March 1969

95

Quite a number of m embers turned up for the LONDON
Social Evening at the W a rrant Officers' a nd Ser-
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D ecemb e r .
Owing to "circums ta nces out of our control"
the Branch was unable to h ave the usual Christ-
m as social.

The January m eeting was held on 16th, with
quite a lot of business in r espect of th e year's
programm e. The re is a prov isional booking for both raffled.
a coach for the Royal Tourna m ent in July, and
other events wi11 be announced in due course. On December 7th a most enjoyable party was
h eld a nd was attended by husbands a nd fri ends.
W e were pleased to w elcome Mr. E. A. J ef-
fery, who is, we understand, a life m ember and On 1st F ebruary a m eeting was h eld at the
was originally a Corporal in the 1s t Bn. White Swa n, with Mr s. Foster H a ll in the chair.
-H.A. Birthday wis hes were Hon. Sec-
extended to the
r e t a ry (Mrs. M . J . Dalg leis h) .

ELEVENTH BATTALION, THE QUEEN'S OWN Our best wishes were sent to Mrs. T ayior,
Mrs . Wate r s and Mrs. Dixey, who were a ll ill.
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M .J .D .

A further outcome of this miniature reunion
was the gift of £10 to our funds from one of our
members present. W e
expressing our thanks take this opportunity of
and we r espect his desire

for anonymity.

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R egretfully, we have to r eport that our Hon.
Secr etary, Len Dawson, has been down with
1uodenal trouble. W e are glad to say that h e has

taken up the r eins again.

The latest to fall into the hands of the sur- OCLEE
geons is none other than R eg Maltby himself.
However, the n ews as we write is that he is mak-

ing good progress.

Under the weather, a lso, has been Ernest

R eed. R . O .R .
Roll on, Spring!

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The Royal Sussex Office

Little of interest has happened since the General Schaper as a token of our appreciation
December issue which Is worth reporting other for all the services he has rendered to The Royal
than that, like the other County Offices, we
attended a particularly Interesting conference on Sussex Regiment.
Army manpower problems at Divisional Head- Accompanying the party were Mrs. F . Y.
quarters at Colchester on 13th/ 14th January. At
this conference it was made abundantly clear that Goring, Mrs. G. Christian , Lt.-Col. E . G. Holllst
the County Offices would be taking an even bigger and MaJ. J. F. Alnsworth.
share In the recruiting drive than before and to
face up to this challenge, which Is welcomed, a The Ambassador and his party arrived at the
recruiting conference was held In this office on Assembly Rooms, Chichester, at 12 o'clock where
6th February, attended by Lt.-Col. Wlggins , OBE they were received by His Worship The Mayor
(ACO, Brighton), Maj. P . R. Swanson (RRO, Can- and Mrs. Stephens, who were accompanied by the
terbury) and Lt. N. Russell (AYT, Brighton), at Town Clerk and Mrs. Heather. After a short re-
which consideration was given as to how to make ception In which the Mayor welcomed the visitors
the best use of the resources available. to Chichester they were shown the historic
city plate on which Capt. Russell Purchase (late
PRESENTATION TO GENERAL SCHAPER Royal Sussex Regiment) gave a most Interesting
On Tuesday, 28th January, 1969, we were account of its history.

honoured by a visit of His Excellency The Royal Later the Royal Netherland party were enter-
Netherlands Ambassador, Dr. J. H. Van Roljen, tained to lunch at the Old Cross Hotel by The
accompanied by Madame Van Roljen, Gen. H . Royal Sussex Regimental Association, during
Schaper, Chef de Huls Mllltaire to the Royal which Brig. Loder made the presentation to Gen.
Household, and Col. and Madame C. H. de Regt, Schaper. This consisted of two silver m enu hold-
Military Attache to the Royal Netherlands Em- ers fashioned from The Royal Sussex Regimental
bassy. The object of the visit was to enable Brig. Cap Badge, placed on royal blue velvet In a box of
R. E . Loder, President of The Royal Sussex Regi- orange pigskin. Gen. Schaper replied to the pre-
mental Association, to make a presentation to sentation by recalling the many happy occasions
on which h e had been associated with The Royal
Sussex Regiment. Throughout the day the Royal
Netherlands Flag flew above The Royal Sussex
office at Roussillon Barracks.

