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08/02/2022 14:36:28
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hi, my dad was JOHN WILLIAM KEEFE, Number 14729480. . 9 COMMANDO. IM TRYING TO SOURCE A FEW PIECES OF MEMORABILIA, TO PUT WITH PHOTOGRAPHS. would the attached pic be the right beret badge? ANY GUIDANCE MUCH APPRECIATED, SHAUN KEEFE
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08/02/2022 17:48:01
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Hi Shaun,
If you take a quick look at the No 9 Commando gallery you will see that in a few of the photographs the soldier is wearing a green beret with a black hackle.
regards, Doug
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08/02/2022 18:02:15
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Thanks Doug, will check the photo's out, cheers Shaun.
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08/02/2022 18:10:57
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im sure my dad had a gold coloured like pin badge on his green beret, once over, i might be wrong, long time ago.? i dont remember the Heckle Doug.
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08/02/2022 18:30:09
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My dad had the hackle along with the beret but I recall that it deteriorated very quickly and was thrown away.
It appears that your dad was a teenager when he enlisted in 1943-44 ? and I'm sure by then that the unit was wearing the hackle, although I read that when they were originally formed the inductees wore the badge of their original regiment.
Google "9 commando black hackle" or look at this websites 9 Commando page. I believe that No 11 commando also wore the black hackle.
The hackle is available online but it will cost you 12 quid.
Regards Doug
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08/02/2022 19:03:09
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Thanks Doug :-)
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08/02/2022 21:50:56
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Pete
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Shaun have a read of this about No.9 Commando and in particular their headgear in relation to the black hackle and lack of badge: https://www.commandoveterans.org/9Commando
If you look in the gallery you will see that the vast majority of photos show this.
No.9 Commando was Army Commando unit not Royal Marines. Bearing in mind the above if you just want to add the badge of his Regiment that he wore before he was attached to No.9 Commando then it would be the badge of the Somerset Light Infantry as depicted here: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/somerset-light-infantry-prince-alberts
More about Pte John William Keefe: https://www.commandoveterans.org/JohnKeefe_9Commando
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Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
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09/02/2022 18:14:44
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Thanks Pete :-)
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