This is a photograph after I restored it recently for Steve Foster who explains
“My father fought with the Sherwood Foresters in Norway and was there when the battalion commander Lt Col Ford, decided to avoid any more bloodshed, and to surrender the remnants of his battalion who had run out of ammunition. Over 350 had been killed in the hand to hand fighting. My good friend, John Stephenson who is 83, is the son of the soldier at the back of the group looking into the camera. He was awarded a mention in despatches for his actions that day and John does not know the photo exists. This is my present to him. My father is the soldier only half in the shot on the right of the picture.”
