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can anybody out there give more info on the Gnr A Foulis from White Street?

It was about Christmas 1945 when I was in transit in Dacca, East Bengal, on my way to my unit in Chittagong, that a group of Orkney gunners joined us on their way out of Burma. I remember Sgt Jim Dowell and John "Bulldog" Robinson among others and I vaguely recollect a Linklater, I think from Stenness. The vagueness of the meeting was probably due to the Black Horse beer we were able to acquire. One name in the list puzzles me and I hope Peter will explain. I see Bdr. W. Burges of 7 Slater Street in the lists. Now I had already met cousin William sometime previously in the Signals Training Centre in Mhow, Indore, Central India, where he was a sergeant in Royal Corps of Signals. I was not aware that William was in the Royal Artillery before the Signals, the only other William at 7 Slater Street was his father.

Gnr A Foulis, White Street - Alfred (Alfie) Foulis?

Tom, I am only too glad to explain.
My uncle (your cousin) was indeed in both regiments, at different times of course.Sometime after he arrived in India he was transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals, because of his wide knowledge of wireless. He was at this Signals Training School at Mhow, a photograph of which I also have, as far as I know, until the end of the war. Best regards, Peter

Correct info Pte. J W N Drever, 2 St Rognvald St, Kirkwall
This was my dad

I am advised (outwith this format) that the A Foulis, White St was infact my father Alec Foulis

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