June 1978

The Journal of
THE QUEEN~ S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 12, No. 1 June, 1978

Battle Honours borne on The Colours

The R egimental Colour:
"Tangier, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704-5," "Blenhcim," "Ramillies," "Malplaquet," "Detingen,"
"Louisburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "St. Lucia, 1778," "Seringapatam,"
••Maida," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera,'' ''Albuhera," "Almaraz," "Badajoz," "Salamanca,"
"Vittoria," "Affgbanistao, 1839," "Punniar," "Moodkee," "Sobraon," "lnkerman," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow:•
"Taku Forts," "New Zealand," "South Africa, 1879," "Nile, 1884-85," "Burma, 1885-87," "Chitral," "Relief
of Ladysmith," "Relief of Kimberley," "South Africa, 1899-1902," "Korea 1950-51."

The Queen's Colour:
"Mons," "Mame, 1914-18," "Aisne, 1914," "Ypres, 1914-15-17·18," " Hill 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Somm.e,
1916, 18," "Aibert, 1916, 18," "Vimy, 1917," "Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Hindenburg Line," "Italy, 1917-18," "Mace-
donia, 1915-18," "Gallipoli, 1915," "Gaza," "Jerusalem," "Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut al Amara,"
"Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 1940," "Normandy Landing,"
"North West Europe, 1940, 44-45," "Abyssinia, 1941," "Omars," "Alam el Halfa," "El Alamein," "Longstop
Hill, 1943," "North Africa, 1940-43," "Sicily, 1943," "Sangro," "Salemo," "Anzio," "Cassino," "Italy, 1943-
45," "Malta, 1940-42," "Malaya, 1941-42," "Hong Kong," "Defence of Kohima," "Burma, 1943-45."

Allied Colonels-in-Chief

HER MAJESTY QUEEN JULIANA, Queen of the Netherlands

HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE 11 of Denmark

Colo11el of Th e R egim e11t: M aj.-General R . S. N . MANS, CBE

D eputy Colonel of T he R egimwt : Brigadier B. R . COLEMAN

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Comm anding Officers

1st B attalion-Lt.-Col. J. C . H OLMAN

2nd Battalion-Lt.-Co l. C. G . C HAMPI ON
Jrd B attalion-Lt.-Co l. S . T . W. ANDERSON , OBE, M C

5rh ( V olimreer) Battalion-Lt.-Co l. S . M. BOUCH ER
6th/7 rh ( Voltmreer) Battalion-Lt.-Co l. F . B. HERD, TD

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

C.C. F. S chool Conringmts

Ardingly College; St. Aloysius College; Brighton College; Chichester High School, (Horsham); Cranbrook
School; Cranleigh School; Dulwich College; Eastbourne College; Haberdashers' Aske's School (Elstree); Hamp-
ton Grammar School; Highgate School; Hursrpicrpoint College; The Judd School; The King's School,
Canterbury; Kingston Grammar School; Lancing College; Mill Hill School; Ottershaw School; Reeds School;
Rcigate Grammar School; Royal Grammar School (Guildford); Sir Roger Manwood's School (Sandwich ); St.
Edrnund's School (Canterbury); St. John's School (Leatherhead); St. Lawrence College ( Ramsgate) ; The
Skinners School (Tunbridge Wells) ; Tonbridge School; Whitgift School; William Ellis School; Wilsons

Grammar School.

A .C.F. Uniu / Sub-Units Cadet Coys. Nos. 25 and 26.
Greater London:
Cadet Coys. Nos. 194 (Hounslow), 195 (Staines), 205 (Willesden), 211 (Edg.
N.E. London Sector ware), 225 (Tottenham), 226 (Homsey).
Cadet Coys.
N.W. London Sector Cadet Bns. Nos. 133, 141, 143, 15 1, 152, 153 , 154, 155, 16 1 to 165, 167
Cadet Bns. 1st, 2nd and 5th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (Surrey A.C.F. ).
S.W. London Sector Cadet Coys. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (Kent A.C. F.).
Cadet Pis. No. 6 (Crawley).
Surrey: Nos. 2 ( Seaford ) , 3 ( H astings), 4 ( Lewes), 7 (Chichester ), 8 ( Crow-
Kent: borough), 10 (Eastbourne), 11 (H orsham), 13 (Shoreham), 14 (Bexhill),
Sussex: 15 (Brighton), 17 (Bognor), 18 (Littleham pton), Mayfield Co ll ege and
Lewes old GS .

ALLIED REGIMENTS

The Canadian Armed Forces-
The Queen's York R angers (R CAC)
The South Alberta Light Horse
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York)
The E ssex and Kent Scottish

The Australian Military Forces-

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

The New Zealand Army-
2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and WeS! Coast )

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

Zealand Infantry Regiment

The Pakistan Army-

12th, 14th, 15th and 17th Battalions, The Punjab Regi ment

Hon g K ong-
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EDITOR-Major G . U . WEYMOUTH, MBE (Retd.)

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

RHQ THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT
Howe Barracks, Canterbury. (Tel. : 65281)

R egimmtal Secretary: Col. f . N . Shipster, CBE, DSO ( Ext. I )

Assistant R egimental S ecretary: M aj. G. U . W eymouth, MBE ( Ext. 3 )
Fin ancial and R egimental A sso ciation Secrera>y: M aj. E . A. M cCarrhy ( Ex. 2)

Archives : Maj. F. f . R eed ( Ext. 22 )

R ecruiting: Maj . G. T . Faulkn er ( Ext. 9 )

Publications and Admin.: M aj. A . E. F. Waldron, MBE (Ext. 21)

R egimwtal Careers Officer : Maj. R. T . W . M ellotte ( Ext. 12)

REGULAR UNITS

1st Bn. (1) 2nd Bn. ( 2) 3rd Bn. QUEENS RIT
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Werl, Latbbury Barracks, Dover. Canterbury (HQ) and
BFPO 106. Gibraltar, Maidston e
BFPO 52 . T el : Maidstone Mil. Ext. 292
T & AVR BATTALIONS

5th (V) Bn. 6th/ 7th (V) Bn.
Bn. HQ & HQ Coy: Bn. HQ : T & AVR Centre,
Leros T & AVR Centre, Denne Road,
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Canterbury.
Col. D . A . H . Sime, OBE, MC, TD.
Honorary Colonels:
Col. H . H . Prince Georg of Denmark, KCVO .

DIVISIONAL DEPOT-Bassingbourn Barracks, Royston, Herts . Senior Regimental Representative: Lt.-Col. H. M . du V. L ohatr

Notes ( I ) To Howe Barracks Cante rbury in 1980
(2) To Colchester in 1979

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Editor : c 0 nt e nt s

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

Regimental Headquarters.
Howe Barracks,
Canterbury, K ent.

Cap Badge Message from the Colonel of the Reg iment Page
CoUar 6adge Editorial 5
Forecast of Events 6
Button The 1st Battali on 8
The 2nd Battalion 9
The 3rd Battali on
The 5th ( Voluntee r) Battalion 15
The 6th/7th (Voluntee r ) Battalion ... 21
RCO's Report 29
Depot The Queen's Division 33
The IJLB 39
Offi cers Location List 40
The Regimental Association 42
Chri stmas Cards 44
The Regimental Golfing Society 48
Odds and Ends 48
The Lond on Ga zette 49
M arri ages and Deaths 50
Obituari es 52
The County Associations 53
Allied Reg iments 54
Affiliated HM Ships .. 57/60
Book Reviews 62
Regimental Shop 63
Jou rnal Order Form .. . 65
Articles 71
Back Cover
The Eversleigh Star
The Infantry Demonstration Battalion 66
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Message from The Colonel of the Regiment

I believe that the grea test honour that can I look forward very much to my visits to
be bestowed on any offi cer is that of Co lone l of you in the coming months ; to renew old fri end -
his Regiment. It is an appointment unique to ships and to make many new ones.
The British Army, for T he colonel is the head
of a ' Regimental F amily' ; he must be the Rowley Mans,
guardi an of trad ition in the best sense-that Major Genera l.
mystica l element that emerges from a Regiment's
service and history, indefi nable in word s but so ***
meaningful to those who have 'soldiered in the
files'. The Co lonel must be available to The Reg i- The Colonel of The Reg iment
ment to give advice based on his experience ; to
protect its interests when these are threatened and,
when necessary, to give leadership in the di rection

of its affairs.

M ost impon ant in my view, holding such
an offi ce wi ll enable me to make some return,
albeit in small measure, to the many offi cers,
NCOs and soldiers, past and present, who made
my own ca reer in The Arm y so enjoyable and
full of good comradeship . It is therefore wit h
humility that I have assumed the appointment
of your Co lonel. I pledge to do my best on your

behalf.

If there is one aspect above all others to whic h
I wish to dedicate myself during my Co lonelcy it
is to that of our ' Regimental F amily'. After a
decade of existence we have recently ca rried out
a major Reg imenta l re-orga ni sati on. I believe that
this gives us a new and exciting opponunity to
cement our fa mily relationsh ips: T he Past- our
founding Regiments with all the glori ous warrior
traditions t hey passed on to us; T he Present-
regular soldiers and vo lunteers, both in my view
as an 'Old Soldier', unsurpassed in their pro-
fess ionali sm and dedication, often in adversity;
and the Future- our Cadet F orces who quietly
exemplify all that is best in the youth of today,
at a time when others of their generation ga in so
much adverse publi city. Ours is a splendid fam ily.
Each branch rightl y has its own separate and
living identity but all can give strength and sap

to tr.e whole.

I am sometimes told that we still have a
'problem of identi ty' in our Regimental area; my
reply is ' We are The Queen's Regiment' . Th is is
the proudest and most ringing title in The In -
fantry and is especially appropriate in thi s, the
second Eli zabethan era in our nation's histo ry.
T ake t hat message to the four corners of South
East England and beyond and our Regiment wi ll
be the best known in the land .

EDITORIAL

A warm welcome is extended to Major-General Rowley Mans, our new Colonel,
whose enthusiasm and energy have already been felt throughout the Regiment. In hi s
first "message" (on page 5) The Colonel sets the stage for a genuine and positive
move towards cohesion and a true Family spirit. In this context, all the Presidents of
our former Regiments' Associations are now ex-officio members of The Regim ental
Committee; and, with an eye to the "Future", County Commandants of our Affiliated
Cadets are to meet at an annual conference chaired by The Colonel or his Deputy
at Canterbury.

On 12th May, The General had lunch with The Mayor of Canterbury and, in
a speech (published in the local press ) , he emphasised The Regiment's desi re to
establish Canterbury as The Regiment's true " Home"-particularly since Howe Bar-
racks is to be occupied by the 1st Bn. in 1980 and, hopefully in due course, by one
of our regular bartalions whenever it is based in UK.

The Mayor, Cllr. Mrs. Margaret Scott-Knight, confirmed the City's delight and
pleasure in fostering its close relationship with the Regiment and accepted with appre-
ciation the gift of a Regi mental Plaque which the General presented to her.

On 23 May, to mark his appointment to the Colonelcy, the Genera l was received
in audience by HM Queen Juliana at Soestdyk Palace; he was accompanied by Lt.-Col.
John Holman ( 1st Bn.), the first occasion on which a Commanding Officer of a
BAOR-based Battalion has been honoured in thi s way.

Having established themselves as BAOR Boxing Champions, the 1st Bn. team met
1 PARA in the Army Championships at Aldershot and won ; a great achievement
for the Regiment and we wish the battalion God speed during its tour of Northern
Ireland.

The 2nd, when it completes its tour in Gibraltar next August, will be stationed at
Colchester where Lt.-Col. Crispin Champion will be handing over command to Maj.
Peter Barrow.

The 3rd Battalion's unique and potentially hazardous experience in fire -fighting
(when Lieut. Charles Lambert was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Bravery )
was followed by the move to Dover. Here the Battalion immediately began to register
the Regiment's presence-for the first time on "home ground". A hectic round of
activities including "Spearhead" culminates (in July ) in a move to Wainwright
( Canada ) for a month's training.

A change of command in the 5th (V ) Bn. occurred in April when Lt.-Col.
Simon Boucher succeeded Lt.-Col. Paul Courtenay. And, at the end of this year,
Lt.-Col. Foster Herd will be handing over command of the 6th/7th (V) Bn. to
Major Michael Dudding, his present Second in Command.

In the RHQ building, we welcome Mr. David McDine, OBE on his appointment
as PRO SE District ( Kent and Sussex ) . A former Deputy Director of PR for the
Army, his expertise and experience (as well as a penchant towards the Regi ment )
should ensure that our activities are widely proclaimed.

This writer thanks all those who sent in their views about the future viability of
the Journal in its present form and in relation to rising costs. It is with regret that
from now on, the subscription is to be raised to £3.00 per annum. This is a decision
by the Regimental Committee after carefully reviewing income and expenditure and
taking into account rising printing costs in the nature of 10% or more per annum. The
Committee were kind enough to refer to the Journal as a "quality production" and de-
precated any idea of cheapening its appearance or placing restrictions on its contents.

Mainly About People HIGHEST DANISH MILITARY
HONOUR FOR GENERAL LING
It i ~ with deepes t regret that we announce the
dea th, on 13 M ay, in Gibraltar, of Capt. B. M . When Gen. Ling, former Colonel of the
( Brian ) Morris, Quartermaster of 2 QUEENS . Regiment, paid a farewell visit to Queen
Margrethe at the Danish Embassy in London on
We congratu late Col. J . B. O gilvie, OBE, TD 1 Dec. last, he received from H er Majesty the
on his appointment of ADC to The Queen, 3 1 M ar. highest military Order of The Dannebrog- The
Grand Cross of The Order.
'7 8.
Lt. G. K. Yonwin gained a BSc ( 2/ 2 ) in App lied Mr. S pencer Eade resigned from his post as
APRO S .E. Dist. ( Surrey and K ent ) on 31 M ar .
Science following stu dies at the RMC S, Shrivenham We thank him for all his assistance to the Regt. and
(Sep. '74- J un. '77). wish him well in his new job with Scan PR Ltd.
of Shoreham and welcome his successor at Canter-
Lt.-Col. D. H . Woolstencroft was appointed bury, Mr. David McDine (formerl y D eputy Director
H ousing Cmdt . Eastern District in M arch '78. of APR ).

W e congratu late Capt. K . J. H aley ( HQ UKLF ) Lt. J. C. Dawson, now at the IJLB, has been

and WOII Frost BEM ( 2nd Bn.) for their awards playing rugb y for the Arm y.
of a M ention in Despatches for service in N . I reland Congratulations to Mr. David McDine, APR ,
( I M ay- 2 1 Jul y ' 77 ) .
S .E . Dist. ( K ent and Sussex ), on his being made an
We al so congratu late the following on their OBE in the Birthday H onours Li st.
awa rds in the N ew Years Honours List 31 D ec. '77: -
NOTE TO READERS
KCB The Editor is always grateful for news of Queens-
Lt.-Gen. Sir Timothy C reasey, C B, OBE . men who have now left the Service, for inclusion
in this column.
OBE
Lt.-Col. S. T. W. Anderson, M C . OCLEE

MBE to the Kent County
M aj. E. A. Taylor. R~e im ents for over
W02 M . ] . Aylward. sixty years.

