9 hours ago
Topic:
Rhymes off the cuff
Rosemary (Kim) DimondPosts: 4574
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Thank you for your message, Shrubby, and the beautiful flowers. The surgery on my eyes has been completely successful, it's just the aftermath of filling them with drops every couple of hours that makes it difficult to see what I am writing. Take care dear friend, chat again soon, love Kim x
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18 hours ago
Topic:
Devon and Dorset Rgt
fred chasePosts: 5
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I was a Devons /D and D "camp follower " in Celle,1955-58, Blackpool 1958, and Cyprus 1958-61. Appreciate a lot of the soldiers who served at that time will have now "passed over the bar" , my own father included in 2007, but just wandering if any of my fellow "camp followers" are in your association?
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18 hours ago
Topic:
Devon and Dorset Rgt
fred chasePosts: 5
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Kevin Fitzgerald wrote:
[Reunion summary]
Devon and Dorset Rgt, Friday, January 4, 2008, Whipton Institute Club.Whipton,Exeter.Devon., EX4 8DF
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21 hours ago
Topic:
HMS Cardiff 82 Falklands Ships Co
Rod MeadowsPosts: 1
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HMS Cardiff 82 Falklands Ships Co , Cardiff
edited by rod.meadows on 11/05/2021
edited by rod.meadows on 11/05/2021
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1 days ago
Topic:
Rhymes off the cuff
dennis shrubshallPosts: 1456
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Sorry you're having problems with your eyes and hope it all clears soon Kim .I have a few more subjects in mind Take care Shrubby
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1 days ago
Topic:
Follow on song titles
David ClementsPosts: 200
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(Penny Lane is in my) ear and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
Beatles
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2 days ago
Topic:
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Anthony MettersPosts: 55
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If more politicians read poetry, and more poets studied politics, I'm sure the world would be a better place in which to live.
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2 days ago
Topic:
Rhymes off the cuff
Rosemary (Kim) DimondPosts: 4574
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Hi Shrubby - I am still here, Thank you for for all your recent lovely poems. Just having to fill my eye with drops again after my second lot of cataract surgery which makes my vision rather foggy. Happily only another 2 weeks to go !! Love Kim x
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2 days ago
Topic:
Green Jacket
Greg HolcombePosts: 1
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Hello to anybody in the Green Jackets that knew one of them with the name Michael Mitchell his nickname was "Punchy" as he was in the Boxing Teams in one of Bn trying to find any info
Many thanks
Greg
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2 days ago
Topic:
Rhymes off the cuff
dennis shrubshallPosts: 1456
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Thereseems a presnt lack of interest in Rhymes off the Cuff
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2 days ago
Topic:
Follow on song titles
Rosemary (Kim) DimondPosts: 4574
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List(en), do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell?
Come closer
Let me whisper in your ear
(Beatles)
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4 days ago
Topic:
NAAFI in Germany 1946
Phil BeaAdministrator Posts: 1853
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The NAAFI was staffed by both Civilians and Military personnel, Visit the Wiki Page for NAAFI and see the WW2 entry for the Military Element).
Many German Nationals were employed by the Military as LEC (Locally Employed Civilian) it was an attempt by the Allies (Mainly UK and USA) to assist in strengthening the German Economy to and rebuild.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy,_Army_and_Air_Force_Institutes
LEC was still in use in the 1990s.
Christine Morris wrote:
Hello everyone, I'm researching family history and have come across some scant details about one of my uncles. He was part of the Occupying Forces in Germany post WWII. He met and fell in love with his future wife, a local German girl and they married (after the non-fraternisation ban was lifted) and settled in England a year or two later. Apparently, when he first met her she was working for the NAAFI. Is this possible? I thought the NAAFI was a British military organisation and therefore assumed it only employed British nationals. Did they employ local Germans? She was a typist and translator. Thanks and hope you can help.
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5 days ago
Topic:
NAAFI in Germany 1946
Christine MorrisPosts: 1
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Hello everyone, I'm researching family history and have come across some scant details about one of my uncles. He was part of the Occupying Forces in Germany post WWII. He met and fell in love with his future wife, a local German girl and they married (after the non-fraternisation ban was lifted) and settled in England a year or two later. Apparently, when he first met her she was working for the NAAFI. Is this possible? I thought the NAAFI was a British military organisation and therefore assumed it only employed British nationals. Did they employ local Germans? She was a typist and translator. Thanks and hope you can help.
