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Operation LONELINE 26
Jubilee Camp and Buffer Zone, Cyprus 20 Nov - 18 Dec 1985 Troop Commander = Lt Shallcross |
A composite troop from 60 Field Support Squadron Royal Engineers deployed from Waterbeach near Cambridge to Cyprus for Operation LONELINE. Their task was to reconstruct two sections of the communications track in Sector 2 of the Buffer Zone. The thirty man string troop included one officer, a WO1 Military Plant Foreman, nine Plant Operators including two from the Territorial Army, seven Combat Engineers, five Drivers, a Surveyor, a Construction Materials Technician (soil and rock expert), three fitters and two Medics from 19 Field Ambulance in Colchester.
During their time with UNFICYP a total of eight kilometres of track was constructed together with the associated drainage ditches and culverts. Other tasks undertaken by the Troop included rubbish and rubble removal from B32 (the Box Factory) and B35, assistance with construction of the Miniature Range in Jubilee Camp, culvert repair and small plant tasks in Sector 5 and 6 and the surveying of approximately five kilometres of possible new communications trails in the difficult terrain Sector 1.
Despite working from dawn till dusk each day the Sappers did find tome to enjoy themselves touring Cyprus, twelve members of the Troop even having two days R and R visiting Israel. The Troop returned to UK for a well-earned rest and Christmas with their families.
During their time with UNFICYP a total of eight kilometres of track was constructed together with the associated drainage ditches and culverts. Other tasks undertaken by the Troop included rubbish and rubble removal from B32 (the Box Factory) and B35, assistance with construction of the Miniature Range in Jubilee Camp, culvert repair and small plant tasks in Sector 5 and 6 and the surveying of approximately five kilometres of possible new communications trails in the difficult terrain Sector 1.
Despite working from dawn till dusk each day the Sappers did find tome to enjoy themselves touring Cyprus, twelve members of the Troop even having two days R and R visiting Israel. The Troop returned to UK for a well-earned rest and Christmas with their families.
