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Royal Corps of Transport (VR), 1 Sqn RCT in 1975
written by Tony Dugard
 tHIS WAS WHERE WE HAD TO DO TRANSPORT RUNS UP THE PAN HANDLE IN THE OLD BEDFORD RLS, WITH A STEN GUN TUCKED UNDER OUR FEET, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE TURKISH HELD SENTRY POINTS WE WOULD TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND LET THE TRUCK RUN A FEW FEET IN GEAR AS WE APPROACH THE SENTRY TURN THE IGNITION ON TO MAKE HIM JUMP, YOU THERE WEAPONS WERE LOADED AND SAFTEY OFF AT ALL TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS HAD THERE FINGER OVER THE NOZZLE, SO IF THEY JUMPED ENOUGH THE GUN WOULD GO OFF.WE WERE BASED IN THE AIRPORT AT NICOSIA, I RAN THE TRANSPORT SECTION AS WELL AS BEING THE O,C `S DRIVER NOW AND THEN, WE HAD THE TURKS ON ONE SIDE OF US AND THE GREEKS ON THE OTHER, A COUPLE OF TIMES WE WOULD HAVE MUNITIONS COMMING OVER OUR CAMP WHILE WE WERE IN THE TRENCHES, WHEN IT WAS QUITE WE WOULD BE IN THE WHEEL HOUSE, OUR SQUADRON BAR. THE TORU IN CYPRUS WAS A GOOD ONE IN THAT WE DID NOT LOOSE ANY ONE, WE HAD OUR SHARE OF ACCIDENTS AS A SQUADRON BUT ONLY MINOR, DURING OUR TIME OFF WE WOULD RUN DOWN TO DEKHELIA BEACH, THERE WAS A ROUTE WHERE THE TURKS PLACED MINES IN THE ROAD AT NIGHT AND IT WAS A BIT DODGY DURRING THE DAY, BUT THERE LINES WERE NEVER IN THE SAME PLACE THEY WERE ALWAYS MOVING, |
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