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The Journal of
THE QUEEN~ S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 7, No. 1 M arch, 1973

Battle Honours bome on The Colours
The R egimental 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," "Vim.iera," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera," "Albuhera," "Almaraz," "Badajoz," "Salamanca,"
"Vittoria," "Affgbanistan, 1839," "Punniar," "Moodkee," "Sobraon," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow,"
"Taku Forts," "New Zealand," "Soutb Africa, 1879," "Nile, 1884-85," "Burma, 1885-87," "Chitral," "Rdief
of Ladysmitb," "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," "Albert, 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 a! 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 Colo11els-i11- Chief
HER MAJESTY QUEEN JULIANA, Queen of the Netherlands

HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE II of Denmark

Colonel of T he R egiment: Lieutenant General SIR RICH ARD CRADD OCK, KBE, CB, D SO

D eputy Colo11els of T he R egimwt
Su rrey: M ajor General F . A. H . LI NG, CB, CBE, D SO, DL

K ent : Colonel D . A. WILLOWS, DL
Sussex: Bri gadier R. E. LODER, C BE, DL

Middlesex: Colonel A. S. J. de S. CLAYTON, DL

t-.)

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

RHQ The Queen's Regiment
Howe Barracks, Canterbury. (Tel. : 65281)
Regimental Secretary: Maj. G . U. Weymouth, MBE (Ext. 1)
R egimental Association Secretary: Maj. E. A. McCarthy (Ext. 1)
R egimental Careers Officer: Maj. M.]. D . Brady (Ext. 3)

COUNTY OFFICES

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Queen's Surreys Office:
Portsmouth Road, Queen's Own Buffs Office : Royal Sussex Office : Middlesex Office :
IGngston upon Thames. T & AVR Centre,
Leros T & AVR Centre, Roussillon Barracks, Deansbrook Road, Edgware.
Secretaries: Maj. F. ] . Reed &
Maj. P . G. E. Hill . Sturry Road, Canterbury. Chiche ste r . Maj. A. E . F . Waldron, MBE.
( Tel.: Kingston 6248). ( Tel.: Edgware 2625).
Col. H . R. Grace, OBE, DL, JP & Lt.-Col. E. G . Ha/list.

Maj. G. T . Faulkner. ( T el.: Chichester 86311. Ex t. 28).

(Tel.: Canterbury 65281. Ext. 4).

REGULAR UNITS

1st Bn. 2nd Bn. 3rd Bn. 4 QUEENS Coy. QUEENS RIT

Kiwi Barracks, Albuhera Barracks, Polernhidi Camp, Howe Barracks, Brighton,
Bulford, Werl, UNFICYP,
Wilts. BFPO 106. BFPO 567. Canterbury. Maidstone

(Disbanding 1st November '73) & Edgware.

T & AVR BATrALIONS

5th ( V) Bn. 6th (V) Bn. 7th (V) Bn.
Bn. HQ & HQ Coy: Bn. HQ : Brander House, Bn. HQ : T & AVR Centre,
Leros T & AVR Centre, Broornhill Road, Denne Road,
Sturry Road, Wandsworth, Horsham, Sussex.
Canterbury. SW18.
Brig. A. C. Tyler, CBE, MC, DL .
H onorary Colonels: Col. D. A. H . Sime, OBE, MC, TD .
M aj. ( Hon . Col.) The Duke of Norfolk,
KG, PC, GCVO, GBE, TD .

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Co mma11di11 g Officers

1st Battalion-Lt.-Col. M . V. HAYWARD, MBE
2nd Baualio11-Lt.-Col. M. F. REYNOLDS

Jrd B attalion-Lt.-Col. C. L. TARVER, MBE
4th B11. Albuhera Company-Major G . GORING
5th ( V olu11teer) B att alion-Lt.-Col. P . D. JOHNSON
6th ( V olu11teer) Battalion-Lt.-Col. D . G . WILSON, TD
7th ( V olu11teer ) Battaliou-Lt.-Co l. ] . B. OGILVIE, TD

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

C.C.F. S chool Contiugents
Ardingly College; Brighton College; Collyers School, (Horsham); Cranbrook School; Cranleigh School;
Dover College; Eastbourne C ollege; Haberdashers' Aske's School (Eistree); Hampton Grammar School; Highgate
School; Hurstpierpoint College; The John L yon School; The Judd School; The King's School, Canterbury;
Kingston Grammar School; Mill Hill School; Ottershaw School; Reeds School; Reigate Grammar School; Ro yal
Grammar School (Guildlord); 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-Units

Greater London: Cadet Coy. No. 25.
N.E. London Sector Cadet Coys.
Nos. 194 (Hounslow), 195 (Staines), 205 (Willesden), 211 ( Edg-
N.W. London Sector ware), 225 (T ottenham), 226 (Homsey).

S.W. London Sector Cadet Coys. Nos. 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 151 to 156, 161 to 166.
Cadet Bns. 1st, 2nd and 5th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (Surrey A.C.F.) .
Surrey: Cadet Bns. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cadet Bns., The Queen's R egiment ( K ent A .C.F .).
Kent: Cadet Coys. No. 6 (Crawley ) and M ayfield College.
Sussex: Cadet Pis. Nos. 2 ( Seaford and Newhaven), 3 (Hastings), 4 (Lewes ) , 7
(Chichester), 8 (Crowborough), 10 (Eastbourne), 11 (Horsham), 13
( Shoreham), 14 ( Bexhill), 15 ( Brighton) , 17 ( Bognor ), 18 ( L ittle-
hampton).

ALLIED REGIMENTS

The Canadian Arm y-

The Queen's York R angers (RCAC)
The South Alberta Light Horse*
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The H astings and Prince Edward Regiment*
1st Battalion The Ro yal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York)

The Essex and Kent Scottish
*To be confirmed

Th e Australian Arm y-

The Ro ya l New South Wales Regiment
The Universiry of N ew South Wales Regiment

The Ro yal Western Australia Regiment

Th e New Z ealand Army-

2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, M arlborough and West Coast )
The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regi ment

5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and T ar anaki) The Royal New
Zealand Infantry R egiment

Th e Pakistan Army-

12th, 14th, 15th and 17th Battalions, The Punj ab Regi ment

Sien·a Leone-
The Royal Sierra L eone Military Force

H ong K ong-
The Ro yal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)

AFFILIATED HM SHIPS
HMS Excellent, HMS K en t, HMS Chich ester and HMS Brighton

EDI TOR-Major G. U . WEYMOUTH, MBE

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Editor: c 0 nt e nt s

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

Regimental Headquarters,
Howe Barracks.
Canterbury, Kent.

Cap Badge Editorial Page
OoUar 6adge Forecast of Events 5
The 1st Battalion 6
Button The 2nd Battalion 7
The 3rd Battalion 15
The 4th Bn . Albuhera Coy.. ..
The Regimental Information Team .. 25
Depot The Queen's Division 35
Noti ces, Letters, etc... . 36
Births, Marriages and Deaths 37
Obituaries 39
Alliances and Affiliations 42
The Regimental Association 44
The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion 47
The 6th (Volunteer) Battalion 49
The 7th (Volunteer) Battalion 51
Queen's Cadets 54
The County Offices 57
Depot Open Day 59
Journal Order Form 61 / 68
Regimental Shop 70
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Inside back cover

Printers : COVER PICTURE

Kent County Printers Maj. M. L. Muirhead and D Coy., 5 QUEENS (V)
Canterbury and He-rne Bay representing the T & AVR for the Remembrance Day

Kent Ceremony at the Cenotaph, Whitehall.
Picture by B. ]. P arker.

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EDITORIAL

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS

Readers will be disappointed to learn that the Presentation of new Colours to
our 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th (Volunteer) Battalions, which was to take place at Tidworth
at the end of June this year, has been postponed yet again. It is hoped that the bat-
talions concerned will receive their new Colours in 1974, but whether this will take
place collecti vely, or individually by battalions, has yet to be resolved.

The Regimental Committee decided on a postponement as soon as it was
learned that neither the Allied Colonels-in-Chief, nor other Royalty who were approach-
ed, were likely to be able to present the Colours in 1973 on behalf of Her Majesty the
Queen.

THE REGULAR BATTALIONS

The 1st Battalion rerurned to Bulford in the middle of February after a par-
ticularly testing though successful four months in Northern Ireland. We are glad to
have them home again. The 2nd Battalion appear to have settled down once more to
BAOR routine after the welcome Christmas break which followed their own short tour
m Ulster.

An article fearured in this issue by a Company Commander in 3 QUEENS
gives an insight into life with the United Nations force in Cyprus; a frustrating experi-
ence in many ways but preferable, no doubt, to the brand of frustration they knew in
Ulster; and at least they are getting plenty of Mediterranean sunshine.

ALBUHERA COMPANY

When it's training commitment with the Junior Infantry Wing (JIW) at
Canterbury ends in September, 4 QUEENS Company will cease to exist; the acrual
date of disbandment is November 1st. This will be a sad day for us all and particularly
so for all "Diehards", but the harsh fact is that our recruiting efforts are just not able
to sustain a viable independent Company at the required minimum manning strength.

And so, when the JIW closes in the Aurumn, Regimental Headquarters will
once again be left in splendid isolation. We do not know as yet what the MOD has in
store for these barracks.

THE JOURNAL

The Regimental Committee decided at its last meeting that, following this
particular issue, the Journal is to become a half-yearly production, to be published in
September and March. The principle reason for this decision was the increased costs
for printing and postage, and even though the subscription (£1 per annum) must neces-
sarily remain the same, we shall still only just be able to keep out of the red.

To all subscribers, some of whom will, understandably, be distressed by this
news, we offer very sincere apologies; at the same time we would ask you to continue
to give us your wholehearted support so that the Journal can survive these troublesome
times.

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Forecast of Events July

April ( Provisional ) Queen's Surreys Golf Society I Queen 's Own Buff s A ssociat ion-Maidstone
13 Spring M eeting and AGM, Richmond.
14 Queen's Own Buffs R egimental A ssociation R e uni on .
AGM and inter-Branch Darts Competition, 7 Military Musical Pageant, Wembley Stadium.
14 15 Queen 's Own Buffs Golfing Society v Lip-
16 Invicta P ark, Maidstone.
23 Royal Sussex D inner C lub, Arundel Castle. hook G.C.
25 Birthday of HM Queen Margrethe 11 of Den- 18 M iddlesex R egt. Officers' C lub Annual Din-
mark, Allied Colonel-in-Chief.
28 ner, United Service and R oyal Aero C lub,
28 Ypres Day-1st Bn.
30 Royal Sussex Association St. George's D ay L ondon.
Service, Chichester Cathedral ( 1130 ) and 18/ 20 C ricket at Ca nterbury-Kent v W est Ind ics.
R eception, The Dolphin H otel. 20 Officers' C lub Cocktail P arty, House of
Royal Sussex Old Comrades R eunion Dinner,
Commons.
Town H all, L ewes ( 6 p.m .) 2 1 Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society v North
Queen 's Own Buffs West Count ry Luncheon,
Castle H otel, T aunton . H ants G .C. at Fleet.
Birthday of HM Queen Juliana of the 28/ 29 Queen 's Own Buffs Golfing Societ y v R ye
Netherlands, Allied Colonel-in-Chief.
G.C.
31 to R oya l Sussex Offi cers' C lub, Goodwood R aces.

4 Aug.

May 92nd Dragon C lub Dinner, Savoy Hotel, August
2
4 L o n d o n .. 4 / 10 Queen's Own Buffs - Canterbury C ricket
6 Middlesex R egt. Golfing Society Spring M eet- W eek.
Queen's Own Buff s A ssociation Canterbury
10 ing, North H ants. Golf C lub, Fleet. R emembrance Service and R eunion.
!I Royal Sussex A ssociation Aubers Ridge/ Dun-
12 kirk Parade and Service, Hastings. 2 1/ 24 Middlesex R egt. A ssociation visit to M ons
16 Royal Sussex A ssociation K ettering Branch for ceremonies in connection with the 59th
16/ 17 anniversa ry of the Battle of Mons.
18 Reunion .
18 Middlesex R egt. Officers' C lub Cocktail P arty, 24/ 25 Royal Sussex Officers' C lub, Goodwood
United Service and Royal Aero C lub, London . R a ces.
19 Middlesex Association Annual R eunion, P or-
20 September Goodwood
20/ 26 chester Hall, London.
26/28 ALBUHERA DAY 8 Sevastopol Day - 2nd Bn.
31 Roya l Sussex Officers' C lub Goodwood 9 Salemo Day - 1st Bn.
13 Quebec Day - 3rd Bn.
R aces. 18 Royal Sussex Officers' C lub,
Queen's Surreys Golf Society M atch v R oyal
Marines, Richmond. (Provisional ). R aces ( Royal Sussex Stakes).
Annual R eception and Cocktail P arty, Queen's
Own Royal W est K ent Regt. Officers' C lu b- October
National Army Museum, Chelsea, SW3 .
Queen's Surreys WOs' and Sgts' Association 4/ 5 Queen 's Surreys Golf Society Autumn M eet-
AGM and Annu al Dinner, Kingston . ing, Richmond .
Royal Sussex C ricket v Duke of Norfolk's XI, Queen's Surreys Officers' C lub Annual Din-
Arundel Castle ( 12 noon ).
Army Golfing Society Spring Meeting, Muir- ner, London.
2/7 th Bn . Middlesex ( 1939-45 ) Annual Din-
field. ner at Victory Ex-S ervices C lub, Seymour
Tidworth Tattoo.
Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society v K ent Street, London W 2.
County Constabulary, L eeds Castle. 6 Queen's Surreys A ssociation Annual R eunion,

Kingston .
12 Middlesex R egt. Autumn Golf M eeting at

No rth H ants Golf C lub, Fleet, H ants.
13 Queen 's Surreys WOs' and Sgts' A ssociation

Ladies Dinner and D ance, Kingston.

June November

I Glorious First of June-lst Bn. I 0 M iddlesex R egt. Association ceremon y at Field
1 Ladies' Guest Night, HMS Excellent. of R emembrance, W estminster Abbey.
2 Cricket Match v HMS Excellent, Whale
11 M iddlesex R egt. Association R emembrance
I sland. D ay Service, Inglis Barracks Mill Hill ,
2 Royal Sussex Band R eunion. followed by R eunion at T & AVR Centre,
15 Queen's Surreys Officers' C lub Cocktail P arty, Edgware.

London. 11 Queen's Surreys Remembrance Day P arades,
16 Depot Open Day, Bassingboum. Kingston and Guildford.
17 Queen 's Surreys R egimental Association An-
ACKNO*WLE*DGE*MENTS
nual Cathedral Service, Guildford .
22/ 24 Aldershot Army Display. The Editor acknowledges with thanks, receipt of
30 to M aidstone C ricket Week. the follow ing publications:

6 July Owle Pie ' 72 ; The Fusili er, D ecember '72;
Soldier, D ecember '72; Queen's Surreys Newsletter,
November ' 72 ; Legion (Canadian) November and
D ecember ' 72, J anu ary and February '7 3; J ournal
(British Legion) J anu ary, February and March ' 72 ;
HMS Brighton-Newsletter ; " S tar & Garter ", New

Year 1973.

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The lst Battalion

Editorial fondly remember the extremely high standard achieved
by all Unitarians in the art of delivering abuse and
THE acute pain which is usually experienced in generally imitating the antics of wild banshees. Nor
will they have forgotten the propaganda campa1gn
the preparation of these notes is somewhat waged in the column s of the I rish News by certain
Unitarians agai nst the Company's "frequent orgies of
relieved on this occasion by the knowledge that drunken violence" and its "unremitting campaign of
all 1st Bn . readers will see them for the first time oppression and intim idation of innocent c iti zens"!!
while basking in the tranquility and normality of
Inevitably, the men of Support Coy. and the B
Bulford-assuming of course that we will have Coy. platoon attached to them, will remember, above
returned by then from our winter holidays in the all, their pat rolling of the heart of the New L odge-
a task which posed considerable problems and de mand-
sun . ed the highest standa rds of ale rtness and concentration .
It was in th is area that the Provisional IRA directed
There has been much discussion of late on the some of its most vigorous action aga inst the Battalion,
subj ect of just where that win ter sun is most likely to and much credit is due to those who withstood this
be located. Copies of intreps, incident reports, patrol pressure without destroying the (albeit ) tenuous and
programmes, wanted-persons posters and Playboys slender thread of communication which existed between
which dominated Ops rooms for so long gave way to us and the people of this Cathol ic ghetto.
a rich harvest of travel brochures; these have con-
vinced many of us that our sole hope of surviving E ach month of our tour has had its particul ar
1973 lies in spending three weeks on the sun-kissed highlights, such as an important series of find s and
beaches of the M editerranean, or in the pure, crisp arrests or a major shoot-out, but by and large, the
ai r of snow-covered Alpine peaks. level of incidents-particularl y those involving bomb-
ings and shootings- remained f airl y constant through-
It seems that whatever we may ha ve expended out ou r stay. Since the New Yea r, however, there was
in terms of physical and mental effort during the four a marked increase in sectarian killings, mostl y in-
months of our Belfas t tour, we have at least managed d iscriminate and perhaps ind icative of the fears and
to hold on to our money! tensions of the population as it awa its with uncertainty
the imminent publication of the White P aper. W e are
But whether we spend our M arch leave amid the all quietl y thankful that we are due to leave before
lang uor of warm beaches or the vigour of the ski- both this publication and the border referendum in-
slope or even amid the despair of rescu ing some long- trude on the already-troubled scene.
neglected vegetable patch in Bulford, each of us will
surely think back occasionall y to our time in U lster. At the time of writing, with the end of our tour
M emories will va ry considerably. here only ten days away, we can all look back with
satisfaction on the past four months' work. W e do not,
M en of A Coy. are likely to think back to the however, delude ourselves into thinking that we h ave
tension of patrolling the hostile northern edge of the achieved any radical changes; if anything, opinions
New Lodge and the Newington area, and the fru stra- seem to have hardened and the communities ha ve
tions of policing the unpred ictable interface along more distinctly polarised themselves since our arrival
Duncairn Gardens. They will remember the four-hour in October last.
gun battle with the Prov isionals du ring the night of
3/ 4 F ebruary in which we fortun ately suff ered no All good stories should h ave a h appy ending and
casualties while inflicting six on the gunmen ; and they ours is provided by C pl. George Amos of B Coy. H e
will probabl y refl ect on the contras t between the vio- was serving in the New Lodge in D ecember with the
lent and antagonistic nature of these parts of their platoon attached to S upport Coy. when he was shot
area and the wa rm hosp itality of Ti!!er Ba y with its in the stomach while on foot patrol. Although he re-
tea-and-cake stops (even at 3 a. m. on C hristmas morn- ceived quite apalling internal injuries. he is now, hap-
ing). pi ly, completing his recovery and en joying sick leave
m England. W e cannot begin to describe the admira-
B Coy. will recall the diffi culties of chasing events tion and pride in fi ghtin g his wa y to an almost-impos-
in the northern suburbs of Belfast, a task which has sible recover y. On such a happy note we are more th an
been inevitably fru strating in such a large area of conten t to bid farewell to thi s province-at least for
scattered and sprawling housing estates, and off erin!! the time being.
only occas ional success in the way of arms finds and
arrests. Thei r memories will include patience-sapping Visitors
confrontations with pig-headed UDA contingents in
towns such as R athcoole and M onkstown as well as W e thought Berlin was bad enough for VIP
more fl eeting, w indscreen-shattering encounters w ith visitors but it just ha sn't compared with the frequency
hit-and-run gunmen on the Shore R oad in G reen- of visits here. E veryone, but everyone, seems to have
castle. been dying to meet us including the Prime Minister,
who very much regretted that it was altogether too
M embers of C Coy. will cast their minds back hairy in our area for him to come ( the 2nd Bn. will
to countless hours spent ( mostly on Sunday after- know that he went to D erry inst ead) !
noons), waiting in the area of Unity Corner to ensure
that everything from funerals to demonstration march- (Continued on page 9)
es passed this potential fl ashpoint in peace. They will
also be able to refl ect on the many occasions thev
were called out to deal with bomb scares in the North
W est Corner of the city centre, and no doubt will

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"Visitors"- (continued f rom page 7) 9

Bombin gs

We had a tota l of 22 serious explosions in our
area duri ng our tou r ; bomb hoaxes have totalled 202 .
S topping the IRA bombing campaign was one of our
main preoccupations and a lot of hard work certam ly
achieved a significant cut in the number of car bombs.
( As we write, we have yet to make it too difficult for
terrorists to carry them in shopping bags ) .

