Instructors - Commando Basic Training Centre, June 1944.
Instructors - Commando Basic Training Centre, June 1944.
The CVA has been granted permission to display this photo by the Denis Muir, the curator of the Clan Cameron Museum, My thanks to my nephew Pete Dunlop who took this photograph of the original picture on our visit on the 7th April 2010. Pete R.
Update from Pete R. 21/4/2010: Front centre with the dog is Lt. Col. Charles Vaughan (Commandant); on his immediate left is Capt. J.J. Carlos (Quartermaster) and on his right is Capt. J.Joy (Adjutant). Next to Capt Joy is the large figure of RSM James.
Update 30/10/11 from Pete R. See comments "Back row 5th from right is Sgt Albert Charles Garrett"
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Photo updated with name of Sgt Garrett. If you have any other photo of your father in army uniform please contact me via the Contact Us page ..Pete R.
Posted by Peter Rogers on Sun Oct 30 01:41:21 2011
back Row 5th from right
| show fullshow summaryThis is my Father, Sgt Albert Charles Garrett, an instructor. He died on St George's day, 23rd april, 1998 aged 82. He led a happy and fulfilled life.
He suffered from a rare inherited eye condition, Choroideraemia, and probably had night...
This is my Father, Sgt Albert Charles Garrett, an instructor. He died on St George's day, 23rd april, 1998 aged 82. He led a happy and fulfilled life.
He suffered from a rare inherited eye condition, Choroideraemia, and probably had night blindness to some degree while at Achnacarry. he passed the Gene to his daughters, who pass it to their daughters and half of their son's are affected. He was registered blind and for the last 25 years of his life was sightless. Only the males suffer the blindness. He married my Mother, Dorothy, when he was a policeman in Islington in the Blitz in 1941.
Later she joined him at Achnacarry with my sister, Anne marie, whom I am told pee'd on the Colonel's lap!
Recently his Grandaughter has raised £230,000 over 7 years and helped fund the first Gene therapy for Choroideraemia through "Fight for Sight",- announced this week by the BBC. November 27th 2011. He would have been very proud.
I and my Brother and Sisters would love to hear from anyone with information about Dad.
Posted by Canice garrett on Sat Oct 29 21:11:04 2011