1979

Last updated 25/2/01

G (London Scottish) Company

Coy Commander:

Company 2IC:

CSM:

CQMS:

Annual Camp:

Messines Trophy:

McDonald Trophy:

Major P J Layden TD

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WO2 Graham Woodall

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NATO Exercise Keystone - West Germany

Pte Adrian Dawson

Not awarded

Company Events

March - Exercise Jock's Trek - Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

4 Apr - Queen Mothers Visit - Buckingham Gate, London

Spring - ASSAM - Barry Budden, Scotland

????? - GLC Parade - Central London

July - TASAM - Catterick / Bisley

29 Sep - Murderball I - London Hospital Medical College

13/27 Oct - Annual Camp - NATO Exercise, West Germany

31 Oct - Halloween - Buckingham Gate, London

 World Events

January:

January:

March:

March:

March:

August:

November:

December:

Shah of Iran exiled as Ayatollah sweeps to power

Garbage stacked in Hyde Park - "winter of discontent"

Airey Neave killed as IRA bomb outside the Commons

Three Mile Island nuclear disaster narrowly averted

Egypt and Israel sign peace treaty

Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA bomb

Iranians take 52 Americans hostage in Tehran

Soviet troops invade Afghanistan

Photo Index
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Gazettes
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Spring 1979 (To follow soon)

Summer 1979 (To follow soon)

Autumn 1979 (To follow soon)

Winter 1979 (To follow soon)

Anecdotes
Just for the Record!