June 1989

and maintains a cheerful manner throughout the camp . hut for No 21 (Newhaven) Detachment The Mayor of
Sevenoaks platoon commander Sgt Maj Simon Wheeler Newhaven , Councillor Dr Alan Bradbury , performed the
organised a training day at Crowborough to give the cadets Opening Ceremony 1n the presence of a large number of
the opportunity of firing the new cadet rifle . Cadet Stuart Invited guests and parents .
Wilson proved top scorer.
No 3 (Hast1ngs) Platoon , after a penod m the doldrums.
Finally , Sgt Maj Mick Johns from the Tonbridge Platoon celebrated a very successful recrUiting campa1gn by 1nv1tmg
entered a team of eight under Cpl Green to compete for the the Mayor to the~r recent ,enrolment and presentation
Parachute Reg1ment Trophy , the March and Shoot
Competition held at Aldershot on 11 March. Up against stiff evenmg .
opposition , they did well to gain fourth place out of the We were also del1ghted to welcome Bng Hugh Tarver
thirteen teams compet111g.
agam to Sussex ACF when he presented awards to cadets
4th Cadet Battalion at No 19 (Hallsham) Platoon .
Sixteen cadets from the 4th Battalion , under Sgt MaJ
Getting away from formal events , No 14 (Bexhlll)
McGavan enjoyed ten days skiing in Soldeu , Andorra. This is combined w1th the Hastings platoon to take part m a
the first time the group has participated m a non -military sponsored onenteenng compet1 t1on to ra1se funds for
outing and all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. SSAFA. The local ATC umts also took part. as d1d other
uniformed youth organ1sat1ons . Needless to say. Sussex
Another group of 12 senior cadets Lt Mike Taylor assisted ACF won the event which had been run by our A Company
by Sgt Maj J Millsom visited BAOR between 28 March and 7
April. Hosts were 28 Amphibious Engmeer Regiment at On the western side of the County , No 7 (Chichester)
Hameln. Activities included bridging , watermanship, general Platoon have been h1tt1ng the headlines 1n the local press
training and hill walking . agam when celebrating the first anmversary of havmg g~rls 1n
the detachment and have gained themselves a permanent
SUSSEX place in the pictorial history of Chichester by bemg the
centrepiece of a picture especially commiSSIOned to
Since our highly successful camp at St Martin 's Plain , we celebrate the centenary of the Chichester Observer
have enjoyed a season of open evenings and recruiting
days, the highlight being the opening of a new purpose built With the New Year we are already well advanced w1th our
plans for our annual camp - Dartmoor f1rst two weeks m
August. Will all our friend s please pray for fme weather.

FRIMLEY AND CAMBERLEY CADET CORPS

by Col R G Butterfield

The last main even t of the year was the annual Carol will be into The Queen 's Regiment.
Service at St Francis Church Frimley taken by Padre Bert The first Church Parade of the year was Mothenng
Steed of the Surrey AC F on 12 December. The Church was
packed to full capacity. Was it the mince pies that followed . Sunday , 5 March . when the Corps paraded through
or to let their voices be heard all ove r Camberley? Camberley , on their way to St Paul's Church. the Serv1cc
being taken by Padre Paul Halt of the Surrey ACF . After the
The annual Ch ristmas Dinner for members of the staff Service there was a march past with the salute bemg taken
together with those on the management committee took by the Mayor , Cllr Lilley . The next parade through
place on 3 Decem ber with the Mayor of Surrey Heath in Camberley will be to celebrate St George 's Day when the
attendance. lt was a banquet. This was to be expected when Corps will be inspected by the Mayor and a Chelsea
the chef was an instructor from the Army Catering Corps at Pensioner, who will also take the salute after.

Aldershot. Col R Butterlield together With the Corps Commandant
The January meeting of the management committee, Maj B Gould and two other off1cers of the Corps were m
Ypres from 21 to 23 April to visit War Graves m the area .
which was kept short, was followed by a 'Burns Night' attended a Church Service at St George's Church. and
su pper of haggis and all the trimmings including the gravy of attending the last post ceremony at the Menm Gate on
100 per cent Scotch Whisky . lt seems that a large Saturday the 22nd . There was over 140 members of the
pe rcentage of members are from North of the border Royal British Legion together With members of the
including our President Col D Sime. During the Supper we Normandy and Dunkirk Veterans' Assoc1at1ons and others
were joined by what before had been W02 D Shepherd and together with cadets. The main body left Ypres at m1dday on
informed that the Officer Selection Board had passed him for Sunday the 23rd but the Colonel and the other officers
a commission with the Surrey ACF so he was wished all the remained so as to attend a Thanksg1v1ng Serv1ce at ST
best in his new appointment. George's Memorial Church (wh1ch was St Georges Day) in
the evening, followed by a recept1on and a dmner
The first parade of 1989 in January was to see cadets
move up from one company to another on reachmg the age Annual Camp this year will be from 30 July until 12 August
limit. We were pleased to see seven cadets of Junior at Penalty Camp near Tenby , Wales . once aga1n w1th Surrey
Company transfer to the AC F Unit at Caird Hall . but at the ACF .
same time they will be missed. We hope that the next move

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

REG IM ENT AL SECR ETARV 'S NOTES We have in tr oduced a new Regimenta l medal of
recognition to be cal led 'The Oueen·s Regiment Meritorious
it IS with great pleasure that we welcome General Mike Medal' . The aim is to provide a form of recognition for
Reynolds as the new Colonel of the Regiment and wish him gallantry or bravery , outstanding distinguished service to the
a happy and satisfying Colo nelcy . We also extend a very Regim ent or an outstanding undertaking which bring s
warm welcome to Anne . it was so nice to see them here exceptional recognition to the Regiment, for which no official
together on 4 March on the occasion of the Co lonel's visit to awa rd has been granted . Th e eligi bil ity is open to all
the 5th (Volunteer) Battalion. Oueensmen , Regu lar and Territorial officers, NCOs an d
so ldi ers of th e Regime nt . past and prese nt , attached
Brig H C Millman OBE is 'lunched out' as Colonel of perso nn el from other corps and regiments on th e posted
t he Reg iment f ollowing the Regiment al Comm ittee st rength of a Queen 's Regime nt batt alion. AC F adu lt
Meeti ng on 30 November 1988. Col J C Holman CB E instructors and cadets badg ed to the Regi ment. and wives of
(left) presents the two silver goblets, donated by the the Regiment. Th e Awards Boa rd , which will si t at the
Regiment. Regimental Committee Meeting , commenci ng 30 November
this year will be the Co lonel of the Regiment , Deputy
Colonels and Regimental Secretary .

There is to be a se ries on BBC TV entitled 'Army Lives'
which will fe ature the life of the Regiment in all its aspects .
This is a Ministry of Defence DPR-sponsored project and , as
a larg e Regimen t, we were selected. Th e film will be
featured as a series. Exactly how many episodes is still yet
to be determined but we are given to understand that it will
appear on our scree ns in the late summer.

We sadly bid farewell to Col John Holman on co mpleting The Royal Dani sh
five years as the first Deputy Colonel to Brig Charles Life Guard s
Millman , before being joined by Brigs Mike Constantine, Bob Statu e tt e .
Acworth and Hugh Tarver. We are very grateful for all he did
during his tenure and wish him well in his next appointment We were very fortunate to have Col H H Jorgen sen ,
in October as Commander 2nd lnfant~y Brigade and Deputy Commander The Royal Danish Life Guards.. visit RHO in late
Constable of Dover Castle . it will be a great pleasure to have December last year and, during a dinner party in my hou se ,
him and Penny close by and at long la st to have a he presented the Regiment with a most handsome statuette
Oueen sman commanding in QUEENS territory . We wish of a Royal Danish Life Guard. This generous prese ntation
them a happy and successful tour. We .wE)Icome Col Richard was made to mark th is year, our 300th anniversary year, of
Graham , who has succeeded as our fourth Deputy Colon el. the Regimental connection with the Royal Hou se of
Denmark. The extra significance of the gift is that originally
The Colonel of the Regiment, on the appointment of Co l each officer on co mmi ss ioning was presented with a
Richard Graham as Deputy Colonel , has reorgani sed the statuette to retain forever but . because of costs, this is no
re sponsibilitie s of our Deputies to emphasise our county longer possi ble . Now on the death of each office r or his
co nn ec tion s. Therefore , Deputy Colonel A will be widow, whichever is the later, the statuette is returned to
respon sible for representing and fo stering Regimental Headquarters, The Royal Danish Life Guards, for re -issue to
interests in the County of Surrey , including the maintenance a newly commissioned officer. The statuette which has been
of good will and liaison with the civic authorities , sc hools presented to the Regiment originally belonged to HH Prince
(through the RCO ), ACF and the affiliated Regim ental Georg of Denmark , uncle to HM Queen Margrethe our Allied
Associ ations with their London branches. Similarly, Deputy Colonel-in-Chief and late Honorary Colonel of our 5th
Colonel B will look after Kent, Deputy Colonel C Sussex , and (Volunteer) Battalion.
Deputy Colonel D Middlesex and North London .
The Regiment has recently refurbished ou r Victoria Cross
The Queen 's Regiment mobile display board which , together with our indoor display ,
Meritorious Service Medal. is available for publicity and recruiting purposes . The display
equipment is normally kept at RHO . Anyone wishing to book
the displays should please do so through Lt Col Les Wilson
at RHO or Mr Eric Stenning at the museum.

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OFFICER RECRUITING will be off ered many other interest1ng opportumtles between
by Maj S C Thorpe , Regimental Careers Offi cer seeing us and mak1ng a f1nal ca reer dec1s1on Th1 s IS
es pecially the case w1th the undergraduate All who come

As predi cted , the financial year 1987/1988 has been a into contact with our candidates must do all they can to

lean year and we have only managed to comm1ssion e1ght encourage them to stay with us.

Offi cers (2 x Reg C, 5 SSC and 1 x SSLC) . The s1tuat1on for

the futu re is looking a little brighter. We expect to see ten VISITORS TO RHO

office rs co mmi ssio ned this year and we have on our list The followmg have signed the RH O V1s1tors Book s1nce

seve n for commi ssioning in April 1990 w1th eight more yet to the last edit1on of th e Journal ; Lt Mervyn Butcher, W01
attempt RCB . For co mmissioning in August 1990 we have (RSM ) M E Gauntlet!, W02 K I Leach , Col and Mrs Hans
eight who have passed RCB with a further 20 in the pipeline . Jorgensen R Dan1sh Life Guards. MaJ Gen Fergus Ling , Lt

Th e number of can didates who appear at Regim ental Col Philip Pearce , Sgt L F Clarke, MaJ Gen and Mrs M1ke

Headquarters for an initial interview has yet to show sig ns of Reynolds, Mrs John Francis, Mrs Hugh Tennent . Mrs John

dropping . Our main problem is. and will be more so in the White. 2Lt Paul Tyson , 2Lt Alexander Charles , Lt Derek

fu ture. to attract and hold onto high quality candidates who Dragonetti, W01 (RSM) B Winter , Lt and Mrs Anthony

Bolton, W02 (ROMS) T Farrow, Sgt L F Clarke . MaJ John

Acwo rth . W01 Baynham , Capt Robin Chester, MaJ John

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS I Hewson , MaJ John Rogerson , Lt Jeff Brown , Col Rod Arnold .
APPOINTMENT
Maj Andrew Roberts. MaJ John Huskisson , Capt Terry Dav1 s,

Maj and Mr s Joe O 'Gorm an , Lt Col and Mr s Dav1d

Maj Hugh Tennent is planning to retire in June 1990. Any Shephard . Maj Robin Stratford -Tuke , Lt Bern ard Winter ,

serving or retired officer interested in taki ng over his R03 W01 (RSM) B F Camille , Maj and Mrs Peter Hill, 2Lt Jason

post should contact the Regimental Secretary as soon as Mason, 2lt Lou is Scott, 2lt Christopher Rugg , Col and Mrs

possible . Tony Ward , Maj Jonathan Riley, Capt Brian Wright. MaJ Max

Maloney , W01 (RSM) M Abbott.

