Commandos use fighting knives during close-quarter combat practice in Scotland, 9 Jan. 1943.
Date: 19/02/2009
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Owner: Geoff Murray
Major John Malcolm Thorpe Churchill, DSO*, MC.
After a brief spell as second in command of No 5 Commando in 1940, Major John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill was posted second in command of No 3 Commando. Wounded during Operation Archery at Vaagso 27 December 1941.
Posted Commanding Officer No.2 Commando on 1st July 1942. [more ......].