https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/12/Dover+29+July+1941+Operation+Chess.jpg.html Graham Robinson relates, "My father always told the story that he was at home in Hungerford on sick leave, recovering from having his appendix operated on, when Lieutenant Pinckney (who led the raid [Operation Chess] and who lived in the same town) called in to see him and asked if he fancied going on a trip to France! Which of course my father did. Indeed, sure enough, dad's Soldiers Service and Pay Book shows him as being on sick leave from 18 - 31 July 1941, following his period on the 'Y' List from what looks like 11 July to 16 July. Only a small party of men went ashore that night with my dad staying on the Landing Craft - he said because he wasn't fully fit having not long had his operation - but he also said it was one of the times when he was almost killed. A bullet or tracer shell splashing into the water alongside his head as he peered out trying to see what was happening."]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:28:55 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/39733-12/Dover+29+July+1941+Operation+Chess.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/12/Dover+29+July+1941+Operation+Chess.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=39732 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=39732 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=39732 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=39732 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=39732 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=39732 My father was on this raid and I'm pretty sure he is the commando in the middle at the back possibly making a V sign. I have no pictures of him, in uniform other than http://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/1/panorama/Numbered+No1+Panorama_.jpg.html. He is number 19 at the back again. Could I possibly have a professional copy of your photo or a more detailed scan if that is possible. I don’t care how much it would cost and would be very happy to pay.
I have a letter from Malcolm Parr, who should be in the picture too, who was probably a corporal at the time although later made sergeant. He talks about being fired on and grenading the German post as well as the fact that two were killed. I hope to hear from you.

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Graham Robinson]]>