5th Btn Photographs

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Above: Pte Hilton, right and Pte Farrimond, left in Sept 1961 outside the Hindley Drill Hall in Park Road, Hindley Above: Pte Hilton, left and Pte Farrimond taken on the isle of Man, Sept 1961
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Above: Pte Hilton, left, and Pte Joe Unsworth on the Isle of Man in Sept 1961 On the left is the wandering Pte Hilton once more with Pte D Taggart on the Bren Gun at Carnoustie in 1961
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Above: On excercise in the Brecon Beacons. Pte Alf Warburton points out a map reference, with his 'three tonner' in the background. Sept 1963 Above: A night on the town in Keswick in 1964. Our ears were deaf that night due to a full day's training and instruction on firing 'Wombat' 25-pound anti-tank guns. From the left are Ptes. M Vickers,A Warburton, T Hall, C Powel and Jimmy Banks
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Above: A joyful bunch of Loyals after winning the Red Rose shooting competition at Altcar, Formby near Liverpool in the early '60's. If you recognise anyone, please email us with their names. Above: A slightly shaky shot of Pte M Vickers after two days of excercises in Dortmund in 1967
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Above: Pte M Vickers stands beside his favourite transport, a Volkswagen Beetle, in Thetford, Norfolk in 1961 Above: In common with many servicemen, Pte Vickers often returned from exercises abroad with a few souvenirs like these from Dortmund in 1964.

Camp in Westmorland, June 1968. Corporal Riley standing, Pte Grundy, lower right.

Stripping down their rifles after firing practice. The group includes Cpl Dunne, Cpl Rimmer Cpl Rearden Cpl Riley and Cpl Peers

Most popular place of all in the camp is of course, the mess, and here in the queue are Privates J. Duckworth, J. Unsworth and B. Paxford.
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Harold Hartley and friends with Vickers Gun

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Bill Lomax driving the Austin Champ on the right

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Medium Machine Gun Section, 'C' coy, Hindley, 1962

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Left to right: Pte's Brian Grundy, Joe Unsworth and Alan Grundy
at Silverwell Street, Bolton in July 1963

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Pte Joe Unsworth on guard at Silverwell St
July 1963

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Pte Joe Unsworth on the left with Pte Brian Grundy, Siverwell St, July 1963

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The Mt Platoon at Thetford anual camp in July 1964

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Left to right: L/cpl Brian Greenhalgh, Pte Brian Grundy, MT Sec. Pte Joe Unsworth,
Pte Wrigley and Pte Charnock

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Pte Joe Unsworth ready for Hightown anual camp
July 1963

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MT Platoon at Thetford Camp, Norfolk in JUly 1964