BEM 35 SANDGATE ROAD,
W02 C. W. Garton. FOLKESTONE

Col. J. W. (Toby ) SeweU, who retired on 13 Telephone 52654

J an ., has been appoi nted SLO S .E. District.

A ppointme nt s
Brig. H. C. Millman, OBE is to be Divisional

Brigadier ( vice Brig. D avid Ca rter ) in late Jul y '78.

Col. P . D . Johnson was appointed AAG
M O D ( A ) on 13 D ec. '77.

Col. R. R . McNish was appo inted AAG PS4 ( A )
on 17 J an. ' 78.

Col. A. G . Jones was appointed Col. Q LS2
Log Exec ( A ) on 30 M ar. ' 78.

Lt.-Col. R. D . Fisher, MBE is to be GSO I Ops
BRIXM I S on 1 Sep. '78.

Lt. R. J. Knight was awa rded a BSc ( I nter-

national Politics) ( 2/ 1 ) deg ree at the end of the
76177 Academic yea r at Aberystwyth .

Pte. Everard of 6/ 7 QUEENS, obtained an out-
standing grad ing on R egtl. Water Duties Course 524
at the RAMC Trg. Centre in Nov. '77 .

Selection for Staff Training

Capt. M. C . Willis ( 2nd Bn. )-Div. 2, J an . '7 9;
Maj. R. A. M. Christmas ( I]LB ), Capt. C. G. F.
C harter ( 3rd Bn. ) and Capt. T . C. Wilson ( 1st Bn .)
-Div. 3, Oct. ' 79.

Capt. P . D . McLelland, having passed the
written exam in Nov. '77 is qualifi ed for staff training.

Boxing the Army Boxing
16 Feb . were : Ptes.
Individua l finali sts in and C pl. J ean-Pierre
Champ ionships at Aldershot,
Gelding, G eddes and L ewis
( I QUEENS ) .

Forecast of Events

July September--<:ontinued

I 3 QUEENS-Band and Drums, Brighton. 13 Quebec Day ( 3rd Bn. )
2 Queen 's Own Buffs Assn.-Annual Service of 19 Regimental G.S . match v. RRF and R.

Remembrance and Reunion, Maidstone. ANGLIAN G .S., Gog an d M agog, Cambridge.
Regimental G.S. match v. RMAS, Arm y G .C., 29 Officers' Club Reunion, House of Commons.
Aldershot .
5 Managing Trustees Meeting, L ondon. October
12 3 QUEENS to Canada ( to 10 Aug.)
22 Queen's Own Buffs G .S . match v. Fleet G .C. Middlesex Reg t. G.S. A utumn M eeting, North
25-29 R . Sussex Assn .-Main Goodwood R ace H ams G.C.
M eeting. 5-6 Queen 's S urreys G.S . two-day Autumn meeting
and AG M , Richmon d.
August 6-8 ACF Officers Weekend.
6 Queen 's Surreys O ffice rs' C lub D inner,
5-11 Canterbury C ricket W eek ( Queen's Own Bu ffs Cla ridges .
T ent ). 6 R . S ussex O ffice rs' Dinner, Arundel Castle.

6 Queen 's Own Buff s Assn.-Annual S ervice of November
Remembrance and Reunion, C anterbury.
Queen's Surreys A ssn. Annu al Reunion, U nion
22 Regimental G.S. match v. Queen's Own Buffs Jack C lu b, L ondon.
G .S., RAC Country Club, Epsom . 11 Middlesex R egt. Assn. R emembrance Serv ice,
Field of R em embrance, Westminster .
25/2 6 R. Sussex Assn . 2nd Goodwood R ace M eeting. 12 Queen's Surreys Assn . Remembrance D ay
Pa rades, Guild ford and Kin gston.
September 12 Middlesex Reg. Assn. Annual R ememb rance
Service, lnglis Bks., Mill Hill, NW7.
I Regimental G.S. Annual Meeting, Arm y G .C., 17 6/7 QUEENS Offi cers' M ess Cocktail P a rt y,
Aldershot. H aberdashers Hall.

8 Sevastopol Day (2nd Bn.)
8-24 5 QUEENS Camp, Schleswig Holstein .
9 Salemo Day ( 1st Bn. )
10 6/ 7 QUEENS WOs' and Sgts' Mess C urry

Lunch, Horsham .

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The l st Battalion

W are the champions- The Army Boxing Defence College, Latimer and has been replaced by
Champions-and we hope that all our RSM J amieson, an ex-Fusilier whose unfamiliar
readers will share our pleasure at having put the Northern cadences are rapidly being mastered.
name of The Queen's Regiment on the trophy.
If such a truculent show of pride seems un- M aj. David Dickins (2 IC) is now BM 39 Bde.
see mly or un-British, please forgive us, because in Belfast and P adre Mike Waiters has left us for
it is only too rare nowadays for an Infantry Ballykelly. We shall retain happy memories of those
battalion to brea k through the stranglehold of Welsh sermons with their rugby playing references.
the Corps and the large static units on most of
rhe Army's major sporting trophies. Battalion Commendation
For stead iness under fire to Sgt. C rane ( M T )
Detai ls of the boxing appear elsewhere in an
article by Capt. (QM) Les Wilson who masterminded when he commanded the enemy for a Gunner R egt.
the team's success. There is also an article by Lt. in one of the Divisional Test Exercises, and the RA
J ohn Noble on his no-less-enterprising and even more Quarterma ster d id not know the diffe rence between
da ngerous expedition to M ont Blanc at E aster, when blank and plastic ammu nition.
the whole of Europe had some of the wo rst weather
for yea rs. 1st BATTALION THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT
BOXING TEAM
Since last November our principal military
acti vit y has been to take our part in the form ation by Capt. Les Wilson
of 3 Armoured Division as part of BAOR; this has
entailed a great deal of exercising, most of it in O n 18 Nov. the Battalion boxed I R oyal Scots
deep and heavy snow, at a time when BAOR battalion s and became the BAOR Inter-Unit Boxing C hampions.
are normally safely indoors conducting cadres . It has It brought back many h appy memories beca use it
been a very worthwhile time, culminating in a was the same Gymnasi um in the 1967 C hampion-
Divisional Exercise at Soltau in M arch, when B ships that I Queen 's Surreys emerged the BAOR
Coy. (Maj. P addy P anton) occupied a defensive C hampions; sadly, a month later, that Battalion met
posi tion which excited the admiration of all who saw 1st Bn. The P arachute R egt. in The Army Final
it, including the Corps Comm ander. The enem y, who and were defeated 6 bouts to 5.
didn't see it until f ar too late, were also impressed.
On the night of 18 Nov. 1977, the boxing was
We are now starting our training for Northern of a very high standard and the final result of 8
Ireland, ha vi ng welcomed the recce party back just bouts to 3 does not rea ll y refl ect a true picture.
in time for our NITAT presentations. We have found
a great spirit of optimism and many significant im- Our team consisted of Ptes. Golding,
provements in the situation since our las t tour in McKatherine, Geddes, H arrison, Smith ( 48), L ewis,
1976. It will not be easy to ada pt to the changed L / C pls. W orrell and Barrell, C pls. Jean-Pierre and
conditions where the hard area Ca tholics now politely Coley. A particular mention must be made of L / C pl.
pass the time of day with soldiers, but it is good to Barrell who broke his hand in the second round but
fee l that we are getting somewhere towards normal went on to win.
livin g at last.
' Readers may have seen references in the Press W e were then all set for the Army Finals to
to improved physica l training standards in the Army be held in the Army Box ing Stadium at Aldershot on
and will have guessed that this has been simpl y 15 D ec. against the same rivals of I 0 yea rs pre-
another change in the long saga of the Annual viously- ! PARA . There was one change in the team;
Fitness Tests. So far as we are concerned, that is L/ C pl. Barrel was unfit ( due to his hand injury )
about right, but the big innovation is that now every- and Pte. W alker, one of our ACC cooks, took over
one in the Army is to take part-even in the MOD . the Light H eavywe ight slot . The final score was 6
This doesn't make the new tests any easier, but it bouts to 5 and we became Army C hampions for
does make them more satisfying. 19 7 7 / 7 8 .

As old BAOR hands will understand, all this It would be wrong to single out any particular
training has taken place around the unruffl ed feathers boxer but mention must be made of Cpl. "Dutch "
of Exercise "S now Queen )). At Hinterstein, 119 offi ce rs Holland, who from 1965 t o 1969 had boxed for I
and men learnt to ski at what must be the best PARA ; he then left the Army but rej oined the
bargain prices anywhere; we also entered the Queen 's Regt. and was posted to us. We believe C pl.
Divisional Ski Competition. Holland has the un ique distinction of holding two
Army Winners' M edals hav ing represented two
Band Sergeant M a jor Rothwell leaves us on the different units. The " M aroon Hordes" did not give
way to retire after 23 years continuous service with him an easy time and after a very plucky performance
our Battalion Band ; many officers, NCOs and men he was beaten on points by Pte. Gorman.
will remember him and may meet him aga in in
Ca nterbury. We were unable to have the volume of support
from our own unit and that of 3 QUEENS and the
RSM Ormerod has also left us for the peace D epot that we would have liked. Since the latter
and tranquilliry of the RSM's office at the Nat ional were engaged in fire fighting. H owever, a call went
out to the 6/ 7 QUEENS and our Cadets Units and
what magnificent support they gave us. After some

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Boxing Officer, I had entered seven boxers fo r the
(Lower) : The gladiators return, happily, from two-day BAOR In divid ual Championshi ps in J anuary
Aldershot and be fore a home crowd, I QUEENS produced 6
BAOR Champ ions who immed iately qualifi ed to be
(co ntinued from page 9) entered for the Army Cham pionsh ips in Aldershot.
qu ick coaching by m yself and some box ing stalwarts On 16 Feb. we produced the Arm y M iddleweigh t
from the D epot, they gave some very creditab le per- C hampion in the shape of C pl. J can-Pierre and the
formances of our ba ttle cry of " OGGY OGGY Arm y H eavywe ight Cham pion in the person of Pte.
O GGY" !! On behalf of the whole battalion, I would "Cuddles" Lew is ( at 15 stone!); Ptes. S mith, G eddes
like to thank them all for coming to Aldershot and and Golding we re R unners Up in their respect ive
supporting us so well . weights.

Immed iately after the result, one Company Com- W e wo uld like to end by thanking all th ose
mander was hea rd to say "Thank G od, we can now Offi cers, SNCO s and sold iers from all uni ts in the
Queen's Division who travelled to Alde rshot to support
us; and 2 QUEEN S from Gi braltar, who signalled
" QUEENS R U LE OK!! " Comments from a certain
Para chute Regt. Offi cer at Soest cannot, however,
be repeated!

3/ 4 DIVISION SKI MEETING 1978 That night we camped outside H eidelberg and
enj oyed the hospitality of notable pubs in that town,
At Ischgl ( Austria) in J anuary, the Battalion waking up with a hangover the next moming. At
took part for the second t ime in the 3/ 4 Div. Ski the French borde r ( Mulhouse) a gaulloise-smoking
M eeting, entering teams as follows : C ustoms offi cial had trouble trying to underst and m y
French ; undeterred, we headed for C hamonix through
Langlauf-W0 2 R ya n, L / Cpl. Hurman, Pte. the bea utiful French countrys ide. As French petrol
Rutherford, Pte. Quarmb y. coupons were unava ilable, it was go ing to be an in-
itiati ve test fuelling our thirsty L androve r, but I
Downhill-Ca p!. Beattie, Capt. Mieville, Ca pt . had th e idea of throwing ourselves at the mercy of
Wilson, Cpl. Smith. our NATO allies. Quite by chance, we found out
the location of a Commando training unit in a tiny
Although not up to Cava lry and Gunner hillside village and, whilst the others wa ited with
standards, we were much improved from last yea r the Landrover, I entered the medieva l g uardroom to
and the L anglauf team d id especially well with ask for the Duty Officer. In the ten minutes it took
Rutherford and Quarm by starting from scratch . Capt. to locate him, I had drunk half a bottle of r aw
C live Wilson combined the duties of paymaster for Algerian wine but was able to explain what I wanted
the Meeting with a place in the D ownhill team, and then everything happened like clockwork.
captained by C apt. Anthony Beattie. The downhillers
performed on some very fa st and steep courses ga ining After ex trica ting the L androver from dee p snow
a lot of experience which should stand them in good in the middle of their lawn, we filled up with petrol
stead for the next two years ( provided the new 3 ( it was Sunday even ing of the E aster week-end ) and
Armoured Division continue the M eeting). were in vited in for an enormous meal. W e spent the
evening in the Offi cers' M ess bar and by midnight
'NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN C pl. H ayes had managed to amass a large number of
ENDEAVOUR' HAVE SO FEW CAUSED SO souvenirs, whilst I talked to the Hungarian wife of
an ex-Leg ionnaire, trying to concentra te on my French
MUCH TROUBLE TO SO MANY . • . OR and not on her skin tight ski suit! W e awoke to a
'A CLIMBER'S TALE' glorious morning and, after an enormous bowl of
coff ee, set off for C hamoni x and our first view of
by Lt. J . C. Noble the Alps bathed in glorious sunshine.

After three months of planning and the sub- H ere we sorted out our equi pment for the climb
mission of I 07 pieces of paperwork, an enormous heap and headed for the cable ca r to take us up the first
of climbing equipment, food and clothing was SOOm . but, due to high winds and blizzards at the
assembled in my room. In the few days before block top, it was not running so we was ted a day wa iting
leave, Cpl. H ayes, W allace, D avid Langhorne and for the weather to clea r. The morning was also bad
m yself we re av idl y poring over large scale maps to but during a brief break in the weather, a party of
decide the best route to reach the summit of Mont ma intenance men went up and we foll owed. On
Blanc, Europe 's highest mountain ( 4807m ) . As soon reaching the first station, we stepped out into almost
as block leave started we packed our L androver and zero visibility but having roped up, we climbed in
trailer w ith equipment and ra tions and set o ff on a the approximate d irection hoping the mist would lift.
dull rainy morning; exactl y 40 minutes later we
were retriev ing the rear whee l of the Landrover from The conditions were terrible; ten da ys of snow
across the moton.vay after it parted compa ny w ith the had made walking, even with snow shoes, very diffi-
rea r axle, jumped a car and decided to do a bit of cult. The ro ute in summer would have been easy,
adventure training of its own. but now the small valleys we had to cross looked
Fke mountai n ranges and progress was very slow.

