he received two bruised ribs a nd a s hiner! W e ments. ("And, oh, how the money rolls in, rolls
are g lad to say h e h as acquired a set of golf in! " ) W e n ow find that we are getting a lot of
clubs a nd w ill soon be joining us on t h e co urse. re turn en gagem e nts-always a good s ign . F uture
engagem ents include a charity ball in t he city
I t is w it h much regr et we say farewell to of Liverpool and a Hunt Ball at Bovington ; our
Bandmaster J ohn McShane, ARCM, w ho has d iary is almost fu ll for t h e summer(?) a nd we are
served w ith us s ince 1960; at presen t h e is study- looking forward to a lot of en gagements a ll round
ing form (racing) prior to his redunda ncy in the the count ry.
n ear future. W e take th is opportun ity of w is hing
him and his family good healt h and every s uccess.
P e rsonalla
W e welcom e from Canterbury Cp l. Crompton ,
a n d Bdsm. M . Janes, w h o plays the Cla rinet; the A n g lo-Irish relations must be pretty good as
far as the Corps of Drum s is concerned, as during
latte r has already proved himself as a k een s ports- the Christmas break, we had two m arriages both
man by his constan t a ppeara nce on t he football to young lad ies f rom "across the wate r." (2
pitc h . th e Christmas p e riod, volunteers from Queen 's are not getting it a ll t h eir own way!)
During Co n gratulations to Dmr. D erek Linale on his
the Band played at a local children's home; they
were-Cpl. Joe Ch est e r, L / Cpl. Mick R oberts, marriage to H eather a nd to Dmr. Hilary Cochran e
Bdsm. Stanley, R ay Smith, Alex Wilson , Alfred on his marriage to Christine ; both couples are
Tubb, Phi! Taylor, K en Clark and J ohn Owen. now fully-fledg ed "pads '' and are in q uarters at
On 1st F ebruary another "con firmed
(Bdsm. Phi! T aylor has now transferred to Corsha m . m et his doom ; our best wishes, how-
th e R oyal Artill ery Band, L ark Hill-obviously bache lor" pman and our commisera-
could not stand the pace of a line Band a ny to Cpl. Peter Cha Noreen. W e are informed
longer, but we wish him every success with Capt. ever, to his new w ife p latoon a r e to marry co l-
tions t wo mo re of the
that
Alie n .) leen s in the n ot too di stant future .
As usual we managed to raise a s mall Band
When people are not getting married, play ing
to tour married quarters and play carols; in this in the Steel Band or d o ing d e monst rations, we
we were joined by a local church choir. Splitting occas ionally have som e promotions; we offer our
o ur tour into two parts, we pl ayed round the cong ratulations to Brian Coombes a nd J ohn Chap-
quarters and then on to Warminster Hospital,
rais ing £16 / 4/ 4, w hi c h was d onated to the Church man on their promotion to L / Cpl. and to J ohn
T aylor on his prom otio n to Cpl.
of Engla nd's Children 's Society.
Cpl. B e rnard Yates has la nded the plum job W e have recently welcom ed Dmrs. R olf, P eel
of teaching children (and som e "lady teachers") and Robichaud to the platoon a nd wish them a
t he piano at a local primary school; owing to lon g a nd s uccessful stay with us. O n this n ote
we will close a nd look forward to reading notes
g reat ( ?) pressure of work, he has handed over from t h e oth er Corps of Drums in t his issue.
of B and secretary to Bdsm. Alex Wilson.
the job would lik e to w is h a fon d farewell to
We
L / Cpl. Dust y Binns who has compl et ed a 12-year Mortar PI.
s tint as our illustrious Bass player. Bandmaster PI. Comd .: L t . S. J . Y ates; PI. Sgt. : Sgt. L .
McShane presented t he traditional beer tankard Plumb ; Sect. Comds.: Sgts. L. Plumb a nd Murphy,
to Dusty at a "send off" party held in the Cpl. J. F en som.
"R ed Lion ," H eytesbury.
W e are now looking forwa rd to our sum m er In the New Y ear, w e h ad a change of 11 king ."
season a nd hope it will prove more profitable than Lt. A. C. D . Lowrie left to take up the appoint-
last year. m ent of Liaison Officer for the "Whiteshod"
courses in Norway and Lt. S. J . Yates t ook over
CORPS OF DRUMS command. Also, Sgt. Aylward took leave of us to
go on a Jung le Warfa re course ; as postcards
Trainlng arrive telling us of the high temperatures and the
low price of ufags" and booze, we envy him as w e
Since last 'eVe appeared in print muc h work huddle round the single bar electric fire a nd
has been done on the training s ide. L /Cpl. Danny smoke tea leaves !
Sandifo rd rece ived the CO's prize of £5 for doin g
the sam e job on t he sam e d em onstration for fiv e Cpls. R yan and Barlow h ave jus t finis h ed a
consecutive t im es. Since then, however, the D e- Mortar N CO's course at N etheravon a nd we con-
gratulate the l atter o n his substantive promotion.
monstrations Officer has seen to it that no on e
in the platoon wins the next one; t hat is to say, D emonstration and exercise commitments
from Warminste r and Netheravon p ile up fast
by ensuring that we are involved in num erou s a nd furious, a nd the Platoon Commanders' Office
othe r and varied activities. during the w eekly confe rence is like an inter-
Two of our drummers successfully completed we try to put one man
jobs in three separate
a junior NCOs cadre just b efore Christm as leave, national ch ess m eeting, as
a nd L / Cpl. Ala n W arr was a lso successful on a down to do two different
course at the Para R egiment B attle School of places all at once!
of Brecon. Not to be outdon e,
T actics in the wilds f or the fl eshpots of London Overheard on a r ecent exercise over the Bn.
C pl. Smith d eparted M ortar N et w h en all was smoke a nd f lame and
a nd a two-week equitation cou rse with the Royal a ll around w er e losing their h eads:-
Horse Artillery.
Dmrs. O 'Callagh a n a nd Brodi e a r e at present C I S 0: "Hullo, 51, this is 0. What is happen -
on a n NCOs' cadre (and keeping up the good ing n ear you r location ?"
nam e of the Drums) a nd Sgt. Dave Dawson is
suffering Senior NCOs' course at Brecon . Learn- C / S 51 (Pte. Rutter (50)): " 51, Dunno , really.
ing the intri cacies of the ..Vigilant.. at N e the r- Things seem to be going bang!"
avon is Cpl. "Be n" Mason . C! S 0 : "I t hink you can saf ely assum e that
you are under attack--out!"
Steel Band A r ecent addition to our collection of "toys"
Engagements for t h e Steel Band h ave been is the Morta r M oun t APC ; it was d e m on s trat ed
v e r y effectively on the last C h a racte ristics D emon-
r eally t hick a nd fa st, too num erous to d etail in stration by Sgt. Plumb, P tes. D a ly and Rutter
t his brief s ummary. The Ch ristmas period was of (50), who are at presen t the only Mortar APe-
course extremely busy with the band playing at train ed personn el in the platoon, although it is
many Mess function s as well as at outs ide en gage-
48 surpassed himself by sending us three postcards
on the first day.
hoped to start an APC cadre for the platoon in
the near future. During a couple of very good "Ch aracteris-
tics" demonstrations at Casterley, a nd an Infantry
On the social s id e, t h e local publicans h e lp Fire Power demonstration, we lived up to our
us to spend our pay very satis factorily, wh ilst Sgt. usual high standard.
Plumb is still pursuing his hobby of fresh water
Ecology (the study of fresh water bugs.) C pl. Maso n has joined t h e GW Section a nd is
at present attending a course. Pte. O'Connor has
Assault Pioneer Pl. been sheep-watching as part of his duties but not
To start our notes, a wo rd of welcome to Capt. apparently very w ell, as h e managed to lose them
a ll. The Section h ad a ve ry inte resting v is it to
J. M. B. W esting, w h o has just take n over com- the British Aircraft Corporation (who manufac-
mand of D Coy. from Capt. Mallenieu; it should ture the Vigilant) a nd were very impressed by
not be lon g b efore we get his s upport a nd sym- a ll they saw.
pathy as the most overworked a nd put-upon
Platoon in the Battalion. Finally, a belated welcome to C/ Sgt. H egarty
a nd L / Cpl. Foste r , who h as taken over as D etach-
It is with great pleasure that we announce ment Clerk.
that the first stage of our training is completed;
a ll members passed their Grad e Ill trad e t est Stop Press-L / Cpl. Butl e r's w ife has produced
w ith flyi n g colours a nd the n ext step is a w eek's a 6Hb. girl. Con gratulation s to a ll t hree of them .
trip to Sennybridge to prepare for upgrading to
Grade II, followed by a course in water supply OFFICERS' MESS
later on in t he year.
The Ch ristmas Party the nigh t before the
Since our last notes there has been no oppor- Christmas break was attend ed by over 70 m e m -
tunity for proving our capabilities on the sports bers and guests and Father Christmas presented
field , Cpl. Reide, h owever, s n eaked away for a his usual well-chosen g ifts to a ll (th e Retirement
gam e of golf a fortnight ago, a nd we have been Offertory Box was much appreciated by our senior
promised a W ednesday afte rnoon towards the en d g uest, but who was it w ho could only spare one
of March. copper as his contribution! ?)
Con gratulation s to Cpl. L es J ones, on getting Patrick Wollocombe has departed to be Chief
his HSecond "; Mole Mulle nd er, on be in g selected Instructor of the Mortar division at Netheravon,
for the current Cadre; K en Brett on .driving for a John H ewson to MS4 at Stanmore (not many of
whole month without bumping into a n ything; a nd the right sort of birds t here !) and John Lofting
to crown it all-Woody W oodhouse for laying off has left to be Adjt. of the D epot. W e wish them
the booze since Christmas. well in their new appointments and w elcom e in
their places, J ohn Pollard as OC A Coy., J ohn
NETHERAVON DETACHMENT W esting as OC D Coy., Barry Donovan as 2IC
C Coy., a nd John Acworth our latest addition
A/ Tk. PI. from Sandhurst. W e a lso regret to announce t he
On ce again the joy of writing QJN's has untim ely d emise of "Archie," our Mess mascot,
w hose nam e previously a p p ea red in these
caught up with t he Detachment (although we columns; we a ll ( ?) hope for a s uitable replace-
thought we had got away with it this tim e!). The ment in due course.
Compan y Commande r sent u s a time ly re minde r-
which t h e Platoon Command e r successfu ll y d es- W e welcomed Col. Andrew Man to lunch in
troyed-but a ll was in va in . early January and our Guest Night on 16th
January was notable f or the presence of so many
W e welcome our newcom ers to the Platoon Regimental officers. W e w ere particularly pleased
-Pte. Mcivor joined us in D ecember last, and to welcome Lt.-Col. Millman and the other officers
at the b eginning of this year Sgt. "clear-thinking from the 1st Bn., a nd Capts. Gwilliam a nd
Jim ?" R eynold s and Pte. Coolagh a n cam e over Critchley from the 2nd Bn. Finally, we con g ratu-
from the Sgts.' Mess. Pte. J arvis d eserted the late Patrick Nivelles on his m arriage and look
Recce PI. for our benefit, a nd Cpl. Mason cam e forward to seeing his wife at ou r Valentine's Day
from the Corps of Drums. (W e recruit every- dance.
w h e r e .)
WOs' and SGTS' MESS
Con gratu latio n s and best wishes to L /Cpl.
Wilkens on his recent marriage and welcom e to Christmas got off to a good start (on Satur-
the small black dog w hich goes by the n a m e of day, 14t h D ecember) to a fully packed Mess ; by
"And y"; n ot surpris ingly it belon gs to Pte. And er- the time the officers and their wives arrived, the
son . walls appeared to be bulging; and by the end of
that evening som e m e mbe rs were sure they were.
We have had our usual run of exercises and
it is a change (or so we thought) to have some Many good prizes were won and evenly dis-
n ew ones like "Black P a nther" and "Grey Nurse." tributed (although some members mig ht dis-
U nfortun ately they are n ot so diffe rent; t h e Anti- agree!)-Maj. McManus a nd C/ Sgt. H a r ry Higg ins
tank detachments invariably end up w ith "F" winning t he R QMS's "Star Prize.'' Except for a
ech elon a nd sit f o r h ours waiting to be called technical hitch at the beginning, the evening's
forward. At "0" groups, the Sect. Comd. or DC entertainment w ent very w ell ; were the dinner
is a lways we lcomed with, "Who on ea rth are you plates actually electrified before the buffet?!
-Anti-ta nks? Oh, I didn't know w e had a ny of
those" ! H owever, we do have som e s uccesses to Several old faces, including WOI Dodkins,
our credit. Cpl. Herb ert managed to con v in ce on e WOIIs Stewart and Partridge, with their wives,
stud ent that Portee vehicles have electric fires were seen .
fitted into them to keep the detachments warm ;
a nd on on e bright moonlit nig ht, with snow on On 31st D ecem her most of those who had not
the ground and the gun beaut ifully silhouetted gone away for t he Christmas break, assembled
against a snow-covered bank, L /Cpl. McClelland in t he Mess to w elcom e the New Year and (by
was asked whether he was Mortars. kind permission of S/ Sgt. R oy Nottage), an enjoy-
able evening was had by all. During the evening
Pte. H old en is attending an MT Cadre at the ladies made a marathon, t hough unsuccessful,
Warminster where we hope he is keeping up our attempt on t h e "On e-armed bandit's" jackpot ;
good nam e. P te. Anderson h as just atten ded a we understand the hand le had to be cooled with
Mountain Lead ership Course in Scotland and beer!
49
January's entertainment included a Caribbean few old m e mbers back to the fold, and we w e l-
N ight, the music being provided by the Steel come them. There are Mess members now at
Band-as usual in good form. Support W eapons Wing, Netheravon and at
Brecon; we do not see them often, but when they
Around midnight (althoug h Sgt. Bruce Tarry do come to the Mess they are always very
disagrees with the time, s ince h e was "clocking welcome.
it"), four strange figures appeared calling them-
selves the "Middlesex Midgets." They bore a With the r e turn of training, the Mess is often
m arked resemblance to the "Diddy Men," but deserted, wh il st m e mbers are preparing for, or
later turned out to b e Bandmaster Ma llas, the recuperating from, exercises or demonstrations,
Drum Major and two m embers of the band s how- but w hen functions are held , the attendance is
ing a sid e, or at least a pa rt, of themselves which generally very good. W e wou ld welcome any m em-
few of us knew anything about. Although som e bers of our oth er Battalions who pass this way
say the Drum Major was NOT dressed up, we to drop in to the Mess.
a re still not s ure.
FootbaU
On 31st January a R egim ental Dinner was
held to dine in WO! Bandmaster Mallas. The The t eam has had a successful season d espite
g uests were: Capt. W . E. Peirson and Mr. East- pressures to provide the School of Infantry with
la k e, of the Barrack Stores, from whom we have "bodies" at all times of the day and night, and
received a great d eal of h elp ; Capt. (QM) Wild, only by constant t elephone calls to re-arrange
Capt. McM illan and Capt. (QM ) Morris, who n eed fixtures have we managed to compete in the vari-
no introduction; WO! Grey, SASC; WO! James, ous competitions.
from 1 W elsh Guards; and ORQMS (The feet)
G ibbs. A very enjoyable evening followed the Our efforts in t he East Wilts Services L eague
dinner; so enjoyable that WOII Carl Blackwell have been rewarding - the last official league
was later seen looking for t he Muffin Man in the position published (19th December. 1968) was:-
Coy. Stores!
4 QUEENS PW LDFAP
Farewell to Sgt. Tony Blackburn, off to face 7 7 0 0 35 12 14
the rigours of c ivilian life. Goodbye also to WO! 1 Coldm. Gds. 7 4 1 2 20 19 9
Bandmaster John M cShane, who will be missed 49 Fd . Regt., RA 6 4 0 2 25 15 8
by all Mess m embers (and the whisky sales). 1 W orcs. R. 6 3 1 2 13 13 7
Rumour has it that he will be taking over a pub;
if this is so, we're sure to make the effort and We have also reached the sem i-finals of the
sample his liquor. To him a nd Shirley we w is h South West District C hallenge Cup and play
all the b est in the future. Queen's Royal Irish Hussars on t he 8th February,
1969. This game s h ould be on e of t h e h1ghh ghts
CORPORALS' MESS of the competition according to reports received.
In F ebruary it was decided that we should The hardest game played so far this season
challenge the Officers' and Warrant Officers' and was against a nother Queen 's Div. Battalion - 2
Sergeants' Messes to a Games Night. to revenge RRF- in the preliminary round of the Infantry
t he d efeat we s uffered und er t h eir hand s in Nov- Challe n ge Cup. Almost two games were played to
e mber when they won the El Adam T ro phy. T o decide the winner- the first played in tor-
add insult to injury, the games were held in our rential rain was abandoned 15 minutes before
Mess, but organised by the WOs and Sgts, who time with t h e score at 2-2, and the second was a
brought the ir own "on e-arm bandits"; it would win f or us, 2-1. Though the Fu siliers kept up a
appear that such skulduggery made a handsom e continuous barrage of shots at our goal in the
profit for them! In the next edition of the J ourna l last 15 minutes, t h ey failed to equa lise because of
we shall report the outcome of the return match. our sound defensive play and the fine performance
of our goalkeeper, Dmr. Robichaud- recently
Quie tly working b e hind the scen es, Cpl. Jeff joined from t he Depot. Our next ga!l'e in this
Stokes together with his band of helpers arranged competition is against 2 Royal Anghan on the
the Christmas Draw and Dance which was held 14th F ebrua ry, 1969- yet a n oth er Queen's Div.
on 6th D ecember . The draw was an unqualified
success and the cabaret provided additional oppo n ent.
colour, particularly when an exotic dancer (on
her second appearance) to the consternation of Rugby
the committee but amusement of the audience,
performed a "Strip T ease Act." The remainder of Rugby has continued very much in a minor
the festivities were under the Battalion's overall key since our dismissal from t he Army Challenge
supervision and up to their customary high stan- Cup, but although fixtures are by necessity few
dard. and far between enthus iasm is being maintained.
The a fter-e ffe ct; of C hristmas were quickly dis-
In January we had a social evening a nd a pelled with a k eenly-contested Battalion friendly
dance; we must now recoup our finances before match; t his tuned up the 1st XV sufficiently for
holding any more large functions. In F ebruary them t o subsequently d efeat, by a large margm,
we h eld another Games Night and a St. Valen- the Support Weapons Wing. Netheravon. Despite
tine's D a nce. t he loss through injury and absen ce on courses
of several experien ced players, we are still able
W e offer our congratulation s to Cpls . Brian to produce a useful side as was recently shown in
Morely, Bob Jones, Jo e Kay-Lesser, Ron Rawlin- a 15-3 d efeat of a combined team drawn from
son and Ernie Cu rtis on their recent promotion units 1n SW District.
and to numerous others who have joined the
Mess. As we write, our next major fixture is the
first round of the SW District Cup Competition
Cpl. Dic ky Bird is leav ing us for civilian life on l Oth February, w h e n we meet (with some
soo n ; at the mome nt h e is attending a pre-release confidence) 1 RGJ at Tidworth.
cou rse as a train ee NAAFI manager-on t he other
s id e of the M ess counter. R em ember, DickY. the Lt Barstow contin ues to do well both for the
NAAFI is a non-profit making organisation! The Army ·and for Bath RFC and is no~ regu la:Iy
very best of luck to you a nd we hope it will be playing first class r ugby. CongratulatiOn s to h1m
you who serves us when we reach our next on the award of his Second Army cap in the
posting. match against the Navy on Saturday, 8th Febru-
ary.
The return of the H ythe Platoon brought a
50 (Top): "I see no ships ..." Ptes. Fitzgerald,
Wall, Mann and Anderson.
Hockey
A rather mediocre season so far, we have won (Lower): "Up the wall." Pte. Anderson leads
five matches , drawn three and lost three. Ptes. Ma.nn and Fltzgerald.
We were knocked out of the Army Cup in the (See "Adve nture Training.")
first round by the RAC Junior L ead ers' Regi-
ment; it turned out to be a fairly even game but •)
whereas we wasted a number of goal-sco ring
chances, our opponents were able to score from
two penalty corners and the final result was 3-1
in their favour.
By losing this match, it meant that we were
also knocked out of the SW District Competition,
and so now have only a series of friendly matches
to look forward to.
Our team has not changed much from last
year; Capt. John Lofting was not able to play for
us as often as we would have liked-his excuse
being that he was studying for Staff College En-
trance Examination. We also missed Lt. Mike Ball
who was at Hythe, and Cpl. Pat Flanagan who
was on a course.
A n ewcomer to the team is Capt. John W est-
ing, who has played well at centre-half. W e have
also been ably supported by two members of the
Air Platoon, Capt. Richard Ashenden R. Hamps .,
and Lt. Richard Adams, FR.
We have several good fixtures ahead which
will take us into April, a nd it is hoped that a
six-a-s id e competition can be played on Albuhera
Day.
Baske tball
Having come from N. Ireland where the gym-
nasium was out of use (due to a hole in the
roof), at Warminster things are worse-no gym-
nasium!
In December, on two courts on the square, in
wet and windy conditions, an inter-Coy. knock-
out competition was held which produced some
very spirited basketball; played on a knock-out
basis, D Coy. were the eventual winners. From
these matches 13 players were found to form the
basis of the Battalion team for the SW District
Championships which are part of the larger Army
inter-unit competition.
We managed to practise at Larkhill on several
occasions and beat Trowbridge College 42 to 27,
in a friendly match. We then played 3 Div HQ
and Signal Regt. in the second round of the SW
District Competition. having had a bye in the
final. In a game where defence had the better of
the attack, we won 36-20. The final Pool in the
Competition was played on 12th February.
The team relies on the skill of Sgts. Torrie
and French, and Cpl. Clements, but is backed up
by sound play in defence from Cpl. Bartle, CSM
Edey and the remainder. Pte. Don·is, of the ACC,
looks like developing into a good attacking player,
capable of scoring extra points from the half
opportunities.
ADVENTURE TRA!INING
On 4th November a party led by Sgt. Elking-
ton and consisting of Ptes. Anderson, Mann. Wall
and Fltzgerald, left Warminster for North Wales.
Despite a breakdown in Warminster itself, in
which Wall's mechanical genius was invaluable,
the mini-bus eventually spluttered its way into
the Army Outward Bound School at Towyn
Merloneth late in the afternoon.
The school was to be used as a base for initial
instruction. However, the following day was too
good to spend in camp and an outdoor period of
Map-reading and Mountain Craft was spent on
"Cader Idris" (Chair of the Giant). The hour and
a half spent in reaching the summ it soon sorted
out a ll the cobwebs collected during six months
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This is Jim Knall. Aged • Security . . . that's what I place .. . and they're a friendly
41. Married, with six worried about 1nost when I bunch . .. plenty of other ex-
children aged between thought of leaving the army. servicemen here, too. That helps
5 and 20. He lives at Th en I saw this Michelin ad and a lot when you're settling down
Abbey Hulton in Staffordshire. a/ISIVeted it - mainly because ajier service life . . . ~
He was 23 years in the army. years and years ago I worked for
When he left he was a Staff them and had some knowledge of Jim Kna ll is doing well in hi s
Sergt>ant with the Parachute their standing as a company. civvy street ca reer a t Michelin .
Regiment at A ldershot . So are ot her ex-servicemen.
One of his main reasons for Of course, /"m being trained M ichelin want many more like
joining up was to move about- for a more responsible job now them ... men with an ambition
and this he did. He saw service than I had then. My current to carve out a new, ma nagement
in Hong Kong, Korea , Japa n, training will eventually bring career in production , wo rk
Borneo , Malaya , Jo.rdan , me up to a supervisory post in study, engineer ing or personnel.
Egypt , Cyprus, Bahrein , the factor y's rubber processing
Greece, Europe. section ... and there's really Please write now to the
One of hi s main reasons for no reason why I can'I go even Recruitment Manager of the
leaving was that recently he had furth er up the ladder. The Michelin Tyre Company at
been 'staying put' more than he chances of promotion here are S t o k e - o n - T r e n t ,Staffs ST44EY.
cared for. He fe lt he might as very good. So are the pension He will arrange an interview at
well settle down in civvy street . and insurance schemes. They all a time and place convenient for
rather than stay in one place form part of the feeling of you (don't wait unti l you've left
with the army. security you have abolll the - Michelin will see you up to a
There were problems. He'd be year before you finish).
leaving a £1,500 p.a. a rmy START ANEW
sa lary for what sort of money? CAREER More about Michelin
He was used to contro ll ing Michelin offer yo u the
men . Could he get a comparably AT MICHELIN security of being part of
responsible job outside the an expanding, international
army? And what kind of (This Anny man didl company. Your starting salary's
security did a civvy street good; becomes increasingl y
future ho ld for him? better as you make progress.
Last yea r, he applied for a You benefit from the additional
position as trainee supervisor security o fextremely favourable
at the Micheli n Tyre Company, insurance and pension schemes.
Stoke-on-Trent. He got the job. Medical, canteen and sporting
Here Jim Kna ll tells how his facilities are first-rate. Your
new career is shaping up : removal expenses are taken
over by Michelin; you're also
assisted with accommodation .
MICHELIN IS WHERE THE CAREER JOBS ARE
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The Regimental Depot
WE may be getting a little thin on the ground, The Royal Anglian R egiment. H e presented
and some of us a little thin on top, but this awards to:-
is more than compensated for by our new title,
retrospective from 3rd September, 1968, of Best Section, No. 3 : Led by Fus. R . J e ff els
" Regimenta l Headquaners and Depot, The (2 RRF) ; Best Recruit: P te. C. Billingham (1 R
Ang lian) ; Best Shot: Fus. D . McDonoghue (2
Queen's Regiment, The Queen's Division." RRF) ; Best at PT : Pte. R. Bailey (2 R Anglian).
Again the Band of the 3rd Bn. Royal R egi-
ment of Fus ilier s came over for t he day.
When we went into print for the D ecember L / Cpl. Edwln Miles won the Kent Senior
issue preparations for Christmas activity \vere in Bantam W eight Championship at Gravesend
full swing and the momentous events then w hilst boxing for Canterbury ABA and h as been
selected to represent K ent ABA v. London ABA
at Folkestone shortly.
planned have now come to pass. Christmas really The soccer team plays in Dlv. II of the East
started with the Officers going to the United Ser- Ke nt W ednesday Football League. There are nine
v ice Club on the 5th D ecember for the Officers' teams in this and half way through the sea son
Cocktail Party and then In the following we were equal first with Folkes tone, both having
Club we had carols outs ide quarters, carols in s id e played 7, won 6 and lost 1.
w eek
the Garrison Church, the Junior Soldiers Christ-
mas Dinner and Draw and the Permanent Staff The squash team (and 12 other units) entered
Club Draw and Dance. The w eek before Christ- the South East District Unit Championship and
mas saw the C ivilian Staff Party, th e Children's h as beate n the Junior Infantrym e n's Bn., HQ
C hristmas Party (254 atte nded) , the recruits' Coy. 16 Para Bde and School of Tpt., Bordon ,
dinne r and smoker a nd the Sgts' M ess to reach the final ; this will b e played in London
C h r i s tm a s Dance. After that lot it was a r elief against the Rifle Depot, Winchester. The team
Draw and has also entered for the Soldier Magazine Cup
to find that Christmas Day was so placed In the (Army Inte r-Unit) . All units in UK and BAOR
to make a long break from official are eligible to enter this competition and 42 have
week as and duties almost inev itable. G lutton s done so in UK. The D epot team has reached the
festivities quarter-fina ls having beaten three RRF and one
for punishm ent, the Officers' and Sergeants ' RHA in earlier rounds. The ultimate winners of
M esses both held parties on New Year's Eve. th e UK division fly to Germany to meet the
BAOR division finalists at the end of March.
