Roger Dorey and Fellow Soldiers

Bishops Court, Northern Ireland, Christmas day, a few years ago. Note the knotted handkerchiefs on our heads. Brits on holiday. It was freezing.

Roger Dorey, born October 18, 1956, in Ilchester, Somerset, England, spent 26 years with the Royal Air Force Regiment and 10 years with the Civil Service. He now lives in Spain (no pool, no yacht, no villa).

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