Some of No.1 Special Service Bde HQ at rest at St Maclou
Date: 24/04/2012
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Owner: Pete Rogers (Admin)
Sgts. Morland and Oxley, No.2 Commando, June 1941 on the Ulster Monarch.
[Photo from the collection of Major William Oranmore 'Bill' Copland DSO, 2i/c No.2 Cdo., courtesy of his son Peter Copland].
Pete Morland, on the left, was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry at Spilje Bay, Albania, 28th July 1944. He was a CSM with No.2 Commando at that time. He served in actions in Norway, Scaletta, Salerno, and on raids on the Yugoslav islands.
The negative of this photo is also in the collection of L/Cpl John Emmerson Nos.2 and 12 Cdo and SS Bde HQ
