December 1978

The /JLB 45

by Maj . D . M. Falcke nected wi th the Cadet Forces, who were the guests of
the Cadet Training Centre for the occasion.
Contributions from the IJLB are a little
thinner than in our last notes, but the quality re- The Queen 's Regt. was well represented; per-
mains the same! W e have sa id goodbye to Sgts. Barry sonnel of the S urrey ACF, badged to The R egt.,
Moss, Nobby Turner, Brian Hilton and Dave M cCaig were responsible for manning a stand which depicted
(all to 3 QUEENS ) and Jumbo J arvis to 2 cadet activiti es in England. Simi lar stands were in
QUEENS; they are now all C/ Sgts., so farewell and use for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland . The
congratulations. Sgt. Leefmans has sped back to I honours of the da y, however, fell to Cadet C/ Sgt.
QUEENS and the delights of Werl, and L / C pl. Andrew Young of the Camberley Pl atoon of the
Creasey has joined 3 QUEENS at Dover. Surrey ACF; not on ly did he act as the model for
a small silver statuette of a cadet which was presented
We welcomed Sgt. Frank Wakeman from 1st to The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, but he,
Bn . to Salamanca Coy. and Sgt. Roger Milborrow in his uniform as a Queen 's Cadet, had the honour
from the 3rd to Albuhera Coy. Congratulations of actu ally presenting the statuette to the Ro ya l
to Cpl. Blake ( in the M edical Centre) on his co upl e.

promotion. ( conri11ued on n ext page)
Hearty congratulations to Capt. John Russell

and Virginia on their marriage; the hangover after
the reception took the best part of block leave for us

to recover!
In August, Albuhera Coy. took part in the RMP

Chichester M arch which started and fini shed at
Roussillon Barracks and they were awarded the Pro-
vost M arshall ( Army ) Rosebowl for being the best
team. The p assing out parade was marred by bad
weather but the standard of drill was first cla ss.
Of those graduating we posted 12 to the 1st Bn ., 13
to the 2nd and 13 to the 3rd. The Company Com-
mander's Prize ( Salamanca ) went to J ! CSM T erry
( to 2 QUEENS ) and Albuhera's to J/ Sgt. White
who, after a short period with us, is now also with
2 QUEENS.

Our September Intake included some 55 Queens-
men who will graduate in Aug . '79, and there will
be some eleven Queensmen passing out in D ecember.

THE QUEEN'S CADETS QUEEN'S ACF COLOUR SERGEANT

by Maj. j. H. East, JP IS A ROYAL MODEL CADET

News items for inclusion uu.der this lz eadhz g A rare honour for Queen's Regiment ACF C / Sgt.
shou ld be sent, in the first instance, to me addressed Andrew Young-he was chosen to present silver
to The Army Cadet F orce Association, Millballk statuettes t<> The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
Barracks, John ! slip Street, L o11don SWI P 4RR. during their visit to Frimley Park, the Cadet
Co11tributio11s from both the CCF a11d the ACF will
be welcom e. Training Centre in July.

This contribution must commence with an The presentation was the more unusual in that 16-
apology. In the last issue of the Regimental Journal, year-old Andrew is the cadet depicted by the
The Colonel of the R egt. drew attention to the need statuettes. He lives in C amberley and is a member
for The Regiment to regard itself as " a F amily". It
was unfortunate, therefore, that the "children, of of the Cambcrlcy PI. Queen's Regiment ACF.
that family-namely the cadets-did not have their The statuettes were made by Denzil Skinner, a for-
activities recorded. No blame can attach to The Regi- mer Army officer who lives locally and asked
ment or to the Editor for this; the ommission lies Andrew, as a typically smart and keen-looking
with the writer, for reasons beyond his control, was
unable to contribute the necessary notes. H owever, cadet, to be the model.
we are now ab le to give some news as to what has
been happening in the cadet world.

A very big day for the Cadet Forces was the
official visit of HM The Queen (as Captain-Gener al
of the CCF) and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ("'
Colonel-in-Chief of the ACF) to the Cadet Training
Centre, Frimley P ark on 11 Jul. This was during a
Cadet Leadership Course and H er M ajesty and Hi s
Royal Highness were able to meet and ta lk to a
large number of cadets, as well as many other con-

An important event in the AC F p rogramme is Gen. Sir Charles J ones, GCB, C BE, M C, N ational
annual camp and those for Cadets of K ent, Sur rey, President of The Royal British Legion, presents a
Sussex and of the various London S ectors were all Standard to 194 ( Hounslow ) Cadet Coy., of 19
successfu l in 1978. I t was a great p leasure to wel-
come to a nu mber of these camps both The Co lonel of G p. N .W . Sector, Greater London, ACF
the R egt., h is Deputy, and the Regimenta l S ecretary. Picture by Evening M a il Ltd ., U xb ridge

The now traditional week-end for ACF officers
b adged to The Regt. took place at Canter bury on 7/ 8
Oct. The programme w as ra ther shorter and sh arper
than in previous years with the delegates staying in
Canterbury for only one night but there was no doubt
that it was, as usua l, most successful and valuab le.
A Regimenta l Dinner was held on the Saturday
evening with the band of the 3rd Bn. who, before
the Dinner, carried out the Retrea t Ceremony with
their Corps of D ru ms-greatly appreciated by all

p r ese n t .

This p ar ticu lar week-end a lso marked the inno-
vation of a conference ( under Gen. Mans'
Chairmanship) of County Cadet Commandants and
their Executive Officers to discuss Regimental affairs
in relation to the ACF. T hi s was un doubtedly of
great va lue and it is now expected that it wil l become

an annual even t.

The Cadet Forces often have the opportunity
to show off the Regimenta l cap badge where there is
no R egul ar or TAVR presence; an example of thi s
is the Roya l Briti sh L egion Festiva l of R emembr ance
at the A lbert H all. By the time these no tes appear,
this will have taken p lace for 1978 . At this event,
programme-selling is car ried out by 25 cadets pro-
vided jointly by the Sea Cadet Cor ps, Army Cadet
Force and Air T raining Corps. The ACF contribution
is nor ma ll y provided by Queen 's badged cadets an d
this yea r the cadets concerned came from the Farnham
detachment. Surrey ACF and the C rawley detachment,

Sussex ACF.

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BRIGADIER B. R. COLEMAN 47

An appreciation by The Colonel of The Regiment Adjutant at the Regimental D epot at Guildford.
In 1953 he was GS03 in G H Q East Africa
After a highly distinguished military career, Brig.
Roy became Deputy Colonel for Sussex in 1974, Command where he was 'Mentioned in D espatches'
having succeeded Brig. Bobby Loder. On the re- for his part in the operations against the Mau M au.
organisation of The Regimental Headquarters and the In 1955 he returned to the UK to become Adjutant
reduction in the number of D eputy Colonels in of the 6th Bn . The Queen 's Royal Regr. ( TA ). In
J anuar y this yea r, Brig. Roy very kindl y agreed to be 195 8 he went first to the Royal Mil itary College of
my sole D eputy during his fifth yea r as a D eputy Science, Sh ri venham, and then for a year at the
Colonel. Staff College, Camberley. In J an. 1960 he became
a DAAG in the War Office, and in 1962 joined I st
During this time, he has devoted himself to the Bn . Queen 's Own Buff s in Colchester as a Com-
affairs of The R eg imental Association whose Chair- pany Commander.
man he h as been since 1974. Under his leadership The
Association has really prospered; membership and In April 1964, as Brigade M ajo r, HQ 99 Gurkha
funds have steadily increased and we now have an Bde. in M ala ys ia, he was again "M entioned in
excellent foundation upon which to build for the Despatches" and awarded the M alaysian " Ali M angu
future. Negara " for his services during the confrontation with
Indonesia in Borneo. In J une '65, he was posted to
The Cadet Forces of the R egiment have also No rthern Ireland as DAA and QM H Q 39 In-
been of particular interest to him. H e has travelled fantry Bde.
long distances to attend camps and conferences and
given much encouragement to our widespread County Brig. Millman attended a J SSC cou rse from
co n t i n g en t s. Sept. '66 to M arch ' 67 after which he was posted to
I QUEENS as Battali on 2IC ; a year later, he wO'
P ersonally, I have set especial value on Brig . promoted to Lt.-Col. and took over command of this
Roy' s sagacious advice on fin ancial matters and I am Batta lion. In June '70 he was appoin ted OBE for
particularly pleased that on handing over the D eputy disti nguished services whilst in command of his bat-
Colonelcy to Brig. Charles Millman at the end of talion in Londonderr y, Northern Ireland.
the yea r, he has consented to continue as a M anaging
Trustee of our R egimental funds. Whilst GSO I on the Directing Staff at the
Staff College, he was invited to lecture to the Police
I would like to extend both my personal app re- College at Bramshill. In Oct. ' 72 he was appoin ted
ciation and that of The R egiment 's to Brig. Roy for Chief Instructor at the Sudan Staff College, Kh arto um
the devoted service he has given to us. (as a Colonel ) where he was awa rded the "Gadara "
for successfull y setting up the Sudanese Staff College .
BRIG. H. C. MILLMAN, OBE
In J an. ' 74 he became Col. AQ, HQ 4th
Divisional Brigadier, The Queen's Division Armoured Div. in Germany, a post which he held
until 1976 .
Brig. Charles Millman, born in London in 1928,
was educated at The City of London School. H e After a D efence Fellowship at Aberdeen Uni-
joined the Army on 6 D ec. 1945 as an Indi an Army versi ty between Aug. '76 and M ay '77, he was
Cadet and was commiss ioned into The Queen 's R oya l promoted to Brigadier and ap pointed to the MOD
R egt. (W est Surrey) from the RMAS on 15 Jul y ( Army) as Director of Administrative Planning .
1948, serving with the I st Bn. in Germany and as ( Among many of the tasks which fell to him during
this period, was setting up the equipment necessarry
for the Army to play its very full part during the
firem an's strike ) . On 4 Aug. this yea r he was
appo inted Divisional Brigadier, The Queen 's Division
at Bass ingbourn .

Brig. Millman is a Freeman of the City of Lon-
don and is un-married .

Brig. H. C. MILLMAN, OBE

48

REGIMENTAL SECRETARY'S NOTES

General breakdown of our va rious tasks but it may be of in-
terest fo r readers to know that three ROs- Secretaries
I t is st ill less than a year ago that our County of our former R egimental A ssocia tions- still mai ntain
Offices closed dow n and reassembled under one roof their geographica l links, whi le undertaking fun ctional
here at Ca nterbury; The R oya l Sussex Associat ion, tasks affecting ou r serving soldiers; the future tre nd
however, still mainta ins an office at Roussi llon Bar- will undoubtedly be towards more fun ctional roles.
rack , Chichester which is manned on a pa rt time
voluntary bas is by th at old warrior, Lt. -Col. Gerry Recruiting

H ollist. The importa nce of R ecruiting is highl ighted
O f course these are ea rl y days and onl y the elsewhere in General R owley's personal message to
The Reg iment. W e at RHQ have a very definite
passage of time wi ll convincingly prove or d isapprove role to play in the success or failure of our recruiting
our worth, but all of us who work here have been effort and we are all very much aware of this.
hea rtened by the considerable co-operation and response
that we have rece ived from the whole R egiment. We Canterbury "The Home of The Reg iment"
have no doubt whatsoever that in our present fo rm,
we can best achieve our aim, which is to ma intai n and The Cit y Authorities have recent ly ag reed to
increase the cohesion of the whole Regimental F amil y. fl y The R eg imental F lag from S t. G eorge's T ower
These short notes contain no reply to the cynics who on both T he R egimental D ay and Inauguration D ay;
may well ask what so many elderl y gent lemen are they have also agreed in princip le for the C ity name-
doing in one place ! (see photograph ); suffi ce it to boa rds to proclai m that Canterbury is " The H ome
say that other Large R egiments are now under of The Queen's Reg iment". As far as we know we
pressure to reorganise on the same lines that we are the onl y R eg iment to achieve tsis particular form
have pioneered ; furth ermore we employ unde r half of "twinning" with a C it y or Town .

the staff of our uSister Regiments" ! In M ay, W0 2 Whalley of 3 QUEEN S made
These notes are not the right p lace to g ive a histo ry when, accompanied by two escorts, and the

Battalion's Corps of Drums, he marched to the 49
Ca thedral to turn the page in The Buffs Book of
Life in The W arriors' Chapel. Misc ell a n eo u s
In J une of next yea r, M a j. Frank Waldron (for-
Fu rther change- to emph asise the fac t that Can-
terbur y is our permanent home- is tha t in future, mer Secretary of The Mi dd lesex Office) fi nally retires
Regimental Committee M eetings will no longer be after 34 yea rs active service and 6-!: yea rs as a retired
held in London but in Canterbury. Our first officer. H e is pa rticu larl y well known to countless
yea r as an en larged R H Q has now fittingly draw n " Diehards" and was, at one t ime, Quartermaster of
to a close with HRH Prince Charles receiving " The T he D epot at H owe Barracks. A senior officer re-
Freedom of The C ity of Canterbury" . 3 QUEENS centl y rema rked that he is the onl y man of whom
provided T he R oyal Guard of H onour and also he could honestly sa y " he has neve r had an enemy".
exercised their right to march through the C iry; The Frank will be remai ning close at hand tendi ng his
Colonel of The Regiment was a guest of honour. sheep and garden produce at Upper H ardres. M a j.
Dick ie W aite, now servi ng wi th 3 Q UEENS, will
be succeedi ng hi m.

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( I. to r. ): Majors John Reed, G corge Faulkner, and
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(Seated ): " Sally"

Picture by Brian Pearson

50

R.C.O 's Report

On the officer recruiting front, the encouragi ng value was obtained from this wide representation and
trend continues; during my tour as R CO, over ZOO lessons learned are currently being applied to our
young men have been interviewed at RHQ. recru iting problem. It is intended that such meetings
will be an annual feature of the Regiment's recruiting
Since assuming the Colonelcy of The Regt., Gen. yea r.
M ans has instituted formal boards which meet at
S andhurst from time to time to interview applicants The period under rev iew h as been one of inno-
for commissions in the Regim ent; they are chaired va tion with m any new ideas and schemes beginning
by The Colonel and the members normally include to get beyond the drawing board.
a Commanding Officer; the Regimental representative
at the RMA; The Regimental Secretary, and the RCO. On the cadet scene, another successful AC F
Officers Weekend was held in October which was
It is now Regimental policy for the emph asis of shorter and sharper than in previous years and which
commissioning to be on Short Service engagements also included a conference of County Cadet Com-
(except in certain circumstances) with regular com- mandants; both the Colonel of The Regt. and the
missions being granted subsequently. Deputy Colonel attended.

