Lt Col ID Corden-Lloyd OBE MC

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17th of February 1978. Thirty nine years ago the CO perished in a helicopter incident in South Armagh. Now gone for as long as he had lived.

As the sun goes down we will remember them.

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I've talked to many RGJ veterans over the years, and the vast majority had nothing but praise and admiration for their old CO. A sad loss for not only the Regiment but for the British Army as a whole.
Rest easy Sir.

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RIP sir, duty done.

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Gone - Not Forgotten

40 years now since this tragic incident. I remember very well the news coming in to the orderly room. A shock to us all and a great loss to the battalion and the army in general.

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Rest easy.

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Ever Remembered

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I recall the cover of 'Visor' just a few weeks before this. PIRA had parked a flatbed lorry in the houses just behind Forkhill. Can't recall how many if any had functioned but the Colonel did a 'piece to camera' with a BBC crew. After this the press began to move off when, as two RUC officers began to check the lorry cab, a booby-trap went off under the driver's seat. As a Belfast Telegraph photographer snapped like mad, the CO ran back, got one of the officers out of the cab, found a pulse, and then helped get the wounded man onto a door, on which he was moved to a waiting Puma and casevaced. He and his colleague survived their injuries, thanks to the fast response from the CO. Swift And Bold.

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