THE CAPTURE OF ST. EUSTATIUS BY THE
FRENCH 1781

A French line engraving in colour of the of the I sland, particularly as the only possible
attack on the Island of St. Eustatius in the W est landing-place was easy to defend and he had
Indies on 26th November, 1781, has r ecently been received timely warning of the coming attack.
acquired for the Museum. In the picture the On his return to England he was tried by Court-
Commanding Officer of the 35th Foot, Lt.-Coi. martial, found guilty of culpable neglect and
J . W . Cockburn, who was also Governor of the cashiered. It was a sad end to the career of an
Is land, is shown mounted on a white horse at officer who had twenty-five years' service in the
the moment of capture by a French Officer . Regiment and who had been Adjutant at the
Lt.-Coi. Cockburn was held to blam e for the loss time of the Battle of Quebec.

The Commanding
Officer of the 35th
Foot at the moment
of his capture by
the French at St.

Eustatlus, 1781.

Acknowledgement :
Char 1e s Howard,

C hi c h ester.

98 BOOnS RECEIVED
"The ChanaJ< Affair" by David W a ld er
"D" COY. 5th (C.P.) OLD COMRADES AND (Hutchinson 50/ -) w ill b e of particular inter est
THE REGThiENTAL ASSOCIATION to form er members of the 2nd Bn. The Royal
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT S u ssex Regiment who were serv ing in 1922 a nd
1923. The Battalion form ed p ar t of a small force
Le\ves Branc h wh ich was sent to Ch a n ak to d efe nd the Neutr a l
This is a b rief extract from our A .G.M. h eld Zon e South of the D ardanelles agains t the Turks .
on Friday, 17th January, 1969. M ustaph a Kemal h ad ga in ed a decis ive victory
O ur President, Maj. C. R . P eckitt, M .B .E ., over the Greeks in Anatolia a nd was a dvanc ing
we lcom ed a ll those present to th e M eeting on to th e coast. Th e Fre nch a nd Ita lia n d etac hm e nts
su c h a dreadful night. M embe rs includ ed Col. R. had been w ithdrawn from the Neutra l Zone
A. E . Hillma n a nd Capt. J . K . H a rm e r, Vice- leaving a ridiculou s ly sma ll B ri t ish Force to
Pres idents, and twelve oth e r M embe rs; a pologies face the t riumpha nt Turks. Good discipline a nd
were r eceived from Gp.-Capt. I. Granth am, O .B.E., diplomacy saved an explosive situation. However,
C llr. R. H . Ya rrow and from Messrs. Ch a tfie ld, the inc ident led to a political cris is at h ome and
Coppard, Geering, J ackson, Philcox, Cripps, was a factor in the fall of Lloyd George's Govern-
Turrell, Baldwin, T aylor and Still. m ent.
The Chairman, Mr. S. K emp, gave a report
on th e year's worki ng and on the activ iti es w hich your sports
h a d been well s upported by our M e mbe rs, as goods supplier
unde r : A d ay at Chicheste r on the occasion of
th e R egimental Committee Meeting which M essr s. S. S. MOORE
K emp a nd Philcox att ended. The othe r M embers
took a n opportunity of looking around the LIMITED
R egim ental Museum at t h e Barracks at the City Perso na l atte nt io n by Sammy Moore
Museum whe re we we r e d elig hted to m eet Maj .
Ainsworth. Afterwards we went to the Cathedral Amate ur Inter nationa l Footba ller
Chapel a nd th en on to Arundel for tea. and O ly mpi c Sw immer
The Branch was well r epresented at th e
R egim ental A.G.M. at Lew es on 20th April and at A ll an d every s port catered for at ...
th e Dinner which follow ed-a r eally good even-
ing. Also well attended was the Aubers Ridge 22 ARTHUR ST.
Parade at Eastbourn e on 12th May and at St. Belfast Tel. 29196
L eonards on 4th August; the Laying-up of the
Colours of th e 6th (Cyclist) Bn. at St. P eter's Supp lier to the Iris h Foot ball
