Tim i know some of the names but cant remember the name of the officer,,dont forget there must be over 100 photo,s on the BB for you to browse through derek
Ah! yes Derek. Was it the one to which the Brigade was called out to surround against the crowds of civilians who were proteting against its destruction. Paddy
hi, derek, I can recognise the first and third photos but not the second one.Can you let me know who the 2 are with you on the 1st and who is on the second one. Regards, Jim Harris.
I was at Salzgitter when we blew up the Herman Goering steel works, and the natives were very restless. I'm not sure about the photo being at Salzgitter, but it could well be. They blew up some cooling towers when I was there, which made a lovely pile of firewood. I have some photos somewhere but they are only small and I would have to learn how to publish them.. the 2nd. photo - the 2nd from left has a look of Paddy McQuaid, but i'm not sure. Don't recognise the Officer. Harold.
Harold that was the Herman Goering steel works i remember it as if it was yesterday. Don the lads on the half-track is myself... Ken Dick and Cpl Nobby Hall
The Natives were very restless indeed at the destruction of the steel works and that was why the brigade was there to stop them getting on site and interrupting the work. The regiment was posted around the main works but a large piece of unused rough ground was left unguarded. As an afterthought I was given the task to guard it and to do so I was given about forty odds bodds and sods. Everyone from storeman to cooks and all trades in between. Being only a young Cpl. with no training for such work you can imagine what went through my mind.Everyone was armed but I don't think that we had ammo.Down the road came about two or three hundred shouting and gesticulating angry civilians so I had to make a stand . We were off the road on the rough so I fell in my motley crew in two ranks,rifles at the rear ,stenguns at the front and we went through the drill and fixed bayonets. After another few drill movements 'On Guard' etc the crowd stopped and after the explosions dispersed .Shortly afterwards a jeep cane tearing over the ground and I was confronted by a Brigadier asking who was in charge. He was surprised to see that it was only a Cpl ,said 'Well done' and drove off. I think I was more nervous of the Brig than I was of the crowd. Paddy
Yes,I was there at Salzgitter,was roped in to drive a Daimler,boy was I nervous surrounded by all those steel workers,but to us I thought them very friendly.And I do recall the only ammo we had was for the Very pistol!And I recall Ken Dick "winning" the wooden spoon as I won the O'Shaunegssy vase(spelling?)for the individual rifle at the same meeting! ------ Don
I remember it was winter as we were wearing tank suits and it was bloody freezing! We had a banner, a sheet on two poles, and painted on it was "Halt! oder wir schiessen". Delboy I don't think it could have been 1948 as I wasn't drafted to the Royals from Barford Camp (XII R.L.) until Jan.1949. How times have changed. I bet the natives have built it all again years ago, and our steel industry has been sold off to the Indians! Harold.
Harold you are correct the Date was JUNE 1950 i have ckecked with the EAGLE JOURNAL there is a photo in there which i will scan and print just hope it comes out ok derek
I don't think it was June 1950 as I was demobbed in May 1950 and was back in Manchester by that time looking for a job. I thought it was in winter, but I haven't found my old photos yet so I'm not too sure. Did Fred Dibnah blow up the chimney stack? He did his N.S. in the 14th/20th Hussars, but I think he was a year or two younger than me.
derek, do you remember the engineers blowing up the blockhouse by Elster Platz ,the roof was already blown so lumps of concrete went everywhere and the blast blew the slates off the houses and the stained window out of the ratzhaus nearby .The natives really did get restless then everybody was armed up for the rest of the day. Bob
Bob i remember that very well the Engineers made a real cock up of it.i remeber Capt Dimond saying the RE Officer in charge got into a lot of trouble.but what a mess he made and that bloody big BANG. i got bit worried as i was not far away in a scout car
so was I,I have got some pictures of it and will try to load them on as soon as possible.Havn't got a lot of time at the moment as my wife is in hospital Bob
Bob thats great mate dig out them pic,s i never did get any so will look forward to them and i will download them on my computer. best wishes to the wife and wish her a speedy recovery
Derek thanks for putting on screen the pics from the "Eagle". I take your point re.the publication delay. I have found some of my pics and will have to ask son how to download them etc as I'm a dinosaur when it comes to computers. They are only small prints and I will have to pick out the clearest ones. Harold.
Harold thats fine ,look forward to see some pic,s soon.some of mine are very small but they come out ok once i have scanned them to the computer.do what you can and buy the son a few beers im sure he will teach you derek
Lets see how good the memory is come on you old coggers name them
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ReplyDeleteMy word they do go back some way and look very familiar!!!!!
Tim
Is the factory being blown up at Solingen or some such name?
ReplyDeletePaddy Harold Monks knows the name of the factory maybe he will post it n here.
ReplyDeletethought you would be able to name the lads in the other pic,s
Tim i know some of the names but cant remember the name of the officer,,dont forget there must be over 100 photo,s on the BB for you to browse through
ReplyDeletederek
Paddy think the factory was at Salzgitter
ReplyDeleteAh! yes Derek. Was it the one to which the Brigade was called out to surround against the crowds of civilians who were proteting against its destruction.
ReplyDeletePaddy
yes thats the one .A SQN and think C or B SQN went there in case of trouble
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ReplyDeletehi,
derek, I can recognise the first and third photos but not the second one.Can you let me know who the 2 are with you on the 1st and who is on the second one.
Regards, Jim Harris.
Jim myself KEN DICK CPL NOBBY HALL thats 1st Pic
ReplyDeleteLeft is Charlie Palmer Right is KEN DICK the others i cant remember. thats 2nd pic
Who besides yourself when and where??
