46 commando RM

RossAspden,

The same photograph is shown on this Commando Website.

Commandos and Combined Operations in WW2

Caption states:-

Crossing the Rhine 24 -31 March 1945
British Commandos of the 1st Commando Brigade. Photo © IWM (BU 2329)

Hope that this helps.

Regards
Tom

 

Hi

Thanks so much for the photo's. Did you know John McKay or can you remember anything? He was shot in elbow and ankle but i don't know where it happened. Just wondering if you knew anything about him.

Thanks
Allison58

 

Anyone know where I can find a nominol roll for 46 during ww2? thanks for any ideas.
My mother has a book given to my Dad in 1946 charting 46 commando from D-day to the end of the war in europe
and that has the complete roll of all who served in 46

 

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This picture is of commandos nearby to Wesel after the Rhine crossing and I think that one of the guys is my father - does anyone know which commando these marines are from ? thanks
It could well be 46 commando as my Father Dennis Reeves was at weisel ,

 

My mother has a book given to my Dad in 1946 charting 46 commando from D-day to the end of the war in europe
and that has the complete roll of all who served in 46
Hi ray, problem I have is that the guy whose grandad was looking for info for,is no longer about to contact despite efforts to do so by myself,the only thing I can tell you is that the name in question is obviously welsh to look at Christian name as I remember, so of you could have a look the names with that in mind many thanks Jason.

 

Anyone know where I can find a nominol roll for 46 during ww2? thanks for any ideas.

Roll of Honour No. 46 Royal Marine Commando, post D-Day:


11.06.1944:
Sgt Begbie, W.B., Bayeux WC;
Cpl Brooks, W.E., Bayeux WC;
Mar Garlick, R.W., Bayeux WC;
Lt Jerram, A.P., Bayeux WC;
Mar Johnson H.S., Bayeux WC;
Mar Jones E.G., Bayeux WC;
Mar Judd, T.C.F. Bayeux WC;
SM Leeming W.C., Bayeux WC;
Lt Nunn, R.G., Bayeux WC;
Sgt Robertson H.S., Bayeux WC;
Mar Wheeler, A.V., Bayeux WC;
Cpl Withaker, J., Bayeux WC;


20.06.1944:
Mar Hordell, J.E., Bayeux WC;


30.06.1944:
Mar Atherton W.T., Ranville WC;


01.07.1944
Mar Facey, R., Ranville WC;


06.07.1944:
Capt Teague, B.J., Ranville WC;


12.08.1944:
Mar Wilson H., Ranville WC;


20.08.1944:
CSM Buttress, R.A., Ranville WC;
Cpl Kimber, R.G., Ranville WC;


22.08.1944:
Sgt Denton, H., Ranville WC;


23.08.1944:
Cpl Atherton, J., Ranville WC;


25.08.1944:
Mar Anderson, A., Ranville WC;
Mar Coyle, M., Ranville WC;
Mar Fargher, J.P., Ranville WC;
Mar Fyvie, G., Ranville WC;
Sgt Houston F.A., Ranville WC;
Mar James W.J., Ranville WC;
Maj Lee, J., Ranville WC;
Mar Lunn C.F., Ranville WC;
Mar Pizey, J.G., Ranville WC;
Mar Ponsford, J.W., Ranville WC;
Mar Smallman, J.S., Ranville WC;


18.09.1944:
Mar Miller, J., Bayeux WC;


29.01.1945:
Capt Simpson, J.D.S. (RE, att’d), UK, Stockport Crematorium Cheshire;


05.02.1945:
Mar Dewbury, C.W., UK, Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham Sussex;


20.02.1945:
Mar Harland A.F.M., Netherlands, Venray WC (field burial at Meerlo);


23.03.1945:
Cpl Cantley S.D., Germany, Kleve WC;
CSM Clark W.G., Germany, Kleve WC;
Cpl Cook W.H., MIA (Portsmouth Memorial;
Mar Durose, S., Germany, Kleve WC;
Cpl Hill, R.W.P., Germany, Kleve WC;
Mar Nelson, A., Germany, Kleve WC;
Lt Wearing D.J., Germany, Kleve WC;


