Béranger, Stewart Charles Walsh, son of Henri Lucien Béranger of Paris, and Marguerite Louisa Minnie, d. of Lionel George Lawrence Walsh; b. 19 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left Apr. 1935; enlisted in 206th Infantry Regt, French Army; p.o.w.; killed while attempting to escape 21 May 1944.

Stewart Charles Walsh Béranger was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of June 1917 the only son of Henri Lucien “Harry” Béranger, an architect, and Marguerite Louisa Minnie (nee Walsh) Béranger of 62, Philbeach Gardens, Earls Court in London. He was christened at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton on the 30th of July 1917. He was educated at Westminster School on an Exhibition where he was up Ashburnham from September 1930 to April 1935. He played of part of Sidney Gibson in the farce “The Private Secretary” at the Westminster Theatre on the 29th of July 1933. He was a member of the Chess team and of the 1st Football XI from 1932 to 1935, where he played as goalkeeper and continued to play in the same position for the Old Westminsters XI. The Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1932/33 football season: - “Emerged from obscurity and from his very first game showed high promise of becoming a great goalkeeper. He has a fine sense of position, good hands and is very reliable. Does not yet punt the ball very well.”
On leaving school he moved to Paris as a student and lived at 89, Rue de Lille.
On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 206th Infantry Regiment, French Army in 1939 and was captured at the fall of France in June 1940.
He was interned in a labour camp at Bruck sur la Mur where he was shot and killed while attempting to escape.
His father donated £100 towards the Westminster School war memorial appeal in his memory.
His place of burial is unknown.

Boggon, Michael Gordon, son of Nicholas Gordon Boggon of Hampstead, and Ruth, d. of John Henry Morgan of Northfield, Birmingham; b. 19 Mar. 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (R); left July 1939; RAFVR 1941-2 (FO); m. 20 Dec. 1941 Yvonne Patricia, d. of Maj. Raymond Hartmann; killed in action Apr. 1942.

Michael Gordon “Mike” Boggon was born at Richmond, Surrey on the 19th of March 1922 the eldest son of Nicholas Gordon Boggon, a company director, and Ruth (nee Morgan) Boggon of “Linkwood”, Radlett in Hertfordshire, later of 11, Constable Close, Hendon in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1936 to July 1939.
He was married at St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London on the 20th of December 1941 to Yvonne Marion Patricia (nee Hartman) of Grovesnor Square, London.
He enlisted in the Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve where trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 10th of April 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 10th of April 1942.
Michael Boggon and his crew took off from RAF North Coates at 12.20pm on the 21st of April 1942 in Hudson Mk V AM782 TR-O with other aircraft from the Squadron for a special training flight over the North Sea, codenamed “Exercise Strike”. The aircraft was carrying four 250lb general purpose bombs. At 2.05pm a message was received from Michael Boggon’s aircraft that it was under attack by enemy aircraft. His aircraft had been attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf110 flown by Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of 7./NJG 1 (on attachment from II./NJG 2) and was shot down into the sea to the west, northwest of Texel Island with the loss of the entire crew. Theirs was one of an eventual twenty four victories for Helmut Woltersdorf before he was killed in action on the 2nd of June 1942.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Nathaniel White RAAF (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Edgar Howell (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Squadron Leader John St. John Thomson (16 Group attached to 59 Squadron)
Pilot Officer Joseph Alexander St Ours RCAF (Observer)
Flying Officer Michael Gordon Boggon (Pilot)
When the aircraft failed to return to base an aircraft from 59 Squadron and others from 53 Squadron took off to search for it. At 5.07pm they spotted an enemy Junkers 88 some 80 miles off the Lincolnshire coast and saw it again at 5.29pm. That evening, a German radio broadcast reported that one of their aircraft had attacked and shot down a Coastal Command aircraft and that its crew had dropped a dinghy to the RAF crew who had ditched in the sea.
Michael Boggon’s body was washed ashore at Hensby Gap, near Caistor-on-Sea, Lincolnshire on the 28th of April and that of Joseph St Ours was recovered from the sea at Hemsby near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on the 29th of April.
His wife received the following telegram dated the 29th of April 1942: - “Deeply regret to inform you that further information received states that your husband Pilot Officer Michael Gordon Boggon previously reported missing is now reported to have lost his life as the result of air operations on 21st April 1942. The Air Council express their profound sympathy, Letter confirming this telegram follows. His father is being informed.”
His cremation took place on the 4th of May 1942 and his ashes were scattered four days later.
He is commemorated at the Norwich and Norfolk Crematorium

Michael Gordon “Mike” Boggon was born at Richmond, Surrey on the 19th of March 1922 the eldest son of Nicholas Gordon Boggon, a company director, and Ruth (nee Morgan) Boggon of “Linkwood”, Radlett in Hertfordshire, later of 11, Constable Close, Hendon in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1936 to July 1939.
He was married at St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London on the 20th of December 1941 to Yvonne Marion Patricia (nee Hartman) of Grovesnor Square, London.
He enlisted in the Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve where trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 10th of April 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 10th of April 1942.
Michael Boggon and his crew took off from RAF North Coates at 12.20pm on the 21st of April 1942 in Hudson Mk V AM782 TR-O with other aircraft from the Squadron for a special training flight over the North Sea, codenamed “Exercise Strike”. The aircraft was carrying four 250lb general purpose bombs. At 2.05pm a message was received from Michael Boggon’s aircraft that it was under attack by enemy aircraft. His aircraft had been attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf110 flown by Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of 7./NJG 1 (on attachment from II./NJG 2) and was shot down into the sea to the west, northwest of Texel Island with the loss of the entire crew. Theirs was one of an eventual twenty four victories for Helmut Woltersdorf before he was killed in action on the 2nd of June 1942.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Nathaniel White RAAF (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Edgar Howell (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Squadron Leader John St. John Thomson (16 Group attached to 59 Squadron)
Pilot Officer Joseph Alexander St Ours RCAF (Observer)
Flying Officer Michael Gordon Boggon (Pilot)
When the aircraft failed to return to base an aircraft from 59 Squadron and others from 53 Squadron took off to search for it. At 5.07pm they spotted an enemy Junkers 88 some 80 miles off the Lincolnshire coast and saw it again at 5.29pm. That evening, a German radio broadcast reported that one of their aircraft had attacked and shot down a Coastal Command aircraft and that its crew had dropped a dinghy to the RAF crew who had ditched in the sea.
Michael Boggon’s body was washed ashore at Hensby Gap, near Caistor-on-Sea, Lincolnshire on the 28th of April and that of Joseph St Ours was recovered from the sea at Hemsby near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on the 29th of April.
His wife received the following telegram dated the 29th of April 1942: - “Deeply regret to inform you that further information received states that your husband Pilot Officer Michael Gordon Boggon previously reported missing is now reported to have lost his life as the result of air operations on 21st April 1942. The Air Council express their profound sympathy, Letter confirming this telegram follows. His father is being informed.”
His cremation took place on the 4th of May 1942 and his ashes were scattered four days later.
He is commemorated at the Norwich and Norfolk Crematorium.

Bone, Alexander Drummond, son of Drummond Bone of Buenos Aires and Jane Johnstone, d. of David Hume of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh; b. 22 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1929; re-adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1933; Univ. of Lond., MB BS MRCS LRCP 1939; RNVR 1940-3 (Surg. Lieut.); served in HMS Dorsetshire at the sinking of the Bismarck, torpedoed in HMS Lively; DSC (Med.) Nov. 1942; lost with HMS Dulverton 13 Nov. 1943.

