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Assuming 5 rows all left to right with the top row being 5 and the bottom row 1

5th/Top row (3 men): 1. n/k; 2. n/k; 3 (light coloured shirt and glasses). Lt. "Big Mac" Murdoch McDougal 67 years later his son and grandson were at the same location

4th row (7 men): 1 (with moustache). Henry Donkin (kia); 2. n/k; 3. William Arnold Jones; 4 (light coloured shirt). Bob Witney; 5(slightly behind 4 and 6). n/k; 6-7. n/k

3rd row (8 men): 1. (very upright). n/k; 2. n/k; 3 (slightly in front of 2 and 4). n/k; 4 (slightly behind 3). n/k; 5. Capt. Len Coulson; 6-8. n/k

2nd row up (6 men): 1. n/k; then a slight gap to 2-4. n/k; 5 (slightly lower than 4 and 6 & partial view). n/k; 6. n/k

1st/Bottom row (7 men) l-r: 1-6. n/k; 7. Charlie Palmer


In Memory of 3649481 Private Henry Donkin
South Lancashire Regiment and No. 4, Commando
who died age 40 on 01 November 1944
Remembered with honour Bergen Op Zoom War Cemetery]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:37:18 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/3485-9/4+Cdo+1944+F+troop++Breville.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/4/troop+photos/4+Cdo+1944+F+troop++Breville.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 James “ Taffy “ Edwards who at some point in 1942 was a C.S.M along with another Welshman like himself who was also called “ Taffy “ with the surname Jones...when the “Yanks” a party of Rangers (the equivalent of the Commandos came on a temporary basis to be put through training at Achnacarry...there were 120 in total and my Grampa was in charge of 60 And Taffy Jones was in charge of the other 60 which makes me wonder if this is the Grandfather of the above David Jones?...I have a full page newspaper interview article that my Grampa done for the
Sunday Post dated March 30th 1958 headed...
AND NOT ONE MAN GAVE IN...
Where he tells the full story from when the Americans arrived until they departed...it’s quite an amazing story!
Dianne]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484
Roland OLIVER gave to me similar photo with names. I took photo of the same place few years ago in Breville.]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=3484