Titch Shaw and Dickinson

Photo courtesy of Des Rochford (No.2 Cdo. 1 troop) via Paul Bell. Des adds "Shows how young we were in those days, they left us and went to the Raiding Support Regiment and he ended up in the Malay Scouts after the war, he was a regular soldier that fellow. The shoulder titles were red on blue, we did wear them on our KDs in Italy.”

Posted by Pete R. who adds " I have a record of a 4547160 Pte. L. Shaw and 5630880 L/Cpl. E. Dickenson, both attached from the Yorks and Lancs., leaving 2 Cdo at their own request Sept 1944."

Update 25/4/12 from Des Rochford 2 Cdo via Paul Bell " Titch Shaw is the young looking fellow without a hat. Apparently his father was killed in a Yorkshire mining disaster and he was the eldest son, he was only about 13 and the family was a bit short of money because he had two or three younger brothers. So he joined the army band service putting his age on and said he was 16, he was actually only about 13. He joined the West Yorkshire Regiment (Des thinks), got sent overseas and ended up in the York and Lancs. He came from there to join 2 Commando with Dickinson. He left when they were at Monopoli and he joined the Raiding Support Regiment. After the war he was in the Malay Scouts out in Malaya. Des isn’t sure what regiment Dickinson came from but they both went from 2 Commando to the Raiding Support Regiment."