We worked closely with the ATOs (or bomb dis-
posa l teams ) and learned, at first hand, to admi re
their cool courage and sk ill.

O ur picture shows the ( then ) G OC N orthern Ireland, ( Top ): A typical IRA bomb defused by ATO .
Lt.-Gen. Sir H arry Tuzo, K C B, OBE, M C, (arrowed ) (Lowe r ): Results of a typical I RA bomb NOT de-

arrivmg at G irdwood Park. fused by ATO !

Patrolling Vehicle C heck Points

Patroll ing, whether it be on foot or in vehicles, W e all became well-practiced in the art of setting
was our maJor and very necessary task in Belfast; it up VCPs and checking vehicles in and out of Belfa st .
enabled us to gain information, to ferret out illegal ( 25,000 was our score when this was written). VCPs
arms and ammunition hides, to react to trouble as it were a constant feature of our day to da y activity,
occurred, and also to prevent the re-emergence of the and although rewa rds were small in terms of arms
"No-Go Areas" which were such an embarrassment fin ds and arrests, one will never know how many
prior to operation "Motorman" in 1972 .

A demanding and onerous task by day and by
night, patroll ing had its tangible rewards as can be
seen in the following list of our successes aginst the
Provisional IRA:-

Finds: Rifl es, 12; Pistols, 7; Rocket L aunchers,
I x Russian R P G 7; D etonators, 4 18; Ammunition,
5 173 rounds; Explosives, 205 lbs; Safety Fuse, 82 ft;
Blast bombs, 21; Rockets, I.

Successful Arrests: I. D etained : Belfast Bde.
Staff, Bde. Training Officer ; Battalion Sta ff , O C 3rd
Bn. PI RA and Adjt. 2nd Bn. P IRA ; Company
Officers (3 rd Bn. P IRA ), O C and Adjt. G Coy; QM
G Coy; Adjt. C. Coy; Next Adjt . C. Coy; QM C
Coy; EO C Coy; Next Adjt. C. Coy; I O C Coy;
OC E Coy; New Lodge Fianna Officer ; OC I Coy;
D . Volunteers (3rd Bn. P IRA), 3 from C Coy.

2. R emanded and C harged with O ffence: Volun-
t"er I Coy, 3rd K1. PIRA ( Possession of explosives ) ;
New Lodge C unman Na M 'Bann ( Possession of an
Armalite); Volunteer New Lodge Fianna ( Attempted
mu rder and possession of an Ml Carbine); Officer
New Lodge Cumman Na M 'Bann (P ossession of illega l
documents); Volunter C Coy. 3rd Bn. PIRA (Posses-
sion of ammo).

IRA Casualties Inflicted by the Battalion : Ki lled,
6; Injured (Confirmed ), I ; Claimed hits ( unconfirm-
ed), 6.

(See pictures on page 14)

10 scares, frequent house sea rches and occasional uplifting
arms and ammunition finds. W e were impressed by the
bombings we deterred or how often we hindered the superb discipline and good humour of the men in the
movement of key terrorists and their arms and amm u- face of jibes and insults from the very people they are
nition. trying to protect.

The Army takes thi s stick, together with often
unfavo urable reports in nation al newspapers and on
television ; perhaps our reporting may be able to re-
dress the balance slightly. It is tragic that the Army
has to be in Ulster, for a semi-martial state is a blot
on the landscape of a civilized society. But during
our short stay we have seen enough to convince us
that only the Army's presence is ave rting an even
worse horror -bloody civil war.

Peter Austin of th e Eastbourne G azell e and Phili p
L ong111a11. of th e W aking News and M ail were th e
last of several journalists fro m the H om e Cou nties to
v isit the B auali on durin g ou r B elfast to w ·. Th ese
v isits, as well as producin g exce llent feature stori es
have also led to over 80 ulocal boy" stories appearing
in our local papers.

Crumlin Road Prison

This prison was a constant thorn in our side, not
only because it happened to stand in our area but
because the 2 IC was appointed Military Assistant to
the Governor.

"One lady owner, 50 m.p.g.-and goes like a bomb".
Pte. Kelf gets rypical sales-talk at a VCP.

IMPRESSIONS OF A VISIT TO 1 QUEENS

IN BELFAST

By Peter Austin and Philip Longman

The Briti sh Pressman visiting troops in Belfast
becomes accustomed to one particular comment: "I
don't know when it's all going to end, . You hea r it
from the officer and from the private soldier; you
hear it in Unity, in New Lodge, at Zap Alley and
Bawnmore; it is a remark which refl ects the fru stra-
tion and despair over the future of the province. And
after nearl y four days travelling the north-west of Bel-
fast with the 1st Bn. The Queen's Reg iment, it is a
feeling we came to share . Who knows when or how
the conflict which has gripped Ulster for years will
end' The politicians, the sociologists, the leader writers
offer solutions, but it would be a brave m an who pro-
fe ssed to know the answer.

Meanwhile the Army has a 24-hour battle to keep
order, enabling people to maintain the pattern of their
daily Jives in even the worst areas. The impress ion
that people at home have is that when the bombers
are not bombing and the terrorists are not spraying
th e streets with gunfire, all is quiet. We were frankl y
amazed by the Arrny's intense security measures. W e
had no idea that the men of 1 QUEENS worked any-
thing up to an 18-hour day, week in, week out. W e
knew nothing of the constant patrolling of trouble
spots, of the thorough-going intelligence n etwork, the
constantly manned observation posts, daily bomb

Consequently any search of the P rison, any mass 11
move of prisoners in and out, or any disturbance with-
in its wa lls, inevitably involved the Batta lion . M artha, they are excellent ambassadors for the Regi-
ment in every respect.
T he potential for t rouble is enormous, with a
serious shortage of trained Prison Staff and an abun- Bandmaster Tom Cricbton.
da nce of hardened criminals who have stup idly been
granted special polit ical stat us and a long list of con- Tom is by no means the convent ional, archetypal
cess ions to normal prison discipline; thus they are Bandmaster that one expects to fi nd in an English
able to hold group trai n ing sessions during which regiment. F or a start there is his Scottish background,
bomb-mak ing lessons, weapon training instruction and not only in terms of nationality but also in h is m ili-
escape planning take place. W OII Ebbens of S upport tary upbringing. H e joined the 1st Bn. The A rgyll
Coy. did extremely well to discover a well-prepa red and S utherland H ighlanders at Stirling Castle in 194 7
escape tun nel just before it could be used for a mass at the age of 16 as a junior Bandsman . As a brass and
Republican break-out; given the circumstances, how- oercussion playe r he blew and tap ped h is way tb rou11h
ever, it can only be a matter of time before sign ifi cant P alestine 1947-48, H ongkon g, J apan and M acao 1949-
escapes arc successfully made. 52 before a motor-cycle accident and an in jury to h is
mouth put paid to h is brass playing. H e was to remain
OFFICERS' MESS with " The Argylls" for eleven more yea rs, d urin ~~;
which he served in British G uiana, Berlin, F inland,
There wa s no corporate M ess li fe in Belfast and Cyp rus, Turkey, W est G ermany, Sweden, R ussia,
therefo re no cent rally-orga nised fun ctions. America, Canada and, whilst in Scotland, h e found
time to marry M arth a in 1956. After four yea rs at
An extremely welcome t rend was set du ring our Kneller H all he was promoted Sch ool Sergeant M ajor
tour by some Officers who were not sen •ing with the in 1966 and in J anuary 1968 joined th e 1st Bn. as
Batta lion but who sacrificed Christmas leave to come Bandmaster.
over and " do their bit" . Thus Lts. A medee Mieville,
Peter H itchcock and Peter Swa nson all came to stay T om C richton is also unconventional in that he
for varying periods (cynics amongst yo u please note must be one of very few Bandmasters who h ave repre-
that none of them qualified for his medal! ) although sented the Army at athletics. In h is day h e was not
Amedee Miev ille rather overdid things by appea ring onl y a fin e I 00 metre and 200 metre spri nter but also
on television on only his second day ! a good, all-round games olaye r, representi ng his Bat-
talion at hockey, basketball and ruj!:by and even gain-
M aj. Bob Acworth rejoined on his return from ing a "colonial cap" as a w ing forward in B ritish
Norway and Lt. D avid P ollard after a short absence G uiana.
at RMA Sandhurst. Capt. Roger Gancz left us just
before Christmas to embark on his long armour course H e recalls two main highligh ts in h is long and
at Bovington and Capt. Roddy M ellotte promptly tore var ied career as a Scottish Bandsman : firstl y, meeting
up his exam papers to come over and, once more, P re mier Kruschev wh en the Band played at the British
take up the reins of Adjutant. Trade F air in M oscow in 1960 ; and secon dly, playi n<!
to a wildly- resoonsive and aopreciative audience of
Lt. Bill Willi ams was slightly wounded in the 40,000 at the H olywood Bowl against a r eali stic, r e-
arm when the Commanding Offi cer's Rover group was oroduction Stirli n!! Castle settin g durin!! a tour of
shot up in J anuary, but is recovering well. The rest Amer ica and Canada in 1962. One amusing incident
of us are hale and hearty and fl exing our dri nki ng (amon!! many) th at b e recalls with particular relish
arms in anticipation of our first part y for some time is the occa sion when , during a tour of T urkev in 1958
on our return to normality. and after a particular Beating R etreat, the Drum
M ajor march ed up to a sen ior T urkish M inister,
OUR BANDMASTER

A Portrait of WOI Tom Crichton

Followers of "Dr. Finlay's Casebook" will know
full well that onl y ch arming people come from T an-
nochbrae. W e certai nly know it in the 1st Bn. beca use
it is from real-l ife T annochbrae (Callande r ), that both
T om and M artha Crichton h ail, and t wo more ch arm-
ing people yo u could not wish to meet. It has certain-
lv been our ori vilege to have T om C richton as our
Bandmaster for the last five years, for during that
ti me he h as not onl y maintai ned the very highest
musical standards w ithin the Band but h as been a
most welcome personality. T ogether with his wi fe

(Top): In the Crumlin escape tunnel-complete with
instant reproducdon TV smile-Maj. "Molev" Ander-

son auditions for "Colditz Story"?!

~
(Lower) : "All you need is a uniform and bare-faced
effrontery and you can bluff your way out of any-
where!" Maj. Mike Newall demonstrating the art.

12 such as strcctlighting, streetcleaning and the need for
community centres can be discussed and sorted out.
sa luted and asked for permiSSIOn to march off with
the words-"Rangers I , Celtic 2"! This caused such J ack Dun lop, a quiet and cha rming Irishman, is
mirth within the ranks of the Band and Drums that the B attalion C ivil R epresentati ve and for all hi s ca lm
the march off was accompl ished onl y with extreme manner he is a very seasoned civil servant ; he works
difficulty. tirelessly on count less proj ects, ca joling, d riving and
bribing the civil authority into action in the Battalion
Tom has found his five yea rs as Bandmaster an
enormously sa tisfying experience. H e remembers with area.
particular pride and pleasure the 13-week tour of Eng- So through the "nctwork "-from the soldiers on
land and Scotland made by the Band in 1970 and also
the 2-yea r tour in Berlin where he was given ample the street, the company commander dealing with the
scope for showing our excellent Band to the Berliners. communit y leaders to J ack Dunl op motivating the civil
He has just completed a four-w eek visit to Belfast authorities-we are trying to re-establish in the loca l
during which time he was particularly pleased to pla y population a new confidence in authorit y and the
before our Brigade Commander ( himself a former chance of a return to normalit y.
Commanding Officer of The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders) on board HMS M aidstone which, as a In Belfast yo ung and old alike have a noticeable
Submarine Depot Ship, had carried him and the Band but silent longi ng to lead a quiet and ordered life and
to Finland in 1957. many come forwa rd prepared to establish community
centres. Our effort s are directed towards finding these
We have recently learned that Tom is to retire people, forming them into committees and helping
this year and is to take up a post as Director of Music them organise and build youth clubs, community
at Gordon Boys School, Waking. During his music centres and discos. There are some sixteen centres in
classes he will undoubtedly communicate to his pupils various stages of completion; each has been th e idea
his own enthusiasm for the music of Brahms, Berlioz of a member of the public and we have helped to get
and Sibelius; no doubt too, that the school's music these established so th at hundreds of people might
will be well directed! There is absolutely no doubt that have some place to meet, talk, dance, have children
we will all miss Tom and Martha Crichton; we will cared for and generall y relax and have some fun .
miss their charm, their wanm hospitality, their cheer-
ful good-humour, and we all wish them well-deserved Th e Band h as had a most successful tour pla ying
success and happiness when they leave the Battalion twice a day in all sorts of places- factories, clubs,
in September. sh acks and hospitals. S / Sgt. Scullion has coached
many youngsters in the art of trampolening, somer-
COMMUNITY RELATIONS- saulting and weightlifting and helped to train other
youth leaders in this noble art .
or "Can we leave you to it now?"
The men of the Battalion have done a great job,
By the Community Relations Officer not only in pursuit of gunmen but also in bringing a
spark of humour and goodwill to the population and
It would be wrong to believe that a Battalion in the beginnings of a belief in a new future for Northern
Belfast spends all its time in sea rch of the gunmen, Ireland. This does not require any further help from
their weapons and explosives; each one of us eagerl y us; in other words- "Can we leave it to you now ?>~
looks forward to the day when Northern Ireland will
manage its affai rs without the presence of soldiers. A Children's Christmas party at Carnmoney-(1 to r):
great deal of our effort therefore is d irected towards Cpl. Ibbotson, L/ Cpl. Assing, S/ Sgt. Scullion
building up the confidence of the Irish in their forces (APTC), Cpl. Miller (RAPC), Sgt. Senng and
of law and order and their government services. I wi ll
try and tell you how we do this. WOII Holland.

In some areas the police are most unwelcome and
haven't been seen for some yea rs; rents go uncollected
as too often the rent man has been robbed of h is t ak-
ings. The Housing E xecutive are powerless to allocate
some houses, and as new flats near completion, squat-
ters arrive; but they are not interfered with since there
is no one to issue and enforce ev iction certificates.
There are certain streets which the plumber and elec-
trician never visit and which are never cleaned. H ere,
many young mothers have no clinics or post nata l
centres, and young people no discos or clubs.

"What can this possibly have to do with a Bat-
talion?" you ma y ask. Well the soldier h as replaced
the constable on the beat and he is the man who can
find out what it is that is worrying people- what their
their problems are- what they need?

"The hot water system doesn't work in my fl at"
- "Don 't worry madam I'll get someone to see to it".
''There are rats in that disused house".-"Never mind
luv-we'll get a man to fix it". "What are youse xxx
soldiers doing about those xxx pigs over there"-
"Watch your bloody language m adam"!

In time, the Company Commander makes con-
tact with elected community spokemen and problems

13

OUR SUPPORTERS

Profile By courtesy of
PRO S.E. Distri ct

WOII V. D. EBBENS

WOII Victor Ebbens who comes from M crton
Park, L ondon SW20 is pictured showing his versa-
tility: one day entertaining a you ng chi ld from a Bel-
fast Orphanage at a C hristmas party run by hi s Com-
pany; the next, discoveri ng a real Colditz-style escape
tunnel leading into Crumlin R oad Prison .

WOII E bbens is married with a three-yea r-old
daughter. His service with the 1st Bn. has ta ken him
to K enya, Uganda, H ong K ong, W est Germany,
Canada, Bahrein and Berlin.

H e joined the Army as a boy soldier in 1960 .
Now aged 27, he is serving on a 22 yea r engagement.

(Top ): Cpl. Payne, REME.
(Centre ): Sgt. Pcarson, Cfn. Lister and Cfn . Ransom

with a rare half-track.

(Lower): L / Cpl. Hunt, ACC.

14

All pictures

by C/ Sgt. P . }ones

"Patrolling"
(See article on page 9)

(Top): Arms and ammo found during a Sp. Coy. (Top): L / Cpl. Goldie and Pte. Desborough give
search in which all Companies took part. The SLR cover from a Saracen to an A Coy. patrol in north

belongs to the 3rd Bn! New Lodge.

(Lower): (Centre): (Front to rear): Cpl. lbbotson, L/ Cpl.
Sgt. Murphy, A Coy. search team Commander. Mitchell and Pte. Booker, on a B Coy. country patrol.

(Lower): Sgt. Hedges gives cover to his C. Coy.
patrol in Unity Flats.

