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HAYES; DAVIDSON; ROWE; TARKINTON or TORKINGTON; BISHOP; BLOWER; John 'Jack' FITCHETT

PARKES PRESTON GARLAND ALDRED HALLOWS SMITH JONES (C) MATHER SIMPSON BRIAN UPSON DEVANEY

JONES (W) McCLEAN BROOKES CUNNINGHAM MATHER MOULSDALE ECKMAN GALLAHER COCKIN ROBINSON* PEACHY FAHY

SOWERBUTTS MORT OLIVER SHERMAN HAINES BLACK HOOPER VANDERVERVE MORLAND WARDLE KNOWLES STANLEY MILNER

DIAMOND COUGHLAN MASON MADEL AIRD TURPIN MAYLOTT JACKSON

Update 23/1/10 by Pete R.
The following information about individuals in this photo was found on the forum provided by the late Bob Bishop MC of No.2 Cdo:

Pte. M.D. AIRD King’s Regt. - Liverpool. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Michael was age 24.

Lieut. G.D. BLACK South Lancs. Regt. Twice wounded at Vaagso, awarded M.C. Leader of the raid on Glomsfjord, Norway, captured and executed near Berlin, Oct. 1942. Capt. Black was awarded the D.S.O. for the Glomsfjord operation.

Pte. Alfred BLOWER King’s Regt. - Liverpool. D.O.W. at Bone, Algeria, 17-9-43. Alfred was 24.

L/Cpl. E.J. BRYAN King’s Regt. - Liverpool. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Edward was age 25.

L/Cpl. J. COUGHLAN King’s Regt. - Liverpool. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. John was age 30.

L/Cpl. H.P. CUNNINGHAM King’s Regt. - Liverpool. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Henry was age 22.

Pte. G. DEVANEY King’s Regt. - Liverpool. George survived the war and is living in the Merseyside area, but is said to be in somewhat frail health

Pte. T. DIAMOND King’s Regt. - Liverpool. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. (see also the detail on the photo of RSM Alan Moss)

T.S.M. G.E. HAINES East Surrey Regt. Sgt. Major Haines was transferred to 5 Troop prior to the St. Nazaire raid. He was awarded the D.C.M. for his part in that operation. George survived the war.

Gdmn. F. HAYES Grenadier Guards. K.I.A. at Vaagso 27-12-41. Frank was age 22.

Capt. R. H. HOOPER King’s Regt. - Liverpool. Was at Vaagso, St. Nazaire and Sicily actions. Three times wounded, awarded M.C. , survived the war.

Pte. J. JACKSON South Lancs. Regt. K.I.A. at Salerno, 13-9-43. Joe was age 23.

L/Cpl. H. MATHER South Lancs. Regt. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Harry was age 22.

Pte. J. MAYLOTT South Lancs. Regt. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Jesse was age 21.

Sgt. E. MILNER South Lancs. Regt. Nobody seems to know what happened to Ernie Milner. He seems to have just disappeared round about November 1942.

Sgt. Peter MORLAND South Lancs. Regt. Was made T.S.M. after St. Nazaire and fought in the Sicily, Salerno, Yugoslavia and Albania operations. Awarded D.C.M. Peter survived the war.

Cpl. A. MORT South Lancs. Regt. Fought in St. Nazaire, Sicily, Italy, Yugoslavia and Albania operations. Finished the war with the rank of T.S.M. Alec passed on after a long illness, January, 2000.

Pte. F. PEACHEY South Lancs. Regt. Fred was wounded at St. Nazaire, Salerno and the Argenta Gap. He also participated in the Vaagso raid. He finished the war as a L./Sgt. And was awarded the M.M. and bar.

Gdmn. S. ROBINSON Grenadier Guards. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Syd was age 21.

Pte. H. ROWE Manchester Regt. No information available, he seems to have departed unseen sometime in 1943.

Sgt. T. SHERMAN King’s Regt. - Liverpool. Tom was promoted to T.S.M. after George Haines left 4 Troop. Following the St. Nazaire raid he went off-strength and was commissioned. He did not return to the Commandos, finishing his military career as an Hon. Colonel in a reserve organization. Awarded at O.B.E.

Sgt. A. WARDLE Lancashire Fusiliers. Was at St. Nazaire and after returned posted to O.C.T.U. and S.O.S. No. 2 Commando. He returned to Commando service with No. 3 Cdo as an officer attaining the rank of Captain

Lieut. J.E. VANDERWERVE King’s Regt. - Liverpool, age 23. John was lost at St. Nazaire 28-3-42.

* 31/3/10 update by Pete R. - John Sinnott provides this information - "I have a paper copy of this very same photo, courtesy of ex-TSM Tom Sherman and i wish to point out that the Tpr. named as Robinson (3rd from right, 3rd row from the back) is more likely to be my late uncle Ted Sinnott who was then L/Cpl and a member of 4 troop, 2 cdo."

17 January 2022 original photocopy replaced with this much higher resolution photo courtesy of Ernie Milner, son of Sgt. Ernie Milner No.2 Cdo.]]>
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