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The Journal of

THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

UNCONQUERED I SERVE

Vol. 11, No. 2 December, 1977

Battle Honours borne on The Colours

The Regimwtal Colour:
"Tangier, 1662-80," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704-5," "Blenheim," "Ramillies," "Malplaquet," "Detingen,"
"Louisburg," "Guadaloope, 1759," "Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "St. Lucia, 1778," "Seringapatam,"
"Maida," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Douro," "Talavera," "Albubera," "Almaraz," "Badajoz," "Salamanca,"
"Vittoria," "Affgbanistan, 1839," "Punniar," "Moodkee," "Sobraon," "lnkerm.an," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow,"
uTaku 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," "Marne, 1914-18,, "Aisne, 1914," "Ypres, 1914-15-17-18," " Hill 60," "Festubert, 1915," "Som.me,
1916, 18," "Albert, 1916, 18," "Vimy, 1917," "Cambrai, 1917, 18," "Hindenburg Line," "Italy, 1917-18," "Mace-
donia, 1915-18," "Gallipoli, 1915," "Gaza," "jenJSalem ," "Palestine, 1917-18," "Defence of Kut al Amara,"
" Mesopotamia, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 1940," "Normandy Landing,"
"North West Europe, 1940, 44-45," "Abyssinia, 1941 ," "Omars," "Alam el 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 Kobima," "Burma, 194345."

Allied Colo11els-in-Chief
HER MAJESTY QUEEN JULIANA, Queen of the Netherlands

.HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE II of Denmark
Colonel of The R egim em : Major General F. A. H. LI NG, CB , CBE, DSO, DL

(Maj.-General R .S.N. MANS , CBE on I Jan . '78 )

D epury Co louels of Th e R egim enT ( unril 31 D ec. ' 77)
Surrey: Major General R. S. N. MANS, CBE

K em : (Acting) Co lonel H. R. GR ACE, OBE, JP, DL
Sussex : Brigadier B. R. COLEMAN

Middleux: Colonel J . N . SHIPSTER, CBE, DSO
(Deputy Colonel of the Regiment w.ef. I J an. '78-Brig. B. R .
COLEMAN)

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Commanding Officers

1st Battalion-Lt.-Col. ] . C. HOLMAN
2nd Battalion-Lt.-Col. C. G. CHAMPION
Jrd Battalio11-Lt.-Co l. S . T . W . ANDERSON, M C
5th (Volunteer) Battalion-Lt.-Col. P. H . COURTENAY
6th/7 th (Volmzteer) Battalion-Lt.-Col. F. B. HERD, TD

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

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

A.C.F. Uniu/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 (Homsey).
Cadet Coys.
N.W. London Sector Cadet Bos. Nos. 133, 141 , 143, 15 1, 152, 153, 154, 155, 161 to 165, 167
Cadet Bos. 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 Regiment (Kent A. C. F .).
Cadet Pis. No. 6 (Crawley).
Surrey: Nos. 2 ( Seaford ), 3 ( H astings), 4 ( Lewes), 7 (Chichester), 8 (Crow-
Kent: borough), 10 (Eastbourne), 11 (Horsham), 13 (Shoreham), 14 (Bexhill),
Suasu:: 15 (Brighton), 17 (Bognor), 18 (Littlehampton), M ayfield College and
Lewes old GS .

ALLffiD REGIMENTS

The Catwdian Armed Forces-

The Queen's York R angers (RCAC)
The South Alberta Light Horse
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton & York)
The Essex and Kent Scottish

The Australian 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 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranaki) The Royal New

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

Sierra Leone-
The Royal Sierra Leone Military Force

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

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

EDITOR-Major G . U. WEYMOUTH, MBE (Retd.)

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

RHQ THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT
H owe Barracks, Canterbury. (T el.: 6528 1)

R egimental Secretary : Col. ] . N. Shipster, CBE, DSO ( Ext. 1)
A ssistant R egimental S ecretary : M aj. G. U . Weymouth, MBE ( Ex t. 3)

Finan cial S ecretary: M aj. E . A. M cCarthy ( Ext. 2)

Archives: Maj. F . f . R eed ( Ex t. 22 )

R egim ental Association and R ecmiting: Maj. G. T . Faulkn er ( Ext. 9 )
Publications and Admin.: M aj. A. E. F . Waldron, MBE ( Ext. 21)
R egim ental Careers Officer: M aj. R . T. W . M ellotte ( Ex t. 12)

REGULAR UNITS 2nd Bn. 3rd Bn. QUEENS RIT

I Lathbury Barracks, Somme Lines, Canterbury (HQ) and
Gibraltar, Catter ick Gm ., Maidstone
1st Bn. BFPO 52. N. Yorks (! ). T el: M aidstone Mil. Ext. 292
Albuhera Barracks,
Werl,
BFPO 106.

T & AVR BATTALIONS

5th (V ) Bn. 6th/7th (V) Bn.
Bn. H Q & HQ Coy: Bn. H Q: T & A VR Centre,
L eros T & AVR Centre, Denne Road,
Srurry Road, Horsham, Sussex.
C anterbury.
Col. D . A . H. Sime, OBE, MC, TD.
Honcrary Co lonels:
Col . H . H . Prince Georg of Denmark, KCVO.

D I V I S I ONAL DEPOT- Bassingbourn Barracks, Royston, Herts . Senior Regimental Representative: Lt.-Co/. H . M. du V. L oha11
( I) To Connaught Barracks, Dover, J an . '78.

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Editor: c 0 nt e nt s

Major G. U. Weymouth.

M.B.E. (Ret'd.)
Regimental Headquarters,
Howe Barracks,
Canterbury, Kent.

Cap Badge •
CoUar Badge Page

Button The Colonel of the Regiment's Christmas Message 5

• Editorial 6

Forecast of Events, 1978 ... 7

Maj .-Gen. Ling-An appreciation by his successor

Maj.-Gen. Mans, Colonel-designate 9

The 1st Battalion 11

The 2nd Battalion ... 21

The 3rd Battalion 27

The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion 33

The 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion 37

Depot, The Queen's Division 43

A Report by the R.C.O. 46

The Queen's Cadets 47

Odds and Ends 51

Letters 54

Re-organization of RHQ-by Maj .-Gen. Mans 55

The Regimental Golfing Society 56

Alliances and Affiliations 57

The London Gazette 58

Marriages and Deaths 59

Obituaries 61

A New " Colonels Colour" for 1 QUEENS-

by Lt.-Col. J. G. W. Davidson 65

The County Associations 66

The Regimental Shop 75

Journal Order Form ... Back Page

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%1 <!bristmas JMessage
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I~~- ~- From the Colonel of the RegimentI am beginning this, my fifth and last Christmas Message, in Germany, after a
·_
. farewell Audience with Queen Juliana at Soestdijk Palace and a visit to the 1st Bn. at Werl .
~ The Queen, h av ing honou red the Reg iment by presenting me with the Grand C ross of the
-~-._ Q1rder of The H o use of Ora-nge, asked me, particularly, to convey H er very best wishes to

~ all members of The R egiment. I paid my farewell respects to Queen M argrethe on 1st D ecember
at the D anish Embassy in L ondon and H er M ajesty, too, asked me to send yo u H er warmest

g r ee t i n g s.

I have nothing but feelings of gratitude for the wa rmth of the hospitality alwa ys

shewn to me during visits to o ur five battalions and never more so than in these las t few

~.. .· months. •
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It has been a va ried yea r for the 1st Bn ., retra ining after Northern Ireland-the
pe renni al problem-exercises in Canada, KAPE tour in UK and, las t but not least , an
~ Davidson is certai nl y to be congratulated on hi s time in command and to Colonel J ohn
. outsta nding contribution to that magnificent spectacle of The Queen's R eview of Rhine Army
. :.· at Sennelage r on the 8th Jul y when I myself was lucky enough to b~ present . Colonel J ohn
:.~: The 2nd Bn., hav ing spent most of the first half of 1977 in Northern Ireland, is
H olman, who succeeded him, we all wish a highl y successful tour.

now more quietl y a nd, I h ope, com fortably settled in its Gibralta r haven with its touristically

~. attractive and now increas ingly fri endly neighbour.

Under their new CO, Colonel Stuart Anderson, the 3rd Bn. had a m arked ly
-~-. successful and interesting tour in defence of Belize. It is now about to move to D over ~
where it will be the first Queen's battalion to serve in our Regimental territory since we ·'

form ed.

In the midst of this wonderful Jubilee Year, representative parties of both our .•
-~ TA VR battalions contributed to the Review of the R ese rve Army by H er M a jesty a t W emb ley §, •
Stadium-a parade which Colonel J im Ogilvie commanded with such presence and precision . ~

~. In April, we say goodbye to Colonel P aul Courtenay but a warm welcome awaits M ajor ~~~.
This autumn, the 5th Bn . carried o ut exacting training in Norway and next yea r it wi ll do so
in Schleswig- H olstein; the Battalion is now firml y a part of 6 Field F orce with all the ..

. interest and cha llenge that this rOle, in an o therw ise virtuall y all-regular formation, provides. ~
~~- During 1977, the 6th/ 7th Bn. has gone from strength to strength. Splendidl y led, ··

Simon Boucher-son of a dist inguished former Buff s G eneral -who is to succeed him . ~

·. ·.
-~ and manned by young and enthusiastic volunteers, it is fit for an y role as part of the .
Countr y's all-too-small General R eserve which will surely, one da y, be needed.

-~- No mention of our TAVR would be complete without drawing attention to The '

-~- Queen 's Reg iment TA VR Band and Drums who, for the second time in fi ve yea rs, were ~~.·
graded " Outstanding" by the Kneller H all Inspection T ea m-a doubly-unique TA VR ~
achi evement which emph as ises how well Bandmas ter C!ark deserved his awa rd of the MBE .
~Let us also congratulate all our 3000-and-more junior Queensmen of the Army

-~- Ca det Force on another successful yea r. I have always en joyed my visi ts to them in th• . .

~ past and look forward to such occa sions in the future, as well as visits to the TAVR
in m y capacity as Vice-Chai rm an of the South E ast TA & VR Association . '

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··~"~: - ~~~-·~A word abo ut the Regimental hierarch y. Let me first welcome Colonel John ':
Shipster; he relieves M a jor Guy W eymouth who has given nearly eleven yea rs of intensely

loyal and devoted service as our R egimental Secretary. R ecentl y retired after a long and

distinguished career in both the Middlesex and Queen's Regiments and on the Staff,

Colonel Shipster now hea ds our centralized R eg imental H ea dquarters team at Canterbury.

Now, as the New Year ushers in a fresh reg ime, it seems to me that this is
the right time to hand over the Colonelcy, with full confidence to General Rowley Mans who is
so well qualifi ed for the ap pointment by his service, experience and age; he will, I know,
have the enthusiastic backing of us all-the Old Comrades of our former R egiments and
serving Queensmen alike. At this time also, Colonel Ra ymond Grace ceases to ac t as
D eputy for K ent; Col. John Shipster stands down as D eputy Colonel (Middlesex), leaving
Brigadier Ra y Coleman as G eneral Mans' sole Deputy.

I should like to say again how very greatly I appreciated that lovely silver tray-
bearing the signatures of the four Deputies and the Regimental badge-presented by the
Officers of the Regiment. I shall always value it as a treasured memento of m y time

as Colonel.

Fmally, my very smcerc thanks to the D eputy Colonels, all Commandmg Officers,

Regimental Trustees and, most especmlly, to the highly-efficient and hardworkmg Regimental ~

HQ staff- not forgettmg those who have served us so well m the recruiting field-at
Canterbury and m the County Offices. I am truly grateful for their help and guidance

· dunng the past eight years, first as Deputy to the late much-loved General D1ck Craddock, ~-·.
' and latterly, as h1 s successor

i. To every member of the Regtment, whether servtng as regulars, volunteers or ~
cadets and to all our famili es and Old Comrades, my very best wishes for a Happy Chnstmas
~~~
and New Year and all possible good luck m the years ahead
~
~~~o~-~~n~r;rG,

Colonel, The Queen's R eg iment.

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EDITORIAL

At the time of writing, the firemen are on strike; the whole country has been suffering electricity
black-outs; the lifts in high rise blocks remain out of order and not a da y goes by without some militant
group or other demanding higher-than-the-norm wages on the grounds that they, like Uncle Tom Cobley and
All, are a "special case". And no wonder: one minute we are told that the country's coffers are over-brim-
ming and that North Sea oil is going to make us richer still; and the next, that we must all accept the fact
that we are bankrupt and must remain so. Of course, those unspeakable chaps who simpl y won 't take "no"
for an answer must get their way but the devil take the hindmost. What an extraordinary wa y to run a
public relations exercise!

The end of the year marks the retirement from office of General Fergus Ling, our Colonel, and
everyone will wish to join this writer in thanking him for the tremendously sincere and kindly interest he
has always taken in our affairs and to wish him well in his retirement. G en . Fergus' dearest wish, through-
out his four years of tenure, has been to achieve more cohesion between present and past members of the
entire Regimental famil y and we all owe it to him to strengthen this concept, maintaining the momentum
he has already achieved in this sphere.

R eaders who are concerned with such matters will note that R eg imental Headquarters has been com-
pletely re-organized ( See article on page 55). The Secretariat will, from 1 Jan. '78, have six ROs and
Clerical staff will also be augmented; a nucleus of the full team is already settling down to its task in
complete harmony. The saving in manpower, r esulting in concentration at Canterbury is nearly 50 % whilst
further economies will, of course, be achieved in accommodation, light and fuel. The whole exerci se, under-
taken voluntarily by the Regiment, is being watched with particular interest by the Directorate of Infantry as
a possible blue print for other Line Regiments.

Two significant events during the year were The Queen's review of the TAVR ( including our two
battalions) at Wembley on 30th June; and our 1st Bn. paraded with other units in BAOR during Her Majesty's
review of the Army at Sennelager in July. But what might have turned out to be the most dramatic event,
was when the 3rd Bn., whilst garrisoning Belize, was faced with the threat of inva sion by Guatamalan forces

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in late Jul y/ ea rl y August. Another highlight, featured in deta il elsewhere, was th e impressive ceremony 10
Ca nterbur y Ca thedral when three se ts of old Colours of our form er K entish Regiments we re layed-up, in-
volving detachments from the 2nd Bn. , the two TA VR battalions, and Cadets from ou r K ent AC F Units.

Finall y, the writer would like to thank all those who have contr ibu ted to and collated materi al for
the production of this J ournal throughout the yea r ; and to wish them, as we ll as all readers, a very happy
Christmas and a prosperous ( within the guide lines, of cou rse) New Yea r.

May (continued )

Forecast of Events 13 M iddlesex Regt. Assn. Service of R emem-
brance, St. Pau l's Ca thedra l. and Annual
1978 16
16-1 8 Reunion, P orchester H all.
January 19 Queen 's Surreys WOs' and Sgts.' Assn . AGM
18-26 3 QUEENS to Dover. 25 and Annual Dinner, Kingston ( provisiona l ) .
13 Investments Sub-Committee Meeting. 28 ALBUHERA DAY.
18 Managing Trustees Meeting.
R. Sussex Assn. 1st Goodwood R ace M eeting.
February Queen's Surreys G .S. M atch v. Roya l
10 Sobraon Day-1st Bn.
11 Queen 's Surreys WOs' and Sgts.' Assn. M arines, Ri chmond.
Queen's Own Ro ya l W est K ent Officers' C lub
Sobra on Dance, Kingston ( prov isional ). P art y, Army and Navy C lu b.
11 Queen's Own Buff s Assn. Sandwich Branch
R. Sussex Assn . C ricket M atch v. Lavinia,
Annual Dinner/ D ance. Duchess of No rfolk's XI, A rundel Castle.

June G lorious First of June-l st Bn.
1
3- 17 6!7 QUEENS Camp, Stanford.
Queen's Surreys Assn. Annual Chu rch Ser-
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vice, Gui ldford Cathedral.

March R . Su ssex Assn. Committee M eeting and July Queen's Own Buffs Assn .- Annual Service
10 2 of Remembrance and Reunion, M aidstone .
Cocktail P arty, Londo n. Regimental G.S . Match v. RMAS, Army
11 Queen 's Own Buffs Assn. M aidstone Branch 22 G .C., Aldershot.
50th Anniversary Dinner/ D ance. 25 -29
18 R . Sussex OCA E xec. Committee M eeting, Queen's Own Buff s G.S. M atch v. Fleet G .C.
C hichester. R. S ussex Assn. M ain Goodwood Race
M eeting .

April Queen 's Own Buff s Assn.- AGM and Inter- A u gu st
8 Branch Darts Competition.
15 Queen's Own Buff s G.S . Spring M eeting, 6 Queen 's Own Buffs Assn. Annual Service of
16 AGM and Dinner. Remembrance and R eun ion, Ca nterbur y.

21 HM Queen Margrethe's birthday. 22 Regimental G.S. match v. Queen's Own Buffs
29 R . Sussex Assn . St. G eorge's D ay Service G.S., R.A.C. C ountry Club, Epsom.
and Reception, C hichester .
30 6!7 QUEENS Officers' M ess Ball, Sutton. 25-26 R. S ussex Assn. 2nd Goodwood R ace M ee ting.
R . Sussex Assn. O C A's AGM and Reunion
September
Dinner, L ewes. I Regimental G.S. ANNUAL MEETING,
Army G .C., Aldershot.
Queen's Own Buff s G .S . M atch v. R ye G .C. 8 Sevastopol Day-2nd Bn.
HM Queen Juliana's birthday. 9 Salerno Day- 1st Bn.
13 Quebec Day-3rd Bn.
May (Early May) Army Golf Meeting, Royal 19 Queen's Div. Inter-Regimental Golf match,
Birkdale and Hillside Links, Argyll and Gog and Magog G.C., Cambridge.
4
S utherland Bowl. October
9 M iddlesex Regt . G .S . Spring M eeting, North 5-6 Queen's Surreys G .S . two-day Autumn
12-16 Ham s G .C. M eeting and AGM, Richmond .
12 Queen's Surreys G .S . Spring M eeting, 6 Queen's Surreys Officers' C lub Dinner,
12/ 13 Richm ond . C laridges.
R . Sussex Officers' D inner, Arundel Castl e
R . S ussex Assn . Aubers Ridge Service, ( date later).
Arundel.
November
The Buff s Dragon C lub Dinner.
3 QUEENS, Albuhera celebrations, Dover. Queen 's Surreys Annual Reunion ( date and
Middlesex R egt. Officers' C lub Cocktail P arty, place to be notified in M ay).
Cavalry and G uards C lu b.
Glorious First of June celebrations with HMS 12 Queen 's Surreys Assn. Remembrance D ay
Excellent at Dover. P arades, Guildford and K ingston.