ReplyDeleteI was at Salzgitter when we blew up the Herman Goering steel works, and the natives were very restless. I'm not sure about the photo being at Salzgitter, but it could well be. They blew up some cooling towers when I was there, which made a lovely pile of firewood. I have some photos somewhere but they are only small and I would have to learn how to publish them.. the 2nd. photo - the 2nd from left has a look of Paddy McQuaid, but i'm not sure. Don't recognise the Officer. Harold.
ReplyDeleteCowboys with a half-track!Recognise both the others,but names,sorry!
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Don
Harold that was the Herman Goering steel works i remember it as if it was yesterday.
ReplyDeleteDon the lads on the half-track is myself... Ken Dick and Cpl Nobby Hall
The Natives were very restless indeed at the destruction of the steel works and that was why the brigade was there to stop them getting on site and interrupting the work. The regiment was posted around the main works but a large piece of unused rough ground was left unguarded. As an afterthought I was given the task to guard it and to do so I was given about forty odds bodds and sods. Everyone from storeman to cooks and all trades in between. Being only a young Cpl. with no training for such work you can imagine what went through my mind.Everyone was armed but I don't think that we had ammo.Down the road came about two or three hundred shouting and gesticulating angry civilians so I had to make a stand . We were off the road on the rough so I fell in my motley crew in two ranks,rifles at the rear ,stenguns at the front and we went through the drill and fixed bayonets. After another few drill movements 'On Guard' etc the crowd stopped and after the explosions dispersed .Shortly afterwards a jeep cane tearing over the ground and I was confronted by a Brigadier asking who was in charge. He was surprised to see that it was only a Cpl ,said 'Well done' and drove off. I think I was more nervous of the Brig than I was of the crowd.
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KEN DICK WAS PROMOTED S/SGT IN 1956 BUT LEFT TO BECOME A CIVVY SOON AFTER,
ReplyDeleteHE WON THE SGTS MESS WOODEN SPOON FOR THE WORST PISTOL SHOT
Yes,I was there at Salzgitter,was roped in to drive a Daimler,boy was I nervous surrounded by all those steel workers,but to us I thought them very friendly.And I do recall the only ammo we had was for the Very pistol!And I recall Ken Dick "winning" the wooden spoon as I won the O'Shaunegssy vase(spelling?)for the individual rifle at the same meeting!
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Don
So in what year did this all take place?
ReplyDeletestan in 1948
ReplyDeleteI was only 11 tears old then!!!
ReplyDeleteI remember it was winter as we were wearing tank suits and it was bloody freezing! We had a banner, a sheet on two poles, and painted on it was "Halt! oder wir schiessen". Delboy I don't think it could have been 1948 as I wasn't drafted to the Royals from Barford Camp (XII R.L.) until Jan.1949. How times have changed. I bet the natives have built it all again years ago, and our steel industry has been sold off to the Indians!
ReplyDeleteHarold.
Harold you maybe correct on the date i will check it out but im sure it was before A SQN left for BERLIN.maybe PADDY can jump in and correct it
ReplyDeleteHarold you are correct the Date was JUNE 1950 i have ckecked with the EAGLE JOURNAL there is a photo in there which i will scan and print just hope it comes out ok
ReplyDeletederek
just put up the photo
ReplyDeleteis that charlie palmer on the left
ReplyDeletebob
yes thats him Bob
ReplyDeleteBob its Topper Brown
ReplyDeleteIt has to have been '49/50. I joinef the regiment late '48.
ReplyDeletePaddy
I don't think it was June 1950 as I was demobbed in May 1950 and was back in Manchester by that time looking for a job. I thought it was in winter, but I haven't found my old photos yet so I'm not too sure. Did Fred Dibnah blow up the chimney stack? He did his N.S. in the 14th/20th Hussars, but I think he was a year or two younger than me.
ReplyDeleteHarold the photo was taken from the ROYALS EAGLE JOURNAL JUNE 1950.
ReplyDeleteSO IT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN before that as remember it had to go to print
derek, do you remember the engineers blowing up the blockhouse by Elster Platz ,the roof was already blown so lumps of concrete went everywhere and the blast blew the slates off the houses and the stained window out of the ratzhaus nearby .The natives really did get restless then everybody was armed up for the rest of the day.
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Bob i remember that very well the Engineers made a real cock up of it.i remeber Capt Dimond saying the RE Officer in charge got into a lot of trouble.but what a mess he made and that bloody big BANG. i got bit worried as i was not far away in a scout car
ReplyDeleteso was I,I have got some pictures of it and will try to load them on as soon as possible.Havn't got a lot of time at the moment as my wife is in hospital
ReplyDeleteBob
Bob thats great mate dig out them pic,s i never did get any so will look forward to them and i will download them on my computer.
ReplyDeletebest wishes to the wife and wish her a speedy recovery
I remember some of these lads
ReplyDeleteMaj Greaves Cpl RIMMER Bert Butterworth..Berts DOG won the race
Derek thanks for putting on screen the pics from the "Eagle". I take your point re.the publication delay. I have found some of my pics and will have to ask son how to download them etc as I'm a dinosaur when it comes to computers. They are only small prints and I will have to pick out the clearest ones.
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Harold thats fine ,look forward to see some pic,s soon.some of mine are very small but they come out ok once i have scanned them to the computer.do what you can and buy the son a few beers im sure he will teach you
ReplyDeletederek
can any one name the person in the top right hand pitcher in img159.jpg.
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith.
Thats ROBIN BUCKNALL think he was LT at the time
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