I was at Swindon in 86 onwards.

I still have my very smart blue stablebelt and Wessex Wyvern Cap Badge.

Were you in the mortar paltoon at Andover - I was platoon commander back in the 80's - took over from Cundy.

Originally Posted by saladin

Served in both 1st and 2nd Bns. 17 Pln, E Coy in Plymouth with 1st Bn, B and C Coys of 2 Wessex.
( ..with an act like mine you gotta keep moving... )

There are still a few members of 17 Pl knocking about (believe it or not!), I'll PM you a few names to see if you recognise them. The bar in Millbay still has the roll of honour board with the members of 17 Pl that went on to be the founder members of A Coy 4D&D.

I was D Coy 1 Wessex, I think I might have been on the same recruits cadre in the summer of 83 (but it was at the small camp at the bottom of the hill) at Westdown.

Good God. I was in 2 Wessex 1975-77 before joining the Big Boys' Army. Fun times, even if we were jealous of all the Gucci kit the First Battalion gigolos got, as part of their role.

1 Wessex, Mortar Pl, Andover 1992 - 1994

I've got to admit Wessex is a nice area, but I don't like going...

You're out on the town for a nice pint of beer, but you always have the nagging suspicion you're going to wake up in a wicker man.

Ex 17 Platoon, E Coy, 1 Wessex 84-85 before joining the Regs - transferred to the Oz Army after Colour Service ended last year and am now in Sydney - one of the blokes in my platoon is Ex 2 Wessex ... who'd have thought that eh?

Based at holdenhurst road

11 Pl D Coy 2 Wessex at Newbury 1989-1992.

MSR