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 9th. Battalion The Parachute Regiment Page 1 Page 1 (08-04-43 to 08-02-45) - Page 2 (19-02-45 to 29-06-47)
Rank	Name	Date of Death	Unit	Location of Grave or Memorial
Pte Pte Pte Pte Lieut LCpl Pte Pte CQMS Pte	WEBB Leonard CRISP Albert ADSETT George D. ARMSTRONG Alroy J. CATLIN Douglas S. CLARKE Edward J. COPP Brian N. CORTEIL Emile S. DAVIES Albert E. DAVIES Alun M.	08-04-43 10-04-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44	- - - - - - - - - -	Southend (St Lawrence&All Saints) Tidworth Military Cem N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-E-13 Ranville 4A-F-6 Ranville 4A-M-6 Hottot-les-Bagues 3-A-1 Ranville 1A-G-13 Ranville 5A-K-2 N.K.G. Bayeux
Lieut Pte LCpl Sgt Pte Pte Pte Lieut LCpl Pte	DOWLING Michael J. DURNEY Leonard W. ECKERT Stanley G.T. HALL Ronald R. HANNEN Thomas L. HARDING Stanley F. HARNESS Douglas V. HUGHES Alfred HULL Edward T. LITTLE Kenneth R.	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	- - - - - - - - - -	N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-C-17 Ranville 6A-B-23 Hottot-les-Bagues 3-A-2 N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 5A-K-3 St Vaast-en-Auge 7 Oxford (Botley) Cem P1/1-156 Ranville 5A-K-7
Cpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl Lieut Pte	McGUIRK Michael J. McKEE Ronald MANDER James NICHOLLS Alfred PAINE Harold PARRIS Maurice W. PECK Norman PERRY Robert D. PETERS George F. PHILPOTT Norman R.	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	- - - - - - - (RAMC) - -	Ranville 4A-L-6 Ranville 5A-D-1 Ranville 1A-D-13 Ranville 5A-H-5-8 N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-C-13 Pont-Audemer Comm Cem C-25 Ranville 4A-O-6 N.K.G. Bayeux
Cpl LCpl LCpl Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte Pte	PLEDGER Reginald F. PLESTED Stanley J. ROBINSON Peter G. SHARPLES Patrick J. SHEATH Frederick J. SMITH Thomas W. WALTER Percy F. WHITE George V. WILSON John T. WISE Dennis W.H.	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 5A-F-6 Ranville 5A-F-8 Ranville 1A-B-17 Ranville 5A-F-7 N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 4A-K-6 Ranville 5A-E-2 Ranville 1A-A-5 N.K.G. Bayeux
Pte Sgt Pte Pte Pte Pte Lieut LCpl Pte Sgt	YORK George E. YOUNG James YOUNGER Joseph BEDFORD George A. DUNK Harry HURLEY Daniel R. HALLIBURTON Thomas C. ROLLINGSON John T. TAYLOR Basil E. ROSE James E.	06-06-44 06-06-44 06-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 07-06-44 08-06-44	(RAMC) - - - - - - - - -	N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 4A-N-6 Ranville 2A-H-3 Ranville 1A-G-3 Ranville 1A-H-3 Ranville 1A-M-3 Ranville Chyd 6 N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-L-3 Ranville 1A-H-20
Pte Pte Maj Lieut Pte Pte Sgt Pte Lieut Pte	WILLIAMS Frederick J. TOWNSEND William V. CHARLTON Edward G. PARFITT Gordon S. ROCHE Thomas M. RAYNER Edward M. SPENCER William BLUCK Herbert CHRISTIE Murray W. JEPP Ronald S.	08-06-44 08/09-06-44 09-06-44 (MID) 09-06-44 09-06-44 10-06-44 10-06-44 11-06-44 12-06-44 12-06-44	- (RAMC) - - - - (RAMC) - - -	N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-B-19 Ranville 1A-J-19 Ranville 1A-E-3 N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux N.K.G. Bayeux Ranville 1A-J-15 Ranville 1A-G-15
Pte Pte Pte Pte Cpl WOI Pte Sgt Pte LCpl	McSORLEY John F. SANDERSON Peter TOPHAM Walter WILSON Peter WINGROVE Frederick W. CUNNINGHAM William J. GIBSON Henry F. TARRANT Roy T. PENSTONE Douglas G. TAYLOR Kenneth M.	12-06-44 12-06-44 12-06-44 12-06-44 15-06-44 17-06-44 17-06-44 17-06-44 21-06-44 02-07-44	- - - - - - - (REME) - -	Ranville 1A-F-20 Ranville 1A-J-20 Ranville 1A-H-19 Ranville 1A-E-20 Beconsfield Cem Bucks Ranville 2A-B-12 Ranville 1A-J-18 Ranville 1A-K-14 Tilley-sur-Seulles 3-A-6 Paris (Cliichy) Comm Cem 16-16-13
Pte Pte Sgt Pte Pte LSgt Pte Pte Pte Pte	MUNRO Jack LAING James ECOTT Arthur D. TOWNES Leslie V. SEBIRE Ceiriog FOWLER Reginald S.N. PEDLAR Campbell E.C. REVELL Frederick J.T. YARWOOD William S. SHERMAN William K.	05-07-44 15-07-44 23-07-44 23-07-44 24-07-44 25-07-44 27-07-44 27-07-44 08-08-44 15-08-44	- - - - - - (Ox&Bucks LI) (Ox&Bucks LI) (Sth Lancs) (ACC)	Ranville 6A-B-24 Banneville-la-Campagne 4-A-1 Ranville 4A-O-19 Ranville 4A-O-21 Ranville 4A-P-9 Ranville 4A-O-9 Ranville 4A-P-7 Ranville 4A-O-7 Ranville 1A-K-10 Ranville 1A-F-4
WOII Pte Pte Sgt Pte Pte Cpl Pte Pte Pte	BECKWITH Walter G. SHEPPARD Wilfred CLARK Thomas FRITH James H. HAMMOND James F. JONES Glynn MAYHEW William C. PARSONS Robert G. SPENN Cyril F. STEWART Albert H.	17-08-44 17-08-44 19-08-44 (MM) 19-08-44 19-08-44 19-08-44 19-08-44 19-08-44 19-08-44 19-08-44	- - (Kings Regt) - - - - - - (Ox&Bucks LI)	Ranville 5A-C-1 Ranville 1A-A-4 Ranville 2A-L-9 Ranville 2A-B-10 Ranville 2A-L-4 Ranville 2A-K-4 Ranville 2A-O-4 Ranville 2A-C-9 Ranville 2A-M-4 Ranville 2A-E-9
LCpl Pte Pte Pte Pte Sgt Lieut Pte Pte Pte	WARD Alan WATTAM Albert BOLLINGBROKE Stanley WRIGHT Leonard V. BANKS Michael R. SANDFORD George O. CARDEN Aubrey R. COSSEY Alexander W. HODGSON Peter K. MARTIN Rafe J.	19-08-44 19-08-44 20-08-44 22-08-44 25-08-44 05-01-45 08-01-45 23-01-45 28-01-45 08-02-45	- - - - - - - - - -	Ranville 2A-N-4 Ranville 2A-K-9 La Delivrande 1-H-2 Bayeux 5-A-10 Beuzeville Comm Cem 5 On Comm Cem Hotten 5-C-9 Venray 4-A-7 Venray 4-E-11 Weert (Swartbroek) Cem 3-5A
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