OFFICERS' CLUB

OFFICERS' CLUB DINNER FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES
Capt M A D Newman and Miss H M Walker
This year's an nual Dinner was held on 7 April in the Duke
of York's HO and was again attended by over 100 members. The engagement is announced between Capt M A D
proving once more the popularity of thi s info rm al and Newman, The Queen's Regiment, youngest son of Mr and
reasonably priced opportunity to meet up with friends. Mr s R W Newman of Waking . Sur re y and Henn etta
Magdalene, only daughter of Mr and Mrs A D Walker of
Our guests were Col T L Trotman, Lt Col P de S Barrow , Londonderry, Northern Ireland .
Maj W G A Crumley , Maj J Langhorn e and Maj C M M
Grove. Unfortunately Col R Lea DSO MBE, Col P Hiscock, Capt D G Strutt and Miss E Ratcliffe
Maj I M E Lloyd , Maj D S Carter and Maj J N Pratten. who
also retired thi s year and had not been dined out elsewhere The engagement is announced between Capt D G Strutt,
in the Regiment. were unable to accept. The Dinner next The Queen's Regiment , elder son of Mr and Mrs J T Strutt of
year will be at the same venue on Friday 16 March 1990 . A Ashford , Middlesex and Elizabeth , only daughter of Mr and
lette r on the subject of our Dinners from our Officers' Club Mrs J P Ratcliffe of Sunbury -on-Thames. The marriage w1ll
Chairman, Brig H N Tarver CBE. is on page 52 of this Journal. take place at St lgnatious Church . Sunbury-on-Thames on
12 August 1989 .

REGIMENTAL COCKTAIL PARTY Capt M W McGhie and Miss M K Maynard

This year's Regimental Cocktail Party will be in the Law The engagement is announced between Capt M W
Society's Hall, Chancery Lane , London WC2, on Friday 13 McGhie, The Queen's Regiment, and Mary-Kay , daughter of
October. Details will be sent to Members nearer the date. Mr and Mrs G S Maynard of Toronto , Canada . The marriage
will take place in the bride's home on 17 June 1,989.

OFFICERS' CLUB LUNCHEON Capt P R Corden and Miss M G Reid

All Members should by now have received a letter asking The engagement is announced between Capt P R
whether they are interested in attending possible Officers' Corden , Th e Queen 's Regiment , so n of Lt Col and Mrs
Luncheons held one or more times each year in London . Gerald Corden of Warn ford , Ham pshire and Mary Gale .
The results of this survey will be published in the Dece mber elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Simon Reid of Otford Kent.

edition of the Jo~rn al. MARRIAGES
Capt J R W Fisher and Miss M Greenwood

The marriage took place on 13 May 1989 m We stern
Australia of Capt J R W Fi sher, The Queen 's·Reg iment, and
Miss Melinda Greenwood of Perth , Western Au stral ia.

REGIMENTAL WEDDING PRESENTS Maj P A D Storie-Pugh and Miss S Kennedy

Letters of thanks to all Members of the Officers' Club for The marriage took place on 18 February 1989 of MaJ P A
the gift of a Regimental wedding present have been received D Storie-Pugh , The Queen 's Regiment , and Mi ss Sarah
from Maj and Mrs W D Milne, Maj and Mrs P A D Storie-
Kennedy .
Pugh and Lt and Mrs A R Bolton .

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Gibbes - on 18 Oct 88 , MaJ P G1bbes. late E SURREY. RWK .
Sleeman - On 27 Oct 88 , Lt Col R B de F Sleeman OBE Bennett - On 28 Jan 89 . Maj F J Bennett. late MX.
MC . Late R SUSS EX Burnard - On 13 Feb 89 . Capl H S Bu rnard , late R
Reid - On 1 Dec 88 , Col J G E Re1d , late MX. SUSS EX.
Thrift - On 7 Dec 88 , Lt Col KG Thrift OBE , late RWK. Powell - On 21 Feb 89, Capt F J Powell , late R SUSSEX.
Mangles - On 13 Dec 88 , Maj RP Mangles MBE MC. late Young - On 28 Feb 89 . Terry Young , son of Mr and Mrs J
QUEENS . You ng of Bassingbourn.
Bates - On 13 Jan 89 , 2 Lt P Bates . late R SUSS EX. Alexander - On 7 Mar 89 . Lt Col A F F Alexander late,
Williams - On 25 Jan 89 . Lt Col L M C Williams. Late QUEEN S.

MARRIAGES

We congratulate the following on their marriages :

Yates , LCpl GM to Miss Maxine Summersell 15 03 85 Malam, W02 R N to Miss Margaret Leonard Gaitens

Paul , Cpl C J to Miss Julie Ann Slake 21 11 87 O'Donoghue 05 11 88

Croucher, LCpl D R to Miss Shirley Deborah Matthews . Pte P D to Miss Teresa Ann Batchelor 03 12 88

Ballan tyne 19 12 87 Pugh-Wood , Pte E P to Miss Nicola Jane Robson 10 12 88

Wilson , Pte D A to Miss Susan Elizabeth Tart 26 03 88 Mills. LCpl R G to Miss Antonjeta Antoia Longo 16 12 88

Box, Pte R P to Miss Deborah Joan 09 04 88 Busby, LCpl PS to Miss Amanda Jayne Adams 17 12 88

Green, LCpl J R to Miss Sarah Jane Speed 18 06 88 Deely, Cpl S P to Miss Claire Elizabeth Slattery 17 12 88

Godden , Pte N to Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Eva ns 16 07 88 Shade, Sgt T M to Miss Tina Ann Harris 17 12 88

Norri s, Pte T J to Miss Tracey Jane Vass . 2:::07 88 Lambert, Pte D S to Mi ss Lau ra -Jayne Bernadette

De- Warrenne, SSgt N to Miss Shona McCornick 30 07 88 Mc Aul ey 26 12 88

McCormack, Cpl J S to Miss Joanne Crisp 11 08 88 Hamilton, Cpl D C to Miss Gillian Margaret Burr 29 12 88

Duke, Pte M E to Mi ss Nicola Jane McKay 20 08 88 Nicklin , Sgt P F to Mi ss Pauline Jeffery 31 12 88

Drewery , Pte J P to Miss Heidi Jane Tappenden 10 09 88 Bowler, Cpl I D to Miss Sandra Bernadette 05 01 89

Reeves , Pte A to Miss An ne Patricia Carney 23 09 88 Cooke , Pte R S to Miss Joanna Louise Horton 06 01 89

Girvan. LCpl R to Miss Katrina May 24 09 88 Killick, Pte G D to Miss Charlotte Louise Hunter 07 01 89

Little . Pte P M to Miss Diana Christina Watersqn 24 09 88 Holloway, Pte R E to Miss Tracey Alexia Lowe 14 01 89

Heathfield, LCpl L S to Miss Rebecca Lyn Pape 08 10 88 McDermott, LCpl J P to Miss Deborah Victoria

Streeting , LCpl S G to Miss Audra Fagg 08 10 88 Dunn 11 03 89

Salvage, LCpl SA to Miss Tania Louise Elphick 15 10 88 Platt , Cpl R T C to Miss Sarah Jane Hall 18 03 89

Barker, Pte D R to Miss Tanya Payne 22 10 88 Wright, Pte J A to Miss Shirley Abey 25 03 89

Gower, Pte S J to Miss Lynn Jean Parker 05 11 88 Bell , Cpl S R to Miss Jane Greer 08 04 89

Lynn , LCpl J F to Miss Debra Louise Martin 05 11 88 Swallow, Pte DJ to Miss Helen Sales 08 04 89

THE QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

FORTHCOMING EVENTS WOs' AND SGTs' PAST AND PRESENT
Grand Reunion 1989 - Sunday 9 July - DINNER

Bassingbourn Barracks Saturday 14 October 1989

1100: Gates Open . Tickets at £11 .00 can be obtained on appl ication from :
1200: Drumhead Service. The Quebec Band and Corps of Maj M J Ayling
Depot The Queen 's Division
Drums of 5 QUEENS (V) . Bassingbourn Barracks
1230: Bars open followed by lunch, various static displays Ro yston
Herts SG8 5LX
and music by the Kohima (Volunteer) Band.
1400: Free Fall Display by The Flying Dragons and a The Dinne r is open to all serving and retired WOs and .
Sg ts of Th e Queen's Regiment and the Found in g
demonstration by Quebec Company 1 QUEENS Regiments .
followed by the Association 's Annual Air Rifle Clay
Shoot Competition . THE FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE
1600: Beating Retreat by the combined bands. ST MARGARETS WESTMINISTER
1700 : Dispersal.
9 November 1989
THE EXECUTIVE AND ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING OF THE QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL 1130: Planting of Poppy Crosses by The Queen's
Regimental Association Secretary .
ASSOCIATION
13 October 1989- Duke of York 's 1200 Opening of the Field of Remembrance by Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Headquarters, Chelsea

1415: Large Committee Room , TAVR Association for
Greater London.

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CENOTAPH MUSTER -'--- WHITEHALL HORNSEY BRAN CH
Remembrance Sunday
by Mr Ned Ke ll y
12 November 1989 Our th~rd Annual Dmner was held at Edgware by k1nd
perm1ss1on of the Off1cer Command1ng . Ma) K I A Carter. on
AdmiSSIOn to th e form1ng up ground (Horse Guards Saturday 18 March 1989 F1fty members and guests enJoyed
Parade) is strictly by t1cket and those members w1shmg to a very well organ1sed even 1ng The Pres1dent of the branch
attend should app ly to the Regimental Secretary of Th e read out a congratulatory message from HM The Queen
Queen 's Reg1mental Assoc1at1on ( M aJ R Wa1te ) at wh1ch was well rece1 ved by everyone Prev1ously m October
Reg1mental Headquarters . we had a v1s1t from a Royal Navy team wh1ch was most

NEW BRANCH - CITY AND INNER LONDON 1nterest1ng
Many of our members marched 1n the Lord Mayor s Show
lt has been dec1ded to start up a branch of the Assoc1at1on
base d on the City an d the a rea of th e Inn e r London w1th B (Aibuhera ) Company 8 OF(V) and aga1n on
Authority . Whil e the branch will be for those who either live Remembrance Sunday when we took part m the march back
or work in these areas. any former member of the Regiment to Hornsey TA Centre from the local Church Our January
may join . The first ·parade ' w1ll be at the Cenotaph in and February meetings were well attended and took the form
Whitehall . London on 12 November . Bng Charles M1llman
OBE has kindly agreed to become Chairman of the branch. of games even1ngs.
Our thanks go to Derek Arthur and B1ll Clark for donating
For further information please contact Maj Brian Wright
(Branch Secretary) on 01-938-2131 , or write to h1m at : w1ne for the cheese and w1ne evenmg m January and the
257 (Southern ) General Hospital RAMC
Duke of York's Headquarters raffle m February.
King s Road We seem to have got over our teethmg problem s and
Chelsea
London SW3 4RY appear to be settling down tor a steady future However. we

could sti ll do with more members.
Unfortunately we may be losing our esteemed Cha~rman ,

Maj Gerry Webb MBE who has retired and may be movmg
'way out west' . He will be hard to replace. We hope to have
a good attendance at our AGM at the end of Apnl when we
will iron out a few more problem s. All m al l. 1t's been a good
year and we hope to have an even more successful

1989/90 .