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Maj.-Gen. Ling, the y will continue to be an integral part of our R egi-
mental family.
Colonel of the Regt.
G eneral Ling's interest in the Present and the
An appreciation by his successor, Maj .-Gen. Mans Future is evidenced not onl y by the time he h as sp ent
in visiting and getting to know All Ranks of our
Maj .-Gen . F ergus Ling succeeded Lt.-Gen. Sir R egular battalions and the D epot but also by the
Richard ("Dick") C raddock as Colonel of the R egi- very considerable eff ort he has m ade to encourage
ment in October 1973. H e h as had, therefore, the our Volunteers and ade ts. W e are fortun ate indeed
difficult task of piloting the R egiment through the that he will be continuing as C hairman of the Surrey
second part of its first decade. TAVR Committee.

Very understandably, during these first ten yea rs The "Cumberland Sword" competition for our
of our life as a R egiment, there have been many who, ACF units which was instituted by G eneral L ing is
motiva ted by traditional and natural loyalties to our an outstand ing example of his determination to make
Founder R egiments, have found it difficult to the Cadets know that they play a very real role in
assim ulate the changes and all that they have meant our R egimental affai rs.
to the Infantry. G eneral F ergus has made it his
particular ob jective to convince both the P as t and Fergus Ling is, above all, a family man. This h as
the Present that the Queen's R egiment really does come through time and time again during the penod
embrace all that is good and worthy of preservation of his Colonelcy. A ssisted so admirabl y by his wife,
from our great history and at the same time, based Sheelagh, he has gone to great lengths to brin~ this
on this strength, can face the exciting challenge of sense of fami ly entity into the life of the R egiment.
the future with confidence. His interest in all its members, especially the younger
element, h as been particularl y marked.
It was General Ling's determination that the
R egiment should be seen to be a cohesive entity, We take this opportunity of thanking, most
which led him to conceive the plan whereby the con- warml y, G eneral and Mrs. Ling for the dedication
trol of our affairs should be from one centralised they have shown in serving the Queen's R egiment
RHQ at Canterbury-a proj ect that is now well on over the past four years and we wish them bounteous
the way to realisation . In seeing this through he good fortune in the yea rs to come in the knowledge
has taken great pains to ass ure all Old Comrades that that they will always have an honoured and special
place in our R egimental family.
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MAJ.-GEN. R. S. N. MANS, CBE Since his retirement from "full-time" service,
G en . Rowley h as also become President of his local
Gen. R owley M ans was born on 16 J an. 192 1 branch of the Royal British Legion ; Chairman of the
and educated at S urbiton Grammar School and the Surrey Committee of the Army Benevolent Fund;
RMC Sandhurst. In D ec. ' 39 he was gazetted to The C hairman-designate of the South E ast TAVR Assn.;
Queen's Ro yal R egt. (W est Surrey ) and, after a short ex-officio member of the E astern Wessex TAVR
spell at the R egimental Depot and 13th H olding Bn., Assn.; the Board of M anagement of the Victory C lub,
was posted to the 1/ 6th Bn. The East Surrey R egt . L ondon ; and several other Army and regimentall y-
From October 1940 to June '45 he served with the connected organizations.
King's African Rifles and, during 46/ 47, wi th the
1/ 6th Bn. The Queen's Royal R egt. in P alestine. I n H e is widely travelled and speaks flu ent French
M arch '4 7 he became the first Adjutant of the re- and Ki-Swahili. His outside interests include football,
formed 6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regt. (TA ) . gardening and writing. M arried, with three sons-
one who served until recently as a R eg ular Officer in
From 195 1 to '53 he was BM of 39 Bde. both in The Royal Air Force; one who is a Regular Officer
UK and Egypt, and from 1953 to '55 served in the of the Royal Engineers; and one who is currently
1st Bn. The Queen's R oya l R egt. in BAOR and serving with the I st Battalion-he lives with his wife,
Malaya, returning to the Staff as DAAG HQ 17 Veeo, at Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
Gurkha Div. from 1955 to '56. In 1957 he was
appointed to command his R egimental D epot at Guild- * **
ford and, during this tenure of command, served on
the Amalgamation Committee of the Queen's and Aek.ltowledgentents
Surreys.
The Editor acknowledges with thanks receipt of
F rom 1959 to June ' 63 he was, as a L ieut.- the following publications :
Colonel, on the D .S . of both the British and Canadian The R .B.L. J ournal (Jun.- Nov. ' 77)
Staff Colleges; from Oct. ' 63 to early '64, he com- The Fusilier (Jun. '77)
manded 1st T anganyka Rifles. After two further Star and G arter M agazine ( Spring and Summer '77)
Staff appointments in UK and FARELF, he became " Blesmag " ( Spring, Summer and Autumn '77)
( in 1969 ) Deputy Commander South East District SSAFA News (Summer '77)
relinquishing that appointment in 1972 to become The Cadet Journal and Gazette (Jun. '77)
DDPS at the M .O.D . Appointed Director of the " Legion" ( Canada )-(Jul y - Oct. '77)
Military Assistance Office in '73, as a M ajor Genera l, The J ournal of D epot The Queen's Division (July
he vacated that post on retirement at the end of '75.
Gen. Mans was awarded the MBE ( operational ) in '77 )
1956, the OBE in 1966, and the CBE in 1971. In The Diehards Newsletter ( Aug. '77)
1973 h e succeeded M aj.-Gen. Fergus Ling as Deputy "Bulletin" ( Anglo-Korean Society) - Spring/ Summer
Colonel ( Surrey) The Queen's Regt.
'77)

10 Maj. M . J . Dudding is to command 6/7
QUEENS in D ec. ' 78.
Mainly About People
L / Cpl. C. J. Eggar, 6/7 QUEENS has joined
The Colonel of The Regiment was presented with the Roya l M arines as a 2/ Lt.
the Grand Cross of the Order of The H ouse of
Orange by Queen Juli ana, when he paid H er M ajesty Capt. R. A. M . Christmas wa s appointed Queen's
a farewell visit on 11 November. Divisional rep resentative at the IJLB in Jul y.

Promotions Maj.-Gen. T. M. Crcascy, CB, OBE, Colonel
We congratulate the followin g on their pro- Commandant The Queen's Division (since 30 Jun .
motions to substantive rank as follows ( 30 ] un . '77) was ap pointed GOC Northern Ireland, in the
'77) : rank of Lt.-Gen ., on 7 Nov. '77.

To Brig. Lt.-Gen. Sir James Wilson, KBE, MC was
Col. H. C. Millman, OBE. appointed Colonel, The Roya l Regiment of Fusiliers,
3 Sep. '77 in succession to Lt.-Gen. Sir George L ea,
To Col. K C B, DSO, MBE tenure expired.
Lt.-Col. M . V. H aywa rd, OBE.
Capt. A. N. Armitage-Smith successfull y com-
To Lt.-Col. pleted No. 3 1 Junior Command and Staff Course (4
A / Lt.-Col. S. T. W . Anderson, M C. Jan . to 11 Apr. '77) and is exempt from the Capt.
Maj. G . Bulloch, MBE. to M aj. Practical Promotion Examination .
Maj . J. C. Holman.
Lt. R. j . Knight gained a B.Sc. 2/1 Hons.
To Maj. degree in International Politics at the Univ. of Wales
Capts. D. M. Falcke, C. M. J oint, R . Waite; in Jun. '77.
and, on 31 Dec. '77, Capts. R . G ancz, N. P .
Harris, M . J . A. Keal y, DSO and R . M. M . Low . Northern Ireland Awards, 1976

Lt.-Cols. R. R. McNish and C . L . Tarver, MBE W e congratulate the following on their awards:
have been provisionally selected for promotion to
subst. Colonel in 1978. MM
Cpl. R. D . Spencer.
Maj . R. W. Acworth is to be promoted to Lt.-
Col. in 1978 (see also M ajs. Barrow, Boucher and Mention in Despatches
M . R . Tarver under "appointments" below ).
Maj . B. A. Carlston.
Appointments Maj . A. F. S. Ling.
Brig. M. F. Reynolds is to be DAG HQ Rhine W02 C. T . Bromfield.
Sgt. P. A . Kearse.
Army on 15 J an . '78 . Pte. D . J. Lumb.

Col. B. H. Marciandi, OBE is to be LO SHAPE/ Course Reports-'A' Gradings
AFCENT Comd . Gp. ( AF South ) in M ar. '78.
Capt. C. G. F. Charter-RSO Course No. 20.
Col. D. R. Bishop, MBE was appointed Defence
Attache ANKARA on 25 Oct . '77 in the rank of local Sgt. R . Greengrass-Regimental Med . A ss ist.
Brig. Cla ss I Course.

Col. B. A. M. Pielow was appointed D efence Pte. P. Burton-All Arms B3 C lerks Course No.
Attache PARIS on 3 Dec. '77 in the rank of A/ Brig. 10 .
( to be Subst. Brig. I Jan. ' 78).
W02 (RQMS) I . Everett and Cpl. S. Weller,
Lt.-Col. B. D. 0. Smith, MVO to Special List 617 QUEENS have been awarded the T erritorial
Apr. '78. Efficienc y M edal.

Lt.-Col. (for Col. '78) C. L. Tarver, OBE to be W02 G. Hymans, 6/7 QUEENS, was awarded
AAG DAR 1 Feb. '78. the BEM in the Birthday Honours List, June '77.

Col. A. G. Jones to be Col. Q LS2 Log. Exec. Congratulations to Sgt. ]. H. Piper on his award
May '78. of the C-inC's commendation for bravery on 3 Aug .
'77.
Lt.-Col. M. E. C . Rixon was appointed GSO I
SCPL on 6 Oct. '77. Maj. C. M. C . (Maurice) Dewar is now a
qualified lawye r and would be "pleased to be of
Lt.-Col. M. W. Ward was appointed GSOI ( W ) ass istance" to any member of the R egiment ( civil
DCAE in Nov. '77. Jaw-not criminal! )

Maj. (for Lt.-Col in '78) S. M. Boucher is to
command 5 QUEENS in Apr. '78 .

Maj. (for Lt.-Col. in '78) P. deS. Barrow is to
command 2 QUEENS in Sep. ' 78.

Maj. (for Lt.-Col. in '78) M. R. Tarver is to
command 2RRF in Nov. '7 8. Maj. M. R. Tarver was
appoi nted Queen's Divisional representati ve at the
RMAS in Jul y. ( Capt. A. M. F. }elf is our R egimental
r ep r e se n t a ti v e ) .

11

The 1st Battalion

T HE past six months has been another busy T he G lorious First of J une Celebratiom took
period and has included a change of Com- place with HMS Excellent at Whale Island on 10/ 12
June, when the Royal Navy did us proud with the.r
manding Officer; Lt.-Col. John D avidson handed hospitality; this did not deter our cricket team from
over comma nd on 5 August and we welcomed keeping the Trophy. During our innings, both out-
L t.-Col. J ohn H olma n, fo rmerl y Divisional rep re- going and incomi ng COs opened the batting.
sentative at the RMA S. T he Battalion paraded
on the square and the outgo ing CO was brought HMS Tartar, a tribal class fri ga te, hearing of
on in a wheelchair (although perfec tl y hea lth y) the Glorious First of June dates thi s year, and
by the Ad jutant, Capt. Amedee Mievi lle. After knowing us from our days in Bahrein, kindly offered
his sedenta ry inspection and fa rewells he made to lift 13 officers and men from H amb urg to arn ve
a speedy ex it testing the casevac fa cili ty of a in P ortsmouth on the eve of the celebrations. Capt.
McDermott, Lt. Carter, 2/ L ts. Eagan, Mans and
Gazelle. Nob le all did a "stag" with the Officer of the Watch
and heard Naval opinions of the ferries crossing

T artar's bows in the D over Straits.

THE GLORIOUS FIRST O F JUNE C RICK ET MATC H, 1977

The Naval and Regimental T eams
Picture by HMS E xce llent

From 13- 17 J une we had a very successful Anglo- strenuous drives and practices, the lightweight com-
G erman Week in Werl. A display of the Colours, bat suits were donned and a very successful day was
the East Surrey Si lver D rums and some M ess Si lver had by all concerned.
was put on for the week in the Sparka sse Bank.
Various sports even ts took place between the Batta lion Shortl y after the ass umption of command b y our
and Werl, includi ng a very successful Open D ay on new CO, Bn. HQ and a strengthened C Coy., moved
the last day, when certain "Engli sh" sports were to Soltau (on 19 August ) to form 1 QUEEN'S Battle
demonstr ated, including rugby, hockey and cricket! Group with B and C Sqns. of The Royal Hussars,
132 Fd. Bty., 2 Tp 26 Engr. Regt. and a ! -Tp. R CT .
THE JUBILEE PARADE AT SENNELAGER, 7 On 30 August the Advance P arty, under M aj. D avid
JULY Dickins, set off for Canada and was joined by the
main body from 11-13 September; our second in-
The Battalion moved to a tented camp at Senne- fantry Coy. ( D Coy. I PPC LI ) joined us at Suffi eld.
lage r on 27 J une to begin rehearsa ls and, after

12 CANADA CAPERS
Pte. Quinn (A Coy.) looking for the NAAFI wagon?!
Then started our period of 14 days' training and con- (Inset) : Lt. Carter posing again
tinuous vehicle maintenance. Our LAD REME
detachment kept the Admin. Net humming from start
to fini sh with their seemingl y end less spares demands.
We met up with Capt. Tony Russell and Lt. Les
Edwards who are on 5 months' attachment to BATUS
as Safety Staff; they rejoin us in D ecember. For
Battle Group HQ it was a wonderful experience to
actually command a live Battle Group in the field .

We now have a HCO's D ay, once a month.
Orders are issued early in the day and various
activities are then carried out. So far we've had an
inter-pl atoon competition comprising weapon handling;
the assa ult course; a signalling test and various other
tests. A day of orienteering and cross-country running
was combined with Kirke's Coy. Competition, at
present in full swing. Since August, compani es have
competed in football, hockey, basketba ll and rugby.
A squas h league is going well and a .22 league has
just started.

The scores at present are as follows : A Coy.-
42; B Coy.-52; C Coy.-28; Sp Coy.-40; HQ
Coy. - 4 8.

The last winners were A Coy. (but B Coy. seem
to be the favourites).

To Bn. HQ we welcome Capt. C live Wilson
(from HQ 4 Div.) as Ops. Officer. M aj. Steve Dowse
has taken over command of A Coy. We are also soon
to leave 6 Armd . Bde. and join 3 Div. in D ecember
with a newly-formed D Coy. Mortars and A/ tks. will
go to HQ Coy. and Recce PI. will be disbandin g.

M aj. John Langhorne is now PMC Officers'
Mess. Amongst the normal run of C urry Lunches we
now have a T ennis and Croquet Championship and
regular Film Nights with informal suppers beforehand .

( left) : Pte. Dinham (Sp. Coy.) receives the Football Shield from Mrs. Holman
(right): A Coy., winners of the Inter-Coy. Rugby, beating Sp. Coy. 36-0

TANGIER/KIRKES COY. 13

Off to the prairies of Alberta, we formed the Recce PI.
infantry contingent of the 3 RTR Battle Group. M ost
of us looked forward to a 15-day exercise on the W e h ave had constant battles over serviceability
barren plains of Suffield with mixed feelings; the of vehicles, often being !eh with onl y one or two
exercise, however, proved both enjoyable and worth- roadworthy and having to wait up to six months for
while. A firepower demonstration of Chieftai ns, Wom- spares. In desperation, two Ferrets MK . I/II were
bat and Giant Viper was particularly impressive. brought into service but they h ave proved more
trouble than they are worth.
3 RTR provided a demonstration of "scorched
earth" tactics (whilst using smoke dischargers) D espite these problems we spent a week on
causing some confusion in the "Broken Wheel" the W est German Border; two days on patroll ing
Battery where one gunner promptl y set fire to his duties; a study day on D efence; and (for some) , a
APC. Turret gunners had the opportunity to use visit to the infamous Belsen Concentration Camp.
their L37 GPMGs at the expense of at least one
3 RTR sleeping bag. Overall the Company achieved The highlight of the period h as been training
a high standa rd of training and, judging by the com- in Canada, for which the requirement was to suppl y
ments from other units, were quite impressive too. crews for six F errets. Drivers did a two-week D and
(We are also known for our modesty!) M course with the R oya l Hussa rs and, after begging
and borrowing, the Platoon Commander managed to
After the exercise, some of us were fortun ate to obtain some Ferrets for the fortnight's build-up ex-
take part in Adventure Training in the Rocky ercises at Soltau. Some members of A Sqn. Royal
Mountains ( in the tender care of " Rocky" alias Hussars joined us to make up a composite Platoon /
" Sherpa" Hitchcock). This group including Lt. Troop and "Carter's Cava lry" became almost a reality.
Goulden, Sgt. D elaney, Ptes. Douglas, Sykes, Raphael
and Eldred took part in Rock Climbing, Canoeing, After all the preliminary work, Canada was some-
Trekking, Fishing and H ay riding (how do yo u ride what of a let-down. The vehicles were in a very poor
hay, Alestair? ) Three days were spent on each of state and the Platoon was rarely more than 50%
these activities ending with four-day expeditions such roadworth y. With heavy ra infall during the period,
as canoeing down the North Saskatchewan river, bogged-in Ferrets became a familiar sight ; one even
trekking over Sunset (or was it snowset? ) P ass whilst managed to get stuck up to the turret-ring. In addition
others climbed Mt. Athabasca in the Columbian ice there was no real role for a wheeled reconaissance
fi eld-all grea t fun . element-a fact which has now been recognised by
BATUS-nevertheless some very useful experience
For the Queens Silver Jubilee p arade at Senne- was gained by the commanders. R and R in the USA
lager, everyone worked hard and the vehicles were was well wortl1 the visit anyway!

immacu late. We welcomed C/ Sgt. R awlings in June but lost
him aga in at the beginning of the football season .
Since then, the Company has had a change in Worrell passed his PT course with flying colours
"Senior M anagementu. The FF Bird, having migrated and has been nominated for an N CO 's Cadre, together
back to his home-land, was replaced by the old sea with Gunter and Lewis. Cpls. Dale and Woodward
dog (Rex) and his master L ong J ohn Silver (wel- are going on a sponsored hike round World W ar I
come M aj. Dowse). Capt. Alan Carter h as taken up Battlefi elds to raise funds for the Jubilee Appeal. Pte.
a staff appointment at O snabruck and been replaced Booker continued his list of "firsts" by writing off
by Capt. Kiwi Carter from New Zealand ( South of an APC on the autobahn . As with his last accident
the 1l1ames, inn it?!) Since Sennelager we have taken (when he hit a horse with his L and Rover ) he main-
part in a Border Patrol and an ammunition site tains he was not to blame. Sgt. Wakeman who has
guard. Sgts. H ewitt and Juhel, (zea lous guardians of gone to the IJLB and Sgt. Leach ( to the D epot)
the site), when asked by a senior US officer what are two characters whom we are sorry to lose. Lt.
they would do about the terrori sts in a bunker, Carter is off to Australia for two years as a Jungle
promptly threw CS grenades. Regrettabl y the grenades W arfare Instructor.
were not as notional as the terrorists and senior US
Officers do not carry respirators ! In August, A Coy. At the end of the year, the Platoon is to disband
won the Inter Coy. Rugby from Sp. Coy. (36 points to make way for a troop from the Armoured R ecce
to NIL ) although not without casualties! Recently Regt.; these will, therefore, be the last notes from
we completed a very successful week at Sennelager Recce in its present form .
doing our APWT, conducting driving cadres and pre-
paring for an exercise at Soltau with the Blues and ALBUHERA COY.
Royals.
Coy. HQ
Congratulations to Lt. Goulden and Cpl. Tidey We actually went on our first exercise in M arch .
on their promotions and to Sgt. Hewitt and Pte. M ann
on their marriages (and subsequent moves to the As our sleeping bags were no good, we froze ourselves
higher rate of LOA ); also to Sgt. Paine (alias 00 7) to sleep until polythene bags ( for rubbish ) were
and Cpl. Noel for their selection to the 4 Div. Rugby emplo yed .
side. Farewell to Lt. David Ellis, Pte. Polly Pollitt
and L/ Cpl. " Tank" Chapman and best wishes for At Sennelage r, we fired all our weapons and
their future. were sca red by the big bang some of them made.
Sgt. Lee, threw his first live grenade after 22 years
Quote of the Month of service!

