September 1972

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The Journal of
THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 6, No. 3 Seprember, 1972

Battle Honours borne on The Colours

Th e R egimwtal Colour:
"Tangier, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704-5," "Blenheim," "Ramillies," "Malplaquet," "Detingen,"
"Louisburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "St. Lucia, 1778," "Seringapatam,"
"Maida," "Virniera," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera," "Albuhera," "Al.maraz," "Badajoz," "Salamanca,"
''Vittoria,'' ''A:ffghanistan, 1839," "Punniar,'' "Moodkee," ''Sobraon," "lnkennan," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow,"
"Taku Forts," "New Zealand," "South Africa, 1879," "Nile, 1884-85," "Burma, 1885-87," "Chitral," "Relief
of Ladysmith," "Relief of Kimberley," "South Africa, 1899-1902," "Korea 1950-51."
The Queen's Colour :
"Mons," "Mame, 1914-18," "Aisne, 1914," "Ypres, 1914-15-17-18," " Hill 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Somme,
1916, 18," "Aibert, 1916, 18," "Vimy, 1917," "Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Hindenburg Line," "Italy, 1917-18," "Mace-
donia, 1915-18," "Gallipoli, 1915," "Gaza," "Jerusalem ," "Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut al Amara,"
"Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 1940," "Normandy Landing,"
"North West Europe, 1940, 44-45," "Abyssinia, 1941," "Omars," "Alam el Halfa," "El Alamein," "Longstop
Hill, 1943," "North Africa, 1940-43," "Sicily, 1943," "Sangro," "Salemo," "Anzio," "Cassino," "Italy, 1943-
45," "Malta, 1940-42," "Malaya, 1941-42," "Hong Kong," "Defence of Kohima," "Burma, 1943-45."

ALLIED COLONELS-IN-CHIEF
Her Majesty Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands.

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe 11 of Denmark.

COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Craddock, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.

DEPUTY COLONELS

Major-General F. A. H. Ling, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Brigadier R. E. Loder, C.B.E., D.L.
D.L. (Surrey) (Sussex)

Colonel D . A. Willows, D .L. (Kent) Colonel A. S. J. de S. Clayton, D.L.
(Middlesex)

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

Howe Barracks, Canterbury, K ent. Telephone: Canterbury 65281 , Ext. I.
Regimental Secretary : M aj. G. U. Weymouth , M .B.E.

Regimental Association Secretary: M ajor E . A. M cCarth y.

COUNTY OFFICES

Queen's Surreys Office: M aj. F . J . Reed and M a j. P. G. E . Hill. ( T el. : Kingston 624 8) .
Queen's Own Buffs Office : Col. H. R . Grace, O .B.E., D .L., J .P ., and M a j. G . T . Faulkner.
( T el. : Canterbu ry 652 81, ext. 4 ).
Royal Sussex Office :
Middlesex Office: Lt.-Col. E. G . Hollist. ( T el.: Chichester 863 11 , ext. 28).
Col. F. W alden, M.B .E ., D .L. ( Tel. : Edgware 2625 ).

lst Battalion REGULAR UNITS
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion -Kiwi Barracks, Bulford, Wilts.
4th Battalion, -Albuhera Barracks, Werl, B.F.P.O. 106.
-Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, Hants.
Albuhera Coy. -Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent.

DEPOT THE QUEEN'S DIVISION

Commanding Officer: Lt.-Col. M . J . Doyle, MBE, Queens.

T & AVR BATTALIONS

5th (Volunteer) Bn.-Leros T. & A.V.R. Centre, Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent.
( H on . Col.: Maj . ( H on . Col.) Th e Du ke of Norfolk, K .G., P .C., G .C.V.O ., G.B .E., T .D .)

6th (Volunteer Bn.-Brander House, Broomhill Road, Wandsworth, S.W. 18.
( H on. Col.: Col. D. A . H . Sim e, O.B.E., M .C., T .D .)

7th (Volunteer) Bn.- T . & A.V.R. Centre, Denne Road, Horsham, Sussex.
( H on . Col.: Brig. A. C . T yler, C .B.E., M. C ., D.L .)

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCES

C.C.F. S chool Comingenls

Ardingly College; Brighton College; Collyers School, (Horsham); Cranbrook School; Cranleigh School;
Dover College; Eastbourne College; Farnham Grammar; Haberdashers' Aske's School (Eistree); Hampton
Grammar School; Highgate School; Hurstpierpoint College; The John Lyon School; The Judd School; The King's
School, Canterbury; Kingston Grammar School; Mill Hill School; Ottershaw School; Reeds School;
Reigate Grammar School; Royal Grammar School (Guildford); Sir Roger Manwood's School (Sandwich);
St. Edmund's School (Canterbury); St. John's School (Leatherhead); St. Lawrence College (Ramsgate) ;
The Skinners School (Tunbridge Wells) ; Tonbridge School; Whitgift School; William Ellis School;
Wilsons Grammar School.

A.C.F. Units / Sub-U11its Cadet Coy. No. 25 .
Greater Lonl.on: Cadet Goys.
Nos. 194 ( Hounslow), 195 ( Staines), 205 ( Willesden ) , 2 11 (Edg-
N .E . London Sector ware ), 225 (T ottenham ), 226 ( Homsey ).

N.W. London Sector Nos. 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 151 to 156, 161 to 166.
1st, 2nd and 5th Cad~t Bns., The Queen's Regiment ( Surrey A .C. F .).
S .W . London Sector Cadet Goys. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cadet Bns., The Queen 's Regiment ( Kent A. C. F. ).
Cadet Bns. No. 6 (Crawley ) and M ayfield College.
Surrey: Cadet Bns. Nos. 2 ( Sea ford and Newhaven ), 3 ( Hastings), 4 (L ewes ), 7
Kent: Cadet Goys. ( Chichester ), 8 ( Crowbmough ) , 10 (E astbourne ), 11 (H orsham ), 13
Sussex: Cadet Pis. ( Shoreham ), 14 ( Bexhill ), 15 ( Brighton ), 17 ( Bognor) , 18 ( Little-
hampton) .

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ALLIANCES

CANADA
The Queen's York Rangers (I st American Regiment) ( R.C.A.C .).
3rd (Militia) Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York).
The Essex and Kent Scottish.

AUSTRALIA
The Royal New South Wales Regiment.
The University of New South Wales Regiment.
The Royal Western Australia Regiment.

NEW ZEALAND
2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast) The Royal New Zealand Infantry

Regiment.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

PAKISTAN
12th, 14th 15th and 17th Battalions, The Punjab Regiment.

SIERRA LEONE
The Royal Sierra Leone Military Force

ZAMBIA (to be confirmed)
The Zambia Regiment.

HONG KONG
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers).

Mainly About People To Colonel P ara. (formerl y

On 19th June, Capt. R alph M cCleary (ex Queen's Lt.-Co l. D . E . Blum, OBE.
Own) and his wife M arjorie called in at RHQ during Lt.-Co l. M . A. J . Tugwell,
their visit to UK fwm Timaru, New Zealand . M aj. - Queen's Own).
G en. and Mrs. D ennis Talbot gave a luncheon part y
for the M cC learys which was also attended by Co l. To Major
and Mrs. D erek Willows, Col. and Mrs. R aymond Capts. R . C. Pitman, S . J . P etzing and A. C.
Grace and M aj. and Mrs. Gu y Weymouth .
W ard .
On 26th June, Capt. E . A. Killingbeck of the
H astin gs and Prince Edw ard Regt. (a Can adi an Alli- Lt.-Col. K. Dodson was appointed AAG ( MPA ),
ance formerl y with the Ro ya l Sussex Regt.) visited HQ BAOR in September 1972 .
RHQ and the Museum during a holiday in Engl and .
Capt. K illingbeck also served with the Queen's Own Th e f ollowi11 g Office rs h ave qualified f or pro-
Rifles of Canada, another of our Allied Regiments
(formerly allied to The Buffs). m otion to M ajor :

HALF-YEARLY PROMOTIONS, TO JUNE 4th Capts. A. J , Bingham, G. W . Evans, P. B. H olt,
1972 R. E . Lowens and A/ Maj . G . Dineley, TD ( 5
QUEENS (V )) and Capts. D . W . E. Lamming, S . G .
To Brigadier Thom as and Lt. J . R . G . Putnam (7 QUEENS (V )) .
Lt.-Col. J . S . Fletcher, OBE .
Th e f ollow i11 g O ff ice rs h ave qualifi ed f or pro-
motion w Ca pt.ain:

Lts. C . A. S . Bates, M . G . Butlin, R . ] . C laydon,
] . L. A. Fowler, T . C. R . Hutton, P . Moseling, P . ] .

Mount, C. S . Regan, J, F . Sims, Capts. R . C rosher

and G. H. Wright, TD, A/ Capts. T. C. R . Hutton
and R. E. Lowans (5 QUEEN S (V)) and Lt. ] . H .
Spanner (6 QUEEN S (V)) .

4 to the first grade Staff poo l is awarded the symbol
usq" against his name in military records.
The following Officers have passed the examina-
tion for promotion from Lieut . t.o Capt.: Lt.-Col. H. C. Millman, OBE, is to be Chief
Instruc tor (Colonel ) at The Staff College, Khartoum,
Lts. A. H . artcr, J , G. MacWilliam and] . A. B. in October 1972.
Sa lmon.
The follo wing Majors have been provisionally
The fo llowing Officers are recom me11ded for Staff selec ted for p1·omotiou lO subs tantive Lieutcnam-
training. { Th ose w hose names are marked wi th an Co lol!cl i11 1972:
asterisk have previously qualified in the Staff/ Pro-
motion Exam.): J. G. W . Davidson, M . R. M . Newall, J . A. W.
Hyde, J. S. B. Pollard, D . H. Woolstencroft and
Capts. L. G. Baillie, P . M . P. Broadbent, M . R. J. W. Francis.
I. Constantine, A. C. Dawson*, D . M. Falke, P . A .
Gwi lliam, N . S . Hunter*, T. J ackson, M . J. J arratt*, Capt. Peter Tawell, ca lled in at RHQ on 3rd July
A. C. D. Lowric, R . T. W. Mellotte, M. B. Mont- during a short spell of leave from SAF, Muscat.
gomery, R. P . Murphy*, P . V. P anton, D . M . A .
S hephard, C. M. S t. John P erry*, S. C. Thorpe, D . 0 / Cdt. G. K . (Graham ) Yonwin, who is soon
M. Tucker and B. M. Woodbridge. to join the Regiment from Sandhurst, called at RHQ
on returning from a holida y in France.
Maj. I. M . E. Lloyd, having qualified for entry

Forecast of Events 24 Q ueen 's Own Buffs Dinner C lub Luncheon,
Connaught Rooms.
1972
25 Queen 's Own Buffs Assn Ramsga te Branch
October Dinner & Dance, G ram•ille H ouse, Ramsga te .

27 Eleventh Meeting of the Regimental Com-
mittee, London.

5/ 6 Queen's S urreys Golf Society Autumn M eet- 1973
6/ 8 ing, Richmond. January
The RRO's Convention for ACF Officers' 17 Seventh Meeting of the Managing Trustees.
~ Queen's Surreys Officers' Club Annual Din-
ner, London. March Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society Annual
7 24 Dinner and AGM.
Queen's Surreys WO s' and Sgts' Association Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society Spring
I~ L adies' Dinner and D ance, Kingston. 25 / 25 M eeting.

l 'i Midd lesex Regtl. Association Church P arade, April Queen's Own Buff s R eg imental Assn AGM
14 The Royal H ospital, C helsea. 14 and inter-Branch D arts Competition, M aid·
stone.
16/ 18 Queen 's Surreys Association Annual Reunion, 16
21 Kingston. 23 Birthday of HM Queen Margrethe 11 of Den-
21 30 mark.
Middlesex Regtl Golfing Society Autumn
23 / 25 M eeting, North H ants G.C., Fleet. Yypres - 1st Bn.

48th Annual R eunion 6th ( S ) Bn The Buff s, Birthday of HM Queen Juliana.
the D enbigh Arms, Wilton Street, Victoria,
S.W.l. May ALBUHERA DAY.
Army Golfing Society Spring M eeting, Muir-
1 QUEENS to N. Ireland. 16 field.
20/ 26
6th Bn Queen's Own Annual Reunion and
Dinner, Bromley U nited Services C lub.

IIth Bn The Queen 's Own (Corfe's Irre-
gul ars) Annual Reunion Lunch, Nat. Libera l
Club, S.W. ( 12.30 for 1300 hrs.).

2 QUEENS to N. Ireland.

November June

I 3 QUEENS to Cyprus. I Glorious First of June - 1st Bn.
30 - M aidstone Cricket Week.
11 The Lord Mayor's Procession. (Contingent
provided by 5 QUEENS (V)). 6 July

11 Middlesex Regtl Association Ceremony at the July
Field of R emembrance, W estminster Abbey.
I Queen's Own Buffs Assn - Maidstone Re·
17 Middlesex R egtl Association R emembrance union.
Day Service, Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill.
August
12 Queen 's Su rreys, R emembrance D ay P arades,
K ingston and Guildford. 4-10 Queen's Own Buffs - Canterbury Cricket

I ~ 7 QUEENS (V) Ball, The Norfolk TA Week.
Centre, Denne Road, Horsham. 7.45 p.m. - Queen's Own Buff s Assn - Canterbury
1.00 a.m. Remembrance Service and Reunion.

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Editor : c 0 nt e nt s

Major G. U. Weymouth,
M.B.E. (llet'd.)

Regimental Headquarters,
Howe Barracks,
Canterbury, Kent.

Cap Badge Forecast of Events Page
CoUar 6adge Editorial
The 1st Battalion 4
Button The 2nd Battalion
The 3rd Battalion 6
The 4th Bn., Albuhera Coy. 7
The Depot 15
The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion 23
The 6th (Volunteer) Battalion
The 7th (Volunteer) Battalion 28
Regimental Christmas Card
Letters 30
The Regimental Association 33
The L ondon Gazette 37
Births, Marriages and Deaths 41
Obituaries 43
The Cadets
Around the Counties 44
Queen's Qui z No. 4
The Unknown War- 47
48
Dhofar, by Lt.-Col N . B. Knocker 49
Journal Order Form 51
The Regimental Shop 55
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64

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Back cover

Printers : COVER PICTURE

Kent County Printers HRH The Princess Margaret inspecting the Guards
Canttrbury and He-rne Bay at the Trooping ceremony in Berlin on June 8th, in
honour of HM The Queen's Birthday. ( See I st
Kent
Battalion) .

Picture by APR HQ, Berlin ( British Sector ).

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EDITORIAL

During the period reviewed in thi s edition, two of our regular battalions, the 2nd
an d 3rd, have had yet another spell in Northern Ireland during whi ch both were en-
gaged in operations in Londonderry's Creggan estate; the latter is now back at Tidworth
and the former returns to Werl in November. The 1st Battalion will be going to Ul ster
in October for four months and in N ovem ber, the 3rd Battalion will be off ro Cyprus.

Although no-one can predict the outcome of recent politi cal events, there is little
doubt that the stronger line taken against " no-go" areas is paying di vidends-denying
the enemy firm local bases from which to operate and unearthing a lot of weaponry.
Nevertheless, constant vigilance must obviously be maintained by the Security Forces
in order to consolid ate and exploit their hard-won successes in the fa ce of continued
provocation.

Our old Regimental home - Howe Barracks - has been invaded by the Juni or
Infantrymen 's Wing, an offshoot from the Junior Infantrymen's Battalion at Shorn-
cliffe. We are told that this is only a temporary measure (for one year) resulting from
the large increase in the number of Juniors now joining the Service. However, when the
school lea ving age is rai sed next year, the numbers will automatically decline.

On 1st September, the " J.I.W. Canterbury" opened officially to accommodate
something like 400 Junior soldiers and 200 staff. Our 4th Bn . Albuhera Company,
together with the 4th Bn. Tiger Company of the Royal Anglian Regiment, are provid-
ing some of the instructors and thus recruiting activities of 4 QUEENS Coy. are now
in the hands of a much-reduced Regimental Information Team consisting of three
sections based at Maidstone, Brighton and Edgware.

Despite these innova tions, Regimental Headquarters remains where it ts and the
Regimental Recruiting Officer, Major Geoffrey Mason, has rejoined it.

We do not yet know a firm date for the Presentation of Colours Parade to be held
next year, but hopefully, it will take place on a Saturday during the latter half of June.
The Parade is likely to be based on the 3rd Battalion (Tidworth) which will ha ve only
just returned from Cyprus.

In the next issue, we hope to publish a location statement of Officers, Warrant
Officers and Sergeants.

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The l st Battalion

Editor ial. Lt.-Col. M . V. Hayward, MBE, The Commanding

B ERLIN is now only a memory. Already people Officer.

who couldn't wait to leave are wi shing that The Battalion 's fa rewell to Berl in-Beating R e-
treat followed by a cocktail pa rt y was held on 7th
they were back again with petrol coupons, FRIS Jul y. In addition to our friends, the popula tion o f
and LOA. At the time of writing, the main body Berlin was also invited a nd ( it appea red ) accepted.
has just returned from leave, and so these notes The Band a nd Corps of Drums put on an excellent
are understandably retrospecti ve. However, we d isplay, proving that they belonged to the be t ba t-
must not all ow oursel ves to look back; we ha ve tali on in B erl in.
a new posting, a new CO, a new role and inevit-
And so to Kiwi Ba rracks Bulford, where the vas t
ably, the re will be trips across the water. vista of Salisbury Plain contrasts with the sky scra pers
of Berlin. At present we a rc ru shing a round madl y try-
During o ur last few month s in B erlin no one ing to become airporta ble and it ca me as a shock to
was idle; even the Adjutant managed to get into th e find ourselves on "Spea rhead" dut y sh ortl y a fter our
o ffi ce occas io na ll y betwee n rid in g lessons. W e we re re tu rn from leave; however, we are co ping. V ehicles,
es pec iall y busy on ceremonia l an d o ur first parade radios and other equipment have been issued an d the
was the Allied Forces D ay P a rade ~ l o n g the 17th enthusiasm put int o B erlin P arades has go ne int o our
June S11asse on 13th M ay. The wea ther was not as rath er rapid con ve rsion to ai rpo rtability.
good as las t yea r but this d id not deter the stude nts,
hi ppies, and oth e r dropouts from turnin g up in fo re~·· The saga of our last weeks in Berlin wo uld '>e
It was th e turn o f th e Am erica ns to lea d the parade,
and th e rott en eggs, smoke bom bs and oth er wea pon- incomplete without a word of tri b ute to Lt.-Col. B. A .
ary had been used up by the ti me we ma rched past. M . Piclow, our Commanding Officer for the two
The demonstrators could onl y cry "Long live th e yea rs we were th ere. W e congratulate him on his pro-
IR A" (for the bene fit of the Bri tis h con t ingents) and motion and wish C olonel T ony an d Mrs. Pielow eve ry
eve:1 then they obligingly did so in step. Worn out success in the future. In his pl ace we welcome L t. -Col.
by th e day's excrsions, the officers rested in the even- a nd Mrs. H ayward a nd we h ope they en joy thei r tour.
ing a nd rcfought the ba ttles in the K ella r Ba r. M ore lowl y members who have left us since the last
issue a re Lt. Allington ( to the D epot ) a nd l.t.
Albuhera D ay was cold and wind y wh ich upset Acworth, wh o is now at H owc B arracks, Canterbur y.
our pl ans; we did hold the drumhea d Service but th e
sports, scheduled for th e afte rnoon , we re c urtail ed.
The C hain -o f- Comm and race showed how man y Coy .
Coh1ma nders are unable to get through a tyre. After
th e Silent T oast ceremon y, th e o fficers' mess he ld a
guest night at which G en. Cobb and the E a rl Ca~h­
ca rt we re g uests of honour.

The Glorious First of J une was again celebrated
in tradition al st yle. The C ricket m atch against Roya l
Na vy Berlin was punctuated by violent cloudbursts
allowing both bastmen and fi elders to wet the inner
ma n. Fortunately the wea ther lifted in the evening for
the D rum ' d isp lay and Offi cers' M ess Ball. On the
fo llowing Sa turday the WOs' and Sgts' M ess held a
magnificent 1st of June Ball on " HMS Q ueen Char -
lr: fl c," formerl y the gymn asi um !

