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No.2 Commandos with German prisoners

Date: 26/02/2019 Views: 3297 Owner: Pete Rogers (Admin)

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	I think this may be Flushing as some are sporting, I think, german pins in their berets ... as in another photo in the gallery. I recognise the man, 5th from the right (sitting) and I think my dad, George Francis Harris, may be 3rd from the left, at the back ... both from No.4 Posted by Eileen Harris on Thu 04 Dec 2014 18:28:37 GMT
	Photo replaced with higher res version This higher res image replaces one previously provided by Ann Oakes-Odger MBE, daughter of L/Cpl.William Henry Oakes No.4 Cdo. Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 29 Nov 2014 18:45:48 GMT
	Photo replaced with higher res version This replaces lesser resolution identical copies sent in by (a)Candice Moore "My Grandad, Leslie Finnis, in the centre with the lads in Flushing"; and (b)Leslie 'Ken' Fosberry No 4 Cdo. who adds that they were on a captured ship in the dry dock at Flushing; Sharon Keagy identifies her uncle as "the very young man 3rd from the right back row - Lewis John Jones (joined at 18, 20yrs old here)"; Ann Oakes-Odger MBE identifies her father L/Cpl William Henry Oakes front row with moustache holding the wheel; Eileen Harris believes Tanky Byrne is front right wearing a beret slightly behind the man holding the buoyancy aid. Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 29 Nov 2014 18:42:33 GMT
	Photo updated Thomas McGuinness identified by his son Tom Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 28 Nov 2014 14:45:00 GMT
	Photo id 11 Commandos from No 4. 2nd from left possibly Lt Peter Mercer-Wilson; Lt Col Robert Dawson DSO (7th from left) and Lt Murdoch C. 'Mac' McDougall (5th left with specs) are in this image. Possibly 3rd left Capt. Sandy Carlos-Clarke and 4th left Maj.Gordon Webb MC* Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 21 Nov 2014 13:37:53 GMT
	Photo updated Jack Bakker informs us that "this photo was taken in the harbour of the small town called Willemstad, which is on a big waterway called the Hollandsche Diep. Willemstad in not very far from where I live (Roosendaal). The buildings in the background of the photo are still there." Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 11 Nov 2014 21:22:19 GMT
	My grandfather, Joe Spicer, bottom row, second from the right. We attended the 70th anniversary commemoration at flushing with him on 1 Nov this year! He has a very similar picture to this one . A copy of it is in the fighting forth book. Posted by Katie on Thu 06 Nov 2014 19:28:42 GMT
	I think no. 258 is my father, Ernest Arthur Paget, who died in South Africa in 1998. He was born in Bristol. After serving in No. 4 Commando he was in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Posted by Philip Hugh Paget on Sat 27 Sep 2014 13:09:09 BST
	Photo updated John Notman identified by his niece as at 368. George Harris identified by his daughter as at 153 Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 22 Sep 2014 21:37:14 BST
	Archie Richard (Roy) Brooks - second row, not third row. Happy Birthday Dad (17/09/21). Miss you every day. xx Posted by Susan Brooks on Wed 17 Sep 2014 17:19:19 BST
	Photo updated *Mark Richards believes his grandfather Pte Thomas Richards(DLI)is the man identified as Pte. Rudd. There were two with the surname of Rudd in No.4, Tony and Ronald. Andrew Evans identifies his father and uncle Cpl.Owen Evans & Sgt John "Jack" Evans. Andrew states the photo was taken in Bexhill in 1944; Robert Edward Wilcox identified by his son Colin; Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 14 Jun 2014 10:41:03 BST
	Photo updated Row numbers added Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 14 Jun 2014 10:40:27 BST
	Photo updated Tommy Rogan added Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 06 Jun 2014 11:26:06 BST
	Photo update The commando at position 110 is my late father Tommy Rogan, he was proud to be a member of No 4 Commando. He was severely injured by a mortar shell, after the D-day landing on 6th June and took no further part in WWII, having lost the use of his right arm. He was also veteran of Dunkirk. He hailed from and spent all his life in Hartlepool. He passed away in 1988. John (Tommy) Rogan, son Posted by John Rogan on Fri 06 Jun 2014 10:01:35 BST
	Photo updated L/Sgt Ernest Griffith Mather identified by his son John Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 03 Jun 2014 19:22:11 BST
	Photo updated L/Sgt Ernest Griffith 'Ernie' Mather identified by his son John Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 03 Jun 2014 19:19:04 BST
	4 : Paul CHAUSSE Posted by stephane on Fri 30 May 2014 10:17:05 BST
	Photo updated Christina Findell advises " I believe 280 is my late Father Gordon Wallace Carlyle who served under Lord Lovat and was at the Lofoten Islands and Pegasus Bridge. He always spoke very proudly of his service in No. 4 Commando, and I know it was a great honour for him to do so. He later became Major Carlyle. He is greatly missed as a loving and wonderful Father" ^Admin....280 now identified as Leslie George Woodward. Christina please contact the archive Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 16 Dec 2013 16:33:47 GMT
	326 : Should be Capt. HUTCHISON BURT MC Posted by stephane on Wed 28 Aug 2013 14:01:12 BST
	photo note IWM photo reference not visible on rear Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 25 Aug 2013 09:22:51 BST
	Photo updated Capt Gordon Webb MC & bar identified -318 - by his son Colin Webb Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sun 18 Aug 2013 11:45:14 BST
	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 11:42:15 BST
	Photo updated Alastair McDougall identifies Harry Pye Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 01 Jul 2013 15:46:52 BST
	Photo updated Transferred from photo details to comments - Update 2/5/12 Martin Edwards identifies his Grandfather Cpl. William Barnes as back row 3rd from the left Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 24 Jun 2013 14:17:55 BST
	2nd row : 2nd from left Piper BILL MILLIN Posted by stephane on Sun 23 Jun 2013 11:09:36 BST