Soldier third from the left with the moustache is Lt. Derek Gordon Page. He subsequently served in India with the Gurkhas going through Burma to Indonesia. Here at the end of the war he met a Dutch lady who he married back in the Netherlands. Captain Page died in February 1979.
Source: Richard Page - his son.
Posted by Richard Page on Wed 25 Jan 2023 00:25:13 EST
The injured Lieut. Denis William Venables O'Flaherty.
I met the Queen's Messenger for Ankara on a chance meeting on a flight from Frankfurt to London. He served under Brigadier O'Flaherty and confirmed his eye patch and how he lost his eye as well as the fact that O'Flaherty was now deceased.
In the photograph of Lt O'Flaherty the soldier with the bayonet is Derek Gordon Page - of No 3 Commando. He subsequently transferred from the commandos to serve with the Gurkhas in India fighting in Burma and eventually ending the war in Indonesia where he met a Dutch prisoner of war who he subsequently married. He left the army with the rank of Captain. He was my father (I am his son Richard Page). We found this photo in a book on the Vagsoy raid (The Vaagsoy Raid by Joseph H Devins jr. published 1968) and he remembered it. Derek Page died in February 1979.
Posted by Richard Page on Tue 24 Jan 2023 23:59:32 EST
Lt Col Thomas Trevor
#No.30 is Lt Col Tom Hoult Trevor.
Posted by Nick Collins on Thu 05 Jan 2023 15:41:05 EST
No.2 Commando Signals Section, Ayr, 1942....Identify people
Soldier number 11 (L-R) or (2nd from right) in the back row is Edward (Ted) Emmanuel Glynfryn Norton
Soldier number 12 (L-R) or (far right end) is Gerald (Gerry) Little
Ted Norton was my father. I was in touch with Gerry Little who died several years ago but have since become friends with Gerry's son.
Posted by Christine O'Byrne on Sat 10 Dec 2022 18:13:46 EST
Top row 6th from left Sidney Klus
Posted by Victoria Beddall on Wed 16 Nov 2022 16:16:05 EST
My Grandpa Sidney Klus is in the yellow shirt and red cardigan.
Posted by Victoria Beddall on Wed 16 Nov 2022 16:15:04 EST
Back of my Postcard
I found the same postcard in my Grandads (Robert Moran, 6cdo) belongings.
The description on the back is as follows:
"No.4 Troop, 6 Commando, Special Services. Taken on the top on Ben Nevis in March 1941".
Posted by Ali Tait on Sat 05 Nov 2022 13:09:25 EDT
I see my Grandpa here, Ray Beggs. I have loads of photos and information on him if you’d like? Kind regards, Eiley Beggs Yorke
^admin…contact made.
Posted by Eileybeggs90 on Sat 24 Sep 2022 11:09:11 EDT
The commando on the left is L/Cpl John Tate, No.9 Cdo.
Leslie 'Titch' Ainslie was the batman of Capt. Larry Taylor.
Sgt Steve 'Ossie' Miller, 2 Troop.
Posted by Nick Collins on Thu 08 Sep 2022 09:30:23 EDT
No 38: The spit of my dad, John 'Timber' Woods, ex-Coldstream Guards.
Posted by Stephen Woods on Tue 30 Aug 2022 10:45:36 EDT
