Op Banner photos - some memories for the old and bold

[Busterdog]

Thats no cadet, that's one of Glasgow's finest - bred small like terriers, and boy can they fight.

OC's Orders

Company Commander: "So what did you do next Mc****?
Private Mc****: "Well sur...seein' a had nae ither option a wis oot wi' the blue gillette and let him hae it across the coupon!"
Company Commander: "Remanded for Commanding Officer's Orders...March him out Sarn't Major!"
Company Commander: Door slams shut...(soto voce) "Thank G*d the little bugger's on our side!"

 

[Busterdog]

1979 Tour for the Gordons, with The POW dropping in for a short visit.
Cracking TOS wee man!

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Cracking TOSs

"Look here Private Gordon....responding to our Colonel in Chief with "Fit like Min?" is simply not on!"

 

[Richard Headicus]

How did that Cadet sneak in?

Thats no cadet, that's one of Glasgow's finest - bred small like terriers, and boy can they fight.

At 5' 31/2" I wasn't the smallest man in the Btn!

Aye. But they're supposed to fight the enemy. Not each other...

Keeps yur haun in!

 

[Richard Headicus]

"Look here Private Gordon....responding to our Colonel in Chief with "Fit like Min?" is simply not on!"

Could've been worse if he'd caw'd him loon!

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

1979 Tour for the Gordons, with The POW dropping in for a short visit.
Cracking TOS wee man!

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Cracking TOSs

Tailored TOS were all the rage in the 70s, don't seem to be now. Swapped mine for a US Chinook pilot's helmet way back in the day!

 

[beefer]

Tailored TOS were all the rage in the 70s, don't seem to be now. Swapped mine for a US Chinook pilot's helmet way back in the day!

Didn’t you get picked up on muster parade?

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

Must be some photos in this:

Uncivil War | Military history

www.cambridge.org

@Kinch
Be aware "Look Inside" is not like Amazon. You have to download extracts as pdf files.

There's less than 20 illustrations so I doubt there is much new when you look at the descriptions.

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Serious ambulances from the time

Those are my ambulances!

FWR by the look of things?

 

[Rodney2q]

Thats no cadet, that's one of Glasgow's finest - bred small like terriers, and boy can they fight.

I think we had some Gordons working with us in 77. Sound lads and you could rely on them in a riot.

...and if there wasn't a riot you could rely on them to start one...

 

[javaguzzisti]

1979 Tour for the Gordons, with The POW dropping in for a short visit.
Cracking TOS wee man!

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Cracking TOSs

I can't believe I am the first to mention it.
4 examples of that............

 

[wasteofrations2]

I think we had some Gordons working with us in 77. Sound lads and you could rely on them in a riot.

...and if there wasn't a riot you could rely on them to start one...

We had a platoons worth of Gordons attached to us in S. Armagh, 1988. Good lads, but they kept losing kit.

 

[single malt]

"Look here Private Gordon....responding to our Colonel in Chief with "Fit like Min?" is simply not on!"

Aye but the POW as he was at the time would have understood it fine. Him and his mum were fluent doric speakers

 

[Stonker]

Aye but the POW as he was at the time would have understood it fine. Him and his mum were fluent doric speakers

The better to know when the peasants were getting uppity?

 

[single malt]

The better to know when the peasants were getting uppity?

They were more at home up in Balmoral than down with you southern folks

 

[Bravo_Bravo]

Talking of punchy Jocks, the blonde was married to a big unit from ?Dundee, 6 foot 2, genuine hard bastard, did BANNER and from what she said, not that she knew what she was saying, was in an OP on the Divvis flats, and was in fear of being kidnapped.

He's in his late 60s now, name of a canine that smells of ginger people, would be fascinating to know if anyone knew him...

 

[Richard Headicus]

Talking of punchy Jocks, the blonde was married to a big unit from ?Dundee, 6 foot 2, genuine hard bastard, did BANNER and from what she said, not that she knew what she was saying, was in an OP on the Divvis flats, and was in fear of being kidnapped.

He's in his late 60s now, name of a canine that smells of ginger people, would be fascinating to know if anyone knew him...

Aye. Dugless Fox!