25.03.1945:
Mar Donaldson C.H., Germany, Kleve WC;


28.03.1945:
Mar Livsey, K., Germany, Kleve WC;


11.04.1945:
Mar Kidwell, J.T., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Sgt Summerhayes, A.J., Germany, Kleve WC;
Mar Vardy, T., Becklingen WC;


12.04.1945:
Mar Cundall, A., Germany, Kleve WC;


13.04.1945:
Lt Burrows, D.T., Germany, Becklingen WC;
CSM Davies J.C., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Mar Donnelly, P., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Mar Parker, J., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Capt Pierce, B.W., Germany, Becklingen WC;


18.04.1945:
Mar Flood, J., Germany, Hannover WC;


29.04.1945:
Mar Bradley, V.G., Germany, Hamburg WC;
L/Cpl Moody, S.L., Germany, Hamburg WC;


07.06.1945:
Lt Woollam, G.A., UK, Fort William (Glen Nevis) Cemetery, Kilmallie Scotland.

 

Roll of Honour No. 46 Royal Marine Commando, post D-Day:


11.06.1944:
Sgt Begbie, W.B., Bayeux WC;
Cpl Brooks, W.E., Bayeux WC;
Mar Garlick, R.W., Bayeux WC;
Lt Jerram, A.P., Bayeux WC;
Mar Johnson H.S., Bayeux WC;
Mar Jones E.G., Bayeux WC;
Mar Judd, T.C.F. Bayeux WC;
SM Leeming W.C., Bayeux WC;
Lt Nunn, R.G., Bayeux WC;
Sgt Robertson H.S., Bayeux WC;
Mar Wheeler, A.V., Bayeux WC;
Cpl Withaker, J., Bayeux WC;


20.06.1944:
Mar Hordell, J.E., Bayeux WC;


30.06.1944:
Mar Atherton W.T., Ranville WC;


01.07.1944
Mar Facey, R., Ranville WC;


06.07.1944:
Capt Teague, B.J., Ranville WC;


12.08.1944:
Mar Wilson H., Ranville WC;


20.08.1944:
CSM Buttress, R.A., Ranville WC;
Cpl Kimber, R.G., Ranville WC;


22.08.1944:
Sgt Denton, H., Ranville WC;


23.08.1944:
Cpl Atherton, J., Ranville WC;


25.08.1944:
Mar Anderson, A., Ranville WC;
Mar Coyle, M., Ranville WC;
Mar Fargher, J.P., Ranville WC;
Mar Fyvie, G., Ranville WC;
Sgt Houston F.A., Ranville WC;
Mar James W.J., Ranville WC;
Maj Lee, J., Ranville WC;
Mar Lunn C.F., Ranville WC;
Mar Pizey, J.G., Ranville WC;
Mar Ponsford, J.W., Ranville WC;
Mar Smallman, J.S., Ranville WC;


18.09.1944:
Mar Miller, J., Bayeux WC;


29.01.1945:
Capt Simpson, J.D.S. (RE, att’d), UK, Stockport Crematorium Cheshire;


05.02.1945:
Mar Dewbury, C.W., UK, Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham Sussex;


20.02.1945:
Mar Harland A.F.M., Netherlands, Venray WC (field burial at Meerlo);


23.03.1945:
Cpl Cantley S.D., Germany, Kleve WC;
CSM Clark W.G., Germany, Kleve WC;
Cpl Cook W.H., MIA (Portsmouth Memorial;
Mar Durose, S., Germany, Kleve WC;
Cpl Hill, R.W.P., Germany, Kleve WC;
Mar Nelson, A., Germany, Kleve WC;
Lt Wearing D.J., Germany, Kleve WC;


25.03.1945:
Mar Donaldson C.H., Germany, Kleve WC;


28.03.1945:
Mar Livsey, K., Germany, Kleve WC;


11.04.1945:
Mar Kidwell, J.T., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Sgt Summerhayes, A.J., Germany, Kleve WC;
Mar Vardy, T., Becklingen WC;


12.04.1945:
Mar Cundall, A., Germany, Kleve WC;


13.04.1945:
Lt Burrows, D.T., Germany, Becklingen WC;
CSM Davies J.C., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Mar Donnelly, P., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Mar Parker, J., Germany, Becklingen WC;
Capt Pierce, B.W., Germany, Becklingen WC;


18.04.1945:
Mar Flood, J., Germany, Hannover WC;


29.04.1945:
Mar Bradley, V.G., Germany, Hamburg WC;
L/Cpl Moody, S.L., Germany, Hamburg WC;


07.06.1945:
Lt Woollam, G.A., UK, Fort William (Glen Nevis) Cemetery, Kilmallie Scotland.






