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Unit was set up in 1967 on the pull out of Aden. First CRE Gulf was Lt Col Reed ex CRE Ops Aden. A Captain Green was first 2IC also ex CRE Ops Aden. I was the first Chiefy also ex Engineer Branch Aden. Harry Pace (Cpl) ex 26 Armd BAOR I believe and George Hodgson (Lcpl) ex 10 Sqn Aden were the other 2 office staff. Another Spr - Dave Frost was the RE Draughtsman for HQ Gulf. We had 10 and 63 Sqns in Sharjah with a troop from 10 Sqn located in Bahrain.
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Bit of history of this unit
Unit was set up in 1967 on the pull out of Aden. First CRE Gulf was Lt Col Reed ex CRE Ops Aden. A Captain Green was first 2IC also ex CRE Ops Aden. I was the first Chiefy also ex Engineer Branch Aden. Harry Pace (Cpl) ex 26 Armd BAOR I believe and George Hodgson (Lcpl) ex 10 Sqn Aden were the other 2 office staff. Another Spr - Dave Frost was the RE Draughtsman for HQ Gulf. We had 10 and 63 Sqns in Sharjah with a troop from 10 Sqn located in Bahrain.