Other activity has b een a couple of Sunday after- The following have represented the D e pot: -Lt.
noons' worth of T ests of Driving Skills organised B. H. Woodbridge, Maj. C. J . R. Stock, RADC,
by Sgt. P . White, REME, and C pl. E . Samuel s. Maj. P. Swanson, Capt. N . C. P earc e, Capt. P . C.
This brought out of hiding quite a f ew pote ntial Aitkens, Cpl. F . Seymour and L / Cpl. E . Miles.
Vie Elfords and Timo Makinens.
In September a n ew system of centralised r e- Our b est wishes go to Capt. Niel Pearce,
cruit inta kes w as introduced in the Queen's Divi- Adjutant for the past two years, who Is going to
and unde r thi s all recruits for the Divis ion Canada to start a n ew career the r e; also to Capt.
s ion to b e trai ned at t he R egimental Depots in C. W. L . (B ill ) Hanklns , RAEC, who has been at
were the D epot for the past five and a half years, and
turn. The first intake was Salerno Platoon h e r e, has been responsible for many activities, includ-
the second was at the D epot The Royal Regiment ing g liding, in which he holds the Royal A ero
of Fusiliers at Sutton Coldfteld and the third at Club Solo A and B licences. Our b est wishes also
the Depot The Royal Angllan R egiment at Bury g o to WOI (Superintending C lerk) George Cripps
St. Edmunds. Thereafter intakes have gone to who has gone to the Home Postal and Courier
these D epots in turn at intervals of a fortnight. Communications D epot RE, and to the following,
most of whom w e re in in Provost Staff: Sgt. T .
Mons Platoon was the last to pass out under Creighton (to 2nd Bn.), Cpls. R. Roberts (2nd
the old order and with the Junior Soldiers Corps Bn), D. Cooper (1st Bn.) L / Cpl. M. navies (4th
of Drums on parade the R egime ntal Colon el, Col. Bn.) and H . King (1st Bn.).
D . C. Snowdon, TD, presented awards to:-
Best Section, No. 2: Pte. D . Tutor (2 Queens); Welcome back again to Canterbury to Capt.
Best Rec ruit: Fus. P . Mulsh aw (1 RRF); Best J . G. Lofting (from 4th Bn.) to become Adjutant;
Shot: Pte. G. Walpole (2 Queen s); Best at PT: to WOI (Superintending Clerk) D. Sandland,
P te. P . Wigby (2 Queen s). RRF, from School of Infantry Warmlnster, and
For the passing out parade of Salerno to L / Cpl. T . Squires (for R.P.), from the 1st Bn.
the first under the Div isional centralised W e also welcome Maj. J . C . F . Parker, RAEC,
Platoon, the salute was taken by Brig. M . W. who will b ecome SEO In April.
system ,
Holme , C BE, M C, the Divis ional Brigadie r. H e
presented awards to: - Visitors have include d : -Maj .-Gen. D . E . B .
Talbot, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL; Brig, J . M . W .
Best Section, No. 3: L ed by Pte. D . Reynolds Badcock, MBE, Commander 2 Bde ; Lt.-Col. A . S.
(1 R Anglian) ; Best Recruits : Fus. P . Osborne Fletch e r , MBE (RN Staff College and C o. d esig-
and Fus. G. Bloomfteld (4 RRF); Best Shot: Fus. nate 2nd Bn.); Lt.-Col. H . C . Mill man (1st Bn .);
A . Forsdyk e (4 RRF); Best at PT: Pte. J . Kidn e r Capts. R. P . Murphy, D . M. Tucker, I. G. Balllie,
( Queens) . H . R. Edwardes, and Mr. and Mrs. F . C. K . White
(late R Sussex and now living In Spain).
The Band of 3rd Bn. The Royal Regiment of
Fusiliers played on this occasion. TRAINING COMPANY
Faces In the Company have changed con-
(See photos on n ext page) s ide rably since our last Notes. Capt. Gladden h as
Tangier Platoon passed out in February and now left us and is learning Russian ; h e will be
was inspected by Lt.-Col. T . Holloway, 4th Bn. missed In Training Company and we alJ send him
54 b est wis h es for his n ew venture. Lt. Woodbridge
has d eparted with a pile of manua ls under his
(Top): Brig. M. W . Holme, CBE, MC, Divi- a rm and his eyes and thoug hts up in the sky; at
sional Brigadie r , presenting the award for long las t th e fly ing boots whic h saw so much
" Best at PT" in Salerno PI., Pte. J e re my service at Pippingford P a rk look a s if they mig h t
really get off the ground. Ma ny others ha ve left
Ki<lner. or are about to leav e; Sgts. Robe rts, Gil es, Mc-
(Lower) : Col. D. C. Snowdon, TD, Regimental Fadyen and Bodkin Cpls. Bla nchette, Hill and
Colon e l, presenting the "Best S ection" award Powell a re a ll due to join B a ttalions ; and Cpl.
to the le ad e r of No. 2 S ec., Mon s PI., Pte . Sibley has trans ferred to RAOC. W e thank them
for all their hard work a nd w ish them the best
Donald Tutor. of luck in their n ew appoin t m e nts. Lt. Howard
Photos by K en t ish Gazet te. has torn himself away from Training Company
and joined the Junior Soldiers; although sad to
lose him we hope h e will h elp to a dd a little t on e
t o proceedings.
On the c r edit s ide w e h ave three n ew Officer s
-Capt. Harris a nd L ts. White and Tuckwell,
three n ew S er geants-S gts. Budgen , She ridan a nd
McEnlry, and seven n ew Corporals-Cpls . Lins-
d ell, Russell, O'Sullivan , Collins , Glazie r , Horton
and Hunt. To all t h ese n ew a rrivals w e extend a
h earty welcom e a nd wish the m a happy and su c-
cessful stay at the D epot.
The w elcome arrival of Capt. Nigel Harri s
(long awaited w hile h e m eand er ed half across th e
globe) , w as something of an a nti-climax. He took
one look at Training Compa ny and turned com-
plet ely yellow a t the thought. Afte r a n attack of
ja undice, h e h a s now r e porte d for duty.
Christmas and the N ew Year came and went
all too quickly. Apart from the many Depot
activities in which w e played our part w e also
h eld an extremely successful Company Smoker.
The s tandard of entertainm ent w a s r emarka bly
high and the amount of ta lent most impressive.
Korea platoon gave a particularly r ealistic r en-
dering of Company Muster P a rade. Those presen t
on the parade were the CSM, ably played by Lt.
Green- obviously other actors were thinking of
the morrow- a ll th e pla toon commanders and C pl.
Hunte r .
The imp er son a tions w er e life-like: Cpl. Hun-
t e r was bu s ily e n g a ged flogg-ing a good line in
shirts; Lt. Cornish wa nder ed on complete with
shot gun (and stra ight out of Country Life); a
we ll know n officer a poearf>Cl in his 40 WOoll y pul1 y";
Lt. How ard appeared m u ffl ed up in his British
Warm rath er later than most; the QMSI arrived
equipped with fi shing tackle and (as u sual) his
dog following behind (a lifelik e animal complete
with whe els a nd string, QMSI for the pulling
of! ) ; Lt. Woodbridge turned up stra ight from a
s quas h match with his r ack et under his arm :
CSM L ennox was present. extolling the v irt u es of
"Hi Fi ," and ev e ntua lly the Compa n y Comm a nde r
rush ed on, compla ining bitterly a bout motor ca rs
that will not sta rt and the terrible traffic jam s
in Cante rbury. A life-like a nd excell ent pe rfor-
mance which brought the house dow n and w on
first prize for the group competition.
There were sev eral spirited indiv idual acts,
including an excell ent s trip-tease b y Pte. Mc-
Donoghu e. w hilst the indiv idu a l or i z e was
awarded to Pte. Kidne r for his r ealis tic p e rfor-
mance as a Padre and his r endering of the t en
commandments.
The smoker w as a great success and the
plentiful supply of food a nd drink. plus the ser-
vi ces of "Mobo Disco," e n s ure d th a t everyone was
in the festive spirit.
Despite the smoke r Sale rno platoon and Tan-
gier platoon took pa rt In the P assing Out Parade
the followin g da y a nd acquitted them selves w ell.
It was unfortuna t e that the weathe r did not b e-
have and the parade h a d to b e h eld in th e drill
sh ed. Sal erno platoon w as t h e first divis ion a l
platoon to pass out from this D epot and we were
d elighted to b e v is ited by the Div is ional Brigadi er
w ho was the ins p e cting officer for the parade.
55
The Wedding of Lt. Jones carrying out a highly successful battle camp
The Company officers were out in force on 4th locally and, despite the bad w eath er , spirits have
been high and all visitors have been impressed by
January for the wedding of Lt. !an Jones. The the workmanlike way they dug their defensive
introduction of a second Val Jones into the Regi· pos itions.
ment was acclaimed by everyone to be a tremen- Among the Muscle Men
dous success. It was particularly pleasing to see
Lt. Palmer looking very fit (and operating very The PT Programme has been the s ubject ~f
smoothly) at the reception ; surely it will not be an overhaul and cons iderably more attentiOn IS
very long before the doctors will have to dis- being paid to endurance and marching during
charge him. All members of the company send recruit training. The trampoline has been In con-
Lt. and Mrs. Jones every good wish for the ir stant and popular use and the Als have given
future happiness. frequent displays; it is understood that even
L/ Cpl. Miles has been unable to copy the r ecent
B.P.E. Tests display by OC Trg Coy during a Depot w eekend.
Now that the age limit for these tests has All the PT staff are now familiar with the routme
of new officers and training staff who wander into
been raised to 40, there have b een one or two the gymnas ium, look around and s ay- touching
rather long faces around the Company. Already a rather protruding tummy-"! reall y mus t come
we have starte d our preparations and most mem-
bers of the P ermanent staff have been setting off DEPOT
on practice marches fully laden with equipment ; OPEN DA Y
their faces on departure have been etched with
grim determination and on return have been wide SUNDAY, 6th JULY
with amazement that old bones can still function.
The CSMI and his staff are to be congratulated OUTLINE PROGRAMME
on hav ing worked out a progressive programme
which has h elped to alleviate the agony and has 1330 GATES OPEN
restored the confidence of several of our older 1400 MASSED BANDS
brethren. Frequent arguments are to be heard 1415 POLICE DOGS- KENT CONSTABULARY
between OC Training Company, the RSM and 1500 BEAUTY QUEEN COMPETITION
CSM Lennox as to who carr ies the biggest burden 1600 INF./HELICOPTER DEMONSTRATION
in years- rumour has it that it is in the reverse 1715 RED DEVILS FREE FALL PARACHUTE
order to seniority. CSM Ayling has been secretly
practising with the CSMI and Sgt. White and DISPlAY
obviously planning to shake us all on the next 1800 ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPETITION
march.
WINNERS
Goings on, on the Coy. Car Park! 1810 FINALE
The QMSI has had three different cars in the
Bands Taking Part
last three months- his latest one being bigger and
smarter than its predecessors. (He assures us 3rd Bn. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers,
t hat t he lead fund is still in a healthy state!) 4th Bn. The Royal Anglian Regiment, 4th Bn. The
Sgt. Brumwell was unable to find any further Queen's R egiment, 4th Bn. The Queen's R egiment
space for bumps and dents on his Triumph Her- Steel Band and The Queen's R egiment T & AVR
ald and he has now launched out on a Vauxhall Band.
which he feels gives him g reater scope for play-
ing "bumper cars."
Lt. Cornish has been heard driving around
camp and it is understood that he has approached
the Company Commander for advice on how to
initiate an all-stations call on the local scrapyard
net.
CSM Lennox hotly denies reports that he pur-
chased his new veh icle for the purpose of running
(as a side line) a bus service. It is very noticeable
that, unlike its owner, Lt. Green's car is s uffering
severe balding of the tyres!
Adven t u re Training
Korea platoon spent the w eekend of 1st/2nd
February cruising up the River Stour in assault
boats. Their passage from Fordwich to Plucks
Gutter proved to be an interesting and easy one,
as w ind and tide were in their favour. By agree-
ment with a local farmer they camped out for a
night. The return journey was very hard going
as a strong wind and current often threw the
craft in reverse and it took them four hours to
cover two miles. (The Saturday night in a pub
may well have contributed to the slowness !)
Battle Camp
Plans for the commencement of Divisional
Battle Camp at Warcop continue apace. The CO,
OC Training Coy., the QM and QMSI have just
visited it. Meanwhile Tangier platoon have been
56 JUNIOR SOLDIERS COMPANY
This term has started very quietly; t h e n ew
and see you, can you do anything for this, intake that we expected has gone instead t o The
CSMI?" R eplies vary from-"Have you tried the Royal Anglian D epot at Bury St. Edmunds for
Pill," to- "Sorry, w e' r e all marrie d ." In sp ite of their first term's basic training, but will return to
prepared schedules of work freely given, they us next April. Our n ew Trg . Sgt., Sgt. McLean,
never seem to com e back to try them. is wandering a round li ke a sheph e rd w ho h as lost
his flock.
In the 1\I.T. Yard, they say:
That since Pte. Higgins has had his three- Our competitive spor ts have only just got
under way w ith our football team gaining a g r eat
tonner repaired h e can no longer r each take-off (11-2) v ictory over t he Caldicott Community C lub
speed. That a certain bus driver now knows that in the Kent Association of Boys' Clubs competi-
45 m.p.h . up St. Thomas's Hill is ill egal. That the tion. (R emember, last year we won the Cup, so
driver who said he would never be caught speed- we have a g reat deal to live up to.) Two bra nd
ing was warned for dawdling on the M2 the n ext new ventu res this term- Swimming a nd Bowling;
day. That all the unit vehicles passed the CIV we no\v h ave the use of the Shorncliffe swimming
with flying colours - surely a great credit to pool on Saturday mornings a nd t his has proved
everyone concerned when it is realised that these to b e extremely popular. The manager a nd staff
vehicles had covered 144,000 miles in the past 12 of Whits t ab le Bowling Club h ave kindly offered
months. their services free to teach members of the Com-
pany the secrets of Ten Pin Bowling. W e a re also
Post Script--or- The Tale of the Mace tak ing a serious interest in Table T ennis and
The Drum Major is no longer without his Squash. Mrs. B. Wright (WRVS) has very kindly
donated a Table Tennis cup, won for the
mace. This pi ece of equipment was ca rried by first time by J / L/ Cpl. Young. The Coy. 2IC (th e
him on many occas ions and to his financial detri- POSE bandit himself) is slowly losing points to
m ent on r eturning to the Sgts' M ess, he had the the up-and-coming Squash team who, along with
misfortun e to drop it. But this is not r eall y a case Sgt. Wildish and his Badminton team, have
of who dropped it but who lost it! started to challenge other nearby clubs to fri endly
(!) matches.
It came about that the mace was damaged
(ah! ah!- through fair wear and tear, we are The arrival and depa rture (on time as usual)
told) and w ith all due efficiency, the mace was of Christmas has left the Band PI. temporarily
committed to the Quartermaster's store for ur- winded but unbowed. Memories of the festive
gent repair action; i. e., committal to the n earest period are largely concentrated on the spirited
REME workshop. Since the Drum Major was ass istance r end e red b y the Corps of Drum s who
then sojourning on leave for some ( ?) weeks, it provided n ew a nd unexpected ha rmonic settings
was assumed that it was not r equired and that during the Married Quarters promenade. The
the REME were having the u s ual difficulty of- Padre also added his dulcet Trombone to the
"no time" or "awaiting spares"-but alas, ques- proceedings.
tions began to be asked; REME were non-com-
mittal as to the whereabouts of this vital piece Since last month's unfortu nate lock-out, the
of equipm ent. Bandmaster has a new "all doors and w indows
will be left perma nently open" rule. H e now
It came to pass the mace had been found appears to have lumbago as a result of the gale-
resting in an office temporarily detach ed from str e ngth draughts.
th e vital Army form s appertaining to its r epair.
At the same time REME were looking round The Drum Major is quite content with life;
their dusty archives to repay their gallant Colonel with t e n r e placements for the ten Dmrs. who left
for services rendered. Thus it happened that with last term, h is empire has remain ed the same. H e
a ll due c e remony our mace, refurbish ed with the has also been hard at work k eeping up with Tin
REME badge (no battle honours) was duly pre- Pan Alley's latest products - "Lily the Pink,"
sented and it is now in th e safe custody of one "Chitty Chitty B a ng Bang," "Urba n Space Man"
ex-Commanding Officer REME workshops ! W e and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."
do not begrudge it; the brand n ew one is the
d elight of our Drum Major- and Honour is The Drums PI. tried out th eir latest numbers
satisfied. the other day w hen they marched into camp at
the h ead of a Trg. Coy. PI. who w ere completing a
"By One Who Knows" ten-mile endurance march ; luckily th e distance
the Drums had to march was somewhat shorter !
PHOTOGRAPHY
At the end of last term t he Drums PI. handed
Lambert Weston over the Inter-PI. shield to the new winners-the
Rifle PI., who hadn't won the shield for a very
LIMITED long time; their win was a fitting end to Lt.
Butler's two years in charge, and before he left,
106 SANDGATE ROAD he was presented with a shooting stick by the
FOLKESTONE platoon as a mark of their appreciation for a ll
his work. Although the Drums PI. lost the shield
Teleph one: 53037 they maintain they won the nut and fruit fight
PORTRAIT- INDUSTRIAL- MILITARY which followed the presentation at the Christmas
dinner . They send their best wishes to the OC
SCHOOL - PRESS AND WEDDING Rifle PI. and hope that the swelling under his eye
PHOTOGRAPHY has now gone down!
Since their success in the Shield competition
the Rifle PI. have b een h aving a very busy time
w ith testing initiative exercises a round Cante r-
bury, wate rmanship at Chatham, rock-climbing
at Crow borough and plenty of tactics and radio
exercises.
Personalities 57
In January, Lt. M . Howard joine d the Sta ff
Fina lly, we would li k e t o in t r od uce y o u to
from Trg. Coy. and took over the Rifle Platoon · our friend th e "Frantic Ant" whose Anti cs
he is also k ept busy training t h e C ross-Country (ugh !) m ay be seen on the n ext page. So
team and w e hope to s ee s ome results s oon. you think you could do better ? All rig ht, have a
try. W e will pay 10/ - t o the best Fra ntic An t w e
J / L / Cpl. Broster has regained one of his old rec e ive before 30th April, 1969, and we w ill s h ow
stripes and has become the very picture of inno- the winning e ntry in the n ext edit ion . Address
cence and effici ency. y our e ntries to :-
Sgt. Las t has taken ove r sailing and boat Junior Soldiers Company,
building. He now tacks around the Coy. shouting Depot The Queen's R egimen t,
"Gybe boy, Gybe-or I'll s plice y our main brace !" The Qu een's Divis ion ,
Howe B arracks,
J / Bdsm. Stankus (the Tank) is beginning to Can te rbur y, K e nt.
bore the cook s taff with his neve r-ending r eques t,
"May w e have curry today, Sahib ?" It is rum- "Squiggle" Competition
oured that J / Bdsm . Barrett is taking up garden-
ing because h e has heard that the first essential (With acknowledgem ent to "Braganza")
is green finge rs. (For those who want to know
more about this, ask amongst the Band!) Con-
gratulations to Band Sergeant Major B. Matlock
on his promotion. Whatever became of that
happy, carefree S / Sgt.
We are happy to see J / Dmr. W enban back in
our midst afte r being separated from his appen-
dix; the trouble really stems from his stirring of
the Christmas pudding with the CO.
By using the basic squiggle d esign shown
above, draw an amusing sketch or cartoon depict-
ing anything you like (so long as it isn't rude!),
employin g as few lines as possible, and s end it,
togethe r With your nam e and address to :-
Edito r , The Journal of The Queen's R egiment,
Howe Barracks, Canterbury, K ent. by not later
t han t he first post 1st May, 1969.
Entry for this competition is confined to
members of the R egiment or membe rs of our
form er Regiments, and the ir families. Drawings
must be in black ink on white paper or card and
cover an area of not less than 6ins. x 4ins.
Prizes will be awarded a s follows:- Best :
£3; runn e r-up: £1; next best : 10/ -.
Selection will b e by panel of three judges
from R egimental Headquarters Staff.
Lt.-Col. Alan Jones stirri n g the Depot Christ-
mas pu dding, ably assisted by Junior Dmr.
Me I vy n Wenban, whilst S/ Sgt. Geoffrey
B la l<ey, ACC, supplies t h e lubricant.
Photo by K e ntish Gazette.
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The fr-ant-ic Ant
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The Queen's Division
Household Hardware
Honours llJld Awar d s Bu ilders' Ironmongery
Co ng rat ulation s to all those w ho r eceived Glass and China
Electrical Appliances
Honours a nd Awards in the N ew Year H onours
List. (R elevant d e t a ils are given elsewh e r e in thi s 11 and 14, FIN KLE STREET
Journa l- Ed.). RICHMOND
YORKS .
Prizes /Awa rds
E s tabli<Ohed 200 years. Tel. : 2210
The following are congratulated on their
award s: Maintain your
service to
George Knight Olowes Memorial Prize E ssay 1968
Capt. A. J . G. Pollard, R. Anglian, at present QUEEN & COUNTRY
a s tude nt at Staff College, Camberley, was in civilian life
awarded the second prize in this essay com-
petition. JOIN THE BRITISH
LEGION
Stradllng Prize
*
Lt. N. S . Hunter, QUEENS, r eceived the
Stradling Prize for the best results in Special The Legion co-operates with your
Science Part I at RMCS Shrivenham in October regimental association and speaks
1968. for all ex-Service men a nd
women
DRESS
Divisional Committee on Dress and Insignia *
The detailed report submitted by the BRITI SH LEGION , 49 PALL MALL,
Div isional Committee was considered by the
Colonel Commandant and Colonels of Regiments S.W . l.
at their conference in Novembe r, 1968. They
agreed the recommendations of the Committee
should now be processed as a norman staff
matte r. Som e recommendations which are outside
the scope of the present study will be discarded
or d e f e rred until late r. The remaind er are be ing
referred to Regiments for their considered
comments, or in th e case of non-controv ers ia l
matters, their agreem ent. It is anticipated that
whilst decisions on som e recommendations will be
speedy there will be others wh ere protracted
discussions may be necessary.
Competition for the Design of Insignia for The
Queen's Division
Entries for the competition ranged from the
ultra modern to the exotic, but it was encouraging
to find so many were submitted by junior NCOs
and private soldiers. The Senior Education Office r
from our three Depots under the chairmanship
of the Southern Command Display Con s u ltant
voted the design submitted by Ba ndsman R. E.
Hunt, 5 QUEENS, into first place a nd awarded
second place to Lt.-Col. A . C . Mlll man, 1 QUEENS.
Cheques for £10 a nd £5 r espectively have b een
forward ed to th e prize winners.
It was obvious that many competitors spent
a lot of time study ing the emblems and hi story
of the three R egim ents, b esid es drawin g their
entries in great detail.
Squash
Th e Divis ional Squash team captain ed by L t.
B. H . Woodbridge, QUEENS, won the Inter Corps
Com p e tition 1968/ 69.
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Volunteer and Territorial Battalions
5th (Volunteer) Bn.
THE REORGANISATION HQ COMPANY
OF THE RESERVE ARMY OC : Capt . M. R. M. Daniel ; CSM: WOII A . C.
Alton; CQMS: C/Sgt. J . B . Cavanagh.
The details of the latest reorganisation of the
T and AYR have now been announced. The vari- The most important event in the last few
ous categories which w ere such an enigma to the months has been the considerable expan s ion of
general public and even to many soldiers are the Battalion at the expense, regrettably, of T a nd
scrapped. The changes, as they affect units of AYR III; in place of five drill h a lls we n ow have
The Queen's Regiment, are as fo llows: 13. During January there was an increase in
str e n gth of 57 mainl y from T and AYR ill ; we
T HE T and AVR Ill, the successor units to the hope to get as many again from this source by the
old TA, are to continue in the form of 31st Ma r c h. The f our old rifle companies are now
cadres. T hese cadres will be located at one of running at about 70 strong-just over 60 p er cent,
the units' dri ll halls and consist of three officers, of establishm ent. The fifth company, E Coy., has
three senior NCOs and two soldiers. They will g iven us a foothold in W est K ent.
become part of 5 QUEENS for administrative
purposes. T he channel of command has not yet The Mortar PI. has been issu ed at las t with
been announced. T he task of the cadres will be 81mm Mortars and have been training hard at
in peacetime, to administer the assets of the weekends. The Signals PI. has received A510 sets
fo rmer TA units and in wartime, to form a basis and there is a rumour that the Anti-Tank PI. may
for the expansion of the Reserve Army. even receive MOBATS during 1969.
A number of T and AYR III drill-halls are We have now h eard that Annual Cam p will
being taken over by 5 QUEENS and T and AYR be at Stanford PTA, with 5 R ANGLIAN, under
III personnel of the r ight age may transfer to t h e direction of HQ, The Queen's Divis ior,, who
5 QUEENS provided that vacancies exist. As 5 will move to the Training Area during this period.
QUEENS is a llowed to overbear by 40 per cent.,
only a few officers and sen ior NCOs w ill be able Since the last issu e of the Journa l, Majs.
to transfer. I n most cases they will be able to Frank Johnson a nd Pat Browne have left the Bn.
find a place in t he cadres. and the T and AVR, after more years of service
between them than they would care to admit.
The locations of t he cadres will be:- Maj. Charles Wilmot has left for civilian life, and
we welcome Maj. Richard Neve, straight from the
6 QUEENS, Kingston ; 7 QUEENS, Folke- Exer cise Planning Staff of HQ BAOR.
stone; 8 QUEENS, Ton bridge; 9 QUEENS, East-
bourn e (provisional) ; 10 QUEENS, Edgware. A COMPANY
The new drill halls which 5 QUEENS are OC: Maj. F . B . H erd ; 2IC: Capt. G. Garnsey;
taking over are at:- Sp. PI. Comd.: Lt. G. H. Wright ; PI. Comd.: Lt. W .
Smart ; CSM: WOII F . J . Burrows ; CQMS: C/ Sgt.
A Coy., K ingston and Hounslow (pro- M. G. Rapley; PSis: WOII H. C haffer, MM, and
visional); B Coy., Deal and Folkestone ; C Coy., Sgt. C. M. J eeves.
Eastbourne ; D Coy., Edgware; E Coy., Tonbridge
and Maidsto n e. The Coy. was represented in the R emem-
bran ce Day Service at Holy Trinity C hurch, Guild-
B ATTALION HQ ford, when a brass plaque, er ected at Steam er
Point, Ad en, in 1909 in m emory of those who lost
CO: Lt.-Col. D . R. Bishop , MBE ; 2IC: Maj . their lives, was r e-dedi cat ed in the R egimental
M. A. G . Roberts, TD; T rng. Maj .: Maj . R. W . Ch apel of the church.
Neve, MC ; Adjt.: Capt. C. M. M . Grove; RSM :
WOI E. S. Parker ; RSO : Lt. A. J. Bingham; IO : In November we learnt that our strength was
Lt. B. Holt; RMOs: Maj. R. Lloyd-Roberts, Capt. going to be increa sed by the addition of two
L. Burn; Padre: R ev. J . R. Pilgrim ; Paymaster: further Drill Halls at Kingston and Hounslow
Capt. D. Houghton; QM : Capt. (QM) W . Snow- upon the disbandment of TAYR III and, although
d en ; MTO : Lt. (QM) R. White; RQMS: WOII N. the change over is not yet complete, we have been
Noyes; PSis: C/ Sgt. J . C. H. Hall, Sgts. B. J . pleased to welcome many n ew faces to the Coy.
