under 2/ Lt. S tephen Clark, had a good camp too. 47
P ay matters wen t so smoothl y that they were ab le
to get out onto the ranges as well. P adre J ohn Hughes Adjutant, Quarterm aster and the PSi s, both R egular
was also seen throwing grenades, havi ng held a and "Conrate", for their part in making thi s camp
battalion Service the day before which was a mode l such a success. True, there were moments when we
of its kind . The las t group for mention is a new wondered whether they could stand the pace- as an
one, the Provost staff. Apart from Pte. M cClung of irate CSM of C Coy. found a " missing" rifle h ad
C Coy., they are all men of B Coy. and are unde r been booked out by two PSi s in another company's
the comm and of Cpl. Frater. Their turnout was very arms book, and as M aj. Gordon Crum ley went sick
impressive and they performed an inva luable role just before the battalion exerci se-but they did, and
within the camp . can take pride in thei r part in making us what Lt.-
Gen. Sir J ames Wilson described as "an outfit speci all y
Finally, our thanks go to the Training M ajor, well commanded and led".
1. Brig. Carroll, Commander Aldershot Garrison, talks to soldiers during his visit to Otterbum
2. Pte. McClung testing the fire equipment
3. "The Animals" of Camberwell
4. Sgt. Long and the MT staff
5. The girls march past during drill instruction at C amp
48 capabilities . Of a sudden, we saw the British re~ t
area and knew that we had completed our 160 km.
THE NIJMEGAN MARCH 1976 in four days without any trouble.
by Lt. P. I. Roberts But now we had to change into No. 2 Dress
and march through the town, where the sa lute was
"Do we have to do all this training ?" was a taken by the D irector of Army M ed ica l Services. We
frequent question as a B Coy. squad marched through marched the 5km. behind the Band of the Roya l
the countryside north of London. " If yo u wa nt to go Scots Dragoo n Guards and the atmosphere was
to Nijmegan, yes" I would reply, with the app ro va l fanta stic, with crowds three or four deep along the
of C/Sgt. Roger Bird who had been there on three whole route and loca l gi rls presenting team mem-
previous occasions. This was, of course, in April and bers with bu nches of flowers. That night was
May when we were developing our trai ning from ~ naturally spent in celebration, whilst ad miring thr
to 25 miles a day in preparation for the 60th Inter- medals we had received for our efforts. Nex t morning
na tional Four-Da y Marches organised by the it was back to hars h rea lity as we struggled to pack
Netherlands League for Ph ysical Culture. By June ?ur cases and return our kit to the st~res. The long
we had covered over ZOO miles in training, mostl y in JOurney home was uneventful and by nme that night
fai rly high temperatures but once in six hours of everybody was back with their fami lies and telling
pouring rai n . So we were pretty confident when we the story of the 60th International.
sa id farewell to M aj. Roger Lowans, our OC, at
Liverpool Street station one Sunday morning. * * *PROFILE
Our journey from Harwich to the H ook of WO Z Gordon H ymans is currentl y CSM of H Q
Holland was uneventful, apart from the acute sea- Coy. at H orsham. H e joined the TA in 1947 aft er
sickness of L / Cpl. K en Nye. From the Hook we three yea rs service with the Roya l Marines. The unit
were taken to Heumansfoord Camp on the outskirts he joined was 4/ 5th Bn . The Ro ya l Sussex R egt.
of Nijmegan and there shown the 500-man tent which and he remained with it until reorganisation in 1967.
was to be "home" for the next week. The open-air Between then and 197 1 he served with 9 QUEENS
washing and toilet facilities were 400m away, and (T ) and 9 QUEENS Cadre, joining 7 QUEENS
the intimate surroundings of the restaurant which ( V ) when it wa s form ed as a General R eserve
could seat 1200 were 800m away. Four 40-watt battalion in 197 1. His first appointment was as CSM
bulbs provided the lighting, so we were hardly living of C Coy. at Crawley and his efforts were a con-
a life of luxury on this trip . siderable factor in the speedy recruiting of the new
company. H e was later moved to Horsham to be
The first day's march was on Tuesda y. Pte. CSM of the embryo HQ Coy. there and remai ned in
Stephen Spong was ready with his bicycle loader' that appointment when 6/7 QUEENS was form ed in
with first-aid kit and cans of drink for the team, and April 1975. H e lives in Eastbourne, so that his
so out we marched through the first check-point to TAVR "commuting, is considerable; he not only
join the long procession of 20,000 other people who manages that but also has time to help Sussex ACF
were taking part. Sgt. Brian Williams started to sing as well . He was presented with the L ord Lieutenant's
and play his gazoo (a type of reed instrument ). A M eritorious Service Certificate in June and is
great morale booster was marching through the towns; looking forward to completing 30 yea rs service with
the locals would cheer and clap, and continuall y ask the Territorials in Sussex next year.
for souvenirs. Some of us were lucky in that little
(and big ) girls would come out and hold our hands Extract from ((Oue M an)s T¥eek'-' published in
as we marched along. The kilometres began to go by
and at about 0930 hrs. we stopped for lunch! An The Sunday Ti111 es, 3 Oct. 1976
hour later we were back on the road with no ill by
effects and after what seemed a remarkably short
time, our first day's march was over. Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wilson GOC, South-East District
Tuesday
Whilst Day 2 was similar to Day I, Day 3
involved seven hills in quick succession. Although Early car to London Airport, British Airways to
this was not as bad as we had envisaged, we did have Newcastle, thence by helicopter to Otterburn to visit
to negotiate a couple of them wearing ponchos be- 6th/7th Battalion The Queens R egiment TAVR . As
cause of a downpour. L / Cpl. Nye and Pte. G eorge usual, a tonic to see a TA VR battalion ; their en-
Parker enjoyed themselves at athe front on this da y thusiasm is infectious and this out fit is specially well
as the PR team from HQ BAOR clicked away with commanded and led. Average age of soldiers about
their cameras. It was rumoured that Ptes. Colin 2 1; officers young, rank-for-rank, than their R egular
Batchelor and Dave Saunders had brought a ward- Army counterparts. W atched fi eld firing, grenade
robe of clothes with them because of the possibility throwing; late sa ndwich lunch and back to Aldershot.
of our appearing on television, but that had not British Airwa ys, plane punctual and full both ways-
been possible because of an argument over fees ! Inter-Britai n obviously financi al success.
But now it was Frida y and time for the las t V(Top): W02 Hymans receives his award from Maj .-
march . Our tent orderlies, Ptes. J ohn L evin and Gen. The Duke of Norfolk (see "Profile")
Colin Bennett were up at 0200 hrs. to collect the (Centre) : Lt. Phi! Roberts (left), Pte. George Parker
team's breakfast-no fried eggs and bacon, just bread and L / Cpl. Ken Nye leading the team through
and salami. The final inspection over, we marched
out at 0400 hrs. Already there were people on the Groosebecl< (see Nijmegan March)
streets to cheer us and there was a long line of Picture by PR HQ SE District
marchers to our front and rear. Soon the sun rose
and the perspiration began to roll down our faces; (Lower) : RSM Ward, W02 Bowen and some of the
the sight of Pte. Spong at the official rest places battalion shooting team
became very welcome. As we approached Nijmegan, Picture by R. Kipps of H orsham
the crowds got larger and with only one kilometre
left, we gave them a rea l taste of our singing
49
THE ROTHIEMURCHUS LODGE
The Rothiemurchus Lodge, set in the old
Rothiemurchus forest 1500 feet up on the slopes of
the Cai rngorm Mountains, is run as a recreational
centre for the three Services and their familie s.
Or iginally a bothy, or mountai n shelter, the
accommodation has grown in size and comfort to the
point where the latest building, The Union J ack Hut,
offers standards superior to many hotels in the area-
at a fra ction of the price. This has been made possible
by the generosity of the Laird, Lieutenant Colonel
] . P. Grant of Rothiemurchus, MBE, in allowing
hi s land to be used for the project; the help of acti ve
Servicemen of all three Services, and particularly the
Royal Engineers, who ha ve carried out much of the
construction and maintenance of the site ; and financi al
support from The Union J ack Association, The
Nuffield Trust and the Central Funds of the three
S ervice s .
The Facilities
The Lodge is supervised by a full-time W arden,
who lives with his famil y on the site.
There are full y-equipped kitchens with cooking
utensils and crockery provided, but visitors must
bring and cook their own food .
E ach bunk has blankets and pillows, but guests
are asked to bring their own sheets and pillow cases or
sleeping bags.
Skis, poles and ski boots can be hired for less
than half the usua l Ski School charges.
The S urroundings
The Lodge is only seven miles from the Aviemore
Centre, which has Shops, Restaurants, Bars, a Theatre,
Cinema, Swimming Pool, Skating Rink, Artificial
Ski Slope and Sauna Bath.
It is even closer to the Coire Cas ski area on
the Cairngorm.
L och M orlich, only two miles away, is ideal for
sa iling and canoeing.
The whole area abo unds with opportunities for
hill-walking, rock-climbing, fi shing, bird-watching and
pony-trekking.
Eligibility and Cooking
All Serving members of the Ro ya l Navy, Army
and Ro yal Air Force ( including WRNS, WRAC and
WRAF ) and the Cadet Organisations arc eligible
to stay at any time, and are given precendence over
families du ring the busy ski season. From D ecember
to Ap ril this usually results in families being accepted
only during the Christmas and E as ter periods.
Further details ue to be found in Defence
Council Instructions.
Applications for booking should be sent to:
T he Secretary,
The Rothiemurchus Lodge Committee,
H eadquarters Scotland ( Army),
EDINBURGH EH ! 2YX.
Telephone N o:
031-336- 176 1 (or Edinburgh Military)
Ext. 218 .
50 Sgts. D apprich and D ent, Cpl. White, L/ Cpls.
Bingham and Truelove and Ptes. D avies, Butler and
The Regimental
M artin .
Information Team
We also acquired an O C R IT in the person of
THE period covered by these notes is what the Capt. G eorge S immons who proceeded to make his
Holiday Trade in general and the In- mark at once. He can act uall y engage a wrong num-
formation T eam in particular call, " The Season" . ber in a sympathetic conversation and has improved
It is during this period that all rhe major out-
door exhibitions rake place and the life of the our internal public relations 100 % i.e. MT, LAD
team member resembles that of an itinerant and P ay Office.
pcddlar or Gypsy.
The season progressed throughout the drought
Throughout this period we adopt " Summer and climaxed in the arriva l of the 2nd Bn 's. KAPE
T1me", 1 e S a turd ~y and Sunday ac tu all y occur on T eam complete wi th (you 've guessed it ) M aj.
the rest of the worlds Monday and Tuesday; this has P ackham, Ptes. W elfare and K eeler ; they just can't
only one advantage- it enables avoidance of the
RSMs 0700 hrs. F amilies Area C lea ning parade on keep away. The Tour was a resounding success and
T u e sday s. now we ca n actuall y have a "S unday" on Sunday-
ACF W eekends permitting, of course. It's a funn y
The season started with a bang : the Centenary
Celebrations at Guildford combined with the KAPE thing ; our team members are always moaning but
T our of the 3rd Bn . was also a Swan Song for Maj . no one has ever asked to leave; something to do with
Peter Packham, MBE who left for 2 QUEENS then the CS M s man-management one supposes.
in Belize. H is relief, M aj. Stuart Anderson, arri ved
in a cloud of dust ( Canadian, of course) and, when For those statistica ll y minded, the "scoreboard"
the dust settled, was preparing to leave to command of the RIT reveals the foll ow ing commitments (Jan.-
the 3rd Bn . As the season wore on, some familiar Oct. '76) :
faces left to be replaced by fresh, bright, inspired
yo ung Queensmen . Returning to the sanity of Battalion Arm y Cadet F orce W eekends 12
life were Sgts. H arris, L / Cpl. Gera ld, Ptes. W elfare Army Cadet Force Visits 131
and K eeler ( to sunn y Bulford ), C pl. R eid to 3 School Visits
QUEENS and Pte. Langridge to the heady delights 62
of Werl . Public Display Da ys
M ajor Event D ays 66
The door marked " IN" ad mitted (luck y people) 170
Tailpiece
App licants for posts on the RIT are welcomed
from those who are:
Young- ( Under 40 ); Handsome- ( In a rugged
sort of way ); Qualified Pilots- ( 4 ton of course);
Unattached- ( except to the wife and kids) ; Articulate
- ( i.e.-they bend in the middle) and Smooth-
(after shave) .
If you think you fill all these requirements, you
are incred ibl y conceited and no earth ly use to us!
Depot The Queen's Division
FOR the moment, at least, it appears that the The Commanding Officer, Lt.-Col. H . M. du V. Lohan
great recruiting boom is over. Six months
ago our fortnightly passing out parades featured
platoons of 50-60 strong, but recent platoons
have passed our at an average of thirty. Forming-
up platoons are also fairl y thin ; a recent platoon
was only eleven strong which after wastage, would
be just enough to supply one recruit to each
battalion of the Division.
Jun ior Soldiers recruiting has been better and
the September intake was over 125 strong. It is
obvious that many yo ung men on leaving schoo l,
are attracted to Army life and the results achieved
in this fi eld refl ect great credit to the recruiters.
Our team of Queensmen was strengthened when
Lt.-Col. Hugh Lohan ass umed command ( on 2 Jul y)
and we all wish him and his wife and family a happy
and enjoyable tour as the ' Laird of Bassingboum '.
For a time there were three Queen's Commanders and
three Company S ergeant M a jors-not to mention
the Assistant Adjutant- all ready to offer him good
advice. He did, howeve r, resist the temptation to. pai nt 51
the windsock on the ai rfield blue!
KBE, M C. Equally welcome have been the many
Another bastion of ma le chauvinism has fallen parents and fri ends of those passing off the square
with the arri va l here of a WRA C Assistant Adjutant, or pass ing out, whose comments have always been
2/ Lt. Lorn a McGregor, and WRAC clerks. U n- appreciati ve.
fortunately, no photograph is ava il able of the former
to delight our readers, but we assure you, she is The W Os' and Sgts' M ess held an excellent
easy on the eye-far better looking than her pre- Albuhera D ay Ball to which all Queen's officers were
decessor, Capt. Mike P earson! kindl y invited. The evening began with a Beating of
Retrea t, followed by da ncing to a live group and an
A constant fl ow of visitors has continued, each excellent repas t. All credi t to the two PMCs, W011 s
being impressed by the job we are doing, and the en- 'Max' M aloney and ' Dutch' H olland.
thusiasm, especially by the J un ior NCOs. Our most
important visitors have been the Adjutant General, The 0 flicers' M ess Ball held on the I 7 ] ul y was
Gen. S ir J ack H arm an, K C B, OBE, M C and the a similarl y splendid, though slightl y less R egimental,
Co lonel Commandant, Lt.-Gen. Sir J ames Wilson, occasion and it was a pleasure to see there a number
of distinguished visiting Queensmen.
(Top ): F arewell to Lt.-C ol. C hristopher P igg ins,
formerly C O D epot. Lts Russell, Wisthouse, Wake WO II Vie Ebbens has returned to the 1st Bn .,
and Bullock, WOI A ynn WOn M aloney and C / Sgt. and WOII 'M ax' M aloney is soon off to the 6/ 7th
Bn. as RSM . Capt. Mike Pea rson is also off shortl y
Y oung are also among those pictured to rejoin I QUEENS; having handed over to a more
( Lower ): Visit of the Adjutant G eneral (l Oth Aug.) shapely successor, he has been studying support
who was greeted by WOn ' Dutch' Holland. weapons pamphlets.
("Where did you say you are going to do your drill
In conclusion, all Queensmen at the D epot join
course, Sam 't Major"?) in the mood of self congra tulations and wish our-
selves a happy tenth birthday-may there be many
more.
A COY.
During the las t six months several notable
Queensmen left the Company, returning to va rio us
Battalions: Capt. N. Cann has been repla ced by
Capt. N. K earns ( 3 QUEENS ) as Coy. 2IC. Our
Company W0 2 V. Ebbens, has returned to the 1st
Bn . and been replaced by W02 W. H . Wischhusen
( 3 RRF ). Lt. D . W ake and Cp l. B. Bishop have
recentl y left us for 2 QUEE S, being rep laced by
Lt. A. Roberts and C pl. P. White. In June, Cpls.
E. Norris and K. Knight arrived from 3 QUEENS.
The Regimental element in the Company has been
furth er strengthened by the arriva l of M a j. P . G.
Truman, as OC, who took over from M aj. M . D .
F ranks ( R. ANGLIAN ) on 1st November 1976. H e
had been 2I C B Coy. previously.
Capt. Ca nn, Lt. W ake and Sgt. Clark have
pla yed regularl y for the D epot C ricket T eam ; they
also helped A Coy. win the Inter -Company Com-
petition . Lt. Whithouse has been appea ring for the
Depot Swimming Team and, although Capt. Cann
and W02 Ebbens have now left, we still h ave Sgt.
Camille in the D epot H ockey Team. At Rugby, C pl.
Cu ll inane pl ays for the Depot, whilst Cpl. M off at
appears for the Soccer T eam and Ca pt. K ea m s for
the D epot C ross Country.
The turnover of recruit platoons continues, the
numbers reaching a peak in June when 49 passed
out with Cassino PI. Between M ay and October, a
total of fi ve Platoons passed out of A Coy. and from
these, 70 recruits were posted to the R egiment.
The standard has also been high ; in KORE A
P I. all but fi ve recruits passed the trained soldier
passmark of 56 in the APWT and we are hoping
this indicates a long-te rm trend.
B COY.
After a very brief stay, M a j. Truman is now
seeking greater things as OC A Coy. Lt. W ailer
joined the happy throng from 3 QUEENS and has
already taken his fir st passing out parade. Also
recently arri ved is Cpl. R obinson from I QUEENS
whilst L /Cpl. Beaney from 2 QUEENS is settling
into his niche as Coy. C lerk.
Congratulat ions to WOII M ax M aloney, BEM
on his promotion to WOI as RSM in 6 ' 7 QUEE ' S ;
52 C pls. M arshall and H odges have left and been re-
placed by Cpls. Miller and Butcher.
it will be an experience they won't forget, providing
they survive the initial shock! The two-company organisation has led to an
ideal situation as regards sporting competition. C
Congratulations also to Cpl. and Mrs. Cavanag:1
on the birth of a daughter. Coy. leads the field at present with K ohima PI. ( Sgt .
Bob Davies) defeating all corners in the M arch and
Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wilson, KBE, M C, the
Divisiona l Colonel Commandant took Albuhera Shoot Competition ; Lucknow PI. ( Lt. Nick Grant )
Platoon 's ( Lt. Russell ) P assing Out P arade on the defeating thei r opposite numbers in D Coy. in the
10 Sep. boxing competition; and Imphal PI. ( Sgt. Jimm y
Juhel) winning the drill.
Of the 51 recruits who have passed out and
moved to our three battalions since June, eleven have Platoons depa rt to Stanford at regular intervals
been prize winners. for exerci ses as well as our usual run of battle camps
JUNIOR SOLDIERS ( Okehampton for the summer camp and Crowborough
in D ecember ).
The period is dominated by the splitting of
the company into two separate entities-D Coy. and Adventure train ing included two exercises-
C Coy.-in September (on Quebec D ay). M aj. "Cornish P as ty" in Jul y and "Speed th e Plough" in
David Beveridge left for the Canadian Staff College
and is replaced by M aj. Mike Jarratt. In June, C pl. Sept./Oct. Both were success ful due to the efforts of
Farrow arrived from 3 QUEENS whilst Sgt. Baker Capt. John Rogerson and Lt. John Bullock and their
returned thence. In July Cpl. Oliver arrived from 2 staff .
QUEENS and WOI W ally Bibby left to be Director
of Music to the Sultans Armed Forces in August. W e have provided arena parties for the Royal
Tournament and the Band and Drums, too, have
had a busy season, including taking part in the
Colchester tattoo.
** **
LETTER FROM THE IJLB Forces
The summer has brought a larger turnover in favourite.
Queen's Regiment staff at IJLB . The sole
responsibility for the l]LB Corps of Drums and
their three tunes has been handed over from Drum
Major Warr to Drum Major Chapman. Meanwhile,
"Fair exchange-No robbery" appears to be the
attitude of 3 QUEENS who have swopped Lt. Mark
Quinn, WOn "Cunning" Fox and Sgt. "Jack" Homer
for WOn " The Ref" Butler, Sgt. Barry Moss and
Sgt. " Nobby" Turner, C/ Sgt. "Scragger" Maye and
Sgt. "Odd job" Hayward have returned to the 1st
Bn. Fina lly, to up-weight our Coy. Rugby side, Sgt.
"Jumbo" Jarvis has arrived from the 2nd Bn.
W e would also like to welcome some seventy
Junior Queensmen for their first term . Last term,
23 J uniors visited SHAPE in Belgium and a plaque
was presented to G en. Alexander H aig ( SAC EUR )
by J / Ldr. Cordell who hopes to go to the 2nd Bn .
A similar number of Jun iors had a week's adventure
training in Sootland during late September.
Continued liaison with other units of the R egi-
ment has led to selected Junior Queensmen exercising
in Wales with 40 AYT under Lt. Col in McEwan
and C / Sgt. "Bert" Watson; assistance has also been
given to several local Cadet units-in particular St.
Mary's Bay ACF PL- under WOI Woodham.
The 1st Bn. has kindly offered to host a visit
of 50 Junior Queensmen from Salamanca and
Albuhera Coys. next February. This, coupled with a
scheduled voyage to The Gambia in November aboard
the Sir La11celot with nobody but Sgt. Thompson to
amuse them, has provided our Junior L eaders and
Infantrymen with incentive and interest.
From all exiles at IJLB, we wish all other mem-
bers and friends of the Regiment a M erry Christmas
and a Happy New Year .
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Visits to Canada Noble and Cade t Sgt. 0 ' hea,
Cadet C / Sgt.
THE QUEEN'S CADETS both of Lingfi eld D et., Su rrey ACF, and Cadet Sgt.
L a mming from Canterb ury, we re fort unate to be
News of th e R egim ent's m any cadet units is included in a small pa rty o f Cadets from a ll parts
always welco m e and should be sent in the firs ! in stan ce of th e U K who visited Canada for th ree weeks tn
J ul y/ August. They we re based on a large cen tral
to M ajor f. H . Eas t, f.P ., Arm y Cade t Force R oyal Ca nadian A rm y Cadet camp in wes tern O n ta rio
and had a thoroughl y good t ime. A Queen 's A
A ssociari on, 58 Buckin gham G ate, L ondo n offi cer, M aj. J ohn E va ns from N W L on don Sector,
S WIE 6A N.
Camps was in cha rge of the part y. now becom ing ver y ex -
Trips of th is t ype are
Arm y Ca dets badged to the Regiment a re to be pensive, even a t cha rter rates a nd the Colonel of the
found in the K ent, Surrey and Sussex AC F 's and also Reg iment's announ cement that in fu ture the winner
in the NW, NE and SW Sectors of the Grea ter of the C umberla nd S word competition wi ll also re-
London AC F . The hot dry summer contri buted grea tl y ceive a bursa ry of £ 50 towa rds the cost of goi ng to
to the fact that all these had successfu l annual camps Canada is a welcome one and m uch app rec iated by
in various parts of the country . The Colonel of the the AC F . This sh ould mean th at we should have a t
Reg iment a nd some of the D eputy Colonels were leas t one Queen's ca det on future a nnual AC F vis its
welcome visitors to a num ber of the camps.
to Canada .
(Left): Queen's Cadets of St. Mary's Bay mop up after an exciting episode of their annual camp at Otter-
burn 1976
Plaque to L/ Gen. Alexander
(Right) - sec letter from the IJLD: J / Ldr. Cordell about to present a R egi m e n t a l Picture from SHAPE
Haig at SHAPE
Attachments to BAOR as well as part of the proceedings and other we lcome
At the end of April, I QUEENS were hosts at g uests included the Count y Cadet Commandan ts o f
K ent, Surrey and Sussex, Cols. ! a n F a ul der, D av id
Werl to officers and cadets from Surrey and NE H arris and Peter Shaw and the Commandant of SW
London who spent a most happ y and interesting ten London Sector, Col. Phi! Hurst.
da ys. For very good reasons, the Battalion cou ld not
accept all the Queen 's ca dets who were in BAOR Colour Presentation
a t that tim e but the Sussex cadets were well looked The 1st Cadet Bn . The Queen's R eg iment ( S u rrey
after by an R CT unit at Duisburg and the K ent
contingent had a fine time with the Gunners. A C F ) put on a n impressive parade at a terham on
31st October when they were presented with a new
ACF Officers' W eekend Colour by the Colonel of the Reg iment . Th is Battalion
The now well-established annual weekend for can trace its a nteceden ts back to 191 5; it wa first
presented with C olours in 19 22, one of the few
Queen's AC F offi cers was held a t Ca nterbury at the ca det units to have this distinction . Strictl y speaking,
beginn ing of October. I t was particul arl y well attended AC F units have " Banners" n ot "Colours" b ut th is
and succeeded in combining instruction and in- cadet ba ttalion has always trea ted its Colours in the
form ation with a marvellous dinner. same way as those of a R eg ula r Battalion so this term
The Colonel of the R egiment attended the dinner
54
" still used. As the 1st Cade t Bn. The Queen's Royal
Surrey Regt., the Battalion wa s presented with new
Colours in 1965 and the old ones were la od up m
C roydon P arish C hurch . It was the equivalent of the
Regimental Colour which was replaced on 31 st
October when a new Colour, bearing the Regimental
and ACF badges and which had been subscribed for
by form er Commanding Officers of the Battalion,
was handed over.
Gen. Ling was received by Maj . C. H . Wilson,
the Commanding Officer and the parade was com-
manded by Capt. P eter Tween. Man y parents, friend s
and distinguished guests were present.
By kind permiss ion of the Commanding Officer
of 2 QUEE S, their band travelled from Bulford to
play at the parade and thei r presence grea tl y helped
to make the occasion a memorable one fo r cadets and
spectators alike.
WANTED Col. D. M . Harris, County Commandant Surrey ACF,
inspects Cadets from St. Peter's School (Merrow), a
Queen's Regt. Mess Kit. C hest 34, Waist 32, detachment of 5 C dt. Bn. The Colonel is fl anked by
Leg 30. Lt. G. Collier, Det. Comdr. a nd C dt. Sgt. P . Crowley
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The Regimental Donations
Association I am sure all member\ of the Regiment wiJI
wish to join the President of the Reg1mental
by Maj. E. A. McCarthy Aso;;ocia ti on in cxp re~c; ing our deepest gratitude to
General The Most Worshipful Company of W eave rs, of the
City of London, for their most handsome g1ft of £500
The total number of new Life M embers has in- to the Reg imental Benevolent Fund. Such generosity
creased this year by 266. This is due almost entirely in these days of financial problems is truly out-
to the efforts of the staff at the Depot to whom we standing. They give as the rea son for the gift th<
ex tend o ur appreciation .
connection the Reg iment ha s with them, inherited
The n umber of Association M embers joining a from the former Queen 's Royal Regiment-a further
loca l Branch of the affi liated R eg imental Associations indication th at th e old and the new are now but one
is sti ll disappo inting and is one aspect which must
rece ive positive attention . Reg iment.
It has been sugges ted th at, as a start towards Thanks and appreciation are also extended to the
an annual reunion for all members of the Regimental following who have given dona tions to the Benevolent
A ssociation, an annual re union for all serv in g and
ex -members of the WOs' and Sgts' Messes be hcl-' F u n d:
at the D epot at Bass ingbourn . So that the strength
of the requirement for such a gathering ca n be D epot Queen 's D ivision £40.65
ga uged, all members and ex-members of WO s' and 41 Army Youth Team £ 10
Sgts' M esses arc requested to complete the pro forma £ 10
opposite. Mr. Lewis Wheatley £5
Mr. R. E . Aspin
If there is sufficient response and a reunion is
held, it would be in the form of a Dinner and Drinks PRO FORMA
Party in the WO s' and Sgts' M ess at Bassingbourn
earl y in th e New Year. The R eg imental Association Secretary,
The Queen 's R egimen t,
Assistance Howe Barracks,
C a n t er b u r y.
The Reg imental Benevolent Committee have Kent CTI ljY.
dealt with fort y-three cases (from I J an. to 30 Oct.
'76 ) and a total of £2376 from R eg imental Benevolent IREUNION-WO's and SGT's MESS MEMBERS
Funds has been given as grants in aid to those mem-
bers who have struck a bad patch in their lives. We I II would be prepared to attend such a reuniOn.
ca nno t speak of g rants in aid without g iv ing a Please send me detai ls in due course.
mention to the help rece ived from the Arm y
Benevolent Fund; these, totalling £ 106 1, have been ISigned . ·J
given to the Benevol ent Fund to assist the Com-
mittee with cases requiring more than R eg imental I RA NK ······ ········· ·· ························· · I
fund s arc able to cope with. The Committee is most
appreciative of this help. In addition, grants from th e IBATTALION I
" ABF Loan to Serving Soldiers" Scheme has pro-
vided £ 5300, thus enabling serving members of The IREGIMENT ·I
Reg iment to bridge the transition from serving to
civi lian life. **
TRUCIAL OMAN SCOUTS
** REUNION DINNER
THE GUARDS PARACHUTE The 1977 R eunion Dinner is to be held in an
COMPANY ASSOCIATION Officers' M ess, Rheindahlen Garrison, on S at. 12 F eb.
A Guards Parachute Company Association has 1977. Cost for the Dinner will be abo ut OM 25.00.
been form ed to a fford continuity of comradesh ip and lled and Breakfas t can be provided, if required.
to organise re-unions and get togethers of all ranks
who served in either The Guards P arachute Battalion Those interested in attendi ng should contact
or Guards Parachute Company. Maj . R . C. W allace, R CT, H SC, HQ NORTHAG,
Applications for membership should be sub- BFPO 40. Tel : Rhine Army 26 18/4 596 .
mitted to the Secretary:
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From: Mrs. Mary Fletcher, I QUEENS.
9 Kimbers
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H ants.
To : The Regimental Secretary, 20.5.76.
Dear Guy,
Dear Sir,
I was so sad to be unable, personall y, to thank It is very difficult to write a " thank you" let ter
the very large number of J ack's friends who came
to pay thei r respects to him at St. Peters Church on for the weekend that my wife and I spent with you
Friday. I know he would have wished me so to do and your regiment. "Th ank you" seems to me, to be
thi s; indeed I wanted to, but was advised that it a very inadequate word to say in gratitude for a
would have created too many problems outside the truly wonderful time. We both feel that it was our
Church as well as causing delay at the C rematorium holida y of a lifetime, and one tha t we will eve r
in Chichester. rem emb e r.
M ay I, through the R egimental Journal, thank The welcome and hospitality th at were shown
all those kind people who attended for their wonderful to us surpasses any thing that I personally have ever
support and for the beautiful floral tributes from his met. It certain ly wi ll never be equalled.
"Military Family".
I also wanted to say to you, personall y, th at I
Patricia, Richard and I were very comforted by felt a certain "magic" when talking to and watching
the presence of so many friends who obviously loved members of all ranks within the reg iment . I sensed a
J ack too. certain pride in being a member of the "QUEENS "
and that's something I haven't felt for a ve ry long
With love from us all, time in any other organ isation or community.
MARY.
My son goes to interview for the Arm y sh ortl y,
From: Col. ]. B. Coates, CBE, M C, DL, and I must admit to h aving had a certain reluctance
2 Rigmaden Cottages, at allowing him to consider it . However, I can honestl y
Kirkby Lonsdale, say that I am now delighted at his choice, and th at
Carnforth LA6 Z'ET. if he can merit as much pride as I sensed last weekend
26 June 1976. in WERL, then I will be very sa tisfied.
Extracts from a letter to th e Editor. Once again, sir, "thank you" for a remarkable
Dear M ajor Weymouth, time last weekend. I don 't think I will ever recover
from such wonderful food!!
I still keep going and am reasonab ly well up
to a point but have quite decided that I can no longer Yours very sincerely,
make journeys. Hence I shall have to miss the A. H . TIMPSON,
Functions which I would so like to attend. This means CCEA(O).
that your quite admirable Queen's Regiment Journ al
gives me very great pleasure- even though it is a From : Colonel H. R. Grace, OBE, JP, DL,
bit sad to see the photographs of those doing the RHQ The Qu een's R egt.,
things I used so to enjoy. I hope that in these days KENT Office.
of financial difficulty you will be able to m aintai n 28 June 1976.
the Journal at its present magnificent standard.
Dear Sir,
As I probably said before, you may on in- May I crave an inch or two of yo ur valuable
frequent occasions like to know how much pleasure
you r great efforts give to one who for physical and space to congratulate and thank P au l Courtenay on
geographical reasons is now necessarily so out of hi s most readab le and we ll-researched article, ''Hunt
personal touch. . . the Dragon ',, published in your June issue?
I was sorry to read of the death of J acob- It made fascin ating reading, even to a former
"Yarcob" as we always called him in India . .. Buff, and will have been of great interest, I feel sure,
to all members of The Queen's Regiment, irrespective
I was rather amused at the reference to his of what particular County they may hai l from, or in
serving in the old 2nd QUEENS in France before which former regi ment their forebear s may have
his 20th birthday. I was with them there in Novem- se rved.
ber 1914 aged 17 (and just under 2 months) having
left Sandhurst a week before! I was lucky to get Is it too much to hope, I wonder, that study
through it all but, looking back, I doubt whether the of the article should be compulsory, not only for all
ver y early age was reall y a good thing. recruits joining the Regiment at Bassingbourn but
also for all young Officers on being accepted into the
With best wishes. Regiment at the RMAS ?
Yours sincerely,
] . B. COATES . Yours faithfull y,
H. R . GRACE.
( l.fl irh •·eferen ce 10 your final paragraph ) :
Fascin ating though th e anic/e most ce rtain ly is,
its co ntents may be razhe1· an intellectu al eyeful for
mos t of our recr uits m1d newly - com miss ioned officers,
I faNcy. In any case, th e historical significance of
all the co mponen t parts of our badges a11d buuons
(b •·icfly se t 0 111 on pages 26 aud 27 of Gregon•
Blaxland's uA Gnid e to th e Queen's R egim ent" ) is
w hat should co nstitut e co mpulsory study, not just the
Drago n in isolation- Ed.
58 Please pass on our than ks to all involved, par-
ticu larl y Cpl. Akenhurst and L / Cpl. Frazer.
From: C/ Sgt. M . Emanuel,
The H abe rdas hers' Aske's School C.C.F. , You rs sincerely,
El s tr ee,
Boreham Wood, MI C I-IAEL E M ANUEL (S/ Sgt.)
H erts.
17 October, 1976. F rom : Lt . ~Co l. M . P . St. F . Dracopoli, OBE,
M m 1stry of D efence ( Dl ( AG) 2 ),
T o: M aj. P . A. Gwi lliam, 2 QUEENS. M ai n Building,
D ear M ajor Gwi lliam, Whitehall,
London SW1 A 2 HB .
I wou ld like to thank yo u on beha lf of all the 23 June 1976.
cadets for all the time you and yo ur colleagues put
in to arranging our fi eld day last Friday. Not only The Editor,
was it instruct ive and enjoyab le but also stimulating. The J ourn al of The Queen's Regt.,
D ea r Sir,
During the course of our training we are ex -
pected to attend at leas t one ca mp a yea r, many of Lt.-Col. Courtenay is to be congratulated on his
us, especially N.C.O.'s attending other training imaginative and carefull y researched article " Hunt the
cou rses as well. In this time most cadets will ex- Drago n" in the J ourna l for June 1976 .
perience li ving within a reg ul ar unit ; however, for
this party, mainl y consisting of cade ts in their second P erhaps an ex Buff may be allowed to reca ll
year of training, this was a first encounter. On a phrase which rat her charming ly sums up two of
question ing them on the way home, the feeling that the points made by the author ? I t is simply that the
I got was that the day had inspired us with the Dragon, in being detached from the Tudor Arms to
knowledge that we we re trul y affi liated to a regular become the badge of the Buff s, was involved in a
Reg iment, the only regret being the lack of time to change of "tincture and posture".
do mou with you.
This phrase wa s glad ly learned ( inter alia) by
I sincerely hope that now we have met our en trants to this form er R egiment (of blessed memory ) .
parent unit we may continue to strengthen the tie
between us and that it will not be too long before Yours sincerely,
the whole contingent is ab le to meet you. M ICHAEL DRACOPOLI.
Odds & Ends LIFE AT THE
ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA
SOLUTION TO QUEENS CROSSWORD
(on page 25 of June '76 number ) The Ro ya l Hospital, is not a Hospital within
the modern usage of the term . It has been the home
Across of soldiers ad mitted as C helsea P ensioners for over
1- Bulford; 6-APC; 8- Peop le; 10-Landed ; 12- 250 years. Ful l medi ca l faciliti es, including its own
Lend; 14-IRA ; 15- No; 16-Zero; 18- Panty; Infirmary, are available for the care of the pensioners
20- TA ; 21-Cod-War; 25- NHS ; 27- Ca tterick ; who fall sick after admission.
29-R N; 30-IR ; 31 -0h ; 32- RA ; 33-At; 34-
ML ; 35- T abac; 37- Tome; 39-Snack; 40- To be eligible for admission an appli cant must : -
Entry; 41-Try. a. be in receipt of a service or disability pension
Down awarded in respect of military service:
!-Belize; 2- Lunar; 3- 0pen ; 4- R ed; 5- Do; b. be at least 65 yea rs of age*, or unable to
6- Ale; 7-Penny; 9- P lant ; 11-Are; 13- Do ; earn his own living (thou gh generally capable of
17- 0ld-timer ; 18- Pea r ; 19- Tank; 21-Canton; looking after himse lf):
22-0T; 23-Werl ; 24- Riots; 26-Slack; 27-
Crate; 28- Chant; 32-Racy; 36-Bar; 38- MT. c. if unab le to earn his own livin g, be not less
than 55 yea rs of age unless in receipt of a disability
OFFICERS' CLUB pension for an Army disability:
Wedding Presents d. be free from liability of supporting a wife
Appreciative letters to the Regimental Secretary or children. (He may N OT marry whi lst an
In-Pensioner).
have been received from the following officers who
were presented with silver cigarette boxes as wedding * In exceptional circumstances the Commi ssioners
presents from thei r fellow officers:
may adn1it a yo unger man.
Capt. J ohn Acwonh, An y pensioner who wishes to be considered for
Capt. P eter M cGi ll and Lt. Graham Yonwin.
Reunion, 15 Oct. 76 admission to "In -Pension, should apply to the
Some 270 officers, their lad ies and guests Secretar y for a form of Application.
at tended a most enjoyable Cocktail P an y in the
M embers' Dining Room of the H ouse of Commons All correspondence and enquiries regarding ad-
on Friday 15 Oct. Sir P aul Brya n who attended with mission to I n-Pension should be addressed to :-
his wife, once aga in, very kindly sponsored us and
thei r Excellencies the N etherl ands and Dani sh The Secretary,
Ambassadors and the Netherl ands Military Attache Ro ya l Hospital,
and Mme. Epke were rece ived by the Colonel of the C helsea,
Reg iment and Mrs. Ling. London, SW3 4SL
and NOT any person by name. Full regimental par-
ticul ars of the applicant should invariably be given.
MR. F . W. TURMAINE 59
M r. F red Turmai ne, a B uff si nce 1928 a nd after
49 yea rs of Service- including the la t ten as C lerica l "MONTY"-A FURTHER
Officer at Regimenta l H eadquarters-retired on 16
Ju ne fo ll owing h is 65 th bi rthday. REMINISCENCE
T o ma rk the occasion, Mr. Tu rmaine and his
wi fe Frcda were "dined out" during a luncheon party by Maj. Richard Ravenhill
at the C ha ucer H otel Ca nterbury a tten ded by the
Colonel of the R eg iment ( who had motored from I am prompted by correspondence in the J une
Sh alford) and all members of RHQ sta ff . J ournal to Sup port Col. Gibbs' observat ions about
G en . Ling, in a speech which followed the mea l, M onty's memory of previous contacts.
exp ressed his personal thanks to Mr. Turmaine- as
well as those of all members of the Reg iment-for Wh ile commandi ng a compan y of 2nd E n. The
his loya l and ded icated service; he also ass ured him Buffs located on the coas t a t Sa ndwich in the ea rly
of a wa rm welcome whenever he w ished to renew summer of 1941 , I was orde red to play golf in a
the grea t m an y friendships he had made during a foursome. E videntl y the comm ande r of the "South
long a nd distinguished career. E astern Arm y" (as he was wont to call it) had
After the G eneral had presented him with a n expressed a desire to play golf a t S t. G eorge's. M y
inscribed sil ver salver to commemorate the occasion, C.O ., Kit Huxley, origina ll y from the K.O.Y. Ll.,
Mr. Tunnaine in a few well-chosen words, enlivened suggested that I should pa rtner M onty an d p lay
by hi s usual wit, thanked the G eneral for honouring aga inst an A .D . ( W a tson- A rmstrong) an d h im.
him by hi s presence and expressed sincere apprec iation
for a gift whi ch he sa id he would always treasure During the round, the G OC-in-C took a keen
as a reminde r of his happ y association with all ranks interest in the lie of the land and our defen ces in
the area; a t times he digressed to talk about the wa r
~ /i_;of The Queen's Regiment. in general and what he thought abo ut it ! It seem ed,
no doubt rightl y, that the golf was of secondary
•\ importance until we reached the 17th hole on the
war-t ime course, all square. At this juncture, M onty
._. ..-..{., produced a new golf ball with th e wo rds, " H ere is
a new golf ball ; a ve ry good golf ball indeed-have
i'-·:, a crack at it! " M y tee-shot was a fair one but the
ball kicked into some long grass on the right a nd
'" was never seen aga in . Th e 18th hole was halved a nd
so we lost the match!
