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Each month we’ll update this page and reward the senders of the best story, our ‘star story’, with a magnum of Champagne or a luxury food hamper.
If you would like your story to be considered for this page, please send an email to sam@who-remembers-me.com
We look forward to hearing from you soon!!
If you would like your story to be considered for this page, please send an email to sam@who-remembers-me.com
We look forward to hearing from you soon!!
Royal Military Policemen Reunited
This month’s Star Story comes from Clifford White from Kent in the UK, who has traced a number of ex-army colleagues, who like him, are all retired members of the Royal Military Police.
Back in June this year he told us to ‘watch this space’ when he found his first contact within a matter days. His search has since gone global and now Clifford is back in contact with old friends, not just in the UK but in Australia too.
Clifford, 73, explains:
“I joined the Buffs, Howe barracks, Canterbury in 1952 and completed my initial training of 10 weeks. I was due to be posted to Kenya but was taken off of draft and made to take an exam. The result was a posting to the Inkerman Barracks, Woking to train as a Royal Military Policeman.
This is where it all began; I was 18 and having the time of my life!
After 18 weeks of training, which included vehicle driving, unarmed combat, traffic control, arms training and all the standard army drills, I was posted first to 166 Provo. Co. at Nesscliffe, Shrewsbury, and then to Brecon, Wales, as a detachment to cover the whole of Wales.
I was privileged to be one of the four motorcycle escorts for the Queen’s visit to Wales. I also attended the coronation and was in the main entrance guard of the ceremony.
And it was in Wales that I met my wife of 50 years!
I had a very interesting time in the "Redcaps", which is how we fondly refer to ourselves.
Whilst on street patrols in Birmingham I made friends with a chap Pete Taylor but lost contact when we were posted.
It was Pete that I found first through WRM and from him I obtained a copy of the pass-out parade picture you see attached. That’s me, second from the right in the front row, standing. We are now in regular contact.
I then found another colleague in the photo, Derek Griffin, who lives in Sutton Coldfield and through him I located a branch of the Royal Military Police Association in Kent which has over 30 members. What a terrific result!
I eventually contacted another ‘Redcap’ member in Australia only to find that he had lived quite close to me in the UK before he emigrated in 1967. We were also at Inkerman at the same time!
I am so pleased I’ve been able to trace so many former friends and colleagues through WRM – you’ve certainly made the world a smaller place and given me extreme pleasure in being able to talk again with friends I thought were lost to me. Thank you.”
Back in June this year he told us to ‘watch this space’ when he found his first contact within a matter days. His search has since gone global and now Clifford is back in contact with old friends, not just in the UK but in Australia too.
Clifford, 73, explains:
“I joined the Buffs, Howe barracks, Canterbury in 1952 and completed my initial training of 10 weeks. I was due to be posted to Kenya but was taken off of draft and made to take an exam. The result was a posting to the Inkerman Barracks, Woking to train as a Royal Military Policeman.
This is where it all began; I was 18 and having the time of my life!
After 18 weeks of training, which included vehicle driving, unarmed combat, traffic control, arms training and all the standard army drills, I was posted first to 166 Provo. Co. at Nesscliffe, Shrewsbury, and then to Brecon, Wales, as a detachment to cover the whole of Wales.
I was privileged to be one of the four motorcycle escorts for the Queen’s visit to Wales. I also attended the coronation and was in the main entrance guard of the ceremony.
And it was in Wales that I met my wife of 50 years!
I had a very interesting time in the "Redcaps", which is how we fondly refer to ourselves.
Whilst on street patrols in Birmingham I made friends with a chap Pete Taylor but lost contact when we were posted.
It was Pete that I found first through WRM and from him I obtained a copy of the pass-out parade picture you see attached. That’s me, second from the right in the front row, standing. We are now in regular contact.
I then found another colleague in the photo, Derek Griffin, who lives in Sutton Coldfield and through him I located a branch of the Royal Military Police Association in Kent which has over 30 members. What a terrific result!
I eventually contacted another ‘Redcap’ member in Australia only to find that he had lived quite close to me in the UK before he emigrated in 1967. We were also at Inkerman at the same time!
I am so pleased I’ve been able to trace so many former friends and colleagues through WRM – you’ve certainly made the world a smaller place and given me extreme pleasure in being able to talk again with friends I thought were lost to me. Thank you.”
