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Hi,
Like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. Served in BAOR for many of my 22 years with RCT. Was known as Dusty. Left in 89 as a WO1. Love to hear from anyone who remembers me

Welcome Dusty. Good bunch on here.

Hi Dusty and welcome mate, I was RAOC myself.

[Hi matey, Good to hear from you. Had a few mates from RAOC when I served in Osnabruck. Hows life treating you? I am working for an American Oil Company in Hull. 4 years to go...then lotsa fishing and Metal Detecting quote="jim"]Hi Dusty and welcome mate, I was RAOC myself.[/quote]

3 years in my case Dusty and the South East France calls. I'm in Birmingham working in IT, which was my RAOC Trade in the end anyway.

Hi Dusty, welcome to the fold - You weren't 10Regt RCT by any chance?

Hi matey,

Never served in 10 Regt but was down the road at 14 Sqn RCT. Great days in Bielefeld as a young 19 year old

Themaadone wrote:

Hi Dusty, welcome to the fold - You weren't 10Regt
RCT by any chance?

14 Sqn, housed in the block far right of Ripon as you walked in the main gate - I had a couple of mates there in the early 90s.... I really loved being in Bielefeld as a squaddie - best times I've had!

Was 14 Sqn in Ripon? I don't remember any trogs in Ripon when I was there mid '70's

Jim

He means Ripon Barracks Bielefeld I think

Jim, 14 Sqn were Staff car drivers located within Bielefelds Ripon Bks like JPW correctly observed.

Hi matey,
Thats right mate. Ripon Baracks,1(BR) Corps was down the road from that rough crowd in 10 Regt. Trog now thats a name I have not heard in a long time

jim wrote:

Was 14 Sqn in Ripon? I don't remember any trogs in Ripon when I was there mid '70's

Hi matey,
We were not all Staff Car drivers we had Heavy vehicle section as well. I drove Bedford 3 tonner office vehicle Reg 05 EL 47,hows that for a good memory.

Themaadone wrote:

Jim, 14 Sqn were Staff car drivers located within Bielefelds Ripon Bks like JPW correctly observed.

nothing wrong with being a trog better than being a blanket stacker

must be a thing about reg nos mine was 33ER60.

Bloody hell I can't even remember my car reg number and I am younger (just) Wasn't 10 Regt RCT the boxing regiment?

the funny thing is teabag i can remember most of the reg nos of all my old motorbikes but for the life of me dont ask me what the reg is of my present bike my sons tell me its the start of altzimers, the cheek and me such a young man

Saracen 02 DA 29

Pardon ?

I know the ones I drove had two numbers, two letters and two numbers. Does that help? Oh and on RAF vehicles the first letter was A (I fink)?

No, no . . the first letter on RAF vehicles is "R" tut, tut, honestly !

[Correct Sergeant Major. quote="oldtimer"]
nothing wrong with being a trog better than being a blanket stacker

must be a thing about reg nos mine was 33ER60.[/quote]

my first bedford RL in tidworth 38CL10

How do you do that? Remember Reg. numbers. I never had a vehicle for long enough to get comfortable in it before some REME bloke would break it and I'd have to get another one. As for knowing the number, I would just try and remember where I parked it and then get the nearest one to that spot.
Mind you in BAOR as an under strength Regt becoming Mechanised Infantry we had more vehicles that you could shake a stick at. Even the cooks had a vehicle on their signature. At one time I had 3, a champ, a 1 ton Austin and a Humber 1 ton armoured (Pig).
We spent days just driving around the training areas trying to use up the petrol ration. Treasure hunts and rally's took precedence over digging holes and shooting things

i only remember that one as i have a picture of me posing beside it.

wrinkles wrote:

How do you do that? Remember Reg. numbers. I never had a vehicle for long enough to get comfortable in it before some REME bloke would break it and I'd have to get another one. As for knowing the number, I would just try and remember where I parked it and then get the nearest one to that spot.
Mind you in BAOR as an under strength Regt becoming Mechanised Infantry we had more vehicles that you could shake a stick at. Even the cooks had a vehicle on their signature. At one time I had 3, a champ, a 1 ton Austin and a Humber 1 ton armoured (Pig).
We spent days just driving around the training areas trying to use up the petrol ration. Treasure hunts and rally's took precedence over digging holes and shooting things

What were the circumstances that left your regt so under strength Wrinkles?

From the vehs you mention this would be early sixties, too early for the WFR amalgamation so about the time NS ended, would that have caused it ?

Too many vehicles to mention.

I was OCs driver so had a 110 petrol land rover on flick as well as a drops and a 4 tonner.

Didn't have a m/c on flick but did flip one once