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3061447 L/Cpl. Denis Edlington Couthread, Royal Scots Greys attached to No.11 Commando 5 troop, batman to Lt Col. Geoffrey Keyes VC, and at his side during Operation Flipper.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:19:23 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/25818-8/couthread.jpg <![CDATA[Denis Edlington Coulthread, No.11 Commando 5 troop. Batman to Lt Col. Keyes VC.]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/11/couthread/ <![CDATA[Denis Coulthread served in No.11 Commando]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/11/couthread/denis+coulthread.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/11/couthread/denis+coulthread.jpg.html

[Photo courtesy of his son Alan Coulthread].

3061447 L/Cpl. Denis Edlington Couthread, Royal Scots Greys attached to No.11 Commando 5 troop, batman to Lt Col. Geoffrey Keyes VC, and at his side during Operation Flipper.

[Photo courtesy of his son Alan Coulthread. Posted by Pete R.]
In album Denis Edlington Coulthread, No.11 Commando 5 troop. Batman to Lt Col. Keyes VC.]]> Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:12:32 +0000 <![CDATA[A letter about the role played by Denis Coulthread during Operation Flipper]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/11/couthread/denis+coulthread+letter+copy.pdf.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/11/couthread/denis+coulthread+letter+copy.pdf.html

3061447 L/Cpl. Denis Edlington Coulthread was batman to Lt Col. Geoffrey Keyes VC

A letter dated 26th May 1981 to the Doncaster Post from Elizabeth Keyes, sister of Lt Col. Geoffrey Keyes VC, about the recent death of his batman, L/Cpl. Denis Coulthread, who was at his side during Operation Flipper.

More can be read about the raid and L/Cpl. Denis Coulthread in the books "Geoffrey Keyes V.C. Of The Rommel Raid by Elizabeth Keyes" and "Get Rommel by Michael Asher". This letter courtesy of L/Cpl. Couthread's son Alan Coulthread. Posted by Pete R.

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In album Denis Edlington Coulthread, No.11 Commando 5 troop. Batman to Lt Col. Keyes VC.]]> Pete Rogers (Admin) photo Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:13:20 +0000