Church, Brigh ton, on 27th September, and of Associa t io n, Iris h Leag ue a nd
course th e Cin que Ports R e union Dinn e r a t th e Co. A ntri m Footba ll Associatio n
Gr ange, Lewes, on 19th October.
Mr. Kemp t hen r eferred to a notice in the
"Sunday E xpress" asking ex-Members of the
Royal Sussex R egiment who served in Italy to
contact an Ita lia n who w is h ed to inte rv iew them
for t he Italian Radio and as a r esult four Mem-
bers of the Lewes Branch w ere seen in the Town
Hall, Lewes (at very short notice) w her e a tape
r ecording was made of the inc ide nts they could
r em e mbe r of the ir ser v ice in 1917/ 18. S ever a l
snaps were taken of those Members a nd, after
singing "Sussex by the Sea," the interview ended.
It is not known if the interview has been broad-
cast to the Ita lia n s as the flood s in Ita ly wer e at
t heir worst at the tim e of the interv iew.
The Hon. Secretary a nd Treasurer presented
the Statem ent of Accounts, a udited by Mr. E . E .
D empsey. (Ev ery Member h a d received a copy
by post). There wer e no questions and it was
una nimous ly a g r eed they be adopted w ith th e
best thanks to Mr. D empsey for a udit ing same.
The Hon. Secret ary r eported the death of ex-
Sgt. George Davies, a form er Hon. Treasurer of
th e Branch- his popularity was such that no less
than 18 Memb e rs were present at hi s funeral.
Th e death of G eorge Gander was also r eported.
Th e Hon . Secreta r y r ead a lette r from Co l.
Sir Tufto n B eamish , M .P ., in rep ly to the lette r
from t he Branch regarding the run-down of
H .M. F orces a nd th e T .A . Our le tter d e plored the
fact that this run-down appear ed to place the
country in j eopardy a nd Col. B eam is h was d e-
lig hted that w e h a d w ritten to him . In hi s r eply,
he promised to continue to press for the
s trengthening of thi s Co untr y's d efences,
espec ia lly r egardin g t h e T .A. forc e.

99

The Middlesex Office

Farewell Dinner to 10 QUEENS late of the 5th (TA ) En. The Middlesex Regt.
(DCO).
BEFORE their final disbandment and in order
to express the appreciation of all Die-Hards After dmner, Capt T . D . Jones presented
for the trojan service given over many years by Ma] -Gen Man with a bottle of saki - the
the Volunteers and Territoria ls of The Middlesex Japa nese rice wine so well-known to our veterans
Regiment, a farewell dinner was given to all of Hong Kong-on behalf of A Coy., who are
ranks of lOth (Territorial ) Bn. The Queen's companions of many of ou r 1st Bn . veterans.
Regiment (Middlesex ) at the T.A. Centre at
Edgware on Saturday, 11th January. Music was supplied by the Band of 5
QUEENS (V), under the baton of Bandmaster
In the ch a ir was Maj.-Gen. C. M. M. Man, E. C!ark e, one of whose bandsmen is 6189332 W .
the last Colone l of The Middlesex R egime nt a nd H. Ovenden, an old 3rd En. bandsman. The music
now D eputy Colonel (Middlesex), The Queen's included the Regimental Marches of the Royal
Artill e ry a nd the Royal Engineers as w ell as
Regiment, and seated with him at the top the three so well known to us - "Sir Manly
table were the Mayor of the London Borough of Power," "Padd y's Resource" an d "Lass o'
. D. Gordo nb-eLfoere~ who served Gowrie."
Barnet, Coun cillor J 2/8th En. being com-
in the ranks of the Later in the evening those present saw the
missioned into The Gordon Highlanders; Maj .- T erritorial Army at its best socially. Good sing-
Gen. H . E. N. Bredin, Director Volunteers, T erri- ing of robust a nd lusty songs, with everyone
ton a ls and Cadets; Maj .-Gen. B. P. Hughes, joining in; both the normal singing and songs
Honorary Colonel, 10 Queen's; Brig. E. E. F . with action went on w e ll into the nig ht.

