March 1970

4.5

The 5th (Volunteer) Bn.

CO: Lt.-Col. D. R. Bishop, MBE; 2IC : Maj .
M . A. G. Robe rts , TD; Trg Major: Maj. R. W .
Neve, MC; AdJt: Capt. C. M. M. Grove ; QM: Maj.
(QM) E . A. McCarthy; RMO: Maj. L. Burn,
RAMC; RSO: Capt. A. J. Bingham; A / 10: Sgt. T .
H arris; Padre: Rev. R. C. L. Pilgrim, RAChD;
Pm1· · Capt . D . Houghton, RAPC; MTO : Lt . <QM>
R. Wh1te; RSM: W.O.I E. A. Parker; RQMS:
W .O.II H. Noyes; Drum Major: D / M. E. Fulk e r.

The so-call ed quiet winte r months have bee n down for a s hort while, a small party represented
very busy as far as Bn. HQ was concerned. the Coy at the Annual Armistice S ervice at Holy
Trinity Church, G u i Id ford, which was a lso
In November, at the Officers' Study Weekend a ttended by Maj.-Gen . Ling.
at Edgware , we &tudied operations in NW Europe
and our war rol e. Thanks to 10 Queen's Cadre Our Annual Christmas Dance was h eld at the
an exce ll ent dinner was he ld in the Office rs' Mess Guildford Drill H all a nd was attended by some
after which many were thankful that a camp 200 peopl e, although many members of th e Coy.
bed downstairs was as far as they had to go. were unable to attend owing to the snow. The
weekend of th e dance a lso clashed with the Bn.
At the end of November we held our first ever Mobilisation Exercise and, some four hours after
skeleton mobilisation exercise; the net resu lt is the dance ended, Lt. Wright, C.S.M. Burrows and
that the Adjutant now has to amend the mobilisa- a small party of m en could be seen leaving the
t ion sch eme to take account of all the lessons Guildford Drill Hall for Canterbury. With a tem-
learn ed. W e thank the civilian staff who came in perature of - 6 C. at t h e time and the roads thick
to man the desks, and the token parties of Volun- with snow, the comments made by the party were
teers who came in from our far-flung outpost::; to u n p r i n t a b l e.
oil the wheels of the reception organisation.
Our recruiting drive has continued to make
The period preced ing Christmas saw the usual progress and the recruits' cadre under 2/ Lt.
social activities and spending of hard-earned Holmes and Sgt. Dunipace is coming on well .
bounty money. The Adjutant's battles with the
Pay Office over the occasional "boun cing bounty" On the Annual Administrative Inspection
have largely been resolved in all possible cases. W .O.II Chaffer thought up a n ew versio n of his
indoor Assault Course which only seems to come
W e congratulate the following on their pro- out when Senior Officers are visiting the Coy. This
motions: Maj. Garnsey, Maj. Burn (RMO), a nd time, in addition to clambe ring over objects in
Capts. Bingham and Halt. W e are in the process the drill hall, men had to do a cross-country run
of signing on three more officers for the Kent before attempting it.
Companies; all have previous expe rie nce (two as
Regular&) and this will be particularly useful to We were sorry to say goodbye to Capt. P eter
us. The Battalion now musters forty office rs a nd Catesby, who had to leave us for business reasons ;
when the fifteen Cadre officers join us for joi nt however we welcome Lt. R yan and 2/ Lt. Holmes
activities we have accommodation problems. No and hope their stay with us will be a happy one.
wonder the CO was heard to grumble at Edgware:
"You can't open a cupboard without two officers Finally, w e would like to make special men-
fallin g out of it! " tion of our Coy. Clerk- Mrs. M. Mullen, who h elps
to make the Co. "tick" in a big way. Without her
Stop P ress. The Annual Administrative In- cheery presence the paper side of soldiering would
spection is over; we now await the report with be difficult.
the usual apprehension.
B COMPANY
R egr ettably, the Belgian MOD have can cell ed
C Coy's exercise-It might upset the tourists ! OC: Maj . G. Din eley; 2IC: Capt. J. C. D .
McMahon; PI Comds: Lt. C. A. S. Bates, Lt. R. H .
A COMPANY Whitford and 2/ Lt. P. J . Mount; CSM: W.O.II D .
Mirams; CQMS: C / Sgt. K. Crann ey; PSis: W.O .II
OC: Maj F . B. H erd ; 2IC : Capt A Birtles ; Mor W. G. Warren, Sgt. N . G. Woolgar and Sgt. J . W .
PI: Lt. G . H. Wright; 1 PI (Gu ildford ): 2/ Lt. F e!ton.
Holmes; 2 PI (Kingston): 2/ Lt. S . Dafforn; 3 PI
( Houns low): Lt. W . Smart ; CSM: WOII Burrows; The last three months have been spent on
CQMS: C / Sgt. Shuff; PSis: W .O.II Caffer, C / Sgt. various aspects of training ranging from Mobilisa-
Naylor and Sgt. Phillips. tion Exercise to the firing of 3.5 Ro cket Launcher,
94 Grenades and throwing of 36 Grenades.
With the coming of the New Y ear a ll our
attentions have been drawn to getting the com- Our R ecru it Squad have been worked very
pany up to standard to take part in our annual hard during the evening periods but it paid
training camp which is being held in BAOR from di vidends during the 15-day Recruits' Course h e ld
nth-17th April, a ttached to 2 RRF at Haltern. at Canterbury during January when Pte. Collin
So far two weekends have been spent in brushing Bellingham was judged to be the best recruit and
up on weapon ski ll s and preparing drivers for Pte. Alan Roe the best shot.
driving in Germany and the H eavy Goods Vehicle
Licence. CSM C haffe r and our MO h ave b een Remembrance Sunday, which this year the
imm ersed with Smallpox and TAB jabs a nd ID Company attended at Margate, can only be called
Card photos and the Coy Comd is looking forward a "wash-out." when a deluge of rain called off the
to his week's holiday in Germany which must parade and only the wreath laying ceremony,
be referred to as a R ecce. perform ed by a v e ry w et Company Command er,
took place.
Prior to the Christmas period when we closed
December brought forth once again a very

46 everybody to get the feel of t hings again after
t h e C h ristmas break. Among t h e lessons brought
successful Bounty Night ; this was a "stag" night out were the d esirab ility of laying a smoke screen
a nd the "outside entertainment" was thoroughly som ewhere other than in front of
en j oy€'d by a ll (including the Adutant)- Vive l e> plates ; a nd the fact that one is not rea l ltyhes upfpaollsien ~~
g irls.
to be knocked on on e's back on firing the Car!
Afte r the Ch ristmas recess t he evening train- Gustav.
ing con sisted mainly of Map R eading and Signal
training in preparation for a Signal a nd Map A fortnight later the Rifie Platoons combin ed
Reading Exercise ably la id on by L t. Charles for a weekend at Stanford PTA, with an en em y
Bates. This was held during t h e "rainy season " provided by members of Support Pi a n d lOth
on 25th January and the cry can still be h eard Queen 's (Cadre). Unfortun ately the weather
"whic h is Northings a nd w hic h Is Eastings?" turned rap idly from relatively warm to cold , a nd
e nded up with m ore than just a suggestion of
Our con gratulations to Cpls. Jock Sinclair a nd snow in t he a ir. As a consequence, the frequent
George Ball on their promotion to Sgt. a nd we night patrols became a very welcome t h awing-out
extend a wel come to Capt. B. P. H alt on posting activ ity.
to us from HQ, h oping his stay will be a happy
one. In the middle of January, Maj. Cou c h regret-
fully took leave of us due to the pressure of his
C COMPANY business commitments and he takes w ith him our
best wishes f or the fu tu r e. Capt. Muirhead has
OC: Maj. P. G. Harrington; 2I C: Capt. A. J . D . now become OC a nd Lt. Lowans h as moved
Sa Ite r ; CSM: W O.II D. Marriott; CQM S: C/Sgt. across from 16 P I at Edgware to become 2IC.
A. C rutte nd en ; PI Comdrs : 2/ Lt. R. S a nd ers a nd
Lt. J . Rudd ; Mor Sec: Sgt. A. L elliott ; A / Tk Sec: E COMPANY
Sgt. D . Berry. Coy Comd: Maj. R. C. B. Dbcon ; 2IC: Capt.
M. Bu ll ; P I Offrs; L t . G . W . Evans a nd 2/ Lt.
In Novembe r the Company sent a party to J . L . A. F owler ; CSM : W .O.II J . A. Collins ; CQMS:
t h e Hastings Remembrance Parade, led by the C/ Sgt. S. L . A. Roger s; PSis: C/Sgts. D . R. Smith
CSM ; t h e P arade was only spoilt by heavy rain. and J . Dickens.

The "H o rseshoe" at H erstmon ceux was th e The traditional p arties h eld in the canteen s
venne for the long-awaited Com pany Dinner w h ere of Maidstone and Tonbridge went off very well
over seventy m ember s a nd their wives/girl friends tha nks to the h elp of W .O.II Collins a nd his merry
sat down to an excellent m eal followed by a d a n ce. band of h elpers, and a cocktail party g iven in
the Officers' Mess at T onbridge for local council
The children h ad their C hri stmas party early representatives was a lso a great success largely
in J a nuary a n d we were all very glad to see Alf owing to Capt. and Mrs. Bartron who provided the
Izzard, of C Coy (th e old 4/ 5 Cinque P orts Bn.), buffet.
who came back to act as F ather Christmas ; seein g
old friends like Alf brings back many m emories BEANEYS-
of the R oyal Sussex days. Con gratulation s to
L / Cpl. Banfield a nd his wife who laid on a n THE BUTCHERS FOR THE
excellent tea. The main prizes were won appropri- GARRISON SINCE 1921
a t ely enoug h by the children of the OC, Sgts.
Booth and Patten . ( ex-Buff )

D espite the F estive Season, we spent a n • You 'll find us in •
instructive weekend practising s imulated APC Military Road
drills, while the Mortars practised with a sand-
filled s hoot; on e day those bombs will be f ound ! 23 bus passes the doo r
More recently we spent a weekend polishing
everything in sight for the forthcoming Admini- F. R. BEANEY
strative Inspection ; we also watched films and
were filled with Smallpox a nd TAB injections . 34 & 35 MILITARY ROAD
ready f or Camp in Germany. CANTERBURY

In the Postal Shoot, we are n ow half-way Telephone : 62827
through with the Compa n y ly ing in second place,
with hopes of rising higher.

D COMPANY

OC: Capt. M . L . Muirhead; 2IC: Lt. R. E .
Lowans; CSM : W .O.II D . H arwood; CQMS: C/Sgt.
R. Ston e; PSis: W .O.II Prin ce a nd Sgt. Brown;
PI Comds: Lt. R. H. Crosher, Lt. R. J . Claydon
a nd 2/ Lt. T . C. R. Hutton .

Hav ing devoted a lot of time to rehearsals
for the laying-up of the colours and the dedication
of the Middlesex Regt. C hapel In St. Paul's, the
end of the training year found us back at our
more norma l activities. Support PI had a good
weekend's sh oot at Netheravon, and the Rifle
platoons combined to operate against lOth Queen's
(Cadre) in the Hawley L a k e area.

Inevitably Bounty Night provided an excuse
for f riends old a nd n ew to con verge upon the
canteen , and the "seventh ve il" had best remain
drawn over the subsequent proceedings.

The New Year got off to a good st art w ith a
field firing weekend at H a n g moor which en abled

An excellent Exercise, urce Pick," was held 47
on 30th/ 31st January at Pippingford Park against
10 Para. During the nig ht the pos ition was h eld is being d evised by the Signal Pl. If the Company
with great dete rmination, a nd at daylig ht a n Co mma nd er ca n rai se the m oney t he Drum Store
attack was put in. Mr. Fowler thought he was still is t o b e in s ulated w ith 3ft. of expanded poly-
in defence and tried to dig a trench w ith his styren e and a bank vault door is to be fitted. This
SLR. There was one casualty a nd Sgt. Sharp found m ay solve the problem of trying to learn Morse
himself at the "out-patien ts" being examined by with a drummer a few inches the other s 1de of
a young doctor trying to k eep he rself covered by the w indow knockin g out the proverbial d a h-<lah-
a shortie nightie a nd white coat. (Som e people dah w h en one is trying to listen for t h e proverbtal
have all the luck! ) d it-d it-d it. The I Section a lso d ese rves comme n t,
but ever s in ce they took d elivery of their View-
Maidston e p latoon is goin g full st eam ahead g raph apparatus they haven't been seen. The last
as fa r as attendance and recruitment is concerned s ig hting was whe n they lock ed th emselves tn
and we w elcome the following new arrivals at t he ir map sto re aft e r collecting a vast n umber
T onbridge: Ptes. Edmond s, Fly n , G ray, Ma rtin of pictures of scantily clad do llies to project
a nd 1/ S Hoad. (almost life s ize) on the wall .

Two n ew platoon officers are joining the Ton- With the New Year behind us t he n ext major
bridge outfit-Messrs. D . M cKintyre a nd G. Wal- event in the TAVR cale ndar is camp ; a nd cam p
tham-and w e wish the m a ll a long a nd h appy f or HQ Coy. thi s yea r is proving a comp li cated
association with us. problem for t he OC to sort out. Various Rifle
Co mpani es are mov ing to different parts of Ger-
HQ COMPANY many a nd Cyprus a nd even as far afield as Otter-
burn w it h 5 R Ang lia n , a nd HQ Coy is providing
QC: Ma j . G . Garnsey; 2IC: Capt. B. H olt: d etachments to move with the Company Groups,
CSM: W .O.II A. G. Alton; CQMS: C/ Sgt. J . B. attachm ents to 5 R An glia n a nd courses of in-
Cavan agh. struction. The author of the notes for the n ext
issue of t h e Journal will , no doubt, be expect ed
Since the last issue of the Journa l, the winter to attend all camps a nd attachments a nd the
months have come upon us and as usual during epis tl e w ill b e bound in leath e r betw een sti ff
the darker evenings attendances have improved ; covers a nd sold by NAAFI at 15 pias tres, 1 :20 DM
pe rh aps th e training is a lways more inte restin g or 3/ 9d. d e pending where camp was s pent. At the
at this time of year. New faces are to be seen in present tim e docum entation a nd m edical pro-
the various d epartments a nd, unfortunately, a f ew cedures are in full s wing as the first g roup
have disappeared. To those w ho have just arrived , leaves w ith A Coy in April.
welcome; to t hose w h o h ave left, many thanks
for your support a nd come back to see us if or 6 QUEENS Cadre
when you can.
(Queens Surreys)
The first TAVR Signal Courses to be h eld at
Warminster (in S e ptember) w e re w ell a ttend ed by OC: Maj. D. G. Wilson , TD.
students from t h e B a ttalion, amon g them Lt. Tony
Bing ham , and Sgt. Bob Gawle r from HQ Coy. The Cadre. though limited in s ize, s till wan-
The courses gave the mos t excell e nt instruction ages to find pl enty to do . The activity is appar-
and they both cam e back bursting with ideas and e ntl y inte n s ifi ed by the f act that w e n ow a ll li ve
full of t h e latest communi cations m ethod s and in one room but so far the fa miliarity has not
practices, much to the disgust of S/ Sgt. Ala n bred too much contempt.
Marchant a nd PSI Sgt. Barry Mayfield, both of
whom n ow walk round with their Hythe students' W e s till regard ou rselves for training purposes
n ot es attach ed by string to their belts. S/ Sgt. as a part of A Coy 5 QUEENS(V) at Gu ildford ,
Marcha nt has since applied for a place on t he a nd we are grateful to them for accepting us so
n ext course, the main reason be ing to g et his readily into their o rganisation. In return we did
h a nds on the latest set of Warminst er n otes. recently arran ge a n ex e rcise at Hawl ey Lake to
involve a m ovem ent by road and a dawn assau lt
"Ch ristmas" suddenly a rri ved so me time in across the la k e. The e n emy was prov id ed by Arm y
D ecembe r a nd ev e rything closed down for a s ho rt Cad et s a n d w e a ll felt that the training h ad b een
spell. Christmas D ay f ell on a Thu rsday a n d completely w o rthwhil e.
beli eve it o r not there was no tra ining on Christ-
m as night! The lon g-sufferin g w ives must h ave On the social s ide the officers of the Cad re
wondered what was wrong , or whether the TAVR combin ed w ith A Coy to run a ball at Hurling -
had finally gone the way of the RAF's weekend ham ; this, too, was a great success and was
pilots. But n o worries, by Boxing D ay the c ris is attend ed by many of the form er officers of t h e
was over and all was back to normal again. Battalion w hose traditions we few try to m aintain.
Christmas gave rise to the usual festivities includ-
ing the WOs' and Sgts' M ess Draw w hic h was R ecently we were sorry to lea rn that we would
h eld at Canterbury, not to m ention the 100 per b e losin g W .O .II Belton , w h o h as pleaded pressure
cent attendan ce on Bounty N ight. of work. His going w ill be a great loss and we
would a ll like to thank him for the h elp h e h as
Training has been progress ing normally, and g iven u s during the diffi c ult run-down p eriod. His
the statutory t esting of the MT drivers under the d eparture does, however, bring good news in that
supervision of Lt. R ay White for the ir H eavy it will m ean promotion fo r C/Sgt. S leasing and
Goods Vehicle Licences h as st a rted. The only Sgt. D oubleday- both s talwarts who d eserve th e
capa bility required for this is the a bility to higher ranks we can now give them .
reverse a three-ton Bedford into the space usually
occupied by Pte. Nobby W a iters' moped ! Anothe r 7 QUEENS Cadr...
ev ent was the one-week Signals Cadre or ganised
by Sgt. Mayfield w hich culminated with a Stan- (East K ent)
dard Ill R egim enta l Sig n a ll ers' Examin at ion
Board which was attended by s ignalle rs Of 5 RRF OC: Ma j. A. P endlebury-Green, TD.
in addition to our own students. The Boa rd was
s uccessfully passed by Ptes. Gawle r and Marsh Presented at Buckingham Palace o n Tu es-
a nd we congratulate them both. day, 2nd D ecember , to receive the MBE from
H e r Majesty the Queen in recognition of his out-
A n ew training aid for the Corps of Drums standing service w ith Folkestone T e rritorial Units
was W .O.II R. P . F . McGinley. Th e Sgl.-Major,
w h o was accompani ed by Mrs. McGinl ey, hi s elder
son J ohn (who is serving in the RAF) a nd his

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daugh ter Ann, served in 4 Buffs (TA) prior to
our formation .

His TA service started in 1936 when he jo ined
t h e London Royal Engineers Searchlig ht Regt.
a n d after being at D unkirk with 4th/ 7th R
Dragoon Guards a nd in North Africa with 17/ 21st
L a n cers, h e was d emobilised in 1946. He rejo ined
t h e TA e leven years later in 1957 a nd by 1964
was CSM D Coy, 4 Buffs (TA). I n 1957 when the
TA was reorgani sed with th e TAVR. W .O.II Mc-
G inley became CSM B Coy 7 QUEENS.

Another m ember of t he Cad re to be congratu-
lated is Sgt. Roy Hurst, w h o was recen t ly awarded
t h e TAVR Efficien cy Medal.

Bein g so few in num ber we found that Re-
m embrance Sunday Parades at both Folkestone
a nd Hythe stretched our resources, particularly
as at Hythe we felt obliged to accept responsibility
fo r th e duties prev iously undertaken by the School
of Infantry. How eve r, the loan o f s ix m e n from
B Coy 5 QUEENS(V) to form a firi ng party
e n ab led us to m eet a ll our obligations in both
towns.

Capt. Stephen Thomas has again been selected
to represent TAVR in squash matches against
RMA Sandhurst a nd the Army, and by the time
the J<' urnal is published 7 QUEENS Sgts' M ess
Clu b w ill have enj oyed, we trust, its first Annual
Dinner.

The club has fourteen keen m embers, though
only three are permitted to wear uniform-at the
present time.

WOII R . P . F . McGinley, accompanied by Mrs. _,_
McGinley, his elder son, John, and his daugh- _,.,....
t e r, Ann, after .receiving his MBE from HM

The Queen on 2nd Decembe r, 1969.

Photo: M. Haig hton.

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REGIMENTAL TAILORS TO

THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

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RECRUITING By Capt. C. R. Webb

Regtmental Recnlltl.ng Officer

presented the Queen's Division, The Queen's Regi-

ment to the public. . ..
The Depot has opened its gates to v•s •tmg
schoolboys, ACF Units, teachers, youth em ploy-
ment officers, parents, etc., and our Ar·my .yo,uth
It is not only fashionable but often n ecessary and regimental information teams have VlSited
to look back over the past year. The recruiting school s, youth c lubs, cinemas, conventions, f etes,
figures for The Queen's Regiment during 1969 agricultural s hows on a n on-stop programm e.
are shown below:-
F or the Queen's Regiment 1969 has b een a
Surbiton . . .. .... ...................... 9 year in w hich "The bands played, the crowds
Norbury ... .. ............. .......... 7 hoorayed, the guns fired a volley of delight" and
our adult recruiting figures have b een the lowest
Gu ildford .... ................... . 0

16 ever.
Our recruiters at all levels have worked hard
Chatham ............... 16
Maidstone .. .. .... .. . .. .. .... ... ... .. .. 12 and it would be e ntire ly wrong to compare t h e
Tunbridge Wells .................. figures of one area or office with another for this
4 does not necessarily reflect effort and activity.

Crayford .... . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. ... 11 a. Forecast of R ecruiting Ac tivities
Canterbury .. .. .. .... .. .. .. 19 W e must repeat, and if humanly possible,
........ ..........
Dover 1 extend the activities of the past year. The Queen's
Regiment must bo presented to the public at every
63 opportunity and in every form . We are not selling
soap or cigarettes a nd there is n o ready market
CLRD/ Golden Cross .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. 26 Of potential soldiers. Ministry of Defence regula-
Battersea .. .. 4 tions no longer permit us to "shanghai" recruits
but we must still go out to get them and display
Camberwell 5 our wares in the most attractive packaging.
Blackheath 5
Belfast ... ............................ 2 b. Regimental Infnrmatlon Team
Oth ers .. ........................... Visits of ACF Units to the D epot at weekends
33
are continuing until the end of F ebruary, 1970.
75 The team is also continuing to train cadets at
ACF lo cations.
Brighton/ Worthing . 10
Hastings/ Eastbourne 6 c. Depot Junior Soldiers Drummers
Arrangem-ents are in hand for a farewell
Chichester 11
Horsham . 4 appearance of the Junior Soldiers Corps of Drums
at Canterbury at the local football ground or
31 speedway meeting some time in March.

Wembley 4 d. Football- The Queen's Regiment versus the
All Stars E leven
Acton ...... 8
Finchley . 11 A 1st Bn. T eam m et the Showbiz Eleven at
Tottenham .. . Crawley on Sunday, 8th March . 1 QUEENS Band
Hounslow . ... ........................ . 5 will be mounting the Bn. Guard at Bucking ham
1 Palace at this time and the event will be sup-
ported by the Junior Soldiers Corps of Drums a nd
29 the R egimental Information T eam.

41 ARMY YOUTH TEAM

Transfers In ..... 7 Lt. T . C. Wilson , Sgt. D . H. Perkins, L / Cpls.
Juniors to Man Se rvice .. 54 S. J . A. Parker and B. Harwood, Pte. T . R. Baker.

61 Very few p eople in the Regiment have heard
of an Army Youth T eam and those who have,
GRAND TOTAL, 1969-275 know very little of what they are and what they
do. Their aim is to h elp Army r ecruiting and keep
The total for 1968 was 291 and for 1967- 394. the public informed about the Army by going
Wastage figures for 1969 are not yet finalised but into schools and visiting youth organisations. 41
as at 1st August, 1969, we had discharged 274 Army Youth T eam is staffed by m en from the
soldiers on normal completion of engagement, etc. 3rd Bn. and, from Brighton, tries to reach out to
as much of Sussex youth as possible. The idea is
It will be seen that 1969 has been a d e pressing to spread the Army's image-not the Saturday
recruiting year. Where have we gone wrong? night sessions in the Company Club ; by taking
Have we been followin g the wrong path? youngsters from fourteen yea rs old upwards on
a wide range of outdoor activities and really
Regimentally, 1969 has been a year when we mixing in with them, they have the chance to
have achieved maximum publicity. 1 QUEENS, meet and talk with soldiers in a friendly atmos-
commencing with their Bn . "Open Day," carried phere.
out an extensive KAPE tour of the four counties.
1 and 2 QUEENS received maximum national and But don't think life is easy; for working week-
local Press, radio and television coverage from end s and evenings can be very tediou s. The activi-
Londonderry and Belfast. 3 and 4 QUEENS have ties undertaken depend upon the members of the
been filmed, t elevised and publicised in their APC, team , and at the moment these are mainly .22
etc., ro le. A Roya l visit to Warminster, Quebec shooting, rock climbing, orienteering, self defence
Day in Lemgo, Retreat Beatings, Band Concerts, demonstrations, film s hows , camping expeditions,
Local Advertising, "Satisfied Soldiers" at Army night exercises and instruction for the Duke of
Caree rs Offices, ''Local Boy" stories have all Edinburgh's Award.

