Beef's 51 Field Squadron (A)

Welcome to the web site that is intended to bring together the members of 51 Field Squadron who served between the years of 1965 and 1972. That is not to say that members of 51 Squadron from other eras are not welcome but the Squadron has undergone many changes and these are the only years that I can speak of with some authority.

Whats on the Site.

2 pages about 51 Sqn and a bit about the places we visited.

A page telling you a bit about myself

2  Picture pages with plenty of more space for more photos as they become available.

2 Newsletter pages.

A bit of a blog  to  wax lyrical about this and that

Then there is a roll call of the people we have contact with. Check it out and maybe find old mates.

I have some contacts with people from other Squadrons. I intend to start another page that will help others make contact with ex Engineers. So, if you looked this page up just out of interest, drop me an email and I will enter on the new page when I do it.

If you would like to contact me about anything click on the little envelope above and I will usually get back to you within 24 hrs. (most of the time my computer is on so I would get back to within the hour.)

If you would just like to leave a comment then the "say hi" page is OK but it doesn't let me get your email so I can't reply from there.

Of course this is not an official Royal Engineers site so any opinions that I or any other contributors make are our own opinions and reflections.

I need new Photos, Stories, sketches newspaper clippings of anything to do with the Squadron so that we can share memories. For instance does any one have a photo of the day we got the freedom of Ripon or the newspaper clipping. Or does any one have photos of the lads playing Football or Rugby. After all we did have really good team at both sports.

The Black Ant    I spent a lot of hours painting the black worker ant on sky blue back ground on to the sides of various trucks, landrovers and plant equipment. It got so bad at one time that I actually dreamed about them. The black ant was originally a logo of 5001 Squadron RAF and we inherited from them. When we arrived at Waterbeach it was a bone of contention that we were the only Squadron with our own logo, and there was a move made to prevent us using it. The OC presented the argument that it gave us a sense of pride and bonded us together and any attempt to remove it would have put a dent in moral. The end result was the other Squadrons at Waterbeach started to paint their own logos and we got to keep ours. I have seen various versions of the ant since then but this was the ant that I painted so many times.

There were two versions of the black ant on the badges of 5001 RAF Airfield Construction so that may be the reason other people have different ideas of the way the ant should be depicted.