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The Journal of
THE QUEEN~ S REGIMENT

Vol. 4, No. 1 UNCONQUERED I SERVE March, 1970
Battle Honours to be borne on The Colours

Th e R egi.m ental Colour :
14Tangier, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704...5," "Blenhebn," "RamUlles," "Malplaquet," 'fl)et-
tingen,'' "Loulsburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," 14Quebec, 1759," "Martlnique, 1762," "St. Lucla, 1778,"

,.Serlngapatam," "M.a.ida," "Vlmlera," "Corunna," 'fl)ouro," "Talavera," "'Albubera," "Almaraz,"
"Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vlttorla," "A.ffghanistan. 1839," "Punniar," '"Moodkee," "Sobraon," "Inkerm.an,"
"Sevastopol," "Lucknow," ''Taku Forts," "New Zealand,'' "South Africa, 1879," "NUe, 1884-85," '"Burma,
1885-87," "Chitral," "ReUef of Ladysm..itb," "Relief of Klmberley," "South Africa, 1899-1902," ''Korea 1950-51.''

The Que en )s Co lour:
''Mons," "Marne, 1914-18," "Alsne, 1914," ''Ypres, 1914-15-17-18," "lllll 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Somm~
1916, 18," "Albert, 1916, 18," 44Vlmy, 1917," '1Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Hlndenburg Line," 'IJ.taly, 1917-18," "Mace-
donia, 1915-18," "Galllpoll, 1915," "Gaza," ''Jerusalem ," "Palestine, 191'7-18," 'fJ>efence of Kut al Amara,"
"Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 1940," "Normandy Landing," "North
West Europe, 194:0, 44-4.5," "Abysslnla, 1941," 140mars," ''Alam el HaHa," "El Alamein," "Longstop HUI,
1948," "North Africa, 1940-48," "SicUy, 1948,' "Sangro," ''Salemo," "Anzio," "Cassino," "Italy, 1948-45,"
11Malaya, 1941-42," "1\falta, 1941-42," " Hong Kong," "Defence of Kohima, " "Burma, 1948-45,"

ALLIED COLONELS-IN-CHIEF
His Majesty King Frederlk IX, King of Denmark, K .G., G .C.B., G.C.V.O.

H e r Majesty Queen Jullana, Queen of the Netherlands

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

DEPUTY COLONELS

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

Major-General C. H. Tarver, C.B., C.B .E ., D .S.O., D.L. Major-Ge n e ral C. M . M . Man. C.B ., O.B .E., M .C.

(Kent) (Middlesex)

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent. Telephone: Canterbury 65281.
Regimental Secretary: Major G. U . W eymouth, M.B .E .

Regimental Association Secretary : Lt.-Col. F . W . H a nn, O.B.E.
Regimental Recruiting Officer: Capt. C. R. Webb

REGULAR BATTALIONS

1st Battalion -Hobbs Barracl<s , Lingtleld, Surrey.
2nd Battalion -Palace Barracks, Holywood, N. Ireland.
3rd Battalion -B.F.P.O. U
<lth Battalion -School of Infantry, Wannlnster.

REGDIENTAL DEPOT

Commanding Officer : Lt.-Col. A. G. Jones.
Adjutant: Maj. J. G. Lofting.

THE COUNTY OFFICES

Queen's Surreys Office: Major F . J. Reed (Tel.: Kingston 6248)

Queen's Own Bulls Office: Col. H . R. Grace, O.B .E ., D .L ., J .P . (Tel. : Canterbury 65281, ext. 61)
Royal Sussex Offiee: Lt.-Col. E . G. Hollist CTel. : Chichester 86311 , ext. 28)
Mhlcllesex Offire:
Col. F . Waiden, D .L. (Tel. : Edgware 2625)

THE VOLUNTEER BATTALION

5th (Volunteer) Bn.-H.Q.: Leros T . & A.V.R. Centre, Sturry Road, Canterbury.

THE CADRES

6th BIL: T . & A V.R. Centre, Portsmouth Road, Ki ngston-upon-Thames.
7th Bn.: T . & A V .R. Centre, Shellons Street, Folk estone.
8th Bn. : T. & A.V.R. Centre, Avebury Avenue, Tonbridge.
9th Bn. : T . & A V.R. Centre, Seaside, Eastbourne.
lOth Bn.: T. & A .V .R . Centre, Deansbrook Road, Edgware.

AFFILIA.TED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

G.G.F. Sc hool Conting ents
Ardlngly College; Brighton College; Collyers School (Horsham); Cranbrook School; Cranlelgh School;
Dover College; Eastbourne College; Fambam Grammar; Haberdashers' Aske's School; Hampton
Grammar School; Hlghgate School; Hurstplerpolnt College; John Lyon School; The Judd School; King's
School, Canterbury; Kingston Grammar School; MW Hill School; Ottersbaw School; Reeds School;
Relgate Grammar School; Royal Grammar School (Guildford); Sir Roger Manwood's School (Sandwich);
St. Edmund's School (Canterbury); St. John's School (Leatherhead); St. Lawrence College (Ramsgate);
The Skinners School (Tunbrldge Wells); Tonbridge School; Whltglft School; Wllllam Ellls School;
\VIIsons Grammar School.

A .G.F Units/ Suu-Unlts

London: Cadet Bn.: 1st Cadet Bn. The Queen 's Regime nt (London A .C.F.) .

Surrey: Cadet Bns. : 1st 2nd and 5th Cadet Bns., The Queen 's Regiment (Surrey A.C.F.) .

Kent: Cadet Bns.: 1st 2nd and 3rd Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (Kent A.C.F.).

Sussex: Cadet Coys. : No. 6 (Crawley) and Maytleld College.
Cadet Pis. : No~ . 2 (Seaford and Newhaven) , 3 (Hastings) , 4 (Lewes) , 7 (Chichester) , 8
(Crowborough) , 10 (Eastbourne ), 11 (Hors ham) , 13 (Shoreham), 14 (Bexhlll) ,
Middlesex: Cadet Coys: 15 (Brighton) , 17 (Bognor Regis), 18 (Littlehampton) , and Shorcoham Gram-
mar School.
No. 25 (2 Gp.), 194 to 196 (19 Gp.), 205 (20 Gp.) , 211 (21 Gp.), 225, 226 (22 Gp.) .

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ALLIANCES

CANADA (to be confirmed )
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (R.C.A.C.).
The South Alberta Light Horse.
50th Field Art1llery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers) (R.C.A.),
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
The Hastings and Prince Edward R egiment.
The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York ).
The Essex and Kent Scottish.

AUSTRALIA
The Royal New South Wales Regiment.
The U niversity of New South W a les Regime nt.
The Royal W estern Australia Regiment.

NEW ZEALAND
2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Wes t Coast) The Roya l New Zeala nd Infantry

R egiment.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast a nd Tarana ki) The Royal New Zealand Infa ntry Regiment.

PAKISTAN
12th, Uth, 15th and 17th Batta lions, Th e Punjab Regime nt.

SIERRA LEONE
The Roya l S ie rra L eone Milita r y Force.

ZAMBI A (to be confirmed)
The Zambia R egiment.

HONG KONG
The Hong J{ong Regiment (The Volunteers).

Forecast of Events -1970

Marc h 23-YPRES DAY-1st Bn.
23- Royal Sussex R egt. A ssociatio n St. George's
1 - 15 Apr. -1 QUEENS c arry out P ublic Duti es
in London. Day--Chich este r .
24----M iddl esex R egt. Golfing S oc ie ty Spring Meet-
April
ing, North H a nts Go lf Club, Fl eet.
1- 6-Main body 3 QUEENS move from BAOR to 24-0fficers ' Ball, 5 QUEENS(V ) .
25-l /7th Bn. Th e Middl esex Regt. (1939-1945 )
UK
Annual Dinner , T & AVR Centre, H ornsey,
4-4th Bn . Th e Qu een 's Royal R egt. O .C.A. Go ld e n N.8.
Jubil ee Reunion , Croydon .
25-2 / 4th Bn. Th e Qu een 's Ro yal R egi m e nt, O .C.A.
18- 19- Qu een's Own Buffs Golfing Soc iety Sprin g Dinne r, Croydon.
Meeting, Royal St. George's Golf Course, Sand-
w ich. 25--Queen's Own Buffs W est Country Lunch eon,
Castle H otel, T a unton.
18-Queen 's Own Bu ff s Golfing Society A nnua l
Dinner, Bell Hotel, Sandwich. 29- R e gimental A ssocia tion Committee M eeting
a nd AGM, London.
20- 24-Main body 3 QUEENS move to Ballykinle r ,
N. Ireland. 30- Birthday of HIU Queen Jullana, Allied Colone l-
in-Chief .

4 28/ 29-R oya l S u ssex Office rs ' Club, Goodw ood
Races.
May
30- 0ante rbury C ri c k et- R e n t v. Not ts. (Su n d ay
1 Qu ee n's Own R.W.K . Office rs' Club Co c k - League).
tail P a rty, United Service Club, London.
September
2- Qu een's Surreys WOs' a nd S gts' A ssocia tion 5- R oya l Su ssex B and R e union .
AGM and Dinner, Kingston. 8- Sevastopol Day- 2nd Bn.
9- Salemo Day- 1st Bn .
2- Roya l Sussex R egt. A ssociati o n Old Comrad es' 12- Ro yal Su ssex Officers' C lub--C rick et Matc h v.
R eunion Dinner and AGM- Lew es.
Sussex Ma rtlets, Chich este r.
7- Regimen tal Committee Meeting, London. 13- Q u ebec Day- 3rd Bn .
7/ 8- Qu een 's Surreys Golf Soc ie t y Sprin g Mee t- 14/ 15--Roya l Sussex Office r s' Club - Goodw ood

ing, Sudbrook Park, Richmond . R a c es (R oyal Sussex Stal< es).
B- Last reerult pla.toon (>asses out from Depot, 19- l / 4th Bn. Th e Buffs R e uni on Dinne r, Count y

Canterbury. Hotel, Canterbury.
9- llth (Se rvice ) Lamb eth Bn . Th e Queen 's Ro yal October
1/2- Queen 's Surreys Golf Soci e ty Autumn M eet-
R e gime nt O .C .A. Final Annual R e u n ion
Luncheon, Y e Olde Cock Tave rn, Fleet Street , ing, Sudbrook P a rk, Richmond.
E .C.4. 2- Queen 's Surreys Offic e r s' C lub Annual Dinn e r ,
10-Royal Sussex R egt. Ass ociation Aube rs Rid ge
Parade-L ewes. C la ridges, W .l.
11/ 16- Army Golfing Soci e ty Spring M eetin g, St. 2- 2/7 th Bn . Th e Middlesex R egt. (1939-1945 )
An drew's.
16-ALBUHERA DAY. Dinn e r, Victory Ex-S e rvice C lub, S eymour
16- 9th Bn . Th e Middl esex R egt. Annual Dinne r Street , London, W .2.
at Victory Ex-Service C lub, Seymour Street, 3- Middlesex R egim e ntal Ass ociat ion Annua l
London, W .2. R e union , Porch est e r Hall, London , W .2.
20-Regimental Golf Meeting- Canterbu ry Golf 3- Queen's Surreys WOs' and Sgts' Associa tion
Clu b. Dinner/ Dance, Kingston.
20/ 21- Royal Su s sex Office rs ' Club - Goodwood 10-6th (S) Bn. The Buffs 46th Annual Dinne r,
Rac es. Tower of London Restaurant.
24-Roya l Sus sex Officers' C lub--C rick et Ma tch v. November
Duk e of Norfolk's XI, Arund el. 5- 7th Bn. The Middl esex R egt. Offic er s' C lub
27- Queen's Surreys Golf Soci ety match v. Royal Dinn er , United Service Club, Pall Mall, Lon-
Marines (to be notified). don , S .W .l .
29/ 30-Qricket Match v . HMS Excellent at Mares- 6- Meeting of t h e Officers' Club Managing Com-
field (sponsored by 1 QUEENS). mittee, London.
3o-oanterbury Cricket- Gillette Cup, K ent v. 8- Queen's Surreys Association R em embrance
Worcs. (or Oxfordshire ). Sunday, Kings ton a nd Guildford.
30/ 31-Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society match
v . Rye Golf Club. OCLEE
30-13 Jun e-5 QUEENS(V) Ann ual Camp- Otter-
burn. to the Ke nt Coun ty
Regi ments for over
June
fi ft y yea rs.
! - Glorious First of June-lst Bn.
5- Middlesex Regt. Officers' Club Dinn e r, United 35 SANDGATE ROAD,
FOLKESTONE
S e rvice Club, Pall Mall, London , S.W.l.
6- "A" Coy 5 QUEENS(V) and 6 ( Cadre ) Telephone 52654

QUEENS(T) County Reception, Kingston.
12- Queen's Surreys Officers' Club Cocktail Party,

Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, S .W .1.
14-Queen's Surreys R egimental Association

Church Service, Guildford Cathed ral.
17-Qolonel Command The Qu een's Divi s ion 6th

Meeting, at the R.M.A.S.
25/ 27- RS!Ms Convention , Divisional D e pot, Bas-

s ingbourn.

Jul y

!-Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society match v .
K ent Constabulary, Littles tone G.C.

7- 2n d Meeting of T h e Managing Trustees.
12- Qu een's Own Buffs Annual R e union , Ma id -

stone.
12-Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society match v.

Liphook.
25--Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society match v.

North Hants G.C.
28, 29, 30, 31, 1 Aug. -Royal Su ss ex Officers' C lub-

Goodwood Races.

August

1, 3 and 4-0a.n.terbury Cricket Tent Olub-l{en t
v. Worcs.

1-D ivision al Depot OPEN DAY.
2- Qu een's Own Buffs Annual R e union and R e-

m embrance Service, Canterbury.
5/7- Canterbu.ry Cricket Tent Club - I<ent v.

Middlesex.
5/ 8-Qoic h ester Tattoo.
24-4 S ept.-"C" Coy 5 QUEENS (V) Annual Camp

in BAOR.

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Editor: c on t e n t s

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

Regimental Headquarters,
Howe Barracks.
Canterbury, Kent.

Cap Badge Forecast of Events, 1970 . Page
Colla r B adge Editorial
The 1st Battalion 3/4
The 2nd Battalion . 7
The 3rd Battalion .. 9
The 4th Battalion .. . 16
The Regimental Depot 23
The 5th (Volunteer ) Battalion .. 30
6th and 9th Cadre Battalions 40
Recruiting 45
London Gazette 47
Notices, etc. .. 49
Births, Marriages and Deaths 51
Obituaries 52
Alliances 54
The Regimental Association 57
Around the Counties 60
Queen's Division News Letter 63
Journal Order Form
65/84
85
87

B u tton Articles 28
37
Pri nters: A Vinter's World 60
Kentish Gazette, Exercise "Lead Balloon" 75
Canterbury, Kent. Regimental Connections in New Zealand 80
50th Foot at Windsor, New South Wales
The Die-Hards and Australia

COVER PHOTO
The "Hooker Street" OP manned by C Coy., 2nd
Bn. (left to right): Pte. Grey, L / CpL Burfoot,

L / CpL Stickles and Pte. Gennan.

Photo by Cpl. Cornick, of B Coy., 2 QUEENS

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THE JOURNAL OF THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

EDITORIAL

This edition, the fi rst of the New Year, hera lds a great dea l of change and
thus a measure of turbulence in our Regimenta l affairs .

Although "change" is something with which we are not altogether u nfamiliar,
the fact is, 1970 is bound to constitute a very signi fica nt and poignant m ilestone in our
hi sto r y .

By the end of this year the 4th Bn. will have been disbanded , and although
a large majority of its members will join the 1st Bn. fo r its two-year tour in Ber lin
starting in July, many of us will feel a pang of sadness in the rea lisation-however
mollified by the " L arge Regiment" concept-that the old " Die-H ards," as a separate
entity, will have fina lly come to rest.

Also by the end of this year, the Regimenta l D epot at H owe Barracks will have
bowed out and Bassingbourn will have completely taken over the training commitment
for the three Regiments of the Queen's Division. M oreover, in July, the H eadquarters
of The Queen's Division are due to m ove from Co lchester to be eo- located with the
Divisional Depot.

The other changes are not so fund am ental, merely involving our two other
Regular Banalions in routine m oves-the 3rd from Lem go to Ba llykinler in M arch
and the 2nd Bn. from N orthern Ireland to BAOR ( provisional) in September-but, no
doubt, for those actually concerned , these will be big events and we hope their new
tours will be as happy as their previous ones have been successful.

As we go to press, the 1st Bn . will have senled into their spell of " Public Duties"
in London ( 1st M arch to 15th April ) . They share their duties with the Irish Guards
and the 2nd Bn . The Grenadier G uards ( with whom they served recently in L ondon-
d erry), and they can be seen in their Atholl Grey " M axi " greatcoats looking very
much like Guardsm en them se lves. ( The greatcoats are on tri al for genera l issue ).

Historic Note: Both the Grenadiers ( the senior Regiment of F oot Guards)
and the old Queen's ( the senior English Infantry Regiment) share the distinction of
holding the oldest Banle Honour-" T angier, 1662-1 680."

W e congratulate Maj .-G en . C. M . M . M an, C B, OBE, M C, D eputy Colonel
( Middlesex ) , on his appointment as H onorary Colonel of the l Oth Cadre Bn . ( Middle-
sex ) , with effect from 1st F ebruary.

Where is Regimenta l H eadquarters to be located when the D epot closes this
year? You may well ask! The " powers-that-be" have promised to m ake a decision
about the future of H owe Barracks ( and the repercussions of this) in M ay, so we
must await events.

Finally, now that all you serving " X F actor" wa llahs are m oving into the " jet
set" in April and will be wondering how to spend a ll that extra lolly, why don' t you
a ll becom e regular subscribers to the J ourna l by Banker's Order and have your persona l
copy sent to you direct ? D etai ls on p age 87.

