December 1982

1. A Coy in the Porton Battle Run.
2. Maj Mike Tindle Supervising the GPMG SF live-firing .
3. Sgt Bartlett with members of the MTPC .
4. Capt Robert Stone (left) with members of A Coy, resting after the Porton Battle Run.

Pictures by Kentish Express.

The 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion

Editorial Vehicle Check Points. The permanent staff and
Coy Comds and their teams ran the ranges and
As we near the end of the year we can look stand thus ensuring that we made maximum
back with considerable satisfaction on what use of the training facilities.
has undoubtedly been a vintage year with
many successes and triumphs. For the first The Commanding Officer had also arranged
time since formation, the battalion is fully for the annual Tickle Test to be run on the last
recruited : in fact, we are over strength and morning of camp ; thus most members of the
some drill halls and Companies have wait- battalion were up taking early morning exercise
ing lists. We had the largest attendance at and runs which started at 0530 hrs. (The CO
Annual Camp (Cumbria). Our Shooting himself was seen every morning running out of
team has gone from strength to strength the camp gates towards the training area - it
having won the TA Championship at SED- was never discovered where he laid up!) Who
SAM ; came 3rd in the Unit Championship was the wit in the Guard Room who, one morn-
at Bisley; and finally, swept the board at the ing failed to give the CO a salute as he went
London and Middlesex Skill-at-Arms Meet- through the camp gates? When asked " Do you
ing in September. We are also nearing the know who I am", the response, apparently, was
end of our first year in a Brigade and have " No Sir, but I will make enquiries and then come
the feeling that the " honeymoon " period is and tell you ". The test itself was run over the
nearly over! training area on a particularly hilly course on the
windiest day of the year; almost all who took
Also we continue to enjoy " public duties" and part completed in time, including our Honorary
ceremonial, having once again exercised the Colonel who was visiting the battalion- a most
Regiment's Freedom of Arundel in September noble effort for the Garter Principal King of
and, at the time of writing, are rehearsing to take Arms.
part in the Lord Mayor's Show with the largest
marching contingent- over 120. We have been The large number of visitors were headed by
requested to revive and exercise the Regiment's the Colonel of the Regiment, during which he
Freedom of Worthing in March next year. presented the BEM to SSgt Doubleday (our
Armourer) and Sgt Lightowlers (awards in the
There is no doubt that now all TA battalions New Year's Honours List). He also awarded the
have been brigaded, much time and thought is Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to PSI
being given to ensuring that we give value for SSgt Prangnell and the TA Efficiency Medal to
money- and rightly so. Next year we shall be at Cpl Kelly.
a Brigade Annual Camp at Stanford, which will
be a challenge and undoubtedly provide good A few days later we received the Divisional
experience to all departments. At the same time, Brigadier, Brig Charles Millman, and a large
demands have got distinctly heavier but we are number of visitors and guests (in all, some 11)
learning to cope with them without losing that who came to watch the training and to attend an
vital ingredient of volunteer soldiering- fun. Officers' Mess Guest Night on the same day. We
were also visited by the COS SE Dist, Brig Gor-
ANNUAL CAMP 1982 don Lennox.

Without doubt this was the most demanding In the second week the Battalion move to the
and probably the most successful annual camp
to date. The battalion moved to Warcop on 5 Catterick training area for a 5-day exercise based
June for a 15-day Exercise (Ex " Gypsy War- on a rural counter-insurgency scenario and
rior.") For this, the battalion was reorganised which allowed the Rifle Coys to be exercised and
into a HQ Coy and 3 composite Rifle Coys ; once tested in three different tasks. The exercise had
the initial shock and "hiccups" had been sorted been drafted with the assumption that we would
out, the arrangement proved most successful. get a large " enemy" force and much helicopter
During the first week we took advantage of the support, but Op "Corporate" , which was reach -
numerous (and quite excellent) field firing ing its peak during the period, interfered with
ranges and, for the first six days, the ten full our plans ; however, the exercise remained in its
platoons went through a series of ranges and intended form . Each Coy had three separate
training stands including IBSR, Moving Target tasks: these included the "Firm Base" Coy which
Range, Pairs Fire and Manoeuvre, Defence allowed the Coy concerned to provide mobile
Range, Grenade Range, COB, Anti-Ambush patrols and VCPs over the TAOR as well as the
Range, Assault Course, Cordon and Search Ex, Bn Reserve ; the second was " Border Duties" ,
with active patrolling, ambushes and local
defence of Coy and Patrol bases; and the third

(Continued on page 49)

(Continued from p§lge 48) culminating in a join t Classifi cation and Batta-

task was a forward operational company tasked lion Rifle Meeti ng . The Battalion now has the
to patrol· and clear a superb piece of training highest number ever of classified sold iers - all
area in Hamsterley Forest (some 4,000 acres of well on target for their bounty.
extremely dense pine forest 40 miles north of
Catterick) - a demanding but rewarding phase
which will not be forgotten by those who took
part.

During camp, we ran a very successful Junior
NCO .Cadre, staffed by Depot The Queen 's Div
whom we thank for their effort and industry. The
course was run on Brecon lines and although
the qualification standard was high , some 19
young soldiers got their first stripes confirmed -
a good result.

Social events included a Cpls' Mess Dinner
Night, a WOs' and Sgts' Mess Dinner and the
Officers Mess Guest Night; there was also an All
Ranks " Smoker" during which each Coy pro-
vided suitable entertainment. Some hilarious
skits were put on and the competition was won
by B Coy's team of Morris Dancers whose
humour, ability and costumes were up to Drury
Lane standards.

Our Honorary Colonel- Col A Col in Cole, CVO,
TO, FSA sent us the following message which
sums up Camp 82 :

" The Officers, Warrant Officers, NCOs and
men and women of the 6th/7th Volunteer
Battalion, The Queen's Regiment deserve to
be congratulated upon all that they did to
make annual camp 1982 a memorable suc-
cess. From my own observation it seemed
plain that most of the aims were achieved,
and with a willingness, spirit and determina-
tion that will keep the battalion as Soldiers
of The Queen well to the fore in future
years."

Camp for the volunteer soldier is, of course, the
highlight of the training year; a unit's efficiency
must be demonstrated by the numbers of those
who qualify for annual bounty. Over the recent
past- following the Shapland Review of the TA
- bounties have been very considerably
increased: for example, a soldier who has three
years' service, stands (on satisfactory comple-
tion of the requirements) to gain some £400 tax-
free; those with less service receive proportion-
ally lower amounts. One of the major require-
ments is to pass an Annual Personal Weapons
Test; this involves two very full weekends on the
range and in firing some 180 rounds to qualify.
Our Training Major, Alan Carter, had organised
during the year three Classification weekends,

Top : The Colonel of the Regiment presents SSgt

Doubleday (REME(V)) with his BEM . (Warcop

June'82). .........

lower: "You might break my heart but you can't ~

break my stick!" (W02 0 Bowen; Cadre Warrant \

Officer) .

The Champion Coy at the Rifle Meeting were C In the Sussex heats for the " Lorry Driver of
(Crawley and Haywards Heath) commanded by The Year" we came 3rd and 8th in the final plac-
Maj Alistair Meldrum. The runners-up- wait for ings, the drivers being Pte Woodburn and LCpl
it- were our HQ Coy! (Capt Nigel Bedford) ; not Eales.
bad for the old and bold to take on and master
three of the four Rifle Companies. Our efforts on The Signals Wing (under Lt John Ross) have
the conventional ranges now mean that we can just completed a 7-day course at Crowborough ;
move onto the battle and live firing ranges and the instructors being our two PSis, W02 Jones
two further weekends are booked early next (who has just joined the Battalion) and SSgt
year. Turner. We are shortly to lose the latter on
reposting to 3 QUEENS ; he has done both the
That the 6/7th is a shooting battalion can be Signallers and HQ Coy a power of good and we
demonstrated by the positive success of our now have a really viable Signals section . He
Team, under Lt John Day; their 1982 tally: South joined us at a time when the unit was equipped
East District Skill at Arms : 1st and 3rd in the Unit with Pye Westminsters and had the task of con -
Championship; 1st and 2nd in the Section verting us to Larkspur.
Match ; 1st in the Rifle Team Championship;
Champion Shot (Young Soldier). The Intelligence Section (Lt Martin Wilson)
has run a highly secret (but we suspect success-
Individual performances included Cpl ful) short introductory intelligence course, the
Brookes, reaching the final 50 (Regular and TA) results of which will be seen on the next batta-
in both the. SLR and SMG ; CSgt Bicker, Cpl lion exercise.
Springall and Pte Me Murray who also reached
the final 50 in the SLR; and the Champion Shot Capt Derrick Harwood, our Unit Catering
(Young Soldier)- Pte Bishop. Officer, continues to preside over the Catering
Platoon, now assisted by newly-promoted W02
TASAM: 3rd overall, reflecting the sustained C Smith ACC (V) . The PI. is producing its own
effort put in by our representatives who flourishing newsletter - The Sustainer.
advanced frdm 9th to 3rd in just one year.
This publication acts as a link, advertising the
We registered second in the China Cup (losing future weekend training and offering training
by only 5 points) and another second place to hints. Cooks are always difficult people to train,
LCpl Hoffmann in the "Bisley Bullet" competi- the more so on range weekends. Because of the
ton . CO' s ruling that all must classify in order to col-
lect their bounty it was decided that this year the
The London and Middlesex Annual Open cooks would have their own APWT weekend ;
Competition Bisley - a clean sweep : The Mid- and despite the weekend chosen proving to be
dlesex Challenge Cup; HMS Presidents Cup; one of rain and high gale force winds, some very
The Stanley Pryke Memorial Competiton ; The creditable scores were obtained.
Small Arms Efficiency Competition ; The LMG
Pairs Competition. Our other specialist team under Capt Stephen
Clark are our RAPC members who meet on a
This is a first class set of results and we now collective basis early each month to process the
look forward to the Shooting Year ahead, in par- previous month's training pay records and
ticular, to Bisley. documentation; they will also be used on the
forthcoming half year audit.
Whilst the Shooting Team have been " doing
their thing" other activities have abounded: Having these specialist teams (readily avail-
over 100 members have attended courses - able in regular units but often " not recruited " in
many in addition to their annual camp commit- the TA) makes the administrative load easier to
ment. These have ranged from attendance at bear and eases the strain on the TA Coy Com-
Bassingbourn for the obligatory Recruit Cadre to mander.
specialist training for Medical Assistants, sig-
nals, young officers and Company Comman- The third South East District Potential Officers
ders. Course is now underway; we are the sponsor
unit with Maj Piers Storie-Pugh in Command
Our specialists, operating within their com- and with W02 Langley (late of HQ Coy) his CSM .
pany locations, have come together for group Applicants for the course from all over the Dis-
training on several weekends during the training trict area were called forward to Horsham by <!n
year. interview board. The numbers were somewhat
whittled down when it was found that the
The MT, under Lt Peter Chapman, have con- requirement "you will be fit" meant just that ;
centrated both on increasing the number of 4 there are now some 30 under training who will
ton (HGV) drivers and to seeing an improvement pass out next September.
in the MT state and readiness in the companies.
Their hand was considerably strengthened Students meet at Crawley each Tuesday even-
when a recent court case (not this unit) decreed ing and have one training weekend a month.
that the responsibility for the roadworthiness of
company vehicles rested with the Company (Continued on page 52)
Commander.

TA SERVICE RIFLE CHAMPIONS AT SEOSAM 1982
(I tor) : Cpl Springall, SSgt Bicker, Lt Day and Pte McMurray.

