June 1971

The Journal of
THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 5, No. 2 June, 1971

Battle Honours to be borne on The Colours

The Regi nt.ental Colour:
14Tangler, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," HQfbraltar, 1704-5," "Blenhelin," "Ra.mlllles," "Malplaquet," 04Det-
tlngen," "Loulsburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," ''Martinlque, 1762," "St. Luc la, 1778,"
11Serlngapata.m," "Malda,'' "Vlmlera," "Corunna," "Douro,'' "Talavera," •'Aibuhera.,'' "Almaraz,"
''Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vlttorla," " Alghanistan, 1839," " Punniar," ''Moodl{ee," "Sobraon," ulnkerman,"
"Sevastopol," "Lucknow," "Taku Forts," "New Zealand," "South Africa, 18'79,'' HNUe, 1884-85," " Burma,
1885-8'7," "Chltral," 41 ReUef of Lad ysmlth," "Relief of JGmbe rl ey," "South Africa, 1899-1902," "Korea 1950-51.'"

Th e Queen' s Colonr :
uMons," "Marne, 1914:-18," "Alsne, 1914/' "Ypres, 1914-15-17-18," ''H.lll 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Somme:,
1916, 18," "Aibert, 1916, 18," 44Vimy, 1917," "Cambral, 1917, 18," "Hindenburg Line," "Italy, 1917-18," uMace-
donia, 1915-18," "Galllpoll, 1.915," "Gaza," "Jerusalem," " Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut al Amara,"
"Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," 'lJlwtklrk, 1940," N11 ormandy Landing," "North
West Europe, 1940, 44-45," "Abysslnla, 1941," "Omars," "Alam el Halfa," " El Alamein," ''Longstop Hlll,
1948," "North Africa, 1940-48," " SicUy, 194:8," "Sangro," "Salerno," " A.nzlo," "Cassino," "Italy, 1948-45,"
"Malta, 1940-4.2," ''Malaya, 1941-42," "Hong Kong," " D efe n ce o f J{ohima," "Burma, 1948-45."

ALLIED COLONELS-IN-CHIEF
His Majesty lUng Frederlk IX, King of Denmarl<, K .G., G.C.B ., G.C.V.O.

H e r Majesty Queen Jullana, Queen of the Nethe rlands

COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT
IJeutenant-General Sir Richard C raddock, K.B.E ., C.B ., D.S.O.

DEPUTY COLONELS

Major-General F . A . H . Ling, C.B ., C.B.E., D .S.O., Brigadie r R. E. Loder, C .B .E.
D .L (Surrey) (Susse x)

Major-Ge neral C. H . Tarver. C.B ., C.B.E ., D.S.O., D .L . Colone l A. S . J. de S. C layto n . D .L .
(Kent) (Middlesex)

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS
Howe Barracks, Cant erbury, K e n t . Telephon e : Can terbury 65281 .

Regime n tal Secre t a r y: Major G. U . W eymouth, M .B.E.
R egime n tal Assoc iation Secr e t ary : Lt.-Col. F. W . Hann , O.B.E.

COUNTY OFFICES

Queen's Surreys Office : Ma j. F . J . R eed and Maj. P . G . E . Hill (Tel.: Kingston 6248)
Queen's Own Buffs O ffi ce : Col. H . R. G r a ce, O.B.E ., D .L ., J .P ., a nd M a j . M . G . M . Arc h e r, M .C.
(T e l. : Cante rbury 65281, ext. 61 )
Royal Sussex Office: Lt.-Co l. E . G . Hollls t (T el. : C h ic h es te r 86311. ext . 28)
Mlddle oex Office : Col. F . W a lden, M .B .E ., D .L . (Tel.: Edgware 2625)

1st B a tta lio n REGULAR UNI TS
2nd Battalion
3rd B a tta lio n - i"l ontg ome r y B a rrac k s, B e rlin , U.F.P.O . 45.
4th B a ttalion The Queen 's -Albuhe r a B a rrack s, W e rl, B .F .P .O . 106.
R egt., Albuhera Coy. - Abe rco rn B a rrack s, B a lly ldnle r, N . Ire la nd.
-Risb o rou g h B arrack s, S homcliffe, K en t.

DEPOT THE QUEEN'S DIVI SION

C omma ndin g Officer : Lt.-Col. W . C. D e lle r , O.B .E ., R Ang li a n .
Sen ior Regime ntal R e presenta tive: Ma j. J . V . W a rner-Johnson.

T & AVR BATTALIONS

5th (Volunteer ) Bn.-Le r os T . & A .V .R . Centre , St:urr y Roa d , Cante rbury, }{e nt.
( Hon. C ol.: T h e Rt. Hon. Si1· Rob ert M en zi es, K .T. , ·c. H ., Q.C. )

6th (Voluntee r ) Bn .-Brand e r H ou se, Broomhill R oad, Wands w o rth, S .W.18.
7th (V olunteer ) Bn.-T. & A .V.R . Centre, D e nn e Ro a d , Hors h a m, S u sse x

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

C.C.F . Sc hool C ontingen ts
Ardlngly College ; Brighton College; Collyers S c hool (Hors ham); C r a nbrook S c hool ; Cranlelgh School ;
Dove r College; Eastbourne College; Famham Gr a mmar ; H a b e rdashers' A ske's School; Hampton
Grammar School ; IDghgate S c hool ; Hurstple rpolnt College; John Lyon School ; The Judd School ; King's
School, Canterbury; Kingston Grammar School ; Mill Hill School; Ottershaw School ; Reeds School ;
Relgate Grammar School; Royal Gramma r School (Guildford); Sir Roger Manwood's School (Sandwich );
St. Edmund's S c hool (Canterbury); St. John's S c hool (Lea the rhead) ; St. Lawre nce College (Rams gate );
The Skinners School (Tunbrldge Wells); Tonbridge School ; Whltglft School; Wllllam Ellls School ;

Wilsons Gramma r School.

A .C.F . Uni t s / Sub-U n i t s Cade t Coy. No. 25
G r eBJter London : Cadet Coys.
N os. 194 (Hou n s low ), 195 (Sta in es ), 205 (Will esd e n ), 211 (E dg-
N.E . Lond on Sector Cadet Coys. w a r e ), 225 (T otte n h a m ), 226 (Hornsey).
N.W. London Sector Cadet Bns .
Nos. 141, 143. 144. 146, 147. 151 to 156, 161 to 166.
S .W. L ond on Sector Cad et Bns. 1s t 2nd and 5th Cad et Bns. , T h e Qu ee n 's R egim e n t (Sur r ey
Cadet Coys. A .C.F. ).
S urr e )' : Cad et P is. 1s t 2n d and 3rd Ca d e t Bn s., Th e Qu een 's R egim ent (K e nt A .C.F .).
No. 6 (C r aw le y) a nd M ayfi e ld C oll eg e.
K e nt : Nos. 2 (Seaford a nd N ew h a ven ) , 3 (H ast in gs), 4 (L ew es), 7
Susse x: (Ch ich ester) , 8 (C row boroug h ), 10 (E astbourn e), 11 (H ors ha m ), 13
( Shore h a m ), 14 (B ex h ill ), 15 (Brig hton ) , 17 (Bog nor ), 18 (Littl e-
ha mpton ).

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ALLIANCES

CANADA (to be confinned l
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American R eglment) (R.C.A .C.).
The South Alberta IJght Horse.
50th Field Artillery Reglment (The Prince of Wales Rangers) (R.C.A.),
3rd (Militia) Battalion, The Queen's Own RUles of Canada.
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.
The Royal New Brunswick Reglment (Ca.rleton and York) .
The Essex and Kent Scottish.

AUSTRALIA
The Royal New South Wales Reglment.
The University of New South Wales Regiment.
The Royal Western Australla Regiment.

NEW ZEALAND
!nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast) The Royal New Zealand Infantry

Regiment.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranak.i) The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

PAKISTAN
12th, 14th, 15th and 17th Battalions, The Punjab Regiment.

SIERRA LEONE
The Royal Sierra Leone Military Force.

ZAMBIA (to be confinned)
The Zambia Reglment.

HONG KONG
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) .

EDITORIAL

Owing to a heavy in crease in costs (printing and postage), we are
endeavouring to keep the Journal to approximately 60 pages so as to avoid
having to put up charges. It is intended, however, that quality shall not suffer,
so if you have a good story to tell, let us have it; the chances are that we'll still
be able to pubish it.

We welcome, in this issu e, news from our two new T & AVR battalions
who have obviously got off to a good start.

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Editor : c 0 nt e nt s

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

Regimental Headquarters.
Howe Barracks.
Canterbury , Kent.

Cap Badge

Collar 6adge Editorial Page
Butto n Forecast of Events - 1971
The 1st Battalion 3
The 2nd Battalion 6
The 3rd Battalion 7
The 4th Bn. Albuhera Coy. 15
The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion 19
The 6th (Volunteer) Battalion 29
The 7th (Volunteer) Battalion 31
Depot , The Queen's Division 35
The London Gazette 38
Birth, Marriages and Deaths 40
Obituaries 43
The Regimental Association 44
A ll i a n c e s 45
Around the Counties 48
Journal Orde.r Form 52
Loose leaf insert- 54
64
"The Queen's Regiment" Centre
Spread

Printers: COVER PICTURE

Kent County Printers T he Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, MBE, MP, visits the
Cante rbury and Herne Bay 1st Bn. in Berlin and tal ks with Cpl. H. A . Warr.
1\taj.-Gen. T he Earl Cathcarl, DSO, MC, GOC
Kent
B e rlin, is in the centre.
Picture b y A .P .R. , HQ B e rlin

6 18 1/ 4th B n ., Th e Buffs Reu ni on Dinn e r , Cou n ty
Hote l, Cante rbury .
forecast of Events-1971
30/ 1 O ct. Que en 's Surreys Golf Soci e ty Autumn
Jul~' Meeting, Richmond.

Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Society Match v. October
K ent Cou nty Constabulary, Leeds Castle.
13 4th !Uee;ting of the Managing Trustees. Queen's Surreys Offi ce rs ' C lub - Annua l
14/ 20 Maids ton e C ri c l<et W eek . Dinn e r.
18 Queen's Own Buffs A ssociation- Annual R e-
union , Ma.idstone. Queen's Surreys WOs' a nd Sgts' Association
18 Quee n 's Own Buffs Golfing Soci ety Match v . Ladi es' Dinn e 1· a nd D a n ce . Kings ton .
Liphook GC.
24 Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Socie ty M atc h v. 15 Qu ee n's Surreys Association Annual R eu nion '
North H a nts GC. Kings ton ,
27/ 31- Royal Sussex Officers' C lub - Goodwood
R a c es. 16 6th Bn ., Queen 's Own Annual R e union a nd
31- 6 Aug. Ca nterbury Cricket W ee!<. (Tent Dinn e r . Brom ley Un ited S e rvices Club.
arra n gemen t s by Qu een 's Own Buffs Office.)
16 Annual R e union Lunc h, 11 t h Bn ., The Qu een 's
August Own (Corfe's Irregulars) at t he River Room
1 Queen 's Own Buffs Association- Annual R e- Natio n a l Lib e r a l C lub, Whi te h a ll Place, L on:
don, S .W .1.
union a n d Servi ce of R em embrance, Canter-
bury. November
27/ 28 Roy a l Sussex Officers' C lub - Goodwood
Races. 12 Office rs' C lub Cocl<tail Party, Ho u se of Com-
mons.
September
8 S e vastopol Da:v- 2nd Bn. 12 Roya l Sussex R ~g imental A ssociation Rem em-
9 Salemo Day-1st Hn. brance Day Ceremon y, W estminster Abbey.
13 Quebec Day--3rd Bn.
14 Royal Sussex Officers' Club-Goodwood Rac es 14 Queen's Surreys Association Rem embrance
Day P arades, Kingston a nd Guildford.
(Royal Sussex Stakes).
23 9th M eeting of T h e Regimental Comm ittee,
Londo n .

26 Ro yal Sussex R egim e ntal A ssociation- Battl e
of Pinwe Reunion Dinne r, London.

Meritorious Service Medal Mainly About People

W e congratulate WOI R. L. S. Sharman on Col. C. F . Stal!ard, KC, DSO, j)JC, ED, who
on his award of the MSM, announced in Army served at one tim e with the Queen 's Own, E ast
Order 3/ 1971 of 30th January, 1971. Surreys and the Middl esex Regim e nts ce le brated
his lOOth birthday at him h ome n ear Johannes-
Joi n t Serv ices Stall College burg on the 4th June.

W e congratulate the following who success- The Colonel of the Regiment sent the follow-
fully compl et ed a course at the JSSC which en d ed ing cable to Col. Stallard: "Con gratula tion s and
on 18th D ecember, 1970: Majors M. V. Hayward, b est wishes on achi evi n g your Century, from AJl
MBE and C. T . F . West. Ranks the Queen's R egiment".

Maj. Gen . J. B. Dye, CBE, MC, Colon e l Com- Thi s s plendi.d old ·wa1-rior is c£ s nb sc1'ib e1· to
mandant Queen's Divis ion, relinquished his the Jon1·1wl} bless hhn.- Ed .
a ppointment as GOC Eastern District a nd took
up his n ew appointment as Director of Volun- For his "Chri stmas Caro ls (with a differ-
teers, T er r itorials and Cad ets on 15th March, e n ce)"- page 33 of t h e March , 1971 iss u e of this
1971 . Journa l- Capt. D. A. B ever idgc, form erly Sig n a ls
Offi cer, 3 QUEENS, r ece ived a n ex-gratia award
Lt.-Col. A. G. Jones call ed in at RHQ on 28th of £3 from th e Editor .
April (whilst on a n official vis it to HQ 2 Bde. at
Shorncliffe). H e tells us that H Q 5 Div, w h er e h e Maj. S. T . W . A n d e rso n h as b een playing
is GS01, is c los ing down on 1st Octobe r, 1971. hockey for the Army.

Maj. J. S. Blanford. DFC, notified a ch a n ge Col. D e rek A . W ill ows . first Commandin g
of address (on 4th May) as follows: Pantiles, Offi ce r of 5 QUEENS (V) and now T e rritorial
Woodland Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent. Colonel South East District, h as been appointed
a Deputy Li eutenant for K ent.
Maj. G. W. (George ) D u ffi e ld , a we ll-known
characte r to many old Queen's Own m embe rs, Lt.-Col. H. J. A. Moore, OBE, was appointed
retired from the Civilian Employment a nd Pay MA, Phnom P e nn , in May, 1971.
Office est a blis hm e nt at Shorncliffe on 1s t April.
George lives in Underhill Road, Shorncliffe , K ent.

Col. W. W . Etches, OBE. MC, s upe rced ed
Col. C. A . L . Shipley, DSO , as R egim e ntal S ec r e-
tary of the Royal Regiment of Fu s ilie r s on 13th
May.

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The l st Battalion

Bn. H Q Quebec Coy.
C O : Lt.-Co l. B . A. M . Pie low ; 2IC: M a j . D . P . OC: Maj. H. M. du V . Loha n; 2IC: Capt. S.

C ronin: Adjt. : Capt. R. T . W . Me llotte; Ass is tant M Dowse; CSM : WOn Pearson; CQMS : C/ Sgt.
Adjt.: Lt. P . G . Truman; IQ : Ca pt. M. J. Jarra tt ; Donn elly; Morta r P I: Capt. S . J . Y a t es; Atk PI :
Qps a nd Trg Offr: Ca pt. B. A. Ca r ls ton ; RSM : Lt. R. Gancz; As ll Pnr PI : WOII Whittle.
WO! J . M. L ew is, ORCS: C/ S g t .. M . Fl yn n .
Sevastopol Coy.
Tan g ie r Coy. OC : Ma j. R. D. Fish er ; CSM: WOn Alla n :
OC: Maj. J . D . W . R e id ; 2IC : Ca pt. P. F.
CQMS : C / Sgt. R ey n olds; RSO : Lt. R. N . Co l-
Packham: CSM : WOn Prior; CQMS: C/ Sg t. bourne; RMO : Capt. C. N . O'N Digges; RAMC :
W ate r s; PI Comds: 2/ Lts. P . R. Hitc h cocl< a n d OC R ecce PI : Capt. D . M. Tuc k er; Bandmaste r :
A . A. A . Bea tti e. WO! C rich ton ; SS! APTC D en t; Drum Major :
Sgt. Maloney; Pro Sgt. : Sgt. Burford.
H o lla nd Coy.
O C: Maj . i'vi. E . C . Rixon ; CSM: WOn Quinn ; A lbuhera CO)'·
OC: Maj . P . D . J . C lark e; 2IC: Capt. D . M
CQMS: C/ Sgt. Ebbens; PI Comds: Lts. R. P .
Swan son a nd D . P . L . H odgetts. F a lcke; QM: Capt. R. E . B. Morris; QM (T ech ):
Capt. L . M. Wilson ; MTO: Lt. K . Yonwin ; Pmr :
I<irke's (Sobraon ) Coy. Capt. A . Martin, MBE, RAPC; F a milies' Off : Lt.
OC: M a j. J . B . S. Polla rd ; 2IC: Ca pt. M . F .
s. w . Billett; RQMS : won R ippon ; CSM : w o n
Howard; CSM : WOn B lackwe ll ; CQMS: C/ Sg t .
Di c k en s; P I C omds: Lts. J . C. Acworth a nd A . C. Briggs; CQMS : C/ S~t . P ea r s on ; C hi e f C le rk
Mi ev ill e. RAPC: S/ Sgt. Mays , RAPC: SQMS ACC: SQMS
Turn e r A CC; Armoure r;: S / Sgt. W a ll , REME.

A n a ttractive display
of Guidon s in the
ent ra n ce rto
Battalion HQ.

Pictur e by A .P .R. ,
HQ B e rlin.

8 "They w ent thataway!"
(Exercise "St-atus Quo IX")
Editorial
Picture by A .P .R., HQ BAOR.
SOBRAON COY. have won Kirke's Company
campaign for us , The Queen's Birthday P arade-
Award. They took over the Banner anrl a nd a seasons-worth of r eh earsals; the Allied
Title from Tangier Coy. on Ypres Day, 23.rcl Rifle Meeting (lots of camaraderie a nd a good
April. Maj. John Pollard and many of his lunch); training and fl eld-flring at H a lte rn
merry men are pictured elsewhere- both on follow ed by company tests in B e rlin; the B erlin
a nd off parade. Well done , Kirke's Sobraon Tattoo- a compan y a ttack for Kirkes; T ang ier
Coy. Coy. off to LARZAC-for s un, swimming a nd
APC training ; anti-tank and mortar con centra-
Our Berlin v is itors' booi< is h app il y fillin g-up tions for Quebec Coy.-the Assault Pioneers are
w ith the names of illustrious a nd important gettin g on ni cely with the Britis h B erlin Go lf
people and fri e nds. Course ; a nd a final three-week flin g for th e
Battalion south of Winterberg in Octobe r.
Ge n . Sir Geoffrey Baker, GCE, C MG, CBE,
M C, ADC, visited u s on 8 th M a r c h durin g his So far w e h aven't been a lerted for a second
fa rewe ll tour; it was good to see h1m a nd to tour of North e rn Ireland; 3rd Bn ., pl ease g e t it
s how him th e Batta lion . A s we w 1·itc, we loo l< nicely buttoned-up before we becom e vulnerable!
forward to the visit of th e n ew CG S, Ge n . Sir
Mi chael Ca rver , GCE, CBE , DSO, MC, ADC By the tim e t h ese n otes are publis h e d we w ill
(Ge n ) on 15t h June. have celebrated Albuhera Day a nd The Glorious
First of June a nd a bit more of the R egimen tal
The Prim e Minister v is ited us in B erlin see lore of t h e 1s t Bn . will have b een fix e d in p eople's
our cove r pic ture with Cpl. W arr of Sevastopol minds for th e futur e.
Coy., holding cou rt.
BERLIN BEl NACHT, by I<irke's Coy.
The Rt. Rev. John T aylor Hughes, MA, Bis hop
of Croydon , call ed in on 8th M a r c h a nd th e R ev. This qua rte r w e sh ou ld h ave lik ed to t ell you
Rupe rt E. Davi es , MABD. Pres id ent Method is t a bout our training w ith fri ends in Co. C 2nd/ 6th
Confe ren ce, paid a fri e ndly ca ll a week la t er. US Infantry in W . Ge rmany, our successful
"sweep" on Exercise "Status Quo IX" when, with
Lt.-Col. Dere k Bis h op came ove r from H ea d- e lements o f Force B B e rlin Police, we gave th e
quarte r s Qu een's Division; Lt.-Col. J ac k Fl et c h e 1· enemy a nasty scare. a nd our successes in th e
came up from the 2nd Bn.; Lt.-Col. Brian Ma rci- Kirke Coy. Orienteering a nd Drill. However our
a ndi came over from th e Junior Infa ntrym a n's s ubj ec t this tim e is to b e "B e rlin Night Life"-·
Battalion at Shorncliffe; a nd Lt.-Col. J o hn Moore pe rhaps b eca use we a re known for night worl<:!'
w ill have visited by th e tim e this is published.
S ince our a rrival certain experts on this sub-
The Grade 2 Majors' vis its a re coming a long j ect h ave been est a bli s h ed but as in a ll t hin gs
w e ll and it r eally is good to see m embe r s of th e
R egiment up he re in B e rlin.

Members of P arliament come in delegations
to B erlin; the Press keep up a fa irly s teady
trickle; Flig ht Cadets come over from RAF
C ranw e ll , a nd Junior Infantrymen a nd Cad e t s of
all sorts roll up from tim e to time. What it is to
be popular!

Many thanks to a ll those in the 2nd Bn., who
turned-out to watch our team in the BAOR Soc-
cer Final on the 13th March at S ennelager. W e
a re sorry we didn't win for you, but at least w e
kept you th e r e for a replay! Next seaso n w ill
s tart with a w eek e nd inter-compan y l<noc k-out
competition at H a ltern in July. The s quad are
being pushed through Coaching and Skills
cou rses; th e s umm er w ill give them a s hort rest.

W e a im to fit in some Cricket a nd Athletics.
Sailing a nd Canoe ing are already in full-swing;
we run th e Berlin Britis h Can oe C lub a nd a 1m
to make can oeing a popular a nd a ttractive pas-
tim e. The British Berlin Yacht Club is a lmos t on
our doorste p ; in the first fortnig h t of the Season
we qualified on e B class helmsman and two C
c lass. Th e club has Pirates and Bosuns for train-
ing a nd Enterprises for racing. Th e re is a lso a
Soling for aspiring international helmsm en , and
if you don't t hink it blows in B erlin then ask
this sub-ed itor : he's already been ove r once !

On 15th Ap r il w e joined F orce B of th e W est
Berlin P o lice in E xercise "Status Quo IX", w hi c h
takes th e form of a joint police a nd military
exe r c ise in the Grlinewald . 1 CHESHIRE a nd th e
German Police found 50 tenacious t e rrorist-sabo-
teurs who had to b e flu s h ed and rounded-up.
Search cordon, destroy, river-crossing, platoon
attacks, a ll muddled-up in "Cops a nd Robb e r s,"
mad e for a busy and interesting exercise that en-
hanced respect for a nd wGrking re la ti ons with
the German Police.

