![]() Maj Richard Shirreff went on to become a General, knighted and the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) before retiring. Twice (Daly) runs Guardsman Cleaning in London. Ct David Webb went into marketing.Īnn Furstenberg married James Frost, an officer from 14th/20th Hussars, and they live with six sons on a Quinta in Portugal where James makes some truly excellent wines and they run holiday lets. Chris Franklyn-Jones has fallen off the edge of the world – Arthur (Daly) did see Gungy walking past the restaurant he was in during a business trip to Prague – but does any one know where he is? Capt Al Murdoch went into fast food. The rest of us left the Army over the years after the Gulf War, some staying for longer than others. Kate Adie is still on the BBC weekly with From Our Own Correspondent. Martin Bell went on to report in his white suit from many more war zones before becoming the MP for Tatton. Lt Mark Cann recovered from his broken collar bone and is now the CEO of the British Forces Foundation. Capt Alastair Todd retired as a Lieutenant Colonel and is now a Private Secretary in the Royal Household. Lt Col Robert Gordon became a Major General and ended his military service as the military head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and the Sudan. Maj Patrick Marriott became a Major General and the Commandant at Sandhurst before becoming the Colonel of The Queen’s Royal Lancers. Col Arthur went on to become a Major General and ended his military career as the senior British officer in Cyprus. He left the Army to live in Africa where he farmed flowers. Toby was awarded the Military Cross for his command of the action on our first night in Iraq. James Moseley is an honorary member – after all, he was sunk in a bunker somewhere to the west of the highway as the war ended! To qualify for membership of the Basra Road Dining Club you have to be a member of the Battlegroup who was on the Basra Road at the end of the 100 Hours War. That’s a grateful nation for you.Įvery year we hold a dinner for the officers of the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars Battlegroup on the Anniversary of the end of the war. I was fuming for the rest of the journey. And here’s your ticket with some points.’ What a welcome home. ‘No, I have just got back from the Gulf War’, I said opening my boot to show them all my military gear. ‘Who do you think you are, sir, Nikki Lauda?’ Very bloody funny. I was pulled over by Metropolitan Police Traffic cops. On the way into London, flashing blue lights suddenly blew up in my rear view mirror. ![]() She said that it was a complete waste of money and was chuffed to bits when I smashed it up in a crash a year or so later. Hetty flew out to Germany as I had to wait for my shiny, new, red Alfa Romeo to be ready for collection. Once everyone was squared away with flights back home to Tidworth, I fled to Munster. And, for the 17th Lancers, this was no longer our Regiment and Germany was no longer our home. Us ‘singlies’ had no one there to greet us. Of course, they were all the wives of the pads (married officers and soldiers). We were bussed back from Hanover to Fallingbostel where a large crowd was assembled on the Irish Hussars’ parade ground to welcome us home. The blog will follow his work up to the war and then the war itself, day by day 25 years on. This blog is written from his diaries, notebooks and a tape recording he made during the war. It is 25 years since the 1991 Gulf War when British troops contributed (OP GRANBY) to the successful Allied operation which prevented Saddam’s invasion of Saudi Arabia (DESERT SHIELD) and then liberated Kuwait (DESERT STORM).Ĭapt Tim Purbrick commanded a Troop of Challenger Main Battle Tanks during the 1991 Gulf War.
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