Most Roads Led To 10 Regt
In my previous book, ‘Rickshaws Camels and Taxis (Rogues Ruffians and Officers of the Royal Corps of Transport), I gave a fairly comprehensive narrative about the history of the British Army’s transport systems throughout the ages. ‘Rickshaws’ not only describes every different formation, the names that the different Corps adopted, and what they achieved during their tenure within the British Army, but the book also goes into detail about the major ‘Saints and Sinners’ of my Corps predecessors and its previous titleholders. Every Victoria Cross and George Cross is listed within the book, along with the winner’s citations and added material which includes those who have also soiled the good name of the Corps. The book contains the full military careers of eleven soldiers from the Royal Corps of Transport who served in different Roles. Some served in the airborne element, 63 (Parachute) Squadron RCT, and others served in 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RCT. One of these soldiers even won a Commando Green Beret whilst serving in 42 Squadron RCT AMF(L). Great soldiers one and all.
‘Most Roads Led To 10 Regt’ is a follow up book to ‘Rickshaws Camels and Taxis’ but the introduction is focused solely on the Royal Corps of Transport. I’ve included bits about the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) and the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), simply because of the overlap in which a few of these soldiers served within the greatest Corps of the British Army (just saying). This book differs from ‘Rickshaws’ in that I have written about the different career histories of soldiers who have also served and trained in the Air Despatch, Tank Transporter, and the 8 Regiment RCT Nuclear Weapons Transportation role. This book also includes more chapters about soldiers who fought on the famous 10 Regiment RCT boxing team of the 1970’s, Sergeant Seamus O’Callaghan and Driver Vince Rollock were another two charismatic and troubled RCT boxing champions who fought their demons both in and out of the ring.
This book follows the careers of fourteen RCT soldiers who served in hot spots like Aden, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. One of these soldiers, Captain Peter Shields (RCT but later Lieutenant Colonel RLC), was awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal for saving lives whilst serving in Kuwait at the end of the first Gulf War (1991). The full story of how he was promoted through the ranks from Territorial Army Driver all the way up to Regular Army Lieutenant Colonel, and what he did to be awarded such a high and celebrated gallantry medal, is all told in his very own words.
During the military careers of the eleven soldiers I interviewed for ‘Rickshaws Camels and Taxis’, nine of them had passed through the gates of 10 Regt RCT. The majority of interviews weren’t 10 Regt by design, it just happened that way because 10 Regt was one of the biggest units within the Corps, and through the process of time they were bound to spend at least sometime there. The same has pretty much happened with this book because eleven of the fourteen soldiers in this book have also entered those terrifying gates in Bielefeld, regardless of which trade they served in within the Royal Corps of Transport, which only goes to prove that… ‘Most Roads Led To 10 Regt.’
In my previous book, ‘Rickshaws Camels and Taxis (Rogues Ruffians and Officers of the Royal Corps of Transport), I gave a fairly comprehensive narrative about the history of the British Army’s transport systems throughout the ages. ‘Rickshaws’ not only describes every different formation, the names that the different Corps adopted, and what they achieved during their tenure within the British Army, but the book also goes into detail about the major ‘Saints and Sinners’ of my Corps predecessors and its previous titleholders. Every Victoria Cross and George Cross is listed within the book, along with the winner’s citations and added material which includes those who have also soiled the good name of the Corps. The book contains the full military careers of eleven soldiers from the Royal Corps of Transport who served in different Roles. Some served in the airborne element, 63 (Parachute) Squadron RCT, and others served in 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RCT. One of these soldiers even won a Commando Green Beret whilst serving in 42 Squadron RCT AMF(L). Great soldiers one and all.
‘Most Roads Led To 10 Regt’ is a follow up book to ‘Rickshaws Camels and Taxis’ but the introduction is focused solely on the Royal Corps of Transport. I’ve included bits about the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) and the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), simply because of the overlap in which a few of these soldiers served within the greatest Corps of the British Army (just saying). This book differs from ‘Rickshaws’ in that I have written about the different career histories of soldiers who have also served and trained in the Air Despatch, Tank Transporter, and the 8 Regiment RCT Nuclear Weapons Transportation role. This book also includes more chapters about soldiers who fought on the famous 10 Regiment RCT boxing team of the 1970’s, Sergeant Seamus O’Callaghan and Driver Vince Rollock were another two charismatic and troubled RCT boxing champions who fought their demons both in and out of the ring.
This book follows the careers of fourteen RCT soldiers who served in hot spots like Aden, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. One of these soldiers, Captain Peter Shields (RCT but later Lieutenant Colonel RLC), was awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal for saving lives whilst serving in Kuwait at the end of the first Gulf War (1991). The full story of how he was promoted through the ranks from Territorial Army Driver all the way up to Regular Army Lieutenant Colonel, and what he did to be awarded such a high and celebrated gallantry medal, is all told in his very own words.
During the military careers of the eleven soldiers I interviewed for ‘Rickshaws Camels and Taxis’, nine of them had passed through the gates of 10 Regt RCT. The majority of interviews weren’t 10 Regt by design, it just happened that way because 10 Regt was one of the biggest units within the Corps, and through the process of time they were bound to spend at least sometime there. The same has pretty much happened with this book because eleven of the fourteen soldiers in this book have also entered those terrifying gates in Bielefeld, regardless of which trade they served in within the Royal Corps of Transport, which only goes to prove that… ‘Most Roads Led To 10 Regt.’