Alexander Drummond Bone was born at Battersea, Surrey on the 22nd of December 1914 the only son of Drummond Bone, a consulting engineer, and Jean Johnston (nee Hume) Bone of 64, Prince of Wales’ Mansions, Battersea, later of 122, Sloane Street in London. He was christened at St Mary’s Church, Wandsworth on the 3rd of March 1917.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1928 to July 1929. He was readmitted in September 1931 when he was up Homeboarders until July 1933. He went on to the St Thomas’ Hospital, University of London from 1933, achieving MB BS MRCS and LRCP in 1939. On the outbreak of war he was working as a House Physician at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. He was commissioned as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the 14th of May 1940.
He was serving on board the heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire when she was involved in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941. He was serving with the destroyer HMS Lively when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on the 11th of May 1942. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross: - “For bravery and devotion to duty while serving in HM Ship Lively in the Mediterranean.” which was announced in the London Gazette of the 17th of November 1942.
He was later posted to the destroyer HMS Dulverton (L63).
In October 1943 HMS Dulverton, under the command of Commander Stuart Austen Buss MVO DSC RN, formed part of a force which was supporting the capture the islands of Kos and Leros from the Germans. On the 22nd of October she fired on shore targets at Levitha and she transported troops and stores to Leros on the 27th of October when she came under sustained attack from enemy aircraft and E Boats before she returned to Alexandria.
On the 12th of November HMS Dulverton returned to the area to support the garrison on Leros, which had just been attacked by German paratroopers. At around 1.45am on the 13th of November 1943, she was some five miles off the coast of Kos when she was attacked by Do217 aircraft of KG 100 which were using Hs 293 glider bombs. During the attack she was hit abreast of the bridge by one of the bombs, which blew off her bow section and started a number of fires on board. While the destroyer HMS Echo (H23) began rescuing the survivors, the escort destroyer HMS Belvoir (L32) continued firing on the enemy aircraft. By 3.20am the now abandoned destoyer was burning fiercely and orders were given to HMS Belvoir to scuttle her with a torpedo. HMS Dulverton was hit by the torpedo and sank at 3.33am. Six officers and one hundred and fourteen ratings had been rescued but three officers and seventy five ratings had been lost in the attack. Alexander Bone was among the dead.
He is commemorated on the St Thomas’ Hospital Roll of Honour
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 84, Column 2.

Castellain, Geoffrey Charles, son of E.L.F. and Anne Castellain, of Chelsea; b. Feb. 19, 1920; adm. as K.S. Sept. 21, 1933; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July, matric. Michaelmas 1938; 2nd Lieut. 16th/5th Lancers March 8, 1941; transferred to 2nd S.A.S.R. April 22, 1944; killed in action in West Europe Oct. 1944.

Geoffrey Charles Castellain was born at Windlesham, Surrey on the 19th of February 1920 the only son of Ernest Frederick Castellain, a cotton broker, and Annie Ethel (nee James) Castellain of The Gale House, Fritham, near Lyndhurst in Hampshire. He was educated at Temple Grove School, Eastbourne and at Westminster School where he was admitted as a King’s Scholar and was up College from September 1933 to July 1938. He played the part of Crito in the school production of “Epilogus in Andriam in 1935. He was a member of the 2nd Rowing VIII in 1937 and 1938 where he rowed at No. 4 and was a member of the Officer Training Corps where he achieved Certificate A in March 1937 and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1936.
He matriculated for Christ Church, Oxford on a Classical Scholarship in 1938 and graduated with a 2nd Class in Classical Moderations in 1940. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 16/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps on the 8th of March 1941. He transferred to the 2nd Special Air Service in April 1944 and was attached to A Squadron.
In September 1944, fifty one men of the 2nd Special Air Service were briefed for Operation Pistol. This was to involve the parachuting of four small teams into the Vosges Highlands, in the north of the Alsace-Lorraine area of France, where they were to disrupt road and rail communications between Metz and Nancy and on the approach to the Rhine Plain in support of the American advance in the area. They were to operate in an area roughly bounded by Saverne, Metz, Saarbrucken and Dieuze Due to the unsuitability of the terrain for forming a base of operations the men were to carry out their missions and then to find somewhere to lay up before making a next one. They were split into four groups, A, B, C and D and were to be dropped by parachute at four different drop zones. After landing, they were to split into smaller sub teams with each one being given a set of specific missions to achieve after which they were to head back towards the American lines in the west. Geoffrey Castellain would operate with B Group in the area of Sarreguemines.
The men took off from RAF Keevil in Stirling aircraft on the night of the 15th/16th of September 1944. One group was unable to jump due to thick fog but and, although B Group was able to jump from a height of 800 feet, they passed through low cloud and landed some seven miles from their drop zone.
When on the ground they split into their sub groups with Geoffrey Castellain leading sub group B2, which was made up of Corporal J. Laybourne, Private F. Wrobel, Private H.W.C. Arnold, Private J. Stainton and Private Christopher Ashe. Sub group B1 headed for the area of Ingwiller
B2 is known to have blown up a railway line near Sarreguemines
On the 2nd of October the men of B2 joined another SAS team who were part of an earlier operation code named Operation Loyton. Ten days later Geoffrey Castellain died of wounds. The rest of the group made their way to the American lines some time later.
Christopher Ashe had been captured by the Germans on the 23rd of September and was executed by them at Gaggenau on the 25th of November 1944.
Casualties for the operation had been four officers, five NCOs and five other ranks. When the Americans advanced through their area of operation they found one officer, one NCO and three other ranks from Operation Pistol still operating.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Christ Church, Oxford and on the Special Air Service, SOE, GHQ Liaison Regiment war memorial at the National Arboretum.
He is buried at Moussey Churchyard, Grave 7.

