March 1972

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His Late Majesty
King Frederik IX, King of Denmark

KG, GCB, GCVO

COLONEL-IN-ClllEF, THE BUFFS (ROYAL EAST KENT REGIMENT),
1947 to 1961; COLONEL-IN-CHIEF, THE QUEEN'S OWN BUFFS,
THE ROYAL KENT REGIMENT, 1961 to 1966;

ALLIED COLONEL-IN-CIIIEF,
THE QUEEN' S REGIMENT,
1966-1971

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His Late Maiesty King Frederik IX

AN APPRECIATION
BY THE COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT
It was on the 23rd December 1947 that Hi s Majesty King Frederik IX of
Denmark was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of The Buffs, in succession to his father
King Christian X who had died in April of that year.
Very much a sailor King, as was evidenced by his funeral , His Majesty took
great interest in his English Regiment, whether it was The Buffs, The Queen's Own
Buffs or The Queen's Regiment and it is a particular tragedy for the laner that his
death should have come before the presentation of new Colours in June this year.
The King's last visit to his Regiment was on 27th April 1968 when the 2nd
Banalion trooped the Colour at Lingfield. Before that date The King had paid a
number of visits to his Regiment. He had presented new Colours to the 1st Banalion
The Buffs, the 4th and 5th Battalions The Buffs (TA) and to the 1st Battalion The
Queen's Own Buffs. The latter occasion was a particularly happy one and was graced
by the presence not only of Princess Marina as the Colonel of The Regiment, but also
of Her Majesty Queen Ingrid. And it was preceded, a couple of days before, by a
delightful lunch party in the Royal Yacht Dannebrog, moored in the Pool of London.
Also to be remembered are his visits to the 1st Banalion The Buffs on
manoeuvres and his anendance at a Queen's Own Buffs Regimental Dinner in London,
where he spoke to almost all who attended, and they were many.
Throughout all these years he has honoured a considerable number of all ranks
of his Regiment with appointments to his personal Order of the Dannebrog.
A man of commanding height, great simplicity and direct speech he had a
wonderful sense of humour, evident on many occasions. And like Princess Marina he
was the centre of a most devoted family. To the members of that family, and especially
to Her Majesty, Queen Ingrid, goes our deepest sympathy.
Monarchy is not an easy institution today. So it is the more significant
that a veteran Danish Socialist, speaking at the special Parliamentary meeting on the
day of the proclamation of the new Queen, regretted that King Frederik, by being too
popular-had done nothing to further the cause of a Danish republic.
It was my privilege, shared by others from his Regiment, to anend the funeral
in Copenhagen. I cannot do better than to quote the last paragraph of an article which
appeared in the Daily T elegraph:
" As a ceremonial occasion it was impressi ve. But what stayed in memory was
the farewell to a man who was not only respected because he was King, but also loved
for himself."

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Editor : c 0 nt e nt s

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

Regimental Headquarters,
Howe Barracks,
Canterbury, Kent.

Cap Badge His late Majesty, King Frederik IX- P age
CoUar 6adge -An Appreciation by the Colonel of the Regiment
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Button The Regiment's Link with the
Royal House of Denmark 11
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Editorial 13
Location List - Officers 17
The 1st Battalion 23
The 2nd Battalion 31
The 3rd Battalion 37
The 4th Battalion Albuhera Coy. 39
The Depot 40
J .I.B . Shomcliffe 41
The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion 47
The 6th (Volunteer) Battalion 49
41 AYT 50
The 7th (Volunteer) Battalion 52
Forecast of Events - 1972 53
London Gazette 55
Allied Regiments 57
Births, Marriages and Deaths 59
Obituaries 63
The Regimental Association 64
Around the Counties 72
Journal Order Form

Printers : COVER PICTURE

Kent County Printers (Left to right): Lt.-Col. D . A. Wilson, TD, Com-
Canterbury and Herne Bay manding 6 QUEENS (V) briefs Lt. Dingle and Capt.

Kent Hartgill during Exercise "Stopwatch".
P icture by B. W. Kirk.

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The Journal of
THE QUEEN~ S REGIMENT

Vol. 6, No. 1 UNCONQUERED I SERVE March, 1972
Battle Honours borne on The Colours

Th e R egimental Colour :
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The Quem's Colour:
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ALLIED COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
Her Majesty Queen Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands.

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

DEPUTY COLONELS
Brigadier R. E. Loder, C.B.E., D.L.
Major-General F. A. H. Ling, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., (Sussex)
D.L. (Surrey)

Colonel D. A. Willows, D.L. (Kent) Colonel A. S. J. de S . Clayton, D.L.
(Middlesex)

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS

Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent. Telephone : Canterbury 65281.
Regimental Secretary: M ajor G . U . Weymouth, M .B.E .

Regimental Association Secretary: Lt. -Col. F. W . H ann, O .B.E .

Queen's Surreys Office : COUNTY OFFICES
Queen's Own Buffs Office :
M a j. F . J. Reed and M aj. P. G . E . Hil l. ( T el.: K ingston 6248 ).
Royal Sussex Office : Col. H . R . G race, O .B.E ., D .L ., J.P., and M a j. G . T. Faulkner.
Middlesex Office:
( T el. : Canterbury 6528 1, ext. 4 ).
Lt. -Col. E. G . Hollist. ( Tel. : C hichester 863 11 , ext. 28).
Col. F . Walden, M .B.E ., D .L. ( T el. : E dgwa re 2625 ).

1st Battalion REGULAR UNITS
2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion -Montgomery Barracks, Berlin, B.F.P.O . 45.
4th Battalion, -Albuhera Barracks, Werl, B.F.P.O. 106.
-Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth.
Albuhera Coy. -Risborough Barracks, Shomcliffe, Kent.

DEPOT THE QUEEN'S DIVISION

Commanding O ffi cer: Lt.-Col. M . J. D oyle, MBE, Queens.

T & AVR BATTALIONS

5th (Volunteer) Bn.-Leros T. & A.V.R. Centre, Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent.
( H o11. Col. : T he R t. H on. Sir R obert M enzies, K .T., C. H ., Q.C. )

6th (Volunteer) Bn.-Brander House, Broomhill Road, Wandsworth, S.W.18.
( H on. Col. : Col . D . A. H . Sime, O.B .E., M. C., T .D .)

7th (Volunteer) Bn.-T. & A.V.R. Centre, Denne Road, Horsham, Sussex.
( H on. Col .: B rig. A . C. T yler, C .B.E., M .C., D.L. )

AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE

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

Wilsons Grammar School.

A .C. F . U11 i.ts/ S ub -Units Cadet Coy. N o. 25.
Greater Lonl.on: Cadet Coys.
Nos. 194 ( H ounslow) , 195 ( Staines), 205 (Willesden ), 2 11 (Edg-
N.E. London Sector ware ) , 225 (Tottenh am ) , 226 ( Homsey).

N.W. London Sector N os. 141 , 14 3, 144, 146, 147, 15 1 to 156, 16 1 to 166 .
1st, 2nd and 5th Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment ( Surrey A.C.F. ) .
S.W. London Sector Cadet Coys. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cadet Bns., The Queen's Regiment ( K ent A .C. F. ).
Cadet Bns. No. 6 (Crawley) and M ayfield College.
Surrey: Cadet Bns. Nos. 2 ( Seaford and Newhaven ), 3 (H astings ), 4 ( Lewes ), 7
Kent: Cadet Coys. ( Chichester ), 8 ( C rowborough ) , 10 ( Eastbourne), 11 ( Horsham ), 13
S ussex: Cadet Pis. ( Shoreh am ) , 14 ( Bexhill ), 15 ( Brighton ), 17 ( Bognor ), 18 ( Little-
hampton ).

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ALLI'\NCES

CANADA (to be confirmed)
The Queen's York Rangers (1 st American Regiment) (R.C.A.C .).
The South Alberta Light Horse.
3rd (Militia) Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.
The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) .
The Essex and Kent Scottish.

AUSTRALIA
The Royal New South Wales Regiment.
The University of New South Wales Regiment.
The Royal Western Australia Regiment.

NEW ZEALAND
2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast) The Royal New Zealand Infantry

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

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

SIERRA LEONE
The Royal Sierra Leone Military Force

ZAMBIA (to be confirmed)
The Zambia Regiment.

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

Mainly About People Gallantry Awards
M ore recently, the following G allantry Awards
New Year's Honours
were made to members of our 3rd Bn.:
We congratulate the following on their awards
in the New Year's Honours List :- MM

MBE Cpl. C. R. Chinn and Pte. C . J. Butler.

Maj . J. D. B. Bailey. Mentioned in Dispatches

Maj. (QM) R. H. Esler. WOII J. Butler,

MBE (Civil List) C pl. W . Caldwell,
Mr. H. Mann-Hon Sec. 2nd/ 4th Queen 's Royal C pl. C. N ewham,
R egt. O .C. A. L / C pl. P. Elliott,
Mr. F. W. Sales-Hon S ec. 20th London Bn. L / C pl. P . Roy,
( Queen's Own ) A ssociation .
tu all of whom we send our congratulations.
BEM

Cpl. H. J. Green ( 3 Queens).

"PEOPLE" continued 9

OBE Lt.-Col. G. G. Strong wa s appointed GSO I
( Liaison Jnstr. ). Ecol e S uperieurc de Guerrc on 19th
Those who remember Lt.-Col. G. H. W. (Geoff- November 1971.
rey) Howlctt, MC, will be delighted to hear of this
Award. ( Commanding 2 Para.-formerl y Queen 's Congratulations to Brig. R. E. Loder, CBE and
Own ). to Brig. J. B. Ashworth, CBE, DSO, on being
ap pointed D eput y Lieutenants for Sussex.
Col. D. A. Willows, DL was appointed Deputy
Colonel ( K ent ) The Queen's Regiment on 31st Lt.-Col. J. B. Ray, MBE, was appointed CO
D ecember 1971. Northern Frontier Regt., SA F, in February.

Col. E. G. Woodman, MC became Col. GS ( PR ) Lt.-Col. B. H . Marciandi was appointed GSO J
HQ BAOR in D ecember 1971. (H e was form erl y on ( SD) HQ Stratco, 25th F ebruary.
the Exercise Planning Staff of that HQ ).
Congratulations to the following Captains on
Lt.-Col. C . T. F. West was appointed GSOI passing the Staff College Examination in November/
( Ops Div ) SHAPE on 23rd D ecember 197 1. D ecember 197 1 :

Capt. P. H . Grove has qualified for promotion A. C. Dawson, R. H . Graham, N. S. Hunter,
to M a jor. M. J. Jarratt, A. F. S. Ling, R. P. Murphy and
C. H. St. John Perry.
A/ Capt. G . W. Evans has qualified for promotion
to Captain.

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The Regiment's Link death in 1708, and following the custom of the time,
The H oll and Regiment was known as Prince George
with The Royal House
of D enmark's Reg iment.
of Denmark
The association with D enmark then lapsed until
It may be of interest to some to set out briefi y 1906 when, on 9th November, the birthday of King
the associa tion between the Royal H ouse of D enm ark Edward Y ll, King Frede rik VIII of Denmark was
and The R egiment. appoin ted Colonel-in-Chief The Buffs ( East K ent
R egiment ) as the 3rd Foot h ad become. It IS reason-
I n 1689 the Lord H igh Admiral's R eg imen t, the able to suppose, although not sta ted in the R egimental
3rd F oot, was disbanded. The H olland Reg iment took History, that this appointment was made for two
its place as the 3rd Regiment of Foot, and Prince reasons. I t re-established the link with the past and
Geo rge of D enmark, who was the husband of Princess was also intended as a compliment to Queen Alexandra
( late r Q ueen) Anne and L ord High Admiral, was
appo inted H onorary Colonel. From 1689 until hi s who was a Danish Princess.

Since then, successive Kings of D enmark have
been Colonels-in-Chief of The Buff s during thei r
lifetime. His late M a jesty King Frederik IX became,
in 1961, Colonel-in-C h ief The Queen's Own Buff s,
and in 1966, Allied Colonel-in-Ch ief The Queen's

R egi m en t .

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From: First and Principal Military Aide-de-Camp to Th e Colonel of the R egim ent received the follow-

Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark. iN g joiNt leuer from their M ajes ties Queen I ngrid a11d

Amalienborg, Queen M argarethe;

F ebruary 2nd, 1972. " We wish to express our warmest thanks for

To : Lieutenant-General Sir R. Craddock, KBE, C B, your kindness in sending the beautiful wreath on
DSO, Colonel, The Queen's Regiment. the occasion of the passing away of our beloved

Sir, husband and father, Kin g Frederik''.

Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark has I n addition to the expression of th anks which
ordered me to convey Her M ajesty's most sincere appears above, the Colonel of the R egiment has re-
thanks to the Queen's Regi ment and to the ceived a personal letter from Queen lngrid in which
officers and men, who participated in the funeral H er M ajesty asked him to let everyone in The Regi-
ceremonies of the late King Frederik IX. ment know how grateful and moved She was by their

kind and understanding thoughts.

N. E. LESCHLY.

A DONATION TO DENMARK 1 QUEENS PAY TRffiUTE

Following the death of his late M ajesty King The Comm anding Officer an d thirty Officers,
Frederik I X, H er Maj esty Queen Ingri d requested that Warrant Officers and Sergeants of I QUEENS signed
no floral tributes be sent but invited donations to the Condolence Book in the D anish Milita ry Miss ion
" Th e King Frederik and Queen lngrid Fund for in Berlin following the dea th of HM K ing Frederik
Humanita rian and Cultural purposes". IX .

