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Mike Lennon (mike_lennon@msn.com) has kindly submitted the following photographs of the XIX Rugby Team, taken in Osnabruck in 1994.

XIX Rugby Team

Names provided by Mike Lennon, Tom Wharton (<tom.wharton@skfoods.co.uk>), and others (see below) are;-

Back row, from left : Lieut. Helliwell, Ritchie, C/Sgt Smudge Smith, Mike Lennon, Cpl Ron Calvert, Sgt Hammond, Karl Scott, Major Brasher.
Front row, from left : Lieut. Phillips, Sgt Ste Gibson(REME),Captain C Richards, Colour Sergeant Tony Booth, Corporal Jimmy Profitt (PTI), Lieutenant Christie, Lance Corporal Pete Smith (Smudge Smith's brother), Captain S Knocker.

Tom Wharton thinks that the photo was taken in 1994 "...as most of the officers left after the NI Tour in 1995".

jonny purvis (< davidpurvis24@msn.com>) wrote "front row is as follows;
Lt Philips,Sgt Ste Gibson(REME),Capt Richards,C/Sgt(Tony)Booth,Cpl Jimmy Profit(PTI),Lt Christie,L/Cpl Pete Smith(Mortars)(Gary Smiths Brother),Cpt Knocker,

Lee Addison (Addo) (<leeaddison.lakesutd@yahoo.co.uk>) wrote to say "ref the xix rugby photo from Big Mick lennon, the photo was definately from the 94 tour of Northern Ireland, as it was the year i joined."

Duggy Duggan (< clairedug@aol.com>) wrote to say;- "Ref Rugby photo Johny P has got the front row correct.However the cpl Calvin is CPl Ron Calvert. Dungannon tour 94/95"


Tom Wharton has sent in a photo from 1977 (?) of the Green howards Rugby Team that played in the Anglo French Cup Final. The names provided by Tom Wharton are below the photo, and are of interest in that they show well known members of the Green Howards as they were 30 years ago.

XIX Rugby Team 1977

Back Row L-R
Sgt (Capt) T Wharton, Sgt G Morris, LCpl (Little)Twizzel, Pte R Scott, Cpl(WO1,Q MSI, SASC) R Hurley, Capt(BRIG) D Santa-Ollala MC DSO , Cpl (Big) Twizzel, Cpl(Sgt) Franklin.
Middle Row L-R
LCpl K Holdsworth, Sgt(Maj) A Warriner MBE, CSgt(Capt) (Little)J O’Brien, LCpl(Sgt) Leadley, Sgt(WO2) C Foster BEM, Cpl(WO2) P Toker, WO2 R Crummack, LT (Lt Gen)N Houghton CBE,
Front L-R
Capt(Col) G Cooper, ?, Lt(Maj Gen) A Farquhar CBE.


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