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From Brigadier Gage
Williams
Tribute to his Father
and the William's Family
I have attached a picture of Colonel
Toots Williams, his two sons Maj Gen Peter Williams
(late Coldm Gds) and myself Brigadier Gage Williams
and his grandson OCdt Merlin Hanbury-Tenison in Aug
05 at Sandhurst. Merlin is now a 2Lt serving with
the Light Dragoons in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Three weeks ago he and his Scimitar (a vehicle older
than any person in the Light Dragoons) were blown
up on an ATk mine. Bits of the Scimitar went 500 yds.
All three of the crew stepped out unscathed to the
amazement of all, including the ATO, who saw the vehicle.
The Scimitar was lifted 15 feet into the air.
Toots Williams is in fine fettle and enjoyed attending
the Freedom of Bodmin last week. He gave up fishing
for salmon this year and shooting last year - not
bad for someone who is now 87. He lives at Fradd's
Meadow, St Tudy, Bodmin should anyone wish to write
to him. He has a phenomenal memory for names and events.
He joined 1 DCLI in Lahore from Sandhurst in 1939:
went with the battalion as part of an Indian Brigade
by road from Lahore to N Africa via the Iraqi rebellion
in 1941/42; arrived in N Africa where the battalion
was overrun by Romme's Panzer Corps; put in the bag;
escaped after 18 months from a camp in N Italy getting
back to UK shortly before D Day. Went with 1 DCLI
to Palestine; seconded to Kings African Rifles for
Somaliland and Kenya - 1946/48; seconded to 2/10 Gurkhas
48/51 serving in HK and Malaya; A Co 1 DCLI in Minden
~52/53; A Co Bermuda 53/54; Training Major Bodmin
54/57; A Co 1 DCLI Osnabruck 57/58; CO Depot Bodmin
and DCLI TA 59/64; CO HK Military Service Corps 64/67.
In all that time, he was only on the staff for 6 months
and commanded at company level for over 18 years.
Boxed for the Army (south paw breaking his wrist three
times), played Rugby at various levels until his late
30s.
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Colonel Toots Williams grandson - Centre
OCdt Merlin Hanbury-Tenison at Sandhurst Aug
5th 2007
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Left to right - Maj Gen Peter Williams (late
Coldm Gds) - OCdt Merlin Hanbury-Tenison -
Colonel Toots Williams - Brigadier Gage Williams
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Passing out Parade at Sandhurst RMA - Aug
5th 2007
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Passing out Parade at Sandhurst RMA - Aug
5th 2007
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Derek Lovemore remembers
with pride his service with the DCLI and sends the
following hoping it will stir memories for others.
22935157 Derek JK Lovemore (Cpl) -
N/S Intake 5/11/1953 Bodmin/Crownhill Barracks Plymouth
- Empire Clyde ex Liverpool March 1954 - Prospect
Barracks Hamilton Bermuda March 1954 to November 1955
- Returned Heathrow via Gander Newfoundland on Boeing
Stratocruiser - Demobbed Bodmin 4th November 1955
- Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial) Pte –
about 3 years until 1958
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3 Platoon - Bermuda
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4 Platoon - Bermuda
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A Company - Bermuda
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2nd Bn. DCLI Signal Section Gibraltar
1934
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I found the upper photograph on your
website of 2nd Battalion DCLI Signal Section Gibraltar
1934 which includes my father, front row – far
left. He is also front row – far left in the
attached photograph taken at Aldershot in 1937. The
sport looks like some form of jousting from the heavy
body padding and gloves and face masks. The ‘rifles’
are long barrelled with no firing mechanism and blunt
discs on the barrels. There is no identification of
the personnel although there are seventeen participants
and four taking the photo opportunity. - David Mynott
1936 Dominica Cup Medal (Shooting Team) awarded to
Walter George Mynott
Guard assembled for Coronation of
King George V1 - 4th from right,second row.
Major Walter George Mynott died on
30th September 2000 aged 86.
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Radio Detachment moving to support 1ARU and 7RAR in
July 1967. L-R Graeme Roberts, David Mynott, John Crook,
and John Agnew. Photo supplied by Kevin Schmitt [1967]
Nui Dat, Phouc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. This province
is on the coast about 70 miles from Saigon. It is now
known as Vung Tau/Baria Province. Vung Tau used to be
known as Cap St Jacques during the French colonial years.
It is interesting that Walter Mynott started his army
career in a signals section with DCLI and his son David
in a Signal Squadron of the Australian Army.
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1895 at the Bodmin Depot of Sergeant Major Richard Best surrounded by a group of sergeants
Photograph courtesy of David Best
Back row, l to r: Small, Perring, Harman (?), Ovenden, Collins, Smith, Mayled (?)
