ARBORFIELD ARMY APPRENTICES COLLEGE

1973 - 1975

Contributed by: Terry REDDIN (52A)

Edited by Trevor STUBBERFIELD(52A)

If you can add any information to the photos, please contact The Editor quoting the Photo Reference No.

Groups.

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Rear Rank: 10. Steve Chase trained in Avionics.

Front Rank: 7. Kim ‘Paddy’ Irish, 8. Bernard Merryweather, asked to leave after misappropriating a Land Rover to travel home to London to attend a cadet camp with old friends. Steve Chase went with him but was allowed to stay in training.

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Rear Rank: No.8. Steve Scollie from Kirkwall in the Orkneys, trained as CET AFV (tanks), 9. Alan Walker (918) (75C).

Front Rank: 11. Richard ‘Dick’ Betts.

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Front row, extreme right, Alan Walker (75C), Ex 5 Squad, trained as a Control Equipment Technician(CET),

Field Artillery, completed 22 years ending as an Artisan S/Sgt. at SE&AE, started an Artificer course but walked away from it.

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Electronics Technicians (Intake 73C).

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ONC Course, Intake 72B Air Techs with some of 72C.

Rear Row: 1.Ian Cooper (72C) (Retired as Chief Instructor at DCEA Arborfield in August 2011), 2.Steve Geraghty (AT/RSM transferred to RD), 3.Tony Kirk (after Artificer course, transferred to the RAEC on commission), 4.Nick Gabb (on completion of service now working in the Apache Project Team).

Centre Row: 1. Dick Telfer, 2. ‘Mac’ McLaren, 3. Dave Sharpe.

(Kneeling behind Robert Teare) Martin Brunning (72C).

Front Row: 1.Chas Schofield (72C) (transferred to Weapons to take Artificer course), 2: Robert Teare (RIP) (completed service as an ASM).

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Rear Row: No.1 Frank LaRondie (now living in Indianapolis, USA, left the army in 1983), 2 Steve Copping, 3 Lloyd Foster, 4 Kieth Glenicki, 5 n/k, 6 n/k, 7 Dave Doel, 8 Hamish Houston (was working at the ‘Apache’ unit at Middle Wallop).

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Rear Row: 1 Tom Owen (2nd Row forward, college rugby XV, Changed trade to VMB after this photo and transferred to S.E.M.E. Bordon), 2 Harry Sheffield, 3 Dave Chilton (2nd Row forward, college rugby XV),

4 Clive Mason, 5 Bob Askey (left army in1999, OC 3 Fld W/S REME, Westland Helicopters, BAE Systems, Retired 2010), 6 Clive Bates, 7 Tex Cannons (Back Row forward, college rugby XV), 8 Jenkinson.

Front Row: 1 Derek Lewis, 2 Taff Poole, 3 Billingham, 4 Barry Walton (college rugby XV), 5 Jim Hitchcock.

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Photo and information contributed by Stephen Beviere (72C).

‘J’ Coy. ‘B’ Squad, Intake 72C

Rear Row: 1 Fairclough J, 2 Askey R, 3 Chilton D, 4 Gregory K, 5 Williams P, 6 Brander T, 7 Stennet S,

8 Houlding J.

Third Row: 1 Peckitt, 2 Szabo C, 3 Trantor K, 4 Whintle M, 5 Simpson, 6 Sheffield H, 7 Hill.

Second Row: 1 Laronde F, 2 Houston H, 3 Rozowski J, 4 Jaquet, 5 Beviere S, 6 Moorcroft H, 7 Glineicki K,

Sgt. Cleaver J (PS).

Front Row: 1 Maspero T, 2 O’Connell, 3 Wood P, 4 Doel D, 5 Durrant S, 6 Foster L, 7 Wells P.

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Flight / Aircraft Familiarisation Training.

A/T Philip Hazlehurst (73C), A/T Mark Jefferys (73C), A/T Tony Collins (73C), A/T Bob Mettam (73B), A/T Lawrence (73C), n/k.

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A/T Bob Mettam (73B), A/T Philip Hazlehurst (73C), A/T Tony Barker (74A), A/T Neil Pawley (74A).

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First Published: 15th September 2010.

Latest Update: 15t April 2018.

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