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Trucks and Trogs (Officers and Soldiers of the Royal Corps of Transport)
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Trucks and TrogsThis is the fourth book Brian (Harry) Clacy has written specifically about the careers of officers and soldiers who have served in the ranks of the Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Corps of Transport and Royal Logistic Corps. Men who have supported the fighting elements of the British Army all over the world in places like Northern Ireland, Iraq, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, and British Army Of the Rhine (Germany).In my other books about RCT officers and soldiers (Rickshaws Camels and Taxis, Most Roads Led to 10 Regt, Soldiers On Wheels, Harry was a Crap Hat) I’ve included stories of at least a dozen of these men in each book. However, this book, ‘Trucks and Trogs’, includes the military careers of only three RCT Servicemen, Sergeant George Slough RCT, Colonel Paul Ash L/RCT and Driver Gus South RCT. They all served around the World in places like Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands and Aldershot. George Slough did five tours of duty in Northern Ireland at North Howard Street Mill and Macrory Park on the Falls Road in Belfast; he served the majority of his tours with 9 Sqn RCT. One of his early tours involved him driving a Saracen Armoured Ambulance which he had to use as a battering ram to get to a Wessex Helicopters’ Landing Zone in Belfast. Only a few RCT Officers served on land during the Falklands War and 2nd Lt Paul Ash was one of them. He went on to become a Full Colonel and was the Senior Officer when 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RCT landed the supplies needed for the invasion of Iraq, he was one of the Most Senior Operational Logistic British Officers on the ground during the war in Iraq.Gus South was a ‘CH47 Helicopter Hooker’ during his time in the Corps, he served in the South Atlantic, nearly became an alcoholic whilst serving out in Belize, before being Courts Martialled in Northern Ireland and ‘Busted’ from Sgt back down to Driver.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Independently published (20 Nov. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 275 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8562447623 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 1.57 x 20.32 cm |
by Peter Wilkinson
The SAS are formed from volunteers from all Regiments in the British Army, mainly infantry, but also from support arms such as the RCT, R Signals, Royal Engineers etc. This book informs you of some of the diverse careers of memebers of the Royal Corps of Transport, their trials and tribulations, successes and failures! But it shines the light on the support arms and what they have to achieve, to keep units like the SAS supplied and at the peak of their abilities! Unsung heroes all of them!
by Amazon Customer
Really good read.
by Dave Dolan
Brilliant
by Sue
Outstanding stories related well by a guy with knowledge. I would recommend all of Harry’s books
by david a p smith aka dap
Yet again Harry has come up with another good book. This time it focuses on a few members of the finest Corps that ever existed. Enjoyed reading and finding out more about Paul Ash, as my troops and a dam fine one at time my most over riding memory of him is when he came running down the jetty with a broken leg after the Demag had gone over. That day was a career stopper if ever there was one. Bumped into him in 2004 at a port op reunion, he hadn’t forgotten me and we had a good chat. He was surprised to hear that I was working within the crane hire world. I still am now.
Well done H, a good read, looking forward to the next one, and if you get round to it an entire series on the characters of the Port Op world, be enough there to keep you busy for a lifetime.
by Greg Mark David Fost
Loved it.. totally good fun ????
by Mick
As a ex Trogg love it made me reminisce of my time in RCT in the seventy’s recommended
by lesley haddow
My veteran husband loves this book. 20 years in the Royal Corp of Transport (pre 1993) so many memories