L/Cpl. H.P. Cunningham No2 Cdo and ML 267 St Nazaire

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Thomas Kenny wrote:hello, my names is Thomas Henry Kenny, i am named after my great uncle L/Cpl.Henry Cunninham, No 2 Cdo, and i have noticed he is mentioned above, i know about when and were he died and the mission he wwas on but was wondering like is there any pictures as my grandad has only one tattered old one and was only a child when he died.

any help will be appreciated thanks

H.P. CUNNINGHAM King?s Regt. - Liverpool. K.I.A. at St. Nazaire, 28-3-42. Henry was age 22.

posted for Thomas Kenny to prevent post being lost in an old thread.

Nick

Hello Thomas

Your great uncle Pte Henry CUNNINGHAM was on ML267 for the St Nazaire raid with the HQ Reserve team.

Equipe H.Q reserve

1 - RSM. Alan Moss (2/5)
2 - Bdr. Jack Aspden (9)
3 - L/cpl. Edward J. Bryan (2/4)
4 - L/Cpl. R. Cockin (2/4)
5 - L/cpl. John Coughlan (2/4)
6 - Pte. Henry P. Cunningham (2/4)
7 - Pte. Thomas Diamond (2/4)
8 - L/cpl. William Hay (2)
9 - Pte. W.G Jones (2/4)
10 - Pte. Jesse. Maylott (2/4)
11 - L/Cpl. Gerry Taylor (2/H.Q, radio)

Best regards

Bernard

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Having just read this post and seen the names of the Commandos on board ML 267 posted by Bernard, it should be noted that 8 of the 11 Commandos on board did not survive after the ML was hit by heavy gunfire and had to be abandoned.
All the Commando fallen on ML 267 were from No.2 Cdo:

In Memory of :

Regimental Sergeant Major Alan Moss
Sergeant Gerald Taylor
Lance Corporal Edward Bryan
Lance Corporal John Coughlan
Lance Corporal William Hay
Private Henry Cunningham
Private Thomas Diamond
Private Jesse Maylott

and the fallen from the crew of ML 267 :

Lieutenant Eric Beart (RNVR)
Leading Stoker Edward Chick
Motor Mechanic Eric Kenningham
Motor Mechanic Sydney Roots
Stoker 1st class William Oliphant
Able Seaman John Leech
Able Seaman Albert Sheppard
Ordinary Seaman Gordon Bell
Ordinary Seaman Arthur Bartlett
Ordinary Seaman Harold Westcott
Telegraphist David Steele

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.

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Prisoner of War [ Stalag VIII B - Lamsdorf, Poland : Camp no. 344 ; POW No.18703 ]

Lance Corporal Robert Cockin [Army no. 3654681] 2 Commando 4 Troop [ML267] - Uncle of wife.
3rd from left on rear rank

Personal photograph in possession of Michael Hymer / Sandra [ maiden name Cockin ]

Lance Bombardier Jack Aspden & Private William George Jones were in the same camp, survivors from ML267.

Any help identifying personnel in the image would be most appreciated, if possible.

Rear Rank:....1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 3 L/Cpl Cockin, R. 4 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 6 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Front Rank:...1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 3 xxxxxxxxxxxxx 4 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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That's a cracking photo. Can you just confirm this is Lance Corporal Robert Cockin ? I will add the whole photo to our gallery and add the cropped image of him to our Commando archive entry here: http://www.commandoveterans.org/RobertCockin2Commando

Can you advise me the name of the person to add the credit to the photo ?

Here is the entry from the WO 392/1 files - British Army PoWs held in Germany & German Occupied Territories - held in the National Archives

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Many thanks Nick for this information, gratefully received.

Thanks Michael for the photos of Robert which are now in the No.2 Commando gallery. I forgot in my email to mention the full POW photo is in our POW albums on the link below:

http://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/POW/

Some other Commando Prisoners of War held at Lamsdorf can be found here: http://www.commandoveterans.org/stalag_v111b_344