"Crossing
the Ice fall"

On two or three occasions we had total 'white-out' coming down ; we could not retrace our steps as it
when we could not see anything at all. I, as lead would take too long.
climber, could not even tell whether I was going
uphill or downhill, left or right, and the others in By 8 o'clock the next morning the weather was
the rear had to guide me. ( At one stage we found fairly clea r so we decided to return to Chamonix as
ourselves on a steep rock face covered thinl y with we had only one da y's rations left . We roped up and
snow and if anyone had lost his balance, we would then slid, fell and rolled as far as we could before
all have fallen . At 11 p .m. we were still walking and walking around obstacles. It was in the middle of
finally took shelter in a disused alpine cable car one of these ' toboggan runs' that C pl. Hayes went
station half way to the hut we intended to reach and down a crevasse, lost his pack and David Langhorne,
camped in the old house, formerly used by the Wallace and I had to pull him out. There were
maintenance men . It was full of snow but we cleared lighter moments when we reached the tree line; the
an area for sleeping and lit a fire using odd bits first two climbers would decide to go left of the
of wood gathered from the inside of the building. tree and the other two to the right causing an argu-
ment about which pair should climb up and go
The next day was even worse: it had been snowing around it! The last pan of the journey was spent
all night ; our tracks were covered and visibility was walking along a stream waist deep in snow but
down to ten metres. W e decided to sta y put. The we finally emerged-soaked through but happy-at the
weather worsened so we made our temporary home mouth of the Chamonix road tunnel.
more comfortable; W allace even made himself a set
of shelves for his equipment and to keep warm, Naturally, we were, disappointed at not reaching
we removed a fair proportion of the inner walls! the summit but under the extremely difficult con-
ditions we had done well to get as far as we did.
Next morning, although conditions were again On the morning we left there was brilliant sunshine
bad, we pressed on across the Boissons Glacier and and, as we drove out of Chamonix, we saw much
a deeply crevassed ice fi eld. Progress was aga in ex- evidence of avalanches; it was unlikely that anyone
tremely slow and the only moment of humour ca me would be able to reach even as far as we had, for at
when Cpl. Hayes lost his helmet which rolled down least another three weeks.
the mountain gathering snow and creating small
avalanches as it went; we didn't discover how big it We returned to the Commando Camp for more
wa s when it rea ched the bottom but Cpl. Hayes in- petrol, but were sent off to another French unit
tends to look for it in August, when the snow melts ! where our experiences were rather different; the
Colonel had to ring Brigade for authority and three
Reaching the Grandes Mullets after a 12-hour hours later (and with bad grace) we were finall y
day, we located the hut. W e were all wet through and given what we wanted. Thirty-six hours later we
a little dispirited ; it had now become evident that were in Werl .
we could not reach the summit as, in these conditions,
it would take at least four more da ys even if the What had the team achieved during its two-week
weather was good . The question now, was how long trip? W ell, it had not reached the summit but we had
could we afford to wait for good weather before all taken part in the organising of the expedition.
We had found out which equipment was available

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fo r adve nture train ing and we had al l sha red the
experience o f tea m work un.der diffic ul~ conditions.
Yo ung D avid L anghorne thtnks the tn p has aged
him by five yea rs a nd is already looking for grey
hairs. Cpl. H ayes vows to return in the summer to
find his helmet. W all ace intends to set up a 'creva sse
rescue advisory service' and I . would simply love
to hea r from a Hunga rian lady wea rin g a t ight ski
suit! !

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The 2nd Battalion

W INTER in Gibraltar is not much fun and a side in the tri-services tag rugby league. The winter
season is a long one and was beset from the outse t
although it doesn't snow, the seemingly by local TGWU strikes and bad weather. Although
we have not won in any of the leagues, we have
endless days of horizontal rain with force 9 gales acquitted ourselves well; in particular, the Basketball
team achieved the greatest successes and next yea r we
become tedious. However, swnmer is now here suspect we shall win it. We have held our own novices
and we all intend to make the most of it with boxing competition ( won by B Coy.) and also inter
platoon football, hockey, basketball and volleyball
many idle hours lying in the sun, with a cold competition s.

drink to hand, thinking of those unfortunate Amongst our many vi sitors were Gen. Sir Jack
Harman, the Adjutant General; Gen. Sir P atrick
enough to be in Northern Ireland or perhaps, Howard-Dobson, the Quartermaster General as well
worse still, suffering the military madness of as the Governor and our Brigadier, Brig. Steptoe.

BAOR. At the time of writing, we have two big cere-
monial parades ahead of us : the arrival of the new
Notable events of the last six months have been Governor, Gen. Sir William J ackson on 30 May and
the visit of HMS K e11t; company traini ng in UK, and HM the Queen's Birthday Parade on 3 June. In
the departure of the Governor HE Marshal of November the Battalion returns to UK for one months
the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy, GCB, KBE, training and Christmas shopping and, in September
DSO who left Gibraltar on HMS L o11d011 on 26 1979, we return to Colchester to prepare for our
Apri l; he also visited the Battalion to say goodbye next Northern Ireland tour in South Armagh, due
shortly before. to start in February 1980.

We have concentrated our training on raising EXERCISE ROCKSAND 11
individual standards and between March and M ay
each company spent three weeks in UK-B and C by 2/ Lt. N. A. M. Wright
Coys. went to Warcop; A to Arbroath; and D and
Support W ea pons to Salisbury Plain. They each did A Coy's spring training camp took place in
15 days concentrated field firing and dry training the wilds of Scotland; the weather throughout most
followed by five days leave. We have also run of the period was distinctly un-Spring-like and we
numerous study days for officers, WOs and NCOs in suffered from snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain and
Gibra ltar; in addition, at least two officers tried to the thickest of scotch mists.
avoid giving their presentations by slipping away
from Gibraltar on leave or posting; they fai led. The adva nce party left Gibraltar on 21 March
with temperatures in the eighties and travelled via
A lot of effort has been spent on keeping fit Gatwick and sleeper to Arbroath. On arrival those
although there are sti ll a number of 'volunteers' doing who had placed their luggage in the guards van dis-
extra PT each evening in an attempt to pass their covered that the van in question had been taken off
December fitne ss tests. Popular demand forced the at York; the OC and C/ Sgt., having kept their
Commanding Officer to get his 2IC to organise a luggage, si mpl y looked smug!
March and Shoot competition, the eventual winners
being 2PI. under W02 Bartle with C/ Sgt. France's 45 Commando were our hosts, providing accom-
I0 PI. a close second. Some believe the latter were modation and administrative backing. Our own
the moral victors; in any event, both did extremely administrative team had arrived from Warcop under
well over a fairly gruelling course. Capt. Yonwin and, with such high-powered backing,
the exercise just had to be a success. The advance
A numbe r of soldiers consider Gibraltar to be party quickl y got down to the hard work of recon-
little more than an open pri son and so we try to get noitering the Barry Buddon Training Area where most
as many people as possible away from the Rock ; so of our training was to take place. Maj . S. B. Ellwood
far over 80 have been to Morocco, M adeira and (ex R . Sussex and 3 QUEENS ) had taken over as
elsewhere. W e have also planned 12 expeditions in- Range Commandant so he was delighted to have
volving 200 soldiers to hill walk in the High Atlas Queensmen on his ranges. The Main Body landed
Mountains south of Marrakech; the first one from on Easter Sunday at Edinburgh Airport in high
B Coy. left on 27 April under 2/ Lt. Glenister. Ptes. winds, snow and sleet, paling behind their suntans!
Philpott and Mitchell are visiting Portugal to be at
Albuhera on 16 May and Pte. Spendiff (B Coy.) Next morning, reve ille was at 0600 hrs. and
is at present on board HMS Y arii/OIIth on a 6-week platoons were on parade on the Airfield ten minutes
Mediterranean cruise. Apart from this, the Guardship later for PT. R ange work began with classification
often takes so ldiers to sea for the day and our own on the SLR and GPMG in torrential rain but by
HMS Ke11t took nearly 80 to sea during her stay the end of two days most had qualified . The second
here; they also laid on a special day at sea for evening was the first of six nights out, night orien-
some 20 Officers and NCOs and their wives-a most teering; su rprisingly, very few people got lost!
memorable day.
On the ranges, grenades were thrown and the
We have entered teams in the Gibraltar hockey, 84mm and 66mm anti tank weapon fired; despite
soccer, basketball, badminton, volleyball and road the failure of the white phosphorus grenades, and
running leagues. Each company has entered teams in
the minor units soccer league (now over) and the
minor units cricket league, and the Battalion has had

16 TRIP ON HMS ARROW

Sgt. Sturgeon's enthusiasm for throwing grenades by Drummer Knibbs
with pins still in, all went well.
I was asked by the Drum M ajor, if I wo uld
Range work continued with the firing of our like to go on a trip with the Royal Navy as "
precious HEAT rounds and section fi eld firing- Bugler ; be ing a nex-naval bugler, 1 acce pted. J oining
both in attack and in defence; the night was taken HMS Arrow on 20 F eh, we left Gibraltar at 1600
up with the first of our night firing sess ions. hours for wha< was the start of the best month I
have had in yea rs. Our first port of ca ll, two days
From Friday to Monday, live firing continued la ter, was at a place ca lled L a-gou lette in Tuni sia
with a varied programme and, during this period, and, the fir st thing I noti ced on arri val was the
one platoon at a time went up into the Grampians smell-not a very nice one. By 1000 hrs. I was in
for Adventure Training on the Balmoral Trai ning full No. 1 dress standing on the flight deck with a
Area; the camp site was at Lock Muick and the aim full naval guard of honour to perform my duties
was to climb Mt. Nagor ( 1555 metres). Visibil ity as a bugler with the Ambassador and all the top
was bad and everyone missed the superb view from brass of the country on board; by mid-day I was
the top; nevertheless, this was one of the most en- ashore with the rest of my mess.
joyable parts of our trai ning, only marred by one of
the four tanners rolling over, resulting in five The second day in the harbour I was take n to
soldiers being admitted to Aberdeen Infirmary. No a British war cemetery to sound the "last post'' and
serious injuries were sustained. " reveille" and spent the rest of the day w~ lkin g
around the town and VISiting Tunis. On the las t
W ednesday was taken up with section and platoon day in port, a family took us to their house for lunch
competitions; watched by the CO, sub-units went and dinner and a few drinks on the sand y M ed.
through their paces ending up with an assault course beach. On 27 Feb. we left for Malta-a drinkers
competition with many water obstacles, providing good paradise. The first day in I was on the shore patrol,
span for spectators. bringing back drunken sailors to the ship from the
main attractions of Malta, Straight Street ("The
On Thursday began the final 3-da y exercise. Gut"). A notable visit wa s to the famo us M ar savien
Having fought for our position the Company dug in factory where they make the loca l wine, which gives
under harrassing attacks from " Black Abode" ( Lt. vou > kick like a mule (and a thick head in the
Whithouse) and " Russian Scouse" ( Sgt. Sturgeon ). morning!) We then set sail for Yugoslavia; on arri va l,
Digging was easy but the soft sand caused trenches the ship fired a 2 1-gun salute, followed by a 16-gun
to collapse and we became expert at improvised salute and the General sa lute on the bugle. Being a
revetting. Over the next two da ys we patrolled from socialist country there were lots of people eyeing the
our base and were subjected to infiltration, gas attacks new Type 2 1 frigate, the first British ship to visit
and air attacks by courtesy of the local RAF. Pte. the countr y for a long time. Again all the top brass
Nevill tried to smoke through the filter of his came aboa rd, so once more I was in full blue with
respirator, going purple with the eff ort. A Company a Guard of H onour doing my duties as a bugler.
night attack took place on the final night when OC
3 PI. did not get lost for a change. The exercise con- (co ntinued 011 page 18)
cluded with a tactical night withdrawal-an invaluable
phase enjoyed by all. 1. 2 PI. winners of the March and Shoot competition

On Sunday we sa id goodbye to our excellent 2. The Boxing Team (against HMS H ennes and
hosts and, after a long train journey to London pro- HMS D evo11shire ) I to r (back): Pte. Barnes,
ceeded on five days well-earned leave. Reforming on L / Cpl. Craig (Trainer), Ptes. Jackson, S. Arthey,
the following Sunday, we flew back to sun . Hill, McNeill, T. Arthey and L / Cpl. Cook
(Trainer/ Coach). (Front row): L / Cpl. Sands,
BOXING AGAINST THE NAVY Ptes. Truelove and Scully and A/ Cpl. Findlay

by Capt. W. Knight-Hughes 3. HE The Governor talking to C/ Sgt. Breech on
his farewell visit to the Battalion
Although battalion boxing has always occupied
an important position in our sports programme we 4. & 6. A Coy. in Scotland. (4): Pte. Pattison,
have never considered ourselves a boxing battalion; Cpl. Stork, Ptes. Baylis and Ferrier--
it was with some reserve, therefore, that we com- swinging! (6): Sgt. Sturgeon with Ptes.
mitted our team to a 3-way tournament between Levescouti (No. 2) and Stewart (No. 1)
HMS H ennes the commando carrier, HMS D evon-
shire the guided missile destroyer and ourselves during 5. The Convent Guard for HE's last ceremonial
a visit of a large flotilla of ships to Gibraltar in guard mounting-! to r: Pte. Charman, Sgts.
F ebruar y. Marshall and Clark, Cpl. Giles, Ptes. Bailey,

There were twelve bouts and we entered for Cosby and Musgrove
eight of them ; in the final event we won six but
these statistics do little to convey the tense atmosphere 7. The Adjutant General speaks to Mrs. Penfold at
of this tournament. The ring was set up deep in the Europa Families Centre
the bowels of one of HMS H erm es hangers and with
a compliment of well over a thousand, the ships 8. HMS K em arriving at Gibraltar
Company alone nearl y filled the hanger. Soldiers
and sailors fought grimly for their Service and the
feeling of competition was acute .