On behalf of "The Colonel and All R anks of A most appreciative letter from the Chief of the
the Queen's R egiment,, R eg imental H eadqu arters sent Mission was received by Lt. -Col. Pielow.
£25 to the Fund.

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The following is a translation from an article opened in K old ing and saw that there was a con-
which appeared recentl y in a D an ish newspaper : nection to be m ade.

"English Shield in Kolding Pub The R egiment was informed of this and the Com-
manding Officer presented a shield with the R egi-
Soldie rs of the Queen's R egiment n ow have ment's badge to be hung in the Pub.
a symbol th at they will recognise if they v isit the
" Queens Pub " in K olding. Further contact wa s made through Tourist chief
P aul E. Knudsen and now the shield h angs prominent-
K en M oore who works for the BAOR, lea rnt ly in the Pub which is owned by Bent Klaaborg. "
from a D anish newspaper th at a "Queens P ub" had
Perhaps the 2nd Battalion would like to maintain
this con tact whilst th ey are in BAO R .- Ed.

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EDITORIAL

PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE 1st, 2nd, 3rd and
5th (Voluntee r) BATTALIONS AT TIDWORTH

On Saturday 24th June 1972

In our last issue, a general statement concerning this event, was made by the
Colonel of the Regiment in his Christmas message.

Since the death of His Majesty, King Frederik IX of Denmark, it is still not known
who will actually present the new Colours, but as soon as this is established, a notice
will be sent out by RHQ on a wide distribution giving details of the Ceremony.

A brief resume of the arrangements which are being made are as follows : -

The Parade

Representative parties from all battalions receiving new Colours, together with
a massed Band and Drums, will take part in the Parade commanded by Lt.-Col. K.
Dodson, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, stationed at Lucknow Barracks,
Tidworth.

The Parade begins at 11.30 hrs. and spectators should be seated by 11.00 hrs.

Old Colours

The following sets of old Colours will be Trooped and marched off Parade for
the last time :

1st Bn. The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
1st Bn. The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
1st Bn. The Royal Sussex Regiment
1st Bn. The Middlesex Regiment (DCO)
4th Bn. The Buff~ (Royal East Kent Regiment) (TA)

Regimental Guests

Invitations are being sent to a large number of VIPs and others who ha ve close
connections with the Regiment. The list has been drawn up by a Regimental Com-
mittee in consultation with the County Offices.

Spectators

Admission will be by ticket only. Stand tickets will be issued on application (see
" Applications" below) and it is hoped that as many as possible from the Regiment,
members of our former Regiments and their families, will be able to attend. The route
to Tidworth will be sign-posted by the AA.

Catering

A VIP lunch marquee and reception tent will cater for Regimental Guests, officers
taking part in the Parade and their wives.

Lunch for other officers and their guests will be served to ti cket holders in two
Officers' Marquees.

Serving Warrant Officers and Sergeants taking part in the Parade and their wives
will be invited to lunch by 3 QUEEN' S Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess.

The NAFFI Club at Lucknow Barracks will be reserved for members of the
Regimental and Old Comrades Associations ; carton lunches will be available here for
ti cket holders, as well as the usual bar facilities.

Applications
The above information is for guidance only. Please await the official notice which

is being sent out later, when you will have an opportunity to apply for stand tickets,
car labels and lunch tickets, in plenty of time before the event.

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Officers of The Queen's Regiment
Not Serving with the Regular Battalions

As at 1st February 1972

REGULAR OFFICERS

Major-Generals

S IR JOHN WILLOUGHBY, KBE, CB. MA to the U nion of A rab Emirates
D . L. LLOYD OWEN, DSO, OBE, M C. President R CB

R. S. N . MANS, CBE Brigadiers
J . R. ANDERSON, CBE
G . B. CURTIS, OBE, MC Deputy Commander, South E ast District
Divisional Brigadier, HQ Queen's Div.
B. R. COLEMAN . DAG, HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
Commandant AAT C, Sennelager, BFPO 16

M . T . N . JENNINGS , CBE, BA Colonels
R. de L. KING, CBE
P . S. NEWTON, MBE AAG (Col ) PS 4 (A )
H . B. H . WARING, OBE HQ E ast Midland D istrict
AAG M3 (A )
H. E . R. WATSON, MBE Chief Military Personnel S taff , PAN DA, S H APE,
D . SAX.
M . J . A. CLARKE, MBE BFPO 26
E. G . WOODMAN, M C Commander, Trucia l Oman Scouts
J. W. SEWELL Col GS ( OR ) MOD ( A )
J. BUCKERIDGE AAG PSlO (A) MOD (A)
K . J. CARTER. Col ( GS ) (PR ) HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
J. N. SHIPSTER, DSO Col (A ) Recruiting, HQ Southern Command
DD ( Col ) Security, MOD ( A )
Deputy Commande r, 39 Airportable Bde
Commander British Honduras G arrison

E. W. MacDONALD, OBE L ieutenant-Colonels
A. D. PECKHAM, MBE
HQ Army Strategic Command
E. A. H . JEFFCOAT, MBE Infantry Records, E xeter
W. G . R. AMBROSE
S. J. SQUIRE, MBE MOD ( A ) PR 5a
GSOl ( W ) RARDE, Fort H alstead
D. E. BLUM, OBE GSO I (E ) Inspectorate of Establishments
R. G . WINSTANLEY
AAG, HQ Southern Command
H. C. MILLMAN, OBE AAG, Panda Division, SHAPE, BFPO 26
D. R . BISHOP, MBE GSOJ ( OS ) Staff College, Camberley

A. G . JONES. AAG, HQ Queen 's Div.
J. S. FLETCHER, OBE D epot (HS ) (to be AQMG ( Qtg ) UKLF )
P. G. F . M . ROUPELL GSOI , Royal College of D efence Studies
B. H . MARCIANDI
GSO I, D efence Intelligence Staff
G . G . STRONG. CO, J IB, Shorncliffe (D epot ( HS ) 8 F eb 72 )
H . J . A. MOORE, OBE GSOI , E cole Superieure de Guerre
Office of the British Military Attache, Phnom Penh
B. D . 0 . SMITH ACOS ( Int ) HQ ALFNOR, BFPO 50
R . R. McNISH
P. D . JOHNSON CO, JTR, Rh yl
M. J. DOYLE, MBE CO, 5 QUEENS (V)

C. L. TARVER, MBE CO, Depot The Queen 's Div.
R. H . CHAPPELL GSOI (OS ) Staff College, Camberley
N . B. KNOCKER CO, 2nd ( County Armagh ) Bn, UDR
D . P. CRONIN. CO, The Desert Regiment, SAF
M . V. HAYWARD, MBE Royal Naval W ar College, Greenwich
Depot ( HS )
J. B. RAY, MBE.
C. T . F . WEST. CO Northern Frontier R egiment, SAF
GSOI (Ops Div.) SHAPE, BFPO 26

A. CHRISTMAS Lieutenant-Colonels (Special List)
D . C. SNOWDON, TO
GS02 Army Board Secretariat
J. R. G . STANTON Housing Commandant, Warminster
D . N . COURT, OBE DAQMG, HQ E ast Midland District
P. W. GALVIN GS02, RMC S, Shrivenham
HQ Northumbrian District
P. N. ELLGOOD DAAG, PS!Od ( A )
I. A. MACMILLAN GS02, Co-ord, SY3 (A )
D epot ( HS )
C. S. FITZPATRICK D epot (HS )
C. N . CLAYDEN

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P. R. H. KEALY Majors
P. J. A. PARRISH
M. G. RICKORD Depot ( H S )
]. H. WOODROW IRO, E xeter
] . B. WORTS, M C, AAC, Chepstow
J. P. NASH, ERD GS02, RARDE, Fort H alstead
C. H. MIEVILLE, M C OC Arm y Element RAF E piskopi, Cyprus
P. G . V. BELLERS S02, Community Relations, HQ N . Ireland
K. OSBORNE DAQMG Q ( M ov ) Co-ord, MOD (A )
V. C. ABPLANALP Attd HQ South West District
C. M. HAMILTON 464 GL Sec, Wildenwrath, BFPO 42
H. R. GATEHOUSE, MBE 10 Interpreter, HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
S. R. O 'R SHEARBU RN H ousing Commandant, T yne and T ees
S. B. ELLWOOD British Army Staff, BFPO 2
C. ] . GRIFFIN S02 (PR ) HQLF Hong Kong
N . G. PEPPERALL J oint Air Trg Establishment, Old Sarum
J. I. D. PIKE, M C M CT C, Colchester
D . ] . WRIGHT J SIS, H ong K ong
]. A. GEORGE D epot ( HS )
C. L. LAWRENCE, M C DAA & QMG (S tats 2 ) HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
P. A. S. WOLLOCOMBE PPCM, HQ Western Command
]. T. DAY G S0 2, Nuclear Programmes Section, HQ AFCEN T
M . J. D . BRADY SWW, School of Infantry
M. W. WARD Chief Instructor, ASPT, Aldershot
M. P. St. F. DRACOPOLI MOD (Cadets A )
H . C. L. TENNENT 2IC P arachute Regiment Battle School, Brecon
A. B. S. FARIS Ecole Superieure de Guerre
J. S. B. POLLARD GS02 HQ BALTAP
R . W. NEVE, MC GS 0 2 (W ) DI 60, DIS , MOD (A )
M . E. GIRLING G S02 HQ 5 Mechanised Division, Fort Carson, U .S.A.
M. E. C. RIXON GS 02 Current Activities Section, SHAPE, BFPO 26
R. D . FISHER Trg M ajor 6 QUEENS ( V )
J. A. W. HYDE GS0 2 ( Ops/ SD/ Int/ SY ) HQ North West District
M . R. M . NEWALL DAA & QMG, HQ 20 Armd Bde, BFPO 41
]. W. FRANCIS. I RRF
]. M . HEWSON, M C D epot ( H S )
H. M. HARE. DAAG (M ) HQ The Queen's Division
P. H . COURTENAY Trg Maj or 5 QUEENS ( V )
I. M. E. LLOYD DAQMG ( Q M aint ) HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
R. T . P. WILLIAMS GS02 ASD 2a MOD (A)
C. D . B. BUTLER GS02 ( Ops/ M ob ) HQ Western Command
]. N . SHEPHARD 5 Cadet Trg T eam
M. C. D . L. GILHAM GS02 AT4c MOD (A)
H . M. du V. LOHAN DAAG PSI2 (A)
B. H. GORING Trg Major 7 QUEENS ( V)
C. G . CHAMPION GS02 MAO , T eheran
R. LEA GS02 ( MIO ) HQ N . Ireland
DAA & QMG ( Ops/ Plans) HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
B. D. S. BURTON 22 SAS, Bradbury Lines, H ereford

E. A. TAYLOR GS03 (Trg) HQ 3 Div.
DIO, Nizwa, Trucial Oman Scouts
T. L. TROTMAN
GS02 ( l nt 3) HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
M. D. LEGG
HQ British Forces Gulf, BFPO 64
A. F. RIDGER
4 Communications Un it, Cheltenham
P . V. CHEESMAN
G erman Staff College, BFPO 33
P. A. GRAY
D epot (PS )
M . ]. W ILLIAMS DAQMG ( Ops) ( ADP ) Proj ect Wavell, Att 1 Br.
Corps, BFPO 39
H. N. TARVER, BSc
DMS MS6 MOD (A)
M. R. TARVER DAA & QMG, HQ 7 Armd Bde, BFPO 24
G S02 ( Ops/ SD/ Int ) HQ South West District
]. C. HOLMAN
Course, RMCS
A. B. COWING
GS02 lnt, HQ AFNORTH
R. W. ACWORTH
HQ N . Ireland
G. BULLOCH
AS 2b MOD (A)
G . B. BATEMAN
Staff College, Camberley
D. J. C. DICKINS
Staff College, India
N . J. D. McCULLY
REME Offi cers School, Arborfield
P. J. GYBBON-MONYPENNY

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H . R. EDWARDES Captains
S. ] . PETZING
F. K. GLADDEN, BA Depot ( PS )
]. E. GERRELLI GS03, H Q 5 Ai rportable Bde
B. K . FINCH 10, 13 Signa l Regt., BFPO 4 5
F. W . LeMAITRE, BSc Trucial Oman Scouts
D. K. MUMFORD GS03 Int JS IS, BFPO I
R. A. BARTLETT JSIS, BFPO I
P. M . P. BROADBENT Depot ( H S)
R. P. MURPHY IJLB, Oswestry
P. P. CRITCHLEY Depot ( H S)
A. F. S. LING H Q 6 Armd Bde, BFPO 106
A. C. DAWSON Staff Capt AQ, SAF
B. H . WOODBRIDGE 22 SAS, Bradbury Lines, H ereford
I. G. BAILLIE JIB, Shorncli ff e
M . R. I. CONSTANTINE 20 Armd Bde Avn Sq n, BFPO 41
M . B. MONT GOMERY 12 Mechan ised Bde, BFPO 36
T. JACKSON GS03 ( Trg ) HQ 2 D iv.
C. H . St. John PERRY US Army Inf School, Fort Benning, USA
D . H. A. SHEPHERD 667 Avn Sqn, UK
C. M . JOINT Adjutant 5 QUEENS (V)
I. R. ]ONES SC Q (E Man ) 1, HQ BAOR, BFPO 40
R. M . ARNOLD
P. G. TRUMAN RMAS
M . ]. A. KEALY RAC Centre, Bovington
D. BARDEGA SWW, School of Infantry
]. D . JONKLAAS 2 PPCLI, Winnipeg 9
D . C. F . GOUDA 22 SAS, Bradhury Lines, H ereford
M . HYATT Abu Dhabi D efence F orce
M . ] . BALL Depot ( HS )
K. E. BEALE SWW, School of Infantry
SAF, Muscat
P. M . GWILLIAM ADC to GOC, E astern District
D. P . L. HODGETTS YLO, D epot (PS )
D . W. SIMPSON
P. R. P. HOWE Lieutenants
N. C. G . CANN
M . C. WILLIS I]LB, Oswestry
P. ]. BELL D epot ( PS )
A. M . F . JELF Depot ( PS )
P. M . H . McGILL D epot Para Regt.
J. A. B. SALMON Royal Brunei Malay Regt
J. G. MACWILLIAM Depot (PS )
J. F . HUSKISSON RMCS
A. C. MIEVILLE Depot ( PS )
R. M . JACKSON JIB, Shorncliffe
M. P. LAWSON M anchester U niversity OTC
JIB, Shorncliffe
40 AYT
RMCS
5 QUEENS ( V)
D epot ( PS )