Mayfleld and C. G. Simmons.
With the Bn. Skills Competition taking place
early in F eb ruary, mu ch of ou r training has
concentrated upon brushing up on our tests of
skills. The Mortars have been busy participating
in the Bn. 81mm Mortar Conve rsion Cadre, and
1 P I. have started a " k eep-fit" course.
A very successful Christmas dance, attended
by almost 200 people, was h eld at the end of
November, followed by a "stag" party early in
D ecember, which attracted a large number of
p eople when it was learnt that a "Cabaret Artiste"
62
was coming down from Soho to attend the ling followed by a weekend on the 11th/ 12th
function. January, when they were given the opportunity
We are pleased to welcome Capt. Peter to study a nd fire the weapon which, in most
who will shortly be taking over as 2IC. cases, they had not seen before. We welcome them
Catesby, to the Compan y and hope that their stay will be
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Sgt. B. Stanfield and Sgt. J . Mullender. CINQUE PORTS COMPANY
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C. M. F . L a ngdon ; OC 11 PI.: 2/ Lt. P. J . Rudd;
PSis: WOn C. W. K. Partridge a nd C/ Sgt, E.
Langford.
Bounty Night is the most important night of
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The newly-fonned Corps of Drums of 5 QUEENS (V) on parade at Canterbury.
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geants' Messes must be lonely pla ces a nd the well. Pte. Brown w a s a n oth e r loss to us w h e n h e
fru s tration s of sold ier ing a t r educed stren gth arc moved back t o his homela nd of Scotla nd ; not a
aggra vated . W e hope t hat n ew Volun tee rs w ill loss t o A VR a ltogethe r as h e t r ans fe rred t o the
Lowla nd V olu n t eer s. Pte. Knight is another loss,
b e fou n d to fi ll t h e va cuum . but a gain to the R egular Army; h e d ecid ed to
S econ d ly, Maj. M ik e Roberts ha s migrated
dow n t h e co rridor to a large r offi ce w it h a large r en list in the REME. has made a welcom e
n otic e on the door, a n noun c ing his n ew appo int- Mr. J im (P op ) Seymour
m e n t a s 2I C o f t he Battalio n . The Company retu rn t o H ornsey as our Store m a n (Grade I , we
s howed their apprec ia tion of his past services by t o poin t o ut) after a n a bsence of seve n
presenting hi m w it h a tan kard s u it a bly engraved s h ould lik e s of "P o p 's" return h av e alread y bee n
to r ecord his h ea rty appet it e before lun ch on years. Sig n
seen, a nd it h as a lso b een noticed that Sgt. D a
Costa loo k s much h a ppier these days.
Sundays ! is amp ly fi lled by Major P eter Ha r- Cong ra tulations to Sg t. Aldridge, Cpl. B ell and
H is place
r ington, w h o s wiftl y c h a n g e d his y e ll ow p ip s f or Pte. Fos t e r on t h e ir re ce nt m a rria ges.
a scarlet c rown, a nd started t h e ball rolling with Lastly, congratulations t o our Coy. 2IC (Capt.
M. L . Mu irhead) a nd h is w ife, t h e la tte r h aving
a liv ely ex e rc is e rem in isc e nt of th e pre-Volu n tee r jus t presented him w ith his numbe r three son .
days of sp ir it ed sold iering. Sk ills at map, compass
a n d Wir e less w e r e t ested so t h at Lt. C h ris L a n g-
don cou ld s ee that his m a rathon lectures w ere E COMPANY
worth while and a compass a s good a guide as t he OC: Capt. R. DiJwn ; 2I C: Lt. M . Bull; PI.
Comds. : Lts . E . Wilts h ire a nd R . Hu~h es, RAE ;
stars. t he f uture. Most of the company mus t CSM: WOII J . Coll in s; PSI: Sgt. J . D ic k e n s.
Fin a lly,
be having difficulty in con vincing t heir w ives t hat
t h e y r ea lly h ave se rved Qu een a nd Coun try in a The Company was formed on t h e 1s t Jan ua ry
d e voted f a s h ion w h e n t h ey h ave b een on a w eek- w it h t he HQ at T onbridge and an outs t a tion at
e nd 's exerc ise. T he re is a stron g d e man d for a Ma id sto n e. T h e majorit y of t h e Compan y com e
weekend when t he wives and g irls f riends can f rom 8 QUEENS, with a few from HQ Coy. a t
com e a lon g a nd watch . The CSM is s h ak ing h is Can terbu ry. t wo m onths are b e ing s p e nt in
h ea d a nd m utte ring 11 im possible," but de epe r T he first
learning t he new w eapons that w e re n ot on issue
gu il e a nd d ead lie r cu nning may preva il! to 8 QUEENS a nd in recruiting a s m an y m en as
D COMPANY (Middlesex) poss ibl e. we are at pres e n t the s malles t
Alt hough s trength of
Company by a lon g way, with a of affairs to
OC : Maj . H . E . Cou ch ; 2I C : Capt. M . L . Muir- u n d e r 30, we do not expect t his state
D. H a rwood ; CQMS: C/ Sgt. R.
head ; CSM: W OII L t . R. J . Clayd on ; OC 15 P I. : last ve ry long.
Ston e; OC 13 PI. :
L t . R. E . L owan s; O C 16 (SP) P I. : L t. R H .
g';._"Cho~~~PS is : W O II R. M . P ower a n d Sgt. R. A .
For on ce w e can report a fai rly qu iet pe riod.
1968 C!'m e g ently to a close, alt h ough D ecem be r
was hlg hl!g h ted by a Boun ty Soc ia l, with su itable
celebratory caba r et, a nd the opening of a Coy
Sgts .' M es s . ·
H oweve r , 1969 ha s started with a ban g a nd
as w e go to press w e are able to r eport a rea lly BEANEYS-
excell en t w ee k e n d at W arminster. A team f ro m
t he 4th Bn. who, des pite the demands on t heir THE BUTCHERS FOR THE
GARRISON SINCE 1921
tim e, ma!lage d t o lay o n a most p ro fe ss ion a l de-
monst ration of section skirmishing and house-to- (ex-Buff)
house fig hti ng . Any d ou bt s w e ha d on t h e correct
w a y of skirm ish ing are now full y dispe lle d t h a nks • You'll find us in •
to the efforts of Lt. Simpson a nd his tea m . Capt. Military Road
~ cM lll an gave us a most ill u minatin g d e mon s tra-
tiO n a nd talk on t h e APC, a n d a nig h t com pass 23 bus passes t h e door
march on Sa lisbu ry Pla in kept us occupied fo r
the h ours of darkn es s. It was m ost F. R. BEANEY
som e of to work u nder t he g uidance of t he R egu-
pleasa n t 34 & 35 MILITARY ROAD
lar Arm y a n d w e would like to t h a n k L t.-Col. CANTERBURY
Carter and Maj. McMan us for t heir very con-
s iderable h elp in layi n g on a mos t worthw hile Telephone: 62827
week end .
On t h e hom e f ron t at H ornsey t hings h ave
been f a irly active . A warm welcome is extended
to t h e following :-
. Pte. Ald erton , a recen t enlist m ent to t h e Coy.,
m troduc ed by Cpl. Cowlard; L / Cpls . Adam s a nd
Seqpdes ; Ples . B u r !, Byrne, N ew nh am , P arker,
S m1 t h a n d B enn ett, w h o h ave tra n sf e rred fr om
QUEENS. Pt e. B ennett was n ot w it h u s v ery
10 g; no soon er h ad h e transfe r red , th a h e de-
lon n
cid ed to enlist into t h e R egular Arm y a nd is now
s e rvin g w it h t h e Royal S ig n a ls. Lt. Roge r Lowan s
has a lso jo ined us f rom th e Gu n n e rs a nd is n ow
P I. Comd. of 15 PI. , at E dgware.
W e have had to say a few goodbyes to some
old a nd n ew m ember s of t h e Coy. L / Cpl. Bryan t
m oved to S u ffo lk , Pte. Mclnty r e moved to B er k-
not w it h us very
s hi r e , and Pte. W est , w h o was r e. We wis h them
lon g, h as moved up to York shi
6th (Territorial) Bn.
(Queen's Surreys)
WHEN the Colonel asked the writer to make ment. With equal f acility we h ave r espo nded to
one more contribution for the Journal, he the calls of n a tion a l e m ergen cy.
must admit to feelings akin to a serial writer,
since his last efforts had been written under the In Ma r c h , 1963, som e f ort y m e n flew off to
shadow of the axe and couched accordingly. But t ra in w ith t h e 1st B n . in H on g Ko n g f or f ou rtee n
then there was the barest possibility of hope, the d ays. In 1965, about t hi rty m en , w h o h a d under-
merest flicker of chance. Now no longer ; the taken the A.E.R. commit m en t ("E ver-r eadies"),
gates have fin ally slammed shut and this is to wen t to Aden a nd end u red t he cond itions there
be the last from the 6th T erritorial Battalion . alo ngs ide t he ir Regu lar com rades f or six m on t hs.
The fin a lity of it a ll w a s br ough t home to us In the a rea of com petit ion a nd phys ical en-
m ost fo r cibly w hen we stood recently w it n ess ing deavour, we h ave been to t h e f oref ront. F or m a ny
the s tra n ge a n d s ilen t d estructio n of a on ce years we have been n oted f or our p rowess at
lin e R egim ent. H e r e was n o battl efi eld w ith its tug-o'-war; we even wen t so far as to issue a
attendant clam our ; no further honou rs to be c ha lle nge to all com e rs in t he local P ress after we
a dd ed to the colours a nd drums f ro m t his. The h ad m a d e t h e 56 Londo n Div. C h a mpions hi p
occa s ion ? The preview t o the sale of R egimen tal p riva t e p roperty f o r m a ny yea rs .
possessions. Y oung serv ing m embers mingled
s ile ntly a nd thoug htfully with t h e eld e rl y, w h ose At footba ll we r each ed the fin a l of the E astern
se r v ice h a d b een seen m a n y yea r s b ef o r e. All Comm a n d TA Association C h a llen ge C up in D e-
joined in their intent t o obta in s ome sm a ll cember, 1967. Th e sam e season we q u a lified f or
m e m e nto, n o d oubt to trea s ure a nd r emind them t h e quarter-fina ls of t h e TA F ootba ll Cha llenge
of the ir past pro ud assoc iations. N evertheless, on e Cup Competit ion .
could not help being r eminded of the sad a nd
a wful irrevocability of the even t a s so m a ny Al so in 1967, w hils t '' recce-ing" this n ew s port
item s , w hich together served so lon g t o repr esen t of Orienteering, our m a n entered t h e Army Cham-
t h e corpora t e id en t ity of the R egim ent, we r e pionships as a n a fterthoug ht. H e was pla ced ten t h
brok en up into ind ividu a l lot s f or disp osal. overall w hich gave him t he h on our of being t h e
fi rst TAVR m a n h om e, a nd the fifth Arm y m a n
It was well att ended a nd a constan t stream hom e.
was mainta ined throughout t he Sunday. They
came t o qu eue quietly to look at it a ll la id out A s a physical a nd mili tary exercise, the "Cour-
for display in t h e old a nd n ow dis used a rm ou ry. age" T rophy took som e beating a nd although com -
R ecognition was acknowledged and g reetings peting against each othe r at the time, we are now
w e re ex ch a n ged w ith almost humou r less forma lity proud to cla im that b oth the 3rd a nd 4th Bn s.
in a w ay m ore reminiscent of having lost a com - have won t he coveted T rophy a fter m a ny evenings
ra d e -in - a rm s. a nd week en ds of st iff training.
Since the war there have been several oppor- Natura lly a n y k een infa n t ry u nit s h ould be
tunities to indulge our penchant for cerem onial accomplis hed w ith t he rifle, but we claim we were
occas ion. bette r and k een e r tha n m ost. Div is iona l c ham -
pion s seve ra l tim es, it is a lso o u r claim t h a t w e
Most of us know the d edication of purpose were the only U nit to get mo re tha n s ix m en in
a nd the sacrifice of person al time tha t is requi red the TAVR 100 t wo years runnin g. W e r egularly
to p ractise the drill to the high st a nda rd expected s upported the local a nnua l sh ooting comp etit ion s
of u s. It wa s, ther efore, the m o r e inter esting to like the L eatherhead Aux ilia ry Forces Shield a nd
review the ceremonial events, both national and t he Wandsworth D eputy Lieutena nt Committee
lo cal, in which ou r m en h a d b een p ro ud t o tak e Trophy , w hi c h b oth b ear our n a m e. All previou s
pa rt. It is, p e rha ps, s ignifi cant t h a t m a n y m e n achievem ent was capped in 1968 w h en our m a n
who have participated in a ll o r several of the cam e twelfth in the Queen 's 100 a t B is ley.
following even ts, r e m a in ed to t h e very last:-
If you t hought t hat m embers' activities w ere
1949-0pening of Kin gst on Powe r S tation by H .M . confined t o Batta lion a nd for mation events, th en
King George VI. you have n o compre hens ion of the ir capacity;
fo r in addit ion, notable m embe rs have found time
1952-The S ta t e Fune ral of H .M. Kin g George VI. to run t hings for t he T erritorial Army on a
1953- The Co ron ation of H .M . Qu een Elizabeth. national b asis. The TA B oxing h as d e p e nd ed
1958--T .A . R eview in H yd e P ark by H.M. Th e largely on t h e broad sh oulde rs of on e of our n u m-
ber . The TA Cric k e t , on the ve r ge of t ot a l col-
Queen, t o m a rk the Golden J ubilee of t he la pse, h as been r evived by the sam e h a nd .
T erritoria l Arm y.
Other areas o f com petit ion w he re we have
1961- The T e r cente n a r y Para d e of The Q u een 's acquitted ourselves w ell h ave b een m otor r a lly ing ,
R oyal Surrey R egt. at Putney H eath . w ith g ood p erf o rma n ces in the B .A .M .A . r a llies
a nd th e Surrey Y eom a n ry's a nnual ~~wally's
1963- P rese nta tion of Ne w Colou r s t o 3rd a nd 4t h F olly." Sheer end u ra n ce has hig hlig hted our
Bns . The Queen 's R oyal Surrey R egt. (T .A .). record year after year, in the N ym egen March es
a nd the L yk e W a k e W a lks t estifies.
-The Freed om o f R e igat e.
1967- The Freed om o f Kin gston-u pon -Th ames. On e could not complete this record w ithout
m ention of t he enjoyment that w e a nd others
The r ead e r s h ould n ot , h owever, m istak e nl y h ave obta in ed f ro m the effo rts of our B a n d over
believe t h a t cerem onia l was our only accomplish- t h e year s, a nd in t h e face of m a ny diffi cult ies.
Their m om en t of glory was undoubtedly the
Colour Presen tation, b ut since then they have
continu ed to g ive us im mense pleasure both on
parad e or at t he m a ny con certs they h ave p re-
sen ted at ou r seve ra l d r ill h a lls.
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Bargain Basement at the Officers' Mess Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Battersea (where the
Colours of the 23rd London Regt. are laid up),
The final meeting of the Mess took place at was at the same ceremony also installed a Canon.
Kingston on Thursday, 16th January, when all
the n ecessary action to wind up the business of It is natural that our closing down should
the Mess tidly, was taken. The business was be marked by a round of increased social activity
followed by an auction of the remaining liquid and each Company laid on e ither a dinner or a
stock. The hammer, most appropriately, was social to bid their farewells.
wielded in an exceptionally expert and entertain-
ing manner by the PMC, Noel Napier-Ford. The B Coy. held a dinner at the "Cornet of
Mess funds benefited from some good prices Horses," at Clapham Junction; C Coy. followed
obtained but it is fair to say that there were bar- next evening with a dinner at the T and AVR
gains for some and amusement for others. Need- Centre, Cobham; A Coy. waited until 17th January
less to say, all the stock was cleared one way or for their dinner in the "Orchard Room" at King-
the other. ston ; and C Coy. held their social at Croydon
on 8th February.
On 22nd November some thirty Officers sat
down in the Mess at Kingston, ostensibly to dine The W.O.s' and Sgts.' Mess held their dinner
out a number of members who had retired earli er, on Thursday, 5th December, to dine out the
together with the R egimental Sergeant Major. A Colonel. The Officers' Mess w e lcom ed old friends
few days earlier our fate had been made known and supporters to cocktails on Sunday, 15th a nd
finally. It was, therefore, fitting that the occasion Saturday, 21st December.
should be marked with a presentation, to the Com-
manding Officer by the 2IC, of a crystal glass The very last Officers' Mess activity was a
decanter, on behalf of the Mess. cocktail party on 15th March.
An event of some moment in the career of our For the record, the last year's activities con-
honorary chaplain, the R ev. D erek Landreth , is tinued as near to normal as possible and compe-
worthy of note. Admittedly it took place last tition remained keen to the last.
October, but still it was an occasion that brought
together a number of past and present members Champion Company Competition D
of the M ess to support him at his installation as a ABC 20
Canon of Southwark Cathedral, at a moving cere- 15 25 0
mony at the Cathedral on Monday, 28th October. Ex. "Duck's Back" 10
Bn. Canoe Race .. 1H 1H 25 20
D erek Landreth has been a d edicated member 30 40 50
of this Battalion and its predecessors for many Skill at Arms .......
years, having been chaplain to the 4th Bn. Queen's
Royal Surreys. He continued thereafter, unoffici- 62~ 82~ 75 50
ally, and whenever he was needed, and whenever
he could spare a moment from his very busy life Congratulations to OC B Coy. for the way his
as Vicar of Richmond and one-time Councillor of Company kept morale and r ecruiting figures up to
that Borough. Throughout the war he served as the last.
an active Gunner Officer. H e is held in great
regard by his many old TA friends who have been It would be out of place and invidious when
indebted to him for his wise and practical counsel so many have done so well to mention in this
and who will be very pleased to hear this news. final brief review, particular individual perform-
ances. But those of us who have continued to
By the oddest coincidence, a further long- the last can testify to the splendid spirit that has
standing friend of the regiment (in particular to prevailed throughout a most difficult period. It
Clapham D etachment), the R ev. Neville Gill, has been a matter of great pride to this writer,
to be associated with m en who have achieved
so much over the years with such enthusiasm.
7th (Territorial) Bn.
(East Kent)
T HE news that we were to cease to function as ing. So far we have succeeded in producing a
a Battalion from 31st December, 1968, and platoon for B Coy., mainly at Folkeston e but
complete our disbandment by 31st March, 1969, with takers at Deal and Broadstairs as well. Age
arrived in time to allow all ranks to be informed and the inability to accept the new commitments
personally by the Commanding Officer just have taken their toll and the Battalion is now
before Christmas. fast running-down. East Territorial Battalion is
required to produce a Cadre and planning for this
The outcome of the Defence Review was per- continues.
haps a foregone conclusion in some quarters; for
us it was sad n ews indeed, tempered only by the The transitional period from 1st January to
fact that there was the opportunity to serve on 31st March, 1969, is proving to be most frustratin g
in 5th (Volunteer) Bn. The Queen's Regiment, for all concerned-probably the sooner disband-
for those able to accept the TAVR II commitment. ment is accomplished the better!-but much re-
Arrangements were made for Maj. Gerald Dineley, mains to be done.
OC B Coy, 5 QUEENS, to visit all our TAVR
Centres in turn and speak to all those still serv- These will be the last Battalion notes as
ing, and the response to this was most encourag- such ; in subsequen t issues of the Regimental
Journal, the Cadre will be contributing news of
interest to all past members of the Battalion.
covering as a start the farewell visits by the
Commanding Officer to Mayors of the local
66
Boroughs, re ports on which w ill app ea r in the including Maj. a nd Mrs. Ransley and Lt.-Cols.
n ext issu e. David and Angela Cobb. A presentation was m ade
to the outgoing Administrative Officer, who found
The Disbanders himself well a nd truly fix ed by the very hig h
The trio of
semi-professional disbande rs- s tand ard of unit secu rity!
The W arrant Officers a nd Se rgeants a lso h eld
Messrs. Morgan, Parker and Todd (Units dis- a farewell dinner at the Foyboat H otel, Ramsgate,
band ed whilst you wait)- based on Bn. HQ at attended by t he Comma ndin g Officer, Maj. and
D eal, have had a h ectic month tackling the r e- Mrs. Baddeley a nd Capt. a nd Mrs. Morgan . W O!
turn of stores. Thanks very largely to t he help
given by Depot The Queen's R egiment, the task (RSM) S. C. Lilll crap presid ed over a very suc-
cessful evening.
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Social Eve nings h e ld its own social ev e nings to
E ach Company
mark the end of its tenure combined with the
appeal. The withdrawal from Broadstairs a nd u s u a l Chris tmas a nd New Y ear f estivities-all
Folk estone has been completed and B Coy. 5
QUEENS are now masters of all they s urvey s ple ndid excu ses, if, ind eed , any w e re n eeded .
at
both locations. The final phase-th e closing of Getting Better
dmBuaertnitnat lgiRoMneaprHocrehta, dawqnludllartthteherescniractmulDaartekiaoln-thowefiltlehnetdaDkeiosfbpalonaudce-r Lt.-Col. Frank Neville has been r ecove r in g
ve ry serious illness which called fo r a
bri ef existence. from a hospital treatment. Our very best wish es
sp e ll of
to him for a sp eedy return to h ealth, and a lso to
Col. John Tilleard a nd Lt.-Col. Jim Ogilvie. Com -
The Cadre initial unce rtaint y, the establish- manding Officer of the 8th (T erri torial) Bn ., both
After some
m ent for the Battalion Cadre has been promul- of whom have been ill recently.
Cadre will form at Folke- Another invalid is Mr. A . E . Holgate, who had
gated. In ous case the fortunate in having Ma j. to return from Taunton recently after anothe r
stone, where we are minor heart attack; a ll seems to be going well
Arthur Pendlebury-Green and Lt. Stephen Thomas
as firm starters. The selection of the remaining and w e wish him eve ry success on his Promotion
six members of the Cadre is going ahead and Board.
complete-unle ss. <>f course, the re
soon all will be plan, a not too surprising state of Territorial Colonel
is a cha nge of
W e have had t o say goodbye to Col. D . A.
affairs these days. Willows on posting to the 5th (Volunteer) Bn.
We have appreciated his many visits, both to
Visitors have TAVR Centres and to watch training in the field ,
As might have been expect ed, visitors have and a re grateful to him for the varied behind-
ariat, the-scenes activi ti es in which he has been en-
been few and far between. However, w e h eiro- gaged on ehalf of ll the Ter ritorial Battalions.
seen Mr. Duffield from the Command Secret wary
who covered the AB 404 w ith such curious
glyphics that everyone has been rather b a
His appointment continues and it is expect ed that
ever since; and C/ Sgt. Holmes, from the Infantry he will be looking after the interests of the
Record Office, Exeter , who seemed quite pleased C ad r e s.
with the state of unit documentation so far; quite
a feather for WOII Todd's hat!
'!'he Final Word
Annual Dinners dinner, for officers and their Just thank you-not only to a ll those who
Our last annual
ladies, was held at the Castle K eep on 6th made the transition possible by continuing to
D ecember . Maj. W. D . Baddeley. TD, presided and toarnnadeinwe nhwcoiothuseorrauvgteedmpaieynnttahnoedveBraalttlthoaweliaotnwncoefsoy,rebathurest irtsoisnucepevpetorhyre-t
a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all; unit formed on 1st April , 1967.
it was so nice to have many old friend s present,
8th (Territorial) Bn.
(West Kent)
WHEN the history of this era of the Reserve we se rved, a nd particularly Tonbrid ge, w ill not
Army is written it will surely make fascin- forget us for many years to come.
ating reading. 8 QUEENS rose like a Phoenix
from the ashes of Infantry, Gunners and Cavalry we U ndoubte dly, our efforts have borne fruit, as
only to be cremated in its youthful existence by are to form E Company for 5(V) QUEEN'S,
the fire of political economies. split up b etw een Tonbrid ge and Maidstone and
the 453 Supply Platoon RAOC a t Gillingham with
our Cadre at Tonbridge.
Seldom can the need for voluntary service The Infanteers under Capt. Dixon have got
have been more pronounced than it is today. In off to a good start. Unfortunately the age barrier
our short existence we doubled our strength, and TChahosyes.pRrAiesvOenCnotwePdlaoatvoeoJrnostubfoosfcrmrgibeoedodd.frmSotmernanogfureor mtAhajoat innMdinagCj..
attendances could not have been better if our Clark, who is to command the RAOC Supply
membe r s had bee n paid for their efforts. Our Platoon , is to r evert to his o ld duti es h e p erformed
ro le was in aid of the civil power. Th e areas so well with 507 (Kent) Coy. RASC.
67
It would be much appreciated if m embers of late r we heard more news about our future from
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offer at Tonbridge and Maidsto ne.
able to transf er to join his Battalion. Whilst therP
is no doubt that, at Tonbridge, we are very
fortunate in being permitted to form a new
company for 5 QUEENS, all of us m ust regret
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B COMPANY, 1'onbridge
November turned out to be a month which averaged about 20 members each drill night.
may be remembered by some of us with regret
and by others for th e good news it broug ht for
the future. Now that the emphasis is shifting back again
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selves before returning home.
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previous years.
Overheard at the local
On Tuesday, 12th November, the CO took the
opportunity to give the Officers and NCOs his George (at Christmas time): " Did you 'ear
views on the pending reorganisation. about they Carol Singers?"
As this took most of our Instructors away "It were a wonderful moonlight night as yer
from training, w e wer e most grateful to Sgt. duSrkobgctCableharofopnolneacofateemloederekclprsnwoenr'ke.eoa.cl'do.AsnlalTtee'bfmfisHTsrrdhnesratsighoieciyttyndinhawhuefsgdayebtsetsllyttom'hykriah'gaixgAenegteuotaah'ydiygscrenniat.ekhnstdng'drhaittdsn'osdoetfbNthrongihiuoado'ctei'ielptnmvwsoo.otmeolmc'hfatS'tnwatEoo!etehholcei.o!rsoeant,kao-nohrukdwnllAfbeseded'loono'earte'tvca.acdhtbektokatecteltrSodnvlaereootticadsarahalhshkrceiteanhogsnhh'lsnSmiuagodeaSvdiyasnoyyfilemensgteoosthFtndiioirygasmt'lrtioachhswfe'vaekvuei,ydeNn'ii!?lwstintl''hihttssu"gghhhhaattnhihehebyve'eliyayteeseeess.'
Sharp for staying away from the CO's address
and conducting the training programme. On
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the other.
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Notice
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went to Sgt. Sharp and his t eam .
This was our last w eek end because two days
68 CoL N. F . Gordon-Wilson, MBE (ex-Buffs ),
to be BGS (ADP) Int. Op. Computer Projects
Sword of Honour for T eam, as from 1s t September, 1969.
Queen's Officer Cadet
Ma.j.-Gen. Sir John Wllloughby, KBE, CB,
We were just too late to publish, In the was reinstated on the Active List with effect
Decembe r issue, the splendid news that 2/Lt. from 20th December, 1968, and seconded, on the
P . R. P . Swanson was awarded The Sword of same date, to the Union of Arab Emirates as
Honour, when h e passed out from Sandhurst on Military Adviser.
19th December, 1968.
