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Location: Edinburgh. Offline. David Niven received training at STC Lochailort in the early war years, which was operational as the first Independent Companies, SOE and special forces Special Training Centre from May 1940 onwards. - Commando D Living History Group -. www.commandod.com. 07/01/2009 10:59:19.
27 janv. 2007 · LE. 27 Jan 2007. #9. SLRboy said: EX_STAB said: Down at Bisley a couple of years ago I was talking to a couple of blokes and David Niven was mentioned. One of said blokes starts slagging him off for all he's worth saying that he was a liar a bully and all sorts. Got totally wound up about it for some reason.
27 janv. 2007 · 28 Jan 2007. #21. While driving back to London from Godalming in the summer of 1940, when invasion precautions were high, Niven got tired of being repeatedly held-up at road-blocks. To expedite matters he decided to change into uniform and pulled off the Hogs Back to do so.
10 juin 2007 · David Niven joined the HLI from Sandhurst and was stationed in Malta. At Sandhurst when asked to write his 3 preferred regiments he wrote ' anything but the HLI'. Roy Urquhart latter of Arnhem fame was one of his brother officers. IIRC he was on leave in the US and he sent his CO a telegram stating his intention to resign his commision and not ...
David Niven in his autbiography recounts his dilema of choosing his best wireless operator for the mission who was married with a family or a lesser skilled man who was single. Knowing that the chance of returning was slim. There was no choice, he selected the best man for the job which was my Father. He did'nt return. David Niven lived with this decision for the rest of his life. I have often ...
Eileen Forum Member Joined: 17/08/2012 13:26:51 Messages: 423 Offline : Thanks for sharing those! Very special. I have a cravat and (unused) tie - don't know whose the cravat was but so pleased to have both.
16 juil. 2024 · One detail folk mistake is the renumbering of line rgts. The colours tend to highlight which rgt is which, when different rgts had the same number. 1st73rd became 1st71st while 2nd42nd became 1st73rd. Differences in tartan and recruiting areas were obvious yet the names highlight the recruiting areas. 1.
19 août 2009 · What kept me going through the first few weeks of RMAS, however, were the various volumes of Spike Milligan's war memoirs. A bit of David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon probably can't hurt either. Save The Utility of Force and Infantry Attacks until you aren't suffering from sleep deprivation!
Not only does it rewrite the David Niven story but corrects many of the misnomers and untruths. Yet it does it with flair and respect. It is a fascinating insight into Nivens life and suprisingly includes some more depth about Nivens wartime experiences. For example Niven was 'unofficially' at Dieppe with Lord Lovat. Read the book and see for your self.
28 sept. 2022 · You will have a choice of posting after the troop commander course. As a first tour troop commander you will almost certainly go to one of the deployable field units. You can go online and see where they are, but most will be going to Perham Down (Tidworth), Catterick/Ripon, Maidstone, or Kinloss. You are unlikely to go to 170 as a Regular DE ...
