YouTube - We'll Meet Again Vera Lynn

one for the old timers

Neil Michelagnoli

Welcome to the BB Neil, I see that you have found a few old comrades, if you have any problems with the site just shout up and we will help you out if it is possible.

King George's visit.

Last days with the Royals before posting to Aldershot as instructor to Mons OTC.The visit of King George to the sgt's Mess 5th December 1950 ....any survivors of that event?

......................................................N.Michelagnoli.

                     nugor.1@dccnet.com

tidworth photos

FRANK CARTER

HI FRANK   Welcome to the ROYALS  BB.could you please fill in you profile so the members know who you are.i am sure youwill find some old mates

Britain's 'last fighting Tommy', Harry Patch, laid to rest.flv

funeral of Harry Patch

Harry Patch

There is a recording that you can download off the net entitled Harry Patch (in memory of ) it cost £1, with profits going to the Royal British Legion, If you are interested put in to your bowser ( Radiohead) and you will be able to download it from there.

looking for help

          

                sorry for not responding in the past to colleagues who left messages for me. I had given up on this internet business but I have decided to try again. One problem I have is to get photos on the site .when i try to upload them i can't.but i have got them into my part of multiply. any help would be greatly appreciated

 

videos

For more VIDEOS go to PATRICKS site

pcm3.exe

HARRY(RIP OLD FRIEND)

Andre Rieu Mirusia - Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partirò)2.flv

The Union Jack Badge

Come sign the petition to allow the police to wear the Union Flag badge at Heathrow.    Some nimby has taken offence at a policeman wearing the said badge. Proceeds from the sale of this badge goes towards helping wounded soldiers.

Sign the petion at:- http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PoliceUniform/

KAY STAR WHEEL OF FORTUNE.flv

Birthday

Many happy returns to Mike de Carteret for tomorrow 28th July, with all best wishes from the team here on the the 1st Royal Dragoons site.  Have a good one.

Harry Patch - The last fighting soldier of The Great War.

It was with great sadness that I heard of the passing of Harry Patch. He was of course the last British soldier of the Great War, wounded at Passchendaele, Ypres in 1917. I had the very great honour of meeting Harry at his care home in Wells, Somerset in August 2006. Harry signed a book for me and allowed me to take some pictures, which I would like to share with you all. Rest in Peace Harry.

Jo Stafford - Shrimp Boats - 1951.flv

RAY LEANEY

Ray welcome to the bulletin board i hope you find your way around ok.any problems please email John Atkins

regards DEREK

Jo Stafford--You belong to me.flv

Telstar - Tornados.flv

Frankie Laine sings Rose Rose I Love You on our Jukebox.flv

another one from MALAYA

Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk.flv

remember this

Cherry pink and apple blossom white-Eddie Calvert.flv

remember this one on the way home

A copy of a letter sent to John Matthew that I have received today from Paul Stretton owing to the original not being readable

On behalf of the Commander Household Cavalry, Colonel WT Browne LVO and all ranks of the Household Cavalry, thank you very much for your donation to The Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund of £70 collected at the recent 1st The Royal Dragoons Waterloo Reunion.

As you know the Household Cavalry Regiment - known for its ceremonial and State duties - also performs an active, and vital role in armoured reconnaissance.
However well-trained and disciplined its soldiers may be, modern warfare (especially against insurgencies) can and does sometimes lead to injury and death - all too often from a stray sniper, or a hidden roadside bomb.

The Household Cavalry Regiment, which has seen service in both Iraq and Afghanistan over recent years, has lost some of its soldiers this way, with others injured - some of them severely. Like any other extended family, the Regiment cares for those who are injured, and for the families of its soldiers who lose their lives in the service of Queen and country.

To this end, the Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund has been set up. It is centrally controlled and held within the Household Cavalry Central Charitable Fund (Charity No: 1013978), overseen by a board of trustees, and intended to help all those who are wounded in future deployments - or to help families of those killed.

The Household Cavalry Regiment is very grateful and thanks you for your donation and appreciates the continued loyalty and support that you show towards the Regiment; this does not go unrecognised by the serving officers and soldiers.

Yours sincerely






Maj (Ret’d) Paul Stretton
Regimental Secretary

My Grandfather!.flv

Glenlogie.flv

Royals Reunion 2nd Page

Please enjoy my 2nd set of Pic's.

Royals Reunion

Here's the 1st part of my pic's collection, As you can see C Squadron & Recce Troop were well represented.

