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RN Barracks - HMS Pembroke (Chatham)
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:14 pm
by jbryce1437
Chatham barracks drillshed
chatham-barracks-drill-shed.jpg
Re: RN Barracks - HMS Pembroke (Chatham)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:44 pm
by limeybiker
Drew my tot there for three years.
Joined RNB Chatham from the Victorious February 1960, three months shy of my 20th birthday after drawing my tot on the Vic for almost three years,
I swapped my fag ration with a steward, wish I could remember his name, he probably saved my life.
When I became "G", on May 12th I joined the queue every tot time, when we got to the front the duty Jack Dusty pretended to punch the ticket, gulped it down and went to the back of the queue, I think my record was four, but memory these days is hazy.
Re: RN Barracks - HMS Pembroke (Chatham)
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:22 pm
by jbryce1437
limeybiker wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:44 pm
Drew my tot there for three years.
Joined RNB Chatham from the Victorious February 1960, three months shy of my 20th birthday after drawing my tot on the Vic for almost three years,
I swapped my fag ration with a steward, wish I could remember his name, he probably saved my life.
When I became "G", on May 12th I joined the queue every tot time, when we got to the front the duty Jack Dusty pretended to punch the ticket, gulped it down and went to the back of the queue, I think my record was four, but memory these days is hazy.
Drew my first tot on killicks course at Collingwood. Similar routine, round and round putting different clobber on for each trip
Jim