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The Journal of
THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT
Vol. 5, No. 3 UNCONQUERED I SERVE September, 1971
Battle Honours to be borne on The Colours
1'he R egimental Colour :
''Tangier, 1662-80," ''Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704-5," "Blenheim," "RamiUies," '-Malplaquet." "Det..
tlngen," "Loulsburg," "Guadaloupe, 1759," 41Quebec, 1759," "Martinlque, 1762," "St. Lucla, 1778,"
useringapatam," "Malda," 11Vlmiera," "Corunna," "Douro,'' "Talavera," ''Albuhera," "Al.Inaraz,"
44Badajoz," ''Salamanca/' "Vlttoria," "Afghanistan, 1839," "Punniar," '"Moodl<ee," "Sobraon," "Inkennan,"
usevastopol," ''Lucknow," "Taku Forts," "New Zealand," usoutb Africa., 1879," "Nile, 1884-85," "Burma,
1885-8'7," 11Chitral," "Relief of Ladysmith/' "Relief of Kimbe rley," usoutb Airlca,. 1899-1902,'' " J{orea 1950-51.'"
The Qneen's Colour:
uuons," 44Marne, 1914-18," UAlsne, 1914.," "Ypres, 1914.-15-17-18," "Hlll 60," 4•Festubert, 1915," "Somme.
1916, 18," 44Albert, 1916, 18," 44Vimy, 1917," "Cambrai, 1917, 18," 441llndenburg Line," 4"'taly, 1917-18," "1\lace-
donla, 1915-18," 44Galllpoll, 1915," 44 Gaza," 44Jerusalem," "Palestine, 1917-18," ''Defence of Kut al Amara,"
uMesopotamla, 1915-18," "N.W. Frontie r India, 1915, 1916-17," "Dunkirk, 1940," '"Normandy Landing," '4No rth
West Europe, 1940, 44-45," 44Abysslnia, 1941," 440mars," "Alam el Halfa," uEl Alamein," L44 ongstop Hill,
1943," "North Africa, 1940-43," "Sicily, 1943," "Sangro," usalerno," A44 nzio," "Cassino," 44ltaly, 1943-45,"
"Malta, 1940-42," 11Malaya. 1941-42," 14Hong Kong," "De fe nce of J{ohima,'' "llunna, 1943-45.''
ALLIED COLONELS-IN-CHIEF
}lis Majesty King Frederil< IX, King of Denmark, K .G., G.C.B., G.C.V.O.
Her Majesty Queen Jullana, Queen of the Netherlands
COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT
LleuteiUioilt-General Sir Richard Craddock, K.B.E., C.R., D .S.O.
DEPUTY COLONELS
Major-General F . A. H . Lmg, C.B., C.B.E., D .S.O., Brigadier R. E . Loder, C.B.E.
D .L . (Surrey) (Susse x)
Major-Ge neral C. H . Tarver, C.B., C.B.E. , D .S.O., D .L. Colonel A. S . J. de S. Clayton, D .L .
!Kent) (l\1lddlesex)
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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS
Howe Barracks, Canterbury, K e nt. Telephone: Canterbury 65281.
Regimental Secretary : Major G. U . Weymouth, M.B.E.
R egimental Association Secretary: Lt.-Col. F. W. Hann, O.B.E.
COUNTY OFFICES
Queen's Surreys Office: M a j. F. J . Reed and Maj . P . G. E. Hill (T el. : Kingston 6248)
Queen's Own Bufls Office: C ol. H . R. Grace, O.B .E, D .L ., J.P., a nd Maj . G. T . F a ulkner
(T e l. : Can terb ury 65281 , ext. 4)
Royal Sussex Office:
Middle""" Office: Lt.-Col. E . G . Hollist (T el.: Chichester 86311, ext . 28)
Col. F . Walden, M .B.E., D .L . (Tel.: Edgware 2625)
1st Battalion REGULAR UNITS
2nd Battalion
-Montgome ry Barrack s, B e rlin, B.F.P.O. 45.
(Rear) -B.F .P.O. 801 (N. lr,.Jand) .
-Albuhe ra Barrac k s, W e rl, B .F.P.O. 106.
3rd Battalion - Aberco rn Barrack s, Ballyh:inle r, N. Irela nd.
4th Battalion The Queen's -Rls borough Barracks, Shomcliffe, K e nt.
R egt., Albuhera Coy.
DEPOT THE QUEEN'S DIVISION
Commanding Officer : Lt .-Col. M . J . Doyle, Qu een s.
T & AVR BATTALIONS
5th (Volunteer) Bn.-Leros T. & A .V.R. Centre, Sturry Road, Cante rbur y, K e nt.
( Hon. Col. : Th e Rt . Hon. Sir Rob ert M en zi es, K .T., C.H ., Q.C.}
6th (Volunteer) Bn.-Brander House , Hroomhill Road, Wandsworth, S .W .18.
(Hon. C ol.: Col. D. A . H . Sime, O.B.E., M. C., T .D .,
7th (Volunteer) Bn.-T. & A.V.R. Centre, D e nne Road, Hors ham, S u ssex
( Hon. Co l . : Brig. A. C. Tyl er , C.B.E ., M .C., D.L.}
AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE CADET FORCE
C.C. F . Sc hool C onNng ent s
Ardlngly College; Brighton College; Collyers School (Horsham); Cranbrool< School; Cranlelgh School;
Dover College; Eastbourne College; Farnham G•·ammar; Haberdashers' Aske's School; Hampton
Grammar School; IDghgate School; Hurstpierpolnt College; John Lyon School; The Judd School; Klng's
School, Canterbury; Klngston Grammar School; Mill Hill School; Ottershaw School; Reeds School;
Relgate Grammar School; Royal Grammar School (Guildford); Sir Roger Manwood's School (Sandwich);
St. Edmund's School (Canterbury); St. John's School (Leatherhead); St. Lawrence College (Ramsgate) :
The Skinners School (Tunbrldge Wells); Tonbridge School ; Whltglft School ; Wllllam Ellls School ;
Wllsons Grammar School.
A .C.F. Units/ Sub-Uni t s Cad et Coy. No . 25
Grealter London : Cadet Coys.
