Lt Donald Long MC, Captain Bill Carrie, Lt Angus Ferguson, Villa Borghese, Rome May 1945
No 9 Commando officers at the British Officers Club in Rome, 15 May 1945. The hand-written caption says this is the Villa Borghese and the officers can be identified only through their signatures. L-R: unknown, Lt DB Long, MC, Captain Bill Carrie and Lt Angus Ferguson. Photo courtesy of his son Gregor Ferguson.
284561 Lt. Donald Bayley Long was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during Operation Roast (Lake Comacchio) on the 1st-4th April 1945 during which he was wounded. (Supplement to London Gazettes dated 5th July 1945)
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