<![CDATA[Mnes. Laurie Southall (left), Les Bradshaw, and Bernie Brown (right) at Ryde, IoW]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/40+RM+Cdo/Les+Bradshaw_+with+Laurie+Southall++and+Bernie+Brown_+right_.jpg.html
This photo was taken not long after the first RM Commando was formed in 1942, initally known as 'The RM Commando', then briefly as 'A' RM Commando (when a second RM Commando was raised) finally being redesignated 40RM Commando. They had been based at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.
'Laurie Southall remembered there had been a jokey remark passed between the lads and the young girls they have just walked past - hence the glance over the shoulder from one of the young ladies!]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:12:39 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/64265-7/Les+Bradshaw_+with+Laurie+Southall++and+Bernie+Brown_+right_.jpg <![CDATA[Mnes. Laurie Southall (left), Les Bradshaw, and Bernie Brown (right) at Ryde, IoW]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/40+RM+Cdo/Les+Bradshaw_+with+Laurie+Southall++and+Bernie+Brown_+right_.jpg.html