Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Thu 11 Dec 2014 14:16:28 EST
Hello,
I don't think so this is Lt Mercer-Wilson.
He was killed in action on D.Day, and this photo could be taken in Belgium or Netherlands, seeing the name on the shop, and the denison wear by Colonel DAWSON.
Posted by stephane on Wed 10 Dec 2014 15:47:12 EST
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 13:28:37 EST
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 13:45:48 EST
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 13:42:33 EST
Photo updated
Thomas McGuinness identified by his son Tom
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 28 Nov 2014 09:45:00 EST
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 08:37:53 EST
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 16:22:19 EST
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 14:28:42 EST
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 08:09:09 EDT
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 16:37:14 EDT
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 12:19:19 EDT
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 05:41:03 EDT
Photo updated
Row numbers added
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 14 Jun 2014 05:40:27 EDT
