THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION - UK is dedicated to creating the ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE at the NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM which will commemorate the men and women who sadly lost their lives whilst serving with ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES during World War 2 and in the Conflicts since.

Those seven brave souls marked with ******* were in a 'Dakota' No. 42-100896 shot down by German Flak
1st. Airborne Division 4th. Parachute Brigade 11th. Battalion the Parachute Regiment
Rank	Name	Date of Death	Unit	Location of Grave or Memorial
Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl LSgt Pte Pte Sgt LSgt Pte Cpl Sgt Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte Sgt WOII Pte Pte LCpl Pte Cpl Pte Pte Revd Pte Sgt Capt Pte Pte Pte LSgt Pte SSgt 2Lieut Pte Lieut Pte Lieut Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte Lieut 2Lieut Maj Pte Pte Pte LCpl LSgt Pte Pte LCpl Pte Pte Cpl Lieut Pte Dvr Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte LCpl Pte Sgt LCpl Pte Pte Pte LCpl Sgt Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte	BURBAGE George W. CROSSLEY Ronald H. LOWE John W. HALES Robert H. HOPKINSON William H. SQUIRE Frederick H. ASHWORTH Arnold BARLOW James W. ***** BELL George *** BORLAND Mark *** HOUSHAM Frank *** JAMES Edward L. ** MORRIS George E. *** PAGE Cecil F.A. ***** BARTON John A. BEDFORD Thomas BEST Peter GENT Norman HANSON John R. KENNEDY Leslie KNOWLES Edwin METCALFE Kenneth J. UNDERHILL Frederick R.A. SMITH James F. BARTHOLOMEW Bernard w. BOWERS George A. CHILD Harry COOK Ernest A. ELLIOTT Michael J. GOLDSWORTHY Mathew W.B. HUGHES Thomas J. JENKIN Harry W. PENNINGTON Eric H. PETTITT Ernest THOMPSON Robert W. ASHDOWN George W. BENTLEY Richard BOOTH Kenneth E. HARRINGTON Patrick JOSLAND Arthur J. LYONS Robert J. NIXON Herbert F. ODELL James E. IRWIN Henry J. AIREY Bernard B. BAKER John R. DOUGLAS John S. FOULIS George S. HARDY Noel G. KING John W. MATTHEWS Charles E. RHYMES Kenneth ROBERTS Richard SPEKE Wilfred H. SULLIVAN Patrick THOMAS Reginald CLARK Frederick C. CRAWFORD Frank HARDMAN Harold HEMPSTEAD Raymond A. LEE Edward McCARTHY Patrick M. McCULLAGH John J. McKENNA James L. PEELE Richard de C. BLACKLIDGE Guy L. BURKE James COCHRAN Ebenezer KNOWLES Richard O'NEILL Joseph SULLIVAN John T. BOOTH John E. COWLEY Alfred F. McCLUNE John RONSON Robert TOLLITT Herbert WARDLAW Frederick ROGERSON James F. ANDERSON Gilbert BRENNAN Thomas CARTER Cyril H. COX Arthur H. GODWIN Harold KNIGHT Sidney B.R. REHILL Bernard GRIFFIN Ronald LOMAS George MAIDENS James A. WRIGHT William GRUMOLI Italo ROGERS John E. GATHARD Peter ALLEN Frederick BEHAN Daniel STONE William D. CRABB Frederick C. MORRIS Raymond PYE Charles R. KAYWOOD Richard A. GIDDINGS William T. SCUDAMORE John B. SNOW William J.	12-07-43 26-08-43 26-02-44 08-04-44 17-05-44 15-08-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18-09-44 18/25-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 (MM) 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 19-09-44 20-09-44 (MM) 20-09-44 20-09-44 20-09-44 20-09-44 20-09-44 20-09-44 20/21-09-44 20/25-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 21-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 22-09-44 23-09-44 23-09-44 23-09-44 (MM) 23-09-44 23-09-44 23-09-44 24-09-44 24-09-44 24-09-44 24-09-44 24-09-44 24-09-44 24/25-09-44 25-09-44 25-09-44 25-09-44 25-09-44 25-09-44 25-09-44 25-09-44 25/26-09-44 26-09-44 26-09-44 26-09-44 29-09-44 29-09-44 01-10-44 01-11-44 13-11-44 22-11-44 16-12-44 16-12-44 31-12-44 15-02-45 17-02-45 08-03-45 26-05-45	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (RAChD) - - - - - - - - (APTC) - - - - - - - - - (RCIC) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (RASC) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (RAMC)	Khayat Beach C-E-11 Khayat Beach C-E-9 Wistaston (St Mary) Chyd N.K.G. Brookwood Burnley Cem Wallasey (Rake Ln) Oosterbeek 5-B-15 Wageningen Gen Cem 2-792A Wageningen Gen Cem 2-792 Wageningen Gen Cem 2-792 Wageningen Gen Cem 2-791 Wageningen Gen Cem 2-791 Wageningen Gen Cem 2-792A Wageningen Gen Cem 2-791A Rhenen Gen Cem 27-A-2 Oosterbeek 5-B-1 Oosterbeek 19-B-13 Oosterbeek 15-A-14 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 20-A-14 N.K.G. Groesbeek Rhenen Gen Cem 27-B-11 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 24-A-7 Oosterbeek 5-A-20 Oosterbeek 28-C-9 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 19-B-16 Oosterbeek 17-C-15 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 19-A-6 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 2-B-18 Oosterbeek 28-C-10 Oosterbeek 19-C-15 Oosterbeek 23-A-3 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 6-A-7 Oosterbeek 1-B-12 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 26-B-17 Oosterbeek 26-A-2 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 6-A-14 Oosterbeek 2-B-1 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 6-D-10 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 5-C-11 Oosterbeek 26-B-20 Oosterbeek 16-C-15 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 5-C-15 Oosterbeek 19-B-10 Oosterbeek 6-A-16 Oosterbeek 27-B-3 Oosterbeek 19-B-15 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 27-B-5 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 6-A-9 Oosterbeek 23-A-7 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 2-B-19 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 2-A-18 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 22-C-14 Oosterbeek 23-A-9 Oosterbeek 19-C-7 Oosterbeek 26-A-11 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 26-B-19 Oosterbeek 21-B-9 Oosterbeek 6-A-20 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 29-B-4 Oosterbeek 5-B-5 Oosterbeek 6-A-17 Wijk-bij-Duurstede Gen Cem 1-7C N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 19-A-3 Rhenen Gen Cem 27-C-10 Oosterbeek 18-A-2 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Bergen-op-Zoom 6-F-11 Oosterbeek 24-A-18 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 18-C-20 N.K.G. Groesbeek Prague 4-A-7 Prague 4-A-9 N.K.G. Groesbeek Berlin 11-F-1 Berlin 11-L-20 Caerphilly (Penyrheol) Cem N.K.G. Groesbeek
"Lest We Forget"
We are intending to list all Allied Special Forces casualties from the 2nd. World War and in the conflicts since. If you wish to add to this detail please contact us! Certain information may be under review and this is noted under the name. This list is not complete and some inaccuracies may occur whilst we are receiving information from many sources.