Hello everybody,
Thanks for the welcomes and information.
For george.theshed, no I don't think there is any connection there. My father was an only child and from what I have found so far, only lived in Bury and Ainsworth after being born in Runcorn.
For Wendi, yes, I think he was in the 1st battalion. I have a war diary page beginning 30 July 1951 which records that:-
" 1st Bn. The Manchester Regiment undertook all operational committments in KEDAH, PERLIS, PROV WELLESLEY and PENANG ISLAND from 1st Bn. K.O.Y.L.I"
I can't get to a scanner till next week but I'll scan this and the photographs in. Amongst the photographs is one of my father with 4 other soldiers at Port Said on July 13th (no year given). The other soldiers are recorded as Cliff Taylor, Warrington, Sam Booth, Gerry Bannister, Oldham, and Tommy Cullen, Blackburn. There's also a photograph of the S. S. Asturias which I presume is the ship he sailed in.
Hope this extra information helps, lastly I have his Certificate of Service which records he enlisted in the Lancs Bde TC on 15 Feb. 1951 and was discharged on the 14 Aug. 1956 after 2 years 23 days NS with 'the colours' and 3 years 159 days with the Territorial Army finishing as a Fusilier.