52 by a Joint Officers' and WOs' & Sgts' Mess Din-
ner Night. During the latter, MaJ A G H Stocks
(Continued from page 50) will be presenting the battalion with a Charles
Stadden commemorative picture of last year's
Their programme covers basics, leadership and Presentation of Colours Parade. The Band of the
tactics and the aim is to equip members before Queens TA will be playing for us during dinner
going on to Sandhurst for the TA Officers and we shall have, as guests, The Colonel of The
Course. Both 5 QUEENS (V) and ourselves have Regiment, Brig Millman, our original Honorary
a number of potential officers on the course and Colonel (Col David Sime, OBE, MC, TD), and our
we shall look forward to seeing the finished pro-
duct. previous CO (now TA Colonel, London North)
Col M J Dudding .
Our next major function is the Battalion Cock-
tail Party at Haberdashers' Hall, closely followed

WARCOP JUNE 1982

Top: LCpl S Gray (HQ
Coy), winner of the
NCOs' Cadre prize, is
congratulated by the

eo.

Lower: Cpl Hill receives

his prize from the eo;

Maj A F Gardner (21C)
and the RSM are in the

foreground.

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On 8 Oct. W01 Bernard Lively completed his artistry• terlimn~ensilv..esrubpye rbly made in
tour with the Battalion, a little sooner than Ga rra rd
expected due to his having been appointed to a
Long Service post with the ACIO at Cambridge. craftsmen. accurate down
He came to us 2 '12 years ago from the 2nd Bn
(having been their Drum Major for some 14 f r o m to the smallest detail. An
years) and his arrival was timed impeccably as Elizabethan pikeman. or a Cri mean
the battalion was faced with a large number of mo rta r cou ld be mode lled with the
demanding ceremonial parades, not least the ame ski ll a nd accu racy. Garrard
Presentation of New Colours in July '81 .
Garra d jewellers too are at the
In the autumn of 1980 we laid up the Colours 'f4: service of the armed
of the 3rd and 4th Queens Surreys in Southwark I. 1 forces , beautifully
Cathedral, and over the last three years we have reproducing regimental badges in
exercised the Regiment's Freedom of the town
of Arundel. In all these events his expertise, wise gold a nd e namel or set with gems.
counsel and his natural ability to get the very
best from Volunteer soldiers in the very short If you are cons ide ring a presen -
time available, has been remarkable.
tat ion. offi cial or personal. t he Garrard
During his tour Mr Lively organised the Batta-
lion Shooting Team administratively and he ~ l ilitary and Specia l Co mmissio ns
could really be classified as their non-firing
Team Captain . The Team's considerable success ahO~ epanment will be
over the last two years, climaxing with 3rd place delighted to
in the TA Championship at Bisley this year,
demonstrated his dedication and loyalty. "t=:;:Y help you

Over recent months he has been working hard ~\ - a.:·~l;l
on the nucleus of our Corps of Drums and no
better or more experienced instructor could we
have had.

I take this opportunity of expressing my
gratitude for a memorable tour which
demanded much expertise and attention to
detail. On behalf of the Battalion I wish Mr
Lively, his charming wife Winnie and their two
sons Good Luck and God Speed for the future .

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DEPOT THE QUEEN'S DIVISION Donnelly is lurking in Uganda; Capt Tony Ford
SASC (late R Sussex) to the Falklands; Lt lan
After the long break in the intake of adult Raynes is also in the Falklands replacing another
recruits, slowly but surely the training of adults Subaltern (RRF) who was with the original Task
is gathering momentum with three platoons Force. Life is also hectic on the home front : our
currently under instruction . lt is anticipated that OM, Maj Peter Newman and W02 Rowney came
in the next financial year, platoons could form 1st and Runner-up in the Garrison Gardening
fortnightly rather than monthly as at present. Competition . As we write, the former is consid-
Such an increase has been at the expense of the ering his departure from the Army - havmg
Junior entry, the last intake being in June and co mpleted 38 years service - and rumour has it
the next not due until May 1983; however, by that he is thinking of setting himself up as a
September next year it is anticipated that there timber merchant!
will be seven adult recruit platoons and seven
junior platoons under training. What with these, Brig Millman left Bassingbourn at the end of
the Junior School of Music, TA Cadres, and October becoming the Eastern Region Area
other training groups, the Depot is beginning to Organiser for the Army Benevolent Fund. Hav-
return to its more normal posture. ing been dined out of all three Messes as well as
having starred in " This is your Life" (though we
At the Army Exhibition for Schools, 14,000 are told certain aspects were missed out)- pro-
teachers and pupils visited the Depot for three duced by the Junior School of Music - the
days : the Divisional Massed Bands, along w1th Brigadier felt he had to stay till the end of the
the Red Devils, were the keystone of the arena tourist season . Brig M E Thorne, OBE, late Royal
display. The Divisional Open Day two days later Anglian , took over as the Divisional Brigadier in
was also a success with many past and present November.
members of the Division attending.
Cricket (naturally!) has been the main sporting
The Depot is still in the throes of recovering activity for the summer and, under the careful
from a recent visit by the I of E - even though nurturing of the CO, the team managed to reach
block leave came soon afterwards - an mspec- the District Finals; after much d1scuss1on the
tion team bent on financial savings (some would Depot is to acquire an all-weather strip to ensure
say) at any cost. Although the report has just consistency! Golf has continued to rear its ugly
arrived, the full implications are not yet clear. head siphoning off cricketers to the " noble art".
What with a planned extension of the course to
eoJust prior to leave (before the left to carry 18 holes the extension of the lake due in 1983,
and the' new ski slope, the leisure activities
out a Regimental visit to Washington). MaJ Gen offered at the Depot are unrivalled in the UK. We
Reynolds took the salute at a Passing Out hope that in 1983 more members of the Regi -
Parade; even though there was a last minute ment will come and share these facilities with us
change to the wet weather programme, 1t was -possibly lured by the next Regimental Grand
refreshing to see No 3 dress once more! The Reunion and the Past and Present SNCOs Dm -
General met many former members of his old ner, both to be held at Bassingbourn.
Battalion, including W02 Rowney, his erstwhile
Provost Sergeant. IJLB

The " Groom Report" is awaited eagerly, hav- by Lt C A Newall
ing had visits from "himself" and his acolytes;
rumours abound but, whatever is said, it seems During the period under review, two main
certain that Bassingbourn will remain in military events have dominated our lives: Battle Camp
hands. This is just as well as Phase 1 of the for 11 and 13 Pis (in Sunny Otterburn during the
modernisation programme is well under way first half of July), and the summer Passing Out
with the NAAFI virtually completed and the new Parade . Battle Camp, as in any training estab-
Dining Hall due to be started in March . There will lishment, is the final testing ground for young
also be a new build for the Permanent Staff soldiers. Junior Leaders completed stages 4 & 5
commencing in October 1983 catering for 88 R & battle shooting, showing tremendous en-
F and 16 Servicewomen in a new modular suite thusiasm and achieving some very good results.
complex- a design of flatlets ea.ch consisting of During the " dry" training , the. multi-phase final
accommodation for four either 1n s1ngle roocns exercise gave us some good Infantry weather ;
or open plan, with an integral shower, lavatory, we spent most of the time soaked to the skm!
two basins and a utility room. There has also Staff adopted the cry " Raining is for training ·:.
been a siting board for a new 300 m "No Danger but the joke fell somewhat flat after days of typi-
Area" Range- all a sign that bodes well for the cal Northumbrian monsoon.
future.
Battle camp completed, we returned to
Individuals have been flitting everywhere (Continued on page 56)
whilst still on Depot strength : Maj Steve Thorpe
to Fort George with Col Blashford-Snell's
" Own" ; Capt Roy Scott is in the Sinai ; Capt Mike

The Eastern District Skill At Arms Championship trophy being presented to W02 Waiters by Maj Gen J R A
MacMillan. CBE.

Recruiring Officer,
Ke nt Po lice Head quarte rs,

Sutton Road ,
Mai dst one,

Kent ME1 5 9 BZ.

(Continued from page 54) gone for advanced training in the Brecons with
the Junior NCOs Tacti cal Wing. Sgt Buddle (2nd
Shorncliffe to prepare for the Passing Out Bn), having taken up rugby only this term, is
Parade and to sit final EPC, JAEC papers ; during now a regular member of the Battalion team . Lt
the final examinations, JCpl Walsh passed both Nelson and CSgt Denny (2nd Bn) are both rep-
of his EPC subjects at Grade 1 for which he is resenting the Battalion at Hockey whilst Cpl Kir-
congratulated. August 14 was a glorious day for kaldie (2nd Bn) represented us at Bisley and
our final event of the year: seventeen young helped to train the junior team. Cpl Mulcahy (3rd
Queensmen passed out and by now they should Bn), between stalking expeditions, has helped to
be well settled into their battalions. train the Boxing team.

After returning from a splendid summer leave, Following a Passing Out parade last term, six
a new trammgyear started. Boxing was our first Juniors have joined 1 QUEENS at Canterbury;
major compet1t1on and, after some very plucky one joined the 2nd Bn at Colchester, and one
performances- particularly from JLdr Can ham- went to the 3rd in Fallingbostel. In the perma -
the company came third in the Inter-Coy Com - nent staff, Lt Cross has been replaced by Lt Nel-
petition . In basketball, Salamanaca Coy pro- son, both from the 2nd Bn .
duced a ~ood team only to be pipped by the
Guards D1v after extra time in the final. Apart By the next issue of th is Journal, the future o f
from those competitions, sporting activities the Junior Soldiers Bn will probably be known .
have been dedicated to team selection and train -
ing . Lt Wood has taken over rugby ; Cpls Dawson Queen's Cadets
and lrvine remain loyal to soccer, and I organise
and tram the hockey squad. (Readers will have SUSSEX (Extract from Cdt Journal & Gazette
to wait until the next issue to see if our labours June '82)
are rewarded!)
Last November, the Annual Presentation
We welcome Cpl Gelding (10 PI) and thank the Parade of No 10 (Eastbourne) Cadet PI, the
Depot for the various instructors we have had on Queen's Regt Sussex ACF took place and this
loan. Cpl Bishop BEM, the Welfare NCO, leaves year was a family occasion in more ways than
us in Jan ; he will be remembered in both the 1st one. Over 30 Cadets were on parade in the pres-
and 2nd Bns for running youth clubs, etc in Werl . ence of the largest gathering yet of parents,
The other departure is Cpl Boyd (from 3rd Bn) members of the TA and ACF and friends old and
who has been the backbone of the company new.
stores and we wish both these NCOs the best of
luck in their future civilian occupations. The guests were welcomed by the Platoon
Commander, Lt David Bone, who reported an
Capt Armitage-Smith commands our External extremely successful year and one of solid
Leadership Wing ; he has recently completed a achievement. The Inspecting Officer was Maj
trip to the Matterhorn on a fund-raising expedi- Colin Hurd, OC of "C" Coy 6/7 QUEENS who ,
tion and has also exerted himself on the " Welsh after reviewing the Parade, presented awards
3000" (Four-peaks walk). He is keen to point out for the year's achievements. Maj Hurd is, in fact,
that if any member of the Regiment is planning an ex-Cadet of the Unit and has a highly suc-
minor expeditions, he will be happy to give cessful ACF career rising to Cadet RSM before
advice, or aid with equipment. joining the TA.

JSB, TAUNTON Before the Parade dismissed for an informal
buffet, a presentation of an engraved tankard
There is still uncertainty as to whether or not was made to Sergeant Major Gordon Hymans,
the Junior Soldiers Bn is to stay open . At the BEM, an Instructor with the Unit, who has retired
moment there are only two platoons in Queen's after many years regular, TA and Cadets service,
Coy, with no September intake to swell the and is well known to many as " Queensman ".
numbers; for the first time, the Company has a
senior platoon made up of soldiers who have BIRTHDAY HONOURS (Extract from the Gazette,
completed their training but are too young to August '82)
join their Battalions.
Congratulations to the following recipients of
Without the Permanent staff of Queen 's Coy it the MBE:
is difficult to imagine how the Battalion sports
teams would fare. Capt Walker has represented Maj E R Wood (lately Sussex ACF) and Capt G
the Unit in Cricket, Football and Hockey; he also E Gambrill (Kent ACF) .
has the dubious honour of engineering the Bat-
talion Novice Boxing Competition (obviously a
legacy from when the 1st Bn won the Major
Units Boxing Competition for three consecutive
years) .

