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Photograph showing four soldiers of 6 Troop, No. 2 Commando, Ayr, Scotland, July 1942. They are all in uniform with knapsacks on their back. None are looking at the camera. The insignia of the Army Commandos can be seen on their uniform, in particular the badge on their left shoulder which is a dagger in between the letters ‘S’ ‘S’ - for Special Service Brigade, and the ‘Commando’ shoulder title. The men are named as: Sgt Nelson Smallbone; Pte Reginald Makeham; Hill; and Sgt Jim Prescott. Neither Smallbone or Makeham survived World War Two. 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)