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SUPPLEMENT No. 1 -- PA GE FOUR

DEPOT THE QUEEN'S DIVISION 47

With the first adu lt recruit platoon now under massed bands. W e hope to see many old fnends , past
training from the end of April , life for the various and present, connected with Th e Queen' s Division
training teams is coming back to normal , having had a and our founding Reg iments .
very full programme which included visits to
IJLB
Bermuda , Jamaica, Cyprus , Berlin, BAOR and
Northern Ireland. The courses run were in addition to by Lt C A Newall
the normal Pre-PCBS , JNCOs Tactics Course
Looking back over nearly two terms , since I last put
I Brecon) Part 1, Div SAA and ACF Courses . pen to paper, it proves difficult to include all aspects of
life at the IJ LB ; for this reason I have chosen only a
The opportunity was taken during the lull in recruit small sample of the activities undertaken .
training to update and improve the whole 19 week
training package . With the benefits of this and the The Salamanca 'Concert Party' was recruited for
new Depot training handbook, it is hoped that the the Christmas Revue , which produced some
recruits will get an even better start to their military life interesting talent. J / Cpl Williamson took the part of a
than before. There was feverish activity to get the very saintly, but disorganised JLdr who found
handbook out in time for Quebec Platoon; even " The everything too mu ch for him lwe found h1s s1ng1ng
Pimpernel " was seen around Headquarters, despite voice too much as well!) . An ' Eivis' figure appeared 1n
the rumour that he had already left for his skiing and the shape of JLdr Walsh who also gave an amusing
performance.
sailing resort .
From Christmas leave, two platoons left Folkestone
Whilst on the subject of adventure training and the for a week 's External Activity . During this period 13 PI
spent a worthwhile week working for the National
loikreg~niosuirngtaammeul'taitcutdioenofmaacnti'vihtiaess been hard at 1t Trust in the Lake District ; it was jolly cold altho~gh
designed to keep Cpi'Mogli' Frazer eventually mana~;~ed to start the f1re .
Whilst we were without hot water 1n Ambles1de , 12 PI
him out of camp. Para-ascending has come back to were without any water in Aviemore , where a good
snowfall produced a week of basic ski instruction .
the Depot with a vengeance , to the dismay of the land
The Winter term was upon us and the JLdrs very
yachters . The Junior Soldiers have had their share of quickly learned to keep warm during a defence
exercise. Sgt Noel rose to the occas1onwhen one of
sporting successes: the Hockey Team were narrowly our Royal Pioneer Corps JLdrs stuck a p1ck 1n h1s own
forehead ; he was given First Aid, a revision lesson on
beaten in the Finals by the Pay Corps; the boxers lost the use of the pick, and carried on!

in the Finals to the Junior Signals Regiment but the Sport continues and the Company did very well in
Ski Team won the Army Junior Alpine minor unit the .22 shooting competition which they won eas1ly .
Soccer also produ ced some very good players with
Championships. J / Cpl Wood row and JLdr Wright playing for the Bn
XI. As a Company we won the Kent League and came
The permanent staff also have had their share of second by a short head in the inter-Coy compet1t1on.
success: the football team were leaders in the Now, with the sun shining , pads are being whitened
and flannels pressed before we venture on to the
Cadastrian League and the Rugby seven-a-side team sacred turf .
were in the Army Finals . The Cross-Country team
The Queen 's Regt staff remains fairly static,
made the U K Zone Finals and the Orienteers have although LCpl Marshal! is welcomed into our stores.
reached the Finals. There seems to be a revival in Lt Sharples can see the light at the end of the tunnel
Hockey and Cricket which just could be because of and rejoins his former Battalion in August . He
arranged an Auto Test for the staff on May 16th which
the interest shown by the eo . all Queensman went through to enable them to
celebrate without fear of having to blow into little
We have had a visit from Gen Sir John Stanier KCB, green bags! Cpls lrvine and Dawson !who seem
MBE, ADC Gen when he presented the Commander- inseparable) can be given cred it for our Soccer
in -Chief's Commendation to Sgt Weaver. But for the successes as team coach and manager respectively ;
latter's prompt and decisive acton at the scene of a they have also suggested that Lt Sharples and I shout
serious traffic accident, the two injured occupants of ' Run off the Ball' etc whilst spectating rather than
a burning car would not have survived. What with that threatening extra drill for missed penalties!
and Sgt Waiters and his ' Morecambe Follies'
! involving the UDR and local Morecambe police - Lastly , I would like to thank all Battalions who have
some in the know and others obviously not) , there has supplied us with photographs of the1r Battalion
been enough different aspects of our life here to keep events , and would ask them to continue sending them
everyone on their toes. We hope the I of E inspectors, in .

who are about to descend on us, will agree .

Although adult training is restarting and by the
autumn should be in top gear, the Junior element 1s
shrinking ; by Christmas there will be only one platoon
in training . This is in marked contrast to the present
when the two junior companies have been making the

most of the Depot facilities .

The Divisional Open Day on 10 July is to be held
here at Bassingbourn, following immediately after the
Army Schoolboys Exhibition . Thus there will be the
Corps static displays as well as the Divisional ones ,
ending in an arena display and a performance by

48 appalling w eather on exe rcise in Sennybridge a month
later. The Juni ors have also walked along t he
The Infantry Demonstration Ridgeway for charity and cleaned a bridle path for th e
local council. 2 PI , under Sgt Buddle, achieved a
Battalion commendable seco nd pla ce in th e drill competition.

The Battalion was formed in August 1978, drawing A number of Juniors have been promoted : J / Sidrs
its members from all the Divisions of Infantry ; in Cooper, Dowle and Humphries are now J / Cpls and
August this year it is being disbanded as part of the J / Cpl Hayward was promoted to J / Sgt in his final
defence cuts. The demonstration task will revert to a term.
normal regular battalion with the arrival of the 1st Bn
The Royal Welch Fusiliers . On the sportsfield Queensmen have done w ell :
J / Sidr Searle was goalkeeper for the Army Juni or
When the idea of a composite battalion was first team ; J / Sidr Morris ran for Somerset in the Boys'
mooted , there were many who were worried that to Clubs cross-c ounty championships ; J / Sidr Deer
mix infantrymen together with such varying territorial , boxed for the Bn ; J / Sidr Moir played basketball for
linguistic and traditional backgrounds was unlikely to the Battalion, and J / Sidrs Cooper, Hawker and
succeed ; these fears have been more than disproved . Skeen were members of the team which won the Bn
lt is the unanimous verdict of all those who have come seven-a-side plate competition .
to know the IDB that it has been a great su ccess, and
has drawn its strength from those very chara cteristics Queen's Cadets
which it was thought could be its weakness ;
furthermore , it has provided considerable experience North West Sector
and opportunity for its members, as well as the N.W. Sector had the good fortune to be allocated
stability required in certain individual cases .
Wretham Camp for the Stanford Training Area for the
During the IDB's four years of life, over 50 first fortnight of August for our Annual Camp. The
Queensmen have been on the posted strength and weather was good , the training areas superb and over
many others have been attached. 530 cadets took full advantage of all the facilities
ava ilable including lifts in helicopters provided for
JSB Army exercises on the ranges .

The final decision on the future of The Junior Despite extensive redeployment resulting from our
Soldiers Bn has still not been made; however, with reorganisation into 4 Groups , detachments swiftly
two platoons formed for the May intake instead settled down to training coordinated by the Sector
of the usual one, the training at Taunton looks like Training Officer Maj Frank Cox , RGJ, who assumed
continuing for another year at least. his new duties just before the new commencement of
camp . The APC results achieved were a fitting tribute
The permanent staff remains relatively unchanged: to the energy and enthusiasm exhibited by all ranks at
Lt Walker arrived from the 1st Bn to form the camp this year .
new platoon in May; Sgt Berry has returned to
3 QUEENS ; Cpl Tanner to the 2nd Bn , and Cpl Scully The Cadet Training Team ran a most successful
-Queen 's Coy's oldest survivor - is due to return to Junior Leaders course which produced more than
1 QUEENS after three years at Taunton . forty 4 star cadets . Even after the expected losses to
the Regular and Territorial Army a significant addition
Cpl Kirkaldie was responsible for the training of the to the senior cadet NCO ranks has been made .
Coy's Small Bore shooting team and continues to be
the NCO with the most optional extras. The last full day of camp was devoted to
competitions when we were delighted to see an old
Cpl Deal not only won the Bn Cross-Country friend of the Sector in the person of Maj Bob
competition , but trained the Coy team which won the Woodfield , from Frimley Park judging the Drill and
Somerset Boys' Clubs championship ; he has also Guard Mounting. In the end , 21 Group were the
been a regular member of the Bn Basketball team. winners of the Lucas Tooth Shield but there were
enough dark horses winning individual events to
Sgt Buddle has played regularly for the Bn Hockey maintain interest and suspense to the end .
team , and Lt Cross has been awarded his rugby
colours . After the presentation of Prizes, including both
National and Sector Colours by the Commandant, the
The Passing Out parade of Intake 4 was in March day ended with prayers and a blessing from the Senior
when 14 Junior Queensmen joined their Battalions ; Chaplain .
their last few months were very busy and began with a
visit to Berlin, hosted by 2 RRF . A shooting camp , Continued on page 49
adventurous training , a Coy commander's exercise,
and finally an exhausting battle camp at Okehampton ,
rounded off the year's training.

The two platoons of Intake 5 have now completed
their second term . Training has been varied , ranging
from attempting to ski on the almost non-existent
snow in Scotland in February, to enduring the most

from page 48 49
Among the many distinguished visitors to Camp,
lt included presentations on the roles of both
we were delighted to welcome the Colonel of the Regular and TA Battalions, assistance available from
Queen's Regiment Maj Gen R. S. N. Mans, CBE, Cadet Training Tean1 and The Regimental Information
the Chairman of the Greater London TAVRA Col G. Team and a visit to the Infantry Junior Leaders
D. P. Carden, TD , and a party from Headquarters Battalion .
London District led by our Military Commander Col D.
H. C. Gordon Lennox, Regimental Lieutenant Colonel (Extract - February 1982)
1st Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards .
Surrey
lt was also a great pleasure to welcome as a Since the end of last year, Surrey Cadets have had a
permanent member of the Officers Mess, Maj Tony
Ford , Assistant General Secretary of the ACFA, who complete reorganisation ; we now have two
spent the first week of camp with us . Battalions (instead of three) - 1st and 2nd (the old
5th Bn now being the 2nd).
(Extract from Cadet Journal, December 1981)
The Corps of Drums is still operating from Farnham ,
Kent having played at many local events . The new stream-
I wonder just how many times we have said " This lined organisation will give greater opportunities and
training for the Surrey Cadet .
must have been the best Camp ever", but this time we
really mean it! (The four main ingredients - training The Queen's R.I.T. continues to give our
areas, accommodation, food and the weather - detachments great support. The 6th/7th (V) Bn also
could not have been better. Because we are a large help us and some of the senior cadets have been out
Force , we were permitted to occupy two Camps on exercise with them ; we , in turn have helped them
between 8-22 August ; four Units were at Longmoor with butt parties .
and two at Browndown. Maximum use was made of
the very different facilities available at both Camps A party of Surrey Cadets are to visit the 3rd Bn in
and , besides normal Camp activities, specialist Fallingbostel BAOR; Capt M Booth who is to
training was provided in watermanship, canoeing, accompany them will report on the visit in our next
rafting and water skiing on the Solent and inter-Unit bulletin .
fie ld exercises were organised on a large scale .
Assistance from the Regular Army was very much Annual Camp is in August at Swynerton , the first in
appreciated and included the development of this area for Surrey ACF .
watermanship training on the lake at Hawley Hard
under the expert tuition of the Royal Engineers, and Cadet Sgti Maj D McTernan of Farnham Det
physical and recreational training with the Army received a cheque for £100 from the Lions Club in the
Physical Training Corps . In addition, an Initial Training Area finals for Service to the community .
Course for Officers and Staff Instructors and a 4-star
Junior Leaders Course were run with good results by JWS
our splendid 7CCT and Queen's Regimental
Information Team. Amongst the many VIP visitors ACF Camps 1982
received with pleasure was the GOC South-East Sussex- 31 July - 18 Aug - Longmoor.
District. We returned to Kent with a real sense of S.E. London- 14- 29 Aug - Longmoor.
achievement and a feeling that it had all been so N. W. London - 14- 29 Aug - Proteus .
worthwhile and successful. Excellent . That's the S. W. London - 31 July - 15 Aug - Okehampton.
word I've been looking for! Kent - 31 July - 15 Aug - Penhale .
Surrey - 14 - 29 Aug - Swynnerton .

