• The British Army backed the son of an American president last week as he addressed his workforce.
30th August 1986, Page 28
30th August 1986
Page 28
Page 28, 30th August 1986
— • The British Army backed the son of an American president last week as he addressed his workforce.
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A Brigadier, three Colonels, two Lieutenant Colonels and a Major accompanied Major General John Boyne MBE, the army's director general of electrical and mechanical engineering, as he officially accepted a Foden heavy duty recovery vehicle from Foden's managing director Mark Pigott. And the Presidential connec non? Well 32-year-old Mark Pigott is the son of Charles Pigott, President of Foden's American parent company Paccar, which is known in the States as the manufacturer of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. . The order for 330 vehicles will replace REME's existing recovery fleet, part of which is over 30 years old.