I am the eldest nephew of Pvt. William Tongs DCM. William was my father Alfred's older brother.
Colin served in the Royal Corps of Signals from 1952 until 1963, having served in West Germany, East Africa, Suez Crisis, and Yemen in the Southern Arabian Conflict
1956 Germany 1 British Corp. 7 Signals Regiment Escort to the Princess Royal
BOYS SERVICE 1952
No. 6 Boys Training Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals in Beverley in East Yorksfite, 1952 util 1955
1959 Sheik Othman, Aden
British Forces Aden was originally formed as Aden Command in 1928. On its establishment, Aden Command was a Royal Air Force (RAF) command which was responsible for the control all British armed forces in the Protectorate. It was renamed British Forces in Aden, or simply British Forces Aden, in 1936 and renamed again in 1956 as British Forces Arabian Peninsula.[1] In 1959 Middle East Command was divided into two commands split by the Suez Canal.[2] The two parts were British Forces Arabian Peninsular, which was based at Aden, and the remnants in Cyprus which on 1 March 1961 was renamed Near East Command.[2]