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OBITUARIES-continued.

military service and, at the end of the wa r, was for- poli cy of having Com mandi ng Officers in the BEF
with R egular service or 19 14 / 18 war experience . D e-
tunately just young enough to be acce pted for a post
spite this setback to his ca reer, he continued to serve
in K enya Administration; he became Assistant Secre- with great spirit for the benefit of the ] / 7th Bn . The
Quem 's Ro ya l Regt. and took part in the retreat from
tary of Commerce and Industr y there in 194 8. Hi s
Dunkirk.
ab ilit y as an administrator soon earned him promotion In J uly 194 1 he was promoted Lt.-Col. ( with

and he was secretary of that office from 1949 to 1954 . seniority F ebru ary 1938 ) and commanded th e 15th
Queen's; on the disbandment of this Battalion he com-
He was then, in succession, Economic S ecretary and manded the 13 th Q ueen's, followed by command of
the 2nd Bn . The Lincobshire Regt. in Novembe r
Chief Administrative Secretary to the East African 1943 . Itching to get ab road on active service he ac-
cepted command of the 13th Infant ry Bn . in the
High Commi ssion, P ermanen t Secretary for C ivil Avi- Sudan Defence Force but to his great disappoi ntment
was unable to join the fighting in operational theatres .
ation and R esea rch and, from 1963 to 1964, Secretary Never h ad anyone tried as hard as P aul Adam s to
achieve his ambition to lead a battalion in battle.
for C ivil Aviation . H e played a lead ing part in the
After demobil isa tion in 1946, back he went to the
formation of Ea st African Airways. In 1964, foll ow ing Drill H all in Braga nza Street, Southwa rk, to com-
mand 622 ( Queen's) H AA , RA, ( TA ) which suc-
Uhuru, he retired to England and settled in the F ave r-
ceeded ! /7th Queen's.
sham area where he and his wife had made many H e was known and respected throughout the legal

friends in the ea rl y war yea rs. H e soon took an ap- orofession and from 1950, was a T axing M aster of
the Supreme Cou rt. From 1954 until he retired in
poinunent in the Ministry of Overseas D evelopment, 1972 he held the Chief M as tersh ip of the Supreme
Court T axing Office, during which he introd11ced a
which he still held when his fin al illness struck him . number of great improvements related t o taxation of
cos ts in Court c::~ ses, which are still in bein 2:.
For his work in E ast Africa, he was made CM G in
The Lord C hancellor recogni sed his abilities enrl
1961. from 1958 to 1971 h e served on Working P arties and
H e has been described by others as a man of the Legal Aid Advisory Committee. I n 1965 his know-
ledge of the armed servi ces end le~a l nrofession fit ted
humility, of charit y, a friendly man. H e was certainl y him to be Chairman of the Minist ry of D efence Co..., -

a modest man who never allowed his success in h is mittee on pay anrl career structure nf the A rm v ::tnrl
R .A. F . Legal Services. R ecog n itio~ of his tremendous
civil career to alter those other qualities. H e died on services was fin ol! y accorded in 1971 when he w"'

the 38th Anniversary of his wedding to M oll y, her- aopointed a C.R., but there were manv oursnokPn
v iews in L ee:al M aP::tzines at the time, which thought
self awa rded the MBE for work in the K enya Ad-
this $\Wa rd W$\S inadequate.
ministration. She survives him with a daughter Juli a, Inva riably present at the O.CA. Annual Dinners

and to both of them our sympat hies are extended. and Committee mer tirur~. he wa s Vice-President of th e
Quee.-,'s ( Southwark ) R egimental A<<ociation and fo r
MR. J. A. WINDSOR P .A. ove r 20 yea rs re• d the L eS<o~ in St. M ay's C hurch,
K ennington, on R emembrance Sunday P arade. Hi s in-
On the outbreak of the 1914-1 8 War, Jim Wind- ftu enre and advire w ill be imoo~sible to reol ace.
sor was a R egular soldier of ten yea rs service. H e
After such " di<tinoui shecl ca reer, he full y de-
served throughout with the 1st Bn . The Queen's Ro yal served to pursue hi s hobb ies of fl y fishing for trout
Regt. and showed himself to be the best type of Regi- and the growin('T of roses, but there wns not enough
mental soldier-cheerful, tough, resourceful and !oval.
time g iven to him fo r these recreations.
A staunch member of the R egimental and the Old W .D .G .
Contemptibles Associations, he much enjoyed the
company of his fellows. Imbued with a great pride in W. J. STANBRIDGE
hi s R egiment, Jim Windsor preserved throughout his
After a long illness, Wil!i arn Tohn S•e nhri~"e
long life his soldierl y bea ring and appea rance. d ierl on 17th Tanu ary, 1973 . I t was in 197 1 th at he
and his wife were involved in a ca r ~cc ident whi lf' O'l
LT.-COL. PAUL ADAMS, CB, TD
a zehra crossi ng in South Norwoorl . which resulterl in
Died on lOth D ecember 1972 at the age of 69.
H e h ad the distinction of commanding five different the un fortunate death of Mrs. Sta.-,hridee and ser ion<
infantry battalions and a H eavy Ack Ack R eg iment, in iuries to Bill himself from which h e never full y re-
but he is affectionately remembered as the Command-
ing Offi cer of the ! /7 th Bn. ( Southwark ) The covered. H e was in and out of hoso ital for many
Queen's Royal R egt. ( TA ), a popular appo intment in months ann towa rds the end of 1972 was admitter1 to
February 1938. M aydav H ospital, C rovdon; h e was then moven to
Queen's H osoi tal, Croydon, where, shortl y afterwards,
Endowed with a tall upright figure and a hand- he died, aged 70 .
some and dignified though somewhat retiring presence,
he had a keen eye, was a very good listener and h ad H e enlisted in the 1st Bn . The Queen's Roval
a trained legal mind ; this enabled him to make sound R egt. and was later transferred into the 2nd Bn . D ur-
ing this period (19 19-1 97.9 ) he saw service in North-
concJus ions, which he gave in a pleasa nt authoritative em Ireland, E e:vpt and Ind ia. H e then ioined the 4th
man ner. His sense of humour was ever present and he Bn . The Queen's R oval R ePt. ( TA ) and subseauently
was a fine example of a gentleman and offi cer. H e became a member of their Old Comrades Association.

was tremendousl y enthusiast ic and competent in any P .S.
task he undertook, particularl y his duties as a volu'l-
teer officer in the TA for which he received the TD

and three bars.
At H aileybury from 191 7 to 192 1 he pla yed in

the First C ricket XI and also represented the School
at racquets and fives, quite apart from being a very
good rugger player.

Originally commissioned in the 24th L ondon
R egt. in 1922, he served with great devotion until
F ebru ary 1940 when he relinquished the rank of Lt.-
Col. at his own request and was re-appointed as 2I C
to Lt .-Col. G. A. Pilleau, M C (later M a j.-Gen . Pil-
leau, CBE, M C, deceased ), in accordance with the

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OBITUARIES-continued. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
MAJ. R. S. SIMPSON
his charming, decorative wife, Kay, and their two boys,

"S::un,, as he was known to his many friend , Graham and Nigel. They wi ll have watched with in-
died suddenly from a hea rt attack. H e had known for terest Trevor Sharpe's progress in the world of mili -
some time that he was prone to this, but he always tary music and none will have been surprised at the
remained his sa me cheerful self. H e joined the Buffs rapidit y with wh ich, via Kneller H all and the Direc-

at the outbreak of the last war, and was posted to the torship of the R.A .C. Jun ior Leaders Regiment, he
IIth Bn. in 1940. H e remained with the Battalion became Director of Music of the Coldstrea m Guards,
after its conversion to 89 Light A.A. Regt. and th en an appointmen t he holds today.
went to France in the Normandy L ad ing. His CO Col. But for the past three years and more, K ay's
Cory told me aft erwards, that one man he knew he health had been deteriorating and it therefore ca me as
could always rely on was Sam Simpson, whether as a a merciful release from long suff ering, borne with
Gunner, and more frequentl y on patrol as an In- great co urage and dignity, when the end came on
fantryman . Thursday 4th January.

It is sad to think that we shall see him no more. Amongst the large congregation which fi lled St.

J .R.W. Dunstan's Church at F eltham to capacity on Friday
* * * 12th January were Col. and Mrs. Raymond Grace,

His man y friend s in The Buffs will have learnt Maj. and Mrs. Peter Critchley, M a j. Jim Shephard
with sorrow of the early death of M a j. 'Sam' S im pson, and Mr. Clay (formerly WOII in the RAPC tea m
as he wa s always known, at the age of 62. with 1st Bn . The Buff s in BAOR and elsewhere) and

H e joined the Regiment very ea rl y in the Second Mrs. Clay. As was to be expected, the Service was a
World War as a 2/ Lt. and served throughout in the really bea utiful one, w ith some lovely singing by the
IIth Buffs, then under the command of Lt.-Col. J , R. C hoir of the Guards Chapel and a most moving Ad-
Willows, and formed from the 70th ( Holding ) Bn . dress by P ad re W aiter E vans, now Chaplain of the
The Buffs. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, but for five years the 1st

Almost the first characteristics one noticed about Bn's. Chaolain in England, K enya and BAOR.
Sam was his beaming smile, which reflected his gener-
To Trevor and his two sons in their greo t loss
ous and happy disposition. H e immediately threw hi s go the most sincere and warm condolences of all who
whole heart and energy into soldiering with this youn!(, knew Ka y and who know the fam ily.

green, battalion of raw war recruits stationed during
the spring of 1940 in delectable Surrey countryside be-
fore being hastily despatched to man the beaches be- MAJ. G. E. DUBOIS, MC
tween., Ramsgate and Dover "when England stood
alone . As reoorted in the 'stop press' of the last edition
of T he Echo, Maior G eoffrev Earle Duboi s, MC, died
Sam's efficiency and cheerful personelity were at hi s home in St. Paul 's Crav on November 15th
soon recognised by hi s Commanding Officer, and 1972, at the al(e of 50. The semi-military fun eral took
when a vacancy occurred he !(Ot his Company and his nl ace on Wednesday, November 22 nd, at St. M arv's
majority. When this young battalion was converterl Crav Cemetery with the R ev. D . Sherrif (Vicar of St.
into a Roval Artillery Anti-Aircraft unit and ioin ed Paulinus and St. M ary's) officiating. Amon 2st those
the BEF, Sam went with it and advanced with it into attending the fun eral were: Ernie P ackman. Rill Wor<-
Germany. Jey, DCM . .Toe Rose. Bill Emmerson, Fred Woon gate.