HRH Th e Princess M a rgaret Countess of Snow-
don took the Salute at the Queen's Birthda y P arade.
during which the Battalion 's Queen 's Colour was
trooped. During the preceeding week the gua rds, com-
manded by M a j. J ohnson a nd Capt. j arratt, paraded
round the ba ttalion squa re and the Maifeld until the
smallest details we re perfect. Their efforts paid off ,
res ulting in a magnificent spectacle, which earned the
G O C's commenda tion . It was literall y a " Queen 's
D ay," as the C O was parade commander, and Capt .
M ellottc th e pa rade Adjutant. The offi cers, aft erwa rds,
attended a reception given in HRH 's honour at th e
Vill a Lemm .

O ur though ts then turned to Bulford, and me m-
bers o f the pre-adva nce pa rt y, led by Ca pt. Wilson,
sk ipped off almost unnoticed . The adva nce part y fo l-
lowed on 25 th J une while the ma in body prepa red for
thei r fin al fling.

8 in Berlin for dri ll and turnout. The long rehearsals
and preparation all seemed worthwhile but after all ,
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE-BERLIN 1972 it was part of the Batta lion ro le in Berlin .

On a brilliantly clear and warm afternoon on the We were honoured by the presence of the Colonel
M aifeld in West Berlin, the Berlin Infantry Bde. ce le- of the Regiment, who paid us a 3-day visit especia ll y
brated the birthday of H er Majesty The Queen with for the parade.
its annual, spectacu lar parade in the presence of HRH
The Princess M argaret, Countess of Snowdon who THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE 1972.
also took the sa lute. (Top): The March Past.

The 1st. Bn. as the senior resident Battalion in (Centre) : The Parade Commander, Lt.-Col. B. A. M .
Berlin bad the honour of trooping its Queen's Co lour Pielow.
and providing No. I Guard, Es cort for the Co lour,
No. 2 Guard and a number of vehicles as part of the (Lower): The Escort to the Colour begins the Troop.
vehicle screen. In addition (also to the Band and Pictures by APR HQ, Berlin .
Drums) our soldiers held the ground and provided the
standard party and door-openers for the royal cars-
a total of 12 officers and 301 W arran t Officers and
senior ranks.

The parade is very similar to that held each yea r
on Horseguards, the main difference being the firing
of a F eu de f oie as a dramatic, if ear shattering,
climax.

The Maifeld is a vast open arena adjacent to the
Olympic Stadium and the scene of many of the enor-
mous Hitler rallies in the thirties.

The presence of Her Ro ya l Highness attracted a
large German crowd as well as most of the remainder
of the Brigade and its depend ants; they all sat on the
neogrecian step-like sea ts which rise from the lush
green of the arena.

The parade marched on from the stadium and
formed up in two r anks facing the dais and spectators,
with the Escort for the Colour, commanded by Capt.

M . 1. 1arratt, at the right of the line. The M assed

Bands were on the right of the parade ground facin g
the cased Colour which was on the left.

The parade was commanded by Lt.-Col. Pielow
who, like the P arade M ajor, Maj. Goddard ( I
C heshire) and Parade Adjutant, Capt. Mellotte, were
mounted. All three had handsome chargers with regi-
mental saddle clothes speci ally made for the occasion .

The Princess was greeted by a fanfare after which
she inspected the parade accompanied by the GOC,
Maj .-Gen. The E arl Cathcart. The Escort marched
forward to collect the Co lour; this was deli vered into
the hands of Lt. Beattie whose father, M aj. I. D.
Beattie, was present when the Colour was presented
to the 1st Bn. Queen's Surreys in 1959 by HRH
Prince Philip.

The Colour was then trooped down the line of
the remainder of the foot troops and returned to the
right of the parade. The Brigade was then read y to
march past in quick time. After breaking into twelve
divisions the Brigade, led by the P arade Commander
and Adjutant and the Battalion's four divisions,
marched past followed immediately by the vehicle
screen .

Next came the F eu de f oie when three times each
man fired one round to achi eve a continuous ripple
from right to left and back along the rear r ank. T anks
of the Queen's Dragoon Guards preceded each of the
three volleys with seven rounds from their main arma-
ment which was loud, but also impressive.

Then came the Advance in Review Order after
which Her Roya l Highness departed.

There can be no doubt that the Battalion reached
its ceremonial peak in this colourful and exacting
parade and confirmed its exceedingly high reputation

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FLOODLIT TATTOO BY THE BAND

AND CORPS OF DRUMS

O n 7th J u ly, the Battalion said its official fare-
well to Berl in by in viting all our Allied and Ge rm an
friends in addition to members of Brigade, Sector and
Service S taffs; by widespread adverti sin g, the Ge rm an
publi c were also invited to wa tch, so that the fi nal
number of spectators was several thousand.

O ur Band under the direction of Band master
C ri chton, and the Corps o f Drums unde r Drum M ajor
M aloney have achi eved an o utstandi ng reputation in
Berlin, both with Berliners and Allies alike, and this
fin al performance outshone all others. The most fre-
quent comment (fro m the British military guests at
least) was that it was " the best performan ce of its ki nd
they had ever seen".

It was even more to the credit of the Band th at
rehearsals we re conducted aga inst a background of
packing and disappearin g resources and a lot of even-
ing work was inevitable in order to sort out the flood-
li ghting effects.

In addition large nu mbers of the Battalion we re
inevitably involved in the ad ministrati ve back up-
the erection and dism antling of stands, barriers, flood-
lighting, car parking and man y other tasks. All this
in our fin al 48 hours in Berlin . It was in fact a tru ly
Battalion effort with the B and and Drums in the lime-
li ght.

OFFICERS' MESS

S aying goodb ye in Berlin was a continuous pro-
cess of parti es big and small with offi cers fill in g up on
cheap drink (like camels !) before the lon g journey of
an arid home posting. M ost signifi cantl y, we dined out
Lt.-Col. T on y Pielow at a regimental guest ni gh t on
16th June. H e m ay remember little that took pl ace
th at evening but no one else will forget the sight of
"Bustcr" Carlston swinging from the wrought iron
chandelier and subsequentl y separatin g it from the
ceiling-who else could have succeeded single-handed!

At the other end of the scale, we said farewell to
WOII H olland who had completed much notable ser-
vice in the m ess with his two years as M ess C/ Sgt. H e
was presented with a silve r ciga rette box by the
officers as a token of their appreciation .

With so much farewell, one arri va l could not
possibly go unmentioned : 2/ Lt. I an Robson joined
us a t the beginning of June and showed great initi ati ve
by gate crashing the GOC's reception for HRH Prin-
cess M argaret. (Some glor y was lost when he con-
fessed that it was all a mi st ake! )

(Top ): The RSM, WOI Rippon hands the Queen's
Colours to Lt. A. A. A. Beattie during the Queen's ~

Birthday Parade in Berlin.

(Lower): Kirke's Competition. (L to r): L/ Cpls.
Alien, Bate and Richardson.

P ictures by APR HQ, Berlin .

10 We provided 90% of No. I G uard for the Allied

TANGIER COMPANY F orces D ay P arade in M ay and in June, most of us

The last few months have been ones of movement were on the M aifcld preparing for the Queen's Birth-
full y reported elsewhere. In Berlin we welcomed 2/ Lt.
P oll ard from Universiry and Cpl. Wilkes, L/ C pl. da y P arade.
Keates and Ptes. Reeves, Mundy and Boorm an; and
on arriva l in Bulford we were joined by C / Sgt. P ear- R AF Gatow Open Day on July 2nd was another
son, Sgts. Stokes and Gooden, C pls. W atts, Goodman
and Murphy, L/ C pls. Goldie and Fitzgerald and Ptes. function ; 2/ L t. Polden together wi th C pls. Camille,
P attison and Gatehouse. D epartures were : Sgt. Reed
and Cpl. Yoa to JIB, Sgt. Collins to Canterbury, Cpl. O' M ear a, L / C pls. Wood, A lien and Bell , Ptes. Smith,
Green to the D epot, Pte. Going to the Int Section and
L/ C pl. Sizeland and Pte. Cook to clVlh an hfe. D avy, F autley and T hurston, organi sed and r an the
Natural increases were welcome by Capt . F alcke,
L/ Cpl. Spain and Pte. Ansell (44)- and their wives. dplaeyt-elonso~cc"eAssPCanRd idseesv"eraSel ctciohnar. itTiehse da y was a com-
benefitted h an cL
The beginning of M ay, the Company were at
Putlos for shooting and upgrading. The defeat of some ly.
England by W. G ermany was not avenged; the
Bavarian Bn . in camp with us beat us by an undis- Despite all our Berlin commitments we were ab le
closed margin, but friendly relations were sealed, over
a few (dozen) beers. " Bacardi" Robertshaw tri ed to to get to H altern for a bout of Field Firing. This was
join the Bunderswtt rl, but was rejected on account . of
his short hair. The CSM set up a record for sleepmg something to remember ! Buster said before leaving
on a bar stool (the OC's record is censored). W e came
"econd in the Bn. Swimming, a fin e team effort, with Berlin that he was going to give the Compan y a work-
Lt. Beattie, L/ Cpl. Sizeland and P te. W eaver shining.
Our athletics performance, despite great efforts by the out and he kep t his word! Field Firing all day, in-
coaches, Sgts. Beckingham and Reed, was not as good
as we had hoped, but we surprised all by taking the cluding at least six live-firing battle drills per sec-
T ug-of-War Shield. The OC and L/ C pl. Bart lett
were in the victorious Bn . sai ling team which won the tion; night firing and ni ght exercises and a march-and-
Brigade T rophy. The Company party (also wet! ) was
enjoyed by those that can remember It. shoot competition whi ch kept us going from six in the

We broke into high society when C pls. Millett, morning to midnight. Mr. Allington proved that he
I saacs, Bradley and Pte. Ansell toge the~ with their
wives were invited to the GOC's reception for the should have joined the fire servi ce r ather than the
Bishop of Berlin (East and West), Cardin al Bengsh-
a pleasant break from cleaning up quarters. Army; Sgt . T aylor found out that the OC h as longer

Just prior to departure, a 48-hr. exercise was held legs than his; Coy. HQ discovered that they were not
in camp with a N. Ireland setting. We place on record
here our "appreciation" of all those who helped by exempt from section battle drills; the CQMS proved
rioting - or was it normal? Cpl. Murray has been
paddling his canoe somewhere m England and M aJ; that it is possible to feed the Coy. in three different
Mallalieu is completmg hi s Company Commanders
Course at Warminster. Well where do you put a No. l places at the same time, and Sgt. Owen and the CSM
Dress hat when you are airportable??
discovered th at the Dutch Army are issued with super
KIRKES COMPANY
bread. Our fin al weekend was spent in Holland-
We are already looking back with regret at some enough said !
of the things we are going to miss about Berlin : the
nightclubs, the sport, the weather and the .Skimg. The future holds a grea t deal in store; gone are

The Coy. is just beginning to regrun some re- our APCs, lavish accommodation, Coy. C lub, cheap
semblance of order having moved furniture and un-
packed cases and boxes. Capt. Howard was so success- booze, brockw urst, bra-less Berlin birds, Berlin duties
ful as Baggage Officer that he has been awarded the
addi tional initial '0 ' to add to his other two. (no comment), and instead we have wet wea ther,

We won the Kirkes Coy. Competition for the shand y instead of whi skey, Northern Ireland and
second year in succession, prompting ex-CSM Black-
well to send a message of condolences to Holland Coy. S alisbury Pl ain!
from his posting as RQMS at 2 Div. The Competi-
tion as a whole was a very close battle but our easy 16 Clifford Street ·Savile Row ·London W1X 2HS
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The Company did its fair share of duties: various
fatigues together with such duties as A ler t Platoon ,
Brigade HQ Guard, A llied Kommandantura Guard,
Night Guard and Spandau Prison Gu ard managed to
keep most of us busy. On takin.g over from the Ameri-
can Contingent at Spandau Pnson one of the Amen-
can Officers asked if we were the British Army's
Special Drill Squad!

11

SEVASTOPOL COMPANY HOLLAND COMPA.t"'Y

D ea r R eader, A nd it came to pass that the tribe made ready
Yo u will be reli eved to hear that we have decided to leave the pl ace ca lled Berlin. But before they left,
u mighty being ca lled Pielow, the former C hieft ain,
no t to bore yo u with o ur refl ections on Berlin. W e re- said "Come unto me and I will show you a ha ppenin g
fu se to offend your mind wi th the drear y tedium of such as has never been seen before."
the story of our immacul ate h andover to 1 WFR, the And they laboured and swea ted and wo rked ma n y
excellence of our gleaming Berlin barrack blocks, the
precision and efficien cy o f our move to Bulford. days and ni ghts to prepare for this great hap pen in g
whi ch was ca lled Bea ting Retreat.
Furthermore, a sense of good tas te prevents us On the fifth day of the week this grea t happenin g
from mentioning the series of triumphs th at has been
ours in the las t few months, for it would sm ack of happened. There was assem bled on a place ca lled the
arrogance and condescension to even hint at the humi- sports field a mighty assembl y of bandsmen and drum-
li ations we have infli cted on the o ther companies. Thus me rs who did pl ay and m arch most gloriously. M en
we intend to keep strictl y within the Battalion the and women from the tribe ca lled Berliners d id come
manner in whi ch our team won the Inter-Company to watch and were highly impressed.
F ootball Competition without even removing their And it h appened on the sixth d ay tha t one C larke,
wonderfull y sm art parade dress, and how we only had a mighty leader, did say, "Come unto me and I will
to take to the court to mesmeri se all opposition into ta ke thee onto the grea t water called the H ave!, for a
instant defeat in the Inter-Compan y Basketba ll fi asco. mighty occasion." And they did charter a boa t and did
We know too th at we would offend the modesty of fill it with victu als and strong poti ons bearing stran ge
Sgt. Gooden, C pl. King, C pl. H ayward, Bandsman names like S chultheiss, Carlsberg and N ewcastle
Franci s and others if we even breathed a word of how
they turned the Battalion Athletics M eeting into an B row n .
embarrassing procession of S evastopo l Company vic- And they did launch themse lves upon the wa ter
tories .
with their womenfolk and did dance and cavort and
W e also keep to ourselves the knowledge of the drink. Veril y, it was like a fl oating Sodom and G omor-
excellent example we set to the other companies in
both the qu ality and qu antit y of our working in Berlin rah. on the se ven t h day many men were repen-
and content ourselves with a knowing inner smile as And
we listen to others totting up their ' hours per week at tent and did hold their heads and wail and curse
the wheel' score and number of guard duties per ma n S chultheiss, Carlsberg and N ewcastle Brown .
per month per New M oon per Winter S o lstice, etc. It came to pass that they did leave Berlin, some
with wailing and gnashing of teeth, some with joy in
Instead, dea r reader, we arc pleased to merely an- their hearts and did return to the promi sed land. Some
nounce o ur arri va l in Bulford and to extend an in vi ta- returned by a great silver bird, others b y ch ariot and
tion to vis it us here, whether yo u be old fr iend or one others did not want to return at all.
of those (a las) onl y-too-rare fellow seekers of perfec- And they did move into a mighty camp ca lled
ti o n .
Kiwi Barracks and did look around them with wonder
Should you find the ti me to acce pt our invitation . as the rain fell steadily on their bowed heads.
rest ass ured that we are easy to find . Our well-inform- And there was much rattling of weapons and
eel and too-polite Provost Staff will set you on the right •trange rituals took place, such as road runs and
way and you have then to merely negoti ate a passage walks, IS drills and m an y others, as they did prepa re
through the garbage and litter that pass as compan y to sa ll y forth and do battle in a far off land with the
areas in the remainder of Kiwi Barracks until you are Phili stines, spelt IRA .
stru ck by the magnificence of a veritable S hall fi >·i-La They welcomed (as the prodigal son was wel-
nestling benea th the southern slopes of S ali sbury
Plain . comed on his return ) into their midst a C olour
Sergeant called Shepherd, from the tirbe of the Depot,
Drag yo ur eyes from this vist a for but a moment and a multitude of Pri vates- C adman, Keeler, K er-
to remove your gum boots before proceeding, and cast riga u, Mitchell, Mol yneux and O 'Mara . Many men
but a cursory admiring glance at the orderl y line of were rewarded for their labours and were promoted :
gleaming Signal and R ecconnaissance Platoon vehicles C pl. Howard to Sergeant, L / Cpls. Lovell and Dun-
whi ch next you pass. ning to Corporal and Priva tes Bell, Fielder, Lowe,
K elling and O ' D ell to Lance Corporal.
Forgi ve us next the imposition of a snap but
thorou gh person al h ygiene inspection b y our wonder- QUEBEC COMPANY
full y effici ent medical team ( we ha ve to be so careful )
but then feel free to approach our H eadqu arters, per- Unfortuna tely we had to say good-bye to C SM
haps pausi ng on your way to gaze in awe at the m ar- P ea rson who has now gone to an Ulster D efence
vellously athletic gyrations of our PT Staff on the Battalion as RSM. The Company clubbed together
neighbouring polo ground. Shielding your eyes from and bought him a sword although we all doubt its
the gl are of poli shed brass and d azzling window panes, usefuln ess in his new job. It was a pity that we could
merely lean on the well-oiled oak door and present not win the Drill C ompetition as a pa rting gesture
l our card at R eception . for h1m, a nd as a result he continued his a brupt
"man-management" until he saw the back of us on our
W e would then be pleased if yo u would take tea way to Bulford.
with us on our well-groomed lawn to the accomp an y-
Ing serenade of our own quite excellent B and. If you W e all wish him the best of luck with his " paddy
have time, please stay to watch our m arvellous Corps volunteers" and welcome in his place C SM Prior.
of Drums who Beat R etreat dail y (except Sund ays)
at las t li ght. Mortar PI.

W e arc, D ear R eader, your humble The BAOR Concentrat ion in April was followed
scrvants- by the Allied Forces D ay a nd Queen's Birthday
P arades.
SEVASTOPOL C OMPANY.

12 Hawkes

We managed to send C pls. P otts and H amilto n of
on a MFC's co urse in the U K and they have now
joined us. Savile Row

On our move to Bulfo rd we sa id good-bye to Sgt. The British have regularly gone into battle
Blyth, and on our arriva l we welcomed our Platoon with glory and Hawkes' uniforms. Enough
Commander Capt. D owse. U nder new management, have survived to keep the firm going • . .
will now prepare ourse lves for our role in the U K . and on victory parades and ceremonial
occasions their splendid Hawkes' unifo rms
Anti-Tank PI. have always lent colour to the occasion.

