Again Year and venue unknown
Harry Shepherd stood furthest left
Posted by robert shepherd on Tue 26 May 2009 15:32:21 EDT
6 Commando Reunion
Year and venue not known
Harry Shepherd, standing fourth row, fifth in from left
Posted by robert shepherd on Tue 26 May 2009 15:29:35 EDT
No1 Commando Concert part programme
Nice to see the face of Roy Halfpenny,whose name appears in the No1 Commando concert part programme that I have been loaned a copy of. Andy Maines
Posted by Andy Maines on Sat 25 Apr 2009 16:41:24 EDT
Men of No. 1 Commando in jovial mood at Hastings after returning from a raid on St Cecily Plage near Le Touquet on the French coast to seize Freya and Wurzburg radar equipment, 4 June 1942.
Posted by Nick Collins on Wed 22 Apr 2009 19:02:55 EDT
names to faces
Hi I believe the chap at the front (with bandage on finger) is my Grandfather 'Roy' halfpenny (I have a copy of this picture amongst his belongings!!) If this is June 1942 then my GF was in UK at this time
Posted by Debbie Smithers on Wed 22 Apr 2009 11:54:09 EDT
A wounded British officer being helped to a dressing station. (Operation Archery) The officer is (was) Captain O'Flaherty. He remained in the army and eventually became a Brigadier. He had been shot by a German sniper in both eyes. He lost one eye and wore a black eye patch thereafter.
The soldier on the right is Derek Gordon Page - a commando. He subsequently left the commandos and served with the Gurkas in India fighting in Burma and eventually ending the war in Indonesia where he met a Dutch prisoner of war who he subsequently married. He left the army with the rank of Captain.
Posted by Nick Collins on Thu 16 Apr 2009 18:11:28 EDT
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