Date: 15/11/2010
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William (Billy) Blundell is No 43
My brother and I went up to Benbecula last year to visit the place our Dad called "the most God forsaken hole in the world." We arrived when the sun was going down and it felt like we'd gone back in time, it is a really magical place although I'd imagine when they were training it must have been pretty harsh.
On the way up we stopped off for a night in the Speen Bridge Hotel and discovered this photo on the wall of the dining room.
I took some pictures and stitched them together in Photoshop, it now sits proudly on mine, my brother's and sister's walls. We are all certain that our Dad, William (Billy) Blundell, is number 43.
Although there are no names it fits with all the info that my Dad told us and is corroborated with the info I've found on this site.
Posted by Steven Blundell on Sun 01 May 2011 12:45:52 EDT
Archie Richard (Roy) Brooks
No 116 is my wonderful father Archie Richard (Roy) Brooks, who sadly died at the age of 86 on 22 June 2008. I miss him so much every day.
Posted by Susan Brooks on Mon 15 Oct 2012 12:42:15 EDT
Photo updated with names of 43 and 116
Please contact me via the Contact Us page if you have additional Commando photos...Pete Rogers
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 15 Oct 2012 18:36:01 EDT
I believe 153 to be my dad, George Francis Harris (Geordie Lad) He said he missed 'the big photo' but that's got to be him.
Posted by Eileen Harris on Mon 18 Feb 2013 15:43:12 EST
Photo updated with timeline of ID
Update 17/10/10 by Pete R. Stephane identifies nos. 182, 255,262,304,340,378,383; Update 28/10/10 by Pete R. Stephane identifies 316 as Robert Dawson ; Update 7/12/10 by Pete R. Steve Grace advises "132 was my late father Gerald Vincent Grace (Jerry), Bren gunner and makeshift cook under Lord Lovatt F-troop.Sadly my father died 5th November 1992"; Update 30/1/11 by Pete R. Helen Ong advises " 54 : This is my grandad Robert William Ong - sadly killed at Sword Beach on D-Day"; update 20/2/11 by Pete R. Chris Sanford-Pooley advises 160 is Harvey O'Hara and 234 is Fred Pooley;Update 1/5/11 by Pete R. Steven Blundell advises 43 is his father William (Billy) Blundell: Update 7/8/11 By Pete R. Stephane thinks that 228 is Duncan McCUBBIN, 230 is Jack LEWINGTON, and 130 is John Skerry;Update 25/5/12 Mary Crawford identifies 53 as Brian Mullen
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 18 Aug 2013 06:42:15 EDT
Photo updated
Capt Gordon Webb MC & bar identified -318 - by his son Colin Webb
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 18 Aug 2013 06:45:14 EDT
326 : Should be Capt. HUTCHISON BURT MC
Posted by stephane on Wed 28 Aug 2013 09:01:12 EDT
Photo updated
Christina Findell advises " I believe 280 is my late Father Gordon Wallace Carlyle who served under Lord Lovat and was at the Lofoten Islands and Pegasus Bridge. He always spoke very proudly of his service in No. 4 Commando, and I know it was a great honour for him to do so. He later became Major Carlyle. He is greatly missed as a loving and wonderful Father"
^Admin....280 now identified as Leslie George Woodward. Christina please contact the archive
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 16 Dec 2013 11:33:47 EST
Photo update
The commando at position 110 is my late father Tommy Rogan, he was proud to be a member of No 4 Commando. He was severely injured by a mortar shell, after the D-day landing on 6th June and took no further part in WWII, having lost the use of his right arm. He was also veteran of Dunkirk.
He hailed from and spent all his life in Hartlepool. He passed away in 1988.
John (Tommy) Rogan, son
Posted by John Rogan on Fri 06 Jun 2014 05:01:35 EDT
Photo updated
Tommy Rogan added
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 06 Jun 2014 06:26:06 EDT
Photo updated
John Notman identified by his niece as at 368.
George Harris identified by his daughter as at 153
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 22 Sep 2014 16:37:14 EDT
I think no. 258 is my father, Ernest Arthur Paget, who died in South Africa in 1998. He was born in Bristol. After serving in No. 4 Commando he was in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Posted by Philip Hugh Paget on Sat 27 Sep 2014 08:09:09 EDT
Adding a name for number 280
My dad is number 280 Lesley George Woodward. Sadly he died 30th April 1994.
Posted by Joanne Lesley Matthews (nee Woodward) on Thu 13 Jul 2023 14:26:19 EDT
210 James Underwood
My brother Jimmy had an original photo of all these brave men who fought in WWII but it was in very poor condition. I am his son Stephen and my wife managed to find this original photo. My father would have been 26 years old at the time this picture was taken. He had 4 daughters and 2 sons.
Posted by Tanya Juttla-Underwood on Sat 19 Aug 2023 02:55:47 EDT
William (Billy) Blundell is No 43
My brother and I went up to Benbecula last year to visit the place our Dad called "the most God forsaken hole in the world." We arrived when the sun was going down and it felt like we'd gone back in time, it is a really magical place although I'd imagine when they were training it must have been pretty harsh.
On the way up we stopped off for a night in the Speen Bridge Hotel and discovered this photo on the wall of the dining room.
I took some pictures and stitched them together in Photoshop, it now sits proudly on mine, my brother's and sister's walls. We are all certain that our Dad, William (Billy) Blundell, is number 43.
Although there are no names it fits with all the info that my Dad told us and is corroborated with the info I've found on this site.
Posted by Steven Blundell on Sun 01 May 2011 12:45:52 EDT