Army Commando and RWF WW2

Thought I would start this thread for information and future discussion on RWF and Army Commandos during WW2.

Number 1 Commando : Badged RWF., who were KIA., whilst serving with 1 Commando.

1. Fus. 214919 Christopher William Powell Age 21. 2.12.1942 Killed at Bizerte, Tunisia ( Operation Bizerete )

2. Fus. 419289 Elwyn Edwards Age 20. 28.9.1941 Killed Luc Sur Mer. ( Operation Chopper ) 5th Troop

3. Fus. 1500685 Samuel Craig Age 24 3.12.1942 Killed at Bizerte ( Operation Bizerete )

4. Fus. 4208516 Charles Bleakley Age 20 18.3.1942 Died Commando Training Centre, Achnacarry. ( Gun shot wound whilst training with live ammunition

5. Fus 419469 John MacAlister Alexander Age 22 11.12.942 Killed at Bizerte ( Operation Bizerete )

Number 3 Commando.

1. 2nd Lt. 326315 & 5338214 John Middleton Hutchings Age 24 23.1.1945 Killed in area of Massbracht, Netherlands 3 Troop. (Came under heavy morter and
machine gun fire : Had taken part in following Operations : Claymore, Huskey and Overlord )

2. Fus. 14764842 Hugh Emrys Jones Age 19 9.1.1945 Killed during operations at Linne, Holland

3. Fus. 4209975 Arthur David Henry Evans Age 20 7.6.1944 5th Troop ( Killed clearing the Merville Battery, Normandy )

4. Fus. 4209027 Joseph Reginald Davies Age 30 11.4.1945 Killed Issel, Germany

When they formed the army commando did they just take battalions and make them into Commando units or were they volunteers

The first Commando units were formed in or about July 1940, when an order went out to all branches of the Army asking for " Volunteers for dangerous duties. "
Eventually 12 Army Commando Units were formed numbering to 1 to 12. They tended to draw their volunteers geographically, for example numbers 5 and 6 Commando were formed mainly from men from the Western Command Area. ( H.Q. Chester ) although number 10 Commando was made up of allied troops. i.e., 1 and 8 Troop were French, 2 Troop was Dutch, 3 Troop was Refugees, 4 Troop Belgian, 5 Troop Norwegian, 6 Troop Polish and 7 Troop Yugoslavian.
Volunteers kept there original cap badge and rank on joining, i.e. a fusilier remain a fusilier and a guardsman remained a guardsman etc., not a commando. They did however wear Commando shoulder and unit flashes.

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Number 5 Commando shoulder and unit flash.

if I remember correctly Royal Marine Commando units were not formed till 1942.