Soldiering
Part 1 of 2
Time | Topics described |
00:00:00 | Soldiering Part 1 |
00:00:03 | Tape introduction |
00:00:21 | Joining the army |
00:02:22 | Posting in North Wales |
00:03:03 | Signal training camp |
00:06:10 | Drills |
00:06:50 | Regiments |
00:07:26 | Isolation ward |
00:07:55 | Draft |
00:08:42 | After leave |
00:09:08 | Transit deport in London |
00:10:05 | Flight from Black Bush in Hampshire |
00:10:54 | Flight |
00:11:54 | Malta |
00:12:15 | Landing at Fade in Egypt |
00:13:00 | Qabrit |
00:14:45 | Assigned to HQ troop |
00:15:51 | Why we were there |
00:17:00 | Out on patrol |
00:17:50 | Friends in the Army |
00:18:35 | Driving a lieutenant |
00:19:30 | Full driving licence |
00:20:00 | Withdrawal |
00:21:44 | Leave |
00:24:07 | Prickly heat |
00:24:30 | Coming home as a unit |
00:24:50 | Troop ship |
00:26:01 | Life jacket |
00:26:25 | Ship stations |
00:26:57 | Disembarked at South Hampton |
00:27:30 | Tidworth |
00:28:05 | Beach |
00:28:54 | Bullford |
00:29:30 | Uniform |
00:30:00 | Home |
00:31:04 | End of soldiering part 1 |
00:31:14 | End of tape |
Part 2
Time | Topics described |
00:00:01 | Soldiering part 2 |
00:00:13 | Home continued |
00:01:25 | Demobbed |
00:01:43 | Suez Crisis 1956 |
00:02:45 | Carlisle |
00:03:55 | Prep for deployment |
00:04:57 | Driving army transport |
00:05:30 | Brentwood |
00:06:10 | Samson |
00:07:20 | Isle of white |
00:07:50 | South Hampton |
00:08:22 | Missed the action |
00:09:13 | Demobbed |
00:09:24 | The experience |
00:10:42 | Illnesses |
00:11:35 | Army mates |
00:11:50 | Reunions |
00:15:37 | Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
00:20:02 | End of Tape |