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No. 2 Commando

from 16 January to 23 June 1944

History

• Commando Headquarter
• Rifle Troop
• Rifle Troop
• Heavy Weapons Troop

Staff

• Commander
• Lieutenant Colonel Jack Churchill, from April 1942 to 2 June 1944, POW
• Lieutenant Colonel Francis West 'Ted' Fynn
• Deputy Commander
• Major Francis West 'Ted' Fynn
• Medical Officer
• Captain McWilliams

Members

• Captain Samuel Leslie Jenkins, wounded on 3 March and captured by Germans on Å olta, died from wounds while being transported to Split
• Lieutenant McMenain
• Corporal Wright
• Corporal Cecil Cox, died from wounds during raid on Å olta
• Trooper Robert Scholem

Operations

• 28 Mar 41 - Operation Chariot - St Nazaire, France
• 27 Dec 41 - Operation Archery - Vaagso Norway
• 20 Sep 42 - Operation Musketoon - Glomfjord, Norway
• 9 Sept 43 - Operation Avalanche - Salerno, Italy
• Operation DETAINED - Allied raid on Å olta island
• Operation ENDOWMENT -Allied raid on Hvar island
• Operation FARRIER - Allied raid on Mljet island
• Operation Healing II - Albania
• 22 Sep - Operation Mercerised - Serande, Albania
• Operation Houndforces - Serande, Albania, replacing Mercerised
• Operation Roast - Lake Comacchio, Italy

Reference

• Small War in the Balkans: British Military Involvement in Wartime Yugoslavia 1941-1945 by Michael McConville
• Commando Subaltern at War: Royal Marine Operations in Yugoslavia and Italy, 1944-45 by W. G. Jenkins

Recommended reading

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