The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

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

Map of Libya

Cyprus, military intelligence informed us that Colonel Grivas was in a Greek Cypriot mountain village. Operation 'Kingfisher' was mounted and a massive cordon of troops surrounded the village during the night. Each soldier was lying 10 yards apart with instructions to shoot anyone who moved. Middle of the night, a machine gun goes off. Everybody was petrified, but no one dared move.
Next morning we found a dead donkey, shot by an 'A' Company bren gunner.
Later that day when 'A' Company went into the cookhouse, the whole Battalion chanted - 'Hee, haw! Hee, haw!'

Moorish architecture, Moorish women and Moorish smells - delightful!

But we had many good times there - everything was so cheap!