Eric , Dave and all the rest of 1 RTR around.......................

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I came across this old pic, as I was going through some albums...... how many of these roques can you recognise? ..........some tell me I am stil as handsome now as I was then

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B Sqn Libyan Desert 1969 somewhere south of El Adam



Standing Ricky Scott. L to R Barry James, Biff Bailey Hendo, Black Tat Tattersall and unknown (John Gill ?)

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B Sqn Caravan Club



Anyone any ideas where this was?..... memory fails?............. BAOR Iam guessing but where exactly?

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Handsome looking crew Eric ....................

[tankie]

Will ya take that fozzy off , that bloody beret has haunted me , right left to right , Jimmy Paul , Roly Marshal (just been diagnosed with big C ) and yours truly . and by the way no yer not handsome yer still an uggerly bastard

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Anyone any ideas where this was?..... memory fails?............. BAOR Iam guessing but where exactly?

Looks like end ex in simmies , maybe 78/9 , looks like we were all potato pickin in the fields , but deffo BAOR , in tiddworth we had foxes and A/Sqd had scorps :)

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I came across this old pic, as I was going through some albums...... how many of these roques can you recognise? ..........some tell me I am stil as handsome now as I was then

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All of them but names dont come easy

front row , Danny Danits , Charlie hurst

2nd , you Wayne Ted Hirst Hendo some sour faced officer called gloyens , i hated that bastard , Boggy Marsh Paddy Thomas

3rd Joey Hutch Middo Mark Kopp

4th frost the dafter (kev) Paul Massey , monkey face robbo Colin Bolton

[Parihaka]

Mother of god, if your guns didn't work you'd at least have given them nightmares

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Mother of god, if your guns didn't work you'd at least have given them nightmares

Yea and we didnt have to do the haka neither that foto Iian was taken about 1970 on Soltau Germany , I was the driver of the tank , a cent call sign 34B the 30 browning as i recall was a decent MG . Gods of war roll back the years pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaase

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Which one of those is Tankie?

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All 3 , but the one you seek mwahhhhhhh is the one with a tank sheet forra beret

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Which one of those is Tankie?

the one the right Ross, as he said the driver ................ and the crew never had to pitch a bivvy .they slept in Ewics beret

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the one the right Ross, as he said the driver ................ and the crew never had to pitch a bivvy .they slept in Ewics beret

Hoy mr rolleyes , i was a top notch dvr but strangely i ended up in gunnery ?? yea and when the gun was over the decks that berret came in very handy huh

[dave lukins]

It was a good thing that some of us handsome chaps were put into "A".(.nsome) Squadron. I still have a picture of Eric on my front door. I have never been burgled yet

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It was a good thing that some of us handsome chaps were put into "A".(.nsome) Squadron. I still have a picture of Eric on my front door. I have never been burgled yet

Droll Lukins very droll , put it above the mantel piece , keep the kids away from the fire