Baker, last Honorary Colonel 8th En.; Col. W . E. It was a ltogether a memorable even ing, which
Pringle, last Honorary Colonel 7th En.; Lt.-Col. will not be forgotten by those who were privi-
K. J . Carter, Commanding the 4th En. The leged to be present on this unique occasion.
Queen's Regiment; Lt.-Co l. D . R. Bis hop , Com-
REI.\'lEMBRANCE DAY, 1968
manding 5th (Volunteer) En. The Queen's Regi-
m ent; Lt.-Col. J. D . Gunnel!, Commanding 10 R emembrance Day, 1968 (on Sunday, lOth
Queen's; Col. I. D . Brotherton, Lt.-Cols. G . L . November) , started as usual with the placing
of a poppy wreath on the memorials to our
Fox, D. E. Simpson, H . G . Hansen, G. W . W ebber d ead, erected in St. Paul's Church, Mill Hill,
and P . J . H a ll, all past Commanding Officers; where many of the Colours of our Service Bat-
Lt.-Col. R . D. Hutchings, Vice-Chairman of the talions of the 1914-18 War hang. At 10.15 a.m.
the Annual Service of Remembrance was held
Middlesex Regimental Association ; and Maj. G. in Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill, by kind permission
A. H . Bower, that veteran officer of the 7th Bn. of Lt.-Col. L . P . Bennett, RE, commandi n g the
who, whether on the active or reserve TA li sts, Home Postal and Courier Communications Depot,
has g iven so many years of loya l a nd devoted RE. After a specia l s hort service in the Chapel ,
conducted by the Rev. D. E . Mars hal!, CF, d e-
service to the Regiment. tachments of serving soldiers and Old Com-
rades form ed up around the Regimental War
Also present as guests were form er Training Memorial, where the "Exhortation" was read
Majors, Adjutants and RSMs. and responded to, followed by the L ast Post;
then the two minutes' silence and R eveill e, after
The Press was represented by Mr. Jim Don- which the Service ended with a prayer of dedi-
Ion, a New Zealander with a knowledge of epics cation .
of the 57th during the Maori War, who is now
the News Editor of the "Hendon Times," a nd Mr. Wreath s were then la id by Maj.-Gen. Man
Rodney Brewster, whose excellent photographs on behalf of the Regiment and Regimental
h ave often appeared in aThe Di.e-HaTdS JO'Il:rnaJ>J Association, and by representatives on behalf of
and aThe Die-Hards N ewsle tt m·." 4th En. The Queen's Regiment (form erly 1st
En. The Middlesex R egt .), 2nd. 3rd a nd 4th
The speeches cannot be repeated verbatim, (Regula r ) Ens. a nd Depot The Middlesex Regi-
but in congratulating the T & AVR III on their m ent (DCO), 5th a nd 6th (Militia) Ens. The
struggle to stay, Maj.-Gen. Man said: "Serving Middlesex Regiment (DCO), l Oth (Territorial)
En. The Queen's Regiment (Middlesex), a nd the
without pay or a ll owances, with the minimum Mill Hill , 9th En ., and WOs' a nd Sergeants'
of kit a nd no petrol ; with no official camp a nd Branches of the Die-Hards Club.
no bounty, the men of the Regiment had every
excu se to pack up, but they had fully Jived up After the ceremony at the War Memorial a
to their nickname and died hard." H e a dded march past took place, when the salute was
that no one could take away th e imperis h able taken by Maj .-Gen. Man, accompanied on the
record of service and valour that stretched back d a is by Lt.-Col. L . P. B e nnett, RE, with Mr. R. E .
over the years of the Militia and T erritoria l Bat- Ryder, VC.
talions of our R egiment. Continuing, he said :
"The way 10 Queen 's had carried on the tradi- The parade over, most of those who had taken
part or h ad been spectators went by coach or
tions inhe rite d from th e ir forebears is something private car to the Drill H a ll at Edgware, where
we can a ll be proud of." Thi s was forcibly a reunion was h eld with refreshments of all
brought home when looking a round at the men kinds avail ab le.
seat ed a t the tables and saw the numbe r of
General Service Medals earned by these volun- Though the attenda n ce at both the Service
teer soldiers in Aden. Maybe it was only a minor and the reunion was, on the whole, good, it was
campaig n to some people, but not everyone re- very noti ceable how smal1 was the representa-
gard ed it as such. It was, in fact. the only cam- tion of former officers of the Regiment on this
paign in which a TA officer has won the ~Ili­ occasion; w e had hoped a nd expected to see so
tary Cross in the so-call ed d ays of peace-time many of them , but they were conspicuous by
soldiering. That officer was Lt. "Jock " Smith, their absence.

