Operation Galia,Italy 1944-45
left to right
front row
Cpl Larley
Sgt Lidington (Smokey)
Sgt Leonard Wright (Chalky) (MM)
Capt Robert Walker-Brown (Bob) (DSO)
Sgt Rookes
Sgt Johnson (Johnie) (wireless op.)
Cpl Reg Everett
middle row
Pct Bill Whitaker
Pct Don Hempstead
Pct "Spud" Taylor
Pct Eric Kennedy (Lofty)
Pct Jimmy Church
Pct Stanley Hann (Spam)
Cpl Horace Ford (MM)
back row
Pct Tate
Cpl William Cunningham (Joe) (wireless op.)
Pct John Mathews (Sir John due to posh accent)
Pct Harry Shanley (Jock)
photo courtesy of John Jelly (nephew of William Cunningham)
