Mortar section from No 5 Cdo at Ahmednagar '45

[Photo from the collection of Sgt Ted Tharme, courtesy of his son Paul].

4 rows

Back row l-r ( 6 men standing):

2nd from back row: l-r ( 7 men standing):1. n/k; 2. Jack 'Ossie' Osborn; 3-5 n/k; 6. John Richard Coghlan; 7. n/k

Sitting l-r ( 5 men seated): 1-3. n/k; 4. Thomas Wardle; 5. n/k.

Front row l-r (4 men on floor): 1. 'Picer' Snowball; 2. 'Stabber' Martin; 3. 'Yanto' King; 4. Sgt Philip Johns.

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From the annotations on reverse of an identical photo:

L. to R. Back Row:- "Wacker" WATKINS, "Tearaway" POWIS, "Gladys" CARPENTER, "Wretched" RENNIE, "Moe" MORRIS, "Puddled" HUDDLE.

2nd B. R.:- "Cash" WOODCOCK, "Ossy" OSBORNE, "Burma Dave" DAVISON, "Jonah" JONES, "Orrible" HORGAN, "Muscles" COGHLAN, "Spud" HEDGES.

Sitting:- "Joe" DEAKIN, "Old Un" DAVIS, "Tich" DAYSON, "Tommy" WARDLE, "Corry" CORFIELD.

Front Row:- "Picer" SNOWBALL, "Stabber" MARTIN, "Yanto" KING, "Jonah" JOHNS.