After the war he always maintained the keenest Erni e Tickne r and Bob Y eom ans, who were rf" nresen-
interest in the old Regiment and never lost an oppor- ting '62' Cluh . The Club al so sent a floral tribute.
tunity of attending Regimental functions, like the great
Fourth Centenarv celehrations at Canterburv last year Tt was whi le serving with the Indian Armv during
or the Queen's Own Buff s West Countrv Luncheon. the Rnrma camoaign that Mai. Dubois won his Mili-
tarv Cros.<. Hi s battalion, the 5/6 th Raioutana RiAes.
Only a few knew how generous and kind he was held the Taoanese at h av for 24 hours during the de-
to old comrades who had fallen on hard times. His fence of Knhirna on Mav 20th 1944. The 5/ 6th R ai-
more fortunate comrades-in-arrns will recall with nos- nnt an~ R i fl e~ form ed n~ rt nf the 23 Indian D ivision
talgic pleasure memories of his cheerful. beam ing (The upi oh tin e- Cork" Divi sion).
countenance in the anxjous days of war and the haony
meetings afterwards. His death leoves a big gap in the Tn 1945 G enffrev Dnbois left the Indien Armv
lives of his many surviving friends. onn ioined the British Armv and served with T he

R.T. 'Rnffs throu Phont th e M alavan ernergencv . Durin P" th e
M•n Mou troubl es he was seconded to the E ast Afri-
* **On demobilization after the la st war, Sam re- r::~n 'Rif'Pc::. On re tirement jn 19)5 h e staved with hi e:;
wife in East Africa until 19~6 . Returning to En gland .
ioined the Arrnstrong Cork Co. Ltd., becomin'! a
D irector in the early sixties. H e was educated at G enffrev worked a.c; a cii ~ trihntion co -ordinator for a
King's School, Rochester. re fd Per~ tion comn::mv. He h ::ld been Jivin g in th e St.
P au l' c: Crav ~ rea these oa~t e leven yea rs .
These are the bare facts behind a most lovable
and popular character. Sam wa s not only a brave man, M ~ i Dnhois came frnm a militarv famil v Anrl
but also a determined and forceful leader with an w as of BeJP"i an ::tncec:;trv. H p w::a s very acti vP-the
abundance of good humour. reason he 1?3VP for leavin g t·he Army w as 0 Thint?s
we n~ tno oui et". H e beramP ::tn active member of the
Those of us who served with him in the war or local Con<ervotive P arty. The Roval British Lemon
knew him will mourn the passing of a great character. and the Burma Star Associa tion. In addition to this
he was a keen cricketer. nl aving for the Raglan C.C.
v.c. in the Nottinl'ham area. Geoffrey knew evervone and
evervone knew him and seemed to like him. He leaves
KAY SHARPE " widow K athl een. who is • school-teacher in the
Nottingham area , two sons and a daughter.
There will be few who served with 1st Bn . The
Buffs from 1950 to 1959 who will not remember th e FRANCESCO.
Bandmaster, Trevor Sharpe ; they will also remember

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SERVING WITH THE
ROYAL BRUNEI
MALAY REGIMENT

-NOVEMBER ' 72.

Lt. J. N. C. Myles

(standing) ; and seated
left to right are-WOII
B. H. Matlock (Band
Sergeant Major), A/
Capt. N. C. G. Cann
(Coy. 2IC) and WOII
G. F. Beechey (Band

Sergeant Major) .

Pictur e ki11dly supplied by
the CO of I R oyal

Bm11ei M alay R eg r.

ALLIANCES manding Officer and presented it to the incoming
Commanding Officer following hi s inspection of the
The followiug Alliances with Ca11adian R egi- Regiment."
mel!ts have bem formally ap proved (Army Order
66 / 1972, October 1972): AFFILIATED HM SHIPS-HMS KENT

The Queen's York Rangers (R.C.A.C.)- The Co lonel of the R egiment attended the Com-
(formerl y with Queen's Ro yal Surrey Regt.) mi ssioning Service for HMS K ent at P ortsmouth, on
8th D ecember 1972.
1st Bn. The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
(Carleton and York ) ; The Queen's Own Rifles of During the party which follow ed, General C rad-
Canada; The Essex and Kent Scottish, (formerly dock presen ted the Commanding Officer with a Regi-
with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Roya l K ent Regt. ) mental pl aque and this has been acknowledged in a
letter dated 12th J anuary from Capt. A. R . R awbone,
THE SOUTH ALBERTA LIGHT HORSE AFC, R N, as follows :

Th e follo wing is an ex tract fro m a News Leua " I have just returned from leave to find you r
dated 1972 received from The South Alberta Light parcel and letter awai ting me.
H orse (whose allia11ce with the R egim ent has not yet
bem confirmed in Army Orders: It rea lly was a most kind thought to present a
Crest of yo ur Regiment to the ship, and it is now dis-
" On 21 September 1972, command of the Regi- pl ayed with pride in the Wardroom for all to see. It
was also kind of you to be with us on our Commission-
ment was handed over from Lt.-Col. J. D . H eine, CD ing D ay.

to Lt. ·Col. E. M . Moore, CD. A ceremonial parade We will look forward to a close and interesting
was held at P atterson Armoury (M edi cine H at, Al- affiliation with The Queen's Regiment now that we
berta) and was well attended by fami lies and fri ends are about to commence our sea trials and operations."
including the Colonel of the Regiment, the Rt. Hon .
H . A. (Bud ) Olson, (then) Mini ster of Agriculture.
Spectators also included Col. M. L. A. Weisman, C D ,
Commander C FB Suffield and members of his staff.
Col. L. S. Thompson, C D , Commander South Alberta
District, received the sabre from the outgoing Corn-

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THE REGIMENTAL
ASSOCIATION

The Annual General M eeting of the Queen 's REGIMENTAL MUSEUM

Regimental Association is to be held at the Duke of Recent acquisitions to the Regimental M useum
York's H eadquarters, Chelsea on W ednesday, 11th include the following items presented by the Colonel
April at 1500 hrs. All members of the Regimental of the Regiment. A black leather Shou lder P ouch,
Association are we lcome to attend. M embers wishing complete with badges, as worn by the D anish Life
to do so ; hould inform the Associa tion Secretar y at Guards; A D ani sh 10 Kroner piece commemor ating
RHQ at least fourteen days before the date of the the reign of the late Kin g F rederi k IX of Denmark
and the accession to the throne of Queen M argrerhe
meeting. 11

The Queen's Regi ment has been alloca ted a We are also indebted to M aj.-Gen. D . E . B.
Talbot, C B, C BE, DSO, M C, DL, for presenting a
"Ga rden of Rememb rance" within the Field of R e- pictori al record of W orld W ar 11 in six volumes pub-
membrance at W estminster Abbey. At the opening li shed by Odhams Press in 1946 ; also a pictori al
ceremony of the F ield of Remembrance by H er record of the German Arm y on the W estern Front
M ajest y Queen Elizabeth The Queen M other on 9th from M ay 1940 to the surrender of the French Army
November 1972, the Queen's R eg iment was represent- in J une I940 en titled " M it Hitler ! m W esren". Thi s
ed by C ol. D . A. Willows, DL (D ep uty Colonel, book is in German with a foreword by Field Marshal
K ent ) and Maj . E . A. McCarth y ( Association Secre- K eital wh ich wa s published in Berlin in September
tary). Wreath crosses were planted in our plot in 1940.
remembrance of Pres. R. ] . Sinclair, I QUEENS; P .
S. Ca rter, 2 QUEENS ; and R . M . Benner, 3
QUEENS , all of whom we re killed whil st serving
wi th t heir battalions in N. Ireland. A similar ceremony
wi ll be held each yea r in the future and it is hoped
that members of the R eg iment who are in L ondon on
that da re wi ll attend.

THE WARMINSTER BRANCH IN AID OF THE ARMY
BENEVOLENT FUND AND SSAFA
Your C hairman is very happ y to annou nce that
we had a bumper turnout at our social evening on the An Orchestral Concert is to be held
Ist February. Over thirt y we re present, and it was
espec iall y gratifying to see members of the 3rd Bn . at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone,
who were on leave from Cyprus, plus members from on Sunday, 15th April 1973
their rear party swelling the numbers. It was also starting at 2.45 p .m. by
pleas ing to see quite a few Queensmen who were on
courses at the School of Infantry-a ll helping to make The Band of the Royal Engineers
the evening the success it was. ( by kind permission of the Engineer-in-Ch ief).

The enormous amount of work put in by All proceeds will benefit the K ent Count y Appeal of
the A rm y Benevolent Fund, and th e Folkestone and
ORQMS M . J. Fl ynn, Admin . Wing, School of In-
H ythe Branches of SSAFA .
fantry, in publicising our socials is very much appre-
ciated by the Committee. Admission 25p. No advance booking.

As we go to press, we have two more "Soc ials" A collection wi ll be taken at the door.
before the summer break-1 st M arch and 5th April;
those of us here at Warminsrer hope tha t for these All members o[ the Regiment and our fonner Regi-
two evenings our figu res will be double the number ments who are able to come along and support these
th at turned up for our prev ious social. H ow about it
I QUEENS' ! most worth-while Charities, arc urged to do so.