Our equ iva le nt of t h e BAOR S eason w ill .in -
clu<le the Alli e d Fo rces Day Para d e- a marc hm g

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mi li tary , no "DS" s o lution is offe red . Berlin ni g ht BERLIN TRAINING b y H olla nd Coy.
life is second to non e but exp e ns ive a nd pre para-
tor·y drinking is best carried out in t he var ious D esp ite t he fact t ha t Berlin is a major capi-
NAAFI C lubs b etween barrac l<s and th e ni g ht tal city, there is no s hortage of woods a n d
s pots. u/ors ts 11 an d thus, of training a reas. Th ese range
from the French Ta nk Training Area in the
Phas e I of th e nig ht assault is norma lly a North , through the extensive Griinewald, to
ca ll at "th e Spitze" which is a s tudent-com e- Dau e rwa ld in the American Sector to th e South;
journa list h au n t ju st off th e KUrfurs te ndamm . those most used by the Company are. however.
B ee r is onl y DM2 or (25pJ a g lass. the piani s t Spandau, Gatow a nd Grlin ewa ld C, B a nd A. Th e
plays most tun es and is rep laced by li ve ly taped- la tter t e nds a lso to be the h aunt of n udists (un-
mus ic wh e n drin kin g, a nd th e patro ns a re c h eery. fortunately male!) whose reaction to the occa-
Sharp e lbows a r e a n asset. Phase II is ofte n a s iona lly "sti rre d -up" horne t s n est afford li g ht
film (uncensored ) and. one club, "Th e Babalu," re li e f to APC training! In add ition, there are
offers a bout four pe r nt ght. B eer, however, is s till adequate ra nge fac ilities and one can, A ssau lt
onl y DM3 a nd on a good n ight the waitresses Pioneers permitting, also boat across the R avel-
a dd to the pe rforman ce. Phase III can eith er be more of whi c h later!
a discotheque or nig ht club a nd cabaret· The
"B lac k Bottom" a n d The " Bourbon " are popula r So far this year, w e have ma inly concentrated
but ex pensive. Also fan c ied is The Scotch Club on Section, Platoon a nd Inte rnal Security Battle
13, with a good fl oor s how and dancing to Drills: many a " Bandit" Ca mp- of which the
Afrique (guitar) and his recording band (LPs Berlin e rs are probably u naware - has been
on s how to prove it ). I f Jaekie L ee is in t h e attacked a nd destroyed.
Cabaret a lm ost a nything can happen ! "The
Erotica'' has no e ntry f ee but t h e ftrs t drink cos ts All t his cu lmina t ed on 15th April when th e
DM16. Th e re is dancing to a tape but da n cers Battalion , in conjuction w ith a Company of Force
a re n ot popula r as th ey t e nd to in te z·upt the s how! B (The Berlin Riot Police), took part in Ex.
Phase IV sees the victory of the inner man when "Status Quo IX ". Lt. P e t e r Swanson , th e only
eve ryone a dj o urns t o on e of three excell e nt officer in the Company at t h e tim e, attend ed t h e
Ita li a n late night "caffs" for a pizza rut a cost CO's Orders on 13th April (th e Compa ny Com-
a rou n d DM25. B ut, as ev e r, in vo lvement with mander being away on leave again !) and was
th e local lov e li es can put th e costs up! -and so to s urprised to learn th at some 50 hard-core terror-
b e d! ists of w hi c h. until th e n , h e had been unaware,
were lurking in the Grii newald; he then gave out
(This a rticl e is rep rinte d w ith th e permission his orders. (Th e Compan y Comm a nd er r eturn ed
of t h e visiti ng TA Offi ce r w ho wrote it- no on th e W ed n esd ay, so th ese were a ll c h anged ).
R egu lar can fil c h en ough hou sekeep ing t o leave
his quarter) . At 0815 hours we were in the Grli n ewald and
by 0930 hours a battalion Cordon and Sweep
"ROCKING HORSE," by Tangier Coy. operation had starte d- without much success f or
Holland Coy. Othe rs, however, w e re luckier a nd
Rock ing Horse is the name g iven to a turn -
o ut procedure w hic h affects a ll B e rlin units; the SACCONE &SPEED
most . r ecen t a lert h e ld within t h e Britis h Brigade ARE ABOUT lOOYEARS
was m Ma rch . Fortunately, the night chosen did
not follow a pay pa rade. (It's never a musi ng to BEHIND THE TIMES.
be dragged from bed by the howl of a s iren in
th e ~a rl y hours, b~t ev~ n less so after a ni g h t in Since we started serving the military
Berlin!) . A certa in dnver-operator with a ten- in 1839, our attitudes haven't changed a bit.
dancy to "flake" on th ese occas ion s reporte d for
the prev ious "Ro c kin g Horse" determin ed but Nor have our wines.
incapable; his hapless Company 2IC found him- When you come to order from us you'll
self driving!. find that we still keep an excellent cellar-
Stocked to the brim with superb burgundies,
H owever we have a good record of attendance clarets and hocks. N o t to m ention a wide
a nd n orma ll y muster most of o u r numbers oth e r range of spirits, liqueurs and cigars.
than those marrie d soldi ers liv in g at a distance But understandably, there's at least one
from t h e barracks. On th e 16th 90 °0 we r e prese nt thing that we've changed since 1839.
w 1th1n a n hour a nd we le ft barracks for our posi- Our service.
tions soon afterwards. Unfortunately we were Thanks to the h o rseless carriage,
s till park ing our vehicles under the trees when we can now deliver your orders in about
t he Brigade Comma nd er landed in a he li copte r 48 hours, which just happens to be the
behind C oy . HQ. The subsequen t fl ap to camou- quickest service in the business.
fl age ve hi cles h a d to be seen to be beli e ved and
C SM Prior had to exercise his p e rsona li ty to good SACCONE &SPEED LTD.
a nd imm ediate eff ect .
17 CUMBE RLAND AVENUE, LONDON NW IO.
H ardly h ad th e Brigadier left w h en we r e-
ceived a W arning Orde r telling us to move to a
RV on t h e edg e of the H ave! la k e. "Rive r C ross-
ing" was w hispere d , a nd after a hazardous jour-
n ey through the woods, w e w e re confronted by
assault boats at the wate r's edge. A hu rried '0'
Grou p and we sc rambl ed into boats and ventured
a~ ro ~s the dee p towards our ob ject iv e o n th e oth er
Side. An x ious to b e in the first assau lt wave, t h e
Company Commander urged his boa t fo rward
on ly to have an e ng ine breakdown, a nd in t h e
event, arrived last to find th e b attle ove r a nd
everything very nicely sorted-out, thank you! H e
t hen ad roitl y complied with "Stand-down" a nd by
0930 hrs. we were a ll back in ba rracks with a n -
other "Rock ing Horse" u nder the belt.

10 feet we t. W e la nd ed on a p opu lar b a t h ing beach

A cont w as soon h a rd a t w o rk . AT 1230 a ll o pe r a- on th e fa r sid e bu t to ou r g r ea t d isappoin t m ent
tions stopped for lunch - n othing too r ugged
about tr aining in B erlin ! th e l<een April w ind h a d ke p t away th e Be r li n
B elles. Th e Co rdo n t h en m a rc h ed into posit.io n
During lun c h th e CO h e ld a n ·o • G r ou p a nd a fte r a litt le r est in th e s un by th e Assaul t
Force {a lrig ht fo r som e) th e a ttack w e n t in a t
surely aga inst union ru l es ! a n d we l ea rnt , 1530 hours (t o th e accompa nim ent of th e CO's
amongst other t h ings, tha t a ha rd core of som e
50 t e noris t s h a d b een locat ed on th e fa r s id e o f helicopter hove ring overhead) a nd some fifty
th e Ha vel and - surprise, s urprise ! - a ll brid ges
a cro ss that riv er had b een blown . With und er e ne m y w e re ca ptured or ldlled ; thus e nd ed this
corn m a n d a p ia toon of Force B. w e w e r e d eta c h ed
from th e B a tta lion to d eal with th e t e noris t s yea r' s "Sta tus Quo" a n d w e w e re a ll ba cl< in
and th e r e fo ll owe d som e 30 minutes boa tin g dul·-
ing which few, t ha nks to the Sa ppers . got their camp in tim e for tea. Life is certainly g ood in
B e rlin , but w h a t (yo u ma y w e ll a s k ) a bout a ll
those Guards a nd Du lies
??

Pictures by
A .P.R. ,
HQ B er lin.

(Top. left ) : Brig . 1\'IcAIUster presents Rirke's (Top, rig h t): Sgts. Gill, D elaney, Jones a nd
Compan y B a nne r. Ta.ylor.

(Lower, lellt): CS.i\1 Blac kwe ll and 1\'Ia.j. Pollard. (Lower, ri g h t) : Pte. 1\'Iea.d h olds his own .

IWGBY FOOTBALL 11

T h e season 1970-71 has see n th e r e-e m e r ge n ce Th e 2nd XV played severa l games bu t we• e
of Ru g by in th e Battalion afte r a la p se of s om e a lways dras ti call y weake n ed b y th e rep lacement
yea rs. Tra ining b egan in Aug us t for a gra tify- d em a nd s of th e 1st XV. A t o t a l o f 35 in d iv iduals
ingly large numbe r of playe r s and our fir s t fi x- have played a t on e time or a n oth er for t h e 1s t X V
tures were played in September . Once the team a nd whil st m a n y h ave g i ve n of t h ei r b est, sev_e t·at
began to l<nit toget h er , seve ra l good vi ctori es have been outsta nding. In t he pack , WOII Bnggs
w e re recorded cu lminating in the winning of the h as shown ext r ao rdin a r y r es ili en ce a nd m o bili ~y
B erlin C up from 1 Staffords in a ha rd-foug ht fo r hi s age; C/ Sgt. W es t , la t e 4 R An g lian, h as
gam e. Si n c e that tim e t h e t eam has h ad mi xed been a powerhouse in the second row, w hilst t h e
fortun es , at n o time b ein g a t full strength owing ultra-fit Lt. Swanson at w ing-forwa rd. h as b een
to l<ey playe r s non-availability du e to lea ve, a g reat asse t. Amo n gs t th e b ack s, Lt. Mi ev ill e
courses , inj u r y, s kiing and duti es. Neve rth eless, h as p la ye d a v ita l pa rt a t fl y- h a lf w h e r e. h e h as
the team has m et a n d beate n I Staffords, RAF b een a prolifi c p o ints score r ; h e w ill b e m 1ssed o n
Gatow, 2 RRF, USAF T empelhof, the B erlin his departu re to RMCS in Se ptember. The s peed
Pol ice. t h e Fren c h 46 R egt. a n d oth e r local c lubs. a nd ex p e ri e n ce of Sgts. R eed a nd W1 s d e n m th e
If nothing e lse, t h e rugb y, in B e r li n , is c os mo- centre have proved in valua ble, w hils t t wo n ew-
politan ! For the record , we have : com e rs t o th e gam e, L / C pl. D avey a nd Pte. Cox,
ha ve m a d e o u tstandin g d ebu t s.
P layed 27, Won 14, Drawn 1 a nd Lost 12.
Points for w e r e 363 a nd points agains t w e re 255. Th e r e is a wealth of ta le nt in t h e B attali o n
a nd w e hop e to produ ce a r eall y s tro n g s ide n ext
sea s on .

THE ALBUHERA COY. SAGA

M e n a. m c i s Bloggs~ (' Blow this /0 1· (£ lft1'k,n .-;a ys I
I' m n d rea,d f ul old c od But n ow P vc got a. brea k,
nnd Fm bonnd for JJf,Ls tnn~..,. 11 cw . 'Cos I f a,n cics fi,gu1·es, like
They 've had enongh o~m c
In the Rifle Contp cn wc Th e Pcty Office is whm·c I ' ll m ct ke.
nnd admins wot Fll do
Be ing W ednesday (and ack e rs-day), mig ht
A11d n.ou• i.t~s Mondety m.ontin 'o be a bit le ft o ve r f e1' yours tru ly. An ywa y I m eets
and blimey tc ha.t a. la·11 g h, th e gaff e r firs t who don 't seem t e r fan cy m e
F1 •c bluffed 'e m . o..ll thcLt I ca n d 1· i1•c c h ances as a pay blo k e. N ow 'is Sta ff S e rg eant-
and MT's w h ere I s tfn·t . th e r e's a diffe r ent k e ttl e o' fi s h ; r eel ge nn e lm a n
a nd a rsk s m e t er sw eep out in a nice quiet way.
Firs t thing w e do n e w as n1us t c r pa ra d e- Ars k ed ' im w h en I cou ld s t a rt on pay w ork . " Y er
tha t's a laugh, more like "Da d's Army". There mus t b e jokin'," says h e. Workin ' m e way do w n
was this blo k e ca lle d Sow e rb y , worl<s in th e se r- the line I m eets the Se rgea n t. Clever bloke. Gort
vici n g bay or s o h e sa id . The n t h e r e 's Street , a bit upset w h en I ca ll s him Tom , but ye r ca rn ' t
"smas h e r" t h ey call him ; h e s mas h es m otors win 'e m a ll. Ars k ed ' im if c'd s how m e how to b e
quicke r t ha n they can g ive 'im t hem . I reck on I a pay bloke. ''Sorry" h e says, "I 'm orff fe r coffee".
got 'e re a t the rig ht momen t , just missed a bloke On w e goes a nd I m eet s the worke rs. B lok e call ed
ca lled Wilso n . w h o was MTO : th ey say h e was a Thom ps on is on e. Lookin ' wo rrie d cos 'is wife 's
rig ht tarte r ; s till thi s n ew bl oke seem s ol<ay. H old e xpectin '. Th e n th e r e 's th is g eyse r H ew itt. 'E 's
on , w ho's s houting my n am e. ''What," I s houts got a track suit on; funny gear fe r the Pay Orffice
back ," Cpl. C ran e to you boy," h e ses, " your on but 'es expectin ' a call t e r join t h e b a tta lion fo ot-
d e ta il " . "G et in 'er e" h e s h outs, s o in I go . H e ball e r s. His mate Blowes s p eak s in a fo r e ig n
g ives me thi s bit of pape r a nd some k eys a n d lang uage wot nobody can un de rstand. But 'e
says, "R eport to the PRI in t his 4c ton"; so off I must b e a c le ve r b lok e too cos 'e ru n s th e Cpls.'
go. The PRI bloke says "Go to works h ops a nd M ess Acc ount. Lu c k y fe ll e r - two fiddl es in s t ead
g et s om e s tor es " , "Right oh ," I s ays, a.n d awa y of one, if ye r get wha t I m ean . Now yer Giddins
I go. "No one told me I h ad to book out of camp a nd ye r Pla tt, t h ey ' r e r ee l ni ce f ellows. Troubl e is
mate" . "But sir, I didn't know h e w as stopped a t Platts, 'es only jus t a n ived a nd Giddins don't
tra ffi c li g hts " . Oh w e ll . didn't li k e th e MT a n y - 'ave too much tim e fe r pay cos 'es always w a nted
way. at th e C ompa n y o r ffi ce. Anyway to c ut a lon g
story s hort t h ey s its m e darn a t a d es k a nd g ives
W ell it c ouldn' t las t I g n css m e lots of big form s , p ay book s a nd thi n g s.
A nd now they 've s ized m e 11p , Gettin' quite excitin' cos I 'as te r make up funn y
On Tnesdcty to t h e QM's S taff I 'm off fin gs call ed A c qu it ta l Ro ll s. R eckon th e p oo r
blokes bein' pa id d eserve a bonus for all them
to see t.c ha.t I c ct?l **** * g uards and fings. S o I doubles up fer luck . Sud-
d inl y t h e r e's t h is 'orribl e ex plos ion . Ol e B lo gg-s
I m et the RQMS a nd his W ar Dog, a nd then ca n t a k e the 'int. T ry m e luc k somewher e else.
I ma naged to upset a few other Senior NCO's
(Guess Who ). So they put m e out the wa y in the OK , s o wo t , I 've fi.xe d the pa y
Pioneer Shop w ith a funny fellow n amed Sha n k s:
lea s t I t h ought l was out of th e way until I found A11d •·cally g ot th e s h o t•c,
I saw more of the CO popping in to look a t his Int o the C oo k h o1uw 11ow I go,
n ew blu e s ig n s than e ve r b efore . Finally my Q T 10 '1'!C1'S g ot the g r nb .
n erve broke when Donnis on sa id h e wanted to
paint m e on th e Coy. Club wall , 'cos h e thought They s a y it's 'e ll in a kitc h en : it's 'ot e nou g h .
I looked a freak. So I tries m e hand with some- Don't thin k I can ta k e much of this; mind you
on e call ed Froggy Fre n c h , a nd a big f ell ow th ey I fan c y m yself a ll d oll ed up in cook s whites b e-
ca ll Sam do wn in th e A c commoda tio n Stores. To hind th a t s m as hin g n ew g rill b a r . L e t 's loo l<:
e n d wiv', QM t h ought h e'd tr y m e out with th e a round . The pastry room ; look a t th ose cak es-
g rass cutti n g brigad e. Bv t h e tim e m e moto r - c ream doughnuts, ch elsea buns, swiss rolls,
mo\ve r run into Capt. Wilson's car it w as t im e D a nish s plits, rum b a ba's a nd would you b elieve
to move again.

12 was, aga in. What fo llowed s till m ys tifies m e,
eve ryon e s po k e at o n ce, "H e can w ork in the
it, made by P te K eyw ood , regimen tal cook. Jones shop ; w ha t a bout selling the veg., was h th e Rug-
(92) is th e r egim e nta l bu tch er a nd r u m our h as ger stri p, s how t oni g h ts film in th e Office rs ' Mess .
it th at 'es a llow ed th ose long s id e-boards 'cos h e And w h at a bou t th e gas run ; c hase up th e p oli -
k eep s t h e RSM 's d og in b on es. S o t hi s is t h e s h e r numbe r , etc., e t c." Fina lly it was d ec id ed I
lard er dept. Cpl. Sween ey wit h P tes. Mawbey a nd s hould h e lp in th e ga rd e n as three of th e 'i"u r i<s
Gambl e ge t up to cook brea kfas t befo re s ta rting w e re off s ic k a nd the unde r g a rd e n e r h a d t h e day
w ork on the ir pies a nd sala ds. It look s busy in off. A L / C pl. took m e to the ga rd e n and intro-
th e kitc h e n . I s it tru e that J on es (900 ) is ex- duced m e to a s m a ll G e rma n m a n a nd a la rge
cused room inspection 'cos h e m a kes the CSM's Ge rm a n s pad e . At two o 'cloc k I w e nt s pec ial s ic l<
egg butties? C pl. Cooney looks sober- ye r see, his with bli s t e rs a nd g ot lig ht duti es, and I found I
wife's just a rrived . Can't see Cpl. Vincent a ny- w a s s urplus to es ta bli s hm e n t.
where-mus t b e play ing ru g b y as us u a l. P te.
Simps on 's jus t return e d from th e con c rete jung le B ack to t he ])lace tron1. w h c1·e I ca.~ne}
called the School of Caterin' a t Aldershot, a fter Thi n ks me .;
passing his BII cooks T rad e a nd getting his C ity Wh en ctll a t on ce I hears a g1·eat big s hout,
a nd Guild 149. B est to k eep out o f th e w ay of uo h Gctwd.' L ook out - B r ig ee!"
C pl. "Piuto" Stenning in th e R at ion R oom ; eve ry
tim e I ask him for an y thing 'e wa n ts to know I thought I'd seen everything in Aibuhe ra
wha t I did with t h e last lot. Doesn 't 'e k n ow we' r e Coy., but Monday, as no on e e lse would 'ave m e,
feeding a whole battalion ? Now I've caug ht the th e C SM sa id h e'd g ive us a try. Th en I m et th e
fryin g p a n a lig ht- !'11 ju st nip up t o th e QM 's oth e r m embers o f th e staff-Cpl. R a di ey and Cop-
a nd ha nd in m y whites. pard. Can't make out wha t Coppa rd's on ; I'm told
that in the last three months h e's b een and got
uTha t's su1·ely n ty lot 1l P/' thin ks I . en gaged , w as buy ing himself out, had a posting
l'nt we ll into th e ·m ire. to the de pot, elect ed to s tay in Albuhe ra Coy. a nd
When , uyou join nte/' shouts P RI is now escaping to th e Orde ri v Room. I expect
Cpl. R a dl ey will also join C/Sg t . Fiynn 's empire
u1 w an't an other cntph·e." now . Th ey 're two more the re- Bradford , 'es th e
batman a nd a Borneo v et eran; then the re 's Phil-
I'd no idea what PR! m eant ; a nyw ay I went lip's - 'e 's the runn e r when 'e's not in th e Ni c k .
ove r to thi s orfice which looh:s like a c ross be- Not a ba d c r ew . Wh en th e CSM told m e a t 1400
twen Steptoes yard and a toy fa ir a nd reported hrs. I w as to play 7-a -s id e ru gge r I r ea lised thi s
to a Corporal. H e looked up a nd said "Track suit was no job f or m e.
or wha t". I said ''I'm Pte. Blog g s a nd I' ve b ee n
sent 'ere to w ork for the PR!". "Ohaveyouindeed , So end eth m y t a le.
wait for the Capt. to come in then". Shortly a fter.
a ha rried lookin ' orficer comes in followed bv a
Sgt. I g ra bbed the chance a nd explained who I

Life a t S T C S ilbe rhiitte The A pr es-ski is quite g ood too; w e h a d a
very good bar a t th e centre call ed "th e lon ely
b)• Cpl. Spicer of Kirke's Coy. Harz club" a nd abo ut 31<m s. a w ay th e t own of S t .
Andreasbe rg s uppli ed a 11disco".
In November of last year, I was one of four
m en from the Battalion post ed to the perma n ent The people of H a rz w e re very fri endly a nd
staff of the Special Training Centre a t Silbe r- mos t of t h e s t a ff m a n aged to find a girl fri e nd or
hiitte, in the Harz Mounta in s. two. In particula r w e had good connections with
a place ca ll ed the "Inte rnationa l Hau s", th e hom e
The STC was rather a myste ry to eve r yone ; of a number of Scandina vian girls who got to
its location and purpose a ppeared to be top !<now th e STC v e ry w e ll.
secret. Although w e w er e advised that it was
very cold and rather remote. we found it tuck ed I think most of us enjoyed our stay ; cer-
a way in a pretty vall ey , bathing in g lorious s un - tainly it gave us a c ha nce to le arn to ski w e ll ,
shin e , and th e re was to b e no s ig n of s now for e and provide d a n expe ri e n ce n ever to be for g otte n .
month.
A1ne ric an Exer c ise
Th e building is a conve rte d a mmunition fa c-
tory from the Second World W a r; severa l s uch eespring 1971"
factori es ex is t ed in the Harz, a ppa r e ntly for th e
manufacture of VI and V2 roc k ets. by Cpl. Stone and Cpl. Nash of Kirke's CO)'.

The P erman ent Staff number ed a bout 70 a nd From th e 9th Ma r c h , 1971 , two NCO's and
we re dra wn from Units all ove r BAOR. W e h ad e ight m en from C Coy . becam e Am e ri c an GI's !
no sooner settled in than the first stude nts W e w e r e attac h ed to 2nd Bn., 6th Inf. from th e
arrived- all good ski e rs on a s pecia l course for US Army station ed in B erlin when they (unde r
ins tructors. arrangements made by Ma j . Pollard and Capt.
P etruzell (C-2-6)) w ent on their bi-annual train-
A s there was no snow thev spent much time ing in Hohenfels . W . G ermany.
with pick s and shovels, clearing rock s from the
slopes, but they still managed to h ave a g reat Th e first stage of the four w eek pe riod wa s
tim e, a s Lt. Gancz or Cpl. M a tth ew s will confirm . familiarization with platoon weapon s, con s i s tin~
of th e M .16 rifl e, M .60 machin e gun. M .72 d is pos-
A s Chris tmas drew n ear, th e re was s till no ab le light-Anti-Tank w eapon , the M .90 .i\Tl< g un
s ign of snow, and most students w e re returning and the M .79 g r e nad e launcher. Th e mos t po p u-
home early, except for a f ew enthus iasts who ex- lar w e r e th e M .16, M .72 and M .79 (mainly b eca use
pe rim ente d with ro11 e r s kis! of th e ir li g ht w e ig ht) .

Lo and b ehold, just as the last student left , Next on the agenda was squad and platoon
th e firs t s now flak e fell a nd th e firs t p eopl e to s ki ta ctics. V aguely s imila r to the British syst em, th e
w e re th e pe rman ent s taff! W e w e nt on a Christ- gen eral opinion w as that they w e re workable but
mas langlauf ex pedition t o vi s it as many pubs too complica t ed for the task . Included in this
as w e could in daylight. stage was work with APC's a nd Huey h elicopters

Once the snow cam e. the skiing facilities
w e r e ex cellent a nd mos t of th e p e rm a n ent Sta ff
could escape for a couple of days a week to go
s kiing.

(as in Vietnam) and as a means of transporting 13
troops fairl y lon g dis t a n 7es to do li g htning
attacl<S, they are ve ry effic ie nt. C oy., this tim e as "own troops". Th e first _p h ase
was de fens ive a nd D ay One was s pen t digg ing
Th e fin a l a nd m a in s tage of the exe rcise was fox-ho les w hich were aba ndoned after dark for
devoted to three 2 ~ days exe rc ises , c ulmina ting a nig ht w ithdrawa l in s ing le fil e across c ountry,
in a test exe rci se in w hich the batta lion was to resulting at e very hal t in a con ce rtin a "shuffl e-
be grad ed for its effici e n cy in battl e. On th e firs t s huffl e-ban g" accompani ed by muffled curses.
of th ese exe rc ises (or "proble m s" a s th e Am e ri- Afte r som e 3,000m a de fe ns ive pe rim e ter was set
cans say), the Britis h were a ttach ed to the up, each squad s plitting into 2-man pos itions. The
Recon. (R e cce.) PI. as e n e my. Suits, "aggressors- o rd er c am e for a 50 ~0 watch (o n e j oker was
green ," tra n s form ed thi s s mall force into a n h eard to remark, "Oh! we've got to stay ha! f
e ne m y to be re cko n ed with . Tra ns porte d in jeeps , awak e !) , the n s il e n ce f e ll . Suddenl y, la b oured
w e used hit-and-run tactics to ha rrass th e troops. breathin g a ll arou nd . What was it ? An n e my
W e boun ced ove r th e cou ntry-side thin g in a ll s qu ad with as thma? Some prim eval mons te r ?
directions a nd s topping to pick-up over-enthu s i- No! jus t th e Am e ri can s blowing up the ir air
astic "aggresso rs" w h o "bit t h e dus t " at 30 m .ph. mattresses ! What luxury!
(Ptes. Edwards a nd B ell ). The radio c rackled
with t e rse m essages: "Hi t 'e m h ard, the n move The next day a nd a half sw itc h ed t o the offen-
s ive, platoon a ttack followed platoon attack;
out for c how". each pos ition on top of a hill. The final one was
On th e second exe rcise, w e aga in donn ed completed with the aid of Hueys, much to the re-
li e f of a ll con cerned.
s uits, aggressor-green . This tim e , attach ed to t h e
42nd Eng in ee rs, w e w e re mainly on foot . Ptes. Back to camp for admi n . a nd pre para tion for
Vince nt, N urse and Jeacocl< under th e comma nd departure to Berlin. The PX did a roaring trade
of Capt. Woodey (US Army), infiltrated C Coy's in s t eak a nd french fri es a s a c han ge from "C"
lin es and ca ptured the CP. Th e n ext mornin g. ration s- a lthough th e food was excell e nt throu g h-
Cpl. Stone , L / Cpl. Nash a nd Pte. B ell , with f our out.
Americans, waited in a wood for a dawn attack.
Th ey w e re supposed to execute a rapid retreat in W e le ft our Am e ri can fri e nds in B e rlin with
a {-ton vehi c le. but a n eatl y t hrown poncho ove r promises to continue fri endships and the gene ra l
the w indsc re e n resulted in contact with a large opinion was that a worthwhile a nd e nj oyab le tin1e
pin e tree a nd capture by B Coy ! was h ad b y a ll . W e h ave jus t h eard t h at t e n
Ameri ca ns a re to e njoy our hos pitality on our
For the test exe rc ise w e we re again with C exe r c ise in Jun e. L ets h ope th ey e nj oy th em-
selves as much as we did.

