Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:40:18 EDT
TSM G Phillips
2nd Row down, 5th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:38:19 EDT
TSM G Phillips
3rd Row Down, 4th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:35:24 EDT
TSM G Phillips
3rd Row down, 4th from L, TSM G Phillips
Posted by Les Phillips on Sun 27 Apr 2014 11:33:42 EDT
Identified!
The officer in the middle of the front row in this picture is my late father, Lt Angus Ferguson, who was commissioned into The Black Watch (RHR) before volunteering for the Commandos. He spent most of his war with 9 Cdo in Italy, Greece and the Adriatic and spent a short period with 3 Cdo after 9 Cdo was disbanded. Angus died in 1997 but he left some photos of his wartime service and I shall get these scanned and uploaded to share the with other veterans and their families.
Posted by Gregor Ferguson on Sat 26 Apr 2014 22:40:13 EDT
Liberation of Poros, October 1944
When 9 Commando was sent to Piraeus as part of the force liberating Athens and then the rest of the Greek mainland, a Troop was detached under the command of my late father, Lt Angus Ferguson to Poros to take the surrender of the enemy garrison there (numbering several hundred) and organise relief for the starving population. Considering he was just 20 years old at the time, it was one hell of an ask!
Posted by Gregor Ferguson on Sat 26 Apr 2014 22:33:57 EDT
9 Commando in Greece 1944
I believe this was the Liberation Day parade held in Drama in Thessalonika in October 1944. My late anther, Lt Angus Ferguson, was an officer in 9 Cdo and I have a very faded contact ring of this same image, with a couple of soldiers named. I shall post this later.
Posted by Gregor Ferguson on Sat 26 Apr 2014 22:30:17 EDT
Photo updated
Pte. Fred Jenkins identified by his grandson
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 26 Apr 2014 04:41:54 EDT
I have the original photograph, my Grandfather, Pte Fred Jenkins is standing on the right arms folded. Unfortunately there are no dates on the photograph.
Posted by Paul Bennett on Fri 25 Apr 2014 08:28:58 EDT
Photo updated
Troop added
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 22 Apr 2014 07:26:55 EDT
Photo updated
Additional photos of Captain Balchin now in the No 5 Commando gallery
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 20 Apr 2014 12:42:46 EDT
Photo updated (12/5/2012)
12/5/12 Capt K.G. Allen is shown in CA newsletter 16 as also serving in 2 Cdo and post war as a Major in 46 Para Bde. TA, Liverpool
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 20 Apr 2014 12:42:03 EDT
Photo updated (5/10/2010)
5/10/10 update from Giles Udy "Lt David Udy was my father. He was badly injured when a mortar misfired during training on the moors near Achnacarry some time before this photo was taken. It was suggested that the premature explosion of the mortar shell may have been a result of the IRA sabotage campaign in British munitions factories. Note the disfigurement to his forehead above the left eye, damaged by shrapnel. He remained significantly affected by the injury until his death a few years ago."
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 20 Apr 2014 12:41:08 EDT
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Maurice (Bill) Bennett
Posted by Shirley Nash on Sat 19 Apr 2014 03:21:21 EDT
