David Haig-Thomas is mentioned a couple of times in the diary of my father, W.J.Milne, in March 1942 when, as a Recce Corps officer, he was attending the School of Winter Warfare at Skogar Camp near Akureyri in northern Iceland. David Haig-Thomas was one of his instructors. Here is one entry from when they were up on the glacier on the mountains above the camp:
18 March. Vindheimajökull. My birthday! The mist was down completely – we paraded on a little slope and the trudge up that slope just after breakfast almost kills one, although the rise is only about a hundred feet - but, carrying skis and all the other paraphenalia, it is completely exhausting.
Even Scott, the Chief Instructor, the man who explores Greenland and glaciers, rather feels the strain when he goes up this business of the parade slope.
It's rather amazing the few clothes that one has to wear in the daytime and when one is doing anything at all. When we were building igloos this afternoon, we were again in shirt sleeves. ...
David Haig-Thomas is mentioned a couple of times in the diary of my father, W.J.Milne, in March 1942 when, as a Recce Corps officer, he was attending the School of Winter Warfare at Skogar Camp near Akureyri in northern Iceland. David Haig-Thomas was one of his instructors. Here is one entry from when they were up on the glacier on the mountains above the camp:
18 March. Vindheimajökull. My birthday! The mist was down completely – we paraded on a little slope and the trudge up that slope just after breakfast almost kills one, although the rise is only about a hundred feet - but, carrying skis and all the other paraphenalia, it is completely exhausting.
Even Scott, the Chief Instructor, the man who explores Greenland and glaciers, rather feels the strain when he goes up this business of the parade slope.
It's rather amazing the few clothes that one has to wear in the daytime and when one is doing anything at all. When we were building igloos this afternoon, we were again in shirt sleeves. Igloo building, by the way, is great fun - one gets a good constructive satisfaction out of cutting a good snow block and then building the walls. Haig-Thomas says the walls didn't slope enough and that an Eskimo builds one in an hour with just a knife. We took quite an hour in cutting and laying the first layer.
Posted by Robin Milne on Tue 04 Jun 2024 16:30:13 EDT
210 James Underwood
My brother Jimmy had an original photo of all these brave men who fought in WWII but it was in very poor condition. I am his son Stephen and my wife managed to find this original photo. My father would have been 26 years old at the time this picture was taken. He had 4 daughters and 2 sons.
Posted by Tanya Juttla-Underwood on Sat 19 Aug 2023 02:55:47 EDT
My Dad
Seated 5th from the left looking at the photo, Sgt Leslie George Woodward.
My dad, he died 30th April 1994 aged 76
Posted by Joanne Lesley Matthews (nee Woodward) on Thu 13 Jul 2023 14:50:31 EDT
Number 19 Leslie George Woodward
Sgt Leslie George Woodward also known as Darky is my dad. Sadly he died April 30th 1994 at the age 76. We miss him everyday.
He is number 19.
Posted by Joanne Lesley Matthews (nee Woodward) on Thu 13 Jul 2023 14:40:00 EDT
My Dad
Sgt Leslie George Woodward also known as Darky is my dad. Sadly he died April 30th 1994 at the age 76. We miss him everyday.
Posted by Joanne Lesley Matthews (nee Woodward) on Thu 13 Jul 2023 14:36:39 EDT
Adding a name for number 280
My dad is number 280 Lesley George Woodward. Sadly he died 30th April 1994.
Posted by Joanne Lesley Matthews (nee Woodward) on Thu 13 Jul 2023 14:26:19 EDT
Not 100% positive but Pte Maurice White (grandad) is furthest left (not holding a rifle).
Posted by Michael Collier on Mon 29 Aug 2022 13:35:21 EDT
Pte Maurice White 2nd left, or 3rd row up on the left.
Posted by Michael Collier on Mon 29 Aug 2022 13:30:57 EDT
Back row 14
My father, Ernest Arthur Paget, is no 14 (partly obscured). This photo is in my late mother's collection
Posted by Philip Hugh Paget on Sun 10 Jul 2022 04:53:06 EDT
billeting Commandos in Troon homes
As a child during WW2, I lived in a 2-bedroom council house at 38 Logan Drive, Troon. I had to give up my bedroom and sleep in my parents' room throughout the war, and we billeted two servicemen, mainly no.4 commandos,who trained in a field at the end of the road.They all left as D-Day approached, and I have often wondered hiow they fared.
Posted by William Templeton on Mon 24 Jan 2022 18:03:21 EST
Cpl John Ainsworth - Top row 1st Man
Identified by Family members - Later Joined Glider Pilot Regiment winning Military Medal in Scilly
Posted by TIM WARGEN on Thu 30 Dec 2021 12:56:02 EST
