tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863907759161924131.post8154250177984689975..comments2024-02-10T06:31:33.873+01:00Comments on The Falklands: Razor's Edge - Hugh Bicheno - TumbledownSteve Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17871496580386846242noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863907759161924131.post-20101465439766142622010-06-01T01:01:59.411+02:002010-06-01T01:01:59.411+02:00Only one comment I agree on in this article and th...Only one comment I agree on in this article and that is that Wilson was a complete waste of space. <br />As for Spicer....5 weeks wasn't enough time to prepare for sailing? I was in 40 CDO at the time and we sailed 3 days after the news of the invasion came through. Bergens, by the way, were never issued in those days...we bought them ourselves as we did with most of our kit. That probably explains in itself the difference between Guards & Marines.<br />I had the misfortune to be attached to them after the Sir Galahad disaster and spent 12 hours in a mine field as a result of their 'recce' troop's performance, resulting in us missing the start line for 42's assault on Mnt Harriet and that being delayed.<br />Their input can be best summed up in a comment I received from a WG RSM: "I can't wait to get out of here, back to London, and do some proper soldiering".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com