18 trophy though he had onl y arrived a few days
p rev iou s ly.
(co lllinucd f.-om page / 6)
With the Competition over, " Mediterranean
On the second day, I was asked to sound " last Steps" have reverted, thankfull y, to their origi nal
post" and ureveille" at The Seamens W ar Cemetery peaceful purpose; the R oya l Pi oneer Corps repaired
along with their two trumpeters. Yugos lavia is very them and now f amilies picnic there at weekends, safe
clean and fri endl y. We had to go ashore in uniform from processions of panting soldiery.
even to the local discotheque (on a boat). On one
particular night at the boat discotheque, after a good WHAT SIEGE?
evening,s drinking and dancing, we were about to
leave when we found the boat sailing around the by Pte. Philpott
harbour!
It appears our American cousins have more to
Our return to Gibraltar took two days and two answer for in causing us sticky situations than simpl y
nights. I had h ad a really fantastic time and I wou ld inventing chewing gum. Without their revolt against
like to thank the Captain and crew for making me British rule in the New W orld colonies, Spain wou ld
so welcome; also the Commanding Officer, Adjutant never have had the embarrassing task of tell ing
and Drum M ajor for making it possible. T o the Governor General Eliott of Gibra ltar, that he should
Corps of Drums: so sorry I wasn' t with you at no longer be throwing parties for the Governor of
Warcop in the freezing weather! San Roque ( General Mendoza) but should be
throwing hot cannon shot and abuse at him . So
MARCH AND SHOOT COMPETITION 1978 wou ld he please leave and take his birthda y cake
with him?!
by Capt. W. Knight-Hughes
Spain feared that the war in the Americas would
suppose it was inevitable that the lovely " M edi- endanger their colonies. Britain could no longer be
terranean Steps" should have been included in the regarded as fri endl y and so Gibraltar embarked upon
March and Shoot Competition course ! Although we more than three yea rs of suffering under the Great
have been in Gibraltar since last August, most Siege by the Spanish: or did it?
of us have only recently (and most unwillingly) con-
fessed to even the vaguest knowledge of the step's The yea rs preceeding the G reat Siege were happy
existence. "Oh they're up there somewhere on the but certainly not uneventful ones, especially for the
other side of the rock! " we had said airil y and then British officers serving on the Rock. Officers were
quickly changed the subject. reported to have d ined at Algeciras whilst Spanish
gunners took pot shots across the bay at British
Our blind eyes were rudely opened and our " I ships. Such actions were seen merely as a move on
St'C no ships" attitude was changed by the 2IC; hi s the chess board of Europe, especiall y as the officers
instruction was at first treated like an unwanted cou ld also enj oy the luxury of summer residences in
declaration of war-ignored by some while others were San Roque and would ride with the Calpe Fox Hunt
electrified by the very mention of it's name. Some with their fellow Spanish officers. Could the distant
committed it to their waste paper bins whilst others war in America upset such fri endly relations?
tiaw in it a sort of "final solution " to all their worries
•nd problems maintaining that their platoons weren 't The Siege got underway in June 1779; from the
just the best in the Battalion, but in The Army as a start, many a loya l Spanish soldier deserted his post
whole. in preference for the besieged and suffering Rock .
M any a British officer returning from leave in Spain
However, the instruction proved very durable; attempted to re-enter Gibraltar, only to be forced
the proposals were to become facts and no end of to sit out the Siege in Spanish custody; unfortunate?
argy-bargy could alter them.
The Due de Bourbon, comma nder of Franco-
Soon, sweaty little knots of soldiers were to Spanish force s at La Linea, was reported as having
become a common sight on the ro ad around Europa, sent G en. Eliott a boat heavily laden with fresh game,
on the Mediterranean Steps and the Assault Course. fruit and ice. Eliott refu sed this would-be "manna
Old hands were agai n able to give nervous young from heaven" and sent it back. W as this an act of
men advice on kit packing, sock powdering and what stubborn abstinence or a guilty conscience?
to eat for breakfast. Some of the very oldest hands
in HQ Coy. were even drafted into two pl atoons and Spain feeling somewhat peeved at Gibraltar's
ordered to do their best. res ilience to siege, sent fire ships amongst the Barbary
corsa irs that roved the straits bringing supplies to
" March-and-Shoot fever " gripped the Battalion the Rock ; these were promptly arrested and their tim-
as J anuary dragged on; secrets on technique were bers supplied the soldiers with fu el for many a month
jealously guarded and Sick Parade became a religious Was this a tactical error by the Spanish-<>r a gift?
rite for the chronically unfit. Most of us consoled The affrontery of the British became too much for
ourselves that the " March-and-Shoot" would the Spanish and in early 1782, cannon shot for the
eventu ally end. first time rained upon the Rock for 24 hours.

The first round was between C and D Coy. with Eliot!, after leading an attack on the Spanish
a team from HQ Coy. The second round, a fortnight lines across the isthmus, returned victorious with his
later, was between A and B with a second team from men bearing booty of cabbages and ca uliflowers from
HQ Coy. competing. The two winning platoons-one th e isthmus gardens.
from A and one from C--emerged and due to an
ob jection (upheld), a third platoon from B Coy. joined Making light of the Great Siege is ail well and
them on the final day in early February when a good, but many hardships were endured. Scurvy and
modified course was run, followed by a section shoot. smallpox were rife, though this was put down to
heathen contact with the Barbary and J ewish traders
No competition is complete without a winner, rather than the poor hyg iene and diet. Twice as many
and the reward for skill and effort goes to 2Pl. under
CSM Bartle who won; 2/ Lt. Moody collected the

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soldiers died of sickness th an of ba ttle wo un ds. The end of the G reat Si ege wa. anno unced from
Rationing was a cruel bu siness : whether a soldier had London and M ad rid in Feb. 178 3. In 178 7 G en .
a wife and fourteen bambinos or was single, he Eliort left his post as Governor, returned to London
received the same share. C hildren spent many ho urs and, shortl y afterwards, suffered a stroke and died.
snaring sparrows; the streets were ploughed to stop ( The strife of Siege coul d not, seem ingl y, do what

ricochets from ca nnon balls. ret ireme nt did ).

***

GOODBYE
SERGEANT MAJOR

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22 years service. After being presented with a silver dish he was taken

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The 3rd Battalion

FIRE FIGHTING-OPERATION " BURBERRY"

M ANY things have been asked of soldiers over
the past decades but to be called upon to

take up hoses and move westwards across the
Pennines to Merseyside must rank amongst the
strangest; and yet it turned out to be the most
rewarding experience the Battalion has bee n
asked to do.

Much coverage has already been given by the
va rious form s of national and local media but it
wou ld be sad not to record a few personal jottings
of this unique occasion. Our area of responsibility
stretched from Southport in the North through Liver-
pool itself ac ross the water to Birkenhead and the
W yrral in the South, and eastwards to St. H elens.
It took in the whole of Merseyside-the Dock area,
city, high-rise flats, industrial complexes (such as
Port Sunlight ), estates like Huyton, and the footb all
grounds of Liverpool, Everton, Tranmere Rovers and
Southport.

Our relationships with both Police and the officers
of the Fire Brigade were tremendous at all levels and
many friendships were established, a greater and sym-
pathetic understanding of each others methods of
operating and life styles was learnt. It wa s an era,
mercifully shortlived, that will remain with us all
and enrich our experiences .

There was the funny side and the serious side :
the long hours of waiting and the adrenalin-filled
moments of extreme e ffort and professionalism; the
amazing and happy off duty hours and the fru stration
of separation from families and friends alike .

W e responded to 1209 fire calls of which 703
were real fires; 223 were fal se alarrns with good in-
tent, and 237 were malicious calls. False alarrns due
to technical default accounted for 27; the remainder
were for various other reasons.

W e produced three editions of a M erseyside
newsletter for the families and ourselves in our various
locations; we believe they typified the good humour and
spirit with which the Battalion went about its un-
enviable task.

On the Move

The welcome appearance of I Kings Own Border
Regt. just before Christmas meant we we re able to
get back to Ca tterick, prepare fo r the handover to

(contin u ed 011 page 22)

Fire-fighting ...
.,
(Top): C rews of M 1 and 2 at S t. Helens
Police Station

(Lower): "Oh, what a luverly war"!

22 RHQ concept is most interesting a nd can only be a
positive step in the right direction.
( co111i11u cd from page 2 1 )
Training
1 BW and take some leave before mov ing to D over
in late J anuary. Maj . Peter Newman remai ned to No twi thstanding what ha s been stated befo re
handover the camp and it is pleasing to record that our maximum effort has been in catching up o~
due to the effort s of all ranks his task was made less
arduous and no bills were raised against the Battalion. va rious aspects of train ing that had to be postponed

Maj. Newman has now left us for duty with because of firefighting; the ramifications of Op "Bur-
the Divisional Depot and we wish him and his wife
God speed. P eter has seen the Battalion through man y berry" will be felt for the next couple of yea rs.
vicissitudes- APe life in BAOR, Northern Ireland,
Tidworth, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ca tterick and Belize- Cadres have been run for MT, Signals, M ortars
plus a final " Battle Honour" in 1977-Liverpool!
Anti-T anks and Potential JN CO's; Trai ning Wing
( H e is rcmporarily with rhc 2nd Bn.-Ed.)
The advance party, under the Second in Com- now carry out other smaller refresher cad res on
mand and comprising the Families Officer and Capt.
Jennings and their respective staff s, arrived in Dove r important subj ects of choice. Upgrading through all
in mid January and soon Connaught Barracks wa s
to take shape according to 3rd Bn. tradition. grades has been paramount, since n1oney, as well as

God's Own Country satisfactio n, is involved. Also, during the eve nings

It was with double joy we re-assembled at our voluntary driving cadres are operating. '
new barracks in Dover: firstl y, the excellent news
that in recognition of their outstanding services in Coys. have busied themselves with individu al and
Belize, the following awards had been made in the
New Year's Honours List:- Platoon training : A Coy. Gp. went to D enmark for a

Lt.-Col. Stuart Anderson, M C received the Order NATO Exercise and achieved some rea listic and
of the British Empire;
W02 Mike Aylward, was made a Member of challenging training; B acted as Enem y to 1 PARA
the British Empire; and W02 Colin Garton
was awarded the British Empire Medal. and, working in similar weather conditions ( lOC
To all three we offer our sincerest congratulations.
Our second joy was to be back in home territory; below freezing ) to A Coy., did well to survi ve Stan-
having the distinction of being the first Queens
battalion to be permanently stationed for a full tour ford in Winter. They too found training rea listic
in the natural Regimental recruiting area, we look
forward to visiting the four counties a nd renewing (especially the participation of the WRAC!)

county ties. Not to be outdone, C Coy. sent a Pla toon to
We have already exercised our right to march
Cyprus with 88 Bty. where they had an energetic
through the Borough of Reigate and an excellent
occasion it was. The Colonel of The Regiment watched two weeks live firing and platoon training before
from the dias and later addressed the officers and
senior NCOs. The civic authorities did us proudly sampling the delights of skiing in the Troodos Moun-
as indeed they did in Brighton, where the Band a nd
Drums performed as part of the "Brighton W eek" tains and water skiing at Fig Tree Ba y ten miles
Celebrations-a march through the town; two
Beatings of Retreat; a morning concert outside the south of Famagusta .
pavilion and finally, leading the Torchlight pro-
cession to the beach and the fireworks. Brig. Charles D Coy. (very similar to Sp. Coy! ) sent the
Millman deputised for the Colonel of The R egimen t.
Surveillance Pl. plus sections of M ortars and Anti-
In Dover we have given a charity concert in
aid of the Jubilee Appeal and on 23 April, played Tanks to D enmark; the M ortars also fired a very
for the Royal Society of St. George at their Service,
held in St. Marys-in-the-Castle Church, Dover Castle; successful 3-day shoot at Salisbury Plai n just before
Maj . Andrew Cowing read the lesson on that occasion.
Easter. ( D Coy's other claim to fame is they are
Locally the Band and Drums have helped the
IJLB and the RE Junior Leaders with their passing nearly double the strength of other rifl e companies
out parades and C Coy. are soon to carry out another
KAPE Tour with the Band and Drums in support. but don't do twice the duties !)
A third KAPE-like Tour is planned for the end of
The Battalion has also been involved in two
June.
Canterbury has been eager to make use of our exercises; held four study da ys; spent one week on

services and on 8 May we performed the ceremony IS training ( NAAFI truck drivers to note that caltrops
of turning the page in the Warriors C hapel in the
Cathedral; later the Band played in the Longmarket. really do puncture tyres); two days on Intelligence

We have had visits from Col. John Shipster training, and still found time to play sport.
( Regimental Secretary ) and his sta ff, all of whom
are always welcome in the M ess. Many officers h ave BOXING
taken the opportunity to visit RHQ and have been
made most welcome ( the port is good too! ) The new by Lt. Paul Edwards

Within less than two weeks of moving to D over,
the first bouts of the U .K . Novices Boxing T eam
C ompetition were due to begin and, under the iron
fi st of our ever fit APTC Sgt., Sgt. Jeng, the team
of 16 were trained unmercifully; from pulse ratings
to steak and milk, no preparation was overlooked.

Sgt. Dunn picked up track-suits, dressing gowns
and othei'\Yise "came by" everything we needed, whilst
this writer ( the Boxing Officer ), made the arrange-
ments, under the watchful eye of the Bn. 2IC.

The team moved by rail to Colchester to face a
daunting team from 1 Staffords where a strong con-
tingent of 3 QUEENS travelled by coach to give
much-needed support.

The team excelled themselves by winning 7 bouts
to 2-the two losers having by far the most
spectacular bouts; certainly the closest decisions in-
volved L /Cpl. D ea rlove and Pte. W arner.

T wo weeks later we fought the Irish Guards
at Windsor and, after a nerve racking eight bouts,
all was level. The Guards, confident that the fin al
bout would be thei rs, had not reckoned on our
'secret weapon'-Pte. T own, ou r Captain, who ham-

mered his opponent.

