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Thankyou very much, very kind. Different breed of people then! Got a chap to look into his war record, Africa, Italy, Burma retired after the Malaysia emergency.
Tiger would have had adapted air filter to cope with the sand.

Yes, those people were put into a very difficult situation.
I knew a very nice gentleman who said very little to me of his war experience, except he told me so many men died.
I discovered he was one of the first to land as an engineer the night before D - Day and his was an incredible story.
If you haven't read about Blair Mayne, the SAS Colonel, do so. He came from Newtownards here, was a Rugby international, a Lawyer and was a founding member of the SAS.
 
A true giant among men, lead from the front.

Some will say they were just mad killers, but they were in a war and against the odds their actions no doubt saved many lives.
Very interesting subject anything to do with WW2. Not sure how we got from How to turn water off, to it, though. :p
 
Isolate the electrical supply to the boiler , turn off your mains cold water stopcock you can then drain yor heating down and your hot water from your combi and the cold water via your taps . cheers kop .
 
Hi all new here what it is I want to replace some taps even new radiators and just wondering how I shut the water off on a combi boiler many thanks
I generally rotate the "water off" to the off position, under the boiler!
 
Some will say they were just mad killers, but they were in a war and against the odds their actions no doubt saved many lives.
Very interesting subject anything to do with WW2. Not sure how we got from How to turn water off, to it, though. :p
A uncle of mine was in North Africa in WW2 one of the first to volunteer for the L.R.D.G another man who never talked about what happened in any great detail. My only claim was when I was a kid (about 7 or 8) going to another uncles passing out parade and meeting Monty himself.
 
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