General photographs of cadets and Territorial Army (TA) soldiers doing their thing. We're looking for cadet and TA pictures from anywhere although William Ellis CCF are especially welcome. Please email benemydiningclub@yahoo.co.uk. If you can't email pictures we can scan them, email for a mailing address and we promise to scan and return them to you...we'll even pay the postage !

By the way in this gallery are pictures of a future Brigadier, Group Captain, Lt Colonel, Wing Commander and RN Captain...can you spot them?
Thursday 22nd July 1971 – SNCO’s after the Colonel’s inspectionBack Row - Cpl Swart, Sgt Sontag, Sgt Haines, Sgt RossMiddle Row – S/Sgt Taussig, CSM Flack, U/O Phipps, S/Sgt GriffithsFront Row – Cpl Silver, Cpl McGowan, Cpl Pudman, Cpl Watson, Cpl Atkinson, Cpl Wishart, L/Cpl Mayes, L/Cpl Chapple, L/Cpl BerkmanNOTE: Post Landrover Dressings for Flack and Phipps (it didn't improve his temper...)Paul Calcott (Rear 2nd right), Tim Richie(front 2nd right), Dobson (rear centre) and Michael Moszynski(rear far left) amongst others an an RAF Camp with Lt Peter Evans RRW. If you can identify any others please contact us.Leek 1971.<br> Standing from right: ?,?,Gerschel, Pete Morris, Moser,Flack, Sontag, Watchous, Griffiths, McGowan, Watson?, Pudman ?, U/O Bill Morris, Nick Riley,Randall ?, Caunt ?, Silver ?<br> Seated from the left: Watson ?, Chambers, Hayes, Mayes, Pavely, Miller, ?, ?, ?, Weschke, ?, ? ,?, ? , Miller.Formal Group from Pirbright 1960. One of the few pictures of Col Benemy and the also highly respected Capt J Jackson who died in 2006 at the age of 84 having survived the Dieppe landings.RAF Camp Old Sarum 1971Standing Left to Right: Watson, Ayres, Miller, Heymer, Corbett, Swart, Atkinson, McGowanSeated left to right Silver, Puddefoot, Caunt, Col. Benemy, Hayes, BloomanRAF Camp Scampton 1969<br> Standing Left to right McGowan, Follis, Silver, Wishart, Corker, Read, Watson, Snipper, Hadjikakou, Pudman, Atkinson.<br> Seated Left to Right: O'Brien, Brooke, Dobson, Morris, Randall, Caunt, Holloway, Worts, ThelanGroup at AEF, RAF Manston 1971 ??<br> <br> Standing L_R Pudman, Silver, Thelan, Hayes, Worts, Snipper.<br> Front L_R Edwards, Hart, Pavely, McGowanAt Last...Photographic evidence.....Tonight Matthew I'm Going To Be Max Wall !<br> <br> Eric Phipps dartmoor 1973Contingent Officers and Senior Cadets etc, Ringmoor Down Dartmoor 1973.L-R Sq Ldr Halstead, Capt Mitchell, Flt Lt Kelly, O Cdt Morris MUOTC, U/O Corbett (specs) O Cdt Harvey ULOTC, Insp Walton, WO Edwards, O Cdt Clare ULOTCWilliam-Hathaway-Davis-DSO-MC-MAMaj. WH Davis Medals Copyright Spink&Co Ltd.Sydney Baxter MA. Headmaster William Ellis School 1953 - 1976. A great supporter of the CCF and a former Major in Intelligence working at Bletchley Park with the 'Ultra' team during WW".Mr Douglas 'Spike' Armit Deputy Headmaster, William Ellis School c.1950 to 1975. Another staunch defender of the CCF and the School.WW2-War-Memorial-Dedication-ServiceOptional target on the 25m range, helmet & broomstick courtesy of the Sergeant’s Mess. Dave Sontag at Leek 1971 (?) bravely attacking the firing point on the rifle rangeFriday 23rd July, 1971 0230 hours Leek - SNCO’s after cancellation of the night exercise against John Lyon School, L-R U/O Phipps, S/Sgt Griffiths, CI Randell, CSM Flack, Sgt Sontag, S/Sgt TaussigSenior NCO Mess at Leek Army Camp 1971.Left to right Ron Griffiths, Bob Flack and Richard Taussig at Leek 1971 (note Landrover soon to feature in various manly scars...)Bill Morris, Crowborough 72 doing something in bed....WESCCF Annual Camp Crowborough 1972.<br> The start of camp and the SNCO’s arrive in style. Unfortunately the suits didn't look so good after a 'good' night with the NAAFI manager...Crowborough '72. Before the arrival of the main party (spot the play on words!)U/O Sontag and CSM RossThe biter bit ! U/O Jim Corbett after having been dumped in the Fire Tank, Crowborough '72 (Just prior to this a senior cadet of another school had received multiple fractures during a game of murder ball...Jim got off lightly although, admittedly, he was thrown in by his own comrades !Relaxing after a game of murderball...looks like CSM Viv Ross, Crowborough '720300 hours after acting as enemy for John Lyons School<br> Back Row - Sgt McGowan, U/O Sontag, Sgt Watson<br> Front Row – Sgt Fynes, Sgt Berkman, CSM Ross<br> Crowborough .72F/Sgt Jon Fynes prepares for a night exercise after a heavy bout of horizontal resting. Crowborough 1972Annual Camp Crowborough 72<br> L-R Kirby, Fynes, CorbettOnly known picture of the famous Dave Mayes Rifle Crate Bedside Cabient (Top left) Jurby 1973. Jon Terrington (topless), behind Jim Corbett ??Winners of the Annual CCF Silly Hats Competition who now wish they hadn't entered... L-R Richard Cocks (last CO WESCCF),Peter 'Toulouse Lautrec' Evans, Terry Walton. By the way the competition was won every year until his retirement by Lawrence Halstead...Terry's Sick Parade..."I said Say AH!!!"Probably Otterburn 77Sq.Ldr Lawrence Halstead, Lt Peter Evans and Unnamed Brigadier, probably at St Martins Plain or CrowboroughSq.Ldr Halstead and Lt Peter Evans with F/Sgt Tim Ritchie at St Martin's Plain or CrowboroughSq Ldr Halstead WESCCF and Lt Peter Evans RRW making presentation to Cadet WO Paul Calcott probably at St Martin's Plain or Crowborough c.1975Lt Peter Evans RRW (with rifle) and Cpl P Puddefoot RGJ (second from the right without headgear) both ex WESCCF helping out at a WESCCF exercise at St Martins Plain probably around 1975ish Note the scary bayonet !!
The only known picture of a standard Rifle Brigade Truss