Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 25 Aug 2013 04:22:51 EDT
Photo updated
Previously unidentified, Brian Blackwell identifies this Commando as his father in law Geoff Clay whose 90th birthday is on the 25th August
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 20 Aug 2013 07:55:28 EDT
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Alan Hunter identifies his father Hector William Hunter
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 19 Aug 2013 05:41:06 EDT
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Alan Hunter identifies his father Hector William Hunter
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 19 Aug 2013 05:36:29 EDT
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Alan Hunter identifies his father Hector William Hunter
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 19 Aug 2013 05:31:37 EDT
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Capt Gordon Webb MC & bar identified -318 - by his son Colin Webb
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 18 Aug 2013 06:45:14 EDT
Photo updated with timeline of ID
Update 17/10/10 by Pete R. Stephane identifies nos. 182, 255,262,304,340,378,383; Update 28/10/10 by Pete R. Stephane identifies 316 as Robert Dawson ; Update 7/12/10 by Pete R. Steve Grace advises "132 was my late father Gerald Vincent Grace (Jerry), Bren gunner and makeshift cook under Lord Lovatt F-troop.Sadly my father died 5th November 1992"; Update 30/1/11 by Pete R. Helen Ong advises " 54 : This is my grandad Robert William Ong - sadly killed at Sword Beach on D-Day"; update 20/2/11 by Pete R. Chris Sanford-Pooley advises 160 is Harvey O'Hara and 234 is Fred Pooley;Update 1/5/11 by Pete R. Steven Blundell advises 43 is his father William (Billy) Blundell: Update 7/8/11 By Pete R. Stephane thinks that 228 is Duncan McCUBBIN, 230 is Jack LEWINGTON, and 130 is John Skerry;Update 25/5/12 Mary Crawford identifies 53 as Brian Mullen
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 18 Aug 2013 06:42:15 EDT
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Sarah Baugh identifies her grandfather Norman David Venables
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 12 Aug 2013 08:12:38 EDT
Photo update from Peter Hensman
My father was in 44 Commando and we were just looking at photo's on website (he also has many of these. The ones marked Malaya were actually HK - New Territories/Chinese border crossing. Malaya 4 is a bailey bridge called Chick Bridge and guarded the border crossing. The original bridge was underneath it but had been blown up by Middlesex Regiment when they left HK in the retreat
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 12 Aug 2013 05:29:48 EDT
Photo update from Peter Hensman
My father was in 44 Commando and we were just looking at photo's on website (he also has many of these). The ones marked Malaya were actually HK - New Territories/Chinese border crossing. Malaya 3 this blockhouse which is still there is Tac U Ling (not correct spelling)
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 12 Aug 2013 05:29:05 EDT
Photo update from Jill Hensman
My father was in 44 Commando and we were just looking at photo's on website (he also has many of these).The ones marked Malaya were actually HK - New Territories/Chinese border crossing. Malaya 2 the blockhouse is in Hang Ma Ling (this is not correct spelling but will get that soon)
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 12 Aug 2013 05:27:58 EDT
Photo update from Jill Hensman
Jill adds, “My father was in 44 Commando and we were just looking at photo's on website (he also has many of these. The ones marked Malaya were actually HK - New Territories/Chinese border crossing. Malaya 1 is Chicks Bridge.”
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 12 Aug 2013 05:26:57 EDT
Photo of 4 Troop, 5 Commando.
I too have this photo and can confirm that my father Lance Corporal Ronald Ernest Hicks, Royal Engineers is in the 3rd row from the front, 2nd left. He annotated the photo "Falmouth January 1942".
Posted by Michael Stuart Hicks on Thu 08 Aug 2013 12:41:22 EDT
Photo updated
This photo replaces a poorer resolution one we already had
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 29 Jul 2013 12:13:09 EDT
