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It is thought the Americans are from the 29th Provisional Ranger Bn. In 1943 there were two Course intakes for Ranger Bn's at Achnacarry.

4 rows left to right.

1st/Top row (9 standing): 1. Possibly Reverend Albert Edward Basil (RACD); 2. n/k; 3. n/k but is also in this image No 6 Commando Officers training for DDay; 4-9. n/k.

2nd row (14 standing):1. Capt. Douglas Cotton-Minchin; 2 (arm in sling). Capt Vicomte Arthur de Jonghe; 3 - 9, nk; 10. Lt. Derek Burr; 11. Capt. Dennis Sydney 'Bill' Kerr; 12 - 13. nk; 14. Major Robert Dawson.

3rd row (8 sitting):

4th/bottom row (11 sitting): 1. Lt. Swisher (US from Evanston Illinois); 2. Maj. M. Dunning-White; 3. Maj. William Gordon La Trobe 'Peter' Cockraft (2nd i/c C.B.T.C); 4. Lt. Col. Derek Mills-Roberts; 5. Capt. Lloyd M. Marr (29th Prov. US Ranger Bn. Executive officer and 2i/c - from La Mesa Texas); 6. Lord Lovat ; 7. Lt Col Charles Vaughan (Commandant C.B.T.C); 8. Captain Ernst (US from York Village Maine); 9. A/Captain Alick Cowieson; 10. Captain G.B. Hoare; 11. Lieut. McNabb (US from Bertram Texas).

nb. some uncertainty of the ranks at the very time this photo was taken.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:21:20 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/41474-4/DSC_0019.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/comb+ops/US+Rangers/DSC_0019.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=41472 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=41472 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=41472 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=41472