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Jan 27, 2007 · LE. 27 Jan 2007. #9. SLRboy said: EX_STAB said: Down at Bisley a couple of years ago I was talking to a couple of blokes and David Niven was mentioned. One of said blokes starts slagging him off for all he's worth saying that he was a liar a bully and all sorts. Got totally wound up about it for some reason.
Location: Edinburgh. Offline. David Niven received training at STC Lochailort in the early war years, which was operational as the first Independent Companies, SOE and special forces Special Training Centre from May 1940 onwards. - Commando D Living History Group -. www.commandod.com. 07/01/2009 10:59:19.
Jan 27, 2007 · 28 Jan 2007. #21. While driving back to London from Godalming in the summer of 1940, when invasion precautions were high, Niven got tired of being repeatedly held-up at road-blocks. To expedite matters he decided to change into uniform and pulled off the Hogs Back to do so.
Jun 10, 2007 · David Niven joined the HLI from Sandhurst and was stationed in Malta. At Sandhurst when asked to write his 3 preferred regiments he wrote ' anything but the HLI'. Roy Urquhart latter of Arnhem fame was one of his brother officers. IIRC he was on leave in the US and he sent his CO a telegram stating his intention to resign his commision and not ...
He was enlisted on 15th August 1940 at Infantry Training Centre. Rifle Depot, Motor Battalion, in Winchester. He was then sent to GHQ Liason Regiment at Richmond Park in early 1941 under Major David Niven. He became a very good wireless & communications operator being excellent at morse code.
Oct 24, 2024 · 24 Oct 2024. #4. I haven't been to the Tank Museum since I was a crow and, at the time, it seemed to be a fairly random assembly of heavy metal attended by the sort of people who willingly got into what I was being told were Targets. In recent years however I've subscribed to their Youtube channel and appreciated the breadth of knowledge that ...
Oct 20, 2024 · When Rickshaw Senior was in Georgia, ferrying Hercs to the UK he got lost "down town" and, spotting a police officer strolled up and (sounding even more posh than David Niven) asked for directions. The mirror-shaded, gum-chewing good ol' boy just drawled "buy a map dad" and turned away.
Oct 18, 2024 · Foreign Minister David Lammy and his Argentine counterpart agreed on the island's future, but their statement has been criticised. www.express.co.uk. The common denominator in all of the above is that no one knows what he's signed the UK up to - all his dealings are deliberately opaque and done without scrutiny.
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Corporal David O'Connor from 40 Commando Royal Marines and Corporal Channing Day from 3 Medical Regiment attached to 40 Commando on Wednesday 24 October 2012 while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province. Corporal O'Connor and Corporal Day were participating in a patrol with C Company, 40 ...
Alan Orton Forum Member Joined: 24/09/2010 06:18:51 Messages: 149 Location: United Kingdom Offline : Hi Troy, Ed MacDonald as far as I am aware survived the war, initially he was a Cameron Highlander and volunteered for the Commandos and served with 11 (Scottish) Commando and went to the ME as part of Layforce, he took part in Operation Exporter in June 1941 and later volunteered for L ...