Mr. Fred Turmaine recetvrng his salver from the
Colonel of the Regiment About two yea rs later, in N orth Africa, M ont y
Picture by K entish G azette came to inspect 78 Inf. Div. before rece iving us into
his distinguished 8th Arm y. I was Intelligence Offi cer
*** to Brig. " Swifty" H owlett wh o commanded 36
Inf. Bde., which wa then loca ted in the olive groves
HAVE CAMERA WILL TRAVEL at H ammamet. When I was once more introduced
by Michael Robcrts to the Arm y Commander, now glorious after h is
desert victories, he sa id : "Ah we've met before- at
As m an y rea ders will know, I have been carrying S andwich" and, turning to his Staff , "Yes, we
a camera for a number of yea rs and this has been pl ayed golf together at St. G eorge's."
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have had an opportunity of visiting man y of the "Crates to the Creggan". ( The H istory of the
Units under the command of Eas tern District and Royal Anglian R egiment 1964-19 74 ) by M ichael
this has, so far, involved two trips to G ermany and Ba rthorp .
several in the United Kingdom.
This most readible publication, with a foreword
Whilst with PR South E astern District I was by their Colonel, G eneral Sir Ian Free land, tells the
able to make one trip to Gibralta r and, one way or story of one of our rwo sister R egiments during its
the other, my camera has also taken me to G erm any, first ten years.
Holland, M alta, Aden an d Northern Ireland.
The pangs o f childbirth, be ing so simila r to our
own, make interesting reading. And also like us, The
Roya l Anglia ns a re proud o f the way they have
developed in ten yea rs, a stron g ide ntit y of their own
at least as potent as the ind ividual characteristics o f
their geographicall y sepa rate founde r R egiments.
Whilst the st andards and traditions they inherited
have certainl y helped them to ma turit y, the reg ula r
battalions ha ve a lready cq u itted themselves so well
under operational conditions th at they can rightl y
claim themselves to be \\'Orth y successors.
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THE REGIMENTAL GOLFING SOCIETY
Annual Meeting, 3 Sep. '76 Match v. R. Anglian Golfing Society, 14 Sep. ' 76
Of our 68 members (at that time), twenty-eight On a wet and windy day, the teams gathered at
competed in the Singles and 24 in the Doubles at the Gog and M agog course near Cambridge. Some
the Annual Meeting held at the Army Golf C lub, ga llan t golf was played by our side but we lost
Aldershot on Friday 3 Sep. rather heavily to our friend s from the R. Anglian
Regt. The course was in very good condition and the
A warm and sunny day added to the enjoyment company congenial. The on ly person not to lose was
of a most successful gathering of the clan and there M aj. John Holman, our Captain-but th ere we re
some close fini shes which- alas- wen t the wrong way.
was no extra charge for the no isy acrobatic disp lay We look forward to seeing the Fusiliers there next
year for a triangular contest, so note the date in your
which went on next door! ( rehearsa ls for Farn- diary now-20 Sept. '77.
The results were:
borough's Air Show ).
The Colonel of the Regiment and M aj.-Gen. A M- S i n gl es
Mans added their support and Mrs. Ling gracious ly Murray-Brown
gave away the prizes. We were glad too, to welcome Jenns
Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wilson, our Divisional Colonel W a lk e r
M cColl
Commandant, during a brief visi t in the evening. H azelwood
Cobbo ld
For the record, the prize winners were: Travis 0 V. H olm an I
Menage I V. Tarver 0
Stableford Singles I V. Re id 0
R . Anglian I V. ( W alk Over )
Winner: C/ Sgt. Rogers 44 Pts. -!:
39 Pts. -!: V. Pike
Runner up: Mr. Clift 0
I V. Weymouth 0
Foursomes I V. Flynn
I V. (Walk Over ) 0
Winners: Lt.-Col. Renshaw & Capt. Clark 35 Pts.
Runners up: Lt. -Col. Lea & Maj. H olman 30 Pts. 6-!: Queens It
Scratch Competition
Winner: Capt. Ford 80 Pts.
84 Pts.
Runner up : C/ Sgt. Rogers
The "Battalion Cup" PM-Foursomes
Winner: 2nd Bn. (Lt.-Col. Lea & M aj. H olman) Murray,-Brown & V. Pike & 0
C:obbold
AGM Weymouth
J enns &
Hazlewood on last green
McColl &
The Annual General M eeting was held after Menage V. Tarver & 0
the Annual Golf M eeting on 3 Sep. when the Travis &
following resolutions were carried: Walker Bullock
V. R eid & 0
I . The Society would enter a team in the Arm y Flynn
Golfing Society's "Argyll and Sutherland Bowl "
0 V. H olman
(to be held during the first week in May 1977).
2. That each member of the Society should pay on last green
an annual subscript ion of £1.00. R. Anglian Queens 2-!:
3. That M aj. Holman would continue as Chai rmao
for another year.
4. That the following would be invited to rep resent
Regimental Units during the 1977 season :
1st Bn: The Commanding Officer Dates to Remember in 1977
2nd Bn: Capt. R. G. F ord
3rd Bn: M aj. A. B. Cowing
5th (V ) Bn: Capt. A. M . F . ] elf/
M aj. R . J . P al mer
617 ( V ) Bn:
Depot Queen's Div: to be nominated
Maj. M . R. Tarver.
Matches
Match v. RMAS, 5 July 2/ 6 M ay: Army G.S. Spring M eeting, Ro ya l St.
George G.C., Sandwich.
The Regiment's first fixture was played at the
Army Golf Club agains t RMA Sandhurst on 5 Jul y. 4 Jul y : M atc h v. RMA S, Army G.C., Aldershot.
It was a lovely day and the C lub looked after us
very well. Capt. Reg Ford opened the innings and 2 Sep.: Annual M eeting, Army G.C., Aldershot.
just lost on the las t green after an exciting match.
CSM Quinn quietly disposed of the Sandhurst Cap- 20 Sep.: M atch v. RRF and R . ANGLIAN Regt.,
tain whilst John Oliver and C/Sgt. Rogers lost to Gag and M agog, Cambridge.
their opponents aft er some interesting golf. M aj.
David Pike managed to "overpower" his cadet
opponent after being 3 holes down. M ajs . Hugh
Tarver and J ohn Holman and Capt. Mike J elf all
won easily, so the Regiment won its first-ever fixture,
which augurs well for the future.
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61
(Top): Totting up at the 18th after the Foursomes
in the afternoon are ( I to r ) Maj. Hugh Tarver, Capt.
Reg Ford, Lt.-Col. Richard Lea and Maj . John
V Holman
(Lower): On the verandah of the Club House ( I to
r): The Colonel of the Regiment, Maj.-Gen. Mans,
Mrs. Jennifer Davidson and daughter, Mrs. Ling,
Maj. Stuart Anderson, Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wilson
and Capt. Bush
Pictures by Capt. Mike Jelf
ALLIED REGIMENTS VISITORS TO RHQ
The H astings & Prince E dward Regiment Among those who called between J uly and
ovember, the following ( in order of appearance )
W e we re ve ry glad to welcome Cap t. Ed signed the Visitors book:
Killing beck a t R H Q on 27 J ul y during his visit to
Engl and ( he visited us previously in J uly '72) and L ewis Tizard (formerl y RWK now in Australia ) ;
are most gratefu l for the inscri bed Regimenta l plaque, Capt. Ed Kill ingbeck ( " H asty P s" ) ; Col. J ohn
a copy of " The Reg iment" ( by F a rley Mowat ) and Shipster ( twice ); Brig. David Ca rter ( Div . Brig .-
othe r Regimentalia which he very kindly presented twice ); 2/ Lt. H owa rd Beeston ( on commissioning );
to RHQ on behalf of the Honorary Colonel and All M aj.-Gen. Rowley M ans ( twice ) ; M aj. P au l H ughes,
Ranks of the " Hasty P s". For the benefit of any Capts. Bill Bernard and T om Burroughs and Lt. Tom
Queensmen who may be visiting Ontario, the uHas ty H ayes ( Q.O. Rifl es of anada ) ; M aj. C hris Grove;
Ps" are loca ted (one Company at each ) at Peter- M aj. Charl es Cole; Lt.-Col. Chrisp in Champion;
borough and Belleville. Capt. Michael Smith ; M aj. Frank Waldron ; M aj.-
Gen. Sir J ohn Willoughby ; Lt.-Col. Gerry H ollist ;
The Queen's Own R ifles of C anada M aj. J ohn R eed; Lt. -Col. Geo rge L ang ridge; Lt.-Col.
Mike J ohnson; 2/ Lts. P eter Newman, J ohn Barr and
On 7 Sep., we were ha ppy to welcome four Robert H ook ( on commissioning ) ; M aj. Andrew
officers at RHQ- M a j. Pa ul Hughes, Capta ins Cow ing, Capt. Geo rge Brown (on leave from H ong
Bema rd and Burroughs and Lt. H ayes. Earlier they Kong ) ; Lt.-Col. Ted Argles; Col. M a uri ce Ath e rto:-~
had paid a visit to the 3rd Bn. in Cattcrick. Whil st ( Ga rrison Cmd r. ) ; and M aj . Richard Graham .
in Ca nterbury, Capt. Burroughs turned a page of
the Queen's Own Book of Remembrance in the T he South Alberta Light H orse
Warriors Chapel of the Cathedral.
We acknow ledge, with gratitude to Maj . C. J .
Meagher (CO ), receipt (in M ay) of " K een -Eyed
Prai rie M en" - a summary History of the SALH .
The Regi ment later intends to produce a second
ed ition, including pictures and, in due course, a full
historica l record .
2nd Bn.
(Canterbury Nelson Marlborough West Coast)
Royal New Zealand I nfantry Regiment
by Capt. P . F . K oorey (Sep. ' 76)
For any readers not aware, this battalion is one
of eight infantry battal ions in the R oyal New Zealand
Infantr y R eg iment. Two of these battalions ( 1st in
Singapore and 2nd/ 1st in Burnham ) are regula r
force ; the remainder, including ourselves, are part
of the T erritorial Force.
A s our name suggests, we cover quite a large
a rea of the South Island of New Zealand, main-
taining rifle companies in Nelson, Greymouth ( W est
Coast ) and Tima ru as well as in C hristchurch, the
headquarters of the battalion.
Our current strength is 40 officers and just over
600 other ranks; howeve r, being a vo lunteer
territorial force, this figure does not refl ect an effective
strength which is normally about 60%.
The battalion is in good heart, being the p roud
holders of the Freyberg Trophy, a shooting trophv
competed for by all infa ntr y battalions and the SAS
squadron .
62 AFFILIATED HM SHIPS
We are in the process of wo rkin g up to A nnual KENTNEWS
Camp to be held in J anu ary 1977. This will involve HMS KENT at Portsmouth, 26 Aug., '76
both unit and brigade exerc ises and is the c ulminati on
o f the trainin g yea r. As promised in the June issue, here is the first
issue of the Refit K entnews to kee p yo u up to da te with
Offi ce rs and men from the battalion have taken the progress on the ship a nd wha t we have been up
part in exercises recentl y with United States and to. A lot h as happened in these las t two m onths and
Australian troop s as we ll as w ith o th er ba ttali ons in those o f yo u that saw the sh ip before we beca me
N ew Zea land; we have also travelled to Singa pore, non-operational in the middle of June wo uld
Fiji and Au stralia for exerc ises there. probably not now recognise us, docked down and with
a vas t quantit y of sca ff olding en ve loping the ship
As well as being allied to the Queen 's R egiment, from end to end.
we are also affili ated with The Light Infantr y and the
Roya l Irish R angers. If you remember, June was going to be a ve ry
hectic month before we entered Refit and it full y
QUEENS REGIMENT- ALBUHERA DAY li ved up to ex pectation s. H oweve r, it all happened,
PARTY IN DENMARK a nd b y all acco unts it went very well indeed. The
" Shop Window" provided a good opportunity for the
By Maj. J. D. W. (Jirnmy) Reid ship to sh ow her paces and all those VIPs tha t came
down from London and various Staff Colleges up
The Annu al R eg imental P art y to celebrate a nd down the country were all fa vourabl y impressed.
Albuhera D ay was held a t the K as tellet in Copen -
hagen on Wednesday 5 May ( the anni ve rsa ry of the R efit completion date is earl y n ex t year, a nd
liberation of Copenhagen in 1945). The following then the ship will enter a period o f trials and work-
Officers and their wives from the Queens Adjutants up . Until that time there will be ve ry little opportunity
Staff, D anish Life Guards and British Embassy were fo r us to enterta in v isitors to th e ship.
present and this year, four of the Danish R es istance
Movement under M aj. Fleeming Muus D.S.O . (E x C anterbur y Sea Ca dets played host to other
Buffs) and six members of the Roya l Air Force's units from the E ast K ent Southern District on the
Escaping C lub were also invited. M an y members of 13 June on the occas ion of the birthday of H er
the D enmark Branch of the Queen's Own Buffs Maj esty Th e Queen with a C hurch P a rade at Ca n-
A ssociation and th e ir wives were also present. terbury Ca thedral. With the ship in refit, Lt .
In my speech of welcome, I was able to in- M aynard w as ab le to accept th e invitation to attend
troduce the new C hairman of the D enmark Branch of
the Queen's Own Buffs Associa tion, Mr. Ka y W eeke, as a representative o f the Ca ptain, and was thu s
and read out a letter from Col. Ted Argles in a ble to meet personall y m any of the Sea Ca det
appreciation of the hard work g iven over man y years Offi cers of the a rea. These opportunities do not
by the previous chairman, Mr. Bent Morbech . H e occur very often, and an y time th at any of you
also sa id that he hoped a few more of the 500 consider tha t it would be benefi cial to the Unit for
D anes who joined The Buffs in the 1940s would
take a more active part in that Branch 's activities. some re presentatives from K enr to attend some
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS function, or eve n just to come and see you, please
inform Lt. Ma ynard.
The Editor acknowledges with tha nks, receipt of
the following publications: On 10 August, Captain J . B. Hervey, O .B .E .,
R oyal N av y, w as re lieved in comm and of HMS K enr
The Cadet Journal & Gazette ( Apr.- Oct. '7 6 ); by C aptain ] . C. K . Sl ater, M .V.O ., Roya l Na vy.
Captain H ervey is going as a Commodore to a NATO
Legion ( Canada )- ( Ma y- Oct. '76 ) ; job at Northwood, Middlesex. Captain Sl ater has
previously commanded HMS Jup iter, and was Equerr y
The Royal British L egion-(June-Nov. '7 6 ); to HM the Queen from 1968 to 1971.
Blesmag ( Spring/ Summer '7 6);
The Die-Hards-(June & Sep. '7 6 );
Braganza ( Nos. I, 2 and from N . Ireland );
Springbok (Aug. '76 ) ;
The Volunteer ( 74/ 75 );
The Star and G arter Magazine (Sep. '76);
Silver Bugle (Autumn '76 );
N ews L etter ( Nov. '76 ), the Queen's Surreys Assn .
The London Gazette 63
Extracts from S upplements RARO
REGULAR ARMY All Officers of the R egu lar Army who attained
the age lim it of their rank and Corps, on a date dunng
Commands and Staff the period I Apr. 1976 to 30 June 76, will cease to
Brig . M. J . A. Clarke, MBE, retired on retired belong to the RARO on that date unl ess retamed
under Article 274 of the P ay Warrant 1964.
pay 20 Jul y '7 6. All Officers who:
Honours and Awards ( a ) W ere members of the TAVR, the AER,
The Queen has been gracio usly pleased to the TA or th e TARO and
approve the publication of a M ention in D espa tch es ( b ) who transferred to the RARO and .
for service in N . Ire land m respect of : (c ) who attained the age hm1t of the1 r rank
and Corps on a date during the period I Apr. 1976
Lt.-Col. C. L. Tarver, MBE ( I Nov. ' 75 to to 30 June '76
31 J an. '7 6 ); will cease to belong to the RARO on that date.
W02 J . Oakley and Cpl. C. J . Rodziewicz ( I TAVR
Feb. to 30 Apr. '7 6 ).
Capt. (H on. M aj.) R . C. B. Dixon, 5 QUEENS
Promotions ( 30 Ju n. '76 ) from Res. of Off rs. Class II, to be Capt. I Sep. ' 75
To Col : Lt.-Cols. K. Dodson, OBE and M . J. with seniority 2 J un. '68 and is g ranted the actg.
rank of M aj. 1 Sep. '75 with seniority 2 M ar. '70
Doyle, MBE . ( Substituted for notifn . in Gazette ( Supplement ) 6
T o Lt.-Col: Maj s. H . M. du V. Lohan and Jun. '76) .
M . V. Ward . Lt. T. C. R. Hutton, 6/7 QUEE NS from TA VR
M aj. ( QM ) F. B. Oram retired on retired pa y Gp.A 5 QUEENS, to be Lt. I Apr. '75 with
seniority 13 D ec. '70. To be Capt. I Oct. :75. .
28 Ma y '7 6.
Lt. M . W. Redfo rd retired on account of disa - Lt. R. H . J ewson, 5 QUEENS, res1gns h1s
commn . 31 M ar. '76.
bility 29 Jul y '76.
Maj . S . R. O 'R Shea rburn retired on retired M . A. T aylor-Smith, 5 QUEENS (R es. of
Offrs. C lass I) to be Lt. I Oct. '75.
pay 6 Jul y '76.
Lt.-Col. ( Staff QM ) E . J. R ansley, MBE, M C A. J . Leonard, 6/7 QUEENS (formerl y SSLC ),
to be 2/ Lt. (on probation ) I Feb. '7 6.
retired on retired pay 26 Sep. ' 76.
M ajs. G. Goring and M aj. ( QM ) W . Snowden Lt.-Col. F. B. H erd, TD, 6/ 7 QU EE NS, from
TA VR Gp.B, Unpos ted List, to be Lt.- Col. 14 J un.
retired on retired pay I Oct. ' 76. '7 6 with seniority 19 Sep. '74.
2/ Lt. (on probation ) ( Univ. Cdtship ) A. C. N.
0 / Cdt. C. J . L. D oran, 5 QUEENS, to be 2/Lt.
M arston to be 2/ Lt. ( on probation ) 21 Jul. '76. (on probat ion ) 23 M ay '76 .
M a j. R . C. Pitman retired on retired pay 15
The Queen has been gracio usly pleased to confer
Oct. '76. the award of the Effic ienc y D eco ration ( TA VR ) on
2/ Lt. A. D . J . Ra y to be Lt. 9 Nov. '76. Capts. ( A/ Maj .) B. A. Ca rte and J . R . G. Putn am
2/ Lt. (on probation ) N. M . P eckham from and Capt. A. G. H . Stocks.
SSLC to be 2/Lt. (on probation ) ( Univ. Cdtshi p ) 2/ Lt. W . P. T. Harper, 5 QUEENS, to be Lt.
7 Oct. '76. 16 Jun . '7 6.
RMAS ( Short Serv. Commns. ) The fo llowing 2/ Lts. ( on probation ) are con-
The followin g 0 / Cdts. from RMAS to be 2/ Lts. firm ed as 2/ Lts. 18 M ay '75 :
7 Aug. '76: C. F. R . Haste and S. D . A. Northdale ( 6/7
J . P . Castle, A. J . Cooper, M . F . G. Drummand- QUEENS ) and S. H . Zachary (5 QUEENS ).
Brady, R. K. Wilkinson and N. A . M . Wright. 2/Lt. (on probation ) N. K. L. Scott 6/7
QUEENS from TA VR Gp. A 7 QUEENS . to be
Short Serv. Commns. 2/ Lt. ( on probation ) 2 1 Apr. '75 w1 th sem ont y 20
2/ Lt. A. J . Roberts to be Lt. 2nd June '76. Apr. 1975.
0 / Cdt. M . J. F eatherstone from RMAS to be
Lt. ( QM ) D . A. Mirams, 5 QUEENS, to be
2/ Lt. 6 M ar. '76. To be Lt . 6 March '76. ( Sub- Capt. ( QM ) I Apr. '76 with antedate for seniority
stituted fo r notifn . in L ondon Gazette Supplement purposes onl y to 9 Sep. '74 .
dated 20 Apr. '76 ).
Lt. M . C. M ercer, 6/ 7 QUEENS, reverts from
WOI ( RSM ) M . J . Ayling to be 2/ Lt. 27 M ay Short Sen •. Vol. Commn . To be Lt. 23 Jun . '76
'76. To be Lt. 27 M ay '76. with seniorit y 20 Sep. '74 .
2/ Lt. H . Beeston is transferred from AAC (on A. J . Cannon, 6/7 QUEENS (formerl y 2/Lt.
probation ). T o be 2/ Lt. 2 Aug. '76 with seniority Reg. Army DERR ) to be 2/Lt. (on probation ) 6
6 M ar. '76. Nov. '75 with seniority 30 D ec. '74 .
Lt. J . R . P artri dge to be Ca pt. 10 Sep. '7 6. 2/ Lt. (on proba tion) 0. G. L ambert, 5
Lt. W . J . Rippon to be Cap t. 30 Sep. '76. QU EENS, is confirmed as 2/ Lt. 15 Jun. '75.