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The 2nd Battalion

Bn. HQ LAD
CO : Lt.-Col. J . S. Flet ch er , OBE ; 2IC : Ma j. O C LAD : Ca p t. P. Bu rk e, R EM E; ASM :

D . H . Woolst encroft; Adjt: Capt. P . P . B. C ritch- WOI P . J. Riley, REME ; AQMS (T els): WOn
Iey ; Adjt. (D es ) : Capt. P . A . Gwilliam; IO / A sst D . S. Flem en , REME.
Adjt : Lt. R. M . M. Low , RSM : WOI G . H .
Brown , MBE, BEM ; ORCS : C/Sgt. D . W . Guild ; A Coy.
ORC: Sg t. M . Foreste r. OC: Ma j. A . B. Cowing; 2IC: Capt. M. B .

Padre: R ev. P . A . M ears, RA, Ch D ; APTCI : Montgome ry; PI Comds : 2/ Lt. J . B . St irling a n d
S/ S g t . R. B ax t e r , APTC. Lt. J . R. C. P a lm e r ; CSM : W O n R. Scott ; CQMS:
C/ S g t. D . Ome r od ; MT Sgt.: Sgt. H . D owse t t .
Comd. Co~··
QC : Ma j . G . Goring ; RSO : Capt. I. G. B a illi e; B Coy.
OC: MaJ. C. M C. D ewar ; 2IC: Cap t . N . S.
Asst RSO : Lt. D . Gardin e r, R. Sigs ; OC R ecce
PI : Capt. J . A . Hodges ; RMO : Capt. R. S. Higson, Hunte r ; PI Comns· 2/ Lts J M C Myles a nd J .
MB, Ch B , RAM C ; M ed Sg t .: Sgt. B . Breach ; F . Hus kisson; CSM : WOn J . L . L e iper ; CQM S·
CSM : WOn A . Ongley; Drum Maj : C/ Sg t. B . F . C/ Sg t. P . L . H . R elf ; MT Sgt.: Sgt. J . Stewart.
Lively, BEM ; C QMS : C/ Sgt. B . Standfleld.
c Coy.
Admin. Coy. OC: M a j . E. L . C hri s tia n ; 2IC : Ca p t. J . D .
OC: Maj . E. A . Taylor ; MTO : Lt. R. A . J en-
Jonklaas; PI C omd s: Lt. M. C. Willis a nd 2 Lt.
nings; QM (Admin) : Capt. P . J . Collma n, MBE; D . J . W a k e; CSM: WOn Ayling ; CQMS: C/ Sgt.
QM (Tech) : Capt. W. Snowden; RQMS: WOn J . F . Boyne; MT Sg t. Sg t. P . Wrig ht.
Jephcott; TQMS: WOn A. F . Ward; A c cn WO :
C/ Sgt. R. Kitson; UFO: Lt. R . B enson; UF WO : Sp. Coy.
WOn G . Gordon, DCM. BEM ; Pmr : Capt. J . E . OC: Capt. C M M Grove; Mor Offr . Capt.
R. Brunner, RAPC ; Bandmas ter : WOI D . Game,
LSGM ; CSM : WOn Shave; CQMS : C/ Sg t. T . H . A . P . York c, A/ Tk Offr Lt P M MGwilha m ,
Pryor. CSM : WOII A . J . Prudence; C QMS : C/ Sgt. K.
Spillett ; MT Sg t. : Sgt. G . D . V . La ine.

Editorial Dom esti ca11 y, th e va rious wo rk s se r v ices t o
make th e b a rra c k s more a ttrac ti ve are g r a du a ll y
JN ou.r previous notes it was said that it being complet ed , a lthoug h some s till have a long
was too early to comment objectively way to g o. Various clubs ha ve been open ed in-
cluding a Sports club, Golf club and the Queen 's
on our new role as a mechanised battalion C lub in W e rl, a nd are a ll thriving con cern s.
and being stationed in Germany. After three
months we are able to make some pertinent On th e soci a l s id e th e Offi cer s ' M ess h as had
comments . To sum up very briefl y "it's a mad, two coc kta il p a rti es, in v iting m embe r s of oth e r
mad world" and we are really beginning to British Units, NATO forces a nd German civilians
wonder if the tempo will ever slow down to Our Albuhera Day celebrations will be full y
an extent where we may take stock of the covered in our next notes.
situ ation and plan ahead rather than .react-
ing to requests and demands for something Since our a rriva l w e have had a plethora of
to be done immediately. The experienced vi s itors of whi c h th e followin g a r e but a f ew:
BAOR persons say that the first year is the Gen . Sir G . B a k e r, GCB , CMG , CBE , M C, ADC-
worst 1 CGS; Lt.-Gen . Sir John Sharp, K CB , MC- Comd.
1 (BR) C orps; M a j .-G e n . D . W . Frase r , OBE-
On training aspects w e have h a d our first GOC , 4 Div .; a nd Brig . J . H . R o b e rts, OBE-
introduction to the Soltau moonscape tra ining Comd . 6 Armd . Bd e.
area. All coys were able to really get down to a
good p eriod of training with their APCs ; Bn. HQ W e e xte nd a s p ec ia l w e lcom e to Fl./Lt. J ohn
also spent the time at Soltau sorting them selves Morris, w ho is no"v a ttac h ed to th e batta lion as
out for future CPXs and FTXs. One of our a primary Forwa rd Air Controller: w e hope h e
attached officers was heard to comment that Bn. e njoys his tour with u s. It is not know n offi c ially ,
HQ was always "whispering or moving". Also what h e thinks a bout changing from a V bombe r
on the training s ide coys a re just starting their to a F e rret Scout ca r!
annual cla ss ification at S enn ela ge r and this will
b e followe d by fi eld firing in th e sam e location . AFFILIATION PARADE WITH 1 BELGIAN
In July w e shall marry up with our guns, ta nks GRENADI ERS
a nd en g in ee r s for a two w eek p e riod of B a ttlf'
Group training. In a ddition cadres, too nume r- On 24th Ap 1·il , a comp os ite pla toon fr om A
ous to m ention, have been h eld. Coy ., und e r comd . o f Lt. J . P a lm e r , r e prese nted
the battalion in a n affilia tion ceremony with 1s t
B elgian Gren a diers.

Th e c ontras t in w eath e r with th e p r ev ious
weel< was mos t noti ceabl e but th e ce r e mon y a n d
th e whol e s p ect ac le of th e pa i'a d e was a n y thin g
but di sappointing. Th e a ffili a tion n ow firml y
cem ented a t a ll lev e ls, c oin c id ed wi t h th e a nn ua l

16 EXERCISING AT SOLTAU

parade a nd regimental weel<-end for the Grena- (Top) : Officers Commanding A and C Co~·s.,
diers. plus Adjutant, being briefed by a visiting
"Israeli General" cleverly disguised as the
With a constan t stream of rain las hing th e
bleak sq uare, the march-on began accord ing to 2IC. !
schedule a nd with pains taldng precision. At the (Centre): W eapon cleaning In the fi eld-
appoi nted h our the Regimental march h a il ed t h e
march-on of th e platoon with bayonets fixed, Pte. Ellis of C Coy.
preceded by the regimental band a nd drums, (Lower) : Spot the APC and two soldiers of
w hose co lourfu l unifo rm s contrasted with our
numbe r two dress a nd the Belg ian combat cloth- C Coy.?
ing but complim e nted t h e r esp le nd e n t blu e Pictures by R . M . Exce l!.
uniforms and busbies of the Belg ian Grenadiers
Coy. a nd Colour party. Soltau training gave us a chance to move
away from the limited training areas around
Advancing t he platoon, Lt. Palmer presented W erl (plus t h e innum erable probl em s of bar-
t h em in open order ready for inspection by both r acks) a nd launch into a con cen t r ated period of
Commanding Officers. Steadv (thpugh bedraggled section a nd platoon tra ining, s tories of w hi c h
by rain) t h ey stood a n d watched the a ffili ation will b e remembered for som e co ns id e ra ble time.
ceremony conti nue w ith the presentation and Camped und er canvas initially, we weaved to a nd
exc hang ing of reg im enta l pen a nts, by Lt.-Col. fro through the trainin g a reas learning the cap-
L ion and Lt.-Co l. Fl et c h e r, respectively. abil ities a nd li mitations of our track e d veh icles.
Our "Blu eb ell " su ppo rt not only k ept our morale
Following the presentation, t hey m a rch ed hig h but our vehicles, runners.
off a n d form ed up by th e Statue of R em embra n ce
for th e Old Comrades of t h e First W orld War. Co ntinue d on page 17
The parade continued , a nd fo ll owin g the marc h
off, the w hole parade re-appeared for th e march
past and salute, t h e r e presen tative p latoo n of 2
QUEENS now marching cen trally b ehind the
Grenadiers Colour Guard.

Afterwards the affiliation was furth e r
cemented by a luncheon for a ll those taking part
a nd . in th e eve ning, b y most e nj oyab le fun ct ions
in the various m esses to w hi ch w ives were in -
vited. The w hole day had been a wonderfu l
occas ion a nd we hope t h at t h e r e w ill be s till
n1ore enjo yabl e li aison be twee n t h e two u ni ts
in t h e futur e.

A COMPANY

Ve1y few of us felt sad at leav ing Can t e rbury
for W erl in late January th is year. Our sojourn
had been short a nd militarilv in effectual as
soldi ering in England often appears to be. Th e
move to W e l'l and th e sob e ring thought of p er-
manancy, a lbe it the uncerta inty of em e rge ncy
tours in N . Irela nd, went smoothly and within a
comparatively s h ort time families were united a nd
the s ing le m en accommodated in some very
lu xur ious buildings. There are a lways exception s
but in gen eral the majority have settled down.

Members of the compan y completed a bat-
talion s kiing co urse and look forward to next
year's opportunities. The military s ide was s low
to start but the pace h as increased a nd the usual
BAOR race is under way. The GOC 4 Div is ion
visited us at Soltau which gave us the oppor-
tunity to show him our new-found drills and we
were m ost thankul that our full com pliment of
432s were operative.

B efore Solta11, the NCOs Cadre a nd the Po-
tentia l NCOs Cadre were completed. Th e follow-
ing are to b e con gratulated on passing.

NCOs Cadre: L /Cpl. Thom as; Potential
NCOs Cadre: L / C pls. Cox, McDe rmott, C layton
a nd Ells.

Our sincere con gratulations also to the
following m embe r s of the company w ho r ece ived
honours a nd awards for galla ntry: C / Sgt.
Orm erod- BEM; Sgt. Graves-BEM; Pte. Sulli-
van-BEM; Sgt. R edman- QC ; L /C pl. Bauten -
back- QC ; Maj. Gilham-GOC's Commen dation.

T o Maj. G ilham a s p ec ia l wo rd of thank s.
H e left us sudd enly from Canterbury to become
Training Major of the 6th (V) Bn. H e was w ith
the company for a year from its form a tion in
January, 1970, a nd we wish him a nd his famil y
well . In his s t ead we welcom e M a j . Andrew
Cowing, w ho left Support Coy. after eigh teen
mon t h s; we wish him and Mrs. Cowing a h a ppy
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Cont inued from page lG 17
Th e weekend s pe n t a t So lta u gave us a n
It was h e r e w e a ll dressed up in "Noddy
opportunit y to re lax be f o r·e o ur fin a l 72 hou rs S ui ts" in p re pa rat io n agai n s t NBC wa zfa re. <In
exe r cise. A Compa n y S mok e r , n ot d a unted by fac t it loo k ed m ore li k e a t a il oring p arad e but
th e likelih ood o f ra in , was a grea t s uccess a nd t h e ta 1Iors have b ee n d et ai n ed at H e r Maj esty 's
tha nks to "Monkey" Moore a nd "Scouse" Mc- Pl eas u r e . C pl. C01·nic k , o ur ph otograph e r , is to
Na ult y, a hilariou s night was e njoyed . s e nd t h e ph o tograph s to t h e ta il o rs !J

N ot long a fter our return to W erl , 3 PI. dis- On the night of the com pany "Sm ok e r" at
a ppea re d to th e E as t Ge rm a n B ord e r on a pa tro l Solta u , th e Comm a nding O ffi cer p romo t e d t o t h e
w hi c h was e njoyed by a ll who took pa rt ; w e look rank of La nce Corpo ra l : Ptes . H o ld ern ess,
forw a rd to more of th ese inte res tin g duties G e orge, Doo r ey, B loc k a nd Ed ward s . Tha t ni g h t
w hi c h g ive pe ople an unde rs t a ndin g of our tas l< we ran ou t of bee r!
in BA OR . During th e sam e w ee k , in a ddition to
a va rie ty of ''N uts", w e w e re duty c ompa ny a.nd Th e n ex t p e riod of fi e ld training w ill b e at
prepa ring for the Affiliation P a rade with the Sennelager where we have four weeks und e r
B e lg ians, re porte d e lsew h e re. It is tru e that th e canvas and a c ha nce to ge t some shooting in.
CSM w ent to En g la nd the followin g Monday, but The compa ny has been g iv ing th e remaind er of
no t as a resu lt of the w eek' s e nd ea vours ! the ba tta lion a h a rd tim e a t s port ; 7 PI ca ll the m -
selves the "5 a-sid e Football Suprem e Cham-
Th e future is al wa ys un ce rta in but e re the pions" and 6 PI., the "short on es", defeated the
Em e ra ld Is le calls us again w e hope to ha ve LAD in the Woode n Spoon Award for a 5 a-side
class ifi ed in w eapons a nd in B a ttl e Effi c ien cy and fo otball.
ha ve ca rri ed out three worthwhil e w ee ks of sec-
tion a nd p latoon infantry training a t S enn ela g e r . A c lean set o f h ee ls w e re shown to the re -
m a inder of the compa ni es in the firs t Bn. Ori e n -
B COJ\>IPANY tee ring Compe tition wh en B Coy e le m e nts s w e pt
W e h ave now s uccessfully settl ed in and the board ; however , they agreed to sh a re the
ha ve enoug h grea se on our ove ralls to look the b eer with on e of A Coy. t eams.
pa rt of a m ec hani sed c ompany. Th e rea lisation
of ju s t how much w e had to le-arn came with W e have said far ew e ll to C / S g t . Riddl eston e-
our firs t training p e riod at Soltau wh e re w e Holmes. who joined c ivilian life to market fruit
bega n pra cticing some of the arts of APC work - good luc k to you, "Noddy"- and have w elcom ed
a nd ove rworking our LAD D etachment. C/ Sgt. R elf from the Signals PI. Soon to join us
are Sgt. Jam es from th e R ecce PI., and 2/ L t.
"Hats wiJl be worn"! Dragonetti from Mons OCS. In June w e lose Lt.
Hus kis s on to 40 Army Youth T eam in Folk eston ~
for "a w ell-earn ed res t" (h is own word s !)

It has b een rumour ed that th e BAOR m a :v
be carrying out its duties a little West from
he re this s umm e r- th e location m e ntion ed b e in g
between Belfast and Londonde rry!

C COJ\>IPANY

Settling down to the task of converting our-
se lves to a m echa nised compa ny, w e have been
involved in the following courses and cadres :
Driving (APCs, Stalwarts and B V e hicles ) ;
Vehicle m a intena n ce; Sig nals; NBC ; Skiing
course at Silbe rhUtte; Ge rman La nguage Courses
(both internally and a t Pade rbborn) .

S o l ta u
Th e Soltau training pe riod was our first

opportunity to see whe the r all our coy. vehicles
would s tand th e s train of cons tant fi e ld u se.
They a ll did this a dmirablv and e ve ry v e hic le
returne d to W e rl und e r "full s te am' '.

The first week w as d evoted to platoon train-
ing in APCs and the second, to Company Combat
T eam work , in c lu ding night work .

ACF Cadets Visit. (See picture ove rleaf.)
In the third w ee k in April , we w e re "hos ts "

two two pla toons of ACF Cadets who joined us
for normal m echanised training including APC
cross country driving a t Mu sched e; h e re e v e ry
cadet was g iven the opportunity to drive a FV
432 .

Th e cad e t s a ls o did a on e-day attachm e nt t o
the 4/7 DG at Sennelage r and cam e back " pro-
fici e nt" Chie fta in drive rs.

W e understand that their R & R vis it to
Dortmund wa s "e nli g hte ning" !

Sport
W e we re beaten in the semi-finals of the

Five-a-Side Soccer competition by B Coy- who
w ent on to win in the finals- afte r a good a nd
fi e r cely contest e d g am e. Th e B as k e tball a nd
Hockey competitions are s till in prog ress.

18 The Future
W e l oo k fo r wa rd to t h e "s umm er seaso n ''
Arrivals and D epartures
W e we lcom e 2/ L t. W a i< e f ro m M ons O.C.S: wit h "sess ions" a t Senn e lagc r, OHR Park a nd
So ltau. W e m ay a lso rece ive a n '' in v ita tion " to go
Sgt. Moore from R MA Sandh urst (Instructor ) ; bac l< to Be lfas t ; w e h ea r it is a " bottl e p arty"
a nd Sgt. Hunt fro m t h e D iv. Depot. a nd t h at it s h o uld b e ·•quite a gas" !! !

Qui' onl y dc pa rt u l'c was Lt. MacWillia m , w h o
w e n t t o fn e JIB Shorn cliffe.

"Room for improve-
ment".

(See "ACF Cadets
v is it")

SUPPORT COlUPANY WOs' & SGTs' MESS

One is t empted to wonder wh ethe r w e wer e The first major event of an eventful quarter
ever asked to do so many things a t once, ev en was a Dinner Night on 12th March. Mess dress
in Ire la nd . Th e ove rwh elming (w ell n early) im- was th e ord e r of th e day a nd w e w e lc om ed s ome
pression of th e las t f ew month s has b een a n e v e r- old fri ends from the King's Own Scottish Bor-
e nding s tre am of ord e rs to provide s oldi e rs for d e r e r s. An ex cell e nt dinn er was follow ed by mu c h
all conceivable forms of military activity and a reminiscing ove r old times in the bar
large numbe r of sporting ones a s w e ll . Natura lly
all these activ ities a re conc urrent. Our regular Saturday evening socia ls have
now been inte rs pe rs ed with larger "do's ", at least
The Company office s taff a re preparing a once a month. The first was a Carnival Night
game to be known as "Military Bingo". 'I'he com- the second a Hippie Night, with Sgt. Bria n
pany wins wh en 100% of its pe rs onn e l are atte nd- Breach, compl et e with b eard, looking Jii<e som e
ing courses, etc., ord ered by Bn . HQ, and wh en Biblica l prophet and C/ Sg t. K en Spillett close ly
the same Bn. HQ demands more m en for some resembling C h e Gu ev a ra. "Mu s ic and way-ou t
othe r purpose ! lighting " for both these evenings was supplied
by "Twice upon a Tim e ", th e Office rs ' M ess
W e ha ve our tracks and w eapons and have dis coth equ e.
given both a good airing. The Mortars and Anti-
Tanks set off for S ennelage r in dense snow in Our n ext event of note was a Ladies' Dinner
March a nd although the Mortars managed to Night again h eld on 17th April, at which our
shoot, a combination of cold and bad visibility guests w er e the Brigade Commander Brig. J . M.
caus ed the Wombats to return "unbloode d". H . Rob erts and Mrs. Rob e rts, the Commanding
Office r and Mrs. Fl e tch e r , th e Adjutant-Capt.
Two valuabl e weeks w e r e s p e nt at Solta u . C ritchley- and of course our ladies. After a most
living and endeavouring to look after our trades enjoya ble m eal, the dance got under way at
in the fi e ld . W e learnt that (i) it tak es tim e to midnig ht. to mus ic provided by the R egime nta l
r e place thrown track s and (ii) (it is hoped) that Dance Ba nd a nd was still going strong in the
432s run on di esel, not p e trol. C / Sg t. Ken Spille tt early hours of the morning. An ex cell ent eve n-
a nd hi s crew ra n a firs t-class kitc h en and n o ing was had by all, especia lly th e Colonel, who
compla ints w ere heard about the food ; indeed won a set of glasses and promptly christen ed
LAD crew s cluste red round thick and fast to th em with champagn e.
sample his fa mous curries. The last few days
w ere spent with Combat T eams and a lot was Our Contin ental Room is now half compl et ed
learnt. a nd looking very smart. The Games Room h as
a lso been redecorated.
The company is becoming used to working
with no HQ. CP exerci ses seem to take a w a y W e have w elcom ed to th e M ess , both on pro-
th e C oy. Comd ., toge the r with hi s ve hicle a nd motion a nd pos ting in, Sgts. P et e Watchous, Geoff
thus frequ ently leaving th e company in th e Graves, J esse Jam es, Brian Hunt, Dave Moore,
capable h a nds of Fl./ Lt. John Morris-y es, a r eal D ennis Murphy. Dave C ulley, Mick R eardon and
live airman! H e is a prima ry FAC, and s ince C vril Smith. W e have a ls o said far ew ell to P a t
the RAF obviously counts him a s upport w eapon, Slate r on his posting to the RMA Sandhurs t .
h e was pos t ed to Sp. Coy. - wh e r e w e w elcom e
him and hope h e will enjoy his sta y.

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The 3rd Battalion

Bn. HQ S p. Coy.
CO: L l.-Co !. K. Dodson ; 2JC · MaJ J . R.
O C: Maj. D . G. W e ll s; 2IC: Capt. D . J. C
Stephenson ; Adjt. : Capt. P V Panton ; Ops. Offr : Dicken s; CSM: W On P Crick; OC Mor PI : Capt
Lt. P . Bishop ; I O: Lt . C. G. F . Cha rter; RSM: J . K. Ross; OC Anti Tk PI : L t. B. D. Thorn pson;
WOI B. M. Mor ri s; C hi ef C le r k WOn J. A. Mark s. OC Aslt Pnrs: WOn L . D . Moodie; Drum Ma jo r :
D / Maj. D. H ems ley.
A Coy.
OC: Maj . N . J . D . McCully; CSM: W On J . E . 0 (Comd) Co.v.
OC: Capt. R. Waite; CSM: WOn G. O verton;
Butle r ; OC 1 PI : 2/ Lt. J . E wart; OC 2/ Pl : Lt. N
F . Russell ; O C 3PI: 2/ Lt. P. L. V. Martin. RSO: Capt. D . A . B everidge; R ecce: Capt. S. C.
Thorpe; RMO : Maj . D . P . J . Murray ; Edn : Capt.
B Coy. D . Marray; S ig s W O: W O n J . Whi te.
OC: Maj. M. V. Hayward, MBE ; CSM : WOII
E (Admin ) C o~··
Prince; OC 4 PI : Lt. M. G . H . Pannett ; OC 5 PI : OC: Ma j. J . La n g h orne; CSM : WOII R . C. A .
Lt. R. A. M . Chris tmas, BA; OC 6 P I: 2/ Lt. J . M .
Hareus. Riley; MTO : Capt. (QM) P . A. Newman ; QM:
Capt. (QM) D . W . Adkins; Pmr: Maj. R. E. Will-
C Coy. s her ; P adre: R ev. J . A . Barrie; Bandmaster:
OC: Maj. P . Hiscock ; 2IC: Capt. P . J . Hubert ; WOI R. Bedford; RQMS : WOn I. H . H a rt ;
AQMS : WOII R. Barlow; M essing WO: WOn F
CSM : WOn D . J . B a il ey; O C 7 P I: Capt. N . P Pan t in .
Harris; O C 8 PI: 2/ Lt. M. P . L awson; O C 9 PI :
2/ Lt. A . N. Armitage-Smith (n ow 41 AYT ). They were fir ed upon by a n automat ic weapon
a nd on e gu nn e 1· was s hot dead a nd four rece ived
PaJU.,rn of Eve nts g un s hot wound s. As a res ult of the s hooting , a
cordon was put a round t h e fi ats a n d a sea rch
yEs - we are still in Northern Ireland operation took p lace. Th e eve n ing of th e 8th
and are just about to celebrate our first aga in saw t he start of a riot in th e New Lodge
area and a g unman fired a t four youths but there
anniversary. We are eage.rly awaiting news we re no se ri o us casualti es. On th e fo llowing day
of our next posting; rumours have it that we two gunmen, w ho had been shot in the Ardoyne
are going to a lmost every station in th e a rea were buried. T en sion was very hi g h throu g h-
world, but even with our "Man in the Mini- out the day but th e re w e re no serious incide nts.
stry," no one r eally knows whither we are
bound. A very we lcom e s ig ht on l Oth F ebruary was
the a dvance pa rty of l RHF who were to take
The "Marching Season" has once again over from us in North B elfast. On t h e 15th. we
started in Ulster and, when this was written, hand ed ove r operational contro l a nd moved back
the Easte.r celebrations were in fu ll swing. to the peaceful s urroundings of Ballyki n ler. Our
At the end of the last edition we conclud ed s ix weeks tour in Belfas t had b een very stren u-
wit h the "Battle of the Shankhill," so we will ous and it was on e of th e worst periods of
now take up the story from there. v iolen ce so far expe ri e nced in Northern Ire land .
In addition to the s hooting th e r e had b ee n a
At the end of January, the ban on proces- co ns id e rabl e numb er of riots a nd disturba n ces
s ion s was lifted, but, s urpris ing ly, th ere was no involving stones and bottles, and petrol and nail
mad rus h for the marches to get back on to the bombs. All compani es were in actio n on severa l
s treets , a lth ough num erous ba nds were hea rd occas ion s a nd m o rale during t h e B elfast pe riod
re hears ing som e of th ei r favou rite tun es, w e ll - was extremely hig h.
k n ow n to a ll who hav e served in North e rn I re-
la nd . W e cam e unde r comma nd of HQ 16 P ara.
Bde.. based at Lurgan a n d for t h e next three
The beg inning of F ebrua ry saw the re turn weeks on e company was pos itioned there as im-
to vicious fig h ting ; this tim e in th e Ardoy n e a r ea. m e di ate Bde. reserve. Th e y carrie d out road
On t h e evening of 3rd F e bruary a gelig nite bomb blocks, sea rches , v is its to key points a nd poli ce
was thrown at the Hooke r Street observation liaiso n in the area a n d th ey a lso learn t to li ve
pos t. More bombs were thrown a nd a utoma tic "rough lik e the Paras. do," in th e L urgan fa c-
fire was direct ed at Flax Street Mill, the home of tory!! (W e h ear that they have d ecided to spend
B Coy. A shooting battle started a nd both B and £20,000 on the ir '' no cost" accommoda tion! ).
C Coys. were committed w ith t h e h elp of 1 PARA.
Meanwhile. b ack in the N e w Lodge Road , a r iot O n 27th F e bruary a s hooting in cident took
h ad s tart ed a n d cars were set a lig ht. At 01.20 hrs., place between t he two factions of the IRA in B el-
2 PI. of A Coy. received a burst of automatic fire fast a n d as a result, Mini-T ac, C a nd Sp. Coys.
from Anna da le Street; fire was r eturned a nd the moved to B elfast a nd stood by on t h e good ship
gunma n was wounded, but h e escaped. Four Ma.idston c. Durin g a battali on search of quarries
soldi e rs were wounded, one critica ll y. In t h e a nd scrap yard s in t h e S eaford area on 1st
Ardoyn e, fir e was sti ll b e ing directed at Flax March , a qua nti ty of gelig ni te and d eton a tors
Street Mill, a nd B C o y. claim ed two gu nm e n s hot were found in a n out-house. On 11th March the
dead. By daybreak a n uneasy peace retu rn ed to Bn. aga in moved to Belfast in preparation for a n
both the Ardoyne a nd N ew Lodge a reas. On th e IRA fun era l but the day passed without incident
evening of the 5th, rioting in these areas con- and th e following day we a ll r e turn ed to Bally-
tinued a nd during the early hours of the n ext kin ler.
day a battery of 32 H y. R egt. RA came u nd er
command and moved into the New L odge Road. Our n ext outi n g was a sea rch operat ion in
t he Glens of Antrim , but a lthough everyon e e n-
joyed a pleasan t picnic lunch, no great army
cach es were d iscovered.

