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| Brian ( Boy ) Brenchley |
| 2628965 1946-71 1st, 3rd, 2nd Bns |
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| Historic Record over the Years 1946 � 2005 |
| Historic Record over the Years 1946 � 2005 |
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| My Story |
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| Page update 23rd August 2006 |
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| John Grindrod John Sheppard Alan Talmarsh Tom Westwell |
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| Commandant Special Mobile Force, CSM B. Brenchley. Commissioner of Police inspecting the proposed uniform for the Riot Police to wear on Ceremonial, Guards and other parades |
| The Guard in their New Uniform being dismissed following Inspection and Approval |
| All at Ease after everything was over |
| Top Badge is an Award for Merit made to me on my leaving the Special Mobile Force in January 1968. The other two are the Collar Badges worn on Dress Uniform & Mess Dress. |
| Commissioner of Police trying out the Riot Gun with �Wooden Bullets� � all Home Made in a cell in the Guard Room. |
| Special Mobile Force Shooting Team. A very good team it was too, taking on All Comers from all the Ships that visited the Island and winning every time. |
| Basically, it was an old Greener Gun. All the Gas shells were out of date, so we got rid of them and just kept the shell cases. Between me and a Sugar Plantation Owner we devised a �Wooden Bullet� about 6 inches long. First inch was in the shell on top of the charge, the remainder of the wood (Sawn off Broom Handles) Was quartered, for the remainder of it�s length. There was a lot of trial and error as you can probably imagine, but eventually it worked. First time it was used in earnest, the Commandant fired one at the road in front of a riotous crowd in Port Louis, it was supposed to split into four separate bits when it hit the road! But this one certainly didn�t! It went up in the air and through a window into somebody�s house, where it knock some poor old bloke out who was sitting in his chair reading the paper. |
| RSM C. Harthill and CSM B. Brenchley Mauritius Special Mobile Force |
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| 2608101 Gdsn C.E.J. Brenchley at Caterham 1921 |
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| Short Potted History: Brian�s Dad joined the Regiment in 1921 and was in Sgt Brand�s Squad. Unfortunately he had to be medically discharged the following year, this was due to an injury he received, whilst serving in the Royal Navy during the First World War. He had enlisted into the navy at the age of 15yrs 9mths in 1915, and served on 9 different ships over the next 5years. He then joined the Merchant Navy for 2 years. This was followed by the brief spell in the Regiment. He was then back into the merchant navy, where he stayed until getting married in 1926. His next military service was in 1939 when he was called up, (having been a member of a Territorial Army for a number of years) and ended up in France with the BEF. He started out in the Royal Engineers but was later transferred to the Military Police. He ended up as Driver to the Provost Marshall, and because of this he was one of the last, along with the Provost Marshall, to get on a boat back to the UK. He was again Medically Discharged. |
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| Brian with his Dad at Wellington Barracks For the �Black Sunday Parade� 1953 |
| Off Parade� Brian with the �B� Company Under Officers Mons O.C.S. 1960 |
| Sgt George Fawcett Irish Guards & his Platoon at Mons Officer Cadet School 1960 |
| Please note! The 'Cypher' is GR, this Grenade was given to me during the early days of being a WOII, by a 'Senior rank who had either been Commissioned, or was leaving the Regiment. So for almost 13 years I was improperly dressed, and nobody ever spotted it, not even the 'Hawk Eyed Sgt Majors'. |
| Civvy Attached !! |
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| Buckingham Palace Guard Report |
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