RESURRECTION And when the barge from Avalon comes back I shall stand watching it, with you, And your blonde hair shall ruffle in the breeze And you shall say "I will forgive" And time will vanish from that hallowed place. Then will your smile return Because your youth has come again And we shall stand together as we watch The last waves roll in, one by one. Then night shall come, and we will camp Around the shores, and watch our lives go by, And I will cradle you within my arms And feel your love flow back to me. Then all the twinkling lights shall be snuffed out And tombs shall stand erect against the sky And dawn shall never come. Then shall the rain come sweeping from the west And glistening church towers shall ring their peals And we shall raise ourselves from sleep And sons shall find their mothers once again And we shall walk towards the kirk, where Christ is walking through the daffodils.

David Tinker, 20.4.73, aged 16

Swynnerton Training Area, the 1978 Battle Efficiency Patrol Competition.

Swynnerton Training Area, the 1978 Battle Efficiency Patrol Competition. 2/Lt Graham Jardine, O/Cdt Alan Gibson, 2/Lt Bob Meneer (Acting Sgt), 2/Lt Matt Worden (Acting L/Cpl), 2/Lt Gus Pugh (Gunner). O/Cdt Dave Pointet, O/Cdt Phil Morrel, Sub/Lt Dave Tinker, JUO Jim Taylor, 2/Lt Graham Martin (Acting Cpl).