Fred Whisker, Jack Higham, Bill Irvine, and others as shown
No.1 Commando. This photo taken by Derek Quick No.1 Cdo. and provided courtesy of his son Nigel
back row l-r: 1.Fred Whisker; 2.Richard John 'Jack' Higham; 3.Cox; 4.Bill Irvine;5."Smudger" Smith;6.Ernie Poyntz;
middle row l-r: 1.Geordie;2. Bensley aka 'Brother Ben' ;3. 'Bing' Crosby; 4. O'Neill; 5.'Bope' Simmonds; 6. 'Gladys' Gladwell;
Front row l-r: 1. Fred 'Blondie' Williams; 2.'Crusher' Cole; 3.Jim Taylor; 4. Shown on photo as "Soapy" Hudson but see below possibly Bate.
updated 7/12/09 from Idris Jones No.1 Cdo via Andy Maines:
front row no.5 with Gladwell's hands on his shoulders is called Bate; middle row no.3 is Gladwell. Idris Jones of No.1 Cdo recalls the surname of back row no.6 as Pointz rather than Poynter
6/5/10 further update providing names and confirming Poynter as Poyntz from Fred Whisker No.1 Cdo
Info update 12 May 2012, Liz Hinze identifies her father, Richard John 'Jack' Higham and provides other photos to support her claim. (the 'Higham' in this photo was previously labelled as Walter 'Higgy' Higham but there were two 'Highams' in No1 as Jack died in 1974 and Walter in 1968. N Collins
Thank you Philip. If you haven’t seen it this is our archive entry, just copy and paste the link: https://www.commandoveterans.org/W_H_Bate_1Commando
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 28 Sep 2021 16:59:44 EDT
Front row no.5 with Gladwell's hands on his shoulders is William Bate
Posted by Philip Bate on Tue 28 Sep 2021 09:52:41 EDT
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Thank you Philip. If you haven’t seen it this is our archive entry, just copy and paste the link: https://www.commandoveterans.org/W_H_Bate_1Commando
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Tue 28 Sep 2021 16:59:44 EDT
Front row no.5 with Gladwell's hands on his shoulders is William Bate
Posted by Philip Bate on Tue 28 Sep 2021 09:52:41 EDT