Jan 3 2021...more sad news from John Basell
Oct 26 2020
2 test pics just received from Ken. See below but I will shortly open a page for
Ken Brown (2)
NEW CONTACT
I received an email yesterday from a Ken Brown , no not the one who has a page on Album B but another one from Colchester who was at Kas 1953-1955. He was in Tech Wing with the Meteors and has offered me copies of his Kas pics which I look forward to uploading io this website.
2 test pics just received from Ken. See below but I will shortly open a page for
Ken Brown (2)
NEW CONTACT
I received an email yesterday from a Ken Brown , no not the one who has a page on Album B but another one from Colchester who was at Kas 1953-1955. He was in Tech Wing with the Meteors and has offered me copies of his Kas pics which I look forward to uploading io this website.
ABOVE-KEN BROWN FROM COLCHESTER
LATEST NEWS
Aug 21 2020...I have peeped out of Sheila`s and mine isolation trench to be pleasantly welcomed by Ray ( Tex ) Williams latest Kasfareet Kartoon, the third one below and really topical !!!! Good thinking Ray. I promise to try and quicken up my uploading . These pics will stay on the home page for a while before I locate them onto Ray`s own pages.
And featured below is Ray`s topical Corona 19 Kartoon deservedly embodied into the Cover Page of the August 2020 Canal Zoners news sheet.
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August10th 2020...So very sad to advise all EXILES of the sad passing of Les Archer.His son Nick says that he passed away peacefully at 3.50 am last Thurs, Aug 6th and did not unduly suffer at the close. His funeral is arranged for 10 am on August 21st at GORNAL WOOD Cemetary & Crematorium , Chase Road, GORNAL WOOD, Dudley DV32 2RL
Les was a wonderful man and a very good friend. He loved to remind me of our last flight back frpm the Canal Zone. Local burial regulations are not yet to hand.
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August10th 2020...So very sad to advise all EXILES of the sad passing of Les Archer.His son Nick says that he passed away peacefully at 3.50 am last Thurs, Aug 6th and did not unduly suffer at the close. His funeral is arranged for 10 am on August 21st at GORNAL WOOD Cemetary & Crematorium , Chase Road, GORNAL WOOD, Dudley DV32 2RL
Les was a wonderful man and a very good friend. He loved to remind me of our last flight back frpm the Canal Zone. Local burial regulations are not yet to hand.
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June 25th 2020....I have just received the sad news that Audrey, the wife of Kasman Eric todd has just passed away following a period of treatment for cancer.
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You can place a general message on the Forum Page
or email me direct :- alwynstanleyyork@gmail.com
( please note....mr.a.s.york(at)ntlworld.com is now out of date )
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ALSO INCLUDES MUCH OF JOE SHORTLAND`S 107 MU ASSOCIATION WARTIME
MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR 2 . SEE ABOVE..THE KAS FILES PAGE / THE KAS FILES "A"
Here I am sitting on old Jack Guard`s settee when I visited him in Mousehole (or Mowzul) as he says.
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This website portrays images and memories of life at RAF Kasfareet, the largest RAF unit in the Suez Canal Zone which incorporated an airfield and the mighty 107 Maintenance Unit. The author and his friends who have provided the majority of the content, served there mostly within the years 1950 up to the station shut down in early 1956. The content of this site has been extended to include pictures and information relating to RAF Kasfareet in other years particularly the war years and my thanks go to Jack Garry and Jack Guard (WW2) for their old pictures and also for Jack Garry`s enthusiasm which has produced the map of the camp and led to many other items of interest being brought to light. My thanks also to Colin Harrington and John Wreglesworth for use of their extensive photo albums. Content is continually being added to the pages on this site...Enjoy 4129212 Alwyn S. York |
March Past Audio Controller for volume and on/off
Any RAF man will recognise that you listening to the Royal Air Force March Past. When you have completed the Salute ( at full attention of course ) and the music has stopped playing, click the left hand stop button above then click the arrow below to play Last Post and Evensong...Thoroughly recommended
You can switch between the 2 pieces of music at any time.
Any RAF man will recognise that you listening to the Royal Air Force March Past. When you have completed the Salute ( at full attention of course ) and the music has stopped playing, click the left hand stop button above then click the arrow below to play Last Post and Evensong...Thoroughly recommended
You can switch between the 2 pieces of music at any time.
Last Post and Evensong Audio Controller for volume and on/off
You are now listening to The Last Post and Evensong. Almost every night when I was living in the tent lines behind the YMCA, I listened to this haunting piece of music played on the local Forces Broadcasting Channel on my homemade wireless crystal set. The valve inside was procured from prov 3 electrical stores hanger and someone found me a gash telephone handset so that I could in lay my pit listening to the radio without disturbing my mates in the tent and nearby neighbours. Later I obtained a pair of earphones in place of the phone. I only missed a closedown due to camp night guard or overnight escort duties.
July 28th 2011...message on my FORUM PAGE from Albert Hesketh who was stationed at El Hamra and played lead trumpet in the RAF MEAF Dance Band and he was specially moved when he heard The Last Post and Evensong on my website homepage as he had recorded the original piece used by the Forces Broadcasting Service and it was quite something to listen to himself playing every night across the desert at the closing of the days broadcasting. ( That`s a nice piece of military social history that..Alwyn )
You are now listening to The Last Post and Evensong. Almost every night when I was living in the tent lines behind the YMCA, I listened to this haunting piece of music played on the local Forces Broadcasting Channel on my homemade wireless crystal set. The valve inside was procured from prov 3 electrical stores hanger and someone found me a gash telephone handset so that I could in lay my pit listening to the radio without disturbing my mates in the tent and nearby neighbours. Later I obtained a pair of earphones in place of the phone. I only missed a closedown due to camp night guard or overnight escort duties.
July 28th 2011...message on my FORUM PAGE from Albert Hesketh who was stationed at El Hamra and played lead trumpet in the RAF MEAF Dance Band and he was specially moved when he heard The Last Post and Evensong on my website homepage as he had recorded the original piece used by the Forces Broadcasting Service and it was quite something to listen to himself playing every night across the desert at the closing of the days broadcasting. ( That`s a nice piece of military social history that..Alwyn )
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