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| Units |
- Special Boat Squadron
- L Detachment
- M Detachment
- S Detachment
- No. 2 Special Boat Section
- A Group
- B Group
- C Group
- Z Special Boat Section
| Officers |
| Courtney, Godfrey Basil Major, Temporary Major, Acting Major, Temporary Captain, Acting Captain No. 58298 Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Z Special Boat Section No. 2 Special Boat Section, Commanding Officer Born: October 25th, 1914 | |
| 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 | |
| Sidders, Douglas Major, Captain, Lieutenant No. 109512 Royal Welch Fusiliers No. 2 Special Boat Section No. 2 Special Boat Section, B Group | |
| Holden-White, Harold Vere Temporary Major, Captain, Acting Captain, Temporary Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Sapper No. 162512 Royal Engineers Royal Sussex Regiment No. 2 Special Boat Section, A Group Born: October 31st, 1917 Died: 1998 | |
| Kealy, Michael Robert Bayley Temporary Major No. 50892 The Devonshire Regiment No. 8 Commando Middle East Commandos 1st Special Service Regiment No. 1 Special Boat Section No. 2 Special Boat Section, A Group | |
| Livingstone, Richard Percy Temporary Major, Captain, Lieutenant No. 149081 Royal Ulster Rifles No. 6 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section, Second in Command | |
| Ayton, Philip Atterbury Captain No. 184637 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders No. 2 Special Boat Section KIA: December 26th, 1943 | |
| Burbidge, George Wheelock Captain 4th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers No. 2 Special Boat Section Combined Operations Pilotage Party 3 Born: May 7th, 1917 KIA: March 4th, 1943 | |
| Davis, W.G. Captain No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Special Boat Section | |
| Davy, R. Captain No. 2 Special Boat Section, Technical Officer | |
| Eckhard, Basil N. Captain Inter Services Research Bureau, Special Operations Executive No. 2 Special Boat Section, Chief Instructor Combined Operations Pilotage Parties | |
| Foot, James P. Captain No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Special Boat Section | |
| Johns, William Edward Field Captain, Temporary Captain No. 241202 Royal Engineers No. 2 Special Boat Section Combined Operations Pilotage Party 3(2) KIA: March 9th, 1945 | |
| Kennard, Noel G. Captain Gordon Highlanders No. 2 Special Boat Section, Operational Officer Z Special Boat Section | |
| Lunn, Eric John Alfred Captain, Second Lieutenant No. 198819 Royal Artillery No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Special Boat Section Born: May 14th, 1910 Died: 1995 | |
| McClair, A.R. Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant The Essex Regiment No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Special Boat Section | |
| Montanaro, Gerald Charles Stokes Captain No. 69057 Royal Engineers No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section No. 2 Special Boat Section, Chief Instructor | |
| Pagnam, Joe Colin Conesa Captain, Second Lieutenant No. 233300 No. 2 Special Boat Section Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade Signals Born: 1921 Died: 2006 | |
| Pate, Captain No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Ratcliffe, James Moore Captain No. 130652 Middlesex Regiment No. 2 Special Boat Section POW Special Operations Executive Born: November 27th, 1908 | |
| 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, Operational Officer | |
| Armstrong, W.W. Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section, Navigational Officer | |
| 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 No. 2 Special Boat Section, A Group | |
| Best, Frederick Norman Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Colville, A Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Peters, Richard James McGregor Lieutenant No. 226391 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 7th Battalion Queen Victoria’s Rifles No. 2 Special Boat Section, B Company Born: 1921 KIA: February 8th, 1945 | |
| Quigley, Henry, S. Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section, Administrative Officer | |
| Ritchie, Duncan Lieutenant Royal Navy No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Rodney, John Francis, 9th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke Lieutenant No. 1 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section, Operational Officer | |
| Ryan, Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Smee, David Sydney Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant No. 204439 Middlesex Regiment Royal Artillery No. 2 Special Boat Section No. 2 Special Boat, Section Headquarters, Operational Officer Born: February 17th, 1922 Died: January 20th, 1995 | |
| Stobie, Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Thompson, F. “Roy” Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 2 Special Boat Section, Medical Officer | |
| Van Houten, Lieutenant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Wesley, Edward Alfred Wellesley Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Corporal No. 305003 Gordon Highlanders No. 2 Special Boat Section, B Group |
| Non-Commisioned Officers |
