Hi Mauri, No, I am not from Lisburn. The RUR were in HK until 1954....I think...because I left them to go on a course in London in October 1953. After my year course, I spent two months in St.Patrick's Bks, Ballymena, ( our regimental depot...purely to play football as the depot team was on a good cup run!) before re-joining RUR in Wuppertal, Germany. i certainly was with RUR in HK during April '52.
I was fortunate enough to play cricket for an Army Eleven against the Aussies Ashes team in early '53. In those days, cricket teams travelled to & fro by sea. The Aussies always took shore leave to limber up with a match against the Army in HK. The team i met was Captained by Linsday Hasset and had Richie Benaud ( on his first tour) and other luminaries such as Miller, Lindwall, Johnston, Harvey etc. Quite a thrill for me as youngster. Our team was mainly made up of Officers......all anxious to play such a glamour match....most would not get into a local team but we did have major Deighton as Captain, and MCC & Lancashire player. Unfortunately, the match was curtailed due to bad weather but I did get to bowl and had a short 'bat'. Oh for those long gone days back again! Now i can only watch sport.

Hi

Sorry to jump onto this conversation but today i was given my Nan and granddads photo albums, in this is pictures of my Nans Brother Jackie Bustard who was killed in the Korea and i noticed whilst trying to google him this conversation came up and thinking you knew him! how amazing! would love to know anything you can remember!

Kind Regards
Lucy Simpson

Hi Lucy,

I don't think I can help you. I am pretty sure I knew a Bustard in the RUR but the memory is very vague and I would not say more than that. I hope someone else will step in.
Lovely that you have got your Grandparents albums and nice to hear that you took the trouble to google in your pursuit of more information. Your next step should be the Royal Ulster Rifles Association or depot or museum. Someone, somewhere will have the information you seek.
Good luck.

Peter,
I never had any connection with the Silver band but I remember some of the members. I remember reading in the local paper when they joined the TA as a unit. I will try to find out more details from a girl (in my memory) whose husband was very involved in the band. Her husband's name is Jim Boyd. All the best Margaret

Hi Lucy, Was your Nan's name Helen??, if so I am pretty sure she was in my class at the Central School. Her brother Jackie was a few years older than me and although I met and associated with some RUR men in Kure Japan who were recovering from wounds received in the Korean war was never lucky enough to meet up with Jack. I believe he was killed in the night action when over 100 RUR men were lost. Best Wishes. Mauri

Thank you, Margaret.

I am writing some memoires of the period and did not want to commit to a memory that seemed very vague to me in my dotage! It does seem from the previous threads of my enquiry that such an event did take place.

Thank you so much for contacting me.

best wishes,

Peter

Hi,

Yes my nan is helen and is married to robin! What a small world,

I've been told Jackie posed for a statue somewhere also before he was killed so I'm always trying to find out about this!