Messages posted by: Ritchie

Pete
I was wondering if you ever emailed me the item from 02/01/2021?
Regards
Mark Wilcox
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Thankyou Pete and Guy!!
Marvellous work
Regards
Mark Wilcox

Yes he did. I only know that from visiting Darjeeling about 10 years ago and going to the Catholic Church he was christened at and finding the register and a notation on his birth certificate there.
He subsequently divorced and re- married in the UK then divorced and married my mum in New Zealand.
I also know he was in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising.
Cheers again
Mark

Hi Anna
I received an email from Brendan yesterday- here is his reply:

Hi Mark,

Happy New Year to you and yours too. May 2021 be a vast improvement on what
has been!

I read the forum attachment, I am happy for her to email me and were can
look into the history and see what we can find.

All the best,

Brendan

Thanks once again Pete!
I wonder if the temporary release in 1946 tied up with Dad going to Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine as I know he was there at some stage.
I have a photo that I will look at too that says it is of a mortar training course and has a number of Indian and British soldiers at. Perhaps a number of Commandos appear in that photo.
Just keeps getting more interesting- and you guys do a fantastic job!
Thanks again
Mark

Thankyou again Nick, Pete
I have the original of the photo in my dads possessions so will look at it in the next few days to see if there are any further nothings on it- I believe there?s not.
Yes he was in Dunkirk with The Royal West Kent?s so that is also correct.
So if he was in 3 Commando how would he have ended up in India if 3 Commando weren?t there?
Hmm this is getting more and more interesting.
And whoever emailed with the correction that he was in 3 Commando- Thankyou!
Mark

Nick, Pete
Do you know how he would have come to be in the 19th Hyderabad regiment?
Interesting that you say his ship was damaged and pulled in to Alexandria as I have a photo of a few soldiers laying on a beach, so possibly could be there.
Thankyou for your in-going help
Mark

Brendan wasn?t in the military, just a historian and has just retired as a customs officer here in New Zealand. He specialises in the LRDG history but has also written other military books.
Regards
Mark

Hi Pete and Nic
Thankyou for your response.
Your correct, the spelling for dads first name is Berkley, I spelt it incorrectly on the photo, and George is his middle name. Dad went by the name Barry but I don?t know if that was also what he used in the army.
His date of birth was 27 June 1920 in Darjeeling, India and date of death was 3 April 1980 in Auckland, New Zealand.
My email address is [email protected]
Thanks
Mark

Hi Nick
Thanks for your reply. So the photo that my dad appears in of the Lofoten Raiding Party is correct stating No. 1 Commando Troop 4 ?
Then he would have been in Burma and India attached to 3 Commando Brigade which is part of No. 1 Commando? Am I understanding that correctly?
So should he be moved to No. 1 Commando nominal role ?
Can I o rain a full copy of the newsletter his article is in?
I wonder how he ended up in the Hyderabad regiment?
Thanking you
Mark

Hi Anna
Here is his email address: [email protected]
His name is Brendan O?Carroll and mention I sent you his email. Look him up on Google too!
Hope he can help
Regards
Mark

Hi Anna
This is my first reply and also made my first posting today as well!
I dont know if this helps but a friend of mine - Bendan O'Carroll has written about 4 books on the LRDG and if you become stuck I can put you in touch with him. I think he has written specifically on the New Zealand side of the LRDG but he knows so much about the topic and visited Lybia etc and produced a DVD that he can probably help you.
Regards
Mark Wilcox

I was wondering if someone can explain why my father (B G WILCOX) appears in the nominal roll for No. 3 Commando but the photo of him of the Lofoten Raid Party March 1941 has him as No. 1 Commando Troop 4 ?
How can I find out more information on his Commando service?
Regards
Mark