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Photograph of Sgt Norman Leonard Palmer (on the right, smoking a pipe) and Lt Arthur Lee, No. 2 Commando, Gibraltar, December 1941. They are probably sitting on board a boat or ship. In September 1941 a No. 2 Commando Detachment was sent to Gibraltar and West Africa during Operation Pilgrim, a contingency plan to occupy the Canary Islands and stop them getting into the hands of the Axis forces. From an album of 121 photographs and postcards (plus one loose image) relating to Norman Leonard Palmer, 1937 (c) -1945, who served with No. 2 Commando, 2nd Special Service Brigade and 56th Reconnaissance Regiment. Images relate to training and service in Scotland, Italy, Austria and Gibraltar. The collection also includes Palmer’s membership booklet to the Old Comrades Association of the Special Service Brigade. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).

World War Two (1939-1945)