On Easte r T uesday th e Battalion mov ed up
to the B allymacarret area to cover th e J unior

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BY APPOINTME N T TO HER MAJESTY T H E QUEEN, 9ra nge 01'd c r P a r a d e. As the parad e was pass-
GOLDSM I T H S & CROWN JE WELLERS. tng a m txed a r ea n ea r· th e N e\vtow n a t·d s Road
GARRARD & COMPANY LTD., L ONDON fi ve s h o t s w e r e fir ed at t h e c rowd, a nd t h is in ~
evitably led to co nfu s i ~n. a nd a riot s t a rt ed . By
The Pride of 0200 hrs. on th e foll ow tng d ay, th e s itua tion was
the Regiment. u nd e r co ntrol a nd th e a rea r e la tive ly qui et
a lthoug h cons id e r a bl e d a m age had b ee n don e. '

F o r over two hundred yea r s Garrard h ave commem..
ora tcd , in finely~wor ked s il ve r , th e ac hi eve m e nt s of gr eat
R egiments. T oday this tradition of ser vice to the military

is firmly established.
A s R egimental Sil versmiths Ga rra rd m aintain close

contact with a la rge numb e r of regiments and individual
serving members. We offer you unri vall ed traditiona l s kills

of o ur designers and craftsmen and the personal service
that is the hallmark

ofG a rra rd.

(Top ): C hurc hgoers? - 4 PI. at the Loup on
Easter Day.

( Lowe r ): A h app y bir thd a~· . Anti-Tank PI.,
at th e Bus D epot, Short Strand.

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THE GHUNTFUTTOCH LETTERS A S peed y R ecove r)'

Dear Mr. G runtfuttock. A ll r a nk s w is h Plc. Co lin Woolle n a s p eedy
r ecovery a n d sf' nd thanks to his mothe r for her
am wr iting to you beca use I'm s ure yo u ch eerful ness a nd kindness to th e oth e r m embe rs
must b e a man o f some i nfluen ce to g et away of A Coy ., w h o w e r e wou nd e d in B e lfast at th e
w it h the ldnd of stuff you always write in the sam e t ime as Colin.
Regim e nta l Journ a l. My h u s band a nd I are very
worr ied abou t our d ea r so n. W e n otice tha t I r ela nd TEA FOR B
was conside red too dange rous for one unit as it
onl y s tayed the r e t hree weeks, a nd if it's too rA tnte s tory to wa:rm. th e h eart ."' of thosf'
da n g e r o us for th e m in armoured ca r ::>, it's too
d a n ge rous for ou r C laren ce. Pl ease can you h e lp. U 11LO Uclieve that words ar e b ett eT than yun.'l in
.sol vi n g the trmlbl es 111 Ulst er ):
Yours, hope fully,
The scen e is a TOad SO'Tnewhere in riot-torn
M a h atma Fortinbrass (Mrs.' B elfas t . BCLttl e-w eary soldiers of th e c ra ck B Coy.

D ea 1· Mrs. F o rtinbrass , of th e CTack 3rd Qu een s n1·e guarding the s tree t

Th a nk you fo r your le tt e r : I ca n t e ll you after y e t anot h er ni.ght of fi erce in.ac tion by
that I s ha re your anxiety. 1-icious riot cTS.

Now 1 h ave b ee n out h e r e so m e tim e I r ea li sP Ent er one of the 7Jitiful v ic ti ms of the U l ster
t h at b oth s id es h ave good r·easc n for b eing c ro ss
with t he Army. You see, on one s ide you have th e tronbles - a c hi.ld. A fat h edy C01·poral pnt s hi s
L oya lis t s who on ly w a n t t o r ema in pa rt of th e urm. cn·ound th e thin s li onld er s of the young /Joy
Uni ted Kingdom. To h elp th e m in t hi s th ey like
to ce le bra t e th e a nni ve r sa ry of e ithe r th e tim e and a.sks:
som e a pprentices (th e majority of w hom were
Cath o li cs ) closed th e gates of Londonderry in t h e " D o you m a l<e t ea fo 1· so ldi e r s"?
face of th e a rm y of the Catholi c King of En g land, "Yes," r eplies the you ng waif.
or t he time the K ing of Holla nd beat the pre-
t end e r to th e Eng li s h th r o n e at a battle which " W e ll lis t e n w hil e I t e ll you th e s tory about
took p lace n ea rly 300 years ago a t a pla ce w hi ch a boy w h o used t o m ake t ea for s o ldiers.-E ve r y-
is a long way ins id e what is now E ire. Th e R e- tim e h e saw a s oldier h e 'd 1·ush off hom e a n d
publi ca n s m e r e ly wi s h to kick th e Britis h (a nd
th e L oyali s ts) ou t of Ire la nd - th e la tte r to Scot- make him a g reat big pot of t ea. H e d id this
la n d, if poss ibl e. M ea n w hil e th ey wis h to h ave eve r y day for m a n y months, a nd every month
nothing to do with the U ls t e r es tablis hm ent apa r t ,
that is, from d r·aw ing th e d o le. It's a s trang e for m a n y years. All the soldie rs kn ew him , and
wo rld .
enjoyed his t ea. The n , o ne day, the boy died . God
On our r e turn from B e lfast w e w e r e p laced ·lroonkeeedd down a nd took him up to H eaven a nd sa id:
undH c omman d of HQ 16 Para . Bd e. , w h om I'm som eon e to make t ea f or a ll my a nge ls,
to ld are on th e ir fi r s t ove r seas tour . W e v is ited
t h e v illage of L ou p , w h e r e we saw R e pub li can a nd , as you h ave been s uch a good boy, I'm going
fl a({s a n d Mi ss B . D evlin gave h e r no w fa m ous
sa lute w hic h we a lways ack n owl ed ge so r efl.d il y. to g ive you th e iob' "- "And th e r e h e is to thi s
day," continu ed th e paternal Corpora l to his wid e-
At the time of writing a nd since E ast er w e eyed lis t en e r , "up in H e aven m a king t ea for a ll
a n d B Coy. h ave b ee n s itting eit h e r b eside St. the Angels." A pause w hile a ']Jicture of cel es tictl
Mathew's Church , Newtownards Road or in the
Ball ymaca r r et Bu s Station, w h en ce w e h ave sal- t ea-pots} bottomless 1nilk jugs and Sttga.r that 's
li ed forth to dis p e r se riote r s, sea r c h h ouses, or
impose s tra n g le h old road bloc k s. A s yet w e h ave n ever lwrnpy1 da11 ces be/or e the popping ey es of
been unable to confirm or r efute the rumour tha t the entranced t ea - boy. " Now," co ntinu es the Co r -
C a nd Sp. Coys. h ave b een s pending the time try- poral , "The r e are so many ange ls in H eaven , a nd
ing to find their wa y off t h e good s hip Ma i d st011 e.
t h ey drink so mu c h t ea, t h at God is looking for
By th e time we r e ad this w e s hou ld (dare w e a n assistant tea- m a k er." Another paus e, tchile th e
h ope ) be o n bloc k leave.
si gni fi cctn ce of th ese l ast word s daU"1J..S on th e
You rs,
en1·a.ptured young face /' ''So if you're a good boy
J . P ea s mold Gruntfuttoc l< (Pte. )
a nd a lways make tea for th e soldi ers, I'll have R
Pte. G runtf uttoc k w is h es to congratu late:
word w ith God a nd see t hat you get the job o f
2/Lt. "K ippe r" Martin on being the onlv PI. Assistant T ea-mak e r to the Angles." The boy
Comd . in A Co y. w ho dares to be see n in u n iform
without darl< g la sses; C pl. Bob Chinn on a ppoint- can h ard l y 1·es t1·ain. t ecn·s of joy at this pros p ec t
ing hi m self President of the White Wine Con-
s umers Association ; the ''J ews of the Army'' on of the Ufe H er eaft m·. Th e Co rporal n ow t urn s
th eir continuing good humour in th e face of dire a nd look s hard a t his devoted
provocation. (Sunday Times Supple m e nt) ; L / C pl. ti nues, "Now r u n a long a nd get a dmire r a n d **c.o.,n*•-
McLeod on pers ua ding the Editor to expurgate t ea b efor e I d ie of thirs t ". m e a cup of
our obeserva tions on his a bilities from th e last
Journa l : Lt. Russell on m al<i n g th e f ea t s of th e In additio n to d rinking t ea , B Coy. report
b oo t ed Duk e of W ellington seem mod es t. that:

H e a lso wis h es t o draw atte ntion to t h e f act E a r ly m ornings h ave become quite p eaceful
that it is not L / Cp. Allaway 's fault that OC J\ s ince Capt. W a ite re turned to D Coy.
Cov. uses the Bn. Net to pass ins tructions to the
P is. Sgt. J enl<inson , recently r et u rned from a
Snipe r s Course has s lig-htl y a lt e r ed his we ll-
known "Aud ie Murphy" pose so that n o-one will
miss the ba dge o n his a rm .

Cpl. Arey, Pt es. Dye , C u s k e rn , H edges, Jon es
a nd White want to know when a n oth er search
tea m is goin ~ to b e tr a in e d s o that th ey mav a lso
re turn each t im e covered "in g lo ry a n d mud " (or
just in mud) . B n . 2IC - I say again- "Piease n ote"

Cong r atu lation s to: Sgt. D avies, C pl. Caldw e ll ,
L / C pl s . H eath a n d G il es on t h e ir promotion ; C pl.
Mears on his marriage; a nd C pl. G ill. L / Cp l. Giles
a nd Pte. J on es on the a ddition to their fa milies:
t he Coy. Shooting T eam on convincingly winning
the SLR a nd GPMG Cnmpetition in t h e Bn. Riflle
M eeting a nd es p ecia lly C pl. Doy le , a nd Sg-t.
D avies and L / Cpl. W ak e man o n b e ing SLR and
GPMG pa ir c h amp ions r esp e ctively .

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(Top): Cpl. Williams trheeceeivoe.s the SMG THE 8001{ OF THE SCRffiE
trophy from
Chapte r 2.
(Centre): The Tea Diviner - Cpl. Doyle. who
1. Now the tribes of 'C' Coy. did t a rry in that
was also the Champion Shot of the Battalion. place ca ll ed Ligo ni e l, a mill of ev il s m e lls a nd
wet pa int.
(Lower): Sgt. Graham-"a man much given
2. About th is tim e, B e lfast was much troubl ed
to wise words and of great skill". (See "The a nd the peop le of th e Ardoyn e g r ew r es tive. So
Book of the Scribe".) Hiscoc k , th e lead e r of th e p eo ple, did cali on his
chi e fs a nd h e did say unto th em : "Behold th e
people are troublesom e; go forth a nd establish
conc ealed pos itions a long th e w ay ca lled C rumlin .
And ye a r e to mount watchm en in tho se places
and ye a r e to mas k th eir faces with black lest
th ey are seen by nig ht".

3. And t h e c hi e fs w e nt forth and did as had
had been commanded unto them . And the leader
call ed Hiscock did ask . "Are my ord e r s b e in g
obeyed or are they not?" and the c hief's replied,
" Y ea mast er , t h ey are '' . And for many nights th e
m en of C lay ashivering, k eeping a watch ov er
Ardoyn e.

4.. Now .th e re was a m a n ca ll ed Graham, muc h
g1ven to w1se words a nd of great s kill. The pe ople
of H e rbe rt Street w e re displeased with the m en
of C and did fir e missil es at th e fort called Knox .
B ehold Graham was angered and did seek to
re turn the compliment, but behold , they were ail
d e parted.

5. Now on the t enth day of the month of
February the re came to Ligoniel strangers, m en
from the tribes of Scotland. And they did say
unto the people of 'C' Coy. "Behold your days in
this land are numbe r ed. for on the eighteenth day
ye are to r eturn unto the place of Ballykinle r".
And the m en of C did rejoice.

6. L est the damsels of Ligoniel b e too dis-
tressed, a party was h eld and there was both
drinking a nd dancing and sad farewells. Polling-
ton, a man of g reat discernment, did take unto
him a damsel for himself, but Connon (that man
of the stores) was grieved , for he did think the
damsel to be his, so he did seek out another fair
damsel named Goldy. Alas! sh e had gone with
another, and he was a chief.

7. Now wh en the people of C did return t<>
their camp ther e was much activity as the people
did train a nd carry out s port. Now amongst the
glad iators of C was that man Hall, who though
small in stature, did s how g reat prowess at tabl e
tennis.

8. And others there w e re who did excel also.
Th e r e was a man called Bailey, who, with L ea r
and F erns and others, did defeat the other tribes
at Basketball and did win the victors cup. Others
there were who did shoot with great skill ;
amongst their number w ere Rainey and Graham .

9. At this time the Training Offic'e r did ca ll
for n ew leaders to b e trained and C Coy. did send
forth m en true and bold: Rudkin, Benner, Crosby
a nd Smith. And they did practise the noble arts
of leadership at the barren place called Sperrin.
And with them came a nother leade r call ed
Whalley who did work t h em a nd did instruct
them in all manner of drills. And through the still
small hours his voice would ring out full of lus t
and venom .

10 L est th e men of C grew weary, the leader
did command his chiefs to lay before the men
beer and food a nd damsels that their m en should
make merry.

11. It came to pass that the Lord (a nd "the
Kremlin") did look favourably on that chief
called H a rris and they did grant unto him a pip
- temporary, shiny and new.

12. Now there was a chief called Lawson, a
man of great renown amongst those other chiefs
call ed Subalte rns, for thi s ch ie f did k eep watch

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over t he people o f th e camp for twen ty one days \Vai te Comm a ud ~- o r \\'aite' ~ Comm a nd '!
a nd t w enty on e nights. And t h e Suba It ern s w er e
w e ll pl ea sed for h e h a d b eco m e a s a f ri e n d u nto Sig na l P la to on '" 'pi. T u 1n e r is d ug in at t h e
th em . to p of t h e sta irs, s ta ring d il ec tly t o h is fro n t
13. And so C Co y did d w e ll at Ball yk inl e r
a nd th ey d id a w a it longingly for that pe r iod The Dog Secti on peer ro und th e co rn ers in a nti-
ca lled " leave " w hi c h h a d b ee n fo r eto ld by th e c ipation . T h e R ecce. PI. (coward s that t h ey a r e)
prophets.
loc k th e ir d oo •· a nd beat a h as t y r etreat.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVEU The Sig na l PI. have fini s hed booby tra pping

Tha nk you , Sp. Coy. for you r notes ! the ir room a nd Bn . H Q look o n in s ore a maze-
m ent. Th e p eace offe ri n g h as bee n prepared, " Th e
With t h e pros p ect of fi e ld firin g at N e t h e r -
avon in July, the Morta r P . has gone from pi pe in t h e bath room has been "brassoed " . .
s tre n g th to s tre n g th , i. e., from 1 Offi c e r a nd 16 A n ex e rc ise ? . No jus t D Coy. pre pa ring,
soldie rs (the senior soldie r being a L / Cpl.) t o 1
offi cer a nd 24 s oldi e rs. Sg t . Hutc hin son r eturne d 1---The Recce PI. locked their ~
from th e TA (a quic k lia ison trip ), Sgt . Cairns L __ _ _ _n _o_o_r_ . _·_·_ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
fr om th e Sg t s .' M ess ( h e'd r e luc t a ntl y b ee n in t h e
bar for 4 months) , Sgt. Duffey from t h e CQM S'
Stores (w e're now alright in our s tores), a nd Sgt.
Edwards from Brecon (complete with th e n orma l
issue of "Wa r S tori es" whic h h e t e lls ve ry w e ll) .

Whil e s till flus h ed w ith th eir s uccess in hol d-
ing down th e notorious Unity Flats and Sha nkhill
Roads a r eas. the Anti-Tank PI. emba rk ed on the
ambitious project of running a cadre, w ith t he
intens ion of pressing som e of the less wary mem-
bers of th e rifl e coys. into th eir s om ewha t d e-
pl e t ed r a nk s. Afte r a v e ry a c tive (a nd som etim es
highly dangerous ) w eek, they finally selected
Ptes. Robinson, Black , Ellis , G riffin a nd Rod-
zi ewicz, and we lcom e th e m to th e PI. with ope n
a rm s. Our Platoon S e rgeant M a jor w ill s hortl y
be r eplaced by Sg t. Lawrence, who for s om e
months has b een "chi ef s crew " a t th e RSM 's ill-
fa m ed " Hotel".

Cong ra tulations to : Ptes. Dunne a nd D av ies
on th eir r ecent w eddings; Cpl. Rutte r on hi s pro-
motion ; L / Cpl. Payne on successfully competing
a tou r as OC's driver (d espite the OC's g rey
h a irs ) ; Pte. Dobbie for working in th e Offi ce r s'
Mess for 3 days without breaking a n ything ; Cnl.
White on finally joining th e Morta r PI. ; Pte.
Bres1in on winning an award of m e rit fo r sw im -
ming ; F et e. T ester on p e rforming (we ca n be-
li ev e it) on Ex "Ed elwe iss" in S cotland ; a nd th e
Coy. on its splendid find in the Ballymacarret
district of B elfast , on which a report will a ppear
la t e r in th ese notes if th e OC fill s his p e n in tim e.

At the time of writing, Sp Coy. a re running
the camp for the Command Rifle Meeting.

UECEPTION Cartoons by R . F aulk n er .
or

An Ode to the Command Rifle Meeting

Whil e sitting in r eception ,
I resorted to d eception,
In order not,
To get the pay-off.
For the surrounding chaos .

The time came for arrival,
Or Thomps on's fight for s urvival ,
A fitting nam e for a s orrv old t a le,
No b ed s for th e Paras to b eg, or for sa le.

W e 're in the red with accommod a ti on ,
W e're up the creek with allocation,
Th e r e's not e nough food to feed th em a ll ,
Don't worry in reception- you can wa lk tall!

Sixty more Paras ? W e mu s t 've misse d 'em!
Still. w e mustn't buck the syst em ,
Counting team s a nd counting head s,
Not enough room for not enough beds.

LAD

24

for the w1·ath of their Coy. Comd. on the n orma l out if t h e marl< on hi s leg is from sleeping on
room inspec ti on. th e pave rn e n t, or whe re Pte. Dave Tilly bit hi m :
a nd C pl. B ill W als h n ot onl y lik es tall<ing to hi s
The Coy. continues to work smoothly a nd driver, but to eve ryo ne e lse on the batta lio n net
effici e n tly, t h a nks to th e Coy. Office team, as we ll.
a lthough to watch them working you would never
believe it ( if on e is lu c k y e no ugh to catc h t h em Th e Sig. PI. say goodbye t o Capt. B everid gc,
\vorldng, of cours e). Pte. Butcher continu es to a nd are a t lhis mom e nt awaiti ng th e a rri va l of
confuse eve ryon e as far as duties a re conce rn ed. Capt. Brown . Eve r yo n e is brea t hing a li ttle b e t-
ter now th at the UEI is ove r. Min i Tac a lso mad e
The B n. H Q set up has been quoted as being it s prese nce fe lt, at t he Lou p on E as t er Sunday .
"Enough to put a nyon e off". What with Pte. All m e mbe rs continu e to be ni ce to C pl. Turn e r in
"Smil e r " Pi e r ce g iv ing peo pl e "W ells F argo" the hope of a wedding invitation .
stagecoach ti c k ets for leave travel, a nd L /Cpl.
McFa dd en s ittin g over his typewrite r n1uttering Last but not least is th e mu c h dese i·vc d rn t: n-
Iris h r eb e l s ongs und er his br eath , a n d lastly tion of the Coy. footba ll team, capta in ed by Cp l.
L /Cpl. John Micallef s ing ing Malt ese love songs Bradley _ w hi c h wo n th e Batta lio n 's Kor ea Cup.
to a photograph of a g irl from Southport. The W e ll do n e to a ll players (loo!< out Arse n a l)!
Dog Section continu e t h e ir good work of l<eep-
ing peopl e away from t h e camp, a nd t h e ca mp The "Taii"-All 186 of them
away from th e dogs.
Yet a nothe r period in the life of E Coy. has
Con gratu la ti ons go to L / Cpl. W ood h a ll on passed without in c id e nt ; no one has gon e hungry
his promotion . Th e In t. S ect. continu e to fu n ction or ha d to wall< a round in rags!! At th e mome n t
aga inst over-whel ming odds, even after a ve ry we are in a turmoil with the forthcoming ins pec-
lo n g " day" in Belfast (whic h turn ed o ut to be a ti on of weapons a nd vehi c les. If yo u hap pe n to
week). It is rumoured that Tac were m a very see a susp ic ious c harac te r wa nd e ring around w ith
h a rd place to tlnd (th e C/Sgt. spent a w h ole weel< weapons und e r h is ar m s, do not worry; it is on ly
looking for the m: h av ing fa il ed , h e r etu rn e d to o ur Arms Storema n , Pte. Chris D onog h ue , who
ca mp) . Calls ig n 93 h a d a pun cture. The crew keeps muttering som ething about having to clean
woul d n eve r m a tch th e s pee d of rac in g pits for a t h em a ll. W e say fa r ewe ll to M a i. Tom Willi a m s
tyre c ha nge, but it is rumoure d that a co_u rse is a nd w is h him a ll th e lu cl< in th e futur e; a lso to
be ing r u n for Lt. Ch arte r so th a t n e xt t 1m e h e L /C p l. (Gi n ge r) Va in es on p osti n g to B Cov. and
too can he lp, a nd the job will (perhaps?) get done to P et e. Bassett on posting to 1 QUEENS. A
qu ick er. wa rm w e lcome to Maj . J ohn La ng h orn e, our n ew
OC; a lso to Pte. Va ines (yet a not h er "Ginger")
The R ecce PI. being the more combata nt from B Coy., a n d Pte. May, who is go ing to make
platoon of the Coy., have been very busy w ith mus ic with ou r R egim e ntal Band . W e congratu -
KP patr ols-day a nd night-a n d extra esco rt la t e P tes. Lu ck, Groombridg-e, W eeding a n d Ger-
duties. They h elped a lot in pa trolling the Bally- r elli on thir promotion to L /C pl.
macarre t area of B elfas t during the recent
troubles. C pl. " Bren " W ebb is s till tryin g to tl nd W e ll don e our t eam, in th e Bn . Rifl e M eet -

We've been making
sweet little things for years

Trebor, Clarnico and Sharps have
been in the sweet business for years.

Making all sorts of delicious
sweets for you to eat.

We haven't stopped.
We have a lot more
sweet little things up
our sleeve.

W l ()UI P .S ._w.. ~ O
10 1 ~11 0 ~ \T O

in g; that s hi e ld su_re is h eavy, a nd t he c ha mpag ne 25

was mu c h apprec 1ated by a ll. Soccer
Jt has bee n d ec id ed (after much discussion)
Despite the disturbances, and the u nsettli ng
not to m e ntion the fact that we have just success- effect that this has had on team availability both
ful ly completed th e annual UEI of vehicles, des- at Bn. a nd Coy. level 1970/71 h as been a r eason -
pite all odds. C pl. Cox is to b e co n gratu lated on a bl y s uccessfu l season.
s uccessfully completing four bas ic dri ver trg.
cadres in which a ll s tud e nts passed. (P te. In t he Army Cup the Bn. side got off to a good
Cabou c h c & Co .. mu s t now b e finally convinced start with a sou nd victory aga in s t D epot Th e
that th e r e is a m ethod! ). Farewell to Sgt. J . Royal Irish only to go out against 1 P ara. in the
Sp riggs on hi s pos ting, and a n apo logy for th e fir st round pro pe r. Th e latte r aga in proved our
m ethod by w hich h e travelled to the ferry. W e undoing in the Firs t Round of The Infantry Cup,
w e lcome S g t . Bu llock (REME) , his r e place m ent. a lthou g h th ey were h e ld until th e last t e n minutes
The fa c t that th e MTO, MT C / S g t. a nd MT Sgt. in a hard foug ht match . Northern Irela nd Com-
were see n sweeping the garages las t wee l< does n 't mand introduced two Knock-out Competitions. In
m ea n we are und e rmann e d! t he first, we los t to 2 R Anglian in the second
round having dis posed of 3 RHA in the first. Th e

(Top): The Battalion
Soccer Team.

