37 Field Squadron R.E

1. 37 Field Squadron R.E The squadron’s role whilst serving in Egypt as part of 32 Guards Brigade; 3rd Inf Div, during the Suez Canal Emergency 1951 – 1954 Presented by Michael Appleton Paderborn - November 2007

2. 37 Field Squadron R.E The commander of 32 Guard’s Brigade Brigadier Algernon, (Algy), Heber-Percy.

3. 37 Field Squadron R.E Officers from 32 Guards Brigade and 37 Field Squadron R.E. Taken in Egypt sometime in 1953.

4. 37 Field Squadron R.E Major Bruce Maude R.E. – With Field Glasses O.C. 37 Field Squadron – Egypt 1953

5. 37 Field Squadron R.E 37 Field Squadron officers in Egypt 1953. Standing L-R Rear – Lt Michael Appleton; Lt David Bland Sitting L-R – David Croghan; Major Brian Griffiths; Ian Donnar

6. 37 Field Squadron R.E Squadron Chain of Command – Egypt 1953

7. 37 Field Squadron R.E Op “Rodeo Flail” – Egypt 1953 Native labour help to load tanks at Port Said

8. 37 Field Squadron R.E Op “Rodeo Flail” – Egypt 1953 Tanks loading at Port Said

9. 37 Field Squadron R.E Op “Rodeo Flail” A fully laden transport Ship lying offshore at Port Said Egypt 1953

10. 37 Field Squadron R.E A camel train by the Sweetwater canal Egypt 1953

11. 37 Field Squadron R.E El Ballah Camp – located between Ismailia and Port Said – Egypt 1953

12. 37 Field Squadron R.E The new Guard Room at El Ballah Camp

13. 37 Field Squadron R.E El Ballah Camp from the air

14. 37 Field Squadron R.E Cook-house, Officer’s Mess & SNCO’s Mess El Ballah Camp – Egypt 1953

15. 37 Field Squadron R.E O.R’s tents – El Ballah Camp - 1953

16. Officer’s Mess – El Ballah Camp 37 Field Squadron R.E

17. 37 Field Squadron R.E Interior shot – Officer’s Mess El-Ballah Camp – Egypt 1953

18. 37 Field Squadron R.E The Equipment we used then AOP Auster Light Aircraft El-Ballah Camp – Egypt 1953

19. 37 Field Squadron R.E The sole squadron Land Rover The sole Land Rover which the squadron had on the vehicle strength. Photographed at Ismailia, which was out of bounds to all British troops.

20. 37 Field Squadron R.E On a Recce in a Jeep

21. 37 Field Squadron R.E Taking lunch with a local Sheikh

22. 37 Field Squadron R.E Out on a long range desert recce with White Armoured Cars

23. 37 Field Squadron R.E On a Carden-Lloyd Bren Gun Carrier

24. 37 Field Squadron R.E Royal Navy aircraft carrier, Suez Canal

25. 37 Field Squadron R.E Royal navy ships at Port Said

26. 37 Field Squadron R.E Practicing search techniques on some very shifty looking terrorist suspects

27. 37 Field Squadron R.E “Pull, pull together, with your body between your knees”.

28. 37 Field Squadron R.E Pontoon building

29. 37 Field Squadron R.E Building a Bailey Bridge The Sweetwater Canal

30. 37 Field Squadron R.E The finished product

31. 37 Field Squadron R.E The result of a small roadside mine

32. 37 Field Squadron R.E A checkpoint in Ismailia

33. 37 Field Squadron R.E View from a Jeep with an angle-iron wire cutter mounted on the front

34. 37 Field Squadron R.E On a desert recce in a Jeep

35. 37 Field Squadron R.E En-route to St Michael’s Monastery Jebel el Galala

36. 37 Field Squadron R.E Taking a break on the way to St. Michael’s Monastery

37. 37 Field Squadron R.E St. Michael’s Monastery Jebel El Galala - Egypt

38. 37 Field Squadron R.E Demonstrating modern technology to the local clergy. St. Michael’s Monastery

39. 37 Field Squadron R.E Yet more modern technology RAF Meteor jets operating out of RAF Abu Suwier - 1953

40. 37 Field Squadron R.E “Job Done”. Disembarking from an Avro York at Stansted On my way to demob - 1954

41. 37 Field Squadron R.E This was passed to me in flight, by the captain of the aircraft. Note the flight conditions. We did things at much more leisurely pace in those days.

42. 37 Field Squadron R.E Any Questions?