Nos. 194 ( Houns low) , 195 (Staines), 205 (Willesd en ), 211 (Edg-
N.E. London Sector Cadet Coys. ware), 225 ( Totten h am), 226 ( Hornsey).
N.W. London Sector Cadet Bns.
Nos. 141, 143. 144, 146, 147, 151 to 156, 161 to 166.
S.W. London Sector Cadet Bns . 1st 2nd a nd 5th Cadet E n s., The Queen 's R egiment (Surrey
Cad et Coys. A .C. F .).
Surrey: Cadet Pis. 1st 2nd and 3rd Cade t Ens ., Th e Qu een 's R egi m en t (Kent A .C.F.l.
K e nt : No. 6 (Craw ley) and Maytleld College.
Sussex: Nos. 2 (Seaford a nd N ewh aven ), 3 (H astings), 4 (Lewes), 7
(Chich ester), 8 (C rowborough) , 10 (Eastbourne) , 11 (H orsham), 13
(S h oreham), t4 (Bexhill) , 15 (Brighton ), 17 (Bognor ) , 18 (Li ttle-
hampton ).
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ALLIANCES
CANADA (to be confirmed)
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (R.C.A.C.) .
The South Alberta Light Horse.
50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers) (R.C.A.),
3rd (Mmtia) Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
The Hastings and Prince Edwarcl Regiment.
The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carieton 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
~nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Mariboro u gh and West Coast) The Royal New Zealand InfantD'
R egiment.
5th Battalion (Wellington West Coast and Taranai<i) The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
PAKISTAN
12th, Uth, 15th and 17th Battalions, Th e Punjab Regiment.
SffiRRA LEONE
The Royal Sierra L eone Military Force.
Z~IBIA (to be confirmed)
The Zambia Regiment.
HONG KONG
The Royal Hong Kong R egiment (The Volunteers).
Corrections (b ) for ''obsolete" (firs t paragraph ) reacl "abso-
lu t e ".
(to June 1971 numbe r)
New Zeland
The Warminste r Branch of the R egime ntal On page 53 (fou r t h paragraph und er this
Association
On p age 48 (u ncle r "Th e C h a irma n 's A nn ual h eading ) fo r "1966" r ead "1866".
R e port' ') plea se: Aeknttwledr,:enten•s
(a) d e le t e "8 p.m." a nd s ubstitute "7.30 p .m.".
(b) d elete "Old Bell H otel" a nd substitute The Editor acknowledges with thanks, receipt
of the followin g Journa ls:
"Imbe r Club, School of Infantry".
(c) note that WOII Elston (Secretary) h as L egion (May, Jun e and Jul y '71 )
The Fusilier (June '71)
moved to "The Spread Eagle, Guildford .
C::::urr ey" .
Th e Royal Danish Life Guards
On p age 52, unde r the h ead ing:
(a) for "Liugarde" r ead " Livgard e"
4 29 M eeting o f th e Office r s' Cl ub Managing Com-
rnittee, London.
Forecast of Events-1971
Novembe r
Oc tob e r
12 Offi ce rs' Clu b Cocktail Party, House of' Com-
1 Queen 's Surreys Officers' Club - Annua l rnons.
Dinner .
2!7th Bn ., The Middlesex R egt. (1939-45 ) 12 Quee n's Ow n Buffs Lun c h eon .
Dinner, Victory (Ser vices) C lub, Seymour 12 Royal Sussex R egim e nta l A ssociation Re-
Street, London , W .2.
m embrance Day Ceremony, W estminster
2 Qu ee n 's Surreys WO s' a nd S gts' A ssoc ia tion Abbey.
Ladi es' Dinn e r and Dance, Kings ton . 13 Middl esex R egim e ntal Association Ceremon y.
a t t h e Field of Remembrance, W estminster
8 Middlesex R egimenta l Association Ceremony Ab bey.
at the Field of R em embra nce, W estminster 14 Quee n 's Surreys Association R em e mbrance
Abbey. D ay P arades, Kingston and Guildford.
14 Middlesex Regim enta l A ssociatio n R em e m -
9/ 23 6 ' 7t h Quee n s (V) Annual Camp, St. branc e Day Serv ice, In g lis Barracks , Mi ll
Martin's Pla in. Hill , N .W .7.
23 9th ,Meetin g of t h e Regim e n tal Committee
15 Queen's Sul' r eys A ssoc iatio n Annual R e union , Lo n don.
K ingston. 26 Royal Sussex R egim e nta l A ssoc iation- B a ttle
of Pinwe R eunion Dinner, L ondon.
16 6 th Bn ., Qu ee n's O w n Annua l R eu nion and
Dinner . Bromley United Services Club.
16 Annual Reunion Lun c h, 11 t h Bn ., The Queen's
Own (Corfe's Irregu lars) at t h e Rive r Room,
National Lib e ral C lub White h a ll P lace, L on-
don, S.W.l.
Mainly About People Th e foll ow in g officers, in a lpha b etica l ord e r,
have been r ecommended for staff training (A.O.
Col. C. F. Stallard, RC, DSO, MC, ED 32/ 1971 of 25 May '71 r e f e r s) :
In our last issu e, we m e ntion e d that Col.
Capts. I. G. BaiUie, P. M . P . Broadbe nt, B .
Stallard was to c elebrate his 100th birthday o n D . S . B u rton, B. A. Car ls ton, M. R . I. Constan t inP,
4th June a nd th at the Colonel of th e R egiment D. R . Cla r ke, P . P . B. Critchley, A. C. Dawson,
h ad sent him a m essage of greeting.* R . H. Grah am, C. M . M . Grove•, P. A. Gwilliam,
N. D. J. Ha.rris , P. J. H u b ert• , Lt, N. S . Hu n t e r ,
It is sad to relate that t hi s old W arrior d ied Capt. A. F . S. L in g, Lt, A . C. Lowrie, Capts. C. P.
on 13th June just nine days afte r reaching his B . }{ee b le, R . T. W . lUellotte, M . B. Montgome rv.
"cen tu ry". One hopes that the wa rmth of affec- R. P. M u rph y, D. I<. Mum ford• , P. V . Pan ton , R.
tion which attended the cer emony on his 100th G. Pars on s, C. H. St. John Perry, D. M . Tuck e r,
birthday - we understand the military side of S. C. T h orpe , F . W. L eMaitre, A. E. Thompso n ,
this included . appropriately, 100 pipers - s us- B. H. Woodbridge. S. R. Yntes.
tained him in h appiness during his last days.
