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No.2 Commando Officers Gibraltar 1943. Photo courtesy of Mrs Desiree Roderick MBE whose husband Captain Richard Broome was one of five officers in this photo killed at Salerno a few months later.

left to right
Rear rank: Lieut. F.S. Mason (kia Salerno); Lieut. A.T. Brunswick (kia Salerno); Lieut. G.F. Whitfield (awarded the MC in Italy; Lieut. J.E.C. Nicholl ( awarded the MC in Italy).
Middle rank: Lieut. P. Henderson (awarded the MC as a T/Major in Italy); Lieut. T.G.A. Walker; Lieut. H. Barnes; Lieut. D.R. Peters (MC and later a bar to his MC whilst a temp.Major); Lieut. J.D. Rosling (kia Salerno); Lieut R. Bavister.
Front rank: Lieut. R.W.Keep (awarded the MC as an acting Major in Sicily); Capt. R.F. Broome (kia Salerno); Capt. the Duke of Wellington (kia Salerno); Lt. Col. J.M. Churchill (awarded DSO and bar, and MC); Major H.H. Blissett; Capt. R.H. Hooper ( awarded the MC Sicily); Lieut. B. Lees.

In Memory of the No.2 Commando Officers in this photo who were killed in action at Salerno.

85468 Captain RIchard Frank Broome
South Lancashire Regiment and No. 2, Commando
who died age 27 on 13 September 1943

149207 Lieutenant Frank Stanley Mason
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.and No. 2, Commando
who died age 31 on 13 September 1943.

172379 Lieutenant Arthur Trotter Brunswick
Durham Light Infantry and No. 2, Commando
who died age 29 on 13 September 1943.

74664 Lieutenant John Douglas Rosling
Welch Regiment and No. 2, Commando
who died age 25 on 14 September 1943.

56864 Captain Henry Valerian George Wellesley
6th Duke of Wellington.
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)and No.2 Commando
who died aged 31 on 16 September 1943.