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 5th. Parachute Brigade 7th. Battalion The Parachute Regiment Page 2 Page 1 (30-12-43 to 20-06-44) - Page 2 (21-06-44 to 07-04-45) - Page 3 (07-04-45 to 10-09-46)
Rank	Name	Date of Death	Unit	Location of Grave or Memorial
Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Lieut Lieut Pte Pte Pte	COOLING Harold O. LIDDELL Donald S. ROAST Albert E. BENNETT Ralph D. GWILLIAM Sydney MacDONALD Ian G. ATKINSON Robert N. HODGES George F. REID Gordon TRAFFORD Ronald H.	21-06-44 21-06-44 23-06-44 25-06-44 25-06-44 29-06-44 07-07-44 07-07-44 07-07-44 07-07-44	(RAMC) - - - - - - (KSLI) - -	La Delivrande 1-D-3 La Delivrande 5-F-7 Hermanville 3-B-6 Ranville 4A-C-21 Ranville 3A-K-9 Ranville 3A-B-9 Ranville 3A-L-1 Ranville 3A-K-1 Ranville 3A-E-3 Ranville 3A-M-1
LCpl LCpl Pte Pte LCpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Sgt	COULTHARD Arthur J. PRICE Sydney VARNEY Alfred T. WILLIAMS Daniel R. HINDLEY Edward BURDEN Alfred L. ELY Peter O.W. WEBSTER John D. BALDWIN John FAY Victor C.	10-07-44 10-07-44 10-07-44 10-07-44 25-07-44 10-08-44 10-08-44 10-08-44 19-08-44 19-08-44	- - - - (KSLI) - - - - -	Ranville 4A-H-21 Ranville 4A-K-21 La Delivrande 3-H-9 Ranville 4A-G-21 Hermanville 2-G-4 N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 6A-B-18 Ranville 2A-D-14 Ranville 2A-M-9
Sgt Cpl Cpl Pte LCpl Sgt Pte Cpl Pte LCpl	KEMSTER Frank G. WILSON William C. BALL Frederick W. DOWNES William E. THOMPSON Barry B. BLAKEWAY Alexander V.S. O'BRIEN James R. BUSHELL Harold R. EVANS Sidney H. FOX Kenneth F.A.	19-08-44 20-08-44 22-08-44 (MID) 22-08-44 22-08-44 23-08-44 23-08-44 26-08-44 26-08-44 26-08-44	- - - (KSLI) - - - - (RAOC) -	Ranville 2A-D-13 Ranville 2A-J-4 Ranville 3A-C-5 Ranville 3A-B-5 Ranville 3A-D-5 Ranville 3A-F-5 Ranville 5A-Q-1 Pont Audemer Comm Cem 28 Pont Audemer Comm Cem 27 Dagenham (SS Peter&Paul) Chyd
Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl	HOLDROYD George W. KING Michael H. OLLIFFE Frank G. BASTIN William J. BEARDSLEY John E. FLETCHER William H. JEFFERY Ernest E.V. LINFORTH Alfred McCARTHY Philip BAKER Eric C.	26-08-44 26-08-44 03-01-45 04-01-45 04-01-45 04-01-45 04-01-45 04-01-45 04-01-45 06-01-45	- (KSLI) - - - - - - - -	Ranville 5A-N-6 Pont Audemer Comm Cem 29 Hotten 7-B-8 Hotten 5-B-4 Hotten 7-B-11 Hotten 5-B-11 Hotten 7-B-10 Hotten 12-B-8 Hotten 1-D-7 Hotten 7-B-12
Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte	HUDSON Ronald WALKER Dixon RANDLE James BIRD Ronald J. ADNEY Norman ALLEN Arthur J.M. BAMBER Eric BACHELOR Norman BATEMAN James BRUSH Victor	06-01-45 06-01-45 09-01-45 14-01-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45	- - - - - - - (RAMC) - -	Hotten 5-F-12 Hotten 12-B-9 Rochefort Comm Cem Belgium Lille(Southern)Cem 5-C-6 Reichswald Forest 42-C-6 N.K.G. Groesbeek Reichswald Forest 41-E-2 Reichswald Forest 41-E-5 Reichswald Forest 42-E-1 Reichswald Forest 42-E-2
