Messages posted by: alitait89

Thank you Pete for all your help. It means a lot to see him in the gallery. Fingers crossed someone may recognise the other men in the photographs and get a lovely surprise at seeing their loved ones.

Thanks again

Hi Pete,

My name is Alison Tait. His Service Number is 6103111 and date of birth 17/08/1920. He was born in Scarborough but was from Deans Grange in Dublin. He travelled to England in 1940 and joined the Queens Royal Regiment on the 22/08/1940. He joined the 6 Commandos in 1941 according to his Copy of Attestation. He joined the Royal Army Pay Corps and was transferred to Hong Kong in 1949, Egypt in 1953, Zambia 1958, Nairobi 1965. He retired from the military (Royal Army Pay Corps) in 1971 as a WO2 and decided to settle in Carlisle.

He sadly sustained major head injuries due to a hit and run accident while he was on a walk in Carlisle in 1994. He lost all his short term memory and awoke a coma with no memories of after the war. In fact his first words where "is this England England or German England".

We relocated to Salisbury in 1999 and he lived with us until he passed away in 2004 (I will have to get the death certificate from my mum to verify the exact date) at the age of 83.

I have his Soldiers Service and Pay Book from during the war in which his medical classification changes from A1 to A5 at the end of 1943, he then joins to Royal Army Pay Corps very shortly after. Do you know or are you able to point me in the direction to understand why he left the Commandos before the end of the war and if it might have something to do with those classifications?

Thanks

Apologies for the poor quality, this one is a little damaged. Unknown date or place.

Unknown date or place (Robert Moran top left)

Unknown date or place - (Robert Moran is on the top right.)

My file sizes are too large so I will be uploading the 4 photos that I have separately. If anyone can shed any light on the photos it would be much appreciated.

- This photo states on the back - "No. 4 Troop, 6 Commando, Special Services. Taken on top of Ben Nevis March 1941".

During my research I came across some photographs of my Grandad Robert Moran during the war. He was in 4 troop, 6 Commandos from 1941 to 1944. It would be interesting to be able to identify the other soldiers in the photo attached. Any help would be appreciated. (My Grandad is on the top right of the trio).