Combined Services Memorial, Westminster Abbey

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The Assisant Keeper of Muniments at Westminster Abbey, Miss Christine Reynolds, has been invaluable to some of my research and has very kindly provided The CVA with photographic evidence, taken from the Commando Roll of Honour, of fallen Commandos not previously recognised by the CWGC.

Christine has now added a link to our Site to their Combined Services Memorial page and I am delighted to be able to reciprocate.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/combined-services-memorial

Westminster Abbey wrote:A Roll of Honour for Commandos is on display in the nave of the Abbey and the Commando Association Battle Honours flag is framed and displayed in St George?s chapel.

Photographs can be purchased from Westminster Abbey Library.

The Commando Roll of Honour is a beautifully illuminated book with the names of most of the fallen commandos in it.
There are 7 - 10 names per page with Service Numbers, Commando Unit, rank and place & date of death. Most fallen are listed under their parent regiment.

Nick

Now added to our Links page, thanks Nick.

The Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour is inscribed inside the front cover:

"Presented by the Officers of The Commando Depot, 1949"

Nick