Andrew Partridge

It all started with a holiday in the Ardennes in 1984. We came round a bend and there was this King great Tiger - tank, that is. It spawned my son's fascination with military vehicles and I got dragged along in the slipstream. Born in Broadstairs in 1939 and remember "Hell Fire Corner" - just. National Service airman 1960-62, then civil servant till retirement in 1996. Married to Gill since 1964 with son, Peter (IMP 2231) and daughters Kate & Izzy. As a Francophile I came to Béthune 1990 for the ride, joined IMPS and in 1993 bought my 1942 RAF Humber Heavy Utility. I have been active "in the wings" of the Committee from the start, notably as a French translator and was newsletter editor in 1999-2000 and briefly secretary before again being elected to that post in Feb 2002.