T. N. McDERMOTT 2nd/ Lieutenants
M . W. REDFORD
London University OTC
Nottingham University OTC

E . ]. RANSLEY, MBE, M C Staff Quartermasters
Majors
Mons OCS

W. G . WOOLLEY Quartermasters
D . H . P. FRASER, MBE
Majors
R. H . ESLER, MBE
F. B. ORAM JTR Rhyl
HQ Berlin Infantry Bde, BFPO 45
Depot (HS )
5 QUEENS ( V)

W. SNOWDEN Captains
School of Infantry, Warminster

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C. R. WEBB Special Regular Officers
P. BISHOP
B. D . THOMPSON Captains
Adjutant Army Av iation Centre, Middle W allop
N . F. RU SSELL Army Outward Bound School, T owyn
A. H . CARTER BDS, W ashington

Lieutenants
King 's D ivisional D epot, Preston
JIB, Shorncliffe

T. I. McMILLAN S hort Service Officers
P. A. TAWELL
K. YONWIN Captains
G. D . CRIPPS Depot (PS)
SAF, Muscat
M . P. D. EASTAP 3 RRF
A. N . ARMITAGE-SMITH JTR, Rhyl

P. R . HITCH CO CK L ieutenants
2 RRF
41 AYT

2nd/ Lieutenants
D epot (PS )

] . F. G . HAYES Extended Service Officers

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The l st Battalion

A S CHRISTMAS T he Commanding Officer's Bugler--Cpl. Warr.
it was the Battali on's last Chri stmas in Picture by PR HQ Berlin ( Br. Sector ).

Berlin all concerned were determined that Unfortunately the Batta lion pantomime scheduled
for 29th had to be ca ncelled because many of the cast
it would be an enjoyable one. Christm as is always went down wi th 'flu . H owever, its reviva l, as a spring
revue, has been prom ised.
a time when dates and fun cti ons can easily cl ash,
During and afte r C hristmas we all had a few
and all thanks are due to M aj. Clarke for organi z- days to recover and prepare for the N ew Y ear 's fes-
tivi t ies. M aj. C larke, who had done a splendid but
ing a hecti c but trouble-free Christm as. The only unenviable task in organ ising and steering through the
even ts, we nt o n we ll-deserved leave.
thing that he fai led to provide was the snow.
SUB-ZERO EXERCISES
O ur fi rst even ts were those in aid o f comm unity E xercise " F irst Try" was the Brigade C PX held
relations; on 7th D ecember a tea pa rt y was given by on 13 / 14 J anuary in sub-zero conditions. M embers of
Albuhera Coy. for 45 children from the Kladow Bn. HQ who we re to participate, wrapped up as
O rphanage before wh ich, they were entertained to a wa rml y as possible but in the event, all the prepara-
dis play by the Corps of D rums and the MT P I. The t ions proved inadequate- the temperature dropped to
children were then given presents whi lst the Steel min us 23 deg rees Centigrade, the coldest night in Ber-
Band pl ayed Christmas num bers. lin fo r some years.
T he exercise was useful and enj oyable; it enabled
On the afternoon of the 9th, the fi rst performance us to sh ake off some of the cobwebs that h ad gathered
of The Queen's Christmas Ba nd Concert took place,
followed by tea served by K irke's Coy. The hundred
guests included members of the H ottengrund Old
F olks H ome, the Wilmersdorf O rphange and locall y-
employed civ ilians.

The Burgermeister and offi cials of Wilmersdorf
were among the guests invited by the Offi cers, W arrant
Officers and Sergeants at the evening performance of
the Christmas Band Concert on ! I th D ecember. Dur-
ing the interval, champag ne and a chicken supper
were served and the second- half of the concert included
a "spot" by the Steel Band. The Band rounded off a
memorable evening by playing " Best of the Seekers"
and "E uropa wi r K ommen, .

On 8th D ecember, the W ives C lub gave their
husba nds a chance to relax and do their own cooking
when they held their annual dinner in the Battalion
Community Centre. After dinner the lad ies moved to
the Band C lub where they we re entertained to a
caba ret performance by the " Diddy M en " from the
Corps of Drums.

The WO s', Sgts' M ess C hristmas Draw proved
to be one of the highlights when the quality and num-
ber of prizes we re as usual, superb ; a p ity th at there
we re not enough train sets to go round! The revellers
we re surprised by a quick visit from Santa C laus who
found in his sack a gift for the Command ing Offi cer,
and other offi cers. (Even Santa C laus knows the

rank structure !)

The O ffi cers' M ess Christmas party was held on
the 2 1st D ecember, and an excellent Christm as di nner
was followed by the traditional visit of F ather C hrist-
mas, who, over the yea rs h as tended to look more like
M aj. P ollard. This yea r, however, he had lost some
weight and bore more th an a slight resemblance to
Capt. P ackham. The evening was rounded off by
dancing in the K eller.

In addi tion t o the M ess functions, and an all
ranks da nce h eld in the gymnasium on the 22nd, each
Compa ny held a part y in their own C lubs.

The traditional lunch, preceded by the Command-
ing Offi cer's talk to all ranks, was served by the
officers, Warrant Offi cers and Sergeants. It went with
a swing, the D ance Band played and the Commanding
O ffice r gave his rende ring of " I'm 'Enery the Eighth
I am ".

18 When dawn came, we could be seen huddled to-
gether in tents and landrovers, quite frozen and when
since Winterburg and initiate the new RSM into the the CQM S began to cook breakfast, little groups of
mysteries of laying out and organising Bn. HQ in the freezing bodies congregated . ( Amazing, the number of
field. people who can gather round a number one burner;
amaz ing too, how much warmth is generated by a hot
The exercise began quietly enough enabling us to
get ready for the action which we knew Capt. Carlston cup of tea! )
and the lower control we re preparing for us. Soon,
however, we were full y occupied dea ling with refugees, The exercise ended shortly after 9 a.m.; a swift
parachute drops and fifth columnists and to add to move back to barracks and a hot bath. ( Thank good-
the confusion, it was decided ( at last light ) that Bn. ness for German central hea ting ) . Useful lessons were
HQ should move. Chaos reigned as tents were take n learned, though we all ag reed that the most useful was
down, vehicles packed before moving to our new the simplest; i.e., in cold weather, the best way of
location. About 2 a.m. it was time to move again and keeping wa rm is to transfer to the ACC!!!
this went well; perhaps we were getting into practice,
or perhaps it was so cold that everyone moved in
double time to keep warm.

The Director of Infantry
talking with Drum Major
Maloney (left) and Cpl.

Beedles right.

Pictures by PR HQ
Berlin ( Br. Sector ) .

BOXING NEWS fortun es sw inging first one way then the other through-
out the competit ion. At the interval the score was 9-8
The Battalion boxers were selected from con- to us and at the end of the evening with one bout to
testants in the Inter-Coy. Novices Competition and go we we re behind by I point (15 to 14 ). Everything
it was soon obvious that a hard task lay ahead for rested on this last bout but Pte. J ean-Pierre, despite
those selected. Like a cook's rec ipe, some were added all his elf orts, was beaten on points and brought the
and some deleted but after some hard training, the score to 17 (RCT ), 15 ( QUEENS ). On presenting
final team looked keenly towards their first actual the prizes the GO C declared that he had not seen
competition. such a hard fought battle since the wa r!

This competition took place on 19th November R esults were: Bantam: Pte. Martin - Lost ;
and turned out to be the 2 Div. Semi-Final, after a Feather: L / C pl. Oliver-Won ; Light: L / Cpl. King-
re-organisation of the draw due to two units being Won; 2nd Light Welter: Pte. Walsh-Lost; 1st Light
withdrawn because of imminent Northern Ireland com- Welter: L / Cpl. Power-Lost; 2nd Welter: Pte. H enr y
mitments. -Won; Light Middle: Pte. Golf-Lost; Middle.: Pte.
Cox-Won; Light Heavy : Pte. Spain-Lost; Heavy:
The whole team rose to the occasion and in front Cpl. Bower-Lost; 1st Welter: Pte. Jean-Pierre-
of a home crowd fought extremely well to beat 2RRF L o st.
by 9 bouts to 2. Though the score seems to indicate
a one-sided competition, our opponents fought to the On 28th J anuary, the Battalion Team fini shed
last bout and only considerable team spirit and effort the season on a particul arl y good note by giving an
won the match. excellent evening's entertainment to all and by beating
I C heshire by 6 bouts to 5 for the Berlin Infantry
Results were: Bantam: Pte. M artin - Won; Bde. T eam C hampionships which took place in the
Feather: L / C pl. Oliver-Won ; Light: L / C pl. King- Olympic Boxing Stadium ( The Kuppersaa l) bdore
Won ; 2nd Light Welter: C pl. Thoburn-Won ; 1st a huge crowd of supporters.
Light Welter: L/ Cpl. Power-Won; 2nd Welter: Pte.
Jean-Pierre-Won; Light Middle: Pte. H enry-Lost; 1 C heshire we re hot favourites as their battalion
Middle: Pte. C ox-Won ; Light Heavy: Pte. Spain- are well-known as a HSporting Battalion ". Neverthe-
Won ; Heavy : L / Cpl. Greenwood-Won ; 1st Welter: less, a confident 1 QUEENS team took them on and,
Pte . Vincent-Lost. at the interval, were leading 5-0. 1 Cheshire, notice-
ably stronger in the heavier divisions, made every
The Divisional Fin al was an away match effort but the sixth and winning bout came at light-
aga inst 10 Regt., R C T in Bielefeld on the 15th heavy weight.
D ecember. What a battle this turned out to be with

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Fit and disciplined, our boxers had more stamina
than their opponents.

Results were: Bantam : Pte. M arti n - Won;
Feather: L / C pl. King-Won ; Light : Cpl. Thoburn-
Won ; Light Welter (1): Pte. W alsh-Won ; Light
Welter (2): P ate. Edwards-Won; Welter (1): Pte.
Henr y-Lost ; Welter (2) : Pte. Vincent-Lost ; Light
Middle: Pte. Cox-Lost; Middle : Pte. Noel-Lost ;
Light Heavy : Pte. Spain-Won; Heavy: Pte. White-
Lost.

We must thank SS I D ent and C pl. Brazier, the
backroom boys, who by their efforts, have produced
a good team; one which promises we ll for next season.

THE BERLIN INF. BDE. BOXING

CHAMPIONSHIPS 1972

(Top): Brig. P. A. Downward, DSO, DFC, Com-
mander Berlin Inf. Bde. presents the Challenge Cup

to C pl. Brazier, the trainer of the Battalion team.

(Centre, top) : C pl. Thoburn winning the Light-
weig ht bout.

(Centre, lower ): On his way to winning the Light-
weight First String bout-Pte. Walsh.

(Lower): L/ C pl. King receives his winners medal
from the Brigade Commander.

Pictures by PR H Q Berlin ( Br. Sector ).

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THE ORPHANS CHRISTMAS PARTY. Tea time (left) is followed by some instruction on the drums. (Right)

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military is firml y established.
As Regimental Silversmiths

Garrard m aintain close contact
with a large number of

regiments and individual
serving m embers.We offer
yo u unri valled traditional
skills o f o ur d es igners and
craftsmen and the personal
service that is the hallmark
ofGarrard.

23

The 2nd Battalion

Bn. HQ A Coy.

CO: Lt.-Co l. H . F. Reynolds, psc; 21 Maj . D . OC: Maj. S. M . Boucher, psc; 2IC: Capt. R. C.
H . Woolstencroft, psc; Adjt: Capt. P . A. Gwilliam; Pitman ; PI Comds : 2/ Lts. ] . B. Stirling and ] . N.
Asst Adjt: Capt . D. G. W. Gardiner, R. Signa ls; Fratten; CSM : WOll D . Ormerod, BEM ; CQMS:
Ops Offr: Capt. E. Peterson, PPC LI ; 10: Lt. P . C. C/ Sgt. E. C lose.
Cook; RSM: WO! S. Lea; ORQMS: WOII D . W.
Guild; ORC : Sgt. B. M. Wright. B Coy.

Comd. Coy. OC: Maj. C. M. C. D ewar, psc; 2IC: Capt. N.
D . ] . H arris; PI Comds: 2/ Lt. ] . N. C. M yles and
OC: Maj . G. Goring ; 2IC: Capt. ]. R . C. 2/ Lt. P . H . Dragonetti ; CSM: WO II R. B. Smith;
Palmer ; RSO: Capt. ]. A. Hodges; OC Re::ce PI : CQMS : C/ Sgt. P. L. H . Relf; MT Sgt: S/ Sgt. ].
Capt. R. G. White; RMO : Capt. R . S. H igson, MB,
Ch .B, RAMC; M ed Sgt: Sgt. C. ] . P . Murphy; Stewart.
CSM: WOII A. Ongley; Drum M ajor : C / Sgt. B. F.
Lively, BEM; CQMS : C/ Sgt . P . Gui ll aumc. C Coy.

