4 Cdo group April 1942

[Photo from the collection of Tom Overbury (4 Cdo)(centre row) courtesy of his daughter Mrs Marianne Ballantyne].

The names were provided with this photo as was this title "Lt. Veasy's Patrol at Boulogne April 1942 (4 Commando)"

Viewed from left to right

Back Row: 1. Furlow; 2. Ennis; 3. Walters.

Centre Row: 1. Middleton; 2. Thomas Edwin 'Teo' Overton; 3. Cook; 4. Fearless; 5. Jackson; 6. Larment**.

Front Row: 1. Sgt Benn; 2. Lt. Veasy*; 3. Wallace ; 4. Rose (medical orderly)

* Identical with Lt /Capt. Arthur Francis Sherrard Veasley who served in both 3 and 4 Cdos.
** Henry Frederick Larment also served in No.3 Commando.

Phil Eyden advises the location as the Napoleonic Drop Redoubt fort a mile or so away from Dover Castle on the hill on the opposite side of the valley.