The Queen's Royal

Surrey Regimental

· · Association

• The Queen's Regiment

For the Association the winter month s saw our main summer season at Easter. 'The Regiment m lnd1a' exhibition
reunion - the annual Association one - at the Union Jack
Club in November , the East Surrey Assoc iation at has already recei ve d much interes t and favourable
Wandsworth and a series of battalion reunions culminating in comment. For its setting up we must particularly thank Mrs
the 43rd 2/7th QUEENS Dinner on 1 April 1989. All these Daphne Hill, while the Pioneers of the 1st Battalion and .
occasions have been well attended, and it was a great especially Cpl Brill . by kind perm1ssio n of their Command1ng
pleasure to older members that at the Union Jack Club a Officer, Lt Col Chri s Charter, have given most valuable
good num ber ot se rving or recently serving Oueensmen
joined us. The Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Association assistance in their spare t1me .
at Kingston-upon-Thames , holding monthly meetings on the Among members who have died , reference sho uld be
last Saturday of each month , also continues to flourish .
made to Maj (OM ) Jimmy Kemp MBE . He was
The Association 's annual meetings took place at Clandon Quarterma ster from 1957 to 1967 of 1st Battal1on Th e
Park on 18 March and at this the nomination of Brig Mike Queen 's Royal Regiment , 1st Battalion The Queen 's Royal
Doyle . as the next Pres ident . was unanimou sly approved . Surrey Regiment and then the 1st Battalion The Queen 's
Brig Mike Doyle has therefore taken over from 1 May. Regiment. He was a fme and much respected man and 1n
his ten years contributed greatly to the transition to the new
The Museum at Clandon Park duly re -opened for the Regiment through hi s example of efficiency , good serv1ce

and high standards .

The Queen's Regimental
Association

(The Queen's Owri Buffs)

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING different cases in 1988. lt was emphas1sed that to save t1me ,
ex Buffs, RWK or Queen 's Own Buffs who are m senous
The AG M of the Association was held at the Kemsley Hall .
Sittingbourne on 8 April 1989. Among the topics which were need should first get in touch with SSAFA or a s1m1lar
organisation who would then send a report to RHO . The
discu ssed the most important were : Queen 's Regiment Grand Reunion : To be held on 9 July
Benevolence: Our funds had paid out £21 ,528 to 306

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1989 at Bass1ngbourn . We wan t an even bigger turnout of ceremony . lt was therefore very appropnate that 50 years
Queen's Own Buffs to take part in the Parade. The Queen 's later he shou ld return to Canterbury as an old comrade and
Own Buffs Canterbury Remembrance Service and weanng h1s Buffs tie and medals . proudly turn the page once
Reunion : To be held on 13 August 1989. Those on parade more. As members of the Reg1ment will know . th1s treasu red
to form up at 1200 in the Sessions· House Car Park . Those ce remony dates back to 1926 when the Book of L1fe
not marching please be seated in the Cathed ral by 1245 hrs. containing 6.000 names of Buffs killed 1n the First World War
The Queen 's Own Buffs Maidstone Remembrance was placed in the Warners · Chapel. A second Book of Life
Service and Reunion : To be held on 10 September 1989 . was added in 1946 conta1n 1ng a further 3.000 Buffs names
'Fall In ' at Brenchley Gardens at 1020 hrs. Non -marchers to including many Danes who served w1th The Buffs 1n the
be seated 1n All Sain ts at 1115 hrs . The Date for next Second World War . Thanks to a gallant band of volunteer
year's AGM will be 12 May 1990. retired Buffs and . on two days a week . th e help of serv1ng
Oueensmen from 5 QUEE N'S (V). we are able to continue
FIFTY YEARS ON th1s valued ceremony .

Between November 1938 and the end of Apnl 1939 Mr Col R Lea DSO MBE
Sidney Rogers was a recruit at the Depot in Canterbury .
During this period he was selected eight times. because of On the day fo llowing h1s retirement as a regular officer , 22
h1s smartn ess and bearing . to carry out the page turning Apri l 1989 . Col Richard Lea. who enlisted 1n The Buffs on 17
Septem ber 1952 , also came to the Warriors ' Cha pel 1n
Canterbu ry Cathedral to turn the page of the Book of L1fe .
The picture was taken followmg the short ceremony. wh1ch
was attended by several members of the Reg1mental family .

THE INTER BRANCH DARTS COMPETITION
AND THE ANNUAL SUPPER AND DANCE

Sittingbourne Branch put on a splendid show on Saturday
8 April 1989. Mr and Mrs N Matson had played the leading
parts in organising the evening and how very well it was all
done. The Kemsley Hall provided all the space and comfort
we could want and those who wished to dance could do so
without being pinned to the wall by a random flying dart. The
darts competition was keenly fought and the final match was
between the London Buffs and the '62' Club. Final victory
and the cup went to the '62' Club. Well done both teams .
Our President . Col Slick Waring presented the prizes to the
winners and runne rs up and the evening continued with
dancing , supper and a most successful raffle . Sitting bourne
Branch , we are very grateful . and please can we come back

again next year?

The Royal Sussex Regiment ,Association

(Representing The Queen's Regiment in Sussex)

Regimental Committee OFFICERS' REUNION PARTY

The Committee met for the last time on 3 March 1989 at The annual cocktail party was held at the Royal
the Royal Commonwealth Society under the Chai rm anship Commonwealth Society on 13 March 1989 and again the
of Col J Buckeridge. attendance was down . Th e format will be varied for future

years .

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Regimental Association of
The Middlesex Regiment (DCO}

(Affiliated with The Queen's Regiment)

THE FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE , Royal Eng1neers and a cont1ngent from B(Atbuhera )
WESTMINSTER Company 80F(V) . At the March Past the salute was taken
by Lt Cot T W Chattey OBE . President of the Reg1mentat
The Secretary attended the Field of Remembrance , Association and Cot P Westcott . Commandant Postal and
Westminster. on Thursday 10 November 1988 . for the Courier Depot Royal Engmeers.
opening ceremony by HM Queen Et1zabeth The Queen

Mother. REGIMENTAL MUSEUM
The regimental ceremony took place on Saturday 12
The Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster wh1ch has been
November at 1050 am and was welt attended . closed for the past five years for convers1on to e1ght Crown
Courts was offic1atty re -opened 1n Apnt 1989.
REGIMENTAL REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
SERVICE The Chancellor's Department allocated to the Reg1ment a

This service was held at tngtis Barracks , Mitt Hilt . on large display case. costing £2 ,000 ard suggested that 1tems
Sunday 13 November and commenced at 1015 am . The of regimental memorabilia should be put on display. The
service was attended by members of the reg1mentat display is now complete and can be seen by VISitors to the
association and their families. the Postal and Courier Depot
Guildhall.

ALLIANCES AND AFFILIATIONS

HMS LEEDS CASTLE

Many of you, having looked under affiliations at the front Equator and the traditional 'Crossmg the Line ' Ceremony

of the Journal, may be wondering what HMS Leeds Castle is was held . During the ceremony aft those who had never

doing now. Welt at present she is deep in the South Atlantic been into the Southern Hemisphere before were summoned

working under the operational control of Commander British to Neptune 's Court and then called on to pay the

Forces Falkland Islands (Air Vice Marshal D 0 Crwys- consequences. On arrival at Ascens1on the Sh1p berthed

Wittiams RAF) and acting as the Falkland Islands Resident alongside a tanker to take on fuel white some of the Sh1p's

Patrol Vessel. Company were put ashore to stretch their legs and meet the

We sai led from our base port of Rosyth , having completed locals. Although looking very inviting the beaches were not

a seven month refit and rote change , on 28 September 1988 recommended for swimmmg as those who took t1me to do a

with Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland 's Royal little fishing soon found out: there was an abundance of

Marine Band bidding us farewell to a jolty tune. After several carnivorous sea life'

days of fine weather the Ship passed through the Dover On sailing from our 24 hour stop-over at Ascens1on the

Straits and into the Channel. Here we spent two weeks at weather soon began to deteriorate and the upperdeck work

Portland working up and exercising with other units became less popular , as the South Atlantic became rougher

conducting Operational Sea Training. the upperdeck had to be placed out of bounds completely .

Having put aft of the exercise fires out and countered aft of Some five days before arrivmg at the Fatktancfs. the HO

the staff injected breakdowns we then proceeded to wage there thought to welcome us by forecasting a storm t1kety to

war against fighter ai rcraft and missiles until it was time for a cross our track. We replied that Leeds Castle was already

welt earned weekend in Portsmouth . Saying goodbye to the falling off 30 feet waves and the wind was btow1ng a steady

UK on the 10 October we set sai l in company with HMS Force 10. This was the Ship's Companys' first introduction to

Amazon. RFA Grey Rover (also heading for the Falklands) the unpredictable and often fierce Falkland Islands weather.

and the Task Unit heading for the Gulf. As the group made Leeds Castle finally arrived 1n East Cove , the m11itary

its way south the weather began to improve, the start of the harbour, on 12 November, much to the delight of HMS

English winter being left behind for the warmer mid latitudes. Dumbarton Castle who sailed for home w1th hardly a word of

After spending several days in the Gibraltar Exercise farewell.