Note: Officer s whose n ames are mark ed w ith
•The following acknowledgement dated 22nd an asteris k h ave p r eviou s ly qualifi ed in th e Staff/
June, was r eceived by the Colon el of the R egi- Promotion E xam ina tion .
ment:-
In a le tter r ece ive d on 7th Julv from ~[aj. A.
"Th e friend s of the late Colon el C h arles Sta l- E. (Bob ) Sivers, MBE, MM, form erly Queen 's
lard who assisted h im with hi s 100th Birthday Own, w e h ear that h e h as moved house to: 4 Clos
P artv celeb rations would like to thank you for Coll ette Nicoll e. G r een L a n es, St. P eter Port ,
the Birthday good w ishes r eceived by him p er- Guernsev; t h a t Bob a nd his wife a r e both well
sonally before his death. a nd tha t h e boue:ht his n ew house from G. R .
Colegrove. now 81 , w ho served with 4 Buffs in
H e h ad a lready indicated that it was his w ish 1CI14 an d w h o r e m emb e r s hi s old Comm P~ ndin g
that your m essage would be acknowledged by Office r of those days, Lt.-Col. H. L. C r e m e r , MBE.
him personally, but unfortunately h e was unable DL. JP.
to do so."
The followin g officers h ave b een provisiona lly
(An article a nd photograph, kindly s uppli ed selected for substa n tive promotion to Colonel in
by Capt. D . F . Hackforth- form e rl y R .W .K .- 1972 :
appears on page 48) .
Lt.-Col. D. E. B lum , OBE; Lt.-Col. J. S.
Th e fol1owin g offic e r s h ave b ee n provis ion a ll v F letch e r, OBE.
selected for promotion to the substantive rank
of Li eute n a nt-Colon el in th e promotion year 1972 : (L t.-Co l. Fl etche r was a ppointed A ssis t a nt Army
In s tructor (GS01 ) at th e Royal Coll eg e of D e-
Majs. J. R . Steph enson and M . P. St. F .
Dracopoli. defence Studies on 19th August) .
Th e foll ow ing office r s h avin g qualifi ed for The following officers qualified for promotion
entry to th e first Grade Staff pool, are awarded to Major in the written examination h eld in
t h e symbol "s.q." against their n a m es in mi1ita ry Nov./D ec. 1970:
r eco rd s:
Ca.pts. P . V. Pa.nton. W . N. Wren a n d
Majs. M . E. Girling, J . M. H ew son, M C a nd ~r. F . D ea k in ( no w Army Air Corps).
J . R. Steph enson .
~laj . G . W . D u ffi e ld h as move d from Sh o rn -
c l iffe to T orquav a nd his a ddress is now: c/ o 48
M e ndi p Road , Liverm eacl , Torquay, TQ2 6UQ.
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Editor: c 0 nt e nt s
Major G. U . Weymouth,
M.B .E . (fiet"d . )
R egime 11tal H eadquarters,
Howe Barracl<s,
Cnn trrbury, Kent.
Cap Badge
Collar Badge Forecast of Events Page
Button Editorial
The 1st Battalion 4
The 2nd Battalion 6
The 3rd Battalion 7
The 4th Bn. Albuhera Coy. 15
Depot, The Queen's Division 23
The 5th (Volunteer ) Battalion 33
The 6th (Volunteer) Battalion 35
The 7th (Volunteer) Battalion 37
The Regimental Christmas Card 42
Queen's Quiz No. 3 44
The London Gazette 47
Births, Marriages & Deaths 50
Obituaries 51
Around the Counties 52
Journal Order Form 53
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Printers : COVER PICTURE
Kent County Printers T he Band a nd Corps of Drums of the 2nd Bn.
Canterbury and Herne Bay during the Ceremony of Beating R etreat at
C ampbell Barracks, Heidelburg, in celebra.tion of
Kent
•the birthda~· of Her ~lajesty, Th e Queen.
Picture by USA REUR Lab.
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EDITORIAL
Although Upper Clyde, Mintoff and the American dollar have a ll hit the
headlines of late, the tragic state of affairs in Ulster continues to cause
the greatest concern to most of us at home. Regimentally, this is particularly
so, with two of our Regular battalions fully engaged in the struggle to bring
order and sanity to a confused people. (One soldier aptly summed up th e situa-
tion when he said "There's too much Religion here and not enough
Christianity." )
Men of the 2nd Bn. flew to Belfast from BAOR on 9th August and a r e
back on the streets they knew so well less than a year ago. 3 QUEENS, now
thoroughly seasoned in the art, is, no doubt, g lad to welcome them. The 2nd
hope to return to Werl after only a short stay ("up to four months", was the
period stated) , but when this will be is a nyone's guess as we go to press. The
1st Bn. is due to leave Berlin for Bulford in July next year where it will come
under Command 5 Airportable Bde.
When the 3rd Bn. returns from Northern Ireland in J anua ry it is to be
stationed at Tidworth (also as part of 5 Airportable Bde.), and in November
that year, it is to carry out a six months unacco mpanied tour with the United
Nations Force in Cyprus.
Thanks to the strenuous efforts of 4 QUEENS Company, and perhaps
other factors, the recruiting position is improving; our three T & AVR battalions
also report good progress in this sphere. All this is heartening news for the Regi-
ment and particularly for a ll those who have laboured so hard to bring it about.
The Editor is most grateful to all contributors for getting their copy to
him well on time, thus ena bling him to keep to his plan for a few days leave.
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The l st Battalion
Bn. HQ. Quebec Co,v.
CO: Lt.-Col. B. A. M. Pi elow; 2IC: Maj. D . P . OC: Maj. H . M. du V. Loh a n ; CSM : WOn
C ronin ; Adjt.: Capt. R. T. W . Mellotte; IO : Capt. Pearson; CQMS : C/ Sgt. Donnelly; Mortar PI:
M. J . Jarratt ; Ops and Trg Offr : Capt. S. J . Yate s ; Capt. S. M. Dowse; ATk P I: Lt. J. C. Acworth ;
RSM: WOI A . S . Rickwood; ORQMS: WOIT M. Aslt Pnr PI: WOII Whittl e.