The Regiment has now established 21 " Regi- The advertising scheme whereby large boards
mental Links" in Schools who are asked to alert the throughout the Regimental area should proclaim th at
RCO to suitable candidates for commissions; some the readers are in, entering or leaving QUEEN 'S
of these "Links" have already borne fruit. 33 Schools ( "logo") COUNTRY is still in its infancy but now
are affiliated to the Regiment and many of their CCF has the promise of fin ancial support from MOD.
Contingents wear our cap badge.
On 25 Nov., the M assed Bands and Drums of
Two "Young Officer" attachments have, so far, the 3rd and 5th Battalions and our Junior Soldiers
played at Twickenham before and during The England
been arranged with Schools (and more are in the vs. All Blacks match; we also had a full p age ad-
pipeline) resulting in one definite applicant for a vertisement on the back inside cover of the progranm1e
which included a cartoon by Lt.-Col. Hugh Lohan.
commission.
S ee illustrations on page SI
The first " Queen's Regiment Schools List" has
been published showing all Regimental Links, The competition to design a new regimental
affiliation s and interests in schools together with soldier recruiting poster was won by Sgt. Lane of 5
registered candidates; it is intended to issue this QUEENS whose professionally artistic contribution
biannually. was in a cla ss of its own; the poster is now in
production.
Our own soldier recruiting is suffering from the
same clifficulties that are affecting recruiting through- "The Queensman"-the Regiment's periodic
out the Army. For our fortunes to improve-in line Newsletter- has taken on a new face together with,
with any future Army-wide increase as a result of it is hoped, a new lease of life; RHQ and The
improvement in pay and conditions-there must be Divisional Depot now also make contributions.
a radical change in attitude within the Regimental
F amily. The major effort in the recruiting field must The producers of the Aldershot Army Show 1980
come from the whole Regiment (serving and retired ) ( AAD 80) have agreed in principle to a unique
contribution by the Regiment. It is hoped to mass all
with RHQ "a t the tiller. " Successful recruiting, even our Bands and Drums for the first time, operational
in the prosperous Home Counties, will come as a commitments permitting. It is also hoped to re-enact
result of an orchestrated effon by individuals, with the Battle of "The Gloriou s First of June" in con-
"intelligence" being fed back to RHQ and the R IT. junction with the "professionals" of HMS Excellent.
Those who are unable to actually pass on possible
names and contacts, should consider whether they Proj ects under consideration for the future in-
know of pubs, clubs or other places which may clude a recording by our massed bands (possibly in
accept Regimental literature, posters or "Shop" items. conjunction with AAD 80 ) and a set of postcards
for distribution both regimentally and commercially.
Comments on our recruiting effort are always wel-
comed, and the question to ask yourself is : "Have I Finally, Maj. David Gouda takes over from me
contributed towards that effort?" in early January.

A "Recruiting Symposium" was held at Canter- R . T. W. MELLOTTE
bury in July attended by the recruiting staffs of Major
London and SE Districts together with most of the Regimental Careers Officer
Regiment's El, Special and LSL R ecruiters. The
Conference was chaired by the Colonel of The Regi-
ment and the Divisional Brigadier, Regimental
Secretary and RCO sat on the " panel" . Considerable

Twickenham is

~mf~

1661 REGIMENT

Countr

The Queen's Regiment, England's senior In fant!)' Regimen !,
requires volunteers for it's Regular, TA VR , Cadet and Jun io r
Batta lion s.
Amongst the elite of modem infant!)', Th e Queen's Regim ent
is the County Regiment of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Middlesex
and Greater London with battalions currenlly serving in
Germany, Gibmllarand Dover.
As the Boxing Champions of the Army, the Regiment seek
fit young men to maintain its professional and sporting tmditions.
The Bandsmen playing la-day are from the Regiment 's
(Regular) Third and (Volunteer) Fifth Battalions as well as
from the Junio r Band allhe Depot The Regiment needs
Bandsmen and Drummers for all these bands.

c

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RHQ, Howe Barracks, Canlerbul)', Ke nt.
The above is a proof, only, of a whole-page advertisement which appeared in
the programme of the England v. All Blacks rugby match at Twickenham on
25 Nov.- Ed.

52

The Regimental Association

by Maj . E. A. McCarthy

Our membership has continued to grow during effect from 1 J an. 1979. 1l1e increase in income to
the yea r and we are pleased to be able to say th at The Benevolent Fund will be considerable without
a new policy ha s been introduced during the year any additional cost to the subscriber: for example,
whe reby all recruits to The Regiment autom atica ll y £2 net from the subscriber (at the Standa rd Rate of
become Life M embers, without payment of the pre- Tax) becomes £2.79 gross to The Regt. It is hoped
viously-levied 25p. that during this exercise, some of those who, for
many reasons, do not ye t subscribe a "D ay's Pay~>
During the period I J an . to Nov. '78, we have wi ll be caught up in the net.
received 42 appea ls for assistance from members.
and ex -members of The Regiment or thei r families. Another policy dec ision implemented this year
Grants in aid were authorised by the Benevolent is the use of up to 30 % of the income from the
Fund Committee tota lling £1494. In addition, grants " D ay's P ay" Scheme being used for the di rect benefit
from the Arm y Benevolent Fund to support The of serv ing soldiers. Already free issues of the Journ al
Reg iment with major cases totalled £2400 and loans have been made during the year and the full benefi t
to help resettle soldie rs returning to civilian life totalled from this Scheme will be seen during 1979.
£5800; for this assistance, many thanks to the ABF.
Finally, more volunteers are required to visit
Regimental aid is made possible by the generous soldiers in hospital and, in the first instance, make
response from our serving members who subscribe preliminary visits to families and report on such cases
to the " Da y's Pay" Scheme and the President, C hair- as deaths, medical discharges, etc. It is imposs ible
man and Committee of The Association wish to for this to be done from Canterbur y now that we
record their sincere gratitude to them all. As many have soldiers in all corners of the UK.
of you will be aware, we have just embarked on
the task of converting all subscriptions to the " Day's If you are a retired member and would like to
Pay" Scheme from WOs, Sgts., NCOs and Soldiers participate in this very necessa ry aspect of our Reg i-
to Covenants, as is already done by officers; it is
hoped that the bulk of such conversions wi ll take mental W elfare Work, please write to me at RHQ
and you will be sent full deta ils; all out-of-pocket
expenses associa ted with this work will be met.

*** ***

Ex. L/ Cpl. Keith Britten witb a "get well soon" REGULAR FORCES EMPLOYMENT
card from tbe Regimental Association during a
visit from Mr. Robert Croften Brown, MP ( under ASSOCIATION
Secretary of State, Army) and Lt.-Col. John
This Association is pan of tbe F orces Resettle-
Davidson (Britten's former CO) ment Service. It exists to help Servicemen to find
suitable employment when they leave the Forces. It
also takes a long term interest in ex-Regu lars, who
may use its services as often as they wish.

The Association has 42 Branches covering the
United Kingdom, and its Employment Offi cers- all
ex-S ervicemen-are in close touch with employe rs.
It provides all services fre e.

Addresses and telephone numbers of Branches
can be obtained from Corps and R egimental
Associations- or from Post Offices, Employment
Offices or local telephone di rectories .

THE D-DAY AND NORMANDY

FELLOWSHIP

M embers of the above Fellowship held their
annu al fun ctions on 3/ 4 June ' 78 in H ampshire;
these included a dinner in HMS D,.yad at Southwick
(Gener al Eisenhower 's D-Day HQ) and the annu al
Service in P ortsmouth Ca thedral followed by a re-
ception. Members from Canada, Greece, Au strali a
and The Netherlands were among those present.

Application for membership of the fellowship
should be made to : H on. M embership Secretary,
St. John's Cottage, Shedfield, Nr. Southampton.

THE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION 53
A udited Accounts as at 31 December, 1977
4 3.20
THE BENEVOLENT FUND 2957.04

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 24 .25
11 7 18.33
Income 11 795.20 Expenditure £ 14742 .82
Subs Da y's Pay Scheme Audit F ee .. .. .
78. 96 Assistance (Welfare Cases)
Donations 82.24 Inves tment Fees
Deposit Account Interest 60 8.32
Investment Income 14 76.62 Excess Income over Expenditure
Tax Refunds ( Day's Pay/ Investment ) 701.4 8
Regtl. Shop Profit

£ 14742.82

BALANCE SHEET

Current Assets 2741 0.41 Accumulated Fund
Investments at cost . General Fund as at 31 D ec.
Cash at Bank '76 2 4 4 2 9 . 95
- Current Account
-Deposit Account 2971.24 Add Profit from Investments 244 29.95
1636.47 2 1 1 6 . 91

Sundry Debtors 4607.71 £26546.8 6
Shop
Loans 994.04 Add Excess Income over E xpenditure
Shop Stock at cost 110 5.00
4549.43 Benevolent Fund 11016.85

Regimental Shop 70 1.4 8

11 7 18. 33

112 56 .18

Less CURRE NT LIABILITIE S

Audi t F ee 32.40

Sundry C reditors . .. 369 .00

401.40
10854 .78

£3 8265. 19 £3 826 5.19

REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION GENERAL PURPOSES FUND

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Income 195.40 Expenditure 21.60
Subscriptions from M embers 7. Audit F ee
Sa le of L apel Badges .. . Ro ya l Brit ish L egion 3.90
Building Society Interest 11 5.52 20.12
Remembrance D ay Wreaths 44 .5 6
22 8.2 9
Wreaths/ F lowers
Grants/ Donations £3 18.4 7
Excess of Income over E xpenditure

£3 18. 47

Current Assets 396. 11 BALANCE SHEET 20 81.1 8
1784 .96
Cash at Bank ... 150 .00 Accumulated Fund 22 8.29
Building Society D eposits As at 3 1 D ec. 1976 £2309.4 7
Ca sh in h and (cheque) ...

2331.07

Less CURRENT LIABILITIES Add Excess Income over
E xpenditure
Sundry Creditors 21.60

£2309.4 7

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SENIOR NCOs LOCATION LIST

(As at 1 Nov. '78)

REGULARS

Warrant Officers Class

M. .T. J\ y lward , :1\TnE HR!\1 2 QUERNS 1' . Hill ~ BHIHirna~trr 1 QUEEXR
C'amb1·idge Uni v. OTC i\f, D. Mal oney Awniting <·o mrni s~in nin f.! (.J n11.)
r. N. J ~oy n e B S ~I 6/7 QUI•: J<: NR .J. A. i\ l ark~ S (' Cnrnp f'Omdt. Of11c-e (A D)
Ba nllma ste l' 3 QUEENS De pot
.J. A. Hurr HSM Rec ruit Se l Centrc> A. W . !ll eh·in r, UDR
'1'. S. Da\·is D. H. i\ loo re
M. Do nnell y HSM 3 QUEE NS :\1. .l. Pate rson H S~I 5 QLIEEli S
'1'. S. Fi she r B a ndm aster 2 QUJ<: g NS D. E. Pri c<> H nnd11w~ter Depot
R. .J. Fran cis HS: M Denot D. A. Shar·p
n L' llR
H. V . H ilre

Warrant Officers Class II

P. J . Aut.hony 2 QUEENS R . .J. J ones ('S~I I Qn;F.;\S
ll. A, Kea rse
B. F. A rche r 14 CTT lnt. I Ql'EEX R
N. T. King
J. Hnrn acl e HQ~I S 2 QUEENS R. H. Kitson C'S:H , Depot
l!Q J; DR , A. B. Kni ght
nR.. H. llarn eJO: T. L awra nce I!QMR I HRF
F. Bart.le PI. Co md .. Depo t
J:. . La wre nce C'R M I QUEF.li R
H. M . Beesl''ln B and WO AA Coli. n arrognt<>
B . F. I~ i ve l y, BE M 10 1' DH
) 1. Bla ckburu RA C Cen tre .T • .J. Ma nu el
A, R. i\ l archant Lo ndon Unh·. OTf'
.J. D. Bl a nc hette Trg. WO 2 QUEENR .J. E. McE ni ry
S. C. Macl nt;•e Drum ,\f ajor 2 Ql' EF.:\5;
A. D. Booth P ST C Coy. 5 QUE~; N R R. L. i\fead
R. D. i\ lill igan i\ITWO I Ql'EEKS
B. i\l . Bra zie1· Ass lt. Pnr. I QUEEN'S
" ' · R. i\lunda y RQ;\ IS, Depot
E. Brown Inf. Demo. Bn. J . Oa kl ey
.T. O'Sullivan Oflker!'' ,\l e:-,;;; 3 QUEf<:X~
1\. H . Brow n CS M I QUEENR A • .J. Pink erton
,J. Bu~;den B. J. l~awlini-(" R Band LSP Brunei
CSM I QUEENS
M. .J. Rea. rdon MTWO 2 Q U~:ENS
.1 . H. Catt CSM 3 QUJ>F.N S i\ f. R. Rowney
P. P. Rya n. )L\[ ORS 1 H. ANOLIAN
N. F. Coc·king- OHS Sch. o f Inf. K. F. Scndd a n
D. A. Sc reene CSM 2 QUEENS
.J . Di c k e n ~ P S[ A Coy. 5 QUEE NR R J . Sla\·e 15 ('TT
P. 1'. Slater
.J. '1'. Darnn OHQ!\IS LSP Brunei A. S. ~ mith CS M 3 QUEENS
f'. ~mith
V. D . Ebbcns 1 QUEENS .1. T ay lor Bnn d WO 2 QUEENS

C. J . E lkin gt on 7 Hel!t.. AAC B. M. W ehh 7 CT'I'

.1. Fcn ~on TQM S 2 Q U E~:NS D. N. Wha ll ey ) for PI. 2 QUEJ-:NR
.J. ~ - Willi ~ 2rs~ 1
M. )[. Forest er OR S Inf. De mo . Hn . H. P . W ood Qur:~:Ns
R. i\1, W right
B. P. Fox RA EC' Centre CS~! 1 QUEEN S

R. .J. Frazer WTWO 3 QUE ENR I HHI'

.J. A . Frost, BEM i\J or 11 1.. 2 QUEENS I'Rl R Coy. 5 QUEEXS

f'. W. Garton, BE:\1 CSM 3 QUEENS RQ:\t S Armd. Dh·. llQ

D. 0. Gi lbert ORS 3 U DR ('SM 2 QUEENS

W. 0 . Gill Se ll. o f ln f. l!Q l ( Br.) Corps

.J. P. Hamill L S P H on ~ Kong Drum :\l aj, I QtT EEXR

G. H arme r 2 RRF CS ~! J QUEENR

R. J. H ayley P SI E C'oy. 5 QUEENS CR~ l 3 Q GE~;NR

A, Hill CRM I QU fmNS ' I ' Q~ I S :l Ql'EE NR

M. 0 . Jnmcs llnnd 1 HRF Rnr1d "~ o 1 QUl':EKS

N . .l nm ieso n I.lLB C'R) I 2 QUEENR

H. D. .J eukin son, BKM CRM 3 QUEENR ORQ~I R r, Q U E ~~NS

Colour Sergeants

~t. D. Ander·so n C Q~I S 2 QUEEN S G. D. La in e PRI 6 17 QUEE iiS
K. 1•:. Arey CQMR 3 QU KE NS H. ,J, L am hert C'Q~ I R 3 QUF:}~NS
H • .1 . Bake r Drum jl·fnj, 3 QUg i•:NS 1{. R. T~nst
Acen . NC'O 2 QU EEXS
n. W . Harr ett 2 QU~: ~:NS I. :\l c Leod PI. ('o rnd. :l Q UF: I~ X~
F. J. :\l e ~lanu s Ba nd 1 QUEENS
B. D. Bec kin J.(IHqn CQM S I QUEENR P. Mave C' Q~LS I QUEENS
M. 0. Bcrnie r RMA Sa ndhurs t H. ,J. 'Mayfie ld H. ~._..._ L . Sta ff TIQ LONDI ~ T
0, A. Boden S i~ . PI. 2 Q U I~ Eli' S P. H. C'. )f ea r~ IU I A Ra ndhur ~; t
R. W . Breac h F arm; NC'O 2 QUERN R L . .J. :\l oat
5 QU I-;J<;NS f'. B. ) l os:<- In t. Sgt.. 2 QUEE N~
8. n. Bream Pro. :J Ql'E~.: K :-:.
48 Sqn. Rf'T R. W . "P itch forth 22 Sr\ S Rej::l.
.J. B rown I HRF G. D. Ri ckerby 5 Q gEN S
)L .J . BrQwn Ra nd 3 H. ANOJ,TAN D . .J. R obe rt ~
0 . Bru ton A / i\ITO 3 QUt<;ENS .J . ltolfe D(' pOt
P. J . Bull 5 QUEE NS T. W. Snunder::;
X . Bu ll en C'. ~m i th PS L 6 7 Ql'EENS
.1. Ch e~ ter Rnnd 3 QUEE NS PR! 6 7 Qt'EE~R
2 QUEEliS .r. E. Rm ith PI. Comd. 1 Q UEEX~
D. T . Cooper C'Qi\JS 2 QUF. F. NR
De po t )f. D. ::;mit h De1>ot
H. R. Co rni ck- fi H. AKGLlA X I Qm: llN S
0 . K D av i e~ 7 R. ANOLI AN F.:. H . ~ tenninl! Ato n . Si~,!:-;. 1 QL' EF..X S
R. D. Fiddy C Q~I S 2 Q U E~:NR ,J. H. ~te n t ~iJ.!'. 1 Ql' f<~ E ~S
.1 , 1'. F lanal!'all 3 QUE~;NR P. J. Stewart P RJ 6/ 7 QU~; EK S
R. L Rtreet
0. T. F1·ancc Ops./Trg. 3 QUEF:N' H A Tk . PI. 2 QUEE K!'
Ass lt. Pnr. 3 Q U F.l~ NS N. H. Ti c ku e r 'J'QM S I QUEEKS
H. H . Gill WTWO (d e!> il! .) 1 QUF.J<:NR .I, Th omp!<on C'Q~ I S 3 QUD;KS
PI. Come!. :1 Q U EJ•:NS 2 Q UE l!~NR
1\1. T. Gill J . E. Toml,lin A'
11. .1. Or·ee rl, HEM CQMR 3 QUEENS D. 8. Ton k::: A HSO 3 QUEENS
.1 , H Ccii-("CS I QUEE NS N. A . Turner
H. ,~ L. Staff HQ J, ONili R1' P. A. Turn er RA C Centre
B. D. Hil t on J , H . Waiters Sig> . :1 QUEENS
R. .l. H orncr CQM S I QUEEN. Ofrrs . Mess (dei:; ign} 2 Ql' EENS
CQMS 2 QUEENR R. J. Wild gc h. o f lnf.
A. P. H own nl CQM S 2 QUEr;;\S D. E. Wilhnot t C'Q~I S 3 QUEEX S
B. F. Hunt Rnncl 2 QUEl<~NR
5 QUEENS A . .l. Wil son ~ l or PI. 3 Q nn:x~
r.T. G. Tsaacs I.TLR ).{.N. W ilson
A . .la vis fi QUEEN S
~ l. 1\ L .Tones H. W orthy
R. W . J ones
A. S. K nye- T~esser

