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. |
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![]() Stripping down their rifles after firing practice. The group includes Cpl Dunne, Cpl Rimmer Cpl Rearden Cpl Riley and Cpl Peers |
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![]() 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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Medium Machine Gun Section, 'C' coy, Hindley, 1962
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