The Queen's Regiment Cadet Officers Weekend, Cadet Forces Medals and Clasps
1981 1st Clasp

Each year The Regimental Headquarters of The Lt (AI Capt) P J V Turner (Kent): Lt (AI Capt) T P
Queen's Regiment organise a weekend for Cadet Connolly and SMI AM Whittaker (Greater London
Officers of the ACF and CCF who are affiliated to The NW Sector) ; Lt (AI Maj) R S Albon (Greater London
Regiment. Last year the weekend took place on 10111 SE Sector) .
Octo ber and was based on St Martins Plain Camp .
The Medal
Lt S C D Cassidy (Greater London SE Sector).

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THE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

by Maj R Waite

As forecast in the last edition, I have taken over the photographs have been passed to the Secretaries of
Secretaryship of the Association from Major " Mac". our Affiliated Associations in case they wish to try and
The financial respects of benevolent casework remain trace any of the Next of Kin.
the province of Maj Alan Martin , who has a wealth of
experience in this field . And in a letter from Lt Col R H Graham MBE,
Commanding 3 QUEENS in Fallingbostel, he says :-
I make no apologies for reminding readers of this
year' s two main events - The Grand Reunion , and " 1was re cently able to visit the nearby Becklingen
the WOs' and Sgts' Past and Present Dinner. The War Cemetery ; it is a relatively small cemetery on a
dates and venues have been well publicised, not only hillside between Hohne and Soltau , well -tended in the
in this journal but also by all our affiliated Regimental best traditions of the Commonwealth War Graves
Assns. in their Newsletters. The Dinner proved so Commission . From the Regimental point of view it is
successful last year that we have extended the scope; of particular interest because it holds the graves of
ex-SNCOs of our founder Regiments are included and soldiers of all our six former regiments with the
we would welcome them most warmly . (RSM Hill of 1 exception of the East Surreys . There are thirteen
QUEENS might well have a well-known figure from regimental graves, the majority being of soldiers of
the Showbiz World as a surprise guest at the WOs' The Queen's Royal Regt, thus reflecting the important
and Sgts' Dinner this year. part played by the 1/ 5th Bn in the advance from the
Rhine to Hamburg between March and May 1945.
Commanders at all levels , I know , are aware of the
importance of encouraging all soldiers leaving the Buried in the cemetery are the following members
Service to join one of the founder Regiments Old of our former regiments :
Comrades Associations. All these Associations now
include the proud name of " The Queen 's Regiment" The Queen's Royal Regiment
in their titles ; they would be delighted to welcome LCpl J A Freeman, Pte P Hogan, Pte FA Keeling ,
young blood. Anyone leaving their battalions or
units who wishes to join has only to write to me LCpl A F Levy, Pte A E Lucas, Pte T Pilkington, Cpl R
and I can point him in the right direction. I would B Pass, Lt D G Wilkinson-Cox MC, Lt T H Worton .
also like to remind all serving soldiers - whether
Regular or TA - that they are automatically members The Buffs
of The Queen's Regiment Assn. W02 W J C Decent MM

The next meeting of the Executive Committee and The Royal Sussex Regt
Annual General Meeting will take place at the Head- Capt J H Bally
quarters of the Duke of Yorks , Chelsea , starting at
11 .00 hrs on Fri 15 Oct 1982. The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt
Pte P Vicary
"Sergeant-Major Shut-Up"
The Middlesex Regt
Actor Windsor Davies - " Sergeant Major Shut- Maj P A R Anson
up" of Television's "lt Ain't 'Aif ' Ot Mum" - is being
invited to the Reunion Dinner for Past and Present On Remembrance Sunday I was able to place
members of the WOs' and Sgts' Messes of the Regi- poppies on all these graves in a small private ceremony
ment and its founder regiments, sponsored by the 1st which I intended to be on behalf of our present
Bn at Canterbury on 11 Sep. Regiment in remembrance of our forebears who fell so
sadly in the very last days of the Second World War. "
In the early 1950s, Mr Windsor Davies was a fully
paid-up member of the Sgts' Mess of the 1st Bn The JOB OPPORTUNITY - FOR EX-OFFICER
East Surrey Regt serving in Libya.
New Hall Girls' School , just outside Chelmsford ,
WAR GRAVES IN GERMANY will require a Bursar at the end of this year.

Lt Col B D 0 Smith MVO, who works with the The Candidate should be a Major or above who is
British Commanders-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet no older than 51 and who is considering early retire-
Forces in Germany, has sent to RHO photographs of ment.
83 gravestones in the War Cemetery at Stahnsdorf,
near Potsdam ; these relate to other ranks of our Salary would be in the region of £12,000 plus a
Founding Regiment who died in 1917/ 1918. The motor car .

Further information can be obtained from : Paul A H
Turner Esq ., Wrightson Wood (UK) Ltd .
(Consultants). 12 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X
7HH.

THE DUKE OF YORK'S SCHOOL, DOVER 51

A Boarding School for sons of Officers and Soldiers The Assoc iation has 40 Bran ches covering the
United Kingdom, and its Employment Office rs - all
The Duke of York's Royal Military School is an inde- ex-Regulars - are in close touch with employers . lt
pendent boarding school for 450 boys aged 11 to 18 provides all services free .
years . Officers and Soldiers, both serving and retired,
who have a minimum of four years service in the During the period 1st April 1981 - 31st Marc h 1982
Regular Army are eligible to register their sons as the Association placed some 3,635 men and women
ca ndidates for entry. The School is largely financed by from the Services in employment; of these jobs 1,465
the Ministry of Defence ; fees are approx . £550 per were for men and women from the Army and 21 were
annum (but see below). from your Regiment.

Entry is at 11 + in September each year and is based Addresses and telephone numbers of Branches can
be obtained from Corps and Regimental Associations
on competitive examinations and father's service . - or.from Post Offices, Employment Offices or local
Boys may be registered on their eighth birthdays and telephone directories.
registration for entry to the School in September 1983
closes on 1 November 1982. Boys who are over 11 THE CORPS OF DRUMS SOCIETY
years but under 12 years old on 31st August 1983 will
be considered for entry in September 1983. Special The following letter, dated 11 May 82, has been
conditions, including a waiver of fees , exist for boys in received from the Hon Sec Mr R J Davenport of 50
compassionate circumstances . Station Road, Ha/stead, Sevenoaks, Kent, to whom
replies should be sent:
The School is situated in beautiful grounds of 150 Dear Sir,
acres just outside Dover and offers excellent academic
and sporting facilities. lt provides a normal secondary The Corps of Drums Society was formed in 1977 to
education to GCE Ordinary , Advanced and promote and preserve the concept and traditions of
Scholarship levels and on leaving school, the boys the drum and flute Corps of Drums both within the
proceed to university or enter the professions, Army and outside .
commerce and industry . To arrange a visit or to obtain
a Prospectus, please contact the Headmaster in We are particularly anxious to contact serving or
writing or by telephone (Dover (STD 0304) 203012 ext. retired drummers who may be in possession of photo-
25). graphs, music, or other records of their service, and
who would be willing to allow us to borrow or copy
THE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION them. They may also still retain their musical skills and
be prepared to spend some time in passing on their
The Association exists to relieve distress among ex- knowledge to a younger generation of drummers,
officers or their widows and dependants, with who may otherwise take up traditions that have more
financial grants; help in finding places in Residential in common with an American high-school than with
Homes for the elderly (including Nursing Homes and the British Army.
Convalescent Homes) and , if necessary, provide
assistance with fees. it has a Country Home in South One of the main problems with Corps of Drums
Devon for active elderly male ex-officers of limited today, apart from the ever-increasing demands of
means , and a bungalow estate in Hertfordshire for other duties, is that little of their history or traditions
disabled ex-officers and their families . it gives help has been committed to writing. The knowledge has
and advice regarding retired pay and pensions and in been handed down from Drum Major to Drum Major
the preparation of appeals regarding Disability or War virtually by word of mouth, but if this system is once
Widows Pensions . lt has a Clothing Store for ex- broken for any reason, it is very difficult to retrieve the
officers in need. The Resettlement and Employment situation .
Department is part of the Regular Forces Resettle-
ment Service and helps any unemployed ex-officer to We would be grateful if you can find space to
find employment. If you hear of any ex-officers or include this letter in your Journal as we feel sure that
officers' widows in distress, please tell them to write there will be some drummers among its readers who
to The General Secretary, The Officers ' Association, could help us to ensure that the sound of the drums
48 Pall Mall , London SW1Y 5JY. (Tel: 01 -930 0125). and fifes will continue to be heard into the next
century at least.
REGULAR FORCES EMPLOYMENT
BENEVOLENCE
ASSOCIATION
by Maj A Martin, MBE
This Association is part of the Forces Resettlement
Service. lt exists to help Servicemen and women to The importance of maintaining a strong and
find suitable employment when they leave the Forces . thriving Benevolent fund cannot be overstressed ; as a
lt also takes a long term interest in ex-Regulars , who result of the introduction of " The Day's Pay
may use its services as often as they wish . Scheme", we have been able , during the compara-
tively short life of The Regiment, to build up our
finances from nothing to over £110,000.

lt may be of interest to readers to learn that Monthly repaym ent is modest by today's
approximately 85% of the Army overall are standards, the unpaid balance on discharge being
contributors to "The Day's Pay Scheme" and The recoverable from terminal benefits. Those making
Queen's Regiment percentage membership is even application for the loan should have taken advantage
higher. Long may it continue so! also of the ABF sponsored assisted house purchase
scheme, available to those in their last two years of
We ask that all subscriptions are covenanted (at no service (or past the age of 50) who are buying their
extra expense to the contributor) so that the tax home for the first time . Unlike the loan for buying
element may be recouped for the benefit of the fund. household equipment, assisted house purchase is
Over the course of the next few months I shall be available to all ranks.
referring the few non-covenanted subscriptions to
Battalion Paymasters and asking for their assistance The work of benevolence in its many forms is ever
in remedying this. with us; being a 'young' Regiment, the call on our
funds for assistance will not reach its peak for some
Turning to the Army Benevolent Fund (ABFI in years to come. lt is essential, therefore, that we build
recognition of the unstinting financial assistance the up a healthy Benevolent fund for the years ahead and
Trustees offer in cases where the commitment is it is thanks to your positive help that we are able to do
greater than Regimental Benevolent funds can stand, so. To those few who, as yet, do not contribute to
we donated £2,500 to the ABF last year and have lent The Queen's Regiment Benevolent fund, I ask -
£3,000 this year. Readers will be interested to learn examine your conscience and join the vast majority of
that The Army Benevolent fund paid over £44,000 in the Regimental family who do subscribe.
the financial year 1980/ 81 to soldiers disabled in
Northern Ireland and their dependants. One last word. Maj 'Mac' McCarthy, who worked
so diligently and enthusiastically in the field of
Another service offered by The ABF is to soldiers in Regimental Benevolence, retired in February. A great
their last twelve months of service with an expectation number of people have cause to be grateful for his
of service pension and terminal grant; they can compassion, patience and interest in this field. I know
arrange an interest-free loan of up £1500 to buy all our readers will join me in wishing 'Mac' many years
essential household equipment. of happy retirement.

