Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:49:52 EDT
TSM G Phillips
2nd Row up, 4th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:46:04 EDT
TSM G Phillips
2nd row down, 3rd from R, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:44:05 EDT
TSM G Phillips
2nd Row down, 5th from R, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:41:48 EDT
TSM G Phillips
2nd Row down, 5th from R, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:40:18 EDT
TSM G Phillips
2nd Row down, 5th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:38:19 EDT
TSM G Phillips
3rd Row Down, 4th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:35:24 EDT
TSM G Phillips
3rd Row down, 4th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:33:42 EDT
Identified!
The officer in the middle of the front row in this picture is my late father, Lt Angus Ferguson, who was commissioned into The Black Watch (RHR) before volunteering for the Commandos. He spent most of his war with 9 Cdo in Italy, Greece and the Adriatic and spent a short period with 3 Cdo after 9 Cdo was disbanded. Angus died in 1997 but he left some photos of his wartime service and I shall get these scanned and uploaded to share the with other veterans and their families.
Posted by Gregor Ferguson on Sat 26 Apr 2014 22:40:13 EDT
Liberation of Poros, October 1944
When 9 Commando was sent to Piraeus as part of the force liberating Athens and then the rest of the Greek mainland, a Troop was detached under the command of my late father, Lt Angus Ferguson to Poros to take the surrender of the enemy garrison there (numbering several hundred) and organise relief for the starving population. Considering he was just 20 years old at the time, it was one hell of an ask!
Posted by Gregor Ferguson on Sat 26 Apr 2014 22:33:57 EDT