Hi Jim
Yes the Bowering that came to see Dad did his time in the Royal Marines
and then came out. He then got a commission in the Army and retired a Lt.Colonel. He let me copy his old squad picture of 961 NS Squad which shows you in the second row Jim and also Ramsden.
John
Hi, John,
So pleased that - at last - I have been able to identify an old shipmate after so much searching, even though it is not direct.
Thanks for the information regarding Terry. I knew he would go on to better things...
Incidentally, when I first responded to your post and my ancient memory started to work, I said I had entered as a 960 squadie then was back-squaded to 961. Wrong...! Now that my memory is starting to operate once more, I remember that when I was inducted as a recruit into Depot RM at Deal, I went straight into sick-bay with the 'flu'. I spent a week in there which caused my joining the next batch of recruits which became
961. The later back-squading, after the accident on the assault course, put me into a continuous service squad to finish my training. I was always having nightmares that it would be forgotten that I was National Service, and that I would find myself stuck in the Marines for another 25 years...! Not that I wasn't proud to be a Marine, but, at that time, I had other plans for my future.
However, there have been many times since then that I have wished I had stayed in...!!
John, I wonder if you would do me a favour? Only this morning, I have been trying to find my old squad photograph. After our posts, I wanted to take another look at my old shipmates. But I can't find it. Is it possible that you could email me a copy - always supposing that you have it on your computer photograph file. Joe has already suggested that you do this, and I think it might be a good idea.
I believe we can switch to 'private' posting for the exchange of email addresses. I'd certainly appreciate it if you could do this for me.
Cheers,
Jim
