10 Platoon, X Coy, The RM Commando
1st (Top) row (7 men):
2nd row down (10 men): 5th left: Cpl.George Sadler*.
3rd row down (11 sitting or kneeling): 5th left: Sgt John Kruthoffer, Platoon Sgt; 6th left: Lt H O Huntington-Whiteley, Platoon Commander.
Bottom row (4 on ground): 1. Mne Ronald Simmons*; 2. nk; 3 (with Bren). Mne Leslie Bradshaw, MM; 4. nk.
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Marines known to be in 10 Platoon at the time of the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942):
Lt H O 'Peter' Huntington-Whiteley, KIA 12/9/44
Lt. I.C. McKellar (A&SH)
CH/X 10018 Sgt John F Kruthoffer,
Cpl Leslie 'Lofty' Whyman,
PLY/X 100026 Cpl George N. Sadler,
Paul McGrath,
Harry Gosling,
Jock Farmer,
EX/3726 Joseph 'killer' Kilbride, KIA, 12/7/43,
Leslie 'Brad' Bradshaw, MM, - Bren Gun,
PO/X 4237 Mne John Moir Alexander - Bren Gun, KIA 19/8/42,
'Pusser' Hill - Bren Gun,
Ken 'Jock' Finlayson,
Jack 'Spike' Watson,
CH/X2889 Mne Ronald Simmons,
Mne Rutter,
PO/X 101038 Mne Samuel B 'ginger' Northern, KIA 19/8/42,
Mne Thurman.
*Cpl George N Sadler was captured on the Dieppe Raid and spent the rest of the war as a PoW (No: 794) at Marlag & Milag Nord.
**Mne. Ronald Simmons was also captured on the Dieppe raid and spent the rest of the war as a PoW.
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My father Les 'Brad' Bradshaw
| show fullshow summaryI have today already added a comment to another photograph of my father's unit. Here Marine Les 'Brad' Bradshaw is pictured (again) lying in the bottom row of the picture, this time second from right in front of his Bren gun (minus magazine, I am...
I have today already added a comment to another photograph of my father's unit. Here Marine Les 'Brad' Bradshaw is pictured (again) lying in the bottom row of the picture, this time second from right in front of his Bren gun (minus magazine, I am guessing). I'd like to know, if anyone out there can tell me, what happened to 'Brad' post-1942? I'm pretty sure he was on active dutry with 30AU in North Africa in late Autumn 1942 and he then married Vera, my mother, in December 1942. She told me Dad became a PTI later in the war but I'm not sure whether this was with the Marines? He was awarded the MM for his action at Dieppe. He had a successful post-war career with the Prudential Assurance Company and died, far too young, at 48 in 1971. Needless to say, he did not talk much about his service so if anyone can fill in some blanks, I'd much appreciated that.
Posted by Bill Bradshaw on Sun 09 Jun 2019 15:06:14 EDT