31 Battery RA - Personnel 1955-57
N.B. by no means complete
Battery Commander
Major Stimson
replaced by Major Knyvett M.C.
Battery Captain
Major Ross
Replaced by Major Cross
Troop Commanders
Captain Hinton
Captain Thompson
replaced by Captain Seawright
Other Officers
Lt. Adams
Lt. Berry
Lt. McInninany?
Senior N.C.O.'s
BSM (Willy) Andrews
TSM Lawrence
TSM Fendt
TSM Les Sibley
Sgt. Auchtolonie
Sgt. Powell
Sgt. Bunn
Sgt. Read
Sgt. (Gerry) Cochrane
Sgt. Waite
Sgt. Walker
Sgt. MacDonagh
Sgt. (Ron) French
Sgt. Bruce
Sgt. (Pete?) Mackey (Canadian)
Bdr./ Later Sgt. Manuel Armario
Bdr./ Later Sgt. Norman Ingram
Bdr./ Later Sgt. Jimmy Corbell
Junior N.C.O.'s
Bdr. Brian Taylor
Bdr. Alf Skelly
Bdr. Errol Docherty
Bdr. Alfie Shaw
Bdr. Bill Pallant
Bdr. Peter Gallagher
Bdr. Pickford
L/Bdr. Alf Chatters
L/Bdr. Miek Harrod
L/Bdr. Ray Gotsall
L/Bdr. Jack Allen
Gunners
Gnr. "Bunny Warren"
Gnr. "Jock" Deggan
Gnr. "Jock" Downie
Gnr. "Bill" Troup
Gnr. Harry Rudd
Gnr. "Hovis" Brown
Gnr. Joseph
Gnr. Jones (177)
Gnr. "Scouse" Bamford
Gnr. Jamieson
Gnr. "Jock" Ryland
Gnr. John Dean
Gnr. Jim Houghton
Gnr. Len Fielding
Gnr. Gregory
Gnr. Pat Glassett
Gnr. Roy Parker
Gnr. Adrian Murphy
Gnr. Brian Stead
Gnr. Seddon
Gnr. "Dolly" Ward
Gnr. Ray Whittam
Gnr. Mick Long
Gnr. Mick Rouse
Gnr. Ted Aspline
Gnr. Brunwin
Gnr. Elden Fryers
Gnr. Spence
Gnr. Dave Barnes
Gnr. Keith Linley
Gnr. Smith
Gnr. McDermott
Gnr. Taffy Jones
Gnr. Geordie Sinclair (Reservist)
Gnr. Bondie Parry
Gnr. Lofty Mycock
Gnr. Brian Stead
Gnr. Stevie Stevens
Gnr. Jock Cariny
Gnr. George Roper
Gnr. Brian Thew
Attached
Corporal Phillips A.C.C.
Craftsman Reg Bonson R.E.M.E.
The battery's guns and transport went to Egypt upon the M.V.Egidia. They were accompanied by some of the drivers and other personnel.
(Am indebted to Gnr Mick Long for this info.)
Transferring from the Asturias to the L.S.T. Bdr Doherty started off a rousing version of "The Wayward Wind", the hit tune of 1956. Almost immediatley, dozens of other men joined in the singing until the steel walls of the L.S.T. echoed with the sound.
(A memory provided by Bdr. AlfSkelly - later Ack. I.G. of Larkhill.)
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