Roy
is not on this one but contemporaries of his are namely Syd Rose (front
row, second left)
who went on to HMS Ceylon. From the left, # 6 and 7 are Brian Kessell
and John Thorne
who both went on to HMS Ocean.
This photograph is obviously a cutting from a magazine, possibly Blue
Band?
(surely
only a portion of the whole of B Company which would have totalled 2-3
hundred boys...?)
Back row: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Geoff Walton (Trom), Ernie Ward (Fl/Pno)
4th row : John Stone (Horn), ? , Les Walker (Clart/Vln), Mick Stone
(Drums-no relation to John), Wally Spencer (Clart/Vln), ? ,? ,?, Keith
Sharpe (Oboe), ? ,
3rd row : no ideas
2nd row : ? , PD Smith (Basses), ? ,?, ?, ?, ?, Jack Tomlin (Basses),
? ,? .
Front seated: Stan Wilkinson (Trom), Sid Rose (S Cort- looking unusually
glum), ? ,? ,? ,? ,John Thorne (Cort/Vln – recently died), ? ,
Fred Stagg (Oboe)
Courtesy Terry Freestone