Admin. Coy. OC: M aj. P . de S. Barrow, psc; PI Comds: Lt.
C. F. G. P arki nson and 2/ Lt. D . 1. Wake; CSM:
OC : Maj. E . L. Christi an, psc; MTO: Lt. R . A. WOII F. N. Boyne; MT Sgt: Sgt. P . ] . Wright.
J <nnings; QM (Admin) : Capt. P . ] . Co llman, MBE;
QM (T ech): M aj. F . H . Burn; RQMS : WOII M. SP Coy.
Ayling; TQMS: WOII A. F . Ward; Accn WO:
C/Sgt. H. Dowsett; UFO: Lt. R . Benson; UF WO: OC : M aj. ] . G. W . D avidson, psc; 2I C: Capt.
WOII G . Gordon, DCM, MBE ; PMR : Capt.] . E. R. C. M. M. G rove; M or Offr: Capt. H . A. P . Yorke;
Brunner, RAP C; Bandmaster : WO ! D. Game, A Tk Offr : Lt. P . D. M cLell and; Aslt Pnrs: C / Sgt.
LGSM; CS M : C/Sgt. R . H . Kitson ; CQMS: R. H . Kitson; CSM: WOII A. ] . Prudence; CQMS:
C/ Sgt. D . W. Naylor ; Offrs M ess C / Sgt: Sgt. E. ] . C/ Sgt. K. Spi llett ; MT Sgt: S/ Sgt. D . T. Cu lley.
Constant.
Att. Pers.
LAD
Pad re: Rev. P. A. Mears, RA, Ch. D ; PFAC:
OC : Capt. P . Burke, REME ; ASM: WO ! P . ] . Flt./Lt. ] . R . Morris, RAF ; APTCI: S/ Sgt. R.
Riley, REME; AQMS (T els): WOII D . S . Flemen, Baxter, APTC; WO ACC : WOII C. T ay lor, ACC.
REME.

Lt.-Col. Mike Reynolds, the Commanding Officer. Editorial
Picture by R . M. Excel!.
THE period under review has been remarkable
in one aspect - the lack of turbulance for

the banalion as a whole, though we doubt if an y
of the Company Commanders would agree to thi s
when they play the weekly numbers game to pro-
vide persons for cadres, duties, SAS Site Guard s,
border patrols and so on. However the battalio.l
is still in Werl and individual training is going
ahead .

The Commanding Officer and a guard from
the battalion attended the funeral of His late
Majesty, King Frederik IX in Copenhagen on
24th January. It was a great honour to be asked
to send thi s contingent for our late Allied Colonel-
ir.-Chief, who took such an interest in hi s
Regiment.

Ca pt . ] . R . C. P almer and twenty soldiers repre-
sented the British Army at the funeral. The Com-
manding Officer and Mrs. Reynolds also attended at
the invitation of the Palace.

24 Ex. "Snow Queen"
Thi s year, for the first time, we have had our own
Our Guard arrived in Copenh agen on 22nd
J anuary and were most kindl y looked a ft er by the skiing hut at Un terjoch in Bavaria and by the time it
Royal D anish Life Guards. R ehearsals took place on closes (in March) abou t 160 persons will have spent a
the 23rd. fortnight there learning to ski-one week on Lang-
lauf and one on D ownhill skiing. Whilst there is no
The day of the funeral was bitterly cold but lack of enthusiasm there was, earl y on, a lack of snow
thousands of D anes turned out to pay their last re- on the lower slopes.
spects to their beloved King. The British contingent,
consisting of detachments from the Royal Navy, the Training Assistance
Roya l Marines, our own guard and the Roya l Air In January, a battalion team went to S ennelagcr
Force, together with detachments from the Danish
Armed Forces and many other nations, escorted the to help 2 Fd . Regt. RA with two weeks IS training.
cortege from C hristiansborg Palace, through the centre M ajs. Christian and Dewar commanded the team for
of Copenhagen to the main railway station, from one week each and were ass isted by sixteen instru ctors
whence the coffin was moved to Roskilde Cathedral from A, B, C and Sp Coys and a motley crew of
for the funeral Service and Burial. thirty ruffians from B Coy, who acted as enemy. From
all reports everyone enjoyed the training although the
We have had a number of visitors including Gen. Sir casualty figures at one time in the MRS were 2 Fd.
John Mogg, KCB, CBE, DSO, ADC (Gen) the Ad- Regt. RA-8, 2 QUEENS-3! Relations between the
jctant Genera l, Maj . Gen. J. B. Dye, C BE, M C, the two Regiments improved as a resu lt of this co-opera-
Division al Commandant, Brig. J . R . Anderson, C BE , tion and our men enj oyed two excellent parti es given
the Divisional Brigadier, Brig. J. M. H. R oberts, OBE t-y the Gunners.
or. relinquishing command of 6 Armd. Bde., and Bri g.
D. B. Alexander-Sinclai r on assuming command of the A s we have si nce been asked to provide a similar
Brigade. team for 4/ 7 DG, someone must appreci ate us !

Our PRE Inspection was held at the end of Pte. Richard Akehurst being awarded his stripes by
November and we man aged to clear this hurdle sa ti s- the Commanding Officer after passing out top in the
factorily. The good result was due in no small measure
t~ Capt. P at Burke and all members of the LAD . Junior NCOs' Cadre.

Christmas A COMPANY
Our activities during the last quarter seem to have
An alcohlic haze settled over the battalion and been dominated by the four 'P 's', PRE, Postings Com-
the married upatches" during this period; for some It pany P arties and Promotion cadres. We managed to
was too long, for others not long enough! On 20th rass the former with a sigh of relief only to see most uf
December we were hosts to the orphaned children of our number depart on cadres. L/ Cpl. Ells, Pte's Impett,
the Werl area. After a tea of "sticky buns", ice cream Wilson, Tuffrey, Lipscombe, Wetherley and Bradford
and so ft drinks, a cartoon show was sta ged in the local all grappled with the intricacies of a Grade II Signals
cinema during which F ather Christmas, alias S / Sgt. Cadre. L /Cpls. Biddlc and J ohnson-Perkins p assed
Smithers (REME), di stributed the presents. their potential NCOs Cadre whilst L/ Cpls. Cox and
McDermott attended a Section Commanders Cadre.
On the following day, children living on " The In addition, our budding APC grease monkeys, under
Patch" were thrilled by the sight of " F ather Christ- the guidance of Cpl. Wilkens, are learning to drive and
n,as" (S/ Sgt. Smithers) arriving by heli copter to dis- se far have only bogged down one APC (much to the
tribute presents from his " Grotto" beneath the F amili·os annoyance of Pte. Higginson whose APC it was). Our
Office . For this arduous exercise he was ably assisted three platoon Sergeants are at present immersed in the
b~ two " Gnomes", C/ Sgt. Spill ett and Sgt. Watchous. horrors of NBC W arfare.
On the 22nd the adults started their Christmas festi-
vities. Firstly the officers and senior NCOs served
lunch to the single soldiers and then in the evening a
concert was given by the Band. Not only was this a
memorable evening musically but the audience was also
treated to some very fine comedy sketches.

Father Christmas once again paid a visit to the
batta lion on the 23rd December, this time to the party
held for the older children and the form at was the
same as for the Orphans Party.

To the tradition al All Ranks D ance (this year
extended to a dance and cabaret), held on Boxing
N ight in the Werl School gymnasium, many people
turned up to enjoy the acts put on by Mickey Hayes
Troupe (specially imported from Engl and) and the
dance which went on until the early hours. However,
the real meaning behind Christmas was not forgotten
a~ can be seen from the article by our Padre.

We congratulate Pte. Hassam who got an 'A'
Grading on a clerks course together with the following
who all managed 'B' Gradings on various other
courses; Capt. Hodges, Lt. Cook, Lt. Benson, Cpls.
\Vinter and P erryman and Pte. Kemp. Sgt. Blanchette
of B Coy. is also to be congratulated on winning the
"Squirl" Prize which is competed for by all r anks of

the regular battalions.

T o Support Coy have gone Sgt. F ensome, 25
L/ C pls. Bays ting, Kirb y and Bau ten back, Ptes.
Hutchinson, H arrison, Vickery, Miller, Rookley and (Top): Pte. Chapman side-stepping with determina-
P epper; Pte. J ones was posted to 4 QUEENS Coy. tion on Exercise "Snow Queen".
ver y pleased to be seeing his bride (of 3 weeks) again.
Lt Keen, R CT , left us after hi s six months attach- (Centre): Pte. Honeycett finding his balance also on
ment admitting that he had enjo yed his membership Exercise "Snow Queen".
of the Compan y, whi lst Sgt. Graves has gone on post-
ing to the MT School at Borden. The Orderl y Room (Lower): A Company Party. Guess who is singing his
have cl aimed our own (Mick J agger) Pte. M oore, to Old School Song?
the relief of the Company Commander who now has
onl y L / C p. Thorne's acid wit to compete with. Sport has been going well with two wins to date
in the Inter Coy. football and Basketball. Cpl. Robert-
T o all, we bid farewell and welcome 2/ Lt. son and Cpl. Holderness have been putting in a lot
Prattcn (from his YO's course), Sgt. Barnes (from of time training the yo ungsters with good effect.
R ecruiting ) and Ptes. Couldwell, Walker, Broad,
B1shenden, Brown, Gordon, Murray, Blackwell and
Barnes from the D epot.

Those three Company stalwarts, Thorne (Clerk),
Roberts (Storeman) and Sullivan (T echni ca l Storeman)
are now all L/ Cpls. ; indeed, L/ C pl. Roberts scored a
notable double by also getting married.

At the company party held just before C hristmas
and organised by Sgt. W atchous, several raffles all bu t
paid for an excellent buffet and the Queen's Club
disco. L /Cpl. Cox spared no-ones blushes with a
" topical" poem, whi lst Moggy Moore did his " thing"
as Mick J agge r. Since then, efforts have been devoted
towards establi shing a Company hobbies and Quiet
Room . Very much a going concern , money for it has
been r aised by the publication of our own newspaper

the "Alpha G aze tte", in which the main seri al 'S
taken from the local radio serial Bigwood. This be-
ce>mes our camp with the CSM as Badger, C QMS as
T oad and-dare we say it-our m yo pic OC as Wi se
Owl.

Twenty members of the company have comp leted
Ex " Snow Queen" (a fortnight's skiing in Bavari a)
and we hope to get more skiing in Winterberg next

month . W e are to carry out a cold weather tri al there
called Ex "Chill y Tog" and, snow permitting, the pro-
gramme should allow time for the OC to show us
some of the tricks he picked up in Norway on his last
job.

B COMPANY

R esults of the pre-Chri stmas potenu ?. l NCOs
Cadre produced six new L/ Cpls. - Buddle, Duncan,
H aley, H assen, Mason and McDonough.

But the main even t has been the training assist-
ance given to 2 Fd. Regt. RA at Sennelager. Sgt.
Bl anchette and Cpls. Winter, McCaig and Gelding
p1 ovided the more serious element in the form of
instruction for N Bty. (Eagle Tp.). They were assisted
(?) by some 30 members of the Company led by Sgt.
J ames who acted as enemy for all training and exer-
ci:·es. P•.e. H arris (of pitchfork fame) was the onl y
soldier tO be seriously injured by the 'enemy' in the

nots although several others came close to it, notably
Pte. Luff with his caber, Pte. Penfold (Kamakasi) and
Cpl. Holderness, despite his yellow helmet. Cpl. Win-
ter's and L / Cpl. McDonough's Ulster accents were
in much demand. The weather was kind and the train-
mg (not to speak of the two parties) were en jo yed by
all.

The first block exodus has been to Sp. Coy. We

wi sh them luck on their various cadres. New arrivals
iuclude C SM Smith who has quickl y settled in and
taken over CSM Leiper's interest in our footb all side.

W e also welcome the following recruits: Ptes.
W eare, Row e, J ackma~. H arri s 78, D ye r, Bl ything
and Kent.

26

C COMPANY Nine. That Pl atoon bid a sorrowful farewe ll to Sgt.
Phillips (new Sgt's. M ess Ca terer) and wishes to point
Since the FTX, our training and therefore our out that this has nothing to do with his habit of carry-
mg everything in the Pl. HQ vehicle, including the
news, is individual.
tea!
p)~yeOd uarndHoncokneey team is going well, with three games
lost. Cheers for WOII Shave, 2/ L;, . Ptes. Huggins, P eace, D esmond, Durling and
Gnnham (36) were transform ed into gleaming new
Wake, WOII Boyne, Cpls. Cul!en and Perryman, Lance Corporals following the potential NCO's Cadre
and we wish them all the best.
L / Cp ls. Mackender and Newman, Sgts. Butcher and
Since WO II Boynes promotion, we have enjoyed
Hunt and the rest of the team. the luxur y of rwo Sgt. Majors, but, unselfish as always,
we shall soon be releasing CS M Shave to terrorize the
That other notable hockey player, Pte. Read, has 1' & AVR. CS M Boynes takes the chair, and jokes
about Irishmen are banned in the Company Office!
left us for the Officers' Mess, and Pte. E lliott has
Sgt. Rowney grow led his farewells to 9 P 1. and
joined us from Bn. HQ. went to spread hi s usual sweetness and light(!) in the
Guard Room as Provost Sergeant.
Sgt. Wright is especially to be congratu lated on
Capt. J enklaas has disappeared again! Thi s time
the Company's outstanding result on the PRE; also for his fourth tour in Ireland as a Brigade watch-
keeper and late r to the D epot as a Company 2IC.
drivers Quigley, Tomlin, Gee, Gaffey, Cpl. Piper and
Pte. H oldren (who looks a little pregnant him-
Pte. Gardener. self) has fathered a little girl, and Pte. Young's wife
has produced a boy. M eanwhile Pte. Cutts (68) has a
The Company party on 15th December was a child " pending".

grea t success, thanks to Cpl. Gorse, and to the cook, W e say "goodbye and good luck" to Ptes. Marsh,
Holdren, Gipsen, Carbury and Ashley, posted to Sup-
Cpl. Curran, for an excellent mea l. But when CS M port Coy., and to Easterbrooke and Gibson (93), who
go to Civvy Street.
Shave won top prize in the draw, the cries of "fiddle u
We welcome Pte. Simmonds from the Royal
cou ld be heard for miles! Pioneer Corps, and with the arri va l of Harris (5 0)
f1om the Depot our issue of "H arris's" has been in-
We took our part in the Hemer Site Guard after creased to 3; Ptes. Crosby, Braithwaite and Campbell
are also welcomed from the Depot.
Christmas, when, it is rumoured, OC 10 Pl. (2/ Lt.
L as tl y, we bid farewell to Maj. Christian, no.w
Wake) fell in a stream while leading a gallant attack OC Admin. Coy., and welcome Maj. Barrow, who
c'escends to us from the clouds of a Staff job in
on a notional subversive machine-gun. (H e has since Singapore, and assumes the coveted title of OC

been rewarded with a further Site Guard tour! ) Char lie.

