Squad 36 Passing Out Photograph, Templer Barracks, Ashford, Kent 23 September 1971
Young (mainly!) hopefuls about to be unleashed on an unsuspecting army - where are they all now? Typical of the era, a CSM with no medals (not even the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, but the qualifying period was 18 years in those days); the award later in 1971 of a General Service Medal (Northern Ireland Clasp) backdated to August 1969, along with the reduction to 15 years for the LS & GC altered this radically. Within a couple of years of this photograph it was unusual to see a soldier without at least one medal.
Templer Barracks, opened in 1968/9 is no more, now a housing estate.
Squad 36 Passing Out Photograph, Templer Barracks, Ashford, Kent 23 September 1971
Young (mainly!) hopefuls about to be unleashed on an unsuspecting army - where are they all now? Typical of the era, a CSM with no medals (not even the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, but the qualifying period was 18 years in those days); the award later in 1971 of a General Service Medal (Northern Ireland Clasp) backdated to August 1969, along with the reduction to 15 years for the LS & GC altered this radically. Within a couple of years of this photograph it was unusual to see a soldier without at least one medal.
Templer Barracks, opened in 1968/9 is no more, now a housing estate.