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Supervising Assault Course Instn~etion for
schoolboys.

(Top): L / Cpl. Barry Harwood

(Centre): Pte. Ron Baker.

(Lower) : Sgt. Dave Perklns.
Photograph by C. F . Cole.

The London Gazette 51

Extracts from Suppl ements Class IV
Maj. A. W. Cutch e r , from T & A VR Cat. Ill ,
REGULAR AR~IY
6 Queens, to be Maj ., 1st April, 1969.
Lt.-Col. J. R. G. Stanton. OBE, was appo inted Lt. G. A. J . Cameron. from T & AVR Cat. Ill,
to the Special List, 28th November, 1969.
6 Queens, to be Lt., 1st April, 1969.
Lt.-Co l. D . C. Snowdon, TD. was appointed Lt. J . R. B. G riggs, from T & AVR Cat. Ill,
to the Special List, 20th November, 1969.
6 Queens, to be L t ., 1st April. 1969.
Th e following Lts. to b e Capts. on th e dates Lt. R. A. Morpeth, from T & AVR Cat. Ill,
shown :
10 Quee n s, to be Lt., 1st April, 1969.
T . J ac k s on, M. J . Jarratt, D . M. F a lck e, R. T . Capt. (Hon. Maj.) P . D . O'Driscoll ceases to
W . .l\llellotte (20th D ecem be r , 1969), R. J. Coke-
Smythe (21st D ecember, 1969). belon g to the Res . of Offrs. , 16th December, 1969.

Capt. (Q.l\11) M . Wild , MBE, to b e Maj. (QM), T & AVR
18th D ecembe r , 1969.
M a j .-Ge n . C. H . Tarve r , C B , C BE, DSO. DL,
Maj. P . R. Swanson r etires on r etired pay, 1st is appointed Honorary Colone l 7 Queen s ( E ast
Janua ry, 1970. K ent), 1st April, 1969, in a new appointment.

Capt. C. G. Reeves re tires, rece iv in g a Maj.-Gen. B. P . Hughes, CB. CBE, relinquish es
g ratuity, 1st January, 1970. h ;s a ppointm ent of H on orary Colo n el, 10 Queen's
Cadre ( Mx.), 31st J a nuary, 1970, t e nure expired .
Capt. M. A . James r etires, r ecei v ing a
g ra tuity , 3rd January, 1970. The following Majs., from T & AVR Cat. Ill,
to be Ma js., on dates s hown :
Short Service Comrnns.
Lt. A . Marti n , MBE, to be Capt., 1st D ecember , D . G. Wilson, TD , 6 Queens, 1st January, 1969,
with seniority 8th S e pte mbe r , 1959.
1969-
2/ Lt. P. A . T awell to b e Lt., 3r d D ecem be r , M. J . B eaumont, TD, 10 Queens. 1st J a nuary ,
1969, with seniority 6th July, 1965.
1969.
R. B . Porter, TD, 9 Queens, 1st January , 1969,
Special R eg. Comrnn. with seniority 19th March, 1968.
Capt. R . L . Wildgoose, from SSC Queen s, to
A. P e ndlebury-Green , TD, 7 Queens, 1st Janu-
be 2/ Lt. Royal Pioneer Corps, 1s t Janua ry, 1970, ary, 1969, with seniority 1s t April , 1968.
with seniority 1st July, 1962. To b e Lt., 1s t Janu-
ary, 1970. with seniority 1s t July, 1964. To be Capt., The following Capts., from T & A VR Cat. Ill,
1s t January, 1970, with seniority 1st Jul y, 1968. to be Capts., on the dates s hown :

Promotions B . .1\11. Sidwe ll , 6 Queen s , 1s t January, 1969,
The following Majs. to be Lt.-Co!s., 31s t with seniority 18th Novembe r, 1964.

D ecember, 1969, in seniority order as shown, and W . J . Gibbs, 8 Queen s, 1st January, 1969, with
with a ntedate of senio rity to 30th June, 1969: seniority 7th F e bruary, 1966.

B. A. M. Pielow. D. J . Margand, 10 Queen s , 1st January, 1969,
K . Dodson. with seniority 25th January, 1967.

The followin g Capts. to b e Majs. , 31s t D ecem- P . J. Bartram , 8 Queen s, 1s t March, 1969, wi th
ber, 1969: seniority 1s t January, 1959.

S. T. W. Anderson. Capt. D . B. She lton, TD, 8 Queen s, from T &
E. L. Christian. A VR Cat. Ill , 7 Quee n s, and to be Maj. , 1st Janu-
P . de S. Barrow. ary, 1969.
P . Mallalieu.
L t. S. G. Thomas, 7 Quee n s, from T & AVR
Th e following 2/ Lts. to be Lts. 2nd F ebruary. Cat. Ill, to be Lt., 1st January, 1969, with
1970 : seniority 6th October, 1965, to be Capt., 1st Apr1l ,
1969.
P . J . Bell .
A . .1\11 . F . Jelf. The following Lts., from T & AVR Cat. Ill,
P . M. H . McGill. to be Lts. , on dates s hown :

WOI P. A . N ewrnan to b e Capt. (Q.l\11). 28th D. W. E . Lamming, 9 Queen s, 1st January,
Se ptember 1969, with an antedate for seniority 1969, with seniority 17th August, 1959.
purposes only to 1st April, 1969, a nd with prece-
dence in Infantry next below R. G. Bate-Jones, J . R. G . Putnarn , 9 Queens, 1st January, 1969,
MBE, D & D . with seniority 28th Novembe r , 1965.

Regular A rmy Rese rve of Officers J . F. Sims, 7 Queen s, 1s t January, 1969, with
Maj . (Ho n . Lt.-Col. ) L . F . Steel ceases to be- seniority 18th D ecember, 1966.

long to the Res. of Offrs., 3rd Novembe r , 1969. 2/Lt. T . C. R. Hutton, 10 Queen s, to be 2/ Lt.
on 26th February, 1969, with seniority 13th
Short Serv. Commn. D ecember, 1968. To be 2/ Lt. (on probation) 5
2/ Lt. H . M. Braithwaite, from Active List , to Queens, 1st April , 1969, with seniority.

b e 2/ Lt. Res. of Offrs., 13th D ecembe r, 1969. A lfr ed Colyer, 6 Qu een s, to be Lt. ( QM ), 2nd
Lt. S. J . Elliott, from Active List, to b e Lt. Jun e, 1969.

Res. of Offrs. , 16t h January, 1970. Lt. (Acting Capt.) M . R. .1\11. Daniel, 5 Qu een s,
2/Lt. N . P. R. Troup, from Active List, to be to be Capt., 23rd October, 1969, with seniority 17th
August, 1967.
2/ Lt. Res. of Offrs., 12th J a nua ry, 1970.
2/ Lt. E . R. Holmes, 5 Queen s, from T & AVR
Class II Gen. List , to be 2/ Lt. (on probation) , 1st Octobe r,
Capt. .1\11. R. M . Danie l, from T & AVR . 5 1969 with seniority 15th Novembe r , 1966.

Qu een s, to b e Capt., 1s t Novembe r, 1969. Capt. G . Garnsey, 5 Queens, is granted the
acting rank of Maj ., 1st July, 1969.
Capt. W . P. Catesby, from T & AVR, 5 Queens.
to be Capt., 1s t D ecember , 1969. Capt. R. C. B. Dixon, 5 Queens , is granted
the acting rank of Maj ., 1s t October, 1969.

Lt. A. G. H . Stocks, 5 Queen s, from T & AVR
C at. Ill , 9 Queen s, to be Lt. , 1s t April , 1969, with
seniority 12th Dece mber, 1962.

Lt. A . J . Bing ham, 5 Queen s, to b e Capt., 1st
July, 1969.

52 The following is an extrc.c t from a l ett er
nddressed to the Colonel ot Th e R egiment from
Capt. (Actg. Maj.) F . B. Herd, 5 Queens, to be Colonel J . G . K . Strathy, OBE, ED, Colonel of
Maj., 20th November, 1969, with seniority 1st The Queen 's Ou•n Rifl es of Cwnadc., dated 10th
November, 1967. F ebnutry, 1970 :

Lt. B. P. Holt, 5 Queens, to be Capt., 2nd "Officiall y I also retire as Colonel of the Regi-
November, 1969. ment, a lthough I have one other functi on on 6th
June when we open the Queen's Own Museum in
Lt. A . Birtles, 5 Queens, to be Capt., 2nd Janu- Casa L oma- the fantastic home of Sir H e nry P el-
ary, 1970. latt when he was at the height of his career as
Commanding Officer a nd Colon el of the Queen's
Lt. M . R. L . Harding, 5 Queens, from Res. of Own.
Offrs ., Class I, R.C .T ., to be Lt., 1st November,
1969, with seniority 24th January, 1967. You may be interested to know that Marjorle
P ellatt, his daughter-in-law, at a ceremony in the
AWARDS Mess last Friday, presented Sir Henry's cere-
The Qu ee n has been graciously pleased to monial General's sword and lovely s il ver including
confer the award of the 1st Clasp to the Terri- a beautiful piece presented by The Buffs to com-
torial Efficiency Decoration upon : memorate Sir Henry's long service w ith the Regi-
Maj. D. G. Wilson, TD. ment, including his part in bringing about our
mutual Regimenta l alliance. The original presen-
The following officer is awarded the Efficiency tation took place during the visit of The Buffs
Medal (T erritorial) : detachment under Capt. Morgan (later Maj.-Gen.
H . de R . Morgan) in 1925, which was also my
Lt. I R . Richards, retired (Middlesex Regt.). first Queen's Own parade following R.M.C."

Letters From : Maj. M. D . L egg,
23 Hammers ley Lane,
To : The Editor, From: Capt. R. H . Whitty, Loudwater, High Wycombe,
Dear Guy, 2 Caroline Place Mews, Buc k s.
London , W .2. To: The Editor,
Queen's Regimental Journal.
6th F ebruary, 1970. Dear Sir,
May I take this opportunity of thanking all
I wou ld b e g rateful if you would al low me the officers of the Regiment for their gift of a
a small space in the next edition of the Journal very handsome cigarette box on the occasion of
in which to expr ess, quite inadeq uate ly, my my marriage.
feelings on receipt of the magnificent silver If any of them are passing through Bahrein
cigarette box from my brother officers on the in the next two years I hope they will accept this
occasion O·f my recent marriage. open invitation to drop in for a drink (or two?).
Yours sincerely,
As a r ecent 'deserter' to the ranks of the
bowler hatted it is far more th·an I deserve and MIKE LEGG.
I was quite overcome by the generosity of thought
and d eed that inspired its presentation. From : Brig. J. F . Whitacre Alien ,
Flat 10,
As an ornament it will occupy an honoured Edinburgh Place,
perch in our new home but it will be as a Earls Avenue,
reminder of good friends and happy days that I F o l k e s t o n e.
will treasure it most.
1st March, 1970.
Mary and I are thrilled to have it and in To: The Editor,
thanking most s incerely all those good chums Dear Sir,
who were responsible for it may we say please
come and see us whenever you are within striking On looking through recent numbers of the
distance of Caroline Place Mews. Bring your Regimental Journal I came across the very kind
skates, we are just behind the Queen's rink. notice of congratulation on our 50th w edding
anniversary- my wife and I appreciated it very
Yours ever, much .

HAM WHITTY. And the very pleasant party in the Regi-
mental cricket t ent \Vhen we were called in there
Th e following c.re extrc.c ts from et l etter from -most unexpectedly-for a number of our friends
Metj. C. D. B. Butler , w ho was r ecently serving to drink our health on 7th August will a lways
wit h Th e Royal Brunei Malay R egt. in Brun ei: be a happy m e mory.

"We depart from here on 16th February Yours sincerely,
but do not arrive in England until 18th April as
we are going on an almost world tour, leaving J . F. WHITACRE ALLEN.
Fremantle on 1st March. Before this, however,
we are going up to Bangkok to stay a few days Staff Colle~e Examination,
with Mike and Sue Newall. 1969

. We have enjoyed Brunei enormously ..." W e congratulate the following Officers who
were successful in the recent Staff College ex-
amination: Capts. A. B. Cow ing, D .C.J . Dickin s,
N. J . D . McCully, D . K . Mumford and K . G.
Wak ely.

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53

Officers' Club * PORTRAITS I N OILS *

The Jollou·ing i.t ern was omitted front th e Photo by C. F . Cole.
D ecem.be 1·, 1969 , issue of thi s Journal, in e1·roT: The above picture is reproduced by kind per-
mission of the own er of the original portrait. It
The annual function in 1969 on ce again took is a photograph of a 20in. x 16in. oil painting (by
the form of a Cocktail Party at t h e "Senior," on the Editor of this Journal) of Colonel D . J .
Friday, 28th November. (Donald) D ean, VC, OBE, TD, DL, JP, a very
well-known R egime ntal c ha racte r fro m K e nt, w h o
The Colonel of t he Regiment and Lady Crad- won his VC w hilst se rvin g with the 8th Bn ., The
dock, and a ll four D e puty Colonels were among Quee n 's Own R oyal W est K ent R egim e nt at L e n s,
the 171 present a t this very e njoyabl e get-together Septembe r , 1918.
of young and n ot so young m embe rs and their I shall be happy to accept commissions for
ladies. similar work and if any reader is interested,
would h e or sh e p lease contact me.- Ed .
Our g uests t his year included- His Excellency
The Danish Ambassad or <Mr.. Erling Kri stian sen ); Book Review
Col. C. A. de R egt ( represe ntmg H .E . Th e Nether-
land s Ambassador ) a nd Madam e d e Regt; Maj .- "Th e First R espectable S py, The Life and
Gen. Michael Forrester, The Colonel Commandant Times of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head
Queen 's Division; Brig. and Mrs. Wi se; M a j . and of Inte lligence."
Mrs. Paul; Maj. Pike ; and Maj. and Mrs. P eter By Joc l< H aswell. (Hamish Hamilton, 45/ -.)
Worthy. Mnj.-G e11 . F . J . C. Piggott, CB , CBE, DSO , u:rit es:
The r espectability of spies is open to argu-
As both t h e 1s t and 2nd Battalions were in m ent and individual opinion, but Jock H aswell's
Northern Ireland and the 3rd in Germany, the hero, Colquhoun Grant, was indisputably respec-
serving element was inevitabl y s mall in number; tab le. H e was a cons id erable organiser of inte lli-
however, the 4th Battalion (from Warminster) gen ce-gathering and could well be d escribed as a
and th e D e pot were we ll represented and we were soy-master; he had many a nd well-placed agents.
a lso glad to see :'\ fair number o f members on But I doubt if it is really correct to describe him
Staff and ERE appointments. as a spy, although for a period, as an escaped
prison er- of- war, h e d elibe rately m ade for
The following t el egra·m was received {1·o1n the Napoleon's Paris w ith a vie·w to collecting inte lli-
1st Bn.: gence from agents a lready ther e. This was the
only period-about nine months-when Grant did
"For Colonel of Regiment from Office rs I not wear British uniform and acted as an und er-
QUEENS. Regret unable to make the gathering.
Best wishes to all those attending for another
good evening."

Arrangemen ts for 1970
Thi s year, the Committee have d ecided to

make a ch a n ge. At a date (after th e end of
September) to be announced later, a lunch eon
will be held in the Connaught Rooms, London, to
which la di es will a lso t:e invited.

Regimental Golf

The annual m eeting w ill take place on Wed-
nesday, 20th May, at the Canterbury Golf Club.

This year, the meeting will be open to All
Ranks ( not confin ed to m e mbers of the Office r s'
Club as previously) and it is hoped, thereby, a
large number of good golfe rs will be "discove red"
within the Regiment.

Full particulars and entry forms will be circu-
lated to all units nearer the tim e, but please note
t h e date in your diary. The m eeting w ill consist
of Stableford singles in the morning and bogey
foursomes in the afternoon.

A n ew trophy will be introduced this year.
to be won by the "Champion Battalion" in the
s ingles competition.

Depot helps
"The Dukies"

Th e f ollow ing i s an extmc t fro ·m a r eport by
the H eadntast er , Dnk e of Yo>·k's Roya.l Mili.tm-y
Sc hOol, Do veT:

"The e xpe rim e nt of e nte ring boys for the
proficiency t est in their fourth form year instead
of a year later has proved most successful .
The asslsta.,ce of the Depot, The Queen's R egi-
ment, at Canterbury, in providing a comple te
examlnJng team and in 1nany other ways is
greatly appreciated."

54 of The Queen's Regimen t's forebears in the text ;
The Buffs (3 rd F oot), Middl esex (57th ) a nd East
cover ag ent, or s py. H e was clearly a very brave, Surreys (70th ) a ll a ppear, a nd t h e old Queen's
cool offic e r with a n en e rgetic and e nquiring mind . (2nd ) are rep r esen ted not only by the a uthor
Th1s was backed by cons ide rable regimental him self but by a r ef e r e n ce t o "Co lonel H e nry
experie n ce in t h e 11th a nd 54th F oot-later the To rre n s ," later Adjutant-Ge n e ral, Co lonel of the
D evonshire a nd the D orset R egime nts, and no w R egim en t a n d donor of a. very handsom e pi ece of
amalgamated . H e must be on e of their mos t di s- s il ver in the 1st B att a lion 's Offi ce r s' M ess.
tinguished officers, albeit something of a hitherto
unsung h ero. H e could have b een b ette r d escribed The book ends with a d escription of the
as the first C hief of Intelligence in t h e field-but campa ig n o n the Arakan coast of Burm a of 1825,
this is not s u ch a saleable title as the on e J ock in w hi ch Colquhoun Gran t was acting as a
Haswell has chosen. Brigade Commander ; for those w ho took part in
a n a lmost identical mi ss ion the re 120 years later,
J ock 's book is m ost enjoyable reading, not these ha lf-dozen pages may well prove as interest-
least for the "acknowledgements" with which the ing as a n y in this good, very readable a n d historic-
book begins and which g ive a fas cinating g limpse a lly ins tructive book.
of the research involved in writing such a
biography. There are also r eferences to a number

Births, Marriages and
Deaths

BIRTHS WEBB-On 16th D ecembe r , 1969, at Belfast, to
L / C pl. and Mrs . W ebb, twin daughte r s, Mar-
COOPER-On 23rd Septe mbe r , 1969, at Lambeth gar et a nd Evelyn.
Hospital, London, to Cpl. and Mrs. Coop e r, a
son, Mark David. MacDOUGALG-On 18th D ecembe r , 1969, at Rin-
teln, to Bdsm. a nd Mrs. Ma.cDougall, a daugh-
FLETCHER- On 26th October, 1969, to Capt. and t er, Glenda.
Mrs. J. C. Flet ch e r, a son , Nicholas C harles.
THOMAS- On 22nd D ecember, 1969, at B elfast, to
FINNELLY-On 30th October, 1969, at B elfast, to Pte. a nd Mrs. Thomas, a daughte r , Belind a
Pte. and Mrs. Finnelly, a son G eoffrey Bria n. Ann.

HARRIS-On 30th October, 1969, at Bradford-on- JONES-O n 23rd D ecember, 1969, at B e lfast, to
Avon, to Pte. and Mrs. H a rris, a son, Steven Pte. a nd Mrs. Jon es, a daughte r , D eborah Ann .
Mic hael.
DAVIS-On 23rd D ecembe r, 1969, at Cante rbury ,
SMITH-On 1st Novembe r , 1969, a t Trowbridge, to Cpl. a nd Mrs. D avis, a son, Jason .
to Pte. and Mrs. Smith, a son, Philip Paul.
HALPIN- On 24th D ecember, 1969, at B elfast, to
LINALE-On 1st November, 1969, at Bradford-on- Pte. and Mrs. H a lpin , a daughter, Samantha
Avon. to Pte. and Mrs. Lina le, a son , Stephen J a ne.
C hris toph er.
WOODWARD-On 25th D ecember, 1969, at Jubilee
WALKER-On 5th November, 1969, at Crow- H ospital, to L / C pl. and Mrs. Wood ward, a
borough, to Sgt. and Mrs. Walke r , a son. d aughte r, Lisa Jane.
Simon John William.
MURRAY-On 28th D ecember, 1969, at B elfast, to
HILLs-On 11th November, 1969, at Belfast, to Pte. a nd Mrs. MUITay, a son , P a ul R aymo nd .
Ple. and Mrs. Hills, a daughte r, Tina Louis.
O 'NEILG-On 3rd J a nuary, 1970, at Belfast, to
R USSELG-On 13th November, 1969, at Trow- Pte. and Mrs. O'Neill, a son , Sean Patrick.
bridge, to L /Cpl. and Mrs. Russell, a son,
D erek John David. MARIN-On 5th January, 1970, a t B e lfast, to Pte.
and Mrs. Marin , a daughte r, Rosemary Lo uise.
WOOD-On 16th November , 1969, a.t Bradford-on-
Avon, to Pte. and Mrs. W ood , a son , Anthony HILLS-On 5th January, 1970, at Tidworth, to
Sgt. a nd Mrs. Hills, a son , John C h arles
FRENCH-On 17th November, 1969, at Bradford- Arthur.
on-Avon, to Sgt. and Mrs. Fren c h , a son , Dar-
rin James. YATES-On 7th January, 1970, at Tidwort h , to
Lt. a nd Mrs. Yates, a son, Charles J ohn
ROBERTs-On 19th Novembe r , 1969, at Cuckfie ld , Ribe iro.
to Pte. and Mrs. Roberts, a son , D ean Anthon y.
HOWARD-On 13th Janua ry, 1970, at W a lto n-on-
WILSON-On 24th Nove mbe r , 1969, at B elfast, to Tham es, to Lt. and Mrs. M. F . H oward, a son,
L / Cpl. and Mrs . Wilson, a son , J effery Alan . Donald F orbes.

WHITE- On 25th November , 1969, at Belfast, to HAMILG-On 17th January, 1970, a t Brad f ord-on-
C pl. and Mrs. White, a d a ughte r , K elly Rose. Avon, to Sgt. and Mrs. H a mill, a daughter,
Paula Louisc.
STEVENs-On 25th Nove mber, 1969, at Cante r-
bury, to Pte. a nd Mrs. Steven s a son , Gary. BISHOP-On 19th January, 1970, at B elfast, to
L / Cpl. and Mrs. Bishop, a son , Christopher
EASTMAN-On 1st D ecember, 1969, at Rinte ln , to George.
L /Cpl. a nd Mrs. Eastman, a son, D a niel
Stanley. CUSHMAN-On 19th January, 1970, at L emgo, t o
Pte. a nd M rs. Cushma n , a son , Dav id J eff e ry .
AKEHURST-On 7th D ecember, 1969, at Bangor,
to Pte. a nd Mrs. Akehurst, a son, Garry St. M cMAHON- On 20th Janua ry, 1970, a t Rinteln , to
John. Pte. a nd Mrs. M cMahon , a son , P au l William .

LAVENDER- On 12th D ecember , 1969, at B elfast, HOTSTON-On 28th January, 1970, at B elfast, to
to Pte. and Mrs. Lavend e r , a daug hter , Marie Pte. a nd Mrs. H otston, a daug hte r , Mic h elle
Acia. Crystal.

G RAHAM-On 13th D ecember, 1969, at Rinteln , SIMMONDS-On 30th J a nuary, 1970, a t Rinteln , t o
to C pl. and Mrs. Grah a m , a daughter, Ann elisa. Pte. a nd Mrs. Simmonds, a daughter, Tracey.

C HEESMAN-On 16th D ecembe r , 1969, at Rinteln,
to Pte. and Mrs. Cheesman, a daughter, Sarah
Ann.

