June 1977

The Journal of
THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 11, No. 1 June, 1977

Battle Honours borne on The Colours

The Regimental Colour:
"Tangier, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704-5," "Blenbeim," "Ramillies," "Malplaquet," "Detingen,t'
"Louisburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "St. Lucia, 1778," "Seringapatam,"
"Maida," "Vi.miera," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera," "Albuhera," "Almaraz," "Badajoz," "Salamanca,"
"Vittoria," "Affghanistan, 1839," "Punniar," "Moodkee," "Sobraon," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow,"
"Taku Forts," "New Zealand," "South Africa, 1879," "Nile, 1884-85," "Burma, 1885-87," "Chitral," "Relief
of Ladysmith," "Relief of Kimberley," "South Africa, 1899-1902," "Korea 1950-51."

The Queen's Colour:
"Mons," "Mamc, 1914-18," "Aisne, 1914," "Ypres, 1914-15-17·18," " Hill 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Somme,
1916, 18," "Aibert, 1916, 18," "Vimy, 1917," "Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Hindenburg Line," "Italy, 1917-18," "Mace.
donia, 1915-18," "Gallipoli, 1915," "Gaza," "Jerusalem," "Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut a! Amara,"
"Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 1940," "Normandy Landing,"
"North West Europe, 19<10, 44-45," "Abyssinia, 1941," "Omars," "Aiam e1 Halfa," "El Alamein," "Longstop
Hill, 1943," "North Africa, 1940-43," "Sicily, 1943," "Sangro," "Salemo," "Anzio," "Cassino," "Italy, 1943-
45," "Malta, 1940-42," "Malaya, 1941-42," "Hong Kong," "Defence of Kohima," "Burma, 1943-45."

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

HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE 11 of Denmark

Cvloll el of Th e R egim em: Major General F. A. H . LING, CB, CBE, DSO, DL

Deputy Co lo11els of The R egiment
Surrey: Major General R. S. N. MANS , CBE
Kent: (Acting) Colonel H . R. GRACE, OBE, JP, DL

Sussex: Brigadier B. R. COLEMAN

Middlesex: Colonel J. N . SHIPSTER, CBE, DSO

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Co mm anding Officers

1st Baualion-Lt.-Col. ] . G. W. DAVIDSON (Lt.-Col. J. C. Holman 5 Aug. '77)
2nd Battalion- Lt.-Col. C. G. CHAMPION
Jrd Battalion-Lt.-Col. S. T . W. ANDERSON, M C
5th (Volunteer) Battalion-Lt.-Col. P . H . COURTENAY
6th /7 th ( Volunt eer) Battalion-Lt.-Co l. F . B. HERD, TD

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE
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School; Wilsons Grammar School.

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

N.W. London Sector Nos. 133, 14 1, 143, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 161 to 165, 167
1st, 2nd and 5th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment (Surrey A.C.F.).
S.W. London Sector Cadet Coys. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regi ment (Kent A.C.F.).
Cadet Bns. No. 6 (Cr aw ley).
Surrey: Cadet Bns. b1N5oorso(.uB2grhig(),hSte1oa0nf)o,(rEd1a)7s,tb3(oBu(orHgnneaos),tri)n,1g11s8)(H, (o4Lrist(htLlaeemhwa)e,ms)1p,3to7n(S)(,hCoMhreiachyhafemiset)led, r)1C,4o8(llBe(geCexrhoialwnl)d-,
Kent: Cadet Coys. Lewes old GS.
Sussez: Cadet Pis.

ALLIED REGIMENTS

The Ca11adia11 Armed Forces-

The Queen's York R angers (R CAC)
The South Alberta Light H orse
The Queen's Own Rifl es of Canada
The H astings and Prince Edward R egiment
1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York)

The Essex and Kent Scottish

Th e Australi= Military Forces-
The Royal New South Wales Regiment
The University of New South Wales Regiment
The Royal Western Australia Regiment

Th e New Zealand Army-

2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast)
The Roya l New Zealand Infantry Regiment
and Taranaki) The Royal New
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast Zealand Infantry Regiment

The Pakistan Army-
12th, 14th, 15th and 17th Battalions, The Punjab Regiment

Sierra L eone-
The Royal Sierra Leone Military Force

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

AFFILIATED HM SHIPS
HMS Excellent, HMS Kent, HMS Chichester and HMS Brigh to11
EDITOR-Major G . U. WEYMOUTH, MBE (Retd.)

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

RHQ The Queen's Regiment

Howe Barracks, Canterbury. (T el.: 65281)
Regimental Secretary: Maj. G. U. Weymouth, MBE (Ext. 1)
Regim ental Association Secretary: Maj . E. A. McCarthy ( Ext. 42 )

R egimemal Careers Officer: M aj. R. H . Graham ( Ext . 12 )

COUNTY OFFICES

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Surrey Office: Kent Office: Sussex Office: Middlesex Office:
Roussillon Barracks,
Portsmouth Road, Block 21, Chichester. T & AVR Centre,
Kingston upon Thames. Howe Barracks, Canterbury. D eansbrook Road, Edgware.

Secretaries: Maj . F. ] . R eed Col. H. R . Grace, OBE, JP, DL & Lt.-Col. E . G . H a/list. Maj. A. E. F . Wa/dron, MBE.
( Tel .: Kingston 6248 ). ( Tel.: Chichester 863JJ. Ext. 28). ( T el.: Edgware 2625 ) .
Maj. G. T . Faulkner.

( Tel .: Canterbury 65281. Ext. 4) .

REGULAR UNITS

1st Bn. 2nd Bn. 3rd Bn. QUEENS RIT
Albuhera Barracks, Canterbury (HQ ) and
Werl, Kiwi Barracks, Airport Camp, M aidstone
BFPO 106. Bulford, Belize. (2)
Wilts. (1 )
T & AVR BATTALIONS

5th (V) Bn. 6th/7th (V) Bn.
Bn. HQ & HQ Coy: Bn. HQ : T & A VR Centre,
Leros T & AVR Centre, D enne Road,
Srurry Road, Horsham, Sussex.
Canterbury.
Co l. D. A. H. Sime, OBE, MC, TD .
Honorary Colonels :
Col . H. H . Prince Georg of Denmark, KCVO .

DIVISIONAL DEPOT-Bassi ngboum Barracks, Royston, Herts. Senior Regimental Representative: Lt .-Co/. H . M . du V . Lohan

(1) To Gibraltar in Aug. '77.
(2) R eturns to Catterick, Aug. '77.

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l!dllor: c0 nte nts
Major G. U. Weymouth,
Editorial Page
M.B.E. (Ret'd.) F orecast of Events
Regimental Headquarters, The 1st Battali on 5
Howe Barracks, The 2nd Battalion 6
Canterbury, Kent. The 3rd Battalion 8-13
The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion 14-19
Cap Badge The 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion ... 20-28
The Regimental Information Team 29
Collar 8adge Depot, The Queen's Division 33
Officers Location List 38
Button The Queen's Cadets ... 39
The IJLB 41
The Regimental Golfing Society
Christmas Cards 44
The London Gazette
Births, Marriages and Deaths 46
Obituaries 47
The Regimental Association 47
The County Associati ons 48
Allied Regiments 48
Affiliated HM Ships . . . 52
The Regimental Shop 61
Journal Order Form 65
72
Articles 73
" An Interesting Acquisition" 81
" The Royal Brunei Malay Regiment" 83
"S ikh War battlefields revisited" ...
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75
77

Printers : COVER PICTURE

Kent County Printers The cover picture in this issue is a tribute to all
Canterbury, Herne Bay and Queensmen who spend long and tedious hours on

Deal. Kent sanger duty in N orthem Ireland

Picture supplied by 2 QUEENS

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EDITORIAL

The untimely death, on 14th F ebruary, of General Si r R ichard C radd ock,
our fi rst and much-loved Co lonel, overshadows all else in the pe riod reviewed by this
Journal. A letter from Lady C radd ock, a number of personal tributes to General
" Dick" and a list of those who attended a memorable T hanksgiving Service at
Bulford, appear elsewhere in this issue.

Whilst the 1st Bn "soldiers on" m BAOR, the 2nd has covered a lot of
territory-Belize, Bulford and Belfast to name bu t three- and in August, t he
battalion is off agai n, this time to G ibraltar for a two-year accompanied tour.

The 3rd, in Beli ze until August, will return to Catterick for a brief stay before
moving south, to Dover, in January next year.

We do not yet know which " Infantry Battalion" will be stationed in H owe
Barracks when works servi ces are completed ( hopefull y in 1979 ) but, since both
our 1st and 2nd Bns are due home in that year, is k too much to hope that one
of them, and not some " foreigner", will be chosen by the Arm s plotters as the new
occ up ant?

Between now and the end of the year our County Offices are to close and
an enlarged RHQ staff at Canterbury will admini ster Regimenta l affairs in thei r
broadest sense.

A new RO is to head the Secretariat and those of us already at RHQ will be
joined by the ex isting ROs from the Surrey, Kent ( less Col Raymond Grace who
retires on 3 Aug) and Middlesex Offi ces when they close .

As Lt Col Gerry Hollist ( Sussex Office ) retires at the end of the yea r,
Benevolent case-wo rk for Royal Sussex Old Comrades (and possibly certain other
R Sussex commitments) are to be managed by M aj Edward M cCanhy at the
centrali zed RHQ.

On 31 st December, M aj Gen Fergus L ing plans to hand over the Colonelcy
of the Reg iment to M a j Gen Rowley M ans. At the same t ime, all the County-
orientated Deputy Colonels' appointments will lapse, except that Brig Roy Coleman
is to remain as the Colonel's sole Deputy. As forecast by Genera l Ling's C hristmas
Message in the last issue, the interests of our former Regiments' Associations will be
represented in the Regimental Committee by their Presidents or Chairmen.

On 16th July, the last ( but one ) of our former Regiments' Colours are to
be ce remoniously laid up in Canterbu ry Cathedral under arrangements being made
by the Kent Offi ce. The 2nd Bn, and 5th and 6/7th T AVR Bns and a detachment
of Kent ACF Cadets will be participating.

In 1981 , when it is hoped that the 6th /7th ( V ) Bn receives its own new
Co lours, the last Colours of the 4th/5th Bn The Queen's Own Roya l W est Kent
Regiment ( which that battalion now carries ) will probably be laid up . As thi s
1s exactly 100 years after the Ca rdwell Reforms, it is, perhaps, a fi tting date to mark
the end of an era.

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Forecast of Events 4 Q ueen's Own Buffs Assn. London ( Buff s)
Branch Annual Service, T ower of L ondo n
July 8 ( 11 a.m . )
3 Queen's Own Buffs G .S . match v. Liphook 9
G .C. 10 Sevastopol Day-2nd Bn.
4 Regimental Golfing Society Match v. RMAS Salemo Day-1st Bn.
( at the AGC Aldershot ). 13 Queen 's Own Buff s Assn. Extrao rd inary
20 General M eeting, Invicta P ark, M a ids tone
13 Managing Trustees Meeting, London. 20/ 30 ( 3 p .m.)
16 Laying-up of Colours-Canterbury Cathe-
Quebec Day-3rd Bn.
dral ( 2nd, 5th ( V ) and 6/7th ( V ) Bns.)
Queen's Own Buffs Assn . S ervice of R e- Regimental G.S. Match v. RRF and R
membrance and R eunion, Ca nterbu ry. Anglian, Gog and Magog, Cambridge.
23 Queen's Own Buffs G .S . match v. No rth 3 QUEENS KAPE Tour.
H am s G .C.
26/ 30 R Sussex Assn. M ain Goodwood R ace October
M eeting. I Queen 's Surreys Assn. Annual R eunion,
27 to 1 QUEENS KAPE Tour. Kingston .
10 Aug. 6/ 7 Queen's S urreys G.S . Autumn M eeting,
31 to Colchester Tattoo. Ri chm ond .
7 Aug. 8-22 5 QUEENS Camp (Stamford and Norway).

August 14 Officers' Club Cocktail PaMy, House of
I 2nd Bn. Advance PaMy to GIBRALTAR. Commons.
6 to C anterbury Cricket Week.
15 Queen's Surreys WO s' and Sgts' Assn.
12 L adies' Night-Dinner/ D ance, Kingston.
10 3rd Bn. Advance PaMy return from BELIZE.
23 Regimental G.S. match v. Queen's Own 20 3 QUEENS KAPE Tour.
21 Queen's Own Buff s Annual Luncheon, L ord's
Buffs G.S. at Epsom.
Cricket Ground.
September 5 RWK El Alamein R eunion.
2 Regimental G.S. Annual Meeting, AGC
Aldershot. November
3/ 17 6/ 7 QUEENS Camp, Westdown, Salisbury 13 Queen 's Surreys Assn. R emembrance D ay
Plain.
P arades, Kmgston and Guildford
18 6/ 7 QUEENS Cocktail PaMy, Haberdashers'

Hall.

December
3 Queen 's S urreys WOs' and Sgts' Assn.
Christmas Draw and D ance, Kingston .

WHITBREAD

Tro;ph~-,· ·::.m;.~

BITTER

The pint that thinks it~ a quart

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Mainly About People Lt.-Col. J. W . Francis wa s appointed AMS

It is with the deepest regret that we record the M S I /2, M OD on 28 M a r. ' 77.
death of Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard Craddock, KBE, CB, Capt. P. F . Harrison of the Roya l New South
DSO on 14th February.
W ales Regt. has come to L ondon to study for two
New Years H onours, J an. 1977 yea rs. a nd has been attached to the 6/ 7th ( V ) Bn .
We congratulate the following on their awa rds:
Cpl. A. C. Gregory of th e 6/7th ( V ) Bn . was
MBE recommen ded for a commission at the trial board held
WO! Bandmas ter E . F. T. C lark . by R CB W estbury for TA VR candidates in M arch.

BEM Some of the advertising copy used in the national
W02 G. Robinson, 2nd Bn . press in the recent TA VR recruiting campaign was
W0 2 ]. T. Doran, 3rd Bn. written by Maj . R. E . Lowans and included a picture
Sgt. B. W . Breach, 3rd Bn. of L / C pl. P . J . L yo ns, both of B Coy. 6/ 7th ( V )

Brig . G. B. C urtis, O BE, MC retired on 31 M ar. Bn .
'77.
N . Ireland Awards (from 1 Aug . to 31 Oct. '76 )
Lt. J. R. Barrell, form erl y RSM of 5 QUEENS,
We congra tula te Pte. P . A . de L ara (lst Bn .)
was granted a SSC and posted to 3 QUEENS on 24 on his award of the Queens Ga llan try M edal ; and
Jan. '77. M a j. R. H . G raham (RCO ) and Capt. C. G. F .
Charter ( 3rd Bn.) on their awards of a M ention in
Capt. J. R. C. P almer was posted to an AAC
D es p a t c h es.
D et. in Belize, F eb. ' 77.
VISITORS TO RHQ
Majs. P. Hiscock, T. L. T rotman and J. J. W hite
Among those wh om we we re pleased to welcome
were promoted to Lt.-Col. 3 1 D ec. ' 76 with seniority at RHQ during the period under review were ( in
30 June '76.
order of signin g the book ) :
Maj. N. S. Hunter success full y completed Div. 1 Maj. Douglas McC ull y, M aj. Rod Arnold, Maj .
of No. 10 Arm y Staff Course a t the RMCS (8 J an . Frank Waldron, Maj . John Reed, Col. R aymond
to 19 D ec. '75 ) and at the Staff College Camberley Grace, M a j. George Faulkner, Lt.-Col. Gerry
( 29 Jan . to 28 Oct. '7 6) . Hollist, Lt.-Col. John Francis, Lt.-Col. Nigel
Knocker, M a j.-Gen . R owley M ans, Brig . D avid
Maj . M. B. M ontgomery successfull y completed Carter, Capt. D avid Carter ( on joining ), M aj. and
Div. 3 of No. 10 Staff Course at the RMCS ( 6 Oct. Mrs. P eter Hill, Capt. Richard J ackson, 2/ Lt. John
to 19 Dec. '75) and at the Staff College Camberley Noble, 2/ Lt. Michael Cooper, M a j. Michae l
( 29 Jan. to 28 Oct. '76 ) . J a rratt, Brig. Mike Reynolds, Ca pt. Michael J elf,
M a j. J ohn Holman, Lt.-Col. ' Pip' Newton, Lt.
Maj. P . A. Gray has qualified for entr y to the
Grade I Staff Pool. John Barrell .

Capts. N . F. Russell and J. A. B. Salmon success- Aeknowle dge m.e nt8

full y completed No. 29 Junior Command and Staff The Editor acknowledges with thanks receipt of
Course ( 13 Jun . to 13 Aug. '76 ) .
the following publications:
Maj. G. Bulloch, MBE is to be GSO ( lnt .) , L egion (Canada) ( No v. an d D ec. '76, J an. to
HQ AMFL in Aug . ' 77.
M ay '77);
Brig. G. H . W. H owlett, OBE, MC, (late P ara.,
form erl y RWK ) . was appointed Director of Arm y Owl Pie ('76);
R ecruiting on 18 Feb. '77 .
Royal British Legion J ournal (Jan.-May '77);
Lt.-Col. J. M. H ewson, MC was appointed De-
The Ca det Journal and Gazette ( D ec. '7 6 and
fence Adviser ( GSOI ) Ghana in M ay '77.
. W 0 2 C. P . Bowes-C rick ( RRF ) was presented Apr. '77);
The Die-H a rds ( D ec. '76 and Apr. '77);
With the Most Blessed Order of Setia Negara Brunei,
4th C lass ( PSB ) by H. H . The Sultan, on 10 F eb. The J ournal of D epot The Queen's D ivision
'77. ( H e was C hief Clerk, I QUEENS from '7 1 to
' 75 ) . ( J a n. '77);
The Grapevine ( 2 RNZJR ) ( D ec. '76);
The following officers passed the D ec. ' 76 exam
at staff level: Capts. M . C . W illis, A. H . C harter, Blesmag ( Winter '76/ '77);

P . R. P . Howe, J. A. B. Salmon. R. A . M. C hristmas, The Star and Garter M agazine (New Year '77) ·

D. C. F. Gouda and R. M . McGhie. SSAFA N ews (Winter '76/ '77); '

Col. J. B. Ogilvie, OBE, TD has been appointed FHS and LRW Gazette (Jan. '77);

Hon. Colonel 3rd Cadet Bn. The Queen's Regiment 2/4 Queens OCA J ournal ( Apr. '77);
( Kent AC F )- vice Lt.-Col. Tom Coa th as TA VR
Colonel SE Dist. H e is to be Parade Commander The Silver Bugle (Spring '77) ·
when HM The Queen reviews the R eserve Forces a t
W embley on 30 J un. Queen's Surreys Newsletter-May '77 Castle

Maj . P . de S. Barrow ( 2 IC 2 QUEENS ) is to 19 77.
attend the 7th Course at NDC L atimer starting ( pro-
visionall y) in Sep. '77. CORRECTION

L t.-Col. J. S . B. P ollard, MBE assumed the Sincere apologies to Lt.-Col. j . D. (Jerry)
G unnell, TD for omitting his name from the list
ap pointment of AAG, HQ Queen's Div. on 4 M ar. of TAVR Commanding Officers on page 88 of the
'77. last Issue ( those who held ke y appointments during
the past ten years).

Col. Gunnell was, of course CO of the old
lOth (Territorial ) Bn. The Queen 's R eg iment
( Middlesex) from I Apr. 1968 until the battalion was
reduced to Cadre status in Apr. '69.

