Gerald Desmond No 6 Commando.

Gerald Desmond

? 03/09/1940 Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
? 12/12/1940 volunteers Special Services unit. Placed in No 5 Special services Battalion.
? 05/03/1941 No 6 Commandos.
? 07/05/1941 No 4 Commandos.
? 10/06/1941 No 6 Commandos Troop 5. (Volunteers for Mission 204 China.)
? 17/03/1942 India and Burma Campaign. 142 Commando Company (Operation Longcloth)
? 01/10/1942 142 Commando Company transfered into Kings Liverpool Regiment.
? 14/04/1943 Captured by Japanese.
? 10/04/1943 to 19/06/1945 POW Rangoon Jail.

I am looking for help with regard to his time in No 6 Commando. I know he was on Operation Kitbag but some of the family stories match Operation Archery. There was a small group from No 6 Commando at Vaagso during Operation Archery, is there a nominal roll for the men who went on this raid. The mission No 4 Commando were getting ready for in May of 1941 was this Operation Puma? There is family story that he was on a submarine off Crete and under cover of night brought arms ashore for the resistance and took wounded back to the sub. Also that he trained for Operation Flipper but it was cancelled because it was thought the Germans had been tipped off about the raid. I can't find any mention of No 6 commando being involved with this mission, as far as I can tell it was only the Middle East commando units that trained for this mission. If anybody is working on No 6 Commando and comes across his name I would be grateful if they could let me know.