RSA Liverpool

Brandy and Kim

By Henry Wynne and Martin (Strings) Stringer

The following is a true story about the two Mascots 'Brandy and Kim'. This story has been kindly submitted by Henry Wynne and Martin (Strings) Stringer.
On the first parade of the new SSM, WOII Sammy Leggett, he had the whole of 1 Sqn out to give them the gospel according to Saint Sammy. Anyway as he is working himself into a lather about the state of our appearance (he didn't know about the tight welsh person down at the QM's, at that time), anyway as Sammy is going bluer and bluer, this is greeted by Guffles and titters of laughter from the ranks. He stands there and goes into a right Wobbler, blissfully unaware that immediately behind him, Brandy is giving it to Kim, right up the; well you know where. As the laughter became louder and louder, Ney, Ney even bordering on insolent. He turns around and sees the illustrious mascots of 1 and 2 Sqn's hard at it. Sammy immediately started shouting 'Dirty Effin things, get out of it', and that the perverts should be put down. Obvious the dogs don't give care for the parade or Sammy's feelings and Brandy finishes the job in hand, they sniff each others; you know where and nonchalantly walk away in opposite directions. Meanwhile the parade has now deteriorated into total and unmitigated laughter, and Sammy turns round and tells us to 'shut up' (but not as politely as that), and he will be speaking to the RSM WO1 Jennings, and he will have the bloody perverts put down.

WHAT... Have our beloved Brandy and Kim put down....

You have never seen or heard such a change of atmosphere between the ranks. Everyone was muttering 'just try it sunshine'. Anyway Sammy was a very switched on guy and knew that he had dropped an almighty clanger with the lads. After the parade he came over and spoke to me, Martin (Strings) Stringer and a group of the guys and asked, 'Who owns those dogs'? I said '1 and 2 Sqn's, Sir'. He replied 'which one is ours'? I said 'the black one, Brandy, sir', he replied 'oh well young stringer at least our dog was doing the Turking, tell the boys the dog stays'.

Sammy from that day could not and did not put a foot wrong. Sammy was a great man and a great leader of men. As for Brandy and Kim, they continued to live as man and dog for many years, and the camaraderie between the two was something to behold. They always took fair turns on who would do the Turking and who would be on the receiving end. I have often wondered to this day what would have happened on the square all those years ago if Brandy had been receiving and not transmitting.

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