I. The Commanding Officer "at war" on the CPX 5. "Q blokes"-(! to r): Maj . R. H. B. Morris,
2. Members of the A/ Tk PI. (I to r): Pte. De Lara,
Capt. L. Wilson, W02 B. J. Upson and W02
QGM, Cpl. Anglian, Ptes. Fasher and Coleman
3. Cpl. "Legs" Colley receiving the "best boxer" C. T. Bromfield

award from the Commanding Officer 6. The C-in-C talks to Pte. A. Lawson of the lot.
4. The Battalion Langlauf team at 4 Div. Ski Section

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The lst Battalion

THE Battalion returned from N. Ireland in G 1098 well unde r control; there was, however, a
ruflle over 100 chairs during the recent Board of
November last and, on return from leave,
Officers !
there were a lot of new, keen faces in HQ : M aj.
MT
David Dickins had taken over as 2IC from Maj . Sudden ly a 3-letter wo rld: In J anuary, the H GV

Peter C larkc ( to the German Staff College ) ; and PFA ; February-CPX and STC, and in M arch

Capt. Amedee Mieville moved from IO to we had ARU and FTX .
In J anuary the Platoon united in its dislike
Adjutant, and Capt. Martin Allington took ove r
for PFA and then provided instructors for the vanous
as 10. Cadres; these produced drivers for ever yone except
the MT, natura ll y. Capt. Bill Guscott, PPC LI handed
J anu ary was a time for Cadres, prepa ration for
the AR U in M arch and for relea rn ing how to sold ier over MTO and moved to B Coy. as 2IC.
BAOR style. I n February the Cadres continued. The MTO

M aj. Steve Dowse rejoined (ex. MOD ) in and his plucky dri ver went off on the C PX leavmg
February as the Ops/Trg king, managing to delay the rest of us ( upset ) behind. The STC bit was
hi s arri va l until after the C PX! On this, apart from ca ncelled; they wanted to float the Stalwarts but
overliberal interpretation of the "p ink" by OC ' X ', either the lake or the Stalwarts were frozen .
the IO 's "discussion" with the GOC on how to pro-
nounce HOXTER, and the C/ Sgts. habit of leaving ARU frenzy struck in M arch when staff from
half the breakfast in Echelon, all went reasonably Div. HQ snooped around contradicting each other
well! (" Stack those jerricans higher" said Ord; "rubbish"
said the Fire Officer! ); the General, thank goodness,
M arch then exploded on us: the Adjutant and
Chief C lerk tried to produce figures as fast as M aj. made someone else do the PFA .
Buster Ca rlston ( now DAA and QMG 4 Div.) asked Then the highlight of the training yea r-the
for them (some hope !); Companies were convincing
everyone that the ARU would be an enj oyab le day, FTX- when we went off in Echelons, through storm
and the Int. Section tested the resupply system to and blizzard and spent a week under a tree, counting
the limit for glue and pens to mark maps for the jerricans. H av ing rocked the " Reds" with this display
FTX. Finally, the C-in-C visited us th ree days before of martial ardour we came home to prepare for the
the ARU just to see that we were not slacking!
PRE!
The FTX is best described as 11 interesting" !
Ca ncelled due to a variety of reasons a week before Signal PI.
E as ter (ah! ), the Battalion then proved it can at It is with great sorrow a nd sympathy for Cpl.
least move West at speed!
K eith Pile, that we have to record the death, before
After Easter, A Coy prepa red for Canada. That Easter, of his wife June in a motorway accident.
they eventually a rri ved is no fault of ours, having
unsuccessfull y hidden their SOPs and not being able Lt. McDermott has taken over from Capt.
to produce the maps ! H odgetts as our new RSO whilst WOII J ones h as
taken over from WOII Budgen as Assistant RSO
Maj . Ron Morris has left us after !I yea rs as and C / Sgt. Stent is our new Stores Colour Sgt. W e
QM following service with the E ast Surreys (v ia I also welcome some new members-Ptes. Broadbent,
Mx . and 4 QUEENS ) dating back to 1944! To R on
and Bett y go our very best wishes and much gratitude. Slade, Yard, Szklaruk and Hellmuth.
Two budding "S tandard Ones", Ptes. Hutson
Also taking the opportun ity to escape our grasp
is our 11Very own" Paymaster, Capt. Alan M artin and Nicol, are now at W arrninster and we hope the
( the fa ct that he now wears a RAPC badge is purely latter recovers quickly from his "minor accident".
incidental! ) Alan joined I Buff s in 1948 ( then in
Hong K ong ), then I QUEENS in '5 9. H avi ng trans- Following a spate of exe rcises since our return
ferred to the RAPC, he " rejoined" the Regiment in from N. Ireland, we now look forward to the Jubilee
'69. Parade at Sennelager and our trip to Canada in the
autumn.
T o Alien and Dawn, the Battalion's thanks and
best wishes. ( We only hope the next P aymaste r w A COY
allow Capt. Wilson to sleep without being reminded
how much money the Commerzbank have !) "M onty's M arauders" are at it aga in. W e fini shed
the Ireland tour with a bit of a bang, grenades being
HQ COY thrown at Fort T angier and an almost "contact" with
L / Cpl. M acPherson, 'Bluey' W ebb, ' Masher' Powell
CS M Roberts has fina lly departed for civvy and Archy D wyer firing 60 rounds at a shadow.
street where he is well settled in at M aidstone ( with
£ 140 per week and a new Continental car!) C / Sgt. At the Compan y party, Sgt. D elaney was pre-
Stewart has left for the peace and quiet of F arnham sented with a clock for many yea rs service with No.
TAVR Centre. C / Sgt. Stewa rt ( Mk. II ) is still here I Platoon ; he was also give n a suitably inscribed
but has one foot in Canada prior to his departure childs hurley stick which hangs in the front living
from the Service. To all these and others too numerous room-much to Sue D elaney's annoyance!
to mention we wish all the best of good luck in the
future. EX TQMS (a new rank ) Hill is now well R eturning refreshed from leave, thoughts of
settled in, his arrival still being felt in some qua rters. Canada were uppermost and the year bega n with the
C/ Sgt. Maye completes the "chiefs" and has the usual round of cadres. Congratulations to L / C pls.
T oddy, R ay Blackman, P at Urling and "Untidy"
Tidey on their promotions.

In preparation for Canada, the Company was
reformed into four Platoons all of the correct size,
bolstered by members of the RAMC, RAOC and
( dare we say it? ) Gunners, until our strength
numbered 167.

10

Before the CPX, Monty decided to have his Potential NCOs cadre and " Dimps" Wilmot on the
Monkey Gland removed and although improvement Section Commanders one. Other cadres included Phd
was noted immediately, he has since suffered relapses Watson and J ohn Saunders ( APC ) , young C halkie
and the 11ffi Onks" have returned. ( Landrover ), Baron Hoffman play ing with radios,
and most surprising ) " Sill y S ammy " Trent taking
At H altern we practiced all our skills and managed and passing his HG V 3.
to reach a fa irly high standard . Sgt. Mick Broad
did great work ass isted by S/ Sgt. L ow and h is crew By mid F ebruary we were more or less together
of the LAD to keep the vehicles on the road. again although Sammy Trent went on "Snow Queen"
where he broke a leg.
We then had a week to prepare for the AR U
and the Bde. FTX . The former went off with hardl y It was then that Lt. "Fea thers" introduced him-
a hitch and ended up with the all singing all dancing self and this brought moans and groans from some
jamboree ; what we lost in the final placing, we made who thought "Oh no, not another Rupert". Little d <
up with effort. we know! Our first exercise under him was Ex. "Chain
Male" when we tabbed it for 2 days. Before this,
The FTX was used as a dress rehea rsal for "Bambi" and Jack were promoted and were con-
Canada. At times we had so many tanks with us sidered by the rest of the troops to be "one of the
that our Platoons were of greater strength than the Mongs". A good celebration round the camp fir e
other Companies and the "Ruperts" began to have followed that night and we returned the next aft ernoon .
delusions of grandeur.
Another farewell party was held for the old
After the FTX, we had a last minute addition veteran Barry Bristow, who has left us for the D epot.
to the Company-Cap!. " Kiwi " C rater (we mean Everyone enjoyed the change at H altern with
Carter ). This caused some confusion to Dell and " Feathers" jacking us up on tactics and AFV
L / Cpl. Batten who couldn't understand why New recognition, plus beer swigging and C hico J ansco
Zealanders didn't drink tea upside down! cracking us all up with his foreign games ! We wel-
come Cpl. "Smudge" Smith returning after two years
As we write, Lt. David Ellis is tryi ng to get at the D epot.
order out of chaos. Movement orders and baggage
details are appearing everywhere and Capt. Carter is After Easter we sa id farewell to " Hippie" Gil
proving that Kiwis can fl y. (Gilbey ).

B COY 5 PI.
Since our last notes Maj. Dickins has become We are now in the envious position of being a
2IC, and Lt. Ayling, MTO . WOII Bromfield is now
sifting tons of paper as TQMS ; C/ Sgt. Bream is a full- strength Platoon of 37 heavily engaged in
CQMS with 5 QUEENS and Sgt. Greengrass, who mechanised training and abo ut to fly off to Canada
has been our Company Medic for years and will be with Tangier Coy. for a month on the plains of
sorely missed, has also left. Alberta.
We welcome Maj . Broadbent our new OC; Capt.
"Harry and Bleep, are now temporary staff in
Guscott, our new 2IC, will be leaving us in the "fa ll ", Canada and we envy them. One Lance Bombadier and
WOII Ebbens is our new CSM ( no stranger to five gunners ( including a male model! ) from 50
Holland Coy.) and C/ Sgt. Tickner our new CQMS- Missile Regt. RA will become infanteers during our
stay in Canada. Having overcome the mysteries of
also no stranger. have been posted to Tangier Coy. living under a poncho and the section battle drills,
5 and 6 Pis. we are now proving ourselves to be first class foot-
for Ex. "Medicine Man", a Battle Group concentration sloggers. Rumours that Fisher and Freeman (or any
in Canada during May. We are left with the Drums of our more intellectual members) are going to
and the HQ element; the former will be showing operate 50 Missile's computers on return are
their musical ability when they go to UK on a KAPE u n f o u n d ed.

Tour in June. Coy. HQ took part on Ex. We've done more mechanised training with
In early March, tanks than ever before and we look forward to our
"Chain Male, - a few kilometres "hike" over a 36- sta y in Canada; we are also desperately trying to
hour period-to test map reading ability and physical invent ways of avoid ing Sgt. P yper's "East of Suez"
fimess. Coy. HQ was under command of WOII curries!!
Ebbens, with an assortment of storemen, drivers and
clerks who had done no physical exercise for many a
day. Dmr. Anderson had been sent on ahead to
collect his side drum and so we were drummed into C COY

Camp. We feel we did well; certainly this exercise In the middle of November, we ended our success-
ful period in N. Ireland with the capture of one of
was enjoyed by all. quickly involved in pre- our most wanted men-a most suitable conclusion to
After this, we were a very hard-working tour by the Company.
parations for the ARU. The FTX followed, with our
small Company training with the tanks and then the The return to BAOR and the start of a fairly
intensive individual training programme has not been
Easter break. to L/ Cpls. Hopkins (our new without some more relaxed moments and many have
Congratulations aspired to the slopes of Bavaria for a couple of weeks
Medic ) and Ballard, our arms storeman, on their
skiing.
p r o m o t i o n s. In January we said goodbye to M a j. Buster

Drums PI. from D erry, we had the farewell Carlston who had completed his second period as OC.
On return C Coy. and all wish him and Mrs. Ca rlson every
party for "Superloony" (Lt. Barren ), our Platoon
Commander for the previous 20 months. There wa s success in their new posting ; in his place we welcome

also the Company party and then 5 weeks well-earned M aj. Neville Hunter.
CSM Jones has gone to the Signal PI. whilst Lts.
leave. Ril ey, Ray and McDermott, C / Sgt. Stent, Sgt. Beedles,
On return, we were involved in the various Cp ls. Stokes and H ail, L/ Cpl. Ca llender and Wilmot

cadres-Jack Goodwin and "Bambie" Phillips on the

and a la rge num ber of others have been posted or (Top): Capt. A. H . Carter obeys the Adjutant's order
changed Ba ttalion jobs. C pl. Cooper, L/ Cpl. Ship man -"No trousers arc to be worn during an NBC attack
and three old C Company hands- Ptes. Field, M au nd
and Newpo rt-have left. on the CPX"!
(Lower): Proof that "Rupcrts" do wash and shave
In to the Company are welcomed CSM Budge n,
three new "Ruperts"- 2/ Lts. Eagan, M ans and Noble, on exercises
Sgt. Isaacs- L / C pl. E as ton and a large num ber of
rec ruit s.

In M arch we rediscovered the joys of AP Cs and
mechanised training during ~ 'shake out' exercise at
H altern where much was learned and revised.

The midd le of the month in vo lved preparations
for the AR U (another way of saying FFR it seems!).
On the days we we re invited to perform ph ysica l

fitness tests, fo rtunately wi th success, the Com -
pany we re delighted/ horrifi ed to see M ajor Ca rlston

on the inspection team!
On M arch 22, we sent a team led by C / Sgt.

R ya n to partici pate in a 441 J aege r Bn. M arch and
Shoot competition. The team came 4 th of 19 ( first
of the I QUEE N S teams entered), a very cred itable
effo rt.

Exercise "Spring Rites'' at the end of M arch was
o ur introduction to working with tanks and despite

ea rl y curtailment of the exercise we all lea rnt some-
thing about all-arms co-operation .

The summer lies ahead and includes wea pon

cl ass ification, fi eld firing, adventure training, the
Jubilee and the climax of all arms trai ning at Soltau
followed by Ca nada.

It was great to see Pte. D ave Scarff back with
us in F ebruary, fi t and full y recovered from his
Londonde rr y wo und. W e wish L / C pl. Geord ie Britten

every success in his cont inuing recovery.
Congratulations (on their promotion ) to L / Cpls.

C larke, D awson, G allacher, G uilfoyle, P arsons, Scull y
and Stott. And, following a feast of post-U lster
marriages, to Ptes. Batt, Bullard, Burtenshaw, D ean
(5 2 ) and L / C pl. G uilfoyle;- we also we lcome thei r
wives. Finally, congratulations to Pte. and Mrs. D ave
Perry on the birth of Michelle in J anuary ( will there
be a pop ulation explosion in August/ September ?!)

QUEBEC COY
HQ

W 02 Dickens has now left the company for
pastures anew. W0 2 K ev in Brown has taken over
aft er leav ing the sa fe sanctuary of Trai ning Wing
and is testing his powers of sove reignt y to the full.
C QMS Lea is once aga in competing for the record
for attempts on EPC ( A ). Will he pass or will he
have his name entered in the Guiness Book of R ecords?
Smiling Mick has returned to the fold as 2I C; life
will never be the same in Sleepy H ollow or in K irkes
P aradise. Smith (83) has got himself married; we
are all wa iting for the change. L / Cpl. Small spent
6 weeks in the sun and came back looking very
tanned ( white!)

In the ARU competition, Recce Pl. we re second
and the company, overall winners.

Ex. " Spring Rites" turned out to be the coldest
ever.

Have Tube-Will Travel or
The Talc of the Travelling Mortars

"Mick'\ sa id the S ahib, stirring his g in w ith a
little finger, " Where are the M ortar Platoon No tes
for the wretched journal?"

" Look Roddy, I never see them around these
days at all ; when I do, I ' ll get Hitchcock to put
something on pape r" re plied the Scourge of the Sports
Store .. .

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W e congratulate Cpl. resp ective sons and bid a
awrance (of "zips" and
and Mrs. Harvey on their
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T o single no box ing notes
from such a dedicated squad, but

wo uld be complete without mentioning Cpl. " legs" 13
Coley ( who was voted boxer of the yea r ) a nd C pl.
Barrel (fast becoming a " legend"). A COY. ON THE CPX

To all the team, congratulations on some first
class performances; and to 2 LI-" watch this space
next yea r, !

Finally a vote of appreciation from a non-boxing
scribe to Capt. Wilson, Sgt. " Muscles" Greef and
Sgt. Brazier for all their h ard work and enthusiasm.

THE QUADRANT SKI MEETING

In J anua ry the Battalion sent a team to the
4 Div. Ski M eeting, held in Ischgl, a popular resort

in Austria. Because of our Op. "Banner" tour and

Christmas leave, we were unab le to do any tra ining

before the event and so, having little hope of doing
well, our aim was to gain experience in competi tion
skiing, judge the opposition and establish a nucleus
of skiers with raci ng skills within the Battalion. The
team consisted of the CO, Capt. Mieville, Lt. Ca rter,
C / Sgt. R ya n, L / C pls. Smith and Hurman a nd Ptes.
F arquh arson and H a rris. M ost competed in both
downhill and langlauf events and all took part in a
15 Km . langlauf race in order to qualify for Army

Sponsorship .

It soon became apparent that we were very much
the amateurs compared with those who had spent

several months training and who were extremely well

equipped.

Our first event was a 4x l0 Km . rela y race. The
C O, Lt. Carter, C / Sgt. R yan and Pte. Farquhar on
all took roughl y the same time to complete the
course, b ut came 21 st ( out of 24 ). This was to be
our relati ve position in almost every other langlau f
event despite a great deal of eff ort and energy ex-

pended by all members of the tea m.

Our first downhill event, the Individua l Giant
Slalom, did not go ve ry well either, with L / C pl.
Smith and Pte. H a rri s being di squalified after fall s,
but the C O came 57th out of 90 ( much to h is
chagrin! ) and Pte. Farquh arson and Capt. Mievill e
followed closely behind. The team did slightl y better
on the Slalom and downhill events and did manage

to beat the 2 RRF team!

The fin al event of the competition was the

P atrol Race, which is a military langlauf 20 K m.

team race with a stipulated rank structure and strict
dress regulations. Although agai n placed near the end,
the sh oo ti n~ res ults we re among the best . W e did
not leave the M eeting empt y handed; the C O won a
prize for the fa stest Commanding Offi cer in the
15Km. race and Mrs. D av idson won the ladies

langlauf race .

Although hard work, it was all ve ry enj oyable

ond o ft en ve ry am using. Highligh ts were

L / Cpl. Smith knocking himself out on the downhill

n event; Capt. Mieville fini shing the 15 Km. race; (Top): Humour at 4 a.m.!
.e C/ Sgt. Ryan's blisters; Lt. Carter " heaping" on the

P atrol R ace and causing chaos amongst two " pro-
,_ fessional'' teams; and the CO's efforts to avoid
coming 57th twice ! Skiing conditions we re excellent (Lower): "Mother" Henshaw caught awake!
t. and the weather reasonably kind.
n
At the end o f the ten days, all members felt

It that, with the experience the y h ad gained, they wo uld

" be very much better prepared for next yea r's event.

