Standing: 1-3. nk; 4. Sgt Joseph Henry 'Tim' Robinson; 5. Horace Stokes.
Front: 1. Jimmy Flint; 2. nk.
Graham Robinson relates, "My father always told the story that he was at home in Hungerford on sick leave, recovering from having his appendix operated on, when Lieutenant Pinckney (who led the raid [Operation Chess] and who lived in the same town) called in to see him and asked if he fancied going on a trip to France! Which of course my father did. Indeed, sure enough, dad's Soldiers Service and Pay Book shows him as being on sick leave from 18 - 31 July 1941, following his period on the 'Y' List from what looks like 11 July to 16 July. Only a small party of men went ashore that night with my dad staying on the Landing Craft - he said because he wasn't fully fit having not long had his operation - but he also said it was one of the times when he was almost killed. A bullet or tracer shell splashing into the water alongside his head as he peered out trying to see what was happening."
The informal ‘out of Barracks’ setting means that these Troopers were probably in Civvie Digs using subsistence allowances. To someone not familiar with the set-up this was how Commando Units, with no usual Regimental Home, managed being being...
The informal ‘out of Barracks’ setting means that these Troopers were probably in Civvie Digs using subsistence allowances. To someone not familiar with the set-up this was how Commando Units, with no usual Regimental Home, managed being being constantly on the move when preparing for the coming Invasion and Battles in France and beyond.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Mon 14 Sep 2020 13:25:44 EDT
Hello Carol. I haven't looked at this website for a year unfortuneately but have just seen your post which I'm really excited about. I have for some time been trying to identify all the men in the photo and also to identify beyond doubt those men...
Hello Carol. I haven't looked at this website for a year unfortuneately but have just seen your post which I'm really excited about. I have for some time been trying to identify all the men in the photo and also to identify beyond doubt those men involved in Operation Basalt. I have alot of information you may want and am happy to share it with you.
Posted by Graham Robinson on Thu 25 Apr 2019 05:08:56 EDT
Operation Basalt
Hi Graham, Jim or Jimmy Flint is the chap at the front squatting down. Stokesy as we came to know him was a great mate of my father in laws during their time in the services..
Posted by Carol Flint on Wed 16 May 2018 22:25:35 EDT
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(view all 4 comments)The informal ‘out of Barracks’ setting means that these Troopers were probably in Civvie Digs using subsistence allowances. To someone not familiar with the set-up this was how Commando Units, with no usual Regimental Home, managed being being...
The informal ‘out of Barracks’ setting means that these Troopers were probably in Civvie Digs using subsistence allowances. To someone not familiar with the set-up this was how Commando Units, with no usual Regimental Home, managed being being constantly on the move when preparing for the coming Invasion and Battles in France and beyond.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Mon 14 Sep 2020 13:25:44 EDT
Jimmy Flint
| show fullshow summaryHello Carol. I haven't looked at this website for a year unfortuneately but have just seen your post which I'm really excited about. I have for some time been trying to identify all the men in the photo and also to identify beyond doubt those men...
Hello Carol. I haven't looked at this website for a year unfortuneately but have just seen your post which I'm really excited about. I have for some time been trying to identify all the men in the photo and also to identify beyond doubt those men involved in Operation Basalt. I have alot of information you may want and am happy to share it with you.
Posted by Graham Robinson on Thu 25 Apr 2019 05:08:56 EDT
Operation Basalt
Hi Graham, Jim or Jimmy Flint is the chap at the front squatting down. Stokesy as we came to know him was a great mate of my father in laws during their time in the services..
Posted by Carol Flint on Wed 16 May 2018 22:25:35 EDT