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schliesser92
22-01-2010, 22:47
I've just got myself a slide scanner, as slide projectors are no longer made, and mine packed up a while ago. I started on my father's slides and came across this one. It shows a Quarter Guard for a visiting official to 18 Lt Regt RA in Sek Kong, New Territories of Hong Kong in 1967. In the background is one of two 3.7" pack howitzers held by the regiment as gate guards.

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/schliesser92/Military/Bild002.jpg
rnixartillery
23-01-2010, 10:05
What a Great picture,I have one of these guns on my wanted list and even managed to track one down,unfortunately I can't pursuade the owner to sell ! :cry:

Rob...............................rnixartillery.
ferretfixer
23-01-2010, 10:07
What a Great picture,I have one of these guns on my wanted list and even managed to track one down,unfortunately I can't pursuade the owner to sell ! :cry:

Rob...............................rnixartillery.

Rob, is that Richard Hunt?
Mike
schliesser92
23-01-2010, 10:26
What a Great picture,I have one of these guns on my wanted list and even managed to track one down,unfortunately I can't pursuade the owner to sell ! :cry:

Rob...............................rnixartillery.

18 regt disbanded under the Defence Review of 1968/69 - the one that created the Royal Irish Rangers and got rid of T&AVR3. What became of those two guns and the ship's bell from HMS Vanguard is still shrouded in mystery!
schliesser92
10-02-2010, 21:08
I managed to enlarge it a little:

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/schliesser92/Military/Clipboard01.jpg
rnixartillery
10-02-2010, 21:25
I picked up a 1921 dated manual for one of these last month,a very rare manual indeed,downside is that it is written in URDU. :help:

Rob......rnixartillery.
Keith Brigstock
10-02-2010, 21:28
Its a nice bit of kit and great photo. The Garrison managed to Brorrow one for our display in St James Park in 2005
alan turner
10-02-2010, 23:47
and who would lend you something like that keith? regards to johnathan and the rest of the guys can I have my video of the itn news report for the invasion of woolwich please!
ferretfixer
11-02-2010, 09:03
I picked up a 1921 dated manual for one of these last month,a very rare manual indeed,downside is that it is written in URDU. :help:

Rob......rnixartillery.

Rob, Did you follow up that lead i gave you for one of these guns?
Mike.
rnixartillery
11-02-2010, 10:21
Rob, Did you follow up that lead i gave you for one of these guns?
Mike.

Hi Mike
Yes ,I followed the lead.
Very nice bloke to talk to but as usual I was a couple years to late, I do know were the guns went though.
One of them was a very rare airborne conversion but still missing its barrel,block etc.

I'll keep looknig !

Thanks Mike.

Rob........................rnixartillery.
schliesser92
11-02-2010, 11:06
Hi Mike
Yes ,I followed the lead.
Very nice bloke to talk to but as usual I was a couple years to late, I do know were the guns went though.
One of them was a very rare airborne conversion but still missing its barrel,block etc.

I'll keep looknig !

Thanks Mike.

Rob........................rnixartillery.

Are there any of the original type, with the spoked wheels from 1910 (I think), still around?
rnixartillery
11-02-2010, 11:45
There is a very nice original example still on spokes in the 'Firepower' Museum,they also have the later conversion.


Rob...............rnixartillery.
ferretfixer
11-02-2010, 18:17
Hi Mike
Yes ,I followed the lead.
Very nice bloke to talk to but as usual I was a couple years to late, I do know were the guns went though.
One of them was a very rare airborne conversion but still missing its barrel,block etc.

I'll keep looknig !

Thanks Mike.

Rob........................rnixartillery.

Such is life Rob! No chance of tracking them to thier next owner?
Mike.