We went to Putlos twice for shooting and train - Hawkes of Savile Row
ing, the first time being for the benefit of our new go back to the 1770's.
members. Welcome to those who passed the cadre and
we hope they can stand the pace. Every year hundred s
of people
During the shoot Pte. " Pc" Constable found that
the backblast area behind the gun is not the place to go back to Hawkes
stand. to be dressed

Our second trip to Putlos was for the annual for the 1970's.
concentration in which we believe we fared well. You 'll know our
reputation for made-
Since then we had a r ather panicky move from to-measure tailoring
Berlin, which we were sorry to leave. but you may be
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understand where the "Rocking Horse, has gone; ready-to-wear range.
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15

The 2nd Battalion

Editorial pany has " Soltau I & II," "Sennelaga r I & 11 " an d
Werl to recall. The real training a t Soltau 1 was m
AT the time of writing, we have just arrived in map reading. H ere argumen ts raged over th e air be-
Northern Irel and in a hurry from Albuhera tween 3 PI. and the Flying NAA FI ( driven by L / Cpl.
Barracks, Werl , and the events of the past few Mcllwai ne and assisted b y L / pi. Roberts) a. to
days seem to have followed each other in a con- \>here the R V actua ll y was. The weather was fin e for
fused and unending flurry. Our routine tour in the most part but when it did rai n, Pte. Finnell y got
Ulster was to have been from late October 1972 us all tc sing ul am the Music M an," round the camp
to late February 1973; however, with our Rear- fire and this made us all enjo y it.
Party-to-be on leave, adventure training parties in
Sardinia, Bavaria, the Harz Mountains and else- Solta u ll was also enj oyed though it was obvi-
where, and the rest of us beginning to think of ous we had some new talent ; Cpl. Bowler, ACC, soon
our Summer holidays, Wednesday 26th July learn t 11 was rugged ou t in the ulu when he got a
dawned with the news that we were to move to an raspberr y in rep ly to hi s query, "where is my oven? "
undi sclosed destination in Ulster two days later
with all our equipment and most of our vehicles ; At Sennelager there was lots o f ' hooting, runnin g
" Retenti on of quarters is granted" said the signal arou nd and hob bl ing in (some that is) after the PE
-graciously! Tests. lass ification went we ll as wi tness ou r winning
at the Invicta Shooting Competition.
By lunchtime on Thursday 27th Jul y the Recce
P art y, nine strong and led by the Comma nding Offi- At Werl the cri es of "Come on killer" signified
cer, was on its way and from the late evening of the th at Pte. Kirkaldi e was in action in the In ter-Comp any
28th, a " mass ive" ai rlift of five RAF Britannias and Boxing Competition ; Ptes. J ohnson, Bi shenden and
25 H ercules lifted us from RAF W ildenrat h, some others we re also in the ring. In the Drill Competi tion,
two and a half hours drive from W erl, to Aldergrove; we were relaxed but drilled to a ve ry high standard ;
one aircra ft took o ff every 20 minutes, and to add a we can only assume the Judges we re also a bit relaxed
touch of drama to the already dramatic situatio n, the when it ca me to marking us, which might account fo r
H ercules unloaded at Aldcrgrove wit h their engi nes our low ly position!
running .
L / Cp l. Su llivan has completed a FAMTO Store-
By the evening of the 29th we we re 99% com- mans' course but his stores still have th at appearance
plete at the W eekend Traini ng Camp at Ballykinler, of a shamb les which typifies a man who knows what
about an hou rs dri ve south of Belfast. Equipment was he is doing but can 't actuall y ex plain how its wo rks
being delivered, issued, fitted a nd mod ified all that to anyone else.
day and night. We were "Prov ince Reserve, at one
hours notice to move from earl y on Sunday 30th Jul y. Sgt. Hitchman, on promotion, has remained in
the Compan y as have our new L / Cpls. Gauntle t! a nd
The initi al removal of all the "no-go" areas on Wright. C pl. P oynton is no slimmer but now has hi s
31 st Jul y was not a task we were used fo r and we second stripe.
listened to it all on the radio and the few ava ilab le
televis ion sets. Once the operation was success ful , we The place is a little qui eter now tha t L / Cp l.
we re then put under command H Q 3 In f. Bde. and Roberts, after long service in the C QMS Stores, has
were alloca ted an operational area in the south of gone to Sp. Coy.; his wa ter truck has been retired.
Count y D own, though B a nd Sp Coys . we re detached C pl. Outfield 's house is noi sier with the arrival of hi s
to be under command the Argylls a nd Gordons re- baby daughte r. At the top, C / Sgt. C lose is now with
spectively. Admin Coy. and C / Sgt. Moore is welcomed in hi s
place. Maj. P itman has moved to Co md . Coy. on pro-
By 2nd August the situation had changed. A Coy. motion and the solid figure of Ca pt. Grove is expected
were despatched to Belfast to assist 24 Bde. on a "per- in hi s pl ace.
manent " basis, and the remainder of the B attalion
prepa red to move to L ondonde rr y, as part of 8 Bde , B COMPANY
to operate in the C reggan area.
Since returning from Soltau 1I and saying au
All these events, which occurred in barely over a revoir to our APC's until next year, li fe has not on ly
week made the hap pen ings of the past three month s been ex treme ly busy but very interesting. Those of us
fade into the background. These include our training who joined the A rm y for "Adventure and Travel,
at Soltau in M ay; man y of the competitions of the have no grounds for complaint.
Invicta Troph y ( Sp . Coy. is top of the " league" a t
the present time ) ; adventure training expeditions and P erh aps the company's most unusual event of the
r.orma l soldieri ng, all of which are cove red elsewhere year and certainl y the most successful was the wives
in th es~ notes. picnic at the Diemelsee on 18th June du ring an exer-
ci se near Brilon. A to tal of 25 wives (together with
A COMPANY children) visited thei r husbands for lunch in the field
(cotage pie-edible for almost all) and then sampled
Thank goodness we have moved to N. Ireland the attractions of the Di emelsee-Kaffee und Kuchen
where the Di ary of Events se rves as God 's gift to (nut Sahne), pedal or powered boats. The aim was to
journal notes' writers ! show the wi ves how tough a soldiers life in the field
rea ll y is; however, it fai led as they all volunteered-
L ooking back over the past few month s the Corn- ( <' a woman-to change pl aces wi th thei r husbands.
H aving bade them f arewe ll, the serious business of
canoe instruction began under S/ Sgt. Baxter, APTC,
with the niceties of eskimo rolls and "H Rescues,"

16 C COMPANY

explained to hivering students who must, by now, En route to N. Ireland, we had our troubles !
be fai rly proficient canoers. M ost of the company were in the plane wh ich de-
ve loped engine trouble and had to land at Brize
A most refreshing change from our previous Norton where we found Pte. Strickl and 's luggage but
exercises wi th AP Cs was when the company mounted no Pte. Strickland! ( H e had decided to travel in an-
a number of day ambushes, being flown in by heli- other plane ) . R esuming our journey some hours later
cop ter . we found, on landi ng in Ireland, that the h yd raul ic;
had fa iled; we then had to wa lk from the runway to
"Fi ve Sardines," c' Sixth Sense, and "Seven the air terminal. H avi ng been one of the first to leave
Up" ! No t a cann y and fru ga l " M ea l in a M oment" German y, we were the las t to arrive.
but three I 0-day adventure training exercises, held in
fa r away places often advertised by travel agents but W e had a busy t ime at Soltau, working again
rarely within our fin ancial reach. with A Sqn . QRIH fo r part of it. Capt. P eterson
ass umed command fo r a few days in the absence of
T he first took place in Sardi ni a for 25 members the OC who was away for a short holiday. O ne of the
of 5 PI. and thanks to the RAF, travel to and fro h ighl ights was the loss of the CSM 's teeth! Afte r a
costing nothing; it was also possibl e to t ake a Land- pa inful extraction of the o rig inal ones, he arr ived on
rover and trai Ier. exercise with a new set and full of smiles. They di dn 't
las t for long; aft er a night out in a loca l guest house
Sgt. J ames and L / C pl. H alfmann left several he returned toothless and we wonder if he has
days earlier to acquire transport and fi nd a suitable learned a lesson. Cpl. H arris, who had only just joine:l
camping site, and when the main body arrived (on us, slipped whilst doi ng a helicopter descent and has
17th Ju ly) they we re whisked off in a battered RA F been hobbling ever since.
bus to an id yllic beach, 40 miles east of Cagauri and
alongside a campsite where "compo" could be supple- Much to everyone's relief ( and in particular, the
mented with Spaghetti and Pizza. recce party ) our training week in Belgium was can-
ce ll ed.
The first day was spent very pleasantl y gettin6
acclimatised, by under-wa ter fi shing in the warm In June we ran a little adventure training exer-
wa ters of the M editerranean and a not-so-gentle hill cise which involved platoons being dropped in small
climb. groups to move around the countrys ide to va rious
R Vs and check-points where they were to receive food
During the next week sever al more subst anti al and furth er instructions. The French offi cer who was
hi lls were climbed and suntans acquired on the beach. attached to ].IS mus t have returned with some strange
views. L / C pl. M oynihan deserves full marks for tr y-
"Si xth Sense'' and "Seven Up" were joint exer- ing to attack Coy. HQ single-h anded-a ga ll ant effort
cises for 6 and 7 Pis. held near the Austri an Border v, hich was bound to fail.
at O berstdof in Allgau. Canoeing on the Alpsee, ably
supervised by Capt. White of the R ecce Platoon, was On our return we held a successful party in th e
followed by a mountain wa lk on the sli ghtly more Queen 's C lub and C pl. C urren, ACC, did a grand
strenuous A lpine slopes whi ch lasted fi ve days; hikin g job with the buff et. The R egimental Group prov ided
from Alpine hut to hut, we fin ally descended from l.!S with some excellent m usic and Sgt. H amilton organ-
the Nebelhorn by cable car . F aces on return were no ired the decor and dr aw ; Pte. Strange must have " fix-
less brown and enthusiastic than those who attended ed" the draw for he took half the prizes.
'-F ive Sarclines" .
At Sennelage r, Pte. Ellis won the best SLR shot
U nfortunately our company dinner and da nce, competition and the Company won the F alling Plate.
due to have been held at the P ark H otel in W erl was (2/Lt . W ake, L / C pls. D esmond and Willi ams and
can celled due to the move to N . Ireland. Pte. Ellis).

A welcome to Lt. Mike Rust, lent to us by the The Invicta Trophy has been very much in our
R CT until September when he goes to H ong Kong; minds and after a poor start, it is now with in our
also to 2/ Lt. Ken W as hbrook (another Canadian) on reach . W e had a fin e win in the football after a play
loan from the Army Air Corps. (H e hasn' t actually off with Support Coy.; we came second in Drill and
sprouted any wings ye t but goes on his intensive grow- Basketball and third in H ockey. Our plans for the
ing course at Middle W allop in O ctober ). fin al assa ult have now had to be postponed due to our
recent move.
W e were very sad to lose W O II S mith so soon
and wish him luck with the TA. H e was one of tho<~ Lt. P arkinson (formerl y OC 9 PI. ) has become a
people who always has sympathy for a soldier with • schoolmaster but before he left, he gave an excellent
problem ; he was also a superb cook and is particu- demonstration to his platoon in nav igation and
larl y mi<Sed by those of Coy. HQ (our stouter mem - movement ; he was tr ying to fin d his room after the
bers) who like their food ! fa rewell part y!

C / Sgt. R elf has also left us for the Sign als PI. , C / Sgt. M oore h as become C QMS of A Coy; we
where he has spent most of his service. As canteen thank him for his help and hope he doesn 't get bored
manager he must have been our strongest asse t. in h is new job .

W elcome to WOII Ongle y (from Comm and Pte. P ea rless, after eight yea rs faithful service in
Coy.) <Ogether with Hermann-the bald-headed old the same platoon, is now in the Bn. Orderl y Room.
B .. who sits in his office- and to C/ Sgt. Barn acle We also say good-b ye to C pl. Sturgeon (who onl v
from the Signals PI. ftopped a short while; perhaps the pa ce was too hot ) ,
L / C pl. F oster and Ptes. Thompsett, Rustean, Huseyin,
The las t word must be (and certainly is) a quote D enh am and S tr ange . W elcome to Sgt. Frost
by a certain L / C pl. who shall be nameless: (temporary O C 9 PI.), C pl. H arris, L / C pl. N ewman
end Ptes. Sesto, Minter, W ickles, Woodeson, Birdsa ll,
On being seen off at Wildenrath for N orthern Wi lde, K endall, H enson and D e R osa.
Ireland by no lesser person th an the C -in-C BAOR ,
the said L / C pl., somewhat confused by all the rega li a
of high ra nk was heard to say-

"A nd what mob are you from ?"

Congrat ulalions to the wi vc5 of Sgt. Butcher, 17
C pls. W atson a nd P iper and P te. Ha rr is on p roducing
t aby boys a nd to the wife of C pl. Reynold• for p ro- EAST KE NT
ducing a gi rl. It wa s n ice to have Lt. J ackson an d
2/ L t. Redford with us du ring thei r summer h olida ys NEWS & PI CTU RES
from Un iversity; Lhe former, to h is amazement, now
find s himself here in No rthern Ireland! 1n t he

W e a re h appy to report that we a re to be affili ated KENTISH
to ce rta in AC F and CCF units in E nglan d. W e h ope GAZETTE
that in the future we will be able to give them some
?ss istance b ut at lhe moment, of cou r~e , th is is not EVE RY
poss ible. FRIDA Y

SUPPORT COMPANY 18,000 Limbless

The Compa n y, as a whole, has seen very li ttle Ex-Servicemen
of itself for the last few months beca use o f exercises. need your help
[( has, however, been a successful time a nd we a re
now leadin g in the In victa Trophy after win n ing the W e Ufli: ently nee d money
Drill Compet it ion an d com ing joint-fi rst in the shoot- to he lp th ese men to con -
quer their h;~ndic a p . And
ing. to equip and main tai n
M aj. J ohn D av idson has left us for another ap- ho mes in whi ch t hey con -
va les ce and are given ca re
po intment and whilst thanking h im for all he h as and co mfort in th e ir o ld
done for us, we wish him every success in America. ag e.

M ortar PI. We are not ai ded by
th e State . So we depend
After a successful Concentration, we returned to on yo u . These veter an s
ba rracks and h ad a m ajor reshuffle due to three of gav e mu ch when the y lost
our Senior N C Os leav ing for other jobs. Sgt. Ba rlow arm s o r legs or eye s fi ght-
took over I Section, Sgt. C larke took over No . 3 a nd in!! for th e ir co untry.
C/ Sgt. W atson became Platoon 2IC. Now won ' t yo u give so me-
t hing l Pl ease . please help .
At Solta u, the sect ions were detached to their Pl ea se re me mb e r them in your will and send a don at ion
respective companies for Battle G roup t raining an d to Ma jor the Ea rl of An ca ster , KCVO , TO . Midl and Ban k
the only t ime we were together was fo r a night illu - li mited . 60 West Smi t hfield , London ECIA 9DX.
mination shoot for 15/ 19 Hussa rs. Some Americans
were shooting next to us on the same n igh t and BRITISH LIMBLESS
having hea rd grea t tales about their six ( or was it EX-SERVICE MEN 'S ASSOCIATION
sixty? ) m illion candlepower illuminat ion round, we
were amused to find that our own 25,000 cand le-
power round was not onl y brighter, b ut also de fin itely
more acc urate.

On return from So ltau a refresher cadre was run
fo r two weeks, after whi ch the pl atoon became en-
snared in the Invicta C up Troph y due to the Anti -
T anks being away on their Con centration. The Com-
pany's success in the Shooting Competition was due,
iP no small measure, to the excellent perform ances
of Ptes. White, M cH ugo and Sgt. C larke; also to
Sgt. Barlow who was non-shooting Captain .

O nce more in N . I reland, we are tr yi n g desper-
ately to forget abo ut elevations, bearin gs, etc., and
return to mo re mund ane infantr y skills. The author
need less to say is not desperately thrilled at bein g
back, having had to bring his wedding forward two
days and h aving had only one night in which to make
certain there were no basic grounds for divo rce ! -
C'es t L a Vi e.

A welcome to C p l. P arker and a fond farewell
to C/ Sgt. Russell, Sgt. J ames a nd Sgt. O apprich who
have left for other appointments, and con gratulations
to C/ Sgt. W atson, L/ C pls. Kin g and Brazier on their
recent promotions.

Anti-T ank PI.

M ost of J une was spent in camp preparin g for
our concentration and durin g thi s period, C pls. P arker
and Bobrow were attending the Support W eapons
Wing at Netheravon; the la tter is to be congra tul ated
on getting a ver y good 'B' grade.

At the beginning of Ju ly we moved to Putlos on
:he Balti c Coast for our con centration; here everyone

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wo rked extremel y hard and gained much use fu l \\Orry they were assured. . . "\Vc know each other
knowledge. It was a most enjoyable two weeks with well; same ideas.,',' . . . " I was an RSM as well, he
loca l holid ay resorts and good weather con tributing a likes ex tra~
great deal.
" Oh, no res t for us then . An y cushy postings go-
In the Invicta C up Competition , special con- ing sir ?'~
gratulations are due to members of the Coy. who we re
in the winning Drill Squad and to those in the Box- Battalion Rifle Meeting
ing Team who put up a fierce, if not altoge ther skill-
ful performance. This was held at Sennelager on 13th Jul y and
1t turned out to be rather more fortunate than might
Cpl. Felton has gone to the R egimenta l P o li ct have been expected. Most people had to contend with
and we wish him well ; congra tul ations also to L / C pls. a very earl y start but were rewarded with the most
Rowe and Martin on thei r promotion. glorious weather - blazing sunshine and a gent le
breeze contributing to many medi terranean tans.
MT PI.
Third Time Lucky Competitors fired the SLR, G PM G and SMG on
three clifferent r anges throughout the day and for any-
In accord ance with officers plot No. 3 (verbal) one who fancied their chances there was a C lay Pigeon
\\hich superseded No. 7 ( written ) , Lt. Brian M orris S hoot run by CSM Prudence by way of a cliversion.
began the take over of the MT on 8th Jul y 1972. There was a welcome interlude for lunch, when the
Band played outside the various Mess tents and bars,
Lt. Morris was delighted. H aving been RSM of and all the officers present will be gr ateful to I. t.
:; QUEENS , he was commissioned on 7th J uly and Parkinson for making the af ternoon go with a swing
expected to be PRI/UFO/ P UFO of Rear P arty which as he sailed into civi li an life on a bubbling ocean of
was in accordance with plot No. 5 (the last of which Bude's Fizz.
he was in receipt).
The range organisation was all laid down in an
As this was the third takeover by Morris from exhaustive instruction produced by M aj. Goring to
J ennings in eight years, it was obviously an event of whom much of the credit for the success of the meet-
ing must go. The electric ranges contributed enor-
some Regimental significance especially. as both ha':e mously to the smooth runnin g of the competition and
been old friend s since 1957 when J ennmgs was Anti- it was interestin g to note that one competitor, who
Tank Platoon Sgt. and Morris a Corporal in the was generously allowed a re-shoot by Maj. Goring
Mortar PI. They also have the advan tage (they think) after a clismal score at 100 metres (and queried the
of starting their service in the Senior Engli sh Line scoring mechanism on his target), fin ally scored less
Regimen t and of having seen service in all three than he would have done if he had acce pted that his
regular Battalions- the fourth having been disbanded ' hooting was at fault in the first place!

before either of them could get there ! There was a tie fo r the overall winning compa'l.'/
between A and Sp Coys. and Pte. Ellis of C Coy.
Thus the longest handover in Regimental His- wo n t}Je individu al SLR shoot, with C Coy. the vic-
tory began . (F or the record, CSM J ennin gs had tors of the team competition. The top GPMG pairs
handed over B Coy. I QUEENS SURREYS to CSM were L / Cpl. McNamara and Pte. White from Sp
Morris in Munster ( in 1966) then, four years later, Coy. and the SMG prize was won by Lt. Morrison-
had handed over RSM 3 QUEENS to Morris in 1970, earning his pay (for a change) with a month's attach-
RQMS Morris havi ng managed to defeat the Officer ment from London University where he is reading
it' Charge of Infantr y Records and to serve as an Law. To prove hi s skill decisively he went on to win
RQMS for only four months). the C lay Pigeon Shoot as well.

The object of any handover is to com,pletely In the Falling Pl ate Competition 2/Lt. W ake in
baff le the taker-over in the first six hours and then to the Officers' team did little to endear himself to the
strike below the belt and get rid of the "Chi ef Em- Sgts.' M ess by knocking down two pl ates in three
barrasments"-in this case POL stores. (H andove r_ •hots at the las t moment when the Sergeants seemed
manship). This was done by 14th Jul y. The rest- the to have it in the bag. L astly, mention ought to be
interesting facts, which included pl atoon and batta- made of Capt. White who ran away with the Wooden
lion personalities (good and indifferent) - were com- Spoon.
pleted after working hours and aided by a beer or two
Battlefield Tour
to ensure an unbiased view.
There were many difficulties to con tend with, not
By 19th Jul y, when Capt. J ennings sped away least being the taunts of the rest of the Battalion,
who unkindl y referred to our venture as a "Bottle-
in a borrowed Rover (now belonging to M orris) to run field Tour". H owever, financia l cover was eventuall y
obtained, cars and a coach organi sed and hotels
~ Cadet Camp at H altern, Lt. Morris was in the booked.

electric cha ir and by 2 130 hrs. when he was contacted The CO's idea was that seven officers (Captains
and Senior Suba lterns), after stud yi ng books on the
on the team telephone from H altern, he h ad obvi - campaigns, should go ahead, recce the ground and
prepare the briefs. Three were to prepare a tour of
ously 11go t the form" . . . "Sorr y, only one vehic1e, the B attle of the Hurtgen Forest (j ust south of
Aachen); three were to prepare a tour of the area of
we're pushed adventure training, vehicles for ser- Waffen SS Colonel Pi eper's adva nce through the
Ardennes; and one was to help as interpreter and make
vicing ... Cp l. P yma n VOR'd two to day . drive" the adn1inistrative arrangemen ts. Three wives com-

on leave . . . . " usee what I mean ?"!