Brig, A . W . Wise, DSO, MBE, is to assume
(See photograph on opposite page) the appointment of Divisional Brigadier, vice
All of us would wish to offer him belated, Brig. M, W . Holme, CBE, MC, on 23rd April,
though nevertheless sincere, congratulations on 1969. (As already reported, Brig. Ho!me will be
his fine achievement. taking up the a ppointment of GOC Near East
2/ Lt. P eter Swanson, son of Major P. R. Land Forces, vice Maj,-Gen. David Lloyd-
Swanson (Recruiting Officer at Regimental H ead- Owen, DSO , OBE, MC, in June, 1969.
quarters) , was a Senior Under Officer in the
Sovereign's Company before commissioning, and Lt.-CoL I . A. Macmillan to be GSO I, MOD, as
he Is now serving with the 1st Bn. at Lingfl eld . from 3rd February, 1969.
HONOURS AND AWARDS E x t ract from " D aily T el egraph" 8th F ebruary,
1969.
We congratulate the following on the Honours
and Awards which they r eceived in the New Wihnot Races to Title
Year's Honours List, 1s t January, 1969 :
GBE With Record Run
Gen. Sir Kenneth Darling, KCB, DSO, ADC, By A. S. R . Wlnlaw
Colonel, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers;
C.-in-C. Allied Forces Northern Europe. Major C. M. Wllmot, of the Qu een's Regim ent,
KNIGHT BACHELOR not only defeated the holder, D. M. Reed-Felstead
Lt. Col. D. P . Iggulden, CBE, DSO, TD- ex-4th (Royals) , to become the new Army rackets
Bn. The Buffs (TA). champion at Queen's Club, London, yesterday,
CB but h e beat him in the unexpectedly easy and
Maj.- Gen . M. Forrester, CBE, DSO, MC, quick manner of three straight games and just
Colon el Commandant Th e Queen's Div is ion; over half an hour. Wilmot's w inning score of
Director of Infantry. 15-0, 15-5, 15-11 was the more r emarkable because
CMG last yea r R eed-Fels t ead b eat him 3-0 in a semi-
K . C. Christofas-ex-Queen's Own Royal W est final.
K ent Regiment.
CVO Yesterday R eed-F elstead was never in the
Lady Balfour- Lady-in-Wait ing t o H e r late hunt, Jacking his u s ual turn of foot and crisp
Royal Highness, Princess Marina, Duchess of stroke-play. And all thi s was evident from the
Kent. first serv ice run. Wilmot had an ope ning run
Maj. P . C. Clarke---Assistant Personal Secre- of 15 to win the first game, and continued to 5-0
tary to Her late Royal Highness, Princess in th e second. This sequ e nce of 20 is thought to
Marina, Duchess of Kent. be the longest ever recorded in a championship
MBE finaL
Ma.j. D. S. Scull- r etired 22nd J a nuary, 1969.
Maj. J. Schofield, TD~ QUEENS (T ). Wilmot ran and r eturn ed a lmost everything.
BEM H e seldom killed the ball, but his winners came
WOII R . G. Roberts- 10 QUEENS (T) . by placing and catching Reed-Felstead out of
position. Wi!mot must be one of the slowest-pace
APPOINTMENTS servers in the game, but his length of service
is always accurate, and h e aced Reed-Felstead
Brig. R , S. N. Mans, OBE, assumed the post no f ewer than 21 times.
of D eputy Commander South East District on
1st March, 1969. Army Singles. - Final: Maj . C. M. Wilmot
(Queen's) bt. 2nd. Lt. D . M. Reed- Felstead
CoL M. T. N . Jennings, CBE, assum ed the ( Royals) 15-0, 15-5, 15-11.
appointme nt of AAG (CoL ) PS4 (A) at the MOD ,
Lansdowne House, on 1s t F e bruary, 1969. Regimental Doubles.-Final: 17-21 Lance rs
(2nd Lt. C. P . P yemount and 2nd Lt. S . S. Cobb)
bt. King's Own Scottish Border ers (Maj. A. D .
My rtle a nd Capt. P . Toyne-Sewell) 15-9, 15-9, 15-5,
11-15, 15-5.
Comb. Servs. Doubles. -Final: Myrtle and
2nd Lt. R. M. B eazley bt. Wilmot and Reed-
F elstead 11-15, 15-4, 15-2, 15-5, 15-13.
Stop Press
Maj. Charles Wllmot has a lso won the
Army Squash Rackets Championships-
played at the Naval and Military Club,
London, on 20th Febn1a.ry, 1969.- Ed.
69
Senior Under Officer Peter Swanson receiving his Sword of Honour from the Chief of the General
Gen. Sir Geolfrey Baker, GCB, CMG, CBE, MC, ADC (Gen.).
Stall, Photo: Marsball's, Camberley.
OTIIER WINNER.S OF THE SWORD OF HONOUR
AND TilE KING'S /QUEEN'S MEDAL
(from information kindly supplied by Lt.-Col. J. W . Taylor, TD, formerly
211t h London R egt. ( Queen s) and 7th ( Southwark) Bn. Th e Qu een's Royal
R egiment ( TA). Col. Taylor is now A ssistant Librarian at the RMA ).
Date Name Regiment Award Remarks
Middlesex Sword of Honour
1891 Lt.-Col. A. D. Macpherson, Di ed 30th August, 1940
CIE R . W .K . Sword of Honour Died 21st October, 1955
Sword of Honour Retired 1954
1892 Brig .-Gen. C. R. Bradshaw, R . W .K .
CB, CBE Sword of Honour
Queens
1895 Gen. Sir C h arles Bonham-
Carter, GCB, CMG, DSO
1931 Lt.-Col. J. A. R. Freeland
1937 Brig. D . W. Jackson, CBE R.W.K. King's Medal R etired; now Bursar at
Balliol College, Oxford.
1954 Maj . A. F. Heatly R.W.K. Queen 's M edal
1959 Capt. K. G. Wakely Qu eens Queen's Medal Now Parachute Regiment
Now serving at HQ 11
Inf. Bde, BFPO 29.
NOTE-The Sword of Honour is awarded to the best "all round" Cadet ;
the King's/ Queen's Medal is awarded to the Cadet who passes out
with the highest marks.
Inter-Corps Squash- You may be interested to le arn that Lt.-Col.
(Retd.) John Herapath (ex-Middlesex Regiment)
Queen's Officers has just left this Headquarters to settle in re-
tirement, in the W est Country.
Triumph
Yours sincerely,
The reorganisation of the Infantry into Divi- J . V. W ARNER-JOHNSON.
sions in 1968, led the Army Squash Rackets Com-
mittee to decide that In future the Infantry From: Capt. B. K . Finch,
should play as Divisions in place of brigades or MOD Chin ese Language S c hool,
large regiments in the Inter-Corps Squas h Com-
petition. BFPO 1.
lOth January, 1969.
Teams were organised In three leagues or To: The Editor
divisions based on the league/ merit system. The Dear Sir,
composition of "Division One" was: Royal Artil- I wish to convey my sincere thanks, on be-
lery, Royal Armoured Corps, Household Brigade, half of my wife and myself, to the Officers of
The Queen's Division, The Prince of Wales' Divi- the Regiment for the cigarette box presented to
sion . us on the occasion of our marriage.
Yours sincerely,
Results of matches played by The Queen's BRIAN FINCH.
Division were: Versus Royal Artlllery, won 4-1;
Royal Armoured Corps, won 4-1; Household Brig- From: Capt. D . K . Mumford,
~~~· won f>-0; The Prince of Wales' Division, won 3 Queens,
BFPO 41,
The teams for the above matches were selec-
ted from the following: Maj. C. M. Wilmot, 14th January, 1969.
(QUEENS), Trg. Major, 5 QUEENS (V); Lt. B. To: The Editor
H. Woodbrldge (QUEENS), Pl. ·Comd., Depot Dear Guy,
QUEENS; Maj. D . C. Thorne (R. Anglian), GSO
2, Ministry of Defence; Maj. B . H . Marciandi I would ask for a few lines in the Journal
(QUEENS) , Instructor, R.M.A., Sandhurst; Capt. to thank a ll the Officers of the Regiment for
S. J . P etzlng (QUEENS), 1 QUEENS ; Capt. R. J . the s ilver c igarette box I received on the occasion
W . Mellotte (QUEENS), 1 QUEENS; Lt. S. B. L . of my marriage.
Fraser (QUEENS), Junior Infantrymen's Bn.,
Shorncllffe. It is one of the first wedding presents dis-
played in our new hom e and greatly appreciated.
Letters
With many thanks.
A Christmas card r eceived by The Colonel of Yours sincerely,
The R egiment from Colonel J essen , Adjutant to DAVID MUMFORD.
His Majesty The King of D enmark, contained the
following message:- Th e following appreciative l ett er to Major
Paul Swanson, R egim ental R ecruiting Officer , is
"! have been commanded by His Majesty one of many received at RHQ from one of our
the Allied Colonel-in-Chief to convey to you Cadet battalions.
and All Ranks The Queen's Regiment, His
Majesty's best thanks for the kind Christmas From : Capt. C. C. Russell,
and New Year greetings, and return to you His Training Officer,
Majesty's good wishes for Christmas and the 2nd (Cadet) Bn. The Queen's
coming year.
Regiment,
U. JESSEN, Drill Hall Road,
Colonel. " Chertsey, Surrey,
11th February, 1969.
Extract from a letter from :
Dear Major Swanson,
Maj. J . F. Warner-Johnson,
HQ Wales, I am writing to express our appreciation of
the efforts of th e Regimental Information T eam .•
The Barracks, Brecon. I am quite sure that they did a great d eal to en-
24th December, 1968. hance the reputation of both the Regiment and
the Regular Army in the eyes of the Cadets. The
To: The Editor instruction given was of very high standard and
the ch eerfulness with which they answered the
Dear Major Weymouth, Cadets' many questions was an example to any
instructor. The organisation was first rate and the
. . Since our new cap-badge has been worn whole weekend went with a swing. I need add
-with its •~nragon" and Prince of Wales' Plumes no more than to say that the Cadets are already
-HQ Wales has been '•invaded" by several mem- asking when they are coming again.
bers of the Regiment. Lt.-Col. F. de R . Morgan,
Maj. lan Thomson, Maj. Euan Christian and my- Yours s incerely,
self are here to see that Prince Charles is cor- (Capt.) C. C. RUSSIELL.
rectly "Invested" next July, d espite protests from
the remainder of the Headquarters that the Regi- *Sgts. J . Mogford and
ment is making a take-oyer bid in Brecon! T . A. Woolard,
Cpl. M. Porter,
L / Cpls. S. Morrison and
R. Noyce,
Ptes. H. C. Stevens,
A. Mann and B . A . Costello.
71
"Letters" - continued StaH College
has The fo llowing l etter dated 11th F ebruary, '69 , W e con gratulate the f oll owing Offi cers who
been r ecewed from Mr. V. J . Auk ett, of have qualified for selection for staff training:
Lowestoft, Suffol k·: -
To the EditoT, Capts. G. B. Bateman (adjt 1st Bn), P . J .
Gybbon Monypenny (4th Bn), J . C. H oiman (HQ
D ear Sir, 2 Div, BAOR), R. C. Pitman ( 4th Bn), H . N .
1bstamoaabaynoQnweuIMutythrerGhieaf.ftianetervvinsaehe)eentneryoddrajdeulsihaesyMrutdHotsshrurobseaeo.saygcnpanoeDind.itl3vdaeu,MerlffPd,dtftryahQsbaFt.eeueeDDhlemebOeiuutnrin.ftfugCdfefsyaryl.rAaaritynw(nf.eer,ddorxt,Eom1otD9Ante6ogirua9nula,safsmAtfonkrriuanridimMelsn.intgaBraMd.ajrhmoliretissroaer-., Tarver (G3, 20 Tria ls Unit), M. R. T arver (3rd Bn)
Duffy's address is: -
and T . L. Trotman (1st Bn ).
10 Wyena Street, Camp Hill, Bri s bane, 4152,
Queensland, Australia. Acknowledgements
(Signed) V. J . AUKETT. Th e Editor acknowledges, with many t h a nks,
receipt of the following :-
The Legionary- Nove m ber , D ecem ber , 1968,
a nd January, 1969.
The Volunteer (Journal of the H ong Kong
Regt.) -1967/ 68.
Officers' Club DCMMHloo..taaltC.jnCe..uJ.aasS.nn,MnRddoMi.lwMglamGudjr.e.oass.nnSAt,,Pt.aa2M.n/nLRLdat.o.jt.Sn.gSGuRuwatee.tnasnoMtnd.n,sD.ogCMn.Cua,eEacpsCpG.tttasBh.,pRi.teTM..T.aRaEanIlj...bd. ToBAMgt..,.uWcLeMEMs.t.to.i,MlrCMlrLaeoiensitl--..,,
Maj . and Mrs . H. C. L . Tenne ni..
The second cocktail party in the history of
was held on Thursday, 5th December,
the Club the "Wate rloo Room" of T he United
1968, in
Service Club, Pall Mall, London.
TPPMSNMgmRMu.ue..aaarreecJvsGnjsG.s.ktB..e,.t.ePsnaraAM,rTMihPneng..irtddMaea.lzuClpnjFi,maa.gp.ndM.njuegaMI.dWRrren.gasBasae,u.laDtMnjly.esr.,CdGs,n.drAotaoMs,.,PgLl..nl.udytaCCUdJM.jeJbsaa...,.su.RppMtGPsW,WLt.tP....r.tLiGse..eRaMA.Nty.l.GnC.o.miaFBdWc.owjJSho.l..O.,..houMHJalirCtPWasnt.hmr.noaeosd,oW,dlRli.n.mlsL,lMetMoNoMRoeteLoc.an.dr.rdrojt,s,,s..Cbm.C0.CLrMo.aa.biRaDtlnnd.e.paPP.ddg,.jteSDue..ACEai.MM.v.araaa.cWepnMnnrrCCersstddd.-...,...
bDtihtaeetwptaIofanlotsiromsOngpfseoif,rtioec'daserotrtsftee;ocnthesdsnueaentnew-crteiatedhtneuwenrraednedsisfsprvfoeoaermcrsmeyisoawnsnraayerotmimfs1fiesonartucdrtecBodlrrinemy.ugesuaasl.nnaoddrf
From all accounts the party was a great suc-
w ith a l~av ening of all ages, everyone
cess and to find h1s contemporary among the 153
was able
officer s and their ladi es present.
The Colonel of t he Regiment and Lady Crad- R"dSeuersnsOJieoanlrlmc,"eaensafdogAraMilntliah,sneswirV(esieecwxckocryeeultlRladerunylsti)skeaealrin.trodanthghieasmnsektnaCtfsfo. mm an-
dock, all four Deputy Colonels and Mrs. Piggott, at the
Mrs. Tarver and Mrs. Man were among the fol-
lowing who attended:
SDGaARBAB.n.sua.ardihTlvsMBglwtMi,..ed.M.WoMnsaaABr,ojrna.ts.narhLjd.nAJ,t.,eto.D.naMmLlMFdnd.Ctar,.de.oaRsnrlAL.jCs,..M.otioMa.BnLnrlSn.ss,S.it..dws..MaPhJCoJnBMo..a.rodp.jtWlDrEh.,.slMEa..C.AlanliJDFnarlo.dws.pdrte.W,atSowM.ngBoW..acudarrFrsiFei,n.,lgs.sdre,C.tMaCMt,C.cnaMa.MahankpRjJperdlta..s.i.trjn..,MD.AAa,aLDJon.rmn.Ltys.d.d.lbtGFHe.MrJ.M,M.oC...WLsrorBAPeJsstl,......... Canterbury Cricket
Fraser , 2/ Lt. J . P . J . Blatch and guest .
Tent Club
LMnGMBVaLMJEonet.t...ra.a.ntdsJBtjDFK.eCM,..CuMs..eoSo,aaLlael.lClSnrn.j.toMn.s.ddo.M.caeJnahnG,ABP..jMiM,d.nL.eu.BBCngrrrtDHEMos.sth.ua.o.u...apcCrancCsmPPtkCGnoh.,..e.l.oder.rRKLurCaFaEia,t.d.rnnr..M.tngoMdtHeJCdeCCnr.n,aas.oigoaaCnj.nMllGyulL.e.,dvaA,e,rrtaerLsa.saLt.nLrgt.neth,sdC.tutrRda,G...M,emC.MC.sLMMMToat,oFB,trljl....sar..My..sjCPMGla..aJCeaaMn.n..rPjrpFud.a,dH.Mt.rH.h.KtEoCMGMai.Wy.sawm..aa.rHrn.pRGsastE,d.tter..Hi.,.dwCrGABMl,MHaasa.i.nnuonLipraGAlngrnsdttlj-...,,,,... Membe r s are r eminded t hat a viewing tent
and bar will be established on the St. Lawrence
Ground for t he following matches in May :-
10th, 12th, 13th May- Kent v. Sussex.
14th, 15th, 16th May- Kent v. West Indles.
A fter close of play on Wednesday, 14th Ma~· .
both cncket teams will be inv ited to drinks at
the C lub tent and the Steel Band of 4 QUEENS
have kindly consented to provide u s wit h Calypso-
style music (very appropriate) during the party.
LMSdhaerwesnl.L,rlemJt.Cn.ecaWCrepdo,ti.l.n.MSeAeHawaj...neMldSaln.,agdCKrutaeniMpnsottrc.,sak.PCne.Dadr,pM. tgSM., u.MaaeSnjsa.cdtl,ulaalMnlCl,idreoLsul..Mt,.WLarCsnt..o.dSlM.CnM.a.onwALrds-... Regimental Golf Meeting
M embe r s of the Officer s' Club are rem ind ed
that the ann ual m eeting will take plac e on Wed-
nesda~·. 21st May (not 28th in a
May, as s tated
72 REGIMENTAL l'tiUSEUl'tl
previous "Forecas t of Events ") at the Cante rbury The Museum has recently a cq uired a car-
Golf Club. touc h e of th e Roya l Coat of Arms of George Ill-
c irca 1803 (see picture b e low ) -which was origin-
Details will be sent to all known golfers dur- a lly installed in the Old Infantry Barracks, Can-
ing April, but if any other members wish to terbury, above t h e m a in entrance to t h e Officer s'
attend, would t h ey please write to the Regim ental Mess.
Secretary for particulars of t h e meeting.
In 1875 t h e Old Infantry Barracks becam e the
REGIMENTAL CRICKET Depot of Th e Buffs, The Royal East Kent R eg i-
ment.
The two matches a rra n ged for this year w ill
be played at the D e pot, Canterbu r y, on Saturday, It is interest ing to note t h e H a n overian
28th June, and Sunday, 29th June (s ta r t 11.30 Shield super-imposed on the Royal Coat of Arm s
a.m.). - an heraldic practice which, we understand, was
extended over the period 1801-1816.
The first match (v. The Band of Brothers)
will be followed by a ceremony of Beating R e- On the demolition of th e Barracks, which be-
treat and the Annual Officers' Mess Cocktail gan in 1966, t h e MPBW v e ry k in dly arranged for
P a rty, to which a ll team members and t h eir t h e ca>·touch e to be tak en down and installed in
ladles are inv ited. the Museum.
Although arra ngements are not yet firm, we A second Coat of Arms, which was on the
hope the match on the Sunday wi ll be aga ins t a Guard Room wall , O ld Infantry Barrack s, has
R oyal Anglian Regimental s ide. a lso been preserved and presented by MPBW to
The U ni versity of K e nt at Canterbury, for inst a l-
D etails of both fixtures w ill be sent to all lation in their n ew Libra r y building.
Battalions, th e Depot and all known cricketers in
Apr il.
If you are in the neighbourhood and the
w eather is fair, come and s upport the R egim ent.
THE
C ARTOUC H E
now in the
museum
The London Gazette Cap t. T . McB. Board res igns hi s commn.,
2nd November, 1968.
Extracts from Supplements
Maj. J. G. F . Naumann r etires on reti red pay,
REGULAR ARMY lOth Nov ember, 1968 .
It is r egretted that the following announce -
m ent, w hich app eared in th e supplem ent d"t ed Lt.-Col. M. R. Ree d, MC, r e tires on r etired
28th June, 1968, was omitted from t h e September pay, 22nd Novemb e r, 1968.
'68 i ssue of t he J ournal in error:
Maj. L . Brown retires on retired pay, 22nd
The following Capts. to be Majs. 30th November, 1968.
June, 1968: - J . V. Warner-Johnson , H . M. d u V.
Lohan, J. Langhorne, P . Hiscock, J. D . W. R eid, L t. G . C. B r own w it h e ffect from 30th Octobe r,
B. Go rin g, C. M. C . Dewar. 1968, s e ni ority in the rank of Lt. is grante d to 31s t
January, 1966. T o take precedence n ext below W .
H . Backhouse (R. Signals).
S pecial R egu-lar Conunission
2/ Lt. B. D . Thompson from short service
com mission, to be 2/ Lt. 5th September, 1968, wit h
seniority 4th June, 1966.
73
Lt.-Col. S . W . Peet, MC, TD, retires on retired Capt. J . N . Nap ie r-Ford , TD , 6 QUEENS, to
b e Maj ., 1st Au g u s t , 1968.
pay. 20th D ecembe r , 1968. commn ., 2nd
Lt. D. F . Hoblyn r esigns his Lt. D. A. Wright, 6 QUEENS, to be Capt., 1s t
Augu s t , 1968, w ith seniority 29th January, 1966.
January, 1969.
The following Lts. to be Capts. 21st Lt. A. B. D a ly, 6 QUEENS, to b e Capt., 1st
December , 1968 :-A. C. Dawson, N . D . J. Harris, Augus t , 1968.
S. C. Thorpe, M . R. Butler, D . J . Daniell . Capt. R. M. Stanley, 6 QUEENS, from R es.
of Offrs., Class III, and at his own requ est, re-
Capt. (QM ) W . G. Woolley to be Maj. (QM J verts to the rank of L t., 1st July 1968 with
24th D ecember , 1968. seniority 25th Ap r il , 1956.
''
To be Brigadier, 31st D ecember, 1968, with pHQruUotbEtTnaEhntNie,oSn1,),0Lfo/1lC3QlotpUhwl.EinSDEg.eNJcS.e,DmtoabLfefr/oC,rbnp1el,9. 668QC:2-.nUdSEJgE.tN. LESTtls.l..ioCt.t,(oRn6.
seniority 30th Jun e, 1968 : Col. R. S. N. Mans, OBE.
Maj. D. S. Scull retires on retired pay, 22nd
J a nuary, 1969.
Ganz to be Lt., 22nd January, 1969.
2/ Lt. R. J . H . Yeats retires on retired pay, Awards
Maj. W.
18th J a nuary, 1969. E. W est, retired, was
Lt. (Hon. Capt. ) G. Medal (T erritorial) in
2/ Lts. to be Lts., 28th awarded the Effici ency
The following McLelland, M. McGhee,
January, 1969: -P. D . Hodgetts, M R. G. Pannett. January, 1969.
T. C. Wilson , D . P . L . .H
.
The f o I I o w i n g 0 / Cdts. from RMA, KIN G EDWARD V I I's
Sandhurst, to be 2/ L t s ., 20th D ecembe r , 1968- HOSPITAL F OR OFFICERS
P . R. P . Swanson, J. A. B. Salmon, J . C. Acworth ,
J . G. MacWilliam.
REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS GaBAwcergatoasinosuTevnmshoeipnoisKnenonrtheJeyoadHssCnepourriiue)tnasasrecly,,ieOn,nfBc1ott9e,u1o4a8nb1u9wde,9mreaa,dsoninnd1bt9dy4teSh8hsS,teetrrriesobpetyyetroe,erwdsLHnAeonegbnrtnhydoeboMsuunesi,al(enjdM,Weeimsni1t.sglyy7s,,
Capt. J . H . E . Watson , having attained the age
limit, r elinqui shes hi s commn., 7th May, 1968, a nd
is granted th e Hon . Rank of Capt.
Class Ill Queen Mary.
The following All officers of the three services, serving and
Lts . from R es. of Offrs ., cotchrheoooretmvsiipnerrTmeinothdaibta,senelstntihhswoCeeanfohyeisstuonnbasaacubonrhibltldeahesvchaeeptralhlirlisbigishveisb.aeauolsltbeSdebsijcisreftrotroscieeorptrgmotuitabAoosldjnagemarbsncn,eitedsdossat'orishstontmenaaitsia,tenpilmowlerronduphwvs.noeaitrsTrahaifdnoheorsydnrer.
Class I , to b e Lts. on the date s shown: - P. B. oltoctrhtrIooehonofarowdoeosns.tummfpehrrsiwrpTseetaat.aaaeahntynlbeprceOddenooeast,sufaoht1srbfoh5eissbibmrriulies2lwginmee5dtbugmyid.seicingaecncoao,eaiuaesnInfauiltafpdtn.ss,rteaeaehenSptanmreiaeeshdhenarrotnepvciopwstnwaeisuecnte,tetrareigvhtgeaennehekrinwarocietns,afaeafffcolecitiafescorkotsefeurkmiaradaitpcsefnhluoaidselciyrahictrthtrahotieaoeiraesassetptedhpppapsnatrrhaalorttroiwyitaevotuicrtalteoaghiheeyanmtadhdeeestt-
Armitage, 13th Aug ust 1968, A . J. Titcom b, 2nd
July, 1968, D . A. W . Red!, 2nd July, 1968.
Lt. J . B . Coles r elinquishes his commn., 16th
F ebruary, 1968.
Maj. J . Schofield, MBE, TD, 6 QUEENS, from
T & AVR Cat. III, to be Maj ., 27th August, 1968.
MEMORANDUM
tdDRuhuneeerlcgeieAunasmsglglalebrOertlerfAhift,miaercimie1ntr9yeps6ode8forR,ifoteuhtwdsnheeidierlrelv1RresrtcaeAoegnafuOkrstlcieOacatrfolnfebAtdiocerer2mCr,7sbo4yer1oplw9noos6hnf8ogothntahatttoteaotadidP3nata1ehattsedyee,t considered and there is a generously administered
Warrant 1964. Samaritan Fund for those in straitened circum-
T and AYR stances.
Cat. I! E. Lowans, 5 QUEENS from T and The Hospital is for surgical and m edical
Lt. R. XIcwmaHgtateh-oetsnreiosaeasenTpssnyre,dishnatalaeeafanlctne'hnpedsdHeedrssCamosPhcasooah)atrpnrniyysitsetisiuaonafiilolotinntstraesthhhcrnoepasaaetwrcaslaceStn(picowteiyaaratnRhsrfdpeftoDaep,ssnoreamoiowtcpdofvelaenaienrysbawdtttemCisotmbMotephfiynnlleealwstmdtscuthh.ic.ehlbceootdeaeamnlrnpbtCtiaOywnootfuiufSiftelneihtlncacteethbfitir'lfoeesr.,,
AVR, Cat . II, T .A ., to be Lt., 1st N ovember , 1968,
with seniority 4th September, 1966.
2/ Lt. R. P . Davis, 5 QUEENS (on probation)
r esigns his commn., 31st March, 1968. and AVR,
Lt. P . Cansfield, 5 QUEENS from T Nov e mb e r,
Lt. 1st
Cat. III, Hamps, and IOW, to be
1O9f6f8rs,C,waRpittAh. )Psf.ernoGimo. rHiTtyarar1ni4ndtghtAoAVnu,Rg5uCsQta,tU.19EI6IE6,N. RSA(PRCe,s.anodf
be Maj ., 1st January, 1969. sent to the patient's doctor on application.
to Pte . P . J. Mount, 5 QUEENS, to be 2/ Lt. (on The Hospital is outside the National Health
ely on
probation) 19th November , 1968. and AVR, Service and is therefore d ependent entir pay £2
Lt. B . P . Halt, 5 QUEENS from T Novemb e r, voluntary aid. Contributors are asked to
III, Bedfs ., H e rts., to be Lt., 1st Banker's Order, which can b e ob-
Cat seniority 15th D ecember, 1964. or more, by the Appeals Secretary, Admiral Sir
1968, with Birtles, 5 QUEENS, from T and tained from oncrieff, K.C.B., 6 Buckingham Place,
Lt. A. AVR , Alan Scott-M .1, who will also be pleased to re-
Cat. III, 6 QUEENS to be Lt., 7th November, London, S .W
ceive all donations.
