BATTLE FOR GOOSE GREEN

[Gil Boyd]

I remember he spent most of his time at Netheravon freefalling. He was an RAF Regiment Officer before transferring into 2 PARA.
I didn't know him personally, but did some historical stuff on his life and background at the Regimental archives at Duxford.
He was the same age as me, and one I will always remember. He died the same time as Captain Chris Dent another archive background I worked on.

One wish I had which was to have stayed in a bit longer, Northern Ireland took it out of many of us and we all sought various careers, and lots of the guys left to take up other "uniformed" jobs like Firemen or Policemen, I suppose that was only natural in the circumstances.