(Lower): D Coy., the
l{orea Cup Winners,

1970/7 1.

26 Cp ls. Laker and Norton e n tered for the
Soldiers C h amp ionshi p, and they met in the final·
first rou nd of t h e second competition found the C pl. Lal<er was t h e winner, but both of t h em ar~
Bn. drawn agai n st 32 H y. Regt. RA whom t h ey to be congratu lated f or som e very fin e ga m es.
beat, only to fin d themselves dra wn against 1
Para. in t h e second round (Sem i Final) . After a Cpl. Norto n reac h ed th e semi-final in the
really ha rd fought match which produced a first- Plate Competition, but unfortunately lost.
c lass t eam effort, 1 P ara. were d e f ea t ed , t h a nl<s
to very good goals from Strev ett. Th e Final W e e n tered a D Coy. team for the Minor
had to be played on a n eutra l ground and the Units C h ampions hip , con s is ting of Maj. Ste ph en-
opposition w ere 1 Coldstream Guards w hom the son, Cpls . Laker and Norton a nd t h ey won in
Bn. were confid ent they co uld beat. At t h e end convincing style.
of full time the score stood at 4 goals each a nd
in th e c los ing minutes of the second ha lf of extra Finally, C pl. Lak e r won t h e U lste r Junior
time the Guards broke away and scor ed C ham pionship, a most gratifying resu lt for a
against the run of pla y leaving us as runners-up very d edicated player .
in the Knock-out Trophy.
Shoottng
The Bn. team in "Friendlies" against oth er
Service units a nd c ivi lian clubs has done very The Bn. Skill at Arms Meeting was h eld on
w ell, being undefeated in six games. 3rd April w ith the ai m of se lecti ng team s to r e-
p resen t the Bn. at the North ern Ireland m eeting
The Korea Cup Competition was on an Inter- ~ ater In the month ; 1t produced no great surprises
Coy. basis and was competed for with great en- m the r es ults. C pl. Doyle won the SLR c h amp ion
thusiasm right throughout the season d espite s hot w ith a scor e of 93; unfortuna t e ly h e d id less
the diffi culties of operational commitments. At well in the Northern Ire land meeting. B Coy.
the end D Coy. were the winners b ein g unbeaten n a rrowly won the SLR m atch from E Coy. a nd
in 9 gam es. Cr edit h er e must go to Cpl. Bradley, then went on to win the Stevenson Trophy for
team capta in for his enthus iasm and o rga ni sation. the GPMG pairs. Sgt. Davies a nd L/Cpl. W ake-
man were the w inning pair with Sg t . Graham
Rugge r and Pete. F e rns the runners-up. Cpl. Willia m s had
a well-deserved win in the SMG match a nd h e
Now that the season has come to an end, we went on to shoot well in the Northern Ireland
can look back on its pe rforma nce with very mixed m ee tin g with a score of 97 which gained him
feelings. The majority of our matches were 23rd place. Sgt. Grah am who was runner-up in the
played b efore C hristmas, the most m emora ble Battalion meeting went on to obtain 30th place
b e ing that agains t 42 Lt. Air D ef. R egt . RA; 1~ th e Northern Ire la nd m eeting. An informa l
this was our Army Cup game a nd the Bn. prob- pis tol shoot was h eld at the Bn. m eeting which
a bly played the best rugger of the season. The was won by Dmr. Robichaud. In the Northern
fin a l score was 11-3 to the Gunners bl.\t it was Ireland meeting Sgt. Phillips reached the fin a l of
pleasing to see th e half tim e scor e a t 3-3, our the pistol, gaining 39th place overall. Throug h-
s ide taking the lead only twenty minutes into the out the Bn. meeting E Coy. maintained a steady
game. hig h average and as a result won the C h a ll e nge
Shield as Champion Coy. by beating the rifle coys.
f"';oing from thi s to a lighter vei n . the officer~ fa irly convincingly. In spite of much h a rd work
played the corporals on New Years Day; the by WOII Riley, a n unexpected v is it to Belfast
Colonel a nd 2IC both donned their boots. The just before the Northern Irela nd m eeting and
scor e is irrevela nt, but a ll e njoyed s u ch a sh o rt appalling weather during th e meeting sad ly
game after such a long night. dash ed our team's hopes of a good result.

W e look forward to n ext season. P erh a ps the WOs' & SGTs'. MESS
gam e against I Para. can be played (we had to
cancel the las t m eetin g as it was on St. P atrick 's Littl e time is permitted in our cu rre nt IS
Day ). Rol e for mess ente rtainm e nt and readers wi ll
have note d by now that our us ua l phrase is "on
Basketball our return to Ballkinler from the streets of Bel-
A very odd bunch of players representing fast". These notes a re no exception, for yet aga in
a good deal of this time was s pe nt in t h a t a ll-
every coy. in the Bn. arrived at Ballymena to too-familia r city.
compete in the Northern Ireland C hampions hips.
Thankfully the end of March and beginning
Without a s ingle tra ining session together, of April turned out to be quiet a nd the Mess once
the team cannot be blamed for feeling a little again came t o life. Starting with a Wine a nd
a ppre h en s ive, but in fact, on the day, we were Dine P arty followed by dancing, it not only gave
extr em ely unlucky not to walk off with the our wives a wel1-earned rest from cooking, but
trophy. With their captain S.I. Basson "scream- gave us a 11 a c ha n ce to relax. Th e re nde rings of
ing" friendly advice to his players (and th e Ref!), well-known son gs (even if sung a little off key!)
the t ea m , consisting of Cpl. Hodkisson , RAPC- in the sma ll hours w e r e no doubt assisted b y th e
los ing his ninth pa ir of glasses-Cpl. Saunders, vi.no.
L/Cpls. Guiry (must practise his lay-up shots),
Bruton, Robinson . Ples. Medford, Francis and A Band concer t and curry lunch on Sunday,
Thomas, did them selves proud. Without question 28th March w e re enjoyed by a ll , p a rticula rly th e
those who were there would say "WE WAS children w ho did a grand job of conducting the
ROBBED"! Band and earn ed their r eward of a bar of choco-
late.
Squash
This has been a very s uccessful season for The Skill a t Arms M eeting on 1st April,
although marred by the weather, was well sup-
our playe rs in spite of the fact that w e had to ported by our m embers who were prominent in
cancel so many matches at the last minute. most of the Coy. t eam s. At the Annual s hoot for
t h e m agnum of ch am pagn e against the officers,
At the end of J a nuary, the Northern Ireland the RQMS was seen entering a s ide door to t h e
Command Championships were h eld in Belfast Mess with a bottle of ch ampagn e tucked in his
when Maj. Stephenson, 2/ Lt. Armitage-Smith, combat jack et! However. this was produced at a
C pl. L a k e r and Cpl. Norton a ll ente r e d for the Country a nd W estern nigh t h eld in the Mess on
individual Open Ch a mpions hips. The latter was 3rd April, a nd the cork was still intact!
unlucky to be eliminated in the second round
but the other three players all went through to
the semi-finals, with Cpl. Laker eme r gi n g as the
Northe rn Irela nd Comma nd Open C hampion .

Anoth er Win e a nd Din e P a rty w as a rra ng ed 2i
for East er Saturday a nd d espite th e fears of
mos t, th e lull in th e IS s ituation continued a nd a Mess a r e C / S g t. Cat c hpo le (TAV R, B e dford),
g ood time was ha d by all. On E aste r Monda y w e Sg t. Don ell y (TAVR ), a nd Sgt. G ill (A CT , Cam -
again found ourse lves 1n B e lfast, thi s tim e for n brid ge). W e w is h t h e m a ll t h e b es t in t h e ir
week. new s urrounding s.

At long last our a rdent bachelor, Bill Martin Farewell to Maj. R. E . Wlllsh e r, RAPC

ahas ta ke n th e plunge into m a trimony with M a j. Bob Wills h e r j oin ed the 1st Bn ., Th e
Roy a l Su ssex R egim e nt as paym aste r in F e br u-
Scottish W edding ove r East er. Although Bill has a ry, 1962. For nin e year s h e h as served with th a t
not ye t re turn ed to th e fold it was sa id by his Batta lion, a nd its s uccesso r a nd he is now about
best man, Sgt. Pate rson tha t "I ha ven 't been to to leave f or HQ The Qu ee n's Divi s ion .
a bette r MING for many a long day".
Bob, and his wife Doris, have been very much
W e we lcom e from RMA S a ndhurs t, WOII in ev id e nce in th e Battalion having ente re d w hol e
Hare who is ta king over a s CSM Sp. Coy. a nd heartedly into both military a nd soc ial a ffairs .
Sg t. Andrew who joins us from a n Arm y R e- W e thank them for all they have done a nd wis h
cruiting job ; th e latte r a ssures u s h e did his b es t them every ha ppiness in the future.
to improve th e recruiting fi g ures. Gon e from th e

THE SEARCH tions ) of sear ch parties stealing or wantonl y
damaging property, and then the teams were
by Anon away. House afte r house ; ea ch a bright centre
of family life b e lying th e drab darkn-ess of th e
It w as an early start for the Battalion. s treet outs ide , and yet a s w e e nte r ed th e door
Troubled Ulste r has little charm when view ed into a little world of light and warmth . so at once
from the back of a truck at four o'clock in the another barrier was closed against us, a barrier
morning and so most of Sp. Coy. dozed a s they of sullen distrust and antipathy.
were carried towards B elfast.
The night closed in upon us. The groups of
It was the last day of the Easter Holiday. To sulky youths, gathered at a door or alley-way
the surprise of us all , th e pessill'lis m gen e rated by becarn e, in th e darkness, a threate ning, s iniste r
press and parliamentarians had proved un- crowd . No longe r was it necessary to warn s ol-
founded . The anniversary to th e Easter Ris ing di e rs t o move in pairs , and policewom e n w e re
had passed without trouble ; there now remained care fully escorted from on e search team to an -
~h e march of the qrangem e n and that, of course , other. Yet they could do nothing, for with the
1s more of a touns t s pe ctacl e than a threat to area sealed off and with our patrols and passin?:
law and order . Clearly w e would be back with search te ams we w e re mas te rs of th e area. So
our families for supper ; simply another routine they confined them selves to curses and to th e
appearance . banging of dustbin lids, both soon abandoned as
their ine ffectiveness was rev eal e d through our
It all w ent according to the usual pattern . total indiffe rence.
Arrival in a sleeping city, dawn viewed from a
sordid car park tucked away in the back streets, It was now twenty hours s ince any of us had
s nippet s of information passed by a cons id e rate last seen our beds. With increasing w eariness
control ce 11 on the prog ress of marc h es (which came the danger of careless searching. The
to us w er e, unseen and unthought of) jugs of tea word or two of encouragement, a joke shared, a
and potted sports. That afternoon, however, s mil e, be cam e of re al importance . T ea and
thmj';s change d . No long er th e hidd en r eserv e, humour animate the English soldier and both
Sp. Coy. , 3 QUEENS return ed to th eir old hunt- were badly n eeded when at one o'clock. twenty-
ing grounds and stood between Unity Flats and two hours s in ce last we slept, th e company was
those waiting to chee r their bands into the ordered to search th e houses once more. So th e
Shankill. W e were part of the world again to see task began again , the more unpleasant now as
and be seen. the tired occupants w ere summoned from th e ir
beds. At four o'clock they could do no more and
Now it was all over . The Bands had passed exhaus ted soldiers slept on pavem ent and lorry.
with the fre nzied beating whi ch th e occasion de- Nothing had been found .
manded and which the reassuring ranks of Army
and police had allowed . The balconies had emp- At s ix that morning C / Sgt. Arc her's t ea had
tied and the crowds had drifted away to the ir revived us all enough t o search the gardens and
homes and to the pubs in the Sha nkill. The police open ground which the darkness had prevented
went, and at last order cam e and we embussed. earli e r . At 6.15 Sgt. D e acon found four .38 round s
For all s ides ther e was the satisfaction of a dav on the g round in an alley , possibly disposed of in
well sp ent . for th e soldiers it w as simply anothe·r a panic or dropped in the dark at a time whe n
episod e, anoth e r "esse ntial presence" a nothe r th e gunman dare d not pause to retrieve the n1 .
day away . And the n th e n ew s Has h ed in : Sp . C oy. Ten minutes late r Pte. Atkins on (Sunday Tim es
to move at on ce to Ballymacarret ; a man had Supple m e nt's April pin-up) un earthed a .22 \"e-
been shot. volver with 75 rounds of a mmunition in th e s ame
alley. The hunt was on.
W e arrived to find the tiny streets of t erraced
hous es a confus ion of tru ck s and s oldi ers. But The n ew s was quickly (and calculatingly)
this wa s co~fu s ion with a purpose, a grim pur- passed on to other search teams and to the cor-
pose, to cordon and search th e fiv e street s of don. Stimulated. Sp. Coy , once aj';ain set to. to
Ballymacarret from one of which the shots a re fe rret out something more. At seven o'clock Cpl.
alleged to have been ftred . With the rifle com- Drew discovered a leather bag high on a wall
panies holding the ring, Sp. Coy. was order ed t o screened by a rafter . Atkinson handed it down
search for the w eapon. to him and their shout of trimph and delight
made "tea and humour" quite redunda nt. The
T~ e re was nothing n ew in this tas k , w e h ad bag contained three revolvers , 500 rounds of am-
done ~t s o m a r:t y tim es be fore. Bri e f s impl e ord e rs , munition , 120 de tonators , Ha res a nd m ag az in es .
s tress 1ng th e Importance of thoroug hn ess, polite-
ness and of all the precautions w e have devised (Continued overleaf)
a gains t a ll egations (som e tim es m a lic ious all ega-

THE SEARCH

28 (Top ): The junk yard.

(Lower): The final "bag".

H ouses, yards, all eys a nd wa I'Chouses were
searched and searched again. At ten that morn-
in g, w e disco ver ed a yard tuck ed in a mon g th e
ga rdens a n d a ll eyways which was full of sc rap.
It was a n ex traord inary jumble of use less junl<:
and tota1ly unexpected ; a lso a de pres s ing di s-
covery.

T wo platoo n s were a llotted th e tas k a n d th ey
began s ifting t h roug h so m e seve ra l tons of sc rap.
Within 30 minutes, Sp. Coy's. pac l< w e r e in fu ll
cry aga in ; a loaded .38 revol ver w ith som e 50
rou nds were found hidd en ben ea th a dere lict ca 1·.
In a nothe r part of th e yard, twelve .38 rounds
w e re un cove re d. possibly tossed th ere as a pa ni c
reaction to our ear li er sea rc h of h ouses. How ever.
in that co n fusion of junk no on e cou ld be s ure
t hat t h ey had not missed someth ing a nd so s earch
teams we re task ed to fo1lo w eac h oth e r sea rc h-
ing t h e sam e farrago . It was through this dupli-
cat ion of effort , this over ins ura nce, t ha t CpJ.
Gree n discovered a cric k et bag h idden carefu ll.v
b e n eath a d e r e li ct GPO van . WOII Moodi e h e ld
a captive a udi en ce as h e t a llied off the la t es t
fi nd- a s t en g un , a 7.65 M auser a nd a .300 spo rt-
ing rifle as we11 as ammun iti on f or all three.

By one o'clock th e search of th e junl<: yard
was draw ing to a c lose. T ea m s had been busy
elsewhere in the area and th e corrtpa ny aga in
score d a find w h en a .22 rifle was discove red in a
dereli ct house. Now, how ever, we w e re sa tiat ed
and exhausted-so ti red that none of us could
raise the e n ergy to ce le brate th e s uccess of th e
Compan y search with a g lass of our tln e I d is-
covery- ten gallons of illicit poteen !

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The 4th Battalion
Alhuhera Company

(Left): The Colonel of the R egiment talks th e Quarterg ua rd , be ln g ins pected b y Gen .
with Pte. J{. As hley. Craddo c k .

(Top, right) : Ptes. Pulle n and lUcGahax. o f (Lower, ri g ht): The D epwty Colone l (K ent )
inspects the front rank of the Quarte rg uard.
The Compa ny is now reaching its li mited
estab li s hm e n t of 2 Officers . 5 WO's a nd Sgts. a nd w is h him and his w ife w e ll a nd welcom e in his
33 Rank and Fil e plus 1 Sgt. RAP C a nd 2 ACC place Capt. Tony W a rd who joins us from HQ 1s t
Cooks. Th e cu rr en t Com pany organisation is as Div. Sgt. K . Andrews h as joined 3 QUEENS and
fo llows: his place has been taken by Sgt. Rumbold from
1 QUEENS.
Maj . G. Mason, OC; Capt. A. C . W ard, 2IC ;
WOII S. L ea, CSM; C/ Sgt. R. Steven s, C QMS ; Wh at of our r ec ruitin g ac tiviti es sin ce our
Sgt. Clarke, Unit Pay Sgt.; Sgt. P . B rown , I / C
1 PI ; Sgt. J . Mogford, I / C 2 PI; Sgt. G. Rumbold , formation? Eac h Pla toon has b een allotted a
I/ C 3 PI. County area plus a part of London in w hic h to

W e w e r e ve r y sorry to bid far ew e ll to Ca pt. operate. They are c harged with the res pon s ibility
Colin W ebb , our 2IC, w h o h as left u s to b ecom e
Adjutant of t h e Army Air Corps De pot at Middle of advertis ing the R egim e nt a nd e mphas is in g
W a ll op . Afte r som e 29 years of R egim e nta l se r· that Th e Qu een 's R eg im e nt is th e County R egi-
v ice h e h as very m an y fri en ds throughout th e m ent of '
R egiment and . indeed, the Division and will be '. The re has b ee n n o im -
sadly missed . W e look forward to see in g him in m ediate change in th e patte rn of activ iti es o f the
his light blue b er et. H e has been the R eg im enta l o ld R eg im enta l Informatio n T eam in th a t visits
R ecruit ing Officer for th e past two years a nd did are being m a d e to Schools, ACF U nits, County
much to get our Company off to a good sta rt. W e
S h ows, F etes a n d a ll form s of publi c gath e rin gs.
With increased numbers a nd more equipm ent it
is n ow poss ibl e , h owever, to use such activiti es

as an a n c hor for more gen e ra l a n d direct recruit-
ing. F or exampl e, a Pla toon co mmitte d to a one-
day show in Brighton will be moving into the

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area for a week or more a nd "v ill set l\P a Com-
mand Post a nd W eapons Display on v illage
g r ee n s, et c., a nd vis it A CF U nits and Schools in
the a rea. It is th e in ten tion to ma l<c a R eg i--
mental impact in our Counties befo re a nd a ft e r
partic ula r events.

W e are n ow getting in to our s trid e. There
has been some improvem ent in our R eg imenta l
recruiting fi gu res though it is too ea rl y as yet to
claim credit. The balance between the n umbers
r ec rui ted a nd th e number di sch a r ged during th e
first quarte r of t his year is plus 13 (b ig d ea l) ,
w hereas in th e sam e pe riod last year the ba la n ce
was - 89. A s lig h t im p rovement. There h as a lso
been an improvement ove r the sam e period on
the number of persons prolonging their engage-
m e nts. During th e first quarte r of 1970 t h e r e
were 29 a nd this year th e r e h ave b een 45.

An importa nt factor in th e form ation of th e
Company has been the n eed to work together a nd
to get to know each other . An early opportunity
arose when w e participated in 2 Infantry Bde.
E xe r c ise " Qu een s Drive " on 7th/ 8th March. Th e
snow fen on 6th March and the Acrise training
area took on a bleak Siberia n outlool<. The Com-
pany was en gaged in a varie ty o f e n en1 y roles
a nd provided a most s u ccessful fig htin g patro l
aimed a t rous ing Capt. Fra nk Oram from his
comfortable Echelon bed! Simulated casua lties
became a Compa n y s peciality. It was a g reat
pl easu re to be working in the fi e ld with ou r
T & AVR Battalion and . with ton gue in c h eel< ,
w e "apologise for th e incon ve ni en ce caused"
Th e re is a d estructive s treak in us a ll a nd the
burning car that was run in to A Coy. lin es, pro-
vided satisfaction for some.

On 12th March we were honou red to be
visited by the Colonel of the R egiment, a nd on
14th April by the D eputy Colon el (Kent) . On
these v is its the C olon el a nd D e puty Co lone l saw
th e facilities availabl e to us in Shorncliffe a n d
met a ll soldiers of the Company .

W e have a lso been most pl eased to welcome
th e Divis ional Brigadier, Brig. Wise; Maj . R eg
Gill, MBE ; Lt.-Cal. D . R. Bishop, MBE, AAG, The
Quee n 's Divis ion ; Col. F . W a ld e n , MBE, DL a nd
Maj . Smith of RHQ (Middl esex Offi ce); a nd Maj .
G. U . W eymouth , MBE. R egim e ntal S ecr e tary.
W e were also pleased to b e visited by Lt.-Co l.
Alan Jones. who now holds the superior title of
'Chief of Staff'.

Stop Press:
W e still haven't received the carpet for Maj.

Geoffrey Mason's Office, but h ave b een informed
that w e've now a pplied on th e right form s a n d
that they are reveiving "sym path etic con side ra-
tion"!

We are the principal Recruiting SOME CO!\fi'ANY PERSONALITIES
Agency for the Regiment.
(Top): L / Cpl. William Stupples prepares
If you know of a potential Dis play B oards.
Queensman let us have
his name and address. (Centre): Pte. Steven Rickson gets down to
some Mortar training prior to an Arena
Ours is :
4 QUEEN'S COY., Displa y.
SHORNCLIFFE, KENT. (Lower): Pte. Maurice Bradshaw construct s

one of th e Sta.tic Dis play Uiosks.
Pictures by M .O .D .

The 5th (Volunteer)
Battalion

CO : Lt.-Col. P . D . J oh n so n ; 2IC: Maj . H . A .
G. Robcrts, TD ; Trg. Majo r: Maj. J . M. H ewso n ,
MC; Adj:: Capt. C. H . St. John P e rry; QM : Capt .
( QM) F . B. Ora m ; RMO : Maj . L . Burn RAMC;
RSO : Capt. A . J . Bin g h am; A/ IO : L t. F . J . S ims;
Padre: Rev. R. C. L . P il g rim , RAC hD ; Pmr :
Capt. D . H oughton, RAPC; MTO : Lt. (QM) R.
White; RSM : W OI E. S. Parker .

W Eregret th at, due to th e postal strike, my g oodn es w ha t a day. Wonderful tho ' to see a ll
th e last issue of the Journal contained those old, old faces again. OC D in a quite dash-
only a portion of our notes. ing n ew sports suit, a nd dear Gerald thr.ow in g
Guid e Books on Gibraltar a ll arou nd . D elig hted
In the latter part of last year the Bn. to see P eter H arr in g ton again-couldn 't miss him
MT Rally was won- yet again by C Coy. Now r e ally. A ll thi s a nd an "0" Group too .
with 1970 behind us, we work and plan for
1971. Camps in Gibraltar and two in Germany Marc h : That b--- cold exercise everyon e
will be described in f u ture editions. went on a nd som e came off. Sweet of the CO to
g e t a h eli co pte r for Anthon y Arm s trong to fli t
In Marc h the Bn . took part in a n exe rc ise set a bout in- for t h e r est of us a cold, cold pa d-
by 2 Bd e. und e r th e titl e "Queen 's Driv e". In thick "It's a tough hobby but it's fun ". How I wish the
s now a nd s ub zero t e inp e ratu res th e Bn . gave a Ad man who dreamt up that little gem h a d been
good accoun t of itself. there. Early in th e morning caught s ig ht of Mr.
Parke >· in a Parker- m y w hat a w ild , w ild b ap-
5th B n. N e w Years uHon ours" L ist penning. So on to April-"Oh! to be in Hornsey
no w that spring is th er e' '.
LS a nd 1\'lB (Long Service a nd Mu ch B eer ) to
WOn C h a ffe r for ha v ing b een w ith A Coy. s in ce April : Quite a busy month. The two d ear
be fore anyon e can rem embe r. PSI's of B a nd D driven quite out of their minds
by preparation for Annua l Camp in Gib. and the
REME a nd Tow Bar to L t. Wri g ht for wr it- r est of us Ranging about at Hythe, Alders hot a nd
ing off yet a nthe r L a nd Rover. a ll butts w est. Th e r ecruit Cadre at Bass ing b ou rn
a nd Sta nford PTA w ent off w ell. Th e 2IC p aid
T he GPO to J asper, the CO's dog, for eating them a v is it a nd from what I h ear r eally set th e
t h e Trg. M a jor's t e le ph on e cable. place a light. Live firing on Salisbury P la in to
round it all off-can't b e b ad.
To •t h e Cadres as a far ew e ll f,"ift~th e un ex-
pired portion of th eir pay. With love, d ear Diary,

W e w elcome our n ew Trg. Ma jor, Maj. J . M. Ge nbird .
H ewson, MC, a nd our best wish es to Maj . Richard
N eve, MC. in his n ew appointm ent at SHAPE. STAFF I N CONFI DENCE

Person a l Occur re n ce. During th e r ecruit F rom : Adjutant. D ecember, 1970
course at Sta nford PTA in April, WOn Chaffe r T o: OC D Coy.
went w it h out a pint f or over 2 days 53 ~ hours.
Our sympa thy (and con gratula tions) to him on Adjt's. V isi•t 24th Nov.. 1970.
his s uprem e brave ry- a nd the fact that he only
m e ntion ed it 4,329 tim es! 1. I was not satisfied w it h t h e standard of
cleanlin ess of th e Drill H a ll w h e n I v isted last
GENBIRD'S DIARY Tu es day.
2. Would you please e n su re that a much
Sub-Editor's Note: W e in 5 QUEENS h ave high e r s ta ndard is a ttai n ed in th e future, thi s is
always been a s ocial lot- with thi s in mind I have particularly releva nt in v iew of the forthcoming
as k ed L ady Ge nn y L e r os to g ive u s, each iss ue. Annual Adm in. Inspection.
the latest from th e Cocktail Parti es, e tc.; a n y
s imilarity to an y oth e r Queen's Diary is n ot 3. The points which I particu larly n ot iced
entirely unintentional. w ere as follows:-

D ecembe r : My ! what a month, it rea ll y Th e for ecourt- d ead leaves and litter.
was a ll h appe ning . Th e Sg t s'. Mess Draw th e
Th e Entrance Hall fl oor .