As from 7th August Capt . J ennings took up a
Rehabilitation Appointment as 2I C B Coy, attendi ng

the party on 4th August as a guest!

Of course, all these movements have no t gone
unnoticed by members of the MT PI. , obv iously
affected by a "change at the wheel." . . . " What's he

like sir? " "Any bu lJ ?'' . . "See he's go t an old Ford
- all the chi efs have got them now." . . " What's he
know about the MT then-he was an R SM." Not to

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THE BATTALION RIFLE MEETING.

(Top and Centre): 2/Lt. Pratten and Sgt. Barlow (of
~ A and Sp. Coys. respectively ) with the winners Shield

and below-Capt. White with the Wooden Spoon.

pleted the part y, which based itself in an hotel in
Monschau .

The first three days were mar vellous; the weather
was perfect and we wande red round our respecti ve
batlcfields in private ca rs, gazed at the ground and
argued ferociously.

The Hurtgen team found a local Burgermeister ,
a resident of an embattled village which had been
taken and re-taken twenty-eight times. H e h ad fou ght
in it himself as a Corporal in the W ehrm ach t, and h ad
finally become its Mayor. H e agreed to answer ques-
tions over tea at a Gas th aus during the tour.

Not to be outdone, the Pieper team tamed a local
Professor who had actua ll y argued with Col. Pieper -
in itse lf a dangerous form of amusemen t ! H e aho
agreed to give a talk.

W e also found a number of pillboxes; a very
good section of "Dragon's teeth " in the Schiller line;
some memorials to soldiers of both sides, killed in
action or massacred as Pri soners of war, and a
museum; these were all to prove useful as "stands"
or as objects to which our ta lks could be related.

After three days we had argued ourse lves to a
standstill, written copious notes, and were suffering
from nervous exhaustion induced by unaccustomed
mental effort.

It was at this stage th at the "students" arrived-
" luxury coach containing the Colonel, most of the
rest of the officers, and a number of Warrant Officers
and Senior Sergeants.

The tours were quite fa scinating. \ Ve conducted
them in the spacious coach, with the presenter at the
front armed with a microphone. Although the talks at
the various stands were given in the open, with the
aid of maps and drops, the microphone enabled u s to
point out pl aces of interest in passing and to read
some passages of interest or amusement from the
relevant books.

The Battle of Hurtgcn Forest occurred at the end
of 1944 when the Ameri can s were attempting to break
through a h eavi ly-wooded sector south of Aachen .
H ere there were many lessons for u s concerning the
difficulties of attacking an enemy well dug-in , 'n
woods, with mutually- supporting pillboxes, trenches
with overhead cover, and artiller y capab le of produc-
ing airbursts in the trees.

The Americans suffered badly from their failure
to patrol properly, from disorientation in unfamili ar
woods, and from the ghastly effects of airbursts. A
badly-run campaign in man y w ays, it satisfied our
foot-soldierly taste for slanging the "gi lded staff" and
the leaders who failed to appreciate the importance of
the natural and man-made features of the ground .

This tour took three-quarters of a da y, and we
returned to our hotels in Monschau to relax for the

THE BATTLEFIELD TOUR.

(Lower): "How did we ever win the war?"

20 beck of the Belgian Army, called the numbers in four
d ifferent languages (English, G erman, Flemish and
evening. The next day dawned bright, causing pain French ) to an invited audience of 60 British, 60 G er-
to the reve llers of the previous night, and we took the man and 60 Belgian pla ye rs. Amongst those present
coach to exp lore the ground fought over by Col. were the M ayoress of W erl ( Frau Dr. Rohrer ), the
Pieper. C ommanding Offi cer and the C O of 20 Belgiu'll
Artillery- Lt.-Col. Le Ro y.
This officer commanded a \ Vaffen - SS Battle Regimental Weekend
Group during Hitler's counter-offensive in the Arden-
nes at the end of 1944. Be lieving in speed and the To mark the vi sit of the Colonel of the Regiment ,
need to maintain momentum, he advanced so fast that a ' carni val weekend' was to be held in Albu hera Bar-
the American ommanders cou ld not believe the re- rocks on 2nd/ 3rd Ju ly.
ports they received from the "front, -fast becomir.g
uncomfortably close to the rear! H e frequently sent Sadly due to the rain the ' Carnival' itself wa s
his Infantr y into the attack mounted on tanks, thus cancelled. It was to have consisted of the well known
incurring severe (if belated) displeasure of the Officers TV ' It's a Knockout' competition, pony r ides and
of 2 QUEENS in 1972 . a number of fi endish and intricate sideshows.
Nevertheless, it can be said a good time was had by
U nfortun ately, the other side of the coin to all. An All Ranks Dance and CSE show was held on
Piepers energ y was hi s ruthlessness. H is massacres Friday and on S aturda y, the Officers' and Sergean ts'
and ill-treatment of Prisoners of War and civilians M esses each held a ball, the former holding a cu rr y
besmirched the record of a man who might otherwise lunch on S unday to complete the weekend.
have won the respect of soldiers of all nations. How- Long Service and Good Conduct
ever, he did succeed in delighting the irreverent by
suggesting that, in war, there should be a General at C/ Sgt. Standfield of the S igna ls PI. and WOII
every street corner . . . directing traffic ! This showed ( AQMS ) Flemen of the LAD, were both awa rded
his scorn for high command, which would not appear thei r Long Service and Good Conduct M eda ls by the
to be justified by our study of the G erman Gener als Colonel of the Regiment on Friday 30th June. WOII
involved in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. Flemen has been with the 2nd Bn. since D ecember
19 70.
The tour ended with a visit to a small but good
war museum just inside Belgi um. "From one old Buff to another old Buff" . C/ Sgt.
Stanfield receives his LS and GC Medal from the
And so what did we achieve? The Comm andi ng
Officer had the sati sfaction of planning something Colonel of the Regiment.
which ever yone en joyed . The presenters benefitted
from serious study of warfare in the context of a
battle that was ac tu ally fought to a conclusion. And
the students spent an instructive and thoroughly en-
joyable two days.

C learl y, weapons and tactics have changed a
great deal sin ce 1944, but at least for the Infantr y-
man, man y lessons still hold good. The satisfying
thing about a Battlefield tour, as opposed to a TEWT,
is that it is more concJusive. A particular action may
be judged to be wise or not so wise, but at least we
can see what did actually happen ; who carried the
day, and at what cost. U nlike a TEWT, we did not
break up at the end with many questions begged or
un answered, and a vague feeling of irritation with
ones' brother officers in general , and with the D .S .
Finally, the presenters had five days and the students
two days away from barracks, seeing a new and lovel y
part of our host country and a little of Belgium. The
Officers and Senior R anks had a chance to talk to
each other in conditions more relaxed and unhurri ed
than obtains at mess function s, and all had learned
' omething and enj oyed themselves.

W e look forwa rd to many more Battlefield
T o u rs.

International Bingo

The first event held by the ' C lu b Internation al,
\Verl' was an International Bingo evening run in our
Queen's C lub on Saturday 24th June, followed by
dancing. It was an unqualified success, although there
are, as ye t, no accurate translations for uLegs Eleven "
and " C lickerty C li ck." (What abou t " Funf und neun ,
the Hamburg line !"). Germans are not allowed by law
to play Bingo in public places ( it constitutes gamb-
ling ) so for many it was their first experience of the
game.

The ca llers, WOII P otts and Capt. Van Rans-

Officers Golf Meeting 21

The glorious wea ther of Tuesday 27th Ju ne wa; (Top): The Commanding Officer (right) watched
equalled only at Werl Golf C lu b by the curiously closely by Maj. Davidson and Capt. Murphy during
ciressed assortment of officers who had heen persuaded
to play in the an nua l golf meeting. the Officers' Golf Meeting.
(Centre): An "H-Rescue". S / Sgt. Baxter, APTC,
Lt-Col. Reynolds bravely ag reed to set off in
the first four ( for the ha ndicap troke play competi - shows how it's done.
tion ) and it was no ted with some concern that each (Lower): The RSM, WOI S. Lea, talking to Maj.-
had actu ally got a set of clubs ! Was someone taking
Gen. Wagcmann of the German Army.
thi s seriously.
After one hour the course was "littered" with

bodies hacking away, trying to get tha t wretched
httle ba ll to go in the right direction. The tall y of lost
ba lls mounted; eventu all y the toll became too great
for our celtic den tist, Ca pt. K ev in Collins, who was
seen trudging back to the club house from the 7th to

rep lenish.
By 5.30 p.m. everyo ne had completed the nine

holes, and made a beeline for the club house, where
an excell ent tea had been laid by Mrs. Diedre Cook.

The second competition wa s held in the evening;
this consisted of a lighthearted 5-club team match, the
source of a great deal of hilarit y. I t was won by M aj.
George ( I'm here to win ) Go ring's team, which was

awarded a crate of beer.
D esp ite initial intrepidation, and murmuring"

abo ut the exhorbitant cost of W erl Golf C lub ball s,
everyone had an enormously enj oyab le day, not least

those who ca rried off a prize.
Winner : Capt. R. G. White; Runners-up: M a j.

J . G . W . D avidson and Lt. R . J. Benson ; Best 24

Handicap: Ca pt. R . G . White; Best 30 H andi cap:

Capt. T . J ackson.

Invicta Trophy-Drill Competition

After weeks of spit and polish the drill competi -
tion, held in a fine drizzle on 28th June, was won by
Support Coy. squad commanded by WOII Prudence;
C Coy. was second, with Command Coy. third .

Blood Letting

To the delight of the Wickede R ed C ross detach-
ment, a total of 208 members of the batta lion gave
blood on Tuesday 27th June.

The first donor was the CO and as the news of
the comest ible reward spread, a long queue form ed. In-
stead of cold tea and biscuits (as supplied in Engl and)
the Wickede Red C ross provided coffee, boiled eggs,
ham and cheese rolls and brand y (not for the P ar-
son ). No t much sympathy was extended to one donor
however, who reeled from the effects of the brand y
rather th an from the needle.

In the extensive articles which appeared in the
local German press, the deputy leader of the Wickede
Red Cross detachment stated that the only reason the
Canadian record had not be bettered was the inabi lity
of his staff to cope with the enormous number of
donors a t this session. H e sa id he was extremely grate-
ful since, due to the H oliday season, German donors
were difficult to come by!

Baby Show

Although the married patch a t W erl has been
termed the "W arren" by those who deliver our babies,
they m ay be interested to know that the results are
beautiful. An y way, that was the opinion of the three
judges who made the difficult decisions at the Queen's
C lub on Tuesday IIth Jul y. A total of 62 babies
were entered for what has now become an annual
event. This yea r the judges were Miss J ane Turnball
the Soest SSAFA Sister, the R ev. P aul M ea rs--{)ur
Chaplain and Capt. Pat Burke, OC LAD, REME.

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Thus all points concernin g development, temporality seven yea rs old ) under Scouters C pls. C la rke and
a nd serviceabi lity were carefu ll y weighed in the bal- l'a rker. Heide Bennett is to be high ly commen ded for
ance, the latte r two judges hav ing made a careful study completing the 15 km. course, as did the other 43,
of Dr. Spock beforehand. The winners of the com - hav ing picked up several nas ty blisters.
petition were:
Regimental Wedding
I yr. - 2 yrs. group : J ames Sandfi eld ; 6 months - Thursday 27th Jul y b rought not only the move
1 yr. group: Sharon C lare; 0 month - 6 months group:
Paul Akehurst. ol the R ecce P art y to N. Ireland, but also a sudden
modification to the weddi n g plans of Lt. R ay mond
( P aul M ea rs and P at Burke are hop ing that all Low and Patrici a Ca nter, our WR VS representative.
the o th el' mothers wi ll continue to talk to them in the
future!) O riginally schedu led for 29th Jul y, the unexpect-
ed move brought home to Raymond that unless quick
The Rheindahlen Marches action was taken, nuptial bliss would evade him for
As the sole British Infantry R egiment in BAOR fo ur m onths.

to enter a team for the Annual Rheindahlen M arch The big decision was taken after lunch, and the
on 12th Jul y, we didn 't expect much competition. In wedding took place at 6.30 that evening in the Gar-
fact there was none at all as this march, open to rison C hurch in W erl . Capt. !an Baillie, hot foot
NATO force s and civi lians, is more a socia l event with from O snabruck, a rri ved just in time to give the bride
the sole purpose of getting round the course in good away, and Lt. P eter McLell and stood in as proxy
order and not collecting too many blisters. best m an. ( The rea l best man a rrived from England
half way through the Service ) .
W e achieved the first part of the aim with all
four of the teams entered. The first two, under our The R ev. Paul M ea rs and the Rev. J ohn Wil-
MO, Capt. Bob Higsen and the RSM, WO! Sid L ea, hams ( Brigade R C Padre) conducted a joint service
finished the 40 km. course in fine style. So too did our a t which all except those already on their way to
women's team comprising M esdames A yling, Bax ter, U lster man aged to attend. A lthough raining, this only
Rowlands, Wood, Game and H alffman with a much added to the sense of occasion, and the bride arrived
;ounger element - Stephen Ayling, K ev in Baxter, m good h ea rt in the m ag nificent Audi belonging to
Kicholas Game a nd Arthur W a rd. What a wa y to the D entist, who looked suitably chaffe ur-like.
•r end the school holiday ! Their course was onl y
15 km. After a ve ry good reception in the M ess, Ra y-
mond a nd Trish went off for one night 's honeymoon
Special mention should be m ade of the 2 before the Battalion fl ew off to Ireland . M eanwhile,
QUEENS Scouts, Guides, C ubs and Brownies, who back in the mess, the party continued into the earl y
entered a 44-strong team ( the yo ungest being onl y hours.

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The 3rd Battalion

We regret to announce the dea th in hospita l on
26th August, after a long ill ness, of Bandsman
P . Bezance, and ;end our deepest sympathy to his

pare n ts.

THESE notes are written in St. Peter's F rom thi s perspective the events of the past
School at the southern end of the Creggan quarter seem di stant. M ay and June we re t aken up
wi th Compan y training, Cadet li aiso n and wha t used
Estate in Londonderry. The view from the top to be regarded as "normal " garrison life. T eams from
floor would be magnificent, commanding as it the Rifle Companies and S upport Coy. successfull y
does the City and the River Foyle. However <!aged an obstacle race event during the Tidworth
it is raining and throu gh the mist it is just T attoo. We even managed to play some games, com-
possibl e to see the "Portakabins"- the cara- pleting an Inter-Company Cri cket league (won by E.
vans and tents which make up B and C Coys. Coy.) and staging the first Inter-Company Athletics
Camp at H og's Back on Piggery Ridge to the Meeting for several yea rs. A Coy. won the A thletics,
East of the Estate. The rest of us are glad to but the most pleasing as pect of the da y was the en-
be based in the warm dry School or at the thusiasm and talent displ ayed throughout the Battalion.
Echelon in a factory across the River at
One of many activi ties during May and June was
Drumahoe. C Coy's. Cadet Li aiso n week, which somehow managed
to include an appearance on children's television . 2/ Lt.
In the earl y hours of M onday morning 31st Jul y, J . Mills gives hi s version in the article entitled "C
I st Bn. The Ro yal Scots, our neighbours at Tidworth, Company at the Hover".
seized the southern half of the C reggan, as part of
O peration " Motorman". They dismantled the barri- At the end of J une Lt.-Col. K. D odson handed
cades and ended the "no-go" status of the estate. There over command to Lt.-Col. C . L. T arver, MBE . Colonel
were a few shooting incidents and over the next few Dodson takes over a Staff appointment at HQ BAOR
days some large arms finds. We took over the area on where we wish him and hi s family happiness and a
6th August, since when we have been patroll ing in- chance to see more of each other than has been possible
tensively. There has already been one find of more during the past two yea rs. Also at the end of June
than 500 rounds of ammunition by C Coy. RSM B. M . M orris h anded over to RSM L. H . H art.
Mr. M orris has ben commiss ioned is now serving with
The loca l people arc quiet and clearl y apprehen- the 2nd Bn. in W erl and we send him our congrat ula-
sive, but by no means united in opposition to our
presence. The 1st Batta lion's reputation, established tion s.
back in 1969, has given us a good start and the wel- Exercise "Sky \Varrior", programmed for the
come presence of the 2nd Bn. in the Northern part of
the Creggan, means that success or failure over the complete month of Jul y, was a series of battalion and
comi ng week will be a R egi mental affair. bri gade exerci ses involving movement by helicopter.
An entirely new jargon was brought into use and the
Battalion was soon famili ar with P U P 's, LP's and the
like. The expression most likely to last, however, is

A STIRRUP-CUP FOR
THE COMMANDING

OFFICER.

Lt.-Col. K e n D o d s o n
about to be towed out of
barracks on handing over
C ommand to Lt. - Col.

Charles Tarver.