Aris, Jack Biddulph, brother of George Biddulph Aris (qv); b. 27 June 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left Mar. 1933; RAFVR 1942-3 (FO); m.; killed in action 1943.

Jack Biddulph Aris was born at Edenbridge, Kent on the 27th of June 1915 the younger son of Thomas Biddulph Aris, an Executive Advertising Assistant for the London Passenger Transport Board, and Janet Elsie (nee King) Aris of 21, Purley Rise, Purley in Surrey. He was the twin of his sister Mary Biddulph.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from April 1929 to March 1933. On leaving school he went to work as a buyer’s assistant for a biscuit manufacturers.
He was married at St John’s Church, Shirley, Surrey on the 27th of April 1940 to Joan Elizabeth “Joey” (nee Potter, later Aston), a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 7th of March 1942. He and his crew attended No. 10 Operational Training Unit before becoming operational when they were posted to 158 Squadron based at RAF East Moor on the 9th of July 1942, and flew on their first operation together to Nantes on the 21st of July 1942. They took off from RAF East Moor on the night of the 31st of July/1st of August 1942 in Halifax Mk II W7777 for an operation on Dusseldorf. While over the target their aircraft was hit by anti aircraft fire which put aircraft into a loop and caused a loss of control. The pilot, Charles Sparke, put the aircraft into a dive at 330 mph before he managed to regain control and return to East Moor where they landed safely in the early hours of the morning with no injuries to the crew reported.
He was promoted to Flying officer on the 1st of October 1942.
On the night of the 10th/11th of December 1942 Bomber Command dispatched 48 Halifaxes, 20 Lancasters, 8 Stirlings and 6 Wellingtons for an operation on Turin. More than half the force was forced to turn back before they reached the Alps due to severe icing conditions but twenty eight crews went on and claimed to have bombed the target. The city reported that only three high explosive bombs had landed on the city of which two had failed to explode.
Jack Aris and his crew took off from RAF Rufforth at 4.45pm on the 10th of December 1942 in Halifax Mk II DT579 NP-V for the operation. The aircraft came down at 8.45am the following morning near the village of Villeneuve-en-Montagne, eight kilometers to the east of Le Creusot, just thirty meters from a farm building owned by Monsieur Monneret, with the loss of the entire crew.
The crew was: -
Flying Officer Jack Biddulph Aris (Navigator)
Pilot Officer Denis Ralph Collyer (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Edlington (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant John William Furniss (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Harry Middleton (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Flight Lieutenant Charles Lionel Sparke (Pilot)
Flying Officer Rayden Frederic Watson RCAF (Air Bomber)
Thiers was one of 4 aircraft which failed to return from the mission.
The crew was buried in the local cemetery in a ceremony which was led by the Mayor, Monsieur Bourogoyne, and was attended by all of the people of the town, in spite of the presence of the Germans.
A stone memorial was placed at the crash site in 1992.
He is buried at Villeneuve-en-Montagne Communal Cemetery, Collective Grave

Bailey, Francis Robert, brother of James Albert Norman Bailey (qv); b. 10 June 1913; adm. May 1927 (A); left July 1931; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1931, BA 1935; articled to a solicitor; RA 1940 (Lance-Sgt); accidentally killed on active service 19 Oct. 1940.