So far Ex "Snow Queen" has broken no bones.

Pte. Elli s returned with a big smile and a comp lete

set of ski kit, and Pte. H arris (8 6) returned to find

that he had won a colour polaroid camera in the Com-

pany C hri stmas Draw.

L /C pl. Newman leaves us soon to try his luck

with the S.A.S., where he will join Cpl. Townsley ;

we will cross our fingers for him.

Cpl. Perryman shocked us all (and himse lf) by

gaining a 'B) on his Warminster course; he has been

posted to the Depot as a Training Corporal, which

~ hould benefit their football team.

We congratulate Sgt. Butcher on his promotion

and wish him luck (he needs it) as Pl. Sgt. of Shiny

. ......

(Left): Heads turn for Pte. Mair, ACC, taking a jump.

(Top right): Ouch! that hurts. (Left to right): Pte. Harris of C. Coy.; Pte. Martin, Cpl. Bobrow and L / Cpl.
Vinnicombe of Sp. Coy.

(Lower right): L/ Cpl. Daw at speed (Unterjoch, December 1971).
Pictures by R. M . Excel!.

SUPPORT COMPANY 27

Once again we have a new Company Com- annual fi eld-firing at Sennelager, where we can see
how the other half lives and forget 'dit-d a-dit', etc !
mander. M aj. J ohn D avidson left us for a three
THE CHURCH
month "S now Q ueen" Exercise and Capt. G rove took
him ~t by Rev. P. A. Mears, CF
over. H owever, fi nding things too much fo r Offi ~ers'
C hri stm as he repaired to the fl eshpo ts of the " What's the use of the C hurch ?" That was the
theme of our fi rst service in S t. M atthews. It didn ' t
M ess and has not to our knowledge reappea red. Ca pt. fill the C hurch, but it ca used a few comments ! It has
been voiced on occasions sin ce, too (by the writer
Yorke, erstwhile of the Mortars, is now sittin g in the amongst others !).

hot scat. 2 QU EENS have taken over one of the largest
church buildings in BAOR . It can seat 350 easily and,
We started C hristm as with a most excell ent part y believe it or no t, it has been full on some occasions
during our first year here. I had quite a shock recentl y
h id at the Queen's C lub , for whi ch our thanks go to when 'totting up' my attendance register--<Jver 2000
people have worshipped in our C hurch du ring the
Sgt. D appri ch and hi s helpers. Apart from those un- ye ar .

lu cky enough to be selected for du ti es over C hri stmas, One of the highspo ts was the Carol Service. A
full house; the ba nd, under WOI D. G ame, in grea t
the company we re able to go home, stay with friends form both sin gi ng and pl aying. Mrs. Pughsley from
the R ed S hi eld C lub sang a solo - com plete with
or simply relax in a pleasant haze of alcohol. bonnet. Lessons were read by the Commanding Offi cer,
the Loca l Germ an P as tor, Mrs. Flemen (wife of W O II
After C hri stm as we rea ll y got to work with cadres. Flemen, REM E), Capt. Bob Hi gson , R AM C, Mrs.
W . Snowden, H ans Ernst, a Loca l G erm an T eacher,
The Anti T ank PI. were seen daily doing pokey drill Miss Susan J ephcott (daughter of RQMS J ephcott),
M aj. G . Pu ghsley (S alva tion Army) and Mrs. C hri stine
with dummy rounds and can be recognised by their Oulds (wife of bandsman D . Oulds). The Anglo-
G erman congrega tion raised the roof.
bulging muscles, especi all y Ptes . Bert Brickman and
Now we are getting nearer the truth . The C hurch
Trevor Bovell. A whisper from the M ortars says that is not a building, it is a Community of P eople, that is
how we approach R emembrance Sunday. WOII
the strain of turning Rifl emen into M ortarmen is G eorge G ordon and Sgt. J anes spoke in the service
about the meaning of Remembrance Sund ay for them.
causing Sgt. D apprich's hair to fall out. In other
In an attempt to make the Sunday S ervice rele-
spheres, another ufi.rst" was when Pte. S harp (M or- vant and meaningful-as we ll as to encourage a few
more to get out of bed on Sunday mornings- services
tars), instru cted by Cpl. Bobrow (Anti T anks) became have vari ed. Bdsm. J ohn Adl am and P aul T ickner
have sung with guitar accompaniment to illustrate
the first team to roll a 43 2; no casualti es but we are points in the Services. W e h ave had disccussions and
interviews instead of a sermon and encouraged as m any
still waitin g for them to di g the mud out! people as possible to take part in them.

Even the offi cers are working. Lts. Low and M c- The mid-week group meeting in the P adres house,
has reached 20 on occasions. The Sunday S choo l
Lell and are both at N etheravon learning respecti ve ly ca ters for 60 children on Sunday mornings. This is
ably led by M aj. and Mrs. G . Pu ghsley of the S alva-
Mortars and Anti T ank Guns. C/ Sgt. Kitson of the tion Army. It was quite a sight to see 59 children
sittin g down to their C hri stmas tea recentl y - and
Assault Pioneers is doing a stint as acting CS M of quite a sight afterwards !

Admin . Coy.; we'd like him back in good order when The· trouble with Army congregations is that
people kee p movin g. \ Ve have just said farewell to
they're fini shed with him . Capt. and Mrs. Bill Snowden ; they have both done
much to help us to get our C hurch Community estab-
W e welcome Lt. Low and Sgt. F enson to the lished in Werl .

Mortars, and S gt. Culley as MT Sgt. S gts. R ay Bay- I was asked to comment on C hurch life and m y
other committments. The facts so far may confirm
hss and G ary Lai ne have left to recruit more soldiers lhe views of some that C haplains onl y work one day
& week ! However, a P adre is kept out of mischief the
for us, whilst Sgt. W atson and C pl. France have been rest of the week by a few things. For instance the
Wives ' C lini c' on M ondays when the ladi es can come
ensuring the future supply. W e congratul ate the for- for a chat about anything; helping people with their
problems; vi sitin g; assembl y and R.I. with three cl asses
mer on his son, but are still not certain about the sex in our families school. C hapl ains are now being trained
as marri age guida nce councellors and thi s aspect is
ot C pl. France's offspring. well used. Hospital visiting, preparation for B apti sms
&nd W eddin gs, refereeing (Soccer not M arrigae), Pre-
Signal PI. p ring Services, C haracter Training M ornings, Broad-
cas ti ng, E xercises, Interviews and the inescapable
With a new Sign als Offi cer (and with new brooms " BU MF" acco unt for the other six days of the week.
; weeping), many of the old cobwebs should be swe pt
away. Numerous Old-established members of the Remember the opening sentence, "Whae s the use
pl atoon (some had done so long they couldn' t remem-
l::er their dates of joining! ) have now departed and
we were sorry to see them go; throughout last year
they had kept our reputation hi gh-especially in N .
It eland and on the Di v. FTX .

The o ld cry of "Next month will be a quiet one"
is being heard less and less these days as we come to
the Grand Finale of our 12-week Stand ard II Cadre.
This consists of a 3-d ay exercise followed by the
cl assifica tion tests. With the platoon under strength,
we need good repl acements.

It has been suggested by Capt. H odges- our new
Sign als Officer, hot-foot from M ecca (Si gnal Wing,
W arminster ) that the BAOR telephone system be
incorporated into the Signals Officer1S course; it
appears that most of hi s time is spent chasing up
offi cial and unoffici al calls.

C/Sgt. Standfield (l ate Offi cers' M ess Steward
and at present at "Mecca" learning chow it should be
done) , has now joined us. W e look forward to a much-
impro ved menu during this summer when we intend

to have at least one set of ceating irons' per vehicle .
The rumour that our APC dri vers have sole copyright
to the record "Black is Black,, is no t true ; mutterin gs
have, however, been heard about their having to peel
,off coveralls in order to put on combat kit for our

28 (Sub-Editors Note. Apropos the last paragraph,
what the author omits to mention is that he was wined
ot the Church ?" It looks as though it is kept pretty and dined by the RSM the previous evening and gave
busy ! the impression that if such a request was received it
may fall on recepti ve ears).
Landrovership 1971
Association Football
Recounted below is a short account of a battle of
wits, ruthlessly played out in appallin g condi tions, in The Battalion entered for the Army C up and had
the face of every adversity by some of our NATO to play three days afte r returning from block leave
Commanders. If it had had a solid gold block engine after Northern Ireland. The match was against I LI
the arrival of a brand new Mk. I! Ro ver could and was pl ayed at Lemgo. After a di sastrous first half
scarcely have caused more exci tement ; in fact it was cur side managed to hold their opponents but by then
the only new R over which we had acquired for some it was too late and we lost 6- 1.
nine months. R eaders should rea lise that the majority
of our Rovers were gleaming new vehicles less than a We also entered the Infan tr y Challenge Cup
year ago but they have since been ruthlessly run to where agai n we d rew I LI in the first round and aga in
destruction by the owners, a pastime which causes no had to play at Lemgo. Due to the many Battalion
feeling of guilt amongst the otherwise proud owners commi tments the team was unable to trai n properl y
of equall y expensive prestige civi li an cars. together and agai n the result was di sappointing as we
lost 7-1.
The catalyst to the situ ation which will now be
unfolded and which caused the author some wry and After a long struggle we have at last got a Bat-
cynical amusement was C/ S 29, which according to talion football pitch on which to pl ay. Although it is
no less than five witnesses, failed to go round a corner not the regul ation size (it is a little wider than a
at 10 m.p.h. and came to rest, r ather like a water normal penalty box! ) it is at least a reasonably flat
buffalo, "slumped on its side" . The result of thi s un- pi ece of ground. A further pitch is also avai lable for
fortun ate occurrence was vehicle BLR. To the lay man, non-competition matches.
unused to the subtleties of Army way the consequent
action would appear simple-indent for replace ment The inter-Company football com petition is in
vehicle; get it ; issue to C/ S 2 who would then be the progre55 but no clear winner is yet emergi ng.
proud owner of a new C/ S 29 which might possibly
last another nine months, but which would be a far 2 QUEENS ROUGHSHOOTING AND
smoother vehicle than Sunrays. However, in the wings,
MTO and EME h ad acquired, by devious means, some CLAY PIGEON CLUB
excess issue Rovers; a massive upheava l was planned,
each Company got an additional vehicle but Sunray The C lub has been active for one year and six
C! S 2 lost his entitlement to a Mk. II FFR which months, and we have now just completed our first
was allotted to the R ecce PI. Sunray of course re- yea r in Werl, whi ch from our point of view has been
tained a heated Mk. I! FFR and so the scheme met an extremely full and enjoyable one. Arriving as we
with his approval. At this stage Sunray Minor, un- did with fifteen acti ve members, we now num ber 30,
used to cold climate ( inspire of his ownership of a of which three are Belgians, one French Can adian
Volvo) sensed that he too could ride in some comfort. and five German Hunters. So at least our views are
The transi tion from Volvo to C/ S 9A which was an obvious over the Com mon M arket.

artheritic ! Ton FFR was too much on most day' Furthermore the social life of the club has been
-..ell formed with our affili ated counterparts, the Sport
and besides, a Long Wheel B ase could carry more kit Shooting Club of W erl with whom we spent ye t an -
"Whose"; all might ask. other fe stive occasion in the form of a St. Nicholas
D ay dance. For our own club members, this was a
So, approaches were made and a devious \Vil- sad occasion, as Pte. B arry Smith, one of our founder
sonian plot hatched for Sunray's approval. The R ecce members, was leavin g to take up civili an employment
PI. had, by now, acquired some seven Long Wheel in forestr y. Our loss will be felt in the Summer, when
Base Rover s and the plan was put, gently, subtl y and we again shoot for our coveted C lay Pigeon Trophy.
firmly that Sunray's current vehicle, which bore its However, he will not easi ly forget us as the club
proud C / S 9, should have a simple Alpha suffix rresented him with a troph y for all the hard work
appended, become Sunray Minors vehicle, and Sunray and loyalty he always showed.
should have the new arrival which was by now sitting
in Playtimes garage awaiting the result of the Summtt The highlight of the Club year was our Boxi ng
Conference. Day F est which st arted at 8 o'clock that morning with
a rabbit shoot in which "Bimbo", our Club Ferret
OC R ecce, summoned from hi s hide, was called played hi s full part.
to Sunray Minor's Office where the author saw the
~musing spectacle of him being caught in crossfire; The afternoon took the form of a C lay Pi geon
nodding his head to Sunray Minor, he became the Shooting Competition for a troph y, and to fini sh the
proud possessor of Sunray Minor's old vehicle. Well, days festivities, a dance was held in the Club's " Hunt-
not old really, 36,000 miles; peeling paint and bald ing Lodge". There was a slight variation from the
tyres do not make a Rover old-it had character and normal run of buffets in that you were greeted at the
after all, R ecce do not 11eed heaters with no canopies entrance by a half grown pig being slowly roasted on
permitted (who gave that directive?). a spit over glowing charcoal embers. In fact by eleven
o'clock, it was a very close draw who was glowing the
So ended the battle. All great battles h ave th~ir most, the pig or Pte. W. H alpin .
lessons and many a General has made a stud y of ht s
predecessors campaigns. So it came to pass that the We now look forw ard and pray to St. Hubert
RSM visited the author on the evening this epistle that the coming year will bring us even more success
was being written and after some thirty minutes in the shooting field.
Middle Eastern preamble, came to the real point of
his visit " . . . . . that old Provost Landrover of
mine what about . . . . . . ?"

