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just to correct an error from Clive Pledger
''33 had the honour of building long kesh internment camp in 1971''
In 1971 it was 48 Field Squadron with a troop from 51 Airfield Squadron that built the first five compounds of Long Kesh Internment Camp.
REgards
© Gordon Brady 2011
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77-79 33 Indep Fd Sqn RE Antrim
Served here (Andy Britten) for 2 years 77-79, had a brilliant time. Plenty of high Risk Search and construction. Some of the lads I knew here went to 38 (Berlin) Fd Sqn and I followed. Worked on the big rebuild in XMG SF base rebuild and drove tonnes of aggregate and stores in 10 tonne tipper from Dillon to XMG. Names of blokes I remember, Brian Weeks, Babe Feddon, Gunner Sugden, Maj Scarlett, Jimmy Ray, and plenty of others.
17 Field Sqn RE
2023 l have been awarded Nuclar Test medal for service on Christmas Island in 1960 with 17 Fd Sqn RE.