1968, with seniority 25th November, 1962.
Appea.ls Secretary: Admiral Sir Alan Scott-
Oat Ill W. B. Collyer, 7 QUEENS, to be Capt., Moncriefl', KCB, CBE, DSO, DL.
Lt. M.
1st October , 1968. Deputy Appeals Secretary: Mrs M. M. Phillips.
74 RUTTER-On 9th December, 1968, at Tidworth,
to Pte. and Mrs. Rutter, a son, Allan Jeffery.
Births, Marriages and
BARRELL-On 13th D ecember, 1968, at Dun-
Deaths donald, Co . Down, to W .O.II a nd Mrs. Barren,
a son, Justin John.
BIRTHS
DANIEL-On 15th D ecember, 1968, at B elfast. to
DAVIES-On 29th July, 1968, at Dorking, to Pte. and Mrs. Daniel, a daughter, Margaret
Susanne, wife of Richard R . Davies, late of S t e p h a n i e.
The Queen's Royal Regt., a daughter, Alice
Susanna. WILTON- On 19th D ecember, 1968, at Canter-
bury, to Cpl. and Mrs. Wilton, a son , David
ROBINSON-On 28th August, 1968, at Colchester, T eren ce.
to Pte. and Mrs. Robinson, a daughter, Paula
Jane. WITTEN- On 19th December, 1968, at Rinteln, to
Bdsm. and Mrs. Witten, a son, Mark Leonard.
PRICE-On 16th October, 1968, at Little hampton,
to Cpl. and Mrs. Price, a son, John Arthur. PATTEN-On 21st December, 1968, at Newtown-
ards, Co. Down, to Pte. and Mrs. Patten, twin
DAVY-On 23rd October, 1968, at Bradford o n sons, Paul and Keith.
Avon, to pte, and Mrs. Davy, a daughter,
Yvonne Michelle. BROWN-On 21st December, 1968, at Rinteln, to
Pte. and Mrs. Brown, a son, D erek Michael
ROBINSON-On 26th October, 1968, at Town of John.
Aqima, Trinidad and Tobago, to Pte. and Mrs.
Robinson, a daughter, Susan Dawn. WHITE-On 29th D ecember, 1968, at Belfast, to
pte. and Mrs. White, a daughter, Sharon Jane.
WILD-On 2nd November, 1968. at Dundonald, to
pte. and Mrs. Wild, a son, Anthony John. IVES-On 29th D ecembe r , 1968, at Trowbridge,
to Pte. and Mrs. Ives, a son, P eter George.
MAJOR-On 5th November, 1968, at Canterbury,
to Sgt. and Mrs. Major, a son, Andrew Stuart. AMBER-On 29th December, 1968, at B elfast, to
Pte. and Mrs. Amber, a son, Anthony Law-
BRADDICK-On 6th November, 1968, at Bradford rence.
on Avon, to Pte. and Mrs. Braddick, a son,
Mark Andrew. RUTTER-On 4th January, 1969, at Tidworth, to
Pte. and Mrs. Rutter, a daughter, Davina.
MaciNTYRE-On 9th November, 1968, at Folke-
stone, to Cpl. and Mrs. Macintyre, a son, JONES-On 4th January, 1969, at Box, Wiltshire,
Duncan David. to Pte. and Mrs. Jones, a son, Philip Andrew.
SLOAN-On 9th November, 1968, at Pembury, to STOPP-On 5th January, 1969, at Trowbridlle, to
Pte. and Mrs. Sloan, a son, Jonathan Michael Cpl. and Mrs. Stopp, a son, Bryan Patnck.
Blain.
BISHOP-On lOth January, 1969, at Belfast, to
WITTIG--On 12th Novembe r , 1968, at Bradford Pte. and Mrs. Bishop, a son, Andrew William.
on Avon, to L/ Cpl. and Mrs. Wittig, a daugh-
ter, Sharon Elizabeth. PAINE-On 17th January, 1969, at Rinteln, to
Cpl. and Mrs. Pain e, a daughter, Suzann e
MASON-On 14th November, 1968, at Dundonald, M a r i e.
to Pte. and Mrs. Mason, a daughter, Tracy
Ann. RICHARDSON-On 22nd January, 1969, at Bel-
fast, to Pte. and Mrs. Richardson, a daughter,
BULLEN-On 15th Novembe r, 1968, at Margate, Sandra Lynn.
to Cpl. and Mrs. Bullen, a daughte r. Veronica
Mary Anne. BROWN-On 23rd January, 1969, at Canterbury,
to Cpl. and Mrs. Brown, a daughter, Janice
WILLS-On 16th November, 1968, at Hounslow, Rosalia.
to Pte. and Mrs. Wills, a daughter, Karen
Marion. ST. JOHN PERRY-On 13th F e bruary, 1969, at
St. Thomas' General Lying-In Hospital,
VINNICOMBE-On 21st November, 1968, at B el- London, to Lt. and Mrs. St. John Perry, twin
fast, to Pte. and Mrs. Vinnicombe, a son, Karl daughters, Nicola and Sara.
John.
MARRIAGES
GREENGRASS-On 21st November, 1968. at
Bradford on Avon, to Cpl. and Mrs. Green- CAREW-WEIGH. On 5th October, 1968, Pte.
grass, a daughter, Samantha Clare. R. Carew to Miss Mary Weigh.
MORAN-On 22nd November, 1968, at BMH Rin- MUNDAY-WEATHERLY. On 19th October,
teln, to Pte. and Mrs. Moran, a son , Thomas 1968, at Shankhill, Belfast, Cpl. Munday (2nd
Silvester . Bn.) to Miss Margaret W eatherly.
CRISP-On 22nd November, 1968, at Belfast, to PEPPER-COOPER. On 19th October, 1968, at
Cpl. and Mrs. Crisp, a son, Geoffrey. Canterbury, Pte. Pepper (2nd Bn.) to Miss
Muriel Cooper.
STOKES-On 22nd November, 1968, at Belfast, to
pte. and Mrs. Stokes, a daughter, Sharen. WILLS - WILSON. On 19th October, 1968, at
Brentford, Pte. Wills (4th Bn.) to Miss Marion
VENMORE-On 23rd November, 1968, at Palace Wllson.
Barracks, Hqlywood N .l., to Pte. and Mrs.
Venmore, a daughter, Jenifer Caron. ARMSTRONG - WRENCH. On 26th October,
1968, at West Norwood, Pte. Armstrong (2nd
WOOLLEY-On 26th November, 1968, at Brighton, Bn.) to Miss Margaret Ann Wrench.
to Cpl. and Mrs. Woolley, a son, Stephen
Peter. WYATT-SIMMONDS.-On 2nd November, 1968,
at Hatchford, Pte. Wyatt (3rd Bn.) to Miss
WRIGHT- On 26th November, 1968, at Rinteln, to Sybil Margaret Simmonds.
C/Cpl. and Mrs. Wright, a daughter, Mandy
Jayne. HASSAN- MORRIS. On 9th November, 1968, at
Belfast, Pte. Hassan (2nd Bn.) to Miss
NORMAN-On 30th November, 1968, at Bradford Bridgett Morris.
on Avon, to Pte. and Mrs. Norman, a son,
Gareth Nicholas. VENNER-WILSON. On 9th November, 1968, at
Eastbourne, L /Cpl. Venner (3rd Bn.) to Miss
TALBOT-On 4th December, 1968, in Victoria, Dawn Margaret Wilson.
British Columbia, to Jinny (nee Ho116) , wife
of Capt. R. D. B. Talbot, The Queen's Regi- PIERSON- HETMEIER. On 13th November,
ment, attached 1st Bn. The Queen's Own 1968, at L emgo, Pte, Pierson (3rd Bn.) to Miss
Rifies of Canada, a son, Michael Zoltan Erika Lena Hetme1er.
Blaqu!ere.
BOTT-O'REILLY. On 16th November, 1968, at
Holywood, Co. Down, pte, Bott (4th Bn.) to
Miss Gerald!ne Mary O'Rellly.
75
PYPER - HUTCHINSON. On 16th November WARD-WALKER. On 26th D ecember, 1968, at
1968, at Whitehaven, Cumberland, Pte. Pype; Hollington, Sussex, Pte. Ward (4th Bn.) to
(4th Bn.) to Miss Cecilia Ann Hu tchinson
November, 1968, . at MCAUMB1MMa9Itn6LiFs.8B)LOs,eESRatlof-tuDassWDM-atL,nUai'sPlENJsdtuSCernVoT.AenaRCN,lWeAa.SrmNauiellsOlGkslnJeeeEaxr..n,(24e8CtOthhaBnpBltDa.2nke8M.e)ctheutLmomD'bEfMeoescrrite,dsrmas1n(b9I3gre6rei8rds.,,
JONES-JUPP. On 16th Bn.) to Miss Eileen
Hove, Pte. Jon es (3rd
Patricia Jupp.
H A R V E Y- A L L E N . On 20th November, 1968, at
Richmond , Pte. Harvey (1st Bn ) to Miss Duncan .
Margaret Ann Alien. DALY- CABREY. On 28th D
HUBBARD-WILTON. On 25th November, 1968, ecember, 1968, at
at Knockbreda, Co. Down, Pte. Hubbard (4th Belfast, Pte. Daly (4th Bn.) to Miss Margaret
Bn.) to Miss Margaret B eattie Wilton . Ann Cabrey. On 28th December, 1968,
LINALE-DUNBAR. Co. Down, Pte. Linale (4th
W ALTERS-HOWAR D. On 30th N ovember, 1968, at Knocknagoney,
at Dover, L / Cpl. Waiters (2nd Bn.) to Miss
Bn.) to Miss Yvonne H eather Dunbar.
Jennifer Anne Howard . CO TTON - BLACKWOOD. On 28th D ecember,
WILLIAMSON. On 30th Novem- 1968, at Holywood, N.I., L /Cpl. Cotton (2nd
EASTHOPE - at Belfast, Pte. Easthope (2nd Bn.) Bn.) to Miss Annabel Blackwood.
ber, 1968, REVETT-NOTT. On 28th D ecemb
to Miss Sarah Stewart Williamson. (4th Bn.) to
S T Poplar, Pte. Strevett e r, 1968, at
LINDFIELD- DARMANIN. On 30th November, Miss Mar-
1968, at Eastbourne, C pl. Lindfield (3rd Bn .)
garet Rose Nott.
to Miss Rosaria Darmanin. W I L K E N S- O L I V E R . On 31st D ecembe r, 1968,
L / Cpl. Wilkens (4th Bn.)
F IDLER-SKELTON. On 30th November, 1968, at Holywood, N .I .,
at Sutton, Pte. Fidl er (1st Bn.) to Miss J ean to Miss Elsie Ag-nes Oliver.
JONES- FRENCH. On 4th January, 1969, at
Skelton. Kingston, Lt. I. R . Jones (Depot) to Miss
GLEbNerD, E19N68N, IaNt GW-PeAstRMKoEl eRs.ey,OPnte.30GtlhendNeonvneimng-
Valery Elizabeth French. 4th Janua ry, 1969,
(1st Bn.) to Miss Linda Pamela Park er . CHEESEMAN-CORDON. On (4th Bn.) to Miss
MARTIN- LEGGATT. On 30th Nove mbe r, 1968, at Barking, Pte. Cheeseman
at Bridge, K ent, Pte. Martin (1st Bn.) to Miss Vena Cordon.
FARRIMOND- HUNT. On 6th January, 1969, at
June Sadie Leggatt. On 30th November, (2nd Bn.) to Miss
-CHAPMAN. Rawlings (1st Bn.) to Brighton, L /Cpl. Farrimond
RAWLINGS Ospringe, Cpl. Joan Hunt.
1968, at PIPER- YEUNG. On 18th January, 1969. at
Miss Valerie Ann Chapman. Cpl. Piper (2nd Bn.) to Miss
HARMER- RODGERS. On 7th Dece mber, 1968, Ashford, Kent,
at Shorncliffe, Sgt. G. Harmer to Miss H eather Cindy Lai Ng-or Y eung.
Rodgers, daughter of W .O .I Rodgers, RSM at NIVELLES-SMITH. On 25th J a nuary, 1969, in
the Junior Infantrymen's Battali on. to Mi ss Marie
BROWN-ROLL. On 7th D ecember, London , Lt. Nivell es (4th Bn.)
Andree Smith.
Wimbledon , Pte. Brown (1st Bn .) 1968, at STENT- POPPLETON. On 25th January, 1969 ,
to Miss (1 s t Bn.) to Miss
at Croydon, Pte. Stent
Gillian Monica Roll. Elizabeth Ann Poppleton.
BROAD-KING. On 9th Decembe r, 1968, at Ton- 1969, at
bridge, Pte. Broad (1st Bn .) to Miss Parn ela DEHAAN- CLARK. On 25th January, Bn .) to
Holywood, N .I .. L / Cpl. D ehaan (2nd
Ann King.
MARIN-MOHAMMED. On 14th D ecember. 1968, Miss Marion Clark.
(2nd Bn.) to Miss
at Belfast, Pte. Marin DEATHS
Grace Mohammed .
Martha WREFORD. On 14th December, RAPRSthSgae-Otp. sNMoD-nirO,dudnmDl eSm1sOe9e,xtrhaoRtAfetuhgtgheimuesaetg4,nett1h9oi6fnB8,n851.L.89tiEn.7-Cn, Nolialos.ptvpeGeodmeinoibnrteegtrdoe,
ROBERTS - Hounslow, Middlesex, Pt e. Roberts 1Aian9np0dr6Fi.lew,abon1rn9ud1at2prh.yreHo, Dm1e9So1wOt5e,addsduticorroienmcRgtSmttMiohsestoihlofaenttethrdeaerni2pnknadtrohtfeBoCnffai.tephiltdne.
war after b e bad attained fi eld rank.
1968, at
(1st Bn.) to Miss Mary Angela Wreford .
TAYLOR-BARCLAY. On 17th D ecember, 1968,
at Ald ershot, Pte. Taylor (1st Bn.) to Miss
H eather Ann Barclay. D ecember, 1968, at
KNOTT-KING. On 19th . Knott (2nd Bn.) to
Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Pte Williamson King.
Miss Catherine Margaret
at Tonb:idg-e,
COCHRANE-CORRIGAN. On 21st D ecember, REDMAN-On 27th August. 1968, No. 5965 m 1st
1968, at Brent, Willesden , Pte. Co chrane (4th James Redman, who served as World War.
Bn. The Buffs during the First
Bn.) to Miss Christine Corrigan. ember. 1968,
FINCH- MITCHELL. On 21st Dec (1st Bn.) to September , 1968, Cpl. Albert
at Ashstead, Surrey, P te. Fi nch GIBES-On 1st (5333664), aged 56. Served in 1st
George Gibbs The Queen's Royal Regiment
Miss Jean Mitchell. On 21st Decemb e r, 1968, and 2nd Bn.
OLLIFFE-DIMOND. Pte. Olliffe (1st Bn.) to from 1930 to 1953.
CROSS-In October, 1968, Maj. H . R. H. Cross,
at East Grinstead. years with the East
Miss Jean Shirley Dimond. who served for many
TUTTY-BENNETT. On 21st D ecember, 1968, at Surrey R egiment.
Bn.) to Miss Mary
Harringay, Pte. Tutty (1st GIBoDaBwf.IaNGrtdihSbee-bdOinnt2sh,29enMtdMhMiO.lLictfotaonorrdbymoeMenr,rle1yd9Ra6Tl8e,rgaaCismnQsCeMpQnotSM.rtFSSHrieeenrdgel er/wia6cantkbst
Elizabeth Bennett.
EDWARDS- LYNCH. On 21st December, 1968,
at Ardoin e, Belfast , Pte . Edwards (2nd Bn.)
to Miss Bridg-et Lynch. 21st D ecember, 1968. C H AQLTfCat ohnRoauhuednneaLnedrkcdTlnaoote'OtnoRsmr.nNtemhRgm-(eieiO7tmeg7ttmne6iiemem7nb16teeeo69,nr)ft.ftho,rtofaohOfgamehcenittdds2ho13eb96drl2e0dea9.rVat, eLStet1hroeo9t er6ntwv1r8dha9e,aoe4ndRsn5s./S4isn48MHeC2trthnovehdGimnewRegpRoao2-asTr3ynograRydnael,
TERRY- BACKHOUSE . On Miss Old Comrades Association.
at Bridg-e, Kent, Sgt. Terry (1st Bn.) to
Susan Backhouse.
LIVELY-BUNTING. On 21st D ecembe r. 1968,
at Belfast, Sgt. Lively (2nd Bn.) to Miss Wini-
fred Florence Bunting. D ecember, 1968,
REDMAN-CLARKE . On 21st edman (2nd Bn.)
at Holywood. N.I., L / Cpl. R
to Miss Sarah Ann Clarke.
76 was the son of the late Maj . H arry Farrow,
who was QM of the 4th Bn. The Middlesex
TEDDER-On 31st October, 1968, RSM Sinclair Regt. at the Battle of Mons.
Tedder, DCM (6076304), aged 76. Served in SANKEY-On 17th D ecember, 1968, at Wimble-
The Queen's Royal R egim ent from 1911 to don, Maj. Gordon Everist Sankey, MC, late
1935. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct The Buffs.
Medal for gallantry in the 1914-18 War. FARISH-SANDBACH-On 19th December, 1968,
Capt. Arthur Edward Wllliam Farish-Sand-
WHITE-On 8th November, 1968, Sgt. Jam es bach, late The Buffs.
William White (10603), aged 75. Served in 1st NUNN-Suddenly on 19th December, 1968, ex-Pte.
Bn. The East Surrey R egim ent from 1913 to William Francis Nunn, aged 54. Enlisted
1920. 22nd October, 1935, and was serving with th e
1st Bn. The Middlesex Regt. when war with
TABERSHAM-On lOth November, 1968, ex-Sgt. Japan broke out in 1941. After the fall of
Master Cook Fred e rick George T abersham Hon g Kong h e was P.O .W . and, whilst in
(L/8058), aged 84. Enlisted 20th January, 1903, captivity, suffered temporary blindness. H e
and, after a short spell with the 4th Bn. The was repatriated in November, 1945, and d is-
Middlesex R egt., was posted to the 3rd Bn ., charged a year later.
with which h e served in South Africa, China,
Singapore, India, France and Salonika, until SMITH- On 24th D ecember, 1968, at Canterbury,
r eturning to the Hom e Establishment in Dorothy Howard Smith (nee Harvey), wife
January, 1919. During the last three years of of the late Lt.-Col. Howard Smith, The Buffs.
service (until discharge in January, 1922) he
was Sgt. Master Cook at the D epot, Mill Hill. WILSON- On 24th D ecember , 1968, at Hayward s
H eath, Elizabeth B eatrice (nee Fitzmaurice),
DYSON-On 11th November, 1968, in tragic cir- wife of the late Lt.-Col. C. E . Wilson, MBE,
cumstances at Mons, ex-Cpl. James Fredrick The Buffs.
Dyson (L/ 12903) , aged 78. H e e nlisted in F eb-
ruary, 1910, and served with the 1st Bn. The TUCKEY- Suddenly on 29th D ecember, 1968, Ma j .
Middlesex R egt., throughout the 1914-18 War Philip Ewe n Caulfield Tuckey, MBE . aged 67.
from the Battle of Mons until the Armistice. Commissioned into The Middlesex Regiment
in July, 1921, and posted to the 3rd Bn. On
HAYNES-On 18th November, 1968, at Canter- the d isbandment of that Battalion in 1922 h e
bury, Sidn ey Edward Haynes, aged 80. Lately was posted to the 2nd Bn. H e held 3rd Grade
Officers' Mess Accountant, D epot The Buffs. Staff appointments from October, 1935, until
S eptember, 1939, when h e r everted to r egi-
NEWMAN-On 23rd November, 1968, Maj . P ercy mental sold ier ing. As a result of ill-health h e
Frank N ewman, MBE, aged \0. During the was placed on half pay in April, 1943. On
latter part of the 1914-18 War h e served in the return to full pay in 1944 h e h eld a number of
Royal Naval Volunteer R eserve. H e then en- 2nd Grade staff appointments before being
listed in the Middlesex Reg iment and served finally retired in April, 1947, on account of
in the ranks for 23 years. During this time h e disability. On 1st May, 1947. h e was appointed
was seconded for a tour of duty as a drill Secretary to the Commandant at the Joint
instructor at the Royal Military Academy, Services Staff College and, after long and
Camberley, and later was promoted and devoted s ervice over 20 years, he retired from
appointed RSM of the 1st Bn. H e was g ranted the Civil Service on 6th Jun e, 1967.
an Emergency Commission early in 1940 and
a Regular Commission as QM in November. WHITCOMBE- On 30th December, 1968, at Can-
1943. H e was awarded the MBE whilst QM of terbury, Maj. Donald Richard Clarence Whit-
the 1st Bn . in Hong Kong in 1950. H e retired combe, late The Buffs, aged 58 years.
as a Maj . (QM) on 11th November, 1953.
WARING--On 4th January, 1969, Marjorie, of
WRIGHT-On 27th November, 1968, RQMS A. J . Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, widow of
Wright (6133706). Served in The East Surrey Lt.-Col. H. A. Waring-, DSO , The Queen's
Regiment from 1914 to 1937, and will be Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
remembered as RQMS of the 1st Bn. in India.
DINEEN-On lOth January, 1969 (7211672), Pte.
BROWN-On 30th November, 1968, ex-Pte. Leon- Patrick Joseph Din een, aged 78. Served in
ard George Brown (6199847), aged 57. Enlisted The Royal Mun ster Fusili ers from 1909 to 1920
27th January, 1931, and served with the 1st and in Th e East Surrey Regiment from 1920
Bn. The Middlesex Regt. until May, 1938. when to 1931.
he was transferred to the R eserve. H e was
recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of the BEEVOR-On 12th January, 1969. at Dedham ,
1939-45 War and served with the 2nd Bn. Lt.-Col. Miles Beevor, late The Buffs, aged 89
until after the evacuation from Dunkirk, years.
when h e was found medically unfit.
ELLIS-On 13th January, 1969, ex-CSM H e rbert
COOK-On 1st D ecember, 1968, Lt.-Col. H erbert Thomas Ellis (619596) , aged 54. Enlisted on
Cook, MC. Served in the 22nd London R egi- 29th November, 1925, and for almost 18 years
ment. and was awarded the Military Cross served continuously with the 7th (TA) Bn.
for gallantry in 1917. The Middlesex Regt. until discharged on 3rd
Aug-ust, 1943. He was wounded on 1st June,
FRIEND-O n lOth D ecember, 1968, Lt.-Col. R egin- 1940, during the evacuation from Dunkirk .
ald Stewart Irvine Friend, DSO, late The
Buffs. LEVIEN-On 13th January, 1969, Mai. Michael
Stanley L evien, aged 50. S e rved in The
ADAMS-On 14th Dece mber. 1968, RSM Albert Queen's Royal Regim ent in the 1939-45 War.
H enry Adams, DCM (6134495). Served in The
East Surrey Regiment from 1920 to 1945. OSBORNE-On 19th January, 1969, at the Infirm-
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for ary Royal Hospital, Ch elsea, In-Pensioner
gallantry in North Africa as Regimental Ser- George Alfred Osborne, late The Buffs, aged
g-eant Major of 1st Bn. The East Surrey 87.
Regiment.
JACOBS-On 22nd January, 1969, at Hove. Col.
FARROW-On 16th December, 1968, Maj . Harry Byron Jacobs, OBE, MC, late The Buffs, aged
Farrow, MBE, aged 69. He served in the ranks 79 yea rs .
of the 1st. 2nd and 4th Bns. The Middlesex
R egt., ending up as RSM of the 1st Bn. Be- LUCAS-On 26th January, 1969, at Guildford, Mrs.
tween the wars he was seconded to the Malay Sus ie Frances (Mollle) Lucas, widow of Lt.-
States Volunteers as a P ermanent Staff In- Col. L . W . Lucas, DSO, MC (late The Buffs) .
structor and was awarded the MBE. Granted
a R eg-ular Commission as QM on 16th Janu- JACKSON-On 31st Janu ary, 1969, Alexander
ary, 1943, h e retired on 1st F ebruary, 1953. H e Rochfort Jackson, late The Buffs.
RICKETT- On 31st January, 1969, Maj. H . R. N . 77
Rickett, CBE, aged 59. Served in The Queen's
Royal R egiment in the 1939-45 War. H e was The Queen's Royal R egime nt from 1913 until
m ad e CBE in 1966 for s e rvices to rowing. taken prison e r in 1917.
KEENLYSIDE- On 4th F ebruary 1969, Mrs. R ose
D UDLEY- On 2nd F ebruary, 1969, Pte. Alfred Margaret K eenlyside, a ged 85 ' years, w idow of
William Dudley (10349) . Served in 1st Bn. Capt. Guy K eenlyside, The Queen 's Own
Royal W est K ent R egiment.
