Korea
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10 Pl of 1951 Reunion 01   10 Pl of 1952 Reunion 02   8 Platoon of 1951 reunited 01   1951 B Coy 5 Pl   1952 Anti-Tank Pl photograph from Alan Nichols   1951 and 1952 C Coy photographs by Barry Marsh   1952 Korea Almanza Day, Paul Boxall's Monumental Bunker and Winkie's Way   1952 Korea tune 'Too Young'   1951-2 Korea in the CP in Samichon Valley 50 years on from departing on The Empire Orwell for Korea in 1951   A, B and D Coys 1952   Alan Nichols and Adrian Hearn reunited after 50 years   Alan Simpson seeks Korea comrades   Bound for Korea on Empire Orwell   Charlie Pottle and Ray Fretwell   Charlie Pottle   D Allman Grave   Exemplary Conduct poem about Winkie Fitt by Harold Brawn Meek   Farewell my Comrade poem about Winkie Fitt by Harold Brawn Meek   Korea and Cyprus Roll of Honour Dedication   Korea cemetery photograph from Alan Nichols   Korean Memorial in Regimental Chapel   Korean Odyssey 1999   Korean Plaque   Korea Remembrance Page   Korea Revisited 2002 by Bill Buller   Lt Col John Orlebar   Pte Samuel George 'Billy' Cotton   Pte Barry Marsh, 1 R Norfolk C Coy HQ Korea 1951   Tom Latham   Pte Alf Tearle   Korea Veterans Cpl Jeffries, R Reid and Curly Williams sought by George Gray   Maj Frank Allbrow   Mobile Bath and Laundry Unit   More Rum D Coy?   Nine Musketeers and Two Reserves   Pathe film or photographs of the Empire Orwell wanted   Empire Orwell film and photographs found   Pathe film archives   Pathe News Film of Empire Orwell acquired by Pete Williams   Pusan and Maurice Bell   Pte Raymond Perfect   Royal Norfolks in Korea from Soldier Magazine Jun 00   Ted Errser seeks Korea chum Eric 'Sandy' Sandford who has no criminal record!   The Military Medal of Pte or Cpl Critcher   Winkie Fitt DCM Citation   Winkie Fitt and a Korean Flyer   Winkie Fitt and The Rum   Winkie Fitt, Korean Stove Pipes and Latrines   Winkie Fitt obituary   Winkie's Way in Korea 1952   Puzzle pic 2004 of Majs John Denny and Tony Towell in a bunker   'Another Time, Another Place' by Bob Guess, his own story of 1 R Norfolk in Korea May 52 to Apr 53   Korea Hill 118 24 Jul 1952  The Depot 1951 and Korea 1952 by Capt Alan Simpson

KOREA REMEMBRANCE PAGE
There is a list of Royal Norfolk Korea fatalities on a Remembrance Page, dedicated to all Members of The Regiments, Units, RN, RAF and RM who paid the Ultimate Price in The Korean War, at www.kitchener94.freeserve.co.uk/Norfolks.htm

CHARLIE POTTLE from B&C 100 Jun 03
Geoff Moore wrote, seeing Charlie Pottle mentioned on the B&C site for No 87 Dec 96: My wife has in her possession a Korean War Campaign Medal, named Pvt CW Pottle, Royal Norfolk Regiment. She believes Mr Pottle gave the medal to her father some time before 1965, which is when her father died. I was interested to read the article on your page, saying that Mr Pottle died in 1994. The medal has survived and is kept safe with the rest of my wife’s treasured possessions.
Our Regimental guru, Maj John Denny, dug into his deep recesses of memory, aided by a manual search through The Britannia, and came up with: I checked with ex-Sgt Mike Freeman, now in the Philippines but formerly resident in Colchester. Charlie Pottle was in the A/Tk Pl Sp Coy at Dills Corner Camp, New Territories, Hong Kong, 1953 and onwards to UK. At Dills Corner his Pl Comd was 2Lt Mike Thorne and his Pl Sgt was Les Childs. A cheerful chappie, latterly, Charlie was P7 (excused boots). Promoted Sgt at Dills Corner Camp early 1954 (Britannia Issue 43) he was posted, in early 1955, from 1 R Norfolk, then at Roman Way Camp, Colchester, as a Sgt to Bde HQ (Britannia Issue 45). Nobody can vouch that he served with the 1st Bn thereafter. It is thought that he left the army in the 1960s. Charlie had had a heart attack and was on sick leave when he met Mike Freeman and they had a chat. Married to a lady much older than himself, after leaving the army, Charlie lived in the Colchester area but his address is uncertain. He worked for Corona at Shrub End until the firm closed down and it is thought Charlie then worked at the Garrison or for the local council.
(Amazing, John. Have a House Point! Click here for a 1952 Korea photograph which shows Charlie Pottle. Ed.)
B&C 100

SAMI-CHON VALLEY from B&C 103 Dec 04
Maj John Denny, our Cyprus, Korea and Hong Kong guru on all matters Regimental, sent in the photograph of himself and Maj Tony Towell MC.
He wonders if a reader can identify the bunker?
Names of those supplying the correct answer will have them published in the next B&C. Failing that, the answer will be given. Anyone submitting the wrong answer will be handed over, under escort, to John’s brother, Col Paul Denny, now Suffolk ACF County Commandant, and taken to The Tower! (Following Boy Service, Col Paul joined the R Norfolk Regt from the Depot R Norfolk in 1958 and subsequently re-badged, on amalgamation, to The East Anglian then The Royal Anglian Regts. Along the way, apart from jumping out of perfectly good aeroplanes, he had to borrow a pair of shoes in order to visit the local County Town so he could purchase a pair for himself ! He is a Yeoman of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard - not to be confused with Yeomen Warders, commonly known as ‘Beefeaters’ who also feed the ravens). B&C 103
No one replied so it is now time to ‘come clean’ and admit that it was taken at the Atlantic Wall, Cap Blanc, France! B&C 104
(Click here for the alternate bunker pic !
A former R Anglian chappie observed, on the alternate pic: 'About recognising the bunker - I think it’s the guy on the right!'
(Not in the print B&C !)

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