15

The 2nd Battalion

Editorial Hughe.<, Brown, Watson, Hatcher and H arwood,
newly-arrived from the Depot.
D URING our last month in Londonderry we
Before we van ished on leave Pte. " Moggy" Moore
had a number of important visitors whom got himself married and we wish them both every
we were ve ry pleased to see: M aj.-Gen. J, B. good fortun e. During leave, Pte. Glen Tuffrcy got
engaged to be married yet again and L / Cpl. Vie Sulli-
Dye, CBE, MC, Colonel Commandant The van and Pte. "H" H oneysett worked for th e Post
Office. (I s this why Christmas mail was so delayed? )
Queen's Di vision, came to Creggan Camp on 8th Cpl. Tojo P oynton returned looking more like a beer
November and was followed (at Brooke Park on barrel than ever and the CS M swears he lost weight.
Yet another draft awaited us-Ptes. Veaney, Hitch-
14th November) by Maj .-Gen. W. M . R. Scotter, man ( brother of "Scratch" ), Chandler and Brass. W e
OBE, MC, the newly-appointed Director of Mili- sa id au revoir to L / Cpl. Johnson-Perkins, Ptes. Nic-
holls and Impett ( M orta rs), Walker and Couldwell
tary Operations. The Chief of the General Staff, (Anti-Tanks), H ea th and Worrell (Recce PI.), Arnold
( Assault Pioneer ) and Gadsby ( J,I.W., Preston ).
Gen. (now F.M.) Sir Michael Carver, GCB , 2/ Lt . Hughes has arrived to take over I PI. while Sgt.
" Hobbitt" H amill is deafening 3 PI. with his laug h.
CBE, DSO, MC, ADC, visited Brooke Park and
Rosemount on 16th November, and the Prime We arc to run the Divisional Low L evel Air D e-
fence Camp at Todendorf this summer and, as this is
Minister, together with the Secretary of State for close to H amburg, we hope to sa mple the dubious de-
Northern Ireland, Mr. Whitel aw, paid a flying lights of that city. Routine seems to be much as be-
fore with fie ld tiring at Sennelager and infantry/ tank
visit to Creggan Camp on the foll owing day. training at Soltau. During the year we shall lose the
OC ( to the N. Ireland Training and Advisory Team ),
W e handed over a domin ated Creggan Estate, the CSM ( to the TA ) and Sgts. Redman and Watch-
Rosemount and the Enclave to 1st Bn . Grenadier ous to the J,I.B . and to Recruiting, respectively. W e
Guards between 27th and 29th November, and also are confident however, that plenty of Grenad ier Coy
an IRA RPG 7 Rocket L auncher captured jointly on spirit remains and we intend giving all corners a run
our last morning. Our final score was 20 Provisional for thei r money in the Invicta Competition.
IRA gunners or bombers arrested and ch arged.
Pte. 'Moggy' Moore of A Coy., marries Fm. Monica
The return fli ghts to Germany went off well after Elizabeth Neuhaus at St. Matthew's Church, Albu-
a fog-bound-and-broken-down-aircra ft start ; four days
of cleaning up and h anding in our equipment ensued hera Barracks, Werl.
before we all (except the Rear Part y) left on our six-
week block leave. B COMPANY
We left yo u in this position 'ere; to be precise
We are now aga in in the throes o f "normal'' in the middle of C reggan Camp. All too soon our
RAOR soldiering again : numerous cadres and courses short stay came to an end and by the 1st November
are being- run, ski training- on Exercise "S now Queen", we were virtually non-operational. C / Sgt. Barnacle
cold weather clothing trial s on Exercise urack Fro~t" , had withdrawn all the IS kit and was insisting on
and shooting on the ranges. Ahead of us lie our PRE packing boxes; he spent ever-increasing hours (and
ond FFR inspections and then field tiring at Senne- finally days) in the haven of the Echelon but
loeer: C Cov. to Italy in M av; B Cov. to T odenrlorf apparently all in a good cause as we paid no bills and
(• lso in May) and fin ally, training at Soltau wi th 9th/
12th Lancers.

It was very nice to see Lt.-Col. M. T. Doyle,
MBE. wh o visited us from the D epot recently.

On the sporting front we arc a bit hamoered bv
fro7en pitches, though the gladiators are in action
agai n.

A COMPANY

Our last few weeks in L ondonderry passed quietlv
nT"}til the last evening when we were under command
I Grenadier Guards. Their CO, motoring round our
area, surorised three men bringing a light rocket
launcher ( RPG 7) out of a house; the launcher was
caoturerl but unfortunately the "gun team" got away.
No. 1 PI. and the majority of 2 PI. cordoned and
searched several houses but sadly with no results.
After this the bombers had a busy night and London-
rlerry rocked to the blast of h alf a doze n bombs, none
fortunately in our area. The next day we gladly shook
the dust of D erry from our DMS boots and winged
011 r wav back to Werl, wh ere our gallant rear oartv
I S ~ t. T errv H itchman and L / Col. Mick M cllwaine)
h ad our redecorated barrack blocks awaiting us. Also
awaitin g us was an excellent caotive audience for our
war stories, in the shape of Ptes. Vcsscy, Murray,

16 C COMPANY
Everyone managed to catch the flights home for
any deficiencies we invited the Commanding Officer block leave although one or two have failed to return.
to \Vrite ofT-which he did. A few missiles were, how- All appeared to have had an enjoyable time and after
ever, directed in the general direction of C / S 2 and a th e first week of normal training, realised just how
couple of them hit. But as the senior management were out of condition they we re; with the emphasis on
sti ll wearing their Flak J ackets on 20 J an, no casu- physical fitne ss, everyone ( including Coy. HQ, led by

alties were sustained. C COMPANY CAPERS
Sterling work by Cpl. Lee ( since, regrettably, de- (Top): A posse at "Snipers Comer"-(1 to r) : Sgt.
Hunt, L/ Cpls. Williams and Desmond and Driver
parted ) and his press-ganged stand-in, Cp l Fitzgerald,
produced all the bumph required for block leave flights Allen waiting to join the fray.
(Centre): Pte. Savage, wounded after a fracas with
and even "S now Queen One" in January.
By 20th November the advance party of Queens the mob.
(Lower): After the bombing- "Wcll, sir, I don't care
Compan y of the Grenadiers had arrived and were what you say, I'm not parking up here again!" 2/ Lt.
swiftly taken round the "P arish" to lea rn the ropes.
Principles of Fire and Movemen t we re taught and W ake, Sgt. Hunt and L / C pl. Desmond.
thigh muscles developed rapidl y when crouching be-
hind hedges. The flight plan eventually materialised
and the in-fighting began as to who would leave 0:1
C halk Two, which left five hours before the rest. ( The
problem wa solved with the minimum of fuss by the
CSM who detailed himself and fifteen! ) Our patrols
continued to dominate the area until 1030 hrs. on 27th
November. A slidex message was prepared to be sent
over the Grenadier's rad io (ours had been taken away
after two days un ravelling of wi re by Cpl. Venmore
and his Signallers). In the event " Exercise Ends" was
a damp squib as the Grenadiers had radio problems-
a consolation to L / C pl. Williams!

Apart from a four-hours delay at Drumahoe, the
passage home was smooth. The fli ght plan was
chaotic but the gall ant UEO, who was not in contact
with the airport at all, simpl y pushed everyone towards
Aldergrove and prayed, and the RAF-with a consta nt
stream of soldie rs arri ving-had no option but to fl y

them out.
Spirits were high at A ldergrove; no heroes wel-

come, but the sight of Chalk One still wa iting did our
morale good, as did the sight of the G renadiers h av-
ing thei r duty free impounded; thi s led to a rousing
soldiers f~ rewell-"We wish you a M erry Christ-

mas ..
The two or three days spent in W erl before Block

Leave were a distinct anti-climax; the first flight was
at 0700 hrs. on 3rd D ecember. One member of the
Company headed for H ambu rg thinki ng the plane
left from there! Not until 30th J anuary was he able
to explai n.

Just to enli ven things, an instant aud it was pro-
duced which sent the m a n a~e rs off to check mess
stock ; we knew a full weekend would ha ve to be spent
on the dreaded auditing on ou r return .

M onday 15th January was a CSM's nightmare
and the followin g one was likewise but by I st
February, the nightmares h ad ceased as the brai ns were
numb from the numbers game and constant amend-
ments to the forecas t designed to keep us fl exible.

W e h ave lost a few stalwart Company members
to the Signals and Recce Pis. and to Invicta Coy. and
wish S<rt. Blanchette all the best at the "Orficer F ac-
to ry". W e welcome a host of n ewcome r~-Ptes. Arm-
strong ( 39), Armstrong (62), Clover, Smith ( anoth-
er ), and the rest. All the NCOs are off on Cadres
and courses of one so rt or another. Co n ~ ratu l a tion s to
Burke and C ulbertson on being granted the right to
wear the cloth on the left and the right shoulder re-
spectively. Sgt. H ennan Gill is more than welcome,
especially for his fluent German; his first mission will
be as "procurer" for a Comoany Dance. Our OC and
2I C are the only fixture s and, on the da y of the annual
inquisition, will be found play ing War G ames in the
M ess (there bei ng no soldiers left to command );
actually they will both be tryi ng to sort out the prob-
lem of running AALLAD at T odendorf in M ay.

the OC ) soon fe lt the stiff ening eff ects. CSM (Zebe- 17
dee ) Boyne, who put on a few pounds during leave,
is hopping a round on one leg! C/ Sgt. Ferrym an went their diffe rent roles ) has a fai r bit of au tonom y and
on leave ye t again, prior to his departure on a postmg the Drums a re in Command Coy. I n L ondonderry we
we re a united Compa n y and a perfect unde rstanding
and we all wish him well . developed, as is to be expected in times of stress . This
Capt. Ga rdine r is away on Exercise "S now spirit is of enormous va lue now we are back in Werl.
W e are very sad to lose the Drums who return ed to
Queen", and we welcome his repla~ement, Capt. Command Coy. Thank you all-" M a jor" and Drum-
" R ifles" P eterson. Although the latter IS no stranger mers-for your tremendous contrib ution to our e ffort s
to most of us, this " tough Ca nad ian who drinks " R ed in Ireland. Our other considerable loss was the 2IC,
Eyes11 is not so easy for a "touch" as his predecessor! Capt. Richa rd Murph y; he comma nded the Compan y
fo r its moves from W erl to Ba!l ykelly and ( a week
On 2nd D ecember a Compan y Smoker (small later ) to the C reggan. Therea fter he carried the bu rd-
style) was held before our departu re on leave. Pte. ens of "dog " watch in the Ops. R oom and Compan y
Tich Minter of 9 PI. m anaged to get hunself hand- administration ; our best wishes to h im as OC Com-
cuff ed to the ba r for 30 minutes and was onl y re- mand Coy. where the Drums are pa rt of his empire.
leased because of a very real threat of a type of acci-
dent which wo uld have been socially embarrassing for During the last weeks in L ondonderry, we spent
him. Sgt. Frost had several " hairs of the dog " after a two of them operating in the Enclave. Mullennan
ve ry eventful Sgts' M ess "do" the night before. Farm-where we had spent 16 days in September -
was revisited, with a platoon in residence. Once more
Pte. Thorne returned from leave stouter than be- the owner offered his " B Specials" advice ( which was
politely ignored!) on the siting of sentries and trip
fore; likewise C pl. Gorse . flares and on likely enemy ap proaches; from the IRA
Congratulations to L / C pl. Russell 's wife for pro- attack on his h ouse in 192 1, he professed to know
from wh ich d irection the danger would come!! Noth ing
ducing her baby boy three weeks into the leave. had changed-post 3 was as lonely as ever and the
W h i 1s t welcoming 2/ Lt. Whithouse, Ptes. Saracens, which only had 3 inches clearance on either
side, continued to knock down the sandbagged Post I
Houghey, K ing and Monrose, we also say fa rewell to at the arched entrance to the farm . All of us including
2/Lt. Murray RAO C, who has departed to the land Coy. HQ and the snipers " R ag, Tag and Bobtail " con-
tinued to lie up watching the C ustoms P osts at Mul-
of ledgers and books in RAOC country. lennan and Killea . Both had been attacked and blown
The L azy Saints ( I 0 PI. ) distinguished them- up (16 and 18 times respecti vely) but in our time all
was quiet; they were, however, attacked soon after we
selves by patrolling up to the last moment in N. Ire- handed over the area.
land, and, after having handed over all the IS Kit to
the Grenadiers, were placed on Immediate Standby to For this las t fortnight the R ecce Pl. was also
go to the assistance of one of the other Coys. In spite under our command- a refreshing experience for both
of the inevitable order, counter-order and disorder the
"Saints, remained their usual phlegmatic selves. EAST KENT

Some incidents will remain preserved for time NEWS & PICTURES
immemorial--captured by our own photographer, C pl.
P aul "call me Snowdon " K ennedy (some of whose in the
effort s appea r in this edition ). It was he who provided
the evidence that 2/Lt. W ake's hair ( the length of KENTISH
which caused considerable rumours about sir's genes),
GAZETTE
should have been kept in a hai rnet!
Ptes . Campbell and R oberts are viewing the P o- EVERY

tentia l NCOs Cadre with trepidation but it should FRIDAY
work some of the excesses of six weeks leave out of

them.
Farewell to three old hands of 10 PI. : L / C pls.

D esmond and O sborn and Pte. Quigley who are leav-
in g for Civvy Street (L / C pl. D esmond had plent y of
practice at this in N. Ireland ) ! Ptes. Coady and M or-
riss have gone to Support Coy. and we welcome Ptes.
Pennells, Fahey, J eff eries and Humphrey from the
Depot. Congratulations to Pte. and Mrs. J im Strick-
land on the birth of their da ughter, Emma J ane.

Cpl. T erry of 11 PI. has dec ided to go on a diet
and P te. Thompson ( 97) has found himself a wife.
Lt. Cann and Brutus are back with the Battalion and
we welcome Ptes Chittock, H olliday, P etrie and
Singers, recentl y joined from the D epot.

SUPPORT (INVICTA) COMPANY

Our final record in Northern Ireland included:
seven company moves ( the platoons achieved m any
more ); 28 arrests ( of wh om nine were subsequentl y
charged or detained) and abo ut 3~ tons of explosive
mixtures recovered, plus a large quantity of ammu-
nition. All these totals we re more than any other
Company although we did not recover any weapons.
In any case we all know the saying about lies, dam n

lies and statistics!
Ireland seems a whole wo rld awa y but the eff ect

it h as had on the Compan y has been to weld it to-
gether. In Germany, each of our three platoons ( with

18 (Top): Repelling boarders from Creggan Camp.
(Lower): Rioters at bay. The Anti-Tank PI. in
sides which worked wonderfull y well ; with the Assault
Pioneer PI. back under command as well, we number- defence.
ed 170 or more, but we had to control a border 12
miles long as well as a large area of farmland and COMMAND COMPANY
villages. The cheerfulness of the R ecce PI. was an
inspiration (especially Cpl. M oss!) although the radiO After a period ( in Ireland ) when the company
procedure on such a large company net gave L / Cp!. was split and we were farmed out around the battalion ,
Murphy many headaches. Unauthorised appo intment we have reasse mbled and started functioning as a
titles like " Rodent " were used shamelessly by OC company once more. M a j. Goring left in Jul y, and
Recce when referring to the Bn . P est Control Officer Maj . Pitman took his place; he has however, now de-
(CSM Prudence!) The Assa ult Pioneer PI., strength - parted and it is Capt. Murphy's turn to take the cha ir.
ened by members of Admin. Coy. ( and under Com- CSM Ong!ey has gone to B Coy., and C/ Sgt. D ow-
mand of Sgt. Atkins with PI. Sgt. "Red Beard" Rust ) sett has taken his place. C/ Sgt. Guillaume is about to
worked hard and together with R ecce PI. kept the leave us, and C / Sgt. L ast will replace him as C QM S.
roads clear and also guarded the camp .
The Drums have rejoined us; the Signals, R ecce
Special mention must be made of C pl. " J ack" and Drums Pis. are all getting new blood and we we!·
D aw (of the MT PI. ) and Signallers Ptes. P eacock, come all our new members, including Capt. Shephard,
Prior and Clarke, all of whom worked hard and C/ Sgt. Burr and Sgt. Atkins, who have joined as part
efficiently, especiall y in Creggan Camp. W e congra tu- of the Training T eam.
late the Corporal on his well-earned promotion.
Signal PI.
On the lighter side, the saga of the water ca nnon
is worth recalling: Having completed our 2,88 0 radio checks in
Ulster ( and had our leave to recover from the rep lies),
Large crowds of about 200 youths and boys we are now plunged into the hectic BAOR Trai ning
stoned No. 3 sanger each evening and so the cannon Season in such a way th at we already feel some need
which had been parked at Bligh 's Lane was brought for more leave !
to Creggan Camp. This huge bea st h ad a range of
about 40 yards but the dye used ( the strength of The Platoon, much diminished, is currentl y occu-
which was laid down in some Army R egulation ) was pied with the annual Signals Cadre. Our tour in
singularly weak and we had little faith in it. On the Ul ster did not benefit our radios grea tly-most of
first occasion the cannon was used, the opposition which are still in workshops-but we hope that at
shouted obscenities but although they got a soaking, least one will soon be returned so that our cadre
they appeared to enjoy it ( the weather was warm ).
On day two, the crowd returned in larger numbers
but the weather was cold; a second soaking was dis-
pensed. On the third day, opposition numbers whittled
to about 25 and the cannon was not even used.

On da y four-nil! It was, however, a slightly
two-edged weapon. To surprise the crowd, pan of the
corrugated iron was lowered like a drawbridge so that
the cannon could fire through it but on a limited
arc, but, if the firer swung too far left or right, the
water splashed back soaking those nearby-including
Capts. White and Low on one occasion!

An alternative method of dealing with the crowds
was to fire a volley (or two ) of rubber bullets. This
the Anti Tank PI. did to good effect when, on one
memorable evening (a fter Lt. Peter McLelland had
bemoaned the fact that he h ad never fired rubber
bullets) they were faced with a hostile bottle-throw-
ing mob. To Mr. McClelland's and C/ Sgt. Vale 's
satisfaction, the platoon lined up in two ranks, the
front rank kneeling, and fired volleys to clear the
opposition. With the grim back drop of C reggan Camp
it looked rather like a scene from Omdurman!

Back in W erl, the three platoons are working
hard to brush up their specialist skills. The Monar
PI. fires at the annual Divisional concentration in mid
F ebruary and so the race to achieve the highest stan-
dards is on. C/ Sgt. W atson, Sgt. Parker, Cpls. France
and Rutter have all recently returned with good reports
from Netheravon-the last three all got 'B '- so there
is no doubt the platoon should do well .

Congratulations to Sgt. and Mrs. Jones on becom-
ing the proud parents of a son, and welcome to
L /Cpls. Johnson-Perkins and Newick, Ptes. Hubucks,
Morriss, Nicholls, Simmonds, Wicken, Croucher ( 35 ) ,
Couldwell, Coady, Fuller, Skinner, W akefi eld, Walker,
Arnold and Hobden.

studen ts can see what a radio looks like. In the mea n- W e have two new titles: one is- " 1'11 Never Do
time Sgt. H olman, L / C pls. Boden and Miller are Rear D etails Aga in "; the other-ult's The Strain of
busil y making ca rdboard replicas. C pl. Wild (on loan No rthern Ireland" ( both are C lassics in their own
from C Coy.) and L / Cpl. Gower are lucky; they are right, composed by two quite famous people from the
instructing on field telephones- and we do h ave some MT PI. ) Any off ers for tunes and lyr ics?

of them. W e all eventuall y go mad in the MT PI. ; even
WOII Standfield has been given all the office our MT C lerk 'phoned 41 7 for ten minutes before he
rea li sed it was hi s own number!
work to do; this mainly consists of trying to explain
why we have twice as many telephones as any other W e welcome Ptes. P enfold, Lawrence, Foster and
units- and wh y we use them to make so many irregu- Twi~g s and congrat ulate Cpl. Daw on his recent p ro-
lar telephone ca ll s.
motion .
Our other main concern has been the preparati on
of our APCs for the PRE. Sgt. H amilton, R . Sigs., T o those who have been hiding away on "S now
has taken charge of our four remaining privates (some Queen", we say ''you'll be sorry!"
arc on courses) and they devote most of their energies
to getting the A P Cs up to standard . Recce PI.

Drums PI. After a long-dese rved leave, we began a frant ic
fortnight of organising clothing, vehicles and various
" Goodbye Support Coy.-Hello ( again ) Comd. items of kit in preparation for Exercise "Jack Frost",
designed to test the DPM P arka, quilted underj acke t,
Coy!" waterproof oversuit together with nylon gloves and
W e bade farewell to " lnvicta" and say thanks sock s.

for having us; we look forward to a re-union in The exercise was conducted in the Winterberg
D ecember . ( Wh at would they have done without the Area for three 36-hr. phases. A team of five scientists
from the Army Personnel Research E stablishment de-
Drums)?? scended upon us; we were wired up with probes which
W e have accepted many important engage ments were plugged into a sonic box to measure the skin
temperature of toes, back, thi gh and fingers-every
this coming yea r which will be highlighted by our re- three hours ! W e were also required to urinate at least
turn to Nijcmgen for the marches in Jul y. ( Take note,
5 QUEENS ). ! pt. into a plas ti c container every fi ve hours to meas-

F arewell to our fai thful servants L / Cp l. Frank ure our "core temperature"! Thi s gave rise to man y
Longmore, and Dmrs. J ack Shields, Charlie C lements rude comments, much self control and numerous amu s-
and Lee D aniel who are taking up civilian jobs, and ing anecdotes.
welcome to L / C pl. Roger W ard, Tony Kitchen and
Rick Undasan. To help us with rea lity, we h ad an enemy of I0
fantasian s under Lt . " Rudolf' J elfoski from A Coy.
W e've given ou rselves six weeks to reach a high Happily, they too suffered, mainl y due to C pls. Barry
stand ard of buglin g before the CO's annu al Bugle Moss and Brian Miller issuing a dail y "wanted" list.
Competition ( on 28th February ). This contest pro- It is sa id that L / C pl. ' Bonzo' Sullivan actually chain -
duces the very best from our buglers, the present CO's ed himself to his enem y landrover to evade capture
bug ler being Cpl. D avid Clare. and subsequent interrogation by L / Cpl. Stan C rack
and Pte. ' Mick the knife' Inman.
We have wasted no time in adding to our ,·e per-
toire, popul ar favou rites such as " Mouldy Old At the end of the exercise, the APRE team were
Dough ", "Pop Corn " and the latest German hits. delighted with thei r results, praising our efforts and
co-operation . At times it was bitterl y cold with tem-
At the time of writing the Corps of Drums, peratures of minus 15'C; however we all agreed that
among their many other activities, are concentrating though it had been a long time since we had suff ered
on losing weight and getting "streamlined"- one so much it was also a long time since we had so many
act ivity with which th e Drum Major is out of step! laughs ! L / C pl. Marrow O 'Connor suffered frostbite
and now mutters "O h for 'cushy' B Coy." L / Cpl.
MT P I. " Dicky" Akehurst endeared himself to the APRE
team by stating that he had never felt the cold; he
Long hair etc., after six weeks block leave, re- wisely plugged his probes into the auxiliary light
sulted in "man y extras", as well as many moans and socket of his landrover and kept the engine running!
groans from culprits who were told to "get it cut !"
Nevertheless, within a few hours a working detail was W e must mention our LAD team who accom-
r each ed. panied us, and for whom nothing was too much
trouble: C pl. 'Pinky' P erkins and L / Cpl. 'Killer' Cox
M essrs. P yman and C roucher immediately who, much to Capt. P at Burke's astonishment, only
V.O.R 'd every vehicle-tryi ng to put us all out of had to replace one broken half shaft (O C LAD h ad,
work no doubt. C pl. P yman was even seen riding a for reasons unknown, sent 14 h alf shafts with them ;
cyc1e himself, so we have written it into our next B we don 't think he trusts us) !
Veh . Cadre!
We are shortly saying farewell to C / Sgt. Last ;
W e all knew we were back to "Norm" when we shall miss his curry for breakfas t, lunch and tea
Paint I Notice Boards I Twiggs I Stencils/ P err y/ More whilst on exercises! This worries Pte. P aul Komienko
Paint ( Blue ) were issued ( not to mention litter bin s because the Colour Sergeant is not going far-onl y to
and dog-end bins- all painted blue ). Although every- Command Coy.-and he may still feed us in the fi eld
one admits an improvement, the MT Office has, on on occasions! C pl. K eith Richardson and L / C pl.
several occasions, been mistaken for the Orderl y Room.
(Impossible) ! '.Tock' Duncan are off to civvy street; Pte. 'Bugsy'

WOII Po tts is getting a taste of what the MTO D ove to be Trooper Dove of the 4/ 7th Dragoon
and MT C / Sgt. had to cope with in N orthern Ireland Guards; L / C pl. 'Frosbite' O 'Connor and L / Cpl. R ay
- sharing an offi ce wi th Sgt. M ead. Talk about poor H assan to B Coy. W e thank them all for their efforts
cold Fred; everything ends up on Sgt. M ead's table and sense of humour and wish them luck.
( pens being the starred items), even full y-amended
Road R egs.

20 the countryside and border area of the L ondonderry
Enclave. On the latter he was briefed when he v isited
A warm welcome to Sgt. J ames, Ptes. M orrell, the M ortar PI 's. barrack room where its members were
H eath, Fraser and Phillpott, and also to Lt. Mike ] elf formed up hav ing just come in from patrolling the
our Platoon Commander. Capt. Graham White, of border; they were still dressed appropriately-right
"g reen welly" fame, is off to RMA Sandhurst-not down to blackened faces a nd hands- and this fascin-
for re-training, as some wag suggested, but as an ated the PM who wanted to know the eff ectiveness of
instructor! such camouflage. As with 6 PI. , Mr. H eath particular-
ly enjoyed meeting soldiers who live in his constitu-
LIGHT AID DETACHMENT REME ency. In the Mortar PI. room he also m et two ACC
Cooks whose work in Londonderry was of such tre-
By Sgt. J. E. R. Amold, BEM, REME mendous importance to the well-being and morale of
the Battalion ; they were L / Cpls. Aitcheson and H aigh.
The LAD " Op Banner" party under WOII H ay- As Mr. H eath left the Morta rs, he looked up at the
wood returned sa fe and sound from Northern Ireland, !(alaxy of pictures of wanted men on one side of the
but volunteers for the next tour have already com e for- door a nd at the much l a r~ e r, more colourful (a nd
ward led by our own mercenary-newl y- promoted much more interesting ) galaxy of nude pin ups on
L/ Cpl. " Killer" Cox. the other side and told Ca pt . Low and L / Cpl. Vinni-
combe that he hoped the platoon was concentrating on
Preparation for the annual PRE inspection has the former rather than on the latter!
· been eased by the non-usage (for six months) of the
During the visit Mr. Whitelaw was in great
APCs and the resulting inspection and repair pro- spirits and relaxed-for once not being the centre of
gramme completed by the Rear P arty. attention. H e rem arked several times upon how mar-
vellous it was that C reggan Camp had been completed
1973 will see the posting of many 'old faces' led in a period of four months ( a ri sin!( grim and fortress
by ASM Riley to 9/ 12 L ancers and L / C pl. Douglas -like from the hill-side fields ) . However, the two
and C fn. Stedman to Northern Ireland. W e wish suc- Battalions of the Queen's R egiment and I Coldstream
cess to two slightly older faces and one younger in Guards, which had lived in it during those four
WOII Flemen, S/ Sgt. Adams and Sgt. P age on their months, would, probably describe the camp in terms
return to civilian life. With Capt. Burke, S/ Sgts. quite different to " marvellous" !
Smithers and Swinscoe also destined for pastures un-
known this year, there will be many 'N ew Brooms' Mr. Heath's visit was sadly short ; there was not
in 1974. even time for him to have a cup of coffee. The one
"li{!ht opera" moment of his visit occurred at the time
Congratulations to Cpl. Perkins and L/ Cpls. Cox of his depa rture, when h e was switched from the
and Ward on their promotions and also to L / Cpl. and Scout to a Wessex. Three helicopters stood on the
Mrs. Jackson on the arrival of their first born. pad . To which helicopter were he and Mr. Whitel aw
now to travel and where were their shoes? As this
The LAD Club was opened in D ecember and awkward teaser was resolved and the two majors
under the two barmen, L / Cpls. C lark a nd Ward, is ( Butler and Champion ) resumed gum boot duties
proving a good testing ground for the local breweries -neither Maj . H a re nor the Cregl!anites h ad been
echelon vehicles. warned of the aircraft sw itch, it should be hastil y
added!-the famou s smile at last lit the Prime Mini-
With " Snow Queen", Italy, Canada, Soltau, sters face; then seconds later he was gone, somewhat
Northern Ireland and the occasional sports afternoon perplexed, perhaps. whilst looking down at the stark
to come, we look forward to an interesting a nd rewa rd- stalag-type camp below him, tragically necessary in
ing year. the British I sles of the seventies.

THE PRIME MINISTER VISITS THE (See pictures on page 21)
BATTALION IN ULSTER
EXERCISE "SNOW QUEEN"
By Maj. C. D. B. Butler
By Sgt. G.R. Hamilton
The Prime Minister arrived at C reggan Camp
by Scout helicopter at 1030 hrs. on the 17th Novem- If you are a lover of nature or one of those t ypes
ber. The weather was untypically cold with four inches who immediatel y dons skis at the drop of a snowflake,
of snow on the ground-a freak spell for the time of the chances of finding yourself in Hinterstein aren't
year in Ireland and the camp appeared crisper and too remote; Hinterstein can, however, take some find-
cleaner as a result, with the perpetual mud concealed ing. One hundred metres wide, it clings tenaciously
under its whiteness. for three kilometres to a length of road which, just
as tenaciously, endeavours to run parallel to a trickl e
Mr. H eath, looking tired, was assisted into a p air of water that someone has pityingly called the River
of gum boots by a senior ma ior while another senior O stnoch . Guarded fi ercely on two si des b y the
maior carried forward to the helicopter a pair for Mr. Bava rian Alps-and using as a back door the road
Whitelaw. As the Battalion 2IC. Mai. Hare (who which struggles perversely through the mountains for
stood in for the Commandinl! Officer ) greeted the a further ten kilometres or so until it dies a natural
VIPs beside their helicopter, a W essex la nded, deliver- death-the village is someth ing of a fortress.
ing a stinging shower of snow over all those present
who were forced to shelter ineffectively behind the (Continued on page 22)
Scout. After this icy receotion things improved and
Mai. Chamoion introduced Sgt. Wood and 6 PI. to
the Prime Minister whose members Mr. Heath inspect-
ed. The Platoon , looking smart yet resolutely read y
for action, was dressed for street oatrol and riot duti es.
Throughout his short 25 minute v isit Mr. H e.rh posed
aot and penetrating questions as one would exoect
from a Prime Minister who had himself been a C O .
His questioning was serious and intense- as indeed the
situation in Ireland demands- and h e paid particular
attention to the tactics employed bv the Battalion
both on the streets a nd by Support ( Invicta ) Coy. in

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( Top left ) : Maj s. Hare and C hampion show the Prime Minister the Londonderry air. ( Top right ) : Ptes. Huddle,
Roser, H arris and Burke ( aU of B Coy.), chat with the Prime Minister at C reggan Camp on return from
patrol. ( L ower left ): Pte. Burke of B Coy. gives Mr. Williarn Whitelaw a few words of advice ! ( Lower right ):

S gt. Wood talks with Mr. H eath.
Pictures by PRO H Q N. Ireland.

22 " We on ly 'ad one, got him in the stomach; he'~

(Continued from page 20) all right but still in hospital-we turned 'em all over

The members of 2 QUEENS, who are fortunate that day all right. Then they had a go at an Offi cer-
enough to spend two weeks here in the luxu riou s " fi eld
missed 'im though ; ' adn ' t got the gun zeroed; yea h
conditions" of Cafe Edelwerss are, however, certamly pi nt please,. '

not thinking of natural defences, unless it 's to over- " Wot about injured then?"
come those of the Frauleins.
" Oh quite a few- cut heads, like from bott les ·
R ather they are conside ring the likelihood of
Capt . Gardiner say ing " That's enough for one day " a ny bloke with a cut and stitches ca n get £25-don ';
as they side step up the hill for the thousandth time. know who pa ys- yo u, I suppose !"

With two falls of snow since our arrival on lOth " H ow man y of them did yo u get?"
J anua ry, it seem s as if the courses m ay be more..for-
tunate than those last year; already langlauf condltwns "Can 't remember reall y-quite a few; one 'ole
are steadily improving and the slopes at Oberjoch are
swarming with gorgeous dolly birds and ogling Eng- week we wa s out every night lifting 'em".
lischen Soldaten, suave professionals and " I-don' t-
care-if-I-do falloren" (Englischen Soldaten), serious " Lifting-we t d 'yer mea n?"
faced T eutans and laughing-" having-the-time-of-my-
life"- Engli schen Soldaten. One hundred of us will " W ell you know, som e geezer from Special Branch
have been to Hinterstein by the end of M arch.
or Intelligence or something gives us a tip off and we
Nex t yea r it seems that we'll be in Ireland, so I
shan' t get to Bavaria for my third trip . go an d bang on the 'ouse door at Zero Hundred and

"THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY when the door opens in we go--just like a W estern-

WITHOUT A CITY WALL" good fun-lin e 'em all up. Case the joint for guns and

By Capt. R. A. jennin gs ammo a nd then hustle 'em o ff to the Fuzz; funn y,

HAnd the further away it lies, the better"- com- one lift we did it at tea time; all sitting round a table
mon sentiment of many soldier s.
with Mum and Auntie they wa s but they never 'ad a
Based on the first line of the well-known h ymn,
the green hill being where Londonderry's C reggan chance to eat it; they tried running away but we 'ad
Estate now is, the reader is asked to imagine the
following conversation which undoubtedly took place so man y blokes there they couldn 't. Mum and D ad
in many pubs in England between 4th D ecember las t
and 14th January 1973. threw a wobbler and what a b- commotion we 'ad

'Ere mate, yo u was in Londonderry weren' t you ?" getting out to the waggon; all their mates and women
" Yeah, that 's right ; just come back on leave
now" . came out and we gave 'em about 150 rubber bullets
" Wot mob you in then?,
" 2 QUEENS, B Coy ." and a lot of Camping Ga s- good night that ; woman
"Never heard of 'em; wish they'd of kept the old
names, like; I was in the Queen 's Own- P alestine- copper we 'ad with us ; she was wrestling; anyway
you know the Horse-good mob then . Wot's it like?"
"Fink we are something to do with the Queen's we got the two blokes we wanted; they're on 'olida y
relations or something; its all right mate, up and down
like-yeah, a large one please; ta". now for a few yea rs I reckon : Cor hot, init; yea h,
" How long was yo u in Londonderry then? " pint please m ate".
" W ell, 'bout four monfs I reckon ; let's see; we
went to some place by the sea-Bally something- "Where d 'yer live then- in a tent ?''
then the Generals remembered they'd sent for us
special - flown from Germany we was, and they sent "Cor no; funn y it was; we was in a camp about
us on to D erry to keep control. W e did two monfs in
C reggan, before that in a school, supermarket, police quarter of a mile from the C reggan E state with a big
station and a morgue-lice there was there,.
"You was in C reggan, then was you? Yeah, some- wall all round and looking down on to 'em-like a
link a bout it on telly; looked alright to me; quite castle really".
classy; better 'an my gaff in railway cuttings by the
Elephant. Wot they got to moan about then?" OCLEE
" W ell, yea h, it looked all right ; shops, pubs,
churches, b- great modem schools like. No one down to t he Kent Cou nty
the Elephant 'as a rifl e in his bedroom or dynamite in Reg im ents fo r over
' is shed, nor do the kids throw bottles and stones at
you; and I 'a ven't never even 'eard m e Mum swear fifty years.
at Dad on Saturdays like that lot of cows out there-
choice they were!, 35 SANDGATE ROAD ,
uAny bovver, shooting like, then?, FOLKESTONE
"A bit, not much ; not like Belfast but sort of
tense all the time 'cos you never know when someone Telephone 52654
wa s setting it up for you like,.
uHave any blokes shot?"

" It was all right though ; lots of mud- not sur- 23

prising, cos it was built on a bog-chea p land I sup- CONTINUING TO KEEP THE PEACE

pose but we 'ad gas central hea ting in the 'uts. By Lt. R. J. Benson

W arm it was, with the blokes drying out clothes, all Minutes of a second meeting on S unda y 24th
September 1972 between the Secur ity F orces a nd
the windows was steamed up . Nuf'nk to see anyway; Central C reggan Cit izen Committee a t Bl ighs L a ne

and then there was a flap and we got blackout blinds Post .

and sticky paper for the windows and sort of cages In a/l endance: O C C Coy. 2 Q U E ENS , M rs.
K athleen M acree ( M others of Ireland M ovement ) ,
built of wire on top of the huts- 'ere, 'ere's a photo ". Mrs. Bridge! O 'Sha ughnough ( widow of th e late Brig.
Sean O 'Sha ughnough, Provisional IRA ) , Mr. D ermot
14 GO on! Wire inside! should be outs ide, 'member H yfuss ( Young P eoples Outdoor Acti vities S ub-
Committee ) , Mr. P addy M cG inty ( H orticultural a nd
when I was in Palestine . .. " "Y eah, th at's right, some- Goat Preservation Societ y ) .

one said the 'wogs' 'ad a mortar . The Engineers came; The meeting opened at 14 I 5 hrs. O C C Coy ex-
plained that the success of the previous meeting ( S ee
in three nights every hut had a cage on top; b-
D ecember issue of Joum al ) had led to a p roposal that
noisc. Would 'ave been better to 'ave bombs; onl y
furth er meet ings be held weekl y to investiga te com-
about two would ' ave hit anywa y. Funny though, just plaints aga inst the Security F orces in general an d C
Coy in pa rticular. H e expressed sympa th y for Mrs.
after we left, they did mortar Blighs L ane Camp . O 'Shaughnough over her recent bereavement ca used,
he believed, by a misunderstanding over a brown pa per
Not that it would 'urt them knuckleheads; it was prob- parcel the late Brigadier had brought to the previous

abl y the Drill Sergeant stamping! " mee ting .
Mrs. O 'Shaughnough sa id tha t the parcel had
"Anyow, only real bovver was washing . When
contained certain harmless chemicals th at her husban d
we got there, there was only six basins and six houses had bought for the youngest childs chemistry set to-
gether with her kitchen clock which he had collected
and four of them was fo r Officers- 'course we got a from the menders. She could off er no expl anation for
the explosion which had robbed her of her husband
cold t rough but that was for eating the food out of- but conj ectured that the S ecurity Forces were in some

swill it was !" wa y invol ved.
"No change then-when I was in I used to 'avc Mr. D ermot H yfu ss stated that before the meeting

to eat dry bread to fi ll up". was allowed to proceed, he must insist on the minutes
being published in the Irish tongue as well as in Eng-
"No I wa s joking really-the scoff was good- lish. OC C Coy. enquired of the meeting the number
of people they knew of who could understand Irish.
poor b- cooks had a sort of shack, but they did us All answers were negati ve with the exception of Mr.
McGinty who stated that his grandfather could speak
proud- plenty of chips-lovely sausages and egg it like a native. Further questioning having elicited
the fact that the old gentl eman had been dea d for
banjos when you came off patrol-o 'rl right really". fifteen yea rs, Mr. H yfu ss withdrew his proposal.

