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My party
at 9 TRRE,
Southwood
Camp,
Cove,
Farnborougfh,
Hants
This was
my second
Training
unit, the
first
being 1
TRRE,
Norton
Barracks,
Malvern,
Worcs.
where we
were
supposedly
the first
all
regular
intake. We
were only
there for
2 weeks
before
moving to
Cove where
we split
into
separate
parties.
Two other
s destined
for Survey
along with
myself
were
Dennis
Sutherland
and Eric
Goff. I am
sorry that
in those
days
certain
trades,
including
Survey,
were
classified
as "M"
tradesmen
and did
not
continue
training
as Field
(now
Combat)
Engineers.
In
consequence
my stay at
9TRRE was
only of
four weeks
duration
of which
over a
week was
spent on
Ash ranges
where "M"
tradesmen
provided
the rear
party as
well. We
did not
even do
any arms
drill and
on arrival
with Eric
Goff &
Dennis
Sutherland
at SMS
Buller
Kent dealt
with that
omission,
In
retrospect
I wish
that I had
completed
Field
Engineering.
In our
Party we
had a real
mixture
one of
whom had
been given
the choice
of the
Army or
Borstal by
the
Magistrates,
Eric
Furnell
was a
fairground
boxer
destined
for
Railways
before the
RCT stole
them from
the
Sappers. |
