Fred Whisker, Stanley Roast, Rudgley, Bensley - No.1 Commando, Aexandria, Dec. 1943

[Photo courtesy of Angela Park, granddaughter of Stanley Roast MM, No.1 Commando].

Back row Fred Whisker on the left (see additional photos of Fred in the No.1 Cdo gallery) and Stanley Roast MM on the right.

Update 9/1/2019
Gnr J. Bensley (1 Cdo) was killed on July 24th, 1956 during a Parachute exercise being carried out by the R.M.F.V.R. at Poole in Dorset.
(CA Newsletter 24 issued March 1957.)

Armed Forces Memorial Roll of Honour
Corporal James Bensley
RMV 202718
RMFVR Tyne, Royal Marines
b.12 September 1917
d.24 July 1956
aged 38.
Elswick Cemetery, Newcastle.