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31/01/2009 16:32:02
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Stephen Donnison
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This is among my dad's papers On offical No5 Commando notepaper Its not my dad's handwriting so who wrote it? maybe my father's officer Capt Beasley
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05/02/2009 23:44:19
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ViA
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Hi
Thats great. My image ended with the word prone.
Have i miss printed it or is part of poem missing.
what was your fathers name?
My grandfather Sgt George Jenkins fought in Burma, Albania, North Africa to name a few.
David Smiley and Julian Amery and maclean were in charge.
There is a chance that they would have met in Burma. from what i can gather it was a fairly small but successful commando force.
Cheers
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06/02/2009 12:03:39
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Stephen Donnison
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Im afraid thats all there was of the poem.Ive got a wad of No5 Commando notepaper and that piece was with it. My dad was Pte Robert (Bob) Donnison joined No5 from the Lincolnshire Reg October 41
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06/02/2009 13:33:46
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NIC
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ViA wrote:Hi
...There is a chance that they would have met in Burma. from what i can gather it was a fairly small but successful commando force.
Cheers
Not that small - 3 Commando Brigade consisted of No1, No5, 42RM Cdo & 44RM Cdo
John M wrote:A Commando usually contained 6 Troops + HQ Troop
each troop was of 60 Men
further divided into 2 sections of 30 men
further into 2 Sub Sections of 15 men
and in Burma further again into
2 'Fighting Troops 'of 7 men.( In Number 1 Cdo)
In other words each Commando Unit comprised over 360 men;
therefore, 3 Cdo Brigade had manning in excess of 1440 (4 x 360)
Nick
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07/02/2009 04:50:37
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ViA
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Thanks for the great info.
I always assumed they worked in smaller groups.
cheers
ViA
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19/06/2023 16:53:42
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Pete
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Stephen
I found a nice newspaper obituary for your father which I have posted here:
https://www.commandoveterans.org/Robert_Donnison_newspaper_report
Pete
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Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
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When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.
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