RSM JC Lord and CSM J Alcock on the square at Aldershot, 1947

My father, John Alcock (Jack), told me that he and John Lord used to check each others appearance before going on parade.

Both of these men were ex-guardsmen. CSM J Alcock, my father,fought at Dunkirk with the Coldstream Guards. He was put on a charge when he got back because he had one item of equipment missing. He joined 2 SAS in 1943 in North Africa and went on to win the Croix de Guerre with silver Star.