Front row, l to r, Roberts, Smith, Best, Whitehorn, Willing Seated, foreground l to r, Hartnell, Buscumb
Photographs of B. Coy. 4/5 Battalion Drill Hall in Falmouth
Photographs courtesy of Philip Lanc
Brunssum War Cemetery, Holland
Photographs courtesy of Norbert Rosin and Douglas Bentley
Pte. D. G. Bennett, 5 D.C.L.I.
View Pictures
Here
Pictures of Pte. D. G. Bennett, his grave as it appeared at the time of his death and his last letter home. Pte. Bennett rests in the Brunssum War Cemetery shown above.
Photographs courtesy of Norbert Rosin and Douglas Bentley
Richard Ringshaw writes: I served with the O.B.L.I from 1945 until we merged with the D.C.L.I this picture would have been taken at around the time of the merge I am hoping that someone out there can put a date to it. I myself am 4th from the left of the 3rd row down.
T. Brown of Birmingham, 5435229, DCLI 1930-1945 as a POW in Camp 194?
Ernest Arthur Theodore BRADLEY 1899-1959. Joined DCLI circa 1917. Suffered mustard gas burns and treated at a London hospital. Later posted to Dublin. Group photo shows him 2nd from left in back row. Submitted by his son, Mr. A. C. Bradley of Malmesbury, Wilts.
Comments I have received on group photo:
This is truly a Commonwealth effort, but I don't know what No. 1 Squad is (perhaps something to do with HQ 4th Army on the Somme). There are 5 Australians in the group (in the Aussie hats, of course), and 2 Kiwis (in the lemonsqueezers).
Top Row L to R - L/cpl Royal Irish Rifles, DCLI, Royal Fusiliers,
Coldstream Guards
Second Row L/R - Australian Sgt, Australian,
Australian Sgt, Australian Cpl, A big guess 14th Royal
Irish Rifles (Clover leaf?), NZ L/cpl
Third Row L /R - DCLI Officer, Hampshire Regiment,
Royal Warwick shire Regiment Officer, NZ L/cpl, Royal
Irish Rifles (Shape of harp?)
Bottom L/R - Australian Sgt., Sgt Probably
Royal Irish Rifles again (note black buttons)
Cornishmen in Korea
This picture first appeared in the Cornwall Gazette
in 1953.
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Mr Geoffrey Tremain (who can be seen in the front
row) veteran of Korea has made it available by sending
to webmaster to scan. It would be good to trace these
soldiers.
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32nd Intake 1956/57
New pic not seen before of DCLI 32nd Intake's Passing
Out Parade at Victoria Barracks Bodmin possibly late
1956/57 - picture supplied by Cpl. Mike Brown who
you see as the very smart right marker.He joined as
a National Serviceman with the 19th Intake on the
8th April 1954 and remained at Bodmin until March
1957 when he transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps
and served until 1976.
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by Mike Brown)
34th Intake 1956/57
Another picture which may be of interest - The Passing
Out of the 34th Intake 1956/57 and the names I know
are the staff from the left Cpl Mike Brown, Cpl Roy
Bradley, Sgt (Widgy) Turner, Lt Peters-Dickie, Cpl
Alec Endean (went on to join the Small Arms School
Corps at Hythe) and Cpl Eddie Gardner.
For those of you that remember RSM Joe Knowles
Copyright of Picture - www.lightinfantry.org.uk
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Back row L to R : ?, Cpl Eddie Gardiner, ?, ?, ?,
LCpl Mike Brown, ?, Cpl Burgess, ?, Cpl G Edwards
Mid row: ?, Cpl Patterson, ?, ?, Cpl Curly Race,
Les Rawlings, ?, ?, ?, Ivor Davies
Front Row : - Cpl Harry Eaton. Cpl John Stead, Cpl
Roy Bradley,, RSM Joe Knowles, Major John Howard,
?, Cpl Percy Rider, Cpl Glyn Chilcott
As Joe Knowles was RSM Before Harold Royffe at the
Depot and Ivan Davies looks like either a L/Cpl or
Pte it would be about 1955 time or possibly 1954.
Ivan was a Sgt in 1957
The photograph … is of permanent Staff and
Cpl. Mess (1954 or 1955 approx) taken at Duke of Cornwall’s
Light Infantry Training Depot “Victoria Barracks,
Bodmin”. Joe Knowles was Tech QM as Capt in
Osnabruck, Stanley Pine who was RSM at Bodmin before
Joe Knowles was Capt QM then Major.
With thanks to"Brains of Troon" for details
above and Mike Brown the very tall soldier in the
back row.
