Hello,
My dad was called William Howell Carrier. He was a Corporal and served in the Suez Crisis. I believe he was in 3LOC garrison Moascar camp. He enjoyed boxing and entered against other units. He did his square bashing at Catterick. I think he was in the signals from 1951-56. He was born in Prescot so probably sounded like a scouser.
Dad died in 2021 with dementia. The nursing Home/Hospital lost his veteran and service medals. I have his demob papers and a photo of him drinking with pals. I also have a Christmas day menu that his friends all signed.
I would really like to hear from people that might remember him or perhaps may know some old stories of him.
I remember him telling me that he made a side income by selling fuel to the Egyptians, and when he almost got caught with the empties he managed to blag it that he was rescuing stolen jerrycans. Another story was that he didn’t have a driving license but was driving different vehicles. His CO found out and signed a license for all classes of vehicles, yet he never had to pass a driving test.
Hopefully this may jog someone’s memory and they can tell me more about my dad during his army days.