SIR – In 1956 I was in the Royal Navy’s Devonport Field Gun Crew, whose base was HMS Drake in Devonport and subsequently Devenport Dockyard remained the home for the Devonport Field Gun Association. I’m sure some of your readers will remember the Royal Navy Field Gun competitions which were part of the Royal Tournament until 1999.

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence gave the Field Gun Association notice to leave Devonport Dockyard. The association was fortunate to find a new home at Crownhill Fort in Plymouth, which is now a small Devenport Field Gun Museum. When the records and equipment were transferred, all records and photographs for the 1956 crew were missing.

I appeal to any any field gunners from 1956, or any other year, who may have some photographs or any other personal records or memories. If we were able to make copies they could then be included in the museum records.

I would also be delighted to hear from old field gunners of any year. E-mail me on stewartmckenzie@talktalk.net

Stewart McKenzie, Alma Place, Clitheroe, Lancashire