Me, a regimental policeman on patrol around camp in Malaya in 1964.
Me and two other lads trying to take off the Tiller Girls. Those things on my feet are flipflops and do you know why they called them flipflops? Well it is because when you walk in them they go Flip - Flop _ Flip _ Flop.
176 battery guns firing during exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Live gunfire on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Me in bed (as usual) 17th Sept 1965.
Me and Jim (my mate from Hunslet, Leeds) sat on a sand pit in Borneo, Batu Lingtan 1965.
Drive past of 176 Battery (Abu Klea) at farewell parade, Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaysia 1966.
176 (Abu Klea) Light Battery, 45 Light Battery Regiment RA sub-sections lined up for inspection at Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaysia 1965.
Annual regimental (45 Light) inspection and farewell parade at Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaysia 1966.
Gnr. Atkinson M 4291 on a church course in Singapore 13th June 1964, his is on the right of the padre.
Mick doing his favourite subject in the army (boozing) in Singapore 1966.
Transport and 'recce' vehicles on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Mick trying to get some sleep on bare springs before going out on exercise in Malaya 1965.
Me relaxing around camp after duty 1964.
This is a photo of our sleeping quarters in Borneo (nice place eh!) Notice the cross (Aerial), Tebedu 1965.
Helping to build up a Mortard Road with a couple 0f mates in (I'm in the middle) Batu Lintang, Borneo 1965.
Me (outside) and Harry Smith (inside) a Landrover on exercise in Malayia 1964/65.
My No1 and layer having practice as to see who is the fastest layer. The gun is at high angle. 1965.
Me with a 105mm howitzer shell and cartridge ready to load the gun in case of trouble in Tebedue (Borneo) 1965.
Type of boats used in Sematan for coastal patrols and dropping forward observation parties on to tip of coastline, Sarawak 1965.
Type of boats used in Sematan for coastal patrols and dropping forward observation parties on to tip of coastline, Sarawak 1965.
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Doc Halliday and Mick Binns (Terendak Camp) getting ready for exercise, Malaya 1964/65.
Doc Halliday and Harry Smith 'having a fag' on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
On exercise in Malaya 1964/65. Got to clean the gun next.
Dropping supplies to gun crews at Tebedu, Malaya 1965.
Guns being 'cammed' up for exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Malaya 1964/65.
Gun 'dug-in and cammed up' viewed from the front. On exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Standing 'easy' waiting for firing exercise to start. Malaya 1964/65.
No.1 with hand up indicates 'ready to fire' when ordered whilst on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Half way through the exercise, look no shirts, Malaya 1964/65.
Firing the guns at the start of the exercise, notice everybody is still wearing shirts. Malaya 1964/65.
'All guns fire' ordered whilst on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Here you can see the shall as it exits the cloud nearest the gun during an exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
'E' Sub 176 Battery being towed to firing range whilst on exercise Malaya 1964/65.
Gun drill for 'C' Sub, 176 Battery whilst on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Helicopter on observation flight during exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Malaya 1964/65.
Barry Sadler (Leeds) and Harry Smith (Bradford) larking about at Landrover whilst on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
A nest of rifles after being cleaned on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Me checking my machete is sharp enough to work, Malaya 1964/65.
Mick French having a well earned rest after sorting out the gun charges on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
(Left to right) Alec Smart, Sgt McDonald, Harry Smith on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
(Nearest to furthest) Sgt McDonald (No.1), Mick Binns and Harry Smith camouflaging the 105mm Pack Howitzer Gun in Malaya 1964/65.
'Doc, Dick and Harry' on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Dick Webb on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Peter W. Jackson on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Malaya 1964/65.
Eric Firth (Bradford) on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Mick French (London) sat on Cordite containers during exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Dick Webb and Mick Binns on exercise Malaya 1964/65.
Hank Darlison on Exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Me and Barry Sadler having a fag break on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Barry Sadler (Leeds) with his Landrover on exercise in Malaya 1964/65.
Getting ready for Guard Duty at Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaya 1964/65. (Left to right) Alec Smart, Dick Webb, Mick Thorpe and Doc Halliday.
Alec Smart, ready for a nights guard duty at Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaya 1964.
Malaya 1964/65.
Mick Binns ready for guard duty at Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaya 1964/65.
Dick Webb getting ready for guard duties at Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaya 1964/65.
Sleeping quarters for gun crews in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Borneo 1965.
Me at the rear of gun with a shell and cartridge in loading cradle, Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Gun in position at Tebedu Borneo 1965. Note the trench on the left hand side.
Landrover bays in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
(Front) Sgt McDonald (No.1 of 'C' Sub 176 Battery), (Rear) Dick Webb (Layer, No. 2 Loader) at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
In the background is our sleeping quarters being made.
Me and Pete Crowhurst doing practice drill on 105mm Pack Howitzer Light Field Gun in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Me and Mick Binnes with 105mm Howitzer at high angle in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Harry Smith doing a 'John Wayne' at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Gun at high angle. Note by the left wheel is a piece of canvas. This was placed over the metal seat that the Layer would have sat on during live firing. If there was no canvas on the seat, the sun would have heated the seat and burnt the person sitting on it. Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Mick Binns on Bren Gun practice at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Mick Binns on Bren Gun practice at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
(Left to right) Sgt McDonald, Eric Firth and Gnr. Jones A.S. Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Dick Webb walking in the trenches in Tebedu, Borneo 1965. The trenches lead to the gun positions.
Peter Crowhurst practicing his loading of 105mm shell and cartridge at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Me and Harry Smith at gun position in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
(Left to right) Mick Binns, Peter Crowhurst and Harry Smith. Practice drill in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
(Left) Dick Webb, (Right) Alec Smart having a break during building of site at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Mick Binns loading shell and cartridge into gun breach prior to 'punching it home'. Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Testing trip flares on perimeter in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Peter Crowhurst preparing to lift and load the 105mm shell and cartridge into gun breach. Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Mick Binns holding a 105mm shell and cartridge ready for loading in gun breach at Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Sgt McDonald and Officer at the start of building defences in Tebedu, Borneo 1965.
Landrover bays in Tebedu (Sarawak), Borneo 1965. After the defences were built.
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British gunner served with 176 Bty, 45 Regt Royal Artillery in Malaya and Borneo, May 1964 to January 1966; served with Royal Artillery in GB and Germany, 1966-1979.