No.4 Independent Company Officers at Glenfinnan

No.4 Independent Company Officers at Glenfinnan 1940. Many of the names below are also included in the CVA No.2 Commando Album. Photo courtesy of Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE.

Standing l-r: 1. n/k; 2. Richard Hooper; 3. Andrew Davidson; 4. Stanley Day; 5. Bill Copland; 6. Graeme Black; 7. John Proctor; 8. Larry Taylor; 9. Donald Roy.

Seated l-r :1. Richard Broome; 2. Dick Morgan; 3.Lt Wright and also seen elsewhere as W.H.White; 4.John Vanderwerve

Lt Donald Roy became Captain of 5 troop No 2 Commando. He was taken POW during the St Nazaire raid. He was i/c of an Assault Party on board HMS Campbeltown. awarded the DSO.

Lt Richard Broome later became Captain of 5 troop No 2 Commando. He was killed in action during Operation Avalanche at Salerno.

Lt John Proctor served as a Lt in 5 troop No 2 Commando and took part in the St Nazaire raid where he was seriously wounded losing a leg. He was part of Capt Roy's Assault Party on HMS Campbeltown, but was evacuated back to the UK on one of the 3 ML's that returned.

Lieutenant R. F. 'Dickie' Morgan joined No.2 Commando 2 troop. He was i/c of a protection squad for the demolition team on board ML262. POW at St Nazaire.

Lieutenant John Edward Vanderwerve joined No.2 Commando and was killed in action during the St Nazaire raid. He was i/c of a protection squad for the demolition team on board ML306.

Capt Larry Taylor joined No 2 Commando and then went overseas with Force 'X' to Malta. He was involved with covert operations from submarines during this period. He later returned to 5 troop No 2 Commando as their Captain after Captain Dickie Broome was killed at Salerno. He died not long after the war on the 25/1/1949.

Capt. Graeme Black joined No 2 Commando and took part in Operation Musketoon. He was captured and later executed whilst a POW. Awarded the DSO and MC.

Capt. Stanley Day was the Adjutant of No 4 Independent Company and became Adjutant of No 2 Commando. He was in Lt. Colonel Newman's HQ party at St Nazaire and taken POW.

Major Bill Copland became the 2nd i/c of No.2 Commando and was taken POW on the St Nazaire raid. Awarded the DSO.

Capt. Andrew Davidson joined 5 troop No 2 Commando after Norway. He was injured in a motorcycle accident in 1941 eventually leaving the Commando and rejoining the 1st Bn. Liverpool Scottish Regt.

Captain Richard Henry 'Dickie' Hooper joined No.2 Commando. He took part in the raids on Vaagso and on St Nazaire i/c of an assault squad on ML156. He returned to the UK and remained with No 2 Commando throughout the remainder of the war. Awarded the MC.