General Sir Martin Farndale KCB

Master Gunner, St James’ Park

1988 to 1996

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1987

Regimetal committee, 13 November 1987

1989

Visit to 9 (Parachute) Regiment Royakl Horse Artillery, 4 August 1989:

Quarter Guard F (Sphinx) Battery fire Royal Salute, Manor Park

G Para Battery (Mercer’s Troop)

G Para Battery (Mercer’s Troop)

I Para Battery (Bulls Troop)

The Officers 7 RHA Adrian Waddell

7 RHA Sergeats’ Mess

Departure, Lille Barracks

29 Commando Battery Royal Artillery, 1 to 2 June 1989

Gen Farndale introduced to WO1 (RSM) Gillett by CO, Lt Col AL Moorby RA General salute by Regimental Quarter Guard commanded by Sgt Gee

Recce party deploy to Drake Island Recce party abseil from Lynx

Sea King and Puma helicopters desploy 79 (Kirkee) Cpommando Battery guns onto Drake Island Gen Farndale and Lt Col Moorby observe FOO parties deploy from Drake Island

148 (Meiktila) Commando Battery FOO party deploy from Sea King into Plymout Soud in a gemini raft NGFO 4 scale the walls on Drake Island

79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery FOO parties come ashore Meetig NGFO 4 led by Captain J McCardle RA

Meeting 79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery FOO partry led by Capt S J O’Gorman RA Meeting Bdr Lightfoot, 29 (Kirkee) Commando Battery RA

Talking to Bdr Lightfoot’s gun crew Meeting the abseil team led by WO2 Porter

Meeting the Puma helicopter crew from 33 Squadron RAF Leaving the Royal Citadel for the Coronation salute on Plymouth Hoe The RA Band march out

Twenty One gun salute fired by the LBdr leadership course on Plymouth Hoe RA Band playing on Plymouth Hoe Meeting the LBdr leadership course

Presenting Gnr Campbell with best student on the LBdr Leadership Course

1990

Master Gunner Visit to Kelantan, Malaysia, 20 to 21 March 1990

1991

(Burton Mail, 5 June 1991) (The Scotsman, 11 June 1991) (The Scotsman, 28 July 1993)

1993

The Bicetennial Annoversary of the Royal Horse Artillery, Woolwich, 3 August 1993

(The Scotsman, 4 August 1993)

The Times, 4 August 1993

1994

(Daily Post, 26 September 1994)

A historical document from 1969

1996

(Paisley Daily Express, 6 June 1996)

Farewell as Master Gunner

The Portrait by Joan Wanklyn as Master Gunner which now hangs at Larkhill