Quote Originally Posted by Gil Boyd View Post
Yes agreed. In those early days of my service, I had a lone GSM when my colleagues were brissling with WW2 rows of medals, however, many had had enough of guns by the time they came into the Police for the next 30 years of their lives after 1945!!
My father definately fell into that category, although his Army service continued post war with a 12 month tour in Palestine in '46/47 and Z Reserve status into the early 50's which included a return to uniform for a 2-week refresher camp during the Korean War.
However, give him a No.4 and his eyes light up if he could drill with it.........even into his early 70's he could still do a perfect rifle drill routine with a No.4

Quote Originally Posted by Gil Boyd View Post
I knew of one other, a good friend, Mike E****** who was ex 22, he joined Norfolk Police and within a short time was promoted to Inspector and set out to start an accomplished Firearms Team, and a good job he did of it too.
Have many happy memories from the late 1970's of being in the amusing company of one of Dad's fellow Met Dog Handler's who was ex-22.