"Wall 'round the camp did you say? " Mrs. Macree complained that soldiers on patrol
were refusing her kind offers of cups of tea, which
"Yeah- l ike Berlin it was; sandbags, watch- constituted an a ffront to the traditions of Iri sh hospi-
tality. OC C C oy. replied that this was not wholl y
towers, iron sheets-the lot". unconnected with the fact that two members of his
command were at present in hospital w ith severe
"B- prison camp! " stomach complaints and suggested that the wh ole
matter be deferred pending the a rri va l of an analysts
" Worse really. Made us mad reading about the report on a sample of the tea.

geezers wot we arrested moaning about conditions in Mr. H yfu ss stated that school a uthorities were
perturbed at the number of children arriving late for
their camp! " school and attributed this to the actions of the Mil i-
tary. H e expl ained that patrols had become infrequent
"Where did you go when you was off ?". along the routes used b y the children and, because of
this, the young people took longer to rid themselves
"That's a laugh . Nowhere to go. C ou ldn 't go out of their normal quota of missiles. The unsporting with-
drawal of a suitable number of military targets also
in civvies could we? The ole man gave us a day off led to a grave danger th at children might throw stones
at each other. 0 C Coy. replied that he was con-
in every 14 and most of us went to a hotel in a small sidering puni shing erring soldiers by making them do
duty as "Lollipop men" outside the school gates, but,
seaside town and got ........ ! Good it was, chea p as yet, no soldier had committed a crime sufficientl y
heir.ous to warrant such a severe punishment . H e add-
and comfortable; 'part from that we w as on dury, or, ed that the scale of crime and the strength o f hi s com-
mand were both insuffi cient to cope with a probable
if off , we slept., casualty rate of four men a day.

"Good ------ up in the NAAFI to celebrate?" Mrs. O 'Sha ughnough complained that, in a recent
search of her residence, a number of item s had been
" Nah . Only two beers each ; had to keep on the

ball like and anyhow the char wallah cost too much ".

"Char Wallah- not one of those Indian Robbers".

"Yeah- came specia lly they did".

"Cor-got to give it to 'em ; initiative- 'nother

beer? "

HYeah, ta ; 'ere, ave one of these decent fags".

Y eah ".

"How long leave have you got ?"

HSix weeks-reckon I earned it, so did everyone

reall y- Cooks, Drivers, Clerks the lot all stood an

equa l chance of getting blown up ".

" When will it end?"

" Dunn~reckon we'll go back next summer-

still, better than the Grenadiers- they was stuck

there over Christmas".

uum, read about 'em in the paper; not much

this year 'bout the blokes over there".

"No-everyone's used to the idea of soldiers being

there; its not news like, any longer, you know! Still

its all 'appening- shots, bombs, stones ; its when

they 're quiet you 've got to watch it ".

'Why then?"

"Well . . . . you never know what they're

brewing up behind the curtains or whether the ambu-

lance is carrying explosive, or the women with the

prams have got rifles under the matresses; oh yea h,

they try the lot. Remember one time . . . . yeah,

pint please, ta . As I wa s saying .. . .

24 WHITBREAD
TANKARD
removed th at had be longed to her late husband and to
which she attac hed grea t sentimental va lue. These in- cool, refreshing flavour
cluded:
After three da ys of ushering persons and vehicles
A manuscript copy of " Anarch y U nlimited" ( the through the M CCP at Drumahoe, Maj . Pitman 's party
late Brigadiers memoirs) ; Two World W ar II hand finall y extricated itself only to find that their ft ight
grenades used as man tlepiecc ornaments; One match- had a five hour delay! However, a celebration was in
lock musket with seven notches on its butt; Six store beca use the M ajor had nursed a bottle of Rem y
hundredweight of fertiliser for her window box. Martin through his h aza rdous tour to celebrate his
birthday that night in BAOR with his wi fe-wh at a
Mr. M cG int y intervened to say that the third pity! A select few ( including C / Sgt. Russell who had
item had doubtlessly been used to save the old sod been pass ing people through Aldergrove movements
from oppress ion. H e was then obliged to explain shed ) retired to the "lounge" that Movements had so
hastil y to Mrs. O'Shaughnough that the term he used kindly lent us, for a few "snifters,, and hea rd some
was a trad itional reference to Ireland and in no way wonderful tales abo ut a certain Assistant Drill Sgt.
derogatory to her dear-departed. O C C Coy. sa id that " Pretty" who was ordered by a S/ Sgt. R CT M ove-
the items were all of immense military interest and ments (n ame withheld on request) to follow him
asked the widow to rega rd them as a bequest to the whenever he said, and when he sa id " jump" he was
nation. to jump; so did the R CT S/ Sgt. when he found out
that he was talking to an Assistant Drill Sgt. in H er
Mr. McGinty demanded to know what compensa- Maj esty's Brigade of Guards ! Or perhaps the most
tion was likely to be paid to a fri end of his whose hilarious stor y of all was the one about the contra-
prized dog had been viciously attacked by a British band 50,000 Duty Free C igarettes which were confi s-
soldier. It was claimed that, as a result of the assa ult, cated by Customs at Aldergrove, and then take n back
the animal, renowned for its docility, had suffered a under escort by the Guards EME who on his return
nervous breakdown with dire results on its perform- to Munster, h ad placed them in close arrest for being
ances on the race track. O C C Coy. exp ressed surprise " idle"!
at the seeming value of this animal, which was well
known to Army patrols-one eye, tom ears, and more It was nice to see a few faces from the 1st Bn . at
than a touch of distemper hardl y being the hallmarks RAF Aldergrove to see us off-th eir QM, UPM &
of a pedigree dog, or indeed, of one of docile dis- MTO; the latter explained in detail how he had run
position. He had investigated the incident and wa s hi s MT and how he had found a "half-track" in Bel-
satisfied that Pte. Braithwaite had, in fact, exercised fa st.
admirable restraint and applied the doctrine of " mini-
mum force" in his efforts to free his left leg from the All in all, a good move back and better still , a
creatures jaws. good handover to 1st Bn . Grenadier Guards. The move
had started at some unmentionable hour on the 27th
There being no further complaints it was decided November, and finished with the last elements pass ing
to adjourn for a further week and th e meeting closed through the barrack gates in W erl at 2330 hrs. on
at 1550 hrs. the 29th.

THE BATTALION'S RETURN FROM ULSTER

By Lt. B. M. Morris

One hundred and twent y days, or ( if yo u like)
two thousa nd, eight hundred and eigth y hours later,
we returned from another successful Northern Ireland
tour. As more khaki, beret-clad guardsmen arrived, so
the smiles on our faces widened, onl y to be smartly
wiped clean when troops arrived at the Battalion 's
" MCCP" which had been established at Echelon , some
two miles nea rer the dreaded Aldergrove Airport.
Officer I C our move was M a j. Roger Pitman . ably
assisted by everybody who had nothing to do with it,
and- would yo u believe it-the MTO .

The fact that we had despatched fifteen tons of
attractive stores by container lorry three weeks before
the Battalion 's main freight left by air, was somewhat
worrying for the Quartermaster, M a j. ( QM ) Peter
Collman. MBE. who had assured the powers that find-
ing another 70,00 lbs air freight would be no problem
and that he personally would guarantee it could be
done. Needless to say we made the weight, which in-
cluded several very useful items of stores that were
never to be seen again once they arrived in Werl .

As each company was relieved by the Grenadiers,
so they were ferried down to the MCC P where they
were quickl y vetted, handed a superb have rsack ration,
marshalled onto buses and forwarded to Aldergrove
Airport for furth er vetting by the R CT Movements
team. Vehicle packets moved separately under escort
provided by th e Grenadiers.

The 3rd Battalion

We regret to announce the death of Pte. Brian

Masters whilst on duty as part of the United Nations
Force in Cyprus, and extend our deepest sympathy to
his p arents and family.

Editorial In each OP, sections prepared their own Christ·
mas dinners; many a wife and girl friend wo uld be
AFTER three months in Cyprus we have amazed by the culinary skills displayed in the Bat-
talion. At main locations the meal was served by the
reached that dangerous stage of beginning to Offi cers and Sergeants, who also took over guards and
duties during the meal. W e record all this because it
believe we understand what it is all about! Subal- would be interesting to hear from some of our older
readers, how Battalions used to celebrate C hristmas
terns nod wisely as reports of shots and explosions D ay when overseas. F in ally, mention must be made of
Sergeant (for the day) M anville; as our youngest
come in, remarking the while : " lnterfactional soldier, and according to custom, he carried out the
duties of Battalion Orderly Sergeant with great
you know: No intercommunal significance". a pl omb .

Older members take the main point more readily, On J anu ary 4th, the Rifle Companies changed
duties, the new deployment being: A Coy. at Kophinou
and are content to observe that there are not very and the OPs; B Coy. at P olemidhia and C Coy. at
Zyyi. On the same day, the Turkish Cypriot P olice
many shots and explosions; and what is more, Element ( in the main, form er Turkish members of the
Cyprus Police ) started to wear uniform in Limassol-
they aren't directed against us. In an article be- a relatively mild action but one which was deemed to
be a serious breach of the staws quo and is a source
low, a Company Commander describes how our of tension to this day.

task appears to him. On 14th January we had an informal visit from
Maj.-Gen. R . E . Worsley, OBE, GOC, 3 Div.,
In mid November we had our first visit from the followed by the Divisional Brigadier and OIC Records.
C hief of Staff of UNFICYP, Brig. F . R . H enn, CBE, At about this time, inter-factional trouble within the
who is also COMBRITCON (or, more undertandably, Greek Cypriot Community, became obvious. In the
Commander British Contingent). Whilst with us he ensuing weeks there have been armed raids on Cyprus
was able to discuss the aff air of the fi ve " Pigs". These Police stations and business premises when weapons,
were old British Army Surplus Armoured one-ton explosives and radio equipment were taken . However,
Humbers, as used in N. Ireland; they h ad recently no trouble followed or h ad occurred by 8th February,
been acquired by a dea ler in Limassol, who advertises when, in the absence of other candidates, Archbishop
to the effect that h e can obtain virtually any vehicle M akarios became President for a further five years.
or item of equipment required. The presence of these Nomination day also marked the visit of our latest
vehicles in the town was to be a matter of concern for visitor, Brig. R. B. Trant, Commander 5 Airportable
the next ten weeks. Brigade who, in addition to meeting many soldiers in
normal locations, also v isited Troodos to meet some
Towards the end of the month we had our first of our ski-iers.
visit from the Force Commander, M aj. -G en . D Prem
Chand, PVSM. B y this time we had become familiar EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS WITH
with protests about Turkish Cypriot Fighters " march-
ing" in Limassol, a matter which caused some con- DENMARK
fusion among the less expert English speakers in HQ
UNFICYP who did not understand the nuances of At an Officers' M ess Guest Night on 21st F ebru-
meaning between moving and marching. ary, Lt.-Col. H . E . Skaarup, Commanding the D anish
Contingent of the UN F orces in Cyprus, read out a
On D ecember 14th The Band and Drums beat message of greetings from his Queen, our Allied
retreat on the square at Polemidhia. The ceremony was Colonel-in-C hief.
fl oodlit and its staging, drill and music were favour-
ably commented on. Afterwards there was a reception Such a delightful gesture prompted the Com-
in the Officers' M ess, attended by representatives of manding Officer to send the following telegram :
all UNFICYP contingents, and many important
people. "For Col. G. C. Gruner. R equest you convey
following message to HM Queen of D enmark. From
The C hristmas season opened with the UN IFCYP the CO and All R anks of 3rd Bn. Queen's R egt. Our
Carol Service on 19th D ecember; this was h eld in the heartfelt thanks for the kind greetings which your
Garrison C hurch at Dhekelia, where former members M a jesty has sent to us here in Cyprus. These greet-
of the Royal Sussex Regt. were delighted to find a ings were expressed on 21 F ebruary on your behalf
re..imental stained glass window brought over to by Lt.-Col. H . E . Skaarup The CO of the D anish
Dhrkelia from Egypt some yea rs ago. The fai lure in Contingent of the UN Forces in Cyprus. M ay we in
the GPO Postal Service in UK led to worryi ng delays return offer our warmest greetings to you r M ajesty
in mail arrivals and underlined the tremendous value and the Royal F amily".
of timely mail deliveries. However, it is fair to say
that we made the most of Christmas when it came.

After a midnight service in the Garrison Church,
Christmas day dawned to the sound of the Band and
Drums beating reveille and the serving of "Gunfire"
by the W arrant Officers and Sergeants. The Com-
manding Officer toured all OP locations with the QM
and RSM, ending up in the Dining Hall at Pole-
midhi a.

26

(Left): Maj .-Gen. D. Prem Chand, PVSM, with the RSM in the WOs' and Sgts' Mess, Polemidhia. (Centre):
The Divisional Brigadier's visit to Mari OP. Brig. Clarke talking with Pte. Wallace. Ptes. Narang and Gee are
are also in the picture. (Right): The British High Commissioner investing Pte. Clive Butler with the Military

Medal.

*

The Chief of Staff HQ
UNFICYP-Brig. F. R. Henn,
CBE, talks with L / Cpl. Welsby,
a member of A Coy. Guard of

Honour.

*

Sport coming third to the Finns and Swedes. Cross Country
was at the sta rt of the season, but with little training,
The UNFICYP tour has provided the first oppor- L/ Cpl. A lbrecht, Cpl. Reed and Pte. D elaney were
tunity in several years for our gladiators to displa y well up amongst the front runners. For the remainder
their sporting prowess. of the season we continued to compete in the

Inter-contingent sport is a deadly earnest business Sovereign Base L eague matches which culminated in
and Nations' reputations rise or fall from their re- our being fourth in the Cyprus "Open". Pte. Delaney
sults in the various competitions; these range from was selected to run for the Army aga inst the RAF in
Football and Orienteering to Ski-ing and D arts. E arl y early February.
in our tour were the Cross Country and Orienteering
Competitions and in both, the Battalion did well,

The Orienteering season began with a most suc- 27
cessful inter-company competition to which the Finns,
Iri sh, anad ians and Royal Anglians sent teams. Al- Our Rugby tea m ha. had a most successful and
though the Finns won outright, some new t alent ap- and enjoya ble season . Cpl. Prowse, our Captain, h ad
pea red in the Battalion; Pte. Baker ( A Coy.) achieved much to do with the enthusiasm and spirit of the team
a pa rticul arl y fa st time and then went on to do well before Sgt. O'Sullivan took over the captaincy in late
in the UN competition, as did his name-sake (Cpl. J anuar y. Our grea test achievement was to win the
Baker ), SSI Ba sson and Sgt. Bagga ley. At the time R AF Episkopi 7-a-side competition on Boxing D ay.
of writing the volleyball was the only other competition And during the season, a num ber of players-including
held but here we were less successful , in spite of the Sgts. Glazi er and O 'Su llivan, Cp l. Prowse and L /Cpl.
efforts of SSI Basson and Sgt. Brett. To complete Bennett-were selected to take part in an Army tour
ou r UN sports activities, the Doctor challenged the of Isr ae l. Unfortu nately they were prevented from
Irish Contingent to G aelic Football. Although efforts go ing and on ly Pte. Swapp was able t o attend wha t
we re made to ensure an Irish defeat by la ying on pre- turned out to be a most ejoyab le tour.
match entertainment in the va rious messes, it wa s to
The UN Football league has yet to begin but the
no ava il ; we lost by 4 points, though experts, such as team have had a number of " Friendly" matches
against the Iri sh as well as the loca l Greek National
Sgt. O 'Sullivan and C pl. Ashe, did much t o keep the Guard and Turkish Fighters tea ms. Sgt. Bardwell and
L / Cpl. Foster we re both selected to take part in an
opposit ion in check. As a social event, it was undoubt- Arm y team touring M alta.

edly a great success and a return match is scheduled If the second half of our UN tou r is as busy as
the first, it will have proved to be a most enjoyable
fo r S t. P atrick's Day. tour for the sportsmen in the Battalion.

UNFICYP

By a Company Commander

T o those who h ave not served with the UN in less"; it requires a constant conscious effort to treat
Cyprus, the idea is probably very attractive - Six both Greeks and Turks alike and not to be influenced
months laz ing in the sun, drinking brandy at 2p a tot, by either side. The UN ca n only hope t o achieve suc-
is a very pleasant alternative to the F alls Road on a cess if it has the respect of both. As soon as one side
cold night in J anuary. On the other h and, for those feels th at the UN is being partial, it will refu se to co-
who ca n never have enough of it, six months spent operate and the UN might as well pack up and go
dragg ing Greek off Turk ( or vice versa) h as its at- home. This is not to suggest that both sides are always
tractions. The reality is somewhere in between with a satisfi ed with wh at the UN does; as we shall see, this
large portion of boredom thrown in for good measure. is rarely the case. H owever, despite t emporary setbacks,
so far the impartiality of the UN h as not been seri-
Before we departed from Tidworth two facts were
drummed into us: First, we were not part ously questioned.
of the British Army but were UN troops in thought
nod deed. The significance of this was only brought Two examples of h ow this acti ve impartiality
home to us when we arrived in Cypru s and saw how wo rks in practice may h elp to illustrate the pitfalls
the Sovereign Bases Areas ( SBA ) influence so much awai ting the unwary UN soldier: One side may try to
of UN life; for instance, most of the supplies for the get information abo ut the other side from you-infor-
UN are supplied on repayment from the SEA . mation which you h ave obtained because of your privi-
Sim ilarl y, the tra ining areas are controlled by the leged position. In the Kophinou Sector the Greeks
SE A. It is very important therefore, that the British hea rd of a new Turkish barracks being built but they
contingent is seen not to be taking an unfair advan- could not locate it; they therefore protested that this
tage of the proximity of the SEAs; this even includes was a violation of the status quo. Although we knew
limiting social contacts with them. In practice, the that thei r information was badly wrong, it was impor-
Irish contingent probably have more contact with the tant that we did not con firm or deny it. So we asked
Briti sh than we do, but this is how it should be. The them to provide the exact location of the supposed
British Army are not prepared to let their troops go barracks, saying that we would then invest igate the
completely out of their control. So we are kept on the allegation and deliver a protest to the Turks- if the
normal British Army ration scale-less in cost than allegation proved to be correct. The Greeks had been
th at for a UN wa r dog-instead of going on to the fishin g for information and h ad caught nothing. They
UN sca le designed to keep the Canadians alive. More- never produced the supposed location and the protest
over British troops in the UN do not receive the extra was not followed up . Incidentall y, we did not tell the
UN pay. Both of these decis ion s are correct, particu - Greeks th at we had already protested to the Turk•
larly the one rega rding pay, as it would be wrong for about the barracks which they had built elsewhere, and
troops in Cyprus to be paid more than those in, say, which was obviou ly the source of the rumour ; to
Northern Ireland, but it illustrates the fact that there have done so would h ave been to give the Greeks in-
are limits to being a UN soldier. form ation and to imply that we considered the Turkish
action wrong.
The second fact of life is that we are neutral.
Therefore it is a distinct "foul" for the local to t ake A second illustration of active impartiality con-
a pot shot at us- a very welcome change of attitude cerns a pig pen-and it also shows the low level of
after N. Ireland ! Impartiality is very much an active much of the UN's wo rk. This pig pen was on the
state of mind . It is not the same as "couldn't-care- edge of a Greek village; about four hundred metres
away there was a Turkish village. The pen was used