From Pte. Durham (of Bahrein Service ) during At the time of writing Maj . Langhorne is on
CO's D ay drill competition : "Stand still when you an Exercise (TRIP ) in Luxembourg.
are turning left! I"
W e hope th at life will become easier with the
change-over in D ecember. Rumour h as it that the
Mortar and Anti T ank Pis. are being sent across
from Quebec ( Layabouts ) Coy. to be trained as
soldiers. Good luck to them .

14 The picture shows the Colours of the lst Bn. (pre-
sented by HM Queen Margrethe of Denmark on 4
QMs Department May 1974) together with the new "Third (or Colonel's)
M aj. M orris is presently serving with the Berlin Colour". The latter replaces the one which was pre-
sented in 1930 when 1st Bn. The Queen's Royal
Field Force and Capt. Wilson has now moved from Regt. was serving in Malta. The Battalion and its
the position of QM ( T ) to QM ( A ). Capt. P arker forbears have held a Third Colour since about 1686.
is to be QM ( T ) after completing his relevant courses. It may not be carried on parade, but is displayed in the
RQMS Upson h as moved temporaril y into the MT Officers' Mess. (See article on page 65) .
World whilst awa iting his commissioning in ea rl y The silver drums were presented to the lst Bn. The
J anuary next. One of his grea ter achievements during
the pa st few months was to receive his L S and G C East Surrey Regt. in 1926
M eda l-miracles do happen!! L/ Cpl. Ross has now
left us for civi lian life; as with all those who leave, Ph olO by H err Euler of Werl
he will be missed.
men (to say nothing for the B.S.M .) 2 1 June was
The depa rtment has participated in all the major the start of rehearsals for the Queen's Birthday P ar ade
Battalion events ranging from fi eld firing at Sennelager in Soest and on the 25 th we began our second
to the Queen's Jubilee P arade and the Battle G roup Schutzenfest-this time in Soest. Three days of con-
training in Canada. ( From experience gained in certs, dances and marches were spoiled by a very
Canada, the QM (T ) is likely to go into the empty wet and cold weekend. Then it was Sennelager yet
beer bottle and soft drink business !) again for rehearsa ls for the Queen's Jubilee P ar ade;
on the day itself, the weather was perfect and The
Signal PI. Queen looked splendid as she reviewed her troops.
Sgt. Wilkes is now at the D epot and C pl. On r eturn we played for our Battalion " Street P arty" .

Henshaw, from A Coy. has taken his place; C pl. Pile We went to Olpe on 16 July for our third
has also gone to the Depot. Other departures are Schutzenfest which, once again, was spoiled by wet
L/ C pl.. M alam ( to A Coy.), L / Cpl. Buckwell ( to weather. After some well-deserved leave in August
Sp. ) and L / Cpl. Jonas is joining B on return from we started working towards our Kneller Hall Inspection .
his RSI Course. This is a testing time for any band, involving hard work
both on the music side and on the Admin. side. Lt .-
Battle Group HQ was well exercised in the pre-
Canada training period at Soltau when Ptes. ( continued on page I 5 )
Broadbent and Shade earned their ferret "wings".
Ptes. Wolton and Nicol nursed OA and OB very
successfull y through the training period in Canada
whilst other vehicles broke down all around!

L/ C pl. Buckwell, Ptes. Broadbent and Shade
fought the elements in their two-week spell on the
high rebro sites; on one occasion the wind had their

eleva ted antennas bent parallel to the ground!

THE BAND (May to October)

As any bandsman will tell yo u, the bandsman 's
lot is, "Not a happy one". Most days are busy but,
the 1st of M ay heralded (say it softly ) The "S ummer
S easo n".

On that date we left for Bielefield for a week of
Massed Bands when rain stopped play on a number
of occasions.

W e then went through our training as medics
both in the classroom and in the fi eld . The instructors
were very pleased and gave us an 'A' rating .

The rest of May was taken up with Officers'
Mess duties, a Concert in the Church at H amm and
rear party duties.

On I June we went to Sennelager for a Field
Firing T est. The Officer I C the shoot expressed
his pleasure with the results, especially to Cpl. Pilgrim
for gai ning the best score ( 99 out of a possible 120 ).

On 6 June we went to Siegen to play for the
local Fire Brigade ( a concert and dance ). On the way
back to W erl someone remembered it was the " Silver
Jubilee Bank Holiday" in the U .K . ( but not for
us in B.A.O.R.! )

7 June was the start of the Werl Anglo-German
Week. We played at ( to name a few ) two Colours
P arades, a Dance, a Table T ennis Contest, a Football
Match, two Cocktail Parties and an Anglo-German
Dance. W e had to smile when a notice appeared
on the Notice Board half way through the week which
read " ALL BLOOD DONORS TO REPORT TO
THE GYM AT 1500" !

On 17 June we started our first S chucz enfest,
three days of concerts, marching and dances until 0300
hrs. It was fun for the locals but tiring for the bands-

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(co ntinued fr om page 14) leaving Werl and excitement was heightened by the
.C. camp! We were joined by the bands
Col. Sharpe officiated. A Marching Di ; play was ne a rb yW .R.A and 3rd Bns. and completed the Guild-
followed by a Concert in the C hurch. The Bandmaster from the 2nd
had chosen "Music for a Festival" by Gordon j acob ford and Ardingl y Shows before moving on to
Canterbury where we worked with the TA VR Band and
as our set-piece. Drumsof 5 QUEENS, doing jobs at Whi t.s table and
The Band presented a Regimental Drum to the various other schools in K ent. Before fini shing off with
a beating of Retreat at H owe Barracks, we bade fare-
B.S.M., T. G. Rothwell who is waiting to take up a well to Lt. (now apt. ) " F eathers" F ea therstone,
post on the Army Long Service List after serving who had to return
23 years with us. \Ve also bade farewell to Cpl. to Wcrl. Following a Platoon
Co leman and Bdsm. P au l Grimshaw and Graham
party at the famous "Coach and H orses" we returned
June, then on to Sennelage r for the
Elli s. to Werl on 20 Review. After the Jubilee parade, we
Q u ee n ' s Jubilee
OFFICERS MESS PROPERTY said goodbye to D / M a j. Smith.
No sooner were we back from
During a recent Property Check it was discovered leave, when C p l s.
items were missing:
that the following of "The History of the East Surrey Smudge Smith and Wally W ailer, L / C pls. J ack
The entire set
Goodwin a nd Bambi Phillips wer e det atched to C
Regiment". Queen's Royal Regiment, Vol s. 1, Coy. along with Tony Ma sters (a new a r r i val ) and
History of the
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2, 3, 4 and 6. Baron Hoffman, John Saunders and Tom Sivell
Book of British W ar M edals. ( because of the shortage) who carried on while the
One book from the Lonsda le Library.
A large roulette cloth (made in Bahrein ).

It is suspected that these may h ave been borrowed majority were in Canada. We are now b ack together
individuals during the last fi ve years. again preparing for the Berlin Tattoo (an d maybe
by Would anyone currently possessing any of these
a weekend off! ) and the Cadres have restarted. Silly
items please contact the PMC Officers' Mess, 1 Sammy Trent passed on the APC and so did two new
QUEENS and arrange for their return. arrivals, Timmy P epper and Shaun Waters. Smudge
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THE L.A.D.

1977 started off well with the LAD fully pre- and to Ray Stone on his marriage in August.
sent after their well-deserved post-Op Banner leave.
5 PI. "Med. Man 1" in
We steadily progressed through the first half of In Feb. we prepared for
the year covering the various Battalion commitments
of Vogelsang, APC Floatation, Spring Rites and

Se n n elager. on 25 March went ex- sunny Canada where we were attached to A Coy.;
The Battalion ARU first and last time we were all together.
tremely well, the highlight of the day being AQMS it was the from the dust and scorching h eat, every-
Tomlinson and his motley crew winning the Battalion Apart
On our return, "PC" decided
" P otted Sports". one enjoyed himself. place; off he went in search of
that Canada was the
fame and fortune, and was rewarded by joining the
Classified Advert would like it made known to BATUS Staff. Driving and upgrading Cadres then
Lofty J amieson
the ladies of Shorncliffe that h e is still (only just ) flourished; "Lazy", "Smudge" and "Fish" went off to
available and arrives in M arch. learn how to lead expeditions and came
Norway to a licence to kill ( and a few blisters).
back with
M oyle needed to console himself with God, so he
STOP PRESS! Sgt. J. H . Piper ( B Coy. ) to communicate for a week. J ohn
Congratulations to C-in-C's Commendation for crawled away Dobin Brown ( 64 ) decided they wanted
Sgt. Piper risked his own Rutherford and ( and still got their
for his award of the life) whilst attempting to to fly but settled for parachuting attend an e d u ca tion
bravery on 3 Aug. '77. wings) . Our PI. Sgt. consented to
safe ty ( and perhaps his course but he still has difficulty with his spelling!
save the life of a German driver whose vehicle caught
Our newly-arrived soldiers are batHed by the amount
fire . of work being done on the APCs particularly as they
are nor being used. " Lazy's" gone to try for his cro sse d
HOLLAND COY.
ri fle s and " Fish " is running around the Welsh
M aj. Peter Broadbenr has left us for civilian life, M ountains with Cpl. Chris Dunning. Congratulations
and is succeeded by Maj. Paddy Panton. Capt. Bill
Guscott h as returned to soldiering in to Cpl. and Mrs. Copeman on their new arrival.
Canada and h is place h as been taken his native
by Capt. 6 PI.
Since
Perason, from Sp. Coy. uM ed M an 1", we have many new soldiers,
C/ Sgt. Niel Tickner has disappea red to the
QM's D epartment and C / Sgt. Colin Smith has joined thereby strengthening our overall performance. In
sport, we are providing the backbone in swimming
us after four years as Drum M ajor. L / Cpl. 'M adge' competitions and were runners-up in the Cross Country
M ajury has left after having served no less than
six of our CQMSs. in which Pte. Quarrnby came a close second.

Drums Platoon
After Easter leave came the KAPE Tour in
that, we took part in the Bielefield C COY.
England but, before England on 1 Jun., travelling in
T attoo. W e left for Capt. Swanson is jungle bashing in Brunei and
successor, Capt. Feather tone. W02
two 4-tonner's and a decrep it LSL from Antwerp ( it we welcome his to Training Wing and C/ Sgt. Brazier
took 30 hours) . We arrived at Guildford 2! days after Ryan has moved

16 Concentration at Divisiona l and Corps levels ( in
which our A. Tk . PI. produced some very good re-
has joined us as CQMS. Sgt. Collins gained his pro- sults ) and the general build-up prior to Exercise
motion and is now properly paid for the thankless " M ed . Man 6". Two weeks at Soltau followed by a
task of MT Sgt. month in Canada provided va luab le training for those
sections with C Coy.; all those, that is, except C/ S
We were delighted that Cpl. Spencer was 1530 ( L / Cpl. Lightfoot's wagon ) who refused to
awa rded the MM for the last N. Ireland tour. Con- play with the rest of the Battle G roup and was on ly
gratulations, too, to Cpl. Leefmans on his mobi le on the move back to camp!
well-deserved GOC's Commendation.
In the midst of all this activi ty, the Compan)
Since Easter, classification at Sennelager; platoon took enough time off for CSM Brown to bully th<
exercises at Schwerte; a very successful field firing footba ll team for the Kirke's Cup Competition in
fortnight at Sennelage r ; and guard duties at H emer, wh ich we met HQ Coy. in a very exciting final. A
all followed in quick success ion but the two high- hard-fought game forced into extra time by a late
lights of the period were undoubtedly The Queen 's Support Coy. goa l ended in a 3-3 draw and the
Ju bilee R eview at Sennelager and Exercise " M ed match wa s decided by penalties in our favour.
M an 6" at Suffield.
Capt. Beattie is our new OC ( recently returned
On the morning of the Review, we supplied a from Brunei ) ; Lt. Roe is 2IC ( from 10 Gurkhas) and
large number of reinforcements and APCs for Nos. Capt. Russell has taken over the Anti Tank PI. from
I and 2 Parade Coys. 2/Lt. E agan and the CS M were Capt. Lawson. Congratulations to L / Cp l. "Turbo"
selected for the Colour Party and both received the Scott ( 96 ) and Pte. D ea n W est on their marriages
Jubilee M edal. In the afternoon we rea ll y came into and to Capt. Barratt, Sgt. Howick, L / Cp l. Dick
the lime-light by providing the Infantry N. Ireland M atthews, Pte. R ye and Pte. Smith ( 83 ) on the
Display. W e were visited by The Queen and Sgt. recent additions to their families.
O'Shea, Cpl. H ewit-Ward and L/ Cp l. Scully, were
presented to Prince Philip. In April, S/ Sgt. C larke and Fitter C rew supported
A Coy. at S uffi eld and they had an enj oyab le time.
In Jul y, 2/ Lt . Mans took a party of 25 on a
Border patrol; we also managed to fit in a week of Throughout the yea r we have participated in
adventure training in the H arz Mountains for each various sporting activities, the who le Unit taking part
platoon. In ea rl y August the CO initiated a platoon in the REME 4 Div. Silver J ubilee Sports D ay at
training test which was won by 9 PI. Hereford. Our main achievement so far this year was
in winning the BAOR Cfn C ricket Cup when we
Exercise " M ed. M an 6" proved to be a great comb ined with 26 Engr. Regt. LAD .
success for the Company. At Soltau we learnt all
abo unt working with the tanks (Ro yal Hussars )- During August Capt. P eddle, our OC, and a
"them posh tango types''-and our gunners ( "ere, large part of the LAD we re at Soltau fo r pre-Canada
whose that geezer in clean combats?" "Dunno, must training.
be a Gunner!" ) At this stage we were joined by Lt.
Riley who took over 7 PI. (2/ Lt. Noble was sent, at Changes in personalities, are too numerou s to
short notice, to do his "Rupen s Course" ) . mention; suffice it to say to those who have left "Ban
Voyage, and to those who have joined us, "\Velcome".
During the excercises in Canada, the weather
grew stea dily wetter and colder, raining every time ROYAL REVIEW (C Coy. N. Ireland Display)
we dug in! ( We never want to see another Mk. I I. HM TI1e Queen visiting the stand
APC again). Congratulations to S/ Sgt. M cK ewan 2. " You are not fooling anyone, Sgt. O'Shea"!
and his boys for keeping the 16 most clap ped-out 3. Urban Covert Operation
APCs in the British Army on the road . Sgt. CaBins- 4. Explosive detector demonstration (Pte. Dean and
have you any hair left ?
L/ Cpl. Coffee).
Cpl. H ayes broke an ankle whilst jumping from 5. Urban Foot Patrol ( L / Cpl. Boxall, Ptes. Scarff
an APC but is now recovering. We were lucky to
have no other major casualties, through Cp l. and Addison and L/ Cpl. Dawson)
Rushbrook stitched a few cuts in the fi eld. ( "Fink
I'll just bleed to death next time") . and on page 18: -

After handing over our APCs to the "Skins", I. Pte. Hamilton (Recce PI. ) relaxes after digging
everyone had a well-earned R and R when most his Ferret out of a mine crater
members went for 4 or 5 days to Calgary, Banff, the
Rockies or Gt. Falls, M ontana, whilst the more ad- 2. Pte. Gunter at Soltau
venturous went as far as Ca lifornia and New York. 3. RQMS Upsom being cleaned up before becoming
About 20 lucky lads stayed on in Canada for adven-
ture training. MTO.
4. Lt. Carter suspended between HMS Gurkha and
The boxing team is training hard under C / Sgt.
Brazier and Sgt. Issacs. Maj . Hunter was the in- Tartar .
dividua l winner of the Battalion O rienteering 5. A "casualty" being unravelled!
Competition but even his efforts were not enough to 6. The display of Colours and silver in Sparkasse
push us above 3rd place overa ll.
Bank, Werl.
Congra tul ations on their promotion to Capt.
F eatherstone, Sgt. Collins, Cpl. Archer, Cp l. H ewitt-
Ward, L / Cpl. Alien and L / Cpl. Walker ( 67 ) and
welcome to the la rge number of new members who
have joined us from training.

