Crouching left to right: Cpl John Mason **, Jock Moodie, Terry Jackson, Jed Prout *, Hugo Wynne, Ken McAllister
* 2929485 Pte. Charles 'Jed' Prout was 1st Bn Liverpool Scots TA, then No.4 Independent Company, then No.1 Special Service Bn. In 1941 he was part of Detachment Force 'X' sent to Malta where they operated from submarines with the SBS. Later attached to the Middle East Commando and SAS. In 1943 he volunteered for the Parachute Regiment.
** Cpl John Mason was from Bebbington, Cheshire and was in the Liverpool Scottish when he volunteered for Norway. Before the war he had been in the King's Hussars, and after Scissors Force, he went on to serve with the Seaforth Highlanders, seeing service at El Alamein and in Italy. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and he told me the account of Private Martin's death when I was a young boy. ( Source: Grandson of Cpl Mason).
I can identify the lance corporal crouching bottom left in Pete Rogers' photo of the 4th Independent Company as my grandfather, John Mason, from Bebbington, Cheshire. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and...
I can identify the lance corporal crouching bottom left in Pete Rogers' photo of the 4th Independent Company as my grandfather, John Mason, from Bebbington, Cheshire. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and he told me the account of Private Martin's death when I was a young boy. John Mason was in the Liverpool Scottish when he volunteered for Norway. Before the war he had been in the King's Hussars, and after Operation Scissorforce he went on to serve with the Seaforth Highlanders at El Alamein and in Italy.
Posted by Philip Voice on Wed 27 Apr 2016 14:39:41 EDT
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Thanks Philip...my uncle also lived in Bebington and is in the photo.
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Thu 28 Apr 2016 18:32:08 EDT
I can identify the lance corporal crouching bottom left in Pete Rogers' photo of the 4th Independent Company as my grandfather, John Mason, from Bebbington, Cheshire. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and...
I can identify the lance corporal crouching bottom left in Pete Rogers' photo of the 4th Independent Company as my grandfather, John Mason, from Bebbington, Cheshire. He was near Private Robert George Martin when he died on board HMS Vindictive, and he told me the account of Private Martin's death when I was a young boy. John Mason was in the Liverpool Scottish when he volunteered for Norway. Before the war he had been in the King's Hussars, and after Operation Scissorforce he went on to serve with the Seaforth Highlanders at El Alamein and in Italy.
Posted by Philip Voice on Wed 27 Apr 2016 14:39:41 EDT