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OK not being in the Infantry meant that I wasn't cannon fodder and the nearest I came to the Army was playing rugby for Yatesbury Boys against the Army Apprentices at Arborfield.
But, I've always been thankful that I CHOOSE to enter the RAF as a 15 year old. I had wonderful training. I had 13 years service that I thoroughly enjoyed. And then used that wonderful training to have a successful career in civvy st. Where my peers were normally University educated people that I was able to hold my own with.