The PSI's office.
The Backya rd- P a inter's rubbis h.

Band Dinne r ; y ou nam e it- it h app en ed . Quit e 'Th e lavator ies.

the in scen e at the Dinner too. The darling Ba nd-
m aster sobe r as a tick a nd th ey do t ell m e that
that s mooth n ew Colon el did his "thing" for a ll COPY TAVR Cen t r e,
Priory Roa d ,
to see. In short a month to remember. Hornsey,

Janua ry: It ra in ed lil<e h e ll- ! dra nk lil<e a L on don , N .8.
fi sh- othe rwise a q ui e t mo nth . Frank . th e
da rling QM did a few things; lost a bit, gained D ear Sir,
a lot and life went on and on.
I have been g iven the privilege of writing to
Febl'uar.v : Th (" n1onth e nd ed (wh a t a way-out you rega rding th e observat ion s you made o n your
b eginning) w it h th e Coy. Com d 's. Confe r en ce-
v is it t o th e above .

32 R ec ruitin g has co ntin ue d to b e ve ry en cou l'-
ag in g, with ove r 25 ta l<en on s tre ngth s o fa r this
Th e re ma rk s o f cou rse refl ect on me as ca r·e- year. 2/Lt. D av id Mi tc h e ll , n e wl y-commission ed ,
t a k e r o f th e Drill-H a ll. In m y years in t h e ser- has ta k e n on th e task o f tra ining this enthus ias tic
v ice I was a lways ta ug ht, to "appreciate t h e ba nd .
situa tion " be fore a n y a t tack on th e en em y.
L t. Wrig ht has aga in achi eved s uccess w ith
So m ay I pl ease put you in th e pic t u re, from the B a tta lio n m oto r ra ll y tea m who w e re placed
m y s id e of th e Tt·en c h . I will t r y a nd dea l with 7th in th e W est e rn Comma nd Drivin g Cha mpion-
y our points on e by on e. (a) P a inte r 's Rubbi sh in s hips and won th e "B est TAVR T eam " awa rd in
Bac k Ya rd . I con c ur 100 °0 . P e rmiss io n was g ive n th e South e rn Comm a nd C h a mpion s hips.
to the firm concerned to use t he Shed a nd dump
th e ir rubbi s h by th e Office Sta ff h e r e. C / S g t . G eoff F a irfax who tool< ove r in Janu-
a ry whe n C/ Sgt. Bill R ettie " retired" a fte r 10
I ha ve bee n in tou c h with a seni o r m en1b e r yea rs in th e TAVR , h as n ow been popula rl y
of th e firm thr ee tim es r equ es tin g its r emo va l, a w a rd ed hi s "Cordon Bl e u" for s o s uccessfull Y
whi c h is th e ir res pon s ibility a nd not min e. I h ave di sgui s in g compo th a t even th e oldest s oldie rs
a lso r e ported th e matte r to m y employe rs. are findin g it diffi c ult to compla in .

(b) Lava tori es. Do not agree; w ill bea r com - Lt. Holm es a nd C pl. Bigwood have recently
pa ris on with those in an y oth e r Drill-Ha ll . if n o t compl et ed a Mo rta r Co urse and Sg t . Roge r s , C pl.
surpass . Ph e lan a nd L / C pl. Hollings worth ha ve jus t r e-
turn ed from a n anti-ta nk g un "re fresh e r" coursP,
(c) The Forecourt L ea ves They a re I a dmi t so w e expect g reat things from the Support PI.
a n eyesore , a nd to m e a c urse. I have ta k e n ba r- in futur e.
row a fte r ba rrow loa d a nd dumped th em behind
the Dri11-Hall ; as y ou ma y kn o\v du s tm e n w ill Thoug hts a re now turning to ca mp in Jun e
not ta k e th e m awa y . W e ha ve a tren1 e nd ous a t H a lte rn , a g a in for mos t of th e C ompa n y,
amount of leav es fallin g into th e forecourt from thoug h th e Support PI. is g oing to Solta u in Jul y.
ove rha ng ing branc h es, from th e Vi car's g a rd e n A r eport of the June camp should just m a ke the
a djoining th e Drill-Ha ll. I h a v e s pol<e n t o th e next issue.
vicar about this and asked him to have the trees
prun ed, but my r e qu est fe ll on s ton ey g round . I B COMPANY
apprec iate your conce rn but I do hope you rea li ze.
it's a h ell of a job trying to cl ear lea ves, but trus t OC: Maj. G. Din eley; 2IC : Capt. B . Holt; PI
conditions will be much brighter on your next C omds: Lts. C. A . S . Bates and P . J . Mount, 2/ Lt.
visit . C. Bellin g ham ; CSM: WOn D . Miram s ; CQMS :
C / Sgt. K . C rann ey; PSis: WOn W . G. Warren an 'l
(d) Entra n ce H a ll Floor. Thi s I partl y a g r ee Sgt. N . W ool gar .
with, but my wife has scrubbed this on her knees
which does not improve it a g reat deal. You see On 2nd March w e r e-op en e d D eal Drill H a ll ,
w e have not b een able to polish it for the last sw ept aside the cobwebs. oiled the rusty lock s
two months . beca use the mac hin e is out of ord er. and put a few "a d s" in th e local paper . The r e-
I mys elf wrote to th e age nt of Tt·uvo x. r e quest- sponse w as fantas tic- w e w e re a ll ca ug ht with
ing se rvice to th e machin e but with no results. our pens in our pockets ! WOn Bill Warren had
Sgt. Brown (PSI) kindlv returned it for m e to only e ig ht set s of docum e nts, a nd 24 r e cruits
works hops at Duk e of York's HQ, w h e r e it st ill turn ed up to e nlis t. Th e Centre w a s turn ed into
rem a ins. Th e above, I think , a ls o a nswe rs vo ur a lecture ha1l a nd form s w ere comple ted by num-
observations a bout th e offi ce floor . I do hope bers and with pauses of two-three.
and trus t m y r emark s have h elped to clarify th e
matter . I would b e delighted to discuss a n y points Lt. Charles B a t es has been appointed PI.
with you on your next vis it. Comd. with 2/ Lt. B ellingham a ssisting.

May I close wishing you a very h a ppy a nd On the first w eek end in Ma rch, the Bn. exer-
dust free N ew Y ear. c ised in th e A c ri se a rea . B Coy. was w ell re pr e-
sented althoug h the weather was bad , Ac rise
Yours sincerely, be ing trans form ed with a white mantl e sev e ra l
inches thick. There w as a good attendance on
(Sigd.) H . J . Melior. this w eek end a nd al so on the range wee l< end a t
Hvthe with many of the D eal and W estwood r e-
A COMPANY cruits joining th eir Companv for th e firs t tim e
in th e fi e ld .
OC: Maj. F . B . H erd, TD ; 2IC: Capt. A.
Birtles ; PI Comds: Lt. G. H . Wright, E. R. During Ma rch the Company Commender
Holmes, S. J . Daffonn and P . F . Rya n , 2/ Lt. D . F . found time to visit the "Rock" on an advan ce
Mitchell: CSM : WOn F . J . Burrows : C QMS : camp recce accompani ed bv the Trg. Maior and
C/ Sgt. G. Fairfax: PSis: WOII H. T . Chaffe r , OC D Cov . All w ent w ell including a d e t a il ed s ur-
MM, C/ Sgt. D . Naylor and S g t . D . Tonks. v ey of Tangi ers. It is und ers tood n ew fri e nds
w e rP made- both clean shaven and hairy!
The first four months of the year have seen
a lot of training a ctivity . Two w eekends . in In April preparations got under wav for
January and F ebruary, w e re s pe nt pract is in g Annual Camp: D eal platoon grew stronger and
"K eeping the P e ace", a ne w rol e f o r m ost m e m- Folkestone Drill H a ll closed down though a mHn-
b e r s of the Company, a nd a r e fr es hin <: c hange. b e r of th e s upporte r s trans f e rred to D e al. On th ~
In this w e w e r e abl y ass is t e d by Sgt. T onl<s w ho 17th. the OR's Canteen was officially opened after
had .ius t forsak e n his patrollin<: of th e s tree ts of a comol et e lv n ew fa ce-lift and a firs t-class e v e n-
B elfa s t to be our n ew PSI. One, not orga nised ing with a beat group made the opening go with
on the Alde rshot Training Area w as a lmost too a bang.
r ealistic . with petrol born bs a nd s ton es b eing
hurled by othe r "rioters " at the luckless riot As w e write. th e Compa ny is ge tting read y
s quad s. for Camp in Gibralta r . This promises to b e in-
t e r estin g with th e emphas is on Inte rnal S ecuritv.
Earlv in March w e w e re , of course. e n gag ed
in the Battalion Arctic Exercise. In spite of the W e w elcom e Sg t . L e n Dais y to the Sgts .' M ess.
snow thi s was enjoyabl e, with pl enty of action
and many lesson s learnt. Later in th e sam e C COMPANY
month found us patrolling our n ative Long
Valley. OC: Ma i. P . G . H a rrington ; PI Comd: Lt. M.
R. L . H a rding ; CSM : WOn D . H . Marriott :
April has occupi ed us with a ve r:v s uccess ful C QMS : C / Sgt. A . J . C rutte nd e n: PSis: WOII J .
c lassifi c ation w ee ke nd and a w ee k e nd s pe nt d o- B a rr el! and S g t. E . Brown .
ing a mbush a nd counter-ambush drills a nd patrol-
ling in the "Jungle" of Minley a rea.

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Spring has com e to our pa rt of Suss ex, a nd Moss Braswould like
w ith it a pr os pect of a va ri ed a nd exciting tra in - you to take the cred it for

in g prog t a mm e a head . being well dress ed
Our recruit ing campagn, conducted by adve r-
k ---
tisem ent. s ta tic dis play, a nd "Sna tch P a rti es",
has broug ht us to a lmos t total streng h , a nd it
will s oon be a case of a wa iting lis t.

W e h a d a busy winte r, with compa ny t ra in -
ing w eekends at Clark Camp- Lydd, Pippingford
P a rk a nd L ew es, and that n eve r-to-be-forgotten
night on "Th e Hill " a t A c rise, wh en te mpe ratu res
w e re te n degre es blow ze ro in th e s lit tre n ch es-
a night of stron g lang u age , muc h la ughte r a nd
a lot of ac tio n . Unha ppil y, Sgt. Dave Potte r , h e ll-
bent on getting hi s VC, injured his leg in th e
a tte mpt, bu t h e is now s uffici ently r ecove r ed t o
v is it us . like Long John Silv e r, on c rutches. It is
good to see him a round.

Our con g ratulations to Cpls. Kiff a nd Ridd
on th eir m embe r s hip of th e s uccessful B a tta lion
t eam whi c h won, once again1 th e TAVR C up in
t h e South-Eas t Dis trict Motor R a lly .

It is with h ea vy h eart that w e say our f a r e-
w e ll s to Ca pt. Tony Salt e r a nd 2/Lt. B e rtie Saun-
d e rs ("Tubs ") who are going to th e 7th (V) Bn .,
a nd to our reVere nd "professiona l" Sgt. Booth ,
who h as don e s o much for us. H e re turns to 3
QUEENS in N . Irela nd , a fte r two years of
"swede-bas hin g", and w e are confid e nt that hi s
wife will soon have the Iris h problem sorted o ut!
Our s in ce re b es t wis h es to the m a ll. W e w elc om e
Sg t. Brown from th e 1s t Bn ., who joins WOII
John Ba rren as PSI.

D COMPANY I

QC: Maj . M. L . Muirhead ; 2IC: Capt. R. E . /'
Lowan s ; PI Comds: Lts. R. J . Cla ydon a nd R . H .
C rosh er , 2/Lts. T . C. Hutton a nd P . Moseling ; \.
CSM : DOli H a rwood ; CQMS : C/ Sgt. R. A. Stone ;
PSis: WOII P . McFayden and Sgt. K . H . Brown. Suits from £34·50
or made to measure
R egular r eaders who sca nned the pa ges of
th e last issu e will be aware of the attempt to MossBros
s uppress all m ention of D Coy. How ever , th e plot
and th e m iss ing n ew s has come to lig ht, and th e Bedford Street, Covent Garde n, London WC2E 8JB
more choice gem s have been preserved f or our (near Leicester Squ a re Stat ion )
publi c . Lime Street, E.C.3 a nd Bran c hes
Also Au Ban Marc he in Pa ris
R em embrance Day saw us on parade at Mill
Hill with the Old Comrades and for our last Moss Bra s are buyers of Army, N aval and RAF Sw ords,
week end of the year w e took the air at Stanford ; Sporting Guns, Fishing Rods and Tackle, Saddler y,
th e s aid air turn ed out to b e full of sootbombs,
clods of earth, old fruit and b a d la nguage, for it Ski Equipment, Golf Club s and everyth ing that m en wea r.
was an IS w eekend.

Th e c as t in c lud ed riote rs a ssorte d , approx . 15
- kind pe rmission of CSM Harwood (i/ c indisci-
pline it would seem); agitators, small, one- look-
ing jus t lik e Sg t . Brown , only s m a ll e r ; poli cem a n ,
village for t h e use of. one- S gt. Purchese of thP
late 10 Qu een 's Cadre ( th e occa s ionally C iv il
Powe r) . The Critics, Maj. H ew son and WOn
McFayden (our n ew senior PSI) who are more
used to professional performances, spoke as with
one voice "we a re s urpri sed". (B e ing th e ir first
w eek end with T & AVR, they didn't know a n y
better). The OC hopes that thi s was kindly m eant.
Valuable lessons w e re learnt. Sp. PI. now know
that if at a roadblock the m a n says h e is a
Gua rds Colonel and produces a n ID card. h e
should be treat ed gently just in case; a nd Sgt.
Aldridge m ust get the h a n g of the safety pre-
cautions for c row scarers. All in all, a thoroughly
enjoyable w eek end .

In D ecembe r, c ombining bu s in ess with plea -
s u re, w e ex pe rim e nted with a Coy. Dinne r a nd
D ance on Bounty Night, which w as a success.
W e w e r e pleased to w elcom e Col. Clayton as our
principa l g uest , and he kindly made a numbe r
of presenta tions. W e discove red with pleasure
that WOn Prince, our d epa rting PSI, woul d ap-

34 E COli'IPANY

prcciate a print of "Steady the Drums a nd Fifes" OC: Maj . R. C. B. Dixon; 2IC: Capt. G. W .
( not h av ing b een a Dieh a rd when h e arrived) Evans; PI Comds: Lts . G. N. Waltham a nd M.
a nd our good wishes g o to him a nd to Sgt. Smith Butlin ; 2/ Lts. J . L . A . Fowle r and A . P. Haigh ;
of Sp . PI. , who mad e a s p ec ia l appearance, CSM : WOII J . A . Collins ; CQMS: C/ Sgt. S. L . A .
having com e up from the wi lds of Norfolk to Rogers; PSis : C/ Sgt. Phillips, ,Sg ts. Phillips a nd
accept hi s presenta tion . Ca ton .

At the beginning of March we made trac ks Marc h began with the Brigad e Exe r c ise: d es-
for Acrise. (If you could have seen their pos ition pite a ra ging blizzard on th e Saturday morning
from th e air this should r ead "at Acri se"), th e and reports of deep snow on the training area,
s ite of the ftrs t Brigade Exercise for a long time. we had very n early 100°(, turnout on th e exe rci se.
It was cold a nd a littl e too qui e t in our n ec k of
the woods. but it was also ins tru ctive a nd en- Our task was to guard a VP on th e Foll< e-
joya bl e - in a m asochistic so rt of w ay. s tone training area. Fortunately th e w eathe r
held off and t h e nig ht was clear , and despite
Since th en we have had an ori enteering wee l<- the b1tte r cold , eve ryon e man aged to l< ee p ale rt
cnd at Sta nford a nd a very s trenuous weekend (the generous rum ration must have had some-
on Dartmoor running foul of the enemy and local thing to do with it); several en emy w ere caught
la ndowne r s. Annual camp for a ll but Support trying to probe the pos ition .
PI is just around th e corner and w e arc busy
exchang ing kit and s igning our lives a way on During the early hours of Sunday morning
passport declarations. W e a re pl eased to w e lcom e our fighting patrol ambush ed an en emy propa-
into our ranks another former Diehard, 2/ Lt. gandis t elem ent, returning to th eir lines after
P ete r Moseling, who was obviously findin g un- haranguing the company position through a mega-
diluted c ivvy street a little too much for him . phone (r eally, that line a bout the officer s defect-
ing is w earing a bit thin!) and took a number
HQ CO~tPANY of them prisone r.
QC: Maj. G. Garnsey; 2IC: Capt. P. Anthony ;
PI Comd: Lt. J . W. Dodman: RQMS: WOn J . B. First li g ht brought hord es of e n emy s tream -
Cavanagh; CSM: WOn A . G. Alton; PSI: C/ Sgt. ing through our mix ed minefield (wh ere w e re
R. R ecton ; CQMS: C/Sgt. D. Bas ton. the DS ?) and 13 PI's pos ition. Much to the ir dis-
Y et another Christmas has gone and with it g ust and des pite the mortar barrage put down,
has passed th e only break in the T e rritoria l 13 PI's forward sections were overru n and th e
soldier's ca le nd a r. The brea k this year was punc- exercise culminated in a counter-attack by 14 PI.
tuated by one or two festiv e activities including- (The DS decided on "h eavy casualties on both
a n exce ll e nt Company dinn e r, attended by most s id es"). It was a n interesting exercise a nd much
members and their ladies. e njoye d by a ll taking part. -
Things have now started to pick up again,
es pecially in th e ft e ld of r ec ruitin g. Th e Com- March and April have been taken up by in-
pany is now recruited in excess of establi s hment tensive recruiting. 13 PI h as bee n hard at it in
and to all our new membe rs w e extend a warm Maidstone and were gratified to h ear of the
w elcome. notable Kent gentlemen who rang Bn. HQ to
The w eather after Chris tmas improved, only say how impressed th ey were. Their efforts were
to return to arctic conditions on the day of the in fact reeward ed by 14 recru its and more are
Battalion Exercise in the East K ent Area. But comin g in . 13 PI's zero ing weekend, recently
with burning enthusiasm and a generou,s rum ended in 2/ Lt. Fowler b eing virtually marooned
ration, a ll departments gave a good account of at L ydd, having been locked out of his car by
th emse lves, especia11y th e drumm e rs who seem Sgt. Easter. much to the amusement of the
to have acqu ired the knack of producing loud P latoon. W e und e r stand that Mr . Fowl e r is now
rhythmic teeth chattering in unison, whilst going a bout with pockets full of duplicate keys !
attempting to maintain a concealed de fens ive
position . H av ing move d to S eve noal< s from Tonbridge,
B efore next winter arrives the MT Pl. are 14 Pl are now boasting that they have the only
being urged to produce a coffee flavoured a nti- bar with a genuine barmaid complete with "hot
freeze which can be drained from hot radiators pants". (This could be the r eason for the rise
I'Cady for instant use; the Signals Pl are worl<ing in numbers from 10 to around 25!). N evertheless,
on und e rpants knitted of steel wool powe r ed by Lt. Butlin swears that a round of drinks in the
radio batte ri es , and th e Drum s a re d es igning a s oldi e rs' m ess is costi n g him over £5.
s ledge large e nough to transport the batte ri es
required to h eat one pail' of pants to body tem- Ptes. Rankin and Tyrie left in May for the
pe rature (tropical) for at least a n hour. Coy. HQ Signals Camp in Gibraltar with little more than
has a brief to recce training areas in equatorial sun-glasses and sun-tan lotion. W e have not
r egion s, though they w e re last seen with a map heard of th e m s ince, but trus t the y will r e-
of the Isle of Wight! turn fully-fledged operators.
The highlight of the training year (Annual
Camp) is rapidly approachi ng. A ga in thi s year At Tonbrid ge we now hav e 10 n ew recru its,
the Compan y is to b e s plit ; s om e w ill go to G e r- several of whom successfully completed a map
many. others to Gibraltar and the r emainder dis- reading and compass navigation exercise on th e
tributed throughout the UK. The Signals PI is South Downs- made very enjoyable b y the ir
fortunate to hav e been selected for train in g in own enthus iasm and the excellent w eather.
G ibraltar and its m ember s a r e ready, packed,
a nd waiting to g o. Lt. Waltham was initiated into his role of
Bn. Mortar Offi cer at the live firing exe rcise on
Salisbury Plain in which the compan y mortars
a lso took part.

Congratulations to WOn J . A . Collins on b e-
ing award ed the Me ritoriou s S e rvice Ce rtifice.t e;
2/Lt. Fowler on the birth of his son, a nd Pte.
Attrill on the birth of his daughter.

The 6th (Volunteer)

Battalion

CO: Lt.-Col. D. G. Wilson TD ; Trg Major: Ma j . manders are Lt. Gerry Webb, who tlnis hed 25
M. E. G irling; Ops Officer: Capt. B. M. S id well; years regular service as RSM of lOth Queen's
Admin Officer (Adjt.) : Maj. A. H . W arde, MC; Cadre at Edgware, so h e fee ls h e is playing on
Admin Of1icer (QM): Lt. (QM) A . Colyer; RMO: hom e g round ; and Lt. Ian B lyt h e, ex-University
Capt. D. P . J . McCarthy, RAMC ; RSM: W OI of London O.T.C., ex-4 / 5th Essex R egt. a nd lat-
C. Shinn. terly transfered from Royal Signals.

Wh en th e Government decide d there was CSM Partr idge who has joined is an ex-
need to exp~ nd the Reserve Forces, Greater Lo n- P.S.I. of the 5th Queen 's (V). Other " h appeni ngs"
do n was a ll otted four infa ntry compa ni es and a includ e two promotions to Cpl. for L Cps. N e wn-
Bn. HQ As the n ew unit was to be t ra ined as ham and Murphy, a happy event for 0 / Cdt. Eric
infantry, it was a ll otted to the Q~een's Regiment. Palm e r- a so n a nd he ir.
Thus, on 1st April 1971, a n ew 6th (Volunteer)
Bn. of the Queen's R egiment came into being. Obviously we have been devoting our main
Five cad res from both the Royal Regiment of effort towards recruiti ng. Startin g with a n Open
Artillery a nd the Queen's Regiment have joined Day on 3rd April, the Centre was opened by the
to form this new unit as follows: - Mayor of Barnet w ho cut the tape- a red tape

Bn HQ (Wandsworth) formed from 6th (Top): Maj. Beaumont hands the lUayor of
(Cadre) Bn The Queen 's Regiment Ba.rne t scissors to c ut the ta.p e and open
the Hall. The Commanding Officer, IJt.-Col.
A Coy (Edi,'Ware) form ed from l Oth (Cadre)
Bn The Queen's Regiment Wilson is on the left.
Picture by Barratt Kirk
B Bty (Hackney) form ed from The Greater
L ondon Regiment R.A. (Cadre) (Lower): The Colonel of the R egiment on
the .22 Range at Deans brook Road, durin g
C Bt.y (Cambe rwell ) formed from Th e London
a nd K ent R egiment R.A. (Cadre) the opening ceremony.

D Bty (Sutton) formed from The Surrey
Yeom a nry (Queen Ma ry's Regiment)
(Cad re)

Bn. H .Q. is located in a pre-1939 Drill Hall at
Brander H ouse, Broomhill Road, W a ndsworth
a nd on 19th April the Colonel of the R egim ent
and Comm a nding Officer , accompanied b y other
offic e rs of the Battalion, were received by the
Mayor of the Greater London Borough of W a nds-
worth. The Borough fia s a lways had excelle nt
relations with the T errito ria l Arm y a nd we h ope
that this meeting at th e Mayor's Parlour was a

foretaste of close links in the future.
Annual camp is going to be as late as pos-
sib le in the training year a nd we go to St.
Martin's Plain. Shorncliffe in the second a nd
third weeks of October. By this elate we hope to
of our establis hm e nt.
be recru ite d to 50 °0 our R egular Army staff at
W e welcome as
Bn. HQ, Maj. Girling a nd RSM Shinn. removed
a t sho rt notice from choice postings in BAOR.
W e a lso welcome as our full tim e Adjutant, Maj.
Warde, late Royal Engineers, and as our full time
Quartermaster, Capt . Col yer, who w ill be rem em -
bered by many in the R egiment.
Th e Offi cers, W a rrant Offi cers a nd Sergeants
kicked-off on our tlrst training weekend (on Cup
Final Day) with a Dinn e r Night for Offi cers
in the Surrey Y eomanry Drill H a ll at F aringdon
House a nd a Buffet Supper for the the WOs and

Sgts. at Bra nder House.
It may be som e time before the thorny ques-
tion of on e cap badge is resolved , but to s tan
with Bn. HQ a nd A Coy wear th e R egim enta l
badge, whilst B, C a nd D Btys wear the Royal

Artillery cap ba dge.

A COMPANY (MIDDLESEX)
Formed at D eansbrook Road, Edgware, from
t h e cadre of the lOth Queen's, the compan y is
comma nd ed b y Maj . Malcolm Beaumont T .D . In
c iv ilia n life a n executi ve in the "rag trade", he
so ldiered with the Middlesex R egt. on a National
Service commission. 2IC is Capt. David Morgancl
a lso a n ex-Middlesex officer. The platoon corn-

36 whi ch, threeq ua r ter g unn er, w as t rained as in-
fa ntry.
which the Mayor felt was suitaby symbolic ! Lt.
Gen. Sir Ric ha rd Craddock was p resen t a t the In 1969, w h en TAVR Ill was a bolis h e d th e
ceremony a nd sh owed the recruits a thing or two G r eate r London R egim e n t Cad r e was fo r m e d· a nd
w ith a subsequ ent display of crack s hooting on its offi cer s a nd s oldi e rs a r e n ow th e nu c le u s of
t h e .22 ra n ge. This ki c k ed off a r ecruitin g c ompe- B Bty. Of these , BSM L e w L e v y w as a g lid e r
t ition whic h invo lved r ecruits s hooting for pints pilot in th e 39-45 war a nd a ft e rw a rd s RA (TA ).
at t h e T .A . Centre a nd c ulmina in g in 20 fin a lis t s S / Sgt Sid Smith a nd S g t John H axell se r ved in
going over a n assault course a nd shooting a t 1939-45 a nd in RA R egim ents s ince; B dr. Bob
St ony Castle ra n ges. The winner, Robert Vassie D eakin was with theKRRC and served in North
of Edgw arc, w as prese nted with his prize by mod el Africa; h e joined th e TA in 1948 with th e Roya l
Sue Long hurst-a holiday f or two in M a jorca. Artille r y. Gnr. Thac k e ra y joine d in 1959 a nd
has a lso se rv ed w ith R CT .
Th e n e t result of our April acti v ity is a Com-
pa n y wi t h a s tre n g th of 32 a ll r a nks. The Bty Comd was commissioned in the Cold-
s tream G ua rds a nd served as a T a nk Troop
Lt. Blythe shows "Miss 6th Queens" the way ! comm a nder in the Gua rds Armoured Divis ion
Picture by Barratt Kirk. and 6th Gua rds Tank Brigade; a nd in the TA
afterwa rds , h e w as a n HAC Coy comd before re-
B (GREATER LONDON) BAT'l'ERY learning his gunnery in the RA. Capt. Bria n
Turn e r w as commiss ion ed in 1950 a nd h as b een
The Bty, Commande d by Maj . A . C. Col e, has particularly concerned with ra da r a nd H eavy
been form ed from the Great er London R egiment a nd Lig ht Air D efen ce. Capt. John H a rtg ill h as
Cadre RA and as such h as a long history con- been both g unner a nd R CT .
nected with the defence of London as gunners
and infantry. ' Oth e r offi ce r s and soldi e rs joining th e B a t-
tery ha ve had va ried and inter esting careers a nd
Although the Greater London R egiment, as some of them have ha d infa ntry experience
a TAVR III unit, was not form ed until 1967 a nd whi c h a ugurs we ll for the future of the B a tte r y.
w as dis band ed in 1969, it r e present ed units s uch
as the 19th London R egiment, the Finsbury Rifles C (LONDON AND KENT RA) BATTERY
and Towe r Haml et s Rifl es (which b ecam e 512
LAA R e gime nt RA) and al so 459 H eavy AA a nd OC: M a j . M . F . Colle t t, T .D .
517 LAA R egim ents. Th e HAC contribute d (in
1967) its Light Coy ( Infantry) and C Bty c am e On 21s t M a r c h 1971 a party of m e n , s ur-
from its RHA R egime nt. 254 (City of London) pris ingly la rger tha n the esta blish ed streng th of
R egim ent provide d S Bty, whilst 300 R e gim e nt eight, of the L ondon and K e nt R egt RA Cadre
broug ht in R B ty. Thus , four hundred years of a rrived a t their h eadqua rters a t Bromley for the
g unner and infantry soldiering were put together las t tim e. N ew s of exp a n s ion of th e unit to form
in one unit- th e Greater L ondon R egim ent- part of the 6th (V) Bn. Th e Queen 's R egiment ha d
been a broad for some tim e; so, too, h a d been
th e n ew s that the expa n s ion w as to t a l<e place
at a noth e r TAVR Centre; nam e ly th e lOO-yea r -
old Drill Hall at Flodde n Ro a d. Ca mberw c ll ,
original home of the First Surrey Rifles.

London and K ent bid their Bromley home a
fond soldi e r's fa r ew e 11 and ga ve an e nthus ias ti c
greetin g to the ir n ew h om e a t Camb e rw e l1. B y
Sund a y 21s t March, undaunte d by th e de br is
caused by a bout four years of va nda lism a t thP
hands of local expe rts. a n oasis ha d been ca rved
out whe re a k een T e rritorial soldier or t wo could
r elax and enjoy a pint. "Firs t things firs t" w e
all said! Within a w eek the Battery and Troop
offices a nd two lecture rooms w ere reclaimed a nd ,
a s w e c rossed the sta rt line- a s u s ual with ad-
mirable promptness- on 1s t April, w e found tha t
w e w e re open for business to a n unexpectedl y
advanced extent.

Ther e was, however, one furthe r little matter
to deal with before w e could throw our full
w eight into the task of r ecruiting th e 120 o r s o
young m en who would form our Batte ry. W e
were going to camp. W e w er e going to Ge rmany
with 26th Field Regiment RA for a fortnight
s tarting on April 17th. It is from b e n eath an ex-
travagantly furnish ed tree on the fringe of Hohne
ra nges, happily equipped with hot a nd cold run-
ning Instructors of Gunn e ry, that this r e port is
being written.

Our camp has been planned s ince F ebruary
1970, with far s ig hted mflitary logi c and precis ion ,
and when it cam e it took but a mild series of
contortions to convert it from its orig inally con-
ceived form of Field Artillery practice to one
whe re Artillery-Infantry co-opera tion form ed the
k ey note.

W e now know that this co-operation is a chie-
ved as a consequence of long hours of patient co-
ordination, a minimum of sleep and some ver y
h ealthy running up and down hills fully dressed in
"Noddy" suits to protect us against the threat of

nu c lea r attack. A ll of t his was a w e lcome c hange 8y Appointment to Her Majesty tl'le Oue&o.
to our li vely G unn er ex-Cadre a nd was a tim e ly
re mind e r of th e phys ical e fforts to w hich we ~
must now address ourselves in our new In fantry
ro le. FOR
INSPECTION
In t h e midst of a ll the muck a nd bull e t s of
our camp a mi ss ive a rri ved from ou r new ly- You are probably now wearing an H. J . Service
join ed Gu nn e r PSI S / S g t Ma rk ey, to te ll of yet cap, the best quality cap made today-but how are
another recruit. That's good, now we arc off un- you 'hatted' off-parade 7 Our new fully illustrated
lu c ky 13. P e rhaps if w e stayed away a bit longe r brochure for ordering by post shows our compre-
the whole Battery could recruit itself w ithout our hensive range of hats and caps to suit every
blund er ing inte rfe re nce ! B u t no . t his must be
our prim e tas k on our re turn a n d, on e fa nc ieR, occasion. Send for your f.ree copy by filling in the
no easy one at that.
coupon below.
D BATTERY (SURREY YEOMANRY, QMR)
REGIMENTAL CAPMAKERS 4 THE " BURGHLEY "
H av ing ex is t e d as a cadre s in ce 1969, the One of our du ;~l
Surrey Y eom a nry has rise n from re tir·emcn t to TO purpose felt hats .
take its place as D Bty. of the new Ba ttalion a nd In rough finish
ou r C ommanding Officer is Ma j . C. K . B . T ay lor, YOUR REGIMENT Brown or Green.
T .D ., form e rly th e cadre comma n der. W e look £5.75 incl . postage
forward to a brig ht future as for the third tim e
in ten yea rs we c h a nge s tatus a nd ro le. Her~=~=-~~~~:::
.--------.,Toi:Ol-6297177-
Th e Surrey Yeomanry were forma ll y es tab- C/vi/ ~tnd Mllit•ry H•tters.
lis h ed in 1797 a nd s ucceed ed in rem ai nin g as ~ 40a Londo n Road, Cambarlay. (Wednesday,
Mounted Infa ntry up to 1921. Honoured as afternoons only) ,
" Qu een Mary's R egim e nt" in 1911, it fou g ht w it h
d isti n ction in Fra n ce, th e N ear a nd M iddl e E as t P/tJltSfJ send me 'The Complete Guide to HIJ~tdwe•r•
during th e Great W ar. Fina l wartim e se rvice was
in Russ ia in 1919. L-------I INAM~------------------------------

For the next forty yea rs g unne ry was th e 1 IADDRESS
ru le, hav ing been a m a lgam ated w ith the Su ssex
Yeomanr y to pe rform this rol e. ~

The Second World War saw t h ree regiments,
98th a nd 44th Fi e ld a nd 74 M edium ope r a tin g
und e r th e aegis of the Surrey Y eomanry. Again ,
much service was underta ken in the Middle East
th eatre. From Ala m e in through to Italy th e g uns
serv ed t h e 8th Arm y. Withdraw n from Ita ly in
1945, 98th Fi eld R egiment was hu rried to H olla nd
to fight at Arnhem ; disbandm e nt took p lace in
Schl eswig Hols t e in in 1946. P ost war , 298 Fi e ld
R egiment took up the Surrey Y eomanry name
until in 1961 no less than four r egimen{s a mal -
ga m ated to form 263 Fi eld R egim e nt. Th e m as-
s ive truncations of 1967 gave a fl eeting existence
as a TAVR Ill unit before th e fin a l fad e out into
the twilight e xistence as a cadre.

Now reborn, the Batter y h as a solid foun da-
tion f or r econ struction . Th e Drill H a ll in Sutton
is fi rst-rate and well s uppli ed with offi ces, m esses
a nd s ports facilities, all ready for use. Situated
in a m a inl y urban a re a w e h ave hig h h o pes of
good recruiting. E ven prior to th e offic ia l 1·e-
cruiting s tart, t h e cad r e had expanded to th e fu ll
compl em e nt of offi cers a nd s ta ff . Th e accent is
on youth a nd this was demons trated by our in-
augu r a l con cert at Wimbl ed on Publi c H a ll on
April 19th . The principal guests were t he Mayor
of Me rton, Cllr . Leivers a nd his w ife. Th e sta rs
of the con cert w e re "th e N ew F aces" pop g roup.
ably s upporte d by our own dan ce a nd milita ry
ba nds; th e latt e r h ave remained together, unpa id ,
as the private property of the R egiment a nd are
eve r y bit t h e ba nd of th e Surrey Y eomanry.

Although fully accepting our ex is t e n ce as a
com pone nt of the Queen's R egim e nt, th e re is no
doubt that retention of the Surrey Yeomanry in
our titl e will g r eatl y assist publicity. Our r e puta -
tion f or firs t-class soldie ring h as only lain dor-
mant for a little while and th ere are m a ny in our
rec ru iting a rea to whom t he Surrey Y eom a n ry
is more th a n jus t a na m e. With rea li s ti c pay ,
equipm en t a nd role, we ca n only prog ress as
part of th e s u ccess that w ill be 6 QUEENS (V).

3!!

7th (Volunteer) Battalion

Lt.-Col. J. B . Ogilvie, TD, the Commanding n ewspapers whi c h h as prod uce d imm edi ate di v id-
Officer. ends; in fact, s uch was the response t ha t on the
2nd A pril o u r forecast s tren g th was 12 officers
soME future military historian, browsing a nd 113 soldi ers !
through material .released for research,
The fi rs t Com ma nding Offi cer is Lt. Col. J. B .
may light upon a Ministry of Defence letter Og ilv ie TD, w h om r ead ers will rem embe r as CO
dated 29th January 1971 and, apart from 8th (T e r r ito ri a l) Bn . a t T onb r idge. M a j . M a lcolrn
noting that it gave authority for a modest G ilham is the T ra ining Offi ce r a nd the Bn. H .Q.
expansion of the Rese.rve Army, discard it in team is m ade up of Ma j. Ran Lucas, la t ely
favour of more exciting militaria. We feel Qua rte rmast e r a t the R egimenta l D epot at Can-
confident that events will prove how impor- te rbur y, a nd Ca pt. R eggie Mo rga n wh o was
tant that expansion will be and particu larly Admin is tr a ti ve Office r of t h e 7th (T e rritoria l)
the part to be played by this Battalion. B n. a t D eal. O ur Compa ny Comma nders a re: A
Coy: Capt. C. D . John; B Coy: M a j. A . P endl e-
A s for ecas t in the las t issu e of th e Jou rna l bury-Gree n TD ; C Coy: M a j . P . H . Cla yton ,
we form ed on 1st April w ith Companies a t F a rn- MBE. Pe rman ent Sta ff in clud e WOI A. P a t c h e tt,
ham , C ra wley and Folk eston e a nd Bn . H .Q. a t RRF, a nd C / Sg ts Hu r ley, Y o un g a nd Worth y,
Horsham. Ther e a re to be D etachments a t D over QUEEN'S. W e h ave a ls o b een ver y lu c k y in ou r
and a t Horsham and titles are as follows:- civ ilia n s t a ff a nd w elcom e Mrs. W a tldns a nd Mrs.
W a rn e; Mess rs. Hankins and H a lsey (C le ri ca l
A . (Queen 's Surreys ) Coy. Farnha m Offi ce r s) ; Mrs. Ande r s on (T y pi s t) a nd Messr s.
B. (Qu een 's Own Buffs) Coy. Folkes tone Thomas, Gilbert a nd Humphrey (Storem en ); not
to m ention Mr. Dinnage as Bn HQ Driver and
(with a D etachment at Dover ) Sg t Long as V e hicle M ech a ni c. Th e fillin g of a ll
C. (Royal Su ssex ) C oy. C rawl ey (with a th ese pos ts h as only been possible with the h elp
of the va riou s CEPOs conce rn ed a nd w e a re mu ch
D e t a chm ent a t Bn . H .Q. Horsham ) indebted to them .
Opening ceremonies took place a t Horsha m
and Farnham where accommodation was being Much midnight oil has been burnt getting
brought into use again a fter standing empty from th e unit off th e g round and th e p ress u re is lik ely
the earlier reorgansations, a nd our thanks a re to re m a in for som e tim e. One by on e th e prob-
due to the Secretary of th e South E ast TA & VR lem s are being solved however, and at least w e
Asso c ia tion a nd hi s S taff f o r th e ir con s id e ra bl e a re in be in g. A batta lion training w eek e nd w as
efforts on our behalf. The formation was backed h eld a t Horsham on 24th/ 25th A p ril attended by
b y a n ext ens ive publi city campaig n in the local a ll Offi ce rs and N CO s a nd this proved a u seful
opportunity for getting to know on e a n o th e r. A
very welcom e vis itor w as Brig. A . C. Tyl e r, S ecre-
tary to the Council of TA & VR Associations, who
joined us for s uppe r. W e hope to a rra nge one
compa ny training w eek end a nd one ba ttalion
w eek end ea ch month, with Annua l Camp early
in Octobe r.

Vis itors to Hors ha m have been many a nd in-
cluded WOI Wilson from the Infa ntry R ecords
Office a nd S / Sgt Woa n RAPC w ho s pe nt a few
days with us dealin g with t h e intricacies of
doc um entation a nd pay, r es p ecti vely.

With the v irtual completion of a ltera tions at
Dove r we s h a ll b e opening up th e D etachm e nt at
Marine Parade and this will then complete our
"Orbat"; w e can th en co nce ntra t e on recruiting
a nd tra ining. W e seem a ll set for a first -class
initial tra in ing year in which enthu s iasm w ill be
match ed by experien ce. W e are lucky to h a ve in-
h erited the latter from the Cra wley Platoon of
our 5th B n . and the Cadres of the 7th a nd 9th
(T e rritorial) Bns. from Folkestone a nd E ast-
bourn e.

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40 Junior Boxing C h ampion s hips when n o less than
nin e b oxers r each ed the sem i-fin a ls and final s.
Depot The Queen 's A party of twenty Junior Soldiers s p ent two

Division weeks s kiing in BAOR a n d a s uccessful Skiing/
Winter mountaineering camp was organ ised for
Command and Staff Changes
th e Juniors in Scotland. One hundred Juniors car-
Since t h e last edition we have lea rn ed that r ied out Rocl< climbing a nd Mou nta in wall<ing
we shall be saying goodbye to our first Com- in the Lake District this Sprin g te rm a nd in May
manding Officer, Lt.-Co l. W . C . De ll e r , R a n Exte rna l lead ership cam p is to b e es ta blis h ed
ANGLIAN, in Jul y a nd w ill b e we lcom ing Lt.-Co l. in the Snowdonia National Park to w hich evcr v
M . J . Doyl e, QUEEN'S as our n ew Comma nding membe r of th e JS Coy. is to s p e nd t e n d ays in
O flice r . W e wish to reco r d our s in cere thanks to exte rnal leadership training.
Colon el Bill for a ll that h e h as done h e r e durin g
his tour of command , a nd to Mrs. D eller for h e r Army Inte r Corps S quash Championsh ips
work with the fam ilies; we wish t h em both
eve r y happ iness in th e future. Maj. N. C. Brown, The Div is ion a l team ca m e 3rd in Divis ion I
RRF, presently comma nding B (Trg.) Coy ., is of the Inter Corps Squash Ch ampions hips , held
leav ing us to t a k e up the a ppointm e nt of DAAG b etween 14th -18th D ece mber 1970. In Divis ion I ,
(R) a t HQ The Queen's Divis ion a nd Maj. P . A. th e Div is iona l t ea m b eat The Royal Am oured
Gray, QUEEN'S s ucceeds him in August. Maj. Corps a nd The Royal Electrical a nd M echa nical
W . J . B. P eat, R ANGLIAN.. th e first Com pa n y Engineers a nd los t to The Royal Artillery a nd
Com m a n der of A (Trg.) Coy. was posted in T h e H ouseh o ld Divis ion. The follow in g repre-
F ebru ary as Tra ining Major to 6 R ANGLAN (V).
W e hope to see him frequently as h e a nd h is sented the D ivision in th e ir various match es:
f a mily a rc in Bury St. Edmunds. W e we lcome
Ma j . R. G. Wilson , R. ANGLIAN , as A Coys. n ew Lt.-Col. B. H . Marciandi QUEENS
com m a nder. R ANGIAN (Capt.)
Lt.Col. D . C. Thorn e
At t h e en d of April we sa id fa r ewell to our
first Padre, the Rev. Brian Bennett, on posting Maj. C. M. C . D ewa r QUEENS
to Cyprus . W e wish him a n d his family wel l a nd
a wait t he arrival of Padre Cross. Maj . M. C. D. L . G iiham QUEENS

Visitors M a j . N . C. Brown RRF
A t eam from the Inspectora t e of Establish-
Capt. R. T . W . Mell otte QUEENS
m ents (Arm y) spent two weeks a t the D epot in
J a nuary, and by t h e end of that month, t h e ir Lt. D . S eed RRF
recomme n datio n s h ad b een m ade known t o UE.
It did n ot surprise m a n y w h o know the work D e pot Officers- see picture opposite
load a t Bassingbourn to learn , th a t . inst ead of
reducing our Establishment it was recommen ded FltEMLINS
t h at it s h ou ld be increased by a fu rther eight
milita ry and civilian appointments. This review 6ELEPHANT'
was important n ot on ly for us but to the In-
fantr y e.s a w h o le as it w ill become the b asis o n BEERS
which othe r Divis ional D epot s a r e est a blis h «:>d
as they form , a nd its outcome was greet ed w ith The KENTISH BEER
great r e lief at HQ The Director of Infa ntry For the QUEEN 'S REGIMENT
Adult Recruit training is contin uous a nd throu g h -
out this p e riod , on nine sepa rate weekends, A C F
d etachm ents from the Quee n 's Regiment's R e-
c ruiting Area have stayed a nd tra ined h erP.
Similar training camps for A CF Cad ets from E
Anglia have been h eld at Stanford. Two T & AVR
R ecruit cadres h ave been run in a ddition to pre-
courses for the Platoon Commande rs', th e SNCOs'
a nd JNCOs' Divisions at the School of Infa ntry.
Th e fa c t t h at th e R eserve Army is to expand h as
not passed with out note at Bassing bourn; PSis of
6 QUEEN'S (V) a nd 7 QUEEN'S (V) have spent
two weeks h e re on con centra ted WT courses,
a nd in Jul y a nd Augus t th e D e pot is to r u n three
a dditiona l T & AVR R ecruit Cad res to assist
t h ose battalions as well as 6 and 7 R ANGLlAN

(V).

Sport

.Although the D e pot Hock ey a n d Football
t eam s n arrowly lost in th e rep la ys of t h e ir r e-
s pective District Minor U nit Cu p Finals, both
teams h ave continued to p lay s u ccessfu ll y in
var ious L eagu e competitions and fri endly m at-
ch es, during w hich time the D epot Hockey team
won t h e E ast e rn Di s tri c t Plate competit ion . Th e
Junior Soldiers Coy. inter-platoon competitions
have b een run successfully a nd the Junior BoxPrs
ac hi eved great s u ccess in the fi n a ls of t h e Arm y

Officers, Depot The Queen's Division,
1970/ 71

B ack 2/ L t. C. F. G. Parkinson, L ts. R. G . Cox, S . F . A. Parke r. M. J . Kin s on, W . F . A . H ea l, S. C. H . C levela nd . P . C. Cook, D . Seed , A . M . F .
R ow: J e lf, J . A . D ar nl ey, A . K. H u lse, J . R. Town s. R. M . Wil de, R. A . J . M acD on a ld .
Ce ntre i\!r. J . Jon es, Ca pt. B. W . Fry , Th e R ev. B . J . Benn ett, Capts. J . D ow n ey, T . A . K e nn y, R. E . H aes, T . I. McMi lla n , D . J . Perry P . C.
Row : Bucknall, T . H . C lar k , Lt. W . S. B e ll , Mr. K . T eesd a le, Mr. J . Burton .
Front Major (Retd .) C. Aus tin , Major W . P a in , Lt.-Col. F . L . Richards, Majors J . F . P e rl<in s, W . A . Durham, R. G. Wilson . Capt. D . R.
Row: C la rk e, Lt.-Col. W . C D e lle r, ll'lajors J. V. Warn er-,John son , N. C. Brown . H . R. Edwardes. Capts. R. Bayli s, MBE. R. J . I'alme r .

i\Jajor (Retd.) V . Fr e n c h , Ca pt. (R e td .) F . T . Turnbull.
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2/ Lt. D. J. H. Fra n ce, 10 QUEE NS (on pro-
Extract• from S uppleme nt.;
ba tion ), r es ig n s hi s co mmn ., 1st A pr il , 1969.
U EGULAR ARMY Capt. J . G. Cowen, 9 QUE E NS, having ex-

Lt. S . J . Y a t es to b e Capt. , 16th Janu a r y, 1971. c ee d e d th e a g e limit, r e tire d, 1st Ap r il , 1971 .
Cpl. D . S . Mitc h e ll , 5 QUEEN S. to b e 2/ L t.
Th e fo llowing 2/ Lts. to b e Lts., 25th J a nuar},
(on proba ti on ), 8th J a nuary , 1971.
1971 : A . C. M1 ev llle and J . F . Hu s ki ss on . Pte. C. M . B e lling h a m , 5 QUEENS, to be

Ma j. I. P . Thompson r etires on retired pay, 2/ Lt. (on probation ), 8th J a nuary, 1971.
Capt. (Ac tg. M a j .) G . Garn sey, TD , 5
1st Ma r ch, 1971. .
QUEENS, to be M a j. 9th F ebruary, 1971 , w it h
Capt. M. R. Butle r retires, rece iving a se niority, 1s t July , 1969.

g ra tuity . 2nd Ma r ch , 1971. Lt. G . W . E van s, 5 QU EEN S . is gran ted t h e
acting rank of Capt., 2nd N o vembe r , 1970.
Lt. R. M . Arnold to b e Capt. , l Oth Ma r c h, 1971.
Ma j . A . H. W a rde , MC, from R es. of O ffrs .,
Maj . M . Mackintos h r etires on r e tired pay, Cla ss 1, RE , a t his own re qu est reve rts to th e
5th F ebru a r y , 1971 . r a nk of Capt. , 12th F e bru a r y, 1971.

Ma j. (QM) M. Wild, MBE, r etires on r etired Pte N. C. W a lk e r t o b e 2/ Lt. (on probation ) ,
pay, 11th Ma r c h , 1971. 8th Janua ry , 1971.

2/ Lt. (o n probation ) L . G . Coombes, commn., 2/ Lt. C. S . R ya n , 5 QU EENS (on proba ti on ),
was t e rmi n ate d , 16t h March , 1971. is confirm e d a s 2/ Lt., 24th F ebrua r y, 1969. T o b e
Lt, 24th F ebruary, 1971 .
Ma j. (QM) G . V. I. Simpson, MBE, retires
on r e tired pay, 29th March , 1971 . Lt. J . F . Sims, 5 QUEEN S , from T & AVR 7
QUEENS (Ca dre), t o b e Lt., 1st April . 1971 .
Ma j. I. P . Thomson, MC retires on retired with se niority , 18th D ecember , 1966.
pay, 1s t March, 1971. (S ubs titute d fo •· notifn., in
Ga zette (Suppl em e nt) date d 2nd March, 1971 ). 2/ L t. A . P . Hai g h , 5 QUEENS, from T &
AVR. , 10 Para., to b e 2/ Lt. (on probat ion ), 15th
Lt. J. S . Ward Brown res igns his c ommn ., January , 1971, wit h seniority , 25th O c tob e r . 1968.
14th Apri l, 1971.
2/ Lt. T . C. R Hutton , 5 QUEENS (on pro ba-
Lt. L . M . Burns tin-Wilson from Short S e rv ., tion ) is confirm ed a s 2/ Lt. , 13th D ece mbe r, 1968.
Commn ., to b e Captain (QM) , 1s t Apri l, 1971 To be Lt.. 13th D ecembe r, 1970.
a nd with precedence n ext below S. Kirk, DWR.
Maj. R. J . S. Morgan , MC (forme rly 7 Queen s)
L t .-Co l. C. S . Fitzp atrick is appo inted to the a t hi s ow n requ est, re v e rts to his rank of Capt. ,
Special Lis t , 24th April , 1971. 26th F ebruary, 1971.

