Albert Buckley Polwin (age 17) (front 2nd left) after joining RN
Date: 01/01/2022
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Clachaig Hotel
This note is taken from Major Rees-Jones'obituary:
" Rees-Jones joined No5 Commando in July 1940 at its inception. The War Office was concerned by the lack of mountain troops and asked that soldiers with a knowledge of climbing come forward. Capt. Rees-Jones volunteered and was stationed at the Clachaig Hotel in Glencoe where he and his comrades ran a course for several months and proved to the War Office that ordinary soldiers could be turned into mountaineers..."