Here are some of the pics taken 75 years ago in Libya by Reuben (Reub) Giles, DFC, a great friend who was the only one I knew with a camera. These show our Mess tent being erected on arrival from Egypt, and the bar.
The photos are not the best in quality, they are scans of contact prints but still hold much interest for me as mementos of those exciting days. I will use more as appropriate with the posts.
Sergeants and other ranks erecting the mess tents and then we enjoyed the beer. We had 1 litre of beer per person per week, the beer came 100 miles from Tripoli.
Barber service 3 times weekly. Short back and sides optional!
I wasn't keen on haircuts in those days, I'm the one on the right and even corporals with mallets couldn't frighten me!
