Front row seventh from right Sgt. Derrick James "Lofty" Hampson.

Posted by Michael Hampson on Thu Oct 20 22:06:30 2011

8th from right (standing) is Eric Hill.

Posted by Eric Hill on Sun May 20 22:40:30 2012

photo updated

Names added

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon Oct 1 00:22:53 2012

Photo updated

Peter William Bedford identified by his son. he adds "I have this photo and it was taken in Worthing in January 1945"

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Wed Nov 11 14:28:01 2015

photo id

Posted by margaret elizabeth reece on Mon 09 Nov 2015 13:32:22 EST "John Arthur Morgan is 8th from left on second row. My dad joined the Commandos from Beds & Herts on 23 July 1944 so this photo was taken after this date. John Poole (known as Jack) is 8th from left on the back row. 6th from left front row could be Alfred Philips. John Morgan is immediately behind John (Jack) Poole.

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Wed Nov 11 23:31:38 2015

Photo updated

Two updates from the numbers on the numbered version made, however the man identified as Alfred Phillips (who was a Corporal) is in fact an officer, so the photo has not been updated with his name without further id.

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Thu Nov 12 12:28:17 2015

On the CVA Facebook page, Roger Phillips wrote, ' like my father Alfred Phillips 6th from left on front row'. Sorry if this is not accurate.

Posted by margaret elizabeth reece on Thu Nov 12 21:34:06 2015

Comment noted

Thank you Margaret but Alfred Phillips was an NCO, and that man in the front row is an officer. He is now identified as Captain Alan Milne.

Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat Jun 23 22:38:06 2018

correction, William [Billy] Howard. 4th from right front row.

Posted by william howard on Wed Sep 12 15:50:04 2018

Back row no 7 bears a strong resemblance to my dad, John 'Timber' Woods, seconded from the Coldstream Guards.

Posted by Stephen Woods on Tue Aug 30 15:43:07 2022