oldscaley

hello ex-boy, apologies, very late to the game, my father was a REME vehicles Tiffy, he was posted to 18 SQN wksp in 1972, he came over from Fremington/Instow looks like 4 April through 7 August, he was a SSGT, at the time, and left to go over to Celle, with 1RGJ LAD as far as i recall he was based in Thiepval Barracks, he said was living in a caravan by the side of the SGTS mess, at that time I believe Magheralave Rd was open to traffic. if you have any photos / details of that time please message me, would love to find out more (good/bad) many thanks, oldscaley I got to Lisburn much later Feb 1988 - April 1990. had an interesting time, got our MQ at Pond Park; nicely re arranged courtesy of PIRA in December 88

hello all, very late to the game, my father was REME (Vehicles Tiffy), much of the content here brings back happy memories, and i am doing research. Dad was posted to Fremington/Instow 1969, I was about 4 years old at the time, had an idyllic childhood in that period, we used to get lifts on 'ducks' out to Crow point on the weekend, and other fun stuff. (indeed love the place so much, i settled back down after my service and live in Fremington, and walk on Instow beach frequently. Dad spent a lot of time with RASC, RCT on LCT and DUKW, 1960 - 1963 - 46 SQN RASC LCT - out in the far east including Brunei, Borneo, Malaya operations later at Gosport with 20 LCT REGT RCT (72 SQN, and 73SQN) did a tour of Bahrain 66/67 (he talked about trips up to St. Kilda on the resupply runs) 1969-72 18 Amph sqn RCT Wksp, Fremington/Instow 1972 18 TPT Sqn WKSP (NI) if there is anyone out there who can identify any of the following, would be fantastic. LCT Crew, I think in Scotland: Dad sitting third from left (nice to see 2 fellow scaleybacks on the crew 🙂 ) on LCT 1966/67 - Bahrain one of the LCT he was on: and a postcard of LCT on St. Kilda run Getting his LS & GC in 1972, not sure if this is in Fremington or Instow, looks like Fremington, he was a bit hacked off, as he had to do 18 years, and shortly after undetected crime was reduced to 15..... 18 SQN officers, wo's and senior ranks , outside what was the officers mess in Fremington, he is standing in the middle , think this is circa 1969, fresh of his tiffy course, lovely building is now a care home, I live about 500 yards away, and Fremington camp is no more, is a housing estate, however they have kept on of the 'spider' buildings intact as a community centre. If anyone is in these, and/or recognises my dad, please message me, would love to hear from you

hello all, my first post/question, trying to understand more - my father was REME, and circa, June 56 through October 57, was attached to 1 RTR (According to his service record) he was a full screw Electrician at the time. I think he was with the battalion on a move from UK, towards Suez ? in 56, back to the UK, then out to Hong Kong, Have 1 picture (i think) from this period, think it looks like a Comet registration 10 ZR 57, which seems pertinent to this thread. (Happy to be corrected on vehicle type) please see attached, got a feeling i need a trip to Bovington, Is there a vehicle registration archive i can refer to? or perhaps is it something to look at within the unit historical records?

Hello all, joining the forum to further educate myself and help research into my fathers/grandfathers careers (should have asked when dad was still around) Grandfather was RA 1926-31 & 39-45, waiting for records from TNA to further that. Dad was REME 1953 - 75 , ultimately as a Vehicles Artificer. ( I remember the last couple of postings, but a lot before my time) just got his service record which is a gold mine of data, but of course leads to more questions about units, places, operations, etc, and have only a few photos hoping the collective wisdom, knowledge (hopefully REME veterans, can help fill in my large knowledge gaps), If you see any new posts/threads that seem random and ignorant, bear with me :-), there is a purpose, honest. Dad did raise an eyebrow when I joined the Royal Signals, Certa Cito, oldscaley