Multiply

http://www.isttheroyaldragoons.multiply.com

Royal Dragoons postcards

Here is a small collection of postcards that I have to the Royal Dragoons. Most are from the Boer War - WW1 period. Thought I would put them here on the site for anyone to take a look.
John S

TOM CAROLAN

Welcome to the BB Tom hope you find your way around.any problems im sure JOHN A will help you out

regards DEREK

Mr Hamilton-Russell

I have phoned Mrs Hamilton- Russell this morning to find out how Col Hamilton Russell is doing now as we do not seem to have made enquiries for a long time, I was told that he is making good progress and has recently been on holiday to his daughters, and I was asked if I would send everyone his regards and that he appreciates that we are thinking of him.

John A

mobile phones

Maybe you have heard about this but early next week all UK mobiles will be on a directory which will mean that anyone will be able to access the numbers. It is easy to unsubscribe but it must be done before the beginning of next week to make sure that you are ex directory. We have all unsubscribed and you may want to suggest it to all your friends and family who have UK mobiles or they could be swamped by unsolicited messages and calls. Removal is recommended by the BBC – see link below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/8091621.stm


Just done this myself. Double checked it wasn’t a scam and it is actually on the BBC website recommending to do this.

The Directory of Mobile Phone numbers goes live next week.
All numbers including those belonging to children will be open to cold calling and the general abuse that less scrupulous
You will need your mobile as you will get a number sent to you that you put into your phone.
You can remove your number from this list, and tell all your friends - especially those with children who have mobile phones. I personally believe my mobile number is private and I should be able to chose who I give it to - none of us agreed to this when we signed our mobile phone contracts.
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http://www.118800.co.uk/removeme/remove-me.html

Ron, Frank and Me

Our visit to see Ron DARLING at the Chelsea Pensioners home in London on Tuesday 7 July 2009.

Reunion2010

I have just received an Email from Jim Aitchison's wife with ref to the B&B that she and Jim used this year if anyone is interested, Barbara has informed me that it was a very nice place. and that the lady there was having some work done on the accommodation. This is only about 10 minutes by taxi to the Premier

the accommodation has :-

2 DOUBLE ROOMS}
1 TWIN } £55 pppn
1 SINGLE}

The Address:-

Mrs Sandra Ryder
Old Rectory
Mavesyn Ridware
Lichfield
WS15 0QE

Tele no 01543490792

Daimler armoured fighting vehicles

An interesting post from the NMBVA forum:

Use of Daimler armoured fighting vehicles by the forces in Malaya.

Dear Sirs

I am in the fortunate position of being the owner of a 1944 Daimler Dingo Scout car and also a 1942 Daimler Armoured car. Both vehicles have been restored to road worthy condition and are now used for military re-inacting and charity collecting through out the south east of England.

In September 09 they will be driven to Arnhem in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Operation Market garden and have been appropriately marked with the insignia of the Household Cavalry and Guards Armoured Corps

The private owners of these rare vehicle have clubbed together and I am responsible for the research into the vehicle historic use.

I would be very great full therefore if any of your ex servicemen would like to share any stories or experiences of interest regarding these vehicles.

In addition we would especially be interested in seeing any photos’ of the cars in service. Photos can be used to check that we have accurately kitted out the cars as they would have been in the past. And also to sometimes to obtain a picture of surviving cars with there service unit.
Sadly the WD records were mostly destroyed when the cars left service

Thanks for you valuable assistance

Regards

Mr Stjohn Ager

singeager@hotmail.com

Kent. UK.

http://pub5.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=409356283&frmid=50&msgid=967007&cmd=show

photos from JOHN M

more photos of the reunion

PREMIER INN

I was intouch with the INN this morning and they said they have only 6rooms left for the 19th june 2010..so be quick

Birthday

 Happy Birthday to Dougie Best for tomorrow 2nd July, hoping you have a good day and don't have too much of the hard stuff, all the best to Mr Best.

Reunion photo's

I hope that Tis doe's not mind me using some photo's from the 105 site.

Tony Boon

Tony, Welcome to the BB pleased to see that you have joined us again from Aus, any probs we are here to help.