Areas we att put into harbour for some rest and relaxation on With a quick week of general mamtenance under our belt

the Rock . This, being our first true respite from training for it was t1me to set to work and start patrolling the coastal

the best part of ten weeks, was very welcome and a good waters of the Islands . Within a very short t1me we were be1ng

time was had by aft. On Monday 24 October. on sailing , the called to Action Stations and Defence Watches rem1ndmg us

Gulf ships turned left and set off for the Suez Canal white the att that Leeds Castle was now part of a maJor mil1tary

Falklands Task Group turned right leaving the Mediterranean operation in a full state of readiness . Between m1d

via the Gibraltar Straits to start the passage to Ascension November and mid December we VISited many of the

Island . We co ntinued south for two days when HMS Amazon smaller island settlements m the West Falklands and . of

was ordered back to Gibraltar. RFA Grey Rover was tasked course, Stantey in the East. Our whole time was not spent

to remain in su pport of Amazon and therefore she loitered in enjoying ourselves though ; m addition to our normal rout1ne

the vicinity of the Azores leaving Leed s Castle to continue of surface searches of the Falkland Approaches we

the 5000 mites to the Falkland s atone . Although lonely continued exercismg with both Amazon and Grey Rover .

without any consorts. this left tots of time for ship's who had now arrived on station .

husbandry; indeed the sailors were only too keen to work on 20 December saw Leeds Castle back m East Cove

the upperdeck in the sun. BBQ and ftightd eck sport sessions carrying our a maJOr store Ship prior to conductmg a re -

were also welt attended during the warm tropical evenings . supply run to the Resident Infantry Company m SIOI.II.h

Just before arriving at Ascension the Ship crossed the Georgia (A Company 1st Chesh1re) . We sa1ted the nexlll!!y

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for what must be one of the most spectacular places 1n the accepted the Freedom of the Company on behalf of the
world Blessed w1th ~ood weather and calm seas we arnved Reg1ment. there has been an 1ncreasmg and more vaned
1n good t1me to be able to land two members of the Bnt1sh number of contacts between our two orgamsat1ons. these
AntarctiC Survey team at B1rd Island. before act1ng as Santa started w1th purely soc1al occas1ons but we now also have
Claus de livenng v1ctua ls and mail to the South Georg1a regular sport1ng encounters . Add1t1onally . each success1ve
troops . After spendmg Chnstmas Day 1n Grytv1ken we sailed Master has pa1d at least one 'busmess' v1s1t to a QUEENS
on Boxmg Day for a tour of the Island. w1th a large number of umt dunng th1s year.
the Garnson embarked. At several locations we were able to
land personnel for closer inspection of the vast colon1es of All th1s has been fun for those 1nvolved but. more
King Penguins and Elephant Sea ls. Unfortunately 1t was all important . 1t IS the ·spm off' of fnendsh1ps made and the
too quickly over and a fast passage back to the Falklands ach1evement of a greater understandmg of each others '
saw Leeds Castle we lcommg in the New Year alongside m act1v1ties that makes 1t most worthwhile .
Stanley .
During his Mastersh1p. last year. Mr Owen Sw1ng land QC ,
HMS Leeds Castle at Grytviken, South hosted a dmner at Haberdashers' Hall for representatives of
Georgia, December 1988. the vanous serv1ce units affiliated to the Company . In h1s
speech. Mr Sw1ng land referred to the mev1table decrease in
With mid summ er now behind us and the nights starting to the knowledge . amongst Liverymen . of the day to day
close in. Leeds Castl e is now back out to th e west of the act1vit1es of serv1cemen and commended serv1ce aff 1liat1ons
Fa lkl a nd s cont i nuing surf ace sea rch patrol s , rout ine to help correct th1s 'knowledge gap'. Later m the year. Mr
exercises and settlement visits. Since arrivi ng in the South Swingland spent a full day with 1 QU EENS at Tidworth and
Atlantic the Ship's Company have fallen in, for the most part, saw many sides of their tram1ng and operational activities.
with the roul ement system worked by the Army and RAF , so Mr and Mrs Swingland also visited The Queen's Reg1ment
although the ship will remain on station for seve ral years the Museum at Dover Castle and were most impressed by the
crew will change every five months or so. While th is means exhibition. A week later, the Company's cricket team were
there will be little continu ity of manpower within the ship or soun dly th rashed at Tidworth but their diplomacy enabled
much opportunity to fo ster our affiliation it is hoped that we the new trophy, kind ly donated by the Regiment, to be
will continu e our bond of friend ship by mean s of general retai ned safe in Arm y custody for the ensuing year!
correspondence and Journal articles such as this.
In September, we had the privi lege to welco me 15 other
HASTINGS AND PRINCE EDWARD ranks of 6/7 QUEEN S(V). together with their wi ves, for a day
REGIMENT in the City, including a visit to Lloyds, before lunching with us
at th e Hall and a ri ve r trip to Gree nwich. We have also
One of our Allied Canadian Regiments, the Hastings and we lcomed Officers, SNCOs and their wi ves to our two Livery
Prin ce Edward , will celebrate thi s yea r their 125th Receptions. (One very senior RSM - no name - endeared
Anni versary and the 50th Anniversary of their mobilisation himself to a very senior Past Master's wife by smacking a
for World War 11. They have kindly invited any members of big, farewel l kiss on her cheek. before departing !)
the Regiment who will be in Canada at the time to attend the
following events: Plans are afoot :o inaugurate a Haberdashers' Prize to be
award ed, on th e recomm end at ion of th e Colon el of the
1 October: Trooping the Colour Peterborough Regiment, to the office r or man deemed to be most worthy of
7 October: Trooping the Colour Belleville its receipt. Detai ls have still to be worked out but will be
8 October: Freedom Parade and Drumh ea d Service announced in June. Th e present Master, Mr Bri an Jenks.
Picton . looks forward this year to visits to 1 QUEENS on the rang es.
Anyone w is hing to att e nd should noti fy RHO by 1 and to 6/7 QUEEN S(V) during a drill night at Horsham, as
September and his name will be passed to the Hasting s and well as several social occasions, both 'at home ' and 'away·.
Prince Edward Regim ent.
We feel our affiliation and the re sulting friend ships th at
have been es tabl is hed between Queen smen a nd
Haberdashers. at all levels, to be well worthwhile and looking
set to outlast many more Colonels and Masters.

THE HABERDASHERS' COMPANY
by Capt M E Barrow DSO RN

Three Colonels of the Regiment and six Masters of the
Company have now been involved in th e Haberdashers
QUEENS affi lia tion sin ce it s orig inal in ception in 1983.
Where have we got to ?

Dur ing eac h succee ding ye ar si nce Ge neral Mans

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CORRESPONDENCE

From Col H W Gram to Bng H C Mlllman OBE. followmg the War 1 and 2 respecti vely Sadly rea lly close t1 es w1th the
v1s1t of HM Queen Margrethe. our Allied Colonel m Ch1ef. to borough faded w1th the TA Reorgan1sat1on of the early 60s
the 1st Battalion: and sadder still the much pnzed Freedom Pnv1lege was
somehow not mhented by the seem1ngly natural successors
HM Dronningens Adjudantstab - 3rd Bn . The Queen 's Royal Surrey Reg1ment (TA )
Prins Jorgens Gaa rd
Chnstiansborg Slot. 1218 Kobenhavn K Hav1ng sa1d all that there IS still a thn vmg but age1ng
Bermondsey OCA element and they l1ke me I am sure wou ld
7 December 1988 welcome any f1nanc1al assistance we could offer to th e
The Queen has asked me to convey to the Colonel of The current St James 's Church Restorat1on Appeal The target IS
Queen 's Regiment Her Majesty's profound apprec1at1on of - £100 ,000 by the end of the year and 1nd1v1dual donations I
and sincere thanks for - all the arrangements which on 5 know would be greatly appreciated by the V1 ca r at the
December 1988 made Her Majesty's v1s1t to 1st Battalion
The Queen 's Reg 1ment m T1dworth a h1ghly memorable and follow1ng address :
successful event . Reverend Ted Roberts
H W GRAM
10 Thorburn Square
From A VM J de M Severne L VO OBE AFC to Bng H C
Millman OBE following HM Queen Margrethe 's visit: London SE1 SOH
My conscience was pflcked when , as we recently
The Queen 's Flight approached London Bndge Stat1on . I not1ced the prom1nent
Royal Air Force Appeal Board from the tra1n' After two such s1ght1ngs I felt I
Ben son s1mply had to respond - I jUSt hope others usmg Network
Oxon OX9 6AA
South East will be s1m1 larly moved'
I have already passed details of the Appeal across to Les

W1lson on the Queen 's Surreys net.
Yours smcerely

CHARLE S MILLMAN

14 December 1988

Dear Brigadier
Thank you so much for your letter of 9 December which

we greatly appreciated . lt was a memorable occas1on

and we are very proud that we had the opportunity to carry From : Maj V M A Tailby, Hon Secretary and Treasurer The
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe to Tidworth . Roya l Sussex Regimental Association to the Editof'

For my part , I was particu larly grateful for being asked to Rouss1 llon Barracks

join you all for lunch. Chichester
Thank you for writing .
Yours sincerely

JOHN SEVER NE 28 March 1989

From : Brig H C Millman OBE to the Editor Dear John,
41 Queen's Gate Col John Buckeridge has suggested to me that you m1ght
London SW? 5HR
wish to include the attached item m the next Journal and
6 January 1989 settle once and for all that Sussex by the Sea IS not the
Regimental March of the former Regiment :
Dear Editor,
Some 30-pl us years ago I was Adjutant of the old 6th SUSSEX BY THE SEA
This song was written and composed by Mr Ward-H1gg s.
(Bermondsey) Bn , The Queen 's Royal Reg iment (TA) - the who lived in South Bersted, Bognor Reg1s . He produced 1t m
successor to the 22nd Bn, The London Regiment (QUEENS) 1907 for hi s favourite SISter-in-law who was marrymg a Royal
of World War 1 distinction . Bn HQ was based on the TA Sussex Officer (Ca pt a1n Walth am) serv1ng m the 2nd
Cent re in Jamaica Road now occupied by HQ RMFVR Battalion. lt was first su ng at a concert in Ballykmlar 1n 1908
(London ). Today the Bermondsey connection is maintained and has been co ntinu al ly used , both on Regimental
solely by 72 AC F Cadet Coy QUEENS whom we had occas1ons and County funct1ons smce that date.
rebadged from Gunners in the early '80s. In short. we have Radio Sussex uses the tune as a 'Jing le' 1n mtroducmg a
not quite lost our links with a once great cockney recruiting number of its programmes . lt was never the Reg1mental
March of The Royal Sussex Regiment but s1mply a very
(and boxing' ) base . popular marching song and bnngs the house down at the
During my happy time with the old 'Bermondsey Bashers· Old Comrades Annual Dinner a1 Lewes. The daughter of Mr
Ward-Higgs is still living - a Mrs J Bottard at 90 years old
the Battalion was granted the Freedom of the Borough and - who havi ng lived m France for many years has returned
the occasion was subsequently marked by a Thanksgivmg to live in South Bersted.
Service in the local parish church - St James 's. The chu rch.
is one of the finest built by the Waterloo Commission. and Yours
incidentally where the Colours of both 22 LONDONS and 6
QU EENS (TA) were la1d up for safe keeping during World VICTOR

From : Col (Retd) 0 F Mal/am. Reg1mental Secretary the
Parachute Reg1ment. to the Reg1mental Secretarr