Lt. A . P. O ' Gorman to be Capt . I Oct . '76.
Lt. M . F. Pea rson to be Ca pt . 28 Oct. '76. 2/Lt. C. F. R . H aste, 6/7 QUEENS, is granted
the actg. rank of Capt., 18 M ay '76.
Short Serv. Limited Commn.
2/ Lt. ( on probation ) D . G. Gibson ; commn . 2/Lt. ( on probation ) N. J . O'Connor, 6/7
QUEENS , is confirmed as 2/ Lt . I Jun . '74.
terminated 12 Sep. 1976.
2/Lt. (on probation ) M . H . M ortimer, 5
QUEENS, from TA VR Sec. B. Gen.. List, to be
2/ Lt. ( on probation ) 11 Apr. '76, w1th semonty
22 J an . '76.
Lt. R . D . J . R. Owen, 6/ 7 QUEENS , reverts 2/ Lt. (on probation ) S. E. Wooles, 5 QUEENS ,
from SSV C to be Lt. I Jul. '76, with seniority 28 from TAVR Gp A, 6 RRF, to be 2/Lt. ( on pro-
bation ) 18 Jul. '76, with seniorit y 8 Feb. '75.
Sep. 69.
Capt. ( Actg. M aj.) R. C. B. Dixon, TD, 5 Capt. P. H . Grove, TD 617 QUEENS from
Res. of Offrs., Class 11, to be Ca pt . 16 J ul y ' 76 with
QUEENS, to be M aj. 29 Jul. '76, with seniority 2 se niorit y 22 Oct. '68 .
Mar. '70. Capt. ( Actg. M aj. ) J . R . G . Putnam, TD, 6/ 7
2/ Lt. ( on probation ) P . H . Legg, 5 QUEENS, QUEEN S is placed on the unposted list I Apr. '7 6.
from TA VR Sec. B G en. List to be 2/ Lt. ( on pro- ACF
bation ) 5 Aug. '76, with seniority 5 M ar . '75.
Lt . ( A/ Ca pt. ) B. Dewey ( Surrey) was awa rded
Lt. P. A. D . Storie-Pugh, 6/7 QUEENS, from the Ist C las p to the Cadet Forces M eda l.
TA VR Gp A, RY, to beLt. I Sep. '7 6 with seniority
25 M ar. '75.
Births, Marriages and MARTI N -On 1st June 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
P. J . M artin, a daughter, M ari a.
Deaths
PRITC HARD-On 3rd June 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
BIRTHS B. P ritchard, a son, Ca r! Mich ae l.
H OFFMA N-On 13th January 1976, to Pte. and GU RR-On 6th June 1976, to Cp l. and Mrs. C.
Mrs. F. Hoffman, a son, Shaw n M ark. Gurr, a daughter, H azel Samantha.
BULLARD-On 8th M arch 1976, to Pte . and Mrs. MOORE-On 19th June 1976, to Cpl. and Mrs.
D. Bullard, a son, Lee D avid . G . Moore, a son, Sebastian.
WEST-On 23rd March 1976, to Bdsm. and Mrs. DAVIS-On 20th June 1976, to C pl. and Mrs.
K . West, a daughter, G eorgina Dorothy Lee. J . W . D avis, a son, Nigel J ames.
SIVELL-On 27 th M arch 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. T. S HOR TER- On 25th June 1976, to Bds m. and Mrs.
Sivell , a daughter, Donea M ariannc.
D . Shorter, a son, Adrian D enis Ro yston .
HAINES-On IIth April 1976, to Pte . and Mrs. WINTER-On 27th June 1976, to Sgt. and Mrs.
B. H aines, a son, Michael J ohn.
B. W . Winter, a son, Bernard J oseph .
BINGHAM-On 15th April 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. DONNELLY-On 29th June 1976, to Cpl. and Mrs.
J . Bingham, a daughter, Sarah Ann.
R . D on nelly, a daughter, M and y.
CREASEY-On 17th April 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
R. Creasey, a son, Jim . PARSONS-On 29th June 1976, to L / C pl. and Mrs.
A. P arsons, a son, Scott Anthon y.
PAINE-On 18th April 1976, to Sgt. and Mrs. G .
Paine, a daughter, K ell y. PARKER-On 5th Jul y 1976, to L / C pl. and Mrs.
B. P arker, twin daughters, Yvonne and Sarah.
MAXLOW-On 22nd April 1976, to Sgt. and Mrs.
R. M axlow, a son, Graham Richard. YOUNG- On 6th Jul y 1976, to Bdsm. and Mrs.
C. Young, a daughter, Natalie.
TOMLIN-On 23 rd April 1976, to Cpl. and Mrs.
K . Tomlin, a son, W ay ne Trevor. WILLIAMS-On IIth Jul y 1976, to L/ Cpl. and
Mrs. J . I. Williams, a daughter, J oy Auroil.
CARTER-On 27th April 1976, to L/ C pl. and Mrs.
G . Carter, a son, K eith John. SECKER-On 30th Jul y 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. C.
Seeker, a daughter, K ay Louise.
RUSSELL-On 5th Ma y 1976, to Capt. and Mrs.
N. F . Russell, a son, J ames Brian Francis. WILSON-On 27th Jul y 1976, to S/ Sgt. and Mrs.
M . N . Wilson, a son, Russell D avid.
BUCKWELL-On 7th M ay 1976, to L / Cpl. and
Mrs. R. Buckwell, a daughter, C laire Louise. BODEN-On 1st August 1976, to Sgt. and Mrs.
D . A . Boden, a son, David.
BACCUS-On 9th M ay 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. M .
Baccus, a son, Mahomed R affick Baden. PEN FOLD-On 3rd August 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
HEWITT-WARD-On 12th M ay 1976, to L / Cpl. M . P enfold, a daughter, T ara Michelle .
and Mrs. M . Hewitt-Ward, a daughte r, Micaela THORN E-On 6th August 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
Alexandra .
J . Thorne, a son, J ason .
ROBJCHAUD-On 14th Ma y 1976, to L / C pl. and
Mrs. D. Robichaud, a son, Leon Raoul Adoris. CUTTS-On 8th August 1976, to L / C pl. and Mrs.
STEPHENSON-On 16th M ay 1976, to Pte. and F . R . C utts, a daughter, Tracey Marie.
Mrs. W . L. Stephenson, a son, Karl M artin . ANDERSON-On lOth August 1976, to Pte. and
WILLMOTT-On 16th M ay 1976, to Sgt. and M rs. Mrs. P . Anderson, a daughter, K ell y.
D . Willmott, a daughter, Emma M aria. STANFORD-On 17th August 1976, to Pte. and
SCHLEPPHORST- On 18th M ay 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. A. Stanford, a son, M arch Andrew P eter.
Mrs. H . D . Schlepphorst, a son, Jurgen Karl. FIRMAN-On 3 1st August 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
HUSHER-On 19th M ay 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. T . Firman, a son, Danny M ark.
R. Husher, a daugh ter, C laire Louise.
MA N ]l-On 2nd September 1976, to Cpl. and Mrs.
PERRY-On 20th M ay 1976, to Cp l. and Mrs. P .
Perry, a son, Peter Anthony. S. M anji, a daughter, Rosemin J ane.
SCOTT-On 7th September 1976, to Pte. and Mrs.
WAKE-On 20th M ay 1976, to Lt. and Mrs. D. J .
W ake, a daughter, J ennifer K athleen. G . Scott, a da ughter, K athrina Georgina .
HO CKI NG S-On !I th September 1976, to Pte. and
HARCUS-On 23rd M ay 1976, to Ca pt. and Mrs.
J. M . Harcus, a son, H arry Daniel. Mrs. B. H ockings, a daughter, K err y Frances.
MARTIN-On 14th September 1976, to Pte. and
DONALD-On 27th M ay 1976, to Cpl. and Mrs.
I. T. Donald, a daughter, Stephanie Yvonne Mrs. P . M artin, a daughter, Suzanne Jennifer.
Agne s. WOODWARD-On 23 rd September 1976, to Cpl.
and Mrs. W oodwa rd, a daugh ter, K erry J ane.
C AFFERY-On 24th Sept. 1976, to L / Cpl. and
Mrs. E . Caffery, a daughter, J acqueline M arie.
ELLI S- On 15th Oct. 1976, to Pte. and Mrs. C.
Ellis, a son, Steven Michael.
MARRIAGES JA COB S-PERRYMAN . O n 24th Jul y 1976, at
Catterick, L/ C pl. R. A. J aco bs to Miss S usan
BLANC HARD-TREGEMBO . On 6th March 1976, J oyne Perr yman.
at Cornwall Registrar Office, Pte. R. Blanchard
to Mi ss Rosemary Tregembo. DORAN-WHITMA N. On 3 1st Jul y 1976, at Nor-
wood, S/ Sgt. J. Doran to Miss Patricia Whitman .
PIER CE-ROUTLEDGE . On 13th March 1976, in
London, Pte. P . Pierce to Miss Elizabeth Jane C ASEY-BURTON. On 4th August 19 76, at Roch-
Rout ledge . dale, Pte. S . J. Casey to Miss G aynor E lizabeth
Burton.
COLEMAN-COLEMAN. On 20th March 1976,
C pl. C. Coleman to Mrs. Iris M arie Coleman. COLLIER-THOMPSON . On 7th August 1976, at
Cleveland, Pte. E . C. Collier to Miss P atricia
CAVANAGH-S C HRODER. On 25th March 1976, Thompson .
in West G ermany, Pte. D . Cavanagh to Miss
Elsabeth Kornelia Schroder. LARBEY-SIMMONS . On 7th August 1976, at
Brighton, Pte. A. K. Larbey to Miss Linda Ann
LESLIE-BENDAL. On 26th March 1976, at Simmons.
H arrow, Pte. J. L. Leslie to Miss Judith Anne
Bend al. RUSSELL-JONES . On 7th August 1976, at
Coventry, Pte. J . P. Ru ssell to M iss Pamela Jones.
SALT-SMITH. On 27th March 1976, at Enth,
Kent, Pte. C. Salt to Mtss Francts Smtth. THORNE-SILVA . On 8th August 1976, a t Bel ize,
L/Cpl. E . C. Thorne to Miss Ca rmelita Petrona
RICHERT-LOVELL. On 3rd April 1976, in Lon- Silva.
don, Pte. C. Richer! to Miss Harrier Jane Hartley
Lovell . ACWORTH-LING . On 14th August 1976, at
Compton, Surrey, Ca pt. J . C. Acworth to M iss
NORMAN-FIELDS . On 9th April 1976, at Chat- Di ana M abel Sarel Ling, twin daughter of the
ham, K ent, Pte. R . Norman to Miss Janice Colonel of the Regiment and Mrs. Ling.
Field s.
HUSHER-CARTER . On 16th August 1976, at
DUNNJNG-TOWNER. On lOth April 1976, at Isleworth, Middx ., Pte. R. P . Hushe r to Miss
N ew Town Aycliffe, Co. Durham, Cpl. I. Patricia Ann Carter.
Dunning to Mi ss Maureen Towner.
MORROW-CROUCHER . On 21 t August 1976,
C HJCOT-RYAN. On 17th April 1976, at Man- at Deptford, Pte. G . D . Morrow to Miss Susan
chester, L/ Cpl. R . Chicot to Miss Patricia Ryan . Elizabeth Croucher.
CRANE-KOZAKIEWICZ. On 8th May 1976, at STREET-ADAMS. On 21 st August 1976, at
Woodcote, Pte. K. Crane to Miss Teresa Ellen Rochester, K ent, S/ Sgt. B. L. R. Street to Miss
Kozakiewicz. Rosemary Ann Adams.
RUSSELL-PYBURN. On 29th May 1976, at TAYLOR-STODDART. On 25 th August 1976,
Washington, Cpl. P. W . F. Russell to Eil een at Hereford, Cpl. A. Taylor to Mrs. J. C.
Pyburn. Stoddart.
DALY-GUERRA . On 5th June 1976, at Belize, RAYMOND-STEVENSO N. On 28th August 1976,
Pte. T. Daly to Miss Pamela Guerra. at Lambeth, London, Pte. T. Raymond to Miss
Sally Patricia Diane Stevenson.
BOYD-REDGELL. On 12th June 1976, at
Folkestone, Pte. R . Boyd to Miss Diedre Lesley WATT-ROMERO . On 28th August 1976, at Belize,
Rcdgcll. L/ C pl. B. M . Watt to Miss Martha Anadel y
C:AMPBELL-WAGENER . On 16th June 1976, at Romero .
Manchester, L / Cpl. L. Campbell to Miss Rentat
Waltrout Wagener. C AMILLE-CABIGAO . On 4th September 1976, at
Royston, Sgt. B. Camille to Miss Leticia Centeno
NICOL-CRADDOC K. On 19th June 1976, at C abigao .
Barnet, H erts, Pte . G . Nicol to Miss Michelle
Susan Craddock. MARLOW-MANZANERO. On 4th September
1976, at Gillingham, Kent, Pte. P . J , Marlow
WRJGHT-WINSTON. On 19th June 1976, at to Miss Martha Eduvivis Manzanero .
Stepney, Pte . W . L. Wright to Miss Sylvia
Winston. C LARK-WELLS . On 16th September 1976, at
Salisbury, Pte. M . N . Clark to Miss Susan Ann
BULLARD-SHARP. On 26th June 1976, at Lon- W ell s.
don, Pte. D. Bullard to Miss Sandra Elizabeth
Sharp. NETTLE!NGHAM-NEWCOMBE. On 18th
September 1976, at C hristchurch, Pte. M . J .
POLLITT-COLLINS . On 1st July 1976, at N ettleingham to Miss J acqueline Ann N ewcombe.
Watcher, Pte. G . Pollitt to Miss Lorraine Collins.
LONG-BEASLEY. On 25 th September 1976, Pte.
GOLDSMITH-BAPTIST. On 3rd July 1976, at P . L. Long to Miss C hristina M argaret Beasley.
Belize, Pte. M . P. Goldsmith to Miss Violet
Youlamae Baptist. HOPKINS-CLARK. On 2nd October 1976, at
Egerton, Pte. T . J . Hopkins to Miss Ena Janice
McOSCAR-HALL. On 3rd July 1976, at Folkestone, Cl ark.
Pte . A. McOscar to Miss Moire Mary Hall .
GILLEN-TOYNBEE . On 16th October 19 76, at
DELL-GILLETT. On lOth July 1976, at W est F olkestone, Pte. J. Gillen to M iss Lorainne Ann
Dra yton, Pte . R . D ell to Miss Elaine Ann Gillett. Toynbee.
WORKMAN-BOSLEY. On 13th July 1976, at BENCE-HOWLAND . On 4 Sept. 1976, at Ri ver,
Birmingham, L/ Cpl. S . D . Workman to Mi ss L/C pl. B. E . G . Bence to Miss Violet H owland.
Patricia Bosley.
TALBOT-STO N E . On 2nd O ct. 1976, at F arnl y,
TRICKETT-MOORHOUSE. On 17th July 1976, Leeds, Pte. M . A. T albot to Miss Patricia Ann
at Whitlington, D erb yshire, Bdsm. M . Trickett S t o n e.
to Miss Christine Susan Moorhouse.
Mr. Jack Chaffer, MM presides over the cutting of the cake at the wedding of Capt. John Acworth to Diana,
twin daughter of the Colonel of the Regiment and Mrs. Fergus Ling
FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES Capt. R. M. Jackson and Miss J. J. Llewelyn
Capt. John Russell-Jones, RE and Miss Stella Barrett The engagement is announced between Ca pt .
The engagement is announced between Ca pt. Richard Jackson, yo unger son of Mr. and Mrs. T .
J ackson of Alton, and Josephine, yo ungest daughter
John Russell-Jones, RE, elder son of Lt.-Col. and of Mr. and Mrs. R . S . Llewelyn of Winchester.
Mrs. P. R . Russell-Jones, of C hattenden, K ent, and
Stella, elder daughter of M aj. and Mrs. D . P . R . ***
Barrett, of H orsham, S ussex.
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. J. P. S. Mills and Miss A. J. Clark (ex tract fr om Tim es of I ndia)
DURTNELL-STEPHEN S . On 20th November,
The engagement is announced between Lt. J ames 1926, at Ghorpuri Church, Poona, India, Lieut.
Peter Steward Mills, twin son of the late Dr. Peter C yril Streeter Durtnell, 1st Bn. The Queen's
Mills and Mrs. W. A. Raper and Stepson of Mr. Own Ro yal West Kent Regt., younger son of
W. A. Raper, MBE of Battle, and Alexandra Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Durtnell of Sevenoaks, to
daughter of Commander G . Clarke, R N (Ret'd.) and Constance C lare Stephens, only daughter of
Mrs. Clarke of Etchingham . Lieut-Col. and Mrs. Stephens of Sevenoaks.
Now at Home Wood, H artfield, Sussex.
Mr. C . P. Barrow and Miss F. J. S. Pitts
Su bmitted by M aj. ( R etd.) R. f . D urm ell
The engagement is announced between Charles
Peter, son of M aj. and Mrs. Peter Barrow of Lewes ( for m erly RWK, Queens Ow11 B uffs and Q u ee11s)
and Fiona J ane S ava ry, onl y daughter of the late Dr . son of Lt .-Co l. C. S. Du rn~ell, O BE (ret ired RWK
G. Pitts and Mrs. Willi am Scott-Cole of St. Law- J/4/38) whose Golde n Wedding was celebrated on
rence, Jersey. 2 Nov. 1976.
Mr. R. C. Swanson and Miss C. J. Jenkins
The engagement is announced between Lt. Rob in
Swanson, RE, yo ungest son of M a j. and Mrs. P . R .
Swanson of Whitchurch and Carolyn, daughter of
M aj. and Mrs. D . R . J enkins of BFPO 16.
DEATHS 67
GRIERSON-On 15th F eb., 1976, Maj . K enneth SMIT H-O n 16th M ay, 1976, one month after the
G . Grierson; served in The East Surrey Regt. dea th of his wife, Sgt. J ames William Sm ith ,
during and after the 1939--45 War. Joe ( as he aged 63. Served in T he Queen's Ro ya l Regt.
was alwa ys known ) was a most likeable person from 1931 to 193 8.
and popular with all ranks.
LEO N-On 2 1st M ay, 1976, M aj . H enr y Cecil Leon,
POND-On 3rd Mar., 1976, Ka y, wife of M aj. B. A . M C, aged 73. ( See O bituary).
Pond, MBE, The Queen's Own Royal West
K ent R egt., suddenly at home in Maidstone while GEARY-On 28 th M ay, 1976, in his 85 th year, M a j.
recovering from influenza . Benj amin H andley Geary, VC. ( See Obituary ) .
COWELL- On 26th March, 1976, Mr. Waiter Ralph SMITH-On 30th M ay, 1976, Mr. Herbert Wi ll iam
Hordon Cowell, late L/ Cpl., The Buffs. ( " Gunboa t" ) Smith, D CM , formerl y Sergeant ,
11th Bn . The Queen's Own R oya l W est K ent
MOTT-On 30th March, 1976, Callum P aul, son of Regt. Prev iously Roya l East K ent M ounted
Pte. and Mrs. P . Mott, at Catterick. Rifl es.
HOWARD-On 6th April, 1976, CSM Charles KEMPSTER-On 9th June, 1976, M a j. G . W .
Howard, aged 67 . Served in both Regular K empster, aged 77 . Served with the M iddlesex
battalions of The Ea st Surrey R egt. from 1927 R egt. ( D C O ) 191 6 to 194 5.
to 1942, and in the Royal Pioneer Corps for
a further six years. WAKERALL-On 13th June, 1976, at Sa ndwic h,
Mr. Henr y Thomas W aker all, late T he Buff\,
GIRLING-On 2 1st April, 1976, Mrs. J ane M ary aged 70.
Barbara Girling, wife of M a j. M . E . Girling,
The Queen 's R egt., daughter of Lt.-Col. J . H . I· LLEWELLYN-On 20th June, 1976, Co l. J ohn
Johnson and twin sister of Maj . J . V. W arner- William Peters Llewell yn, OBE , aged 60 . After
Johnson . 20 yea rs service in The South L ancash ire Regt.
H e joined 5th Bn . The Queen's Royal R egt.
BRADING-On 23rd April, 1976, Mrs. H elen (TA ) and served until 1963. ( See Obi tuary).
Margaret Brading, wife of Brig. N . B. Brading.
HARPER-On 2 1st June, 1976, W O II ( CS M ) J .
STERLING-On 24th April, 1976, Cpl. Philip H arper, aged 73. Served with the Middlesex
Edward Thomas Sterling, aged 56. Served in Regt. ( D C O ) 1921 to 1945.
The Queen's Royal Regt. from 193 8 to 194 ; .
( See Obituary). MA C KLIN-On 23rd June, 1976, Lt.-Col. P au l
Herbert M ackl in, OBE , late The Quee n's Own
COX-On 25th· April, 1976, M aj. George Arthur R oya l K ent Regt., aged 76. ( See Obituary ).
Cox, MBE, MSM, late The Buffs.