24 for grim death and even after doing it th ree times it
>till seemed suicidal.
"wavyfront", which can be used to explai n advancing,
postponing, cancelling or otherwise changing any plan. All we had to do then was to wait about two
months to sec the results of our labours. There were
Two impressions of the exercise ap pear below : numerous fal se alarms but eventually the results of
three hundred yards of sweaty ski rmishing, rehearsed
the first, by \VOII J. White, is written from the point three times, produced three shots of (guess who? ) Sgt.
Whalley! Vl/e would have been delighted to have seen
of view of the Signals Warrant Officer; the second, by some credi t given to C Coy., the Battalion or the
Maj. G. C rumley, catches the more general picture. Regiment and Sgt. Whalley would h ave been glad to
have seen hi s own name on the box. H owever, in these
Exercise Sky Warrior ended one week earlier than things, we were disappointed.
expected due no doubt to a "wavyfront" over Ireland.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
C COMPANY AT THE HOVER
" The H ills are alive to the sound of music ..." !
by 2/Lt. J. Mills.
The " Hills" were those of Northumberland and
To get away from the Battalion for a week (Sub- the Border Countr y and the song was one that is by
Editor's note: Th at's how C Coy. put it), we set off now fami li ar to most members of Command Coy.
for East Sussex to visit some of the local ACF and (Even our illustrious Commander was hea rd singing it
CCF units affiliated to the Regiment. On the first two at times).
days we held demonstrations and displays which were
very successful and much enjoyed by our members in The opening lines go something like this- " H ello
their recruiting ro le. Then from our firm base at Crow- zero bravo, this is six niner. Radio check, over".
borough Camp we set off for Bexhill-on-S ea for a
Hovercraft exercise followed by some work with The success or failure of Exerci se " Sky Warrior"
AUMAS in the Shomcliff area. as far as D Coy. was concerned, depended a great
deal on whether or not we could communicate. Bn.
A visit was also p aid to 49 Air D espatch Squad- HQ, from the CO downwards, obviously rely on r adio
ron RCT, to see how various commodities are pre- communications for the receiving of information and
pared and dropped under battle conditions. In the the issuing of orders and the Signal Officer, with hi s
afternoon we went to a disused airfield near RAF band of men, had to provide this. The Recce PI-the
Lyneham to witness Hercules transporters roaring over, "eyes and ears" of the Bn.-depended on reliable com-
three or four together, and dropping their loads bang munications to operate efficiently.
on ta rget and bang on time.
The biggest problem was obvious from the very
Probably the most exciting and beneficial " Snoop" start! The basic concept of moving the bulk of the
we had was a two-da y visit to 200 Sqn. (Hovercraft) battalion forw ard by helicopter meant that those who
RCT. In conjunction with any useful training we could normally operate with a vehicle-borne r adio set needed
achieve, Thames T elevision children's programme not only that, but in addition, a similar manpack radio,
" Magpie" wanted to film a stor y on Hovercraft and (No underslung Iandrovers !) This problem was not
their military application. eased by the eleventh hour cancellation of the promised
loan of 12 extra A4 l 's from Bde. Back to the drawing
The vast scope this form of modern transport board! Eventu ally a solution was found and with much
soon became apparent when the squadron gave us a shuffling and sorting, Tac HQ fl ew forward with the
most impressive presentation on Hovercraft and their CO's Rover Group, with manpack communications
many uses, accompanied by a film showing the squad- forward, rear, up, down, etc. Even though this meant
ron's development and trials to date. They have opera- that the Colonel's orderly, Pte. Hopkins, and Cp l.
ted in many varied conditions-from the Arctic to the Faulkner of the Intelligence Section were strapped to
Sahara- and for this the y need no special preparation an Al3 and an A41 respectively! (It also mean t that
apart from suitable clothing for the climate. Much of the Recce PI. depended solely on HF (SR A 13) when
their work has been done above the Arctic Circle and on foot !)
they will operate in any kind of weather. The D ecca
navigation permits operating "blind, in bad visibility, One underslung load we did m anage was the
be it due to snow, mist or darkness. " Eiephant" -Sgt. Playford 's trailer equipped with C l!
and ( Sh-sh you 're not PV 'd), and even though much
From our point of view, working with Hovercraft sweat was lost digging the monster out of the mud in
was a cross between a helicopter and an APC. An Hide Red, credit must go to Sgt. Playford and Pte.
entire platoon can be jammed in with all its weapons Dowling for their swift efficient handling of the Rear
and an attack can be put in at 70 Knots plus, with Link communications. They often beat the Bde. signal-
everyone de-bussing in 15 secs. 200 Sqn. are stationed lers to it! !
in Gosport on the So lent, so we combined business
with pleasure by having a joyride around the bay and Our other means of communication-the dreaded
paying for it by a quick attack the other end. The fi eld telephone- was used only in the hide area and
"cowbo y" antics must have impressed the televi sion the Line Cpl., Cpl. Gittins and hi s two linemen, Ptes.
people because they wanted to make thei r film on Davies and J uma y, thought they were on a good thing
similar lines to what we had been doing. When filming when they were told to leave their lines in situ to be
started, in order to get the desired sequence, we were used on each exercise! No such luck! If the users did
on and off the hovercraft as fast as it takes to say not move their position then the sheep had chewed the
" Right let's do that again". line! But in spite of this it proved very useful in the
hide area and an invaluable 20-line exchange was also
In a hovercraft there is little or no sensation of operated in Redesdale Camp for the duration of our
speed; it is only by checking the "driver's" instrument stay.
panel that one sees proof of 70 Knots of cruising speed
over water. Bumps and three foot ledges are taken
with nonchanlant ease. Racing towards a 20-foot wall
of shingle can be a trifle alarming; everyone hung on

"cjs (n" 25

~- Each ph ase of the exercise presented it's own
minor problems, caused in the m ain by the t ype of
ground to be worked over. "Central 80" proved the
most difficult as it turned out to be very hill y and
heavi ly wooded-a veritable nightmare for the R S O .
Nevertheless, with the aid of a borrowed A41 rebroad-
cast unit, the ever read y assistance of the Arm y Ajr
Corps and a determined effort from the r aclio S gt.
(Sgt. Turner), on the prayer mat, VHF Comms were
achieved at the second attempt.

By this time, Tac HQ together with the support-
ing arms elements, began to take the form of a huge
porcupine with the number of 10 ft. rod antenn a
sprouting from it. The only member not carrying a
set was the CO! This " porcupine" lived onl y until the
F Echelon vehicles were called forward, under the
control of Capt. Waite and CSM Bailey. Operators
then switched gladl y from manpack to vehicle radjo.

The arrival of vehicles and trailers, their siting,
positioning and routing being swiftl y handled by RSM
H art and his Provost Staff, saw the growth of 27 ft .
masts and the " S lug". This well-loved creature was
the main HQ set up, which consisted of two shelters
(ai rportable) sandwiched between the Command and
R ear Link vehicles, bedecked with hessian and camou-
flage nets-hence the name. Although it never went
up as quickly as it came down at the end of the final
phase, the verucle crews- a mixture of Intelligence and
Signal Platoon members- should now be able to
handle it blind-fold!

At the conclusion of the last phase of our exerci se,
the Recce PI. were called to a communication exercise
under the Bde. Signal Officer, together with their
counterparts from 1 Staffords and the Ro yal Hussars.
The ob ject was to test the range capabilities of these
sub units' HF radjos behind the Bde. screen. It wi ll be
of interest to the Rifle Companies to know that our
Recce PI. achieved a range of 89 kilometers voice,
using a verti cal 12 ft. rod antenna on their vehicles.
It cou ld have been more if Cpl. Murches' request for
an FFR boat had been granted; he had reached the
sea and cou ld go no further on wheels ! Sgt. Baggaley
and the " marauders" are now fully sold on the SR
Al3.

The lessons learned on Ex. "Sky Warrior, are
too numerous to mention; one point however, which
warrants mention conce rned the Signal WO 's driver,
Pte. McMahon, who made six changes of radio in l>is
vehicle within a space of fours hou rs ! But the y say
practi ce makes perfect and we must all be flexible! ! !

A promise- to the Drum Major and hi s D efence
PI. : we will , perhaps one da y, have enough radios to
allow C/ S 96 to join the net.

A Warning-to all persons entering the " Slug" :
mind where you put your feet! Our new CO doesn 't
mind where he sits but is only happy with a minimum
of four remote handsets !

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING-OR EX.

"SKY WARRIOR"

Dramatis Personae : SUNRAY- a king substi-
tute; FIVE-NINE, EIGHT-NINE, and-spirits of the
air ; PRONTO-a voice on the wind; TWO-N INE- a
bewildered commander ; a Motley Band; Mi scellaneous
C halks.

ACT 1

S cme 1-A blasted heath i11 the early m ornin g. A thi11
mist sw irls rouud a group of m en consisti1z g
of Five-Nin e with attmdants 011d the M otley

26

Bmzd. Through the mist lin es of men In Si lver Two The Ch alks would
approach. dwe ll.
But we have scattered them
FIVE-NINE : " Who comes there through the swirling afa r -
mist, staggering like a man that's P oor sods, they know not where
kissed ?" they are."

VO IC E: "'Tis C halk The One of sixteen souls, E11ter Chalks l"llllllillg a11d out of breath
And carr ying all save kitchen bow Is.
Our Sw1my bids us hurr y bye, TWO-NINE : " From which direction come the fo e,
H asten Five-Nine, for we mu st fl y." And where shalJ Company Bravo go ?"

MOTLEY BAND : " What lunacy is this we hear? SUNRA Y: " Away to yonder distant wood,
They shall not fly till mi st be H old fast the ground and keep it good.
clear. , H arry the foe on every side,
Let Vigil ants be yo ur constant guide."
FIVE-N INE: " I bid you stay awhile First Chalk,
For all who move ere ten miles must C HALKS: "Not them again, for they weigh sore,
walk. (Muttering)
From P ronto I hear whispered rumours,
They ride at ten that would ride And we have done it all before.
Pum as." It rea lly is a bloody bore."

CHALK : "Aye, we h ave heard this tune afore, Scene Z-A de11se forest. Night is approaching.
(Muttering)
TWO-NINE : " FulJ many a contract have we made,
And think it all a bloody bore. In rows F antasian dead ar e laid.
Fantasian s march with many legions, Yet in the mind of childish image,
While we get corns on nether regions." \Ve perished all in trifling scrimmage.
What would yo u that our "souls"
Scene Z-Th e sam e eight hours later. should do?
(Long since we drank our final brew)".
FIVE-NINE: " Awake, Awake, the mist has blown,
To Silver Two you shall be fl own . PRON TO : " Where yo u h ave stood yo u still shall
Await your fate on bended knee, bide,
H ead bowed, uncovered shall you be. Nor shalJ yo u move to Orange Hide.
And then when whirling winds shall You cannot fl y since darkness comes,
Stand to the road and use your thumbs."
come,
And deafening noise shall roar and C HALKS : " This would not pass in days of yore,
(Muttering)
drum.
Forward to welcome whom you run, We will not so ldier any more.
Enough my daily deed is done. It rea lly is a bloody bore."

MOTLEY Band : " We pray you bid your Chalks to SUNRAY: " D efence plan 'Mike' did win the day,
h as te, And Load Pl an 'Echo' showed the way.
There is no time for them to Fight we again at Otterburn,
wa ste." Confer with me on my return. "

C HALKS : " Aye, run to save a second now, over TWO-NINE : "Confer with him, it shall be done,
(Muttering) I n talking, equals have we none.
Though we have fought the whole day
To walk leagu es later on we trow ." long,
Exeunt chalks stumbling Yet sh all we ta lk tilJ birds give song. "
their impedim enta
Exeunt all save T wo -Nine. H e sits wearily at the
Enter Sunray side of the road a11d po11ders

SUNRAY: " Did load pl an Echo come to pass? TWO-NI NE: " What then h ave we achieved tod ay?
I wou ld not that it was a farce." And of this concept what to say?
Our plans did work none can deny,
F IVE-NINE: " Aye Sire, the Chalks h ave muttering And yet results do seem to lie.
flown , From warning till all Chalks were
For thi s we shall be prai sed I'll own ." ready,
Within the hour we have been steady.
SUNRAY : " Tis excellently done say I, Yet have foul mists or plots retarded,
M y Scout draw nigh and I wi ll fl y." Dimini shed all the hours we guarded ;
( Exits) And though in Silver Two we landed,
Yet were the C halks on hillside
ACT 2 stranded.
M ethinks that we should pause awhile,
Scene 1-Anoth er blasted h eath. Eight-Ni11 e with yet And ponder on the Airmobile.
anoth er M otley Ba~:d are starin g into th e W e have not flown from field of fight,
sky. Nor onto it, if I be right.

E I GHT-N INE: " I hear, I see, the chalks draw nigh, ( Thick mists cloud T wo-Nine- and his judgemmt)
M arshall yourselves and look on
high.
Bare coloured chests in preparation,
H old arms to heaven in suppli-
ca tion ."

MOTLEY BAND : H eh, Heh, but we have worked
our spell,

t. "Action Man". 2/ Lt. James Mills in prese ntin g
Metre Race.
4. The 4 x 800 m. Rela)'. L Cpl. Davidson of A Coy.,
2 . The I 10 m. Hurdles. Pte. McEwen (A Coy.) de- leads the field. Also in the picture are Pte. C hap-
tennined to win. man (44) of Sp. Coy., Pte. Cartwright of B Coy.
and Pte. P arker of E. Coy .

2R

The 4th Battalion
Alhuhera Company

NEWS that we were to change our role from

recruiting to the training of junior soldiers

ca me at the end of June. At the time of writing,

the Company is busi ly packing and preparing to

join Tiger Company of the R. ANGLIANS at

Howe Barracks, Canterbury, where they will form

two training companies, as a wing of the Junior

Infantrymen's Bn., Shomcliffe, to train some 400

juniors arriving on 19th September. ·

These juniors arc part of an extra intake of ap- ( Top): "If the cap fits . ..". A future recruit ex-
proximately 1,000 which the Army is accepting this changes headgear with Cpl. McLelland, during a re-
yea r in order to bridge the gap, created next year by
the raising of the school leav ing age; it is expected that cruiting display.
the majority of those trained at Canterbury wi ll come
to regiments of The Queen's Division. (Centre) : Cpl. Kemp intrests potential recruits during
a Static display.
Although it is encouraging to know that junior
tecruiting is booming, it was a little dishea rtening that (Lower): Pte. Barker (left) and Pte. O'Donoghue
all our efforts to build an efficient recruiting or- (right) assisting Queens Cadets in the construction of
ga nisation had to be cut short. In the long run, how- a raft during an Adventure Training Week-end, run
ever, it may benefit the continued existence of
4 QUEENS Coy. by the Company.
Picture by Eastbourne Gazette and H erald.
With the Company represented at six or seven
shows, tetes or ca rn iva ls every weekend, our last few
months have been extremely busy. The highlights of
this period included the construction and running of a
cine-target range at the Aldershot Show which ce r-
tainly attracted a lot of the yo ung, and also enabled
u ~ to establish a good liaison with 7 QUEENS ( V ) .
The K ent Army Week enabled us to demonstrate to
the public how we fought in the desert and overcame
Sheik R umble Tumm y ( Sgt. M ogford ye t aga in lost
his trousers!). Our exhibition at Golden C ross H ouse
in the Strand, broke all records when more than 2,000
members of the public attended during the ten days it
" as open. Success was due to Sgt. Mogford and his
team and also to the items on display, many of which
were loaned by ou r Area Secretaries.

The band of 3 QUEENS has been present on a
number of occasions, for which we were very grateful
ar their performance provided another 11Crowd-puller,
for the Regiment.

Albuhera D ay was celebrated in true fashion,
starting off with a ca r rally orga nised by Sgt. Brown.
The old boys of the Company, Scott and Stevens,
somehow came first and it was not due to local know-
ledge!! Drinks followed the results and then the
Silent T oast ceremony. The Company D ance in the
evening was a great success, thanks to the excellent
arrangements made by Sgt. Rumbold, a most enjoy-
able buffet prepared by our cooks and the music pro-
vided by Jimmy Lennox and his "Disco".

In the 18 months since we formed, the Company
has taken part in 352 static displays, amounting to
465 show days; given 25 arena displays; visited 109
ACF units and 193 schools; conducted "gra ss root"
recruiting throughout the R egimental area, and pro-
vided assist ance at ACF camps. The Company has
covered some 75,376 miles in this time and this does
not include any travel claims!

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29

(Continued from page 28) The change in our ro le also involved a change
o~ command; M a j. Geo rge Goring took over com-
Recr u it ing h as improved, but onl y ma rginall y mand in August from M a j. G eo ff rey M ason who con-
ond it is felt that much of the benefit of our efforts tm ues as the R eg imenta l R ecruit ing Officer. A R egi-
rr..ay be reaped in the future. The current position is !'f•enta l In formation T eam has been reformed, cons ist-
illustra ted by com pa rin g the fi gures for the fi rst three mg of 16 all ranks and th is was deployed on 15th
months of the current recruiting yea r ( 1st April - 31st r\ u gust as shown below, to continue the task of recruit-
M arch ) with those of the same three months in 197 ].
A ltho ugh these fi gures onl y show a sli ght improvement ing for the R egimen t.
1t should be appreciated tha t 1971 was a good recruit -
ing yea r and th at in J une th is yea r the Arm y as a No. I Sect ion wi ll be eo-located wi th 4 2 AYT
whole suffered a drop of 2 1% over the fig ures for and No. 3 Section with 41 A YT a n d it is intended
June 1971. Ou r fi gures for 1972 show a n imp rove- that both sect ions will wo rk closely with t heir respec-
ment over 197 1 ( a lbe it small ) which is contra ry to
u ve R egrmental AY T s.
the national trend.
The cha nge of role has also b rought some well-
Total Total B a l a n ce earned promotion fo r .some and we congratulate the
Inflow Outflow f o ll ow in g :

71 87 -1 6 Sgt. M ogford - p romoted to C / Sgt.; L/ Cpl.
Glass - promoted to Cpl. ; an d Pte. Simmon s - p ro-
151 96 + 55
moted to L / C pl.
Inflow of Recruits Inflow of Recruits
from the Regimental from Outside areas A nd so ends a ch apter in the h istor y o f
Recruiting A rea
1971 (April- June) 4 QUEENS Coy. T he RIT has been reformed and

71 deployed and other men of the Compan y are back in

1972 (April- June) the familiar surroundings of H owe jBunairorrasckrs~soCuanndtienrg-
80 bury, with the noise of hundreds of

71 m a Barracks which h as now been empty since th e

2nd Bn . left 18 months ago.

Section C omposition Area of Based at
R esponsibility
HQ OC- R H Q, The Queen 's R egiment
N o. I S ect ion M aj . G . M ason Regimenta l Area Howe Barracks
C lerk Canterbu r y, K ent (T el. 6528 1, E xt. 3)
G LC area
IC- covering areas under the T & AVR Centre
ACO s at D eansbrook R oad
C pi. Graham Finch ley Edgware, Middlesex
4 Soldiers Surbiton T el. Edgwa re 6828 ( 0 1-9 52-6 828 )
CLRD and
No. 2 Section I C- B lac kh ea t h c/ o 36 Enginee r R egt.
Sgt. Collins I nvicta Park
4 Soldiers K ent M a idstone, K ent
covering areas under the T el. M a idstone 54 754 ( 0622 -54 75 4 )
'o. 3 Section IC- ACOs at
Sgt. R umbold Canterbury ( M aidstone Military)
and Chatham
4 Soldiers P reston Ba rracks
S ussex/ Surrey Brighton, Sussex
covering the area under the T el. Brighton 66688 ( 0 703-66688 )
ACO at
Brighton ( Brighton Mil itary)

31) students: C/ Sgt. Hill, Sgts. Brazier and Thorpe from

Depot The Queen 's I Queens; Sgts. Stickles and Robinson from 2 Queens·

Division Sgt H ami ll from IJLB (soon to join 2 Queens); and

The highlight of the period was the visit of The Sgt. Goodman from the D epot, (soon to join I
Adjutant General, Gen. Sir John Mogg, to the D epot
on 27th June; all appeared to go well, but the stir it Queens). In stotrujcotiinngSoAnStCh e wcohuenrsehiwserteo uCrp le.nKd senant edthy~
caused was memorable. Weeks before the visit was due, who hopes
all the old air raid shelters and blast walls around
vital buildings were removed and a forest of signs D epot ; and Cpl. Waiters who rejoins 2 Queens later
sprang up like mushrooms. Gen. Mogg complimented
the recruit qu arter guard ( lOth week of training) on this year.
their good performance but unfortunately hi s visit to
training was curtailed; he missed some specially-pre- Capt. J onklaas has taken over 2IC A Coy. from
pared dummies (from the abattoir?) for bayonet light-
ing and grenade practice. Capt. MacMill an who is off to the School of Infantry,
Warminster. Cpl. Shiel has joined the training staff
The Glorious First of June was celebrated in the from I Queens and Cpl. Sullivan has left the Army
best trad itions of both Services. For some members it having completed his engagement.
was their first experience of this event, while for
others, it was their forty- second such function. Un- Lt. Hodgetts has left for I Queens (not to Abu
fortunately the magnificent Rose Bowl had to return
to HMS Excellent. Dhabi as was reported in the last Journal ). Lt. Jelf is
about to return to 2 Queens and, at the end of his two
The Queens Players ( Bassingbourn ) staged "The years at the D epot, has announced his engagement. It
Ghost Train" by Arnold Ridley which was much ap-
preciated by Depot personnel and by the local British is said that all bachelors posted here get married (or at
Legion Club. In spite of several difficulties and not- least get engaged) within two years but your scribe is
withstanding a somewhat hard speaking critical judge sceptical about this.
from the Army Drama Society, the cast was most sur-
prised to hear that we had been awarded the Rycroft "THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE"
Trophy for putting on a play under the most difficult
circumstances. The players are now a strong well- CELEBRATIONS - 1972
formed team and already members are out acquiring
funds for their next productions. by Col. J. W. Scwell

In the training companies the summer season has The main celebration of "The Glorious 1st of
brought a slight reduction in the number of recruits. June" took pl ace at the Divisional D epot, Bassing-
This m akes for smaller squ ads and instruction is that bourn on 2nd and 3rd June. This followed the previ-
much easier. Smaller platoons enable us to give the ous pattern of a dinner at which the officers of the
training staff three weeks leave, instead of the more Regiment, headed by the Colonel of The Regiment,
usual seven days leave between platoons which has were hosts to the officers of HMS Excel/em, and a
been common during the winter. cncket match between the Reg~ ment and the Royal
Navy. However, it had been decided that the cricket
Since May, 96 recruits have passed out and joined should be a one-day contest to be played on the Satur-
battalions of the Regiment (24 to the 1st, 28 to the day.
2nd and 44 to the 3rd Battalion).
While some aspects of the social side of the occa-
Prize winners were: 19th May, Pte Newman, Best sion had to be cancelled due to the period of mourning
Recruit (to 3 Queens); 2nd June, Pte Veness, Best for HRH The Duke of Windsor, the two days passed
Recruit (to 2 Queens); Pte Johnson, Best Shot SLR off very well and were highly enjoyed. This was pri-
(to 3 Queens); Pte Murphy, Best at PT (to 3 Queens); marily due to the hard work and organization put in
16th June, Pte Gamer, Best Shot SLR (to 3 Queens); to the preparation for and running the event by Lt.-
30th June, Pte De Rosa, Best Recruit and Best at PT Col. Mike Doyle and all the Queen's members of his
(to 2 Queens); Pte Phillpot, Most Improved Recruit staff, of whom perhaps particular mention should be
at PT (to 2 Queens); 14th July, Pte Burdon, Best made of Maj. John L anghorne as PMC, and CSM
Shot SLR (to I Queens); Pte Etherington, Best Shot Lay whose junior soldiers undertook a lot of the
GPMG (to 2 Queens); Pte D ' Aguilar, Best at PT administrative duties. The Regiment is most grateful
(to 2 Queens); 28th July, Pte Gordon, Most Improved to Col. Doyle for his permi ssion to hold this Regi-
Recruit at PT (to 2 Queens). mental event at the Depot and for all the efforts and
support given by all members of his staff.
In July we had a 3-day visit by Cadets of the
Surrey ACF who were in camp at Stanford. Among After " the night before" the cricketers assembled
other activities the cadets learned to throw grenades in unaccustomed bright sunshine (and varying states
(with varying success) and shoot on the range; they of fitn ess!) and possib ly as a resu lt of this combina-
particularly enjoyed the confidence area in the gym- tion the Regiment, havi ng lost the toss, was put in to
n asium. We were pleased to see Col. Syme, The bat. Then, after a preliminary Act of Remembrance
County Cadet Commandant, who visited the cadets for the Duke, John Holman and Nurse set off to open
during one of the days. the innings. Holman started his innings in a restrained
and ~.:ontemp1ative mood, but Nurse carried on from
A course for sergeants about to go on the Platoon a prolific innings in Berlin earlier in the week, and
Sergeants course at Brecon, was held in May. Lt. Hod- when he was out John D avidson batted soundl y so
getts was in charge and we were pleased to have an- that we were given a good start and came in to lunch
other strong contingent of Queens sergeants as at 84 for 4. After lunch Holman opened out to play
some line shots, and with some good support from
Graham- and a final scintill ating flurry of runs from
Doyle-the Reg iment was able to declare at 180 for
9 off 44 overs at exactly halfway.