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TilE FINAL SOLVTION 29

1st Bn. C haracter S tudy No. 1, posth umously dr awn). In the space of months si nce
we las t made the acq uai ntance of L es, the outline may
D ecember 1971 have changed somewhat no doub t due to excessive
consumption of donated beer - a trait which you r
T wo Senior mem bers of the Battalion who also a uthor failed to mention b ut of wh ich we have per-
had the di stin ction of Serving with the 1st Bn . for sonal experience over m an y yea rs. The Wilsonian love
nearl y as long as yo ur Subject made an intensive study of M usic which would have made him a n equall y
of the a rticle in the D ecember 1971 issue. good Bandmaster ( with his skill in playing to the
G allery) is onl y matched by hi s ca pacit y to remember
C pl. ("Welcome aboard, Sir") Pratt was, a t first, the exact number of beers he is allegedly owed by his
a firm contender for the Solution. H owever, even if friends. P erha ps, to ensure good relationships, readers
reduced in sca le, hi s fungoid growth would no t have would ca re to haza rd a guess at the identit y of the
fitted within the confines of the space provided. This a uthor of th is prize winning Solution. A prize will
left us with on ly one name- L es Wilson currentl y QM of course be forthcoming, p robably in the form of a
( M etallic) of the 1st Bn . ( See artists impress ion Valuable H and P ainted Roya l Sussex Band Banner.

( L eft ):
SD Cap, as per O ffrs
Dress R egs pa ra 101 ; hat
with slightly tilted peak.
See pattern held by Moss
Bros.

( Right ):
1972 Style optional Extra
Moustache, worn when
invited to S u n r a y ' s
presence only .. •
C urrent Terminology
"Party line whiskers".

Orderly R oom Jottings

P ersonalities in the office have changed consider- kept ve ry busy with regular post runs to the mos t
ably since we fi rst came to BAOR, but at the moment non -militar y pl aces. Pte. " Spud , Tay lor~ur m an in
' the staff ' consist of O R QMS D ave Gui ld - who the bottom room- completes the staff .
mumb les somethin g about not ye t being paid for 11.
P erhaps we' ll soon find out what he means. T o our We are at last rea lly finding our feet in BAOR
ORC Sgt. Bri an W right, new ly arri ved from the so far as " peculi ar docu mentation, is con cerned and
D epot, we say welcome. The office scribe C pl. Bill all we are now hoping for is an Army Work Stud y
T homas does the 'G ' wo rk and can be seen to be Group to come out and see us perform an d perhaps
pu lling hi s h air out if Ex " Snow Queen" is mentioned the Establishment wi ll be lifted-in ou r favour.
- I wonder why ! Cpl. " the m ad" M ajor is findin g hi s
feet in the 'D ocumen ts' cabinets- he gave the una a On 2 1st D ecember the complete Bn. HQ Staff
very good service as M ovements C lerk. C p l. Fitz plus officers and our good ladies had a C hristmas
("S n udge") G erald is also findi n g his feet, but on Dinner and D rinks Socia l in the P ark H otel, W erl ;
Move ments- a never-ending cartwheel. Pte. ! an H assa n this was also the perfect occasion for us to say fare-
seen heading towards P ader bom (for recreati on al pur- well to a long and well standing member of the staff-
S gt. H ank F orester, who is now with 2 RRF in Gl en-
poses) ! ! P te. G raham " M oggy" M oore is the new r avel RU C Station, Belfas t.

boy in the offi ce-we have n' t lost a fi le ye t, so we fee l We close the jottings with a glimpse of the furure
-S ennelager, So ltau, E duca tion, L eave, Ban kok and
he must be worth keeping. Our P ost N C Os C p l. Ulster. All these th ings one or other of us v isualize
and your scribe h opes they all come true.
" Bugsy" Wharram and L/ Cpl. D ave R eed are also

30

(Top): St. Nicholas Day Dance at SSC Werl (left Hawkes
to right) : L / Cpl. Chris Parnell, Pte. Barry Smith
(holding his farewell trophy), Pte. Ned Grundy and of

L/ Cpl. Don Tutor. Savile Row

(Centre): Boxing Day Shoot with (left to right) J. The British have regularly gone into battle
with glory and Hawkes' uniforms. Enough
Phillips (Belgium), WOII Prudence (2 QUEENS), have survived to keep the firm going . . .
G. Vallec (French Canadian) and H. Wemer (Presi- and on victory parades and ceremonial
occasions their splendid Hawkes ' uniforms
dent of SSC, Werl) . have always lent colour to the occasion.

(Lower): The Phoenix Potholing and Caving Club. Hawkes of Savile Row
In the Topfsteinholle (left to right): Frantem Pas- go back to the 1770's.
soke ( local journalist) , Mrs. Sue Furlotte and Cpl.
Every year hundreds
Roger Furlotte. of people

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31

The 3rd Battalion

Bn. HQ D (Comd ) Coy.

CO: Lt.-Col. K . Dodson ; 2IC: Maj . ] . R . OC: Capt. R. Waite; RSO : Capt. G. C. Brown;
Stephenson; Adjt: Capt. P . V. P anton; I O: Lt. C. G. Recce PI. Comd: Capt. S. C. Thorpe ; Trg Off r: Capt.
F . Charter ; RSM : WO! B. M . M orris; C hief C lerk : P. Hubert; Sigs WO: WOn ] . White ; Trg WO:
WO n A. P. O 'Gorman. WOII J . E . Butler; CSM : WOII D. ]. Bailey.

A Coy. E (Admin ) Coy.

OC: M aj. A. E . M cM an us; OC HQ PI : Sgt. C. OC: M aj. D . G. W ells; QM (Admin ) : Capt.
Ga rton ; PI. Comds: Lt . ]. Ewa rt, Sgt. P . M ead and (QM ) D . W. Adkins; QM (Tech ): Capt. (QM )
2/ Lt. P . L. V. M artin ; CS M : WOn R. ] . Batchelor. P . A. Newman; Pmr : Capt. I. M cD onnell ; RAPC ;
MTO: Lt . E . S. P arker; Bandmaster: WO! ] . Wood;
B Coy. M essing WO : WOII K . Ashley, ACC; CSM: WOII
F . Rigby.
OC: M aj. W. G. A . C rumley; PI. Comds: Lt.
M . H. G. P anne tt, Sgt. R. J enkinson, BEM and 2/Lt. Sp Coy.
] . M . H arcus; CS M : WOn A. L. Prince. O C: Capt. ] . M. B. Westing; OC M or PI :

C Coy. Capt. J . K. R oss; OC A/ Tk PI: Lt. R . A. M . Christ-
mas; OC Asa lt Pnr PI : WOII L. D . M oodie; CSM:
OC: M aj. P . Hiscock; 2 1C: Capt. N. P . H arris; WOII R. Hare.
PI. Comds: 2/ Lt. ]. P . S. Mills. C/ Sgt. B. Fox and
Lt. R . M . M cGhie; CSM: WOn W. M artin .

W e congrat ulate the following members of the Battalion whose Gall ant ry Awa rds we re announced recently:
Cpl. C. R . Chinn and Pte. C. ] . Butler-The Military Medal;
WOII J . Butler, Cpls. W . Ca ldwell and C. Newham, L/ Cp ls. P . Elliott and P . Ro y - Mentioned in D is-
patches.

THE TOUR IN NORTHERN IRELAND Summary of Events

>-By the Commanding Officer In the las t edition we concluded wi th events up
to the end of October 197 1. November proved to be
I will always count it a great fortune to have an exceptionally active month with the main emphas is
commanded the 3rd Bn. during its 20-month tour in on capturing men on the wa nted list. The Battalion
Ireland. The battalion left with a high reputation and was successful and our final total of arrests during
everyone who served with it has contributed, in some that month was 11 8. A number of weapons and a
measure, to that reputation . considerable quantity of ammunition were also found.
The now-expected shooting and bombing attacks con-
Most members of the battalion had no experience tinued, but there were no serious casualties, although
o f active service conditions at the time we moved to the damage to the loca l business premises was con-
Ballykinler; now after three tours in Belfast and du ty siderable. At the end of October the residents of the
on the Border and provincial towns, there can hardl y Lower Falls began whitewashing walls in the
be a single officer or soldier who has not had to face area. Their excuse for doi ng this was that they wanted
an Irish mob and press through its missiles to secure to cover up the various slogans which had appeared
arrests . M any soldiers have been under fire for the over the past months, but this appa rent show of good
first time in their lives and without exception they will was on ly another way of aidi ng the IRA ; it now
have stood up well to all the dangers that h ave con- meant that soldiers we re silhouetted when they carried
frorned them; as a result the y have gained immeasur- out foot patrols at night. During November the
ably in self confidence. They know their own reaction number of bomb hoaxes greatl y increased and these
under fire and they know their comrades reaction as had the effect of disrupting the commercial life of the
well ; they know that there is no task that could be City. On 30th November the advance party of I
given them that the y would not carry out well ; they Glosters arri ved to take over from us in Belfast and
are all better soldiers as a result . at 1200 hrs on 8th December, the area, for which we
had been responsible for the past three months, was
It may surprise most readers to lea rn that after ceremoniously handed over to them. The Battalion
such a long exhausting and dangerous tour, many then returned to Ballykinler and R Coy. IRGJ to
soldiers would willingly go back to Ireland tomorrow. Netheravon. Ahead of us lay two weeks of intensive
I think noth ing better illustrates the spirit and author- work in preparation for our move to Tidworth and the
ity which our soldie rs have acquired during those 20
m o n t h s.

32 A thorough and systematic sea rch of the building,
incl uding a large amount of heavy, awkward and
handover to I KOB. As well as preparing for our grea sy scrap, revea led nothing . Not content with this,
depart ure we were also responsible for operations in however, this NCO set his men again to the task.
pa rts of Police Division H . For this commitment the With exa mple and good humour he encouraaged them
various companies ca rried out road blocks, fo ot patrols to undertake an unpleasant and seem ingly hopeless
and ambush es until 19th D ecember, when the Battalion sea rch wh ich was eventually rewa rded with the dis-
became non-operational-the first time for twenty-one covery of fifty rounds of .32 mm ammunition. C pl.
months, apa rt from two short periods of block leave. G reen was still not satisfi ed and instigated a furth er
On 13th D ecember the Advance Party departed on search during which, concealed behind cupboards and
leave and the prepa ration for the handover wa s grow- in other hiding places, the team discovered six weapons
ing apace; Christmas festivities were also taking place and 400 rounds of ammunition.
and there was certainly an air of '(whoopee" through-
out the Battalion. The main body moved back to Eng- On the 13 th April 1971, C pl. Green and his
land on 20th/2 1st and 22nd D ecember, leav ing behind sea rch team were involved with Support Coy. 3
a R ear Party to complete the h andover. For some it QUEENS in a sea rch for illegal arms in the Bally-
was a sad day, but the m ajority were relieved to be maca rrett District of Belfast. The Company had al-
returning to a more natural life. Although our time in ready spent fourteen hours on the streets of Belfast
Northern Ireland was hard on the soldiers- and also before being called upon to search five streets in the
their families- it was certainly an experience which all area.
will remember for a very long time.
Throughout the first ten hours of the sea rch, C pl.
An Introduction to Tidworth Green was prominent in encouraging those about him
to do their utmost, despite wea riness. His good humour
In the historical introduction to the "Tidworth and example were again an inspiration to all, and his
Guide", we are told that work was in hand on the unfailing courtesy to the civilians was largely instru-
eight barracks in Tidworth in 1903 ; that they "have mental in preventing the usual protest demonstration.
changed little from the time they were first occupied
about 1910, and toda y's visitor can still ga in a good The sea rch was twice repeated and each time was
impression of what the camp must have looked like abo rti ve. Encouraged by the news that a revolver had
in its early days" . been discovered in a junk yard by another platoon,
Cpl. Green and his tea m undertook a third search . At
This impression was still correct when the Ad- the close of this, his tea m were themselves ordered to
vance P arty arrived at Lucknow Barracks on 4th search the junk ya rd. Thirty-two hours h ad now
January after three weeks leave. Lucknow is one of elapsed since the troops had left barracks and they
two infantry barracks and is situated at the eastern were now faced with the depressing task of moving
edge of the garrison. Besides a modern Army Edu- several tons of scrap metal which had already been
cation Centre built in recent years on the side of the ca refull y examined . H e refused, however, to allow this
barrack square, the remainder of the buildings have to eff ect his team's ap proach and after another hour's
a Victorian air about them, although they have been search, his determination was rewa rded by the personal
partially modernised internally since 1903. discovery of an arms hoa rd comprising a Sten gun,
a 6.25 M auser pistol and a .300 sport ing rifl e and
H aving moved some illegal military squatters, the
Advance P art y had seven days to draw vehicles and ( Continued on page 33 )
equipment from Colchester and make the barracks as
h abitable as possible before the rema inder of the Bat- CSM Prince being congratulated by Gen. Sir John
talion returned from leave on lOth, 11th and 12th Mogg, the Adjutant General, on the Award of the
J a n u a r y. LS and GC Medal. (S/ Sgt. j . Dawson, RAPC-Bn.
Pay Team-was presented with the medal on the same
Training is now well under way for our new role
(an airportable battalion in the 3rd Division ) in occasion).
preparation for our ((Spearhead" role as well as air- Picture by PR HQ 3 D iv.
mobility trials and other various exercises throughout
the summer. Ceremonially we have commitments at
Mill Hill in April during the state visit of Queen
Juliana, the New Colours Parade at Tidworth in June,
and the laying up of the 1st Bn. The Royal Sussex
Colours at Chichester in September.