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The Battalion Novices Boxing Team, 1978

The team was through to the final s with the of June" Cricket Match* was sponsored by the
prospect of fighting last years winners, the Gloucesters Battalion and on 15 M ay a Battalion Sports D ay
at O ld Park Barracks. Bonanza was held, literall y kicking off with a 35
a-side ALBUHERA match.
Pte. Offer started the "batting", but was very
narrowly defeated. Next, Dmr. Adkins proceeded to *In the event, the match was r ained off-Ed.
bounce his opponent around the ring in fine style Throughout M ay and June ( while on "Spear-
but, as ill luck would have it, he received a small head") we held the Battalion Sw imming, C ricket,
cut above the eye and the referee stopped the contest. Athletics and T ennis competitions as well as entering
Then it was Pte. Luke's turn; he put an enormous two teams for the Army Sailing Championship ; we also
amount of effort into the fight and was certain to played Golf. If Fishing can be classified a sport,
win but, 10 seconds before the end, the referee stopped we should mention that we entered a team for the
the fight; Luke also had a cut eye. By the interval European and All England Sea Angling Champion-
we were 4 - I down. D etermination began to show ships. Our only catch ( and it took half an hour to
as the bouts re-started and the strength of our team land ) was a wrapped slice loaf of M others P .. . !
began to show: L / Cpl. Brown followed by Pte. ( Really, Sergeant M ajor! )
Banton were both victorious but Pte. Thornton wa s
beaten. Pte. Town crushed his opposition but the Social
final scoreboa rd was 5 - 4 to the Gloucesters- a narrow Despite all the difficulties, we have managed to
and unlucky result but one which should give us
great confidence for the future. entertain two foreign officers-Maj . " Pelle" Quist
from the Swedish Army and Capt. Bruno Schoning
Other Sport from 38 1 ]ager Bn . at Flensburg; Gen. Fergus Ling,
We entered two teams in the Aldershot District former Colonel of the Regiment on his farewell
visit; and stage a cocktail party of welcome to about
Soccer and Rugger leagues and, though not winning- ! 50 guests . Gen . Rowley M ans, our new Colonel,
impressed. On 13 M ay, the annua l "G lorious First

24 Barry M oss, and Ben Bentley our new LAD Sgt.
They also bade farewe ll to Sgts. S lim H arbinson,
was present on this occasion ; we saw him aga in and P ete I ves, P ete M ea rs, Eddy D rew, M ick Sinden
Mrs. M ans together with many other regimental and D ave J ohnson. Congratulations to Sgt. J ohn
friends at our ALBUHERA celebrations, 12- 16 M ay. Costan, C/ Sgt. Barry H om er and W 02 J ohn
M cEniry on their recent promotion .
Other Social activities included a day spent at
Boulogne by members of 6 PI. ( B Coy.) which L astly, we congratulate the foll owi ng members
proml'ted L / Cpl. Drummond to wax lyrical on thei r on their awa rd of the L ong Service and Good Con-
expen ences . duct M edal : WO ! J ames W ood, W 02 M ick
Wischausen, W0 2 J ohn O akley, W02 D oug Booth,
The WO s' and Sgts' M ess welcomed back, Sg t. J ohn R iley and Cpl. D enis Tilley.
C/Sgts. J ohn Thompson, H erman Gill, Steve Frazer,
Sgts. P olly P ollington, J ack Ashe, D ave Allaway,

Viking Exchange or How I learn t to live with
Snapps and Herrings

by Capt. N. F. Russell

Sweden? Exchange au pair? The word went understandi ng over the defence policy of "armed
around the C aptains faster than inter-depa rtmental neutrality". M y cries of " but N ATO are the good
postings; by the time I h ad strolled the 20 ya rds guys" and
from my office to the Adjutant's, he had managed explai ned "you're one of us" went unheeded as they
to accumulate a list of six volunteers but, after a thei r posi tion vis NATO and the
brief discussion on availability, we decided that my a vis
name should be included. I then produced my trump
card- a couple of unfortunate photographs of the W arsaw P act or any other would-be invader. T he
Adjutant taken in Belize which I threatened to place de terrent is im pressive : in a very short period 700,000
in the Officers' M ess scrap book! Discussion was men ca n be well-armed and equipped. It took me a
completed; Russell would go. little time to get used to the long haired conscripts

What wonderful thoughts that word " Sweden " easing their way across ba rracks, ciga rettes hanging
immediately invoked: Volvos; Britt Ekland; pine from their lips; I thought of our R SM and p ictured
forests and lakes; Britt Ekland ; matches and glass; his reaction, but even he would have been impressed
Britt Ekland. N atura lly, I had to clear the trip with by the way they dashed about like yo ung stags in the
" headquarters" but she didn't mind, although the rutting season with all the enthusiasm of a 30% p ay
price was dear and not to be chronicled in these n se.
pages !
Then there is the matter of Unions. On one
The plan was straighforward and convenient. occasion I found m yself in the m iddle of an Officers'
M aj. P er-Olof ("P elle") Quist of the Swedish Army M ess meeting groping fo r m y " Friends of Arunde l
would come to the Battalion from M arch 13 to April Castle C ricket C lub" card, just in case I had to fl ash
l ; then I would fl y back to Sweden with him- a something. The Swedes do not, of course, h ave the
convenience not always afforded "exchange" officers. right to strike, but they are allied to the largest U nion
During Pelle's visit, "Skal" was practised during his in Sweden which can take up an issue on their behalf.
favourite pas time ( the Pub Lunch ) with much bowing The main fun ctions are to ensure pay parity with the
of the head and clicking of the heels, much to the rest of Swedish society and to advise on job appoint-
consternation of the puzzled locals. ments and conditions of wo rk. Those officer s I talked
to about Unions didn't take them seriously; their
power can be erased by the R egimental C ommande r
very easily. M oreover, complai nts on pay and con-
ditions are few.

E ventually the great day arrived : P elle and I The Infantry R egiments h ave a territorial re-
staggered with our excess baggage, and hangovers sponsibility; this means that they never move and
(from the Cocktail party) from Dover to H eathrow their links with the civilian population are thus fa r
and eventually to Copenhagen where we were met by greater than we could imag ine. All regular personnel,
the Quist family. ( I am well aware that Copenhagen ( there are 30,000 ) have their own houses in their
is not in Sweden ; it just happened to be 200 miles reg imental areas; there is no accommodation in
nearer our destination than the next airport! ) Our M esses. Consequentl y I lived in a fl at in town with
destination was Halmstad, on the west coast of one of the Ca ptains, who was also very keen for me
Sweden overlooking the Kattegat, between M almo and to lea rn Swedish customs; we practised more skaling,
G i:iteborg. The Unit was Infant ry R egiment 16 ( Il6 ) onl y this time w ith "li ve>' rounds.
territoriall y known as the King 's H alland Reg iment;
eo-located with it was the Swedish Infantr y Offi cer I visited not onl y all the departments and com-
Cadet School. panies of the R egiment, but also spent much t ime
with the O ffice r Cadet School, following their trai ning.
Il6 is basically a training unit for conscripts A visit was arranged to an armoured regiment nea r
which can expand to a briga de-size on mobilisa tion . M almo and I was allowed to dri ve the ' S ' T ank and
It consists of a powerful R egimental H ea dquarters Pbv 302, both vehicles being very easy to manre uvre.
and the Training Bn. of three rifle companies, a sta ff The Air F orce School in H almstad was partic ula rl y
C oy., logistics C oy., mortar and anti tank companies. interesting with a close look at the D raken A.35
Much too young to remember conscription in our and mo re modern V iggen A .37 aircraft; teaching
Arm y, I found the Swedish experience fascinating, aids and classrooms were reminiscent of science fi ction
though I must confess to an initial period of m is- fi lms. Trai ning aids generall y appear to be a strong

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point in the Swedish Army ; in eve ry Regiment there 25
is the D ata Saab Artill ery Simul ator to ass ist the
conscripts in some of their 144 hou rs of Infantr y- (Top): A troop of S Tanks
Artillery co-operation training. E lectroni c gadgetr y (Centre): The Author outside the Barracks at
seems vital at all levels. When there was a break in
the programme, P elle dragged my suffering body Halmstad
around their wooded runnin g course ( he had been (Lower): Queen Margarethe and her husband on
told by m y M ess fri ends (>) that I enjo yed running !)
The sa una after the run was the one consolation and the balcony of Amalienborg Palace
[ sat contentedly watching neat Snapps ouze from

my pores.

But it was n't all military education; they had
arranged some marvellous sight-see ing around
H alland , to Malmo and Goteborg and to the beautiful
coastline of Sjorn, to the Pilkington Glass fa ctory
in Halmstad, and its iron foundr y. The countryside
is as one imag ined : in the South, rolling hills either
cultiva ted or fore sted and punctua ted by lakes; and
the coas tline, con tras ting between harsh granite rock
and soft ye llow sands.

On m y first weekend I vi sited Stockholm, some
300 miles from H almst ad. Advice as to what I should
see was readil y avai lable from the Senior Offi cers.
" You must go and see the Old City-and Chat Noir, "
a whispered suffix; or " Don ' t forg et the C hanging
of the Guard a t the Ro ya l Palace- and Chat Noir";
and " The Djurgarden should not be missed-neither
should Chat Noir'' . "Chat Noir" was obviously a

priority.

For my second weekend, P elle and his wife took
me to Copenhagen which coincided with Queen
M argrethe 's birthday on April 16. I fea r my verba l
greetings from the Regiment we re lost in the general
hubbub, as the Queen ap pea red on the balcony of
Ameliansborg Palace.

After Pelle's ini tial instruction in the a rt of
civilised eating ( during which I detected a bit of the
Henry Higgins in him ) , he was satisfi ed that I could
pick the right herrin g to go with the Snapps; that l
could sing an appropria te Snapps song during the
administering of the medicine; and that I could make
a pla usible after-d inner "thank yo u" speech. H e then
turned me loose on Halmstad's unsuspecting society.
11 0on't forget flowers for the hostess," Pclle would
nag ( In my las t week, the flower shop gave me

discount! )

"S ussex by the Sea" was a g reat success. Pelle
had brought the Battalion's record back with him,
and I had presented 116 Officers' Mess with a copy
( to find they only possessed a tape recorder ) so the
tune was familiar. I provided the wo rds and Pelle
had them duplicated, insisting that everyone should
lea rn them ; parties thereafter had a ring of famili arity
about them.

The Swedes a re an extremely hospitable and
friendly lot; they all made my sta y so memorable,
I resolved to return before long. As I crossed the
threshold of my house on my return late on Saturday
night to give my wife a passionate embrace, I was
informed "No time for that sort of thing, yo u're on
exercise at 0400 tomorrow" ! As Sweden rapidly dis-
solved into drea ml and, I thought "all this and 14%
too''.

11
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27

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28 TESTING THE ARMY 'S FITNESS

COMMEMORATION OF GREAT TO FIGHT
SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR 11
Britain 's already fit Army should soon become
( Published by PR, MOD 17 Feb. '78) even fitter as a res ult of new physical fitne ss tests to
be in troduced soon.
There has long been a need for National com-
memoration of the military leaders of the Second From April this year men and women under the
World War. The Royal Navy and the Roya l Air age of 50 in the British Army wi ll be requi red to
Force wish to commemorate theirs sepa rate ly so the pass a basic fitness test twice a year. Everyone from
Arm y has decided that it should erect a Soldier's pri va te so ldie rs to generals will be affected.
M e m o r i a l.
The tests have been introduced as a result of
The Memorial will be formed of ten plaques recommendations made by a wo rki ng part y set up
round the walls of the chamber in the Crypt of St . by the Adjutant General 's D epartment . The working
Paul 's Cathedral which contai ns the Duke of party found that soldiers reach their peak of fi tness
Well ington 's sarcophag us. Each plaque will com- at the end of recruit training. TI1e aim of the fit-to-
memorate individually one of the ten distinguished fight programme is to mai ntain this peak to the age
soldiers, who were created Field Marshal during or of 30 and beyond, bearing in mind that a soldier's
immediately after the ar. These are: fi tness must be geared to any task which he ma y
have to face operationally and not just to do his
F ield Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, Field Mar- job in peacetime.
shal Earl A lexander, Field M arshal Sir Claude
Auchinleck, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Field Mar- The tests, graded to suit different age groups,
shal Viscount Gort, Field Marshal Lord Ironside, wi ll be conducted by Army Ph ysica l Trai ning Corps
Field Marsha l Viscount Montgomery, Field M arshal instructors. M en unde r 40 will be requ ired to run
Viscount Slim, Field Marshal Earl W avell and Field and walk I! miles in 15 minutes as a group and
Marsha l Lord Wilson . then immediately afterwards, a furth er I! miles in-
dividually in 11 ! to 12! minutes, depending on age.
The plaque to Viscount Slim is already in Over 40s have more time to complete the test or may
position having been sponsored by the Burma Star choose a diagnostic step test instead of the individual
Association. Happily Sir C laude Auchinleck is still run.
with us and knows of the proj ect.
Servicewomen under 40 will take a modified
There will also be two dedicatory plaques in form of the step test, and those over 40 may opt fo r
the Chamber which will show that the memorial is comp leting a two-mile walk in 28 minutes.
intended to commemorate all- British, Imperial and
All ied- who served with the Field M arshals in war. I t is estimated that personnel under 40 will need
A taped commentary will be available in the C hamber to ca rry out at leas t l i hours of fitness training a
for visitors and will outline the contribution the Field week to achieve and mai ntain the required higher
Marshals made to victory. standards; the over 40s will need to train for a
minimum of one hour per week. Every opportunit y
It is intended that the memori als will together will be given for trai ning, but it will be inevitable
ereate a shrine in this pan of the Crypt and focu s that some so ldiers will have to trai n in their spa re time.
attention on soldiers who have served their country
in war. Corps and regiments will be free to introduce
addi tion al combat fitnes s tests to meet their own
This proposal is supported by the D ean and particular requirements. For instance, infantrymen
Chapter of St. Paul 's, The Army Board, The Duke could be required to march eight miles across country
of Wellington, the famili es of the Field Marsh als, and in two hours wearing full equipment and then carry
all Colonels of R eg iments in which the Field Marsha ls out a simulated operational task. The Royal Engin eers
served. Viscount D e L ' Isle has agreed to head a are considering a test involving strength for their
committee to arrange completion of the memorials. personnel whose job includes manhandling heavy
Dr. Bernard Feilden will act as consultant to the bridging equipment.
project and Mr. John Skelton as co-ordinating
scu lptor. Her Majesty The Queen has graciously ARMY WIVES GUIDE
approved the project.
The Army Wives Guide, published in D ecember
The estimated cost of the memorial and its 1977, was written, voluntaril y by Mrs. J acq ueline
dedication is £35,000. No public funds are ava ilable M ayo who writes the Family Pages for Soldier
to meet any part of this sum. M agazine and broadcasts weekly on BFBS UK as
Anne Armstrong.
All branches of the British Army are subscribing
what they can towards it, but they have no great fund s A colourful guide to Army life, it has been
at their disposal and cannot meet the whole cost. It spec ially designed with flip-up pages and spiral
is therefore felt right that all who served in the war, binding, to hang up on the kitchen wall ready to be
all who had close connections with the Field Marshals, consulted whenever needed. With it comes a card
and the public in Great Britain and the Common- explain ing what action to take in emergencies.
wea lth should be given an opportunity to subscribe
to th is National M emorial at St. Paul's. The Guide was written by Anne Armstrong as a
direct result of a request which was made two yea rs
Any donation large or small will be welcomed ago at the SSAFA annual conference. It has an
and should be sent to Williams and Glyn 's Bank, introduction and welcome to the Army, a Who's
Holt's Branch, Kirkland House, Whitehall, London Who and sections on med ical ca re, legal aid, edu-
SW! for the credit of the account for Commemoration cation, hous ing, money m atters, social services and
of Great Soldiers Fund (Account Number benefits going overseas, and SSAFA.
33365 805 ). Cheques should be made payable to "Com-
memoration of Great Soldiers Fund". Every effort is All Army wives shou ld make sure of getting their
being made to cut down administrative costs and own copy through their husbands units. ( D etails
dona tions will NOT be receipted unless th is is par- were published in D C I 342/77).
ticularly requested.