Browmng Barracks

Aldershot

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12 November 1988 BOOK REVIEW
Dear Reg1mental Secretary
'SALERNO REMEMBERED '
PARA 90- THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF AIRBORNE
FORCES One of the proudest moments of my life was the 6th
September 1950 when I joined the 1st Battal1on of the
The first parachute unit. No 2 Commando . formed m 1940. Queen's Royal Reg1ment on commiss1omng from Sandhurst.
and 1ts members came from many d1fferent parts of the The Battal1on was then. seven years after the battle of
Army smce then every cap badge must have had off1cers Salerno. based m lserlohn . Germany. Three days later I took
and soldiers serv1ng m the A1rborne Forces . Of course . there part in a ceremonial parade to celebrate one of th e
were a good number of regiments prov1ding battal1ons for the Regiment's greatest battle honours - 'Salerno'. it was only
A1rborne Forces . and a good number also of battalions who after reading Bngad1er Curt1s's book 'Salerno Remembered·,
converted to parachutmg and changed title to become part of that I realised that s1x of the off1cers on parade w1th me that
the Parachute Reg1ment : members of these battalions are day took part in the battle and that over the years I would
mamly m good contact with us, as also are members of the come to know another dozen or so .
other arms . corps or serv1ce units or detachments.
Many books have been written about Salerno but th1s is
The A1m of the Golden Jubilee of Airborne Forces 1s that probably the lirst to describe the battle as seen through the
all those who served should celebrate th1s ann1versary . that eyes of the officers and men who took part in it. As Geoffrey
a permanent memonal should be set up. and that funds Curtis says in the Preface. his book is essentially an
shou ld be ra1sed to cover these as well as boosting the Infantryman's view of the action , although it covers the whole
A1rborne Chant1es . operation - the first Allied landing in force on the Continent
of Europe in World War 11.
You will know that the Airborne Mu seums at Aldershot
and Normandy are for Airborne Forces as a whole . But you Salerno is unique in the history of the British infantry
may not know that the Airborne Forces Security Fund is able because six battalions of the same Regiment took part in it.
to ass1st any Airborne or ex - A1rborne so ld1er or his They were the Territorial Battalion s of the Queen 's Royal
dependants. even though other benevolent funds may also Regiment , forming two famous Brigades , and they were
be mvolved. joined by an Independent Company of the Regiment and an
anti-aircraft Battery formed from yet another Battalion of the
Our main concern in The Security Fund is that the 1990s Regiment. Little wonder that 'Salerno ' became a treasu red
will show a threefold increase in the demands for money. battle honour of the Queen 's and has been carried through
The Controller of the Security Fund has done a first stage to the present Regiment.
protection which shows a considerable increase in demands
on the Fund in the 1990s as those of the wartime group Geoffrey Curtis has taken immense trouble to bring the
reach their 80s . battle to life through the eyes of those who took part . These
are not just the memories of senior officers but his book
I would be very grateful if the information in this letter includes the thoughts and feelings of the most junior ranks .
could be brought to the notice of the members of your One can almost hear the flies and feel the heat and smell the
association, possibly through your magazine or news sheet, filth of the flooded marshland over which the men had to
so that those who se rved in Airborne Forces may make advance. The confusions and frustrations of war come out
contact with a view to taking part in the 50th Anni versary clearly and one becomes aware of the fear and dread which
celebrations either for the very special Airborne Forces Day strikes those entering battle for the first time . Set among all
on 7 July 1990 in Aldershot or at one of the Regional Open this however, are amusing and sometimes surprising stories
Days that are being held in other parts of the UK. such as the German medical officer who brought in a
wounded Queensman for treatment in our RAP and spent a
Yours sincerely night with the Regiment before being returned to German
DAVID MALLAM lines the next morning.

From Brigadier H N Tarver CBE, Chairman of the Officers' 'Salerno Remembered' does not attempt to glorify war or
a Regiment. it simply and clearly tells the story of a British
Club to the Editor. Regiment which was in the forefront of one of the greatest
Ministry of Defence (PE) battles of the last war; a Regiment which seized a
London bridgehead in Italy, broke out from that bridgehead and led
the Allied advance to the Volturno river and secured Naples
9 April1989 and its great port . 38 Queensmen were decorated after the
campaign . I commend this book to all Queensmen, past and
Dear John present. We should all be 'mi ndful of our former glories' and
OFFICERS ' CLUB DINNER be grateful to Brigadier Curtis for preserving the great deeds
of our predece ssors . it is typical of Geoffrey that he is
Although it is not long since officers voted on the venue donating the proceeds of his book to the Queen's Royal
for our annual dinner, this year a few members so ught Surrey Regimental museum at Clandon .
change . I do not propose to amend the present
arrangements unless very good reasons emerge. M F REYNOLDS
Co'onel , The Queen's Regiment
Success shows in the numbers who come each year. I
suppose they appreciate the remarkable value for money,
the easy and safe parking and the informal atmosphere that
belongs in an officers' mess. Living and working in London I
know of no other rooms where we could sluice and browse

so cheaply, cheerfully and securely.
We plan our next formal Regimental Dinner in 1991 for the

25th Anniversary ; and incidentally the 180th Anniversary of
Albuhera . I would be happy to receive suggestio ns for that
occasion; and shall certainly consider suggestions for the

annual dinners - through RHO please.

Yours ever

HUGH TARVER

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Articles
THE DANISH CONNECTION

by Maj J C Acworth
(Regimental Representative in Denmark)

1988 was a year m which the Reg1ment aga1n reaffirmed Hi s
its anc1ent links w1th Denmark and particularly w1th the Royal Royal
House of Denmark . Our Allied Colonel-m-C hief v1s1ted the Highness
1st Battalion twice . once on Exerc1se Bold Grouse on George
Zeeland and once m Tidworth . Our Unofficial Alliance with Prince of
Den mark
the Royal Dani sh Life Guards 1ncluded a D1nner 1n Honorary
Copehhagen attended by th e Field Officers of the 1st Colonel
Battalion and a two day vis1t by the Regimental Commander of the
to Regimental Headquarters. the Regimental Museum. the Buffs,
1st and the 5th (Volunteer) Battalions. In addition to this a 1689-1708.
company from the 2nd Battalion ea rned ou t training m
Her
Denmark. Majesty
Queen
But why . you may ask, all these activities? Margrethe 11
Many of you will already know the ongms of the Damsh of Denmark

connection , many will not. 1966, the King of Denmark, and now Queen Margrethe .
agreed to continu e the historical and traditional link with The
The con nection is almost as old as the Reg1ment itself. In Buff s by becoming Colo nel -i n-Chief of Th e Queen 's
fact it IS olde r than all the former regiments except The Regim ent. Through arrangements made by Regimental
Queen 's Royal Regiment (2nd Foot) and The Buffs (3 rd Headquarte rs with the Dani sh Royal Court , v1sits by the
Foot). The link started in 1689 , a Significant year in British Monarch of Denmark have taken place. The most 1mportant
History - the bloodless revolution . James 11 was replaced of these was the pre se ntation of new Colours to the
by his eldest daughter Mary and her husband William of Regim e nt by Queen Margreth e in London in 1974 .
Orange. Mary 's younger sister Princess Anne , Later Queen Add itionally the appointment of an officer to be the
Regimental Representati ve to the Queen of Denmark was
Anne from 1702 -1714. was married to Prin ce Georg of made in the late 1960s when the NATO Headquarters . Allied
Denmark, brother of the Danish King . As is still the practice Forces Balti c Appro ac he s, was fo rm ed . Sin·ce then a
now, members of the Roya l Family were appo inted as Queen 's Regiment officer has always served 1n Denmark
Colonels of Regiments . Prince Georg was made Honorary which is notable when there are only four British Army
Colone l of The Buffs which was renamed 'Prince Georg , officers in total in the country.
Hereditary Prince of Denmark 's Regiment' . He remained
Honorary Colonel until his death in 1708. To follow th e Secondly the unofficial. Si nce the late 60s and by order of
fortunes of the connection through three hundred years the late King , Th e Queen 's Reg iment officer has been
would be too much but it has not always been maintained. looked after by the Monarch 's personal bodyguard . The
Royal Dani sh Life Guards. The officer here becomes an
During the period one of our former regiments fought unofficial member of th ei r Majors Corps and is invited to
against Denmark. The 50th of Foot (The Royal West Kent attend various functions including The Life Guards' Annual
Summer Dinner and Bal l.
Regiment) was engaged at the Battle of Copenhagen. lt is
perhaps fortunate that the Regiment was not awarded the Although the link between the Regiment and The L1fe
Battle Honou r 'Copenhagen '. lt would be difficult to have the Guards is in itself unofficial, it is interesting to note that they
Sovereign of Denmark as our Allied Colonel -i n-Ch ie f if fought alongside the Army of William and Mary at the Battle
of the BoynEl in 1689.
'Copenhagen ' was on our Colours.
Let us now move to the 20th century. Early this century , The circle is perhaps complete . The Colonel of The Buffs
in 1689 was Danish . The Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen's in
the link between the Royal House of Denmark and The Buffs 1989 is Dan ish.
was re-established. This resulted 1n the most d1rect link of the
three hundred year old co nnection - Danish officers and The Danish Royal Life Guards fought with us in Ireland in
men joined The Buffs during the Second World War. 1689. the Regimental Representative socialises with them m
1989.
When the Germans invaded Denmark, over 200 Danes
came to England to join the Army and fight to liberate their In 1989 it is planned to reaffirm our ancient links with the
country . Those Danes were sent to Canterbu ry to join The House of Denmark when th e Band and Drums plus a
representative group from the 2nd Battalion v1sit Denmark.
Buffs, to carry out traini ng before seeing active service with They will Beat Retreat before Her Majesty Queen Margrethe
the Regim ent. Many of them served with distinction and in and it is hoped here in Denmark that they will perform m
public with the Band of The Royal Dan1sh Life Guards.
Denmark the best known is Major Lassen MC who having
joined The Buffs later served with the SAS and was awarded

a posthumous Victoria Cross .
As a result of the Second World War, there is in Denmark

a Queen 's Regim ent, originally Buff s, Old Comrades
Association . Although with time their numbers are dwindling ,
thei r President is the Queen of Denmark and they are
represented every year at the Service of Remembrance in

the English Church of Copenhagen.
But how is the Regimental connection maintained now?