 John A

Quiery posted by John Sullivan

Hi John, thanks for your message. No problem in the delay....you are clearly very busy indeed with planning for next years reunion, which I am hoping to get my dad to attend ( along with me if permitted? ). Sort of getting on with the site a bit better now but I will certainly ask for help as and when I get stuck.
Changing the subject, who would know about what happened to all the items that were on display at what was the Household Cavalry Museum at Combemere Barracks? Took my dad there a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I went to the new museum at Horseguards recently and have to confess to being somewhat disappointed. Where have all the displays gone and can the items still be viewed somewhere?
Hope you can help. All the best for now,
John Sullivan

Band of the Year 1985 part 1.flv

WELCOME PETER STRACHAN

Welcome to the BB PETER

Stan Whitworth

On behalf of the members I would like to thank Stan for coming to the Aboretum to carry the British Legion Standard at the service for old comrades on the HC site.

John A

TPR FRANK O'Sullivan

Who remembers Frank

Bryn Furber

May I on behalf of the members that were at the Reunion service at the Arboretum thank Bryn for coming from Wiltshire and playing the trumpet for us, Once again many thanks Bryn it was I am sure very much appreciated by all that were in attendance.

John A

JOHN SULLIVAN

Welcome to JOHN SULLIVAN  the son of FRANK  who served from 1964/70 later years 68/70 in Bsqdn any of the sqdn remember him

 

2010 REUNION

Start:	Jun 19, '10 2:00p
End:	Jun 20, '10

The reunion next year will be at the same venue on 19th June 2010. Start 1400 hrs
Premier Inn
Fine Lane
Fradley
lichfield
Staffordshire
WR13 8RD

Tele: 0870 990 6438
please book early as rooms are going quick.

Can members please Email john.richard67@blueyonder.co.uk when they have booked a room so that they can be put on our list.

Welcome to Irene1000

Welcome Irene to the BB you are member 105 which is as all Royal Dragoons know is on the Eagle badge. hope you can find your way around the site ok. Irene is Ted Worts daughter. 

PHOTO'S OF REUNION

Photo's sent by John Matthew

ROYALS REUNION 2009

Reunion

Ladies and Gentlemen,
May I please as the Webmaster sincerely apologise to John Matthew during my presentation to Derek for not thanking him for all the work that he put in setting up the reunion, I am sure you will all like to join me in saying thank you to John at this late stage. May I now say that I hope that everyone there enjoyed the evening and met up with old friends, it was nice to see that we were joined also by friends from overseas that were able to attend, I will sometime soon put for a proposal for maybe doing the same next year.

John A

'ROYALS' NMA June 2009

You all know who!

you are not forgotten

Guard of Honour Sgt. Titmarsh's Wedding. Ely, Cambs. Circa 1959?

Front left, Stan. Right, Pat Burgess with Gerodie Nixon behind

Note: The Band always wore white plumes! This dates back to at least 1890 in the picture below. Only in the mid 1960's did it change to black.

'C' Squadron Night - Herford - Christmas 1958

Names Please - and don't be shy!!!!!

TWO MORE PHOTOS ADDED - PETE & SGT PLUMB!

photo

our 2 grandaughters from Lincoln

test pic

test pics

all seems ok by me tonight john

test pic

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Photo's problem.

Gentlemen there now seems to be a problem with loading photo's onto the site as it is putting them up in as Draft form, it also says that there is an error on the page, I have sent a message to multiply asking what the problem is and I will let you know when they get back to me.

KEN EATCH

Welcome to KEN hope you find some old mates

Welcome page

Gentlemen we seem to have a problem with the welcome page, you will notice that you have to scroll nearly all the way up, I have contacted Multiply to find out what the problem is and to see if they can rectify it so I ask you all to bear with me until I get a reply, I hope that this will not inconvenience you all too much.

John A

Hyde Park Royals 1998

On the right, Jim Meikle. Can you name the others please?
Stan

Wesendorf

RHQ Combermere Barracks

RHQ Combermere Barracks, Wesendorf, BAOR11

BOWLER HAT BRIGADE

Come on now you guys get your BOWLERS dusted i hope to see some of you all dressed to kill im GOING TO WEAR MINE on the service parade at the NMA

A NEW ROYAL

Another granddaughter

LES HARTY

Les welcome to the BB hope you can find your way around it.please put ur service dates on here and im sure there will be members that remember you.regards DEREK

CRAWLEY

hanging basket

How is this for a hanging basket

Emails

Brian, Can you get your Emails sorted as we have been trying to get you but your yahoo keeps bouncing back.