1. The battalion's "April Fool" being removed from the 4. Now say that again-"There's a bomb in Fort
GOC's lawn Monagh?" (Sgt. Bailes)

2. Ptes. Rew and Waldron on escort duty 5. One of our "finds". (Can any of our more senior
citizens recognise it?-See "Editorial")
3. Ptes. Wailer and Smith on mobile patrol
6. Ptes. Tatnell and Montiguc on cordon duty

15

The 2nd Battalion

Editorial adventu re tra ining trips. A Coy. won the Drill Com-

YET again the Battalion has moved; thi s petition (yet aga in ), whilst Support Coy. lost M aj.

time exchanging its base at Bulford for Finch in posting to BAOR and cha nged its titl e to D ,

four locations in West Belfast. H oweve r, by the though still retaining the speciaist platoons. None of

time this is published we will be back at Bulford these activities ma rred the C histma s Festi vi ties-though

and preparing to move to yet another outpost what has a stripper to do with C hristmas? ! The

that requires our presence-Gibraltar. There, it gallant Ca rol Singers from the Officers' M ess together

is hoped, we shall be allowed to settle for a with members of the Ba nd entertained the Garrison

while after our wanderings, like the lost tribe, to some rather unseasonal songs ( amongst them

since leaving BAOR in late '75. At least we shall "We're a shower of . "!) and managed to

be permitted the company of our families. raise £15 for the Arm y Benevolent Fund. L eave ( on

The va rious ancillary inspections connected with 23 D ecember ) came as a merciful relief to some and
our FFR were passed with no fuss in October and
November though the Divisional Exercise on 26 Nov., a chance for furth er jollification to others.
laid on for our benefit, generated a fair head of
steam. Good intelligence had revea led the ingredients The Battalion reassembled on I 0 Jan . and three
of the exercise and the necessary training and practice
were carried out. ( The "dress rehearsal" being done da ys later the Advance Party left for L ydd in a nea r
on the Bde. Comd's FFR visit on 19 November ). blizzard; the Main Body followed by specia l train.
The Exercise was the culmination of our Airportable In twelve hectic da ys we extracted the maxi mum from
training; C Coy. were deployed in an Entebbe-type the facilities provided. Maj . J onklaas, fresh from H ong
raid on Imber village to rescue some VIP hostages. Kong, arrived to command D Coy. and soon became
It was unfortunate ( though more probably planned) known as "T ango 49,. Some may well reca ll curious
that the h ostages a nd escorts were lifted home whi lst the incidents such as the time when a Dummy in the
rest of the compan y had a 25 mile hike back through
hostile territory. Meanwhile the remainder of the doorway of a house sa id "Good Afternoon " to a
Battalion, less B Coy. ( on leave), were tested on soldier on patrol and was wished a polite " Good
their map reading, driving, shooting and fitness, to- Afternoon ~~ in return. On another occasion, B Coy.
gether with a variety of specialist skills; the Water
Duties test, for instance, was passed even if know- discovered the d ifficulties of forcing an unwilling
ledge was a little rusty by following the instruction civilian back into the proxy bomb car which h e h ad
provided on the equipment. Even the alertness of the just delivered. Praise must be given to the Battalion
Ops. Room st aff was tested as the y dived for cover medics who p rovided som e reall y life-like wounds
on the appearance of the Bandmaster resplendant in and injuries; many soldiers would'nt go nea r an ccown
DPM and nonchantly waving an SMG ( as a prelude goa l ~~ in order to retain their supper! A tired but

to the 18 12 Overture?) confident Battalion returned to Bulford to put the
fini sh ing touches to our training and rezeroing our
On 29 Nov. the NITAT sta ff arrived and gave
us an excellent briefing to prepare us for our tour rifle s.
in Belfast. Before this, man y selected personnel had
been sent away on a variety of specialist courses to A specia l train took the M ain Body to Liverpool
acquire the necessa ry skills needed in Belfast, varying
from Intelligence duties to Search T eam tasks a nd to catch the LSL Sir Galahad for our crossing to
Pig drivers (not drove rs) to video operators. Recces Belfast where we arrived on Sunday 20 F eb. to see
were carried out, photos produced and strange- the smiling faces of our predecessors. Four hours
sounding names like Ardmonagh Gardens, Gallagher later we were in possession of our patch and dis-
and the Green Briar began to take on a new m ea ning. covering the de lights of our new surroundings. Full
The strange world of N. Ireland abbreviations and marks to the soldier who spent 20 minutes in the
jargon began to be mastered and everyone knew what Sauna in full kit until it was gently broken to him
"One male FNU SNU ANK ND SFNI in Norgeln that he should be in his birthday suit . A Coy. moved
C rescent, FP NK FFUID NTR" meant. The into Woodburn Camp (site of a former hotel) between
differences between Groundhogs, Pointers, W ag tails the Orange and the Green. B and D Coys. (strange
and Greenfinches were rapidly learnt and so far we bedfellows) sh ared Glassmullen Camp whilst C a nd
have not tasked the wrong one to the scene of an Tac HQ moved into Fort Monagh. Echelon quietly
incident. ( We wonder why Prophet is not a member settled into a nice routine at Musgrave Park where
of the Intelligence Staff ; perhaps because crystal sticky buns for tea became the order of the day. Our
ba lls ha ve yet to be issued ). tour started well with the find of a Lewis gun and 37
rou nds but we h ad to get the QM out of bed to
Chilly D ecember days were spent on the ranges identify them! Shortly afterwards, an SLR was found
and around the G arrison practising VCPs and patrols.
A vanety of lectures on N . Ireland were provided and and, since then, we annexed a variety of strange items.
the Commanding Officer, after his visit to Gibraltar, W e have had our share of visitors (from the GOC
began to talk of balmy days in the sun and endless downwards) but probably the most welcome was a
Recce P~ rty from the unit which relieves us in June.
On Apnl the 1st we placed an inflatable T62 on the

GO C's lawn!

Further deta ils of our tour will h ave to wait
until D ecember but by then we shall h ave so much
else to relate-Laying up Colours, the move m
G1braltar, a nd the endless adventure training courses,

not to mentiOn trammg and cadres.

16 TREGANTLE FORT
The Fort and its small train ing area lie just
FIRST INTERLUDE across the Sound from Plymouth. Built in the mid-
The CSM of C Coy., taking advantage of h is 19th century as one of a chain of forts guarding
OC's absence was flicking through h is ' in ' tray when the Naval dockya rd, it was used in the First and
a golf ball burst through the window and landed at Second W orld W ars for coastal defence. It now ex ists
h is feet. Full of righteous indignation at th is un- as one of those quiet m ilitary backwa ters, mainl y used
warranted intrusion, he charged outside and gave vent by Ju nior Leaders as a base for Adventure Trai n ing
to his feelings onl y to discover that the culprit was m and around D artmoor and Bodmin Moor . It h as
O C B Coy. The window was repaired within the its own small training area of 300 acres, and some
hour but we have not seen O C B with a golf club rather unusual ranges.
s ince. Admini strative backing is provided from HMS
Raleigh, a shore-based Seamans hip Training est ablish-
LYDD '77 ment nea rby. They are most helpf ul, offering the use
Training was split into four phases with Com- of there N AAFI, swimming pool and cinema to
panies rotating- l ive firing at L ydd and at H ythe; visiting units. In the warmer months (particularl y at
" enem y" for R ype Village, and Security F orces to weekends), they wi ll provide instructors and equip-
control the Village. E ach spent three days and two ment for sailing, canoeing and climbing, provided
nights on each phase. Some quite excellent facilities they receive adequate notice. Their st and ard of r ations
were ava ilable and the training was imag inatively seems better and more generous than ours-possibl y
a rrang ed. because their accounting system appears a little more
The six range days at L ydd and H ythe improved fl exible! It takes a bit of time getting to know one's
both the shooting and the battle handling of platoons. way round this landship ; C QMS s can spend a lot of
The specialized ranges-Markmanship U nder Fire, time looki ng for a R ation store which is signposted
Close Quarter Battle ( Urban ), Fire Discipline etc., "Victu alling".
operating with closed-circuit telev ision and life-like Restrictions are many, and limit acti vity mainl y
street scenes with moving targets and '1gunmen, who to ma p reading, patrolling and other minor tacti cs at
could actually fire back, all heightened the reali sm pl atoon leve l. However, the countryside is interesting
and value of the training. Some r anges achieved and not quite so easy to map read round as many
considerable realism without any sophisticated aids. JNC O s thought. The R anges must be the M ark I
One visiting offi cer (at the moving ta rget range) was model; the 600m firin g point on the GPMG r ange
seen squinting hard into the sun trying to pick out is about 200 feet higher than the butts, which makes
the "Old P eoples' home" on the left and the "Chil- for an interesting rundown . Some of the li ghter
drens' playground" on the right . ( For those who so ldiers, laden with G PMG and ammunition, require
were not there-nor were they !) their No. 2s as a brake, but even so there are some
The tactical training in R ype Village gave com- remarkable pile-ups.
panies a chance to work up as a team and try out Plymouth's pubs beckon in the evening, but since
their skills under pressure. It also produced the usual "a ll the nice girls love a sailor,, those without the
number of amusing (and sometimes not so amusing) rolling nautical gait made heavy weather!
incidents- soldiers dressed as Irishmen ( no, not in A training period at Tregantle is not only en-
kilts!), holders of degrees (and lesser mortals) con- joyable, but also useful. A proper program me can be
centrating their energies into the production of the followed without interruption, and it gives sections
infl amatory and scurrilous news sheet ' T he R ype and pl atoons a good chance to work as a team. The
Village Adver ziser'; commanders surrounded by hostile lower-level t acti cs and many of the individu al skills
crowds having beaten their men to an incident; Mortar can be reinforced in terrain totally different from
bombs falling on " F ort Richmond" whilst the firers S alisbury Pl ain . The moors are close by for more
were under arrest, caught before they managed to ambitious projects and the all-too-rare opportunity
discharge their piece; a soldier badl y hurt as a result for a company to work on its own is parti cul ar ly
of over-enthusiastic and inexpert use of the truncheon; useful.
the B attalion Second in Command, sleeves rolled up,
glasses glinting, peered around a street corner eagerl y THIRD INTERLUDE
awaiting the next incident; " H ello 19, this is 11 The telephoned warning of a bomb in F ort
Foxtrot, D elta Sierra appear excited, am expecting M onagh sent everyone on a quick search of camp . It
trouble, out"; 6 ft. WRAC and 5 ft . soldier canoodling was the sensitive nose of the Chief C lerk th at dis-
on a street corner closely observed by most of his covered the marzipan smell in the ru bbish bin from
chums (from the Pub windows), at least three securit y which an obj ect was retrieved and placed gingerl y in
force patrols, and an indeterminate number of the pipe range. It was the RSM, who meekl y con-
directing staff! It was "work hard and play hard"; fessed that it was marzipan which he had persuaded
Lydd was good value. the cooks to procure in preparation for a prank that
he abandoned. Prudence decided that he should avoid
SECOND INTERLUDE the C O for several days !
To the statistically-minded, the cooks wo rked a
total of 4650 man hours during the period 13-29 THE CRASH CREW AND ITS JOURNEY
Jan. whilst the Battalion was at L ydd, representing TO 85's LOCATION
something like 17 hours per day per man. 20760 lbs.
of potatoes and 82 61 lbs. of meat were consumed For the 2nd Bn. the express ion "Crash C rew "
and the total cost of the rat ions provided was h as become a term wh ich ca uses old soldiers a sharp
£9, 123 .82 producing 29,022 meals of which 6362 intake of breath ; to the loca l population it ca uses an
were packed or container meals. acceleration of the p ulse and a sudden insane com-
pu lsion to move behind cover.

17

Wh at ha s been know n in the past as the " O C's the dut y watchkeeper, his la ntern ja w wo rking like a

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The fateful message was hurled into the C rash
dri ver Cpl. F. ]. Wheel was
Crews", the world underwent a subtle but drastic Crew room, where C rew its fourth repetition . He and
change and tuning a P ye set wi ll n eve r be quite the the first to hea r it--<>n into blistering ac
crew ; dead slow ti o n
same again! the others in the team whirled and
( there are two speeds for thi s
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The ai r in the Ops. Room hung like a da nk,
musty, lead blanket, draping itself sickeningl y over
the duty signa ller as he fearl essly parried ye t a nother
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tensed). uMove out in figures 25". The intercom
rang off. " They' ll be stretched to the limit" sa id rake nothing, we give nothing, we are nothing".

1. Pte. Martin on Sanger duty
2. " C ome with me and be my love"-Pte. Newman pursued by Z ANA
3. Journal notes being typed under heavy guard! (Sgt. Bailes, C pl. J ordan, Ptes. C lark a nd W allis)
4 . OC B Coy's "River Group"
5. " Good grief-h e actually kissed it! "

18 we arc at 85 the be tter" remarked 29, ashe n-faced and
his voice toneless. "Yes Sir" cried Cpl. Whee l in a
Quickly they trickled out from the landrover controlled falsetto.
towa rds the loading bay- a moment of poetry for
the C rash C rew. D eftly, Fender and Cpl. Wheel After what seemed an age but was, in fact, 2
manouvered their rifle onto the magazine, their bodies minutes, the crew turned into the first ga te at
working in practiced unison like an act ion-rep lay Echelon. " We ma y make it" thought D imwit to him-
ballet. One rifle was loaded in under five minutes. self, kissing his SM G in thanksg iving. They turned
" The record could be shattered", thought Cpl. gracefull y into the second gate. The chain barrier was
Dimwit, running his prac tised eye over the stream- in sight. "Nothing can go wrong now" thought
lined chassis of the OC's Rover. "Cock 3 times" Fende r, his nerves stretched tight as a caltrop on a
shouted OC B MBE. His heart pounding with joy, M otorway VCP.
F ender reached for a magazine. Both rifl es could be
loaded in figures 10. " This could be a fa st one", C pl. Wheel's ma sterful grip fail ed at the last
thought Fender his mind working in sudden over- moment and th at macroloned monster, the O C's
drive. It was then that his M ark I eye-ball noticed Rover, ploughed into the mai ngate sangar like the
the horrible abse nce of his SLR working parts. A T itanic in to an iceberg. "VVot's yer callsign chief ?)) said
wail of grief rose from the C rash C rew as he turn ed the sentry as Whee l shot through the windscreen.
and spurted off back to the room (at a walk ).
Any rese mblan ce to real life characters in this
In figures 25 the y were rea dy and rolling on epic tale is purely intentional. D onations to the VC P
their task, flashing past the main gate sangar with Veterans Association RUC Andersonstown.
Cpl. Wheel fighting like a demon to engage second
ge a r . FOURTH INTERLUDE

For all four of them it was a nerve shattering It would appear that B Coy. are secretl y con-
experience to be out of Camp again after so long . ducting consumer resea rch into the Charwallah 's
The figures "85 " burned fifteen feet high in their ciga rettes in an attempt to ascertai n the nicotine/tar
minds. " Some of us won't be coming back from this content. W e are now anxiously awa iting the findings
mission", thought C pl. Dimwit, stroking his beloved from this research which O C B Coy. vigorously denies
SMG and desperately trying to adopt a fire posi tion as there is an outstanding bill for £85 . This is for
in the back of the rover but only succeeding in repa irs to the Sniffer ( issued for detecting explosives)
assaulting himself with the battalion Net hand set. used by the Company in its research which became
inoperati ve through an excessive intake of nicotine
" I'm not going under without taking some of and gummed up by tar. In the meantime smokers
them with me", thought Fender. His face contorted beware.
like a squashed egg banjo as he forced his brain to
remember how to cock his weapon. It was no use; HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE-
they were headed for disaster. OR THE BAND'S YEAR

It was then that it happened. A mass ive pebb le- At last, after nearl y two years commanding HQ
Coy. this writer has discovered why the Band are
at least ! of an inch in diameter- struck the OC's never there! They sp end their entire yea r visiting
exhi bitions, shows and football matches that we or-
radio. " I'm hit" screamed OC B thinking of his dear dinary mortals have to pay to see; they not onl y get
ones. " Stop, debus" he shouted, stagger ing from the in for nothing, they actually get paid to go. Come
vehicle. ''Baton gunner, m y location now, he ordered on all you soldiers; learn to blow an instrument
desperately as he identified the target- a 10-year-old ( preferably the tuba) and join the Band. It's obviously
PIRA "Stickie" in full war regalia, brown Doctor worth while!
M artin boots and red Oxford bags with a fur lined
blue Parka. " Watch out for the come-on Sir" yelled After an evening (last June) spent cementing
Cpl. Wheel. The advice went unheeded as another relationships with the Navy at P ortland, the Band
massive projectile (fully half an inch ) came their way. apparently spent July and August enveloped in clouds
Cpl. Dimwit ballooned desperately, wondering if he of smoke from traction engines, against which they
would ever see another broken half-shaft aga in . "Con- competed in two shows. The wading performance (of
tact wait out, contact wait out" screamed Fender into Band end engines) was tested at the M aidstone Show
an imaginary hand set, his brain fogging up like the in July, but despite the rain, two marching displays
interior of the Char Wallah 's on a Sunday evening. daily were put on for the large crowds. The weather
was better at Expo '76 in Birchington at the end of
Suddenly the riot was over. Quiver ing with August where some kind old ladies sustained them
emotion OC B grabbed the battalion hand set and ( the Band, not the traction engines) between per-
growled into it, "Rattrap, R attrap . Unidentified youth form ances . In between the y found time to visit the
in blue parka, registration number unknown at least D ea l Regatta and the Colchester Tattoo.
5' 5" heading North at speed, Out".
In September they had an invitation to an FA
C rash C rew embussed, their hearts beating like C up match between GiJlingham and N ewcastle, much
steam hammers. "Good grief, that was close" cried to the glee of our football fan s. D espite the rival
Fender. " W e could all easil y have been Victor Sierra attractions of 1000 balloons sent off by the K eut
India ". Eveuiu g Post, and a large posse of Drum Majorettes,
they reported an interesting game. Bdsm. Bowen, a
But the journey to Echelon could not be delayed; Geordie, who nat urall y sported a N ewcastle scarf, hat
relentlessly the fearless four pounded on down and banner, nearl y got the Band 's bus turned over on
Kennedy W ay. Impassive, 29 sat in command. To the way out by some error of judgement ; the home
look at him, no one would have known the ordeal team lost 2-1 to those- we ll-from North of the
he had just come through. The rest of the Crash T h am es.
C rew were not so calm. Cp l. Wheel was the least
scared and if one ignored the froth surrounding his Recruiting was the theme for September, starting
mouth ( and his cross eyes), one could have been with the Guildford Show where a Carni va l M arch
deluded into thinking he was OK. Fender however
had chewed a six-inch hole in the M acrolon top of
the Rover and C pl. Dimwit had his foot inexplicabl y
caught in the folding butt of his SMG. "The sooner

was put on each day in con junctio n with A Coy. 5 19
QUEENS. (Bdsm . Keeler me t his soon-to-be-wife
there as well, but there seems no immediate benefit to OCLEE
recru iting in that; congratulations anyway). Next, the
Kape tour in Kent in conjunction with B Coy., the to t he Ke nt County
RIT and the Drums when the Band played at 23 Regiments for over
engagements in I 0 days. In genera l they had two sixty years.
school concerts per day and one for the ACF each
evening. Everybody seemed to en joy it and virtually 35 SANDGATE ROAD,
all the towns of North Kent were visited. They also FOLKESTONE
fou nd time to support Gillingham again for a 2-1
win agai nst P ortsmouth, but still have no luck wi th Telephone 52654
season tickets.

After parading with the ACF in Canterbur y and
Caterham in October (and a con cert at Redclitch) the
schools of the Bri stol area had the benefit of our
Band for several days in November. On the 13th they
paraded with the Drums and B Coy. in the Lord
Mayor's Show. Thou gh 'The Multi-Coloured Swap
S hop' were in atte ndan ce somewhere along the route,
"Cheggers" had obviously heard that spare cap badges
are in short suppl y and didn't bother to get in touch .
The year was rounded off wi th school concerts in
Amesbury and Bulford, carol singing and concerts and
the usual festive activities.

A Fanfare engagement, appropriately enough,
opened the New Year, for a Tupperware Convention
at Ludge rshall. There are rumours of boxing ma tches
being held there in the future which should offer
further F anfare engagements. Kent seems to have
been the scene since then, with school concerts in
Canterbury, Dover and Ashford and an engagement
for a M arching Display and D ance Band in Bromley.
The remainder of the time has been spent bo lsterin g
the very small Rear P art y at Bulford .

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1. Cpl. Tharme of B Coy. prepares his men for a 4 . 2/ Lt. David Watson and men of B Coy. manning
jungle patrol the Cadenas OP.

2. The staff of the Jungle Training School (JTS) 5. "One boy and his dog . . ." plus the Band in
(I to r): C/ Sgt. O'Sullivan, Sgt. Marshall, Capt. concert in the remote southern part of Belize
Jones, WOII Jenkinson and C/ Sgt. Tonks
6. Padre Westmuckett receiving the Queen's Colours
3. River crossing-Belize-style, as taught at the JTS from Lt. Mark Quinn (The Easter Drumhead
Service)

21

The 3rd Battalion

T HE last six months have been both busy and A battalion study day was h eld on 18 J an. with
va ri ed, 1976 ending in a frenzy of activity: the empha sis on Belize ; the latter included a ~ howm~
of the Southern TV film "The Forgotten Fronuer
preparations for the handover of equipment to 1 which featured many members of 2 QUEENS ; M
Queens own Highlanders; Board of Officers for Bty 3RH A; The Scots Dragoon Guards and .
the handover of Commanding Officers; our pre- Sqn. RAF, who were a ll to serve wnh us m Behzc,
parations for the Belize tour and a J NCOs cad re also attended.
we re all ca rri ed out simultaneously.
The Band spent that week in L ondon recording
Time was also found for a CO's Bugle com- th eir H]ubilcc, record which will be released as thi S
petition, a Battalion Boxing competition, and visits edition of the journal goes to press. The advance
from the GOC NE District, Maj .-Gen. H . G. Woods, party went on leave on 20 J a n. and, despite the 2IC's
MBE, M C and the AMS HQ UKLF, Col. J . J . G. attempts at sa botaging the ai rcraft,. fl ew to Behze
Hunter . The socia l round included a S ergeants' Mess on 4 F eb; they were joined by the M am Body between
Christma s Draw, an All Ranks concert, and an 14th a nd 19th Feb. where the battalion took over
Officers' M ess Ball. the duties of resident Infan tr y battalion from l st Bn .
The Queen 's Own Highl anders.
In the new year, the British Empire Medal was
awa rded to ORQMS W02 J ohn Doran and on ll BELIZE
J an. we were visi ted by the Director of Infantry, M aj.-
Gen. T. M . C reasey, CB, OBE; that evening we Old Belize hands in the 2nd Bn. will have to
dined ou t our forme r Command ing Officer, Lt.-Col. bear with us (well, we've got Maj . Andrew Cowing
J ohn Francis. telling us how yo u did it ) whilst we explain the
battalion's deployment; the 2nd Bn. would find a
Colone l J ohn was towed out of barracks on 13 great man y changes in the ten months s ince they
J an. by the Officers, Warrant Officers and S ergeants were here. Ba sic deployment is much the same b.ut
in what can on ly be described as the worlds largest a great deal of new building has gone on and desp1te
golf bag! H e had commanded the batta lion for 2k the withd rawa l of the H arriers, there have been con-
years, joining us in Gibraltar and see ing us through siderable changes in the composition of the Garrison .
a successful Op. Banner tour ; he left just as we
emplaned for Belize. Bn. HQ, HQ Coy. and ( initially ) A Coy. are
based in Airport Camp ( APC) - a Nissen hut . and
Lt.-Col. Stuart Anderson, MC took over com- Kingstrand complex built a longside the Intern ational
mand following a tour as the Regimental Ca reers Airport 10 miles west of Belize City. The camp is
Officer in Canterbur y and we welcome him to the shared wi th Force HQ, 88 ( Arakan ) Bty. RA , 633
battalion. Sig. Tp ., an AAC detachment ( under the command

Lt.-Col. John Francis
being towed out of
barracks in his new golf

bag!

of Maj. Jonathan Palmer, formerl y 2 QUEENS ) , Other even ts have included the mounting of a
an RE Tp ., 58 Sqn. RAF Regt. and four Pumas Guard of Honour for H .E. the Governor of Belize;
from No. 33 Sqn. RAF . Fifty miles to the west, on standing ankle deep in trenches on an Airport defence
the main road to Guatamala, is Holdfast Camp, exercise, and hea ring an account by 2/ Lt. M ark
(occupied by C Coy), pleasantly situated alongside Rayne r and Cpl. Hiscock abo ut how they marooned
a government experimental establishment called Cen- themselves on a wreck for the night.
tral Farm. The camp is shared with the Tp. of
Scimitars and Scorpions from the Scots Dragoon Sgts. Johnson, Cochrane and H arbinson ha ve
Guards and a Tp . of guns from 88 Bty. RA . D etached
from the company, ten mi les further west, is Plassey spent much of their time giving training assistance
Camp on the outskirts of San Ignacio where the to the Police Special Force and to the Belize Volun-
Recce PI. and a PI. on rotation from Holdfas t are teer Guard.
located and it is here that the OP on the Mayan
ruin of Xunantunich is manned. B Coy. is in the R and R periods are sw inging into action; we
south of the country at Salamanca camp, which is have about 10 people undergoing tourist training at
carved out of the jungle; it is shared with 88 Bty. RA San Salvador and Mexico at the moment. Lt . Ju stin
and a section of Royal Engineers. One platoon is Hiscock has been "promoted" to HQ Coy. where he
detached on rotation to the coastal town of Puma is now the 2IC of the Caribbean Adventure Train ing
Gorda (PG) and the companies support weapons are Centre.
nearby at the village of Cattle Landing. The jungle
warfare school (JWS ) at Sibun forest station is 50 B COY
miles SW of Belize City and adventurous training is
run at St. Georges Caye, some 10 miles off the coast The bulk of the Bn. pre-advance party was made
from Belize City.
up from our officers and section commanders who
There are few sophisticated serv ices in Belize, went on a crash course at the JWS at Sibun.
all serious medical cases are "casevaced" by helicopter
to APC and then, if really serious, go by Lea r J et The remainder were on the first chalk of the
to Miami for further treatment if urgent, or back main body and had an uneventful flight; like every-
to UK if non-urgent. one else, we found the transi tion from fog in Catterick
to sub-zero temperatures at G ander and then tho
We are inundated with visitors; the Governor afternoon heat at Airport Camp all rather much,
was received by a quarter guard provided by A Coy.; especially when the jet-lag started at tea time.
the Premier-The Hon. G . C. Price-visited the
south and was briefed by Maj. Peter Bishop; the We stayed overnight at Airport Camp before
C-inC UKLF arrived in the first week of May, travelling by puma to Salamanca.
closely followed by the VCDS. There was also a
host of lesser mortals. With hardly a moment to draw breath, platoons
went their different ways, everyone itching to get
Over Easter, Padre John W estmuckett held a to grips with the jungle.
Drumhead Service and preparations are now going
ahead for the Albuhera Day celebrations. One platoon has the relief of being detached from
Salamanca to its own location in Puma Gorda where
A COY they carry out local patrolling in the surrounding
countryside by land rover and assa ult boat; assisting
Cpl. P. J. Pitcher Wood them are two detachments from both the Mortars and
Anti-Tank platoons, under Sgt. Milham and Cpl.
It is tragic that our notes must start by mentioning Wilson respectively. The most important task of the
the sudden death of Cpl. Peter Pitcher Wood. "PW" Punta Gorda platoon (and indeed of the company )
died of heart failure on the morning of 21 Feb., a is to man the Cadenas OP which overlooks the
profound shock to us all. He will be remembered Guatamalan border, a police check point and a small
with affection for his frank and cheerful manner
and our sincere sympathies go out to his mother. Army Barracks; rather to our consternation the latter
is being enlarged.
After listening to interminable briefing on what
not to do in Belize, the Company quickly split up The third platoon ha s the patrolling task, pro-
into three platoon groups: one at Airport Camp where bably the most interesting but also the most
it does fatigue work and guard duties and is generally demanding. Our predecessors assured us that en-
a target for praise or punishment; another platoon
does Adventure Training on St. Georges Cay and at counters with snakes were rare but the numbers shot
San Pedro, where the main activities are Canoeing, is five to date (we won't reveal the number of rounds
Sailing, Snorkelling and something called " I sland used !) There have also been encounters with wild
Survival". This may sound like a holiday at the boar and, as yet, unidentified large cats.
taxpayers expense, but such training helps to make
us fit for when we move into the hills and jungle. At Salamanca we have with us three guns from
36 Arakan Bty. RA, accounting for about half our
The third platoon spends a week training on strength when two platoons are away. The gunners
Mountain Pine ridge, an area of pine forest and also include a troop of Blow Pipers.
mountain streams. Platoons do one week at each
location and, at the time of writing, we are starting The company has the unique privilege of having
on the second round. its own Scout Helicopter under command for this is
the only way to get around, except on foot-road and
Now that the rainy weather has stopped, skins river transport being very limited. An Engineer section
are becoming tanned and most of us look a lot provide us with drinking water and also look after
healthier than we did at Catterick ( maybe the 6 a.m.
exercise periods have helped! ) the boats.
The company area is about 600 sq. miles, much

of which is totally inhospitable; in the North, thick
primary jungle and in the south, a flat swamp-covered
forest. Between the two is an area of semi-cultivated
secondary jungle inhabited by approximately six
thousand K etchi and Mayan indians. ( If one dispersed
the poulation of Horsham through the length and
breadth of Sussex- for those who know the county-
it would give some idea of the situation ) .

] ust down the track is San Antonio, the largest 23
Indian village in Belize; here we buy cokes and get
our dhobi done. The provincial capital is Punta Gorda 2/ Lt. Mark Dunhan has just been attached for
which has the odd shop and bar. two weeks to Force HQ ( as G5 Ops.) and we wish
him luck.

Left: P tes. Reynolds and Annstrong in their 19 77 OG rig
Centre: Sgt. Daines of A Coy. reports h is Q uarter G uard to H.E. the Governor of Belize

Right : F ive h appy faces off on R and R to San Salvador

FIRST IMPRESSIONS The jungle itself offered the much-coveted ex-
perience of large blisters, thorns and mosquitos, added
by 2/ Lt. Mark D unharn to the luxury of hammocks and compo--though as
yet I still don't know which we were eating; the
Subsequent to a promise that effort s would be jungle was, in fact, the most rewarding experience
made to get me out of Belize, I set about joining the of my short Army connection. The platoon's task was
Queen's Regt . on an SSLC engagement with more to clear 3 landing points, involving the use of sub-
than a modest degree of enthusiasm. Efforts were stantial amounts of plastic explosive for the larger
rewarded and, after a short spell at Sandhurst, pre- trees and highl y greased elbows and shoulders for
sentation of a ticket to the Caribbean was made, the undergrowth . Our indefatigable platoon com-
courtesy of the Army Movements office. mander was expertly assisted by a very adept instructor
and consequently we were two days ahead of schedule
The ankle deep snow of Gander, Newfoundland, and able to spend a night in the local village of
was somewhat in constrast to the close heat of Belize Pueblo Vejo.
International Airport. No sooner had we stepped off
the plane than the practical jokes were underwa y No sooner had the Puma left than a regular
as we were questioned and photographed by two very swarm of little village lads surrounded us in the
anglicised "local" reporters. customary manner, eyes wide with hopeful expectancy
and palms outstretched to receive compo biscuits and
Having answered the advert "I'm the RAF, fl y the like; a tin of ginger pudding might even prompt
me" I was promptly despatched to Salamanca to a fresh egg. An evening of money changes gave many
join B Coy., and attached to the notorious 6 PI., the wherewithal to fill themselves with Fantas and
being promised a befi tting position- even, perh aps, a cokes; probably just as well as the next day saw
No. 3 spare parts wallet. 6 PI., packs on backs ( I 0 lbs. of P.E. stowed at the
bottom to give that life in case of accident ), trogging
Travel in my first 5 weeks has been extensive;
the cloak, dagger and bricklaying aspects of Cadenas for 4i hours through the ' Ooloo' to the final L.P.
OP ; a week at the Jungle Training School, Sibun,
where we were taught to slice spiders and scorpions Day Three saw a fairl y subst antial chunk of the
in half with one swift machette blow; and a short jungle out to ground level and, in our pride, we
observation course on "inebriation in Punta Gorda, named it after our leading figure-"Horse Central".
come Saturday,.

24

So far I have thoroughly enjoyed m y time in ab ilit y to ca ll upon the rain-gods to extrica te him
Belize a nd I'm sure will contin ue to do so. It must from an embarassi ng s ituation .
be good if even my legs have come off the secret list.
SOJOURN AT SIBUN
C COY
When 7 PI. a rri ved a t Capt. ) ones' hea lth reso rt
W e occupy the most pleasant of the three com- at Sibun, it was after a period in the re lative lu xu ry
pan y locations in Belize. Holdfast Camp is situa ted of Hold fas t ca mp . W e appea red sleek, sunburn t,
abou t 20 kms. along the W estern High way from the la ughing and making a lot of noise. We were to leave
Guatemalan border and is built in the middle of a 10 days later, still laughing but gaunt, pa le and
large government-owned and controlled experimental tread ing lightly. ( due to the training we had under-
farm. A lthough the jungle ca n be seen abou t 2 kms. gone). W e now know that we are better at killi ng
to the south, the camp is surrounded by fi elds con- our own food than the assorted suba lterns from
taining many different types of crops and breeds of Bravo Coy. who joined us.
cattle. Such rural delights are not without their
haza rds, however, as OC A Coy. d iscovered on his After we had rolled ou r sleeves down and
first visit to H oldfast when one of the bulls decided attended a couple of lectures, we were introduced to
to join him for a drink in the Officers' M ess ! ' A-Frames', the m agic slumberla nd vesse ls of the
Once the settling in period was over it was jungle, and whe n this writer's coll apsed after two
rea lly onl y C Coy. HQ who we re to be found in nights of tossing, turning and mosquitos, he ma naged
camp . One of the rifle platoons is based at Plassey to console himse lf that it d id not ma tter; tha t sleeping
camp where it is ideally placed to sample the va rious on T arantula-infested atap ca rpets in torren tial rain
del ights of the thri ving metropol is of S an Ignacio; was all part of growing up and being British .
the exact nature a nd extent of these delights are best
left for individuals to describe. A second platoon is As the course progressed and the river we had
normally to be found surviving the rigours of li fe a t to cross da il y got deepe r, we thought "things a re not
the Jungle W arfare School at Sibun while the third going badly"; we were lea rn ing, it had stopped raining
is 30 kms. south of H oldfast enjo ying the plea sant and M cKeown was losing weight . H owever, it was
scenery and breezes of the fi eld-firing range in the the proverbial ca lm before the storm : afte r seven days
Mountain Pine Ridge reg ion. Sgt. M cCaig, our camp of swimming in a jungle fre sh lake, walks through
C QMS, has discovered that there is no point tr ying zoological paradise and dining by can dlelight at
to keep pets when the Company Commander is per- comp?,S do-it- yourself res taurant, came the final
manentl y hungry. A rather horrific looking Iguana exerc 1se.
which had been ea rmarked as the Holdfast mascot
ended up gracing the Officers' M ess dinner table . Sibun is a place which sh ou ld be visited by all ;
On leav ing H oldfast for the delight of Salamanca onl y there does one hob-nob wi th the animal kingdom
we leave these refl ections on life in the Cayo dis trict -flies in ones tea and sha rin g hammocks wi th
scorpions. The dail y treck to the ma rquee an d
for our successors: civilisation became less desi rable as we bega n to blend
I . M embers of the Company who prefer some- in with our jungle surroundings. When we mounted
th ing a little more exot ic to drink than NAAFI beer our transport fo r H oldfast, it was to resounding cries
have accidently stumbled on a way to ease Britain's of "good ere innit" and, ~s we rounded the corner
balance of payments difficulties by cutting down on and lost sight of S ibun, we vowed to return sometime
oi l imports ( Cayo district Compan y should never in the far, far away future.
aga in have to indent for K erosene on which to run
its lamps HPP ; the liquid sold by the "R urn Shack" H avi ng moved out of " Sleepy H ollow" ( Plassey
opposite the MRS gate makes ve ry efficient Camp), 8 PI. moved quickly to the M ountain P ine
Ridge area for a week of field-firing. The Ch iquibal
s ub st i t u t e. Trail lea ding to the Pine Ridge a rea looked perfectl y
2. Coy. HQ is perhaps not the safe st place to normal from a helicopter, but obviously the Belize
be. All things being equal, Compa n y signallers will factor had to be taken into acco unt. The end product
not be exposed to the hazards of JWS Sibun ; th 's was th at man y of the platoons nearl y lost their fal se
simply mea ns tha t they have longer to flirt with teeth on the bumps a nd the platoon comma nder
danger in San Ignacio. Any member of A Coy. anxious managed to bog down the landrover and trailer on
to sample rc life>' in all its va rious aspects should send "what looked like ha rd ground" .
st amped add ressed envelopes to C Coy. signals de-
tachment who will be plea sed to suppl y useful names W e stayed at Privassion camp for the week, sun-
and addresses . ( The C Coy. "Playmate of the M onth " bathing, swimming, suffering Sgt. M cCleave and Cpl.
award, however, has undoubtedly got to go to our Hind's cooking, and fi eld-firing on the Baldy Beacon
ranges. The problem was basica ll y getti ng there along
"grinning typist") . the Baldy Beacon road, much of which had subsided
3. A certain platoon Sergeant heartil y endorses with a drop of about 300ft . on one side. 8 PI. set
the injunction ( to those wh o walk out into the jungle) abo ut the task of re-b uilding the road.
never to go without their belt order or, at the ve ry
least, a gollock. This particularly applies to those who After a short time, it became evident that there
get " caught short" in the middle of the night. M ore- was an abunda nce of snakes and black scorp ions.
over, once in the squatting position, do not look down Every time one was found a cry of " I've found an
-look up! The record for 200 metres H andicap C hase Eric" went up and the whole PI. gathered to see what
(with trousers a round a nkles) was shattered ten da ys kind of " nas ty" it was. ( HM Govt. Warning :
ago th anks to an exceptionally large boa constrictor Opening boxes marked "E ric, could cause dam age
th at just dropped in from a n overh anging tree. to health) consequently Pte 's K eogh, j ohncock and
4. Officers I/C live- firing practices on Baldy King we re barred from camp until they declared they
Beacon are strongly advised to take the short fire- had no li ve "Erics'' and only empty boxes in their
fighting course before setting forth up th e Ch iquibal possess ion .
Trail. It is not everyone who has the supernatural
The p latoon we re entertained at night by Pte.
j ohncock and his electric guitar.

25

HQ COY o f RSO to Capt. hris C ha rter a nd headed for U lster.
revised the a rt of the A 16. h anded over
Well, like Topsy, we just keep on growing. On The pla toon I Queen 's Own Highla nders an d set off
alwTosaFaE(epnnusloraealoidadrv'rctvicehtientoneMdthihgcgendatreetTpriagtatCoeahykCsotraR,eehatpantrmoenetsi)tefpnd-ee;rOsrMn(iu~icCAnttCBntkshogSdPaTecwerMChPracr,eDa.anovclQmroBdse.kuseuMt-peramitrseRaarato'ntssacanws,ihkwtewsehePFRsi("nedanIaoP.tgbtxfacr'uhosoro0(,itenaomtW5sdhkR5omkesc5eenE,teolxhipcnmMsJtheoatiriTgprmrsaErsrtnqSaiiee.,fuan)vl,r!fliysaebl)utweelonActrltiMhocsoihtbdne.tohmiuvkaommesRpnBsnPyneayeesltdnsaTliudiskiinzcoraeeeeed-esss-sf, all its k it to
for the steam y hea t of the Ca r ibbean. In Be lize, in
addition to the compan y signals deta tchments, we

run a radio rebroadcast station at " Baldy Beacon "
and suppl y a signaller to the JTS a t S ib un ( a post

reserved for a nyo ne who annoys the R SO ). W 02
A ylwa rd is rea ll y the RSO ( Beli ze ) as apt. C harter,
on hi s return from the ha ppy hunting ground of the

Signals Wing, is sta nding in as Ops. Offr. W e wel-
Sgt . Sca dden (from 5 QUEENS ) an d b1 d
come C / (dut y free ) fa rewell to L / C pl. M cM ah on
a cheer y
who returned to Engl and on resettlement a nd reg ul ar
R transitees and, can often be heard to mutter about release. W e took a drink or two off newl y-promoted
'Rent-a-Bed ' Company. C Q M S J umbo Smith, when quiet
he can be prized out of the swimming pool, has an L / Cpl. Barr y R udd and watched, with awe, a MR S
Cpl. Ginger Phillips as he recovered in the
empire tha t ex tends some 80 mi les into the jungle,
now that he has taken on the administration of the after an appendix operation.

JTS at Sibun. amounts of Recce PI.
W e still manage to push out vast runs the R
The time has shot b y up here at the sharp end
paper. Newly-promoted L / Cpl. Thomas tapt(ttshhohhlSllaaueeoatnrgwlo.CaoMomoanAbdpeyauhxsrensiesixcyoctafeauraodrfncrwfin/tosoioBaaefttdshneevldtu)ihaezsennbeeadtvownuRerderbdtreeryoeciohrprwctdnaesreeveapretiPho.inasIatia.rnvMtAohgeSjlono,osiu,rkibaonneuaniuptonnladgltpgi-hnssjllo,iuoytnunPhngrgeseigisennlneceejglpctovi/haeRyoedotsxinriianeodrngrml,gcscaeiotini-shnrntedoege-,
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he can be prized away from his camera .

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I n c id en t s of note so far have been Lt . " I' m my
Russell a nd Sgt. " three wheels on out.
young to die" his
wagon " I ves getting bogged in their first time
L / Cpl. J onah J ones on being overtaken by one of

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...in COLOURS

R eid . Congratu lations to L / Cp l. L ong on his recent MANY by offi cial appointment to the
promotion. The arrival of Capt. ings and the REGIMENTAL
I enn ( especially by Queen's
TIES Regiment
RQMS in mid Ma y is eagerl y awaited IN
the QM and TQ ) . Silk Tie (Plain Weave)
STO CK £3 .25
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yet to recover from the MO shooting all the pigeons Silk Tie (Uncreasable
in camp one m orning. Weave) £4.50

Postaa~ U.K. lOp extra. .

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Signal PI. we bid a fai rl y alco h oli c farew e ll T. M. LEWIN & SON LTD .• 106 JERMYN STREET. SWIY 6EQ
In December ( Nnr Piccadilly Circus)
to Capt. D avid Gouda when he handed over the duties

26 "... Sc;,T Du:ot' Mo\D'". A N A.M' FoR 1-1111 .SElF... "

own wheels; a marked senior rank disinterest in 66 mm 1-<EI'-H'tof'
Toet 's; Ptes. Spike M orffew and Finbarr Hurley on
uccessfully putting in an OP on the Blue Angel . ..\ri i"ATtE...tt~
dance floor; Pte. H olden for pouring foam on troubled
M ennonite trucks; Sgt. Hinton and C/ S 61 for "i'AffY omR G Hl>'>AFHY
being the undisputed Sberriffs of "Bu llet Tree Falls";
MAlCHES ... "
Pte. Leroy C umm ings for manpacking bogged-in t

tons; Pte. H ead (ex. dog sect.) for a llowing the two
camp dogs to snuff it only two days after handovcr-
and many more incidents too numerous to relate .

Belize will be remembered by all as a most en-
joyable station and one in which it was able to do
some soldiering- a hard -to-come- by commodity these
days.

EXERCISE "GREEN FOG"
( A startling account of four days in the Belize jungle)

The Assault Pioneer PI. normally works in Air-
port Camp under the watchful eye of the QM. Over
the E aster period they saw an opportunity to escape
when CSM R ay J enkinson from the JWS mentioned
to Sgt. Bill Dixon that he wou ld like a helicopter
landing site blown. On 7 Apr., the following stalwarts
left APC: Sgt. Bill Dixon, Cpl. Vince Pickup
( REME ) L / C pl. Bob K een, Ptes. Beast Wildman,
T aff Offer, Jim Prior and J ohn Russell, all heading
for the Sibun jungle (also known as the "Green
Fog").

The following is an extract from Pte. J ohn
Russells diary :

Thur. 7 Apr: Arrived at Sibun, met by smiling
C SM J enkinson who pointed to a very large h, .,
covered in jungle ea pped with a grey cloud. Spent
ages sharpening machette.

Fri. 8 Apr: 0600 R eveille. 0820 set off. Countr y
dominated by hills and ri vers. W ent to fill wa terbottle,
fell in river ; Sgt. Dixon laug hed. Countr y all ups and
downs; Sgt. Dixon made a name for himself by coming
down without using his feet; I laughed!

As we trekked, a voice from behind sa id " Is that
as far as you've got?" C/ Sgt. D ave Tonks had de-
cided to join us. H e continued with us and we then
discovered why he was so sprightly-he wasn't ca rryi ng
20 lbs. of PE-We were. Smokes breaks quite often;
each time we put on our packs they got h eavier. It
took four hours to reach the last ridge where we
collapsed and took out our brew kits. T ea was ready
as Sgt. Dixon arrived . .

The CSM and C / Sgt. Tonks went off and re-
connoitered the landing site and then came back and
took us off into the virgin jungle, hacking away with
our super-sharp machettes. Pieces of vegeta tion fl ew in
all directions and many a gallon of swea t was shed
until we reached the site.

1500 hours and we were shown the art of maki ng
a basha using an ' A' frame. We built ours and very
good they looked too. Cpl. Vince Pickup boasted how
we ll his took his weight; when both ends of the frame
met in the middle he craw led out and started again .
We prepared supper and, as darkness fell, began to
retire. L / Cpl. Bob Keen was first to go, all was quiet
until there was a sound of cracking wood and cries
of remorse- another ba sha bites the dust.

GREEN FOG 2

Sat. 9 Apr: After an earl y breakfast we began;
pity the CSM's basha was in the way. W e started
blasting with PE ; no problem, we cut the trunks but

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the trees would not fall because they were supported 27
by vines. Soon we were surrounded by bottomless
trees so we decided to blow the trees down on either Cowi ng 's fi ancee was the h it of the evening, even if
side of the rid ge. A shortage of fu se matches led us AI Jolson was a bit jea lous. The QM's rendering of
to use normal sa fety matches (T aff y Offer took some- the Hone-eyed green god" ( with more assistance than
time to master the art of using them). One casualty, he expected from behind the scenes) was one of the
highlights of the Christmas Concert .
Jim Prior, came bounding up the side of the ridge
In J anu ary we dined out the CO; his unscheduled
and fell on his own machette; we bandaged him up . visit to BMH was (so he says) to see the MO who
The C SM, meanwhile, had not been idle; he hacked was on duty. D avid Watson is now expecting to be
down a tree on hi s own but it crashed through D ave the longest-serving 2nd Lieutenant in the British
Wildmans bas ha . D espite torrenti al rain (well we had Army. Col. Stu art Anderson was welcomed to the
a shower an yway) we felled between 30 and 40 trees battalion by an informal lunch on the day he assumed
and were well satisfied with out days work. No aids command. We said farewell to Cap ts. P eter T awel l,
off to Oman as a G3 , and D avid Gouda who left
to sleep were needed tha t night. for HQ 8 Bde. When the promotion exam resul ts
S un. 10 A pr. (Easter S unday). R ea lly did ra in came through, we were glad to take drinks off Capts.
P eter Howe and John Salmon in Belize and sent
thi s time but it helped to bring down the canopy of congratulations to Cap ts. C hri s C harter and D avid
trees on the western slope which had refu sed to G o u d a.
budge on Saturday. Just a few trees left on the top of
the rid ge and one in the flight path. Went off with In Belize we have been joined by a clutch of new
Vince Pickup to dea l with the lone tree. Set the charges officers; 2/ Lts. Robin Cordell and M ark Durham (on
and eventually lit the fuse and retired. No bang- it SSLC) C harles L ambe rt (SSVC) and Robert
was a faulty det so we placed a second charge and Stansbury from the Intelligence Corps; the latter h as
tried again; still no success and we had to destro y our been persuaded tha t hi s green beret did noz m atch
charge as a blind and that tree is still standing . We the orange lan ya rd . Lt. Guy W ailer joined us from
returned to camp with light hearts and much lighter the depot on a months leave; 6 weeks later, he was
packs. Score; one landing site cleared; Jim Prior, 2 still here tryi ng to ger out of the jungle a nd get a
cut fingers; Sgt. Dixon, cut hand; Cpl. Pi ckup and sun tan !
I, a cut leg each. W e'd left Pte. J oe Frazer back at
base at camp and he'd cut hi s finger opening a tin . We were glad to welcome Nigel Arrnitage-S mith
back from the JDS C (wearing, his Zaire River T ee-
So ended our Easter exercise; rough but worth it. shirt ) and Chris Charter who returned from the Signals
(Sub editors note : Pte. J ohn Russell was pro- wing with an 'A' grading. (It will take a lot of Pimms
moted to L/ Cpl. recently-his contribution to the to live that down ). W e also congratulate him on
Journ al had nothing to do with it! ) hi s awa rd of an MID for hi s tour as G3 Int. in
Ulster.
JUNGLE TRAIN ING SCHOOL-SIBUN
Despite our sun tans, life is not all a bed of
The gateway to the south, the R and R centre roses; Pimms r an out for four weeks and Appletons
for the misfits and any other n ames that arc levelled Rum, for three !
at the JTS , all go to prove that we rea ll y are not
forgotten, just jealously put to the back of the mind . WARRANT OFFICERS'
The JTS , run by " Super Squaddie" (that dynamic AND SERGEANTS' MESS
young stud H athaway) and ably assisted b y his sup-
porting staff of instructors, has so far run four holiday The fina le in 1976, so to speak, was an excellent
courses with accommodation under the trees by silver C hristm as Draw held on Dec. 17; all thanks to RQMS
beaches, blue pools, running water etc. What more Ray Shave and his committee for the prizes; food and
decor were m agnificent and so was the bar and w aiter
can a person require; even the food is thrown in! organi sation .
Regarding the latter, there has been some trouble over
W e dined out Lt.-Co l. Francis on 7 J an. ; he
the chickens; one young officer was heard to cry, as will always be rem embered for the after-dinner jokes
one was beheaded, 110h no, not this one". Also the he told (definitely not for the Journal Notes). Our
Recce PI. has provided an unreli able delivery service fin al UK fling was a (jwine and dine" evening laid on
with only one chicken of a batch surviving. (I t is by CSM Dougie Booth.
still wandering around pestering the cat and up-
rooting Mr. Quinn's Volleyball court!) At this point we would like to say the best of
As members of 2 QUEENS can testify, there is luck and good fortun e to all those (too numerous to
a lot Sibun can offer. But one wonders what they got men tion) who have left us since the last edition.

up to ; we can go nowhere without hearing "Oh yes And so to Belize. With about 150 mess members
from all walks of life (and with various cap badges)
I remember Capt. . . and !" this was something new to us but, as we are trained
to be fl exible, we soon settled down to our new en-
C/ Sgts. O ' Sullivan and Tonks- an interesting vironment. The most noticeable effect of our arrival
pair of I rishmen- never cease to am aze passe rs-by b y was the drop in Scotch sales and the increase in beer
their trimmer figures. Sgt. M arshall had trouble with sales . In the Mess Committee, the PMC, PEC and
House member are all Queensmen. The 'Entertain-
the immigration authorities when his birth certificate ments Committee was soon in action under the
was demanded but now, after a haircut, a spell away ever-inscrutab le Nick King and m any favourable corn-
ments were heard from mess members of the other
from the sun and a last-ditch attempt by the Belizean arms and services. A tour such as this brings out
Police, he has departed to terrorise us on Brighton many sporting talents: The RSM, John O akley plays
golf (he pl ays squash as well); and so do Colin G arton,
beach. John Catt, P ete Bull, John Burke and others. Volley-
ball has become very popular too ; the team can only
OFFICERS MESS be beaten by the officers, m ainl y because they're all
over six feet tall 1
1976 ended with a Christmas F an cy Dress Ball
at which a good time was had by all (even if we didn' t
know who we were talking to! ) Maj . Andrew

28 Is it true that the officers were going to spend

As our counter parts in the 2nd Bn . will know, a weekend in camp and let the mess go to the Cayes? !
the battalion is spread out and we on ly see our mem- Congratul ations to Colin Garton and Ray
bers occasionally. Sometimes we get the 1TS
instru ctors down- norm ally a "hairy" experience. We 1enkinson on promotion to W 02 and Ken Arey to
do have changes in faces with the company rou lem en zs; Sgt. W e also welcome back to the Bn., K en Scadden
we're almost in the middle of the first one and are (from 5 QU EENS ) and 1im Laker who did n' t think
all looking forward to C SM D an Whalley and his recruiting was his cup of tea . Also a warm welcome to
lads to complete the cir cuit. The " barrack r ats" the mess to D ick W agland, Andy 1ackson and
amongst us can take all the jungle stories-they don' t S mudger Smith (all AC C) and T ony Burrows, RAPC.
a ffect our air conditioni ng one little bit. H enry Green
h ad to be vaccinated to make him stop telling everyone As we write it's a beautiful day and about 89'
how he cut a 50 metre path through the jungle in
four days ! under the coconut palms. Well, I QUEEN S it must
be yo ur turn soon . .

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29

The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion

General of Battl eFPorrocceedtoures~ ywht hi caht moved the TA VR Colonel
6 Field he ( the Adjt. ) was a sex
THEpace of life has definitely hotted up since
maniac! The Training M a jor th en led a health y diS-
we came under the aegis of the "Paras"-
cussion on va rious aspects of training . H ow some
initially under 16 Para. Bde. now evolved into
6 Field Force; especially as we have been the officers managed to be articulate so earl y in the

only Infantry battalion which Commander 6 morning after "g ibbering, so late the night before,
Field Force can acrually get his hands on. There
is hard to comprehend ; perhaps it is a tri bute to the
has been much peering at us through microscopes
and mutterings about "One Army" by a variety resilience of the volunteer officers. One thing is cer-

of senior gent lemen, leaving 5 QUEENS in tai n ; none of the 5 QUEENS officers went for a run
general-and the regular cadre in particular-
wi th the Brigad ier first thing that Sunday mornmg!
reeling under the impact.
The rest of the yea r holds much in store for us:
P erhaps the one thing which has affected our
lives more than any other has been the Battalion T est the ceremony of the Layi ng Up of Colours; the
Exercise which took place in the Aldershot area in
November las t. Going under the title of Ex. "Stone Roya l Rev iew of the Reserves; and individual com -
Maiden", one could not rea lly expect too many favours
from the lady in question ; she wasn't actually frigid, panies taki ng part in loca l Jubilee celebrations.
but she certainly provided us all with a damp time.
The Paras h ad a good look at us and provided plenty Another Test Exercise has been laid on for us by 6
of constructive cr iticism. As the ( then ) Brigadier
commented, our position as a TAVR member of a Field Force in ea rl y Jul y and in October, Annual
regular formation was like " being promoted from the
4th Division to the 1st Division overnight". Camp-initially at Stanford, followed by a week in

As a result of "Stone M aiden", we have now N o r w a y.
been directed to concentrate on all aspects of
patrolling and the bulk of our training, whether at AROUND THE COMPANIES
ba ttalion or company level, is now devoted to this;
our "Bible, has become the 6 Field Force "Notes A Coy., ( Guildford ) under M aj. G eoffrey Wright
on Patrolling"- a hand y aide-memoire but it doesn't has continued to prosper. C urrentl y the strongest of
leave room for much else in the large pack! our Compan ies (at around 170 ), it has yet again
carried out a successful recruiting campaign, which
The RSM and a few stalwart PSis ha ve been means it can be selective. On 13 November last, the
running cadres for J NCOs to improve the quality OC and 15 soldiers represented the TA VR at the
of Orders and section tactics. On the whole these have British Legion Festiva l of Remembrance at the Alben
been well-attended, although there ha ve been occasions H all . This was attended by HM the Queen and, as a
when the number of students against instructors could result of the television coverage by BBC I , many
be done in fractions. The participants found the people have commented on the smartness of the
Cadres to be such good value that the " Junior Battalion's contingent. Visitors to the Company have
Officers' Union" has demanded the same treatment included the C.P.L., A ir C hief M arshal Sir Ruth ven
but as yet, there has been no comment on this from Wade (on 28 J an. ) and the Commander of 6 Fielc..
the "JNCOs' Union". F orce, Brig. M . S . Gray on 24 M arch.

On the 26/ 27 March we held an Officers/ B Coy. ( Broadstairs) is now under the command
SNCOs Study W eekend at H owe Barracks. On the of the globe-trotting (at least round the companies
S aturday afternoon there was a challenging but sadly of 5 QUEENS ) M a j. P eter H arrington. It is hoped
foreshortened TEWT in L yminge F orest followed by that, after a certain amount of turbulence- three
a race back to Howe Barracks to be on time for an company commanders in a yea r, and a complete turn -
interesting talk on 6 Field F orce by the Brigade over of PSis-the Company will go from strength to
M ajor and members of the future Field Force. In strength. Highlights of the past six months included
the evening the officers held a successful guest night, a trip to the Brecon Beacons by sixty of our mem-
in which we entertained M aj.-Gen. Sir J ames
d'Avigdor Goldsmid, Col. Nigel Ryle from HQ SE bers when it took I ! hours longer to return to
TAVRA, the Commander, Brigade M a jor and mem-
bers of the Staff of 16 Para. Bde., Col. Jim Ogi lvie Broadstairs by " Super Train" than it takes to go by
and Capt. Mike Jelf ( our ex-ad jutant who came from the ordinary variety. (P erhaps the MTO would care
the RMA to practice his "DSing" on the TEWT and, to explain! )
of course, to be dined out ).
Miracles do happen-Sgt. Butler (ex. 2
The next morning a series of lectures and dis- QUEENS ) and Capt. Bellingham have passed their
cussions were held. The Briga dier gave a talk on driving tests (anyone driving to the continent this
his hopes for 5 QUEENS as pan of 6 Field F orce; summer is advised to avoid South E ast K ent! )
the Adjutant presented a mildly pornographic version
C (Cinque Pon s) Coy. ( H astings) is now under
the command of Capt. C hris P arkinson, whose chances
of an earl y majority are prejud iced by the fac t that
he and the ad jutant were Rifl e Platoon commanders
together in 2 QUEENS . W e h ad an enjoyable Easter
weekend trip to Aviemore. All managed to get back
safely despite va rious dramas, but the QM isn 't too
h appy about the minibus which is still in Edinburgh .

W e say farewell to CSM L elliott who has retired
after 25 yea rs loyal service to the TA and TA VR
and congratulate C / Sgt. Kiff on his appoi ntment to
CSM . Finally we wish M aj. Tony Salter well as
OC HQ Coy. after his successful two years tour.

30

E Coy. (Tonbridge ) under M a j. Tony H aigh has
also seen many changes. P erhaps the most important
long-term development is the creation of a rifl e p latoon
at Tonbridge under 2/ Lt. M artin M ortimer. After a
slow start, the arri val of Cpl. J ack Bright as PI. Sgt.
I ( designate ) provided a firm organisation to deal wi th
the influx of recruits which the nat iona l campaign

produced.

HQ Coy. (Canterbury ) under M aj. Tony Salter
11' are performing (a t their own admiss ion ) nea r miracles,

in preparations for camp and for various other
activities which precede it. W02 "S uga r" M archant

I has returned to the Signals platoon as A/ R SO and

is replaced by W02 Bob Gawler. His brother Bi ll is

I now C QMS, so it looks as though the Gawler M afia

have successfully t aken over.

'I PERSONALITIES

I

I Congratulations
I Our congratulations to Bandmaster T ed Clark on

r his well-deserved MBE in the New Yea rs H onours

,, List. Congratulations also to W02 M archant and

Staff Sgt. M acAleese (REME ) on the award of

their M eritorious Service Certifica tes.

I
I Farewells
F arewell to Capt. Mike J elf afte r a most success-
·'II

ful tour as Adjutant ; we wish him every good fortune

in his appointment as a Company Instructor at Sand-

hurst . W e congratulate RSM John Barrell on his

commission; he is now Assistant Adjutant in 3

QUEENS . W02 Eddie Close leaves us for the Long

Service Recruiting post in D over; C / Sgt. K en

Scaddan h as returned to 3 QUEENS; C/ Sgt. J ack

Rogers has retired; and L / Cp l. Brian Ga rd iner has

returned to 2 QUEENS after a spell as CO 's driver.

To them all we send best wishes.

Welcome

A warm welcome to Capt. Richard J ackson who
ha s arrived as Adjutant from 2 QUEENS; RS M
" Poet" P aterson from 3 QUEENS ; W02 Fred Boyne
(as SP SI E Coy. ) from 2 QUEENS; C/ Sgt. Brendan
Webb (as QPSI A Coy.) from 3 QUEENS; C/ Sgt.
Steve Bream (as QPSI B Coy. ) from 1 QUEENS ;
and L / C pl. Derek M cDonald (as CO's driver) from
3 QUEENS.

Finally, on the approp riate date of 16th M ay,
we sa id farewell to Capt. J oe Bass on his retirement
from the regular army, and immediately welcomed h im
in his old post of Admin. Officer as a "conrate"
TAVR officer. (Anyone wishing to know what the
" con" stands for should ask Joe who will probably
give a short sharp expletive as his reply! )

E COY

(Top): A study in nonchalance-or the OC watching
the March and Shoot Competition

(Lower): Clearing an obstacle during 1he M and S
Competition

Chief of Personnel and utant, Training
Coy- (I to r): L/ Cpls. Bond and Wiekharn,
Air Chief Marshall Sir Ruthven Wade, Maj . "at war"
5. " Wall<-about" at Guildford-(! to r ): Maj.
Wright
2. Recruiting Day, Guildford, 5 Mar. '77 (I to r) : Wright, The Colonel of the Regiment, Mr.
Adarns (Editor, Surrey Advertiser), Lt.-Col. Rylc
Deputy Mayor of Guildford, "Miss Guildford" (SE, TAVRA) , "Miss Guildford", Brig. Curtis,
(Miss Rosemary Riley) and Pte. Brownjohn Deputy Mayoress, Deputy Mayor and Capt.
Worried members of C Coy. hierarchy--CSM
Holmcs

32

Odds & Ends SAM BROWNE BELTS ETC.

BOOK REVIEWS Mr. A. Coxen, of Camberley, Surrey has been

"THE RED SOIDIER" by Frank Emery making Sam Browne Belts, Sword Scabbards and

The publishers announce the launching ( on 16 frog s for over 50 years. His quotation to RHQ dated
Ma y) of "a n invaluable and entirely fresh account
of the South African Campaign of 1879 based on the 14 Apr. '77 reveals the following prices:
correspondence of officers and men serving with the
Colonial Volunteers and native levies". Sam Browne Belt £15 .5 0

Note: "South Africa 1879" is a battle honour Scabbard £12.50
which we inherited from The Buff s and 57th Foot.
Frog £ 4.00
The author is a fe llow and tutor of St. Peter's
College, Oxford and his books include "The Oxford- Anyone interested should telephone Mr. Coxen on
shire Landscape" and ccWales,.
0276-64074.
Publisher : Hodder and Stoughton-£6.25.
JOB OPPORTUNITY
THE REGULAR FORCES
EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION AT KENT COLLEGE

exists Resident School Caretaker, with spouse als0 wishing
to take up employment at Kent College, St.
to help Servicemen to find suitable employment when Thomas Hill, Canterbury.
they leave the Forces. It also takes a long-term in-
terest in ex-Regulars, who may use its services as Suit 40-year-old couple.
often as they wish. D etached cottage; fuel allowances; holidays with pay

The Association has 42 branches in the major rising to 4 weeks per annum .
cities of the United Kingdom, and its Employment Caretakers pay £30 per week.
Officers- all ex-Servicemen- are in close touch with Training will be given if necessa ry.
employers. It provides all services free.
For further details please contact the Assistant Bursar
In 1976 the Association placed over 6,500 men T el. No. Canterbury 62033.
and women from the Services in employment; of these
jobs some 2,400 were for men and women from the OFFICERS' CLUB
Army and 40 were from the Queen 's Reg iment.
Appreciative letters have been rece ived by the
If you are leaving the Service, it would be well Regimental Secretary from the following officers upon
worth your while to get in touch with your local receipt of their wedding gifts (s ilver cigarette boxes)
Employment Officer. The telephone number and from fellow members: Lt. R . D . ] . R . ( Rodne y) Owen
address of the nea rest Branch can be obtained from
Regimental HQ-or from Post Offices, Employment and Lt. J. P. S . Mills.
Offices, or local telephone directories.
Rogers,
BLESMA John
Jones
SERVICEMEN CONTINUE TO HELP
EX-SERVICEMEN LTD
Regimental
Extract from Press release dared 22 Mm·. ' 77. Tailors and Outfitters to-

Members of all branches of H er Majesty's Forces THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT
and the Merchant Navy showed once again last year
that they are increasingly concerned with the plight 16 CLIFFORD STREET, SAVILE ROW,
of their limbless comrades for whom the British Limb- LONDON W1X 2HS, TEL:01 734 2248
less Ex-Servicemen's Association (BLESMA) does so
much. BLESMA helps them in many ways, which
include giving advice on artificial limbs and appliances,
and rehabilitation, and ensuring that they get their
entitlement in every other respect.

More than £300,000 was raised by the Associ ation
in 1976 and a substantial proportion of this amount
came from officers, warrant officers, and men and
women of all the armed Services, as well as from
Cadets and from the Territorial Army. Indeed, men
and women of all ranks and of all ages have con-
tinued to show their sympathy and concern for those
less fortunate than themselves.

The 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion

TAVR OFFICERS attempt to reduce the pressu re on company head-
quarters arising from two field trai ning weekends in
(M ajors and above) one month . Now we aim for one such weekend per
month, with another earmarked for specia list training,
Lt-Col. F . B. Herd, TD CO 6/7 Queens( V ) recru iting or the other misce llaneous activit ies. A
A Coy. greater proportion of training is becoming the re-
Maj. M . F. H. Adler U nposted List spons ibi lity of the Sergeants and junior NCOs and,
M aj. B. A . Carte , TD although this is much more difficu lt to record m
2IC de tail, their hard work should not go unnoticed. Take
M aj. M . ] . Dudding D Coy. Sgts. Langley and Elliott for instance; the former
B Coy. was once an RAPC NCO but has become a first-
Maj. R. I. Hopper class in fant ry leader and instru ctor. The latter
M aj. R . E . Lowans QM illustrated his training flair during a visit to Cam-
M aj . ( QM ) R . C. Lucas Adjt. berwell by Brig. Carrell (Commander A lde rsot
M aj. R. ]. S. M organ, M C HQ Coy. Garrison ) whe n his platoon we re to be seen firing
Maj . J. R . G . Putnam, TD C Coy. in a jungle-lane in the min iature range, and tackling
an improvised assault-course made up of items of
M aj. A . G. H . Stocks furniture. Needless to say, whilst the Brigadier was
suitably impressed, M aj. Ron Lucas, the Q M , was
WEEditorial not!
came back from our camp at Otterburn
Three training weekends are wo rth y of particular
last autumn in very high spirits; it had mention. Firstly at the end of January, a ba ttalion
stud y period was held for officers and senior NCOs
bee n a most successful and enjoyable period of at C rowborough . S even subalterns received training
training, despite adverse weather conditi ons. prior to their promotion exam., whilst other officers
Dark, wet and windy winters are not the best and the NCOs were briefed on "S hoot to Kill " and
times to tempt the Volunteer away from the the arcane techniques of VAT accounting amongst
comfort of his fireside for the dubious delights of other things admin istrati ve. U nfortunately M a j. M ike
a chilly drill-hall, but the after-camp satisfaction Adler's lecture on survival in the cold h ad to be ca n-
celled as he was unable to attend-due to a cold! Th e
sustained us well this winter. cooks were trained in the use of fre sh rations by
W02 ] ess and Sgt. Alderman; the very good results
Attendances at weekends and on drill-nights have were probably not unconnected with Maj. Ron Lucas's
been good, and recruiting has increased our strength ration return which, according to a reliable source,
ye t aga in; particularly satisfactory are the increa sed claimed the hot drink allowance for sentries in re-
numbers in C Coy. A substantial campaign in C rawley spect of the CO ( who doubtless did the 0200-0400
in the autumn, with leafl ets delivered to every house stag?) C Coy., who ran the bar on what was the last
in the town, produced hardly any recruits-to the day in the accounting period, not only cleaned us
despair of M aj. Alan Stocks- but it must have made out of cash but used the occasion as an excuse for
an impression because a second campaign in M arch, quite unacceptable cash, stock and container figure s
of lesser proportions, brought in several dozen re- on their subsequent AF N 1514 . Nevertheless our
cruits ( the C rawley bar is now too small and requires thanks go to Lt. Hurd and Pte. M cCl ung.
a rebuild !) It also gives us great pleasure to record
that A Coy. now have a second drill-hall-at Ca m- Another weekend with a difference was run by
berley. This Centre had been leased to the loca l B Coy. In January; seventy men from Edgware and
au thority in the late 1960s, and our thanks are due Homsey took part in a "Key Point" exe rcise at a
to the South E ast TA VRA for their efforts to get it USAF base in Cambridgeshire, with the Americans
back in use by the TA VR . The take-over date of I of 10 Security Police Sqn. as the "aggressors". The
April was too late for us to make best use of the latter gave B Coy. a restless night, with Cpl. Frater's
national TAVR recruiting campaign in M arch in the section, for example, having to mount two counter-
Camberley area, particularl y as the drill-hall needs attacks on their part of the perimeter. Sunday break-
complete redecoration, but Capt. John Cannon and fa st of strawberries and pancakes was something that
2/ Lt. John Scriven are all set to add 40 men to A C/ Sgt. Bird cannot match, and the exch ange of
Coy,s strength this year. A s it is, we are manned to plaques at the end of the exercise will serve as a
93 % of establishment in the battalion as a whole. reminder to B Coy. of a way in which, at some future
date, they will again be able to train with a NATO
W e do have our problems, however, the most ally. The third weekend of note was the visit by C
serious of which is the very limited number of P er- Coy. to Bordon. At the APC Wing of the Army
manent Staff Instructors. Unlike a NATO -committed School of Transport, commanded by M aj. H alcrow
battalion, we have only one Regular PSI per rifl e ( R Anglian ) they were instructed in the ope rat ion
company and none for HQ Coy. Although established of the FV 43 2 and, after lunch, had the opportunity
vacancies ex ist for one "Conrate" PSI per company- to try their hand at dri ving on the Longmoor t raining
and we would welcome job applications from any area. S/ Sgt. Blackburn, one of the instructors, had
Sergeant or Corporal leaving the Regular Anny-we of course been P S I with C Coy a couple of yea rs ago.
cannot pretend that the rate of pay is what we A visiting journalist, brought down by the 2IC, was
would consider appropriate for the South E ast. Not very impressed both with the strength of C Coy.
surprisingly, therefore, we have difficulty in recruiting
and retaining "Conrate" staff . S/ Sgt. R olfe, for ex-
ample, acts as PSI for three drill-halls in D Coy.

The winter was an appropriate time for the
Commanding Officer to introduce his concept of " in
drill-hall training " weekends. Basically this is an

34 (Top): D Coy marching through the City of London
in the Lord Mayor's Procession (Nov. '76) led by
(":ho had an attendance of very nearl y I 00%) and
With the co-operation provided in such a friendl y Maj. Hutton
manner by the Regular Army at a weekend. (Lower): "We are just good friends!" 2/ Lt. Scott
. A more form al occasion was our participation
10 the. 1976 Lord M ayor's Show. D Coy . provided a and Cpl. Givens of C Coy
m a r~h10g. cont10gent under M a j. Tim Hutton ; Col.
D av1d S1me, our Hon . Colonel, was in one of the attempts by Thadde us and 2/ Lt. Leonard wi th muted
carriages representative of the Livery Companies and disgust and finally took over and completed the job
Lt.-Col. Colin Cole, a form er 2IC of 6 Queen;(V ), h i m se lf.
accompanied the . Lord Mayo r in his capacity as a
Shentf of the C n y of London. The seven-mile route .All companies have had a variety of social events,
was quite a test of marching stamina and D Coy. are partiCularly around the C hri stmas period . The
~~10k10~ of challenging the other companies to a Warrant Officers and Sergeants held their an nual
draw at Wandsworth and, a month later, a dinner to
Ch~ng10g Arms on the March " Competition! Com- mark the end of RSM Ward's regular service. H e
petition was the key element, too, in the London part was much-respected in both 6 Queens (V) and then
of the national TAVR recruiting campaign in M arch . 617 Queens (V), and it is largely due to his efforts
The Courage Trophy competition, consisting of eight that _we owe our growing success at competition
separate events, included teams from both B and D shooung; Mr. W ard has our best wishes for the
Coys. amongst the 37 entrants. D Coy's team was future . The officers also held a dinner in F ebruary
drawn from 11 PI. ( Sutton ) and led by Ca pt. Tony at Sutton, at which farewell was said to M aj. Tim
Pnor and Sgt. Bob Bicker. The remainder of the Hutton, Capt. Richard R atner and Lt. John Shephard.
platoon provided a very eff ective supporters club . M aJ. D an McCarthy was also dined out and was
The team did well in each of the four events of the presented with a cigarette-box to mark the fact that
first day, although the cross-country driving course Dr. Bronwen Hughes, who was also a guest, had, at
was a real nightmare; but whilst Cfn . Edwards had long last, made an honest man of him.
to tow Pte. Ellis out of a bog at one point, 11 PI.
was one of the few teams to get both Landrovers As a result of M aj. Hutton's departure, M aj.
round the course. On the second day L/ C pl. Clayton Richard Hopper moved from the command of H O
and Ptes. Hoskins, Parr and Hicks put the team Coy. to D Coy. and Maj . Richard Putnam returned
into third place in the First Aid event. Disaster struck from a brief leave of absence to take over HQ Coy.;
in the signals event-the message coming over in he has also taken over responsibility for the battalion
what . seemed to be Swahili ; the telephone cable shooting team from WO! Ward. Other departures
snapp10g, and the team captain bringing the house have included S/ Sgts. Spillett and McLean, PSis of
down by try10g to send a message without connecting C and A Coys. respecti vely. W e welcome in their
up his telephone! Then came an assault course at
Woolwich (a gruelling cross-country run ) and fin ally, ( Continu ed 011 page 35 )
on Wimbledon . Common, an event organised by
Courage Brewen es, the sponsors. A six-ton lorry load
of beer barrels had to be unloaded and reloaded onto
another vehicle. 25 ".'etres away. Unfonunately, the
boatmg event, 10 wh1ch I! PI. were lying second at
the end of the first da y, was cancelled and so their
overall score was perhaps lower than it would other-
wise h ave been. At the end of it all they were lOth,
and the B Coy. team 12th but the Sutton PI. did
not leave entirely empty handed as Sgt . Bicker
"acquired" the London Association'; stuffed lion mas-
cot in the face of fierce competition from 4 RGJ(V ).

In March, six members of HQ Coy. were afloat.
The 32-foot Contessa sloop The Fusilier was hirerl
from the Roval Regiment of Fusiliers Y acht Club
for a week. The p arty, consisting of 2/ Lt. L eon ard
and Ptes. Foster, Driver, Thaddeus, Willis and Wadey,
spent the first day tying themselves in knots (literallv)
and learning the ropes. L/ Cpl. Thompson, RRF, the
skipper, then taught them the names of the principal
parts of the boat and, after practising sail-ch anging,
decl ared them tit to go to sea. By the end of the day
they had become accustomed to the motion of the
boat and, by early evening, they reached Cowes.
During the following days they sailed through the
Needles to Lulworth Cove and back via Poole. re-
ceh>ing instruction on sailing terms and tacking. Winds
which had been Force 6-8 at the beginning of the
week moderated considerably towards the end which
made cooking under sail much easier; some 'of Pte.
Wadey's earlier attempts to pour hot water from
kettle to pot h ad ended in a h and-wash instead. The
fin ~ ! test came when they were left to mend a ripoed
ma10Sa1l late on the last night; Driver watched

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place S / Sgts. Saunders and Stewart. We also welcome 35
back to the fold Lts. Mike M ercer and Roddy Owen,
fresh from their experiences wi th the 3rd Bn . on and found it so worthwhile that they recommended
Short Service Volunteer Commissions. Another another one in 1976; just before last Chri stmas,
add ition to our number with recent experience in therefore a party of eigh t joined 172 j age r Bn . for
a regul ar battalion is Lt. J on Riley, who now, as a a fortnight.
regul ar officer at London Uni versit y, commands o ur
W andsworth PI. in his spare-time. D Coy. officer Maj . Mike Dudding, who speaks Germ an, had
strength has been further strengthened by the com- taken part in the 1975 attach ment and was therefore
mi ssioning of G eoff Elli s, previous ly of B Coy. L as t able to brief the others. This German unn, com-
but by no means least we welcome WO I M aloney, m anded by Lt.-Col. H . Molsen, i based. in. the city
BEM as our new RSM . M an y a senior NCO has of Liibeck on the Baltic coast; as such 1t IS one of
been surprised to hear himse lf addressed as ' So ldie r', the Bundcswehr's most forward units, its barracks
but Mr. M aloney hasn't taken long to find hi s feet being on ly a mile or so from the border with E as t
in the TAVR and his fl ying " drill-circus" is in full Germany. The battalion h as four compames- No.. I
swing for Jubilee year . Unfortunate ly timings don ' t is H Q Coy., Nos. 2 and 3 are fighung compan1es
permit the eating of TAVR subalterns for breakfast, equipped with the Marder AP C, and No. 4 Coy.
but a very pleased RSM reported back to the Training trains recru its. W ere No. 4 Coy. to be a fighung
Major recentl y after a Colour P art y rehearsa l at company, the battalion would becom e "P anzer-
C rawley. (Presum abl y subalterns are just as tasty grenadiers", but th at wou ld mean giving up t~e green
in the evening! ) J ager beret. F or most of ou r visit, the battalion, less
No. 4 Company, was at the Bergen-Hohne area for
Drill is of course, the ((i n" thing in the TA VR part of its annu al field-firing programme wi th the
as we get ready for reviews and street-lining. We are rest of 17 P anze rgrenadier Bde.
delighted to see a former Commanding Officer of 7
Queens (V), Col. Ji m Ogilvie, is to command the
parade when the Queen reviews the TA VR at
Wembley. L astly, we wou ld like to record our thanks

to Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wilson who has just retired

as GOC S .E . Di strict. H e has taken a grea t interest
in TA VR units and his enthusiasm for talking to
so ldi ers, always in evidence, was much appreciated.

PROFILE
W02 I. G . M. EVERETT

Our senior TA VR W arrant Offi cer is RQMS
Ian Everett; now aged 4 6, he joined the T erritorial
Arm y in Jul y 1962. Being a cabinet maker in E ast-
bourne, he started his military life with the Roya l
Sussex Regt. and after the form a tion of The Queen 's
Regt., he served with 9 Queens (T ), reaching the
rank of W02. When 7 Queens ( V ) wa s form ed in
1971 he joined as RQMS, an appointment he con-
tinued to hold after the amalgamation of the 6th
and 7th Bns. in 1975. An accomplished cook, he is
o ften seen w ith an ap ron around his waist helping
the catering team. Another group who value his help
greatly are the Sussex AC F in whose activities he
takes a keen interest. P erhaps the h1gh spot of h1s
time as RQMS came in ea rl y 1976 when a com-
posite company trained in Gibraltar. In the abse nce
of the QM, RQMS Everett was responsible for all
' Q ' dealings with the resident battalion and quite
clearly surprised them with his knowledge and
effic iency. But Ian's quiet manner is very decepti~e
and successive RSMs have been grateful for h1s
sound advice on Volunteer matters.