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7 days ago
Topic:
Follow on song titles
David ClementsPosts: 200
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14th floor
Oh no my face don't fit
14th floor
No no another name on the council list
Part time punks 1999
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7 days ago
Topic:
Where is Georgie Wynn?
Eric BrayPosts: 14
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Oh well - - - So near, yet so far away.
If you read this, Georgie, I hope you have had a good, happy, life, so far, with plenty more to follow.
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9 days ago
Topic:
HMS Prince Philip.
Rosemary (Kim) DimondPosts: 4574
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Here, here !! I'll second that!!
edited by rosemary(kim)dimond on 02/05/2021
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9 days ago
Topic:
BARRACKS USED BY BRITISH TROOPS IN BAOR FROM WW2 UNTIL CLOSU
John EvansPosts: 56
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John Evans wrote:
John Eglen wrote:
BARRACKS USED BY BRITISH TROOPS IN BAOR FROM WW2 UNTIL CLOSU
BARRACKS USED BY BRITISH TROOPS IN BAOR FROM WW2 UNTIL CLOSURE Alanbrooke-Paderborn-BFPO22. Albuhera-Werl (formerly Werler-Stadwald Kasserne)-BFPO (Closed 20.07.1994). Aldershot-Iserlohn-BFPO24 (Closed) Alexander-Berlin-BFPO45. Alma-Lüneburg-BFPO8. Argonne(BMH)-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Athlone-Sennelager-BFPO16. Ayrshire-München-Gladbach(Rheindahlen)-BFPO19. (Closed 00.00.2002) Bangor-Wuppertal-BFPO Barker-Paderborn-BFPO22. Barrossa-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Belfast(formerly Scharnhorst Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36. Binden-Hameln-BFPO31. Birdwood-Bünde-BFPO46. Bournemouth-Soltau-BFPO37. Bradbury-Krefeld-BFPO (Closed 00.00.2002) Brixton-Bielefeld (see Richmond)-BFPO39.(Closed ??) Brooke-Berlin-BFPO45. (Closed ?) Buller-Münster-Gremmendorf-BFPO17.(Closed 20.01.1994). Now a housing estate. Caernarvon-Düßeldorf-BFPO34.(Closed 00.09.1994). Caithness-(formerly Lindhooper Kasserne)-Verden-BFPO32. (Closed ?). Catterick(Formerly Lauter Kasserne)-Bielefeld-BFPO39. Chatham-Hannover-BFPO33. Churchill-Lippstadt-BFPO22. Clifton-Minden (formerly Mudra Kasserne)-BFPO29. (Closed ?). Collective-Hohne-BFPO30. Corunna-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Crocker-Sennelager-BFPO16.(Occupied an area of 14 Hectares-Closed 2002). Cromwell-Hamm-BFPO19. Delmenhorst-BFPO44. Dempsey-Sennelager-BFPO16. Dennis-Münster-BFPO17. Elizabeth-Minden (formerly Gneisenau Kasserne)-BFPO(Closed 10.09.1993). Elles-Detmold (formerly Emilien Kasserne)-BFPO41. (Closed10.12.1992) Epsom-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Essex-Hildesheim-BFPO Fife-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. (Closed 00.06.1996). Glamorgan-Duisburg (Formerly Alter Flak Kasserne)-BFPO (Closed 01.03.1993). Gordon-Hameln(Hamelin)-BFPO31. Hamburg BFPO30. Hammersmith(Formerly Estorff Kasserne)-Herford-BFPO15. (Still used by HQ 1st Armd Div) Hampshire-Rheindahlen-BFPO19 & 40.(Closed 00.00.2002). Harding-Wuppertal-BFPO Harewood(Formerly Otto Weddingen Kasserne)-Herford-BFPO15. (Still in use). Harrogate-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 6.4 Hectares-Closed 29.04.1994). Haynes-Krefeld-BFPO35. (Closed 20.12.1989). Hilden-BFPO44. Hilsea-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. Hobart-Detmold-BFPO41. (Closed 31.07.1995). Hohne(Formerly Bergen Kasserne)-BFPO Horrocks-Paderborn-BFPO22.