This ca n best be described in two ways - the official and

the unofficial.
Firstly the official. When we became a large Regiment in

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EXERCISE CAPITAL GUARD

by Capt (Retd) KG Wakely

Exercise Cap1tal Guard was a London Di strict exercise lovely sight.
from 1 to 9 October 1988 designed to te st mobilis ation One night I thought I would check the defences at about 2
procedures and the defence of key points in and around
London in time of tension and political crisis. possibly leading am . I walked qu1etly but not particularly stealthily, up to th e
up to open hostilities. My involvement came about because, sent ry 's san dbagg ed emplaceme nt without being
ever smce I left the Army in 1970, I have been on th e challenged. I berated the sentry accordingly for falling down
Reserve although I have never put on a uniform in that time . on h1 s job. Back came the reply : 'Give us a break , Slf'. I
Years of mental neglect made me forget the first rule of would recognise that stoop-shouldered walk anywhere since
Army life - I volunteered. Canada 1965. it was LCpl Sharman. the sharp est poacher 1n
the West.
On arrival at the Guards Depot at Plfbnght I found there
were 200 mental detectives , similar to mysel f. We were On another occasi on I asked platoon co mmand ers to
divided mto two companies and , since only one major had nominate the ugliest and the burliest from their platoons to
volunteered and as the oldest soldier on parade, I found form a raidmg squad. They made a formidable team with Pte
myself in co mmand of 196 Home Defence Company but Winstanley as ce rtainly the burliest but probably not th e
without major's pay , alas! uglie st. In th eir Budg et Rent -a-Van minibus the squad
created mayhem throughout the a1rf1eld . I hope the RAF will
At first sight the 'soldiers ' who joined the company forgive us.
reminded me of Wellington 's dictum about his Army of the
Peninsular frightening him more than the enemy . There was The exercise ended at dawn on the Sunday morning when
an abundance of long hair and beards and what I believe is another position was overrun by a party arriving in Chinooks .
nowadays called 'designe r stubbl e'. Our hosts, the Brigade Our company provided the counter-attack force and we piled
of Guards, were horrified but they had three days to turn us into our Rent-a-Vans and sped off to the other end of the
into fully -trained men and they set to with good-humoured airfield , were we debussed into our attack formations . Our
professionalism . At this point one should add that , not Guards instructors were Falklands veterans and they got us
surprising ly, among the volunteers there was a large number going as if it were Tumbledown all over again . Warminster
of Queensmen . it was noticeable that in every single case was never like this.
volunteers wearing the Queen 's badge were short-haired ,
smart, keen and professional. Even the Coldstream Guards After 'Endex' we were addressed by Lt Col Dick Morrisey
Colour Sergeant who had been assigned to me to hold my Paine, commanding The Household Cavalry Regiment. who
hand made appreciative noises. it produced a small glow. sent us on our way rejoicing , particularly when we would
receive our pay and bounty on return to the Guards Depot.
Th ere were two other QUEEN 'S officers who assisted me: Although the rain continued to fall and although they had
Robin Crosher, a scientific Civil Servant (and crack shot) , as spent four sleeple ss nights away from wives and
second-in-command and Eric Palmer. export manager for a Eastenders, many said they would volunteer again . Certainly
firm making glass bottles , as one of the platoon there was a great deal of enthusiasm when things were
comma nders. Neither had been in the Regular Army but happening but , as usual during the boring bits , a good
both had been in uniform more recently than I had and were sprinkling of moans about lack of information.
very keen and professional.
For myself, shortly thereafter I received a letter from the
The exercise planners had set aside three days for re- MOD that. since I was now over 50 (as if I needed
training on weapons , map-reading, first -aid and NBC but reminding ), I was no longer required on the Reserve . So
everyone picked up all the drills again extremely quickly and Exe rci se Capital Guard will have to go down as my final
so , as a special concess ion they were introduced to the contribution to the annals of Briti sh military history.
SA80 rifle and 'allowed' to fire it on the ranges .
QUEENSMENIN196HOME
In due course we went off to the 'real' exercise location
which was RAF Northolt. Our company had to defend the DEFENCE !cOMPANY
fuel dump against all corners . Eric Palmer's platoon drew the
short straw and had to prepare the defences during the Capt K G Wakely
night. it rained heavily and incessantly and all attempts to Lt R H Crosher
put up tents Were foiled by the wind , a close cousin of the Lt E I Palmer
previous October's hurricane. In the morning there were a Cpl S Pragnell
few mutterings of 'why the hell did we volunteer for this? but Cpl R D Spencer
the 'show' went on for another three nights without any LCpl W K Charman
defections to civilian life. Pte G Heselden
Pte L G Melbourne
The enemy was provided by the Territorial SAS and the Pte K C Morely
1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Forester Pte G P J Nicholls
Regiment. Perhaps because they were spread thinly on the Pte W P O'Neill
ground but mostly because the soldiers were enthusiastic Pte J Pragnell
LCpl L J Harvey
and on the ball, they gave us little trouble . One SAS captain Pte RC Parks
kept on trying his luck by 'infiltrating' through the perimeter Pte J Tiller
fence from the A40 . He kept on being captured and brought Pte D A Winstanley
in to Company HQ blindfolded and in his underpants - not a

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ORIENTEERING AND THE REGIMENT

by W01 T R Farrow- RSM 1 QUEENS

W01 (RS M) T R Farrow represented the Army in the L--~------------------~ .
1988/89 Int er Se rvices Orienteering Championships 1n
Reading , Pacing , Judging Distance . Time Apprec1at1on ,
November achieving 1Oth po sit1on , for wh1ch he was Compass Work Bearings and finally , Interpretation of the
awarded his Army Colours . Prior to th is 1n August , he ground. If you also combme these skills with phys1ca l fitness
repre sented the Army 1n the s1x man team that VI Sited and put the navigator against the clock , you w1ll ach1eve
rapid appr eciations and decis1on making . This IS
Sweden for the Swedish Army Champ1onsh1ps.
Up until the 1988/89 Onenteering season . The Queen 's Orienteering!
Th ere are a number of orienteenng areas within easy
Regiment orienteers have not been included to any degree
in the Army or Infantry Teams. That was unt1l W02 (RQMS) reach of our battalions . Most Districts and BAOR DIVISions
organ1se regular training events. With almost one th1rd of the
Farrow and CSgt GUIIfoyle (both now 1 QUEENS) of the Army bei ng Infantry and the fact that we should be good at
Depot and Sgt Harper of 6/7 QUEENS (V) competed this navigating, is it not about time that the Infantry were the Inter

season . Corps Champions?
A good year of traming culminated with W02 Farrow

being included in the Army Team of six. for a two week
Onenteering trip to Udde v alla in We st Sweden , and
ach1eving 1Oth place in the Inter Service s Onenteenng
Cham pi onships held in the New Forest in November. Both
W02 Farrow and CSgt Guilfoyle we re in the Depot The
Queen 's Division team that won the Infantry Minor Units
Championships. Sgt Harper from 617 QU EEN S (V) has also

excel led during this season beat1ng W02 Farrow into first
place in the Inf antry Individua l Championships held in
October. Sgt Harper was also an Infantry Team Member in
the Inter Corps Cham pion ships held at Longmoor on the
night of 5 December and the day Cham pionshi ps held at
Hankley Co mm on on 6 Decembe r. The Infantry Team

achieved 3rd place behind the RA and REME .
Few commanders realise the im portance of Orienteering

in Infantry training . Without good navigation , our tactical
operations cannot be 100 per cent successful; we either

never arrive at the objective or are late.
Map Reading is the skil l of interpreting the informati on

co ntained on a map or plan - but it is not navigating!
Navigation is what we should really be talking about and

practi sing . Navigation combin es a number of ski ll s: Map

FIRST TIME OUT

by Capt F J Tusa, 8QF(V)

At th e expense of the Training Major 's sa nity and out the co mmand structure of a reinforced company of QOH
patience , 4 Platoon finally found a way of going on Exercise
Iron Ha mmer in Germany at the end of No ve mber . (they must still be wondering what hit them!)
Perhaps the people to thank most for our experience are
Originally, it had bee n intended to go out to practi se the
unit's role , but this was changed to something of greater the oHicers and men of B Com pany 2 Ll who put up with our
enjoyment - a~ attachment to 2 Ll as part of a helimobile eccentricities , as well as the CO who did not seem pleased
by the amount of Press coverage the platoon got. especially
enemy force . during the cou rse of the largest ever British Army heliborne
While the move out was fraught with problem s, the lift - we were just quicker in getting our berets back on .

platoon managed to unite on the exercise area minute s hence the field of blue.
before elements of 6 Armoured Brigade hit our positions,
providing an exhilarating start to two weeks hard but
immensely enjoyable training . For the remainder of the time
in Germany, all involved managed to gain a taste for digging
in (especially necessary if you want to avoid being cru shed
by some blind tankyl), as well as a se nse of familiarity with

the antics of the QOH .
Memorie s to be cherished invo lved be ing chase d by

Challengers (too fast and too large for my liking) . trying to
locate Pte Ke ith Moody (held prisoner for about 3 days),
always havi ng to bail out LCpl Waiters (head of the now

notoriou s 'Priso ner Section ', so often did they end up as
captives) . the joys of seeing Pte Peter 'Belt-Fed ' Rumney on
the loose with a GPMG and a Rambo-esque supply of link,

and the killing tendencies of Sgt Peter Lyons as he wiped

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KOHIMA AND THE KOHIMA (VOLUNTEER) BAND

by Co! J W Sewe/1

While 1t may be right that the select 1on of the name Bill Slim also cabled to me that my son had been killed in

Kohima for the Volunteer Band of The Queen 's Reg1ment the Jail Hill action. rallying his company of the Queens with

was firstly because of the Battle Honour awarded to the 4th his hunting Horn . which he always kept tucked into hi s

Battalion The Queen 's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and battle-dress.

the winning of the Victoria Cross by LCpl Harman, it also The inscription on the 2n d Division war memorial at

recalls the subsequent actions of 1st Battalion Th e Queen 's Kohima has, of course, beoo adopted and made famou s by

Royal Regiment who also received the Battle Honour. The the Burma Star Association .

importance of the action of 1st Queen 's were succi nctly Maj P G E Hill writes .

summed up in the letters in the Daily Telegraph of May 1973 'When you go home

from Mr I C Berry and from Brigadier Sir John Smyth VC . lt Tell them of us and say

may now be appropriate to re-print parts of these: For your tomorrow

from Mr I C Berry: We gave our today '

Sir, These familiar and moving lines are inscribed on a war

Those who were there in Kohima must surely place the memorial at Kohima. We are indebted to the Commonwealth

battle of Jail Hill as the actual 'turning point' . F1ght1ng around War Graves Commission for the following information as to

the District Commissioner's bungalow had died down weeks their origin :

previously , and the enemy's final stand in strength was on 'The source of the quotation is a free translation from the

this forward hill. Th e battle for it ended on May 13. 1944 and Greek of Simonides , and repre se nts the message from

the honour for turning the Japs right about for their long Leonidas to the Spartans at Thermopylae . The lines were

journey back to Tokyo must surely belong to the 1st Queens included in a book entitled 'Inscriptions suggested for War

(West Surreys) . Memorials', published privately by the Victoria and Albert

from Brigadier Sir John Smyth VC : Museum, in which they were attribu ted to J Maxwell

Sir, Edmunds.'

Mr I C Berry (May 10) rightly gives high praise to the 1st A note on the historical background may be of interest. In

Bn , Queen 's Royal Regiment , for the distinguished part they 480 BC the Persian army under their king , Xerxes , invaded

played in the critical and hard-fought battle at Jail Hill and overran northern Greece . The Greeks fell back on the

Kohima , in May 1944 . The Queens had also much pass of Thermopylae , north of Athens and between the sea

distinguished themselves in the Arakan a month earlier. and the mountains. The defending forces consisted of the

lt was of this battle that Field Marshal Bill Slim wrote : 'This main Greek army and 300 Spartans under their king ,

Arakan battle . judged by the size of the forces engaged , was Leonidas . The Persians attacked in great strength, and were

not of great magnitude, but it was, nevertheless, one of the held by the Greeks ; but after two days fierce fighting a Greek

historic successes of British arms and was the turning point traitor showed the enemy a way up through the mountains to

of the Burma Campaign . outflank the defensive position .

'For the first time a Br itish Force had met , held and When he realised his situation was hopeless, Leonidas

decisively defeated a major Japanese attack and driven ordered the main Greek army of 5,000 men to withdraw ,

them out of positions they had been preparing for months while he and his 300 Spartans continued to defend the pass

and were determined to hold at all costs . The legend of with great gallantry. Eventually, fighting to the end , Leonidas

Japanese invincibility in the jungle was smashed'. and every one of his men were killed . The heroic defence of

Lt Co l H G Duncombe , who commanded the Queens in the Spartans enabled the main Greek force to withdraw and

both these actions , described them to me, as did Maj-Gen regroup, and remains one of the most memorable feats of

John Grover, the 2nd Divisional Commander, and I recorded military bravery .

them in detail in my book ·The Valiant' , which was published Their epic stand was commemorated by the Greek lyric

in 1970. poet, Simonides , in the verse quoted above . His poetry , it is

Col Duncombe was full of admiration , as was Bill Slim , for recorded , was distinguished at once for sweetness and

the gallantry of the Japanese who , on Jail Hill and on many finish . lt is sure ly remarkable that the words penned over

other occasions , fought to the death. 2,400 years ago shou ld sti ll be relevant today.

