Were you at the Apprentice School at Pennypot?
I was at Beachley Camp, commonly called Chepstow. It was actually just across the Wye River in Gloucestershire. Three year apprenticeship and then eight years in the regular army. 1946. I was not given clue about the eight extra years. I got there the night the American boxer, Ike Williams of Trenton NJ knocked out the camp’s former physical training instructor, Ronnie James, in nine rounds. NBA lightweight world title.