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 2nd. Airborne Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Page 1 Page 1 (28-04-42 to 24-09-44) - Page 2 (24-09-44 to 24-03-45) - Page 3 (24-03-45 to 15-12-46)
Rank	Name	Date of Death	Unit	Location of Grave or Memorial
2ndLieut Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Sgt Cpl Cpl	ALEXANDER Kenneth A. LEE Patrick D. HANDS Thomas A. CAREY George H. CORDAS Ronald J. MANN Leonard E. MARKS Leonard F. SALOMANS Joseph K. THOMPSON Frank H.G. BRADSHAW Arthur	28-04-42 28-08-42 16-10-42 26-11-42 26-11-42 26-11-42 26-11-42 26-11-42 26-11-42 27-11-42	- - - - - - - - - -	Manchester (Southern) Cem Slough (Stoke Road) Cem Oxford (Wolvercote) Cem Reading Cem Tidworth Military Cem Oxford (Headington) Cem London (Hendon) Cem Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cem Barnet (St James the Great) Chyd Cudworth (St John baptist) Chyd
Cpl Lieut LCpl Pte Sgt Lieut Lieut Cpl Pte Sgt	PAYNE Herbert D. HINMAN Philip D.J. EVANS Frank BILLING Gordon C. WOODLEY Edward F. DEACON Terry BROTHERIDGE Herbert D. KNOX Harry MILTON Charles BARWICK Christopher C.	11-05-43 16-05-43 01-06-43 22-06-43 28-07-43 05-06-44 06-06-44 (MID) 06-06-44 06-06-44 07-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Shaftesbury Borough Cem Stanford Rivers (St Margarets) Chyd Up Nately (St Stephen) Chyd Hants Weston-Super-Mare Cem High Wycombe Cem Plymouth Crematorium Ranville Chyd 43 Benouville Chyd 9 Ranville 1A-C-3 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 22
Pte Pte Pte LCpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte	BOWDEN Percy W. ECKLE Francis J. EVERETT Eric J. GREENHALUGH Frederick HEDGES William P. HIGGINS Leslie C. KELLY Edward D. MORROW Thomas NEWELL Eric G. PARK John	07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 2A-N-2 Bayeux 10-K-21 Ranville 5A-J-13 La Delivrande 5-C-4 Perieres-en-Auge Chyd Bayeux 10-L-1 Ranville 1A-A-3 Ranville 1A-A-2 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 20 Ranville 1A-A-15
LCpl Pte Pte Pte LSgt Pte Pte Pte Lieut LCpl	REEVE George E. ROBERTS Cyril L. SEFTON Frederick J.D. SUMMERSBY Arthur A.L. WHITE Alfred D. WILKINS William S. WILKS Victor WILLCOCKS Colin E. CHICKEN Gordon C. FROST Stanley	07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 08-06-44 09-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-A-13 Ranville 1A-C-22 Ranville 3A-K-8 Ranville 3A-O-1 Bayeux 10-K-22 Escoville Chyd Herouvillette New Comm Cem 19 Ranville 2-N-1 Ranville 1A-H-14 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 14
Pte LCpl Pte Pte Pte WOII Pte Pte Capt Pte	HIGGINS Charles MINNS Frank L. SILVESTER William J. STARR John F. SYMONDS William C.R. WILLIAMS Ernest E. BROOKS Bertram COTTLE Dennis T. MARRIOTT James MILLS David N.	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 (GM) 10-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-J-8 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 11 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 15 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 13 Hermanville 1-F-6 Forest Row Cem E.Sussex Hermanville 1-H-8 Ranville 1A-F-12 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 16 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 18
LSgt Pte Lieut Pte Cpl Pte LCpl Pte Lieut Cpl	LANGOHR James TRESIDDER William E.P. VAN-KLAVEREN Geoffrey V. WALKER Frederick W. WREN Leslie M. YOUNG Harold G. CANTWELL Herbert E. DREW Alfred C. PANKHURST John A. JOHNSON Kenneth F.	11-06-44 13-06-44 13-06-44 13-06-44 13-06-44 13-06-44 14-06-44 14-06-44 14-06-44 15-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-J-12 Ranville 1A-D-19 Ranville 1A-L-14 Ranville 1A-D-20 Ranville 1-F-19 Ranville 1A-E-19 Ranville 1A-K-20 Ranville 1A-G-19 Ranville 5A-N-1 Ranville 1A-H-22
Pte Pte Pte WOII Pte Capt WOII Pte Maj Pte	ROBERTS Leslie H.G. WILRYCK Donald A. BLAIR Ronald G. FLEXEN Richard MORLEY Gwilyn BRABNER Martin J. CREW John W. DANIELLS Robert C. FAVELL Edward V.M. HIBBARD John A.	15-06-44 15-06-44 16-06-44 16-06-44 16-06-44 19-06-44 19-06-44 19-06-44 19-06-44 19-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-J-21 Ranville 1A-K-21 Ranville 1A-K-19 Ranville 1A-B-15 Ranville 1A-C-15 Ruislip (Northwood) Cem Ranville 1A-F-15 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-L-15 N.K.G. Bayeux
Lieut (QM) Cpl LCpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte	JAMES Jack PONTIN David A. FULLER Charles H. PARSONS William C. GEORGE Edward T. NICHOLLS James D. PHILLIPS Cyril REYNOLDS William LANGBRIDGE Eric H. PEER Thomas G.	19-06-44 19-06-44 20-06-44 20-06-44 25-06-44 25-06-44 25-06-44 25-06-44 27-06-44 30-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 1A-D-5 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-E-15 Ranville 2A-F-2 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 23 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 24 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 25 Herouvillette New Comm Cem 26 Ranville 1A-K-12 London (Manor Park) Cem East Ham
LSgt Pte Pte Pte Pte Lieut Pte Pte Pte Pte	EARL Cyril E. RUSSELL Philip J.N. GILMORE Thomas A. PEPPERALL Dennis SMYTH Patrick B. REVNELL Gordon L. YOUNG Kenneth E. WHITE Henry W. DRAGE Charles E. CLARIDGE Reginald A.	02-07-44 04-07-44 05-07-44 15-07-44 19-07-44 23-07-44 25-07-44 29-07-44 07-08-44 10-08-44	- - - - - - - (RAMC) - -	Ranville 3A-K-7 Ranville 4A-M-11 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 4A-E-15 Ranville 4A-L-7 N.K.G. Bayeux Oxford (Rose Hill) Cem Deptford (Brickley) Cem Wellingborough (Findon) Cem Ranville 1A-M-10
Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte Lieut Pte Pte Pte Pte	READER Charles A. DREW John R.A. CLIFFE William J. STACEY Jack BANNATYNE George BULFORD Patrick G. CLAPTON Mervyn C. BASS Ronald J. TOES James A. BARTON Laurence J.	13-08-44 17-08-44 22-08-44 22-08-44 25-08-44 26-08-44 27-08-44 21-09-44 22-09-44 24-09-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Banneville-la-Campagne 8-E-1 Ranville 1A-C-4 Vauville Chyd Tourgeville Military Cem 4-2 Beuzeville Comm Cem 3 Beuzeville Comm Cem 2 Fatouville-Grestain Chyd Oosterbeek 1-B-7 N.K.G. Groesbeek Oosterbeek 26-A-20
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