8 From Mons OCS

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE 2/ Lt. J . N. C. Myles was commissioned into the
Regiment on 31st January, 1970, and posted to the
New Year Honours 2nd Bn.
awa:~ : congratulate the following on the ir
Lts. M. J. Bail, H. B. W. Barstow, R. J. Coke-
MBE- Maj. (QM) M . Wild (4th Bn.). Smyth e, D. P. L. Hod getts and S. J. Yates have
BEM- A/ WOII G. Gordon, DCM (2nd Bn .) . passed the ir promotion examination (Lt. to Capt.)
Lt.-Col. R. R. McNish was appointed GSOl
Fortress HQ, Gibraltar, on 15th January, 1970. MaJ. M. J. Doyle has successfuly completed a
Col. H. E. R. Watson, MBE (formerly Royal
Sussex), is to take up an appointment with The course at the Joint Services Staff College.
Trucial Oman Scouts on 1st June, 1970. Maj. C. L . Lawrence, MC, has been accepted
Lt. G. D. Crlpps (lately Superintendent Clerk
at the Depot), who recently received a Short for entry to the first Grade Staff Pool.
Service Combatant Commission is the Ass istant Capt. S. T. W. A nde r son , Cap t . P. de S. Barr ow
Adjutant at t he Junior Tradesmen's Regiment,
Rhyl. a n d Maj. M . D. Legg have successfu lly comple t ed
an Army Staff Course, Dlv. Ill, a nd are entitled
Redundancy to the award of the symbol "p.s.c." after their
The following have been granted redundancy names.

in 1970/71 under the terms of DCI 238/ 69:- R SMs to
Maj. (QM) M. W ild. MBE.
Maj. (QM) G. V. I . Slmp son , MBE. The fo llowing w e r e r ecently appointed
Battalions as s hown:-
From RMAS
T he following Officer Cadets were commis- WOI J . Lewis-1st Bn.
WOI G. H . Brown , B EM- 2nd B n .
sioned into t h e Regim en t in D ecember, 1969, a n d
posted as shown:- A~knowledge•nents

2/ Lt. R. M. Jackson-2nd Bn. The Editor ack nowledges with many t h ank s
2/ Lt. M P. L awson-3rd B n. receipt of the fo llowin g publication s:
2/ Lt. Jackson was eighth in the order of merit
as well as in the Military Order. Braganza.
The TAVR Magazine--Jan uary, 1970.
Clarion.
T h e Star and Garter- 1970.

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CO : Lt.-Col. H . C. M illm a n ; 2I C: Maj. M . F .
R eynolds ; Adjt.: Capt. G. B . B a tem an; I O : Ca pt.
C. T . G r a h a m ; RSM: W O I. J . L ewis .

Editorial In our own case our You ng P e op le s ubscribe
towa r d s ha mpe r s w hi ch t h ey then di stribute t o
OUR last month in Londonderry was quiet. We o ld peop le, particu la r ly those livi n g a lon e-this
remain convinced, however, that this was y e ar, than k s to t h e k indne ss of 1s t B n . T h e
due to our refusal to lower our guard and recent Quee n 's R eg im e nt, the y can d ou b le their lis t .
events seem to be proving us right. This was not
achieved without considerable effort and it took I think it is extre m e ly ni ce of you to comme n t
many further hours of discussion with local on t he kindn ess an d f rie ndl in ess you ha v e met .
leaders to convince them that the apparent return O nly w e w h o live in t h e city know t h e d eb t we
to normality was due entirely to the presence of owe to t h e Quee n 's R egim e nt- w e h ave onl y to
our soldiers and that their removal would merely re m e m be r t he stat e o f the ci t y on t h e morn in g
open the door to the hooligan element again. To a nd ea •-ly a fte rn oon of t h e d ay o n whic h you
the very end we continued arresting " hoolies" a rrived to rea lise how m uch we have fo r w h ich
and for the first time in years Londonderry in to tha nk you, a nd indeed I feel that su ch is
December was freed of its normal Friday and hum an n a t u re, and e speciall y ruff led h uman
Saturday night disturbances. n a tu1·e, the m e n of 1st B n . n eve r got the c r e dit
an d ap pre ciation f rom us in Derr-y wh ic h t he y
A considera ble effort was m ade during the dese rved.
last weeks t o win the h earts and minds of the
local po pula tion a nd in pa rticula r the youth o f For th is fi n a l ve r y ch aritab le act I t h a nk you
the c ity . W e open ed two y outh c lubs , one in H.M.S . a ll m ost si n ce re ly and h ope t h at you a ll e njoy a
S ea Eag le call ed "Braga nza " and a nother in th e very happy Christm as peaceably at h o m e."
Bogside , w hich we ran in conjunction w ith the
RMP, called "The R ed Cap Clu b ." These we r e an From t h e B i shop of D erry:
ins tant s u ccess due to h e rc ule an effot1.s by Maj.
M ik e R ixon a nd SSI D e n t, assis t ed by many "My D ear Colonel Millma n,
sold ie rs w h o gave up the ir f ew free hours o f spare I wish to convey to you m y appreciation of
t im e. N earl y 400 b oy s turned up to the last mee t-
ing of the B raganza Club. Whilst not pret ending you r kind thoug ht and tha t of your m en in send-
th a t t his cam pa ig n w o uld solve D erry's p r o ble m s, ing the g e ne ro u s d ona tion to provide a Christmas
it a t least hig hlig hted to the civic a uthorities the party for th" old peo ple a nd children in D erry.
need for su ch clubs a nd cleared the streets of
many potentia l troublem a k er s. All this w as in Over and above the gene rous cheque conveyed
a ddition t o assista n ce t o the CCF a nd running a to m e by Ma j. R eynolds, I value t h e sentiments
s hooting club. e xpressed ir. you r lette r . Y our gratitude t o the
people on t he ir kindness to the soldiers is rec ipro-
As a tok en of tha nks t o the people of the city cat ed by t h e peop le. They a pp reciat e what you
for t he ir k indness to us on the s treet s, a ll ranks have done in restoring o rde r a nd confiden ce to
don a t ed one da y 's "discomfo rt" pay f o r the o ld our community. The discomfort a nd ha rd wo rk
a nd childre n of L ondonde rry ; th is amounted t o e ndu re d by the so ldie rs b r ou g ht g reat results .
£110, h a lf of which w as gi ve n t o the Protestant
D e a n a nd h a lf to the Catholic Bis h o p . The ir Would you please con v ey my a ppreciation and
lette r s of tha nks a r e r e produced b elow: tha t of a ll my p eople t o you r m e n for thei r k ind-
ness .
F.-om t h e D ean of L ondond en ·y:
May God b less a nd r e ward you a ll ."
"D ea r Colonel Millman,
When Capt. B at em a n h a nded m e your letter W e h a d e x pe cted t o be re lieved b y 42 Mediu m
Regt. R A . a nd, indeed, t he ir managem ent carried
a nd its en closed cheque I was ast onis h ed n ot only out a d etail ed r e cce. In the event, h oweve r, the
a t the gen eros ity of the soldiers of you r Ba ttalion , 1s t B n . The G lost e r s t ook over f ro m u s in HMS
but by the thou ghtfuln ess tha t led them t o m a k e Sect Eag l e. O u r old c o mpatr iot s , 2nd Bn. Th e
this gesture. Gren a di e r Gu ards, actua ll y re lieve d us on the
s tree ts w hils t the G lost e r s se ttled in. W e had
I would be most grateful if you would convey com p le t ed 112 d ays on the s t reets wittjout r elie f.
to the men our thanks, a nd esp ecially on beh a lf The following m es s ages w e r e received at the e nd
of m a ny old p eople in the c ity - n ot only the o f our tour :-
C r.urch of Ire la nd, but of the Presb yte ri a n a nd
Methodist Church es as well , for I h a v e a rran ged FTom G .O .C. NoTt h cn' I r eland :
w ith the Me thodis t. Mini s t e r and the Presbyte ri a n
Minis t e r in the c ity centre th a t we can jo in t o- "On the d e parture of your B a t talion I would
gether in seeing t o it tha t old people a nd young like t o con g r a tula t e a ll r a nks on the ir sple ndid
children can enjoy something extra this Christ- w ork in Londonde rry. You have gained a fine
mas. re putation for your s m a rt a nd e ffic ie nt bearing .
You h ave a lso s hown g rea t patie n ce and unde r-
s t a nding over yo ur d ealings w ith the p eo ple of
both communit ies : W e ll d on e a nd thank you ."

From D eputy Anny Com1nandm· :

"A s you leave North e rn Ire la nd I send my
heartiest con gratulation s t o you and a ll r ank s
1 QUEENS fo r t he s plendid way in w hich you

10 Sp ednl 0Td m· of the Day by Commcmdc,- 24
In /. Bde.:
have carried out your tasks in Londonde iTy. The
operational effi cien cy a nd immaculate turnout of "I QUEENS and C Coy. 1 DERR.
your Battalion throughout its tour has been in On your d eparture from Ulster and from 24
the highest traditions of your R egim ent. Your
success in community re lations has been exce lle nt Inf. Bde. I should like to place on record w h at
a nd a credit to you and your Battalion. I wish a fine job you have done in the City of London-
you a ll the best of good fortun e in 1970." d erry, both as a Battalion and as individuals. You

(Top): Sp. Coy. in the
City Gaol.

(L owe r ) : A h a ppy smil-
ing g ro u p of ta nk
huster s.

have rem a ine d without a break a t duty ove 1· th e 11
past fou1· months, and by you r constant a nd
patient work you h ave la rge ly contribute d to the Howe ve r I wou ld li ke t o a dd a special tribute
restoration of peace in the city. f1·om a ll of ..;s with whom the Qu een 's h ave li ved ,
w hen you have not bee n about your business in
You have s pent long and te dious h ours on the streets. W e h ave been very much impressed
duty, often in far from sati sfactory conditio ns, by the professiona lism, goodwill a nd patience
yet you have a lways rem a ined ch eerful a nd in wh ich you have a ll shown in your long d rawn-out
good sp irits. Your turnout and bearing have and sometim e.s very t e di o u s task, an d .we have
a lways been of a particula rly high order and you much enjoyed both your compa ny and dom g what
have behaved in an ex empl ary way. Your hand- we could to make your stay easier.
ling of Intern a l Security Duties has been pra ise-
worthy throughout. W e w is h you a very h a ppy return to En g la nd
and a rewarding tour in Berlin .
I shou ld like to congratul a t e not only your
leaders , but every individu a l so ldi e r who coll ec- It h as b een good to ren ew the close a nd 175-
tively have contributed to the hig h st a ndard year-old association s of the Queen 's with the
w hich you h ave all set for oth e rs w h o wi ll f ollow Royal Navy a nd to have you r co lou rs in our mes,s .
you to Londonderry. W e look forward to see ing you again soon 1n
easier circumstances."
On be half of everyon e in 24 Inf. Bde. I sh ou ld
like to wish you a Happy Ch ristmas at hom e a nd Front t he Justice of t he P ence in Londonderry:
a w e ll d eserved leave. I s h a ll be sorr y to see you
go." "As a Justice o f the P eace for this c ity, I
f eel th a t I mu s t w i·ite yo u to e xpress my d eep
P . J . H . LENG, Brigadier . admiration a nd tha nks for the way in which your
Comrr a nding 24th Inf. B de. troops have carri ed out the ir most diffi c ult a nd
d e licat e t ask s in Londond e rry.
7th D ecem be r , 1969 .
The 1st Queen 's Battalion, under the command
Front, Ca7Jtain HMS Sea Eagle: of Lt.-Col . C h arles Millm a n, h as d o n e a most ex-
cell e nt job a nd it is with d ee p r egret th a t we a r e
"I a m sure that be fore yo u le a ve, you a nd now saying goodbye to a great many n ~w fn e nds .
your Battalion wi ll rece ive the thanks a nd con-
g r atulations of many p eo pl e, both in milita r y a nd Whil e many of u s regret the n ecess1ty fo r the
civ il life, for the sp le ndid job you h ave done a nd prese n ce of the troops, we can n eve r have reg ret s
a re still doing in Londonde rry. for these men w ho have done credit to the ir
c o u n t ry."

Our only disa ppointment was a refusal by the Hire Your Leave Car
a uthorities to a llow us to march through the
streets of L ondonde rry be f ore our d e parture. This from
disappointme n t was s h a r ed by the local popu la-
tion. Morleys of Kingston

The Battalion sai led from Ire lan d on 12th MORRIS, FORD a nd HILLMAN
December, leaving many good fri ends on both vans, saloons, estates and automatics,
sides of the barricades. W e arrived by LSL at
Marchwood in the early h ours of the 14th. Pl a n s VOLKSWAGEN DORMOBILE
for TV and Press coverage w ere ruined by the motor caravans.
early arrival a nd torrential rain . Nothing could
dampen the spirit of the Battalion, howeve r , and Le t us m eet you on arrival
a fte r four days cleaning up a nd packing away
our k it, w e went on three weeks wel1-earned WINTER from £7.10.0 per week
Christmas leave . A most exce lle nt Christmas
lunch was e njoyed by a ll r a nks before w e d e- SUMMER from £14.0.0 per week
parted.
NO MILEAGE CHARGE
The Battalion r e-form ed on 12th January. INSURANCE INCLUDED
Ireland h ad inte rfer ed w ith a ll normal tra ining
a nd each company in turn has, the refore, been to P eriod hire discounts u p to 25%.
Hythe for a week 's classification. Support Coy. is,
at the tim e of writing, carrying out concentrate d Brochure and quotation by airmail.
fi ring at Neth e ravon and the n ext f ew w eek s wi ll
see a flurry of Up-grading Boards a nd Inter-Com- 76 , CAMBRIDGE ROAD , KINGSTON-ON-
pany s ports competition s, leading up to the pre- THAMES, SURREY, ENGLAND
sentation of the Kirke's Company award on Ypres or
Day. T he even t occupying most minds at present ,
however , is Public Duties (whi ch started on 1st POVEY CROSS MOTORS, NR. GATWICK
March and lasts for s ix weeks). An enormous AIRPORT, HORLEY, SURREY, ENGLAND
amount of preparation is necessary. A new g rey
greatcoat is on trial a nd we shall be the first Cables: "Karhire ," Kingston
unit to wear :t on Public Duties.

The return to Lingfleld h as allowed us to
revert to our norm al orga nisation. Th ere h ave
been a numbe r of personality changes, howeve r.
Maj. John Francis h as departed to HQ The
Queen's Division and Maj. Mike Rixon has taken
over B Coy. P ending the arrival of the draft from
the 4th En. in April, Capt. Malcolm Hyatt h as
assumed command of Command Coy. Capt. Ala n
Martin h as transfe rre d to the RAPC and w e w e l-
come Lt. Keith Yonwin as PR! and F am ilies
Officer. Lt. Malcolm Howa rd h as arr ived to take
over the R ecce PI.

12 OFFICERS' MESS
PMC: Maj. H . M . Hare, Mess Secretary: Capt.
('l'op): In the Diamond-(left to right): Maj. M. Hyatt.
Francls, L / Cpl. Langmead and Capt. Col<e-
The Mess h as been rather dormant in this
Smyth. pe riod, but 1.he s h elt e r of HMS Sea Eagl e's Ward-
(Centre) : Virtue rewarded. A welcome back to room was very welcom e in between bouts of
Waterloo Place for our last spell on the keeping the peace on the Londonderry streets.
Maj. Mike Rixon assumed t he then s inecure of
streets. PMC, a nd w e h a d the usual round of farew ell
(Lower): 2/ Lt. " Daisy" Swanson having his parties at the end of ou r time in Derry to thank
a ll those w ho had h elped us a nd worked with us;
hair set! this included, t.o coin the Co lone l's expression, a
numbe r of "prize-givings" in the form of plaque
presentations; HMS Eagle gave us a very nice
piece of s ilve r, for which we are most grateful.

The Mess Staff have perform ed manfully in
many roles on the streets of Derry and have
acqu itted themse lves v e ry we ll ; 41Guardsman"
L aw and a ll the oth er stalwarts k ept the peace
with the r est of u s.

Back a t Lingfield, a n ew regime of bold
warriors has now seized power as the Mess Com-
mittee, and w e h eld a mess m eeting in mid-
January to make plans for the future a nd to
gather up the threads from the past.

W e welcome Lt. Keith Yonwin to the Mess,
a nd say farewell to Maj. John Fra n cis, w h o is
off to Colcheste r. C/ Sgt. Archer goes on t e rminal
leave and his resettlement course imminently,
and w e wish him well.

SERGEANTS' MESS
With great d elight we w elcom ed the arrival of
our relief B attalion, the "Glorious" Glosters, to
Londonde rry; and with equa l zest we came off
the streets to prepare for our r eturn t o England .
One of our last function s in D erry was our
F a rewell Cocktail Party which was attended in
the main by our Nava l counterparts and the ir
families with a sprinkling of RUC and TAVR
from Caw Camp. The r e were two farewell lunch -
time drinks in the CPOs and POs Messes of
HMS Sea Eagle, where plaqu es were exch a n ged,
also a picture of Paddy's Mum was cerem oniou s ly
presented to the RSM and now hangs in his
office, much to the disgust of one WOII who
shall remain nameless!
And so w e set sail for home.
On 17th January a fter our Christmas break
we h eld our rather belated Christmas Draw, where
some 200 m e mbe rs and their guests enjoyed a
first-class evening and an ex cellent buffet- all
thanks to the efforts of the draw committee, ably
s t ee r ed by Bill Steeles (and the RSM won the
"Star Prize," a tape recorder!) .
On Sunday, 26th J a nuary, the Mess r ever-
berated to the £ound of the W est Indies, as the
tre m e ndous Steel Band of the 4th Bn . swung into
action at our beer and band session. They w ere
accompanied on the floor by the one a nd on ly
"Swinging Clem" Clements, who, in a rave of
rapture and glazed eyes, demonstrated a rare
Amerindian Rain D a nce--and it worked!
On 22nd January we were visited by our new
Brigade Commander, Brig. A . G. Findlay, but,
having a tight schedule, he m et only ha lf our
1nembers.
W e welcome back to the fold Sgt. Pearson,
from the JLB, Sgt. Holland, from Mons, a nd Sgts.
Jones, Stent a nd Wisden on promotion. Con-
gratulations also go to T ex L eader on his pro-
motion t o C/ Sgt.
Good luck to our d e partures - Sgt. Dave
Woodhall to Mons and Sgt. D ave Patterson to
the AAC.