MIRIAMS-On 1st Jul y, 1976, Lt.-Col. S . Miri ams,
LEWIS- On 27th April, 1976, Mr. Sidney M ye r M C, TD, aged 82. Served with the Midd lesex
Lewis, late The Bull s. Regt. ( D CO ) 19 16 to 193 5 and 1939 to 1945.
NEVILL- On 28th April, 1976, CSM Sidney N evill. HEATHFIELD-On 4th Jul y, 1976, Sgt. H erbert
H e joined the ! / 6th Queen's from the Devons Arthur H eathfi eld, aged 70. Served in The E ast
in Sept., 1939 and in 1940, transferred to the S urrey Regt. from 1925 to 1932 and from 1939
2/ 6th Queen' s, serving with that battalion until to 1943 .
wounded at Rimini in Sept. 1944 .
LONG-On 9th Jul y, 1976, C pl. J . Long, aged 4 7.
IRWIN-On 30th April, 1976, Lt.-Col. Alfred Served with the Middlesex Regt. ( D C O ) 1950
Percy Bulteen lrwin, DSO, aged 88 . Served in to 1968.
The East Surrey Regt. from 1909 to 1928 . ( See
O b i t u a ry ). GILL- On 11th Jul y, 1976, Capt. J ohn H arold .
Served in The Queen 's Ro ya l R egt. from 1936
WATTS- During May, 1976, Mr. Horace Watts, to 1945.
late The Queen's Own Royal West K ent Regt.,
6th and 8th Bns., aged 85. RAWLINSON-On 12th Jul y, 1976, C pl. R . W .
R awlinson, aged 50. Served with the Middlesex
PONSFORD-On 4th May, 1976, Mrs. Jud y R egt. ( D C O ) 1947 to 1956.
Ponsford, widow of Lt.-Col. ]. F. K . Ponsford
who served in The Queen 's Royal Regt. from SCOUSE-On 14th Jul y, 1976, Pte. A. C . S couse,
19 18 to 1945 . aged 56. Served with the Middlesex Regt. ( D CO )
1940 to 1946.
GOODFELLOW- On 6th May, 1976, Mrs. Noni
Goodfellow, wife of Capt. D. R . Goodfellow, C REMER-On 16th Jul y, 1976, Lt.-Col. H . L.
The E ast Surrey Regt. C remer, MBE, DL, JP, late The Buffs, aged
82. ( See Obituary ).
HUMBERSTONE-On 9th M ay, 1976, C/ Sgt.
Francis James Humberstone, aged 73. Served in EWART-BIGGS-On 2 1st Jul y, 1976, C hristopher
The East Surrey Regt. between the Wars, and Ewart-Biggs, C MG, OBE, British Am bassado r
will be remembered as an all-round sportsman. to Eire, aged 54. ( See Obituary) .
During the 1939--4 5 War, 'Humbo' served in
the 4th Nigerian Regt. in W est Africa and in PECKHAM- On 23rd Jul y, 1976, M a j. D . G .
Burma. H e also served as a Lieutenant in the Peckham, aged 58. Served with the R oya l A rm y
Surrey ACF from 1946 to 1954. P ay Corps and was Unit P aymas ter to the 1st
Bn . Middlesex Regt. ( D C O ) 1960 to 1966. ( His
BIC KHAM- On 12th May, 1976, Corinne Louise widow died on 5th Oct. 1976 ).
Ann, wife of Cpl. K . Bickham at Ro ys ton,
H e r t s. BENNELL-On 27th Jul y, 1976, Pte. A . W . Bennell ,
aged 81. Enlisted in the 4th Queen' s R oyal W est
ROBICHAUD- On 14th May, 1976, Leon Raoul Surrey Regt. (TA ) on 2 Sep . 1914.
Adoris, son of L / Cpl. and Mrs. D . Robichaud.
BALDWIN- On 29th Jul y, 1976, at Tiverton,
LITTLE-On 15th May, 1976, Mr. E . Little, ex- D evon, Lt. F . E . W. Baldwin, The Buff s 1900-
4th Bn. The Buffs and Vice-Chairman of 1904, later Lt.-Col. Ind ian Army, aged 96.
Folkestone, H ythe and District Branch ( See
Obituary). SILLEM-On 1st August, 1976, L t. J ames H erbert,
aged 78. Served in The Queen's R oyal R egt.
from 191 6 to 1923 .
68
LO C H-On 2nd August, 1976, in Cyprus, Mrs. D UFFIELD- On 7th September, 1976, at P aignton,
M aj. George William Duffi eld, late The Queen's
Peggy Loch, widow of Brig. Douglas Gordon Own Royal W est K ent Regt., aged 72. ( See
Loch, OBE, who served in The Queen's Ro ya l Obituary) .
Regt. from 193 1 to 1963. FIRMAN-On 8th September, 1976, Dann y M ark,
son of Pte. and Mrs. T. Firman, at Salisbury.
KENDALL-SADLER-On 5th August, 1976, Lt. -
WRIGHT- On 16th September, 1976, at M aidstone,
Col. E . C. K endall-Sadler, aged 66. Served with Mr. J . E. (J ack ) Wright, late The Queen 's Own
the Middlesex R egt. (D CO ) from 1930 to 1945. Roya l W est K ent Regt.
BETTS-On 13th August, 1976, Mr. A . H . Betts,
BROWN-On 16th September, 1976, Cpl. R . W .
late The Queen's Own Roya l W est K ent R egt. Brown, aged 60 . Served with the Middlesex
PUNNETT -On 20th August, 1976, at Canterbur y, Regt. ( D CO ) from 1933 to 1946.
Mr. Thomas R eginald Punnet!, late The Buff s, BUTCHER-On 16th September, 1976, P erc y, who
served in The Queen's R oya l Regt. from 1939
aged 62 . to 1946 and again from 1952 to 1957 when he
transferred to the RAPC. H e retired as a WOII
HUGHES-On 20th August, 1976, at M ount in 1974.
Alvernia Nursing Home, Guildford, aged 7 1,
Lady Eileen D ora Hughes, widow of the late HOWLETT-On 18th September, 1976, Alfred
J ames, aged 65, who served in The East Surrey
M aj.-Gen. Ivor T . P . Hughes, K C VO, C B, Regt. from 1929 to 1933 and agai n from 1940
CBE, DSO, M C, form erl y of The Queen 's Roya l to 1946.
R egt., Commander of 44 ( H C) Div., Honorary
BARTHOLOMEW-On 20th September, 1976,
Colonel of the 6th Bn . The Queen 's Royal R egt. RQMS William George, aged 90 . Served in The
(TA ), and Sergeant of Arms of the House of East S urrey Regt. from 1903 to 1920. H e was
Commons. L ady Hughes was a kindly, Christian also a member of the J ersey Branch of The
Eas t Surrey Regt. OCA.
woman, who endeared herself to all who knew
her. Throughout her life she took a keen interest WILLIAMS- On 21 st September, 1976, Mr. Thomas
in the activities of the Regiment, regularl y Edwa rd Williams, aged 84 .
attending the R egimental Association Church
PILDITC H-On 24th September, 1976, M aj. Ivor
Services right up until June 1976 when she also P ilditch, TO, late The Queen's Own R oya l W est
attended the Centenary Celebrations in Stoughton Kent Regt., aged 83.
Barracks. She leaves a son and three daughters.
WATTS- On 24th September, 1976, at Folkestone,
SYKES-WRIGHT- On 29th August, 1976, Brig. M a j. ( QM ) Arthur Edward ( DODO ) Watts,
MBE, TD, late The Queen's Own Ro ya l West
J ames (Jimmy ), aged 67. Served in The Queen's K ent R egt., aged 77. (See Obituary).
Royal Regt. from 1929 to 1960 and was Cha ir-
man of The Queen's Ro yal Surrey Regt. Officers' OVERELL- On 28th September, 1976, Lt.-Col.
A. N . Overell, aged 78. Served with the Middle-
C lub from April 1960 to October 1964 ( See sex R egt. ( D CO) from 191 7 to 1947 .
Obituary ).
SELBY-BOOTHROYD-On 2nd October, 1976, at
SMITH-On 1st September, 1976, Cpl. G . J . Smith, D artford, M a j. Charles Selby-Boothroyd, I SO,
TO, late The Queen's Own R oyal W est K ent
MM, aged 84. Served with the Middlesex R egt. Regt. ( See Obituary ).
( D C O ) from 1909 to 1921.
BRUCE-On 1st September, 1976, M a j. Robert PENNELS-On 4th October, 1976, Sidney, G , OBE,
ISO, MSM . Served in the 7th Bn. The Queen 's
Graham Dalzel, aged 65 . Served in The East Royal Regt. during the 1914-1 8 W ar, and
Surrey R egt. from 1931 to 1955. ( See Obituary ) . previou sl y.
RATHBONE-On 5th September, 1976, In Pen-
sioner A R athbone, aged 70. Served with the FLETCHER- On lOth October, 1976, at P etersfi eld,
Queen's Own R oyal West K ent R egt. from 1924 Brig. J ack Spencer Fletcher, CBE, aged 48, who
served in The Queen's Own R oyal W est Kent
to 1932; The Middlesex R egt. ( DCO ) from Regt. ; The Queen 's Own Buff s, The Royal K ent
Regt.; The Queen's R egt. and The Staff. (Sec
1939 to 1944, and ACC from 1944 to 1945. Obituary ) .
Was a Chelsea Pensioner from 197 1 to 1976.
KEMP-On 6th September, 1976, at Gillingham, FERGUSON- On 19th October, 1976, Pte. R . H .
Mr. C. K emp, late The Queen's Own R oyal F erguson, aged 81. Served with the Middlesex
W est K ent Regt. Regt. (D CO ) from 1914 to 191 8.
ESSELL-On 6th September, 1976, at M orpeth,
M a j. L. M . S . Essell, late The Buffs, aged 80.
DONOVAN-On 6th September, 1976, in London,
Mr. J. G. D onovan, late The Queen's Own
Royal W est Kent Regt.
GREEN--On 6th September, 1976, Capt. R. F.
Green . Served with the Middlesex Regt . ( D CO )
from 1941 to 1944.
BRIG. J. S . FLETCHER, CBE Obituaries---------.
Lieutenant-General Sir l ames Wilson writes: just before he is due to break out fully into the
big time. J ack F letcher who died on October I 0
(ex tracted fr om an Obituary notice in Th e T i mes1 was just such a m an. After a brilliant career both
19 Oct., 76) . as a staff officer and as a r egimental soldier his
early promi se had recentl y been consummated by
Every military generation has its stars, and it his selection for promotion to Major-General at
is always specially sad when one of those clearly the early age of 48 and he was due next year to
earmarked for high positions in the Army dies have taken over one of the key commands in hi s
new rank.
69
OBITUARIES-continued. crowning glory must surely have been as Com-
mander of Dhofar Area from 1972 to 1974.
A true Man of Kent, his family coming from During this most testing period, he was largely
Romney Marsh, he was first commissioned into responsible for bringing to an end the long drawn
the Royal W est Kents in 1948. Subsequently he out war against the insurgents and for this he
had a varied and uniformly distinguished career gained hi s CBE as well as the highest award from
at both staff and regimental duty before assuming HM The Sultan.
command of the 2nd Battalion the Queen's Regi-
ment in 1969. He proved himself an exceptional Whilst DMS( l ) at the Mini stry, Jack became
Commanding Officer; at the start of the Northern ill and, after a most courageous fight, fin all y
Ireland emergency his battalion was stationed at succumbed on October IOth, whilst at home in
Holywood and J ack Fletcher was one of those P etersfield with his devoted family .
whose leadership and example in the earl y days
of the emergency set that tone of moderation and Hi s wife, Mary, was a tower of strength to
restraint since so widely admi red and now taken J ack throughout his distinguished career and par-
almost for granted. ticu larly so at the end; I understand that Richard
and P atri cia, their chi ldren, we re also a wonderful
But it was his performance as a higher com- comfort to Mary during those last dark da ys. T o
mander while seconded to the Sultan of Muscat's them all, go our deepest sympathy.
Armed Forces from 1972 to 1974 which rea ll y
singled him out as one of the coming men in the The funeral at St. P eters, Petersfield on Fri-
Army. Always beloved by those he led, his drive day 15th October was attended by a great
and enthusiasm made him an exceptional Brigade multitude of Regimental and other friends from
Commander in the Dhofar War which, but for far and wide.
his professional ability and determination, could
easily have gone the other way. Among the very large congregation, who came
to pay tribute to his memory were:
Latterly as Deputy Military Secretary, J ack's
wisdom, understanding of others and sympath y From the Regiment
for his fellow men, enabled him to make an ex- Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard and Lady Craddock,
ception al contribution in a most important job in
the Ministry of Defence. H ad he lived he was to M aj.-Gen. Fergus Ling, M aj.-Gen. and Mrs.
have been the Deputy Co lonel (Kent) of the Roddy Fyler, M aj. -Gen. and Mrs. Dennis Talbot,
Queen's R egiment, an ap pointment which would M aj.-Gcn. and Mrs. Charles Tarver, Brig. and
not only ha ve given him immense pleasure but Mrs. Geoffrey H owlett, Col. and Mrs. Raymond
even wider opportunities of serving his Regiment Grace, Lt.-Col. Robert Butler, Lt.-Col. and Mrs.
in the county from which he sprang. His many C rispin Champion, Lt.-Col. P at Elgood, Lt.-Col.
friends inside his Regiment, and more widely in Nigel Knocker, Lt.-Col. Mike Newall, Lt.-Col.
the rest of the Army, will join in expressi ng their and Mrs. Alan Packham, Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Eric
condo lences to his wife and family. Altogether Ransley and Miss R ansley, M aj . Mike Archer,
J ack Fletcher was a man whom the Army can M a j. Bertie Blake, M aj . Desmond Butler ( also
ill afford to spare. representing the CinC UKLF), M aj . Andrew
Cowing, M aj. and Mrs. Brian Finch, M aj. and
M aj. Guy Weymouth writes: Mrs. Phi! Goodwin, M aj . Chris Grove, M aj. P at
Gwillian, M a j. and Mrs. J ohn H olman, Maj .
All members of the Regimental fami ly, as Raymond Low, M aj. and Mrs. R obert M oss, M aj .
well as many others, were horrified and saddened and Mrs. P eter P ackham, Maj . R eg Palmer, Maj .
by Jack Fletcher's death, after a long illness, born Clive St. John Perry, Maj. and Mrs. George
with tremendous, though predictable courage. Simpson, M aj. and Mrs. Guy Weymouth, Capt.
Nicholas Cann, Capt. P eter Cook, Capt. Micky
The Regiment's most distinguished serving Gwilliam, Capt. Mike J elf, Capt. Peter McLelland,
officer would undoubtedly have reached very high Capt. J ames M yles, Capt. Peter Tawell, Capt.
rank in his profession and his untimely death is M errick Willis, Mrs. Charles Leigh Tarver, Mrs.
a tragic loss, not only to the Regi ment but to the Hugh Tarver and WO! Barrel!.
Army.
P all Bearers from the 2nd Bn. were : WO 1
I first got to know J ack and Mary well at Prudence, W02 R owney, W02 Gill, C / Sgt. M ead,
the Queen's Own Roya l West Kent Depot in Sgts. Anderson, Wells, and Wilson .
1957 when J ack was my Adjutant. It was quite
evident, even then, that he was a "ftyerH and his From the Ministry of Defence
subsequent achievements provide eloquent testimon y Lt.-Gen. Sir Patrick and Lady Howard
to my early predictions.
Dobson ( MS ), M aj.-Gen . Cooper ( DASD-
H avi ng made his mark as a Platoon Com- representing No. 2 Board ), Brig. and Mrs. J . B.
mander in Malaya and, much later, as a Company Akehurst ( DMS ( A )) , Mrs. Trant ( representing
Commander in Guyana with the Queen's Own Brig. R. B. Trant-DMS ( B )) , Col. and Mrs .
Buffs (where he was made a MBE for gallantry), G. H. Watkins (AMS MS ( SB )), Lt.-Col. and
J ack's promotion to command the 2nd Bn. The Mrs. Pim ( AMS MS! ) , Lt.-Col. T. G reen ( AMS
Queen's R egiment was a foregone conclusion. That MS 5 ) , Lt.-Col. G. J. M aughan ( DAMS MS! ),
battalion, the first of the R egiment to become Lt.-Col. K. G . A lien ( DAMS MS ( SB )) , M aj .
embroiled in the Northern Ireland conflict in 1969, A . S. Baines (DAMS M S6 ) also Brig . and Mrs.
won such wide acclaim in the Service under Jack's M . J . Tomlinson .
command that it ensured his personal future
success: it also gained him his OBE, again for Diplomatic
gallantry. His Excellency the Amba ssador of the
J ack also excelled in various staff appoint- Sultanate of Oman.
ments and at all the Staff Colleges, but his A private Cremation Service at Chichester,
took place after the fune ral.
;;----- OBITUARIES-continued. I got to know him well and had seen him, a
month before his death, with his wife at my home.
Ma11 y ot her tributes to th e m em ory of Brig.
Flcccher have been received but, owing to lack of Harry did not go in much for games. At
space, could not be reprodu ced here- Ed. school he had a crack at R ugger because he thought
he ought, but didn ' t much like it and, in his
JOHN WILLIAM PETERS LLEWELLYN own words, "was not mobile enough for it. " He
was not a soldier and he did not profess to be
John Llewellyn joined the 5th Bn. The one; he stated, in writing, that he learnt nothing
Queen 's Royal Regt. in 1959 and took over from the Army except the form of " Military
command in 1960. He originally joined the South Appreciation". H e regarded regular soldiers-me
Lancashire Regt. ( T.A .) just before the war and in particular-as rather stupid . His only exception
stayed on after as a regular until retiring in was "Monty", for whom he had the highest regard
1958; he then worked for Shell M ex. and admiration; but then, of course, they were
both at St. P auls ! H e thought it unnecessary to
The 5th Bn. was very fortunate in having be really tidy in his dress and appearance-and
such a first class CO, especially when the as for his desk!!; it was always littered with books,
amalgamations took place in 1961 and he ha• papers and odds and ends. H e will probably be
to forge 3rd Queen's Surreys into a happy and best remembered by all ranks of the old 5 Queens
efficient battalion at annual camp at Plasterdown. for his nightly discou rse on a variety of topics-
This difficult task he carried out with tact, firm- witty and far from dull-on board ship en route
ness and real understanding of all the problems, for the Western Desert. He wa s apt to regard any
and the battalion undoubtedly became one of the order as unnecessary but would carry it out
best T.A. units in the Country. H e was awarded punctiliously after pointing out its errors and
the OBE in 1963 and then became the Training arguing in accordance with his own professional
Colonel of 47 Infantry Bde. (T.A. ) training. He was awarded the Military Cross for
his sheer refusa l to be intimidated by every kind
Although not a Queensman till late in hi s of enemy projectile when taking the support
career, John certainly quickly became one and was weapons of the battalion through the gap in the
extremely popular with all ranks, as was shown " J anuary" minefield at the beginning of the Battle
by the number of inquiries once it was known h of Alamein.
was so ill, and by the visits he received in hospital
from old members of the battalion. Though outwardly rather grim, Harry was a
genuine and sincere person with a great sense of
H e leaves a son and a daughter. humour; a family man who inspired real affection.
J.B.H.K. He will be missed. Our sympathy goes to his wife
LT.-COL. A. P. B. IRWIN B a r ba ra.
Alfred Percy Bulteen Irwin, who has died L.C.E.
at the age of 88, was the only officer in The East
Surrey R egt. to be awarded three DSOs. Com- MAJ. B. H. GEARY, VC
missioned in 1909, Irwin was posted to the 2nd
Bn., and on the outbreak of war to the 8th Bn . With the death of Handley Geary, the Regi-
with which his name will always be associated. ment loses the last of the three " Hill 60" VCs.
