No.6 Commando panorama January 1945.

[The CVA has been granted permission to display this photo by Denis Muir, curator of the Clan Cameron Museum. The original is displayed in the museum at Achnacarry. My thanks to Pete Dunlop who took this copy on our visit there 7th April 2010].

Six Rows all left to right

Top/Row 1 (43 men): 1-23. nk; 24. LCpl.John Nelson; 25-43. nk.

Row 2 (44 men): 1-44. nk.

Row 3 (45 men): 1-39. nk; 40. Pte John William Day; 41-43. nk; 44. Robert 'Bobby' Cook; 45 (behind the Sgt in row 4). nk.

Row 4 (48 men): 1. (Sgt). nk; 2-47. nk.; 48 (Sgt). nk.

Row 5.(Sitting on chairs)(47 men): 1. nk; 2. Sgt.J.V.Byrne; 3. nk; 4. Sgt. William ‘Bill’ Savin; 5-17. nk; 18. Capt.J.A. (Jack) Clovis; 19-21. nk; 22. Capt. R.Hardey MC; 23. Major David Powell 2i/c; 24. Lt.Col. Charles Courtney Coade O.C.;25. Capt Ryan Price; 26-28. nk; 29. Capt(Padre) Andrew J.O. Gordon; 30. nk; 31. Lt Peter Cruden; 32-47. nk.

Bottom/Row 6 (Cross legged on ground)(8 men): 1-8. nk

Note
Rows 3 and 4 slightly merge on the extreme right. So check carefully when stating where a person may be in line with the numbers of men shown for each row. Some comments with ID were added before numbering and are not clear so please re comment using the numbered rows as shown above.