13

B Coy.

OC: Maj. M. E . C. Rixon; 2IC: Capt. R. J .
Cok e-Smyth ; 2/ Lts.: J . P . J . B latch and P . R. P .
Swanson ; CSM: WOII Rippon; CQMS: C/ Sgt.
Clemen ts.

Sp. Coy.

OC: Maj. A . B. S. Faris; Mor. Offr.: Capt.
M . J. J a rra tt; A / Tk. Offr.: Capt. R. T . W .
M e ll olt e; Recce PI. : Lt. M. F . Howard ; Aslt.
Pnr. Sgt.: Sgt. Lloyd ; CSM : WOII Pearson;
C QMS: C/ Sgt. Caulkett.

Comd. Coy.

OC : Capt. M H yatt ; RSO: Capt. R. P.
Murphy; WTO: Lt. R. M. McGhie; ERO : L t. D .
A. H arrison , RAEC; CSM: WOn Anderson ; Sigs.
WO : W On Alien; CQMS: C/ Sgt. Young ; WT WO :
C/ Sgt. D o nne ll y ; ORS : C/ Sgt. Cocking; SSI
APTC : SSI D e nt ; Drum-Major: Sgt. Maloney;
PRO Sgt.: Sgt. Man u e l.

Admin. Coy.

OC : Maj. J . D . W . R e id; QM: Maj. D . H . P .
F raser ; MTO : Capt. F . B. Oram ; PRI : Lt. K .
Yonwin; UPM : Maj. R . Ewa rt, RAPC; RMO :
Capt. C . N. 0. Digges, RAMC; Bandmaste r : WOI
Crichton ; R QMS: won Lea; CSM: won
W a rner ; C QMS : C/Sgt. Butler; Band Sgt : S / Sgt.
Rothwell ; Chief C le rk RAPC: WOII O 'Brie n ;
SQMS ACC: SQMS Turner ; Armourer S/ Sgt. :
S / Sgt. Sande r s.

The Managen1ent

(Top) (le ft t-o right) : 2IC-Maj. M . F. R cy-
nolds ; CO-Lt.-Col. H. C. Millman; Adjt.-

Capt G. B . Batcman.

(Lower ): The intelligence Office r-Capt. C. T.
G r aham with CSM of A Coy.-WOll Prior.

The following is the Battalion family tree (Top ): LSL arrives at March\rood on 14th
as a t 1s t F ebruary: September.

A Coy. (Lower): By coach from ~larchwood to
OC: Maj. H. M . H a re; 2IC: Capt. D . M . Lingfield.
Tuc k e r ; 2/ Lts.: P. R . Hitch cock, C. F . G. Parkin-
son a nd P . M. H . McGill; CSM: WOII Prior;
CQMS: C/ Sgt. Edwards.

14 SF w in five po ints f o r every CD arr ested
a nd gain an extra fiv e for every m onth's s en-
~~civil Disturbanee"-A New ten ce later a warded to a CD . F or every r ese rve
Gante p la t oo n of SF d e p loyed , CD gain 10 points , b u t
SF are award ed five po ints per hundred CD dis-
This n ew gam e is becoming ve ry popula r per s ed into an a r ea w he r e they d on 't live a nd
a nd is pa rticularly r ecomme nded for wet Satur- don 't want to go.
d ay aft ernoon s. Ther e a r e two s ides-Civ il Dis-
turbe r s (CD ) a nd Security F or ces (SF ). Points B ut r eally h igh scores are u s ua lly wo n h a lf-
a r e scor ed as the gam e progr esses. CD get fi ve way t hrou g h the contest . F or e ve ry S F Lt.-Co l.
points for s itting down in an unexpected place; seen comma nding a s ection , CD g e t 20 po ints, a nd
but SF get 10 if they learn a bout the s itdown if they can fo r ce an SF B rigadier to join in a
first. CD get 10 points fo r getting throug h bar - p la t oon tssk , lhey gain 50 points. S F gain 25
r ie r s before SF can close them, but fo rf e it 10 if every t im e they u se CS g a s and ge t awa y with it
they find a pla toon of SF a lread y on t h e g r ound , without a Court Ma rtial. If s hooting h as t o s ta rt,
closing the ba rriers behind them . the gam e is con s ider ed t o h ave got out of ha nd
and is a t o n ce called off.

.An Account of 2 Pl.

Adventure Training zn
Canada

Afte r t.he initia l "pa ralys ing " dra m as w e It h a d a g r eat capacity for eggs a nd bacon until
arrived at the Canadian Forces B ase P etew aw a the hig hly talented F or est R angers d ecided t o
CFB P et ewawa Is a huge brig ad e compl ex camp s hoot it. They mi ssed , but it n ever r eturned.
on the s hores of the Ottawa River in N orthe rn
Ontario 100 miles w est of Otta w a . Hot, m osquito- Ma nning m anaged to wa ngle himself on a
infest ed a nd bear-ridden dur ing the s ummer , it five-d ay tri p t o N ew J e r s ey a nd N ew York, s up-
is bleak a nd inhos pitable with the t empe ra ture posedly w ith a m a le fri end (would you believe!) .
s omet im es 40°F . below in the w inte r m onths . The
orig in a l intention w as adventure tra ining, but w e Our five week s up, we returned to UK on,
somehow ended up attached to A Coy. 1 Loyals, believe it or not, an a lm ost untrou b led fli g ht ex-
who bear little r esemblance to A Coy. 1 QUEENS. cept fo r a fou r-h our d elay a t Ottawa.
During the first week or so we sunbathed , swam
in the rive r, dra nk (a s m a ll a mount! ) a nd in the On re fl e ct ion , even if things w e re despe rate
at times, a t least w e have seen Cana da a nd an-
m a in becam e f a miliar with our surroundings ! other "Infa ntry" Battalion a t "wo rk" !
Twiddy disappear ed off to Toronto for a w eek
(legally) and the first w eek end coaches w ere SPORTS ROUND-UP
laid on. Those who w ent to Montreal h a d a ch a n ce Due t o oper a ti on a l duti es in Northern Ire-
to visit Expo '67 (now "Man and his World" ) and land w e wer e forced t o w ithdra w from the Army
in some cases sa mple the d elights of James B oxing Competition . This w as m ost disappointing
Brown's dancers (L /Cpl. Watson) . Others visited s ince we h ave a t eam of g r eat pote ntia l. Pte .
Otta wa, the Gove rnm ent s eat, and Kingston- a Cunning h anl r ecently r epresented the A rm y
garris on town on the s hores of Lake Onta rio, against the R oyal N avy a nd a lthough losing na r-
Most cam e back with stories of a dubiou s n a ture; rowly on points, h e is likely to gain his Colo\Jrs
they w er e a lso utte rly exhausted . The pla t oon against the RAF.
commande r w as not d enied his pleasures e ither . In the South E ast D istrict Cross-country we
cam e fourth. This r efl ect ed great c r edit on the
On the Bn. exe rcise 2 PI. a cquitted them selves t eam , captained by 2/ Lt. Malcolm McGill, as they
well a nd unlike the Compa ny Commander were r eturned from leave o nly a few days before the
not 8,000 yards out a t the e nd of a 2,500-yard event.
m a rch . For mos t, it was an introduction to "bus h " In the world of soccer, we are through to the
tra ining and to a few a g r eat &tra in n ot to t a lk semi-fin a ls of the South E ast District M a jor-uni t
a t a ll f or fi ve days. c hampi onships. W e h ave h a d t o pla y 1 L oyals
t w ice , the fi r st m atc h being a dra w a fte r extra
The Company decided to do a "Ta rzan" act tim e. A con vincing 3-0 win in the repla y h as
a nd paddle in a ssault boa ts 29 miles down the ra ised m o ra le cons id erably , pa rticul arly s ince we
Barron Rive r in 2i d a ys. The Cana dians said w e have to play the Loyals ye t again in the zon e
were cr azy and that it couldn't be done ! W e did semi-fin a ls of the Infa ntry Cup.
it, even though both our boats suffered severe Capt. R oddy Mellotte h as again represented
damage through shooting the r a pids inst ead of the Queen 's Di vis ion in the Inter-Corps Squash
portaging. This was the first time that a smile Ch am pions hips ; the Div is ion w ere runners-up.
w as seen on O'R eilly's face as the w hole of one After a year of being fo r ced to r ent s ports
s ide of the boat deflated . grounds and p itch es fro m local a uthorities w e
look forward in 1970 t o supe r b faciliti es in B erlin.
The highlight of our time in Ca nada was un-
doubtedly the impromptu early morning barbecu e
w hich left Cook, O'Re illy, Twiddy and J ohns t on
hom eless, kiUess and a lmost n a ked. All that w as
left was a pile of burned clothing and t ent.

Apart from fires, b ears w ere the othe r m e n ace
a nd a lmost every night a huge black bear used
to pick up the Office rs' Mess 'fridge and throw
it o utside a nd the n eat all the conte n ts the r eof.

15

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16

The 2nd Battalion

Bn. H .Q. C Coy.

CO: Lt.-Col. J. S. Fletcher, MBE, 2IC : Maj. OC: Maj. J. C. Holma n , Coy. 2I C: Capt. M. R.
B. D. 0 . Smith, Adjt .: Capt. P. P. B. Critchley, Butler, CSM: WOII M. Ayling, CQMS: C/ Sgt. F .
Assistant Adjt.: Lt. S. B . L . Fraser, I O: Lt. Boyne, Platoon Command e rs : 2/ Lts. J . G. Mac-
R. M. M . Low, RSM: WOI G. H . Brown, BEM, William a nd M . C. Willis, Lt. J . D. Jonklaas.
Orderly R oo m C / Sgt.: C / Sgt. A. G. C hild.
S p. Coy.
A Coy.
OC: Maj. A . B. Cowin g, Coy. 2IC : Capt. C. H.
OC: Maj. M. C. D . L . G ilha m , CSM: WOII St. John Perry, CSM: WOII A. J. Prudence,
T . H. Laming, CQMS: Sgt. J. Evans, Platoon Com- CQMS : C/ Sgt. A. On gley, Mortar PI. Comm ander:
manders: Lt. P. D . McLelland a nd 2/ Lt. R. M. Lt. H . A. P. Yorke, Anti-Tank PI. Command e r :
J ackson. Lt. P. M. Gwilliam.

B Coy. HQ Coy.

OC: M aj. J . B. Ray, Coy. 2IC : Capt. D . H. A. OC : Maj. R. J . Palmer, CSM: WOII J . R.
Shephard, CSM: WOII J. L . L eiper, CQMS: C/ Sgt. Barren, CQMS : Sgt. A. Parsons, QM: Maj. G. V. I.
R . J. T . Riddleston e-H olmes, Platoon Com m a nd- S impson , MBE, R QMS: WOII R. G. F ord ,
ers: Lt. N. C. G. Cann, 2/ Lts. A. M. F . Jelf and MTO: Capt. W. Snowden, RSO : Capt. I . G.
J. F . Huskisson . Baillie, Recce PI. Comm and·er: L t. J . A. H od ges.

Editorial clubs, Boys' Brigades a nd similar organisations.
The facilities a nd exp ertise of the w hol e Battalion
T HE price of the period of peace and calm were launched behind the programme, w hich got
which has reigned over Belfast and the rest off to a roaring start. Games a nd sports were the
of Ulster since November last, has been the most popular activity w ith most clubs, w hile
constant alertness and vigilance of the security coaching in gam es from soccer to gymnastics was
forces. Just how tenuous the balance between very welcome.
calm and chaos has been was amply demonstrated
by the events of the last two weeks of January In addition to the flood of sporting activities,
compa ni es a nd platoons went a h ead w ith their
when riots similar to those of 10th/11th own p et schemes. Proba bly the most n otable, and
October were narrowly averted. The Battalion certainly the most publicised of these, was the
continues to play a full part on operations Anti-Tank Pl.'s construction of an "adventure
whether it be the "Hearts and Minds" cam-
playground" for the children in one of t he poorer
paign or routine operations. Protestant a reas of E ast Belfast.

November was marked by a reshuffle of the On an open piece of ground tucked away in
forces In the city. The Battalion found itself the back streets, w hat had once been a play area
still in old and by no w familiar locations, but had been gutted a nd destroyed by extremist s in
split up with companies under command of other their search for m aterials to construct barri-
units in the city. Bn. Tac HQ and Main HQ cad es and weapons during the rioting. Her~. unde r
r emained in H olywood w ith under command Sp. the guidance of Maj. Gilham a nd Lt. Gwilliam
Coy., in the Bally m acarret area of East B elfast. and with the assistan ce from the Sappers, the
B Coy. remained in the Crumlin area under platoon constructed climbing fra m es, lE>vell ed a
comm a nd of 2 LI, a nd C Coy. first under com- site for a small soccer pitch and erected a short
mand of 41 Comma nd o, RM, and then 1 P a ra, aerial rope slide. It was uphill work, for in the
retained their old area, Albert Street. early st ages the day's work was often destroyed
overnight by m a ra uding children, but with
Routine patrol activity continued apace, but patien ce a nd goodwill, the confidence a nd co-
all companies were hard at work as welJ on operation of the local residents and the children
"H earts and Minds" projects. The Communitv R e- were won over, and the playground, the fore-
lations campaign had as its ultimate obj~ctiv e runner of several to be constructed by other units
the bringing togeth er of the two communities. in the c ity, w as firmly est a blish ed .
However , it was evid ent tha t a more important
and s horter term aim was necessary; this was to In C Coy.'s area, sporting activities varied
c hange the hard lin e image the Army had got as
a r esult Of the Shankill a nd Moore Street battles, from boxing with the Immaculata Boxing Club,
to one of h elping both sid es of the community to one of the better known boxing clubs in Ireland
rehabilitate them selves a nd to return to normal (which has produced several Olympic boxers in
as quickly as possible. its time), to n etball with the girls of the local
youth club. In addition, they launched out into
Conta.ct s wer e quickly m ade In all compan y home d ecorating . Ably led by Pte. Osbo111e, w ho
a reas with the local people, concentrating in the has since left the Army, several soldiers of the
early stages on youth clubs, Boy Scouts, church Company devoted a great deal of their off duty
time to redecorating the houses of some of the
n eedy fa milies in the district. One case in par-
ticular was that of an eld erly lady w hose hu sband
had to s p end a great deal of his life in a n iron
lun g.

B Coy., t oo, ventured into the building trade,
redecorating their own accommodation with
garis h colour s. Not con tent with this, under the

17

BROTHERS IN ARMS

Twenty-eight brothers serving together in the 2ndBn. (lelt to right):
B ack row: Sgt. Evans, Ptes. John son (51 and 19), Bdsm. Holman (19 and 20), Cpl. Davis and Pte.
Glass, Ptes. Clark (79 and 86). Pte. Adams (47).
Middle row : Pte. Evans, Ptes. Jones (269 and 273) , Ptes. FinneUy (89 and 62), Ptes. Mille r (52 and 27),

Ptes. Simpson (25 and 26), Pte. Adams (86).
Front row : Ptes. ReveUe (96 and 64), Ptes. Croucher (84, 27, 06 and 35), Ptes. Jones (42 and 569).

guidance of Pte. Culbertson and Pte. Grinham, of Coaching by our drummers and buglers was very
C Coy, t hey v irtually rebuilt the interior of popular and the Drums efforts were crowned w ith
a nother house for an elderly lady w ho had been a quite outstanding display to the representatives
petrol-bombed out of her own home during the of all t h e Brigade Bands on 11th D ecember. A
remarkable effort as both rehearsals and per-
August rioting. B Coy. also made their mark as formances had to be fitted in with their opera-
champion indoor bowls players, a most popular tional tasks as a platoon of Sp. Coy. on full-time
game in the halls and clubs in the city, a nd duty in East Belfast.
popular w ith the soldiers, even though m ost of
the players were over 70. A major "weapon" in The Drums, too, provided our links w ith the
putting ourselves across to the community was Boy Scouts. L /Cpl. Clark, of the Drums, with
the Band and Corps of Drums. The Band was in assistance from Sp. Coy., organised a Scouts
g r eat demand and found themselves play ing jamboree in P a lace Barracks one Saturday w hich
in places varying from small church ha lls to an was attend ed by some 200 Scouts, in cluding some
aud itorium seating some 2,000 people. It took a disabled Scouts.
while to get the correctly-balanced programme
to suit t he audiences, but all the con certs were Genf"ral Tarver"s Visit
very well received and played t o packed houses.
On t he 20th and 21st November the Battalion
In the early performa n ces the adults in the received a very welcome visit from Maj.-Gen.
audiences were outnumbered, some three to one, C. H . T arver, CB, CBE, DSO, DL, D eputy Colon el
by children a nd then the noise was so deafening (K ent ), a nd Mrs. T arver. The General was
that at times it was almost impossible to hear received at Bn. HQ with a quarter guard, and
the Band. The Band were also required to do their a fterwards presented Long Service and Good
sha re of guards in Palace Barracks d uring the Conduct Medals to WOI (BM) D . Game, Sgt.
period and on occasions were even seen on patrol Arnold, REME, and Sgt. Cull, ACC. W e take this
in the street s of Belfast. As well as their "extra- opportunity of con gratulatin g them on their
ordinary" activities, they still had to cope with awards. During his stay with the Battalion he
t h e ir n onnal engagem e nts, the mo re m emorable v is ited the companies on location in Belfast, n o
of w hic h were their perfo rmances at the F estival doubt paying particular attention to C Coy., then
of R em embrance in the Ulster Hall, two BBC command ed by his son , Maj. H . N. Tarver.
radio broadcasts (one of which was featured on
"Music Night" on Boxing Day) and in providing ( Pictures, n ext page)
t h e musical backing for the H arry Secombe CSE
Show, which was lat er featured on BBC television.

The Corps of Drums, under comm a nd of
Drum Major Lively, concentrated their "H earts
a nd Minds" campaign on the Boys' Brigad e, a n
organisation with a very strong following in
Belfast. Their expertise was in great demand
among the Drum and Bugle Bands of the Brigade.

