![]() 1939: Embarkation to India cancelled; spent the War in Warrington. ![]() Second car - Riley Lynx Sports Tourer 1937 ![]() Meeting President Frondisi of Argentina, Buenos Aires 1959 ![]() United Services Chatham, Mediterranean Fleet XV, RN Malta Sevens winners - Marsa Club, Malta GC 1962 ![]() Near East Forces Ski Championships, Troodos Mountains,Cyprus 1962. ![]() HMS ALBION - Commando Carrier - 1964 to 1966 ![]() HM Naval Base, Singapore, 1966 ![]() 60 years ago - BRNC Dartmouth 'Chest Flat' accommodation ![]() Leptis Magna, Libya - British Naval Mission & Cultural Attaché, British Embassy Tripoli - 1971/72 ![]() Royal Marine Band + 1 : HM Yacht BRITANNIA 1975 ![]() HMS DEVONSHIRE - Atlantic Fleet Missile Firing Range 1978 ![]() Warborough Village Green - Benson & Roke Silver Band 1979 ![]() Rawalpindi - Call on Vice Chief of Army Staff - 1982 ![]() World Record - Muscat to Demanyats 14hrs 30mins 1982 ![]() Great Dhofar 25 km Road Race - Qara Mts to Salalah 1982 ![]() RN Gibraltar Yola Coxed IV 'Royal Catherine' 1985 | ![]() 1956: First car - 1924 Pramhood Chummy, (Suez crisis - no petrol). Bought for £3-10s-0d. ![]() Cowes 1958 - 1st in XOD Class ![]() 40/60 Bofors mounting - Action Stations, Gulf of Aqaba. Withdrawal of last British troops (Cameronians) from Jordan in late 1958 - HMS Chichester. ![]() 1948 Alvis coupé - Beaufort Street 1961 ![]() 163 Main Street, Balzan - Staff of CinC Allied Forces, Mediterranean 1961-63 ![]() 'Up Spirits' - the daily rum ration (abolished 1971) ![]() Rock of Gibraltar, 848 Cdo Squadron, and Levanter cloud ![]() Captain's Divisions, HMS CHARYBDIS 1970 - Tropical rig ![]() Gatineau River, Ontario - British Defence Liaison Staff, British High Commission, Ottawa - 1973/75 ![]() HM Yacht BRITANNIA - July 1976: Household & Officers ![]() HMS DEVONSHIRE - Ship's Company Photograph - 1978 Roosevelt Roads - Puerto Rico ![]() RN Portsmouth RC - Tideway Head of the River Race 1980 ![]() Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race -125 miles: 1981 ![]() My first solo hot air balloon ascent - Oman desert 1982 ('Cloud Hopper' : sadly later caught fire) ![]() Founder of the Sultan of Oman's Naval Band - Sur, 1983 ![]() Change of Command - Flag Officer Gibraltar 1985 | ![]() 1955: Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth - pulling 32 ft cutter (2nd up, port side) ![]() Malayan Emergency - Ipoh patrol 1959 (As displayed in the Imperial War Museum) ![]() Fleet Hockey Tournament, Hong Kong Racecourse 1959 ![]() Office of Commander in Chief, The Nore, Admiralty House, Chatham, 1960. ![]() Cresta Run, St Moritz 1960 ![]() Yet another car - Hotel Phoenicia, Malta GC 1963 ![]() 'Confrontation' with Indonesia: Borneo 1963-66 ![]() Aden Protectorate /Aden Colony 1965 (now Yemen) ![]() Beira Patrol 1970 - mail drop by RAF Shackleton ![]() Samoan Dancers - HM & HRH Pacific Tour 1977 ![]() Queen's Birthday Parade - Grand Cayman 1978 HMS DEVONSHIRE's Guard and Band ![]() RN PT Officers Meeting - HMS NELSON 1979 ![]() Crossing the Hardanger Vidda, Norway - 1980 ![]() Sand yachting - Rima, Wahiba Sands 1982 ![]() Straits of Gibraltar en route to Ceuta, North Africa 1984 ![]() Trafalgar Night Dinner - HMS ROOKE - 21 Oct 1984 (See Part II) |