100 W e are a ll very sad a t the sudden and tragic
loss of two very dear friends, n a m e ly P er cy N ew-
CEREMONY AT FIELD OF man a nd Harry F arrow, both of whom were
REMEMBRANCE, 1968 very well-kn own to the majority of our m em-
bers. Our sincere condolences go to the ir wives
On the Saturday before Rem embrance D ay, a nd other relatives.
the Regiment's annual ceremony at the Field
of R em embrance a t W estminst er Abbey took Should a ny of our old or young Die-Hards
place. be down this way I should be most pleased to
see them at my a ddress or in the British L egion
Apart from an increasing number of serving Club, Lee-on-Solent, where I a m Club Chairman
and ex-m ember s of the R egiment who were pre- a nd Vice-Chairma n of the Branch. Other s of our
sent, we were a lso honoured by the presen ce of members who are also m embers of the British
Lt.-Gen. G. C. Bucknall, CB, MC, DL, A ssistant Legion include Noel P eters, Bert Hastie, Ron
Lieutenant for the Middlesex Area of Greater McNeil, Alfie L ow and T ed Lindeman. R ecently
London, and officials representing the Greater Mrs. West attended an area m eeting of the British
London Council, the London Boroughs of Barnet, Legion Women 's Section at Wickham, where the
Ealing, Enfield, Harringay, Harrow a nd H ouns- s peak er was to have been Maj . P . D . ff Powell;
low. unfortunately, having g iven Mrs. West Instruc-
tions to contact him a nd make herself known to
After a short Service at the County Memorial him , h e was unable to turn up.
in the Middlesex Guildhall, conducted by Pre-
bendary G. A. Lewis Lloy d, MBE, Honorary P eggy O'Neil and myself are to make a call
Chaplain to the 2/ lOth Battalion OCA, a proces- on our old comra de, Syd Buckle . Last time w e
sion formed up and moved to the R egimental visited him h e lent m e his copy of Sir Brian
Plot at the Field of R emembran ce. Horrock s' book, "A Full Life," which I must r e-
turn to him ; this is a book I can fully recommend
On arrival, Maj .-Gen . C. M . M. Man, CB, OBE , to all rn e mbers.
MC, a fter a few words to the m emory of the
14,102 whose n ames are on our Roll of H onour, Our Christmas Party was attended only by
planted the first cross. H e then invited H er fourteen, but we had an enjoyable time; unfor-
Majesty's Assistant Lieutenant for the Middle- tunately, the Association secretary could not
sex Area of Greater London to plant a cross. make it, but he has promised to attend our AGM
These we re followed by the Chaplain and r epre- n ext month.
sentatives of Regular, Territoria l a nd Service
Battalions, the civic dignitaries present, and In con clusion w e, from the South, send
finally by private individuals, who had either seasonal g reetings for the N ew Yea r to a ll other
served, or had had r elatives, in the R egiment. m e mbe rs .