28 Greeks and leave the UN free to act as it pleases. We
are watched very closely by the Cypriots, who are
by a Greek farmer but claimed by a Turk. The likely to misinterpret any change of routine; their
mukhtars (i. e. headmen) of the two villages met and reasoning is that we must have some good cause for
settled the matter quite amicably. It was agreed that changi ng the situ ation, and that this might effect them .
the pig pen was on government-owned land, that it did In addition, they are ver y jealous of their freedom
in fact belong to a Turk, but that the Greek could go from UN surveillance and will object if we start to
on using it. One might think that such a solution was patrol in areas which we h ave not visited previously;
a victory for sweet reasonbleness and common sense, i.e., there must be a precedent for what we do. Even
but as soon as the meeting had broken up, the Turks straight military training h as to be curtailed because
issued a letter demanding rent for the pig pen. It was the sight of armed troops wou ld arouse suspicion and
clea rly an act, cynically designed to destroy any good- concern . Although in theory, UN soldiers are permit-
will that the meeting had generated between the two ted freedom of access vi rtu ally everywhere in Cyprus,
communities. The Turkish villagers were themse lves thi s freedom is limited in practice. There are also
ambarrassed about the demand, which suggested that it certain areas which are considered by the Greeks to be
had come from higher up. One often gets the impres- trai ning areas or of special tactical significance which
sion that the people would live together peacefull y onl y a few senior UN officers are allowed to visit after
(even if not very amicably) but that antipathy is pur- giving due warning. We cannot post more sentries than
posely stirred up by their political leaders. One's we have previously, or arm those who were previously
natural reaction in this event is fru stration and fury, unarmed, although no objection is raised if we choose
but the UN is not in Cyprus to enforce a solution, to reduce our force levels; but if we did, we would
nor to make judgements. W e are not allowed to bang find difficulty in reverting to the higher strength later
heads together, although that might be the most eff ec- on .
tive treatment. The bill for the pig pen h as been duly
transmitted to the other side, and will of course not be A criticism that can be levelled at the UN is
paid, thereby giving grounds for years of ac rimonious that its very presence freezes the si tu ation and hinders
bickering. a settlement. Although, militarily, the maintaining of
the status quo significantl y reduces the dan!(er of open
The UN has three aims in Cyprus ( if that is confli ct, it also hinders grad ual change, which mi ght
possible): be for the general good . By supporting the status quo,
the UN is encouragi ng the contestants to occup y en-
To maintain the status quo ; trenched posi tions, both literall y and figur ati vely speak-
To contribute to the restoration and main- ing. It also encoura!(es the firebrands of both sides to
tenance of law and order. cause troubl e, safe in the knowledge that the UN's
To contribute to a return of normal con- presence will prevent them having to prove their
ditions. words. H atred and mistrust grow as yet another
A cynical and too literal interpretation of these genera6on of schoolchildren are indoctrinated. Where-
aims can make amockery of the UN's role in Cyprus. as their elders know it is possible to live peacefull y
However, even those who have scoff ed at the UN in with the other side, the children and youths only know
the past soon develop a new respect for its intentions them as their enemy and, as the years go bv, reconci lio-
when faced with the real problems of two mutually- tion becomes h arcler. This is a deliberately pessimistic
suspicious communities. The spirit of UNFICYP's interpretation of the effect of the U N's presence, a rol e
aim is clear- to prevent bloodshed so that differences which can be advocated only if one is prepared to
can be settled peacefully ; such a process of reconcilia- accept that the al tern ative is certain bloodshed.
tion is necessarily slow. The UN has already been in
Cyprus for nine years and there is little sign of the Fortunatel y most people are optimists-an essen-
communities learning to live together. In fact, at tial requirement for servi ce in the UN-and so it is
present the resurgence of EOKA led by G eneral better to delay the disaster in the hoPe that a peoreful
Grivas, threatens to nullify what little progress has solution will be found in time. The effect of the UN is
been made. not quite as stultifying as it seems. Their only weapon
The underlying idea of the maintenance of the is the protest and thi s is u sed when either side offends.
status quo is that neither side should do anything If the Greeks and Turks heeded such protests, there
that gives it an advantage over the other side. What would never be any chanee in the dispositions of the
may, or may not be done is laid down in a mass of two sides. In practice however, there are gradual
arrangements, agreements and practices, each of which ch anges, because the particiPants either reject the pro-
specify procedu re. Some have been approved by both test or accept it and do nothing about it ; the changes
sides as being acceptable; others have become accep- themselves eventually become accepted as Part of the
able for lack of protest by the other side; and some status quo. Some alterations are so minor that the UN
have been agreed between the UN and one side only. chooses to turn a blind eye: or we mav decide not
Most of these agreements, arrangements and practices to protest unless the other side does so first. Becau'"
are concerned with seemingly very mundane matters; the protest is our only weapon , it must not be blunted
for instance, the number of oil drums on a particul ar by over-use.
street corner in Nicosia, or the height of the sandbags
on a wall in Limassol. Rarely do they concern more The UN's role is strictl y oeacekeeping. Although ,
general subjects. Some concern economic matters, at the hi ghest echelons, the UN may attempt to in-
rather than military; in the mixed village of Ayios fluence the two sides, this is never done at unit level.
Theodhoros for instance, the distribution of water to The Cypriots h ave to work out their own destiny, but
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no authori ty to sta y. The "normal conditions" men- wo uld have massacred the other side if the UN had
not stopped them, but quietl y glad that it never came
tioned in the aim are presumably when the lawful to that! At a higher level, the leaders will tell you
government of the country governs the whole country th at thei r people are very incensed about a particular
epi sode or injustice; they don' t know how long they
and any opposition to that government is conducted in can hold their men back before they take what is their
a legal and peaceful fashion. .Yet if the UN supports right. It sounds splendid and, of course, is meant to
impress, but one knows there are very few men who
the Cypriot Government m 1ts efforts to control the rea ll y want to settle matters once and for all: for if
whole of the island, the UN is seen to be less than one thing is certain in Cyprus, it is that only a ver y
impartial by the Turkish minority who do not r ecog- small idiot minority rea ll y want wholesale civil war;
such barbarit y is alien to Cypru s- and that is said
nize the lega lity of the government. The reverse is remembering the EOKA campaign. In 1963 and 1964
also true from the Greek point of view. If we act im- large numbers of Greeks and Turks were ki lled, m any
parti all y and do not assist the government to enforce in the most horrible circumstances; the exact number
will never be known bu t must run to many hundreds.
its rule, then we are not contributing to a return to This has scared the Cypriots and they are more wary
normality, and may even be giving tacit support to
now abo ut getting carried away hy mob oratory.
the Turkish cl ai m for partition. Thi s is the typical
dilemma of the UN : should it support the legal So, the question still remains: is UNFICYP
government, or the right of a minority to secede from worth the cost ? From a purely selfish point of view
the state? The UN cannot win. The very fact that it the answer must be "yes". Six months spent in Cyprus
in a role whi ch most of us h ave never been engaged
fails to satisfy ei ther side is proof enough of its im- before, is an interesting and enjoyable experience. We
partiality. Yet despite its shortcomings, the UN is have the opporturtity to meet other contingents-Iri sh,
still required by both sides. Both Greeks and Turks Canadian, Swedish, Finnish, Austri an and D anish-
many of whom we would otherwise never have come
are trying to get sympath y for their cause from other across during arm y service. We have experienced the
nations. Therefore they must seem to co-operate with UN idea of soldering, where yo ur first defence is your
the UN, even if the reality falls short of the ideal. blue beret; the principle of minimum force is applied
much more strictl y than in the British Arm y. And
The UN in New York is the biggest propaganda forum fin ally, from the personal point of view, there cannot
imaginable, and no country with an axe to grind can be many places pleasanter than Cyprus to spend the
winter months. From the Cypriots point of view, the
affo rd to antagorti se its delegates. So the picture must
be that " we" are co-operating whole-heartedly with

the UN, unlike " them", who do everything to obstruct
a peaceful settlement. At the local level, the UN are
a captive audience for all the protestations of good

intentions and honesty of one side, compared with the
perfid y, illega lity, dishonesty and sheer unreasonable-

ness of the other. (We hold regular meetings with both
the Greek and Turkish leaders, and listen to such

tales of woe). Typically, they are accomplished speak-
ers, with a dash of the actor for good measure, and

the first time you hear the monologue it sounds very
impressive. But when you hear the same spech (with
minor variations) once a fortnight--or even once a

month-the effect soon grows stale; the actual inci-
dents complained about may not be the same each

time-although some hoary old chestnuts have a habit
of appearing when the story is a bit thin-but the

underlying message that " we" are good and hard-done-
by and that "they" are bad and dangerous, comes

over loud and clear every time. One doubts very much
whether such speeches produce any converts, for the

UN officer has to go and hear the same diatribe from
the other side and soon realises that if there is any
truth, it lies somewhere between the two conflicting

stori es.

The second, and more important function of the
UN is as a " face- saver" for the Greeks and Turks.

If there was no neutral force to stand between the
adversaries-even if only metaphorically-there would

be real danger that small episodes would escalate into
direct confrontation. A good example of this is the

habit of sentries-where they are close enough-to
hurl abuse at each other. It passes the time during a

boring duty and the men can work off their fru stra-
tions by insulting the chap accross the way. But some-

times, these personal duels grow until twenty or thirty
men on either side threaten murder; it then only needs

one fal se move by some hot-head for shooting to start.
A Greek sentry was shot recently in Nicosia by a

Turk whom he was taunting. In all such episodes, the
UN can step in and persuade the respective com-

manders to call their man off. If an appeal to reason
fails, a subtle hint that the commander does not seem

to be in command of his men soon brings results.

Both sides can then withdraw convinced that they

30 '.'.

UN may h::we many limitations but it does encourage
peace. M aybe it cou ld do more in the political sphere
to reduce tension, and maybe it encourages extremi sm
by reducing the risk of physical contact, but at leas t
peopl e are not being murdered in their hundreds, and
the econom y of the island is booming. In conclusion,
I wou ld say th at service in UNFICYP is something to
look forward to-a rewarding job in a lovely settin g.

THE REAR DETAILS

Sin ce the departure to Cyprus of the last of the
Main Body on 2nd November, life in the R ear P arty
has been no rest cure, despite the fact that the Rea r
P art y of a Battalion on a 6-month UNF IC YP tour is
much larger than that left behind when a Battalion
goes on an operational tour in N orthern Ireland ; nor
are many of the problems the same.

Apart from those left behind pending posting or
discharge, the Mortar PI. under Capt. K eith Ross, re-
mained in Tidworth until late J anu ary. They carried
out an extensive recruiting campaign chiefly directed
at the Sussex ACF units, 16 detac hments of which,
stretching from Chichester to H as tings, have been
vi sited . Although it is too early to say how many re-
cruits have actua ll y come forward as a result, it has
certain ly given us an opportunity to show the flag in
the traditional recruiting ground of the old R oyal
Sussex Regt., agains t competition from other arms.

The Mortars also prepared for, and carried out
live firing at Larkhill, and provided instructors to assist
in the firing carried out by two TAVR Mortar
Platoons from other Regiments; they have now left for
Cyprus and their place has been taken by the Anti-
Tank PI. under Capt. Robin Christmas. On their re-
turn from disembarkation leave they wi ll carr y out
follow-up recruiting visits to ACF units, and also pre-
pare for their own li ve firing in April.

In the MT lines, Sgt. W eeks and his staff h ave
put in yeoman service ridding the Battalion's first line
transport of the muck and grime of many moons.

Despite enforced separation from their husbands,
the morale of our families has been extraordinaril y
high. This has been helped not on ly by the excellent
opportunities for husbands to return home on Indul-
gence Flights (and in some cases for wives to go out
to Cyprus) but also by the prospect of being able to
follow their menfolk to the Mediteranean sunshine in
Jul y for a protracted sta y in Gibraltar. Preparations
for this move are we ll in hand; a large proportion of
the famili es have already had their innoculations, and
pass port documentation is well under way-judging
by the number of form s of various hues and descrip-
tion s flo ating around the Families Office, under the
able direction of C/ Sgt. Catt, who we welcome from
5 QUEENS (V).

Christmas was celebrated by a di sco evening on
I I th D ecember in the Corporals' Club for all soldi ers
in station, their wives and girl fri ends; and, for the
families, by a very successful children 's party h eld in
the Kinsman Junior Ranks Club in Mooltan B arracks
on 16th D ecember-Father Christm as arriving in due
style in a Snowcat lent by the Ro yal Scots. Other
family entertainment highlights were a visit on I 8th
J anuary to the pantomime in Salisbury ; a very suc-
cessful wives C lub Dinner held in in the Tidworth
Officers' C lub on 25th J an uary; and, on the same da y,
an interesting di spl ay of M ao ri folk singing and
dancing given by a platoon of 1st Bn . The Roya l New
Zea land In fantry R egiment, temporarily attached to
the Royal Scots.

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Visitors have included the GOC 3 Div., Maj. By Appointmenl to -~~~ Her Majesty the Queen
-Gen . R. E. Worsley, OBE (on 6th November, shortly
HatiPI S
after the departure of the Battalion for Cyprus) and
our new Brigadier, Brig. R . B. Tran t (on 23rd J anu- ~ Th< cnmf>lttt pod<
ary) who was accompanied by hi s DAA & QMG, to~'
M aj. Robert H all, RA. W e welcome CS M Wood from
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taken over as R ear P arty CS M from CS M H are (who

leaves shortly for the Division al D epot), and also two
drafts of recruits from the D epot; they arri ved shortl y
after Christmas and arc now doing continuation train-

ing under the eagle eye of Sgt. T alm an and L /C pl.
Moran . Fin all y, we look forward to the r eturn of the

Battalion from Cyprus in three months time, followed
by the move to Gibraltar on which many of us in Tid-

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l. Blackbridgc OP manned by C Coy. at Christmas: (I to r)-Pte. Commerford, ACC, Ptcs. Webb and Venner,
the Commanding Officer, and Pte. Gibbons. (The arm with the bottle is the RSM's). 2. Christmas at Polemid-
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Barrett (extreme left) and Cpl. Adams (extreme right) with Swedish friends . 6. The BOS on Christmas day-

"Sgt." Manville is congratulated by the RSM on his temporary promotion.

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(Top ): The Commanding Officer congratulating
L / Cpl. Wallacc Harris on winning the CO's Bugle

Competit ion.

(Centre): Capt. Derek Adkins, the Quartermaster at
his desk in Polemidhia . Capt. Adkins is leaving for a
staff appointment in A ugust after more than five

years with the battalion.

( Lower): Our Crittle (Defence PI.) takes over BBC
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The 4th Battalion 35
S / S gt. J. Mogford, BEM.
Alhuhera Company

T H E unfortunate news has just rea ched us-
Albuhera Coy. is to be no more.

The ac tual date ha s still to be disclosed but it
will be after th e ] unior Soldiers move on in August
thi s yea r . The pill is not sweetened by the fact that
Tiger Coy. 4 R ANGLIAN , who work alongside us,
are to ca rry on as an independant company.

Thi• bad news is now followed by the good .
S/ Sgt. M ogford has been awa rded the BEM for h is
services to recruit ing . ( His unorthodox methods must
have paid oft"! ) Our hea rt iest congratulations to him ;
obviously the fac t that he has left the recruiting role
has played some part in ou r dem ise. And not even
Ca pt. ] ones' active work ( in producing a son ) has
helped either!

A fair number of Queensmen have passed our
wa y; it must be for our hospitalit y and not our
prox imity to the C hannel ports. Poss ibl y it is a pil-
grimage to one's first bedspace in the search for the
secret o f Eternal Youth . Among our visitors were
M a j. M cCull y, Ca pts. Groves and W ildgoose, L t.
T awell, CS M s Quinn, O rmerod and Standfield.

Life at Canterbu ry, even under the shadow of
disbandment, does not deter the Company Commander
from allowing h is handicap to suffer-no wonder the
CSM 's South African sun tan h as faded! A comment
from an inspecting officer on a muster parade was
" K eep yo ur head down and yo ur left arm straight" .

(Left ): C pl. Brown and L t. Acworth. (Centre ): L / C pl. H arris in his S tores. ( Right ): C pl. Stone of the MT
S ection.

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The Regimental Information Team

RRO: M a jor M . J . D . Brady. No. I Section W e are now preparing for a busy summer season
(Edgware) : Sgt. J . Evans. No. 2 Section ( M aid- and the bids fo r The Queen's Regiment to be present
stone ) : Sgt. G . Coli ins. No. 3 Section ( Brighton ): at a hundred- and-one different Shows, Fetes, Bon an-
Sgt. G. Rum bold. zas, F ai rs, F estivals, Regattas are all rolling in . We
do hope that the hard-pressed Batta lions will be able
As frequently happens in military circles, yo u to help out where they can .
take over a job one day and get invited to write the
Journal notes the next! The post of RRO QUEENS Recruiting figures for the last quarter of last year
proved no exception to th is rule, so please excuse the ( I October - 31 D ecember 1972) arc below. M any
brevity of this contribution. congratul ations to all concerned in the improvement
in the prolongation figures .
It h as been a reasonably quiet period since M aj.
M ason left for K enya-not of course because there Recruits R ecruits R e-e nli stm ent s
was no RRO, but due to the time of year. Sgt. C reigh- from the from outside ( Infl ow )
ton from AC IO Chatham ( and formerly of the 3rd R egime nt al the Regimental
Bn.) is due to take over No. 3 Section at Brighton 7
from Sgt. Rumbold in May; the latter will then take Area Area
charge of The Queen's Division Recruiting Caravan ( Infl ow ) ( Inflow )
and move to the rest of the Divisional area . We are
most grateful to the 3rd Bn. for leaving behind their 52 23
Mortar Platoon, under Capt. Ross, when they went to
Cyprus, to assist our small team to help K.Q .P .E ; Total No. Total No. B a l a n ce
they did a tremendous amount to help QUEENS recruited leav ing Inflow/ Outflow
cadets in Sussex. W ell done M ortars. As we go to ( Infl ow )
press the pl atoon has just changed over with the Anti- (Outflow ) + 11 (+ 28)
T ank Platoon under Capt. Chri stmas, who will con- 82 (136 ) 7 1 ( 108)
centrate on helping our cadets in Surrey.
NOTES
1-Prolongations du ring above period 69 ( 40 ).

2-Junior Soldiers maturing Winter 72 term 34 ( 19 ).
3-Figures in brackets are for the same period in
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Division "A fine Quccnsman"-WO II D. L. Lay.