HMS Excel/em started their innings slowl y
against steady bowling from J elf and Oliver, and then

never rea ll y got level with the clock. However on the 31
Regiment 's side a couple of chances were missed, and
it wasn 't until after tea that Petzing slid one through "GLORIOUS FIRST" CRICKET MATCH.
to break the opening stand at 65. From th en on the (Top): The Colonel of the Regiment, Padre Ross
Regiment was generally on top, except for an elega nt (HMS Excellent's team Captain) and Lt.-Col. Mike
litt le innings from Gerry T ordoff ( pl aying, sadly,
probably his last match agai nst us) and the eighth Ooyle.
wicket fell with still 2! overs to go. W e could not (Centre): Col. Toby Scwell, Lt.-Col. Mike Doyie
though make the final break, and at the end of the and the Captain of HMS Exce!lent, Captain Nichol,
game Mrs. Michael Doyle regrettab ly had to return
the Rose Bowl to Padre Ross, HMS Excellent's Ca p- RN.
tain, for it to remain at Whale I sland for another (Lower): Thirsty business is this cricket! Maj. Bob
yea r. It had been a good game of varymg fortune s, Willshire (third from right) and Maj. Dennis Burton
and despite a chilly afternoon, it had been watched (far right) . "Demon" Cdr. Tordoff is th;rd from left.
by a good turn out of supporters, including a fai r
number of present and past members of the Regiment. Pictures by 2/ Lt. P eter Hitchcock.

Bes ides the Colonel of the Reg iment, those who
co me for all or part of the occasion included M aj.-Gen .
and Mrs. Ling, Col. Willows, M a j.-Gen. Piggott,
Maj .-Gen . Lloyd Owen, Brig . and Mrs. ]. R. Ander-
son and The Regimental Secretary, M a j. Guy W ey-

mouth .

D etails from the score book are as foll ows :

The Queen's Regiment

] . C. H olman c Harvey b Tordoff 64

C. D . Nu rse b Tordoff 26
29
] . G. W . Davidson c Ross b Hawley
6
S. ]. Petzin c Braithwaite b Tordoff
0
]. Oliver b Tordoff .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .... .. ...
15
R. H . G raham b Moss 0

A. M . F. ] elf b Moss 2

I*.] R. Jones b Moss 0
b M oss 24
. W. Sewell
M . J . Doyle not out 0
14
P . M . P. Broadbent not out

Extras

*Captain. Total - for 9wkts. 180

Bowling 0 M Rw

Tordoff 22 5 73 4
Ro ss 7 I 26
Ha wley
M o ss 6 17 I

9 50 4

HMS Excellent

*Ross lbw b P etzing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17
48
Harvey st Holman b Graham 15
21
Hawley b Davidson .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
6
Thornton b G raham I0
19
Moss c Holman b J elf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
3
Stuart run out .. .. .. .. .. .. .
I)
Tordoff c Nurse by Graham
I
Braithwaite not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extras 22
Doswell c Davidson b J elf

Osborne not out .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Thomas did not bat

* Captain. Total - for 8 wkts. 162

Bowling ..... ... .... . 0 M Rw

Jelf 15 7 33 2
Oliver 7 2 20
Graham
P etzing 15 3 51
Davidson 4 24
4 12

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Battalion

ANNUAL Camp took place at Westdown over ye t aga in due to the lack of space and her being
Camp, Salisbury Plain during the last two "a little queer" at the moment.

weeks in June. It should have concl uded with the SASC Gold M eda llion for R angework: M aj. G .
Presentation of Colours which, regrettably, did Dineley, TD ; NS P CC Bronze Sta r with C r ushed
not take place. The postponement of that parade Prams: Capt. R. H olmes and the M orta r Platoon;
did not, however, prevent a very active camp The H erbert Johnson P enalty Pri ze: M aj. P. H ar-
being organi sed. rington; F ellowship of the Russ ian College of Sur-
geons: WO! R. Robinson ; AWOL Curry Division :
In the first week there were Signal, M ortar and Maj . M . Muirhead; Tailors & C utters' Guilds Annu al
Anti-Tank Cadres while the rifle compan ies rushed Award: Lt. P. M oseling.
to and from, improv ing their fieldcraft and section/
platoon tactics. In the second week such training was APPEAL
put to the test in exercises set by Bn . HQ.
Throughout Camp, the QM announced on
The MT improved themselves and conducted almost every C O 's Conference (and at other times
HGV tests, whilst the irrepressible Capt. Mike H ard- - weather permitting) that he was very short of
ing ran the R ecruit Cadre; we congratulate him on BRASS .
being the best on the course !
Any one with a few coppers to spare is asked
Among the large number of visitors who came to send them to : M ajor M. A. G . Roberts, TD,
to see what we we re about were Lt.-Gen. Sir Frank Hon. Treasurer, Frank Oram Memori al Appeal,
King ( D ep. Comd. UKLF ) and the Colonel of the C OSD, Sturry Road, Canterbur y, K ent.
Regiment; we were also delighted to see many other
representatives from Command and TAVR Associa- CAMP 1972
tions. The last guest, but by no means the least, was
Col. D erek Willows, DL, who had been ou r first By Capt. E. R. Holmes
Commanding Office r six yea rs ago. One of the consequences of havi ng a battalion
spread out over South-East England is that its mem-
The Officers' M ess Guest Night and Curr y bers, who get the chance to train together all too
Lunch went off well and we understand that those rarely, tend to harbour strange views on the attitu de
guests who can remember anything of the C urr y and behaviour of those companies most dis tant from
Lunch were few. (Will Capt. Bill Snowdon please their own drill-ha ll. The first days of camp we re spent
return the chutney! ). All officers are extremely grate- iu the shocked realisa tion that E Coy. are not armed
ful to Mr. Tilbrook and Mr. Stephens - long time with clubs and issued with woad ; that C Coy. is not
members of The Buffs Association - for their very recruited exclusively from out-of-work pi rates; and
hard work in the M ess. that it was, on occasion, possible to walk through D
Coy. lines without being sold a second-hand MOBA T ,
Activity on the Social side was even more hectic or a gross of tools, remo ving, jammed, round, by the
ir. the WO s' and Sgts' M ess and if we should camp "city slickers."
in the area again we shouldn 't be surprised if M essrs. H aving come to the reluctant conclusion that
Whitbreads opened a local wholesa le depot adj acent most companies in the battalion we re not markedl y
to that mess. d' fferent to his own, the unwa ry soldier then set about
making the acquaintance of those shadowy forms who
On the last night an all ranks " Smoker" wa s held had hitherto existed only as names in the Orbat.
in ( and around ) the NAAFI. Our splendid band, un- There was, for instance, that martial figure, which,
de r the direct ion of Bandmaster Nobby Cla rk, were having shed tears of blood on the sad news that the
ir. fin e form and performed with two excellent guest Colour Presentation had been postponed, nevertheless
conductors. (The fact that they also played just as survived to remark in dulcet tones (and at a range
well without any, is denied-by the Bandmaster ). The ot several hundred ya rds) on the coiffure of our
evening and the camp thus concluded with much 1-: airier breth ren . Further stimul ating conversation was
jollity and was vo ted much more enj oyable than any tJ be had with the Training Major, whose arri val in-
Comic Strip seen before. ( Applica tions to take part ev itably coincided with the total and irrevocab le
iP the final act next yea r should be submitted to O C breakdown of radio communications, disappearance of
B Coy, in a plain envelope ) . all transport, and a volley of accidental discharges.
Fortunately, his appea rance was usuall y heralded by
We wi sh all speed to our contingent on the Nij- that of a large Iab rado r, giving the harassed C ompany
megan M arches, and bid a sad farewell to the Commander an ea rl y wa rning of impending doom.
Adjutant (Capt. C. St. J ohn P erry) who is shortly Although the Adjutant was rarely to be seen in the
to leave us. W e are certain that he will reca ll his last fle sh, he was strongly rumoured to be alive and well
camp with the Volunteers with a ff ection-tlo at is, if and living in his offi ce. H e was also the winner of the
he can remember anyth ing about it other than the size "never seen in boots" prize, after a sharp contest with
of his M ess Bill! Lt. Moseling, who was observed with infinite reluc-
tnnce, wearing combat kit on at least one occasion .
Below appears our Camp H onours List. It is M ost of the first week wa spent-by the rifle
regretted that "Gen . Bird's Di ary" will have to be held

34 And so to camp ! ! A camp regarded by tho;e
who attended as one of the best in recent yea rs. Due
companie at least--on the range, consuming ammu- to a multitude of va lid reasons Capt. Wright found
nition less rap idl y than the Qua rtermas ter might have hm1self acting as OC, 2 IC and both platoon com-
wished, but discovering nevertheless that an amusing manders for the first week until the arrival-during
nnging in the ea rs could be p roduced by omitting to the midd le weekend-of M aj. (an y problems?) Evans.
wear ea r defenders. The second week came on apace, So well did Geoff Wright cope th at one acting P atoon
and with it the compa ny test exerci se, nervous anti- Sergeant was overheard to remark, "Just goes to prove
ci pation of which did unprecedented things to the that 75 % of the officers arc di spensable !" (or was it
quantit y of gin consumed in the Officers' M ess. For disposab le! ). This N.C.O., needless to say, is now
these exercises, the Anti-Tank PI., d isg uised for the commanding a section.
cccasion as Don Cossacks-though, in fairness, it must
be admi tted that in many instances little disg uise wa s There were many noteworth y incidents, but none
needed- provided the enemy, loping merrily about the more so than the occasion when C pl. Browning (of
rushes, liberally festooned with pyrotechnics, chuck- " Greatcoat and M armalade" fame! ) nearl y got him-
ling ev ill y at the confusion they were producing. Th e self arrested during the Escape and Evasion exercise
hapless Compan y Commander had to contend not for importunin g the children in a vi ll age school play-
or.ly with the skulking enemy, but also with a plethora ground. Uufortuna tely, the H eadmistress didn' t spea k
of individuals with clean combat kit an d white a rm- French but all was reso lved when a " M.O.D . 90" was
bands, an d a heav ily-laden soldier who styled himse lf flashed in front of her nose !
the MFC, a nd persisted with improbable requests to
bed down, or in, or something. To this was added the Belated congratulations to Capt. Ri chard H olmes
great question of What To Do With Your Command m , his elevation in rank and to Ptes. D avies, Flett and
Vehicle, which produced some interesting, but, alas, H enowood on their promotion.
impractica l, suggestions.
2/ Lt. Warren-Pri ce has married and mo ved to
The ago nies of the test exercises over at last, the Norfolk and we wish both him and his wife much hap-
l attalion travelled, with unprecedented efficienc y, if riness in the future. Sgt. Dunipace transferred to 7
not comfort, to \Varminster and L arkhill, to watch Queens a t Farnham and C pl. Willi ams to 10 P aras.
the infantry and artillery firepower demonstrations. ot Aldershot ; they, too, take with them our best wishes
The former convinced numerous soldiers that their and thanks for the sizeable contributions they both
aim in life was to get somewhat nearer the blunt en d, made to life at Gui ldford .
and led to a heated discussion of promotion prospect'
in the P ay Corps. The a rtillery demonstration im- Whilst at camp, it was learned (with mixed
pressed all except the M orta r PI. , who steadfa stl y fee lings) of the impending departure of our Senior
maintained that they cou ld do just as well, but ad- PSI, WOII H . T . 'J ack' C haffer, MM ; sorrow that
mitted reluctantly, that the H onest J ohn might pos · WE were to lose him and pleasure that he h ad been
sibly outrange them. promoted to RSM of the Junior Infantrymen 's Wing
et Howe Barracks. No one could be more deservin g
The last night of camp was spent, app ropria tely of promotion ; for seven years or more he has been
enough, at a battalion all-ranks smoker. Thi s grew 'ynonymous with the T & AVR in Surrey, bot h at
increasingl y interesting until the long awa ited moment Kingston and subsequentl y at Guildford. It is fitting
when the "dancing girls"-if that's the right term, that news of J ack's promotion coincides with the fact
"'hich I suspect it isn't - arrived, to be greeted by th at his wife has made a full recovery from a serious
various frank comments and brusque implications operation and we wish them both much happiness and
from the a udience. At this juncture, howeve r, th e fulfilm ent in their new surroundings. There will always
author lost his grip on the curtain-rail to which he be a special pl ace for 'J ack' at Guildford should he
was clinging, and plummeted ftoorw ards, so is unable be able to re-vi sit Sandfield T errace.
to elaborate upon events therea fter. However, those of
sufficient stature to see more than a forest of craning B COMPANY
necks, admitted that it was a very sati sfactory con-
clusion to a fortnight 's so journ on Salisbury Pl ain. Ca mp is over for another yea r and considering
Even if it 's NOT true abou t the E Coy. woad issue the late changes (over the postponement of the Pre-
sentation of Colours) everythi ng went extremel y
A COMPANY smoothl y. Section and Platoon t acti cs on D ays O ne
and Two were foll owed by firin g of all pl atoon wea-
Pre-camp training continued during M ay at a pons on the va rious ranges. Then the weekend
1eckless pace, the highlight being the annual inter- activities started- and how ! Oxford Road and Inner
section competition held during the weekend 6th/ 7th Circle were rem arkably popular in Southampton as
M ay. U nfortunately, someone obvio usly for!!Ot to tell was the ice rink ; nearer to Camp, Tidworth H ospital
Alan H ardake r of our a rrangements as he ( or some- was popular with a certain Officer.
one like him ) incinsiderately arranged the F .A. C up
Fmal for that day. Nevertheless, more than 40 m em- The promised Pum a helicopters shrank to tw<:>
bers took part in the Competition which wa s even- Sioux by the time they arrived, but otherwise we were
tually won by a section commanded by our REME very fortun ate in the provision of ranges and demon-
fitter, C fn . Thomson-a point which did not go un- ' trations. It was pleasan t, especi ally after the infantr y
noticed by the CO, when he presented the prizes on firepower demonstration, to drive away leaving the
the Sunday morning. (There mu st be a moral some- weapon cleaning to others.
where here.)
W eek Two started with a shattering experience-
On the 20th / 2 1st M ay, A and C Coys. joined the Battalion Orienteering Competition. The OC had
battle in an exercise, osten sibl y over the Common said everybody would take part (including himself) but
Market, on the Frimley and Horley training a reas. As by the second check point he began to doubt the wis-
usual, C Coy. were the aggressors (anti) but much dom of such a decision ; by the fifth he was convinced.
value was obta ined by those participa ting. I ~ was obvious that other people h ad h ad an even

35

(Left): B Coy.-"Smile
C haps, it's the Colonel".

( Right ): The Colonel of
the Regiment and the

RSM.

more hectic weekend because B Coy. were the winners, (Top): Maj. Harrington, OC C Coy. and Brig. Shap-
unse lfishl y allowing other Coys. to win the individual land, Deputy Commander S. E. District-" They must
j:rizes. It must indeed be ve ry disheartening for the
others to fight out second place ever y time ! be here somewhere, sir".

We were the guinea-pigs for the Coy. Test Exer- (Centre ): The Mortar Pl.-"The C lass of 72".
cises . There are two thin gs about being the first Coy.
through a Test Ex; one, the enemy arc not so organi- (Lower): "Get a load of that"-C C oy's Orienteering
sed (yo u appea r to be better) and you don ' t have to team.
~\\eat out a long wait; and, two, that you sit tight
and attempt to glean as much information as you can
from those who have already completed it. In retro-
spect, going first has a few advantages.

The remai nde r of the second week was taken up
wi th BE tests and providing enemy for the test exer-
cises. It was a successful and enjoyable camp, and we
do accept the responsibility for providing " Kinky

Katrina " !
In the A/ Tk. world, the loss of C/ Sgt. Solley to

the stores has been ably compensated by Sgt. Dai sy.
The section ma naged their upgradi n g and also
achie\·ed some good shooting, with the D ea l detach-
ment ( Cpl. Sp icer, Ptes. D awe and Fretwell ) doing
particularly well.

Congra tul atio ns to P tes. Garnham, M ylchreest,
Pugh-Jones and Spice for negotiating the hurdle of
the R ecruits Course under the watchful eye of Sgt.
Moss. Ptes. Gerard and Roe spent another camp col -
lecting signal s qualifications. L / Cpl. Foad and Pte.
Roe returned temporarilY under the contro l of Lt.
Mirams to pass their HGV test.

Seen and Heard arO'I.md camp.

The OC's sprained ankle would never have re-
covered so quickly without his private medica l treat-

ment.

C / Sgt. to CSM: "Ma j. 'Steptoe' O rman wants
ano ther 38 lbs. of empt y cases."

Lost : one earring.

Sheridan and J ones are NOT going into any

more raffles.

Found: one earring.

(It's nice to see that the ma)onty in B Coy. are
so fa sh ion conscious !-S ub.-Ed.)

