Mne. Alan John Rimini, 42 Commando, Malaya circa 1960's
RM19123. Known to his mates as 'AJ'. Photo courtesy of his sister Freda. Service circa 1960's.
After graduation he was at Bickleigh with 41 Commando.
Dar es Salam with 45 Commando after the African Kings Royal Rifle mutiny.
Singapore with 42 Commando and onto Kuwait to await the Iraqis, who fortunately didn’t arrive...
Whilst in Singapore with 42 Commando he went on live firing exercise to North Malaya and this is when the photo of him as No.1 with the Vickers was taken.
To Bickleigh with 41 Commando then to Aden with 45 Commando.
Back to Bickleigh then to Singapore with 42 Commando and the Borneo campaign.
Last tour of duty was as tour guide on HMS Victory.
A perfect picture of the .303 inch Vickers Medium Machine Gun not long before it was withdrawn from Service. The cloth belt holding rounds has been fed into the gun by the No: 2 , the can containing water for barrel cooling linked by pipe to the barrel ...
A perfect picture of the .303 inch Vickers Medium Machine Gun not long before it was withdrawn from Service. The cloth belt holding rounds has been fed into the gun by the No: 2 , the can containing water for barrel cooling linked by pipe to the barrel lies underneath with the gun fitted onto the very heavy tripod. The No: 2 is wearing ‘58 Pattern Webbing but has a ‘44 Pattern water bottle, carrier and mug which was a popular “proff” item as the bottle and mug were aluminium so, you could both brew a wet and drink it from the mug. Being aluminium you had to stick some black masking tape on the mug lip or end up with burnt real lips I still have mine!
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Fri 11 Sep 2020 17:26:06 EDT
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A perfect picture of the .303 inch Vickers Medium Machine Gun not long before it was withdrawn from Service. The cloth belt holding rounds has been fed into the gun by the No: 2 , the can containing water for barrel cooling linked by pipe to the barrel ...
A perfect picture of the .303 inch Vickers Medium Machine Gun not long before it was withdrawn from Service. The cloth belt holding rounds has been fed into the gun by the No: 2 , the can containing water for barrel cooling linked by pipe to the barrel lies underneath with the gun fitted onto the very heavy tripod. The No: 2 is wearing ‘58 Pattern Webbing but has a ‘44 Pattern water bottle, carrier and mug which was a popular “proff” item as the bottle and mug were aluminium so, you could both brew a wet and drink it from the mug. Being aluminium you had to stick some black masking tape on the mug lip or end up with burnt real lips I still have mine!
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Fri 11 Sep 2020 17:26:06 EDT