Many thanks Jolly, but I was after a nominal roll not the ROH.

 

Dear Wtid 45,

I appreciate the difference. Please excuse me for the misunderstanding. One of the many disadvantages of not being a native speaker I am afraid. Nevertheless I trust that you will find the Roll of Honour of some interest.

Squire

 

Marine Billy Atherton, killed on 30th June 1944, was an old boy of Bury Grammar School, Lancashire. We shall be laying a wreath on his grave at Ranville on our 2013 school battlefields tour to Normandy.

 

Dear Wtid 45,

I appreciate the difference. Please excuse me for the misunderstanding. One of the many disadvantages of not being a native speaker I am afraid. Nevertheless I trust that you will find the Roll of Honour of some interest.

Squire
Hi Jolly, not a problem the roll of honor is very useful and if anyone looks up 46 RM then that info is now in situ, i just need to pin down this name I'm after as it's bugging the hell out of me due to the guy im searching for was in places that don't tie into the activities of 46.

 

Hi Allison!
My name is Keith Taylor and my father Eric served in the 46th from normandy to the Baltic. At the moment I am collecting material and doing much research into my father's military life. I have amassed a lot of info about the 46th and would if you are interested i can send you many interesting facts. For instance your father was wounded at Dunkirk or to be exact whilst they were patrolling at Bray Dunes. This happened on the 27th Sept. 1944.
Allison if you could tell me what happened after his wound or you have pictures of him I would be very interested.

erictay

 

Hi, The photo you posted is great thanks, but is there any way I could get a copy of it as I've tried to download it and it splits it in the middle onto 2 pages and is faint. Is there anywhere I could get a copy please. Thanks, Allison 58

 

My mother has a book given to my Dad in 1946 charting 46 commando from D-day to the end of the war in europe
and that has the complete roll of all who served in 46

Have finally found the name I referred to in other posts written on a piece of paper I tucked inside a book, its Eurfyr Huges, PM sent.

 

I have a number of royal marines that showed up in the Rennes Military Hospital after they were captured in June 1944. Can anyone verify them as part of 46 Commando, full name and which troop?


PO X.111109 Smith, John Alexander
PVT CH/X.105642 Charlwood, Harry
PVT CH/X.105643 Coford, A. E.
PVT PO/X.4854 Kohler, Reg D.

 

Hi Dale,
I can tell you definitely H. Charlwood, A. Coford, and Reg Kohler were all members of the 46th RMC and were captured at Rots 11th June 1944. My dad was involved in this battle and I can tell you how they were taken prisoner. I have pictures of the captivity. I'm writing a book about this battle so would like to hear from you. Can't find John Smith in B Troop and not even on the nominal roll so he wasn't in the 46 RMC.

erictay

 

Nominal Roll for 46RM Commando

46RM Commando Nominal Roll | Commando Veterans Archive

 

I found John Alexander Smith PO/X.111109 in Royal Marine 41 Commando. He died at Rennes 22 June from wounds suffered after amputation of right leg.

 

We also have J.A. Smith listed as 41RM Commando

SMITH, John Alexander | Commando Veterans Archive

 

A view of the Commando Veterans Archive ROH for 46RM Commando

The Fallen from 46RM Commando | Commando Veterans Archive

 

Recently started researching 46 RM Commando focused on their Normandy and Reichswald efforts. I watched an interview available on YouTube posted 6 yrs ago today. This individual served with the 47 RM Commando and he states that they went to Burma first then left and went up into Holland. He spoke of it as if they did not spend much time there.