Appeal letter to raise funds for the Commando Benevolent Fund
Date: 10/03/2012
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No.11 Commando 10 troop Cape Town
No.11 Commando 10 troop in Cape Town. A scan of this photo was originally sent in by Graham Lappin , son of Jimmy Lappin of 10 troop. This has now been replaced with this slightly better quality version sent in by Mike Dobson, grandson of Noble Goulding Sproule of 10 troop who is pictured here back row 2nd from the left.
Update 1/12/2015..Kathy Deayton identifies her father Ken Deayton Ken as farthest left on the bottom row.
Middle row second from right is my Dad . CPL R. N. LONG Royal Engineers. I was given by my Mum a colection of photos dad took in WW2. Many of conflict in the dessert. Some of individual photos of people I can regonise in the photos on your site.He never...
Middle row second from right is my Dad . CPL R. N. LONG Royal Engineers. I was given by my Mum a colection of photos dad took in WW2. Many of conflict in the dessert. Some of individual photos of people I can regonise in the photos on your site.He never spoke of this part of the war. We knew he was left behind at dunkirk to blow up strategic positions and when he eventually got back to England via St Malo he volunteered for what he called a shoot to kill course before ending up at the battle of the Latani river. He was in the war for the whole conflict away from home for 6 years. On return to Britain he was given the job of repatrating german POW's back to Germany.
Posted by Nicholas Long on Sun 10 Apr 2016 11:43:38 EDT
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My father Ronald Nelson Long
| show fullshow summaryMiddle row second from right is my Dad . CPL R. N. LONG Royal Engineers. I was given by my Mum a colection of photos dad took in WW2. Many of conflict in the dessert. Some of individual photos of people I can regonise in the photos on your site.He never...
Middle row second from right is my Dad . CPL R. N. LONG Royal Engineers. I was given by my Mum a colection of photos dad took in WW2. Many of conflict in the dessert. Some of individual photos of people I can regonise in the photos on your site.He never spoke of this part of the war. We knew he was left behind at dunkirk to blow up strategic positions and when he eventually got back to England via St Malo he volunteered for what he called a shoot to kill course before ending up at the battle of the Latani river. He was in the war for the whole conflict away from home for 6 years. On return to Britain he was given the job of repatrating german POW's back to Germany.
Posted by Nicholas Long on Sun 10 Apr 2016 11:43:38 EDT