General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, Governor of The RH Chelsea, inspects the Commando Veterans.
Date: 31/12/2011
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Owner: Nick Collins
Escape document for Joseph Straughan
Gordon Highlanders and No.9 Commando 1 troop. Photo courtesy of his son Neil who adds "My father was one of the 51st Highland captured at St Valery, ten days into the march into captivity he jumped the line and spent the next seven months making his way through France and Spain eventually getting home and joining the Commandos"