Farewell (and thanks for their service ) to Cp l.
Leefmans ( to D epot), Cpl. Stokes ( to RIT ), Ptes.
J ordan and Burtenshaw ( both to Sgts' M ess ).

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The 2nd Battalion

Editorial On 5, 9 and I 0 August the adva nce party, flew
to Gibra ltar comp lete with familie s. Capt. M orri s
A LMOST inevitably, it seems, every editori al organised the takeover from 2 RG J whil e Capt.
starts off with the word s " Yet agai n the Yonwin sorted out the handover in Bul ford. The
Battalion has moved . . . ". T his time it's ha n dove r at both en ds went extremely smoothl y. The
different ; we have done it twice. The fir st move main body ar rived between 19 Aug. and 3 Sep. and
was back fr om the four company locations in we ac tua ll y assumed comman d on 27 Aug.
West Belfast to Bulford, and t he second from
Bulford to Gibraltar where we are now fi rml y Our ma jor aim out here is to relax without
ensconced. letting ou r standa rds drop . This is not a contradiction
in terms but an indica tion tha t elsewhere we try to
The act ivity d uring our fi nal six weeks in U lster do too much. We are concen trating on raising
remained at the same level as du r ing the fi rst pa rt sta nda rds of individua l training wh ilst taki ng ad-
which was reported in the last issue. L / Cpl. W att va ntage of the M ed iterranean weather. Each com pany
who was sh ot in the ankle is st ill conva lescing and operates on a 8-week cycle ; weeks I an d 2 are
we unde rsta nd is soon to be posted to 5 QUEENS. spent gua rding the frontie r with Spa in an d p roviding
Pte. H a rm an of D Coy., wounded in the left shou lder, a ceremoni al guard at the Convent, the Governor's
is now recovered and back at work. residence. Weeks 3 a nd 4 on adve nt u re trai n ing;
weeks 5 and 6 on military trai ning and du ring the
W e a rri ved back in Bulford on 2 1 J une to be fi nal 2 weeks th e compan y provides the Battalion
greeted by a mass of wives and children a nd we spen t reserve and ca rries o ut its own internal administration.
So fa r the system is wo rking we ll. The wh ole Rock
I. T he D rums at a A ag Lowering Cerem ony on the is our training area and the re is amp le scope fo r
F rontier low- leve l training. The range faciliti es h ave been
imp roved considerably by 2 R G J and we are furth erin g
2. The C O has some advice for the Mayor of
G ibraltar the ir efforts.
If the importance of a task is measured by the
3. Pte. W iltshire ta kes up a fire position in front
of Lathbury Barracks number of operation orders the Battalion receives
L / C pl. W illiams sh ows off a Wombat to M iss then the task of the G arrison Battalion must be the
Gibraltar. P tes. K ing and E de look somewhat most important in the British Arm y. Th ey cove r
emb arrassed! everything from provid ing one G PMG in an Anti-
aircraft role; WOMBATS in an anti shipp ing role,
5. Sgt. Winter and a G uard from B Coy.-the first
G uard to mount at the Convent. to intern al security.
The ceremonial side of life is very important ;
6. A " Quick C han ge race" P tes. Carry and Mar-
shall being encouraged by Sgt. Newman ( right ) the Band and Drums have had a full programme and
have already gained a high reputation. E ach M onday
the rest o f that week sort ing out before taki ng a well they are on parade for the ceremonial G ua rd mo unting
earned week's leave. We then had less than two mon ths at the Convent which keeps them on their toes. Bein g
to pack up for Gibralta r, prepa re fo r handove r, lay the onl y resident ba nd they are used for a host of
up the Colours an d, m ost important of all, fi t in offi cial functions not onl y by us b ut also by the R oyal
some more leave. There was little time left fo r Navy a nd Royal A ir F orce.
train ing but we managed to complete our annua l
weapon tests an d ba ttle efficiency and fi tness tests. The inspectorate of Milita ry Ban ds- Col. M. ff .
Wood hcad, OBE the Commanda nt of Kneller H all an d
O n 11 Jul y the Battalion, less B Coy., moved to L ieutena nt Colonel T . le M . Sha rpe, O BE the D irector
Ca nterbur y for classifica tion and the L ayi ng up of of M usic ( an d ex Bandmas ter of the Buff s) - visited
the Colours which was to take place on 16 J uly. to inspect the band on 19 October ; they clearl y en-
M eanwhile back in Bulford, B Coy. h ad the ra nges joyed thei r v isit and seem ve ry pleased wi th wh at they
to themselves and the preparat ion for our handover
to 2 RGJ and move to Gi braltar was well unde r way. saw .
( In fact, a note in the Adj utant's diary suggests that Our big ceremonial event is the Ceremony of
pregnant wives had already flow n to G ibralta r a
week before !) the K eys. Since the ca pture of the R ock in 1704 the
Keys of G ibra lta r have sym bolised the possess ion of
At abo ut this t im e we were as ked by Fort ress the F ortress by G rea t Britain. "The K eys" h ave come
H Q to buy a new welfare boat to replace the pre- to be regarded as the seals of office of t he Governor
vio us one which had sunk. We though t we had £9,000 and as such are handed over from one Governor to
to spend b ut la ter d iscovered the old boa t was onl y the next. During the G reat S iege ( 1779- 1783) the
wo rth £3,5 00. H owever we found a secondhand luxury Governor wore the K eys at h is belt consta ntly except
cabin cruiser in Southampton a nd enj oyed spen di n g when he had ha nded them to the Pa n Sergeant. A s
£ 12,500 of other peop les money on buying her. Getti ng the Sunset G un was fired, the Port Sergeant accom-
her to Gibraltar was a bigger problem. The au thor ities pa nied by an armed escort wo uld lock the gates in
would not take her on the L S L wit h our baggage so the No rth W all at L a ndpo rt, W aterport an d C ha tham
a crew was arran ged rap id ly to sail her to Gibra lta r W icket. The K eys would then be returned to the
and a full acco unt of th is epic voyage is given Gove rnor. The fo llowing morning the P on Sergeant
e lsew h e re . would collect the K eys aga in, re-open the gates and
han d back the K eys to the Governor fo r sa fe keeping.
After peace wa s restored in 1783, d rums and fifes
accompanied the P ort Se rgeant and his escort to
wa rn aliens to leave the Rock before the gates were

22 Minister, The Hon. Sir Joshua Hassan, CBE, MVO,
QC, JP, and the Mayor of Gibraltar, the Hon. A. ].
closed. This procedure was carried out each evening Canepa. AB have written extremely complimentary
without interruption for approximately 140 years until "thank you, letters as a result. In addi tion "Miss
discontinued some time after the First World War. Gibraltar" caused a stir when she paid an informal
The event was then revived as a ceremony in 193 3; visit in October and, at the moment of writing, the
it is now performed at interva ls throughout the yea r Divisional Brigadier, Brig. David Carter is with us.
by British Army Units stationed in Gibraltar a t the
time, and by the Gibraltar Regt. This ceremony was ADVENTUROUS TRAINING
carried out on Casemates Square on 28 Sep. when
the Governor was represented by the Deputy Fortress by Maj. S. C. Thorpe
Commander and B Coy. provided the Outpost PI.
commanded by Lt. R . W. de L. Harper. Not only did Gibraltar is an ideal station for Adventurous
we feel it went weB but the mass of spectators clearly Training; consequently, this aspect of military life,
enjoyed the ceremony and their general comments neglected by the Battalion since Belize, has been given
supported our feelings. high priority. It h as acquired a place within the
Company cycle of tasks, the intention being that each
should devote two weeks in every eight to the activities
available.

The Battalion runs the Army Watermanship
Training Centre (AWTC ). A strong team of en-
thusiasts have been creamed off under the leadership
of W02 Barnacle, an apt man for the job and not
only in name! The Centre's aim is to develop in-
terest and enthusiasm in water activities and so enable
the individua l to make fu11 use of the facilities avail-
able during hi s spare time. Thus it is equipped
to run courses in water skiing and canoeing, while
off-shore sai ling takes place in the Centre's 27 ft .
5 berth yacht, L evame. The good ship Ebb Tide will
be used for off shore cruising once repaired, and the
Centre also provides boats for fishing.

CEREMONY OF THE KEYS OCLEE

C/ Sgt. Bartle of A Coy. hands the keys to Brig. to the Kent County
Steptoe, Deputy Fortress Commander Regi ments for ove r

We have found the Royal Navy afloat great fun sixty years.
and extremely easy; there is always a Gibraltar Guard-
ship here and they have been helpful in taking soldiers 35 SANDGATE ROAD,
to sea and brightening up our existence on the Rock. FOLKESTONE
The officers' mess makes a point of asking the Ward
room up for a pub lunch soon after a ship's arrival Telephone 52654
and, whilst this relaxes the atmosphere, it ruins any
chance of afternoon work! So far HMS Andromeda,
HMS Yal'lnouth and HMS Jupiter have been here.

Sport plays a big part in our lives; Battalion
teams have been entered for an the league competitions
and we have had some notable successes. T ag rugger,
(a non-tackling variation of the game) is played ; in
spite of that, the injury rate is pretty high. Company
team > have been entered for the soccer and hockey
minor units leagues.

Visitors, so far, have included the Deputy For-
tress Commander, Brig. A. Stepto, MBE; the Chief

23

A fleet of fourteen Bosun dinghies is maintained Association and a D etachment of K ent AC F. The
by the RN Boat Section for use by all three Services Lord Lieutenant of K ent took the ~ a lute and also
and we have used these fully to run courses, pro-
viding our own instructors. In addition to those found on the dais were Prince G eorg of D enmark and the
from the AWTC Staff, each visiting ship is imme-
diately raided for sailors with Royal Y achting Colonel of the Regiment. .
Association qualifications. Indeed anyone reading these
notes with such qualification wi ll be welcome in Gib- The serious business of the day then got raptdl y
under way at H owe Barracks; drink fl owed, people
raltar to teach sai lin g.
Gibraltar boasts an up-and-coming J oint Ser- sat out in the sun ; ate and talked; shouted ac ross

vices Sub Aqua Centre, which also doubles as a club. to old friends, and heard news of others. It was trul y
The Centre runs courses for all leve ls of divers, em- a great gathering of the R egiment. From the senior
ploying temporary instru ctors from UK. The club
organises evemng trammg for those un ab le to attend private to the newl y-promoted Brigadier, everyone
courses and diving, both in loca l wa ters and off the
appeared happy and at home .
coast of Morocco. The da y was rounded off by the combined bands
Emphasis is ri ghtly placed on the wa ter side of and drums of the 2nd and 5th Bns. Beating Retrea t.

adventurous training though the land aspects are not All were agreed that it h ad been a memorable day.
completel y neglected. Basic rock climbing and abseiling
does take place but climbing of an advanced nature THE TRIP (OR WE MAY ARRIVE NEXT WEEK )
is somewhat frowned on due to the dangerous state
of the rock. There is an active caving club on the by 2/ Lt. AI Cooper
Rock which is concerned with the exploration of the
many known caves as well as the search for those Ebb Tide, the boat whose very mention sends
unknown. A guided tour of the lower St. Mi chael's icy shi vers down the adjustable spanners of the
Cave complex is an exhil arating experience which may mechani cs from J ersey to Lisbon was boarded by its
be undertaken by anyone of norm al agi li ty. crew and 25 crates of Compo on 19 August. Like
chi ldren, we switched on the instruments, peered at
LAYING UP OF THE COLOURS the echo-sounder and poked greasy fingers at the auto
pilots. A voice came from the forward cabin, '' Sir
by Maj. P. P. Critchlcy the lights don' t work in 'ere." Our problems had
begun.
After many postponements, the only Colours
carried by the 1st Bn. The Queen's Own Buffs were The Crew
laid up in Canterbury Cathedral together with the
las t Colours carried by 4 Buffs (TA ) and by 5 The Skipper: Lt. J . M cCulloch, RN : (The
Buffs (TA ), on Saturday 16 July.
Profes~ ional. )
Unable to obtain authority to move more th an
the Band and Colour Parties, it was decided to carry No. I : Anonymous. Verdict- Guilty.
out the annual weapon classification of the Com panies Purser : 2/ Lt. N . A. M . Wright-Part-time suntan
on the Hythe R anges the week before, thus ensuring
that the majority of the Batta lion would be in Kent lotion advert.
for the occasio n! The Battalion ( less B Coy. ) and an Engineer : Cpl. J . H arvey, REME-Chief Ships Bilge
element of HQ Coy. dul y moved to Canterbury on
11 July and spent the week firing at H ythe and Groveller.
generally preparing for the great day. M ate: Cp l. 'S ilk' T aylor-Ships Driver.
D eckhand: Pte. 'Nippon' L uckhu rst-Buffoon / Ships
When Saturday dawned the weather was per-
fect . The parade formed up at Howe Barracks and, Animal.
after the usual last minute excitements (Colour belt Cook: Pte. Norman- Cook/ C hef ??/ Goat.
breaking just before march on; a guard commander
not to be found ) , set off for the Cathedral. Both There were times when we thought we would
the Ensigns, Lt.-Col. C hampion and M aj. Gwilliam not leave Southampton and there were times when the
who received the Colours from the King of D enmark proprietor of the White H orse thought the same.
in June '62, we re on parade. Many others presen t After a few minor teething prob lems- such as in-
on that day, both on and off parade, had also come to surance, fuel, and getting the engines working, we
see their Colours laid up . had been in M archwood, Southampton a week; here
we peste red our excellent hosts, 55 P ort R egiment
The Laying Up ceremony was combined with R CT, for everything from gaskets to glue, all of which
the Annual Service of Remembrance of the Queen's were du ly provided. During this lengthy refit period
Own Buff s Regimental Association . Always a moving the crew were kept amused by the antics of the "ships
service it was doubly so on this occasion mainly due animal" who displayed a remarkable aptitude for
to the very large number of people who had made the diving into oily water.
effort to attend. It was particularly nice to see so
many young men and their families who had left On 26 August our problems were solved ( it
the Battalion in recent yea rs. seemed ) and the crew, after a meal of goulash and
mash, were ready for the "off ". The skipper switched
The S ervice was followed by a ceremonial march on the P yc ship-to-shore radio ( which could receive
through the City, the column being led by the Band but not send ) and out boomed a voice which, over
and corps of drums of the Battalion . Behind them the coming week, we grew to hate.
came guards from 2 and 5 QUEENS each carrying
their own Colours and 6/7 QUEENS carrying the " D over, Plymouth, Scillies, SE Force 7 in-
Colours of 4/ 5 RWK. (TA ) ; then came members of creasing gale 8 locally storm nine." The skipper lifted
branches of the Queen 's Own Buffs R egimental h is head and looked at the glum faces surrounding
him . "Well, we can go for a test run,, he sa id, with
a false air of gaiety. There was nothing for it but
to fall back on the goulash.

After a fruitle ss Saturday spent pacing the fore-
deck, getting it dirty and cleaning it with oily water,
spirits were low. Even the offer of curried goulash
with sliced shallots and aubergines failed to perk up
the crew. Waiting for the shipping foreca st, the sombre
crew sat on deck silent and unsmiling. The "ships

24 deck in their sleeping bags watching the incoming
fle et .
animal" sa t resolutely pulling the wings off grass-
hoppers and "chucking 'em in the oggin"; the purser, " If we ge t hit by a trawler it's not that far
resplendent in filthy yellow swimmin g trunks, sa t to swim . I can see a bar over there," ( Purse r in a
grim-faced flexing the old white bicep. No . I took matter-of-fact voice) .
notes and the cook munched a bouquet garni . Suddenl y
the skipper stuck his head out of the wheelhouse. ' 'I'll just nip and get m y wallet then," said No.
"Let's go! " W e were off. I ignoring the fa lsetto screams from the engine room
as the motor stu bbornl y refused to start.
By 2000 hours on the 29th we were beyond the
Isle of White with a force 6 following sea; this had On a Spanish trawler close to Ebb T ide, Enrico
the effect of making Eb b Tide surf at up to 18 knots was at the whee l while M anuel engaged him in con-
covering the boat with bla ck exhaust stain and making versati on abou t hali but and mackerel. Juan and Carlo
steering impossible without the auto-pilot. We arrived we re pla ying cards wi th Pietro somewhere for'ard .
in Jersey by 1000 hours on Sund ay morning, no t th at
that prevented us from getting our "duty frees" or "Boys arc noisy tonight", Carlo commen ted in
having a social with George, J acques, M arie and flu ent Spani sh. Suddenl y Pietro burst into the wheel-
Celeste from the yacht next door. house disheve lled and white-faced.