29

The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion

Ge nera l Personalities
We welcome our new Comm anding Officer, Lt.-
The last six months have seen 5 QUEENS
regather its strength after Ex. "Bowbell " in Norwa y, Col. Simon Boucher and wish hi predecessor, Lt. Col.
and prepare for another hectic training season which P aul Courtenay, every good fortun e in his new job
will culminate with Ex. " Bold G uard" in Schleswig at the Headquarters of Army Aviation.
Hol stein . The latter promises to be an interesting
experience; for the first time we will be deployed as A welcome too, to M a j. Richard Dixon who has
part of 6 Field Force in a major NATO Exercise. taken over as 2IC from M aj . Gerald Dineley. The
As 3 QUEENS are also taking part, it will also be latter is one of the four surviving founder members
the first time that two battalions of The R egiment of 5 QUEENS ( V ) ; indeed h is TA and TAVR
have exercised together. career has extended for more yea rs than h e would
care to remember and we wish him every success in
Since our last notes we have provided the enem y his projected new TAVR job as a staff officer with 6
for the deterrent stage of Ex. "Avon Express" on Field Force, trusting he will find something to do on
Salisbury Plain and in the Aldershot area. The Thursda y evenings!
ad jutant managed to get his car written into the
exercise instructions, thus qualifi ying for the higher Maj . Geoff Wright has handed over command
rate of MMA ( the first time in his life!) A Coy. of A Coy. to M aj. Richard H olmes after five years
staged a very rea listic demonstration agai nst the and cl ai ms it to be the strongest rifl e company in the
Americans and, led by a rather well-dressed agitator arm y. H e has been posted to HQ S .E. District as a
in Capt. Richard Holmes, managed to convince them TA VR Staff officer.
that it was in fac t a rea l demonstration . In the US
arm y it would ap pear that the use of 0 minimum We welcome Ca pt. K eith Yonwin who takes over
force " includes some gentle nudging from rifl e butts as QM from Maj. R eg P almer on whom there is
at a fairly ea rly stage! more in an accompan ying article.

The other companies provided signs of aggressive Whilst welcoming W02 Tim Hayley (from 2
intent on a fiction al border, together with a number QUEENS ) C/ Sgt. Bill Jones (from I QUEENS )
of fifth columnists who upset the Germans and the and Sgt. George Barlow (from 2 QUEENS ) we
Belgians. It seems that Belgian policy is to carry cans wish RSM Fred Boyne, C/ Sgt. Mick Gill and Sgt.
of lager at road blocks--presumabl y to persuade Jack Ashe ( whom the y have replaced ) every success
drivers to stop ! for the future.

Apart from "Avon Express", the Bn . ran one In Civilian Life
inter-company patrolling exercise (Ex. " Savage
Nibble") for B and E Coys. B set up their base in Enjoy
a sort of marsh ( and appeared to enjo y it ) whilst Service and
E Coy. hid in Acrise Wood. Ambushes and fighting
patrols launched by both achieved their aims despite .Comradeship
one or two interesting feats of navigation . It is hoped
that a certain platoon commander in E Coy. now m
trusts his compass and not his inbuilt inertial navi-
gation system which tended to work at right angles! THE ROYAL
The RSM wa s speech less when two opposing platoons BRITISH LEGION
met and decided to ignore each other. ( They didn't
think they should have done, according to the exer- Your service to Queen and Country
cise instructions ). As usual, the volunteers displayed needn't stop when you leave the Forces.
great enthusiasm in what were exceedingly uncom- The Royal British Legion has much interest
fortable conditions. in and responsibi lity for young ex-servicemen
and women of today as it has for those of
Companies have also been running their own two world wars and looks to them for its
exercises: A Coy. h ave been overseas ( the Isle of leaders of the future.
Wight) and abroad (Wales); B have tried their hand
at Watermanship-in the pouring rain ; C have been THE ROYAL BRITISH LEG ION
patrolling the length and breadth of the South Downs; 49 PALL MALL SW l Y SJY
and E Coy., in their usual quiet way, have achieved
a fair amount of training while mai ntaining a low
profile!

The Battalion has undergone a change in
establishment to bring it into line with the Regular
' 650' battalions; in effect this has meant that each
company now has three rifl e platoons instead of two
but they have lost their organic support platoons and
we are now established for a mortar and an anti-
tank platoon. Whereas the support platoons were
evenly sprea d throughout the Battalion, we have now
concentrated the mortars at Guildford and Tonbridge
(A and E Coys. ) and the Anti-tanks at Broadstairs
and Hastings ( B and C ).



31

Cartoons by 2/Lt. Peter McCardle

I. Lt.-Col. S . M. Boucher (left) who took ovet'
Command from Lt.-Col. P . H. Courtenay on 14
2.
April
Q3.
Mr. John Stanley, MP for Tonbridge and West
4. Mailing (left) visits E Coy. on 31 March. Sgt.

Bright, 2/ Lt. Cardell and Pte. Wilkins (demon-

strating a Judo hold) are also in the picture

The two Clarks, members of the TAVR Band-

Bandmaster W01 Ted Clark, MBE and his 16- ~I

year old grandson, Stephen

Sgt. M. Ward (A Coy.) receives his BEM from
Maj .-Gen. Fergus Ling at Guildford ()n 17

Novembet' '77 P icture by K entish G azette

32

MAJ. (QM ) REG PALMER MAJ. (QM) REG PALMER

Reg Palmer joined 5 QUEENS on I D ec. MODERN

1975 after a tour as QM of 2 QUEENS; perhaps he 4l " High
needed a rest and a chance to brush up his golf! (incl . Base)

The crystal ball had not at that stage, given
warning of the dreaded P egasus of I 6 Para Bde. into
which 5 QUEENS was sudden ly proj ected. The
Battalion as a whole has had to make considerable
readjustments and the pressure was greatest on ou r
slender QM's department. R eg has proved himse lf
more than equal to the task and we all owe a lot to
his enthusias m and sheer h ard work.

As all who knew him will ag ree Reg is not with-
out a fund of reminiscences, and 5 QUEENS will
certainly have provided him with more; " Westdown
'76" and "Norway '7 7" wil1 no doubt con jure up
small talk for man y yea rs to come, perhaps to the
strains of 'Sussex by the Sea ' !

After 3 1 yea rs service with the Queen's Own,
The Roya l Sussex, 5 Buffs ( TA ), the Queen 's Own
Buff s and The Q ueen's R egt., Reg has decided to
call it a day. He is n ow ( h app il y? !) h ouse hunting
and looking forwa rd to his well-earned retirement.
W e wish him and his family all the very best for
that retirement and look forward to seeing him fre-
quently in the fut ure.

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33

The 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion

Mainly A bout l'eople phase>, though company commanders we re surprised
M aj. R . E . L owa ns h as been awa rded the T erri- to note that the fi nal deb rief onl y covered Phase 2;
we ca n onl y hope tha t the lessons no ted from Ph ase
toria l D ecoration. I we re also noted by the District staff , pa rt icu larl y
M aj. B. A . Ca rte, TD has been appo inted on the communications side.

GS02 ( TAVR ) at H eadquarters L ondon D istrict. T he las t drill event of the crowded 1977 season
was the ap pearance of a marching contingent from D
M aj. M . F . H . Ad ler attended th e TA VR Staff Coy. in the Lord M ayo r's S how. After all the other
Course at Camberley in November 1977, and has events in Jubilee yea r, li tt le train ing was necessa ry
been appointed G S02 (T A VR ) (G LO ) at RAF and it provided a ready excuse for M a j. R ichard
Odiham. H opper to open some champag ne for his offi ce rs and
senior NCOs. Then came Operation "Burberry".
L t. P . A. D . S torie-Pugh h as been acce pted for Initiall y eight of our ten Centres housed fire-fighting
a Short Service Volunteer C ommission and will serve troops, but they were withdraw n from H ornsey after
with I QUEENS . picketing by loca l firemen. The size of the detachments
va ried from one appliance and 13 men at F arnham to
The Efficiency M edal (TA VR ) has been awarded four app liances, backup veh icle, brea thing appliances,
to W 0 2 D . H arwood, Sgt. B. G . Williams and L / Cpl. major incident control vehicle and 74 men at Ca m-
R. R. Stobbart. berwell. The duration of the operation was such that
numerous changes of de tachment took pl ace and we
W0 2 P . ] . C hapman (see Profil e article on saw men from I RRF, 3 RG J, 6 GR, RMP, REME
page 4 1 of the D ecember 1977 J ournal) has been and the Roya l Navy. (W e gave and received more
commiss ioned. plaques in these two months than at any other time !)
W e tried to make the Centres as comfortable as
THE half-yea r which excludes annual camp possible for our temporary lodgers, but the larger
always p resents p roblems to the offi cer in detachments certain ly found that TAVR Centres
a Voluntee r battalion who has to submit a con- weren't designed for long-term accommodation and
tribution to the Journal. lacked many facilities. In some cases long outstanding
repairs were promptl y completed, but M a j. Ran Lucas
T his year our journalist confesses to have stared had his wo rk cut out to keep track of barrack da mages,
even more glumly than usual at his typewriter, be- since we had no notice of the relief of detachments.
ca use of the two main non-events which have aff ected Each Centre can tell its own stories, b ut perh aps the
us since las t autumn : firstly, Operation "Burberry" nicest one comes from W andsworth which had no
transformed our TAVR Cent res into temporary fire- detachment at all; th inking th at there we re troops
stations for two months and training was severely there, the loca l Brownies brought a large cake to the
restricted; the second blow was that our proposed Centre and presented it to C SM Bowen . This led
attachment of a platoon from D Coy. to the 1st to his 'adoption' by the Brownies and D Coy. now
Bn. in BAOR fell foul of the fin ance people in the address him as "Brown Owl" !
M .O. D . and the fin al decision was made onl y a few
da ys before the platoon was due to move. Consequentl y An offi cers and senior NCO s study weekend at
men who had obtained leave from their employers, C rowborough was not aff ected by this operat ion when
or made alternative arrangements for the continuation U nit administration and N BC were the principal
of their business, were not a little put out. W e find topics. M aj. R egg ie Morgan ho rrifi ed some visitors
it hard to unde rstand the argument that Voluntee rs when he de monstrated how 17 pieces of paper h ad
are disqualifi ed from training abroad beca use, by to be completed for the enlistment of one soldier.
pa ying their own travel costs and wa iving any claim T raining reverted to a more normal pattern in
to LOA, they would NOT be an additional charge February, w ith inter-section competitions be ing a par-
on the public purse ! Fortunately the 3rd Bn . was ab le ticular fea ture. In B Coy. a daunt ing series of tasks
to accept a number of those concerned at ve ry short had to be tackled d uring a weekend at Acrise to de-
notice and we are most grateful to them for their cide the winners of the "Cutlers' S word". This year,
help . H ornsey Pl. we re the winners for a change. I n D
Coy. the Saddlers' C oy. has just presented a splendid
The last ma jor exercise in 1977 was " Tiger's silver cup, the 11 Sa ddlers' Troph y", for inter-section
T eeth I ", a District mobilisation exercise. In the first competition . On 25 / 26 F eb. they had an exe rcise on
phase, companies were tasked with th e defence of S alisbury Plai n during wh ich the competition was
various K ey Points in West Surrey and H ampshire, held . D C oy. also took part in the annual W andsworth
with Bn . H Q remaining at Horsham. In Phase 2 the Borough Shoot when their 'A ' team won with a
battalion concentrated nea r H ankley Common and nine-po int lead over the ri va l 1A ' team from C Coy.
carried out a cordon-and-search operation over a con- 5 RRF, thus retaining the Trophy for the fourth
siderable area of rough ground, starting at first light. yea r running. Sgt. Bicker got the h igh est score of
Apa rt from one concrete shed in the middle of the day, and Cpl. Blockley the 3rd h ighest. With
nowhere, the KPs were as realistic as one could ex- teams from fi ve d ifferent TAVR un its t aking part,
pect for training purposes and "enemy" activi ty was it gave us an encouraging start to the 1978 shooting
also at the right level. A s a result this phase was season. The Bn . Shooting T eam has now got well
enjoyed by the sold iers, and A Coy. we re in fac t
very disappointed that they had to leave their KP.
A n umber of useful lessons were learnt in both

into its stride under the watchful eyes of M a j. Guard of H onou r under ( then) Lt. Hurd, all the
Putnam and WO I. M aloney. Each rifle company has recipients and their lad ies had supper in the Offi cers'
helped by providing a butt party on one weekend ; M ess. Lt. Colin Hurd has since been promoted to be
in some cases ACF cadets h ave also helped. Naturall y, 2IC of C Coy.
the butt party gets the opportunity to shoot as well
and some Cadets from Farnh am were able to fire Although the age regulations have almost caught
the SMG and pistol for the first time. Shooting has up with him, we are delighted to see Garry W ebb
also been encouraged during the winter months by promoted to M ajor; afte r yea rs of sterling work wi th
the Inter-Coy. .22 Competition. The fin al was held B Coy. he has now taken on the appoi ntment of
at Horsham on 20 April when the winners were D Battalion M essing Officer.
Coy. (Ca pt. Tony Prior, C / Sgt . Doubleday, Cpls.
Blockley, L ambert and Hicks and L /Cpl. Ellis). The unrelen ting grind on the ad mini<trative side
HQ Coy. were runners-up and the best individual continues with tl1e pl ethora of inspections. The D efence
score came from Pte. Brookes of B Coy. Auditor's staff v isited us and went away seeming ly
satisfi ed . The 2I C still ca n' t reall y believe he's had
In individual training, 'A' gradings were obtained two audit boards in success ion without a major drama!
by Lt. Joan Morters ( Service Funds Accounting ) and Almost all those entitled to bounty received it at
Pte. Everard of A Coy. (Regimental W ater Duties their homes on the first working day after the end
Course). A Coy. also made their mark on R ecruit of the training yea r. Altogether there has been a
Cadre 54 at Bassingbourn, when Ptes. D evaney, Dunn major improvement in our administration generall y.
and Shelldrake passed out in the top five, with On the P ay scene the efforts of Lt . Stephen Clark
Devaney being declared best recruit. and all members of his Volunteer team, and of W02
Russell have really borne fruit. In other areas we
During the national TA VR recruiting campaign record with gratitude the work of our only two
in March all companies gave this special priority. Conrate NCO s, Sgt. Long in the MT section and
Although there was no TV advertising this yea r, Sgt. Coote in the Orderly Room .
successful use was made of posters and newspape r
advertising and the campaign included material to 1 April 1978 marked our third anniversary. It
attract young officers. It is too early to assess results is, therefore, worth reflecting for a moment on what
but in both A and C Coy. areas a total of two we have achieved over that period: we are almost
dozen applicants were passed on to us for interview. full y recruited, and we have opened another TA VR
Following the amalgamation of 6th and 7th Bns. Centre; the permanent sta ff at Bn . HQ who, up to
in 1975 there were plenty of young officers but 31 March 1977, had been dealing with six Centres
wastage has taken its toll and the inflow was clearl y and some 250 men now handle ten Centres and 500
not sufficient to balance our losses. Just before Christ- men; the nine PSis who were in our Centres on
mas therefore, the Commanding Officer approved a amalgamation h ave been reduced to four ( HQ Coy.
scheme in which each officer wa s appointed LO with now ex ists with the services of NCOs posted in for
specified schools or OTCs. One final note on re- a few months at a time). This is surely no mea n
cruiting should record that we formall y re-opened achievement? If our Conrate staff could negotiate a
the TA VR Centre at Camberley on 11 Nov. las t. productivi ty deal their pay would leap! Of course
Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, the Lord Lieutenant of we still have our problems- Conrate pay; HQ Coy.
Surrey, performed the ceremony which was followed PSI ; promotion for RAPC(V) NCO s; overseas
by a buffet lunch for representatives of local govern- tra ining ; turnover of soldiers and others of lesse r
ment, business and Service organisations; some 20 significance. However, the long-term proposa ls for
men of A Coy. acted as hosts. This now gives A General R eserve battalions is encouraging. C lea rl y,
Coy. a second Centre and we are grateful to South increases in equipment and PSI support have con-
East TAVRA for their support and financial siderable financial implications and will take many
years to implement; but, provided we can continue
assistance. to maintain the number and qu ality of Volunteers,
we can face the futur e with confidence.
A number of key appointments have changed
hands since last November: in A Coy. M aj. Ashley PROFILE
Wilkin has succeeded Maj. Mike Adler; in B Coy.
Maj. Mike Mercer has succeeded Maj . R oger Lowans Maj. J. R. G. Putnam, TD
(after a short dalliance with R . Anglian which we
can forgive!) In Horsham Capt. Alistair M eldrum Richard Putnam's military career started in Can-
has relieved Maj . Richard Putnam as O C HQ Coy., ford School CCF ; during his last yea r there he en-
the latter taking over from Maj . Mike Dudding as listed with 11 5 Construction Regt. RE and was paid
2IC. Personal accidents seemed to threaten the com- for CCF parades- a bone of contention with all the
mand structure at one point in January when Capt. other cadets ! On leav ing school in 1961 he trans-
Meldrum sustained a compound fracture of the leg ferred to 44 Home Counties Div./District Eng ineers
in a motor accident. One or two nights later Maj . at Brighton and in the following yea r, wa s posted on
Lowans was knocked down on a pedestrian cross ing, commi ssioning to 209 Field P ark Sqn. RE, also at
fortunately being only badly bruised . Amongst the Brighton. For some 4t years he commanded the Plant
PSis, C / Sgt. Laine has relieved C/ Sgt. Roberts at Troop. The 1967 cuts in the R eserve Forces meant
Edgware. We wish all those who have left every that he had to leave the RE, and he transferred to
success in their new appointments. Another Lord 9 QUEENS at Brighton. These were the days when
T erritori als soldiered on for no pay; in fac t they
Lieutenant visited us on 3 Nov., when L avinia, had to pay a subscription of 2/6d every drill-night
Duchess of Norfolk came to Horsham to make va rious for the privilege of be longing to the TAVR! Onl y
presentations. Majors Putnam and Stocks received one Landrover was provided for the whole battalion
their TDs, RQMS Everett and Cpl. W eller their and annual camp in 1967 was in the grounds of
Efficiency Medals, and W02 H ymans his BEM. Arundel Castle, thanks to the generosity of the late
After the ceremony, for which C Coy. provided a Duke of Norfolk. The unit had to hire its tentage