Francis Robert Bailey was born in London on the 10th of June 1913 the youngest son of John Norman Bailey, a solicitor, and Agnes Elizabeth (nee Harrison) Bailey of 97, Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, later of 4, Brunswick Gardens, Kensington in London and of “Westmead”, Avondale, Fleet in Hampshire. He was christened at St Peter’s Church, Cranley Gardens, on the 6th of August 1913.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from May 1927 to July 1931 and he matriculated for New College, Oxford in 1931 from where he achieved a BA in 1935. On leaving university he worked as an articled clerk for a firm of solicitors.
He was killed in an accident near to his base of RAF Harwell in Berkshire. His funeral took place on the 23rd of October 1940.
He is buried at Christ Church, Shamley Green.

Crook, Philip John Lancaster, son of Edward Arnold Crook, glove manufacturer, of Gt Malvern, Worcs, and Mary Clare Broad, d. of Lieut.-Col. John Lancaster IMS; b. 29 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (B); left July 1938; Univ. of Birmingham; Roy. Tank Regt 1941-3 (Lieut.); killed in action (N. Africa) Apr. 1943.

Philip John Lancaster Crook was born at Streatham, London on the 29th of May 1920 the only son of Edward Arnold Crook, a glove manufacturer, and Mary Clare Broad (nee Lancaster) Crook, later of 5, Heathcroft, Hampstead, London NW11. He was the twin of his sister Elizabeth Lorna.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from May 1934 to July 1938. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1937. He was articled to a firm of solicitors before going on to the University of Birmingham from where he graduated LLb.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment on the 8th of March 1941.
On the 1st of April 1943, Philip Crook was with A Squadron, 50th Royal Tank Regiment which was resting in camp at Djorf. During the day a party from the Squadron was organised to visit the scene of a battle in which they had been involved at the Mareth Line on the 22nd of March 1943 against the German 15th Panzer Division. They were to try to learn the lessons of the fighting there and to salvage equipment from the area. They had been warned that the area had been heavily booby trapped and mined by the Germans before they had retreated and were instructed to take extreme care. During the trip, for reasons which are not known, Philip Crook left the track which had been swept and found to be clear of mines. Following the explosion of a German “S” anti personnel mine he was found lying on the ground badly wounded by shrapnel. He was evacuated to an Advanced Dressing Station where he died of his wounds a few hours later.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Malvern and on the memorial at the University of Birmingham.
He is buried at Sfax War Cemetery Plot X Row D, Grave 20.

Bunting, Paul Lidgett, brother of Christopher Evelyn Bunting (qv); b. 29 Dec. 1926; adm. Sept. 1941 (H); left July 1944; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1944; RN (FAA); accidentally killed on active service 5 July 1946.

Paul Lidgett Bunting was born at Queen’s Road, Bayswater, London on the 29th of December 1926 the son of Sheldon Arthur Steward Bunting MA, MBE, MICE, BSc an engineer for the Indian Public Works Department, and Kathleen (nee Collett) Bunting of 33, Kingsley Way, Hampstead, London N2 and of Northleach, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1941 to July 1944. He matriculated for Trinity College, Cambridge on the 1st of October 1944 as a Royal Navy Officer Cadet. He was posted to the Royal Naval School of Music near Burford, Oxfordshire.
On the night of the 4th/5th of July 1946, Paul Bunting was one of a number of Marines who were traveling in a lorry while returning from leave in Cheltenham to their base at Burford. At midnight the lorry was in collision with a civilian lorry at Hangman’s Stone, near Northleach. He died at the scene from a fracture to the base of his skull; his body was taken to Northleach mortuary.
The dead and injured were: -
Musician Charles Walter Montgomery (Died from injuries at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford) Musician G. De Peyer (Injured)
Musician Paul Lidgett Bunting
Musician B. Farmer (Injured)
Marine L. Midham (Head injuries)
Coporal C.W. Freeland

An inquiry was held into the accident which concluded that the naval lorry had been traveling over the centre line of the road at a speed of 30-35 miles per hour when the collision occurred. The Coroner concluded: - “There is no evidence here of undue speeding, and I think of the two drivers concerned, Ogden, the Royal Marine driver, was to blame for the collision. Whatever carelessness there was on his part amounts to nothing more than to justify me recording a verdict of misadventure.”
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 94.