J . Flynn ; OR C: Sg t . C. P. Bowes-Crick.
Sevastopol Coy.
Tangier Coy. OC: Capt. R. H . G ra ham; CSM: WOn Allan;
QC: Maj. J . D. W . R eid ; CSM: WOn Prior;
CQMS : C/ Sgt. R eynolds; RSO : Lt. R. N.
CQMS : C / Sgt. W ate r s; PI Comd s: 2/ Lts. P . R. Colbourne; RMO : Capt. C. N. O'N Digges, RAMC;
Hitc h cock a nd A . A . A . B eattie; Coy C lerk: L / Cp l. OC R ecce PI : Capt. D . M. Tucker; Ba ndmaster:
Pile. WOI Crichton ; SSI APTC D ent ; Drum Major:
S / Sgt. Malon ey; Pro Sgt: Sgt. Burford.
Holland Coy.
OC: Capt. P. F . P ackham ; CSM: WOn Albuhe ra Coy.
OC: Ma j . P . D . J . Clarke; 2IC: Capt. D . M.
Quinn ; CQMS: C/ Sgt. Ebben s; PI Comds: Lt. R.
P . Swanson a nd Sg t. Wisden. F a lcke; QM : Capt. R. E . B. Morris; QM (T ech ):
Capt. L . M. Wilson ; MTO: Lt. K . Yonwin ; Pmr:
JUrke's (Sobraon) Coy. Capt. A . Martin, MBE, RAPC; Families' Offr : Lt.
OC: Maj . J. B. S. Pollard , OC (des) Capt. B.
s. w . Billett ; RQMS : won Rippon ; CSM: won
A. Carls ton ; 2IC: Capt. M. F . Howard; CSM :
won B lackwell ; C QMS : C/ Sgt. Dicl< en s; PI Briggs; CQMS : C/ Sgt. Pearson; Chi ef C lerk
Comds : Lt. A . C. Mievill e a nd 2/ Lt. N. W . RAPC : S/ Sgt. Mays, RAPC; SQMS ACC : SQMS
Allington . Turne r, ACC; Armoure r : S/ Sgt. Wall, REME.
Ed itoria l The Queen's Birthday parade was h eld on
the Maife ld n ext to the O lympic Sta dium . It is
AT long last summer has arrived ; the air mode ll ed on the "Troopi n g" but we ha ve to sub-
stitute a motorised drive past for the Cavalry,
is hot, sprinklers try to keep the grass a nd include a F eu de Joi e for good m easure. B y
green and everyone looks forward to swim- way of a finale, h elicopters of 7th A viation Flig h t
ming. blotted out t he withdrawing columns with clouds
of r ed , b lue a nd yellow s moke.
Taking-up the sto.ry from the last edition
brings us to celebrating Albuhera Day. You The n on to t h e B erlin Swimming Champion-
may rest assured it was well and tru ly cele- ships: we came second in the swimming but won
brated but you all know the form, so we'll the Water Polo. W e also played cricket, but so
skip to the next item. far it h as only had a sh ort innings.
The day before Albuhera Day was "Allied N ext s top w as Haltern, for three week's
Forces Parade D ay" in Be rlin . W e enjoyed the camping t rai ning. Kirke's Coy. had lodgers from
privilege of leading the British Marching Con- th e 5th (V) Bn. Bar profits exceed ed a ll Kirke's
tin gent. Th e w hol e thing is a joint-se rvi ce, tri- expecta tions and the Voluntee rs were welcome.
partite pi ece of s howing The Flag(s) in B e rlin . Th ey were, of course. very we lcom e anyway. lt
W e h ad a short h ot spell a nd m emories go back did us all a power of good to see civilians who
to hours of forming-up, sw eeten ed by the Church a re not only interested in The R egiment, but
House tea-vans, and hours of falling-out-cham- who are prepared to com e out and join us on
pag ne corks and beer-caps were followed by a tra ining. It was good to have the Volunteers
barrage of bottl es into t h e Landw ehr Canal, JUSt a round- yes; those of you who read it : a ll you
opposite the B e rlin Hilton, as w e waited for per- lot ! The 2nd Bn. looked after many of us during
miss ion to disperse. In f act we be li eve we w e re the weekends- the pa rti es were fabulous. Many
s m a r t a nd led th e parade in g ood Queen 's s t y le. thanks, 2nd Bn. In the last week, the w eather
changed for the better a nd we enjoyed a heat-
Th en cam e th e Glorious First of Jun e. Thi s \Vave. Th e fin a l Battalion exercise was inter-
year only a few could get back to Wha le Island rupted by a ca ll to practice a n eme r ge n cy fl y-
so w e h appily played a representative Royal Navy back to B e rlin . Th e r esu lta nt scoot back to camp-
c ric k et team in Berlin a nd had a dan ce- horn- s ites, downing of canvas, loading-up of m en and
pipe and all- tha t night. W e were turned-ouf for
a practice a lert, w ives and g irl fri ends were sent vehicles and sessions of midnight staff planning
packing and only th e stronger-members resumed le d to a pleasant a nd comforta bl e fli g ht back to
in the K ellar on Stand Down . By 10 o'clock we Berlin whilst the usual jfnobs", the road free-
w e re e njo y ing a pra ctice for the Qu ee n's Birth-
day pa rad e in blazing fin e weather. The WOs' runners, had to wait a day or so.
a nd Sgts' M ess - wiser b y fa r - h eld thei r
"G lorious First" Ball at th e weekend. HMS Q~teen Just before our return we sent a small team
C h ct?·lottc sa il e d proudl y at t h e h ead of the to the BAOR Canoe Sprint Ch a mpionships. Our
D a nce Floor a nd t h e WOs a nd Sgts had on e of P adre- B as il Pratt-a nd Pte. T e rry Buc kl e swept
the b est-ever parties. the boa rd. R esults:-
Event Name P l ac ing
Senior Sprint
Rev. B. A. Pra tt 1st
(by 30 len gths!)
