Photos donated by Ian Smith

Ian.

If you read this - An old Cameronian friend is trying to contact you... Can you email me? Ed (Sep 2016)

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Photos donated by Ian Smith May 2012. My full name is John Alexander Smith but I have always been called Ian Smith

I just came across my picture in your Aden page. I was in the signal platoon and was a pal of Davy Burns and Jimmy Cooley. I thought I would let you know I am still alive and still in Blantyre. I bought myself out after Aden and went on to serve nine years in the RAF.

Your pictures brought back the memories of me in Aden and at Ballater. I was at Ballater in ‘65. Usually I was beating for grouse along with everybody else and done church parades at Crathy church with my rifle. I was the one that got lost along with(forget his name) while beating grouse. We were up a hill and the mist came down. We were told to keep talking until the whistle blew then we were to go down until we could see again. Unfortunately we two went down the wrong side of the hill, still talking to each other and were totally lost. Got back late that night to find the barracks deserted. They were all out looking for two numpties who were lost!!

I started off in Aden as the ‘zero alpha’ call sign operator and checked everybody in and out of the camp. I done the usual radio operator with patrols usually with D company and sometimes Major Lindsay’s operator when he was out in a landrover. He used to stop at groups of arabs and he would tell me to search them all!!

If there are no objections. I would really like to contact Chugger for old times sake.

Photos

Around october 1964. I'm centre row 2nd in from left. Jimmy Goldie is top row 6th in from left.