robert hadley

[vikki1883]

hi i am trying to find out if anyone can remember my dad robert hadley who was in the 2nd battalion and was forced to leave in 1980-1981 due to a massive asthma attack causing him to be in hospital in london for 5wks, plz can anyone help?

[ap1]

Hi Vikki,

Welcome to the forum.

If your father was a regular soldier and a member of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1980/81 he would have been a member of the 1st Battalion. The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in the 1950's. I don't think he was A Company

What detail do you have relating to your fathers service, so that we can assist.

Look forward to hearing from you.

[jungle1810]

Hello Al,
You are right Al, the second was disbanded in 1957. Funnily enough there was a Hadley from the RWF who ate the leek as the youngest soldier in our Saint Davids Day dinner in the Whyndam, Hotel Jamaica on our visit in 1993. I cannot remember his christian name.
Regards Don

[vikki1883]

i dont have alot of information im afraid, thing is i cant ask him to much as its all for his suprise 50th birthday that im am doing so no info, but besides the birthday would like to find out more anyway.

a few names i have is: as follows;

LUT BREDEN
SGT DURHAM
CLP FAIRBRACE
CPL PERRY
CPL GARDNER


GARLAND
NEAL
MC LUCKIE
MC CLENAN
SIMPSON
FREEMAN
WRAY
DARKER
LlOYDD
ADAMS
JONES
WARREN
STURDY
BRYANT
TEESDALE
DAVIES
JOHN
BUTT
WINFIELD
PUGSLEY
DRAKE
GEE
CHEESEWORTH
TOWN
PARTRIDGE

[ap1]

HI Vikki,

Things are slightly clearer. I recognise 3 names on that list. In particular Darker and Pugsley both RWF. I suspect that all of those names are from his training platoon at Depot Crickhowell in 1980. The vast majority of those named are not RWF, but from all the other regiments within the Prince of Wales Division. Mainly RRW, Glosters and Devon & Dorsets. Are you 100% certain he was RWF

I notice the name "Freeman" that may be Dean Freeman RRW who is active on the Royal Welsh Veterans Site. Perhaps one of the RRW boys can alert him to this message. If your father was discharged from training, I would say that it would be extremely difficult to track the guys down.
?
Pugsley was from Newport, some of our guys may be able to tell you if he is still about.

[Derek Adams]

I think that the Cpl Perry may be Stu Perry who was a Depot Instructor at around about that time. I'm not sure if he is a member of the Forum.

[led9750]

hi , i was in training in 1981 at crickhowl looking at the names on the list i think that was plassey platoon , the were the intake before us , Rik o,shea came to the drums but started in salamanca [the other platoon in this intake] He might be able to help you , Derick adams was my platoon sgt , now he knows its plassey platoon it might ring some bells

thanks

led

[rikoshea]

yeah drake was definately plassey platoon. ask him if he remebers a fella called lobeck. if he knows lobeck and Mike Clarke then he was definately in Plassey plattoon in training. I was there in 1981 as Led Said and in Salamanca Platoon before joining the Drums. Another one was a fella called West from Caerphilly.

However everyone would know lobeck, and if he states he was with the 2nd Battallion, the RRW are now our 2nd Battallion which he would be stating the correct statement.

How old would he be now because if he was in Plassey Platoon he would be around early to late 43 or just turned 44.

Cpl Perry also rings a bell

regards


Rik
23rd

[ap1]

its definitely an Early 80 Platoon. I was 3 Platoon with Pugsley in 1980. He was certainly with me in Belfast Feb-July 1981. He would have joined the battalion at a similar time to Paul Dyer. Darker was the younger brother of Dickie Darker, he was with Bravos. He later transferred to the RRW

[ap1]

Vikki has posted some pictures. Her Dad is shown wearing what I think is an RRW Hat and Collar Dogs. Vikki you need to visit the Royal Regiment of Wales Website at:

http://www.royalwelshveterans.co.uk/index.php

Good Luck


http://rwf-forum.co.uk/gallery/files/1/8/6/7/dad018.JPG

[CARL PUGH]

It was plasey platoon, i remember Darker, and Wray joining them as i left the depot. I no that Malcom Wray now lives in LLoydminster in Alberta Canada, as for the rest i have no clue. Regards

[vikki1883]

thanks to every-one so far, all that has been posted is so much help.x

[Dickie Darker]

Hi vikki, I see I have been mentioned in a few posts, can I help at all.

[jones49]

yeah drake was definately plassey platoon. ask him if he remebers a fella called lobeck. if he knows lobeck and Mike Clarke then he was definately in Plassey plattoon in training. I was there in 1981 as Led Said and in Salamanca Platoon before joining the Drums. Another one was a fella called West from Caerphilly.

However everyone would know lobeck, and if he states he was with the 2nd Battallion, the RRW are now our 2nd Battallion which he would be stating the correct statement.

How old would he be now because if he was in Plassey Platoon he would be around early to late 43 or just turned 44.

Cpl Perry also rings a bell

regards


Rik
23rd

[jones49]

Hi everyone, I was in Salamanca platoon 1981-82 and passed out with Salamanca and plassey platoons, after passing out moved into plassey plt lines and joined the Cambrian march platoon of which drake was one, we were sitting about outside doing a bit of training with bayonets and drake decided to play chicken with me and his bayonet so drake being drake got the hump cos I didn't move my hand wen he was stabbing the ground between my fingers so the crazy sod stabbed me in the leg good eh that's my memory of drake so if your reading this you crazy sod....cheers still got the scar. Great days lads 30 years ago now but remember it like yesterday was a pleasure to have grown into soldiers together, last thing does anyone remember phill antle, tug Wilson, bob Vaughan and Jap jones from Salamanca platoon our section commander was Keith finnamore of Devon and dorsets great guy we won the best section mop that year and went skiing to silberhutte in Germany as reward happy days lads, take care, Nigel jones49 ex 1rrw

[bennyball2]

Seeing the names, we had a instructor called bob garland 1 Glosters could this be the Garland he mentioned, also at that time there were Bob Beck, Snottty Roberts, mouse terry, Bodger Hughes, the two Williams Brothers from the RRW and Sgt Bates from the D&D

[bennyball2]

Should have mentioned they were all Korea 10 platoon 1978?