CG,
yep Robbie was a top bloke, very much in the John Hoath mold. IIRC our Cpl was a guy called Dave Garstang - had done a few bits & pieces in Ireland, but wouldn't talk much about it.
First morning of 91 was spent in the dark in the GST building getting our introductions from Mick in torchlight, as a Taceval had been called at Oh God o'clock. Us DE guys totally lost and the old sweats getting hauled off to do some guarding somewhere.
Best memory of John Hoath was phoning up some day and and all you got was the end of ........TH. Saw him do it one time, he started answering it as his hand touched the handpiece with the "Flight Sergeant Hoa" bit done before he'd got the mouthpiece anywhere near his mouth.
He also loved to get our own Frank Spencer doubling around the square with a chair above his head, after falling asleep in yet another Admin lecture.....
Happy days