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Photo from the collection of Sgt. Charles Steadman (Nos.12 and 9 Commandos) courtesy of his son Ian Steadman.

Three rows left to right

Back row (5 men): 1. Alf Chas Perry; 2-5. nk.

Middle row (11 men): 1-6. nk; 7. Hugh 'Blake' Mackenzie; 8-11. nk.

Front row (2 men):

Notes
2889297 Pte Hugh 'Blake' MacKenzie was in the Gordon Highlanders and No.12 Commando, then attached to No.1 Commando when No.12 was disbanded
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Photo from the collection of Sgt. Charles Steadman (Nos.12 and 9 Commandos) courtesy of his son Ian Steadman.

annotations on rear of photo showed some names. Others now added

'C' Troop.

Back row: 1 (glasses and pipe): nk; 2. Alf Perry; 3. 'Dapper' Davies. 4. nk; 5. Ray Beggs (Sgt Maj)(R.U. Rifles); 6. Bob Mewett (later served 1 Cdo).

Front row: 1-3. nk; 4. Tuzzio; 5. Harry Osbourne; 6 and 7. Charlie Steadman and John McCormack (both later served 9 Cdo., shared a slit trench at Anzio).
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No 12 Commando 1970. Courtesy of Mike Beckett. Posted by GM

Rear rank (l-r): 1- 2. n/k; 3. Bob Mewett; 4-7. n/k.

Front rank (l-r): 1. Kenneth Carr Darlington MM; 2-3. n/k; 4. John Huntington; 5-6. n/k; 7. RQMS McKenna
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1962 Reunion group (2). Courtesy of Mike Beckett. Posted by GM
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No 12 Commando 1968. Posted by GM

Rear top row (3 men): 1. n/k; 2(head only). n/k; 3. n/k.

2nd row (10 men): 1. John Huntington; 2. n/k; 3. Kenneth Carr Darlington MM; 4(between and slightly behind 3 and 5). n/k; 5-7. n/k; 8 (in uniform): n/k; 9 (head only). n/k; 10. n/k

Front row (1 man standing left, 7 men on chairs, 2 men standing right):
1 (standing). Henry Brown OBE; 2 (holding sign). n/k; 3. n/k; 4. Ron Chung; 5. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma; 6. LSgt. Alfred Charles Perry; 7. TSM Harold Raymond 'Ray' Beggs; 8. n/k; 9-10 (standing). n/k

Front lower row 2 men sat the bottom on the right: 1-2. n/k
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