My late father was stationed in Dover castle for a few weeks.
There was one Bren on an AA tripod and 2 weeks leave had been promised to anyone who shot down a Germanicon.
First time an aicrraft was seen there was such a rush for the Bren it was knocked over and never got a shot off.
He also remembered being chased round the Keep by an Me 109.
Eventually he finished up in Somaliland after the Italians had been kicked out and never fired a shot in anger. When the Italians had attacked there was a great shortage of military stores. After they were kicked out we used a lot of their stuff. Everything Dad had was Italianicon except his truck, radio, rifle and revolver.
Then the stores flooded in. A year later he had to help to destroy them as they were surplus and it was feared they would fall into the hands of the tribesmen. He told me they took a load of Brens out on a barge, fired them till the barrels got too hot and chucked them over the side.
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