Cpl Deal (3rd Bn) upheld his high standard and
came third in the Cross Country; he has now

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SUPPLEMENT No. 1- PAGE FOUR

Lt Gen Sir Paul Travers, KCB inspects the ranks of The WOI J A Marks, formerly Buffs and 3 QUEENS, cur-
Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover, at their rently serving with AODO. Stanmore, with Brig P D
Grand Day Parade on 10 July 1982. He is accompanied Johnson who presented Mr Marks with this Meritori-
by the School Senior Under-Officer, David Martin,
who is the son of our Financial Secretary. Maj Martin's ous Service Medal on 29 July 1982.
other son, Timothy, is also on parade adjacent to the

Inspecting Officer.

Picture by courtesy of Dover Express

CORPS OF DRUMS OF 1ST CADET BN, THE QUEEN'S REGT (SURREY ACF) .

The Drums perform at the Lingfield Hospital School for epileptics in July 1982.

Note: The Corps was formed in 1961 under Mr G leppard, their first Bandmaster.
Picture kindly supplied by Capt F J M Mair

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Regimental Secretary's " lt is a grea t hono ur for us to be instrumen-

Notes tal in prov iding yo ur famous Reg1ment w1th a

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SOUTH ATLANTIC po rtrait of o ur Queen. The Queen has
APPEAL FUND
approve d th e pl an and t he artist has been told
In th e last editi o n I m enti o ned th at th e Regi -
m ent would be making an imm edi ate don ati o n by t he Co urt to do his f irst sketches dunng
of £ 1,000 from our Regimental Benevol ent Fund .
The Appeal had as its aim , help to next -of-kin o f Novem ber. .
thos e who had been killed in action , and al so
help to those who had been wounded o r injured, Loo kin g ve ry mu c h forwa rd to see 1 n~ you
irrespe ctive of their Branch of Servi ce.
during yo ur v isi t t o Den ma rk next sp n ng . I
As a result of donations since received from
both Regular and TA Battalions, Associations of se nd you m y ve ry best w is hes. "
Former Regiments and Cadets, The Colonel of
The Regt has been able to send a further cheque Note : Th e Co lone l of th e Regim ent has M OD
for £2,610 as a donation from The Regiment. The approval to ma ke an o ffi cia l v isit to De nm a rk 1n
Adjutant-General , Gen Sir George Cooper, KCB, th e spring of ' 83 in o rder to have an Aud1 ence
MC, ADC, wrote the following personal letter to with HM Qu ee n Marg reth e. He will also be t ak-
Gen Rowley : "I am writing as a Trustee of the ing th e opportun ity to visit Th e Royal Dan 1sh L1fe
South Atlantic Fund, on behalf of my colleagues,
to thank you for the splendid cheque for £2,610 Guards and Buffs Old Comrades.
which you have sent us a donation from all
Ranks of the Queen's Regiment. This is espe- FUTURE CHANGES AT RHO
cially generous, being your second donation,
and I would like to thank all those who have 1983 will be a year of significant change at
contributed.
RHO· three ROs leave on retirement. I have
We have been pleased by the response to the
Fund which has exceeded all our ex pectat ions decided for personal reasons to retire early _i n
and we are particularly delighted to have
received so much support, such as yours, from May and will be succeeded by Col_John Franc1~ ,
within the military family. Your kindness and
generosity will mean a great deal to the families who is at present Defence Attache 1n Jakarta ; 1t
of those who have lost their lives, to those who
have been injured , and to all other beneficiaries will be pleasant for me to hand over to an old
of the Fund."
friend. Maj John Reed , who has looked after,
Note: There has, understandably, been a
great deal of publicity in the press concerning inter alia the affairs of the Queen 's Surreys Assn
the large amount of money donated to the Fund
and it should be of interest to readers to know retires o'n 8 June, thus completing nearly 45
that once the Trustees have been satisfied that
all needs have been met, then , after a period of years uninterrupted service, both as an act1ve
five years the residual funds will be distributed
amongst the Services' Benevolent Funds 1n an service officer, and then as an RO ; h1s experi -
appropriate manner. This means that the ABF
can use any money they receive for the benefit ence as a Regimental Secretary is unsurpasse~ .
of both serving and retired soldiers, even
though they were not involved in operations in Maj Reed's place will be taken by Lt Col Les Wtl-
The South Atlantic.
son (5 QUEENS (V)), who will be retiring early to
PORTRAIT OF HM QUEEN MARGRETHE
take the post. In November, Maj Guy Weymouth
As previously reported, the Carlsburg Founda-
tion (who sponsor Danish Arts) is commission - leaves; he is the longest serving RO at RHO. He
ing a Portrait of Queen Margrethe, dres~ed _1n
the regalia of The Order Of The Garter; th1s pic- joined RHO in November 1966 and, on h1s
ture will be offered to the Regiment, who are
being asked to make only a small contributory trheetirHeemadeqn~tarwtiellrsh. aMveaj completed 17 years w1th
payment. The Colonel of The Regiment has Guy Weymouth's succes-
recently received the following letter from Pro-
fessor Glamann, the Director of The Carlsburg sor has not yet been selected.
Institute :
Note : Detailed biographies ofthose both leav-
ing and joining the RHO will be published in th e
Summer '83 edition of the Journal.

FUTURE MAJOR EVENTS

Both the Grand Reunion, and the Annual WOs' &
Sgts' (Past and Present) Dinner will ,, in 1983 ~ be
taking pla ce at Depot, The Queen s DIVISion ,
Bassingbourn, by kind permission of Lt Col lan
Bail lie the Depot Commander; details of both of
these 'events are to be found elsewhere in the
Journal.

JNS

THE REGIMENTAL GOLFING SOCIETY

ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND BOWL

Col Ken Dodson writes :
The Regiment entered a Team in the Army Golf
Meeting held at Royal Birkdale and Hillside be-
tween 17-20 May. Unfortunately we lost to the
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in the first
round. Our team consisted of: Capt Charles

60 Our team were : Sgt Abrahams, W02 Davies, Sgt
Flint, Maj O'Gorman, W02 Rowney, Col Ships-
Bromfield- all square; Lt Col Stuart Anderson - ter, Sgt Tilley, W01 Whalley and Maj
5 up ; Lt Col Hugh Tarver- 2 down; myself - 3 Weymouth .
down. Extra holes had to be played and we lost
at the 20th. The Argyll's produced a team which, v Queen's Own Buffs GS, 8 September at RAC
on current handicaps, was seven holes better Country Club, Epsom
than ours so we were not disgraced. Charles
Bromfield was four down after four holes to a Foursomes were played in the morning on the
~ery good golfer and recovered very well to Coronation Course and a Four-ball in the after-
fm1sh all square ; he also got a birdie on the first noon on the Old Course. For the record, we won
extra hole. Stuart Anderson at his first meeting (by one match) but this is a friendly get-together
played well above himself and was only two of the two societies and the results are unimpor-
over par after nine holes. The Argyll 's went on to tant. The Meeting was attended by :(for the Soc-
beat the Cheshires easily but lost to the Royal iety) Maj Minogue, Capt Bush, Col Shipster, Brig
Regiment of Fusiliers by two holes in the semi- Clarke, W02 Davies, Sgt Flint, Lt Col Herd, Maj
final. The Royal Green Jackets again won the Archer and Maj Weymouth (who played for the
competition . 00 Buffs and thus lost them the match!) .

Next year the Army Meeting will be held at THE ANNUAL MEETING
Princes and Deal between 16 and 20 May. Will
all low handicap golfers please get these dates Thirty-six members (a record) turned up for the
into their diaries and try to get to the Army Meet- Annual Competitions on a very warm day at the
ing if only for the Argyll. it is our intention to Canterbury Golf Club- our second meeting run-
ning at this venue - and the Colonel of the
enter two teams and the Secretary or myself Regiment gave away the prizes.

would be pleased to receive early confirmation The 1st Bn won the Battalion Cup (The CO and
from trose golfers who might be able to play. Adjutant in a Stableford Foursomes); further
details about winners and runners-up have
In 1984 the Army Meeting will be held at Lit- already been sent to all members. Next years
tlestone and Rye ; and in June 1985 at Muirfield Meeting will be at the same venue on Fri 16 Sep-
and Gullane. tember.

OTHER MATCHES OFFICERS' CLUB

v RMAS, 23 June, at the Army Golf Club, The following officers have written expressing
Aldershot sincere appreciation for the engraved silver-
plated salvers presented to them from members
Our team of seven were : Lt Col Anderson, Capt to mark the occasion of their marriages:
Bush , Col Dodson, Maj Ford, Sgt Flint, Maj
Shearburn and Lt Col Hugh Tarver. (Result - Lt A H B Dalby, Capt R Walker, Maj G H Wright,
Lost 4 to 3) . Next years fixture is on Wed 22 June TD
at the same venue.
MOVING?
v Kent County Constabulary, 13 July, at Can-
terbury GC To enable us to maintain accurate records in
our Central Registry, members are asked to
The match was halved and the pairings in the notify the Secretary at RHO immediately
Foursomes were: Sgt Abrahams and Sgt Nor- whenever they change their addresses.
ton, Col Dodson and Maj Weymouth, Maj
O'Gorman and Capt Jones, W02 Rowney and (Continued on page 62}
W02 Davies. Next year - Fri 15 July, at
Chestfield GC.

v Royal Marines, 24 August at Canterbury GC

This was our first fixture and is to be repeated
next year on Tues 23 August at Canterbury. The

RM fielded a strong side and we lost 8'h to 3'12.

THE REGIMENTAL GOLFING SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, 1982

1. Tony Reide blasts off at the tenth .
2. Col John Shipster and Lt Col Paddy Panton preparing to give battle (encouraged by the Hon Sec).
3. Col Toby Sewell- just a little apprehensive about his tee shot?
4. " Whose next"?l
5. Maj John Acworth discusses tactics with his CO .
6. Sgt Gildert's left-handed tee shot off the tenth seems to have been a good one.

Pictures by lnt Sec 1 Queen 's



62

Officers' Club continued Our lady flower arrangers had done a
magnificent job and throughout the week th e
The Annual Party tent looked both colourful and charming . it is fair
to say that we gave stiff competition to any other
Two hundred and one members and their tent on the ground and the newly-merged Club
had set a high standard for future years.
ladies attended at Haberdashers' Hall in the City
Our caterers lived up to their reputation from
on Friday 15 October and, from all accounts, last year and even surpassed it; the food was
excellent.
enjoyed meeting up with old friends in the
Perhaps the best dav of the week was " Ladies
lovely setting and amongst congenial company. Day" when we had a record attendance; nearly
90 members sat down to lunch . The ladies rose
The change to a variety of drink seemed to be a to the occasion and the colourful display of hats
was a sight to behold . " I haven't come to see the
popular move and the food, as always, was cricket ; I have come to see the flowers and meet
my friends", said one visitor!
tastefully prepared and served by a very "pro-
Whether you are a keen cricket watcher or just
fessional" and extremely smart squad from 617 want to meet your friends for a meal or drink,
the Cricket Tent Club Committee hope that you
QUEENS (V) . Our sincere thanks to them ; also to will make use of the Tent next year.

the Beadle (Mr Oakman) and to our sponsor Col Membership is open to all serving and retired
David Sime. ' officers of the Queen 's Regt and its forbears.
Canterbury Cricket Week in 1983 is as follows :
Please note that the provisional date for next
year is Friday 21 October 83, again at Haber- 6, 8 and 9 August- Kent v. Worcestershire.
dashers' Hall. 10, 11 and 12 August- Kent v. Surrey .

Regimental Brooch (a very nice Christmas or Finally if you want further details, please write
Anniversary present?) to me at RHO.

In the last issue (page 66) we advertised a
silver, enamel and paste diamond ladies' brooch
which can be obtained through RHO for (at pre-
sent) £65.00. I now have a sample of the brooch

which I can show any potential purchaser who
cares to call on me at RHO.