ONE of the benefits of Depot life is that the CS M Don La y who left th e Arm y in M arch,
whole unit is able to close for Christmas. We JOined The East Surrey Regt . at Shorncliffe on ht
February 195 1. After 6 weeks basic training he joi ned
thus all went on leave for one week from 20th I Surreys as a rifl eman at Barnard Castle. The CO
was Lt.-Col. M etcalf ( now M ajo r-General and form er-
December, ha ving enjoyed the usual round of ly Colonel of the Queen 's R oyal Surrey Regt. ) and
the RSM was WOI Wooley-now M ajor Wooley.
Chri stmas festivities rather early. On return, the After two month s he joined the Corps of Drums as a
tenor Drummer and Bugler.
Juni or Soldiers' Coy. re-fo rmed at an all-time
In October 195 1, the battalion went to Tripoli
hi gh of 364 Junior Soldiers-all commanded by for a yea r, D erna for 6 months, and then to Egypt for
18 months in an IS role. The Drum M a jor was Drum
Maj. Dick Edwardes. Major Johnie Craggs, D CM . During thi s time CSM
Lay was promoted L / Cpl., Cpl. and eventually Sgt.
This large number of juniors, though exce llent in J une 1953. H e then joined B Coy. under Maj .
from the mann ing viewpoint, does cause problems; J ohn R eed ( Queen 's Surreys Office Regimental Secre-
the dining hall is too small, the NAAFI inadequate tary), as a platoon se rgeant when the CSM was CS M
and, worst of all, with some of the barrack blocks at Tim Connelly.
last being redecorated, grea t difficu lty arose in finding
sufficient bed spaces. Nevertheless, 93 J unior Soldiers In October 1954, the Bn. returned to Shorncliffe
proud ly wear the Queen's R eg iment cap badge of and after a period of train ing there CS M Lay was
whom 11 are Jun ior Bandsmen and 10 J unior Drum- posted to 6 Bn. The Ea st Surrey R egt. ( TA ) at King-
ston on Thames, whe re he met and married his wife
mers. in August 1955. H e left the TA in August 1957
At the end of la st term the Junior Soldiers' Coy. and rejoined the Bn . in BAOR ; he became Mortar
PI. Sergeant when the Bn. returned to Bury St. Ed-
were delighted to wi n the Jun ior Arm y Football Cup munds in 1958. Serving with the Bn. during an emer-
- n great achievement . ( A photograph of the tea m gency tour in Cyprus he returned via Benghazi at the
nppears elsewhere ). As a result of this victory, nine end of that yea r.
of them we re select ed to act as 'ball -boys' at the re-
cent international match at W embley when England In October 1959 the Bn . amalgamated with the
played Wales; this was certainly a proud moment in 1st Bn. The Queen's Royal R egt. at Bury St. Edmunds
their lives. to become the I st Bn . The Queen's Roya l Surrey
R egt. The new unit moved to Colchester and then to
Since our last notes, 56 Adult recru its have Aden in November 1960, and on its return, CS M L ay
passed out and joined their Battalions- 22 to the 1st joined 3 Queen's Surreys (TA ) at Croydon for two
Bn ., 17 to the 2nd and 17 to the 3rd. Amongst these yea rs.
were six prize-winners including Pte. M artin Guil-
foyle ( I QUEENS ) and Pte. H enry .Brown ( 3 H e rejoined I Queen's Surreys in Munster in
QUEENS ) , both of whom were "Best R ecruits" of 1964 and returned home in August 1967. In November
that yea r he was promoted WOn and went to Bah rain
their respective intakes. wi th the battalion as weapon training Warrant Officer.
W e have also continued to run va rious courses H e was "casevaced" home from Bahrain in late 1968
and joined I QUEENS Rear P arty at H obbs Barracks.
and cadres which has meant that we have seen many
familiar faces from the Regular Battalions and met In April 1969, CSM Lay joined the J unior
recruits from the T & AVR battalions, thus providing Soldier Coy. at Canterbu ry and when it closed he be-
a contact with members of the R egiment which is came CS M of the new Di vis ional Junior Soldiers Coy.
welcomed by all of us on the D epot staff . at Bass inbourn . The ave rage strength of hi s Compa ny
has, including permanent st aff, totalled some 380.
Twice a yea r we act as hosts for the P ostings
Conference, the last of which took place in November On leaving the se rv ice, the CS M will be living
last. This is always a h ap py occasion when Command- at Croydon and has every intention of keeping closely
ing Officers are rem inded of the many faci lit ies we in touch wi th R egimental affairs.
possess at Bass ingbourn. W e we re delil(hted on this
occasion to have the Colonel of the R eg iment with us ...
for a Guest Night.

Brig . R oy Anderson reti red at the end of D ecem-
ber to take up his new maritime appointment and in
his place we welcome Brig. C larke.

Another member of the R egiment ( who has served
at the D epot since it first formed) we are extremely
sorr y to lose, is WO n L ay. H e retired in March aft er
22 yea rs service, the last three of which h ave been as
CS M of the Junior Soldiers' Coy. W e wish him every

good fortune as a civilian and are going to miss h is
very rea l influence with the young soldi ers whom he
has looked after so well . CS M H are from the 3rd

Bn. succeeds him.
W e are delighted to have with us Capt. Don

Prvce who, on commissioning, has become our Direc-
tor of Music. Well known to man v members of the
R egiment, he was Bandma ster at the old D epot _and
before that with the 1st R oyal Sussex. Drum M aior
Supple ha s also arrived from Shorncl iffe and wi ll per-
h aps persuade more junior soldiers belonging to our
R egiment to join the Corps of Drums.

38

T he Depot Junior S oldier Coy.
Football team-winners of the
A rmy Junior Soldiers C hallenge
Cup. ( Back row, I to r):
L / C pl. Galloway, F us. J ohnson,
Bdsmn. G rimmitt, F us. Abbott
and F us. Hugh cs. (Front row,
I to r ): C pl. Twell, L / C pls.
W right and H arbottle, C pl.
Louth, F us. W right, Pte. Doyle

and C pl. Bodghen.

DEPOT OPEN DAY - Saturday 16th June - See page 70 fo r outline of Ev e nts.

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Mainly About People 39

Brig. R. E. Loder, CBE, DL has been granted a W e also congratul ate Capt. P . R. P. Howe for
yea r's extension to his tour as D eputy Colonel ( Sus· receiv ing a M ention in Oe5patchcs for service in N.
>CX), i.e. until 18th M arch 1974. Irela nd between "t M ay and 3 1st J uly 1972, whtl\t
seconded to 2 PARA .
Brig. M. J. A. C larke, MBE was appo inted
A fond farewell to Col. F. Walden, MBE, DL-
Divi sional Brigadier, The Queen's Division, on 14th who retired from the post of Secretary of the Middle-
J anu ary 1972. H e ha s already visited RHQ twice since sex Office at the end of las t year. Colonel " Fann y",
his appoinunent, the last time being just after his re- who had been in the post fo r twelve yea rs, is succeeded
turn from a visit to 3 QUEENS in Cyprus. by Maj . A. E. F. (Frank) Waldron, MBE.

2/ Lt. W . K. Hughes who passed ou t from RMAS W e were pleased to welcome the foll owi ng officer<
on 15th D ecember 1972 ( and is now wi th 2 who signed the Visitors' hook at RHQ during J anuary:
QUEENS ) received the Academic M eri t Pri ze " for
outstanding perform ance by an Officer Cadet not in Capt. Don ald Pryce, Capt. Chris Grove, 2/ Lt.s
receipt of any other academic prize". Dick Williams and Bi ll Hughes ( recently commission-
ed from RMAS and posted to 2 QUEENS ) , and Lt.
The following officers (all members of 5 Richard J ackson, now in his last six months at the
QUEENS ( V )) have qualified for promotion to Cap- Universit y of K ent at Canterbu ry.
ta in : Lts. A. P . H aigh and G. N. W altham, 2/Lts.
C. M . Bellingham, D . S. M itchell and N. . Walker. The fo llowing officers successfully completed No.
6 Army Staff Course, Div. Ill, which ended on 26th
NEW YEARS HONOURS October 1972, and are entitled to the Symbol "p .s.c."
agai nst thei r names in M ilitary records : Maj s. A. B.
W e congratulate C / Sgt. J. Mogford, BEM ( 4
C owing and D . J. C. Dickens.
QUEENS Coy) on his award of the British Empire
M eda l in th e N ew Years Honours list. 2/ Lt. G. K . Yonwin passed out of Sandhurst on
9th M arch, THIRD in the Order of M erit and
S IXTH in the Military Order.

2/ Lt. S. C. J. B. Pielow was SEVENTH in the
Order of M erit.

Letters THE LAMB & FLAG-A NEW VERSION

REPRESENTATIVE COMPANIES IN THE OF IT'S ORIGIN

QUEEN'S DIVISION From: Capt. R . A. J ennings,
2 QUEENS,
Th e fo llowi11 g is extracted from a leter from H Q BFPO 106.
Th e Quec11's Division dated 2Jrd J anuary: 19 J anua ry 1973.

" The Army Board h ave reviewed the representa- D ear Sir,
tive companies formed in 1970, and have announced
that: Whilst on holiday in Somerset recentl y I was
motoring through the small vi llage of Blagdon ( nea r
a. 4 QUEENS Company is to be disbanded to- T aunton ) when to my surprise I saw a pub with a
wards the end of 1973. familiar name-the ''Lamb and Flag, - with a perfect

b. 4 R ANGLI AN Company is to be retai ned reproduction on its freshl y pai nted sign of the pa scha l
until at least 1975. lamb, so well kn own to many of us. M y wife was
somewhat mystified about my determination to visit
Both companies will continue to ass ist training
of junior soldiers at Howe Barracks, Canterbur y until the hostelry aga in in the even ing from ou r farm base
August 1973. The R egimental Information Team of house ten miles away, but "Regimental Customs" was
The Queen's Regiment, now forming part of 4
QUEENS Company, will continue to exist but men sufficient to produce a disciplined acceptance!
will be on the posted strength of Regular battalions. So that evening, cl ad in blazer with buttons di s-
The role of 4 R ANGLIAN Company h as not yet
been determined, but the company is to be reformed playing the Naval C rown and the Queens R oyal R egi -
with a strength of about 100-110. D etailed planning ment tie, off we set. I felt sure th at the I· ndlord would
for these changes wi ll now be started". be an ex-Queensman and a few free pints would flow
my way!
From : Inspector J. F. de Kruiff,
So much for my pipedrea ms. Whilst waiting at
Australian C ivilian P olice, the bar of what proved to be a cheerful saloon , I
looked long and hard at mine host and attempted to
P .O. Box 11 27, Limasol, hear hi s voice; thi s w:• s difficult with my hearing and
C y p ru s. the general noi se of the pub in action . My wife, how-
ever, nudged me hard : "He's North Country"! And
To: The Editor,
sure enough he was- a strange voice amidst the
D ea r Sir, Somerset "dr awl". Finall y I go t m y bar space and
chatted up the land lord. H e proved to be an ex-
I would like to th ank the members of th e \XIa rrant Cheshire (22nd, if I reca ll correctly and thus very
Officers' and Sergeants' M ess of the 3rd Bn . Th e junior) ! H owever I got around to the subject of the
Queen 's Reg iment, BRITC ON, Polemidhia, Cyprus,
for the present given to my wife and myself on the name of the inn and its orig in , for he had a nicely-
produced and fr amed picture of yet another paschal
occasion of our marriage. lamb inside the bar.

( Signed ) : The origin of the n ame (he stated) was that in
1685, du ring the Monmouth rebellion, a Colonel Flag
J. F . de KRUIFF.

40 though the lamb does not figure on the signboard .
I wonder if nny of the R egiment's Historian s
was involved in a series of di sastrous ba tt les and the
saying goes that he led his men " like lambs to the wou ld care to comment ?
slaughter ". Interesting ! I qui ckl y reca lled my Regi-
mental History and the origins of "Kirk's L an1bs" but Incidentl y never did ge t my beer-that's the
nothing wou ld shake his stor y-one which he had 22 nd for yo u! Yours sincere ly,
obviously inherited from the previous tenant. C urious-
ly enough there arc severa l other inns in the area with ROGER J ENN INGS.
the same n ame. There is one in Buckland St. M ary,

***

The London Gazette

Extracts from Supplements

REGULAR ARMY T & AYR
The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer
Brig. J . R . Anderson, CBE, retires on retired the award of the Efficiency D ecoration (TA VR ) upon
pa y 14th D ecember 1972 . M a j. A. C. Co!e.
0 / Cdt. M . C. M ercer, 7 QUEENS, to be 2/ Lt.
Col. M. J . A. C!arke, MBE, to be Brig. 31 st (on probation ) 20th September 1972.
D ecember 1972 with seniorit y 30th June 1972. Capt. P . H . G rove, 6 QUEENS, from TAVR
RA, to be Capt. 1st August 1972, with seniority 8th
Lt.-Col. W . G. R. Ambrose retired on r etired D ecember 1976.
pa y 26th November 1972. Lt. R. A. M etcalf, 7 QUEENS , from R Y to be
Lt., I 7th October 1972 retain ing his present seniority.
Capt. J. E. Gerelli resigns his comm. 27th 2/Lt. ( on probation ) E. G. W arhurst, 6
November 1972. QUEENS, from TA VR RA, to be 2/ Lt. ( on proba-
tion ) 1st September 1972, with seniorit y 30th October
WOI ( BM ) D . E . Pryce to be Capt. ( Director 19 69.
of Music ) 17th November 1972 . 0 / Cdt. J . D . Tyas, 5 QUEENS, to be 2/ Lt .
( o:1 probation ) 3rd D ecember 1972 .
Th e follo wing Lts. to be Capts., 16th D ecember 1972 : M.B.E. FOR MR. RALPH RAVENSHEAR OF
P. C. Cook, R. M . M . Low, R . A . M . C hristmas,
THE "LEMGO LIGHT HORSE"
M. J . Ball, P . M. Gwilliam.
Col. M. T. N . J ennings, CBE, retired on retired pay Ravenshear, MBE.
17th J anu ary 1973. Picture by PRO, SE Dist.

M ajs. J. R. Stephenson and M . P . St. F . Dra-
copoli to be Lt.-Co!s. 31 st D ecember 1972 with
seniority 30th June 1972.

Th e follow ing 2/ L ts. to beLts ., 30th January 19 73:
C. D. N . Polden, A. W. Russell, J . N . Pratten .

Spe cial R eg . Co mm11 .
2/ Lt. J . M . H arcus from Short Serv. Commn.

to be 2/ Lt. 1st September 1972 with seniority 2nd
M ay 1970.

Shore Serv. Co mmn .
Capt. M. P . D. Eastap relinquishes hi s commn.

1st D ecember 1972 .
Lt. S. W . Billett to be Capt., 1st D ecember 1972.
Ca pt. ( QM ) W . Snowden to be M aj. ( QM )

28 th January 1973.

REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Ca pt. A. J . D . Salter from TA VR 7 QUEENS ,

to be Cap t. 1st September 1972 .

Class ll

Capt. R . J . Clayton, from TA VR 5 QUEENS,
to be Capt. 1st July 1972.

Lt. I. Blythe from TAVR Group A, 6 QUEENS
( V ) to beLt., 1st November 1972.

Jack Francis ( PRO South East District) writes: 41

Mr. R . R avenshea r to whom Brig. Loder paid BOOKS
tribute in our D ecember issue, ( on page 69 ), was
awarded the M .B.E . in The N ew Yea r H onours List "REGIMENTAL STRETCHER BEARERS
for his services to journalism. IN ACTION!"

Known a ff ectionately as R alph to all his friends (Third Edition )
in the three Battalions which he ha s visited overseas
and in Northern Ireland, Mr. Ravenshear is 72 . H e By G. J. Scriven (Ex-Suffolk Regiment)
recently retired from full-time employment as Assis-
tant Editor with the Ea stbourne Gazette and East- Foreword by Lieu tenant G eneral Sir Richard
bourne H erald, and is a form er Editor of The Sussex W . Craddock, KBE, CD , DSO .
Express.
True accounts of a soldier's experiences on the
An ex- infantryman, Ralph served with The Bed- battlefields of North-West Europe during World W ar
fordshire Regt. in France and in the Army of Occupa- I!. A tribute to the self-less work of the Infantr y
tion of the Rhine in the 1914-1 8 War. Stretcher Bearer in his efforts to succour the wounded
and to lessen their sufferings. Includes actual war
As a journalist who visited th e former Royal photographs of the 3rd British Infantry Division
Sussex (later to become the 3 QUEENS ) in L emgo, stretcher bearers dealing with casualties during opera-
Germany, on several occasions he wa s, with four other tions in Europe, 1944-45.
"regulars"-Kenneth Morley, John Constable, Gordon
C hester and J ack Francis-presented with Battalion Single copies can be obtained by post ( 18p each)
recognition ties, and from this came the formation of from: Mr. G. J , Scriven, 8 Orion Road, Rodwell,
The "Lemgo Light Horse". Ralph is "C. O ." Weymouth, Dorset.

Once a yea r the stalwarts of the LLH meet for PLEASE ORDER PROMPTLY AS ONLY A
lunch at Eastbourne, and their last R oya l Sussex guest LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES ARE AVAIL-
was Mrs. Knocker, wife of Lt.-Col. Nigel Knocker ABLE . All profits on sa les will be donated to the
( now serving in The Gulf). Army Benevolent Fund.

Footnote: On an APC "exercise" on the training "THE STORY OF
grounds near L emgo, Ralph was once observed wearing
one pip on one shoulder of his denim tunic. H ence CATTERICK CAMP"
his LLH C.O-shipl
By
WEMBLEY-7 JULY
Lt.-Col. Howard N. Cole, OBE, TD, DL, FRHist, S
Tickets will shortly be available for the m ilitary
musical pageant at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, This book reviews the story of Catterick Camp
7 J uly. They can be obtained from agencies or direct from its beginning in 1915, through two World Wars,
from the Box Office, Wembley Stadium, Middlesex to 1972.
(Cheques payable to Wembley Stadium Ltd.)
The first chapter deals with the hi story of the
Seats are priced at £2.50, £2.00, £ 1.50, £1.00 neighbourhood from Roman times until plans were
and 50 pence. For the first four of these categories laid for a Garrison of the North of England in 1908.
there are specia l party rates (for parties of 20 or more ) The name of Catterick Camp was changed to Catterick
at respectively £2.40, £1.90, £1.40 and 90 pence. Garrison in 1973 .
There will also be standing room on the terraces at
30 pence with a limited number of cushions for hire "The Story of Catterick Camp" h as been private-
at tenpence. ly published by HQ Catterick Garrison; the Book
Size 8t'' x 5t'' ( Trimmed size ) comprises 105 pages
More than a thousand Army musicians- massed and includes 31 half tone illustrations and a map of
bands, corps of drums and pipers, with horses and the Camp. It is bound in Art Board Cover.
guns-will take part in this spectacle of colour and
pageantry which, as for the performances in 1969 and Price: ( including postage I packing I handling
1971, is in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund. costs ) £1.25 .

HAWKES IS GRANTED A ORDERS: Should be addressed direct to:- The
Garrison Administrative Commandant, H eadquarters
ROYAL WARRANT Catterick G arrison, Piave Lines, Canerick Garrison,
Yorkshire DL9 3JR.
Hawkes and Co. Ltd., the civil and military
tailors of No. I Saville Row, London, has been grant- OFFICERS' CLUB
ed a Royal Warrant as Military T ailors By Appoint-
ment to Her Maj esty The Queen. MESS KIT FOR SALE
Capt. D . K . Mumford who has transferred to the
Founded in 1771, H awkes have been Military
Outfitters By Appointment to His M ajesty King RAPC, offers for sa le the following R egimental items
George V, and Military Accoutrement M akers By of uniform: Mess IGt (Waist 35 ", inside leg 32");
Appointment to H er M ajesty Queen Victoria. No. I Dress H at (7!); Collar Badges; Cap B adges
(metal and embroidered); Officers Pattern Great Coat
(H eight 5' 11!"); Eversleigh Stars.

Any Officer, Officer Cadet or potential Officer
who is interested should write to Capt. Mumford at : -
The Blues and Royals, Combermere Barracks, Wind-
sor, Berks. (Tel.: Windsor 61391 ).