50

A Windfall for Blesma 16 3 Hal e La ne Edgwa re
Middlesex HAS 9 BR
£3 ,500 in used £I notes w rapped in an old brown
paper pa rcel were left anon ymously on the doorstep Te l. : 0 1·959 522 5
of the Blackpool H ome of the British L imbless Ex- ASSURED INVESTMENT
Service M en 's Associat ion ( BL ES M A ) last Novem- AND MORTGAGE BROKERS
ber. T here was no cl ue as to the donor- on ly a note
that sa id " For beds for BLES MA ". LOVELY - But the "ring " I wanted was
to the bell on our own front door.
O n J anua ry 20th, the donor's wish was met with
the officia l naming of three new beds at the H ome. THE SAFE WAY
T he ceremon y wa s per fo rmed by the M ayor of Black-
poo l, Councillor Edmund W ynne, M aj.-G en . G . W . T . ASK US FOR OUR FREE
Purdon, C. B.E ., M .C ., G. O .C. No rth West District, ADVICE SERVICE
and S ir H arold G rime, Chairma n a nd Editor- in-Ch ief FOR THE FORCES
of the Blackpool G azette and H erald L im ited.
~~~---------
At the same tim e, the H ome's new en trance was
fo rma lly opened by the Chief Constable of L ancashi re.
O ld steps have been removed to be repl aced by a ram p
at the top of which have been fi tted autom atic doors.
No longer wi ll the wheelchairs of the H ome 's resi-
dents ha ve to be ca rried up the steps. This helps to
make BL ES M A's Blackpool H ome in L ytham R oad
trul y a '' home fit for heroes" and it is amongst the
most fr iend ly and comfortable of all inst itutional-
type H omes in Britai n today .

But veterans of the First W orld W ar are not the
onl y limbless ex-servicemen being helped b y
BLESMA . BL ES MA is today also ca ring for some
of the you ng victims of the trou bles in No rthern
Irelan d, as well as 11,000 limbless ex-servicemen of
the Second W orld W a r an d the conflicts that followed .
In add ition to the Blackpool Home, it p rov ides them
wi th H omes in C r ieff a nd P ortsmouth, for perman-
ent res idence, convalescence, or change of air; rehab ili -
tation trai n ing; placing in employment ; gra nts for the
relief of fi nancial hardship ; continuing grants to
widows; pensions case-work, and research on a rti fic ial
limbs a nd appl iances.

REGULAR FORCES EMPLOYMENT

ASSO C I A TION
(National Association for E mployment of Regular

Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen )

Th is Association is part of the F orces R esettl e-
ment Service, a nd its obj ect is to fin d suitab le em-
ployment for m en and women when they leave the
Serv ices and in the yea rs therea ft er. It is reg istered
as a charity an d draws its income from Public Fu nds
a nd from the Services Benevolent and W elfa re
O rga nisat ions.

THE ASSOCIATION G IVES ALL
ITS SERVICES FREE

Its serv ices a re ava il able to all wh o have not
taken commissioned rank in the R egula r Forces a nd
wh o leave with character assesments of "Good" or
better afte r th ree yea rs service, or have been invalided
from the Services before completing three years.

The Associat ion works in close co-operation with
the Services, the M inistry of D efence and the D epa rt-
o f Employm ent, and operates through 4 3 Branches
covering the U n ited Kingdom, each of which is run
b y an E mployment Offi cer wh o h as been in th e Serv ice
himself and is in close touch with local employers.

During 1972 the Association reg istered 4,5 17 men
an d women from R egular Arm y service and placed
3,33 1 of them in emplo yment . Of this number, it is
reported that 70 served in the Queen's Regim ent.

The Association is a t you r service. The add resses
and telephone n um bers of its Bra nches ca n be obtai ned
R eg imental H eadqu arters, from P ost Offices and from
E mployment E xchanges.

51

The 5th (Volunteer)
Battalion

Editorial recruits please note that a qu ick wo rd at the Morta r
stores guarantees a much better cut of the proceeds.
THE winter months are stark months, when it
B COMPANY
comes to training as a battalion. H owever
at Company level "the show goes on", and though One of the ZIC's man y sins included th e omission
rumours of heli copter trg., parades, shooting and o f J ourna l notes for the December issue. H e is tempt-
other military activities percolate through, the ed to pass over the post-camp period in silence in the
festivities of Christmas seemed more predominant hope that all will be forgotten; one item, however,
and more protracted than ever before. from the period, must be mentioned--our weekend at
L ydd with I QUEENS was not notable for good
Of worth-while note during the latter part of weather! In all other respects it was first-cla ss, and
1972 was our participation in the Remembrance Day thanks are due to all those who helped us participate
Parades; D Coy. not only took part in the L ord in their training for Northern Ireland.
Mayor's Parade on the 11th November, but again
turned out impeccably dressed the following day to Company training ca me down with a bump to
represent the TAVR infantry at the Cenotaph Parade. patrolling outside the drill halls with pic-khelve and
whistle, hoping that lurking sergeants wou ld not be
The arrival of 1973 find s us all feverishl y clean- identifi ed before the fatal ( defensive) blow was struck.
ing, painting, documentating and generally preparing
for the Annual Administrative Inspection and ancill ary The helicopter drills at Canterbury (more to our
visits, which have either just taken place, or are about taste ), included a demon stration by the OC of how to
slide down a rope; we hear that the burns healed ve ry
to. nicely.

Your humble correspondent, to his great chagrin B Coy. joined the Signals PI. in showing the flag
(and to the adjutant's even greater wrath ) contrived during the ((Crisis for Christma s" charity walk ;
to send in his last set of journal notes after the re- CQMS Solley showed his superiority over other brands
quired date; regrettably, therefore, our ''doings" fail ed by providing a steak meal with the trimmings.
to appear in the D ecember issue.
The C hildren's C hristmas Party went ve ry well,
With Maj . Evans- alias "Goldfinger"-at the thanks to the efforts of the Junior R anks Club Com-
helm, we sa fely survived the rigours of "Absit Omen ". mittee-Mrs. Solley and Fred. There were times when
W e were posted near a large and complex minefield ; the children were enjoying the party almost as much
Capt. Wright, we h ea r, had signed for the mines and as the parents enjoyed the bar, but the highlight was
wanted to be certain that no prowling Ferret or recre- the arrival of the OC, so heavily camouflaged as
ant parachutist stole them. The Mortars were nowhere Father Christmas that even his own children fail ed to
to be seen, though some have suggested that they were recognise him .
not unconnected with the lights, clankings and mani-
aca l chuckles arising from well to the rea r . Congratulations to Ptes. Bedford, ] ones, Monk
and Short on their promotion to L/ Cpl. in October.
December marked the arrival of the usual Christ- Ex-0/ Cdt. Tyas will, by the time this appears, have
mas festivities, and the resultant occupation of the discovered the disadvantages of a commission whilst
Drill Hall by a well -known m ail-delaying organisation wallowing in the mud of Salisbury Plain.
which had better remain nameless. The Christmas
dance ( 2nd D ecember ) was a great success, though A welcome to Lt. Mike Campbell-Ricketts, fresh
you r humble correspondent, having fallen amongst the from Yorkshire. WOII Leiper has turned to advantage
H osts of Midian ( better known as the Anti-Tank his capacity for organising order out of chaos by al -
section ) can remember little of the later stages of the ready finding a house and job in Newhaven.
eve ning .
C COMPANY
The first training weekend in 1973 saw the com-
pany night compass marching over Hankley Common. The effort made by the Company in its Autumn
The evening produced some surprises, with "the teams Campaign is certainly showing signs of producing a
most likely to succeed" wandering benighted in de- good crop of recruits ; to date, 14 men have joined us.
spa iring circles. On Sunday we drove APCs at Ba r-
don; great fun, this, leading to the widespread ap- At the beginning of J anuary we sa id a sad fare-
pea rance of Rommel Hats, Goggles and Afrika Korps well to M a j. P. G. H arrington, although he hasn 't
shirts-Panze r-Grenadier style! gone far-he takes over from M aj. Mike Roberts as
Bn . ZIC in April. The Compan y gave him an excel -
We bid farewell to Sgt. Tanks, who ha s dis- lent farewell party in the Drill H all (about 65 mem-
appea red to the 3rd Bn. and welcome Lt. Wakely, who bers were present ) and all ranks wish him well and
seems amazingly unscarred despite his previous service thank him for many years of guidance and good hum-
with a red-and-white hackled organisation. our. W e now have to find a new joke teller!

Recruiting goes most successfully. While it would Our training this year will be very intensive. We
be sordid to impute the company's energ ies in this have been chosen to represent the Batta lion in the
respect to personal financial motives, will all potential N ijmegen marches in Jul y and we hope to improve on
last year's efforts in the C hina Cup Competition at
Bisley. The first six months will, for many, be a very
busy period .

52 D COMPANY

Our congra tul ations to C pl. Butchers on hi s p ro- That the season of "peace on earth to men of
motion ; and to C pl. Ridd ( REME ), L / pi. Burgess goodwill " is ove r- a t least for this scribe who has been
and ex -C pl. E va ns on being awa rded their Effi ciency hauled out, dusted o ff , primed with a few drinks,
M edals, and to ex-C pl. Douch (our civi lian MT threatened and bri bed, and set to work, all in the
Fitter ) on his M eritorious Service Certifica te. W e a lso twinkle of a C ompa n y C ommander 's eye !
congratu late C pl. Saunders who has moved to E ast-
bourne as PI. Sgt. of !I PI. Colour Parades a pa rt ( a pit y it won 't now be
taking place), the moment of a C SM 's year is a good
Our PSI, WOII Shave, hopes to run a M onthl y Company parade, and last year we managed not jma
Di sco on a Sa turda y night in the Ca nteen. There is one, but two-on one and the same weekend! Modesty
also a Company Dance planned. forbid s that we shou ld embarra s the other Companies
with tales of our exquisite perfection in the noble art
We all look forward to a hard and enjo ya bl e of drill, and we must therefore content ourse lves with
year's training and, of course, a success ful one. the s imple ~tate mc nt that th e showers of praise were
well up to the usual standard of adu lation . ( For the
(Top and centre): Members of B Coy. during heli- benefit of new readers, the occas ions were the Lord
copter training. M a yor's Show in the C ity of Londo:1, an d th e Cere-
mony of Remembrance at the Cenotaph ).
( Lower) : Maj. P. Anthony hands the C ompany gift
to Maj. P. G. Harrington on relinquishing Command Th e C ompa n y C hristma s Dinner and D ance was
held th is time in the Alexandra Palace ( a local land-
of C ( Cinque Ports) Coy after four years. mark ), and apart from the application of something
ca lled "the licensing laws", the innovation was a great
success even without the attraction of a bounty payout .

The seasona l pas time of chivv ying people back to
the Drill H all after hristmas got into full swing for
a Section competition in J anuary but was dealt a set-
back by the dire threats of the weathermen, fortunate-
ly not fufi lled. Our congrat ul ations to Cpl. Hunt and
hi s section on winning the competition despite some
quite extraordina ry ( and unintentional ) problems ; no
doubt HM O rdna nce Survey wi ll be able to exp lain!

Stung to the quick by the RSM 's comments about
the Inter-Coy. .22 shoot, there ha s been a frantic in-
spection of the GPM G C lassifi cation results to find
wh y it is that we have so many marksmen and so few
.22 shots! The a nswer to this riddle is classifi ed, but
on inside infom1ation it is unlikely that we will come
up with 399 ex 400.

HQ COMPANY

C hristm as celebrations a t Canterbury this year
inch.:ded ou r Company Dinner, a Dinner for the
officers of BHQ and HQ Coy., the WOs' and Sgts'
M ess Draw and the Officers' M ess festivitie s. The
va rious jollifications took p lace in the Drill H all which
wa s skilfully decorated by the QM and his staff : con-
gratulations to them for bringing some C hristma s
spirit to the Company this year ; unfortunately it was
not the same tale at home . The odd paper-chain was
evident, the small gift exchanged, b ut beans on toast
for Christmas Lunch followed by a tin of rice pudding
was not quite traditional. Wel1, as Confucius says:
" To Bounty, no Christmas" ; it seems, however, we'll
all have a very happy Easter.

Before Christmas, training was pursued with ut-
most enthusiasm, culm inating in the Battalion T est
Exercise when we routed several Divisions of pa ra-
