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<title><![CDATA[No.3 Commando 6 Troop, Aci Castello, Sicily, 8th November 1943.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This location is the piazza in front of the Norman Castle on the seafront of Aci Castello, near Catania, Sicily. Photo courtesy of Ian Grant son of Archibald Campbell Grant <a href="https://www.commandoveterans.org/Archibald_Grant_Commando" rel="nofollow">[more....].</a><br />
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3 ranks.<br />
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Rear rank   (l-r): 1-3. n/k; 4. Pte. Archibald Campbell 'Archie' Grant (also served 62 Cdo); 5-7. n/k; 8. Maurice 'Bill' Bennett; 9-11. n/k; 12. Jim Ferrie; 13-15. n/k<br />
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Middle rank (1-r): 1-3. n/k; 4. Victor Robert Bailey; 5-12. n/k; 13. Peter Gibson; 14-16. n/k; 17. Gordon Mason <br />
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Front rank (l-r) : 1-4. n/k; 5. Thomas Gerald Dennis; 6. n/k; 7. John Durnford Slater (OC No. 3 Cdo to become Deputy Commander Special Service Group); 8. Peter Young (took over as OC No.3 Cdo on 1st Aug. 1943); 9-11. nk; 12. Captain John Alderson (kia); 13. Lt. John Channon Erskine RE; 14-16. n/k; 17. Arthur Mapplebeck; 18-19. n/k.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Location and date confirmed. The whole commando had troop photos taken this day - source 3 Cdo War Diary entry 8/11/43.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Hi, My wife's uncle Lance Sergeant Thomas Gerald Dennis is seated front row No 5 from Left. He is also visible in several other photos on the site and I have other info and photos to add. He was the Commando mentioned on page 118 of John Durnford-Slater's book as winning the Gibraltar garrison heavyweight boxing tournament. I believe he also appears on the photo on this site, with the three landing craft prior to D Day. He is stood on LCI 290 just to the left of the funnel of LCI289. This is my first post I hope I've done it correctly.  ]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Sue Lane identifies her father Arthur Mapplebeck]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Detail supplied by Ian Grant on his father Archie Grant added]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Elfed Owen identifies his father in law, Gordon Mason  as middle row no.17. Gordon passed away in 1989.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Front Rank: No.7 Durnford-Slater<br />
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<font color="#033703">Thanks Guy...photo now updated... Pete R</font>]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Jim please contact me by email if you have more information or photos of your father. My details are on the Contact Us section]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[The guy on the back row 4th to the right of the pine tree is my father. Jim Ferrie. (deceased)]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Maurice (Bill) Bennett]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[My grandfather is pictured directly to the left of the pine tree.  Does anyone remember him?  I am pleased to say he is alive and well but doesn't talk much about the war or his experiences, which I believe (as I am sure most of them were) quite horrific.]]></description>
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