Fus. Stanley McMullen, No.2 Commando, Italy on his 21st birthday
Date: 21/09/2011
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Charles Frederick Musson (Fred)
5th Royal Tank Regt. 1938 -1954. No.5 Commando 1940 - 1946. No.1/5 Commando. Photo courtesy of his nephew John Musson
Fred joined 2 Troop of No.5 Commando at Bridlington 1940.The author Robin Neillands in his book The Raiders quotes Fred as saying " It was in Scotland that No.5 Commando was issued with the Balmoral bonnet as the standard head-dress, and on it we wore our own regimental cap badges, over a green backing, with a gold coloured hackle. For an arm badge we had crossed fighting knives with the No.5." Fred is mentioned several times in this book relating to the attack on Hill 170.
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This is probably post-War as he is wearing a ‘Tankies’ suit standing in front
a “Chieftan” Main Battle Tank.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Thu 17 Sep 2020 18:33:06 EDT