Van Bodegom, Westerling, Luitwieler, Kokhuis, Van der Wal, Ubels, Timmer, De Boer

Some of No.10IA Commando 2 'Dutch' troop.11 March 1943 on their way to a weapons demonstration: left to right: Van Bodegom, Westerling, Luitwieler, Cpl Kokhuis, Sgt Van der Wal, Cpl Ubels, Timmer, Cpl De Boer. Cpl Kokhuis is wearing the crossed swords badge of a British Army PTI (Physical Training Instructor).

Update 8/1/12 by Pete R. Photo was originally courtesy of William Timmer's son Jan. This higher res version courtesy of Jack Bakker and the Dutch Commando Museum

Jack Bakker had previously also added this information " I have looked up this photo in the archive of our Commando museum and can provide the names -from left to right 1.Van Bodegom; 2. Raymond Westerling ;3. Luitwieler (as a sergeant he was in a glider which during operation Market Garden was going to Arnhem, but it had to make an emergency landing in the south of Holland where he went into hiding. From there he came in contact with about a hundred Americans who were hiding in the woods. With this group he liberated the town of Boxtel);4.Kokhuis (as a Cpl he was one of the 11 Dutch Commandos who were attached to the 82nd American Airborne Division during operation Market Garden and he landed south of the town of Nijmegen. He was wounded during operation Infatuate, the landings on the island of Walcheren in November 1944; his son became a Commando as well and now lives in South Africa);5. Van der Wal (as a sergeant he was one of the five Dutch Commandos who were attached to the 101st American Airborne Division during operation Market Garden, which division liberated the town of Eindhoven); 6.Ubels (as a Cpl he was one of the 11 Dutch Commandos who were attached to the 82nd American Airborne Division during operation Market Garden and he landed south of the town of Nijmegen; during operation Infatuate he was wounded; after the war he went to England);7. Timmer; 8. De Boer "