troops, and all the Young Officers the Royal School
of M ilitary Engineering cou ld pitch at us ( not to
mention the ferret scout cars we successfully disposed
of). Not all went our wa y; one of ou r members wa s
att acked by two ferrets each firin g about 800 rounds
at him at a range of 75 meters. Whilst fleeing in his
Rover, he wa s politel y informed by a Sappe r officer
that he had motored through a minefield gap which
had been closed minutes before. Despite these minor
upsets he managed to issue the reserve radio instruc-
tions to all compa nies; only goes to show that in this
war game, it is indeed the survival of the fitte st.

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(Continued from page 52)

The Signals PI. and some of B Coy. provided
"control " for a sponsored walk from Canterbury to
London . For those who may be similarly invited, be-
wa re !- you a re liable to be m arshalls, cooks, medics
and even ta xis. The task was well done however a n d
effective signals established in a difficult urban a rea
over a long distance.

It seems that the MT a re rapidly running short
of vehicles; appointments within the platoon now in-
clude "second reserve, deputy-assistant co-driver"-
the inevitable result when two vehicles are sha red be-
tween 25 men. W e note that one period on their cur-
rent training programme rea ds "trailer reversing ",
whilst in the rema rks column the comment is "bring

lL- your own bicycle! "

With the rapidl y approaching a nnual inspection,
come rumours that the RSO ( in common with man y
other members of the Company ) may h ave his hai r
cut and the Intelligence Section had a whip round for
a pair of scissors to bring the IO 's moustache under
control. The MTO, be ing above such criticism, in-
forms us that it is upon such matters that we stand
or fall . ( Must see if the CQMS issues boot polish ) !

W e welcome back our Company Commander from
Cyprus where he spent a happ y week playing hockey
with the TA VR; it was largely hi s insistence which
enabled the TA VR team to go at all. In his time as
Secretary he has seen the team grow both in skill and
spirit and they won all their matches bar one ( which
was a draw ); well done Graham.

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54

The 6th (Volunteer) Battalion

THE highlight of the past three months has We we re very pleased that the Colonel of the
R eg iment was ab le to be present to h and out t he cap-
been our Rebadging Parade, held on Sunday ba dges and to take the S alute at the P arade. There
26th November at the Duke of York's Head- was a large turnout of families to wa tch this our first
quarters, Chelsea. At the request of the Com- public parade and we enj oyed meeting them a ft er-
manding Officer, the Ministry of Defence ga ve wa rds at a Buff et Lun cheon at Bn . HQ in W ands-
authority for all our Gunners to wear the Queen's worth .
Regiment cap badge and to continue to wear the
buttons and collar badges of the Royal Artillery Music on the P arade was prov ided by the Band
and Surrey Yeomanry as applicable. of the 1st Bn. under the d irection of their Bandmas ter,
WOI D . L. C reighton, AR CM , to all of whom, as
well as the Commanding Offi cer, we extend our
thanks. Music duri ng lunch was provided by the Band
of the Surrey Yeomanry unde r their Bandmaster, Mr.
C hesson ; this Voluntary Band played spendidly de-
spite the wide age bracket of their members.

W e we re pl eased to welcome at this P arade, the
following guests: M aj.-Gen. F . A . H . Ling, C B, C BE,
DSO, DL ; Col. B. R . W ood, OBE, TD, DL, C hair-
man of the TA VR Association for Greater Londo n

and Mrs. W ood; C ol. A . J. P age, C B, TD, DL, Lately

D eputy Honorary Colonel B (Greater London RA )
Bty. and Mrs. P age; Brig. H. E . C. W eldon, C BE,
DL, Lately D eputy Honorary C olonel C ( London
and K ent RA ) Bty. and Mrs. W eldon ; C ol. M . J. A .
C larke, MBE, Queen 's D iv isional Brigadier and Mrs.
C larke.

R ecruiting has started to improve aga in after a
lapse but there is plent y of room for others. C Bt y.
heads the league, hav ing now overtaken A Coy. who
will, no doubt, take steps to improve their position.

Our Annual Inspection thi s yea r will be ca rried

out by Brig. M. J. O 'Cock, M C, AD C, Chief of Staff ,

London District, who will be vis iting each Drill H all
on Tuesday nights, fini shing with a morning at Bn .
HQ.

C apt . Alf Colye r, our QM, is about to take u p
another appointment with 2I SAS ; we send him our
best wishes, thank him for his work in starting off the
' Q ' side largely unaided and look forward to see ing
him in the future and hea ring, no doubt, how he has
earned his jump pa y.

L eaving in April is Maj . M arcus Girling who
moves up the King's R oa d t o MOD PS 2b (whatever
that is) and his place as Training M ajo r is being
taken by M a j. Philip D aubeney, RA, already known
to some of us having been Adjutant of the Surrey
Ye o m a n ry.

W e congratulate Ca pt. M . A . C. Winterton on
the award of the T erritorial Effi ciency D ecoration
(TD ).

(Top): The Colonel of the Regiment speaks to L / Cpl.
Holt. The Commanding Officer and OC B Bty. are on

the left.

(Lower): Assisted by the Quartermaster, Capt. A.
Colyer, the Colonel of the Regiment hands out Queen's
Regiment cap badges to the Battery Commanders,
(I tor): Maj. Turner (B Bty.), Maj. Collett (C Bty.)

and Maj. Dean (D Bty.)
Pictures by PRO HQ London D istrict.

A COMPANY (Middlesex) 55

The highlight of November was the Re-Badging Fo llowing the C hrisunas and New Year blow
Parade at the Duke of York's H ea dquarters, C helsea- out it wa1 gratifying to have a good turnout on th e
preceeded by suitable rehearsa l pa rades-when all the fi rst full weekend , 6th and 7 th J anua ry. Once agatn
Battalions with the exception of H Q and A Coy. re- the RSM proved that hard practical ex pen ence can
moved headdress, remo ved badges, and placed the bring lectures to life. If he wa' stopped in full flow ,
Queen's badge in their berets. W e, in A Coy. a re de- it may be due to the fact tha t he prefers convention al
lighted that others can now share our honour. dress me thods to ad hoc ones. (White string in boots
DMS? ) The weekend wa. hectic--on ca ll and out of
C hristmas came and went with the usual alco holic bed throughout the Saturday night and a hardworking
accompaniment an d for the usual short period, the Sund ay morning to boot. We did not rea lise so m an y
Drill H all at Edgware became part of the Nation's Arab Tourists passed through C rowborough .
highly sophisticated and effic ient P ost Office set up!
For the London and K ent RA Officers' M ess
Janua ry started well with a live firing week-e nd Dinner at Woolwich, it becomes difficult to search for
on 6th/ 7th which was considerably more exc iting than unused superlatives. Guests included : L t.-Gen. Black-
many people had bargained for; many sa id it was er, Vice-Chief of the General Staff; Lt.-Gen. Crad-
dock, Co lone l of the Regimen t, M aj.-Ge n. J anes,
highly rea listic. Director of Royal A rtillery ; representatives of the
Drill Night Training has been go ing well and our L iveried Companies; Viscount Eden, Col. TA VR
South; Brig. Woolford, Garrison Commander; and
security-conscious members, who ca n ohen be found Col. Wood, Chairman of the TA VR Association .
checking things as late as midnight ( in the canteen? ) Whether or no t it is true that Brig Wheldon is to
were suitably impressed when the alarm system sound- give a ureti remen t" speech every yea r, we hope so.
ed. Extremely eff ective and with a mind of its own, it
took 20 minutes to silence. One medica l "first"-the Battery seems to have
recruited a new Gunner 56 inches high, or was he 56
The pre-Christmas curry lunch is now a firm feet? If he is not too short we can use hjm as an in-
favourite th anks to the OC's charac teristica ll y smooth stant r adio Aerial. Surely it mus t be 5 foot 6 inches.
orga nization and Cha rlie Bank's excellent cooking.
Cpl. Murphy and his social committee ran a Compa n y Sadly the L ondon and Kent RA dinner also
D ance on Janu ary 27th for which over 300 tickets marked the departure of Captai n Michael Winterton
we re sold . as B attery Captain and we welcome in hi s place Cap-
tain Bri an Carte who comes to us from the Wessex
Several of our inmates ha ve been on the RSMs R egiment.
potential NCOs' Cadre and the results are awai ted
with keen interest. We need NCOs at all levels a nd in D BATTERY
this context we are happy to welcome C/ Sgt. Stone;
he joined us as a replacement for CSM P artridge who, W e have concentrated ou r recruiting effort on
unfortunatel y, is h aving to leave us because of busi- turning out the whole Battery one evening a month
ness commitments. W e a re looking forwa rd to dini ng to knock up 18-yea r-olds culled from the electoral
him out on April 14th at our Annual Dinner. reg iste r. Even this is not th e magic answer but our
numbers are now creep ing up .
Of our former inmates, Ptes. L acey a nd Griffiths
( now 2 QUEENS ) visited us full of brave stories Although R ecruiting is vital, it must go hand in
about N. Ireland . W e were all upset to hea r of the hand with interesting training so as to keep those we
latter's serious acc ident and wish him a speedy re- have. Some highlights of a varied and continuous pro-
covery. gramme were the Regimental Exercise on Sali sbury
Pl ain on 24th/25 th September and a Battery exercise
In recruiting, we have recentl y been overtaken at Pirbright on 2 1st/ 22nd October.
as the strongest Sub-Unit in the Battalion but we
aim to rega in our place by hard work in conjunction Our October weekend included some real digg ing
with the National Publicity Ca mpaign . Our eyes a re and both day an d night patrols. Again we we re over-
on W arcop and we hope to fi eld a strong compan y run, this time by the hounds of the local hunt who
at camp this yea r. came straight through our pos ition.

Congratulations on their family additions to: We had a good turn out for the Battalion 's re-
L / Cpls. Wiltshire, Pidgeon, and H ayes. badging parade at which we reluctantly gave up our
Surrey Yeomanry Cap Badges. As the onl y Battery to
C (London and Kent) BTY parade all its officers, we seemed a little 'bunched' in
front of our res tricted numbers but acquitted ourselves
Prior to the rebadging parade, the Battery con- well . W e ce rtai nl y seemed to hog the camera .
centrated on "boning up " the old lags (or legs? ) a nd
preparing the recruits in the mysteries of arms drill ; On 4th November, at Farringdon H ouse, we
we also practiced that task ( which is much more diffi- d ined all our ladies to rewa rd them for their forbear-
cult than it seems) of m arching to Martial music. The ance. Our experiment with film shows was not very
RSM was in his element of course while much more well received. When we beat the old comrades of the
basic but sti rling work was done with brand new re- Surrey Y eomanry R egimen tal A ssociation at darts, we
cruits by the RSM and Sgt. Brown, who is now being think it was more by 'management ' than from skill as
ca lled " Father" (or is it "Godfather " ) . Needless to the BC subsequentl y became the even ings individual
say the Battery excelled itself on the great day. champ ion . W e made use of Fusilier Blockley's Disco-
theque on two or three occasions, the last one being
With the coming of the Christmas 11 Sill y" season, a very successful da nce in the Drill H all itself, when
we all girded our loins for the annual soc ial event. over two hundred were present. For this we thank the
The first was the Bty. Sgts' M ess Dinner held at Entertainments Committee, Sgt. Bicker, Gnr. Young
Woolwich where a Senior Officer took the prize for and Fusilier Blockley for all their hard work.
the juiciest apres diner speech of the Year. The Fledg-
lin g Gunners Committee excelled itself on " Bonfire
Night" with appropriate Guv, fire and fireworks, and
all through November and D ecember recruits steadil y
appeared.

THE OFFICERS' MESS THE WARRANT OFFICERS' AND

Sca rcely a week has gone by without some kind SERG EANTS' MESS
of pleasurable function ( at ho me or away) engaging
the attent ion of M ess members, either as a whole or T he M ess held a most successfu l Grand C hrist-
in groups. mas Draw, attended by all members, our C olonel and
the Officers together with their lad ies.
In October a Cockt ail P art y was held at Brander
House, to which many fri ends- TA and otherw ise- W e were also delighted to welcome M embers and
came. The Colonel of the R eg iment, amo ng others, their ladies of the So uth W est London Branch of the
sampled the joys of a Queen 's C hampagne C up, d ist il- Bu rma Star Assoc iat ion, and 25 In-P ensioners from
led from a recipe which the 2IC cla imed he had re- the R oyal H osp ital C helsea. T he evening was acclaim-