In November the Battalion sets off again, this
time for six months in Cyprus as part of the United
Nations Peace Keeping Force. In the meantime it is
good to be home.

Cpl. H. Green, B.E.M.

Congrat ulations to Cpl. "S niffer" Green on the
awa rd of the British Empire M edal in the New Year
Honours List. The following is from the Commanding
Officer's recommendation, which covers a period up

to July 1971 :
"Cpl. Green h as commanded a sea rch team of

3 QUEENS during internal security duties in
Northern Ireland for the past twelve months.

On the 3rd April 197 1 his team were attach ed
to 25 R egt. RE for a ground search operation near
the South-East corner of Lough Neagh . H e was given
the task of searching a large garage and workshop for

illegal weapons.

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( Conti nued from page 32 )

ammunition. This was part of the Compa ny fi nd of
ten illega l wea pons and a quantit y of amm unition and
de tona tors.

C pl. G reen has led his search team on numerous
sea rches during the pas t yea r. D espite their routine
nature- and generally fruitl ess results- he has unde r-
taken each with enthusiasm, careful pl anning and a
thoroughness which is exceptional. His lea dership is
by example; and his perserverance has been instru -
mental in two major arms discoveries."

And th at was not all ; as shown in the accompan y-
ing photograph, C pl. Green 's good wo rk continued
until the Battalion left Belfas t in D ecember.

AN AMMUNITION FIND IN BAGOT STREET.

Cpl. Henry Green, BEM, Assault Pioneer PI. and Pte.
Lew Rising of 9 PI. C. Coy.

Pte. Michael Denny of 9
PI., C Coy. and friend.

ULSTER 1971.

34

(Top left): Alright for some! WOII Leslie Moodie enjoys a smoke outside Bn. HQ in Hastings Street. Cpl.
Robin Milham and L / Cpl. Michael Kane are the other unsung heroes in this picture.

(Lower left): "Shouldn't we get off this corner before someone takes a snap-shot at us?" 2/ Lt. James Ewart
and Sgt. John Paine on their "patch".

(Top right) : Belfast billett. Pte. Anthony Gull of 8 PI. C Coy., at home in Mulhouse.
(Lower right): "I wouldn't go in-you might meet the RSM". An A Coy " mobile" outside Bn. HQ in Hastings

Street. (Left to right): Ptes Graham Mitchell, Glyn Williams and Dennis Brodie.

LINING PARTY
On Wednesday, 12th April, the Battalion is providing a Lining Party at Mill Hill for HM Queen Juliana
of the Netherlands, Allied Colonel-in-Chief, during Her State visit to this Country.

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The 4th Battalion
Alhuhera Company

SINCE the l.ast Journal, we ha ve been taking Also in November we were delighted to assist in
stock, havmg a little rest (block leave during the excellent exhibition, arranged by the Middlesex
office, at Austin Reed's in Regent Street. This pro-
Christmas) and preparing for 1972, a! though fess ional display provided great attraction and we are
readers should not conclude that we have been very grateful to the Middlesex office who are hoping
idle in the recruiting field . to arrange a s imilar show at E aling in the nea r future.

At the beginning of November the ma jority were Our programme of adventure week-ends for
dispe rsed amongst the thirty-five Army Ca reers Offi ces QUEENS Cadets is well under way- so far we have
in our area to work as "Selected Soldiers". This had parties of thirt y from Surrey, K ent and Sussex.
proved a most eff ective method of recruiting, the The "package" includes assa ult course, map read ing,
average being half a recruit per soldier deployed ! The endurance training, initiati ve tests and a visit to the
top score went to Pte. C lark at Crayford who obtained Reg imental Museum at Ca nterbury. Without doubt,
four recruits. these week-ends are a great success; Cadets appreciate
that the regular soldiers of their R egiment are doing
L / C pl. Stacey, Ptes. McGahan, Barker and E spin something to make them feel a wanted part of the
had a fortnight 's grape-picking in the Mosel, Regiment. Our only wish i that we could fit in more
G ermany ; they all did their stuff, ensuring that their of them and thus help more of our many QUEENS
local papers had a good story and picture, together ACF detachments.
with a very short piece of televis ion coverage.
The main recruiting effort has been directed to-
Pte. Barker working in the vineyards on the Mosel. wards our policy of concentrating a party of about
Picture by PR HQ BAOR. seven in one town for three to four days, really work-
ing the area; the best success has been achieved by
Sgt. Mogford at Tunbridge W ells, who passed on to
the Army Ca reers Office eighteen potential QUEENS
rec ruit s.

Readers should not conclude that the regi-
mental recruiting problem has been solved ; when
our figures are compared with others, they can
only be described as insufficient. Nevertheless we
may be poised for improvement and 1972 will
prove the decisive year.

We welcome Sgt. Jones and Pte. O'Donaghue
(from I QUEENS ); C pl. Stone, Ptes. Foster and
Jones (from 2 QUEENS ) ; and from 3 QUEENS,
L / Cpl. Brown, Ptes. H apps, Mulcaste r and Cabuche.
Also WOI Collins (from 5 UDR ), who is assisting
with administration.

And we bid farewell to C pl. Amber and Pte.
C rickmay on posting to 2 QUEENS ; Ptes. Francis,
Andrews, J efford, C rofton, Gellaz, Brown, Featherbee,
Price, Graver, M edhurst, K een, Steadman, Traill,
Dunstan and Stewart, on posting to 3 QUEENS ; also
to Cpl. Leslie, L / Cpls. F earne and Harris, Sgt . Vick
K emp and Pte. Becker, on discharge. We wish them
luck whe rever they are.

Congratulations to Ptes. Askey and Glass on their
promotion to L/ Cpl. and to L/ Cpl. Graham on pro-
motion to Cpl.

W e also congratulate Pte. and Mrs. Wood on the
bi rth of their daughter.

38

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(Lower): Pte. McGahan instructing a group of Kent
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Division co:wenient tim e and was still in exce ll ent form at 4
o'clock th~ next morning .
QUEENSMEN ON THE DEPOT STAFF
On the permanent sta ff, Capt. Peter Broadbe nt
(other than Officers) has joined as 2IC Junior Soldiers Coy. from a watch-
keeping appointment in Singapore. 2/ Lt. Peter Hitch-
WOI Bibby, MBE ( Bandmaster ); WOII Lay cock from I QUEENS , together with Sgt. Jack Rogers
( CSM Jun ior Soldiers Coy.); C/ Sgts. Shepherd and Cpl. Phillip Dobson have joined the Training
( Drum Major ) and Cocking ( ORQMS ) ; Sgts. Scud- Companies; whilst L/ Cpl. P etc Inman ha s joined
der ( Provost ) ; Bartle, Tahnan, Rogers, Cheesman and Sgt. J im Scuddcr's Guard Room staff, Sgt. Bob Bartle
Turner ( Recruit Platoon Sergea nts); Anthony, Ka ye has joined the Training staff from 2 QUEENS and
Lesser and Munday (Junior Soldiers Coy.) Sgt. Trevor C hesmen from 3 QUEENS .

Cp ls. Wickens, Parker, Slade, Pitchforth, Good- Sgt. P ete r Stewart ha s gone to I QUEENS ; his
man, Thorpe, Whittington, Sullivan, J arvis, Howick, comments on our recruits, delivered while cooking on
Waiters, Kennedy and H orner (R ecruit Platoon Cor- a mal-functioning No. I burner in the pouring rain
porals ) ; Hutchinson and Clark (Ammunition Store- on Stanford Training Area, are gems which your
men ); J ones, C ross and Wolohan (Orderl y Room ); present scribe has enjo yed particularly.
Thompson (Junior Soldiers Coy.); Noakes and White
( Drums); Russell (MT ) ; Beddoe (M edical ) ; J enner Training continues a pace with little time for a
and M aynard (A IPT ); Lawson ( Provost ). breather. Recruiting has been quite good with a wel-
come improvement in the standard. R ecruit platoons
L / Cpls. Fitzgerald ( Ammunition Storeman ) ; have been far larger than we are really established to
Hurley ( CO's Driver ); 1-iolmes (Coy. Storeman ); train; and extra cadres for Sergeants going to Brecon,
Inman ( Provost), Foster (Drums); Bishop ( Dispatch Corpora ls for Warminster, recruits from the TA VR,
C lerk). or ex-juniors from O swestry, Shorncliffe, Rh yl or our
own Jun ior Soldiers Company, have put a strain on
Ptes. Dolling, Robinson, Ballard and Trave rshill instructors and the accommodation. Battalions have
( Drivers ) . been asked to provide extra NCOs for limited periods,
and whi le we all appreciate their difficulties, it must
After writing Journal Notes from the Depot at be realized that if we do not have enough good
Bassingbourn for two and a half yea rs, M a j. Warner- instructors, soldiers sent to battalions cannot be as
}ohnson has handed over this t ask to you r new scribe. good as they should be- and as Batta lions expect them
Actually what happened was that our new 2IC decided to be.
not to write them any more and Senior Regimental
Representatives ( a grand title! ) are now writing indi- Since 1st November 110 soldiers have joined The
vid ual notes for each R egimental J ournal. Regiment (41 to I QUEENS; 43 to 2 QUEENS; and
26 to 3 QUEENS). Prize winners were: - ( dates of
Jeremy W-J retired on 1st D ecember 1971. He passing out in brackets )
had been here first as "Project Officer" ( he took
possess ion of the Barracks from the Royal Air Force
in August 1969) and then as 2I C; and apa rt from a
few civil ians-relics from the RAF-Jeremy was the
oldest inhabitant. Gen. D ye said "Farewell" to him at
the Divisional Dinner, and particularly mentioned the
high standa rd of the officers' mess to which J eremy
had devoted so much time. J erem y is settling in C roy-
don and we all wish him, Liz and the children best
wishes for a relaxing retirement.

. From the point of view of R egimental news, the
mam event of note during this period was the
Divisional Dinner, held on 24th November 1971. ( See
photograp hs). Visiting us then we re the Colonel of
the Regiment and General Forrester (the previous
Divisional Commandant ), and COs of I and 2
QUEENS, Lt.-Cols. Tony Pielow and Michael
R eynolds. Capt. P addy P anton, Adjutant 3 QUEENS ,
represented Lt.-Col. Dodson. Maj ors Geoff rey M ason,
commandrng Albuhera Company and Guy Weymouth
from RI-IQ at Canterbury were also present. Lt.-Col.
Alan J ones, now looking after quartering at HQ
U KLF decided to pay us a "staff vis it" at this most

(Top) : 2/Lt. Peter Hitchcock talking with the Colonel
of the Regiment.

( Lower) ( Left to Right) : Lt. Malcolm Lawson, Maj.-__.,
Gen. Michael Forrester, Lt.-Col. Michael Doyle (CO

D epot) and Capt. Paddy Panton.