The Regimental History records, " Appointed to This key point near Ypres, held by the 1st Bn .
the unit in the early days of the war as Adjutant, The &!st Surrey Regt., wa s subjected to repeated
he preserved an almost unbroken connection with German attacks. As his VC citation says, " Each
it throughout the campaign. By his unfailing en- attack was, however, repulsed, mainly owing to the
thusiasm and remarkable abilities, he soon gained splendid personal gallantry and example of 2/ Lt.
a great reputation throughout the 18th Division. Geary. " It was here that he was severely wounded,
In June 1916, Maj. Irwin was appointed to losing his left eye. It was not until Jan. 191 8 that
command the Battalion and, save for a short Geary was able to return to the 1st Bn. There
break while wounded and several spells as Brigade appea red no possibility of his being passed fit
Commander, he commanded the 8th Surreys until for active service but by certain devious means,
its disbandment. He gained the DSO and two Geary, now a captain, succeeded in rejoining his
bars, and had been four times mentioned in old battalion. It was not long before he was in the
despa tches. Fe,w will forget the zeal, tact, ability thick of it again. Commanding a company at th r
and personal charm of this ga llant officer to whom Battle of Albert in Aug. 191 8, he was severely
the Battalion owed so much". wounded at Achiet le Petit. There is a photo-
graph of him being carried off the battlefield by
In the four years of the Great W ar, the 8th Gennan prisoner stretcher bearers, his earlier face
Bn. gained 8 DSOs, 54 MCs, 35 DCMs and 181 wound being clearly visible. This time he was not
MMs. Quiet and unassuming, Col. Irwin radiated expected to live, but as one brother officer has
a vitality and strength of character. He will be said, "Handley appeared indestructible."
remembered as one of the most outstanding wartime
leaders of The East Surrey Regt . During the 1939--45 War, Geary served in
the Canadian Army, retiring in 1946 with the
HARRY LEON rank of major. He then became a Civil Servant
My most persistent memory of Harry was his and served for many years as Sergeant at Arms
"guts" and determination to achieve whatever h~* of the Ontario Legislative Assembly. Handley
Geary regularly attended the VC and GC
set out to do. Association Reception and this year there was a
This is not an official obituary of Henry charming picture of the Queen talking to him in
his wheel chair at Windsor Castle; he was by then
Cecil, the di stinguished playwright and author, nor
of him as a successful Barrister and later Judge;
it is a personal reminiscence of him as a man. He
was my Adjutant during the 1939/ 45 War so that
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OBITUARIES- continued. jimmy was ve ry modest. He was a dedicated,
efficient sold ier and a fin e commande r, extremely
despera tely ill and had come straight from a popula r with all ranks. H e was absolutely honest;
hosp ital bed where he had been for five weeks. He he wo uld say what he thought and his integrity
had been wa rned of the possible consequences o f
the journey but, as so often in his long life, was was cast iron. Jimrn y had a grea t sense of humour;
undismayed. H e died shortl y after his return to was full of jokes and could always see the funn y
Canada. In a letter written a few days before his side of things. The Regiment has lost one more
death, H andley sa id, " I'm still hobbling fro m fin e and popular soldier, and our very sincere
chair to chair but always hoping for better things. "
This is typ ica l of the gallant and high-hea rted sympath y goes to his wife Betty.
happiness with which thi s exceptional man faced J.B.H .K .
life. MAJ. R. G. D . BRUCE
P. E. T. STERLING Perhaps Bob Bruce's most marked
Phi! Sterling, who has died at the earl y age characteristic was his ga iety. H is was a s1mple
of 56, saw a lot of action during his seven years
of service. Enlisting in 1938, he served in the happ y nature and he had an immense capacity for
2nd Queen's in Palestine, Egypt, Syria and North
Africa. H e then transferred to the 2/ 6th Queen's enj oyment and a great love of life. H e also had
and slogged across the D esert agai n-this time as
far as Tunis. In 1943 Phi! was sent to the 5th a keen sense of the ludicrous and there must be
Bn. The Wiltshire Regt. landed in Normandy on
18 June 1946 and fought with that battalion up many readers who remember him convu lsed with
to the outskirts of Amhem where he sustai ned
multiple gunshot wounds resulting in his discharge laughter over some ridiculous happen ing.
the following yea r.
Although a la rge m an and not of a thletic
After the W ar, Phi! returned to Thornton
H eath, whe re he was born, and joined the H ospital build, Bob enj oyed most outdoor games and he
Service ( he had been H ead Porter at M ayday
Hospital for some yea rs). H e will be remembered was a determined player. H e was not a natural
as a quiet unassuming man, a good comrade m.
a loyal supporter of the Reg iment. horseman, but he became very enthusiastic about
BRIG. J. SYKES-WRIGHT, DSO, OBE all forms of riding, and he founded the most
Jimm y S ykes-Wright was born on the 4 successful T cl el Kebir Saddle C lub . For Bob
D ec. 1908 and went to Uppingham and Sandhurst
and was commissioned in The Queen's Ro yal Regt. was tremendously thorough in everything that he
on 29 J anuary 1929. He wa s one of three yo ung
officers termed "The Cr€che)l, who join the l st undertook ; h e wou ld take great pains to master
Bn. in Malta and who, with the old gang of
young officers from H ong-Kong days, formed a any subj ect tha t came his wa y. .
strong cadre, man y of whom went on to high
While in France in 1940, Bob was appom ted
command .
In 1939 he was an instructor at Sandhurst Adjutant of the 1st Bn. The East Surrey R egt.
and, during and after the war, held several regi- At the Battle of the E scaut on 22 M ay, the orde r
mental and staff appointments ending as Arm y
Adviser to the UK High Commissioner in Canada was given for the Brigade to withdraw and the
from 1958 to 1960, when he retired. H e became
Secreta ry of the H ertfordshire TA & AF Commanding Officer sent the Adjutant to the
Association in 1960 until the T erritorial Army
was reorganised in 1968, when he joined the forward companies to ensure they rece ived the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a tempora ry
civil servant dealing with war claims, working order. On the way, Bob's ca rrier wa s knocked out
there unti l he died suddenl y and peacefull y on
by shell fire and he continued his jou rney on foot .
29 August 1976
H e won a DSO in Italy and wa s awa rded Shortly afterwards he himself was wou nded a nd
the OBE in 1953. It might not be generall y known was taken prisoner when the enemy overran the
that he was taken prisoner in Italy but managed
po s ition .
to escape. During his five yea rs of captivity, Bob Bruce
H e had suffered with h ea rt trouble for some
never gave up tryi ng to esca pe. H e was involved
vears which inevitably restricted his great joy of
living. H e was extremel y interested in all form s in numerous plans for the escape of others, but
nf wild life and particularly enjoyed the study of
insects and birds about which he was very fin ally succeeded in getting away himself in April
knowledgeable. He wou ld have liked to have lived
in the country but, with his disability, this was 194 5. After the W ar, he served in the Middle
not possible and so, encouraged by his wife, he
took up painting as a hobb y which he greatly en- East and M alaya, retiring in 1955. He was later
joyed; he occasionally submitted his work at local
employed for several yea rs as a C ivil Servant in
exhibition s.
REME.
U nass uming a nd unselfi sh himself, Bob was
distrustful o f those who sought to impress or to
better themselves a t the expense of others. L oya lty
he ra ted high among the personal virtues and he
was saddened by those who let others down . For
all his easy going good nature, Bob could be
very determined and he would never comprom ise
on a matter of principle. This kind, generous, out-
wa rd looking m an brought much happiness to
others. One could not ask for a better friend .
P .G .E .H .
MAJ. G. W. DUFFIELD
Co l. T ony M m·ryn wr1 tes:-
G eorge Duffield died at hi s home at P aignton
on 7th September.
I first met him in 1929 when, with 'Crocus'
Andrews, I arri ved at Fort George, Guernsey, on
first commissioning, after a night channel crossing
so rough that it m akes me feel seasick to reca ll it.
As Officers' M ess Sergeant he was the first non-
commissioned r ank of the R egi ment on whom I
~--- OBITUARIES-continued. him to ensure we had no absentees- a father
figure.
set eyes. I could not have asked for a better
introduction. When 7 RWK, in Normandy was made a
mobile battalion in a hurr y agai n, 'Dodo' watched
Some years later I was Adjutant of the 2nd over the Adjutant working all night on his first
Bn. in Haifa during fairly hectic times. At one march table-welcome company!
of the not infrequent crisis points, the key job of
Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant fe ll un- On our advance to the Canal Du Nord, ' Dodo'
expectedly and suddenly vacant. The Colonel told was detached to pick up 35 Brcns and other arms
me that I could have anybody in the Bn. I to complete our war establishment and a large
wanted and I opted for George. It was one of reserve of sma ll arms ammunition at Albert from
the best moves I ever made. GHQ Reserve. The arms were all thick with grease
but 'Dodo' had them all cleaned and di stributed
In 1948 I was given Command of the 1st to our position s by daybreak.
Bn. then operating as training bn. at the Shorne-
cliffe Centre. By this time George had been When we were over-run in Albert some days
conm1issioned, risen to the rank of Major and later, 'Dodo' was so concerned at the loss of hi s
retired, and was employed as a civilian at the ' B' Echelon to the West of the town and with
Centre. He was just the same as ever.
whom he could not communicate. He was a most
George was intense ly loyal to, and proud of unwilling P.W. and his handling of his captors
hi s Regiment, and an able, quick thinking man. he lped him to be one of the first to be repatriated.
But the characteristics by which I shall particularly We met on my return from Australia in 1946 and
remember him were those of cheerfulness and he looked as cheeky as ever. He loved his days at
absolute straightforward honesty. Many people Shorncliffe and hated leaving the Service. A help-
possess the latter virtue, but from George it shone ful, kindly friend at all times- a good man.
out naturally like a beacon.
MAJ. CHARLES SELBY-BOOTHROYD,
He had not lived at Paignton for very long ISO, TD
but, if the numbers at his funeral are anything to
go by, his neighbours had not been slow to get the Lt.-Co l. R. W. H . Brown wriLes:-
message. "Selby", as he was genera ll y known, was a
Col. Martyu attmd ed the Fun eral on Friday great character, a great individuali st. A Yorkshire-
IOrh Sepcember at Mar/don Parish Church and man, he had a deep love for his adopted county
represe1zted The Queen's Own. In a leuer to him and I well remember the enthusiasm with which,
later Mr s. Duffield wrote:- in the earl y days of World W ar II , he assis ted
me in drafting a scheme for the defence of North
ttWould you please, if you can, co11Vey to East Kent when he felt 'his' beloved Canterbury
might be endangered.
General Talbot and all old friends of all ranks
our most sincere thmzks for all their sympathetic We first met at School, where he was much
letters." senior to me, but I remember then his enthusiasm
as a member of the O.T.C. and his great interest
MAJ. A. E. ('DODO') WATTS, MBE in all forms of sport and his academic brilliance.
Through his own untiring efforts he secured a very
Lr.-Col. R. W. H. Browu writes:- good external degree, rose rapidly in the Civi l
I first met 'Dodo' when he was P.S.I. with Service where his main interest la y in the Home
' C' Coy 5 RWK T.A. at Dartford in 193 8. Office work to con trol the drug traffic. In thi s he
Although I was mainly at Bromley at the time I earned a great reputation and had the greatest
was well aware of his enthusiasm and efficiency as
PSI and how well he understood the civilian admiration of the Police. H e was an enthusiastic,
soldiers with whom he was so popular and a father albeit unorthodox, T.A. Officer; a stri t
figure. He particularly endeared himself to the late di sciplinarian, always conscious of the well being
Maj. Charles Selby-Boothroyd and myself for his of the troops under his command, suffering fool s
interest in tse OTC of Dartford Grammar School badly and often openly critical of hi s superiors
whom he was always willing to help. whether Political, Civi l Servants or Military.
On the formation of 7 RWK, 'Dodo' was Hi s unorthodoxy in civil and military matters
commissioned as Quartermaster and on the out- often upset his superiors in command, but his
break of war had a difficult time with a widely great intelligence and for esight frequently proved
dispersed Battalion, shortage of supplies and some- him to be right. He had no time for "Yes Men"
what unknowledgeable staffs at Brigade and and this, doubtless, held him back from positions
Divisional Headquarters. He fought ceaselessly for which his undoubted ability, energy and intelligence
his men and against the 'amateur inefficiency'. warranted. He was utterly loyal to his friends.
This is when I really got to know him- late in
1939. I can now admit to trying to help by using When the T.A. was to be embodied prior to
some political influence with the local M.P. who the outbreak of war in 1939, he warned me of the
was horrified (as we were!) at the lack of socks, difficulties I might encounter with "the Darenth
beds and mattresses especially as we had received Valley Lethargy", words which I reco llect to this
our first conscript intake. Arthur got his supplies day as it was, and is, a first class psychological
and was happy although higher authority was
somewhat upset. assessment of the local situation .
As Adjutant of 7 RWK, when we arrived in
When I was appointed Adjutant only two
days before we embarked for France and received France early in 1940, I received his utmost support
a draft from the ITC Blandford, short of equip- when he commanded B Coy. He assisted me in
ment and unwarned for embarkation, 'Dodo' laying out our own local defence and incurred,
worked miracles and found time to keep an eye with me, the displeasure of our superiors through
on the 'raw' Adjutant and sat up all night with
our construction of an exercise to test our plans
73
OBITUARIES-continued. when he wa> killed. H e leave> a widow, and a
yo un g son and two daugh ters.
on the basis of arms and equipment we actu all y
had, not what we should ha ve h ad on p aper . LT.-COL. P AUL H ERBERT MACKLIN, OBE
W e met occasiona ll y a fter the W ar. His trans- L t.-Gcn. S ir 1¥1i/liam Olivcr writes:-
lation to the Board o f Trade was not a h app y one A lthough a full an d proper trib ute w ill be
as his qui ck gr as p of aff airs, his outspoken ideas,
his di• like of gove rnment by or for ex pediency, hi s pa id to the memory of the la te Lt.-Col. P . H .
love of truth and disr egard of person al ambition M acklin by those wh o knew h im we ll, yet I wou ld
often brought him into conflict with hi s detested like to ad d mine to an O ffi cer whose nickn a m e was
p lace seekers and politi ca l m as ters. H e was h app y a household word through out the R egi ment be -
to r eturn to the H ome Offi ce to pursue with hi s tween the wa rs.
grea t ener gy hi s fi ght against one of the evils
of the day. ' Micmac' was someone we a ll knew or thought
we knew, even thou gh some of us, Iikc m e, ha d
A gr eat m an , often misun de rstood, a great never served with h im and seldom met him .
brain, a grea t patriot, a good and lo ya l fri end-
that was S elb y. Th e nickn ame conjured up someone a m usi ng
and gay, an effici ent offi cer, sorn:wne with a qui et
MR. E. V. LITTLE ~ense o f hum our, who d idn 't take life too seri o usly.
Someone to whom the R egiment a lways came fir st,
Cap. IV. f . T yrre/1 wrires ·- and was liked and r espected by offi cers and men
a lik e.
Ernie, as he was affection ately known to his
many fri ends, was born of a res pected Folkestone T o some of us he beca me the pe rfect batchelor,
famil y. I first knew him when he came in service though wh y I cannot imag ine. An yway, h e s ur-
to m y fath er in 192 3, and h ave been in close p rised those who ha d thought so by m a rr ying Mrs.
touch wit h him since that time. J oan Sword er . And they made a h andsom e a nd
imposin g couple a t their wedding a t H ythe just
H e joined the 4th Bn. The Buff s (TA ) in before the las t wa r.
1938. On am a lgam ation he ser ved with the 4/5 th
Bn. and then at the beginning of the last wa r he That was a long time ago. A the yea rs h ave
was with the 5th Bn. as M.T. S ergea nt wh en the passed, 'Micmac' may ha ve aged a little and per-
Bn. went to France in Apri l 1940. In that year ha ps his h a ir became a lit tle g rey too, ye t he
he was M entioned in D es patch es. In Ma y 1940 never lost his youthful cham1 or his infectious
he became a Prisoner of \XIa r. grin . You could a lways count on meeting him at
a Regimenta l Function or R euni on a nd one felt
After release from the Services in 1945, he happi er after having seen him .
retu rn ed to priva te service. For some years he was
President of the Folkestone C onstitutional C lub . Like h is famil y whom h e lo ved, we, too,
H e was a lways a very sta unch supporter of the sha ll miss h im . But we m ay perh a ps take a little
Folkestone, Hythe and District Branch of The comfort from the words of an old Rom an
Queen's Own Buffs R eg imental A ssociation, and philosopher who felt that " H e whom yo u say h as
was Vice-C h a irm an of the Branch a t the time of passed away has simply posted on ahead."
hi s death in J une 1976. H e wi ll be missed so much
b y fellow members of the Branch and by a ll his LT.-COL. HARRY LESLIE HOLLOWAY
friends of whom he had so man y. They will CREMER, MBE, DL, JP
r emember him for his loyalty and warmheartedness.
Th e followin g is a 11 cxrrac t f ro m an Obintary
H e leaves a widow to whom we off er our No tice in The issue of Th e K enTish G azelle of 23rd
ve r y sincere sympath y. fulv :-
CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS, A form er president of K ent C ricket Club and
CMG, OBE one of the county's best-known figures, 8 1- yea r-
old L t.-Col. Les lie remer, died on Friday 16th
M aj.-G en . D . E . B . T a/bo r wrires:- J ul y.
E ver yone will have been appalled a t the news
C ol. C remer, of 40 N ew Dover Road , Can-
of the murder of the Briti sh Ambassador to Eire, terbur y, was born in C h arth am, and was edu cated
on 21 st Jul y 1976. Ewart-Biggs, who was aged 54 , at the King's School , Canterbury. When he left
had held a wa r-time commi ssion in The Queen's school in 19 10 he star ted as a tr ainee p aperm aker
Own. H e ser ved as a 2/Lt. Rifle Pl atoon Com- with Thomas and Green Ltd ., in Wooburn,
mander in the 5th Bn. (Eighth Army) under Lt.- Buckingh amshire. After two yea rs he returned to
C ol. E . S. K err, and in 1942 took part in the B attles C h arth am to work for Willi am H oward and Son
of Alma Halfa and A lamein. H e was wounded at Ltd., of C hartham Mi lls. H e became m an aging
the latter and lost an eye-thereafter he wore a director of the company in 1926 on the death of
monocle over his g lass eye. H e then served in hi s father .
the Militar y Administr ation in N orth Africa with
the Armed Forces until 1947, followed by various In the post-w ar slump of the earl y 1930s,
Foreign Office appointments in the Middle E ast Co l. C remer was r es ponsible for introducing a new
during the n ext fou r years. T elegraph T ape P a rchment making process which
w as fo llowed by lampshade and Chris tmas card
After various other Diplomatic appointments) p archment processes. I n 19 32 he introdu ced a
he was promoted to Councellor and was H ead of new tracing paper to the compan y's output which
the P ermanent Under-Secretary's D epartment at was vital during the S econd W orld \ Var as no
the Foreign Office in 1966. Five yea rs later h e foreign tracing paper was available.
went as Minister to the British Embassy in P ari s.
H e was something of an author, writing novels
under the pen-name of "Charles Elliott' . H e h ad
on ly been in his I ri h appointment for a fortnight
74 held until 1964. Co l. Cremer was awa rded the
ACF M eda l in 195 1, the MBE (Military) in 1944
OBITUARIES- continued. and the Queen 's Coronation M eda l in 1953 .
A long and distinguished military career, A life mem ber of the Association of M en of
which earned him the MBE in 1944, began in the K ent and K entish M en, Col. C remer held many
Combined Cadet Force at the King's School. H e posts in old comrades' and TA organisa tions.
joined the T erritori al Army in 1913 and had H aving been a Special Constable from 1928 to
reached the rank of Captain with 4th Bn. The 1938, he was a member of the Standing J oint
Buffs, when he was demobilised in 1919. Committee and K ent P olice Authority. H e was
a D eputy Lieuten ant of K en t in 1952.
Between 1940 and 1944 he served with the
4th Kent Home Guard and in ! 942 he became a Col. Cremer, a widower, leaves three sons, a
Lt.-Col. with the 1st Kent Arm y Cadet Force daughter and 13 grand children.
(Buffs), which he commanded un til 1947. From
1948 to 1954 he was deputy commandant of the
Kent AC F and in 1959 he was made H onorary
Colonel of the 1st ACF Bn., The Buffs, a post he
The Queen's Surreys
Association
THE SILVER DRUMS OF On Ypres D ay 1976, the same Silver Drums
were the focal point of a simple ceremony to mark
THE EAST SURREY REGIMENT both the Fiftieth Anniversar y of the Consecration and
Presentation, and Ypres D ay. During those fifty yea rs,
From 1st Bn. Th e Queen's R egc., stationed at WERL, many changes have taken place. As we know, the
G ermany, 23 Apr. 1976 Surreys no longer exist; in 1959, the Qu eens Roya l
R egt. and the E as t Surrey R egt. amalgamated to
Ypres D ay, 23 Apr. 1926, wa s the day on which become the Queens Ro ya l Surrey R egt. Eight yea rs
the Silver Drums were presented to the Officers of later, that R egiment became the 1st Bn . The Queens
the 1st Bn . The East Surreys, a legacy from the late R egiment and former members of the E as t Surrey
Mrs. W alker, in memory of her son, 2/ Lt. W alker . R egt. will be pleased to know that the Silver Drums
And for this presentation, a special parade was held are still a cherished possess ion of th at Battalion .
in Murray Barracks, Hong Kong, in the presence of
many distinguished guests including the Governor of The P ad re, R ev. M. Waiters, CF, in his add ress,
that time, Sir Ceci l C leminti, K C HG and L ady reminded all those on parade of the devotion and
Clem inti, the GOC China Command, M aj.-Gen. sacrifice of those who had given their lives in th e
C. C. Luard, C B, CMG and Mrs. Lu ard . service of their R egiment and, in particular, those
who had died at Ypres.
