Wed 18 Mar 2015: Charlbury WI March meeting - Bomb Disposal
This event is in the past.
Our speaker, Ian Jones, has spent 40 years involved with bomb disposal operations. His first Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) tour of duty was as a corporal in Northern Ireland in 1974. He then gained a commission, returned to the Province in 1982 and, as a captain, was responsible for all bomb disposal operations in Belfast. In 1992, as a major, he was Officer Commanding 321 Company RAOC, responsible for all bomb disposal operations in the whole Province. This was followed by a year in an intelligence post gathering information on Improvised Explosive Devices worldwide. He left the Army in 1994 and joined the Anti-terrorist Branch of the Metropolitan Police where, working shifts, he served as an Explosives Officer dealing with all incidents involving explosives in London. He answered over 2,000 calls for assistance in the following 18 years before retiring after the Olympics. His talk will take a mainly light-hearted look at some of the incidents he attended. Please note: the March meeting is also our AGM so there will be a certain amount of business prior to Ian's talk.
If you've not been before, then please come along and try Charlbury WI. We have a really good programme for 2015 (see Community/Social page for full details), a growing membership (of all ages) and always have delicious home-made cake at meetings!
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