Earl y next morning, (well quite), the crew arose; "Filthy In glese boa t dead ahead", he cried (a lso
the more hardy breakfasted on baconb urgers and in flu ent Spanish--damn clever these foreigners !)
sausages, the weaker roamed about preparing for Ever alert, Carlo peered out of the door. It was true !
lift off. Our second leg was to Camaret round pas t Carlo flung the wheel round and fifty ya rds to port
U shant and through some vicious tid al currents; it he caught a glimpse of seven blackened faces
was memorable for the port engine failing and the clambering about on the English boat. H e leant out
auto-pilot breaking. W e rea lised we would have to hand of the door and told them what he thought of their
steer the craft. (Everyone's steering was atrocious). performance; honour satisfied, he steered into harbour
for Lola and bed .
The journey continued via Belleisle and Ro yan
and although we never totally broke down, we always The mechanical prob lems on E bb T ide were still
provided entertainment for the locals as we came far from over, though one engi ne consented to start
into dock. On these occasions the "ships animal " and so we slowly grumbled into h arbour and moored
the cook conducted one-sided conversations with the along sid e.
French fishermen much to the amusement of all
concerned. Immediately we were confronted by a Spaniard
and an alsation.
Late one night in Royan, the "ships animal , dived
gracefully into four feet of mud. " Sharks", shouted "No boat here. You go. I cut rope one minute,"
the skipper in jovial mood and the said animal ran he said in a jocular tone. After telling him abo ut our
25 metres to the nearest ladder. mechanical problems he became more fri endl y,
threatening to bring his fri ends down to see us. After
From Royan we cut the corner round the Bay a few internation al oaths had been exchanged we
of Biscay and made for the small Spanish fi shing port withdrew tactfully and picked up a buoy. Our stay
of Santona. During our usual eventful night-crossing, in Corunna was prolonged by P ope, the mechani c, and
the steering went and the engineer donned hi s usual his two side-ki cks who knew even less about engines
makeup of half a pint of gearbox oil whilst fixing it. than the purser, but could run you up a big bill in
Santona was like many Spanish Coastal villages and no time. After a week, P epe and hi s fri ends had given
full of a large number of Spaniards standing around us two bent propeller shaft pins, a badly welded ex-
discussing the possibility of work but never actually haust and a serious sense of humour failure.
making a start. In contrast the E bb T ide crew whirled
into blistering action and within 24 hours we were We overshot our next stop by 30 miles and
refuelled and ready to motor. arri ved in Oporto with a cr acked exhaust and no
instrun1ents working except the compass. Oporto was
After Santona, the next leg to Corunna provided memorable because Guiseppe the trawler skipper got
the biggest problem of the voyage. The crew began to our exhaus t welded in twenty minutes-for nothing .
have a premonition of poss ible trouble when the st ar- After 16 hours, we moved on towards Lisbon.
board propeller shaft dropped out, followed in quick
succession by the bilge pump stopping and the boat On thi s leg, the bilge pump fin ally burned out
slowly but surely beginning to make water. The and water rose through the flo or boards. On top of
exhaust on the remaining engine then split which this the generators ceased working, leav ing us without
afhcted the steering and almost suffocated the helms-
man. After 32 hours at sea, Corunna was sighted lights. From 0200 hours the crew, surprisingl y light-
( the time, midnight ) . Manuel, Enrico, Pietro, Juan hearted, gaily tipped mess tins of oily water back
and Carlo with the rest of the traw lennen from the into the "oggin " or as the "ships animal, termed it-
fishing fl eet were looking forw ard to bed as they
motored slowly into harbour taking but little noti ce "Davy CrockeCs Locker".
of the smoking, filthy " Inglese" boat (obviou sly being
steered by a drunkard) weaving dangerously in and W e arri ved in Li sbon at 0900 hours with less
out between the trawlers. There were more important machiner y working than at any point on the voyage.
things to think about-like a couple of beers and The skipper immedi ately made contact with the Em-
a chat with a "Lola" or her very nice s ister. bassy and in what seemed like a minute (but was in
fact eight hours) we had an invitation to lunch, and
Ebb Tide, in the middle of a Spanish fishing met a mechanic and a fat jolly customs man who
fleet, decided to break down completely, lose her could say "yes" in English quite well. Four days
steering and refuse to start. Oblivious to the danger, and several deep di scussions later-with Gill the
number one and the purser (havi ng been bani shed Rhodesian miner from the next-door boat and also
from the engine room because of thei r total lack of with Du ardo Gomez-our faithful mechanic we were
mechanical knowledge) were reclining on the after r eady to go. Leaving Li sbon we accidentally crossed
someones bow line and snapped it. Thinking no more
of the matter we chugged on wo ndering why we were
only making four knots. 30 miles later we stopped
and sent the shi p's d iver overboard to look at the
prop. Apart from complai ning bitterly about the

25

water temperature he produced 50 feet o f nylon line putting it. It was now 19 September; our origi nal
ETA was 29 August !
and a 3-pronged heavy dut y anchor !
We refuelled wi th some Gou lash (there's nothing Pte. and Mrs. Go1ding with our " first
Gibraltar baby"
like variety) and set off. At 00 10 hrs. the nex t morning
we arri ved a t Vill amoure, bought our las t lot of fu el
and fre;h rations and had a trul y revolting omelette
be fore setting off in the evening on our final leg.

By 0200 hrs. the next day our generators h ad

again gone and the batteries were flat. The bi lge
pump was also kaput. Slightly depressed but en-
couraged by the skippers optimi stic remarks abou t
the proximit y of Gib. , we pi cked up o ur mess ti ns
and ba led whilst the bilge-groveller toiled away in h' s

ho le making rude remarks about everything.
Spirits began to ri se when at 1100 hrs. we

picked up BFBS with uncle Bill and talcs from the
Big Wood. So with the dulcet tones of R att y, Badger
and two diesel engines ring ing in our ears, we rounded

the fina l head land.
"Looks like Gib., skip ", sa id the "ships animal"

in a gross understatement.
"Anyone for Gou lash ?, said the chef, before

bein g thrown to the deck and stood on.
"M agic, wunnit, eh ?" sa id the ''ships animal " as

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27

The 3rd Battalion

THE BELIZEAN FACTOR Rumours
The staple diet of B ritish F orces Belize. A rumour
By way of a change, as Belize is now but a
memory, the author thought a few defi- one da y was fact the next and forgotten, or all changed,
nitions would interes t readers who have been by M onday.
lucky enough to serve in this outpost and th ose t o
whom the experience may yet be granted. T o- Golf
gether they fo rm that much-used expression, A game played at Orange Walk by Sub-Sgts.
"T he Belizean Factor." I t is stressed that these
definitions are as seen through the jaundi ced eyes and above each weekend. L ed to a pleasa nt two-day
of the Quartermaster's staff ; others may wish to break when no decisions cou ld be taken .
place different in terpretations on them- so be
The RPL ( Ramped, power, lighter) . Callsign
it! " Disaste r One". S upposedly the ultimate in resuppl y
of the South . Actually caused more blood pressure,
Roulemcnt hot tempers and increased vehicle mileage. C rewed
A hideous term, used in Northern Ireland but and misdirected by RCT, with O RD fingers in the
pie and almost never used by 3 QUEENS .
which was adopted in Belize. Briefl y, an exercise to
create max imum administrative chaos at least every REINFORCEMENT- THE SHARP END
two month s. S o successful was the exercise that
latterly it encompassed both a company of the Irish Since the la st issue of the Journal telling of the
G uards and I Staffords, and took place eve ry ten platoons exploits t rain ing in th e Belizean J ungle-
da ys. The movement of soldiers was simple and caused the epic exercise "G reen F og"-the lads have had an
no problems. exciting and varied time.

S tate Amber N o sooner had we fi nished our jungle trai n ing
Basica ll y a diffe rent colour from grey and meant than we found ourselves facing the threat of aGu ate-
malan invasion! The pl atoon provided two combat
having six contingency plans for re-suppl y. Regi - engineering sections, one for each of the ma in areas
mentally termed "grey with orange spots". of threat. Sgt. Bill Dixon and one section were trans-
ported to Punta Gorda in the south with A Coy group
P UE ( Pre-stacked U nit E quipment ) and were attached to the Irish G uards. It was here
Theoretically, a pool of serviceable vehicles to that Sgt. Dixon assisted a sap per S taff Sergeant to
hi-j ack a P.W.D . D 6 doze r; th is was used to pull
equip reinforcements. A ctually, a huge pile of scrap out a civilian petrol bowser conta ining AVTUR,
20 new trailers and a two-wheeled bus. without which the F orce helicopters wo uld h ave been
g roun ded.
Rideau Camp
Otherwise known to old Belizean hands in the M eanwhile, C pl. 'R ags' R yder h ad No. 2 section
under his wing in H oldfast Camp with B Coy.; the re
2nd Bn. as Campsite 6 or South Camp Project h e received permission from the Commande r of British
Mexico . A symetrical arrangement of impon ed N issen F orces Beli ze to take the first pressure off the No.
Huts complete with dumm y electrica l mains and a 5 fuze for the Mk. 7 Anti-T ank Mine, such was the
sewage system. The whole camp is built on a swamp seriousness of the situation . After several days, Cpl.
in an area subj ect to flooding. Inhabited by the Irish R yder and h is section became irritable ( due to the
Guards, it was decorated with the rusting remnan ts camp cinema showing " The Ap ple Dumpling Gang "
of plant abandoned by the eng ineers who constructed three times ru nn ing ). Pte. Barry Evans, too, h ad a
the camp . M ajor disadvantages as stated with, in problem ; he couldn't remember if it was the fi rst
addition, a 'phone link to Airpon Camp. or second pressure he h ad to take off the No. 5
fu ze . . . or was it a Mk. 7 fu ze!
Round Robin
A weekly h elicopter which visited all locations ( See cartoons on next page)

with all the eggs in one basket (all the HQ Coy. repre- L ike all good stories, this one had a happy
sentatives to face the abuse of sub-units) . Always ending. The war didn't take place because the G uate-
left late or, even worse, early. Frequently was " re- malans were absent and the NAAFI resumed normal
deployed" and fin ally deposited the shattered " pax" timings with more than enough beer for everyone!
on the airst rip with no means of getting back to Air-
port Camp. Inevitably too late for tea and toast and THE REINFORC EMENT- THE BL UNT END
an afternoon swim, the "Pax" were in a singularl y
unhelpful frame of mind on return . Not used by the And so it was that two 5'ctions of 8 PI. found
wiser members of the Q staff . themselves, on the morning of 7 July, stripped for
'action , , slightly unsure of what exactly was in store,
Salamanca looking skywards and waiting. And there it was; the
The " H airy Camp " Advantages: No 'phone l ink first H ercules, slowly banking for its landing approach.
And, scarcely had it landed before a VC 10 was also
to Airport Camp. Disadvantages : Always out of radio lined up for touchdown ; the reinforcement h ad begun.
contact. Minimum sh owers and DTL but this prob-
lem solved by use of the river. Situation in midst of H ercules a ircraft followed one a fter another, their
jungle led to " Siege" mentality and susp icions that cargo doors open before they h ad even stopped taxi -ing
their rations were eaten by Aircrew. revealing different loads. We learnt to appreciate the

(con tin ued from page 27 )

labo ur-saving 01 pa lletised" systems, in which ca rgo
rolled from pla ne to condeck or fork-lift ; we also
learnt the intricacies in undoing the man y chains
used to tie down vehicles an d the diffi culties of ex-
tracting them with only inches to spare . Then there
were the pla ne-loads of ammun ition-strange shapes
11.nd sizes- all reassuring except, perhaps, when a
pallet of cluster-bombs took a n unscheduled drop from
fork-lift to gro und! (They d id not sh ow tha t sort
of problem in the " D ambustcrs").

There was always someth ing special abo ut the
VC !Os, particularly when ca rry ing freight ( rather
like a Rolls-R oyce be ing used as a pick-up truck ).
On the other hand, their arri va l brought one a ttrac tion
- a rare glimpse of "Women from Home" in the
fo rm of stewardesses.

The first day brought one of those unforgettable
moments: amidst the bustle of unloading, the at-
mosphere became suddenly expectant. Two line dots
in the sky, low on the hori zon, grew in size, alarm ing
in the speed of their approach . Suddenly, with that
unmistakeable roa r, they had passed low overhead,
with a quick roll of welcome. The Harriers had arrived.
Smiles all round ; this wa s what it was all about-
visual, tangible ( not to sa y audible) proof that we
were being reinforced ; nothing seemed quite as sig-
nificant-quite as reassuring-a s those first two
Harriers, followed, later in the day by no less than
four more.

The unloading continued throughout the night
and at the end of 48 h ours, 7 PI. took over and saw
the job through to its conclusion two days later; by
this time C Coy. had unloaded a total of over 70
planes not to mention one LSL and one Ammunition
ship the previous week . It was no t a glamorous task,
nor was it difficult in itse lf, but it was con tinuous

hard work ; for instance, one section worked for a
12-hour stretch without a break. Certai nl y we all
kn ew the task wa s worthwhile ; we were acti ve ly in -
volved in a ve ry la rge logistic opera tion which, by
its speed and smooth running, ave rted, or helped to
avert possible agg ress ion by Guatemala in the after-
math of the talks in W as hington .

* * *

UNIT MOVES (or how we left Belize)
by Lt. John Barrcll

December is the month of Christmas (and, it Conduct of the Game
seems, of games ). "Unit Moves" has been played by
many of us but with only varying degrees of success; I. The game sta rts with the UEO throw ing a
for present and future pla yers, a clearer definition of dice to determin e the date of the move. The UEO
the rules, will, I think, help make the game more scores 5 points for starting and gets a second throw.
enjoyable for everyone taking part .
2 . H e then invites compan ies to produce nominal
This is a game for six players: live a re called rolls for the move a nd compares them with his copy
ucompanies" and the sixth a "Unit Emplaning Offi cer" supplied by the Chief C lerk.
(or UEO ) .
Companies score points as follows:
The obj ect of the game is to score points by de- a. If the y get it right : 5 points.
liberately supplying fal se information over unit moves b. If the di screpancy is greater th an 10 : I 0
by air, points being awarded according to the degree points.
of confusion created. Companies may play the game c. If the roll is returned to companies with the
independently, or combine their activities against the rema rks " DO IT AGAIN ": 20 points.
UEO.
3. If the companies fail to read the UEO 's
The UEO is permitted to play two "Jokers" small print and are late in submitting returns, the
during the game; the companies, one . latter will score 10 points for each da y's delay.

4. The UEO may now play his first " Joker "; 29
he does thi s by suggesting to companies that they
will fly in certain aircraft on certain dates. If he is ( 3) G etting more than 4 soldie rs drunk on
believed, the UEO will score 50 points; he will .score a H ercules Aircraft-25 points.
a further 50 points 1f he ca n persuade compan~es to
submit names to till these tictitous flights but com- 12. The player with the highest score will be
panies can counter this by submitting frequent amend- the winner. Notwithstanding the UEO 's score, the
ments to their nominal rolls. Score 5 points for each company with the highest total will be declared the
amendment; I 0 points if the soldier is subsequently winner if the UEO is arrested by HM Customs and
put back on to his original flight. Excise at Brize Norton for his failure to spot the
company " J oker " .
5. Companies can score 25 points if they can
convince the UEO that, as a result of a conversation Special Rules
between the RSM and an RAF Movements C lerk in I. Companies arc not allowed access to photo-
the Unit Guard Room, the flight plan has been
changed. Evidence of this is an early morning tele- copy machines.
phone call by the UEO to the Air Movements Staff. 2. Companies are not to buy drinks for members

6. The UEO may now publish a Freight In- of RAF Movements Staff.
struction and thereby score 50 points; he scores a 3. The UEO is permitted to destro y all amend-
further 10 points for each company which admits to not
being able to find their SOP's for Air Moves ( Unit ments (less his own ) to Unit Air Movements
Freight ). However, if the UEO fail s to suppl y the docum ents .
necessary form s on request, he will forfeit 20 points
DER BESUCH
for each missing form.
7. The UEO will score 20 points by keeping Von Hauptman Axe! G utmann

the freight collection area a closely guarded secret, On 4 Oct. we were pleased to welcome H auptman
although each company which successfully locates it Axe! Gutmann on a two weeks attachment. Serving
with 441 ]iiger Battalion in Ahlen, W est Germany,
scores 10 points. the Hauptmann is no stranger to the R egiment as he
8. Companies may now play their " J oker"; this has visited both I and 2 QUEENS in the past, at
Werl .
is done by packing as much " duty free" (and other
prohibited items) into unit air freight and getting the A varied and busy programme was arranged for
UEO to sign the Customs Declaration. Successful him including ( in addition to all facets of Battalion
companies will each score 50 points and a "ca rry life) visits to 8 Signal Regt .; the RAC Training
over" bonus (see para. 12 ). R egt. , and the RAF Regt.

9. A period of suspense follows during which Many aspects of Battalion life differed from his
the UEO ( by innuendo and clever rumour-planting ) preconceived ideas. Our profess ionalism, discipline,
suggests to companies that flight dates are "subject fitness training and comradeship being those which
to change". An elaborate wall chart is produced and must have impressed him most since he mentioned
amended three times daily. Each company which these specifically.
carries out a positive action following one of these
amendements forfeits 5 points. The UEO will forfeit Everyone enjoyed Hpt. Axcl's stay and hope
10 points if the C.O. is allowed to see the chart. that further exchange visits can take place in the
future. P erhaps the R egiment may one day be
10. The UEO now plays his second " J oker" affiliated to 441 J ager Bn.
by me rely changing VC!Os for Hercules ai rcraft. New
flight rolls have to be submitted as well as committing POST BELIZE
companies to a long flight on a canvas seat with cold
meat sandwiches. UEO scores 50 points for every Since reassembling at Catterick, we have
company allocated a H ercules (and a further 50 points managed, in five weeks, to absorb five Inspection
for ensuring that the C.O. and Bn. HQ fly in a Teams and welcome nine visitors. A s an ex-Queens-
man, the Chaplain G eneral is always welcome and
"Special" VC 10 ). we hope he enjoyed himself. It was also a pleasure to
11. Companies should beware at this point for receive Brig . Gray, our future Field Force
Commander.
it is possible that the UEO may be in the lead by some
200 points. Balance may be restored by clever operation In the same period, fitness, sport and other
of the remaining stages of the game, i.e.: training have pervaded Somme Lines. Sport, in par-
ticular has had a massive uplift with the emphasis on
a. L ast minute amendments to flight plans by yo uth . The football XI played a team from New-
companies will score as follows: castle United while the squa sh team played in the
( 1) 12 Hrs. to take off time- 5 points. Austin Reed Championship. The hockey XI is about
( 2 ) 6 Hrs. to take off time-10 points. to play 3 LI in the Army Cup and it's rumoured that
( 3) 2 Hrs. to take off time-25 points. Lt. Quinn is raising an under-19 XV (shades of
" Jun ior Wombling" in Sibun ).
( remember that the UEO may delay take off
times by up to four hours). NCO's, MFC and A/ Tk. cadres compete to
disturb the tranquillity of Ca tterick. The ranges are
b. The UEO forfeit s 10 points for every air- full y employed whilst upgrading and BPE tests en-
craft which fails to take off at his predicted sure further discom fort. The evenings are full of
enterprising gymnasts, or racquet-wielding compelitors
time. vie-ing with the Basketballers and Boxers.

c. Companies may score points for the following ROUND AND ABOUT
in-flight activities:
( 1) Losing a sold ier at an intermediate To cover all the turnover of personalities and the
many and various activities of each company and sub-
stop-10 points. unit would be rewarding but space does not allow
( 2) C reating an internatio nal incident by this; instead, a whistle-stop-tour of Somme Lines
must suffice .
photographing a tighter aircraft of a
foreign power-20 points.

