BFG/BAOR/RAFG Locations
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

BFG/BAOR/RAFG Locations

www.baor-locations.org
 
HomeHome  SearchSearch  Latest imagesLatest images  RegisterRegister  Log in  
Latest topics
» King Alfred School (Boarding) Plön
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime19/3/2024, 10:10 by Pborn4

» The Black Watch
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime17/3/2024, 00:39 by Pborn4

» Help with post war Vehicle Numbering please.
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime13/3/2024, 07:32 by Sinclair

» Bill Littleford, 16th/5th Queens Lancers, Wolfenbuttel 1977
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime12/3/2024, 19:42 by AlienFTM

» Any Ex 2 RTR on here
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime7/3/2024, 11:01 by Mark Ellis

» Sophia M Ackroyd
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime5/3/2024, 09:00 by alan8376

» Soldiers Pensions
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime28/2/2024, 10:15 by Pborn4

» Old Soldiers over 80
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime28/2/2024, 09:42 by Dulaigh

» Allied Control Commission Germany 1945
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime27/2/2024, 06:43 by PB1963

» Anyone know Capt C Maynard, REME, Duisburg 1958-61?
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime26/2/2024, 16:07 by Zloty

» 1 SSM Battery patch
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime26/2/2024, 15:02 by Hardrations

» BAOR Bank Notes
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime26/2/2024, 14:05 by JGW

» Volkswagen WRAC
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime26/2/2024, 09:03 by Sinclair

» Peter Donovan
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime22/2/2024, 22:12 by Donovans

» 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime22/2/2024, 21:50 by Donovans

Navigation
 Portal
 Index
 Memberlist
 Profile
 FAQ
 Search
Who is online?
In total there are 47 users online :: 1 Registered, 0 Hidden and 46 Guests :: 1 Bot

richardjbird243

Most users ever online was 223 on 22/1/2021, 18:16
March 2024
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
CalendarCalendar
Search
 
 

Display results as :
 
Rechercher Advanced Search

 

 Surpised at who is actually here

Go down 
+8
jim
brum
dandc
john mcmillan
brian beckett
Teabag
Mike_2817
Themaadone
12 posters
Go to page : Previous  1, 2
AuthorMessage
dandc
Lt Col
Lt Col
dandc


Number of posts : 383
Age : 74
Localisation : gateshead
Cap Badge : 15/19H.ARMY AIR CORPS
Places Served : tidworth, fallingbostle, detmold, hongkong, minden
Registration date : 2009-05-22

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime10/9/2010, 16:45

somebodys got to keep the chairs warm.
Back to top Go down
Mike_2817
LE Maj
LE Maj
Mike_2817


Number of posts : 643
Localisation : North Yorkshire
Cap Badge : RAOC
Registration date : 2009-08-27

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime10/9/2010, 18:16

I go wiv wot Jim sez coz hez edumecated he iz.

Translated, Yes I agree with Jim lol!

_________________
Sua Tela Tonanti
Back to top Go down
JPW
Let Gen
Let Gen



Number of posts : 1119
Age : 82
Localisation : Berkshire
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf
Registration date : 2008-11-09

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime10/9/2010, 20:06

I seem to remember 70% of REME were based in BAOR in the 60s and 70s

I first went to BAOR as the 11 year old son a soldier. My last official visit to Germany was in 1986, I once worked it out that were only 4 calendar years in between when I did not set foot on German soil
Back to top Go down
Guest
Guest




Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime11/9/2010, 21:07

REME had a considerable presence in BAOR. I recalled hearing once of a Cavalry Regiment which was posted into Germany and quickly afterwards had to take part in a parade with tanks driving past. Word had it that the REME with the more experience, were used as the tank drivers, but had to wear the cap badge of the Regiment. Was this one of those old wives tales?
Back to top Go down
brum
FM
FM



Number of posts : 2808
Age : 83
Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge : RA/QOH
Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date : 2010-03-02

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime11/9/2010, 21:17

I remember being told that the REME had become bigger than the Royal Artillery. At one time impossible to contemplate, inevitable nontheless.

A Cavalry Regiment allowing REME to drive their vehicles ? Gallahad, file that under "Urban Myth" !

(Have you any idea which Cavalry Regiment would go to BAOR without a few Conversion Courses beforehand ?).
Back to top Go down
Mikey
Sgt
Sgt



Number of posts : 35
Localisation : North Yorkshire
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : BAOR, Cyprus, Aden
Registration date : 2009-01-25

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime11/9/2010, 21:23

Takes longer to repair them than break em'
Back to top Go down
BobG
Lt Col
Lt Col



Number of posts : 330
Age : 85
Localisation : Northumberland
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg, Verden, Liebenau, Hohne, Hamm, Duisburg, Minden, Hannover, Fallingbostal, Kuwait, UK, HK, USA/Can.
Registration date : 2008-02-27

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime12/9/2010, 18:32

Brum,
One of my Cfn in A Sqn Fitters Tp QOH transferred into the Regt and was immediately grabbed by the Sqn Ldr as his driver. Sqn Ldr at the time was Jeremy Phipps, later Brig Special Forces.
Bob
Back to top Go down
brum
FM
FM



Number of posts : 2808
Age : 83
Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge : RA/QOH
Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date : 2010-03-02

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime12/9/2010, 20:05

CheersBob.

