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Front row l-r (7 men on floor):

2nd row l-r ( 12 men seated ): 1. n/k; 2. Thomas Wardle; 3-8. nk; 9. Sgt. Philip Johns; 10-12. nk.

3rd Row l-r ( 15 men standing): 1-3. n/k; 4. Ted Tharme; 5-7. n/k; 8. George N Barnes;

4th row l-r ( 14 men standing): 1-4.nk; 5.Ronald Dudbridge; 6-14. nk.

Back row l-r ( 8 men standing ): 1-6. n/k; 7. John Coghlan;

Photo courtesy of Paul Gordon, grandson of Captain John Bowyer. Paul says " Taken in either India or Burma sometime between January 1944 and June 1945. I suspect because both seem to have been taken in the same parade ground that this is more likely to be India (as they only went to Burma on operations)"]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:08:50 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/12105-10/India+or+Burma+2.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/5/India+or+Burma+2.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 that he is 8th left, row 3 from bottom. He still has the bushy black eyebrows, but not much hair.

He currently can not recall where it was taken, as such group photos were common, but he now has a copy of this photo and the one at http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/5/Group+of+No5+Cdo_e.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1
where he has his right arm on Sgt Ted Tharme shoulder, he could recall a Ted, but not the surname.


A few comments he made were:

1. Such group photos were common, so please post them for all to share.

2. The white "blanco" belts/putties were probably from stores for the photos.

3. Each solider wears the cap badge of their original regiment, but in some cases -such as his coming from the Royal Marine Commandos- a regiment was assigned, hence my grandfather is 14987370 Fus. Barnes G.N Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

4. People would come and go from units: people got killed or wounded or posted elsewhere. George himself was posted to 5 Commando India/Burma, then along with "as many as could be spared sent back for D-Day" then later posted back to Burma and finally HongKong where he finished the war . Prior to this he had been in Royal Marine Commando units and with "the gang" as he called it, living in bed and breakfast on the isle of white and being sent on raids, sometimes with a ex con safe cracker. ]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=12104