commando veterans association commando dagger
[Recent Topics] Recent Topics   [Groups] Back to home page  [Register] Register /  [Login] Login 
Ted (dutch) holland  XML
Forum Index » General Events
Author Message
[Post New]27/07/2019 17:04:48
    Subject: Ted (dutch) holland
[Up]
johnboy
Forum Member

Joined: 27/07/2019 16:48:39
Messages: 1
Offline
Our dad Ted Holland No3 Commando was a member of the Home Guard before joining the REME and subsequently the commandos.

He was working in the Aircraft industry at the outbreak of war for a company known as Airscrew Ltd based in Weybridge Surrey. The company made aircraft propellors from wood.

The Home Guard patrolled the nearby canals and factories mostly involved with war work. In particular the Vickers and Hawker factories at nearby Brooklands.

Dad was 17/18 at the time unable to be accepted as aircrew due to his reserved occupation. This resulted in several pranks one of which got him sacked.

I attach a photo showing the troop? dad is third from right second to back row. He was responsible for a Lewis gun usually positioned on the factory roof as a precaution against air raids. This was beforethe infamous raid on Brooklands
 Filename Airscrew_Homeguard_PHOTO_SCAN (1).pdf [Disk] Download
 Description
 Filesize 84 Kbytes
 Downloaded:  452 time(s)

[Post New]27/07/2019 21:33:00
    Subject: Re:Ted (dutch) holland
[Up]
Bill Harvey
Forum Member
[Avatar]

Joined: 07/07/2007 22:24:35
Messages: 715
Location: Dunbeg Argyll
Offline
John

Thanks for putting this on.

Bill
Bill Harvey
Son of Gunner Bill Harvey No4 Commando who was killed in action on 1 November 1944 when liberating Flushing. "Their deeds shall live from age to age. They've writ their name on History's page. Upheld their glorious heritage. The Fighting Fourth Commando."
 
Forum Index » General Events
Go to:   
©Commando Veterans Archive 2006 - 2016. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all content on this site is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Powered by JForum 2.1.8 © JForum Team
commando dagger