ceived from the Sovereign's own h and ! H e was prob- ed a great success and the n umber of prizes exceeded
ably confusing hi mself ( and R oya l hando uts) with last year's.
M a j. Robin Ludlow, his predecessor, who is now H er
M a jesty's Press Officer. R efreshments of a more solid Sgt. Bowry provided an excellent Band which
kind, unsurpassed in fl avour and quantity, were also seemed to consist of most of his family !
prov ided, by Mrs. Cecile R obinson who, together wi th
other ladies, decora ted the M ess. M any thanks to all At the C hi ld ren 's C hristmas P art y, t here were
concerned, particularl y as it was all done at £ I per well over 90 children, incl uding 25 sponsored by our
head. loca l Council. T hey were g iven a fil m show followed
by an exciting tea which was prepared by some of the
In November, after the Batta lion's Re-Badgi ng members wives ; their help generall y over the Christ-
P arade, the M ess teamed with life, families of mem- mas period was greatly appreciated.
bers being let loose with Coca Cola for the yo ungsters
and St. C hristophe for their parents. F ather C hristma s ( in the shape of Sgt. Thomp-
son, our C h ie f C lerk ) d ist ributed the presents; he was
With the approach of Christmas, the Officers of so impressed with his beard th at for next yea r he
B Bty., in a mood of independence, held a Ladies' threatens to grow a rea l one. ( Sub -editors 1101e: he
Dinner in their M ess ( converted from a Lecture v:ill hav e to resig11 fr om TAVR first ).
Room ) ; but in this enterprising etf ort they had alread y
been riva lled by Bn. HQ who we re the organizers of W e started the N ew Year with a M ess Dinner on
a S uper D ance for all Offi cers held earlier in the 24th F ebru ary and we propose to hold S unday C urry
month . lunches on altern ate months.

The D isco produced R eg imental marches to de- T ailpiece: T he W a11dswor1 h poli ce have bee11
light everyone but never got round to the C O 's favo ur- making enquiries about a certain S ergean t M ajm·, w ho
ite steel band rh yth ms. D Battery's long-serv ing jack has been see n procee din g d own Wand sworth H igh
of all trades, J ohn Lacey, with the blessing of h is Str ee t riding a M echanical D onkey.
Battery Commander, Richard D ean, provided an out-
standing cold buffet, ...for personal service .. .

T o the regret of some of the more enthusiastica l- ...in COLOURS
ly sociable members of the M ess (such as Captain
Barry S idwell and 2/ Lt . G eotfrey W arhurst, both of MAN Y by officia l ap point ment to the
whom are engaged to be married later in the yea r ) REG I M ENTAL
no parties were held in D ecember and J anuary. Queen's
T I ES
2/ Lt. Richard R atner went to Lava ! in F rance, IN Regiment
( " twinned" with Boston, Lincolnshire) to take part
in L ava l's Armi stice celebrations, a liaison wh ich was STOCK Silk Tie (Pla in W eave)
offi ciall y backed but about which he has been strange- £1.7 5
ly silent-even as a French speaking Officer !
Silk Ti e (Uncreasable
M aj. M alcolm Beaumont's annual A Coy. C urry W eave ) £2.20

Luncheon in mid-December was another notable oc- Post age U .K. Sp extra.

casion to which local fri ends from E dgware and other LE WINEST. Phone :

Mi ddlesex upporters came in thei r scores. I898 of Jermyn Street 01 .930 4291

Capts. J ohn H artg ill ( B Bt y.) and M ike Winter- T. M . L EW IN & SO N LTD., 10 6 JERM YN STREET . SWIY 6EQ
( N ea r Picad i ll y Ci rc us )
ton ( C Bty. ) are leaving, J ohn to be a T A VR G L O

and Mike to the CV HQ R A; news has also come of

a new posting for M aj. M arcus G irl ing. The de par-

t ure of these O fficers, considering their com bined

weight, will leave a space hard to fi ll.

N one of the M ess functi ons ( in which many

Officers, who d id not know each other before, partici-

pated- to the pleasure of all ) would have turned out

so well if it had not been for the unst inting help given
by a hard core of experienced and/ or long serving

O ffi cers such as the Adjutant ( M a j. H arry W arde ),

the Quartermaster ( Capt. AIf Colyer ) and our P adre,

the Reverend Tim Withers Green.

57

The 7th (Volunteer) Battalion

THE onset of inspectionitis is imminent (as be- 9
fits this time of the Year) and the many staff
~·
visits have succeeded in keeping us on our toes-
The Long way down-Sgt. Goodwin on the rope
not to mention the burning of much midnight oil during helicopter drills.

putting right that which was found to be suspect. A COMPANY

D espite these pre-occupations, Companies are We must apologise to our regular readers for the
completing their classification programme and attend- non-appearance of the account of our affairs in the
ance at Courses show a use ful upswing. Not only the last issue. This was entirely due to the "Service issue"
TAVR Recruit Cadres at the Divisional D epot, but carrier pigeon's non-arri va l at the printers in time to
the Company and Platoon Commanders Courses at deliver.
the Schoo l of Infantry have taken their toll-all-in-
all, a useful three months. Since Camp last October the accent has been on
range Classification and the polishing up of our ad-
The attachment of Sgt. P aine from 3 QUEENS ministration particularl y in the fi eld . To assist u s in
( by cou rtesy of our sister ba ttalion on whose strength this task we were more th an pleased to see our new
he rea ll y is ) mea ns that we now have a fourth PSI CSM-WOII E aso n. W e lived in fea r and trepidation
and our planned expansion at Horsham can now take whilst he gently nestled down upon his clutch and
place. The setting-up of an embryo HQ Coy. has not there was a sigh of relief when one junior NCO was
been without its problems but at least we are under overhea rd to remark-uThere are certainly no flie s on
way and, with the completion of alteration s at the TA this one and you can't see where they've been neither"!
Centre, we shall have the space for all the various This hint of recognition surely christens him a fin e
Departments. Capt. Doug Lamming is the first Com- ferret and we all hope that his sta y will be a long
pany Commander and his team is alrea dy expanding and success ful one. (The new C SM, of course)!
with the addition of WOII Say, RAPC and C pl.
Grout in the Orderl y Room . R ecruiting is picking up Whilst on the subj ect of personalities, Cpl. Bar-
again and with our Spring Campaign we hope to rett has assumed command of the Stores as A/ CQMS
make good the definciencies of the autumn. whilst SJ!t . Crossley, who did the job so admirabl y in-
cluding Camp (except for the butt ends in the All-in-
Lt. Rodney Owen has left us for 1 W essex Volun- Stew) prefers the rigours of Platoon t asks, not least
teers whilst Lt. Frank H aines-Nutt has transferred to to retire to the peace of the bushes where his hair can
RARO . W e wish them well in the future; the Adju- complete its change to pure white. (Will the n ew
tant's slot-juggling techniques have had a reprieve, but A/ CQMS please note)!
this was to be short-lived as we welcome Lt . Arch-
bold from 1 L ancastrian Volunteers who joins us at
Dover. The various moves of NCOs are referred to in
the Company notes which follow.

Thanks to the generosity of the Ro ya l Sussex
Regiment Association we now have a splendid portrait
in oils of the Duke of Norfolk. A formal presentation
ceremon y is planned, of which more in future notes.
Sufficient to say that it promises to be quite a Sussex

occas ion .

Training highlights include an HGV Cadre at
Crowborough run by Capt. Larry Gillham and an
NCOs' Cadre. Camp this yea r will be at Stanford
from 16th to 30th June; thi s is earlier than previously
and we hope to achieve a good attendance. Alread y
there is the usual flurry of camp notices and accep-

tances are promising.

The R eg imental Ball was an outstanding success
and we were delighted to have with us the Colonel of
The R egiment, as well as Brig . P . C. Shapland, MBE,
the D eputy Commander, and Lt.-Col. D esmond Wil-
son. The two bands were splendid. The steel band
reall y stole the show and were received with great

acclaim .

The Warrant Officers and Sergeants held a suc-
cessful buffet dance at Crawley and most Companies
had socials and parties of one sort or another. The
Ball Committee ( and in particular Maj s. Foster Herd
and Richard Putnam ) are to be congratulated on a
really first rate evening. M ore in 1973 please !

And so to 1973, with changes in the Journal
which may or may not assist the Sub-Editors !

We started our new recruiting drive after Christ- Our sights are alrea dy on Annual Camp '73
mas and our public relations man, 2/ Lt. Mike M ercer, which this year will be earl y. It will be quite a chang~
has been circulating our specially-designed pamphlets. to have summer weather and although Stanford PTA
It's unlikely that Lord Longford's attention will be is 'old hat' to the old timers, for the younger element
attracted but the response has been encouraging and it wi ll be a novelty.
the trend suggests that the last of the National Service-
men are keen to come back for more. Since Camp we have welcomed ten recru its and
of course arc hoping to obtain more to repl ace those
One of our main aids to recruiting and physical who have fallen by the wayside.
fitness ( parascending) has been turned down as a
recognised Army Sport and curtailment of this fin e A ll who have attended the Course at the Division-
activity is a great disappointment to all. Undaunted, al D epot at Bassingbourn tho roughly en joyed their
we will now focus our attent ion upon the gentle art 15-days there. Thi s was en tirely due to the members
of canoeing and the O C would be pleased to h~ar of the D epot Staff who made their stay so memorable;
from any of our sister battalions who can offer advice such visits also help to all ay the ap prehensions which
and assistance. future recruits may have in stayi ng at a Regular Army
es t ab lish m e n t .
All correspondence should be add ressed to "OC
Punt Club". C COMPANY
Over the last three months we have concentrated
Preparations are now under way for Camp 1973 all weekend training on range work and judging by
wh en we hope that a detachment from. the D anish results this has been well worth wh ile. The ma jorit y
Life Guards will join us. Sgt. Betts JUSt chuckles have now cl ass ified and we look forwa rd to some in ter
when we mention D enmark and so there will be close section and platoon shoots over the next two months.
scrutiny of the Nordic face to establish any close All Volunteers have also completed their Physical
r esembl a nc e! Efficiency S tandard 3 tests (except those over forty;
unfortunately, word leaked out that they were not re-
Finally an appeal to OC Charlie Coy., would he quired to participate ) ! H owever, the CS M , being a
kindl y retu:O the borrowed pair of Drawers, M an's, keen personality, was last seen with a long white stick
Long, Olive Drab, Size One, to their rightful owner? leading the CQMS and other aged gentlemen towards
Ash Ranges.
B COMPANY
WOII Courtnage was appointed CS M on 1st
Ir. retrospect, the training at Camp was exactly J anuary and C / Sgt. Chapman was similarly appointed
what was requ ired. The standnrd of trainin~ was CQMS . We have already benefited from their vast
neither too low, nor too high to be unobtainable. The experience and ability; the drill h all now echoes with
proof of this h as been in the improvement of the the words of command and humour of a traditional
standard of both NCOs and men during the tra inim( t ype CS M-a welcome sound.
on weekends since. W e hope this camp will be equally
progressive and stimulating. On D ecember 15th we held our Annual Dinner
to wh ich the CO and other leading personalities from
What a Bombsh ell!-Battle Physical Effi ciency Bn. HQ were welcomed as guests. W e thank our P S I,
T ests! (Unheard of! Never been done before ) ! The C/ Sgt. Roy Worthy, and also congratulate him on the
back rank soldiers h ad a fi eld day gripeing at the success of the evening. The discotheque (which ac-
news but when the dust h ad cleared and the fin e companied the dancing after the formalities) was a
print examined more closely, it ':"as found . to be not little loud and ea r plugs were required. One thing the
auite so bad as they thought It was gomg to be. disco' did prove was that both our QM and Piscator
Strangely enough, every one who pa ssed the tests h as RSM look very good under alternating orange, green
(a) remarked how easy they are and ( b ) swaggered and pu rple lights. Who sa id the RSM looked like a
fi sh out of water!
around saying "I've done mine".
We welcome 2/ Lt. Michael Grant who is about
All weekend training since Camp h as followed to join us from the HAC.
the same form at- Fitness training in preparation for
the PE T ests and SLR and LMG qualification The Com pany launched a large recruitin~>: cam-
