This years event was again held at the Staffordshire regimental Museum in Litchfield. The weekend before the event it had been snowing with hailstone storms, with an out look for the rest of the week looking a bit chilly. With this in mind a quick phone call to members resulted in every one agreeing to go ahead, as it would give them a chance to wear all the cold weather gear they had purchased as part of the Falklands kit and boy did we need it. Arriving the Friday night, we managed to erect the 12x12 tent which provided in the strong winds quite a challenge. But no matter what the weather threw at us that night, the tent proved its worth. Saturday saw a rather chilly start to the day with most members reverting to Parkas and quilted trousers. As the other members arrived, the other tents were erected and the kettle saw a lot of action.

The day also bought with it several visitors to the group who had come to see what we got up to, despite the  Rain, hail and chilly winds, Saturday was a busy day for us. Early evening saw a chance for us to don full kit and utilize the WWI trench area that was festooned with shell craters and various foxholes. The Saturday night proved to be rather sedate weather wise compared to the night before, but just as equally cold. Sunday morning again was a chilly start but the Sun soon changed that and around midday, short sleeve order came into being. The weather allowed us to sort the kit out and we ended up being inspired by the museums MTLB and went on the rampage with the Charlie G and Law 66.

With the introduction of recently acquired Command tent, we were finally able to start to piece the command post together, along with a newly purchased Monopole antenna for the Radios. During the last year we have been sourcing information on what paper work and paraphernalia went with a command post and the last few months have been very fruitful in this department. 

The Radio bench (Left) needs a few more bits and pieces, mainly a junction box and radio log books, also on the table is a Message book, Call Sign sheet and a Identification code sheet, whilst the Map table (Right) is almost complete with Message received sheets, Call Sign sheets, Standing orders, Griddle code sheets, Slidex code sheets (Still looking for a Slidex Folder), Authentication codes and a log book. We still need to get the cable we need to connect the Speaker to the radios. But its getting there.

Group Photo.

HAVING FUN

TWO MEN IN A HOLE
Falklands Tribute
By Darren and Paul

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