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Sergeants

R . .J. Akchurst Pl. Sgt . 2 QUEENS D. IL Kir kl i\ 1'1' I QUEE NS
Pl. Sgt. ;~ Q tli<: EN H PI. S ~-t"t.. 2 QUEEN S
D. H. Allaway C. R. Kn owl cs Tr).!. :i QUI·:~; N S
Dn11n s I QUJ<: EXS
A. Amber ,\11' 3 QUEgl\ H \'. H. Laker 2 QUgEN S
J. A she
D. S. Bnilef;; ORC 2 QUEE NS D. J. L a u~w o l'th y De p o t
P, 1' . B ~till C$ Depot 3 Aqud. Di v. HQ
5 QUEEN f; K. l. Leach PI. ~~t. I QUEE NS
G. Harlow MT I Q U EI~NS N . G. J~ iud sn y 2 QU IH~ NS
Trg. 3 QUEENS
A. A. Ba "ham 1 QUEE NS 0. J. L ove ll Re un elager Tr g. Ce ntre
P. K Bearrl PI. S j.!L 3 Ql' I·: J<:NR Depot
~I. P. Benn ett H. C'. 1\lcAndre ws ORC I QUKEN S
A. J . Hook er PI. Sgt . 5 QUEI-:l\ S Drnm :s NCO 2 QUEEN S
Depot D. ,J • .M c Cai~ PI. S.&.:: t . 1 QUE J<: Ns
M. A. Britton 1'1. ~~t. 1 Ql' EENS Bnnd :l Qu~: I•:Ns
Pi. S~ t. I QUEEX X K . J . ?ll cC l ea ve 7 CTT
~1 . C. Broad ~1 ' 1' I' S I 5 QU I~ E~ S
T. S. Buckle H. G. .:'l l ade nde r IJ Lll
5 QUimNS 3 QUE I~ N S
B. K Hur vill PI. SJ,rt. :~ Ql ' J<; I ·: ~ R s. ~ l anji De pot
M. F. Butl'11er .H' I O To tte nh a m
W . Butl er B. G. ~ l n r ~ hnll 2 QUBBNS
1 QUEENS 2 ll R ~'
B. F . Cairns B a nd 2 QUEE~ S .\ . B. M a~o n
A, (' QM S 3 QUEF; NS
B. Camille HM SM H. W . 1\l a xlow
D. S. Cn.mpany Fam . t o SJ.!t, l QUBEN S
D. R. Cntt PI. Sgt. 3 QlH:El\ R P• •1. .\l end 1'1. Sgt. 2 QUimNS
D. C. Ch nrmnn PI. Sgt. 2 QUEENS Depo t
A . P. Cla1·k 3 QUEENS H. E. J\lilborrow
PI. Sgt. 5 QUE.KN S 1 QU I~ EN S
B. Clarke H. .\, i\li lham Pl. Sj.!t. I QU I•: J~ NS
Band 3 QUEENS
J. 1\L Clark PI. Sgt . 3 QUEEN S B. w. J\li lle r A /'l' k. PI. 3 QUEEN S
A. K . C' l o~ e ~1'1' I QUKEN S B. E. Morri son
S. B. Cochrnn c ,\l ed. 3 QUEKNR 1 QUEF:N S
B. .n1.. i\ l ullend e r Bn. !I Q 3 QU J<: Jt:K S
N. W. Collin s 5 QU imN S J. No1·t on
,J. P. C'o" tan Depot Bnnd 2 QUBEN S
R. Crane N. G. Nugent 5 Qu~;; N s
.J. Dappric h Depot
B. C'. Old e r A /'l' k. PI. I QUEJ<:X S
D. David son D e po t Aec n. 3 QU E l~ NS
LSP Onum J. M. 0\iver
H . Da \' ies 2 Armd. Div. HQ
T. D. Daw 1'1. Sgt. 3 QUF:EN S l\1. G. O'M earn 5 Qm; ;;N s
V. }J . Daly
2 QUEEl\S .1. J. O'Shea P I. Sgt. 2 QUEENS
2 QUEJ<~ N S 1'1. Sgt. 3 Qu;; ;; NR
'1'. A. l>age
2 QL'Jo;J<:NS PI. Rl-:'t.• I QUEJ<; NS
G. Pain e IJ L B
Sch. o r lnf. PI. S!,!t. I QUJ<: EX S
CQ~I S I QUEEl\ R .J. G. Pnlm e r
I.JLB
ACIO Ed gcware ;\L .J. Palm e r I QUE~N S
Depot PI. Sgt. 3 QUEEN S
Clot h inJ! 3 QU EEl\ S P . C'. Pal'ker
PI. S~t. I QU.EJ<: KR AC I O Guildfo rd
Depot D. P a t e r ::;o n
Rati oll s 3 QUEJ.;NS
Rand 3 RRF H. G. Pntterson
Hand 2 QUEENS
Band I QUEENS D. T. P ett y PI. S J!t. I QUEEN S
C' ..J. P ip er Sch. or l nf.
IT. F. D e Domcn ico 2 QUEENS 1' 1. Sgt. 2 QUEENS
PI. Sgt. 2 QUEENS PI. R.L(t. I QUI<~EN S
R. 0. l>enny J nt. 3 QUJ<~ EN S Rn.. I. Piper 2 QUEF; N S
T. P ollingt on Q~ l ' Dpt. 1 QU I-:E NS
J. M. D ent GI09s 3 ourmNs 'l'rr.!. 3 QU~EN S
3 R. ANGLIAN
}J. W . Dix on Depot M. T. P o tts 2 QUEENS
~ l ed. Sg t . 1 QUEEN S
P. 0 . Dobson A. J. Prangne ll 2 QUEENS
R. & L. StaH HQ LOND I R'J' Fam :; 3 Q U l<~ EN S
E. 0. Drew H. A. Preston
PI. Sgt. 2 QUEENS I.JLR
L. J. Dufft eld Band 3 QUEENS J. J. P:rmnn
5 QUEENS ,J. H . P)·pe r Depot
V, D. Dunn R. & J•. Staff SQF; D I. T 2 QUEENS
1\IT 3 QOEENR
1. C. Dunnin g l nt. 1 QUEI~ N S C. J. Rodzi ewi cz 2 QUEKN S
Sig,. 1 QUEENS
J. 1\ . Edward s Depot .J . W. Re id ' ('1'1'
Sur 1'1. 3 Ql' J<~ EX S AA Co li. Arborfleld
N. W. l<~ nrl ey )!or 1 QUEJl NS , V, J. Reid Depot
Y List
F. D. Ji'rancis J.lLll R. ~r. nichnrd :;. 2 QUE}; NS
ACJO Ca nterbury
R. D. Furlotte 13. A. Ry l and 12 Jut. & Sy . Coy .
M. T_., Gauntlett 2 QUEENS RMA Sandhurst
PI. Sgt. 1 QUEF; NR M. .1. Sin cen lland 3 QU I~ ENS
~ Jl. ANGLTAN
A . H. Gittins R. & L. Staff LONDJ RT R. Still
Off. ?l i es~ 1 QUEEN S
D. M. Ooodar rc P. I~. Ston e
655 Sqn. AAC
.J. Ornham H. Sturg:eon

R. 0 reen g-rass K Tackley

.'1r'.. A. Ori e \'C A. R. Tnhnan
Orinluqn
G. A . Thorn e

P . S. Hall T. A. Took

A. W . Hamilton i\f. J . Venmore
D. J. Harbinson
.1. K Harri s W. P. Ve nn e r

B . E. Ha ywa rd F. R. ' Vakeman
C. T. JJen sha.w R. W. W ard
P. H. W a t sou

A. " ' · 1l ewett P. R. W ells
~. G. llinton
G. G. Whitall
S. R owick
P. J. Ives K. White
D. .Tahn son
, V, F. ' Vilke!'
L. T. .Jo rdan
P. A..h1h el K. R. ' Villia ms
A. Kennedy D. Wilson
A. Kiamil
P. J . King B. ]1' . Wind er

B. ,V, " 'inter

C'. L . Witte n

G. R. Yandall ·Wri).!ht

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TAVR PERSONNEL

5 QUEENS

Warrant Officers Class I

Jt T. Clark , MBE Bandmaster

Warrant Officers Class 11

H. Arthur ll Coy. G. .Fnirfnx A toy.
G. A. Bi gwood A RSO
A. Cau lkett M ar PI . W . E. Oawlcr HQ Co) .
.J . B. Cn vn nagh A Coy. C Coy.
G. Crox rord )f. G. Holder E Coy.
RQM S
G. R. Anderson A. J. Kiff E Coy .
K. M . Dell Band C. Sha rp A Coy.
D. E. Gn rdne r r. Drum ..\t ajor
'0'·. ST.. HJaomades C C.ry.
HQ Coy. Colour S ergeants
11. H. Aldous Chie f Clerk E Coy.
L. S. Bailey D Coy. 0. W. Kemp ll Coy.
I. A. Bates Atk. PI. E. C. Rnwlin gs C Coy.
.J . P. Bri ght P. S. So ll ey HQ Coy•
D. C. 13 yrom .Band D. F. Tyler R Coy.
D. S, Cameron H Q Coy.
I. E. Chat Held Sergeants Ba nd
K. M . Dye A Coy.
0. F li nt H Q Coy. B. A. H oad E Coy.
A . A. Fra nk ly n A. R. J ones B Coy .
A Coy. I<~ Coy .
I: 6~?~1ker, BEM Jl Coy . B. K. La ne A Coy.
J. I~une)' C Coy.
0. W. Rea ley E Coy. A Coy.
~' . Hill E. J. Lunn
HQ Coy. C. W . Oldacre
R. Po rter
C Coy. P. L. R.oa st
A Coy. R. J . Skinn er
E Coy. 1\1. G. Spi cer

Band P. J . Twort
:vt. J . W ard , BE~I
B Coy.
R. S. W aters
H Q Coy.
Band H . J. Welfo rd

Band

H Q Coy.

6!7 QUEENS

Warrant Officers Class 11

R. W. Bird C Coy. J. Da y A Coy.
D. H . Bowe n I. G. Bverett RQM S
A. E. Dale D Coy. B Coy.
HQ Coy. D. Ha rwood
A. L. Cow la rd Offrs' . Me:,s
\V. 'f . Downes B Coy . Colour Sergeants A Coy.
J. A. Langley Chi ef Clerk D Coy.
G. D. Peel H Q Coy. D. R . Rend ell
C Coy. W. S. White C Coy .
.1 . 1<.:. Bnkler R. F. Wren D Coy.
H. J . Bi cker 0 Coy.
D. Ca dywou Id Sergeants B Coy.
D. E. Debnnm A Coy.
S. M. Dunk ley C Coy. R. W . Gi ve n:-; C Coy.
K. G. Dunning K. E. Lightowl e rs D Coy.
R. A. E lliott A Coy . J. R. 1\lcLu cns B Coy.
W. T. F isher ll Coy .
A . R . lo~ rate r D Coy. T. L. Pidgeon
D Coy.
B. Sin gleto n
A Coy. 0. P. Truran
S. P . Vali a nce
D Coy. B. S. Willi a ms
A Coy.

B Col'.

58 M y own primary task is to assist Training Sqn.
in the training of new recruits and I have recently
Allied Regts. completed a 2-week Training Camp for 120 recruits
the keenest I've seen for some time. M y seconda~
NULLI SECUNDUS IN ORIENTE job is the supervision of H ome Guard Sqn . training
which I find equally absorbing.
by W02 J. P. Hamill
Besides having an interesting job, my family
During my tour in N . Ireland in June '77, the and I see much more of H ong Kong life, its peop le
CO returned from the posting conference and said to and customs than if we were here on a normal
me "You are posted to The Roya l Hong Kong R egi- posting.
ment ( The Volunteers) on loan service for 21 yea rs. "
M y personal opinion of both The Ro ya l Hong
It was with a fee ling of exci tement and appre- Kong Regt . ( The Volunteers) and its members is,
hension that m y family and I boarded a VC IO at as their motto proclaims- "Second to None in the
Brize Norton in J an. '78; it was my first posting to Ori ent ".
the Far E ast and to be loaned to another Govern-
ment and to assist in the training of their Volunteer The A uthor in Queen's Rd. Central, where RHQ
force was something I was looking forward to im- is siruated
mensely. We arri ved in Hong K ong the next day to
be met by the PSI whom I was replacing. T HE QUEENS YORK RANGERS (RCAC)
Extracted from The G lobe and Mail, 1 Nov. ' 78
The origins of the Reg iment go back to 1854
when a Hong Kong Volunteer Corps was raised. The Queens York Rangers trace their history
Reg imenta l strength and tasks have varied over the to Rogers' Ra ngers of 1755 and thei r CO was John
yea rs and it has been disbanded and reformed a num- Graves Simcoe, later Governor of Upper Canada.
ber of times. The Regt. also fought under G en . Brock at Queenston
Heights in 1812. ·
World War I did not affect Hong Kong or the
Volunteers very much ; in 1927 Colours were pre- Their annual Brandywine and Queenston Heights
sented to the Volunteer D efence Corps. dinner was at the Roya l Canadian Military Institute
" for past and serving officers and their ladies."
In 1941, the J apanese attacked Hong Kong and It was a rather special dinner because the R angers
the alliance with the Queen's Regt. started when the have just won the Worthington trophy, awarded to
Regiment fought alongside The Middlesex until the the best armoured regiment in Canada.
capitulation of the Colony on Christmas day. Most
of the survivors spent the rest of the W ar in POW M aj.-Gen . Richard H eath Rohmer was guest of
Camps either in Hong Kong or Japan.
honour- one of his ancestors, William Jarvis, was
In 1949, The Volunteer Corps was disbanded
and The H ong Kong D efence Force was form ed; they a colonel with the R angers in 1798, and Rohmer's
were granted the title " Royal " in 195 1 and its present first novel, Ultimatum, described the modern-day
title- " The Royal Hong K ong Regiment ( The
Volunteers)"- was granted in 1970. The Regiment's
role was changed from Infantry to Light Recce in
1961 and it was called out during the C ultural
Revolu tion R iots of 1966/ 67 which members of the
2nd Bn. will remember. (The Battalion was in Gun
Club Barracks at the time).

