tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373165199675890724.post1306586062206031901..comments2023-10-15T00:20:43.111-07:00Comments on Sarah Maid of Albion: Colin Mitchell-Role Model For A New GenerationSarah Maid of Albionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685494924450312124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373165199675890724.post-83338344503167656702011-05-21T19:47:17.942-07:002011-05-21T19:47:17.942-07:00What a load of rubbish. The Gordon's weren'...What a load of rubbish. The Gordon's weren't there in Aden!! The only two regiments involved in Crater at that time was The Northumberland Fusiliers and the Argyll's. After the murders snipers were on the rim of Crater or in the old Turkish fortifications, secure and wellout of danger. I was there, <br />Recce Pl. Sgt of the Argyll's!!!!!<br />getyerfactsrightWeeJimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373165199675890724.post-66329104144731890992010-11-30T10:48:07.966-08:002010-11-30T10:48:07.966-08:00This mentions your lads but still gives Mitchell h...This mentions your lads but still gives Mitchell his due.<br /><br />http://britains-smallwars.com/Aden/opsstirling.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373165199675890724.post-43339140099490967362010-11-30T10:44:08.023-08:002010-11-30T10:44:08.023-08:00With respect NARG, I am not convinced by your comm...With respect NARG, I am not convinced by your comments. You really need to develop your version or write it up into an article. Too many promote the other version. There is a documentary on Mitch and Crater on here which is convincing.<br /><br />http://argylls1945to1971.co.uk/AandSH_Mad_Mitch.htmmisterfoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373165199675890724.post-33037118764028806702010-11-28T09:44:48.023-08:002010-11-28T09:44:48.023-08:00Just for the record, 45 Commando and the Gordon...Just for the record, 45 Commando and the Gordon's - who had 12 men murdered by the police mutineers - sorted Crater out two days before the Argyll's arrived with their bagpipes. I spent those previous two days looking through the site of a Carl Gustav aimed at the police station, with orders not to open fire. This, without a Ghost Writer. Res ipsa loquitur... I suppose if I wanted a hero I would have chosen Capt Goddard out of a kids comic. The recollection of Blackie being turned into a cabbage by a doppie from one of our Hunters machine guns hitting him in the head, destroys the mythology.Nota reargunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923921104235184022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373165199675890724.post-62850121663472329392010-11-28T03:39:19.861-08:002010-11-28T03:39:19.861-08:00I have not read the article. Reason?
I met Mitchel...I have not read the article. Reason?<br />I met Mitchell on a flight to South Africa in 1975 when his history was almost legend. He had a small entourage and he was recanting HIS escapades in Aden. "I have a friend who was with the Gordon's who tells a different story." The atmosphere instantly turned to silence. I closed my eyes for a few minutes and feigned sleep. "I know he was accurate..."<br />"How?" It's amazing how aggressive people can get when they are faced with an alternative point of knowledge.<br />"Because I was manning a radio for M... Ha.....* when he shot the first of the mutineer Police."<br />"Were you in the Gordon's?"<br />"No." I replied wearily."Sniper section, 45 Commando." Only the whine of the engines accompanied the rest of the flight, and the daggers from this little man stabbed in my backas I smiled my way across the tarmac at Jan Smuts.<br />* Cpl M. H......, PWII. His half brother was a Sgt PTI in the Corp who avoided M. like the plague. Now that's an interesting story but one for the brothers to tell.Nota reargunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923921104235184022noreply@blogger.com