Date: 08/01/2023
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No.5 Commando 4 troop, Falmouth, Jan 1942
High resolution troop picture of No.5 Cdo courtesy of Terry Rowe, son of Pte Ernest Albert Rowe. Terry adds "Photo was taken in Falmouth at Greenbank most likely at back of the Hotel. 5 Commando HQ was down by the harbour in a large building."
back row: 1. 'Tiny'...;2-5. n/k; 6. Fred Thorley; 7. n/k; 8. John Skipper; 9. n/k;
2nd from back: L-r: 1-6. n/k; 7. Andy Dalziel; 8. n/k; 9. John James Anderson; 10. n/k;
3rd from back L-r: 1. Pringle; 2. n/k; 3. Ernest Albert Rowe (Berty) Served in Duke Wellington Regiment (Catterick) before transfer to Special Service; 4-5. n/k; 6. Des Crowden (with moustache);
3rd from front L-r: 1. n/k; 2. L/Cpl. Ronald Ernest Hicks RE; 3. n/k; 4. Pat 'Paddy' Wiggins(see comments below)
2nd from front (seated) L-r: 1-3. n/k; 4. Lt. Stuart Chant (awarded MC at St Nazaire); 5. n/k; 6 Paddy Tommy Ludlow; 7. Sgt Frank Carr (awarded DCM at St Nazaire);8. Hunter; 9. Ted Stuart
front row (squatting) L-r:
Update 28/10/10 by Pete R. This info from Neil Stuart " My father Ted Stuart, who died in 2006, is in this photo (He is on the extreme right of the second row from the front). I have a copy of this photo and a list that someone has made of the names in the photo. The list is not in my father's writing and I suspect was sent to him by someone no more than twenty years ago. Some of the names seem to match the information you already have, others do not. I apologise if some of the names may be incorrect due to my inability to read all of the writing correctly. The list is from left to right, starting with the back row:
BACK ROW: Addiscot / Boggis / Williams / Currie / Hay / Fred Thorley* / Mundin / John Skipper* / Hunter
2ND FROM BACK: Martin / Rowe / Spragg / Little / Keller / Little / D.L. (probably unable to recall how to spell Dalziel *) / Murning / John James Anderson */ Mackie
3RD FROM BACK: Pringle / Maxwell / Mutch / McIver/ Dinsdale / Linton / Adams / Brooks / Price
3RD FROM FRONT: Ludlow* / Hicks*/ Bebbington / Stobie / Butler / Byrne / Patterson / Crutchley / Rollers / Underhill / Fleming / Ferguesen
2ND FROM FRONT: McKerr / Fisher / Black / Chant* / Manford / Bell / Carr* / Crosby / Stuart*
FRONT ROW: Jones / Bottomley / Gunn / Blair / Menzies / Rhind / Killen
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of any of the names apart from my father."
Pte Benjamin Price, Welch Regt, [3rd row from back, far right]
identified by granddaughter Emma Jayne Wellington
Posted by Nick Collins on Mon 13 Sep 2021 16:01:37 EDT
Photo of 4 Troop, 5 Commando.
I too have this photo and can confirm that my father Lance Corporal Ronald Ernest Hicks, Royal Engineers is in the 3rd row from the front, 2nd left. He annotated the photo "Falmouth January 1942".
Posted by Michael Stuart Hicks on Thu 08 Aug 2013 12:41:22 EDT
Photo updated with comment transferred from details
Photo updated 1/08/10 by Pete R. The following information comes from Andy Dalziel (jnr) " My father, Andy Dalziel, you already have as well as my godfather, Paddy (Tommy) Ludlow. Third row down and six from the left, with the little moustache, is Des...
Photo updated 1/08/10 by Pete R. The following information comes from Andy Dalziel (jnr) " My father, Andy Dalziel, you already have as well as my godfather, Paddy (Tommy) Ludlow. Third row down and six from the left, with the little moustache, is Des Crowden, Des was a Londoner who after the war worked for Paddy Ludlow in the TV and radio rental he set up, DER. My father died in 1974, Des in the early 1990s as I recall. The photo was taken in the gardens beside the Greenbank hotel where they mustered every morning. "
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 26 Jul 2013 18:02:13 EDT
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Pte Benjamin Price, Welch Regt, [3rd row from back, far right]
identified by granddaughter Emma Jayne Wellington
Posted by Nick Collins on Mon 13 Sep 2021 16:01:37 EDT
Photo of 4 Troop, 5 Commando.
I too have this photo and can confirm that my father Lance Corporal Ronald Ernest Hicks, Royal Engineers is in the 3rd row from the front, 2nd left. He annotated the photo "Falmouth January 1942".
Posted by Michael Stuart Hicks on Thu 08 Aug 2013 12:41:22 EDT
Photo updated with comment transferred from details
| show fullshow summaryPhoto updated 1/08/10 by Pete R. The following information comes from Andy Dalziel (jnr) " My father, Andy Dalziel, you already have as well as my godfather, Paddy (Tommy) Ludlow. Third row down and six from the left, with the little moustache, is Des...
Photo updated 1/08/10 by Pete R. The following information comes from Andy Dalziel (jnr) " My father, Andy Dalziel, you already have as well as my godfather, Paddy (Tommy) Ludlow. Third row down and six from the left, with the little moustache, is Des Crowden, Des was a Londoner who after the war worked for Paddy Ludlow in the TV and radio rental he set up, DER. My father died in 1974, Des in the early 1990s as I recall. The photo was taken in the gardens beside the Greenbank hotel where they mustered every morning. "
Posted by Pete Rogers (Admin) on Fri 26 Jul 2013 18:02:13 EDT