Did we speak about QOH a while back ?
Back to top Go down
JPW
Let Gen
Let Gen



Number of posts : 1119
Age : 82
Localisation : Berkshire
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf
Registration date : 2008-11-09

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime12/9/2010, 20:10

Brum, Gallahad

Atleast two of the Chieftain MBT , not ARV, of a well known Cavalry Regiment on the Queen's Jubilee Parade at Sennelager were driven by members of the Squadron Fitter Section, sadly wearing their parent Regiment not REME capbadge despite their EME's protests
Back to top Go down
brum
FM
FM



Number of posts : 2808
Age : 83
Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge : RA/QOH
Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date : 2010-03-02

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime12/9/2010, 20:56

I watched that parade on TV, sitting in a hospital in Belfast.

I remember we speculated it must've been hell on earth getting that lot set up, what with eveything else that was going on at the time.

What were the circumstances that left a regiment that short of tank drivers ?
Back to top Go down
jim
Let Gen
Let Gen
jim


Number of posts : 1291
Localisation : Sutton Coldfield
Cap Badge : RAOC
Places Served : Dad, Hamburg, Bad Oeynhausen, Iserlohn, Bury, Osnabruck, Worcester. Me Detmold, Bielefeld, NI, HK
Registration date : 2008-01-03

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime13/9/2010, 10:13

Hmmm,

If we are talking about the Queen's jubilee parade at Senne, then I don't recall there being any problems with drivers? And as I worked in AQ Ops we were heavily involved in the planning of it. Doesn't mean there weren't any REME drivers I suppose, I just don't recall it being a problem, maybe it did,'t filter up to Corps level.
Back to top Go down
BobG
Lt Col
Lt Col



Number of posts : 330
Age : 85
Localisation : Northumberland
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg, Verden, Liebenau, Hohne, Hamm, Duisburg, Minden, Hannover, Fallingbostal, Kuwait, UK, HK, USA/Can.
Registration date : 2008-02-27

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime13/9/2010, 17:09

Brum,
Yes we spoke briefly. I have happy memories of my short time with the QOH. I was a WO2 when posted to the LAD in April 1971 and should have been employed in HQ LAD, but as the SSgt who should have been running A Sqn Fitters was not up to the job for med reasons, the EME asked me to take over the fitters troop, a job I much prefered. The Sqn Ldr (Mike Meredith) was quite pleased to have a WO2 running his Fitters Tp, the SSM (Pat Clancy) wasn't so sure but after an air clearing session behind closed doors we got on fine. While in NI in spring 72 I was notified that I was being posted as an acting WO1 after the Op Banner tour. The day after we returned to Hohne my Sub WO1 came through and so I remained for another 2 months as a WO1 running a Fitters Tp which seemed to please our new Sqn Ldr - Jeremy Phipps. A short but good tour, I was very impressed by the way the Regt took you into the QOH family. Happy Days

Bob
Back to top Go down
JPW
Let Gen
Let Gen



Number of posts : 1119
Age : 82
Localisation : Berkshire
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf
Registration date : 2008-11-09

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime13/9/2010, 19:05

Jim

No selfrespecting CO was going to admit to his Brigade Commander let alone Comd RAC I (BR) Corps that he had a problem with Drivers, an internal solution was found for an internal problem
Back to top Go down
Themaadone
Maj
Maj
Themaadone


Number of posts : 270
Localisation : Near London
Cap Badge : RAOC/RLC/AGC
Places Served : Bielefeld, Guetersloh, Viersen, Bracht, Falklands, Aldershot, Leconsfield, NI, Rwanda, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan
Registration date : 2010-09-02

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime13/9/2010, 19:26

Its rather amusing as I, an RAOC driver, was trained up as a class 2 driver, had hyster, JCB RTFL, Volvo LBE, sidestacker, Eager Beaver, Rapier crane and tracked licence and my then REME VM brother in law had HGV 3 bust - In fact, RAOC drivers usually held more licences than their RCT counterparts.
Back to top Go down
brum
FM
FM



Number of posts : 2808
Age : 83
Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge : RA/QOH
Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date : 2010-03-02