30 Johnath an Castle, upon their results in the North
East District M arch and Shoot Competition ( 9 PI.
Bn. HQ ha s sa id farefell to Capt. Nigel H arris was third and 7 PI. first ). F arewell to Sgt. Warr to
and Capt. John Sa lmon is now the new Adjutant; to the glittering lights of Harrods and to Cpl. Workman
both them and their long-suffering wives we wish and Pte. Fred Davis. Hopefull y Sgt. (Lugs) D aly,
success. The 2IC's clerk, L / Cpl. Nicholson (of " Stann Cpl. Brown and L/ Cpl. White will return from their
Creek" fame) has left for HQ Coy. and Pte. Osman Brecon courses.
is welcomed from the T and AVR. (As an ex-jockey
he should manage to ride out any trouble). To the WOs' and Sgts' M ess we welcome W02
Mick Wischhusen (from 3 RRF ) who is our new
The law is reunited with the dog handlers and RQMS; C/ Sgt Will y Wilmot and Sgt. Ian McLeod
Sgt. Cochrane ( the new Provost Sergeant) is away from (5 QUEENS) and Sgt. Brian Charman from
learning the ropes. The Asslt. Pioneers have lost their the D epot. RQMS Ray Shave leaves for BAOR after
"domestic" side to the QM who spreads his vast four hard yea rs and the Battalion is grateful to him
empire throughout Somme Lines, including the MT for a job well done .
garages. The MT and the REME have been preparing
for the unit PRE; as a result of that inspection, the W02 Brian Fox has gone to Beaconsfi eld; W02
Signal PI. now carry their remai ning sets on their Nick King to the Depot, Sgt. Dave McCaig to IJLB,
backs as they trot around the BPE circuit. Sgt. Eddy Edwards to the D epot, Sgt. Dave Rainey,
Sgt. Alan Warr and Sgt. Pete Marshal! to civilian
The cooks have "never had it so good, after con- life; Sgt. McCleave has left us for Sennelager. Warm
ditions in Belize. A re-constituted Training Wing are congratulations to W02 John O 'Sullivan on attaining
putting in overtime and we are grateful to the SAS C his Warrant Rank during the Belize Tour and an
Wing whose coaching courses are invaluable; thanks equally warm welcome to SQMS Wagland and Sgts.
to them also for their help in Belize. And, talking of J ackson and Smith. ( Hopefull y the pressures of Belize
help, the Paystaff are still hiding away in "that will not have disheartened them ). Best wishes to
building", its members rapidly becoming promoted. SQMS Ash ley ( now retired ) and to Sgt. Guya h who
has taken up welding.
The strains of music from the Square means the
Band is back. N urnerous engagements throughout the Lengthen the stride and we are at HQ Coy-
summer culminated with a KAPE tour, Richmond but nobody's there! Maj. Falcke (spelt correctly at la st )
Operatic Society ("My Fair Lady") and a special and his HQ are swimming-a habit they picked up
Trafalgar night engagement by request of the Royal in Belize! Next door is the families office- also gone
Navy. The success of our "Jubilee" record has led swimming, except for the boss who is playing squash-
to a commercial contract in the N ew Year for a a habit re-started during the rear party trials and
second recording. tribulations. And talking of Rear Parties, one wonders
if the wives and famili es enjoyed themselves while
At the Bn. Golf Meeting the other da y, the their menfolk where sweating in the humid, mosquito-
winners of the "CO's Gamp" was Pte. Bridson ( B infested swamps of Belize? Or was it quite like that?!
Coy.) who was also joint winner of the Hidden Holes
Competition with Cpl. Tilley ( Band ). Sgt. Petty won Rogers,
The Regimental Putter and the Cpls. and Ptes. Teams John
tied for second place with the Officers' Mess (Th e Jones
WOs' and Sgts' Mess won ).
LTD
Continuing the tour of camp, we arrive at the
Companies. Sp. Coy. welcomes Maj . Graham Brown Regimental
(as OC ) and Lt. David Watson as Surveillance PI. Tailors and Outfitters to-
commander ( by the next issue, they hope to welcome
many more members to the Coy!) Farewell to Sgt. THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT
Ives, Cpl. Tharme, L / Cpl. Kevin Hinds and F enner.
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In A Coy. Maj. Dawson has left for BAOR
(and not the AAC as some thought following his two
months in Salamanca! ) Maj . Richard Graham has
arrived from Canterbury and Lt. Bob Wilby joined us
from University.

KAPE Coy. ( B ) remain firmly under command
of Maj . Arnold. "Soldiering Display", the poem pub-
lished elsewhere tells of the success ful KAPE tour.
The company welcomes L/ Cpl. Norris, Ptes. Sherman,
Lawrence, Flynn, Thomas, Drummond, D eal,
McNicoll, Banton, Farrow, Simpson, Anderson,
Harrison, Godfrey, Barman, Duddy; and, to Cpls.
Fidge and Hall, L/ Cpls. McVeigh and Dedrnan, Ptes.
Pearce, Johnson, Head, Trowbridge, Peace, Searle,
Luke, Talbot and Wakefield we say farewell, wishing
them all good fortune.

And a fond farewell to our CSM, W02 "Puddy
Tatt" Catt, who leaves after two years to take up a
new appointment in HQ Coy.

C Coy. welcomes Maj. Peter Bishop; he was
borrowed from Sp. Coy. during the tour in Belize
but, unlike other attached Sp. Coy. elements, was not
returned. Special congratulations to 7 PI. and 9 PI.,
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31

SOLDIERING DISPLAY

( or memories of a KAPE T our )
by Pte. Drumrnond of B Coy.

The C rowds were all " Company H alt"-
ga thered the order had come
and all boots in un ison
in amazement and g lee, slam med dow n as one.
at the smart turned-out
W e fell out that da y
soldi ers in S ussex by sea,
of thi s fine company. to cheers of "Hurrah"
and HI wish it were me" l
With our marching and
wea pons Our recruiting was done
we'd dazzle them all- on that bright S ussex day,
as the echoes d ied out,
the elderl y, the yo unger, of "hurrah " and "hooray".
but mostly the small.
The marching was fin e
With broad grins and and the drill wa s so good;
smiles of course, for B Company,
it obviously should .
they crowded the street,
and when we changed arms
they thought it a treat.

W e all marched together, The crowd will remember
to this very day,
each soldier in step, the men of 3 QUEENS
awaiting the orders and their martial display.
we'd eventu all y get.

1. Visit of C ommander 6 Field Force. The CO (r.) 3. The Bn. Soccer XI with j eff Nulty, captain of
talking to Brig. Mike Gray Newcasde United FC (3rd from ri2ht, front row)
and his XI
2. A lbuhera Day '77. 35-a-side rugby!

32

MIAMI REVISITED our room at six and g rabbed the eleva tor up to the
top of the hotel. H ere we saw some friends who re-
by Cpl. Trev. Hunting and Pte. Bill Bailey membered us from our last visit-people who had
come from as far as New York and Los Angeles. Ou r
During our recent tour of Belize we found our- very good fri end, Will a, wa s wo rking at th e ba r so,
for the rest of the evening we had a lot of fun,
selves fortunate enough to spend 3 da ys R and R drinking, dancing and laugh ing; from then on, it was
one big party- dinner at ou r fri ends house; swimming
in Miami . Our first trip proved to be so successful on P alm Beach, surfing, shoppi ng and a lot of other
thi ngs bes ide. J ust before we left, we were in vited out
that we both decided, over a cup of tea, we wo uld go to dinner ; and then followed a brilliant send-off.

back after our duty ended in Belize. W e still keep in touch with our America n fri ends
and h ave a lot of snaps to look back on. In all
During the closing stages of the tour we were seriousness, if anyone reading th is column thinks of
visiting M iami, our advice is-take the chance while
more determined than ever to leave the bush for you can and go. You won't be a bit d isappointed and
yo u wi ll have a great time beca use the peo[>le arc
the concrete jungle of Miami . Once the rest of the very, very friendl y and grea t fun to be wtth . If
you are like us, you will certainl y wa nt to go again.
company prepared to move back to the UK we set
M iami revisited-the authors (I. to r.) C pl. H unting
about the task of jacki ng up fltghts, pay etc. The re- and Pte. Bailey

mai nder of B Coy. departed by VC lO at approx.

1700 hrs. and, as we watched them fly off, we felt a

bit depressed; in fact we even started wondering what

the hell we were doing standing on the Rugb y Pttch

waving "our" plane goodbye. .

On the next day, we dashed around gettmg cur-

rency changed and checked our flight s; thanks to the

patience of L / C pl. Thomas ( Orderl y Room R and R

C lerk ) and TACA Airways we ~ere to be awa y the

fo llowing morning. After an tnterestmg breakfast

watching the fli es doing a tango on our eggs, we

collected our few belongings and made our way to

the taxi rank.

Touching down at Miami International Airport,

the sun, as we expected, was shining brilliantly and

we were all set to have one heck of a hollday . A

cab took us to the beautiful Biscayne T errace H otel

on Biscayne Bouleva rd- a place rea lly to be seen

( the next-best thing to a pint of beer at the NAAFI! )

After checking in, we sp ent the rest of the afternoon

unpacking and taking a shower . Thus spruced up,

we decided to spend the evening in the bar. W e left

WHITBREAD

1ftco;ph~

BITTER

The pint that thinks it~ a quart

33

The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion

ROYAL REVIEW OF RESERVE FORCES mentioned, they have played at Gravelines in France
(1 4 August ) and at Yp re in Belgium ( 3/ 4 Septem-
THE big Silver Jubilee event for the TAVR ber ) ; the latter engagement was in connection with
was the Review by the Queen of the Re- the 60th anniversary of Pa ssch endaele and the 50th
serve Forces at Wembley Stadium on 30 June. anni versary of the M enin Gate. On I September
The Battalion provided a team to march in the occured the Quinquennial Inspection by The Ro ya l
South-East Distri ct contingent, which was under Military School of Music, Kneller H all. Five years
the comma nd of Maj . G. H . Wright, TD, to- ago, the Band was graded "O utstanding", the first such
gether with a Colour Party. The Band and Drums award ever given to a TAVR Band. Fingers were
also played a prominent part. crossed that they could repeat this distinction, and
they did! This was a splendid result, and thoroughly
The whole parade was under the command of deserved by Bandmaster Clark, Drum-Major Solley
Col. ]. B. Ogilvie, OBE, TD, and made a stirring
sight, with all the Standards, Guidons and Colours of and their teams.
the TA VR on show. The Queen, with Prince Phillip,
inspected the parade from a state landau, and a All readers will w ish to cougratulatc th eir TAVR
march-pas t followed . It was the first time for 400 Band on rhis fi ne achicvemcnt- Ed .
yea rs that the R eserve Forces as a body had been re-
viewed by the Sovereign, an occas ion to be long CAMP
remembered by those who took part.
Camp was from 8 to 22 October, later than
Exercise Sparrowhawk usual, but geared to enable us to take pan in Exerci se
"Bowbell" du ring the second week. The first week
This Battalion exercise took place in the Alder- was spent at Stan ford, though a normal training
shot and H ankley areas on 1-3 Jul y, and was set programme wa s only partly possible. Before the ad-
by HQ 6 Fd . Force to practise our current trade- vance and road parties disappea red to Norway, there
patrolling. Each company sent in recce patrols by was just time to fit in Exercise "Norwegian Nomad "
helicopter ; these then obtained the information they for 48 hours; this was designed to run through-in
had been asked to get and fl ew out again. Sub- telescoped form-all the events we should have to meet
sequentl y, fighting patrols were inserted, again by air, in Norway. It was fai rl y testing and certain ly oiled
and objecti ves reached, a good dea l of live two-legged the Battalion machinery most effecti ve ly; by the time
enemy being captured or despatched in the process!
it was over, we were in top gear and ready for the
Laying-Up of Colours main course .

Until three years ago, the Battalion had carried Norway
the Colours of 4th Bn. The Buff s (TA ) since 1961; Picture a broad expanse of SW Norway ( between
these were laid up in the Warriors' C hapel of Can-
terbury Cathedral on 16 Jul y. The Colou rs of 1st Kristiansand and Stavanger), with dramatic scenery
Queen's Own Buff s and 5th Buff s ( TA ) were laid of mountai ns, lakes and fjords- in one of which
up by the 2nd and 6th/ 7th Bns. at the same time. Cossack assaulted Altmark in 1940. Add to this the
autumn al co lours and yo u have the setting for Exerci se
Our Colour P arty consisted of: Capt. Mirams, " Bowbell ". The Battalion came under command of
Capt. Bass, WO 2 M archant, C / Sgt. Perry and Sgt. a Norwegian bri gade fo r the 5-day exercise and we
Gawler; they slow-marched down the nave to the started by estab li shing a forward base at Lista air
altar, where the Commanding Officer handed the old station ; we fl ew there from RAF H onington, a sea
Colours to the D ean. Among those present was the party sailing from Newcastle. The brigade's task was
Lord Lieutenant of K ent ( Lord Astor ) and our Hon. to hold up an enemy adva nce on three axes for three
Colonel, Col. H . H. Prince Georg of D enmark,
who also represented Queen M argarethe, Allied days prior to concentrating and dri vi ng him out.
Colonel -in-Chief. W e started with the four Companies ( rei nforced

After the Service, the Battalion found a guard by a pl atoon of Wessex Volunteers) occu pyi ng a series
to take part in the march through Canterbury. The of blocking positions on the centre axis. The first two
new Colours were on parade, the Colour P art y being: Companies were quite quickly cut off (as anticip ated)
2/ Lts. McCardle and Mortimer, W02 F a irfax, Sgts. and were extricated by heli copter (with thei r Mobats)
D ye and Oldacre. on the second mo rning. A Coy. was then detached
under Norwegian Command for a day, while the
Officers' and Senior NCOs' Training W""kend remai nder fell back to a battalion defensive position .
This was to be the limit of the enemy' s permitted
A success ful weekend was held on 17/ 18 Septem- advance, and they were accordin gly stopped. During
ber, when a number of lectures and discuss ions took this phase we were visited by SACEUR and C-l -C
place . A joi nt dinner was arranged, at which we NORTH as well as by the No rwegian Chief of
were very plea sed to welcome the Colonel of the R egi - D efence Staff. By the end of the third day we were
ment and our Honorary Colonel.
relieved and withdrew to a "hide" area, to prepare for
The Band and Drums a brigade attack.

This has been a highly successful period fo r the The fourth day was spent in recces and battle pro-
Band and Drums. As well as the R oya l R eview, already cedure for the brigade attack the following morning.
The B attalion's obj ective was a bridge and dam
complex set in a bowl dominated by three peaks. A
Coy. were first away and secured a farm half a mi le
forw ard of the FEBA enabling B and E Coys. to pass
through and seize two of the heights overlooking the
objecti ve. C Coy. then helicoptered beyond a lak•

34 NORWAY

obstacle to secure the high ground on the far side 1. A Coy's first position
of the dam ; the way was now clear for A Coy. to 2. C Coy's position overlooking the Eia Vatnet
move up and assault the target which they did in 3. Mydland Tunnel-E Coy's first position
fine style just as the exercise ended. 4. Jossingfjord-scene of the HMS Cossack versus

It only remained to march out of the difficu lt Alrmark incident in 1940
terrain for some three miles to where transport was
waiting. Morale at this point was sky-high ; we had (More pictures on page 36)
achieved all our aims, and the weather had been

kind.
Exercise " Bowbell" had been in our sights for

some twelve months and when it came it was no
disappointment. It achieved many things, diffi cult
enough to accompli sh separately; such as:

I. Overseas Training. Always popular, this was
a conceptual factor of benefit to all.

2. Co-operation with Allies. H ospitality and
assistance from the Norwegians was outstanding and
a good insight into their organisation and methods was
obta ined. Opposition by the US Marine Corps also
had its educational value!

3. Extended Period. A five-da y exercise for
TAVR is rare, even at Camp . We proved to our-
selves that we cou ld survive and that the Echelons
could operate eff ectively.

4. Unfamiliar Terrain. R ock and mountain, with
plenty of water obstacles, made a dramatic change
from our normal habitat.

5. Membership of Large Formation. As well as
our own gunners and light helicopters which we had
brought with us, it was valuable to have been given
the feeling of participating as part of a much larger
group. Norwegian engineers, signals, air force, trans-
port, medical services and other units were much in
evidence, as well as the other two battalions in the
brig ade.

In summary, it was undoubtedly the best Camp
the Battalion h as ever undertaken, and a good augury
for the future.

Personal Column
Congratulations on the following awards: BEM-

Sgt. M. ]. W ard of A Coy.; Silver Jubilee Medal-
Lt.-Col. P . H. Courtney, M aj. G. Dineley, TD,
RQMS ] . B. Cavanagh and Band C/ Sgt. G . C roxford .

We welcome W02 John Dickens from I
QlJEENS as SPSI A Coy. and wish his predecessor,
W02 George Whittle, every good fortune for hi s
future in civilian life. Other new arrivals have been
Sgts. M ervin Butcher and Tony Booker from the 2nd
Bn., replacing Sgt. Tony Slade who has retired and
Sgt. Ian McLeod who has returned to the 3rd Bn.

Finally we would like to congratulate 2/ Lt. Allan
M archant on his commissioning from W02, and
W02s K iff and Gawler and C / Sgts. Gawler and
Tyler on their well earned promotions.

VOLUNTEERS WITH THE
BUNDESWEHR

by Maj . A. J. D. Salter, TD

Driving down the Thanet W ay in pouring r ai n
to catch the first hovercraft of the day to Ca lais, the
three of us could be said to be having doubts about
the wisdom of a 10-day attachment to the Bundeswe hr .
Under the auspices of the RFA we were to visit 193
Panzergrenadier Battalion at their shooting camp in
Munsterlager. The torrential r ain followed us across
France, Belgium and most of Germany but then dried
up to give us ten days of glorious weather.

Lager Kiihlenbissen was a small hutted camp
not unlike many in the UK and we were put up in

a loca l "villa" which, despite cold running wa ter,

was most comfo rtab le.. .
At first it was fa trl y obviOu s tha t ou r hosts were

no t qu ite sure what to make of us, E nglish T AVR

officers being a new ''anima l" to them, but thei r

hospitality together with Peter H arri ngton 's flu ent

German and fund of stories soon broke the ice and

the visit got off to a fl ying start.
The officers and our gui de, Obcrlcutnant H ans

]ansen went out of their way to ensure that a vari ed

progra:nme went as smoothl y as possible. H av ing

the Panze r Schoo l in Munster meant we we re able
to wa tch a demonstration of their AFV ca pab il ity in-

cludi ng the changing of a L eopa rd power pack in

eight minutes fla t. Their q uestions as to the equivalent
time for a C hieftan brought some rather red faces!

