Copyrighted photos, watermarks etc - for Merlin

Ferrets.

there was a British army presence in Libya until the 60's, good training, here are a few Queens Bays ferrets in 1956.

 

ferrets

a few more, the Bays were always good in the Western Desert.

 

Bays in Libya

A few more desert pics.

 

Re: photos

Actually plenty gets by me it the small stuff that I catch. Probably because I am so lazy.
Some more good pics Merlin

 

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Two more from collection.

 

Some very cool pictures there, Merlin!

You should have a web site for them as well

Tom

 

Merlin, do you have any pictures with troops from other nations such as the Free French and Greeks that served in the desert?

 

photographs

Many thanks Tom, quality not up to todays standard, cameras and films of the time. Few more.

 

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more! 'B'sqd Panzer. (Froggy's Ferret belongs to an old Bay,'Ted the Frog')

 

to McRis

sorry Mc, most of the last batch of pics were post war, only us there!(and German POWs)

 

Merlin the pictures you took did you have to develop them yourself(actually I am pretty sure you said some of the pictures are from your friends, but the question is directed to you)? In Poland people developed their pictures into the 1970s probably evan later as if you wanted someone to develop them for you it would cost you lots of money.

 

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there was always Italians, enterprising arabs and such, always managed to get them developed, even in Barce which was 60K from the BIG city, Benghazi!!! Can't remember any problem, in any case, if we had developing fluid we'd have probably drank it!

 

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knocked out tank on Tocra Pass.

 

Merlin what does that say? I can only make out Italiana Chicken, a picture of what seems to be a chicken and V for victory.

 

some chicken

it was a very small photo but writing was in Italian, it translates as,
American Tank,
British Crew,
Italian Bomb (explosion)
Some Chicken.

 

Thanks, that a pretty clever message.

I think there was a Soviet plane during the cold war that had some pluids alcohol based i just cant remember what fluid, they called it the distillery.

 

Merlin photos

More photos I hope you'll find of interest, these are of the 17/21st Lancers in Germany 1952, (especially for 'MARLIN' who served with this elite regiment and took Chieftains to Vietnam!!!)
Note paintwork on underside of Gun in parade photo.

 

Merlin pic.

One more photo showing you just what the Cavalry do best, errr second best, after 'brew up' comes 'smoke break'.

 

Benghazi pics.

My old 3ton Chev, rebuilt 8th Army workshops 1941 and me and mate Eddy with an artillary piece, any ideas? note chunks cut out of tyre rubber for Arab shoe repairs.

 

Benghazi pics

Two Plaques on Benghazi Palace and Ron Marsh of the Bays in Libya 56.
Whoops, one's too big, must resize. Done it.