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Passing-Out Parade

 

Friday, 25th July 1952

 

 

LIFE'S all getting and giving,

   I've only myself to give.

What shall I do for a living?

   I've only one life to live.

End it? I'll not find another.

   Spend it? But how shall I best?

Sure the wise plan is to live like a man

   And Luck may look after the rest!

Largesse! Largesse, Fortune!

   Give or hold at your will.

If I've no care for Fortune,

   Fortune must follow me still.

 

Rudyard Kipling

 

 

Contributed by George MILLIE

 

Invitation to the families of the Passing Out apprentices

 

 

Official photographer: Reader & Ward, 112a Victoria Road, Aldershot, Hampshire

I am in the centre rank, twelfth from the left

 

 

 

 

 

“Get on parade!”:

Chris MOLESWORTH, the unfortunate butt of many cruel jokes, was subjected to one final indignity - his new beret was nailed to his bedside locker and he had difficulty detaching it when the order came to “Get on parade”. Needless to explain, it sustained serious injury in his haste to comply.

 

The final parade at Arborfield in our honour followed a long-established format, one with which we had become very familiar, having at regular intervals taken part in similar parades for each of the five Divisions ahead of us. Preparation had been intense, our turnout was expected to be nothing less than perfect, and our foot-drill and arms-drill performed as one man.

 

I had miraculously survived the trials, tribulations and rigours along the road that had taken me from boyhood to manhood, and although my achievements along the route had been limited and hard-won, I was conscious of the fact that I had learned more during the past three years than I had ever done during the years at school in India and England, although not quite enough to satisfy the high standards of my examiners. But it was a start; my future was placed very firmly in my own hands; it was left up to me to succeed or fail.

 

Leave:

The prospect of spending leave at home didn’t exactly excite my senses, and the only part of it that I was looking forward to was the week that Dave Perrott and I had planned to spend camping at Owlpen, Gloucestershire, where I spent a small portion of my youth. His account is more than adequately covered in: “Camping Memories – August 1952”.

 

 

Dispersion

 

Compiled from official records, this list only includes the survivors of Intake 49B and those who had been relegated from Intake 49A who, in the main, passed the final trade test to become qualified tradesmen, and three who marginally failed the final trade test and were classified as ‘Learner Tradesmen’ [L/T]. These personnel were posted to Regular Army units with effect from 29th August 1952. Not listed are those who were relegated to Intake 50A, or transferred to other arms of the Service, and those who were discharged for various reasons.

 

 

Headquarters, R.E. Depot, Barton Stacey

1 Anti-Aircraft Group Workshops REME, Woolwich

115 Collins R.H.

Draughtsman (Mech) Class III

053 Arnold J.E.R.

Vehicle Mech Class III

487 Henry P.E.

Draughtsman (Mech) Class III

107 Johnson D.G.A.

Vehicle Mech [L/T]

162 King T.

Turner Class III

067 Mackett R.R.

Vehicle Mech Class III

082 Metcalf W.T.

Turner Class III

118 Shipton R.

Vehicle Mech Class III

036 Molesworth C.R.

Turner Class III

424 Skeates N.A.A.

Vehicle Mech Class III

039 Morgan C.H.

Draughtsman (Mech) Class III

123 Vaughan J.E.

Vehicle Mech Class III

050 Proost R.E.

Draughtsman (Mech) Class III

429 Wallace B.S.

Vehicle Mech Class III

013 Wright R.W.

Draughtsman (Mech) Class III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
2 Anti-Aircraft Group Workshops REME, Dorchester
4 Anti-Aircraft Group Workshops REME, Liverpool

017 Baker B.

Instrument Mech Class III

178 Bawden B.M.

Vehicle Mech Class III

070 Bartlett J.A.

Fitter Class III

065 Bradley K.H.

Vehicle Mech Class III

031 Bonner G.G.

Fitter Class III

001 Hunter J.

Vehicle Mech Class III

240 Cassells G.

Vehicle Mech Class III

015 McColl A.

Vehicle Mech Class III

034 Cassells J.

Fitter Class III

132 Searle D.

Vehicle Mech Class III

024 Cavalier M.F.

Fitter Class III

 

 

020 Marks R.J.

Instrument Mech Class III

 

 

122 Meadows W.R.

Instrument Mech Class III

 

 

038 Norris W.H.

Fitter Class III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
4 Central Workshops REME, Donnington
5 Anti-Aircraft Group Workshops REME, Newark

086 Brown I.D.

Instrument Mech Class III

016 Crane D.S.

Tele Mech Class III

026 Hall C.R.

Instrument Mech Class III

071 Fisher D.

Fitter Class III

018 Long C.C.

Instrument Mech Class III

023 Flemen D.S.

Tele Mech Class III

 

 

126 Jackson P.A.

Fitter Class III

 

 

040 Le Roy G.G.

Tele Mech Class III

 

 

012 MacBeath J.A.

Fitter Class III

 

 

033 Millie G.A.

Tele Mech [L/T]

 

 

074 Nash H.G.

Fitter Class III

 

 

011 Perrott D.J.

Tele Mech Class III

 

 

089 Randle D.L.

Fitter Class III

 

 

022 Robson R.M.

Fitter Class III

 

 

010 Stocker B.C.

Tele Mech Class III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 Central Workshops REME, Old Dalby
9 Central Workshops REME, Oxford

048 Barber B.O.

Tele Mech Class III

090 Chaffer T.J.

Fitter Class III

007 Gibson L.

Tele Mech Class III

035 Croft G.N.

Fitter Class III

008 Mather G.L.

Tele Mech Class III

058 Harding D.W.

Fitter Class III

085 Phillips K.

Tele Mech Class III

063 Perkins D.F.

Fitter Class III

021 Thornton G.J.

Tele Mech Class III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
13 Command Workshops REME, Aldershot
14 Command Workshops REME, Ashford

137 Burnett G.H.E.

Fitter Class III

037 Dunn G.

Vehicle Mech Class III

138 Burnett K.L.

Fitter Class III

073 Faircloth C.W.

Vehicle Mech Class III

117 Harvey D.J.

Fitter Class III

062 Maynard S.

Vehicle Mech Class III

097 Hayden J.R.

Fitter Class III

234 Morris L.H.

Vehicle Mech Class III

091 Hayes P.B.

Armourer Class III

005 Saville D.R.

Vehicle Mech Class III

092 McCormac G.J.

Fitter [L/T]

109 Temple R.L.

Vehicle Mech Class III

056 McGarry G.C.

Fitter Class III

087 Weller F.W.

Vehicle Mech Class III

081 Rogers K.A.

Armourer Class III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
18 Command Workshops REME, Bovington Camp
26 Command Workshops REME, Sterling

076 Boulter K.G.S.

Vehicle Mech Class III

102 Jones R.A.

Armourer Class III

093 Brant R.C.

Vehicle Mech Class III

131 Powell C.

Armourer Class III

061 Charlwood L.K.

Vehicle Mech Class III

 

 

027 Cook G.R.

Armourer Class III

 

 

135 Horton C.P.

Vehicle Mech Class III

 

 

111 MacDonald J.I.

Vehicle Mech Class III

 

 

072 Warwick R.M.

Armourer Class III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27 Command Workshops REME, Warminster

Unit not recorded

052 Alexander M.J.

Vehicle Mech Class III

096 Crowson D.L.

Armourer Class III

066 Brind P.H.

Armourer Class III

 

 

098 Simmonds K.M.

Vehicle Mech Class III

 

 

077 Sylvester B.J.

Armourer Class III