 Johnie 68

train guard 2

January 1, 2002



by Michael Crossling





Every month when I visit my local pharmacist to pick up a supply of prescription drugs I am obliged to either sit or stand next to the dispensing counter that features a large display of condoms. The display is usually stocked with 27 varieties of what used to come in one package only. The present-day packages of these Protection For The Use Ofs defy imagination and bear no resemblance to the plain packages that were made available to members of the British armed forces in Germany during the 1950s.

In the latter part of that decade, my unit, 1st The Royal Dragoons, was stationed approximately 100 kilometres southeast of Hamburg at a place called Wesendorf. I was a young lance-corporal at the time and whenever any of us in the unit wanted to leave camp or barracks on a pass–whether in uniform or civvies–we had to visit the guardroom for inspection and registration. At all times there was a large box of Protection For The Use Ofs located within easy and free reach. Those of a bragging and macho nature would take a double handful and wave them in the air for all to see. The shrinking violet types would take just one or two and then discreetly shove them into their pocket.

However, it needs to be stated that our use of the condom went well beyond the manufacturer’s intended use, and this partly explains why some guys walked away from the guardroom with pockets loaded.

One such practical use was tied to our use of armoured vehicles for training schemes and border patrols. Many of the vehicles were manned by inexperienced drivers who would get into some pretty bad accidents. For that and other reasons we kept an abundant supply of morphine tubes for use as painkillers.

The tubes–complete with needle and cap–were scattered in all kinds of places, especially in tool boxes, ammunition storage fittings and map cases. The problem was they got dirty fast and had to be thrown out because even an inexperienced young soldier knew it was not a good idea to jab a dirty needle into a buddy needing medical help. The answer was to drop the morphine tube into a Protection For The Use Of and then tie up the end. This was a simple step that kept the tube clean and greatly reduced the number of resupply requests to the medics.

The Protection For The Use Ofs were also used to protect our weapons from rain and dirt. Indeed, one pulled tightly over and down the muzzle of a rifle would reduce the time you’d normally spend cleaning the weapon. And if fitted correctly, a Protection For The Use Of would be hard to see at night by the ever-patrolling orderly officer. You could also use a condom to cover the muzzle and just about all the chambers of a revolver. This again would cut down on the cleaning time. If put on to a revolver after evening guard inspection, a Protection For The Use Of would remain unnoticed in your holster for the rest of guard duty.

It wasn’t until I did train guard duty from Helmstedt to Berlin that I got caught misusing a Protection For The Use Of. I remember it was a cold wintery night and the train was being stopped frequently by the Russians. This was really annoying because the Russians kept demanding to see everybody’s identification papers.

My job during these long delays was to stand at an open door and allow no one to pass. In my best bulled-up battledress, I stood at ease with a rifle, face to face with my Russian counterpart who would be standing outside the train on the station platform armed with a fully belt-loaded machine-gun. I was not to move a muscle or crack a smile on pain of court martial.

What the young Russian didn’t know was that my .303 rifle wasn’t loaded, and that the bandolier of ammunition across my shoulders was sealed and couldn’t be opened without direct orders from the train major who was many cars away.

As the long winter night grew stormier, snow blew in through the open door at every stop. Not wanting to get snow down my rifle barrel, I quietly slipped a Protection For The Use Of over the muzzle.

Many stops later–almost to Berlin–the train major arrived and while squeezing past me in the corridor, noticed the Protection For The Use Of over the muzzle. Without hesitation he gave me a good dressing down, and finished by saying every Allied soldier must do his part by showing the Russians that we were “smart, tough and prepared for them.”

The matter would have ended there if I hadn’t snapped back: “Yes sir, but I hear the Russians have women soldiers!” This, indeed, was a lesson in how not to influence an officer while winning extra guard duty.

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TRAIN GUARDS

Reading the note by Stanw regarding Train Guards may I post this story by Jack Parkin which appears on the 11th H site.

