[quote="pete26"][quote="brum"]

pete26 wrote:

Then we took over from you ! 4th Jan 1974. My independent armoured squadron got attached to 32 Engr Regt for Op Banner.

I've been trying to remember who it was that took over from us, REs, of course.

I was with Main Gate Troop.

Probably watched you arrive.
Did you wave ?

Pete can you remember who took over as do not have a RE unit recorded

26 Armoured Engineer Squadron – Haig Barracks Hohne
NI Infantry Role Jan to May 74 command 32 Engr Regt

21 Engineer Regiment – Assaye Barracks Neinburg
Regiment to NI Long Kesh Infantry Role Dec 74 to Mar 75

I was in the Nicker Factory in Lurgan 72/73 (Royal Signals) and remember taking the Brigade Water Cannon to Long Kesh when there was trouble...

Cheers
Steve
http://royalengineersbaor.blogspot.de/

[quote="brum"][quote="pete26"]

brum wrote:

pete26 wrote: Then we took over from you ! 4th Jan 1974. My independent armoured squadron got attached to 32 Engr Regt for Op Banner. I've been trying to remember who it was that took over from us, REs, of course. I was with Main Gate Troop. Probably watched you arrive. Did you wave ?

No mate I didn't wave, as I was still suffering an hangover still after flying in from Gutersloh.

They flew us through a storm too to land at Aldergrove and I was sat over the engines - turboprop.

A wet and windy welcome. A lot like the weather today in fact.

Just seen TV showing Yorks. Regt marching through York after an Afghan tour. Now it's a wee bit naughty to slate lads who have done some real, dangerous soldiering, but it's not their fault that the only kit on hand these days, for whatever task they are doing, is that new fangled, multi-purpose desert- or- everywhere DP Combats with something akin to suede boots to mask any sound of marching. Same dress appears on the squaddies who have been recently drafted in to run their eager hands over female visitors arriving for the Olympics. More like landing in a Third World banana republic I imagine.

Don't seem very impressive, to one from my era, more akin to the scorned sloppy dress of the long-haired Dutch lads who inspected trains from the Hook when they halted at the German border. And the berets they have now !!!!!! OK for no two to be worn alike when on normal duties perhaps, maybe a bit of individual tweaking can be tolerated. But for a formal parade, or for close contact duty with the public, & especially with foreign visitors, sloppy turnout can only give a negative impression of our capabilities. I wonder if RSMs have a different outlook on what's allowed in the modern army.

Something more like that avatar of the Asian lass with the white scarf please! Oh. go on! There's an opening for someone to take the piss, but baggy combats aren't parade kit in my book.

Hrrumph !!! It shouldn't be allowed ! Have another G & T Carruthers ?