THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE IS SITUATED WITHIN THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM BY THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TAME
 THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ROLL OF  HONOUR

SBS Army List

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.

On Saturday 4th. October 2003 the SAS Roll of Honour was dedicated and some names here may differ as we do not have access to these lists.


AYTON Captain Phillip Atterbury 184637 26th. December 1943 Age 22
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders & 2 Special Boat Service, SAS Regt. AAC
Severely wounded by landmine during the Operation 'Hardtrack' raid on Petit Port in the
Channel Islands and died of Wounds in England after Operation Hardtrack 28
DARTMOUTH - (Longcross) Cemetery, Devon - Section G. Grave 136
CHILD Bombadier Alfred Robert 915218 20th. January 1942 Age 25
Royal Artillery - 7 Commando & 1 Special Boat Service
Lost on Submarine HMS/M Triumph enroute to the Aegean.
UK - BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL - Surrey - Panel 2 Column 3 - No Known Grave
EMBELIN W.O.II Arthur Edward 1867223 6th. June 1943 Age 29
Royal Engineers & 2 Special Boat Service
Killed by a shell from Vichy French Destroyer on HMS Walney in
Oran Harbour during Operation Reservist
UK - BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL - Surrey - Panel 4 Column 3
GRANT-WATSON Captain Robert de Merve Low 56997 27th. March 1942 Age 32
2nd. Battalion Scots Guards & 1 Special Boat Service
Drowned on Mission to capture a downed German pilot on an island near Gazala Point.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY - Libya - 10.C.18
KERR Lieutenant Kenneth Stewart 156102 8th. January 1943 Age -
Royal Scots, Highland Light Infantry (2nd. Lt.), Special Boat Service
12 Submarine Flotilla
Charioteer - Lost on HM Submarine P311, presumed mined in the Mediterranean
Also noted in 12 Submarine Flotilla Roll of Honour
Brookwood Memorial, Surrey UK - Panel 8 Column 3
MILNE Serjeant Alexander 2878140 6th. June 1943 Age 26
Gordon Highlanders & 2 Special Boat Service
Failed to Return on raid on Lampedusa Island
with attached 2 SAS man Sgt. A.R.M. Sinclair who was former
1 SBS, L.Detachment and D. Squadron 1 SAS
UK - BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL - Surrey - Panel 14 Column 2 - No Known Grave
PALMER Corporal Ernest Leonard 6216113 8th. February 1945 Age -
Royal Ulster Rifles & 2 Special Boat Service
Died of wounds in Burma (C group 2 SBS Small Ops Gp) during Op. Corona
was fatally wounded by RN Motor Launch which mistook his party for Japanese.
MYANMAR (Burma) - TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY (Rangoon) - 3. F.16
PARK Serjeant John 3709917 25th. December 1943 Age 30
Royal Army Ordnance Corps. & 2 Special Boat Service
Killed in France on Op. Hardtrack raid on Gravelines near Dunkirk.
OYE-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France - Row 5 Grave 15
PETERS Lieutenant Richard James McGregor 226391 8th. February 1945 Age -
7th. (Battalion Queen Victoria Rifles) Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
2 Special Boat Section - (B Group 2SBS Small Ops Gp.)
Killed in Action during offensive patrol in village of Nyaungo by pro Japanese Indians JIFC.
Source KRRC Regimental History and CWGC
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY - MYANMAR - 21. D. 20.
SEVERN Lance Corporal Clive 5887258 20th. January 1942 Age 22
Northants Regiment, 11 Commando & 1 Special Boat Service
Lost on Submarine HMS/M Triumph with Cpl. Child
UK - BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL - Surrey - Panel 12 Column 3 - No Known Grave