Edwin Dunford and others in the ruins of Wessel - March 1945
Date: 08/04/2011
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Newspaper cutting mentioning Cdos - Wilson, Carruthers, and Baird
Post war all resided in Dundee at the time of this newspaper report. They were travelling to Spean Bridge to attend the unveiling of the Commando Memorial by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on Saturday 27th September 1952.
Marine Ronald Robertson Wilson served in 40RM Commando (Sources: CA newsletter 75, CVA Gallery entry).
Signalman William J. 'Bill' Carruthers, Royal Corps of Signals, was attached to No.6 Commando for the North African landings (OP Torch) and served in 1 Brigade Signal Troop on D Day (Sources: CA newsletters 16 and 91, CVA Gallery entry).
Lieutenant Alexander Fleming Baird RM, served as an Instructor at the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre at St.Ives, Cornwall. He died on 11 May 2006 aged 81.(Sources: Photos in CVA Gallery and History of the CMWTC, Registers of Deaths in Dundee, Report in the Dundee Courier and Advertiser 17 May 2006 ).
