The Veteran Issue 5

4th Regiment Royal Artillery
The Fighting
Fourth
The next milestone was my first Operational
Tour of three to Northern Ireland (NI), this was
the first time I was disappointed about being
in Command Troop, as I was a Signals
Operator my role in NI was to man the
Communication Centre along with other
members of the Troop, this role kept me in
Barracks instead of patrolling the streets, the
six month tour soon passed and on return
from NI I made the best and most important
decision of my young life so far,
and I’m happy to
say that when I
asked Mary to
marry me she
accepted. After
the wedding on
5th October 1981
we moved into our
first married
quarter, the first of
14 married
quarters.
Jack and Mary on their
wedding day
I would like to thank Jack
for his second personal
installment for the ' We
Served ' section of the
magazine, unfortunately I
have cut it short on purpose as the
next section of his Military career
covers the Falklands War and would
be more suited for our next edition
in June which covers the 40th
36
Anniversary of the Liberation.
28 May 1939
The Regiment was
formed as 4th
Regiment Royal Horse
Artillery (RHA) at
Helmieh, Egypt and
equipped with 25
pound guns.
I am sure that we all look forward to
reading of his experience as well as
celebrating this milestone
Anniversary on the 14th of June.
On a serious note, I was also a
Regimental Signaller and had to
carry out a similar entrance test
however on ours we were not
permitted to use our fingers.