MARRlAGES 55

SIME- WHEELER. On 20th S e ptembe r, 1969, a t KLIMAYTYS -SZIEMANT . On 3rd J a n uary,
Co lc h est e r, Pte. Sim e to Mi ss Dia n e Wheele r . 1970, a t H orsh a m, Pte. Klimaytys t o Miss
Sieglinde Hilegard Sziem a nt.
T U RNER- PATTON . On 20th S e pte mbe r, 1969.
a t B elfas t , Pte. Turn e r to Miss M a r ga r e t FOSTER- B U LL. O n 4th J a nua ry, 1970, a t South-
Phillis Patton. w e ll , No t ts., L /C pl. F ost e r to Miss Kathl een
Bull.
MAYNARD- LAVERY. On 18th O ct obe r , 1969, at
B elfas t , C pl. Maynard to Miss Alice Lave r y. BERRIMAN- WRIG HT . O n lOt h January, 1970,
at Eltham Green, Lond o n , Pte. B e rrim a n t o
WOODWARD - MURRAY. On 1st N ovembe r, Miss Shirley Ann Wright.
1969, at B e lfast, L / Cpl. Woodward to Miss
Anne Jane Murray. SLAU GHTER - MAYNARD. On lOth Janua ry ,
1970, at B elfast , Pte. Sla ug hte r to Miss Eliza -
BROWN- RIDGE. On 1s t Nove mbe r, 1969, at beth Ellen Ma yna rd .
Streatham, Pte. Brown to Miss Rosemary
Ethel Ridge. BOOKER- SHEPHARD. On 15th January, 1970 ,
at Cu c ktleld, Sussex, Pte. B o oke r to Miss Mar-
LAWRENCE - MOFFATT. On 1st Novembe r. garet Ann Shephard.
1969, at B elfas t , Ple. Lawre nce to Miss Eliza-
beth Mary Moffatt. PONT - KLIEM. On 16th January, 1970, a t
L emgo, Pte. P a nt to Miss Karen Angelika
SQUIRES- RILEY. On 1st Nove mbe r, 1969, at Gabri ele Klie m .
R a m sgate, L / Cpl. T . Squires to Miss Christina
Rose Riley. WHITTY - GOFF. On 17th J a nuary, 1970 , a t
Cove nt Gard e n , L o ndon, Capt. R. H . Whitty,
BEANEY- WILLIAMS. On 8 th No ve mb e r , 1969, eld e r son of the late Lt.-Col. John Whitty
a t Me rton , Pte. Beaney to Miss Ann Willia m s. (Qu een 's Own ) a nd of Lady Colds tream , to
Miss Mary Came ron Gaff, younger daughte r of
ST.AJMP-GIBSON. On 22nd N ovembe r , 1969, at Col. and Mrs. Robert Gaff, of Ucktleld.
Donegal, Pte. Stamp to Miss Elizabeth Louise
Gibson . CHAPMAN- BAXTER. On 22nd January, 1970,
at L emgo, Pte. Chapman to Miss Susan Lynn
DENNY- JANE . On 22nd Novembe r, 1969, at St. Baxte r .
Alfridge 's Ohurch , London, Cpl. D enn y to Mi ss
Brenda Rosina Jane. FORTHCOMING MARRlAGES

DORSETT - HUNSDALE. On 28th Nove mbe r, Mr. M. H. G. Pannett and 1\llss J. D. Seymour
1969, at Belfast, L / Cpl. Dorsett to Mis s Agn es The engagement is announced between Lt.
McCann Hunsdale.
Mervyn Pann ett, The Queen 's R egt. , younger so n
CROUCHER- DANIEL. On 29th Novembe r , 1969, of Mr. and Mrs. G. H . Pannet, Many Weathe rs,
at Ardoyn e , B elfast, Pte. Croucher to Miss Hurstpierpoint, and Jocelyn, daughter of Mr. and
Jennifer Daniel. Mrs. T . Seymour, The Old Rid e, Hurstpie rpoint ,
Suss ex.
LANCASTER- KIDD. On 6th Decembe r, 1969, at
Thanington, Kent, Cpl. Lancaster to Miss Mr. M. D. H. Lloyd Owen and Miss J. E. Ferguson
Maureen Rose Kidd. The engagement is announced between

ARMSTRONG- MITCHELL. On 6th Decembe r, Micha el, eld est son of Maj .-Gen . D . L . Llo yd Owe n .
1969, at Hastings, Pte. Armstrong to Miss DSO, OBE, MC, and Mrs. Lloyd Owen, of the Old
Veronica Isabel Mitchell. Rectory, Newton Flotman, Norfolk, and Jane, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs . Matthe w Ferguson , of
REEVES--TOWNSLEY. On 13th Decembe r, 1969, Rosslyn Villa, Kirkcaldy, Fife.
at B elfast, Pte. Reeves to Miss Elizabeth
Townsley. Mr. S. B. L. Fraser and Miss S. A. L. Osbourn
The engagement is announced between Simon
DUFFIELD-STEVENSON. On 13th D ecember,
1969 , at Ballymacarrett, Belfast, Pte. Duflleld Bruce Lovat Frase r , The Queen 's R e gt., son of
Mr. and Mrs . Duncan Frase r, of W e lle sl ey Hous e ,
to Miss Patricia Ann Stevenson. Broadstairs, K ent, and Sally Ann Langdale, eld est
HYNES-PATTERSON. On 15th Dece mber, 1969, daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. H . J . L . Osbourn , of
Church House, Yalding, K ent.
at Belfast, Ple. Hynes to Miss Gloria McKelvey
Patte rson. Capt. D . M. Tucker and Miss G. B. Geldart
LEGG--WOOD . On 20th Decembe r, 1969, at T et- The e ngage m e nt is announce d between Cap-
bury, Glos ., Maj . M. D . Legg to Miss Diana
Mary Wood. tain David Michael Tucke r, The Queen 's R egi-
GURR- HYLANDS. On 20th D ec embe r , 1969, at ment, e lder son of Dr. and Mrs. E . J . Tuck e r,
Eastbourn e, Pte. Gurr to Miss B everley Merstham, Surrey, and Flying Office r Gillian
Hylands. Bridget Geldart, WRAF, e ldest daughter of Mr.
KANEJ- MERINO. On 20th D ec ember, 1969, at and Mrs. P . Gelda rt, Accrington , Lancs.
Hastings, L / Cpl. Kane to Miss Maria D elcar-
men Merino. DEATHS
WALTER- BRASS. On 20th D ec e mbe r , 1969, at
Holywood, Pte. Waite r to Miss Isobella Brass. KINSELLA- On 17th S e pte mbe r, 1969, Pte. John
Thomas Kin sella, aged 52. Served in The Eas t
CATON- RAWLINGS. On 20th D ecember, 1969, Surrey R egt. from 1936 to 1946 and was a
at Canterbury, Cpl. Caton to Miss Susan J ean prisone r of war of the Japanese from 1942 to
Rawlings. 1945.

SULLIVAN~MUGGERIDGE . On 20th D ec emb e r , JOYNER- On lOth Octobe r , 1969 , Q .M .S . Edward
1969, at East Grinstead , Cpl. Sullivan to Miss H enry Joyn e r , a g ed 86 . S e rv ed in 1s t Bn . The
Janice Ellen Muggeridge. East Surrey R egt. from 1900 to 1920 ; was
m entioned in d espatches, and award ed the
ALI- WILLIAMSON. On 24th Decembe r , 1969, M .S .M . for his se rvices in th e 1914-18 War.
at Ashford, L / Cpl. Ali to Miss Vera T e rese
Williamson . WEAVER- On 7th Novembe r , 1969, Pte. J o hn

BROWN-MUNN. On 27th Decembe r, 1969, at
Ramsgate, Pte. Brown to Miss Patricia Munn.

FINN - FIELDS. On 27th Dece mber, 1969, at
Dublin. Pte. Finn to Miss Th e r esa Fie lds.

CAFFELL-STOCK. On 30th D ecembe r, 1969, at
L emgo, L / Cpl. Caffell to Miss Erika Stock.

CANN- CRAWFORD. On 2nd January, 1970, at
Maghe ra, C o. Derry, Lt. N. C. C. Cann t o
Miss Lois Ann Crawford.

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Wilto n W eaver, aged 82. Served in t h e 6th (T l l h e Middlesex R egt . in 1920, serving w it h the
B n . The East Surrey R egt. from 1912 to 1918 2nd Bn. until 1931. As the Battalion
B I GGS-On 9th November, 1969, Sgt. L eon ard he w as a first-class tradesman. As a s addl er,
soldier
Biggs, aged 58. S erved in The Queen 's R oyal h e was a good influen ce a nd example to his
R egt. from 1933 to 1946.
FREE-O n 9th N ovember, 1969, Band Sgt. Ern est younge r comrades, a lways cheerful and placid
in the face of adversity. A staunch m ember
A . Free, aged 84. S erved in The East Surrey of The Middlesex R egimenta l Association, he
R egt . from 1900 to 1911 a nd in The Middlesex r egularly a ttend ed the Annual R eu nion .
R egt. (DCO) from 1911 to 1924. (See obituary)
B A RNES-O ST OKES-On 26th D ecember, 1969, D avid H e n ry
Barnes, n 18th November , 1969 P te. A rchie J a m es, son of Pte. a nd Mrs . Stokes.
aged 69. S erved in 2J14 th B n. The MEALYER- On 28th D ecem ber ,
Queen 's Royal R egt. from 1915 to 1919, a nd liam Joseph Mealyer, aged 1969, ex-Pte. Wil-
was in act io n a t Ga ll ipo li w h e n o nl y 14 ~ years served with the 12th 74 . B ill M ealyer
sex R egt. during t h e (Service) Bn. The Middl e-
old. 1914-18 W ar a nd r e tain ed

KE NDALL-On 20th Novemb e r, 1969, a t Ca nter- contact with the Regiment until his death.
bury, Christopher George K endall , la t e The
Buffs, aged 64 years. Dur ing the last years of his working life he
BIRKETT-On 3rd D ecember, was employed by the Married Quarte rs Ad-
Birke tt, aged 66. S e rved ministrative
1969, Pte . H e n ry H OLNESS-On Staff in Inglis Barracks. Green -
in the 2nd The 29th D ecembe r , 1969, at olness,
Queen's Royal Regt. from 1919 to 1928. wich, Clare n ce P e rcival ("Kelly") H
late The Buffs, aged 94 years.
M ciLWAINE- On 7th D ecembe r, 1969, at B elfast., JAILLER- On 29th D ecembe r , 1969, Alexand e r
wife of L / C pl. Mcllwaine. J a ill e r , late The Queen's Own Royal W est
HOGG--On 9th D ecember , 1969, Lt.-Col. Francis
Goldsborough (Frank) H ogg, late 9th Bn. The K ent R egt. , aged 72 years.
INGRAM- On 30th D ecembe
C Middlesex R egt. (TA), aged 70. C harles Eve n ·ett ("D ark r, 1969, at Ca nte rbury ,
OXHILL-On 9th D ecembe Buffs, aged 72 years. ie") Ingram, late The
Coxhill. "Nobby " Coxhill r, 1969, ex-Pte. H arry
Bn. e nlist e d into t he 4th NEAVE-On 1st January, 1970, Capt. Edward
a nd The Middlesex R egt. in D ecembe r, 1911,
was with that Battalion at Mons in William James N eave, MC. Served in 5th and
11th Bns. The Queen's Royal R egt. in
August, 1914. Afte r leaving the Colou rs in 1919, 1914-18 War. (S ee obituary) the
h e joined the M etropolitan Police, with who m
h e served for 27 years. REDRUP- On 3rd January, 1970, Pte. C harles
BURVILL-On 17th D ecember, 1969, C / Sgt. W . R. R edrup, aged 75. Served in the 6th Bn. The
East Surrey R
Burvill, late The Buffs, aged 73 years. was a founder egt. (TA) from 1914 to 1919. H e
of the British m ember of the C h e rt sey Bra nc h
T U L L E Y- O n 18th D ecembe r, 1969, ex-C.Q .M.S. L egion.
Edward G. Tull ey, aged 86. T ed Tull ey e nlis t ed YOUNG-On 6th January, 1970,
in November , 1902, joining t h e 1st Bn. The Young, wife of Capt. J . H . Mrs. Hilda L o is
Middlesex R egt. in Secunderabad on com- The Queen's Royal R egt. Young, 5th Bn.

pl etion of his r ecruit training. In 1914 as a C HARMAN- On 7th January, 1970, Pte . Sidney
Sgt. in C Coy, h e was wounded on 21st Octobe r J ohn Charman, aged 78. Served in the
at Armentie res, a t the same time as his The Queen's Royal R egt. from 1913 to 1st Bn.
m a nding Offi cer, Lt.-Col. B . E. Ward Com- 1920.
mortally w o u n d e d w hilst supportin , was
A rgylls. On completion g the JENKINS- On 7th January, 1970, Sgt. William
remained con stantly in of 22 year s' John J enkins, BEM, aged 65. S e rve d in 23rd
touch wi th servi ce, he London and other R egiments. (See obituary)
the R egi- GOODMAN-On 8th
m ent a nd, journeying up from Whitstable in months, d aughter January, 1970, Toni, aged 9
K ent, regularly attended the Annual R e union. of C pl. and Mrs. Goodman .
BALDWIN-On 12th January, 1970, afte r a s hort
ELMSLIE-On 20th D ecember, 1969 , s udd e nly at illness, Albe rt H en ry Frede rick Ba ldwin, aged
P embury Hospital, Maj. Nor man Stuart Co u s-
ton Elmslie, Queen's Own R oyal W est K ent 80. S erved in The East Surrey R e gt. H ead of
A. H . Baldwin & Sons, Numismatists, in the
R e gt., aged 70 years, of 33 H adlow R oad, Adelphi, L ondon, he was a g enia l and popular
Ton bridge.
JE NKINS-On figure at the m eetings of the Golf Society of
illness, at t 20th D ecembe r, 1969, a fte r a brief The Queen's Royal Surrey R egt.
he Kent a nd Sussex Hospita l, Tun- BARTROP- On 12th January, 1970, ex-Cpl. Arthur
bridge W e lls, R oy Cyril J e nkin s, aged 41 years,
of Court Lane F arm, Hadlow, beloved hus- C. B artrop, aged 67. "Tubby" Bartrop serv ed
band of Kitty a nd d evot ed father of Paul, with t h e 3rd Bn. The Middlesex R egt. for a
Brian and Ann, short p eriod , transferring to t h e 1st Bn . in
R. C. M. a nd E. d early loved younger son of Augus t , 1922, whe n the 3rd a nd 4th Bns. w e r e
M. J enkins . disba nd ed. H e was an excelle nt footba lle r and

HI LL-On 2 4th D ecembe r, 1969, ex-L/ Cpl. H e nry s ports m ,a n , re presentin g hi s unit thro ug hout
Edward Hill , aged 66. "Bozzle" Hill enlisted
as a boy in Jun e, 1918, being posted to the 5th his service.
FOSTER- On 16th J a nuary, 1970, Maj . Romn ey
(R eserve) Bn. The Middlesex R egt. a nd join- C la ude Godwin Foster, MC. Served in
ing the 1st Bn. Corp s of Drums at Clipston e Quee n's R oyal R egt. from 1914 to 1939. The
Camp in 1919. H e was discharged as m edically o bit ua ry ) (See

un fit in June, 1930. OREED-On 19th J a nuary, 1970, Cpl. E d w i n
TIFF E N- O n 24th
C harles Tiffen , D ecember, 1969, ex-Fte. Willia m Thom as C r eed, aged 86 . Served in the 23rd
aged 80. "Tiny" Tiffe n joined L ondon R egt. and The E ast Surrey
Rtphhoaeevrstie4nrtSgvheesc)BetinrBov.nneTd. ohHsfeixetMhmweidoad4nslttehhwsseiBxtwhnRi.ttheahgtetth.MHeino6ontr1hss9.e1(1DST,puraearfcintineasgr-l from 1909 to 1919. (See o bitua r y) R egt.

CUSHION- On 19th J a nuary, 1970, Mrs. Cushion,
widow of Dmr. Dave Cushion of the 23rd
the war, h e a lso served w ith the 16th (Public London R egt., aged 78 years. From 1915 on-
Schools) and 24th (R eserve) Bns. In 1939 h e ward s, s h e
was a sta lwart supporte r of all
Re~im e n.tal social functions.
BAXmjsoeTeirEnvdeReidcd-atlwlOhyeintuhR2n6oftityhthaeilDnlAOe1ci9treh4m1F.BboTnercrh. e,eu,1n9fsot6eil9rll,vodiewnxiisg-ncPguhtnaey.rteigAlaerrd1,c9h4ha5ies-.
BURGESS-On 20th J a nuary, 1970, Sgt. Robe rt
W . B urgess, aged 78. Se rved in the 7th Bn.
Th e East Surrey Regt. from 1914 to 1918.
Award ed t h e D .C.M . for gallantry
bald S . Baxte r, aged 65. Archie Baxte r jo ined Hoh e nzolle rn R e doubt in April, 1916. at th e

FEW- On 21s t January, 1970, Mrs. Marg u e ri t e 57
F e w, widow of Co l. Rob e rt J ebb F ew, DSO ,
TD, The Queen's Royal R egt. BOWLES--O n 3rd F e bruary, 1970, C pl. D o •lg lqg
Au s tin Bow les, a ged 50. S e rve-:! in 116th Bn .
HENDRICK - On 29th J anuary , 1970, at Maid- The E as t Surrey R egt . fro m Mo.y, 1939, until
ston e, ex-W .O .II C. Hendrick, MBE, late Th e severely wound ed at Cassino in Novembe r,
Quee n's Own Royal W est K ent R egt. (See 1944. A s a r esul t o f his w ounds Cpl. B owl es
Queen 's Own B uffs Office Section ) . had both legs amputated . Afte r the W a r h e
was e mp loyed at the Brit is h Leg> on P o ppy
HALSEY--On 1s t February, 1970, W .O .II Albe rt F actory.
H e nry H a ls ey, aged 59. S e rv ed in Th e Quee n 's
Royal R e gt. from 1938 to 1945 and was a HAGGARD--On 8th F e bru a ry, 1970, s udd enly in
C.S.M . in 1/ 5th Queen's in t h e North Africa London, Capt. Ch ris toph e r Am yard Haggard ,
and Ita ly campaigns. Croix de Gu e rre, aged 84 , late Midd lesex a nd
Queen' s Roya l R egts. , e ld est son of th e late
Col. Charl es H a ggard , R oyal Iri sh Rifl es.

Obituaries

MAJ. R. C. G. FOSTER, MC SGT . W. J. JENI<INS, BEM

All who h ave served in The Queen's Roya l Th e follo•u: ing tribnt e has been w ritt en by
R egt. si nce W orld W a r I w ill g r eatly regre t Mr. F . W . K edg e, Chairman of the R egimental
the passing of Maj. R . C. G. Foster, MC, on A sso c icd1on , 23rd London/ 1, 2 RTR :
16th January, 1970, after a n operation. "Fuggins"
to his many friends w ill be remembered for A ll m embe rs of th e R egim e ntal A ssociation
his unassuming , kindly and gen erou s n ature. 23rd London/ 42nd RTR extend their deepest
sympath y to Mrs . (Nan) J e n kins and family in
H e had the Regiment's trad itions at h eart t h e ir sad loss.
a nd with his death we lose yet anoth er of our
f ew rem a ining officers w ho experienced the Bill had only recently r et ired from work with
rigours of trench warfare in 1915-17, also on e the Shell Compan y a nd was looking forward
w ho could recount so m any incidents conn ected to his y ea rs of ease. But it was n ot to be. H e
w ith the past fifty years of the Regiment's history. co llapsed w hilst attending a mee ting of an
R.A.O .B. Lod ge of w hich he was an official, and
Educated at Marlboro u g h , h e was studying did not regain consc iousn ess.
Engineerin g at Queen's College, Oxford, before
obtaining a University Commission to The Queen's His service w ith the 23rd London Regt. b egan
(Roya l W est Surrey Regt.) in October , 1914. in 1932 w h e n he joined th e Co rps of Drum , on
completion of a regular engagement with the
At the age of twenty-two h e was posted to South W ales Borderers.
t he 2nd Bn. in France and took part in the
Battles of Th e Somme a nd Hig h Wood. As From that time onwards, except for the war
Bombing Officer of the B a tta lion h e was award ed years, when he was transferred to A.A. gunners,
t h e Military Cross for his distinguished conduct his w h ole life was bound up in 23rd London/ 42nd
in the attack on Mametz W ood (1st a nd 2nd Jul y, T anks , and the Queen's S urreys, and h e was
1916 ), whe n h e an d his patrol captured an officer, prominent in every activ ity that was going.
abou t fifty men a nd t hree machine guns. About
March , 1917, he was taken prisoner and s ent to He rejoin ed 42nd Tanks in 1947 on th e re-
H olzm inde n POW Camp. formation of t he TA a nd attained the rank of
Squadron Sgt.-Major: h e had been a BSM in
In 1919 h e was posted to 2nd Bn. in India the gunn e rs. On reversion of 42nd T anks to
a nd served with them on the North W est Infantry role in 1956/7 h e tran s ferred to th e
Fronti er (Medal and two c lasps), in Khartoum, Band as a Sgt. in w hic h r a n k h e served until
Dover, Aldershot, a nd the I sle of W ight, except final discharge on 7th F ebruary, 1967. Du r ing this
for a p e r iod as Adjutant of th e 5th Bn. TA 1929-33. period h e was awarded t he BEM fo r outstandmg
services to the T erritorial Army . H e was an
H e w as prrmoted Major in July, 1933 , w e nt exce ll ent rifle shot and took part in many com-
to In di a in 1937 a nd served as 2IC of the 1st petitions in the R egim e ntal , B rigade and
Bn. a t All ~ !1abad until his r etirement in March , Divisional shoots ; h e was also an ou ts tanding
1939. bugler.

R ecalled in S eptember, 1939, Ma j. Fost er was Among hi s many activiti es within th e R eg i-
too old for furth e r active service but h e was m ent, m ention must be mad e of his ste\vardship
g iven several useful appointments including Chi ef of the Sgts.' M ess bar a nd latterly of the Gazala
In structo r to 168 OCTU (Ald e rs h ot) and 161 OCTU Club bar. in both of w hic h iobs h e was at times
(Droitwich) . The W ar ove r , it was only fitting assisted by Mrs. J enkins . His management a nd
that hi s sc h o lastic n ature a n d litera ry tale nt accounta n cy in both these sp h eres were a n out-
s hould be put to good u se, a nd h e was sel ecte d standing example of how regimental institutions
to w rite t h e History of Th e Queen's Royal Regt. a n d accounts sh ould be run. At the time of his
1924 to 1959, w hic h inc lud es W o rld W ar II. Con- oassing, h e was Secretary of 23rd/ 42nd RTR
si derin g the g r eat nutnber of unit s involved and Old Comrades Association , of which he was a n
th eir var ious theatres of operations this was a e nthusias tic and a rd e nt supporte r.
monumental tas k; but Maj. Foster undertook it
w ith relish a nd produced on e of t h e bes t and H e will be greatly missed by his many friends
most detailed Regimental Histories of the W ar. in many olaces. The words of Scripture may be
aptly applied: "Well done thou good and faith-
To his w id ow and da ug h te r we exte nd our ful s e rvant." Cremation took p lace at Morden
deepest sympathy. on 15th J anuary, 1970, a n d was atte nded by
n early a hundred of his friends from th e Q uee n's
E .F .B. Surreys, the 23rd London / 42nd RTR Old Com-
rades Association, th e Burma Star Association and
t h e Sh ell Company.

