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.

6th. Airborne Division 3rd. Parachute Brigade 1st. Canadian Parachute Battalion Page 1 Page 1 (07-09-42 to 24-03-45) - Page 2 (24-03-45 to 12-12-45)
Rank	Name	Date of Death	Unit	Location of Grave or Memorial
Maj Cpl Pte Pte Lieut Pte LCpl Pte WOI(RSM) Pte	PROCTOR Hilton D. KEENE Foster W. WILLIAMS Arthur J. SYMONS Vernon H. ADAMS Lloyd H. AUBIN Joseph E.A. BASTIEN Ovide M. BROADFOOT James G. CLARK Wendall J. COBURN John C.	07-09-42 17-12-42 25-11-43 04-05-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44	(RCCS) - - - - - - - - -	Ottawa (Pinecrest) Cem Havelock (Maple Grove) Ontario Brookwood Cem 47-H-7 Brookwood Cem 48-J-7 Ranville 1A-E-7 Ranville 3A-B-8 Ranville 5A-B-4 Ranville 2A-M-5 Ranville 5A-F-2 Calais Cdn Cem 8-C-4
Pte Sgt Pte LCpl Sgt Pte Maj Pte Sgt Pte	CONNAGHAN Gordon C. COSGROVE Francis D. ELLEFSON Orlando M. FLEXER Alec E. LA-CROIX George R. McINNIS Alexander J. MacLEOD Hugh M. MacPHERSON Malcolm A. MODDERMAN Peter J.M. NIGH Joseph S.	06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 2A-N-3 Ranville 9-B23 Ranville 2A-O-5 Ranville 4A-H-6 St Vaast-en-Auge Chyd 3 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 5A-B-1 Ranville 4A-J-6 Ranville 5A-B-8 Calais Cdn Cem 8-C-12
Pte Pte Pte Lieut Pte Revd Pte Capt Cpl Lieut	OXTOBY Clifford M. PLEDGER Kenneth M. REYNARD Martin H. WALKER Hugh M. BISMUTKA Peter I. HARRIS George A. LAPIERRE Clarence D. MacLEAN Donald S. OIKLE Winslow E. ROUSSEAU Joseph	06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 (Chaplain) 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville Spl Mem 'C' 5A-E-8 Ranville 2A-L-3 Bayeux 16-B-15 Ranville 5A-B-2 Bretteville-sur-Laize 7-B-2 Ranville 5A-C-6 Ranville 1A-D-7 Brettevillie-sur-Laize 19-F-10 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 5A-G-8
Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte WOII	HUARD Clifford E. ARCHBALD Arnold R. BLAIR Albert E. LANTHIER Marcel RACE Donald A. SHWALUK Wesley W. TURNER Donald G. COMEAU Gordon A. DAVIDSON George H. EMBREE Glen W.	08-06-44 09-06-44 09-06-44 09-06-44 09-06-44 09-06-44 09-06-44 10-06-44 10-06-44 10-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-D-9 Ranville 1A-J-9 Ranville 1A-B-7 Ranville 3A-J-2 Ranville 3A-H-2 Ranville 5A-J-7 Ranville 1A-A-9 Ranville 1A-F-7 Ranville 1A-C-7 Ranville 1A-J-7
Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte	NEUFIELD Leslie A. WILSON Irwin G. HARDIMAN James K. JOWETT John B. ROBERTS John H. BOARDMAN Robert M. SAUDER Lorne EVANS William J. LACASSE Joseph A. SACHRO Joseph F.A.	10-06-44 10-06-44 11-06-44 11-06-44 11-06-44 12-06-44 13-06-44 14-06-44 14-06-44 (MM) 14-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Hermanville 1-K-1 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-F-9 Ranville 5A-K-8 Ranville 1A-H-9 Ranville 1A-E-9 Hermanville 1-N-1 Ranville 1A-H-7