Dropping A Clanger

To "Drop a Clanger " in British Army slang is to make the sort of mistake that gives you nightmares. My mates name was Clanger Booth. He earned the nickname clanger because whatever he did, and wherever he went something would go wrong. Just keep that in mind.
In 1948 I was serving with the 11th Hussars in Osnabruck Germany. As the regiment was considered a senior cavalry regiment, we used to get, from time to time,special assignments. Such as guarding Sir Brian Robertson. Commander in Chief. British Army of the Rhine. When he travelled to West Berlin through the Russian Sector. At the time there were no Checkpoints such as Checkpoint Charlie and no Berlin wall but it was understood that no one should stray into the Russian Sector. East Berlin, ringed West Berlin and nothing was allowed through except the C in Cs train ( which had been Hitlers Private Train).
The 11th Hussars provided 10 men as train guard to the C in C. We boarded the train at Bad Oeinhausen after picking up the Old Man and travelled to the Russian/ British border. Here the Russian Zone Guard checked the documents of travel. ( Why, I do not know. The only thing that was allowed through was the C in Cs Train and they had 3 days notice of when it was going to arrive) After about 30 minutes we were allowed to continue to West Berlin. On arrival, the Train Sergeant asked us if we would like to visit our mates in C Squadron. ( The 11th had 3 Armoured Squadrons.A and B squadrons were in Osnabruck and C squadron was in West Berlin. they had been there for some time. Only 2 of us wanted to go. Clanger and me. We wanted to see what the city looked like. What was left of it. We went to C squadron to see the lads and then left for a look around the city.
When it was time to go back to the train, though I was convinced that we should take the main road, Clanger convinced me I was wrong and we should hop a lift on what was really a B class road. We flagged down a truck, hopped in the back and away we went. After about 5 miles we went past a sign which said " You are now leaving the BRITISH SECTOR" I started to cast doubts on the validity of Clangers Mum and Dads Marriage lines and started shouting for the driver to stop. The truck was covered and separated from the cab by a baulk head so the driver could not hear us shouting. It was about 3 miles before he did. By this time we were well inside the Russian Zone. To help matters it was also 5.30PM. The train had left at 5pm. Trying to look on the good side, we analysed our situation. If we got caught in the Russian Sector there was a fair chance they would put us away and throw away the key. With luck we might get out in 10 years and face a Court Marshall for desertion while guarding the C in C BAOR, that with remission might be 20 years. Yes, we would be old men by the time it was all over.
About half a mile before we stopped I had spotted a Railway station, so we headed for that. On arrival we saw a train in the station heading we thought toward West Berlin, so we hopped aboard,standing just inside the doors. As we pulled out of the station we noticed 2 Russian Soldiers standing further down the car. I said to Clanger. Whatever you do don't look at them. With hindsight. I have no doubt the Russians were saying the same. There is an unwritten law in Armies throughout the world. " Keep your head down and don't get involved". When the train stopped at Westcreitz, (I think that's how you spell it) The Russians got out. At the next station we got out and there in the sidings was "our train". It had been moved because of a security scare to its present position. It was just luck that we had ended up at the same place. Someone "Up there" was looking out for us. The Train Sergeant went ballistic but eventually quietened down. He had not reported us missing as he should not have allowed us to visit C squadron. He was just hoping that we might arrive before the train left and save him having to report our desertion. It certainly saved our bacon.
There is a sad sequel to this story. On another Train guard some time later, when the train stopped at the Russian Zone border for a document check, the orders were, that should anyone attempt to board the train, they were to be shot without challenge. This used to scare the life out of me and as luck would have it nobody ever did, but you can imagine how tense everyone was. On this particular Train guard, while standing in the station. One of our own guard accidentally shot Clanger in the throat. The Russians quickly took him to hospital where he was stabilized. He was transferred two days later to the Military Hospital in Hanover, where he relapsed and sadly died.
That was 57 years ago and it is still very vivid in my memory. On a lighter note, when Clanger and I were on leave, we went rowing near the Mohne Dam. I lit a cigarette and dropped the match inside my shirt, Clanger laughed at my contortions and his false teeth fell in the lake. He never did get them back.

Jack Parkin
11th Hussars.

BERLIN AIR LIFT [BY JIM HARRIS ]

THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
THE BERLIN AIRLIFT

In 1948 the Marshall Plan takes effect in West-Germany to rebuild the
country. However, Russia declines thuis offer for East-Germany and feels
it is losing control in Germany, which in turn leads to their blockade
of West-Berlin.

This started in June 1948. Half of the city was occupied by the
Russians, the other half by the British, americans and French. All
transport came to a standstill, even the barges on the canals.

There was a threat of war, Soviets stopped all transport in and out of
Berlin at Helmstedt which was the border between West- and East-Germany.

My first involvement with the airlift was whilst I was stationed in
West-Germany. On parade one day the Sergeant said" I want 12 volunteers,
you, you and you". We all piled into lorries and drove to Hannover
airport to transport the goods from the depots to the waiting planes
which were loaded by Germans before they took off on their flight to
West-Berlin. That lasted for us for 6 weeks straight off.

