Date: 12/01/2011
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Owner: Pete Rogers (Admin)
Achnacarry - Sturges Commando Course April 1945
Achnacarry - Sturges Commando Course April 1945. The CVA has been granted permission to display this photo by Denis Muir, the curator of the Clan Cameron Museum, Achnacarry. My thanks to my nephew Pete Dunlop who took this picture of the original which is at the museum (Pete R.)
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Left to right as viewed, with the top row being Row 1 and the bottom row being Row 5
Row 1 (Top)(27 men):
Row 2 (44 men): (10. David Wilson Fletcher)(19. George Mordaunt)
Row 3 (46 men): (10. Michael James Baker)
Row 4 (46 men):
Row 5 (Bottom)(47 men): (23. Capt. Donald Gilchrist)(24. Lt Col. Charles Vaughan) (25. Capt. John David Proctor)(26. Lt. Niall Thompson)(28. Pipe Major Thomas Alexander Maclauchlan)(40. S/Sgt. Herbert Arthur Jones)(43. Piper Bill Millin)
My late father is in Row 5 (bottom) No.40 from the left.
S/Sgt Herbert Arthur Jones.
I have a letter dated 19.6.45. From Spean Bridge addressed to his father.
...pleasure in forwarding herewith a Silver Medal won by your son...
My late father is in Row 5 (bottom) No.40 from the left.
S/Sgt Herbert Arthur Jones.
I have a letter dated 19.6.45. From Spean Bridge addressed to his father.
...pleasure in forwarding herewith a Silver Medal won by your son S/Sgt Jones as the best trainee of No.14 Intake 1945...
He originally joined the Somerset Light Infantry on 09.01.1934
Any information about his time in the Commandos would be welcome.
Posted by Amanda Jones on Sun 10 Nov 2019 15:54:08 EST
Photo updated with numbers
George Mordaunt is 2nd row, 19th from the left. George later served with No.5 Commando. David Wilson FLETCHER identified by his daughter as 10th from left 2nd row from back.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 31 Aug 2019 11:31:56 EDT
Number 10 from left, third row from front, is my father
Number 10 from left in third row from front is my father
Michael James Baker, formely from Ardnaree, Ballina, Co. Mayo,
Ireland. Died in 2001 and laid to rest in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
( The town he loved so well ).
We...
Number 10 from left in third row from front is my father
Michael James Baker, formely from Ardnaree, Ballina, Co. Mayo,
Ireland. Died in 2001 and laid to rest in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
( The town he loved so well ).
We have an original of this photo in the family. Received by my father.
James Baker
Posted by James Baker on Mon 25 Jan 2016 12:26:14 EST
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S/Sgt Herbert Arthur Jones.
| show fullshow summaryMy late father is in Row 5 (bottom) No.40 from the left.
S/Sgt Herbert Arthur Jones.
I have a letter dated 19.6.45. From Spean Bridge addressed to his father.
...pleasure in forwarding herewith a Silver Medal won by your son...
My late father is in Row 5 (bottom) No.40 from the left.
S/Sgt Herbert Arthur Jones.
I have a letter dated 19.6.45. From Spean Bridge addressed to his father.
...pleasure in forwarding herewith a Silver Medal won by your son S/Sgt Jones as the best trainee of No.14 Intake 1945...
He originally joined the Somerset Light Infantry on 09.01.1934
Any information about his time in the Commandos would be welcome.
Posted by Amanda Jones on Sun 10 Nov 2019 15:54:08 EST
Photo updated with numbers
George Mordaunt is 2nd row, 19th from the left. George later served with No.5 Commando. David Wilson FLETCHER identified by his daughter as 10th from left 2nd row from back.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 31 Aug 2019 11:31:56 EDT
Number 10 from left, third row from front, is my father
| show fullshow summaryNumber 10 from left in third row from front is my father
Michael James Baker, formely from Ardnaree, Ballina, Co. Mayo,
Ireland. Died in 2001 and laid to rest in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
( The town he loved so well ).
We...
Number 10 from left in third row from front is my father
Michael James Baker, formely from Ardnaree, Ballina, Co. Mayo,
Ireland. Died in 2001 and laid to rest in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
( The town he loved so well ).
We have an original of this photo in the family. Received by my father.
James Baker
Posted by James Baker on Mon 25 Jan 2016 12:26:14 EST