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MAJ. E. W. J . NEAVE, MC, Ph.D , FCS by everybody, b eing a man of great c harm and
possessing a d e li g htful se nse of humour, a lways
Edward N eave died on N ew Year's D ay 1970. extrem ely smart and t horou g hly re liable. As an
H e enlisted soon after th e ou tbr eak of the 1914-18 athlete h e w as outstanding, r eprese nt ing the
War, and afte r service in the 5th Queen's , join ed R egiment at C ricket, F ootball , H ockey, Athl etics
the 11th Bn. as a 2/ Lt. in 1918. H e left t h e and Shootin g. H e was, in th e ve ry b est sense
Battalion with the rank of Captain. of the word, a "sportsm a n"- always completely
unruffled a nd ab le to produce that " li ttle bit
On the formation of the 11th Bn. The Quee n 's extra" wh en it was most need ed. On joining
Old Comrades Association, Maj. N eave soon became th e Constabulary h e quic kly s howed his ability
a very active m embe r; and at the request of to m.aster police work a nd w as soo n promoted
his comrades h e undertook the writing of the Police Sgt; later h e attain ed the rank of In-
Battalion History. H e was a most modest comrade spector. On his retirem ent for age in 1961 h e
and the history makes no reference at a ll to was serving at the Royal Arsenal, having com-
his own exploits . No m e nti on is made of hi s P·leted 25 years' service, a nd was in receipt of
own bravery and devotion to duty, known very t h e Police L ong Service and Good Conduct Medal.
well to his comrades, a nd for which h e was To his wi f e and family I should like, on
decorated with the Military Cross. b ehalf of all who knew him, t o offer our sympathy
in their loss.
H e was Chairman of the Old Com rades N .G .W .
Association for many years and th e m embe rs
mourn the loss of a much loved comrade.

E . A. FREE COL. HAROLD PEPLOE, DSO, MBE, pac,
1889-1969

Ern est Free, who h as died in Jersey in his Lt.-Col. Norman Edwards writes :
85th year, was born in India where his fath er
was serving in the Army. At th e age of 14 ~ h e Harold Peploe, born on 19th S epte mbe r, 1889,
enlisted in The East Surrey R egt., and in Novem- was commissioned in the Middlesex R egt. on 22nd
ber, 1900, found himself back in India as a band August, 1914, and served with the 11th Bn. of
boy in the 1st Bn. When the Battalion r eturne d that R e giment until March, 1918, being twice
to E •ngland in 1903, Free was appointed a L / Cpl. Mentioned in Despatches.
in the Band. He served in Jersey with the 1st
Bn. from 1905 to 1908, and three years later was H e was granted a R egular Commission in
posted to the staff band of The Middlesex Regt. The Queen 's Own on 1st July, 1916, but it was
(DSO). He retired in 1924 with the rank of Band not until 15th March, 1918, that h e joined the
Sgt. after 24 years' service. Called up for service 6th Bn., as a t e mporary M a jor.
in the 1939-45 War, Free served as a CQMS in
the 11th Bn. The Royal Hampshire R egt. from On 4th D ecem her , 1918, h e was a ppo inted to
1940 to 1943. After th e War, he re-form ed th e command the 6th Bn. with the temporary rank
Ro·yal Mj)jtia I s land of J e rsey Band and served of Lt.-Col. and se niority from May, 1918. H e re-
as Band Sgt. until its disbandm e nt. M.r. Free , linquished command on 30th March, 1919. For his
who was a popular figure in Jersey, was of a services with the 6th Bn. h e was twice Mentioned
genial disposition and carried himself with true in Despatches and received the DSO. After three
mmtary b earing. months at Maidstone he became Adjutant of
London University OTC in September, 1919. On
CPL. E. T. OREED relinquishing that a ppointm ent in 1923 h e joined
Tom Creed, who has di ed at the age of 86, the 2nd Bn. in Ireland. H e was away again from
enlisted as a boy in th e Royal Navy in 1898. 1924 to 1927 attending an advance course a t the
On completion of his service as a sailor, he joined School of Artillery, and a fter spending a year
the 23rd London Regt. and served as a Territorial with the 2nd Bn. in Waking and Guernsey h e re-
for five years. On the outbreak of the 1914-18 turned to Woolwich as an Assistant Inspector of
War, he transferred to The East Surrey R egt. Small Arms.
and was posted to the 8th Bn. Cpl. C r eed took
part in th e famous Football Charge at Montauban Four years later h e was briefly with the 2nd
in 1916 in which he was wounded. In 1953 th e Bn. in Alder shot before joining the 1st Bn. in
old soldier was admitted to the Royal Hospital, India . H e b ecame a brevet Lt.-Col. in January,
Chelsea. Five years later, at the age of 75, he 1938, and r eturned to Woolwich. From November,
le ft to get marrie d , and, as h e put it, "to Hve 1941, until his r etirement, with the honorary rank
happily ever after ." And so h e has. of Colonel, in 1946 h e was DD SAA Ministry of
Supply. Afte r his r etirem ent h e continued to
C/ SGT. W. R. BURVILL work for tha t Mirustry until 1954. H e was
Those who knew C / Sgt. Burvill will b e appointed MBE in the 1955 New Year Honours
saddened at the n ews of his death on 17th De- List. H e died on 30th June, 1969.
cember, 1969, at the age of 73.
I first met him in Ireland in 1919 when th e Col. Peploe had a distinguished record as a
1st Bn. The Buffs was being re-formed after R egimental Officer in the 1914-18 War and it was
World War I , and served with him fairly con- unfortunate, from a purely r egimental point of
tinuously until 1932. W e then m et again in the view, that much of his subsequent servi ce was
War Department Constabulary and again served e xtra-regim e ntal. H e was modest , good-tempered
together from 1937 to 1957. H e was much r espected and friendly; he was known to subalterns, when
we were at Woking, as " Uncle Harold" and the
last lette r I r e ceived from him, 40 years later,
was so signed.

MAJ. N . S. C. ELMSLIE

The sudden d eath of Norman Elmsli e on 20th
D ecember will have b een a shock to his m a ny
friends. I find it difficult to realise that h e had

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just t urn ed 70 at t h e time of his death, for h e l Oth April, 1945, he was awa rd ed th e MBE, truly
a lways seem e d ~o young in spirit and, in som e a most fitting reward for h is service to the Army.
ways, so refreshingly unc h anged from the young
man whom I first met in 1921. After his discharge, h e was employed as a
civilian clerk at the Barracks in the Office of
So far as I rem ember, Norman joined t h e the R egimental Association of The Queen 's Own
4th Bn. Th e Queen's Own in the days of the Past a nd Present, and later with the H ead-
s hort-lived D efence Force a nd, on t h e winding-up quarters (!ne) of the Regimental Association of
of that strange polit ico-mili tary enterprise, h e Th e Queen's Own Buffs.
was duly g"azetted to th e ~th (Territorial) Bn .
a nd poste d to D Coy. H e served with the Bn. All m embers of th e A ssoc iation wi ll remembe r
continuo us ly until the ir return from Fra nce in the work put in by Charlie, for th e b e n efit of
1940 and while the Battalion was on A ctive Ser- us a ll, w ith g rateful thanks.
vice in Fra nce h e was in command of B Coy.
JIM WELLS.
The end of the war, however, by no means
put an end to his great attachm ent to the R egi- Mr. H ayley, Mr. Maxlow and other members
m e n t. F o r m a ny years h e was Chairma n (and of the Maidstone B ranch of the Association, to-
a very active one) of the Tonbridge and Tun- gether w ith IA.-Col. Mike G r ove and the Secretary,
bridge W ells Branch of the P ast a nd Present were amongst the large numbe r o f those present
Assoc iation (latterly the Tonbridge, Tunbridge at Mr. H e ndrick's cremation serv ic e at Vinters
W ells and Sevenoaks Branch of the Regimental Park Crematorium, Maidstone, on 3rd February.
Associrution) . In fact , h e had on ly just b ecome Sgt. Morrison, form erly The Queen's Own and
Presid e nt of that Branch (vice m yself) a few The Queen's Own Buffs, now serving on the
weeks before h e died. H e will be much missed Permanent Staff of t he Junior Soldiers' Company,
the r e b y a ll his old comrades, of whom I am D epot Th e Qu een 's R egim e nt, sound ed Last Post,
on e. For a while h e also command ed the local followed by Reveille, during the Service.
Cad et Unit at Tonbridge.
MR. E. H . OVENDEN
Norman was one of my subalte rns while
I was a Company Commander; he was one of One of K ent's best known journa lists an d f o r
my Compa ny Commanders whlle I was CO of the past 50 years a m e mbe r of the Editorial Staff
the Bn.; and he was Chairman of the Tonbridge of the "K entish Gazette." Mr. 'Gus' Ovenden di ed
Branch of the R egimental Association w hile I in the K ent and Cante rbury Hospital on 28th
was President. So we served together in one way January, at the age of 73. Many form er Buffs will
and another for very many years, and I shall remember him reporting the Annual Remem-
always r emember, with gratitude, his unfailing brance Service and Reunion in Cante rbu ry
enthusiasm a nd his un swerving loya lty. Cathedral for many years. H e was in the East
K e nt Y eom a nry, which became lOt h Bn . The
G.E.L.P. Buffs, during th e 1st World War, a nd regularly
attended the 1st/4th Buffs Reunions. H e was an
WOII C. HENDRICK, MBE outstanding press-man of marked integrity, com-
nletely dedicated to journa lism . The "doyen of
It is with d eep r egr et t h at we announce the the local press" is as nice a tribute to be able
passing of a very old and esteemed fri end of to pay him as any.
all membe rs, Mr. Charles H e ndrick, who died on
the night of the 29th/ 30th January. Ch a rlie's CAPT. C. A. HAGGARD
presenc e at any Branch function produced an
immediate atmosphere of jollity and cordiality, Kit H aggard , who died at the age of 84, was
the like of which will n ever be repeated and one of a pair of broth ers who served the Regi-
will b e sadly missed by all in future functions. ment. H e was commissioned in the Queen 's in
1915 and with hi s brother Bevis, w ho was 10
From 1920 to the e nd of 1966, but for a year s his junior, went to France with t h e 7t h
break of on e year, Charlie served with Th e Bn. in July. A year late r , when the 7th Queen's
Queen's Own as a soldier and civilian. were engaged in the attack on Montauban, Kit
Haggard, who was commanding a company, was
H e join ed the Royal Iris h Fusi li e rs on 6th wounded in the h ead. After lyi ng uncoq_scious for
May, 1917, and was called up for active serv ice a n hour, h e rallied the remnants of his company
with th e 22nd London R egim e n t in November o f a nd led them forward to the objective.
the sam e year. H e served in France and was
awa rd ed the Bri·tis h War Medal a nd Victor y In November, 1916, h e was promoted Captain
Medal. On 20th March, 1920, h e r e-enlisted into for distinguished service in the Field, and trans-
The Queen's Own and served at the R egimental fe rred to The Middlesex R egiment. In April,
D epot and with the 2nd Bn. For his service in 1918, h e was awarded the Fre nch C roix de
Palestine with the 2nd Bn. h e was awarded the Guerre for gallantry on the Somme, and the
Palestine M edal in 1938, h aving previou s ly b een following month was wounded again. After several
awarded the L .S.G .C. M e da l in 1935 a nd the staff appointments at the W a r Office, Oapt.
Coronation Medal in 1937. H e was dischar ged Haggard r etired in 1922 o n account of ill-health
on 24th Octob e r , 1938, with t h e rank o-f Co lour occasioned by his wounds.
Sergeant.
H e s erved a t the War Office in the 1939-45
On 8th D ecembe r, 1939, Charlie was once again was, and in F ebruary, 1944, h e was again injured
in uniform - for the duration of the 2nd World by e n em y •actio n . His brothr, L t.-Col. Bevis
W a r - but this time with the Royal Artillery Haggard , w ho had been three times wou nd ed
(LAA) where he reached the rank of WOII and in the 1914-18 wa r , comma nd ed the 2nd Queen's
one-time Acting RSM. H e was awarded th e in Syria in the last war, and died in 1944.
1939-43 Star, Vic tory and D efe nce Medals. On

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ALLIANCES

Regimental Connections I
I arrived in Christchu rch on Wednesday,
In New Zealand 12th November, and spent the next day visiting
HQ South ern Mili tary District and B urnham
The following i s an m·ticle by Colonel H. B. Camp w hich is only a few mil es away. Burnham
H. Wa?' ing, OBE, of Th e Briti~h D efen ce L i aison is the home of one of the NSTU and also houses
the 1st Bn RNZIR Depot. This is the only
JSta//1 Canb e1·ra , At~s tTCtlia. Regular battalions in the Army and the Depot
HAVE just come back from a 10-day visit to acts as t he reinforcement machinery for 1 RNZIR
New Zealand, the main purpose of which was w hi ch is now stationed in Singapore and Vi et-
to have discussions with senior officers at Army nam. On this day also, 2 RNZIR had started
HQ, and visit a wide variety of units; but of moving into camp at B len heirn w hi ch is located
particular interest to the Regiment, I was able at the northern end of the Sout h I sland. On
to make my number with both the 2nd and the Friday, 14th November, I fl ew from Christchurc h
5th Bns. of The Royal New Zealand Infantry to W ellington and then back across t he Cook
Regiment. Both of them gave me a most warm- Stralt to Blenheim. L t .-Col. E. G. (T ed) Latte r ,
hearted welcome and went out of their way to t h e CO, and Maj . E. H . (Emie) Poole, t h e 2I C
make me feel at home. There is still a great deal and senior serv ing member of the Canterbury
of affection for Britain in New Zealand and they Regiment, both met me at t h e alrport. Normall y
made this abundantly clear with their welcome this Battalion spends three weeks on a fully
and kindness. operational a nd field basis for their annual
tralning, but this year they occupied part of
From the military point of view it was a an old Government hu tted s ite s uppl e m ented with
most interesting, worthwhil e and instructive tentage. After being photographed by t he local
v is i,t, a nd it mig h t b e wise to d well bri efly on press we repaired straight to the Officers' Mess
the basic organisation of the Army in order to wh ere, with a pot of good New Zealand a le
show h ow our two a llied b attali ons fit into t h e (whi c h was never a ll owed to sink far below
overall military scen e. As in Britain, the Army full), I was introduced to t h e officers of th e
h as two basic compon ents, the Regular F orce Battalion. Space must preclude a full li st of
and th e Territorial Force, but there is far greater all t h e officer s I m et, but I s h ould mention per-
integration. Thi s is la rgely due to t h e com- ha ps those with whom I sat at lunch. Apart
paratively small size of the Army. from Lt.-Col. Latter and Maj . Poole, there were
Maj. Manning, the PMC, Maj. Barker, t h e train-
New Zealand still h as National Service. It ing offi cer a nd a m emb e r of t h e Regular Force,
is selective--based on date of birth, a nd those and Capt. Wilson, th e Adjutant. Among th e many
who are call ed up are required to carry ou t oth er offi cers, I was introduced to Cap t. Kirk-
14 weeks of full-time service following enli st- Burnnand, the H on. Director of Music, who has
m ent. The first eight weeks' training is carried served with the Battalion or its forebears for
out at one of the National Service Training m ore years t h an h e would like to a dmi t. The
Units (NSTU), and the remainder of the time s ilver rose bowl and the si lver bugle presented
is devoted to Corps a nd specialist training at by the 1st Qu een 's Own were much in evidence,
one of the Army Schools. Thi s completes full- t h e latter occupy ing pride of place above the
time service but there remains a commi tment chimney-pi ece. The Regim ental Journal was a ls o
to carry out sixty days' training during the n ext there. After a most enjoyable lunch I was asked
three years; t his is d one with one of the TF to stand on my feet and s peak to the officers-
units . Thus a n infa ntryman, after 14 weeks at on a ny subject of my choice ! This gave m e
a NSTU and the Infantry School , will then fi nd t h e opportuni ty of con veyi n g t o a ll r an k s of
himself posted to a TF B{lttalion w here his the Battalion the best wishes of th e Colonel and
obligation is to d o two weeks in-camp and six all member s of t h e Regiment, which was much
days out-of-camp training each year for the next appreciated. In a few further minutes I told
t hree years. Th ere are, as in any system , per- them, with accuracy I h ope, of the d evelopm ents
mitted variations to cope with t he individual in our Regimental affairs and gave news of our
w h o cannot f oll ow the accepted pattern, but that four regular Battalions. After lunch Maj. Poole
is the basic plan. If an infa ntrYin a n lives in showed m e round the camp and I was able to speak
Christchurc h or t h e North coast of 't h e South informally to a few soldiers. The ba nd was
I sland, h e will carry out his part-time service much in evi den ce, practising not only for church
with 2 RNZIR; if h e comes from the SE of parade on the following Sunday, but also for
th e North I sland h e will become a m ember of the laying-up of the old Colours of Th e Nelson,
5 RNZIR. If h e has received his basic t ra ining Marlborough a nd W est Coast Regiment; this
in armour, artillery, engineers or one of the Corps ceremony took place just after my visit, on 29th
he will be posted to a n integrated unit. H ence November, in Nelson Cathed ra l.
the great er d egr ee of integration between the
two component parts. The net r esult of t hi s With Bn. HQ, HQ Coy. a nd one Coy at Ch rist-
system is t h at units are kept well up to strength church, a company at Nelson a nd a noth er on
and figures for annual traning are hig h- about the W est Coast, a nd Support Coy. spread across
80 %. th e northem part of the South I sla nd, t he
B attalion area is not only w id ely-d ispersed but
also includes a tremendously varied cross-section
of th e community; though I was teased when I
commented on t he a pparent lack of sh eep farmers
in a Battalion which includ ed the Canterbury
Plain in its area! H owever, from this exchange
I l earnt that Col. Latter h a d f armed in the Gran-
brook area of Kent, and h ad so loved the country
t hat h e had now call ed hi s property "Cranbrook "
a nd had named his paddocks after certaln Ken-

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t ish vill ages, e.g. B e n e nde n . H e a dmi tted that bar for m ore good New Zealand beer. A part from
this ma de little sense to his employees a nd th e Regim e n tal co nnection , t h e eveni ng was fu ll
the local peopl e, but served to r em ind him of of inter est coveri n g m a n y aspects of New Zea-
his days in K ent. A nice thought. land life, Maori relation s h ips (Mr. Byr es wo rks
for the D epartm ent of Maori Affa irs) a nd rose-
By mid-afte rn oon I h a d to leave for Nelson growing (Mr. Matth ews is a d ed icated specia li st).
fr om wh e~ ce I fl e w b ac k to Chri s t churc h- too It req uired a t ig h t p rogram me a nd some re-
sh or t a V1 s 1t for m e, but a great pl ea s u re to m eet SIStan ce-albe it r e luctan t- on our part to d eclin e
a w a r m i n vitation to stay longer at W a nganu i.
1~e~ Battali o n , a nd th ey look e d a fte r m e s u perbl y
After two days m aking vis its in Au ckla nd ,
That week end Myra and I hired a car a nd
took ourselves off to Mount Cook . Thou g h t h e we . spent ou r last week end v isiting J ohn a nd
D olma Galil ee on t h e i!· s h eep station at K a ikoh e
a pproach ove r the Cante rbu ry Pla in is very flat, m th e fa r n orth of th e No rth I sla nd. J ohn Galilee
the Southern Alps are remarkably beautiful and
t h e. a r ea o f M ount Cook ri c hl y d eser ves 1ts r e pu- was a noth e r m e mber of t h e New Zeala nd f o rces

tatiOn for being one of th e m a in attracti ons 1n who was commissioned into the Brit ish A nny
a r ound 1944. Wher eas Ralph McCieary was corn·
New Zeala nd. On th e Sunday m orning w e drove miss ioned in to a nd served with Th e Queen 's
to T im a ru a nd lunc h ed with R a lph a nd Ma rj ori e
McCiear y. An y m e mbe r of the 1st Queen 's Own 9wn , J ohn Galil ee was ac tua ll y commi ssio n ed
mto The Buffs but posted to th e 1st Queen 's Own.
w h o ser ved in Ita ly a nd G r eece will r em ember H e w on hi s MC a t Cesen a in S e pte mbe r , 1944,
'Mac.' Th o ug h n ow retired fro m th e T e rritoria l
w h en t he 1s t Bn. was engaged in expa nding th e
F orce, w here h e was a s taunch me mber of the b ridgehead m ad e afte r the cr ossing of the ri ver
Canterbury Regiment, h e s till ta k es g r eat in-
terest in t h e d oings of 2 RNZIR. H e a lso r e- Savio ; h e even t u a ll y le ft t h e B attali on in G r eece.
Sutsequently he became a military ad viser to
ma ins a m ost loyal . supporte r of The Queen's a n Ethiopi a n infantry divis ion a nd return ed to
Own. H1 s h ou se w1th 1ts R egime n tal shi e lds
(Queen's Own , Queen's Own Buffs a nd Queen's New Zeala nd n early twenty years ago. J ohn
Gahlee always ha d th e pion eering s piri t a nd h e
R eg1me n tl a nd photos b ears ampl e evide n ce of has earn ed thi s on to hi s present life. Bu yi ng
his continued inte r est. W e w er e royally enter -
tain ed and there was so mu ch "do you rem em- 400 ac r es of ori g inal N ew Z eala nd scrub, h e
a nd hi s w ife set a b ou t c learing it. Th e fi rst pl ot
ber?" th at th e wives w e re f orced on sev e ra l cleared w as only enoug h for one cow, tw o sheep
occasion s to t a k e refuge in th e kitc h en . When
Rruph a nd Marjori e w e re in Austra li a early a nd a fe w c hic k e n s; n ow h e h as a t ot a l of 700
a cr es, so m e still uncleared but b earing 75 h ead
t hiS year , t h ey had called on us in Canb ewrraa~ of Aberd een Ang u s cattle a nd n earl y 1,500 sh eep .
but it was g ood to see them gain. Rruph
a All th is t h e fa mil y farm on their own wit h onl y
determined that we should not only see as
much of N ew Zealand as possibl e, but a lso not h elp a t sh earin g time. On t op of t hi s th ey h ave
built , and recentl y a dded to, th eir h ou se. The
lose our way in doing so. H e had, t he refore. fa rm is set in the m ost beautiful acnounext tryr~maenldy
m ost gen e r ously bought a whol e coll ection of in spite of t he ha rd work a nd
road m a ps for us, and armed with these h e
r eleased u s for our drive ba ck t o Chris t church . t ou g h life, t h ey are imme n sely h a ppy. It is q ui te
r em a rk a bl e what t h ey h ave achi eved over t h e
W e we re m ost reluct a nt t o leave. years. I h a d n ot seen J ohn f o r t w e n ty-five years,

After just short of two days in W elling ton but he h as not cha nged on e bi t.
we too k off a gain by car on t h e afte rn oon of
Tu esd ay, 18th N ovemb er, a nd h eaded for . Our friends in N e w Zealand may be many
Wan~a nui whi ch is th e hom e of th e 5th B n . m1l es awa y but th ey h ave n ot f orgotten the ir
R NZIR. W e knew that there would be no cha nce ti es with Britain, and to vis itors such as our-
of a 'milita ry' m eeting, but w er e d elighted to selves they ext e nd th e w a rmest possibl e w el-
find that a suppe r party had been laid on for com e.
u s, and sever a l m e mbe r s of the B a ttali on a nd
R egimenta l Association turned up with th eir From : Capt. R. S . McCiea ry,
wtves to ente rtain us. This was a great kindness . 15 M a r ston R oad ,
W e were collected from our motel by Maj. Jack Tima ru ,
Shaw. w h o is a R egular Force office r a nd h as b een N ew Zealand.
CO s ince 1965. He is sh ortl y t o hand over to
Lt.-Col. Millichip and becom e a UNO ob serve r 1st D ecembe r , 1969.
in t h e Middl e East . W e j oi n ed our h osts a nd
their w ives at the local R eturned Services To: The R egim enta l Secr etary.

A ssoc ia tion C lubhou se--a spl endid building- on D ear G uy,
w hi ch th ey have r ecently s pe nt m or e t h a n £23,000.
W e w e re g r eet ed by Mr. Maurice B ye r s, Presi- I went b y ai r t o N elson on Sat urday a nd
rlent of th e Wanganui RSA, and hi s wife, a nd attended the afternoon functions of 2 RNZIR
then introduced to other m embers of t h e party: th e r e.
M r . T om M atth ew s , Presi d ent of th e 5 RNZIR
R egim enta l Ass ociation, and Mrs. Ma tthews: Mr. B efo re the Bn. pa r a d ed there was a demon-
D es W a d ey, Presid ent of the Wanganui Office r s' stratio_n given by a Pl a toon of Jungle pa tro lling
Club, a nd Mrs. Wadey ; Mr. G eorge Lncas, act lvitles and lay in g of a mbu sh es - this \vas
Pres•de nt of th e Wanganui Bra n ch of t h e R egi- followed by a d emonstra tio n of uniforms us ed
m ental Association, and Mrs. Lucas ; and M a j. from th e d ays of t h e Irregula r s o f 1843 throu g h
R oge r H a rdi e, OC B Coy. and PMC. a nd Mrs. t h e various phases of th e local uni ts up t o th e
H a rdi e. To th em I al so conveyed th e b est wi sh es present day.
of the Colon el a nd all member s of th e R egiment.
A• b ef or e, this was much w e lcom ed and I w as The Bn. then pa rad ed a nd the Colours of
s pecificall v as k ed by Mr. Matth ew s t o p ass on the Old Cante rbury and the Old N e lson , Ma rl-
t o the Regimental Associati on The Queen's borou~h and W es t Coast R egts. we r e m a r ch ed
R eg 1men t, t h e w a rm wish es of himself a nd a ll on. The Mayor o f N elson then inspect ed a nd
t h e m e mbe r s of t h e 5th Bn. R egimen tal Associa- addressed th e P a r a d e after w hich h e presen ted
tion. After drinks at the RSA we went on to the Freedom o f the C ity o f N elson t o the U nit-
t.h e local h ot el for suppe r . W e had a m ost e n- h e then m ade a g ift of a P a ce Stick w hich was
joyable dinner pa rty and t hen re paired to the to b e u sed by th e U ni t's R SM in fu t ure.

