Posted by stephane on Fri 10 Dec 2021 13:07:24 GMT
Photo updated
Fred Tickle identified.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 06 Dec 2021 13:28:00 GMT
Photo update
The Association was first formed in 1943 at the Commando Depot at Achnacarry.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 14 Nov 2021 14:46:39 GMT
Person ID
Row 3: 40th from left is my father John William Day
I also have a printed copy of this panorama
Posted by Michael Day on Mon 08 Nov 2021 16:42:05 GMT
Comment from Jeremy Monk
Anecdotal evidence points to John also being at Dieppe. According to his daughter, he and Platt remained in contact after the war. According to the family "John rescued him from Dieppe beach and put him in a boat". Furthermore, after the war, John visited Dieppe and commented that he had been there during the war.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Wed 20 Oct 2021 17:44:29 BST
My mother informs me that this photo was taken on his return from Korea.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 16:36:46 BST
Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 16:25:09 BST
I think this photo was taken possibly in Lymestone in Devon, rather than Eastney in Portsmouth.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 16:21:11 BST
I think this photo was taken possibly in Lymestone in Devon, rather than Eastney in Portsmouth.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 16:20:24 BST
The photo could show my father with his friend Jack Collington.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 16:13:57 BST
Royal Marine Party in Malta mid 1950’s
I assume 3 Commando Brigade friends as this was who my Dad was attached to.
Posted by Glenn Eves on Sun 03 Oct 2021 16:10:26 BST
Photo updated
Thank you Philip. If you haven’t seen it this is our archive entry, just copy and paste the link: https://www.commandoveterans.org/W_H_Bate_1Commando
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 28 Sep 2021 21:59:44 BST
Front row no.5 with Gladwell's hands on his shoulders is William Bate
Posted by Philip Bate on Tue 28 Sep 2021 14:52:41 BST
Benjamin Price
Pte Benjamin Price, Welch Regt, [3rd row from back, far right]
identified by granddaughter Emma Jayne Wellington
Posted by Nick Collins on Mon 13 Sep 2021 21:01:37 BST
Arthur Morgan
Identified by his grandson, Al Serjeant, front row, 2nd left, Arthur Morgan.
Posted by Nick Collins on Mon 06 Sep 2021 23:20:41 BST
Hello.
This is F Troop
Posted by stephane on Sun 05 Sep 2021 08:59:23 BST
Service from April 1942
Commissioned 2nd.Lieutenant 26 April 1942 (LG35730), wounded 31 May 1944 Burma, Lieutenant serving in 2nd Bn. Black Watch (Casualty Lists WO417/6).Seeking verification of commando service.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 04 Sep 2021 16:50:47 BST
Please can you tell me where memorial is please?
Posted by DYLAN WYATT on Tue 17 Aug 2021 13:31:56 BST
2nd row, 3rd from right
I can't be sure, but this chap has the likeness of my Grandfather - Harold Wilkinson.
He was originally from the 7th Manchesters and I have photos of him wearing the uniform of the 52nd Lowland (confirmed history with them).
The history we have suggests Commando involvement (either working alongside or within at Achnacarry, Walcheren/Flushing) but I have yet to prove this.
Posted by Paul Wilkinson on Thu 05 Aug 2021 12:29:31 BST
Photo update
Pte Jock Davidson is second row, third from the right, identified by his son John
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 25 Jul 2021 18:56:16 BST
My grandfather
The gentleman 4th from the left in the back row is my grandfather John G May.
There is some confusion about what name he would have used as my mothers side of the family tended to use random names/nicknames. Officially he was John Graham De Wynne Montagu May.
Posted by Toby Young on Thu 22 Jul 2021 17:30:53 BST
Posted by Nick Collins on Mon 19 Jul 2021 15:09:10 BST
William Roger Millington
William Millington identified by his granddaughter, Joanne, as being on the far left with raised knee.
Posted by Nick Collins on Sun 18 Jul 2021 13:33:44 BST
43 Commando RM
To the best of my knowledge, 43 Commando didn't serve in the Far East at that time. 40 and 42 Commandos (42 at RNAS Sembawang and 40 at Burma Camp in Malaya) did alternate 5 month tours in Borneo. Additionally, almost all the buildings at RNAS Sembawang (commissioned as HMS Simbang) were of concrete construction, not wood. Finally, the rig (uniform) doesn't look right. My attempts to discover what 43 Commando were doing in the period 1964/5 have borne little of substance. However, The Imperial War Museum site has a piece regarding another Royal Marine: (his name I choose not to disclose) ..... who served as a signaller with 42 Commando RM in Borneo, served with 43 Commando RM in GB 1964 - 1965, served with Naval Beach Unit in Bahrain 1965 - 1966. So where in the UK was it?
Posted by Victor Balsdon on Mon 05 Jul 2021 10:59:50 BST
Regiment query/cap badge
Service number indicates Royal Artillery and the RA Attestation record shows 7 May 1941 (Coastal Defence RA.);29 October 1946 (Field RA). CA newsletter 14 of 1952 mentions a Gunner H. Barber (3 Cdo). Gunner is an RA rank. No mention of RASC. There was a Fusilier H. Barker, RASC and No 3 Commando. His original Regiment was the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 19 Jun 2021 23:12:15 BST