The task of the Regiment today is to ass ist the
Regular Army in I.S. duties in Hong Kong. There
are four Sabre Squadrons ( Rifle Companies) a HQ
Sqn ., Junior Leader Sqn. and a Home Guard Sqn.,
the latter being the older members of the community,
whose task is to guard the RHQ in H ap py Valley.
The clerical and QM's staff, armourers and dri vers
are locally-employed civilians, though many are also
"Volunteers". F inally there is Trai ning Sqn . which
trains new recruits.

As the name implies, The Regiment is formed
from locally- recruited Volunteers, the majority of them
being Chinese, whose civilian employment ranges from
doctors and factory workers to bank managers-
similar to the TAVR in UK. They must be able to
speak and understand English as all the instr uction
is done in that language.

The Permanent Staff cadre (loaned from the
Briti sh Army) consists of the CO, Adjutant, QM,
RSM and six W02 PSi s, the majority, at present,
being from the RAC. One PSI is allocated to each
Squadron and he is tasked to assist in its planning
and supervision of training; in addition, a secondary
task is given-either Signals training, 'J' Sqn ., or
H ome Guard .

Rangers successfull y defending T oronto Airport 59

aga inst a U.S . invasion . of the action of all these regiments throughout the
Col. D av id MacD onald Stewart, M ont real wo rld and in the two World Wars, and-for the
four British regiments-in Korea . . .
philanthropist, is the Rangers' Honorary Colonel; he
I have not mentioned the old customs and
has just bought Jacques Carrier's house outside St. traditional toas ts of these regiments. What I have
said, though, cannot help but show the roots of the
M alo in France and is busy furni shing and restoring histor y of the Allied Regiments and their links with
the Ro ya l New South Wal es Regt. Let these alliances
it for Ca nada. never be forgotten , but honoured, as the motto of
Lt.-Col. George I. M athieson is CO; M a j. H . The Queen's was : Pristin ae virtutis mem or-M indful
of ancient valour. 11
Kenneth R eid of Aurora was dinner Chairman ; the
oldest present was Lt.-Col. R ex C. M errick, of REGIMENTAL EXHIBITS
Merrick ville, who fought in both world wa rs.
FOR NEW ZEALAND ARMY MUSEUM
T op brass included Brig.-Generals H . B.
Keenleyside and J ohn A . McGinnis, and such colonels New Zealand's new Queen Elizabeth !I Arm y
as John V . D avies, H arry F eather, R . D . H oloway, Memorial Museum, opened at Waiouru in North
M alcolm Montgomery, George H . Mowat, W. E . Island, includes exhi bits featu ring some of the famou s
P atterson, James I. Singleton, Michael A. Stevenson forbears of the modern Queen 's R egt.

and J . S. Vanderploeg. The R eg iment, formed twelve years ago from
This yea r marks the 50th anni versary of the the great county Reg iments of Surrey, K ent, Sussex
and Middlesex, has presented four historic item s to
Rangers' affi liation with two famous British R eg i- the new Museum to mark its New Zealand
ments, The Queen 's Regt. and the Green H owards. co nn ec tion s .
T elegrams came from the Queen's R egiment's re-
specti ve Allied Colonels-in-Chief, HM Queen J uliana The form er R egiments, now part of The Queen 's
and HM Queen M argrethe !I of D enmark, and from Regt., which served in New Zealand during the M aori
King Olav of Norway, Colonel-in-C hief of the Green W ars of 186 1-65 and from which the present Alliance
with The R oya l Infantry Reg t. stems, were the 50th
Howards. Regt. ( Queen 's Own ), the 57th R egt. ( M iddlesex ) and
the 70th R egt. ( East Surrey ) .
EXTRACTS FROM THE RESPONSE TO THE
TOAST: "THE ALLIED REGIMEN TS", GIVEN From The Queen 's Royal Surrey R egimental
AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE OFFICERS Museum comes a pair of coll ar numerals of the 70th
OF THE ROYAL NEW SOU TH WALES REGI- ( Surrey ) R egt. and an 1895 -pattern spiked helmet
of the 2nd Bn . The E ast Surrey R egt.
MENT , 3 JUNE, 1978
The Queen 's Own Roya l West Kent Regimental
(By Col. R. F. F. G illespie, OBE) Museum, at M aidstone, has provided a buff-colou red
belt and a 70-yea r-old scarlet tunic of a sergeant of
" Your Excellency, P resident, Gentlemen, first I the R egt., formerl y the 50th .

should like to thank yo u for having invited me to AFFILIATED HM SHIPS

join you on this occasion and for allowing me to HMS BRIGHTON

repl y to the toast of the Allied Regiments, to one of ( Extracts from a letter dated 20 Ju11. ' 78 {ro111
L t. -Cdr. M. S. Ne wnes, R N ) .
which I am proud to belong .
It is now two months since our last news letter
A short historical record of the All ied Regiments to you and although little has changed regarding the
state of the ship, whi ch is now ou t of dock but
should be important; with this I shall- with you r still swarming with Dockyard maties and splattered
with non-corrosive paints of many colours, all ship's
permission- hope to interest you. . company have been doing well in the sporting field .

Senior is the Queen's Regt.- now a large regi- You may have heard of the notorious T en T ors
march which is a mammoth tramp over the T ors o f
ment comprising the fo rmer Queen's R oyal W est D evon usually resu lting in a distance of 55 miles
having to be covered over a period of the weekend
Surrey and the Ea st Surrey Regiments; The Buff s; with a compulsory overnight stop. W e decided to
enter a team of six and started, rather late, to train
The Queen's Own Royal West K ent Regt ; The Royal them up, sailors are not the best of the species for
dry land tramping. H owever, despite a few blistered
Sussex R egt. and, finall y, The Middlesex Regt. feet and bad legs, we managed to get a full team at
the start. Throughout the two days four of the team
The Queens gained its first battle-honours in T angier, dropped out one with hyperthermi a, one with an in-
ternal stomach complaint and two from sheer
1662- 80, when the Earl of P eterborough's regiment exhaustion, but the remaining two made it with
seconds to spare having doubled the last mi le to gain
(later !lumbered 2nd of the Line) was raised to for themselves and the ship two gold meda ls as well

ga rrison T angier . . . a wedding-present from the

King of Portuga l to Cha rles !I of England when he

married Catherine of Braganza. The Braga nza crest,

the Pa schal Lamb, became and is retai ned as an

insignia of the Regiment. Among the other insigniae

borne by The R egiment are the Naval C rown super-

scribed "1st J une 1794 " won by the former Queen 's

Roya l R egt. who were serving as marines on board

Admiral Lord Howe's fl agship on " The G lorious

First of June "; the Dragon of the Buffs ( 3rd Foot ) ;

the Plume of Roya l Rouss illon, commemorating the

Roya l Sussex at Quebec in 1759; the White Horse of

K ent and the Plume of the Prince of W ales inherited

from the Diehards, the old 57th F oot of P eninsular

fame .. .

I ha ve omitted much-tales of heroism in Af-

ganistan, in Indi a, in South Africa, on board the

Birkw head, in the Crimea (where The Queen's, The

Ro ya l R egiment of Wales and The Black W atch share

those grea t honours A lma, Inkerman and Sebastopol);

60 So what's in the offing next: well, the first two
weeks in July sees the Comm and Swimming
as a sum of £35 which we donated to our charity in C hampionships; again there is a section for small
Brighton (money obtained from sponsorship). ships and on present showing, we stand a good
chance of winning the plaque.
This effort by a few members of the ship set the
trend for the future command sporting events. The The Refit is progressing as well as can be ex-
next in line, some three weeks later, was the Plymouth pected. There are the inevitable Dockya rd disputes
Command Athletics meeting. Brighton, comes under either with the fitters or the transport department
the small ships and together with ten other small but we get by and hopefully, come October, we shall
ships we dug our spikes in, fl exed our muscles and be moving back on board to start to get the ship
set to with a vengeance. We were very fortun ate to looking bright once again. Then we undergo a few
have appointed to us a new Weapons Electrical Officer, trials to ensure that the Dockya rd have put every-
Li eutenant Rees W ard who, despite being a dab thing back in the right place and then train up the
hand at changing a fu se, is also a long-distance crew for the workup period . Should we, sorry, when
runner of Intern ational repute, so we were assured we pass out at Portl and then it will be back to
of 18 good points for a start. Yes, we did it and won D evonport for a couple of weeks before commencing
th' Small Ship's Cup by a clean 13 points. our deployment.

Only this morning I was greeted with the news Yours sincerely,
th at we had done it again . I say we; really it was a
combined effort with another ship, but the exci tement Malcolm Newnes
was due to the winning of the Navy W ater Polo C up
of which h alf the team came from the ship's com- Note: Brighton 's Re-dedication Service will be
pany who won decisively by 16- 5, 14- 6 and 12- 2. held on 23 Feb. '79 at HMS Drake, Plymouth.

Odds & Ends Magog, Cambridge ( 19 Sep .) had to be
cancelled due to shortage of numbers; as
THE REGIMENTAL GOLFING SOCIETY did our normal entry for the Argyll and
Sutherland Bowl in the Army Spring
During the period under rev iew, The Society has M eeting at Royal Birkdale on 11 May.
played three matches and held its annual meeting.
Matches Annual Meeting

1. v. Surrey ABF (HAC Team), 28 Apr. Only twelve members gathered at the AGC Alder-
shot on 1 Sep . for this annual event; nevertheless, an
This was a Foursomes match at the AGC Alder- enjoyable da y was had by all.
shot to raise money for the ABF. Our team
consisted of Capts. Derek Bush and Mike Jelf, The Colonel of The Regt. spent the day with us
Col. Toby Sewell and Jack Rayne r; we halved and Mrs. Mans kindly presented the prizes.
the match and £70 was raised for the ABF Surrey
Appeal. For the record, successful competitors were: -

2. v. RMAS, 3 July Stableford Singles: Lt.-Col. John Davidson
("Tigers" Cup ); Col. Toby Sewell ( "Weekenders"
This match was also played at Aldershot and C up ); Brig. Michael Clark ("Rabbits" Cup ).
was halved. Brig. Michael Clarke, Col. Toby
Sewell, Capts. Mike Jelf, James Mills, John Scratch Cup: Capt. Reg Ford ( 81).
Perry, D erek Bush and Reg Ford made up the
Society's team. Stableford Foursomes: Col. Toby Sewell and Lt.-
Col. John Davidson.
r
Battalion Cup: 1st Bn . ( represented by Col.
3. v. Queen's Own Buffs GS, 22 Aug. Toby Sewell and Lt.-Col. John Davidson ) .

This match was a repeat of last years fixture at "Hole in Two": Lt.-Col. John Davidson-on
the RAC County Club, Epsom, thanks to the ex - the 17th ( 28 new balls).
cellent hospitality of its Secretary, Maj. ( Ret'd.)
George Simpson. Next year we will try and fix a date at Alder-
The "opposition , was again too strong for us and shot which does not clash with the Farnborough Air
we lost 5 - 0 (with two matches halved ) . Show ( the game is difficult enough without all that
The Colonel of The Regt. came along and sta yed noise! )
for lunch and the following represented The
Society: OFFICERS' CLUB
Brig. Michael Clarke, Col. Toby Sewell, Maj s.
George Goring and Peter Cook, Capts. D erek Letters of appreciation for their wedding gifts
Bush, R eg Ford and Michael Jelf. Col. John from members ( inscribed silver salvers ) were received
Shipster and Maj. Guy Weymouth competed in from: Lt. Peter Newman ; Capt. John Russell ; Capt.
the afternoon only. P. I. Roberts.

Note The triangular contest with our sister R egi- The Club Reunion this year was held at The
ments in Queen's Div. at the Gog and Cavalry and Guards C lub, 127 Piccadilly on Friday
29 Sep. HE The N etherlands Amba ssa dor and his
Military Attache, Col. Jack Epke, were among the
230 members, wives and guests received by The
Colonel of The Regiment and Mrs. M ans. Members

wi ll recall that we switched the party to this venue 61
because of the possibility of a General Election-
in which case the H ouse of Commons wou ld have INTERNATIONAL MATCHES
been unavailable. In the event, the Cava lry and
<;uards proved to be too small for our nu mbers; 20 J anuary Ireland v. France
next yea r we hope to return to the M embers Dining 20 J anuary Scotland v. Wales
room of the House of Commons ( provisional date,
19 Oct) . 3 February Wales v. Ireland
3 February England v. Scotland
RUGBY IN THE ARMY 17 February France v. Wales
17 February Ireland v. England
Extract from a letter dated 28 July '78 from 3 March England v. France
C ol . N. T. Ridiugs, a m~mber of ch e Exe cutive C om- 3 M arch Scotland v. Ireland
mittee of the ARU. 17 M arch Wales v. England
17 M arch France v. Scotland
I attach a copy of all the Army and Combined
Services fixtures in 1979, and I would be most grate- INTER SERVICES MATCHES
ful if you could give space to these dates in your
magazine: particularly the Inter-Service fixtures on 17 February Royal Navy v. Royal Air Force
the lOth of March aga inst the Royal Navy and on 10 M arch Royal Navy v. Army
the 24th of March against the RAF. 24 M arch Army v. Royal Air Force

Now that I have the addresses of all Regimental/ INTERNATIONAL
Corps Secretaries I will try to give profiles of some EL ALAMEIN BATTLEFIELD
of the interesting personalities in the game for you
to use in your Journals should you so wish. I will REUNION
also send match reports to those R egimental/Corps
journals who have a player involved in the match Th e following circular letter was receiv ed fro m
under report. Messrs. Coleman-Smith, PR, TD of L ondon, dat ed
7 S ep. ' 78:
Finally I publish a Newsletter twice a year and
I am always looking out for articles, so do please Calling all veterans of the 1942 D esert
encourage enthusiasts to send anything that may be Campaign!!
of interest to the Army Rugby fraternity .
A grand reunion is planned next year at El
Yours sincerely, Alamein, but with a very importa nt difference: com-
batants from both sides of the battle will be attending
TONY RIDINGS and meeting for the fi rst time on the battlefield in
Egypt.
Contributiom please direct to Co l. N . T. R idings
at H Q 23 Group RPC St. David's Barracks, Bicester, Eighth Army Desert R ats will join up with men
Oxon OX6 OJ U-Ed. from the Afrika K orps, the Italian Army and other
veterans from both A llied and Axi s countries in a
ARMY RUGBY UNION FIXTURES, 1979 truly international reunion. Many will be accompanied
by their wives, who will be seeing Egypt for the first
Wed. 3 Jan . Hampshire Aldershot time.
Kick off 7.30 p.m.
Nothing like this proposed reunion has taken
Sat. 6 J an. Harlequins Stoop M emorial Ground place before due to both timing and local political
Sat. 13 J an . L eicestershire Away situations. About 4000 men formerly with the Afrika
Sat. 13 Jan. Barbarians Away Korps and the Luftwafle are to be invited and ex-
Wed. 17 J an. United Hospitals Aldershot servicemen from Australia, New Zealand, South
W ed. 24 J an. Oxford University Aldershot Africa, France, G reece, Incli a and Italy have been
Wed. 31 J an. Rosslyn Park Roehampton alerted. It is hoped that British ex-servicemen too,
including the RAF, wi ll take this opportunity to re-
Kick off 7.30 p.m. visit the scene of the battle.
Sat. 3 Feb. Cambridge University Aldershot
Wed . 14 Feb. Surrey Esher Kick off 7.30 p .m. Pl anned for November, 1979, the El Alamein
Sat. 24 Feb. Blackheath Rectory Field International Reunion is being organised by British
Wed. 28 Feb . Bristol Bristol Kick off 7.30 p.m. ex-servicemen who are now in the travel industry, and
Sat. 10 Mar. Royal Navy Twickenham backed by some of the most experienced tour operators
Wed 14 M ar. TA VR Away in this country and abroad . It is being " packaged " as
Sat. 24 Mar. Royal Air Force Twickenham a holiday for a long weekend or a fortnight. Prices
Wed . 4 Apr. Civi l Services Aldershot start from about £270.00 for five days in Egypt to
Thurs. 17 Apr. BAOR Tour about £725.00 for a fortnight' s luxury cr uise; both
M on. 23 Apr. BAOR Tour include all travel facilitie s, first class hotel/boat
Wed. 25 Apr. Cou rag~ Army Sevens Aldershot accorrunodation, together with a selection of tours
within Egypt and a visit to the commemorative El
ARMY CUP DATES, 1979 Alamein Museum, built and maintained by the
Egyptian Government.
Major
UK Semi-Final Wed. 21 F eb. Specially chartered 'planes, cruise liners, hotels
UK Final Wed. 14 Mar. and apartments have already been secured by the
Final Wed. 28 M ar. ( in UK ) organisers (CAR O of Hove, Sussex) and much work
Minor has been done on the ground in Egypt to ensure a
UK Semi-Final Wed. 28 Feb. comp lete success for this unique and possibly "once
UK Final Wed. 7 M ar. only" reunion.
Final W ed. 4 Apr. (in BAOR )
The reunion/ holiday will focu s on a two-day
visit and Commemorative Service for "fallen com-
rades" at the battlefield on Remembrance Sunda y,
1979. It is expected that leading service personnel,

