Junior leaders/soldiers battalions.

[neil(george)wilson]

Talking to an old friend on the phone last night, someone I haven't seen or heard of for over thirty years, and thinking that I knew pretty much everything about him I was surprised to hear him tell me that he'd been a junior leader at the same camp I had been, only I joined a year after he'd left. Now I know there are a couple of others on the forum who also have been junior leader/soldier because I have talked with them about it so I was just wondering, how many are there of us out there who were juniors at Oswestry, Shorncliff, Rhyl etc before joining the battalion?

Neil Wilson
IJLB Park Hall Camp
Oswestry
Shropshire
Sep 1967 to Dec 1969.

[Rog Ball 01]

I am an ex Junior from two units, which are:

Roger Ball
A Coy
AAJLB
Tonfanu
Jun 62 to Sep 63


A Coy
JTR Rhyl
Sep 63 to Jan 65

[Paul Davies 701]

19 plt Pennisula Coy
IJLB Shorncliff
12th September 1978 to 12th August 1979.

I then went back along with Roger Littlehales as a trained soldier for 6 weeks.

[sox3044]

17 Platoon IJLB Shorncliff 1983-84

Sox
Shady Kent
Garry Hull ( Skully)
Pete Evans 02
Littleford

[jeffdj]

IJLB Shorncliffe
Sept77 - Aug78
Me
Mark Adams
Andy Ruffley
and Steve Vale i think
I completed 22yrs Mark is still going almost 32 years later Andy 22 yrs and vickery i think transfered to RLC dont know how long he done

[ap1]

Sept 77 - Aug 78(oops)
Junior Soldiers Company
Cwrt Y Gollen

All these 12 guys joined the Bn, 4 of us completed 22+(would have been 5, but one took redundency in the early 90's). Only one finished at the 3yr point whilst we were in Lemgo, everyone else served at least 4-5yrs with the Bn. Binning Juniors was a massive recruiting and retention error.

Al Poole
Keith Darlington
Dai Hood
Ian Garbutt
Rob Mathews
Jones 70
Davies 54(Mortars)
Mim (Jones 69)
Mike Simmister
Barry Hutchinson
Gags Saunders
Sean Jones 67(Peelow)
Dillon(transferred to REME after approx 10 yrs service)

Myself, Gabby and Peelow completed 22+ RWF Service.

Thinks thats all?

[Ray Edwards 31]

Al
looking at the dates you were in JL. you must have been the oldest one in the Plt.

[Smokeyjoe]

For my sins I was posted to IJLB Oswestry from Jan 1963 to Feb 1966 as a bugler/ reg police, later I was posted to JTR Kinmel Park Camp Rhyl from Jun 1970 to Jun 1972 Skill at Arms wing.
Writting down the dates reminds me how old I am now, happy day's.
Joe.

[Scouse75]

JIB(Juniour Leaders) Shornecliffe.

1988 2 Platoon Salamanca Coy(POW Div)

LT BGT 'Toby' Ward/Lt Sean Price: Plt Commanders
Richie 64:Plt Sgt
Dillon: Sec Commander

Me,Wyn Parry, Neil Jones14(RQMS 1st Bn), Paul Campbell, Tom Parry,Jase Norman, Will(49?), Les Packer, 'Dans' Daniels, any other?

[mick carnell 53]

ijlb oswestry

sept 69 Dec 70 B Coy Prince of Wales, and light inf/green jackets