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[Photo courtesy of Peter McKee's son John].

1477227 Troop Sergeant Major Peter McKee, No.7 Commando and 'A' Bn., Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later confirmed a prisoner. Repatriated to the UK in 1943.
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[Photo taken whilst in captivity courtesy of his son Vyvyan Kinross].

130041 Captain James Macalister Kinross, Cameronians and No.7 Commando ('A' Bn., Layforce) was captured during operations in Crete and remained in captivity until the end of the war. After evacuation to the UK in 1945 he spent the next two years in military TB hospitals.
Timeline
14.05.1940 Second Lieutenant, Cameronians.
08.12.1940 posted No.3 Special Service Battalion.
31.01.1941 Captain/Adjutant of No.7 Commando which embarked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran, as 'A' Battalion of Layforce.
11.03.1941 disembarked Egypt.
25.05.1941 disembarked Crete to provide rearguard cover for evacuation of Allied Forces.
01.06.1941 prisoner of war Sfakia, Crete.
Camps
05.06.1941 Maleme air base Crete.
June/July 1941 Dulag 183 Salonika, Greece.
Aug 1941 Oflag X/C, Lubeck, Germany
Oct. 1941 Reserve Lazarett V, Hamburg Wandsbek, Germany.
Oct. 1941 Oflag VI/B Dossel-Warburg, Germany.
Sep 1942 Oflag VII/B Eichstatt Bavaria, Germany.
July 1943 - March 1945 Oflag IX/AZ Rotenburg, Germany.

James Macalister Kinross
b. 25.06.1919 London
d. 30.01.1967.
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[Photo courtesy of his granddaughter Jo Henchy].

Rank: Private
Unit / Base: 7 Commando, Layforce.
Regiment/Corps: Suffolk Regiment, 5th Bn.
Army number:5830905.
POW Crete: 2 June 1941.
POW number: 95668
POW camps: Stalag IV-A (4A), Hohnstein, Germany, and Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany

Frederick Edward Freeman
b. 17.04.1919
d: 1998.
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[Photo courtesy of Walter's son Jeff Cottam].

Read more about each Commando in our archive A-Z entries below:

https://www.commandoveterans.org/Bob_Lowson_SAS

https://www.commandoveterans.org/WalterCottam_7Commando

https://www.commandoveterans.org/John_Jamieson_7Commando
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[Photo courtesy of his daughter Angela Horrigan].

His daughter Angela Horrigan adds "The photograph is of dad and was taken in October 1986, on the last Regimental Sunday parade he took part in, carrying the Commando Standard as he did then and on Remembrance Sunday each year."

Read more in the main archive.

Cyril Snelson
b. 08.12.1920 Warrington.
d. 30.11.1986 Warrington.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Mark Holbrook].

815569 Private Alfred Holbrook was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1930 (image taken whilst in the RA) before transferring to the Royal Army Medical Corps on 29 September 1934. On 2 June 1941 he was serving in the R.A.M.C. attached to No.7 Commando and was reported missing during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war at Stalag 4B.

His son Mark adds "He was part of the BEF and was evacuated off the beach at Dunkirk. He was then captured at Crete and spent the rest of the war as a labourer for German road and railway building. He was liberated by the Russians. He and others hid in the nearby coal mine after the Germans had fled the advance, deserting the camp."

Alfred Holbrook
b. 15.08.1911
d. 23.03.1993.
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[Photo courtesy of his son Jeff Cottam.]

Service no. 3769228
1st Bn., Liverpool Scottish.
10 October 1940 attached No.7 Commando
31 January 1941 departed for the Middle East - 'A' Battalion, Layforce.
28 May 1941 wounded during the rearguard action for the evacuation of allied forces on Crete.

Walter William Cotton
b. 03.11.1915 Birkenhead , Cheshire.
d. 30.01.1989 Windsor, Ontario, Cheshire.
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[Photo courtesy of Reg Seekings, son of Robert William and nephew of Albert Reginald.

All served in the Cambridgeshire Regiment, No. 7 Commando, Layforce, and the S.A.S.
Eric Musk and Robert William Seekings were both wounded at Crete but escaped.
Albert Reginald Seekings joined 'L' Detachment SAS and was awarded the DCM and MM whilst serving in the SAS. See Archive entries for more detail
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Photo courtesy of his son Reg Seekings.

See full entry in our Archive
https://www.commandoveterans.org/Robert_William_Seekings
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[Photo courtesy of his nephew Reg Seekings].

Awarded the DCM and MM with SAS. See full entry in our Archive
https://www.commandoveterans.org/Albert_Reginald_Seekings
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