Mark Rahaman tells me that the Cosford Apprentice Pipe band passed out and were then disbanded as following MOD policy there would no longer be any 'big' apprentice entries, which made keeping the band untenable.
Ben Arrived in 66 and was still keeping us awake in 72. He also passed out and into retirement with 225 entry, October 1973. His last dog handler was Nev Hepburn who was on 225J Flt.
Below are some details from the 321 entry passing out booklet with more details.