THE QUEENS "LUBECK JAGERS" (Top): Lord Hamilton of Dalzcll inspects A Coy's
Guard of Honour (I to r) : Cpl. Andrews, Ptes.
by Lt. P. A. D. Storie-Pugh Potton and Eggar, L/ Cpls. Dawson-Marsh and Fisher

Through the good offices of the R eserve Forces Picture by PR SE Dist.
A ssociation, a number of vis its are arranged each year (Lower): Maj. Lowans (extreme right) and Lt.
between TA VR units and units of the W est German Storic-Pugh (centre) with senior ranks of No. 10
Buudeswe hr . These visits are particularl y attractive
to TAVR units which do not get camps in Germany Security Police Sqn., US Army
on a regu lar basis. A group of officers and NCOs
from 6/ 7 Queens took part in such a vi sit in 197 5

I 36 Russia in the Second World War has led them to
opt for a lighter, faster tank th an Chieft ain and an
I, For a G ener al R eserve battalion such as us, no armoured vehicle from which the infantry fi ght-the
I money is provided for the fare to Germany and each M arder . This has a commande r, gunner and crew of
man has to contribute towards the cost. Thi s made it 8 riflemen. It has a main turret with a 20 n1m cannon
'I n ecessary to go as cheaply as possible, which meant and a small rear turret wi th an MG 44 . It is an im-
a day crossing between H arwich and the Hook of pressive vehicle, albei t rather hi gh. Another ad mirab le
I Holland. Almost the on ly Englishmen amon gst hordes vehicle is the new L ynx armoured car. As our Army
of Continental C hri stmas shoppers, it was quite a moves to a tracked vehi cle (Scorpion) the Germans
journey; thence we went by rail to H amburg. Our have changed from the tracked H otchkiss to a wheeled
Training M ajor's immaculate planning got us there solution. The eight-wheeled L ynx is extremely quiet
at 0315 hrs. and, much to our relief we were met and also has a 20 mm ca nnon, but agai n is rather
by Lieutenant Manfred Nemitz with two vehicles. high.
Travelling " hard" through the ni ght meant little
sleep and we were delighted to be given time to re- All the officers and NCOs were, what we would
cuperate by our thoughtful hosts. Then, for the first ca ll, regul ar so ldiers, whilst the pri vate soldiers were
few days, our five NCOs and soldiers we re assigned virtu all y all conscripts. Thei r service in a full-time
to various companies to live and work with them, unit lasts only 15 months, of which three months is
while the three officers were given a more general taken up by recruit training. Each quarter, the
view of the battalion . For the soldiers in p articul ar, battalion gets its required influx of trained M arder
this really was "sink or swim" but fortun ately each gunners, drivers and so on, and the limitations on
hosting company had a few National Servicemen who time, training areas and ammunition are such that a
spoke English. Even so, Co lonel Molsen, who spoke man's training is very highly geared to his particular
excellent English, was completely defea ted by L/ C pl. job within the unit. One came away with the feeling
Denis Lashmore>s cockney ! that the armoured philosophy was concentrating
attention on the vehicle and its three key men rather
This period was followed by trips of the who le than the eight in the back, a complete contras t to
group to watch field firing of heavy weapons as well the Briti sh " fight dismounted" philosophy. Another
as some tourist visits. As most of the 6th Division was area of considerable difference was the food . It took
using the ranges, we were able to see a lot of about two days to get used to the different timings,
interesting German weapons and armour. We also the one hot meal a day and the greater importance
of bread in the diet. M essing arrangements were more
watched 120 mm mortars being fired by the 1agers. fl exible than ours: for example, Sgt. Debham lived
in the Officers' M ess whilst in the field and we all
A briefing by Lt.-Col. Schumann, the G 3 staff officer dined in the ver y comfortable Officers' M ess in
at HQ 17 Panzergrenadier Bde., was therefore most Liibeck, with its most interesting collection of military
useful background for understanding the organisation items. Equally interesting was the tank museum at
and tasks of the division. The artillery shoot was part Mi.insterlager, where we spent several hours. A cer-
of a normal training day rather than a demonstration, tain amount of uniform and badge-swopping went
although students from the German Staff Co llege on at the end of our visit and I hope Ptes. Butler
course at Hamburg, were also present. and Spong were forgiven by their company com-
manders when they appeared on parade after their
Our hosts were most keen that we should see return-and by the QM for that matter . (I wish
something of that part of Germany ; in fact, we saw OC B Coy. would stop looking at my boots !)
a great deal. We went to Hanover-well known to
Leutnant Nemitz from hi s days at the Officers' School 1. Some of 11 PI. celebrating at the end of the Q
there, and to the Harz Mountains. Whilst there (on "Courage Trophy" Competition
a Sunday), and after visiting the Kaiserpfalz-an old
royal palace in Goslar, we had to drive to the 2. Maj. Gordon Crumley-Training Major
southern edge of the area to refu el. It was snowing 3. Brig. Carrol and Maj. Hutton admiring Sgt.
hard, the roads were slippery and hundreds of people
were skiing. We were amused to find that it is no Lightowlers' Territorial Efficiency Medal after its
easier to obtain petrol from a strange barracks on a presentation by the Brigadier
Sunday in the Bundeswe hr than it is here; in fact, 4. Maj. Alan Stocks briefing the senior ranks of
since the work-ticket had been intended for a visit C Coy. before an exercise
to Cel!e-much nearer to Hiihne-Leutnant N emitz's 5. Lt. Storie-Pugh and Sgt. Debnam watch the strike
initiative nearly came unstuck. Two nights we re spent of 20 mm cannon fire from the Marders
in Liibeck and, whi lst there, we visited No. 4 Coy. 6. "Teamwork"-the L / Cpls. Hutchings
at the Todesfelde trai ning area some 45 km . away. 7. Sgt. Debnam, Leutnant Nemitz and Maj . Hopper
All fired the German recruit weapons course with the during their visit to Liibeck
G3 rifle, the MG 44, Car! Gustay and pistol. The 8. HQ Coys. Stores in the safe hands of L / Cpl.
rapid rate of fire of the m achine-gun, a recalibred
version of the famou s Spandau, surprised some, but Pescott
after a short period of practice all man aged to qualify 9. W02 Day, CSM A Coy., receiving his
for the bronze shooting award which Co l. Molsen
presented when we said farewell. A tour of Liibeck Meritorious Service Certificate from Lord
itself, a look at the border obstacles, and a trip down Hamilton on 27 Jan. (Maj. R. Mo•gan, MC is
to Travemiinde where we saw the sailing ship P assac
- sister-ship of the ill-fated Pamir-completed thi s on the right)
part of the visit. The last day was also spent in
H amburg and whilst the officers had a sedate trip 1Pictures by C pl. P . } . T emple of A Coy.
around the harbour, Sgt. Dave Debn am led his group
straight to the notorious R eeperbahn!

In the tactical field, it was fa scinating to see
how different the German concept of infantry
operations is from our own . Their experience in



38 To L / Cp l. Truelove, and Ptes. Butler and Davies,
who found time to get married we send our con-
The Regimental gratu lations. L / Cpl. H arring ton and Ptes. Gayle and
Fuller have recently joined us from the 1st Bn .; and
Information Team through the doo r marked OUT have marched W02
Anderson ( afte r 24 years service in The Regiment ),
THE RIT has now completed its first year as W02 Stevens, Cpl. Edwards and Ptes. H ea th, Lake,
L ang ridge and Stickland. To the former we say
a centralised team at The Barracks, Maid- "welcome"; to the latter, "thank you and good luck".
stone, the old Depot of The Queen's Own Royal
West Kent Regt. We therefore feel very much We are now faced with wha t is know n in the
on home territory, albeit the guests of 36 trade as " The Show Biz Season." Five months of
Engineer Regt. who look after us so well and fetes, ca rni va ls, ag ricultural shows and the like lie
willingly. in wait for us and we leave you now, decked out in
our straw yokel hats of R eg imental blue, to brush
The Winter and Spring months are essentially up our techniques in such dive rse arts as M aypo le
a time for cementing and improvi ng our links with dancing and milking of cows !
our affili ated units and sub-units. Our cadets are
very much part of The Regiment and we spent much The Colonel of the Regiment poses with Sgt. Roulet,
of the past six months encouragi ng this concept. In this years winner of the Cumberland Sword
doing so we are trying to make earl y contact with
those who will, in time, become adult members of
our regular battalions (over 40 % of soldiers in the
R egular Army have served in the A C F ). All four
RIT sections h ave been out and about with the ACF
detachments, assisting both during training nights
and at weekends, and the whole team came together
just before Easter to organise and run the second
Cumberland Sword Competition. ( In 1976, The
Colonel of The R egiment kindly presented a
magnificent sword to be presented an nu ally
to the best cadet in The R egi ment). Thi s
year, the competition was staged at C rowborough
Camp, Sussex and consisted of fi ve events: Assault
Course; Orienteering ; .22 shooting ; First aid, and
" Regimental knowledge". 100 cadets took pan and
competition was not only keen but also of a very
encouragi ng standard, with Sgt. R oulet of the Addle-
stone D etachment, 2nd Cadet Bn. The Queen's R egt.
( Surrey AC F ) emerging as the winner by a narrow
margin. To Sgt. Roulet goes the C umberland Sword
(on one yea r's loan) and a grant of £50 from The
Regiment towards the cost of sending him to Canada
this summer on an ACF training scheme.

In April we were fortunate to be offered the
use of The Strand AC IO for two weeks, and put on
a Regimental display in one of the prime viewing
sites in the whole of our vast recruiting area . It
attracted many hundreds of visitors ranging from
yo ung potential recruits to an Indian Brigadier who
was impressed by everything except our rates of pay!

For the statistici an, our record fo r the past six
months has been: Army Cadet Force Weekends- 28;
Army Cadet Force Visits-1 65; School Visits- 36;
M ajor Event D ays-3 2; Grass R oots D ays-1 9.

But st atistics never tell the true story and some-
how we h ave found time, duri ng our preoccupation
with recruiting activities to : bluff our way with
distinction through a series of PRE inspections; pro-
vide driving licences (including H GV ) to many of
our team members; train projectionists, free-fallers
and even NCOs; occasiona lly assis t some of the
R egimental Count y Offices by providing a uniformed
presence at the funerals of O ld Comrades of The
R egiment.

Depot The Queen 's 39

Division W e are expe riencing the same short-falls. in
clothing and equipment (as indeed are. all untt ~)
ALTHOUGH we were recei ving many re- during the current cut backs in expend iture. Th is,
however, shouldn't affect the standard of turnout of
cruits at the beginning of 1977, the flow the Recruit leaving the D epot.
seems to have slowed and instead of forming a
new adult recruit platoon every fortnight, we As a depa rtment we have come under the axe
are now having to reduce to one a month. We of the I of E team and in all probabili ty will lose
hope however, the quality is not reduced. I QM and I RQMS ; such a cut will of course affect
the promotion structure in the future throughout the
T he re is some rebuilding in progress and in due Division. The onl y shift of work-load recommended,
co urse the permanent staff junior ranks will be moving and indeed now implimented, is the move of MT
into smart new wooden huts, opposite the MI Room . complete to 4 8 Sqn . RCT. This is disturbing news
and will mean that the Tech administrat ion will come
We have been visi ted by the Colonel of the Regi- back under control of the Quartermaster.
ment and, in D ecember, an Adult Recruit Pl atoon
P assin g Out P arade was taken by Co l. J . N . Shipster, External Leadership
CBE, D SO; the latter's visit was marked by a small
reunion of those who served in I M x/ 4 Queens in The last yea r has seen numerous changes within
19 6 5 - 6 / . the EL Wing, which is now staffed, with the ex-
ception of one RRF Corporal, by Queens personnel.
W e bade farewe ll to W0 2 M aloney ( now Ca pt. J ohn Rogerson heads what must now seem like
RSM 6/7 QUEENS ) and to W0 2 Ebbens. The for- an empire compared with the "one man band" he
mer's exit through the windows of the WOs' and took over in 1974. Lt. J ohn Bullock, who was com-
Sgts' M ess ended a memorable tour and we wi sh him missioned into the Queen's Regt. in D ec. '75 has been
luck in hi s new appointment. ably ass isting to reduce the amount of time that the
EL Officer spends away from home. Sgt. D ave P erkins,
Other visitors have included Lt.-Gen . Sir J ames ( in the hills for so long, he ha s forgotten which
Wilson, KBE, MC, Colonel Comma ndan t of the Battalion he started with ) was posted in from the
Queen's Divi sion; M aj.-Gen. J . B. D ye, C BE, M C, on British Outwa rd Bound Centre in Norway in April
ass umin g the appointment of Co lonel of the Ro ya l las t yea r. His expert ise in thi s kind of tra ining h as
Anglian Regiment, and Maj.-Gen. T . M . C reasy, C B, been a grea t asset to the Wing, especially in passing
OBE, the Director of Infantry. on his know ledge to our two yo unger m embers- C pl.
Tony Gipson (ex. 2 QUEENS ) and C pl. Bob Little
In F ebru ary, the WOs' and Sergeants' M ess in- ( RRF ) who both arri ved last September. At present
vi ted Group Captai n Leonard C heshire, VC, DSO, we are busy working on the new syllabus for Jun ior
DFC to Dinner and all present were deeply mo ved by Soldie rs ( which sta rts in June) and phasing-out the
his most inspiring after-dinner speech. old syll ab us which ends in Jul y.

In late June we shall be ce lebr atin g the Silver I rhoughr EL srood for Elecrric L ight-Sub. Ed .
Ju bilee of Her M ajes ty The Queen when the J unior
Band and Corps of Drums of the Queen's Division A Coy.
will be Bea ting Retreat on the Airfield; the occasion
will be foll owed by a Reception given jointly by the Sgt. M. Golding (ex. 2nd Bn.) was transferred
Officers, and WOs' and Sergeants' M esses. to us from B Coy. shortl y after gaining his promotion,
but regrettably will be leaving the Arm y later this
HQ Co:;. year; his new vocation appea rs to be antique-collecting!
We ha ve also rece ived C pl. M . Gauntlett (ex. 2nd
The new Compan y Commander is M aj. M . E . Bn .) on inter-Compan y transfer, wh ile C pl 's E.
Girling who arrived last September. H e is always McMurra y, (a lso ex. 2nd Bn. ) and K. Knight (ex.
delighted to meet any members from Battalions, even 3rd ) have moved in the opposite direction. In the
if they a re returning from a spell of abse nce. As meantime, Lts R. Whithouse an d A . Roberts have
PM C of the Offi cers' Mess he has been, until recentl y, both m anaged to fit in four-week detachments to the
ab ly assisted by Mr. John Young (ex. C/Sgt. of I 2nd Bn. in Belfast , whilst Sgt. B. Camille and Cpl.
and 4 QUEENS ) and now by C pl. D ave Whetter, W . M offat have been able to get away on Education
who joined the M ess Staff from I QUEENS in courses. C pl. C. Rod zeiwicz managed to get on a
November las t. Mr. Young has, very regrettabl y, left Platoon Sergeants course at short notice, but un-
to take up other emplo yment in the Bassingbourn fortun a tely had to withdraw due to injury; he must
Area. however be congratulated for receiving a mention in
D espatches for his ga llant efforts in N. Ireland with
QM's Department 3 QUEENS (1975 -76).

A s a minority group within the establishment we C pls P . White a nd J . C ullinane a re proving thei r
arc delighted to welcome W02 Dave Sharpe to the worth as infantrymen, shooting for the D epot Skill
fold: we hope his stay will be enjoyab le. W e now need at Arms Team, while other sportsmen have included
one more Queensman to give us a 50% ma jority. C pl. M offat ( Soccer ), Capt. K eams ( Cross Country
RQMS Sharpe joins us from the 2nd Bn . where he and Orienteering) and Sgt. Camill e ( Orienteering and
held the a ppointment of RQMS for two yea rs. Hockey ) . In addition, it has been good to see recruits
appea ring in D epot T eams; Pte . Knight ( Minden
C/Sgt. L ambert (ex. 3 QUEENS ) has just PI. ) and Pte. M offat ( Tangier PI. ) both ran well
been granted a one-yea r extension and it is hoped for the D epot C ross-Country T eam and have since
that he will continue to give the first-rate service been posted to our Battalions.
within the accommodation wo rld to which w e have
grown accustomed. In the mea ntime, the process of training the
adult recruit continues and, inspire of our poor figures,
19 have passed out to the 1st Bn ., 11 to the 2nd and
2 1 to the 3rd. Indeed, T angier PI., who passed out on

40 trai ned at Can te rbury) in search of " J ack M anda ngo"
and hi s band w ho had been "terro risi ng" the in-
22 A pril, sent 17 recruits to the R egiment !
F in all y, we are able to report th at our n ew OC, habitants of K ent.
The aim o f the camp at L ydd was to im prove
M a j. P . G . Truman, h as settled down com fortab ly
into the job. Apart from the normal mode of trans- the standa rd of shoo tin g; to thi s end the grea ter part
port, he h as been spotted dri ving to wo rk on a of the two weeks was spen t li ve firin g on H ythe r an ges.
mo torbike, agricultural tractor and a 3 -ton truck ! Extern al trips included visi ts to the R egimental
Museum at Canterbury, to D ungeness P ower S tati on,
C Coy. and an afternoon pl ayin g sport aga inst S alam anca
Coy. of the I]LB . Although our sporting performan ce
There h ave been two changes a ff ectin g Junior was no t impressive, it was a mos t en joya ble afternoon.
Soldiers C ompanies over th e past six mon ths: the The battle camp troph y thi s time was carri ed off by
first (g iven brief mention in the la st J ournal) has Lt. N ick G rant and the me mbers of Lu cknow PI.
been the establishment of two Jun ior Sold iers com-
panies; these a re now a well settled pa rt of the A lthough we have lost C pl. Butcher (to the 3rd
esta blishment, and inter-p latoon competitions across Bn), C pl. S mith to the 1st and Cp l. F arrow to
the companies h ave proved popula r. The second a nd Trai ning Suppo rt Win g, we have onl y received one
more radica l change has been i:he decision to retain repl acement-C pl. Bristow from the 1st Bn . (There
Juniors within the one compan y for a full yea r's must be a d as tardl y plot to wea ken the R egimental
militar y training before pass ing them out as tra ined influen ce within the compan y !) To those w ho have
soldiers rather than pass ing ex. Junio rs to recruit left, we give our th anks and good wi shes for the
companies when they reach the age of 17 yea rs.
future.
This n ew system of training started wi th the
intake which arrived in M ay (Sobraon PI.) and we D Coy.
are con v inced that a more thoroughl y trained ex. jun ior Our Senior Regimental representa ti ve is W02
soldier will be joining his B attalion from the D epot .
Sl ater ; he recentl y spent a mid- course break with 1
The high lights of the Winter and Sprin g terms Q U EENS and reports that he was ve ry we ll looked
have been the two battle camp s- the fir st at Crow- after. Sgt. C harman has qu alified as a P ara-Ascendin g
borough and the second a t L ydd . Instructor, an acti vit y w hich is the lates t hobb y here
and J / Pte. Admintris is now attending the first course
Training during the form er con centra ted on for J uniors. Corporal O akes took part in a Cor-
section fieldcraft and minor tactics and, bein g earl y porals' M ess Charit y R oad Run to London which
D ecember, the ch angeable weather added to the ex- raised £ 200 for the D epot C harity Fund, recentl y
perience. The B attle Camp " Fit to Fight" troph y started b y the Commanding Offi cer. The Corporal
(which tested personal skills and team work) was won is now in training for a Bicycle Run from J ohn
by Kohim a PI. very ably led by Sgt. Bob D avies. O ' Groa ts to L ands End also in aid of ch arity.
They won both the section and pl atoon competitions.
During the fin al exercise pl atoons set off around J / Pte. C larke is congr atulated on being the Best
M ereworth woods, Pippingford P ark and A crise Individu al Shot a t the L ydd B attle Camp.
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COLONELS

D. R. Bishop MBE Col. GS (0 12 ) MOD ( A ) N . B. Knocker OBE D epot ( HS ) ( DA Musca t in
D. E. Blum OBE
J. Buckeridge AAG PS4 MOD (A ) B. H . Marciandi OBE D ec.)
K. J. Carter Col GS Sy HQ BAOR H . C. Millman OBE !MS HQ, NATO
K. Dodson OBE BDLS Canberra H . J. A. Moorc OBE DAP ( A ) MOD ( 16 M ay)
M. J. Doyle MBE C of S HQ SAF B. A. M. Pielow
M. V. Hayward OBE HQ AFCENT J. W. Sewell Depot ( HS ) .
Comdt. Sp. Wpns. Wing, G. G. Strong Col GS (Co-ord ) HQ Berlin
A. G. }ones School of Inf.
Col AQ, HQ SW Dist. AAG MOD M3 (A )
DD Sy (A ) 2/ 3 MOD

LIEUT-COLONELS

S. T. W . Anderson MC CO 3 QUEENS K. Osbome Admin. Comdt. NDC
CO 2 QUEENS (Local Lt.-Col.)
C. G. Champion M. R. M . Newall GSOI DNBC School
GSO I ( Ind Trg I ) HQ UKLF A. D. Peckham MBE GS02 (Co-ord ) Junior Div.
R. H. Chappell OBE
HQ Aldershot Grn . J. S. B. Pollard MBE se
D. P. Cronin M. E. C . Rixon
CO 5 QUEENS AAG HQ Queen's Div.
P. H. Courtenay .f. N. Shephard D epot ( HS ) ( att. MOD )
CO 1 QUEENS B. D . 0 . Smith CO D esert Regt, SAF
J. G. W. Davidson Depot (HS )
J R Stephenson OBE GSOl (Ex. Plans) UKC ICC
M. P. St. F. Dracopoli GSOl Dl (AG ) 2, DIS MOD C. L. Tarver MBE GSOl (Ops/Plans) HQ
GSO I ( lnt ) HQ AMF (L ) UKLF
OBE T. L. Trotman GSO I H Q SE Dist.
R. D. Fisher MBE AM S 1/Z, MOD M. W. Ward GSOI ( W ) HQ N Ireland
.f. W. Francis Depot (HS ) (att. Sch of Inf.) C. T. F. West AAG IMRO (North )
Depot ( HS ) (GSO I, I of E
M. C. D . L. Gilham DA Ghana ( 31 Ma y) J . J. White ( A ) in July)
.f. M. Hewson MC GSOI ( Int. Div.) HQ
CO Frontier Force Regt., SAF D . H. Woolstencroft AFCENT
P. Hiscock
J. A. W. Hyde GSO I ( Int/ S y) HQ UKLF

P. D . Johnson DS RCDS (AAG, M3 (A )

MOD in D ec.)

