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Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Mark, Craig:
Ken Ekstrom, Recce Pl WO, retired 1976 fm 1RCR. He did 3 tours in Cyprus as Recce guy.
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Hi Jon;
In 1976, Recce Pl, along with the rest of Cbt SP Coy had their Pl lines down in "U" Block, here is Wolseley Barracks (just inside the "In Gate", at that time), the Rifle Companies lines and offices being around the parade square (up at the other end of camp), and with the Battalion being the size it was, if you were in a Rifle Coy, you didn't really know the Sr NCOs in Cbt SP Coy, you might know them by face, but that would be about it. Even in the Rifle Coys, you really didn't know everyone, just those more or less in your Pl/Coy. I wasn't posted to Recce Pl until the late fall of 1979, by which time Bill Pye was the Pl WO. I don't think it was until 1981 that Cbt SP Coy was finally moved up (from "U" Block) to join the rest of the Bn around the square, when we were moved into the 'old' dining hall on the southwest corner of the square, which worked out good, because the 'MESS' was right beside us
, but it did mean, that Friday afternoon 'Recce Pl O GPs' at the 'Ox Box' had to be curtailed for awhile.....
, or at least until we figured out how the rest of the Bn wouldn't miss us......
Cheers
