Nov 13th 2005
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Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry
Private to Major (QM)
by Stephen Taylor
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1993/4 OC HQ Coy. Paderborne, Germany.
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Foreword by Webmaster (Keith)
The picture above is of Steve Taylor taken on Remembrance
Sunday Nov. 13th 2005, he took part in the Service in the town centre
of Bournemouth. Steve has promised to write an article for the website,
so as he sent this picture to me, I thought I'd go ahead and create
his Page (He can't very well change his mind now !!)
This is his timeline:
PERSONAL RECORD Name / Init SR Taylor FISM LI
Number: 23982716 / 523730 Rank: Jnr. Private - Major
Date of Birth: 18 May 1948 Educ. Qual: EPC 1 April 1971.
EPC (A) 13 May 1975.
Town (Area of Allegiance): Christchurch (Dorset)
Date of Enlistment (Jnr Ldrs / Adult): 27 Aug 63 / 17 Dec 65
Date of Commission 25 Jul 86 - Run out Date: 1 Apr 95
EXTERNAL COURSES:
Course Date/Places Result
Regtl Sig Std 1 / RSI 1970 Warminster, Wiltshire. Passed ‘C’
Pl Sgts Course No 28 1974 Brecon, Wales. Passed ‘C’
Unit 1st Aid Instructors 1978 Aldershot, Hampshire. Passed ‘B’
Svc Fund Accountant 1978 Worthy Down, Hampshire. Passed ‘B’
Op Air Move NCO 1979 Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Passed
RQMS 1983 Deepcut, Surrey. Passed ‘B’
MTO 1987 Leconsfield, N. Yorkshire. Passed ‘B’
Quartermaster 1989 Deepcut, Surrey. Passed
APC Comd 1990 Bordon, Hampshire. Passed
Unit Emplanement Officer 1992 Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Passed
INTERNAL CADRES:
Course Date / Place Result
Sigs Std 2 1967 Gravesend, Kent. Passed
Dvr Grp A 1967 Gravesend, Kent. Passed
JNCO (4th). 1969 Ballykinler, Co. Down, NI. Passed
Comd APC 1970 Lemgo, West Germany. Passed
Driver HGV 1982 Tidworth, Hampshire. Passed
Personal record stating dates, stations, unit and Job specifications.
Non Commissioned Service
Date Station Unit Job Specification
Sep 63 Oswestry, Shropshire. IJLBn. Incl. 4 wks LI Depot Trg
Dec 65 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
Feb 66 Bardufoss, Norway. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
Apr 66 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
22 Apr 66 Radfan Camp, Aden. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
23 Oct 66 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
Jan 67 Tromso, Norway. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
Apr 67 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
Apr 67 Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. 1 SCLI 6 Platoon B Company
Apr 67 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI Signals Platoon HQ Coy
Jun 67 Oslo, Norway. 1 SCLI Signals Platoon HQ Coy
MTO (Capt Lynas-Gray)
Aug 67 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI Signal Platoon HQ Coy
Aug 67 Fleet, Hampshire. 1 SCLI Exercise Unison 67
Oct 67 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI Signal Platoon HQ Coy
May 68 Oslo, Norway. 1 SCLI Signal Platoon HQ Coy
Jul 68 Gravesend, Kent. 1 SCLI Signals Platoon HQ Coy
Aug 68 Ballykinler, Co. Down, NI. 1 LI Signals Platoon Comd Coy
NCO’ Cadre
3 Aug 69 Nanuki, Kenya. 1 LI Signals Platoon Comd Coy
11 Sep 69 Ballykinler, Co. Down NI. 1 LI A Company Sig Sect Comd
16 Mar 70 Lemgo, West Germany. 1 LI A Company
Jun 70 Warminster, Wiltshire. Sch of Inf Std 1 and RSI
Oct 70 Lemgo, West Germany. 1 LI A Company
19 Mar 71 Belfast, NI. 1 LI A Company (Leopold St.)
31 Jul 71 Lemgo, West Germany. 1 LI A Company
22 Jul 72 Belfast, NI. 1 LI Tac HQ (Flax Mill)
Signals Sergeant (Cpl)
22 Nov 72 Lemgo, West Germany. 1LI Comd Company
16 Jul 73 Bessbrook Mill, Cross Maglen, 1LI Tac HQ
Newtownhamilton, Newry, S Armagh, NI. Signals Sergeant
14 Nov 73 Lemgo, West Germany. 1LI Comd Company
28 Mar 74 Colchester, Essex. 1LI A Company 3Pl Sgt
May 74 Brecon, Wales. Sch of Inf Pl Sergeants Course No 28
Jul 74 Colchester, Essex. 1LI A Company 3Pl Sgt
16 Nov 74 Belize, South America. 1LI A Company 3Pl Comd
(4th in Bn Pl Comp.)
7/19 Feb 75 Colchester, Essex. 1LI A Company 3Pl Sgt
31 Jun 75 Wainwright, Alberta, Canada 1LI A Company 3Pl Sgt
3 Aug 75 Colchester, Essex. 1LI A Company 3Pl Sgt
5 Sep 75 Portadown, Co Down, NI. 1LI A Company 3PL Sgt
7 Oct 75 Colchester, Essex. 1LI A Company 3Pl Sgt
7 Jan 76 Kowloon, Hong Kong 1LI Adv. Party Families
1/2 Sep 76 Seoul, S Korea 1LI 8th US Army Honour Guard
8/9 Nov 76 Stanley, Hong Kong 1LI Training Team
Apr 77 Stanley, Hong Kong 1LI Recce Pl Comd
Pl Sgt D Coy
Dec 77 Tidworth, Hampshire. 1LI Adv. Party Families
Jun 78 Camberley, Surrey. RMAS Selection.