GUW

Life membership THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT MUSEUM
Serving officers who retire are reminded that
they are then eligible to become Life Members By Maj F J Reed
of the Club at a fee of £15.75.
We have been accused recently of " hiding our
Should they avail themselves of this facility, light under a bushel", and, looking back on
they are also reminded that this fee does not recent Journals, we agree that this criticism is
cover the Journal, for which the current sub- justified. So, lets put it right!
scription is £3.00 per year.
The Museum which forms part of the Regi-
THE QUEEN'S AND QUEEN'S OWN mental Headquarters complex at the entrance to
Howe Barracks, Canterbury, at the top of St Mar-
BUFFS CRICKET TENT CLUB tin's Hill on the A257 Sandwich Road from the
city, was oriqinallv established as the Museum
By Maj H CL Tennent of the Home Counties Brigade. In 1966 its tit le
was changed to that of The Queen 's Regiment
This year the sign-board outside the Tent Museum, when the six former regiments of the
proudly displayed "The Queen's and Queen's Brigade (albeit that by then there were only four
Own Buffs Tent Club" and equally proudly bore - amalgamations between the old Queens and
the regimental badges of both regiments. The the Surreys, and between the Buffs and the
flags of The Queen's Regiment and The Queen's Queen's Own having taken place in 1959 and
Own Buffs as well as the "Old Stagers" flew side 1960 respectively) were formally linked to form
by side at the front of the tent. Another chapter The Queen 's Regt.
in the history of the Tent Club had begun and the
happy atmosphere in the Tent was a very real The Museum seeks to present the history of
indication of how well the merger had gone. The Queen's Regt from the origins of its founder
regiments to the present day. In it will be found
Attendance was well up on last year though it exhibits and pictures from The Queen's Royal
is sad to report that only a few serving officers Regt (West Surrey); The Buffs; The East Surrey
were able to take time off from their duties to be Regt; The Royal Sussex Regt ; The Queen's Own
there. Royal West Kent Regt and The Middlesex Regt ;
and by no means least- The Queen's Regt.

The display embraces pictures of the Moors
attacking the garrison at Tangier in 1662; a foot-

ball " kicked over the top" on the Somme in 63
1916; items from the Arab Revolt of 1937 ; the
items from ashtrays to wall plaques. Adm i s~ion
Malayan Campaign of 1954; Korea; to a to the Museum is free, though we do appre c1ate
"bullet-bent cap badge of the present Queen's a donation if you enjoy your visi t.
Regt, a relic of an " incident" in the New Lodge
Why not come along and see the City of Can-
Area of Belfast not so long ago. Also on show terbury and The Queen's Regt Museum? Th e lat-
are uniforms and headdress worn by the Regi- ter is open from Monday to Friday (except public
ment through the ages; regimental china and holidays) from 10 am to 12 noon and from 2 to 4
silver, and medals gained by members in many pm but to make sure, you can telephone Canter-
wars and campaigns . In addition there is a well- bury 57411 Ext 259. We'll see that the sentries let
stocked regimental shop selling a variety of you in!

THE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

by Maj R Waite

The two main Regimental Association events The arrangements for the rest of the day were
in 1982, both of which were a resounding suc- superb, but two points, in particular, stood out in
cess, were: my mind : the arrangements made to keep the
children occupied; and the excellent luncheon
THE GRAND REUNION -Colchester box which the Catering Platoon had provided.
(For those of us who preferred a glass of wine
When I left home early on Sunday morning with our lunch that too was available.) Time
the storm clouds were gathering to the North went only too quickly and, before we knew it, we
East, directly in line, so it seemed, over Essex were being asked to take our seats for the Grand
and as I approached the Dartford Tunnel, sure Finale- The Beating of Retreat.
enough the heavens opened and it rained really
hard until I was approaching Colchester itself. I The Bands and Corps of Drums of the 1st and
knew that the day itself would depend, very 2nd Bns were massed for this spectacle and how
much, on good weather and sure enough the smart they looked in their scarlet coats with the
Regimental Secretary's forecast, once again Drummers in their spiked helmets. The music
came true, "We have made special arrange- and marching was of a very high standard, as
ments to ensure that it will be a fine sunny day" . we have come to expect from all our Bands and
The sun was just breaking through as I drove Corps of Drums. What has now become a tradi-
into Hyderabad Barracks; steam was still rising tion in The Regiment - the lowering of each
off the square and the puddles were quickly dis- Founding Regiment's flag individually to the
persing. The final touches were being made to sound of its Regimental March was then per-
the arrangements and what a pleasure it was to formed before the Last Post- was most moving.
be met by happy, well turned out soldiers, all The Old Comrades then marched passed the
with a smile on their faces- sure sign of a good Colonel of The Regiment to " Soldiers of The
battalion. I think it is true to say that there was Queen " in grand style.
some doubt as to whether Colchester would
prove to be a little too far out for some of the Old And so a most memorable day, when good
Comrades to make the journey; and then of comradeship and old memories were re-
course, there was the expense to consider. We awakened, came to a close. Our sincere thanks
need not have had any doubt. By 11 am the Bar- to Lt Col Peter Packham and his fine battalion for
racks were filling rapidly and by the time the making it all possible.
Guard and Colour Party formed up for the
Drumhead Service, most of the Old Comrades Here are extracts from just two appreciative
had arrived. I was particularly impressed to see letters received at RHO following the Grand
the Royal Sussex Branch of the Old Comrades Reunion :
from Chichester, who surely had the furthest to
come by a long chalk. From Brig BB Rackham, CBE, MC, DL, late Mid-
dlesex Regt:
The Drumhead Service, always a moving
experience for any soldier, went off splendidly " Thank you so very much for giving my wife
and, on this occasion, the conflict in the Falk- and me the privilege of attending the Regimen-
lands was in all our minds. lt was brought home tal Reunion.
to me, impressively, when the Colonel of The
Regiment read the lesson, Ecclesiasticus Chap- We enjoyed meeting many old comrades. We
ter 44 verses 1-14. We are, indeed, most fortu- were immensely impressed by all that we saw of
nate in our Armed Forces, to have such fine the 2nd Bn of The Regiment and were so proud
young men, who are prepared to pay with their to know that they are the successors of the
lives for our great Country. Regiments in which we served."

64 wine with the Colonel of The Regiment, permis-
sion was given to play the Regimental Marches
From E Williams, Chairman of the Canterbury and what fun they turned out to be. Each faction
Branch of The Queen 's Own Buffs Assn : stood for its own march but perhaps the funniest
incident was when Frank O'Rawe and Jack Rod -
" On behalf of myself and my members, I gers paraded the 1st Bn's complete Vickers
would like to express our appreciation for the machine gun when the " Diehards" March was
wonderful day we enjoyed on Sunday last; the played! To round off, the Band played " Land of
entertainment and organisation were magnifi- Hope and Glory", two (or perhaps three) times
cent. with all present singing at the top of their voices.
We then retired to the WOs' and Sgts' Mess
We would be grateful if you would convey to where the jolifications went on for ... I' ll leave
Lt Col Packham and the 2nd Bn our very sincere you to guess.
thanks for the enormous efforts they made to
make our day the success it undoubtedly was." We are indebted to Col Paddy Panton and his
fine WOs' and Sgts' Mess for hosting us and
WOs AND SGTs PAST AND PRESENT they can be justly proud of the excellent stan-
DINNER- Canterbury dard of all the many arrangements they made

Once again we were blessed with good iC'on our behalf.
weather, a lovely Autumn evening, to start off Grand Reunion 1983
the proceedings of this happy gathering of good
fellowship. A marquee had been pitched on the Because we have no regular battalions in Eng -
playing field , opposite the dining hall where tea land in 1983, The Annual Reunion of Old Com-
and sandwiches were served for the early arri- rades of the Regiment and Our Founding Regi-
vals. At 5.45 pm we moved to the Square for an mental OCAs will be held next year :
informal photograph afterthe arrival ofthe main
guests. We were then entertained to a Beating of - at BASSINGBOURN BARRACKS
Retreat, the likes of which, I had not seen done BASSINGBOURN (near Royston)
better by the Band and Corps of Drums of the 1st
Bn . Their precision and turnout was of the high- (The Home of Depot The Queen's Division)
est order, much appreciated by all those pres-
ent. The musical programme was well chosen, -on SUNDAY 31 JULY
including the old Regimental Marches of our
Founding Regiments whose flags were lowered, The Day will open with a Drumhead Service at
in turn, before the Regimental flag was lowered mid-day and end with Beating Retreat at 4.30
to the sounds of The Evening Hymn and Last pm. Full details will appear in the next (June
Post. After the Colonel of The Regiment had 1983) number of this Journal.
given his permission to the Drum Major to
march off, the re-sounding quick-march of The Note: Bassingbourn is easy to reach from Lon -
Queen ' s Regiment - ·:soldiers of The Queen" don (only 41 mi les) via the M11 . There is also
was played. A really fine start to what was to an excellent Rail Service from London to
prove an outstanding evening. Royston.

We returned to the marquee for pre-dinner Please mark the date in your
drinks where a superb punch had been pre-
pared. This, of course, was where we met many diary and plan to meet old
old friends and acquaintances some of us had
not seen for years. A seating plan was on display friends. ~
and great attention had obviously been paid to
seat all 192 of us appropriately. The quarter of BENEVOLENCE
hour dress call was sounded by the Corps of
Drums and shortly afterwards we started to by Maj A Martin, MBE- Finance Sec, RHO
move into the main dining hall to the Band's
rendering of " Roast Beef of Old England", under When I wrote the last article on Benevolence
the baton of Sgt Taylor, who was to be the con- for the June edition of the Regimental Journal I
ductor for the whole evening. was a comparative newcomer to this type of
work. Six months on is not an era, nevertheless
The dining hall was a spectacle with silver in dealing with benevolent cases in committee I
from both the Officers' and Sergeants' Messes, consider I know a little more. In the field of com-
the Colours, fine cutlery and linen. After CSM passion, which is what we are talking about, one
lsaacs had said Grace we sat down to one of the can never reach a peak of experience and wis-
best dinners of this type its been my good for- dom.
tune to attend. The service and food were excel-
lent and the young soldier waiters were first So what is benevolence really all about? The
rate. After the toasts had been drunk we were Oxford dictionary comes up with " the desire to
entertained by the Band and the Corps of Drums do good; charity" . The " do good" bit I go along
who beat a resounding Tattoo and got a special with to a degree; the definition " charity" needs
round of applause. After Sgt Taylor had taken more care because for so many people in this
enlightened (so called) age, charity has a conno-
tation of State hand-outs and scrounging.

The above cartoon-style advertisement is produced by an artist from the Div Depot. Only he knows the per-
sonalities portrayed - do you?- Ed .