62 * *BOOK REVIEWS
"THE LASTING HONOUR"
civic dignitaries and well-known personalities wi ll be
in attendance. by Oliver L'indsay

The 'Egyptian Government is lending support to (Hamish H amilton )
several of the organised events.
M aj. Gen. C. M. M. Man , CBE, M C, wrices:-
All ex-servicemen, affiliated organisa tions and
others interested should contact their local Service- Aithough m y recollections of my life as a priso-
men 's Branch, the Briti sh L egion, or communicate ner of wa r are still as clear and vivid to-day as if
direct with CARO, 101 Blatchington Road, H ove, the events had taken place on ly a few weeks ago,
Sussex BN3 3YG. T el : Brighton 720990. my memories of the "Battle of Hong K ong" have
never amounted to much more than a confused jumble
GREAT MILITARY BATTLES RELIVED ON of happe nings and, even then, onl y happenings that
affected me and my immediate associates.
BI DISCOVERY CRUISES
Oliver Lindsay has done a great and long over-
Two BI Discovery C ruises in 1979 will par- due service to the brave men and women of all
ticularly appeal to devotees of military history, and n ationalities who gave everything they h ad in the
all those with personal memories of wartime action defence of the Colony. By his painstaking research
in M editerranean waters. through official records, h is personal approaches to
survivors and his detailed knowledge of the ground,
Lt.-Gen. Sir Nap ier C rookenden, K CB, DSO, he has built up a balanced and fascinating chronicle
OBE, the son and grandson of soldiers, with a di s- of the events leading up to, during and immediately
tinguished military career of his own will be travelling after the surrender of the garrison-something that
as guest lecturer on board the BI Discovery C ruise for me no official history has hitherto been able to
ship Uganda in February and D ecember. achieve.

As Uganda passes shores once scarred with strife After reading his book, for the first time I ha ve
in North Africa, Yugoslavia, Greece, Sicily and the been made awa re of the course of the battle, the
Holy Land, Gen. Crookenden will recount the tales reasons for some of the decisions taken which were
of great sea and ai r battles in and aro und the M edi- often quite incomprehensible to me at the time, but
terranea n, from the yea r 480BC until the end of above all, the many ac ts of heroism of individuals
world war two. and sub-units.

The first Historic Battles cruise departs from Oliver Lindsay leaves the reader in no doubt that
Venice on February IO, calling at Yugoslavia, G reece the war in Hong Kong was the ep itome of lost oppor-
and Egypt, before returning to Naples on Feb. 23. tunities, lack of communications and of ad hoc
As Uganda steams down the Adriatic, Gen. Crooken- counter-measures, undertaken wi tho ut adequate sup-
den's first talk will feature the struggles of the port or reconnaissance, conceived in h aste and doomed
Yugoslav P artisans in world wa r two. to fai lure. H e brings out vividl y the inevitable results
of shortages or total absence of essential equ ipmen t;
Then, before the ship reaches Alexandria, he the woeful lack of offensive training ( I do not reca ll
will outline the ebb and flow of the D esert W ar from ever being rehearsed in set-piece counter-attacks);
I 940 - 43 . Going back in time, his next ta lk, as the and the disastrous eff ects of the sudden re-organisation
Ship approaches Athens, will comprise stories of the and re-allocation of roles for the defence. This
Greeks v. P ersians in 480BC; and finally, as she shuffling of units and sectors sacrificed at a stroke
enters the Straits of M essina, he wi ll describe the all the local knowledge of ground and cover which
I943 Allied airborne and seaborne invasion of Sicily. had been acquired painstakingly over the months and
yea rs. None the less, Lindsay brings out, wherever
These subj ects will be covered agai n during possible, the reasons for the changes and deficiencies,
Uganda's cruise from Naples to Sicily, Greece and leaving the reader with a marked feeling of sympath y
the Holy L and, from D ec. 8 to 2 I , with the addition for those in command, not recrimination . From his
of an account of the British involvement in P alestine account, all concerned emerge as victims of circum-
from world wa r one to I 947. Each talk is scheduled stance, not incompetents.
to marry with ports of ca ll in V ganda~s itineraries,
so that passengers can steep themselves in the appro- As one follows the progress of the fighting, agai nst
priate setting. the peacetime background that Oliver Lindsay de-
picts, one is left with the clear impression that, just
Both cruises are featured as "fl y- cruises" with as the French had relied with disastrous results on the
flights to and from Gatwick to points of embarkation M agi not Line, so the defenders of Hong Kong had
and disembarka tion . Once on board, passengers enjoy been lulled into a defensive frame of mind which
cruising in st yle with Bl's tradi tion al standards of virtually deprived them of the ab ility to break out
shipboard service, fine cuisine and li ve ly entertainment. and turn to offence. That individual sub-units, ex-
hausted and debilitated, without adequate support
Value for money has always been an important and often unsure of their objectives, carried out
aspect of BI Discovery Cruises and this is maintained counter attacks at all, illustrates vividly the almost
in 1979 with the traditional benefits of inclusive inexhaustible courage and tenacity that Oliver Lindsay
shore excursions at most ports and free baggage refers to continually in his book; cha racteristics that
allowance on fly-cruises. continued to be in evidence during the four long
yea rs of starvation, torture and privations as prisoners
All on-board entertai nment, lectures and coach of war.
transfers ab road are also included in the fare; for party
bookings, there is a IO % discount or one free ti cket for
every ten passengers booked together .

Further details from

BI D iscovery Cruises,
Beaufort H ouse, Se. B otolph Street, L ondon
ECJA 7DX. (Tel: OI-377-2551 ).

This is a book that should be widely read by all 63
students of the history of World W ar IT ; not only
by the experts but by us all, as it has a clear message of wonderment and pride at the intensity of the spi rit
for us to-da y. For Queensmen, it has a special rele- of loyal ty and service which has been sustained, de-
vance and meaning, since the Honour "Hong Kong" spite all the problems and stress which every member
won by the 1st Bn. The Middlesex R egt. (D ,C.O.) is of the Army has had to face and which have had
borne on the Colours. so profound an effect upon their long-suffering
f a mili es.
Maj. Oliver Lindsay is due our thanks for his
moving and splendidly written account of an almost One fact has emerged with great clarity. What has
forgotten campaign of which we in The Queen 's R egt. carried the Army through and what will continue
have every right to be proud. to carry it forward, are its co llective and individu al
loyalties, born, in essence, of the regimental spirit.
* THE REGIMENTAL SPIRIT
For some yea rs now there have been those who
(Extract from Editorial of B ritish Army R eview have tried to suggest th at this spirit was proving a
positive bar to progress and that it was time we
No. 59 Aug. 1978). brought ourselves up to date in managerial and or-
ganisational terms. As the going has got tougher,
To anyone whose personal commitment is pledged those voices have become increasing ly muted, so that
to the Army and to its soldiers, the pas t few years
have been a time not only of great anxiety but also *if there is one element of our Army which has not

suffered in this hurly-burly it is the regimental or

corps spirit.

Letters The story I like to remember is the day we nearl y
went without our "char0 . It was road-openin g day,
Mrs. B. M. Morris, which meant we had to leave R asmak Camp and
201 Waldergrave Road, run up to the top of hills on each side of the road,
Teddington, stay up there all day and guard the road agai nst
M i d d l esex . Pathan Snipers who would try and get at the supp ly
IIth July, 1978. column which arrived twice a week. After running
the gaunlet to the top of the hill, we would settle
Dear Friends and all Members of The Queens R egt. , down for the day in a sa11gar. Thi s day, the P athans
This letter has been written to express the grati- were very busy but we were quite safe as long as we
kept our heads down. "O K", we said "lets make some
tude my daughters and I feel for the kindness and teau, when to our horror we discovered all the makings
sympathy shown to us in our sad loss. had been left with our runner. It was a very hot
da y (about 100 ' in the shade) and no shade- a11d no
W e thank all members of The R eg iment and their tea! How much lower cou ld moral get. No chance
famili es for the comradeship and help at a time when of getting any today with those "Tak Dum " flying
it is deeply appreciated. abo ut. ( A T ak Dum was the noise of the P athan Bul-
lets, as they were home made).
Our final posting was with the 2nd Bn. in
Gibraltar, where we were in residence for 9 months Just as we had given up all hope, there was a
before the sudden death of my husband, Capt. Brian quick burst of firing, a big cloud of dust, and there
Morris. The understanding and help by the Battalion, was the runner with a big grin on his face and a ll
especially Col. Crispin and hi s wife D awn was wonder- the tea makings in hi s hands. Needless to say, in
ful and is gratefully remembered. the canteen that night, he was the toas t of the section.
I believe his name was Bastow ; we shou ld have called
We say thank you to all the people who attended him "Gunga Din".
the memorial service in Gibraltar or the C remation
at Hanworth Crematorium, and also to all personnel Yours in Comradeship,
for the floral tributes and letters sent.
L. S. DUNCAN (D arkie),
I will always remember with gratitude, how yo u 1st Bn. The Queen 's R oyal
showed the true spiirt of The Regiment and comforted R egiment, ( 193 5-1944).
us in our greatest need.
From: Maj . A. N. S. Roberts, OBE,
Yours sincerely, Waylands Gate,
MAUREEN MORRIS Wootton Rough,
New Milton, H ants.
From : L. S. Duncan, 18 May 1978.
5 Cumberland Grove,
Poriru a, To: The Editor,
Wellington, D ear Sir,
N ew Zealand.
26th July 1978. I enclose a story which may be worth putting in
the R egtl. Journ al (in spire of its title) as it is of
To: Regimental Headquarters, historical interest. The title is "L ord Kirchener's
The Queen's Regiment. Bastards".
Extract fr om a letter addressed to M aj. R eed.
During the years 1904/5/ 6 I served in India
Thank you for inserting (in your Newsletter) my with the 1st Queens R egt. at P eshawar, Sialkote and
request for photos of Rasmak on the N.W. Frontier. Amritsar as well as short periods in the Murree Hill s
Out of all my army career, that part of my service during the hot weather. At thi s time the Regr. con-
was the most fascinating. sisted of R egimental HQ and light companies.

In 1905, the Commander-in-Chief in Indi a was

64

Lord Kitchener of Khartoum who decided to fin d out Marriages and Deaths

which was the best British war trained Regt. in Indi a. MARRIAGES

A Board of senior gener al officers was formed to PENNELLS- SH AW . O n 31 D ec. '77 at Sevenoaks,
Mr. S . J . M . Pennells (formerl y 5 and 2
examine the organisation and training of every Regt. QUEENS) to M iss Julie H elen Shaw.

in Barracks and in the field. MASKELL-MIDDLICOTT. On 25 M ar. '78, at
Gi!lingham, P te. C. H. M askell to Miss Lea nda
Col. Burrell was in command at this ti me and Joyce Middlicott.

1905 was a very strenuous year. TIDEY-YANDLE. On 25 M ar. '78, at R amsga te,
C pl. P . Tidey to M iss G ill ian D eborah Yandle.
It was decided that the 1st Queens was the best
NORTON -BETTS . O n I Apr. '78, at D oncaster,
war trained British Regt. and Lord Kitchener pre- Cpl. C. N orton to Miss Pauline Betts.

sented the Officers' and Sergeants' M esses with si lver STOTT-WINTERTON . O n I Apr. '78, at Wirral,
C pl. C. Stott to Miss Annette Winterton.
trophies to mark the occasion. . . .
WALKER-O RME ROD . On I Apr. '78, in K ent,
In 1906 Co l. Pink, a very distmguished officer, Pte. M. W alke r to M iss Sherrian Ormerod.

was in Command. His Service ranged from the Afghan N EWMAN- THOMPSON. O n 8 Apr. '78, at
H orsham, Pte. M . D . Newman to Miss Joanne
War of 1879 (in which he wo n the D SO), the Burma Beth Thompson .

W ar of the 80O's~ dtuhremWana-r ainnd the S ud a n - m c l u dm g SMITH-MALLOTT. O n 8 Apr. '78, at Kings
the battle of the S . African War L ynn ( N orfolk ), Pte. D . Smith to M iss Alma
Leslie M allott.
for which he received the CM G.
ATKINSON-KELLY. On 15 Apr. '78, at Little-
During the hot weather of 1906, RHQ and six hampton, Pte. S . Atkinson to Miss Elizabeth
May C hristina K elly.
companies were in the Murree Hills and many soldiers
MITCHELL-PHILLIPS. On 19 Apr. '78, at
of other Regts. were attached to them. Worthing, L/Cpl. P . D . Mitchell to M iss
K athryn Ann Phillips.
One night in the canteen one of these attached
SHELLEY-JONES . O n 29 Apr. '78, at W irral,
men had an argument with a Queensman and, losmg Birkenhead, Pte. P . R . Shelley to Miss M argaret
M ary L ai rd J ones.
his temper called him "one of Kitchener's bastards".
RUSSELL-MacLENNAN. On 4 M ay '78, at Soli-
The Corporal on duty put him on a charge for hull North, Pte. M . Russell to M iss M au reen
M cLennan.
using offensive language.
ALLEN-ALLEN . On 13 M ay '78, at Werl, Cpl.
Next morning this man was brought before Col. B. Alien to M iss S usan June Alien.

Pink who asked him what he had to say. "Sorry Sir", FERRIER-BLA CKHAM. On 13 M ay '78, at
Southend-on- Sea, P k. M . L. F errier to Miss
he answered, "we were having an argument and it Susan Evelyn Blackham.

just slipped out". . MURPHY-SHEFFLER . On 18 M ay '78, at Werl,
Bdsm. M . Murphy to M iss Ingrid Else Sheffl er.
Col. Pink said " I served under Lord Kll"chener
GRAY-LONG. On 26 M ay, '78, at Enfield, Pte.
for many years in the Sudan and in S. Afri ca and I W . J . Gray to Miss Sally Ann Long.

should have been greatl y honoured to be so addressed WHITFIELD-FLOWER . On 26 May '78, at
C hichester, Pte. S . Whitfield to Miss T eresa
-case dismissed", and a bewildered so ldier left the Barbara Flower.

