1981

Last updated 21/4/03

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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Pte M Ford

Not awarded

Company Events

24/25 Jan - Exercise Joksvil - Stanford, Norfolk

21/22 Feb - Company Training - Hankley Common

25/26 Apr - Exercise Spring Madness - Barry Buddon, Scotland

30/31 May - Exercise Dark Tartan - Otterburn, Northumberland

July - Annual Camp - Rheinsehelen, West Germany

17/18 Oct - Orienteering Weekend - Mill Hill, London

31 Oct - Halloween 1981 Buckingham Gate

21/22 Nov - Mortar Training - Dover / Folkestone, Kent

 World Events

January:

March:

April:

May:

June:

July:

October:

December:

Iran releases American hostages

Ronald Reagan shot in assassination attempt

Brixton riots

Bobby Sands, IRA hunger striker dies in prison

Blanks fired at the Queen in the Mall

Charles and Diana marry at St Paul's Cathedral

President Sadat of Egypt assassinated

Early reports of an auto-immune disease (AIDS)

Photo Index
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Gazettes
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Spring 1981 (To follow)

Summer 1981 (To follow)

Autumn 1981 (To follow)

Winter 1981 (To follow)

Anecdotes
The Colonel's wind-up!