Births, Marriages and BRETT-O n 16th December 1972, to Sgt. and Mrs.
R. Brett, a daughter, M arcia Ann.
Deaths
PIERRE-On 19th December 1972, to Pte. and Mrs.
BIRTHS J . Pierre, a son, Carlton Michael J ason.

JENKINS-On 8th September, to Pte. and Mrs. R. RUSSELL-On 19th D ecember 1972, to L / C and
J enkins, a son, Stephen Royson. Mrs. F . Russell, a son, Gary Peter.

TURNER-On 25th September 1972, to Sgt. and TIP PETT-O n 31 st December 1972, to Pte. and
Mrs. P. Turner, a daughter, Alison Wendy. Mrs. B. Tippett, a son, Anthony Mark.

DRIVER-On 27th September 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. GILL-On 3rd January 1973, to Pte. and Mrs. G.
R. Driver, a daughter, Birgit. Gill, a daughter, Sandra Ann

W AKEFIELD- On 28th September 1972, to Pte. UNDERWOOD-On 4th January 1973, to Pte. and
and Mrs. P. Wakefield, a daughter, Shirley Mrs. D. Underwood, a daughter, Sharon Joyce.
Margaret Anna.
}ONES-On lOth J an uary 1973, to Capt. and Mrs.
MORDLE-On 11th October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. I. R . Jones, a son, Andrew.
D . Mordle, a daughter, Tina Loui se.
SANDFIELD-On 12th J anuary 1973, to L / C and
HUTSON-On 13th October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. Mrs. D . Sandfield, a son, Christopher M ark.
D . Hutson, a daughter, Sara Jane.
FOLAN-On 20th Janu ary 1973, to Cpl. and Mrs.
HARBINSON-On 13th October 1972, to L / C and J . Folan, a son, M artin John .
Mrs. D. Harbinson, a son, Stuart John .
HULL-On 20th January 1973, to L / C and Mrs. C.
YOUNG-On 21st October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. Hall, a daughter, Sally.
S. T . Young, a daughter, Victoria Ann.
SHEPHARD-On 23rd January 1973, to Capt. and
STICKLES-On 21st October 1972, to Cpl. and Mrs. D . A. Shephard, a daughter, Camilla J ane.
Mrs. T. $tickles, a daughter, P aula .
MARRIAGES
LEY-On 21st October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. W .
Ley, a daughter, Samantha Katrina . ROBINSON-BARBER . On 30th September 1972, at
Stoke-on-Trent, Cpl. F. Robinson to Miss
BREAM-On 22nd October 1972, to Sgt. and Mrs. Patricia Ann Barber.
S. Bream, a daughter, Nicole Fay.
BEADLE-LE ACH. On 7th October 1972, at Bexley,
ARNOLD-On 25th October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. Pte. B. Beadle to Mrs. P auline Grace L each.
B. V. Arnold, a son, Vincent Robert.
STILLWELL-LEMON. On 11th October 1972,at
MURRAY-On 25th October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. Dartford, Pte. K . Stillwell to Miss Jacqueline
R . Murray, a daughter, Louise M ichelle. Veronica Lemon.

RUEL--On 31st October 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. D . JONES-SIMMONDS . On 11th October 1972, at
Rue!, a daughter, Angeline. Ockham, Surrey, Pte. A. Jones to Miss Jennifer
Elsie M ary Simmonds.
HAYNES-On 1st November 1972, to L / C and Mrs.
D . Haynes, a daughter, Tracy Isabella . GOUDA-LUGOL. On 14th October 1972, at D yon-
aax, France, Capt. D. C. F . Gouda to Miss
FENSOM-On 4th November 1972, to Sgt. and Colette Georgette Rosie Lugol.
Mrs. }. F ensom, a daughter, H eidi Victoria.
PEARCE-GIBSON. On 21st October 1972, at
WELCH-On 8th November 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. Gravesend, Pte. D . P ea rce to Miss Sheila Ann
B. Welch, a son, Anthony J ames Brian. G i b son.

WINTER-On 13th November 1972, to L / C and RIDLEY-GREER . On 21st October 1972, at H ack-
Mrs. }. Winter, a daughter, Maxine. nev, Pte. Ridley to Miss Carol Ann Greer.

PIERCE-On 19th November 1972, to L / C and MOORE-NEUHAUS . On 1st D ecember 1972, at
Mrs . G. Pierce, a son, Karl Warren. Werl, West Germany, Pte. G. Moore to Miss
Monica H edwig Elizabeth Neuhaus.
ASKAM-On 20th November 1972, to Bdsm. and
Mrs. K . Askam, a daughter, K erry Louise. VI CKERY- GR IFFITHS . On 6th D ecember 1972,
at Enfield, Pte. F. Vickery to Miss Carol Ann
GOODCHILD-On 22nd November 1972, to L / C G r i f ! i t h s.
and Mrs. S. Goodchild, a daughter, Zoe Emma.
JONAS-HUMPHREY. On lOth D ecember 1972, at
PIPER-On 24th November 1972, to Cpl. and Mrs. Rochester, Pte. P . Jon as to Miss Elizabeth Hum-
C. Pioer, a son, James Christopher. ohrey.

COLES-On 27th November 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. WORRELL-VUOLO. 22nd December 1972, at
B. Cotes, a son, Scott Geoffrey. Werl, West G ermany, Pte. T. Worrell to Miss
Mariagrazia Vuolo.
THOMAS-On 28th November 1972, to L / C and
Mrs. P . Thomas, a son, Adrian Robert. THOMPSON-BERNHARDT. On 29th D ecember
1972, at Werl, W est Germany, Pte. D . Thompson
HUTCHINSON-On 2nd December 1972, to Pte. to Miss Katharina Elisabeth Bernhardt.
and Mrs. L. Hutchinson, a daughter, M aril yn
Janice. ALFRED-WALSH. On 30th December 1972, at
Islington, L / C E . Alfred to Miss Valerie Anne
WEBB-On 5th December 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. }. W a l sh.
Webb, a daughter, Zoe Elizabeth .
DURLING-GILHAM. On 6th January 1973, at
STROUD-On 5th December 1972, to Pte. and Mrs. Sheppey, Kent, Pte. K . Durling to Miss Susan
D. Stroud, a daughter, Sandra. Ann Gilham.

McGAHAN-On 8th December 1972, to Pte. and ASHFIELD-ADAMES. On 7th J anuary 1973, at
Mrs. T . McGahan, a daughter, Donna Claire. Twickenham, Pte. T . Ashfield to Miss Michelle
Adames.
WORRELL-On 11th December 1972, to Pte. and
Mrs. T . Worrell, a son, H ezekiah Josh Vuolo. DONOGHUE-KIPLING . On 13th January 1973,
at Sittingbourne, Pte. C. Donoghue to Miss Ann
SNOAD-On 14th D ecember 1972, to L / C and Mrs. Kipling.
S. Snoad, a son, Kevin Gordon.

RISING-On 16th December 1972, to Pte. and Mrs.
L. Rising, a daughter, Louisa Tara Michelle.

HOMEWOOD-LIST. On 27th January 1973, at 43
Surrey South Eastern Reg ister Office, Bdsm. M .
H omewood to Miss H elen List. DUBOIS-On 15th November 1972, at St. Paul 's
C ray, K ent, M aj. G. E. Dubois, M C, late The
FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES Buff s.

Mr. C. J. Grace and Miss W. G . Williams RUTHVEN-On 18th November 1972, Maj . J . M .
The engagement is announced between Christo- R uthven, in South Africa, late The Queen's Own
pher John, son of Colonel and Mrs. H . R. Grace, The Royal West Kent Regt.
Old Rectory, C rundale, Canterbur y, K ent, and Wendy
G riffiths, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E . J . Williams, DRUC E- On 12th November 1972, Capt. J ohn
Bwlichygroes, Pembrokeshire. Christopher Druce, M C, aged 80. H e served in
The East Surrey Regt. from 1914 to 1919 and
Mr. M . P . Lawson and Miss C. A. Melior had the distinction of the longest continuous
The engagement is announced between Lieutenant period of service in the 1st Bn . in the 1914-18
M alcolm Patrick L awson, The Queen 's Regiment, war than any other officer. H e was mentioned in
eldset son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M . C. L awson, of despatches as a company commander and was
Goodshill House, T enterden, K ent, and Miss Carol Adjutant from September 191 6 until severely
Anne M elior, only child of Mr. and Mrs. E. D . M el- wo unded in M ay 191 8. Awarded the M ilitary
Ior, of Coleridge Cottage, Portishead, Somerset. Cross in 1918 .

DEATHS WI N D SOR-On 21 st November 1972, Cpl. J ames
Alben Windsor, aged 85. Served in the 1st Bn.
ADAMS-On 28th M ay 1972, C pl. D . J . Adams, The E ast Surrey Regt. from 1904 to 1919 and
aged 84. Serving in the 2nd Bn. The Queen's went to France with the Battalion in August 1914
Royal Regt. from 1914 to 1920, he was wounded (see Obituary).
between M ametz and Montauban in July 191 5.
Mr. Adams had been a resident of the Royal GAMBR ILL-On 22nd November 1972, Thomas
British L egion's M aurice H ouse at Westgate-on- William Gambrill, late W arrant Officer Class I,
Sea since Jul y 1970. The Buff s 1927-48, aged 64 years.

.-IEWTON-On 17th July 1972, Maj . Willoughby PERCIVAL-In November 1972, Lt. Sidney P ercival,
Chaplin N ewton, aged 68. Served with The aged 75. Served in The E ast Surrey Regt. from
Middlesex Regt. ( DCO ) from 1924-1948. 1940 to 1942 having served in The Cheshire
Regt. in the 1914-1 8 war.
STAFFORD-ln July 1972, Lt.-Col. R. H. S. Staf-
ford, DSO, M C. At the outbreak of the 1914-1 8 DEMPSTER-On 8th D ecember 1972, Mr. P . Demp-
war he was commissioned in the Special Reserve ster, late The Queen's Own Royal West K ent
oi the 60th Rifles. He commanded the 17th R eg t.
( F ootballers) Bn . from 191 7 until its disband-
ment in February 191 8. OLIVER- On 9th D ecember 1972, CSM Thomas
Oliver, aged 69. Served in The Queen 's Roya l
MACKENZIE-On lOth August 1972, at Hythe Regt. from 1919 to 1945.
H ospital, Southampton, Hugh Frazer M ackenzie,
C BE, aged 63. S erved in The Middlesex Regt. ADAMS- On lOth D ecember 1972, Lt.-Col. P aul
( D CO ) from 1928-1931 and then t ransferred to Adams, CB, TD, aged 69. Served in 24th London
RAO C. Regt. ( The Queen's - later the 7th Bn. The
Queen's Ro yal Regt. ( TA )) from 1922 until
DAMS-On ll th August 1972, at Weybridge, Muriel 1947 (see O bituar y).
Selma, age 93, wife of the late Col. Louis Dams,
a fo rmer commanding officer of the 8th Bn . WALSH-On IIth D ecember 1972, Mr. James
Middlesex ( TA ). Walsh, late No. 635 1026, The Queen's Own
Royal West K ent Regt.
PAIN-On 12th August 1972, Lt .-Col. Edward
Thoma s Pain, age 75. Served with The Middle- AKERS-On 19th D ecember 1972, Sgt. J ohn H enry
sex Regt. ( D CO ) 191 6-194 8. Akers, aged 78. Served in the 24th London Regt.
( The Queen 's) from August 19 14 to 1919 when
W ATSON-On 17th August 1972, suddenly and he enlisted as a R egular in The Queen's; he then
peacefully at home, Irene Mildred, beloved wife served in the 2nd Bn . until 193 7. " J ack" Akers
of Lt. -Col. D . B. Watson, M C. who will be remembered as a patient kindly man,
was a member of the WOs' and Sgts' A ssociation .
C HILD-On ll th October 1972, Pte. Frederick J ohn
C hild, in the Star and Garter Home, Richmond . EDMONDS-On 3rd J anuary 1973, Pte. Frank
Served in The Middlesex Regt. ( D CO ) 19 14- 18. Edgar Edmonds, aged 67. Served in The E ast
Surrey Regt. from 1925 to 1933 and in The
WILKI N-On 31st October 1972, at New H ampshire, M iddlesex Regt. ( D CO) from 193 7 to 1939.
LISA, Mrs. Eliza beth C rawford Wilkin, wife of
Col. H . Wilkin, OBE, M C, late The Queen's S H ARPE-On 4th J anuary 1973 in the Royal M ars-
Own Royal West K ent Regt. den Hospital, K athleen Sharpe, wife of M a j.
Trevor Le M . Sharpe, MBE, LRAM, ARCM,
BERGL-Suddenly, on 6th November 1972, M aj. now Director of Music The Coldstream Guards,
Bernard Bergl, aged 80 ; Chai rman of the IIth lately Bandmaster 1st Bn. The Buffs.
( L ewisham ) Bn. The Queen's Own Royal W est
K ent Regt .- (" Corfe's Irregulars") -OCA . LEIGH-On 5th J anua ry 1973, at M aidstone, Mrs.
Sarah J ane L eigh, widow of the late M ajor J. T .
HAMILTON-On lOth November 1972, at East Leigh, The Queen's Own Roya l W est K ent R egi-
Sheen, John G eorge Pollock Hamilton, son of Lt.-
Col. and Mrs. C. G. H amilton . ment.

PAL!N-On lOth November 1972, Mrs. D . Palin, SALISBURY-On l Oth January 1973, Mr. Tom
widow of the late M aj. A. C. S . Palin, The Salisbury, late the Queen 's Own Royal West
Queen 's Own Royal W est Kent Regt. K ent Regt., aged 76 years.

STANBR ID GE-On 17th J anuary 1973, Cpl. Wil-
liam Stanbridge, aged 70. Served in the 1st, 2nd
and 4th Bns. of The Queen's Royal Regt. (see
Obituary).

LAWRENCE- On 22nd J anuary 1973, Miss E dith
M adeline L awrence, aged 68, elder daughter of

44 FYFFE-Lt.-Gen. Si r Richard Allan Fyffe, KBE,
CB, D SO, M C, Commanded 6 RWK in Italy
the late Col. H . D . L awrence, CM G, The East 9th May to 2nd J u ly 1944 .
Surrey R egt.
BARROW-On 1st F ebruary 1973, Mrs. E velyn Bar- CA REY-On February 23 rd. L t.-Col. John J ames
row, widow of M a j. D avid de Symons Barrow, Ca rey, M BE, aged 7 1, formerl y of The East
M C, The Queen's R oyal Regt., who died of S urrey Regt .
wounds in 1944.

Obituaries---------.

G. N. MATHESON so much a M an of Peace. We fin d no mention of h im
Owing to a series of unfortunate misundersrand- in our History, yet he did a good job as Orderl y
ill gs, the following appreciation, written by L t. -Col . Room Corporal. With his retiring nature, he was not
D . E. C. Russell shortly aft er this officer' s death, is well known in past years to many of our members.
published now, with T he Editor's sincere apologies for In fact, when, ten years ago, h e was elected Chairman
its laten ess: of The Association, a few eyebrows were raised, but
G avin Matheson, educated at E astbourne College, our President and the senior officials knew what they
joined 1st Royal Sussex in Aden in 1965 on a short were doing. Thus, we h ave h ad for the past decade a
Service Commission. H e instantly impressed by h>s conscientious, sagacious and generous Chairman and
individuality of thought coupled with a deep loyalty The Association has prospered. Like all Associations,
to his Regiment. As a Platoon Commander he w1ll be we have had problems of policy and personalities, but
remembered by all ranks as a true leader and a true Bern ard could deal wi th these; he could "read his
friend. All of us who were privileged to serve with man" and when he made a decision or gave advice, it
him will remember his courageous and dogged per- had the quality of p rescience.
formances in the boxing ring and on the games fi eld.
In a way he was a union of opposites: cheerful and In the Second World W ar, he served in the In-
sociable, yet reserved; an individualist, who eagerly tell igence Corps with distinction and travelled far and
surrendered himself to loyalty to his Company and wide, but he never talked about himself or his experi-
Battalion ; a thinker, who revelled in the tough hurly- ences.
burly of the Infantryman 's life. H e was a born writer,
and in an Infantry Battalion he found that interplay H is C ity interests included membersh ip of a
of human relationships which fascinated him and M erchant Banking firm for whom h e travelled exten-
which must have provided much material for the book sively, and latterl y, as Financial Director of a Com-
which he started in G ermany. pany engaged in the export of furs. When h e h ad
After leaving the Army h e entered a business reached eighty, h e worked on a part-time basis.
career as export manager to an office furnishing firm.
With his intent and thoughtful approach to any prob- His chief interest in life was his wife and his
lem, coupled with the breadth of vision which he had home, but he was also one of the longest serving mem-
always shown in his soldiering days, he was making a bers of the National Liberal Club and it was through
great success of his life. It was on a busines~ journ~y his good offi ces that we h ave been able to hold our
to Austria on 2nd October 1971, when the a!fcraft m M eetings and Functions in the last few years in such
which he was travelling crashed near Ghent, that all of pleasant surroundings. No one could have been a more
us who knew G avin lost a friend who will never qU>te thoughtful and generous host. His hobby was stamp
be replaced. collecting .
Postcript : From a memorial f und set up by his
f amily and fri ends an area of 8! acres of the Ouse A number of us h ave lost a loyal personal friend ;
W ashes ne,;r W eln ey, Cam bridgeshire, has been pur- the Association has lost a wise counsellor; Isabel h as
chased by the W orld Wild L ife Fund as a refu ge for lost a devoted husband and we pray that she m ay be
wild-fowl . A notice by way of mem orial has been given the strength to fa ce a rather empty world.
placed on the gate.
We shall long remember how this reserved man
who, avoiding the limelight, and being a M an of
Peace m ade such a success of the Chairmanship of
the O .C.A.- whose members come from an essentially
lighting unit .

LT.-COL. H. L. ADAMS, CMG, TD

MAJ. BERNARD BERGL Louis Adams who died in July last, aged 62, h ad
a distinguished ca reer in the Colonial Service in
Capt. R. 0 . Russell M C writes: K enya, which ended prematurely with Independence.
E ducated at H aileybury, where he was head of his
It had never occurred to me that I should one house, he joined his two brothers, Guy and P aul, in
day be writing an Appreciation of Bernard Bergl. H e the 24th L ondon R egt. ( The Queen's), later 7th
always carried his years so well, was so alert of mind Queen 's, in 1929. In 193 8, when the TA doubled, he
and took h is busy life in such a quiet and composed was appointed Adjutant of the 2/7th Queen's, giving
manner. up his civilian job. H e remained with that Battalion
as Adjutant and then Company Commander ( taking
Only a fortni ght before h is sudden death, he had part in the Dunkirk retreat ) until 1942. After a course
chaired our Annual Re-Union Lunch in his usual at the wartime Staff College he was eventually posted
gentle but firm way. He was, in fact, in very good to E ast Africa as GSO 2 in 1944 and became GSO I
form, so it was all the greater shock to I sabel, h1s in 194 5, when he was also awarded the TD .
wife, and to us, when it occurred. For Bernard, it was
the end he always wished for-swift and with no H e h ad become so attracted to K enya during h is
suff er i n g. (Continued on page 45)

No one could call Bernard a born soldier; he was