(Closed 20.07.1992). Imphal(Mercer)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closes 2009). Keighley-Wuppertal-BFPO Kiel BFPO6. Kingsley-Minden-BFPO29. (Closed 01.06.1994). Kitchener-Krefeld-BFPO19. Langenhagen-Hannover-BFPO33. Lincoln-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 24.10.1994). Linn-NAAFI Depot-Krefeld-BFPO19. (Closed 25.09.1991). Lothian-Detmold-BFPO (Closed 15.12.1992). Lippstadt BFPO22. Lumsden-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. Manchester-Wuppertal-BFPO Maresfield-Herford-BFPO15. (Closed 19.08.1994). McKenzie-Berlin-BFPO45. Montgomery-Berlin-BFPO45. Moore-Dortmund-BFPO19. Mossbank-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (formerly German Langermark Kasserne) Napier-Dortmund-BFPO20. (formerly Richthofen Kasserne) Nelson-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 28.09.1995). Newcastle-Hamm-BFPO19. Normandy-Sennelager-BFPO16. Northampton-Wolfenbütel-BFPO Northumberland-Menden-BFPO(Closed 26.03.1993). Oldenburg-BFPO44. Oxford-Münster-BFPO17. Paderborn-BFPO16. Penninsuler-Iserlohn-Dielinghofen-BFPO24. Portsmouth-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 28.09.1994). Prestatyn-(Formerly German Metze Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closed). Princess Royal-Gütersloh-BFPO47. Quebec-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closes 08.2008). Ripon-Bielefeld (formerly von Bülow Kasserne)-BFPO39.(Occupied an area of 13.9 Hectares-Closed 30.09.1994). Redcar-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 4.2 Hectares-Closed 08.10.1993). Redesdale-Dortmund-BFPO19 Rees-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Closed 31.12.1999). Rhodesia-Minden-BFPO29. Richmond-Bielefeld (formerly Brixton)-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 7 Hectares-Closed 29.10.1992). Roberts(Winkelhausen)-Osnabrück (formerly Haste Kasserne)-BFPO36.(Closes 11.2008). Rochdale(Formerly Langermarck Kasserne)-Bielefeld (formerly Mossbank)-BFPO39.(Occupied an area of 8.7 Hectares-Closed 26.07.1994). Rotunda-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. Roy-Düßeldorf-BFPO Salamanca-Soest-BFPO Scarborough(Caprivi)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Still in use). Shiel-(formerly Brunenweg Kasserne)-Verden-BFPO32. (Closed ?) Simpson-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 29.01.1993). Smuts-Berlin-BFPO45. Springbok-Minden-BFPO29. (Closed 27.02.1992). Stadium-Berlin-BFPO45. Stöcken-Hannover-BFPO33. Stornoway-Lemgo-BFPO (Closed). St.Barbara-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. St.Georges-Minden-BFPO29.(Closed 24.09.1993). St.Fransisca-Krefeld-BFPO19. Suffolk-Dortmund-BFPO20. Swinton-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 20.01.1994). Tofrek-Hildesheim-BFPO Trenchard-Celle-BFPO23. Tunis-Lübbeck-BFPO (Closed 01.04.1992). Ubique-Dortmund-BFPO19. Verden-BFPO32. Victoria-Werl-BFPO(Closed 20.07.1994). Walsrode Ammunition Depot-BFPO23. Waterloo-Münster (formerly Kassernegelande-Loddenheide’-BFPO17.(Closed 20.01.1994). Wavell-Berlin-BFPO45. Wellington-Münster-BFPO17. Wentworth-Herford-BFPO15 (formerly Stobbe Kasserne). (Still used by HQ 1st Armd Div). Wessex-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. Westminster-Minden (formerly Simones Kasserne)-BFPO29. (Closed 30.09.1993). West Riding-Dortmund-BFPO20. Winterbourne-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 31.01.1995). Woolwich(Formerly von Stein Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36. Wyverne- Yorkshire-Braunschweig-BFPO33. (Closed) York-Münster (formerly Gremmendorf Kasserne)-BFPO17.
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9 days ago
Topic:
HMS Prince Philip.
Anthony MettersPosts: 55
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A RN ship to be named after Prince Philip, great news and a fitting tribute to a great man.
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10 days ago
Topic:
Orthez platoon 1980
Steven DempsterPosts: 1
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Hi I am looking for a photograph to thjs platoon who were based at Glencourse infantry barracks J knowvits a long shot but i thought its worth a try.
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10 days ago
Topic:
David Clark
Linda PricePosts: 2
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Please can anyone from 16/5 Lancers who served in Northern Ireland let me know if they knew a very good friend of mine David Clark David served from roughly 1966 to 1978 I would dearly love to find anyone who has memories of David Thank you very much Linda Price
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