The saddest memory of our stay at Knook Camp was the loss of two of our dear pals Colin Gammon and Mick Kroge.  Colin (who boxed for the battalion)   lost his life in a dreadful accident  when he and Mick were blown up by an abandoned miss-fire mortar bomb whilst they were clearing the firing range at Imber in Wiltshire.  Being regular army, they were given the job  waiting to go on the firing-point to shoot for their pay.  Colin was killed and MIck lost both legs. Douglas Bader later took Mick  under his wing.  I knew Colin's lovely family in Croyden, for I had been home to stay with him on various 72 hours passes.