31 Jul 78 Belfast, NI. 1LI D Coy Int CSgt
D Coy Pl Comd
28 Sep 78 Tidworth, Hampshire. 1LI A Coy CQMS
Mar 79 Tidworth, Hampshire. 1LI A Coy CSM
20 May 79 Wainwright, Alberta, Canada 1LI A Coy CSM
18 Jun 79 Tidworth, Hampshire. 1LI A Coy CSM
13 Nov 79 Box Factory, Nicosia,
Cyprus UN. 1LI A Coy CSM
Feb 80 Dhekalia, Cyprus 1LI A Coy CSM
29 May 80 Tidworth, Hampshire. 1LI A Coy CSM
Feb 81 Shorncliffe, Kent. IJLB CSM Corunna Company
Scottish & Light Division
19 Dec 82 Munster, West Germany. 1LI ARSO WO 11
23 Apr 83 Springfield Rd. Belfast 1LI CSM Tac HQ
19 Sep 83 Munster 1LI ARSO WO 11
Sep 83 Tidworth 3LI RQMS
9 Jul 84 Munster 1LI RSM
5 Dec 84 Weeton Camp, Blackpool. 1LI RSM
Jun 85 Knook Camp, Warminster. 1LI RSM (Tercenteenary)
Jul 85 Weeton Camp, Blackpool. 1LI RSM
2 Jul 85 Stanley, Falkland Islands. 1LI RSM
5 Nov 85 Weeton Camp, Blackpool. 1LI RSM
Feb 86 Weeton Barracks, Blackpool. 1LI RSM
14 Jun 86 Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. 1LI RSM
20 Jul 86 Weeton Bks 1LI RSM Handover 25th to
Chris Matthews
COMMISSION SERVICE
Aug 86 Omagh, NI. 3LI 2i/c B Coy Lisnaski RUC Station
Nov 86 Omagh, NI. 1LI 2i/c Sp Coy Lisnaski RUC Station
Oct 87 Omagh, NI. 1LI MTO
Jan 89 Berlin 1LI MTO
Jan 90 Paderborn, Germany. 3LI QM Tech.
Feb 92 Paderborn, Germany. 3LI Bn Fleet Manager
Jun 92 Paderborn, Germany. 3LI/2LI OC HQ Company
Dec 94 Christchurch, Dorset. Gardening Leave
Apr 95 LI RHQ, Winchester, Hampshire. Discharge
HONOURS AND AWARDS
8 December 1967 GSM 1962 South Arabia
10 April 1972 GSM 1962 Northern Ireland
8 June 1977 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal
10 May 1980 United Nations Cyprus (UNFICYP)
17 November 1980 Long Service & Good Conduct Medal
12 April 1996 Accumulated General Service Medal
Earlier in 2007 he made a visit to Gibraltar with his
wife Heather, and younger brother Nicholas and his wife Annette, they
took these superb pictures. Nicholas served with 1LI in 1980 –
1982 in Tidworth and Munster as the Battalion Telecommunications Technician
REME and was captain of the unit hockey team..
Stephen can be seen on other pages of this website as
a private soldier and as you will know rose from Private to Major,
a significant achievement.
Gallery - Gibraltar 2007
Click on any image to enlarge and open in new window.
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Gibraltar Cradle of History, Nicholas on the left.
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Gibraltar Cradle of History, Stephen on the left
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Royal Engineers Plaque
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Stephen with his wife Heather and Annette (his sister
in law)
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Casemates Square
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Another view of Casemates Square re-enactment of
the Ceremony of the Keys
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Casemates Square - re-enactment of the Ceremony
of the Keys
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Casemates Square - re-enactment of the Ceremony
of the Keys
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Re-enactment of the Ceremony of the Keys
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Europa Parade Ground, you can see Bombproof House
(the low grey building) SCLI HQ in 1961/3
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Another view of the Parade Gound at Europa, the
Mosque was not there in 1961.
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The Upper Rock showing the Moorish Castle.
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RAF Gibraltar, the airstrip is also Civil.
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A reproduction Sentry box at Four Corners
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Europa Lighthouse, looking down the Med.
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Downtown Gib.
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THe Waterfront
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The Waterfront
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Looking out to Europa Point, house in foreground
was Officer quarters in 61/63
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Modern housing at Europa
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Old married quarters at Europa
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Looking towards Europa
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The Rock Hotel on the right
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South Barracks
now a school. All SCLI were here in 61/63 except HQ
Coy which were at Europa. |
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Gibraltar North Front
Cemetery
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Regimental Colours in the Garrison Chapel
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One of several SLI graves at North Front.
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Unusual view of Gib from the East
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The Matador Nicholas Taylor
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The Matador Stephen Taylor getting to grips with
the bull.
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In September 2007 Stephen and Nelson Bassett met up with
Mike Rescorle at Southampton.
Copyright Text and Image: Steve Taylor
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