L. C. WEST.

Middlesex Regimental HORNSEY & ENFIELD BRANCH
Association A successful Christmas programme was
carr ied out at Hornsey Branch. A Grand Dance
EALING BRANCH in November which was well attended, and then
our usual Christmas Draw and Party on the
On Friday, 13th D ecember, we defied super- Saturday n earest Christmas ; the Ente rta inments
stition and had our usual Christmas meeting Committee worked hard and gave us a great
which turned out to be one of the best of all time on both occas ions. W ell done, S!d ,
time. We w ere all pleased to see two old Ealing Bert, Ed and their h elpers. P erhaps the budget
Comrades in Maj. P a rr-Head and Capt. Bonnamy, did not quite balance, but who car es! After all,
who there a nd then joined the Branch and right it was the festive season! W e hope to let m emb ers
welcome they were. have the new programme of events in our next
Branch letter. On January 29th the Theatre Club
Only 18 of us turned up out of 32 but it was had its outing to the Victoria Palace.
a case of quality and not quantity and the stan- It is on a sad note that I must end. After
dard of debate was (although I should not say h earing that Ma j. P ercy Newman had died, we
it) as good as that of W estminster. have had n ews of the deaths of two more of our
members-"Pat" Priestly passed away jus t before
After the m eeting a nd our toast to "Absent Christmas and since then, ex-CSM Bert Ellis has
Comrades" at 9 p.m. we settled down to som e died . W e will miss them all.
serious drinking and eating. Christmas viands And now may w e at Hornsey, wish all mem-
provided by a member's wife and a drop of "home bers of all Branches a happy and prosperous
brew'' filled us with contentment. W e sang until year. May your m e mbership inH~~!ORNTON.
10.30 p.m. and then drifted off to our r espective
hom es , tired but happy. (Hon. Secr etary) .

Our invalids are making very slow progress ; 9th BN. BRANCH
Arthur Wernley (82) and Ernie Duffield (77) are
out of danger but must not leave the house. W e This last Christmas, and New Year's Day,
wish them w ell and hope to see them both soon. were the 50th anniversaries of the first Christmas
Our local paper tells the public that the Drill and New Year that many m embers of the 9th
Hall is not to be sold by the Borough Council were able to enjoy in their own homes with their
but will be Jet to various local organisations. L et families (after missing the previous four) and
us hope we will be allowed to HRe st in P eace." a fter many a dventures in Mesopota mia and India.

W e send good wishes to all m embers of the As times h ave changed since that first Christ-
Association for 1969. mas at home, these anrliversaries help us to re-
ALBERT WHITE. call the past and r emember comrades of those
days ; so k eep a sharp look-out for those chaps
GOSPORT AND PORTSMOUTH BRANCH who have been left without relatives and friends
These notes seem to be required for press and who require h elp. So many pass away with-
out the knowledge of our Association and its
with monotonous r egularity and the time be-
tween seems to d ecrease for each publication. benefits . way, if any of you are inter ested in
By the
The re is little news as far as our own m em- R egimental a nniversa ries, try and get hold of the
bers are concerned but I am pleased to say that Mill Hill Branch Chairman's letter which is
all are reasonably fit and well. Our Chairman,
Peggy O'N e il, has again been to Ireland, but this
time In less happy circumstances.