The Unconventional Soldier

#010 73 (Sphinx) Special OP Battery, Operation GRANBY (Gulf War 91)


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Our guest on Pod #010 is Chris Lincoln-Jones.  Chris was the Battery Commander of the then 73 (Sphinx) Special OP Battery when it deployed on Operation GRANBY, better known as the first Gulf war.  He describes the deployment of the unit, the training in theatre and its role as part of Divisional recce attached to 16/5 Lancers during the 100 hour ground war.  Chris also covers his time in 3 Commando Brigade in 148 (Meiktila) Battery, a specialist Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation unit within 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery.

We finish with Chris's book choice on Desert Island dits Firing Line by Richard Holmes.  His film choice is Eye In The Sky.  The teams book choices this episode are If I Die In A Combat Zone  by Tim OBrien and Memoirs Of An Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.

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