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13-07-16, 03:28 PM
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The Radfan Campaign....
The Army's high mobility carrier, the Stalwart Mark 1, moving through difficult terrain in South Arabia, May 1965.
Notice the signs on the front..... http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...3189/large.jpg A company(more likely a section..???) of the Royal Sussex Regiment marching along a track in the Radfan mountains in September 1965. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...3195/large.jpg A mine searching team from the Assault Pioneer Platoon of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment in an up-country track in the South Arabian Federation. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs A sentry from the Coldstream Guards, in position high in the mounatins of South Arabia, maintains a watch on the wadi below. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs A Company Commander of the Royal Anglian Regiment observes a mortar fire concentration. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...3190/large.jpg Second Lieutenant Alan Foreman of 'C' Company, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, issues orders to his section Commanders on a training exercise in South Arabia during the Radfan Campaign, May 1963. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs Royal Engineers pass a situation report back to base over the radio of a Ferret Scout car in the South Arabian Federation in April 1965. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...9274/large.jpg
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25-11-17, 04:16 AM
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I am in the second Photo.......it was a "Hearts & Minds" Patrol, the size of a fighting Patrol, but just visiting the local villages with a Medic.
best regards Les https://theorangelily.jimdo.com/
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