62

Th e Com m a nding Officer, Lt.-Col. E . G . L a t ter,
MB E, ED, t he n p r esented
~!~ R egt. Colours to a paint ing of the Old
t he City Co unc il of

The Bn. t h en exerc ised t h eir rig h t and Hawkes
marched to the Area H Q w h ere the O ld Can ter-
bu ry Co lou r s were left after w hi ch th ey t h en of
marc h ed to C hri st Churc h Cath ed r a l w h e r e befor e
layi n g up t h e Old Ne lso n , Marlb orou gh and Savile Row
W est Coast Co lo urs we r e parad ed up t h e steps
to t h e Cath edra l w h ere befo r e a crowded con- The British have regularly gone into battle
g r egation th e Co lours wer e la id u p. with glory and Hawkes' uniforms. Enough
have survived to keep the firm going . . .
I r egr et t hat I have fou nd it necessary to and on victory parades and ceremonial
relinq uish t h e du ty of trying to keep The Qu een's occas ions their spl e ndid Hawkes ' uniforms
m to u c h W>t h c u r r e n t events in 2 RNZIR- no have always le nt colour to the occas ion .
dou b t you will be advised by them as to w ho
wi ll s u cceed m e. Hawkes of Savile Row
go back to the 1770's.
Wi th best w is h es f or U1e fut u re,
Every yea r hundreds
Yours s incere ly, of people

RALPH McCL EARY. go back to Hawkes
(Qu een 's Office rs' Club) to be dressed
for the 1970's.
THE HONG HONG REGIMENT
(THE VOLUNTEE RS) You ' ll kn o w o ur
reputation for made-
The Colonel of The R egimen t has recently to-measure tailoring
b een info rm ed b y Lt.-Col. A . T . P . M il le n , Com -
m a n d ing the H on g Kong Regimen t, that h e is but you may be
n egot iating a n ew Allia n ce between his R egi- surprised at the extent
m e nt a n d Th e Royal Yeoma nry R egimen t.
of our hand -made
Col. Mil le n expla ins tha t fo r the last e ig ht ready-to-wear range.
year s, h is R egim e nt h as been o rgan ised a n d
e qui pped as a r econ n a issan ce regim ent a nd his Drop in and see
proposal is based on t h e fact t h at t h e n ew lin k both at
sh ou ld p r ove to b e mu t u a lly b e n efi c ia l to two
R egiments, both of w hich h a ve the same 1 SAVILE ROW . LONDON . Wl
o p e r ational role a n d vo lun teer statu s. His pro-
posal h as r eceived the a pproval of H .E. T h e Tel e phon e : 01 -734 0186/7
Gove rn o r of H on g K on g (who is a lso Com-
mandant Gen e ra l a nd a past m ember of the 12a LONDON ROAD
H on g K o n g R eg-im e nt ) a n d t h e Co lo n e l Com - CAMBERLEY . SURREY
m a n da n t o f th e R oyal Armo ured Corp s.
Ca m be rl ey 63829
CoL Millen a lso gave a n assura nce, h owever,
that if this n ew a ll iance is a p p r oved b y H er Ill ust rate d catalogue sen t free o n requ e st
M a j est y th e Qu een , it w ill be in addi tion t o t h e
1>resen t Allian ce w hic h exists b et ween his R egi-
m ent a.nd The Q'l(,een 's R egiment- a n Alli a n ce
w hich is " r egard ed b y A ll Volun teer s in Hong
K ong w it h prid e a nd affectio n ."

The Colon el of th e R egim e nt h as replied t o
Co l. Mi lle n acce p t ing th e s ituatio n .

T H E SOUTH ALBERT A LIGH T HORSE
(RCAC)

Col. N . R. R a v, E D , w h o was ins trum enta l
in resto ring The South Alberta Lig h t H orse to
regim ental statu s, a nd w ho was its Commanding
Officer fr om 1961 to 1964, r ecoun ts t h a t w h e n h e
ass um ed c ommand, t h e R egim e n t h a d n o offi c ial
m a r ch . H e obta ined the mus ic of t h e 1st Bn .
The E ast Surrey R egt. m a rch , "A Southerly Win d
a nd a C loudy Sky ," liked it a nd a d opted the
m a rch fo r the South Alberta Lig-ht Horse.

Co l. R ay now r ep o rts t h at t h e F e d e r a l
Gove rnmen t, throu gh the D epa rtm en t of N a tiona l
D ef e n ce, r ece ntly se lected "A S ou t h erly Wind a nd
a C lo u dy Sky" as t h e m ost ou tstandi ng m a r c h
o f a ll r egim e n ts in t h e Provin ce, a n d it h as b een
offi c ia lly a d o pte d as the m a r c h f o r the e nti re
P r ovince of Albe r ta. Col. Ray says it is often
h ea rd over t h e Canadia n Broad casting Com p a n y
netwo rk.

The Regimental 63

Association F inance
Gran ts from the Benevolent Fund, totalling
ANNUAL REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN
(1969) £2,950 / 10/ -, were mad e to Coun ty Offices during
the y 3ar (f1·om income d eriving from th e Day's
General Pay Schem e) t o assist those of our old comrad es
w ho were in n eed , a nd £320/ 16/ 5 has been for-
The Association is progressing both in n e w warded t o the Army Benevolent Fund. Statement
members joining a nd the integration of m embers and balance sheets wi ll be published in th e Jun e
with the branches of our affiliated R egim enta l Issue of the Journal.
Associati'!ns. Every ~ ffort is b eing made to get
men leavm g the Regtment to JOin an Association I would especia lly like to tha nk th e Army
branch nearest to their homes and during the year Benevolent Fund for their assistan ce in providing
the re have been reports of m embers joining. a loan for the purchase of a bungalow on beha lf
of an ex-S ergeant of The Queen 's R egim e nt, aged
With the. c losu re of the R egimental D e pot 28 years, who was inva lid ed out of the service
in 1970 a n d tts becommg part of The Queen 's with a fractured spin e a nd complete paralysis
Divis ional D epot at Bassingbourn, w e must have below t he waist.
the full co-operation of a ll concerned if w e are to
maintain ou r flow of n ew m embers into the The loan h as e n abled him to settl e down a n d
Association. I would be grateful if Commanding take up his life on ce m ore w h en , at on e stage,
Officers could give this their pe rson al attention. f~st.~e his own words, "all h op e of r ecovery seemed

Membership In add ition, the Army Benevole nt Fund
loaned £4,650 to seven servin g members o f The
During the year membership of the Associa- Queen's R egiment during the year, to en ab le
tion increased by 152 n ew life m embers . t hem to bridge the tran s ition from service to
civil ian life. These loans h elp to assure t e nure or
Assl.stance purchase of a house, and the purchase of furniture
Five cases of assistance have been dealt with a nd furnis hings on leaving the service.
. In con~ lu s io n , the Ce ntral Committee j o in me
during the year and grants totalling £145 h ave In expressing our gratefu l appreciation t o a ll
been made. These are early years but a lready m e mbers of th e R egim e nt who vo l u ntar il y sub-
the Association is be ing called upon to h elp scribe to the Day's P ay Sch e m e.
members in need.
R. E . LODER,
Brigadier,
Chairman.

MILITARY MVSICAL
PAGEANT

(In aid of the Army Benevolent Fund)

will take place on Saturday, 27th June, 1970

at 7.30 p.m.

Ticke ts (30/ -, 20/-, 16/- , 10/ - a nd 6/ -)
ol>taina ble from the Box Office, Empire
S tadium, Wembley, a nd a ll agen cies.
Party R ates (20 an d over) : 26/ -, 18/ -. 14/ - and 8/ -.

MASSED BANDS, CORPS OF DRUMS AND
PIPERS OF THE ARMY, WITH HORSES AND
GUNS in a SPECTACLE OF COL OUR AND

PAGEANTRY- and ove r 1,000 Mus icians.

The Middlesex Regiment Memorial in St. ~
Paul's Cathe dral. One of the two Queen's
RegimentaJ Badges can be seen on t he post

of the screen surrounding the font.

( See a l so page '1£ of the June, 1969, edition of
this J ournal.)

Photo by kind permission of John Rose and
John Dybl e, H arrow, Middlesex.

64 R egulars, a nd we p refer t h em to h ave served in
the lower d eck or in t h e r a nks , as t his exp e ri ence
Our tt,lented stulf ut is of value to t h em in u nd e rstanding th e p rob-
C a n t t > r · b u.r y lem s of trans it io n in to c iv il life. Applican t s must
be interested in employmen t m atters a nd huma n
n atur e, a nd h ave th e p e r so n a li ty to d eal w it h
employers a n d a ll types o f m e n . Th ey sh o uld
p ossess interv i ewing ab ili ty a nd so me a p t it u de

fo r public r e latio ns. Th e sala ri es a r e r at h e r on
t h e low s id e becau se we a r e a R egis t e re d Cha ri ty,
but the w ork is r ew a rdin g.

Th e star t ing pay is £681 p e r a nnum ris in g to
a m ax imum o f £726 in s ix y ear s, b y fi ve a nnu a l
increm e n ts M £6 a nd o n e of £15 at t h e b eginnin g
of th e seve nth year . Th e r eti rin g age is n o rm a lly
s ix t y-five, a nd we pref er t o e n gage m e n b etween
t h e ages of fifty a nd fifty- fi ve. The job is a
f a irly str enuou s on e a n d phys ical fi t n ess is

essential. A sense of public duty a nd humour is
a g r ea;t asset .

It is essent ia l th a t a n Employm e nt Officer
shou ld live w ithin easy r each o·f hi s Bra nc h offic e.
It is an adva n tage if h e own s a car , a nd h e w il l
b e pa id 7d a mil e f o r its u se o n A ssoc ia tio n
bus in ess.

Th e fo llowing is un ext ract of a l ett e1· from
t h e A ssoci ation1s SecTe t a'ry :

During 1969, th e A ss o cia tion registe r ed 5,673
m en and women who retired from R egula r Army
S e rvi c e and pla c ed 4,187 Of th e m in e mploy m e nt.

Of this number, 74 h a d served with the
Queen 's R egim e nt a nd the f o rm e r r egim ents fro m
which w e stem , viz.:

Form erly Qu een 's Surreys . .. 24
Queen's Own Buffs 18
Royal Sussex 12
Middlesex .. . ... ... ... ... 20

74

Sisters Wendy Solly (left) and Dawn Wilson 20,000
are two talented artists at the Marlowe
Theatre when not bashing their typewriters Limbless
in the Depot and R.H.Q. offices respectively. Ex-ServiceMen

Regular Forces await a word from you

Employment Association A word of encouragement and a token of help-
needed, now by British Ex-Service m en who have
(National Association for Employment of Regular sacrificed a full life. M any of them are com pletely
Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen) unable to help th em selves. Money is urgentl y needed
to help rh ese men conqu er their handica p-money to
The duties of an Employment Officer are equip and m aintain home s in w hi ch they can be given
whole-tim e. Th ey invo lve v isitin g employe rs of convalescen ce, or ca re and comfo rt in th eir old age.
l!obour, s uch a s Directors, Staff M a nage r s a nd
Forem e n , to gain the ir co-op e r a tion in th e em- IBLESMA is not aided by the State. Will you help ?
ploym ent of R egular Sailor s , Sold ie r s and Air- Another way you ca n help. D o you kn ow a ny Bri ti sh
m e n r egiste r e d o n the books of th e A ssocia tion ,
a nd a ls o inte rviewing ex-Regulars eith e r in I Ex -Service man o r wo ma n who has lost a lim b and
Branch Offices or a t R esettlem e nt Boards. Ther e wo uld benefit fro m s pecialist help and advice? Let
is a s mall amount of oth e r office work . BLES MA know.

Our Employment Office rs h a ve to be ex- Donations and information: Major the Ea rl of Ancaster,
T.D., Chairman of Appeal (S., . ) Midland Bank Ltd.

89, Charterhouse S treet, London, E.C.l .

BRITISH LIMBLESS
EX-SERVICE MEN'S ASSOCIATION

(R egistered in accordance with the National A ssistance A ct
1948 a11d, as a charity, under the Charities A er 1960).

65

AROUND THE COUNTIES

The Queen's Surreys A so li ci tor by profession, his hob bies are
s hooting a nd fishing, and h e li ves at Priors Gate,
Office nea r Godalming, Su rrey.

"THE BRITISH BATTALION" THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY
Th e 28t h Annive r sary of the fo rm a ti on in REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION
Ma laya of The British Battalion by the 2nd Bn.
Th e East Surrey Regt. and the 1s t Bn. The Regimental Church Service in Guildford
Leiceste rshire R egt . was observed by the exchange Cath ed ral
of the following t elegrams:
This year's Regimental Service has been
R eg imental Headquarte r s, ar ran e;ed f or Sunday, 14th June, 1970, a t 1115 a .m .
The Queen 's Regt., The V ery R eve r e nd A . C. Bridge, D ean of G uild-
(Queen's Surreys Office). ford, a nd form er officer of the Buffs, wi ll preach
20th D ec., 1969. the Sermon.
On this 20th day of D ece mbe r , 1969, the
Anniversary of the formation of "The British The Band of the 1st Bn. The Queen's Regt.,
Batta lion," w e re membe r again the courage and by kind pe rmission of th e ComJT1anding Officer.
fortitude of the Officers a nd Soldiers of The Royal Lt.-Col. H . C. Millm a n , will play during the Ser-
Leicestershire R egt . and The East Surrey R egt . vice, a nd outside the Cathedra l a ft erward s .
when they became so close ly associated in that
splendid Battalion, both in action a nd s ubse- The D ean of Guildford has kindly co nsented
qu ently as prisone rs of war. to a R egim ental Tent being e rected in the grounds
Maj .-Gen. F . A . H . Ling, D e puty Colonel of the Cathedral, where r efreshm e nts may be
(Surrey), The Quee n's R egt., a nd all Me mbe r s, obtained by those a ttending the Service.
serving and retired , of The Queen's Royal Surrey
R egimental Association, send to you and all Me m- All past members of our form er Regiments.
bers of the R egimental Association of The Royal a nd present m embers of The Queen's Regt. and
L e icestershire Regt., Gree tings a nd All Good their families are invited to attend. No tick ets
Wishes, coupled with the earnest hope that the wili be issued . There will be no parade before the
links of comrad e ship , forged 28 years ago, will Service, n or March Past afterwards
continue as strong in the future as they do today.
R egim enta l Headqua rters, Dress: Lounge suit with medals.
The Royal Le icestershire Regt,
TA. Ce ntre, Am pie car parking facilities ex ist in the close
Ulveracroft Road, vicinity of the Cathedral.
L eicest e r LE4 6BY.
20th D ecem b e r , 1969 . It is hoped that th e R egim e nta l T e nt will e n-
M a j .-Gen . J . M . K. Spurling and All Ranks, courage a large attendance at the Service, afford-
serving a nd r etired, of the Royal Le icest ershire ing as it will, a subsequent m eeting place for all
Regt. a nd 4th Bn. The Royal Anglian R egt. send m embers.
greetings and a ll good wishes to Maj .-Gen . F . A .
H . Ling and All Ranks, serving and retired, of A REGIJIIENTAL CENTENARY
The East Surrey Regt. and of 1st Bn. The Queen's
R egt. on 20th December, the a nniversary of the Lady Longley, the widow of Maj .-Gen. Sir
form ation of "Th e British Battalion." They stil l John Longley, Colonel of The East Surrey R egt.
rerrembe r with oride the outstanding bravery in from 1920 to 1939, celebrated h e r 100th birthday
action and equally outstanding fortitud e, devotion on 23rd January, 1970
to duty, corr radeshio, and example to others as On beha lf of a ll members of the R egirr e nta l
prisoners of war of that maJntificent Battalion Association, The Queen's R oyal Surrey R egt.,
formed from men of our two R egiments. Maj .-Gen . Ling, the Pres ide nt, •ent greetings, con-
gratulations and a bouquet of flowers. The follow-
HIGH SHERIFF FOR THE COUNTY ing reply h as been received from Lady Longley,
OF SURREY written in he r own hand :
Hays,
Col. Alan Randal R ees-Reynolds, CBE, has Sedge hill ,
been appointed High She r iff for the County of Shaftesbu ry ,
Surrey a nd will b e install ed on 3rd April , 1970.
Dor ~e t.
Col. Rees-Reynolds, who is 61 yea rs of age,
served in the Honourable Artillery Company, 27th Jan . 1970.
reaching the rank of Lance-Sergeant. H e was
commissioned to the 2/ 5th Bn. The Queen's Roya l Dear General Ling,
Regiment (TA ) on 30th May, 1939, and was
specially emp loye d in the Middle East in 1942. I am writing to thank you for the most
being promoted Lt.-Col. in December, 1942, and lovely floral tribute that I h ave ever seen. sent
Col. in February, 1944. He w as awarded the CBE me on my birthday by you and my husband's old
in 1945 and retired from the Army on 13th Janu- R egiment. I f eel it a great honour to be so r ecog-
ary, 1946. nised by them, and that it would have given him
as w e ll as me much pleasure The affairs of the
Regiment will a lways give me great inte r est, and
I am sure they are in good hands unde r you .

My sight and my hands a re rather failing,
but I hope this badly writte n lett e r will convey
my warmest thanks.

Yours s in cere ly.
IDA K. LONGLEY.

Lady Longl ey's birthday party was a tte nded
by a number of old fri ends in the R egiment.

It may b e appropriate to r ecall the f o llowi ng
words from Sir John Longley's obituary in the
Regim ental Journ a l of Th e East Surrey Regt. of
May, 1953 :

66 Thursd a.y, 9th O c tobe r

. "It .would not be rig ht to end this apprecia- H ea.ies Trophy: Col. P . G . W ref ord-B r own (Sen ior
t iOn Witho ut a word abo ut the Ge n e r a l's w ife Di v is io n ), 33 ~: poin ts .
L a d y Lon g ley, n ee I va Mo lon y , of County Clare:
They w e r e m arrie d in 1896, a nd sin ce th at d ate Top Score r Junior Divis ion : Maj. C. W . Su mm ers,
L a d y L o n g ley has n o t only been of the greatest 28 points.
h e lp and m or a l s upport t o h e r husband , bu t s he
h as a lso t a k e n the k een est inte r est in a ll ma tters V e terans Trophy : Lt.-Co l. J . A . L asbrey, 35 points
connect e d w ith t h e R egime n t, a nd specially the (in clu ding a n no d omini bon us of 6 poi nts).
W::!lfa r e of 'the m a rri ed f a milies.'"
+Bogey Foursomes: Co l. P. G. W ref ord-Brown a nd
E x tra c t from L ondon Ga zett e (SnpjJlernent) R. L . Haze ll , 6.
dC£t od 18th Novemb er , 1969.
Friday, lOth Octobe r
PRINCE OF WALES DIVISION
R egular Army The Autumn Bowl : M . P owe r, n et 65.
Glasgow Group C up : Col. J . W . S ewe ll , n e t 74.
Col. ( H on . Brig .) H e n ry Mic h ae l All a n Best Last Nine Holes:
Hunte r , CVO, DSO , MBE , ia t e Inf., to be a p -
pointed Co lonel, The Duke of Edinburg h 's R oyal Senior Div is ion--co l. P . G . W ref ord -Brown ,
R egt . (Be rks hire and Wilts hire), 1s t N ov., 1969, n e t 35.
in su ccession t o Col. R obert Benja min Go n v ill e Junior Div i si on- M a j . B. A . C rutc hfi e ld , n et 44.
Brom h ead , CB E, t enure expi red . Nine Hidden Holes:
Se nio r Div is io n- H . P . Mason , n e t 36.
Brig . Mi ch ael Hunter. w h o was o ri g ina lly Junior Div is ion - M a j. P . A . G r ay, n et 39.
commissioned to The Wiltshire R egt, comm a nded B ogey Foursom es--can celle d .
the 1s t Bn . The E a st Surrey R egt. fro m 1st June, H a ndicap R e vis ion: M . Power fro m 8 t o 5.
1944, t o Jul y, 1945, a nd w as a w a rd ed the DSO for
hi s lead ership of tha t B a tta lion . H e is the son The Sweep r ealised £43/ 15/- a nd th e wi nn e rs
of the la t e Brig. H . N . A . Hunte r , DSO, f o rme rl y we re:
of The Queen 's R oyal R egt.
1st : Capt. R. T . W. M ellotte (Mi ch ael P owe r),
W e congratul a t e Brig . Hunte r on h is a ppoint- £21/ 17/ 6.
m ent, a nd wish him a h a ppy a nd successful te nure
of Colone lcy. 2nd : Al ec Mason (Col. W reford- Brown ),
£8/ 15/ -.
THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENT
GOLF SOCIETY 3rd : Mich ael P owe r ( John Clark ), £4/7/6.

Autumn M eeting, 1969 Members a re rem inded that the S pring Meet-
This yea r's m eeting w as held in two extrem es ing for 1970 w ill t a k e pl ace a t Sudbrook Park
on Thursday and F r iday, 7th and 8th May r es-
of w eather for the tim e of year, On Thurs d ay, pectively, followed by the Gen eral M eeting. It is
9th O ctobe r , it w as 75°F ., o r the reab outs, but hoped tha t as many m em ber s as possible will
unfortuna t ely the n ext day w as very foggy in turn out a t least for one d ay and they a re
more w ays tha n one! A t 0930 hours th e v is ibility reminded that any member entering w ho for
w as only a bout 50 yards a nd this d en s ity p er - som e unexpect ed reason cannot turn out, pro-
s ist ed until very la t e in the m o rning. The maiority v ided h e Jet s the H on . Sec. know b ef o r e pl ay
of players felt tha t the d ay's prog ra mm e should st a rts, t h e entrance fee w ill be r et u rned .
b e r ea rra nge d a nd tha t the Bogey Fou rsom es
be played in the morning and the Autumn Bow l Information Wanted!
a nd Gla s g ow Greys Cup b e competed fo r in th e
a fte rnoon . Unfo rtuna t ely, C live W a llis, the cap- W e sh ould b e g la d to r eceive in fo rm at ion ,
t a in , owing to pressure of bus iness, w as unabl e a nd current addresses if possible, of t h e under-
t o be present a nd when the Hon. Sec. contact ed m entioned.
him on the t elephone la t er in the m orning,
agr eed tha t this should b e. An ea rl y lunc h w as 2024188 ex-Sgt. L oui s William Robin so n w h o
h a d by mos t m e mbe rs and as play started a t joine d Th e Queen 's Royal R egt. in 1932. Afte r
a bout 1 p .m . it w as not p ossibl e t o play th e service in th e 2n d Qu een 's, h e is be li eved t o
fou rsomes. have been attached t o 11th R . H a mpshi res in
Jun e, 1944. Lt.-Col. E . F. B olto n , D S O , wo u ld
The a ttenda n ce w as d eplet ed as the 1st Bn . like to h ear from him.
was in Uls t er car rying out their unen v ia ble t ask
o f K eeping the P eace. Sixteen played on Thurs- 6144012 ex-L / Cpl. John A lb e rt Ma tting ley, Th e
d a y and 10 on Frida y . Owing to bus iness com- E ast Surrev R egt. H e w as a Prison er of W a r
mitments, the H on. Sec. and H ole could n ot play in Sta lag XXI D or Stal ag VI C. Mrs . M a tting ley
in the afternoon on Friday a nd therefore ha d to lived at Ch e rtsey durin g th e war . A sm a ll p a rcel
scra t ch . It w as pleasant t o h ave present P a ul of photog ra phs a nd p er sona l pa p er s b elo n g ing
Gray, C rutchfield and Cutch er, who h ave n ot to L /CPI. Matting ley h as b een r eceived b y t h e
been for a long time, and w e hope to have their P o lish Em l>assy w h o w ish to r esto r e t h ese belon g-
s uppo rt in the future. ings to the ir ow ner.

