Mne. Ernest James Arthur Poyner

11th RM Bn. and 40RM Commando 'Q' Troop.
Photo courtesy of his son Allan Poyner who adds, "My Father's number was CH/X 108764. He kept in touch with Sam Plim and in a short memoir he left behind mentions Sam Plim with regard to Sarande and stretchering Lt Murphy down from Point 507. During Operation Impact at Comacchio on April 11th he was in the section of Q Troop that formed the boating party - he was cast adrift in a boat across the lake at some point and Sam Plim and others assumed he'd been taken prisoner, but he made his way back to the dyke and met up with X Troop on their way to the pumping station. He did parachute training with Q Troop in March 1945 at Gioa del Colle airfield.

Prior to becoming a RM Commando he was in 11th Battalion Royal Marines, serving under Colonel Sankey and Captain MacPherson. Captain MacPherson being one of the fatalities during the Sarande attack.

My Father passed away August 2009."