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4th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A black and white photograph of the Officers (front rank) and other ranks who attended a post war annual camp at Fort Gomer, Gosport from the 25th June 1948 to the 3rd July 1948. [The 1st post war camp after the unit was reformed on the 1st May 1947] Weymouth in 1948. (front row L to R) Lieutenant (QM) F W Cooper, [Later retired to Melksham, Lieutenant D R M Glasse 'C' Company, [Killed in a road traffic accident in 1948, Ex Indian Army], Lieutenant G R A Pickford 'B' Company, was the battalion second in command 1943 - 1947. He was a farmer who retired shortly after, Ex RWAFF Gold Coast Regiment], Captain Short [second in command 'A' Company, Curator Salisbury Museum, Ex Indian Army], Captain T Powell, Mortar Platoon [Auctioneer], Major C G Brain OC 'A' Company [Bank Manager Lloyd band and Ex 2nd WW Phantom member attached to the polish Army], Major A G Snell [Officer commanding 'S' Company, Battalion 2nd in command 1952 - 1953. Worked in the clothing trade], Major A S P Jeans TD, Battalion 2nd in command, a farmer who retired in 1952], Lieutenant Colonel Luce DSO, OBE,TD, [Commanding Officer 1942 - 1953 later honorary colonel, director Lavertons at Westbury], Captain A M Everett, Adjutant, retired as a major becoming a successful stockbroker, son is a famous actor], Major G B Cresick [Officer commanding 'C' Company, was a lawyer, retired 1954], Captain Brown [Medical Officer, was a GP in Warminster and was an Ex POW of the Japanese], Captain H.M. Newton-Clare MC, CBE, TD [Officer Commanding 'B' Company later as a Major, worked in the meat trade], Captain P.J. Pepler TD [Officer commanding 'B' Company, was a lawyer and retied in 1950], Captain A E G Brown CBE, TD [Carrier Platoon, he worked at Westminster Bank Brevet Colonel in 1960], Captain T R Hood [Officer commanding HQ Company, he was a lawyer retiring in 1950] Lieutenant F. Fox, retired in 1950]

Persons(s): Cooper, F W, Lieutenant; Glasse, D R M, Lieutenant; Pickford, G R A, Lieutenant; Short, M, Captain; Dolling, T, Captain; Powell, T, Captain; Brain, C G, Major; Snell, A G, Major; Jeans, A S, Major; Luce, E L, Lieutenant Colonel; Everett, A M, Captain; Cresick, G B, Major; Brown, Captain; Newton-Clare, H M, Captain; Pepler, P J, Captain; Brain, A E G, Captain; Hood, T R, Captain; Cox, F, Lieutenant;