10 Pl D Coy Reunion 2002
by Jerry Willmott CBE QFSM

Norfolk Section
The Britannia and Castle		      

In Aug 1951, 10 Pl sailed for Korea on the Empire Orwell, all aged 19. They celebrated their 20th birthdays ‘Up the Sharp End’ in Jul or Aug 1952. Some gathered on 20 Jul 2002 at Reg Griggs‘ home in Essex, 50 years on.

The Cake

Bill Robinson, Ron Horrex, Brian Bandy,
Reg Griggs (host), Alan Edgeley, Tom Latham and
Jerry (Willy) Willmott with the Cake

Under the banner, from The Basildon Echo Jul 02:
Tom Latham, Jerry (Willy) Willmott, Bill Robinson,
Reg Griggs (host) Alan Edgeley, Ron Horrex and
Brian Bandy
Click photographs to enlarge

All claimed to feel not a day older than in 1952, clearly demonstrated by the following sporting activities undertaken in Reg’s garden.

1. Zimmer frame racing.
2. Guess who takes the most pills.
3. Shortest period of consciousness between naps.
4. Most number of visits to the Khazi in 15 minutes.
5. Orthopaedic Crutch fencing.
6. Short Term memory Loss or ‘do you remember old so and so?’ competition.
7. Dodging the swinging lamp and Formation Line Shooting.

Although the fact was not registered in the photographic records, all wives were also present. Apart from their more obvious female attributes, they could be distinguished from their husbands by their looks of long suffering shell shock by proxy and constant cries of: Oh God not that damned ‘How 10 Pl saved civilisation from The Asiatic Hordes story again!’

Did you serve in 10 Platoon D Coy 1951-2 in Korea? 22429731 LCpl Tom G Latham wishes to renew contact with you.
(As a result of this appeal Tom is pictured in B&C 90 Jun 98 and in B&C 97 Dec 01 at the Sep 01 Norwich Reunion Dinner with some of the 1951 10 Pl).
And see: Nine Musketeers and Two Reserves   10 Pl of 1951 Reunion 2001   Dorset Regt and Tim Chatting - 'Primus in Indus'

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