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After doing the square bashing at Hillsea Barracks Portsmouth and other training as a storeman, I spent 18mths doing my national service at the Ashchurch Camp as a vehicle storeman in the kit stores working along side local civilians that live around Tewkesbury from 1954 to 1956, left for home in Sheffield September 1956. I remember pay day on poor weather days was in the Dance Hall. The last job I had as a Corporal was controlling a few private soldiers doing the fire extinguishers maintenance in the vehicle warehouses recharging, luckily had the use of a grade 3 Land-Rover it had a Rolls-Royce engine under the bonnet. There were a few ex prisoners of war employed in the camp too. I thought I was going to be kept in RAOC as the Suez Crisis started-up July 1956 a few months before I was due to finish my 2 year period. Remember having to drive a brand new DUKW down to Southamton Docks as another had broken down. I was asked if I wanted to stay on and be made a Sergeant, I declined. I passed a few courses whilst in RAOC. Driver Storeman, Fireman, First Aid, etc. I'm now in my 88th year. DoB 1933
