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On 27/12/2011 11:36, Martin wrote:
Brit Empire colonies in those days (Oman& Aden)& they were shooting at us! What was your assignment there? Almost certainly National Service. Nope, short service commission. I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? |
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On Dec 27, 7:26*pm, mikeos wrote:
On 27/12/2011 11:36, Martin wrote: Brit Empire colonies in those days (Oman& *Aden)& *they were shooting at us! What was your assignment there? Almost certainly National Service. Nope, short service commission. I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? The big troubles in Aden/Crater Towns, with Mad Mitch etc. were some years later - mid-60s. The late 50s. probs were more involved with Yemen/Oman/Saudi border & infiltration problems in the desert Sultanates areas, east of Aden Town to the Oman border. |
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On 28/12/2011 09:14, Surreyman wrote:
I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? The big troubles in Aden/Crater Towns, with Mad Mitch etc. were some years later - mid-60s. Colin Mitchell compared shooting Arabs as "like shooting grouse, a brace here and a brace there". |
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On Dec 28, 6:42*pm, mikeos wrote:
On 28/12/2011 09:14, Surreyman wrote: I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? The big troubles in Aden/Crater Towns, with Mad Mitch etc. were some years later - mid-60s. Colin Mitchell compared shooting Arabs as "like shooting grouse, a brace here and a brace there". He was a pretty unbalanced individual. Aden finished his army career. |
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:34:23 -0800, Surreyman wrote:
Oman was 'ours' to all intents and purposes except in name It still is, pretty much. The armed forces are still half officered by British officers on secondment. We didn't 'pull out' of Oman. We successfully put down Saudi-inspired infiltrations and remained, consolidating the nation's security. Keep telling yourself that. When the British troops pulled out the shooting stopped. Not before. -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, buy a dog... |
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:42:34 +0000, mikeos wrote:
On 28/12/2011 09:14, Surreyman wrote: I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? The big troubles in Aden/Crater Towns, with Mad Mitch etc. were some years later - mid-60s. Colin Mitchell compared shooting Arabs as "like shooting grouse, a brace here and a brace there". And a raggedy arsed gang of Arabs kicked his backside out of town, which he didn't like one bit. How a bunch of irregular Arabs street fighters managed to defeat a full battalion of veteran Scots infantry, plus specialists, is something of a mystery to this day, but it had to be a leadership problem. -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, buy a dog... |
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Fascinating on topic babble.
"bill" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:42:34 +0000, mikeos wrote: On 28/12/2011 09:14, Surreyman wrote: I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? The big troubles in Aden/Crater Towns, with Mad Mitch etc. were some years later - mid-60s. Colin Mitchell compared shooting Arabs as "like shooting grouse, a brace here and a brace there". And a raggedy arsed gang of Arabs kicked his backside out of town, which he didn't like one bit. How a bunch of irregular Arabs street fighters managed to defeat a full battalion of veteran Scots infantry, plus specialists, is something of a mystery to this day, but it had to be a leadership problem. -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, buy a dog... |
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On Dec 31, 6:34*am, bill wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:34:23 -0800, Surreyman wrote: Oman was 'ours' to all intents and purposes except in name It still is, *pretty much. The armed forces are still half officered by British officers on secondment. We didn't 'pull out' of Oman. We successfully put down Saudi-inspired infiltrations and remained, consolidating the nation's security. Keep telling yourself that. When the British troops pulled out the shooting stopped. Not before. -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, *buy a dog... Yeh, sure. You were there too? |
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On Dec 31, 6:38*am, bill wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:42:34 +0000, mikeos wrote: On 28/12/2011 09:14, Surreyman wrote: I had a friend who did his NS in Aden. Under Mad Mike Mitchell? The big troubles in Aden/Crater Towns, with Mad Mitch etc. were some years later - mid-60s. Colin Mitchell compared shooting Arabs as "like shooting grouse, a brace here and a brace there". And a raggedy arsed gang of Arabs kicked his backside out of town, *which he didn't like one bit. How a bunch of irregular Arabs street fighters managed to defeat a full battalion of veteran Scots infantry, *plus specialists, is something of a mystery to this day, *but it had to be *a leadership problem. -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, *buy a dog... Your lack of knowledge of Aden is hopeless. The Northumberlands 'lost' Crater Town. Mitchell re-took & held, albeit very viciously. |
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