Obituaries
LT.-COL. A. A. EASON fri e nds in the 1s t Bn. will r em ember the time
wh e n, in Agra, h e r epresented the CO at a
The n e ws of Bishops' convention (if that is the proper t erm
the death of Lt.- for an a s sembly of Prelates ). Whils t being photo-
Col. Arthur A lex- graph ed with these d evout m en, s omething w ent
a nd er Eas on as the wrong a nd, loudly and roundly, he invoked the
r esult of a motor D eity ; a s quickly, r ealis ing whom h e was with,
a cc i d e n t on 5th he then apologised in the mos t sanguina ry man-
Octob e r la s t, n er ! The story w ent all over India and lost nothing
whilst visiting his in the telling.
elder m a r r i e d
daughter an d her H e married Nora Backhouse in 1931, and s he
fami ly in P erth, becam e a perfect foil for him, and as much loved
W est ern Australia, as h e was. (Sh e was badly injured in the fatal
will have come as accident and is s till in hospital in P erth) .
a great a nd tragic
shock to all who A first-class R egimental Officer, Willie took
knew h i m in the a fuli s hare in all its activities. In spite of a nasty
Regiment. Though motor-cycle a ccident in 1921, h e played polo and
his family called other games for the R egiment; in particular, he
him Alex, he was, was a fin e s hot. H e was even p ersuaded to enter
to his fri ends in the boxing ring on one occasion and, to his great
the R egiment, al- surprise, won!
ways k now n as
Photo : K e nt Messenge r "Willie," a nick- Though he himself would probably have
name-give n him soon after the 1914-18 War and denied it with an oath, his greatest contribution
for no particular reason other than that he was to his R egiment w as when he served at Maid-
the exact opposite of "Wee Willie"-by which h e s tone. He was the "continuity man" at R egime n-
was affectionately known for the r est of his life. tal Headquarters; an encyclopaedia of knowledge
who, if he himself didn't know the answ er , knew
Educated at St. Lawrence's College, Rams- where to find it. H e had always been a modest
gate and the RMC, Sandhurs t , h e joined 7th man and on occasions gave the false impression
Bn. The Queen's Own Royal W est K ent R egiment of b eing som ewhat diffident. It was not really a
in 1916 and was take n prisoner in the March, 1918, shyness but jus t that h e follow ed the old maxim,
Ge rman offe nsive. After th e war, Willi e rejoine d often forgotten, of "thinking twice before speak-
the R egiment in Gravesend and sailed with the ing once." H e enjoyed his work at R egime ntal
1st Bn . for Ind ia in 1919, where, apart from a HQ and relished any bit of excitement. When
short spell with the 2nd Bn. in Ballykinlar, h e anything important or difficult arose, Willie
r emain ed until the end of 1934. At the turn of would declare "A flap on." But, in fact, he n ever
that year he came back to K ent as Adjutant of flapped. After cons ulting Paddy Mullen (his right-
the 5th Bn. at Bromley. In 1939 h e r ejoined the hand man for many years) , if there was a point
Home Battalion. of detail to be ch ecked, he would ponder awhile,
and then make his suggestions as to what might
At the outbreak of war, he w ent to France b e done. Seldom , if ev e r, wrong, h e was a most
as Second-in-Command of the 1st Bn ., whe r e he tactful brake to any Colonel.
remained until appointed Town Major of Armen-
ti e r es in March, 1940. From May, 1941, when h e Willie Eason was not an ambitious man himself,
b ecam e a Lt.-Col., his appointments included the except in so far that his ambition was to serve
command of the ATS Training Centre and the his R egime nt w ell. Kind h earted, gene rous to a
R egimental Infantry Training Centre at Maid- degree, of great integrity and loved by his fellow
s t o n e. m en, h e w as the kind of R egimental Officer who
has helped to forge the great traditions of the
After the war h e continued at th e R egimental British Infantry throughout the years. H e will
D epot at Maidstone where, first a s a s erving b e sadly missed by all who kn ew him . The d eep
Officer and later as a retired one, he remained at sympathy of the whole R egiment will, it is to be
Regim ental HQ to become, as Regimental Secre- hoped, be of some s mall comfort to Nora and to
tary, th e guardian of the inter ests of the Regi- his family.
ment until the amalgamation with The Buffs in
1961. W .P .O.
Willie Eason was a lovable character, tall, a LT.-COL. R. S. I . FRIEND, DSO
little gangly in his youth, good looking and of a
most equitable t emperament. H e had a nice sense Lt.-Col. R. S . I . Friend, DSO, late of The Buffs,
of humour and a quiet manner which could be a who died on lOth D ecember in a nursing home
little d eceptive. N ever what one would call bril- in Barham at th e age of 88, was buried at l ckham
liant, h e had enormous common sense and an Church on 13th D ecember. In addition to the
agile brain. The stories about him are legion. His
78
11""-----0bituaries-Continued---------------------------·,
family, those present included Lt.-Cols. Argles, his passing on the 22nd January, in his 80th year.
Knocker, Willows (J. R.) and Arthur ffrench-
Blake, Maj. and Mrs. Jack Smithers, and Mrs, At the outbreak of W ar in 1914 Byron Jacobs
John Crookenden. was living in South Africa, but he immediately
sa1l ed for England and as h e claim ed a certain
A Regular Officer, Lt.-Col. Reggie Fri end was amount of military experience h e obtained a
commissioned into Th e Buffs in 1901 and served commission and was gazetted to The B uwfafs~
in the South African War, gaining the Queen's direct h e joined the 3rd Bn. at Dover. H e
Medal for that campaign with four clasps. Dur- where
ing the 1914-18 War he commanded a Battalion of in due course posted to the 1st Bn. in France
the London Regiment and was awarded the DSO where he served as a Company Commander with
during the fighting n ear Ypres in June, 1917. He g reat distinction, being awarded the MC and Bar.
was also Mentioned in Dispatches. Unfortunately h e had at some time applied for
a transfer to the RFC a nd when this came
Col. Friend left the Army in 1919 and came to through he left the Regiment, to the great regret
live in Wingham. During the Second World War of all who knew him.
he served in the Special Constabulary.
In 1939 h e applied to rejoin The Buffs, but
CAPT. A. E . W. FARISH-SANDBACH was given a commission as 2nd Lt. in the Labour
. Capt. Arthur E . W. Farish-Sandbach, of Pil- Co rps. H e again proved his a bility and courage
grim Cottage, Bridge, died just before Christmas and was soon promoted. H e went to France as
at Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, at the a Deputy Director of Labour and was awarded
age of 75. the OBE for his services in the advance into
Germany. V . N-M.
Born at Dartmouth, the son of a clergyman LT.-COL. M . BEEVOR, DSO
and a member of an old Cheshire family, Capt.
Fansh-Sandbach was commissioned in The Buffs Captain L. P. ("Tim") Causton, MC, writes:
and was wounded in World War I. After com-
pleting his military career he became a chief "Miles Beevor was originally posted to the 1st
area O·fficer for what was the n the Ministry of Battalion The Buffs in Kamptee, India, in 1903,
Pensions in the W est Country. On coming to havmg been m the Royal Navy, which he joined
Bndge 17 years ago h e was appointed chairman under a spec1al Boer W artim e Entry from the
of the old War Pens ions Committee in Canter- Training Ship 'Conway.' He served wlth the 1st
bury. Battalion in Aden, which th en came home to
Dover, where the two Battalions m et in 1905 H e
A modest man, who loved his church and his continued serving with the 1st Battalion at Aider-
garden, he was well-known as a horticulturist and shot, Dublin and Fermoy, and in 1914 went to
frequently exhibited at the East Kent Rose France. There, Miles Beevor was wounded
Society's and other shows. during the autumn fighting on the River Aisne
when h e r eceived a bullet in the chest. '
The funeral service, held at St. Peter's Church,
and conducted by the Vicar, Canon Colin E. H. A year or so later, he returned to France
P erry, was followed by cremation at Barham. and was posted to the 2nd Battalion which, as
part of the 28th Division, shortly afterwards left
Capt. Farish-Sandbach is survived by his for Serbia. The Battalion remained for some time
wife. on the Salonika front, and Miles then took over
command, wh1ch he held for a couple of years or
MAJOR D. R. C. WHITCOMBE so, returning home just before the war ended in
For many years the champion of public house 1918.
license~s throughout East K ent, Major Donald R.
C. Wh1tcombe died at the Seven Stars Hotel, Subsequently, h e served with the r econsti-
Orange Street, Canterbury, on 30th December , tuted 2nd Battalion at Portland, and retired in
1968, at the age of 58. He had been at the S even 1924. In the last war h e served with Movements
Stars for some 32 years, but had been ill for about and Quarterings, but did not proceed overseas.
a year.
In F ebruary, 1940, he was commissioned into Miles was one of the first Buffs Officers to
The Buffs and, after serving in Canterbury, joined own his own motor car."
the 2nd Bn. and fought in the D esert War in the
Middle East, and served in Iraq. He took part, as RSMA.H. ADAMS, DCM
a company commander, in the defence against Albert Henry Adams died suddenly within a
Rommel's last push at Alam El Halfa and in the few days of r etirement from the firm he had
El Alamein battle before taking up a staff served as a commissionaire for 17 years. "Buck"
appointment. Later h e was Town Major of Shiba, Adams who had long service in the 2nd Bn. The
before returning to England. East Surrey Regiment, will be r emembered by
The funeral service was h eld at St. Alphege many as the RSM of the 1st Surreys in the 1939-
Church, Canterbury, on 6th January, 1969, fol- 45 W a r . Imperturbable, cheerful and steadfast,
lowed by interment in the family grave at Harriet- RSM Adams set a fine exampl e both in and out
sham Churchyard. of action. In the early days of the North African
campaign the 1st Battalion h eld a position at
COL. BYRON JACOBS, OBE, MC and Bar T ebourba som e 18 miles from Tunis for a week
Lt.-Col. V. Newton-Moss, MC writes:- against overwhelming odds. RSM Adams was in-
defatigable in maintaining the morale and foster-
Many older members of The Buffs will re- ing the aggressive spirit of the defenders. For
member the above and will be sorry to hear of his courage and p ersonal example h e was awarded
the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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J . MOTTO
With the passing of Joseph Motto, the Regi- loyal and resourceful, Pte. Motto neve r sought pro-
m ent loses a fine typ e of old Regular Soldier. motion . H e was mentioned in despatches on the
Originally en listi ng in Th e E ast Surrey Regiment &>mme in 1916.
in 1904, h e was r ecalle d from the Reserve t o r e-
join the 1st Battalion at the outbreak of the 1914- One of his platoon commanders writes: "Joe
18 War. Hi s service was exceptional in that Motto was a fine soldier with great esprit de
throughout the war he served with that same corps. H e was fearless, a lways c h eerful a nd com-
Battalion - in France, B e lgium and Ita ly. The pl ete ly impe rturb ab le. Some year s older and more
best type of r egimental soldi e r, stout-h earte d, expe rie n ced than the rest of us, he was a guide,
adviser a nd exam pl e to us a ll."
Presentation to the
Portuguese Military
Museum
When it was known that His Excellency Sir Queen's Regiment, form ed in 1966 from the four
Anthony Lambert, The British Ambassador in regim ents of the Home Counties Brigade. One
Lisbon, was to pay an official visit to the of these four incorporates the Queen's Royal
Portuguese Military Museum in January 1969, R egiment (formerly the Second of Foot) , raised
n egotiations w e re star ted by th e Ministry of in 1661 t o protect the P o rt of Tangier, w hich
Defence for the British Army to provide som e King Charles II of Eng land gained as part of
s uitab le exhibit which the Ambassador cou ld the dowry on his marriage to Princess Catherin e
present to that Museum. of Braganza, daughter of the King of Portugal.
At Tangi er this Regim e nt won th e earli est battle
To c ut a long story short, the Quee n 's honour awa rd ed to any regiment and the present
R egime nt was approached a nd a Drum which Queen's R egim ent carries on its R egimental
b e longed to the Queen's Royal Surrey R egt. was Colours, the Royal Cypher of Queen Catherine,
offered and g ratefully accepted by the Am- to p e rpetuate th e m emory of t his honourable and
bassador. historic link with the Portugu ese Royal H ouse.
During the war of the Spanish Succession, the
Thanks to the good offices of Major John Regiment passed through P ortugal to tight the
R eed , Secretary of The Qu een's Surveys Office, French and Spanish forces in Spain, and in the
and The Royal Air Force, the Drum was flown Napoleonic wars fought with Sir Arthur W ell esley
out to Lisbon and du ly presented. (late r the Duke of W ellington ) a Ion g s id e
Portuguese forces and gained distinction in a
The following is an extract of the English number of important battles in the Peninsular
version of the speech, which Sir Anthony Lambert Campaig n . The Colonel of the Queen's R egiment
de li vered when making his presentation , on 14th has asked me to say t hat the Regiment a r e proud
J a nuary, 1969 : to offer this drum to the Military Museum of
Lisbon . It has seen active service with the
"I wish, first of all, to thank you for the R egiment during the last ten years or so, and
honour which you have done m e in inviting me I think it appropriate that now, in honourable
together with my wife and m embe rs of my staff retirem ent in this Museum, it should testify to
to visit this renowned Museum today. It is indeed the historic links that have bound the Regiment
a privilege for us all to see these important col- to Portugal."
lections under your personal guidance.
Ed.itor's Note
The connections between the Armed Forces
of our two countries have a very long history, During the War of the Spanis h Succession
dating back as they do to the Middle Ages. W e 1110£-1 2) , the 3rd Foot I B,•ffs), 31st l East
must all hope that never again will the need S1•n· eys ) and 35th I Roya l Suss ex ) also fo1<ght
arise for us to stand together in the line of in Spa.in..
battle. Y et it is my hope that past comradeship
be remembered, for it is an important part of the In the War against Napol eon 11808-15) all our
good r elations between our two peoples that w e [orrner R egint.ents, exc ept 35th F oot, [ought in
all desire to promote. the P enins u.lar and, as R egim ental hi.stories will
show, gained distinction in the follou:1ng battl es: -
It is with this thought in mind that I would
ask you to receive an expression of good will Vimi era. ( 1808 ), Coru.nna , Dou1·o and Talat•ent
towards the Portuguese Armed Forces from !1809 ) , Busaco ( 1810 ), Albuh era and El Boden
those of my own country. As a token of this (1811 ) . Roddgo , Ba,dajoz, Alm.araz a11d Salam.an ca
esteem I am charged with the agreeable task of I 1812) , VUtori.a and Pyren ees I 1813) .
offering to this Museum the drum of one of the
British regim ents that has been most closely
associated with Portugal in the past. This is The
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81
By "Beetle" to Blighty
I IBy Captain N. D . J . Harris
P art l-A llou seboat in
K ash mir
It seemed such a pity to board a plane at previous commander of the Trucial Oman Scouts
Sharjah a nd in six hours arrive at Lyneham, from Tehran to Austria. The rest of the informa-
having missed 5,000 mil es worth of interesting tion for the more hazardous part of the trip was
countryside on the way. rather piecemeal, gathered from the various ex-
patriate members of the Trucial Oman Scouts
The excuse for motoring home is not as whose homes were on or near our proposed
simple as that; first you need the time and after route. Ali, my orderly, reckoned the road across
in the Trucial Oman Scouts I had three
my tour leave. Next you really must have a con- the Dasht-i-Lut (the desert in Southern Iran)
months' was excel1 e nt, though his n ormal means of trans-
genial travelling companion and I had none
better-my wife. Lastly-and unfortunately most port was by camel and he used to keep to the
important of all- one needs sufficient funds, quieter side roads. In fact, it was terrible! The
Squadron Clerk said the roads in the Punjab
especially if it is to be a private venture such as were marvellous. In the event, there had been
our was, but after some time overseas, this was since he was last home! The Officers' Mess
floods Sergeant was sure that Lahore was the
financially possible. Staff
W e had always wanted to go to India; we loveliest city in the world and Khan, the Pathan,
had heard much about it from people who were said his rebellious brothers weren't shooting on
there before the war, also the Trucial States
have a very pronounced Indian influence, not per- the Khyber Pass this autumn.
haps of the finest kind, but none-th e-less interest-
ing. We just had to see if what Malcolm Mug-
geridge says about the remnants of the Raj was
true! Besides, being so near to India, it would
have been a lost opportunity to turn W est in
Persia, instead of East; the Taj Mahal was
almost en route in any case.
W e originally decided to drive to Katmandu,
but even three months can be too short a time.
We reckoned on the trip taking two months,
thus leaving plenty of spare time in case of a
major hold-up. Also we wanted to be home for
so we decided Kashmir would be far
Christmas, d were easily persuaded that this was
enough, an loveliest places in the world. W e were
one of the
to be so glad we had been persuaded.
A trip of this kind na turally needs a certain
amount of preparation, especially if one is
stationed in an out of the way corner. Where a
telephone call in England is sufficient, a letter
and perhaps 10 days wait was necessary in my Bogged down in the Dasht-1-hut, South Iran.
case. I started the paper battle in May, four
months before the trip, and we only just man- Apart from that you can't go far wrong.
aged to get everything done, thanks to Gay being There are only two roads to India; one in the
in England a nd going to the two Embassies to South via Kerman and Quetta, which we
cj'lase up the visas a few days before she came
out to join m e. obviously had to take on the way in, and the
Choosing the vehicle was fairly simple. Bad other road in the North, which we went home
roads, hot weather, no garages or agencies, meant by, via the Khyber, Kabul, and Tehran.
Markad
the Middle East
a Land-Rover, Mercedes or Volkswagen. I was Thus a large scale road map of especially as it
against a vehicle that we wouldn't want to keep is really all that is necessary, to drive off the
in· England, due to expensive running costs and is most unlike ly a nd inadvisable
customs duty. For that reason I bought a second- main roads with a car.
hand Volkswagen 1300 a year before we left; this Deciding what to take required a bit more
needed a certain amount of overhauling, done thought. We intended to camp most of the time,
very good agent in Dubai. so took the n ecessary items r elevant to being
extremely well by a an older car, as long as it self-contained for a week, including a jerrycan
I was in favour of
was mechanically perfect, because it would be of water. A Volkswagen 1300 is not large, though
sad to see a new car knocked about by stones rack and fitted thief-proof wooden
or stray cows as is likely East of the Bos- with a roof rprising how muc h we got in , though
box i t was su
phorus. the car was fairly low on the suspension at the
rear. I am not particularly mechanical so this
Planning the route was fairly easy. We were solved the extent and techni cality of the spare
by no means the first to travel overland to Eng- parts we took-just enough
land from the Trucial States, though as far as for rough repairs
I know perhaps amongst the first to take the and broken fan belts. In fact, we motored the
11,000 miles without any trouble, except for three
somewhat circuitous route via India. W e had a punctures.
very detailed account of the route taken by the
82 in the East. Clearance in an hour is extreme ly
swift and what with unloading th e car , we
Many people su ggested we ought to take a didn't expect to be away by that evening at the
pistol, especially those with pre viou s e xpe rie n ce ea rli est. Ind eed it was s urpris ing e nough to fi nd
in India, who w e re conv in ced I was an abso lute offic ia ls ta k ing s u c h a v igorous interest in our
"cad" a nd a "bounder " to subject my wife to the arri val on a hot aft e rnoon . I was led to a tiny
da ngers of the Khyber and North W est Frontie r open -fronted room on the seafront w h e re three
a t all, le t a lone n ot t aki n g a weapon to protect NCO's and va rious other offic ia ls a nd bystande r s
h er! In this modern day a nd age, this particular we re cramm ed in front of a rather s ulky looking
journey is no longer a pionee ring feat and, except police officer w ho h ad difficulty w ith our pass-
fo r s uic id a l t e nde n cies shown by Tu rki s h schoo l- ports (mainly because h e read the m upside d own
children, everyone w e encountered en route and b ac k to fr ont! ). I didn 't h ave the h eart to
seemed perfectly h arm less, so I was g la d that say anything, and was sure it wasn't wise . How-
I had d ecided against a rming myself ; it could ever , a fte r fli ckin g through the pages f or several
have been awkward at fronti ers if a weapon had minutes he gave up and passed the documenta-
b een d eclared . Fina lly, with a spare jer ryca n ti on on to a n intelligent-looking sergeant a nd be-
of petrol (most n ecessary ) a nd a compreh ensive tween him a nd a n Engli s h-speaking civi lian (con-
medical box, we w e re ready to go. jured up from the bazaar) , everything was n oted
le ngthily in a very dusty t ome a nd we wer e led
I officially fi nis h e d my tour w ith the S couts to the c ustom s, housed in a very impressive-
on 24th Septe mber. On the 23rd , Gay a rrived by looking building of the best old colo nia l a rc hitec-
plane to spend a week in the Trucia l States to ture. They w ere quite quick a nd e ffici e nt a nd
get u sed to the heat. Although the summ e r was unde rstood the int ricacies of a Carne t d e Pasage .
just beginning to cool off it was still about n o•F . They said we would have to sail round to the
at midday a nd w e expected very much the same new harbour to unload (about five miles away);
temperatures almost to Kashmir. The car was the ch arge of 10/ - for unloa din g fees was un-
load ed on t o the d eck of th e F orce dhow in believably c h eap a nd obviated the n ecess ity of
Duba i Creek on the last day of September . This "greasing" the crane man's palm to g et it done
a nd the off-loading by crane at Banda r Abbas in a t a ll.
P e rs ia wer-e to be the t en sest mome nts of th e
trip ; I was te rrified the cran e man would pull W e boarded the dhow again armed w ith the
the wrong lever a nd the whole project would dis- "Chitty" fo e unloading-in the East a "Chitty"
a ppear into the depths of the Persian Gulf. is the panacea for a ll ills-and sailed t o th e n ew
Three NCO's driv ing a Hi11m an . Hu sk y direct ha rbour, a most impress ive constru ction, but like
to England s hared the dhow with us . The ir ca r so m a n y st atus symbo ls, co mplet e ly unused . H av-
was more overloaded and o lder than ours , but ing tied up a longside the quay I set off to find
they w e re a ll vehi c le m echanics, so I h ave no the c rane man . W e could see the crane, a ram-
doubt th a t they got hom e safe ly. W e joine d the s hac kle contraption, which looked more ornamen-
dhow at Ras a ! Khaimah, 40 miles up the coast, t a l than useful. Various people thought the cran e
a t midday the n ext day, 1st Octobe r . T o save man would be along soon but one man, who
a seven-hour sea voyage we motore d up ; we the n seem e d to kn ow a ll about eve r yt hing, r eck on e d
set sail to North Muscat, whe re the dh ow tie d up he wouldn't because he was at hom e drunk. So
to the old jetty of a ruined wartime Naval base we s pe nt a second night on th e dhow a nd waited
in a blue lagoon teeming with pretty coloured until 8.00 th e n ext morning wh e n th e c ra n e lTl a n
fish. a rrived apolog is ing f or keeping us waiting but
as really so few ca rs wante d to be unloaded h e
W e spent the night ashore as it would have thought it safe to take the a fte rnoon off ! W e
been too dangerous t o cross the n eck of the Gulf were unloaded most efficiently (to our intense
by night due to the a lmost continuous stream re lief) a nd w e re told by sever a l po li cem e n to
of giant oil ta nkers. The next morning we c rossed drive back to the customs in the town for a bag-
to B a ndar Abbas, arriving about midday; so w e gage ch eck . They want ed t o come with us a nd
tied up t o the rick et y old jetty where various seem ed to find it h a rd to grasp that ther e w as
officials d escended upon u s. I was rathe r appre- no room for th ~ m in th e car, and to unload
hensive about what might ha ppen her e as very suitcases to make room was pointless as the
few people la nd with cars a t this small port. I was customs wanted to see the suitcases ! They then
whisked away to the passport control; Gay found a van a nd ba de us follow a nd preceded
stayed on board to a void the inevita ble staring, us into Bandar Abbas at break-neck speed a nd
a nd to see that prying finge rs were k ept a way w e re booked for speeding. W e clear ed the cus-
from our belong ings. tom s quickly-cam e ras, r a dio a nd d etails of the
car h aving been noted in our passports- and at
Customs a nd passport fo rm a lities t a k e time
last w e w ere on our way.
/ \\
The road from Band ar Abbas to K e rm an is
I excellent a nd n ewly-constru ct ed to connect with
the n ew port ; it is certa inl y the best in P e rs ia
U nloading from Trucial Oman Scouts' dhow a nd probab ly the best in Asia. W e cover ed the
at Bandar Abbas, South Iran. 300 mile• to K e rman f ast and without in c ide nt.
Central P e r s ia is a pl a t eau , a bout 3,000 f eet above
sea leve l and the refore m u c h colder, as we dis-
covered in the m iddle of the night w h en we
awo k e sh ive rin g to fi nd the the rmom et e r had
dropped to 42°F .! Quite a c h a n ge from the Gu lf
nig hts of 90°F . Tha t was a lmos t an e nd to our
camping. On leaving K erma n we met a Ge rman-
speakin g Patha n on his way to Germany, who
was pe rhaps the most useful person w e en-
countered. H e gave us invaluable information on
a ll roads in P e rsia, Pakistan a nd Afghanistan a nd
thanks to him w e knew exactly what t o expect.
The ro a d , h e said , to D a lbandin (150 miles s h ort
of Quetta) was t er rible a nd we h a d a broken
shock absorber t o prove it. Although the road
was so bad, this was undoubtedly the part of 83
the journey we e njoye d most ; however, I was
continua lly haunted with the thought of what kn ew was "m echaneek " so we plumped for that
wou ld h ave happen ed had we broken down . Gay - not an unfa ir assessment considering my per-
would have had to stay with the car and I would form a nce on the jack and with the spanner
have got a lift on one of the few passing lorries over the last two days !
back to the n earest centre of c ivilisation-maybe
two days there and back- to buy the necessary An hour and a half later we were on our
parl. We have never seen so many miles of way, past a sign welcoming us to Pakistan and
nothingness (and I thought I knew a ll a bout encouraging us to drive on the left, a nd then
deserts!). The re w as 1,000 miles of this, until w e nothing for 100 miles except several road-mend-
reached the fertile Sind Valley of the Indus. ing gangs-who made signs for cigarettes-until
Rugged mountainous country and vast open we a rrived at the Pakistan customs post at Nok
plains, without a sign of life, except when one Kundi. The customs officers were delightful ; they
drove through oases such as Barn, which was a gave us tea with much saMbing and memsah.ib-
gorgeous little town , beautifully laid out with ing. They were efflclent, could read and write,
cool strean1s a nd green palm trees, with wide a nd their tome was not so dusty (having been
st1·eets and European type shops, all in the issued by Indian Civil Service in 1946) and it read
middle of nowhere. The evening after we left from left to right instead of right to left ! One
Barn the road was so bad w e decided to drive customs officer asked if we wanted to change
to one side of it. The going was good for a bit, mon ey, and if so, Hdid we want the official or
whi ls t we followed prev ious tracks a nd then- unofficial rate?" I was hesitant. I had learned
we stuck fast! of the various currency permutations in the
Trucial States, but was reluctant to be caught
Easy I thought- it had happened many tim es out trying them . I said I wanted the best rate
to me in Trucial Oman though then, I must possible a nd without more ado h e disappeared
admit, I had four-wheel drive, a radio set, and r eturn ed with 18 Rupees to the £ instead
several people to push and even another vehicle of the official rate of 12. If the customs can do
to tow on winch. I let the tyres down; Gay it (w e thought) w e must be all right! VVe chatted,
revved; I pushed-only to stick faster and d eeper. he presente d us with a book on India and Paki-
VVe unloaded the car and the scene took on th e stan as a memento and wished us a good trip.
appearance of a refugee camp-kettles, boxes,
blankets-and it was hot. I jacked the car up, There was no petrol to be had anywhere,
still convinced we cou ld get out, and put blankets not even from the Army Unit, so w e blessed our
under the wheels; this way we gained about six reserve jerrycan, otherwise goodness knows how
inches every time. Then more jacking up, relay long w e might have had to wait. VVe presse d on
the blankets and push. Exha ustion got the better to Dalbantin; afte r 50 miles the road was
of us as n ight fell whe n, in the distan ce, we saw as phalted, and having just e xpressed our r elief
headlights visible from about 20 miles, so flat and surprise at no punctures, the car lurched-
was the plain. It turned out to be a huge bus the rear tyre was ripped beyond repair! (one
and when our plight was recognised by the disadvantage of a fast puncture with a heavily
drive r and 60 s houting, chattering P ersians, they laden car). VVe arrived at Dalbantin where we
pushed us manfully to the road and roared on stayed at the Dak Bungalow. All over India and
their way. I then discovered the front wheel wae Pakistan, just outside every town- usually in the
loose but was r eally too tired to care. VVe fell more salubrious cantonme nt area - were the
into our sleeping bags on the roadside to sleeo British constructed Dak Bungalows, Circuit
the sleep of the dead, much to the surprise (I Houses, P.VV.D. R est Houses , or Civil R est
imagine) of the occasional passing lorry, which Houses for Government Officials on tour, and the
travels in the cool of the night. present Government has kept up the tradition
and ext ended the fac ilities to tourists to h elp
The next day I was r eli eved to find the front the tourist trade. R est houses vary; some are just
wheel only r equired a nut to be tightened on a basic bedroom - you supply bedding - with
the s teering a rm a nd w e drove towards Zahe dan shower attached. The plumbing is indifferent but
and Pakistan at a steady 20 m .p .h . In the h eat European . Others have the faded grandeur of a
of the day w e came across a small Morris Minor Victori an main line railway hotel, complete with
with an English registration number halted by faded portrait of Queen Victoria, and the charge
the roadside A weeping Pakistani, returning from is anything between one Rupee to six Ruoees.