18

(Top ): Sgt. Arnold, REME, Bandmaster Game
and Sgt. Cull, ACC, after receiving their LS
a nd GC MedaJs from Maj.-Gen. Tarver on

21s t Novembe r , 1969.
The Deputy Colonel (Kent), Maj.-Gen. Tarver,

visits B Co y.
(Centre) (left to right): Cpl. Rowney, Gen.

Tarver, Maj. Ray and WOI Brown .
(Lower) (left to right ): Maj. Ray, the CO,

Gen. 'l 'arver and Cpl. WaJter s.

In early D ecembe r it was confirm ed that,
s ubj ect to any unforeseen operation a l tasks, the
Battalion was to be granted block leave over
Ch ristmas, from 17th D ecember to 8th January.
As can be imagined, after be ing on operations
contin uously s ince May, 1969, the n ews was
received with great delight by t he whole B attalion
a nd particularly by t he families, who over the
previous eight m onths had seen very little of
the ir hu sbands. The n ews Of this w ell-earned rest
gave added zest to t he Company and R egimen tal
C h ristmas function s, w hich had to be crowd ed
in before go in g on leave.

B. Coy. will n ot forget in a hurry their Com-
pany party , h eld in Manor Street Boys' Club ,
w h ere they stag{!d, unde r the inspired direction
of Lt. Cann, Cpl. R edman a nd L / Cpl. Whitta k er,
a production of th e s h ow 11This is Y our Life."
The Company Commander, Maj. Bryan Ray, was
th e unsuspecting victim and some notable per-
forman ces w er e produced by Ptes. Digby a n d
Jam es.

B COY.
(Left): "Maj. Ray-This is Your Life!"

L eft to right (back) : Ptes. Cuthbe rtson, Dlgby,
Ge rald and O'Neill, L / Cpl. Offe r , Cpl. J"ames .

(Front) : Ptes. Hassam, D yer and Shell.
(Right) : A fa rewell to WOn James. (Left to

right) : WOn James, Maj. Ray, Sgt. Relf.

Sp. Coy. h eld their party in the slig htly more 19
s t y lis h s urroundings of t h e Windso r Hotel, but
the evening was none the worse for that. Christ- (Top): Unity Flats OP ; Pte. Newma n, of C
mas dinn e r was served to the bache lor soldiers on Ooy.
17th D ecember, after w hich t he Battalion, less
t h e r ea r party, proceed ed on leav e; that sam e (Ce nt•·e): B Coy. Etna Drive OP a nd C pl.
evening the officers held a ladies' guest nig h t . Oormlck manning it.
The Cpls.' M ess and Sgts.' M ess C hristmas draws
were h e ld on 16th and 20th D ecember respectively. (Lower): C. Coy. HQ in Leopold Street.

The New Y ear found us once again comm itted
to Belfast. This time as a com pl et e Battalion and
r espons ible for the security of the n orth ern part
of the city, our a rea conta ining s uch emotive
flas h points as Unity Flats a nd H ooker a nd
Dis ra e li Street s. Som e of the t e rritory is f am iliar
to us from previous operatio ns but mos t Of it
is n ew. The N ew Y ear was also marked by the
re-forming of A Coy. This n ecessitated a fai.-Iy
major r eshuffle of officers, NCOs a n d so ldiers
w ithin the Battalion, but it is encouraging to
feel that w e now have enough so ldi ers to form a
fourth company.

On 14th January the Battalion moved into
B elfast alongside 1 RHA and 1 PARA. Bn. T ac
HQ moved into Girdwood Park, a Sapper T and
AVR centre , accompa nied by Sp. Coy. as Battalion
rese rve. A Coy, w hile f orming, re m a in ed in H oly-
wood as Bd e. res e rve, 3 Coy. moved into L eo p old
Street in the Crumlin a rea, the ir old stamping
g round, while C Coy. moved into Brown Square
with r espons ibility for the security of U nity Flats,
con s id ered to be the main dange r spot in the city.
The B a tta lion quickly took over its tas ks from
2 LI, w h om we relieved a nd w ho wel'e imm ed iately
on their way back to England.

The first week of operations passed off qu ietly
en ough . R outin e patrolling was the ord e r of the
day w hile a t the sam e tim e officers, NCO's a nd
soldiers alike were a t great pains to get to know
t he pe rsonaliti es in their areas a nd to establis h
contact w it h the local p eople. A large n u m b e r
of "H earts a nd Mind s" proj ects were ta k e n over
from our predecessors and these, in turn, take
up a good d eal of our tim e.

The city was not to rem ain quiet for long,
however. O n 24th J a nuary ten s ion began t o rise
a nd by the evening, c rowds began to form on the
Shankill R oad, m arching down towards U nity
Flats, w ith the a ll eged inte ntion of a ttacking
them; this was C Coy.'s area of respons ibility.
This performance was repeated nig htly for the
next five nig hts. Fortunately, our n e ig hbou rs, 1
PARA, w ere a ble to stop them befo r e t h ey r each ed
our a rea and without h aving to disperse th em
w ith gas, but on occasions it was a close run
thing. These threatening crowds required t he full
d eploym en t of l he Battalion a nd at times
stretched us to the limit, particularly C a nd Sp.
Coys., who were m ost intimately con cern ed.
Fortuna t ely, these forays were vestricted to the
night hours o nl y and by 0200 to 0300 h ours on
each occasion , the Battalion was able to reve rt
to norma l patrol activity.

Mean w hile, on 26th January, compani es
cha n ged locations within the Battalion area. A
Coy. moved from Holywood to G ird wood Park,
Sp. Coy. to r e lieve C Coy in Brown Square, who,
in turn, r elieved B Coy. on the Crumlin ; B Coy.
then r eturned to Holywood as Bde. Reserve.

After 29th January there was a temporary
lull in the activities of the crowds from the
Shankill. H owever, this was shattered on the even-
ing of S at urday, 31st J a nuary, by a loud explosion,
w h en a n attempt was made to blow up Sp. Coy. in
lhe old police barracks at Brown Square ! The full
story has yet to be unfold ed, but suffice it to say
that the explosive d evice was powerful enough

20 Arrivals and Departures
W e welcome Maj. Holman, Lt. Fraser, Lt.
to blow a two foot square hole right through t he
main ou t side wall of the building. Fortunately, no Jonklaas, 2/ Lt. Jackson, WOII Ayling and Sgt.
on e was in the room w hich took the brunt of the Parsons and say goodbye to Maj. Tarve r , Capt.
explosion and no one was hu rt. This was the first Ge relli, Lt. Elliott, WOII James, C/ Sgt. Smith and
attempt so far at blowing up Army installations Sgt. Ambrose. Particular m ention should be mad e
and it is to be hoped that it is t he last. of WOII Williams, who leaves us for Mala wi on
promotion to WOI, afte r 17 years' continuous
We expect to remain on operations in the city s ervice with the Battalion and its pred eces sors,
until the end of March, but we are on the home- a ll but for a short break of two years. Our con-
ward stretch now a nd the time is not too far g ratulations on his promotion a nd we wish him
a h ead when we shall h ave to start thinking of and his fam ily the ve ry best of luck in the future .
advance parties, etc., for our return to England in
September. Howeve r, September is sti ll s ix Visitors
m onths off, and on present forecasts we can W e h ave b een pleased to welcome t h e follow-
expect to be committed to operations until the
last minute. The n ext f ew weeks are expected to ing visitors to the Battalion over t he past t h ree
be crucial, as extremists of every f action have months: Marshal of t he Royal Air Force Sir
a nnounced their intentions to protest a nd demon- Charles Elseworthy, Chief of the D efen ce Staff;
strate in the streets throu g h o ut the province to Gen . Sir Geoffrey Baker, CGS; Maj.-Gen. D . A. H .
air their alleged grievances. It promises to be a Toler, Deputy Army Commander; Brig. P . Hudson,
testing time for a ll. Command er 30 Inf. Bd e. ; a nd Lt.-Gen. Sir Thomas
P earson, Military Secretary.
No m ention of the New Year can pass w ith-
out our offering our h eartiest con gratulation s to
C/ Sgt. Gordon, D CM, and Sgt. Arnold, REME,
on their award of the BEM in the New Year's
Honours List. Well done; they were most richly
deserved.

SPORTS ROUND UP

Our sporting activities have once again been w ith two tries apiece, and L / Cpl. "Dinger" Bell,
much curtailed and even the main Battalion now converted from hooker to a most adequate
sporting fixtures have ha d t o be played on an scrum-half, con verted two of the tries. Not to be
ftad hoc" basis. outdone, 2/ Lt. J ohn Huskisson saved the officers'
pride by scoring a n unconverted try after a
Rugby Football magnificent push-over by our forwards from fully
15 yards out, against a much h eavier pack.
The Battalion rugby team has continued to
make encouraging prog ress, despite the problems Much of the improvement in the pack must
of getting players together and keeping fit. b e c r edited to som e fi e ry leadership by Lt. Mike
J elf and some excellent support work in the loose
Matches have been played regularly on W ed- by a ll the tig ht forwards.
nesday afternoons and occasionally on a Saturday
mainly against civilian rugby clubs. This has Our back row, Lts. MacWilliam, Hodges a nd
ensured the continuing interest in the game Hu skisson , have a ll been perpetual motion men ,
within the Battalion and has e nabled a small with good support from Cpls. Rowney, Davies and
pool of players to vent their f eelings on the rugby Jarvis in the loose, n ot to mention "Jack of a ll
field where it has not been possible in the s treets Trades" WOII John Barren, who h as played in
of B elfast . a ll three rows of the scrum .

Much progress has been made this season Outside the scrum L / Cpl. Bell has do n e a n
in both the tactical sid e of the game and in the excellent job as scrum-h a lf, h aving only started
basic skills even though n o organised tra ining playing in that position this season. The same
has been possible. Fitness has been a great can be said of Capt. D avid Shephard at stand-off,
problem, although there has n ever been a lack though n ot as quick as he used to be due to the
of spirit and fire which has a mply made up for extra weight h e is n ow carrying. Cpl. Harry
the lack of "puff." Players have been extracted Coxan and Lt. P eter McLelland h ave provid ed
from Belfast half an hour before matches and thrust in the centre when they have been avail-
returned directly afterwards, desperately hoping able to p lay, w hich , unfortunately, has been
for a quiet night so that they could rest their seldom . Our w ings have a lso c h opped a nd ch a n ged
shattered bodies. weekly due to availability, but both Cpl. Sam
Linscott a nd Ple. Sharp have had their days,
Perhaps the most significant improvem ent in especially w hen the ball has been dry, and has
our t eam h as been the fantastic work rate s hown got out to them. Finding a full-back has been
by the forwards. Last season our strength was in another problem, but L / Cpl. "Ginger" Rust a nd
the backs, w ith our forwards seldom being able to Capt . Ian Baillie have both had good games when
provide enough ball. This season we have the ava ilable .
reverse, the forward s being our strength, a nd
the outsides often being found wanting; we have Finally , a m ention must be m ade of those
had few outsides to select from. players w ho have not been able to maintain a
regular place in the team due to various reasons.
There have been som e excellent results, which These include the "vet e r a n s" Capt . Clive St. John
have acted as a real fillip to the t eam , a nd n one Perry and Sgt. J ohn Cull , both of w h om have
more so than our win over 1 PARA by 19-11. This added g uile to our lack of fitness, and also Ptes.
was a match in which we won little good ball, R eed, H old ern ess, Duncan and Kornienko.
b ut what we did have was made the most of.
Cpls. "Sam " Linscott and Harry Coxan proved We look forward to a slightly less troubled
that stron g straight running still has its place, season n ext year w it h plenty of time to make
further improvements before t h e season s tarts .

Playing record f or the season : Pl ayed 15, won
9, lost 6, points f or 196, poin ts against 106.

21

THE BN. RUGBY
TEAM, 1969/ 70

L eft to right (back):
Lt. Cann, W .O. II Bar-
reil, L / Cpl, Bell, 2/ Lt.
Jell, Lt. Hodges, Sgt.
Cull, C pls. D av ies a nd
Linscott, Capt. Baillie.
(Front): 2/ Lt. Hus lds-

son , Cpl. Ja.rvis, Lt. Mc-
Lelland, Capt. Shep-
he rd , Cpl. Coxan, 2/ Lt.
Macwilliam, Cpl. Row-
n ey.

(Lower) : 2/ Lt. Huskis-
son in the linoout, in
the m atch against Co.
Down.

Soccer M eah, W ebb, Simpson, Hassan , Wakeling , Wood-
bin e and O 'Bri en , Bd s m . Young and Cfn . C larke.
The Battalion socce r t eam joined the N orth-
e rn !reland Amate ur L eagu e for the 1969/70 Basketball
seaso n. However, due to the troubles in B elfast
w e had to withdraw in October after having made The Battalion has one t eam in the U lst e r
a good start. Qualify ing L ea g ue, but so fa r this season has n ot
been v e ry s uccessful ; the main difficulty has been
In spite of the troubles the Battalion t eam has g etting the team together for matches, and time
had a rea sonably succe ss ful season . Following for training sessions is non-e xiste nt. Anothe r
our win in the prelim inary round of the Army problem has been the la ck of young playe rs
C h a llenge Cup, w e we n t on to b eat 60 Sqn . RCT available fo r tra ining and selection.
by 2 goals to 1 in the first round . Unfortunate ly,
a fter a c lose gam e in the second round, w e w e nt Our most prolific score r has been L / Cpl.
down to the Guards Depot at Pirbrig ht by Hopkin s, who a ve rages 20 points p e r matc h , and
3 goals to 2. is ably supported by Cpls. Williarns and Wilson
and L / Cpl. H olma n . Our more d efen sive-minded
Two of our better performances w e re agains t playe rs are WOII Ward anc:\ Sgts. Spillett and
R FAS Engadine, whom we be at 13-1, and a n Glew, who make up for what they lack in h eight
RUC X I , w h o went down 5-1 at our hands. b y th e ir more tha n a mpl e w e ight. The d ef en ce is
During January, though, we w ere taught a foot- firm and w ell s upports the forwards by setting up
ball lesson by 1 PARA in the first round of the the attac k s. Our captain, Sgt. K eenan , has the
Infa n try Cup, suffering a 5-1 d efeat. most diffi cult job a nd ta k es all the blame when
w e have a bad match, which, fortunately, is not
The team has been s elected from the following too often .
players during the season: Maj. Gilha m , Cpls.
Coxan , Robertson and Rain ey , L / Cpls. Stickles
and Hopkins, Ptes. Thomas , Vinnicombe, Martin ,

22

WOS' AND SGTS.' MESS TIIOUGHTS UPON STREET

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"I have often walked, on this street before,
But the pavement a lwa ys st ayed beneath

my feet before;
All at once am I , several stories
Knowing I'm on the street where hig h,
you live."

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The evening was a great success from the
start and was enliven ed with a floor s h ow w hic h
included an Australian comedian, a local male
vocalist and four very d electable "Go-Go" girls,
who took a break from the pantomime they were
appearing in, in B elfast.

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Great command e rs of the past a lso have their
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and Alla nbrooke. (All the latter being, of cou r se,
Ulst ermen.) Very much Empire a nd Common-
w ealth stuff.
But how on earth, in the
they justify Moltke Street ? middle of these, do

"Are there lilac trees in the heart of town,
Do yo u h ear a lark in any other part of
town ;
D oes en
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just on the street whe re you l i v e ."

(With apolog ies to "My F air Lady") .

ANON.

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Lambert Weston

LIMITED

106 SANDGATE ROAD
FOLKESTONE

Telephone: 53037

PORTRAIT- INDUSTRIAL- MILITARY
SCHOOL - PRESS AND WEDDING
PHOTOGRAPHY

23

The 3rd Battalion

CO: Lt.-Col. K. D odson, 2IC: Maj. M. J . D .

Brady, Adjt.: Capt. M. R. S. Con st a ntine, RSM:

W OI Jennings.

FFR Sgt. Gill a nd 11 PI. took p~rt in a r~cent Co_rp_s
HQ exercise, and succeeded 1n captunng a mini-
Exercise "Small Pack" has co m e and gon e. bus load of assorted Majors a nd Colonels, en route
Realism was achieved very early on by a stalwart to an "0" Group, As the exercise instruction laid
( not o n e of ours!) full y loa d ed with petro l, blow- down their persons were not to be taken, they
ing up! Rumour has it that Maj. Tony Ridger's were, of cours e (" n otion a l1 y " ), sh ot!
Land rover was virtua lly bulldozed past the scen e
of the accide nt b y a full y-loaded C / S 56 (Bardega There have been a number of cadres over the
at the h elm ). The ex e rcise went well , as was re- winter m onths. Cpls. Knight, Bardwell, D eacon
flected in the subsequent FFR report. a nd L / Cpls. Thomas and McAvilley (all on th e
1.'he Transition SNCO's cadre), a nd L / Cpls. Hilton, Mears and
Ptes. Wilson, Sargent, Wakem a n , Bailey (37) a nd
At present the Battalion is som ewhat schizo- Drew (all on the JNCO's cadre) are particu larly
phrenic; half our time is spent on maintaining congratulated f or doing so well.
our BAOR operational efficien cy, while the other
ha lf is concerned with preparation for the PRE, The Standard II Sigs cadre is still in pro-
h a ndover to 1 LI, and IS duties in Northern Ire- gress. It has sent the RSO grey a nd has gone a
land. The advance and accommodation parties long way to using up the entire Battalion's
left in early Ma r c h , a nd so the move of 1,070 men, station ery supply! (400 stencils, 1,400 s h eets of
wives and their children is almost upon u s. paper at last estimate.)

