Posted by stephane on Wed 20 Jan 2010 18:04:02 GMT
Bill BRITTNELL 3 Cdo 1 Troop
Posted by stephane on Tue 19 Jan 2010 20:37:27 GMT
Around the monument, this is BILL BRITTNELL's ashes.
Posted by stephane on Tue 19 Jan 2010 20:36:45 GMT
4 Cdo unknown grave
This grave could be the one of Captain LION (FREE FRENCH Cdo)
Posted by stephane on Fri 15 Jan 2010 15:46:05 GMT
No 14
No 14 is my dad, Vic Pratt
Posted by yvonne mcculloch on Tue 05 Jan 2010 23:24:07 GMT
Cimetière LES VERTUS
This is : Cimetière Les Vertus at HAUTOT-SUR-MER
Posted by stephane on Fri 18 Dec 2009 22:49:45 GMT
Billy Moore
Billy Moore front row 4th from left.
Posted by Geoff Murray on Tue 15 Dec 2009 16:04:16 GMT
Idris Jones recently examined this photo (of which he has an original copy) and thought that the unknown man might be called Lewis.
Posted by Andy Maines on Mon 07 Dec 2009 02:16:19 GMT
Lt Hemming led the raid on Luc St Mere, code named Operation Chopper, in Sep 1941. Two men were killed on this raid and are buried in a local Catholic church, when Lt Hemmings died in the early 1990's his ahes were, in accordance with his wishes, buried next to the graves of his two lost men, whom he never forgot.
Posted by Andy Maines on Sat 05 Dec 2009 17:28:29 GMT
The tall man on the extreme right of this photo is Eddie 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald.
Posted by Andy Maines on Tue 01 Dec 2009 01:20:21 GMT
Updated from a message posted on the Forum, position No 12 has been identified as Stanley McMullen.
Posted by Andy Maines on Sun 22 Nov 2009 03:06:18 GMT
A great friend of mine John "Les" LILLEY 4 cdo died few years ago, he lived in RAMSGATE. ( strange, same name in 4 cdo )
Posted by stephane on Sat 21 Nov 2009 19:08:56 GMT
Back row in the middle wiht beret : Maurice WHITE
Posted by stephane on Sat 21 Nov 2009 18:58:41 GMT
Second from right : BILL PORTMAN MM
Posted by stephane on Sat 21 Nov 2009 18:57:07 GMT
This is 45 RM.
Posted by stephane SAINT-MARTIN on Sun 01 Nov 2009 20:46:47 GMT
BRIAN MULLEN has been killed on the beach on D.Day, not on Pegasus Bridge.
Posted by stephane SAINT-MARTIN on Sat 31 Oct 2009 22:30:33 GMT
Photo taken in return from DIEPPE RAID
The second is COAKER KIA 06 06 1944 in AMFREVILLE
The third is BOB CUBITT
The fourth,( I think )is MAGNONI
Posted by stephane SAINT-MARTIN on Fri 30 Oct 2009 18:16:14 GMT
Left to Right :
First : ?
Second : Nobby CLARKE
Third : PAGE
Fourth : Fred WALKER
Bottom : JAMES
Names from Fred WALKER 19/08/2009
Posted by stephane SAINT-MARTIN on Fri 30 Oct 2009 18:12:34 GMT
RN Commandos.
22 Commandos were formed throughout WWII. The RN Cdos were designated Alphabetically, not Numerically like the Army Commandos and the Royal Marine Commandos, beginning with A Commando through to W Commando. (W CDO being all Canadian).
Posted by Nick Collins on Sun 18 Oct 2009 18:36:51 BST
Note: No magazine on the Bren Gun.
Posted by Nick Collins on Sun 18 Oct 2009 17:08:02 BST
My father Hugh Maines is situated on the extreme right, second row from the back, third in from the right
Posted by Andy Maines on Thu 01 Oct 2009 23:45:03 BST
Extract from Army Commandos 1940 - 45 by Mike Chappel
"In Sep 1942 the Middle East Commando took part in their last operation - a raid on Torbruk. Whilst the Royal Marines (Force A) landed from sea, Commando Force B travelled across the dessert to their target in the vehicles of the Long Range Desert Group - a voyage of 2,000 miles. The raid went disasterously wrong. The Royal Navy lost a number of ships, including a cruiser, and only 90 Royal Marines returned. Force B were trapped within enemy lines and destroyed, only three men returning. The photograph above is of Commando officers of Force B on the outward journey, three of whom were still wearing the Balmoral bonnets and black hackles of No.11 (Scottish) Commando."
Posted by Andy Maines on Sat 12 Sep 2009 14:42:16 BST
Standing to the right of picture Henry Brown OBE
Directly to the left of the Mayor Jim Crowe MM
Next left Reg Teager
Next left Sgt Arthur'Happy' Jackson
Posted by John Mewett on Thu 10 Sep 2009 12:11:14 BST
I have been contacted by John Mewett, who thinks that he may be able to identify the man standing next to my father. He has stated that he has quite a strong resemblence to the man standing at the extreme left of his Cocanada 2 group photo, if this is the case then the man in my photo is called Simmonds. I must admit that the two men are quite similar to eachother.
Posted by Andy Maines on Tue 25 Aug 2009 00:38:13 BST
Hi, My father was Captain J.C. Lessing (Chris) seated above Jones with the mascot. Is there anyone who knew him ? He was a South African seconded to the R.M. Commandos in 1944.
I would love to hear from anyone who knew him.
Posted by Lan Reid-Conway on Sun 09 Aug 2009 14:47:45 BST