courses on the range; we ha ve been lucky in havin~ paign at the end of F ebruary to coincide with the
Hythe Ranges at our disposal. At the same time ad- national and local n ewspaper advertising being ca rried
vantage has been taken in for standard upgrad ing tests. out by the TAVR Association. W e wrote to some
2000 young men in the Crawley area and on 24th
On the 2nd D ecember, we h eld a social and F ebruary, set up a camouflaged command post in the
dance, mainly to say fa~ewell to CS M R . McGinley, centre of the pedestrian precinct in C rawley and check
MBE, who, over a considerable number of years, h as points on all routes into the town. It is hoped that
given sterling service to the T erritorial Army. After this will all have suffi cient effect in recruiting our
a farewell speech by M aj. A. P endlebury-Green, he target of some 30 volunteers.
was presented with a Silver Salver su itably inscribed ;
Officers!
a bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs. M cGinley.
Are you a member of the Officers'
Congratulations are extended to Cpls. Brian
Club ? If NOT, join now.
BPlanukms~eLr en C ribben, P eter Russell a nd L / C p l s. Chris
and Nigel Tuffley on thei r r ecen t prom oti ons

after successfully negotiating the Junior NCO 's Cadre
held at Annual Camp.

We have alrea dy extended a hearty welcome to
Lt. M . R . N . Archbold, a member of the 1st Bn. The
L ancastrian Volunteers who is attached to us for a
while. Great efforts are being made to make him a
member of the "Cream".

l THE QUEEN'S CADETS 59

forthcoming visit to BAOR el of the Sussex ACF. It was a special occasion for
the uni t as Brig. R. H. Farren, MBE, who is the
Each yea r 500 ACF cadets and their officers and Unit P atron, presented a Banner to the Platoon and
instructors are privi leged to v is it th e Regu lar Army in this was dedicated by the R evd. V. R. D . H ellaby, CF
Germany where they are attached for 8 days by ( ACF ). The guests included the M ayor and M ayoress
Cou nt y parties to numerous major units throughou t of H astings, and Col. P . I. D. T etley, TD, DL,
BAOR . This year ( in April ) numbers of cadets badged County Cadet Commandant.
to the Regiment from Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Great-
er London will be taking part in the visit and it is At East bourne, the tnspectmg officer was Col.
hoped that it will be possible for many, if not all, of
them to be "hosted" by 2 QUEENS at W erl . J B H . Kealy, D SO, DL, an officer not unknown in

It may not be generally rea lised that each cadet The Queen 's Reg tment !
(or his parents ) has to find £21 to pay for the t ri p.
In spite of this, there is no shortage of volunteers! At anoth er ceremony held at Eastbourne, Mr.
Russell }ones, the Area Representative of BSA, handed
Sussex ACF over the keys of six new BSA Victor M otor Cycles
recentl y acquired for the S ussex AC F M otor Cycle
No. 3 ( H astings ) and No. 10 (E as tbourne) Display T eam. The team was formed fi ve yea rs ago
cadet Pis. have each held their annual open evenings and includes cadets from Bexhill, Eastbourne and
for parents and fri ends. At H astings the inspecting Littlehampton whose ages range from 14 to 16. They
officer was Col. The Lord Buckhurst, H onorary Colon- g ive displays at va rious carnivals and charity shows
throughout the Count y- although not of course, on
the public roads !

The Sussex ACF Corps of Drums which is based
on No. 7 (Chichester ) Cadet PI. are now the p roud
possessors of a new mace recentl y presented to them
by Brig. Sir John Pagan, CMG, MBE, the Agent-
G eneral in London for New South Wales. The Briga-
dier made this presentation as a result of the excel-

*

(Top): The Sussex ACF
Motor Cycle Display team-

(Left): Lord Buckhurst inspects
Queen's Cadets at Hastings.

(Right ) : Col. Kealy inspecting
Cadets at Eastbourne.

*

60 lent impression made on him by the Corps of Drums
when he visited the Sussex ACF at their annual camp
Don't be put off at Sennybridge. M any dis tinguished guests attended
because the ceremony including Col. The Lord Buckhurst
we dressed the M aj.-Gcn. H. M . Liardet, CB, CBE, DSO, DL and
Iron Duke ... the M ayo r and M ayoress of C hichester.

I t was quite a recommenda tion in 1833. T he Surrey ACF
British Army has advanced a long way si nce
then with H awkes of Savile Row, who continue The following letter has been rece ived by the
to make uniforms and civilian clothes to their County Cadet Commandant, Col. D. A . H . Sime,
traditional high standards. OBE, M C, TD from the Colonel of the R egiment :-

Today we also sell ready-made lounge suits " ! am delighted to see from November's Cadet
and overcoats. We have probably the fi nest Journal that Surrey ACF won the Canada Ch allenge
selection of the famous Chester Barrie suits Trophy, and won it handsomely. M y sincere congratu-
available in London (and Camberley) and lations to you and to all concerned".
several other less expensive ranges fo r you to
choose from. Th is re fers to the I nter-Service Cadet R ifle M eet-
in g at Bisley already reporled in th e last edition of th is
We don't make swords, sabretaches, shakos f oumal.
or even solar topees any more. But shirts (by
Hathaway, Chard and Viyella) sports jackets, In M arch the Surrey Army Cadet Force A ssocia-
socks and ties are all part of our stock in trade. tion ( SA C FA ) lau nched an appea l aimed at raising
£30,000. The money is partly for immediate capita l
LJAWKES requirements but partly to set up a fund the invest-
ment income from which wi ll supplement the small
I I1771 sums avai la ble for adventurous trai ning and for the
citizenship training aspect of ACF work. I t is h oped
of Sav ile Row to buy new equipment and to provide extra money
for transport, courses, instructors in ccnon-military"
COME AND SEE US AT : subj ects and for the general welfare of cadets. N ew
No 1 Savile Row London W 1 equipment will include such items as film proj ectors,
Tel 01-734 0186 lightweight camping gea r, transport trailers for stores
or 149 London Road Camberley Surrey and athletic equipment. The appeal has got off to a
Tel Camberley 63829 very good start and over £19,000 h as been subscribed
or promised but SACFA will welcome furth er gifts in
Subs cription Account booklet sent on request either cash or covenants. A brochure has been prepared
illustrat ing the work and activities of the cadets; this
and other information may be obtained from the
H onorary Secretary of the Appea l, Capt. C. A . Skin-
ner, 3 1 P ark Street, C roydon, Surrey, C RO 1YD.

Other ACF News

The writer is quite certain that numerous events
of Regimental interest ha ve taken place among cadets
in K ent and in Greater London but regretfully he
cannot report them because no-one h as told h im about
them!

W e do welcome news of the ACF units affi liated
to the R egiment and th is should be sent in the first
instance to M aj. ] . H . East, Army Cadet Force
A ssociation, 58 Buckingham Gate, London, SWIE
6AN.

HAWKES - See pag e 41 .

The Queen 's Surreys 61

Office Th e 1111its eve11tually became th e 4th (Volun teer )
Bn . Th e Ea51 Surrey R egimen t;, and, on the formation
Honours and Awards of the T erritorial A rmy in !9u8, assumed the title of
th e 2Jrd L ondon R egime11t.
Mr. T. A . Wh itmore, who served in The Q ueen's
Roya l Reg imen t from 1930 to 1938, has been awa rded 2. Militi aman's Small Book. (I ssued to 3523 Pte.
the Imperial Service M edal on completion of 34 years Henry F ai rhead, 3rd Bn. The Queen 's (Roya l West
Government serv ice. H e has been with 34 Central Su rre y) R egt. on enlistment in M ay I 904).
Workshops REME fo r 2 1 yea rs.
3. Photograph of the 3rd ( Volunteer) Bn. The
THE BRITIS H BATTALION East Surrey Regt. (Thi s photograph, taken in 1903,
is of particul ar interes t as it shows the Battalion in
Th e fol/o wi11g leuer has bee11 received from Capt. rifl e green uniforms and khaki helmets).
R . T. W. M elloTte, Adjutant of Th e 1sT B11. Th e
Queen's R egim ent, written in B elfast . 4. M eda ls of Lt. -Col. A. D . Borton, VC, C MG ,
D SO.
Dear Si r,
Col. Anhur Borron, co mmanding the 2nd B11.
I was particularl y interested to read in your Th e 22 L ondon R eg t.., was awarded th e Vi croria Cross
Newsletter (12th Edition), the letter to Gen. Ling orFor m ost co ns pi cuous bravery aud l eaders hip" in
from Col. P allor, as I had just initiated our ann ua l /917 . T he case contaim Col . B orton' s V C, C MG ,
exchange of signals with Tiger Coy. 4 R . ANG LI AN, DSO, Queeu's South A frica M edal (3 ba•·s ) , /914 / 15
the Roya l Leicesters' direct successors. Star, British War M edal, Vi cTOry M edal, Russian
Order of Sr. Vladimir (with swords) 5 Th C lass, a11d
Some of yo ur readers may wi sh to be assu red that th e Order of th e Nile J rd Class.
each year, wi tho ut fail , we reca l1 o ur connection wi th
the 1st Leicesters. Battalion flash

Besides the exchange of sign als, a Special Orde r Mr. H . E . 117inder of 9 A shfo•·d R oad, P arkwood,
of the D ay is published and the health of " The Briti sh Jo hann esburg, South Africa, writes:
Battalion " is toasted in the Offi cers' M ess (although
the latter was no t possible this yea r in Belfa st). " When I was gazetted to the I st Bn. The E as t
Surrey Regt. in 19 18 as a Li eutenant, a strange sto r y
Our signa l read: "CO and all ranks send greet- (a semi-order) got around that the Regiment was to
ings for 20 th D ecember remembering the formation of wear a fla sh in Regimen tal colou rs simi lar to that worn
the British Battalion in 1941. Appropri ately this is the by the Welch Regiment (except that the latter is black)
3 1st Anniversary". In reply to which we received: to indicate the Regiment's ori gin as a regiment of
" 17th F oot greet the 2nd/ 31 st F oot as we remember /v\ arines.
our former comrades of the British B attalion".
I believe the idea originated with the CO of the
P erhaps, however, it would be onl y honest to ad- 8th Bn.; I never put it up myself, but I have a faint
mi t tha t I personally cemented the relationship be- recollection of seeing someone weari ng it. A t the time
tween the two R egi ments bv marrying the da ughter of I thought it quite a good innovation, but wi thout it
a distinf(U ished " T iger " , Col. K en Go ldschmid t! I t coming through in Orders, of course one couldn't
was wholly appropri ate therefore th at on this occasion adopt the idea".
my brother-in-law, who is second in command of T iger
Coy. , was able to reciproca te our signal. M r. Wiuder's reco/lectio11 was put To L t. -Co l . A.
P . B . l rwin, D SO , w ho co mmanded th e 8 th Sun-e ys
Yours faithfully, from J u11e 19 16 to N ovemb er /918 , a11d he has replied
as fo llows:
R . T . W . M E LLOTTE .
" I cannot claim to have had anything to do with
London's Citizen S oldiers the idea of a fl as h. W e were orde red by Divi sion to
wear a yellow patch on our haversacks on 1st J uly,
The Nat ional Arm y Museum s ta~ed an exhi bition 19 16, (the first day of the Battle of the Somme) to
in F ebru ary and M arch entitled " Londo n's Ci t izen disti nguish ourse lves as of the 18th Division. A lso I
Soldie rs". The exhi bition, opened by Field M arshal had a crimson band painted on our he lmets, for which
S ir Gerald T empler on 19th F ebruary, told the story I canno t remember having any au tho rity from Brigade
of pan-ti me soldiering in the ca pital from the raising or Division ; and a little later on we were ordered to
of the trai ned ba nds in 1537 up to today's T AVR. wear crimson shou lder patches" .
As one of the R eg iments closely assoc iated wi th volun-
tary soldiering in and around London, we were invited CAN ANY READER THROW ANY LIGHT
by the Nat ional Armv Museum t o lend cen ai n items
from our R eg im ental Museum for the exh ib itio n. ON T HIS SUBJECT?

T h is we were onl y too !(lad to do, and the follow- Regimental Histories in the "Famous Regiments"
ing items we re selected for display:
series
I. Centres of Colours of the Newington S urrey
Volunteers and L oyal Volunteers of S t. J ohn 's South- W e are fortunate that the h istory of both ou r
wark . former R eg iments h as been so well recorded in L eo
Cooper's "Famous Reg iments" series. Jock H aswell 's
T he New ington Su rrey V olunteers were raised in history of The Queen's R oyal R egt. h as been in publi -
1799 a11d The L oyal Sou th wark Vohmtee•·s joined th em cation fo r some years now, but copies are still obtain-
soon afterw ards . T he Ne w ingtou Co lours were present- ab le from the R egimenta l Associat ion.
ed i11 Septem ber 1799 a11d that of th e S outhwark
Vo lunteers at much the same tim e. M ichael L angley's more recent history of T he
East Su rrey Regt. has been sell ing well. The book is
obtai nable from the R egimental Association, The
Queen's R oyal Surrey R egt . fo r £ 1. 75, post free .

62

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The Queen's Own Buffs 63

