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Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, in 1958
written by Roy Dawson-Savage



Bugle Practice on the main field at the Ipoh Barracks, I recall that occasionally we would swap our Bugles for the Cavalry Trumpets that the Ghurkas used and that were much easier to blow.

Running up a huge bill at the Charwallahs for cold very weak orange juice and Egg Banjo’s that decimated my wages at weekend.

Dressing in Whites and using the Silver Drums From the Officers Mess for a Queens Birthday Parade or Regimental parade on the field.

Watching the head of Schofield’s Tenor Drum Stick Sail over the heads of the Officers as they sat on their Dias for a regimental parade!

Seeing men cry on because they were leaving their mates as they boarded the trucks on the MT park to take them to singapore for demob




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