J.
Lance Sergeant
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment
KIA: April 7th, 1944
Severn, Clive
Lance Corporal
No. 5887258
Northamptonshire Regiment
No. 11 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
KIA: January 20th, 1942
Brown, William “Bill”
Lance Corporal
Watson,
Lance-Corporal
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment

Enlisted Men
Barrow,
Marine
Royal Marines
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Bishop, Langslow T.
Guardsman
Long Range Desert Group
Special Boat Squadron
Blake,
Private
Hampshire Regiment
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Bridger, Ralph
Marine
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Brittlebank, John
Bombardier
No. 930882
Royal Artillery
No. 3 Commando
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
POW
Died July 6th, 1955.
Bullock, R.S.
Trooper
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Child, Alfred Robert
Bombardier
No. 915218
Royal Artillery
No. 7 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section
KIA: January 20th, 1942
Conby, Mick
No. 1 Special Boat Section, M Detachment
Cree, Jock
Special Boat Squadron
Duggan, John Francis
Marine
No. PLY/X 2834 
Royal Marines
No. 1 Special Boat Section
1 Special Air Service
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Duffy, William Patrick ​
Guardsman
No. 2568672
Grenadier Guards​
No. 8 Commando
No. 1 Special Boat Section, attached L Detachment, Special air Service
POW and escape
1 Special Air Service​
Evans, Augustus George
Private
No. 4976245
The Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment
KIA: April 7th, 1944
Hancock, E.R.
Special Boat Squadron, M Detachment
Harris,
Marine
Royal Marines
No.1 Special Boat Section
Hughes, Walter G. “Wally”
Marine
Royal Marines
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Jarrell, Porter Cornelius “Joe”
Private
No. 14500040
U.S. Volunteer
American Field Service
Medical Orderly, attached 10th Armoured Division, 8th Army
Royal Army Medical Corps
Special Boat Squadron
Medical Orderly, Special Boat Squadron
Born: February 21st, 1919, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died: February 15th, 2001
Jones, Raymond Walter “Ray”
Gunner
No. 1469628
Royal Artillery
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
KIA: April 7th, 1944
Killby, Keith
Medical Orderly
Royal Army Medical Corps
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Kitchingman, Tommy
Marine
Royal Marines
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Squadron
KIA: March 9th, 1945
Kosbab, Jim
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Laverick,
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Squadron
Macauly,
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Squadron
Miles,
Marine
Royal Marines
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Squadron
Murray, James
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Noriega, Frank
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Randel,
No. 1 Special Boat Section, M Detachment
Special Boat Squadron
Rice, Leo Gerard “Digger”
Private
No. 5955044
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Special Boat Squadron, S Detachment
KIA: April 7th, 1944
Storrie, Robert
Sapper
No. 3314034
Royal Engineers
No. 1 Special Boat Section
POW and escape.
Thomas, Leonard “Tommo”
Guardsman
No. 2700521
Scots Guards
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
KIA: July 5th, 1943
Thomas, William “Bill”
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron
Whitehead, William “Billy”
No. 1 Special Boat Section
Workman, Chris “Jumper”
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment
Wright, Doug
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Special Air Service Regiment, D Squadron
Special Boat Squadron, L Detachment