‘Royal Electrical and Mechanical Firemen’, School of Electrical Engineering (SEE), Op BURBERRY, 1977

Group photograph of the REME Unit known as ‘Wheatley’s Chidets’, the only REME unit deployed to actually fight fires and who can legitimately call themselves ‘Royal Electrical and Mechanical Firemen’. The ‘Green Goddess Fire Appliance’ is visible in the background. The photograph records SEE involvement in Op BURBERRY in West Sussex from 25 November to 8 December 1977. Individuals identified.

1977

From the album: ‘REME in the UK Volume II’ compiled by REME Museum. There is a relevant article in ‘The Craftsman’ April 1978, p113.

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