Orderl y Room. BALL-C RAS C ALL. On 27 M ay '78, at D over,
Pte. D . Ball to Miss J anet Ann Emily C rascall .
What's in a name? Shakespeare says "A rose
LOVELL-DRYDEN. On 27 M ay '78, at E aling,
by any other n ame would smell as sweet". Pte. R. E . L ovell to M iss Carol Judy D ryden.

Yours sincerely, SAN DERSON-WHYTON. On 29 M ay '78, at
· Clapham, Pte. M. A. Sanderson to Miss Jennifer
A. N . S. ROBERTS Elizabeth Diane Whyton .

From : Brig. D . R . Bishop, MBE, WOOD-TILLETSO N. On 30 M ay '78, at H arro-
D efence and Military Attache, gate, WO! J . Wood to M iss Judith T illetson.
British Embassy, Ankara, Turkey.
19 October, '78. PHILLIPS-SCHWUNTEK. On 7 Jun. '78, at
Islington, Cpl. N . Phillips to M iss Annelore
( E x tract of a letter addressed to M aj. John R eed). S ch w u n t ek.

I have been to G allipoli twice since arri val. The TAYLOR-DARLING T ON . On 19 Jun, '78, in
area remains largely uninhabited except for wi ld life Gibraltar, C pl. E . J . T aylor to Miss Susan
and is most beautiful-particularly in S prin g when Michelle D arlington .
the hills ar e green and covered with wild flowers and
the air is fill ed with the scent of herbs. Even at the HOOK-JENNING S . On 24 Jun. '78, at H enley,
height of Summer when much of the vegetation has Oxon., Lt. R . M . H ook to Miss Elizabeth J ane
been burned away by the sun it remains an attracti ve
pl ace. J en n in gs.
BATCHELOR-PICKLES. On 24 Jun. '78, at
M arks of the campaign (G allipoli-World War I)
still remain : parts of the trench systems remain almost Hornsey, Pte . A. R Batchelor to M iss Christian
intact, particularly along the ridgelines of the ANZAC Joy Pickles.
area, and a short search suffices to unearth other evi-
dence of the fighting. The Commonwealth W ar
Graves Commission here, as elsewhere, have achieved
minor miracles of planning and applied good taste
in creating and maintaining the many cemeteri es in
the P eninsul a. These days, vi sitors are few, and the
Commission's work goes largely unseen, but it is
still carried out with the utmost dedi cation.

With best wishes to yo u and all at RHQ.

Yours ever,

DEREK

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STERROW-MYERS. 0n 24 Jun . '78, at F ave rsham, 65
Pte. C. T. S terrow to M iss Ca rol J ane M yers.
Mr. D . J. K. Wadham and Miss Sara Jane Sewell
WHITE-COST ELLO. On 24 Jun. '78, at Durham,
C pl. G. A . White to Miss Miriam Costello. The engagement is announced between Mr.
D . ] . K . W adha m, son of the late Lt .-Col. J . W.
BARN ES-ALLEN. On 1 Jul. '78, at Canterbury, W adham and Mrs. R. E. F . Tendall of St. Saviour,
L / Cpl. M . C. Barnes to M iss Susan L orraine Jersey, and Sara J ane, da ughter of Col. and Mrs.
J . W . Sewell.
A ll en.
SMITH-HO PES. On 29 Jul. '78, at Syston, Pte. Mr. D. J . Burchall and M iss S. C. McNish
The engagement is announced between David
J . C. Smith to Miss Susan J osie H opes. J ohn, yo unger son of Mr. and Mrs. J . S. B irchall of
HOLE-A NSCOMBE . On 12 Aug. '78, at Lindfield, Durban, S . Afri ca, and S usan Caroline elde r daughter
of Col. and Mrs. R. R . M cN ish.
C pl. C. G. Hole to Miss Jud ith Anscombe.
OWE N S-S C RATC HERS . On 12 Aug . '78, at Sut- Capt. C. W. Robinson
and Miss S. A. Naughton-Rumbo
ton, C pl. R . Owens to Mrs. Christine Scratchers. The engagement is announced between Capt.
CUNLIFFE-GREENO U GH . On 19 Aug. '78, at C live R ob inson, The Q ueen's Regt., son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. J . Robinson of E astbourne and Sa ll y, on ly
Leigh, Wigan, Pte. D . Cunliffe to Miss J ennifer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Na ughton-R umbo, of
Greenough . G i b ra lt a r .
CLEMEN TS-J AMES . On 19 Aug. '78, at H arrow,
Pte. G . S . C lements to Miss C hristine S usan DEATHS

J ames. MORRI S- O n 13 M ay '78, Ca pt . B. M . M orris died
PH ILLIPS- READ . On 19 Aug. '78, at Dover, Cpl. of Card iac Arrest in G ibraltar.

D . J . Phillips to Miss Carol R ead. LEN NAN-On 26 Jul. '78, M a j. N . T. L ennan, M C,
T AYLOR- POVEY. On 19 Aug. '78, at D over, formerl y Q ueen's R oyal R eg t.

L / C pl. A . D . T aylor to Mrs. Carol D oreen Povey. N EWALL-On 30 Aug. '78, in New Zealand, Ines,
BAKEWELL-INGRAM . On 22 Aug. '78, at C roy- wife of Lt.-Col. E . ] . Newall, formerl y Queen's
Own R oya l W est Kent Regt.
don, Pte . P. D . Bakewell to Miss J acqueline
In gram . FIELD- O n 17 Oct. '78, Pte. P . F ield (2 Q U EE NS ) ,
MAROOF-GU LFRAZ. On 24 Aug. '78, at C leve- died in RAF Hospital, Wroughton of a cerebral
land, Pte. M . M aroof to Miss Gulfraz. hae morrhage.
OLIVER-ELMORE. ( formerl y PLA'IT). On 25
Aug. '78, in G ibraltar, Pte. D . E . Oliver to Mrs. CAPT. J. SULLIVAN
Linda M arga ret Elmore.
G RIFFIN-BARNES . On 26 Aug. '78, at H atfield, After a ver y short illness, Capt. J ohn S ulli van
L / C pl. P . ] . Griffin to Miss D awn Phyllis passed peacefull y away on 22 M arch ' 78. H is
Ba r n es . long service with the Army was invalu able to
JANES-BE N YON . On 26 Aug. '78, at D artford, the Army Cadet F orce into which he was com-
L / C pl. A . J anes to Miss Valeric Shirley Benyon. missioned in April 1960.
MARR IO'IT-WILDMAN. On 26 Aug. ' 78, at
Folkestone, Pte. L. J . M arriott to Miss Franci.< In Sept. ' 39 he enlisted in the K .R .R .C. and
Wildman. served with them until J an . '40 when he was
BARTON -BISHOP. On 7 Sept. '78, at C hichester, transferred to the R oyal N orthumberland Fusiliers
Pte. R. P . Barton to M iss Lorrai ne Bishop. as a member of the B.E .F . H e saw service in
HEN NINGS-DRU HAM. On 9 Sept. '78, at King- France and was evacuated via Dunkirk; later,
ston-upon Thames, Pte. P . S. H ennings to Miss after regrouping, he fought in North Africa, where
June Elizabeth Druham. he was taken prisoner and passed through Italy
WI N SO!{-HAYE S . On 23 Sept. '78, in H erts, Pte. to a P O W Camp in G ermany. After the wa r he
C. Winsor to Miss D eborah H elen H ayes . continued his regular service with the R .A . and
RAPHAEL- MEYA . On 12 O ct. '78, in G ermany, later transferred to the R.E.M .E ., where he took
Pte. B. R aphael to Miss Ilona M eya. the ap pointment of Armament A rtificer- Vehicles.
ALLARD- F U LLER . On 14 O ct. '78, at Orpington,
Pte. M . ] . Allard to Miss Brenda L esley Fuller. H e retired in F eb . '5 9 after 19! years regular
service and in earl y 1960 he joined the AC F .
FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES H e commanded the C adet U nit at H eston and was
appointed Sta ff Offi cer to 19 Group N .W . Sector,
(extracts from T he D aily T elegraph) London AC F in '65 and proudly wore the badge
of The Queen's R egt.
Maj. C . M. M. Grove and Capt. I. A . E ddington,
QA.R.A.N .C. His wisdom and experience was a tonic and
inspiration to all who knew J ohn and his com-
The engagement is announced between M aj. radesh ip will be sadly m issed.
C. M. M . G rove, son of Lt.-Col. and Mrs. M . R . L.
G rove of W ye, K ent, and Isobel, younger daughter Our sympath y goes to his wife Olwe n and h is
of Mrs. C. Eddington of Kirriemuir and the late two sons, one of whom now lives in Canada.
Mr. Eddington.

Maj. P . G. Trwnan
and Miss Jane Elizabeth Hutchings
The engagement is announced between M a j.
P . G . Truman, son of Mrs. K. Truman and the late
Mr. S . J . Truman of E as tbourne, and J ane Elizabeth,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Hutchings of Swanley
Village, K ent.

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For most of us nowadays the memories we have of the
two World Wars have become dimmed by time. But for
those who were left disabled-and for the many bereaved
families-the tragic aftermath of war Is ever present.
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The Queen's Surreys
Association

LOSS OF REGIMENTAL SILVER were displayed at the Exhibition of Officers' Mess
Silver at the Royal Academy in 1956 and they are
During the nineteenth century, both The 31 st currentl y held by the 1st Bn. The Queen's Regt.
and The 70th Regiments were singularly unluck y in
losing the greater part of their Offi cers' M ess silver, The loss of this property is recorded in the Regi-
the one by shipwreck and the other by flood . mental History and the late M aj. E. S. Bird has added
the following interesting footnotes in his own copy :
The 31st
"A new M ess President having just taken over,
0::1 1st March 1825, The 31st were on passage all the M ess silver, crockery and glass was spread out
to Indi a in the 'East Indi aman K em, when fire broke for checking. Considerable loss and damage was in-
out in the Bay of Biscay, the ship had to be aba ndoned curred. A silver tray belonging to The 70th was
and, during the night, she blew up and sank. All the found by the 1st Bn . The East Surrey Regt. in 1928
Regimental property was lost, with the exception of when they were stationed at R awalpindi . A large
a silver snuff box, presented by Col. M eade, who silver hot water dish was found on the banks of the
had served in The Regiment from 1800 to 1808. river at Attack several days after the flood and

There are two other snuff boxes associated with brought in by a native."
the loss of the K ent. One is a replica of Col. Meade's What is remarkable abo ut this la st note is that
and was presented to the officers of the R egiment by
Lt. Holford of the North Durham Militia "as a Attock is about 20 miles downstream from Nowshera .
token of their kindness and hospitality during his
stay amongst them"; both the original and replica P.G.E .H .
are in our Regimental Museum.
REGIMENTAL MUSIC
The other snuff box, known as the "Kent" snuff
box, bears the following inscription, "Presented to All old soldiers will remember marching with
Mr. Edward Connolly, First Mate of the Brig. head held high, stomach pulled in, chest out and arms
Cambria, by the Officers of The 31 st Regt. and the swinging with R egimental Band in front or standing
Officers and Passengers of the K ent East Indi aman, near a sa luting dais as The Regiment passed by. From
for his valuable assistance in rescuing the 554 persons the many marches played by the band, the ones most
from the wreck of that vessel during her conflagration easily remembered by the soldier are the regimental
on the 1st M arch 1825." Its present whereabouts ones; but how many soldiers know the history of
their marches and just why particular ones were
are unknown . adopted by their Regiment?

The 70th Prior to 188 1, the Regimental March of The
Queen's Ro ya l Regt. was "The Old Queen's". This
The loss of The Seventieth's silver in 1858 was an adaptation of "God Save The Queen " and
occurred when The Regiment wa s stationed at in 1881 The Regiment took part in a review near
Nowshera on the River Cabul. Gen. R alston, who was Aldershot in the presence of Queen Victoria and The
a subaltern in The Regiment at the time, wrote, Duke of Cambridge . On hearing the march, H er
"Early in August 1858, there had been a landslide Majesty asked if special permission had been given
far up the Indus in the hills and a large volume of for the use of the National Anthem and added that,
water form ed in a sort of dam . Suddenl y heavy rain unless this had been granted, the practice must cease.
set in and the whole mass of water reached down As no record was found of such sanction, a change
the Indus as far as Attock where the channel is very had to be made . The new march that was chosen and
narrow . Consequently the water rushed up the Cabul t aken into use in 1883 was a Portuguese tune and was
River, actually making it flow backwards." (Attack christened "Braganza" by The Regiment . This tune
is at the confluence of the Cabul and Indus rivers) . is a free adaptation of the air "Patria" which was the
Portuguese National Anthem at that time; it was
Maj. A. E . Jones, who was the M ess Sgt. at the composed in 1822 by Don P edro I of Brazil (for-
time, reca lled he was woken up by one of the native merly King Pedro IV of Portugal ) and it remained
servants at 4 a.m., who stated a great mass of water in use as the national an them of Portugal until the
was coming up the Cabul River against the normal country became a republic. The Portuguese tune was
direction of flow. Sgt. Jones sent for the PMC and adopted in memory of The Regiment's service in
proceeded to pack up the Mess property, the river Tangier which had formed part of the dowry of the
stea dily rising the while. "The water rose in the Queen Consort to King Charles II . The Queen
Barracks about six feet, but where the Mess was, it Consort was Ca therine of Braganza-a Princess of
covered the bungalow," he wrote. Portugal-hence the choice of this tune.

After the floods subsided, two soup tureens, one "We'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Toun"-not the
sugar bowl and two bread baskets were recovered title of a song composed by the Scottish entertainer
from the debris. The soup tureens had been presented Billy Connally-but the R egi mental March of the
to The 70th by the Islands of Antigua and St. 2nd Bn . The Queen's Royal Regt . Col. Bruce, who
Thomas in the West Indies in 1806 and 1811 ; they

68 THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGT.

raised the batta lion in 1857, had previously served GOLF SOCIETY
in the Highland Light Infantry and it wa s he who
introduced this Scottish tune as a march. From 188 1 Autwnn Meeting 5/ 6th October 1978
to 188 3 it was used as a march by both battalions
and it became the secondary regimental quick-march Thursday 5 Oct. ( 18 holes Stableford unde r j
after the adop tion of "B raganz a>~. ha ndicap): -

Another tune that may have been introduced by H ea ls Memorial Trophy : Col. J . W . Sewell-3 5
Col. Bruce was "Bonnie Dundee" and this was points;
p layed at ceremonial parades while the Adjutant
"collected reports" for the Officer Commanding . Veterans H alo Putting Competition: Col. ] . W .
Sewell ; H arry Adcock M emorial Trophy : Lt.-Col.
The R egimental Slow M arch of The Queen 's ] . W . Davidson ( 34).
Royal Regt . was the march from "Scipion- a tune
composed by Handel and sa id to be incorporated Friday 6 Oct. ( 18 holes medal under full handicap ): -
into his opera of the same name to bolster up the
score with its stirring strain; the opera was performed Autumn Bowl ( S enior division ): Lt.-Col. J . W.
first in London in 1726. During the time The R egi- D avidson ( net 7 1) ;
ment was in Tangier, a troop of horse was attached
to them, this troop later becoming the Royal Dragoons Gla sgow G reys Cup (Junior division ): M a j. H .
and their slow march was often used by The Regiment. Greatwood ( net 7 1);

The Regimental M arch of The East Surrey Best Sprmg and Autumn Aggregate under handicap: -
Regt. has the unusual name "A Southerly Wind
and a C loudy Sky" and is based on one of several Petri Pl ate: Lt.-Col. J . W . D avidson ( 143 );
tunes connected with a hunting ballad of the same
name-and is about a country scene depicting the Sweep winners: 1st equal-Lt.-Col. P . Roupell
thrill of the chase. and R. Randolph Esq .; 3rd equal-R . R . D avies, Esq.

