Trevor Guest 61A
Trevor Guest joined the Arborfield Army Apprentices School in January 1960 as an Apprentice Instrument Mechanic.
His Intake was the penultimate to be offered Instrument Mechanic apprenticeships as from 1961 all future courses were transferred to the School at Hadrians Camp in Carlisle. Trevor after one Term in HQ Company joined B Company in the Spiders to the right of the parade ground. At that time there where still only six divisions for the whole school with A Intakes being in January (supplemented by a small number known as Easter Bunnies) and B Intakes in September.
At the end of 1960 the first Senior Division was formed and from January 1960 there where nine divisions with A, B and C Intakes. After a period of initial metal bashing training including filing, drilling, turning, sheet metal work, welding and black smithing Trevor started his serious Instrument Mechanic training in the two Instrument Workshops located on the Isaac Newton Road.
The next two years got down to the basics of precision engineering, optics and watch making subjects that Trevor excelled in.
After Passing Out from Arborfield Trevor went onto SEME to achieve his 2nd Class trade accreditation in the Technical Training area at Borden.
With training complete Trevor moved onto a full career in the Corps until he left the Army although he always retained an affection for the Corps but especially for those initial three years at Arborfield, so he joined the Arborfield Old Boys Association and in the early 1990s became the AOBA Standard Bearer a duty he was to perform for almost twenty years.
As well as marching bravely at the head of each Reunion parade he would be found associating freely with members of all intakes in the Mess on the social occasions. He and I spent many happy hours chatting freely and quite often members would approach him and ask if he would be carrying the banner on
parade next day to which he always responded briskly “It’s a Standard not a Banner.”
Trevor sadly passed away on 4th of December 2023 in Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
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A must read!
This obituary for my dear friend Trevor Guest is totally and completely WRONG. He was never an Instrument mechanic He was a Radar Technician and a part of many courses that he and I were both on along with Michael Dorward. He joined the Army as a Junior Leader in 1959 and transferred over to AAS in 1960. He was bullied by many because his uniform was Battledress instead of Service Dress. More Later
Alan, thanks for your information.
We can only publish what is given to us. In this case we got the obituary from Ken Anderson. I will contact him and point out the error of his ways. I will publish an amendment in OBAN 88. Andy 66B