Green, Anthony Lovering, son of Arthur Reginald Green FSAA, of Hampstead, and Gladys Eve­lyn, d. of John William Pryce of Chiswick; b. 17 Dec. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (H); left July 1936; articled to an accountant; RAOC 1940, transf. REME, later 1 Troop 5 Commando (Private); killed in action (Burma) 15 Mar. 1944.

Anthony Lovering Green was born at Caterham, Surrey on the 17th of December 1919 the younger son of Arthur Reginald Green FSAA, an incorporated accountant, and Gladys Evelyn (nee Pryce) Green of 959, Finchley Road, Golders Green in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1933 and July 1936. On leaving school he was articled to a firm of accountants.
He enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers before being attached to No. 1 Troop, No. 5 Commando.
At 9.30am on the 14th of March 1944, Nos. 1 and 2 Troops, No. 5 Commando embarked on board landing craft at St Martin’s Island in Burma and landed at the mouth of the Ton Chaung at 11am where they formed a beachhead. A short time later they were followed by Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 Troops who arrived with the equipment. At 11.20am Nos. 1 and 2 Troops moved inland where they advanced to Dodan where they arrived at 11.50am and linked up with the 81st West African Division reconnaissance team to form a defensive perimeter around the town to protect the men bringing up the heavy equipment from the beachhead. At 12.20pm the two Troops moved forward again to Kanyindan, arriving there ten minutes later, where they met more West African troops, and continued on to Alethangyaw where they had established Battalion Headquarters by 1.30pm. At 1.50pm they came under Japanese mortar fire from the surrounding hills. At 2.30pm a section of No. 1 Troop was sent out to patrol towards Maugtula and returned without making contact with the enemy. At 4pm the rest of No. 5 Commando arrived there and began digging in with No. 1 and No. 2 Troops moving to a new position known as Commando Beachhead at 4.30pm. Having established themselves in their new positions they came under mortar and 75mm artillery fire from Hill 211 at 8pm that night.
At 9.30am on the 15th of March 1944, a small group from No. 1 Troop was sent out to clear a village to the west of Commando Beachhead and at noon Nos. 1 and 3 Troops were pushed forward for an attack on Hill 211. A request for an air attack on the hill in support of their attack had been denied. Having arrived in front of the hill, No. 3 Troop began advancing towards the north east over open ground at 1.30pm. They moved through a wood and found themselves facing the enemy positions on the other side of it. No. 1 Troop joined them five minutes later and took up positions in front of them. They immediately came under heavy shell fire during which Anthony Green was killed. The two troops suffered further casualties of one other rank dying of wounds and fourteen more wounded. The wounded were evacuated at 4pm and the survivors withdrew back to their base at 5.30pm.
He is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial Face 19.

GWILT, CHARLES EVELYN, eldest son of Charles Gwilt, Icklingham, Suffolk, solicitor, and Frances, dau. of Edward Thompson; b. 12 Oct 1858; adm. 23 Sep 1871 (G); left Aug 1875; adm. solicitor Apr 1882; practised in London; m. 15 Jun 1904 Florence Fraser, youngest dau. of George Pimm, Wandsworth, Surrey, miller; d. 25 Oct 1940.

Charles Evelyn Gwilt was born at Chelsea, London on the 12th of October 1858 the eldest son of Charles Gwilt, a solicitor, and Frances (nee Thompson) Gwilt of 18, Markham Street, Chelsea and of Ickenham in Suffolk. He was christened at the Church of St Mary’s Le Strand on the 4th of December 1859.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 23rd of September 1871 to August 1875. He qualified as a solicitor in April 1882 and practiced in London. He was initiated as a Freemason and as a member of the Old Westminster’s Lodge on the 1st of February 1893. He was married at St Luke’s Church, Battersea on the 15th of June 1904 to Florence Fraser (nee Pimm) and they lived at 39, Dryburgh Road Putney and later at 42, Park Hill Road, Wallington in Surrey. He was killed when his house was hit by a bomb during an air raid.
His place of burial is not known.