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English:
Governor
of
Bermuda
and General Officer Commanding (GOC) the
Bermuda Garrison
, Lieutenant-General Sir
Denis John Charles Kirwan Bernard
, KCB, CMG, DSO, inspects the First Contingent of the
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
(BVRC) to the
Lincolnshire Regiment
at
Prospect Camp
on 22 June 1940. Personnel from the
Bermuda Militia Artillery
and the
Bermuda Volunteer Engineers
were attached to the contingent to travel to Britain where they separated to join their parent corps (the
Royal Artillery
and
Royal Engineers
, respectively). Accompanying the GOC is Lieutenant PAD Smith, BVRC, in command of the contingent. Officers in the front row (left to right): Lieutenant Anthony Frith Smith, BVRC; Lieutenant John Brownlow Tucker, BVRC; Second-Lieutenant (Acting Major) Bernard John Abbott, BVRC (an ex-
Bermuda Cadet Corps
officer); Lieutenant Patrick Lynn Purcell, BMA.
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| Source | Original photographic print |
| Author | British Army |
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