1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
D.Company
At Mukarious Camp Aden 1959.
Photos Taken By Alan Mourton
Of The M.M.G. and Mortar Section.
Photos sent to B.S.Wars by Nev Hancy (Frank)
14th Platoon D Company 1st Northamptonshire Regiment.
With kind permssion from Alan Mourton
Alan Mourtons' Intake at Quebec Barracks Northampton January 1959.
Back row from left No 4 Dave Maltby. No 6 Alan Mourton
Middle row from left No 2 Pete Stokes. No 3 Brian Wright
Front row from left No 1 Jack Preston. No 5 Loughty Knight ( Sergeant ). No 8 Pete Wootton. No ? Brain Wright.
Alan Mourton after passing out.
The Troopship Dilwara we went to Aden in and Home.
Alan'Mourton's Tent.
Alan Mourton's Tent.
Alan out side his Tent
Alan Mourton out side his Tent.
Pete Wootton Left, Alan Mourton Right.
Alan Mourton
Pete Wootton.
Alan Mourton.
Brain Lawreance on left on right ??.
From left Pete Wooton Jack Walker. Alan Mourton
Back row from left Brian Lawrence. Jack Preston. Jack Wacker. Bottom row Pete Wooton... ???.
From left No 3. Brian Lawrence.No 4. Jimmy Moffart. No 5. John
Kennedy ( Corpral )
All the Gear out of the tent.
Alan Mourton reading his local paper from Home.
Pete Wootton in Machine Gun Sanger
Alan Mourton on left. Pete Stokes sitting on M.M.G,sanger.
Cleaning Vickers Maching Guns.
Alan Mourton and Jack Walker cleaning Vickers Machine Gun.
Alan Mourton and Jack Walker.
From left Brain Lawrence. Alan Mourton. Jimmy Moffatt, John Kennedy
(corporal) sorry I can not remember other names.
Alan Mourton 0n Vickers Machine Gun.. Gun Mumber 2.
Is the same Vickers Machine Gun as in photo No 26, also the same as
seen in ---Mukarious Camp Aden 1959 By Nev Hancy ( Frank )---
On left Alan Mourton and Pete Stokes in 3" Mortar Dug Out
Alan Mourton in the dug out, with a 3ins Mortar
left Pete Stocks and Pete Wootton
Alan Mourton by the R.A.F. Radio Lorry M.M.G. sanger in background.
Alan Mourton on guard.
Alan Mourton on guard in the M.M.G. sanger.
Up the hill from Camp M.M.G sanger in background.
Looking down to the Main Gate with Mukerias Camp Air Field in background
Water Tank Lorry going along the airfield
End of airfield
Alan Mourton over at Mukerious Village not far from camp.
Alan Mourton left with Pete Wootton with local Arab boy near Mukerious
Village.
The aeroplane a Verleta is the one Alan Mourton and his section flew
down to Aden in.
Alan Mourton at Singapore Lines
From left Jack Walker. Baian Wright. Singapore Lines.
Pete Wootton Top right..Brian Lawrence. Bottem right.
Back row left Jack Walker. Brian Lawrence. Front row from left ??
Alan Mourton. Pete Wotton.
Left Alan Mourton Jack Walker.
Left bottom Alan Mourton. right back Smudge Smith.
Alan Mourton sun bathing at The Lido Aden.
The Lido Aden.
The Crater Aden.
Boarding The T,T Ship Dilwara when we left Aden 1960.
The Band playing us out when we left Aden.
The Band Playing Was From - The 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers