June 1971

g •·a nd e in Ita ly in D e c embe r , 1943, a nd ser ved Th e pos t-war yea rs m ust h ave been a n a nti-
with tha t Bn. for the rema inder of the W a r. H e cl imax. H e w as a co untryman w h o loved tQ wa Jk
becam e Comm a nding Officer on 24 t h O ctobe r , a nd to fi s h , yet it cannot h ave b ee n easy f or hi m
1944 , wh e n Lt.-Col. J . H . H . Whitty w as s o un- wh en his a rm y ca reer e nd ed because o f h is
fortuna t e ly l<ill ed in ac tion . a nd le d the Bn . a t
th e c ross ings of th e rive rs S e ns a a nd Po. H e wounds.
ga ve up command of the Bn. on 30th Aug ust, H e re m a in ed in K e n t, marrie d . and his son ,
1945, and afte r the War w as for a tim e 2I C of
the 4th Bn. (TA) ." P a tric k , follow ed his fa th e r 's example a nd is in
The Queen 's R egiment (2nd Bn.),
Mr. W. 'LADELI~
In the past two years, P et e n eed ed a n ew
It is with d ee p regret that w e h a v e to r ecord sort of courage. H e s uffe re d con s id e rabl e pa in
t h e d eath of ex-Sgt. Bill Lad ell on 18th M a r c h , most of th e tim e, und e rwe nt a numbe r of ope ra-
a ged 72. tions in c luding a tran s p la n t and fought until the
las t . H e s till r eta in ed all t h e fin e qua lities that
Bi ll joine d The Qu een 's Own in Marc h , 1917 we kn ew in the wa r and he w as wonde rfully
and w as dis charged in Octobe r , 1952 a n d but for
5 y ea rs on t he R eserv e , serv ed a ll t h e rem a ind e r supported throughout by his wife . J ean.
of this period with the Colours of the 2nd Bn. It was a ction which fulfill ed him and the
a nd a t the D epot. H e was an a ctive m ember of
t he Ma ids ton e Branch Committee for m a ny mos t dang e ro us a c tivities s howe d him at his best.
years , and can be rem embered for his persuas ive Wh en n e rves we re s tre tc h ed to breaking-point
a pproa c h to se ll ing raffle ticke ts. B ill h ad not a nd fear twisted the st omach of the toughest
been in good h ea lth for t he past couple of years, infantryman, P ete rem ained aloof a nd calm , his
but m a na ged to a ttend a few Bra nch Meetings, mind coldly calcu la ting the n ext move. Some of
and his presence will be sadly missed from future h is b est feats w e r e in night-fi g hting patrols: h P
m eet ings by us a ll . rare ly as ked a dvice, his pla ns w e re s imple a nd
t h ey always worked. H e becam e the scourge of
CSM A. S. OBBARD , D CM , MM th e Ge rman defenders while the " red-hot ra k e
of war" scored throu g h Ita ly . H e could s m e ll
At the age of 21, "Pete " Obbard w as a lready Germans and knew just w hen to pounce.
a legend in the Queen's Own (6th B n.). B efore
that, a s a young so ldier, h e h ad b een difficult It is s urpris ing th at he w as not serious ly
a nd often impatien t of authority, but t h e powers wounded until just before the War en ded. By
of leade rs hip w hi ch blossom e d from 1942 until that time h e was a senior CSM decorated with
1945 w e r e a lw a y s th e r e. th e DCM and bar and w ith t h e MM. H e had acted
as RSM and had earned t he admiration of every-
on e in t h e Briga d e. H e was known to b e hard
and uncompromising , but those close to him
kne w a ls o of his humanity, k ind n ess and loyalty.

Why does the

Army Benevolent

Fund still need help?

For most of us nowadays the memories we have of the
two World Wars have become dimmed by time. But for
those who w ere left disabled-and for the many bereaved
fa milies- the tragic aftermath of war is ever present.
Many are suffering great hardships. The Army has also
been in action in many parts of the world since the end
of World War II. Thus even in p eace-time the problem continues.

The sole object of the Army Benevolent Fund is to try to lessen this suffering. It does
th is by making contributions to the Corps and R egim e ntal Ass ociations and National
Service charitable organisations which have been set up for this purpose. All the money,
which Is used in this really good cause is given voluntarily, by means of donations and
b equests. You can help by giving as much as you possibly can yourself- and by recom-
mending others to do the same.

Donations a nd Legacies should be sent to:

THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND

Patron : Her Majesty The Queen

20 GROSVENO R PLA CE, S.W .l. Telephon e: BELgravia 5639

(Registered under the War Charities Act, 1940)
(This space donated by : W . NASH LTD., ST. PAUL'S CRAY, K e nt )

48

The Regimental
Association

THE CHAIRMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT Finance

General Durin g t h e y ear gra nts totalling £4 ,208 w e1e
Progress has continued during the year, and mad e to County Offices from the Day's P ay
Sch em e, through the B e n evol e nt Fund , to a ss is t
the formation of a Branch at Warmins te r is in- those of our old comra des a nd their d ep endents
indeed an encouraging sign for the future . I would who w e re in n eed . In a ddition a s um of £820 w as
appeal to any serving or retire d Qu een sman wh o forwa red to the Army B en evolent Fund, to help
happens to be in the Warmins ter Area , to get in their work of ben evolen ce. A copy of the
in touch with the Secretary (M. Elston , 1 M el- Audited Accounts a ppear be low.
rose Avenue, Warminster, Wilts.). Branch m eet-
ings are h e ld on the first Thursday (8 p .m .) of Loans totalling £2 ,000 h a v e b een m a d e to
each month at the Old B ell Hot~! . Warmin s ter, serving m embe rs of the R egiment from the Army
and I am sure all visitors will receive a warrn B e ne vole nt Fund . Th ese interes t-free loa ns ,
welcome. whi c h can be obtain ed during the las t tw elve
months of s e rvice , enable s erving m e mbe rs to
Membership purchase furnitur e for th e ir n ew hom es, s o tha t
During the year m embership increa sed by they ca n settle their famili es on leaving the
s e r v i c e.
148 new Life M embe r s.
In conclus ion I would like to express on be-
Assistance half of th e Central Committee, our g rateful
During the year, grants totalling £21 8. 2d ., appreciation to all m embers of the R egiment
who volunta rily s ubscribe to the Day's P ay
w e re made to Ex-Queensmen and their d epen- Sche m e.
dents.
R. E . LODER, Brigadier,

C hairman, The Queen's R egimental
A ssociation .

1st March , 1971.

REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION GENERAL PURPOSES FUND
INCO!\'IE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Year ended 31st December, 1970

1969 Expenditure 1969 Income
146
2 Hire of Hall (London 32 Subscriptions fro m 141 15 0
District HQ) ._... 13 M e mbe r s 20 2

25 Printing & Stationery 164 Building Society. In- 161 17 9
2 Secretary's Expenses ter est
32
5 Photographs Grant from Army
8 Bank Charges B enevolent Fund

10 Audit Fee 13 0 0
Journal Account 100
147 14 7
149 Solicitors' Fees ......
122 EXCESS OF INCOME OVER

EXPENDITURE for year

323 161 17 9 323

BALANCE SHEET As at 31st December, 1970

Accumulated Fund Loan to an ex Sg t.
As at 31st Decem- secured on Free-
ber, 1969 5896 hold Bungalow 5896 0 0
Add Excess of In- 471 19 3 Less Repayments
come over Expen- 416 0 0 5480 0 0
diture for Year 147 14 7 rece ived

472 Loan from Army ----- 619 13 10 Current Assets
6000 Benevolent Fund Cash at Bank-
6000 0 0 5584 0 0 167 Current Account 295 13 6
10 L ess R epayments 416 0 0 419 Hastings and Thanet
6482 439 10 4 753 3 10
Sundry Creditor ----- Bu ilding Society
A u dit" Fee Deposit Accoun t . ----
-1-1 10 0
6482 6215 3 10
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-62-15- 3 10
Contined on page 49
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49

BENEVOLENT FUND

I NCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Yea r ended 31st December, 1970

1969 Expenditure 1969 Income

9 Printing , Po s tag e 5 0 Subscriptions from
16 2
3 a nd Sta tionery 201 8 2 Office rs - Day's
140 Stamp Duty 919 P ay S ch em e, 1970 940 8 6
72 80 0 3485 Subscription s f rom
A ss is tan ce Othe r R a nk s -
5 R efund Day's P ay Sche m e,
30 Audit F ee 4681 1 9 5621 10 3
Loa n 210 9 4 1970

Bank Charges 24 0 0 Donations
15 A Late Sgt's E s tate
3450 Arm y B en evolent Fund 2000 0 0 13 Qu een 's Own Buffs
.ArLoa n 820 0 0
~y Cha ritable Fund 21 0 0
974 Donation to 25 Intellige n ce C o r p s
B en evolent Fund 12 0 0
Dis tribution to County Association ..... 28 14 11
8 Sundry 10 0 0
Offices
787 Eas t Surrey R e g t . Church of England
C harita ble Fund 1052 0 0 Queen's Surr eys 711411
787 Roy a l Sussex R egtl.
Cha ritable Fund

Assoc iation 1052 0 0 R efund-
C ounty Offices
788 Middlesex R e gtl. 1052 0 0 410 2 QUEENS . 755 6 5
Association 3450 30 0 0
588 Qu een's Own Buffs Army B en evolent Fund
Charita bl e Fund 1052 0 0 4208 0 0 62 Loans .... 2000 0 0
16
770 EXCESS OF INC OME OVER 1406 19 11 D eposit Ac c oun t 49 8 6
EXPENDITURE for year 141 9 2
Inte r es t
Investment Income 8669 9 3

8403 8669 9 3 8403

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BALANCE SHEET
As at 31st D ece mber, 1970

1969 Accumulated Fund 2923 0 11 4330 0 10 1969 Investments 750 0 0
2923 As at 31s t D e c ember, 1406 19 11 750 750 London County 750 0 0
750 750 0 0 2250 0 0
1969 61% Stoc k , 1974
Add Excess of In- £750 D u m b a r t o n

come over Expen- Coun ty C o u n c i I
diture for year 9! % R ed. Stock
1979/ 81
5 Sundrv C r e d it o r 6 10 0 £750 H a m p s h i r e
Audit F ee County C o u n c i I
9 ~ % 1978179 (Mar-
k et Value £2377)

(Sig n ed) R. E . LODER, Brig., Chairma n Cash at Bank- 575 3 7
F. W . HANN Lt.-Col. , S ecretar y 766 Curre n t Account 1511 7 3 2086 10 10
662 D e pos it Acc ount

4336 10 10 2928 4336 10 10

TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

W e r e port that t h e foregoing a ccounts a nd Balan ce Sheet d a t e d 31s t D ecemb e r , 1970, h ave
been prepared from and are in accordance with your books and records and the information and

explanations g iven to us.

31 St. G eorge 's Place, (Sig n ed) Larking and L arking
CANT ERBURY. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS.

17th F ebruary , 1971.

50 THE ASSOCIATION GIVES ALL ITS
E~ti•LOY~IENT SERVICES F R EE

OPPORTUNITIES Its serv ices are ava ilab le to a ll w h o h ave n ot
taken commission ed ra nk in t h e Regular Fo rces
A COMMISSI ONAIRE, age,d up to 55, is re- a nd who leave with t h e character assessm ent of
quired at present in London , but would be "Good" or b et ter after more than three years
r equired t o move to Kingston-upon-Tha m es, dur- service, or h ave been inva lided from the Services
ing the n ext two years. before completing three years.

Pav : £22 for 40 hr. week. (Ca n d o at least Th e Assoc ia ti on works in close co-o pe ration
~ hr. Overtime per dav at time-and-a -ha lf if h e with th e S e rvi ces a nd the D e partm en t of Employ-
wish es). U n iform provided . m e nt a n d operates throu g h 44 B r a n c h es coveri ng
the Un it ed Kingdom, each of w hi ch is run b y a n
Applica t ions as soon as possible by telephone Employment Officer w ho has b een in the Service
to: him se lf and is in c lose tou ch with local employers.

Maj . L . P . C ritc h ley, MBE.. T h e expe ri en ce of th e Employ m e nt Office rs
T e l. No.: 01-583-9666 , Ext. 264. a nd their close contacts with employers e n a b le
them to p lace ex-R egu lars in jobs which s uit
THE R EGULAR FORCES EMPLOYMENT t h em . In 1970 the Association placed, 10,!50 m en
ASSOCI ATION and women from the Services in e mp loyment
and 99 °0 of the jobs we r e of a p e rm a n ent n a ture.
(National Association for Employment of
R egular Sailors, Soldie rs a nd Airm en) Of the jobs found by the Association, n ea rly
4,000 were for m e n and women from th e Arm y
This Association is part of the Forces R e- and 67* were from your R egim e nt.
settlement Service and its object is to find suit-
able employm ent for m e n a n d women when th ey Th e A ssociation is at your service. Th e
leave t h e S e rvices and in th e years th ereaft er. It a ddresses and teleph one number of its Branch es
is registered as a charity a nd draws its income can b e obtai n ed from Co rps and R eg im e nta l
from Public Funds a n d from the S ervices Bene- Associations, from Post Offices and from Employ-
volen t and W elfare Organisations. ment Exchanges.

OCLEE All its services are fr ee.

to the Ke nt Count y *Quee n 's Surreys-29, Qu een 's Ow n Buffs- 8,
Re gi ments for ove r Royal Su ssex-11, Midd lesex-19.
fifty years.
Letters
35 SANDGATE ROAD,
FOLKESTONE From : Lt. M . C. Willis,
2nd B attalion T h e Queen 's R egiment.
Telephone 52654
D ear Major W eymouth,
I s hould like to tak e th is opportun itY . on b e-

half of myse lf a nd my wife, of ex pres.sing our
g ratitud e fo r th e s ilver c igarette box s o gen er -
ous ly presented to us by m y brother officers on
the occasion of our m a rriage.

It w ill a lways be a mos t pleasan t r eminder
to us of a wonderful day.

T hank you again .
Yours s ince r ely,
MERRICK WILLIS.

From : Capt. P . V. Pan ton ,
3 Queens,
B a ll ykin ler.

To : T h e Editor,
Queen 's R egimenta l Journal.

D ear Guy,
This is jus t a v e ry s hort note to thank all t h e

office rs in our R egime nt for the very nice silver
d ish t h ey gave to u s as a wedding present.

I would lik e to a polog ise to th em a ll for k eep-
ing them waiting so long for Panton to 'spark',
but I h ave been too busy over the years to g et on
with it p roperly!

Again very m a n y th a nl< s t o yo u a ll for our
present; we really a re both delighted with it.

Yours s incerely
PADDY PANTON.

LETTERS-Continued

On his return from attendi n g the re-opening
cer mony of t he 7th Battalion's Drill H all at
Hors ha m o n 1st April, the Colonel of The Regi-
ment was very de lig hte d to ft n d th e fo llowing
telegram: -

"On t his our ftrs t day in your Regime nt I
sen d you Greet in gs a nd my ex press ion of loyalty
on beha lf of the Battalion.

(S ig n e!) D . G. WILSON,
L t .- C o l .
CO, 6th QUEENS".

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The book w ill b e ava ila ble a t £1 .95 (pos t
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B la.x la nd desc ribes th e successive r eorganiza ti on
o f th e Army s ince 1945, as well as its part in
nume rous wars and peace-k ee ping operation s.

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52

ALLIANCES

3rd (MiUtia) Bn. The active service in Scania (against the Swedes ) in
Queen's Own Rifles of 1676-78 a nd 1710, a nd in P om e rania in 1715.

Canada Although the R egimen t was d emobilized in
1943 with t h e r es t o f th e D a nis h Arm y , ma n y
On Friday, 2nd April, we were d elighted to m e mbe rs for med part of th e R es is tance M ove-
r eceive a vis it from Lt.-Col. Charles 0 . Dalton, m ent a nd pa rtic ipated in nu1ne rous und e rg round
DSO, ED, Honorary Colonel, 3rd (Militia) Bn . opera tions throug hout the pe riod of the Germa n
The Queen 's Own Rifles of Canada , a nd Mrs. Occupation of D enma rk.
Da lton.
Present Time
The Colonel a nd his charming wife, who T o day the R egim e nt cons is ts of three bat-
w e r e on a sho·rt vis it to UK, w e r e m et a t Cante r-
bury East Station by Col. Grace, S ecr et a ry of talions unde r its R egime nta l Command e r Col. G.
Th e Queen's Own Buffs Office, and afte r v is its t o G. U. G riin er . Th e R egime nta l H eadquarte r s is
Th e Warrior's C hapel in the Cathe dra l- whe r e in Copenhagen.
they witnessed the ceremony of the Turning of
th e Page of the Qu een 's Own Buffs Book of Life In a ddition to norma l t raining the R egiment
-and the Buffs Museum, the vis itors w ere enter- mounts d a ily gua rd at th e Ama li enborg P a lace
tained to pre-lunch drinks at Col. and Mrs. whe re they alone a r e respons ible for the King's
Gra c e 's house in Crundale. security . A detachm e nt, provid es Guards a t So r-
genfri Palace, the residen ce of the King's
Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Hann, Maj. Arche r and the brothe r . a nd at the King's summer pala ces wh en
R egimental Secretary and Mrs. W eymouth were th e Kin g is in residence.
present at this happy gathering when the R egi-
m ental Secretary formally w elcomed our Allied Uniform
guests on behalf of t he R egiment; at the same F o r ceremonial duties the Guards w ear da rk
time h e presented Col. Dalton with a Regimental
p laqu e and Mrs. Dalton with an A ssociation blue tunics, light blue trousers a nd B ear Skin
brooch. Caps. A r ed tuni c is worn with full dress.

The party then a ssembled at the "Wife of British Connections
B a th", Wye for lunch. The association of t he Royal Danish Life

Col. J . G. K. Strathy, who until r e cently was Guards with Britain goes ba ck a long t im e. Half
Colonel of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, the R egiment fought a s English Me rcena ries in
visited Canterbury on 25th May and was enter- Ireland for William of Orange aga ins t James II.
tained to lunch by the Colon el of The Regiment. In 1692 th ey were tra nsferred t o Flande r s and
after the Battle of Steinkirk, William called them
During his visit, Col. Strathy paid homage " the b est of his 100 battalion s". (The battle cos t
at The Queen's Own Buffs Warrior's Chapel in the Guards 400 m en d ead and wounded) . A f ew
Canterbury Cathedral by turning a page of the y ears late r a battalion of the R egim ent fou g h t.
Book of Life, a ceremony which takes pla ce und er Marlboroug h a t Oudenard e and Ma lpla-
daily. quet.

The Royal Danish Life B ecause of t he original association of the
(Den KongeUge Liugarde) Buffs with D enmark, a c lose connection w as
form ed between that R egiment and the Life
Guards Guards. And resulting from the special pos ition
of both Regiments with the K ing of D enmark ,
The following artic l e i .s contrib1•ted by Maj . the t ies betwee n the two w e r e strengthe ned .
J . B. Ray, MBE, GS02 at HQ Allied Forces
Baltic Approaches i n D enma•·k. This association continues to flourish with
the Queen's R egiment, and a s recently a s !970,
Brief Historical Note wh ile visiting Cop enhage n, t h e band of 2nd B a t-
tali on w as ente rtain ed by the Royal D a ni s h Life
The R egime nt was raised in 1658 by King Guards in the ir Barracks in the City.
Frederick Ill of Denmark as his personal body-
guard, during the turbula n t period when the New Zealand
country was transformed from an elective king-
dom into an obsolet e monarchy. The f ollowin g is an ex t•·ac t from " l ett eT
f rom Capt. R . S. M cCl e<Lry (f onnerly Qu een's
Originally called "Our Guards on Foot" the Own) ot Tim a.,•, N ew Z ealMtd d<ot ed 11th
R egiment became a Guards Regiment in 168! Janua1·y , ctnd a dd1·essed to the R eg·i'rne1~tal
and the Danish King became its Comma nder . SecTeta>·y .
This tradition was maintained until 1867, and
connection with the Royal House continues to be "Wh en in N ew P lymouth r ecently, I obta ined
close to this day. pe rm ission from the Archdeacon of T a ra naki ,
who is th e Vicar of St. Mary 's Churc h the r e, to
The R egiment fought in the defence of have certain R egimental Hatchments• photo-
Copenhagen aga ins t the Swed es in 1658/ 9 and graphed ; this permission was most readily giyen .
against th e Briti s h in 1801 and 1807. In south Enclosed you will find photographs of the 50th
Jutland the Gua rds fought against the Austrians (from which Th e Cante rbury R egt.- now a part
a nd Pru ss ian s from 1848 to 1850, and again in of 2 RNZIR- gained its Alliance) ; the 57th (for-
1864. m erly allied to 5 RNZIR); and the 70th.

Outside Denmark the Regiment has seen I m a y say that the F ebrua ry, 1967 issu e of
The Journa l, in which a n admirable article by
Gregory Blaxland on "A Hundred Years of
Fus ion " a ppeare d, aide d m e in my search .

These H atchments were painted by the Ven. 53
P. Walsh who was the Archdeacon of Waima te
about 100 years ago a nd are greatly prized by (57th R egt.), including 200 rank a n d file of t h e
the people of New Plymouth and th e Paris hione rs 50th under Capt. Doran. This force ea ptu red
of St. M a ry's In particular. K etemarai without opposition, a nd a party of 80
rank a nd fil e of th e 50th , comm a nd ed by Lt.
General Dennis Talbot. when h e was in New Cr eagh advanced to Ahipipi a nd then to Wh e r e-
Zealand, wrote some articles on The Maori Wars, w here. On January 25th, 1966 Capt. Dora n a nd
more partic ularly in connection with the activi- his whol e d e tachm e nt rejoined at Patea.
ties of the 50th ."
This was th e last active operation carri ed
( E x t'rac ts [1·orn th ese adiclcs U}J]Jcar below . out by the Impe rial Troops in New Zealand . A
- Ed. ) few months later th e Co lonia l Forces took ove r
a nd th e 50th R egt. concentrated at New Ply-
"After the action at Nukumaru, the Impe rial mouth. H ere th e R egiment had several mont!ts
Forces gradually worked their way up the W est garrison duly, b eing the second last Impe nal
coast from Wanganui northwards to N ew P ly- R egim e nt to leave New Zeala nd . Th e 2/ 18tn
mouth, subduing t he Maoris whe re ver they w e re R egt. w ere the last , leaving W ellington on 22nd
stili giving trouble. This period is covered pretty F e bruary, 1870'."
fully in Fyi e r's History and t h e followin g is a n
extract from Maj. C . L. Lovegrove's s ummary : • The Ox/O?"d Dic tionary d escrib es th e u'<?1'd
ha.t c h1ncnt a s a C0 1TU.ption o[ urtc hiet1c rnent ," 1.c.,
'Afte r a further engagement at Otopwa, Gen. Escutc heon or ensign armoTial in m.emo·ry of o
Chute d etach ed a force under Lt.-Col. Butl e r dis tinguish ed /cat.- Ed.

H atchments of the Colours in St. M ary's C hurc h ,
New P lymouth, N .Z.
Pictures by Charte r s and Guthrie.

ARMY GOLF ACJ{NOWLEDGl\IENTS

Many con gratulations to the Queen's Own Th e Editor acknowledges with thanks, receipt
Buffs "A" T eam composed of, in playing orde r, of the fo llowing publi cation s.
David Montgomery, H arold Scott. Maurice D ewar,
Eric Scott and R aymond Grace, on reaching the The Silver Bug le (Spring, 1971) ; The Star
final of the Argyll a n d Sutherland Bowl Competi- a nd Garte r Magazine (Vol. 50, Nos. 4 and 5) ;
tion in this year's AGS Spring Meeting at Royal Legion (March, April, 1971) .
St. George's Golf Club, Sandw ich.

Although defeated in that fi n a l by 2 R
ANGLIAN- by 15 hol es to 8- t h ey w ere certainly
not disgraced.

54

AROUND THE COUNTIES

The Queen's Surreys
Office

Bene volent Work of the Association ward a nd visib le s igns of that exam pl e. a nd r e-
mind us of it and h elp us to try to live up to it'.
Th e rising cos t of Jiving and the advancing
years of many of our m embers have brought a 1st Bn. The Queen's R egt.
marked in crease in the numbe r of cases h elped
bv th e R egim ental Asssociation in 1970. W e would Furth er c h anges have occurred since 1959.
not be able to continue on the present scale w ith- The Queen's Royal Surrey R egt. became firs t the
out th e generous assis tance of th e Army Bene- 1st Bn . The Queen's R egt. (Queen's Surreys) and
vo le nt Fund a nd the Day's Pay Contribution are now s imply 1st Bn. The Queen's R egt., with
from se r ving so ldier s. no m e nt1on of our form er R egiments in th e ir
title.
The number of cases dealt with by the Work-
ing Sub-Committee in 1970 was the g r eat est eve r. Against this background of constant change
The compara tive figures for 1969 a nd 1970 a r e it is good to know that our R egimental origins
shown below. are actively preserved in the 1s t Battalion. The
following are extracts from a letter recently re-
Nam e of Fund No. of Cases Amount of Grants ceived by the Secrtary at th e Queen's Surreys
1969 1970 1970 Office from the Commanding Officer of 1
1969 QUEEN'S.

Queen's Surreys ££ 'You may recall sending m e an embroidered
badge some time ago for The Queen's Royal Regt.
C h a r i tab le 15 3 186 40 (West Surrey) and The East Surrey Regt. guidon
146 1 ,336 2 ,500 which I planned to have made as one of a set
Queen's Charitable 112 1,104 depicting our six forme r R egiments.
Surreys Charitable 88 92 950
Queen's War These guidons h ave now been produced by
40 Piggotts and the Berlin REME Workshops have
Memorial 24 361 816 made the pikes. I thought you would be in-
28 terested to see the e n closed colour photog raph
Surreys War of them h a nging in the e ntra nce to Battalion
headquarters h ere in Berlin, where they a re seen
Memorial 28 400 487 by our many visitors. For the soldiers they are
yet more evidence of the relationship between
Tota ls 267 309 3,233 4,947 the Battalion and our forebears and of the pride
we have in our former R egiments, whose badges
As usual, we express our thanks to SSAFA can be seen outside our main gates on the mag ni-
a nd the Forces Help Society for their friendly ficent s ignboard representing our new R egi-
visiting of our old soldiers and their depend ents mental Colour which you may have seen in a
and for their h elpful reports. picture in a recent copy of t h e Journal.

Annual Cathedral Service You w ill a lso b e interest ed to hear that I have
The Annual Service of the Regimantal Asso- just named each company in the battalion after
a famous a nd early campaign or Battle Honour
ciation was h eld in Guildford Cath edral at conn ected with one of our s ix form er R eg im e nts.
11 .15 a.m. on Sunday, 13th June. The lesson was For exampl e, A (K irk e's) Coy . is now call ed
read by Maj .-Gen. F . A . H . Ling. Pres ident of Kirke's T angier Coy. and C Coy. is call ed
the Regimental Association and the address Sobraon Coy. I have just ordered another set of
given by the R everend Can on Michael Hocking, the pik es a nd g-u idons so that each company
Rector of Holy Trinity with St. Mary, Guildford. may have one of its "own" guidon.

After the S ervice the band of the 5th (Volun - We have a lso just h ad put up on our playing
teer) Bn. The Queen's Reg iment played by kind fields e ight flag poles on wh ich we will fly all
permission of Lt.-Col. P . D . Johnson. the Com- the form er R egimental flags on suitable occa-
manding Officer. Refreshments were available s ions. W e h ave of course not got th e flags to fi v
in the R egimental T ent er ected in the precincts at the moment a nd it occurred to me that you
of the Cath edral. might have in your possession, or know where
to get a Queen 's Royal R egt. (West Surrey) flag
OUR FORMER REGIMENTS a nd an East Surrey R egt. one, that you could
Tradition give u s to fly on behalf of Kirke's Tangi e r Coy.
and Sobraon Coy.
Wh e n Th e Qu een's Royal R eg-t. ama lgamated
with Th e Eas t Surrey R egt. in October, 1959, to I am sending you this letter and photograph
form The Queen's Royal Surrey R egt. , the so that you can assu re your Old Comrades, some
Colonel of the new Regimen t wrote a foreword of w hom may be suspicious or ignorant of us as
to the first issue of the Regimental Journal. In their successors . . . that we in the Battali on
it he pointed out that we li ve in times of great still r em ember t h eir old R egiment. As a m a tte r
change and amalgamations of Regiments were of interest I recently carried out a survev of
inevitable. H e pointed out that change does not our soldie rs ' h ome-towns and find that a lthough
mean th e abandon ing of tradition a nd defin ed the majority in the Battalion com e from Surrev
tradition as follows: and Middlesex we also have large numbers from
both K ent and Sussex'.
'Tradition is the whole s um of th e exampl e
of service, gallantry and self-sacrifice set for us
by our forebears in th e R eg im ent over th e pas t
three hundred years of British military history.
Our customs, our Colours, our battle honours
our trophi es and marks of distinction are all out-

The Queen's (Bermondsey) R egimental su itabl e p lace where it may be v iewed by all
m e mb e rs .
Association H ugh Scammell t h anked the members who

It was fe lt in certa in quarters that the tim e had h elpe d to mai nt a in th e Club over th e yea r s
had com e for n ew s of our activities to a ppear in in c lu d in g Ceci l Fa lk , MC, TD, Ro y Bu ll e n (wh o

the R egimenta l Journal, a nd this is th e tim e. wrote the Batta lion his tory), L es t e r Whatl ey, Tom
Although we at Jamaica Road ha ve been Burgess, Busty Jones, A. G. (Sand y) San ders,
s il e nt w e have not been inacti ve and th e A sso- Brig. MacWilliam a nd particu larly H arry
ciation is now a going concern. Since th e depar- DSO , w hose s te rling efforts as Secretary for th e
N e a l e,
ture of the TA from the Drill Hall it h as been last 16 years had been invaluabl e. Th e C lu b was
a n uphill s truggl e; how eve r we w e re fortunate now confidently looking forwa rd to its 50th Anni-
in inh e riting the old Officers' Mess for our HQ ve rsary in 1996! Brig. Bloc k h as pres id ed over
a nd this h as been decorated to our tast e includ- the B a ttalion's Dinner Club for 25 years and to
ing the bar. Even this is only a respite, it has mark the occas ion he was presented by Brig. M.
been said on good authority that a takeover bid E . M. MacWilliam . CBE, DSO, MC, on b eha lf of
is in progress, as a fri e ndly CPO from HMS a ll m e mbe rs, with a s il ve r sal ver s uitably in-
Presid ent said, 'I h eaT th e Bootneclcs aTe rnoving scribed. Brig. MacWilliam , w ho commanded the
in to B e1·mond8ey '. Nevertheless we inte nd to B a tta lion from 1943 until its di s bandm e nt in
carry on as if nothing was amiss and to date this 1946, r ecalled how L t.-Co l. Block h ad tak e n over
poli cy has m et w ith s uccess. a dep le t e d a n d la rge ly untrain ed Batta li o n in
Octob e r 24th last yea r saw the revival of th e 1941 a nd brou g ht t h em to a high state of e ffi-
R eunion Dinn e r a fte r a lapse of seve ra l years. c ien cy with a fin e mix ture of firmn ess and

Among th e s ixty membe rs and g u est s s itting understa nding. H e co ntinu ed to b e h eld by a ll
down w e r e Brig. R. S . N. Man s and Lt.-Co l H . C. who had served unde r him with deep respect
Millman a nd two of our B e lgian fri ends. A most a nd a ffection .
enjoya ble evening, together with firs t-class
catering ensured that this event will not be
a llowed to lapse again. A Saturday social even- R egimental Music
ing held on t he last Saturday in each month Lord Charles Montague's "Huntingdons hire

is a noth e r f eature of our programme. These a re March" was the s low march of th e 31s t a nd later
organized by a very able social committee who of The East Surrey Regt., a nd was adopted as
spare no effort in making these nights a s uccess. one of the R egimental slow marches of The
At the time of w riting, this little g roup a lready Qu een 's Regime nt.
have plan s for a s upe r 'Glorious First of June'
night to be h eld on Saturday, June 5th. This it Information is soug ht on this march a nd its
is hope d will s urpass the a ll 'stag' celebration composer. Who was Lord Charles Montag ue;
evening of last year. when was his march written, and how did it com e
The re have been few changes in the compo- to b e associated with the 31 s t R egt.? Can any
reader h e lp ?

s ition of th e Committee. Col. B ev ington sti ll re-
mains as President and Chick Coles has taken THE SEVENTIETH COLOU R S
ove r th e Chairman's sea t v ice Maj. D . G. Clem ent.
We have been fortunate in persuading Bill Th e 70th return ed from active serv ice in N ew
Zealand in 1866 a nd th e f oll ow ing Augus t n ew
Itzin ge r to fill t h e vaca n cy on th e committee. As Colours were presented to the R eg iment at
a serving m e mber of th e 1/ 2nd Bn. s ince 1914, h e
is we ll qualified to re present the v e te rans. Ald e rs hot by Lady Scarle tt. the wife of th e GOC.
on beha lf of HM Queen Victoria. Like its pre-
2/7th Bn. Th e Quee n's Royal R egiment decessso r s, th e R egime ntal Co lour h ad the red
c ross of St. George on a blac k fi el_d , black
fac ings h aying b een adopted b y the R egiment
The 25th R eunion Dinner was h eld on 3rd ninety-nine years ea rli e r. The prev ious sta nd of
April , 1971, at th e Church H ouse R estaura nt, Colours had on ly lasted 19 yea r s h av ing seen
W estmin s ter . and was attended by som e 70 old
comrades. A cordial welcom e was extended to service in the Indian Mutiny and in the New
Zealand War. Th e Colours presented to th e
the Guest of Honour, Maj.-Gen. M. Forreste r , CB, R egiment by La dy Scarlett on that hot summe r
CBE, DSO , MC, who r ecalled the con tacts wi t h day over 100 years ago in th e presence of g reat
the Battalion as CO 1/ 6th Queen's during the
pe riod betw ee n Sale rno a nd th e Garigliano, numbe r s of old officers a nd sc:ldi e r s of the 70th .
be in serv ice for 78 years.
when the two brigades w ere in s uch close har- w e re to Colours accompanied t h e R egime n t to the
mony . Gen. Forreste r a ls o gave an interesting The
Afghan W a r of 1878-79 . Thi s was t h e last time
account of the rec ent activiti es of all (h e bat- they w e re on active service with the 70th . On
talions of The Queen 's R egim ent with s pec ia l the amalgamation with th e 31st R egime nt in
re f e re nce to the R egime nt's excell e nt record in
Northern Irland . 1881. th e 70th becam e th e 2nd Bn ., Th e Eas t
The Chairman of the Dinner Club, Hugh Surrey Regt. Afte r t he South African W ar the
2nd Su rreys e mbarked at Durban in J a nua ry,
Scammell , MC, produced th e plaqu e which h ad 1903 for India. In November , 1914 th e Battalion
been presented to th e maste r, offi ce rs and crew
of th e MV Johcmn van Oldenbarneveldt by 2/5th re turne d home, a nd th e Co1ours re m a in ed in
Engla nd throughout th e 1914-18 W a r .
a nd 2!7th Bns., in a ppreciation of th eir sa fe Except for a brie f expedition to Turk ey in
condu c t , on the ir arrival in Bombay in 1942 . For
some lime it was thought that the plaque had 1920 when th e 2nd Bn . marc h ed through Con -
been lost when the Johann, after being sold to stantinople with bayone t s fixe d a nd Colours fi v-
ing, th e Battalion r em a in ed at h ome until 1927
the Greeks and rena med Lakonic£, caught fire w hen they w ere post ed to Gibraltar for a three
a nd sank in th e Atlantic in 1966. Last year Bri g.
Block CB, CBE, DSO , w ho command ed 2!7th Bn. year tour.
Th e next tim e th e Colours w e re to accom-
b e tween 1941 a nd 1943, h eard from th e Master . pany th e B a tta lion out of Eng-land was in 1938
Captain Broer e, that th e plaque was safe in
Holland and arranged for its r eturn to th is wh en the 2nd Bn. embark ed for the F ar Ea't.
countr y . Th e plaqu e, w hich b ear s th e L amb a nd After a little under two years at Shanghai, the
2nd Surreys were transfe rred to Singapore in
t he ins ignia of Charles and Cath e rin e, is a fin e Aug us t , 1940. Four m onths later the J apan ese
example of the work of the Royal Sch ool of
N eedl ework and it is hoped that with th e ag r ee- invaded Malaya. When t h e Battalion was posted
up country afte r s ix months se rvice in Singapore,
m ent of 2/ 5th Qu een 's it can now b e put in some

the Colours were deposited with the Battalion their active service completed. After the new
s ilve r in the vaults o f t h e H on g Kong an d Colours had been presen ted by Gen. Sir Richard
Shanghai Bank at Singapore. Our forces in Foste r, Colonel of the R egiment, on behalf of
Malaya were overrun by the Japanese. and the HM King Geo rg e VI, the Battalion m arch ed off
2nd Bn., The East Surrey R egimen t was to spend to the Regimen tal March, carrying both stands
the n ext t hree a nd a ha lf yea rs as prison ers of of Colou rs.
wa r . The ir Colours, symbo.ls of the pride and
traditions of the Regiment, n eve r fe ll in to the It was appropria te that the old Colours
hands of the enemy. should be laid up in the Regimental Museum
t h e repos itory of our Regimental treas ures. No\~
Th e sto r y of their r ecovery is t old by Col. n etted a nd en cased in a glass frame they a re
F. A. H . Magee, form erly adjutant of the 2nd Bn. preserved, in the c los ing words of the Consecra-
a nd who ha d been a ppointed DAAG Malaya tion ceremon y, as "a s ign of duty towards King
Com m a nd in October, 1940. As a suba lte rn h e h a d a nd Country in the sigh t of God ".
carr ied th e famous old black Regimental Colour
at the Trooping of the Colour by the 2nd Bn. in Royal Hospital, Chelsea
J e r sey in 1925.
Earlier this yea r ex-S/ Sgt. Cle m e nt Ailing-
Col. Magee writes: ham was adm itted as an In-P ensioner to the
Royal Hosp ita l. H e e nli sted in Th e Queen's
"At the end of September, 1945, after the Royal Regt. in 1898 and fought in the South
Japanese surrender, but while us ex-POW s were African W ar with the 2nd Bn. H e was awarded
still confined to Chang i Gaol awaiting repatria- the Qu een 's South African M edal with fiv e clas ps
tion, Lt.-Col. J ac k Stitt, 2 G01·dons, told me h e h ad a nd the Kin g's South African M edal with two
visited the vaults of the Bank to see if h e could clasps.
trace his R egimental silver, which had been . Afte r completing a seven year engagement
placed there during the hos tilities, a nd ha d seen m the Queen 's, h e transferred to the Military
som e of ours ly ing about as well as our Co lours. Police with whom he se rved for a noth er 14 y ears.
I imm edi ately soug ht pe rmiss ion to visit the H e was awarded the 1914-15 Star British W ar
town, as I was du e to embarl< for UK n ext day . Medal and Victory Medal and was m entioned in
T a king Capt. Dick Underwood . 1 L eicest e r s, who despatches in 1917. S / Sgt. Allingham also holds
was my Staff Capta in and had been with m e the Meritorious Service Medal and the Long
throughout our time in Chang i, we went to the S e rvi ce a nd Good Conduct Medal. At 91 h e is
Bank where I saw th e Surreys Colours lying on probably the oldest Queen 's man.
the floor of one of the vaults having b een torn
off their pikes but otherwise undamaged. I a lso Memorial l:vch gate at Tanglin
saw a mass of s ilver strewn all over the floor
som e of which I r ecognized at once as belong ing Maj. R. H . E s le r , who is Quarte rmaster at
to 2 Surreys. H eadquarters, FARELF, Singapore, writes that
h e has had the job of preparing the lych gate
I set to, to sort ours out, from the other from St. George's Church, Tanglin, for shipment
units (Loyals , Manchesters, etc.) and with to th e Queen's Divisional D epot a t Bassing-
Underwood's h elp, packed th e pieces as well as bourn.
we were able in som e empty wooden crates we
discovered ly ing a round. I then discovered the This lych gate w as constructed from the
big wooden box which used to contain the Mess timber of an altar made bv British Prisoners of
silve r c utlery and this was almost intact as far War inca r ce rated in Changi jail from 1942 to
as I could see. When we had packed a ll w e could J.945 . Many officers and soldi ers of the form e r
find, we nail ed down th e crates a nd la b e ll ed them R egime nts, now forming part of the Qu een 's
'HMS Nelson, 2 Surreys, Kingston-on-Tham es'. Division, who spent several years in this notori-
As w e had to return to Chang i straightaway I ous P .O.W . Camp will b e g lad to know that this
sent a s ignal to HMS Nelson asking th e m to col- memorial gate is being preserved .
lect our s ilver and Colours from the Bank and
delive r to the Regimental D epot in du e course. Support Our
(I had m et the Captain previously a nd knew h e
would h elp all h e could.) Advertisers

I remember thinking how little dam aged the
Colours and s il ver cu ps, et c._ were, much to m y
surp ri se. I do not think there was any m ember
of the R egiment who came home in Nelson. As
I said , I had to e mbark next d ay in the Sobieski
and so had no furth er hand in the proceedings".

