The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

'Sans Peur'       Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders red and white dicing       'Ne Obliviscaris'

A Snapshot of Service
in 'A' Company of the Argylls
Tobruk Barracks - 1958

Map of Libya

  from the A&SH tray..........
Stirling Castle, Balaklava platoon practicing field craft around Nether Bailey. Everything pukka; dead quite; no voices; hand signals only. Thunder flashes go off. Young recruit jumps up and screams, 'Aaahhh! They got me boys! Carry-on without me!' Helpless laughter ensues.
Apoplectic Corporal 'Scouse' Cannon doubles young recalcitrant to the guard room for a weekend stay!

Tobruk Barracks guard room
Photo © H M Aitken 		Here is the young Lieutenant Jack Wilson leading 3 Platoon past the guard room at the Royal Air Force Base, Tobruk

"Whit a shambles - even the guard in the background is oan the wrang step!"

"Haw, Jock, a hope that gun's no loadit - it's pointin straight at us!"


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