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| 1st
Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
(Berkshire and Wiltshire)
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| 'A'
Company in Malaya |
| 'Me that' as been where
I've been, 'Me that' as seen what I've
seen...... ----Rudyard Kipling |
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above extract from a poem by KIPLING amply summed up the travels of 'A'
Company as it did the other Companies during the posting to Catterick. 'A'
Companies journeys starting with SOLTAU, West Germany (June) Yorkshire,
England (August) MALAYA (October) followed by Northern Ireland. This page
contains a few images of the companies 'Holiday' in Malaya |
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A typical 'Farmersboy' of
the late 1960s
Private Ron SUTTON of 'A' Company 1st Battalion D.E.R.R.
poses for the camera during the companies jungle training exercise in
Malaya. Ron was later badly injured in the Sandes Soldiers home bombing in
Northern Ireland |
| Malaya
photo Gallery
(Click on picture to enlarge)
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| (L to R ) Pte Ronald SUTTON and Pte Harry STEVENS take up a
firing position |
Cpl David POYNTER
leads a patrol along a jungle path, he is followed by Pte Patrick
KINGSLEY, Pte Ronald SUTTON and Pte Harry STEVENS |
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| (L to R) Pte Phil
YOUNG, Pte Abdul SHEIKH and Pte Paul CHOULES take a break in the jungle
camp |
2nd Lt T MORRIS
leads a section of men along a boulder strewn stream. He is followed by
Cpl POYNTER and Ron SUTTON (Again) |
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| Pte Patrick
KINGSLEY manning a Light Machine gun |
Cpl Dave POYNTER
at the alert |
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| Pat KINGSLEY leads
that man SUTTON again |
Name please ? |
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| A
Coy Prepare at Alma Barracks for the trip to Malaya, Inspection by Lt
General Sir John MOGG, under the watchful eye of CSM Jim PINCHIN |
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Photograph of 'A' Coy 1st Bn DERR, Malaya 1969 |
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Section, 2 Plt A Coy (Can anybody name them ?) |
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| Members
of A Coy relaxing in Malaya 1969 (That man SUTTON with the 'Bins' on
poking his nose into the photo again) |
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'Hello Mum, can I come home' Dave ENGLAND at work in the
Malaysian jungle 1969 |
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| Ron
SUTTON doing what he does very well, resting and posing for the camera |
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| Ron
SUTTON and Harry STEVENS (Right) |
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| Bill
SHERMAN (Left) takes a well earned rest on the exercise. Bill later became
the R.S.M. of the 1st Bn DERR. (Note) Ron SUTTON does not appear in this
photo. |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Web team would like to thank Pat KINGSLEY , Dave ENGLAND and Ron (Jungle
Queen) SUTTON for their assistance with this
page
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