No. 4 Commando F Troop July 1944 Breville

No. 4 Commando F Troop July 1944 Breville. Major Jimmy Dunning advises that this photo was provided to him by Roland Oliver. Jimmy adds " F troop taken at Breville, Normandy in late July by which time the Troop (originally 70 all ranks on D Day) was down to just over 30 all ranks"

Assuming 5 rows all left to right with the top row being 5 and the bottom row 1

5th/Top row (3 men): 1. n/k; 2. n/k; 3 (light coloured shirt and glasses). Lt. "Big Mac" Murdoch McDougall

4th row (7 men): 1 (with moustache). Henry Donkin?? ; 2. n/k; 3. William Arnold Jones; 4(light coloured shirt). n/k; 5(slightly behind 4 and 6). n/k; 6-7. n/k

3rd row (8 men): 1. (very upright). n/k; 2. n/k; 3 (slightly in front of 2 and 4). n/k; 4 (slightly behind 3). n/k; 5. Capt. Len Coulson; 6. n/k; 7. Patrick McVeigh; 8. n/k

2nd row up (6 men): 1. n/k; then a slight gap to 2-4. n/k; 5 (slightly lower than 4 and 6 & partial view). n/k; 6. n/k

1st/Bottom row (7 men) l-r: 1-6. n/k; 7. Charlie Palmer


In Memory of 3649481 Private Henry Donkin
South Lancashire Regiment and No. 4, Commando
who died age 40 on 01 November 1944
Remembered with honour Bergen Op Zoom War Cemetery