VVolve rhampton to Lahore with a pregnant wife, The chowkidar will always cook an English
six children and 10 camel loads of luggage (all breakfast or chicken curry if you don't wish to
piled in or on the car), told me between sobs cook yourself. VVe n ever stayed anywhere but at
his car would go no farther as it kept boiling; these R est Houses in India; camping is quite out
please would w e tow him . I s uggest ed h e w ent of the question, since over-population is no
on a h ead of us slowly to see what happened, ~ xagge ration and the whole village is like ly to
which he did, and after five miles came to a turn out to keep you company before the flrst
3tandstill. I suspect his 11Slowly" was 30 m .p.h in tent peg is driven in!
second gear! I suggested if he travelled by night
he would do b e tte r , and this must hav~ worked VVe liked Quetta, but n ot the orice of a new
as w e noticed h is car had arrived a t the Paki- tyre a t £14! VVe drove on down the Bolan Pass
stan customs before us. At Zahedan we decided into the Sind where the scenery changed to rice
on the comforts of an hotel and a bath. Gay flelds, irrigation canals and ox carts. At Sukkur,
rest e d while I took the car to the V.VV. agent, the cook at the Rest House said he had cook ed
whe re the suspension was inspected; re markably for Field-Marshal Montgomery and gave us a
enough a ll was intact. N ext day w e left early; delicious chicken curry to prove it. The road to
the 60 mi les to the borde r was good going as Lahore, though asphalt, was terrible due to
the g raders had b een iro"> ing out the corruga- recent floods. At one stage we rrade a detour
tions and we arrived at thP customs where our over rice fi e lds b ecause a considerate lorry drive r
carn et was stamped, and on to the police post. had left his lorry jack ed uo in the rriddl e of
H e r e nobodv could speak I'Y' Uch English and it the narrow road and taken hiR back axle away
took the officia l a very long tim e to flll in his to be repaired. The ditch on either side was full
form from our passports. There was a bit of a of other lorries which had not managed to nego-
problem over my profess ion ; the only word h e tiate thi s chi can ery. Lahore was disappointing
except for the Bad Shah! Mosque and Kim 's
Gun; it was not up to the expectations that Staff
84 and way of life stii·ted by the British as a re-
treat from the steamy plains, where they could
Sergeant Iqbal had promised. W e stayed in the pass the hottest months in comfort with hunting,
Automobile Association of Pakistan's Guest riding and fishing close at hand. I was g iven the
House and were kept awake all night by noisy name of one Sultan Goona by a friend in the
plumbing, buzz of mosquitoes and the hawking Scouts, whose father had set him up in business
and spitting of our neighbour. In the morning as one of the first houseboat owners, long before
we went to the Hom e Office to co llect the n eces- the war. Sultan wept with joy to hear news of
sary "Chitty" to enable us to cross the border Co lonel Goodchild and his famil y, a nd from that
into India. Since the Indian-Pakistan war, the moment we were neve r to regret having made
border has been closed except for one crossing that long journey.
point at Ferozepore for tourists and officials. The
minor official at the Home Office inquired in Houseboats on the Dul Lake, Srinagar,
which department of the Government I worked K ashmir.
and when I said Army, replied that special per-
mission would have to be granted-which might To be cont1nued 'in th e Jnne i ssu.e of this
take 10 days! I read somewhere that in the East Jou.1·1wl.
if one doesn't get satisfaction from a subordinate,
demand to see his superior. This w e did. The
Under Secretary was charming and said as long
as we promised to say I worked for the tax office,
he would grant us our chitty!
We really felt we were on our way to Kash-
mir now, and we didn't even have to tell a
white lie at the border. It took us two days to
reach Srinagar, passing through Jammu over
the Banihal pass, along a marvellously engineered
road. I know it is unfashionable these days to
recall the greatness of colonial administration,
but we n e ver ceased to be enthralled by what
had been done for India. Every corner we turned
produced something to be admired. It is en-
couraging to know that what was don e is, in
the main, appreciated, preserved and improved on.
On the outskirts of Srinagar there were boat
boys touting their houseboats; for the house-
boats on the Dal and neighbouring Nagin Lake
are what makes Srinagar famous-a tradition
A Recruit from Hong Kong
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85
The Regimental Association
ANNUAL REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN (1968)
1. In last year's annual r eport it was m en- in the year. Several applications for assistance
tioned these were y oung days for the Assoc iation have b een forward ed to app ropriate H eadquarter s
and that it would take time to build an assured a nd County Offices.
foundation for the futur e. I now r eport that this
building is gradually going forward, and if the pre- 6. Fina.nce
sent trend continues, then we can look forward to The r esponse to the Day's Pay Scheme for
a very strong Association. I must, however, str ess 1968 has b een very good, a nd 75 p er cent. of all
the n eed for a s ustained maximum effort by all soldiers serving in the Regiment s ubscribe to The
concern ed. Queen 's Regimental B en evolent Fund, although
the majority of them were badged in their form e r
2. To ensure the future of the Association Regiments and joined those Regimental Associa-
we must consider how w e can b est "marry up" the tions.
Branches of our form er Regimental Associations
with the new . In this context it will m ean first 7. During the year a sch e m e was launched
of all the acceptance of the present day Queens- to consolidate the subscr iptions of a ll officers serv-
men into these Branches by the "old and bold," ing in the Regiment. This h as been well s upported
and this gradual integration should m ean the with ov e r 60 p e r cent. of the officers now making
continuance of these Branches for the future, th eir contributions direct to the Regiment. with
with the younger men eventually taking over 64 p e r cent. of the contributors taking out a D eed
from from the olde r. of Covenant. In a full year this should produce an
income of n early £800.
3. Affiliate d Branches of The Queen 's R egi-
m ental Association, with the names of the local 8. The Benevolent Fund has given County
Branch Secretaries and their addresses, are shown Offices £2,212 during 1968, to assist those of our
below. As wide a publicity as possible should b e old comrades who were in n eed, and a cheque for
given to this information, and every Queensman £854/ 8/ 5 has been forward ed to th e Army Benevo-
on leav ing th e service mus t b e invite d to get in Fund, to furth er their work in the field of ben evo-
touch with the Secretary of the Branch n ear est lence.
his hom e, with a v iew to his joining the Branch.
9. State m e nt and balance s h eets will b e pub-
4. Membership lish ed in the Jun e issue of the Journal.
Membership of the Association is rising and
all r ecruits who pass through the D epot are in- 10. In conclusion, the Central Committee join
vited to join the Association. m e in expressing their grateful appreciation to
5. Assistance all members of the Regiment who voluntarily
Two cases of assistance have b een dealt with s ubscribe to the Day's Pay Sch e me.
THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY R. E . LODER,
REGlMENTAL ASSOCIATION Brigadier.
Kingston : Major P. G. E . Hill. TA Centre, Ramsgate: Mr. H . H . Knight, 42 St. David's
Portsmouth Road, Kingston-upon-Thames. Surrey. Road, Rarnsgate.
Ramsgate.
W a rra nt Officers' and S ergeants' Association, Sandwich: Mr. H . Taylor. 19 Paradise Row,
Kingston : Mr. A . R . Scrive n. MBE, TA Centre, Sandwich, K ent.
Portsmouth Road, Kingsto n -upon-Thames, Surrey. Sittingbourne: Mr. F . Jackson, 129 Shortlands
Road, Sittingbourne.
THE QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS Tonbridge, Tunbridge W ells: Mr. F. Jesard, 2
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION Milton Gardens, Tonbridge.
Sevenoaks, W eald : Mr. D . H. Day, 3 Pittles-
A s hford: Mr. A . C. Mills, 20 Wate rman House, den, T enterden.
Godfrey Walk, A shford, K e nt.
THE ROYAL SUSSEX
Brighton: Mr. W. Kinsey, 44 Rothe rfi eld C r es- REGIMENTAL ASSOCIANION
cent, Brighton.
Little hampton , Arund e i, Bognor: Mr. R . G .
Bromley: Mr. H . Woolnough, 5 Holligrave Stone r, Fiat 23, Fitzieet House, Bognor Regis.
Road, Bromley. Brighton: Mr. G. Grainger, 9 Lowe r Rock
Canterbury : Mr. P . S . Robinson, 1 Godwin Gardens, Brighton.
Road, Thanington, Canterbury. Chich ester: Capt. F. J . Powe ii , Sunny Court,
Ca tford a nd District : Mr. S. R. Young, 23 631 South L e ig h Road, Emsworth. Hants.
A s hburnham Place, London , S .E .10. Eastbourn e: C. Dewey, 7 Thornton Court,
D e nmark : Mr. Ove Mal tese n , Ribegad e 6, Bourne Street, Eastbourn e.
Copenhagen 0. Haywards H eath: Mr. T . Brazier, 7 W estern
South-East Dorset: Mr. G. Saund er s, 40 Links Road, H aywards H eath , Sussex.
Road, W estham, W eymouth. Lewes : Mr. D . Whittington, 21 Cross Way,
Dov e r : Mr. R . G. Smith, 27 Mayfield Avenue,
Lewes.
Dover . London : Mr. E . Rook e, 17 Stoke Place, Willes-
Folkestone, Hythe and District: Mr. F . J .
d en Junction, London, N.W.10.
Wickens, Glenside, School Road, Acrise, Folke- Midhurs t : Mr. E . G. K earve ii, Lilac Cottage,
stone.
Knockhundred Row, Midhurst.
Gravesend: Mr. W. T . Nichols, 9 The Bunga- Wadhurst: Mr. G. C. F . Wate r s, BEM, MM,
lows, Cross Lane West, Gravesend.
Primmer s Green, Wadhurst.
H ern e Bay: Mr. H . Davey, 97, Cante rbury Hastings: Mr. G. H . W ash, 4 North T errace,
Road, H ern e Bay.
Halton, Hastings.
London (Buffs) : Mr . F . Hudson, 112 F eltham Uckfield: Mr. A . J. Graham, 48 H a r co urt Road,
Hill Road, Ashford, Middlesex.
Uckfield.
London (RWK): Maj . C. K. K e mp, 97 Gipsy C inque Ports: Mr. B. Philcox, 13 Abbots C lose,
Lan e. Wokingham , Berks. Hassocks.
M edway : Mr. H . D . Wilkin s, MBE, 18 Cor- Southdown Bns.: Mr. T . Young, 14 Castle
morant Place, Bligh Way, Strood, Rochester, K ent. Road, Worthing.
Maidston e: Mr. J . W ells, 24 Brenchley Road,
Maidston e.
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Northern Ireland: Maj. G. A . N. Boyn e, Kin- Grove House, 59 Gos port Road, Stubbington, F are-
naird House, Caledon, Co. Tyrone. ha m , Hants.
Rhodesia: Maj. M. E . Few, TD, Borrowdale, Uxbridge : Mr . R. F . Pennings, 69 Raeburn
Salisbury, Rhodesia. Road, Hayes, Middlesex .
THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENTAL 2/ 7th Bn.: Maj . R. E . Robotham, MC, TD, 39
ASSOCIATION (DCO) Cyprus Ave nue, Binchley, London , N .3.
Ealing: Mr. A. White, 56 Warkworth Gardens ' 9th Bn.: Mr. R. T. Meers, 87 Tudor Court
Isleworth, Middlesex, South, W embley, Middlesex.
WOs and Se rgeants : Mr. L . R . Johnson, 78
D eans Lane, Edgware, Middlesex.
Hong Kong: Maj. W. G. A. Crumley, HQ ANNUAL GENERAL
Royal Hong Kong Defence Force, BFPO 1.
Hornsey and Enfield : Mr. H. Thornton 6 Wil- 1\'IEETING
liam House, Orchard Place, London, N.17.' The Annual General Meeting of the Associa-
tion will be held at the Duke of York's H ead-
Hounslo~: Mr. A. J, Wales, 143 Waye Avenue, quarters, Chelsea, London, W .3, on Wednesday
Cranford, M>ddlesex. 30th April, 1969, at 3 p .m . '
Mill Hill: Mr. E. C. Colebeck Belmont, Chil- ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME
ton Road, Edgware, Middlesex. '
Portsmouth and Gosport : Mr. L . C . West,
THE REGIMENTAL OPEN DAY AT TilE DEPOT
The Depot Open Day at Howe Barracks, Can- All m ember s of the R egimental Association
terbury, will be held on Sunday, 6th July, a nd a ll members of the Associations of our
former Regiments, are most welcome to attend.
Full particulars of events are shown on
page 55. Make a note of this great annual event in your
diary.
Yeomen Warders, for establishment as permanent Civil Servants
as under: -
H.M. Tower of London (a) On a vacancy arising in the established
Qualifications and conditions of service as at compl e ment of Y eo m e n Warders.
January, 1969 ( See Queen's R eg s., 1955, (b) The candidate has been employed in a
Appd. XIX (e)).
temporary capacity for not less than six
1. Yeomen Warders are appointed civil servants months, a nd th e Con stable of the Towe r
under the Ministry of Public Building and certifies that the candidate's service has
Works, and the Constable selects candidates been entirely satisfactory and that he is
for the appointment which is for meritorious less than 60 years of age.
service.
5. The minimum age of retirement from the
2. A candidate for the appointment must be: - establi shed service is 60. Continu ed service in
(a) A W .O., C/ Sgt., or, in exceptional circum- an establish ed capacity after that age up to
stances, a Sgt. serving on or recently a maximum of 65 may be allowed at th e di s-
retired from a regular engagement in the cretion of the M.P.B.W., acting on th e recom-
British Army, Royal Marines or Royal mendation of the Constable, subject to six-
Air Force. (If he has received temporary monthly review of the candidate's health and
promotion to commissioned rank in time emciency, and the candidate's own willingness
of war, he will not be debarred from to continue to serve. Retention in a tempor-
consideration.) ary capacity after the age of 65, up to the age
(b) In possession of the Long Service and of 70, may be p ermitted by the M.P.B .W . on
Good Conduct medal, or, if previous ser- the recommendation of the Constable.
vice has been with the Territorial Army,
in possession of the Efflciency Medal 6. The current rates of pay for a Yeoman
(Territorial) and have at least 18 years Warder on appointment are a weekly sum of
combined service and an exemplary £18.8 6, increasin g by two a nnual increments
character. to £19 .2 0 a week. This sum includes London
(c) Under 55 years of age on assuming the w e ighting allowance. In addition he receives
appoi ntment. l / 2d. a day whilst on the active list. If a
Yeoman Warder relinquishes his appointment
3. The application will be accompanied by: - before the age of 60, except on medical
(a) A recommendation from the candidate's grounds, he forfeits this award.
last Co mmanding Offlcer.
(b) A medical certificate that the candidate 7. Uniform is free, and a grant of £10 a year
is fit to perform the duties of a Yeoman for purchase and upkeep of Watch coat is
Warder. a llowed.
(c) A certified true copies of A.Fx, B .120,
B.178, B.200, or equ ivalent R.A.F. forms. 8. Annual leave is two weeks and three d ays.
If from the above documents the candid- In addition, time off is given in lieu of the
ate is found satisfactory, h e will be in- four Bank Holidays.
formed accordingly and that an interview
in the Constable's Offlce, H .M. Tower of 9. On appointm e nt Y eomen Warders are sworn
London, is necessary. in as Special Constables. Their duties com -
prise those of police on the gates; at certain
4. Yeomen Warders are initially appointed in posts in the Towe r , and in the Jewel House.
the temporary capacity and are considered They also take turns in conducting parties
of v isitors around the Tower a nd r elate the
history. The average hours of duty are 46 in
Contlned on Page 104
87
AROUND THE COUNTIES
The Queen's Surreys
Office
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Plaque the ceremony to continu e.
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of the plaque to this country. 11F ox lands,"
Highsted,
Sittingbourne,
K ent.
23rd D ecembe r , 1968.
To : Major F . J. Reed, Queen 's Regiment,
Regimental Secretary, The
(Queen 's Surreys Office).
Two bandsmen of th e 1st Bn. sounded the
11Last Post" and uR eveille" during the Remem- D ear Major R eed,
brance Day S e rv ice. Ypres ~'Last Post" Fund
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donation to the Fund.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) R. FRANKLIN,
Inte rnationa l Service Chairman.
YPRES "LAST POST" FUND 'l'HE 1st QUEEN'S AND THE 4th/ 1st GURKHAS
AT KOHIMA
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The Queen's J{ohima ~lemorial
In the September 1968 issu e o f t h e Regimental
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in Kohima r equires funds. As the Queen's have he was commissioned in the T erritorial Army
honoured our 4th Bn. by including reference on R eserve of Office rs to take command of th e
the Memorial, our President has asked me as Queen's Company, ACF of 11th London; and h e
Treasurer to forward the enclosed cheque as a says, h e "steeped all its members in Queen's
contribution which we would be honoured to tradition."
make."
Capt. Caplen hopes to contribute a similar
General Piggott's letter of thanks to Brigadier article on the history of The East Surrey
Bellers, President of the Regimental Association, R egim ent, to a late r issu e of the Britis h L egion
1st K .G.V.'s Own Gurkha Rifles, was publis h ed in Journal.
the same issue of the Journal.
FR0!\1 HERE AND THERE
The Grapevine
Cadet Shooting Success In The Queen's Surreys
The sequel to this correspondence came in a Cup
letter to General Piggott from Maj . M. J. T .
McCann, which is reproduced below. This Cup was presented on permanent loan
by The Queen 's Royal Surrey Regiment to HQ
Dear General Piggott, British Embassy, Eastern Command (now Southern Command) in
Phnom Penh, January, 1961, for annual competition by units of
19th November, 1968. the Army Cadet Force within the Comand. It was
originally known as the "Longley Cup.''
The Queen's Kohlma l\temorial
In the Army Cadet Force Rifle Shooting
Lt.-Col. John Palmer, who is our D ef e nce Competition in 1968, th e Queen's Surreys Cup
Attache h ere, has shown me an item which was won by the Surrey A .C.F. The County has
appeared in the September edition of the journal now won this trophy six times since the
of The Queen's R egiment about their Memorial competition was first h eld in 1962.
in Kohima and the connection with the 4th/ 1st The Queen's (Bennondsey) Regimental
Gurkhas. Associa.tlon
There is a reference in a letter from Maj. Mr. E. F . Townsend, MBE, Hon. Secretary of
Newland to yourself, published as part of that the Association since 1945, has decided not to seek
item, to the "grapevine" through which the 4th/ 1st re-election in that office. His successor is Mr. W .
Gurkha R egimental Association h eard about the Edwards of 60 Bournbrook Road , Kidbrook e,
plans for rebuilding the Kohima Memorial. Both London, S.E.3, to whom we offer our best wishes.
John Palmer and I thought it might be of interest
to you to know that the process by which this We are glad to learn that Mr. Townsend will
news got on the "grapevine" started in Phnom remain a member of the Committee of the Queen's
Penh, of all unlikely places. During the Battle of (Bermondsey) R egimental Association.
Kohima, I , as Commander of B Company of the The South Alberta Light Horse, RCAC
4th/ 1st Gurkhas, had the rather sticky assignment
of getting to the top of Jail Hill to join Mike On 12th Decem b e r 1968, a parade follow ed by
Lowry. More by luck than judgment, I succeeded a reception was h eld at the Patterson Armoury,
in following in Mike's footsteps and joined him in Medicine Hat, Alberta, on the occasion of change
a small and beleaguered foxhole where we spent of command. Lt.-Col. Reed Ainscough , CD, hand ed
the n ext three days or so. over command of the unit to Lt.-Co l. Douglas
Heine, CD.
Against such a background, I was naturally
interested to hear from John Palmer some time Entploytneut Opportunity
ago about the plans for the Memorial and
suggested to the 1st Gurkha Regimental Associa- Baroness Hyiton-Foster has a post for a
tion that in view of the honour done to us by the married couple at her house in Surrey, the man
inclusion of the 4th/ 1st Gurkhas in the original to act as Gardener/ Handyman/ Driver, and the
Queen's Memorial, our Association might like to wife to be Cook/ House k eep e r. Own separate liv-
help finance its rebuilding-with the r esult we ing accommodation is provided.
know of. So here we are in this distant neck of
the woods, The Queen's represented by John Wages would be in the r egion of £18-£20,
Palmer and myself an ex-4th/1st Gurkah now according to experience and negotiation with
transmogrified into Defence Attache and Head of Lady Hylton-Foster .
Chancery at this Embassy, still co-operating!
Applicants should apply to :-
I visited the original Memorial in 1961 when Baroness Hylton-Foster,
I made something of a pilgrimage to Kohima- The Coach House,
rather difficult to arrange nowadays. I was Tanhurst,
greatly comforted to see how well the men who Leith Hill,
fell in the Kohima battle had been commemorated Dorking,
and was warmly, almost royally, entertained by Surrey.
General Misra, commanding in the area at that Tel : Dorking 6575 (at week-ends only).
time. But that is another story!
Notice issued by : R egirnental A ssociation, Th e
Yours sincerely, Queen's Royal Surrey R egi1nent, Port s-
mouth Road) Kingston- upon- Tha-m es)
(Sgd.) MAX McCANN, Sm·rey. T el: Kingston 6248.
(M. J. T . McCann).
Reglmenta.l History in the British Legion Journal
The January 1969 issue of the British Legion
Journal contains an interesting article on the
history of The Queen's Royal R egiment. It is
the first of a series of shortened history of the old
Infantry R egiments. The writer is Capt. R . A.
Caplen, who lives near Canterbury. He enlisted
in The East Surrey Regiment in 1914 and served
m France with the First Surrey Rifles. In 1947
The Queen's Own Buffs
Office
FROM FAR AND NEA!R This is undoubted ly an annual event which
has come to stay; who knows but that one day
W e have been mformed t hat t he following it may take the place of a Regimental dinner?!
have been ad mitted as pe rma n e nt res id ents of
Britis h L egion H omes:- After many months of procrastinating delay
and many hundreds of yards of red tape, the first
Mr. P . Ewing, w ho served in The Buffs from Danish recruit has at last arrived at The Queen's
1914-19-to Gala n '?s House, Long Itchington, Regiment Depot at Canterbury for training, and
Rugby; Mr. J . Bull!more, who served in The Buffs has been enlisted for service with the 2nd Bn. It
from 1925-46-to H a lsey H ouse, C r om er; a nd Mr. is much to be hoped that this young man is
A. And erson , w ho served in The Queen's Own the first of many, for in this way the R egim ent's
Royal W est Kent Regiment during t h e 1914-18 links with Denmark and with His Majesty The
War- to L ister H o use, Sharow, Ripon, Yorks. Kmg, one of our Allied Colonels-in-Chief, will
cont inue to be strengthened. There is also a
Mr. J. C. A. Penticost, MM, n ow aged 71, has very good chance t hat, on the completion of
been adm itted to t he Royal H ospital Chelsea as the ir Colour service, t h ese Danes will infuse n ew
a n In-P e n s ioner. Ex-Sgt. P enticost served in The blood into the D e nmark Branc h of the R egi-
Queen 's Own R oyal W est K ent R egim ent from mental Association.
March, 1923, to April, 1935, a nd in t h e Royal
l st / <lth BN. THE BUFFS MEMORIAL TABLET
2~9 s{ex R egim e nt from S epte mber, 1914, to May,
At the last Annua l General Meeting of the The re was a large congregation present in St.
Association, h eld on 2nd November, 1968, the Alban's Chu rch at Canterbury for the morning
Secretary invited Branch representatives to hold service on Sunday, 15th D ecember, and t h e
just one function in their Branch during the majority of them were wearing a Buffs tie.
com in g 12 m onths in aid of the Army Benevolent The occasion was t he re-d edication of a Memorial
Fund/ Queen's Own Buffs Appeal in K ent. The Tablet comm emorating t h e men of t h e 1st/ 4th
first result of his request has already com e in- Bn. The Buffs w ho died of wounds, heat exhaus-
Postal Orders to the value of £4 / 10/ -, t h e res ult tion a nd disease during a s ix months operational
of a raffle held by the H erne Bay Branch at tou r in Ade n in 1915-16.
t heir m eeting in December. This is a wond erfully
encouraging start. The T ablet was originally erect ed in Crater
Garrison Church but when the time came for
A letter has recently been r eceived at t h e British Troops to evacuate Aden the authorities
County Office from Mr. W. Owe n , of 270 Water wisely d ecid ed t hat, if t h e M emorial was to be
Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada , who served (as preserved, the saf est co urse would be for it to
No. 6285072) in The Buffs f ro m F ebruar y, 1932, to be returned to England. A suitable place was
Jun e, 1946, an d h as been livi n g in Canada for found for it in the Canterbury Garrison Church,
t h e last 15 yea r s. where over t he years so m a ny Buffs have wor-
s hipped, a nd its re-d ed ication by the R ev. Christo-
The death occurred in mid-November of Mr. pher D onald son was a moving and impress ive
Sidney Haynes, at the age of 80. H e will be r e- moment during that morning's 11 o 'clock service.
m embered by m a n y as the accountant in the
Officers' M ess at The Buffs Depot for a number Lt.-Col. L eslie C r emer-wh o read the lesson-
of years. a nd Maj. R eggie H a rbo rd-wh o spoke a few
words prior to the actual re-ded ication ceremony
On Friday, 22nd November, a party of six -were the only two surviv ing officers of t he
members of the Danish P arliament. accompanied Battalion w ho were present. They were, however,
by His Excellency t he Danish Ambassador, paid supported by over 30 former membe rs of the
a fl eeting v is it to Canterbury. The ir programm e Battalion.
in clud ed a tour of the Cath edra l, w h e r e t h ey
w itnessed , at 11 o'clock, the cerem on y of the Col. D ouglas Snowdon represented the Garri-
Turning of t he P age of the Book of Life in the son .
Warriors' Chapel. Lt.-Col. Knocker was a m on gst
those who escorted the party round t he Cathedral Congratulations to Lt.-Col. Douglas I ggulden
a nd h e was able to g ive them t he historical on becoming a Knight Bachelor at the New Year .
backg round of the daily ceremo n y. Col. I ggulden was serving as a Company Com-
mander in 4 BUFFS (TA) at the outbreak of the
QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS DINNER CLUB last war and took command of the Battalion
in 1941. H e was taken Prisoner of War, together
The Club's annua l luncheon was held in the with m ost of his Battalion , in L e ros in 1943, was
Co nna ug ht R ooms on W edn esday, 27th November award ed th e DSO a nd was twice Mentioned in
last. U nfortunately, His Excelle ncy th e Danish D espatches; h e is a lso a Command er of the
Ambassador a nd Mme. Kristiansen , The ir High- Order of the Danne brog. Since early in 1966 h e
nesses Prince Georg of D enmark and Princess has been chief valuer of t he Board of Inla nd
Anne, a nd the Lord Lieutena nt a nd Lady Corn- Revenue.
wallis were a ll unable to attend , but it was most
pleasant to have the Chief Constable a nd Mrs. Con gratulations a lso to Lt.-Col. Kenneth
Lemon and the R egimental Colonel and Mrs. Christofas and Major D erek Scull on their awards
Snowdon w ith us as our principal g uests. It was of. respectively, the CMG a nd MBE .
equ a lly pleasant to see Mrs. V . Boucher, Mrs.
E. D . Brooks, Lady Coldstream. Mrs. R . K . Dowse, A Memorial Se rvice for t he late Mrs. Dorothy
Mrs. J . Etkins, Mrs. D . Finc h H atton , Mrs. M . H oward Smith was held in the Crypt of Can ter-
Fox, Mrs. D . H . Gwilliam , Mrs. G. H ads h ar, Mrs. bury Cath edral at 12 noon on Thursday, 9th
H . H efford , Mrs. J. Latham, Mrs. De S. H . Lewis- January.
