Having spoken with the contributor of the photo I have now amended the names to reflect the comments by Kathryn Walker
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 28 Apr 2012 05:21:34 EDT
Senior NCOs 43 Commando
I am new to this site and have found it invaluable/interesting as I am transposing my father's diary into a document to pass on to his grandchildren/greatgrandchildren. So I am very grateful for the photos, to put faces to the names he mentions.
His name was C/Sgt Norman Leach and he was friends with Tansy Lee and Bill Thoday(?).
The photo of SNCOs has a name missing from the top row as my dad is 5th from the left. Also I am not sure that Sgts Lee and Thoday are in the right order, as I vaguely remember meeting Tansy in the 1950s. I also remember the Xmas cards we used to get.
I would be interested to know if anyone out there has any anecdotes or stories about my dad, or if I can help anyone else in any way.
Posted by kathryn walker on Wed 25 Apr 2012 13:01:16 EDT
43 commando A troop
My dad, Tommy Carroll of Glasgow Scotland is 3rd row from the bottom on the far right
Posted by heather carroll on Tue 10 Apr 2012 19:32:25 EDT
Names of the two boys added
The names of the two boys added thanks to Jack Bakker and Gerard de Fauw
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 10 Mar 2012 10:33:53 EST
Names added
Some names of the RM Commandos added thanks to Marc de Bolster
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Sat 10 Mar 2012 10:30:16 EST
possible location - Limburg
Ria Bakker advises that the house in the background is the type seen in Limburg, a provence in the South of Holland
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Wed 08 Feb 2012 09:08:35 EST
Dave Losban, RM.
** Photo updated: Mike please contact me via the Contact Us page if you have an additional picture of your father for our gallery **
My Dad, Dave, is pictured (2nd row back/ 5th from the left)on the steps in Putignano, with the others of 'A'Troop, 43rd RM. He was seriously wounded in action near Argenta, on 19/4/45. I believe that he was shot during the last half-hour that the 43rd were in during WW2. I feel such a sense of honour to have had a father like mine; a true gentleman with a great sense of humour.He was a paraplegic due to his wounds and indeed, when he died, his death certificate stated 'gunshot wounds', even though it was 48 yrs on from his wounding.
'All that we have of freedom
All that we use or know
This our Fathers bought for us
Long and long ago'
Rudyard Kipling.
Posted by mike losban on Fri 11 Nov 2011 08:41:30 EST
LEN TILDSLEY with the cigarette ( left )
Posted by stephane on Sat 11 Jun 2011 20:39:12 EDT
C/Sgt James Atkin
C/Sgt James (Jimmy) Atkin is on the end right with an 'Alpine-style' walking stick which he eventually brought home to Manchester!
Posted by David Atkin on Tue 15 Feb 2011 16:45:35 EST
C/Sgt James Atkin
C/Sgt James (Jimmy) Atkin is third from left
Posted by David Atkin on Tue 15 Feb 2011 16:42:29 EST
C/Sgt James Atkin
C/Sgt James (Jimmy) Atkin is on the left
Posted by David Atkin on Tue 15 Feb 2011 16:40:20 EST
C/Sgt James Atkin
C/Sgt James (Jimmy) Atkin is third from left
Posted by David Atkin on Tue 15 Feb 2011 16:38:09 EST
C/Sgt James Atkin
This is my Father, James Atkin, who also appears in several other photos, one of which has longer comment which I have added.
Posted by David Atkin on Tue 15 Feb 2011 06:45:02 EST
This is my Father, C/Sgt James Atkin (X103416) who was born in Salford in 1909 and died in Prescot in 1976, thirty years after demob. He worked for a Manchester mens clothing supplier as a rep. driving all over the North West until he retired. He had three children, two sons and a daughter, two grandsons whom he met, and three grandsons who were born long after his death. He remained immensely proud of the Royals and of his time serving, but he didn't talk much about the war. He did mention Petit Enfer as a classic RM action, pressing home a determined attack against a fortified position, crossing wire, minefields, and trenches, clearing houses and causing the enemy to surrender withour sustaining any losses. He also mentioned the terrible losses sustained by B Troop in the Rots action which obviously left its mark. I remeber as a young teenager suggesting that he must have been disappointed when the D-Day cliff-climbing raids on the gun batteries were cancelled. He laughed and said 'No we were all...
This is my Father, C/Sgt James Atkin (X103416) who was born in Salford in 1909 and died in Prescot in 1976, thirty years after demob. He worked for a Manchester mens clothing supplier as a rep. driving all over the North West until he retired. He had three children, two sons and a daughter, two grandsons whom he met, and three grandsons who were born long after his death. He remained immensely proud of the Royals and of his time serving, but he didn't talk much about the war. He did mention Petit Enfer as a classic RM action, pressing home a determined attack against a fortified position, crossing wire, minefields, and trenches, clearing houses and causing the enemy to surrender withour sustaining any losses. He also mentioned the terrible losses sustained by B Troop in the Rots action which obviously left its mark. I remeber as a young teenager suggesting that he must have been disappointed when the D-Day cliff-climbing raids on the gun batteries were cancelled. He laughed and said 'No we were all deligheted'. I was confused at first thinking these crack troops would be looking forward to such a risky and demanding operation but I suddenly realised on that day that these guys actually wanted to live as long as possible just like the rest of us! The difference between them and ordinary folks is that when the need arose they would put their lives on the line in the most challenging of circumstances. If the coastal battery raids had gone ahead most of them would probably have died; well done the RAF for taking them out! Jimmy appears in at least five other photos in this excellent album and I still have his Green Beret.
Posted by David Atkin on Thu 10 Feb 2011 03:35:17 EST