I will attempt to go one better than the sharply. A generous donation is given yearly to
description of benevolence offered by the dic-
tionary . I like to consider it as the concern of All The Army Benevolent Fund whose assistance is
Ranks of the Regimental Family to ensure that always given freely to this and other Regiments
those members or former members of the in cases where the financial assistance required
Regiment and their loved ones who, through no is beyond the means of our own Benevolent
fault of their own are on hard times, have the Fund . 30% of the annual income to the Benevol -
immediate support of the Regiment to alleviate ent Fund is " siphoned off' each year for a
their distress, be it mental, physical or financial. twofold purpose; firstly, to provide free to Batta-
lions copies of The Journal for issue to soldiers;
We are halfway towards establishing a part- and secondly, to fund projects recommended by
nership. On the one hand we have the Benevol- Commanding Officers which they consider will
ence Committee whose task it is to consider the benefit all ranks under their command.
many applications for assistance channelled by
the Service Welfare Organisations and to dis- We talked earlier about a partnership. Sadly,
pense aid in deserving cases. On the other, we not all the members of ou r Regimental Famil y
have the serving members of the Regiment are members of this partnership ; whether
whose compassion and generosity is demons- through ignorance, misunderstanding , indiffer-
trated by the donation of one day's pay (net) per ence or downright hostility, some 40 % of our
year for the benefit of the Regimental Benevol- serving members are non -contributors to The
ent Fund. Without your support Regimental Day ' s Pay Scheme . A drive has been launched
Benevolence is a non-starter. re cently by the Colonel of The Regt to m ake thi s
100%. WILL YOU HELP? At this very po int in
Where does your day's pay go? Primarily, of time there is a surge of activity in Battalions to
course, it helps to build up Benevolence Funds
for the years ahead when the number of recruit those who are not contributing . WILL
requests for assistance is expected to rise YOU JOIN? Having joined, please co venant y o ur
subscription . lt won ' t co st you a penny more but
will benefit Benevolen t Funds by an additional

66

30 %. Contrary to popular belief, a deed of Answer Hopefully (chum) the following
covenant signed by a serving soldier is only examples of assistance given dur-
ing the last six months will change
valid during his service with The Colours. WILL your mind:
YOU COVENANTI

Having made your subscription, deductions On the strong recommendation of SSAFA
(who discovered the plight of the family of an
are made quarterly through your army pay ex-Sergeant by accident) a sum was granted to
account. For a private soldier it works out at purchase winter clothing for the younger chil-
something under £3 every three months; put dren. Here is an extract from his letter of thanks:
another way, less than three packets of "snout"
" Happily I am now recovering from the
or a round at the boozer. Where's the sense of
proportion? open heart surgery and hope to be fit enough
to return to work soon . In the interim period I
lt may help to dispel some illusions about the am most grateful for the payment for clothing
Days' Pay Scheme and Regimental Benevolence urgently needed by my two youngest chil-
to do a "question and answer" routine :
dren.
Question What's the point of Regimental I am a very proud individual and have never
Benevolence? Social Security needed to ask for help before. Consequently it
takes care of that sort of thing . is my intention to repay this amount at some
future date, and the SSAFA representative
Answer Excellent organisation though the tells me I could make such a donation when I

Directorate of Health and Social am able to.
Security is, it is bound by act of Once again very many thanks for this material
Parliament and pre-set rules. Many help at a time when (temporarily) all the chips
of the cases referred to the Regi- are down and we are in very dire straits."
ment for help come after the Ser-
vices Welfare organisations have An NCO in one of the Batta lions lives in mar-
ried quarters. A fat fire in the kitchen started by
solicited the help of Social Ser- his small daughter destroys all his family pos-
vices whose regulations have pre- sessions. Like so many of us, he has no insur-
ance. Combined Regimental and Army Benevol-
cluded help. ent Fund assistance totalling £700 is forthcom -
ing within one week of the incident.
Question Why should I join the Days ' Pay
Scheme? I shan't ever be in bother.

Answer All cases of assistance are to
decent, self-respecting ex NCOs
and soldiers of the Regiment who, The distress of a mother whose son is killed
through no fault of their own (and on active service is brought to our attention by
in many cases through the scourge SSAFA. Following the tragic death of her only
of unemployment) are in desper- son, her husband d ied suddenly of a heart
attack. She became depressed, got heavily into
ate need of help. debt and attempted suicide . Combined Regi -
mental and Army Benevolent Fund assistance
Question I am a senior NCO. Why should I totalling £625 restored her financial position and
subscribe? The only people elig-
gave her mental stabi lity.
ible for benevo lent assistance are
junior ranks. Finally, a decent ex-Corporal has been unemp-
loyed for eighteen months and in desperation
Answer Wrong. By its very charter the turns to self employment. The business starts to
Regimental Benevolent Fund thrive but the millstone of repayments on the
exists to help All Ranks. The vehicle and specialist tools drives him to the
qua lification required is distress, point of despair. Combined assistance, regimen-
not rank. tally and from the Army Benevolent Fund, pays

Question Why should I contribute? I bet the for the tools leaving only the vehicle to worry
money I subscribe is used to pay about. Part of his letter of thanks reads :
for Officers' Cocktail Parties.
" I am writing to offer my very sincere thanks
Answer Wrong again . Benevo lent Funds for the magnificent financial he lp which has
may be used to foster Regimenta l
Spirit by funding a Grand Reunion been received via yourselves and the Army
which all ranks may attend. Funds
Benevolent Fund.
may not be used to fund The War- The cheque was received when I was actually
rant Officers' and Sergeants' in the process of selling all my personal pos-
Annua l Reunion or Officers' Cock- sessions to obtain capital. Selling things that
tail Parties, both of which are paid one has worked very hard for is not a pleasant
for by those attending. experience. The cheque, therefore, was dou-
bly welcome . Once again my sincerest
Question A day's pay! Not for me, chum!
Anyone who asks for help is a thanks."

scrounger. These are scroungers?

RCO's Report 67

We all congratulate Capt Mike_Aylward on some more than once. The winter season is now
being selected to be Quatermaster 1n the 3rd Bn ; well under way with the RIT visiting Cadet Units
in fact, Mike left the Regimental lnformat1on three nights a week as well as being out every
Team (RIT) to become OM of the Government weekend supporting their weekend camps.
Youth Training Scheme in Fort George. The
course, commanded by Col Blashford -Snell, We say farewell to LCpl Smyth, Edwards and
finishes in February and soon after th1s M1ke w1ll Waldren who have gone to 1 QUEENS and wel-
be on his way to BAOR. The RIT is now com- come new arrivals - Ptes Hamlin, Robin son and
manded by Capt Tony Hill who is well and truly lsaacs .
in the chair .
Soldier recruiting continue s to g o w ell ; th ere
The RIT has attended 240 events during 1982 is no shortage of volunteer s, Indee d t here are
and scored some notable firsts: in July, Kent too many young men waiting for too few v aca n-
Section (commanded by Cpl Scott- now with Cies .
the 1st Bn) was awarded a certificate as winner
of the "Best Large Stand" award in the Kent The Junior Soldi ers Battali o n at Taunton is to
Show; whilst the Middlesex Section, com- close this year and the number of Junio rs enter-
manded by Cpl (now Sergeant) Alien had the ing the Depot next year is to be inc rea sed to two
honour of meeting HRH Prince Charles at Capital intakes of 144 ea ch. The number of Jun1or Lead-
Radio Adventure Day, Battersea, in June. He ers badged " Queen 's" at the _Infantry Jun1or
also met the PM, the Right Hon Mrs Margaret Leaders Battalion at Shorn cl1ffe IS d1 sappomt1ng
Thatcher, shortly afterwards at the Finchley Car- and our share of Salamanca Coy will have to be
nival. improved next year.

In July the team attended The Army Exhibition In 1980 Queen ' s Division has a yearly quota of
for Schools at Bassingbourn where the Kent vacancies for potential officers imposed by The
Section, ably assisted by The Corps of Drums, MOD. The allocation for The Queen ' s Regt th1s
Assault Pioneers and the Milan PI from 2 year is seven Short Service Commission vacan -
QUEENS, made up the biggest display present. cies and four Regular Commission vacanc1es . To
date, The Colonel of The Regiment's _Interview
The Sussex Section, commanded by Cpl Board has accepted two Regular Off1cers and
Mitchell and reinforced by Cpl Vinnicombe , Ptes four Short Service with a number of other young
Edwards and Holmes, attended the International men still in the pipeline. The mediocre academ1c
Scout 1O-Day Camp at Know le Park and received standard of some of the potential officers inter-
a good report from Maj Gen Walsh on their hard viewed at Canterbury continues to cause con-
and enthusiastic work which made the camp cern . lt would seem that many Graduate
such a success. entrants are unwilling to commit themselves to
Regular Commissions before experiencing
Cadet training has continued and each section Army life as SSC Officers ; nonetheless, the
has supported the ACF/CCF Annual Camp - years ahead look promising and the number of
applicants for University Cadetships and Bur-
saries who are sponsored by The Reg1ment IS
heartening .

News from our Affiliated Associations

The Queen's Royal
Surrey Regimental
Association of the

Queen's Regt

184~7 COLOURS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST Mary's Church, Huntingdon, he was shown the
(HUNTINGDONSHIRE) REGIMENT Colours presented in 1848 and which had been
laid up there in 1867, and where, due to the1r
Mr Dan James, who served in the 2nd Bn The very poor state, they had become an embar-
East Surrey Regt from 1945-48, has recently rassment to the Parochial Church Council who
been carrying out some research into the old had recently had the church redecorated . lt will
Colours of the 31st Regt. During a visit to St be appreciated that these Colours had replaced

68 ten weeks : a piece of shrapnel hit me just above
my right eye, fracturing my skull at the same
those carried during the bloody Sutlej Campaign time! "
of the Sikh War of 1845-46; they had also been
carried at Sevastapol, and in the Taku Forts SALERNO - FORTY YEARS ON
expedition during the Chinese War of 1860. For-
tunately contact was made via the British Model On 9 September 1943, six Territorial Army bat-
Soldier Society with CSM P P M (Paddy) Ryan, talions of The Queen 's Royal Regt forming two
MM of The Queen's Regt. The Colours were separate brigades of two separate Divisions
removed from St Mary's Church and brought landed at Salerno in what Winston Churchill cal -
back to Canterbury where CSM Ryan and CSgt D led, ill-advisedly as it so happened, the attack on
Patterson spent many hours piecing the frag- the " soft under-belly of Europe". Prior to this,
ments of the Regimental Colour together - landings had been made in Sicily by British and
rather like a jig-saw- until they had an almost American forces as a complementary part of the
complete Colour. They then " netted" it and put overall strategy and in those operations a prom-
it in a glazed gilt frame with above it, its original inent part was played by the 1st Bn The East
brass finial. The Colour now rests in an hon - Surrey Regt.
oured place in the WOs' and Sgts' Mess of the
1st Bn, The Queen's Regt- a most fitting home, To commemorate Salerno Day 1983, a day
for its immediate predecessor was carried and which is annually celebrated by the 1st Bn The
planted on the Sikh ramparts at the Battle of Queen 's Regt, the Regimental Association of
Sobraon in 1846 by Sgt Bernard McCabe of the The Queen ' s Royal Surrey Regt is now arranging
31st Regt. All credit is due to CSM Ryan and to hold a Salerno Reunion on 10 September
CSgt Patterson for their dedicated and painstak- 1983 at the Services Victory Club in London. The
ing work. Incidentally, the Sovereign's Colour Reunion will be open to all members of The
was beyond any form of restoration. Queen's Regt, both regular and territorial, as
well as to members of the Queen's Surreys
THE SOLDIER'S STORY - A MALAYAN INCI- Assn. We particularly hope that, remembering
DENT this fiercely-contested and successful operation
was one unique to the forebears of our present
The history of The Queen's Royal Regt records 5th and 6th/7th Bns, we shall have the whole-
a spirited engagement against Communist Ter- hearted support of the present members of
rorists in the Malayan jungle on 6 June 1954; in those battalions. As soon as the plans for this
this action, Cpl J Sibley of the 1st Bn was occasion have been completed, members of the
wounded and his water bottle shattered by a Queen's Surreys Assn and Commanding
grenade. He has recently presented his dam- Officers of all the battalions of The Queen's Regt
aged water bottle to The Queen's Royal Surrey will be sent details. So please make a note in the
Regt Museum and sent the following account of diaries you will receive at Christmas!
the engagement:
If anyone has a relic from Sicily or the Salerno
"On 5 June 1954, I was Corporal in charge of a landings which they would lend for the night,
small routine patrol which was operating in the please let the Secretary of The Queen's Royal
area of Rompin; we happened to find fresh ban- Surrey Regimental Assn at Howe Barracks, Can -
dit tracks which, according to our lban tracker, terbury have details.
were no more than two hours old. We followed
these tracks until it started to get dark when we Queensmen!
returned to base. I reported to the Company
Commander who sent us out the next day with a Salerno is one
patrol of platoon strength with orders to follow of your Battle
up. Honours -so come
along to the Services
After a few hours we stopped for a short break Victory Club
in a small clearing at the top of a hill. I was lead-
ing scout with two lban trackers and the rest of ON SAT. 10 SEP '83
the patrol was strung out behind; fortunately we
were all still and making no noise. The lbans and
I heard the bandits coming long before they
reached the clearing where we were waiting. We
killed the first two instantly: we think we
wounded a third but could not be sure, and we
believe two got away. After the first two were
killed there was a blinding flash in front of me
and that was tt'le last I knew about anything for a
few minutes.