Junior Sprint Pte. T. Buckle 1st
Senior (K2) R ev. B. A. Pralt 1s t
Doubles Pte. T . Bucl<le
1000 m etres Rev. B . A. Pratt 1st
open Pte. T . Buckle 2nd
(The sec r e t li es in the fact t h at Basil Pratt
represented UK in the Olympics a nd Bucl<le
buckled on).
(See picture on page 12)
W e have found time to send a couple of par-
t ies rock-climbing at the STC Silberhutte- one
und e r 2/ Lt. "Rocky" Hitc h cocl< a nd another
und er Sg t. Wisd en; th ey say they enjoyed it.
The n ext few months will see T a ng ier Coy
g roup tra ining at Larzac in Fran ce, Kirk e 's Coy.
in the B erlin Tattoo, a nd the Battalion on a
grand fin a l exercise at the end of the year.
At long last it's a g lorious Summer in Berlin.
What a pity you can't all be h ere to enjoy it.
TANGIER COMPANY ALLIED FORCES' DAY PARADE
(Top): APCs under (I. to r.) L / Cpl. Hayward,
W e had to mention the Coy. C le rk- L / Cpl.
Pile-otherwise h e wouldn't type these notes. Sg't. Hall and L / Cpl. Clay.
Since t he last notes. which despatched us across (Centre ): The Colours a nd No. 3 GuaJ·d .
the Ravel, various people have come and gone. (Lower): Ferrets, under (1. to r.) Capt.
Capt. Packham has started to Die H a rd for Tucker, Cpl. Leach, L / Cpl. Clay and Sgt.
Holland Coy. as OC, Pte. Gilkes has gone to
in ebriate the Sgts' Mess as Barman; M ess rs. R !Hvlings.
Payne, Johnston and Pizzoferro have r etired (if Pictures by APR, HQ, Berlin.
that is the word) to civvy life; Sgt B eckingham
has joined us as Intelli gence ( ?) Sgt.; Cpl. Con-
stant h as substituted two gins and a toni c in
the Offrs ' M ess for "2 up and bags of e t c.":
Messrs. R ennals , Bradley, O'Farrell a nd Jon es
(900) have j oined us, variously. Messrs. McLough-
lin, P ettman, W edlake and Poole have arrived
from the D epot and to them , we say: "Sign on
for 9 before you change your minds".
H aving as usual outs hone every other Co y.
on the Allied Forces' Day and the Queen's Birth-
day Parades would you believe it, we got 2/ Lt.
Hitchcock on parade-TWIC E ), we decided to go
off for our annual Summer Camp. For the CSM
and oth e rs it was old pas tures rev is ited. Fortu-
nately The Phantom Bantam (the OC) had
chosen the best site so we were able to look
down on the rest of the battalion, either swim-
ming in mud or playing "Romm els " in the du s t.
Holland Coy. at the bottom of the hill got our
dregs (and with Sgt. "Nosher" Collins in com-
mand, our Chicken 4fl' ch ips). W e have intro-
duced a n ew tactic into the "Inf PI in Battle" by
courtesy of 1 Sect., 1 Pl-"Prepare to H edgehop
- H edgehop! " As a r esult, all 1 PI's exercises are
entitled "H edgehop I ", II etc. 3 PI have earned
undying fam e for their Comd ele m e nt. M essrs.
"Kipper" B eattie and "Flaky" R eed who a llowed
the R ecce to drive into the ir camp unseen or un-
h eard whilst 1 PI (very sensibly) moved into a
barn during th e main Coy exercise saw both
platoons a voiding th e e n emy at a 1l costs in case
they w ere involved in a battle. On return w e set
ourselves to working-up for Larzac, Sigs Cadres
for Comds, APC Courses, Mounta in Climbing (see
separate letter) a nd sunbathing-very important
in the hot Med sun. In the n ext exciting edition
we will relate tales of French mam'sell es, vin
vin plastiqne and nudists, etc.
Ex "Hedgehop I"
W ell, w e warned you about the title- 1 PI
w ere inveigled to provide volunteers for a Rock
limbing expedition to th e Harz by promi ses of-
"A nice relaxing tim e e ngage d in a nobl e s port
afte r th e rigours of H altern" a nd , to cu t a lon g-
story s ideways, we obtained nine volunteers a nd
two pressed m en (Pies. B etson and Moorehead,
the driver and cook). S etting off from B erlin
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on 19th July we arrived at the STC Silberhiitte 9
to do with a vengeance, a ll th e climbing we could
find . 'It was with great diffi c ulty that Cpl. Yoa HALTERN
a nd Pte. Slo ly we re res train ed from doing a (To p ): H olland Coy. off to H olla nd for the
Grade 6 Sup. (ha rder than w hich , on e cannot do)
on t h e fir s t e ve ning. Climbin g fo llowed on t h e \veek e nd.
n ext four days . Pte . " Grease" Twiddy got phys i- (Cen t re): Pte. Bec ker, C pl. Power and I'te .
cally s tu c k (oversize in th e first littl e chimn ey
problem) on the first day but t ha nks to the Ger- S pe ncer of Kirke's Co :v.
man instructor w e m anaged to get him unstuck (Lower): Sterlin g All ey-Sgt. Ta~·Jor .
w ithout starvation. "Madeyes" Tolley complet ed ized they ha d fail ed . Sg t. Corrida n imm edia tely
his first climb o nl y because of th e man y Germ an jettison ed his lig htweight s uit in disgust!
walkers be n eath ad ding in centiv e. Colv ill e after Discussion produced m a ny points of differ-
n early dyin g of food poisoning on th e firs t day, ence in tactics a nd weapon ha ndling. In the main
surprised us (and himself) w ith his prowess on we agreed to differ, but this did not prevent them
th e r ocks ; s o did Messrs . Green a ll a n d Bartl ett . from attem ptin g to do everything our way to t he
The la s t d ay on th e Ok e r-Va ll ey g ranite r ea lly best of t h e ir ab ility, w hi c h in many cases was
sorted th e (mounta in ) goats from the (vall ey) better than our own effort (it's that "injun " in-
s h ee p a n d M essr s . Yoa , Colvi ll e, Greenall a nd stinct). They in turn were impressed with our
S lol y a ll passed with li t e r a ll y flying colours. If
a nyon e e lse wou ld like to go Rock C limb in g, 1 PI
wi ll g la dl y a dvise.
HOLLAND COMPANY
A s th e Dutc h / Germa n border is s o c lose,
Holla nd Company decided it sh ould visit H olland ,
and the trip was arranged from Haltern.
The Company, with ten or so able drinkers
from Sevastopol Coy., sallied forth on th e morn-
ing of 3rd July a nd h ead ed for Arnh em in a con-
voy of two la n drovers and four Me rcedes truc ks.
Documentation ha d been carefu lly carried out to
enable us to c ross th e bord e r but in the event, w e
were s im ply given a chee ry wave by th e border
officia ls a nd found ourselves in H o lla nd !
W e arri ved at Orange K asern e-O range bar-
racks- in time to eat our packed lunches. The
barracks conta in several Dutch Army units but
are m a inly used as a training depot. As it was a
w eek e nd , the p lace w as d eserted, but th e Orde rly
Sergeant soon made us w e lco m e.
Our football team rus h ed off to play a local
Army side a nd reputed to b e the Dutch Army
champions- w e ll it s ounds good-and lost two
goals to on e afte r a close gam e. A v isit to th e
s ma ll but inte restin g Airborn e Museum came
n ext, follow ed by sh opping expeditions and s ight-
seein g in Arnhe m .
Th e evening proved to b e a long o n e. Sto ri es
of how Ang lo-Dutch relations w ere improved are
too many to relate. Suffice it to say t h at th e Dutch
are a fri endly a n d h ospitable people a nd those at
Arnhem were no exception. One lesson was learn-
ed, h owever: Dutc h ladies know h ow to d efe nd
themselves a nd, if provoked, can be quite aggres-
sive !
A penniless but h a ppy Comany returned to
Haltern a t midday on Sunday and still, surpris-
ing ly . h a d e n ough e n e rgy left for a swimmin g
expedition that afternoon.
KIRKE'S COMPANY-GB/ USA
R elations b etween Kirke's Coy a nd Co 2nd
Bn 6th Infa ntry have been cem ented eternally
in blood a nd Cam c ream ! Our Ambassadors-
Cpl. Stone a nd Nas h- r epo rted in the last journa l
of th e firm b as is f or fri e nds hip which h ad r esul-
ted f rom th e ir a ttachm e nt to C-2-6 on exerc ise.
Chief n egotiator, Maj. J . S. B . Pollard, lost no
time a rra ng ing a return m a tch over the odd beer
or bout·bon in res pe ct ive Office rs' Clubs.
T en USA soldie rs, led by Sgts. Corridan a n d
Watkins, m et. us at C harlotten be rg Station on
20th June en route to H a ltern; they h ad packed
lig ht, determined to impress u s wit h how little
th ey carried . As two m en h elped to load each of
th eir "S oldiers Boxes" on to the train, they real-
10 dry their outer skins and w et their inner. All
sat and dranl< a nd sa n g a nd wa ited for Maj. Po l-
hard work, free time between training, the high lard's s p ecial r equ es t on BFBS. At 1355 hrs it
level of beer con su mption a nd the fact that we came; th e right d edi cation but th e wrong son g.
had no drug or "fragging" problems. Descriptions ("A n c h ors Awe ig h " h a d b een requested). How ever
of the latter made most officers' hair stand on we were not to miss that particular tune which
end. {Never have Safety Officers on field firing was su n g, at interval s, a ll day and l ate into t h e
bee n so Safety consc iou s ! ) ni g h t.
Sunday the Fourth of July was the high- Not two days had passed after our retu rn to
li ght of th e trip {co lloquiall y speaking) . For In- Berlin before we received an invita tion to a
dependance Day at a Boston "T ea-bag Party" had C-2-6 Com pany Partv. It was a "swell " do with
been plan n ed . Sg t. ''Fred" L ees b lew r eveille a nd a great group, a runnin g buffet that n ever ran
the Senior Ranks served "Boston" t ea to the out, a n d th e de lig hts of "He idi a nd Georgie"
troops in bed. The first salvo was fired w h en th e {gir li es-a-go-go) to k eep everyon e swing ing , A
office rs were sh owered at brea kfast. Th e Yanks r eturn match took place on 13th August, when
were heav ily outnumbe 1·ed but s oon had a ll s pecial fri ends from C-2-6 came to our Company
officers a nd Sgts. in the river. So wrath was C lub for Maj . Polla rd 's farewe ll party- the
turned o n our "S ieephard" s upporters w ho were g rea test ce lebratio n for n1an y years !
duly stirrup-pumped out of their tents a nd driven
into th e wate r. Whe n a 11 were wet a nd hon ou r
was satisfied, t h e Company settled in the sun to
I
F ly back to B e rli n.
K irke's Coy.
ex. Hercules.
Picture by APR,
H Q B e rlin .
SEVASTOPOL COMPAN Y of us were left!). The rules were harsh ; a ny cash
or surplus cigarettes we had over a nd above the
Ou r lite rary contribution to the Journal con- a llowa n ce {10 DM a nd 60 c igarettes for smokers)
s ists of a n acco unt by Cpl. F ea th erston e a n d were to be handed in or confiscated a n d 50 °1,
L / Cp l. M ill ett of this yea r 's Compa n y Initiative wou ld go to th e winners a nd 50% to ou r Coy.