In November 1948 our Squadron was flown into West-Berlin to take over
from another British outfit.

Children, the Elderly and the Sick were evacuated by air to West-Germany.

There were 3 air corridors which the Allies were allowed to use to gain
access to West-Berlin and it was decided to supply the city by air which
was the brainchild of the British to which the Americans agreed.

IT WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER THAT SUCH AN OPERATION TOOK PLACE AND IT
HAS NOT BEEN DONE SINCE.

2.5 million people needed to be supplied by air. Pilots flew 3 to 4
missions a day into Berlin with supplies. A plane took off every minute
and another one landed. If, by any chance, they strayed outside the 3
corridors they were buzzed by Soviet MIGS. Earlier on during the airlift
one plane was rammed and all on board were killed.

Often it was a 20 hour day for the Pilots who flew from 8 bases in
West-Germany with food supplies. All were dried goods, they also ferried
coal and petrol, anything and everything that was needed to keep the
people and the city alive. Hot water was in short supply, Electricity
was only on in the evenings and early mornings. There was only 1 petrol
station in West-Berlin to supply all the Allied troops. 5,000 tonnes of
provisions came into West-Berlin every day on its 2 airports and in
flying boats on the lakes.The black market flourished, fresh foods were
smuggled into West-Berlin from East-Germany and people risked their
lives to do it. A lotof Berliners lived in their allotment huts and so
grew their own vegetables.The winter of 1948/49 was a very harsh one and
flying became a hazzard.2 American planes crashed in the suburb of
Tempelhof, also one British plane crashed. During the airlift 40
British, 31 Americans and 7 Germans were killed. Provisions flown in
after the winter went up to 13,000 tonnes a day.

All Allied troops had to do Sector patrols in their respective aereas.
Our Squadron had armoured cars and to show our strength we often drove
right up to the barricades, gave the Russians a scare and then
withdrew.Our rations were the same as for the German population, dried
vegetables, dried eggs, dried milk, corned beef, spam, tinned sausages
and tinned bacon, but the Yanks were better off, they even had icecream.

The Russian troops still came into West-Berlin during the airlift to man
their War Memorial and Radio station, both situated there. However,
Allied troops were not allowed to go into their sector. Who wanted to?

Stalin at last realised that the blockade was not working as he had
expected and in May 1949, 11 months after it started, the blockade was
lifted. The first food-supply lorries rolled into West-Berlin by road
and received a very warm welcome from the people.

In 1969 our family visited West-Berlin before migrating to Australia. We
took a guided tour on a bus to show our girls "The Wall". The tour-guide
asked if any passengers wer stationed in Berlin during the airlift.
Deveral of us put up our hands and were re-imbursed with ourfare as a
"thankyou" for what the Allies did to keep Berliners from starving over
those 11 months

Silver Bugles.flv

another one SCOUSE

1960/62 REME LAD

How many personnel from the 1960/62 Ipoh and Nee Soon REME LADs are members of this web site.  I would like to contact you, if you are interested, to revive old memories and photos of that period.

Celtic Bagpipe Music - Black Bear + Bonnie Lass of Fyvie.flv

Derek With The Hussars

Derek with the Hussars and Terry Waite.

The tall fellow is Terry Waite

OLD SOLDIERS

i think this one has been on the BB but we seem to have lost it.dont know why

videos

Please go into inbox as it seems that some of the videos have been taken off the main page for some reason that we do not know about at the present time.

John

Beauty of the Cheviots - Northumberland.flv

Marche du régiment Préobrajenski (preobrazhenski regiment march).flv

video

Anyone looking at the videos will you please make a comment so we will know what sort you prefer.also please put some on yourself.THANK YOU

ROYAL DRAGOONS BB

JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT JOHN ATKINS WILL BE TAKING OVER THE BB WITH DENIS SOWERBY AS SECOND IN COMMAND ON THE 6TH JUNE.I WILL STAND DOWN AND PUT MY FEET UP.
THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN DURING MY TOUR OF DUTY
THANKS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL DEREK

SUSAN BOYLE I DREAMED A DREAM PERFORMANCE ONLY VERSION.flv

British Anthem, God Save the Queen (with lyrics).flv

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL GREGSON

Happy birthday BILL on 24may 75yrs