MAJ. J. R. G. PUTNAM, TD 35

and transport ! When this battalion was disbanded in H e had everything in hand-backbone of the British
1968, the Commanding Officer had great difficulty Army and all that! " H ello" said the O C, M aj. Shares,
in persuading the Volunteers to depart, and it was sliding off home with the first symptoms of cho!ers
to the 9dl Bn. that the late Duke of Norfolk referred or something s imilar. "Anything for m e?" H e
in his speech in the House of Lords when he sa·d coughed, heading for his car and before I could
that one Commanding Officer had written to him to answer, a white fl ash was seen heading towards th e
say "that the men simpl y will not go home." motorway. I was then to learn that Capt. Cau ldron,
2 1C, was ab road on business. Company commander
The next port of call wa s 9 QUEENS Cadre at last!
which consisted of eight officers and senior NCOs,
attached to C Coy. 5 QUEENS ( V ); it form ed the Two large bangs-thank God for the guns? No,
nucleus of the 7th Bn . when it was formed as a only WO! Baloney, the RSM, tabbing in . ( Note :
complete battalion in 1970. T o start with Richa rd l<~lV\ is pronounced '1H. egimental Sergea!lt M ajor" in
commanded a C Coy. rifle pl atoon at Horsham; 18 6/ 7 QUEE N S ). "Where's the sa fe, Sir?" enq uired
months later he was appointed Operatio ns Officer in the RSM . The PSI , quick as ever, directed him to
Bn . HQ as a Captain and in 1972, he took command the large concrete structure in the corner-the one
of C Coy. at Craw ley as a ma jor. After four yea rs with the large metal door and combination lock. It
hard work he decided to take a year or so on the was dul y opened and something secreted awa y.
Unposted List. But a change of company commanders
elsewhere in the battalion ( which had now become 6/ 7 " Where's the OC, Sir? " asked the RSM. " Sick"
QUEENS ) led to his being asked to return in com- I gasped, narrowly preventing the PSI directing him
mand of HQ Coy. at H orsham; he had already agreed to the large concrete structure in the corner. "2 IC,
to the appointment of non-firing Captain of the Sir?,
Battalion Shooting T eam. In M ay this yea r he be-
"Abroad, RSM".
came 2IC. "Who is the senior officer, Sir?"
" I am, RSM ." I said with pride.
In civilian life, Rich ard Putnam is a partner in HGood. I want to see you later in private re-
the estate surveying firm of Brad ley and Vaughan, garding a disciplinary matter, Sir" and off he went
whose head office is in H aywards H eath. H e and his to indulge in his fetish for training Colour parties.
wife Liz have three children and live in Henfield . My heart missed a beat, and the RSM's rehearsal
seemed to take hours; that's because it did take hours.
"AND SOME HAVE IT THRUST UPON THEM" At last the moment arrived and I stood in the
OC's office face to face with the RSM. " It 's not
(By a Subaltern who should be seen and not Heard) really disciplinary, Sir; that was the deception plan.
Your CSM has been awarded the Queen's j ubilee
( NB. Only th e na111 es have been changed to p•·orecr Medal and yo u've got to give it to him." Two bangs
th e inn ocent) -me fainting and hitting my head ( and least vital
organ ) on the table on the way down.
"Evening, Sir " said the PSI , leaning over his Two bangs- exit RSM .
table and not making any effort to stand up . Enter Battalion 2IC, Maj. Mudding, from bottom
left-hand drawe r of OC's table. "Lt. Curd I want 443
HEvening,, I replied with embarra ssment at my words for the Regimental Journal by yesterday en-
late arrival, having been delayed at the office. titled "And some have it thrust upon them ."

"Staff Valley", he continued, " has been pro- Lord Hamilton of Dalzell inspects a
moted CSM HQ Coy. and can't take the signals Guard of Honour provided by A Coy.
lesson. The IO of 10 PARA can 't give his lecture
because of a sore throat". At that moment Sgt. Picture by PR HQ SE Dist.
Skin whizzed by giving a rather sarcastic greeting.

36

(Top) : Capt. Hurd giving his impression of
Rommel!
Picture by David Wiltshire

(Lower ): "Watch and Shoot!"-a member of
8 Coy. in the field

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The Courage Trophy

(Centre): L / Cpl. Woods, Pte, Porter and Cfn.
Edwards preparing a meal

(Lower): D Coy's team

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D ESPITE the widespread di scontent over pa y and it is hoped th at more you ng officers wi ll be
a ttached to other sch ools in due course.
and conditi ons, with the resulting high
T he sold ier recru iting problem is comp lex b ut
PVR fi gures throughout the Army, both offi cer is to be tackled in part by increased p ublici ty based
on large boa rd adve rtising th roughout the R egimental
and soldi er recruiting in the Regiment have re-
a rea.
mained comparatively unaffe cted so fa r. The Ou r wastage, although not as bad as some other

effects of the recent pay deal have ye t to be D ivisions, is still a matter of concern but clea rl y
there are many con tr ib utory fac tors outside o ur
reali sed.
Offi cer recruiting cont in ues well and the fut u re co ntr ol.
The R eg imental Inform at ion T eam h as n ow been
looks encourag ing but our soldier recru iting st ill
lea ves considerable room for improvement. issued wi th three new an d well-des igned displ ay sta nds
which wi ll grea tl y imp rove their 'show'.
Wha tever eff orts a re m ade here a t RH Q, success-
ful recruiting must in the end be the res ult of New officer and so ld ier recru it ing posters (facing
ind ividual eff ort throughout the Reg iment. page ) a re be ing d istri buted in la rge num bers,
whil st the new p las tic 'cling' Regi mental car sti cker,
The Regimental Secreta ry's letter to all servi ng based on the Regimental ' logo', is now ava il able from
offi cers has drawn a good response although largely
from the more senior offi cers but more rep lies are RHQ and PRi s.
awaited and expected. This is one way in wh ich in- T he recruit ing eff on requires constant stimulation
dividuJ I offi cers ca n rea ll y help the offi cer recruitin g
a nd this ca n be prov ided b y the exchange of ideas
eff ort. from with in the Reg iment. Suggestions regard ing re-
Regimental contacts have now been , or are bei ng cru iting and publicit y a re always welcomed from an y
q ua rter an d it is hoped that a ll ranks will continue
established in 16 schools on top of which 3 1 school to write to RHQ with constructi ve ideas.
CCF s a re affil ia ted to the R eg iment.
T he "Cumberland Sword", com peted for annuall y
A young o fficer from the 2nd En . was attached by ou r Affi lia ted Cadets, was wo n by Cdt. C SM
to C ranleigh School adventure tra ining camp in Ap ril C. R iley of Huntley's PI., 3rd Cdt. En ., K ent A C F.

The com petit ion was held a t H owe Ba rracks
du ring the wee kend 31 M ar./2 Apr. an d th e S word
wa s presented by Lt. -Col. S imon Boucher, Com-

manding 5 QUEENS.

Sgt. Oapprich, C pl. Power and L / Cpl. Watson infront of one of the three new Stands recently issued to
the RIT. The centre opens up into a .22 rifle range

40

Depot The Queen's definitely not an expert on the subject ( his own
wording ), can point those passing through the D epot

for discharge in the right direction for resettlement

Division advice.
During the fi re-fighting, CS M King ran the

JN November last the intake of adult Recruits Depot Ops Room ; his former experience with 3
QUEENS was of grea t adva ntage.

ceased whilst all adult recruits, less those just W02 Dave Sharpe has relinquished the ap point-

staning their training or just aboout to pass out, ment of RQMS (Tech ) upon appointment to RSM,
were deployed on fire-fighting duties. We pro- 9 UDR. Cp l. Felton (from 2 QUEENS ) is senior
vtded some 45 teams, totalling 200 offi ce rs and arms kote storeman and L / Cpl. A sh (from 3
QUEENS ) is to take over from L / Cpl. Vinn icombe

soldiers and were responsible for administering ( the elder).
these and other fire-fighting teams in Leicester-
shire, Henford shire and Bedfordshire. Sgt. J, Tombling has left the Orderly Room to

join 2 QUEENS and we thank him for his energies
in the orienteering and running pursuits. Sgt.

The recruits acquined themselves very well and M ackender (ex. 2nd Bn. ) is now Orderly Room C lerk
much goodwill was generated. Normal training was and shortl y, Sgt. Lindsey (from I QUEENS ) is to
therefore prolonged and the programme planners have be Orderly Room Sergeant. Cpl. Farrow ( Depot
worked overtime along with the recruits and their Cadre Corporal ) is to transfer to the SASC; he wi ll
be known to all young officers who pass through the
instructors, to catch up. D epot on their Pre-P CD Refresher Courses.
W e are forming three extra platoons to train
S/ Sgt. Wilkie (ACC), who is well known to 3
the backlog of new recruits and are most grateful to
those banalions who h ave loaned us additional in- QU EENS, is now our Senior C hef.
The MT Sec. is led by C/ Sgt. Brown and
structors for this task.
In D ecember, Maj .-Gen. Fergus Ling paid us other Queen's drivers are L / Cpl. Stroud, Ptes. Evans,

a farewell visit on relinquishing the Colonelcy of the Streatfield and L angridge.

II R egiment, he met the RSM and W arrant Officers and EXTERNAL LEADERSHIP WING
Sergeants of the R egiment and was then entertained
to lunch in the Officers' Mess. W e were very pleased The skis h ave been h anded back to the Dry
to see the General and wish him every happi ness Ski Slope; the ice axes oiled and stored away with
the ice screws and deadmen. "Check over the climbing,
m hts retirement . canoeing and potholing kit" comes the cry- Ex.
In M arch M aj. P. A. Newman, who arrived "Ptarmigan Trek" is over; Ex. "Brecon Rider, is
being prepared. Such are the changing seasons of
from 3 QUEENS to take over the duties of QM the E xternal Leade rship Wing.
(M ain) was quickly into a tour of the odd areas of
the Barracks and we look forward to benefiting from Capt. Rogerson still remains the longest serving
his experience and administrative skills. offi cer at the D epot; he has served with two COs,
three 2I Cs, four adjutants and worn out three Sgts.,
W e have ach ieved success in the sporting world so feels it's time to pack his rucksack.
over the past six months : the Cross Country T eam,
led by Capt. Nick K earns won the Eastern District Sgt. "Flas h" Graham ran the canoeing hut on the
C hampionships and were Runners Up in the UK shores of L ake Coniston during E x. "Grass Hopper"
Army Minor Units Championships; and the football and was promptly nicknamed the 'Mad Flasher' by
ream reached the Final of the UK Minor Unit" the soldiers of C and D Coys. Ex. " Ptarmigan Trek "
saw him out of water and back in his element on the
C om p etition . ski slopes of the Cairngorms; he must now be the
In Ma y a number of function s in connection with D epot 's No. I PR man in Scotland!

the occupation of Bassingbourn by the U.S. Army Cpl. Gipson still remai ns the most versatile
Air Force and the Roya l Air Force took place. W ar team mem ber, switching from canoeing to potholing
veterans of the 9l st Bomber Gp., 355 Fighter Gp . on '' Brecon Rider" and "Grass Hopper)) and from
and 78 Fighter Gp., USAAF held a Reunion here
and, on 23 M ay, a memoria l was un veiled opposite X-country Ski-ing to snow and ice climbing on

the Guardroom. "Ptarmigan Trek".

