Originally Posted by
Saint Jack
And speaking of the Irish.... A loong time ago, when I joined as a Boy Entrant, there was a guy in our entry (the 45th.) who was from the Republic of Ireland and his father was a sergeant in the Garda (the Irish police) so yes, it wasn't unheard of. There was also a guy from Kenya and one from Malta but they of course were Commonwealth citizens.
There were quite a lot of Irish B/E's and Apps.
They could easily be identified at leave times, they were the ones in civilian clothes!