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Good to hear from you, Bryan, sorry I can't place you in my old mind. The only Hammond that springs to mind was Ken "Horse" Hammond; he was an MT Sgt. Don't suppose you were related?
May 3rd, 2018 - 10:10 AM
Here you go Clive:
Ref Ibrox;
Wikipedia
The 1971 Ibrox disaster was a crush among the crowd at an Old Firm football game, which led to 66 deaths and more than 200 injuries. It happened on 2 January 1971 in an exit stairway at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the worst British football disaster until the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, England, in 1989
Bryan Hammond
Hi just thought I\'d post a short note having found this site I joined the 42nd when it was stationed in Devizes however having finished training in the early 70s I was sent out to Northern Ireland to join the regiment seem to spend my time in and out of Ireland some time in Germany fallingbostel.
I joined as just a gunner became the gun layer and driver of the 105 under Sgt Newman I became very fast coming into action I remember a sergeant Davies thought he would teach this young newcomer a lesson and we had a competition to see who could lay the gun the fastest needless to say I did and received a slap on the back of my head for doing so.
I was with the regiment when the gun exploded during live firing.... It was decided that day to give another gun sub the chance to do the first firing... Resulting in not being able to live fire some time until the reason for the explosion was found................ however when we did start my gun sub was chosen again to do the first firing.. never did understand why it was decided that the crew would retire from the gun prior to firing however I was always sat on my own in the gun layer\'s position maybe when the gun was fired I guess I shouldn\'t have beaten the other gun subs sergeant
I joined as just a gunner became the gun layer and driver of the 105 under Sgt Newman I became very fast coming into action I remember a sergeant Davies thought he would teach this young newcomer a lesson and we had a competition to see who could lay the gun the fastest needless to say I did and received a slap on the back of my head for doing so.
I was with the regiment when the gun exploded during live firing.... It was decided that day to give another gun sub the chance to do the first firing... Resulting in not being able to live fire some time until the reason for the explosion was found................ however when we did start my gun sub was chosen again to do the first firing.. never did understand why it was decided that the crew would retire from the gun prior to firing however I was always sat on my own in the gun layer\'s position maybe when the gun was fired I guess I shouldn\'t have beaten the other gun subs sergeant
21 June at 20:31
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Bryan Hammond Did think about joining a firefighting group in Canada after leaving the army who would parachute into remote locations to fight fires.......just never got around to doing it ......good choice i think on hindsight
21 June at 20:37 • Edited
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