T est. (Th e uncen so red vers ion ca n be read in Club. An awful lot was handed in, but many
this month's OZ Magazin e !) decided th ey would cha nce getting through w ith
th eir hidd en loot. It says much for the ingenu ity
Exe rc ise HLon g Tre l<" of the so ldi er whe n you cons id e r tha t ov er
400 DM was found during t h e search a nd that
This Exercise was devised as a cunning ruse over 1500 DM was con cea le d a nd n ever f ou n d .
for reducing th e Coy. s tre n gt h , CSM Allan d e- Unfortunately w e ha d stuck b y the rules a nd
c id ed that th e best way we cou ld occupy ourselves found ourselv es at 7.30 p.m , stri din g toward
for the weekend was to get out a nd see some- MUnster with 10 DM a nd a g rim determination
thing o f Germa n y. On the g r apevi n e w e h eard to enjoy the exercise if nothing else.
that we were going to travel over 500 miles on
foot ( ?) with only 10 DM between each pair, T ask 1 was to contact a Military unit in MUn-
co ll ecting inform a tion from such places as MUn- ster and telephon e back to our base. The only
s ter, Soes t, Miihne See, Koln , Bonn, Kobl en z. e tc . problem was that the one "outside" t elephone
was locked in the B n. security cages. P erhaps
So at 6 p.m. on a Friday evening w e found th e~· hav e proble m s wit h large phon e bill s too!
ourselves a long with 26 oth ers being ca r efull y
briefed by the CSM. (After th e briefing, on ly 23
Moving o n toward th e Dutch bo rd e r we ob- 11
ta in ed a li f t from a n Ameri ca n a nd ex plai ned
that we we re go ing t o cou nt t h e numbe r of names of the Military units . W e obta in ed 4
bridges c ross in g a ca na_I in a ~own _ 70 Km away. pages of detailed information- Spies. take note !
Hi s reaction was typ 1ca l ; d 1s bell e f a nd t he n
laughter; we l ~ ft him s haki n g hi s _head a nd mur- At last, tire d a nd weary, after n early 700
muring "cou ntmg the c rumm y bridges- can you m il es, we ar rive d at base at 6 p.m . Sunday. W e
had v isited Koln (Sandy Jon es is love ly) , Bonn,
beat that". Wuppe rta l, Kob lenz a nd W ese l that day. We
were w h acked and thoroughly satisfi ed in the
W e s pent a ll Friday ni g ht walk ing alo n g a knowledge t h at we had comp leted every task
roa d comp lete ly d evo id of traffic; eventu a ll y we and had seen more of the German people and
cam e to a small inn w h e re the locals were ce le- Germany in d eta il than we had ever hoped. W e
brating Schntzen[est. They greeted us warmly were very pl eased too to lea rn that our efforts
El nd when we e ventu a lly le ft we were full o f good had wo n us first prize o f 220 DM .
Anglo-German "spirit" a nd 20 DM better off.
W e en joye d thi s exercise; it is n't often one
W e had to visit the Mohne Dam, scen e of the can test one's powers of initistive a nd we are
fa m ous D ambuste rs raid, a nd f e lt most con sp icu- rea ll y look in g foJ~wa rd to next years "Long Trek
ous, dressed in Briti s h uniform , ~uyi n g p ictures II". Perhaps n ext tim e it w ill be for a week,
of the damage caused by the ra1d. maybe over the w h o le of Europe- Oh my aching
feet !
Our m ost interesting test was to visit the
5m a ll vil lage o f D euz in th e Sauerland, w h e re we ALBUHERA COMPANY SAGA
had to con tact two E ng lish s peaking "agents".
Not having the s lig htest id ea on how to do thi s (conti nued- w hat more!)
we as k ed at one of the only two pubs. Som eo n e
excla im ed "ach so- you m ean fat Englishman Off we w ent to HALTERN
w ho dance on tables-he s tays in next Gasthaus" Oh w hat .iolly fun
On arriva l we were g reete d by two bleary-eyed The MT drove a hundred thousand miles
ch a ps surfaci ng for th e firs t time s in ce their And didn't hit no-o n e.
arrival 3 days b efore-the CSM a nd C/ Sgt. Rey-
nolds. Th ey passed us 10 DM a nd w e con tinued W ell I' m still 'ere; yes me, Bloggs . They
on our way. sent m e to H a ltern, somewh ere in E ast Germany
I think. They 'aven't found a job for me yet so
E sse n w as th e n ext port of call a nd we I'm going to te ll you what they a ll did - well
arr iv ed 20 DM b e tte r off a fter being enterta in ed nearly a ll o f it. A Echelon- th at's us- was in
b y a la rge Germ a n who was cap tured b y the huts, all comfy lik e with more beer than Schul-
Br itis h in World War IL It was 3 a.m. when we t h e iss eve r dreame d of. This chap, JC, ·w iv hi s
a rri ved a nd our task h e re was to discover t he
EXERCISE "HEDGEHOP" IN THE HARZ big tash, k ept tasting the beer a nd saying 'ow
(1. to r. ): 'e h ad to drink it cos it was too warm. That Capt.
Pte. Colville: "Ah ! so h e thought I'd n ever Wilson 's a c leve r bloke; we n ever done areA.
do it." c leanin g. A ll 'e used to do was send for a h eli-
copter to clear the area; only trouble was t he
Pte. Don e lly with a knott~· proble m. ruddy t hing u sed to blow instead of suck. PRI's
L/ Cpl. Cox: " W e ll , I was thinking of going up." Sgt. Plumb borrowed the 2IC's staff car for a
swan into 'Oila nd a nd bust it somethin g terribl e,
''If I'd only worn m v maide n form! " Pte. (Maj. Cronin wasn 't ha lf mad), piston right
Twiddy, g,.ipped-up. through the eng ine case. Anyway young Broad
got a trip back to 'is missus in B e rlin out of it.
Amazing thing, even them PRI blokes got to
H a lte rn a ll except Akela that is.
12 W e got back to B er lin nice and quick a nd
then off the pla ne and on to anothe r one and
Got a letter from a mate who stayed in back to Halte rn. Daft. The amount of petrol
Berlin- Bradford; 'is wife had a nother nipper, they used wou ld 'ave k e pt my car go ing for a
w e l1 don e. H e said 'ow th e F a mili es Office 'a d year.
used up all the ba rb ed wire in Berlin a round
the ir place- k eeping 'e m in or k ee ping 'em out Back to B erlin
h e n ever did say ! Giddins, from Pa y, is running All beer and Boclcwurst
the c lu b at the mom e nt ; 'ope 'is c ha nge is more But Kirke's Competition com es
accurate than 'is aq uita nce rolls. It's quiet, So w e've got to do som e work first.
thou g h wiv a ll the cooks ou t in compa ni es, it
m eans more beer for u s. Got m e name dqwn for the company shooting
team - w e ll , you know , you like to 'elp sometimes.
