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Glyn Davies

Sand and Sea – Mike Tolson – 28th April 2014

1 May 2014 by Glyn Davies

In 1957 Mike was in the RAF and was posted to Christmas Island as part of the military involved in the British H-bomb tests (code named Grapple X). Conditions were primitive.  Troops were billeted in tents in temperatures of 95 degrees and 95% humidity, with only 5 gallons of desalinated water for 6 men each … Read more

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