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Lieutenant John Beveridge (right), a Canadian of the Royal Naval Beach Commandos playing cribbage aboard the infantry landing ship H.M.C.S. PRINCE DAVID during a training exercise off the coast of England, 9 May 1944.

Credit: Lt Richard G. Arless / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-132794
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W-1 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commandos, England, 20 July 1944.

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Personnel of W-2 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W", exercising under the direction of Petty Officer Douglas E. McIntyre in the Juno sector of the Normandy beachhead, France, 20 July 1944.

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Personnel of Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W" in the Juno Sector of the Normandy beachhead, France, 20 July 1944

L-R): Able Seamen A.H. (Art) Petty, W-2 Party; D.S. (Don) Murphy, W-3 Party; unknown; Able Seaman Dan Kroshewsky, Leading Seaman J.P. (Joe) Adams and Petty Officer Douglas E. McIntyre, all of W-2 Party.

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Personnel of ‘W’ Commando in their quarters in the Juno sector of the Normandy beachhead, France, 20 July 1944.

(L-R): Able Seamen J. Offless and R.C. (Russ) Nelson, both W-2 Party; Leading Seaman D.W. (Del) Smiley, W-1 Party; Ordinary Seaman A.E. (Art) Morris and Leading Seaman J.P. (Joe) Adams, both W-2 Party

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Personnel of Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W" landing on Mike Beach, Juno sector of the Normandy beachhead, France, 8 July 1944

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Personnel of W-2 party outside a German fortification in the Juno sector of the Normandy beachhead, France, 20 July 1944.

(Front row, L-R): Able Seamen A.F. Watt, Douglas Kennedy, R.V. Barnes, E.G. Woodall, D.F. Trewin, A.H. Petty, Ordinary Seaman A.E. Morris, Able Seaman J.B. White. (Rear row, L-R): Leading Seamen W.R. Murphy, J.P. Adams, Able Seaman, J.F. Roy, Petty Officer D.E. McIntyre, Lieutenant A.D. Rayburn, Able Seamen W.F. Cronkhite, Dan Kroshewsky, J.D. Ross, R.C. Nelson

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Able Seamen James Skinner on the left, and John Joyce of W-1 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W", demonstrating how to disarm an opponent attacking with a knife, H.M.S. ARMADILLO, a training establishment at Ardentinny, Scotland, February 1944.

Credit: Lt Gilbert A. Milne / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-183022
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Lieutenant Dudley Rayburn, Beachmaster, W-2 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W", at H.M.S. ARMADILLO, a training establishment at Ardentinny, Scotland, February 1944.

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W-3 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando "W", at H.M.S. ARMADILLO, a training establishment at Ardentinny, Scotland, February 1944.

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