Office To them all, even after this unavoidable and
lengthy pause, m ust surely go the most affectionate
FROM FAR AND NEAR and heartfelt condolences of each one of their immense
circle of friends and acquaintances.
THE PUNNIAR COLOURS
THE LATHAM GOLD MEDAL
T he saga of T he Bu ffs' Colours, carried into
battle at Punniar in 1843 and subsequently allowed to On Friday 5th J anu ar y 1973, near ly one hun-
disintegrate, almos t to extinction, while hanging in t he d red and sixty two yea rs afte r L t. M atthew L atham 's
Chapel of St. Peter-ad-Vincula in H .M . T ower of outstanding feat of bravery during the Battle of Albu-
London, was brought to a h ap py and successful con- hera, the gold meda l especiall y struck to commemorate
clusion on S unday 3rd D ecember last. During M atins the event and presented to hi m by h is brother Officers
on that day, and before a large congregation, wh at was handed over, together with h is P eninsular Wa r
remains of the two Colours- restored by the ladies of medal, to the Trustees of The Buffs Museum. H is
the R oya l School of Needlework, enclosed in airtight great-grand-da ughter, Mme. Gotthelf, who with fou r
glass cases especia ll y constru cted, with infinite care, other members of her fam ily had come over from
by M essrs. Pilkingtons of St. H elens and, in their France especiall y for the occasion, made the presenta-
light weight metal frames, hu ng for all to see upon tion.
the wes t wall of the C hapel, with a descriptive bronze
plate beneath them-we re hallowed anew by the C hap- U nfortunately, the aeroplane bring ing the pa rt y
lain, the R ev. J ohn N icholls. from Bea uvais on Thursday 4th J anuary was not onl y
delayed by fog but was also, and for the same reaso n,
Earlier during the same Service, six kneelers, d1verted from Ashford A irport to L ydd. This left the
each embroidered with the appropri ate Reg imental Secretary and Mrs. Grace with a four-course lunc heon
crest, were presented to the Governor of the T ower, for seven on their hands at their home in C rundale.
M a j.-Gen. Digby R ae burn, who in turn presented The visitors eventually arri ved at the Count y H ote l in
them to the Chaplain for blessing and ded ication . T wo Canterbury, however, and we re met by their wo uld-
of these kneelers we re presented by Col. D erek Wil- have-been hosts who, some two hours later, themselves
lows, standing in for the Colonel of the R egiment, on sa t down to di nner as the guests of Mme. Gotthelf.
behalf of The Queen's R eg iment ; two by Brig. Eric
Foster H all, in memory of all former Buffs; and two Shortl y before eleven o'clock on the followi ng
by Lt.-Col. T ed Argles, on behalf of The Queen's mornmg the pa rt y were escorted to the Cathedral in
Own Buff s R egimental Association. order to witness the Turning of the P age ceremony at
the W arriors' Chapel and we re g reatl y impressed by
A most moving Address was g iven by the R ev. the dig nit y and sense of trad ition which always acco m-
W aiter E vans who, from 1952 to 1957, served as pany that da il y rout ine. A short to ur of the Cathedral
C hapl ai n to 1st Bn. The Bu ffs, in D over, K enya, followed, conducted by Mrs. G race and Lt.-Col. and
D over and Rhine Army and who is now the Chaplain Mrs. Argles.
at the R oya l H ospital, C helsea. A more apt choice of
Preacher could sca rcely be imagined. Soon after twelve -thirty all the Trust ees of the
Museum and their wives, except for M a j. and Mrs.
Prominent amongst those who we re present at this F aulkner who we re on holiday in S . A frica, the M ayo r
memorable and lovely Service-noteworth y fo r, of Canterbury and the M ayo ress, Lt.-Col. P eter J ohn-
amongst other things, the quality and pureness of t one son-Command ing 5 QUEENS ( V ), whose L atham
of the singing of the t welve Chapel R oyal Choristers Centrepiece was on display- and Mrs. J ohnson, and
- were Mr. J ock Emery, Mr. and Mrs. 'Butch ' H as- Mrs. Erlie-Drax from Bilting asse mbled in a pr ivate
let! and Mr. T ed G rant, all from the London ( Buff s ) room in the H otel where they we re joined by their
Branch . Mrs. and Miss F oster H all, Mrs. Argles, Col. fi ve French guests.
and Mrs. G race and Mrs. and M iss E vans we re also
A short speech, in English, by 14-yea r-old Brunot
prese n t. M acrez (son of Mme. G otthelf's n iece) preceeded the
act ual presentation, by Mme. Gotthelf, of her great-
T o everyone's d isa ppointment G en. Sir Richard grand-father's medal and of h is P eninsular W ar medal,
and L ady C raddock were prevented at the eleventh together with certain documents and letters. Speaking
hour from attend ing. Disappointment turned to deep in French, Lt.-Col. Argles in a brief reply expressed
sorrow and shocked d ismay when it was lea rned that the pride and grat itude of the Museum Trustees and
their absence was ca used by the news, received the ass ured Mme. Gotthelf that her gifts woul d be trea ur-
prev ious day, of the death in a road accident in France ed and sa fe-guarded for all time in the Museum .
of their son-in-law, M a j. R ichard Pirie, of the P ara-
ch ute R egiment attached to the Special Air Service. Lt.-Col. J . R . Willows, speaking in English, then
presented to Mme. G otthelf three replicas of the
On its own, such a tragedy is bad enough in it- medal, one in sil ver and two in bronze, for presenra-
self, but when, in the space of less than ten yea rs, a tion at her discretion to certain members of her fam ily.
stunning blow of such mag nitude strikes the sa me Finally the Secreta ry, who h ardly spoke at all, present-
person twice--for their twe nty-eight yea r old daughter ed Mme. G otthelf with a replica of a Buffs side-d rum ,
Ca roline was widowed less than a yea r after being especially made for the occasion in M a jor Baddeley's
married when her first husband, Rich ard Sparrow, of factory in Sa ndwich . The part y then sat down to an
the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, was killed in a excellent luncheon, t owards the end of which
climbing accident in Snowdonia-then the immensity M adame's health was proposed by L t. -Col. Argles.
of the tragedy and the depth of the family's sorrow
beggar description. Lt.-Col. Willows escorted the visitors to the
Museum after luncheon and it was apparent, during
her visit, to judge by Mme. Gotthelf's remarks and
expression, that she was both relieved and delighted
to know that her gi fts we re t o be housed in such splen-

64

did and historic surroundings. All members of the
family were most interested to see the many exhibits
on display and in particular the original L atham
Centrepiece.

At half-p ast five in the evening M a j. J ohn Pres-
tige saw the party off from the H otel in the taxi which
took them to Ashford Airport for their return journey
to France.

Thus an eventful and hi storic visit of thirt y-six
hours came to an end, du ring which The Buffs
Museum beca me greatl y enriched by two much-prized
new possessions. All who met Mme. Gotthelf and her
famil y during their short stay will long remember them
for their easy grace and charm of manner. All form er
Buff s will for all time be greatly indebted to the fami-
ly for their gestu re in presenting to the Museum this
unique medal, about which so much h as been read and
heard down the yea rs, and which, even in his wildest
dreams, no Buff rea ll y thought that he wo uld ever see.

(Top): Mme. Gotthelf hands to Lt.-Col. Argles, tht
Latham Gold Medal and the Peninsular War Medal.

(Centre) : A close-up of the Gold Medal.

(Lower): Brunot Macrez, Lt. Latham's great-great-
great-great-grandson, proudly displaying the two

Medals.

Pictures by K ent M essenger.

THE LATHAM PAPERS

Gregory Blaxlaud wrires :-

" The gold meda l is not the only gift made by
Madame Gotthelf to the Museum. She also presented
some papers that were long in the possess ion of the
fam ily. The most interesting of them is a translation
{into French ) of a letter to the United Service
Gazette, written in 1840 by a former Officer of The
Buffs, J ohn M orrison . It must presumably h ave come
to the notice of the R egiment, although the y were
serving in India at the time, but does not appear to
have been retai ned in the archives, for there is plenty
in it that escaped our historians.

It is fa scinating that fresh facts can still come to
light abou t events of so long ago, and certainly we
must be grateful to M adame Gotthelf for providing us
with the mea ns of finding them. Some day no doubt
yet furth er scraps of evidence will be unearthed about
that amazing and terrifying da y on Albuhera hill and
about the man who left a nose and an arm upon it
rather than yield a tattered piece of silk. In the mean-
time we can only marvel not on ly at h is va lour but
also at his fanta stic toughness.

The other documents consist of six letters con-
cern ing the meda l itself. The last and most interesting
are a pair from the then Ca pt. P . G . Scarlett, written
in 1916 from H .Q. 8th Divi sion, of the B.E .F . They
are both to M atthew Latham 's grandson, Georges
Latham, of Verneuil-sur-Avre, and the first is to make
what appea rs a brazen request, on behalf of the R egi-
ment, for the delivery of the meda l. The second ex-
presses great gratitude for the acceptance of the re-
quest and agreement to the condition that each of the
eight grandchildren should be given a bronze replica .
But obviously the medal was not then h anded over,
and we are left with yet one further mystery".

THE BUFFS MUSEUM ENDOWMENT FUND 65

Readers will be interested and gratified to lea rn Gieves
that at the close of play at the end of the year the
figure of £ I,000 which the Trustees h ad set themselves TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS
as their target for 1972 had not only been reached 27 Old Bond Street, London W.l
but exceeded . The sum of £ 1, 163.02, which now stands
to the credit of the Fund and which will have been Bath Bcxhlll Brockenhurst Cambndge Cheltenham
invested by the time this issue is in readers' hands, Chester Cranwcll Eastbourne Edinburgh Harrow
was achieved as a result of the generosity of 123 indi-
vidual subscribers; of 12 Branches of the Associa tion; I cJccstcr Plymouth Portsmouth Wmchcster
of the Trustees of 3rd (Militia) Bn ., The Buffs; and Appointed T ailors and Outfitters to the
of the C hairman and Members of The Queen's Own Queen's R egim en t
Ro ya l West K ent Regiment Museum Committee- to
all of whom the Trustees of The Buff s Museum are
trul y and sincerely grateful.

It is not, however, too late-nor will it ever be,
come to that-to make a donation, of no matter what
size, to this very worth-while ca use.

THE DERBY SWEEPSTAKE

Once aga in there will be a Sweepstake on the
D erby organised by this Office for the benefit of the
Benevolent Fund . The race is due to be run at Epsom
on Wednesday, 6th June, and the Draw will take place
on Thursday, 24th May. Tickets will be ava ilable
from Regimental Association Branch Secretaries in the
nea r future. As in previous yea rs, the price of a ticket
will be 5p and the prizes will be :- 1st £100 ; 2nd
£50; 3rd £20.

THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT
REGIMENT OFFICERS' CLUB

The Annual Cocktail Party of The Queen's Own
Royal West Kent Regiment Officers' Club will be held
on Friday 18th May 1973 at the National Army
Museum, Chelsea (by kind permission of the Direc-
tor ).

Any enquiries please to Maj.-Gen. D . E. B. T al-
bot, C B, C BE, DSO, MC, DL, Oast Court, Barham,
Canterbury.

CORRESPONDENCE

10 Belvoir Street,
East D oncaster,
Victoria 3109,
A u st ra li a.
26th November 1972.

From:- Sqd. Ldr. J . Etkins

To :- Col. H . R . Grace, OBE, DL, JP,
" I have amongst my Royal W est K ent M edal

and Militari a Collection an item which I wonder
whether any reader could identify for me?

It is a cast bra ss ( unpolished ) rectangular Pl ate
3" x 4!" hav ing in quite high relief the ' Dog & Bon-
net' motif ( G eorge V or VI & Crown ) and 'The
Queen 's Own' in a scroll below. The front of the plate
has probably been gilt.

On the reverse is mounted hori zontally a lug
which would accept a 2! " wide webbing strap or some
such, this lug being fi xed half way down the back.

If it is part of a soldier's accoutrements, it is
certainly a heavy item and must have been roundl y
cursed during its career! However, the finish and
weight make me feel that it must have been carried
by an animal or perhaps have had some static home.

I wonder how quickly either one of your Staff-
or a reader-will be able to identify it for me!"

(Can any reader identify this piece of equipment ?
-Ed.)

66 Brig. Sir John Pagen, Agent-General for New South
Wa les in London and Europe, who IS shortly to re tum
The Royal Sussex Office to Aust ralia after a two-year tour of duty over here.