1st Cad..t Du. T h e Queen 's R egbue u t (London, A .f~.F.)

A Coy: HQ: Sydenha m Road, Croydon.
OC : Ma j. R. Blackford .

This Coy. consists of seven D et ach ments based Certificat e A. pa rts I & II, a nd receive pra ise-
o n th e L ondon Bor ough o f C roydon, a nd Ji ves up worthy r eports on Cad et s who a tte nd Regula r
to the old m axim of "W o rk h a rd, play h a rd ." W e Army-sponsor ed courses, in pa rticula r those a t
continue t o m a inta in a very hig h pass rate in Howe Ba rrack s.

W e have a t hriving Signals PI., gaining 100% 67
pass rate in the recent c lassification test held by
lOth Sign als Regt. The platoon h as a lso spent a within the bounda ries of the London Borough of
wee kend with the 24th Sign a ls Regt. at Catterick , Sutton
and a t the request of local TAVR units, has pro-
vided communicatiOns for week e nd exercises. Came September and 153 Platoon found that
Morse ins truction and study for City and Gu ilds they wer e homeless; however, the Borough Youth
Radio Amateurs Exam . have r ecently started a nd Officer stepped in and overnight provide d a h al f-
yet we still find time for basic Inf. S ign a ls . ' way house until a new Cad et Hut is e rected in
April.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Schem e continues
to hold pride of place in our non-Cert. A training During the year w e have had a record 85 c-:.
and our Cadets have been awarded seven s ilver pass !n the Cert. A Part I and II Examina tion,
and two bronze medals during the past nine and an all-time record of Cadet enlistments to
months. th e R egu la1· Army.

On the sporting front, we gained places in the The g r eatest probl em has been to find suitable
County Sports a nd National Swimming Cham- Officers, SMi s a nd Sis to assist in the very full
pionsh ips. Our Shooting T eam continues its excel- programm e, but w e s incere ly hope th e coming
lent reco rd, three m e mbers gaining places in "The year will show a marked improvement in this
Hundred " at the National Meeting, Bisley, and situation. Our plans for the coming year a re
Sgt. Sutton IS to be congratulated on being placed alread y mapped out and we are a ll d e t ermined
fourth Cad e t a.nd e ighth overall in the competi- to see that this year is even more s uccess ful
tion . than last.

W e try to follow the ACF Charter particu- C Coy:
larly in r espect of arousi ng th e interest of the OC: Maj. P . Hurst.
Cad et in the Army a nd its traditions a nd our r a t e Annual Camp
of enlistments into the Apprentice Colleges,
Junior L ead er Units, Regular an<l R eserve Army Camp was held a t Penha le Trai ning Camp,
bears w itness to this. W e are particularly proud Cornwall , from 2nd to 15th August, 1969. The
of form er Cad e t Roger Dixon who left us for weather was kind to us at this our first United
Welbeck College and has r ecently passed out of Camp as a Sector s ince the Greater London
Sandhurst fourth in Order of Merit, tenth in ACF was reorganised. The tra ining a reas were
Military Ord er, e leventh in A cad e mic Orde r a nd a djacent to the Camp and extrem e ly good ; the
the holde r o f a Royal Engineer's Prize. sand dune soon sorted out the old from the not
so old. Great use was m a de of P enha le sands
B Coy: HQ: Fir Tree Grove, Car s h a lton , for organised sport, surfing and bath ing. On 8th
Surrey. August (our one free day) was spent at a local
beauty spot, Carlyon Bay, with lun ch a nd high
OC: Maj. R. R eardon. tea at the n ew Corn is h Rivie ra Club. On the
whole, considered by all Ranks a very good
The past year has been a very successful one Camp, w here much valuable training was accom-
for a ll m e mbers of the group . During the months plished.
of January, F ebruary a nd March week end camps
a t Croo kh am a nd day shoots at Pirbright Range W eekend Camps
were h e l<l on ce a month ; these were f ollowed w ith
a ve ry s u ccessful Easter Cam p at St. Marti n 's These have been very popular throughout
Plain in April. May saw one offi cer , t wo SMI's a nd the year and h ave tak e n p lace a lmost once a
six Cadet s of the group forming part of a con- month at either Crookham, Aldershot, Crow-
tingent of 1he ACF who visit ed the Menin Gate borough a nd St. Martin's Plain. One week end in
in Ypres. particular which was of very great help and
interest was to the R egim ental D epot at Cante r-
Annual Camp was h e ld a t Penhale, Cornwall, bury. The w eek end 5th to 7th D ecember was made
a nd over 75 % of the group a ttended, blessed with such a su ccess by Capt. W ebb. R IT, es pecially
good weather, a well-balanced tra ining programme Sgt. Andrews, who put in a good deal of hard
a nd good food . It w as voted b y a ll t o be a great work on our behalf.
success. During the period of camp a very success-
ful 36-hour exercise was held on D a rtmoor . No Certificate "A"
soon e r back from Annua l Camp than the group
was away again to Crookham for the August Cert. uA" t ra in ing h as been ve ry successfu l,
Bank H oliday weekend. Since September the having achieved the following passes:
group has held a monthly training weekend at
Crookha m a nd a monthly range practice at Fir- Part 1, 47 passes ; Part IT, 12 passes .
bright and on all occasions every vacancy has
been taken up. In addition to the Crookham week- Shooting
e nds, many weekends h ave been h eld in the fi e ld ,
a lso a number of one-day exercises. T wo very Ope n Range S h ooti n g- h as b een carried out
successful weekend v isits have been m ade to the at either Ash Vale or H enley Range with the
Regimental D epot a t Canterbu ry, a nd w e are result tha t eight Cad et s have classified as Marks-
very much indebted to the staff of the Depot for men , s ix first c lass sh ots a nd 18 second c lass
a ll their help. These visits do much to rouse shots. W e a lso achieved the following successes in
the cad ets' inter est in the R egim ent. Open Range Shooting:

The group were well represented in the 1st a.nd 2nd place in the S ector Rifle Meetin g
Sector Sports, a nd were a ble to lay claim to many on 18th May.
m eda ls. The Shooting T eam enter ed the London
a nd Middlesex Cad et Shoot, the Sector Competi- Sixth in the L ondon and Middlesex Rifle
tion a nd the N a tional ACF Rifle Meeting, a nd Meeting (T eam Eve nt) a nd 2nd a nd 3rd (Indi-
whilst we are not able to boast victory, the v idu al Eve nt ).
experie n ce gained is of great value t o the cade ts .
First in the L ondon Di stri ct T eam Eve nt and
W e w ere greatly honoured in Novembe r in took 2nd. 3rd and 5th places in the Indiv iduals .
h aving His Worship the Mayor of Sutton , a nd
the D e puty Lieutenant London Borough of Sut- Two Cadets "Hundreds" in the Nationa l Rifle
ton, visit the four units in the group locat ed Meeting at Bi sley, 28th to 29th Septembe r, and
6th in the Fra nkford Challenge Shie ld .

W e a lso r epresented Lo ndo n District in the
Earl Robe rt T roph y o n 26th October, the r esu lt
of w hi ch is yet to com e.

68

2nd Cadet Bn. The Queen's
Reghnent (Surrey A.C.F.)

HQ: The Cad et Centre, Drill Hall Road,
C h ertsey.
Hon. Colonel : Col. S. W . Barber, MBE,
TD, DL ; CO : Maj. D . Sweasey; 2IC :
Capt. C. C. Russell; Adjutant: Capt.
W . C. S. Banlield; Padre: Chaplain
H . E. Steed.

There a re over 200 cadets and 21 adult staff SURREY ARMY CADET FORCE
who make up our Battalion and these form the Un its of the Surrey Army Cadet Force are
eight detac desperately short of adult staff. Vacancies exist
Addlestone, hments located at Walton-on-Thames, for Junior Officers, Sergeant-Majors and Sergeant
Chobham, Bagshot, Yorktown, Frim- Instructors, with military knowledge and experi-
ley and Burrow Hill School. ence, in the following areas:
(a) Reigate, Redhill and Dorking.
Ninteen- sixty- nine proved to be a most (b) Chertsey and Addlestone.
succeesful year. The winning of the County (c) Walton.
Junior Boxing Cup was followed in May by an (d) Bagshot and Chobham.
absolute clean sweep of every trophy at the (e) Guildford and Woking.
County Full-bore Rifle Meeting, h e ld on a fine Inquiries as to terms of service, commit-
at the ranges at Henley Park. The 12 cad ets day ments. or offers of assistance, should be made to :
who Maj. R. E . Pounds, MBE,
formed our team won all seven cups and all Cadet Executive Officer,
individual medals and the Champion-at-Arms H eadquarters Surrey Army Cadet Force,
Shield was won by Cadet Sharp, of Frimley and TAVR Centre,
Camberley; the day was completed by the win- Sandtleld Terrace,
ning of the Adult Falling Plate Competition Guildford,
our instructors' team . by Surrey.
T e lephone No .: Guildford 76347.
On the sporting front we retained the County
Football Cup and also provided the majority In Civilian Life
the Surrey team that reached the final stage of
of Enjoy
the National Championship, whilst the athletics Service and
team, comprised mainly of cadets from Frimley Comradeship
and Camberley, Burrow Hill and Chobham, took in the
both the Junior BRITISH LEGION
Meeting. and Senior Trophies at the County
Your service to Queen and Country
Annual Camp was h eld at Okehampton Battle needn't stop when you leave the Forces.
Camp during August and a full programme of The British Legion has as much interest in
training and sport was carried out in unusually and responsibility for young ex-servicemen
fine weather. A highspot was the presentation and women of today as it has for those of
of the Lord Lieutenant's Award, presented two world wars and looks to them for its
annually to the best all-round cadet in Surrey, leaders of the future.
to Cadet CSM N . Pounds, of Frimley and Cam- British Legion · 49 Pall Mall · SW1
berley Detachment. "Nicky" Pounds' achieve-
ments are all-embracing- commander of the
Battalion patrol that has won the Inter-Battalion
Competition for the last two ye ars; skip per
the Battalion soc cer t eams; and a member of of
the
Battalion boxing, athletics and shooting teams.
He will be leaving us in a few months' time,
having been accepted for a Commission in the
Royal Marines.

Lts. Shellard and Coombes have left the dis-
trict and their places at Addlestone and Chobham
have been taken by U/ 0 Tony Hawkett and Lt.

Fred Dunlop respectively. Lt. L e n Marsden has
recently transferred to the 5th Bn. and
sey, Father David Tyler does double at Chert-
duty as
Detachment Commander and also our RC Padre.

We completed 1969 with a most enjoyabl e
dinner and dance at the High Pine C lub, W ey-
bridge, where our guests included our Honorary
Colonel, Col. Bi!lington, Sime and Russell and
representatives of County Staff and the 1st and
5th Bns.

W e face 1970 with confidence and enthusiasm,
a confidence which is on ly slightly marred by
our shortage of staff. If any reader of this Journal
feels that he can offer any help in the tralnlng
of our cadets, an activity which will be found to
be most worthwhile a nd rewarding, will he please
contact our Headquarters at Chertsey.

69

The Queen's Own Buffs
Office

FROM FAR AND NEAR g~\~11 to report, sort it out a nd really get o n th e

THE 1969 LUNCHEON So said Admiral Sir Michael L e Fanu, Chief
of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord, who, in
In view of the fact that the 2nd Bn. -which, October, 1970, b ecom es Chief of the D e f e n ce Staff.
under normal circ:umstan?es, _would undoubtedly H e was speaking at the SSAFA Annual General
have s upported this functiOn m their usual loyal Meeting in London in September, 1969.
way- were on .this o_ccasion engaged elsewhere,
the total of nmety-s1x m em be rs of the Dinner SSAFA is a voluntary organisation whose
Club, their wives and families which assembled at object is to be of use to Service and ex-Service
the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, on families . Not only is it supported by voluntary
Friday, 28th November, s howed that this event contributions, but its great strength is that its
had not diminished in popularity. 1,500 branches are manned by 12,000 voluntary
workers who, between them, cover every acre of
The D eputy Colonel (Kent) and Mrs. Tarver the U .K . and Eire.
received the guests.
Things have changed a great deal since 1885,
A DIAMOND WEDDING when SSAFA was founded by Colonel Sir James
Gildea, but one thing has not altered. The founder
Warmest congratulations to Maj. and Mrs. summed it up when he said, " The help given by
R. Brown, of 34 New Road, South Darenth, Dart- SSAFA should not be looked upon as charity, but
foi·d, who, on 5t.h January, 1970, celebrated 60 understood to be the ready help given by friends
years of married happiness.
to fri e nds ."

CONGRATULATIONS QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS WEST COUNTRY
LUNCHEON, CASTLE HOTEL, TAUNTON,
Congratulations to Maj. J . E . Wills, of Sitting-
on the award of the MBE in the New SATURDAY, 25th APRIL
bourne, Honours ; he has been Vice-Chairman of
Year's This will be our fifteenth Luncheon without a
the S ittingbourne Branch for many years. break, but unless well supported may be our last.
Congratulations, too, to Acting WOII G. R. Please make a real effort to attend.

Gordon, DCM, serving with 2 QUEENS, on his Arrangements have been made to watch polo
award of the BEM.
ortman, the beautiful gro und of
THE BUFFS' REGIMENTAL MUSEUM at Orchard P Polo Club. The mere sight of polo
Ta unton Vale
is bound to rouse happy memories amongst old
Under this heading on page 69 of the Dece m- timers who may have p layed in Gibraltar, India
ber, 1969, issue, m e ntion was made of an unusual and Burma before the Second World War.
Medal which Mr. Dawkins had recently added to The lunch is open to those of every rank from
his other Medals in the Museum. Thanks to Mr. General to Boy who served in The Buffs, The
F . C. F . D avis (of St. Ives, 72 Pie r Avenue , Herne Queen's Own or The Queen's Own Buffs. If you
Bay), it is now possible to amend a detail or two wish to come please write to Maj. R. J . Tuke,
concerning this particular Medal. Little Beredens, Kenton, Exeter, not less than a
week before the event.
The B elgian Embassy in London has informed Eve n if you can't come, please t e ll someone
Mr. Davis that the "Belgian Veterans' Cross," else. Gossip in the market place passes quicker
known as the "Croix des Vet erans du Roi Albert than the writte n word .
ler," may be given to membe rs of any nationality R.J.T.
who fought in Belgium b etween 4th August, 1914,
a nd 11th November, 1918. REUNION

Anyone, therefore, who is entitled to wear this 4th B n . The Queen 's Own R oyal \Vest Kent
Medal should apply to Monsieur J. B . Boedry, 16 Regimen t
Brondesbury Road, London, N .W .6. The M edal
may be bought at a cost of £2. The annual reunion will be held on Saturday,
11th April, 1970, at Kohima T & AVR Centre,
THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND Avebury Ave nue, Tonbridge, at 6.0 for 6 .45 p .m .

An ex-Private Soldie r, who served in The Tickets, at 12/ 6d., can be obtained from the
Buffs, is disabled, and, on medical advice, had to Reunion Secretary, F . Jezard, 2 Milton Gardens,
give up his employment because of war wounds. Tonbridge.
Debts connected with his livelihood created severe
hardship and his plig ht was despe rate. To allevi- THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT
ate his distress the Queen's Own Buffs Regimental REGIMENT OFFICERS' CLUB
Association provided a grant of £120 and a loan of
£80. Of this a mount, £100 grant and £80 loan were A Cocktail Party will be held at the United
special dispensations from the Army Benevolent Service Club, Pall Mall, London, on Friday, 1st
May, 1970, commencing at 6.30 p.m .
Fund.
Tickets, 30/ - p er head , on application by 13th
SSAFA April, to :
What it is and why
Maj .-Gen . D. E . B . Talbot, CB, CBE, DSO,
"In the Roya l Navy we t end to say 'Get a MC, DL.
SSAFA r e port, get SSAFA to sort it out, get
SSAFA on the ball' and then forget all about it, C/ o The Queen's Own Buffs Office,
secure in the knowledge that ihe Association is L eros T & AVR Centre,
Sturry Road,
Canterbury.

70 to a ny form e r Buff, to anyone who w as in Ling·
fi e ld in April, 1967, when h e was on para d e with
CORRECTION His Majesty The King of Denmark, or to a nyone
In the Notice of the d eath of Capt. (QM) B . who has a t any time been shown round the Tower
E . Simpson, which appeared on page 61 of the of London by tha t Yeom a n Warder of s u ch lon g
D e cembe r, 1969, issu e, for 41aged 59 years" read standing. All those, ther efore, who know him,
"aged 55 years." will have been delighted to see his name in the
New Year's Honours List , and will congratulate
MORE CONGRATULATIONS him o n his w ell-m e rited a w ard o f the British
The name of "Slim'' Belson will not be new Empire Me d a l.

