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Left to right:

Row 1 (Top): 1. SSgt. Stanley 'Sonnie' Bissell (PTI); 2- 8. nk; 9. Pipe Major T.A. Maclauchlan (CBTC Pipes and Drums Band & Demonstration Team); 10-11. nk; 12. Sgt Albert Charles Garrett; 13-16. nk

(Next down) Row 2: 1-14. nk; 15. Sgt John Willis-Jones; 16-21. nk.

(Next down) Row 3: 1-2. nk; 3. 'Chalky' White; 4-13. nk; 14. Sgt Derek Thomas Ion (No3 Cdo); 12-24. nk.

Row 4 (bottom all sitting): 1-2. nk; 3. CSM 'Ossie' Moon (Instructor Survival Techniques/Living off the Land); 4. CSM 'Spider' Leach; 5. nk; 6. CSM Jones; 7. CSM Robertson; 8. nk; 9. RSM James; 10. Capt. J.Joy (Adjutant); 11. Lt Col. Charles Vaughan (Commandant); 12. Capt. J.J. Carlos (Quartermaster); 13-14. nk; 15. CSMI Alex Frickleton (Head of PTI staff); 16-17. nk; 18. CSM William James Turney; 19-21. nk.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:55:26 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/11290-24/Turneyimages3.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+Training/Turneyimages3.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11288 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11288 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11288 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11288 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11288 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11288
Second row L/R: 3rd:"Chalky" White RM; 4th: McClelland (?)

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He suffered from a rare inherited eye condition, Choroideraemia, and probably had night blindness to some degree while at Achnacarry. he passed the Gene to his daughters, who pass it to their daughters and half of their son's are affected. He was registered blind and for the last 25 years of his life was sightless. Only the males suffer the blindness. He married my Mother, Dorothy, when he was a policeman in Islington in the Blitz in 1941.

Later she joined him at Achnacarry with my sister, Anne marie, whom I am told pee'd on the Colonel's lap!

Recently his Grandaughter has raised £230,000 over 7 years and helped fund the first Gene therapy for Choroideraemia through "Fight for Sight",- announced this week by the BBC. November 27th 2011. He would have been very proud.

I and my Brother and Sisters would love to hear from anyone with information about Dad.]]>