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Pete HENRY’s Photo Album 1950 - AAS Arborfield Permanent Staff
(left to right) CSM
Brady Irish Guards, 'C' Company; CSM 'Bull' WESTON Grenadier Guards, 'A'
Company; CSM Ron PATEY
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 'D' Company
(right marker)
Apprentice Lance Corporal Pete HENRY at the slow march with a squad from
Intake 50B 1952 - 37 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers, Osnabrück,
BAOR
A group of ex-AAS 49B
Sappers on their first posting for Combat Engineering Training, after which
they were dispersed to different Units. The personnel identified below were
the only ones ex-AAS Arborfield, the remainder being ex-AAS
Chepstow or
(front row, from the
right) - #1 MORGAN, #4 Bill PROOST, #14 Pete HENRY. (2nd row, from the
right) - #11 Dick WRIGHT (with
specs), #13 Terry KING. (3rd row, from the right)
- #3
Chris MOLESWORTH, #7 Ray COLLINS. (4th row, from the
right) - #10 ‘Ozzy’ OSBORNE NOTE: This photo is of
interest being the 50th anniversary since it was taken. We could
not have predicted the 'Internet' as we wielded our Sapper 'picks and shovels'
and heaved in the wet and snow the Bailey Bridge panels on the River Weser. Pete
HENRY - 1986 - Principal Officer,
Deputy, Assistant Chief
Officer Pete HENRY 1987
Pete HENRY endeavouring
to make an opening in the roof to expose the fire. The use of the plank was
to demonstrate to the fire-fighters that initiative in Senior Officers is not
subdued. Luckily for me (at the front) there was no weakened roof at our
feet. Otherwise promotion hopes would have been enhanced for eager would-be Chief
Officers.
The same situation with
the fire now exposed. Caught by the camera still directing – note the
forefinger of the right hand. The fire-fighters,
happy that the roof supported Senior Officers, proceed to tackle the fire.
The ‘Arborfield Effect’. (No
1195) At the age of 54 years finishing in the Half Marathon. I hated the
distance when running as a Boy-soldier, as so many others were much better
than I. However, one must demonstrate that one is as tough as the
fire-fighters. The Family
(standing, left to
right) our daughters Viviane, Elise & Gisele (seated) my wife Doreen
& me Note: two
grandsons have been added to the family since this photograph was taken
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