When I came to, the men were tying the dead
bandits to poles ready to take them back for
identification. lt was a grenade that one of the
bandits had thrown that put me out of action for

THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENT 69
GOLF SOCIETY
'.!,
Results of Annual Match versus The Royal
Marines GS played at Blackmoor Golf Culb on 8 0
July 1982 were :
0
FOURSOMES Royal Marines 1
0
Queen's Surreys Sgt Brittain & 0
'.!, R J Waiters '.!,
Col J W Sewell & 1
Lt Col S T W Anderson 0 C Bates & 1
0 Cpl R Day '.!,
M Power & 6'/z
Maj F V Sheppard Maj Gen Kay &
0 Capt D Hunt
Maj W J F Sutton &
Maj Gen G A White WO Lewis &
Lt Col Tweed
Maj B A Crutchfield &
Maj Sunderland 1 Sgt Brittain
0 0 C Bates
SINGLES 1 Cpl R Day
1 Maj Gen Kay
M Power '.!, WO Lewis
Maj W J F Sutton 0 Capt D Hunt
Maj F V Sheppard 0 R J Waiters
Maj Gen G A White '.!, Lt Col Tweed
Lt Col S T W Anderson
Co l J W Sewell 5 '/z
Maj B A Crutchfield
Maj Sunderland

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\\'Coffer an ex tensive range of ready to wear clot hin g,
clothing, shirt s and accessories for fonnal and cas ual occas ions.

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70

The Queen's Own Buffs
Regt Assn

(The Queen's Regt)

TI:IE MAIDSTONE SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE vice and the Reunion . We were delighted to
AND REUNION have a large cont ing ent of ACF Cadets on parade
together with the Cadets Queen's Co lour.
Many of the familiar faces managed to attend
at Maidstone on 4 July- despite the alternative Th e Co rps of Drums of t he 1st Bn Th e Queen 's
attractions ofthe Wimbled on M ens Singles Fin al Regt looked ve ry smart dressed in scarlet and
and Henley Royal Regatta as well as the distrac- their exce llent performance was greatly
tions of the rail strike. appreciated both on the march and afterwa rd s
at the Reunion. Th ey played many well known
lt was disappointing to see so few officers o ld tunes and we particularly enjoyed hearing
attending but amongst the very welcome few the Regimental M arches. W e wish them well for
who did attend were Col and Mrs Dodson (Col their impending tour in Northern Ireland.
Dodson commanded the " Old and Bold" on
parade). Lt Col and Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Gwilliam Next year we hope that the Band of Th e
and Mi ss Freda Gwilliam, Capt and Mrs Par- Queen ' s Regt TA will be supporting us once
nacott, Mllj and Mrs Scull, Maj Gen and Mrs Tal - again as they have done so many times in the
bot and Maj Weymouth. past.

The officials of the Queen 's Own Buffs Regi- THE CANTERBURY REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
mental Association were also in evidence- Capr AND REUNION
Smith (The President). Lt Col Shephard (Chair-
man) and Maj Tennent (Secretary). Despite the weather, the Old Comrades turned
out with enthusiasm and the parade, com-
For those officers who were unable to attend, manded by Maj G Dineley, marched to the
it is emphasised that next years Maidston e Ser- Cathedral from Longport headed by the Band of
vice of Remembrance and Reunion will be held The Queen's Regt TA. A detachment of 30 sol-
on Sunday 3 July. Please put it in your diaries diers from 5 QUEENS (V) followed by 167 old
and we w ill all hope for a record turnout. comrades, accompanied by twelve Standard
bearers, made a brave and moving sight; in all ,
As usual the Maidstone Branch made excel-
lent arrangements both for the parade, the Ser-

-· J

THE CANTERBURY REUNION

Left: The Queen's TA Band and 5 QUEENS {V) Corps of Drums head the marching contingent into the Cathedral
Precincts.
Picture by Kentish Gazette

Right : Mr Brian Bartlett, Standard Bearer of the Bromley Branch.

thirteen Association Branches were rep- 71
resented.
The Reunion was held at Lero s TAVR Centre,
In addition to the marching conti ng ent, the thanks to the kindness of 5 QUEENS. At lunch
Servtce was attended by many other old com- w e entertained the M ayor and Mayoress and
rad es, and with all the wives and f amili es w ere Maj-Gen Mans. Amongst those present were
an impressive cong regation. Maj-Gen and Mrs DE B Talbot, Brig and Mrs R F
Parry, Mrs Moll ie Argle s, Mrs Christine Grace,
As usual it was a moving and beautiful Ser- Capt and Mrs M J Smith, Lt Col and Mrs J N
vice. The Lesson was read by Capt M J Smith Shephard, and M aj and Mrs H CL Tennent.
(Ecclesiastics XLIV, 1- 15, " Let us now prai se
famous men " ). Although it rained and sadly there was no
Beating Ret reat, the TA Band and 5th (V) Bn
.We were very honoured to have the address Corps of Drum s entertained us most excellently.
gtven by The Most Reverend The Lord Arch- We were all overjoyed to see Mr Clark back
btshop of Canterbury. Dr Runcie warned us that wielding his baton .
Patriotism is becoming unfashionable and
selfishness is growing throughout the commun- Thank you Cante rbu ry Branch for all your hard
tty ; such beltefs are dangerous and undermined work; eve ryone enjoyed themselves and are
soctety. Vtrtues of patriotism, loyalty and love of grateful to you.
Chnst can help immobilise the fundamental
fears that are running through society. lt is THE QUEEN 'S OWN BUFFS OFFICERS DRINKS
tmportant that we remember our loyalty to the PARTY
Regtment and our Country. The Queen's Own
Buffs Service represented loyalty to the Country Instead of a lunch party in Canterbu ry, we
and was a time to reflect on how much we owe once again held a drinks party in the Cricket
those who died for us. Week Tent. Not o nl y Queen ' s Own Buffs but also
other members of the Tent Club were invited to
On the return march, the President, Capt join in ; it was a great success and a chance to
Smtth .. took the salute and was accompanied on meet old friends.
the dats by The Archbishop, The Mayor of Can -
terbury and Maj-Gen R S N Mans, CBE, Colonel The Band of 1st Bn Th e Queen's Regt gave us
of The Queen's Regt. an excellent concert and, judging by t he noise
level inside the tent, everyone thoroughly
enjoyed themselves.

The Royal Sussex Regt
Assn

(Representing the Queen's Regt in Sussex)

CRICKET For the Duchess of Norfolk's XI, Alan Burridge
attacked the bowling and made a splendid 94
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT INVITATION XI before being bowled by Christopher Pyemont.
Other batsmen also contributed, but there was
v. LAVINIA DUCHESS OF NORFOLK' S XI, 30 always a chance that the Regiment could break
through and win, particularly after a fine spell of
MAY bowling by Charles Too le (4 for 43) . However the
Duchess of Norfolk's X I finally won by 4 wi ckets
Due to an injury sustained the day before, with time to spare.
John Stephenson was unable to play and
handed over the captaincy of the Regimental XI lt was a good game and a day at Arunde l.
to Robin Chappell, but his son Robin took his thoroughly enjoyed by players and spectators
place in the side. Also, a few days before the alike. Out thanks once again to Lavinia , Duchess
match, Brian Woodbridge was involved in an of Norfolk and the Staff and Friends of Arundel
unpleasant road crash and had to withdraw. lt is Cricket Club for allowing this traditional annual
understood that he is making a slow, but satis- fi xture to continue .
factory, recovery.
GOODWOOD
Robin Chappell won the toss and elected to
bat. David Nicholson was bowled in the fourth Once again the weather, in a rather change-
over, but Dermot Reeve (46). an MCC Young able summer, was kind to us at Goodwood, both
Cricketer, and John Lofting (32) gave the Regi- the May and July meetings being held in glo ri-
ment a good start. Later Charles Toole (63 Not ous weather.
Out) and Peter Pyemont (30) also batted well to
allow Robin Chappell to make a very sporting
declaration with the score at 206 for 6.

72 The march past fo llowed the Service and the
Salute was taken by Her Grace, supported by the
Our Club was very well supported with a Mayor and Mayoress and Co l and Mrs Lan -
number of visitors from other Regiments, thurs- gridge. All then adjourn ed for tea at the Un ited
day in the July meeting achieving a record Servi ces Club where man y renew ed friendships
attendance. lt has also been nice to notice the and a successful day was once more co ncluded.
increased attendances at the smaller meetings;
perhaps members are finding these more Top : Aubers Ridge Parade: Lavinia, Duchess of Nor-
enjoyable than the rather overcrowded main folk (second from right). the Mayor of littlehampton,
meeting .
and Col Langridge taking the salute.
Maj H B Booty, TO, a keen supporter of racing Lower : Officers Dinner (I to r) Col NB Knocker, OBE,
and the Club, has kindly agreed to serve on the Bng R E Loder, CBE, The Royal Netherlands Ambas -
committee; he will be able t o give us valuable sador, Col G J Langridge, TO, Col Marino Heester-
advice from his widespread interest in racing .
mans and Col PS Newton, MBE.
The Royal Sussex Stakes was run on Monday Pictures by James Clevett
13 September when there was a very large
attendance at our Club in really beautiful ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT MUSEUM
weather. There were seventeen runners, the Seventy-one accessions to the museum have
largest of the day, which was won by Mr P Has-
sin's Sabutai, trained by lan Balding and ridden been recorded during the year. Mrs Halsey has
by Ray Hutchinson . Col Langridge presented the given the late Maj TA Halsey's medals, his silver
Royal Sussex Challenge Cup and replica in the medal (as champion shot of India). other shoot-
paddock after the race and later Lord and Lady ing and sports medals, papers and uniform
March came down to the Club to congratulate equipment; these were formed into a special
the trainer and rider with traditional champagne. display in the Chichester Museum. A display
was also made of the medals and papers of the
75 YEARS AGO late CSM Charles Tester who died earlier this

"The King set a praiseworthy example in the
way of an early arrival at Goodwood on Cup
Day. Attired in a long, dark, green coat, with a
red rose at the button hole, and a brown bowler
hat, and accompanied by the Prince of Wales
and the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, his host,
His Majesty reached the royal box at least 15
minutes before the first race . Under the trees,
luncheon tents were spread for the Royal
Cavalry Club, Royal Engineers, Royal Sussex
Regt, Brighton Union Club, Brighton New Club,
the Duke of Norfolk, Lady Hamilton Col Kenyon
Mitford, and others."

AUBERS RIDGE AND DUNKIRK PARADE

In remarkably fine weather, the 1982 Parade
was held at Littlehampton and Her Grace,
Lavinia , Duchess of Norfolk, CBE, together with
the Mayor and Mayoress of Littlehampton (CIIr.
and Mrs E Hunter). supported the Association on
the day.

As is customary, the Parade formed up in St
Catherine's Road under the command of Capt
Powell (who kindly stepped in to replace the
appointed commander who became unexpec-
tedly ill) and after laying the wreath at the War
Memorial, proceeded to St Mary's Church for
the Service. The parade was led by the Band of
the Littlehampton Detachment of the Sussex
Cadet Force supporting the Arundel and District
Branch for the first time. The Standards were led
by Mr G Marshal!.

