6 R Anglian Photographs

6 R Anglian Photographs
From the Norfolk Section
The Britannia and Castle

1970s A and HQ Coy 1970s A Coy 2 Pl 1970s Boating Exercise 1970s LCpl Gerry Bush, WO2 Alex Barr and Cpl Colin Sadd 1973 Cpl Antonio Innes pretending to work a Pye Westminster set 1972 Officers at 1st Camp 1976 A Coy in Dereham 1979 A Coy Win The Gaza Cup 2002 at 4 Royal Norfolk Association Dinner 2005 Peter Whitwell and David Eyles 2005 Maj Bob Godfrey MC Courteous ambush commander by Capt Felicity Bowden TD CSgt Herbie Burton What do you call four ex‑6 Royal Anglian Offrs with pipes and ‘Ties Awful’ ? WO2 Doug George in 2001

Officer's Dinner Club photographs 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

LCpl Gerry Bush, WO2 Alec Barr and Cpl Colin Sadd (later WO2).
All A Coy, at Freedom of Ely Parade 1970s
B&C 100 Jun 03

Cpl Antonio Innes (later CSgt A, HQ and F Coys
Thetford Pl Sgt, Bn HQ PROVO Sgt, RRTT Sgt then F Coy HSF)
pretending to use a Pye Westminster set, 1970s
B&C 100 Jun 03

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6 R Anglian 1st Camp 1972
Back: RSO Chris Bull, Bill Macnab, Ron James, Richard Long, ?
Middle: Padre Brian Measures, MO Colin Walker,
Adjt Harry Woods (d), QM Danny Bebbington (d 2000), Paymaster Fred Ayers (d 2005)
Front: OC C Coy Tim Swayne (d 2005)
2IC Paddie Drake (d 2005)
CO Paul Raywood, Trg Maj, Maj Bill Peat, 2IC Jim Holl (d 2004)
Dog's name unknown !
B&C 101 Dec 03

A Coy and some of Suffolk Pl in 1970s - from Maj John Davidson TD
(note the blue berets worn by CSgts and below, khaki by Warrant Offrs and above)

Back: CSM John Housego, Sgt Terry Plummer (Norwich Pl Sgt), CSgt Chunkie Watkins (PSI), 2Lt John Raybould (OC Thetford Destroyer Pl), 2Lt John Davidson (OC Dereham Pl), Sgt Peter Brown (Conrate CSgt), Sgt Colin Sadd (Dereham Pl Sgt), Sgt Antonio Innes (Thetford Pl Sgt) and 2Lt Miles Green (OC Norwich Apache Pl)
Middle: Cpl Ted Guy (Coy Signaller), who?, who?, Pte Frank Anthony (Thetford Pl) decd 2002, Pte Buntine (Dereham Pl), Pte Patrick Marsh (Norwich Pl), who?, who?, Pte Roy Egmore (Coy Signaller), LCpl Carl Dent (Suffolk Pl)
2nd Row: LCpl Peter Dimmock (Thetford Pl), Pte Steve Mills (Norwich Pl), Pte David Aho (Thetford Pl), who?, Pte Pat Budds (Norwich Pl), who?, who?, who?
Front: Cpl Mervyn Aho and Pte Terry Castleton (Thetford Pl), who?, who?, Pte Frank Baker (Norwich Pl), Pte Dave Ireland and Cpl Duncan Moffat (Suffolk Pl)

Please advise the missing names!

B&C 101 Dec 03

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Assault River Wissey Crossing exercise in 1970s on STANTA.
Note hair length, '38 webbing, anklets and short-lived 'crap hats' !
Which Company is it and any names known?

B&C 101 Dec 03

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2 Pl A Coy in the 1980s
Back: ? Claig, Ray Phipps, John Duke,
Alan Dent decd 2005
Front: John Williams, Ron Hill, Mark Traves
Not in print copy of B&C

What do you call four ex-6 Royal Anglian Offrs with pipes and ‘Ties Awful’ ?

From left: Majs John Davidson TD and Richard Watson TD, Lt Col Miles Green, Maj Ron James TD.

Missing from the photograph are 2 other tie wearers at that Apr 06 4 R Norfolk Offrs Dinner :
Col Tony Taylor and Maj John L Raybould TD.

The answer ? A Disaster !
B&C 107 Dec 06
And see The Ron James Tie

6 R Anglian Index

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