hi im brian sainsbury, frank sainsbury was my great uncle i am currently im a member of the second battalion the royal regiment of fusiliers and was unable to make it to his funeral. I have heard it was a great tribute to his life and his service to his country and am trying to find any pictures of or video of the memorial service so my self and also his brother les sainsbury that could not make it to the memorial. thank you
We have updated the 'In memoriam' board, and there are tributes to Frank on there but there were no photo's taken at Frank's funeral. Leave some contact details and we will be in touch.
Is this the same Frank Sainsbury ex WO2 Coy Sgt Major of 3rd Green Jackets The Rifle Brigade Cyprus1962/64? If it is I have some very fond memories of him. I was a driver in the mortar platoon and drove him regularly [sometimes round he bend] One time, early in 1964 I was his driver when we were called to an incident at a village near Nicosia during the troubles, Shots were fired in our direction and we duly bailed out into a ditch behind some bushes. We were there only a few seconds when he looked at me then at the landrover standing in the open pointed and said ''and as I was the ''Well I'm not going to get it!'' Oh boy..... Scared or what? I was only 18 at the time and very wet behind the ears. He referred to me as youg Tommy. [ Rfn Sayer] mustardandpepper@yahoo.co.uk
He remembered you too... it's a funny world... turns out he knew me when i came into this world in cyprus... and i was one of the nurses looking after him when he died. A lovely man. Julie