So off they went for miles and miles ~~ "
And found to their disgust _ _.J
~~~j). /'r'
It wasn't made of cheese at all
But just volcanic dust. "7

''What goes up, must come down''/~.,.,..,...._
/ . ' \ ~ j'\'
Is no longer true,

But they elected t o rcturnL V

And face the b2.llyhoo.

So down they spe d to wive.,. and friends
Thinking they'd done fine.
But their reward for getting back
Was three weeks quarantine.

ASTRONAUTICALLY-APPROVED DOGGEREL WANTED TO PURCHASE
Although three other brave Americans have Mrs. A. H . Miskin, of !field Court, Cobham,
Gravesend (t e le phone No. Cobham 367) would like
since made their contribution to history, a "fl rst to h ear from anyon e who has a diamond (or gold
time''---of anything-is always an event to set or silver) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regi-
man's imagination alight and to make some of us ment brooch for sale.
reach for pencil and paper. Amongst the latter
was Col. Eric Strettel, a former Buffs Officer, who ACCOMMODATION
dashed off the four verses which are reproduced To let, furnished (no plate or linen): Two-
above. Not only did he construct them, in far-off bedroomed cottage in Barham, near Canterbury.
Northumberland, but he also sent them to the Central h eating. Large sitting-room, dining-room,
American Embassy in London at the time that modem kitche n . Garage. Small gard en . 7 guineas
Messrs. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were visit- per week .
ing this country-with, as will be seen, delightful Apply to : Mrs . Villie rs, 22 Park Crescent,
results. Brighton, Sussex.

THAT LIL' OLE SWEEPSTAKE ANYONE FOR THE SEASIDE?
Once again there will be a Sweepstake on the Mr. R. H . Curtis, a member of the Folke-
Derby, organised by this Office for the benefit of ston e, Hyth e and District Branch . and his wife,
the Queen's Own Buffs Regimental Benevolent are anxious to spend a week's ho1iday in London
Fund. The race is due to be run at Epsom on at the home of one of the members of either of
Wednesday, 3rd June, and the Draw will take the two Londo n Branches . In r eturn , Mr. and Mrs .
place on Monday, 1st June. Tic k ets will be avail- Curtis offer reciprocal facilities at their home at
able from Regimental Association Branch Secre- 92a Black Bull Road, Folkestone, to the London
taries in the n ear future. The price of a ticket Branch m e mbe r and his wife. Any membe r of
will be the same as last year (1/ -) and the prizes,
as last year, will be: 1st £100, 2nd £50, 3rd £20.

71

either of the two Branches concerned who would Inter-Br a n ch Knock-Out Competition. Unfortun -
like to take advantage of this should write direct ately, we did not manage to get beyond our first
to Mr. Curtis at the address given above. match, but as a social event the eve ning was an
outstanding success, a nd our thanks are due to
FOUNDERS DAY, ROYAL HOSPITAL ' Col. G race for organising the evening's ente r-
CHELSEA - 1970 tainment and a lso to the Band of 5 QUEENS for
providing such excellent music during the inter-
The Founder s Day ceremony will take place vaL
this yea r on the morning of Thurs d ay 4th June
(at 10.45) and the Reviewing Office'r will be As is our usual custom, we had no meeting in
Field-Mars h a l Sir Jam es Cassels, GCE, KBE, DSO. December, but held our a nnual Christmas Social
instead . Nearly 100 people atte nd ed a nd we were
On 1st January, 1970, the following were In- particularly pleased to we lcome several members
Pensioners at the Royal Hospital: a nd their ladies from Dover Bran ch. This was the
first occasion on which we have invited another
C. Horto n, H . F . R. Bell, J . L . Ambrose a nd Branch to join us for our Social a nd we h ope
R. H . Marti n (late Buffs); a nd G. E. Goldsmith, that we can repeat the invitation in future years.
C. V. D yaso n , F . T . Bird, F . M. Rich, E. Carter, Our grateful thanks to the great number of ladies
G. J . H . Bragg, G. R. Pitcher a nd J. C. A . P e nti- who spent a considerable amount of time prepar-
cost, MM (late RWK). ing what turned out to be a n excellent buffet
supper.
News Fro1n The Branches
Our January Meeting was very poorly
CATFORD AND DISTRICT attended, due to the extremely harsh 'llu epidemic.

Secretary: Mr. S. R. Young , 23 Ashburnham W e have a lready started t o make arran ge-
Place, London, S.E.lO. m ents to send a 41-seater coach party to the Mili-
tary Band festival at W embley in June this year
I had hoped to have reported the resounding a nd , if n ecessary, we wi11 send two coach es.
and unqualified success of our venture on to new
ground in D ecember, but, a las! it was not to be. M .J .S .
LONDON (BUFFS)
Som e 33 of us, including our President, Maj .
H . J. D . Combe, turned up for the great evening, Secretary: Mr. A. E . Sharp, 125 Second
where we had a buffet laid on and, so we thought Avenue, Manor P ark , L ondon , E .l2.
the local "DJ" with his records and tapes. The The Branch h a d a sad ending to 1969. Two of
b lok e in question, however, did not turn up, and our elderly members, Arthur Burvill a nd Clary
though the couple of youngste rs " in charge" did Holness, passed on to m eet their Maker during
their best, they could not r e place a proper M .C. December. Arthur Burvill, affectionately known
as " Titch" t o his many fri e nds, served in the 1st
Our Meeting in January was sparsely at- a nd 2nd Ens. from 1912 to 1935, a nd then in the
t e nded, due to the weather, the ' flu and what not. War Constabulary until 1961, when h e r etire d as
Inspector. A grand r ecord . Clary Holness joined
The main topic was our D ecember "do" and the Army way bac k in the 1890's a nd served in
we also discussed and made tenta tive arrange- India and in the Boer W ars. H e joined the Regi-
ments for our AGM in May, and our Annual ment on 11th August, 1914, and was given the
Dinner, round a bout the same tim e. number G/ 1, h en ce "Kelly's Eye." W ent to France
with the 6th Bn. and was eventually taken
" N I G H T I N G A L E ." prisoner in 1917. Both of these stalwarts were

DOVER Buffs.
Joan and Fred Haslett, "Butch " to his cir cle
of frie nds , celebrated their Silve r W edding on 23rd
Secretary: Mr. R. G . Smith, 27 Maytle ld December last. Both of these folk do a lot of
Avenue , Dover. work behind the scenes for our Branch, and
"Butch" is also our Standard Bearer. Our con -
Our Annual Meeting was h eld on 6th December gratulations a nd thanks to them both.
last, our Chairman, George Bowcock, presiding.
The accounts w er e read, unanimously approved I regret to report that one of our Ch e lsea
and accepted . A vote of thanks to a ll the Office rs P ensioners. "Tots" Ambrose, is well under the
of the Branch was unanimously given. W e put weather, a nd is in the H e rbert Hospital, Wool-
them all back on the job which they a re doing so
well, nam ely, George Bowcock , Chairman; H . wich.
Martin, Vice-Chairman ; Reg Smith, Secretary; Our "Get Together" on 20th D ecember last
and T ed Marsh, Treasurer.
meant a grand evening for a ll those who were
An invitation from the Folkestone Branch, well enough to warn in. Unfortunately, quite a
to visit them on the occasion of their Christmas f ew of our regulars were down with the 'flu . A
party, was gladly accepted, so a party of mem- very pleasant ite m was the abi lity, through the
bers, wives and the Ladies ' Guild, a total of 24, generosity of a ll our active members, to be able
travelled over by coach. W e thoroughly enjoyed to send a generous gift to the widows of those
ourselves, be ing very well r ece ived b y the Folke- members who have passed on.
stone Branch. The Memorial Service of the London Branch

After our usual Meeting in January, we h eld at the Tower of Londo n h as been provisionally
a family party at The Fountain, to which we arranged for Sunday, 19th July. This date will be
invite<J the Ladies' Guild; altogether a very happy confirmed in the n ext issue. W e a re proud of our
party of about 25. very own Memorial Service, a nd extend a warm
welcome to a ll members of the Association .
W~ were sorry that two of our "old uns," Our sincere wishes to each a nd every member
Jack Halse and T . Joyner , were not able t o be
present, but we hope to see them n ext week. of ev~ry Bran ch . A .E.S .

STAN.

FOLKESTONE, HYTHE & DISTRICT MAIDSTONJl;

Secretary: Mr. F . J . Wick ens, Glenside, Secretary: Mr. J . Wells, 24 Brenchley Road,
School Road, Acrise. Folkestone . Ma idstone.

We had a very enjoyable evening at Canter- Apologies firstly for not appearing in the
bury in November , w hen we managed to send a D ecember issue. The main item. as far as the
strong party to support our Darts T eam in the Branch \Vas con cerned , during this non-reported

72 Fakley, who has a n appliance to assi st him in
walk ing ; Jim Blake and Albert Langley, as cheer-
period was the National Remembrance Day ful as ever; and B ert K emp, w ho is under the
Service at Maidstone. A dozen m embers of the w eather. Our m e mber from M a rgate, Fred Holli-
Branch and the Cadre of 8 QUEENS, commanded d ay, was unable to be w ith us.
by MaJ . D av1d She lton, r epr esented the Associa-
tion at the Town Memorial. Afterwards, the con- The Social Evening a nd Ch ristmas Draw, held
tmgent proceed ed to Brenchley Gardens where at W estwood Drill Hall on 20th D ecember, was a
a short Service of Remembrance was held at the great success . Thank you, Drill Hall Staff, for
Royal West K e nt M e mori a l. Maj . Shelton laid the you r great h elp a nd co-ope ration . Very ni ce of
Association wreath at the Town Memorial, and you, Mr. I<e nnett, to le t us auction the Chri stmas
Mr. H . Maxlow a t the R.W.K. Memorial. The cak e you donated as a r affle prize, and t hen won
Chairman or the Branch, Mr. A . J. H ayley, recited again in the draw. Thank you, Jim Hawkins, who
the Exhortation. W e hope that the Ceremony in was M .C., a nd a ll who h e lped in the afte rnoon
Bre n c hley Garde ns will continue to be h e ld f o r a nd during the even ing. T o Mr. a nd Mrs. Wraight,
many years yet to com e. our hearty thanks for h elping us out musically,
with the ir accordions . The Ladies' Guild have our
The second and fi nal ite m was, of course, the thanks, as, apart from running stall s, th ey did the
Inter-Branch Darts Competition . Once again the catering, wash ing-up a nd supp li ed some Draw
Branch t eam lost in the first round to the eventual prizes. Many tha nks to you, Mrs. Nottingham,
winne rs of the Competition-this tim e Canterbury a nd your Merry Ladi es . Our apologies to Sand-
Branch, to whom we offer our sincere congratu- wich Branch, w h o came a long in force; w e, un-
lations. fortunately, ran out of draw tickets, and they
were unable t o t ake part in the Draw. The Presi-
Our annual Christmas Draw and Social was d ent, A .J .B., went h ome with a turkey a nd a box
once again a very successful and enjoyable affair. of fruit.
As in the past, Tim Hayley and Mrs. Hayley put
in a Jot of work. A total of 24 prizes were avail- W e were very so rry t o h ear of the d eath of
able, which included two donated by Capt. Haynes two of our stalwarts, Bob Goldsmith and Johno
and a fine Christmas cake made by Mrs. Gurr. Johnson. Thank yo u, Sid H eath a nd Ben for
Maxle Maxlow once again did his stuff on the attending both fune ra ls. '
tombola session. Our January, 1970, Meeting was well atte nded .
It was d ecided t o run a D a rts Knock-Out Com-
JIM WELLS. petition, starting in F ebruary, between members.
Congra tulations to Slim Belson on his award of
MEDWAY the B.E.M .

Secretary: Mr. L . Haffron, 34 Sturla Road, D .S .F .
Chatham.
TONBRIDGE, TUNBRJDGE WELLS AND
My apology for lack of news, but I am glad SEVENOAKS
to report we are still surviving, although our
January Meeting was the lowest attendance for Secretary: Mr. F. Jezard, 2 Milton Gardens,
a long time. This was due to seasonal sickness Tonbridge.
and worse still to some b e reavements of m e mbers
or families connected with our Branch , to whom It is with great regret that we have to report
w e offer our deepest sympathy. the passing away of our Pres ident, Maj . N . S . C.
Elmslie, on 20th D ece mber. Thi s has been to u s
It had been d ecided to have a purely social very sudden and unexoected, as he was present
evening (no business at all) and the Social Secre- in his norm a l cheerful mood at our Draw and
tary, Tom Blakelock, assisted by the ladies, had Social Evening a t Kohima Centre on Thurs d ay,
provided ample refreshm ents, music and an array 18th, two d ays before a nd he died in hosp ital the
of prizes for a raffle. You can imagine the dis- day after his 7oth birthday.
appointment when the weather turned out very
bad and, with the sick absentees, tended to spoil The funeral service was held at Tonbridge
what would have been an enjoyable evening. One Churc h on 29th D ecembe r a t 12 n oon . The coffi n
small ceremony took place during the evening, was draped with the Branch Standard a nd the
when we prese nted our Hostess with a set of silver interment was a t Tonbridge Cemet ery. Many of
knives and forks in return for her kindness in his old comrades were present, as well as Ton-
supplying r efreshments (without charge) at our bridge Rugby Club, Tonbridge tradesm en and
monthly Meetings. Freemasons: M a j.-Gen . C. H . T arver, CB, CBE,
DSO, DL, D e puty Colonel (Kent) , The Queen's
G. E. LYONS. R egim ent, was r e presente d by Lt.-Col. G . E . L .
Pardington, MBE , TD ; Lt.-Col. E. V . Argles,
RAMSGATE Chairman of the R egimenta l Association, The
Queen's Own Buffs. was r e presented by Mr. F . S .
Secretary: Mr. D . S. Fuller, 153 Newington Y . J ezard , Branch Secretary ; Lt.-Col. R. H . Brown
Road, Ra.msgate. (Troop P atron) and the 1st Dublin/ 6 City (W est
Kent) Scout Troop was r e presented by H . Allcorn,
Congratulations to Canterbury on taking the as W"-S Capt. Thorr as.
Darts Cup from us.
Also present were the foll owing: Maj.-Gen.
The R emembrance Parade at Ramsgate was D . E. B. Talbot, CB , CBE, D SO, MC, DL; Col.
a ve ry wet affair, but 14 m em bers of our Branch '1'heobald . Conntv Commanda nt. Kent Army Cad et
were on the parade. F orce; Mai. S W . Turner, MBE, Branch Cha ir-
man; Maj . Coope r, MBE. TD ; Capt. H ay n es
Our Annual Dinne r was held on 15th Novem- <Mai d ston e) and Messrs. W . Kingston , G. Wood.
ber at Granville House. Among our guests were A. P J e nnings, F . Child s, G . Sales, J . Man•er a 'ld
the Mayor and Mayoress of Ra.msgate , M aj.-Gen. S. Rogers, who a lso represented 5 QUEENS (V) .
and Mrs. Tarver, Col. and Mrs . Grace a nd Lt.-Col. Mrs . Latham was a lso ore~ent .
and Mrs. Lewis. 'fie w e re very sorry that our
President, A .J .B ., was unable to be with us, owing The Meetings of the Branch have bee'l held
to illness. The Dinner was presided over by the a t K ohi ma in November and D ecember . 1969, a nd
Chairman, Cyril Rowlands, and his good lady, January, 1970. At the November Meeting it was
with his usual calm. Thank you again, Arthur reoorted that the Branch h ad been reoresented at
Lumbard, for so splendidly running the raffle, several servi ces on Remembrance Sunday.
and to the ladies, who so ably flogged the tickets.
At the November Meeting we were h on oured
Our November Meeting was well attended, by the presence of our P ast President, Col. G. E.
with a first appearance of Maj. (Davy) Jones,
whom we hope to see often. B en H . reported on
our sick: Allan Bingham, now recovering; Charlie

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CORFE'S ffiREGULARS

The King's Colour has been duly repaired
and, thanks to Reg Maltby, d elivered safely back
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family.
It came as a shock to learn that Cyril J en-
had died of a n un-
kins ' fruit-farmer son, Ray,
usual heart condition just before Christmas, at

the early age of 41.
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minute. H.A.

WEALD

Secretary: Mr. D . H . Day, 3 Pittlesden , T en-
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grateful to all concerned . with bronchitis,
is back in c irc u-
Harold Hayward, in hospita l
made a quick recovery and
has
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With a ll best wishes to our

for 1970. M. F. PARSONS. Historian, Capt. Neave.

Len Dawson's progress is disappointingly
slow, but we trust that the better weather a h ead

of us will help to accelerate his recovery.
R.OR.

GIBBS&SONS "62" CLUB (Q.O.R.W.n:. REGT.)

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Ktrkby brothers (MT), R eg Nicholls, MM, Charlie Riley of the Red Cross Society. The Vicar of

Chase, Jtm Backhouse and Ron Barton (Pioneer TBFbeohrfareodnrwdeCoihcntaheiarisamenaandntemMrtthearamsin.nbkeBederrdauonsMfdortw.nhieatahntMdtceaongMndijcreusdr..CinCiTrglchaleertk,riRcafkenovsdr..

PI.) , their valuab le help at a ll times .

Those who served in the 1st and 2nd Ens M .M .A .
included Harry Peacock, Tom Unite George
Coppe r , "Chirby" Russell, "Codge" Mint~ r. "Tich" LONDON

Sucklmg, Jack B ellingham a nd Alf Masters . The A M eeting was he ld a t The White Swan,
4th and 5th Bn. wallahs, Bill Kingston e, Fre d Vauxhall Bridge Road , on 4th October, 1969 , Mrs.
Woodgate, Eddie Albeury, Charlie Amber, Harry
Vallins, Bill Styles, Ernie Tickner and Bill Yea- Foster Hall in the Chair . We were delighted to
have Brig. Foster Hall with us, lookin g very well
mans, will mostly be found in the St. Mary Cray after his holiday.
area these days.
In November a very successful Bring a nd Buy
During the evening the draw for the Christ- Sale was held. Our very s incere thanks to Mrs .
mas raffle was held. This produced a handsom e T emple Hirst, Mrs. Billings a nd the m embers of
profit of £62-a very fitting sum. the Men's Branch who supported our Sale so w e ll.
In December our Christmas P a rty was h eld;
We now look forward to our first function- we were delighted to w elcome Mr. and Mrs .
on Saturday, 4th April-which is the Soc ia l and Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. Sieff and m embers of the
Dance to be held in the Social Club of Nash Mills,
St. Mary Cray, by kind permission of Col. W .
Nash, CBE, TD. Our Ladies' Night is booked for Men's Branch.
30th May at Paviours Arms, and w e shall , of W e would like to con gratulate Mr. a nd Mrs.
course, be on parade in strength at our R egi- Dixey on the birth of their first grandson
Our d eepest sympathy to Mr. and Mrs . Laven-
mental Reunion at Maidstone on Sunday, 12th d er on the d eath of Alan, their son-in-law,
July. Mrs. Cousins on the death of her mother. and

THE "BARON" MJ.D .

N ..ws Fro1n The Ladies' WANTED
Guilds
A second-hand s hot-gun (12 or 16 bore).
CANTERBURY Anyone interested in selling, please write
direct to:
At the December Meeting Christm as parcels
were packed as gifts for Queen's Own Buffs Maj. D . W. J . Wood, TD,
widows. The New Year's party was on 1st Janu- Hunte rs Gate, Kincraig, Kinguss ie,

In vern ess-shire.

Why does the
Army Benevolent
Fund still need help?

For most ot us nowadays the memories we have ot tht
two World Wars have become dimmed by time. But for
those who were left disabled-and for the many bereaved
families-the tragic aftermath of war is ever present.
Many are suffering great hardships. The Army has also
been in action in many parts of the world since the end
of World War II. Thus even in peace-time the problem continues.
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50th foot at Windsor, 75
New South Wales
July, 1815. Th e announce ment of its compl etion
By Colonel H. B. H. Waring, O.B.E. was published in the Sydnry Gazcttr of 15th
July, 1815, and it was officiall y opened by
RETURNING to Canberra with the family Governor Macquarie on the 31st of that m onth.
from a holid ay in Queensland a few months In the years between the World Wars, a ddition s
ago, we spent the night at Windsor, an original of box-shaped towers on the corners, an up-
settlers' town on the Hawkesbury River, about 30 stairs verandah and various other alterations have
miles as the crow fli es north-west of Sydney. scarcely h elped to maintain the building's
original c haracter, but there is much of the old
The history of Windsor, one of the Five atmosphere that remains, and th e present land-
Macquarie Towns, is c losely connected with that lord kindly s h owed u s round . It has two large
of the Hawkestmry River, a beautiful waterway, Georgian doorways with semi-circular traceried
w h e r e flats provided some of the best agricu lt u ral fan lights a nd sidelights; one can sti ll be see n
la nd in th e early days of the colony of New in its original stat e, though the glass in the
South Wales, but w h ose frequent and devastating other has been painted over. One can s till see
floods made farming a hazardous and uncertain the cedar j oi nery, cedar circular staircase, turned
occupation. These towns were founded by wooden verandah pillars, whilst its wel1-pro-
Governor Macquarie in 1810 in an attempt to portioned public rooms seemed so familiar. One
saf eguard the farmers from these floods by pro- has felt the same atmosphere in old m esses in
viding th em with small town a llotments, in England even t h ough one knew that this bu ild ;ng
add ition to t h e ir land grants, where they could had been d esigned and used almost continuously
build their houses and store their grain on as a hote l. There are several other old colonial
higher ground. The arrangements . were . t hus buildings in Windsor today and some of them
somewhat simLlar to that of a med ieval VIllage a lmost certainly h oused t he officers of the
w ith the difference that the f a rmers grouped garrison; one such is the old doctor's house
t hemselves together for protection from nature which dates from the early 1800s.
rather t h an h ostile attack. Thus the Five Towns
grew up on the ridges of higher grou nd. The As early as 1797, b efore Windsor was first
Church and the Military were later established establis h ed , there was a mi litary detachment in
at Windso r, and impetus was added to its d e- the area. The soldiers assisted in harvesting th e
velopment. crops as well as maintaining order and supe r-
vising the convicts. Many of them later settled
The manageress of our small motel told u s in the district. In 1835 fourt een officers and 95
on our departure that The Macquarie Arms H otel m en were statio ned there a nd by 1839 there
had at one time been used as an officers' m ess were 165 a ll ranks. But though Windsor had
by the British Garrisons and among them the been of necessity a military centre for some
50th F oot. This was apparently during the late years, the cessation of convict transportation put
1830s and in consequence it had become known an end to this need and the troops were with-
as t h e "Mess H ouse"; in a town map Of 1842 drawn about the middle of the century.
it is designated bv this name. So we w ent to
see it. The Macquarie Arm s Hotel dates from Editor's note : According to Fyler's Hi story of
the 50th, H eadquarters of the Regiment arrived
at Windsor on 21st November, 1834, and further
drafts from England assembled there durin?,
1834/ 35, "for conv1ct duty in New South Wal es '

Whilst based at Windsor, the 50th furnished
detach ments in Liverpool, Georges River, Sydney,
Port Stephens, Wangell o, Berrima and Bong
Bong. The Regiment finally left Austral:a for
India in 1841.

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The Royal Sussex Office

ROYAL S USSEX BAGPIPES Hosp:tai. It is indeed a great honour ~nd I tend
to t hink more about it now than I did when I
Maj. J. F. Ainsworth, was younger. There was a good deal of publicity
T he Royal Sussex Regimental Museum, last year when the Regiment was disbanded
Roussillon Barr acks, and, of course, I was a figu re in tl_le news aga in
Chi cheste r, w h ich brought the s ignificance of It. all home to
Sussex. m e. I hope t h is little bit of informatiOn Will help
in compiling Mr. Jones' book.
"Gowan lea,"
28 Oakfield Road, I a m very pleased to have been able to help
S hr ewsbu ry. you a nd I am grateful to you for leaming a few
facts about the model. Incidentally, Capt. L m dsey
7th Octobe r, 1969. Cla rk was a very fine man and I spent a wonder-
fu l mont h with him . I shall never forget him .
Dear Major A ins-worth,
Yours sincerely,
On a recent v is it to you r Museum in
Rouss illon Barrack s, I noticed a set o f bagpi pes J . SANDERSON.
identified as those belong ing to P te. E . Kershaw
and p layed by him in vario us theatres of war
durin g W orld W a r O ne. The card states that th ey
became the prope rty of Pipe Major Sanderson ,
w ho was the centre fi gure in the bronze group
d isplayed in the City Museu m. The bronze gro u p,
I understand, became the model for t he Gamer-
onions' War M em ori a l in G lasgow.

Can yo u tell me pl ease, d id Pi pe Major
Sanderson serve in th e R oyal Sussex R egim ent
a nd h ow di d h e com e to be in possession of
P t e. K e r s h aw's pipes? I s h ould a lso like t o kn ow
w hat h app e n e d t o Pte. K e r sh aw.

I require this information as I am prepa ring
a book on regimental m usic in t he B ritish Anny
and wo uld like to inc lude t h e a b ove details if
t h ey are availa ble.

Y ours faithfully,

MAURICE E. J ONES.

Unfortunat ely i t has not been possible to
trace P t e. K ers haAV except to find t hat h e joined
t h e 4t h B n. in 1914 and embarked wit h it for
GallipoU t h e fo llowin g year. However, t h e follow-
ing lettm· has been received from Pi11e Major
Sanderson :-

10 K ippe ndavie Ave nue,
Dunbla n e,
P e r t h shire.

1st D ecem ber, 1969.

Dear Maj or Ai nsworth , (Top): The 1914-19 show case tn the Royal
Su ssex R el(iment Museum containing the
Thank you so much for your nice letter re- bronze model for the Came ronlans' War
garding th e set of pipes w hich was presen ted M emorial, d esigned b y Capt. P . Lindsey Clark.
to your Regi m en t b y u s in 1958. I t ri ed very h a rd Pipe Ma jor Sande rson Is the central figure.
to recall a ll t h e d etail s but som e eluded m e unt il
I a pproach ed t h e sch ool a nd was able to p ro- (Lower ): Th e bus t of Cpl. (now Pipe M a.jo r
cu r e a ph ot ostat copy of the orig inal l etter we S ande r son) execu ted b y Capt. P . Lindsey
sent w it h t h e pipes. I m ay say t h e pi pes were
used in t h e b a nd f or 13 year s a nd t h e boy Clark, D SO, late the Royal Sussex Regt.
pi per s w h o carri e d the m wer e very proud to have P icture by "Sussex Lif e."
them. B ut of course in due time we h ad to r en ew
o ipes as they e ithe r g ot brok en or becam e obsolete.
I t houg h t a g r eat d eal a bou t this particular set
and cons idered them unique, inasmuch as very
f ew people associated pipes w it h Eng li sh R egi-
m en ts, a nd pa rt icul a rl y the number of campa ig n s
t h ey h a d been car r ied t hroug h . I t h en approach ed
the B rigadier, w ho. of course. was a lso . a
"Cameroni an," an d the rest y ou kn ow. W e ll S tr,
T a m t h e Cpl. S a nde r son w h o was t h e m od el
fo r t h e Regime nta l W ar Mem oria l a nd I feel
g r eatl y h on oured t h a t I am actually in yo u r
Regt. Museum. I know about t hat but I a m
th r illed to t h ink my "head" sh ould be in the Royal

78 kind of feeling that extended u p t he w hole limb.
Taking up the arte ries cau sed a much more
A letter h as a lso been r ece ived from Capt. s ic k en in g sen sation than either the cutting or
P . Lindsey Cla rk, DSO, the scul ptor who served sawing.
in the 11th (Southdown ) Bn. The Royal Sussex
Regiment in the 1914-18 W ar a nd who was com- In about ten minutes' time from lhe com-
missioned to des ign the Cam eroni a ns' W a r mencement of the ope ration, t h e stump was
Memorial in G lasgow. H e is d elig h ted to h ear strapped up w it h ad h esive plaster a nd ba ndaged ,
of Pipe Major Sanderson w ho sat to him as a and th e who le affair comple t ed . Durin g the
young Corporal in 1923. operation I was painfully alive to everything that
passed ; a nd i f my n e rves did qui ve r when the
Capt. Lindsey Clark a lso d esigned t h e large knife d ivided the liv in g fi esh, I was too proud,
s ilver m emoria l cen trepi ece d e picting a battle holding the position of an officer who was bound
scen e with a s u baltern , NCO a nd private which by duty to set a n exam ple to the wounded soldiers,
is n ow in the Officers' Mess of the 3rd Bn. The to a llow a g roan or s ig h to escape m e."
Queen 's R egiment.
M a j. Thomas Austin, 85th Foot circa 1811.