At the entrance to the Church, the guests were
met by Col G J Langridge, TO, President of the
Regimental Association, and the Service was
conducted by the Rev David Hewitt, MA, and the
Rev Canon Waiter Greenfield, TO, MA, Honorary
Chaplain to the Association .

year aged 82. Further items of the late Col EA C 73
Fazan, MC, TD, DL, have been given by his fam-
ily ; the medals of the late Lt Col C FA Nix, TD, held on deposit at the West Sussex Record
and an album cove ring his long service with the Office.
4th Bn have been received ; and the medals of
the late Capt Geor11e Maycock, MC, Transport Army Museums Ogilby Trust Appeal
Officer 11th Bn (whose Military Cross is
engraved 'Presented by King George V 31 Oct Members of the Association who have been
1917') have been sent over from Canada by his reading our museum notes over the years will
widow. Purchases include the 4th Bn Drum be aware of the very substantial help that the
Major's mace though we wonder how this item Museum has received from the Ogilby Trust.
came into the hands of a dealer. After 28 years of giving money away the trust,
which is a registered charity, has reached the
An exhibition " On Active Service", based on point where it needs an injection of new capital
letters and diaries of officers and soldiers serv- in order to maintain the level of assistance that it
ing overseas between 1881 and 1921, was held has been giving to Regiments. The Royal Sussex
at the Chichester Museum early in the year. Regt Museum Trustees strongly commend this
appeal and hope that it will be supported . Con-
The Museum trustees have held two meetings tributions may be sent to the Museum Curator
during the year, one in Chichester and the other or direct to the Secretary, Army Museums
in Eastbourne. For administrative reasons the Ogilby Trust, Connaught Barracks, Aldershot
trustees have decided to increase the size of the GU11 2LR. Deed of Covenant forms are ava il-
display at the Redoubt at Eastbourne and cor- able.
respondingly to reduce the display at Chiches-
ter. The adjustment will be made during the THE OFFICERS' DINNER CLUB
winter of 1983-84. Sixty thousand people v1sited
the two museums during the last year, 40 000 at The Officers' Dinner Club held their Annual
Eastbourne and 20 000 at Chichester. In addi- Dinner at Arundel Castle on Friday 1 October,
tion, many students and members of the public when Col G J Langridge presided . The guests
have consulted the Museum 's papers which are included the Royal Netherlands Ambassador
and his Military Attache.

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TO YOU
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74 ever, when she return ed to Rosyth in April to
join the Armada of ships sa iling to the South
ALLIED REGIMENTS Atlanti c.

1st Bn The Royal New Brunswick Regt (Carleton In the South Atlantic, Leeds Castle proved an
& York) invaluable asset in delivering essential stores to
the ships and garrisons in the bleak southern
In a letter from Lt Col (Ret'd) J H Evans CD, we regions. Although her main role was despatch
learn that His Honour George F G Stanley, vessel, she had a secondary but equally impor-
Lieutenant Governor of the Province, is their tant role as Helicopter Support ship; as such she
new Honorary Colonel and that Lt Col Bill was heavily involved in the cross-decking of
Leonard CD is now Commanding (Vice Lt Col R 3,000 Guardsmen and Gurkhas between Q£2
D Hardcastle, retired in December 1981 ). and Canberra. Leeds Castle can also boast one
of the most versatile flight decks in the Royal
Recruiting has steadily increased the Batta- Navy as was proved when an RAF Chinook
lion' s strength, including an influx of retired landed on in Ascension Island.
regular soldiers.
Alth o ugh most of her time in the South Atlan -
The Bn celebrated the 195th Anniversary of tic was spent shuttling stores, mail and person -
the founding of the Regiment on 10 September. nel betwee n Ascension, The Falklands and
South Georgia, she did spend three weeks in the
Affiliated HM Ships sunshine as Asce nsion Island Guardship. After
four month s gruelling service, Leeds Castle
HMS EXCELLENT returned to a tremendous reception in Rosyth
after a brief stop at Gibraltar.
The following is an extract from a letter, dated 1
November 1982, received by the Colonel of the Leeds Castle is the second ship of this name to
Regiment from Capt J J Streatfeild-James, ADC, be commissioned in the Royal Navy ; the previ -
FBIM, MNI, Royal Navy: ous one was a Corvette which saw action in the
North Atlantic in 1945. The Battle Honours board
"How very kind of you to write as I prepare to therefore now reads " NORTH ATLANTIC 1945.
leave both 'Whaley' and the Service. Sadly, the SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982".
dreaded 'Captain's List', peculiar to the Navy,
has brought my departure forward rather faster This ship has just returned from her first offi -
than I had anticipated and has prevented my cial foreign visit to Amsterdam and is at present
serving out my full two years here. preparing for her second Fishery Protection Pat-
rol in the fishing grounds around the Shetland
I shall remember the Queensmen with great Islands.
affection: the 'connection' has been colossal fun
- long may it continue . There is much talk of In the space of one year (from commissioning
closing excellent though I, personally, don't day to the present time), the ship has sailed an
believe that will happen . Anything you can do to incredible 45,000 miles and has sustained very
extol the virtues of the Island will help to knock little damage apart from the anticpated wear
sense into those who, in very short order, and tear caused by continuous rough seas.
decided to write it, and its traditions out of exis-
tence. REGIMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE

To you , and through you to your Regiment, IN DENMARK
my grateful thanks for a very happy association .
lt has been super being a Torpedoman in the by Maj A C Dawson
midst of Gunnery traditions . If nothing else, I
have achieved our peoples' marching past to Regimentally it has been a fairly quiet period,
Braganza! " en livened by various social events and the visit
by the Band, Drums and elements of D Coy 3
HMS LEEDS CASTLE QUEENS.

HMS Leeds Castle was built by Hall Russell The Queen's Life Regiment kindly invited me
Shipyard in Aberdeen ; she was accepted by the to their 325th Jubilee celebrations in Aalborg on
Royal Navy in August 1981 and commissioned 23 April. HM Queen Margrethe and Her l'l.other,
in Rosyth in October oft he same year. The guest Queen lngrid, were there to present new Colours
of honour at the commissioning ceremony was to the Regiment during an impressive parade;
Mrs Peggy Voss Speed, wife of Mr Keith Speed, this was followed by a Reception and, in the
the ex Navy Minister. evening, a magnificent dinner for about one
thousand people.
Leeds Castle is the first of the new Castle class
of sh i p built for the Royal Navy for Fishery Pro - In June a party from our 3rd Bn trained with
tection duties and offshore oil platform protec- the Queen's Life Regt and it was a great pleasure
tion . She sailed for her first fishery protection
patrol in March '82 and patrolled an area in the
North Atlantic; the patrol was cut short, how-

to see them . Not surprisingly, many well - 75
deserved compliments came flowing in both
during and after the visit. I expect that further Friars School
details will be found elsewhere in the Journal.
Great Chart. Ashford, Kent. TN23 3DJ
At the end of June I attended The Royal Dan- Telephone Ashford (Kent) 0233 20493
ish Life Guards annual dinner in Copenhagen.
This was another very impressive occasion, but M ember of the lAPS and ISIS
it was a little disconcerting to discover that some
of th~ officers there know more about our Regi- Pre-Preparatory 4 %-7 years (Day) and
mental history than I do! Preparatory 7-14 (Boarding and Day, mclud1ng

Talking of history, Regimental veterans of the weekly board1ng) Boys only
First World War will be interested to hear that
the sole surviving Danish Buff from that war, a Fnars School1s Situated 1n 1O:Y. acres lt IS
Hr Grossmeyer, celebrated his 80th birthday this
year. I was happy to send him, on behalf of the w1th1n easy reach of Heathrow. Gatw1ck. the
Queen's Own Buffs Assn, an appropriate plaque. Channel Ports and Channg Cross Classes are
The Defence Attache conveyed the Ambas- small Sons of Serv1ce men are welcome There
sador's greetings, which was a nice gesture.
1s a close-kM community w1th a fnendly
Just in case the timbre of these notes gives atmosphere Every cons1derat1on IS g1ven to the
the impression that life here is one long party,
let me emphasise that such is not the case. boardmg needs of the boys Syllabus
Readers will just have to believe me since the determmed by Common Entrance reqUirements
other side of the job is not really relevant to this Soccer. rugby, hockey, cncket and athletics are
Journal. However, members of 2 QUEENS may
be amused to hear that their former cantanker- ma1or games Numerous extra-curncular
ous 21C is now a qualified parachutist, courtesy act1v1t1es
of the Viborg para club: so the next time I am at
forty thousand I might stand a better chance! SPECIAL REDUCTION IN FEES FOR SERVICE
PERSONNEL

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE OF £1000 AND £500 TO
BOYS UNDER 9 ON 1 SEPTEMBER NEXT. EXAMINA-

TIONS IN FEBRUARY.

Apply quotmg ref OR. to the Headmaster.
Mr J M Stevens, BA, CertEd

who IS a former RN Instructor Off1cer

Marriages OFFER- LAKE -On 7 July 82, LCpl T Offe r to
Miss Giona Elizabeth Lake .
GARNER - BUSBY - On 8 May 82, A/Cpl P G
Garner to Miss Angela Eileen Busby. NICOL- CULLINGFORD- On 9 July 82, Pte N
Nicol to Miss Katherine Dorothy Cullingford.
SIMPSON - HARRIS - On 28 May 82, Pte P
Simpson to Miss Marie Elaine Harris. FALCKE - SMITH - On 17 July 82 in Harare,
Zimbabwe, Maj David Falcke, The Queen 's Regt.
WAGHORN- PALM ER- On 29 May 82, LCpl DJ to Miss Sue Ryde Smith , youngest daughter of
Waghorn to Miss Leigh Carole Palmer. the Ven A C and Mrs Smith of Great Rollright,
Oxon .
HULME - NELSON - On 5 June 82, LCpl F R
Hulme to Miss Judith Alexandra Nelson . PO ILE- BALLARD - On 17 July 82, LCpl S R Poil e
to Miss Linda Dorothy Ballard.
BAILEY- WHITING- On 12 June 82, Pte K Ba iley
to Miss Mandy Jane Whiting. ANDERSON- OAKLEY- On 17 July 82, Bdsm M
C Anderson to Miss Lucy Joanna Oakley .
WINSTANLEY- RENNIE- On 12 June 82, Pte D
A Winstanley to Miss Lorna Rennie . PARAMAN- CARNEY- On 24 July 82, Pte S C
Paraman to Miss Jenny Carney.
WEBSTER- TAYLOR- On 14 June 82, Pte M A
Webster to Miss Wendy Taylor. JELLIS- ROWLES- On 30 July 82, LCpl I Jellis
to Miss June Allison Rowles.
KEMPEN- TURZA- On 18 June 82, Pte Kempen
to Miss Christine Pamela Turza. JOHNSON- FINN ELLY - On 31 July 82, LCpl P
Johnson to Miss June Ann Finnelly.
HALL- BURTON- On 25 June 82, Cpl I L Hall to
Miss Stephanie June Burton. STYLES- ADAMS- On 31 July 82, Pte G Styles
to Miss Tracey Anne Ruth Adams.
KNIGHT- FULLER- On 3 July 82, Pte R Knight to
Miss Maureen Rose Fuller. DOULL - HARRINGTON - On 7 August 82 at
Turnstall , Karin , eldest daughter of Maj PG Har-
HUNTER- BATEY- On 3 July 82, Cpl A Hunter rington TD, to Mr A Doull.
to Miss Patricia Ann Batey.
STOKES- STANLEY - On 14 August 82, LCpl J G
CORONER- WRIGHT- On 6 July 82, Pte K Cord - Stokes to Miss Lynn Stanley.
ner to Miss Tin a Catherine Wright.

