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SCLI
in Osnabruck - 1959 |
Whats
New in the Osnabruck Section |
This is now the index page
for Osnabruck. The galleries have their own pages, however
there is still interesting material here before you go to
the galleries.
The first posting for the newly amalgamated
regiments of Somerset Light Infantry and Duke of Cornwalls
Light Infantry was Mercer Barracks Osnabruck BFPO 36 in Western
Germany. The first Commanding Officer of the new regiment
was, Lt. Col. W.R. Lawson MBE (October 1959 - April 1960)
who was followed by, Lt.Col. W. Hine-Haycock (April 1960 -
September 1962).
The Farewell Parade at Knook Camp took place
on Sat. Sept. 12th 1959, the SLI then immediately travelling
to Mercer Barracks Osnabruck to join up with the DCLI who
were already stationed there.
The two Light Infantry regiments had not only
to intergrate but had to regularly undertake exercises/schemes
as part of 12th Infantry Brigade. These were among Achmer,
Sennelager, Putlos and Soltau, places that will ring a bell
with any serviceman of BAOR.
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SCLI
in Osnabruck - 1959 |
Gallery
of Images from Osnabruck by Ray Hall, P.Ashworth, Tony Hood,
Reg Horn & John Pover, GWF Ellis, LISom Office and Peter
Bush OBE. |
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Col GTG Williams parades his troops out of the
gate at the depot Bodmin for the last time, 16 March
1962
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Lt Col DNH Tyacke , Capt RI Field MC, and RSM J
Passmore leading the final parade of the DCLI Osnabruck
5th October 1959
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1st Bn. SCLI A Coy at Osnabruck. Photo taken on
the grass in front of company office a week or so
after amalgamation.
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Highly trained
at Sennelager (John Pover)
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RHQ Mercer Bks.
(Ashworth)
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First recruit
to join the SCLI, welcomed by Major "Toots"
Williams with RSM Harold Royfe in the background.
(G.W.F.Ellis Bodmin) |
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Issue of new
Cap Badges by the C/O (GWF Ellis Bodmin)
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Bandmaster WO1
Peter Parkes LRAM,ARCM, psm. - on parade at Osnabruck.
(LISom office)
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Major General
Peter J. Bush OBE he was CO B Co in Osnabruck (Peter
Bush)
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Out on Exercise probably Achmer(Tony
Hood)
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Signal Platoon again (they loved
having picture taken)(P.Ashworth)
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SCLI Band & Bugles Osnabruck(P.Ashworth)
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Unknown(P.Ashworth)
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These men failed to make into
the 'Dirty Dozen'
C Co. Osnabruck, L to R, ?, Ferber, ? Dave Pruett.
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Tony Hood and Michael Conway
(Tony Hood
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L to R Dave Williams, Reg Horn,
Pete Slade (Reg Horn)
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Men will be boys !(P.Ashworth)
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Lieut. Fyfe first across the line
as usual ( see note 1)(P.Ashworth)
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Unknown(P.Ashworth)
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Saturday morning Cross Country
Finish Line(P.Ashworth)
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Press Cutting
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Press Cutting
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Three pictures above - SCLI arriving
Trinity Pier Plymouth 1961
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L/Cpl Bowen, Eric Dursley, L.A.
Bennet and P.G. Sims
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Two Pics of another great character Cpl Harry Wright
Som LI - SCLI
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1939-45 Star, 2. Africa Star,
3. Burma Star. 4. Defence Medal. 5. Victory Medal.
So he was in at the very beginning of WW2 ,and was
still in at the end. Harry was very proud of the Somersets. |
Cpl Benny Hill - Osnabruck 1959 (Dick Wignall
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Note 1:
The Saturday morning cross country run was compulsory for
every man under 40yrs of age, Lieut. A Fyfe was leader of
an elite group of runners that the rest of the battalion could
not compete with, all you saw of them was them flashing by.
Once this was over on Saturdays you had if you were not down
for duty, a free weekend. |
SCLI
in Osnabruck |
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When the tour of duty ended at Osnabruck the
battalion was moved to Seaton Barracks Plymouth for regrouping.
We travelled to The Hook by military train and embarked
on Troopship Empire Parkstone for a very rough trip down
the English Channel and along the south coast to Plymouth.
We berthed at Trinity Pier on Tuesday 13th of June 1961.
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HMT. Empire
Parkeston
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Major T Meredith
QM. leaving Osnabruck with Cpl Paddick
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Reunion Parade
Seaton Barracks Plymouth 8/7/61(LISomoffice)
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Watermanship at Weymouth Dorset,
Sgt O'Reilly on the right.(Dave Symes)
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Watermanship at Weymouth Dorset (Dave Symes).
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Pte George Bolton on Border Patrol on the West
/East German Border - 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. France
and Germany Star. 3. Defence Medal. 4. Victory Medal,
so he must have been in D.C.L.I. prior to 1939.(September)
when WW2 broke out, and was in when it ended. George
was a Duke of Cornwall's inside and out.
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Images above: Brian Aldridge, Dave Symes,
Tyrrel Francis & LI SomOffice.
Homecoming
to Plymouth
After sorting ourselves out at Seaton Barracks,
(Yes the Spiders were still there in 1961, they were built
in 1914) we were sent on leave and prepared for our move
to Gibraltar in the August.
SEATON BARRACKS
Seaton Barracks, on the eastern side of the
Tavistock Road at Crownhill was originally a hutted camp
built circa 1914. It was rebuilt between the First and Second
World Wars.
It was named in honour of Sir John Colborne
(1778-1863), who in 1839 moved into Lyneham House, Plympton,
and chose the name Lord Seaton because he intended to buy
a house near Seaton in east Devon. His statue was moved
here from Mount Wise circa 1939.
The Barracks was rebuilt again circa 1964.
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| Passmore, William John (Jan),
Captain (QM), MBE
DCLI - enlisted shortly after end of WW2 - .
Joined 1 DCLI from the Infantry Training Centre as a Corporal.
- Served with 1 DCLI in Cyprus, promoted Sgt. - Went onto
serve in British and Italian Somaliland, promoted Sgt. Major.
- Posted to 1 KSLI.
Served with 1KSLI in Korea and returned to 1
DCLI in the West Indies, promoted to RSM.
RSM of 1 DCLI in Osnabruck and first RSM of
1 SCLI Osnabruck and Plymouth.
Commissioned as Quartermaster, 1st April 1961,
posted to 8DLI (TA), appointed MBE. Promoted Captain (QM),
18th March 1965, retired 29th May 1970, died 10th Feb 2000
after a long illness.
(These details supplied by Major W.H. White
DL of LICornwall Office)
There will be more information on this page
later about the regiments activities in Osnabruck as archive
reports are checked at Taunton. Brigadier Fyfe and Col. Eliot
have helped with this. This pages contents has been collated
with the great help of Dave Pruett, Phil Ashworth, Fred Weston,
Tony Hood and Reg Horn and is based on memory, any discrepancies
are due to the passage of time and its affects on us all.
Should any reader of this page have pictures
or memories of the Osnabruck posting please do:
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