Group of Veterans including Major John 'Chips' Heron, MC, No.5 Commando
Date: 15/05/2015
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Owner: Nick Collins
LCpl. John Anthony Horan
7346283 Lance Corporal
Royal Army Medical Corps and No.6 Commando.
Post war member of the Commando Association.
His son Ernie adds the following "VI Commando were billeted in Dumbarton during WWII. They used to climb Dumbarton Rock or Brucehill cliff on the banks of the River Clyde every morning for training. Some of them, my father included, met women there and when the war ended at least nine of them came back to Dumbarton and settled there instead of going back to England (or in one case, to Wales). The nine that I know about were Sgt Evan William (Taffy) Eyles, Sgt Arthur Arnold, Pte Sidney Gath from Manchester, Pte John Maurice (Jack) Kay from London, Pte Reggie Barrat, Pte Charlie Martin from Southampton or thereabouts, Pte Alex Blasby, Pte Stan Wall from Liverpool, and L/Cpl John Anthony (Tony) Horan from Birmingham."
