No.3 Commando 5 troop December 1941 (higher res)
Photo from the nephew of Private Thomas Mackenzie (top row 3rd from the left) who had served in the commando since its formation and was was killed in action at Sicily (See ROH).
This is a higher resolution image of a photo already in our gallery which is annotated as 5 Troop Dec 1941 and has the names as below.
Left to Right
Top Row: 1. n/k; 2. McEwan; 3. Chadwick; 4. Nobby Hall; 5. -6. n/k; 7. Short; 8. Tom McKenzie (killed in action Sicily); 9. Dolan; 10. Unknown.
Fourth Row: 1. Lacey (possibly ident with Pte John Lacey killed in action Dieppe); 2. n/k; 3. Jim Kerr; 4. Frank Swinton; 5-8. n/k; 9. Jack Derbyshire; 10. Dick Pickover( POW at Dieppe); 11-12. n/k;
Third Row: 1. Bert Gregg; 2. n/k; 3. Harry Shaw ( possibly ident with SHAW killed in action DDay); 4. Tom Perrie (killed in action Sicily 1943); 5-6. n/k; 7. (Sally) Salisbury; 8. Taff Wynne; 9. Jim James; 10-11. n/k; 12. George Churcher.
Second Row: 1. Bill Taylor; 2. Art Miles; 3. Blondie Collins; 4. Bill Lowe; 5. Lt (Molly) Molesworth (left Commando. Killed in action 1943); 6. Capt Sandy Ronald (later left to become Major and 2i/c No 6 Commando. Killed in action 1942); 7. Lt Geoff Osmond (later wounded and taken prisoner at Dieppe. Awarded MC) ; 8. Ron Grove; 9. Jango Briggs; 10. Wilkinson; 11. Buck Taylor; 12. n/k.
Bottom Row: 1. Jim Maguire; 2. n/k; 3. Tansey Lee; 4. n/k; 5. T. McEwan; 6-8. n/k; 9. Macormack; 10-11. n/k
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