by Bob Jenkins | Feb 16, 2009 | Stories
Serving as a Royal Military Police NCO in the British Sector of West Berlin was still quite something, even in the early eighties. For a start, compared to other postings, we went on duty mob handed – which was a novelty. There were two NCOs to patrol the Berlin Wall,...
by Bob Jenkins | Feb 12, 2009 | Stories
My friend Gordon was a RAF conscript during National Service. When it comes to swapping yarns with him, I can generally hold my own, but this one was a proper Brahma: “In the summer of 1959, twenty four of us from my Squadron were picked to go to Canada as ground crew...
by Bob Jenkins | Oct 23, 2008 | Stories
Measured in terms of church attendance, I’m a terrible Christian, but in the small Oxfordshire village of my early youth the agricultural seasons and religious festivals were all interwoven and we school children made regular trips to the church to celebrate them. The...
by Bob Jenkins | Aug 11, 2008 | Stories
It was after we had been on the ranges, one afternoon towards the end of the course that I had one of the most pleasant and contented moments I’ve ever known. We finished the live firing early for some reason. We were on a very open range surrounded by grass and scrub...
by Bob Jenkins | Aug 6, 2008 | Stories
Londonderry, Christmas 1978 Between 1978 and 1980, I served with the Royal Military Police in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. My unit was stationed at the old U.S. Navy base at Clooney in the Waterside, but we were responsible for patrolling within the City walls on...
