Colour Sergeant Steve J Thayer

{ Yank }

06 Oct 1956

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OS Receiving Imperial service medal from The the Deputy Commander Army Aviation at RAF Wattisham
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Receiving Imperial service medal from The the Deputy Commander Army Aviation at RAF Wattisham

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Members of Support Coy HQ, 2 PARA, listening to the BBC World News, Sussex Mountain c22– 26 May 1982.

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Russ Bishop and Ian Taylor, Patrols C Coy, 2 PARA, 1980.

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Russ Bishop and Ian Taylor. preparing to jump, C Coy, 2 PARA, 1980.

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Members of 2 Para with a Soviet Tank on Long Valley Aldershot
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Members of 2 Para with a Soviet tank on Long Valley Aldershot

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Returning Patrols from 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy Northern Ireland 1980

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Wessex collecting Patrols Platoon, 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy Northern Ireland, 1980

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Picking up Patrols from 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy Northern Ireland, 1980

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MV Norland in San Carlos Bay as HMS Antelope sinks in the background, Falklands, May 1982
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MV Norland in San Carlos Bay as HMS Antelope sinks in the background, Falklands, May 1982

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Group photo of Mortar Platoon Commanders and 2ICs Course, Support Weapons Wing School of Infantry, June 1992

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Group photo of Mortar CPO/MFC Course at Support Weapons Wing School of Infantry, December 1988

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MFC Party Salisbury Plain Training Area(SPTA) Radar Shoot
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MFC Party Salisbury Plain Training Area(SPTA) Radar Shoot

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Steve Thayer in a defensive position, Fitzroy, Falklands, 1982
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Steve Thayer in a defensive position, Fitzroy, Falklands, 1982

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Remembrance Parade 2009
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Steve 'Yank Thayer on Remembrance Parade, 2009

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Group photograph of Sergeants' Mess, 10 PARA, July 1992

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Group photograph of Mortar Pl, 10 PARA, Salisbury Plain, 1992

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Group photograph of 2 PARA Sergeants' Mess, Jan 1990

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Group photograph of Support Coy, 2 Para, Tern Hill, Dec 1988

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Group photograph of a platoon of Support Coy, 2 PARA, Fermanagh, June 1990

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Soldiers of 2 Para Mortar Pln during an exercise at Queens Ave, Aldershot
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Soldiers of 2 Para Mortar Pln during an exercise at Queens Ave, Aldershot

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2 Para Diving Club about to sink a cast FFR landrover
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Members of the 2 Para Diving Club about to sink a cast FFR landrover

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C/Sgt Thayer (PSI) and C/Sgt Pollard (PSI) at 10 Para Sgts Mess, White City, London
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C/Sgt Thayer (PSI) and C/Sgt Pollard (PSI) at 10 Para Sgts Mess, White City, London

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Patrol of 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy at Bessbrook Mill, 1980
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Patrol of 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy at Bessbrook Mill, 1980

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Soldiers show off their 'Big Game Fishing' prize catch, Kenya, 1990
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Soldiers show off their 'Big Game Fishing' prize, Kenya, 1990

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Soldiers from 2 Para asking a furry friend for directions, Belize, 1987
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Soldiers from 2 Para asking a furry friend for directions, Belize, 1987

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Steve 'Yank' Thayer on Island Patrol, Snake Caye, Belize, 1987
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Steve 'Yank' Thayer on Island Patrol, Snake Caye, Belize, 1987

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Group photograph of 10 (V) Para Mortar Pln, Leigh on Sea, Southend, 1993.
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Group photograph of 10 (V) Para Mortar Pln, Leigh on Sea, Southend, 1993.

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Group photograph of the 2 Para Judo team, 1980
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Group photograph of the 2 PARA Judo team, 1980.

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Group photograph of Depot Para 397 Pln, 1973
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Group photograph of Depot Para 397 Pln, 1973

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Soldiers of Support Company HQ on the north spur of Wireless Ridge on the official cease-fire, 14th June 1982
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Soldiers of Support Company HQ on the north spur of Wireless Ridge on the official cease-fire, 14 June 1982.

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Tim Wise and Yank, Dunmore Park, Northern Ireland, 1975
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Tim Wise and Yank, Dunmore Park, Northern Ireland, 1975

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Informal group photograph of 2 Para Mortar Platoon, Malaya, 1975
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Informal group photograph of 2 Para Mortar Platoon, Malaya, 1975

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Soldiers man a Mortar position, Kenya, 1981
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Soldiers man a Mortar position, Kenya, 1981

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Paras in a Ferret scout car on Berlin Parade, 1978
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Paras in a Ferret scout car on Berlin Parade, 1978

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Brook Bks Berlin 1978
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Steve Thayer in a Ferret scout car, at Brook Barracks, Berlin, 1978

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Soldiers 'Yank', 'Stubbo' and 'Johnny Rob' during Balloon jump, Germany, 1978
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Soldiers 'Yank', 'Stubbo' and 'Johnny Rob' during Balloon jump training, Germany, 1978

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Platoon Sergeant's Senior NCO Tactical Wing course, Jan-March 1987
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Platoon Sergeant's Senior NCO Tactical Wing course, Jan-March 1987

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'Yank' Thayer standing next to Argentinian Pucara A-527 at Goose Green, blown apart by a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU)
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'Yank' Thayer standing next to Argentinian Pucara A-527 at Goose Green, blown apart by a Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU)

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Soldiers from 2 Para Patrols Pln, Northern Ireland, 1980
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Soldiers from 2 Para Patrols Pln, Northern Ireland, 1980

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'Yank' on Retirement in 1996 - after 22 yrs Service
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'Yank' on Retirement in 1996 - after 22 yrs Service

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Veterans of Support Company HQ at the 21st Anniversary Dinner of the Falklands War, 1982
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Veterans of Support Company HQ at the 21st Anniversary Dinner of the Falklands War, 1982

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L/Cpl Yank Thayer & Sgt Blackburn in cockpit of Pucara A-506 of Grupo 3 de Atague was damaged in the 800 Squadron attack against
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L/Cpl 'Yank' Thayer & Sgt Blackburn in cockpit of Argentinian Pucara A-506

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Veterans outside the Palace during the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands Campaign, London, 2007
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Veterans outside the Palace during the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands Campaign, London, 2007

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Veterans in London for 25th Anniversary of the Falklands Campaign, 2007

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Steve J Thayer whilst parachuting at Queens Ave, Aldershot
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Steve J Thayer whilst parachuting at Queens Ave, Aldershot

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Junior Parachute Company (JPC),1973
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Steve J Thayer whilst in Junior Parachute Company (JPC), 1973

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Soldier on foot patrol in Northern Ireland, 1976
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Soldier on foot patrol in Northern Ireland, 1976

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Soldiers 'Yank' and 'Egor' at the Close Observation Point (COP), 2 PARA, Northern Ireland, 1980
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Soldiers 'Yank' and 'Egor' of the Close Observation Point (COP), 2 PARA, Northern Ireland, 1980

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Salisbury Plain Training Area(SPTA) Radar Shoot, 1974
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Salisbury Plain Training Area(SPTA) Radar Shoot, 1974

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