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Effective today, the contact details for the Northern Ireland Veterans' Association have changed to the following

The Secretary
57 Mortimer Street,
Derby.

DE24 8FX

Email: membership@nivets.org.uk
Web: www.nivets.org.uk
Mob: 07368 293729

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Lt Col ID Corden-Lloyd OBE MC

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  • #16
    Originally posted by BigStevie View Post
    I recall the cover of 'Visor' just a few weeks before this. PIRA had parked a flatbed lorry in the houses just behind Forkhill. Can't recall how many if any had functioned but the Colonel did a 'piece to camera' with a BBC crew. After this the press began to move off when, as two RUC officers began to check the lorry cab, a booby-trap went off under the driver's seat. As a Belfast Telegraph photographer snapped like mad, the CO ran back, got one of the officers out of the cab, found a pulse, and then helped get the wounded man onto a door, on which he was moved to a waiting Puma and casevaced. He and his colleague survived their injuries, thanks to the fast response from the CO. Swift And Bold.
    There was some damage to the Forkhill base and an RCT driver was injured whilst in the ablutions, luckily the hut was almost empty at the time. The wiki article mentions the mortar attack though gives a wrong date for the gazelle incident.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_B...azelle_downing
    Pen Pusher & Paper Shuffler

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    • #17
      I was Battalion Int from the previous regiment, not long back from my first NI Tour, watching it on TV when I saw the RUC man, who had briefed me on my famil on Forkhill, climb into the cab. I shouted at the screen NO! Then the booby trap exploded.
      Time to spare, go by air!

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      • #18
        The Colonel - RIP

        A bit late on parade as I was away for a couple of days.

        Another year passes since this tragic incident in which we lost our highly respected CO. RIP.
        Pen Pusher & Paper Shuffler

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        • #19
          Be who you are and say what you feel...
          Because those that matter, don't mind.
          And those that mind, don't matter!

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          • #20
            There is a commemoration service for the colonel being held on 19th March at Winchester cathedral involving what's called a "turning of the page" of the book. Meet up at the Cathedral cafe at 1015hrs and advance to the Cathedral at 1050hrs. The colonel's widow and sons will be attending this. Contact on FB is Tiny Adams. His profile will mention Royal Green Jackets.
            You cannot fight a war with one hand tied behind your back.

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            • #21
              “Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace. ”
              ― Mercedes Lackey

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                • #23
                  17 02 1978

                  Sadly, we arrive at that time of year again. Forty two years since our CO went out on a helicopter recce never to return. We were well into the tour and this came as a great shock to all.
                  Pen Pusher & Paper Shuffler

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                  • #24
                    Be who you are and say what you feel...
                    Because those that matter, don't mind.
                    And those that mind, don't matter!

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                    • #25
                      Rest easy Sir.
                      You cannot fight a war with one hand tied behind your back.

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                      • #26
                        We will not forget him.
                        Spanners do it with their tools.

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                        • #27
                          Daily Mail Newspaper, Weds March 27 1974

                          "We are the unwilling,
                          Send by the unqualified,
                          To do the unacceptable,
                          For the ungrateful "

                          British Soldier

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by TMR View Post
                            Daily Mail Newspaper, Weds March 27 1974

                            "We are the unwilling,
                            Send by the unqualified,
                            To do the unacceptable,
                            For the ungrateful "

                            British Soldier
                            That's about the first time that the Daily Mail has printed the truth.
                            You cannot fight a war with one hand tied behind your back.

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                            • #29
                              I don't accept that we are the unwilling!
                              "Just because I don't care about something it doesn't mean I don't understand it!" Homer Simpson.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by airforcepara View Post
                                I don't accept that we are the unwilling!
                                We did as we were told and without question....

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