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