Brum was recent guest on podcasts 29 and 30 when we discussed his Army career and operations in the Falklands on Op CORPORATE.
He served the majority of his military career in 148 (Meiktila) Commando Forward Observation Battery Royal Artillery whose naval gunfire role can be traced back to The Combined Operations Bombardment Units (COBUs) that provided fire direction for ships in shore bombardment in World War 2.
148 Battery are specially qualified in calling artillery, naval gunfire control and airstrikes to support 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines and UK Special Forces. They are experts in covert insertion, patrols behind enemy lines, concealment, encrypted communications and battle damage assessment in all environments.
Members of 148 Battery took part in operations in the Malay Peninsula 1963-66, Borneo 1963-66, the Radfan in 1964 and in Aden at various times between 1960 and 1967. It was scheduled for disbandment when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in April 1982 but its performance during the war essentially stopped this in its tracks.
Brums experiences as a commando Gunner were quite unique encompassing the withdrawal from empire in the 60s and closing with the Falklands War. You can listen to our podcast with Brum below.
Brum has kindly agreed to let us publish his life story which you can download below.
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Hello Michael/Brum.
Enjoyed your podcasts.Extremely interesting life.
Always knew you would do well in the Army .
Good luck with your retirement.
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