'Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs' by Lewis Page. After 12 years in the RN ( Mine disposal and Green beret - All arms Commando course) the Author strips back the facade to tell us what is really going on in the Armed Forces, his book takes us behind the scenes and exposes the real ingredients whipped up...

50 years this May since we joined at Deal. I have contact with Moss Pearson, John MCurdy, Graham Grant, Roy Clews,Allan Buckley and Tom Potts, not forgetting our Instructor Harry King.
Send us an E, maybe we can arrange something later this year.

Of course things are better. The economy is going so well ! Look how affluent everybody is, buy, buy,on credit of course. Read somewhere that if what was owed to the credit card companies, banks etc. was spread out evenly over every household in Britain , they would each owe about £17.000,- . Bye, B...

Of course things are better. The economy is going so well ! Look how affluent everybody is, buy, buy,on credit of course. Read somewhere that if what was owed to the credit card companies, banks etc. was spread out evenly over every household in Britain , they would each owe about £17.000,- . Bye, B...

Thought you might be interested in seeing a translation of an article that appeared in my local newspaper ( The Harstad Times). Sleeping bag that caused a media circus The sleeping bag the British use under winter training in Norway created many headlines in Great Britain. This story has appeared in...

Thought you might be interested in seeing a translation of an article that appeared in my local newspaper ( The Harstad Times). Sleeping bag that caused a media circus The sleeping bag the British use under winter training in Norway created many headlines in Great Britain. This story has appeared in...

Can recommend ' Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy' by Patrick Dalzel-Job. The extraordinary wartime exploits of a Naval Special Agent. Ian Fleming is said to have modelled James Bond on this guy and his exploits. ISBN 0-85052-901-8 Published by CPI UK Should be of extra interest to those who've traine...

Just finished reading it and can thoroughly recommend it. Right up to date too...Just to quote : 'It's the discovery, in his sixth decade, that half a century after the death of Empire, the dismally ill-managed country he'd done a little bit of this and that for is being marched off to quell the nat...

How do they know this then ? As far as I know the main body only arrived for Arctic training at the end of last week (22/24 - 01). They are living in a nearly brand new Barracks whose main galley was updated about three years ago (I live nearby) so they won't exactly be on Arctic rations yet will th...

How do they know this then ? As far as I know the main body only arrived for Arctic training at the end of last week (22/24 - 01). They are living in a nearly brand new Barracks whose main galley was updated about three years ago (I live nearby) so they won't exactly be on Arctic rations yet will th...

I have put a notice in the General Discussion section concerning the Pension Trough. This only refers to people who retired to pension during the Pension Code Years 1976/1977. Further to the discussion on the Defence review on Pensions, having now read a few articles on the subject I would agree wit...

If this subject has already been covered somewhere else, please excuse me. I saw a brief announcement in the Globe & Laurel ( RM Magazine)concerning the Pensions Trough, of which I was not aware until I contacted the organiser of the campaign and got all the details. He forwarded a lot of useful...

If this subject has already been covered somewhere else, please excuse me. I saw a brief announcement in the Globe & Laurel ( RM Magazine)concerning the Pensions Trough, of which I was not aware until I contacted the organiser of the campaign and got all the details. He forwarded a lot of useful...

Yes, I remember the occasion. I was at St Georges with HQ 3 Cdo Bde and we were roped in for the search as well - Line abreast across the ranges at St Patricks. The rumour that went the rounds at the time was that a 40 Cdo YO batch returning to UK the day after had done the dirty deed. Interesting t...

Yes, I remember the occasion. I was at St Georges with HQ 3 Cdo Bde and we were roped in for the search as well - Line abreast across the ranges at St Patricks. The rumour that went the rounds at the time was that a 40 Cdo YO batch returning to UK the day after had done the dirty deed. Interesting t...