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Subject: Memorable moments

Author:
David Parker

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Date Posted: 21:28:18 02/07/05 Mon

Jim, there where many 'memorable' times that I have had the honour of being witness to, a lot of them whilst serving in this Bty. For the better part of my 9 years with the Bty I was a Signaler and my main position was in the CP but, for a time, I did a stint at the 'sharp-end' with the OP. The most memorable event I can recall was, whilst with the OP, I saw a Divisional Shoot. I don't remember how many guns that involved but it was a LOT! Nothing spectacular during the ranging but when they 'fired for effect', Oh! MY GIDDY AUNT! The noise of all those shells going in was absolutely mind numbing and the sight and sound of the impacts was just unbelievable. A whole grid square totally obliterated. You had to wonder just HOW in all hell, some people, during the wars, managed to survive these barrages at all? Some time later, we where allowed nearer to the impact area and it was like a ploughed field, not an inch of earth left untouched. Un-bloody-believable.

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