Time Line
1961
1978
1961 Enlisted: I Signed on in Plymouth December 1961 on my 15th birthday
1962 Joined: Junior Leaders Regt RE at Dover
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1963 Outward Bound course: Tywyn Wales
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1964 Entered man service: 1 Trg Regt RE at Southwood Camp Cove Farnbrough Hants
First Posting: 36 Engr Regt RE at Maidstone Kent
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1965 A3 Fitter IC & P course: R.S.M.E. Gordon Barracks Chatham Kent
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1966 Detachment Op Crown: CRE Works Crown, Thailand
Posted: 11 Independent Fld Sqn RE at Malacca Malaysia
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1966/7 Returned to Thailand: Post Op Crown with 11 Sqn​
Promoted: Lance Corporal
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1968 A2 Fitter IC & P Course: Kluang Malaysia
​ Posted: 23 Independent Amphibious Sqn RE. Hameln Germany
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1971​ Promoted: Full Corporal
​ A2 Fitter Engine RE Course: R.S.M.E Brompton Barracks Chatham Kent
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1972/3 ​​B2 Combat Engr Course: Osnabruck Germany
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1973 Posted: 52 Field Squadron RE (Airfields) 39 Engineer Regiment (Airfields RE. Waterbeach Cambs
​ A1 Fitter Engine RE Course: R.S.M.E Brompton Barracks Chatham Kent
​ Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Warfare (NBC) Decontamination Course: RAF St. Athans, Wales
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1974 Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Warfare (NBC) Instructors Course: Porton Down,Wilts.
Detached: Op Platypus: attached to the PSA at Dhekelia Cyprus​
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1974/5 Detached: PSA at RAF Salalah, Oman
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1975/6 B1 Combat Engr Course: R.S.M.E Chatenden Barracks Chatham Kent
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1976 Detached: RE Mobile Display Team Long Marston Warcs.
Promoted: Sergeant
​ Posted: 57 Trg Sqn RE, 1 Trg Regt RE at Southwood Camp Cove Farnbrough Hants
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1977 SNCO's Cadre​ Course: Royal Engineers HQ Brompton Barracks Chatham Kent
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1978 Posted: 3 Trg Regt RE at Southwood Camp Cove Farnbrough Hants
Demobbed: March sees the end to 16 Years man & boy with the Corps of Royal Engineers