MILITARY SERVICE RECORD & CIVILIAN CAREER

PERROTT, David John

July 1950

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date and place of birth: 02 Feb 1934, Winchester, Hampshire

Next of kin address: Sturminster Newton, Dorset

MILITARY SERVICE

Date and place of enlistment: 08 Sep 1949, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Regimental Number: Restricted

G.S.C. 08 Sep 1949 – 25 Jul 1952:

Company: 'A' ● Squad: 16 ● Trade: Telecommunication Mechanic ● Rank: Apprentice Tradesman

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 40 of 1950)

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 1 Part 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 16 of 1951)

Trade Qualification: Telecommunication Mechanic (Field) Class 3 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 62 of 1952)

R.E.M.E.

Posting: wef 29 Aug 1952 – May 1954: 5 Anti Aircraft Group Workshop REME, Newark, Nottinghamshire (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 63 of 1952)

Posting: May 1954 - Aug 1957: 13^th Armoured Workshop REME, Derna, Cyrenaica (Libya), North Africa

Trade Test: 04 Nov 1954: Telecommunication Mechanic (Field) X2

Promotion: 1955 - Corporal

Trade Test: 14 Jan 1956: Telecommunication Mechanic (Field) X1

Posting: Aug/Sep 1957: ‘K’ Camp, Base Workshops REME, Donnington, Shropshire

ARMY AIR CORPS

[Under Army Order 82 of 1957 the Army Air Corps was formed from the Air OP and Light Liaison Units]

Posting: 24 Sep 1957 – 06 Mar 1958: Army Air Corps Centre, Middle Wallop, Hampshire

Aircraft Conversion Course: 11 Nov 1957 – 14 Feb 1958: N^o 1 Aircraft Technician (E,I&R) Class 1

Promotion: 1960 – Sergeant

Posting: 01 Feb 1961 : Army Air Corps Centre, Middle Wallop, Hampshire

Discharge

Date and place: 01 Feb 1961, South Wigston, Leicestershire

CIVILIAN CAREER

1961 - 1965: Westland Aircraft, Saunders Roe Division, Rocket Development Department ‘Black Knight’ Project – Trials Instrument Mechanic at ‘The Needle’, Isle of Wight.

1965 – 1993: Central Electricity Generating Board, Dungerness ‘B’ Nuclear Power Station – Instrument Maintenance Mechanic – Instrument Maintenance Foreman.

Retired

1999

MARITAL & FAMILY STATUS

Married: 1960 Gina ● Children: daughters Karen, born 31 May 1961, Heather, born 01 Aug 1962, & Vivienne, born 01 Dec 1970 ● Grandchildren: (N^o 1 to 4) Emma, Tom, David & Rachel – children of Karen & Jo; (N^o 5 & 6) Francesca & Leigh – daughters of Heather & Mark; (N^o 7 & 8) Oliver & Jack – sons of Vivienne & Gary.

IN RETIREMENT

June 2002

Hobbies: Gardening, genealogy, archaeology, metal-detecting, antiques & old rubbish.

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