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Sorry if my comments were confusing, but I was surprised to see 'ol clem there in the early/mid 60's! I thought he only joined in '68 or so. Does look like Darryl Bazin in the back there but he was a mcpl when I first met him in '85, so pretty sure he isn't a ferret guy either.
As for "combat clem" he was a weird bird when he was in but became infamous after he retired and had the CF pay for his sex change! He/she's now known as Elizabeth, not sure what the queen thinks about that. The Brits still had a scout car troop equipped with ferrets in '88. I did a two month long exchange over there with them (9/12 lancers IFIRC) and they were pretty handy in the streets of old Nicosia. They were Mk II's with the turrets, i was told they had several dozen in storage down at Akrotiri because the VOR rate was so high. |
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I was there in 89 or 90....long ago enough that I can't remember the date. The ferrets were still there in use with the Brits. One of them hit a landmine going down the same trail they had been down many times before. The blast blew off a wheel station and actually ejected the driver and crew commanders out the top. The crew commander wrote in an article that when he came to he was going to give his driver shit for rolling the ferret, not realizing that they had hit a mine. Both survived.
I have photos of that ferret once it was back in the REME workshop. |
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Robin,
This is a great photograph. I think I can help with some of the details. All of the soldiers in the photo are wearing Fort Garry Horse shoulder flashes. The FGH organized a 95-man reconnaissance squadron to serve on Op Snow Goose for the October 1966 to April 1967 tour. The squadron accompanied 1RCR. In June, 1970, the FGH (stationed at Sarcee Barracks) was rebadged to the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). As for the vehicles, the Ferrets were airlifted and sealifted to Cyprus at the start of the operation in March, 1964, so they would probably reflect what was the vehicle standard at the time. The reconnaissance squadron was deleted from the Canadian contingent after the last one left in October, 1968. The Ferrets were probably shipped back to Canada some time after that. Cheers, Dan. |
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