First 2624 intake 1982-83.

...."Oi luvs you, Jason" I love you too, Gary"...

The biggest single source of stress - ever.

..."When I was a lad"....

Si Davies trying to go through the exit that Pat Reid used during the first successful escape from Colditz.

Sorpe Dam. GTIII 2022.

A beer at the AirBnB, GT IV, Normandy 2023.

Charlie Troop in a bar in Cologne, 1991.

Battle of Britain Memorial, London, 2023.

Colditz Castle from the town. GTIII 2022.

Eder Dam. GTIII 2022.

Herculaneum with Mt Vesuvius in the background. GT V, Italy 2024.

Jason asking to be arrested, GT V, Italy 2024.

Mohne Dam, GTIII 2022.

Ray and Baz conducting a vehicle anti-ambush LF practice.

Weeeee Valerie!

"see, boss, I was a Supplier and I can still get you anyfink"....

Ron's mankini.

"Oooohhh....look at that!"

2024 Christmas Party.

Hosting the 919th at Otterburn, 1993.

"Y'all thought it was turbulence on the way back from America, didn't you?"...

Buke at the top of the rock, Gibraltar, 2002.

Christmas Party 2022.

"it's...it's....ENDEX"!!!!!

...."first one to hit the rowing boat gets free beer tonight - FIRE!!!!!"

Three lovely girls, Duke Field, Florida, 1994.

C Flt in 'sunny Senny'.

"is that a real snake?"

awwww.....Mick and Clare.

Mickey Barrett writing the Op Order for his deployment to the toilet.

C Flt worthies at the viewing platform in Ledra Street, Nicosia, Cyprus 1996. The platform is long gone.

C Flt mezze in Paphos, 1996.

Pissouri, Cyprus, 1996.

..."and I could see the ambulance had arrived but by the time I got Shep over to it, Tony Hearn had nipped past and got in!...

Duke Field, Florida, 1994.

Hack 4-tonner surfing on the Olau Line ferry to Holland, 1986.

Gary's 70th birthday, 2017. Some of the 2624 old and bold with some, old, bold and bald....

Gary's 70th Birthday, 2017.

At the start line of the 1996 Great North Run. In the days when we had hair and could run.

The T800 Bayonet-fighting machine. Cyprus 1996.

A mobilisation photo, 2003.

Great North Run 1997. Boots'n'Bergens.

..."Yes your Majesty, I know I'm not wearing any trousers - I forgot to pack them"....

Party time!

Hack and Les.

"I'll be baack" The 2624 Sqn hitman.

Romania, 2018. A little bit of AT before the serious stuff starts.

Colditz Castle, 2022. The Glider in the loft.

Grand Tour III 2022. Somewhere in what was East Germany.

Some geezer I bumped into in Pavlov's bar, Arnhem, 2017.

Easy Company positions, Bois de Jacques, Bastogne 2019.

Chateau de Rolley, Bastogne 2019. Buke the Blonde.

A bar in an Arnhem side street. Grand Tour III, 2022.

Dave 'Mungo two-bergens' Peachey and Garry Brett, Tattershall Castle, 2024.

Eddie 'on the gravel', Remembrance, 2024.

The lads on tele at the Cenotaph, London. Remembrance 2024.

Hack and Eddie, Tattershall Castle 2024.

100th anniversary of the Chipping Norton Branch, RBL.

Steve, Joff, Ron, Ian, Polly and Jez, Romania 2024.

Joff, Polly, Ian, Jez, Steve and Ron, Romania 2024.

"...Show me your war face!"...

Big Hack and Les in a 12x12, far, far away...

Chrismas Party 2021.

Vogelsang 1991 - someone not feeling very well but his mates are showing their support.

Otterburn 1993.

Christmas Party 2019.

"mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" "Not you mate!" Pete Wailes, Chipping Norton 2022.

Peter the unwell, 2021.

C Flt, Sculthorpe 1997.

Tower of London 2024.

Newcastle 2021. Buke, Gaz, Tommo and Stevie P.

Paul Thompson and Lindisfarne, 2019,

Mount Vesuvius 2024,

Kurium, Cyprus 1996.

Great North Run 1997 - the final mile. 40lbs in Steve Pearson's bergen and Buke also had 40 pounds in his - 2 x £20 notes and a pillow.

Heelsum, Netherlands, Airborne March 1998.

