Lowestoft, England. A team from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon walking in close single ...

Lowestoft, England. A team from the Enemy Mines Section of HMS Vernon walking in close single file along an English beach. The Officers and men had just rendered safe a booby-trapped German magnetic/acoustic mine. Identified personnel are right to left: Lieutenant Franz USN, Lieutenant Commander J.S. Mould GC GM, RANVR, Lieutenant Geoff Turner RNVR, Waldron (scientist), unidentified RN rating , Hadlow (radiologist), unidentified RASC driver and Lieutenant Commander Leonard (Leon) Verdi Goldsworthy GC, DSC, GM, RANVR bringing up the rear. Before teams like these could even begin to work on German mines they routinely had to cross beaches that had been heavilly sown with defensive anti-personnel mines. The men are all holding on to a guide rope draped over their left shoulders.