Time In One Company

Can anyone beat this, Joined 11pl DELTA's Nov/Dec 1975 remained with 11pl until 1985 moved to 12pl for Falklands tour, on promotion to Sgt in 85 moved back to 11pl remained with 11pl until posting to Jnr Ldr's Shorncliffe in 87 , posted back to Bn Sept 89...11pl DELTA's until promotion to C/sgt in 91 posted to A Coy & HQ coy's before leaving the Bn on posting in 94. approx 14 yrs with one Coy.. Now you see why I have slight bias to all things DELTA's !! :notworthy: Not many DELTA's on the Forum though !!

beat it in what way ritch, years spent? not sure if i can beat u years spent but i did do every rank in Alphas from Fus to Coy Sergeant Major, and thats why im Alphas through and through, o and just a few skaife cup winners medals there to.

Richie, what about time in a dept, I spent 15 years in the QM's Dept before being posted to 2nd Bn, where i am posted to their QM's Dept as their Clothing Sgt.

Rich, Joined Deltas in 84 stayed with them in Ternhill, Balykinller and Berlin, did 2 years AYT and then back to Deltas in Brawdy and Chepstow. After Chepstow I was in the ACIO, not as long as you but still a true Delta.

Has anyone done all the companys including C Coy? I managed all but B Coy and on posting was with B Coy twice 6pl 1 Staffs and 1 D & D, but never quite made the Bn tour of Coys!

Same here Barry, A,C,D & HQ Coys. No doubt the ex B Coy lads will say we weren`t good enough lol.

I joined 12 plt DELTAS in 1979 in Lemgo remained with them until I joined HQ Coy, RP Staff in 1982. Then went back to 11 plt DELTA Coy in 1983 where I stayed until my accident. Obviously DELTAS has a place in my heart.

Thats good going Sox I wish I'd have made it back into DELTA's before I left ,beat was just a term I used I was just curious as to wether anyone else had a similar link to one Coy or in Bri's case dept. Bri you must have been an asset to any QM, ROMS/TQMS who took on that role, like at Coy level a good storeman is an asset to the CQMS, like wise in the QMs dept individuals like you & Selwyn etc are a must.

Ritch , bri braze would be an asset to any QM,s Dept , the lads who stay in the Depts for years and years dont seem to get the respect they deserve, as a lot of people dont realise the job they do behind closed doors, opened my eyes when i was a cqms, and even more so when i did RQ

Well i done a bit of time in the MT, 1981 to 1997 which i left as MT SNCO, then a trip with AL Ankers to the QM's as CSGT until 2000, RQMS in Wainwright Canada until end 2001 where i returned as MTWO in the Bn :smile: and finished as the RQMS before leaving in 2002. Well every rank in the MT with exception of CSGT so this must be a good innings for HQ COY.:smile:

Yes Carl and even in Lemgo the Jail was on the end of HQ Company Block so that would count too I guess?:nah:

Barry

You got that wrong, the jail was on the end of Delta Coy block in Lemgo which was quite handy considering it was usually full of D Coy lads come Monday morning.....lol

Well Paul that is not total true mate, As when we arrived in Lemgo before the revamp us HQ Company bods got housed there, and stayed in there for a while, then Block two was completed and we moved in there it was not till later that Deltas came back from Detmold and moved into a brand new refitted Block One!

So Yes and No mate

Cheers

Barry (Lemgo historian)

PS and I think some of Detas stayed in Lemgo and shared block two with us?

Barry asked "if anyone managed to do all the companies"? I think some of the girls from Kladow, Berlin managed it mate!!!

The `Rat Hole` aah happy days. On arrival in Lemgo was put in rat hole until allocated a Coy (1980). Even had room inspections ??? That sentry box at main gate in Winter Brrrrr !

I spent a freezing month in that block in late 78. Betty Burns used to tell us stories about the ghosts of SS Officers. When he had been on the beer, he would go to the top floor and roll cannonballs along the tiled floors of the entire length of the block.

You would wake up thinking your world was collapsing in on you :eek:

Fus/LCpl/ CSM A Coy Tidworth and Lemgo, Cpl and CSgt B Coy Warminster and Berlin, Cpl C Coy Lemgo , Sgt D Coy Ballykinler, RQMS HQ Coy Chepstow, WO2 Recce FSP Coy Tidworth.

