Lt's Philip Walton and John Roderick

[Photo from the collection of Pte. Bill Lawson 2 Cdo courtesy of his family and Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities, Sheerness.]

Both these No 2 Commando officers took part in Operation Chariot at St Nazaire. Lieut. Walton was killed during the action. Lieut. Roderick, with the pipe, was wounded and captured and was later awarded the Military Cross.

In Memory of 104117 Lieutenant Philip Walton
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and No. 2 Commando 1 troop
who died on the 28th March 1942 aged 25
Remembered with honour at Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery.