British and American Officers at the Commando Basic Training Centre
Date: 15/11/2016
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Special Boat Squadron, SAS Regt., group photo
Photo courtesy of Holly Kendrick, niece of Pte. Evans MM, who was executed.
Special Boat Squadron group photo including the following who took part in the Aliminia Patrol in the Greek Dodecanese islands on the 7th April 1944 and were later executed under Hitler's Commando Order after being captured.
Pte. Augustus George Evans MM, (attached from the Sherwood Foresters), front right;
Pte. Leo Gerard 'Digger' Rice, (attached from the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regt), front 2nd right;
Gnr. Raymond Walter 'Ray' Jones, (attached from the Royal Artillery), back 2nd left.
All Remembered with honour on the Athens Memorial.
