February 1967

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The Journal of
THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1967

Battle Honours to be borne on The Queen's and Regimental Colours

"Ta.ngler, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "G ibraltar, 1704-5," "Blenheim," "Ramillies," "Malplaquet," "D et-
tlngen," "Louisburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "St. Lucia, 1778,"
(ISerlngapatam," M14 aida," "Vimie ra," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera," •'AJbuhera," "Almaraz,"
"Ba.dajoz," "Salamanca," 11Vittoria.," "Pyrenees," "Peninsula," "Algh~istan, 1889," "Pun n i a r/'
"1\-loodkee," "Sobraon," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Luc know," "Taku Forts," "New Zealand," "South
Africa, 1879," "Nile, 1884...S5," "Bunna, 1885-87," "Chitra l,'' "Tirah," "R e lief of Ladysrnith," "Relief of
Kimbe rley," "South Africa, 1899-1902."
"Mons," "Marne, 1914-18," uAisne, 1914," uypres, 1914-15-17-18," "Hill 60," "Festubert, 1915," usomme,
1916, 18," "Albert, 1916, 18," "Vilny, 1917," Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Italy, 1917-18," "Macedonia, 1915-18, "
"Gallipoli, 1915," "Gaza," "Jerusale m," "Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut at Amara,'' "1.\'lesopotamia,
1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," ''Afghanistan, 1919," ''Dwtkirk, 1940," ''No rmand y Land-
ing," ''North W est Europe, 1940, 44-45," "Abyssinia, 1941," 140mars," 14Alam e l Ha11a," ''El Alamein ,"
"Longstop Hill, 1943," "North Africa, 1940-43," "Sicily, 1943," "Sangro," "Salerno," "Anzio," "Cassino,"
"Malaya, 1941-42," "Malta, 1940-42," "Hong K ong," "D e f en ce of Kohima," "Burma, 19t.3-45," "K orea, 1950-51."

(Note: - These Battle H onou r s are provi s ional a n d have a s ye t to be confirmed .)

COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARI NA, D UCHESS OF KE N T , C. r., G.C.V.O., G.B.E.

ALLIED COLO NELS-IN-CHIEF
His M a jest y King Frederik IX, K. G., Klng of D enmark~The Quee n '' Re~imPnt (Queen '• Own Buffs ).
H e r Majesty Queen Jullana, K .G., Queen of The Netherlands-The Queen 's R egime nt (Royn l S ussex).

COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT
Lle ute na111t-Ge neral Sir Ric hard C raddock, K .B .E., C.B., D .S.O.

DEPUTY COLONELS

Major-General F . J . C. Plggott, C.B ., C.B.E., D .S.O. Brigadier J . B . Ashworth, C.B.E., D.S.O.
Major-Ge ne ral C. H. Tarve r, C.B., C.B .E ., D .S.O. Major-General C. M. M. Man, O.B.E., M.C.

REGULAR BATTALIONS

1st Bn. (Queen's Surreys) -Mun st er , B.F.P.O. 17
2nd Bn. (Queen's Own Buffs) -Hong Hong, B.F.P .O. 1
3rd Bn. (Royal S u ssex) -Lemgo, B.F.P.O. U
4th Bn. (Middlesex) -Palace Barrack s, Holywood, N . Ireland.

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TERRITORIAL BATTALIONS

3rd Bn . The Queen's Royal Surrey R egime nt (T.A.), Sandfield Terrace, Guildford, Surrey.
'lth Bn. The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (T.A.), T.A. Centre, Portsmouth Road, Kingston-upon-Thames,

Surrey.
'lth Bn. The Buffs (T.A.), Leros T.A. Centre, Sturry Road, Canterbury, K ent.
5th Bn. The Buffs (T.A.), T .A. Centre, Westwood Road, Broadstalrs, Kent.
4/ 5th (Cinque Ports) Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment (T.A.), T.A. Centre, Bulverhythe, St. Leonards-on-

Sea, Sussex.
4 / 5th Bn. The Queen's Own ltoyal West K e nt Regiment (T.A.), T .A. Centre, Avebury Ave., Tonbrldge ,

Kent.
5th Bn. The Middlesex R e gime nt (T.A.), T .A. Centre, Deansbrook Road, Edgw:.re, Middlesex.

UNITS OF THE ARMY CADET FORCE- AFFILIATED

1st Cadet Bn., The Queen's Royal Surrey Reglment-Croydon.
5th Cadet Bn., The Queen's Royal Surrey Reglment-Kingston-upon-Thames.
1st A.C.F. Bn., The Butfs-Canterbury.
2nd A.C.F . Bn., The Bulfs-Folkestone.
Nos. 3 (Hastings), <l (Lewes), 7 (Chichester), 11 (Horsham), and BexhlU Grammar, Independent Cadet
Companies; Nos. 8 (Ucklleld), 13 (Shoreham), 14 (Bexhlll), 16 (Arw•del), 18 (Llttlehampton) , Independent
Cadet Platoons, The Royal Sussex Regiment.
1st A .C.F. Bn., The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Reglment-Sidcup.
2nd A .C.F. Bn., The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regime nt-Tw1bridge W e lls.
16 (Hornsey), 32 (Edgware), 72 (Hounslow), 75 (Staines), 77 (Feltham), Cadet Companies, The ~Uddlesex
R egiment.

ALLIED REGIMENTS
CANADA
The Quee n's York Rangers (1st Ame rican Regiment) (R.C.A.C.).
The South Alberta Light Horse (29th. Armoured Regin>ent) .
50th Field Regiment R.C.A. (The Prince of Wales Rangers).
The Queen's Own Rlfies of Canada.
The Hastings and Prince Edward R egiment.
1st Royal New Bnmsw'ick Regiment (Carleton and York).
The Essex and Kent Scottish.

AUSTRALIA
The Royal New South Wales Regiment.
University of New South Wales Regime nt.
The Royal Western Australian Regiment.

NEW ZEALAND
2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson·Marlborough and West Coast) The Royal New Zealand Infantry
Regiment.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast Taranakl) The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

PAKISTAN
12th, Uth, 15th and 17th Battalions The Ptmjab Regiment,

ZAMBIA
The Zambia Regiment.

HONG KONG
The Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers).

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AND DEPOT

Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent. Telephone: Canterbury 65281.

Regimental Colonel: Colonel J. R . Anderson , O.B.E.
Commanding Officer, The Depot: Lt.-Col. J . Buckeridge.

Regimental Adjutant: Major P. D . Johnson.
Staff Captain (R.O.III): Lt.-Col. G. A . E . Ke e n e, M.B .E.

Regimental Secretary: Major G. U . W ey m o uth , M.B .E.
Regimental Association Secreta.ry: Lt.-Col. F . W . H a nn, O.B.E .

COUNTY OFFICE REGIMENTAL SECRETARIES

Queen's Surreys Office: Major F . J . Read
Queen's Own Buffs Office: Col. H . R. Grace, O.B.E ., D .L ., J .P .
Lt.-Col. E . G . Hollis t
Royal Sussex Office:
Col. F . Wald en , D .L .
Middlesex Office:

THE QUEEN 'S REGIMENT contents 3
was form ed on
Page
31st December, 1966 4
from the following
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Reg im ent s- 9
13
Th e Queen's Royal Surrey Editorial 17
R eg im en t 1st Bn. News 24
2nd Bn. N ews 26
Th e Qu ee n 's Own Buffs , 3rd Bn. News 27
The Royal Kent R egim ent 4th Bn. News 32
Depot News 33
The Royal Sussex Editor's Announce ments 35
R eg im ent News from the T erritori al Bns. 39
The Regimental Association 47
A Hundred Years of Fusion 48
Co r res p on d ence 50
News from the County Offi ces 51
Obituaries
Births, M arriages and Deaths
F orecast of Events
Journal Order Form

The Middlesex
R eg im ent

Editor : Our Cover :
R e m embrance Day Parade 1st Bn. The Queen's Regiment.
Major G. U. W eymouth,
M.B.E . (R et'd.) The Colour Party m arch es off- L t. ( now Capt.) C. G. R eeves,
Queen's Colour ; Lt. M. J . Jarrett, R egim e ntal Colour.
P rint ers:
Escorts-C.S .M . B. M. Morris, C / Sgt. S. L ea, C/Sgt. W . H a nn igan,
Kentish Gazette. W .O.I L . Wilson (R.S.M .).
Canterbury, Kent.

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THE JOURNAL OF THE QUEEN '5 REGIMENT

EDITORIAL

Concerning Our First Issue Support for our new Journal from readers
of the former Reg imental Journals ha s already
J UDGING from th<! complimentary tone of been most encouraging and when all our " Old
the many messages received in thi s offi ce, it and Bold" see for themselves that their activities
would appea r that our Journal has been well are full y reported under the appropriate County
rece ived . N otes, circulation should increase enormously.

T o all those kind people who sa id some It was extremely diffi cult to estimate our
very nice things, the Editor is most grateful and initial requirements, but 3,5 00 copies were
hopes they will accept hi s warmest thanks ordered from the printers and, in fact, nearly all
through the medium of this column. were sold.

One thing is certain-this venture could And so to February
never have " got off the ground " without the
splendid co-operation from many people. It was well-nigh impossible to ensure that
this month's issue reached your breakfast table
Sub-Editors in the Battalions, Depot and within February, an unusually short month .
County Offices all turned up trumps and the
clerical staff at Regimental Headquarters The problem of di spatch is closely related
laboured hard and long over the enormous to a tight production schedule but normally,
amount of administrative backing necessa ry to readers (in the U .K . at least ) can expect t o
launch an enterprise of this kind. receive their copies before the end of the month
of issue.
T o all of them and to Mr. Harry Moon
and his staff from the " Kentish Ga zette" (our Well done, the Sub-editors! " Copy" for this
printers) we convey our most grateful thanks. issue all arri ved on time and for thi s we are
again most grateful. The diffi culties, we know,
And a special word of thanks too to Colonel are considerable, but your co-operation is very
Raymond Grace-lately Editor of Invicta- much appreciated by an Editor- whose hair had
whose experti se and wise counsel were frequently already started to go grey before his appoint-
sought and always most freely given. ment!

We reg ret that the appearance of the cover We are very grateful to Gregory Blax land
of the January issue was somewhat marred for hi s article, " 100 years of Fusion," part one of
through folding. We did consider sending this which appea rs in this issue. Good, readable
copy in a flat envelope but- alas - the cost articles and stori es lend tone to these co lumns
would have been prohibitive. and are most welcome- so are letters to the
Editor which discuss matters of Reg imental
T o all our readers from Sussex, we apolo- interest and controversy; they all tend to enliven
gise for the errors in nomenclature and prece- a magazine by stimulating argument.
dence conce rning the R. Sussex T.A. Bn . and
Cadet U nits.

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OUR REGULAR BATTALIONS

lst Battalion
-tn Munster

Editorial (Top left):
Pte . Ca sey intent on ~tarting in th e 15 km s.
JANUARY is always a peculiar month and this
one has been no exception. The main reason Individual R ace.

is that everyone seems to have been away (T op right):
2/ Lt, C. T . Graham starting the 15 kms.
ski-ing, on leave or on various courses, and the Individual Race in whic h he carne e ighteenth

situation arose halfway through the month when out of 115 participants.

we had all the Chiefs in barracks but no Ind ians. (Bottom left):
4 x km. Rela.y Race: Handove r between Pte.
However, all those who were away sa id that they
White and 2/ Lt. Graham, of the Bn. team.
had a very good reason for being away; gradu-
(Bottom right):
ally they are drifting back and we are practica lly Lt. ~l . F. Howard s tarting th e 15 kms .

back to normal. Individual Race.

Nevertheless much individual training has
taken place including German la nguage train-
ing, A .C.E. II p repa r atio n , a nd N.B.C. Cadres. All
compani es h ave been t o th e Trai ning Cen tre at
Halte l'n so m e 30 miles away, for e ith er fi e ld firin g
or annu a l classifi cation . in preparation for· the
a nnua l grand s hoot at Senn e lager in Marc h . W e
have a lso been more t h a n pre-occupied by the
Un it Equipm e n t Ins p ection whic h sta•-ted on 30th
January, and a ll drive rs, Coy. M.T. N .C.O.'s a nd
R .E .M.E . fi tte r s h ave b een working ve ry h ard
indeed to bring the vehicles up to first-class
stand ard . The a ir has b een ringing with th e roar
of A .P.C. engin es a nd the c latter of t ra c k s
arou nd th e barracks a n d w e s h all a ll be v e r y g la d
when the U.E.I. is over, particularly as w e can
get into vehicles a nd ride again instead of
walking .

Our n ew Su•ppo rt / T ra ining Coy . was form ed
as plan n ed on 2nd J a nu a r y, 1967, wh en a ll t h e
Support. P is. from Rifle Coys. a nd th e n ew
ce ntra lised Vigilant PI. cam e und e r on e h ead-
quarte rs for tra ining a nd ad m•inis tration . H ow-
ever, >th e pi s. r em a in affiliated to t heir parent
coys. and will normally train and operate with
that coy. on th e var ious ex erc ises.

W e have h ad a great deal of sporting activity
this month a nd have ha d som e success. W e have
ta k en part in the Bde. Cr oss-Cou ntry Co mpetition ,
in w hic h we ca me firs t , a nd in t h e Division a l
Cross-Country, in which we achi eved third place.
Our major success of the m onth was the winning
of the 2 Div. Boxing Competition Finals; box ing
against th e favourites - 15/ 19th The King' s
Royal Hu ssar s. a nd winning by a h a irsbreadth .
Th e d e tails are r eco rd e d e lsewh ere in t h e J ourn a l.
Hockey a nd socce r act iv ity has b een at a low Pbb,
mainl y because t h e grounds h ave been quite u n-
usable because of ice, snow a nd flood .

Plenty of snow a t Thalkirchdorf in Southern
Germ a n y en abled the Bn. ski team to enter t h e
2 Div. a nd B.A.O .R. Ch a mpions hips; alth ough the
results obta in ed w e re not dr a m atic , t h e ven ture
w as very worthwhile ;, nd th e s ki teams h ave
worked very h a rd indeed. Co ng r atulations t o 2/ L t.
Graham w ho was runne r-up in the Novice Com-
peti t ion. Apparentl y 2/ Lt. Gr a ham has n ever
ski-ied bef ore in his life so w h at h e lost on th e
dow nhill run s h e h ad to m a k e up o n t h e fl at or
uphill stretch es.

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A g reat d eal of other ski-ing activity h as ever, t h e Coy. Comm a nder v.ras not best pl eased
t a k e n place, whic h •inc ludes pl a toons of B a nd C w ith t he subsequent photographs produced by
Coys. g oing off to Silberhu tte f or t wo week s at a t he Divisio na l Magazin e. A p h otogenic f reak s hot
time with th eir pl. comn1a nders for som e winter sh owed a n o ffi cer in B Coy. as be ing t he onl y o ne
sport and winter w a rfare tra ining. Also at Sil- in ste p in t h e w ho le bn .!
berhutte, winter warfa re courses a re being run
On 2nd J a nua r y we se n t off a co mposite p i.
for indiv iduals a nd each coy. sends down several f o r a fortnig ht's w in ter warf a re trai ning in t h e
m en for each course; the instructors are German H a rz Mo unta in s. I t was very co ld a nd th ere w as
a nd Norw egian Army W .O.'s. Some of t h e troo ps plenty of snow . H owever , the pi. enjoyed it ve r y
have discovered that Sergeant Ma jors a rc the mu c h (in r e trospec t ) a nd d id well to co m e fir st
same the world over, no matter wha t Army they in th e P a trol Co mpe ti t io n a nd f ourth in t h e
h a ppe n to lbe in! Inf. Bde. al so runs a ski hut L ang lauf (cross-country on s ki s) race.
a nd has fortnig htly ski-ing courses of a gentler
nature. As w e said las t month , it is h op ed t h a t Leav ing Cpl. Dug da le a nd t h e dr ivers
about 150 m en will s ki this sea s on , no t includ ing crouch ed r o und th e A.P .C.'s t h e r est of t h e Coy.,
those who s lip off and sk•i priva t e ly in so m e s m a r t inc lud•ing t h e n ew dra ft, wen t t o H a lte rn on 23rd
resort 'in Aus tria or Switzerl a nd . Janu ary f o r a week' s fie ld tiring a n d f or sectio n
battle drills. The nig h t firing was cut short by the
Af-te r the marathon of C hristm as a nd N ew m e dical jeep becoming very fi r ml y s tuc k in th e
Year the Band and Drums r e tir ed f o r a sp ell of mud , with ra in and low cloud m aking v is ibility
w ell-earned leave. W e mus t record our thanks to almost nil.
them all for their hard work and staying power
over Christmas. A quiet word of tha nks too to Th e "s lave ta ils" were g iven a c h a nce to
the cooks who, ~as back room boys, n ever close. prac tise pre pa ration of a h asty d ef e nce pos it ion
During rhe a bse n ce of th e Band, our a ffili a t ed complete w ith wire-they gained a g reat deal of
Gunner Regt. . 2 Field R egt., presente d a ve r y ex pe rie nce a nd c ut hands as a res ul t. Th e c lim ax
entertaining r evue, the quality of which rivalled of th e ex e r c ise ca m e wh en Support Coy. attac k e d
many West End shows in London. About 350 of th e po s ition in t h e la te af t e rnoon ; n a tura ll y they
the Bn., including wives and children, saw the we r e r epell ed w ith h eavy losses. Th e n ext day
show. Thank you 2 Field R egt. w e march ed back to :Muns te r co ns id e ra bl y in-
creasing our repertoire of songs, including the
We would like to record a fond f•arewell to Army v e rs ion of "Y e llow Subma rin e."
Capt. Jack English- known throughout the Bn. as
"Cap'n Jack"- who has returned to 2nd Queen's W e say goodbye to our draft of 4 QUEENS
Own Rifles of Canada in Oalgary a fter a 14-mont h men, who ha ve gone off to Northern Ireland a nd
attachment with us. Capt. English made his m ark w e wish them the best of luck. L /Cpl. R e illy and
with th e Bn., and his Canadian accent •and r e ad y Pte. Roberts h a w h a v e le ft u s t o g o t o Sp . Coy.
smile will certainly b e m'issed. W e wis h him ev e ry a nd Ptes. C t'aifi eld , O'Dwye r a nd Olliffe have go n e
s uccess in the future and hope that he will come to H .Q. Coy.
and see us at the first opportunity. W e would a lso
say goodbye to our Padre, the R ev. Andrew W e w e lcome into th e Coy. 2/ IJt. R. G . Whi te ;
Cpl s. Whorm sby. Willia m s, Cooney; and L / C pls.
Willi'ams, who has been sent on an e m ergency Snowd en , Dav ies a nd H a ll. W e would congratu -
tour in Swaziland of all places. late Sgt . Holland on hi s promot ion, and a lso con-
gratulate L /C pl . and Mrs. R e illy, P te. and Mrs.
A Company Miles a nd Cpl. and Mrs. Gay on the bir th of th eir
n ew babies-w e ll d on e.
The fairly strenuous Trilux Nig ht-Sig ht
Trials at Sennelager in December were followed C Company
by a quieter month for A Coy. Howev er, it was
not without its moments. On 31 st D ecembe r, A With .th e d epa rture of th e M id dlesex dra ft in
Coy. formed one of the four guards which greeted D ece mber, th e coy. is beg inning to look a littl e
th e formation of the new Regim e nt with ·a march thin on the g round. With a number of people on
past and general salute to the new R egimental le ave oand s ki-ing c ourses, it is some tim es diffic ult
flag. to find s ix m en for R egime ntal fatigues.

6 Bde. and 2 Div. Cross-Country Runs took Th e U .E .I. is upon us at th e e nd of th e month
plac e from Oxford Barracks. A Coy. was repre- and the drivers, who h av e bee n form ed into a
sented by Maj. Strong, who d'id not •a c hieve th e pi. und er Capt. William s. have worked s olidly
s ame success •as last year but was w e ll pl aced in tor four w ee ks with paint brush es and oil cans.
both races. The Bn. Boxing Team included three It is rumoured th a t th e w ell-known produ cer s
extremely capable members from the Coy.- L /C pl. ''Tom a nd J e rr y" a re pl a nning a film e ntitl e d
Woolgrove, Ptes. Scott and Chandle r -all of whom "857 and a ll that."
won their fights against the D evonshire and
Dorset R egt. and the Royal Fusiliers. Company H.Q.
As for ski-ing. A Coy. supplied three of the
four officer s who r epresented th e Bn. in the 2 Th e C/ Sgt.. spent m ost of th e month on
Div. C hampionsh'ips at Obe rjoch in Bava ria. Lt. lea ve. but w as so eager to st a rt work tha t he
unwittingly re tu rne d from le a ve one day early.
Goode was unfortunate in losing his ski during H e is mos t worrie d a bo ut t h e startling d efi c ien cy
the downhill race but has been accepted for the of mirrors •and b ath p lugs a nd r espec tfull y r e-
B.A.O .R . finals . Lt. Howard and 2/ Lt. Gra h a m qu est s that t h ey a r e r eturn ed b efor e m a r c h-ou t .
both did extrem ely well in the Lang lauf competi-
tion; 2/ IJt. Graham coming 18th and b e ing placed The Coy Comma nder, frus trated by his
as runner-up for the novices. L / Cpl. R eed did dwindling coy. s treng th , h as had a for t night's
w e ll in the patro'l competition and Pte. M atth ew s rest c ure on the s lop es of B avaria and h as re-
turned in one piece, with hopeful rumours of
was an extrem ely strong reserve for the down- large drafts in the near fut ure. L / Cpl. Ennever ,
hill team. They are all due to r eturn in the near wh en not eng aged in g iv ing his fiancee conducted
future from th e Bn Ski Hut a't Tha lkirchdorf tours of th e barracks. h as slipped off for a s pot
im Allgau. · of winter w a rfa re in the Harz Mountains. H e did
not ta k e his typewriter a nd it is rumoured that
Now to the present. The Coy. is franticall y h e put on •a p a ir of boots and c omm a nd ed a
going through its las t minute pre parations for th e sec tion .
U .E.I. In,.pec tion on our 432 's on 1s t F ebru a r y.
W e w e lcom e d 2/ Lt. H . C. Tuckwe]] to t h e coy.
B Company earl y in the month . H e will eve ntua lly t a k e over
Naturally B Coy. w ere present on the R e- 10 PI. , bu t in t h e m ean t im e h as b ee n t a k e n on by
M.T. Pi. as a n 857 p ractitioner.
d esignation parade on 31 st D ecembe r , 1966. How-

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The PI. spent most of the month in the H arz
beat teams from the Officers, Sg'ts., Cpls. a nd
Mountains on a ski course. Surprisingly enough, L /Cpls., a nother Ptcs' team, a nd one from the
Lt. D ent returned in one piece although he has M.T. who surpr is ingly came a close second t~
a shocking cold from too many nights in igloos, them. Th e s id e-bets goi ng on during the competi-
a nd frequently complains of strange aches a nd tion riv·a lled th e Tote Jackpot at Ascdt.
pains. Sgt. Foster and Ptes. Britton a nd Clarke
were not so lucky; they are stumping around in H.Q. Company
plaster casts a nd crepe· bandages. Christmas, 1966. is unlikely ever to be pub-

Pte. Burden has won his long-fought case, a nd li shed, si nce nobod y can remember very much
was .transferred to 1 QUEENS just before 31st about it except that it was a good one! There
Decem1ber. H e will, th erefor e, have exper ie nced was no Coy. party as such (boo), nearly every
two rebadging ceremonies in as many month s. PI. or D epartm en't h ad its own party (hooray).
H appily the real men, with real pneumatic drills,
10 P latoon a lso took a holid ay over the C hristmas break.
W e said goodbye to Lt. Brown, who has gone
The Assault Pioneer PI., or those who were
to Sp. Coy., and Sgt. Bodkin, who is now training not on leave. learning to drive with the R.C.T., or
recruits at the Depot. 7hey have been replaced otherwise employed, decorated the gym. to no
by 2/ Lt. Hyatt and Sgt. Edwards. m ea n eff ect, s o t ha t now any requ «7st for ~in e in
the Signal Store has to be qualified-with or
Our numbe rs hav e been increased by the without bunting.
arrival of L /Opl. Roots- a necessary addition,
since at the time of writing, there is nobody but The 007 Gang (R ecce PI.) have been provid-
the Sec. Commander a nd opemtor to jump out of ing customers for Junior N.C.O.'s cadres so that
the 432's in the attack . the proportion of cell lead e r s to age nts is likely to
be disturbed. By the time these notes are pub-
Block leave has been the main eve nt of the li sh ed new ·agents will be undergoing initiation
month and everyone Pxcept the Pl. Commander a nd som e of the old hands will have infiltrated
has had som e. W e are a ll now looking forward into the rifle coys.... Good hunting.
to ·a p er iod of con centrated training befor e
Sennelager. Scene I - 0Tdm·ly Room .
O.C. H.Q. Coy.: "A•bout 30 more soldi ers
11 P latoon s hould ju st fill our vacancies."
When 2/ Lt. H yatt returned from a recent ski Adjutant: "What is your present strength ?"
O.C. H.Q. Coy.: "342 before N.A.A.F.I. brea k ."
course, h e was s urprised to find that his private A djutan t: " That's •about 100 over the estab-
army had bee n disbanded and con s isted only of lishment; what do they all do?!"
Sgt. Maume. Although h e was placated with the
gift of 10 PI., ·th ere are strong ru mours of a Scene Il - C.S.M.'s Office - LatC1·.
cultural revolution and the resurrection of call- C.S.M. on ph one: "Yes we will be duty coy.
s ig n 33. then. No, not a hope, all five are on N.A.A.F.I.
f atigu es."
Sgt. Maume soo n Ends his days in the Arm y;
as vet h e has not been redeployed but has decided We are sorry to say goodbye to Capt. J ·ack
on ·a spell of leave. English; we hope he will rem ember his "Brit''
manners and also the correct way of saying
Support Compa ny "actually."
It would seem to be a reasonable claim that
Battalio n Sk i Tea m s
we have form ed ourselves into a well-organised On 5th D ecembe r, 1966, Lt. M. R. A . Goode,
and close-knit coy. with som e s uccess. There are
still bugs to be ironed out and various dem·a rca- who is captaining the Bn. Downhill a nd S lalom
tion disputes to be settled, particularly as we are T eam, and lit. M. F . Howard, who is captaining
organised as three Sp. P is. and a Vigi lant PI. but the Cross-Country Ski Team, came down to T hal-
train as three pls.- Mortar, Anti -'I'an k a n d Vigi- l<irc hdorf as a n Advance Party to set up the
la nt. Bn. Ski Hut. They were lucky en ough to find an
extremely good house in the middle of the village
W e have managed to do some support w eapon a nd c lose to •the main s ki s lopes. Th e main body
training in the month but we have been com- arrived on lOth D ecember. This c onsisted Of 2/ lJt.
pletely overshadowed by C/Sgt. Speakman a nd N . P. Harris. L / C pl. Brads haw. Ptes. Mathews,
his drivers preparing the vehicles for the Unit T erry and O'Donnell as the Downhill Team ; 2/ Lt.
Equipment Inspection ; s o muc h so 1that the rest G raham, Cpl. Reid , Ptes. Casey, White, Osborne,
of the Coy. got f ed up z nd took itself off to Hal- Mates, Foley, T ay lor and Mason as the Lang l·a uf
tern to do som e classification shooting. Some good Team.
shooting was done, some good tombola played and
miraculously it did not rain. The H altern period Training started imm edi a!tely and the Down-
was brought to a climax by half the Coy., under hillers were very fortunate in securing the ser-
Lt. "Schlafen" Brown, carrying out a s uic id al vices of H er r Biba W e is, the c hi ef instruotor at
daylight attack against B Coy., who had pre- Tha lkirchdorf, under whom they rapidly pro-
pared a hasty defensive position aga in st what gressed from the nursery s lopes. Th e Cross-
they described as a scratch force from the State Country T eam had no such luc k as far as instruc-
of Dulmen. W e say we won. they say they won, tors were concerned. Nevertheless they set out to
a nd a good time was h a d by all. learn b y trial and e rror the art of Langl•aufing- a
sport not only difficult to master but n ew to them
In the fi eld of sport there h ave been no organ- a ll . Duri ng the ear ly 'veeks of training both teams,
ised team games against other coys.. but we have by mutual agreement, steered clear of the larger
produced individua ls for the C ross-Co untry C ham- mounds of s now s ince invariab ly, if one stopped
pionships and four members of t h e C oy .- Ptes. to look c loser. they would move and either a
Miles, Curniffe, Mitchell and Edwards- fough't L a nglaufer or, more cften than not, a Downhiller,
in the Boxing Champions hips. Norman Cu rniffe would appear.
did pat~ticularly well by winning his bout very
conv inc ingly whilst taki ng the place of L / Cp l. Mention must be mad e of the backroom so l-
Woolgrove, who h a d unfortunately been injured diers who looked after the administrative side of
m a roa d accident in the U.K the ski hut. L /Cpl. McLardy, a nd later Pte.
Free man, did well to satisfy the enormous a ppe-
Co ng r at ul atio n s ·a lso to Ptes. David Price a nd
Terry Stimpson, who won a very unorthodox but
complicated L .M.G. competition at H a ltern. They

8 three rounds but I saacs proved the stronger a nd
t h ~ fight was stopped in his favour in the clos ing
lites of t h e t eam s, whi le C pls. Shreevc and second s. Pte. Ch a ndl er. our gp ntle heavy\ve ight,
Co llins loo k ed after t h e ge n era l r unn ing and showe d con s id erable boxing s ki ll in winning h is
c leanliness of the hut with quie t effic ien cy. Ptes. bout a nd so the result depended on the last bout.
L y nn , Carbutt a n d Sowerby, our driv e r s, a lso Cpl. R eilly, of the L .A.D., was our representative .
worked hard to k eep their ve hic les free o f ice An ex peri e nced boxer, he did not allow th e ten se-
and in good running order. ness of the s ituation to nnsettle him a nd in the
best bout of t he eve ning, i1e emerged the victor on
A s t he ·trai ning progr essed and s peeds became points. It was a fitti n g e nd to a ten se , yet enjoy-
fas te r th e inevitable •accide n ts started to occur. ab le evening.
Pte. O'Donnell b r oke his collar bone in a bad
fall a nd Pte. F oley broke a leg. Both soldiers w ere C1·oss Countrv
sady missed in t h e hut. Accid ents of n ot such a Of last year's team that reached the B.A.O.R.
seriou s nature a lso frequentl y occu rre d on th e
s lopes. L /C pl. Bradshaw found ·and deve lop ed a final, o nly th ree run ne rs were left but in the inter-
p eculiar fri end s hip with a small C hristmas tree compan y c ross-co untr y race. won by H .Q. Coy.
and on numerous occasions he could be seen with (w hite). a number of n ew runners were revea led.
his skis and arm s wrapped rou nd it. On the other U nfot·tun ately, a large proportion were due fo r·
h and no one can understand w hy the German poeting to 4 QUEENS. However, in t h e 6 Bde.
P o li ce d id no t take L t. Good e away for ind ece n cy co mpetition th e team carr ied off the trophy for
on th e s lopes. H e would ins ist on wear ing ski th e third yea r in uccessio n: our last-counting
trousers two s izes too small. They usually burst runner cam e in thirteenth . There were good per-
open at the seams when the c rowd was at its formanc es from L / Cpl. Smith (3rd) a nd our at-
largest. 2/ L t. H a r r is, the madm a n of th e team, tac h ed Ro yal S ig nals Officer, Lt. Knox-Johnston
spent m ost of his time e ither in mid air or w it h (4th ). The Div is ional race was run on ly four days
his h ead buried deep in the snow. From both late r a nd un f ortuna1tely t he team was unable to
these pos itions rather pathetic cries of h elp could repea!t its s uccess, com ing third out of th e five
be heard. teams competing. Pte. Maso n (16th) , L t. Knox-
J ohn ston (17th ) a nd Pte. King (18t h ) a ll ran ve r y
On Sunday, 1st J a nuary, th e Divis iona l Ski- well and w ill provid e a good nu cleus for our
ing Co mpetition began at Oberjoch , The 4 x 10 athletics tea m . Those w h o h ave been followin g
kilometre race was the firs t of th e m eeting, L t. his for tu n es for th e last e ig hteen years will b e
Howard , 2/ Lt. Graham, Ptes. White a nd Casey g lad to h ear that Maj . Strong is still runnin g we ll
represe nte d the Bn . For a ttea m th at h ad n ever a nd is determined to lead th e Bn. to furth e r
r aced before we did well to fini sh sixteenth out tric•mph s on t h e a th let ics fi e ld this seaso n .
of 22 t ea m s whi~h started, 2/ Lt. Gra h am, who
was the only recognised novice in the team, p e r- Office rs' l\tess
form ed brilli a nt ly, fini s hing e leventh out of 88, It was with real regret th at we said goodbye
with a time of 49 mins. 12.1 secs.
to Capt. J ack English . of the Queen's Own Rifles
On Tuesday, 17th January, the Individual 15 of Canada H e has r eturned to Canada after a
kilometr es race took place. The same Bn. team two-year attachme nt with th e 2nd a nd 1st B ns.
raced again and once more 2/ Lt. Graham ra n Th ere could not have been a more popular officer
extr eme ly well to tak e e ighteenth place out of 116 a n d we w is h him a ll g ood fortu ne. His last th ree
starter s. Thi s posi tion gave him t h e runn er-up days with the B n . were so hectic that people (the
pos ition in the 15 kilometres Novice Comp e tition v ict im in cl ud e d) began •to fear that it would be a
with a time of 66 mins. 59.8 secs . (40 secs. behind corp se, ·a nd n ot 250lb . of rompin g -s.to mping Can a-
the winn e r ), Lt. Howa rd came in twenty-e ighth- dian fury, that would be returning to his native
also a h ard-foug ht and ver y w ell-earned place. land.
Pte. White. fifty-sixth, a nd Pte. Casey, s ixty -fifth
(pte . Casey ta k ing 3 ~ minutes less .to do th e 15 P .R .J. a nd Families Notes
kilometres than the 10 kilometres). Th e monthly Wives' Club was h e ld on 16th

On W ednes d ay, 18th January, th e Div is ion a l J a nuary. U nfortun ate ly th e Pr es id e n t, Mrs.
Open Downhill R ace took place. The following Sewell, was unable to be prese nt on thi s occas ion
r ep r esente d the B n .: IJt. Good e, 2/ L t . H arr is, but the conv ivia l •a tmosph ere was pl easan tly pre-
L /C pl. Bradsh aw -and Pte. T erry. !Jt, Good e h ad s ided over by Mrs. Maso n and Mrs. Frase r , t h e
extr em ely ba d luck in that hi s sk i c ame off h a lf- T1 e a s urer.
way down the course. However, his good effort
in the Slalom t h e following day, where h e was Christmas is a lways a busy t im e for P .R.I. ;
placed thirtieth, earned him a n individual place this year \Va s no exception . With a s pirit of
in •t h e B.A.O.R. race. 2/ Lt. Harri s a lso gain ed an prodigality, P .R.I . a nd s~aff co mbed Mu n ster, pur-
ind·ividual place in the B.A.O.R. race having do n e c hasing unbelievabl e quantiti es of paper c hain s,
well in both t h e Downhill a nd Slalom. Although C h r ist m as trees a nd f a iry lights.
t he t eam missed getting through to the B.A.O.R .
Competition by only one place, th ey did very Th e trees were r eckon e d by a ll to b e good
much better tha n expected a nd acquitted t hem- val u e for DM . 3-each. In ad dition to the tradi-
selves creditably. tion a l Christmas lunch served on the last work ing
day before Chri stm as, a Box ing D ay party w·as
Boxing ru n in th e W .V.S . lounge on that eve ning. On ce
again Mauree n la id on a n e njoya ble eve ning full
Th e 2 Di v. final betwee n 1 QUEENS and of orig in al e n tertai nm e nts.
15/19H was a real r azor's-edge occas io n . At
th e interva l 15/ 19H seemed safely in t h e lead, The Healey Hymnal
but of the last fiv e •bouts four went to 1 QUEENS (Lyrics by a n un-named officer of 1 QUEENS)
(w ho were eve ntu a lly victorious) by s ix bouts to
five. The evening started with a plucky perform- For Field Officers ........ . Ancient a nd Modern
a n ce by Pte. Mil es, who f o ught a muc h tall er R e/nd·n : F or t h ose in pe ril o n t h e sea
opponent, a nd lost by only a small margin.
Before the interva l, Pte. Goff a nd Cpl. Owen w ere 0 Lord above we pray to Thee;
our onl y winner s. For t hose w h o face redundancy
Let co mpensation soon be paid
P.te. Scott then d ealt w ith hi s oppon ent in So that s uspe nse to rest is la id.
his customar y 15 seco nd s, but the real h ero of th e Pray God pl ease tell us a ll you know
evening was Pte. I saacs (boxing lig h t-heavy), And let me be th e first to go.
w ho is a v irtual newcomer to the ring . H e a nd It is recommended th at the above be sung at
his opponen t never stopped hitting each other for each Evensong until furth er notice.

9

2nd Battalion
-tn Hong l(ong

THE first month in the life of the new reg iment 1\'lumps and 1\'l e~ l es
has been a full one, involving activity in many In the m idd le of th e month th e Bn. was in

facets of military life, and even now we are won- dange r of resembling a pre p'. sc hool in th e s pring
dering how it all lined into a bare 31 days. It is te rm . M aj. Mike W a rd down with m eas les, and
diffi cult to know quite where to sta rt but fo r most Capts. Mik e C linch and John H olman, along with
of us the departure of Lt.-Col. Bill MacD onald th e O.R.Q .M.S. a nd Sgt. G ill , in b ed w ith mumps .
and the arrival of Lt.-Col. Tony Franklin is still W e h ope th e bugs have now passed on.
in our minds. One of the delights of travelling Sport
to Hong K ong by Air Charter is the fact that
the aircraft arrives and departs at about 5 o'clock The Bn . Cricket T eam continues with its un -
in the morning (give or take an hour or two bea te n reco rd , but in oth e r activ ities the reco rd
depending on the state of the individual aero- has not been s o good. Th e Footba ll T eam was un-
plane ) . So on the 9th January, before dawn, we ex pectedly beate n in the seco nd round of th e Arm y
welcomed Lt.-Col. Franklin, and on the 19th we C up, and a lthough t h e two team s in t he L eagu e
assembled at the airport at the same time to bid reta in th e ir s upremacy, this was a di sappointm e nt
farewell to Lt.-Col. MacDonald . The former to us. Also our Box ing T eam , who had trained
arrived more or less on schedule, but the latter's h a rd, we r e n a rrow ly d e feated by 18 Lt. R egt . R.A.
plane eventually took off two hours late. We all by on e point ; th e outcom e not b e ing decid ed unt il
wish Col. Bill MacDonald the best of good for- the last bou t. But a boxing t eam is se ldom pro-
tune in the future. duced overnight, a nd it is e ncou raging to know
that w e h ave good m ateria l for th e futur e.
Othe r n ew arri vals in the ea rl y ho urs of
var ious mornings h ave been Maj . P eter L e ig h , Th e Polo ·r eam is play in g more constructiv e
Capt. J o hn White a nd 'their fa mili es, a nd 2/ L t. polo t h an last year and to d ate h as won half
P ete r T awe ll ; a lso C.S. M. Brown a nd Sgts. H ansen itz m atches.
a nd T ow n s ley. W e we lcom e th em a ll to t h e Bn .
R.Q.M.S. Tony Todd r eceiving his Long Ser-
Retreat vice a nd Good Conduct Medal from the Com-
mande r Hong Kong and K owloon Garrison,
To commemorate more publicly th e forma-
tion of our R egiment, on lOth Janua ry the Band Brig. J . 1\Iontague.
and Drum s B eat R e tre at by flo od li g h t on the Gun
Club football g r ound . It was a n extrem ely co ld
night, but the s p ectators, both military and c iv i-
lian, h av e been kind e noug h to express the ir a ppre-
ciation of the hig hly polished performance that
we have now becom e accustomed to expect from
our mus icians. It is sad to record that thi s w as
th e last occasion that Drum Major C la rk would
lead t h e Band and Drum s o f t hi s Bn. H e h as b een
Drum Major of The Queen's Own and The Queen 's
Own Buffs s ince 1950, and we wis h him every
success at t he De pot.

Cocktail parties w e r e h eld in both Officers'
a nd Se rgea nts' Messes afte rwa rds, a nd w e f ee l
assured that the hierarchy of H ong Kong now
have no doubt w h o Th e Queen 's R egt. is.

Parties

Other enterta inments of note h ave been the
All Rank s Dance on 7th J anuar y . With s o much
e nte rtainm e nt on ou r doors tep h e re, t he re was
som e doubt as to t h e popularity of h olding on e,
parti c ula rly so soon afte r C hris tmas. B u t t h ank s
to th e h ard work of Lt. Re@' P a lm e r , o ur P.R.I.,

a nd his committee, i t was fl g reat s ucc ess. The

R egimental Dance Band a nti a Bn. Beat G r oup
v ied with eac h oth e r with th e ir mu s ic; the
cabaret was polished , and the beauty of the man-
nequi n, who presente d the raffl e prizes, breath-
taking.

A w eek late r t h e Band h eld t h e ir Annual
Dinn e r/ D a nce, wh ic h as us ua l was a n evenin g to
reme mb e r.

10 R~ut gework

Ex "Welc h Trial" W e got off to a very good start on a nnual
L est the reader may assume that life this class ification , having crossed the water to Stone-
cutte r s I s land. Som e 20 m embe r s c lass ifi ed (less
month has b ee n devoted e ntire ly to games and t h e ni g ht s hoot) and th e rest wi ll h ave t h e ir turn
parties, the participation of A Coy. as a guerilla at Lu Wu next month .
e n emy to th e W elch Regt, s hou ld not go un - Ar r iva ls
r eco rded . Th e Bn. a lso produced all the Umpires ,
a Bde. H .Q. and all th e communications for this W e w e lcomed Ca pt. White as Coy. 2I.C. and
Exe rcise. Lt.-Co l. Franklin found him se lf a s Ptes . Irving, Robso n and W a lla ce as use ful re in-
C hief Umpire and a few junior s ubalte rn s not in - forc e ments.
volved, had the glory of being Coy. Comd . for a D epartures
week whilst their elders were footing it over the
hills. W e sa id goodbye to Mr St. John P e rr y and
C pl. Hurley, who have go n e to D Coy (their r e-
A Com pany plac ements being Mr. Duffi eld and L / Cpl. Co rnicl<
r espectively), a nd to C pl. Wors fo ld and Pte. Rose,
January has passed quickly. On the 3rd of the who left the Se rv ice.
month the Coy. provided a guard of honour for
the d eparting Commander-in-Chief, Air Marsha l ~[arri age
Sir John Grandy, at Flags taff Hou se. Capt, D avi-
son commanded the guard and 2/ Lt. Hodges car- W e con g r atulate Pte. J ones 73 on his mar-
ried the R egimental Colour. The Band were also riage; it was good to see his brother, Pte. Jones
in attendance. Coming so soon after Christmas 69, ac ting as b es t man and e ns urin g that a ll went
and the N ew Y ear this posed problems, but in the forward smoothly.
event was successfully carried out. The Com-
mand e r Britis h Forces w rote to th e C. O. congratu- (Top ): Chrlstmas dinne r.
lating him on the stead in ess of th e guard. (Mid dl e): Battalio n 1st. H ocl<ey X I.
(Bottom): C/ Sgt. Simmons' son enlisting.
T h e rest of th e month has been tal< en up with
rangework , barrack duties and a t en-day period Acknowl edgem ent : Unit Photographer .
preparing for and acting as enemy to the W elch
on Ex. "Welch Trial." This exercise seems to have
been e njoyed by most members of the Coy. who
took part. Once again the Coy. w ere congratulated
on their work, this time by the Garrison Com-
mand er, who directed the exercise. Certainly the
part of r evolutionaries came easily to many
~o ldi e rs, who for t h is exerc ise were issue d with
a special black uniform and a llowed to choose
their own headdress. With b elts of G.P.M.G. blank
strung round them and suitabl y vil lainous ex-
pressions, they looked the part.

Welcom e to Maj. Leigh, C.S .M. Brown and
Ptes. Collins 88, Myer and McDonough , who have
now joined t h e Coy.

Farew ell to Maj. Dodson , L /Cpl. Bradshaw
and Pte. Clampin.

Con g-r atulatio n s (we wo n d e r ) to Pte. Evans
34, who c la ims to h ave found th e crock of go ld
at th e end of a rainbow- in other word s, h e has
won a second and third dividend on th e pool s.

C Company

New Yea r-New Nam e
We started 1967 as members of the n ew R egi-

ment and doubtless t h e associated events w ill b e
fully reported elsewhere. We played our part by
par ticipat ing in the I nau gural Parade and by fu l-
fi l ling many and varied duties in connect ion with
the Beating of Retreat held on lOth January.
Me mb e rs of th e Coy. cou ld be seen he lping to e r ect
s tands, carrying hundreds of chairs and pouring
limitless drinks during the evening's celebration s.
New Commanding O ffi cer

Having sa id goodbye to Lt.-Co l. MacDonald-
well remembering that he was a form e r C Co:v.
Command e r- we were glad to rece iv e a s h ort visit
from Lt.-Col. Franklin, who is, of course, no
stranger to the majority.
O r ien teering·

W e entered a team fo r t h e Garris on Ori e ntee r-
ing Competition but it was , u nfortunate ly, e limi-
nated du e to injuries to two m e mb e rs. Th e re is
ta lk of m ore orientee ri ng so we wi ll have to do
better next time.
D e m on stration

We staged a demonstration for th e be nefit of
young Officers in the Garrison studying for their
promotion exams. This was admirab ly organised
by Mr. St. John Perry and appeared to be a great
s uccess. W e hope a ll our visitors will now pass
their infantry questions with flying colours.

D COJnpany 11

Never-ending variety is the essence of D oy. After the first four bouts the m o ral e of spec-
tators a nd boxers alike was very hig h, s ince they
With the New Yea r the s tarting of various courses w ere all won by the Bn. boxers. H owever, by the
las t bout both team s were eq ual, h av in g won fi ve
and Cad r es. Th e Assault Pion ee r s, und er their bouts each. The final one was very close but un-
fortunately w e lost it, and th e match ; this wa s a
robu s t lead e r, Sgt. Mogford, are now in their fifth g rea t disappointment to ev e ryo ne. H oweve r, th e
weel{ of their training. Sgt. Samson, who recently boxers put up a comme nd ab le pe rformance an d
w e hope we s hall ga in a f ew v icto ri es in th e
joined this pl. and the co urse, looks a very worried "Indi v iduals."
man these days. ·
Cpl. Marsden beat Gnr. Wildman (technica l
The R ecce PI., at the tim e of writing, is prac- i<nocl<outl; Pte. Phillips beat Gnr. Makes (po ints);
Pte. Murray bea t Gnr. Engli s h (po ints); Pte.
tically non-ex istent, Sgt. Mars hall, Ples. Arm- Hand s beat Gnr. Wrig ht ( points); Pte. Sturgeon
strong and Ricl< erby being driven mad on the lost to Sgt. McGill (po ints ); Cpl. Haley lost to Gnr .
local M .T . course, whilst th e r emaind er a r e goi ng Rondeau (points ); Sign. May lost to Gnr. Hayn es
"sparl<y" on th e Sigs. Cadre. ( knockout) ; Pte. Hutchin son los t to Gnr. C raw-
ford (l< nocl<outl ; L / C pl. C larl< beat L / Bdr. Quig-
As the on ly pi. with e noug h men to carry o ut ley ( points); Pte. Mills los t to Bdr. George ( un ab le
the onerous duties at Flagstaff House, the Mor- to carry on); Pte. Knowles lost to Gnr. W e lls
tars are now practically non-ex istent. ow ing to ( points).
2nd C lass Education, and Korea Honour Guard.
G un Club Hill .Junior School
W e welcome into the Coy, 2/Lt. T awell, who
is now 2IC Training Wing. Th e Mortar P I. w el- Tho School
comes bacl< into the fold " Bugsy" Wh a rr am, and
Gun Club School is s ituated in Gun Cl ub Hill
extends a warm welcome to Ptes. W a lker, Bur- Barracks. W e have 370 child ren attending the
foot and Vale, a lso Sgt. Major, who h as tal<en school in 14 classes, in c ludin g childre n from the
over the duties as Trg. Sgt. from Sgt. Burr, absent R.A.F. and the R.N. The Regt. with us in Barracks
on duty on Korea Guard of Honour. is th e 2nd Bn . Th e Qu ee n 's Regim e nt and they look
after the School a nd help us to get things we n eed .
Goodbye and g ood luc l< t o Sgt. Standfield o n W e hav e Football and Netball T eam s. W e hav e
his pos ting to T .A. at Broad s tairs, and to t a l<e four Houses called Nathan, Grantham, Lugard
over his duti es as Sgts.' Mess Caterer, Ers kin e a nd Elliot- nam ed after form e r Governors of the
Camp , we we lcome C pl. Hurley, from C Coy. Colony.
School Activ ities
For the firs t time D Coy. has proved its s port-
ing ab ility. Hocl<ey seems to be th e turning point. E ver y year the School puts on plays at C hrist-
Th e semi-final s of the In ter-Coy. Hoc l< ey Competi- mas . Las t year we had a "Pageant of Hon~ Kong."
tion aga in s t C Coy. e nded in a 2-2 draw, and a Th e S c hool would like to l(hanl< 2 QUEENS
replay will b e staged on 3rd F ebruary. L et's hope for h elp ing u s with the lig hting, stage, canvas and
loud-speakers. It turned out to be a very good
the best team wins! show. Earlie r in 1966 w e h a d Sv·limming Galas,
Sports Days and Inter-Hou se Sports. H e r e also
H.Q. Company The Queen 's R egiment h elped out. Now you !<now
what a R egiment of soldie rs and a school of chil-
C hris tmas, 1966, passed un eve ntfully e nough in dren can do. W e a lso hold our Harvest F estival
H .Q. Coy a nd we welcomed 1967 with throbbing in the Garris on Church a nd afterwa rd s th e chil-
heads a nd most of us on uns teady fe et. W e now dre n tal< e gifts to m e ntally handicappe d children.
look forward to new challenges in 1967. Other Clubs in the School are Judo, Sketching,
Natural History, Choir, R ecorde rs and Pottery as
Since our last notes, the re has been some well as three packs of Brownies and one pack of
changes within Coy. H.Q. Cp l. Gree n has now Cubs. W e think that most ch ildren lil< e going to
gone to that hive of activity- the Bn. Ord. Room Gun Club Hill Junior School.
- and has been replaced by Cpl. Humphries, who,
s ince joining th e unit, has been doing P.R.I. Cp l. By : LrtuTc nc c Hu1'l. c y . Col'i ·n Pi.t c h c·rs.
King h as joined our midst as Coy. Ord. Sgt., from A?ldTctc Langf ord co1d H e l e n Ly11 Cs.
th e M.T. Sec ., and w e hop e h e will e njoy hi s stay
and settle down within the precincts of the Coy. Int Lamen t
Offic e.
It had to com e w e a ll agree
The new Coy. Commander, Maj. M . W . Ward, But \Vho is n ex t , is it m e?
who has only bee n w it h the Coy. a s hort while. The partnership so g reatly admired
has been struck down with measles. A new arrival At long last has been fired .
in th e Colonv, it is unfortunate that h e should The days of Sneezy and Grumpy are past;
contract a disease so soon. W e an wish him a Sneezy has gone to D Coy. To cast
s peedy recovery. New notes p e rhaps for the training staff.
Th e e nd of a n e ra is now in s ight
The Korea Honour Guard has once again been Sno\V White and the Dwarfs a re near th ei r
g ive n to u s and one of our sto remen, L / Cpl. Co lin
Thorpe. ha s been seriously pract is ing the t ech- last fight.
niques of Ame rican-type drill in preparation. W e The powers-that-be have d ec reed
wish him the bes t of lucl< on his tour with the Time for a new section is what they need.
United Nations Forc es in Korea . But alas and a lacl< in our small mind s
A new Int Section will be h ard to ftnd .
Boxing Notes To all our dea r readers one and an
W e must su ggest this s imple rule-
The Inter-Coy. Novices Boxing Competition You ofte n labour h a rd and fast
was held on 5th and 6th Dec embe r and what was But please consider your poor Int staff.
lacking in s ldll was more than mad e up for in The toll of time has come we know
enthus iasm . C Coy. emerged the clear winners. And nO\V it's tru e w e've got to go,
The aim of this competition was to see if the Bn. No matter what future scribes m ay write
had any unknown talent and in that respect it W e've had our laughs and fought the good
achieved its purpose. Shortly before Christmas
about 30 boxers b egan training und e r Supt. Jimm y fight.
Smith, of the H ong Kong Police, Cpl. Wallace (B
Coy.) . Cpl. McCarrion (R.A.P.C .) and Pte . McG,·a f-
fin (M .T .) . S eve ral fe ll by th e wayside durin g this
training and by 20th January, when we m et 18 Lt.
Regt. in t h e first round of the Land Forces Cham-
pions hips, th e re were 19 le ft, from whom the team
w a~ se lected.

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Commanding Officer's Preface A COMPANY

TH I S has been a good first month for 3 W e ll that was the annual s pring c lean! The
QUEENS . After our first parade on 31 st F .F .R. s lowly fad es from s ight but not memory.
December when ou r G.O.C. and senior Queens- A new nam e-'' Fit For Rol e," but th e a c tion is
man, Genera l Michae l Forrester, took the s till th e same. A good old-fas hioned s pring-clean
salute and read the Order of the Day, we settled by all.
down to preparing for our annual inspection on
24th January . But not so fast! First a four-day "The Lazy A" - the Coy. Club - goes from
Coy. exercise in winter conditions at Soltau; then s trength to strength. W e have seen some hectic
two sk i-ing cou rses in Bavaria fo r 20 men each; g am es of Pintable F ootball . This is without a
and another officer and 14 men to winter war- doubt our mos t popular indoor s port. Gon e are
the traditiona l indoor gam es of cribbage,
fare in the Harz. dominoes, e tc. Now th e c ry is: "Com e on 'Spurs ,
Brighton, etc." Whils t th e O .C. can run- a s th e
Poor Coy. Commanders! - they a re expected to results of the Bn. Cross and the Bde. Orienteer-
send th e ir men a way on ev e ry sort of activity, in ing ( re cord ed e lsewh e re in this issu e ) will b ear
addition to leave , and s till ach iev e th e high es t out. he cannot operate a pintable. "The Lazy A"
standards in everyth ing else ! And they do it ; for has th e b est "Hotdog Hos t ess" in Lemgo and
in addition to having a good In sp ection by Ge n . poss ibly in B .A.O .R . Th e re was s om e speculation
Forr est e r. the boxing t eam put up a s pl endid p e r- a s to w h eth er Hjmi e (a blac k and wh it e s panie l)
formance in their narrow defeat by the nowerful had changed his s kin!
2 Gre n. Gd s. t eam on 26th January, th e Bn . t eam s
cam e fir st a nd second in th e Bd e. O ri entee ring January has seen th e us ual s pate of winte r-
Meeting, and our winter warfa re tea m cam e bac k ty pe training, i.e. : Annual class ifi c ation and B .P .E .
f rom Si1b erhutte with much prai se for its g uts t est s. For th e latte r th e r e w e r e som e r eal HOT-
a nd g ood p e rformance. The football t eam is s till DOGS! Our c lass ifi cation produced s ome s urpri se
up at the top of our le a g ue , and .th e squas h te am results. This was fir ed on th e e le ctric targe t
is a s ye t unbe ate n in the Div. knoc kout. range and ev e n th e C oy. 2IC manage d a "'possibl e "
(from the control box !).
E ditoria l
Platoon enterprises a re be ing delved into at
C Coy. , a pi. from B Coy. and th e R ecce PI.. the mom ent. If ce rta in m emb ers of 4 PI. had
as en e m y . s t a rted off th e y ear a t Soltau in 12 th e ir way w e wou ld hav e our own "Playboy-
degrees of fros t. Exe rcise "Arctic H e ide" was de- Bunny Club" in th e Atti c. C h ick e n farm s , Play-
sig ned to give exp eri ence of warfar e in cold boy Clubs, Racing Cars (soapbox derby type)-
w eath er and th e fir st 24 hours afte r th eir arrival y ou nam e it, w e will try it. Th e re was ev e n talk
at Soltau did jus t that. How ev e r, t h e w eathe r about flooding the cellars and having our own
then c hanged and t h ey plough ed back over the indoor s wimming pool- heated of course.
training area through slush and w ere very glad
to spend the last night in t h e comparative com- Things that go bump in the night? No, not
fort of the dilapidated huts of R einsehlen! a chicken farm e r on the prowl- (more about this
dubious venture in a later issu e)- it was just 2 PI.
New s from Bav aria and th e Bn . s ki e xe rc ises brushing up on their night patrols, etc. With Coy.
has been c onfin e d to th e delighte d r e ports of those H .Q . and the odd N .C.O . from 1 PI. to a ct a s
relucta ntly returning from two w eeks at Bad en emy, m embers of 2 PI. appear to have had
Tolz. Certainly many new to the sport a re learn- quit e a Mud Lark out a t Bi este rbe rg- our loca l
ing to ski and w e trust that the founda tions of mud-bath. To the tun e of SQUELCH, PLOP and
th e Bn .'s s ki team f o r coming years a re be ing w ell ''What the • • • he ll are you holding on to m e
laid, and hope that some details will appear n ext for ?" a nig ht a ttack was put in.
month, if w e can pe rs uad e the s ki-ing office r to
return from B avaria to write them . Swimming is goin g to b e the big thing v e ry
soon . What with th e annual s wimming t ests and
On the 26th January w e w elcom ed three the A .P .C. flotati on training about to start, you
v is itors from th e Eas t Suss ex and K e nt Press- dare not leave your car parked in Barracks-
Frank Chapman, John Consta ble and Malcolm th ey 'll have your inn e r tubes for wate rwings.
Mitc h e ll. They w e r e brought to L emgo b y our old "Judo" Prin ce (C. Q.M .S .) and " G e t H eaving"
acquaintance Jack Franc is, P .R.O . a~ Shornc liffe. Pate r son (M.T . Sgt.) were las t seen huddl ed
H e had a great time showing the n ew bovs all the in a corner muttering something about buoy-
bars of L e mgo; t h e Sg<t.s.' M ess prove d th e down- ancy tanks and flotation struts. Let's hope it
fall of two but ev en they managed to get to the is a nice hot summer this year. No prizes for
P .T .A. dan ce in tim e for th e buffe t. All three won ~=~: ~~~b~~~ are about to b e c~ris t e n ed "The
the ir 432 driv ers' c e rtificates b e for e leavin g for
U.K. on 30th J a nuar y. In the sporting world, w e are holding our
own at footb a ll and bas k e tball. W e won the Bn .
Seen i n a r ecent inf orm ati on bulleti11 : "Thi s Cross Country Race--the s ilve r c up has n ev e r
note is issu ed a s an appeal to a 11 pa re nts - wi t h seen s o much b ee r! W e congratulate Pte. Robin-
or without c hi ldre n ." son on a s pl endid win in th e Bn. boxing matc h
agains t 2 Gren. Gds.

14 were unloaded a nd we drove off to a harbour a rea
where the Coy, Commander's the rmometer
B COMPANY guaranteed that the temperature was at most
20 F . It was co ld- but a good fug was made by
all. Th e n ext day was g lorious- co ld but c risp
and we had some very good train ing. The R ecce
PI. made a das hing e nemy, conspicuous in the ir
white winte r warfare clothing. The next day was
wet and the las t mild, but despite the changeable
weather a lot of valuab le train ing was achi eved .
Back in Reinsehle n Camp t he C.Q.M.S. had s upper
waitin g for us. Moreover, a visit from th e R e d
S hi e ld, plus extr acts from t h e Coy. Club, mad e
for a pleasa nt evening, whilst "Chippy" tried to
prove that wat e r wouldn't boil before th e stea l<-
and-kidney wa,; boiling (the s t ea k-and-kidney was
very good).

Pte. Ray Wandles, of B Coy. (T op): C Coy. at the end of the exe rcise.

On 2nd J a nu a r y Ptes. B logg, R e a. Rooke (48) (M iddl e): Command 432, Sgt. King.
and Eastman w e nt off for two w eeks on E xer-
c ise "Winte r Fury," a nd w e re we ll-a nd-truly bit- (Bottom): C Coy. Ambulance commanded hy
ten by the ski bug. Rooke turned out to be the Pte . John son .
best of the group and should do well in the
future. On 16th J a nua r y two g r o ups set off for
the s now fi e ld s in a very c heerful frame of mind .
They were not o nl y going skii n g, but a lso going
to miss the F .F .R.! Lt. B . H . Woodbridge took
Cpl. P e rkins, Ptes. Bright, Atkinson and T ay lor
(73 ) to Silberhutte to d o som e ve r y str e nu ous
winter warfar e training. Ptes. Micallef, Petty,
Ch a pman, Spotiswood, L eas and Gittens h ead ed
south to Bad Tolz to do some downhill skiing
under Capt. James. 7 PI. a nd a n Anti-Tank det.
w ent up to Solta u with C Coy. for a week to
learn how to look afte r themse lves in r eall y co ld
weather. In fact it turned out to be quite mild
for January a n d they got through a lot of good
training in rather wet but not very cold con-
ditions.

Our Coy. C lub, now run by L / C pl. Bea.n and
L / Cpl. Woodrow, is going very well. W e a re form-
ing close ties with som e of the Battery Clubs in
3 R .H .A . and h ave had some good parties with
them .

L/ Cpl. Porter a nd Pte. Fis h er r epresented t h e
Coy. in the Bn. boxing team in th e 4 Div. fi n a ls
and although they both lost the ir fights, t h ey put
up a good sh ow.

Cpl. D av ies has just got marri ed a nd we a re
delighted to welcome his wife to the Bn.

Pte. Richardson's bach e lo r days are n early
over, as h e gets m arried in t he middle of F e b-
ru a ry.

Capt. R. J . L. Sherrin, M.B.E., has joined us
as Coy. 2I.C. afte r completing a tour in the Far
East as Adjuta nt of the R oyal Brunei R egt. Sgt.
McEniry is about to leave us at very s h ort notice
to go to the D e pot as an inst ructor ; we w is h him
and his f a mily a ll good fo rt une.

C COMPANY

Almost the whole Coy., less our boxers and
s kiie rs, went on "Arctic H e id e." Th e c h ee rful
little group round "Chippy" W ood's burners at
Barrl Siding were most impressed by t he punc-
tuality of Germa n Railways, w hen t he train
bringing the Coy. to Soltau a rri ved s pot on t im e.
It was disappointing to learn that they had
waited for h a lf-a n-hour, threequarters-of-a-mile
dow n th e track! After a good m eal th e fi ats

Ptes. Darby, Uppington, Venner a nd Lavery 15
enjoyed t h eir s kiing ; it was bad lu ck for L / Cpl.
Pa in e t h at h e broke his ank le. Ptes. Bu n c la r ke Th e band a r e a lso attac h e d to D Coy.; n ever
a nd Marman cam e back with sore feet f rom Sil- a mom ent of the day without them practisi ng
berhutte, but th ey certainly earned their two in the c r otch et fa ctory (Music Room). Th ey have
weeks pay a nd thoroughly enjoyed t h e cou rse. a lso form ed their own pop group- the only draw-
back being no long hair.
The month came in lik e a li on, changed dur -
in g t h e exe r cise and went out li ke a lamb. At H .Q. COMPANY
present we a re pract ica ll y having a heat wave-
whe re has a ll t h e s now gone? - Long t im e pass- The past month has been characterised by
in g! t h e tu rm o il and h ubbub of pre paring for ou r
annua l administrative inspection. Plugs a nd chains
The next hurd le was th e "Adm in," now a nd vanis hing fir ebuck e ts have played an in-
l<now n as th e " Fit For Ro le" (F .F .R.l in s p ection. o r dinately important r ole. Ou r Signals PI. , und e r
Capt. Panton, produced a n impress ive a n d c re dit-
On return f rom Soltau we had ten days in ab le disp lay of vehicles a nd radios, accompanied
whi c h to get our ve hi c les up to sc ratc h and by a n unassailable lin e of techni ca l ja rgo n . The
c lean . Ev eryon e bucld ed to a nd in a re markably Drums , under Drum Major Shepherd, treated us
sh or t t im e a ll sig n of w inter t rainin g h ad van - to a display of t h e s ilve r drums presen ted to us
ished down the drains- the vehicl es o nce again by t h e peop le of Sussex-and put up a good s h ow-
looked as good as n ew. Sgt. Moodie's frantic ing in th e ir scarl e t uniform s.
effor ts we r e we ll r eward ed by th e s tandard
reached a nd our buoyancy 1ank s w ere fitted with Next s top is ou r U ni t Equipm e nt Ins p ection,
the righ t bolts. The day of t he inspection dawned w hi c h req uires h a rd and care ful work , particu-
dam p and grey, but Maj.-Gen. F orrester , th e larly from ou r d rivers. First parad e cons is ts of
ins p ecting officer, dispe ll ed a ny fee lin gs of dis- d ri vi ng out t h e A .P.C.s and getti n g the m fit for
comfort or depress ion. ins p ection . It cou ld just b e that " flo tation trials"
in early May have something to do w ith the in-
The Coy. Club goes from strength to strength , creased interest in the serv iceab ility of vehic les.
t h a nks to t h e e ffor ts of Cp l. H a rri s w ho puts in H owever, whatever t he cause, it is most h earten-
long hours to a llow us to have ou r own bar away in g to see a reall y professiona l attitude d evelop-
fr om th e m addi n g c rowd . H e is ably s upported ing towa rds A .P .C. maintenance.
by L / Cpl. Swann and PtP. Perkins. ·
Our footba ll team h as been s t eadily playing
W e welcome to t h e Coy. 2/Lt. H a rding who its way through t h e Minor Units L eag u e. O ur
h as joined u s from Mons O.C.S. a nd taken over fir st m atch o f th e month was a di s aste r for us-
9 PI. ; we w ish him a success ful tour with u s. H e a 3-all draw imposed on u s by A Coy. However ,
has r epl aced 2/ Lt. K eit h Ross w ho h as left us three days later we came back on form a nd
for th e Army You t h T ea m and w e wis h him a ll aven ged a previous d efeat by beating a much
th e best in his n ew appo in tment. improv ed L .A .D . s id e by five goals to three.

W e say f a r ew e ll to L / Cpl. Frye r , R.E.M. E ., Next Thursday we play H .Q. Sqn. 4 R.T.R.-
who is go ing bac k to England to h e lp form a A Sqn . a re ou r main ri va ls. Our team will b e
new unit of Abbots. H e h as been a g reat h elp to sadly d eplet ed by t h e selection of m a n y of our
us s in ce we a rrived h e re to ta ke up ou r A .P.C. players for a Bn. trial. Nevertheless, all con-
ro le; we will miss hi s c h eerful face. g- r a tula t ion s go to Lt. Co n s tantin e , Sgt. W atson,
Cpl. G ill , Cpl. C h a rman, P te. G rove a nd Drumm e r
F a r ewe ll . too , a nd the b est of luc k to Cpl s. White for the ir cons is t e ntly hi gh s tandard of
Nob r ega a nd Horto n , L / Cpls. Barton a n d P a rl<e r play.
and Pte. Coombs.
Ua.n d Notes (catching up on past hi sto r y)
W e w e lcome to o ur r an i< s L / Cpl. Whalley and The R egimenta l Ba nd moved with the Bn.
Pte. C larl<.
from Malta to L ydd in January, 1966. A lo n g-
D COMPANY awaited leave and a w ell-earned rest was taken
by all concerned . W e r e-assembled on the 23rd
A quici< look at the Coy. r evea ls: F ebruary just in time to say goodbye to Mr.
Sgt. Mick Collin s; w ell , hi s vo ice should be Pryce who left us to take up his new a ppoint-
worn out by now·, but it's n ot. Eve ry t hree w ee ks ment as R egim enta l Bandmaster at Can ter bu r y;
it's the same cry: 01H ave we got to m ake a we wis h him an d h is wife every h a ppin ess in th e
soldier out o f that! " a nd knowing him, tha t's future a nd would like to take this opportunity
just how they tu rn out. The n we h ave C]:> l. Phi! of t h a nkin g him for a ll the good work h e h as
Mead (Flas h ); for some t im e the m embers of done for us in the past. W e then w elcomed to
the Coy. co uld not make out what the "Flas h " our fold our new Bandmaster, Mr. Bedford, a nd
bit m eant, but now we know. T o be able to w e h ope his s ta y wi ll b e a lo n g and h ap p y one.
unde rstand hi s w ritin g is an achi evem ent but
on t he weapon t ra ining s id e h e is, to quote one W e started our s umme r tour w ith two con-
of his sayings, "Ace." Another m ember of the cer ts at D e-La-Warr P av ili o n, B ex hill , on Easte r
"C la n of the M cD ees" is C/Sgt. Bob Hows. W e l- Sunday, a nd we continued our c lose association
com e to t h e Coy., Colour, and the very best of w ith Sussex by playing at fetes a nd carnivals
luck- he's bound to n eed it. Also welcome throughout the country, but undoubtedly our
(and soon w e will be sayi ng goodbye) to L / Cpl. biggest success was at Goodwood in August, when
Derek Burnett-who one day will m eet his match we playe d b e for e a crowd of 40,000 f o r th e run-
in c h ess! T o h e lp in the Coy . w e h ave Pte. Jim ning of the "Royal Sussex Stakes ," won by Ulster
Coope r, accom modatio n sto re man a nd Coy. a rt is t Prince.
Martin (F atty) Mills, \vinter warfare a nd adven -
ture trai ning storeman ; Dave Gra y ling, ·w eapon 1st Septem ber saw t h e end of ou r Summe r
training storeman; R an T ree, arm s storeman , T ou r a nd our s tay at L ydd; th e s in g le m e n go-
and Dav id H owe wh o is Coy. c le rl< . ing on leave and t h e fam ili es m oving to B.A.O.R .
Our con g t·atulation s to our O.C., Maj. T arver, At t his time w e also said goodbye to Drum Major
on being awarded the M.B.E. We welcome back and Mrs. Cullen and '"e wis h th em every s uccess
L t. Peter Broadb ent a nd Lt. Steve Thorpe a nd h app in ess for th e fu ture in civ ilian life.
(Weapon Training Officers).
Th e L .A .D ., which is attac h ed to D Coy., is Ou r fir st en gagem ent in B.A.O.R . was on t h e
a band of c h eerful lads, a ll of t h e m bei n g good 8th October, w h en w e B eat the Bounds of
all-rounders. Sometimes referred to as the nuts- H a rne ln . This is a cere mony w hic h dates back
and-bolts of D Coy. som e 700 yea rs and invo lved t h e Band a n d a

16 Football

la rge procession of adults and c hildren dressed The wintry conditions have restricted the
as rats and mice , marc hing around th e city, with numbe r of games of assoc ia tion football p layed.
(of course) numerous stops for refreshment. This The qua n tity of s now a nd ice has been s m a ll ,
con s isted of a ll kinds of m eat s, schnappes and, of but ra in has tu rned th e pitches into miniature
co urse, pl e nty of the local brew . I t was a la k es. The Bn. t eam h as p layed only one game.
thoroughly e njoyable da y a nd w e a ll look for- los ing narrowly to H .Q. 4 Div. by 4 goals to 3.
ward to a repeat performance this year. In Octo-
ber we spent a ve r y enjoyable fiv e days at Bad Minor leagu e football h as fa r ed littl e b e tte r
T olz, on t h e occasion of the 17t h Ann ive rsary of with Coys. a rra ng ing fixtures on ly to cance l
t h e 7th U.S.A. N.C.O.s Acade my. Apart from the th em at the las t minute . On e outs tanding res ult
many cere moni es w e play ed a t, we a lso Beat must be highlig h ted; that was a great effort
Retreat a nd made many fri ends a nd I am pl eased by A Coy. in holding t he ver y s t rong H .Q. Coy.
to say w e h ave a lready had a r eturn v isit at to a 3-all draw wh e n Pte. Fos ter, a Bn. playe r,
L e mgo from a cou ple of t he senior N .C.O.s. a lmost d e moral ised th e H .Q. team with hi s
efforts.
Mums and Dadsl
Th e next f ew w eel< s wi ll decid e the Bn. 's
would like a copy of the Journal. futu re in cu p football, as w e e nt e rta in 1 Inni s-
kill in gs on 18th F ebruary in th e fir s t round of th e
Why not send them one through the Infantr y Cup. A r eport of t h is matc h a nd its
Editor? outstand ing playe rs wi ll appear in th e n ext
issue.
D ecember saw us as the Divis ional Duty
Band for t h e first time in B.A.O.R. ; t hi s duty, Squash
a lon g with Regime nta l commitments, proved
quite a tas k . In fact, the wee k prior to Christmas Since the last notes appeared we have, un-
saw us out 22 tim es with one or a noth er com- fortun ate ly, b een d e f ea t e d by 3 R.H.A. in t h e
bination . Ou r final p e rforman ce for 1966 was, of semi-fina l of t h e 4 Div. In ter-Unit Squash Com -
course, th e re-badging cere mon y on 31st D ecem- petition . Th e score was 3-2. This was a great
ber, when the insp ecting officer was G.O.C. 4 Div . di sappointm e nt a nd a n un exp ecte d res ult, a s in
Although the parad e was a sad on e, w e look ed t h e past w e have con s iste ntl y b eaten 3 R.H .A . in
forward to our role in th e n ew , big R egim e nt. the local Squash Le ag ue . Anyway. co ngratulation s
to our opponents on reaching the final.
Th e on ly a ddition to t h e r a nks of ou r married
m e n is Bdsm . Marshall , w ho got marri ed in W e have, h owe ve r, re tain ed our position at
Decembe r. H owever on th e family s ide (prod uc- the top of t h e 20 Armd . Bde. Inte r -Uni t Squas h
tion line) w e, as normal, kept up our average L eagu e, d ef eating- t h e followin g teams: Sgts.'
with girls going to Sgt. and Mrs. Pow e ll , Bds m . Mess 3 R.H.A. 4- 1 ; H .Q. 20 Armd . Bde. 4- 1.
and Mrs. Murray, and boys to L / Cpl. a n d Mrs.
L evett, Bdsm. and Mrs. Copp a rd , Bdsm. and Mrs. The only fr iendly game w e have played was
Smith a n d Bds m . and Mrs. Till ey. Our promotions aga in st R.A.F . G uter s loh , who beat us 5- 0.
for the year have been Sgt. McMamus, and
L / Cp ls. Bal< e r an d L evett; we wis h t h e m ever y W e w elcome Maj. S . B . Ellwood as a member
s uccess. of the Bn. team .

Sgts.' Mess Notes "Orie n teering"

With the first full month in th e n ew R egi- On 27th J a nua r y the Bn. ran a Bd e. Com-
m e nt behind us, we are st ill h ard at it preparing petition on th e N ew Army s port of Orienteering.
f or th e co min g training season . W e w e re to ld Thi s was originall y a Scandinav ian in vention a nd
when we firs t a rrived that t h e tra inin g season provides a cons id e rab le t est of c lear-thinkin g,
s lowed down during the w inter months; they map reading and c ross country running.
were obviously joking!
The competition was staged on the wooded
Th e e nte rta inm ent in th e m ess is still going hill overlooking L emgo, w ith t h e start and finis h
full swing, our best effor t being the T ramps Ball in Stornoway Barracks. Tw e nty -three teams tool<
h e ld on 21st January. Need less to say, it was part, producing a total of 92 runn e rs, draw n from
ha ngovers a ll round on Sunday morning. a ll th e units in 20 Armd. Bde.

W e a re paying a visit to 1 QUEENS m ess on Th e day w e n t w e ll with a co nsta nt strea m
4th F ebruary, a nd hope to report on this function of runn e rs leav in g a nd e ntering the barracks at
in th e n ex t issue. This is a return for t h e ir three-minute in te rvals. Th e woods w e re full of
coming down to say "h e llo" a nd have a drink exhaus ted competitors juggling with map a nd
last D ecemb e r . compass, peering hopefull y through t he trees a n d
looking for th e red a nd white t in s which m a rl<ed
Many con g ratulations to our r ecently pro- ch eck points.
moted members ; they are: Sgt. Barry R odgers,
John Catt, Nick King a nd Eddie Lawr en ce. W e Towards the end , exc item ent mounted as w e
wish them every s uccess. W e would like to w e l- a ll wa ited for t h e last f ew ru nn e rs to com e in .
com e two of our m embers back from postings: Results were being wr itte n up in the Gymnasium
C/ Sgt. Bob Hows and Sgt. D ave Bailey. by the In t. Sec., w hil e Mr. B edford and t h e Band
p layed to the c r owd of s p ectators. At last th e
Our Sgts.' Mess darts team didn't do so well final runn er cam e t hroug h to t h e finis h, but h e
in the D etmold L eagu e, but they did not disgrac e was late a nd the results were a lready a fo rgone
us; better luck next year. Our cribbage team won conclusion. And w ha t a resu lt for 3 QUEENS!
th e c ribbage-we ll done, "O ld Uns !"
1st Major Unit T eam - 3 QUEENS: Lt.
With the F .F .R. inspectio n behind us, t h e Thorpe 2/ Ll. Ross, Cpl. Norton, L / Cpl.
n ext hurdl e is the U.E.I. in F ebruary, plus cadres, Whall ey.
plus shooting, plus drill parades . . HELP!
2nd Major Un it T eam - 3 QUEENS : Maj .
Ellwood , Maj . .Cronin, Maj. Steph en son,
Capt. P a nton.

(Th e average age of th e t ea m is a r ound 35!)
In dividua l winn e r : Lt. Thorpe.
Third individual : L / Cp l. Wha ll ey.
Altogether very satisfactory, a nd perhaps
the beginn ing of a tradition for orienteering.

4th Battalion
-tn N. Ireland

Editorial The hills behind Palace Barracks provide lots
of incentive for cross-country running enthusi-
OVERSEAS tours of duty arc usually greatly asts, but for those who are not they indicate
sought after and the prospect of many a noth er w eeke nd of stiff legs. We have agai n
months' service in the United Kingdom is not started the practice of holding fortnightly runs
often thought of as being very pleasing. for all members of the bn. "not on essential duty,"
a nd what a shock it has been to some of us to
All too frequently a home posting means discover that the duties which frequently keep us
too little to do in an unattractive part of the working into the night on weekdays are not so
country and too much time to do it in. Fortu- essential on Saturday mornings. Pale-faced a nd
nately, this has not so far been our lot. Ireland inky-fingered we emerge from Orderly Room,
generally is a very pleasant country and U lster P.R.I. emporium. Pay Office a nd stores, to gasp
has its fair share of interesting and even beautiful our way through the mud, thinking that death
would be a boon and on reaching the blessed
terra in . haven of the finishing line find that, wonder of
wonders, we are not last home.
As always t h e official training areas are the
least inviting regions, but even these have their This training is having m ark e dly beneficial
own peculiar advantages. H owever. we are by no effects, both in the bn. and the Coy, teams. In a
means tied to the official areas for our training. triangular match against the Royal Ulster Con-
The RoY'al Ulster Co n stabulary is extreme ly stabulary and the North I rish Brigade D epot, the
friendly and co-operative and the rifle companies bn. Cross-country team was beaten into second
have little difficulty in obtaining permission to place by •the police. Far from being a setback
run "dry" t r aining in some of the best parts of this defeat proved a spur to greater efforts and
North ern Irela nd. The lakeland district of County the bn. team w ent on, some days later, to win the
Fermanagh and t h e Mourne Mount·ains are Northern Ireland Command Championship, with
rapidly becoming the two favourite areas of Capt. Hubert, Pte. Bott, Cpl. Hamill , L / Cpl. Con-
"operations." I t is in such places that one can stant and Pte. Mullinger in the first twelve. W e
reap the twofo ld •benefit of getti n g in some really have great hopes for their success in the Army
worthwhile tra•ining •and also seeing some splendid Championships at Aldershot in F ebruary.
scenery. In addition, for those so inclined, there
is som e interesting s hooting to be had. Soccer, as always, is extrem ely popular and
despite our defeat by two goals to one by the
Our own "home," Palace Barracks, comprises 417 Dragoon Guards in the Army Cup, enthusiasm
modernised, red-brick two-storey barrack blocks, is st ill th e re. In addition to th e Minor Units Inter
which are by no m eans as grim looking as they Coy, L eague, many "friendly" match es are played.
sound, a nd, one most important point, the central with the r esult that much n ew tale n t is being
heating system k eeps all rooms a lmost luxuriously encouraged and we have hopes of introducing
warm. new blood into the bn. teams next season.

W e find that there is no lack of entertain- Because of the dearth of courts, Squash has
ment here. Belfast, six miles away, a lthough no been mainly a minority inter est in the past.
"swinging city," nonetheless proves quite an Although we are still rationed to a s ingle court,
attraction almos:t every evening in the week. as we are nonetheless trying to introduce this excit-
the local bus companies and taxi services can ing game to a ll ranks, and thus break th e
testify, Th e city is a lso an excellent shopping tradition of it being an "officers" game. Com-
centre, rivalling many large cities in Britain. panies have purchased squash kit and a varied
cross-section of the bn. is "having a go"! (As
Social events are almost non-existent in evidence, see blood-spattered court floor!)
Northern Ireland on Sundays a nd Palace Bar-
racks t h en becomes the Mecca of the local dis- To round off the 1966/ 67 seaso n the re is to be
trict. Every Sun day evening a dance is held in a Command Individual Tourname nt in mid-March .
the Junior R ·anks' Cl ub . So popular is this fun c- The Tournam e nt is to be divided into two parts.
tion, not only with our own soldiers, but a lso with ·an Open Championship, and a Junior C hampion-
t h e local young lad ies, that it becomes n ecessary ship. Entry to the latter is limited to personnel
to r estrict entry! of the rank of W.O.I and b e low, and we fully
expect to be w ell represen ted in both parts. Th e
In general. the Northern Irish are very honour of representing Northern Ireland Com-
friendly a nd pro-Army, but there still exists, mand in the Army Cup Competition did not fall
based in the South, a n illegal fringe elemen t who to us this year, although our team returned a
are determined to further the aims of the o ld creditable p erform·ance in winning two of their
I .R.A. This group, althoug h s mall, still poses a four matches.
minor threat to security a nd peace of mind and
for this reason guard duties are much more than As readers will have gathered from the first
a ceremonial task. To help us in preserving our edition of the R egimental Journal, Ru6by is a
own security we have a war dog section ; fierce, most thriving sp ort amongst Die hards. A d eta il ed
powerfully built Alsatians w ho will behave tam ely account of th e exploits of the warriors of the Ln.
only with their own customary handlers, a nd so XV appears elsewhere in this edition.
provide a very real deterrent tOrce. W e a ll have a
healthy respect for our canine sentries, but would After som e years in the doldrums, Hock ey is
hasten to add that '1bein g given th e option" on again growing in popularity a nd every afternoon
Company Commanders' Order s does not m ean company teams do battle on the squa re. From the
being given the choice of paying up or being number of sticks broken each week one suspects
thrown to the war dogs! that some ·worthies are endowed \vith more
enthusiasm than skill, but nt least the enthus iasm
is unfeigned.

18 (Top ):
At drink s in th e Dining Hall on Ve sUng Day:
P u r posely we h ave left till last t h e most The Conunan<ling Officer , Lt.-Col. J. N. S hip-
importan t even t o f the m on th- ou r tra nsitio n ste r, D.S .O., propos ing t:hc Toas t to the N e w
from 1st Bn. The Middl esex R egi m en t (D .C.O.)
to 4th Bn. The Queen's R egim e n t (Middlesex). R egiment.
S a turd a y, 31st D ecember, 1966, d aw n e d ve r y co ld
b u t m e r c ifully d r y. Th e w h ole b n . t urned o u t fo •· (M idd le): Pte. 1\'Jarshall with " Caesar.''
a D r umhead S e r vice o n t h e Square. Ou r o ld fl ag
was lowered and the new one ra ised, the bn. gave (Botto m ): PauS<• for breath a t th e Vesting
three cheer a nd then m a rched past; our B rigade D a y Ball .
Co mm a nd e r ta kin g- th e >;alute. Becau se of t h e
w ea t h e r , t h e S e rv ice a nd Para de w e re n eces::;aril y
s h o rt but f o r a ll th a t we r e bo t h mo v ing a nd
impressive. Afte r th e ceremoni al th e cele bratio ns
began . At lun c h time a ll ranks asse mbled in t h e
Dining H a ll for drinks a nd th e Co mm a n d ing
O ffice r proposed t h e t oast to ou r n e w R eg im e n t.

The evening of Vesting D ay saw t he climax
of the ce le bra tions. Th e W .O.s a nd Sg t s.' Mess
had tra nsform ed th e Gymnasium into a ballroom
a nd •arra nged a s umptuous buffe t. At around nin e
o'c loc k danc ing c omm e nced a nd went on to 3 a .rn .

There rem a ined but one m ore t hing to do to
set the s ea l on our new id entit y. On 27th J anua ry
t h e Office r s' Mess e nte rta ined th e W .O.s a t t he
first Guest Night of the 4th B n. Th e Queen 's
R egim ent (Middl esex). On t his occasio n . th ere
being only Queen's m en present, w as proposed
fo r the fir s t time the n ew toas t, "Princess M,ar ina.
Duc h ess of K e n't, our Co lone l-in-Chi e f.

Headquarte r Company- Coy. H.Q.

Th e 1967 look of H .Q. Coy. is pl eas ing to
m e mber s of Coy. H .Q . clu e to t h e d ec r ease in
posted strength . The R egimental B a nd and Corps
of Drums " be at a r etrea t" to D Coy. by earl y
J a nu a r y. Th eir posting m eant the loss of m a n y
of our best sports m en and charac ters but was a
n ecess ary st ep to sto p H .Q. Coy. str eng th r each -
ing th e ridi c ulous. Immig ratio n con t ro l Of in -
dividuals had failed.

This s treamlining should have resulted in a
lesser adminis trative t ask for u s in Coy. H .Q ., b ut
so far this has not been so. Leave, cadres, courses
and other training have been crammed into our
progra mme of 1h e last two to three mont h s.

Th e organis ation of Chris tmas leave for a ll
wa s difficult du e to a h eavy commitm ent of duti es
but most of those who spent Christmas in uni-
form w ere consoled by a N ew Year g ra nt in lieu.
With the majority of the Coy. still ha ving a n
entitl em ent to privil eg e leave befor e April , 1967,
it was th e start of block lea ve within 14 d ays of
the N ew Y ear!

With th e birth of 4 QUEENS w e w e lcom e
Maj . H ew son a s our Coy. Commande r a nd wis h
hin1 an e njoya ble s ta y. W e are proud to a nnoun ce
that h e may now be contact ed by telephone-as
Cpl. Graham has discovered, a fter a vis it by a
telephone engineer- that telephones will work if
one switches on the electric ity ! A s w e w elcome
Ma j. H ew son we say goodbye to Maj. H ayward .
After r elinquishing the appointmen t of "Space
Banana - Atkinson," he became too ex e rci se-
m erry for H.Q. Coy.; his t alen ts were noted a nd
he was whisk ed away to Comma nd a Rifle Coy.
W e a ll th a nk him very muc h for hi s effo r t s in
the Coy. and wis h him all t he best in his new
a ppointment with B Coy.

Our C.S .M.. W.O.II E astap , has th e Q .M.'s
store in a state of s iege and maintains the re will
b e no le t-up until "c lobbe r ," b efitting a W .O .I , is
ise ued to enabl e him to depa rt on a posting to
Woolwich .

Pte. (Lanky) Allan volunteer ed for t h e extra
clerical duties of organising lea ve for the Coy.
and found himself with a full-time responsibility.
From before Christmas until 14th J anuary he
could be seen (head a nd shoulders, a nywa y)
a bove ·a pil e of leave passes until h e d ecid e d th at

platoons a nd grou ps of H .Q. Coy. a1·e not se lf 19
administered. It was then that h e showed the
initiative that makes a Diehard. H e dis appea,·ed- we welc om e a ll t h e membe r s of the Coy. n ew ly
th C' only trace left of him was a leave cou nte rfoil arrived from the 2nd Bn. and th e Depot. Th ese
bearing the name Pte. All an! have arrived jus t in tim e to ftll som e of the gaps
created by R egimenta l Signals and Junio r N .C.O.'s
The other h a lf of our H.Q. operates on the cad res a nd also th e ne w D em o ns tration Sec tion
floor below th e Coy. Offices. Th e C.Q.M.S., C/ Sgl. for the D epot. L /C pl. Lom as and his merry men
Smith, and his sto r em en have been bu sy with go to Canterbury with our good wishes a nd our
pre parations for the Administratio n In s pectio n confid e n ce that th ey will acq uit th e m selves w ell ;
which lal<es place early in F ebruar y, With w e look forward to see ing them agai n in April.
soldiers of the Coy. requiring more than the usual W e are just coming to t h e end of our fortnig h t
amount of 01Q" services, the Coy. Stores is a hive as Duty Coy.; our swan song here will be the
of industry . Guard of Honour fot· the c p e ning of th e Belfast
Winter Assize. So, des pite the rain, back to the
P erhaps the best s ummary of our recent few s quare!
weel<s in Coy. H.Q. was given by C/Sgt. Smith
when he was heard to remark as he gazed a t his B Compa.ny
ration roll - " With the co urses , ca dres . leave,
exercises, detachments. a ttac hm e nts a nd postings Th e Coy. has put th e wal·m ail·s of Guya na
w e are s uffe ring at th e mom en t, I defy a nyo ne to behind it and at the time of writing these notes
get a perm on their football coupons which can is braving the cold a nd windy wa st es of the
better the ones on this ration roll." W eek end Tra ining Centre at Ballykinler.

A Com pany Inev itably the co ming of 1967 h as brought
In an attempt to recover from Christmas with it con s id e r a bl e c h a nges in the Coy. MaJ .
Norton has handed over to Maj. Hayward a nd
and the New Y ear, we started 1967 with two quick is doing another tour with the Parachute Bde.-
Coy. exercises in the first w ee k . The firs t of these w e are told h e is getti ng a h eavy drop Coy., but
was a follow-on from a rnarch w e had carried it is unders tood there is nothing- pers onal in this.
out about a week before Chris tmas in which we Capt. Lofting is handing over to Capt. Goring
covered so m e e ighteen mil es in s ix hours. This and following hi s predecessor to the P .R.I. Lt.
time w e used an adaptation of the Iigh t scale of Monlgomery has gone to the Infantry Junior
transport ferrying system and managed to cover Leaders Bn. where he s hould be an expert 1n
26 b mil es in th e same time with less effort, sti ll Adventure Training ; no doubt many a young
k eeping two platoons up. Our statistics will soldier will hear of his jungle exploits. Wh eth er
undoubtedly improve as those n ew to the Coy. get 8 Pl. will continue to be such a destruc tive force
th eir feel hardened! Two days later we were under Lt. Daniell remains to be seen, some would
in th e Mourn e Mountains on a map reading say "we hope not"! Lt. Carlston has handed over
and endurance exercise which took us some 5 PI. to 2/ Lt. Colbo urne, a nd las tly after a period
seve nteen mil es, mostl y above the s now line. On of 16 yea rs' se rvice with the Coy., C / Sgt. Clements
each occasion we w e re very lucky in that the h'\S hand ed ove r to C/Sgt. Arge nt and is going to
weath er was s unny . On )_Qth January we set off the Kenya Army Training T ea m- it will be
to the D erry Hills and Jespile thick fog when interesting to see how some of his w e ll-known
over the l ,OOOft. contour, managed a s u ccessful c ries and words of enc oul·agem e nt are received
anu enjoya ble day bandit hunting on an IS by our Commonwealth broth Brs.
exercise. W e gleaned many lesso n s from thi s . as
many of the Coy. had not exercised in this type Soon after our leav e Coy. H .Q . w e re busy
of cou ntry and climate for som e years. It's not a getting the dust off the S.O.P.'s fot· the two Bn.
bit like Tobruk or Guyana. How eve r. we a r e gel- s ig nal exercises, which were a warm up for the
ling used to it and are off to F ermanagh at th e BdE:.. exercise- perhaps "warm up" is the wrong
beginning of next month for another exercise. term as there are not manv co ws h eds in Co.
We are determined to see as much of th e s ix Down that cou ld be mad e wal·m even with n e wl y
counties as we can whilst we are here; judging acquired "stoves s itting and warming." The prob-
from the depth of some of the bogs it is more lem Of putting up the Airborne Shelter in a high
than likely that this view will be both from the wind made it easy to see how the nam e was
ins id e and out. se lected; Ptes. Mil so m and Baimbridge will vouch
for this. Pte. Nagle found that be ing "exc used
In the realm of inter-Coy. sport, w e have boots" was not the best position to be in when
started s uccessfull y in squash and won the inte r- most of the time was s pent in mud.
Coy cross-country in a most decisive manner .
Captained by Pte . Smart, the team had ou1· "six Th e C oy. had its f a i1· s hare of parti es over
to count" in th e fir s t eleven places and score d a the Christmas period. 5 PI. had an excellent Sun-
total of 39 points to the 100 gained by our n ea res t day morning drink s pal·ty , at whi c h presentations
rival. w e re mad e and Pte . Al exander made a s peec h in
hi s own particular style. On the s trength of this
We w elcome Capt. Deakin as 2IC a nd wish h e was asked to a ppear again at the Coy. Com-
Capt. Clarke ever y s u ccess as O.C. D Coy.; mander's and C / Sgt.'s farew e ll- having reached
the mol"tar pi. were sorry to see Ll. Dani ell thif honoured position he has now left us to
go after so long with A Coy. and we wish become the Brigade Ma jor's orderly.
him and hi s family the b est Of luck in his
new appointment with 42 Arm y Youth Team . W e On the s ports fi e ld the Coy. football team
are pleased to see Ll. Carlston in his stead and came third in the league, but if we had won the
welcome 2/ Lls. Jonklaas and Ward-Brown who last match against C Coy., w e would have been
have taken over the rifle pis. Lt. Lowri e is off on the league winn ers. Our main goal scorers were
the Support Weapons course and Lt. Truman is Ptes. Coulter and Travc rs-Hill. A Coy. were
at Warminst er and thence to the Depot. W e offer beaten at Rugby and two of our team, Cpl. Black-
our hearty cong1·atulalions to C/Sgts. Arge nt a n d burn and Pte . And erso n. play fo1· the Bn. XV.
Scott and Sgt. Rc;binson on their promotion and WC' came seco nd in the Bn . Cross-co untry corn -
are so rry to Jo se C/Sgt. Argent to B Coy. W e petition, in which Pte. Mullinger was placed
welcome back Sgt. Willis and also a re g lad to second- a very good individua l effort. On the Bn.
have Sgt. Da Costa with n s for a while to lea rn l'Un another s oldier tried a good individual e ffort
the mysteries of rnortaring so h e can pa ss th ese by overtaking the majority of the runners who
on to the 5th Bn. were struggling up a steep hill- only h e was
t·iding on t h e bac k of a bread va n! This effor t
W e wish L / Cpl. Tomlinson and Ple Brown was not appreciated.
all th e ve r y best of luck in c ivilia n life.· Fina lly ,

20 of t h e No i·th 's indo mi table s pirit a s m a ll fo rce
of in t r e pid r es istance fighters se t out to sabotage
A s t h e Annu a l Administrative Ins pection gets the power lines fr om th e m a jor dam in t he a rea.
nearer, there seem to be cadres f or everything.
W e h ave our own driv ing cadre, bu t we h ope t h a t A t 0315 h rs t h e cad re / r esistan ce wo rkers
th e pote nti a l dr ivers d o no t ac hieve a n ything li ke were d ropped at t he foot of t he pla n tation-
th ~J reco rd th at som e o f o ur dr ive rs h ave do ne in covered western fl a nl< of th e Moun ta ins a nd the
t h e p ast year . W e cannot affo rd a n amp hib ious exerc ise began fo r th e m w ith a br isk c lim b
3-t on con vers ion c ourse now even th o ug h we h ave throug h the woods on to t he hig h g round.
tw o qu a lified instructors in Ptes. Silk a n d Craw-
f o rd 09. This p h ase was executed w e ll , ap a~t fro m o n e
g roup w ho scaled an txtra Mounta in ~Y the
Already quite a few place na m es a r e a ppear- s impl e techniqu e of set ting a back -b earmg on
ing on th e "Forecast of Tra ining" notices- Otter- t h c· ir compass ! A t t h e end of t h e fir st ph ase th e
burn and Libya for a start, a nd these places no raid e rs m et up wi t h a ''l ocal agent" a nd w ere
doubt will g ive m embers of th e Coy. a ch a n ce to g iven o rders f or th e next phase-a cup of tea,
exer c ise so m e o f t h e m a n y t a le n ts t h ey developed so m e w a tery porridge a nd a d ay's ratio n:;. o ne
in G uyana. live c hicken p er g r oup. Mos t of th ese Chic k e n s
were summarily executed on th e spot.
C Company
Jus t befor e Christm as we bad e farewell to Seven minutes was a llowed at t h e R .V. with
the age n t a nd th en th e indiv idual g roups set off
Ma j. J . S . B . P ollard, w ho has comma nded the O!l t h eir m a rch to th e firm base for the attack,
Coy. s ince its fo r m ation in F ebruar y, 1966. W e throu g h a vall ey h e a v ily p a trolle d b y th e e n e m y
wish him and his family an enjoyable tour in both on foot a nd in vehicles. After some spirited
Y o r k. pursuits severals g roups were captured and
suffered th e p en a lty- be ing ta k en back three
In a dditio n to w elco ming ou r new Coy. Com - miles th e way th ey h a d •com e ! Th e e n e m y, h ow-
m ander, Maj. M. E . Girling, we extend a warm ever, took pity on one g roup of bird ~anc ie rs
welcom e t o the R ecce P I. w h o, afte r b e ing who in s is te d on ca rry ing th e ir c hic l< e n h ve a nd
att ac h e d to C Coy. in G u ya n a , a r e n ow d e finit ely in one in oid e n~t th e indig n a nt s quawking of th e
p a rt of th e Coy. fowl drowned even L /Cpl. Davidson's gasping as
h e c oll a p sed clu t c hing a r a th e r-dish evell ed bird t o
Christm as was enjoyed by the m a jority of the his chest.
Coy. a w ay a t hom e. bu t t h er e ·w er e oth ers. w ho
rem a ined in camp to do the g ua rds a nd duties. On a rrival a t the base, the prepara tion and
cooking of the (by now ) tatty chicken corpses
Th ere are always many earnings and g o ings produced s om e wond e rful s ig hts. Th e da ys of
on the re turn from an overseas tour and the past offe ring burnt sac rifices, it would seem , are not
fout months have seen many. W e must say f are- o ve r! The "m eal" was f o llo w e d by some rest.
w ell to S g t. Stev e ns (post ed to th e Juni or L ead ers Orde r s f o r t h e atta c l< w e r e issu ed a nd at mid-
Bn. Osw estry); Cpl. Crook (abtach ed to Unit P ay night the combined g roups m oved off to m eet
T eam ); Capt. G oring (to be 2IC B Coy.) . F a r ew e ll t he ir g uid es fo r th e fin a l diffic ult move to th e
and many cong ratulations on his promotion to o bj ective . All t h a nks to "Mo unta ins " D a Costa
Sg t . M c lean ; w e lc om e to Capt. H . M. du V. Loh a n a nd "Alpin e" Argen t. B y thi s tim e th e wea th er
as 2IC of the Coy., fresh from th e H ong K ong had d ete riora t ed , with low cloud a nd a strong,
R egimen t (The Volunteers); Cpls. S tewar t a nd b;tterly cold w ind blowing. The a t t a c k i n g
Molo n ey, L /Cpl. B a rtle a nd a h ost of o th e r s w h o p a rty a rri ved , la id o u t th e ir p ro tection gro ups
were a ttach ed to 1 QUEENS pending our return a n rl th e d e moli t ion p a rty m oved do w n t o th e
from Gu yana. ohje ctiv e. Th e c h arges we r e pl aced , but alas !-
t!\P. fu se w as mi ss ing. Appa r e ntl y t h e coil of D 10
In the sport ing w orld we won t h e Inter -Coy. cable so la boriously humped to t h e da m had g one
F oo tba ll Compe tition at th e c lose of 1966 a n d a bse nt wh e n L /C pl. D a nn fell down a moun tain
prov ided h a lf th e Bn. Rugger T eam , whic h with much cla tte r a nd bruis ing of s hins. Th e
r each ed th e last eig ht in t h e Arm y C up. W e hop e s pa re fu se had to be u sed, but the miss ion w as
to win th e Inte r-Coy. Small B ore L eagu e, b u t f eel accomplish e d .
t h e a n c ie nt s t a lwa rts of H .Q . Coy . a r e c r eep in g
up on us. Ma n y points were broug h t out to both in-
di v idu a ls a nd the cadre as a w hol e. Th e n eed
D Company for accura t e n a viga ti on a nd pos itive le ad e rship
when m en a r e cold a nd tired. being only two.
Th e Co y. v irtually "re form e d" o n ret urn fr o m
G uyan a, where the administra tive elem ent had Fina lly . congra tul a tions to L /Cpls. T ofts a nd
form ed the second (Georgetown) H eadquarter s W atson for winning the m ap-reading whisk ey
o f H .Q. Coy., a nd th e "G" Staff h a d b een th e prize; L / C pls. S oall a nd D av ids on for th e ir prac-
Training Cadre for the Guyana D efence F orce. t ical con t ribu tio n to t h e ideals of th e R .S .P .B.;
a nd to Pte. P erks fo r h aving t h e courage to eat
H aving reformed, w e then rece ived into D hi" a ll-in s t ew unde r di ffic ul t condition s.
Coy. the B a nd a nd Corps <.f Drums in a dditio n t o
our tradit ional role of be ing Cadre Coy. Signal Platoon

On e o f th e b e n efi ts of t his is in B n . s po r ts in Chris tm as is now ove r a nd th e old year go n e.
th a t the r e are now fi ve r eason a bl y ba la n ced s u b- With its g oing h as disappeared a very arduous
units, ins tead of t hree Rifie Coys. a nd a n over- a nd tedious period for t he pl.; unpacking from
s ized H.Q. Coy. W e full y expect to m a k e ou r Guyana and setting up in new premises was
entra nce as a sporting Coy. very soon. difficult enough , bu t coupled with a n c ient equip-
m ent brou g ht back f r om South Am erica , it w as
Th e fir st cadre was run from 18th Nov e m ber frustra ting, as every set ha d to be sent to work-
t o 21s t D ecembe r, 1966. This was fo r junior shops to be thoroughly checked, repa ired, ser-
N .C.O .'s promoted du r ing t h e p e riod in G u ya n a, \'ice d and modifi ed . Thi s, while normal pl. train-
and was a s uccess. Th e fin a l exerc ise is describ ed Ing . Sig n a l Cad res, Coy. exer c ises, Bd e. C.P.
in more d etail below. exerc ises are an go ing on , has caused much ex tra
w ork f or t h e pl. Sgt . Maj ., W .O.II B ill Willi a m -
Ex. "1\'lourne Delight" son a nd Capt. Cowing, t h e R.S .O.
As a climax to th e N .C.O's con t inua tion cad re
Chris tm as d ecora tio ns, lig hting fo r con certs
which w as run in D ecem ber , D Coy. g irded up its a ll see m to be th e s ig n a l pla toon 's luc kless t as k
loins a nd sallied forth to t h e Mounta ins of a nd this year was n o exception. However, most
Mourn e for ex e rc ise "Mourn e D e lig h t."

Hostile forces had invaded N. Irela nd a nd
diverted th e H yd r o Electri c P ower fro m th e
reservo ir d a m s in th e Mournes away from B el-
f as t a n d w e r e u s ing it f or t h e m selves. A s a s ig n

of the pi. managed to lake leave over th e festive 21
season and those who w ere on duty have now
had theirs. F or the few sing le m embers who are und ergoing similar exp eriences a nd w e w_ish
rema ined behind, a happy Christmas lunch was them good fortune and look forward to seemg
se r ved b y th e R.S .O. a nd Sgt. Stewart. them back amo ng us as junior N.C.O.s.

Th e Pl. h as h ad d etachm e nts with the r ifle Lastly, our best wishes to Cpl. Morley, who
Coys. at both Ballyk inler a nd Magilligan tra ining h as bee n elected preside nt of the Cpls.' Mes s.
camps. Exe rcises both by day a nd nig ht h ave There is much work a h ead of him a nd w e hope
taken. place a nd not only sig:nalling ability but h e will be ab le to s pare u s s om e time between
mt ttat tve has bee n t ested. It ts th e pi. policy to his n ew duties and hi s f ootba ll co mmitm e nts.
have at least one exerc ise ,a week a nd th e c t:edit
fot• t h e s u ccess of th ese goes to Sgt. Stewart, who Transport P latoon
is coptng both as Rad1o a nd Lme Sgt. , while Sgt.
Fish e r IS attac h e d to D Coy. as an in s tructor on The latter part of November w as taken up
th e N.C.O.'s Cad r e. W e w er e d e lighted to see Maj. with t h e pl. bus ily prepar ing vehicles for a Bn .
Hewso n, who ha s just taken over as Coy, Co m- exerc ise to he lp us prepare for a Bde. exerc ise
mander, out on our night exercise and hope he which was to take pl ace s everal days later. Th e
will join us again. exerc ise proved to be very interes ting and a Jot
wa s learnt b y a ll.
Cpls . Barratt and H ami ll h ave r ecentl y
fini shed instructing a pre-Hythe Cadre a nd Capt. The exerc ise over. preparations began in
Bullock, Cpls. Hu tto n a nd Th eobald have jus t earnest for the pl. Christmas activities. This in-
gone to H ythe ; we w tsh them t he very best for volved firstly a Pl. Dinner a nd Da nce. Invitations
a n e njoyable course. Cpl. Hamili has n o\v r eturn ed wer e sen t to t h e Coy. Co mmande r , the C.S .M. a n d
to cross-country running for the Bn. a nd (like their ladies, together with the wives a nd girl
Capt . Cowing before Chris tmas with rugger a nd frie nds of a ll m e mbers of the pi. Th is tu rned out
squas h ) w e shall p robably not see him around to b e a very s u ccessfu l evening during w hich Cpl.
much . Johnny Wells a nnounced his engagement, which
wao greeted by yells a nd "boos" from th e s ing le
N ewly rel eased f rom H yth e, are L t. Bartlelt elem ent in the pl.! R em arks from th e married
and Cpl. Smith (RS147) . With Cpl. R yan <RS145) m e n varied from "You're like a m an with a bald
they are now running a c lassification cadre fo; head; once married never parted" to "Another
new m ember s of the pi. who h ave been recruited nice fellow go n e to hi s doom "! In all s ince rity
from a li three rifle Coys. a nd ev e n H .Q . Coy. Th e an m embers of the pl. wish this young couple
cadr e commenced on 9th J a nu ary a nd is now in every h app iness for t h e futur e.
fuli s wing. Wh en it is over the pl. will be up to
full establis hm ent t h e fir st tim e for m a n y. m a n y On the following morning's muster parade it
years! wa:j noticed that several m e mbe rs of the pi. w ere
in need of a thousand-miles service!
R ecently Cpl. R yan and L /Cpl. R eddings
returned from an N.C.O.'s Cadre a nd from their Once th e Dinner a nd D a nce \.Vas over pre-
accounts t his proved to be enjoyable, if h azardous. parations began 1o produce a suitable pl. skit
At present Ptes. Higgins, H ayes and F eath erstone f or the Bn. Chris tm as Concert. The star of the
s how was L / Cp1. "F airy" F lowerdew, who proved
EAST KENT that a big m an can al so be very d a inty. It is said
NEWS & PICTURES that the House of Dior had a rep r esentative there
to obtain information o n his latest hem line.
1n th e
Once this was over t h e Christmas Draw took
KENTISH place; a nother successful evening thanks to the
GAZETTE pl. commtttee. The very good prizes on display in-
cl ude d a b eauty outfit-complete with s hop p ing
EVERY bag- won by L /Cpl. "F a iry" Flowerdew.
FRIDAY
After a ll the se f estiviti es h a d taken place
leave was once aga in upon us and members of
th e pl. left for home to spend it with th eir
f a milies.

Directly after this we w ere hit by the Vesting
Day parade a nd r ehearsals took place involving
th e majority of th e pl. O n t h e day of the parad e,
Saturday. 31st D ece m ber, 1966, th ere w e r e many
heavy h earts as the Die h a rds ' R egime ntal Fl ag
waE lowered for the last time, marking the birth
of our new R eg ime nt , "Th e Quee n's ." Over this
p e riod be tween r e h earsals a nd insp ections, Cpl.
Georg1e Wh1tt w as. burning the midnight oil
replacing and s prayi ng over th e ne w regi m e n tal
transfers o n a ll o ur vehic les. Around the on e
hundred m ark he was heard to mutter, "I'll get
t h e B.E.M. yet"!

W e. welcome into the f a mil y Cfn . Swarbrick,
who ]Oms us from S .E.M.E . Bordon, Pte. P r ice
from the Signals PI., Pte. Slater from the Band
a nd Pte. Hossack from the O ffice r s' Mess.

U nfor tu n ately , we had to bid f arewell to a
s talwart of th e pl. , Cpl. Dick Crosk ell who leaves
us after serv ing nin e years in the reg im e n t· fi ve
of w hich were spent in t h e M.T. PI. W e wish him
and h is famil y t he very best of luck in t heir
civilian life.

Finally. we congratulate our Playtime Minor
on hts promotwn to W .O.II a nd Suss Mallon on
his promotion to L ance Corporal.

22 "Archie" the p a rrot , w ith very cockney habits,
seem s to have settled down happily in the kitchen
Q.l\I.'s Department whe r e h e loud ly a bu ses t h e Mess s taff and calls
to the passe r s-by. H e (we pres ume he's a mal e )
Ther e is a n ew sign over the door but the has developed a n addiction to Guinness a nd
sam e old f aces with the sam e old a nsw er s. T a lk- s trong tea a nd see m s to thrive on this di e t.
ing of n ew s igns, Cpl. J a mieson , bacl<ed up b y Fin a lly, th e Officer s' Mess s taff, unde r th e able
Gurr a nd Sutliff, h as produced over 100 s ig n s lead er s hip of th e M ess Cpl. Cpl. Rawlinson. are
for depts. so that w e must by now be one of the doing g r eat things in th e Bn. socce r league. With
b es t s ig n ed b a rrac k s in th e British Arm y. the cook, L / Cpl. D empsey. in goal and th e frantic
efforts of the ba r Cpl. (L/ Cpl. Cons tant) th ey
Con t inuing on "naming nam es,', Cpl s. His te d hope to e nd w e ll up in th e league. Silverman Pte .
a nd Grant have joined us as block holders; join- R eid at th e mom e nt is the t eam' s best goal score r .
ing- a ls o is the n ewl y-promote d C / Sg t . W eston ,
who is the unit B .I.A . afte r having h e lp ed out s o \\'.O.'s a nd Sergeants' Mess
v e ry w e ll in Guyana wh e n w e w e re ..wrappin g- Although only back from Guyana a short
up." Houg hton , one of our unit armourcrs and
n e wly-promote d to L / Cpl., looks Iil<e leaving u s while and s till in the throes of reorganisation, an
fol' th e S .A.S . afte r be ing wi t h th e Bn . for four ex te n s ive Chris tm as a nd N ew Y ear's programme
years. was organised . Th e hig hlig-ht of course was th e
Vesting Day/ N ew Year's Eve Ball held on Satur-
Whil e on "earnings a nd g oings," our str eng th day, 31 st D ece mbe r. Planning and preparation for
has been increased by the a rrival of Timothy, the th 1s had c ommenced as soon as w e had re turn ed
baby s on of th e Q .M ., duly celebra t ed in G u ya n a. from leav e. The hard work inv olved was w e ll
worth it and the general census of opinion was
Unde r "surprises," w e h a ve th e e ngage me nt that this was the best ball the Mess had ever
of Pte. J e w e ll and th e immine nt, if hes itant, en- h eld . Over 200 p eopl e a tte nded and all will ch e rish
gage m e nt of Froggy French . Th e la tte r is at s u c h happy memories of this auspicious occasion. Many
a pitch that h e is unable to do such ordina ry other events . too numerous to mention, took
thmg s a s g uards and drill parades ; his time is place . One innovation, acquired in Guyana, is
fully occupied. To add to the "tria ls of love" the worthy of note, however: A "Jump Up," the
Q.M. is threart.e ning to send him out on an ex e r- name given to a Caribbean-style dance, is now a
c ise. r egular feature of Mess life. Our Steel Band, 25
slrong and with twice as rnany oil drums, almost
Th a t the n is our first "issue vouch e r" to th e fill th e l\IIess on th es e occas ions .
ne w Journal- one, we hope, of a reg ula r series.
Recent promotions include C/ Sgt. Car! Black-
Officers' Mess well, Cliff Shinn and Bill Williamson to W .O.II;
Almost as soon as leave was over social life Les Wes ton, Billy Argent and Roy Scott to C/ Sgt.
and Jerry Robinson. Bill McLean and John Felton
b egan a gain with a swing a nd no s ign of U .K. to Sgt.
spirit- prices a c ting as a dampen er. At the e nd of
Novembe r the wive s and girl ft.,iend s w e re intro- W e have said goodbye to W .O .II Stan
duced to the s teel band and "jumping -up" after a Meadows, APTC, C/ Sgts. Jack Potter and Clem
cocktail party. This was the first of many getting- Clements, and Sgt. Sid Hilton all on posting.
to-know-you session s for the s ev e ral new officers W.O.II Brian Arm strong, RAPC, S / Sgt. D e r e k
who had joined the Bn. in Guyana and had not Twitchin, APTC, and Sgt. Bob Roberts, RAPC,
met any of the families. There seemed to be a have all joined us and w e welcome back Sgt.
strange r eluctance on the part of many husbands George Whittle from Warminster.
to appear too familiar with m a ny of th e d e t a ils
of "jumping-up." But by "Thirteenth Night," Corporals' Mess
when a more authentic "Jump-up" was held with I n this. our first contribution to the Journal
rum at the bar. garish shirts decorated with palm
tre e s . cal y pso-s inging, exotic bird s , and "Woe is of The Que en's Regim ent. the Opls.' Mess of the
me," mos t of the inhibitions seeme d to have worn 4th Bn. would like to extend their sincere con-
off. This "Jump-up" was Maj. John Pollard's grart.ulations to the Cpls .' Messes Of the 1st, 2nd
s wan s ong. After many months of excellent ser- and 3rd Bns. of the Regt. on becoming members
vice to the mess a s P.M.C. he has handed over of the n ew large Regiment. We look forward to
t.-, Maj . Mike Hayward before moving to the a long and happy a ssociation with them all.
breezy air of York and the Dales, to take up a
staff appointment. With the passing of another festive season we
feel it only fair to say that despite little sleep
Christmas was celebrated in customary a nd much exhaustion. the efforts of the Mess in
fas hion with a family party for th e officer s and the various Christmas functions were appreciated
their wives. Lt. Dick Graham and Capt. George by all - especially the Christmas concert. It
Goring excell ed themselves when th ey produced seem ed to be the general opinion that the act
Father Christmas' ridiculous prizes. This party put on by the Mess members, namely Cpls.
was the last public appearance of M a j. Duff Quilter, Bu·tle r , Terry, Jac klin, Har>t, McLean ,
Jones, whose laughter and enthusiasm for a Kaye-Lesse r , Toohey, Howard and Reid, w ith the
pa rty, no matter the time of day, will be sadly production in the hands of Cpl. Plumb, was out-
missed. In his place we w elcome the new doc tor, standing. although the other acts were also of a
Capt. P eter Bennett. high standard.

Nor has the more official side of enterta in- The Mess Christmas Jance and draw was a
m e nt been n eglect ed. A dinner night was h eld great success , especially from the R.S .M.'s point
just before Christmas to dine out the departing, of view; he seemed to have cornered the marl<et
Brigade Commander. Brig. Blair. and Maj. Dixon, as far as the draw was concerned. L / Cpl. Jack
his Brig ad e Major. The n ew Commande r of 39 Dann was hot on his trail with a fair collection
Bde., Brig. Strawson, lunch ed in the Mess shortly himself. It must be pointed out that the fact that
after taking up his new command. h e was on the committee has nothing to do with
his success in the draw. The R.S.M. graciously
To mark the inception of The Queen's R egi- e>."te nd ed the bar c los ing time by a further hour,
m ent, the officers and th eir ladies w ere invited to endearing him to the Mess for ever. Cpl. Len
the Vesting Day Ball held on N ew Year's Eve by Robertson seemed to be the persuasive force
th e W.O.s' and Sgts .' Mess. behind this move.

Maj. John Moore paid a w eekend vis it to the
bn . and gave a most inte resting lecture on
Za mbia. Before he left h e offered a number of
id e a s on improv em e nts in de cor to th e Mess.

As most of t he m embers went home for the 23
actual Chri stmas gra nt, a socia l on Ch1·istmas
Eve w as surprisingly well supported by the res ult was no discredit to the Bn who played
N.C.O.'s a nd their lad ies who were in camp. hard and well throughout- again the determined
a nd fast loose play in the forwards being our
W e hope to have more sporting competitions ~·ea test asset. Both teams were closely matched
amongst the Messes in Holywood, as the fixtures a nd a s ingle try in the last twenty minutes was
p layed before Chris tmas were popular a n d well their o nl y score.
supported . H av ing thrashed the Sgts. at socce r,
we had to bow to the w eig ht of their ho ckey In addition, ·we have had so m e twelve gam es
tea m , but w e look forward to reve nge in th e wilh local team s, win n ing a f a ir number but also
coming w eek s. taking one or two heavy defeats (but a lot of
useful le sson s) from teams f•·om the North of
W e welcom e Cpl. Dicky Bird (form erly Queen's Ire la nd F ootba ll Club , and Qu een's U ni versity,
Own Buffs). L /C pls. Bartl e and Cook a nd con- Belfast.
gratulate the following on their r espective pl'O-
motion s: L /Cpl. Mallon, Cp ls. Thomas, McK e n zie, An inc reasi ng interest in the game withi n the
Clements. D en t, Wittig, Greengrass, Cottenh am, B n . is very e ncouraging. Thi ::; is marked by th e
McNab a nd Doran. At the sam e time we loose fact t h at it is no longer diffic ult to raise full Coy.
Cpls. McLean, French , F elton and Rob inson to tea ms, instead of s imply seven-a-side teams. A
the Sgts.' Mess; to these we offer our congratu- Second XV is very much "in being," if rath er
la tion s. li m ited in the numbe r of fixtur es available.

W e c lose these notes with th e sordid rumou 1· The Camb r idge \-V ives' Club
that Cpl . Tom T erry WAS only joking a nd will These being our first notes to the Queen's
s ign on before next month . W ell , Tom ?
Jcurnal, we thought that other Wives' Club might
It ug b y Notes be interes t ed to hear that the Cambr idge Wives'
By the time the Bn. had returned from block Cl ub of the 4th Bn . is very fortunate in having
one of the best Club Rooms one could wish for.
leave after Guyana the Northern Irela nd Rugby It is a large room with masses of windows over-
season was w e ll in progress and it was feared look ing Belfast L ough .
that we would h ave difficulty in m a king fixtures
at so late a stage. T he reverse proved to be th e W e have a thriving club t hanks to t he hard
case. At the half-way stage in the season the Bn. work the Committee members put in. Our Com-
has had a fu ll a n d eJ<citing period , both with mittee co ns is ts of t h e following ladies: Mesdames
"fr ie nd ly" games against local Ulster Cl ubs, a nd S hipster (Ch a irm a n ). Ca •·ter (Secretary), Bryant
much more important, by getting to the Fifth (Treasurer), Flahant, Ford, McShane, O'R awe,
Round of the Army Cup. St:.inn. Simmon s a nd Torri e.

Please notify the W e have a Coff ee Morning every Thu rsday;
th e coff ee being se rve d in turn by \vives of the
Editol" of you.- chau~.­ va rious companies.

of add.-ess After the return of the B n. from t h eir seven-
months to ur in G uyana, a ll th e wives '''ere enter-
T h e A r my Cup match es were all h ard foug-h t. tained to a n excell en t dinner in the Bn. Cook-
As it was n ever c on s id ered that we ·would a lm ost house, very ably organised by Capt. McMillan.
reach the U .K. quarter fi n als, th e r esults were as The R e~i m e n tal Band a n d the n ewly-for m ed Steel
exciting as th ey were unexpect ed . W e played the Band "The Diehards," played a lternately duri ng
4/ 7 Dragoon Guards in Rou nd 2 (having been the d inner and were greatly appreciated by all.
given a bye in Round 1) at Holywood. The final I t was a wonderful s ig ht seeing a ll the wa iters,
sco r e of 14 poin ts to 11 reflected the c lose n ess of who h ad volunteered for the job, serve so effici-
the standard of both teams. The gam e was never ently and ch eerfully-altogeth er a s plendid even-
won until the final whistle. If nothing else, the in g- .
game showed that if we were to go further it was
necessar y to get mu ch fitter . At the sam e ti m e Two Chr istm as parties fot· the c hildre n were
we had to part with some of the longest serving h eld t his year. acco rding to the children's ages.
and most staunc h player s and find n ew talent. Bo th p a rties we t·e "howling" s u ccesses.

Circu it training, three or four very h a rd W e op en ed our 1967 "seaso n" w ith a ga m es
gam es against good Uls t er s id es a nd some expert evening. If th is first m eeting is a nythi ng to go
coaching by Harold Jackson from the North of by, 1967 will prove to be very popular. It is so
I reland F .C., achieved this result. heartening to see many more of the younger
wives comi ng to t h e C lu b.
Our next match (3rd Round) against the
Glosters was won after an extremely hard match. Cubs. There is a flourishing Pack within the
Both teams were evenly matched a nd . as had camp. The Cubs started in Gibraltar and under
been a nticipated. th eir strength lay in the use Mrs. T arry's kee n guida n ce carried on h e re in
of their heavy pack s uppo;·t ed by a long kicking Holywood. L / Cpl. Adams is proving to be a very
fiy-half. Only by match•in g their p ac k a nd by able assistan t.
getting the ball to the outsides were we a ble to
win T wo excelle nt tries were scor ed by 2/ L t. Brownies. Are run by local Irish girls, who
Gancz playing at ce ntre, one of which was con- very kindly hold a m eeting withi n the camp every
verted . Th e final score 8-0. Wednesday.

A bye to the Fifth Round put the Bn. team Kindergarten. It is felt that there is a need
further up the la dder of the Army Cup competi- for a pre-sch ool kind e rgarte n wit hin t h e bar-
tion than anyone could remember in recent years. racks. Mrs. Edey a nd Mrs. Elston both volun-
I n order to get to the U.K. quarter final s we had teered to organise and run the school. We were
to beat the School of Artiller y, Larkhill. fortunate in having a large room ava il able for
t hi ~ purpose a nd very soon t hi s roo m was made
That m atch was played at Ballykinler on 7th to look most attractive with tables, chairs, toys,
J a nua r y a nd was to result in our d ef eat, 3-0. Th e a slippery dip, sandpit, climbing frames, swings
a nd rocking horse.

T h e r e are abo u t 30 c hild re n on the book. Th e
hours of attend a nce are from 9 to 12 for fiv e days
a week and the cost p er child is 7/ 6d. a week.

To h elp raise funds for the Kindergarten a nd
the Cubs, a weekly H ome-T ombola is run. Entry
cards are sold from door to door.

W e send our greetings to the members of the
other Wives' Clubs in the R egiment a nd wish
them well.

24

The Regimental Depot

H elicopter familiarisation at Stanford PTA. Those leaving the Wessex helicopte1· are. left to right:
Pte. Thomas Stevens, of 61 Forest Road. Slade Green, Erith, Kent, who h as n ow joined the 2nd Bn.,
Pte. John Barker, of 47 Knightsbridge Way, Hemel H emp stead, Herts. (to 1st Bn.), Pte. Dona.ld
Mcintyre, of 9 Hurst House, Woolwich Road, London, S.E.2 (1st Bn.), a nd Cpl. Malcolm Mowbray,

of 35d Victoria Estate, Canterbu ry (D epot Staff).

Photog raph : County N e ws Pic tures.

A MILD January has spared us the usual bee Platoon (PI. Comma nder, Lt. I. R . Jones; PI.
winter di scomforts, but this has been offset Sgt., Sgt. D . S cr eene ) a nd Col. Ander son pre-
by extensive construction, excavation, etc., con- sented awa rds to :-
nected with alterations to the Headquarters
building and elsewhere in the barracks. At times Best Section : N o. 1 ( Lead e r , Pte. R a ymond
it has been almost impossible to get in or out B a rnes-to 1s t Bn .).
of the place but we should be all spick and span
when the real spring arrives. B est Recruit : Pte. Dav id Stoney-to 1st Bn.
Best S hot: Pte. R aymond R ead- to 1s t Bn.
Col. J. R. Anderson, O.B.E ., R egim enta l Best a.t P.T.: Pte. P e t e r H a wley- to 1s t Bn.
Co lonel, inspected the first pas sing out parade of Three w eek s la t e r Maj .-Ge n . F . A . H . Ling,
r ecruits for the R egiment on Friday, 13th J a nuary. C. B .E ., D .S .O ., G .O.C. 54th (E as t Anglian) Div/
This was a lucky day for some m embers of Que- Dis t ., a rrived by h elico pte r from Colchest er to
inspect r ecruits of Blenheim Pla toon (Lt. D . H . A .
Shepha rd a nd Sg t. J . All a n ) a nd presented a wa rd s
to the following: -

Best Section : No. 1 ( Lea d e r, Pte. Jam cs Kan c 25
to 3rd Bn.).
men to feed eac h day th e importa nce of good
Best Rooruit: Pte. John Timms- to 1s t Bn . cooks need not be stressed. Canteen facilities a re
Best Shot: Pte. K ev in C rosb y- to 3rd Bn. available and a man m ay buy his beer a nd hot
B est a.t P .T. : Pte. Malco lm H ay le tt- to 3rd Bn . dogs in the evening a fter a ha rd day's work and
W e we r e d e lig hte d to welcom e Lt.-Co l. H . W . even consume them in front of a TV set ! (Did
Clark a nd four of hi s Office rs from th e Royal som eon e say " Battle Camp"? )
Anglia n Regimenta l D epot to our first R egim ental
Guest Night a nd to bei ng joined for the evening by All these administrative details fall under the
2/ Lts. M. J . Ball, R. A . M . Chri s tm as, P . M . tender care of an Adminis trative Sgt., provided
Gw illi am and R. M . M . Low, a ll of whom are on a lt e rnate ly by each D e p ot in turn, w ho is ably
a course a t th e Small Arm s Wing, H yt h e. ass isted by a M.T. Sgt. to look after the flu ctuat-
ing numbe r o f vehic les, and an a rm s storeman to
r:r·r ain ing Com pany issue weapons from the "joint" a rmou ry. Th ese
three are ke y men a nd n ecessaril y work day
Life goes on apace in Tra inin g Coy. and, tru e a nd night to keep the camp running.
to form , Janu a ry has been a noth er busy month .
In the sp rin g of this year t h e Battle Camp is
Lt. D eakin h as been in charge of a cam bined due to move som e 400 m e tres down t h e road to
J unior Leader Cadre with those from t he D epot Stonebridge Camp, w hich has just been rebuilt
The R oyal Anglian R egiment. Judging by th e in- a nd r efitted spec ially for u s. Th e fir st a nd obvious
te nse competition b etween th e two D e pots. it a dva ntage of t h e n ew ca mp is t h at it is much
seem s likely t h at th e r esults of th e Cadre w ill be near er to th e "D og a nd Partridge ," so that non e
very favourable. o f u s wi ll have so fa r to s tagge r a f ter a night's
drinking. But clear ly the main advantage lies in
A hig hlight of training at the Battle Camp the bette r accommodation , bi gger lecture and
was a day s pe nt on h e licopte r famili a risation. Th e dining h a ll, good s howe rs, bath a nd dry ing faci li-
rec ruits breath ed a s ig h of re li e f w h e n th ey di s- ties, a nd a prop e r N.A.A. F .I. In addition. the
cove r ed t h at they were go ing to b e fl own into th e soldiers will be able to watch their weekly film
"bandit cam p." The pilot of the "W essex" pro- s how in the comfort Of a proper hall.
v id ed a n exce ll e nt se rv ice in coll ecting three Offi -
ce rs, Q.M.S .I. And e r so n and S / Sgt. H as lam from Needless to say, none of us can wait for the
Canterbury. This r educed a very t edious journey s pring!
from four hours to one hour.
Junior Soldiers' Company
W e a re very pleased to w elcome the D emon-
stration Sec tion, unde r th e command of Cpl. Frost, Alread y t h e Spring T e rm seem s old and the
from th e 4th B n . They h ave now settled in w e ll P e rman e nt Staff h ave t h e jaded look of vete r ans
a nd a re prov iding a fir st c lass de m o ns tra tion team. d es p e rate ly trying to ho ld out until r e lie f comes-
Th ey will be s pending the ir tim e betwee n Cante r- in this case th e fir s t f ree weeke nd . Th ey may just
bury a nd Stanfo rd P .T .A . make it!

W e h ave a lso b een v isited by 41 A .Y.T. and The New In take a r r ived on lOth January and
a party of Boy Scouts. They were shown th these nine boys now form the Training Platoon,
am enities of the D epot and, as a result of a com- under the lov ing care of Sgt. Wildish a nd Cpl.
preh e ns ive program m e, it is hop ed that we w il l Geeves. They are b eginning to find their feet, or
see more of th e boys at a later date, as recruits. more precisely, th eir le ft fe et from th eir rig ht
feet . Foot trouble sent o n e of them, J / Pte. Mu g -
Eastern Comman d Infan try D e p ots Battle Camp g rid ge, to M.R.S., wher e h e was r e lieved to find
a spe ll of treatment in be d was s uffici e nt to c ure
Wh en a pprova l was g ive n for the extens ion him, and that Cpl. "Kildare" Geeves h ad been
of t h e r ec ruit basic training p e riod fr om 10 to 14 ove r-e nthus iastic in s u gges ting amputat ion . T wo
weeks, a n id eal opportunity a rose to g ive rec ruits of the n ew boys, Eiduk s a nd L eefm a n s, seem a ll
extra fi e ld training. Th e Stanford Practical Train - set to strengthe n the Coy. Rug by a nd Soccer
in g Ar ea was th e site chosen , a nd in co njuncti on T eam s.
w ith th e D e pot Th e Roya l An g lia n R egim e nt, the
Eastern Command Infa ntry D epots B attl e Cam p Tra ining for the rest of the Coy. h as continued
was form ed at East Wreth a m . Accommodation in accordance with th e now we ll -established
was secured at No. 2 Site, five miles ou'ts id e Th et- routin e. Th e drummers seem intent on out-
ford, a nd th e camp cam e into operation in August, rumbling thunder; as a result, eve n unde r t h e
1966. brig htest skies, s torms seem immine nt. The bands-
men blast forth tortured sounds from the Band
Sta nfo rd training a r ea offe r s a ll the fac ilities Practice Room . Snatch es of carols a r e s till to b e
which the D epots require for recruit training. The h eard like lingerin g echoes from last t e rm ; t h e
fie ld firin g ranges enable r ecruits to fir e a ll th e rest of th e Coy. wonder if the Band is u naware
wea pons which they we re taug ht, unde r rea lis tic that the festive seaso n is pas t, o r a lready prac-
battle condition s, w hil st the dry trai ning areas tising fo r n ext Christm as. The Rifl e PI. s pe nt the
a re eq u a lly s upe rb . The vari ety of the co untryside last weekend of Janua ry on a three-day exerc ise
is such th at we a re able to cove r in th e few spare on the tra ining a reas north of Folkestone. They
hours ava ila ble s uch aspects of wa rfare as fi g ht- s tood up well to t h e adverse weathe r and to th e
ing in built-up a r eas and even t h e occasional amateur interrogators into w hose ha nds some of
assa ult ri ver cro ssing, al thou gh n eith er i s actua lly them f e ll w hil st trying to ri val the ex ploits of
included in the syllabu s. Ph ysical fitn ess is h eav ily J a m e•· Bond .
e mp h as ised a nd the a r ea has an exce lle nt 400-
m etre assault course w ith a transitiona l range at Fin a lly, w e h ave p layed a lot of spo rt. On 14th
the end of it. W e a r e told that a new a nd even January o ur Cross-co un try T eam decisiv e ly beat
bett er assau lt course a nd range is to be built in the Junior Ro yal Ma rines, from D ea l. Our team 's
t h e n ea r futur e. The four-week to ur at Stanford placings were : J / L / Cpl. lnkpin 1st, J / Pte. Kipling
e nd s w ith a three-day final exercise in ·whi c h re- 2nd, J / Pte. Beckley 3rd , J / Pte. Broste r 4th,
c ruit p is. from each Depot operate against one J / Dmr. Simpson 5th , J / Pte. Still 6th, J / Dmr. T om-
a noth e l'. kow icz 8th , J / L / C pl. M il borrow 14th. On 15th
Januarv our Und er 16's Soccer T eam were de-
Life at No. 2 Site is not exac tly luxurious bu t f eated by the F olkestone Under 16's (thoug h they
t he object of the Battle Camp would be d e feated
if it \Ver e. The living accommodat ion, h owever. is
quite a dequa te a nd the re is no s hortage of col< e.
so no one n eed fr eeze during the wo rst o f th e
w inter. The cookhouse is equipped with new
h eater s a nd coo k er s and w ith about 80 hun gry

26 FREMLINS

are s till wondering how oth e r Under 16 's manage •ELEPHANT'
to have wives and c hildre n- our boys must be
bac kward! ). After h a rd t ra inin g th e Rugby T eam BEERS
got t hrough the first round of the Army Junior
Soldie rs Compe tition . A .A.S. Arborfie ld could not Th e KENTISH BEER
ra ise a t eam! On 28th Janu a ry our Hockey Sid e For the QUEEN 'S REGIMENT
los t 1-0 afte r a ve ry c lose game aga in t the Junior
Royal Marine s, D eal. Neve rth eless, they showed REGIMENTAL MUSEUM
great improve m ent s in ce last te rm and have c lear ly
b e n e fite d from •the coaching g ive n b y our Sports T HE following exhibits have been rece ived on
Officer, W .O .I W ebb . As in p ast yea r s, w e sent loan from t h e Royal Sussex Regimental
a g roup of Junior Soldi er s sl<:i- in g in Sco tl a nd , M u seum, Chich ester:
wh e r e they stayed at t he Rothi emurc hu s Hu t.
Thi s pa r ty was led b y L t . M. J . C. Tweedi e and, 1. Gen e ral's full dress re d tunic w ith Ord e rs
in happy contrast to all prev io us visits, re turn e d and Medal s whic h b e longe d to Lt.-Gen . Sir Wil-
with s ki-e rs , s kis a nd v ehic les a ll intact. Those li a m K e lly, K .C .B. , Colonel of The Royal Sussex
who were lucky e nou g h to be selected for this R eg ime nt from 1903-1914.
Adv enture Training expedition rece ived profes-
s ional tuitio n and a ll the beginners made l(ood In addition to th e K .C.B . the r e are the
progress, a lthough poor visibility and c r owded, Eg-yptian Medal. w ith four Clasps; The Khedive
icy s lopes sometim es mad e co ndition s less than Star; the Queen 's South Africa M edal, with four
id eal. Two othe r s l<i-e rs, Robi c haud and La wre n ce, Clasps; the King's South Africa Meda l, with two
re turn ed from a month in Norway, wh e re the Clasps; and the Order of Medjidic (Turkey) .
Army gave them an excellent introduction to thi s
fo rm of s port. J / L / C pls. Gaylor and T e rry have Thi s exh ibi t is now on view.
just le ft for two \vee k s conti nuation s ki tra ining 2. A:1 e mbroide r ed r e production of the R eg i-
in Norway, having successfully completed a m enta l Colour' of The Roya l Sussex R egiment.
novices' course th e re last year. At this ra te the This ex hibit is b eing g lazed and fram ed and
whole Coy. will soon b e a ll set to go downhill fa s t! w hC'n fi nis h e d it \Vill h ave a promin e nt pl ace in
the Museum .
Editor's A nnouncements Among th e many v isitors to t he Museum
dm·inl!' J a nua r y we re t h e Colonel of th e R egimen t
Correction a nd The Mayor a nd Mayoress of Cante rbury.
Page 51 of January nu mbe r (Vol. 1, No. 1).

With apologies to Major Cole. Acknowledgement
of the p hotograph of the Kohima presentation
plaque should have been to Charles Cole a nd NOT
"Ch a rles White."

Souvenir Copies of Ou r First Edition
Th ere a re a limited numbe r of copies ava il-

able at 1/ 6, plus 6d. postage. If any r ead e r would
lik e an additional cop y or copies, please apply
to the Editor and send a r em ittance to cover .

Reg imental Tailors

Two further tailors h ave been a ppointed :
Purcell Ltd .- Maidston e.
Fra nk Price Ltd.-Can terbury.

Army R ugby

Cong r atulat ions to Maj. H . G. G reatwood and
Capt. J . L . P etzing for be ing select ed to play
for the Army v. Oxford Univer sity on 18th
January. Maj. Greatwood captained the Army
s ide.

Acknowledge m ents g r at it ude
The Editor acknowledges w ith

r ece ipt of th e following p ub li cat ion :
St. G eor ge's Gazette.

27

News from the Territorial Battalions

3rd. Bn. The Queen 's ally we do not ex ist, as yet that is, and, in fact,
some of our mem bers are currently accumu lating
Royal Surrey Regt. P an 1 Orders from at least two separate units
which could , one supposes, make for confusion
(T.A.) and , in fact does not, but does create emba rras-
sing storage problem in some households! We
A Coy. 5 QUEEN'S DESIGN ATE look forwa rd with keen anticipation to 1st April,
1967, when we ca n ca ll ourselves the 6th (Terri-
ONE of the problems of forming a new Coy. toria l) Battalion, T he Queen's Reg iment
appears to be getting to know each other and ( Queen's Surreys ) .
the drill hall we now find ourselves attendi ng.
Although we nea rly all originated from the 3rd F or reasons of practicability, w e have been
and 4th Bn. Queen's Surreys, very few of us functioning in our capacity as an A .V.R. Ill unit
have served at Guildford before. The parish was for some weeks now. Our roots are primari ly in
quite large , extending from Bermondsey to t he 3rd and 4th Bns. of the now defunct Quee n's
Reigate, and C lapham to Ca mberley and H asle- Royal Surrey Regt., and it seems only t he other
merc. day (but in fact it was the s umm e r of 1963) when
these two bns. themse lves we re presented with
Most o f u s k n ew each other. but a lways w ith t h ei r n ew Co lours at Wok ing F ootball Ground
a se n se of inter-Coy. riv a lry, a nd it is quite r e- fo llowing th e impressive m a rc h-off of 10 old
ma rl<able h ow quic kl y w e a ll f ee l un ited as mem- colo urs r epr esenting t h e 4th , 5th a n d 6th Bns.
be rs of A Coy. T o this exte n t we c.r e fo rtunately of t h e Queen 's Regimen t (Royal W est Su r r eys),
now in possess ion of o ur c ompleted bar, together t h e East Su rr eys and t h e 23 r d L o ndon Regi m ent.
with t he b il1ia rds ta ble-a g reat in1·· rovement o n
having to k eep c rates of b eer in t. c Coy. Com- Our fi r st Co mm a n d in g Officer is L t.-Co l. W . E .
mande r 's offi ce. McCo nn e ll , T .D ., a lread y k n own to most of us
as C.O. of t h e 4th B n. Queen 's Royal S urrey
O n t h e t r a in ing s ide, G eoff WMg '· ' h as been R egime n t. Our 2I C, May. D . Wilson , T .D ., finds
keeping h is p ri vate a rm y- the S upport Pl.- ver y himse lf in the equ ivalen t a ppo intm en t h e h eld in
b u sy. They h a d on e uneventful d ay fi ri ng t h e the 3r d Bn. The fou r Coy. Commander s a r e Maj.
m or tar s, bu t la t er in t h e m onth , on a weap on D. H. Con ran a nd Maj. P. H . T hom pson , late of
ha ndling a nd c ross-country tra ining day in the t h e 4t h Bn. Quee n 's Su rreys, a nd Maj. J. Scho-
noto ri ou s ly dam p Long V a lley t r a ining a r ea, t h ey field, T .D ., a n d Maj. W. B. G r ee nhow, T .D., of
succeeded in bogging down t hree La nd-Rovers; th e 3rd B n.
b ut a ll due c r edit 'to t h e m, t h ey fr eed t h e m t h em-
selves-p e rh a p s for f ear of w h at t h e L .A .D . would U n de r t h e n ew o r ga n isation, Bn. H .Q .. A Coy.,
say at bein g called o u t ait 6 p .m. on a S u nday t h e Sig n a ls a nd Recce Pis. a r e located at t h e
afternoo n! E ven so, t hey h ave been bu sy ever T .A. Ce n t r e in Por tsm outh Road, Ki ngsto n ; B
s ince cleaning off t he mud. Coy. at t he Clap h a m Junction T .A. Centr e; C Coy.
at Cobha m T .A. Cen tre, with D Coy. a nd t h e
C/ S g t . N ewman -Knott h as w hip ped up e n- Pion ee r PI. at t h e M itch a m R oad Ba rracks,
t hus iasm a mon g th e r ec ruits pi. a nd h as b ee n put- Croydon. Through ou t t h e B n. t h ere is a sp iri t
ting th em through their paces prepa ring them o f determination to s ee th at t h e n ew Quee n's
for th e recruits' cadres in Canterbury . Surrey T e rri to ri a ls get off t h e g roun d in fin e
style. R ecrui t ing effor ts a r e b e ing stepped u p and
The rifl e p i. a nd Coy. H .Q. h ave bee n so r t ing above a ll we h ave w it h us Maj. Paul Swanson ,
them selves a nd th eir equipm ent, a s at o ne t im e Tra inin g Major of th e 4t h Bn ., w ho is a towe r
we h a d a ll th e fo rm e r B n . issu e a t G uild f ord be- of strength in our t rials and tribula tio ns du ring
fore it was ·wit hdra wn. t he c u rrent reo rganisat io n p eriod. An excell e n t
Tra in ing Directive a n d qu ite s pl e nd id Basic
W e loo k forwa rd n ext mont h to a n introd u c- Tra ining Sy lla bus h as been d istri b u ted t o t h e
tion to th e new infa ntry w eapo ns o n the tra ining four c orne rs of t h e u n it a nd no doubt Ma j_ Swan-
s ide, a nd c ulmina ting w ith a fa rewe ll pa rty to son h as h ad a con s iderab le hand in these p ub-
mark th e end of th e T erritoria l Arm y. li cation s . It is fe lt t h at w it h t h ese at ou r s id e
the standard of tra ining can on ly progress.
4th Bn. The Queen 's
Royal Surrey Regt~ The first Bn. T raining D ay took pl ace on
Su n day, 15th Janu a r y, w h en th e Office rs, W .O.s
(T.A.) a nd Sgts. gather ed at K ingston.

wE C Coy. 6 QUEENS (T) Followi n g an openi ng add r ess bv t h e C.O ..
make a somewhat belated first appea rance Su pdt. T aylor, of t h e Metr opo li ta n Police, gave
in these columns with no apolog ies and in a n extre m e ly com p re h e n s iv e d esc rip t io n of t h e
the full knowledge that our readers will under- f unctions a nd organisation of the Police in th e
stand the reasons for this! In our defence, if Met r opoli tan area. Th is ta lk in itsel f was a de-
indeed thi s is necessary, we would say that offi ci- partu re from pr evious train ing in the o ld sty le
T .A . a nd rem in ded us of ou r new function with
t h e T . and A.V.R. III set-up. Th e remainder of
the day was d evoted to the p roblems a rising f rom
t he u n its role w it h in the nuclea r context and a
fi rst-class series of lectu re ttes, film interlud es and
p ractical work was laid o n fo r us by Capts. Hugh
Clark and Tony Cutch er . One fe lt t hat the b ene-
fits accrui ng f rom this part of th e day's activities

28 Office rs' Mess

were in no s m a ll n1 easure due to this excelle nt Th e fi rst event in our calendar w as a Mess
exampl e in t h e use of correct m eth ods of in s truc- m eeting h eld at Kin gs ton in o rder to est a bli sh
tion and imaginative training aids. who was to do what in the reorganised Mess.
In very quick time we found ourselves with a
A COl\fPANY bra nd n ew P.M.C. in th e p e rson of Maj. Peter
T'hompso n, a Treasure r, Capt. R. W . Harrington ,
Coy. Commande r- Maj. D . H . Conra n. a nd a Win es/ M ess ing m e mbe r, Lt. J . N. Napier -
Coy. 2IC-Capt. R . W . H arrington. Ford. No doubt th e ir tota l expe ri e n ce in various
This Coy. is now b e ing form ed a t the King- Messes in the past will stand them in good s tead
ston Drill Hall a nd w e look forward to having in their new appo intments !
new s of their activities in the near future.
A number of socia l events are being planned
B COMPANY for the not too distant future and reports on
these eve n ts w ill doubtless be forthcomin g.
Coy. Commande r - Maj. J . Schofield, T .D .
Coy. 2IC-Capt. C. D . Young. 4th Bn. The Buffs (T.A.)
M a j . J acl< Schofl e ld comes to our St. Jo hn 's
Hill Drill Hall a t Clapham from D Coy. of the CHRISTMAS and the New Year seem to have
3rd Bn. Queen 's Surreys, which h e commanded been too much for potential sub-editors and
at B ermond sey. H e lives at Wat ford. where h e the warm weather that has marked most of
is a school maste r a nd is known to m a ny as sec- January has extended their lethargy.
r e t a r y of the T .A . Boxing A ssociation- it would
not be at a ll s urpris ing if S e rvi ce box in g w ere Traini n g
to be seen at our Drill Hall within the near
future for the h eadquarters of this Association However, som e of the more hardy vo lun tee rs
is to b e est a blis h ed h e r e ! Th e Coy. is at present braved s now and one of th e very few cold days,
som E' 67 s trong and draws its vo lunteers from to carry out som e enthus iastic and e n e rget ic
South-West London gen erally. Capt. Young, who train ing on Sunday, 15th January; but man y
Jives in Ashstead , Surrey, has taken over as 2IC
- h e is a computer sales executive and w as more, p e rhaps- jus tifiab ly , were put off b y r eports
o rig inally M.T.O. of t h e 4th B n . Queen's Surreys. of d eep s now a n d treach e rous roa d condit ions,
Th e Coy. is a k een competitor in th e Bn. a lthough in f act conditions w ere by no means
miniature range competition and so far our impossible. A f ew more attended t h e second
efforts have r ewarded us with a third placing. tr aini ng day of the month on Sunday. 29th Janu-
G reate r e ffort s wi ll be n eeded in this direct ion ary, and on this occasion there w as no excuse
a nd it i s our intention to win n ext month 's event. for the non-attendance rs, for it w as a soft, balmy
Tra ining is about to start for a team to be day and ideal for a spot of soldiering, but un-
enter ed for this year 's N ijmegen March in July fortun ately a lso ideal for taking th e Missus a nd
- it is anticipated that competition will be k een kids for an outing, which is presumably what
to b e selected fo r this trip to Holland. several elect ed to do. W e hope they had a miser-
able day and never want to h ave a Sunday with
(' COMPANY
the children aga in!
Coy. Command er -Maj. P . R. H . Thomps on. The pattern of t he training of the Volunteer
Coy. 2IC-Capt. J . B . H armon. Bn . is becoming c leare r. Th ere w ill be one even -
Ou r Coy. Command e r is no s tran ger to Cob-
h a m Drill H a ll s in ce h e co mm anded C C oy. 4th ing drill a w eek (at the mom ent this is on Thurs-
Queen's Surreys originally located h er e and at days at th e L eros T . and A .V .R. Centre at Can-
Ch ertsey and L eath e rh ead. Maj. Thompson lives terbury), but the majority of the training will be
at Eftlng ham a nd is a bank inspector. His 2IC c onducted at weekends . This will average out to
Capt. Harmon lives at W eybridge a nd was d e- on e weekend's train in g in t hree, a nd in vo lve
tachment Commander at Ch ertsey. H e is general tra ining on Saturday a fternoon and Sunday or
manager of a motor group. just Sunday, o r exceptiona ll y for s pecia l e;..e r-
Training is going a head und e r the n e\v o rga- cises, asse m bly on Friday evening for training
nisation a nd it is to be hoped th e ir r e ports will t hroughout Saturday a nd Sunday. W e hope that
be forthcoming on th ese activ ities very s hortly. by for ecasting these tra ining weekends we ll in
In our s pare time our bar is being re-built a nd
this is n earin g compl e tion . advance, Volunteers wil l be a ble to organise
th e ir shift work or to g ive time to t h e ir f a mili es
D COMPANY on the uncomm itted weel<e nds
Pious hope?
Coy. Comm a nd e r-Ma j . W . B. G r een h ow, T .D .
Coy. 2IC- Capt. D . C. 0. Savage, T .D . Social Activities
In m a ny respects the "sce ne" at this locati on
is very li ttle c hanged from the pre-reorganisation There h ave been three good and well-
days in that Maj. Bill Gr eenhow finds himself in attend ed soc ia l even ts in t his past month .
command of t h e n ewly-formed D Coy. instead of
C Coy.. 3rd Qu een's Su rreys, which is es tablis h ed Membe rs of the now defun ct C Coy. from
at t h e Mitcham Road Barracks, Croydon. H e Ashford d e fi e d sup e r s tition by holding a most
li ves n ear Gui ldford a nd is h eadmaste r of a exce ll ent dinner / dance at th e Odeon C in em a.
sp ecia l school at Camberley. Capt. D enis Savage A s hford , on Frid ay, 13th J a nu a r y. C r e dit must
lik ew ise is again und e r the sam e Coy. Comman - go to 2/ Lt. P eter H aw kins, W .O.II White a nd
de r occupying the sam e dr a ught y office. H e lives C/ Sgt. (P.S.I.) K ay, for the or ganisation. A good
in Brixton a nd is in the s ugar industry. number turned out w ith a bevy of fem inin e s up-
Most members of the Coy. have been previous port. It was, perhaps, the first time-and dare one
r es idents at Mitcham Road B a rrack s a nd we say, one hopes, the last- t hat the R egimental
have now b een joined by the Pioneer PI., w hich March h as b een p layed on e lectri c gu ita r s.
is being establish ed at this location .
Another successful party was staged on
Saturday, 21st January, in th e Shellons Street
Drill Hall in F olkestone by C.S.M. McGinley for
past m embers of D Coy. a nd future m embers of
B Coy. 7th (T erritoria l) Bn. The Queen's Regi-

men l. A feature of this was the s plendid buffet 29
prep a r e d b y C pl. C h a mbe r s. It w as a ls o good t o
see two form e r m e mbe r s of D Coy., Pte. Boot Larks pur In struc ti o ns by w hi c h m ean s t_h e
who app ea re d almos t muscle -bound afte r h is ex- Minis try of D e fe nce te ll us to t ra n s f e r ra dios
p eri e n ces in the •·ecruit Coy. at the Parac hute from one coy. to a n oth e r . Wh y - - - - ? Need -
R eg im e nt D epot, a nd Tpr . Eas tm ead , who is now less to say, Maj . Fr ed G ri ffi ths is pl eased to see
a qu a li fi ed gunn e r in th e n ew Chi e ftain ta nk a nd him .
is on his way to B .A .O .R. to join on e of th e Farew ell!
a rmour ed r egim ents t h er e.
Firs t w e must say fa rewell to th e m a ny
W.O.s' a nd Sgts.' Regitnental Dinner and D a nce sta lwarts of a ll r a nks who h ave le ft th e bn . a n d
On Saturday, 28th January, 1967, the W .O .s wis h the m w e ll. S om e h ave g on e to othe r uni ts
a nd others have offered their services to the
a nd Sgts. of t h e 4th B n . Th e Buffs held th e ir Army Cad et Force, Aux iliary Fire S e rv ice,
last R egimental Dinner and Da n ce a t the Leros Spec ial Con s t a bulary, C iv il D e f en ce or th e St.
T .A . Centre , Cante rbury. It was a trul y m emor- John Ambulance Bri gad e.
able occas ion . Th e Drill Hall h a d bee n trans-
for m ed a nd w as graced with th e Colours, r egi- Th e P e rm a ne nt S t a ff a re a lso scatterin g:
W .O .ll Morris t o c iv ilian life, R.S.M. Newman to
m enta l silver, th e drums, and ela borate flora l The Hong Kong R egt. (The Volunteers) a nd
d ecora t ion . The s ilve r g leam ed in th e candl elight C/ Sgt. Shields to 2 QUEEN S . R.S.M . Newman 's
a s m e mbe rs, wi ves, g uests and fri e nds to ol< the ir influ en ce has been outs ta nding in this Bn . a nd,
places for dinn e r- the ladi es each w earing a indeed , wi ll b e a ppa r e n t in 5 QUEEN S for s om e
corsage of fr ees ias given to th e m by Mrs. N ew- t im e to c om e : H e set a s ta nda rd t hat wt11 g1 ve
man on th eir arr ival. his successor a firm base from w hich to launch
out when he a rrives in April. Tha nk y ou, Mr.
An exce ll ent m eal was se rved to th e accom- N e wman , and good luc h: to yo u a nd your wife.
pa nim ent of a copious s upp ly of win e and the Auction of S il ver
Ba nd under the baton of Band Sgt. Ship. After
t h e loya l toas ts the C h ai rman for th e e ve ning , A s m a ll numbe r o f item s of Mess Sil ve r of
R.S.M. P . A. N ewman, proposed the h ea lth of th e 4th Bn . Th e Buffs will be a uction ed a t 1100 hrs.
gu est s , who in c lud ed th e Honorary Colon el, Col. on Saturday , 18th Marc h, 1967, in t h e Offi ce rs'
D. J . D ean, who has now h eld this appointm ent Mess at th e L e r os T . a nd A .V .R . Ce ntre . Sales
for 21 y ears-s u r e ly a r ecor d that may n eve r b e a re res tricted to pas t a nd present m embers of
s urpassed. U nfortunate ly Mrs. D ean was unabl e th e 4th Bn. Th e Buffs (T .A .). Lis t of item s m ay
to be present. Co l. D ean t h e n r ep li ed on be half be obtain ed from Bn . H .Q. fr om 1s t March, and
of the gu est s. Th e n follow ed a ce rtain a mount of may b e vi ew ed b etween 0900 - 1100 hrs. on th e
in s ubo r d ination c u lminating in th e P .M.C. (C. S .M. day of th e sal e onl y.
McGin ley) prese nting R.S.M. Newm a n with a
cloc k on b e h alf of a ll M ess M embe r s in appre- ~Ian of K e nt, 1967-Sgt. D . Stapley, of Folke-
ciation of a ll h e had don e for t h e Bn . Th e junior stone, goes off duty a fte r a. ni g ht s p e nt on th e
Sgt., Sg t . Ma r c h ant, presented Mrs. N ewman move and operating a radio. H e h as elected
with a bouque t. to serve in 5 QUEENS even though h e h as

After th e ladies had adjourned to the a nte- to revert in rank to do so.
•·oom a nd the port had circu lated e noug h , t h e C r edit : Pte. Newma n .
tables w ere cleared a nd dancing bega n. But the
ente rtainm e nt was s ti ll not ove r, for R .S .M. N ew -
m a n a nd his Comm ittee had a rranged a seri es
of display a nd c abare t ite ms w hi c h included a n
impress iv e pe rformanc e by the Jun ior Drumm ers
from the R egimental D epot ; Scottish dancing by
the Nicolson Group from Folkestone and a song
a nd da n ce routin e by Miss Pussy Galore, a id ed
by h er cat (W .O .II (P.S.l.) C ri bbe n) and by th e
R.S.M. himse lf, who p e rform ed v e ry cred itab ly,
l< ee pi n g s t e p wit h his s canti ly c lad and appa r·
ently tire less partne r u n ti l in vite d to fo ll ow s uit
in the "splits." And finally, four members of the
Band put over a ve ry slightly modified version of
the turn t h at has b een so popular at "stag " fun c-
tions in th e pas t. The re w e re als o on e or two
un scr ip ted a nd best ·le ft-unr ecord ed item s .

From th e hilarious to th e serious : During
th e eve ning Col. D ean pr esented the Te rritorial
Effic ie n cy M e dal to Sgt. Mac k e nzi e, t hus settin g
a seal to a n evening t hat had everything-the
formality of a R egimental dinner with the Colours
and silver a s backcloth, the gaiety and sponta n-
e ity of th e danc ing and cabare t tu rns, a nd above
a ll, g ood c ompan ion s hip.

Hail!
During this las t month C / Sgt. B e llas , who is

now the r es id e nt P .S .l. for t h e futu r e H .Q. Coy.
5 QUEENS, has been d elighted to w elcome two
othe r " n ew boys" in Sgt. Ma yfield (from 3
QUEENS) a nd Sgt. Potts (from 2 QUEENS) . To
his chagrin they h ave both b een granted leave
until goodn ess knows w h en . Anothe r n ew a rri va l
has been Sgt. Standfield (from 2 QUEENS ) who
had a rotten journey back from Hong Kong, but
has a g ood lon g leave in whic h to recupe rate.

W e als o w e lcom e Capt. ( Q .M .) Bill Snowd e n
who is now wra ppe d in th e m ys t eries of equip-
ping 5 QUEENS a nd unravelling the incr ed ible

30 h a nd-outs. The la tte r a r e in 1h e fo rm of a bool<-
m a rk e r with co ns id e rabl e a pp eaL
Brothers-in-arms and in-law, Sgt. J. Marshall,
who has been selected as Officers' Mess Ser- Survivors
geant and Cpl. J. Anderson who will be a
Maj. Col in Gowe r a nd the P .S 0. attended
drive r-operator in the future 5 QUEENS. the firs t unit Survival Course at th e D efen ce
C r edit: Pte. N ewm a n . N. B .C. School a nd appear to have s ur v ived fairl y
s uccess full y the ri go urs of Winte rbourn e Gunner.
5th Bn. The Buffs (J.A.) Maj. Mike D evonshire w as the other member
of a very strong Queens Own Buffs quorum.
T IME is now fast running out and all too soon
it wi ll be Vesting Day for the Territorial and 1\'lore Titne For Gn.rde ning
Army Volunteer Reserve. There are inevitably
a number of problems to which there is just no Sg t. Tim Phi lpotl, that stalwart m ember of
answer at this stage and one ca n only hope that H .Q . Coy. a nd form e rl y B .S.M . of the C oas t
decisions will be taken which will at least enable Battery, "retired" from the T erritorial Army on
units to get off the ground in good time. B Coy., 16th January. U ndoubtedl y, h e wi ll now h ave
pl e nty of tim e for his allotment, but it is sad
5 QUEENS (V ) , is already in being at West- to see s uch a loya l a nd s t a unch s upporte r fina ll y
wood and the three T and AVR Ill Coys. hav ing to go. H e has our combined tha nks for
all his h elp in the past.
formed on 1st January and provide the nucleus
of the Territorial unit in East Kent. l\'less Dinne rs

It was with considerable r e li e f t h at the n ew The Sgts.' Mess h eld a mos t s uccessful dinner
title was confirmed and so the T erritorials have at the Regency Hote l, Ramsgate, at which t h e
th e ir link with th e Qu een 's R egim e nt; which is C.O. and oth e r officers w e re guests. Th e annual
exactly as it s hould be. R eorga nisation has Officers' Mess dinne r took place at the Castle
reach ed what can only be d escribed as the K eep Hote l, Kingsga t e, on 3rd F ebruary, wh e n
''silly" stage; th e movem ent of stor es a nd of th e guests in c lud ed Lt.-Cols . David C obb and
T erritorials and Volunteers to their future Alan Peckham . At this function it was nice to
a ppointed places is unde r way a nd after t h at- b e a bl e to w e lcome those n ew Office r s who w ill
w e ll, it's just a matte r of awaiting th e V estin g be serving with 7 QUEENS (T).
Day!
New Unit Title Te rritorial Studies

Th e titl e of th e T. and A .V .R .III Bn. w e are Officer s a nd se nior N .C.O.s of 7 QUEENS (T)
to produce has now been confirmed as 7th (T er- a ttended a study day at D eal on 29th January, at
ritorial) Bn. The Queen's R egiment (East K ent) which organisation, recruiting and training prob-
and the Companies will be: le m s were discussed and v iew s a ired. This, in
many ways, was preparatory to the Study W eek-
A Coy. (Queens Own Buffs )-W estwood. e nd for 51 Sub-R egion T e rritorial at Has tings
B Coy. (Queens Own Buffs)-Folk eston e. w hic h follow e d on 4th a nd 5th F e bruary. A v e r y
C Coy. (Queens Own Buffs)-D eal. w e lcome v is itor was Col. J . R . Anders on, O.B.E .,
W e have now b een ab le to press a h ead with R egimental Colon el of The Queen 's Regiment,
our publicity a rrangem ents and Maj . Bill Badde- who spoke on the formation of the new R egiment
ley, T .D ., has produced an excell ent poste r and and afterwards met the Officers and senior
N.C.O.s informally. Another v is itor was W .O .I
C. J . Hankin s . R..A., who is to b e th e firs t R.S.M.
of t h e 7th (Territorial ) Bn. At present h e is
Chi e f C le rk H .Q. R.A. 42 Div. and will bring
to the new unit a great dea l of pers onal experi-
ence and expertise.

l\1ons O.C.S. Success

Lt. John Sims successfully n egotiated his two-
week visit to Mons O.C.S. and r eceived a splendid
r eport. Congratulation s. Th e n ext to go is 2/ Lt.
Tiffy Bates, who has our best wis hes for a s imi -
larl y successful outcome.

Volunteers Prepare For Exercise
B Coy. 5 QUEENS (V) w e re bus ily e ngaged

in pre paration for the ir fir s t Coy. exercise " H a rd
Squ eeze," d estin ed to tak e place on 11th and 12th
F ebruary. En e my for ces a re co ming from A Coy.
7 QUEENS (T) and it is to b e hoped that th e r e
wi ll not b e too h ead-on a clash on that occasion!

Vis itors h ave included Lt.-Col. Derek Willows
and Maj . Cecil W est , and w e hope th ey found
things to their liking.

Folkestone on the Map
The latest count of h ead s r evealed the useful

total of 33 T e rritorials; C.S.M. McGinl ey and
C / Sgt. Wagstaff are t hus r ea ping their just r e-
ward for a w e ll-conducte d rec ruiting campaign .
The aim of producing a v iable coy. by the vest-
ing date looks as if it will b e achieved. Other
coys. please follow!

4/ 5 (Cinque Ports) Bn. 31

The Royal Sussex Qu ee n 's Own Buffs Regimental Association. Th is
Coy. wi ll also act as our advance guard in social
Regt. (T.A.) a nd mi1i tary activi ti es with t h e 2nd Bn. w h en it
is station ed at Ch ath am.
THIS is HELL!! Women always say men can
never experience the pains of chi ldbirth, D Coy. F inal
but here we are in the process of delivering twins
( unidentical! ) . As far as we can see there is no D Coy. h ad its final fun ct ion on 28th January
difference in the two occurrences except that the w h e n 130 past a nd present m embe rs of the Coy.
NO DUFF article requires less paper!! a nd th eir guests held a n exce ll ent dinner and
dance in the Drill H a ll. Th e ir guests were Maj.
C C oy. (Cinqu e Ports) QUEENS (V) is going a nd Mrs. Wood, Ca p t. a nd Mrs. Morl ey-Jacobs
w ell in ev e ry resp ect. Recruiting is up to ex pec- a nd R.S.M. and Mrs. Roge r s.
tations and the coming campaign should create
in Hastings the n ecessary inte rest to bring in th e On b e h a lf of th e Coy., Maj. Og il v ie presented
r ecruits s till n eeded to e nabl e Maj . M. A. G. a s ilve r sa lver to Mr. a nd Mrs. Fra nks who have
Rob e rts, T .D ., to hang out th e " Unit fu ll " s ig n . maintain ed th e Drill Ha ll a nd run the ca ntee n for
so man y years. C.S. M . Bermingham was pre-
In 9 QUEENS-to-b e, a few vacancies are s till sente d with a hip fta sk which h e assured eve ry-
to b e filled. But again, e nthus ias m is high and on e would onl y be used for m ed ica l purposes.
befor e long thi s unit, too, wi ll b e full. C/ Sgt. Tom Sayer, who has been the backbon e
of the coy. for so lon g, was presented with a
All Coys. of the Bn. are continuing to func- s ilve r bee r ta nk a rd .
tion, and the rate of party throwin g is app roach-
ing th e fin a l frightful climax. Roll on th e ~ui e t So e nds our Qu een's Own associat ion with
days of retirement! P e nge and B ecl<e nham whi c h has ex is t ed s in ce
t h e t urn of the ce n t ur y. Th e P e nge a nd B ec k e n -
4/ 5 Bn. The Queen's ham Gue rill as are no more, h av ing been dispersed
to th e four co rn e rs of the n ew T .A .V .R .
Own Royal West Kent
A Coy. F inal Parade
Regt. (T.A.) A Coy. held its final dinner under its coy.

WH EN these notes are published in the comd., Maj . K e n Watso n, T .D . By all acco unts
Journal our Bn., in its present form, will it ·was a g reat s uccess and a fitting c lim ax to
only have one month more to live. We are natur- the company's activities. Maj. Watson has b een
ally very sad at its passing but feel confident appointed Honorary Commander of exercise
that its natural heir and successor, 8 QUEENS, " En emy to 8 QUEENS," so no doubt w e will see
will uphold its traditions and reputation. him again leading many a gallant attacl< against
us.
Despite a slow start enthusiasm for our new
Bn. is growing and completely new recruits have V iet nam Bound
started to join. We may lack equipment but if we Capt. Lew is Ti za rd , who le ft our bn. to join
can form a successful Bn., maintaining the com-
radeship and voluntary service for which Terri- the regular Au s tralian Army, and is now Adju-
torials are renowned, we can conduct a holding tant of th e 3rd Royal Austr a lian Infa ntry R egi-
operation until such times as money and new m e nt, r eports h e is b e ing s hortly pos t ed to Vi et-
equipment make our role even more interesting. nam. W e wish him a successful tour of duty and
a saf e return to his famil y who w ill rem a in in
Queen's Gunners Australia.
We reported last month about our coy. at
A Queen's Own Author
Maidstone b eing fo rmed from the K ent and Pas t and present m embers of 4/ 5th Queen 's
County of London Y eomanry (Sharpshooter s ). W e
a r e a lso fortunate that our Coy. at Gi lli ngham is Own will b e d e li g hted to h ear that Jim Norri s is
being form e d from "P" Bty. 265 Light Air D e- having his firs t book publish ed in both London
fence Regiment, Royal Artillery. It will w ear and N ew Yorl< by Ca mbridge Univ ersity Press.
Queen's Regiment badges and buttons and will
be commanded by Maj. R. Marl< s, T .D .. of 265 It is call ed "The Firs t Afghan War," and is
(late) Royal Malta Artillery. The title will be the story of the r etreat from Kabul to J ellalabad
C (Medway Towns) Coy. and we hope it will form of a British force made up mainly of the 44th
a close association with all three of th e Medway Foot, The E ssex Regiment.
Towns, and a lso with the M edway branch of the
W e ar e s ure a ll m e mbe rs of the R egim e nt
will wish to congratulate Jim on his success and
no doubt hi s expe ri e nce at w ri ting ou r "Invicta"
notes three or four yea rs ago ins pired him to
greate r lite ra ry h e ights. Jim Norris se rved in
C Coy. at Sevenoaks a nd commanded our R ecce
PI.

Jim , w e hop e th a t in return for this fr ee
comm ercial :iO U will w ri te a histor y invol v in g a
Qu een 's Own bn. in th e futur e. What about the
e pic story of the Fantas ia n re treat from Stan-
ford P .T .A . e n tilled " How w e m et our Bodney
Lodge ! "

First Queen's Journal

We a re s ure m embers of the bn . will wish
to congr atu late Maj . Guy W ey mouth on th e ex -
celle nce of th e first issu e o f th e Journal of Th e
Queen's R egiment. H e has certainly h elped to
bind the various components of the new regiment
into one family, whi ch will contribute to th e s uc-
cess of the Queen's R egim ent.

W e wis h to m a l<e one poin t a nd that is that
we hope t he Editor will not b e too rigid in the

32 National Association for
Employment of Regular
a p p lication of t h e rul e t h at o nl y r egula r bat-
talio n s s uppl y t h e front page photogr a phs. Sailors, Soldiers and
Airmen
The regul a r bns. mu st have priori ty bu t now
w e a r e a ll on e fa mil y, a nd as t h e V o lun'teer s and DURI NG 1966 t h e numbe r of m e n a nd w om e n
T e rri to ria l b n s. prov id e more t h a n 50 p e r cen t. fr om th e R egul a r Arm ed Forces of th e C rown
of tt, perha ps we pa rt-t im e so ld ie rs can occa- placed in e mploy m e n t b y the N a tion a l Assoc ia -
s ~on all y see o urse lves o n th e front o f our m aga- tion for Employ m en t of R egula r Sailors Soldi e rs
z in e. a nd A irm e n w as 11,118, whic h was 82 'p er cen t.
of a ll those w h o r egist e r ed a t the Assoc ia tion 's
DIRTY HALF H UNDRED. 43 Bra n c h es, whic h cove r t h e whol e of the U ni ted
4/ 5 R.W .K. (T .A .) / 8 (T ) QUEENS. Kingdom . It is of interest tha t of this number
4,149 w e r e fr o m th e Arm y and 77 w e r e fr om Th e
Th e poin t r a ised in y our las t p a r agr a ph is R egiment.
t a l<en . -Ed .
Th e Assoc iat ion is pa r t of th e Regul ar
THE QUEEN'S Forces R esettl e m e n t Ser vice, a nd g ives a ll its
REGIMENTAL services free.
ASSOCIATION
If, wh e n y ou ge t hom e, you have mis la id t h e
address of the Branch of this A ssociation in your
area, you s hould a ppl y at a n y big Pos t Office or
to your own R egimental Association. They will
g ive it to you .

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e mplo ye r . -Ed .

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33

A Hundred Years of Fusion

I F it should be f~lt- that The Queen's Regiment BY GREGORY BLAXLAND
requires a subsidiary mono of its own, might
The 31st w e re ra ised, as Villi e rs' Marines, in
I suggest something on the lines of "Twenty- F ebruary, 1702, in a n t ic ip a tion of th e W a r of
t he Spanis h Su ccess ion an d th e recru its, w h o
Three Joined Into One," translated into Latin if came from Taunton and Bridgw ater. were
prefe rred to give it that touch of the oracular. equippe d f o r ser v ice a fl oat. Th ey a lso c h ose buff
facings a nd were to be saddled w ith th e nick-
I say "something on the lines of" because I am not n e m e "Young Buffs" by King George II.

certa in that 23 is the correct number, so obscure The 35th w e r e r a ised e ig h t month s earli er
(June, 1701 ) at Belfast b y th e E a rl of D on egal,
are the origins of some of the components, so b u ~~ th e ir se niority appears to da te fr o m the ir
despa tch to Eng la nd a year later. This regim en t
meagre the records . But certainly not less than 23 was reared on t he f ervour of re li g ion . being co rn -
posed orig in a ll y o f Orange m e n - th e Protestant
regiments, either of the Line, the Militia, or the adheren ts to the cause of t he P r ince of Orange,
King Willia m Ill- a nd t hey took up a rms th roug h
Volunteers, have gone into the making of The f ear of a r ising on b e h a lf of th e Cath olic P re-
Queen's, and a 100 years ago all were happily t e nde r to th e Eng lis h t hro n e. Th ey we r e th e r e -
f o r e proud of t h e ir o r a nge f ac ings-un t il t h ey
going their separate ways ; if not unaware of the w ere ch a nged t o royal blue when King Willia m
IV m a de th e m a Ro yal r eg im ent in 1832.
existence of eac h other at least feeling no sense
The 50t h and 57th w e r e t win s of th e sa m e
of dependence. In the intervening years they have litter, reared in a ntic ipation of th e Seven Y ears
W a r, th e Colonels be ing a ppointed in D ecember,
been gradually pressed, sometimes squawk ing, 1755, and th e regim e nts rai sed in th e New Y ear,
1756; th e 50th a t Co lc h ester a n d t h e 57t h in
sometimes mute, part by force, part by entice- Gloucestershire a nd S om erset a fter t he h ead-
qua rter s h a d been first esta blish ed in Ma nch ester .
ment, into the great War Office machine, with Black was the sombre a nd- as w as to be proved
- m essy c olour c h osen f or t h e 50t h , but in 1831
its twin trade marks, expediency and effi ciency, th ey w ere honoured by King Willia m IV on beh alf
of his wife Queen Adela ide, a nd th e black w as
until at last all emerge as one. exch a nged for blue a nd th e a lterna tive title of
"Wes t Ken t" f o r 11Qu een's Own ." L e mon w as th e
T h e r e is no doubt about th e ide ntity of the colour chosen for the 57t h .
regular regiments of th e Lin e. The re w e re te n
of the m a nd they w er e : The 70th we r e an off s h oot of t h e 31st a nd
we re born and w ean ed a t Glasgow respectively in
Th e 2nd or Queen 's Royal Regim en t. April. 1756, and in M ay, 1758. Th e ir f a cing c olours
The 3rd (Buffs ) or East Kent R egiment. we r e lig ht g r ey, as a resul t of w hic h th ey w e r e
Th e 31s t or Huntingdons hire R egim e nt. known as the "Glasgow Greys." The 77th were
The 35th or Royal Sussex R egiment. ra ised for service in Indi a in 1787. Th ey sa ile d
The 50th or Queen 's Own R egimen t. after be ing mustered at Dove r , display ing yellow
The 57th or West Middlesex R egiment. fa c ings and w ith twen ty office r vacanc ies to be
The 70th or Surrey R egiment. fill ed by th e E as t India Co mpa n y. Th e c alls of
The 77th or E ast Middlesex R egimen t. Empire a lso broug ht the 97th into be ing. They
The 97th or Earl of Ulster 's R egiment. w e re ra ised at Winc hester in Ma rc h , 1824, a n d
Th e 107th or B e n gal Infantry R egim e nt. adorned wit h sky-blue facings, which w on them
t he nickna m e of "Celestia ls." They becam e th e
There is marvellous variety in the origins of E a rl of U lster's (wh o w as a lso Duke of York ) in
these ten and in the colours they displayed. The 1826, but a ppear t o h ave n o oth e r c onnection with
Queen's w er e raised to protect the port of Tan- I r ela nd.
gier . which King Charles II gained as a rew a rd
for marrying the King of Portugal's daughter- The 107th w e r e actu a lly r a ised by the E ast
Princess Cathe rine of Braganza. The regiment Indi a Co mpa n y, at Chinsura h in 1853 as the 3rd
fir s t pa raded on Putney H eath on Octobe r 14th , Bengal European R egiment, a nd they ch an ged
1661, a n d reached T angi er more t han t hree t itle in 1853, w h e n th e E as t Indi a C ompa n y's a rm y
months later, there to win the earliest battle was tran sf erred to B ritish service. I regret I
honour awa rd ed any regim ent. Green w as th e ir have no r ecord of th eir facings colour, b ut maybe
fir s t fa cings colour, being th e colour "connect ed so m eon e cart oblige.
with" Queen Cathe rine (presuma bly h er fa mily
colour), but it was changed later to royal blue, It is c lear that the county a ffili a tion s h ad
the a ccola de of Royal b e ing award e d in 1703. non e of th e s ig nifican ce implied b y their intru-
s ion into the regimenta l t itles. The sch em e h ad
. The Buffs s temme d from a company r a ised b een s t a rte d in 1782, but t h e r egime nts often h a d
privately for service in Holland during the course no previous connection wi.th the ir c ounties, h a d
of a review of the Trained B a nds of London, h eld no perma ne n t re presen tative, a nd w ere allow ed
by Queen Elizabeth outside h er palace a t Green- t o e nlist r ecruits v irtually a n ywh e r e they ch ose.
wi c h. on May 1s t , 1572. The for ce in Holland Th e s tre ngth . or rathe r w eakness, of t h e a ffili a -
later received official recog nition and g reatly ex- tion is a ptly illustr ated by the f act that w h en
panded, until at last b eing s ta bilised at a streng th twenty -five n ew b a t ta lion s we r e r equired in 1857,
of four English r egiments that came on the pay-
roll of the Dutch. They w ere disb a nded by the
Dutch for r efus ing to side with them when w a r
w as dec lare d against England in F ebruary, 1665,
a nd a•bout h a lf the officer s and m e n r eturne d to
England by private arrange m ent. On M ay 31s t ,
1665, Charles II, who had s hown r e m a rk a bl e
unconce rn about th e ir fate, reform e d th e m as a
s ingle regim ent: a n early exampl e of fou r-into-
ant. c ompression . Part c f th e ir uniform h a d
a lways b een buff or " fl esh-colour, " inh e rited p re-
sumably from the buff jerkins of the Tra ined
B a nds.

34 Thus, in 187 3 or 4, the Queen's came to

the top regiments in preced ence w er e ordered to Gui ldford and The Buffs to Canterbury, each
raise second battalions, r egardl ess of t h e r ec ruit-
ing pote ntial of their affiliated counties. The 2nd depot serving their two battal ions. The 31 st was
Queen 's w e r e raised at Colch ester , the 2nd Buffs
at Limerick, in that great harvesting g round of reunited with the 70th at Kingston-on- Thames
th e Britis h Arm y, Ireland. Th ese r egim ents , in-
cidentally, wer e the only two of the ten th a t and the 35th linked up with the 107th at
preferred to be called by n am e rather tha n by
number. Chichester ; the 50th with the 97th at Maidstone,

But of course the counties did ha ve their and the 57th with the 77 th- the West with the
military representatives- with whom they w ere
very c losely link ed- in the 1\lllitia, the r epresenta- East Middlcsex-at Woolwich.
tives of the "Constitutional Force" of g reat
antiquity whose year of origin was claimed to be No doubt accepting g ra dualness as a n essen-
54 B.C. and whose continuou s his tor y c ould be tia: of Arm y re f o rm , Mr. Cardwe ll esch e w e d a n y
traced from the reig n of Alfred The Great. There a lt er a tion to t h e iden t ity of a ny of th e r egim ents
w ere constant changes in establishmen t , depend- and gave th e new g r oupings a nam e tha t in
ing on the likelihood of war, but certa inly most later yea rs w as to return f o r a second innings-
of the Militia regiments had been in exis tence as " brigad e." These br igad es w e r e a llo tted numbers
suc h (in 1867) for a hundred years or more and a nct t he Mili t ia a nd Vol u ntee r bat ta lions in t h e ir
they had the ir o wn emblem s and idiosync ras ies, a re as were m ad e pa rt of th e m; thu s for th e fir st
of which they were very proud. Th ey pla yed a time being assoc iated wi th pa rticular regiments
v e ry s imilar part as the latte r-day territoria ls, of t h e Lin e.
except that all their training was concentrated
into a s ingle month, preceded by a n extra fort- It was obviously a bs urd to have t he Hunting-
night's training for recruits, and one of th eir donshire R egiment based on Kingston a nd the
duties was to proc ure rec ruits for th e reg ul a r Beng al Infa ntry on Chichester , but humbled
regim ents of the Line. Discipline may h ave been though th ey w e re by t h e ir oppo ne nts' initi a ti ve
s trict e r , too. In 1813- during one of th e fr equent in a s ph e re th ey reg a rde d as th e ir own, th e
periods when the Mi li tia had been called out- a T ories refr a in ed fro m taking "th e next logical
private of the West Kent Militia was sentenced s te p forward " wh e n th ey returne d to office in
to 800 lash es for absence , but was allowed t o 1874. Back ca m e G la d s to ne in 1880 and again h e
commute this to ge ne ral se rvice with th e Lin e. appointed a bold m a n as W a r Minister, Mr. Hug h
Childers. With t h e backing of his Adjuta nt-
Then th ere we re the Volunteers, rai sed by an General, Lie utena nt-Genera l Sir Garnet Wolseley,
Act of Parliament of 1859 in anxi ety about the whose bac kg round a nd c ha racteris tics s o c losely
designs of Emperor Napoleon Ill. If th e Militia r esemble those of Lord Montgo m er y, h e promptly
corresponded roughly to the T erritorial Army, introduced reforms that not only swept the proud
th~ Volunte ers, a s first cons titute d, w e r e th e numbered regiments into large regiments with
equiva le nt of th e Home Guard. Borough s w e r e county titles but e nforced s uch s tandardisation
allotted g rants to raise and equip their own corps, that the facings of every infa ntry regiment ha d
a n d th eir individuality is emphas ised by th e fa ct to be e it h er blu e (if R oyal) or white.
that when they were grouped into battalions in
1860, th e latte r w e r e named admini s tra tiv e batta - Th e re w e re ou trag e d c ri es of protest , ech oes
lions, a s if their duties extended no furth er tha n of which are to be found in mos t of our regi-
the dis tribution of ammunition and keeping a m e ntal his tori es. but whil e mos t Of th e m cam e
c h eck on s trength s. Well abrea st of fa s hion. the from th e regulars, the Militia regiments made the
Volunteers adopted the uniform and nomenclature greates t sac rifices- total , in the long run- and
of riflem en, but if the pages of Punch are any forming the truest county element of the new
guid e they were a favourite target of fun. In days county r egiments, they should not be forg otten.
when the regular soldier was required to serve
twenty-one years with the colours and was r e- The 2nd Royal W est Surrey Militia R egiment,
garded as little better than a recruit at least for founded a s such in 1761, becam e th e 3rd Militia
the first fiv e, it is not surprising that ther e s hould Battalion, th e Queen 's (Royal W es t Surrey) R egi-
be sniggers at th e inept efforts of the part-time. ment, appare ntly w ithout trace of its old identity
except for th e words "West Surrey" in the title
The Army was in a m ess, with no cohesion - a matter of aggrav a tion to reg ular Quee ns m e n .
between its rambling branches and terrible terms The Eas t K ent Militia , a n offs hoot of th e old
of service imposed on the m en who served the Kent Militia form ed in 1759, w er e simil a rly
Queen far spread around the world, wher e th ey swallow ed up within Th e Buffs, Eas t Kent R eg i-
might re main for twenty years without home m e nt, whic h initi a1ly of course had to w e ar th e
leave. The need tor reform was obv ious, but humiliating (for the regula r s ) white collars. (The
perhaps through awe of that monument of con- cap badge, too . was init ia lly th e White Horse of
servatism, His Royal Highness The Commander- K e nt, which m ay possibl y have pleased the
in-Chi ef. Duke of Cambridge - better known a s militiam e n .)
Royal George- nothing was don e until Glad-
s ton e's fir st Minis try of 1868-74. Th e 1s t a nd 3rd R oyal Surrey Militia R egi-
me nts, the form er of which could trace its
His War Minister, Mr. Edward CardweU, put musters from the reign of H enry VIII, at lea st
through some brave m easures, including the had a badge containing t he arms of Kingston
subordination of the Commander-in-Chief to the a nd Guildford, a lthough th e Ro yal title w as lost.
War Office, th e abolition of commi ssion by pur- The Royal Sussex Lig h t Infantry Militia, which
chase. and the introduction of s hort t erms of had been in se rvi ce s ince 1778, s imilarly los t it s
colour service for the soldier . By reducing garri- s ta tus a s Lig h t Infa ntry, but th e Wes t K ent
son commitments overseas he was able to pair-off Militia , inh e r itors of t h e formid a!b le tradition s of
battalions (or regiments, in the ca se of those that th e K ent Mi li ti a, not only e njoyed upgrading in
had only one) for alternate tours at home and st y le but had th e ir own badge adopted on becom-
overseas. The men were interchangable (whereas ing part of Th e Queen's Own (Royal W est K ent
previously they could not be transferred out of R egiment) .
their regim ents without their consent), and h e
gave the depot companies of these paired batta- The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
lions common, permanent homes-wh ere possible R egiment)- the Commande r-in-Chief had recently
in their old affiliated counties. so honoured the 77th - contained two former
Militia r egiments, both deprived of th eir Royal
style-one wit h the f ascina ting n a m e of Royal
Elthorne Lig ht Infa n t ry Militia and the other

the Royal East Middlesex Militia. The latter 35
regiment was of such antiquity that its badge
As for the T err ito rial s, it would appear that
rese mbl ed one that was to pl ay a noto rious pa rt th ~ great m a jority regarded it as a g reat step-u p
in the history of the present Queen's R egime nt to be made fully -fl edged members of the cou nty
containing thre e Saxon swords and the fi ve~ reg im ents, and m orale s oared when the chance
cam e to add their own battle ho nours to f a mous
pointed crown as memento of its ca r 1i est li sts. Th e regim ents provided a m agnifi ce nt base
sove reign, King Alfred . So h ere w e r e eighteen for expansion during the Great W ar and through
them th e great trad itions of t h e old pre-Cardwe ll
r eg im e nts- t e n of the Lin e and e ight of th e regim ents were proudly inherited by new born
ba ttalion s.
Militia- mould ed in to six .
But as the post-wa r years advanced deep into
Nomi n a lly, th e Voluntee rs becam e part of th e the thirties th e monster of une mploy ment slowly
new large regiment s a year or two aft er the s ubs ided. affecting bus in ess in the recruiting
offices, and with th e a dva nce of speciali sati on,
fo rm ation of th e latter in 1881, adopting- s uc h infantrymen became increasingl y outnumbered by
titles as the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Queen's their supporting arms a nd "tail." Flags were
and so o n. But this event seems to have bee n re- often to be seen in place of platoons wh en a home
garded as of s u c h little s ign ifi ca nce that it esca p es battalion of the R egular Army went out on
m ention in most of our r eg imental histori es, and exerc ise. Th ere mu st have been so me who se ri-
ous ly wondered how muc h life there could be left
further, complicated research would be necessary in the old Cardw ell syst e m .
to establis h the ide ntity of all th e old Volunteer
regiments involved . Five battalions of the K ent There for a month w e can leave our twenty-
Rifle Volunteers were split two a nd three to The three reg iments, squ eezed now into six .
Buffs and Queen's Own. a nd the Royal Sussex
acquired (I think) the Sussex Rifle Volunteers T o b e conti·n~t ed i11 n ext n 1onth 's issue of lhC'
a nd certainly one battalion of the Cinque Ports
Rifle Volunteers. Jo 1 ~Yna l. - Ed.

Pres umably the Surrey Rifle Volunteer s a nd Correspondence
th e Middl esex Rifle Vo lunteers prov id ed th e ten
battalions which eventually joined the three other From: Major P . Hiscock,
cou nty regim e nts, but there may w e ll ha ve bee n 17 Bowe r G reen,
others- inde p e nd ent in title and outlook. On e or Longcot,
two battalions in due course changed into the F'ar ringdon , B e rks.
uniform of their affiliated r egiments, but probably 22nd January, 1967.
mo::;t stuck proudly to their rifte gree n . H owever,
th•' South African War proved a great unifler. To The Editor,
Not o nl y did the Militia battalions a ll serve over- The Journal of The Queen 's R egiment,
R .H .Q. The Qu ee n 's Regiment,
seas, but co mpos ite co mpani es of the Volunteers Ca nte rbury.
served as part of their Regular battalions, gain- Dear Guy,
ing a s a rule first mention of their exis tence in
the regimental histories. W e would be very g rateful if you could thank
th e Officer s of t he 2nd B a ttalion, perhaps through
In 1908 c ame further r eorganisation; the the n ew Journal, for the splendid wedding present
Libe ral Party- those despise d "Little Englande rs" that w e found awaiting us on our return from
- be ing- back in power agai n after many years Guyana.

of turmoil. Having studied the German system, It was mos t kind of t h e m a ll and w e s hall
Mr. H aJda ne, the W a r Ministe r, turne d the Militia treasure it mos t dearly.
into the Special R eserve, to act as re inforcement
units for the Regular Army in war. It was the Yours s in cerely,
end of the "Cons titutional Force" after a long, PETER.
fa mous, but unspectacular history and although
they were not to know it, the fate was sealed of Major Hiscoc k is attending a d egree cou rse at
the battalions transferred. with the same status Shrivenham.- Ed.
within their regiments, to the new role . The
Volunteers took over the task of th e Militia, To : Th e Comm a nding O ffi ce r , 4th Bn . Th e Buffs
r eo r·ganis ed as the Territorial Force and fully (T .A .) , Cante rbur y, K e nt, England .
integrated in their co unty regiments a s num1bered
battalions below the Special R eserve. All the From : Capt. J . J . L e T ess ie r , E .D ..
green jackets w ere now exchanged for scarlet, 13 Napier Stree t ,
after twe nty-five years of conflict between name Claremont,
W estern Australia,
ancJ appearance. 14th Novemb er , 1966.

Our s ix regiments w e re now thirty-s ix batta- D ea r Co lon e l,
lions s trong, all voluntarily e nlis ted well up to With the limitations in s tre ngth to be imposed
establishme nt from much the same area as is
pres umaby availabl e to the present Qu een 's R eg i- on the T erritorial Army now only a matte r of
m ent. Th e Middlesex had ten of these battalions w eeks away, I hope tha t I may be able to ask if
- four of whic h were regular- a nd it is hard to a specimen of you r R egimental Cap Badge may
unders tand why the county had not s plit r eg i- be made available to a project which I m ention
m entally, like Surrey and K ent. The East Surreys he re und e r.
had s ix, th e remainder five.
A s you might s us p ect, this is a private co l-
During the next thirty years, life within the lection, and I feel some explanation should be
mad e. My prese nt e nd eavours a re aimed at com -
regime nts was su rely at its h app iest, bringing pl e ting the se ri es of British T e rritorial Arm y
complete vindication of the measures introduced Battalion badge c urr entl y worn- before the 1967
by Mr. Cardwell and consummated by his suc- axe fall s.
cessors. The home-and-abroad system, coupled
w ith the permanent county home, gave the
regulars a sense of security and variety of oppor-
tunity and greatly widened the feeling of family
prid e. Admitte dly the death knell of the old
Militia battalions had been sounded, but like true
old soldie r s they "fade d away" gradually and
were finall y put to s leep under that f a miliar
anaesthetic, "plac ed in s u s pende d a nimation,"

soon after the end of t h e Great War.

36 banded but will obv ious ly bequ eath mu ch to the ir
s u ccessors.
The collection first w ent before the public as
an exhibit to coin c id e with th e 1962 Britis h Com - If you r equire a ba d ge of Th e Qu een 's Regi-
monwealth Games h eld h er e in P e rth. Since then m e nt in du e course do not hesitate to as k.
it has b een s t eadily e nlarged , and whil e it is not
so great tn volume as some collections it has been I am copying this lett er a nd yours to the
comm ented upon as being s omewhat unique in Editor of the Journa l of The Queen 's R egim ent
Aus tralia in th e m a nner of di s play. Eac h badge is in the hope that h e will find space to quote ex-
borne on a small s hield of Corps or R egimental tracts at least in the Journal as this exchange of
colours. A black scroll ben eath each shield bears ba dge and the story of your collection will be of
the full R egimenta l title and year of rais ing in interest to man y form e r m embers of all the
white s cript. I have mad e the fram es a va il a ble R egim e nts now c ombin ed in The Qu een 's R egi-
on a numbe r of occasions for recruiting, e tc. , at m ent.
dis plays in W este rn Comm a nd. Earli e r this y ear
t e n fr a m es containing nearly 300 badges w er e on D. A. WILLOWS.
show at one of our city banks to boost Army
W eek . At othe r tim es they hang from the w a lls The following is an extract from a letter from
of our Officers' M ess. Mr. Joe Dawkin s (ex-Buffs) of Ramsgate.
To The Editor,
Now that you have some idea why this r e-
qu est is made, I wonde r, Sir, if y ou could mak e 25th Janua ry, 1967.
ava ilable an office r patte rn badge for this unde r- D ear Sir,
taking. It is my inte ntion to have 4th Bn . r epre-
sented by this badge and 5th Bn. represented by I hope you will forg ive my writing to you but
an O .R. b a dge which I alread y have. And a fin a l I was watching "Day by Day" (on television ) last
r equest! Could y ou also plea se indicate on the night and it m ention ed that someone was going
attached slip the arrangem ent of colours s uitable to Hong Kong n ext month a nd invited anyone
to form a background to this badge. wis hing to send a m essage to a soldier serv ing
there to write in . (I presume they referred to
So that thi s s hall not b e too one -s ide d I a m the 2nd Bn.) .
e n c losing th e badge of th e Roya l Aus tr a li a n
Infantry Corps . This badge is worn by a ll r a nl< s I think it would be a very nice gesture on
who b elong to an Infantry unity without a R egi- your part, if you sent a copy of the first issue of
m ental badge of its own. our n ew Journal to The Editor of Southern T ele-
vision. I am sure they would be delighted to
Yours sincerely, r eceive it and r ead all about the 2nd Bn. in Hong
Kong.
JOHN J . LE TESSIER.
How I would like to see that place once
Australian Military Forces, again.
W est ern Australian Univers ity R egt.
Yours s incerely,
To: Capt. J . J . Le T essier, E.D ., W est e rn Aus tralia
Unive rsity R egiment, 13 Napier Street, Clare- JOE DAWKINS.
mont, W es t ern Au stralia.
A complim e nta ry c opy of our fir s t issu e was in-
From: Lt.-Col. D . A. Willows. deed sent to The Editor Southern T elevision.
Officer Commanding Mr. Dawkins served with the 2nd Bn. The
4 Buffs (T.A.). Buffs in Hon g Kong from 1908-1910 and the n
12th J a nuary, 1967. in Singapore until 1912. -Ed .

D e ar L e T ess ie r, 211 Chich est e r Road ,
Thank you for your letter dated 14th Novem- Portsmouth.

ber, 1966, which must have been caug ht up in th e 29th January, 1967.
Christmas mail for it only arrived a few days ago. To The Editor,
The Journal of The Queen's R egiment,
I have great pleasure in sending an Officer 's D ear Sir,
pattern badge of The Buffs for inclus ion in your
collection. It is silver and I hope it will not be I wrote the enclosed poem a few days after
too tarnished when you receive it. I return your the assault by the Queen 's W est Surrey Regiment
s lip to indicate the colours for the background and Queen's Own Royal W est K ent Regiment at
s hi e ld . El Alamein . About 40 y ears ago I s e rved for a
few months (until invalided out) with the Queen's
It was mos t interesting to h ear of your e nte r- Own and joined up with The Royal Engineers at
prise which s ounds as though it w e ll d eserv es th e El Alamein.
pra ise given to it.
I wonder if my r ecolle ction of that night 25
You may wis h to know that the Dragon badge years ago would be of any interest to your read ers.
is to be carri ed forward as the centre pi ece of
the r ecently publish ed badge of Th e Qu ee n 's Yours faithfully,
R egiment. The Queen 's R egiment has evolved
from the m erger of the following R egim ents of A . H . BAILEY, 760670.
the R egular Army:-
Ex-Gunn e r 219 Bty. R .A .
1. Qu een 's Surrey s ( form e rl y Qu een s a nd Ex-Pte . Training Bn . R.W.K.
East Surreys ) Ex-Sgt. 577 Coy. R.E.

2. Queen 's Own Buffs ( form e rly Buffs a nd EL ALAJ\'lEIN, OCTOBER 23rd, 1952.
R.W.K.)
The moon came up, a golden globe
3. R . Sussex And d eck ed the wast e in silver robe,
4. Middl es ex Th e d esert los t its barre n look
Thes e form er R egim ents are now numbered (as And sand a s tarlit mantle took.
abov e ) as Battalions of The Queen's R egiment. Then out of th e dun es roared a thousand gun s,
R.H.Q. and the Depot are at Canterbury. This The first threatening growl against the Runs,
took effect on 31st D ece mber, 1966. From Alam e in to Hamame't, each blood-red
On April 1s t , 1967, th e following Battalions of
The Queen's R egiment will b e form ed as a r esult tinge
of the r eorganisation of the R eserve Army :- A challenge for freedom again was flung.
5th (Volunteer) Bn. Roaring planes joined in the fray,
6th 7th 8th 9th and lOth T erritorial Bns . "W e s trike for Britain"! seem e d to say
and the p;esen't Battalions (T .A .) will b e di s- Stronge r and s tronge r th e guns boom ed

through the night,

Sta r s a nd m oon turned p a le in t h e Ve r ey ligh t 37
Whil e te nse a t th e wire s tood Eng la nd 's son ~
Awa iting th e word >-"Now follow th e g un s." Briti s h Limbl ess E x-Se rv ice Men's Assoc iation ,
F orward they w e nt- m en of Surrey a nd K ent Frankla nd Moore H o use, 185-187 H igh R oad,
Into infe rno e 're th e barrage was s pe nt,
'Cross min efi eld and slit-tren ch of a murcl - Ch a Jwe ll H eat h , E ssex .
26th J a n uary. 1967.
'rou s fo e,
T o The Editor,
Stormed at with mortar and Breda- see they The Journa l of The Queen's Regiment,
Howe B a rrac ks , Cante rbury .
go! D ear Sir,
"Th e tank s will b e comin g ," th ey said at the
W e b eli eve th a t r eade rs of The Journ a l of
br eac h Th e Qu ee n's R egim e nt could a nd w ould w is h to
But a lon e with bayon et, th eir obj ective th ey h e lp B.L.E .S .M.A . in our sear c h for limbl ess ex-
S e rv ice m e n and w o m e n who can be ne ft t from
re a c h, our sp eciali sed se r v ices; w hi ch ser v ices a r e fr ee ly
available to them whether or not they are m em -
Priva t e a nd capta in f ell 'n eath murd erous ha il. b e r s of B .L .E.S.M.A .
Can courage and s tout h e arts 'ga in s t fi e ld
Our aim is th a t no limbl ess ex-S er v ice man or
guns prevail ? woman should suffer undue or unnecessary hard-
"Down, down," tis s uicide to go more s hip and '"e can tod a y prov id e fin a nc ial he lp
But the Queen's had a mission wh e re the need exis ts. W e a lso h e lp in the pro-
"W e fight to end war"! v is ion of aids a nd a m e niti es w ithin th e hom e a nd
So onwar.::l th ey w e nt, thoug h m a ny brave our three B .L .E .S .M.A . Hom es a t Blac kpool, Cr ie ff
a nd Portsmouth are ava ila ble for rest , rec upe ra -
heart died tion and pe rm a n ent res id e nce. W e are con s ta ntl y
(I saw the m in the moonlight, K ent and finding large numbers of limbless ex-Service men
who are not in rece ipt of th e ir fu1J e ntitl e m e nts of
Surrey's pride ), pe ns ion and allowa nces, and man y tod ay a re>
b e n efiting from th e h e lp a nd advice th ey ha ve
The sw eet sleep of death had eased all t h eir rec e ived from B .L .E .S .M.A . m the ir mdt v tdu a l
ca ses. Our h e lp, finan c ia l a nd oth e rwi se, is a~ so
pain available to the widows of limbless ex-Service
Th ey fe ll with a s hout, n e'er to rise a gain-
Yet onward they w ent, till they h eard m e nThe re mus t be many of th e s urviving 24,000
limbless ex-Service men who are known to your
"ltaliano" cr ied. read e rs but who are not ye t in touc h with
The horde who had laughed when their com - B .L .E.S.M .A . Yould you pl ea se h elp by bringing
th e Assoc iation 's se rv ices to th e attention of your
rades di e d. readers and inviting them to inform the Genera l
"Come out, Antonio!" t h ey s hout to the s ur- S ecr etar y , B.L.E .S .M.A ., at the abo ve address of
a ny form e r m e mbe rs of the R egim e nts from which
r endering foe, the Qu een's R egim e nt has been form e d, who are
limbless but not in touch with B .L .E.S.M.A ., so
Whils t from flaming s t ee l t h e r e el blood will that w e ca n mak e our se rv ices a vailabl e to th e m ?
still flow .
\¥ith m a n y t h a nks.
Th e tanks n e ve r cam e, the y had burs t through
Yours fa ithfully,
alon e, ANCASTER.
But the Queen's cried with pride, "We've got
Majo r Th e E a rl of An ca t e r , L.L., J .P ., T .D ..
th e job don e. " Nation a l Pres ide nt.
Now backwards they limp, battered and torn ,
Battle-seared m en , back to the dawn. " K entish Gazette,"
Limping and bl eeding, many gaps in th e ra nks, Ca nte rbur y.
Th e m e n who hraved H e ll without aid from 31s t Januar y, 1967.

the tanks. T o The Editor,
Thro' our wire th e y passed a s th e re li e f The Journal of The Queen's R egiment,
Cante rbury.
w ent out, Dear Major W eymouth ,
The re mnants of Compani es who di ed with a
I wou ld be grate ful if y ou would a llow m e a
s hout, little s pace in your column s to ex press m y thanks
"For England, for freedom, forward g o w e !" to the 3rd Batta lion The Queen's R egiment (Royal
And the s un rose to light th e road to v ic tory. Sussex) for its ve ry w a rm w e lc om e during a re-
cent vis it to Lemgo.
From : Captain G . B . Bateman, QUEENS,
Particular th a nl<s g o to Lt.-Col. Dav id Russell ,
D efe nce Intelligence Staff H eadqua rte rs, Major H yde, Major Cr onin a nd Lt. Cons tantin e,
Far East Command, a nd to all th e office r s, N .C.O.'s and m e n who put
c / o G.P .O. Singa pore. th e mselves out to be of ass is tan ce.

29th J a nuary, 1967. I am s ure th a t my colleagu es, Fra nk C hapma n
(Kent and Sussex Courie r ) , and John Cons ta bl e
To The Editor, (Sussex Express ) would want to join in those
thanks.
The Journal of The Queen's R egiment,
Finally, may w e jointl y apologise to those
D ear Gu y, m embers of the Battalion who had to d eal w1th
a v e ry mudd y A .P .C. a ft e r a v is it to the training
May I ask for a little s pace in your co lumns area. Our offer to "wash up" was firmly declined
fo r a le tte r whic h r eally conce rns on ly a part of as th e offending v e hi c le w as g loomily inspected!
the R egime nt? It is to thank all those ex-Quee n's
Own Buffs who contributed to the s plendid c igar- MALCOLM MITCHELL.

ette box w h ich I was given as a w edding present.
It is a magnificent pi e ce of silve r whic h I s hall
long trea s ur e, par ticu larly a s it is (I imagin e ) th e
las t Queen 's Own Buffs box.

Su e and I w e re sorry that s o f ew officers
w e re ab le to c om e to ou r w e dding, but I rea lise
that 31s t Dece mber was not th e id eal date to
choose, R egim e ntally s pe aking. How ev er, amalga-
mations w er e "in" t h at day, so at least w e can't

be accused of being unfashionable !
W e lool< forward to see ing 2 QUEENS (a nd

ind eed , 1, 3 and 4 QUEENS) officer s back in Eng-

la nd a t the e nd of the y ear .

Thank you all, aga in, v ery much indeed.

GILES BATEMAN.

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From : H a r ry Brown. K en ton, Exeter .

An ita A ve n u e R .R .3. 9th J a nu a r y, 1967.

No r th Bay, Th e Ed itor,
T h e Journa l of the Queen's Regim e nt ,
Onta r io, Canada. C ante r bury.

T o The Editor, 20th Jan uar y, 1967. D ea r Sir .

T h e Jou rna l of T h e Qu een 's R eg im e nt. May I send you m y good wis hes for t he
success of t h i s n ew R eg im ental Magazin e a l t h oug h
D ea r Major W eymout h , I can o nl y d e p lo r e t h e po li c y w h ic h h a s d e c r eed
t hat so m a n y a n c ie n t R eg im e n t s w h ose Co lours
I was s o rry t o see t h e Qu een 's Ow n Gaze tt e p r ocla im ed t h e ir p roud tradit ion s s h ould b e virtu.
r e t ir ed, n ow '' I n v icta," but I s uppose in t hi s a lly abolis h ed a n d t h e a ma lg a m con s ti tuted into
m odern . world w e have to ada pt to computers, a n ew for m ation .
e lectro ni CS and th e s p ace age.
May I a ls o. in a ll h u mili ty, s u gges t t h at t he
I wo ul d li k e to see a n ew n am e fo r t h e n ew n ew ti tl e of t h e R egim e n ta l pape r is r ath e r a
public at io n ins t e ad of •pl a in "Jo urn a l of Th e m outh fu l ? I t la c k s imagi n atio n a n d looks s o c on ~
fou n d ed ly offic ial. It h a s n o s a les a pp eal. Th e on e
Q u een 's R eg ime n t/' or at least leave i t a s "Inv ic ta" br ig h t s park left in t h e d y ing e m b e r s of t h e old
t h e Jou rn a l o f t h e Qu een's R eg im e nt. It wou ld b e r eg ime nts is t h e a bolit io n o f t h at s h ocl<i n g ca p
d 1ffic u lt to c h oose a b e tte r n am e but I r ealise- badge im posed for t h e la st s ix year s a n d th e
E s p rit-d e -C o r p s-m ay e nte r in to it-so p e rhaps restoration of t h e historic Dragon. Why not cash
in o n t h is a n d c a ll yo ur m a gazin e The D r agon-
w e s h o uld a b id e by t h e d ec ision of t h e pas t Ed ito rs or t h e N ew Drag on even . T his at least would
and b e boos t e r s for t h e J ou rn a l. r ev iv e a t r ad it io n of t h e sen io r r eg im e n t w h ic h
h as been ex tinguis h ed.
I h ad a note f rom a n old f r ien d of mine
t og e th er w ith a couple of "Invicta s" h e retu rn ed I love h orses but I would pr efer to see t h e
to m e-a M r . Fra nk Ebdon , of D elhi, On tario, w h o old Dragon replace t h e pran c ing h ors e on the
h a d m a d e t h e t rip to H o n g K ong a nd T ok io o n a cove r ev e n if th e nag was A rkl e.

Ca nad ian Pilg rim age in November wi t h oth er F in a ll y , S ir, m ay I s ay t h at if you w is h to
Can adia n s w h o w er e captured in H ong Kong by in c r ease th e c ircu lation, o n e way to d o so w o uld
t h e J a p s . H e te lls m e h e h a d t hree v e r y p le a s a n t b e t o d evote a s mu c h s p a ce as poss ib le t o t idings
v is its t o th e Sgt s.' M ess of t h e 1s t Bn. Qu ee n 's of t h ose w ho h ave left t h e Ser vice a nd m ust b e
Own B u ffs (as it was t h e n )- v is it s h e w ill a lways s catter e d a ll ove r t h e G lobe. T o o ld sold ier s th ese
c h e n s h w hil st o n t h e pi lg rim age. I b e liev e h e s nippe t s a r e of f a r m o r e in t e r est t h a n t h e d e ta iled
acted a s B u g ler fo r t h e P ilig rimage a s t h er e was acco un t, s ay, of s o m e in t e r -pl a to o n bas k etba ll
a pi ctur e o f him a n d his b u g le in on e of la s t c om p e t it io n . In my day t h at s o r t of act iv ity w as
yea r 's " L eg ion a r y." practi sed on ly a t g irls' sch ools.

Wit h b est wish es to you an d Co lo n e l Grace. You r s fa it h fully,
R. TUKE ,
Y o urs f a it h fu ll y, L a t e T h e B u ffs.
H ARRY BROW N .

CONWAY WILLIAMS

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39

AROUND THE COUNTIES

The Queen's Surreys ing as chief clerk ever s ince. F'ifty years' service
and sti ll going stro ng! We send our co ngratula-
Office tions to Stan Bays, a nd all good wish es for the
future.
WE should lik e to offe r Major Guy W eymouth
our c ong ratulations on th e inaugural issue Regim e~tal M useum of The Queen 's Roya l S urrey
of the Journal of T he Queen's R egiment, a nd to R eg Lment
wish him all s uccess in the futur e.
Among . th e acqu is itio n s to the R egimen tal
Lt.-Col. C. R . K. Ba(lon, O.B.E. Muse um t ni s month has been t h e w ill of Capt.
Geo rg e Stra ng:e Nares, of the 70th Regim e nt,
ln our last contribution we mentioned that \V hic h was wr 1tten s t sea off Ma rt ini que on 6th
Co l. Bacon, la t e Th e Qu ee n 's Royal R egim e nt, had F e brua ry, 1794.
presented his sword to our R egimental Museum .
Col. Bacon, who celebrated his 90th birthday on Within 24 h ours t h e R eg im e nt had la nd ed on
12th J a nua ry, 1967, has now prese nted his d ecora- the south coast of th e is la nd a nd was soon e n-
tions a. nd m edal s to The Queen 's Roy a l Surrey gaged wi~h the Fre n c h ga rris on . Capt. Nares was
R egimenta l M use um . commanding th e advance g uard in t h e actio n at

It wi ll be of interes t to man y p eopl e to learn Morne Pie d, a nd was mentioned in th e des patc h es
that Col. Bacon 's O .B .E . is s u s pe nded by the old of the Comma nder-in-Chief for his courage a nd
Purple and Red Ribbon of th e Orde r , h e having JUdg m e nt.
been awa rd ed this. m 1917. Al so, amongst his
m edals IS t h e Afnca G en eral S e rvice Me dal It is sad to relate that w ithin two months of
1902-1920, with C lasp, for th e Nandi oper atio n of signing his will thi 3 ga lla n t you ng office r had
1905-190tl. Poss ibly or greater inte r est is t h e Sudan ~ u ccumbed to t he f ever whic h was ragi ng in th e
Medal of 1910-1920, with Clas p s, Ga rj a k Nu e r a nd Is lands. Capt. Nares' w ill '\vas w it n essed by two
Lau Nu Br, w hi c h h e Ka in ed w hil st se rving w ith brother officers, Lt. H enry G ifford and the sur-
th e 12 th Sudane se R egime n·t in •the Egyptian geon, J ames Kay . Gifford al so d ied in April 1794
Arm y in 1917 and 1920. and the surgeon in August of the same year.' '

A book , "B riti s h Battl es and Me dals ," by The Queen's Own Buffs
MaJor Lawre n ce L . Gordo n , publi s h ed in 1947 by
Messrs. Gale a nd Pold en , m e ntioned t h at " Major Office
C. R. K. Bacon, O .B .E ., command ed the South ern
Colu mn against t h e Garjak Nuer in the Upper FROM FAR AND NEAR
Ni le dist r ict during th e operations against t h at
tr ibe wh ich comme n ced in D ecember, 1919, a nd I T is with the utmost reg ret that the death is
were s uccessfu ll y completed in Apri l, 1920." Col. a nnounced, at his h om e in Pains wick on 25th
Bacon is on e of the onl y two Britis h officers who January, of Colonel Rob e rt Fred e ric k P earson,
we re awarde d c las ps for the campa ig n . O.B.E., T.D ., late The Buffs in his 99th yea r .
Colonel P ear son h ad been affectionately r eferred
Col. Ba.con was al so awarded, in 1920, t h e to for m an y yea rs, a nd certa inl y s ince the amal-
Orde r of the Nile-3rd Class- and in t he same gam ation of his old R eg ilne nt with The Queen's
yea r was promoted Brevet L ie ute nant-Co lone l. Own, as 41 The Fathe r of the R eg ime nt," and it is
During W orld W ar Il h e eerved with the 2nd h ard to imagine a m o re suitable title for him or
(Surrey) Bn. Home Gua rd. anyone better s uite d t<> hold s u c h a title .

Lt.-Col. J. L . Congdon His interest in the affairs of his old Regi•ne nt
The name of John Congdon, w ho di ed on 12th a nd of its successor was undiminis hed in spite of
the passing of the years, a nd his Christmas Mes-
January, aged 79, wa s kn own b y m a n y outs id e sages, publis h ed regula rl y e ve ry year in th e
his own R egim ent. A m ember of a Royal Marine's D ecembe r issu es of " lnv ic ta,.'' w e re always very
family, he was imbued w ith a prid e in, and devo- much personal e.xpressions of his thoughts.
t ion to, The East Surrey R egiment. After r etire-
ment, when h e was Editor of the R egimental H e w as the last surviving son of the late
Journal 8 nd Secretary of the Officers' a nd Old Gen eral S ir C h a rles P earso n , K. C.M .G.-wh o h a d
Comrades' A ssociation s, he becam e known to a himself commanded 2nd Bn. The Buffs for a
numbe r oi officers an d so ldi ers in the R egim ents number of years during the South African War-
now forming The Queen's R egiment. a nd w as first c ommissione d into his father's R eg i-
m e nt in April, 1889.
Ca.pt, H. G. Grea.twood
Capt. Hugh Greatwood captained the Army CoL Pearson was born in Bristol , and was
educate d at W estward H o ! School-where h e was
r ugger s ide again st Richmond on 14th J a nuary. a "fag" to Rud yard Kipling-and at th e R.M .C.,
A n ewspape r report of the m atch said , ''In criti- Sandhurst. On commissioning into The Buffs,
cising t he Army pack, exception must be made of h e served for 13 years in India, m a inl y o n N .W.
Greatwood, the capta in, w ho stood out a s Shakes- Fronti e r dut ies. At t h e e n d of the Boer W ar he
peare puts it 'like a good deed in a n a ug hty returned to South Africa with Baden-Powell's
world.'" Poli ce.

Mr. S. B ays, M.B.E. Later, h e had the unique exp erience of in-
Mr . Sta nl ey Bays r e c~ ll s that in F e b ruary str uc ting at both the R.M .C. Sandhurs t and the
R.M.A . W oolwich. While in stru cting at the f or-
50 yea r s ago h e walk e d throug h t h e gate of Kin g- m e r. t h e futur e Fi eld Marshals Dill a nd W avell
ston Bat-rack s to en li st. Afte r pre liminary train- were amo n gst hi s Officer Cad et students.
ing in a r ese rv e b n ., h e was po s t e d to XX Th e
Lancashi re Fus ili ers. H e joined them in France In 1907 h e r etired a n d cam e to Ji ve in K e nt,
and was wo unded in 1918. In Ma rch, 1919, he was but two years later h e went to Ch eltenham Col-
d isch arged and r e-e nli sted t h e sam e day in The lege, where h e comm a nded the Officer Training
East Surrey Regiment w ith w hom he served until Corp s, n ow the C orn bined Cadet Force, for 16
1946. On d isc harge h e join ed t h e Surrey T . and year s, w ith a s hort break in 1914 when, h aving
A .F . Association , with whom h e h as bee n serv-

40 Trus t- will undoubtedly serve as a most useful
book of reference for a nyone inte rested in the
gone to France with the Expeditionary Force, h e study of Military histo r y a nd uniforms. It con-
was invalided home. s ists of Plates of Illus trations a nd an Introduc-
tion to the whole work, the remainde r of which
In 1925 h e became Commander of the Public and will follow towards the end of the year.
Secondary Schools Annual camp , a post he h eld
until 1939, when he se rved with the Home Guard. This is yet a nothe r exampl e of th e wonde r-
H e had also been Ch ief R a nge Officer at Bisley ful work of the Ogi lby Tru s t, inspired by the late
sin ce 1928, a nd after the Second World War he Co lon e l Og ilby, a nd the Tru stees of th e two
had a great deal to do with the revival of th e l\ifuseums a re mos t g ratefu l to th e Tru s t for this
National Rifle Association m eeting at Bisley. g ift.

On retirement, h e r etu rned to Gloucestershire A CASE of Medals has recently been presented
and, in his native town of Painswick, took a great by The Queen 's Own Royal W est Kent Regi-
interest in and revived the industry of hand- ment Museurn Committee to The Jamaica Regi-
w eaving. His collection of antique looms is now m ent Museum. This g ift commemorates the
on show in several museum s. H e married Miss Service of the 50th of Foot in Jamaica from 1772
Avice Gogarty, who died three years ago at the to 1776 and of th e 97th of F oo t from 1873 to 1877.
age of 90. There was one daughter of the
marriage. T HE following changes of address are notified :
Capt. J . M. Lunn- (temporary), Model Cot-
CONGRATULATIONS to Capt. C. H . Sayer, of tages, Brancepeth, Durham- (with effect from 4th
4 BUFFS (T.A.l and Capt. C. G. Fraser, of April, 1967), 16 Midctleton Lane, Middl eto n St.
4/ 5 R.W.K . (T.A.), on b eing awarded th e T erri - George, D arlington, Co. Durham ; Lt.-Col. G. F .
tor ia l Efficie ncy D ecoration . Hamilton . Straw Paddock, Cri c klade, Swindon,
Wilts.; B. A. Ca rte, Esq ., 26 Ingl ewood Court,
T HE death occurred on 26th J a nua ry, 1967, at Lieb e nrood Road, Reading, B e rks.; Major J. M.
the Infirmary of The Royal Hosp ital, Ch e lsea, S. W . Trumpe r , E.R.D., Th e Bunga low, Stod-
at the age of 79, of that wonderful old characte r, mars h, Cante rbury, K e nt ; Li eut.-G e n. Sir William
Sgt. Wil liam John Vid ler . Inte rm e nt took place Oliver, G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.L., 1297 Red-
at Brookwood Cemetery on 3rd F ebruary. path C r escent, Montrea l, P.Q., Canada; A. J . A.
S !uce, Esq., 8 Bridge Road , Huntonb r idge, Kings
T HE picture of the motionless figure of a Lan g ley, H e rts.; Major C. W . Auld, 6 Cast le Hill
Ser geant of The Buffs, r es pl e nd e nt in fu ll- Avenue, Folk esto n e.
dress uniform, standing with bowed head and
" rest ing o n his arms revers ed," is on e whi c h THE INVICTA TROPHY
will bring to lhe minds of many readers, swiftly
and vividly, the sce n e at the Warriors' Chap e l on I T was in April of last year that Capt. Hamlyn
the conclusion of any Rem embrance Sunday Whitty- a t that time of The Queen 's Own
Service in the Cath edral. Buffs but now of the 2nd Bn .- wrote from Ca!-
gary, Alb e rta, wher e h e was (and still is) se r v-
The man who fitted that description, and who ing with the 2nd Bn. of one of our Allied Regi-
c&.rried out that duty for more years than mos t m e nts, the Qu een's Own Riftes of Canada, on an
r eaders care to r emember - Sgt. E. PhiIlips, exchange appointment. His letter contained a
M.S.M.- has at last retired from the Army, after request for permission for him to present a trophy
33 years of loyal and d evoted se rvice , th e last 15 to be competed for at ice hockey on an inte r-
of them as a member of the staff at the Army company bas is within the battalion.
Careers Information Office in Raper Road, Can-
t e rbury. A lthough the s uggestion was at once agreed
to, the (then) Regimental Council of The Queen's
All who know him will wish Mr. Phillips Own Buffs cons id e re d that the pres e ntation
many years of happiness in retirem ent. He can should b e a r eg im ental, rath er than a purely p er-
surely look •back on his not incon s id e rable con- sonal affair. An exceed ing ly ftn e t rophy was
tribution to se rvice life in general, and to life in located, "buffed up" and eventually despatched to
his own Regiment in particular, with pride, Capt. Whitty, with instruction s that, having h ad
pleasure and satisfaction. it su itably inscrib ed, h e s hould present it to Lt.-
Col. Robinson, his Co mmanding Officer, on b e half
I N a letter from Mr. (ex-W.O.l) D. Fairbanks, of Th e Qu ee n 's Own Buffs.
M.B.E., who writes from South Australia, h e
says: "You will be inter ested to know that, as At this point Capt. Whilty h imself s hould
a result of publishing my move from Eng land in perhaps tal<e up th e tal e. On 16th D ece mbe r h e
the columns of Invicta, Capt. Tizard, now serving wrote: -
with 3rd Bn. The Austr alia Regiment, got in
touch with me. He carried out his National Ser- " At a sple ndid ceremony yesterday at the
vice in 1 R.W.K. during the time that I served local ice stadium, suitably accompanied by
with that Battalion, and was subsequently com- the Band and applauded by a goodly sprinl<-
miss ioned in 4/ 5 R.W.K. (T.A.l. I very much !ing of the Battalion , I handed over to Col.
hope to make the acquaintance in the near future Robinson the Regiment's c up to be awarded
of four form er m embers of both The Buffs and to the annual winner of the inter-company
The Queen's Own, who now reside in South Ice Ho c k ey compe tition . I act u a ll y s kate d
Australia." Mr. Fairbank s ' address is 23 Everest onto the ice, su ita bly attired in hock ey kit,
Str eet, Henley B each, Adelaide, S. Australia. t r ipped as I s kidded to a h alt and was
s mart ly r esc ued from disaster by the out-
ONE copy of a Catalogue of the Military D raw- stretched arm of the Commanding Officer! "
ings and Pamtmgs m the Co llectiOn of H er Readers will agree that life is fu ll of littl e
Majesty The Quee n has r ecently been received sadnesses. One of the biggest of them must sur ely
by the Trustees of, r esp ectively, The Buffs be that something went dreadfully wrong with
Muse um and The Queen's Own Royal W est K ent the camera which, at that precise moment, was
Regiment Museum, from the Army Muse ums trained on Capt. Whitty !
Ogilby Trust.

The Catalogue-edited by Capt. A. E. Haswel!
Miller, M.C., a form e r Keepe r of the Scottish
National Portrait Gallery, assisted by Major N . P .
Dawnay, a m ember of the staff of the Ogilby

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Und et e rred by thi s catas troph e, how eve r, ranks of t h e 2nd B a tta lion , may I offe r our
Capt. Whitty w ent through the presenta tion cer e- tha nks for this most gen erous gift by The
mony again, this time without tripping over a nd Qu een "s Own Buffs, Th e Roy al K e nt R e gi-
this tim e with excell ent photographic r es ults, a s m ent."
shown in th ese column s.
And in a le tte r t o th e S ecr etary of The
Th e troph y , which h e is see n handing t o Quee n 's Own Buffs Offi ce whic h accompanie d the
Col. Robinson, is in scribed as follows : photogra ph Lt.-Col. Robin son wrote:

THE INVICTA TROPHY ·· The photo was t a k e n on the ice at
for Gle nmore Aren a during th e inte rmission b e-
tween company play-offs. W e got Ham
Inter-Company Hock ey Whitty dressed up for the occasion and ev en
pres ented to had him s kating with stick in hand for a
whil e ! Th e trophy is a b eautiful on e and will
2nd Bn. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada b e a mos t proud possess ion of this battalion ."
by Captain R. H. Whitty
on behalf of In this tangibl e wa y, the r efor e , a furth e r link
has been forged in the chain which binds us,
Th e Qu ee n' s Own Buffs, Th e Royal K e nt R egim e nt happily and with increa s ing s trength, to our
15th Dece mbe r, 1966 m a ny fri end s in Th e Qu een's Own Rifles of
Cana da. Although Capt. Whitty finish es his tour
In a letter to Lt.-G en. Sir Richa rd Cr a ddocl< of exchange duty in April, h e is to b e r e li eved
- a t that tim e D eputy Colon e l of The Qu een"s by Mr. Rich a rd T albot, a t present serving with
Own Buffs-Lt.-Col. Robins on wrote: t h e 2nd Bn . in Hong Kon g.

"The trophy is a love ly on e a nd will be
for u s a proud possess ion . O n b e h a lf o f a ll

42 th e lOth D ecembe r, 1966. A letter of sy mpathy
was sent to his widow. Our January meeting was
W E h ave bee n notifi ed of the adm iss ion on 6th ope n e d by the Chairman as kin g a ll membe r s to
F ebruary, 1967, to th e Royal H osp ita l, Ch e l- sta nd in s il e nce to th e memory of l\!Ir. F. Green .
sea, of Sgt_ George J a m es H enry Bragg -
No. 6334276-aged 70 year s. H e ser ved in Th e A s Mr. Ski nner was on "Arc tic" road work,
Queen's Own Royal W est K ent Regimen t from Bert Vant too l< t h e Ch a ir a n d earn ed himself
27th J a nu ary, 1914, to 26th January, 1936, and pra ise . W e th a nk a ll f e llow Branches for th e ir
holds the British W a r, Victory, L.S.G .C. a nd greeti ng ca rd s, which were du ly on view, and for
D e f e n ce 39/ 45 Medals. their best wishes.

The Queen's Own Buffs Our pens ion e rs rece ived a s ma11 grant from
Golfing Society the B ra nch at Chris tmas to pu rchase logs, a nd
h ad wr itten to express t h e ir tha nk s for t h em .
THE fixture li st for 1967 h as bee n includ ed
amongst the papers conce rning the So ciety's Our previous Ch a irman, Mr . Mill s, is stil1
Spring Meeting- to be h eld at t h e Royal St. making good progress a n d now on the s ick list
Gecrge's Golf Club, Sandwich, on Saturday/ Sun- is Mr . Sid Ellinder, who is at present in Ashford
rl ay, 1st / 2nd April-a nd a bout t h e seventh Annua l H ospital after an operation. All our oth er mem-
Dinn e r-at Th e Bell Hote l. S a ndw ic h , on the bers are still remaining active.
Saturday eve nin ~-which s hould by no w have
reached those me mbers to w hom such papers are M r. Coleman infor m ed the m eeting of possibl e
normally sent. In t he event, however, of there be- ne w qua rters for us a fter Ma rch. H e is go ing to
in g read e rs O·f this Journa l w ho a re not on that make furth er enquiries. Our existence at the
p articu lar mailing -list, the 1967 fixture card is as Drill H a ll comes to a n e n d after our March
follows: -· m eeting, so we a re hoping f or a place ce ntra l in
the town. This may m ean meeting on a different
Sa turd ay/ Sunday, 1st/2nd April : R egim ental night.
S pring Meeting at Royal St. G e orge's G.C ., Sand-
w ich . Ma nager : Hon. Secretary. Our bala n ce sheet was p rod uced a n d showed
our funds to be in favourable state. A vote of
Saturday, 1s t April : Seve nth Annual Dinner at thanks to our two a uditors Mr. B. Va n t and
The B e ll Hotel , Sandwich. Manage r : Hon . S ecre- Tom Hogwood, w as recorded.
tary.
At t h e e lec tion of officers th ey were a ll
Saturday/ Sunday, 29th/ 30th April: Match v. voted back in office for a nother year a nd tha nks
Rye G.C. Manage r: Maj .-Ge n . C. H . T a r ve r . were given f or th e ir serv ices during th e past
year .
W e dn esday, 17t h M ay: Ma t c h v . K e nt Poli ce at
Littl estone G.C. Manager : T . D . Page, E s q . Our Branc h raffl e was a "swind le" until a
certain person stopped it and proved it by taking
Monday-Frida y, 22nd/ 26th May: Army M eet- a prize . Mr. Co le m a n s tarts th e yea r off well!
ing at Muirfie ld . Best wishe s to a ll those serving a nd to Branch es
fo r 1967.
W ednesday, 31st May: Queen's R egimental
Annual Golf M eeti n !( at Can terbury G.C. 1\ .C.M.

S at urd ay , l Oth .Tune: Match v. Household Bri- BROMLEY
p-ade ~t N ew Z ea la nd G.C . Manager: Maj . R . A. C.
Rav e nhill. CONGRATU LATIO NS to th e Editor of th e
Journal of the Queen's R egiment. What a
Friday, 30th Jun e: Match v . North Hants G.C. stupendous task he must have had compiling
at Fl eet. Manage r : Col. A. J. M . Flint_ Vol. 1, No_ 1. However, now t h at h e h as comp leted
th e layout of the first edition p e rh a ps t hat
Sunday, 16th .Tuly: Match v . Liphook G.C. "sicl<ening t hud " t hat Colon el G r ace m ention ed
Ma nager: Lt.-Col. N . E . Hoa r e . in hi s much a ppreciated lette r , w ill be so m ewh at
lighter .
Thurs d ay, 5th October: Match v. K en t Police
at Leeds Castl e. Manager: T. D . Page, E sq . The Janua ry m eeting was better attended
than is us ual nowadays, a nd it is hoped thi s
Saturday/ Sunday, 7th/ 8th October : Regi- effort on beha lf of the m em bers will be m a in-
m e ntal Autumn Meeting at Littlesto ne G.C. tained in the New Year.
Manager: Hon. Secretary.
The Cha irman, Mr. Stan Lcwis, before open-
Saturday, 7th October: Seventh Annual ing the proceedings, asked m e mb e rs to stand in
Gen er a l Meetin g at Littlestone G.C. Manager: s il e n ce in m e mory of Mr. C. Sawye r, w h o li ved
Hon. Secr etar y. at Dow ne and had been a s taunch m ember of the
Branch a nd the 6th Bn . Queen 's Own O.C.A. for
Anyon e wis hin 'l" to play in a n y of the Soci ety's many years.
meetings or m atches should w rite direct to th e
manager concer!' ed (c/ o Queen's Own Buffs The minutes having been dealt w ith, the
Office, Canterbury, if a manager's address is not ex t e n s ive corr~s pon dence t h at had accumulated
known). s in ce the last m eeting was read a nd discussed,
especially t he letter about Army Benevolen t
Once agai n th e Society w ill be ente ring a team Funds.
for the Argyll and Sutherland Bowl, to be com-
p eted fo r during the A .G S. Spring Meeting at The Annual Social a nd "Get T ogether" was
Mu irfi eld in May. Fortunately, two se rv m g officers fix ed for Saturday, 29th April. Gravesend, Cat-
-Capts. Hugh Tarv e r and Hamlyn Whitty- will ford , Lo ndon a nd Ma ids ton e please note!
be available, w hich m a k es the selection of the
team of five that much easier . Will a ll n ew r ead e r s please r e m e mb e r that
Branch H .Q. is a t th e Brom ley U nit ed Services
BRANCH NOTES C lub, 33 London Road, Brom ley, where we m eet
on th e last Satu r day in each month at 7.30 fo r
ASHFORD 8 p.m . Member s of th e other r egim en ts w ho a r c
now assoc iated with us will be most we lcom e.
WITH a n ew R egim en tal Journa l, w e wish it
every success, and would like to give a vote B.B.
of thanks to our previous Editor of Invicta. for
his task of producing this journal monthly in the DOVER
past.
AFTER t h e month ly m eeting o n 1st J a nu a r y,
H ere at Ashford, we have lost a nother m em- w e h eld ou r Ch ristmas party; some thi r ty
ber. Mr. F . Green, of Eastleigh, passed away on m embers and fri ends be ing present and a very
jolly evening w as spe nt with mus ic a nd s ing ing.
Mrs. P erry kindl y pres id e d (and very ably) at

43

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Cooper, whi ch received _just ice from u s al l.
Our F ebruary m eetm g was h eld on the 1st,
Mr. Bowcock in t h e Ch air and the previ ous least a m ongst the old m embers of our Branch.
Now a ll this has gone. The Dragon has been
cmpmoeoamr tnsteotehnr'tssoofmdtihMsinceruu.stBesDseraudwn.ncenWhreeyeaarrewnane,derwweahnvoldeimfreypawmpsesleeemahdso,bepaederndtwoiniolwlththebeleer- elevated to a position where it can be viewed
with pride.

Th e firs t issue of th e Journal is a real
ctthhhrisaeecbikfnoueffrtfou.irnrmseO. auIitrstiosuicnsoesntahgiwrpsalietolluansleabutercieooenntasotgaeibtnrorlsoy, wtahasnewedaEtiIhtdrefiodetuo.egrlWhsauiantrlhdel
a "regu la r" at our future m eetings.

STAN.

FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE best wishes to a ll m e mbe r s of the Association a nd
a ll serving personnel of The Queen 's R egi m en t.
AT the last me e ting, h e ld o n 13th J a nuary at
the Drill H a ll , Sh ellons Street, F olk esto ne, A.E .S .
Brig_ Parry took the Ch a ir, ably assis t ed by the
Sec r etary. Mr. Wicken s. Th ere was a s plendid LONDON (QUEEN'S OWN)

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One of th e Social Committee members en-
quired wh eth e r everyon e w as satisfied
a rr a nge me nts made for +h e Eve ning with the the wars, ch eerfully informed us h e had been
Chris t mas loo king f or th e Cranbourn e, our H eadquarters,
Socia l h eld at the S ergeants' Mess, Ross for month s. H e was s oon am one; fri ends a nd if
racks, on lOth D ecember; in rep ly, everyone Bar- p romises are kept h e will be along m any more
most e n thus iastic. Whilst on this subj ect, was times to see us.

th e
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It was pleasant to h ave Bill Worslev with us
a lso. His work, keeping up the lads of th e "62"
Club. takes a lot of his
Th e dancing of t he childre n, or ganised by Mr. diminshes hi s enthusiasm . time, but in no way
Sylvester a nd assistant, w as greatly a ppre- latest of our in valid s, had Jock Macdon ald , the
ciated. L ast, his not least, th e a nd we h ave managed to get along
but h ard work the promised him h elp in his plig ht.
All presen t agreed on
Social Co mittee put into it. a ll m e mbe r s of th e Bran the splendid effort of
W e were pleased to enrol a nothe r Christmas meeting. I have ch in r esp ect of our
ber- Billy Banks- who has been dying n ew m em- eady written notes
old R.Q.M .S.-Mr. Wi c k e n s. to see h is a lr
wamofneudctfh>hcv.aaensnThkhsmo,ssoeebt tuwhotnahtottohtcheoetuh1lte7rhltnhiCn'tgoDmteuwcmrta:n:ismttubaepeers.usiectncetmspserabensesefonsrtoes
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wis hes the new Journa l ever y s uccess_ sent gifts, but th e Bra nch will be ever those who
grateful to
a ll who assisted. There were several
E .V .L . w.~ assi s ted financially, a nd those who m embers
able to atte nd, were a bl e to r ece ive were not
assistan ce
thr ou~h our sys t em of n e ig hbourlin ess.
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LONDON (BUFFS)

H APPY to report that our firs t m eeting of in the Bra n ch. but Lt.-Col. Hug h W ilkin . O.B.E..
1967 was aga in a bumper. How very fortunate M.C., in th e U .S .A., does not com e into the age
we are to h ave such a g ra nd crowd of m embers r eckoning, yet. Tom Sweetman. Maj. Bo·b Brown,
who warn in so regularly, and k eep the Branch are the
al ive a nd kic king, a nd a lso k eep the Committe e or four two elders a nd Tom still gets along three
times a year. Maj. R obert Brown has
on their toes. They are, indeed, very c ritical, but served his time on our Committee in his
it is a lways h e lpful crit icism . W e a re hoping this is one of our most ard ent supporte r s; d av, a nd
criticis m , Robert olavs his pa rt. too. his son
fo refront wh e ther goo d or ba d. will b e w e ll in th e
when w e hold our A.G.M. at th e
monthly m ee ting in March a nd, of course,
th ~ Officers a nd Committee for t he ensuing e lec t We look forward to 1967 with interest to see
Maybe w e can look forw ard to yea r . h ow the n ew regiment gets on. For the mom en t
on t h at top t ab le , or are t h e some n ew blood mv own inte r est is centred o n our April m eeting,
"Carry on Sergeant"? Old Brigade to
when we expect a vis it from th e aforesaid Lt.-Col.
Before that, however. we shall be invading Hug h Wilkin . Any reader who was with "B" Coy.

the Brighton Branch at their Annua l Dinner a nd 1ptinhsaditnseyeB"odfnfwi.wcheieTrtnh.heewvtehhreQo utBhaeelenwrn.ea'saywts eOtrshweeeenmmtaiefmndrooe,emtouwvbir1lee9ls2!7r"-eiW1/m9ch3e1eCm,tohbmoee rrr-
Da nce on 11th March, a nd w e sh all again be a
gtehonoossuderefseovrceane tswtoownbhdeeerrrefeucltkhoeenveegdnaitnwhgei'trshin. geTnhjooifsymtihseenot.Cn elaWnoesf
always loo k forward to th is occasion as one the O .C. Coys. at th e t im e w e r e du e f or leave,
the hig hlig hts of the year in the Association a of one n ever knew, but Capt. Wilkin (as he then
wish there were othe rs just lik e t his. nd was) always stepped into th e breach . On th e
great march from Gooty to Bangalore he was

So the Dragon h as pride of place as the Messing Officer a nd the troops r eally fed well.
ce n tre pi ece in t he badge of The Queen's R eg i- So a ll those who kn e w this nld fri end, please
tu rn up a t the
ment! How very proud we of The Buffs a r e that when you can Cra nbourne on Friday, 28th April,
this honour h as bee n accor ded u s. I w ell r em em - "chat him up a bit." More anon.

THE SPIDER.

44 Bra n c h , a n d Co l. D ean - as ind eed all m e mb e rs-
w is h him every s uccess in his n ew job. The Ch a iJ·-
MAIDSTONE man then read a letter from Mr. H all. now in
Scotland.
OUR January meeting was reasonably w e ll
atte nded a nd twenty-two member s s igned the Col. Dean wil! be writing to the B ritish
book. As we did not hold a m eeting in D ecember Legion a nd t he I vy L eaf Club, concerning our
it was found that quite a fair amount of bus iness m ee tin g on 2nd F ebrua r y, 1967. All m e mb e rs,
appeared on the agenda. Howeve r , w e only ran a lon g with C llr . Mount, a r c so rry t o hav e to say
over our unoffic ial limit of tim e by a bout 20 f a r ewe ll to the Drill Hall , s in ce it hold s man y
minutes and time was found to run the usual h a ppy memor ies of h a ppy tim es a long with th e
raffle and have our usual n atter. T .A . C.S.M. Morri s gave a s ilve r s poon to th e dart
team , to be played when we settle in our new
John Howe ll s h as don e an extr e m e ly g ood h eadqu a rte r s.
job in the renovation of the old wooden mem-
orial on the late "Billy' Baker's grave whi ch Colin Shaw w ent round with the raffle tickets.
should last now for quite a long time. Ex-mem- Co l D ean drew the luc k y numbe r a nd the prize,
b e rs of th e Qu een 's Own will , I am s ure. be g ive n by Mr. Ma rtin, was won by Colin Shaw.
pleased to hear that this has been done a nd they Sum r a ised w as £1 / 7/-. This being al! th e bus i-
can r est assured that w e at Maidstone wi ll see ness, th e m eeting then closed .
that the grave will be k ept in a tidy condition.
Meetings will now take place at the British
W e were very sorry to hea r that Mr. P ercy L egion a nd I vy L ea f C lu b, 52 Dove r Street, Sit-
Stroud, ex-C.S.M. Buffs, who had join ed our tingbourne . Tim e will be 7.30 p .m.
Branch only 18 months ago, died on th e 12th
J a nuary. I personally knew him quite well as a TONBRIDGE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
near neighbour and had quite a chat with him AND SEVENOAKS
in the town only two days before he died. H e was
buried on the 19th J anuary a nd the Branch was T H E Branch monthly meeting was h eld at the
r epresented by our Standard and Standard H.Q. in Ave bury Ave nue, Tonbridge, on
Bearer. our President, Mr. F . Farrington, Ch a ir- Thurs day, 19th Januar y, a nd th e r e was a good
man, Mr. A. J. Hayley, myself a nd Mr. Jupp. A gath e rin g .
wreath was sent on behalf of the R egimental
A ssoc iation by Branc h m e mbe r s. The C hairman , Ma jor N. S. C. E lm s li e, sent
hi s apo logies for a b se nce. W e unde r stand that h e
I am pleased to report that Bi ll Lad ell , who had to be in a bout four places at one a nd the
had a pretty rough time over th e Christmas same time.
holiday with pneumonia, is now on the w ay to
r ecovery; but I am sorry to say that Alf H ether- Th e Secr etar y r eported t h e ar r iva l of th e
ington is still on the sick list a nd does not seem ticke t s for the I ce Show a t W e mbl ey on 18th
to be able to shake it off. F ebruary, w hi ch wil l probably be past his tory
by th e tim e this is in print. A report w ill be m a de
Thirty-six m e mbe rs and wives trave 11 e d next month.
up to W embley Stadium on 11th F ebruary to
see th e I ce Show. This is th e first time for m a n y Several m embers of the Branch attended the
years that the Branch has managed to put on Sgts. Mess Soc ia l E ve ning on 31s t D ecembe r and
an outing like this and our thanks to Bill Worsley voted it a great success. I ha ve been asked to
for his h elp in the booking of tick e t s. express t hanks to the m embers of the Mess for
a jolly good send-off for the New Year.
Our regards to all. especially to "Down
Under" Digger Bird a nd Vernon Simmonds of The annual outing to the Royal Tournament
the Band. h as b een prov is ionall y fix e d for t h e 22nd Ju ly
a nd m embers a re asked to make bookings for
JIM WELLS. th e coach as soon as poss ib le.

SITTINGBOURNE S everal othe r ev e nts are being con s id e red,
including a on e-day trip to France, taking our
January own coac h over. Membe rs wil1 be notifi ed as and
wh e n a n ything defi nite is settl ed .
T HE monthly meeting held on 1s t D ecember,
1966, took place at t h e Drill H all, Crow n H.A.
Quay Lane. The Chair was taken by Col. D . J .
D ean , V .C., s upported by th e Vice-Chairm a n, Cllr. ELEVENTH BATTALION
W. H. Mount, and a good show of m embers old
and new. W e are sorry to say w e s hall have to THE QUEEN'S OWN
find new quarters in the New Y ear as the T .A .
a re finished but we are holding our n ext m eeting I T does n 't seem n ear ly 50 y ears ago that one
there. Mr. Martin will 'ee about our m eetings began writing the notes of our doings in the
being held at the BritiSh L egion. R egimental Journal - in those days, The Queen 's
Own Gazette. of course-wh e n we had lots w e
C.S.M. J. Morris is to become a n h onorary cou ld tell , but dared not, or the blu e pencil wou ld
m ember of the Branch. W e would like to thank have come into pl ay.
C.S.M. Morris a nd his wife for all they did for
the Branc h during their s tay in Sittingbourn e. Now, a las, th e re is s o littl e to t ell and that
We wo uld also like to thank Col. Grace for hi s not of muc h importance to our average reade r-
work as Editor of Invicta e.nd w e hope Maj. W ey- just of interest to t h ose old coll eagues who
mouth will do his very best in th e new Journal s uffe r e d w it h u s long a~ o . but to u s sti ll p e r t ine n t .
in 1967. So it is up to all Branches to h elp Maj.
\Neymouth a ll they can. W e are g lad that th e n ew Journal h as got off
to a good start and that most of the components
February of the n ew large R eg im e nt h ave duly done the ir
stuff.
T H E first m eeting of the N ew Year was h eld
at th e Drill Hall, Crown Quay Lan e, o n 5th Seve ra l have given us the background of t heir
J a nuary, 1967, with our Chairman. Co l. D . J . activities over the past year or so and w e have
D e an, V.C., in th e C hair, suppor ted b y Cllr. W . H . read this \vith interest ; the ir future will be more
Mount, a nd a good attendance of m embers pre- w rapped up w ith ours and this w ill give us an
sent. First item on the agenda was a big "thank added s pur to r ead thei r notes. P e rhaps, in r e turn,
you" to a ll Branches that sent Chris tmas ra rds , they m ay have some d esire to d elve into the past
including one from 1st Bn. in Hong Kong. C.S.M. a nd see what t heir pred ecessors got up to a nd
Morris becomes an honorary m ember of the how th ev m ade 5om e la rge or small co ntribution
to the annals of thei r th e n R egim e nt. These Hi s-
tories are number ed by the dozen, of course, but

a ny or al l arc worth t he trouble of obtaining and 15

study ing. The Royal Su ssex Office

One does not like to "plug" our own- anyway The Wolfe Societ y
it is now out of print- but when one r e m e mbers
that Col. Corfe. our C.O. was awarded t he D .S.O. T HE An nual Dinner of the Wolfe Society was
t hree tim es in four month s, one ca n assum e that h e ld at W esterham on 2nd January, 1967, the
2·10th an ni versary of General Wolfe's birth . Th e
we ha d som ething to tell! Guest of Honour was Maj.-Gcn. Si r Gerald Duke,
K .B .E., C.B., D .S.O ., end T h e Queen's R egim e nt
W e s hall loo k forward to seeing hi s son, Jim , <Royal Sussex) was r epresen ted by L t.-Col. F. W.
at o ur A .G. M . on 23•·d Marc h , and at t h e Dinne r Ha nn , O .B.E.
on 14th Octobe r , plus, of co urse, a good s prin k ling
R .O.R . Forthcoming Events
of our a ll-o vc r·-70 stahv Cl. rts. It is our intention in each issue of The Quee n 's

Ladies' Guild Notes Regimental JourMI to g ive d eta il s of Royal
Sussex events to take place in the month follow-
CANTE RB URY ing t h e issue of t h e J ournal. Thus the next impor-
tant event of The Roya l Sussex Office to take
Janua r y place in March is t he Laying up of th e Colours of
the 4th/ 5th (Cinque Ports) Bn. The Royal Sussex
THE Guild New Year's party was held on 5th R egiment !T.A.) in Chichester Cathedral on
J a nuar y. Th e r e w ? s a good gath e ring of Sat urday 4th March . A detach ment of t h e Bn.
m embers a nd thei r guests, w hich included hus- will march t hrough Chichester to t he Cath edral
bands. Mrs . Can h a m , :? form er m ember , r e joine d w h e n th e Mayor of Chich este r will tak e t h e
a nd was we lcomed. W e were g lad to h ea r that Sa lute . The se rvice, which w ill be conducted by
Mr . a nd Mrs. C la rk were getting over th e e ffects t h e Dean ->f C hi c h Pste r , wi ll be atte nded by the
of th e ir ca r accident. A ti h o r t m eeti ng was f ol- Lo •·d Li e ute n a n t of SussPx, Hi s Grace The Duke
lowed by a beetle d rive, prizes being won by M rs. of Norfolk, K .G., E.M . At t h e b eg inning of the
Se lway. se rvice a process io n \.v ill be mad e to the R eg i-
mental C h a pe l w h ere t h e Colours wi ll finally hane:.
T ea was se r ved by M esdam es C l ~ rk , G rac e, A photograph of the Chapel is reproduced with
Th ompson a nd E lliot t , and Mrs. Lan e c u t the New these n otes.
Year's cak e sh e h e d kindly g iven . Lt.-Col. Argles.
on be h a )[ of t h e g uests . t h a nk ed m e mbe rs for a n Notice o f this even t h as b een circulated to a ll
c njoya bl e f'.f t c rn oon . Thev h ad been most ge n er- members.
ous in making cak es and giving prizes for the

cor:tp~ritions.

F ebrua ry

AT th e F eb ru ary mee ting. the c hairman wel-
c omed a n ew m e mb e r, Mrs. Co n s tab le. Th er e
was b etter n ews of Mrs. Berry, w ho is in hos-
pital. She h a d h ad various visitors from t he
Gu ild a nd t h an l<ed m e mbers for ftow e r s .

Mr. H a ll aday, of t h e M e n 's Branch , s howed
pictures h e h ad taken of old Can terbury: these
were o f g r eat inte r est., as m a n y fami li a r str eets
a nd buildings a r e to be d e moli s h ed . T ea wa f>
ser ved by M esdam es H ew s, H a ll aday, C larl< and
Thomas.

Th e n ext m eeting is on 2nd Marc h .

LONDON

T HE first meeting of 1967 was h e ld o n 4t h F eb-
ruarv at The White Swan, Vauxhall B ridge
Road: Mrs. F oster H a ll in the c h a ir.

Correspond en ce f rom Mrs. Waters. It was
with deep r egret th at we heard of the death of
Mr. Evere tt: ou r d eepest sympathy to M rs.
Evere tt and a ls o M rs. Cotto n in t h e ir sad be-
reavem ents.

D etail s for th e co ming yea r we r e disc ussed
a nd m e mbe r s' id eas a nd s uggestio ns we r e put
forward . W e wou ld Jil<e to t h a nl< Col. Grace for
a ll his h elp during his term of office and trust
we s hall far e as we ll w ith h is successo r .

Ra ffl es r ea li sed £2110 / - and four of the prizes
w er e won b y onP who s h a ll b e n a m e less! - an
a ll-tim e r ecord . Thi s being a ll , t h e m eeting closed.

M .J .D .

A v iew of t h e Regi m e ntal C h ape l in Ch ic h est e r
Cat hed ral, w he re t he Colou rs of t h e 4th / 5th
(Cinque Por ts) Bn. T h e Royal S u sse x R eg i-
m e n t (T.A.) will be la id u p o n 4t h ~larch.

Photo by Hendon Times.

46 The Middlesex Office

Biography of the Late General Sir La,shmer Regimental Association
Whistler, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., D.L.
LAST month, in the initia l cont ribution to the
A biography of th e late Gen. Sir Lashme r Journal of the Queen 's R egiment, r eference
~hi s ll e r h_as b ee n writte n by Brig. The Rt. Hon.
::In John ::;,nyt11, Bt., V .C., M .C ., a nd will b e pub- was m a de to L a dy Butler's painting "Steady the
li s h ed b y Fred e ri c k Mull e r in S e pte mbe r . Th e Drums a nd Fifes," d e pi c ting th e 57th R egim ent,
Royal S u ssex R egimenta l Associa tion will bene fit now the 4th Bn. of the R egiment, on the R idge
from the sales of copies orde red through the As- of Albuhera.
socia tiOn H eadquarter s a t Chichester. Pre-publi-
catlon orde r torm s w ill be availabl e in due course. On 12th D ecembe r last , th e th e n R.H .Q . of th e
The price will b e 42/ -, plu s pos tage . Diehards had the pleasure of entertaining Mr.
Martin H . Butl e r, the youngest son of Lad y But-
The Royal Sussex Regiment Musemn le r. Mr. Butl e r w as the mode l for the s m a ll drum-
m er boy who sta nds, without headdress, in the
R e ce nt acquisitions includ e a fin e three- front line, en couraged by t h e Grenadier N .C.O.'s
f\ Uarte r-l e n g th portrait in oil s, by R. Vicari , of friendly hand, laid on his head , w hilst the form er
~t . Du!lcan Gav in Ram s ay, who was commis- exhorts th em a ll b y the words chose n a s th e pi c-
s iOn e d mto th e R egim e nt in 1913, a nd who w as ture's title- "Stead y, Th e Drums and Fifes." Mr.
killed while serving with the 2nd Bn. in Fra nce in Butl e r, now in his late seve nti es, \v e il re m e mb e rs
Decembe r , 1914. Lt. Ram s ay •is w e aring a fro c k the oc cas ion wh e n h e and his e lde r broth e r- n ow
coat and sash . The portr ait, which is in a gilt Col. Patri c l< Butle r (who was the mod e l for th e
fram e, has been kindly presented to t h e Museum Gre nadier)- a ct ed the pa rt of the m en of Marsha l
by Messrs . Humphreys of Sou'thsea . B e r esford' s soldi e r s of 1811 . This is th e fir s t tim e
he h"d seen the pa inting s ince he was a boy and
The late Lt.-Col. W . B . Churchiii-Longma n, his recollections and anecdotes w ere of great
who di ed on 6th January , 196 7, has le ft to the inte r est to his li s t e n e r s. Both Martin Butle r a nd
Museum a m agnifice nt picture of the R egimental Col. Butl e r w e r e se r v ing in the Royal Iris h R egi-
Colours made of humming bird feathers. ment in 1914. (It was from D evonport that the
4th Middl esex a nd 2nd Royal Irish le ft to tak e
Th e Mu seum h a c! approx imate ly 18,000 vis itors part in th e Battl e of Mons, August, 1914.)
during 1966
Lady Butl er, a gentl e and attractiv e ':voman,
Executive Committee ll'leetlng was the g reatest British painte r of battle scen es
in the 19th Century. H er painting "The Roll Call"
In the morning of 4th Ma rch, before the Lay- caused a nation-wide sensation when it was shown
ing up of the 4th/ 5th (Cinque Ports ) Battalion in 1874 in the Royal Acad e my Exhibition . It was
Colours . (l. m eeting of th e Executive Committee la t er purchased by Queen Victoria, who had it
o f The Royal Sussex R egime nta l Associa tion will hu a t Os borne. Ru s l<in. whe n h e saw the paint-
h e h e ld a t Rou ss illon B ~. rrack s.
Bras " in 1875, called h er "the fir st
painter of battle scen es."

Mr. Ma.rtin Butler describing to Major Dick
Smith, his mother's (Ladv E lezabeth B utler)

painting "Steady the Drums and Fifes."

Photog raph by H e ndon Times.

Details of the drummer boy from Lady
Butler's painting.

Born a t Lausann e in November , 1850, the 47
daughte r of J . T. Thompson, s h e studi ed p a int-
ing in Flore nce a nd Ron1 e a nd , as we ll as h e r The late Brig, T . F. V . Foster, C.B.E., 1\l.C.
well-known painting, sh e illustrated som e of t h e Ac knowledgement: Paul La ib.
poe m s of Alice M. Me yn e ll, her ta le nte d younge r
s ist e r . In 1877 s h e married Gen . Sir Willi a m BRIGADIER THOMAS FRANCIS
Butler, who had already seen action in the R ed VERE FOSTER, C.B.E., M.C.
Rive r Exp edition, 1870-71, the As hanti W a r , 1873-74,
and was later to see se rvi ce in the Sudan E x- DIED at th e Royal Naval Hos pita l, Gib r alta r ,
pedition of 1884-85. In 1898 h e was in com m and o n 30th January, 1967. Born at Dundalk in
of th e Briti s h Forces in South Africa. He r es ig n ed
this a ppointm e nt in Ju ly , 1899, holding that w a r 1885, the son of t h e late J . R. Fos t e r , of Co unty
wit h the Boers could be avoided. H e was th en Tyrone. H e was educated at St. Paul's School. H e
appoi nted to the command of the W estern Dis- was comm iss ion ed into th e Mayo Militia in 1903
trict, which h e held until 1905. H e di ed on 7th and the Con naug h t Rangers in 1904. H e se rve d
Jun e, 1910, in Tipperary, the county in which h e with th e W est African Fronti er F orce 1909-13.
was born . During th e 1914-18 War h e se rve d in France,
M esopotamia a nd P a lestin e, being adjutant of the
The s tory of how the painting cam e to be ex- 1st Bn . Co nnaug h t Range rs 1915-16. H e was
ec ute d may be of inte rest to new reade rs. wounded in 1915 during the second Battle of
Ypres. H e was awarded the Military Cross and
During h er studies of military history, Lady was m entioned in despatches four times. H e
Butler had a lways been eager to s how the cou rage transferred to the Royal Sussex R egiment as a
of m e re lads in battle-the story of th e drummer Brevet Major in 1922 on the disba ndme nt of th e
boys of Albuhera having been told to h er early in Con naught Range rs. H e se rved on the North-
th ese studies (Lt.-Col. Henry B uller h ad car r ie d W est Frontier of India as Second-in-Command
the Queen 's colour of the 57th at Inkerman and of t h e 2nd Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment
had taken part in the capture of Otapawa in 1866). 1930-31 . H e c ommand ed th e 1s t Bn. 1932-36 dur-
She felt s h e could not do justice to the s ubj ect as ing which tim e the Bn. carri ed out Public Duties
th e re d uniform of the British Lin e reg im e nts in London (1932) and Trooped the Co lour in
was not colourful e nough, when painted on can- Arund e l Park afte r marc hing from Dove r (1933 ).
vas, to bring ou t what s h e we.nted to express. On H e was A .A .G . Britis h Troops in Egypt 1937-42
learning that at this pe riod the drummers wore and D .A . and Q.M.G. 1942-45. H e was m e ntion e d
uniforms of the colour of the regimenta l facings, in despatc hes twice a nd awarded the C.B.E. in
with facing s of sca rl et, sh e imm ediately dec id ed 1941. He was Colonel of Th e Royal Sussex Regi-
to paint the picture. m ent 1942-53. In 1926 h e marri ed Phy llis, daughter
of the late Co l. Fred e ri c k Tre ffr y , w h o, with his
Lady Butl e r. w ho was always most exact a nd two s ons, Jam es and Cha rl es, s urv iv e him .
correct in regard to details of uniform, had the
yellow coatee, white breeches a nd blac k legg ings
made specially by Sir William Butler's military
tailor.

The painting becam e the property of the 1st
Bn ., The Duke of Cambridge's Own (M iddl esex
R egim e nt) , soon after its completion and is hung
in the Officer s' M ess of the successo rs of th e 57th
wheneve r the bn. is in the United Kingdom . When
on for e ign service, it is k ept at H eadquarters,
a nd it was in the Officers' Mess at Edgware that
Mr. Butle r again posed for the Regiment. When
he saw the boy he was, when the scene was
being painte d, h e observed: "Well, seve nty year s
on- ! seem to h ave c hange d."

OBITUARIES

Ex-C.S.M. PERCY STROUD

Ex-C.S.M. P ercy Stroud, who died ear ly in
January, joined The Buffs in 1898 as a drummer
boy, and served with the 2nd Bn. in the South
African W ar. H e later .::erved in Dove r, Hong
Kong, Singapore and India a nd, during the First
World War. in Mesopotamia and France. H e was
with Th e Buffs in Ireland until 1920 a nd then
served for a s hort p e riod at the D,epot in Ca n-
terbury. H e finally finished his service with th e
R eg im ent as P .S.I . with 4th Bn. at Dover. On
leaving the R egular Army h e served as a n Army
R ecruiter at Dover until 1940 when h e was trans-
ferred to Maidstone ; h e retired in 1945. Whil st
in Dover he was a very active m ember of the
local Branc h of the Qu een 's Own Buffs R eg i-
mental Association.

48

R . .l\'1. J . B. Slli'IMONS, M.B.E .. M.C. A ssoc iation an d th e Old Com ra des' A ssoc iation of

The East Surrey R eg t. as we ll as Editor of th e
R~g i mental Journal. He cont inu ed workin g in
MAJ.-GEN. F . J . C. PIGGOTT, C.B., C.B. E ..
D .S .O., wntes: - 1\:mgs ton Bar raci{S until hi s third and final re tire-

On the day on which the n ew Queen's Regi- ment in 1959.
J ohn Co ngdon was in s pire d with an in tense
m ent cam e Into existence, th e re died one of the
devotion to his R eg iment, and h e a ls o tool< prid e
most distinguished and well-loved m embers of the
Queen' s-R .S .M. J . B . Simmon s RM~Bg i·Em nMt C in his assoc iation w ith th e Royal Marines, in which
old e nlist ed into The Roya l Sussex' ·i,.; hi s g r andfat h e r , father, brother a nd son, a ll
He ~ se r ved. O f s o ldi e rl y ap pear a nce an d forthri g ht

1926, and se rved with th e m until, in May, 1944 , opinions- some tim es vehemently expressed- John

he was transfe rred to the 1s t Bn. The Queen 's Con gdon had been known to have an a larming
Royal R eg1ment in India . Within wecl< s h e was
effect on young Officers. H owever, he was esse n-
tn ac tton at Kohima , and se r ved as a C. S.M. with
tially a s imple, ldndly a nd devout man and he
them throughout th e Burma Cam p a ig n, until in was he ld in affection by his m any fri e nd s in t he

Jun e, 1945, he becam e R.S.M . It was as a C.S.M. Regiment. ·
that h e won th e M .C. for the part h e playe d in
the attack at Y e nanya ng. A widower for th e pa s t seve n years, h e leaves

R e patriate d in 1947, h e le ft the Army in 1949; a s on, Lt.-Co l. J . N. Co ngclo n a nd two marri ed

but wtthtn w eeks h e was back again with 1 daughte rs.
QUEEN'S. still as R.S.M. but now in Berlin. H e
remain ed as R.S.M . of th e Bn. until 1956, when BIRTHS, MARRIAGES
he, reluctantly, retired. Ill a t ease when not in AND DEATHS

u_nifo~m , h e_ then join e d th e Co rp s o f Commi s-
s wnatres, wtth whom he se rv e d until his death .
It will be a long time before anyone equals hi s
total of 10 years as R.S.M. of th e 1st Bn ., th e last
seven of which were consecutive.

. Simmons was_ a r emarkabl e man in m a ny BIRTHS
d1fferent ways. H1s M.C. s p eak s of his ga llantry
m act1on, and his M.B .E. of hi s exce ptional se r - E THERI N GTO N - On 31 s t D ece mber 1966, at
VICe s tn peac e and the jungl e operations in
Mala¥a. H e set an example in devotion to duty, B .M.H. Muns t e r . to Pte. a nd Mrs.· M. Eth er-
111 f!1Ihtary bearing, to eve ry one, but hi s fath erl y ington , a so n , D av id J ohn .
BIRD - On 4th January, 1967, a t B .M.H. Mount
ad':'1ce to young s oldiers, young N .C.O .'s a nd young
Officers was perhaps the way in which h e did most K e ll ett , Hon g- Hong. to Bds m . a nd Mrs. K .
lasting good .. On on e occasion a s mall g irl of 11. Bird, a son, Rich ard John .
a r ece ntly JOm e d dau g hte r of the R egim ent, was PARNELL--On 5th J a nu ary, 1967, at B .M .H .
asktng the nam es and function s of va riou s pe r-
sonalities in the Bn. who had caught her eye. Rinteln , to Sgt. a nd Mrs . T . P a m ell. a daugh-
"Who, " s h e asked, "is th e s lim, s tra ig ht m a n ?" ter, Sarah-Jane Beverley.
H e was, of course, R .S.M . Simmon s; a nd h e r des- Mc LEOD- On 5th J a nu a r y, 1967, at B .M.H. Mount
cription fitted his characte r as well as his appear- K e ll e tt, H o ng- Kon g, t o Pte. and Mrs . A. M e-

ance. L ead. a daughte r. W e nd y J a n e.
DJ MOND - On 11 t h J a nuary, 1967, at B.M.H .
Rinteln , to Pte a n d Mrs. S. Dimond , a son
Ray Andrew . · '
B ecause of hi s posit ion , h e will be rement-
bered b est by th e m embe r s of th e W a rra nt Office r s' WHEELER-On 15th J a nu a r y, 1967, at B.M.H .
a nd Se rgeants ' Mess, and by the six Comma nding Mo unt K e llett, H on g- Kong, to Pte. a nd Mrs.
Officers , with whom h e served . Both were strong ly
re prese nted at his funeral, and it was fitting that C. Wh ee ler. a daughter, K are n Ann.
his last C.O. was th e re to lay his o ld Bn.'s wreath WILES- On 15th J a nu ary . 1967, at B .M .H . Mount
upon his grave. He will be rem embe red with K ell ett. H o ng- Kong, to L /C pl. and M r s. R.
admiration and affection by a ll who kn ew him in
the Regiment, ever mindful of the high standards W1les, a daughter. Tracey Linnsey.
PULLINGER- On 19th J a nuar y, 1967, at B.M.H.
of the past.
Mount K e ll ett. Hong Kong, to Pte. and Mrs.
M. Pullinge r, a s on, Andrew Charl es.
MANUEL--On 20th J a nu ary, 1967, a t B.M.H .

Munst er. to Cpl . a nd Mrs. J . Manuel. a daug h-

LT.-COL. J. L. CONGDON ter. Ahson .
RIC HARDSON-On 25th J a nu a r y, 1967, at B .M.H .
JOHN LAMBERT CONGDON was educa ted at Rinteln , to Pte. a nd Mrs J Ri c h a rd son a
Che ltenham, and commissioned in The Eas t son , Gary L ee. ·· '
Surre y R egim e nt in 1908, joining th e 2nd Bn. in
Burma. H e served throughout the 1914-18 War MARRTAGES
and commanded the Regim ental D e pot from 1928
to 1931. An authority on R egim e ntal Hi sto r y, h e BATEMAN- C HALCRAFT. On 31 s t D ece mber,
founded the East Surrey R egime ntal Museum, 1966. at H aw khur st. K e nt, Capt. A . B . Bate-
and its condition today owes much to hi s e n- man to Miss Susan J ennifer Chalcraft. (Cap t.
thusiasm , knowledge and foresight. C. D . B. Butler was best man ).

Another of his interests was the R egim e nta l DARLING- BARRY. On 7th January, 1967, at
War M emorial Chapel in All Saints' Paris h Church Canterbury, Bds m . P . D a rling to Miss Pauline
at Kingston. H e and his wife prese nted th e sa n c- Barry.
tuary lamp which is kept burning in perpetua l
remembrance of the Officers and m e n of The East COLEMAN- B OOTH. On 14th January. 1967, at
Surrey R egt . who gave th e ir li ves in th e 1914-18 Chich este r . Bds m . C. Coleman to Miss Iris
War. Marie Booth.

H e retired in 1935 after 27 years' service . On MACER- RIEG LER. O n 16th January, 1967, at
the outbreak of the 1939-45 War, h e was r ecall e d Chich ester, L /Cpl. M. Macer to Miss Martha
and, as a qualified Ordnance Offic e r, h e se r ved in Augu ste Rieg ler.
the Royal Army Ordnance Corps until he was
again retired in 1946. AGER- EVERETT . O n 21s t Januar y, 1967. at
Stanford-Le -Hope, Essex, Pte. R . Ager to Mi ss
He then became Secretary of the Office r s' Christina Ann Ever ett.

DICKINS- BEVIS . On 21st Janu a r y, 1967, at
E s h er, Capt. D. J . C. D1 c kin s to Miss T er esa

B evis.