The Battalion was form ed up to form three
sides of a square, with the Band and Drums inside After this Shon Service, the Drums we re on-
as for the "Troopn. In the centre, the sil ver drums piled and marched off parade to the tu ne of " The
were piled, so as to form an Altar pile on a raised Huntingdonshire" Slow M arch.
platform which was covered with the Regimental
Colours of maroon, bl ack and buff . Life and service go on: two hours later, the
C ommanding Officer and his R ecce P art y were on
The D edication service was performed by th e their way to RAF Gutersloh to emplane for a funh er
R ev. Granville Stopford, C F amidst a silence which tour of duty in N . Ireland.
could almost be fe lt.
T he Battle of the S omme
The Commanding Officer then addressed the
Battalion and asked Mrs. Luard if she would kindly July 1 this year marked the 60th anniversary of
present the Silver Drums to the Officers of the the Battle of th e Somme. On that day alon e, the
Battalion, on behalf of the late Mrs. A. A . L. Walker B ritish suffered 60,000 casualti es- 20,000 killed and
and her late son. the rem ainder wo unded or taken prisoner. H e-re is
on e youn g officer's recolle cti ons of the start of th e
The Side, Tenor and Bass Drummers in turn, battle:
adva nced to the Commanding Officer and Mrs.
Luard received a Drum from the Altar Pile ; each was "I can even remember the weather on that long-
engraved as follow s: "Presented to the Officers, 1st ago day- a brilli ant mids ummer morning of cloud-
Bn . The E ast Surrey R egt. by the late Mrs. A . A . L. less sunshine. I can still reca ll the thrill of going
Walker, in memory of her late son, 2/ Lt. C. M . over the top for the first -and las t time-in dayli ght,
Walker, who d ied whilst serving with the 1st Bn. and looking up the hill to our ri ght, with the famous
in India on the 6 M ay 1894 ". The set of Drums toppled M adonn a on the church at Albert on the
consist of a Ba ss Drum, two T enor, eight S ide, and skyline, and the steady waves of men adva ncing
sil ver mounted drum sticks; sil ver-moun ted drum
carriages complete the set.
towards the German trenches. That one moment of 75
battle is embedded in m y memory like some indelible
MAJ . P. G. E. HILL
snap shot.
I went over the top armed onl y wi th my Peter Hill, who was Secretary of The Queen''
Roya l Surrey Regimental Association from 1961
customary as h plant, my revolver havi ng been ( when he relieved the late M a j. " Buzz" Waspe) and
damaged by shrapnel the previous evening. I cannot Assistan t R egimental Secretary of th e Su rrey Office
of The Queen's Regt., reti red from these appointments
be certain whether I was wearing m y Sam Browne or on 4 Aug. H e was also a sub-ed itor of this J ournal
my webbing equipment, but I was certainly wearing from its inception in 1967, and Editor of the J ournal
my officer's tuni c, with a single "pip" on the cuff. of The Queens R oyal Surrey Regt. from 1965. H e
edited the Queen's Surreys Regimental Association
After bei ng wounded, I remember lying out in N ews Letters when these took the place of the J ournal
a shell hole in No M an's Land for some time and in 1967 and under hi s guidance, these bulletins gained
then stumbling back to our front line trench. Our in s ize and scope, becoming a use ful ad junct to thi s
Battalion MO was in the trench attending to the J ournal.
wounded and he dressed my wound. "
As administrator of the very many Benevolent
Mr. E . C. H ctherington, who was wounded in Funds of an ama lgamated Reg iment, he showed com-
the 8th Surreys' attack on Montauban, describes the pass ion in his dealings wi th needy old comrades and
Somme Battle as "a prett y grisly business, with, their dependants of the three former regiments.
indeed, lots of heroi cs but little display of military Showing no partisa nship, he ga ined as many fri ends
talent. Perhaps the Battle had an evo lutionary value amongst form er members of the Queen's Ro ya l R egi -
-th at there had to be a Battle of the Somme to ment as he had in his own old R egiment. Th ankfu ll y,
he has decided to remain a Trustee of these same
ensure there would never be another. There has never Benevol ent Funds thereby continuing to serve his
many old friend s.
again been a day of such complete carnage as that
(continued overleaf)
'First D ay'."
Probab ly many of our readers listened to the
BBC radio programme " A Summer D ay on the
Somme" at the end of June, and watched the tele-
vi sion programme "The Battle of the Somme" a few
da ys later. H ere are Mr. Hetherington's refl ections on
these two programmes :
" I have to confess that I got little out of either
programme beyond a general sense of the futility of
war. The next day I went to re-reading Southey's
famous poem about the Battle of Blenheim, the one
we all learnt at school, beginning:
'It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work
was done '
In the end, when little P eterkin asked what good
came of it all, Old K as par could not tell.
Of the two programmes, I got more out of the
broadcas t than the film . In the former, one could
allow the im agination full pl ay, whilst in the film,
the picture was often in direct contrast to the
memory. One kept w anting to say, 'But it wasn't like
that! ', and although the chap who told the story was
a splendid actor, there was something fai ntl y ludicrous
about seeing him striding across empty fields pre-
tending to be a wave of infantry. Above all, I mi ssed
the barely-suggested noi se of the guns, that unending
roar which is among my most predomin ant memori es.
I have long held the view that wars and
revolutions have little permanent effect on the march
of hi stor y. A process of peaceful evolution over the
las t two centuries would have brought us to much
the sa me point that we have now reached. Is our
own country less free and democratic for its unique
record of internal peace over the centuries? Assuredl y
not. Is France a less happy country and less highly
developed than if there had been no French R evolution
and no Napoleonic wars? I doubt it. Would not
Russia be happi er and freer today without the
Bolshevik R evolution? And what about a united
liberali sed Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm V? As for
the idea of the American Colonies rather than Indi a
becoming the brightest jewe l in the British Imperial
diadem, we can only boggle."
Maj. P. G. E. (Peter) Hill who retired as Assistant
Secretary of the Surrey Office in August
76
Forward-looking, Peter read il y accepted the need which a so ld ier's jacke t wa s ado rned; th ese were
for the large Reg iment and the advantages thus ~a m ed
by the serving soldier for whom he holds the h1ghest known as " fac in gs". .. .
esteem. H e has readi ly assisted in all our endeavours
to we ld The Queen's Regiment into one body from " Lace " ( the braid for tnmmmg Jackets) was
the former reg iments from which it sprang..
also of reg imental pattern with va rious des ign s and
W e miss Peter at the Surrey Office, part1cularl y
wh en we have a hea vy benevol~ nt "case" load, but coloured stripes (or "worms") running through it.
we know that he will be at all and every Reg imental Offi cers' lace was usuall y go ld or si lve r.
occas ion that he ca n possibl y manage. Long . life, good
hea lth, and all happi ness to him in his retirement m The Queen's Royal Regiment
S u ssex.
In his book, "British Military U niforms from
F .].R.
Con temporary Pic tures", W . Y . Ca rman records that,
" Th e Reg imental Colours of the Old T angier Regt.
( later the Queen's) have a green ground, wh1 ch
colour wa s used later for a Regimental fac ing." The
ea rliest Colours illustrated in the R egimental History
The Regimental Week 6th- 13th June 1976 are those of 1689 which confirm green as the colour
The centenary of the Reg im ent 's associa ti on wi th on which the Regimental devices are charged.
Gui ldford and Stoughton Barracks was marked by The "Representation of C lothing of His M ajesty's
military and civic ceremonies during the week. H o u se h old ""~eacirgcraeenI"7.4 2, records the c~ aocleo urs of the
facing s as The Reg im ental was "white
The Regiment was represented by our 3rd Bn .,
with black, blue or yellow spots, vaned, no doubt,
all the way from Ca tterick ; by A Coy. 5 QUEENS
according to the tas te of the Colonel of the Reg i-
and by a detachment of A Coy. 6/7 QUEENS . The
ment . . . This distinctive pattern of the lace for a
Band and Drums of the 3rd Bn . Bea t Retrea t on
long time . . . constituted a very great distinction
two success ive evenings in the town . ..
between regiments, and was often changed when the
On the Saturday, the Regiment exerc1sed Its
Colonel changed his regiments. This party coloured
Freedom of Entry to Guildford by a march through
lace for the rank and file wa s discontinued in 1836.
the town with drums beating, ba yonets fixed and
and plain white lace substituted". (R eg imental
Colours fl ying. The Salute was taken at Guildhall
History, Volume Ill Chapter IV ).
by the M ayo r. A great welcome wa s given to the
The Ro ya l W arrant of 175 1 confirms the facin gs
Regiment by the people of Guildford who crowded
of the Regiment as green. Lt.-Col. J . A . R . Freeland
the pavements and applauded every section of the
in the R egimental Journal of M ay 1950 writes, " The
long marching column. On the Sunday, the annual
facing s were changed from sea green to blue by order
Service of the Regimental Assoc1at10n was held m
of His Majest y, dated 17 November 1768." The
Guildford Ca thedral and, for the second yea r running,
Ro yal \XIarrant of 19 D ecember 1768 . confi:ms the
the great nave was packed. The sermon was preached
faci ngs as blue. The general lace 1S wh1te w1th blue
by the Venerable Archdeacon Peter Mallett, QHC,
stripe, while th at of the officers is silver. Co l. Freeland
AKC, Chaplain General, who is also a former chap-
continues, ~~ Th e first issue to th e R eg1ment of tum ~s
lai n of the 1st Bn. The Queen 's Ro ya l Regt.
with blue facings was made in June 1769 ( Pubhc
After the Service, most of the congregation re-
Record Office Reference W 0 3/ 24 ) ."
paired to Stoughton Barracks where a R egimental
Dress R egul ations of 1827 still show the facings
T ent and Bar had been arranged, and where the
as blue and the lace as silver. The 188 1
Band of the 3rd Bn . played, by kind permission of
amalgamation s of Infantry R egiments did not affec t
Lt.-Col. ]. W . Francis, the Commanding Officer.
the Queen 's, and consequently their blue facings of
All these Regimental events were blessed with
a Ro ya l reg im ent w ere worn right up to the t1m e
the most perfect summer weather and it was good to
of their amalgamation with The E ast Surrey Regt.
see so many of our old soldiers and their fami lies
in 1959.
supporting th e va rious events during a memorab le
week . The Thirty-First Regiment
T o mark the Centenary of Association, and as The buff facings dated from the formation of
the R eg iment for, according to the London Ga zette
a culmination of the parades and celebrations held of November 1702, Villiers Regiment had ye llow
facings and linings to their sca rlet frock coats. In
in Guildford during June this yea r, M aj.-Gen . Rowley his book, W . Y. Carman writes, " In 1726 we learn
that Lord J ohn K err's Regt. ( the Thirty-First Foot )
M ans, as D eputy Colonel ( Surrey ) The Queen's had scarlet cloth, and buff cloth with linings of
scarlet and buff shalloon with silver lace and
Re_giment, on Remembrance Sunday, 14th November trimmings,. The "Representation of Clothing" of
1742 shows the Thirty-First's facings as buff and
1976, presented to the M ayor of Guildford on behalf the Regimenta l lace as a yellow zigzag. .
of the Regiment, a silver rose bowl bea ring the en- As is well known, Kmg George II m1stook the
facings of the Thirty-First for those of the Buff s
graved badge of The Queen's R eg iment and the at the Battle of D ettingcn in 1743 . " Bravo, Youn.g
following inscription: Buff s !" sa id His Maj esty; and the record of th1s
Royal commendation has been handed down to the
" Presented to the Borough of Guildford present day. The Roya l W arrant of 19 D ecember
1768 shows the Thirty-First's fa cings as buff , the1r
lOth October 1976 lace as " White with blue and yellow worm, small
red stripe " while th e officers' lace wa s silver.
One hundred yea rs association with
It wa ; a sa d day for the Thirty-First when, on
The Queen 's R eg iment' ~ their Amalgamation with the Seventieth in 188 1, they
lost the buff faci ngs they had worn for 179 yea rs.
It was on 10 October 1876 that The Queen 's
( Second ) Ro ya l Regiment of Foot first occupied
Stoughton Barracks, Guildford. It was considered that
Remembrance Sunday 1976 was the most suitable
occasion on which to make the presentation .
REGIMENTAL FACINGS AND LACE
In the 18th and 19th Centuries, an important
distinguishing feature of regiments was the different
colour of the collar, cuffs and late r lapels with
77
TI1e Seventieth Regiment QUEEN'S SURHEYS GOLFING SOCIETY
When the Seventieth wa s formed at Glasgow in
Spring Meeting 6 May 1976
Ma y 1758, its original facings were light grey, from
which they acquired the nickname the "Glasgow Winners
Greys". The grey facings were worn for ten yea rs Hca les M emorial Troph y: H . P . M aso n ( 291 ).
when they were changed by the Royal W arrant of
19 D ecember 1768 to black. The Officers' facings Veterans H alo: M aj. W . ] . F . Sutton (32!). Juni or
were of black velvet, whi le those of the soldiers were Division: M aj. B. A . C rutchfield ( 27~ ) . Dodgson
of black cloth. The soldiers lace was white with Cup: Lt.Col. B. A. H anna ford ( 72 ) . C hallenge Cup:
narrow black worm stripe, and that of the officers M aj. W . J . F. Sutton ( 8 1) . Last 9 holes: M aj . P . ] .
was gold. Collman. Special Pri ze: M a j.-Gen. R . S. N. M ans.
Stableford Greensomes: M a j. W . ]. F. Sutton and
On ama lgamation with the Thirty-First in 188 1, Brig. M . J . A . Cla rke. Sweep : l st-M a j. P . ] .
the Seventieth lost their black facing s, which, being Collman ; 2nd-Maj . P . A. Gra y; 3rd-Maj. B. A .
rare, they va lued highly. C rutchfi eld.
The East S urrey Regiment Match v. Royal Marines Golfing Society
On the Amalgamation of the Thirty-First and The annual match took pl ace at Sudbrook P ark
Seventieth Regiments in 1881, it was decreed that on 2 1 Ma y 1976 and the Society won by 8 matche s
the facing s of the new Regiment, like those of most to 4. Results were:
other amalgamated English and Welsh Regiments,
shou ld be white. Neither of the former Regiments S i n g les
was satisfied, but the undistinguished white faci ngs
were worn by The East Surrey Regt . throughout its Queen's S urreys Royal Marines
78 years of existence.
Maj . W. ] . F. Sutton beat M aj. M . M anning 6 & 5
The Queen 's Royal .Surrey Regiment beat M a j.-Gen. D . Alexa nder
In 1959 The Queen's Royal Regt. amalgamated P . M ason 4& 3
with The East Surrey Regt. to form The Queen's Capt. J . A. C lark beat M aj. F . R . Blackah 6 & 5
Royal Su rrey R egt. and, this being a Royal Regiment, M a j. T . L. Trotman beat M a j. P . ] . Saunders 4 & 3
the facing s were the traditional blue. The sepa rate Col. ]. W . Sewell lost to Capt. D. G. R . Hunt 5 & 4
entity of this new R eg iment, for which such pain- Lt.-Col. ]. B. C. P almer
staking preparations had been made, lasted a mere
seven years. lost to M aj. R. R . G . H oare 5 & 4
F . T . A . Hole lost to Lt.-Co l. P . H . Scarf 5 & 3
The Queen's Reg iment Lt.-Col. B. A. Hannaford
The facings of The Queen 's Regt ., formed on lost to Lt.-Col. D . Stewart I up
31 December 1966 from the former Regiments of F o urso m es
the H ome C ounties Brigade, are aga in blue.
Queen 's S urreys Royal Marines
P .G.E .H.
Sutton & Trotman beat M anning and Hunt 9&8
M aso n and H annaford
beat M cR ae and Scarf 3 & 2
Scwell and P almer beat Blackah and Hoare 3&1
C larke and Hole bea t Stewart and Saunders I ur
The Queen's Own Buffs
Association
FROM FAR AND NEAR Warriors' Chapel, when he turned a page not onl y
in The Buff s Book of Remembrance but also in the
CANADIAN VIS ITORS Queen 's Own Rifles Book.
Four Officers of the Queen's Own Rifles of
Canada-Maj. Paul Hughes, Capts. Fred Burroughs <\s with all members of that famous Reg iment, it
and Bill Barnard and Lt. Chris H eyes-paid a short was a grea t pleasure to have them around.
visit to Canterbury ea rl y in September. Unfortunately
nothing was known of their movements until it was D ENMARK'S GRATITUDE
too late to do very much for them, but the Secretary D anes who se rved in The Buffs have recentl y
and M rs. Grace had them to their house for a presented to Lt.-Col. T ed Argles an ornamental bell.
drinking session on thei r first evening. The next day It was handed over to him on 2nd Jul y, at his home
the y visited The Buff s Museum and then had lunch in Littlebournc, by M a j. Hugh T ennent on behalf
with members of Regimental Headquarters. And the of Mr. Bent Morbech who recentl y retired from the
following morning Capt. Burroughs took the place Chairmanship of the D enmark Branch.
of M a j. W eymouth at the 11 o'clock ceremony at the In a message to Lt.-Col. Argles, Mr. Morbech
said there were two reasons why a bell h ad been
chosen. The fir st was an association with the ship 's
78 Richard R ave nhill and D av id Court were ava il able
to step into the gaps left by the two unfortunate,
bell which stands nea r the W arriors' Chapel which is last minute absentees.
alway• struck just before the 'turning of the page'
ceremony every week-day morning ; and the second The team which eventually took the fi eld was
was th at "every time the bell is struck the tone wi ll headed by H arold Scott and K en Dodson but in
be the same for all eternit y but the sound will be their first, and onl y, round they came up agai nst the
new every time". Roya l Reg iment of Fusiliers tea m which had beaten
the Society's 'A ' team in las t year's final, and went
Ca n one imag ine a more charming way of down to them by 17 boles to 3.
show ing gratitude than this?
Altogether a most disappointing performance, on
"BACK TO SCHOOL" which the Society wi ll undoubtedl y have to improve
Under this heading a short parag raph was pub- at Royal St. G eorge's, Sandwich, next yea r.
li;hed, on page 71 of the June issue, g iving readers
what was, at the time, understood to be the latest Match vs. Rye GoH Club
situation on the Col. D erek Willows front. Alas, the
information was fau lty and the Bursar's job at The Society's first match of the yea r was pl ayed
H aberdashers Aske's did not, after all, come his way. on Sat. I M ay, M au rice D ewa r being the M atch
Manage r and his fathe r, Michael, running the C lub
THE BUFFS MUSEUM AND THE CITY s ide.
OF LONDON
The result wa s a devas tating defeat for the
Thanks to the influence and the effort s of
Alderman Col. Ronald Gardner-Thorpe, TD, and in Society by 9! matches to !. This was a major
recognition of the long-standing connection between
The Buff s and the Ci ty, a Grant to the Museum of disappointment for all concerned, but did not ap pea r
£200 has recentl y been made by the Corn, C oal and to worry our opponents undul y. One can only hope
Rates F inance Committee of the Court of Common that the Society will be permitted to play aga in next
Council. The Committee have also indicated that yea r, when it is devoutl y to be hoped that the Society
a similar Grant will be made annually for the next will do a great deal better . Whichever way one looks
four yea rs. at it, they couldn 't rea lly do very much worse !
It is pleasant to record that Col. Gardner-Thorpe The following M embers took part:-
has recentl y become a Trustee of the Museum. Pip Arnold ; Eric Scott; Richard D aniel; D avid
M ontgomery; Micky Bollon; Frank Johnson ; Hugh
On the morning of the same day on which he T arver; Ken Dodson; the Hon . Sec; and. of course, a
officia lly, and personally, petitioned the Corn, Coal brace of D ewars.
and Rates Finance Committee of the Court of Com- It was a real pleasure to see the President and
mon Council of the C ity of London for a Grant for Mrs. Charles Tarver out on the Course as
The Buffs Museum, the Secretary had the great contest for the first time.
honour to be admi tted as a Freeman of the City,
Alderman Col. Ronald Gardner-Thorpe being one of Match vs. K .C.C.
his two Sponsors.
It is refreshing to be able to report that, after
· THAT LUNCHEON the near-whitewash suffered by the Society at the
A total of 57 members and guests attended the hands of R ye Golf C lub on I M ay, a win was
ann ual Queen 's Own Buff s Luncheon held in the recorded on 26 M ay when we we re hosts to
Banqueting Suite at L ord 's Cricket Ground on Fri- the K ent Constabulary at Littlestone Golf Club. This
da y, 22 October. was the first occasion, almost wi thin living memory,
Th is yea r's attendance was ten up on last year, on which a victory over our fri endly foes in th e
despite an increase of 20 % in the cost. On that Police h ad been recorded, and a win by three matches
score alone, the state of the Luncheon C lub's health to two was a most gratifying result .
would appear to be good.