MAJOR THOMAS AUSTIN Acknowledgem ent : Charles Howard.
It h as now bee n establis h ed that the pre-
viou s ly unidentified portra it of an offic er of t h e REMEMBRANCE DAY NOTES 1969
35th (Su ssex) R egim ent w hic h was presented by Field of Remembrance-Westminster Abbey
t h e late Maj . J . L . H ead in 1932 and w hic h h angs
in the Chich ester City Museum is that of Ma j. A short ceremony was h e ld at the Royal
Thomas Austi n. Maj. Austin served wi t h the Sussex Regimental Assoc ia,tion's plot at th e
2/ 35th from 1810 until 1814 when h e lost a leg. Field of R em embrance outside W estmin ste r Abbey
His diary is still in the possession of the Austin o n th e evening of Thurs day, 6th November. Th e
family and extracts were pubHs hed in 1926 und er prayers we r e r ead b y Brig. R. E . Lod e r , C.B.E.,
the title "Old Stick-Leg." The following is his President of the Royal Sussex R egimental Asso-
g raphic d escription of the a mputation of his ciation, w ho also planted the R egimental Badge
leg after it ha d been shatter ed by a cannon- C ro ss. C ro sses were a lso p·lanted on b eh a lf of
ball in the fighting near Antwerp in F ebruary, the 3rd Bn. The Queen's R egiment, The Royal
1814 : Sussex Office, The London , C hic h este r, Has tings,
"When the preparations for p erfo rmin g th e M idhurst and L ewes Branches of the Assoc iation .
ope ration on my limb were comp·leted, it was
notified to m e that everything was ready, and Among those present were Lt.-Ge n . Sir Geoff-
that the s urgeons waited b elow stairs. I was rey Evans, KBE, CB, DSO , Lt.-Cols . J . M . L e
then carried to the kitchen and placed upon Mesurier , J . R. G. Stanton, MBE, and F . W . Hann,
a heap of bricks, which had been hastily piled OBE, Ma js. J . F . Ainsworth , N. M . Ormerod ,
together for the purpose of an operating table. ERD, W . K. Oliver, D . P . Cronin, L . L . Loewe,
Spread out on the dresser, the highly-polished R . G . Lucas a nd I. W . Dunkeld, Capts. E. W .
surgical instruments glittered; while a sergeant N. S. Clarke, TD, and A . Nyman, Lt. M. G . Dougal,
of Rifies, w ho had just died of his wounds, a nd m embers of th e London Branch. Crosses
occupied th e farth est e nd of th e sruid dresser. wer e la id on b eh a lf of Col. H . E . R . Watson ,
Several buckets were disposed in convenient places MBE , and L t.-Co l. D . E . C. Russell who were
around t he brick platform on which I reclined. unabl e to b e presen t. L ast Post an d R eveill e were
A bevy of soldiers, mostly skulkers and scamps sound ed by Cpl. H ensley.
who had contrived to get employed as hos pita.l
orderlies, by pretending to have r eceived wounds
or contusions any old woman would have cured
in a couple of days, were marshal1 ed in r ead in ess
to support and hold m e.
Stipulating with the op erators, Surgeons
Coope r and H a lliday, that I should be allowed
to see and examine the limb after it had b een
severed , I di smissed more than half th e attendants,
w ho no doubt were glad to escap e from s uch
a scene. I then gave directions to have a sheet
placed round my body, with a man to hold it,
in order that I might not swerve from the proper
position during the operation. Anoth er man I r e-
tained to s upport my h ead, with the intention
of holding on by the colla r of his coat; while
a third and fourth man were placed at each
of my lower limbs, to fix and k eep th em in any
position th e operators might d esire. A fiask of
brandy was presented to m e, but I d eclined
partaking of its contents, f eeling confident that
I should not sink under the operation. I obtained,
however, a draught of water, and then braced
myself for the coming test of fort itude and
courage.
When everything was prepared, one of the
ope rators, with knife in h a nd, inquired if I was
r eady : a nd the reply 'Yes' was scar cely utter ed
when the keen, well-tempered blade had com-
pleted the first part of the operation. Next in
order came the saw; and although I had
frequently h eard that the pain cau sed by sep a-
rating th e bone and marrow was dreadful, I
found it in r eality not m o r e painful tha n oth e r
parts o f the operation . Sawing throug h the bone
produced no particular pa in beyond a jarring

Arran gem ents for the ceremony w ere made 79
by th e London Branch and afte rwards those
attending we r e entertain ed at t h e Royal H osp ital, ce remon y, the g r eat success was also du e to
Ch e lsea, by Lt.-Col. J . M . L e Mesurier, Ch a irm a n the w holehearted a nd con certed effort of the
of t he London B ra nch. good p eo ple of Willingdon to whom we a ll owe
our thanks .
Festival o f Remem b ranc e-Th e Al bert Hall
The selected Standard B eare r for the British Now to the fu t ure. P e rh a p s we f eel our very
existence is in jeo pard y, but havin g visited the
Legion F estival of R em embrance on November 3rd Bn., th ere is no doubt that " R oyal Sussex"
8th was Mr. D . R eed, late Royal Sussex R egiment. is going to take a long tim e to di e. W e are s ure
Mr. R eed, who lives at Uckfte ld, won the Madde n that fo r many years to come we shall be a bl e
Cup for the National Standard Bearers Com- to recruit to our Branches those serving personnel
pe tition in 1969. who just cannot lose the prefix Royal Sussex
of wh ich we are so proud . W e s hall a lso welcome
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGThiENTAL other retiring soldiers of the Queen's Regiment
ASSOCIATI ON liv ing in o ur area to the Branch .

Eastbourne Bran ch Notes CHAS J . DEWEY,
Our Branch is still very much alive a nd we Hon. Secretary Eastbourne Branch.
are gradually getting an increased number at
our m eetings; this, of course, is most en- First Royal Sussex Scout Group
couraging. Apart. from th e trip to L emgo, to
which fiv e of our m embe rs went, we also h ad The First Royal Sussex Scout Group was
wonderful o utings with exce ll e nt w eath e r to Long- found ed in Northern Ire land in 1960 w h e n t h e
teat (to s ee the lions ), The Royal Tourn ament, 1st Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment was stationed
and on e or two other places, including a v is it to at H o lywood Barracks n ear B e lfast. Th e G r oup
the Arundel Branch for their Quebec D ay party subsequently moved with t h e Battalion to Shorn-
in Arunde l Castle. Our a nnual dinne r, h e ld at c liffe, Malta G .C., Lydd a nd is now at L em go
the Drive Hote l, was an un q ualified s uccess a nd in G ermany. Du e to th e r ecent change in
we w e r e most pleased to h ave Lady Whistle r nom en cla ture of the Battalion the name has been
as our guest of honour. changed to The Third Queen 's Scout Group and
W e hel d our Chri stmas Social early in J a n- last July new Colours w e re presented to it by
uary, and as usual our c hildre n 's outing to the Lt.-Col. B. R . Co le man, The Commanding Office r .
"Panto" at Hastings. The Old Colours of the Group h ave now been laid
W e cannot let this opportunity pass without up in The Royal Sussex Museum Room at
expressing our d eepest thanks for the support Roussillon Barracks, Chichester. Several hundred
the Association HQs gave us at the Aubers Ridge young men from Sussex have served und e r th e:;e
Parade in May. A lt hou g h we s ponsored th is Colours e ither as Cu bs or Scouts and th ey w 1ll
be g lad to know that these Co lours have now
been la id up in Th e Royal Sussex R egim e nt
Museum.

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THE DIE-IIARDS AND th ree years later becam e J a rnes I of England.
AUSTRALIA Sir Robert's grandson, Patrick, was a friend of
Willi arn Pen n in founding t h e Quaker r eli gion
by Maj. R. W. J. Smith, MBE in America. Of s uch stock you could expect to
ftnd a st rongmind ed and able man, an entire
The D ecember , 1969, copy of "The Queen's stranger to fear.
R egiment" published a n interesting artic le on
early British Ganisons in that alive and great Patri c k L ogan j oined the 57th (W est Middl e-
continent of Australia, by Col. H . B. H . Waring, sex) Regiment of F oot as an Ensign on December
OBE. In th e article h e m entions the regiments 13th, 1810, be ing posted to t h e 2nd. Bn., then
form.ing part of the ga rrison, i.e. 3rd R egiment serving in J e r sey, and on August 24th, 1811, h e
of Foot, la•ter 1st B n . The B uffs; 39th Regiment joined the 1st Bn. at Portalegre. The 1/ 57th
of F oot, later 1s t Bn. The Dorset R egiment, a n d ha d just resumed its separate formation a fter
57th Regiment of F oot, later 1st Bn. The Middle- being decimated at the Battle of Albuhera
sex R egiment, two of whom , the 3rd a nd 57th, three m onth s before and this yo ung offi cer j oi n ed
are now part of The Queen's R egiment. These the Battalion about the sam e time as the re-
regiments were contemporaries in the various turning casualties who had recovered from their
g'B.rriso ns during th e twenties of the last century. wounds. The r egiment w hich had been known
for years as the "Steelbac k s" becau se of t h eir
Not only were they doing their duties as fortitude when undergoing lashing, was now
soldiers a nd gl\lards to t he convicts w ho had known throughout the Army of the P eninsular as
been shipped to the new country, they also ex- "The Die-Hards." They were still the s<lme tough
p lored the te~rain, discovering rive rs and m en though, and the commonest punishment
mountain ranges and, In addition, erecting rem ained the las h . H e served throughout the
buildings that are standing today. In all, ther e Peninsular War a nd had h e s u rvived until the
are three ri vers in Australia named after office rs award of the m ed a l (1848), would have b een
of the 57th. Th e Condamine a ft er Lt. D e la entitled to six clasps.
Condamine, the L ockyer after Maj. Edrnund
Lock yer a nd the Logan after Capt. Patrick Logan. In 1823, whilst in Ireland., h e was promoted
to Captain, and took on fuller r esponsibilities
Maj. Edrnund L ock yer a nnexed W estern as h e was m a rri ed to Miss L etitia Anne O'Beirne
Australia to the British Crown on J a nuary 21st, of Drumcliffe, Sligo, the same year. His time in
1827 (which h a ppe n ed to be L ock yer's birthday) , Ireland was not so pleasant, as the Whiteboys
at Albany, where a m onument to this effect is were causing terror to the public, robbing,
erected. In doing so, the first official cla im to burning stacks, holding up the mail coaches,
British Dominion over the whole con tinent of and even carrying off women. The troops were
Australia was formally asserted. It is recorded continuously out on duty a nd woe betide an y
in his journal : "This day at s unrise the colours stray soldier caught by a gang of them. It was
w ere di s played on th e flagstaff; at 12 o'clock tough for Capt. Loga n a nd his soldiers on duty
a Royal salute was fired from the battery, a nd and it was tough, too, if the soldier decided to
a f eu d e joi e b y the troops. An extr a allowance d esert. On January 4th, 1824, Capt. Logan was
of flour, with raisins and su~t, was ordered on a m e mber of a Court Martial when Pte. Richard
the occasion to be issued to the troops a nd Townsend was ch a rged with d eserting on D ecem-
convicts. A number of the nat ives h avi ng come ber 4th, 1823. The punishment was "to suffer
to the settlem ent in the m orning, the seine was imprisonment for three calendar months in such
hauled on purpose to give them a feast. About gaol or place as the Commanding Officer thought
three hundredweight was taken of capital fis h . expedi ent a nd to be marked on the left side
The day proved fine, and th e whole went off with som e ink or g unpowder or other preparation
w ell." with the letter 'D,' n ot less than four inches
lon g, so as to be visible a nd con s pi cu ous a nd
Prior to this expedition, he had explored and n ot liabl e to b e oblite rated."
navigated the Brisbane River under instruction
from Sir Thom as Brisbane, a P eni nsular veteran Returning to England in 1824, the regiment
who had been awarded the P eninsula r Cross and was ordered for Colonial service a nd Capt.
gold medal. Logan sail ed on the ship " H ooghley" on March
12th, 1825. H e h a d with him Ensign T aylor,
Pat ric k L ogan was a very colourful ch a racter 2 Sgts., 1 Cpl., 2 Drummers, 29 Pri vates,, 4
whose name s till li ves in the language of this women' a nd 7 children. The cargo was 200 con-
great country. The writer, who served with t he victs!
9th Australian Division in Borneo during the
last war, was surpri sed , a nd d eli g hted , when There were various penal stations in Austra-
he heard the expression, "a dose of the Logan" lia at this time, a nd one that had just been
(referring to "Logan's L ash"). H e is also de- opened was at M01·eton Bay. This settl e m ent had
lig hted h e n ever h a d to suffe r t h e punishment been establish ed due to the efforts of Sir Thom as
meted out by this strict a nd sever e disciplinarian! Brisban e, the Gove rnor of New South Wales.
The station was for bad offend ers, bush r a n gers
Capt . P atrick L ogan was b orn t h e youngest and those who h a d absconded from justice. Capt.
of n ine children of Abraharn and Janet L ogan. Logan went to the station as commander in
Th e f a mil y playe~l< a n otabl e p art in Scottish March, 1826 ; convi CJts numbered 200 a nd the
hi story. Two of the' L ogan s of Burn castle were garrison of guards in a dditi on to the Co rn-
chosen by Sir J a rnes D ouglas to accompa ny him mandant was Lt. Bainbrigge (acting engineer),
in the "Bruce's H eart" expedition to Jerusalem 3 Sgts., 1 Drumm e r a nd 76 rank a nd file. L ogan
in 1329 when the intention was to tak e the h eart immediately organised a nd put into operation
of Robert Bruce from Melrose Abbey to th e a programme of building solid shelters a nd the
Holy Land. His direct a ncestor, Sir Robert Logan, growing of mai ze. From th e start the convi cts
was implica ted in the Gowrie conspiracy in 1600 reali sed t h at the Com m a nda n t was a man who
at Gowrie Castle wh en a plot was m ade to kid- was sever ely strict, but nevertheless a well dis-
nap a nd murder Jarnes VI of Scotland, who

posed m a n and on e to do impart ial justice. If 81
a con vict defaulted, he was sent to the triangle
for punishmen t as were hi s soldi ers during t he d efa ulters a nd s uch was his reputation that even
Peninsul a r and even now in the Colon y. today t here is s pok en t h e expression "Logan 's
Lash." Hardened a nd desperate cha racters were
Th e largely unkn own region in whic h h e now known to try to escape by sea, a well nig h im-
Jived was a chall e n ge to Capt. L ogan and after possible feat, a nd risk the shark infested ocean
the years of excitement during t h e fighting in rather than face up to L ogan's lash .
t h e P e nins ular h e found it difficult to li ve coop ed
up in t h e con viCt settl em ent. H e immediately The task facing the Commanda n t was
began to explore t he region a nd on Aug ust 28th, realised by Governor Darling and after over
18?G, five months after hi s arrival at Moreton two years in command an increase of salary was
Bay, h e wrote to Gover!'or Darling t h a t, on asked for, thi s to b e from 10/ - per day to £300
the 21st August h e had discovered a "very con- per a nnum. It seem s strange to read the
sid e ra bl e ri ver ." "I h ave n a m ed it t h e D arling , fo ll owing:-
which I ho pe will m eet with the a pprobation of
His Excellency," he goes on to say. However, "Independent of the immediate duti es of
the Governor directed that t he river should be hi s station , which h e h as performed in a very
known as the Logan as an acknowledgement satis factory mann er, h e has explored the
of hi s zeal and effl cient service. (Th e rive r n ow count ry for som e distance from the settle-
k nown as t h e Rive r Darling was di scovered by m ent, a nd has di scovered two rivers in the
Capt. Sturt of t h e 39th Regiment-D orsets-in n eighbou r h ood of Brisban e.
1828). Again in 1827 h e di sco vered a n oth er ri ver
he nam ed the McLeay a fter Alexander McLeay, I venture to think you will not consider
the t hen Colonial Secretary for New South W ales. t h e salary proposed for Capt. L ogan too high ,
The river is now known as the Albert. when it is r ecoll ected t h e Commandant of
Norfolk I sland is allowed a salary of £600
Th e sam e year, 1827, as well as exporing a nd per annum, w here the number of prisoners
discovering n ew rive rs and mapping n ew ground , is littl e more t h an 200.
he star ted a bra nch station at the town now
na m ed Ipswich . H e began t h e culti vation of (Signed) Ralph Darling."
maize, oats and potatoes. At the quarries, he
burnt limestone a nd sent it to Brisbane by The inc rease was a uthorised in January, 1830,
water. Thi s stone was used to erect several but he was not to live long to enjoy it. H e made
buildings. That which was his barracks is now a noth er journ ey of exploration in July, and the
the old Treasury a nd a la rge t r eadmill is now follow ing extract from his diary gives som e in-
the Observatory, a nd the lower floor of the dication of hi s sang froid and fearlessness in
State Stores Building was his Commigsariat faci ng t h e natives : 041 n my way up Canoe Creek ,
Store. These three buildings still stand in present I cam e unexpectedly on a tribe of natives. One
day Brisbane. of th em was on a t ree cutting up som e animal
with a stone tomahawk. He was much alarmed
During his expl orations, h e wo uld often leave a nd cried out lustily to his comrades to make
hi s soldi e r servan t, Pte. Co11i son , a nd hi s convict th eir escape. I sh ould t hink h e belonged to the
servants b ehind and t r avel on a lon e. Whe n asked tribe who murdered the boat crew, and expected
if he wer e not afraid of the natives attacking to be seve rely dealt with."
him, h e shrugged off the da n ger w ith a la ugh,
saying he had often frighten ed off the Black- In October, 1830, the 57th were expected to
f ell ows by pointing a n e mpty bottl e at t h em! join the garrison in India. Befo re leaving Au stra-
lia, Capt. L ogan wanted to complete hi s survey
The following year, 1828, h e set off on another map of t h e country west of Brisbane. I t was on
expedition of exploration with Allan Cunning- t hi s exp edi t ion that he was murde r ed . Some
ham (Governm ent Botanist) a nd Allan Frazer writers believe t h e murder was committed by
with five convi cts as servan ts, and journeyed his own con victs, oth ers believe it was by t h e
until they came to a "stupendous range of blacks at t h e instigation of the convicts and a
m ounta ins." After a night's rest the party decided t hird group believe it was by the blacks who
to ascend the tall est mounta in. The party, with were out to get Logan for som e reason of their
the exception of Logan, eventually had to g ive own. Th e h abits of t h e Australian aborigines were
up, but h e carri ed on climbing. Fi ve h ours unpredictable a nd we do n ot know what off en ce
later, Caot. L ogan rejoined hi s compani on s in t h e ex pl orer may h ave given to t h eir pagan
a state of co mpl ete exhaustion. H e had carried on b eli efs at som e t ime o r the oth e r . Reading th e
to the su mm;t nf what is n ow know n as Mount stor y, it certainly appears to be t h e black s w h o
Barney, o.710 ft. h igh and obtained the first were responsible.
view of the ceautiful country - t he Darli ng
Dow ns - as far as th e Condam ine River, the A very complete account of the episode was
sea on t h e East being c learly visibl e. Th is was w ritte n by Lt. George Edwa rds. 57th Regime n t,
t h e hi g-h est point a white man had reached in to the Commanding Officer, Lt.-Col. Jam es Allan .
Australia at that date, a splendid feat of moun- The full account can be read in th e U n ited
tainee ring as w e ll as of discovery. Service Magazin e.

In hi s duti es as Comma nda nt of the Con v ict Edwards tell s us that L ogan left M ereton
Settle m ent, Capt. Logan had a most trying tim e. Bay on 9th October, hi s party con sisti n g of him-
Ther e was a drough t that affected hi s crops, the self. ?te. Collison, his servant, five prisoners (all
number of pri son e rs increased from 200 to g-ood bu shme n ) and two pac k bullocks. Wh en
n early 1 ,000 and his prisoner s were t h e tough they camped for the night two or three
type. Brisbane has been r eferred to as a hl ack s were seen h overi ng a round. On Monday,
"mosq ui-to-ridde n dumping ground for Sydney's 11 t h, the party came to a f ord ac r oss t h e river
incorrigibles-ante d ated , as a Pacifi c H ellhol e where t h ere were a b out 200 black s who sh owed
b y 40 years, the n otoriou s p e n a l colony of New t h ei r h ostility b y throwing a nd r olling la rge
Caledonia." Th ese men h a d to be d ealt with stones at the p arty, but did n ot throw spear s.
firmly a nd as a n offi cer of W ellington 's Arm y Capt. Logan was in advance of the party a nd
in the Peninsular, Logan was a man swift to had t o wait for the remainder to catch up. ?te.
punish any transgression. H e was never a Coll ison saw t he attitude of t h e natives, so fired
"Populari.ty J ack." If puni shment were earned, a sh ot over their h eads. The blacks fell back .
punishment was g iven. To the triangle went the but closed in again when t h e party attempted
to ford the river. T o L ogan, whom t h e n atives
appeared to kn ow, they called out "Co mmidy
water ," evidently intending that h e sh ould go
back over the water.

82 found at this spot, they returned to the re-
mainder of the party.
All that d ay t h e blac k s followed t he party,
hiding behind trees a nd in the long g rass. The "O n the following morning, Dr. Cooper,
party e v entua lly e n camped at a place w h ere Collison and five or s ix m en left the camp on
L ogan ha d camped on a previous expedi t ion a further search . After travelling about a mil e
a nd had lost hi s horse. The next d ay the men l h e doctor s m elt so m ething unpl easant a nd made
sear ch ed for t h e lost h orse whilst the ex pl orer toward s it. O n a pproaching a s mall c r eek with
plotted the course of a new creek h e had dis- s ha llow water h e discovered the horse
cover ed a nd on t h e Satu•-day, 16th Octob er. dead in the bottom covered with boughs. It
h e discovered a second creek. On the Sunday a ppeared t h at L ogan must have abtempted to
he d ecided to return as h e f elt h e had accom- leap over the creek and from the way the horse
pli s h ed a ll h e could at the t im e a nd t h e party lay, it could not h ave reached the other s ide.
set o:f a nd travelled until track s were seen which Th e blac k s must h a ve pursued him to this pl ace,
r esembled th ose of a bullock or a horse. H e a nd t h e marks w er e those of a horse at full
told Collison to pitch the tents at the same gall op. One brok e n s p ear only was found on
spot they had used som e months before. the opposite bank, and at this s pot the blacks
Capt. L ogan then left to gath er information must certainl y h ave cl osed upon him.
about the rock formation and soon afterwards
the m e n thought t h ey h eard him "Coo-ee." Th ey "The party on going over t he c reek found
answered a nd a lso fired s hots at intervals during the bod y of poor Capt. Logan about seven or
the evening a nd fancied they heard him "Coo-ee" ten yards from the opposite bank. Th e bac k
in reply two or three times, but he did n ot of the h ead a ppear ed to have been beaten with
return. The next day the m en found the tracks waddies. Th e blac k s made him a grave two f eet
of h is horse a nd took it for gran ted that h e h ad d eep a nd buri ed him face downwards. Th e body
missed the party and gone on. At mid-day 50 ha d been carefully cover ed over by them , but
or 60 blac k s m a d e their appea rance with s hi elds , t h e native dogs had scratched away the earth
s pea r s a nd waddies a nd attempted to close in from h; s feet which were found quite exposed.
on t he party. When the blacks left they wen t No clothes or any coverings were found, except
in the direction Capt. Logan had taken when hi s shoes wh'ch were left near him. The grave
h e last le ft the party. appeared to have been made with some care,
a nd long stick s w ere laid on each side of it.
When the m en eventually arrived at the The body was then taken up and put into blankets,
settlement where they expected to find Capt. a nd taken by stages to the Limeston e Station,
Logan if h e had returned on his own, there w as and a fterwards by water to the settlement."
no news of him . pte. Collison with four prisoners
and Pte. H ard ac r e of the 57th set out the The body was later conveyed to Sydney on
following morning to search for their commander. the s hip I sabella, Mrs. Logan having a decided
On reaching a spot about 40 mil es up country objection to h er husband being buried at the
where Logan had camped on a previous occasion, Bri sban e Convict S ettlement. He was a cco rded
they saw his saddle lying beside a tree, the a State Funeral and it was one of the most
stirrup irons missing and the leath ers c ut b y s pectacular seen in the ear ly days of Sydney.
a stone tomahawk. The r emainde r is best told The procession was led by the Grenadi er Com-
in Lt. Edwards' own words:- pany, follow ed by the band playing th e "Dead
March," then the Regimental Surgeon, the
"The saddl e was about 30 yards fr om the h earse with s ix officers on either side a nd in
remainder of a fire, and it appeared to have the following order det achm ents of naval , mili-
been taken there by blacks for the purpose of tary a nd civil officers, cl ergy and magi strates
cutting it on a fallen tree. A space had been beaten and soldiers. Capt. Logan was buried next to
around wher e the horse had been tethered, a nd Maj. Ovens of the R egim ent who had d;ed in
around where he had taken it to water- it a lso D ecembe r, 1827, whilst private secretary to the
appeared that he had been roasting some chest- Governor.
nuts on a fire, as their remains lay about the
stump of a tree that had been burning. Capt. Log-an had fought well with h;s Regi-
m ent in the Peninsular and in peace had carried
"It was at this place that the blacks must thrut en ergy-so necessary to a soldier-to help
have surprised him, for his footmarks were very found the state of Queensland, then in its infancy.
distinct, with long strides where h e had rushed Although a hard man, h e was a man of faith-
from his fire to his horse. A furth er search was faith in the new country he was helping to
then made to see if there were any s ig n s of open up, fa;th in hi s soldiers to control the
struggling or violence, but as nothing of the worst types of convicts h e had in h is c harge
sort could be found, it was assumed that h e and faith in h is own ability.
must have jumped on hi s horse bareback a nd
made his escape. CEREMONY AT FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE
1969
"The party then returned to Limestone
Station without having seen a black on the As u sual on the Saturday before R emem-
whole journey. B eing disappointed for a second brance Day the Middlesex Reg-im ent's a nnual
time at not finding Logan, another party com- ceremony at the Fie•ld of R emembrance at W est-
prising of five soldiers of the 57th a nd 12 minster Abbey took place.
prisoners set out. They t rave rsed all the country
about the junction. On the second day (Tues- A large number of serving and ex-members
day, 26th) they fell in with another searching of the reg-im e nt were present. In addition we
party under Dr. Cooper. Both parties united were h onoured by the presence of Lt.-Gen .
and travell ed together, and on the Wedn esday G. C. Bucknall, CB, M C, DL, Assistant Li eutenant
they reached the place where the saddle h ad for the Middlesex Area of Greater London, the
been found . Col1ison, two prisoners and one Hig-h Sheriff of the County of Greater London
soldier then sepa rated from the rest, a nd on and officia ls r epresenting the Greater London
searching about found a place where the blacks Council, t he London B oroughs of Barnet, Ealing,
had resorted to, but there was no camp. It was Enfi eld, H a rin gey, and Houn s low, and th e Middl <7
on this plain that the back part of Capt. Logan's sex Association.
wa;stcoat was found covered in blood. Part of
hi s compass was a lso found , as we11 as som e After a s hort servic e at the County Memorial
leaves f rom his notebook. Nothing else being in the Middlesex Guildhall, conducted by the
R ev. P. L . P earce Gould, OBE, a procession