Note A Coy

The USAAF occupied Bass ingbo urn during the The fireman' s strike meant that 12 "Green
period 1943 - 1945 and it is understood that many Goddesses" came under our command on 13 Nov.,
aircrew remain thankful to this day to the 'brussels t aking to the road at 0200 hrs. the following morning .
sprouts', grown in the ad joining farmer's fi elds, which Initially, two of our platoons became involved-Mons
provided a soft landing when an aircraft was in ( Lt. C racker and Sgt. Edwards) and Falaise ( Lt.
difficulties. On 25 M ay, a Charity Concert, starring Hiscock and Sgt. Baxter )- and spread their wings
An ne Shelton ( who once sa ng with the AEF Or- as far a fi eld as Rickmansworth, H emel H empstead
chestra under the direction of M aj. G lenn Miller and and C heshunt. M a j. P aul Truman sponsored both
th e Million Airs Concert Orchestra) was held in as Company Commander and Army Liaison Officer
H anger C in aid of the Army and RAF Benevolent for H ertfordshire; his blue fl ashing light cou ld be
seen daily ploughing to and fro between our separate
Funds. On 27 and 28 Ma y Internation Air Tattoo isolated locations, along with a varied collection of
ran an Anglo-American Air Festival on the lines of M ars bars, electric cookers and Scintilla rotor-arms.
those they organise every other yea r at Greenham
Common ; this was also in aid of Service C harities. By Christmas, K orea PI. h ad also become involved:

Headquarter Coy. much to their d isappointment, Lt. R oberts, Sgt. Leach

The Company Commander ( M aj. G irling) is and thei r merry band found themselves gathered

also the U nit Resettlement Officer and though he is around the yuletide log at the P as toral Centre, L on-

The Div. Depot External
Leadership Team-top heavy

with Queensmen.

(L to r): Cpl. Tony Gipson,
Sgt. 'Flash' Graham, Cpl. Bob
Litde, RRF, Capt. J . C.
Rogerson, Sgt. James Quintyne,
RRF and Sgt. Dave Perkins

don Colney where a constant stream of ''goodies" Lt. Nick Grant has now returned to the 3rd
rol led in from the local partisans. Bn ., taking his small son, born a few days before
his departure (congratulations to him and his wife
When the strike finished ( in earl y J an.), the Sue and best wishes for the future ). Lt. Rob Hook,
problem then was to get the training machine back his relief, has now settled in with Waterloo PI. and
into gear. he will be joined shortly by Sgt. Daines from the
3rd Bn., after rigorous training at Pirbright.
In the period Nov. '77- Apr. '78 the following
recruits passed to our battalions: 1st Bn.-22; 2nd Cpl. Cameron ( Drums) has left for civilian life;
Bn.-13; 3rd Bn.-7. Naturally, these figure s are L / Cpl. Rockey is to be congratulated on his
down on previous periods ( due to the fire-fighting ) but
ou r output in the next six months should counter- promotion.
balance this. We were pleased to welcome Lt.-Col.
J. N. Shephard, former 2IC of the Depot, recently WOI Parker (RRF ) has left on commi ss ioning
returned from the Sultans Armed Forces; he in- and we welcome WO I Price from the Cheshire
spected Mons PI. Passing-out Parade in February . Regiment as Depot Bandmaster. H e has very wisely
chosen to become a Qucensman, and we welcome
On the Permanent Staff, Lts. Whithouse and him to the Regiment.
Roberts have been replaced by Lts. Harper and
Goulden, whilst Lt. S. Lalor has just arrived with JUNIOR BAND NOTES
an extra training team from the 2nd Bn. (on tem-
porary loan, as he starts his pre-release course in The band went to Halifax at the end of January
mid-June prior to leaving the Army ). The remainder to join the Highlands School Band for a concert in
of the team ( Sgt. Sturgeon, Cpls. Brass, Friday and the Civic Theatre and as a result, valuable experience
Hannington ) will be seeing Albuhera PI. through to was gained ( not all with the girl pupils!) The second
the end before returning to Gibraltar; Sgt. Laker main event (and by far the most important to us)
and Cpl. Ballard have also joined us temporarily from was a visit to London to make a record in connection
the 3rd Bn. Cpl. McCreadie has relieved Cpl. (now with the visit of the United States 9lst Bomber Group
Sgt.) Rodziewicz, whilst Cpl. Dale has taken over to Bassingbourn in May. Earl y this yea r, a new
from C pl. Moff at ( to the U.D.R. ) system of theoretical study was introduced; this is
the grade system of the Associated Board, run by
C COMPANY the Royal Schools of Music. The advantage of this
is that an individual can work at his own pace and
(OC Maj. M. J. Jarratt) yet, with hard work, reach a recognised high standard.
This is beneficial to our young musicians, being
Although some NCOs were detached to assist aligned to their previous musical teaching.
other companies during the Fire-fighting, the junior
recruits remained at Bassingbourn and their training The three "Houses" run within the Band have
continued. Even though platoons were occasionally completed the hockey and football tournaments and
sta ff ed by only one corporal, training standards were are now busy preparing for their individual concerts.
maintained by pooling resources; moreover, beca use
virtually the remainder of the Army was involved in The Band bid farewell to L /Cpl. Craig on his
fire fighting, there was no difficulty in booking ranges return to 3RRF and in his place we welcome L / Cpl.
and other training facilitie s. J anes from I QUEENS and send good wishes to the
following who have been posted to battalions as
Our erstwhile CSM, WOII 'Dutch' Holland, stated: P . Packwood (2 QUEENS ), C. Barnard, I.
has left the Army and has settled in Tonbridge ; WO II Wallace and D . Bithray ( I QUEENS ).
Norton ( R . Anglian ) has succeeded him .

42

* STOP PRESS MossBros
goes into Mufti.
DEPOT ARE ARMY MINOR UNITS FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONS 1977/ 78 A Sllf'Crhl y
tailored
On May 2nd 1978 at the Aldershot Stadium
Depot, The Queen 's Division played COD Donning- mcd1um we1~ ht
ton in the final of the Army Minor Units C up ( York
and Lancaster Cup ) and won I - 0. ~ u itfor

Sgt. Davies and Cpl. Toms, QUEENS, were £ 8 9 .5 0
members of the team .
Smart.That's the word for Moss Bros.
The IJLB * In and out of uniform.

by Maj. D. M. Falcke Just inspect our ranks of immaculatefy
tailored suits, our files of very individual casual
STAFF LIST clothes. They make an impressive array
Salamanca Coy.
You'll be happy to take any of them into
OC: Maj . R. A. M . Christmas active service.For leisure or pleasure.
2IC: Capt. J. C. Dawson
CS M: WOII J. Butler, D es WOII J amieso~ Moss Bros also sells, hires and buy~ Army,
CQ MS: C/ Sgt. A. Kaye-Lesser Naval and RAF swords, fi shing rods and
PI. Comds: Lt. Adj. Ray, Lt. T. J. Hurl ey tackle,saddlery, ski equipment and golf clubs.
PI. Sgts: Sgts. Moss, Hilton, Turner, J arvis and
Ives Goplaces.GotoMoss Bros

Albuhera Coy. Bedford Street.Coven! Garden.LondonWC2
(near Leicester Square Station)
Maj. D. M . Falcke
Capt. J . D . K. Russell And branches throughout the country.
CQMS: C/ Sgt. Roberts
Storemen: L/ Cpl. Creasey and Mr. Secret
Lt. C. G. Lambert
Sgts: McCaig, Mills and Prangnall

HQ Coy.

Drum Major : C/ Sgt. P. Chapman
CQMS Accn: C/ Sgt. Watchous
Post NCO : Cpl. Boyd
Med. NCO: L/ Cpl. Blake
RP NCO: L / Cpl. Murrell, L/ Cpl. L emare
DVR TRG: Sgt. Pyper

As can be seen from the accompanying photo-
graph and staff list above, we have the strongest
representation of any regiment (large or small, if you
divide the total by three ) in the Army. l]LB is
divided into two parts: l]LB proper and the Junior
Infantrymans Wing (JIW ) . The form er has five
training companies and a HQ Coy. and the latter is,
at the moment, one company and trains Junior Soldiers
who cannot be accommodated at their D epots.

Salamanca Coy. is the Queen 's Division com-
pany but also accepts RMP and RPC Junior Leaders.
Maj. Robin Christmas has been in command for a
year and has had as his CSM WOII " The Ref"
Butler who left at the end of the Spring term for
pastures new ; qn behalf of the permanent staff and
all Jnr. Ldrs., past and present, whom he h as
"fathered", many thanks for your sterling efforts
Sergeant Major and every good luck and happiness
in your new job. His post has been taken over by
WOII "Lofty" Jamieson who ha s escaped from the
fle sh-pots of Werl (and the 1st Bn. )

The Coy. 2IC is Capt. John D awson who is
also Bn . Sports Secretary and can usually be seen
tearing around in a track suit .

( comir111ed ou uext page)

SOME QUEENSMEN ON THE PERMANENT STAFF OF THE IJLB

L to r: Sgt. Wakeman, Lt. Hurley, L/ Cpl. Blake, L / Cpl. Creasey, Sgt. Leefman, C / Sgt. Kaye-Lesser, Lt.
Ray, Maj . Christmas, CSM Butler, Sgt. Mills, CSM Jamieson, Maj . Falcke, Sgt. Prangnal, Sgt. McCaig,

Sgt. Jarvis, Capt. J. D . K. Russell, Lt. Lambert and Turver

The JIW is located in Napier Barracks ( old un s We were pleased to welcome Lt.-Col. Stuart
from 2 QUEENS-eat yo ur hearts out! ) and is em- Anderson and Diana to our P assing Out Parade in
bodied in Albuhera Coy.-th e last link with our Apri l (One look at all the orange lanya rds and he
old 4th Bn . which was established at Canterbury. understood where all his men had gone!) W e would
It is commanded by me ( recentl y released from the like to thank him for all the assistance we rece ive
3rd Bn .) and trains Queens Division Junior Soldiers; from his battalion- ! QUEEN'S please note.
they cannot be accommodated at Bass ingbourn and
complete their yea rs trai ning at Shorncliffe. Capt . A word or two about the organisation and training
John Russell is the Coy. 2I C who divides ar !JLB : A t yp ical Coy. sta ff is: one Major, one
his time between the duties of M ess Secretary Ca ptain (a lways employed elsewhere), one CSM, one
and trips to P aris maki ng arrangements for his forth- C QMS, one civilian clerk and two storemen ( one
coming marriage to Miss Virginia P ielow (seem to military and one civilian ). E ach platoon has a sta ff
ha ve hea rd that name before!) Lt. Charles ("a ny- of one officer and two sergeants who are responsible
body wanna buy a car" ) Lambert, C QMS Robe rts for the administration of the platoon, working with
( lately from 6/7 QUEENS ), Sgts. M cCa ig, it out of hours and at Battle Camp. Training is done
Prangnall and Mills are other Queensmen in the on a wing system in which all pin. sta ff are involved :
Company plus our storeman, Mr. Wally Secret, who
served with the Royal Sussex from 1939- 194 7. Skill at Arms, Signals, External Leadership and
Drill are contracted for juniors from any company.
M aj. Paul M allalieu has returned ( by sea pro- A typical week in barracks for a SAA instructor is
bably ) to the wilds of Wilton after two yea rs as Bn . 31 da ys on the range ; 6 classroom periods and
2IC and res ident sa ilor. Sgts. Barry M oss and 'Nobby' W ednesday afternoon's sport. They also have to assist
Turner have returned to the 3rd Bn . Drum M a jor in hobbies on Tuesday and Thursda y evenings, and
Pete Chapman, when not behind the wheel of his run sport on M onday and W ednesda y evenings and
taxi, has successfull y applied to become a member of Saturday aft ernoons. Saturday morning is Bn . drill,
the K ent Count y Constabulary and is shortl y to go followed by the four-mile cross countr y run for all
ranks. In addition there are about three C hurch Sun-
to Ashford for training . days, weekend tactics camps and Battle Camp .

44

OFFICERS ( Regular) LOCATION LIST

(as at 1 May '78)

!! . C Millman, OBE Brigadiers
M . f'. Reynolds
DAP(A), MOD
D . R. Bishop, MBE DAG HQ BAOR

J. Buckeridge Colonels

K . ] . Ca rter DA Ankara
K. Dodson, OBE CO L. GS ( Sy ) HQ BAOR
/11. ] . O oyle, MBE BDLS Ca nberra
M. V. Ha ywa rd, OBE C of S HQ SAF
P. D . johnson HQ AFCENT
A. G . }ones Comdt. SP Wpns. Wing Sch . of Inf.
N. 13. K :wcker AAG M3 (A ), MOD
13. 11. M arciand i, OCE CoiQ LS 2 LE ( A )
13. /\ . M . Pielow DA/ MA Musca t
G. G. Strong HQ AFSOUTH ( SHAPE in Jul y '78)

S. T. W. Anderson, OBE , M C DA Paris
S. M. Boucher DD Sy ( A ) 2/ 3 MOD
G. Bulloch, MBE
C. G. Champion Lie u ten a n t - C ol on els
R. H. Chappel, OBE
D. P. Cronin CO 3 QUEENS
P . H . Courtenay CO 5 QUEENS
] . G. W . Davidson GSOI (Int. ) HQ AMF (L )
M . P. ST. F . Dracopoli, OBE CO 2 QUEENS
R. D. Fisher, MBE GSOI (Ind. Trg. I ) HQ UKLF
J. W . Francis HQ Aldershot Gm.
]. M . H ewson, M C RARDE (15 Ma y)
P. Hiscock GSOI ( Int. Assessment Staff ), Cabinet Office
]. C. Holman GSO I 01 (AG ) 2 DLS, MOD
R . Lea, MBE HQ UKLF ( BRIXMIS 19 Jul., '78)
H . M . du V. Loh an AMS 1/ 2, MOD
R . R . McNish ( Loca l/Colonel ) DA Ghana
M. R. M. Newall CO Frontier Force Regt. SAF
K. Osbome ( Local Lt.-Col. ) CO I QUEENS
]. S. B. Pollard, MBE GSOI ( lnt.) HQ SAF
M . E . C. Rixon CO D epot
]. N. Shephard MOD DPS (A )
B. D. 0 . Smith, MVO GSOI (Cl) DNBC Sch.
]. R. Stephenson, OBE Admin. Comdt. NDC
C. L. Tarver, MBE AAG HQ Queen 's D iv.
T. L. Trotman GSOI SCPL 6, MOD
M. W. Ward Depot (HS )
C. T. F. West
]. ]. White BR I XM I S
D . H. Woolstencroft GSOI (Ex. Plans) UKCICC
AAG OAR I, MOD
V. C. Abplanalp CO 10 UDR
R . W. Ackworth GSOI (W ) DOAE, MOD
R. M . Amold AAG IMRO (North )
I. G . Baillie GSOI I of E (A ), MOD
P . de S. Barrow Housing Comdt. (E . Dist. )
R. A. Bartlett
G . B. Bateman Maj ors D i st. ( 6/ 7
D . A. Beveridge
P . Bishop 10 ( Interp ) HQ BAOR
G . C. Brown 2 QUEENS
B. A. Carlston DAQMG MOD Q (Org/ Dev)
P. V. Cheesman 2 QUEENS
E . L. Christian NDC Latimer
AAC Arborfield
RMC Duntroon (NDC, Sep. '78)
GS02 ( Ops/SD ) HQ S.E. Di st.
Depot ( 12 May '78)
3 QUEENS
DAA QMG HQ 4 Div.
HQ E Dist.
GS02 Lands and Trg. Areas HQ S .E.

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