This page will contain my personal photo's and information,of my time at 1109 [June1957 to May1958,the unit closed May1958].Updating of this page will take place when new photos and information arrive.
I have no idea of when the unit obtained its own billets and service area's,when I arrived the unit included billets,cookhouse,dinning room,office,Sgts mess.TV room,ablutions,games room and flag pole,at the lower end of Boston Dock.Up the other end of the Dock we had a technical site,this was a large building containing fitting and chippy's shops,radio room, toilets and an office,nicknamed as I remember"B.N.C",which again if my memory serves me right was our call sign..The duty fitter used the radio room which held a bed to while away his night duty.
We had 2x 43ft R.S.L's 1642 and 1649.1642 is still around,the last known address was Ireland with the name "Seatracker".1649 went onto serve overseas and on the 17/4/64 assisted R.T.T.L. 2751 recover bodies from Middle East Airlines Caravelle, which crashed while on flight from Dahran.In 1965 she picked up 5 men of the Parachute Regiment,from a sinking Dhow in rough seas 43 miles from Muharraq,her coxswain was awarded the M.B.E.Regretfully 1649 was returned to RAF Mountbatten for repairs and subsequently declared for burning and destroyed in 1971.
Front row,left to right.Charlie Hall,John Joyce,Seaman off a RN ship in Wash brought ashore to be treated for an illness,Jock Walke,Jim Marshall,Phil ?.Back Row,L to R,Mike Cotes,Paddy Yule,Frank Cousins and Brian Benson.
