Mr Astill was in service from May 1954 to May 1956 working in the Royal Signal.  The Signals unit are the amongst the first going into action. They provide the battlefield communication and information systems that are essential to all operations. Mr Astill also carried out training on the rifle

Mr Pennock has been fitted with top of the range Oticon OPN hearing aids, funded by the British Legion. ‘Between 1975 and 1977 I joined 105 plant squadron Royal Engineers South Shields. I was learning to operate heavy plant machinery, they were quite noisy! In 1977 I joined the Royal Pioneers Corp doing