As usual the Secretary bent the rule about 'no Those who represented the Society on this
speeches' and in the course of his remarks con- occasion were Pip Arnold and K en Dodson, Owen
grat ulated Capt. Mike Smith and Miss Patricia Bavin Knox and Richard D an iel, 'Kip ' K eenl yside and
on their engagement, announced that morning; thanked C laude Collard, G uy W eymouth and D ennis Baker,
everyo ne present for their loya l support of the and Frank Johnson and the Hon. Secretary who was
numerous and varied activi ties and function s organised also the match manager.
by the K ent Office; and reminded those present of
what would be happe ning on Saturday 16 Jul y next A new and very welcome opponent was tl"' "
year. C hief Constable, Mr. Barry P ai n, playi ng in this
A pearl necklace, picked up after the Luncheon, constant for the first time.
wa s eventually claimed by Mrs. Alexander, to whom
it has been returned. Match vs. Liphook GoH Club
THE GOLFING SOCIETY The third contest, played on Sunday 4 Jul y,
The A.G.S . Spring Meeting at St. Andrews resulted in a halved match, each side winning five
Thanks to the illness of John Holman's father- matches. D espite the intense heat, a most en joyable
in-law and to M ike J elf sustain ing a back injury da y was spent amongst the H ampshire pine-trees and
playing that notoriously dangerous game called heather and, once aga in, 'R abbi t' H oare proved an
cricket, neither of those two stalwarts was able to excell ent match-manage r.
play in the Societ y's team in the Argyll and Suther-
land Bowl competition on 13 M ay. " The best laid Those who represented the Society were H arold
plans of mice and men etc." proved once agai n to be Scott, D avid M ontgomery, C hristopher Cox, Hugh
all too true and it was extremely fortunate that both T arver, Maurice D ewar, Richard D endy, R egg ie
Browne, D av id Court, George P otter, J ack W aters
and Denis Boyd.
Match vs. North Hants Golf Club 79
The last match on the Society's fix ture-list was tary, the following represented the Society:-
played, at F leet, on Sa turday 24 Jul y, R ichard H arold and E r ic Scott, D avid M ontgomery,
Ravc nh ill once aga in being the match manager. As
usual a most excellent day was enj oyed by everyone M aurice D ewar, Roddie Bum, H ugh T arve r and
taking pa rt, and the wea ther could not possibly have ' K ip ' K ecnlyside.
been more kind to us all.
This fina l result means that during 19 76 tl
The result was a narrow win for the C lub, by Society has played 4 ma tches, of which one h as
six matches to fou r and in addi tion to this yea r's been won, one ha lved and two lost. An improvement
Capta in, the M atch M anage r and the H on. Secre- on las t yea r, if noth ing else.
The Socie ty's fixtu re-list for 1977 has now been
completed, da tes fo r each event appea ring in the
F orecas t of Events Sect ion of th is Journal.
The Royal Sussex Association
AUBERS RIDGE- DUNKIRK PARADE AND following playe rs: M a js. S. B. E llwood and W. N .
COMMEMORATION SERVICE Wren, Capts. B. H . Woodbri dge, A. N. A rmitage-
Smith, N. F. R ussell and M . H . J ames, W . P . 1
The sun shone for the annual Au bers Ridge- H arper, J . W att, P . P yemo nt, J . D . Nicholson . M any
Dunkirk P arade which was held in Lewes on Sunday were accompa ni ed by their w ives or g irl friends.
9 M ay. The P arade assembled on the Castle Hill
under the comm and of Lt.-Col. G . C. M . Bowser The Duchess's X I was capta ined by Eddie
and marched to the W ar M emorial where a wreath H arrison, Secretary of the Sussex M artlets, who won
was laid in memory of the members of the Regiment the toss and ba tted first. After a most exciting game
who gave their lives in the two W orld W ars. S ix the Royal S ussex we re left with six runs to get in
Branch standa rds and the standards of the Lewes the last ove r, this they managed, after a mid- pitch
Branch of the Roya l British Legion and of the Dun- coll ision, to wi n the match by 5 runs.
ki rk Veterans Association were ca rried on the Parade.
ROYAL SUSSEX GOODWOOD RACE CLUB
The march continued to the P arish C hurch of S t.-
J ohn-the-Bapt ist Sub-Castro where the Service of F ive meetings were held this yea r-May, J uly
Commemoration was held. The lesson was read by ( main meeting) A ugust and two in September making
Col. G. J . L angridge, T .D ., President of the R oya l a total of fifteen days' raci ng, all of which were helo
Sussex Reg imental Assn. and the sermon was preached in the trad itional glor ious weather . The R eg imenta l
by the V icar, the R ev. K . C hapman ; praye rs were C lub was very well attended pa rticularly at the
read by the R ev. Ca non W . J . Greenfield, M .A., T.D . sma ller meetings. It was very n ice to have so many
After the Service, the P arade reformed and marched visitors from other Reg iments, in part icul ar Gen.
past the Chai rman of the Lewes District Council, Sir Geoffrey M usson, Gen. S ir R ichard C raddock,
Mr. D . A. W. Wheeler and the M ayor of Lcwes, Brig. " K oK o" Weldon and Col. Raymo nd G race, to
C llr. M aurice S . Breese who, toge ther with Mrs. mention a few.
Wheeler and Mrs. Breese, were later entertained to
tea in the T own H all. The Roya l Sussex Stakes was run on M onday
13 Sept. when there was a reco rd number of ru nners.
CR IC KE T A ft er a ve ry excit ing race, L ady M acdonald-
Buchanan's "Rin ged A ureole" just got the better of
The ann ual cricket match, played for the fi rst "Cartwright" ridde n by the onl y lady ride r in the
t ime aga inst L av inia Duchess of No rfo lk's X I took race, Elai ne M elior. Col. G. J . L angridge presen ted
place at Arundel Castle on Sunday 30th M ay. the Roya l Sussex Challenge Cup to S ir M ark Prescott
who trained the winner at Newmarke t, and the replica
It was particularl y nice to see the H eadquarters cu p to the rider, Mr. T ony E sler. T hey then came
of " The F riends of the Arundel Castle C ricket Clu b" dow n to the C lu b to toast their success wi th cham-
fi rml y established, with Billy Griffi ths gathering in pagne where they we re joined by the Earl of M arch
new members and se ll ing the C lub tie. This C lu b and Mr. T im Neligan, C lerk of the Goodwood R ace
has been formed to ensure that cricket, as played in C o u rse.
Duke B ern ard's time, may continue in accorda nce
w ith his w ishes. In order to ensure that this is ANNUAL RE-UNION DINNER
poss ible, L avi nia Duchess of No rfolk formed the
C lu b which alrea dy has a large membershi p. H ow- Th is was held in the T own H all, L ewes on the
ever, more members and donations are required so 24 April 1976, at which Brig. R. E. Loder, C.B.E.,
that a club house, separate from the pav ilion, ca n be D .L. pres ided. The Dinner was preceded with the
built for the use of club members. An yone interested usual reception while the g uests arri ved, wh ich in -
in perpetuati ng cricket on th is, the most bea utiful cluded C llr. M aurice B reeze T own M ayor of Lewes,
of cricket grounds, can obtain de tails of the C lub Mr. D . N. Thom pson C hief Execut ive Lewes Council,
from this Count y Office. and Mr. K . G. F . D avies T own C lerk of Lewes.
The match on Sunday was played in fin e sunn y The D inner was aga in ver y we ll atte nded and
weather and was very well attended. Lt.-Col. J ohn it was particularl y good to see a large numbe r of
S tephenson captained the R oyal S ussex X I with the officers present. All were fu ll of praise for the
caterers, F . W . M itchell, who provided an excellent
80 then read out the teleg rams he had sent on beha lf
of the Association and the replies he had rece ived.
meal , very nicely served, and for the bar, efficientl y The Brigadier then proposed a toast to "our gue;ts"
run by Winshaws of Lewes. and during the course of hi s speech form all y
announced hi ~ ret irement as Pres ident of th e
Bdorc dinner, the guests and sen ior officers
formed a procession and as they moved to the top Assoc iat ion. H e sa id that he had enjoyed hi s eight
table, Cadets of 7 PI. ( Chichester ), S us•cx A.C.F., years in office but now thought it was time for a
looking ve ry smart in thei r sca rlet uniforms, sounded
a fanfare . When all were sea ted, Brig. Loder ca ll ed change and introduced hi s successor Col. G. ] .
for the usual silence in remembrance of passed Old Langridge, TD whom, he said, was well known to the
Comrades, during which the Cadets sounded " Last Old Comrades not onl y as a form er Commanding
Post" and "Reveille,. The Rev. Canon Waiter Officer of the 4/ 5th (C inque P orts) Bn. but also
Greenfield, TO then sa id grace and dinner began. as a trustee of the R egimental Assn. In a brief reply,
The Cadets served the Old Comrades with beer, much Col. Langridge sa id that he fully apprec iated the
of which had been most generously donated by grea t honour that has been bestowed on him and
C harrington & Compan y, Newhaven and Courage assured the Old Comrades that he wou ld endeavour
(Eastern ) Ltd., E as tbourne. W e are indeed most
grateful to them for their kindness. Throughout the to guide the A ssociation 's affairs on the same lines
evening a delightful programme of music was pro- as his predecessor. Brig. J . B. Ashwo rth, C.B.E .,
vided by the Ro ya l British Legion ( Little Common D.S .O ., D .L., a former Colonel of the Regiment and
Branch ) conducted by Bandmaster Brian N. Smith . President of the Association then presented Brig.
Lode r with a pair of silver candle-sticks ( which had
Brig. Loder proposed the loya l Toasts to H .M . been subscribed by the Branches of the Association )
the Queen and H.M . Queen Juliana, P atron of the and thanked him for all th e hard work he had do ne
Royal Sussex Regimental Assn. during which the in the past eight yea rs for the Association.
band played the respecti ve National Anthems. H e
Part of the assembly at the 0 .C.A. Reunion
Picture by Stephen T ester
KOREAN WAR MEMORIALS
We reproduce below a letter which appeared in
Th e Tim es on 12 J ul y, 1976. The memorial at
Solma-Ri , to whi ch the R ev. Davies refers, was the
one the 1st Bn . The Royal Sussex Regt. built for
the Gloucestershire Regt.
41 Korcan W ar memo ri als
From the R ev. S . J . Davies
Sir, shall be grateful if you will allow me to
I
record that, during a vis it to Korea, I have been
deeply impressed by the meticulous care and reverence
with which the W ar Memori als to our fall en in the
Korean W ar, 19 50-53, are maintained.
As the only British representative in a group of
chap lains from 16 na tions invited to the Republic
of Korea during J une, I had the opportunity to
rather out-of-the-way memoria ls at
visit the two Solm a-Ri : the former to members
K apyong and
of the British Commonwea lth ; the latter to the
Gloucestershire Regt. and supporting elements of the
Royal Artiller y.
At K apyong, a small, most courteous staff are
permanently present, while at Solma-Ri, near the
Imjin River, I found that the Korean Army con-
tinuously mount two soldiers on guard. During the
summer, teams of school children come out to tend
this memorial's surrounds and flower plo ts each week.
H avi ng been Chaplain to the Gloucestershire
R egt. during the Korean W ar, and a pri soner in
Communist hands in North Korea, I was especially
moved to find this. I feel sure that our countrymen, Brig. L oder, followed by the Mayor of Lewes go in
and particul ar ly those who lost famil y members and to dinner fl anked by Queen's Cadets from S ussex
fri ends in Korea, will be grateful that the Koreans, P icture by Stephen T estor
as I had abundant cause to rea lise during my recent
visit, still ret ain a deeply felt indebtedness to those In Civilian Life
n ations who came to their aid, and that they tend
and war memoria ls to our Enjoy
the military cemeteries se n se of trust and obligation. Service and
fa llen with an unfai ling
.Comradeship
J une 26 Yours obedientl y,
(sgd .) S. J . DAV IES , m
R ector of U ley,
Gloucestershire. " THE ROYAL
BRITISH LEGION
DRUMMER ]AMES PEN FOLD
Your service to Queen and Country
Drummer J ames Penfold of the Ro ya l Sussex needn' t stop when you leave the F orces.
Regt. was murdered by Afridi tribesmen when, on The Royal British L egion has much interest
15 J une 19 17, in a stragg ling affray in the Kh yber in and responsibility for you ng ex-servicemen
P ass, close to the Afghan border, part of the helio- and women of today as it h as for those of
graph which he was operating broke down. Dmr. two world wars and looks to them for its
P enfold's gravestone has recently been stolen by local leaders of the future.
builders and now decorates the floor of a modern THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Afridi house in Landi Kotal close to where he died. 49 PALL MALL SWIY S)Y
His memorial is not alone, as the room includes
relics of the gravestones of three Cameronians, two
each of the L eicesters, Dorsets and Cheshi res and a
sin gle Gordon H ighlander and Dogra. The ad jacent
storeroom is domin ated by an elaborate memorial to
an officer of the South Wales Borderers standing in a
pile of sinks, baths and lavatories.
When questioned about the decor of his house,
the Afridi replied with considerable fee ling : "You
sent yo ur best m en to fight agai nst us for almos t
100 years from the fin est regiments of your Army.
The Kh yber P ass was renowned and was the scene
of much brave ry- now yo u have forgotten all about
it but we remember yo ur soldiers. Oh yes Sir! We
are their best remembrance". He 1aughed, patted
P enfo ld's regimental crest and passed the tea.
The Middlesex Association
Drummer D. Stagpolc, VC, DCM Chattey, Smith and No rman. This small part y was
F urther to the article in the June issue of the joined in all ceremonies by Ch ums T . Bl ake, M r•.
magazine, the Controller of Admi nistration Services and F . Reeves, both ex-G unners.
of the London Borough of B arnet has now informed
the Middlesex Office that this grave will remain Wrea ths we re laid as follows : - Castea u- M a j.
undi st u r b ed . P . V. Cheeseman ; Belgian Na tional M emorial -
Lt.-Co l. T . W . C hattey, OBE; Be lfry M emori al -
THE MIDDLESEX REGT. GOLFING S O CIETY M aj. Dick Smith, MBE; S t. S ymphorien Cemetery-
Autumn Meeting 1976 Mr. C. Ash by; Grave of M aj. W . H . Abe ll-M aj.
Dick Sm ith, MBE ; Obourg S tation-Lt. -Col. T. W .
A most enj oyable and successfu l meeting was C hattey, OBE.
held on the course of the No rth H ants Golf C lub,
Fleet on 6 Oct. Conditions at the start were dis· CH U RC H SERVICE AT ROYAL HOSPITAL,
couraging but suddenly the rain ceased, the wind C HELSEA
dropped and a fine day merged from the gloom. I 7
members took part ( our numbers being depleted by a Our annual Church Service with the staff and
few las t minute withdrawa ls) and we were pleased, In P ensioners of the R oya l H osp ital took place on
in particular, to welcome Brig. G eoffrey Lerwill, Sunday 24 O ct.
Lt. · Col. Hugh Lohan and M aj. Gordon C rumley
after an absence of some yea rs. A party of 37 members and their wi ves attended
hea ded by the P resident of the R egimental A ssociation
The detailed results, each decided over 18 holes, and Mrs. C hattey.
we re as follows:-
Stableford Singles ( points in brackets) The old comrades, unde r the command of M aj.
R . W . J . Smith, MBE, we re inspected by the
Sgt. D . Miles (Winner Horton C up ) (32); G overnor, G en . Sir Antony R ead, G C B, C BE, D SO,
M a j. ]. I. D . Pike ( Runner up )* ( 30 ); Mr. G . A . M C.
T aylor ( 30 ); Capt. R. ]. T arrant (28) ; M r. C.
Holdford (27); M aj. W . G . A. Crumley ( 27); WOII After the Church parade, an enj oyable hour was
M . C. Quinn (27); Lt.-Col. ]. R. B. W orton ( 25); spent in the Visitors Bar with our In-P ensioners.
Mr. M . R . T. W alden ( 25); C/ Sgt. ]. R ogers ( 23 ) ;
Lt .-Col. C. N . C layden (20 ); Lt.-Col. T . W . C hattey Warminster School
( 19; M aj. A . R. Bisset ( 17); Brig. G . Lerwill ( 13)
and Lt.-Col. H . M . du V. Lohan ( Divot ) ( 7 ). Warminster, Wiltshire
* The runner up was dec ided on the better The Master: I. R. P. Green. MA. (Cantab.)
score over last 6 holes.
U ninter rupt ed Edu cation for t he w ho le fami ly.
Stableford F oursomes M ake use of th e genero us allowa nces availa ble
Mr. C. Holdford and WO II M . C. Quinn to give yo ur c hild re n t he confid e nce t hat comes
f ro m a stabl e, co n ti nu o us edu cat ion .
(Winners J ay Trophy) ( 30 ); M a j. W . G . A . C rumley
and Mr. J . Reide (27) ( Runners up ); Lt.-Col. C. N . We ha ve cons idera bl e ex per ie nce in t eac hin g
C layden and Mr. G . A . T aylor (25); Mr. M . R . T. and admini stering t he child ren of Servicemen .
W alden and Brig. G. Lerwill (2 1); Ca pt. R . J .
Tarrant and Sgt. D . Mi les (2 1); Mr. E . J ohnson and Sm al l classes ; indi v idu a l atte n tio n ; Q ualified
C/ Sgt. Rogers ( 19 ); Maj . J . I. D. Pike and M a j. Staff ; Recog ni se d as effi ci e nt by t he De part -
A . R. B isset (1 5). ment of Edu cat ion and Scie nce . '0' Leve l,
C.S .E. , 'A ' Le ve l. Uni versity Ent ra nce .
Before asking Mrs. J ean C layden to present the
prizes, Lt. -Col. T om C hattey thanked all those Boys a nd G irls, Day a nd Bo a rd ing.
present for supporting the meeting and especially
those who had come a long distance. Full details from
Schools Branch,
PILGRIMAGE TO MONS 1976 Service Children's Educat ion Authority,
The annu al Pilgrimage to M ons to commemorate or the Bursar at the School
the battle of 23 August 19 14, was attended by Warminster 3358 or 3038
Lt.-Col. T. W . C hattey, O BE, President of the
Middlesex Reg imental Assn. M aj. Dick Smith, MBE,
M a j. P . V. C heeseman, M essrs. C. Ashb y, D . R.
Rennet!, A . W . Church, T . T. Morris, M esdames
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DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS
-the following have held (or presentl y hold) key 5. Regimental Colonels
appointments:
Brig. J . R . Anderson, C BE ( Ret'd )
1. Colonel-in-Chief Col. D . C. Snowdon, TD ( Ret 'd )
H er late Roya l Highness Princess M arina, Duchess
of Kent 6. Commanding Officers
a. 1st Battalion
2. Allied Colonels-in-C hief Col. J . W . Sewell
His late Maj esty King Frederi ck IX of Denmark Col. H . C. M illrnan, OBE
HM Quee n J uliana of the Netherlands Col. B. A. M . Pielow
HM Queen Margrethe of D enmark Lt.-Col. M . V . H aywa rd, OBE
Lt.- Col. J . G . W . D avidson
3. Colonels
Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard Craddock, KBE, C B, DSO b. 2nd Battalion
M aj.-Gen. F . A. H . Ling, CB, C BE, DSO, DL Lt.-Co l. E . W . M acDonald, OBE ( R et'd )
Lt.-Col. A. W . Franklin (R et'd )
4. Deputy Colonels The late Brig. J . S. Fletcher, CBE
Brig . M . F. Reynolds
a. S urrey Lt.-Col. M . R . M . Newall
M aj .-Gen. F. J . C. Piggott, CB, C BE, DSO Lt.-Col. C. G . Champ ion
Maj.-Gen. F . A. H . Ling, CB, CBE, DSO,
DL c. 3rd Battalion
Maj .-Gen. R . S. N . M ans, CBE
Lt.-Col. D. E . c. Russell ( Ret'd )
b. Kent
Maj.-Gen . C. H . Tarver, CB, CBE, DSO, Brig. B. R . Coleman ( Ret'd )
DL Col. K . Dodson, OBE
Col. D. A . Willows, TD, DL
Col. H. R. Grace, OBE, JP, DL ( Acting Lt.-Col. c. L. Tarver, MBE
D eputy Colonel )
Lt.-Col. J . W . Francis
c. S ussex
Brig. J . B. Ashworth, CBE, DSO, DL d. 4th Battalion
Brig. R. E . Loder, CBE, DL Col. J . N . Shipstcr, CBE, DSO
Brig. B. R. Coleman Col. K . J , Ca rter
d. Middlesex e. 4th Bn. (Aibuhera) Coy.
M a j. G . Mason, MBE
M aj.-Gen. c. M. M . Man, CB, OBE, M C, M aj. G. Goring ( Ret'd )
BA f. Regimental Depot
Col. J . Buckeridge
Col. A . s. J. de S. Clayton, OBE Col. A . G . Jones
Col. ] . N . $hipster, CBE, DSO g. TAVR Battalions
Lt.-Col. W . E. McConnell ( 6( TA ))
Lt.-Col. I. G. N eville, M C, TD (7( TA ))
Lt .-Col. J. B. Ogilvie, OBE, TD (8( TA ))
88 h. Divisional Depot
TAV R Battalions-continued Co l. M . ] . Doyle, MBE
Lt.-Col. H . M. Nicholl, TD (9(TA ))
Lt.-Col. P. D . H all, TD ( l O(TA )) L t.-Col. H . M . du V. Loha n
Col. D. A. Willows, TD, DL, 5 QUEE S
Co l. D. R . Bishop, MBE, 5 QUEENS JOURNEYINGS
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