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Standing left to right: Edward Hurst, Hugh Cox, n/k, Ted Douglas, n/k;

Crouching left to right: Cpl John Mason **, Jock Moodie, Terry Jackson, Jed Prout *, Hugo Wynne, Ken McAllister

* 2929485 Pte. Charles 'Jed' Prout was 1st Bn Liverpool Scots TA, then No.4 Independent Company, then No.1 Special Service Bn. In 1941 he was part of Detachment Force 'X' sent to Malta where they operated from submarines with the SBS. Later attached to the Middle East Commando and SAS. In 1943 he volunteered for the Parachute Regiment.

** Cpl John Mason was from Bebbington, Cheshire and was in the Liverpool Scottish when he volunteered for Norway. Before the war he had been in the King's Hussars, and after Scissors Force, he went on to serve with the Seaforth Highlanders, seeing service at El Alamein and in Italy. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and he told me the account of Private Martin's death when I was a young boy. (Source: Grandson of Cpl Mason).]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:34:20 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/6206-8/No_4+Independent+Coy_.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/Independent+Companies/No_4+Independent+Coy_.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=6204 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=6204 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=6204 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/main.php?g2_view=comment.ShowAllComments&g2_itemId=6204