Commandos return from the raid on St Cecily 3/4th June 1942
This raid codenamed Operation Bristle involved No.1 Commando. In his list of Commando raids in our gallery, Henry Brown (No.1 Cdo and later Gen. Sec. of the Commando Assoc.) notes that other Special Service individuals took part. This photo was printed in the Daily Sketch on Friday 5th June 1942
This is confirmed by Sgt John Huntington of No.12 Commando, who provided a copy of this photo, identifying Lt. Philip Pinckney of 12 Commando as being the officer at the front right of the photo. Philip Pinckney later moved from 12 Cdo. to be a Captain in 2SAS. He was killed on the 7th September 1943 in Italy. For more information on him, copy and paste this link into your browser and send:https://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/12/pinckney/
This photo, provided by Michael Trevor-Barnston, son of Brigadier Ken Trevor, replaces a lower resolution photo from the collection of Sgt John Huntington...
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Elaine Southworth believes the man shown as Lt Philip Pinckney is her father Sgt John Southworth No.1 Cdo(see his album in gallery)
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Mon 28 Jan 2013 05:42:48 EST