Our very good Friend Mick?

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Arnie
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Service details: Enlisted in 14th/20th King's Hussars on 2 Feb 1959.
Served Hohne and Rheindahlen 1959 - 1962
Libya 1962 Cyprus with C Sqn Dec 1963 - Feb 1964. Returned to Benghazi
then to Tripoli with B Sqn until Sep 1964. Left for Courses in NBC then to 7 Armoured Brigade till 1967.
Transferred to Intelligence Corps 67. First posting to Northern Ireland 67 - 70.
Singapore 70 - 71, Hong Kong 71 - 72. NI 72 - 74. NITAT (Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Team) 74 - 76. Berlin 76 - 79. Final Posting, Preston Int and Security Section. Stupidly Retired on 1 Feb 81, and emigrated to Australia.
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Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Arnie »

Hi yall,

I know Mick told us of his impending treatment in hospital, and that he would be 'ex-communicado' for a while, but does anyone know of his current situation? It is not the same without his incisive submissions to any topic.


Arnie :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
Bill Bentley
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Bill Bentley »

Hi Arnie,

I have written to Mick but have had no reply as yet. I doubt that Marion will be checking his mailbox, so I guess we shall have to be patient.
Let's just hope that someone will read our messages of support to him/ them.
Arnie
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Joined: Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:42 pm
Location: Western Australia
Service details: Enlisted in 14th/20th King's Hussars on 2 Feb 1959.
Served Hohne and Rheindahlen 1959 - 1962
Libya 1962 Cyprus with C Sqn Dec 1963 - Feb 1964. Returned to Benghazi
then to Tripoli with B Sqn until Sep 1964. Left for Courses in NBC then to 7 Armoured Brigade till 1967.
Transferred to Intelligence Corps 67. First posting to Northern Ireland 67 - 70.
Singapore 70 - 71, Hong Kong 71 - 72. NI 72 - 74. NITAT (Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Team) 74 - 76. Berlin 76 - 79. Final Posting, Preston Int and Security Section. Stupidly Retired on 1 Feb 81, and emigrated to Australia.
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Arnie »

Thanks Bill, hope you are right as usual!!!

Arnie 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Pinky
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Pinky »

I'll see if I can get an update from FB.
Pinky
Rick Aindow
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Rick Aindow »

Just had an email from Mick, sight slightly better!
How is everyone?
Arnie
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Joined: Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:42 pm
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Service details: Enlisted in 14th/20th King's Hussars on 2 Feb 1959.
Served Hohne and Rheindahlen 1959 - 1962
Libya 1962 Cyprus with C Sqn Dec 1963 - Feb 1964. Returned to Benghazi
then to Tripoli with B Sqn until Sep 1964. Left for Courses in NBC then to 7 Armoured Brigade till 1967.
Transferred to Intelligence Corps 67. First posting to Northern Ireland 67 - 70.
Singapore 70 - 71, Hong Kong 71 - 72. NI 72 - 74. NITAT (Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Team) 74 - 76. Berlin 76 - 79. Final Posting, Preston Int and Security Section. Stupidly Retired on 1 Feb 81, and emigrated to Australia.
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Arnie »

Rick, great, just off to the dentist, how are you suffering lockdown?
Bill Bentley
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Real name: Martin William Lester Bentley (Bill) (Basha !)
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Bill Bentley »

Rick,

great to see you active again, I trust you are well :) .

In the meanwhile Mick has also replied to me and, as you say, some improvement. It often takes a while to settle down after a treatment so fingers crossed that the improvement continues.

A guy is moving on to our camp site, in Spain, ex army, I think his wife said 47 years service, bloody sprog, our mate Mick did over 50 :lol:
.
Michael Burgess
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Michael Burgess »

Hi Old Hawks
Glad to say I am back and with magnifying kit can at last see to write and read. Thank you all so much for your concern and support it has been a great comfort to me and Marion she sends her best wishes to all of you and take care. :o :lol: :roll:

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the Naming Committee has,

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Saluting of officers is now considered elitist and has been replaced by the greeting "Hello Sailor".




All information on notice boards will be in 37 different languages and Braille, with the option for more if personnel from other ethnic groups join the ship’s company




Crew members will now no longer have to ask permission to grow beards and/or moustaches. This applies equally to female and transgender crew.




The MoD is inviting suggestions for a "non-specific" flag because the White Ensign may offend minorities. The Union Jack must never be seen.




The newly renamed HMS Cautious will be commissioned shortly by Captain Hook from the Naval Group Committee of the Finsbury Park Mosque who will break a petrol bomb over the hull. She will gently slide into the sea as the Royal Marines Band plays "In the Navy"

by the Village People. Her first deployment will be to escort boatloads of illegal immigrants to ports on England's south coast.




The Prime Minister said, "Our ships reflect the very latest in modern thinking and they will always be able to comply with any new orders or legislation from Brussels."




His final words were, "Britannia waives the rules."
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by john kerwin »

Nice one Mick :D, good to have you back.
Pinky
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Re: Our very good Friend Mick?

Post by Pinky »

Very funny but a little Sad as it hits the 'oh so near the truth' in a few years.
Welcome back M and M.
Pinky
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