Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 11/06/1944
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
No. 46 R.M. Commando.
Grave Reference XV. E. 8.
Cemetery BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Henry Joseph and Ada Nunn, of Bromley, Kent.
Posted by stephane on Thu 09 Aug 2012 07:18:00 EDT
ROBERTSON, HARRY SCRIMGEOUR
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: PLY/X 101507
Date of Death: 11/06/1944
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
No. 46 R.M. Commando.
Grave Reference XV. E. 7.
Cemetery BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of David and Janet Scrimgeour Robertson.
Posted by stephane on Thu 09 Aug 2012 07:16:33 EDT
DAVIDSON, GEORGE
Rank: Marine
Service No: PO/X107106(T)
Date of Death: 11/06/1944
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
No. 46 R.M. Commando.
Grave Reference XV. E. 6.
Cemetery BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of John and Mary Aimes Davidson; husband of Marion Davidson, of Fallin, Stirlingshire.
Posted by stephane on Thu 09 Aug 2012 07:15:20 EDT
GARLICK, REUBEN WILLIAM
Rank: Corporal
Service No: PLY/X103931
Date of Death: 11/06/1944
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Marines
No. 46 R.M. Commando.
Grave Reference XV. E. 5.
Cemetery BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of William George and Ellen Garlick, of Daglingworth, Gloucestershire.
Posted by stephane on Thu 09 Aug 2012 07:12:50 EDT
ST-MACLOU church
( Eure, Normandy )
Posted by stephane on Thu 09 Aug 2012 06:54:44 EDT
The railway carriages in the background have the letters
MSM, which may be
George Norton Barnes used to fondly talk about Pune, so my guess is this is taken in India.
Posted by mark hudson on Mon 06 Aug 2012 16:44:19 EDT
KEN HOLDEN Royal Navy 1942
Posted by stephane on Sat 04 Aug 2012 13:10:21 EDT
The flam from Arc de Triomphe ( Paris )
Posted by stephane on Sat 04 Aug 2012 13:09:38 EDT
KEN HOLDEN Royal Navy. One of the two men still alive who were there in 1942. He lives in Normandy.
Posted by stephane on Sat 04 Aug 2012 13:08:27 EDT
N°3 Cdo memorial ( AMFREVILLE, Le Plein ) 04 06 2012
Posted by stephane on Fri 03 Aug 2012 15:25:01 EDT
ROY MAXWELL 4 Cdo 04 06 2012 ( Le Hauger, AMFREVILLE )
4 cdo memorial
Posted by stephane on Fri 03 Aug 2012 15:23:43 EDT
4 Troop. 3 Commando.
No 51 is Eric Albert(Lofty)Hill. Joined from Metropolitan Police. Served North Africa, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe. Not on D-Day. In Weymouth Hospital with German Measles! Wore Gordon Highlander badge although signed on as Royal Fusilier at Tower of London. Was instructor at Achnacarry for a while, training Dutch commandos. Ended War as Corporal.
Died with my mother on 9th April 1970 when the 'London Valour' on which he was the Radio Officer sank in a gale off Genoa, Italy.
Posted by Gordon Hill on Mon 16 Jul 2012 11:07:28 EDT
Alastair Cameron
My Grandfather Alastair Cameron is back row centre, brown jacket and not looking at the camera! He always wore the kilt to reunions and I believe was well known in Spean Bridge as he lived locally until his death.
Posted by Allan cameron on Sun 15 Jul 2012 20:47:33 EDT
Date of Picture
Charlie Palmer thinks this might have been taken about a fortnight after D-Day. He thinks F-Troop were relieved by the Paras 5 days after D-Day and were staying in Breville.
Posted by Newell Fisher on Tue 10 Jul 2012 14:26:55 EDT
