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10-01-17, 07:57 PM
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Help Needed to ID three British Officers.
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Undated and unattributed photo,except taken by No.1 Army Film and Photographic Unit. http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/543/503/large_000000.jpg
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10-01-17, 08:13 PM
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Don't think so ...he looks too old to be Browning. Jo
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10-01-17, 09:23 PM
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10-01-17, 11:18 PM
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General Sir Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan on the right ??
GOC British Forces Palestine Trans-Jordan 1947-48 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord...nder_MacMillan 1 LINCOLNS were in Jordan in 1948 At left Lt Col (later Brigadier) Ralph Henry Lefroy OULTON ?? Tim
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#6
11-01-17, 06:19 AM
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The same Lt Col Oulton who commanded O Force, Jordan (essentially comprised of 1 Lincolns). The O Force formation sign featured a swan (because in the view of the CO it was all a bit of a "swan" when compared to the Canal Zone). Mike
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26-05-17, 06:00 AM
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False Intelligence - Apologies
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His medals were sold by DNW in 2010 https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archiv...&lot_id=187061 Tim
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"Manui dat cognitio vires - Knowledge gives strength to the arm" "Better to know it but not need it than to need it and not know it!" "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest." Last edited by grey_green_acorn; 26-05-17 at 07:38 PM. Reason: Mis identification
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26-05-17, 09:56 AM
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Tim,
Excellent. Just goes to show you had to work hard to merit an OBE in those days - building roads in Malaya rather than pushing paper! Mike
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26-05-17, 12:02 PM
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 Jo
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#10
27-05-17, 12:48 PM
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No offence meant at all - but the Brigadier in the middle has a DSO and two MCs. Which Anstruther didn't.
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#11
23-06-17, 08:16 PM
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A "possible" ID of the Brigadier in the middle.
Brigadier Edmund Frank "Trotsky" Davies (Royal Ulster Rifles). He had the DSO (1945) as well as MC (1920 Mesopotamia) and bar (1938 Palestine). Was SOE, parachuted into Albania (later wounded and captured) and ( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/C1588-Brig...p2047675.l2557 http://www.specialforcesroh.com/show...Frank-(Trotsky) A photo in which he is identified. https://soetrails.files.wordpress.co...lly-mclean.png and something additional found http://www.britisharmedforces.org/li...mages/ILN6.jpg Captioned - On inspection journey by armoured car along the railway from Jerusalem to Artuf: Brigadier Edmond F. Davies, commanding the 9th Infantry Brigade. Last edited by Blackadder1916; 24-06-17 at 07:59 PM. Reason: to add additional links and info
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#12
25-06-17, 06:57 PM
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And some film of the event that is the subject of the photo in the OP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NuGK-Lm2M
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15-07-18, 06:26 PM
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Good gracious, his parachute badge is huge!
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26-05-17, 03:53 PM
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26-05-17, 07:35 PM
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False Intelligence - Apologies
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Back to the drawing board and more research needed. Apologies to all for false intelligence. Should have gone to Specsavers. Tim
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