No.12 Commando 4 'Para' troop
front row l-r: L/Cpl Rudd, McCreevy, Sime, Collins, Tojo (Gamble), Cpl Joseph Crowley (later executed after capture whilst attached to 2 SAS), Cpl Jones (WIA), Hay;
2nd row(seated: Cpl Evans, Sgt McGinty, Lt Peter Cruden (WIA), Lt Ross Littlejohn MC (later executed after capture whilst attached to 2 SAS), Captain Oswald 'Micky' Rooney (later 2 SAS, broke his back August 1944), Lt. John Clapton MC (later with No.6 Cdo.), Lt John Lodwick (later with SBS/SAS), Wilson (KIA Normandy);
3rd row(standing): Sgt Page (WIA), L/Cpl Wilmerst, Self (WIA), ?, Walsh, K.Byjorklund (later 2 SAS), Skidmore, Lamb, L/Cpl McLelland, L/Cpl Connor, Amos, Cpl Burns, Heraty (WIA), Leach, Boddy;
back row: Lynch, Eager, Towse (WIA),Sgt Stanley Bolden MM (KIA with 2 SAS), Bolton (WIA)
In Memory of Corporal 3710217 Joseph Patrick Crowley
2nd, Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
who died age 27 on 19 March 1945
Remembered with honour PADUA WAR CEMETERY
In Memory of Major 197229 Ross Robertson Littlejohn MC
2nd, Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
who died age 23 on 19 March 1945
Remembered with honour PADUA WAR CEMETERY
In Memory of Corporal 3316568 Stanley Bolden MM
2nd, Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
who died age 24 on 27 March 1945
Remembered with honour MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Photo courtesy of Chris Rooney, son of Captain Rooney. It was given to Chris's father in the 80's by Peter Cruden. Both men are pictured here. Posted by Pete R.
Update 3/3/12 by Pete R. "Ross Littlejohn (then a Major with 2SAS) and Cpl. Joseph Crowley (also 2SAS) were both captured during an operation in Italy and then executed at Bolzano, Italy, by SS Untersturmfuhrer Heinz Andergassen and SS Oberscharfuhrer Albert Storz. After a War Crimes trial where they were both convicted of this and other atrocities and murders, both were sentenced to death which was carried out on the 26th July 1946."
Follow this link to view the National Archives file: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=4451305&queryType=1&resultcount=310
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