THE TRANSITION

Arrivals and Departures Sports

Lt.-Col. Dodson took over Comma nd just Although the weather has prevented the
before Christmas, and both he and his wife were playing of most outside s ports, the B attalion
faced w ith the mammoth and unenviable task of was well represented at the BAOR individual
getting to know everyone. Ca pt. Michael James squ ash competition where Maj. Bill Wren
left us in D ecember; no exact d etails are known m a n aged to reach the semi-finals .
of where he will end up, except that it will be in
a warm climate! P e rhaps the most n otable sport in recent
weeks has been the Battalion Orienteering Meet-
Capt . Stephen Thorpe has r eturned t o B Coy.; ings. Highlights have been the A Coy. win, with
he has been away so long that he h ad to form Maj. P eter Johnson as navigator and, more
up the w hole company to be introduced to them recently, the successful participation by the QM
a ll! (T ech .) (Capt. Peter Newman)! The indomitable
C Coy. com binatio n of WOs II Wood and II
Incid entally, Capt. Brian ("wrist of s t eel") Butler and Fte. Bisping (Coy Clerk) has eventu-
Woodbridge is now with the Army Air Co rps at ally been broken; WOII Butler has been moved
D etm old. (H e received hi s nickname over BFBS, to A Coy.
after w inning the BAOR individual squash com-
p e t i t i o n .)

24

THE HANDOVER,
LT.-COL. B. R. COLEMAN/

LT.-COL. K. DODSON

(Left): The h a ndover completed .. .
(Photo by PR, HQ BAOR)

(Lower left) : ... Lt.-Col. Coleman
gives the order 41Advance"

(Lowe r centre) : . . . salutes , , .

(Lower right): . .. and says a few
parting words to the Officers, WOs
a nd Sgts.

Odds and Ends would allow) to the Mess and proceeded to dance,
where the eff ect of scarl et M ess kit and ladies
Congratulations go to WOI J ennings on the in long evening gowns was very good and we
n ews that he is shortly to be commission ed and danced well into the morning.
to RQMS Morris and WOII H art on 'their
nomination to take over as RSM a nd RQMS Thereafter events, until our draw on 20th
respecth·e ly on the Battalion's arrival in Northern D ecember, included drinks and supper in the
Ireland. W elcom e to 2/ Lt. Malcolm L awso n from Officers' Mess to which a ll m embers and ladies
RMA, Sandhurs t . were invited.

WOs' AND SGTS.' MESS CSM John J ephcott and T erry K err put in
a lot of work on the Christmas draw and pur-
C hristmas , 1969, our last in "th e Fatherla nd " c hased a wide variety of prizes appreciated by
for a while, went with a swing tha nks to the all who won them , including the RSM who,
efforts of CSM John J eph cott, who ran the Christ- for a s hort wh 1le, was the proud possessor of
mas draw, and CSM T erry Parnell, who ran the two "T eas-mad es!" However, NAAFI trad e-in
wives' dinn er night. facilities were taken advantage of and a fan
h eate r now graces 5 Freiligrath Strasse.
To spread the load a little, the first event on
the calendar was a dinner night on 13th D ecember W e were pleased to welcome Lt.-Col. and Mrs.
to which we traditionally invited all our wives. K . Dodson a nd , because he didn't win anything
S/Sgt. Alan John son skilfully tran sformed a som e- officially, we presented the Colonel with a litre
what a ustere school hall into a seasonal setting beer mug, donated by Carlsberg, which was filled
for a Christmas dinner, w ith tables radiating and promptly emptied.
outwards from a tinfoil castle. H aving filled our-
selves we 1noved (as fast as stomach and ice Each year the military a nd c ivilian s taff s it
down to a Christm as dinn er served by living-in
members, the RSM and PMC. The German wait-

resses were especiall y hilarious an d made many 25
"c hokes" about the B-English, to which we
re plied "Fol<k e r-Wo lfe ." A photograph s hows a n s hopping basket. Th e Mess, a s 1970 dawn ed, wa s
apparently placid scen e during w hich the staff in turmoil, with streamers and balloons an~ t~ e
w e re prim ing themselves before eating. Th e New Year, and a ll it may hold, was seen 1n, tn
military staff w e re last seen h eaded by Drum s tyl e.
Major Donaghue si nging lustily towards Par·ke r's
Without food, Christmas would be flat. Special
flat where, no doubt, they got a suitable welcome than ks to SQMS Pantin, Sgt. Preece and their
from Mrs. P . cook9 for their combin ed efforts at buffets and
snacks on e ac h occas ion; buffets were we ll laid
out and s n acks beautifu ll y cooked.

With only three months left in BAOR the
social pace now speeds up. In the Detmold games
leagu e t h e M ess stands well on both crib and
darts a nd has n ot disgraced itse lf at s nooker or
dominoes; we look forward to winning on e of
t hese events. As we go to press we plan a farew~ll
dinner f or LAD m e mbe rs (whom we leave tn
occupatio n ), a nd a farewe ll cock tail party at
w hic h w e say goodbye to a ll our many fri ends in
the area.

L t.-Co l. Co leman le ft us on 24th November
and was traditionally towed out of camp, mounted
on an F SC, by a ll the W Os a nd Sl;i.. W e had
dined him out on 18th November and he remem-
b e rs littl e, we hope, of his method of exit-via
a'l assault pionee r iib on to a recce boat and the
subsequent a ir cushion vehicle ride to his resi-
dence. We a ll wish Colon el and Mrs. Coleman a n d
their fa mily all the best at the School of Infantry
a nd would like to thank him for a ll the h elp a n d
encouragem ent g iven over his two years in
comma nd .

Fina lly, a welcome to Lt.-Col. a nd Mrs. Dod-
so n , w ho we hope w ill have a n equally happy and
successful tour.

W e welcome Sgts. (the feet) Kippin and Jen-
kinson to the Mess on promotion . It took Kip
three m o nths to r etrieve his pot from the Cpls.'
Mess and t his object is now viewed with deep
distrust by the barman as it obviously holds more
than an Impe rial pint.

Congratulations to RQMS Brian Morris on his
promotion to RSM in April, a nd to RQMS (T )
Arthur Cak ebread on his appointment to WO!
with the Cadet F orce--we certainly breed RSMs
in this Battalion! RQM Joe Bass left us recently
to co ntinu e the good work in the "Q" world with
HQ 2 Div.; h e will continu e to commute f or a
while to and from Lemgo for various farewells.
W e s hould lik e t o thank him a nd Pam for a ll the
years of work fo r the good of the Battalion a nd
w is h them every happ in ess; 16 years is a lo ng
time and a character like Joe Bass cannot but
fai l to leave his stamp on both the Mess a nd
B attalion .

(Top): 'l'he staff party-Ch.rlstmas, 1969. L cs E X ERCI S E
Moodie (PMC) is unde r pressure!
(Lower): Guess who?! ~~sNOW Q UEEN~~

CSM John Jephcott a nd HQ Coy. m embers Lenggries. A small unobtrusive Bavarian
organised a good New Year's Eve dance com- ski-ing village. A handful of ski instructors com-
p lete with high-priced cabaret (see photograph) manded bv Old Seop, a man used o nly to the
and Sgt. T erry Charman as Mr. 1970 in NAAFI problem of weekend skiers. Cafes f ew but lively,
not well attended during the week. Generally a
very pleasant little resort. 31st D ecember, 1969-
rumours that 3 QUEENS are coming down for
their a nnua l "Exercise" confirm ed . Sepp 's ski
~ hop , n ow a hive of activity, p repares for th e
never-ending problems ; extra staff are brought in .
B n. ski instructors for the Sunday show, and even
the w eek end skiers take a n ote to com e and
watch t h e spectacle of the "English Squady on
p in e planks ."

26

Looking towards Brauneck from the American to b e the OC's car. Much to the surprise Of OC
Barracks. SQI , n ot only the CO steps out, but a lso the 2IC
a nd the RSM. Just manage to squeeze them in,
Lenggries wheels into operation in order to and the vis it begins. The RSM frequently puts
sustain the impending would-be-military-skiers. his ha n d over his eyes a nd swears politely at the
Exercise 41Snow Queen I," mann ed by A Coy. other driver. (2 / Lt. Russell k n ows at w h om he
rolled into Pri.nz H einrick Kas erne) owned by is really swearing!) A quick look arou n d the
the Amer:can s, on the night of 31st December accommodation, an ins pection of t he ski s lopes,
and w er e all set to go ski-ing on 1st January. a talk to t h e b lokes, a c h eeseburger ; that's what
No such luck. Instructors complet e ly inca pable is known as a ''flyi ng " visit.
after the night before, but A Coy. was on the
slopes, also completely incap able ... Our en- Our last day ski-ing in Lenggries con sisted of
thusiasm was not daunted . Pte . Nicoll m a n aged various Slalom races, for which most of the
to get a free ticket on the lift for the rest of the ins tructors turned out, p robably to see whether
week; his whisky was not available that night. Wolfgang's stories were true. Lt. P et er Morgan,
And so A Coy., in their own inimitabl e way, got on REME attachment, s howed them they were!
down to the serious business of ski training. And so ended a very pleasant two wee k s' ski- ing.
From 0600 to 0700 hrs.-breakfast with the
Americans. A Coy complained that 27 cents w as "D id you enjoy it, Payne?"-"Very funny, S ir."
too much to pay, and consequently never attended. P"Y'te hobules awcty still in plaste•·.
1000 hrs.-report all persons present and r ead y Postscript:
for Wolfgang's instruction, and off we go . N ormal
cries "Bend in Ze knees"- 11Your upper body to "ALL THE EGGS IN ONE BASKET"
the downhill point"-"Your Veight must be on Following Sunray's example, each compan y
the ... HOPLA!! . . . let me finish, Bowles ... commander has now m ad-e the trip by Air bridge
downhill ski." And so we progressed . to L en ggri es to review his troops on Exercise
W e were divided into two g roups, the "be- "Snow Queen."
ginners" and (for want of a better expression ) OC B (and Seagull) managed to escape w ith-
the "betters." The fact that the "beginners" got o ut injury, a lthoug h Seagull complained of starva-
better than the "betters" is no reflection on tion on return. However, the enterprise of QC C
Brauneck, a mountain a lways regard ed with Coy was less successful, a lt h ough more spectacu-
suspicion; perhaps the countless bloodwagons lar; he was observed being assis t ed by Mrs. Wren
screeching down put us off! However, the "betters" into car (a.m . 6th F ebruary) having broken an
were treated to Brauneck . "Digger" King, "Gen- ankle the previous day (information is scarce as
e ral" Montague "Prof" L eathe rs "Moses" Morris to whether the accident occurred on the Slalom
and 2/ Lt. Nigei Russell ventured up with W olf- s lo pe, the Nursery s lope or outside the hos t elry
gang. "Kom Lootenant" Wolfga ng would cry ; in the vi llage). However , Sunray Minor C Coy,
Officers have to do their duty a nd down went the having wintered in Austria, is well versed in the
"Lootenant." The others (sensible) watch; we'll art of command.
miss at those places whe r e h e fe ll.
Exhausted w e r eturn ed to the Am e rican Camp When it comes to
-"Go-Go" Girls, Movies, Bowling and a Cheese- good beer, we make the
burger to round the evening off. Some prefer the
e ntertainment the locals can provide. The activi- choice difficult.
ties of Ptes l."ADmicoks"WBhiuttrikniert,o"nL,itwtleer~ " Pitch -
forth and Cp . ;uc h tha t W hitbr ead Pale A le Clear Bright and Refreshing.
Final Selection Exlra St rong Ale.
the writer has had to censor their report! Forest Brown Smooth as Ve lvet.
Our m echanical problems were very ably Mackeson it does yo u a bil of good.
sorted out by Cfm. Adie and Pte. Woodrow under Whitbread for choice
the watchful eye of Cpl. Champion . Firs t of a ll
the three-tonner fails to start. One hour later it
is on the road. The OC's car fail s to start. Co in-
cidence?
Near the end of our stay, we had a very
welcome visit from the CO. 2/ Lt. Russell was
informed that h e would be arriving by a ir-Russell
to meet. No problem here; all Staff cars unavail-
able, three-tonner not suitable, so it would have

27

WINTER ACTIVITIES

1 (Left to right ) : L / C pl.
Abbott. Pte. Burke , C'pl.
G rayling, L / Cpl. Pay n e.
2 Capt. S. C. Thorpe
taking over from Cpl. J .
H e ndrie for the last leg
of the 4 x 10 km . re lay
race during the Army
Cross - Country Cha m-
pionships at Obe rjoc h .

FAREWELL TO
THE BORDER

3 The fence is to stop
peo ple in the W est lool<-
ing into the Easte rn
Sector.
4 Between us and them
- wire and mines.

l. ,
5 East German office r
snaps the Border Patrol.
6 East German Border
Guards.

28

ALL THE EGGS IN ONE ski instructor had promised a fr es h batch of g irls
at t he weekend!
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day.

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A party of NCOs a nd soldiers from the
Battalion r ecently experien ced a novel a nd cer-
t a inly a h ard-worlting way of spending a holiday
-grapepickin g among the ancient vin
German y's Mosel Valley. eyards of

All Germany appears the same from the air. Now self-appo inted experts o n the ways of
Undulating, large woods (ideal for hides) and lazy wine, the would-be vinters were L /Cpl. Rodney
rive rs . F aulkner, Drm. Ronald Inkpin, l. D avid
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But th e e nd of a d ay's p ic king is n ot the e nd 29
o f a d ay's work. I n the village cella rs in late
evening, the g rapes, glistening rich in their vats, Their fa milies are devoted to one a n oth er, a nd
have to be pressed a nd the juices pip ed s t ra ig ht ha ppy with a s implicity t hat the city man does
into b a rre ls for the initial s tages of f e rm entation not know They love their "British soldier s," and
go to a n y. le n gt h s to make them f eel co~ fortab l e
-a l ong a nd pain staking process, a nd on l y w h en a nd at home in the parlour a fter the days work IS
it is ove r can t h e anxiou s v inte r con s id e r his m e rcifully over.

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Howeve r , non e of t h ese sold ie rs w ou ld have for the party: "They treat us like their own, and
you can't ask for m ore than t hat. W e would d o
m issed the ir working ho liday. Th e vinte rs are this a ll over again if we got the chance."
good country p eople, bred to a li f e of hard wo r k .

L/ Cpl. D a vid H a rbinson plod s Cpl. Robe rt Chinn and friend. L/ Cpl. Rodney F a ulkner a nd
his weary way up the s lopes P te. Geor ge Booke r almost
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The 4th Battalion

23211109 CPL. L . C. ROBER'l'SON

We regret to annotmce the death of Cpl. L. C.
Robertson, who was ktlled in a road accident on
Saturday, 14th F e bruary, 1970. "Robbo" was a
colourful character and ve ry popular with all
ranks of the Ba ttalion. He was one of our oldest
soldiers; having enlisted on lOth November, 1943,
he served in the Royal li'Iarines from then untll
29th Janua.ry, 1947, and in 1 MX and 4 QUEENS
from 5th July, 1964. We extend to his widow and
family our deepest sympathies for their great loss.

AND the High Priests' assistant summoned he produced during their stay; many thought it
a scribe to the Temple and handed to him was better than Warminster ! As enemy, the com -
parchments which had come from all the lands pany was required to produce a series of inci-
round about and he said, "Take these and read, dents at various times and places. On occasions
and bring to me before the sun has set twice they had to wear clothing which, on some m em-
the Editorial (this is a journalistic anachronism bers of the company, was distinctly out of charac-
granted only to Editors ) or my boot will be upon ter, Pte 11Dic kie" Bird as a police sergeant being
thee." a prim e exa mple. While on the 5ubject of strange
orders of dress, we unde r s tand that the rear
First of all a brief account of the various quarters of L/ Cpl. Barrett have been photo-
exercises and demonstrations which have occurred graphed by the School of Infantry covered by
over the last few months. W e are now in a so- only a U nion Jack! "You want to see red, white
called "slack period," which m eans that we do and blue film?") . Exercise "Iron Crab" was h e ld
fe wer demonstrations far more often as short shortly before Christmas. This is an APC exer-
course su cceeds short course at the School; but cise in which B Coy. act s as en em y to the Com-
we have had a satisfying succession of ''lasts" as pany Commanders Division. The exercise was
we move towards handover time. Command Com- marked by some outstanding map-reading by Lt.
pany's Dismounted Attack in November w ent Simpson, who successfully navigated the company
very well d espite the rapid firing enemy at posi- through the students' d efensive position at night
tion No. 4. Busaco Ridge was well and truly without being spotted, a nd a n unfortunate argu-
stormed for the last time on 14th November by ment between Ptes. Clark and Rolfe and a Land-
an impress ive force of u s a U, which included Rover! The Land-Rover came off best but,
even the B attalion Orderly Room. Our final Exer- happily, both soldiers are now fully r ecovered and
cise, "Matchbox," on 6th and 7th December, was a little wiser.
one of the most successful yet, and proved that
the RSO at least has missed his true vocation; The School of Infa ntry seems to be appre-
we are sure that the D aily Mirror would have ciating A Coy.'s efforts for them . Every practice
offered him a job had they seen him as a biased for the Combat T eam Attack D emonstration in
reporte r . Incidentally, Command Coy. will find to Janua ry had to be cancelled due to thick fog. On
their surprise that they do , in fact, have an RSO the day, the battlefie ld was muddier than the
when h e, with Cpls. Phillips and Hutton , r e- Somm e, but great olan w as shown by everyone
appear from the "Clansman Trial" in the frozen nnd they r eturned absolutely plastered (with mud,
North. Just b efore Christmas the Anti-Tank PI. of course!). High pra ise was gained from the
successfully spent an afternoon and an evening new GSO 1, Col. Downward, and this was even
live-firing with the ir Miser Mounts, aided by th e published in BOs. Furth~ rmore , 2 PI. were con-
Mortars giving light a t night. They had one gratulated on a n excellent Fire and Manoeuvre
anxious moment when a very lost cavalry subal- D emonstra tion for the SAAD.
tern appeared amongst the hard targets with his
tank whilst firing was in progress and on arriving The Firepower D emonstration on 30th Janu-
at the firing point inquired somewhat shakily as ary was a g reat success despite the w eather and
to "what the h ell was going on." (But what did one ,.rogue" vigilant 'vhich was not inte rested
they expect ? !) in hitting the target! W e were delighted to see
the Colonel of the R egiment a t the D emonstration
In early D ecember B Coy. acted as en emy to a nd Support Coy., of 1 QUEENS, whom we hope
the P latoon Commanders Division on Exercise were suitably impressed.
"Mahu Bahru "; the exercise h ad a counter-revolu-
tionary warfare setting and was h eld at Senny- At present Capt. F alcke is commanding a
bridge . For once they managed to make them- composite platoon from Command and A Coy.,
selves very comfortable in Sennybridge Camp attached to 2 R Anglian in Kenya for six weeks'
while the poor student officers s uffered on the jungle and bush training. "Despatches from the
neighbouring training area. Congratulations to Front" ( pos t card size) indicat e rugged condi-
L / Cpl. P eatfield on the high standard of cuisine tio=, drought in the bush, monsoon in the jungle
and invasions by hornets; a nd they say they are
enjoying it! Pte. B eadle, one of those on safa ri,
sent a postcard from the inside of a lion, which
started off: "Wish you were here because you're
never g oing to believe ... "

31

TilE FIRE POWER DE~IONSTRATION

1, "And they're off!" Gen. Craddock, B.rig. Gilbert and the Commanding Officer NOT at the races, but
watching the demonstration.
2. L / Cpl. Cuilen and Pte. Piper with a Carl Gustav.
3. Sgt. Murphy stumbles on a hidden Mortar position during a rehearsaL L / Cpl Butler and Pte.
Manning In hiding.
4. Happin ess is a plastic mac! Sgt. Hills, Cpl. Wells and Pte. McVeigh (Inside APC) .
5. 2/ Lt. Nivelles, Cpls. Furlotte and Beedles, Pte. Hail, Sgt. Howard and L / Cpl. Hardy taking a break.
6. The Americans might call it a "Combat Ente rtainment Force," but it is actually the Steel Band
warming up the spectators prior to the demonstration.

