Hi All,
You may be interested in a little exchange I've had on www.rootschat.com
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326514.0.html
[Picture is on 'Page1' and look for "Jafo's"
contributions on 'Page 2']
Sheila Marrison, ex ROC, asked if I knew any of the war-time despatch riders in the photograph as a beret badge or two appears to be the Royal Tank Regiment. Although the RTR was my Dad's regiment he was still a 13 year-old schoolboy when war broke out and he didn't father me until the 50's. LOL
I posted on rootsnet that the riders were not ROC on page two and "scrimnet" fell for it hook, line and sinker, which gave me an opening for a brief targeted history of his cheeky "not really military" Royal Observer Corps.
It's so good to keep spreading the word . . . . . . .
Kind regards,
Pete
(Peter JW Howell)
[04nov08 22:35]