'SUEZ VETERANS ASSOCIATION'
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/ Wolseley Champ An e-mail has come into the website asking if I could help with information about an old ex Army Austin Champ. (But it might have been a Wolseley, they didn’t say.) The writer is investigating the history of a Champ they own and its records show that it was used by the RASC in Suez with the Army registration number – 56BE99. During renovations they found it had originally
been
painted in desert colour and had a square insignia - I understand this denoted 40 Coy RASC. They have already contacted Army records about
this
vehicle with no luck. Any information would be welcome which I will
pass on to
the person asking. Richard (Dick) Woolley Notice added: 30th May 2011. Calling all forces. Alan Grace, a former broadcaster with the Forces Broadcasting Service in the Canal Zone would like to hear from Suez Veterans with their personal reminiscences of FBS while stationed in the Zone. If you assisted in any way with the FBS unit, as a technician, driver, or in any other capacity, or took part in a broadcast Alan would like to know about it. If your memories of FBS are just listening to the broadcasts in a tent, hut or in the NAAFI, he would also appreciate your views on this. Please contact John Mitchell with anything you have to say and he will pass on your messages to Alan. John's address is: 7 Hanbury Drive Winchmore Hill London. N21 1SZ Notice added: 08th May 2011 Remembrance Parade, London. John Norman has taken over the responsibility of issuing SVA tickets for the Remembrance (Cenotaph) Parade in London. An application form for tickets / passes to march with the Suez Veteran's contingent on the Parade will be printed in a future eddition of the SVA Newsletter. To enable John's distribution and records system to work properly, please use the form and not contact him direct. Notice added: 26th February 2011 Veterans Wanted. The Legasee War Veterans Project is a social history project looking for War Veterans who would like to have their stories filmed for the benefit of future generations. This footage will be used to launch a unique online archive of interviews for use by schools, colleges and members of the public. It doesn't matter what campaign or country you served in, or what role you played. The Legasee War Veterans project is completely free of charge - all we need is your knowledge, enthusiasm and a small amount of your time to take part in the filming. Please contact: Legasee 27 Government Row London. EN3 6JN Phone: 1782 462 8029. e-mail: dave@legasee.org.uk Website: www.legasee.org.uk Legasee War Veterans
Online Archive. - New Website Has Been
Launched. - Watch The First
Interviews.
The first batch of interviews are now on our web site for all to enjoy – new interviews will be added weekly. To view them, go to our web site – www.legasee.org.uk– and click on Films. Then just select the person you want to view. Once you’ve watched the first video, go to “Click here to watch more films of...” to view the rest of videos from each interview. Colin Parker - Coldstream Guards - was left for dead on a battlefield in Aden. Rob Stirling - Para, Hussars, SAS, Rhodesian Army and then South African Army - talks about his many experiences. Sidney Mitchell - Royal Corps of Signals - at 92, still has a very vivid memory of all the action he saw during WWII. Ted "Smokey" Verbiest - Fleet Air Arm - gives a graffic account of being attacked by German fighter planes during WWII. Brian Bird - RAF Spitfire Pilot - very interesting interview of how he learnt to fly then went straight into action in North Africa and Italy. Notice added: 20 February 2011 Request for photographs. I am preparing a book of photographs involving the Suez Crisis during November 1956. If other would like to have their photos included to ensure that these images, - ships, aircraft, general views, troops, paratroop drops, etc., are not lost to posterity, would they care to scan at high resolution and send them to me by e-mail, or loan them to me briefly for scanning and possible enhancing if necessary, together with appropriate information? I am the complier of the books, - 'The Royal Engineers and the National Service Years' and, 'A history of the Corps in Photographs', - of some ten years ago. My e-mail address is: ericpegg@tiscali.co.uk and my postal address is: 8 Kinross Crescent Marton Blackpool. FY4 4PE Phone: 01253 764937. Thank you and with regards. Eric Pegg. (Sapper, 23269160) Notice added: 20 February 2011 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force. I received the following e-mail from Sgt Tony Hibberd of R.A.F. Benson on Wednesday 24th November 2010 and it is hoped some ex 78 Squadron lads can help him. Hallo Richard I am contacting you to hopefully gain your assistance with a request for (hopeful?) co-operation from your membership. I am the Voluntary History Officer for 78 Sqn, and I am continuing to enhance the displays in the Memorial Room within our Hangar here at RAF Benson. If you would be kind enough to ensure the following paragraph can either be reproduced on your website notice board or in a postal newsletter, I would be most grateful . . . 78 Squadron
Royal Air Force transferred to the Middle East
Command in September 1945, initially flying Douglas DC3 Dakota Mk IV's
from Al
Mazra, Kabrit and Fayid. Later converting onto the Vickers Valetta C1,
78 Sqn
continued to operate all across the region until disbandment at Fayid
in
September 1954. This is without doubt the least archived era in
the
history of 78 Sqn. If any of your membership either served on 78 Sqn,
or at Al
Mazra, Kabrit or Fayid during this time, I would be extremely grateful
for
copies of any anecdotes and especially aircraft related images (I have
hardly
any images of the Dakota or Valetta in 78 Sqn service) . . . Sgt. A.P. Hibberd SNCO i/c 78 Sqn Operations RAF Benson Wallingford OXFORDSHIRE OX10 6AA United Kingdom DFTN: 95261 Ext 7670 BT: 01491 821379 With thanks in
advance for your co-operation.
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