Chris Aldous

Hi all I have copied this on from details sent by Marc's Uncle Mark regarding the funeral. All those who would like to are welcome to attend and if you come in your jeep or other military vehicle even better regards chris We have now finalised the date, time & location to say farewell to Marc and to celebrate his life. Please can I ask that if there is anyone that Marc knows who is not a member of the site, could they communicate these details by other means if possible. Date: 4th July Time: 1pm Location: Kend & Sussex Crematorium, Benhall Mill Rd Royal Tunbridge Wells TN2 5JJ The wake will be at the Spread Eagle pub, which is approx 3/4 mile from the Crematorium. Follow the link for full details: http://www.thespreadeagle.net/ Marc is currently located at the Funeral Directors, which is around 16 miles from the Crematorium. We would expect a convoy of vehicles to follow him on his journey from the Funeral directors and will take approx 1 hour, so will commence at approx midday. The address of the funeral directors is: Fuller & Scott The Wakelyns, High Street, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 1AJ 01825 763241 It is usual I think in these situations that the vehicle carrying Marc (which is kindly being arranged by Richard (REG at G503) - yet to be confirmed as definite), will depart the Funeral Directors and proceed to his home, along with a Limo to pick up close family & friends, before proceeding to the Crematorium. You can of course just proceed directly to the Crematorium, or the pub. All are welcome and refreshments and food will be available. Marc will be attired in his greens, so for anyone attending, if you wish to wear your 'uniform' of choice, please do not feel obliged to wear the usual suit & tie. In fact Mandy would prefer it, but either way will be entirely your choice. I will of course publish further details as they become available. Please do not hesitate to contact me by either email or phone - mark.olsen1@btopenworld.com - 07751 080589 if you you need any further info or have any questions. Kindest regards Mark

Hi all yes, we had just spent a great 10 days driving 2000 miles, seeing lots of sights and having a great time. It was a case of one last meal together on the ferry back to Dover and we all headed off home. It's such a shame, Marc was a lovely guy and a dear friend and I will miss him terribly It's nice to see all your kind words... cheers Chris

The idea of the blue was that they wouldn't show up in black and white pictures... cheers Chris

a few pics and videos, best with sound cheers Chris

wow Lee,....it sure needed a new one see you next week cheers chris

when I say nicked it...not the area....just the rope...so could have been worse, still a pain though but as one of the guys mentioned earlier, can always liase with the person looking after each particular field, which is Malcolm Dunlop in our case, so we think actual area will stay safe for us. cheers Chris

well we came down on sunday, marked out our normal area...even put a second rope line round...silly of us, cos someone has now nicked it Chris

Hey Paul you should do mate....it's one of if not the best trip of the year cheers Chris

I believe in the UK convoy around 75. The French convoy normally gets more....a good turn out though and a few unusual vehicles which is always nice to see cheers Chris

and the last few...part 3 we also took a trip to the Somme...visited a few cemetaries...then took a long trip back to Calais saw a load of live shells laying around awaiting collection spotted this rotting in a drive way...it had a Willys chassis and a Hotchkiss body...it wasn't for sale great trip cheers chris

and some more part 2 cheers Chris

Here are a few of the pics i took: Part 1 cheers Chris

well i never actually got a licence...just an email with a ref number with a note saying i had been registered...so that is what i printed off and stuck in the glove box

that is true....but you still need an export licence...all be it different to a more modern vehicle

no one that I am aware of but what a great trip.... cheers Chris