Part 1

1939: Embarkation to India cancelled; spent the War in Warrington.

1939: Embarkation to India cancelled; spent the War in Warrington.

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Second car - Riley Lynx Sports Tourer 1937

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Meeting President Frondisi of Argentina, Buenos Aires 1959

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United Services Chatham, Mediterranean Fleet XV, RN Malta Sevens winners - Marsa Club, Malta GC 1962

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Near East Forces Ski Championships, Troodos Mountains,Cyprus 1962.

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HMS ALBION - Commando Carrier - 1964 to 1966

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HM Naval Base, Singapore, 1966

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60 years ago - BRNC Dartmouth 'Chest Flat' accommodation

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Leptis Magna, Libya - British Naval Mission & Cultural Attaché, British Embassy Tripoli - 1971/72

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Royal Marine Band + 1 : HM Yacht BRITANNIA 1975

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HMS DEVONSHIRE - Atlantic Fleet Missile Firing Range 1978

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Warborough Village Green - Benson & Roke Silver Band 1979

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Rawalpindi - Call on Vice Chief of Army Staff - 1982

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World Record - Muscat to Demanyats 14hrs 30mins 1982

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Great Dhofar 25 km Road Race - Qara Mts to Salalah 1982

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RN Gibraltar Yola Coxed IV 'Royal Catherine' 1985

1956:  First car - 1924 Pramhood Chummy, (Suez crisis - no petrol).  Bought for £3-10s-0d.

1956: First car - 1924 Pramhood Chummy, (Suez crisis - no petrol). Bought for £3-10s-0d.

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Cowes 1958 - 1st in XOD Class

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40/60 Bofors mounting - Action Stations, Gulf of Aqaba. Withdrawal of last British troops (Cameronians) from Jordan in late 1958 - HMS Chichester.

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1948 Alvis coupé - Beaufort Street 1961

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163 Main Street, Balzan - Staff of CinC Allied Forces, Mediterranean 1961-63

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'Up Spirits' - the daily rum ration (abolished 1971)

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Rock of Gibraltar, 848 Cdo Squadron, and Levanter cloud

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Captain's Divisions, HMS CHARYBDIS 1970 - Tropical rig

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Gatineau River, Ontario - British Defence Liaison Staff, British High Commission, Ottawa - 1973/75

HM Yacht BRITANNIA - July 1976: Household & Officers

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HMS DEVONSHIRE - Ship's Company Photograph - 1978 Roosevelt Roads - Puerto Rico

RN Portsmouth RC - Tideway Head of the River Race 1980

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Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race -125 miles: 1981

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My first solo hot air balloon ascent - Oman desert 1982 ('Cloud Hopper' : sadly later caught fire)

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Founder of the Sultan of Oman's Naval Band - Sur, 1983

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Change of Command - Flag Officer Gibraltar 1985

1955: Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth - pulling 32 ft cutter (2nd up, port side)

1955: Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth - pulling 32 ft cutter (2nd up, port side)

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Malayan Emergency - Ipoh patrol 1959 (As displayed in the Imperial War Museum)

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Fleet Hockey Tournament, Hong Kong Racecourse 1959

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Office of Commander in Chief, The Nore, Admiralty House, Chatham, 1960.

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Cresta Run, St Moritz 1960

Yet another car - Hotel Phoenicia, Malta GC 1963

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'Confrontation' with Indonesia: Borneo 1963-66

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Aden Protectorate /Aden Colony 1965 (now Yemen)

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Beira Patrol 1970 - mail drop by RAF Shackleton

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Samoan Dancers - HM & HRH Pacific Tour 1977

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Queen's Birthday Parade - Grand Cayman 1978 HMS DEVONSHIRE's Guard and Band

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RN PT Officers Meeting - HMS NELSON 1979

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Crossing the Hardanger Vidda, Norway - 1980

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Sand yachting - Rima, Wahiba Sands 1982

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Straits of Gibraltar en route to Ceuta, North Africa 1984

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Trafalgar Night Dinner - HMS ROOKE - 21 Oct 1984

(See Part II)