R. Lea MBE GSO I (lnt. ) HQ SAF

H . M . du V. Lohan CO Div. D epot

R. R. McNish Depot (HS )

MAJORS

V. C. Abplanalp 10 ( Interp ) HQ J3AOR W. G. A. Crumley Trg. Maj . 6/7 QUEENS
R. W . Acworth 2 QUEENS ( in June) A. C. Dawson
R. M . Amold J. T. Day 3 QUEENS
I. G. Baillie 3 QUEENS D epot (HS) (Retires 25 June)
P. de S. Barrow GS02 ( l nt/ S y) HQ I Div. D . J. C. Dickins
2 IC 2 QUEENS ( ND C in M . .f. Drummond-Brady I QUEENS
R. A. Bartlett Sep. ) GS02 ( Co-ord ) OAT
G. B. Bateman S. B. Ellwood
P. G. V. Bellers OC 8 CTT A. B . S. Faris RCB
RMC Duntroon B. K. Finch GS02 (W ) RARDE
D. A. Beveridge DAQMG (Wks/Accn ) HQ H. R. Gatehouse MBE GS02 (ERS ) HQ Northag
P . Bishop J. A. George 4 Commns Unit
S. M. Boucher SW Dist. M . E. Girling PPCM HQ UKLF
G. C. Brown SC Ottawa D epot ( PS ) ( ERSP until end
G . Bulloch MBE F. K. Gladden
3 QUEENS B. Goring MBE June)
C. D . B. Butler GS02 ( Int. 3) HQ BAOR
B. A. Carlston NDC R. H. Graham DAAG ( A ) MOD, ( AG
P . V. Chcesman GS02 ( Ops) HQ 2 Div. P.A. Grav MOD )
E. L. Christian NDC ( GSOI ( lnt. ) HQ AMF C. T. Griffin R CO ( 3 QUEENS in Aug.)
P. D . J. Clarke C. M. M. Grove GS02 DVT & C MOD (A )
( L ) in Aug.) P. A. Gwilliam l CTT ( 26 May)
P. ]. Collman MBE DAMS HQ UKLF
M . R. I . Constantine DAA & QMG HQ 4 Div. P . .T. Gvbbon-Monypenny 2 QUEENS
P. C. Cook Int. Div., HQ SHAPE C. M . Hamilton 2 QUEENS ( HQ Queens Div.
A. B. Cowing GS02, HQ SE Dist. J. C. Holman in July)
P. P. Critchley HE Centre BAOR ( G erman GS02 (Plans) JSS M alta
P. J. Hubert MBE Sch. of Inf. ( 12 M ay)
SC in Sep.) RMAS (CO 2 QUEENS in
HQ NORTHAG ( SP) BAE Aug.)
DAMS (2) MS ( SB ) MOD DAA & QMG HQ 11 Armd.

Adjt. 2 QUEENS Bde.
2IC 3 QUEENS

2 QUEENS

42 I QUEENS P. V. Panton GS02 ( Ops/ SD/ l nt/ Sy ) HQ
16 Fit. AA C SE Dist . ( I QUEENS in Sep. )
N . S. Hunter Depot ( PS ) J. D. W. Reid GS02 ( Ex Branch ) HQ
T . jackson SO l ( lnt. ) JIO Ca nbe rra BALTAP
M. j. Jarratt C. H. St. John Perry GS02 A T ea m MOD ( A)
J . M . H . Johnson MBE 2 QUEENS D . H . A. Shephard Brunei M alay Regt.
J . D. Jonklass I QUEENS H. N . Tarver GS02 (W ) MICV DGFVE
J. Langhome Depot (H S)
C. L. Lawrence MC M . R. Tarver MOD (PE )
M . D.Legg JLAT Iran HQ Queen's Div . ( RMAS in
A. F. S. Ling GS02 ( Ops/ SD/ Trg .) HQ I E. A. Taylor
H . C. L. Tennent J u l y)
I. M . E. Lloyd D i v. S. C. Thorpe GS02 Ops. BRIXMIS
R. M . Low Trg. M a j. 5 QUEEN S GS02 (NUC) HQ AFCENT
P. Mallalieu I JL B (Ca nadian SC in July) R. Waite Depot (HS ) (2 QUEENS 23
G Mason MBE A. C. Ward
R. T . W . Mellotte l]LB M ay)
M . B. Montgomery GS02 (Cdts.) HQ E Dist. M . .f. Williams
R. E. B. Morris I QUEENS (RC O in Aug.) R. T . P. Williams 3 QUEENS
GS02 ASD MOD (A ) P.A. S . Wollocombe I QUEENS ( Sch . of lnf. in
R. P . Murphy I QUEENS ( SCQ HQ Berlin
W. N. Wren MBE Nov.)
N. J. D. McCully Inf. Bde. in June) D . J. Wright GS02 ( W ) ADP US Arm y
DAQMG (Qtg.) HQ 6 Armd . A M an SG (WS )
A. E. McManus S. J. Yates GS02 HQ Allied Sta ff , Berlin
Bde. (H Q !(BR) Corps, J u ly)
R. W.Neve MC DAAG Ml (A) I MOD DM GS02 ( In f. ) H Q UKLF
P. F. Packham MBE GS02 ( MA ) to D COS (Log )
R. J. Palmer (A ) HQ AFNORTH
GS02 ( W ) AMA ( T ech.), Depot ( HS ) ( D epot RAPC end

Warsaw M ay)
GS02 ( D! Za) MOD
2 QUEENS
5 QUEENS

CAPTAINS

J. C. Acworth Sch . of Inf. J. N. M . Keams Depot ( PS )
M. W. Allington I QUEENS
A. N. Armitage-Smith 3 QUEENS M. J. A. Kealy DSO c/ o RHQ
M . J. Ball GS02 ( 0~/ SD ) HQ 5 I QUEENS
Airportable Bde. M. P. Lawson I QUEENS
J . R. Bass 5 QUEENS (Conrate 18 M ay ) A. C. Mieville 2 QUEENS
K. E. Beale YLO Div. D epot B. M . Morris 2 QUEENS
A. A. A. Beattie 2 QUEENS
R. J. Benson I QUEENS J. N . C. Myles US Arm y Inf. Sch ., Fort
S. W. Billett :l RRF 1. G . MacWilliam Benning
G. H. Brown MBE BEM 3 U DR 45 Comma ndo
N. C. G. Cann 1/ 2 G R R. M. McGhie 2 QU"EEN S
A. H . Carter SAF 3 QUEENS
D. S . Carter I QUEENS P. M. H . McGill I QUEENS
C. G. F. Charter I QUEENS P. D. McLelland AAC Det. Belize
A. A. M . Christmas 3 QUEENS P.A. Newman Depot (H S) (RAPC Trg.
S. M. Dowse SC ( A ) HQ I (Br ) Corps A. P . O'Gorman Centre 28 M ay )
B. W. Edey 2 QUEENS
J. E. Ewart I QUEENS .J. R. C. Palmer I QUEENS
2 QUEENS I QUEENS
D . M. Falcke D epot ( HS ) ( 3 QUEENS in M. H . G. Pannett HQ 8 In f. Bde. ( 31 M ay)
R. G. Ford RE Band, Aldershot
R. Gancz June ) .f. R. Partridge
D . C. F. Gouda 3 QUEENS E. S. Parker 3 QUEENS
I CTT ( Reti res in M ay) M. F. Pearson Depot (PS )
P. M. Gwilliam D. R. Pollard 3 QUEENS
GS03 (W ) MVEE D . E. Pryce A(Mus) TCL 3 QUEENS
.f. M. Harcus GS03 ( Ops/ Air ) HQ 8 Inf. W. 1. Rippon RIT
N. P. Harris 1. C. Rogerson IJLB ( to retire 23 M ay)
P. R. Hitchcock Bde. N. F. Russell
J . A. Hodges N ITAT (HQ 19 Airptble. Bde. J. A. B. Salmon 2 QUEENS
G . A. Sinunons I QUEENS
D. P. L. Hodgetts in July) D . W. S impson GS03 (Ops/Int) H Q SAF
P. R. P. Howe J. B. Stirling 2 Para TACP
3 QUEENS P. R. P . Swanson D epot ( PS )
.T. F. Huskisson Adjt. 3 QUEENS P.A. Tawell
B. D. Thompson SC ( A ) HQ 12 Mech. Bde.
R. M . J ackson I QUEENS P. G. Truman
A. M. F. Jelf GS03 (SDZ ) H Q I (Br ) (Actg. Maj.) 2 QUEENS
R. A. Jennings G. W. White GS02 (SD ) H Q 4 Div. ( I
C. M . Joint Corps M. C. Willis QUEENS in July)
I. R. jones HQ 6 A rmd . Bde. T . C. Wilson I QUEENS
3 QUEENS (HQ 3 Armd. Div. 2 QUEENS
L. M. Wilson SC ( A) HQ 8 Field Force
in July) K . Yonwin
2 QUEENS H. A. P . Yorke
Adjt. 5 QUEENS

RMAS

3s eQ UQEuEe tNt aS

3 QUEENS

43

HQ LIEUTENANTS
ep.)
M . J . Ayling l QUEENS C. E. McEwen 41 AYT (2 QUEENS m
HQ A. W. Banatt l QUEENS
Scp.)
J R Barrell 3 QUEENS S. J. Parker Oxford Univ.
Ca rdiff Unit ( I QUEENS h
J. A. Bullock Depot (PS ) N. M. Peckham
Aug.)
E N. H. Carter l QUEENS J.N.Pratten 2 QUEENS
J. C. Dawson 2 QUEENS (I )LB 16 M ay)
3 QUEENS
; in L. R. Edwards l QUEENS M. S. Quinn Depot ( P S ) ( IJL B in Aug. )
P . A. W. Edwards 3 QUEENS Lon . Univ. ( I QUEENS il
A. D . J. Ray
Aug. )
D. R. Ellis l QUEENS J. P . Riley 2 QUEENS
2 QUEENS
lN T M. J. Flynn 2 QUEENS A. J. Roberts 3 QUEENS ( 1JLB in Aug.)
23 C. W. Robinson
N. J. Grant Depot (PS ) I QUEENS
K. J. Haley 2 QUEENS (P ara. in J une) J. D . K. Russell
2 QUEENS
R. W. de L. Harper 2 QUEENS A. W . Russell D epot ( PS )
D . J . Wake Depot ( PS )
in L. H. Hart 2 QUEENS Lon. U ni v. ( 3 QUEENS in
J. J. B. Hiscock 3 QUEENS
B'ham Univ. ( 3 QUEENS in G. A. Wailer Jul y)
ny R. J. Knight P. F. Whithouse RAPC Trg. Centre
June)
R. W. Wilby
erlin W. Knight-Hughes 2 QUEENS
A. C. N . Marston l QUEENS
G. K. Yonwin
J. P. S. Mills 3 QUEENS

Log) T . N. McDennott I QUEENS

: end R. F. Cordell SECOND LIEUTENANTS

QUEENS T. J. Hurley 2 QUEENS

J. Barr QUEENS S. J. Lalor 2 QUEENS

H. Beeston 1 QUEENS G. G. Lambert 3 QUEENS

J. P. Castle 3 QUEENS L. S. P. Mans 1 QUEENS

A. J. Cooper 2 QUEENS W. R. Morris 2 QUEENS

M. J. Cooper 3 QUEENS P. J. Newman 2 QUEENS

M. F. G. Drummond-Brady 3 QUEENS J. C. Noble I QUEENS

M. J. S. Dunham 3 QUEENS M. R. Rayner 3 QUEENS

H. W. R. Egan I QUEENS D . V. Watson 3 QUEENS

M. J. Featherstone I QUEENS R. W . Wilkinson 3 QUEENS

A. M. Goulden 1 QUEENS N. A. M. Wright 2 QUEENS

R. M. Hook 3 QUEENS

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44 the R egula r and TA VR Battalions are followed with
interest an d we are glad to have assoc iated with us
THE QUEEN'S CAD ETS such well know Quecnsmen as Cols. Sandy Alexa nder,
Tom Coath, Frank Nev ille a nd Jim Ogilvie.
KENT ACF
Our good wishes to all Queensmen past and
The Army Cadet Force in Kent consists of 56
Officers, 93 Staff Instructors and 1200 Cade ts. M ost presen t .
of the above a re to be found in 45 D etachments
located all over the County. The rema inder arc serving SUSSEX ACF
in the va rious H ea dquarters.
It is nea rl y a yea r since Col. P eter Shaw, OBE,
The command structure of K ent ACF has been TD, BSc(Econ.), one time CO of Light Infantry
undergoin g a major re-organisa tion a nd, on 1 J an. Volunteers, took over the ap pointment of Count y
'77, the County was d ivided into two halves-Eas t Cadet Commanda nt from Col. P atrick T etley, TD,
Kent and W est K ent. E ach of these is commanded DL. The following is a brief acco unt of the high-
by a Deputy Commandant and each contains ma jor lights of the pas t twelve months.
units under which the detachme nts a re grouped v iz:
In M ay, 2/ Lt. M alcolm Lewis took a pa rty of
East Kent Cadet s from M ay fi eld College to D artmoor, where a
1st, 2nd and 4th Cadet Bns., The Queens R eg imen t; team of six successfull y completed the " T en T ors"
and Invicta Cadet Sqn., 2 RTR . exped ition . Incidentall y the college has had an official
West Kent Cadet U nit, without a break, since 191 5; origin ally
K ent ACF R eg iment RE, 3rd Cadet Bn. The it was affi lia ted to 5th (Cinque P orts) Bn., The Ro ya l
Queens Regiment ; two Batteries badged to T
Gunners and a n independent Troop affi liated to S ussex Regt.
King 's Troop RHA . Our Exercise " Skidape" (short for "S ussex

Command of the County as a whole will remain Kounty (?) Inter-Detachment Annual Proficiency
as a t present with the Count y Commanda nt at M aid- Examinat ion") in M ay was at Pirbright ; it is a good
stone and it is not intended that there shall be competition involvi ng most aspects of the ACF Arm y
any loss of County identity. However, by delega tion of Proficienc y syll ab us and is run each yea r by 8 Cade t
certain powers to the Deputy Comma ndants in the Training Team, commanded, at present, by M aj. Bob
new H ea dquarters (Canterbury for the E as t and
Sittingbourne for the West ) it will be possible to Bartlett ( QUEENS).
bring effective assis tance more speedily to the units June was a busy month : our Corps of Drums,
and detachments.
raised mostl y from the C hichester area and under the
A word should perhaps be sa id abo ut our new guidance of Capt. L en Butt and SM I John Windeba nk,
affi lia tions to RTR . an d The Gunners. At the time together with our M otor Cycle Display T eam from
of writing the pl ans are that all this will be com plete E as t Sussex, gave performances in the vast Ru shmoor
hy Camp '77 a nd as from tha t time all " teeth " arms Arena during the Aldershot Army Display. The or-
will be represented in the Count y. The un it com- ganisers have invited them back aga in th is year, so
manded from D ea l was rebadged to R TR on i they must have been good. The M otor Cycle T eam,
Nov. '76 and our detachments at Swanley, Sitting- will not, however, have the supervision of its founder,
bourne and Sheerness will be rebadged to RA at a Lt .-Col. Vie Vidler, MBE, who, regrettably b ut under-
date ye t to be arranged. standably after 28 yea rs with Sussex AC F , has just
retired . SS! Robin Tuppen is the new " m anage r".
The Queen's-badged cadets in 1st, 2nd, 3rd a nd Both band and motor cyclists give numerous displa ys
4th Bns. now number 75 0-the bulk of the Count y. throughout the summer.
The numbers are increasing and our aim is to produce
ever greater numbers qualifi ed at 3-sta r a nd above. Camp las t yea r was a t St. M artin 's Plain in
August-hot, dry but very successful and our Honorary
M a jor Count y events during the past yea r were Colonel, Earl de la Warr, was with us over the middle
a Mountain E xpedition in C umbria in April ; an weekend; he dined with the Officers and, next day,
ACFA-sponsored visit to BAOR also in April ; the reviewed an excellent parade . H e also presented SM I
Annual Rifl e M eeting a t Milton on 20 June; Open Bill Harmes, one of our AAI's and an ex-Queensm an,
D ay at Invicta P ark, M aidstone on 2 7 June, an r"
Annual Camp at Redesdale 1-1 5 Aug. with the Ca det Forces M eda l.
In S eptember, our open range days were held
In Cumbria this yea r, we aga in operated from
our "mountain ba se" at Pattersdale w ith twe lve senior at Kithurst, nea r Storrington . This 12-target range
cadets taking part. Training at the Outward Bound is not exclusive to us, but we do control it and an
School at Windermere was included in this progra mme. ex-AAI- SMI "Chips" C hiappori, another we ll-
known Queensman- is the range warden.
Camp will be a t Thetford, Norfolk where we
have been alloca ted two camps ( Wretham ' A ' and Throughout the winter months, we have been
'B') from 30 July-14 Aug. doing all the indoor trai ning, but several weekends
have recentl y been spent with 5 QUEEN S from
Other activities under way include the formation H astings; 6/7 QUEENS from Horsham have also
of a sound film production un it ( first results from
this a re awaited with some interest-12 reels of film given us help.
ha ve been shot a nd are being edited); the formation Our Queens-badged detachments took part in the
of an Infantry D emonstration Platoon, and the setting
up of an LAD at Ashford . "Cumberland Sword)) competition at Crowborough ;
we did not manage to wres t the wea pon from Surrey,
Finall y, mention must be m ade of the interest b ut we congratulate Cadet Sgt. Luff of Chichester on
shown in cadet ac ti vities by The Queen's R eg t. which being the highest placed Sussex Cadet.
is deeply apprec ia ted. It is our desire to support The
R egiment in every wa y possible. The activities of A pa rt y of cadets led by Lt. C ha rles Go rton a re
(at the time of this report ) staying with l QUEENS
at W erl as part of the A C F Annual Visit to BAOR
a nd we look forward to receiving a glowing report on.

their attachment.
Finall y, we report, with pleasure, that our

Littlehampton D et . represented the County in the