We Will Remember Them by WO1 Colin Bauld

An article on the Royal Naval Beach Commandos dated 23/11/2006. Posted by GM

RN Commando HMS Armadillo, Glenfinart

RN Commandos - N3

Ray Seaton is identified in the photo

RN Cdos, Padstow Harbour

Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey

RN Commando Officers

Photo courtesy of Sandy Bartlett, RN Commandos.

No 14 Beach Group July 1942

Photo courtesy of Ron Giles

RN 'Nan' Commando 1943

Training at Bitter Lakes, near HMS Saunders in Egypt. Photo courtesy of Griffin Turton.

Lt Richard Donger, RNVR

F Commando. Photo courtesy of Richard's son, William Donger

Lt Richard Donger

F Commando. Photo courtesy of Richard's son, William Donger

Lt. Thomas Turton RNVR

Beach Master of N3 Party of Nan RN Beach Commando. Photograph by kind permission of L. Kipling

Lt Thomas Turton RNVR on one of the Bark West beaches in Sicily following Operation Husky

Photograph by kind permission of L. Kipling

Lt Thomas Turton RNVR and others in an LCA during Exercise Shallufa, HMS Saunders at Kabrit (Kasferit) Suez, November 1943.

Photograph by kind permission of J. Farndale.

Sub Lieut J B Taylor and Lieut H H Hargreaves, RN Beach Cdos.

Photo © IWM (A 23989)

Pat Coffey

With his older brother John in Alexandria. Photo courtesy of Pat's son Jim Coffey

Micky Fisher

RN Commando. Photo courtesy of Sandy Bartlett, RN Commandos.

Ron Giles

RN 'C' Commando 1942. Photo courtesy of his son and namesake Ron Giles..

AB John Alfred Newport

RN Commando 'S' and 'T'. Photo courtesy of his son Steve Newport

John Alfred Newport

RN Commando 'S' and 'T'. Photo courtesy of his son Steve Newport

Leading Seaman Edward John Peasley

RN 'H' Commando died on active service 18th May 1945 Genoa. Photo courtesy of Lewis Wood.

Able Seaman Ken Oakley

RN Commando. Photo courtesy of Rick Smallman

Ken Oakley

RN Commando. Photo courtesy of Rick Smallman

William Henry Smallman

RN Commando 'O' and 'F' troops. Photo courtesy of his son Rick Smallman

Edward John Peasley, RN Commando, and 2 others

Edward was in 'H' Commando, RN Cdos. He died on active service. Photo courtesy of Lewis Wood

Ken Oakley, William Wash, John Usher

RN Commando Fox Group. Portsmouth before D Day. Each was a bodyguard to a beachmaster

Ken Oakley and family with Jim Watson

RN Commando. Photo courtesy of Rick Smallman

Sandy Bartlett, Thomas Golden, and others

Three RN Commandos and a Merchant Navy seaman. Photo courtesy of Sandy Bartlett

Sandy Bartlett (front centre) and others

Photo courtesy of Sandy Bartlett, 'O' troop RN Commandos

Royal Navy Beach Commandos aboard a Landing Craft Assault

529th Flotilla, Royal Navy, during a training exercise. Source: Library and Archives Canada

Pat Coffey and fellow RN Cdo.

Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey

Pat Coffey, Ron Giles, and other RN Cdos

Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey

Pat Coffey and another

RN Commandos. Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey.

Pat Coffey and other RN Cdos

Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey

Pat Coffey and other RN Cdos (2)

Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey

Pat Coffey,RN Cdo, on LCM(1) 169,

Photo courtesy of Jim Coffey.

David Fox (on the right) and another

David was in Oboe company, RN Commandos. Photo courtesy of his son Dr Pete Fox.