Date: 23/07/2013
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Early volunteers for No.4 Commando
Weymouth July 1940. Photo courtesy of Major James Dunning who adds " They came from many different Regiments and Corps as seen here, eg. Lieut. 'Monty' Banks (Royal Tanks) and Capt. Le Butt ( Black Watch). Many were survivors of Dunkirk, such as John Skerry seated 2nd from the left "
This is my father after volunteering. We have some lovely family stories of them being “mobilised “ with bicycles. Having to make their own way up to Troon (he borrowed a car) He went on the Lofoten Islands raid . His escape map silk neckscarf which was...
This is my father after volunteering. We have some lovely family stories of them being “mobilised “ with bicycles. Having to make their own way up to Troon (he borrowed a car) He went on the Lofoten Islands raid . His escape map silk neckscarf which was given for the raid, if it went wrong...is now framed and displayed with his medals in the Fort William Commando museum. He then went back to The Tank Corp.
Posted by Susane K.B. Balchin on Sat 30 Jun 2018 23:21:34 EDT
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Lieut Norman (Monty) Banks
| show fullshow summaryThis is my father after volunteering. We have some lovely family stories of them being “mobilised “ with bicycles. Having to make their own way up to Troon (he borrowed a car) He went on the Lofoten Islands raid . His escape map silk neckscarf which was...
This is my father after volunteering. We have some lovely family stories of them being “mobilised “ with bicycles. Having to make their own way up to Troon (he borrowed a car) He went on the Lofoten Islands raid . His escape map silk neckscarf which was given for the raid, if it went wrong...is now framed and displayed with his medals in the Fort William Commando museum. He then went back to The Tank Corp.
Posted by Susane K.B. Balchin on Sat 30 Jun 2018 23:21:34 EDT