Gallery Title
Gallery Title
b/w printphotograph
Accession Number NWHRM : 6134.9
Description
Photographic print (b/w); Privates Jarvis and Goubould of Number 3 Section, 2 Platoon of A Company, 1st Battalion of the 1st East Anglian Regiment; washing in the river Demerara, British Guiana, 1962
Department
Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum
Inscription
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. / ISSUED FOR THE BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICES BY THE / CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION, LONDON. / TROOPS IN BRITISH GUIANA. / British troops in the colony of British Guiana, sent to / restore and maintain law and order after the disturbances / in the Capital, Georgetown, on Friday, February 16th. / For the purpose of gaining intellegence and getting to / know the local population, patrols of the Army went on / foot, by small boat or Landrover into the jungle. / One such patrol took eight hours to cover 30 miles. The / patrol was No 3 Section, 2 Platoon of 'A' company, / 1st Battalion of the East Anglian Regiment. Members of the / Patrol were corporal 'Sporty' Wilson of Dagenham, Private / 'Lou' Gorbould of Norwich, Private 'Javo' Jarvis of / Newmarket and Private Paddy Real of Yarmouth / Early morning wash in the waters of the Rio Demerara. / Private Jarvis (left) and Private Gorbould / April, 1962