Tha nks to the Royal Navy, the Colours and
Regimental s ilver were delivered to the recon-
stituted 2nd Bn. at W est Chiltington on 17th
November, 1945. Plans had a lready been mad e for
the trooping and laying-up of the old 70th Colours
a nd for the presentation of n ew Colours. The
three-fold ceremony was h eld on 30th November
1945. Th e seve nty -e ight-year-old Colours, then
the second oldest stand carried by a n y Line
R egiment, were brought on parade by a partv of
fiv e m emb er s of the original 2nd Bn ., under Maj.
Magee, a nd h a nded ove r to the Escort for the
Colours. With the Battalion at th e Present, th ey
were then trooped in slow time down the ranks.
Thus every ma n was able to see and pay tributf'
to the Colours of the old 70th. Finallv the old
Colours were escorted to the rear of the parade.

The Queen's Own Buffs
Office

FRO~i FAR AND NEAlt Queen's Own Buffs W est Country Lunch eon
at Taunton, 24th April
ltoyaJ Hospital, Chelsea
For a brief period our potential numbers for
W e have been informed that Mr. Percival this a nnual r e pas t mounted to 21 , but on the
Edward Gifford . aged 65, who se rv ed ao day only 18 sat down to the table, for Maj. Sam
No . 6339206 Pte. in The Queen 's Own Royal W est Simpson, w ho gallantly comes down from London
Kent Regt., Oct. 1924-Mav 1932 a nd Sept. 1939- each year. did not arrive; nor did Mr. J. R.
May 1940, was admitted as a n In-Pe ns ioner on Reeve, a n old Buff of the first world war.
15th F eb. 1971. Also, Mr. William H e nry Disbray ,
aged 77, who served as No. 631653 Pte. in the Lt.-Col. 0 . M. Fry, late Queen 's Own Royal
20th London Regt. from Jun e 1915 to March W est Kent R egt., was in the C h air.
1919, was admitted on 22nd March 1971.
It was unanimous ly d ecided to hold our n ext
Une Alliance Belgique lun ch on Saturday, 29th April , 1972 and as this
will celebrate the fourth centen a r y of th e fore-
Th e 2nd Bn. is affiliated, unofficially, with the bears of The Buffs w e s hould have a record
1st Regiment of Grenadiers in the Belgian Arm y. attendance.
The R eg im e nt, commanded by Lt.-Col. Lion is
stationed at Siiest and Lt.-Col. Fletch er r ece ntly Those prese nt were: Col. A . Martyn, Lt.Co ls.
paid an official call upon them. On 24th April 0. M . Fry, George H am ilton, D. C. Coates, E . P .
the Band and Corps of Drums of the 2nd Bn. C. Bruce, R . J . Griffith . A . D. P eckham (our on ly
g-ave a s hort display at the Grenadiers' annual se rving soldier), Majs. C. S. Field, C. H aggard,
At Home and a platoon from A Coy. paraded
and exchanged pennants to mark the occasion. H . C. Tomlin, R. J. Tuk e, Capt. N . Gould (asso-
ciate member), Messrs. W . J . Banks, F. W. Mac-
Like The Queen's R egt., the Grenadiers are laren , J . A. Breach, E . C. W . Gou ld . G . Saunde r s
a lli ed to The Royal Dani sh Lifeguards and have R .T .
close connections with the Danes. They are an a nd H . N. Greenleaf.
old and distinguish ed regiment with customs a nd
traditions very s imilar to those of the 2nd Bn. CORRESPONDENCE

A well-merited AwMd 42 Richmond Road ,
Gillingham , K ent.
All those who at any time served with 5th April , 1971.
WOI (RSM) Sharman will b e delighted to hear
of the award to him of the M eritorious Service From : Mr. W . E . Nutton.
Medal. Mr. and Mrs. Sharman and their two To : Col. H . R . Grace, OBE , DL, JP.
children live at Rough Common and he now
works with the Home Postal and Cou rier Com- Dear Sir,
munications d epartm ent of the Ministry of De-
fence. Many congratulations to him on this most Having served in th e RWK in the 1914-18
well-merited award. War, and late r in Afghanis tan . I am wond e ring if
any of the old boys are still with us, w ho served
The Dragon Club Dinner, 1971 in th e 1/ 4th Bn., in India, e tc.

Th e annual Dragon Club Dinn er took plac~ I particularly rem embe r Lt. Quirk, Sgt.
at the Savoy Hotel, London, on Thursday, 25th Davey, Sgt. Wrig ht, Cpls. Jam es and W eedon ,
March. Maj. Robin Tuke was in the Chair a nd, Sigrs. Stacey, Brown, Ch erry, Martin, Holyer,
strictly alphabetically speaking, the following Crouch, all in the Signal Section.
were present :
Yours s incerely,
Brig-. J . G. Atkinson , Lt.-Col. E. H . Alien W . E . Nutton.
Bri. J . F . Whiteacre Alien , Lt.-Col. E . P . C. Bruce,
Majs. J . S. Blanford. D . P . R. Barrett, W . G . The Inte r-Bran c h Darts Competition
Blaxl a nd and F . G . Crozier, Lt.-Col. D . C. Coates,
Majs. E. G . Cox and L . P . Critchley, Cant. J . D . During th e evening of 1st May, in L eros Drill
Davison, Lt.-Cols . R . H . Dendy and E . L . C. Hall, seven teams competed for this event and
Edlmann. Brig. E . Foster Hall, Maj. M. A. O'B. his tory r epeated itself when Canterbu r y defeated
ffRen ch Blake, Col. H . R. Grace, P . 0. R . Gate- Medway in th e final round. Some 200 members of
house, E sq., Brig. N. F. Gordon-Wilson, Lt.-Col. the Association and their wives and families
N. E . Hoare. Maj. B . J . Harris St. John , Lt.-Cols. were present. Mr. Blak elock , of the M edway
H . S. Knocker and P. J. Lewis, Majs. A. E. Branch won the prize for the highest individual
Majendie and G . 0 . Mullins, Lt.-Col. F . d e R. score with a score of 94 .
Morgan, Maj. D. Montgomery, Brig-. J . G. Nichol-
son, Maj. N. F . H. C. Norris, Brig. F . W . B. Parrv, For Sale
Maj . R. A . C . Rave nhill , Lt.-Col. T . R. R e id . M a i.
H . ·N. Tarver, Capt. N . G . Wale, Maj . R. W . M . If any r eader wishes to purchase, for £10 or
W eb s t e r , Lt.-Col. J . R . P. Willams Col. D . A . nearest offer, a doeskin blaze r s ize 42, w hi ch has
Willows, Lt.-Col. J . R. Willows. only been worn three times and which has a
Buffs badge on the breast-pocket, h e s hould
In view of the 4th Centenary it is the inten- write to Mrs. E . Blac kwell at 37 Grosvenor Park,
tion to hold n ext year's Dinner on 1st May. Tunbridge W ells.

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THE QUEEN'S OWN BUF:FS (!OLl' lNG
SOCIETY

The Spring 1\Ieeting, 1971

An entry of 30 for this year's Spring Meeting, sweepstake s hould a Member hole out in on e
held over the links of the Royal St. George's during the Meeting; and to the new ly-app ointeJ
Golf Club, Sandwich, on Saturday, 17th and Sun- Captain "driving him se lf into office" at th e start
day, 18th April, clearly showed that th e. Soci e t y of the Grace and Sinclair Tankards competition
had not lost its appeal and that it contmued to on th e Sunday morning. It fell to Davicl Cobb-
enjoy th e support of s o many loya l Memb e r s. who ha d that afternoon won the Ba ird a nd
Trevor Cups in partn e rs hip with Rob e rt Buxton
"Loyalty to a cause" was demonstrated by - to be the first to have this honour the following
them all but none more so, perhaps, than that clay .
shown by Ian P ercival, QC, the Hon. Membe r
for Southport who arrived at Euston Station at For the record, the results of the Meeting
7 o'clock on ' Saturday morning, after an a ll- were as follows:
night journey from his constituency, drove down
to Sandwich for the morning round followed by The Bonham Cart e r Cup
luncheon , a nd was back in the House of Com- Winn er: H a rold Scott, 71; runn er-up : D avid
mons for a meeting at 7 o'clocl< that evening!
Montgom e ry, 81.
It was especiall y pleasant to we lcome two
new Members, in the persons of Frank Johnson The Lynden-Bell Trophy
and T ed Seed, making their first appearance at Winn e r : Harold Scott, 37 pts.; runn er-up :
one of the Society's meetings; the form er cele-
brated the occasion by winrung the Co11p des David Montg om e ry 35 pts. (best last 9).
Lapins and is much to be congratulated on so
doing. The I<e nward Cup
Winn e r: Mik e Arch e r, 30 pts.; runner up:
It was equa ll y pleasant to see Mik e Arch e r -
who is to b e con gratu lated on winning the K e n - 'Duke' R eeves, 29 pts.
ward Cup-Richard Dendy, Martin ffRench Blake
a nd Richard Lea struggling round again, after "Coupe D es Lapins"
a lapse of some years.. Ken Dodson, now com- Winner: Frank Johnson, 28 pts.; runn er-up:
manding 3 QUEENS, h ad originall y inte nd ed to
come over from N. Ireland but was prevented a t Ian P e rciv a l, 24 pts.
the eleventh hour from doing so.
Baird and Trevor Cups
The Dinner Winners: David Cobb and Robert Buxton.
Twenty Members enjoyed an excellent dinn er
at The Bell Hotel, Sandwich, on the Saturday 36 pts.; runn e r s-up : David Montgomery and Eri c
evening. Ate rwards, the re t i r in g Captain, Scott, 32 pts. (best last 9).
Richard Ravenhill, reported on the Society's
earn ings and goi ngs during his year of office. Grace and Sinclair Tankards
Agreement from a ll present was obtained to the Winners: Rufus Parry and Richard Knox, 4
taking of the entire entry for the " hole-in-two"
down; runn e rs-up : Eric S c ott and D e nni s Boycl,
6 down (best last 9).

;H-ole-in-Two' Sweepstake
Winners: Hugh Tarver (8th ); Rich ard Knox

(6th).

See also "A rm.'' Golf" on page 53

The Llncolnshlle Constabulary a ll of which the ABF a lso has a considerable
Any reader who lives in or n ear Lincolnshire stake a nd inte rest-can b e obtained on applica-
will be interested to know that Brig. Paul Crook tion to the Queen's Own Buffs Office:-
took up, on 3rd May, the appointment of W e lfare
Officer to that County's Constabulary. Brig. The Guild House, Denmark Road, Gloucester
Crook retired on 5th January, 1971 , and although Glos.
h e was disappointed not to r eturn to Kent, finds
that the job suits him very well. The Hampshire Old P eople's Housing Society
(Basingstoke and Lymington) .
Housing and Care of th e Elder!~·
This is a subject in which the Army B ene- The Princess Marina Hou se, S eafi e ld Road
volent Fund is becoming increasingly interested. Rustington , Sussex.
In addition to the already well-known homes and
hospitals such as the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Th e Abb ey field Soci e ty , 22 Nottingham Place ,
the Royal Cambridge Home, the Lord Kitchen er London, W .I. (w ith 14 Houses in Kent) .
Memorial Holiday Home and the various Britis h
L egion Residential/Convalescent/ Rest Homes, Th e Help the Aged Housing Scheme (with 18
details a nd information about the following- in completed Schemes and a noth er 53 n ea rl y
complet ed/ projected) .

DO NOT HESITATE TO WRITE FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE

ABOVE.

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The Royal Sussex Office

AT THE OFFICERS'
REUNION
(See ove r)

(Top) :

I. to r ., Brigadiers J . R .
Ashworth, A. W . Wise,

and R . E. Lode r.

(Lower) :
A trio of Retreads-
1\la.j. G. U. Weymouth,
Col. F . WaJden and

L t-Col. F . W . Hann .

P ic t u r es b y
S ussex Life.

60 Lt.-G en. C. l\'1 . l~a hud de Mortang-es
It is with g reat reg re t that we have to re-
All Officers' R e union Cocktail Part.y
cord the d eath of Gen eral Pahud de Morta nges at
The Annual Cockta il Party for Office rs who the H ague ea rl y in April. For many years he
were commissioned into The Royal Sussex R egt., was C hi e f of th e Mi li tary H ouse of HM Qu een
in a ny capacity was h eld a t The Royal Green Julia na of the N et h erla nds a nd becam e a firm
J ackets London C lub, 56 D av ies Street, London , fri end of the form er Royal Sussex R egiment. He
on Friday, 26th F ebru a ry, by kind pe rmiss ion of represent ed t h e Colo n e l-in -Chief on seve ral occa-
Lt.-Col. J . R. Com e ll and m e mbe rs of t h e C lub . s ions in t his cou ntry, nota bly a t the Presen tation
Brig. Lod e r , President of th e Roya l Sussex Regi- of n ew Colours to th e 1s t Bn. at Arund e l in 1951
m e ntal Association . pres id ed and th e g uests in- a nd at t h e M e m oria l Service to Gen . Whis tl e r in
c luded Brig. A. W . Wise, DSO . MBE, The Qu ee n 's C hi c h es t e r Cath edra l in 1963. H e was a form e r
Divis iona l Bri gadi e r , Col. F . Wald en , MBE , DL, Pres id ent of the Dutch O lymp ic Com mittee a nd
The Midd lesex Office and Maj . G. U. W ey mouth , had been a n Olympic ch a mpion in the t hree-day
MBE, Queen's R egimental Secreta ry. The party equestrian event.
was w e ll a tte nd ed , seve ral be ing presen t for t h e
fi rs t t im e. The Ro)•al Sussex R egime ntal Museum
~h e Museum continu es to rece ive many g ift s ,
Th e Royal Sussex R egime ntal Committee
partiCularly of m ed a ls. Althoug h it is imposs ibl e
The 28th Annual Meeting was h eld at the to lis t a 11 th e access ions, th e trus t ees a re pa rt i-
Royal United Services Institution on Friday. 26th cularly gratefu l to Lady Mich elmore- fo rmerly
F ebrua r y in th e morning prior to th e All Offi cer s' Mrs. Winsom e Hol derness- f or prese nting h e r
R e union Cock t a il P arty . Brig . R. E . Lod e r , CBE, Ora nge Drum.
was in the Chair and the following m embers were
present: B rigs. J. B. Ashworth, CBE, DSO a nd It will b e of inte r es t to a ll those who kn ew
J . L . V on d e r H eyd e, CMG, C BE , MC, Co ls. P . M. the late Mr. D . G. Woodcoc k , the first cura tor of
J . Harrison, OBE, MC and J . G. Langridge, TD, w hat is now Th e Qu een's R egim e nt Mus e um a t
Lt.-Cols. J. R. G. Stanton. MBE a nd E . G. H ollis t Cante rbury, t h at his son Andrew has been ap-
and Ma j. J . F . Ainsworth . Apolog ies for absence pointed C urator of the Chich est er City Museum.
were received from Brig. B. R . Coleman . H e was selected for the appointment out of a
fi eld of twe nty-on e app li cants.
Exooutlve Committee The Royal Sussex
R eglmen1ta l Association Equal Pay

The m eeting was held at Chichester on "\VAGE Rise Gives L avatory
Saturday, 20th March, with Col. J . G. La ngridge, M en £1 ,600 a year" ( n ews-
TD, in the Chair. R epresentatives from Chich es-
ter, Lewes, Brighton, Eastbourne, H astings, paper headline).
Arund e l, London, Midhurs t , K ette rin g a nd Mid-
Sussex Bra nches attended. "Be fore w e ta ke y ou on. you 11
have to prove to us you have the
A m essage of good wishes for a s peedy r e- qualiti es that make a n Offi cer,
covery was sent from t he meetin g to Lt.-Col. E . a nd th e n we' ll pay you £1,600 gross
G. H ol lis t, w h o was in King Edward VII Hos- p.a. as a 2nd Li e ute na n t" (Army
pital. Midhurst, recovering from a seve re attack recruiting advertimem ent) .
of jaundice.
With acknowledgment
News from Gibraltar and Malta to t he
Daily T el egTa71 h
Through the good offices of Lt.-Col. Robin
McNis h, a Royal Sussex Regimental Plaque h as
been placed in t h e King's C hapel in G ibra ltar,
where th e 1s t Bn. Colours were la id up in 1954.

A r e cent v isitor to Malta r epo rts that the old
Colours of the 35th R egiment of Foot, which
were form erly in th e Armoury _ are now on dis-
play in the Garrison H eadquarter s at Fort St.
Elmo. It was the King's Colour which was t he
firs t Britis h fl ag to b e flown in M a lta after its
capture from th e Fre n c h in 1800. The sam e
vis itor a lso reports that the baboons which
w er e broug ht to Malta from Aden by the 1s t Bn.
in 1965 are s ti11 the nois iest animals in th e m ena-
gerie in the Sa n Anton Gardens.

S t . George's Day, 1971

Th e Annual St. George's Day S e r v ice was
h eld in St. G eorge's Chapel, Chi ch este r Cath edral
on F riday, 23rd April ; the service was taken by
the D ean of Chichester a nd the lesson was read
by Brig. R . E . Loder , CBE. Among those a ttend-
ing the Service w e re the Mayor and Mayoress of
C hic h est e r , Coun c ill or and Mrs. T . H . Siggs. Th e
Ma vo r had himself served in the Royal Sussex
R egt.

After the Service a r eception was h eld at
th e Dolphin Hote l.

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The Middlesex Office

ASSOCIATION BRANCH NOTES

Hornsey and Enfield At the following m eeting, we ha d a welcome
vis it from our Outstation member, Sam S h awyer
On March 6th we had another very enjoyable W e hope to see m ore of you, Sam.
evening at Hornsey, and again our thanks go
to B e rt Me llor a nd his wife Joan , who as usual In closing, we would like to see more of our
kept the liquid refreshments flowing. K evin "E x's"- the more the merr~er .
O'Bri e n turned up trumps with a n excell ent
buffet, a nd the 4-piece band supplied us with a MAC.
well-ba lanced programme for dancing.
WOs' and Sgts'.
It was very pleasing to see our old fri ends
Sta n Hurlock, Jack Milroy , and Dick Stokes with D espite th e Pos ta l Strike, which prevented
their ladies once again, as well as a good sprink- us from sending out our usua l Monthly Letter
ling of Burma Sta r chaps and the ir ladies, and with a reminde r of forthcoming meetings, we
quite a number of ex-Middlesex T erritorials. continue to have good s upport from our mem-
Eddi e John sqn was another w e lcom e fi g ure, but b e rs, averaging 25 ( including their friends) at
his wife unfortunate ly , cou ld not b e with us. Our each of the last four m eetings. There is, never-
thanks go to th e three "Young Loveli es " wh o theless, s ti11 room for impro vem e nt and we would
made s u c h a s uccess of se llin g our raff le ti c ke ts like to welcome new m embers.
for us , and a ll in a ll , this was another very en-
joyable a nd successful evening, in spite of the Th e monthl y r a ffl es are b e ing well su pported .
lack of pos t a l fa c iliti es to publi c ise it- well don e, not only by m embers who participate, but by
B e rt! the gen erosity of those who so kindly supply
prizes. Proceeds from these raffles not only de-
On Marc h 20th the Burma Star chaps had fray the cost of th e "Free Eats" provide d at each
th e ir dance at Hornsey and a lth ough I was un- meeting but the few bobs left over are credited
able to attend, I h ear they all had a good time. to our Entertainments Account. W e are hoping
A few of us w ent to a very pleasant "Get-to- to vary the raffles with Miniature Whist Drives.
geth e r" at Uxbridge and w e r e m a d e very wel-
come. This is the sort of thing that n eeds en- I am sorry to report that the n ews of one
couraging. and w e will a lways be pleased to see of our invalids is not so good ; Jim Davis, who
any member of other branches at Hornsey was dicharged from hos pital in January , f e ll
down the sta irs at his hom e, injured hi s back
You will all be as pleased as w e a re to learn and is confined to his bed . Th e latest n ews is that
of th e w ell-d eserved award of th e MBE to Co l. he is comfortable and m a king som e littl e pro-
Walden in the Honours List, and we offer him gress. Peter Edwa rds was a ls o discQ_arge d fro m
our hearty congratulations. hospital in January a nd is feeling much be tter.

B est wish es to you all. Since our last contribution, the interior of
LES HOSSLEN. the Drill Hall has been re-decorated, which has
brighten ed things up a bit, a nd added just that
Portsmouth and Gosport little som ething to th e comfort of the M ess
where we hold our monthl y "Get-Toge th e r s"
Your new scribe has taken ove r from B ert Thanks to Charli e B a nks. who runs the bar, the
Hastie, who has had to g ive up on medical advice, room is laid out ready for us before each m eet-
but w e were a ll pleased to see that h e h as mad e ing.
s uch a ·wonderful recovery a nd trust that he is
well on th e way to h ea lth again . We would like to welcome n ew m embers. so
if you are not a m em ber and would like to have
Meetings have been few since the last issue- - furth er particulars, drop me a lin e, and I will see
two in fact- but w e manage to keep the flag t hat you are inform ed . Better still, come along
fl y ing with our faithfuls . a ny second Sa turday of the m onth to the Drill
H a ll , D ean s brook Road, Edgwa r e; just walk in ,
L en W est is als o on th e Sick List , and e n - and if you don 't know m e, as!< the first person
tered Hospital on April 29th for a n operation; you see for L en . You should find som eone there
we wish him the best of luck. whom you know for we are well-represented by
a ll b a tta lions .
At our AGM, the following Offi ce rs w ere
e lected: C h airman. Mr. P . J . O 'Neill ; Vice- To a ll Di e ha rds we send our best wish es a nd
C h airma n , Mr. A Lowe; Sec./Treas ., Mr. R. S. to Branc h es, our gree tings and best w is h es for
McNeill; Comm1ttee Messr s. R . Wigg a nd N . the future.
Pete r s.
LEN JOHNSON.
Th e Ladies still a id our little cause by sup-
plying the refreshments.

W e h a d a pleasant surprise at our AGM ,
when Maj. Charlie Gatehouse paid us a visit; w e
hope to see more of him in the future.

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STOP PRESS! Hawkes

llOYAL JIONG KONG of

UEGI~IENT Savile Row

(TilE VOLUNTEERS) The British have regularly gone into battle
with glory and Hawkes' uniforms. Enough
On 8th M ay, Col. A . S . J . d e S. C layton, DL, have survived to keep the firm going . . .
D e puty Co lonel (M iddl esex), re presented the and on victory parades and ceremonial
Colone l of the R egiment at a parade in Hong occasions their splendid Hawkes' uniforms
Kong, wh e n a Guidon was presented to the Roya l have always lent colour to the occasion .
Hong Kong R egimen t b y HE The Governor, Sir
Dav id Tre n c h , GCMG, MC (who is also Com- Hawkes of Savile Row
manda nt General). go back to the 1770's .

An A lliance be tween th e H ong Kong R egi- Every year hundreds
men t a nd t h e Middlesex R egimen t (DCO) was of people
approved in 1950 to mark th e c lose ti es form ed
by th em during the battle for H on g Kong in go back to Hawkes
D ece mbe r , 1941. This Allia n ce h as now b een to be dressed
transferred to The Queen's R egim ent. for the 1970's.

Col. C layto n fl ew out to Hong Kong on 4th You 'll know our
May in a V ClO of RAF Transport Command and reputation for made-
r e turn ed on 13th. During his v is it h e s tayed with to-measure tailoring
t h e Honorary Colon e l a nd m e t m a n y old fri ends
(h e was himself a Commanding Offi ce r of the but you may be
R egiment). surprised at the extent

In s ummin g up his reco ll ec tion s of th e v is it, of our hand-made
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as guests to th e n ext Midd lesex O ffi ce r s C lub Din-
n er on 16th Jul y, 1971. M ill e n leaves for U .K . by Illustrated cataloeue sent free on request
s hip on 23rd May a nd is du e towa rds t h e e nd of
June. In S ept e mbe r h e is to take u p his n ext
a ppointm ent as GSOl (Ops a nd P la n s) HQ N.
Ire la n d" .

~~ GLORIOUS FIRST "
Celebrations With
H.~I.S. Exeell..ut

The Royal Navy w er e our hos ts for th e cele-
brations at Wha le Isla nd on 4th / 5th June.

Th ey w ere a lso our con querors in the cricket
matc h w hi c h t h ey wo n by 12 wi c k e ts a nd 4 runs.

Most unfa ir of Lt.-Cdr. T ordoff to miss the
Summer Ball , as witn ess his 12 wi ck et s for 66
runs!

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