Number of posts : 3 Registration date : 2019-06-19
Subject: Life in BAOR 1/3/2020, 22:03
Can anyone point me in the right direction for info/memories about the early BAOR? Thinking of Barrack life, food in post-war FRG, recreation and sport, meeting locals , an Officers life, general non-exercise stuff.
Thanks in advance!
Pborn4 Brig
Number of posts : 706 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
and glance at the "Red Hackle" Regimental Magazines published by the Black Watch during their times in Germany.
Not all beer and skittles - everyone had a strict special-to-arm training regime and a role to fill, an exhausting competitive sport and challenging adventure training pursuits, as well as a wide range of duties: Berlin blockade, Border Guards, Site Guards, as well as convoy and escort runs (rail and road). Jocks also managed some Highland Games.
Interested to see your thesis when complete?
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Dee Z WOI
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Subject: Re: Life in BAOR 21/12/2020, 17:34
Christmas dinner with the Light Infantry Battalion of the British Army, Berlin. December 20, 1990.
Pborn4 Brig
Number of posts : 706 Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3 Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012) Registration date : 2016-12-16
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