Why does the Army Benevolent Fund still need help ?

For most of us nowadays the memories we have of the two
World Wars have become dimmed by time, but for those who
were left disabled - and for the many bereaved families - the
tragic aftermath of war is ever present. Many are suffering great
hardships. The Army has also been in action in many parts of
the world since the end of World War 11. Thus even in peace-
time the problem continues .
The sole object of the Army Benevolent Fund is to try to lessen
this suffering. It does this by making contributions to the Corps
and Regimental A ssociations and National Service charitable
organisations which have been set up for thi s purpose. All the
money, which is used in this really good cause is given
voluntarily, by means of donations and bequests. You can help
by giving as much as you possibly can yourself - and by
recommending others to do the same.

Donations and Legacies should be senrro:

THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND

Patron : Her Majesty The Queen

Duke of York's Headquarters, London, SW3 (telephone 01-730 5388)
!Th isspacedonated by W. NAS H LTD.. Sr. Pau l's Cray, Kent)
(Registe red under the War C harities Act, 1940)

THE QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION 53

GENERAL PURPOSES FUND 1981
25 . 30
Income & Expenditure Account 11 .50
Year ended 31st December , 1981 43.50
100.00
1980 Income 1981 1980 Expenditure 1877.08
202 Deposit / Bldg Society 246 .55 23 Audit 22.80
277 Grand Reunion 1275.14 9 RBL (Poppy
1393.95 44 Wreaths) -65-.91
479 Donations 112.69 Wreaths
9 Sale lapel Badges 100.00 403 Donations 2146 .09
Grant 9 Grand Reunion 982 .24
488 3128 . 33 Newsletters
Excess Expenditure 488 Mise Expenses 3128.33
Over Income
Surplus Income over
Expenditure

BALANCE SHEET
As at 31st December , 1981

1980 1981 1980 1981
10 2394.42
Current assets 285 .72 2403 Accumulated fund
148 Sundry Debtors 3116.24 (9) As at 31st December 982 .24
Cash at Bank - Current Surplus Income Over
2369 3401 .96 Expenditure 3376.66
2527 Deposit (Defici t)
Bldg Society
133 23.50
2394 Less cu rrent liabilities 3376.66
110 Sundry Creditors
23 Audit Fee

2394

THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT BENEVOLENT FUND

INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Year ended 31st December , 1981

1980 Income 1981 1980 Expenditure 1981
4672 Offrs Subscriptions 5816 .39 104 Audit Fee 115.00
17642 Soldiers Subscriptions 18720.41 Assistance 6899 . 30
Donations 2655 Grants 6693 .00
345 ABF Loans 266 .00 8000 ABF Loans 4000 .00
8500 ABF Grants 4000 .00 B500 ABF Grants 4220.00
5340 Deposits A / C Interest 4220 .00 Donations 2519.50
1089 Investm ent Income 1432.71 5453 Investment Fee
3251 Ta x Refunds 3259 . 16 Mise Expenditure 63 .00
6375 Refunds 9496 .26 70 Bank Charge
5.80
50 100.00 50
32 24515 . 60
47264
22400 Surplus Income 22795 .33
47264 Over Expenditure 47310 .93

47310.93

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BALANCE SHEET
As at 31st December 1981

1980 1981 1980 1981
56380 87 , 244.28
Investments at Cost Accumulated fund 87369 .88
56380 Cash with United 1,737 .09 13 .00
Services Trustee 65080 General Fund 31 Dec 80
88,981 .37 Add : Profit on Sa le of 87382 .88

Current Assets 16241 llossl Investment 22795 .33
1071 .62
Cash at Bank 64456

3588 Current 1461 .95 Add :
12234 Deposit 9567 . 11
Cash in Surplus Income Over
12109 235.26 Expenditure
Hand
Shop Stock 10939.36 22400 Benevolent Fund
at Cost 514 Regimental Shop

Sundry Debts 12.34
Fund ed 1762.77
Charities
23978 .79
3448 Loans

31379

Less current liabilities 115 .00
595 .33
104 Audit Fee 1000 .00
285 Sundry Crs
1710.33
ABF Loans

389

30 , 990 22,268,46 87 , 370 111 ,249 .83
87 ,370
111 ,249 .83

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We report that the accounts and Balance Sheets dated 31st December 1981 have been prepared from and are in accordance with
your books and records and the information and explanations given to us.

15 Feb 1982 Larking & Larking
Chartered Accountants
31 St Georges Place
Canterbury

* THE DIVISIONAL OPEN DAY

10 JULY 82 *

On Sat 10 July, The Queen 's Division will be 'at
Home' at Bassingbourn . Gates will open at 1400 hrs
and the programme will include an Arena Show
lasting 70 minutes, sideshows, Corps Mobile Display
(remaining from the previous day's Schoolboys
Exhibition) , and a full programme of subsidiary
events ; in all, a thoroughly worthwhile afternoon . We
hope there will be a really good turnout and we are
pleased that so many Battalions are able to contri-
bute . We have at last established that it does not clash
with the World Cup final which is on the following
day. So come to Bassingbourn and bring your friends .

55

GRAND REUNION 1982

at

HYDERABAD BARRACKS, COLCHESTER

(Home of the 2nd Bn)

on

SUNDAY 1st AUGUST

11.00: Gates Open.
12.00:
Drumhead Service
12.30: (Old Comrades participating should arrive by
16.30: 11.30).
17.00:
followed by:-
Various Static Displays
Variety of arena events
Band Concert (Queens Band TA)
Display of Silver and pictures
V. C. Display
Sale of Regimentalia

Bars open
NAAFI Refreshments on Sale

Beating of Retreat by Massed Bands and Corps of
Drums of 1st and 2nd Bns.

Dispersal.

PLEASE NOTE THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY

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News from our Affiliated Associations

The Queen's Surrey's
Association

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENT THE EAST SURREY REGIMENT MEMORIAL
MUSEUM GATES - KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES

By the time these notes are published , the Museum In 1924, The Easy Surrey Regt ere cted at the Market
will be well into its third season at Clandon Park, and Place entrance to All Saints Parish Church, Kingston-
we hope that donations from our visitors will be upon-Thames, a pair of ornate wrought iron gates as a
flowing in once again. Money remains one of the memorial to the officers and men of that regiment
biggest problems as expenses are inevitably large ; who fell during the 1914-18War. They were dedicated
during the winter we improved the Museum in a
sign ifi cant number of ways, while there is a continual Continued overleaf
financial requirement for straight maintenance
purposes. By mid-March we had expended £908 The East Surrey Regt Memorial Gates.
during a period of four months, with some largish bills
still to come! For the long term , the Museum
Committee are conscious of the need to build up
funds so that the Museum can become as self-
supporting as possible, and also to enable us to
acquire special exhibits when they come on the

market.

Throughout the winter the normal working party
has met every Thursday , and we continue to rely on
the enthusiasm and work of Maj and Mrs Peter Hill .
Others who have joined "the workers" this winter
include Lt Col Tony Hannaford and Capt and Mrs Noel
Tannock. Lt Col Les Wilson has continued to be most
helpful in many ways and we are also indebted to Capt
Johathon Riley of 1 QUEENS and Mr John Woodroffe
for detailed help over the identification of badges.

In recent months , a new National Trust
Administrator has been welcomed to Clandon Park ;
he is Mr Christopher B H Barford (who has a Royal
Navy background) and we look forward to working

with him .

Extract from the Daily Telegraph of 22 ApnJ 1982:

Case History

During a visit to the National Trust's property ,
Clandon Park, Guildford , a small girl was fascinated
by a case of stuffed birds . Her wonderment grew
when she was taken into the adjoining Queen 's Royal
Surrey Regimental Museum where full size models of

soldiers in uniform are displayed .

She demanded :" Are soldiers stuffed after they are

shot? "

PETERBOROUGH

58 to our Regimental Association by the Councillors,
Officers and Staff at all levels, of the Royal Borough of
on Armistice Day 1924 by the Bishop of Kingston . lt Kingston-upon-Thames .
was an appropriate place for such a memorial , as All
Saints Church houses the Regimental Chapel of The Those of us who served with the 1st Bn The Ea st
East Surrey Regt. In 1946 this memorial was further Surrey Regt at Tel-ei- Kebir in 1953-54 may remember
dedicated to include all those of the Regiment who our Brigade EME officer : he is none other than Brig
died during the 1939-45 War. Reg Tibble! Small world!

In 1963 it was seen that the gates needed repainting COMRADESHIP
and that the badge required to be re-guilded and re-
silvered. On that occasion the Royal Borough of Extract from a letter received by the Secretary of the
Kingston-upon-Thames undertook to have the gates Association in Dec '81
and badge completely refurbished at the expense of
the Royal Borough - a gesture of friendship that was 81 , Oliphant Circle
much appreciated at the time. Newport, Gwent

Early last year, Lt Col John Sherrard noticed that Dear Sir,
the gates and badge has once again deteriorated and I have only been a member of The Queen' s
that some urgent repair and re-painting was needed
and, on behalf of the Regiment, he approached the Association for the past couple of years but, since
Royal Borough to find out whether further aid might joining, I have met nothing but friendship and
be forthcoming. As a result of this inquiry, Brig kindness. The majority of members that I have met
Geoffrey Curtis, President of The Queen 's Royal have been peace-time serving and, although I myself
Surrey Regimental Association , wrote to the Royal served in Burma during the last war, I find myself a
Borough soliciting aid for such work from the novice in their midst; but they have taken me in as one
Borough Lottery Fund. This was granted, and the of themselves and this , I think , is what The Queen's is
Borough's Director of Technical Services, Brig Reg all about.
Tibble and his staff undertook to engage a contractor
and to supervise the work on the basis that the cost of lt has changed my attitude to life quite a bit
approximately £800 would t:>e shared by the Royal knowing that there are people who care about their
Borough and the Regiment. The work was completed fellow men and I no longer have the feeling that I am
at the end of March 1982. alone.

These gates are one of the three tangible relics left Yours sincerely,
to show that Kingston-upon-Thames was once a J.HYLANDS
Garrison Town and that its own Regiment was The
East Surrey Regt. lt is heart-warming to know that the
Borough still supports our present and former
Regiment, and we are grateful for the goodwill shown

The Queen's Own Buffs
Association

A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE LIFE perhaps best displayed by the huge attendance at his
Service of Thanksgiving held on the 19th of February
OF HUGH RAYMOND GRACE 1911-1982 1982. No more suitable place could have been chosen
to pay our tribute than in the very Cathedral , of which
lt was with the deepest sorrow and regret that we he was so fond, where he had organised so many
heard of the sad death of our President Col Raymond inspiring Services of Remembrance in the past.
Grace on the 2nd of February 1982. He will be sadly
missed by us all and we shall always be grateful for his The Service was held in the Quire and even with
many years of loyal and devoted service to the additional seating, the Cathedral staff supplemented
Regimental Association. by ushers - senior NCOs from 1 QUEENS - had a
formidable task to find places for everyone.
All of us have lost a valued friend and comrade; the
obituaries appearing elsewhere describe and pay Space precludes a record of those attending but a
tribute to his many talents , interests and the conservative estimate would put the figure at over
tremendous contribution he made to our lives. 450. Cpl Raymond's many interests and connections ,
both civil and military, were strongly represented and
The enormous debt that we all owe him was

a large number of those attending had travelled many 59
miles to do so .
Bran ch and the Regi mental Association Secretary
lt was a simple and beautiful service which opened w ere biting their nail s to see whether t he space w oul d
with the Hymn " Lead us Heavenly Father Lead us" be suffi cient. Perhaps, at times, it w as a tight fi t but
followed by Psalm 121 " I will lift up mine eyes unto the most ce rta inly it wa s a great success and w ell-
hills" . The reading , taken from 1 Corinthians 15, was attended . Mr Brown 's dance band provid ed excellent
read by Brid R E Loder CBE DL and The Right music and the dan ce floor was in co nstant use. The
Reverend John Monier Bickersteth Bishop of Bath Maidstone Bran ch had worked hard to give us al l an
and Wells , Raymond 's Cousin, gave the address . In excellent evening and their arrangements w ere most
this , the Bishop gave an account of Col Grace' s life , su c cessful.
his varied experiences, his service to the Army and the
community , his love of Kent, his fondness for the While the activity on the dan ce floor was in full
Cathedral, his ready sense of humour, the uprightness swing , an even more important battle was being
of his character, the love for his family, and his fought down th e other end of the hall. After several
integrity. " We see in him the sacrament of loyalty and excellent matches, the 62 Club came through
fortitude and unselfishness that you find in a good triumphant to win the Inter-Branch Darts Competition
soldier - Veteri frondescit honore". whilst Ramsgate were extremely worthy Runners-Up .

The Prayers included the Regimental Collect of The Thank you Ken Parker and the Maidstone Branch
Queen's Own Buffs (Col Raymond had played a large for making all our arrangements for us and for what
part in its composition); then from the organ gallery turned out to be a most enjoyable evening.
echoed forth the male voices of four members of the
choir singing most beautifully the Anthem Russian The Queen's Own Buffs Officers Drinks Party
Kontakion.
At the last meeting of The Queen's Own Buffs
Our tribute to a well-loved and great man drew to a Committee of Management it was decided that, again
close with the final Hymn "Ye Holy Angels Bright" . this year, a drinks party would be held in the Cricket
As the congregation left the Cathedral passing the Week Tent instead of a lunch. Therefore on Saturday
Warriors Chapel on their way , there for all to see was a 7 August The Queen' s and Queen 's Own Buffs
wreath of spring flowers, from the Chairman and Cricket Tent Club Committee have agreed to allow
members of the Association, set at the foot of the Queen's Own Buffs officers to use the tent at The St
Book of Remembrance. On the wreath was a card " In Lawrence Ground for a party from 6.30 pm to 9 pm.
proud and grateful memory of our President, Colonel Any officers who served in the Buffs, The Queen ' s
H. R. Grace OBE DL" . Own Royal West Kent Regt and The Queen 's Own
Buffs are encouraged to attend and to make this a
The Annual General Meeting chance for a really good re-union .
The AGM was held at the Boxley Road TAVR
No tickets or invitations are required and the bar will
Centre in Maidstone and was well attended by be run on a cash basis. Please do come and bring your
representatives from branches. lt was opened by the ladies. The Band of The Queen 's Regt TAVR will be
Chairman requesting all members to stand in silence playing just outside the tent from 7 pm to 7 .30 pm .
for a few moments as a tribute and mark of respect to
our late President, Col Raymond Grace . Members of The Queen 's and Queen' s Own Buffs
Cricket Tent Club will , of course , be very welcome .
The Vice-President, Col HBH Waring OBE then
reported to the meeting that Capt M J Smith, who had Future Events
been our hard-working Chairman for over six years ,
had been persuaded to take over as President. Capt 4 July The Maidstone Service of Remembrance
Smith then announced that, fortunately for the and Reunion .
Association, Lt Col J N Shepherd had agreed to take 10 July The Queen ' s Division Open Day at
on the task of Chairman . Bassingbou rn .
1 August The Queen ' s Regiment Grand Reunion at
Amongst the other business discussed , the 2 QUEENS , Colchester .
Regimental Association accounts were circulated and 7- 13 Canterbury Cricket Week.
passed and the Secretary reported as follows, on August
Benevolence during 1981 :- 19 Sept The Canterbury Service of Remem-
brance and Reunion
The total overall disbursement was £9195,75p ; total
number of grants made was 187; and the average Connors House Home and Day Centre, Canter-
overall disbursement was £49.18p. bury

The Annual Inter-Branch Darts Match " Connors House" , situated in Craddock Road has
For the first time ever, this event was held at the been built at a cost of approximately £800 ,000 to
provide badly needed accommodation and as a day
Boxley Road TAVR Centre and both the Maidstone centre , to care for mentally infirm elderly people .

60

Built, as it w as, so close to Howe Barra cks, what
could be more suitable than to name the Home in
memory of Private Connors of the Buffs who was
awarded the Victoria Cross for his co nspi cuous
courage and devotion during the assa ul t on the Redan
on the 8th September, 1855.

The Home was officially opened on the 23rd April
1982 by another Buff, Col DJ Dean VC OBE TO DL .
To make it even more of a regimental affair, members
of 1 QUEENS Band sounded a fanfare as Col Donald
unveiled a commemorative plaque on the wall.

Exclusive Today'scombat
ai rcraft, ta nks and infantry-
• t men ... superbly made in

a r tlS r y sterling silver by Garrard
craftsme n, accurate down
t o the smallest detail. An
Col Donald Dean unveils the commemorative plaque f~om E lizabethan pikeman, or a Crimean
at " Connors House". (The inscription reads " This .I. • mortar could be modelled with t he
Building was officially opened on 23rd April1982 by Col
same skill a nd accuracy. Garrard
0 J Dean VC , OBE , TO , DL" ).
Picture by Kentish Gazette GarraJ."'d jewellers too are at the
service of the armed
The Buffs Museum forces, beautifully
The archives in the Buffs Museum are deficient of re producing regimental badges in

certain copies of The Dragon : gold and ena mel or set with gems.
1890-1891 , 1901-1902, Nov 1904-May 1906,
If yo u are considering a presen-
1913- 1915 and 1918-1919.
Anyone who can trace copies of the above should tation, offi cial or personal. the Garrard

contact Maj H CL Tennent at RHO The Queen's Regt . Military and S pecial ·

'-{ _Department will be

Ul'.>"i delighted to

~ helpyou.

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61

The Royal Sussex Association

Officers Reunion Party The London Marathon 1981
This annual event was held on Friday 5 March in the
Extracts from an article by Ex-Sgt. T. Phi/lips (/ate
Earl de La Warre room at The Royal Commonwealth Royal Sussex Regt), who took part in the 26mile race :
Society, Northumberland Avenue . Once again there
was a very good attendance at which Col G. J. When the idea of a Marathon road race through
Langridge presided . He explained the reason for the London was first put forward by ex-Oiympic Gold
change in location for the Party and it was generally Medalist Chris Brasher, I was immediately interested,
agreed that the new premises were most satisfactory . as it had long been my ambition to take part in the
ultimate chal leng e to long distance runners ; at the
St George's Day same time I tho.ught that perhaps I could do a little to
St George's Day was commemorated with a let people know that the Royal Sussex Regt was still
alive and kicking .
Service in St George's Chapel, the Memorial Chapel
of the Royal Sussex Regt in Chichester Cathedral, on With that aim in view , I approached the secretary of
Friday 23 April; it was conducted by the Deen of our London Branch to see if he could obtain for me a
Chichester and attended by the Mayor of Chichester, cloth Regimental badge for my running vest and of
a number of guests, and members of the Regiment . course , like all good ' Q ' blokes , 'Eddie' Rooke pro-
Col Langridge read the lesson. duced one at once .

After the service a reception was held at the 29 March dawned damp and cool, in fact perfect
Dolphin and Anchor Hotel. weather for a race of this nature and it was a very
subdued and nervous entrant who made his way
Royal Sussex Regiment Museum through Greenwich Park to the starting area. The
Many generous gifts have been made to the sight of over 7000 runners plus an equal number of
spectators was quite something and it speaks
museum since our last notes . They include medals, volumes for the organisers to say that every runner
paintings, uniforms, photographs, diaries, personal was booked in by the computer .
papers, badges, silver buttons, cricket score cards ,
race cards of the Regimental races at Goodwood , At 9 a.m . with a roar, the field set off into a walk! lt
crockery, books, and a set of Victorian rupees. Some was virtually impossible over the first 100 yards to go
accessions are quite large collections of items such as any faster, but as the race got under way , the field
those of the late Col Cecil Hankey, given by his son, thinned out and the race was really on.
and those of the late Col W. C. Millward , given by his
daughter. Along with Eric Coates, a workmate , we had
decided to aim for a time of 3 Y, hours which meant
A total of 51 accessions have been recorded and steady running at 8 minute mile pace which proved
include two important purchases made by the quite easy to maintain . As we got near to Greenwich
Trustees . One is a miniature painting of a young at the Cutty Sark, the crowds got bigger and the
officer of the Regiment circa 1790 by Abraham Daniel , support was fantastic. At Tower Bridge, the half way
towards which grants were received from the Victoria point, we were greeted by the biggest crowds I have
and Albert Museum Grants Fund and the Army seen since Coronation Day and resisting the urge to
Museums Ogilby Trust. The other is the Waterloo 'grandstand ' and speed up was quite difficult.
Medal and a miniature painting of Sergeant Major Ben
Hickman circa 1820, towards which a grant was Approaching Tower Bridge for the second time,
received from the Ogilby Trust. Both paintings show with only four miles to go, I realised that after 22 my
the orange facings of the Regiment and other interest- legs were beginning to deaden and I knew I was drap-
ing details of dress. ing behind my running schedule. My worst moment
came at the Blackfriars underpass as we had to run
The Trustees are particularly grateful to Maj A . F. past my local pub The Founders Arms and I am afraid
Flatow, TO , of the Ogilby Trust, who kindly this strained my self control to the limit! Along Victoria
undertook the bidding at the two sales at Sothebys on Embankment to cries of 'You're going to make it', we
our behalf. passed Big Ben and could hear the cheers at the
finishing point on Constitution Hill ; the sights and
sounds as we ran down Birdcage Walk and across the
front of Buckingham Palace were indescribable and I
am sure I shall never forget them .

62 Towards the end of the dinner, Col Langridge pro-
posed the Loyal Toast and a toast to HRH Princess
My finishing time was 3 hours 34 minutes, so I was 4 Juliana of the Netherlands, Patron of the Association ;
minutes 34 seconds outside my estimated time , but I he also read out a telegram that he would be sending
was simply delighted to have completed my first on behalf of the Association to the Princess on the
marathon. occasion of her birthday on the 30th April.

The Annual Reunion Dinner The President then welcomed the guests and
thanked them for contributing so much to the success
The 52nd Annual Old Comrades Reunion Dinner of the evening . He was particularly pleased that Gen
was held on Saturday 24 April, as usual in the Town Mans was present since, through illness, he had been
Hall , Lewes, when some 400 old comrades were unable to attend last year .
present. Col Langridge, our President, presided and
the guests included Cllr K Moorhouse, Vice-Chairman In replying for the guests, Cllr Moorhouse said how
of the Lewes District Council, Cllr Graham Mayhew, much he appreciated the fact that the Association
Mayor of Lewes, Mr N C Walsh, Town Clerk and Maj Reunion was held in Lewes. The Regiment had
Gen R S N Mans, CBE, Colonel of The Queen' s Regt. received the Freedom of Lewes and it was only right
that the Reunion should be held there . He hoped that,
As is customary on this occasion, guests and senior while the Association continued to thrive - as was so
officers formed a procession as they moved to the evident this evening - it would always hold its
top table, whilst cadets of the 7th(Chichester) PI, Reunion in the Town Hall.
Sussex ACF, looking very smart in their scarlet
uniforms, sounded a fanfare. When all were seated, Maj Gen Mans, in a most interesting speech, pro-
Col Langridge called for two minutes silence in posed the Toast to the Regimental Association. He
memory of past comrades, during which the cadets likened it to an old tree with its roots sunk deep into
sounded Last Post and Reveille. The Rev Canon the ground, but hoped that the tree would bear young
Waiter Greenfield, MA, TD, Chaplain to the branches representing the Queen's Regiment so that
Regimental Assn. then said Grace. During the dinner the whole would thrive together in the future .
the cadets served beer, much of which had been most
generously donated by Charrington and Company After the speeches, the Band played Regimental
(Newhaven) and Courage (Eastern), Eastbourne. marches followed by the singing of "Sussex by the
Throughout the evening a delightful programme of Sea" which must have been heard all over Lewes.
music was provided by the Royal British Legion Band Later the Band of the 7th (Chichester) Cadet PI gave
(Little Common Branch) conducted by Bandmaster an excellent performance much enjoyed by the Old
Brian Smith. Comrades. As usual, it was most a most memorable
evening, with old friends talking over memories of
bygone days.

Maj-Gen Mans, Collangridge and Yeoman Warder Davies (former R. Sussex) at the Reunion Dinner, Lewes.
Picture by Stephen Tester of Eastbourne

Marriages 63
WESTON - CODY - On 9 Jan 82 at St Joan of
Deaths
Arc' s Church, Farnham . 2/ Lt Alan Weston and GRACE - On 2 Feb 82 at Crundale, Col Hug h
Rosemary Cody.
Raymond Gra ce OBE, DL . !See Obituary).
RAY - FLETCHER - On 27 Mar 82 at St Peter's
Church, Petersfield . Lt Col Bryan Ray MBE and Mrs HALE - On 22 Feb 82, Pte T P Hale 11st Bn ) as t he
Mary Fletcher. result of a traffi c acc ident.

DUN HAM - WILSON - On 17 Apr 82, Lt M J S BIDDLECOMBE - On 15 Apr 82 at the Qu een
Dunham l3rd Bn) and Miss Jill Wilson . Elizabeth Mil Hospital Woolwich, after a long illness,
Pte G Biddlecombe (formerly 1st Bn ).
WILBY - WAKELING - On 24 Apr 82, Capt R
Wilby 13rd Bn) and Miss Anne Wakeling . FOULGER - On 2 May 82, in Germany, Pte A
Foulger 13rd Bn) .
Forthcoming Marriages
(Engagements announced in The Daily Telegraph} TARVER - On 13 May 82, at Latimer, Bu cks , Maj-
Gen C H Tarver CB , CBE, DSO , DL, Deputy Colonel
CAPT S J PARKER - MISS L R BETI. Capt !Kent) 1966 to 1971 and former President of The
Step hen James Parker, The Queen's Regt elder son of Queen' s Own Buffs Regimental Assn .
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Parker of Ash, and Lucy
Rosellen, twin daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Bett of STEPHENSON - On 20 May 82, Lt- Col J W A
London W1 . Stephenson, DSO, aged 74, late The Middlesex Regt
lOCO) lsee Obiturary) .
CAPT R WALKER - MISS K L SMITH. Capt (We hope to publish an Obituary Notice in the next
Robert Walker, The Queen' s Regt, elder son of Mr issue-Ed.}
and Mrs R Walker of Worthing, and Karen, elder
daughter of Mr DC Smith of Goring, Sussex and Mrs
H M Smith of Ferring, Sussex .

DR R M AGIUS - MISS L M MACWILLIAM.
Raymond Martin, son of Mr and Mrs E Agius of Malta
and Lindsay Mary, daughter of Brig and Mrs M EM
MacWilliam of Dedham , Essex.

~------------------------OBITUARIES-------------------------,

COL H R GRACE. OBE. Dl War . Ten days later Raymond was in France and , on
29 May, he was taken prisoner whilst searching for Bn
Maj Gregory 8/axland writes: HO on a motor-bicycle.
The second son of a stockbroker from Chevening,
Raymond organized and took part in many concerts
Raymond Grace was educated at Marlborough during his five years ordeal as a POW .
College and the RMA Sandhurst where he was an all-
rounder at sport and played cricket for both College On return to UK, he passed through Staff College
XIs . and then became DAQMG at HQ 7 Armd Div in
Germany, playing cricket for Rhine Army . In 1949 he
In Aug 1931, three months after his 20th birthday, became 21C of 1 Buffs, serving in Hong Kong ,
he was commissioned in the Buffs and, after a year Khartoum and in the Suez Canal Zone .
with 2nd Bn at Shorncliffe, he joined the 1st Bn in
Burma ; it was here, at Maymyo, that he took to the In 1952, he was promoted Lt Col and spent twenty
golf course and became champion of Upper Burma . In happy months in Copenhagen as Military Attache and
1936, whilst the Battalion was in India, Raymond Regimental representative at the Court of King
returned to England on leave where he met Christine , Frederik IX . Two years later, Raymond took over
third daughter of Sir Trevor Matthews of Brasted; command of the 1st Bn in Kenya , engaged in opera-
they became engaged during the Canterbury Cricket tions against the Mau Mau and after their return to
Week Ball. A year later, Raymond flew to England , England , his Battalion was presented Ion 9 May 1955)
married his Christine, and took her back to Lucknow. with new Colours by their Colonel-in-Chief - King
Frederik - on St Lawrence Cricket Ground , Canter-
At the close of 1938 they returned to England - bury .
Raymond re-joining the 2nd Bn - and their first son,
Charles, was born four days after the outbreak of The last 19 months of his command confronted
Raymond with soldiering at its most competitive -

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Obituaries Continued - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - --.

the jousting arena of BAOR - and at the end of his encouragement to the Branches as they learned to
tour he was awarded the OBE. apply their own organisational skills to our annual
activities .
In Aug 1958, he became Brigade Colonel, Home
Counties Bde - an appointment where consultation As for myself, as Chairman , I found that I could
and tact were prime requirements during a period of always rely upon Raymond 's encouragement and
reforms. In 1961 , following his retirement, Raymond support and his advice was readily available whenever
was appointed Regimental Secretary and Association I sought it . Although he never tried to influence my
Sec retary of the newly-formed Queen's Own Buffs , thinking , his experience was often brought to bear in
The Royal Kent Regt with Headquarters in the Old moderating one or two of my more radical ideas and I
Infantry Barracks, Canterbury ; and , when the will certainly miss his wise counsel.
Queen's Regiment was formed on 31 Dec 1966, his
post was re-designated - Regimental Secretary Col Raymond will be very sadly missed by us all as
(Kent). he was for so long the central figure of our
Association . He will be hard to replace and our
The Fourth Centenary Celebrations of the Buffs in deepest sympathy goes to Mrs Christine Grace in her
1972 was a masterpiece of organization which
inspired the Late Lord Cornwallis to say (referring in loss .
his speech to a hit-tune of the time) " we , too, have
our ' Amazing Grace' " .

For a short while , Raymond was Deputy Colonel of
the Queen's Regiment (Kent) ; he was also President
of the Queen's Own Buffs Assn and Chairman of the
Buffs Museum Trustees .

On the civil side , he was a Magistrate , a Deputy
Lieutenant for Kent, and President of the Kent County

Cricket Club .

With the unfailing support of Christine and his three
sons and their wives , Raymond bore the assault of
cancer with a courageous refusal to let it interfere with
his duties and a flow of hospitality in his lovely house

at Crundale .

"Death is nothing at all. .. I have only slipped away The late Col Raymond Grace (right) receives a pair of
into the next room ... there is absolutely unbroken engraved silver Armada dishes from Capt Mike Smith
continuity" ran the message read by his son Charles at during the 19n Reunion of the Association at Howe
the Funeral Service held in the village Church on 5 Barracks. The presentation was on behalf of all
Feb ; it certainly gave relevance to the stirring notes of members of the Association to mark his retirement as
"Reveille" sounded by a bugler from The Queen's
Secretary.
Regiment.

Capt M J Smith writes : Lt Col J W A STEPHENSON DSO

The untimely death of Col Raymond Grace will have Maj A E F Wa/dron, MBE writes :
come as a shock to all of us in the Queen's Own Buffs
Regimental Association . Since its formation in 1961 , John (Stevel Stephenson, who died on 20 May
he had been constantly involved in an executive 1982, was commissioned into The Middlesex Regt
capacity, first as Secretary and latterly as President (DCOI, serving with the 2nd Bn in India and at Home.
and I think it is true to say that he knew almost every He commanded the 1/7th from 1942 to 1945 through-
Branch member by sight, if not by name. out the North Africa, Sicilian and Italian campaigns,
earning the DSO in 1944.
For so many years we relied heavily on Col
Raymond's administrative ability at the County He was one of the leading amateur fast bowlers in
Office, whether he was arranging the AGM, the two English cricket in the years before the Second World
Reunions or the Buffs Ouartercentenary in 1972, and War . In 1935, playing for Essex, he took ten South
both he and his staff also became accustomed to African wickets for 110. Bowling for the Gentlemen
sorting out the many queries and problems which against the Players at Lord's in 1936 he took 9for 36 -
Branches passed to the County Office. When the the only professional to escape being C J Barnett,
present RHO the Queen' s Regiment was formed , with whom he bowled at the start of the Players' second
the simultaneous closure of the County Office, he innings! He was also a magnificent fielder. After
fought hard to ensure that the interests of the retirement from the Army he became a director of the
Time-Life Publishing Company .
Association' s members were properly represented .
Self-help became the order of the day but Col
Raymond was always available to offer his advice and

65

COLONEL THE LORD CORNWALLIS KCVO, 1940, he landed near Lord Cornwallis' home and was
KBE, MC, JP welcomed by him. His host thought of the idea of
raising money for a flight of new Spitfires which soon
An Appreciation by Col J B Ogilvie OBE, ADC grew to a squadron with a badge incorporating the
The Spirit of Kent white horse of Kent. Its leader's plane was named by
Lord Cornwallis himself - Spirit of Kent. There can
be no greater tribute , during his Country's finest hour,
to a man who devoted so much of his life to England
as well as to his own beloved County .

Few could have realised in 1944, when he was Editor's Note
appointed Lord Lieutenant, what a remarkable contri- Services of Thanksgiving for the life of Lord
bution Lord Cornwallis would make to Kent over the
next twenty-eight years: he proved to be the Cornwallis were held on 25 Jan at St Margaret's,
personification of the true all-rounder - soldier, civil Westminster and on 1 Feb at All Saint' s Church,
administrator, businessman and sportsman. Maidstone, both of which were attended by various
members of the Regiment and its Forbears, including
An education at Eton and Sandhurst led naturally to Maj-Gen DE B Talbot, CB, CBE, DSO , MC, DL and
a military career; he was commissioned in the Royal Mrs Talbot.
Scots Greys, then serving in France, where he
became ADC to Field Marshal! Haig . He was wounded Dinner for Lord Cornwallis (right! at The Royal Star
and received the MC after Loos . Hotel , Maidstone , 14 June 1968.
Picture by Kent Messenger
Having resigned his commission in 1924, he entered
the City, eventually becoming Chairman of A CReed
and Whitbread-Fremlin . Fifty years of public service
began in 1928 with his election to the Kent County
Council. His public interest spread across the
spectrum of Playing Fields , Working Men's Clubs,
Boys' Clubs, Boy Scouts and the Kent Agricultural
Society, of which he was President from 1945 to '81 ;
the latter appointment led him to becoming Chairman
of the Kent War Agricultural Executive Committee.
During the first ten formative years of Kent University,
he was their Pro-Chancellor. He was created a KBE in
1945 and a KCVO in 1968.

Lord Cornwallis was renowned for his great love of
sport; he was a regimental steeplechaser and played
cricket for Kent from 1919 to 1926, being Captain for
the last three years . In 1948 he had the unique distinc-
tion of being President of both Kent CC and the M CC.

Lord Cornwallis had one other great love- the link
he had with our Regiment and an abiding interest in
the Territorial Army . He was President of the Kent
Territorial Association for 25 years and the South East
Association for four. He was appointed Honorary
Colonel of 4 Buffs, and also of 8 QUEENS (West
Kent) on its formation in 1966; the writer , as CO of
that battalion was very privileged to witness Lord
Cornwallis' outspoken defence of the TA when the
TAVR Ill battalions were disbanded .

On 14 June, 1968, the Regiment dined out Lord
Cornwallis on a glittering occasion at the Royal Star
Hotel , Maidstone, attended by five of our Generals ,
and seven Mayors of our " Freedom" Boroughs . (see
photograph).

Many tributes have been paid to Lord Cornwallis
but, in his private moments , one in parti cular, must
have given him the greatest satisfaction . When
Squadron Leader Stanford -Tu ck, a World War 11
Fighter Ace , parachuted from his crippled fighter in

66

ALLIANCES and AFFILIATIONS

HMS KENT already applying for an affiliation with Leeds Village ,
on the outskirts of Maidstone).
HMS Kent has continued in the task of the Fleet
Training Ship at Portsmouth and, since June 1980, On 4 Dec 81 , the Regimental Committee formally
has trained some 4000 young ratings. agreed to accept this proposal with the utmost
pleasure , and Gen Mans replied to Capt Trinder
The trainees join her direct from their shore training accordingly.
establishments to undergo a period in a ship environ-
ment prior to going to sea; many of the tasks and In a letter dated 17 Dec 81 , the Captain said (inter
evolutions of a ship at sea are carried out in a safe and alia I : " I am delighted that your Regimental Committee
controlled manner. The trainee gains some confi- has approved this affiliation ... I trust that this liaison
dence and is able to quickly become a useful member will be fruitful and anticipate that Lt-Cdr Colin
of a ship's company in a front-line ship . Hamilton (the present Commanding Officer) will be
able to give some soldiers a breath of salt air."
Although the Defence Review has reduced the
number of ships, Kent has so far escaped be1ng Note : HMS Leeds Castle is a Corvette ship of
scuttled . However Kent is affected as recruiting into some 1500 tonnes with a compliment of 41 officers
the service has virtually stopped. As a result the and men; in addition, she has accommodation for 25
emphasis on new entry training in the Fleet Training Royal Marines .
Ship is being moved to the next stage up .the ladder -:-
the Able Rate - where a higher level of Instruction 1s
given to the men who, having completed their first sea
draft, are returning ashore seeking qualifications for
further advancement.

Of late Kent has also undertaken Foreign Navy
training, assisting the Chilean and Pakistani Navy who
have purchased HMS Norfolk and London respec-
tively.

On the ceremonial front, the ship underwent a very
satisfactory inspection by Flag Officer First Flotilla ,
Rear Admiral D C Jenkin and various staffs. lt was
pleasing to have our own convictions, that Kent is a
viable and going concern, confirmed .

HMS BRIGHTON

We understand that this ship, based at Rosyth since
Mar '81, is awaiting a decision about her disposal.

AN AFFILIATION WITH HMS LEEDS CASTLE
Picture b y Royal Na vy PR
HMS LEEDS CASTLE

In November last year , whilst a contingent from the
1st Bn was engaged on Guard duties at Edinburgh
Castle, contact was made with a new Fishery
Protection Vessel - HMS Leeds Castle - based at
Rosyth in Fife; in fact two parties from the Battalion
enjoyed traditional Naval hospitality on board her.

Following this happy liaison , a proposal was made
by the Captain of HM Naval Base, Rosyth (CaptJ F S
Trinder M NI , RN) to the Colonel of the Regiment for
an affiliation to be established between HMS Leeds
Castle and the Regiment as a whole (the sh1p IS

THE QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES All in all , 1981 was a good yea r, and although they
have asked me to stay on for another two years from
OF CANADA la st Septe mber as Honorary Colonel, I wi ll probably
pa ck it in in September of '82."
The following is extracted from a letter from Col Elliott
Dalton EO, Hon Col of the QOR of C, dated 4 Jan '82 2nd Bn (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and
to the late Col Raymond Grace, an old friend : West Coast) The Royal New Zealand lnf Regt

" I know that you will be delighted that since mid- In a recent letter to the Colonel of the Regt , Lt Col P
summer 1981 we have won the award as the second V Caster, ED, states : " On 1 Apr 82 I assumed
best Infantry Militia Regiment in Canada, and we have Command on retirement of Lt Col N A Kotua , ED, and
also won the outstanding Infantry award for the Lt Col D Blyth succeeded Lt Col B H Palmer, MBE,
Province of Ontario 127 Units) . As well , we won all the ED, as Honorary Colonel. .. lt is my intention that the
major shooting awards for Militia , and in fact won one Alliance we hold is fostered by written contact and ,
of the major awards in competition against the where possible, by the hosting of visitors ... To th is
Permanent Force. end , I extend an invitation to any member of the
Queen 's Regt, who may be fortunate enough to travel
For the 7th year in row we have been judged the in this part of the world , to call on HO and enjoy our
best Infantry Battalion in the Metro Toronto Area . hospitality" .
Editor's Note : Their Bn HQ is at PO Box 1470,
You might also be interested to know that, because Christchurch, NZ.
of our parachute activities, and because we have
taken the initiative on our own and at our own
expense to train parachutists, we have been given all
the allocation for training with the Regular Army
Airborne Division.

We are being re-arranged in the battle order to work
with the Airborne Division rather than a straight
Infantry Division as we were in the past.

BOOK REVIEWS

"SOUTH-EAST BRITAIN ETERNAL THE MANSEL DIARIES

BATTLEGROUND" (The Diaries of Capt John Manse!, prisoner-of-war-
and Camp forger - in Germany, 1940-45 with 16
by Gregory Blaxland illustrations and 2 maps. Edited by E G C Beckwith
with a Foreword by Airey Neave, DSO, MC, MP).
Our Regimental Historian - Major Gregory
Blaxland - has recently published an unique work These diaries first published in July 1977, record ,
which will be of particular interest to our Regiment brilliantly and mpvingly, the reactions to capture and
and its forbears . lt traces, in concise form , an account imprisonment, over a period of five years , of a British
of every battle fought in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Officer prisoner in Germany.
Middlesex and London from Caesar to Churchill. The
student of military history will find this book not only But the diarist, in this case, behind the facade of an
interesting from that stand point, but he will also be 'ordinary' internee, spent the bulk of his waking hours
encouraged to delve into a bit of archaeology and, over those five years in forging passes and other
using it as a guide book, view a great many relics of the necessary documents to aid would-be escapers. For
various fortifications built during a period of two obvious reasons his real activities are here only hinted
thousand years or more in defence of our land at its at, leaving the reader to use his imagination to guess
most vulnerable point. at the constant strain and concentration which the
forger's work demanded , over and above the frustra-
Note : Copies can be obtained by direct application tions and discomforts of his surroundings .
to: Maj W G Blaxland, Lower Heppington, Street
End, Canterbury, Kent CT4 7AN@ £5.95 (or £6.67 A second edition is now in print and copies are
including postage within UK). obtainable from most good bookshops - price £4 .00 ,
but only £3 .00 if collected from the widow of Capt
" AMIENS 1918" by Gregory Blaxland !with an Manse! - Mrs G V Barnard , Kingsmoor College ,
introduction by Gen Sir John Hackett) was first Salford , Shipping Norton, Oxon OX7 5YN .
published in 1968. lt is now available in paperback I UK
price £1 .95) from W H Alien 8 Co Ltd , 44 Hill Street,
London W1X 8LB .

REGIMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE the Royal Danish Life Guards, to whom we are
IN DENMARK affiliated , and by the Queen 's Life Regiment in
Aalborg . Those readers who in the past have had the
by Maj A C Dawson good fortune to visit or exercise with these Regiments
will know what I mean , as will the party from the 3rd
I must confess that, prior to taking up this appoint- Bn who were at Aalborg in June .
ment, I had often wondered what the job entailed .
Most of my enquiries received the reply " Well. ..er, it's My posting order to this NATO HQ in Jutland
our man in Denmark ." That , of course, is true , but as a described the post as " Staff Officer Exercises (UK)" .
description it is a little thin . I do not intend to launch What it really means is that if things start to go wrong
into a lengthy and inevitably self-indulgent job on the tri- Service, multinational exercises - such as
specification - I have not been here long enough for " Bold Guard " or the AMF ones - eyebrows are
that. raised and people start looking in my direction ;
nevertheless, working in a NATO HQ is an experience
The principle Regimental duty of the post is to act not to be missed . l hope members of the Regiment will
as the Colonel of the Regiment's representative to our make the effort to come and visit. Driving times from
Allied Colonel-in-Chief, H M Queen Margrethe 11. Her various strategic points are : Colchester 3 hours (plus
interest in the Regiment is immediately apparent, and boat trip), Fallingbostel 4 Y, hours , Copenhagen 5 Y,
Her knowledge of the various Regimental activities is
very acute. Another thing of which I have been most hours, Legoland 1 y, hours.
conscious in my short time here is the genuine and
lively interest shown in the Regiment by members of Having been here only a few months, I have little
news of Regimental interest. The Queen's Life
Regiment kindly invited me to their 325th Jubilee
celebrations on April 23rd in Aalborg but more of this
in my next bulletin .

OFFICERS' CLUB

Honorary Member picnic basket given to us by members of the Officers'
Colonel and Alderman Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe Club on our marriage. lt really is a superb present
GBE, TD , DCL, the late Lord Mayor, has accepted an which we will treasure; we would like to thank every-
invitation by the Colonel of the Regiment (President) one very much indeed.
on behalf of all members of the Club, to become an
Honorary Member with effect from 1 Jan 82. lt is an important thing to both of us to have such
strong ties with the same Regiment and we feel very
Cocktail Party, 1982 acutely the warm "family" spirit of The Queens.
The Annual Party will again be held at Haber-
We both hope very much that those who find them-
dashers' Hall, Staining Lane , EC2, on Friday 15 Oct, selves in the Middle East will make a small detour to
thanks to our sponsor, Col David Sime, OBE, MC, Salalah in order to see our wedding present in action!
TD . On this occasion, whisky, gin and a medium dry
white wine will be served instead of a sparkling white Yours ever
wine . Bryan

Wedding Presents (see picture opposite)
The following members wish to thank their brother
REGIMENTAL BROOCH
officers for the engraved silver salvers which were
presented to them and their wives on the occasion of Messrs Carrington of Old Bond Street can supply a
their marriages : Col N B Knocker OBE, 2Lt ADS silver, enamel and paste diamond ladies brooch
Weston (3rd Bn). Capt J B Stirling . (approx 1 Y., x 1")for £65.00.

The following letter was received on 28 Mar from Lt As this can only be supplied through Regimental
CoiJ BRay MBE, with reference to a wedding present Headquarters, anyone interested should write to RHO
contributed to by close friends of the Regiment and at Canterbury who will handle orders.
presented to Col Bryan and Mary (widow of Brig Jack
Fletcher) by the Hon Sec on their wedding day in
Petersfield :

Dear Guy,
Mary and I are really thrilled with the magnificent

THE QUEEN'S AND QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS 69

CRICKET TENT CLUB KING EDWARD Vll's HOSPITAL

The Reg imental Tent will be open at the St FOR OFFICERS
Lawrence Cricket Ground during Canterbury Cricket
Week 7-13 August 1982 (not open on 8 August) . Beaumont House, Beaumont Street, London , W1

All serving offi cers of the Queen's Regt are " Sister Agnes 's", as the Hospital is affectionately
members of the Club and will be very welcome . Tea known , provides the best medi ca l and surgical
and a cash bar are available daily and a very good facilities , at the lowest possible cost, to officers -
lunch (price £4.50) may be ordered in advance . If serving or retired ; the facility also extends to officers'
officers require to be sent further details and a lun ch wives , widows, and dependant children above 4 years
order form , please contact Maj H CL Tennent at RHO. of age. lt has both private rooms and small wards and
well -equipped X- Ray and Physiotherapy Depart-
OFFICERS UNIFORMS ments.

Two retired Officers have separately offered the Serving officers are entitled to free nursing and
following items of uniform for sale: maintenance in shared rooms ; other patients are
asked to pay £280 per week for a private room (£245
No 1 Dress, No 2 Dress (SD). for sharing, or a ward bed) and there is a generously
Nos 10 and 11 Dress (Mess Kit) , administered Benevolent Fund for those in
various items of Head-dress and Sam Brownes. straig htened circumstances .
For further information, please contact Maj A
Martin MBE at RHO. Applications for admission should be made to the
Approximate sizes: one officer is 6 ft tall (40 ins Matron (Tel : 01-4864411) .
chest) and the other 5 ft 11 ins (40 ins chest).
Further information (or if you wish to become a
subc riber to their Appeal) can be obtained from :
Appeals Secretary (N .B.), 6 Buckingham Pala ce,
London SW1E6HR .

Lt Col Bryan Ray and Mary (formerly Fletcher) after their wedding on 27 March at Petersfield.
(Anthony Ray - late QUEENS is on Mary' s left, and Capt Andrew Roberts is next to Richard

Fletcher - far right) .

70 the famous Searchlight Tattoos and a military popula-
tion of 25,000 had made Aldershot synonymous with
THE ALDERSHOT MILITARY HISTORICAL " The Home of the British Army".

TRUST The Queens Regiment's association with
Aldershot goes back to July 1856 when the 2nd Bn
Over a million soldiers have passed through of the Queen' s Own Royal West Kent Regt and the
Aldershot since the Second World War and perhaps 2nd Bn of the Middlesex Regt came to the camp at the
there are still another million who knew it before the end oftheCrimean War . But the 1st Bn of the Queen' s
war . But to most of them the camp will be largely Royal Regt were the first to do a full tour - 1862 to
unrecognisable as the modernisation of the last two '63. From then until the outbreak of the Second World
decades has swept away almost all of the Victorian War there were only seven years without at least one
barracks. battalion of the Queen' s Regiment's ancestors in the
Command , most doing eight or nine tours over this
Prior to the establishment of the " Camp at
Aldershot" in 1854, no garrison nor camp existed in period.
the whole United Kingdom for the concentration or
training of troops on a large scale. The British Army Much of thA soldiers' life in that bygone era appears
was stationed in long-established garrisons most of to have revolved round sports, manoeuvres, tattoos
which had been military centres from the earliest and reviews . Royal Reviews were a regular feature of
times and the soldiers occupied castles, forts or military life from the earliest days, Queen Victoria and
similar old defensive installations. There had never the Prince Consort taking a great personal interest in
been a sufficient number of troops concentrated in the camp. In June 1856the Queen visited Aldershot to
any one area to permit even brigade size field days. review the Militia prior to their disembodiment after
Troops not stationed in such recognised garrisons the Crimean War and she was back again in July to
were quartered in the main cities and county towns. review the troops recently returned from the Crimea
For the most part in small detachments billeted on the when, the Duke of Cambridge recorded, "She made a
civil population. beautiful address to the troops after they had marched
past in splendid style". Her visits were frequent and
As part of the Army's training programme in 1853, a often prolonged and the pattern was continued by
summer camp was established on Chobham Common
(Surrey) under the direction of Lord Hardinge, who successive Monarchs.
had succeeded the Duke of Wellington as
Commander in Chief, and exercises were conducted King George V habitually spent the Whitsun week
for two divisions in succession. The success of this in Aldershot, attending morning prayer in the Royal
experiment and the imminent enclosure of much Garrison Church on Whit Sunday and conducting a
common land in the vicinity led to a proposal for a Review on Queen's Parade or Laffans Plain during his
permanent training camp in the area. Aldershot Heath visits. The Royal Party would take up residence at the
was selected; the proprietors agreed to sell for £12 an Royal Pavilion whence the King would ride out daily
acre and so a tract of ten thousand acres was with the GOC to see the troops on manoeuvres. The
purchased early in 1854. final action would be staged below some vantage
point from which the whole family could view the
Only a summer tented camp was first envisaged but event - the men on horseback, the ladies beneath the
the need to be accommodate the Militia called out
during the Crimean War led to the erection of two shade of their parasols.
hutted camps, each for a division, north and south of
the Basingstoke Canal. Construction began in In July 1935 King George V's Silver Jubilee Review
February 1855 and the first troops moved into their was held in Rush moor Arena . In the King's procession
huts in North Camp in May. At the same time perman- were the four Royal Princes, three Indian Honorary
ent brick barracks for another two brigades of cavalry , ADCs and four military members of the Army Council.
infantry and artillery were built close up against the The 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Divisions
village of Aldershot which then had a population of marched past in a most imposing spectacle ; then,
about 850. Although intended only as temporary with the GOC Aldershot leading, they advanced in
accommodation for training purposes, the hutted Review Order to give the Royal Salute . lt was the last
camps soon became the permanent home of troops great Royal Review to be held at Aldershot .
returning from the Crimea.
In 1939 when the main body of the regular Army
In the 1880's and 1890's these camps were replaced departed for France, Aldershot became the UK base
by permanent brick barracks including schools, for the Canadian Army for the duration of the war,
hospitals, a reservoir, sewage works, gas works, while many British units and formations continued to
power station, indeed everything (even its own bye- use Aldershot as a transit area before embarking for
laws), needed to make Aldershot Camp the only North Africa, Europe and almost every theatre of war .
complete military town built in the Kingdom since the When the Canadians left in 1945, a complete change
Roman occupation. was to take place in the character of the camp for it
became a great training centre for the National
Aldershot became the home of the 1st and 2nd Service army, including the famous Mons Officer
Divisions comprising the bulk of the 1st British Army Cadet School. lt also embraced the depots and
Corps and it was from Aldershot that the British training centres of eight Corps of the British Arm-.:.
Expeditionary Forces set out for France in 1914 and and the home of the newly-created Parachute Regr-
again in 1938. Reviews, manoeuvres, sporting events, ment. Soon the Camp's outward appearance was also

to change .

The latest rebuilding programme started in 1960 but 71
it was not until 1970 that the Aldershot Garrison
Historica l Committee was formed at the instigation of Aldershot, Home of the British Army, is part of the
the then GOC Aldershot District, Maj Gen Penfold and national heritage and we owe it to posterity to
his Deputy, Brig (now Maj Gen) Mans . Conscious preserve its history and its treasures and present these
of the losses to local military history resulting from the to the public for the recreation , education and interest
almost complete rebuild of the ca mp , they soug ht to of both present and future generations . Th e Museum
preserve Aldershot's military history " both in its and Visitors Centre will stand too, as a fitting tribute to
written and material f orm". Mu ch va luable material the British Soldier, past and present, in the Home of
was initially collected but there was nowhere to the British Army.
display it and enthusiasm gradually waned . lt was to
be rekindled with the arrival of Brig Reed as Garrison But the project will not be cheap and we cannot
draw on the public funds of the Ministry of Defence
Commander in 1978. which are, of course, required to meet our direct
defence needs . The Trust is a registered charity and
The Histori ca l Committee was re constituted and donations of any size will be greatly welcomed . There
two years later, with valuable help and encourage- are many ways of giving e.g. , cash , legacies,
ment from Hampshire County Council, Rushmoor covenan ts , deposited covenants , interest free loans
Borough Council and the Southern Tourist Board , a etc. Further details, donation and covenant forms can
charitable trust was created with His Gra ce the Duke be obtained from the Appeal Director, Aldershot
of W ellington as President and three Vice Presidents, Military Historica l Tru st, FREEPOST, Aldershot,
The Marquess of Anglesey , Gen Sir Edwin Bramall Hants GU11 2BR . The two phases will each cost
and Gen Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley . The Trust's aim about £200,000 and the Tru st seeks the support of all
is to preserve the history of military Aldershot and who feel that the story of this unique and famous
present to the public the story of the most famous military camp shou ld not be forgotten .

military town in the world. The Colonel of The Regt has sent a donation of

Most of the fascinating old military buildings have, £50.00. - Ed.
alas, been lost for ever but fortunately enough remain
from the previous camps to see in Aldershot a
panorama of military buildings covering the last 125
years, that is the whole period since the Army has
been quartered in custom-built barracks. Among the
Victorian buildings still standing are the last pair of
bungalow type barrack blocks which used to cover
the whole of North Camp ; these unique buildings
have been saved from demolition and the surrounding
area has been landscaped . One is available for lease by
the Trust now; the second, in a few year's time , when
its present military use ceases . So our plans cover two

phases.

Phase 1 is to create , in the first block, a Visitors
Centre and Museum of the Camp where the public
can see the history of Aldershot laid out in chrono-
logical order with plans, maps, photographs and
recordings ; models of the camp and the soldiers life
including a recreated barrack room c. 1900 ;; Royal
and historic events; and the development of military
technology associated with Aldershot - for example
balloons, airships and the early development of aero-
planes leading to the birth of the Royal Flying Corps

and Royal Air Force .

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the camp, a trail is being created and the buildings and
monuments included will be provided with plaques
briefly describing their history and significa nce.
Visitors will also be directed to the many local
regimental museums . Phase 1 should be comp leted
by early 1983. The post-1939 era will be greatl y
expanded in Phase 2 when the second block becomes
available . If anyone has documents , letters,
militaria, photographs etc. relating to Aldershot,
or knows the whereabouts of any barrack
furniture of pre WW2 vintage, the Hon . Director
of the Trust would be very pleased to hear from

them.

72

QUEENSMEN IN OMAN 73

by Maj R A Jennings ' professio nal' Adjutant of The Annua l National Day

Having been in Oman sin ce Augu st 1981 , I only Ca mp .
recently realized how many Oueensmen there are in
this country both on contra ct and on Loan Service . In th e Ordnance Branch is Mike George who served
After a superb party in Salalah in November to cele- in 1 Roya l Su ssex in t he hal cyo n days of Gibraltar .
brate Tom & Martha Creightons' Silver W edding , Fortunately he is not ORD-inspired and it is possible to
complete with pipe Band of Edinburgh Tattoo Fame, a extract mu ch-needed equipment from him .
group of us were putting the world to right under a full
moon at 0200 hrs . Amongst those present w ere , of At a pleasant spot nea r Muscat in the W adi Fa nja ,
course , Tom - once Bandmaster of our 1st Bn and M ark Ouinn, late 3rd Bn, is 21C of the Muscat Regt,
now a Lt Col Director of Music of The Royal Guard Oman 's senior regiment . Decisio ns te nd to be taken
Bands ; Bandmaster Hugh Beeson, late 2nd Bn , of the round the swimming pool where M ark is often having
Sultan ' s Armed Forces Band ; " Sammy" Supple, also a " beef", particularly with t he Logistics Branch .
formerly 2nd Bn ; Peter Malias, now Director of Music " Jumbo" Westing , w ho has served in all Queen's
of The Sultan' s Armed Forces Band , and myself - in battalions, is at MOD o n The J oint Services W elfa re
Logistics Branch, HQ SOLF. Organisation . He has changed not at all and it was no
surprise to find him , as I had la st seen him in Flax
In the 'front line' Carl Blackwell is OM of Western Street Mill (less dog) ; in short, he is still J ohnny
Frontier Regt and presides over 1000 men of a Baluch Westing , as charming and hospitable as ever.
battalion whose province is far flung in gravel plains
and remote outposts in Moon Country ; Carl will be Finally Keith Burnett . On my way out here by Gulf
remembered as ROMS of 1 QUEENS in Berlin . At the Air , I recognised a face but could not put a name to it ;
opposite end of the country , (until recently) Peter as the passengers hurriedly debussed in Paris I was
Tawell held the Straits of Hormuz with a one-man thwarted but in the moonlit grounds of Tom
Headquarters and the title ' Senior British Officer, Creighton's exquisite house in Salalah some three
Khassab' to weld a mass of small units - Army , Navy months later, I saw him again and challenged him .
and Airforce - into a cohesive whole. Peter's Keith was in Munster with 1 Queen' s Surreys, joined
friendship with SOAF was his most notable success The Intelligence Corps and then came here to work
although deeper relations with the Massandam with ORD (a quasi-secret organisation about which I
Development Corporation were equally successful can reveal no more!) .
socially . He is now in the South with Firqat Forces and
is due to be promoted ; he will be based at Pink Cliffs This completes the collection of Oueensmen spread
Camp in Salalah, where the social scene will improve! throughout Oman . I trust I have omitted no one and
have enabled readers to catch up with personalities
On a recent visit to the Aydim Training Centre in the who have left The Regiment permanently or who are
Oara Mountains where 350 Baluch recruits are under on Loan Service .
training , a rare find was recorded- two Oueensmen!
CSgt Bill Dixon, who is administering the Officer As I conclude this bulletin , I can hear Military Music
Training Wing and CSgt Venmore , who was in the from the Band Lines where W01 Beeson and Sammy
Signals Det, B Coy 2 QUEENS when I knew him. Supple - with Peter Mallas as Overlord - are
Aydim is remote but a high spirit is evident helped by teaching the Bandsmen to play " it's a long way to
the best beef stroganoff I have ever sampled. As ever, Tipperary ". Incidentally the Band stores are in superb
order.
Bill Dixon's beard remains luxuriant.
My job in HO SOLF is S02(EM) - (readers are
Back at base (HQ SOLF) in a place called Muaskar asked not to enquire what the job description is until a
- AI Murtafa'a (or 'MAM ' ) there are swarms of further year has elapsed!) and the address of <JII those I
Queens men: Andrew Cowing, late of the 3rd Bn (and have mentioned is: (Rank, Name) , c / o HQ SOLF, PO
the UDR) is S02 Ops and gives the author a hard time Box 897, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman .
over a variety of subjects - from Pink Camouflage
paint, to Pinzgauer section vehicles , to night vision After Note. Lest we forget, we have a 'defector'-
devices . Harry Boseley, much to my surprise, has Jonathan Palmer, formerly of 2 QUEENS and The
been here for a number of years ; he is S03 at Garrison Army Air Corps ; he is now flying (with SOAF) a Huey
HO. His '0' groups, for a wide selection of staff 214 in the VIP flight . After eighteen months in Oman
aminating from the Sub-Continent have lost nothing he is still very happy and has lost none of his indepen -
in emphasis and detail since Aden 1960, when he was dence to the Airforce .
B Coy CSM of 1st Queen's Surreys! Harry is also
Editor's Note : As many readers will know , Lt Col
Bryan Ray and Mary (formerly Fletcher) are now also
in Oman .

Included in the group are Lt Col T Creighton (ex-Bandmaster 1st Bnl. Lt Col M Burdett (formerly 1st Bnl. Maj P
Mallas (ex-Bandmaster 4th Bn - now Lll , Drum Major B Supple (ex D/ Maj Depot Queen's Div and 1st Bnl.

Bandmaster H Beeson (seconded from 3rd Bnl.

(The author is second from left - Ed .l Pic ture by D / M aj 8 Supple



75

HER MAJESTY'S BODYGUARD
by Maj M J Drummond-Brady

Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps there. At the coronation of King George IV, the whole
of Gentlemen at Arms - the Sovereign's "Nea rest Band were on duty, apparelled in cost ume similar to
Guard " - was instituted by King Henry VIII in 1509. that worn in the reign of Elizabeth I, the King himself
The Royal Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard , " furnishing each Gentleman Pensioner with the
composed of 50 archers, was at this time already in magnificent dress and appointments it was his
existance, having been established by King Henry VII, pleasure that they should attend him in ".
at his coronation, 24 years earlier. As distinct from
this, Henry VIII decided to have, in addition, " this new The author in full regalia
and sumptuous Troop of Gentlemen, co mposed of Picture by Sound Stills Ltd.
Cadets of noble families and the higher order of
gentry" !originally the " Band of Gentlemen With their style changed by William IV, in 1834,
Pensioners" ) as his personal bodyguard . from Gentlemen Pensioners to Gentlemen at Arms ,
they were present at all the great state functions of
In earliest times the Band was essentially a mounted Queen Victoria's reign and subsequent times.
escort, armed with the spear or lance, and designed to
protect the Sovereign's person in battle or on No less than twelve of the Gentlemen at Arms lone
progress. As such, under its first Captain, Henry of whom is still serving) have been holders of the
Bourchier, Earl of Sussex, it accompanied Henry VIII Victoria Cross .
to France in 1513 and took part in the Battle of the
Spurs . In 1520, the Gentlemen Pensioners were again Today, the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at
in France, this time attending the King at the famous Arms consists of five Officers and 27 Gentlemen , all of
" Field of the Cloth of Gold ", where , as his bodyguard , whom, with the exemption of the Captain la political
they competed in tournament with the French King's appointment) , have to be retired officers of the Army
" Noble Garde du Corps".

The Household statutes of 1526 describe the Band
as then complete and fully officered - the officers
being Ias to this day), the Captain, the Lieutenant, the
Standard Bearer, the Clerk of the Cheque and the
Harbinger. The Band did duty on foot in the Court, as
well as mounted in the field , carrying the battle axe
when on chamber service.

When An ne of Cleves arrived in England in 1539and
Henry rode in great state to receive her on Blackheath ,
the chronicler Holinshed recounts that the King was
escorted by the fifty Gentlemen Pensioners, and
"Who so ever had well viewed them might have said
that they for tall and comelie personages, and cleane
of lim and bodie, were able to give the greatest Prince
in Christendome a mortall breakfast, if he had beene
the King 's enemie".

And so through successive reigns and hundreds of
years the duties of the Gentlemen Pensioners of the
Royal Bodyguard went on - at times on horseback
and on the field of battle; at others on foot, guarding
the Sovereign and engaged in ceremonial about the
Court . Only during the period of the Commonwealth ,
when Oliver Cromwell , as "Protector", instituted a
bodyguard of forty gentlemen of his own choosing ,
has this Corps ever been suspended.

At the restoration of King Charles 11 , those of the
Gentlemen Pensioners who had survived the Civil
Wars , marched on either side of His Majesty's coach,
under the command of the Earl of Cleveland, with
pisto ls in their hands .

During the rebellion of 1745, when the Pretender
had got to Derby and King George 11 signified his
intention of setting up his Standard on Finchley
Common , the Band was ordered to be in readiness
with servants, horses and arms, to attend His Majesty

76 The normal duties of the Corps at the present time
are, in the main , at state arrivals of the foreign Heads
or the Royal Marines and under the age of 52 when of State at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle ; the
appointed; retirement is at the age of 70 . All Members Garter Service at Windsor ; the Opening of
of the Corps are members of the Royal Household. Parliament ; and Her Majesty's evening party for the
The Officers of the Corps are promoted from amongst Diplomati c Corps. In addition , the Corps is on duty
the Gentlemen and receive Sticks of Office from the when the Sovereign attends services of the Great
hands of the Sovereign on appointment. Orders of Chivalry at Westminster Abbey and St
Paul' s. In recent years the Corps has also been on duty
The splendid uniform worn by the Corps is basically at York Minster for the marriage of The Duke of Kent ;
that of a Heavy Dragoon Guards officer of the 1840's. at Coventy Cathedral for the Consecration Service ; at
lt has a skirted red coat with Garter blue velvet cuffs Caernarvon Castle for the Investiture of The Prince of
and facings, embroidered with the Royal (Tudor) Wales , and at St Paul' s Cathedral for the marriage of
Badge of the Portcullis, and worn with a gold oak-leaf The Prince of Wales to The Lady Diana Spencer . The
design pouch belt and heavy gold epaulets. The members of the Corps also attend at all H M's garden
officers wear gold aiguillettes . The overalls are blue parties .
with gold stripes, the helmet is gilt with long white
feather plumes, and gauntlets are white . Swords are The Corps has its headquarters and mess in Engine
worn, and long ceremonial battle axes (300 years old) , Court, St Jame's Palace .
are carried by all the Gentlemen.

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