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  1. 27 de jan. de 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.

  2. 27 de jan. de 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.

  3. 10 de jun. de 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 ...

  4. Rifle Depot, Motor Battalion, in Winchester. He was then sent to GHQ Liason Regiment at Richmond Park in early 1941 under Major David Niven. He became a very good wireless & communications operator being excellent at morse code. Major David Niven then appointed him his personal driver & wireless operator & they became great friends apparently.

  5. 16 de jul. de 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.

  6. 19 de ago. de 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!

  7. 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.

  8. Stephen Donnison Forum Member Joined: 08/04/2007 10:16:31 Messages: 759 Location: Lincolnshire Offline : Ive been reading Lord Ashcroft's book Special Forces Heroes and it mentions Major Gordon Webb MC of Dieppe fame Its says he did his commando training pre Achnacarry in North West Scotland and was given demolition instruction by the Hollywood actor David Niven.

  9. 28 de set. de 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 ...

  10. Without giving too much away I highly rcommend you read Michael Munn's book - [b]The Man Behind the Balloon[/b]. It is the latest book about David Nivens life and is by far the BEST of any of the Niven books and that INCLUDES Nivens own paged memoirs . Not only does it rewrite the David Niven story but corrects many of the misnomers and untruths.

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