The Royal Green Jackets Regimental Associa on
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Phil could end up with a monkey on his head!
Tour guidesand he took the group on a three hour tunnel tour of the Second War World Tunnels. For some it was their first excursion inside the rock. There is over 35 miles of roads insidethe tunnels 16,000 troops could have been accommodated within the Rock during World War 2. Most of the infrastructure,cookhouses, hospitals, accommodation and command centres can still be seen today, it is amazing. Unfortunately Monday came too soon and somehow Easy Jet had split the group on two flights. For some it was a leisurely Breakfast then off to the Airport. Others had time for a Cable Car Trip to The Top of The Rock to see the brilliant views across Spain and Morocco and then lunch before the short transfer to the Airport. An excellent time was had over the long weekend visiting old haunts and seeing the development of Gibraltar. A number couples are already planning a return visit in October 2014.
The platoon in C Coy 1st Green Jackets that went chasing pirates in 1963 The article explains how a platoon of riflemen ended up chasing pirates in the South China sea.
A year ago, in December 2012, around 60 old riflemen from the 1st Bn gathered to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the deployment from Penang to Borneo during the Brunei revolt, and the following two years we spent facing off the Indonesian ‘Confrontation’. We’d gathered together many old photos of our younger (and slimmer) selves, covering a wide range of locations in Borneo and the various operations we’d been involved in. But one period of those 32 | Volume 5 Issue 3
years was missing from the faded snapshots, probably because only a tiny group of us had taken part in it. But it was the most memorable few months in my service and when I’ve occasionally mentioned it to people, you can sense them thinking “oh yeah, another old war story, swing the lamp, somebody”. But it was true. (To be con nued on next page) E-Zine 2013
