5 Troop No.2 Cdo photo and names

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One of my brothers had this photo of 4 men from No.2 Commando. One I recognised from another photo of mine I had already posted. They were both taken I believe at the old Ayr Racecourse. John Stewart is on the right as you view the picture. Sadly John was killed in action at Salerno. With help from Eric Buckmaster the others are Jimmy Smith (next to John) , he believes the man alongside Jimmy is John Caveney from Paisley, and finally he thinks the 4th man is Walter Ainslie. To my surprise Eric then said "I'll send him the photo to confirm that". Walter lives in Edinburgh so I am hoping he might agree to meet me as he is so close. Walter and Jimmy are both named in my fathers note book of 5 Troop in 1943. There is a John Caveney from Paisley also in there and I believe he is identical with the Cavanagh that Eric remembers. I'll keep you posted if I get to meet Walter.

For some reason the picture is not displaying here and I cannot add or delete the photo in the forum edit option, so the following link will take you to the No.2 Cdo 5 Troop album gallery photo :
http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/2/5+troop/No_2+at+Ayr+john+stewart.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

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Update on 19 sept 2009. all above names confirmed by Walter Ainslie, 5 Troop No.2 Cdo.