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.

L Detachment - Special Air Service Brigade

Surnames A to Z

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.

Please note that the French L Detachment casualties are listed under the Allied Special Forces Roll of Honour for the 3rd. & 4th. Special Air Service which can be accessed from the INDEX below.

BOLLAND	Guardsman	Stanley	2696934	20th. November 1941	Age 21
	2nd. Battalion Scots Guards, No. 8 Commando & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Failed attack on Tmimi/Gazala landing strips
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 54
CHEYNE	Sergeant	John	2876138	16th. Nov./27th. Dec. 1941	Age 25
	Gordon Highlanders, No. 11 Commando & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Failed attack on Tmimi/Gazala landing strips
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 69
DOUGLAS	Private	Keith	2882330	9th. December 1941	Age 22
	Gordon Highlanders, No. 11 Commando & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Failed attack on Tmimi/Gazala landing strips
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 70
DRONGIN	Corporal	Anthony	2695218	16/19th. September 1942	Age 27
	2nd. Battalion Scots Guards & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Operation Bigamy (Snowdrop) - Benghazi Raid
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 53
DUFFY	Private	Joseph Aloysius	3318385	16th. October 1941	Age 22
	Seaforth Highlanders - L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Parachute failure during training - one of the first SAS deaths.
	EGYPT - FAYID WAR CEMETERY - 1.D.16
GOTTLIEB	Private	Eliahu	PAL/30767	13th. June 1942	Age -
	Royal Army Service Corps. & L. Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Special Interrogation Group Became a POW after attack on Derna Airfield whilst attached to L. Detachment. Executed on the same day - Source "Phantom Major" by V. Cowles (Also included in Special Interrogation Group Listing)
	ALEMEIN MEMORIAL, EGYPT - Column 80
HAAS	Corporal	Peter	PAL/15500	13th. June 1942	Age -
	6th. Company Palestinian Regiment & L. Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Special Interrogation Group Killed in Action during attack on Derna Airfield whilst attached to L. Detachment. Killed in Action - Source "Phantom Major" by V. Cowles (Also included in Special Interrogation Group Listing)
	ALEMEIN MEMORIAL, EGYPT - Column 87
HILDRETH	Lance Corporal	Sidney J.	3657806	19th. November 1941	Age 25
	South Lancashire Regiment, No. 7 Commando & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Failed attack on Tmimi/Gazala landing strips
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 63
KEITH	Private	Douglas	2882330	9th. December 1941	Age 22
	Gordon Highlanders - No.11 Commando L Detachment Special Air Service As a POW he sadly lost his life on the Prison Ship Sebastian Venier (Jason)
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 70
LAMBIE	W.O.II	David	2696787	18th. January 1943	Age 27
	2nd. Battalion Scots Guards & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Operation Bigamy (Snowdrop) - Benghazi Raid David who was from Ayr in Scotland, became a prisoner of war in September 1942 and sadly drowned when his POW ship was torpedoed by a British Submarine - He served as a Corporal in L. Detachment.
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 53
LEWES	Lieutenant	John Steel	65419	30th. December 1941	Age 28
	Welsh Guards & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Returning from Nofilia airfield raid
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 53
MARLOW	Driver	William	T/119344	15th. September 1942	Age 28
	Royal Army Service Corps. & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Operation Bigamy (Snowdrop) - Benghazi Raid
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 76
MANNION	Serjeant	John Joseph	3651857	14th. February 1942	Age 28
	South Lancashire Regiment - 1st. Special Service Battalion L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade
	SIERRE LEONE - FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY
McGONIGAL	Lieutenant	Eoin Christopher	97290	18th. November 1941	Age 20
	Royal Ulster Rifles - No. 12 Commando L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade
	EGYPT - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 71
ROBSON	Lance Bombadier	John William Robert	886920	27th. July 1942	Age 21
	Royal Artillery & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Raid on Sidi Haneish airfield - Gunner on Lt. Scratchley's jeep
	EGYPT - EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY - ALAMEIN MEMORIAL - Column 33
STONE	Sergeant	Sidney James	2692673	5th. December 1941	Age 31
	2nd. Battalion Scots Guards & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Failed attack on Tmimi/Gazala landing strips
	LIBYA - BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY - 8.E.31
WARBURTON	Private	Kenneth	2821591	16th. October 1941	Age 21
	Seaforth Highlanders, No. 11 Commando & L Detachment Special Air Service Brigade Parachute failure during training - one of the first SAS deaths
	EGYPT - FAYID WAR CEMETERY - 1.D.14