I'm not quite sure where this post belongs, because i feel we have touched the subject before, but i wolud like to share it with you.
I received a message from the grave today when my brother-in-law happened to announce a military opinion, straight from the horse's mouth. In fact from my father-in law who was a great soldier, 30 years of hard conflict, Sergeant Major of the Wiltshire Regiment, having served 10 years in the greater India - now India and Pakistan, in China, in Palestine at the time of the British mandate, Ireland pre the Free State, and back to india for a second stint, interupted by WW11.
He was a parade ground and weapons instuctor. A Bisley shot. And as a veteran he ended spent a great deal of WW11 in that role, training, much to his disgust at not going to Europe. Towards the end he instructed at Hereford, home of the SAS. After his retirement he became a security guard at Porton. he died in 1990. His brother-in-law, who served with him at times became Regimental Sergeant-major in the Wilts and with the Glorious Gloucesters in Korea, besides fighting his way through Europe WW11.
My father-in-law was once asked by my brother-in-law who he would most like to serve alongside in hard situations.
He said that he would wish to have the Aussies on his right, the Kiwis on his left, and, very importantly, The Gurkhas behind him, so that he would always know his back was safe.
I received a message from the grave today when my brother-in-law happened to announce a military opinion, straight from the horse's mouth. In fact from my father-in law who was a great soldier, 30 years of hard conflict, Sergeant Major of the Wiltshire Regiment, having served 10 years in the greater India - now India and Pakistan, in China, in Palestine at the time of the British mandate, Ireland pre the Free State, and back to india for a second stint, interupted by WW11.
He was a parade ground and weapons instuctor. A Bisley shot. And as a veteran he ended spent a great deal of WW11 in that role, training, much to his disgust at not going to Europe. Towards the end he instructed at Hereford, home of the SAS. After his retirement he became a security guard at Porton. he died in 1990. His brother-in-law, who served with him at times became Regimental Sergeant-major in the Wilts and with the Glorious Gloucesters in Korea, besides fighting his way through Europe WW11.
My father-in-law was once asked by my brother-in-law who he would most like to serve alongside in hard situations.
He said that he would wish to have the Aussies on his right, the Kiwis on his left, and, very importantly, The Gurkhas behind him, so that he would always know his back was safe.
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