C (Cinque Ports) COMPANY

Camp has come and gone and the stories of the
'~ u ccesses' the 'conquests' the 'near misses' and 'the
e!=capes', etc., etc., are now being memory-stored for
te-telling in the coming months; they will , like wine,
improve for the storing, but one mystery must be
answered now- What was a certain officer doi ng on
the r an ges at such a late hour with half the nursing
staff of BMH , Tidworth? (Night firing, perhaps >)

It is wi th sad ness that we record the departure
of CSM "Dave" Marriott-after 15 years service to

36 driving test, we confidentl y await the first mobi le
ci nema in North London . Cpl. Skouros was unlucky
his Q ueen as a TA Volunteer-and we were glad t nough to be shi pped off to T idwort h M ilitar y Hos-
that we could see hi m out in grand style at this year 's pital with a slipped disc (and he, our "medic" !) bu t
annual camp. H is regime of di scipline, tempered with P tcs. Quail and Sibley seem to have re turned to their
human understandin g, has done much to achieve a normal selves. How L/ C pl. N uttall survived Camp
high spirit in the Company; that the Sussex Company making the sort of jokes he does (and spoiling the
was the strongest at Camp pays eloquent testimony P I. Comd's part y piece) is anybody's guess, but
to the value of this m&n. Cheerio D ave and the very there will be other opportunities.
b~s t of good luck.
N ow that we're back at H ornsey, Pte. U nwin
CS M D ave P otter takes over and we would like has left off wearing disguises in case the RSM comes
to offer him our congratulations; congratulations too, by, and the Coy. is busy working out how much kit
h> Sgt . D ave Wilde on his recent promotion and also has been lost or won. The Bisley types came back
to L/ C pl. T ony Burgess and his wife on their recent fr om the team competition unwi lling to say very much
marriage . except that there is a difference of opinion abo ut who
&ctually hit the targets at 500 metres. Still there's
We welcome CS M "R ay" Sh ave from the 2nd always hope that it will be forgotten when the Nij_
Bn . (who takes over from RQMS J ohn Barrell) and megan M archers return wi th thei r campaign stories.
Sgt. Ron Berry, who has returned from hospital.
HQ COMPANY
At the time of going to press, four men of the
Company, ably led by Sgt. Eric Brown, are attempt- During M ay, half the company attended a sup-
ing to break the existing world record for the longest port weapons weekend ; Saturday was spent training
non-stop walk. Stop Press news is that Sgt. Brown ~ t St. M artin's Plain and Sunday in firing on Lydd
and Pte. Hunt are going strong having covered nearl y r anges. Saturday evening was welcomed with a part-
sixty miles in the first 14 hours. This is being arranged payment of bounty and those who were late fini shing
fm the benefit of the 'S ave the Children's Fund' and "training" were able to see Bill, Andy and D ave re-
the Glynde G ap School for the mentally handi capped turning to camp in a vehicle which sported a fl ashing
children . The fin al results we will give you in the blue lamp! (These noble warriors had sam pled the
next issue.-Man of Sussex. ale in the RMP's M ess). On S unday, one recruit, late
of B Coy., tried to reduce the Stock of 66 mm sub-
D COMPANY calibre held by HQ Coy; he was halted only by a
''sweet" fellow.
By way of a change, before annual camp, the
senior sadists of D Coy. determined upon an Escape The first week at Camp was taken up wi th
and Evasion exercise- an operation obviously intended ~ peci a li s t training, preceeded each morning with two
to provide an opportunity of settling old scores un- runs--<>ne domestic( !), the other detailed. On the
hampered by the usu al restraints. While the enemy middle S aturday the lnt. Section and Signals PI.
did obtain a complete breakdown of the Coy. Orbat assisted in the running of the Bn . Ori enteering Com-
(the offender should be back at Kings C ross on parole petition, manning check points and S tats Control.
by 1990) the highest individual score must go to Pte.
("Cut myself whilst shaving, Sir" ) U nwin, who sus- Then followed the Company test exerci ses and
tained a broken ankle when the enemy pitched-in in the battalion " Smoker"; during the latter, the Banrl
what was supposed to be a "safe" area. found another use for their instruments and C pl. Joe
Lumney either fell out or was thrown out of the
Capt. Lowans has been busy with his " Grand- N AAFI window.
Old-Duke-of-York" act preparing for the N ijmegen
Marches, and has just confounded all the pessimists We congratul ate L/ C p!s. Oli ver and Bush, who
by sailing for Holland with a sufficient number of men passed their H G V test ; and Lt. D . Mirans, Sgts. Sim-
who thought they could limp 25 miles per day for mons and M ount who can now dri ve all vehi cles up
four days whilst carryi ng 22 lbs. of builder's rubble to a I 0-tonner .
in their webbing. ( See " Stop Press " on page 67 ).
Since camp we have had a R ange weekend, where
The accent at Camp in Westdown was on " fl exi - al1 went well and nobody was shot -" O C HQ, you
bility," although there is apparently no truth in the can come home now ! "
rumour that a substantial prize was to be awarded
for the greatest number of changes of pl an in any A m essage fr om H Q Coy . to A•10ther Coy.:
given eight-hour period. Pre-breakfast runs are no D ear M ajor Gen. (Lonely)
longer a joke, nor is "gas" something that onl y comes
out of a pipe. In years to come survivors of Westdown Reference your take-over, you now have con tro l
' 72 will be recognised by their habit of keeping up- of the following voting shares; those owned by the
wind of PSI 's, although it is known that a squirt of communi cations director and manager; those owned
CS in the right respirator case will put an end to a by the 'scolastic' acco untant, who will be pleased to
lot of that nonsense before it gets too far. Pte. P awis " do" your books too; and those held in trust to the
wishes to record that it is advisable to spit out lighted young intelligent director (the one with shadows be-
cigarettes before applying the respirator to the face, neath hi s nostrils). The transport di rector (including
and S gt. Cowl ard has been invited to wash his socks H .G.B.) is on your side but I regret that the M anag-
before he brings tears to the eyes at another ing D irector is abroad and we cannot count on his
Officers'/ Sgts' M ess fun ction. (Alternatively the issue vote.
of CS gas to TAVR units could be suspended).
Yours sincerely,
Recruit, signals and dri ver trai ning cadres were CALLAN
run at Camp under Bn. arrangements, and congratu-
lations go to Pte. Joe Francis on being " Best Recruit" .
)\;ow that Pte. Christ ie has passed his heavy goods

37

The 6th (Volunteer)
Battalion

OUR second Annual Camp was held at Camp ended wi th a Concert arranged by the
Wretham, Stanford Training Area, in the P adre and Cap t. M argand where all companies/ bat-
first half of July. The weather was changeable- teries and messes produced short sketches. I t was a
not too cold in the first week and gloriously hot splendid and amusing evening and top marks must
in the second week. Visitors included the Colonel g" to the " Irish Brigadier" P te. P ike of A Coy. for
of the Regiment, the Deputy Colonel (Middlesex) his perfectl y- timed L iffey mirth .
and the new Chief of Staff London District, Brig.
Our largest contingent of visitors at Ann ua l
M. O'Cock. Camp was the H eadqua rters S taff of the T AVR Asso-
ciation for G reater London. The party, led by the
The main fea tures of training at camp were in- Chairman, Col. Wood, O BE, T D , DL, and t he Secre-
dividual and team field firing in the first week; and tary, Brig. H . E . C. Weldo n, C BE, DL, arrived just
in the second week, a Battalion Exercise covering vari- in time ot hear C Bty. go 'click-click' on the range
ous phases of H ome Defence T echniques and compe- and then repair to a gargantu an buffet lunch pre-
titions to find the C hampion Company. The first p ared by WO II J effries, ACC (of HQ Eastern D is-
competition, in which platoons had to surmount an trict) in the Officers' M ess. Then, armed with a
obstacle course, m arch two miles and then take part punnet of strawberries, they withdrew to the SMG
m a platoon in defence field firing exercise, was wit- r ange before returning to London.
nessed by M aj.-Gen ] . B. D ye, CBE, M C, the
Director of Volunteers, T erritorial and Cadets; it Back at Bn. HQ Drill H all, we have had visits
was won by D Bty., mainly through their marksman- from Brig P. ]. Blake, Brigadier Infantry U KLF and
from the Rev. Leslie F . Skinner, C F . The latter
ship . brought wi th him a Stick which was presented to
The second competition was Drill and Turnout, Bandmaster F . J . Alien as a mark of appreciation by
the Band of the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions, The
where both the Platoon S ergeants and Commanders Wandsworth Regiment in October 191 5. Our en-
had to drill their own platoons. This was won by HQ quiries revealed that the W andsworth Battalion-also
Coy. The third competition was a F ootball League known as the 13th Service Battalion (E ast S urrey
won by D Sty., who also fini shed Champion Com- Regiment)-was raised from mostl y local men on 3rd
pany. June 191 5. Their first parade took place at the R am
Brewery, W andsworth (about 200 yards from our
Full results of the competitions were as follows:- Bn. HQ Drill H all) and they then went to France,
where they had a very distinguished record. Their cap
M arch and C h ampi on badge was the E ast S urrey Star with the Arms of
W andsworth. The Battalion disbanded on 18th Sep-
Shoot Drill Football Company tember 191 8. The Rev. Skinner served for many years
as TA C haplain to G unner regi ments in Brixton, Bal-
1st D HQ D D ham and Streatham and was subseqently Senior
Chaplain 56th London D ivision and DACG (T A)
2nd A DC HQ London District.

3rd HQ B B B W e are very grateful to the Padre for handing
over this Presentation Stick which now resides in the
4th B AA A WOs' and Sgts' M ess at Brander H ouse.

5th C C HQ C ( See picture on page 40 )
Our congratulations to Capt. S idwell on the
Fitness Training featured to a large extent and award of the T erritorial Effi ciency D ecoration and to
many an amusing hour was spent climbing ropes, Cpl. Hone on the awa rd of the T erritorial Effi ciency
sca ling high walls and swinging through the trees over Medal. Also our congratulations and best wishes to
swamp land. Respirators were tested-grateful thanks L / Bdr. Lester of B Bty. on his recent marriage, and
to the RSM for putting us through the ' nausea' cham- to 2/ Lts. Warhu rst and Williamson on their engage-
ber. The M edi ca l Officer had a field day with the ments.
hyperdermic needle (T ABT to the left-TET to the
right-blood grouping-straight on! ) HQ COMPANY
Our P ye VHF radios proved useful and com-
munications were good throughout camp . Our signal- Drill H all-Brander House, Broomhill Road,
lers have progressed well in the last six months thanks London, SW1 8 4] G.
t<· our honorar y RSO, Capt. P eter Grove (and his
able assistant and brother-in-law Lt. Richard Hopper, Camp at Thetford ended on a high note for us.
loaned from the HAC) and to the keenness of the A' the numbers were small we amalgamated with D
Bty. for administration and fi eld tra ining but this did
regimental signallers themselves. . not prevent our putting several members of the com-
pan y on medical and signals courses in which every-
The Training M ajor was delighted to see M aJ. one did very well. P erhaps the most remarkable
P aul G ray who stormed into camp and then headed achievement however was the fact that we were run-
North West in search of a D epot Recruit Training ners-up to D Bty. as champion comp any, havi ng won
Platoon . Our P adre, the Rev. Timothy Withers-Green, the Drill competi tion, came third in the Assault
Rector of Belmont, Surrey, held a Battalion Church course, M arch and Shoot competition, and havi ng
Service in the middle weekend of camp which was
well attended ; the music was provided by Sgt. Bowry
our MT Sergeant. The P adre also ran an effective
canteen on the Battalion Exercise and was immedi ately
nicknamed " Woodbine-Withers" by C pl. Ada ms, the

CO's driver.

38 20th/ 2l st M ay, when it w a~ our turn to sponsor the
Bn. recru it training . The improvised A ssault course at
made a vali an t attempt to kee p our end up in the S toney Castle and bayonet figh ting were a tas ter of
foo tbal l. Rem arkable indeed, sin ce scarce ly anyone had more ph ysica l things at cam p.
had a chance to practice any of these activities before.
hand. Though we are small in numbers, the quality We sent seventeen to Bassin gbourn for the rc-
i, good! l.fU its course and to see wh at M essrs. Green, Lacey

The ' ma rri age' wi th D Bty. worked extremely and Griffiths were doing. (We have not heard of an y
\\ ell an d we are grateful to them for their help. C er- more takers ye t !). At camp, the hard core acquitted
tainl y we thank them for arran gi ng such a spl endid themselves well if not with distinction and it proved
part y on the last day of a tou gh camp . a very full, ph ysica l and happy time despite the bu gs.
The 061 5 hrs. PT sessions, even attended by our
W e congr atu la te C SM D ave Bowen on yet an- carava n dwellers, were not recorded on film (n or re-
other pro motion (w hi ch was well deserved) and thi s cord able on tape !).
together with the award of the "Effi ciency M eda l
(TAVR) has resu lted in a very successful soldierin g 2/ Lt. P almer on the PI. m arch and shoot competi-
yea r for h im. tion was lumbered with two rather elderl y "Pte ."
soldiers; both becam e noisy at times even with respi-
A COY. (Middlesex) I2tors on, but we came second .

Drill H all-Deansbrook Road, Edgware. Our bandit role was a hu ge success on the Bn .
exercise. The fin al visit to C Bty. under a fl ag o f truce
A lbuhera D ay falling this year on a T uesda y will rem ai n a cherished memory to all who saw Lt.
was traditionall y celebra ted by the Coy. wi th the 'Xiarhurst's face with its expression of not knowing
offi cers and sergeants drinking the Si lent T oas t before whether to shoot, shout or run ! Sgt. Oran ge distin-
eating one of C harlie Banks exce llent curry suppers. guished himself by feeding us in the field and mem-
We were pleased to welcome M aj. W arde and the bers of Bn . HQ, who also savo ured his culin ary arts,
RSM who happened to choose thi s evening to visit seemed to follow him wherever he went! Sgt. Oran ge
us ! The recrui ting prize money wa s drunk and a e\ en prevented the yo ung offi cers of A Coy. from
' good" eve ning was had by all th anks to L / Cpl. ea ting the C O 's " Frosti es" at breakfast time.
G rumbridge's fil med contributions !
A "Bty,', at the Bn . concert, gave a demonstration
W e had a successful training weekend on the of its new plastic cannon . RSM Knee (L / Cpl. Hayes) ,
Gunner Beaumont ( Col. Murph y) and " Brigadier"
Pike gave a splendid performance even if the flour at
the end only just managed to creep out! (Is there any
l• uth in the rumour that the RSM arranged to have
L/ Cpl. H ayes cooled off the followin g d ay before he
became too big headed !).

The fin al ni ght saw us all together (including
the recruits course) for the usual party; though ever y-
body was very tired, it went with a swing-for the last
hour anyway.

In the nex t few months we mu st go all out to
recruit and build a reall y stron g company for nex t
year on our exce llent base.

(Top): "Bandits" about to go out on a raid (I tor): B (Greater London RA) BATTERY
Pte. Austin, 2/ Lt. Palmer, "Brigadier" Pike, L/ Cpl.
Drill H all-Wenlo ck Street, H ackney,
Pidgeon. London, N .l.

(Lower): A Coy. going " over the ropes" . Who said Since our last issue, the Battery has lost four of
it wasn't easy? i" most senior members-M aj. Colin Cole has been
elevated to the post of Bn. ZI C, from where he keeps
a close (but fatherl y) eye on us (it's good to have a
fri end a t court! ); and Ca pt. P eter Grove has been
posted to D Bty. as Bty. ZI C, so he is also not com-
p letely lost to us.

Both these offi cers are much missed, especi ally
as M aj. Cole mothered the Battery from the begin-
ning and has been responsible for setting it firml y on
the ri ght road.

At long last our BSM, WOII ' Lou ' L evy has
had to admit defea t and agree that he was well beyond
the age limit. His Arm y career has been so extensive
that it is impossible to do justi ce to it here; sufficient
to say tha t he was so ldiering well before the outbreak
of war in 1939, and tha t he seems to be known b y
everyone in the Gunners. There were no less than
four Colonels at a dinner given him by the past and
present offi cers of the B attery and its forbears-Surely
;~, record.

S_gt. John H axe ll has also had to "call it a
(military) day" . His unstinted service and loya lty for

very many yea rs set a standard that few can equa l. The social ca lenda r was likewi se full. Mr. w ;J.
We miss bo th these senior NCO 's, but hope to see liamson, Bds. Dillon and Gnr. Mickleson represented
them at W enlock Street whenever they care to vi sit us. the Bty. at a M ayoral banquet in Boston where
as tonish ingly, Ang lo- French relations were enhanced
We welcome ou r new Troop Commander, 2/ Lt. b; Mr. Williamson prod ucing offensive smelli tg
Richard R amer, just joined us from HQ Coy. French cigarettes. The Battery party was a great suc-
cess: Gnr. Fulcher left horizontall y, but it was his
The Battery had its first solo weekend under birthday. H ow did M aj. Collet! get back to camp? The
c:anvas during Jun e, when it set up camp at Stoney Battalion concert saw a Battery glee club produce
Castle range. For many this was their first experience ~ undry ribald songs and a "camp" performance by
of living 'in the field', but the food was good (how do two subalterns who deserve anonymity.
PSI's manage to be able to instruct in absolutely
everything ?) and the sun shone--<>n the S aturday. The W e now prepare for another yea rs training. Re-
reading exer cise fini shed, strangely enough, at a cruits are still coming in (which is pleasing); they
n1ap shortl y before closing time. We 'stood-to' at were thrown in at the deep end on the first Batte r y
pub, weekend in August when they had to find-and clig-
daw n (which in June is very, very early), obviously a for themselves !
novel experience for some! All day Sund ay it rained,
but the exercises went ahead and when we packed up D (Surrey Yeomanry QMR) BATI"ERY
after lunch, all were in good spirits, soaked through Drill H all-Farringdon H ouse, Sutton, Surrey.
but havi ng learned a lot. W e must do more of these. We had a very good camp combining military
Camp did not start too well but at least we en- orders with personal enjo yment-from our most re-
sured that the MO earned hi s pay. H owever, we all cent recruit of eight weeks standi ng to those who have
survived (j ust) and camp ended with the Battery in a served with the Surrey Yeomanry for 20 years. Be-
very different state from what it had been at the cause of our small numbers we were combined with
beginning. Bdrs. White and D eakin did mu ch to weld HQ Coy. for both administration and training though
liS together ; NCO's have to be everything from nurses not for competitions. Capt. Barr y Sidwell (OC, H Q
Coy.) served as B atter y Cap tain, while Capt. P eter
to drinking companions ! Grove, who joined us in April as 2IC from B Bty.,
v.as detailed first as Regimental Signals Officer and
Nearly 30 attended Camp but many more are then on loan to his old Battery as Battery Captain. A s
needed, so recruiting continues to be a full-time occu- Richard Morris was unable to come to camp, he went
pation . The family traditions continue; in addition to on the Platoon Commanders course at W arminster in
the (now) L / Bdrs. Stokes, we have the brothers Fisher February instead and John Spanner was our on ly
and the brothers H ammond. So far there is no brother subaltern. H e was kept busy commanding the pl atoon
and sister on our roll, but perhaps we can apply for which we jointly produced on exercises and in train-
a Batter y m ascot! Certainl y there have been plenty of i,•g; he also led the Batter y team in all competitions
possible candidates among the visitors on the Thurs- except Football, where Sgt. Bicker, the Platoon Ser-
da y evenings (our 'social' nights). On the other hand beant (and our most practised footballer) was captai n .
perhaps Gnr. Owen could fill this bill- the sight of
him in the Battery underwear at the camp concert cer- Trai ning was interesting and varied; it included
tainly aroused attention! Field Firing and Inclivid ual Battle shooting which,
as it should, took a prominent part in the programme.
W e are now planning a more vigorous recruiting Our training culminated in a 48-hour Battalion exer-
t fiort in the months ahead ; more Batter y training cise on which Sgt. Lighthowler took charge of the
away from the Drill H all, and a consolidation of the catter y cooking (a novel role for him) and with the
very evi dent spirit that is the basis of all our acti vities. help of the PSI, he produced some good hot food to
time. In the meanwhile the battery defended our VP
C (London and Kent RA) BATI"ERY successfull y from the raids of A Coy., evaded attempts
by C Bty. to capture them in an indi vidual movement
Drill H all-Flodden Road, Camberwell, exercise and finally provided an effective, if a trifle
London , S.E.5. oyer enthusias tic enemy for the Battalion Cordon and
Search, mounted at first li ght.
The Battery arri ved at Camp, havi ng emerged
with cred it from the annual range course, to face Camp gave our new PSI the chance to get to
sterner and more physical tests. W e were missing at know us and to understand our strange ways. (It is
least a dozen of the late r recruits who are still pre- his first tour with the T erritoria l Army). It also gave
paring to attend the R ecruits Course at the Divisional u; an opportunit y (at our Battery part y) to present his
D epot on the 29th Jul y. JOredecessor-S/ Sgt. Brown-with a silver tankard in
recognition of his great help in getting the Battery off
Camp produced the usual unfortunate crop of the ground in the first difficult 18 months.
accidents: 2/ Lt. Williamson succumbed to a badly
strained ankle (just before the assa ult course competi_ The Battery won the overall C ham pion Company
cion! ), the Colonel complained of approaching old Shield and on the way, we came first in the Pl atoon
age after the Mess games, and 2/ Lt. Warhurst was Assa ult Course M arch and Shoot competition.
,,ppointed Messing Officer! On the sports field Sgt. Though dropping marks on the former we just made
Brown was reviled for his unbending fairness as re- the fastest time and, most important in an infantry
feree. (W e still man aged to win 2, lose 1 and draw 1 !) unit, had the best score of hits in the final field firing
by a wide margin-proof both of inclividual marks-
Although the hot weather made tactical training manship and good fire control. In the Drill competi-
o little inore strenuous than was expected, platoon tion we came second to our fri ends from HQ Coy. We
tactics, range firing, assault course experi ence and PE also topped the F ootball League afte r drawing the last
tests went ahead. Gnr. Wright and Pte. Robinson need le match against C Bty., one all.
treated the Battery to an impromptu wrestling match
c.uring the forced march (which one kicked the
BSM ?). All praise to the camouflage skill of several
individu als-the MTO drove pas t three times before
he found you !

