The Bannockburn Challenge Shield
A monochrome photograph of the Bannockburn Challenge Shield winning team c . The donor provided the following information about her father Sqn Ldr (Squadron Leader) Roy Simons, with moustache, standing to left of the trophy, subsequently promoted and retired as a Group Captain. The photograph is believed to have been taken in a hangar at what was then RAF Kinloss, c 1973/74. Kinloss was later an Army base and the RAF moved to Lossiemouth, which used to be Royal Navy. This rifle team must have won the Bannockburn Challenge Shield in 1973-74 but there is no further information about what happened to the Shield after that. [This acquisition was as a result of the donor finding a previous Historylinks record of the Shield 2001.031 picture #326 and, in the interim, a further image taken in 1883 was acquired 2021_001_02 picture #14608]
Dimensions: digital image
3 Comments
By elimination I am reasonably confident that this photograph was taken in 1972. Group Capt George Chesworth took over as RAF Kinloss Station Commander in late 1972.
Comment left on 26 April 2024 at 19:28 by Chris Inward
Fg Off ?, Sqn Ldr Roy Simons, Gp Capt John de Severne, Master Eng. Chris Inward, Front Row L-R:
Sgt Robby Robson, Sgt N. Jamieson, Ch.Tech Mick Upton, Jnr.Tech Phil Raymond, who later won the Queen’s Medal (not the Queen’s Prize as I noted in error earlier) for Champion Shot of the Air Force. Comment left on 28 April 2024 at 10:30 by Chris Inward
I took a photo of it on my holiday in 2019 and saw the above photo when researching information on the shield for my photobook. Comment left on 05 April 2022 at 05:56 by Robyn McLean