76 YO UN GS - WILLI A M S - On 25 September 82,
Pte J A Yo ungs to Miss Ca ro line Jane Wi ll iams.
OLIVER - BLACK On 14 Au g ust 82, Cp l P D Oli ve r ELSE- CRAWFORD - On 16 October 82, LCp l D
to M iss Michelle Dawn Bl ack. B El se to M iss Tracy Lee Craw fo rd .
HOLLICK - STEPHENS-LANE - On 20 A ug ust 82,
LCpl A D Holl ick to Miss Sara h Helen Stephens- Forthcoming Marriages
Lane. (Engagem ents announced in Th e Dail y Tele-
DUFFY- BENNETI - On 21 Augu st 82, Pte B K graph)
Duffy to Miss Les ley Benn ett. Capt l R Edwards - Miss S CS Can sdal e
WILLIAM -SMITH - YATES- On 21 Au gust 82, The En gage ment is an no unce d between Capt
LCpl M C William -Smith to Mrs Kim Sh aro n Les lie Edw ards, Th e Quee n's Regt, onl y son of
Yate s. M r R W Edw ard s ofWil by, No rth Hants and Mrs
DEANS- BROOKS - On 26 August 82, Pte G J M C Edwards of Surbito n, and Su sa n Ca ro lin e,
Deans to Miss Jenn ifer Brook s. o nl y da ug hter of Mrs No ra Alisa Ca nsdale of
BERRICK - DICKER - On 4 September 82, Pte Fo lkesto ne and M r J M Cans dale of W estc liffe-
J o hn Berri ck to Miss Jacquelin e Diana Di cker. On -Sea.
HOWES - JARVIS - On 4 September 82, LCpl H
Howes to Miss Al ex andria Jarvis. Deaths
ANDERSON- WRIGHT On 11 Septe mber 82, Cpl RYE - On 7 Septem be r 82, at Dry Dr ayton ,
J R Anderson to Mrs June Sandra W right. Cambs, LCpl P Rye (Div Depot) as th e resul t of a
GRIMSEY - JAR MAN - On 11 September 82, Pte roa d tr affi c acc ident.
M K Grimsey to Miss Jacquelin e Ann Jarman .
JONES - SIMPSON- On 13 September 82, Pte C
Jones to Miss Anita June Simpson.

OBITUARIES

MAJ GEN CH TARVER, CB, CBE, 050, Dl Despite, or perhaps in spite of, this apparent
advantage, Charles made it clear that he
Maj Gen D E B Talbot, CB, CBE, OSO, MC, DL. intended to stand on his own feet and he soon
writes: endeared himself to all ranks, to such effect that,
when the time came for independence in India
His wide circle of friends and acquaintances, some 19 years later, The Queen ' s Own, and
as well as all who served with or knew him in the especially those who had served with him , w ere
Indian and British Armies, and, in particular glad to welcome him back into the Regiment.
those of us who knew him in The Queen's Own
and The Queen 's Own Buffs, will have been Charles joined his family Regiment in the
saddened by the news of Charles Tarver's death, Indian Army (in which his father and two elder
aged 73, on 13 May 1982. He had been ill for brothers served) in November 1929 - the
some time, and if ever there was a case of an Baluchistan Regt (known as the 1Oth Baluchis) .
" illness bravely borne" then this was certainly He had a very varied , interesting and disting-
one. At the time, he and his wife were staying uished career in both the Indian and British
with their eldest son (Col C L Tarver, MBE, Armies. He was seconded to the Burma Military
Senior Army DS at the National Defence Col - Police for four years before the War : then , in
lege) at Latimer, although their home for many turn, he held the appointments of Adjutant, GSO
years had been in Folkestone. 3, G 2 and Brigade Major, mainly in the A rakan ;
later he was an AQMG . He also served in Italy
Charles Herbert Tarver was born on 6 October and perhaps the highlight of his Indian Army
1908 and after being educated at King ' s School, career was when, as a Temporary Brigadier, he
Bruton and the RMC Sandhurst, he was com- commanded the 10th Indian Brigade in action in
missioned into the Indian Army on 30 August the early part of 1945 and was awarded a well -
1928. Like all Indian Army entrants, he had to deserved DSO ; he was also Mentioned-in-
spend his first year on the unattached list (ULIA) Despatches on three occasions. The end of the
with a British Re\jiment in India. lt was not sur- war found him, once again, holding the
prising that he d1d this attachment with the 1st appointment of AQMG .
Bn The Queen ' s Own, initially in Madras but
mainly in Bangalore (after that 200 mile march When India became independent and partition
on change of station). for the latter was then HQ ensued in 1947, Charles - still only 39 years of
Madras District, where Charles's father was the age - w ished to continue serving. He therefore
GOC and one of his two elder brothers the ADC . transferred to the British Army, willingly accept-
ing reduction in rank to fit in appropriately with

77

his British contemporaries in The Queen 's Own, brother Edward and some others out to dinner
to celebrate my 21st birthday at the only
and was gazetted on 18 August 1947 after hav- respectable restaurant in the town ; a memor-
ing attended the very first course at the Joint able and happy occasion! Although we did not
Services Staff College, Latimer (now the NDC) ; meet again for eighteen years (when fellow stu -
he had previously graduated at the Staff Col- dents on the first course at the JSSC in 1947),
lege. After a tour at the War Office as a GSO I, he our friendship was happily renewed . Ever since
joined I RWK at Shorncliffe as a Company then we met from time to time on Regimental
Commander to renew his acquaintance with the and social occasions, the last one being Sevas-
British soldier and to get to know the various tapol Day 1981 . In addition to his many military
Regimental persona lities- for part of this time in attributes, Charles was a man of many accompl-
his war substantive rank of Lt Col (somewhat ishments- a very good golfer, a highly efficient
unusual for a Company Commander!) During fly-fisherman and a talented artist.
the London Docks Strike (mid-1949) Charles
commanded the whole Eastern Comma nd Con- His golfing career reached its height when he
tingent (including a Company from the Bn), for played off " plus 2" on a jungle course in Burma
several weeks unloading ships. After a short before the war, a course which he had designed
spell with the Royal Sussex Regt, he went to himself! In India he had a handicap of 1, and
later, in the UK, he was a very useful performer
Singapore as AQMG at GHQ FARELF and then with an 8 hand icap . He played for the Regiment
back to Pakistan as a Brigadier, Commandant of (both Queen's Own and later Queen' s Own
the Pakistan Military Academy (1951 to 53) . Buffs) on many occasions including the Argyll &
Returning to Europe he held, in turn, several Sutherland Bowl. His first appearance for The
highly important staff appointments- in particu- Queen's Own Society was in 1949 when the
lar those of Deputy Chairman British Intelligence annual match against the Buffs was revived after
Organisation BAOR (1953-56), Deputy Director the war break. On this particular occasion , won
Military Intelligence War Office (1956-58), Assis- by The Queen ' s Own at Littlestone, his opponent
tant Chief-of-Staff (Intelligence) SHAPE (1958- (whom he defeated by one hole) was one who
61), and finally Chief-of-Staff to C-in-C Allied was frequently his partner in later years - the
late Col Raymond Grace: in 1966 Charles was
Forces Northern Europe (1961-64). He was elected Captain of The Queen's Own Buffs Soci-
made a CBE in 1958, promoted to Major-General ety. As an angler, his main hobby was trout
fishing and he contributed several articles on the
on 16 September 1958, and was created a CB in subject to fishing journals under a pen name. At
1961; he retired in Feb '64. least one senior officer of the Buffs (whose
father served in The Queen 's Own during the
Charles and Margaret his wife (they were mar- Great Warl has reason to be grateful to Charles
for his expert fishing advice and tuition! He
ried in 1932), then set up a permanent home at painted initially in oils, but latterly turned to
last in a flat on the Leas in Folkestone. Though water colours ; I seem to remember that he was
retired from active service, Charles' military particularly delighted with the portraits of his
interests were far from over- indeed, how could
they be with his three sons already doing so well grandchildren.
in the Army. Charles became Deputy Chairman
of The Queen's Own Buffs Regimental Council; Perhaps Charles' greatest attributes were that
at the end of 1966 he took over as Chairman
from Lt Gen Sir Richard Craddock and was also he was first and foremost a super "family man",
President of The Queen's Own Buffs Associa- in more recent years, a remarkably domesti-
tion. At the same time, he was appointed Deputy cated one too. His family was a very close-knit
Colonel (Kent) The Queen's Regt. All these one and he was intensely proud of his three
Army sons. He had a very cheerful attitude to life
duties he carried out, over the next five years, and a knack of not only taking a great interest in
with considerable success owing largely to his the people he met - particularly the " Old &
extremely pleasant personality and his common Bold"- but remembering all about them . He will
sense and diplomatic approach to the many be sadly missed and remembered with affection
problems involved . He was also, at this time, a by all who knew him. Our sincere sympathies go
member of the Ke nt TAVR Council, and Honor- to his devoted wife, to his three sons (Colonel
ary Colonel of the 7th Bn The Queen ' s Regt Charles Junior and Colonels Hugh and Mark)
TAVR. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent
and their families.
in 1968.
Col Ken Dodson OBE writes:
Although we were exact contemporaries at General Charles will be particularly missed by

Sandhurst, we were in different Companies and those members of the Regimental, and earlier,
never met until we both joined 1 RWK in India . the Queen's Own Buffs Golfing Societies, whose
There we became good friends and even shared, activities he so enthusiastically supported ,
with other Subalterns, the same bungalow in together with Margaret, over the years.
Bangalore; we certainly shared the same inter-
ests in athletic and outdoor pursuits- even in (Continued overleaf)
playing Bridge. I remember taking Charles, his

78 point-to-pointing, polo, shooting and fishing,
but his most endearing quality was hi s love for
Two days before his death - and knowing that his fellow men and a deep interest in their w el-
the end was near, he instructed his son Hugh fare.
that, whatever happened, Hugh must turn out to
play for the Regiment in the Argyll & Sutherland In 1939 Peter was recalled to the Colours and
Bowl (at Southport in May); he even provided commanded 6 RWK in Fran ce but along with
Hugh with the golf balls for the team! What a thousands of others, he was trapped whilst
magnificent last memory of an ever warm- delaying the German advance towards the
hearted man. Channel Ports and became a POW.

COL W NASH, CBE TO Greatly respected as a senior officer, Peter
kept himself busy during those dreary years of
Lt Col G K Defrates, DSO, MC, writes : confinement. Among other activities, he studied
European history and even planned a new paper
Peter Nash died on 5 May 1982 and at his mill - keeping up a stream of correspondence
Thanksgiving Service at St Mary Cray Church on (despite the censor) with his business col-
14 May, the congregation of about 250 people leagues at home.
included Maj Gen and Mrs Tal bot, Maj Gen How-
lett, and many past members of 6 RWK as well In the post-war years, Peter's business
as a dozen or so from the 62 Club (RWK) . I was flourished. He was very active in promoting new
privileged to give the Address. business and travelled extensively throughout
the Commonwealth and the USA; however, he
William Nash (or Peter as he has been known still found time to support many local charitable
since his school days) was born in 1892 and organisations and to maintain an active interest
attended The leys School. When his father died in all regimental affairs. Also he was, for many
prematurely in 1914, Peter inherited the family years, the President of the Chislehurst Division
business of W Nash Ltd. the well-known Paper of the Conservative Association.
Mill in St Pauls Cray, but two months later, he
joined up for four years of military service in To Joe and all their family we send our heart-
India and Persia . felt sympathy, and these sentiments will be
echoed by very many people who knew Peter as
Returning to the business after the War, he the personification of duty, compassion and
became a pioneer in co-partnership and profit- honour.
sharing and his progressive ideas influenced
many areas of industry and commerce. Note: it was typical of Col Nash that he initiated
the half-page advertisement supporting the
Peter married Eileen Kirkcaldie (" Joe" to all Army Benevolent Fund which has appeared
her friends) in 1928 and it was a perfect partner- regularly in this Journal- Ed.
ship for 54 years. A man of many parts, his
sporting interests included riding to hounds,

Why does the Army Benevolent Fund still need help?

For most of us nowadays the memories we have of the two
World Wars have become dimmed by time , but for those who
were left disab led - and fo r the many bereaved families- the
tragic afte rmath of wa r is ever present. Many a re su ffer ing great
hardships . The Army has also been in act ion in many parts o f
the world since the end of World War 11. Thu s even in peace-
time the problem con tinu es.

The so le object of the Arm y Benevo lent Fund is to try to lessen
this suffering. It does this by making contributions to the Corps
and Regimental Associatio ns a nd Na tional Service char itable
organ isatio ns whi ch ha ve been set up for thi s purpose . A ll the
money, wh ich is used in this really good cause is given
vo lunta ril y, by means of donations and bequests. You can help
by giving as mu ch as you possibl y can yourself - and by
recommending o thers to do the same.

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