http://koyli.com/blog1 KOYLI photos History, Remembrance Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:44:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Les : This is so funny, A lovely little dog called Pippin, It starts with pippin just being weaned from his mum and brought up by his new mum Pauline. He is the star of this video created by my mate Eric, The song brings it all together http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/03/17/pippin-the-puppy/ Les : Bikers are often denigrated due to bad press in the past, But surely on this occasion they will be praised =========================== Crowds gather to show their support as bikers take part in a mass motorcycle ride through Wootton BassettAround 15,000 bikers have roared through a market town on Mothering Sunday ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/03/14/bikers-in-tribute-to-fallen-troops/ Les : I hope this rifleman get's a medal, He deserves one - ------------------ The MoD give more details of the rifleman's actions in throwing a live Taliban granade back at the enemy, saving the lives of his Platoon Commander and onother soldier. While under fire from the enemy, a soldier from 3 RIFLES ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/03/14/a-grenade-dropped-among-the-platoon-no-thanks-he-thought-as-he-threw-it-back-to-the-enemy/ Control of a key town in southern Afghanistan, twice captured by British troops and where 23 were killed, is to be handed over to the US marines, it has been announced. Five hundred British soldiers based in Musa Qala, in northern Helmand, will be redeployed further south to join most of ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/03/12/british-hand-over-key-afghan-town-to-us/ Monday, March 08, 2010 The soldier husband of a heavily pregnant woman who was seriously injured in a "car bomb" attack in a Kent village has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Nicholas Fabian, 32, a former army bomb expert in the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, was ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/03/08/soldier-arrested-after-kent-car-bomb/ Les Say's : I first met Sjt Dougie Blake in the early 1962 in Terendak camp, where The KOYLI were stationed, He kindly gave me and my mate Reg Pott's a lift to Singapore in his car, Which was a large open topped chrysler, never seen a car like it, Very ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/03/05/the-late-dougie-blake-koyli/ Hi A mate of mine was saying how much he enjoyed reading the KOYLI Bugle journals which brought back memories, As I was selected by the Bugle platoon to be the scribe arghh KOYLI JOURNALS Here I am in Brunei in the early 60s 22 yrs of age, All innocence I wrote ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/02/21/the-koyli-bugle-journals-memories-ha-ha/ Hi Let's HOPE this is NOT typical -- Arhh, 'Without his rifle' ? ---------------------------- The hero who became the 261st Brit soldier killed in Afghanistan complained about being sent on patrol with no rifle, The Sun shockingly reveals. Sapper Guy Mellors, 20 - blown up as he searched for Taliban roadside bombs ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/02/19/sent-out-to-take-on-the-taliban-without-a-rifle/ RAF experts eavesdropped on radio traffic in Afghanistan — and heard Taliban fighters speaking in Brummie and Yorkshire accents. The voices were detected during top secret spy-in-the-sky surveillance missions over lawless Helmand province. The revelation proves that growing numbers of British-born Muslims are moving to Afghanistan to fight along side the ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/01/19/spy-planes-take-on-taliban-fighters-speaking-in-brummie-and-yorkshire-accents/ JOHOR BARU: Unlike previous Valentine’s Days when couples would get themselves hitched in mass weddings, many Chinese are avoiding marriage this coming Year of the Tiger. Most Chinese couples believe that Valentine’s Day, which coincides with the first day of the lunar new year on Feb 14, will not be a ... http://koyli.com/blog1/2010/01/18/tiger-scares-couples-off-marriage/