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<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of Thomas 'Bing' Crosbie, 40 Cdo RM &amp; SBS. Bing adds &quot; Operation Frankton Memorial……  You will already know that Cpl. Laver was one of the men captured and shot as a spy by the Gestapo under Hitler’s orders. This picture was taken at the dedication of a memorial stone to him in Birkenhead, his home town. From left to right (depending of which way you look at it of course) George Bush ,  Me..Bing Crosbie, Paddy Ashdown, NK, Jack Crompton (with the Standard), NK at the rear.&quot;<br />
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<i>In Memory of PLY/X3091 Corporal Albert Frederick Laver<br />
RM Boom Patrol Detachment, Royal Marines,<br />
who died on the 23rd March 1943<br />
Remembered with honour on the Plymouth Naval Memorial</i>]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[I think the right hand man holding the SBS Colour holds the Royal Fleet Reserve Medal and if I am right it  means he is RMR. Members of the RMR could train as Swimmer Canoeists but this required massive dedication and severe training. ]]></description>
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