32 strippe r . H a ppily, h e w as drive n off by a h a il of
orange peel and nuts . Afte r dinn e r, "Re nta D e mo
A word about the Assault Pion ee r Pl. You Ltd ." w ent on a w e ll-de se rve d bloc k lea ve.
don't often see them a r ound- except on pay days,
socia l get-togeth e rs a nd some m ea l t im es . The ir The New Ye>tr R esolution of 1970
boss is really weird; h e makes them cle an up
their barrack r oom, t eaches them spe cial Pion eer CSM B riggs has given up borrowing cigarettes
skills a fter hou rs, works them hard hours during - which m eans , of course , that h e has given uo
the d ay, a nd a ll the time h e's thinking " five, s mok in g comp let e ly. The r e lief of Sgt. Plumb
double top," or •omething like that. W eird ! The was s hort-lived, h owe v e r . Ove rheard in the Sgts.'
School of Infa ntry lik es the Assault Pionee rs; M ess: "Les, if you buy me a pint you'll only
so does the CO; so do Inspecting Staff. P erhaps owe m e 8/ .'' P lumb : " % *ft£ &? *.'' Briggs : "Well ,
it's because when people get lost on the Plain I h aven't h a d three cig are ttes a day off you for
during night exercises, L / Cpl. Mullender or Pte . two w e eks. Th a t mak es m e 10/ 8 up
Shelford (our DJ a ppare nt), or perhaps Pte. "
Crosh aw, let off explos io ns known as "ban gs," and
this h e lps stud e nts find out where the action is Obvio u s ly it is not possible to r ecord eve 1·y
m eant to be and they beam in on the sound. promotion in this column. Suffice to say that w e
con gra tulate a ll those w h o have earned their first
The u sual t·ound of courses has been, a nd i s, and s econd "tapes" during th e last few month s.
going on. C/ Sgt. Flynn a nd Sgt. Gilbert h ave The Sgts .' M ess h a s ope ned its doors to Sgts .
att e nded Security Cou rses- the latt er d eveloped G r aham , Doran a nd Howard and thanks them a ll
a taste for missing work to such a d egr ee that for their entrance fees. In the Officers' Mess w e
h e promptly went off o n a Chief Cle rk's Co11rse. are p leased to r ecord the promotion of Capt.
C pl. H a ll a nd Pte. Gatehouse complet ed their F a lcke, Maj . Lay and Maj. Wild (it's said that
Standard I Signa ls Course s uccessfull y and L / Cpl. a ll good thing s come in threes!) . In the case of
Williams a nd Pte . Smith (05) are now battling Maj. Wild, it's promotion, the award of the MBE
with the same lengthy test of skill and wit. Pte. a nd the n ews t h a t h e w ill b e r edundant in 1971.
Ward is on a Clerk's Course, which m e a n s the That last item rray b e good n ews for the Major
Signal Pl. a nd others should be a ble t o under- bnt th e res t of u s wi ll be s orry t o s e e him go .
stand the ir d etail, and Sgt. H a mill is a tte nding The same can b e sa; d f o r a ll the others w h o have
the Skill at Arms Course before goi n g off to a lso got their r edundancy.
Oswestry. Cpl. H a ll is off again on the first
Surveillance Course to be h eld at Netheravon. Our con gratula tions are due t o Pte. Arm-
Lt. Truman is a tte nding the NBC Course, much stron g o n hi s marriage a nd to Cpl. Hall on
to the r e lie f of th e O C Command Coy.. who can threatening t o get married ; it looks as if h e
now shift the appointment of Battalion NBC means it this time. We h ope that L / Cpl. Webb
Officer. Sgt. K aye-L esser has b een on the receiv- has recovered from the shock of twins and our
ing end of SSAD for a change a nd is shortly to congratulation s also go to, rather belatedly, Dmr.
a tte nd a Drill Course. Cpl. Flanagan has a lso a nd Mrs. Lina le on the a rrival of young Stephen.
been on the Skill at Arms Course and L / Cpl. Con g r a tulation s to Sgt. a nd Mrs. H ami ll on the
M cCaig on the Jnr. NCOs Course at Brecon ; all birth of their daughte r; we understa nd that with
three a r e to be con g ratulated on obtaining good true S ign als precision s he w e ighed the same as
reports. At the moment Cpl. Bartle is away on a n SR A40!
the Snr. NCOs Course , Cpl. M ead is doing Skill
a t Arm s and Pte . Pile the Bill C lerk 's Course! Ou r fa r ewells are numerous, r egretfully. Sgt.
Graham h as gon e to Cypru s w ith 3 R Anglian,
Our Annual Inspection this year, apart from Pte . Rackl ey h as been transfe rre d to AAC offi-
the usua l administrative inspections, took a cially, Cp l. P e dley an d pte, Jarvis are now in
rather different form . The Inspecting Officer, Brig. civ ili an life and Pte. Tingey is on his pre-
G. C . A . Gilbert, h a d sought, a nd was granted, release course . W e wish them a ll w ell in the
permission to vary the usual formal procedures. f u t u r e.
The reason for this was our performance as
D emonstration Battalion over the last year a nd L astly , w e ought to mention some of those
our previous Insoection re ports. The Battalion tricky c h aracte rs around C Coy. Office n ot yet
parad ed in the MT Hangar where the Brig adi er f eatured . Perhaps this can b est be d on e by a n t ici-
a ddressed us a nd presented m e d a ls to 2 PI ., who pating their opening remarks w h en they n ext
were runners-up in the Infantry Platoon B a ttle meet:
Trophy Competition. Afterwards, Brig. Gilbert
visited the Officers and WOs' and Sgts.' Messes. CQMS Da Costa: "Now the G lO stores h ave
burnt down, perhaps I could go on a full-tim e
Christmas activities were pe rhaps a little boat-builder's course?"
quieter than u su a l (except the children's parties),
mainly because of our commitm e nts to the C QMS "Jock" McFadyen: "No, Sir, BHE is
scloool. The Battalion Smoker just before Christ- nothing to do with the Ideal Home Exhibition and
mas was a great success a nd very much e njoyed that is a n 84 mm ., not a pregnant SLR. "
by all who saw it. pte, Hull 's s triptease in com-
bat kit was one of the many good turns-so Sgt. Bruce Tarry : "If we ch arge 5/ - for the
we now know what h e h as been up t o locked in next film preview, I've got a friend in London
the Admin. Coy. Arms Store all this time. Cpl. who . "
O'Connell and other Corporals' M ess members
gave us a very g ood idea of what the well-dressed Cpl "D esperat e" D ann · " That's the 'rest-
Infantryman will be wearing in the 1970s, and room ' S ir - no n eed to look In there "
L / Cp l. Hagger h as learnt not to linger o n th e
DTL. Cpl. Colin Major: "I can't type a n y n otes, Sir,
I'm on full-time education ; anyhow, they were
The Chris tm as fe s ti v iti es on 19th D ecembe r m ea nt to be in two d ays ago ."
began with a resounding victory for B Coy. in
both 57-a-side football and lug-o'-war . This was As the time approach es for u s to h and over
followed by a n excellent Christmas dinner , pro- our ro le as demonstration troops, the warmest
duced by WOII K eating a nd his merry men- sig ht t o crack the chill of the Plain is the increas-
luckily for Admin. Coy. the PR! sat with them, ing familiarity of the WFR * cap badge. When w e
so the r e w as no s hortage o f food and cigars. The reflect on ou r two years at Warminster we can
Band and the MT "heavenly" choir kept up the at least h ave the satisfaction of k n owing that
music a nd singin g until finally one member could we have g iven a service, sometimes trying, often
no longer resist demonstrating his prowess as a uncomfortable, but ge n erall y satisf y ing an d b e n e-
ficial to ourselve s as w e ll as to a host of stude nts .

* Wo·rccs t eTs hire and SheTw ood Fo1·es t e1·s R eg t.

33

W e h ave, be lieve it or n ot, h a d t h e opportu ni ty
to h a ndle some of the la t est equipm e n t a nd fo llow
the la t est t eaching. Ce rta inly we can ne ve r· claim
to ha ve been bored.

Knook Camp n ext s t op a t the e nd o f Marc h-
so k eep your eyes open fo r the K N OOK KAMP

KNEWS !

MAJ. (QM) M. WILD, MBE Maj. (QM) Jimmy Wild, MBE.

Jimmy Wild e nlist ed into the Suffolk R egi- to take over our role here in W a rmins te r, and
m e nt as a young s oldie r in April, 1942, but, h av ing late r in the m on t h our A dministration Ins pection
seen the lig ht, joined 1 Middl esex in Northe rn centre d a round a parad e and lunc h eon fo r B rig.
Ire land in Oc tobe r of th e sam e year . O f hi s Gil be rt, Comm a nda nt of The Sch oo l of Infa n t r y,
earl y days little is known, as few can re m c m ber w ho was our Inspecting Officer.
tha t fa r back; s uffice to say h e t ook p a rt in th e
Norm andy landing s a nd hi s tra ve ls have s ince Lt.-Col. John S hips t e r p a id u s a v is it on 23rd
t a k e n him to Egypt, P a lestin e, Hong K on g, J anu a ry and readers w ill be s u rprised to hear
Korea, Austria, Cyprus, Nige ri a, the Congo, Gib- tha t his re pe rto ire of jok es h as s till n o t inc reased .
ra ltar, Guyana a nd Salisbury Pla in. A week la t e r Lt. -Gen . Craddock v is ited the B a t -
talion, watched th e Infa ntry F ir e Powe r D em o n-
In 1954 h e was appointed RSM of 1 Middlesex,
who w e re the n in Austri a, a nd it w as h e re tha t stra tion a nd lun ched w ith u s in the Mess. Tha t
his love of dre ss ing up was first m ad e m a nifest night a t dinne r we we lco m ed G e n . Coa d , w h o
(how else can h e explain an appeara n ce in t he many of o ur o lder mem be rs wi ll re m e m ber from
Mess in the e arly hours of the m orning dressed in K o r ea d ays w h e n h e comm a nded 27 Bde.
SD cap, greatcoat, pace stick and pyja ma B ob B a rtlet t h as d epa rted to Infa ntry Jun io r
trouse rs ?!) . L eade rs, D av id S impson to a n Ad ven t u re T ra in-
ing School som ewhere in the mountains of W ales,
On leaving the Battalion in Cyprus he se rved B !i.rry D on ovan h as d ecide d tha t Army life inter-
for a short time with 8 Middlesex (TA) before fe res t oo m u c h with h is a n t ique bu;; iness an d
b eing commiss,joned Lt. (QM) in 1959. Until 1962 T on y L owrie h as gon e to t h e G urkh as ; we h ave
h e was with the Queen's Own Ni ge ria R e gt., re li a ble info rmati on tha t t here are a num ber o f
during whi c h time he fo und him se lf in th e Cong o Rhod esian Officers out there, so T on y will h ave
and th e Cam e roons . H e re join ed 1 Middle sex in to watch h is "w a r " stories. J ohn Acw orth h as
1963 and has since s e rved continuous ly as MTO, t e mporaril y been a t tach ed t o 2 QU EENS to get
during whic h tim e h e has studious ly ignored a ll in som e "acti ve service"; Hug h L oh a n a nd P e t e r
talk on the subject of Technical QM! On 18th P ackham h ave returned to the fold from the
D ecembe r , 1969, he was promoted M a jor a nd in F ar E ast, and we welcome also Les Wilson our
the N e w Y ear's Honours List was m a de a Me m - n ew MTO. '
be r of the Orde r of the British Empire .
W e wo uld like t o inform our read ers that
D espite his obvious e ligibility h e h as m a in- J essica (nee Goud a) w ill probably be "expecting
t a ined his bachelor status ove r the year s, not- a h a ppy event" o n or about 12th A pril. W ould
w ithstanding the blandishm ents of m a ny a wen ch a n yone w h o saw the start o f it a ll p lease inform
a nd the a tte mpts of his match-making p a ls who, D av1d Gouda as soo n as possible.
envious of his freedom p erhaps, h a ve soug ht un-
succes sfully to c hange things "for his own g ood ." W e w ould like to take th is o p portun ity of
cong r a tula ting Bob Lay and D avid F a lck e on
It w as in Austria that h e first acquired a
liking for wine, which has continued t o g ive him the ir pro m otio ns a nd mak e a specia l m e ntion o f
pl easure in his mom e nts of re laxation . Only the Jimmy Wild's success this year in achievin g h is
setting h a s change d ; from on e of s nowy condi- m a jority a nd the award o f t h e M B E .
tions between ski-runs, through the lazy sunny
days of Cyprus and Gibraltar, to the candlelig ht
a nd soft music of the loca l r es taura nt.

In more active mood , he has tried hi s hand
a t badminton and golf, though the latter sport
he found m ost frustrating w h en played in the
mist s of Northe rn Ireland ; the loss of nine balls
in a s ingle session before even reaching the
haza rds of the 19th proved t oo muc h for hi s
morale.

Although Jimmy r etires in 1971, h e h as firs t
to leave his indelible m a rk on Knook Camp a s
he fights his last reargua rd action against the
a ppointm ent of Married Families Officer , but w e
shall expect to continue to enjoy his chee rful
compa ny for man y more years t o come.

THE MESSES

Officers' Mess

Afte r the normal inte n se run of C h r istm as
festivities we had hoped tha t the socia l clima t e
in January would be somewhat cooler · however,
this w as not to b e. On 8th January ' w e e nte r -
taine d to lunch 20 office rs fro m the W o r cest e r-
s hire and She rwood F oreste rs, who soon a re due

34

THE OFFICERS

Left to right (bac k row ): 2/ Lts. P . R . Hitc h c oc k, P . R . P . S wans on a nd C. F . G. Pa.rkinso n , Lt. P .

M . H. M c GiU, 2/ L t. J. P. J . B latc h.
(Ce ntre row): Capt. R . T . W. Moellotte, Lt. D. A . H a rrison Capts . R. J . Coke-S mith and F. B. Ora m ,
Lt. M . F. Howard, Capts . C. T. G raham and M . Hyatt, Lt. R. M . M c Ghie, Capt. M . J . J a r ratt.
(Front row ): Ma.js. R . Ewa rt, J . D . W . R e id, J . W . Franc is, A. B. S. Faris and M . F . Rey nold s, Lt.-Col.
H . C. Millma.n, Capt. G . B . Bateman, M a j s. M . E . C. Rixon, H . M . H a r e a nd D . H . P . Frase r, Cap t.

C. N . 0 . Digges.
P h oto by Ma lcolm Powell, East G rinstead

W a rrant Officer s' a nd Sergean ts' M ess m em bers open ed the ir p iggy banks a nd m o r e
bottles were pu rch ased . After per s u a ding R oy
As RSM J ohn Da Costa p ut down his sailing Scott into b u y ing a n oth er bottle, we proceed ed
hat and put on his SD one, h e g la n ced at his m a il. w ith decor ating t h e A nte and Dining R oom s.
A d eep frown a ooeared on his troubled brow a nd B ill Williamson , directin g operat ions in the Dining
h e t h ou g ht, "Who was it I told to k eep a R oom with shouts of "More back wards," and
dia ry of even ts this qua rter?" H e s lowly fo lded C/ Sgt. B illy A rge n t with s ig hs of "tha t lovely
the letter from the R egimenta l J ourna l Editor, A nte Room," a nd w ith a ll h a nds working, it was
placed it in a n en velop e a nd , with a s ig h of com p le t ed by m idnig ht. (W e we re la t e r t o ld that
r e li ef , a ddressed it t o the PMC, W On Ray Sh ave. t wo fa tigue m en decorated t he rest of the Mess
The p rocess w as r e peat e d un t il t h e write r fin a lly in 20 minutes!)
got lumbered!
On 5th December at t h e Batta lion Con cert,
In the Christmas diary of even ts, t he first t h e Sgts.' Mess su pp lied "The Middl esex Midget s."
w orth n oting was 4th D ecem ber ; t h is was the These were Sgts. "P ill s" Murphy, "Frog" F re n ch ,
d ay the li v ing -in m e m be r s said they would Bruce Tarry a nd W On T ony B riggs, w ho had
decor a te the Mess. Dinner was a t t he usua l t heir stomachs pain ted by the RSM a nd wore
tim e (1800 hours) b ut a t 1830, D ru m -Major P ercy lar ge h ats. Sgt. Geoff St ok es acted th e pa r t of
H owells produced t wo bottles of ch a m pagne a n d the d r un k, a lthoug h some thoug ht h e was not
calmly a nnounced that it was h is birthday. Other actin g.