Cpl Pte LCpl Sgt Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte	DRAY Frederick A. ROSS Leslie D. BOYD George R. DAVIES Gordon DUCKER William S. JOHNSON Charles A. CHADDOCK William J. HALL Robert C. DELAMERE Edward J. MOHRING Harold S.	15-06-44 15-06-44 16-06-44 19-06-44 19-06-44 (MM) 19-06-44 20-06-44 22-06-44 25-06-44 27-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Hermanville 1-Q-13 Ranville 5A-J-8 Ranville 1A-B-9 Ranville 1A-K-15 Hermanville 1-W-17 Ranville 1A-C-9 Brookwood Cem 51-G-1 Ranville 1A-G-9 LaDelivrande 2-A-7 Ranville 1A-A-7
Pte Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte Sgt Sgt Pte Pte	KING Joseph MIDDLETON Melvin C. MILLER Verne W. WOODBECK Morris E. JENKINS Wentworth C. TROUGHTON Thomas B. HANLON Charles E. LEECO Malcolm S. OUELLET Charles H. SCHROEDER Ernest	28-06-44 29-06-44 29-09-44 01-07-44 02-07-44 04-07-44 06-07-44 07-07-44 09-07-44 01-08-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-G-7 Ranville 3A-G-9 Ranville 3A-M-7 Ranville 5A-B-3 Hermanville 2-A-23 Beny-sur-Mer Cdn 9-C-11 Beny-sur-Mer Cdn 2-F-13 Ranville 2A-M-8 Brookwood Cem 54-C-2 Ranville 1A-C-16
Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte Sgt Pte	BARTKO Peter BRIERLEY John T. SHOEMAKER Donald A. GENEREAUX John W. CHRISTISON George M. DOKKEN Sherwin FRITZ Howard E. JESSON Richard E. OLSEN Arnt H.C. SYLVESTRE Hector P.	02-08-44 02-08-44 03-08-44 11-08-44 17-08-44 17-08-44 17-08-44 17-08-44 17-08-44 17-08-44	- - - - - (RCIC) - - (RCIC) -	Ranville 1A-F-16 Ranville 1A-G-16 Ranville 1A-A-8 Beny-sur-Mer Cdn 14-B-6 Hottot-les-Bagues 1-C-9 Hottot-les-Bagues 1-C-10 Beny-sur-Mer Cdn 12-G-6 N.K.G. Bayeux Hottot-les-Bagues 1-C-11 Vernevil-sur-Avre Comm Cem 26
Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte LCpl Sgt Rfn Sgt Pte	PEARSON Axel P. SWANTON George A. McKERNAN John ARMSTRONG Leo C. BENOIT Jacques L. COTE Cecil A. EVANS Edward G. MILLS James D. McPHEE Mosher C. BLACK Alan	18-08-44 18-08-44 19-08-44 20-08-44 20-08-44 20-08-44 20-08-44 20-08-44 25-08-44 26-08-44	- - - - - - - (RCIC) - -	Ranville 2A-C-14 Ranville 5A-B-7 Ranville 2A-E-14 Ranville 4A-E-8 Ranville 2A-B-9 Ranville 4A-F-8 Ranville 4A-G-8 Ranville 2A-F-13 Ranville 5A-O-8 Beny-sur-Mer Cdn 12-C-11
Pte Pte Pte Lieut Pte Sgt Sgt Pte Pte Cpl	BLACK Alan BELL William N. DEW Malcolm J. ROUSSEAU Joseph M. RUGGLES Harold C. KELLY William R. KROESING George PETROW Maurice M. ACORN Wilfred L. HOGARTH Andrew	26-08-44 27-08-44 30-08-44 20-09-44 (attd 2SAS) 24-09-44 06-01-45 19-01-45 02-02-45 18-02-45 17-03-45	- - - - - - - - - -	Beny-sur-Mer Cdn 12-C-11 Bayeux 16-C-20 Toronto Naval+Military Cem Ranville 5A-G-7 Brookwood Cem 55-D-4 Hotton 12-A-6 Prague 3-E-11 Venray 4-F-12 Groesbeek Cdn 15-B-4 Brookwood Cem 50-H-7
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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.