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Front row: WO1 'Squib' Squires, Capt. Jim Milward, Lieut.Jeff Sanderson, Capt. Jocelyn Nicholls, Lt. Col. John Alexander Ralph Milman, Capt.Gilbart -Smith, Lieut. Guignard, WO1 'Nobby' Clarke, WO1 Dick Knapton;

2nd row: Pte 'Do Pice' Phillips, Sgt. 'Ginger' Gander, Pte. Alf Button, Tpr. C. Turner, Gdsm. W. Bruntwell, Tpr. Sid Moore, L/Cpl. Jim Parramore, Tpr. Tony Rout, L/Cpl. 'Tich' Loveridge, Tpr. Malcolm Staff, Gdsm. Dave Shaw (Tam);

3rd row. C/Sgt. Bill Adams, Tpr. Bob Burns, Sgt. Jim Staples, Pte. Jim Redwood, Pte. C. Alchin, Pte. G. Mitchell, L/Cpl. Jack Gabbott, Pte. Chris Williamson, Cpl. Jim Atkinson, L/Cpl. Jack Mathewman, L/Cpl. Ron George, L/Cpl. Freddy Pryde, Dvr Ted Dart, L/Cpl 'Monty' Norman;

4th row: L/Cpl. Bill Bronitt, Tpr. Len Cartwright, Tpr. Jim Male, Pte. Ted Lister, Dvr. Harry Joyce, Dvr. Len Sample, Cpl. John French, Sgt. Andy Devine, Pte. C. Chapman;

Back row: Pte Harold Carwell, Pte. Jock McNeil, L/Cpl. Ken Stoppard, L/Cpl. Reg French, Spr. 'Jumbo' Newman



Courtesy of the Arran Heritage Museum. Posted by Pete R.
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Taunngyi Southern Shan States, Burma. 3/2/1942. British contingent of Mission 204 to China. See adjacent photo of rear of this picture for more details including their Regiments. The names show a back row which is missing in this poor quality copy of the photo and as such I have not transferred the information from the reverse of the original photo with names. However we do have a copy of the actual photo in the gallery so I have added the details there.

Photo courtesy of the Arran Heritage Museum. Posted by Pete R.
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No.1 Special Service Detachment British Military Mission 204 to China. My grandfather John (known as Jack) Mayle is 2nd back row, 2nd from left. He served with 8 Commando and No1 Special Service Detachment.

Update 3/12/2010 by Pete R. I was given a photocopy of this picture with names and other details on the reverse by The Isle of Arran Heritage Museum. This photocopy states " Taunngyi Southern Shan States, Burma 3/2/1942 British contingent of Mission 204 to China".
Names
Both the photocopy and the reverse are pictured alongside this photo. I have transferred the names from there to here although in row 2 the numbers do not match the number of men and therefore may not be in the right order as the photocopy is faded. A similar mismatch was found in row 4. Where known to be correct the men are numbered.

Front row: 1. WO1 'Squib' Squires; 2. Capt. Jim Milward; 3. Lieut.Jeff Sanderson; 4. Capt. Jocelyn Nicholls: 5. Lt. Col. John Alexander Ralph Milman; 6. Capt.Gilbart -Smith; 7. Lieut. Guignard; 8. WO1 'Nobby' Clarke; 9. WO1 Dick Knapton;

2nd row of 13 men (photocopy has only 12 men visible and only 11 names on reverse): Pte 'Do Pice' Phillips; Pte. Alf Button; 3. Sgt. 'Ginger' Gander; Tpr. C. Turner; Gdsm. W. Bruntwell; Tpr. Sid Moore; L/Cpl. Jim Parramore; Tpr. Tony Rout; 11. L/Cpl. Francis Howard 'Tich' Loveridge, Tpr. Malcolm Staff, Gdsm. Dave Shaw (Tam);

3rd row. C/Sgt. Bill Adams, Tpr. Bob Burns, Sgt. Jim Staples, Pte. Jim Redwood, Pte. C. Alchin, Pte. G. Mitchell, L/Cpl. Jack Gabbott, Pte. Chris Williamson, Cpl. Jim Atkinson, L/Cpl. Jack Mathewman, L/Cpl. Ron George, L/Cpl. Freddy Pryde, Dvr Ted Dart, L/Cpl 'Monty' Norman;

4th row (9 men with first and last slightly lower than others): 1. L/Cpl. Bill Bronitt; 2. Tpr. Jack Mayle (his grandson identifies 2nd from the left as Jack Mayle rather than 3rd as on list of names); Tpr. Len Cartwright; Pte. Ted Lister, Dvr. Harry Joyce, Dvr. Len Sample, Cpl. John French, Sgt. Andy Devine, Pte. C. Chapman;

Back row (5 men): Pte Harold Carwell, Pte. Jock McNeil, L/Cpl. Ken Stoppard, L/Cpl. Reg French, Spr. 'Jumbo' Newman
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