griff66 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 can any help me with the details from my ferrets military life cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 and the other bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Operation Banner is Northern Ireland I'm sure that you know that already http://www.operationbanner.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 would be nice to know what she got up to before 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Griff, It looks like your Ferret was in Germany with the Royal Artillery pre 1970. An interesting (and long!) service history though. I laminate these service histories, shove them in a 37 Pattern Webbing map Case (try Ebay) and, hey presto, one vehicle information board for shows! 18 EA 36.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 from germany to the gulf war with n. eire thrown in for good measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I don't think it actually went to N. Ireland - it stayed with the Rear Party in Germany. The Life Guards did go to the Gulf in 1991 and your Ferret appears to have been with them at the time, but do you have any evidence that it went there? Desert paint, photos etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 painted in gulf war coulours by army and it was a rush paint job! modified front hatch for night vision equip 5.56 ammo found in ferret it was mostly mk 1/2 ferrets that went and a few mk 1 s i reckon it got at least as far as the docks in kuwait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 front hatch modded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 i road registered it from disposal to my ownership it had sat in a barn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) Phil, I think our ferrets may have crossed paths at various times, although mine appears to have had a far more sedate life Edited October 18, 2010 by MiketheBike finger troubel with attachments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 how u getting on with the brake prob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I agree, it's probably a Gulf War veteran - with a very interesting history! At the very least, it was prepped for the Gulf - that's good enough for me! The Merlin record may well tell you more (PM sent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hey Phil, did not get a chance at the weekend, had to do housey stuff...but I am "working from home" tomorrow and Wednesday, so may get it done during my "lunch break" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hello there Griff and Mike. Please can you tell me your hull numbers to go in my "work in progress" Ferret Register. :-) Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) Did you find any sand?? a good sign that it was in the Gulf.. should still be some even if it had a good clean out.. Edited October 19, 2010 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) my hull no is 3323 d.i.s jan64 contract no. 6/fv/2146 1963 one of a batch of 67 my reg 18 ea 36 batch runs from 18 ea 01 to 18 ea 67 . Edited October 19, 2010 by griff66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Thanks for the info Griff :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 can any help me with the details from my ferrets military life cheers 4/7DG (4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards) were in Bhurtpore Barracks,Tidworth in the summer of 1976 prior to B Sqn 15/19H (Aliwal Barracks, ditto) deploying to UNFICYP. Upon our return from Cyprus, 3RTR were resident in Bhurtpore Bks and 4/7DG had gone to BAOR. I therefore presume that your Ferret was issued to 4/7DG upon deployment. Being an armoured regiment, it would have been used either as Squadron or Regimental Sergeant Major's Ferret (look for a callsign 19C, 29C, 39C or 95) or as a rebroadcast vehicle (callsign 98 or 98A). I cannot after these years remember whether the OrBat of an armoured regiment allowed for a Ferret for D (Support) Sqn SSM (c/s 49C). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 bit late ! but peter 4456 thank you for interpreting my vehicle history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 No probs, you're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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