In 188 1, the 70th Foot became 2nd Bn. The East MARINE COLONELS OF THE REGIMENT
Surrey R egt. and, as the 70th were stationed in
Glasgow in the 18th Century, it was not out of place M aj . F. f. ( Frank) Snowdon, TD writes:-
for them to choose a Scottish ai r "The Lass of
Gowrie" as their march. This regiment was also " With reference to P eter Hill 's article on page
known as "the Glasgow GreyS11 on account of the 57 of the June number, may I add a furth er note of
colour of the regimental facing s. an illustrious R oya l Marine who served as Com-
manding Officer of 1/ 24 London Regt. ( The Queen's)
"The Huntingdonshire March" was the R egi- from 1910, and in the Great War until he became
mental Slow M arch of The East Surrey R egt. From Brigade Commander 142 Inf. Bde. in 191 5; H on.
1782 to 188 1 the 1st Bn. was known as the 31 st Colonel of 24th London Regt. 1920; 7th Bn. The
(Huntingdonshire) Regt. and during this time adopted Queen 's Royal Regt. and, late r, ! / 7th Queen 's Ro yal
"Lord Charles Montague's Huntingdonshire March". Regt. until 1946 :

"A Life on the Ocean Wave", the Regimental He was Col. William George Simpson, CMG,
March of the Royal Marines was also used by the DSO, TD, Commander of the Military Order of
East Surrey Regt. due to its long association with Avis of P ortugal and four times mentioned in
the Ro ya l Marines. The 1st Bn. of " The Surreys" dispatches. RM Service 1895/ 1910; served in HM S
was raised by Col. Villiers in 1702 to serve in ships, Duke of W ellin gton and in HMS Arethusa in China,
and they became known as "Vi llier's Marines)), not taki ng part in the Boxer R ebellion and in HMS T amar
becoming a regiment of foot until 17 15. The Royal in Hong Kong. In 1906, he was Adjt. of 1st (Vol. )
Marines also use the E as t Surrey's Regimental march, Bn . Northamptonshire Regt. for two years. Later he
and a Ro ya l Marine officer has been Colonel of the served in HMS Albion and N ew Z ealand and reti red
Surreys (Gen. Sir Richard Foster, the las t "Ad jutant from Ro yal Marines in 1910.
General", RM ).
I have taken some of these details from the
Those who have had the privilege of marching Book, The L ambeth and Southwark Volunteers com-
to these tunes can now perhaps app reciate the history piled by Maj. J. M. A. T amp lin, TD and I hope
behind them as it has added to the glory and trad ition the foregoing adds detail to our ver y happy relation-
of "The Regiment". ship with The Royal Marines ."

(signed ) " A. Surrey"

69

The Queen's Own Buffs
Association

MAIDSTONE REUNION, 2nd JULY, 1978 wants to expand and embrace those who a re lonely,
outcast and find no fellowship."
The parade was very well supported by
members of the Assn. and we had 11 Standards on The lesson was read by Col. Raymond Grace,
parade-9 Branch Standards and two from the ACF. President of The Associa tion, and, after the Service,
Only three entered the Competition-Maidstone, Col. and Mrs. Grace, the M ayor and Mayoress ( C llr.
Bromley and 62 C lub. The former won the Com- and Mrs. Dick Peard ), and the branch Standard
petition, the standard being carried by Mr. Tom bearers moved to the South W est Tra nsept where a
Alderson. wreath was laid at the Book of Life.

The Band of The Queens Regt. TAVR played Canterbury Cricket Week
us out of Barracks, through the town and into church,
where they provided music for the Service. The M ayor This is usually reported as ei ther being too wet;
of M a idstone took the salute and, owing to the High too hot; too little cricket; too one-sided--one team
Street being rela id, the march down and back took making more runs than the other . Perhaps this year,
longer than usual. it was too many Bishops! But as they were all good
friends of the Club and of the Regiments which the
The Service was conducted by The Very R ev. C lub represents, it is only proper that it should be
Waddington, whose address surprised us all; his talk recorded that we we re very plea sed to see them all;
on the faith and humour of those who fought in the perhaps we sha ll h ave the pleasure of their company
World War II D esert Campaign must ha ve been wel- when they are promoted to Archbishops.
comed by those who didn 't see that theatre during
the war! The week was a great success: the weather was
good; according to how you view cricket, the play was
The service was followed by the march to the good; and the number who took lunch indicated that
Reg imental Cenotaph in Brenchley Gardens, where the catering was good. M a ny thanks to Mrs. "Poppet"
a short Service was held and wreaths laid by Col.
Grace and the Mayor of Maidstone. From there, the Codrington, her staff and her husband, James ( tbe
parade marched back to the 0 ld Barracks where Col.
Grace took the sa lute. After dismissal, everyone pro- latter was always round about but never to be seen )
ceded to Oakwood College. for making the solids available at the appropriate
time. Liquid refreshmen ts also kept flowing.
CANTERBURY REUNION
Without an y statistics of cricket, which have been
This R eunion and Service of Remembrance h as reported many times, this year our tent has again
now taken place for so many yea rs that ever yone is proved a success.
conversant with its procedure. T ea and biscuits
arranged by WRVS in Longport; parade QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS GOLFING SOCIETY
forming up in Sessions House Car P ark; the march
to the Cathedral; the march back from the Cathedra l; Spring Meeting, A.G.M. and Annual Dinner
the dismission in Longport . For those without trans-
port, the slog up St. Martins Hill encouraged thirst!! The Spring meeting wa s held in very pleasant
It was great to see Maj .-Gen. R . S. N . Mans, CBE, weather at Roya l St. Georges on 15 April; 22 M em-
Colonel of The Queen's Regt., in the Cathedra l. Tht bers took part. There wa s a slight breeze ( inland
General also took the salute on the parade leaving players would have called it a strong wind ) and
the Cathedral precincts and was our guest at lunch. scores were higher than they might have been. The
During the afternoon, he must have worked up a morning's play was dominated by Hamlyn Whitty
very sore throat by speaking to so many of those who won the Bonham-Carter Cup ( Scratch prize )
present during his "walkabout". with a score of 83 and the Reeves Cup ( H andicap
prize ) with the net score of 75, beating David
A very old friend of the A ssociation, The Rev. Montgomery into second place in both . The Lyndon
Canon Tufton, gave the address and said : '!Wha t we Bell trophy was a lso won by H amlyn Whitty with
are doing springs from past and present fellowship 33 points beating David M ontgomery over the last
and serves to renew it for the future. W e should loo" 6 holes. The "Coupe de Lapins" was won by Richard
back with thankfulness to the good things of the Daniel with 31 points.
past; and one of the good things, paradoxically, to
have come out of the great evil of war, is Duke Reeves, starting a t the lOth and without
comradeship". the benefit of a drink first, struggled to the 16th
tee collecting 5 points on the way .
Of the present, he said members of the regimental
associa tion were renewing, strengthening and deepening H e then doubled his score with a hole in one
their f ellowship and added: "A good fellowship wel- and walked off with 22 golf balls, much to the
comes strangers, even if they h ave not shared the chagrin of the other six members who had accom-
exp erience out of which it was born. This fellowship plished holes in two strokes gross.

The afternoon saw a fine display of golf from
Eric Scott (10) and D avid Montgomery (10)
scoring 39 stableford points in the Grace and Sinclair

70 provided exce llent hospita lity and thoroughl y

tankards, beating into second place Owen Knox and pleasant day's golf.
Kip K eenlyside who mustered 34 points.
The Society's team was R aymond Grace (Cap-
The Society's Dinner and M eeting were held,
for a change, at the Kin g's Arms in Sandwich; the tain), Richard Daniel (H on. Sec.), Maurice D ewar
consensus was in favour of this move and the same
room has been booked for next yea r. (M atch M anage r), Pip Arno ld, Roddy Burn

The outgoing Captain, Micky Bollon, had 'flu . D avid Cobb, Tony Gay, J ohn Gillum, Frank
Laid out in his bed in what is now commonly known
as the M ormon Missionary position, he proposed J ohnson, Kip K eenliside, D avid M ontgomery and
R aymond G race as Ca ptain for the following yea r.
D ennis R yland . Michael D ewar and Richard R avenhill,
During the discussion after Dinner, it wa s agreed both Society members, pla yed for R ye.
that the Society should continue in being for as long
as humanly possible and that M embers should do as MEMORIAL
much as they can to encourage lapsed Members or
non M ember golfers to take an ac tive interest in the A M emorial Service was held at St. M ark's
Society. Garrison Church, Shornclif! e, on 9 June for Mrs.
P atricia Grace (Trish ) M acDonald, attended by some
The Committee of the Roya l St. G eorge Go lf 36 friends and members of the Association .
C lub has ag reed that next yea r's meeting be on Sa tur-
day 2 1 April. The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Officers' Club
Match v. Rye Golf Club
The Queen 's Own Officers' C lub held their
The annual match was played in glorious weather ann ual Reception and Cocktail P an y at the Army
on Saturday 29 April. The Society fi elded a team of and Navy C lub on 25 M ay; the 108 present were
12 and at lunch found themselves in the unusual received by Col. and Mrs. H . B. H . W aring. During
position of leading 3! - 2!- the reception, M a j. Gen. D . E . B. T albot was pre-
sented with a silver snuff-box and a silver tankard to
In the afternoon, we fared even better winning mark his many yea rs as Chairman of The Officers'
5 of the 6 matches and thus the Society won the match C lub and C hairman of The Queen's Own Museum
Committee It was encouraging to see a number of
overall by 8t to 3!. This was a splendid result and members who had not been able to attend for some

the best by the Society agai nst R ye for several yea rs. years, and al so one or two new ones; together they
As usual our hosts, organ ised by Michael D ewa r, helped to ach ieve the highest attenda nce for many
yea rs.

The Royal Sussex Association

Aubers Ridge-Dunkirk Parade Hall via M alrrave rs Street where the Duchess of
Norfolk, accompanied by the Mayor and M ayo ress
This annual P arade and Service was held at took the salute.
Arundel under arrangements made by the Arundel
and D istrict Branch at which H er Grace L avai nia, T ea wa s served in the H all during which M aj.
Duchess of Norfolk, C BE and the Mayor and Tailby made a speech of welcome to the Duchess
Mayoress of Arundel were present. thanking her for being present and for the interest
she took in the Branch. We are most grateful to the
The Old Comrades marched from Castle Gate, Arundel Branch for their excellent arrangements; we
stopping at the War M emorial where a wreath was would also like to express our gratitude to The R ev.
laid, then up the High Street to the Parish C hurch W eaver for allowing the Service to be held in his
lead by the Corps of Drums of the Sussex ACF. bea utiful church, and also to Capt. L. G . Butt and
Branch Standards under the direction of Mr. C. G. his Cadets for taking part in the Parade and giving
Marshal!, formed up at the entrance to the church such an excellent performance.
and the guests were met by Maj . V. M . A . T ailby,
President of the Arundel and District Branch and Next yea r, the P arade and Service will be held
Col. G . J . L angridge, TD, President of The R egi- on Sunday 13 M ay at H asti ngs when the H asti ngs
mental Association. and District Branch will be the hosts.

The Service, held in the beautiful church of The Royal Sussex Goodwood Lunch Club
St. Nicholas, was conducted jointly by the vicar -
The Rev. Michael W eaver, and The Rev. Canon In spite of a generally dreary summer the weather
Walrer Greenfield, MA, TD, Chaplai n to The R egi- was invariably fin e for the race meetings at Good-
mental Association; Col. L angridge read the lesson. wood ; in fact, for the main (July ) meeting, it was
really " glorious".
A feature of the Service was the delightful
singing of the choir and, at the end of the Service, The C lub was exceptionally well patronised at
the Cadets sounded the L ast Post and Reveille, fol- all the meetings with a record attendance during the
lowed by the National Anthem. Jul y meeting. Once again we were very pleased to

The Old Comrades then marched to St. Mary's

welcome o fficers and their fa milies from other R eg i- 71
ments, part icularly from The Queens Regt.
The Officers' Dinner Club
The Royal Sussex Stakes wa s run on Monda y The C lu b's annua l D inner was held on Friday
J8 Sept. wi th a rather poor field. The winner wa s 6 Oct. at Arundel Castle by kind invitation of M a j.
"Ribolanc", owned by Mr. Ames; trained nea r Tid- G en. The Duke of Norfolk. Col. L a ngridge presided
wo rth by R . H annon and ridden by Mr. A . ] . Wil son. and the guests included:- HE, The Roya l Nether-
After the race, Col. L angridge presented the Roya l lands Ambassador, M aj. Gen. R. S. N. M ans, Colonel
Sussex C hall enge bowl and replica to Mr. and Mrs. The Queen's Regt. and Brigadier M . M athews, The
Ames and invited them to our C lu b; here they were Provost M arshall. Over sixty serving and retired
joined by The Ear l of March and Mr. H annon. officers were present a nd we were particularly pleased
to welcome Gen. Mans and Brig . M athews, with
whom we have such close ties.

OFFICERS' DINNER ARUNDEL CASTLE

(I. to r.) : Maj.-Gen. Mans, Col. Langridge, Maj.
Johnson and Maj . Tailby

Pictures by J ames C levett of Littlehampton

Lady Whistler THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT MUSEUM
ACCESSIONS
The dea th in Apri l of Esme Whistler, widow
of Gen . Sir La shmer Whi stler, GCB, KBE, DSO, DL The splendid group of orders, decorations and
will have brought sadness to her m an y friends. medals to the late Gen. Sir L ashmer Whistler, GCB,
Vivacious and with a great sense of humour, she had KBE, DSO, DL who was Colonel of the R eg t.
the gift of putting people at their ease even on the 19 53 - 63 , have been kindl y presented by his two
most form al occasions. After Gene ral Whistler's death daughters, Mrs. Cameron and Mrs. M ackay. The
in 1963, L ady Esme continued to live at Pete rsfi eld group includes the badge and the star of a Knight
nea r her two daug hters and her eight grandchildren. Grand C ross of the most honourable Order of the
Bath ; the badge and star of a Knight Commander
Edmund Blunden Memorial Window of the most excellent Order of the British Empi re;
A M emorial Window to the poet and aut hor the badge and star of a Knight Commander of the
Edmund Blunden, who served as an officer in the Order of the H ouse of Orange; the badge of the
11th ( Southdown ) Bn . of The R egiment du ring the Order of the C rown of Belgium with palm; and the
1914- 18 War and who wro te the famous book "Un - Distingui shed Service Order with two bars (1914-
dertones of War" about his experiences, is to be 18 War ); Sierra L eone Independence M edal 1961 ;
erected in the P arish C hurch at Yalding, K ent, whe re M edal of the Order of the C rown of Belgium with
he spent his childhood and where his father was the Palm; and the Military Cross of Belgium with Palm.
schoolmaster. The proposa l is for two window panes The gift also included L ady Whistler's R egimental
to be en graved by Laurence Whistler. Badge Brooch a nd all are on display near the General 's
Anyone wish ing to help finance this project portrait in the C hichester Museum .
should send donations to " Edmund Blunden M emorial
Window", c/ o Ba rclays Bank Limited, 35 Market The signet ring of another form er Colonel of
Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk. All contributors will have the Regt.-Brig. W . L. Osbom, CB, CMG, DSO
their names recorded in Ya ld ing Church . has been presented by his n iece, Miss Evelyn Elgee
of Western Australi a who traced us with the help
of Mrs. L ee- Steere of Ockley who in turn contacted

