Tumbledown The True Story | Cpt Robert Lawrence MC Scots Guards
Tumbledown the true story, features Captain Robert Lawrence of the Scots Guards, who lost 43% of his brain from a sniper’s bullet.
Tumbledown The True Story | Cpt Robert Lawrence MC Scots Guards
Captain Robert Lawrence MC, is a former British Army officer with the Scot’s Guards. Whilst fighting in the battle for Mount Tumbledown, Robert was severely wounded by a bullet going through his skull. The Argentine sniper then fired shots at a Scout Helicoptor which was evacuating the wounded. Awarded the Military Cross for bravery, he spent a year in a wheelchair, being almost completely paralyzed.
Robert had lost 43% of his brain. Doctors predicted he would never walk again, but to their amazement, he eventually regained most movement. Robert retains a slight limp and a paralyzed left arm. The story was adapted into a BBC television play, starring Colin Firth.
Transcript from ‘Tumbledown The True Story’ podcast
Robert – At the time in the battle, I ran out of ammunition. I’d already taken the decision to throw my mags and I took to picking up Argentinian F.N.’s.
The trouble with that is because you never know what’s in it when you bring it. Could be completely empty so I wasn’t going to throw away my S.L.R. I had the misfortune of stupidly thinking I could change the mag on an F.N. It looks so like an S.L.R. but it has a different magazine clip. When people are shooting at you, you don’t stop and start examining the weapon you’re holding. So that’s how I ended up with the two weapons. They translated that into some sort of ‘True-Grit’ firing with both hands, which was pretty much bollocks. Myself on a ridge with my arms in the air shouting, ‘Isn’t this fun?’, well that’s bollocks as well.
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The Northern Ireland Conflict | Veterans For Peace | #78
The Northern Ireland Conflict Podcast features former Scots Guard turned poet Michael ‘Spike’ Pike, a prominant Veteran’s For Peace member.
The Northern Ireland Conflict | Mike ‘Spike’ Pike | Veterans For Peace
Do you want to know the truth about joining the military? Former Scots Guard turned poet Michael ‘Spike’ Pike explains how he feels earnest young men and women are recruited to fight and perhaps die to maintain the power of a sociopath elite. Mike is a prominent member of Veterans for Peace.
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Chris and Spike
C – Spike, hello again mate! For our friends at home we had a bit of a technical issue, but a huge thank you to Spike for coming onto the show. I was saying earlier, how to have you as my guest and to see some of the information you sent me, It really made me question some of the things in my life. Where I’m heading etc. and I’ll say that again but I think that’s a good thing.
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SAS Captain to Mercenary | Political Prisoner | #127
SAS Captain to Mercenary, features Simon Mann who is a British former Special Air Service (SAS) army officer and legendary condottiere.
SAS Captain to Mercenary | Political Prisoner | Simon Mann
Simon Mann is a British former Special Air Service (SAS) army officer and legendary condottiere (not mercenary as often wrongly labelled). Simon trained at Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Scots Guards. On leaving the military, he co-founded the private military company, Executive Outcomes and co-founded Sandline International with fellow ex-Scots Guards Colonel Tim Spicer in 1996, operating mostly in Angola and Sierra Leone. On 7 March 2004, Mann is alleged to have led the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d’état attempt. He was arrested by Zimbabwean police in Harare airport, along with 64 other private contractors – branded as ‘mercenaries’.
Simon served three years of a four-year prison sentence in Zimbabwe and less than two years of a 34 years and four months sentence in Equatorial Guinea. Simon is now a much-sought-after public speaker and consultant.
Transcript snippet from .SAS Captain to Mercenary’ podcast
Chris and Simon
C – Simon how are you Sir?
S – I’m good thanks.
C -You’re in Johannesburg aren’t you?
S – Yep, it’s lovely, normal, no lockdown, it’s lovely.
C – Yeah, wow, I was there when I took my trip to Mozambique, we obviously had to fly into South Africa. We stayed at a lodge in Joburg called Brown Sugar, do you know it?
S – No!
C – Well let me just say, one night in Johannesburg is like one night in Bangkok, just with less girls!…
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