Barned, Mr s. P. T . G. Lynden-Be ll, Mrs. J . Sawer
and Mrs. I . T emple Hirst. Fifty m embers a nd It is with much r egret t hat we announce the
the ir w ives and f am ilies attended. death, on 26th January, in hospital at Guildford,
of Mrs. Mollie Lucas, w idow of that well-known
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former Officer of The Buffs, Lt.-Col. "Stuffy" In view of the continued success of the
Derby Sweepstake annual venture it has been
Lucas, and mother of Maj. John Lu cas, also decided to hold a nother sweepstake on this year's
form erly of The Buffs, now living in Kenya. Maj. classic. Since their inception in 1963 the yearly
Roy Webster represented the "old brigade" at the sw eepstakes hav e handed ov er a total of £1 ,717 / 9/ 4
cremation service. to the Queen's Own Buffs Ben evolent Fund.
After two years in Canterbury as Adjutant The race is due to be run at Epsom on Wed-
of the Depot The Queen's R egiment, Capt. Neil snMteaoskndedayay,w,i4l2ltnhdtaJkJuuenneep, .laaPcnlede, asitenhestuhdperpaowCrot ufiont,rtyytehOtefafgiscawei,ene.opn-
Pearce is leaving the Army and taking up an
appointment in Vancouver, Canada, as a proba-
tion officer. W e wish him every success in his
n ew, most useful and important life.
'l'HE "62" CLUB
THE <lth BN. THE BUFFS ('l'A) DINNER CLUB
Mr. F. C. Founta in, of 23 "Linfield," Sidmouth
A Committee, under the C hairmanship of Co l. Street, London, W .C. l , writes:-
recently been form ed to ar·
John Tilleard, has of officers who served with "Col. Nash has very kindly afforded us the
range a reunion CCuslrueabyof(toRthWeenKaNb)alsethothMrueinlNl aS.Wosc.oiacKliaeClnltaunbSdeHcdtaialonlncaetofoSntt.hSPeaa"tu6ul2r's"-
4/5th Bn. The Buffs (TA) and the 4th Bn. The day, 5th April.
Buffs (TA) between March, 1947, when the Bn.
was re-formed, and March, 1967, when it was
disbanded. A dinner has been arranged at the "W e extend a very h earty welcome to all ex-
Officers' Mess, Howe by m embers of the R egiment to join us, together
Barracks, Canterbury,
kSFiauntrduthrdepareyrp,ma1ir5ststihicouMnlaarorscfhf,rtoh1me969DM, eaaptj .o7tFp.C.mPo..mfCmoarasns7di.d3e0ir,,pT.omDn,.
with their wives, re lations and friends . The
entrance fee is 5/ -, which includes a buffet, and
St. Dunstan's House, Canterbury. we commence at 7 p.m. when the bar will be
open, until 11.30 p .m. Dancing will be to the mus ic
The First Dublin (Lord Holmpatrick's Own) D erek Cross and his band, and there will also
KRTorthSoaeuchoecloteynwpkuyatsrtalioTwntifeWTrynootuqrsohel1ouepsid9vnit,o1tege1mpfrK,oa-aurlaehcfmbnloahoootesrtl.mduadRotpeofbpermvylargteyeheir1cmmePsiitraetbrthetneeBceee.treansinraM.6tltytotTiehffyhrhRecetitaDehishcrretQus,ehoy,bumrylewRcbioenoheewnnueogd'ilsnitd(mhWOgBafeatbiweanhnvlsrntdeee-t. of a pipe band. For further information please
be
ring Mr. F. A. Woodgate at 66 35504."
them a lot of help in the early days. H e is A wreath was laid at Nelson's Column in
believed to have left the 1st Bn. in 1912-13, pre· Trafalgar Square on behalf of the R egiment, by
sumably for 2nd Bn. in India. Any information Lt.-Col. C. S. Durtnell, on Trafalgar Day; Lt.-Col
should be passed to Mr. H. Allcorn, 14 Brokesway, apoTaTRcOonterhh.virpdaeeitlpWlCavyQtii.BhneoeuusecnEetBflrmeafo.SrsRnisadi,e'sMnsencesmaocrsiOtennheewtweoermassnrnbrebyAeoaarR7hfbatntoadhnhbdtlyiehcfdaaNyeetlMoolAWtiSfarvhk.luseeelestnmowshoAdMttcebita.seiKeayaedrEi,Rtedian.oaselttttOnogtoG,i;RtnttmhrhhLeeraeeegetnNn.Wsi-ttmtMpoCwaveoepearocelnmln.tmaMitdpJvonbale.ertoenilemBoatryddsf;l.,·
Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. in the Buttermarket, at Canterbury, and at the
Warriors' Chapel in the Cathedral.
On 31st March all T and AVR Ill Battalions
will be reduced to a Cadre composed of three
officers and five soldiers each. Thus the prophets
of doom who gloomily forecast, a m ere two years
ago, that Her Majesty's Gover nment (sic) were
not intending and would never allow the Volun-
teer Infantry Battalions even to "get off the
ground," have been proved, alas. to have been all
too accurate in their crystal gazing.
Each Cadre will in all probability be respon-
sible for its Battalion's Colours, silver, property
and funds so that, should the day ever dawn when
these battalions come to be resuscitated, the
essential elements required for such a rebirth
would at once be readily available. Until that
happens, however, it looks very much as though
the numerous duties so willingly and ably under-
taken by 7th and 8th Battalions in aid of the
Regimental Associations-assistance at the Maid-
stone reunion to name but one-will now either
have to become the responsibility of the Branch
or Branches most closely concerned, or they will
fall by the wayside. More and more the Associa-
tion is becomin~ a "do-it-yourself" club-and
surely nobody doubts that it will rise to the
occasion and accept the challenge?
The R eunion at Maidstone will be held on
SbsRCeyuaer,nngvdoiitcmanheyee,Lna.tC2tB0h(t.AaRhplTWlliJaruKiSrnlea)yli,lna,attnaBstand'.ScdChcw.eh,thdhuwoerhcthohoaadsww2d0arsielstilh,nsscibenBedntdu.hgareiiyLvnnseognngbdoethobnenynee
closely associated with the Battalion and with
its Old Comrades' Association. Rem embrance
Sunday at Canterbury will be Sunday, lOth August,
and the address in the Cathedral will be given by
Bishop Warner, at one time Adjutant of the Kent A photograph of The Buffs plot at West-
Cyclists' Bn., w hen his father was commanding, minster Abbey, taken by Mr. Haslett. appears
and later Vicar of Ramsgate for many years. above.
CORRESPONDENCE 91
From: Maj. W . R . H . Browne, G.M., THE QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS GOLFING
27 Tangier Road , SOCIETY FIXTURES, 1969
Guildford.
Saturday/ Sunday, 19th/ 20th April : Spring
31st D ecember, 1968. Meeting at the Royal St. George's Golf Club,
Sandwich.
Col. H . R. G race,
Canterbury. . Saturday, 19th April, at 8.15 p.m .: Annual
Dmner at the Bell Hotel, Sandwich.
Dear Raymond,
Satu rda.y, 3rd May-Saturday lOth May: Army
On a recent tour between Durban and Golfing Society Spring Meeting at the Royal
Johannesburg, the coach in which I was travel- Cinque Ports G.C., D eal, and the Royal St.
ling pu lled up a longs ide a monument, just south George's G .C ., Sandwich.
of Eshowe. I was proud to fi n d that even in this
remote place the men of t he 3rd Foot had played .Saturday/ Sunday. 31st May/ 1st June: Match
their part. The third n ame amongst those killed v. Rye G .C. (Match Manager : C harles Tarve r ).
is that of:-Pte. J . Dunn, 3rd Foot (Buffs).
Tuesday, 3 rd June: Match v . Kent County
The monument reads:- Constabulary, L eeds Castle (Match Manager: Tom
Page).
"Tb the m emory of the officers and men
who were killed at the battle of Gingind lovu on Saturday, Hth June: Match v. Hou sehold Bri-
2nd April, 1879." gade G.S. at New Zealand G.C., West Byfleet
(Match Manager: Richard Raven hill) .
And after the names of those who lost their
lives:- Sunday, 13th July : Match v. Liphook G.C.
(Match Man ager: "Rabbit" Hoare).
"At this place Lord C helmsford, w hile ad-
vancing to the relief of Eshowe, repulsed a Zulu Saturday, 26th July: Match v. North Hants.
Impi led by c hie fs Somapo and Dadulamanzi ." G.C., Fl eet (Match Manage r: Bobby Flint) .
Best wishes for 1969. Satu rday, 20th September: Autumn M eeting
at Littleston e G.C. (p.m .) . Annual General M eet-
Yours, ing.
REGGIE. "A H UNDRED PIPERS"
The photograph, published above, of t h e Lt.-Col. C. S. Durtne ll, OBE, has recently
monument referred to tn Major Browne's letter, written a report-which, in his own words, is
was taken by t h e writer at t he time. "based almost entirely on circumstantial evidence,
following some research"- on the history of this
well-known and popular quick march. The report
is too long for publication, complete in any
one issu e of this Journal, and it will , the re -
fore, be published in three instalm ents. The first
of these appears below; the second and third
instalments will be published in, respectively, the
June and the September issues.
"A HUNDRED PIPERS-I"
Preamble
The 22nd (Chesh ire) R egiment has a d e-
lightful Assembly March, a popular tune known
world-wid e as A11 Hundred Pipers." When I
first h ea rd it, so m e 40 years ago, in Poona. for
reasons that will follow, I wond e red why it was
played by the 22nd. At that time, 22nd and 50th
Regiments were serving in the sam e station. I
tried to find out but failed. Now, after many years,
I have devoted some minor research to the matte r
a nd this paper, inadequate though it may be, is
the result.
I made a point of asking Cheshire officers,
serving and retired. if they knew the reason. In
most cases, the question was received with
astonishment! In others, reasons were put for-
ward and I will enumerate a few:
(a) "It came in at the same time as the
R egimental Quick Step, 'Wha wadna
fecht for Charlie?'" (This must be in-
correct because the march was adopted
in 1881 and "A Hundred Pipers" had been
in use by 2nd Bn. of 22nd R egiment for
years before that.)
(b) "It was ordered as a Regimental March
by the Horse Guards long before 1881."
(c) "It was the choice of a Scottish Com-
manding Officer."
It happens that The Queen's Own Royal
West K ent R egt. (50th and 97th) for countless
years marched to "A Hundred Pipers." I made a
point of asking Queen's Own Officers, serving
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and retired, if they kn ew why t his becam e the hop e that B ill H owa rd w ill soo n b e rea lly on the
R egimenta l Quick March. As in the case of t he m end ; it has b ee n a long p eriod of in activ ity for
22nd R egt., m mos t cases I r ece ived a bl a nk him s in ce h e was first take n ill in S e pte mbe r. W e
stare of astonishmen t! h o p e, too, that M r s. Cox, w ife of Majo r Geoffrey
Cox, has fully recovered a nd that they both will
As a self-imposed task, I decided to carry be w ith us on 8th Ma rch. - R.J .R.
out som e research. This is m y story a nd u n t il
so m eo n e dreams up a better, I s h a ll stick to it.
The Story BROMLEY
During t h e P eninsula War, particularl y in The November m eeting opened on a sad note
18)8 and 1809, t h e 50th R eg im e n t maintain ed a w hen t h e Cha irma n announced th e sudd en d eath
R egimental Band a nd Drums as they marched of Capt. B. J . Finnie, MC, on e of our H onorary
up a nd d own Spain a nd Portugal. It was not Membe rs; he took a great interest in the Branch
every R egiment that was able to provide this a nd w ill be sadly missed.
luxury under t h ese rather difficult circumstances.
The main item on the agenda was Bert
As hby's report on the proceed ings at the Associa-
"In order to k eep the men a live, the band tion's AGM at Maidston e. It was d ecided t h at
a nd drums w e r e fr equently p ut into requis i- t h e date of the Bran ch A GM sh ould be 26th April,
tion a n d our Commande r occasion a lly ord e r ed a nd t hat of t he socia l and "get-together," lOth
some well-known P.ational quicl<-step, when in
~ m oment, as if by magic, the tired a nd May.
Jaded stepped out on ce more w ith fresh The Branch was r epresented by several m em-
bers, with Standard B earer, at t h e Annua l R e-
spirit." m e mbrance Sunday se rvice and parad e. Our
That Commander was Major Charles James Secretary, H a rry Woolnough, led the parade
Napier, who ha d obtained temporary command t h rough the town to the Cenota ph.
of the R egiment on the promotion of Col. Walke r, In conclus ion , I s h ould like to t h a nk, on
who left the 50th after the Battle of Vimie ra in b e half of our m e mbe r s, Col. Grace and his staff
Octob e r , 1808. Th e officer who, in normal circum- a nd those Branches that kindly sent Chris tmas
stan ces, s hould have succeed ed Col . W a lke r, was card s a nd good wishes for 1969, which we warm ly
Lt.-Col. C harles Stewa rt ; a Scat. H e, howeve r , reciprocate. B.B.
was wounded at V imi e ra a nd died Soon a fte r t h e
battle. H e had commanded 50th for much of
t he fighting in the Peninsula a nd, n o doubt, had
been respons ible for the presen ce t h ere of t h e CANTERBURY
Band and Drums. Perhaps it gave him som e satis- Since our last n otes, our Secr etary, Mr.
faction to know that his place had been taken Robinson , has. on m ed ical a dvice, h a d to g ive up
by a nothe r Scat by descent; Major Napier, who his duties. The Bran ch held a very p leasant and
was born in Whiteh a ll. So far I h ave n ot m en- successful social evening in D ecember. It was
tioned "A Hund red Pipers," but if on e or both of very nice to welcome RSM and Mrs. Mills ; n ow
t h ese Scotsm en did not consider the tune, if they t hat h e has re tired from the Army a nd is living
h eard it (a most suitable one as an a id to n.arch- in Cante rbury w e expect to see him a t our
monthly m eetin gs. W e were g lad a lso to see Mr.
ing), it is s urpris ing. 'l' o b e continued. Garratt at our J a nuary m eeting. W e extend our
s incere sympath y to Mr. Berry on th e d ea•h of
his wife. W e send a ll B r a nches gree tin gs for a
s u ccessful a nd happ y 1969. E .V.A.
News Front The Branches
ASHFORD CATFORD AND DISTRICT
Activiti es of the Branch during the last t h ree The star turn this quarter for our Branch
n1 o nths include a "Get-togeth er" wit h wives and was. of course, our a nnua l Christmas soc ial, h eld
friends after our D ecember meeting nig ht. at t h e Railway Sig n al, F orest Hill, on Saturday,
14th D ecembe r. Ther e were some 50 m ember s a nd
Mr. "Oss ie" Maste r s h as gon e on a "voca- friends present a nd w e a ll got down to a
t ion" to Bunce Court, Otterd en , for a four months' thoroughly enjoyable evening. I would like to
stay. All oth er members of the Branch are fit t h an k Sammy Y oung, our seemingly ind efatigable
a nd well, except for the odd win ter a ilm en ts. Hon. Secretary, for all the work h e put in to make
The a nnual Branch accoun ts h ave been th is such a s u ccess.
a udited by Mr. Vant a nd Mr. Smit h , a nd show a
W e are slowly but steadily increasing our
favourable bala n ce. "population ," a nd this ti m e n ext year we are
optimistically thinking in term s of "doubling."
At the D ecember m eet ing a ll officers o f t h e
Bran ch were voted en bloc for a further year's Notably this tim e is Mr. C h arlie Buck, who
pe riod . Th e S ec r etary was t h a nked for a ll the used to be on e of th e ma;nstays of the old T A
work h e had done for the Bran ch in the past - CSM at P en ge. in fact. Then , too, we h ave Mr.
George Wildey and Mr. Wally E galton; we h ope
vear am pleased to r eport that a ll the aged t h at a ll our t h r ee n ew recruits will turn up at
·I
members are well . It is good t o see Mr. Film e r
coming in for each meetin g from L enham , a nd eve ry m eeting t hey can.
Mr. Sid Ellind e r , from W ye, w ho still h as to W e are sorry to r eport that B ill H a ll , a loyal
a ttend hospital every t hree months for a check-up. supporter f or m any years, in in h ospita l a n d h as
A .C. M. u nd e r gon e a n operation . Our latest n ews is t h at
h e is in t h e very early stages of post-operative
BRIGHTON repercuss ion s. future even ts n ow are our AGM on
W e are looking forward to our a nn ual dinne r Our main
a nd dance, to be held on Saturday, 8th March. 9th May, a nd our a nnual dinner on the n ext d ay
1969 Th e r e a r e indi cation s t h at s upport wi ll - th ,... lfl tt e r to b e h eld at th e Ra il w;.v ~i P" n a l .
again be very good. D etails from our H o n . S ec r etary, Mr. S . Young,
W e have h ad som e illness a nd we sincerely 23 A • hburnham P lace, S .E.lO.
C h ee r , ever yo n e. N IGHTINGALE .
DOVER
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dow of the bar of the Fountain Inn, the Branch 16 ORANGE STREET
meeting place-has the crest of the Queen's CANTERBURY
Regim ent a s its centrepiece, with the H ome Coun-
ties Brigade crest immediately above it. On e ither Phone : CANTERBURY 62107
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-as is should be- in buff and blu e. for 150 years
A photograph taken on the occasion of the Let us quote you for you r
presentation by the Dove r Express (and repro-
duced with the permission of the Editor) appears Bookwork
below and shows, in the front row the Branch Magazines
Vice-Presiden t receiving t h e shield from the Stationery
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Mr. Dunagan. by Letterpress or Litho
It was defin itely uon e of t hose even ings!"
who gave us a tremendous amount of eats and
18 raffle prizes.
Our first meeting of the New Year was held
at the Drill Hall on l Oth January. There were
13 members t here, and we learnt that our Treas-
urer, Mr. Catt, was leavin g us, unfortunately, by
virtue of h is employment bein g transferred to
London ; we wish him every success. Capt. Smith
is acting as T reasurer.
W e are all very sorry to hear that Mrs. Wan-
stall has been taken into Buckland Hospital, and
hope that by the time these notes are in print
she is back in circulation again.
-F.P.
LONDON (BUFFS)
FOLKESTONE, HYTHE AoND DISTRICT W e would like to wish all members of the
Association a very Happy New Year and would
Lookin g back on 1968, t h e Bran ch has main- also like to thank a ll Bran ches for their cards
and greetings for Christmas.
tai n ed an average atten dance of 15 at our monthly At our m eeting held in November we were
meetings. We have had a measure of sickness
a nd, alas, we have had two or three deaths, pleased to welcome Mr. Pinnock, who travelled
namely Mr. Doggett a nd Mr. Wan stall, who w ere down from Nottingham to be with us once again ; it
very regula r in turn ing up, and Colonel J . V. R. was nice to see him lookin~; so well, as were also
Mr. Maclenen and "Tiddley' Turner.
Jackson, who, owing to his age and health, didn't Mr. Sharp informed the meeting of the won-
often atten d, no doubt very much to h is sorrow, idstone. Our
d erful evening they all spent at Ma
We h ad a chan ge in Chairmanship at our Darts Team, although unsuccessful in winning
gen eral meetin g, w h en Capt. M. J . Smith captured twihtoewn tarsothpnehiyc,etrmtooapnhkayng.oewdOtutohr artecaotchnhegrtatheteuamlsaetmitohin-afstinbatoelsatatnhudes
t h \! seat from Brig. R . F . Parry by a casting fReivlamemnsAisntgtgaaktthaeeenfBilrcbmaoynncschhhliuom.swioanwt atoshfegitvThereno,obpbuiysnigJnoeTesshDef!oxCeroyl,tohouefr
vote. We fi n ish ed t h e year w it h a grand Christ- SpKeairrnvagidceoefaDat teLniCmnaganfrltkeel.rdba,usirnwyetlhol enaspSrouefsntedhnaecye,Roe4mftheHm.AMbur. gaTnuhcstee,
mas party at the Drill Hall, attended by 130 1968.
people. Many tha n ks to those who decorated the Our Christmas draw last year was a great
ha ll , n amely Arthur Hopkins, '1Tug" Wilson, F.
Wickens, "Jock" Brennan , Brig. R. F. Parry, Jim
Norman, "Scatty" and Fred Catt. A word of
thanks to the ladles, who preperad the food for
us, namely:- Mrs. Wickens, Mrs. Rapley, Mrs.
Firm inger, Mrs. Wanstall, Mrs. Pulverman and
Mrs. Catt; and thanks, too, to the Ladies' Guild,
success, and took place on Saturday, 14th D ecem- attack dis lodged the en emy, m a n y being s h ot a s
ber; it was followed by a social evening, which they fl ed. L t. (now Colonel) D ean won the VC
was very well attended. We had the pleasure of in this action, his Platoon Sgt. t he D CM a nd J ack
seeing four of our Founder Members-Messrs. Eve r s fi eld, togeth e r wit h four othe r m embe r s of
Grant, Sharp, Billings and Shute-all looking ex- t he Platoon, t he Military Medal." The a forem en-
trem ely well and full of the party spirit ; Bert tioned extract from the Regimental His tory of
Petley also put in his usual a ppearan ce. The bar, The Queen's Own is surely a fitting m em oria l
as usual, was well organised by Chirby Watts to a ve r y well li ked a nd galla nt soldie r .
and Sam L ewis. Ou r Christmas dra w a nd social w as held on
18th D ecember a t t h e B ri dge House H otel, w h en
The high spot of the evening was when Mrs. ov er 40 m embe r s a nd g u ests jo in ed in the fun . Our
E . Foster Hall presented "Tiddley" Turner with Chairman , T'im H ayley, put on t h e draw, w hic h
the first prize in the Christmas draw. The raffl e, produced ov er 30 prizes. Th e us ual tombola w as
for a basket of fruit, was won by Mrs . S. Thopm- played, with the a ble assis tance of ~~Maxie" Max-
son. and the Christmas cake by Mr. Sheppard.
The raffle realised the wonderful sum of £16, to low. The evening ended w ith a couple of auctions
be placed to the Appeal Fund. Our D ecember and a s ing-song and a on e-man cabaret s how by
m eeting this year was cancelled.
that immacula te songs ter a nd pianis t, the one
F . HUDSON. and only Cha rlie H endrick. It was a gr eat
LONDON (RWK) evening.
The Christmas m eeting was one of the jolliest, B ill Cr oucher h as s till no t b een w ell e nough
and certainly financially the best, we have h eld. to attend our m eetings and has recently had a n-
It was with great pleasure that w e w elcomed other s pell in hosp ita l. Alf H eth e rington is still
Col. "Bobby" Flint and Lt.-Col. P eter Bu ckle. tottering aroun d, but s till bother ed w it h bad
Our President, General R . A. Ridd ell, was spell s n ow a nd again. Bill Humphrey too, has h a d
with us, as was also General "Roddy" Fyler ; our a setback r ecently; w e hope h e w ill h ave a
officers turned up in forc e, as they always do at s peedy recove ry.
this one special m eeting of the year. Our r egards to a ll. JIM WELLS.
W e are d eeply indebted to all m embe r s, and
especially to those in Canada and U.S.A . who, RAMSGATE
d espite their inability to see and m eet us, sub-
scribed most generously to our m eeting in D ecem- I r eally do believe that w e s hould h ave in-
ber. vited Col. Eric Strettell to our annual dinner!
The President. Chairman, and Committee H e r e, by v irtu e of the fact that they h a d b een
salute all m embers and hope for a good turnout privil eged to se rve as Buffs, gath e r ed 170 m em-
at each of our m eetings in 1969. The dates are bers of our Branch and their fri ends and families1
Friday, 25th April, the last Fridays in June and all of whom enjoyed a splendid dinner follow ed
September and Friday, 19th D ecember ; and the by a truly "Buffs pa rty."
Princess Louise, 208 High Holborn, is the place. Our D ecember m eeting was kept short and
"Cante r" Conald son is still confined to bed. we wer e then joined by t he La dies' Guild to get
H e was in hospital in Dulwich for several weeks another bumper Christm as draw und er way. I
but then brought to his home, to be nursed by his am stagger ed by the generosity of our m emb ers
wife. I trust we shall see him at our m eetings and fri ends. For every prize purchased, one was
again when the sun shines. g iven/ so that when the draw took place, under
W e now look forward to the visit of two the expert guida n ce of Cyril a nd R ay Rowlands,
distinguished officers, Colonels Bas il Clay and Horace Cook, Jim H awkins and Alan B ingha m,
Hugh Wilkin, who, together with their w ives, will there were no f ewer than 28 p eople who we r e
be home from the U.S.A., New Hampshire. and the winner of prizes that included lOlb. turkeys,
attending our April m eeting.
Off to South Africa and missing the m eeting, wines, s pirits and exce lle n t Chris tmas f a re.
most unfortunately, is "Busty" and Mrs. Canna- The third Friday nigh t of every year is usu-
cott, who are on an ext ended holiday to visit ally a stinker as f a r as weather goes, and this
son-in-law, daughter and grandchild. year was no exception. Consequently, our AGM
W e have to thank T ed Ballard for his kind- attendance w as down. Even so, young Fred Holli-
n ess in paying two visits, on b ehalf of the R egi- day (81) led in the boys, B ert Kemp, Chas Pid-
m ent, to an old m ember of the 11th Bn ., now duck, Billy Lee and Albert Holmans (about
unable to attend that Branch's functions. Appa r- 285 years old collectively) and quite a f ew of the
ently Ted and Mr. A. W ebb found a lot to talk
a bout. "kids."
The Bra n ch sends good wishes to all for 1969. Ther e w er e only two ch anges of Office fr om
the previous year. B en H ogben now combines the
THE SPIDER. duti es of W elfare Officer an d Treasurer b ecause
Doug Fuller has had to stand down for a while
MAIDSTONE with indiffer ent h ealth.
W e take this opportunity of wishing all Albert Fri g h t r eplaces Albert Clayton o n the
Officer s of the R egimental Association and all Working Committee, which is now evenly di v ided
Branches every success and good h ealth through- between the young a nd th e older m embers.
out the year. Cheerio to all Branches. - BOGEY.
W e r egret to announce that Jac k Eve r s fi eld
di ed on 16th November last year . J ack served TONBRIDGE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND
with the 8th Bn. R.W.K. during the First World SEVENOAI<S
War. "It was on 24th September, 1918, that Jack ,
with h a lf of No. 16 Platoon under Lt. D. J . D ean, Meetings during the qua rter were h eld at
took over the advance post in Canary Trench on Avebury Avenue, Tonbridge. At the m eeting on
the L ens Front. This h alf Platoon r epulsed the 21st Novemb er w hic h was well attend ed , it was
en em y no f ew er than four times b efore b eing r eported that ther e w as a good turnout for the
forced back som e 50 yards. The enemies' triumph R em embrance Day services on lOth November. At
was, however , short-lived as Lt. D ean r a llied his Sevenoaks the re w e re s ix on p arad e, led by Maj.
m en a nd h eaded a counter-attack across t h e open P enn ells, and a wreath was la id b y Mr. Bowye r at
country. The Platoon on the right, h ead ed by the Memorial ; at Tonbridge t he parade of the
2nd/ Lt. Cambrook, a lso attack ed. This double Branc h was led by Maj . N . S. C. Elms li e. Mr. F .
J ezard carried the Bra nch Standard, a nd a
w reath was laid at the Mem orial ; several m em-
bers of the old 4th Bn. were at the service a nd
wreath-lay ing at th e Memo ria l at St. Matth ew's
Church, Hig h Brooms.
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