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26/11/2010 18:52:22
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jackabea
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Hello.
I have been given information that my dad was attached to 7 commando from the Liverpool scottish, however i can not find any information on this unit, i know dad was captured in crete.
Does any member know of a site i can find information on this unit.
Very grateful for any help.
thanks
Ian
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26/11/2010 20:22:52
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Pete
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Hi Ian
There is a bit in our history section :
http://www.commandoveterans.org/site/mambots/editors/fckeditor/editor/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=
A handful of photos of pow's in our gallery:
http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/7/pow/
An account on Bardia at the Combined Ops website:
http://www.combinedops.com/Bardia_North_Africa.htm
And a bit more on Bardia and Crete here:
http://www.modern-day-commando.com/7-Commando.html
As you will see when No.7 Cdo became part of Layforce it formed 'A' Battalion. A book you might consider reading is called Middle East Commandos by Charles Messenger - should be available on Amazon or the like. As regards those in the Liverpool Scots who were part of No.7 Cdo. the man I mentioned before, Dennis Reeves of the Liverpool Scottish Museum Trust should be able to help
Regards
Pete
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27/11/2010 10:05:38
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John M
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Hello Ian
Appart from the superb links that Pete has given you another book if you have not already read it is:
Crete: The Battle and the Resistance
By Antony Beevor
Pub: 1991 John Murray
This is the most thourogh history of the Crete affair available and well worth getting hold of.
Regards
John M
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27/11/2010 22:35:13
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jackabea
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I have emailed Denis a few times but i have not had a reply from him i have tried to telephone but no answer?
I think maybe they are away on holiday
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29/11/2010 23:26:26
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McHarg
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Ian
Fred Birch, No 7 and No 11 Commando, gave a Sound Archive interview to the Imperial War Museum in 1987. Fred?s parent unit was the 2nd Battalion Liverpool Scottish; in the interview he gives his account of No7 Commando?s ( or ?A? Battalion Layforce as they were known in the Middle East)participation in the Bardia Raid and the withdrawal from Crete.
He also goes on to detail his involvement in Operation Flipper and the raid on Rommel?s HQ.
The transcript of the interview is available from the Imperial War Museum; it is 57 pages in total and is packed with information on No.7 Commando.
A copy of the transcript can be obtained through the Sound Archive at following contact:
[email protected] or by contacting John Stopford-Pickering on Tel 0207 416 5363
The following details will speed up the process:
Sound Archive Reference ? 9770 Birch, Frederick
Description ? British NCO served with 7 and 11 Commando in North Africa and Crete, 1941, including raid on Rommel?s Headquarters, 11/1941
Recorded ? 28/April/1987
Regards
Ian
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