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Doug adds “For over 50 years I knew virtually nothing about what happened to my Father during the war. He was warm, confident and outgoing,and although he remained busy and active throughout his life,he "suffered badly with his nerves" and was prone to severe headaches. The first and only time he spoke to me about the war was shortly before he died in 1989. He briefly related to me some of the events that had befallen him in particular those that had shaken and unsettled him most. It was not until I retired some 13 years later that I resolved to find out more, the upshot being a 30 page war diary, the contents of which were drawn largely from material already in the public domain and other information sent to me by some of his closest wartime colleagues such as Joe Schofield and Bob Bennett, along with Joe's own wartime letters and photos found in a long lost scrapbook, along with detail in his Service Record.”

Ernest Edward William Frederick 'Joe' Goldsmith MM
Known as 'Joe'
Service no. 6397316
Royal Sussex Regiment
No.3 Commando, No.8 Commando, ME Commando, 1 SAS, and SRS.
Awarded the Military Medal during operations at Termoli whilst in the Special Raiding Squadron (SRS)

b. 15th July 1914
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Doug Goldsmith adds, "My father Ernest Edward William Frederick 'Joe' Goldsmith is 7th from the left 2nd row up. In front is Major Lepine who led the raid."
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No.3 Cdo., No.8 Cdo, ME Cdo., 1SAS, and SRS. Courtesy of his son Doug Goldsmith
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Photo courtesy of his son Doug Goldsmith.
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Photo courtesy of his son Doug Goldsmith.
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Photo from the collection of Lance Sergeant Goldsmith MM courtesy of his son Doug Goldsmith.

Joe, sitting cross legged and centre at the front, was in the Commandos at the time.

Ernest Edward William Frederick 'Joe' Goldsmith served in No.8 Commando, the Middle East Commando, 1 SAS, and the SRS. He was later awarded the Military Medal.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Doug Goldsmith.]

Service no. 6397316
Royal Sussex Regiment
No.3 Commando, No.8 Commando, ME Commando, 1 SAS, and SRS.
Awarded the Military Medal whilst in the Special Raiding Squadron (SRS).
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Photo courtesy of his son Doug Goldsmith.
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