40 O V Il DIV I S IONA L

Ptes. C harles H arris, Best R ecrui t, to 2 QUEENS COMPANY ( IJ CO Y) A.T
(5 th November 1971); G ary Wea rc, Best shot
G PMG, to 2 QUEENS ( 19th November 197 1); THE J.I.B. S HOilNCLIFFE
J ames S tephens, M ost Improved Recruit at PT, to 3
QUEENS (19th November 197 1); Leroy Campbell, By Maj. R. W. Dennis, RRF.
Best at PT, to 2 QUEENS (5 th D ecember 197 1);
Clive S troud, Best Shot GPMG, to I QU EENS (2 1st With the exception that this term there is no
J anua ry 1972); Michael M cCullock, Best shot SLR, Batta lion camp, all the terms follow the same pattern
to 2 QU EEN S (4th February 1972) and Donald ( some ca ll them 14 weeks of purga tory! ) We always
Rowling, M ost Improved Recruit at PT, to 1 re turn on a Tuesday- shake ourselves about on the
QU EENS ( 4th February 1972). Wednesday, and commence full training on the next
day.
W hen L t. Michael }elf's platoon passed out on
21st D ecember 1971, The Queen's Regiment won all In B Coy. we elect to have our Company week-
the prizes. end on the fi rst week-end. T h is has the adva ntages of
being without our newest recru its, o f getting it over
Pte. Peter Wilde was Best Recruit (3 QU EENS ) ; with anyhow, and of bringing Permanent Staff and
Pte. M ark Pitchers was Best Shot on the SLR ( 2 Jun iors back to the rea lities of soldiering in the quick-
QUEENS ); Pte. J ames Bishenden was Best at PT (2 est poss ible time.
QUEENS ) and Pte. Gary Edmondson was M ost
Improved Recruit at PT ( to I QU EEN S ). In J anua ry we went to L ydd, where we managed
to start some training for the Inter Company
At each P assing Out P arade we normall y have C hampionsh ip and get in some shooting. We also dis-
a visiting Inspecting Offi cer. W e were delighted to see covered that in spite of, and in addition to the lavish
Col. T . A. Buchanan, DSO, OBE, M C, ERD, TD, and well cooked rations, 120 Juniors can, in 4 8 hours,
DL, on 7th January . Col. Buchanan is a rea l consume chocolate, M ars Bars, M altesers, etc., etc., to
" Divisiona l Offi cer" having commanded the 5th Bn . a value of £ 175 ! There must be a moral in this some-
The Northamptonshire Regt.; the 1st Bn. The Royal w h ere.
Fusiliers; and the 2nd and 6th Ens. The E ast Surrey
Regt. It was particularly appropriate for him to take The Compa ny did not do very well in the Inter
this parade at the Divisional D epot. On 2 1st J anuary Company C hampionship last term . F or the first time
we welcomed Col. T oby Sewell as Inspecting Officer. ever, we came bottom-well, someone has to be there.
H owever, there is a feeling that we might do better
The D epot is playing host for the G lorious F irst this term? There was some excellent Rugby played.
of June celebrations this year, (2nd and 3rd of J une).
We look forward to seeing many Queens cricketers- The Ba ttalion Box ing team, h aving vi rtuall y
and other Queensmen-here then. slaughtered the Jun ior Leaders Regiment, Royal E n-
g ineers, went on to visit the Junior G uardsmen at
OCLEE Pirbright and lost by a single po int, in a most ex-
citing contest.
to t he Ke nt County
Regiments for over W e had a visit from M aj. Tiny Ada ms, Recru it-
fift y years. in Officer for T he Roya l Regi men t of Fusi liers, and
M a j.-Gen. W. N. R . Scatter, OBE, M C, C hief of
35 SANDGATE ROAD, Staff , Southern Command.
FOLKESTONE
C hristmas brought the round of parties but we
Telephone 52654 managed to survive. The (WOs'/ Sgts') M ess draw was
still going at 0 500 hours on the morning the Ju niors
de parted-which created a bit of strain!

This term we have a change in command. Lt. -Col.
B. H . M arciandi, Queens, leaves after 2! years, and
his replacement is Lt.-Col. R . M . K oe, Light Infa ntry.
The RSM, WO! J. S tokes, RRF, hands over to W O I
L amb, BEM, also RRF. O ther changes concerning
Queens Regimental personnel are:

D epart ures: Sgt. F . Creane to I QUEENS and
Sgt. D . Ambrose to 2 QUEENS.

Arriva ls: A/ C QMS N. Bullen from 2 QU EENS.

The present strength is 150 Juniors and 25 are
expected in the N ew Intake. The P assing Out Parade
is on the 8th April when a fu rther 24 J uniors are ex-
pected to qualify for adult service at a parade to be
taken by the Director of Infantry.

Between now and then there are a few hurdles!
Our Fitness for R ole Inspection ; ten ma jor com-
petitions of a sporting and military nature; six church
parades and Internal Security D ay; camps at Penhale,
N. W ales and S tam ford and a whole host of training
activities and educa tion tests ! Schooldays may not
always be the happ iest days but they are certainly the
busiest.

Our next notes will, we hope, contain a list of
our successes !

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The 5th (Volunteer)
Battalion

CO: Lt.-Col. P . D . Johnson ; 2I C: M aj. M . A. companies worked on but there were no major events
G . Roberts, TD ; Trg. M a j: M a j. ] . M . H ewson, M C; to report, except, my dea rs- ! must tell you I went
Adj : Ca pt. C. H. St. John Perry; QM : M a j. ( QM ) off on a long weekend to T un is.
F . B. Oram ; Padre: Rev. R. C. L. Pilgrim, TD,
TAChD; UPM: Capt. D . G . H oughton, RAPC; H ow superb it was to be amongst those da rk
RSO: Capt. A. ]. Bingham; MTO : Lt. (QM) R. P. Western O riental Gentlemen again. The camels, the
White; RSM : WOI R. J . Robinson; RQMS: WOn mosq ues, the smells all the same as ever-only one
]. B. Cavanagh ; ORS : Sgt. A. St. J . Whebby. change: not a soldie r in sight. O h how I would have
liked the sight of a few pai rs of K D sho rts but no
T HE season of bounty night parties, Christmas such luck; all the brown knees I saw were issued that
parties and other social events has passed
way !
and readers will see details of these in most Back home exciting events lie before us and I will
Company notes.
describe some of them next time.
The period has not been one fo r centralised Bn. U ntil then, good-night, dea r dia ry.
events and therefore no general ed itorial comment is Genb ird.
ca lled for on this occasion-having said th at, two
points do ca ll for special mention : W armest congratu- P .S. I was going to incl ude a poem but onl y managed
lations to D Coy. for their excellent eff ort in the this verse:
L ord M ayor 's show and secondly to Ca pt. Geo ff.
Wright and his team for their performance in the T hey tell me the QM ANON.
Reserve Army Driving C hampionshi ps. At last h as one of them
For going with h is Battalion
F or the future we prepare with great enthusiasm T o Belfast ....
for the Colour Presentat ion in June and for several
other events which will precede our camp nea r Tid- L ast.
worth at the end of that month .
A COMPANY
GENBIRD'S DIARY
Nove mb er OC: M a j. F . B. H erd, TD ; 2I C: Capt. G . H .
Wright; PI. Comds: Lts. E . R . H olmes, S. ]. D afforn
After the ball was over- all was a little quiet! and 2/Lt. D . S. Mitchell ; C SM : WOn F . Burrows;
However by mid November most of the offi cers had CQM S: C/ Sgt. G . F airfax; P S i s: WOn H . C ha ff er,
surfaced and, my dears, were being chased by their MM, C / Sgt. D. Sharp and Sgt. D . T onks.
clerks armed with Bounty Forms. Some of them got
away. Ca pt. Anthony- dea r man- was all about with During October the emphasis of t raining was
his Turkeys heralding the onset of the Christmas placed on live fi ring and while the Officers and Sgts .
season . They do tell me that Mike H arding, when were furthering their military knowledge at F olkestone,
handing over to Paul in C Coy., actually told h im our P S i s with Lt. D aff orn at the helm had a weekend
how to stuff one. Mike's show will be at 6.20 p.m. on in the rain at "Stoney Castle". On the same weekend
M ondays BB C 1 starting in the Spring. our Coy MT G ladiators, Lt. G eoff. Wright and C fn.
B. Thomson were taking part in the W estern Com-
The E vening Standard quite took me by surprise: mand Driving C hampionshi ps, winning the Infantry
they referred to the Volunteers as the "odd men out Cup once again .
in their generation". How queer!
On Saturday 23 rd November our new Clubroom
December was opened by Lt.-Col. Nigel R yle, Secretary South
Beer and Whisky fl ow-money arrives in Bounti- E ast T AVR Association. Some 90 members, their
wives and girl-friends attended. The preparations
ful packets and all around the parties are given. In started in J anuary and our thanks go to C / Sgt. F ai r-
one Company the Trai ning Offi cer was, I noticed, fax, Cpl. Browning and P te. G ayler for all th eir h ard
delighted by the stripper; an old friend of the Adju- work ; the latter's artistic talents sh ould be pa rticul arl y
tant I wonder? P . G ee was present too--gloves in hand mentioned.
he looked almost a volunteer : if only he were not so
good looking! On 6th November our second O ffice rs and Sgts.
Dinner night took place at Guildford . The evening,
D Coy. had the honour of the Colonel's presence organised by CSM Chaff er, was a great success and
this yea r and from all accounts things went with a the ladies h ave demanded more but we were sad to
swing- a swing rather along the lines of the Black say fa rewell to our 21C, Adr ian Birtles and Lt. P at
and White Minstrel show I hear. R ya n our PI. Comd. at H ounslow. W e welcome G eo ff .
Wright as the new 2IC and hope that the ap point-
So we split up for Christmas- right up . ment won 't interfere with his Rallyin g.
P .S . Is it true A Coy. are to raffle CSM C haff er next
yea r? November 27th, our last weekend in 1971, was
spent fi ring all the 'funnies' and P te. W ilmowski of
January the Kingston PI., surprised us all with h is h andling
A hard month they do say-how super! In fact of the Stirling.

it was rather a quiet time in most directions-the The Company D ance on the 4th D ecember was
attended by about 250 and was enj oyed by all. The

42 C. Coy. Rally (left to right): L / C pl. Peters, Pte.
Butchers and L/ Cpl. Dolby.
Draw a week la ter was deemed to have been a C haffer P icture by T. W . Potter.
Benefit and CS M Burrow won an enormous T eddy
Bear. (The Colour Presentation squad hope this won' t pany MT Rall y; both were perfectly organised and
a ff ect his performance on the drill squa re! ) the winners of the rally were-not the professionals-
but L/ C pls. Peters, D olby and Butchers.
Cpl. Browning was the winner of our rec ruiting
prize and went for his long weekend to M a jorca in I n recruit ing, we have done quite well up till
F ebruary; it is hoped to have an account of his holiday now. The winner of the Coy. Recruiting Competition
in the next issue. was L / Cp l. Fred D olby ( he brought in fi ve recruits )
and his prize was a very pleasant weekend in M ajorca
In J anuary we returned to the pastures of Alder- which he and his wife thoroughly enj oyed during the
shot and C rookham, well known to us all, to contin ue weekend of 14th- 17th J anuary. It is hoped that a
the good wo rk. similar compet ition will be organised du ring the com-
ing months.
B COMPANY
OC: M a j. G . Dineley, TD; 2I C: Capt. B. P . O ur new training year has started with everyone
Holt ; PI. Comds: Lts. P . ]. M ount, C. A. S. Bates going back to bas ic drills and tactics and also an eff ort
and M . K. Cook, 2/ Lt. C. M . Bellingham ; C SM: to make ourselves fitter by some indoor sports.
WOn D . Mirams; CQMS : C/ Sgt. K . Cranney; "Brown's blaster" is a great mea ns of clea ring the
PSis: WOn ]. Leiper and Sgt. G. M ajor. opposition at 5-a-side football, but "Ba rrell 's bender "
The year ended with an O fficers and Senior scores with the subtle touch. T he pace will start to
NCO s weekend at W estwood. It was attended by hot up from now until camp and we are determ ined
members of the K ent County Constabulary and train- to make the other Bn . contingents t ry to get them-
ing took the form of an IS operation in Cordon and selves up to our standard of drill!!
S ea rch.
Bount y Night was held this year at the Dixie- (O ther Coys.,-not to worr y too much .- S ub. -
land Showbar, R amsgate, supported by all the Com- Ed.)
pany, Lt.-Col. Johnson (as principal guest ) together
with WOn Bill Warren and Eileen W arren, who re- D COMPANY
ceived a presentation for thei r past services to the OC: M a j. M . L. Mu irhead; 2 IC: Capt . R . E.
C o m p a n y. Lowans; PI. Comds: Ca pt. R . ]. Claydo n, L ts. R . H .
Since WOn W arren 's departure, WOn Mira ms C rosher, T. C. R . Hutton and P . M oseling; CSM:
has assisted as T emporary PSI. In D ecember we wel- WO n D . H arwood; CQMS : C/ Sgt. R . Bird; PSis:
comed WOII Jim Leiper from the 2nd Bn. W O n P . M cFadyen and Sgt. R . Pen fold.
After m any " tenders", the Solley Brothers re- H aving got used to the feel of a parade ground
decorated the Sgts. M ess in J anuary, adding colour underfoot ( the parade for the L ord M ayo r's Show in
and light to drinking (when we have time for such L ondon ) and to getting home clean and dry at the end
things !) of the day, the idea of a wet weekend at Colchester
In January we sa id farewell to Lt. P eter M ount created something less than wild enthusiasm. The net
who is leaving the area and welcomed Lt. Mike Cook result was a shortage of competitors in the inter-section
from the L ancastrian Volunteers. competi tion. N evertheless L/ Cpl. H unt is to be con-
W e congratulate Sgt. M organ, RAMC, on passing gratul ated on leading the winning section, and our
his exam for State Registered Nurses. th anks go to A Coy., 6 QU EENS for providing a
As we write, Capt. Brian Brian H olt is on a very pat ient enemy.
Company Commanders course at W arminster where Following last yea r's success, we held a Dinner
we trust the weather is not too cold, but just enough and D ance just before C hristmas, but were a bit un-
to keep him moving.

C COMPANY
O C: M a j. P . G . H arrington ; 2I C: Capt. P .
Anthony; C oy. Offr : Capt. M . R . L. H arding; PI.
Comds: Lt. C. S . R yan and 2/ Lt. N. C. W alker;
C SM : WOn D . M arriott ; C QMS : C/Sgt. A. C rut-
tenden ; PSis : WOII ]. Barrell and Sgt . E. Brown .
Since camp, the outstanding event in the Com-
pany h as been Bounty Night. Rumours abound that
bureaucracy is determined to kill similar nights in
order to keep its Giro computer working. W e are all
to be paid individually on our anni versary date rather
than together. A glance at the Drill H all on the 4th
D ecember last would h ave convinced even a civi l
servant of the value of the annual ' Do' wh en our
indomitable pair, S cabby and F ester, 'dragged' their
way through several highly entertai ning acts. Thei r
subtlety, wit and originality almost eclipsed our other
ent ert a in er.
D ecember was a qu iet month except for two
widely differing events run by C pl. Wood. One was
the Children's Christmas treat which was a visit to th e
P antom ime in E astbourne, and th e other was a Corn-