| Embelin, Arthur Edward Company Sergeant Major No. 1867223 Royal Engineers No. 6 Commando 5th Special Service Battalion 6th Field Park Company No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section Born: March 7th, 1913 KIA: November 8th, 1942 | |
| Weatherall, Stamford “Stam” Company Sergeant Major, Lance Sergeant No. 4611219 Duke of Wellington’s Regiment No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Bates, Leonard Sergeant No. 3972208 No. 2 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 | |
| Blewette, C. Sergeant, Corporal No. 397220 No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Cammidge, Frederick Sergeant No. 2655221 Royal Engineers Coldstream Guards No. 2 Special Boat Section Combined Operations Pilotage Party 3(2) Died: March 9th, 1945 | |
| Cave, Sergeant Special Reconnaissance Unit Attached A Group, No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Elliss, Derek Charles Sergeant, Corporal No. 4032370 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Field, W. Sergeant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Gilmour, John Sergeant No. 976483 79th Horse Regiment, Royal Artillery No. 6 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Boat Section Born: September 29th, 1915 Died: March 5th, 2010 | |
| Le Mesnil Salisbury, Arthur “SOS” Sergeant No. 4974614 Sherwood Foresters No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Milne, Alexander “Ginger” Sergeant No. 2878140 Gordon Highlanders No. 2 Special Boat Section KIA: June 6th, 1943 | |
| Newsome, James Ernest “Danny” Sergeant Royal Armoured Corps No. 6 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Boat Section | |
| Park, John Sergeant No. 3709917 Royal Army Ordnance Corps No. 4 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section KIA: December 25th, 1943 | |
| Penn, Herbert Henry Victor Sergeant No. 2 Commando No. 1 Special Boat Section No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Preece, Frederick Amos Sergeant, Trooper Royal Armoured Corps, Dragoon Guards Royal Tank Regiment No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Boat Section Born: November 14th, 1913 Died: December 21st, 1975 | |
| Sidlow, Ronald Sergeant, Corporal Grenadier Guards No. 6 Commando, 101 Troop No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Special Boat Section | |
| Thompson, Sergeant No. 2 Special Boat Section Z Boat Section | |
| Smith, Sergeant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Tough, Sergeant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Williams, Thomas Ivor Sergeant, Corporal No. 3909922 South Wales Borderers No. 1 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section, B Group Born: July 8th, 1918 Died: January 16th, 1998 | |
| Wood, Hector “Timber” Sergeant No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Miller, G.W.J. Lance Sergeant No. 2 Special Boat Section |
| Barr, Edward Corporal No. 3325427 Highland Light Infantry No. 11 Commando 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 | |
| Burns, David Scott “Scotty” Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Carver, Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Holding, Charles Corporal Special Reconnaissance Unit Attached A Group, No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Loasby, Ronald William Corporal No. 6482237 Metropolitan Police Royal Fusiliers No. 2 Special Boat Section POW Born: August 29th, 1917 Died: October 10th, 1993 | |
| Palmer, Ernest Leonard “Dick” Corporal No. 6216113 The Royal Ulster Rifles No. 4 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section, C Group KIA: February 8th, 1945. | |
| Roberts, Harry Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Smitson, Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Somers, Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Swain, Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Toogood, D.C. Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Watson, Corporal, Private No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Westow, Corporal No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Wright, H. Corporal No. 14241643 No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Horner, Arthur Lance Corporal Royal Army Service Corps No. 2 Independent Company No. 1 Special Service Battalion No.1 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section |
| Enlisted Men |
| Cridland, Gunner Special Reconnaissance Unit Attached A Group, No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Darlington, Kenneth Carr Private No. 3605415 Border Regiment No. 12 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section No. 4 Commando | |
| Lovell, Ronald Ernest Private No. 4 Commando No. 2 Special Boat Section Born: January 27th, 1916 Died: 1990 | |
| Pinkney, Philip No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Robson, Able Seaman Royal Navy Special Reconnaissance Unit Attached to A Group, No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Wheeler, Private No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| White, Marine Royal Marines Special Reconnaissance Unit Attached to A Group, No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Williams, Private No. 2 Special Boat Section | |
| Wright, Harold Gunner No. 14241643 Police Intake Royal Artillery No. 2 Special Boat Section |