Th e livi ng-in members' Christmas dinne r took - 35
place o n 9th D ecember w it h t h e RSM, PMC, W OII
K eating, ACC, a nd Sgt. J ock Cowan . ACC. as This year the w e U-dressed RSI\-1 w ears a.
g uests . It was decided tha t as most of t he married "midi"! RS1\t Le \.vi s, of the 1st Bn., a.nd RSM
m e n 's w ives w e re too f ar away we woul d have
a Stag Dinner a nd the Drum-Major (yes, he D a Costa, of t he 4tiL
actua ll y re turn ed from a weeke nd 's leave f or a Corporals' Mess
cha nge) said he would suoply the cabaret . The
dinn er was excell ent a nd S gt. Bria n Barr ett was On 13th D ecembe r last we h e ld our C hri st-
~'fin ed " fo r not wearin g a ha t! The cabare t was mas Dance and Draw. In the last Journal w e
a lso very good but C / S g-t . Jock Ewing, Scots promised it would be bigger a nd better than ever
Gua •-d s. a membe r of the Infa nti-y Disp lay T eam, before, and it was; it certainly went with a
h a d to be s tra pped t o hi s cha ir to stop him touch- swing (or swig) a nd we s pe nt a record amount
ing the props. on the Draw. L / Cpl. Marsh a ll won three cigarette
lig hters-it's t o be h oped h e can k eep the m in
All was qu iet for a f ew d ays, exceot for re- the gas to which they a re accustom ed-and the
h ear sals of "Actuals ," until 18th D ecem be r, whe n RSM quickly disposed of his prize, 20 cigarettes
the St a ff Dinne r an d All R a nks' Dance took and a bott! ~ of • h erry.
p lace. Afte r th e f orm e r. "Maitr e D 'Hote" was
p layed by " Sir P e r cy" Howe lls, of Imbe r (a l- On 22nd J a nuary w e s ponsored a Gam es
though hi s drumm e r.:;; say he does not kn ow wh e re Evening between ourselves and a combined team
it is !), a nd ''Villia m son (432 ) acted as w ine from the Officers' a nd WOs ' and Sgts.' M esses.
waite r . Both c iv ilia n a nd military s t a ff (and W e lost the m a t ch by a very s m a ll margin, but
the ir la dies a nd gentle m e n , as the case m ay be) n ote that it tak es the unite d forces of the Senior
sat d own &nd a good tim e was h a d by a ll , in- Messes to do it. Anyway, now, for the first time,
c luding the "wa ite rs" who, it was tho ug ht, drank the El Adem Cup resides in the Officers' Mess.
more wine than the din e rs . F ollowi ng dinne r a nd
a brief drink a t the bar, everyon e proceeded to Our last R egim enta l Dinne r was h eld o n 6th
the "Die-Hard s' " dance, w hic h ran tru e to trad i- F eb rua ry, w hen the g uest of honour was Brig.
tion with the usual exp ressions of , "You're a good G. C. A . G ilbe rt, MC, Commandant of the School
c hap," a nd, "Have a drink ," fl y in g a round . Th e of Infa ntry.
n ext d ay, a fte r a C hristmas Dinn e r , th e Bat-
talion all w ent on leave except for a few Mess R edund an c ies have at last been a nnou n ced .
m embers who decided to "stick it out" until the W e r egret to say that som e of our most stalwart
Chris tm as Draw on 20th D ecembe r- a very we ll- m embers will be leaving us in the next three or
organised affair; Sgt. To ny Brumwe ll worke d four months, name ly, Cpl s. Stopp, Robertson ,
hard w ith the President of the Draw Committee, O' Bri e n , Bre tt a nd Willia m s , an d we wis h the m
WOII Car! Blackwe ll - we think! - to make it "all the best."
a great success. The P aymaster was most s ur-
prised , as we r e most office r s, to find tha t they
could have a quick one a t the bar at the top of
the s t a irs. The buffet was s pread out in the most
unlikely places (well , no, not actually th ere!)-
but they w ere exceptionally well-stocked, as were
the d ifferent bars. The 2IC, Ma j. L awren ce, was
very "lucky" to win a bask e t for his bicycle ; it
makes a c h a n ge from Curly 's comb . The Draw
w as quickly concluded and then we carried on
with the more serious bus iness of dancing (or
was it drinking ?) a nd a t midnight the Pay-
m aster was pres ented w ith a bottl e of cham-
pagne to celebrate his majority in rank - not
age!

N e w Y ear 's Eve was celeb ra t ed by h aving
a Night Club Supper, followed by a "knees up."

With the coming of th e N e w Y ea r, everyon e
waited p atie ntly for the resu lt s of the R edunda n cy
Board. The following drew out the lu cky num-
be rs : RSM, Drum-Major, WOII M ic k Elston.
C/ Sgt. "Jim the Germ" R edm ond. Sgt. Alec
T orri e a nd Sgt. Norm a n Rawlinson. C/ Sgt. Harry
H . Higgins a nd others w ere told that t h e "parole
board" had turned them dow n a nd they w ere in
for life !

H aving recovered from this shock, we teamed
up with the Offi cers' M ess on 22nd J a nuary to
oartak e in the G a m es Night versu s the Corpora ls'
Mess. The r esult was d eclared a draw a nd t h e cup
was g iven to the Officers' Mess out of sympa thy.

W e would like t o con g r atula t e Sgt. a nd Mrs.
John Hammill on the birth of t he ir first d a ughter.
W e would a lso w e lcome t o t h e BOS ro ll Sgt.
D a nn y Howard , from the Cpls'. M ess, Sgt. Norman
Crookst on , from R ecruiting, Sgt. T e n-y Prior,
from go lf (!), a nd Sgt s. Brian a nd J ohn Doran ,
from lhe Orderly Room .

36 C/ Sgt. Jimmy Redmond h as at last hung up
his boots and spends a ll his time on t h e football
SPORT machine in the Mess (though rarely paying for
Rugby Football the use of the machine); perhaps the QM will
find him a job between 1000-1130 hours daily .
A win still eludes the rugby XV this season
though we have won a practice game against STOP PRESS!
the School of Infantry and managed one draw. The result of the First Round of the Infantry
However, we have honou1·ed all our fixtures with-
out upsetting too many Company Commanders, Cup m a tch, played on 5th Febmary, was a 5-1
and n early 30 p layers, including six learn e rs, have win aga.inst 1 RGJ.
had a game for the Battalion .
Hoc l<ey
In our game against 49 Regt., from the School Th e results ach ieved so far this season have
of Artillery, n either side was at full-strength but
a good game r esu lted which we narrowly lost not been too impressive; of the eight friendly
6-11. The following week we p layed another sid e, games so far p layed we have won on ly three,
still ir. the fourth round of the Army Cup, 3 RTR. drawing two and losing three.
We lost a hard game 9-14, in wh ic h 2/ Lt. Mieville
dropped a goal and Lt. Lowrie kicked two Unfortunately, several fixtures have had to be
penalties. Everyone enjoyed the game a nd a re- can cell ed because of unit moves to Northern
turn fixture was therefore played at Tidworth I reland, and latterly because of poor weather
the following week; again we lost, probably be- conditions .
cause the team suffered four last-min ute changes,
a nd Maj. Pollard led the forwards- from behind. In the first round of the Army Cup we were
The following week, against RAF Fairford, the d rawn against 95 Comm and o Regt. RA a nd
Major was unwise enough to appear changed played well to force a draw, one goal each ;
on the touchline a nd deputised for an overworked Drum - Major Howells converted a hard- won
d octor as hooker. This game we drew 6 points penalty in the dying minutes of the match. In
a ll with a front row totalling 104 years. This the replay, played at Chepstow, we played we ll
was, in fact, a most enjoyab le fixture, arranged but the younger a nd fitter men prevailed; the
for us by RAF Upavon, who had to play an score, 2-0.
RAF cup m atch.
Boxing
School commitments prevented any fixtures in Although the Battalion has not ha d a ny com-
December; we did, however, try to play our
South West District Cup match versus 3rd Bn. petitions since Northern I reland, it was decid ed
The Light Infantry, from Plymouth, on the 16th, that this year we would enter a team for the
but they had to cry off with 'flu. Army Cup. Our difficulties in getting suffic ie nt
boxers together for proper training were perhaps
We eventually played our Cup match with a negated by the really good facilities that were
somewhat d epleted team a nd lost 6-28, though 20 available, in the form of a permanent gymnasium
of their points came in 10 minutes when their and our trainer, Sgt. Rogers, a very experienced
Fijian fly-h a lf made four breaks. Th e next d ay boxer. The first round of the competition took
we lost 0-18 to the School of Infantry si d e, our place on 14th November against 95 Cdo ., a nd the
team showing seven changes from the previous team included : Sgt. Robinson, Cpls. Constant
day. 2/Lt. Nivelles had a particularly good game and H ayes, L / Cpl. McMurray, Ptes . Leefmans,
at full-back and pte. Chaprran established him- Hawkes, Creaser, Hall, Sutliff, Ryan and Bennet.
self as an excellent hooke r; h e a lso scored a try
in his first game for the Battalion against 3 LI Unfortunate ly, we lost the match, a lthough
in the Cup match. The threequarters played a ll the team must be con gratu la t ed on putting
particularly well, pte, Eiducks producing a n ex- up a very good performance and, in particular,
cellent crash tackle which saved a certain try . Ptes. Hawkes, Hall a nd Ryan, who won their
In our return fixture w ith RAF Boscombe Down bouts. A word of thanks a lso to a ll those who
last week we lost 3-8, a great improvement on heloed with the running of the match, especially
our 24-0 d efeat earlier in the season. Capt. Pack- to S/ Sgt. Twitchin.
ham scored a try a nd we were, in fact, leading
3-0 wel l into the second half when Pte . Bennett Pte. Ryan has been attached to the Army
had to go off with a damaged shoulder. T eam for the last few months and during that
time has boxed s u ccessfully agai nst Wales a nd
Con gr atulations to Capt. Dowse, Sgt. Stewart the Netherla nds. Sgt. O'Rawe, now with the
and pte. Bennett on playing for the D1stnct Army Careers Office, has a lsC? come out of sem i-
team; 2/ Lt. Mieville h ad a lso been se lected on retirement to box very well In the Army versus
one occas ion but was not availab le. We have Wales match.
about six more fixtures before Easter a nd hope
also to hold an Inter-Company "Sevens." In sp ite B ask etball
of a lack of success, there is now a l<een fo 1low- First we would like to thank Caot. Pitman
ing for rugger in the Battalion, which augers well
for those going to B erlin. for his many months in the chair as OIC; he has
now left us fo r the warmer climate of Si ngapor e.
Football In his place we welcome Lt. Hunter. The team
The team has a busy season, being entered itself is unchanged and still ably captai n ed by
CSM Edey. Our biggest problem h as been l ~c k
for the Army Cup, Infantry Cup, Sou thern Com- of practice time- a common cry of a ll Battalion
mand Cup, and the E ast Wilts Services League sportsmen- but we have tried, wherever possible,
which we won last year. To date the league 1s to arrange evening friendlies against loca l c lu bs
h a lf completed and our position is second, with and units.
a good ch a n ce of repeating last year's perfor-
mance. The first round of the Infa ntry Cup was Before Christmas we ha d some good suc-
played on 5t h F ebruary against 1 RGJ. cesses winning against the Gymnasium Staff,
L arkh'ill· REME School of Artillery; 27 Com-
Con gratulations to L / Cpl. Dick Perryman on mand Workshops: Trowbri d ge Co ll ege; and
being selected to play for the Army against the Frome Grammar School; and losing on ly to 49
RMA and Combined Un1vers1t!es. Also to Cpl.
Jeff T y deman, who is now upgraded and able to Fd. ~~~\,~th West District Championsh ips came
take his place again in the team ; what a chap
will do \Vhen sweating on promotion! on us a ll too soon a fter Christmas, but we were
lucky in getting a bye in the first round . On 15th

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Janua ry w e achieved a resounding victory against 37
95 Cdo. Lt. Regt. RA, by beating th e m 44-23 ; this
was la rg e ly due to ski lful playing by stalwa rts into third place to the Royal Engineers and the
from the Sgts.' Mess - CSM Edey a nd Sgts. Royal Hussa rs. The younger players showed good
Roge rs a nd C larke . h eart, particularly Dmr. Robichaud, who played
extr e mely w ell in t h e match again st the Royal
In the final pool at Exete r we played Hussars. It was a great pity that one of our star
e nthus iastically, b ut our lac k of training put u s players, Cpl. Bartle, was away at the tim e o n a
senior N COs' course.

'Exercise "Lead Balloon"
April, 1968- March, 1970

By Sgt. L. T. Plumb

A s .seen by the soldi ers of the D emonstration
Battalion /TO'HI, their v arious n eutral v nntnge
point s on th e Pla.in and el seu 1h eTe.

T o put readers in the picture, we are the the conte nts of a box of Liquor ice Allsorts-all
people who ass ist the School of Infa ntry in the colours, s ha pea and s izes. In the main, they are
vali a nt efforts to t each office r s of a ll ranks, and British but there a re a lways a few from overseas.
most na tion a lities, section, platoon, company and
ba tta lio n tactics. All exe rcises begin a t conferen ce Both students a nd soldiers eye each other
level at the School of Infantry, and those who with mixed feelings; this initia l meeting usually
saw the Christmas Smoker know what they are takes place two hou rs after the so ldiers arrive
like; the n ext s tage is d ea lt w ith by the D e mon- on th e squ a re a nd the stude nts have a ll of five
strations Officer and his cle rk . The form e r is minutes to brief their respective NCOs on the
easily recognised by his grey a nd thinning h a ir, ex e r cise. Each stude nt w ears a n armband to
harassed looks a nd jerky movem ents ; h e may d enote his exer cise appointment ; more often tha n
also be known to mutter to himself for no appar- not h e has n ever h eard of it, and certai nly has
ent reason. H e is propped up by a Corporal clerk, n ever done the job before. The students wear all
who is a lso a qualified traffic policeman a nd, like forms of uniform and footwear , including steel
most of us, is a nocturna l a nimal for most of helmets, although these are seldom in eviden ce.
each month. They d o, however, sport a r espirator, having
heard about the toxic fog which always appears
The D emonstra tions Office produce exercise on the Pla in during the exercise season. After
instructions as "Greens," a lways monumental in briefing, a ll m o unt the ir chargers and await the
s ize a nd so d e t a ile d as to be practically uninte l- "off." Whe n a ll is ready the DS make the mselves
ligibl e to a nyon e below p.s.c., but n everth eless felt by asking the soldiers if they know what
each compa ny and department receives its share. they a re doing ; this is the first t est and, like
Whe n things a r e running s m oothl y w e get 10-14 all soldiers everywh ere, they don't! Looks of
days' warning; sometimes only two, in which horror appear on the faces of some students who
case most d ep a rtm ents have u sed the ir "Balls found it difficult to cram two hours' worth of
Crystal GS" a nd invariably find they are wrong! notes into a five- minute session of orders; the
From the " Green" are extracted a ll the d etails DS scribbles som ething on his pad and the student
to the de pa rtment concerned, each office hums pales, unaw a re that it's only the name of the
with life (and most are shrouded in a lig ht blue pub at which the DS will RV late r in the exercise!
cloud) , the wives who sometimes vis it the ir hus-
ba nds refrain from doing so, and the dogs a re W e th e n mo ve off in 11penny pac k ets," as th e
seen to cringe at the squeak of a boot on the groups are invariably t ermed . Most of the younger
floor. The "Green" asks (amongst other things ) students have never worn a radio headset (out
for numbers of m en and this always exceeds the of which can issue three different vo ices) and
company/ d e partm e nt strength by fi ve per cent; for the first two hours the exercise Commanding
even OCs are seen to don the jackets of the "Brutal Officer is t old to go left a bit and the drive r is
a nd Licentious ," pic k up the ir rifles and v alia ntly informe d th at we are at "Red Do~" or some
face the prospect of being Pte. Atkins, putting other report line. This situa tio n is soon righted
the clock back 15-20 years. a nd we proceed on to the Plain where the com-
pany deploy and things begin to happen ; this is
The various offices produce "Orbats," each of where the DS re ign s upre m e, clutching the copies
which is a masterpiece of juggling and bluff. of DS orders, and under the immunity of their
Each soldie r now knows his appointed place, his white flags they feed in situations on which the
kit and weapon and whether or not t o carry his students are expected to react . One of the first
respirator. In the early days of our tour the res- is the r equire ment for a ll to d o n their CB suits;
pirator havers-ask was used for goodies and com- this is a shapeless monstrosity d esigned for wear
forts. This h a bit p ersisted until the first whiff in the Arctic by people who have n o n eed to
of CS was inhaled and, in the e n s uing panic, it walk a nywhe r e . Anything up to 20 minutes can
w as discovered that a cookhouse sandwich was be spent putting it on and the end product can
not only difficult to wear over the mouth and b e hilarious ( picture , if yo u can, a Captain with
nose, but impossible to breathe through! The CB trouse r s a t half-mast, smock ove r his h ead,
soldie r today carries all behind him-on his back r equired fo r o rde rs 10 minutes ago, half-a-mile
as did his forebears-and once dressed , is para ded away, and you have som e idea of what I mean!).
a t H plus (a long time) in the company lines to The suit, when finally on , cau ses the body t em-
be loc k ed a t , counted, ch eck ed and sent, robot-like, perature to rise about 10 d egrees and students
via th e first RV, to Blenheim Square t o await the to e levat e by a s imilar numbe r of feet. The o ld
arrival of the students. The students a re very like hands, of course, find n o difficulty in making
the transformation.

