Ian Rycroft
Charles Ian Rycroft[1] was a British Army officer.
Army Career
A brief bio for Rycroft on an unofficial Royal Engineers reunion site states:
- Ian Rycroft: Joined 64(95 party/55 Sqn).Survey Eng course at Chatham.12 RSME briefly and PRBS Brecon(again Briefly).Then RMA Sandhurst 2 years(Ypres 41).Then 2 Div Engrs-Greven-16 Sqn-Gib ,Maidstone,Ulster,then HQ 39 Bde Ops Ulster,then Arabic Course Beaconsfield,then;[2]
After attending the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, Rycroft was made a 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Engineers as of 2 August 1968. his army number was 485823.[3]
He was promoted to lieutenant as of 2 February 1970.[4]
He was promoted to captain on 2 August 1974.[5]
Rycroft retired receiving a gratuity on 28 October 1974.[6]
Oman
Rycroft left the following comment on the Britain's Small Wars website, on a thread about British soldiers in the Vietnam War:
- While serving in the Dhofar War,with the Firqat,I served with a guy called Ray Kane,who was a 'contract'British Officer.he had served,also on contract in Vietnam,as an FOO with the US Artillery.Another friend,having done the Aussie 'resistance to interrogation course',staged back to Uk via Singapore.While there,he bumped into an RAR officer-Donald Healey-who had taught us both.Col Healey invited him,for a few days to come to his Regimental HQ in Vietnam,to 'look around'.For about a week,he was a guest of the RAR and accompanied them on some sweeps.They were next to a Korean Regiment.However,this visit was certainly unofficial![7]
Notes
- ↑ London Gazette issue 44699, page 11326, 18 October 1968.
- ↑ Contacts P-R, R.E. United, accessed 14 August 2011.
- ↑ London Gazette issue 44699, page 11326, 18 October 1968.
- ↑ London Gazette issue 45031, page 1356, 30 January 1970.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 46398, page 10998, 11 November 1974.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 46455, page 211, 7 January 1975.
- ↑ Did British Forces serve in Vietnam? - Page 5, Britain's Small Wars, accessed 14 August 2011.