Remembrance Day-Westminster Abbey Sir John decided to make the gift to the Band
after hearing their performance at the R oyal Tourna-
The Royal S ussex Regimental Assoc iation ~el d ment last yea r and later after a visit to them while at
their annual Remembrance D ay Ceremony at the F teld camp at Sennybridge in North Wa les. H e felt that he
of Remembrance, W estminster Abbey on Thursday would like to leave behind a memento from an Austra-
9th November. Once again we are indebted to the lian, and on asking them what they wo uld like, found
London Branch of the Association (and particularly that they were in need of a new mace.
to Mr. E . Rooke, the S ecretary) for making the ar-
ra n ge m ent s. Bandmaster Mr. J. D . W indeba nk accepted the

An ever-increasing attend ance with sever al ex mace which in rum was h anded to the Drum M ajor,
officers and representatives from one or two Branches Sgt. A. G lover. A mong those who were also present
of the Associ ation were present to pl an t crosses and were the Count y Commanda nt, Col. P . I. D . T etley,
Brig. R. E . Loder read the prayers. We were particu- and the unit's Commanding Officer, Capt. L. G. Butt.
larly grateful to Bandmaster C richton of the 1st Bn ., The presenta tion ceremony was followed by a display
the Queen's Regt. for arranging a t rumpeter on our given by the band.
behalf and also to S/ Sgt. Routledge who sounded the
L ast Post and Reve ille so well and for making the ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION
long journey from T idworth.
-BRANCH NOTES
After the ceremony some forty serving and ex
members of the R egiment were entertained at St. Arundel and District
Stephens T avern where a room h ad been kindly set
aside for us by M a jor Bruno Bryant, C hairman of the The an nual R eunion D inner was held at the M ill
London Branch and a director of G oodhews, the own- Restaurant, A rundel, on Saturday the 18th November
ers of St. Stephens T avern. in the presence of our President, His G race the Duke
of N orfolk, K G, P C, GCVO, G BE, TD . This was a
Officers present were G en. Sir G eoffrey Evans, particul arl y memor able Reuni on for whi ch the Com-
Brig. R. E . Loder, Col. J . Buckeridge, Lt.-Cols. J . S . mittee h ad given much t ime and thought to make It
M agrath and E . G . Hollist, Majors J . F . Ainsworth the successful even ing it undoubtedly was, because the
and R . T olson and, Capts. L. L. L oewe, and A. painting of H is G race, commissioned by the Royal
Nyman. Sussex Regimental Committee, was to be on show for
the first time.
Sussex Army Cadet Force
The portrait was pa inted by M aj. A. C. D avid-
At a special parade held at the H eadquarters of son-Houston, a former regular Royal S ussex Officer
the 7th (Chichester ) Cadet Pl. ( The Drill H all, E ast and everyone was most enthusiastic abo ut its excellence
Row, Chichester), the Sussex Cadet F orce Corps of and the remarkable likeness he h ad achieved.
Drums were presented with a new M ace.
The whole te mpo of the evening was raised to
The presentation, a personal one, was made by the standa rd of a Lord M ayo r's Banquet by the excel-
lence of the T oastmaster Mr. D . Bradshaw- who con-

THE SUSSEX ACF
PRESENTATION

(L to r): Col. P. I. D .
Tetley, Capt. L. G. Butt,
Bandmaster J. D. Winde-
bank, Sgt. A. Glover and
Maj.- Gen. Sir John

Pagen.

Picture by James Clevett,
Littlehampton .

67

trolled the evening and introduced th e speakers in a Roya l S ussex Regt. after the last war and M aj. H arry
most professional way- and also to the excellence of former Royal S ussex Officer, was now
the speeches. Gjedsted, a the Reg iment's Association in Australia.
P reside n t of
Amongst the guests were L ady Esme Whistler, Brig. A fter the Dinner a raff le was h eld followed by
R. E . Loder, Lt. -Col. and Mrs. E . G. H oll ist, Mrs. F. enthusiastic da ncing to the " H alf M oon " band.
Goring, M a jors ] . F. Ainsworth and A . C. D avidson-
The Wolfe Society
H ous ton.
Each yea r the W olfe Society h olds a dinner in
(Top ) : (I to r ) Maj . Davidson-Houston ( the artist) , remembrance of General Wolfe to wh ich are invited
Mr. Short (Chairman ) and Maj. The Duke of Nor- representatives from those Regj men ts which served
unde r him in Canada against the French.
folk, together with the portrait.
P icture by " Sussex L ife" . This yea r the Roya l S ussex Regt. ( 35 th Foot )
was represented by M aj. P . H . Courtenay, whose ac-
( Lower ): Midhurst and D istrict Branch Reunion. count of the event follows: -
Picture by Chas. White.
"General J ames Wolfe, like another illustrious
Englishm an, came from Westerham in K ent ; a Society
honouring his memory has ex isted in that district for
some 150 yea rs. In addition to loca l people, all the
reg iments which fought at Quebec in 175 9 are corpor-
ate members of the society and eligible to be represen--
ed at the annual dinner in W esterham.

" As I am living onl y a few miles South of there,
the Royal S ussex Offi ce asked me to represent the
35 th ( Roya l Sussex) and I dul y tumed up at the
C rown H otel on 14th November last. I found quite a
few acqua intances among the other regimental repre-
sentati ves, and was quickly made at home by the
members. An excellent dinner was followed by a toast
to the memory of James W olfe, proposed by M r. J .
Warde, whose famil y still lives at Squerryes Court ;
there Wolfe was fi rst commissioned on the da te, the
anniversary of which we were celebrating. The W olfes
and Wardes were close friends, and the continuing
family association was a liv ing link with a famous age.

"The reply was gj ven by Lord Tweedsmuir; the
son of a fo rmer Governor-General of Canada (John
Buchan ), he was on familiar ground when talking
about W olfe's N orth American campaigns. H e spends
every fourth week in Canada, so is a comuter par
cxce lleu ce.

" It is good to know that the society regards the
3rd Queen's as the legitimate descendant of the 35th,
and the members were particularly glad that so many
reg imental representatives were serving offi cers. L ong
may it continue."

Midhurst and District Rhodesia Branch

The Midhurst Branch held its annu al R eunion M ajo,. M . E . F ew writes:
Dinner at the Egmont H otel, M idhurst, in the presence " Thank you very much for your cable of good
of Lt.-Col. W . A. Ball, M RC P, its P resident. T here
was an excellent attendance and it was generall y agreed wishes for our Quebec D ay reunion where it was read
that th is was one of th e best Branch Dinners held for out and acclaimed. W e h ad a small but enj oyable
bea no in the Regency Room of the Ambassador H otel,
many yea rs. Sa lisbu ry. I enclose a signed menu ca rd for yo u.
Between 70 and 80 people were present which
" Of the eleven members on the roll of this
included our guests- Brig. Loder, Lt.-Col. and M rs. Branch, two reported sick and fi ve attended. These
H ill, the Reverend and Mrs. H arfield and a number were F reddie M orley-Smith, M C, who was MO of the
of ladies from the L adies Branch of the British 4th Bn . in 1939 and onwards; Percy C laridge. 5th
Legion. We were also pleased to welcome a strong (CP ) Bn . 1934-46; Jocelyn Wisden, 7th Bn., who
contingent from the C hichester Branch, and Mr. Short, drove up from Johannesburg- 7 13 miles each way;
Chai rman of the Arundel and District Branch, to- M aurice F ew, 5th (CP ) 4th/ 5th and 7th Bns. 192 8-
49 ; D avid Wadman, 1st, 6th and lOth Bns. Guests
gether with M r. Stoner. Lt. -Col. H ollist r eca ll ed induded ccp uggy" Romilly who was "Dickie" M ount-
In welcom ing the guests, batten's secur ity officer in Burma during the Second
that the Reverend H arfield has served as chaplain dur- World W ar. His 2IC in that job was Capt. G . L.
ing the W ar with the 2/ l lth Bn. The Royal Austra- C roce of the Regiment. I was unable to tell Romill y
lian R egt. Th is Regiment h ad become affili ated to the what became of Capt. G . L. C roce whom I remember
meeting before the war. H e does not feature in my
copy of the officers' location list so I sh all b e grateful
if I may be fi lled in on this one, if you please.

" In the event that this letter is published, best

wishes are extended from us in Rhodesia to all our gold. It seems to me (but here I stand to be corrected
former comrades wherever they may be and not for-
by Maj. D avidson-Hou ston ), that old gold and orange
getting those who may also be members of the Winkle are diff erent names for the same colours. A further
Club. In particular I am thinking of Mr. Alce and
coincidental link is the habit of the B.S.A. Police
former Drum Maj or Wash, both of whom wrote to band and drums always to play " Sussex by the Sea"
me recently. M emories of these Cinque P orts stalwarts
leads me to mention that the B.S .A. Police ( i.e. the amongst the first few numbers at their every function.
" Last week at the official opening of the
police force of Rhodesia, in the Reserve of which I
have had the honour to serve for the last 21 years) Mashon aland Agricultural Show at Salisbury the
band and drums, wear full dress which is prescribed in B.S.A. Police band and drums were marching and

the F orce's regimental colours which are blue and old counter marching in their blue and old gold full

dress".

***

The Middlesex Office

If these notes appear sketchy the writer, who is BRANCHES
deputising for the sub-editor apologises. Col. Walden
is at present in hospital recovering from an operation; The various branches of the Die-Hards clubs
he is on the road to recovery and will be able to con- continue to flourish in spite of tbe Grim Reaper tak-
tinue the movement in our next issue. ing his toll of the older generation. There has been an
influx of members whose children have now r eached
As can be seen in the location list, Maj . Frank adult or teenage, giving their parents the opportunity
Waldron has succeeded Col. Frank Walden at this to go out in the evenings. ( Not only the parents but
Office. Col. " Fanny" is remaining at Edgware as the youngsters too come to our meetings.) It is pleas-
editor of "The Die-Hards Newsletter" and sub-editor ing to see Boer War veterans and teenagers together in
of this Journal; in addition, he will continue to look one animated group; and at times it is difficult to
after certain affairs of the Middlesex Regimental decide which is the most mischievious!
Association. His vast and varied experience during
long battles on behalf of the Association is available Middlesex Regimental Museum
and will be valuable to Frank Waldron during his
early days in office. The Regimental Museum (at Bruce Castle,
Tottenham) has had good publicity recently-The
The arrival of Frank Waldron is fortunate for us magazine "Coins" for F ebruary 1973 giving a four-
as he has worn the cap badge of the Die-Hards, the page coverage. The " Soldier" magazine ( February )
Home Counties Brigade and lastly The Queen's Regi- also reported a visit by their representative to the
ment. He has served, actively, under the three desig- museum. At present, the museum has on loan the
nations and knows his contemporaries better than we famous diorama "Napolean Reviews his Guard" which
of an older generation. was on display at the Model Engineering Exhibition
at Seymour Hall, brought over from the Army
Having two such similar names in adjacent Museum in Paris. The detail of the diorama is to be
offices is apt to confuse Rocki, our girl on the switch- included in "Modelworld" March 1973 issue. The
scene is the Palais des Tuileries, N apolean's residence.
board (a long confusion, since she is 6 feet t inch Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia ( whose name ap-
pears so often in our Peninsula history) is shown in
tall )! the Emperor's retinue whilst the moving figures include
DICK SMITH. Drum-Major Serrot, the tallest man ( 6 feet 8 inches)
in the French Guards; he leads the Grenadiers a Pied
DISBANDMENT de la Garde, 1st Regiment, nicknamed the "Grumb-
lers" or the " Gaiterstraps". In all there are 299 figures
The " K entish Gazelle" of Febru ary 2nd, publish- making a very colourful display also shown on the
ed the news under the heading " Die-hards disband this "Magpie" ( ITV ) programme.
year"-the first news that 4th Bn . The Queen's Regi-
ment, Albuhera Coy.-survivors of the old Middlesex The museum is popular with all generations
Regt.-will be disbanded towards the end of the year. especially school-children with their very searching
Our hopes that the company would be nucleus of a minds.
resurrected 4th Bn. were in vain. For former "Die-
Hards" thi s "going down of the sun" has given great
grief, but we, and the next couple of generations "will
remember". So long as the word "diehards" is u sed
to denote one who does not retire in face of all odds
whether the position is tenable or not, or their point
of view is right or wrong, lexicographers will always
associate the term with the 57th at Albuhera.