Cafe Gondree with Madame Gondree, Grand Tour IV, 2023.

C Flt, Bloodhound Camp 1996.

Colditz Castle, Grand Tour III, 2022.

Carentan, Normandy. Grand Tour IV, 2023.

...🎵Gimme, Gimme, Gimme a man after midnight🎵... Bridgie putting the effort in with ABBA, 1995.

'nuff said...

The ferry to Boulogne. Sweeney's (doctored) chair 1985.

Jason Geddes at his battlefield stand, Grand Tour V, Italy 2024.

Brasov 2022. Sampling the local culture.

Sculthorpe 1997, before the Harrier pilot threw his aircraft into the hill.

Stonehouse pub, Episkopi 1996. Bridgie getting a tuppeny one from Buke for singing out of key during the karaoke.

Dave Peachey checking to see if the statue had any knickers on, Grand Tour II, Bastogne 2019.

Fort Walton Beach 1994.

Ruhrsee 1991. Buke on the waterslide.

On the banks of the Mississippi river, New Orleans 1994.

Just before Phil came into contact - contact with the electric fence. If you know, you know.

Ferry to Boulogne 1985. Pat and Pete.

Our accommodation, Chateau de Rolley, Grand Tour II, Bastogne 2019. It was bloody haunted!

Watermanship Training, Pippingford Park 1986. WO Anders eyeing up the opposition and making plans to board.

Ruhrsee 1991. Some C Flt characters there!

Ruhrsee 1991.

The grounds of Chateau de Rolley 2019. It was bloody cold!

Pete and Buke, IMM 1993.

Oradour cemetary. Pete Wailes laying a wreath on behalf of 2624 Sqn Association.

Field Firing with Pat Sweeney and Barry Butler.

The Dutch military parachute course, Ex DUTCH COURAGE 1997.

RTU from Haltern 1986. At the Hook of Holland.

Robert Hebras, Oradour cemetary, 10 June 2016.

Grand Tour V, Italy 2024. Just before departure from the hotel.

At Duke Field, RTU New Orleans 1994.

Nicosia, Cyprus 1996.

Oradour-sur-Glane, 10 June 2016. In New Oradour after the Catholic Mass but before the procession into the martyr village.

Oradour-sur-Glane 2016 (look closely at Pete Wailes).

FT1 RAF Catterick 1992.

Duke Field all-ranks club,1994.

11 in a taxi to Paphos 1996.

Duke Field cook-out,1994.

C Flt, Vogelsang 1991.

Steve P and Garry Brett, Bloopers, Arnhem 2017. The guy on the left is a US Ranger (with his wife, centre).

Second USA deployment 1994.

Standing with Giants, Normandy, 2024. Big shout-out to Steve Crossman and Joff Bagnall.

Passing-out Parade 1986.

Abingdon remembrance day 2022.

Sir Freddie visits the troops in the field, 1984.

A Flight, Vogelsang 1991.

'On the Gravel' 2023.

Troop and Bretty, Iraq, 2007.

Christmas party, 2021.

On top of the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire - the bow gun of HMS Campeltown. Grand Tour IV 2023.

Peter chatting up his latest squeeze in Amalfi. Grand Tour V, Italy 2024.

Our guided tour of the Abbey of Monte Cassino. Grand Tour V, 2024.

Jason delivering his stand at San Pietro Infini, Italy 2024.

Ian at his battlefield stand in Monte Camino, Italy, 2024.

Ray Doran at the RAF Club, London, February 2025.

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, GT VI, 2025.

Formal dinner in Ypres, GT VI 2025

Awaiting the wreath-laying, Menin Gate, Ypres, GT VI 2025.

The Menin Gate, Ypres, GT VI 2025.

Flying the flag at Barracka Gardens above the Saluting Battery, GT VII Malta, 2026.

Who would have thunk it! The guys 'getting down wiv it', GT VII, Malta 2026.

Imtarfa cemetery with the CWGC official, GT VII Malta 2026.

True love.... Awww....

Pete touting for business, GT VII Malta 2026..

Polly at Malta International airport, GT VII 2026.

The Regiment flag at the Pub, Malta. GT VII 2026.

Poor Ray!

Gp Capt Steve Pearson after an especially arduous mission over Malta.

R&R day in Malta, GT VII 2026.

The Pub where Oliver Reed had the drinking contest which killed him. GT VII Malta 2026.