Major-General Patrick Guy Brooking. CB. MBE. DL. R.I.P. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Brooking http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=169264870 Tom
Major General Brooking was the Commander in Chief British Sector Berlin while I was serving there. Very sad news. RIP. Gus
Gus, I read your post about serving in Berlin and having happy memories. I recently saw the obituary in a Berlin newspaper and was wondering if you served at the same time. This was the main reason that I posted, as well as being a Berlin resident. Regards Tom
Hi Tom Thanks for thinking about me. As a ex blue job and on a significantly reduced pay packet compared to the Major General back then, I didn't have much contact with him. Probably waved him smartly through the main gates a few times whilst on guard. I was 'volunteered' once to escort VIPs at the Maifeld once, including some visiting Russians, for the Queens Birthday Parade in about 1988. Princess Anne was the Royal family representative and I remember him looking very resplendent in all of his regalia. I was somewhat fixated however with the visiting Soviet conscripts. I had never been this close to 'the enemy' before. Gus
Gus, If you ever get to visit Berlin, please try and pay a visit to our RBL Berlin Branch premises, situated behind the old NAFFI on Heerstrasse. (Karolingerplatz 2) with old Red British telephone box nearby. We have a lot of memorabilia on the walls and you may even know one or two who stayed over! Regards Tom