Hi Richie
Some memories of the Lemgo tour with Delta’s remember the “Adventure so called training” In the Mosel Valley, or was it a wine tasting ex? do you remember when Brian Dando was our boss and he decided that he would go on the town with you and me has we were the sensible ones, and the Yanks on the way back to the camp site and his caravan, thinking back we put up a good fight. I can still recall when we were trying to put Brian’s arm back in its socket you hold it and I’ll pull or was it push, something like that, he did scream a bit

Hope you’re keeping well
All the best
Dai Martin 70

Fair enough Barry but I went straight to the "Rat Hole" when I first joined the Bn in 1979, I think the block was under refubishment by then

Fusilier to Pl Sgt 10 Plt D Coy 1988 to 2000( 1995 attached to A Coy in Gorazda) 2001 B Coy 6 plt for 6 mths ( but that a another story) Moved to Fsp Coy, then posted to 37 CTT on return to Bn, HQ Coy was split in to C/ECH Coys end up in the Trg Wing under C Coy. Moved then to the Welfare office which was then under Ech Coy. At the End of Aldershot HQ Coy was reformed where i am to this day. So i think i can say yes i have served with all companys in one form or another.:twitcy:

I've been in my wifes company for 32 years.......does that count?

Obviously she deserves some sort of medal, Dilwyn lol !

Sorry Dai for the late reply to the Dando story (my comuter has been stuffed), yeh we were in Berncastle Kues (was there in aug on the bike not much has changed). The week was'nt at all lucky for "call me Brian".
Brian was the Pl comd he stayed on the campsite with his wife the Pl were in a field about 100m away we had 12x12s John Davies 34 was acting Pl Sgt
He took a bit of a liking to us that week considering we were L/jacks, we went fishing Brian bought all the kit & caught nowt we were hauling them out with land lines from our survival kits.
He invited the Pl to his caravan for a BBQ, he got the wrong charcoal all the food was black & covered in soot he was not amused when he found the majority of it thrown under the caravan in the morning.
Regarding the night in question the Pl had gone back so had Brians wife,we the chosen ones were going to travel back the following day, we were walking/staggering back to the site when as you say we bumped into the 2 yanks, we all started talking the next moment there was a scuffle & Brian was laying in the gutter moaning so you stuck one on the Yank, the one I was talking to broke a bottle against the wall so I kicked him straight in the balls, we ruffed them up a bit & sent them on their way.
On getting back to the caravan we could see Brians shoulder was dislocated so we took it in turns to try & put it back, one of us held him down while the other a foot on his shoulder & pulled on his arm. oh how he screamed, oh how we laughed. :biggrin:
The following morning we took him to the local hospital, he was taken in, we were given two of what appeared to be shower caps each & wondered why two we've only got one head, :confused: we slipped one on & walked into the waiting room, there must have been 50 people in there & yes they had them on there feet!! :twitcy: by the way Brian had not only dislocated but cracked his shoulder as well. ( Brian Dando was tough but good Pl Comd, very fit & I'm sure there are ex NCO's from 11pl who were grateful for his knowledge of the Orders proccess....) About 2 years ago I was in Oswestry, I ordered a Taxi..Brian turned up, he owned the company.
Sorry about that little ramble but me & Dai go back some time, don't we mate?
Regarding block one, Delta's moved into there on arrival in Lemgo, we then spent time in the attic of block two, the rathole & the sunshine posting of them all Detmold were we carried out our NI training from for the 81 tour. ( those battons came in handy when fighting the Donkey Wallopers.0

Thanks for the reminder Rich if only we could turn the clocks back, you could write a book on the antics of the Fusilier, some stories hey! From living in the rattle and climbing the back gate when we were gated for the trouble at Sammie’s bar in Lemgo to ex Crusader to wine tasting I mean adventure training and surviving a night at the Tavern bar in Detmold and much more, I’m sitting here like a little girl giggling to myself and laughing at those early days.

Good to hear that you are still out and about on your bike we get quite a few bikers riding round the hills down here, there’s some good rides on the hills above the area of Llangattock south of Crickhowell and the Sugarloaf mountain if you are ever passing this way give us a call and drop in for a brew. We normally have a large group of bikers camping and playing mega load music in a field not far from our place in Govilon, they turn up every year round about September time for a weekend

Anyhow Rich all the best and take care of yourself
Cheers Dai Martin 70

Nice story Richie, I and yes Dando was quite fit "runner"and a intelegent man although not to hot with BBQs, later he spent time as RSWO in 84ish, not sure about block one "Regarding block one, Delta's moved into there on arrival in Lemgo" but does it matter, but enjoyed your story!

Regards Biking any news on the European Tour?

I spent 22 years in one company and in one department HQ coy QMs, I was on C coys list for a few months in Lemgo When they put all my men under the Gym, but the QM got us back, and from Fus to WO2, hows that for a record? ! ! ! .