72 April to September.

M a j. A. C. Davidson-Houston. The ring is now with Sussex Combined Services Museum, Eastbourne
Brig. O sborn's uniform and medals in the C hichester
Museum . This Museum, in the R edoubt at E as tbourne
opened in April with an exhi bition to mark the 60th
Other accessions during the yea r include a letter- Anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air F orce;
press broadsheet in colour, published in 1806 (a few meanwhile, work has continued to reduce the damp
weeks after the battle ) describing the Battle of Maida in the building and an armoury is being constructed
and the part The Regiment took in it; a helmet for our collection of wea pons. This winter, our ex-
plate of the 1st Volunteer Bn. presented by Mr. hibits, already in Ea stbourne, will be stored in the
Scroggins of the Brighton Branch; a sea kit bag; the Towner Gallery. Branches of The R egimenta l
medals of 2/Lt. ] . N. Dyke, MC and those of his Association will be g iven de tails of our display in the
brother Pte. G . C. D yke; a 1914 - 18 steel helmet Redoubt in due course.
with 4th Bn. Battle Honours painted on it; medal
rolls presented by Maj. ] . G. C. M acpherson ; and an Generous grants have been made ava ilable for
album of photographs taken by the Chaplain of the the setting up of this new museum by the Area
16th Bn. in Palestine, in 1917. Museum Service, the Army Museums Ogilby Trust,
the Eastbourne Borough Counci l and, specifica ll y for
We have received some 35 other items, several the Royal Sussex R egt. displa y, by the East Sussex
of which have been presented by members of the County Council.
R egimental Association. For all the gifts to the
Museum, the trustees are extremely grateful. Roussillon Barracks

Chichester District M useum With the remova l of the reserve collection of
Two handsome showcases for the display of exhibits to Eastbourne, the medal collection to the
medals with secure storage space in cupboards under- Chichester Museum and the deposit of 60 volumes
neath, have been placed in the museum . They were of photographs in the W est Sussex County R ecord
purchased from the bequest which was kindly made Office, only the archives and a small library remain
to the R egimental Association by the late M aj. C. R . with the museum office in Roussillon Barracks. The
Peckitt, MBE, TD. archives include an extensive collection of photo·
A special travelling exhibition provided by the graphs which are not in albums and a small number
Area Museums' Service entitled "Your Defence, Your of films. Several of the earl y films have been pro-
Heritage" (covering the period from Napoleon to cessed by the Imperial War Museum who ha ve retained
Hitler) is being mounted in the museum in the N ew the originals on deposit and issued us with copies.
Year and will be supplemented with photographs and
other material from our archives. The Museum Trustees welcome the gift of any
The museum received more than 20,000 visitors papers, diaries, pictures, medals or other items which
during the last year; it is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, have a d irect connection with the former R oyal Sussex
10 a.m..- 5 p .m . October to March, and 10 a.m.- 6 p .m. Regt.

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Mr. ]. Turner 10
AUTUMN MEETING 9 (Divot)
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R esults of the meeting held on Tues. 3 Oct., Mrs. N. H oldford 9
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Lt.-Col. ] . R. B. Worton 23 Mr. M . R. T . Walden and Mr. A. ] . R eide 22
Mr. C. D . Holdford 21 Mr. S. T . Rogers and Mr. B. Pilgrim 21
Mr. A. ] . Reide 21 Lt.-Col. T . W . Chattey and Cpl. D . Tilley 20
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VISITORS TO RHQ

W e welco m ed mauy v isitors during the last six
111011ths. Some of those w ho sig11ed the Visitors Book
( i11 chro11ological order) w ere: -

Lt. John Barr, Mr. Tolhurst (groundsman, on
retirement), Capt. Mi chael ]elf, Capt. John
M acWilliam, Brig. D avid Carter, 2/ Lt. John Noble,

2/ Lt. Geoff C ross, Col. Charles T arver, Capt. 1ack

Fakley, Maj. Mike Ball, Lt. John Price (UNSWR ),
Capt. Richard J ackson, Capt. David W ake, Band-
master ]. S. D avis, W02 J ohn Harry (UNSWR),
Lt.-Col. Gavin Bulloch, Lt.-Col. P eter Barrow, Maj.
Euan C hristian, Maj. Peter Gybbon-Monypenny,
W02 Steve Thom pson (RN ZAC), Col. K en Dodson,
Maj. j ack East, Maj . Alan O 'Hagen, Lt.-Col. Foster
H erd, Maj. Patrick Gwilliam, Maj. P eter Aitkens,
Col. I an Battye, Lt.-Col. Bill Molloy (former CO
UNSWR ), M aj. and Mrs. Ron Morris, M a j. and
Mrs. P eter Hill, Capt. John Rogerson, Brig . C harles
Millman, Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Mark T arver, WO!
M aloney.

74 T hough the U D R takes pride in being a unit
of the Regu lar Army, it differs from other regiments
QUEENSMEN HELP TO TRAIN in a number of wa ys . O ne of these is that th ree-
quarters of the force is made up of part-time soldiers
VOLUNTEER CITIZEN-SOLDIERS who, after a normal da ys work, report to their U DR
bases fo r eight-hour duty stints on two or three nights
( E x tracts from a PR publication from H Q Uls1er a week. An y night of the week will fin d abo ut 1,000
of them in uniform and on operations; this figu re
D efen ce R egt . received O cr. '78 ) doubles at weekends.

T ackling a challenging job in Northern Ireland But while the backbone of the force remains
with a unique volunteer citizen-soldier force are eight
offi cers and SNCO s of The Q ueen's Regt. They are these 6,000 part-timers, the U DR's day-time capa-
among more than 120 Regulars, drawn from some 5• bility has been steadi ly developed by the build-up of
Regiments and Corps, who are filling trai ning and its full-time element to more than 2,000 soldiers-
administrat ive posts at the regimental and battalion so improving the Regiment's round-the-clock effective -
headquarters of the U lster D efence Regt.- the ness and strength that it has now been allocated
youngest and largest infantry regiment in the British eleven tactica l areas of responsibility, p rov idi ng first-
Army. line military support for the police.

Serving wi th the lOth (City of Belfast) Bn. of T here can be no clearer indication that the
the UDR are Queen's trio L t. -Co l. T . L. (Tim) authorities consider the Regiment is fi t to ca rry out
Trotman, the commaqding officer; M aj . P. A. ( Paul ) any operational task that would normally be demanded
G ray, training major; and W02 Ian Lawrence. And of the Regular Army in Northern Ireland- with the
attached to the 5th ( County L ondonderry ) Bn. are one exception of crowd control and riot d uty in
M aj. Andrew Cowing ( training ma jor) and W0 cit ies, tasks for which the U DR has not been trai ned.
D avid M oore, the RSM.
This yea r, U DR riflemen performed impress ively
Both of these units have been linked with The at Bisley where one of its teams took 16th place in
Queen 's Division under a recently-introduced system a ma jor units champ ionshi p in which 64 teams com-
a ffili ating a specific division of infantry with each of peted; another tea m ( 2 U DR ) was just pipped by a
the eleven U DR battalions. Also attached to the UD. . Gurkha tea m for first place in the snapshooting
are Capt. S. W . ( Stan ) Billet, QM with the ~ · ( F alling Plate ) competition.
( County D own ) Bn . with which h is da ughter, 20-
year-old T eresa, is also serving as a "Greenfinch " These successes at Bisley, and on the N ijmegen
(a woman soldier of the UDR ); W O ! D avid Sharp, M arches, and the Reg iment's increasing participation
RSM with the 9th ( County Antrim ) Bn ; and W CJ in annual camps in England and in many other
R. H . (Roy ) Barnes, W0 2 trai ning at RHQ. acti vities- such as pipe band championships and
sporting and other events- are bringing the U DR
The 8,000 men and women whom they are even wider accepta nce as part of the Regular F orce.
helping to train and admin ister, conduct their anti-
terrorist operations from bases in all six counties of U nlike the attached Regulars who Jive in accom-
the Province- ranging from Enniskillen, in F er- modation provided by the Army, all U DR soldiers,
managh's south-west "Lake District" to Lam e, more including the 75 0 "Greenfinches", live in their own
than 100 miles away on the north-east coast of homes; the latter are recruited directly into the U DR
Northern Ireland ; and from Ballykelly, site of a and wea r the same badge as the men . They are not
former RAF station on L ondonderry's north coast
down to Armagh, bordering the Republic of Eire. part of the WRA C.

It is nearly nine years since The UDR was T oday, most of these citizen-soldiers operate
formed and its increasing professionalism and from new purpose-built centres, with their own fi ring
effectiveness as an anti-terrorist force is becoming ranges, armouries, messes and helicopter pads. As
noted by military experts at home and ab road . recruits join, they are given eight days intensive
training and subsequently expected to comp lete at
Brought into being to support the regular forces least 12 full days training a year, including three at
in Northern Ireland in measures protecting the border annual camp. U DR offi cers attend courses at the
and the State aga inst armed attack and sabotage, its RMA S andhurst, and all ranks may attend courses
tasks range from making foot and vehicle patrols and at other Army schools such as the School of In fa ntry
manning checkpoints and roadblocks, to guarding vital
installations and search ing out caches of terrorist at Warminster.
weapons. It operates boat patrols on the Province's Although members of this uniq ue regiment
loughs to prevent arms smuggling and p ut soldiers
ashore in surprise landings to set up snap vehicle (wh ich serves operationally only in Northern Ireland )
checkpoints. H elicopter airlifts furth er increase its may leave after giving 28 days notice, large numbers
m obil it y. in fact serve on for years and many of the soldiers
today have been with the U DR since its formation
The Reg iment h as its own fl eet of locally-built
Shorland armoured ca rs and its role has become more at the beginning of 1970.
varied as it has developed its search techniques. Each M ost of the Regimental headquarters staff
battalion now has a special search team, trained by
the Roya l Engineers in England, while the UDR 's ( headed by the Commander UDR ) are attached
dog-handlers are trained by the Royal Army Regulars, and in all battalions, attached R egulars
Veterinary Corps. fill the posts of Commanding O ffi cer, Training M a jor,
QM, Training WO, R SM , C hief Clerk, SNCO ( In-
And because of their deep local knowledge, the telligence), W eapon Training Instructor and
potential of UDR soldiers for gathering information Armourer. S ome of the P ay Sergeants are also
is of considerable va lue to the police and to the
R egular Army with whose operations those of the R egulars.
U DR are fully integrated, through the G O C, N orthern All battalion seconds-in-command are p art-time
Ireland and the hea dquarters of the three Regular
Army brigades based in the Province. UDR; at company level too, most of the O Cs are
part-timers, with onl y the full-time companies h aving

a permanent cadre (full-time) UDR O C.
The Commander UDR is responsible for all as-

pccts of command except for operational tasking of 75
the Reg iment which is controlled by the GOC through
the three Regular Brigades- 8 Bde. with headquarters were on duty ( or available for duty ) for three weeks.
in Londonderry ; 3 Bde. at Portadown and 39 Bde. The following summer, the Regiment was call ed out
at Lisburn where Army H eadquarters Northern Ire- for "Operation M otorman", and 5,300 UDR soldiers
land and HQ UDR are also based. reported for duty. In 1976, when violence reached a
High points in the UDR's operations since it high level, there wa s a selecti ve ca ll -out for fi ve
battalions, along with elements of a sixth ; and in
was form ed ha ve included the R egiment's mobi lisation 1977 there were two general call-outs- the first to
for a spell of full-time serv ice when internment was counter a Protestant workers' strike and the second
introduced in 197 1 and some 3,000 UDR soldiers to boost security during the Queen 's visit to No rthern
Ireland .

THE FIRST AND SECOND NEW ZEALAND CAMPAIGNS

by Capt. D. S. Carter (1st Bn.)

When I was first approached to produce an for the excellent map he produced and for his peaceful
dealings with the M aoris.
article for the Journal ( as "our Foreign Cor- After Cook, came the whalers, traders, and mi s-
respondent") , I s ugg es ted that a few notes on the
New Zealand Campaigns might be appropriate, par- s ionaries; trafficking in arm s to the M aoris began and
grad uall y frantic competition for these new weapons
ticularly as many of our forbear R egts. and both " for a tribe that possessed them not, was doomed to
our affiliated New Zea land Battalions, were involved.
Because of the tight deadline, both the scope extinction". Such trade attracted every type of ruffi an
to New Zealand and outrages upon the M aoris
and research of the article were limited and there- followed . Drink, disease, and moral degradation we re
fore the acc uracy of one or two facts may well be
disputed; I make no apology for this as I have based combatted by the arrival of the missionaries and
it on information immediately available to me; if worship of the Maori gods was gradually replaced by
C hristianity. Some attempt was made to contain the
there is interest in a more length y history, I shall be growing lawlessness by the appointment in 1853, of
happy to oblige, given the time and reference material.
( At this stage, sometime post- 1990 looks fairly clear! ) James Busby as British Resident. Then, in 1839, the
reluctantl y decided to extend
Since the N ew Zealand Campaigns of the 1840s, British G o ve rnm en t to the country and Captain
60s and 70s are among the lesser known of those in British Sovereignty
William Hobson, RN was appo inted Lieutenant
which the British Army was involved, some back- Governor with instructions to negotiate a settlement
ground is required ( in TEWTing terms) to set the
scene; a potted history of early N ew Zea land may with the Maori P eople. M eeting as equals, the leadi ng
M aori chiefs and representatives of the C rown signed
also help, particu larly the less fortunate suba lterns the Treaty of W aitangi on 6 F eb. 1840 . Th is was an
of the 1st Bn . who still think New Zea land is part of
that other large island in the South P aci fic! attempt to set standards for the development of har-
monious race relations for, although sovereignty was
N ew Zealand was discovered and settled over ceded to the British Crown, the view was take n that
the Maoris who had a high ly de-
1000 years ago by with strong social and r i t u a li sti c all propert y belonged to the M aoris unless purchased
veloped civilisation
by the Government.
customs.
From the "Great Migration ", about 40 tribes It was in the same yea r that the first British
troops were seen in New Zealand ; eighty of the 100
developed into large territorially-based units; for most troops authorised for the country came from Australia.
politica l purposes however, the sub-tribe was the An application for reinforcements ( in 1843 ) was at
effective unit with strong local ties, very definite first refu sed by the British Government as the British
boundaries and membership . Army was already engaged in Afghanistan. Circum-
stances, however, were too strong for them ; pressure
Land occupied by the sub-tribes was communally of European migration brought increasing contact be-
owned and worked, only permitted to be disposed tween Maori and Pakeha and the results were not
of by agreement of all the owners. Economica lly, the
M aori lived close to the land, with fi sh, birds and always happy. In many areas antagonism arose, not
his own agricul tural produce providing food . helped by the mischief-making French and American
trade rs. The need for land could no longer be con-
He was, however, from a warrior race. Military tained by the ideals formulated at the Treaty of
training was his greatest recreation and his source of and more was being illegally
pride; traditional Maori history is dominated by tales W aitangi and more M ao ris. D esp ite many eff arts to
of wa rrior fe ats and battles. " purchased" from the
settle this question, it was onl y a matter of ti me
In 1642, Abel Tasman, the Dutch navigator, before the Europea ns and Maoris came to blows.
sighted the country and named it Staten Land, ( a At what became known as the Wairau M assacre
name later changed by Dutch geographers to Nieuw 1843 , 22 Europeans and four M ao ris met
Zeeland). T asman had, in fact, sighted the west coast of 17 June in a clash between Chief T e R auparah a
of South Island and now sa iled north to make his their death
first landing on it's north coast where he had the and an English surveyors party. At K ororaraeka, in
misfortune to "come into conflict with the M aoris" the far north, Chief Hone H eke, in repeated acts of
Although he continued his voyage, eventually reaching defi ance, cut down the British flag staff no less than
the northern tip of the country, he made no furth er four times. There followed, during the next four
attempt to land.
There are no records of any other European yea rs a pattern of fighting which has been likened
to a "fire in the fern" . The conduct of this campaign
visitors until Captain James Cook ( in 1769 ), noted