EXERCISE WHITESHOD - 1.NORWAY

by 2Lt R Payne 3 QUEENS

Quite why a place was allocated to a residential battalion contribute from their own theatre of operations .
in Northern Ireland I'm not su re. I can say , however, that it Our Norwegian instructors were of the highest quality, as

was gratefully received! was the administration and support that we received
The five week course was held at the Norwegian throughout our stay . I'm glad to say that instruction was
given in English , which on occasions sli pped to German or
equivalent to the School of Infantry , 150km North East of French at the drop of a hat! I think the idea was to keep us
Oslo in the sma ll township of Eluenum . The course title on our toes . This was not necessary, however. due to the
'Allied Officers ' Winter Warfare Cou rse' was somewhat of a
misnomer in itself, as Switzerland sent a student from their tightness of the course programme .
Air Force Staff College . Also , officers were only just in the Classroom lectures took second place to practical
majority, as there were over twenty SNCOs on the course .
lessons . The latter involved 'hands on ' experience in
The sheer variety of students complemented the course engineer fieldwork , communications, survival, weapon
training programme fully, since instruction in the wide range familiarisation and , of course, the inevitable skiing . The
of topics meant that nearly all students had something to course formed a fifty strong platoon dressed and equipped in

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the same way as a Norwegian rec ru 1t. Th1 s particular One of the more mterestmg aspects was mstruct1on m the
platoon , however, had the upperhand on the residen t nfle surv1val techmques , wh1ch mcluded the construction of snow
company, (our enemy forces) when it came to rank structure :
one Majo r, eight Captains, twenty suba lterns and twenty-one holes for up to f1ve people and emergency b1vouacs usmg
SNCOs from both conscript and regular arm1es . only fir branches for cover To complement thiS, we were
Unfortunately th1 s 'advantage ' was lost when it ca me to also taught traditional huntmg and trapp1ng sk1lls, us1ng only
skiing . Our tact1cal movement, by night or day, left a lot to be the for est's natural resource s The se have rema1ned

de si red! unchanged for hundreds of years The course was physically
A routme foot patrol. as we all know, IS hard work on 1ts demand1ng , espec1ally the fmal exerc1se Th1s cons1sted of a
f1ve day com bat patrol , covenng 80km . lt culm1nated m a
own . However imagine trying to take on obstacle cro ss1 ng 30km Tnathlon ra ce aga1nst a re s1dent R1fle Company and
drills in the dark on sk1s1 The frtJ stration of continually falling
over wore down th e stronge st reso lve ve ry qui ck ly. Th is requ1red us to carry nfles and bergens.
situation was not helped by the requirement to carry a bulky Th e whole ex penence of the cou rse, I found mvaluable
bergen . G3 rifl e and. occasionally, a tra1ling sledg e we1ghmg
up to 50kg . The sledge constituted a mghtmare of its own . If Each student took away both knowledge gamed on the
you fell on a downh ill stretch , it was possible to be run over
by it! Thankfull y, this did not happen. However, on one or co urse itself, but also , and probably equally as valuable .
two occasions , it was a close run thing ! knowledge gained from the 'fore1gn students'. lt also showed
me a new dimens1on m the reqUirement for phys1cal f1tne ss1 I
Harbour drills took on a si milar chaotic vein , as no matter
how hard we tried, the platoon see med to have the stealth of full y recommend the course to any budd1ng R1fl e Platoon
Commander or Se rg eant as an eye opener both to w1nter
a runaway bulldozer! warfare an d an insig ht into the lim1tat1ons 1mposed on
perso nn el and equipment m sub-zero conditions .

1 Queen 's Wives

CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME!

by Mrs Claire Greengrass

I think it all started in late September or early October was cal led forward and told I was being put on another plane
1988, when we were chatting in the coffee Shop of Mooltan - Air America this t1me , straight flight to San Franc1 sco -
Barracks. The husbands were off yet again - but th is time it so back on the phone . Now seated , on my th1rd plane . I bade
was California. Why couldn 't we go ? Being USA barmy I said a fond farewell to New York - tired, with a handbag full of
I would find out the cheapest fl ight prices and look into it.
Mrs Charter (Mrs CO) was all in favour. At the end of boarding cards .
October I had all the facts and figure s and it was definitely a I arrived at San Francisco, and guess what , my husband

strong possibility . had managed to sort out the messages I left, and was there
Mrs Charter had been busy writing to companies to see if to greet me . Great! My holiday had begun , except - no

we could get a sponsor to help with the cost, and we did get luggage! C'est la vie!
a sponsor's cheque for £600 from Prudential. Maj Ebbens I finally arrived at the gates of Fort Ord at 0415 hours local
(QM ) said that the British Liaison Officer at Fort Ord was
time. 'Please Lord , don 't let the rest of the girls have the
going to see about accommodation for us. so we were on same journey', was the only th ing I could say .

our way. The next group to arrive was Mrs Hazel! , Mrs Bull and
When the cut-off date came for booking the flights , we 'Mum' Bull who had a straightforward flight with no hitches.
(Some people are just born. lucky!)
were left with a party of 16 - wives , girlfriends, a mum and
a brother, but al l ready , willing and eager to set off . Fort Ord was massive , you know what they say about
America, everything is big , well Fort Ord summed that up.
I was the fi rst to leave , 'the pioneer' , so on 26 February I
set forth to see if there was 'Gold in them there Hills' (my Having been given a map of the place. I decided to do the
husband and I planned a trip to Las Vegas on R and R). only thing and get one of the camp tax1s , $1 per person , to
take you anywhere on the ca mp (very differen t from
The security man at Heathrow said he was preaching to
the converted , when he asked me all about, 'Had I left my Tidworth).
bag unattended at any time?' and I remarked 'This is worse Mrs Ru ssell arri ve d a couple of days la ter , and our
than Belfast flights! ' Still , all went well and up came the
husbands had arranged a shopping trip to San Franc1sco
signal to make my way to the plane . about two hours away by bu s. We went with a group of
I was delayed on Heathrow tarmac for an hour on a 7471 American wives arranged by the ITT which is the Tourist
Office on the camp - they don 't have things like that in
Now I knew I had a slight problem! I was due to leave J F K Tidworth either. They mad e us feel very welcome and we
New York at 1740 hours and my flight didn't land till 1730 feel the husbands had an ulterior motive, leavi ng at 0730
hours. I couldn't see myself getting through customs and hours in the morning, and arriving back at 1930 hours. I th ink
immigration in ten minutes and getting to another terminal. I they felt we would be sick of shopping for the rest of the
just prayed that the twelve leaving the following Monday
wouldn 't have the same hold-ups as me! You guessed it- I holiday .
missed my plane , but TWA were very good and they put me San Fran cisco is so big and as in most cit1es has all

on a flight for San Francisco via St Louis . different areas . We started at the market area, not like the
Comfortably seated , the dulcet tones of the pilot said English markets but like our shopping arcades, then we went
to the department stores , and last , but not least. the
'Sorry, but we can't take off for another two hours'. I was shopping arcade - large shopping arcade as in four huge
beginning to think I wasn't meant to see California, let alone buildings called the Embacadero Centre. No, we d1dn't buy
Fort Ord . Off the plane and another wait, also a chance to try much, but the fashions gave us something to smile about.
out the local phone system to let my husband know I was not
arriving until later. When I had just put the phone down, I My final group of 13 arrived on the Monday. You guessed.

they had a straight-through flight with no problems . and

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husbands and boyfriends were there to meet some of them . transport , to Col Charter. for the use of his transport m Fort
Unfortunately, we didn 't get a group photograph , but Ord and for not standing in ou r way when we first sa1d we
everyone was going to enjoy the five days they had with their wanted to go , to Capt Haze ll and CSgt Greengras s for
husbands. arranging accommodation in the USA and for the endless
trips to San Francisco A1rport to pick up wives m their off
When we all got together for the return flight - no I'm not duty hours. To Cpls Batt and Toombs , for the dnve to
going to end yet , I. just felt th at I shou ld tell you what the Heathrow and to be there to meet us when we arrived home.
group felt as a whole . We al l enjoyed it. even though the I also decided to award some LA Oscars myself between the
journey was long , it was about 6000 miles . lt wasn 't as hot people who went :
as we 'd expected and we had some rain during our stay , but
it never deterred us . Most travelled in Cal ifo rnia- Mrs Bull and 'Mum ' Bull.
Most Pat ient - Michael Forbes-Buckingham (brother of
Di sneyland was enjoyed by all , and so was another theme Sgt Forbes-Bucki ngh am) the only man with all those women ,
park ca ll ed Magi c Mountain , which had more stomach - who now answers to 'Army Wife'.
ch urning rid es . Unive rsa l Studios was great. but I certain ly
will see TV and Film s in a different light . Many co upl es Biggest Laugh - Mrs Mansfield , who kept us all in fits of
travel led far and wide from Lake Tahoe to San Diego , and laughter and her favourite phrase was - What time is 1t ?
across th e Desert . Califo rn ia is huge , you had to spend (She never changed her watch from UK time) .
many hours driving in the car. One minute you can be driving
through mountains , and then as you descend you are faced Most Romantic Hu s band - Cpl Brand, who surpnsed
with a huge plain and a single road that stretches for miles . his wife by taking her to the Beverley Hills Hilton for a night's
All those who saw th e Golden Gate bridge were ve ry stay .
disappointed because it was a ru sty colour and not the sight
they expected to see . All the girls en joyed it, and as we were at the Airport to
come home they all said, 'Well, where are we going next?'
There are some th ank yous we must say - to Mrs Perhaps in the years to come , it won't be the wives that stay
Charter, the Colonel's wife , for all her help with letters and at home al l the time, and the men that go away. Remember ,
wives can do it, we did!

EXERCISE TANGIER TRAIL_- USA 1988

by 2Lt S J Brann 1 QUEENS

Havi ng just arrived from Sandhurst , I was called in to see following day we began to walk it all off , by beginning the
my new Company Commander . He informed me that I wou ld 'back packing '_ Having managed to lever the bergens and
be unable to do the Platoon Commanders ' co urse at troops into the bus. we started off for Shenandoah National
Warminster in September and as a thru sting keen new Park. Shenandoah lies astride a beautiful section of the Blue
Platoon Commander, I was gutted! He went on to explain Ridge, wh ich forms the eastern rampart of the Appalachian
that my platoon was going adventure training in Washington Mountains between Pennsylvania and Georgia. We arrived
and I had to go with them . I cheered up! On leaving his at Dickey Ridge Visitor Centre , to regi ster and were told the
office , I ref lected that ft real ly was ju st like the glossy rules of the Park , along with some handy hints about bears.
brochures. The North American Bla ck Be ar is re latively co mmon
throughout the Park, and sometimes pops round for dinner
I found my Platoon Sergeant, Sgt Freeman , and asked at a campsite . So to combat thi s we were given a booklet
him what we had to do, but by the time I had arrived at the enti tled 'Bear .. Friend or Foe? ' with some handy hints .
battalion it had been virtually finished except for some rather These included 'Do not molest the bears ' .. _as if? ! and one I
tricky service writing , for which I was eminently qualified. I would n't have thought of : 'Do not move in for a close-up
sat back and read Sgt Freeman 's copious notes . lt photo'_ So armed with the blinding ly obvious , we began .
transpired that Exe rcise Tangier Trail was to be a three week
adventure training package involving wa lking the We had been told that we were in the Park at the best
Shenandoah section of the 2000 mile Appal lachian Trail in time to see it as 'Fall ' had arrived . lt was quite something to
V1rginia , USA. stand and look west past the south end of the Massanutten
Mountain over the Shenandoah Vall ey to the Alleghany
Eventually we left_We were met by the advance party and mountains 35 mi les beyond , and see the tremendous blaze
packed into our stretch Dodge Limo , baggage et al. We were of colour . The day we began was 3 1 October, Halloween,
to stay at Fort Be lvoir, Virgin ia , some 15 miles south of which is a big day in the States. We, however, were in a
Washington DC . Having been shown the main parts of a three sided hut at Grand Springs Gap in the middle of the
camp the size of Kent, we decided to see what DC could pitch black fore st but we entered into the spirit of Halloween .
offer at night. Stories of wailing banshees on the roof . marauding bears
and head less co rp ses abounded. and strange ly no one
We had a weekend free before we began walking, so it wanted to sleep on the open side of the hut I
was decided to look around DC and the surrounding areas .
Switching neatly to tourist mode , we ventured into 'Murder Ove r th e ne xt few day s we co ntinued to pu sh sout h.
City , USA' (a murder a day, basic minimum). After 'doing ' the Occasionally leaving the trail for the less used 'Wilderness'
555 ft Washington monument , to orientate ourselves to the areas , whi ch offered a pleasant change , walking through
city we crossed the Potomac and had lunch at Fort Myers completely desert ed unspoilt areas, even if it meant mixing
NCOs ' Club , which made mo st me sses look like with the bea rs. As far as wildlife went, we encountered no
Scratchwood Services. bears, but deer abounded, and variou s military skill s were
practised doing camera stalks to see how close one could
Having spent the following day at Ouantico Marine Corps get. Similarly the flora was quite abundant , but wildflowers
base , we decided to return a few favours by going 'native' and blueberries aren 't particularly interesting for long and
and hosting a Barbecue and we invited those who'd helped were quite quickly dismissed as 'girlie '.
us. advised us, and invited us into the ir homes. We proved
that the English can eat chilli dogs and hamburgers with the
best of Americans, and , of course , drink with the best. The

