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THE LIGHT INFANTRY |
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LIGHT INFANTRY
REUNITED THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE I MISS, THE FAMILY I ONCE KNEW. ALTHOUGH I SERVED IN A BATTALION, MY FAMILY HOME WILL ALWAYS BE YOU. THE ENDLESS INSPECTIONS, THE BORING GUARDS, THE CPLS AND SGTS TOO I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE DEPOT AND SO, OLD SOLDIER, WILL YOU. Oh.......and the quick change parades |
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in By Jim Parker ex 3 LI Written by his father DE Parker ex-Durham Light Infantry |
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PRIDE |
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Looking back to some forty years ago one remembers the pride we had in our regiment, and even within the regiment of our Battalion, Company and even Platoon. We felt we belonged and tried to make our Platoon the best Platoon in the best Company, in the best Battalion of the finest regiment. Again we of the Light Infantry were something special in the British Army. My son and I have something in common; we both served in a Corps. I after some twenty years transferred to a Corps, and he, from a Corps to 3rd Battalion The Light Infantry in which he is now serving. When we are lucky enough to have him home we often compare soldiering in the thirties and seventies and I am sure he will agree that differences in serving in a Corps or Battalion is that sense of belonging an pride in my battalion. He tells me of serving in Germany, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and even England, and I of days in Egypt, India and Singapore before the war and after. Weapons and uniforms may change, the army might move faster, hair longer, and we might boast more than the present day soldier about our service but I am sure that in forty years time the light infantryman will talk with pride, we have now, of his battalion. I remember when seeing the ex-servicemen whether Durham Light Infantry, British Legion or Old Comrades, marching along thinking, “That’s one thing I’ll never do!” How times have changed; I am the secretary of the local branch of the Royal British Legion, Chairman of the local RCT/RASC Association, also Chairman of the local Dunkirk Veterans Association and a life member of the Durham Light Infantry Association (London Branch). Even though Jim may not take office
in some ex-servicemen’s association, I’m sure that he and
his chums will say with pride, “I served with the Light Infantry!”
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