Taking part in a recent training demonstration

by the Royal Artillery in Germany was 30 year old L/Bdr David Yelland, ‘Glenlea’, Beach Road, Westward Ho!

L/Bdr Yelland, a Ministry of Aviation police constable before joining the Regular Army in 1960, is now a surveyor and is serving in BAOR with 21 Regiment RA.

The training demonstration was staged to show the important role played by the Royal Artillery and its method of operation. Some of the latest radar and locating equipment was used. In the picture L/Bdr Yelland is seen operating a tellurometer – a distance measuring instrument.

An ex-pupil of Bideford Grammar School, L/Bdr Yelland served in the Territorial Army with 296 Field Regiment RA and was also a member of the Church Lads’ Brigade.

Gazette article 13 September 1963