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One of the most satisfying moments was reachtng the top Maryland and well into Pennsylvanta to vtstt the stte of the
of Bearface Mountain , early one morntng , whtch tnvolved a Battle of Gettysburg and Hershey. At Gettysburg we took the
self-guided auto tour along the unton lines on Cemetery
climb through the clouds . When looking out over the Ridge , through Ltttle Btg Top and back up the Confederate
Shenandoah Valley, various mountain peaks poked through lines on Semtnary Ridge . We looked out over the ground
the clouds, resembling distant islands in a vast sea . where General Lee had sent the Army of North Vtrgtnta on
Bearface Mountain rock scramble offered at least a 40 per the last day of the battle . Of the 12,000 men who started
cent chance of a broken ankle, and the climb back up, at 'Picketts Charge ' only one tn three returned Hershey, by
contrast, ts a town dedicated to the maktng of chocolate , so
least a 60 per cent chance of a stroke . Relentless ly we we toured Hersheys chocolate world whtch clo sely
ploughed on south into Virginia. lt was at about this stage , it re sembled Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory .
all became just too much for LCpl Sharma and on borrowing
Pte Legrove's Indi an chieftain's headdress, he turned fully Feeling fairly fat we decided on a run up to Mount
native . Further along the trail we arrived at Big Run Vernon 's trail. The trail ran from Mount Vernon , George
overlooking where the Jones Run trail forked off and led to Wash tngton s home . along t he bank s of th e maJeS tiC
Doyles River Falls , which dropped a mile and a half in a mile
and a half. The falls when we arrived were but a trickle , Potomac , through Alexandria , to the Arltngton Memonal
Bridge in the heart of Washington , sixteen miles to the north .
nevertheless. LCpl Mills and Pte Gibbs, being the bravest Having seen the colontal town of Fredertcksburg , we
and probably the smelliest , dived in, while the more sensible accepted an invitation to attend the Veterans ' Day

members laughed and photographed each other in various Observation at Ouantico National Cemetery .
The final few days were spent cramming in the rematnder
macho poses on the rocks around the fall s.
of Washington 's sights: The FBI building , the Pentagon . the
By this stage there were only 20 miles to Waynesboro and
the Rockfish Gap Entrance Station or, in our case , Exit Smithsonian, Capitol Hill and the US Supreme Court .
Station and very soon we found ourselves at the end . lt was Returning from Dulles, we reflected on the good ttme we
105 miles back up the trail to Dickey Ridge and we left the
Park having seen some of the beauty of the American had had , what we had learned , and what we had
countryside , and at least some of the fauna. We returned to experienced. The Americans had been perfect hosts and
Fort Belvoir and , having cleaned up , we revisited their hospitality left everyone clamounng to return wtth the
Washington . This time we tried Rumours- 'voted DCs No 1 battalion , three months later, for Exerctse Trumpet Dance .
Singles Bar by Washington magazine' - offering a
'California style, neo-V ictorian setting(?)'. We left in the However the most telling comment came on the way

same number as we arrived! home :
The following day the American public went to the polls ,
'Wasn't a proper exercise , Sir''
so to avoid the razzamatazz . we drove north through
'Why not? '

'We didn 't dig in once''

ON SOBRAON, SUN AND STABS

by 2Lt G M Morgan 8QF{V)

How do you explain to friends that a four-week trip to with razor wire and martial music, did not deter unnamable
Califo rn ia is to work? Th e answer - with difficulty . members of 8 QF(V) from surrendering, dectding that the
Explanations notwithstanding , eight members of 8 OF(V) rigours of 18 hours of hunger outweighed a stmtlar number
joined 1 QUEENS for Exercise Trumpet Dance, at Fort Ord, of capture . Field-fi ring saw platoon and company ops and a

during February. Firepower Demonstration - all highly enlightentng .
Attached to Kirke 's Company, under Maj Riley , the Our return to 'Planet Ord' saw the company maktng use of

majority of our party helped form 10 Platoon. a mix of TA , the superb 'in-house ' facilities, such as the bayonet assault-
Milan and 4/ 17 lnf(US) . The first week's weather - sun , course. section attack Jive-firing rang e and the Confidence
sleet and rain - made some of us , including Cpl 'I only Course . The latter takes a very different form to any found
here . Pte Barlow 's pained expression as he came down
came 'Cos the SPSI said it would be hot ' Birchmore. wonder 'Slide for Life ' will be remembered for some ttme to come .
if it hadn 't merely been an eleven -hour plane trip to After a day of training around the FIBUA site and zerotng the
Sennybridg e. However this week did give us the chance to MILES-simulation equipment there was a company attack on
meet our host unit , C Company, 4/ 17th, to familiarise the site . Using the MILES equipment was a first for many ol
ourselves with their equipment and integrate into the platoon us and gave rapid reminders on the use of cover. Needless
the members of 1st Platoon C Company 4/17 who would be to say there were many who fell foul of the omntpresent
joining us for the next three weeks. The OC's sense of
humour was also tested . with the appointment of our lone razor-wire.
Fusilier, Fus Fairclough , as Platoon Signaller. We soon The FIBUA training was an excellent cltmax to the
discovered that a Platoon Commander of 6 foot 6 inches and
exercise and to the start of R and R. The latter saw many
signal ler of 5 foot 4 inches aren't very compatible . Britons, tncluding myself, swapping Fort Ord for The Inn at
The Sobraon Day celebrations heralded the start of the the Park , LA ,. and Hunter 'Where the Hell ts tt anyway? '

Company packages . For us it was Adventure Training , with Liggett for Disneyland and San Diego.
parties moving North to Lotu s and South to Fort Hunter Exercise Trumpet Dance was a superb chance for TA
Liggett . Not only did we climb. canoe. trek and raft , but were
soldiers to work wtth a Regular battalion and also wtth the
able to enjoy the amazing countryside of the Sierra Nevadas
and its considerable wildlife. including wildcats , coyotes and US Army . lt is trips such as these that help encourage TA
soldiers to continue their service and , hopefully, act as an
eag les. incentive for others to jotn . We are very grateful to all
Hunter Liggett was also the base for Field -firing and members of 1st Battalion for thetr hospttality dunng our

Escape and Evasion. The 'delights' of a POW camp , replete attachment.

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SHORT SERVICE VOLUNTEER COMMISSION

by 2Lt A W Nelson 1 QU EENS

'No Sir , I think you'll find it easier if we did it this way' . The Th e trai ning was exce llent. Th e com pany did th e two
constant voice of experience of my Platoon Sergeant.
military packages first, followed by adventure training and
I have now been in the 1st Battalion for over a year on a ending in five days R and R. The first package was in Fort
Hunter Liggett with a three day escape and evasio n across
Short Service Volunteer Commission as 5 Platoon San Lobas National Park which had mountains that made
Commander in Holland Company , where I have learnt and Pen Y Fan in Wales look like a molehill. it was extrem ely
gained a wealth of knowledge and experience , ranging from
the tactical side , man management and life in the Mess. hard and testing for all who took part . especially if you were
caught. Thankfully , my team didn 't get caught and was one
The desi re to improve is very important. As a TA officer of the first to get through . We did stop at the now famou s
my experience was very limited , but I was determined to 'Gorda Deli' owned by two aging hippies calling themselves
learn and listen. Of course in the beginning I made mistakes Frick and Frac where we learnt to 'Mel low and Chill out'. The
and got extras and , for some months , I really was the remaining days of the package were spent doing live firing
platoon attacks , which were superb.
subaltern 's best friend , discovering that friendly waves from
Maj Robert Knight. my Company Commander were really to The next package was in Fort Ord . The Americans have a
fantastic FIBUA complex , twice as big as lmber vi llag e
indicate how many extras I had just earned . Looking back, including houses ranging from 2-4 storeys . The company
there wasn 't a better way to get to know every SNCO and attacked a small section of the village using MILES, which
Guard Commander in the battalion over a relatively short
was a real eye opener for all of us : death is one long sleep.
space of time . Now it's quite a surprise not seeing my name To me , those package s were the highlights of the
on Part One Orders . At one point, I was considering ordering
a new Service Dress , my old one was getting a little worn . exercise . For my own sake, I wished that we had spent
longer on them . it was certainly beneficial for me and the
The battalion , over the year , has been extremely busy soldiers .
with our role in UKMF and carrying out RAAT tasks , every
That was the mi litary training of my year, but there is so
exercise being a lesson and a period of development for me. much more to serving in a Regular Army battalion . Due to
From Exe rcise Bold Grouse in Denmark, SAS Hunterforce in my background in antiques , within weeks I was made
Sennybridge to guarding prisoners in Rollestone Camp and Property Member of the Mess. Using my contacts and the
just recently Exercise Trumpet Dance in California , the Arthur Daleys of the trade , the Mess has acquired two very
exercises have certainly been varied and have given me an good Georgian pieces of furniture and we have achieved a
insight which I would have never gained in the Territorials .
considerable amount of reframing of the battalion 's pictures .
Exercise Trumpet Dance was obviously the most I would certainly encourage a TA officer to serve as an
enjoyable and interesting exercise and really the climax of
my year. After a ten hour flight. with dreams of impressing SSVC. The benefits are unlimited in all aspects of life in a
the local beach bunnies with my accent and gaining the sun Regular battalion, if you are prepared to learn from mistakes
tan for the girlfriend back home, it was quite a let down to and listen to advice . When I return to my own battalion , I will
arrive in so called sunny California to discover that it was be able to pass on all I have learnt and dine out on many a
snowing . I was convinced that the RAF had flown us around
story .
Europe for ten hours and landed in Wales .

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