NAM.2023-10-7-1-2

Card-mounted group photograph showing members of No 3 Troop, No 2 S.S. Commando, 1st August 1941. Possibly taken in Scotland. They pose for the image in five rows wearing battledress and Tam O' Shanter hats. There are trees behind them, and an S.S. (Special Service) flag which has possibly been painted on. An inscription at the bottom reads: ‘To Lt Col A C Newman, with the compliments of the Officers and Men of No 3 Troop.’ After the redesignation of the original 2 Commando into the 11th Special Air Service, a new 2 Commando unit was formed, commanded by Lt Col Augustus Charles Newman. This group are most likely some of the new recruits. From a collection of seven card-mounted photographs showing images of No 2 S.S. Commando, 1941-1942 (c). All group images including different Troops and sports teams, taken most likely in Scotland.

World War Two (1939-1945)