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.

The Raiding Support Regiment

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.

ASTELL	Major	Norman Francis	172179	24th. December 1944	Age 31
	Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment), Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces Mentioned in Despatches
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETARY - 19. F. 14 Norman died whilst RSR spearheaded an attack by 2 Independant Parachute Brigade against ELAS in Athens
BARRETT	Trooper	Donald	319708	10th. September 1944	Age 26
	Royal Armoured Corps. - 24th. Lancers Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETARY - 15. A. 7 Donald was killed by Greeks (who were working with the Nazis) after an ambush of a Nazi patrol at Pondokonni, in the interior of Greece
BROWN	Corporal	Eric Ernest	321412	28th. March 1944	Age 21
	23rd. Hussars RAC, Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	YUGOSLAVIA - BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY - 9. C. 1
CARTER	Gunner	Stanley Arthur Sidney	2054111	8th. December 1944	Age 23
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETARY - 17. B. 6 Stanley was killed by a Greek communist sniper whilst on patrol in Athens during the Civil War
COLLIGAN	Sergeant	William Harold	1486263	12th. December 1944	Age 25
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	YUGOSLAVIA - BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY - 2. E. 3. William was killed whilst harassing retreating Nazis east of Dubrovnik, in Yugoslavia. His troop was part of Floydforce
COLLIS	Lance Corporal	Reginald William	14259995	1st. January 1945	Age 21
	2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETERY - 19. A. 16 Reginald was killed by a sniper whilst his patrol was rescuing a section of the Greek National Guard during the troubles in Athens
EDGE	Warrant Officer Class ll	Robert	305134	10th. September 1944	Age 30
	Royal Horse Guards, HQ Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETERY - 15. A. 13 (?16.B.2) Robert was killed by Greeks (who were working for the Nazis) after an ambush of a Nazi patrol at Pondokonni, in the interior of Greece
GRIMSDALE	Lieutenant	Stanley David James	262178	2nd. January 1945	Age 23
	Middlesex Regiment attd. HQ Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETERY - 19. A. 1 Stanley was killed by killed by a sniper during the troubles in Athens
HAWKINS	Gunner	Edward James	2044648	24th. March 1945	Age 24
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment
	ITALY - BARI MILITARY CEMETARY - 9. B. 6 Evacuated from Greece in 1944 and died on the 24th. May 1944
HAYDEN	Gunner	Hugh	1127995	3rd. March 1945	Age 27
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment
	ITALY - BARI MILITARY CEMETARY - 9. B. 3 Killed on parachute training drop 3rd. March 1945
HEAD	Gunner	Terence Alexander	1776322	10th. September 1944	Age 23
	Royal Artillery - Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETERY - 16. C. 13 Terence was killed by Greeks in the village of Vateron (West of Kozane)
KEANE	Lieutenant	Peter John	226354	4th. January 1945	Age 23
	4th. Queens Own Hussars RAC & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - PHALERON WAR CEMETERY - 19. C. 3 Peter was killed whilst the RSR spearheaded for the second time an attack by 2 Independant Parachute Brigade against ELAS in Athens
KNAGGS	Gunner	Albert Ernest	1140131	18th. December 1944	Age 22
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY - 16. B. 2 Albert was killed during operations against ELAS on the island of Crete during the troubles 1944-45
MCMAHON	Gunner	Ernest	2047975	28th. March 1944	Age 23
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	YUGOSLAVIA - BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY - 9. B. 2.
PASKELL	Gunner	Percy Edward	6204931	29th. September 1944	Age 22
	Royal Artillery - 117 Battery & 30 Light AA Regiment Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	UNKNOWN - BROOKWOOD CEMETERY He was accidentally shot on operations in Greece and buried by his comrades in the grounds of a monastery thought to be called Metam Ramanou to the North of Ioannina. His name is on the Brookwood Cemetery War Memorial to those with no known grave.
RICHARDSON	Gunner	Nelson David	6344507	13th/29th. July 1944	Age 24
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	GREECE - ATHENS MEMORIAL - Face 2 Nelson was killed during a large scale raid against a Nazi garrison in Albania. This garrison was entirely wiped out. His body is thought to have fallen into German hands and has no known grave but his name appears on the Athens War Memorial.
SWANSON	Gunner	David	557781	28th. March 1944	Age 26
	Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	YUGOSLAVIA - BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY - 9. C. 2.
SWORD	Sergeant	John Moore	4268038	28th. August 1944	Age 32
	Royal Northunberland Fusiliers attached to 2nd Batt. Royal Sussex Regiment - Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	YUGOSLAVIA - BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY - 10. A. 4
THORNTON	Captain	Thomas Frederick George	155452	12th. January 1944	Age 32
	74 H.A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery & Raiding Support Regiment - Raiding Forces
	ISRAEL - KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY - B. A. D. D. 14. Thomas died as a result of a parachute training jump at Ramat David Airfield, Palestine