40 The Rev. Leslie Skinner, T.D., hands over Bandmaster
Alien's Presentation Stick to the C ommanding Officer.
Ou r compcutJve success has established th at our
yeomanry approach to dress and discipline, which Picture by Ben Bennett photograph y.
sometimes draws raised eyebrow~ from ou r co lleagues,
by no means impairs our mili tary effectiveness as in-
fant ry soldiers.

\'ile are in good heart and return to Suuon to
work steadily at the difficu lt but vita l task of building
up our numbers.

THE BATTAllON VISITS BOSTON

(Lincs.)

On 14th Jul y the Commanding Officer, accom-
panied by nine Officers, twelve Other R anks of the
Battalion, vi sited Boston to renew a liaison between
the 1st/6th Bn . The Queen's Roya l Regt., which, a<
!'art of 13 1 Bde., was stationed there after the evacua-
tion of Dunkirk in 1940.

At the end of their stay 1st/ 6th QUEENS was
presented with two tenor drums by the Mayor of Bos-
ton on behalf of the townspeople; these same were
t&ken back to Boston on this particular visit when
the CO presented to the Mayor a Queen's Royal
Surrey R egiment ice bucket and a shield of the badge
of the present Queen's R egiment. In return the Mayor
~ resented the CO wi th a shi eld of the Boston coat of
arm s.

We then di scovered that Boston was being visited
by a party from Boston's twin town in F r ance-L aval
in Brittany. The D eputy M ayor of Lava ! presented
the CO with an as h tra y bearing the coa t of arms of
th at town and invited a party from the Baualion to
vi sit L ava ! on IIth November 1972 to take part in
their R emembrance Day Celebrations.

Then fo llowed a lavish buffet lunch in the Coun-
cil C hamber when members of the B attalion took the
opportunity to brush up their French and re-est ablish
the "entente cordiale". One junior NCO greeted the
prettiest girl in the room with " Bonjour M ademois-
elle," only to be greeted in return with - "I'm the
interpreter m ate" !

We then provided an impromptu guard of hon-
our at the Town War Memorial while the civic leaders
of Boston and L ava ! laid wreaths.

From the W ar Memorial the whole party was
taken on a condu cted tour of t he Freiston M arshes,
visiting a number of concrete emplacements which
were occupied by 1st/6th QUEENS in 1940. The
2I C demonstrated, with the wife of one of the French
~ art y, the intri cacies of English kissing, much to the
• musemen< of all and some embarassment to the lady
concerned.

Our party also visited the " Boston Stump"
(Parish C hurch) where the fl ag of The Queen's Royal
Regiment, presented to the town in 1940 by 1st/ 6th
QUEENS , was fl ying.

Note : Boston was last visited by th e Quem's
R egiment in 1961 whm the Jrd Bn . Th e Quem's
R oyal Surrey R egt., conducted a cere monial march
through th e town .

(Top): The "Boston Drums" and (I to r): Capt.
Withers-Green, Maj . Warde, the Commanding Officer,
Maj. Ennis, The Mayor of Boston, 2/ Lt. Ratner, Maj.
Cole, The Mayoress of Boston, the Deputy Mayor,
Capt. Sidwell, 2/ Lt. Williamson and Maj. Beaumont.

(Lower): Cllr. Norman Hughes, The Mayor of
Boston, receives a Queen's Surreys Ice bucket and a

Regimental plaque from the Commanding Officer.
Pictures by the Lincolnshire S tandard .

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The 7th (Volunteer)
Battalion

BRILLIANT sunshine was much in evidence at centl y ret urned having successfull y completed the
the Battalion Skill-at-arms Meeting at Ash course. M essrs. G ilday, Plummer and Shepard attended
Ranges on 15th and 16th July and dust-bowl con- Cadre No . 13, fo r wh ich we provided staff in th e shape
ditions were definitely the order of the day. of C / Sgt. Hurley, Pte. Prunty, L/ C pl. Thompson and

Whether the effect of the sun was too much C pl. Will ia ms.
even for the hardened gladiators, or whether indi- As A and C Coy's notes record, we are entering
vidual training needs to be looked at further will
never be known but the scores returned were far upon one of those "all-change" periods wh ich beset
from high. Be that as it may, we had an enjoyable the T AVR from time to time and we are sorry to have
weekend and a really good first effort at such a to take leave of so many founder-members of the Bat-
meeting. The Commanding Officer presented the talion . Good luck in the future and our grateful thanks
prizes as follows: fo r yo ur help when it was needed the most.

The Individual Rifle Championship The Ad jutant can record a major victory in secur-
ing fin al approval for the enlistment of old soldie r
Winner : C pl. D ay (A Coy.) ; Runner-up : Sgt. Weller at C rawley and it's to be hoped th at other
Eason (C Coy. ) ; Third : Sgt. D ickens ( C Coy.) successes may follow. We are pleased to welcome,
offici ally, Lts. Peter Duke and Frank H ai nes-Nutt
Officers/ Warrant Officers and Sergeants Rifle Match who have joined us from RARO and 3 RRW ( V )

Winner : Sgt. Dickens (C Coy). res pec ti ve ly.
In O ctober the Battalion will be at O kehampton
Corporals and Below Rifle Match
for annual camp, to be followed by the Offi cers' M ess
Winner: C pl. D ay ( A Coy. ) ; Runner-up : Sgt. Ball at H orsham on Saturday, 18th November where
Eason (C Coy. ); Third: L / C pl. Singleton ( A Coy.) we look forward to seeing many friends, old and new.

The Section Match Visitors to Bn. HQ have included Mr. Ings from
the Army O ffi cers' D ocumentation O ffi ce, ( who seem-
Winners: A Coy. 1st team ( Pte. Bowler, L/ C pl. ed well pleased at the standard of Offi cer documenta-
Singleton, Ptes. M arshal!, N ash and Bowler-LMG: tion ) and Mr. Pilcher from the Ministry of D efence
Sgt. Day, Sgt. Dunnipace ); Runners-up : A Coy. 2nd who initi ated us into the mysteries of computerised pay
team (Pte. Underwood, Capt. Adler, Sgt. C rossley, for the civilian staff .
Ptes. Todhunter and Underwood-LMG : Pte. Tubb,
Maj. John ). A (Queen's Surreys) COMPANY-Famham

LMG Pairs We are sad to lose three key personalities : CSM
Lagden has been posted to G ermany to fo ster his deal-
Winners: C pl. Plummer and Pte. Tuffley (B ings in the insurance world ; S gt. Cam es, our
Coy.); Runners-up: Ptes. Underwood and Coleman A ! CQMS , has gone to M alta (we're a bit vague about
(A Coy.) the job specification, but the OC has tipped him off
as to the beaches with the best scenery!) Last but not
The SMG Match (Team) least, our 2IC has also left us to grip the Bn . Ops.
officer appointment at Bn. HQ. It would seem that h e
Winners: A Coy. 2nd T eam-Sgt. Day, L/ C pl. is already in receipt of instructions for camp-let 's
Barren , Ptes. Tubb and W alker. Runners-up: A Coy. hope that A Coy. gets off lightest! We are eternally
3rd T eam-Sgt. Dunnipace, Ptes. N ash, Pozzo and grateful for the significant parts that all h ave played
Marshal!. in the formative months of the F errets. T alking of
Ferrets- we are proud to announce the acquisition of
The SMG Match (Individual) a real live male one aged six weeks and now adopted
:;~ our mascot, appropriately, christened uF amham".
Winner : Pte. Goodman (C Coy.); Runner-up : A battle cage is being prepared for exercise purposes-
Pte . Griffith (C Coy.); Third: Pte. Nash ( A Coy. ) pity the Colonel and the Trg . M a jor are allergic to
casseroled rabbit! W e wonder if the QM can come up
Falling Plates with some obscure monetary allowance under "M ascot

Winners : C Coy. 3rd T eam-Sgt. Downes, Ptes. M aintenance" etc.
Clack and Batey, L/ Cpl. Dumbrell ( Coach : WOII We welcome Sgt. Dunn ipace from A Coy. 5
H ym a n >).
Queens and, in the coming months, look forward to
Congratulations to all taking part as well as to the benefit of his instructing expertise.
the RQMS and his party, and to A Coy. for the ad-
ministrative backing necessary to ensure success. Congratulations to C pls. C rossley, Bens and D ay
upon their promotion to S ergeant which coincided with
Maj . Foster H erd, has returned sa fely from E xer- our success at the Bn . Skill at Arms meeting. Funny
cise " Lemon Tree" in C yprus with an APRE study things happened at that meeting some of wh ich we
team. He acquired a splendid sun tan and tells us he wo uld prefer not to discuss but firing on the target of
was up daily at 0430 hrs; had no alcohol for ten days, the opposition was one example. Sgt. D ay was the
but nevertheless enjoyed the change of scene! Champion Shot and was somehow involved in several
of the other winning teams.
Takers for the Recruit Cadres at the Regimental
D epot are increasing ; Pte. Courtnage and Smart re- In the F alling Plate match we were narrowly
beaten by C Coy. but we hope for more success next
year. The "air of competit ion" seemed to dull our w its

and memories.

42 the ETR Range at Ash, which resulted in some good
shooting although the use of respirato rs in a later
Our recruits platoon, commanded by 0 / Cdt. Mike practice tended to dep ress the scores somewhat. Due
M ercer, seems to be doing unusuall y well and we once agai n to the sterling efforts of the PSI, we held
wonder what his secret for success rea lly is. M any have another most successfu l D ance at C rawley, and that
gone to Bassingbourn and we eagerl y await their return afternoon mounted a static display at Sackville School
so that we can hea r all about the rigours of The fete.
Depot. Let us hope that some ( if not all ) will be
coming to camp in October to demonstrate their hard The much awai ted Battalion Ski ll at Arms week-
won ex pertise ! end saw us again on the ranges at Ash and we con-
gratu late Sgt. Dickins, Ptes. Goodman and Griffi th
B (Queens Own Buffs) COMPANY for coming away with a t roph y--our first. D espite the
lack of the promised crate of beer, our F alling Plate
WOII McGinley, MBE has retired from the team should not be forgotten ; by beating (convincing-
acti ve list and it is perhaps fitting that his photograph, ly) the A Coy. tea m in the fin al, they came out as the
taken on his last parade, should be a final tribute to Battalion 's top team.
one who has served both the TA and the TA VR at
Folkestone since 1957; he joined 4 Buffs ( TA ) at During a recent weekend we were involved (as
Folkestone in October of that yea r and has served
continuous ly ever since. H e became CSM in F ebruary escapers) m an E sca pe and Evasion exercise wi th our
1964 and steered the Company through the diffi cul t old fri ends C Coy. 5 Q ueens. H onou rs were about
days of the first reorganisation, being the first CSM of even despite some very sore feet ( Pte. Winbourn's in
the original 7th ( T erritorial ) Bn. and subsequently particular ) and C larke's collision with an unknown
CSM of the Cadre. When the present Battalion form ed
on 1st April 197 1, WOII M cG inley agai n became gate; and just how did Pte. J enkins get that lift so
CSM of the Folkestone Company and was instrumen- ea rly in the morning?
tal in building up the strength both at Folkestone
and D over . H e was appo inted MBE in June 1969 for Sgt. Dickins is on a Sk ill at Arms course at W ar-
his services to the T erritorial Army. H e has our best ~inster so we await th e latest trends in weapon train-
wishes for a happy retirement and long may he be mg. Our 0 / Cdt. , Colin H erd, sat his board in Sep-
associated with our affairs in K ent . temb er.

W e say goodbye to M aj. Tony Salter who leaves
us to go to RARO, and to Ca pt. Duggie Lamming,
who goes to a new post at Bn. HQ. In their place we
welcome Capt. Richard Putnam and Lt. Alan Stocks,
who returns from the wilds of H aywa rds H eath to
take over as 2I C.

WOII R. P. F. McGinley,
MBE.

Picture by
K entish Gazette

C (Royal S ussex) COMPANY WHITBREAD
TANKARD
The Company h as been involved in a wide range
of activ ities. A s "Ro ya l Sussex" Coy., we provided a cool, refreshing flavour
marching contingent at the Dunkirk/ Aubers Ridge
Parade held at Horsham, which gave us the chance to ~---------------------___j
renew many acquaintances with old comrades in the
R egimental Association. L ater in M ay, the H aywa rds
Heath PI. ( which is recruiting well ) held a Ba sic
Training weekend at M ereworth which proved to be
most successful, and we also had the pleasure of wel-
coming Brig. Tyler to C rawley to watch Drill Night
training.

In June the Company at last got to grips with

l\e gimental -13

<!bristmas <!arbs BAOR TENNIS C HAMPIONSIDPS

1972 The Inter A rms an d Corps D oubles of the
DAOR T ennis C hampionships was wo n, this yea r, by
The R egimental Card for 1972 fea tures, on the Majors Dederick Wright and Maurice Dewar o f H Q
front page, a colour reproduction of " The Adoration I'AOR .
of the M ag i" by P aolo Ve ronesc (1528 -1 588) by
k:nd permission of the Na tiona l Ga llery. The ca rd has Although any pair o f Infantrymen a re entitled to
been sponsored by The Army Benevolent Fund . e ~ter these contes ts, it is interesting to note th at the
wmners were of the sa me ra uk and R egim en t and bo th
On page 3 the R egimental badge, die-stamped in v·ere servin g at th e sa m e H eadqu ar t ers at th e tim e!
gold and silve r, wi ll appea re above the usual Greetings.
M a j. M au ricc D cwa r tell s us tha t the same C up
Price-includi ng postage, packing and match ing had p rev iously been won:
,·nvelopes is 96p per dozen. ( Minimum order -
I doz. ). In 1948-by Capts. . T . Grind ley
and N. E . H ooper
Applications, together with remittance to cover, - The Queen's R oyal R egt.
to: R eg imental H eadqua rters, The Queen's Regiment,
Howe Barracks, Canterbury, K ent. In 1949- by M aj. C. T . G rindlay
and Ca pt. R. D . T. Fletcher
No te: Orders will not be ack now ledged, but will - The Queen's R oya l R egt.
be despatched as soon as cards become ava il able from
the printers. a nd I n 1957- by Brig. D . M . Cornah
and M aj. A . L. A. Bishop
Please order ea rl y to avo id disappointment. -The E ast Su rrey R egt.

NOT A BAD RECORD !

CANADIAN ALLIANCES

The foll owing Canad ian A lli ances ha ve now been
officiall y a pproved :

The Queen's York Rangers (RCAC)
1st Bn. The Royal New Brunswick Regime n t

(Carleton & York)
The Q ueen's Own Rifles of Canada
T he Essex and Kent Scottish

The Reg imental Ch ristmas Card 1972. ALLIED REGIMENTS IN AUSTRALIA

Maj. J ohn Francis, now British Exchange Offi cer
at the RMC Duntroon, is endeavouring to organise a
get-together of old comrades from the Regiment and
our former Reg iments now residing in Au stralia.

To this end he has written to about 24 people
whose add resses he has unea rthed as well as to the
Na tiona l HQ of the Returned Services L eague at
Campbell A.C.T.

If he succeeds in th is ve nture, J ohn Francis h as
promised to let me have further detai ls wh ich wi ll be
full y reported in the J ournai.-Ed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Editor acknowledges with th anks, receipt of
the following publications :

M ars & Minerva ( June 1972)
The Fusilier ( June 1972 )
L egion (June, Jul y a nd August 1972 )
J ournal of the R oyal British L egion ( Jul y 1972 )
The Volunteer (Journal of the Ro ya l H ong K on g

R egt. ( the Volunteers)) 1970/7 1
The Silver Bugle ( S ummer 1972 ).
Soldie r M agaz ine ( August 1972).

44

Letters res~rve in Victoria, which happens to . be a Highl and
reg1ment- The Canad~a n Scotush Reg1ment ( Princess
From: Maj. (Retd .) Richard D. B. Talbot, Mary's ) . I started as a Company Commander and
Invicta Cottage two yea rs ago was promoted M a jor and appointed
Battalion _second m comma nd. During this period I
2430 Whidby L ane, y,as also appointed Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the
Sidney, B.C., Canada Queen's Representative in British Columbia, His H on-
To: Editor
our the Lieutenant Governor. Needless to say, life is
The Journal of the Queen 's Regiment extremely hecuc, but also great fun!

Jul y 14 1972 Jinn y and I have been back to both England and

D ea r Guy: P..hodesia on two occasions since we left the British
Army, but time is all too short, and we seem to ha ve
I thought you would be interested in the attached lmle opportumty to look up all our old fri ends. How-
l'hotograph of a gathering of Queen's, Queen's Own erer, on our las t trip just before Christmas last year,
Buffs and Queen's Own Rifles of Canada exchange
we were fortunate enough to get together with the
c.fficers taken at the presentation of Colours to the Strangs, the Boards, the Butlers and the Whitty's.
Queen's Own Rifl es, redesignated 3 PPC LI. The per- There was, of course ( as usua l ) much hot air and
n~any weird cries of "B.G. and Borneo"!! We are
'onalities are, left to right: Capt. Neil P earce, D enise hoping that my pare nts will be visiting us again this

P ea rce, Maj . Greg Leitch, Jinn y Talbot, Theresa yea r.
Leitch, Marlene McLaren, Capt. Peter M cL aren,
C.hristine Truman, Capt. Paul Truman and myself. I Jinny and I would like to extend a permanent
standing, open invitation to any Queen 's Own Buff s
think this gathering is one of the largest ever of ex who may be coming ac ross to Canada. We live on the
sea just 20 miles north of Victoria and the P ea rces
• nd serving exchange officers. live on the other side of the bay from us. Our home
Everyone seems to be doing well. Neil P earce is
address is as above. ( Telephone : 656-4355).
nc:.w a successful Probation Officer and runs his own
office i!' Sidney, B.C. just outside Victoria. Greg Yours ever,
1 ettch IS a Company Commander with 2 PPC LI in
RICHARD.
Winnipeg; Pete McLaren is an Instructor at Roya l
P .S.-We have just hea rd that yet another ex
Roads M1htary College; Paul Truman is the current Canadian exchange officer, Maj . Jack English, is be-
Regimental Representative in Canada, serving with ing posted as a Company Commander to 3 PPC LI
here in Victoria in September. It would appear that
2 PPCLI in Winnipeg . we should seriously consider starting our own R egi -
I have now set up my own Property M anagement
mental Branch !!
C<'mpany here in Victoria, dealing mai nly with the
r:~anagement and leas ing of all types of investment Why not! Th e R egimwtal Association Secretary

property. The company is aptly named "Anglo- a: RHQ ca11 tell you how to go about it.-Ed.

Canadian Management Company Ltd." I have been
ur.able to sever my ties totally with the military, and

shortly after leaving the British Army joined the local

A R e g i menta I Get-

together in Canada ( see
Maj . Richard Talbot's

letter) .