Pte CQMS Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte CSgt Pte Pte	CALLIS Roy COPE Thomas DAY Douglas J. DONKIN Joseph EDWARDS Roland G. FAIRBANKS John GIBSON Willaim LAKE Samuel H.C. LAW James D. NEILL William	24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45	- - - - - - - - - -	Reichswald Forest 42-D-10 Reichswald Forest 42-B-10 Reichswald Forest 54-D-15 Reichswald Forest 42-D-3 Reichswald Forest 42-B-9 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Reichswald Forest 41-C-4 Reichswald Forest 42-D-4 Reichswald Forest 41-E-1
Cpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte SSgt Capt Pte	REYNOLDS Ernest N. RUSSELL Bryan J. SADLER Daniel SIMS Ronald W. SMITH Thomas A. WAITE Leonard H. WARD Joseph H.W. WHITE Alexander WOODBURN Charles A.W. WALES Henry Mc	24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 24-03-45 26-03-45	- - - - - - - (APTC) - -	N.K.G. Groesbeek Reichswald Forest 42-C-1 N.K.G. Groesbeek Reichswald Forest 41-D-9 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Reichswald Forest 42-B-11 Reichswald Forest 41-C-1 Reichswald Forest 32-E-8 Reichswald Forest 32-A-11
Cpl Cpl Pte Lieut LCpl Lieut Pte Pte Pte Pte	CHALMERS James F. CHRISTOPHER John S. HILLYARD William J.E. KEARNEY Shane B. SANDERSON Thomas NELSON Robert M. THOMSON Robert SMITH Angus AITKEN Archibald D. BRADLEY Raymond W.	27-03-45 27-03-45 27-03-45 27-03-45 (MID) 27-03-45 28-03-45 29-03-45 03-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45	(RAMC) - - - - - - - - -	Reichswald Forest 33-E-2 Reichswald Forest 33-D-1 Reichswald Forest 34-D-3 Reichswald Forest 34-B-4 Reichswald Forest 34-C-10 Reichswald Forest 41-D-3 Reichswald Forest 33-E-5 Reichswald Forest 33-C-7 Becklingen 15-F-10 Becklingen 15-E-14
Pte Pte Sgt Pte Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte	CAIRNS Thomas CORBETT Horace W. CORNELL Sidney DAVIES Stuart P. DODD George S. GALLAGHER Joseph GRAY Arthur S. GREEN John W. HUDSPETH John W. JAMIESON George M.	07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 (DCM) 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45	- - - - - - - - - (RAMC)	Becklingen 15-E-8 Becklingen 15-F-6 Becklingen 15-E-3 N.K.G. Groesbeek Becklingen 15-F-2 N.K.G. Groesbeek N.K.G. Groesbeek Becklingen 15-F-3 Becklingen 15-E-13 Becklingen 15-F-13
Pte Pte Pte Lieut Cpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte	JEFFERSON Peter R. KEWLEY Lawrence E.W. LARKIN Eric W. PAPE John C. PLANT Clifford R. POWLESLAND William J. SAUNDERS John M. SMOLLAN Harold SPROSTON George STANSFIELD George	07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45 07-04-45	- - - (RCIC) - - - (West Yks) - (West Yks)	Becklingen 15-E-6 Becklingen 15-E-11 Hanover 7-A-10 Holten Cdn 4-H-8 Becklingen 15-F-4 Becklingen 15-E-5 Becklingen 15-F-11 Becklingen 15-E-12 Becklingen 15-F-1 Celle 3-F-1
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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.