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime13/9/2010, 20:27

BobG wrote:
Brum,
Yes we spoke briefly. I have happy memories of my short time with the QOH. I was a WO2 when posted to the LAD in April 1971 and should have been employed in HQ LAD, but as the SSgt who should have been running A Sqn Fitters was not up to the job for med reasons, the EME asked me to take over the fitters troop, a job I much prefered. The Sqn Ldr (Mike Meredith) was quite pleased to have a WO2 running his Fitters Tp, the SSM (Pat Clancy) wasn't so sure but after an air clearing session behind closed doors we got on fine. While in NI in spring 72 I was notified that I was being posted as an acting WO1 after the Op Banner tour. The day after we returned to Hohne my Sub WO1 came through and so I remained for another 2 months as a WO1 running a Fitters Tp which seemed to please our new Sqn Ldr - Jeremy Phipps. A short but good tour, I was very impressed by the way the Regt took you into the QOH family. Happy Days

Bob

Ah, got you now Bob. It was the name I'd forgotten. (You probably remember names like Mellor or Tamani).

brum
Back to top Go down
jim
Let Gen
Let Gen
jim


Number of posts : 1291
Localisation : Sutton Coldfield
Cap Badge : RAOC
Places Served : Dad, Hamburg, Bad Oeynhausen, Iserlohn, Bury, Osnabruck, Worcester. Me Detmold, Bielefeld, NI, HK
Registration date : 2008-01-03

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime14/9/2010, 09:27

JPW wrote:
Jim

No selfrespecting CO was going to admit to his Brigade Commander let alone Comd RAC I (BR) Corps that he had a problem with Drivers, an internal solution was found for an internal problem

Oh I'm sure you are right there mate. Smile
Back to top Go down
BobG
Lt Col
Lt Col



Number of posts : 330
Age : 85
Localisation : Northumberland
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg, Verden, Liebenau, Hohne, Hamm, Duisburg, Minden, Hannover, Fallingbostal, Kuwait, UK, HK, USA/Can.
Registration date : 2008-02-27

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime14/9/2010, 14:34

Brum,

Yes I remember them, others that spring to mind are Crew, Faux, Bradbury, Keogh to name a few. There is a good A Sqn photo of my time on the QOH website.

http://www.thequeensownhussars.co.uk/images/dm_22.jpg

Bob
Back to top Go down
jim
Let Gen
Let Gen
jim


Number of posts : 1291
Localisation : Sutton Coldfield
Cap Badge : RAOC
Places Served : Dad, Hamburg, Bad Oeynhausen, Iserlohn, Bury, Osnabruck, Worcester. Me Detmold, Bielefeld, NI, HK
Registration date : 2008-01-03

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime14/9/2010, 14:52

Good photo there Bob.
Back to top Go down
brum
FM
FM



Number of posts : 2808
Age : 83
Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge : RA/QOH
Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date : 2010-03-02

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime15/9/2010, 17:48

BobG wrote:
Brum,

Yes I remember them, others that spring to mind are Crew, Faux, Bradbury, Keogh to name a few. There is a good A Sqn photo of my time on the QOH website.

http://www.thequeensownhussars.co.uk/images/dm_22.jpg

Bob

I didn't have time to get to know many blokes in "A"Sqn Bob. Faux and Bradbury I recall. I last saw Geordie Keogh in Woolwich around '80, I think his wife was in hospital there.
Remember he had the missing fingers ? Lost them playing with an unexploded fuze, apparently.

brum

(PS, I knew the webmaster of that site too, Dave Inglis).
Back to top Go down
BobG
Lt Col
Lt Col



Number of posts : 330
Age : 85
Localisation : Northumberland
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Rotenburg, Verden, Liebenau, Hohne, Hamm, Duisburg, Minden, Hannover, Fallingbostal, Kuwait, UK, HK, USA/Can.
Registration date : 2008-02-27

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime16/9/2010, 17:20

I last saw Geordie Keogh in 1991, at the time I was commanding the Station Workshop in Hannover. Brian Mellor was QM and asked me to produce regtl signs for a sqn deployment to Cyprus which I was happy to arrange. After they were completed he invited me up to the Regt in Hohne when I arrived Geordie was with him, he had also been commisioned. As you said Geordie had lost two fingers of his right hand and would normally salute with his left unless he was feeling disrespectful in which case he used his right - a ligitimate two fingers. Useful at times, often wished I could have done that to some superiors I met in my service.

Bob
Back to top Go down
Mike_2817
LE Maj
LE Maj
Mike_2817


Number of posts : 643
Localisation : North Yorkshire
Cap Badge : RAOC
Registration date : 2009-08-27

Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime16/9/2010, 19:06

Used to know an Ammo Tech S/Sgt who had lost his ring & little finger in NI, and it looked like a boy scout salute, unless he spread his fingers a little (A nervous reflex he would say)

Later when he made WO1 he had a pair of brown gloves with stiffened fingers made.

_________________
Sua Tela Tonanti
Back to top Go down
Sponsored content





Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Empty
PostSubject: Re: Surpised at who is actually here   Surpised at who is actually here - Page 2 Icon_minitime

Back to top Go down
 
Surpised at who is actually here
Back to top 
Page 2 of 2Go to page : Previous  1, 2

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
BFG/BAOR/RAFG Locations :: General-
Jump to: