June 1974

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THE PRESENTATION OF COLOURS

by

H.M. QUEEN MARGRETHE II OF DENMARK

Allied Colonel-in-Chief

to the 1st , 2nd and 3rd Battalions and The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion

at

Armoury House, London

on

Saturday, 4th May, 1974

All pictures in this issue, unless otherwise stated, were kindly supplied by the
Kentish Gazene.

The Journal of
THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 8, No. 1 June, 1974

Battle Honours borne on The Colours

The R egimental Colour:
"Tangier, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 170<1-5," "Bieoheim," "Ramillies," "Malplaquet," "Detingeo,"
"Louisburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "St. Lucia, 1778," "Seringapatam,"
"Maida," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera," "Albuhera," "Almaraz," "Badajoz," "Salamanca,"
"Vittoria," "Affghanistan, 1839," "Punniar," "Moodkee," "Sobraon," "lnkerman," "Sevastopol,, 44Lucknow,"
"Taku Forts," " New Zealand," "South Africa, 1879," "Nile, 188<1-85," "Burma, 1885-87," "Chitral," "Relief
of Ladysmith," "Relief of Kimberley," "South Africa, 1899-1902," "Korea 1950-51."

The Queen's Colour:
"Moos," "Mame, 191<1-18," "Aisoe, 191<1," "Ypres, 191<1-15-17-18," " Hill 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Somme,
1916, 18," "Aibert, 1916, 18," "Vimy, 1917," "Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Hiodenburg Line," "Italy, 1917-18," "Mace-
donia, 1915-18," "Gallipoli, 1915," "Gaza," "Jerusalem," "Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut al Amara,"
"Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 19<10," "Normandy Landing,"
"North West Europe, 19<10, <1<1-45," "Abyssinia, 19<11," "Omars," "Aiam el Halfa," "El Alamein," "Loogstop
Hill, 19<13," "North Africa, 19<10-43," "Sicily, 19<13," "Saogro," "Salemo," "Aozio," "Cassino," "Italy, 19<13-
<15," "Malta, 19<10-42," "Malaya, 19<11-42," "Hong Kong," "Defence of Kohima," "Burma, 19<13-45."

Allied Colonels-in-Chief
HER MAJESTY QUEEN JULIANA, Queen of the Netherlands

HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE 11 of Denmark

Colo11el of Th e R egiment: M ajor General F . A. H . LING, CB, CBE, DSO, DL

D eputy Colonels of The R egimem
Surrey: M ajor General R . S. N. MANS, CBE

Kent: Colonel D . A. WILLOWS, DL
Sussex: Brigadier R. E. LODER, CBE, DL

Middlesex: Colonel A. S. J. de S. CLAYTON, OBE DL

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Comma11dillg Officers

z,a1st Battalioll-Lt.-Col. M. V. HAYWARD, MBE
Battalion-Lt.-Col. M. R. M . NEWALL
Jrd Battalion-Lt.-Col. C. L. TARVER , MBE
5th (Volu11teer) Battalion-Lt.-Col. ] . R . STEPHENSON
6th ( V olunteer) Barralion-Lt.-Col. ] . M. HEWSON, MC
7th (Vo lu nteer} Battalion-Lt.-Col. ] . B. OGILVIE, TD

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

C.C.F . School Contingents

Ardingly College; St. Aloysiu's College; Brighton College; Collyers School, ( Horsham ); Cranbrook School;
Cranleigh School; Dover College; Eastbourne College ; Haberdashers' Aske's School (Elstree ); Hampton Gram-
mar School; Highgate School; Hurstpierpoint College; The John Lyon School; The Judd School; The King's
School, Canterbury; Kingston Grammar School; Mill Hill School; Ottershaw School; Reeds School; Reigate
Grammar School; Royal Grammar School (Guildford) ; Sir Roger Manwood's School (Sandwich ); St. Edmund's
School (Canterbury); St. John's School (Leatherhead) ; St. Lawrence College ( Ramsgate); The Skinners School
( Tunbridge Wells); Tonbridge School; Whitgift School; William Ellis School; Wilsons Grammar School

A.C.F. Units/Sub-Units Cadet Coys. Nos. 25 and 26.
Greater London: Cadet Coys.
Nos. 194 (Hounslow), 195 (S taines ), 205 (Willesden), 211 (Edg-
N.E. London Sector ware), 225 (Tottenham), 226 (H omsey).

N.W. London Sector Nos. 14 1, 143, 144, 146, 147, 15 1 to 156, 161 to 165.
l st, 2nd and 5th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (Surrey A.C.F .).
S .W. London Sector Cadet Coys. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (K ent A.C.F. ).
Cadet Bns. No. 6 (Crawley) and M ayfield College.
Surrey: Cadet Bns. Nos. 2 (Seaford and Newhaven), 3 ( H astings), 4 (Lewes), 7
Kent: Cadet Coys. (Chichester), 8 (Crowborough ), 10 (Eastbourne ), 11 (Horsham ), 13
Sussex: Cadet Pis. (Shoreham), 14 ( Bexhill), 15 (Brighton ), 17 ( Bognor ), 18 ( L ittle-
hampton).

ALLIED REGIMENTS

The Canadian Armed Forces-

The Queen's York Rangers (RCAC)
The South Alberta Light H orse*
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The H astings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York)
The E ssex and K ent Scottish

*Not yet confirmed by MOD
Th e Australian Milit ary Forces-

The Roya l New South W ales Regi ment
The Urtiversity of N ew South Wales Regiment
The Royal Western Australi a Regiment

The New Zealand Army-

2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, M arlborough and West Coast)
The Ro yal New Zealand Infantry Regimen t

5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and T aranaki) The Roya l New
Zealand In fantry Regiment

Th e PakistCJJt Army-

12th, 14th, 15th and 17th Battalions, The Punj ab Regiment

Sierra L eonc-

The Royal Sierra Leone Militar y Force

H ong K ong-
The Royal H ong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)

AFFILIATED HM SHIPS
HMS Excellent, HMS K ent, HMS Chichester and HMS Brighton

EDITOR-Major G. U. WEYMOUTH, MBE

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

RHQ The Queen's Regiment

Howe Barracks, Canterbury. (Tel. : 6528 1)
Regimental Secretary : Maj . G . U. Weymouth, MBE (Ext . 1)
Regimental Association Secretary : Maj . E. A. McCarthy (Ext. 1)

R egim ental Careers Officer: Ma;. M. f. D. Brady (Ext. 3 )

COUNTY OFFICES I

I Middlesex Office :
T & AVR Centre,
Queen's Surreys Office : Queen's Own Buffs Office: Royal Sussex Office: Deansbrook Road, Edgware.

Portsmouth Road, Leros T & AVR Centre, Roussillon Barracks, Maj. A . E. F. Waldron, MBE .
Kingston upon Thames. Sturry Road, Canterbury. Chichester. ( Tel. : Edgware 2625) .

Secretaries: Maj . F. f. Reed & Col. H. R . Grace, OBE, DL, JP & Lt.-Col. E. G . Hollist.

Maj. P. G . E. Hill. Maj . G. T. Faulk11er. (Tel.: Chichester 86311. Ext. 28).
( Tel. : Kingsto11 6248 ) .
(Tel.: Canterbury 65281. Ext. 4).

REGULAR UNITS

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1st Bn. 2nd Bn. 3rd Bn. 4 QUEENS Coy. QUEENS RIT

Kiwi Barracks, Albuhera Barracks, Lathbury Barracks, Howe Barracks, Guildford,
Bulford, Werl, Gibralter,
Wilts. BFPO 106. BFPO 52 Canterbury. Canterbury,

(Disbanding 1st November '73) Brighton,

T & AVR BATTALIONS Maidstone

& Edgeware

5th (V ) Bn. 6th (V) Bn. 7th (V) Bn.
Bn. HQ & HQ Coy: Bn. HQ : Brander House, Bn. HQ : T & AVR Centre,
Leros T & AVR Centre, Broomhill Road, Denne Road,
Sturry Road, Wandsworth, Horsham, Sussex.
Canterbury. SWI8.
Brig. A. C. Tyler, CBE, MC, DL.
Honorary Colo11els: Col. D . A. H. Sime, OBE, MC, TD .
Maj. (Hon . Col.) The Duke of Norfolk,
KG, PC, GCVO, OBE, TD.

DIVISIONAL DEPOT-Bassingbourn Barracks, Royston, Herts. Senior Regimental Representative: Maj. J. N. Shephard

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Editor : c on t e n t s

Major G. U . Weymouth,
M.B.E . (Ret' d. )

R e gime ntal Headquarten~ ,
Howe Barracks.
Canterbury, Kent .

Cap Badge Page
CoUar 6adre
Editorial 6
Button THE PRESENTATION OF COLOURS
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" From The Queen to The Queen's by Gregory Blaxland 9
Key Personnel on Parade . .. 24
Regimental Guests and Others who auended 27
Orders of the Dannebrag ... 27
Greetings 28
Speeches 30
Messages of Appreciation . . 31
Mainly About People 35
" T he New Look at Sandhurst" by Capt. R. G . White 38
Book Review . .. 39
The 1st Battalion 41
T he 2nd Battalion 46
The 3rd Baualion 49
The Regimental Information Team ... 49
The Depot 51
The 5th (Volun teer) Baualion 52
The 6th (Volunteer) Baualion) 53
The County Offices
Obituaries 57
The Regimental Shop
Journ al Order Form ... 61
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Printers : COVER PICTURE

Kent County Printers H er Majesty The AUied Colonel-in-Chief at the
Canterbury and He.rne Bay saluting base with the Colonel of the Regiment on
Her right and C ol. Griiner (Chief of H er Military
Kent
Staff) on Her left.
Picture by M ichael Roberts.

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EDITORIAL

After two postponements the Presentation of New Colours to our three regular
battalions and the 5th (Volunteer) Battalion has at last been achieved. Indeed the 4th
of May 1974 was a watershed in the history of the Regiment providing an unique oppor-
tunity for demonstrating to ourselves and to all who were present, the achi evement of
true unity.

The marching off of the old Colours-a poignant reminder of our great heri-
tage-was carried out with dignity and reverence, and the acceptance of the new, from
the hands of a lovely and gracious sovereign, marked the beginning of a new era.

In his article on page 7, Gregory Blaxland paints a fine and comprehensive picture
of Ceremonial splendour, sensitively aware of the greamess of the occasion. His narative
will be relished not only by those who were privileged to wimess the Parade, but also,
somewhat enviously I fancy, by all future students of the Regiment's histo ry.

Our youthful Allied Colonel-in-Chief captivated all our hearts by her beauty
and her charm; and although we hope we shall be graced by Her presence on many
occasions in the future, no-one will ever forget Queen Margrethe's first visit to Her
Regiment and the breath of Spring she brought to a necessarily sombre ritual of dedi-
cation on a cold day.

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Readers will, I hope, appreciate my delaying publication of this issue so that
the Colours Parade could be featured (subsequent issues will be published annually in
June and December). I hope I shall be forgiven too for the fact that much of the
Journal's usual content has had to be either omined or curtailed to allow space for
a pictorial record of the Parade.

The 1st Banalion on whose shoulders the main burden of the Parade was
carried, can be forgiven for not subscribing separate notes for this issue. Immediately
following a very arduous but outstandingly successful emergency tour in Belfast, they
had to prepare for the 4th May-a daunting task, in the time available, even for them .
The spectacular success of their achievement including their excercising of the Regi-
ment's privilege of marching through the City was abundantly self-evident and
congratulations are also very much due to the massed Bands and Drums-under the
direction of Capt. Don Pryce,-as well as to the Colour Parties from the 2nd and 3rd
Banalions (from Werl and Gibraltar, respectively). The 5th (Volunteer) Banalion also
put up a really splendid show and it was impossible to detect from the overall per-
formance, the Regular from the Volunteer.

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FROM TI-IE QUEEN TO THE QUEEN'S

BY GREGORY BLAXLAND

It was of course sad that the chosen da y, Saturday, person of M a rshal of the R oyal Air Force Lord
May 4, dawned grey and chilling and remained set Elworthy. H e was followed by the household atten-
in this surl y condition. Y et there was relevance even dants of the eagerl y awai ted Allied Colonel in Chief,
in the weather. At no other period of history, except Queen M argrethe of D enmark, and they by the man
in open war, has the British Army been burdened with whose duties h ave always included strict enforcement
a more exacting , dangerous, or unpleasa nt task than of the charter granted the C ity of L ondon by Kin g
is presented by the troublemakers in Northern Ireland, Edward III in 1327, forbidding intrusion by the
and surely no regiment has borne a larger share of military : the Lord Ma yo r , Sir Hugh W ontner. It was
that burden than The Queen 's. It was therefore by his consent that the troops were allowed to enter the
appropriate that, with the task still uncompleted, th e City in full array. H e was follow<d by the M ayo r of
soldiers should have paraded to rece ive honour be- the host borough, Councillor R eid of I slington .
neath a sombre sky and against a background of the
type of large, souless slab of a building that has form ed Then came the Ambassador of the other Allied
their battleground. It was appropriate too that they Colonel-in-Chief, Queen J uliana of the Netherlands,
wore the drab khaki uniform that has replaced the accompanied by his daughter and Military Attache.
blue number-one as the standard ceremonial wear. It Probably even they were unaware that they represented
was just as appropriate, and entirely predictable, that the crucial link in the R egiment's connection with the
the men who stood thus, formin g three ranks on a City of London, which stems from the contribution
frontage of some 200 ya rds, were rocklike in their made by the City's trai ned bands to the force tha t
S<eadiness. They had come for the ceremonial bap- fought for the liberation of Holland from 1572 until
tism of a regiment that had long s ince endured its it was acheived in 1648, and then remained to garrison
baptism by fire. the liberated land. It is extraordinary that the re-
suscitated remnant expelled by the Dutch in 1665
At least the soldiers should have been encouraged should have been named by Charles !I "Our Holl and
by the size of the concourse come to see them perform . Regiment of Foot" when he had just declared war on
It was thrilling to be in it, to savour the bustle and Holland-and it is of some wry interest to recollect
excitement and to gasp at the splendour of the that Denmark also entered this war on the side of
plumages, as worn by such distinguished guests as the Holland and that it provided the Dutch with a close
Constable of the Tower ( Field Marshal Hull ), the view of K ent in their journey up the Medway. The
G.O.C.-in-C. South-East District ( Lieutenant-Gen- Holland R egiment proudly retained the title even when
eral McMeakin), the G.O.C. London District (Major- war was again waged against Holland in 1672, to
General Ward-wearing the plumed cock hat of his raise recruits for which, in the centenary year of their
office), and the Colonel Commandant of the Honour- origin, their warrant to enter the City was placed on
able Artillery Company ( General Moore) by whose a permanent basis.
courtesy the ground was made available. The civil
element, to sa feguard whom is the soldiers' one and Ironicall y, the title of Holland R eg iment faded
only purpose in life, was represented by the High into disuse when the Dutch Prince William of Orange
Sheriff s of Surrey, Kent, and West Sussex, the Chair- became King of England, bringing Dutch troops with
men of Kent and East Sussex County Councils, and him. Yet it is to this event that The Queen's Regiment
the Mayors or Counci l Chairmen of fifteen boroughs owes both its allied Colonels-in-Chief. It was from a
in Surrey, K ent, Sussex and Middlesex, all of whom group of loyalists to the Orange cause in Belfast that
have honoured The Queen's R eg iment by the grant of the reg iment emerged that became the 35th Foot anJ
Freedom or Adoption. The Dean of Canterbury, as subsequentl y the Roya l Sussex, a nd it was in r ecog-
custodian of man y revered reg imental relics, was also nition of this ancient link that Queen Juliana accepted
the re. Certainly it was a colourful array, much em- the appointment of Colonel-in-Chief in 1953. As
bellished by the dresses of the ladies. for the Holl and R egi ment, William presented it to his
brother-in-law and Lord High Admiral, Prince G eorge
Yet the great mass of the audience were the of D enmark, when he di sbanded the reg iment that
veterans of the s ix founder regiments of The Queen's, had been r aised by the deposed King J ames, when
and it was moving to observe their greetings for each Duke of York and passed to Prince George on his
other and intriguing to see their gradual dispersa l accession. The renewal of this link came with the
among the four stands that had, by a masterpiece of appointment of King Frederik VIII of D enmark as
organisation, been erected adjacent to six marquees, sti ll Colonel-in-Chief of the Buffs in 1906 and has achieved
leaving sufficient space for the parade on this playi ng continuity unsurpassed in the British Army, except
fi eld so generously loaned by the H .A.C. It was just by the Guard's relationship to the Sovereign .
as fascinating to observe the faces crowding the wide
windows of the flat s and offices overlooking the parade This mental digression through the stra nge
ground from two sides and the figures perched on vagaries of historical causes was abruptly broken by a
scaffolding further away. They were all still there, I trumpet clarion from the balcony of Armoury House,
noted, some ninety minutes later, when the elaborate and with a roar from the machines of the six police
ritual beneath them reached its climax. outriders, Queen Margrethe was brought in among
her own, making her first visit as Allied Colonel-in-
Of the guests who were brought by car onto the C hief. She had made acquaintance with her father's
greensward of the parade ground, the first to come reg iment when it came to Copenhagen in 1965, a nd
was the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London in the witnesses of that event recognised the warm and en-

chanting smile with which she stepped from her car by the music inherited from the founder regiments.
and greeted the Colonel of the Regiment, General T hen came the adva nce in rev iew orde r, the crash of
Ling, who h ad made his own entry escorted by two the unprompted halt, the fina l Roya l Sa lute, and three
Yeoman of the G uard, both veterans of the Q ueen's chee rs for Her M ajesty T he A ll ied Colonel-in-Ch ief.
S urreys, and had generously allowed his predecessor
in office, General C raddock, his moment of tribute The pa rade was not over fo r the troops, fo r they
on his arrival before him. The Queen wo re a scarlet now marched off to exercise their Privilege of
coat and royal blue bonnet, tinged with white and marchi ng th rough the C ity with colours fl ying, dru ms
red . S he h as the grace, figure, and bea ring worth y bea ting, and bayonets fixed- a thing fi rst done by the
of her parents, and the eye long lingered on her, Bu ffs as a whole in 1793, well in adva nce of those
unash amedl y entranced, while Lieutenant-Colonel H ay- other two ea rl y cla imants, the R oyal M arines and 3rd
wa rd reported the parade ready for inspection. Battalion G renadier G uards. They made a circuit
past the M ansion H ouse, whe re the Lord Mayor took
The inspection over, it was the turn of the massed the salute, and returned to dismiss just before one
bands and drums, of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th o'clock, some four-and-a-half hours after they h ad
Battalions, the bandsmen in blue, the drummers in paraded at W oolwich in readi ness for the day's
scarlet, and with the Volunteers of the 5th showing acti vities.
themselves worthy comrades of the R egulars. They
gave a tremendous perfom1ance, led by the aptl y The Queen meanwhile was making friend ly in-
named Drum M ajor Lively in his old-fas hioned spection of the old comrades, who lined u p ac ross the
spiked full-dress helmet. H ere indeed was mani- greenward at a strength of around 1000. She then
festation of that strength through unit y that had wa lked ac ross to Armoury H ouse, with her route lined
provided the motive behind the creation of the Queen's by the Stand ards of the R egimental Associations. After
R egiment-but it could not ease the onslaught of be ing presented here t o va rious regimental dig nitaries ,
nostalgia brought about by the st ately departure of she took lunch in a huge and beautifull y decorated
the five stands of Colours from the centre of the line, marquee, where 500 people sat at t able with her, in-
those of the 1st Queen's Surreys, the 1st Queen 's O wn cluding 140 of the soldiers who had been on parade.
Buff s, the 1st R oya l Sussex, the 1st M iddlesex, and In a further exchange of speeches, the Colonel of the
the 4th Buff s. This was positively the last appearance R egiment presented h er with a brooch and the Queen
of these emblems of regiments that h ad aroused in made charming r eply. ' It was indeed a gallant sight,'
their members all the pride and intimacy of families, she said of her soldiers on parade. She eventually
and it was hard not to weep as the ten Colours and departed at a qu arter past three, 45 minutes later than
their escorts slowly progressed down the r anks in single scheduled, to a great flurry of h ats and hands waved
file, making mellow combination with their hues of by her captivated regimental subj ects.
royal blue, buff, royal blue, lemon yellow, and aga in
buff, interspersed with the red , white, and blue of the Of all the impressions left by this great occasion,
Sovereign's Colours, against the backgro und of green the one that has made deepest mark on my mind came
and khaki, which was subdued almost t o gloaming through the ears. The three cheers with which the
under the grey sky. parade ended were of course shouted by orde r, as is
the custom on such funct ions, but I doubt that heart
The uncasing of the new Colours vividly illustrated and lungs have ever combined t o produce such tre-
the great merging that had been enacted more than mendous volume. E ach was an enormous shout of
seven yea rs previously, for in place of the five different spontaneous pride and joy, by the serving element I
regimental Colours that had just been bowed from the fancy, at the discovery that their Allied Colonel-in-
scene, h ere were four identical ones of glowing royal Chief is a real and charming, as well as regal, person,
blue inscribed with wreathes and other insignia of a genuinely interested in their affairs; and by the o lder
sha de not so far removed from the buff and the yellow members at the knowledge that the things that gave
of three of the old- and the fact that their number them such pride and purpose are still ast ir and
was reduced from fi ve to four emphas ised that the throbbing as strongly as ever in the unified whole.
merging had saved one of the old regiments from com- The mind slides down the centuries to the 'huzzas'
plete extinction . E ach pair was leant against a seperate shouted for a Queen by our regimental ancestors, as
pile of drums and consecrated in turn by the Chaplain the Trained Bands at Greenwich for the Queen whose
G eneral, the Venerable Archdeacon Y ouens. In his Tudor Dragon forms the centrepiece of the n ew
prayer for those who shall follow the Colours, the Colours and by the veterans of the ill-starred T angier
words, 'M ay they show self-control in the hour of campaign for the little Queen from Portugal , who was
success, patience in time of adversity', seemed to sum the widowed Queen Dowager for most of her twent y
up a duty with which they are well acquainted. M ind- yea rs' association with her regiment and whose cypher
ful of such responsibilities, the eight Ensigns knelt also has its place on the new Colours; and by this same
to receive their Colours from the Queen . regiment for the gifted and highl y influenti al German
lady who became Queen Ca roline and was their
The speech made by the Colonel of the R eg iment Colonel-in-Chief for twenty-two yea rs. Another
and the Queen's reply are reported elsewhere, and it G erman lady, Queen Adelaide, also exerted her in-
need onl y be remarked here that the Queen showed flu ence on reg imental destin y by giving the 50th or
perfect command of English. Then the Colours were W est K ent the title of Queen's Own .
received in the r anks with a G eneral Salute, and the
march past followed, with each of the four guards in A more recent Q uee n who sh ines from the pages
line, at a strength of ninety offi cers and men, found of reg imental history is the D owager Queen M ary,
by Kirkes, T angier, H olland, and Quebec Companies widow of George V, who aga in gave reality to the
of the 1st B attalion, with the eight Colours forming title of Queen's R oya l R eg iment and whose da ughter-
line in the centre of them, and with the step lightened in-l aw, the former Princess M arina of G reece and

D enmark, was the founding Colonel-in-Chief of the 9

Queen 's Regiment. Queen M ary's mother-in- law, Queen if he had not been his close relation by m arri age.
The presentation of colours by the Queen of
Alexandria , may also have played a crucia l though less
obv ious part, for she was the sister of King Frederik D enmark to the Queen's Reg iment, in the City of
of D enmark, and it is hard to beli eve that King Edward London in 1974, ma y seem a surprising outcome of
would have made him Co lonel-in-Chief of the Buff s this relationship, but no one who was p resent would
deny that it is a cause fo r grea t rejoicing.

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KEY PERSONNEL WHO TOOK PART IN THE PARADE

Commanding Office 1· 1se B artalion and P arad e M ajor A. F . S . Ling. ADC ro Th e Colon el of th e
R egim ent : Cap tai n C. M . J oint.
Co mmander: Li eutenant Colonel M . V . H ayward,
M .B.E ., Comman din g Officer 211d Baualio11 Lieu tenant Director of Mu sic: Captain D . E . Pryce, A(Mus)
Co lonel M . R . M . Newa ll, Com m a11di11 g Officer Jrd T C L, psm . Bandmasters: 1st Baualiou : Warrant
Officer C lass I A. W . K. M elvin, LTC L. 211d
Ballalion: Lieu tenant Co lone l C. L. T arver, M .B.E ., Baualio11 : Warrant Officer C lass I D . Game, DLGSM .
Comma11di11 g Officer 5rh ( V olu111 eer) Baualio11 Jrd Baualio11: W arrant Officer C lass I J . Wood . 5th
Li eutenant Co lonel ] . R. Stephenson. ( V olunteer) B allalion: Warrant Officer Class I E . T .
F . C larke. Drum M ajors: I st Ballalion: Sergeant C.
Parade S econd-in-Co mm and: Major H. M . du Smith. 2nd Battaliou: and R egim ental Senior Drum
V. Lohan-1 se B artalio11, Parade Adjuca11t : Ca ptain M ajor: Drum M ajor B. Lively, BEM. Jrd B aualion:
Sergeant P . Chapman. 5 th ( V olumeer) Battalio11:
M . ] . Ball-l sr Ballalio11 Quartermas ters: 1st Warrant Officer C lass !I E . C. Fulker.
B at ralion : Captain R. E. B. Morris, 211d B au alio11:
E scorts to the Colours O ld Colours: I st B attalio11:
Captain R. ] . P almer, Jrd B allalio11: Captain P . A. Compan y Sergeant M ajor M . D . Maloney, BEM,
Newman, 5 rh ( V olu11teer) Battalion : Lieutenant D . Colour Sergeant A. Hill, Co lour Sergeant B . Rawlings.
A. Mirams . 2nd B attalion: W arrant Officer C lass I! J. A . C.
Burr, Colour Sergeant R . H ayley, Colour Sergeant
R egim ental S ergeant M ajors: I st B attalion P. Guilla ume. Jrd B aualion: Warrant Officer C lass
!I R. Riddlestone-Holmes, Colour S ergeant N . King,
and Parade R S M : W arrant Officer C lass I \Y/. ] . Co lour Sergeant K . Andrew. 4rh B at1alio11: Company
Sergeant M a jor G . W. N. H olland, Co lour Sergeant
Rippon, Z11d B aualio11: W arrant Officer C lass ] . D ickens, Colour Sergeant D. A. R . Thorpe. 5rh
I T. G . P arnell, Jrd B allalio11 : \V/arrant Officer C lass ( V olu11teer ) B attalion: W arrant Officer C lass I! K .
Cranny, Sergean t ] . T. Yeames, Sergeant G. Major.
I J. R . Barrell, 5th ( V olu11teer) B artalio11: Warrant
Officer Class I H . T . C haffer, MM No. 1 Guard New Co lours : I st B au alio11: Company Sergeant
M ajor W. D . Marshal, Co lour Sergeant A. Knight
(Kirkcs Company) M ajor T. L. Trotman, Captai n R . Colour Sergeant N . J amieson. 2nd B aualion: W arrant
M . M cGhie, Lieutenant A. W . Russell. W arrant Officer Class I! F . Boyne, Colour Ser geant M . Booth,
Sergeant D. M cCaig. Jrd B aualiou : Warrant Officer
Officer C lass I! ] . H . W. Pearson . No. 2 Guard Class !I D . Sharp, Co lour Sergean t, B. Fox, Colour
(Tangier Company) M ajor T. ] . G ybbon-Monypenn y, Sergeant, D. Roberts. 5th ( Volunteer) Battaliou:
\ 'V'arrant Officer C lass I! J . A. Collins, Colour Sergeant
Captain D . M . Falcke, Capta in R . N. Colbourne, G. F airfax, Sergeant E . C. R awlings.
Company Sergeant M a jor M . D onnell y. No. 3 Guard
The Royal Anny Chaplain's Department
( Holland Company) Major R . W . Acworth, Ca ptain
The Vener ab le Archdeacon ] . R . Youens, CB,
P . G . Truman, Lieutenant D . R. Pollard, Company OBE, M C, QHC, Chaplain General ro th e F orces.
Sergeant M ajor C. T . Bromfield. No. 4 Guard The Right Reverend M onsignor Thomas F ehily, VG
Prin cipal R C C haplain ( Army). The R everend P eter
(Quebec Company) M a jor R. C. Pitman, Captain S. Mallett, QHC C haplain G emral ( D esig11ate), 1st
M . D owse, Lieutenant A. H . Carter, Warrant Officer Ba((a/tou: The Reverend D . G. Bailey. 211d B attalion:
C lass !I V. D . Ebbens. The Reverend K . M . C ribben . 5 rh (Vo lunteer)
B a((alioll: The Reverend R . C. L . Pilgrim, TO.
Officers for the Colours: Old Colours I st
Yeoman Wardens from H.M. Tower of London
B au alio11 : Lieutenant P . R. P. Swa nLsoine~ t en2anndt Yeoman W arder L. H . Piper, late Th e Queen's R oyal
Li eutenant G. K . Yonwin. 2ud Battalion: Surrey R egiiiJetl(. Yeoman W arder D . P . H arding, late
The Quee11's R oyal Surr ey R egim e11t.
A. M. F . ] elf, Lieutenant J . F. Huskisson . Jrd

Baualio11: Lieutenant P . A. T awell, Lieutenant N. F .

Russe ll . 4rh B aualio11 : Li eutenant J. C. Acworth,

Lieu tenant C. D. N. P olden. 5th ( V olunteer)

Battalion: Lieutenant T . C. R. Hutton 2nd

Lieutenant R . H . J ewson . New Colours l sr B a;talion :

Lieutenant P . M . McGill, 2nd Lieutenant S. C. ] .

B. Pielow. 2nd B attalion : 2nd Lieutenant W . K.

Hughes, 2nd Lieutenant C. E . McEwen. Jrd. Baualion:

Lieutenant M . S . Quinn, 2nd Lieutenant R . ] . Knight.

5 rh ( V oltmteer) B aualio11 : Captain M . G . Butlin,

Captain A. P . H aigh.

ADC to HM Th e Allied Co lo11 el-in -Chie{:

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Part of the large assembly of
Spectators eagerly await ....

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.... the arrival of Her Majesty,
The Queen of Denmark



The Presentation over, Her Majesty
returns to the Saluting Base

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(Facing picture)

The Old Colours *
are Trooped before
being marched off

Parade for the
last time ....

* Originally presented to;

The 1st Bn. The Queen 's Royal Surrey Regiment
The 1st Bn. The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
The 1st Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment
The 1st Bn . The Middlesex Regiment (DCO)
The 4th Bn. The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (TA)



Top Centre: The Chaplain General blesses one set of Colours.

Top Right: Yeoman Warder Dennis Harding.

Centre Right: The Parade passes Armoury House on its way to the Guildhall.

Lower: After a word or tow with our Chelsea Pensioners, Her Majesty walks to Armoury
House, flanked by Standard Bearers of the Regimental Association.



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rwo charming pictures of
Her Ma jesty during the
Presentation .
by Michael Robert s.

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The Chaplain General and other C lergy during the Service of Consecration of the new Colours.
Picture b y PR HQ S .E . District.

The New C olours of the 5th (V) Bn. and the 2nd Bn. (above and left) .

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The Band and Drums leading the P arade through the C ity immediately following the Presenta tion of n ew C olours.
Picture by PR HQ S.E . D istrict.

REGIMENTAL GUESTS AND OTHERS WHO ATTENDED

( with wives as app ropriate.)

The Danish Suite TAVR

The D anish Ambassador, Count K . Knuth-Winter- Chairman and Secretaries of Greater London and
fcldt, Countess W . K . Armfelt, Col. G. U. G runer, South E as t TAVR Assns;
Lt. Col. U. Gabel-Jorgensen, Captain A. D. Shu lze, F ormation Commander and D ep. Commander SE
RDN, Cdr. A. J espersen, RDN, M a j. A . Fogh-Ander- Dist. ( Brig. P . C. Shap land ) .
sen, Lady Susan Hussey, S/ Ldr. Peter Beer.
Cadets
Diplomatic
Count y Commandants Surrey, K ent, Sussex,
The N etherlands Amba ssador and Mile. Francoise Greater London NE, and SW ( D ep ut y);
Gevers,
Comma nding Officers of the three Surrey Bns and
The Netherlands and D anish Military Attachees and 1st K ent Bn., AC F ;
Sir Eric P enn ( Lord Chamberlai n 's Office).
Officers no minated by Greater London and Sussex
Civic TAVR Assns;

Lord Lieutenant of Greater London-Marshall of Cadet Executive Officers, Surrey and K ent;
the RAF Lord Elworthy. The ACF Assn. ( M aj. East ).

Lord Comwallis. Formation Commanders

High Sheriffs of Surrey (M aj. J . R . M ore- Comdr. 5 Air portab le Bde. ( Brig. R . B. Trant );
M olyneux), K ent ( D . Barham ) and W . Sussex GOC SE Disc. ( Lt. Gen. Sir T erence M e M eekin ) ;
(W/ Cdr. G. H . Briggs). GOC London Dist. (M aj. G en. P . ]. N. Ward ) .

The Lord Mayor and Lady W ontner ( and officers Recruiting
in waiting ).
ACOs from CLRD, Canterbury and Brighton.
The Mayors of Islington (Cllr. H. Re id ) , Kingston
and the Town Clerk, Guilford (Cllr. A. A. Cook ) , Queen's Division
Maidstone (Cllr. M. Corps) and the Town C lerk,
Ca nterbury (Cllr. T. Castle), R amsgate ( Cllr. S. Colonel Comdt. ( M a j. Gen. J . B. D ye; AAG ( Lt.
Groom bridge ) and the Town C lerk, Folkestone ( C llr. Col. Peter W orthy); CO D epot ( L t. Col. C. D .
H . ]. V . Johnson ) , Ashford (Cllr. P. G . Boulden ), Piggins) .
Brighton ( C llr. D . Sheldon ), and the Town C lerk,
C hichester (Cllr. P . W eston ) , Eastbourne ( C llr. T. Affiliated Regimental Assns
W. W ard ), Arundel ( C llr. W . H. K. F ox ), Hove
( C llr. E . G. P . Rosevea r ), W orthing ( C llr. S. C. Chairman of the Queens Surreys Assn. ( Lt.-Col.
Elliott ), H astings (Cllr. D . ]. T aylor ) and Barnett H . R . D . H ill ), Queen's Own Buff s Assn . ( Lt.-Col.
(Cllr. N. ]. Saptead ). E . V. Argles) and Middlesex Assn . ( Lt.-Col. T. W .
Chattey ) .
C hai rman of the K ent C. C. ( Mr. R. Leigh-Pem-
berton ), and the East Sussex C. C. ( Lt.- Col. W . ( Note: Brig. R . E. Loder, President of the R . Sussex
Emden ). Assn., was present as D eput y Colonel ( Sussex) The
Queen's Regt.
The Church
Widows of the former C olonels of Regiments
The Very Rev. The D ean of Canterbury.
Mrs. Whitfield, Mrs. Boucher, Mrs. Forster and
The Police L ady Whistler.

Commissioner, Cit y of London (Mr. C. J ames VC Holders
P age), Chief Supdt. H olness and D cp. Chief Supdt.
Cameron Sinclair. Col. D . J . D ea n ( RWK ) and Lt.-Col. E. C. T .
Wilson ( Surreys).
Allied Regiments
Widows of VC Holders
University of N. S. W . R egt. ( Lt. Col. B. N.
Nunn ); Queens York R angers ( T. C. Eaten ) ; South Mrs. Roupell ( Surreys) and Mrs. Edwards ( M iddx .)
Alberta Light Horse (Lt.-Col. E. M . M oore); The
R oya l D anish Life Guards ( Col. N . C. Frederiksen, PR
M aj. C. E. Von Freiesleben, Capt. J . Greve, M a j.
R iber and Lt. 0. Haufort ) . Mr. J ack Francis ( PR SE D ist. )

Affiliated Regiments

The Ro ya l Anglian R egt. ( Lt . Gen. S ir I an Free-
land ) ; The D evonshire and D orset R egt. ( Brig . A.
E. C. Bredin ).

Affiliated HM Ships The Ro yal Hospital, C helsea
HMS Excellant (Capt. R . S. Falconer R.N.) Ten Old Com rades.

The S tar and Garter Home, Richmond 25

Five old comrades and one attendant. MisceUaneous

SSAFA M aj. Gregory Blaxland ( Regimental Historian );
Mr. T erence Cuneo ( Artist commissioned for th e
The Chairman ( Lt.-Gen. Sir Reginald D enning ) . picture); Mrs. B. R. W est ( Floral a rrangements);
Col. Sir William Mullens (former Chairman South
HAC East TA VRA ); Lt.-Col. T . M ilo ( City M a rshall );
Mr. E . W. Shipley ( Financial advise r ) and WO! T .
The Col. Comdt. (Gen . Sir Rodney M oore ), six T aylor ( RSM London DiM. )
officers and the RSM.
Former C olonels of Reg iments
Woolwich Garrison
The following form er Colonels attended ( with thei r
The Comma nder ( Brig. A. ] . Woolford) a nd two wives as approp riate) :
office r s.
Lt. Gen . Sir Richard Craddock ( First Colonel of
Tower of London the Reg iment ); M aj. G en . F. ] . C. Piggott ( Queens
Surreys); M aj. Gen . D. E. B. Talbot ( R. W . K. );
The Constable ( F. M . Sir Richa rd Hull ) and M a jor M aj. Gen. Sir John Willoughby and M aj. Gen.
Gen. W . D . M . R aebum . C. M . M an ( Middx. )

Commanding Officers of Battalion at the time the O ld Old Comrades
Colours were presented
The foll owing a pproximate number of old comrades,
M aj. Gen. G. A. White ( I Queen's Surreys); Col. their wives and guests were present :
H . B. H. W aring (I Queen 's Own Buff s); Brig. ] . B .
Ashwo rth ( I Roya l S ussex); Brig. R. A. Gwyn ( I Queens Surreys-46 8.
Middx.); Col. ] . Tilleard ( 4 Buffs ( TA ).
Queens Own Buffs- 7 18.
Potential Officers for the Regiment
Two Officer Cadets from RMAS and ten other R oya l Sussex- 250 .

potential Officers. Middlesex- 240 .
The W arminster Branch of The Queen 's Regiment
Association-1 6.

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THE ORDER OF THE DANNEBROG

The following members of t he Regiment were awarded Orders of the
Dannebrog (as shown ) by H er Majesty Queen Margreth e IT, in connection with
the Presentation of Colours P arade on 4th May, and were able to wear their
decorations on th e day.

COMMANDER
Col. D. A. Willows DL---Deputy Colonel (Kent) a nd Presi dent of t h e Regi-

mental Association of the Qu een' s Own Buffs, Th e Royal Kent Regiment.
Lt.-Col. ~1. V. H ayward MBE- Th e Parade Commander and Commandin g

Officer 1st Battalion.

KNIGHT
Maj . M. J . D. B r ady- P arade Staff Officer.

MEDAILLE DE RECOMPENSE
W.O.I. W. J . Rippon- Th e P a rade R.S .M. a nd R.S .M. 1st Battalion

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GREETINGS

Th e following messages were received by the Colonel of the R egiment on 4th
May:

From t he Chief of the l\l ilita ry H ouseh old of H .M Queen J ulian a .
(Lt. Gen. SCRAPER),

"On demand of H er Majesty, Quee n Juliana, your .Allied Colonel-in-Chief,
I convey to you Her sincere thanks for the warm greetings from All Ranks of
the Queen's Regim ent, on the occasion of the Presentation of new Colours.

H er Majesty regr et s not having been able to be with you for the Presen-
t ation."

From t he H onorary Colonel a nd All Ranks 5th B n. T he Royal New Zeala nd
Infan try Regiment, WANGANUI,

"Best wishes on the occasion of the Presentation of new Colours."

From Capt. Ralph ~lcCleary (fonnerly R.W.K. now res iding in New
Zeala nd ),

"Best wishes for happy successful occasion, Saturday."

From B rig. J. S. F letch er OBE, Commander D hofar Area,
" Best wishes for your great day from all exiled Quee nsmen in Dhofar.
Regret we cannot be with you."

F r om the H onora ry Colonel Royal New Zea la nd In fa ntry Regiment,
C hri stchurch ,

"Every congratulations on the Presentation of new Colours to the Queen's
Regiment from All Ranks 2 RNZIR ."

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SPEECHES AT THE PRESENTATION OF COLOURS, 4 MAY 1974

HM QUEEN MARGRETHE, (addressing th e Parade)

General Ling and All Ranks of the Queen's Regiment.

Th e new Colours I have just presented to you are symbols of the h eritage
from a n old, fine history of soldiering. May they inspire you to con ti nu e to live
up to the old gloriou s traditions that have been h anded down to you and may a ll
of you serving under these n ew Colours, be able to show th em the same gallantry
an d devotion, courage and disciplin e, as were shown to the previous Colou rs by
soldiers before you .

THE COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT, (replying )

With my humble duty, Your Majesty.

All Ranks of your Regiment are indeed prou d a nd delighted to welcome you
into their midst for the first time since assuming the appointment of Allied
Colonel-in-Chief, on this, the h appiest a nd the most import a nt day in our Regi-
ment's history.

We are m ore than grateful and very appreciative of the signal honour You
are paying us today. The Colours which your Majesty has just presented to the
three Regular Battalions of t he Regiment and one of our Volunteer Battalions
are a tangible symbol of the unity of our Regiment. From that unity All Ra nks will
draw inspiration and an ever-increasing strength ; a strength of purpose a nd of
loyalty, not onl y to our own beloved Queen, but to Yourself , Your Ma jest y , and
to one a nother. They will be greatly fortified by the knowledge that wherever
they may serve, their interests will be as close to Your own heart as they a lways
were to the heart of Your much-loved father, King Frederik, whose memory is
so personally cherished by many present here. On behalf of All Ranks of Your
Regiment, whether they are on parade today, or whether they are in Germany,
Gibraltar or elsewhere, I beg to thank Your Majesty most warmly for honouring
us with Your gracious presence on this occasion , which will a lways be treasured
in our memories, a nd I know that I speak for the entire Regim ent wh en I express
our heartfelt wish that this visit t o us is on ly the first of very many.

THE COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT'S SPEECH AFTER LUNCHEON

Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, Your E xcell encies, My Lord s, Hig h
Sheriffs, Your Worships, L a dies and Gentlem en .

Before we drink the health of Her Majest y, The Queen of Denmark, I
would like to say once more what a sheer delight, as well as a great honour, it
has been to have Her with us today on this great family, Regimental occasion.
May I say also h ow greatly our Regiment has been sustained by the support of
this very distinguished compa n y, including so many of H er Majesties' Suite a nd
Household a nd the Lifeguards. Now I must particularly mention the presence of
the Dutch Ambassador a nd tell you that he has handed me-immediately before
we sat down-a message, a telegram from Queen Juliana, which reads as follows:

"On demand of H er Ma jesty Queen Julia na, your Allied Colonel-in-Chief,
I convey to you Her sin cere thanks for the warm greetings from All Ranks of
the Queen 's Regiment on the occasion of the Presentation of new Colours. H er
Majesty regrets not h aving been able to be with you for this Presentation."

I trust that Baron GEVERS will r eport back favourably on the Parade.
Now, my Lord Mayor, it has been a very great and unique privilege for my Regi-
ment, represented by t he First Battalion, to march through the City today with
our new Colou rs, with the bloom of their freshness still on them. We are also

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greatly honoured to have with us the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, Lord
Elworthy and the Governor of the Tower, Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull who
provided two Yeoman Warders thus adding histori c colour to our parade; both
of them were former members of t he Qu een's Royal Su rrey Regiment. May I also
t a ke the opportunity, Your Majesty, of thanking t he Colonel Commandant, Sir
Rodney Moore and his Cou rt of Assistants for their hospitality h ere today in in-
viting us to use Armoury House and this unique setting for such a parade.

However, I cannot let this occasion pass without mentioning a remarkably
ha ppy historica l coincidence. It was in 1689 or th ere abouts that our Regiment 's
forbears gained their first conn ection with Your Majesty's Royal H ouse. This was
when the then Prince Georg of Denmark , hu sband of an English Princess Ann e,
who became later Queen Anne, was appointed Honorary Colonel of the H olland
Regiment, to us, The Buffs. It was then renamed "Prince Georg's Hereditary
Prince of Den mark's Regimen t. "It is fates happy gift to us today t hat we have
with us, nearly three hundred years later, another Prince Georg of Denm ark and
a n English Princess Anne, his wife . Now, today for him, I think, is something of
a climax after twenty fiv e years in which h e h as given so mu ch to furt her the
Regiment's connection with the Royal H ouse of Denmark.

Now, finall y to mark this historic family day, may I ask Your Majesty to
accept this brooch whi ch we have had made by one of our Regimental Jewellers.
It is in gold on enam el and it shows t he new badge of the Regiment which is the
old Tudor Dragon, part of the Arms of Queen Elizabeth I, worked in diamonds.
It comes with our humble duty and , if I may say so, respectful admiration and
affection. I will now ask you t o drink to the health a nd happiness of Queen Mar-
grethe, Qu een of Denmark, Allied Colonel-in-Chief the Queen's Regiment.

HM QUEEN MARGRETHE's REPLY

General Ling, Officers, Warrant Officers, Non- commissioned offi cers and
Soldiers of the Queen's Regiment.

First of all, I shou ld like to thank you for your hearty welcome and very
fin e parade. It was indeed a gall ant sight. Th a nk you too, for the beautiful brooch
which I am honoured to have a nd to wear.

I am proud and pleased to te with you on this very memorable day and to
be a llowed to present the new Colours t o you on behalf of Her Majest y The
Queen. My family has for many years been connected with the Queen's Regiment
and ma ny ties have, in these years, linked our countries together.

During the last war many Danes served in The Buffs ; therefore it seems
particularly appropriate that this occasion should take place on the F ourth of
May- the very day, twenty nine years ago--when we, in Denmark, received the
message from London that , due to Britain's h erioc fight , we could again t ake up
our life as a free nation.

I am very pleased, too, that the Denmark Branch of the Queen's Own Buffs
Association is represented here today.

When the old Colours of the four distinguished Regiments were marched
off para de today, ma ny of you mu st have felt sadl y that this was the end of an
era. But I will ask all of you to look forward, a nd t o regard the new Colours as
an embodiment of the same traditions as the old ones, and to guard them and all
they stand for to the best of your ability. According to your ancient privilege,
you h ave today march ed through the City of London with your new Colou rs.With
them you have carried my very best wishes and h opes for the future of the
Queen's Regiment.

MESSAGES OF APPRECIATION
The Colonel of the Regiment would like to thank all the many people who wrote
to him in such appreciati ve terms following the Parade. The sentiments expressed were
in every case a glowing testimony to the excellence of the performance by all those who
took part in the Parade as well as to all those responsible for general administrati ve
arrangements .
Maj . Brady (The Parade Staff Officer) and the Regimental Secretary would also
like to acknowledge, through these columns, the many kind letters of appreciation which
were addressed to him on the same theme ; the Regimental Secretary records and, in the
context, his very sincere personal thanks to the redoubtable Mr. Turmaine and his office
staff for their loyal support in providing the vast amount of clerical backing which such
a big event demanded.

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Mainly About People 31

AWARDS Maj. N. J. D . McCully successfully compl eted
Div. Ill of No. 6 Army Staff Course at the R.M.C.S .
The Distinguished Service Order (4th Oct. '71-1 7th Dec. ' 71) and No. 28 Army
Everyone will be delighted to hear of Capt. M. J. Staff Course at the Indian Defence Services Staff
College, Wellington (lOth Jan . ' 72- I Sth Nov. ' 72 )
A. Kealy's recent awa rd of the DSO for service with and is entitled to the symbol " psc" against his name
the S.A.S. in military records.

The Military Medal Col. H . C. Millman OBE who returned to U .K .
W e congratulate Cpl. A . J . Laker ( 3 QUEENS ) from an appointment at the Staff College, Khanoum,
in November 73 , has been awa rded the " Gadara" or
on his awa rd of the Military M edal for service in Order of M erit ( 1st C lass) b y the President of Sudan,
Northern Ireland between 1st Feb. and 30th Apr. M aj . Gen . Nimeri, " for distinguished services to the
1973 . S tate." Col. M illman is now Col. A .Q. at HQ 4
D iv.
Mentions in Despatches
Congratulations to the following: Brig. J . S . Fletcher OBE at present Commander
Dhofar Area, is to be DMS ( I ) M OD in Nov. 1974 .
Maj. C. G. Champion for service in Ulster be-
tween 1st M ay and 31 st Jul y 1973. Lt. Col. D . P . Cronin, having successfull y com-
pleted a Senior Officers War Cou rse at the Royal
Maj. A. F . S. Ling for services in N . Ireland Nava l War College (1 4 Sept. ' 7 1 to 18 Feb.'72 ) is
between I Aug . and 31 Oct. '73 . entitled to the symbol "sowc" against h is name in
M ilitary records.
Cpl. S. P . Malhoney rece ived a mention in
despatches whilst serving with 22 S.A.S. Brig. R. B. Coleman is to succeed Brig. R . E .
L oder CBE, DL, as D eputy Colonel ( Sussex ) , on
NEW YEARS HONOURS 1974 18th Sept. 19 74 .

We congratulate the following on their awa rds : Maj. P . H . Courtenay has been selected to attend
No. 56 Cou rse (I 9th Aug. '74 to 17th J an . '75 ) at the
OBE U nited States Armed Forces Staff College.
Col. A. S. J. de S. Clayton DL
Lt. Col. N. B. Knocker Lt. Col. B. D . 0. Smith was appointed M ilitary
Attache M ex ico City in April 1974 .
MBE
Lt. Col H. J. A . Moore OBE, is to be Chief of
Majors R. D. Fisher and J. B. S. Pollard and Plans/ Ops Branch HQ L andsoutheast, ISMIR, June
74 .
won H . w. Shearing
Lt.-Col. A. G. ]ones is to be Col. AQ, S .W . D is-
BEM trict in J an. 75.
Sgt. P. Wharmby
Lt.-Col. G. H . W. (Geoffrey) Howlett OBE
W e congratlute Lts. R. M. Jackson and J. A. B. MC ( P ara ) is to comm and 16 P a ra Bde. in June 75.
Salmon who graduated at Universities in 1973 a nd
were awarded degrees as follow s : Lt. J ackson-History Lt.-Col. B. H . Marciandi was appoi nted Col.
( BA 2/ 2 HMS ) ; Lt. Salmon-Law ( LLB 2/2 HMS ). GS ( SO ) HQ U KLF 10 June 74.

Lt. Col. C . D. (Christopher) Piggins MBE RRF Lt.-Col. M. Reynolds, h as been selected to Com-
ass umed Command of the Divisional D epot on 17th mand 12 Inf. Bde. from D ecember 74 in the R ank
Sept. 1973 . Maj. J. N. Shephard, his 2 IC , is now our of Brigadier.
senior R eg imental R epresentati ve at the D epot.
Maj. A. C. Ward and Capts. R. M. Amold and
Lt. Col. M. ]. Doyle MBE, late Commanding P . F. Packham successfull y completed Div. Ill & No.
Officer D epot the Queen's Division, was a ppointed 7 Army Staff Cou rse at RMCS ( 3 Oct. 72 to 15 D ec.
British Liaison Officer (GSO l ) Fort Benning, 72 ) and the Staff College, Camberley ( 19 J an . 73 to
Georgia, U.S.A. in October '73. 25 Oct. 7 3) and are entitled to the symbol "ps c"
agai nst their names in the mi litary records.
On page 9 of the Sept. ' 73 issue, it might have
a ppeared that Capt. M . B. Montgomery had been Promotions
nominated for a Staff Course ( along wi th Capt. P. V.
P anton ) at the Canadian Command Staff Course in The following Captains have been selected for
August 1974 ; this is not so, Capt. Montgomery re- promotion to M ajor, on the dates shown :
ceived a Grade 3 Staff appointment in May '74.
30 June 74
Lt. Col. G. G . Strong h as been selected to be a
D efence Attache in October 1974. R . A. Bartlett; P. P. Critchley; P . A . Gwilliam ;
P. ]. Hubert ; R . P . Murphy; P . F. P ackham; P . V.
Lt. R. G. Ford (formerl y a WO I serving at the P a nton .
D epot) was selected for the grant of a Short Service
Commiss ion in the R egiment in October ' 73; he is 31st December 74
now with 2 QUEENS.
R. M . Amold ; I. G . Baillie; M . R . I. Constan-
tine ; R . T . W. M ellotte.

32 The London Gazette

Forecast of Events Extracts from Supplements

July REGULAR ARMY
27 Queen 's Own Buff s G olfing Society v. North
M aj. Gen. F. A. H. Ling CB C BE DS O DL was
Hants G . C. Fleet. appointed Co lonel, The Queen's R egiment 15th Oct.
30 to Roya l Sussex-Goodwood R aces. 1973 in succession to Lt. Gen. Sir Richard C raddock
KBE C B D SO, tenure expired.
3 August
A ugust Bri g. (Act g. M aj. G en .) R. S. N. M ans C B"E was
ap po inted D eputy Colonel, (S urrey) The Queen's
2 Queen's Own Ro yal W est K ent R egt. Cen- Reg iment, 15th Oct. 1973 in succession to M a j. Gen.
tenary Dinner, M aidstone. F . A . H . Ling C B C BE DSO DL, tenure expired. To
be M a j. G en. 19th Oct. 1973 with seniorit y 2nd June
September 1973.
6-8 2 QUEENS Trooping and Sevastopol Day
Celebrations. Co l. D . Sax retired on retired ay 26th Oct. 197 3.
9 Salemo Day-1st Bn. M aj. (S ta ff Q .M .) E . ]. R ansley MBE M C to
be Lt .Col. ( Sta ff Q . M .) 17th O ct. 1973.
13-1 5 3 QUEENS Trooping and Quebec Day Cele-
brations. H ONOURS A N D AWARDS

Births, Marriages and M en cio11 in D es patches
Deaths
M aj. C. G . C. C hampion-for ga llant and dis-
Because of the nature of this issue and the tinguished service in N . Ireland I M ay '73 - 3 Jul y '73.
resultant shortage of space, it is regretted that no
announcements under this heading can be included. Lt. B. M. Morris has been awarded the LS and
G C M (Military) without gratuit y.
-Ed
PROMO TIO NS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following M aj's were promoted L t. Co l's
The Editor acknowledges, with thanks, receipt
of the following periodicals : 31 D ec. 1973. J. W . Francis, J. A. W. H yde and J .

The Star & G arter M agazine (Spring & Summer S. B. Poll ard.
1973 and Spring 74 ) .
Capt. G. H. Brown MBE BEM From Short Serv.
Journal of the Roya l British Legion (Sep . ' 73 to Commn . to be Capt. (Q .M .) I Apr. 1974.
Apr. ' 74 numbers).
M aj. G en. J . B. D ye C BE M C, late Inf. , re-
H.M .S. Brighton Newsletter (D ec. ' 71 to Aug. linquishes the appointment of Director of Volunteers,
' 73). T erritorials and C adets, M .O .D ., 13th M ay 1974.

Legion (Canada ) Sep . ' 73 to Apr. ' 74 numbers). Lt.-Col. D . N. Court OBE retires on retired p ay
2nd/ 4th Bn. Queen's OCA N ewsletter (Nov. '73 to I st M ay 1974 .
Apr. ' 73).
Lt. -Col. D. C. Snowdon TD retires on retired pay
The Queen's Roya l Surrey R egt. Assn. N ews- 2nd M ay 1974 and is granted the H on. rank of Col.
letter ( Nov. '7 3 & May '74 ) .
A. W . B arratt (University Candidate) to be 2/ Lt.
The Silver Bugle (Winter ' 73 & Spring ' 74). (on probation) lOth M ar. 1974.
Braganza (T our 3 No. I ).
Owl Pie '73 . R.A.R.O.
The Fusilier D ec. ' 73 .
The Die H ards' N ewsletter Nov. 73 . 2/ Lt. M . A. Shelmerdine relinquishes hi s com-
mission 8th April 1974.
GUILDFORD'S NEW BISHOP
T & AYR
At an impressive ceremony in Guildford Ca thdral
last November, D avid Alan Brown wa s enthroned as A WARD S
the new Bishop of Guildford.
Lt. Col. G. L. Fox TD DL (ret'd Middlesex
Among the m any dignitaries who attended the R egt.) has been awa rded the I st, 2nd and 3rd C las ps
S ervice were the C olonel of the R egiment, the D eputy to the T erri tori al Efficiency D ecoration, and Bt. Col.
C olonel ( Surrey) and M ajor J ohn R eed ( Queen's W. E . M cConnell TD, the 2nd C lasp to the T erri-
Surreys Office). The 1st Bn. trumpeters pl ayed two tori al Efficiency D ecoration . M aj. M . ] . Beaumont TD
fanfares and also accompanied the orga n in the last was awarded the 1st C lasp to the T erritorial Efficiency
verse of the last h ymn . D ecoration .

Capt. G . H . Wright 5 QU EENS (V) is granted
the acting r ank of M aj. 7th Nov. 1973.

Ca pt . G. Dineley TD, 5 QU EE N S ( V ) to be
M aj. 19th April 1974 with seniorit y 19th Apr. 1969.

T he followin g 0 / Cdts to be 2/ Lts (on probation)
17th M ar. 1974 : T . Benson and F . R . C. Boothb y
(7 QUEEN S (V)).

Odds & Ends 33

ERRATUM gifts. There we wa rml y welcome our customers' wivc(i
and girl-friends, and I am sure that they too will find
Fighting in Sicily 1943 something of interest a t H erbert J ohnson.
In M a j. Wollocombe's letter ( and The Editor's
J . R. Glazier
footnot e) on page 46 of the last issue, no mention wa s D irector
made of the participation in this campaign by two
more of ou r former R eg iments-namel y I st Ea st HERBERT JOHNSON LIMITED
Surrey R egt . and 5th Buffs.
EPSOM COLLEGE, SURREY
The Editor is grateful to M aj. Peter Hill of our
Queen's Surreys Office for drawi ng his attention to There is a vacancy for a School Staff I nstructor/
these omissions. Quartermaster for the Combined Cadet Force at Epsom
College from 1st August 1974.
WANTED
The Contingent has th ree Service Sections, with
Blues jackets ( both officer and other rank pattern an overa ll st rength o f 380. Cadets serve for rwo yea rs,
a nd Officers' Mess Kit jackets. P ayment by Canadian du rin g whic h they must pass Profici ency a nd a ttend
doll ar or Sterling money order by return . Please send a Camp. There is a full Band a nd a very strong
sizes and details of condition, plus asking price ( in- Shooting tradition; the team won the Ashburton
cluding postage t o Ca nada ) to : Sh ield in 1973 . Po t-Profi ciency training includes
Signal and R .E . Sections.
Lt. Col. Richard D. B . Ta lbot
Commanding The Ca nadia n Scottish R eg iment Appli cations are invi ted from W a rrant Officers
( Princess Mary's) or Senior N .C. O's from the A rmed Services. Appli-
Ba y St. Armoury. cants should preferably be married and aged between
Victoria, B.C., Canada. 35 and 4 5.

FOR SALE Salary and Emoluments
£ 1,500 per annu m ( revised annuall y in Septem-
(TAVR & ACF Officers please note )
be r ). A th ree-bedroomed semi-detached house close
Two suits of Service Dress Un iforms ( old to the College is provided free of rent, rates a nd
pa ttern ) in mint condition hav ing been rarely used. maintenance (excluding interior deco ration ). Lunches
are provided free of charge in t erm time. In addition
S izes: C hest 36" -3 8"; Arm 19"; W aist 34"; the S .S .I. wi ll be able to ca m up to 28 days' pay per
Leg 42"; Zip trousers. annum from the Ministry of D efence for Camps,
Field Da ys and courses.
Buttons and insignia ava ilable on request. Quick
sale required; price negotiab le. Please contact Lt. A . The post will become pensionable on I st Ap ril
N. Armitage-Smith at D epot The Queen's Division ; 1975 under the Socia l Securit y Act.
T el. No . R oyston 4 227 1 Ext. 282 ( M ess) Ext . 240
( Office). Hours of Work
No rm ally M onday to Friday 8.3 0-12.00, 1.00-
SWORD
A Buffs Officers Sword ( 50 yea rs old- app rox. ) 5. 00 ; Saturday 8.30-1.00 plus a few afternoons. H ours
o f wo rk are ad justable to accord with the requirements
is offered for sale. of the C.C. F . During College holidays the h ours may
be reduced, by a rrangement with the C.O., to com-
A nyo ne interested should ap pl y t o: Mrs. A . J. pensate for ex tra hours wo rked during term time.

Coates, Vale Cottage, H enstridge, Templcombe, Holidays
SOM ERSET.
Three weeks each yea r during school holidays,
THE HERBERT JOHNSON WARDROBE plus public holida ys or the equi va lent if these fall
du ring term .
I am sure that you wi ll be interested to lea rn
that H erbert J ohnson's have just opened a new shop Duties
at 13 O ld Burlington Street, whe re all ou r trad itional
hats and caps, both military and civili an, will be dea lt The S.S .I. is responsible t o the C.O. for the
w ith . This is not the whole stor y, however, as w e have general ad ministration o f the C.C. F . His di rect respon-
at the sa me time opened a new department there for s ibilities include security, sto res control and accounting,
men's clothing. The W ardrobe has a first class selection dri ll and w ea pon training instruction . H e will be ex-
of h igh quali ty suits, jackets, trousers, shirts an d pected to assist with the training of the School
knitwear, which have been chosen from all ove r Shooting team and to attend C .C.F. Cam ps. It is ex-
Eu rope and we feel confident that our customers will pected that these duties will take up about three-
find a new and interesting reason to come and v isit quarters o f hi s time; the balance will be spent on
their hatters. duties in the Burser's D epa rtment, and this will be
discussed at interview .
This does not mean, of course, that w e are
lea ving Bond Street, but he re we have expanded ou r Opportunities ex ist at the College for the em-
L adies department, and introduced a fine range of ployment of the S .S. I's wife.
ladies clothing des igned b y Judy H orn by. There is,
as always, our interesting range of accessories and Applications should be sent in writing t o

The Bursar,
Epsom College,
Ep som, SURREY,
as soon as poss ible, and should include full personal
particulars, details of ca reer and ex perience, and the
names and addresses o f two re ferees.

34

THE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION Honorary Workers. It is financi ally supported by the
Services Benevolent Funds, including the King
PATRON: HM THE QUEEN George's Fund for Sailors, the Army Benevolent Fund
and the RAF Benevolent Fund and it receives the
Presidents Offi cers' share of the Annual E arl Haig P oppy
Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone, GBE ., K C B. Appeal collection. It welcomes donations, particularly
Field M arshal Sir Geoffrey Baker, GCB., C MG., covenanted donations, from ex-o fficers who are in a
position to help and also hopes that they will bring
C.B.E., M C. the services of the Association to the notice of less
fortunate ex -offi cers and officers' widows who are in
M arshal of the RAF Sir John Grandy, GCB ., KBE ., n ee d
DSO.
All enquiries shou ld be made to : The General
Object Secretary, The Officers' Association, 28 Belgrave
Square, LO N DON, SWlX 8QE. ( 01-235-8 11 2)
The object of the Association is to relieve
distress among all those who ha ve at any time held ***
a Commission in H er Maj esty's Forces ( including
the Women 's Services and the Nursing Services) and ALLIED REGIMENTS
among their widows and dependants.
SOUTH ALBERTA LIGHT HORSE
Resettlement and employment The followin g is an extract from the SALH
Annual Historical Report for 1973:
The Association wi ll assist ex-officers who arc "We were very fortunate this yea r to ha ve both
unemployed to find suitable employment . As regards our Allied R egiments visit us du ring their training
officers leaving the Services it is linked with the at CFB Suffield . The 2nd Bn. The Queen 's R egi-
Regular Forces Resettlement Service and works in ment, Commanded by Lt. Col. " M ike" Newall visited
close co-operation with the Ministry of D efence and in August and we had the opportunity to entertain
D epartment of Employment . Officers may seek adv ice and be entertained du ring their very busy schedule
from the R esettlement and Employment D epartment . . . ." " Invitations to visit ( 2 QUEENS ) were
at any time and are advised to do so well in advance extended to the SALH and, if at all possible, we will
of their retirement. They will not, however, be certainl y accept as soon as poss ible. ,
registered and put in touch with potentia l employe rs
until they are with in three months of their release Forces
leave.
favourite.
Financial Help given to assis ting ex-
dependants, who a re in
Consideration will be
officers, their widows and
financia l difficulties.

Education

In cases of hardship due to such as war disable-
ment or the death of a parent help may be considered
towards school fees.

Pensions

Advice is given on questions concerning Service
and War Disability P ensions, and the pensions and
allowances of officers' widows and children. Assistance
is given in the preparation of Appeals fo r the grant
of War Disability or War Widows' P ensions. Free
representation is arranged where such cases are taken
to the Pension Appeal Tribunals.

Homes for the Aged and Convalescence

The Association runs a Country Home at Bishop-
steignton in South D evon for elderl y and lonely
ex-officers with low incomes. Ex- officers of all three
Services are eligible for admission provided they are
not in need of constant medical and nursing ca re. It
also runs a bungalow estate at L eavesden in H ert-
ford shire for disabled ex-officers and their families.

A Register of H omes for the elderly th roughout
the United Kingdom su itable for ex-officers and their
wives or widows is maintained and assistance will be
given to such persons to get into such H omes, and,
if necessa ry, with thei r fee s. I t has rights of nomination
to certain Homes. H elp will be given to ex-officers
and their wives or widows to obtain temporary
accommodation in Convalescent Homes, and, if
necessary with thei r fe es. The Scottish Branch of the
Association runs a Nursing Home for ex-officers in
Edinburgh.

General

The Officers' A ssociation was started in 1920;
it operates world wide and is run very largely by

35

The New Look at Sandhurst

by Capt. R. G. White

F or those officers who have spent two yea rs at cou rse beginning an nually in September, for studen ts
RMAS awa iting that elusive pip, the news is that it with University D egrees who have also either attended
now takes only six months. But this is only a a PRE course or who have obtained the Certificate
generali sa tion because the R oyal Milita ry Academy of Military Training ( the old Cert 'B') at Unive rsity.
Sandhurst now caters for every kind of d irect com - The course is named the P ost University Course
m ission and will include D octors, D entists, Vets, L aw - ( P OS-UC ). Annually in F ebrua ry a three-week course
is run for those who have just left sch ool and are
yers and Padres in 1974. waiting to go to U nivers ity. This course is known as
th e Short Service Lim ited Commissions Course
The main Course is the Sta ndard Military Co urse ( SSLC ) and the "3-week wonders" then go to a
( SMC ) which is run in M ons College ( the old New Regiment for app roxim ately six months (without any
and Victory Colleges). This is the onl y RMAS obligation to join the Army ) having completed their
establishment at which there are Officer Cadets and degree course. As well as these two courses, the Com-
they do a six month course run on s imilar lines to pan y also runs five two-week T & A VR Courses and
the old M ons OCS. Mons College is divided into t wo one three-week course for CCF Officers.
Wings, each commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel a nd
each in turn rece ives an entire intake of Officer Cadets Finall y in sp ite of the shorter courses a nd in-
who complete their six month course wh ich is entirely creased tempo of work ( no longer do instructors
military. In th is wa y M ons College can pa ss through disappear on school h olidays three times a yea r! ) the
three intakes a yea r ; depending on the size of the in- Academy nevertheless does it utmost to retain the
take each wing can operate up to three comp lete number and variety of sports, games and extra mural
activities which form such an important pan of
companies.
Sandhu rst li fe .
Once having passed out on the tradi tional
Sovereign's Parade and been commissioned as Short .. Jor personal service ...
Service Officers, the new subaltern either joins his
Regiment-if h e is a Short Service Officer-or if he ...in COLOURS
is a candidate for a regular commision, he immediately
attends the R egular Commission Course ( RCC ) in MANY by official appointment to the
O ld College. The R CC Course is six months, which REGIMENTAL
is mainly acade mic though there is one month o f Queen's
military continuation training at the end of fi ve TIES
months. All SSC Officers who have been recommended IN Regiment
during R egi mental duty for a Regular Commision
also atten d the R CC Course though they will be glad STOCK Silk Tie ( Plain Weave)
to hea r that they are not required to attend the fin al £2 .50
military month . The academic subj ects consist of W a r
Studies, International Affairs and Scientific Studies. Silk Tie ( Uncreasable
W eave) £3 .20
Fina lly, there is Victory College which is a new
building situated close to where the Wish Stream Post<~ae U .K. 6p utr;;a.
runs into the Sandhurst L ake. There are threee
companies in Victory College, each of which h as a LE WINEST. Phon e:
different function.
I898 of Jermyn Street 01 -930 <291
GAZA Compan y. This is a small company
which deals with regular officers when it is thought T. M. LEWIN & SON LTD., 106 JERMYN ST REET, SWIY 6EO
that wi th additional studies, they will be able to ob- ( N ear Piccadilly Circus)
tain University places. The course is known as
" Pre-University Studies" ( PUS ) and here students
take adva ntage of the resources of Sandhu rst to im-
prove GCE 'A ' level gradings and stud y for University
Entrance Examinations.

AMIENS Company. This compan y runs two
five month courses each yea r for Direct Entry ( DE )
Officers who h ave obtained U ni ve rsity deg rees. T hese
officers have no military background and have probably
only decided to enter the Arm y late at University or
even after h avi ng graduated. I n addition AMIENS
Coy. runs one three-week introductory course in
September each yea r for students who have been
acce pted for Army Unive rsity cadetsh ips; this course
is termed the PRE Course.

SALAMANCA Company. A variety of courses
are run by this compan y. Firstl y it has a four-month

36

INTRODUCING R. T. WILLIAMS LTD.

The need for an Insurance Broker We are incor porated In s urance Brokers, Incor-
porated Lif e Assurance Brokers and members of
There are many Insurance Com panies. and the the Services Insurance Brokers Association . W e
differences between them are wide in many re- have bee n operatin g for over 25 years and have a
spects . For example, only a very few are interested large number of Service and civ ilian clients, of all
in insuring motor cars in Germany or insuring th e ranks and ages . We al so deal with a large numb er
personal effects of members of the Armed Force s: of Insuran ce Companies, se le cti ng the best for the
certain " mushroom " motor insurance Companies needs of each client , and are not tied in any way
have failed . For Life Assurance , premium rates and to any Company . We try to maintain a high stand-
the scale and system of bonuses vary widely , as do ard of advice and service . Although we always
the t_reatment of policies if it is desired to cease welcome callers. we insist on putting our recom-
prem1ums . mendations in writing w ith full explanations. and
thereby hope to make everything clear and un-
For these and many other reasons , it is unwi se mistakeable .
for anyone to deal direct with any Insurance Com-
pany , however famous, and far wiser to allow an We advise on ALL forms of insurance and the
insurance Broker to advise as to type of policy and investment of savings .
choice of Company . This is particularly true of Life
Assurance. where the outlay over the years is great Warnings
and the planning of overall Life Assurance for good
profit. fiexibility and adequate protection of de- Some Companies "sell" policies by personal can-
pendants calls for specialised knowledge. vass , and sometimes by pesterin g with " hi g h-
pressure selling ." Even some so-called Brokers do
What an Insurance Broker should do the same. The best Companies do NOT " tout" for
business . On no account would we recommend
He should select and explain the most suitable anyone to deal with those who solicit business by
policy for any purpose, having regard to any exist- such methods. To buy a tooth-brush from a hawker
ing policies . To do this he must know as much as can do no harm , but to engage in a contract which
possible of your circumstances and prospects . For will be among the most important you will ever
Life Assurance he needs to know your date of make for yourself and your dependants , having
birth : if married or single : dates of birth and sexes heard only the verbal and often inadequate story
of children: your type of employment and quali- of the representative of one single Company or of
fications : gross rate of pay and taxable allowances : a quick-sellin g '' Broker.'' is imprudent .
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Letters 37

From : Lt. Col. N. B. Knocker OBE From : Lt . J. A . B. Salmon
DEFENCE NBC SCHOOL
Winterbourne Gunner, Salisbury 3rd Bn. The Queen 's Regiment
12th March 1974 BFPO 52
17th December 1973
To: Regimental Secretary
T o: The Regimental Secretary
M y dear Guy, The Queen 's R egiment
In the da ys of shortages and poor recruiting, you
D ear M ajor W eymouth,
may be amused to see that the Queens are still able I would like to thank you and all the Officers or
to expand and that we have virtually taken over the
NBC School. So much so that in the eyes of HQ the Regiment for the cigarette box.
( BR ) Corps, the School is called " Queens DNBC" Cheryl and I are very grateful for such a
as shown on the enclosed label addressed to me
recently . generous wedding present.
Yours sincerely
Yours, JOHN SALMON
NI GEL
From : Capt. D . Bargeda
Acknowledgements
95 T ownshend Court
From: Maj. P . G . E. Hill Townshend Road
R egimental H eadquarters London NW8
The Queen 's Regiment
( Queen 's Surrey's Office ) 15 J anuary 1974
7th March 1974
To: The Regimental Secretary
To: The R egimental Secreta ry
D ea r Major W eymouth,
Dear Guy,
I write to thank you for the most handsome and Please thank all of the officers of the Regiment

unexpected wedding present from the officers of the for the silver cigarette box which they kindly pre-
R egiment to Daphne and m yself. sented to Lyn and myself. Now that I am a civilian
I hope that I shall be able to continue to buy
The gift of a cigarette box is most sincerely
app reciated by us both, not only for its usefuln ess, cigarettes.
elega nce and inscription but for the kind thought be-
hind its presentation . Yours sincerel y

Yours ever DAVID BARDEGA
PETER
From: Capt. A. F . S. Ling
From : Lt.-Col. D . P . Cronin
]IS (NE ) Royal Military College of Science
BFPO 53 Shrivenham
29th December 1973 W i l t shire

To: The R eg imental Secretary 14th November 1973
The Queen's R eg iment To: The Regimental Secretary

M y dear Guy, D ea r Guy,
What a very pleasant surprise it was to open the Please thank all the officers of the Queen 's

post the other da y and find a Regimental cigarette Regiment for the magnificent silver cigarette box that
box as a Wedding present. I have always been aware
that we make these gifts but no idea how much the y gave Julia and me as a wedding present.
pleasure it gives one to receive one.
W e will always treasure it .
P lease pass on my thanks to all those Brother
Officers whose gift means so much to Alison and my- Yours sincerely

~e lf . TONY LING

Yours sincerely Changes of address
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The lst Battalion

THE last eight months since we last put pen major explosions in this period involving over 3,000lbs
of explosive. Add to these over one hund red bomb
to paper for the Journal ha ve been both busy hoaxes and sca res, and the reader will get an idea of
the tempo of our work. I n an effort to stop the bom-
and va ried . In September we were back at Lydd bers, very intensive veh icle sea rches were made; in the
second week of November the Battalion stopped and
and Hythe with inter-company ri valry and en- sea rched over 29,000 ca rs and lorries.

thusiasm far more dangerous than many an Irish A patrol of H olland Coy., after an explosion in
the Ca tholic Newington area, carried out a sea rch in
mob . the nearby Protestant T iger Bay area and found over
700 lbs of exp losive; this resul ted in a withdrawal of
The Battalion embarked for Ireland in the second tea stops for a short period ! C hristmas celebrations
week in October for its second successive winter tour we re fi tted in d ispite a protest march held at 1400 h rs
of No rth Belfas t. The Battalions area of responsibility on 25 D ecember which deployed a large pa rt of the
was the same as before but companies changed Battal ion. The second h alf of the tour was generally
loca tions so that all could share in some of the de- much qui eter but was punctuated by two very vicious
lights of Belfas t. intersectarian murde rs in No rth Belfast. Two members
of T angier Coy. were shot and wounded in the U nity
T angier Coy. went t o Brown Square and looked Flats area but thankfull y their wounds we re not t oo
after part of the C it y Centre, Kirke's Coy. lived at serious and they h ave both made good progress. W e
Girwood P ark and were, with the add ition of the received a large number of visitors during the tour.
V igilant PI , responsible for the N ew Lodge area.
H olland Coy. we re at Dunmore P ark responsible for S ince our return, we were of course, h eavil y in-
the inter-sectarian boundary between the New Lodge volved with the Presentation of Colours P arade,
and Tiger Bay whil st Echelon and Quebec Coy. shared featured elsewhere in this issue.
the factory at Ca rmoney. T ac HQ changed from the
secure, fortress-like, RU C Glenravel to a new "pre On 22 M ay we returned, yet again, to U lster
troubles" glass and concrete police station at North during the recent S trike C risis and arrived back at
Queen S t. which is convenientl y overlooked by the Bulford during the first week in June.
New Lodge High rise fl ats ! The first six weeks of the
tour were fa irl y explosive-literall y. This was a period Beca use of this latter move, we regretfull y had
of the Protestant no-warning bombing campaign and to cancel the trad itional celebrations with HMS E x-
onl y the alertness of our patrols saved many people cellent on the "Glorious First of June" wh ich we were
from death and serious injury. On a num ber of to sponsor, at Bulford and T idwo rth, on behalf of
occas ions men of Kirke's and T angier companies were the R egiment.
blown to the ground as they attempted to clea r
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The 2nd Battalion

On Wednesday 3rd April the Commanding of most of th ese find s. Despite constant provocation
throughout the tou r, relation s with the community
Officer addressed th e whole Battalion in the were as good as they could possibl y have been in the
circumstances. Major confrontations (with adult'
GYmnasium of Albuhera Barracks Werl at the as opposed to hooligan ~), sca rcely ever occu red and
the private so ldier or junior NCO wa~, as al-
end of a successful emergency tour in London- ways, the best ambassador for his country's cause;
polite, cheerfu l, helpful and reasonable with all whom
derry. Hi s add ress was followed by a Service of he communicated.

Thanksgiving conducted by the Battalion Chap- After five weeks at Suffield, Canada last August,
the Battalion handed in its KO, returned to G ermany
lain, Rev. K. M. Cribben . Everything was exactly and took part in the main Divis ional excercise Ex.
"Forefront North 1973" which involved two river
as it had been just over a year ago apart from crossings. At Suffield B Coy. (M ajor Champion ) per-
fected their nomadic hard y existence sleeping each
the many new faces. Once again we gave thanks night under the stars. Sometimes at night it was ex-
tremely cold with the Au rora Borealis providing a
for the safe return of every member of the great display. Bn. HQ also perfected its procedures.
Battalion but there was one difference this time ; P in-point navigat ion in those measureless spaces be-
came a matter of pride and if one was reall y stuck
during the Battalion's absence between tours there was always the IO (Capt. St. J ohn P err y), to
get ai rborne and vector us into position. By this
from the Creggan Estate L ondonderry, the amount means he vectored Capt. Jennings and the B Coy.
assau lting force, (with 9/ 12 Lancers supporting tanks)
and frequency of violence had escalated. This to the start line and on to their object ive. It worked
like a dream and as the Commandant of the British
parti cularly applied to shooting incidents. Our Army Training Unit Suffield sa id of us, we achieved
"bogey time" on just about every battle run.
patrols were shot at often and in consequence
the re was more danger than before. There was OCLEE

therefore extra cause to be grateful for the to the Kent County
Battalion's safe return. Only one of the nine Regime nts for over
sixty years.
soldiers wounded as a resui t of IRA bombs or
35 SANDGATE ROAD,
bull ets has still to recover. Pri va te Egton Camp- FOLKESTONE
bell now in Stoke Man devi lle Hospital, Bucks.,
Te lephon e 52654
remains paralysed from the waist down. We all
wish him a complete recovery as soon as possible.

Those who we re wounded as a result of the Pro-
visional IRA bullets and bombs were:

Ptes. E . Campbell, G . Miller a nd P. J efferiss-
shot in a vehicle ambush on 8 D ecember 1973; Pte.
N. Palmer-injured by an IRA rocket or bomb on
14 D ecember 1973; Pte. W . S impson-concussed
temporaril y by the same rocket or bomb; L / Cpl. D .
Tutor-shot in the leg by a sniper on 11 J anuary
1974; Pte. P . Chittock-injured by a bomb on 13
February 1974; L / Cpl. ]. Rowe-shot in the leg by
a sniper on 27 F ebruary 1974 ; L / Cpl. J . William s-
inj ured by flying glass from his L androver wind-
screen on 28 F ebruary 1974 caused by a sniper bullet.

M any others were injured by rocks and stones
and th roughout the tour, a steady stream of soldiers
reported to the RMO to be stitched up. H appily all
have now recovered.

It is difficult to sum up a Northern Ireland tour
in a few words. The Commandi ng Officer's theme
throughout was that the Battalion was a team despite
the divis ions caused by differing tasks a nd locations.
Certai nly team spirit was achieved and one p riceless
compliment frequently paid to the Battalion con-
cerned the ch eerfulness of all ranks no matter what the
conditions. It should be recorded that soldiers in a
patrol of B Coy. shot a gunman dead and wounded
two of his accomplices after he fired C hicago-style
at the patrol from a moving hijacked car. After thi s in-
cident no simil ar attacks we re made by the IR A for
many weeks anywhere in the Province. Members of the
Battalion also recovered an RPG 7 R ocket L au ncher,
two RPG 7 rockets, two Armalites, a Garand Rifl e,
a 9mm Beretta P istol and sundry other weapons,
bombs and explosives; arrests were made as a result

42 have had the opportun ity to train on their own in
Italy, on the Balt ic coast and by the River Weser.
Throughout the tra ining in Canada the Colonel We have completed a full BAOR training season and
commanded from a Chieft an tank-probably a un ique a complete emergency tour in Northern Ireland- all
experience for an Infantry CO. in the space of one yea r! W hi le separation has been
an obvious drawback there have been many rewards.
Ex. " F orefront No rth" prov ided a d ifferent Twenty, or even ten yea rs ago such a programme
challenge. Thicker wooded country, endless obstacles, wo uld have been considered im possible; to have
the inft uence of damage control, the avoidance of irate covered such a range of acti vities would h ave taken
German farmers, communications problems caused at least three tou rs- over a period of 6 to 9 yea rs.
by screen ing and sophisticated sign als equipment, and
last but by no means least, the demands from the Tailpiece
su pe rstructure of higher authority which happ ily h ad
been non-ex istent in Canada apart from v isitors. It Th e Battalion will proudl y troop its new Colours
was excellent training and we much enj oyed wo rking on 7th September as pa rt of a Sevastopol R eg imental
with the R oyal Hussars, particularl y our affi liated W eekend. W e look fo rward to seeing many old fri ends
squad ron commanded by M a jor J ohn Friedberger in Al buhera Ba rracks, W erl for the occas ion.
(whom we met aga in in Londonderry where he is
BM HQ 8 In . Bde. ***

In October/ N ovember we trained hard fo r By Major Crispin Champion
O peration "Banner", our emergency tour in London-
derr y. The tin city at Sennelager became " the Some 35 0 miles W est No rth W est of the British
Creggan", and the woods and country "the Enclave ." Training Area at S uffi eld in Ca nada, .the No rth
Companies (acting in turn as Irish ) quickly beca me S askatchewan River fl ows in whirls and eddies as it
adept at representing the opposition point of ve iw starts its length y journey from the glacier melt of the
"Assembl yman" Bulloch and "Councillor" M oore high Rockies of Alberta down to the prairie, through
argued the R epublican anti-Army cause with gusto 'D owntown ' Edmonton and ac ross Alberta, S askat-
and tried hard to harass Company Commander chewa n and M anitoba until it em pties into L ake
C heesman and CSM Boyne on the Security F orces Winnipeg at Grand R apids, some 1,400 miles away.
side. Shooting standards improved particularl y in the Canoeists of the 2 QUEENS Battle Group Adventure
C QBR where "splats" representin g hi gh velocity Part y now know well a ten miles fast-fl owing stretch .
strikes on walls sharpened up the reactions of patrols. Some who decided to test the wa ter temperature rather
M ea nwhile in the Operations Room, communications more intimately can testify that this wa ter does not
and response to emergencies were streamlined under freeze at 32' F as popularl y and previously thought.
Captain J ohn Hodges. Only C pl. M ason of B Coy. was un wise enough to
overturn twice.
The IO, (Capt. Gwilli am), Sgt. F ensom and
their team mastered the intricacies of mug shots, traces, If this account sounds gloom y, it is giving eu-
and P checks while busil y growin g their hair (i n the tirely the wrong impress ion. All who went to the ca mp
interests of anon ymity of course !) are keen to go there aga in and were in no hurry to
return to the routine of BAOR and Op. " Banner"
While we were in Londonderry the R ear P arty training. Sgt. W ood set up a splendid tented base at
in W erl worked hard to keep our reputation polished. 4,600 feet on a grassy plateau in the lee of M ount
Training, particularl y for those new arrivals too yo ung C line in the C lea rwater forest, and assisted by our
to serve in N orthem Ireland, was organised in a chefs, L /Cpls. Edge and Lever, m ade a cosy home for
most imag inative way by Ca pt. WJH ( H ap ) Stutt, the 50 adventurists; while Capt. Riley and Sgt.
PPC LI, our Canadian exchange offi cer. The B and P aga nelli from STC Silberhutte led alpine adven-
under Bmr. Game produced a delightful show full of tures which by later tell ing round the camp fire,
humour which, having been peformed before the lubrica ted by " Blue L abe l", made the E iger No rth
w ives, was put on tour in Northern Ireland where it F ace sound like kindergarten stuff . On the las t day
pl ayed to packed audiences, including two hospitals. th is group we re able to va ry their patter with "Scott
On 27th J anuary, in W erl, the Band put on a concert of the Antartic" type tales, set this time high in the
with one of the leading G erman tenors and a Belgian snow of the Rockies' glaciers.
Army C hoir; a highly profess ional performance
broa dcast on W est D eutsche Rundfunk and greatl y These climbing t alcs were 'U' Cert ifi cate compa red
praised by the Press. to those from our many fi shermen who patientl y
attempted to lure the largest trout ( made to sound
The Wives' C lub thrived unde r the leadersh ip like Loch Ness M onsters) from the depths of nea rby
of Sue N ewall and many entertaining and instructi ve L ake Abraham . L / C pl. H aley deserves a medal for
events were organised for both wives and children . his remarkable tenaci ty before fin ally landing his
trout. O thers such as Pte. M ay merely dangled a line
S ince the last issue of the J ournal we h ave wel- on a twig for a couple of minutes and h auled out ice -
comed many members to the Battalion and sa id landic ca tches. Trekking may sound dull in comparison
farewell to a similar number. A wo rd about two of but not so when conducted by such as 2/ Lt. W ake,
the latter : when D av id Shephard arrived, rugger was whose group, like a b ird migration, decided the
at a low ebb, ye t within no time at all he b uilt up shortest way was a straight line irrespective of chasms,
not onl y a strong team but a winning one with a string gorges, pinnacles and cli ffs. P ony Trekking also proved
of successes to its credit. CSM Prudence was the popular and exciting such as when one group, camping
power behind our C lay Pigeon and R ough Shooting way up in the forest on the ba nks of the Cl ine R iver,
C lu b and through his encouragement, many soldiers
became enthusiasts; moreover, through the G erman
membershi p, excellent relations with the loca l Com-
munity were fostered.

O ne fin al thought . In one yea r the 2nd Ba ttalion
has trained in its primary role as a mechanised
battalion in Germany and in Canada and Companies

awoke to find that a bear had chased away all the ~3
horses. A prolonged foot trek then located most o f
the frightened anima ls though sadl y one was never miles to Toronto and back, while L / Cpl. Ca rnell (4
Div. Reg t. R CT) stood thum b raised, on the Banf-
found . J asper highway for three hours without an y veh icle
passi ng him . His heart warmed when a ca r sudden ly
Pte. Frew's plodding steed then suddenl y got an appeared; but it ignored him, and so, disgusted, he
urge to enter the D erby and galloped off up a minor marched to the other side of the road and hitched to
cliff . Thi s so awoke similar dormant instincts in the ] aspe r instead!
remainder that the whole group ap pea red foam
fl ecked as they galloped, like the Un ited S tates The nati ves were mainly very kind . 'Ch uck', a
Cavalry of long ago, toward the loca l Indi an R eserve. univers it y fi sheries' student, one day traw led suffi cient
Here our loca l tribe, The Stoney I ndia ns, now live a trout for all. Our nea rest neighbours who operated
life of leasure on State W elfare, wa tching " On the a M otel/Garage/ shop/ restaurant/ la underette and h ot
Buses", and "P eyton Pl ace" in co lo ur, or dumping their showers some eleven miles away ( just down the road )
Cadillacs when needing repa ir! ( Sadly no scalping or stayed open late in the evening just for our benefit.
tomahawks at dawn ). We challenged them to both a Our neighbours on the other side, another motel ( I 7
canoe race and to games of baseball and Engli sh foot- mil es away), provided stick y cakes for 2/ Lt. Clark,
ba ll. They much regretted that none of the tribe had our sweet-toothed H oldfast, while the middle aged
ever been in a canoe ( !) and then fai led to arri ve for ( thats my story) lady who kept their shop tried t o
these "Commonwea lth Games" as they felt compelled persuade the author to join C BC ( The Ca nadia n
to watch The Ottawa Rough Riders play the Edmonton Broadcasting Corporation ) saying that he had "a
Eskimos on ch annel 7 that afternoon. lovely vo ice !"

For relaxation m any spent a day in the beautiful As one 'Ca nad ianised' soldier was heard to say:
resort of Banf. The author thumbed his way 2,500 "yo u can keep th e (!) prairie, but man,-! sure dig
those mountains."

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for your family. KENT POLICE

There are vacancies in the

KENT COUNTY CONSTABULARY.

Applications fr·om ex-serv icemen
are always welcome

MINIMUM H EIGHT Sft. Sins .

For futher detai ls apply to the Recruitin g Officer,
Po lice Headquarters ,
Sutton Road .
Maidstone.
ME 15 9BZ.
Kent.

Telephone : Maidstone 65432
Extension : 227

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