https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+Training/April+45+Sturges+Commando.jpg.html
Left to right as viewed, with the top row being Row 1 and the bottom row being Row 5

Row 1 (Top)(27 men):

Row 2 (44 men): (10. David Wilson Fletcher)(19. George Mordaunt)

Row 3 (46 men): (10. Michael James Baker)

Row 4 (46 men):

Row 5 (Bottom)(47 men): (23. Capt. Donald Gilchrist)(24. Lt Col. Charles Vaughan) (25. Capt. John David Proctor)(26. Lt. Niall Thompson)(28. Pipe Major Thomas Alexander Maclauchlan)(40. S/Sgt. Herbert Arthur Jones)(43. Piper Bill Millin)]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:14:23 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/11371-8/April+45+Sturges+Commando.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+Training/April+45+Sturges+Commando.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 researching the war career of Michael Heathcote who was a member of 3 (x) troop, 10 Cdo. In his record it states he was at CBTC April 1945. Id like to know if he is on this photograph if there is such a record? many thanks in advance
ps he is recorded as a member in CVA. He died in March 1978 of cancer.]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 S/Sgt Herbert Arthur Jones.
I have a letter dated 19.6.45. From Spean Bridge addressed to his father.

...pleasure in forwarding herewith a Silver Medal won by your son S/Sgt Jones as the best trainee of No.14 Intake 1945...

He originally joined the Somerset Light Infantry on 09.01.1934
Any information about his time in the Commandos would be welcome.]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=11369 Michael James Baker, formely from Ardnaree, Ballina, Co. Mayo,
Ireland. Died in 2001 and laid to rest in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
( The town he loved so well ).

We have an original of this photo in the family. Received by my father.

James Baker]]>