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The n ext round is tdCfbdtphhoeoaooaIeeySp,stlyhlespEoHa,liy"vnsllfeeyLeydaraalmErevsevSIAefpaettmt,hrcaDnfiotateoodphhtryursBeyeetWaAytoohro,hnfLuoeifoeetosLrtorleadiOopfncf,aedloOoaacripuwtfncNvehtfreietdee.al"nrrlnotertoIflhenemywlaxttoibhveeeutheveerhrocrmidinpienlisiFg;nedgevji,smeortasbsshyal;aoa,eteynotdIyjtdgt-authhhe"lwsia"taeEtohiotvylneXnlearwlse.vEpfhaaWiouwnsRerorinndee-tt-
digging and none more digging. All soldier s hate
so than the D emonst ration f Lo han. ~Ca1·toons by Maj. H1<gh
Battalion, wh o always seem to dig an " 'ale"
2 feet to the s ide of last week's " 'o le"; nothing u •• and wot's more- g e t your ruddy 'air
can persu ade the Platoon Commander that last gro\VJl by tomorrow."
week's is still u sable. Digg ing begins with a DS
aski ng
b y, "Er a stu dent, 4'Have you dug in?" fo1lowed
men , er, Sir, e h - Platoon Sergeant, are the
di gg ing
in?" The Platoon Sergeant, often
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loads up with CS for the n ext session.
"DFC rants" are the n ext problem . Through-
out the ex erc ise the vehicle radios crackle away,
voices- voices- voices; everyone gets "ope ra-
tor's ear'ole" and students appear shell-shocked
after six hours, resigning themselves to a life of
i"tsssheGelmedomoi-eemdxtaoeenarthfcnaGitseoprespisdpe.iannSsssAis,gtrEntuhhYaocletWwsmioei"nnvosesrntcr,aautnucoasdtnieaodlntlhscoecoraomdrnseeptcruleisedsrtsneeusenuedtdcc. hhRwTaShoiatiOshss.
"Where's the bloody griddle?" answered by, "You
should have it, Sir," produces unprintabl e com-
aa4Emp16lnav8wedg"enaentmsystt,usooamarcleenloexydictbnhrlcwiulacoiendeanietglcesa-amnilnwtoghvvaiueotenahmldgveoet,dffghrfeae,oommmglceoerossanamsspglalphsgtltihmeecotwsaiasloh.neoninvc"eehcMorrrfyiosotiv"nhfeh'geaesoltaeuaofrsotpidr""r-,.
"Peter, have you seen Nigel ? Wher e the hell is
he?" etc., etc.

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come in.

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40

The Regimental Depot

The Plan To all the above, both military and c iv ili an,
go our very best wi s hes for s uccess in th e ir n ew
AT last _we have something reasonably firm s pher es.
on which to plan. The Depot as such is to
close by 1st December, 1970, the run down starts Arrivals
with the Junior Soldiers completing their spring There has not been so much movem ent in the
term here on 8th April and, after leave, report-
ing to Depot, The Queen's Division, at Bassing- opposite direction, but, nevertheless, our welcome
bourn, for the summer term. is not dimini s h ed for Opls. H . Hutchin son (2
QUEENS) , G. Parke r (2 QUEE!N,Sl, Ftes . M . Joy
The n on 8th May SaJerno PI., the last to train (3 QUEENS ) and R. McDowall, ACC (Bahrein
here, will pass out, proceed on leave and report Garrison) .
to Bassingbourn for drafting. After that the
administrative part of the winding up will begin 14 • • but 10nce a year"
m earnest. As platoons complete their training •
their instructors will be posted and so from now
on our strength will gradually diminish. Th e Ohris t m as period was as h ectic a s us ua l
starting with the a nnual carol service in the
D e partures Garrison Church and the Junior Soldiers Band
prov iding the accompaniment. N ext day the Junior
Among the earlier departures was Maj. Keith Soldiers had their dinner and draw; this was a
Osborne, who has relinquished command of Junior great success m a inly due to the efforts of CSM
Soldiers' Coy. and gone to Wildenrath as a GLO Lay. A form e r WO on the D epot staff, Mr. L ennox,
with 464 Ground Liaison Section. H e maintained provid ed mus ic with hi s Mobo Disco . H was .Cpl.
a fatherly interest even after handing over to Oh ester's lu cky night, for n eve r b efore has on e
Capt. Peter Aitkens, his 2IC, and the company man won so many prizes. As a final fling before
actually admits to missing his cheerful familiar going on leave the Junior Soldi ers went carol s ing-
figure. Our representative from East Anglia, Lt.
Brian Cornish, has been accepted back by the 4th Father Christmas handing a present to his
Bn. The Royal Anglian R egim ent in Bahrein on a
no-transfer fee basis. He was an energetic officer five-year-old son, David Lay, who did not
and put in much useful work for Training Coy. recognise him!
Unfortunately, his departure has left a bit of a
backwash, for, after two years' continuous use Photo by "Kentish Gazette."
by him, the telephone has now cooled off and
there is talk of possible redundancy at the
exchange.

Having been on the way for som e time, CSM
Mick Ayling has at last made it and is now busy
making his acquaintance with the "little people."

Sgt. "Chick" Smith, who has been with JS
Coy. so long that only the Coy. Clerk, Mr. "Buffy"
Howe, can remember the Coy. without him, has
discarded his track suit for a pork pie hat and
overcoat.

Our officiating chaplain and former Royal
Marine, the Rev. John Watson, left the civilian
branch and is back in uniform again in the
RAChD and serving with the Blues and Royals in
Germany. We understand that the chaplains'
Depot Staff at Bagshot Park were pleasantly sur-
prised at his standard of drill and saluting

Other departures were: Sgt. L. Heslop (1
RRF), Cpls. G. Collins (1 QUEENS) , T . D ean (3
QU~S) , D. H emsley (Depot Royal Anglian), A .
Turner (3 Royal Am~·lian) , G. KenneLt (3 RRF) ,
R. MacDonald (Div. Depot), T . Price (Div. Depot) ,
L / Cpls. J. Mcllwain (2 QUEENS) , G . Bumstead
(Junior L eaders' Regt., Oswestry), D. Taylor, ACC
(Bahrein Garrison) and Pte. R. McGraffln (on
discharge).

Departures from our civilian staff have also
begun and that of Mr. K. Needham was reported
in the last issue. Now Mrs. M. Miles, the docu-
m en ts cle rk in the Orderly Room (who will be
known to all r ecruits as she was one of the firs t
persons they met on arrival at the D epot), has
moved just down the hill to the D efence Lands
S e r v i c e.

41

ing r ound the "pads," r a isi n g £8/ 10/ - which was Five-year-old Go rdon Blakey
g iven to an old people's hospital opposite th e being fed by "Smiler the
Clown" (Cpl. 1\tiles).
barracks.
Two hundred and seven teen children attended Ph oto by ''K enti sh Gazrttr ·."

the children's Christmas party, organised with the
usual effici e n cy by th e WOs' and Sgts.' Mess. CSM
Lay took on a new role for the afternoon and as
Fath e r Christmas, h anded out the p r esents. Cpl.
(Smiler) Mil es, di sgui sed as a clown, p erformed on
the trampo lin e a nd a film sh ow, caro l si nging a nd
games completed t h e proceedings.

N ext day came the ver y s u ccessful Sgts.' The Last ...
Mess dr aw and dance. A day later th e Cpls.' Pte. L. J. Reid, who enlisted on 23rd January,
Club h e ld their draw and, fin a lly, on the Mo n day
be fore Chri s tmas , the civilian staff lun c h time t h e day afte r his 17t h birthday, b ecam e th e last
party, followed that evening by the Trg. C oy. rec ruit to carr y out training at th e Queen's D e pot
dinner a nd s moker. The dinner s tarted off quietly, in Cant erbury. H e w ill pass out wit h Salerno
so quietly in fact that the RSM was prompted to Platoon on 8th May. 1970.
re m ark ,:Th e so' a nd so's won 't t hrow a n ything
t hi s year ." Afte r a ll had ducked for cove r t h e Another "last" was t h e Annual Shell H ole
proceedings were resum ed at the smok e r, o rgan- Supper o f th e Salient Ci rcle, a n association of
ised as in 1968, by Lt. Cornis h and con s idere d a n World W a r I veteran s who fought in the Ypres
everi greater success . Prizewinners includ ed Salient. For several years t h e Depot has provided
An z io PI. (£10 ) , Cpl. Beckingham and Pte. " L ofty" faciliti es for th is even t, but will no longer b e able
Ashford. to continue. Their g uest of honour on 15th Novem-
ber, 1969, w as th e D epot Commander. Lt.-Col.
Glutton s for punishmen t, the officers and ser- Alan Jon es. W e hope the old soldiers will continue
gean ts both h eld New Year's Eve parties in their to m eet elsewh e re for many years yet.
m esses.
Mus ical Success
Hong Kong Flu Con g ratulations to the five Junior Bandsmen

The flu epidemic by-passed th e D epot thanks who were a warded the Grade V Certifi cates of the
to Col. Irvin e (who sounde d the fall in) and th e Associated School of Music, and th e seven who
medical stalwarts, und er Cpl. Attwate r , who successfully sat for th e Grade IV Awards. J / Bdsm.
s nappe d into action at the first s ign o f troubl e. Shorte r deserves special m e ntion for scori n g 97
Preparations were m a d e to expect a fl ood of out of a possible 99 mark s.
v ictim s but lu c kily no extra e merge ncy accom-
modation was n eed e d . However. the Pos t NCO. Th e Band P I. h as also managed to wi n a ll
Cpl. C ook ( Queen 's), was one of t h e fir st to c lock competitions within Junior Soldiers Coy. except
in ; h e ins isted t h at h e caugh t th e co mplain t from sh ooting.
a Chin ese ad dress on a letter!

42 Also on para d e was 6ft. 9ins. Pte. "Lofty" Ash-
ford, who earlier that day had a photograph of
Passed Out himself being inspected by 6ft. Sgt. H eslop, pub-
Durin g the p eriod unde r r evie w three J)latoon s lis hed in the Daily MiTrOT.

completed their training. Gallipoli PI. passed out on 6th F ebruary. a
Th e 11 r s t, Korea PI., w as ins p ected by Brig. bright but cold day. Colour was added by the
Royal Engineers Band, Cha tham, wearing a natty
R. E . Lode r , OBE , D eputy Colon e l (Suss ex ), a nd line in h eaddress. Ma j.-Gen. F . A. H . Ling, CB,
h e had the rare exp erie n ce of presenting a ll t h e CBE, DSO, Deputy Colonel (Surrey), inspected
awa rd s to one m a n . Not only was Pte. Barry Giles the platoon a nd presen ted awards to: -
the lead e r of th e b es t. section (No . 2). but h e w as
a ls o b es t r ecruit. b est s hot and b est at PT. Thi s Best Section: (No. 2) led by Fus. J . Cookson
quadruple winner is now with the 3rd Bn. (1 RRF) . B est R ecruit: Pte. M. Jordan (2
QUEENS). Best Shot: Fu s. T. Holmes (1 RRF) .
When Anzio Pl.'s turn came they did their best Best at P'l' : Pte. M . Beaz ley (Outward Bound
to e mulate Kor ea PI. and Pte. M. Atkin ca rri ed off Course)
the awards for the best recruit and best a t PT
as well as being the leader of the best section. Change of Oomrnan<l
These w er e presented by Capt. Colin W ebb, the Capt. Graham White is n ow in th e hot seat at
R egim ental R ecruiting Officer, who also handed
th e b est s hot award to Pte. R. Alle n . Both m e n Trg. Coy. in place of Capt. Nigel Harris, who has
are now with th e 1s t Bn. Th e Royal Ang li an R egt. gone off for a f e\v months to the Junior Command
a nd Staff Course at the School of Infa ntr y.
(Top): Brig. R . E. Loder, CBE, presenting one
of the four awards received by Pte. Barry Housing lUana.gement
Giles, of Korea PI. Giles has now joined the Maj. E. H . F . Watts, MBE, familiar to all

3rd Bn. occupants of marri ed quarters in Canterbury for
(Lower): Capt. C. R . Webb presents awards to many years, has now retired for the second time
and we hope h e will enjoy his well-earned
Pte. M. Atkin, of Anzio PI. "le isure." His empire h as been taken over by a
Photos by Pte. A. Bowen. serving soldier, Lt.-Col. J . P etty, MBE, MC, who
has come so uth from the King's Own Royal
Border Regiment territory.

Visitors
In addition to vis itors a lready m entioned w e

were pleased to see Col. J . W . S ewell. Capts. M. A.
James, C. T . Graham a nd M . Hyatt.

SPORT

The D epot soccer team is having a rough time
owing to the pos ting away of seven of its mem-
bers; this has m eant withdrawing from the East
K e nt W edn esday Footba ll L eague. Up to the tim e
of dropping out, the D epot team was top in the
League, three points ahead of the nearest rival,
Opls. Davies and Bream and L / Cpl. Wittig are
playing for the 1st Bn. team v . a Show Biz XI.

Basketball has been r evived and in the final
of the inter-departmental competition, HQ and
Trg. Coy. m et Blenheim Pi. and won 24-7.

'I1he D epot went all e n e rge tic early in F ebru-
ary and everyone without a cast iron alibi went
on a three-mile cross-country run. Among those
seen climbing over a barbed wire fence were the
CO, Adjt., RQMS and a host of others. This is
democracy at play! Winn e r in 16 mins . 40 s~cs.
was Pte. K . B e ll. of Ohindit PI.. followed 5 secs.
later by Pte. P. Din een, also of Chindit PI. Third,
in 16 mins. 50 secs., was Junior Drummer M. Co le.

What a drag!
Readers may be puzzled at the inclusion of

a certain photograph and it came about like this.
Some time ago Sgt. M ead had to escort a prisoner
back from Fran ce and this is his s tory- ..During
my years in the Army I have come across an
amazing vari e ty of characters, but n ever imagined
I would share a cabin with Britain's most suc-
cessful drag artist. Faced with the task of escort-
ing a prisoner from Cala is to Dove r on a busy
week end, Cpl. Hunt a nd I prevailed upon the
purser to let us h ave th e only available first-class
cabi n at no extra cost.

When we were under way a steward men- 43
tioned that Danny la Rue was on deck W e
con triv ed a m eeting with him by sending hl'm a n Lt: CAS DEPARTMEN TAL STORE-
in v itation to a Opls.' Mess . wi n e and c h eese party. BOARDROOM REPORT
When he cam e to the cabm to decline the invita-
tion h e sat and talked for t h e r est of the journey. Although many things cause our lord s a nd
Hi s fri ll y s ilk s hirt and immacul ate ly m ani cured masters worry-it h as been quite noticeable that
hands we could tolera te but w hen, on disembark- since the MT acquired a red Zephyr staff car,
in g at Dover, a h ead of a ll other passengers h e th e grey hairs have been in creasi ng. Unfortu-
loud ly trill ed-'Bye-bye, soldier boys,' we began nately, t he acquisition of extra transport has
to wond e r- \ve ll wouldn 't you ?" m eant that n ot only are Army D epartm ent
vehi c les forc ed a lmost to par k outside th e Bar-
Any way h e r e is Danny's photo- or is it Sgt. racks, but th ey are a lso obliged to await their turn
Mead? at Sa.1n)s Service Sta,Uon. T o be quite fair to our
m a n age r. t h ou g h , th is is n ot e ntirely his fault.
Whe n REME issue modifica tion instru ctions over
a year be for e th e necessary parts are even manu-
factu r ed . let a lon e in Ordnance D e pots. what is
to be done? Arthur (M r .) Thatch e r, our redoubt-
able fitter, who is a REME of (almost) First
World War vi n tage, is hard put to explain the
workings of the REME hi e rarchy. Whilst on MT
matters it will n ot be amiss to m ention that Sam's
Service Station is under new management. A
"f eathe r me rcha nt" fro m our Northern Empire,
Cpl. Tin sley (R RF ), is now occup y ing the large
seat.

The clothing m an ager. C/ Sgt. Bob Recton,
h as attempted to take over t h e local fishing in-
dust ry, bu t, it s hould b e pointed out, with J! tt!e
success. The local fish erfolk have n ot sh own a n y
pa rt icu la r inte rest in hi s attempts. but s in ce th e
most ever to come back is th e original bait- if h e
actually sails, that is-it is understandable. Y ou
wi ll realise th a t wi th fishing, leave and 'flu h e
would n eed a r e li e f a n d t h e 3rd Bn .- ooen. si mpl e
country folk- willinglv provided Cpl. H arrington
without whose he lo Sid Nye, the civ ili a n store-
m a n. would su re lv have collapsed.

C/ Sgt. "K eys" Speakman a nd P e rcy "Cobber"
Berry a r e both ext r em ely busy nowadays attempt-
ing to defurni sh t h e Barracks. with a v iew (th ey
hope) to closing t h e D epot soon. As soon as the
last trg. platoon passes out of t h eir clutch es, t h ey
b eli eve t h a t they will go on long, long 1eave-
11K eys" to prepare for life on the outsid e, a nd
"Cobber" to pack up p ri or to going to Australia.

Danny la Rue. "SORRY-NUMBER ENGAGED!"
Photo by "Isle of Tha n et Gazette."
Lt. Brian Comis h , The Royal Anglian R egi-
Fishy story m e nt.
News has co m e in about a n unrul y mob in
Photo by Maj. C. F . Cole, MBE
civi li a n c lo t h es hiring a boat from Folkeston e
(around Christmastide) a nd spending th e day un-
tangling a mass of lines , eating sandwich es,
s inging s hant ies and collecting queasy s tomac hs,
but no fish- not even a si ngle s hrimp, No n am es,
no pack drill, but could it r eally h ave b een a
coincidence that Maj. Lofting, CSM Hazlewood , ex-
QMSI Brint ( r e tired) , C / Sgt. R ecton , Sgts.
Andrew, Bug d e n and Mogford and Ple. Thomson
were a ll out of barracks th e same day ? It h as
a lso b een r eported that two important letters a r e
being drafted; one to the "Min . of A g. a nd Fis h ."
for a n expl a n atio n as to the lack of fi s h, and the
second, to t h e Admiralty complaining about a
23,000 ton (o r was it 25,000?) tanker which r e fu sed
to give way and ignored friendly shouts such as
"Wh y can't y ou ring yo ur bell?"

Tail piece: "For Sale-quantity of fishing
gear, rods, reels, et c.-going c heap ."

44

"WHERE D ID YOU
F I ND T HIS?"

(Lef t t o rig h t): J / ls.
M. T upper, P. R icha rd-
son a nd G. Alie n, 2/J-t.
W . L. R. C rossley a n d
J / 1. W. W ild is h , on a n
exe rc ise at Acrise.
Photo by Pte. A. Bowen

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