Maj . (QM) E . A. McCarthy, r etiring on retired 2/ Lt. R. A. R a tn e r from T & A VR , G en . List,
pay, 13th F ebruary, 1971. to be 2/Lt. (o n proba tion) , 1s t April, 1971, w ith
se ni ority, 13th D ece mbe r , 1970.
S hort S ev. Commn.
WOII R. J . B en son to b e 2/ Lt., 19th F ebrua r y, In Civilian Life

1971. T o b e Lt., 19th F ebruary, 1971. tl

Sp ec ial R eg. Contn. Enjoy

Lt. N . F . Russ ell from Short S e rv. Commn ., Service and
to b e 2/ Lt. , 9th November, 1970, with seniority Comradeship
8th April, 1969, to be Lt., 9th Novembe r , 1970,
with seniority, 15th April 1970. in the
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Mons OCS
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D. J. W ake (Direct entry) an 0 / Cdt. from needn't stop when you leave the Forces.
Mon s OCS , to b e 2/Lt.. 6th F ebruary, 1971. The British Legion has as much interest in
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REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS and women of today as it has for those of
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2/ Lt. P . Moseling from Active Lis t to b e 2/ Lt.,
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2/ Lt. A . W. Know les relinqui s h es his c ommn .,
26th J anuary, 1971.

Clctss II
Lt. R. W . Whitford from T & AVR 5 QUEENS

to b e Lt., 1s t January, 1971.

C l«Ss 1/J
Lt. G. F . Trevor. from T & AVR 6 QUEENS,

to b e Lt., 1st April, 1969.

T & AVR

Maj. D . G . Wilson , TD, 6 QUEENS, to be
Lt.-Col. . 1st January, 1971 .

2/ Lt. S. J . Dafforn, 5 QUEENS (on proba -
tion) , is confirm ed as 2/ Lt. , 13th D ec embe r , 1968.
To b e Lt. , 13th D ec e mber, 1970.

2/ Lt. C. S. Ryan, 5 QUEENS, from T & AVR
Me rcian, to be 2/ Lt. (on probation ), 1s t Novem -
ber. 1970, with seniority, 24th F ebruary , 1969.

44 DIMOND O n 26th A p r il , 1971 , a t Downpa tri c l<
N. Ire la n d, t o Pte. a n d M rs . Dimond , ~
Births, Marria~ues and daugh ter, Sama ntha .

Deaths P O R TER- On 29th April , 1971 at D ow npa t r ic l<
~B. r~~~a~~ rJ~~ C pl. a nd Mrs. Porte r, a so n:
BIRTHS
MARRIAGES
HOO DS- On 7th D ecembe r, 1970, at L em g o, to
Pte. a nd Mrs. Hood s, a son , P e t e r , BRICKMAN- BACKWELL. On 27th Nove mber
1970, a t Ba rkin g, P t e. ·Bri c l<m a n to Mi ss J ea,;
MILLER- On 16th D ecembe r , 19'10, a t R oyst o n , Bac k we ll.
to Pte. a nd Mrs. Mill er, a so n, W ay n e M ar k .
MAYNARD- D UFF. On 19th D ecemb e r , 1970, at
RUTTER- On 3rd January, 1971, a t Be lfas t , t o Dunm ow , E ssex, Pte. Ma ynard t o Miss J a n et
L / Cpl. a nd Mrs. Rutte r , a da ug hte r , Co lcen . Louise Duff.

M c LEOD- On 9th Janua r y, 1971 . a t D ownpa tri ck, GRUNDY- MU LLAN. On 1s t January, 1971, a t
N . Irela nd , to L / Cpl. and Mrs. McL eod, a son , B e lfas t , Pte . G rund v to Miss Eileen Mu lla n .
Jamie.
JOHN SO N - G UILE . On 9th January, 1971, a t
JAY COCKS- On 11th J a nuary , ~971 , a t No r t h - ~~'lf:.ton , P te. Johnson to Miss L es ley J a n e
fl eet , K e nt, to L / C pl. a nd M rs. J aycoc l<s, a
daug hte r, Mi c h elle Angela . EARTHY-ENNETT. On 9th J a nuary, 1971, a t
Broml ey , L / C pl. E a rthy to Mrs. Y vonne
BREAM- On 14th J a nua ry 1971 , at R oyston , t o Enn ett.
Cpl. a nd Mrs. Bream , a d a ug hter, Kimb e rl ey
Jan e . STREATFIELD- ROBI N SON. On 16th J a nua r y,
1971 , a t M a ids t on e, P t e. Streatfle ld to Mi ss
DAWSON- On 27th Janua r y, 1971 , a t Cante rbur y, Sylvia Ann Robinson .
to C pl. and Mrs. Daws on , a d a u g hter, Tracey
Susan. LLOYD- HAMILL. On 30th January , 1971, a t
Ballykmle r, Pte. Lloyd to Miss Anne Hamill.
JONES- On 28th January, 1971, a t Downpa tric l< ,
N . Ire la nd. to Pte. a nd Mrs. J on es, a s on , FREEMAN- KELLS. On lOth F ebruary, 1971, a t
Stefan Robert. B elfast , Pte. Freem a n to Miss Mary Eileen
Joyce K e lls.
WILKINS- On 30th January, 1971, at Cante rbury,
to Cpl. a nd Mrs. Will<ins, a s on , Simon P ete r . HURLEY- MALLON. On 13th February, 1971, at
Doun e, S cotla nd , Pte . Hurle y to Miss Eilee n
KWIEC IEN- On 31s t January, 1971. a t Cante r - M a llon .
bury , to Pte. and Mrs. Kwi ecien , a so n ,
Adri a n Michael Ja mes. WOOD- BLEAKELY. On 17th F ebruary , 1971, a t
B eckhampstead, Pte. Wood to Miss Ma r y
EVANS- On 31 s t January, 1971 , at BMH I se r - J ea n Bleakely .
lohn, to Pte. a nd Mrs. E va n s . a d a u g hte r
Paula D enise. BEST- BEER. On 20th F ebruary, at As hford ,
K ent, C p. B est to Miss Ma rga ret B eer.
BUDGEN- On 11th F e bruary , 1971 , a t Ro ys t on ,
to Sg t. a nd Mrs. Bugden , a son, Dav id J ohn. SAVAGE- SCRIVENS. On 27th F ebruary, at
D etling, K e nt, Pte. Sa vage to Miss B e rly
ELDRIDGE- At Downpa tric k . N . Ire la nd, t o P te. Iren e Scri vens.
a nd Mrs. Eldridge , a daughter, Ela in e.
WICKS- M cKAY. On 5th Ma r ch , 1971, at B elfas t ,
C ROUC HER- On 12th F e bru a r v, 1971, a t Wool- Pte. Wicks to Miss Susan M cKay.
wich , to Pte. a nd Mrs. Crouc he r, a son, Mark
An dr ew . MARTIN- DUFFEY. On lOth April, 1971, a t
Alyth , WOII Martin to Miss B ella Duffey.
SCADDAN- On 1st Marc h , 1971, at Downpatri c k ,
N . Ireland, to Sgt. a nd Mrs. Scadda n , a MEARS- HOOK. On lOth April . 1971, at Sedl es-
daughter, Angelina. combe, Sussex, Cpl. M ears to Miss Shirley
Mary Hook.
ROBINSON- On 4th Marc h , 1971 , a t Cambridge,
to Pte. and Mrs . Robin s on, a s on, J a m es Ala n . DONNE- TAINSH. On 15th April, 1971 at B el-
fast, Pte. Donne to Miss Janet Tains h .
HODGES- On 6th March, 1971 a t BMH I serlohn ,
to Pte. and Mrs. Hodges, a daughte r , Julie. DAVIES-FANNING. On 17th April, 1971, at Bally-
kinl e r, Pte. Davi es t o Miss H eath e r Marl en e
MORAN- On 13th March , 1971, a t Downpatri c l<, Louise Fannin g.
N . Ire land, to Pte. and Mrs. Mora n , a s on ,
James Patrick. ASPEY- ENGLISH. On 24th Ap ril , 1971, at Ton -
bridge , Pte. As p e y to Miss Val e ri e Jan e tte
GILES- On 16th Marc h , 1971 a t D ownpa tric k , Eng li s h .
N . Irela nd , to L / C pl. a nd Mrs. G iles, a
daug hter K a r en Annette. FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES
Th e followin g notices a ppear ed in th e D a il y
WATSON- On 17th March , 1971, a t D ownpa t r ic k , T elegra ph :
N . Ire land , to Pte. and Mrs . W a t s on , a son .
Richard Alexander. Dr. S. S. E lgin and Miss Fyler

STU RGEON- On 23rd March, 1971 a t BMH I ser- The enga g em e nt is a nnounce d be tween
lohn, to L/ C p. a nd Mrs. Sturgeon , a da ug hter Stephen. younger son of the la te Mr. G . T . Elg;n ,
M a ri a Ja n e. a nd of Mrs. Alice Elg in , of B inghampton, NY,
USA , a nd Virginia, e ld e r d a u g hte r of Major-Ge n .
LAWRENCE - On 30th M a rch , 1971, a t I se rl ohn , a nd Mrs. A . R. Fy le r, of B eaconsf!eld .
to Pte. and Mrs. Lawre n ce, a da u g hte r ,
Cath erine. Lieut. J . H. Barnett, USN, and
Miss H . J. MacWilliam
BARDWELL-On 31s t M a rch , 1971 a t Down-
patrick, N . Ireland, to C pl. a nd Mrs. B a rdw ell , Th e e ngagem e nt is a nnounce d be tween Jam ec:;
a son , Jason Robe rt. H a rri s, onl y s on of Li eut. Harris Barn ett, USN ,
(R et.), a nd Mrs. Barnett, of Princeton, N ew
WALTERS- On 1st April, 1971, a t Ro ys ton , to J e rsey, USA, a nd Hila rv J ean, younger daughter
C pl. a nd Mrs. Waite rs, a d a ughter, K ayc of Briga di e r and Mrs. M . E . M . MacWilliam , of
Joann e. R ye F a rm , D edha m , E ssex.

BLANCHETTE- On 3rd April 1971. a t BMH
Ise rlohn , to Sg t. a nd Mrs. Bl a n c h e tte, a son,
David John .

FLYNN- On 6th April. 1971 , a t D ownpa tric k . N .
Ire land, to Pte. and Mrs. Fly nn , a son , P a ul
Robert.

TAYLOR- On 17th April , 1971. a t BMH I se rlohn ,
to Pte. a nd Mrs. T aylo r , a d a u g hte r , Sh a r o n
Joyce.

45

Capt. P. V. Panton and Miss A .•J. Clay WARD- On Ma r c h 5t h , 1971 , R a n da ll M urr ay
Th e e ngagem e nt is anno unced be twee n Ca p- B e rtra m , aged 77 yea rs, o f C r a nbourn e Cot-
tain P atri c k Vivian Panton , Th e Qu ee n s R eg i- tage, Sou th E as t R oad .. S h oling, Sou th a mp to n
ment. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M . V. P a nton , (Ca pta in , R e td. ), son of the la t e L t .-Col. B .
of Wail e r's Oak , Col es hill , Bu c kingh a m s hire, a nd E. W a rd, both of The Middlesex R egim en t .
Angela J a n e, da u g hte r of Mr. H . S. C lay, o f 3, L e
St ra nge Close, N orwi c h , a nd Mrs. M . M . Clay, of C LARK- O n 7th M a r c h , 1971, Lt.-Col. C h a rl es
31, Eaton Street, Norwic h . Alfred Cla rk , DSO , MC , aged 92. Served in
The East S ur rey R egt. fr om 1896 to 1933. <See
Mr. P. Bryan, D.S.O., M .C., ~I.P. an<!
Mrs. P. Duncan obitua ry) .
B OROUGHS- O n 9t h M a r c h , 1971 M r . R. (Bob )
The m a rria ge will ta k e place quietly in L on- Boroughs, la te The Queen 's Own Royal W est
don on M ay 8. of Mr. P a ul Brya n , D .S .O ., M .C.,
M.P ., of P a rk Farm , Sawd on, S ca rbo roug h , Y ork - K ent R egt.
shire, and Cy nthia, widow of Patri ck Dun ca n, of STEPHENS- On 11t h M a rch , 1971, L t .-Col.
H exton , Hitc hin , H e rts.
G eorge Jac k S te ph e n s, TD , a ged 52 . S e rve d
DEATHS in Th e Eas t Surrey R egt. from 1948 to 1959
P E PLOE- On 11th D e ce mbe r , 1970, Mrs. Robin a (See obitua ry ).
r esult
P e p loe, widow of th e late Col. H a r old P e ploe, SUMMERS- On 12th Ma rch, . 1971 , as t h e l
DSO, MBE, The Queen's Own Royal W est of a riding accid ent, Mrs Olive Murie Sum~
K ent R egt.
MORRIS- On 7th F ebrua ry, 1971, C pl. Viv ia n m ers, wife of Maj . C. W . Summe rs, TD, The
G eorge Morris, aged 52 . Enliste d in Th e E as t
Surrey R egt. in India in 1935, h e was a firs t- Qu een's R oya l R egt.
class hoc k ey player . During World W a r II, WHEELER- On 15th Ma rc h, 1971 , Pte. J ack
C pl. Morris se r ved in 2/7th Bn. Th e Qu een's Wheele r , aged 83 . S e rv ed in the 2/ 4th Bn .
Roya l R egt. Th e Qu een's Royal R egt . from 1915 to 1919.
WADE- On 12th F e bruary, 1971, L / C pl. Charl es
Wade, a g ed 85. Served in both regular ba t- BLOW- On 17th M a rch , 1971, Sg t . H e rb e rt P e r cy
talions of The Eas t Surrey R egt. and was William Blow, aged 60. Se rved in Th e Queen's
wounded in the Battle of the Somme. Royal R eg t. from 1926 to 1937.
RIXON- On 15th F ebruary, 1971, Pte. J ose ph
Rixon aged 65 . S e rve d in th e 1s t Bn . Th e E as t BENTLEY- On 18th March , 1971, L t. C. A .
Surre y R e gt. from 1922 to 1931. (John ) St. Auburn B entl ey , a ged 95. S er ved
HORNER- At H a mm ersmith on 17th F ebrua ry, in The Queen 's Royal Regt. on the W est ern
1971, Tina J a n e Kova t s Horne r, d a ughte r of Front in the 1914-18 War.
Cpl. a nd Mrs. Horne r.
GOULD- On 18th F ebruary, 1971, Capt. Edwa rd LADELL-On 18th Marc h , 1971, Mr. W . L a d e ll,
Ru sse ll Gould , aged 81. Se rve d in Fran ce and ex-Sgt. The Queen 's Own Royal W est K ent
Greece in the 2nd Bn. The East Surrey R egt.
from 1915 to 1919, and was a warded the R egt. , a g e d 72 y ear s.
Greel< Ord e r of th e R e d eem e r . H e r e join ed
th e R egiment in 1940 a nd se rved a t th e TWOHEY- On 13th April , 1971, a g ed 81 , Mrs .
R egimental D epot. Twoh ey , widow of Mr. Ale c Twohe y,_ firs t
O 'SULLEVAN-CUIL-On 25th F ebruary , 1971, Chairman of the WOs ' a nd Sgts' A ssoc 1a bon ,
Maj . B e rkeley Campbell O'Sull e va n -C uil , for- The Queen 's Royal R egt.
m e r ly Quill. Se rved in the 1s t Bn . The DOYLE- On 24th April, 1971, Maj . Philip K evin
Qu een 's Roy al R e gt. b efore th e 1914-18 War Doyl e, MC, a g ed 75 . S e rve d in The Eas t
during which he was awarded th e MC and the Surrey R egt . from 1916 to 1942. (See
B e lgia n W a r C ross, and w as m entione d in
despa tch es. obituary) .
EASON- On April 26th, a t SS John and Eliza-
b eth Hospital, London , N .W .8., Norah , widow
of th e late Lt.-Col. A . A . (Willie ) E ason,
Queen's Own Royal W est K ent Regt.
OBBARD- On 27th April, 1971, Mr. A . S. (F e t e)
Obba rd , D CM , MM , ex-CSM 6th Bn. Th e
Queen's Own Royal W est K ent Regt.

MURRAY- On M ay 23rd, at W e ybridge, a ged 78,
Brig. H. A . D . Murray _ late of 7th Bn., Th e
Middl esex R egim e nt, (D .C .O .) .

~--------Obituaries

Lt.-Col. C. A. CLARK, DSO, MC a nd severe losses in the 9th Bn. H e seem ed to
bear a ch a rmed life but some indication of the
Brig. G. R . P . Roup e ll , V C, CB , DL, writes : casualties of his unit can be gathered from the
fact that, in spite of his junior rank, on no less
"C. A. Clark known to all his fri ends a s than fi ve occa s ions Nobb y was le ft a s th e senior
'Nobby', enlisted in The East Surrey R egiment in s urviving officer a nd as s uch took command of
1896 and firs t saw active service in South Africa the Battalion until the a rrival of the n ext CO.
with our 2nd Bn. At the end of that war he was H e proved himself to be a most courageous and
pos ted to the 1st Bn . and served with them in highly effi c ie nt office r a nd his quick promotion
En g land and Ire la nd until 1914, a ttaining the from 2nd Lie ute n a nt to M a jor s p eaks for iself.
ra nk of CSM.
H e r etire d in 1933 as a Brev et Lt.-Co l. , but
It was th en that I firs t m et Nobby a nd w as 1939 saw him in uniform again in the ARP ser-
deeply impressed by the tine example of man- vice. H e was Chief Air R a id Warde n of Folke-
manage m e nt, loyalty, effici e ncy and lov e o f his s tone from 1940 to 1945.
R egiment which h e set for us all.
One of Nobby's outstanding c h a racte ris ti cs
Early in 1914 h e was prom ot ed RSM of th e w as his ability to ins pire m en with self-confidence
4th Bn . with whom h e se rved until J a nuary , 1916, and enthus iasm , not only in war but also in
when he received a commission and joined the peace-tim e soldiering as shown by the success of
9th Bn. in Fran ce, as Adjuta nt. Nobby se r ved th e t eam s h e coach ed in rifl e-shooting, tug-of-war
with tha t Batta lion continuous ly until w ound ed a thletics , etc.
in the Ge rman Offe n s ive of Marc h . 1918, and dur-
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Nobby Clark was h eld in high r egard by a ll officer and both res ided there. Th ey took up
w ho had the privilege of serving with him a nd t h e ir respective pos it ions in September, 1956. A
now we remember a most lovable character, a year later, Mr. Thatcher was awarded t h e M er i-
very gallant officer a n d a great gentle man ". torious Service Medal, havi ng served 30 years
in t he Army . H e retired w ith the rank of Major.
Lt.-Col. JACK STEPHENS, TD
Jack was born on lOth August, 1918, h is 1\>lr. R. BOROUGHS
father being a regular officer of The King's Own
Royal R egt. (Lancaster) . Educated at Ch elten- Mr. Robcrt Boroughs, 'Bob' as h e was a ffec-
h am College, on leaving school in 1936 h e decl in e d tionately known to a ll , passed away after some
to follow in his father's footsteps, a nd instead, months of illness on 9th M a rch, 1971, at his h ome
entered comm ercial life by joining H ay's Wha r f in Orpington. H e joined The Queen's Own Roya l
in the same year. W est K en t Regt. in 1940 a n d was posted from the
On 17th Jun e, 1939, h e was commiss ion ed to Depot Maidstone to 4th Bn. in the summer of
The London Irish Rifles (TA) and served w ith 1940, and served with t h e m in North Afri ca,
that Regime n t until 1942 whe n h e was transfe r- I raq a n d Burma, u n t il hi s demob in 1946. Bob
red to his father's R egim en t. Promoted to Cap- was a lways fa n a ti cally Queen 's Own and attended
tain in 1944, h e attend ed the war-time Staff Col- a lmost every R eu ni on--Both Maidston e a nd
lege where h e qua lified jsc. Posted to India, h e T onbridge- since the War. H e was a m ember of
served in various staff appointments in New the MT Platoon a n d his jovia l compan y wi ll b e
D elhi , finally attaining the r ank of L t.-Col. sadly mi ssed by a ll , but particu larly by t h e m em-
In 1948 h e returned to UK, the same year bers of his old Platoon, of w hom his was a lead-
that h e married Miss D aphne Louise Lloyd, a nd ing light, w h en they gath ered at T onbridge for
returned to his old com pa n y, H ay's Wharf. In th e 4th Bn. R eu nion on 15th M ay, 1971. All m em-
this year, too, h e rejoined the T erri torial Army, bers of the Bran ch send their condolen ces to his
being gazetted to 6th Bn. The East Surrey R egt. family.
(TA) to serve as Staff Captain (HQ) 131 (S urrey)
Infantry Bde., subseqently to become DAA and LEONARD JOHN REMFRY
QMG of that formation, until retiring from t he
TA in 1959. L en Remfry had a long association with the
In his civilian career he rose through several London Branch of The Queen's Own Royal W est
managerial posts to become in 1965, Managing Kent R egt ., commencing in 1952, when h e becam e
Director of Pickfords a nd H ay's Wharf Shipping a Life Member, until the time of hi s death w hi ch
and Forwarding Company Ltd., t he appointmen t occu rred on New Year's Day, 1971 . H e was buri e d
he held with Pickfords until his death. in the cemetery at Kingston St. Mary, Somerset,
J ack's engaging personality, his unflagging on the 6th January last. H e leaves a son a nd
en ergy, his d eep interest in people, and his de- daughter, both married. His w ife, Louie Lena,
termination to enjoy life to the full continued died some four years ago.
despite his becoming ill w ith diabetes in 1959,
and it was only in th e last s ix months of hi s life Len had a very long military career. serving
tha t h e curbed both his busin ess and socia l activi- for 4 ~ years with t h e Royal Marines from Octo-
ties. With D aphn e, his w ife. we s h a r e t h e loss of b er, 1914 t o April, 1919, w h en h e was discharged
a truly great character. o n compassionate grou nds, a nd from F ebru ary,
1923 until dicharged in October , 1952 with Th e
Maj. P. K. DOYLE, MC Queen 's Own Royal W est K ent Regt., making a
Philip Doyle was commissioned in The total of 34 years' service with the Forces. H e was
Prince of W a le's L e ins t e r R egt. in Jul y, 1916, awa rd ed the 1914-15 Star, British W ar a nd Vi c-
and served in France a nd Belgium. H e was tory m ed a ls f or hi s serv ice w ith the Royal
wounded twice and was awarded the Military Marines, the 1939-45 Star Defence a nd W ar
Cross for gallantry in 1918. On the disba ndm ent m ed a l, 1939-45 for his service in the last war. In
of the Iri s h R egiments in 1922, h e was tra ns- addition, he h eld the Meritorious Service a nd
ferred to Th e Eas t Surrey R egt. a nd served at Long Se r v ice Good Condu ct medals , as well as
regimental duty at home a nd abroad for the n ext the Silve r Jubil ee, King's m e d a l.
twenty years.
Of a cheerful, h a ppy dispos ition Philip will be H e r ose to the r a ni< of WO Class 1 (RSM)
rem embered by his many friends for his genero- a nd had an exem plary c h aract er on his discharge.
sity and companionship. H e was, like most C ivvy Street found L en still k ee n to b e in uni-
officers transferred from the Irish Regiments. a n form a nd he joined the Corps of Commiss io na ires,
accomplished horseman, and h e was hunting was c h osen ofte n to atten d Premi ere Cin em a P e r-
r egularly until quite r ecently. H e was a r egular formances and was manv times on dutv at Inter-
member of R egim ental hock ey teams in his na tiona l Rugger games. H e soon turned to after-
younger days. service work w ith the R egim ent a nd joined t he
Philip had an engag ing personality, a nd his Lond on l3ranch in 1952.
kindness and th e little twinkle in his eye w ill b e
remembered by a ll who knew him. The Branch ha d been hearing regularlv from
L en during the past year a nd we k now that h e
still r em a ined a steadfast supporter of the Regi-
m ent. There will be many of us w ho w ill remem-
ber Len R emfry , a most r espected m ember of
The Queen's Own Royal W est K ent Regt.

'Th e Spider'.

Maj. R . H. THATCHER Lt.-Col. B. J . F. MALCOLJUSON, MBE, 'l'D
The d eath is announced of Rich ard H e nry
Thatcher. which occurred at the Princess Eliza- D .E .B .T ., writes: --
b eth Hospital, Guernsey, on Thursday, 11th
M a r ch , after a long illn ess. Until Jun e, 1969, h e "Lt.-Col. M a lcolm son . w h o died on 18th
was chief officer of the States Prison. Mr. March , 1971 , was origina llv a Regular Officer in
Thatcher was in his 69th year . H e knew Guern- the Royal L eices t ershire R egt., a nd had retired
sey many years ago, when h e was stationed b efor e the last W ar began. H e later jo ined the
there with The Queen's Own Royal W est Kent Bedfordshire a nd H ertfordshire R egiment, but
R egt., from 1928 to 1932. His w ife was matron transferred to The Queen's Own Royal W est
of the prison w hile h er husband was its chief K e n t R egt. H e j oi n ed the 5th Bn . as 2I C at Villa-

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