Being taken to thei r Guided W eapons School and

introduced to the chief instructor led to a session on
the Milan simulator -a very effecti ve training aid.

Next day we we re able to wa tch the first live firing by

the Bundeswehr of Milan ; 4 8 rounds at ll ,OOODM a

round was most impress ive ! Other demonstrations in-

cluded Leopa rd live firin g; 120mm M ortars on a .~ Of4 'TKCTJ & «»MP""")' ~ut ..... SEEMS "TH()'
night shoot; an N BC D econtamina t ion unit in the 010,.;,. ....,.,...,. To &E LAST HOMf ~IN !!ll

fi eld, and a very impress ive Company in D efence

de mo nstr at io n .
All went to reinforce the point that these ele-

ments of the Bundeswehr are highl y trained and

well-equi pped. Training is well planned and max imum

use made of train ing time.
The Battalion is equipped with M arder and has

four companies-three P anzergrenadie r and a M ortar

Company. One furth er company trains recru its and
works on four intakes a year. The system appears to

work well, good morale and a sound relationship be-
tween offi cers and men be ing self-ev ide nt. F ormulation

of R egimental history and a buil ding up of tradition

is important to the Battalion and it has t aken as its
beginning the 1st Infantry R egiment raised in K onigs-

berg, Eas t Prussia in 1639; it is from these links that

the Battalion emblem of the elkhorn derives.
Apart from the purely military aspects of the

visit, our hosts ensured ample time was set aside for
sightsee ing. Thi s gave us the chance to see someth ing

of H amburg, Munster, Luneberg and the Soviet Bor-

der. In addition, a relaxed social life in the mess
where an ea rl y evening mea l left ample opportunit y

for the exchange of jokes and stories and for our
hosts to learn a few games to add to their repetoire !

Our thanks to Oberstleutnant W edde and his

Battalion for making the vis it a great success; also to

H ans J ansen and Benne Vengler for their comrade-

ship throughout.

DRESS

A number of S ussex AC F O ffi cers requ ire No.
2 Dress and M ess Kit ( Queen's R egt. patterns if
p oss ibl e ) .

If any Offi ce r who is retired or is about to retire
can help, would he kindl y write di rect to :

Capt. R. M oorton,
72 P ercival R oad,
Ea stbo urn e,
S u ssex.

1. Haigh meets Haig (1. to r.) Maj. Tony Haigh (OC
E Coy.), CO and (C-in-C North)

2. Ex. "Sparrow Hawk"-Some of the two-legged
feathered enemy!

3. The RMO-Maj . Murray McGreggor-NOT
watching his calories

Maj. Tony Salter having a go on the Milan Simulator

37

The 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion

The Summer Months when L/ Cpl. Burchell did an excellent bit of sniping
from a tree and Pte. Smith, a newly-j oined recruit,
THE summer of 1977 will be remembered for showed how to stalk a sentry. With the company
the Silver Jubilee celebrati ons, and b.y 1st officers involved elsewhere, the senior NCO s, M essrs.
H ymans, D ale and Langley, ran the Company.
May we were well into our stride with rehearsals.
On 7 Ma y th e officers held a Ball at Sutton,
RSM Maloney couldn't have chosen a better tim e which was well-supported; Sgt. Alderman and his
cooks are to be congratulated on producing an excellent
to join us, and hi s programme of visits and drill buffet. By an astute piece of timing on the part of
M aj. Gordon C rumley, the Ball coincided with a
sessions wa s seemmgly never-end mg. District Study Weekend, at which there was an address
by the Secretary of State for Defence. On the Sunday,
By some fri endl y words with the Brigade of a number of officers felt like " doing a Mulley" after
Guards M as ter-Tailor, he also ensured that un iforms leaving Sutton in the ea rly hours ! At the end of
were worthy of the occasion . On 7 June contingents J ul y we had our first visit from Brig. B. C. W ebster,
from B and D Coys. lined the route of the Queen 's the new Chief of Staff, S .E . who sta yed until nea rl y
journey to St. P aul's Cathedral. On 30 June the midnight. On the following night, at W andsworth,
Queen reviewed the R eserve Forces m Wembley Brig. J. B. Akehurst, D eputy Military Secretary, gave
Stadium; having acquitted ourselves well in the a talk on the Dhofar campaign at a meeting of the
District rehea rsa ls, we had no fears on the day The
Colour P art y, made up of Sts. Storie-Pugh and Officers' Dining Club .
Roberts, W0 2 H arwood, C / Sgt. Bird and S!!t.
Cowlard, all of B Coy., wa s first class. All companies Westdown Camp 3-17 September
were also involved in mino r ce lebrations in their
After a wet summer, o ur camp period was entirel y
local area s. free of rai n and the camp itself was pleasantl y situated
and well-maintained. 29 Cdo R cgt. RA were there too.
The laying-up of va rious olours of The Buffs We were some 350 strong ( just under a quarter were
and Queens Own Buff s in Canterbury Cathedral on recruits) and training wa s organised in the form of
16 Jul y also required us to provide a Colour P art y. a number of cadres rathe r than by companies.
This came from C Coy. at C rawley, which enabled
the RSM to train them on drill-nights. Lt . Scott The recruits' cadre, under M aj. Putnam, was
describes his experiences elsewhere. What he doesn't split into three platoons under Lts. R oberts, Hurd and
say, and probably didn 't know, was that the CO, Gregory and a detailed programme was drawn up
who had ordered both subalterns to be correctly to cover four subj ects in depth- foot-dnll, weapon
dressed in the proper reg imental pattern Service Dress trai ning on SLR and LMG, fi eldcraft and minor
-th inking he would not be involved in uniform- had tactics; other subj ects, such as map reading and radio
to rush out and buy one himself a fter a change of communications were left to be covered in drill-hall
training . Three weeks before camp all instructors
plan! we re given a full briefing and each recruit was gi':en
Running concurrentl y with these events was com- a detailed programme; the course was competitive
with silver cups and prizes to be won. RSM M aloney
petition shooting. M aj. Putnam was in charge of the announced that only his last platoon at the Depot had
team, with strong support from the RSM. The first completed the course without losing a soldier. B anging
meeting of the yea r was the London and South East £5 on the lectern, he offered it to the platoon that
Districts TA VR Meeting in Ma y. Pte. Green won the finished the recruit cadre with no losses. " Some of
SE Dist. Young Soldier's Troph y; W02 Bowen and you . . . are thinking 'why doesn't the old . . . put
C/ Sgt. Rolfe came 2nd in the Pistol T ea m M atch; down £20?' W ell I know the R egular Army, but I
the Section M atch was won by a team headed by don' t know the TAVR- ye t !"
W02 Da y; and Cpl. L ambert, L / Cpl. Burchell, Ptes.
Hicks and Green reached the final of the Fa lling The first week concentrated on foot-drill and
Plate Match, losing to 10 P ara. ( V ) in a very exciting weapon handling, the form er being conducted by
shoot. In the Inter- Unit C hampionships, the team C SMs H arwood, Bowen and Day. Weapon training
came 3rd out of 19, an exce llent start to the season . was in the hands of the section NCOs and, by the
At the TAVR M eeting at Bis!ey in Jul y we came end of the first week, every recruit had passed the
about one-thi rd down the list of competitors in most T sOET on SLR and LMG with a grading of either
events but the scores were an improvement on last 'average' or better. The recruits' day started at 0530
yea r. The LMG ' A' P air came 9th out of 88, and the hrs. with reveille follow ed by the construction of bed
best individual rcseults were those of W02 D ay, C/ Sgt . boxes and barrack cleaning ; breakfast at 0700 hrs.;
Rolfe, L / C pl. Goss and L / Cpl. Burchell. The team draw arms at 0720 hrs. ("but when do we draw legs,
enjo yed the non-firing part of the weekend, hav mg sir" asked the humourist), and a formal muster parade
the use of a hut provided by 71 Sig. Regt. ( V ). Un- at 0745 hrs. Each da y M aj. Putn am inspected one
fortunately nobody could persuade RSM Maloney to platoon and all huts, the results going towards the
" Best Platoon" C up.
ea t an ice-crea m when in uniform !
The recruits, second week started with two days'
We also carried out some field trai ning: in M ay, live firing, followed by two days on the training area
A Coy. displayed their usual masochism by conducting learning section battle drills and ending with a night
section and platoon attacks with full battle loads over exercise. The final day was taken up by the p assing-
a 7-mile Advance to Contact exercise. D Coy. we nt
down to Sa li sbury Plai n for Exercise "Camberwell
Beauty", for which they had two helicopters. HQ
Coy. were enem y to C Coy. on the same weekend

out parade; rehearsa ls in the morning and the actual battalion (which kindly showed off their 432s and

parade, watched by the assembled battalion, in the Scimitar) and 27 Com mand Workshops REME . The

afternoon. After on ly 13 drill periods, the cadre stood only battalion exercise was a CPX at the end of

for a 20-minute inspecti on by the CO, marched pas t the second week, designed by Maj. Adler. I n Bn.

in line and advanced in review order. The standard HQ, Lt. Joan Morters and her WRAC girls soon got

was a great credit to the recruits themselves and to the hang of things, and the Intelligence section

their instructors. The CO gave a closing add ress and (L/ Cp ls. Ewing and Butler) showed considerable

presented cups and awards to the following:- promise.

Best Overa ll R ecruit-Pte. J ackson (C Coy.); For the whole camp we hosted H auptmann
Best Recruit at Drill and Turnout-Pte. L aw Barges (a reserve officer of the Bundeswehr) and Lt.
(B Coy.); Dwight Martin and a dozen men from 97 Signa ls
Best Shot S LR-Pte. Aitken (C Coy.); Bn., U.S. Army. Another welcome group was tbe
Best S hot LMG-Pte. Law (B Coy.); Sussex ACF Corps of D rums who beat R etrea t on
Best Section Fi eldcraf t and Section Tactics- 10 Sept. and showed what a high standa rd can be
Cpl. Ryan's Sect. No. 2 PI. (D Coy.); reached in a good Cadet Force. From 7 Sept. on-
Bes t PI. Overa ll-No. 2 PI. commanded by 2/ Lt. wards we had a dai ly flow of visi tors including Lt.-
G regory (D Coy.) Gen. Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, GOC S.E.,
Maj-Gens. Shapland, Ling, Mans and d 'Avigdor-

Finally, and without warn ing, the CO asked the Goldsmid, Brigs Webs ter and Ca rroll, Col. Ogi lvie

RSM to "put hi s money where his mouth was, , and and TAVR A Secretaries. C ivilian visitors included

pay I Platoon the £5 they had earned for not losing three MPs-Messrs. Maurice Macmillan, Hugh Rossi

a recruit! Could this be the start of another tradition- and Michael Mates-the Master and C lerk of the

the "Blue Max" award ? Wo rshipful Company of Cu tlers; the Master of the

In the Signals Cadre eleven students were looked Builders' Merchants Company and a number of local

after by five instructors, headed by M aj. Ad ler . (L /Cpl. press representati ves. We were, of course, also de-

Eggar, left at the end of the first week to start hi s li ghted to we lcome Co l. Sime and Lt.-Col. Colin Cole.

trai ning as a 2/ Lt. in the Royal M arines). Besides The social programme was another intensive

voice procedure, the syllab us covered oper ating the feature and the Training Major won dered just why

P ye \Vestminster sets, plus electri cal and antenn a we came to camp! The Sergeants' Mess led off with

theory. M aximum use was made of practical, out- a dinner on 9 Sept. and on the following night, 52

door exercises and the cadre tramped many miles officers and their guests sat down to dinner in the

along the Wylye valley (a few ca llsigns even di sa- superb setting of Tedworth House, Tidworth. On .,....

ppeared into the river! ) S / Sgt. Stew art-A Coy. PSI, both occassions the Band of the Surrey Yeomanry,

I (who the 1st Bn. think is with us for a quiet time! ) conducted by WOI D . J . Butlin, played. Tedworth
found acting as four ca llsigns on the main signals House was also the venue for the visit of the Sergeant.'

exercise di stinctly tr ying. Another small cadre, abo ut to the Officers' M ess on 13 Sept. The Corpora ls held

which it is alw ays difficult to write, is the HGV ; a mess function too and each company held a

they are virtually always out of camp, im mune to "smoker". It seems that PMCs had taken a leaf out

11 visits from the brass. By the end of camp, Sgt. of the RSM's book-"It's my job to get as much

Long h ad increased our number of qualified HGV drill as possible, and it's you r job to stop me" he

drivers, for which we are n1ost grateful. had been heard to tell Maj. Crumley.

I The last cadre was for trained soldiers. M a js. Finally, the record of camp wou ld not be com-
Hopper and Lowans were responsible for two groups plete without mention (and indeed prai se) of the

and their programmes included field exercises and admin istrati ve staff. Capt. ( now M aj.) W ebb took on

I visits to various military establi shments in the area. the task of Mess ing Officer- and perhaps it was jmt
We took the opportunity to wa tch artillery firing, band luck tha t the on ly poor container mea ls went to

and when Capt. Prior asked for volunteers for the B Coy.! We had a full team of our own ..cooks and

butts he is reported to h ave had four takers, including pay clerks and both groups gave outstandi ng service.

Pte. Balsamo! D Coy. also scored during a major The RQMS and L / Cpl. Monk were delighted when

exerci se when Sgt. Valiance and L /Cpl. Gallagher L / Cpl. P escott proved su ch a successful R ation Store-

persuaded some Sappers, whom they found in the man, leaving L / Cpl. Monk to run the Sergeants'

area wi th a mechanical digger, to dig their slit Mess. Sgt. Rendell in the Officers' Mess, was seen to

trenches. In a few minutes the Sappers completed relax this year wi th a full-time staff of two, besides

wh at others took hours to do with pick and shovel. cooks. The R egimental Poli ce were very much in

P erhaps less successful, however, was Sgt. Elliott's evidence; S / Sgt. Doubleday r an a b usy armourer's

night vision demonstration, when a torch on a skyline shop; and Cp l. Trower and L/ Cp l. Hutchings

became confused with a helicopter's red light-the (WRAC) provided the clerical back-up for the re-

squ ad suddenly saw the latter shoot up into the sky! crui ts' cadre. The outcome of the h ard wo rk by all

B Coy. were fortun ate in h aving the services of Lt.

Mike Mercer, fresh from his SSVC with the 3rd Bn ., 1. L / Cpl. Jones (Sgts' Mess Cook) at Camp doing f
and Capt. Gordon Andrew, recentl y qualified at the

D efence NBC School. Their cadre h ad a 36-hour his BII test

exer cise which included a fight through Imber vi ll age. L)2. Men of D Coy. go into action on Ex. "Camber-
Capt. Andrew, having lit some of hi s CS pellets, was well Beauty"
slow in putting on hi s respirator; in a fla sh, 4 PI.
pinned him in one of the contam inated rooms ! Similar 3. Pte. Wicker, B Coy., receives tbe Ayling Award
exer cises, designed to practise section and platoon from the CO

battle drills we re held in the second week. Pl aces 4. The CO and Maj . Putnam inspect No. 1 Recruit
visited by these cadres included the Small Arms Platoon on their passing-out parade.

Museum at the School of Infantry; the Arm y Air 5. Pte. Jackson, C Coy., "Best Recruit" at Camp.

Corps Museum at Middle Wa llop ; the demonstrati on



the administrati ve staff was a march-out bill so mall cha llenge; wewere dete rm ined to match the reg ular
that M aj. R on L ucas was quite put out at not being sold iers in their drill and turnout.
ab le to give company commanders his usual brand
of ''stick"! O n 13 Jul y the two suba ltern s moved to Canter-
bury to join the 2nd Bn. at H owe Barracks. Their
In the eight weeks after camp, mobilisa tion jJra- Colour P arties were both surp rised and pleased that
cedures have been our main concern, whi ch culminated we were prepared to put in the tim e at rehearsa ls
in Exercise "Tigers T eeth " on 22/ 23 Oct., a D istri ct and they prov ided every assistance. On the Thursday
test exercise, in whi ch various stati c Regular units we were put through our paces with the Regula r
aIso took part. escorts whose standa rd of drill was excellent, despite
their tour in Belfast having ended onl y one week
'A' Matters be fore.

The most important change in the Battalion is On th e Friday our full Colo ur P art y arri ved, with
that we have reached I 00 % of our estab lishment. It Sgt. P eel sport ing the C/ Sg t's C rown he was to wear
fo r the parade ( It's now been rep laced by a " W atch
I is parti cularly pleasing to see C Coy. with a strength Th is S pace" sticker !)
of over 100 and we are now busy recruiting in Cam-
berley where at long las t the armour y has been Saturday dawned bright and wa rm, to the ho rror
completed. The awa rd of the BEM to W0 2 H ymans of all those on parade which formed u p a fter a minor
panic when a rather elderl y Colour-belt chose to
1[ in the Birthday H onours ga ve us the grea test of break. R epairs we re effected and we marched on . It
was an impressive sight-the three sets of Colours
pleasure, the announcement coming on the day he together with the serried ran ks and Band of the 2
was bein g di ned out by HQ Coy.; his place as CS M Bn.-marching into Canterbury and picking up, on
has been taken by W02 D ale. Ju bilee Meda ls went the way, The Bu ffs Old Comrades.
to C pl. Murphy, B Coy., who has done so mu ch for
the Corporals' M ess, and W02 C hapman. The " Ay- On reaching the Ca thedral, a quick d rink of
ling Awa rd" for the best priva te so ldier of 1976-77 lemonade was very welcome. The Ca th edral and its
we nt to Pte. Wicker, B Coy. W e welcome as new precincts were impressive, crowded wi th people, both
add itions to the Offi cers' M ess 2/Lts. D avid Austin guests and tourists with cameras popping everywhere.
(from 6 RRF), J ohn Scri ven and Si mon Bl austen The march down the a isle was a mov ing experience
(from OT Cs) and Alan Gregory from the Corpor als' and, when the drill we nt perfectl y, the sigh of relie f
M ess. Sgt. Wi !son and Pte. Brooker have also joined
the M ess as Offi cer Cadets. New members of the Ser- The Colour Party for the Laying-Up of 5 Buffs (TA)
geants' M ess are S gts. Frater, Va liance and S ca les. Colours (1. to r .) Lt. Scott, C / Sgt. Rivers, W02
Lt. J oan M orters got an 'A' grading on the Service
Funds Course, and Sgt. Graham P eel a 'B' on the C hapman, Sgt. Peel and 2/ Lt. Leonard.
NB C Instructor's Course. As the onl y T AVR NCO Picture by B .M .H . Photograph ic, C rawley

I on the latter course, S gt. P eel listened with interest
to an after-dinner di scussion whi ch led to some un-
favourable comments on the TA VR . A fterwa rd h-:

I, caused a few red faces by admittin g his Volun teer
status, and the stor y made the loca l press unde r the
headi ng "Sgt. P eel makes 'ern blush".
D epartures include Capt. D avid E de lshain, who

I has joined the P ool of W atchkeepers, and Lt. Mi ke
M ercer who fin ally succumbed to a promo tion offer
with 5 Roya l An gli an (V). The former was dined out
on 10 Sept. and presented the M ess with a superb
silver cup (the " 397 C up") to be presented to the
Comp any most effi cient at administration ( Sta ff Pay-
master please note !) Finall y, we were delighted to
find that from I Aug. our new Co lonel TA VR was
Co l. Jim Ogilvie, formerl y C O 7 Queens (V).

LAYING-UP OF COLOURS

by

Lt. N. K . L. Scott

" M arch on the Colours." T o all soldiers those
words mea n a grea t dea l, but to the Co lour P arty
being add ressed they mean even more. Sa turday 16
Jul y saw the culm inat ion of 4 months' hard wo rk by
six members of the Battalion. On that day three sets
of K entish C olours we re laid up in Ca nterbury
Ca thedra l.

T o C Company 6/ 7 QUEENS ca me the
honour of lay ing up the Colours of the 5th Bn . The
Buff s ( T A); 2 and 5 QUEENS we re to prov ide
parties for the other Colours. For four months the
Colour P art y (2/Lt. Anthony Leonard, CS M P eter
C hapman, C/ Sgt. D ave Rivers and Sgt. G raham P eel
and m yse lf) spent every Thursday evening drilling
un de r the wa tchful eye and sometimes ab rasive tongue
of the R SM. T o each of us the p arade was a

was almost audible. ( Appropriatel y, a; we left the
altar, the congrega tion sa ng the h ymn "Now Tha nk
We All Our God"! ) The form-up for the return to
]-[owe Barracks provided a lighter moment when the
;enior ensign 's voice broke. 6/ 7 QUEENS Colour
Part y was the onl y one marching both to and from the
Cathedral, as the other Ba ttalions provided two Colou r
Parties. The march through th e town will remam 10 o ur
memory for a ve ry long time. The crowds bur t i .to
spontaneous cheering and clapping as we we:1t pa st
and we reali sed that the general public do support us.

The march up the hill to Howe Barracks took a
great dea l out of us and it was an enormous rel ief
when we fell out at the top . The traditional cham-
pagne pa rty fo llowed and we were . pleased to be
able to join the two 2nd Bn . Parties to ce lebra te
what had been a first-class parade.

Our th anks to WO ! M aloney, without whom we
could not ha ve don e so well; also to L / Cpls. McClung
and Oakley, who acted as drivers/ escorts/ dresse rs/
refreshment men and an ything else we could drea1:1
uo. Al so to Lt . David W ake, W0 2s Barnes and
Watts of 2 QUEENS fo r the immense help and

hospitality they gave us.

6/7 QUEENS LINE THIE ROUT E ( Top ): T he Queen and Prince Philip passin g mem-
bers of the 6/ 7 Q UEENS party during H er Majest y's
by W02 D. H. Bowen
review of the TAV R at W embley (30 June)
5.3 0 on a Sunday morning is not my favo urite
time to wa lk up the Strand, but on 5 J une the officers ( Lower): T he State Coach passes 617 QUEENS
of B and D Coys., CS M H arwood and m yse lf street-lining party in the S trand ( 7 June)
were there. T his wa s the London D istrict rehearsa l
fo r the street-lining on 7 J une when the Queen and PROFILE
Prince Phillip were to drive to St. P a ul 's Cathedra l
for the J ubi lee Service. Afterwa rds the subalterns took W02 P . J. C ha pman-C Coy.
the W a rrant Officers to breakfast at H oward 's Hotel,
which shows just how good our suba lterns are-or P eter C hapman started his military ca reer as a
was it because I'm 6' 3" and 15! stone whereas 'The National S erviceman with th e Roya l Enginee rs in
Squi rre l' has to jump onto the sca les to get any read 'ng 1953. After tha t he joined 209 Fd . P a rk Sqn . RE
( TA ) wh ich speciali sed in heavy plant. It wa s here th at
at all?! he fir st met Officer Cadet Rich a rd Putnam ( now M aj.
Putnam, OC HQ Coy. and formerl y OC C Coy.)
M y company had spent three Sundays training, When 209 Sqn . wa s disbanded in 1968 Sgt. C h apman
two of the pa rades being taken by me and one by immedia tely became an infantr ym an and joined 9
RS M M aloney. Each company had to provide an Queens (TA ) . When the axe fell agai n he became part
officer, WO and 19 men, plus 12 reserves. The M aste r of 9 Queen's Cad re and, although allowed to wea r his
Tailor of the Grenadier Guards a t Chelsea Barracks Sgt's stripes, he had to revert to Cp l. on paper.
had done a ma rvellous job getting everybod y's No. Official suppo rt was non-exi stent and, wi th the other
2 Dress just right and the d ress rehearsal satisfied members of the cadre, Peter subsidised the unit from
the CO. On the even ing of 6 J une men of both com - his own pocket and used his ca r as unit transport .
panies reported to Wandsworth and next morning .it
was reveille at 0500 hrs. By 0900 hrs. we were m H e transferred to 7 Queens ( V ) on its format ion
position on both sides of the Strand. None of the in 1971 and was promoted to Sgt. once more. He has
reserves was needed, and L / C pl. McL ucas had a served at C rawley for the last fe w yea rs, firstl y as
grea t problem getting into a group of women behind C QMS , and for the las t 18 months as CS M of C Coy.
the crush-barriers ! " Present Arms" ( for the various
members of the Royal fami ly) and then came the H e has been awa rded the T erritorial Efficiency
glorious S tate C oach itself. The sa lutes were good- M eda l clasp and the J ubilee M eda l ( belated rewa rd
no eyes wandered-and by 12 15 we were all back he says for stand ing in the ra in on Coronation D ay!)
at the dr ill-hall, with a nother experience under our P eter, who admi ts to being old enough to decline in -
vitations to take part in the annual PE test, live in
be l ts. Brig hton with his wife j ean and thei r three children.
When not soldiering, he is a contrac ts manager with
Champagne from the officers and a first-cl ass a bui lding firm .
buffet lunch from Sgt. Alderman and his cooks com-
pleted a memo rable da y. The two C SMs went away
fee ling 10 fe et tall a t the turn-out, bearing and drill
of their detachments; and frankly I loved every mmute

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Depot The Queen 's 43

Division Course; and RQMS M archant continues to accou nt
THE flow of adult recruits is now back to nor- for socks, amo ngst man y other things.

mal and we are forming a new training Depot HQ
platoon every fortnight. Rebuilding has pro- We arc looking forward to the arrival of a
gressed but the new accommodation for the
permanent staff opposi re the MI Room ha s turned Queen 's Adjutant (Capt. J ohn M acWi lli am ) and may-
out to be less acceptable than hoped-e.g. no be we wi ll start painting everythi ng white ( providing
drying room but a splendid Blanco room! it stands still long enough ). We welcome WO! Cocking
who is now the Superintending C lerk-moving here
Our main event in the past six months has been on promotion from the School of Infantry. Sgt.
the Silver Jubilee Celebrations. On 23 June The T ombling continues to run and orienteer and is
Junior Band and Corps of Drums Bea t R etrea t on now hard at work at higher education-Good Luck to
the ai rfi eld, ably reinforced by the splendid Band of him.
the 3rd Bn . from Catterick. The weather was superb,
like David Wilkie, a beautifully warm and clear Depot S hooting Team
evening after weeks of rain . This event wa s followed The Team won the Eastern District Skill at
by a Reception on the hockey pitch in front of the
Mess given jointly by the Offi cers' and WOs' and Arms Meeting and went on to the R egular Arm y
Sergeants' Messes; the Band of the 3rd Bn . provided M ee ting at Bisley in Jul y. Prominent in the team was
background music and refreshments flowed fast and Cpl. White who was placed first in the SMG In-
furiou sly. Among the many guests present, we were dividual M atch at Colchester and presented with the
very glad to welcome the Colonel of the Regiment and J ervis-Whitc C up . At Bisley he was placed 22 in the
M aj.-Gen . Rowley Mans, together with representatives SMG Individual Finals and won an SMG Individua l
of the I st, 2nd, and 6th/ 7th Bns. The marquees for M edal.
the R eception were erected by a team of Junior
Soldiers under the direction of Sgt. 'Flash' Graham. A Coy.
We continue to prosper under the command of
Visitors to the Depot during the period have
included Lt.-Gen. T. M . Creasey, CB, OBE, late M aj. Paul Truman though there have been several
Director of Infantry and now Colonel Commandant change s.
The Queen's Division, and Maj .-Gen. D. T . Young,
C B, DFC, the new Director of Infantry. W02 M . W . Wischhusen (formerly 3 RRF )
has now gone to our 3rd Bn . as RQMS ; he served us
W e bade farewell to Maj . Bunn y Austin well and we wish him the best of luck with his new
who retires this year after some 4 7 years service with job. In the meantime, there have been several new
the Army. H e enlisted in the Buffs in 1930 ; trans- arrivals from that Battalion ; Lt. Hiscock has taken
ferred to the RAEC in 1937 and retired from the over as a recruit pl atoon commander and Sgt. Edwards
Regular Army in 1961 after service as the SEO at has arrived, apparentl y to replace Sgt. Clarke, who
the Home C ounties Brigade Depot. H e continued to returns to the 2nd Bn. along with a brand new
serve as a Civilian Lecturer at Canterbur y and later bouncing baby boy! Cpls. Hall and Fidge have also
at Bassingbourn . ( It was Bunny Austin who designed come to us from the 3rd Bn . whilst Sgt. L each has
our present Cap Badge ) . W e wish him happiness and appeared from I QUEENS to replace Sgt. Camillc .
good health in his retirement. The latter will be remembered in the D epot for a
long time to come, not least for his efforts in helping
HQ Coy. to get orienteering off the ground at Bassi ngbourn .
A new arrival is W02 N . T . V. King who joined (We gather that he wa s going orienteering on his first
weekend back in G ermany! )
from the 3rd Bn . complete with moust achios and in-
dividual headgear. He is now CSM with pen poi sed to Sgt. Go!ding has left the arm y and we wish him
add any visiting Queensman to the ration rolls. Maj . well in the world of antiques and the Police force.
Girling and L / Cpl. Vinnicombe, the elder, complete C pl. Gauntlett recentl y returned to 2 QUEENS , after
the R eg iment's representation at Company HQ. In se rving us well.
the Officers' M ess, Cpl. Whetter ha s had a gruelling
five months as M ess Stewa rd and now that a C / Sgt. Battalion s may be glad to hear that we do make
arrived out of the blue to relieve him, he has been an effort to increase further education amongst the
able to go out fi shing at least twice a week . Also permanent staff during their tours at the Depot. Sgt.
leaving the Army at this time is L / Cpl. Fiske who Camille did the E .P .C. adva nced course before de-
ha s graced the Officers' Mess Bar for many a yea r. parting as did C p! s. C ullinane and Moffat.
We wish him the best of fortun e in civilian life. M eanwhile, Lt. Roberts is busy tackling the new
PQSI.
QM's Department
The Reg iments representation here is now 509(-. On the sporting side, Cpl. M off at broke his foot
playing socce r for the D epot and both Cpls. C ullinane
C pl. Spring and L / Cpl. Wilmott have joined from and White represented the D epot at Bi sley. M aj.
the I st Bn. and are employed in the G 1198 and Truman has been keeping himself busy; among t
Ammunition Stores respectively. C pl. Rice has re- others things; he organised the 1977 Summer Ball in
turned to the 1st Bn. RQMS Sharpe is now firml y the Officers' M ess and represented the Company at
entrenched as the RQMS Tech and 2IC of the Golf the R egimental cockta il party in the H ouse of
Common s !

Cpl. C ullinane is one of the eo-stars in the
film "Something About A Soldier" (shortl y to be
shown, taking the lid off life at Bass ingbourn ).

Finally, we welcome L / Cpl. Kirkaldic and his
demonstration section from 2 QUEENS and hope
that their prolonged sta y at Bassingbourn will be
a busy, trouble-free and enjoyable period for both them
and us !

C C oy. In Civilian Life

L ucknow and Imj in platoons, the last pla toon. v
to join adult train ing, h ave passed over to A and B
C oys. and we h ave now sett led dow n to a strength Enjoy
of th ree in fantr y p latoon s ( So br aon, W aterl oo, Service and
Seva; topol ) and the Jun ior Band a nd C or ps o f
Drums. .Comradeship

Trai n ing over the past mon ths has been concen- m
tra ted on settling the new recr uits in and the
acquisition of basic skills. 1l1e test is to come a ft er THE ROYAL
C hristmas when a ll these p latoons enter the second BRITISH LEGION
h a lf of their trai ning. The summer ba ttl e camp was
held at O keham pton for the second year in s uccession . Your ser vice to Queen and C ountr y
U n fo rtun a tel y, th e wea ther was no t of the best, but needn,t stop when yo u leave th e F orces.
visits to the Nava l D ockya rd a nd R oya l M ar ines The R oya l British L egion h as mu ch interest
" T a rzan, assa ult course at P lymo uth provided a in and r esponsibi lity for youn g ex-ser vicemen
change o f scener y. and women of today as it h as for those of
two wor ld wa rs and looks to them for its
T he summer adventure training camp was leaders of the future.
situa ted at P orthtowa n in Cornwa ll and acti vi ties
incl uded rock climbing at Sen nen Cove and sea ca noe- THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
ing; a number of juniors also took the opportun ity 49 PALL MALL SWlY SJY
to take part in deep sea fi sh ing tr ips. The J unior
Ban d, whose week of adven tu ro us trai n ing took p lace a nd J / Pte. B enham a ll by 20. W ell done to those
the week a fter their un fo rtun a te coach accide nt, spen t youn g men . Sgt. Wilkes an d C pl. Mills or ga nised th e
the t ime recuperat ing and im press ing a ll the gir ls administra ti ve backu p and no do ubt the form er, fresh
(loca l and tourist ) with a fair num ber of " war " sto ries from I Q UEE NS, h ad a w ireless set not far away.
to account for the bandages and p laster.
In S eptember S gt. Wi lkes a ttended a P ar a-
S gt . J uhel, Cpls. K e lling and B r istow h ave a ll A scend ing I n stru ctors' Course and qu a lified . P a ra-
returned to I Q U EEN S and Cpl. Butcher h as re joined Ascendin g is a new and exciting hobby at the D epot
3 Q U EE N S . A rri vals include Cp ls. Goodm a n an d and fresh instru ctors are a lways wa nted.
Cameron from I Q U EE N S ; L / C pls. H icks an d
R ockey from 2 Q U EEN S and L / Cpl. Hull fr om 3 W e welcome Sg t. Wi lkes, C p ls. G lynn and
Q U EENS. Wilmott from 1 Q U EE N S ; S gt. M ill er from 2
Q U EEN S and Cpl. Mill s from 3 QUEEN S . S gt .
Drum M a jor ' Sa m my' Supple h as left the B r it ish W illmott and Cpl. Oakes h ave go ne to the 3rd and
1st Bns. respectively.
I Army a nd joined an increasin g number of expatriates
as in tructors in the P ersian G ulf. The Drum M ajor 1. C pl. White, SMG Individual Winner of the
h as been involved for many years in the tra ini ng of
V .'Eastern District S kill at A rms meeting, May '77
I J unior drummers- at Canterbury, S horncli ff e and,
for the last few years, at Bassingbourn . There ca n be 2. Junior P te. O 'D ell, placed 22nd ( out of 200 ) in
few drummers in th e Queen ,s Division, let a lone the the Rifle M atch (Jun ior S oldiers Bisley M eeting)

,, Queen 's Regiment, who were not instructed by him 3. Maj .-Gen . D. J . S t . M . T abor, C B, M C, G O C,
as Juniors an d such was his persona lity tha t he w ill E.Dist . presents the J ervis-White C up to C pl.
be sorely missed; the Arabs ga in wi ll be o ur loss. Wh ite ( Lt.-C ol. Hugh Lohan centre background )
W e now look forward to C hristm as and the pa rty
sea son, after which the junior sold iers sta rt their 4 . Sgt . Bob Davies ( left ) h elping a straggler during
11 a nnu a l tri p to S cotlan d. The dr y ski slope is a lready the Inter-PI. March and S hoot C ompetition

resounding to the sw ish-sw ish-thump of juniors as 5. Maj.-Gen. D . T . Y oung, C B, DFC (D of Inf.)
they slide down either on skiis or on their backsides. congratulates W 0 2 N . T. V. King following the
( One member of the compan y swea rs he h as seen presentat ion of the latter's L.S .G.C.M .
Sgt. " Flash " G raham with snow on his boo ts !)

D Coy.
W0 2 Slater H eads the Queen s continge n t h ere

and, in add ition to n orm al tra in ing, has been active
in the D epot Swimming T eam wh ich, a fter wi nning
the E astern D istrict a nd A rea Fina ls, was p laced third
in the A rm y Minor U nits C h am pionsh ips. J oining h im
in the D epot T eam we re Capt. R ogerson, Lt.
Whithouse and Sgt. Britton.

W02 Slater is also to be congra tu la ted on win -
ning the 500 metre Sprint an d on being secon d in the
5 mile L ong Distance at the A rmy Can oe Sprint/
L ong Di stance C h ampion ships. Cpl. Gipson ( E L
Wing, HQ Coy. ) is a lso to be hea rtil y congratul a ted
on winning th e 5 mile Long Distance at the same
ch ampion ships.

During the Juniors leave peri od, W 02 S late r
orga nised Ex " P orri dge"- a wa lk along the 250 m il e
long P ennine W ay . Q ueen smen who com p leted the
whole wa lk we re W 02 S la ter, J / Ptes . M urray a nd
S taffo rd. J / P te. Driscoll completed all but 40 m iles