Saturday 5 February 2011

MARK GANGE

Welcome to the ROYALS BB Mark hope you enjoy looking around and that you find a few old Pals.
Mark was in the Regt 1961-1969 then was a BLUE/ROYAL till 1971
he was in the Officers Mess for a time and then in the REGT POLICE with Jock Sweeney and Paddy McCormack
regards Derek Leese
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26 comments:

  1. DEREK LEESE5 February 2011 at 04:31

    Marks MULTIPLY ID is MARK261043

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  2. stuart mackay5 February 2011 at 04:36

    Hi and welcome sure to be a few on here you know,hope to hear from soon.... Stuart

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  3. donald remfrey5 February 2011 at 05:43

    Welcome to the BB Mark - hope you start posting soon.Hope you were not the RP who upset my daughter,she came home very indignant one day saying - Dad,youve gotta do something about a poor soldier in the guardroom who was being marched to the cookhouse for his lunch,he was being ill-treated as the RP kept making him march in double time,then mark time till he caught up with him,on and on - I felt so sorry for him.So I appeased my daughter saying "I'll tell that poor RP how you felt for him!!!!!!
    Kids!!!!
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    Don

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  4. Keith Shaw5 February 2011 at 05:47

    Hi Mark & Welcome to the BB.

    Keith Shaw.

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  5. robin Ward5 February 2011 at 07:30

    Your name rings bells Mark but sorry can,t put a face to you perhaps you can post up some pics if you have any

    Butch Ward

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  6. Terry Sussex5 February 2011 at 07:38

    Hi Mark, welcome aboard. I believe we were in the same intake at Catterick-62, along with Kiwi, Jimmy Ford, Les Kenyon etc ?
    TIS

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  7. james paul5 February 2011 at 10:32

    Welcome Mark. I hope you will be an active member'
    Paddy

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  8. Tom Smith6 February 2011 at 02:07

    welcome to the BB Mark ,hope to chat soon. Tom

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  9. denis sowerby6 February 2011 at 11:30

    welcome MARK i was also on the provo with those two in 62 paddy was a cpl and jock a lcpl

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  10. JOHN ATKINS6 February 2011 at 11:39

    Welcome to the BB Mark, seems you have comrades on here that you know already.

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  11. Raymond Brown7 February 2011 at 03:23

    Hi Mark dont know if you remember me but I remember you Ray Brown as you are now on this site, maybe we will get to see you at The Royals Reunion 18th June 2011 ?.

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  12. Mike de Carteret8 February 2011 at 10:58

    Hi Mark when were you in the Officers Mess

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  13. fred collingwood9 February 2011 at 03:54

    Hi Mark, Do you rember me,I came from B/Sqn and took the Accomdation Cpls Job from Paddy Caine in the officers Mess when Norman Thorpe was Mess Sgt,I think i was there just before you arrieved

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  14. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:19

    Hi Fred I remeber you and also Norman Thorpe. I moved from the provo staff to the officers mess around 1966, I also recall the names George Mimms awaiter Barman who played a mean guitar, and loffty Barrett the mess cook.

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  15. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:22

    Hi I was in the Officers mess in 1966-67 I was then posted to HQ 1st British Corp in Beilifeid.Where I stayed till demob in Jan 1971

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  16. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:26

    Hi Ray sorry I can't place you just at the moment, may be it will come to me later
    Regards Mark Gange

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  17. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:27

    Thank you for the welcome message I will try to rely to all the messages ASP

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  18. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:31

    Hi Denis I remember the name Paddy McCormack was Provo Sgt and John(Jock) Sweeny Was a corporal when I was on the Staff.

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  19. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:44

    Hi There you are probally right I Remeber Jimmy Ford and Les Kenyon. Our Drill NCO was Cpl Durrant who Hailed from Battersea(London). I have very painful members of Dodging a best dress muster parade by going dental sick with about 8 others one morning, which resulted in me loosing 3 teeth and having nine stitches inside my mouth. Never been keen on dentist ever since.I think we were referred to as the shight hawk squad as we where all Royals apart for one 17th/21st Lancer. I bleieved we were top Platoon on pass out. I remember the weeks we spent doing fatique type jobs till we got a flight out to Malaya. I joined 1st troop A Squadron on arrival Cpl Brett was the troop NCO and Cliff Crabbe was the SSM.

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  20. Mark Gange14 February 2011 at 08:48

    Hi I may have been that RP that upset your daughter as we were always made to adopt that marching policy by Danny Bradley the RSM. Not one I agreed with though.

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  21. donald remfrey15 February 2011 at 06:43

    Mark,I will tell my daughter what a nice kind guy you were,and how you even allowed those bad lads to have some lunch too after their "PT"!Nice to hear from you.
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    Don

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  22. Mike de Carteret15 February 2011 at 11:28

    Do you remember Graham Thompson yorkshire Lad Waiter
    Also Ron Smith L/Cpl

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  23. Mark Gange16 February 2011 at 05:27

    Hi Fred I remeber you and also Norman Thorpe. I moved from the provo staff to the officers mess around 1966, I also recall the names George Mimms awaiter Barman who played a mean guitar, and loffty Barrett the mess cook.

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  24. Mike de Carteret16 February 2011 at 10:56

    Mark What intake were you in I was in 61 /21 Sept 1961 with 4/7 RDG at Catterick ?

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  25. Mark Gange16 February 2011 at 15:32

    HI Mike I was in the first intake of 1962 with the 4/7 RDG at Catterick. our Drill NCO was Cpl Durrant (from Battersea, London)
    Regards Mark
    PS My site shows me in the USA, but I'm actually in Eltham south London.

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  26. fred collingwood16 February 2011 at 23:17

    Mark, Chico Collins , Ted ayles, and George Davis all live in Eltham

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