501643 Sergeant Ronnie Paynter Britishh Army 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry My father, Ronnie Paynter, served with the 10th Bn Highland Light Infantry during the second world war. He was proud to have served in this fine Battalion, which he fondly referred to as the Best Scots Regiment full of Yorkshiremen.
I recall stories:
when they were bored bloody stupid on the Shetland Isles prior to deployment on the Invasion of Normandy.
how he hated the skirl of the pipes.
the crossing of the River Rhine.
hiding booty never to be found again.
Unfortunately my father passed away at the age of 78 in 1996. The memory of my father Sgt Ronnie Paynter 10th Bn HLI will be with me forever.
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