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Some pictures of the displays and
vehicles at the open day |
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| Royal British Legion
- Motorcyle Branch |
Horse
Guards Parade Diorama |
Food
Stall |
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| Junior Leaders
Adventure Corps (Cumbria) Display |
Mr. Christopher
Page's 'Living
History' Stand |
Beer,
Cider and Wine |
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Vintage Radio Display with Amateur Radio Special Event Station GB2DRA behind |
Amateur Radio Special Event Station GB2DRA on the air, operated by The
Bittern Dx Group |
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BBC Norfolk's own Julie Reinger talking to our Treasurer and Historian Ian
Paterson about the event and to get him to read the next Treasure Hunt
Clue, watched by Re-enactor Christopher Page |
L-R: Mr. Christopher Page, Lt-Col S Copley-Smith, Major M Mallet, Julie
Reinger, SSM C Lord and Capt. M McCabe |
The Bittern Dx Group with Lt-Col S Copley-Smith. |
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For More Photos from BBC Radio Norfolk of Julie Reinger and the Desert
Rats please see their website |
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For More Photographs from the Bittern Dx Group as GB2DRA please see their website |
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Recovery Crane |
Spartan Armoured Personal Carrier |
Saxon Armoured
Personal Carrier |
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| Bren Gun
Carrier in 1st Bn The Rifle Brigade Markings from 1944. Note 50 Cal
Browning for a little extra hitting power. |
Truck |
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| 25 Pdr
Howitzer (Mainstay of WW11 Artillery) |
Jeeps Galore! |
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| British Army Truck |
Landrover
and AFV432 Armoured Personal Carrier |
Lorry
and Landrover |
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| Cars and Jeeps |
More
modern Vehicles |
The
Provost Company |
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| Our regular musical
Entertainment - The Swingtime Sweethearts |
Association
Stand. Lots of unique items for sale on the day. |
Our Tea
and Cake tent, in full 'natter.' |
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| Brigade
HQ Command Post Entrance |
Two
Bulldog AFVs next to the Command Post |
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| Briefing
Notice |
Members
of 207 (Jerboa) Signals Squadron outside the Command Post |
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| Major
Matthew Mallett, OC 207 (Jerboa) Signals Squadron, before the service. |
| 207
(Jerboa) Signals Squadron
The Squadron can traces its origins back to the formation
of the Desert Rats in N Africa in February 1940, when it was the Signal
Squadron for the 7th Armoured Brigade. In 1942 it and the Brigade served
in Burma during the retreat before the Japanese attack. After withdrawing
to India the Squadron then served in Italy until the end of WW2.
After WW2 the Squadron remained with 7th Armoured Brigade
during the Cold War in
Germany
, it has also seen action during Gulf War 1, Balkans in the 1990s,
Operation TELIC (Iraq 2003, 2007/08 & 2008) and
Afghanistan
in 2014.
As part of the Army Re-organisation, the Squadron became
part of 16th Signals Regiment, based in Stafford, with a responsibility to
support 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade.
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| Sculptor
Henry Gray, shows our visitors the ideas for the Desert Rat Memorial, we
are planning to place at the National Arboretum, Stafford. |
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Some pictures of the parade and the
service at the memorial
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Standards form up before the Parade to the memorial |
Piper
leading the parade |
Members of 207
(Jerboa) Signals Squadron, led by the Squadron Second in Command, Captain
Matthew McCabe R SIGNALS, on parade for the Desert Rats Memorial Day |
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| 207
(Jerboa) Signals Squadron marching to the Memorial |
The
parade stands to attention |
The parade is
inspected |
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Christopher Lord (Parade Sgt/Maj) watches the proceedings. |
Two
Bulldog APCs from 207 Signals Squadron next to the memorial |
With the
Standards around the memorial, Lt-Col Simon Copley-Smith REME makes his
opening address |
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| .Mr Ken
Harris is presented with a model Challenger Tank, in recognition for his
time as Site Manager, from which he has now stood down from. |
Major
Matthew Mallett R SIGNALS addresses the parade and those gathered at the
memorial |
The
Revd. David Hanwell addresses those gathered at the start of the service
of remembrance. |
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| A Choir
leads those at the memorial in singing 'Men of Harlech'. |
2/Lt.
Pippa Inderwick,R SIGNALS, reads from Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
"There
is a time for everything and a season for every activity.... " |
The
Standards are lowered for the Two Minute Silence |
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| The Last
Post |
Poppies
Fall. |
A Lone
Piper plays the traditional lament of "The Flowers of the
Forest". |
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| Wreaths
are laid, by local dignitaries, service personal and veterans |
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Standards
lowered for the National Anthem at the end of the service |
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Ken Harris with Francis Dining |
Ken Harris with the presentation Challenger Tank, by the Memorial. |
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Cadets after the service, with SSM C Lord, R.Sigs |
A detachment of 207 (Jerboa) Signals Squadron, Royal Signals, in front of
the memorial. |
207 (Jerboa) Signals Squadron, joined by our Chairman Lt-Cpl Copley-Smith. |
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Wreaths by the memorial at the
end of the service
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