The g rand old Bri>:a di er What a larf that was. Goldie brings the targets
H a d fiv e hundred Qu ee n s m e n down on 'is tractor, the OC gets the ammo in 'is
Flew them into Berlin City car a nd L / C pl. Taylor comes down on ' is bike
And fle w h a lf back aga in . with the range d etail. T a lk a bout Fred Karno's
Army. Eve n the REME h ad a bash; that is,
Daft innit. W e goes out on a b a tta li on wh en you could stop Cpl. Milner trying to flog
schem e ; I just finds myself a decent place to kip his E scort. 'Ad a game of cricket and even with
out of th e way wh en the y say, "Exe rc ise e nds". m e and Meade in the s ide w e won our first two
Someon e had the bright idea of us flying back matches.
to Berlin . W e ll , ca n 't b e bad I r eckons; c h a t up
the air hostess, quiet drink , live it up a bit. 'Eard a good thing today ; the MT are in a
Safe a nd Skilled driving competition and with
Get back to camp, 'elp pack up a ll th e t e nt s, half the t eams compl eted th e y are in firs t place.
then some silly nit finds a diffe re nt way to fold They're having a party in the NAAFI this week-
them so off we goes and does it all again. Still, e nd so I'm k eeping well off the road.
finished that, and the beer, and off we goes.
Eh ! what's that- you've got a job for m e ?
What 'appens ? W e get to the a irport and Sorry, got to be off; people swearing again. Think
there's these blooming great camouflaged things, I'll try Tangier Coy, they're going to France or
and air hostess ! Mine was six feet tall w ith a s omewhere.
big moustache; 'ad a lovely voice though .
Padre Basil Pratt
shows the Brigadier
round wt the Canoe
Club. Cpl. Cannon is
on the left.
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The 2nd Battalion
Bn. HQ Keene, RCT; CMS: WOII D . Ormerod; CQMS:
CO : Lt.-Co l. M . F . R eynolds; 2IC: Maj. D. H . C / Sgt. B. C lose.
Woolsten croft; Adjt : Ca pt. P. A . Gwi ll iam; Assl B Coy.
Adjt : Lt. D . Gard in er; IO: L t. R. M. M. Low ; OC: MaJ. C M. C. D ewar, 2IC . Capt N S
RSM: W O I S. L ea; ORC : Sgt. M. Fores t e r .
Hunter ; PI Comd . 2/ Lt J . M C Myles, PI Comd·
HQ Coy. 2/ Lt. P. H Dragonettr, CSM: W O II J L L e rper,
(Comd & Admi n ) CQMS : C/ Sgt. P . L. H . Relf.
OC: Maj. E. A . T aylor; 2I C: Lt. J . R. C. C Coy.
Palm e r ; RSO : Capt. I. G. Bai ll ie; OC Recce PI : OC: Maj . E . L . hr·istian ; 2IC: Capt. J . K
Capt. J . A. H oclges; RMO : Capt. R. S. Higson ,
MB. CLB; CSM: W On M. Aylmg; CQMS (Comd ): J onk laas; PI Comd: L t. M . C. W ill is; PI Comd:
C/ Sg t. P . Gu illau m e; CQMS (Am in ): C/ Sgt. D . 2/ Lt. D . J . W ake; CSM: WOII R. Shave; CQMS·
W . Nay lor; MTO: L t. R. A . J e nnings; QM: Cap •. C/ Sgt. F . N. Boyn e.
P . J . Coll m a n , MBE; RQMS : WOII J ep h cott;
PMR: Capt. J . E . R. Brunn er; Offrs M ess C/Sgt.: Sp. Coy:
C/S g t. B. Standfie ld . OC: Maj. G. Goring; 2IC: Capt. C. M . N.
LAD G rove; Mor Offr : Capt. H . A . P. Yorke; A Tk
OC: Ca pt. P . Burke, BEM; ASM : St Sgt. Offr : C / Sgt. M. J . Vale; As lt Pnrs: C / Sgt. R. H .
Kitson ; CSM : WOn Pruden ce; Drum Major:
H aywood. C/Sgt. B . F . Li ve ly, BEM; CQMS: C/Sgt. D . T .
Cull ey.
A Coy.
OC : Maj. A. B . Cowing; 2I C: Lt. P . D. Mc- A•tt P e r s.
Padre: Rev. P . A. Mears, RA, Ch D .
L e lla nd ; PI Com d : 2/ L t . J . B. Stirlin g; PI Comd
(Des): 2/ Lt. C. Pratton: Pi Cor\d : Lt. M. R.
A eria l view
of Albuhera
Barracks.
16
Reru· Party W erl
OC: Maj. J . Davidson; QM: Capt. W . Snow-
don ; UFO : Lt. R. Benson ; TQMS : WOn A. F .
W a rd ; Accn WO : C/ Sgt. H . D owsett ; UF W O :
WOn G. Gordon. DCM, BEM; Bandmaster: WOI
Gam e ; CSM: WOII A. Ongley; CQMS :, ORS :
C/ Sgt. D . W . Guild.
Editorial
WHEN these notes are published the
whereabouts of the battalion is >
matter of anyone's guess. We came on to first
"Spearhead" for Northern Ireland on 28th
June and it was the almost unanimous
opinion that we should move there for the
Orange Day parades. That day came and
went but we stayed firmly in Werl. Planning
for Battle Group training with 4/ 7 DG went
ahead and we moved to Soltau on 19th July
Vlith a view to training there until the 30th.
The CO arranged a conference for the even-
ing of 20th July to discuss the training
arrangements. However, there was a "pre-
emptive strike" in the shape of the 'phone
call from Brigade to say we were going to
Northern Ireland on 8th August for a period
not exceeding 4 months- destination London-
derry.
In spite of this it was decided to carry or OHANGE OF COMMAND
with the first week of coy/ sqn. training a lthough, Lt.-Coi. J. S. Fieteh e r , OBE (left) and
with the prese nt constraints in forc e in Ulster a ll
Arms Battle Groups and Combat Team s do not Lt.-Col. M. F . Reynolds.
figure in the Order of Battle. Many hold the
view that the deployment of Battle Groups may The followin g l ett er was r eceived by the
be the answer to the situation. How much did Commanding Officer. (T he picture on the fmn t
the Prices and Incomes Board value the X factor cover also r ef er s) .
when d eciding on the military salary !
Department of The Army
Lt.-Col. Jac k and Mary Fl etch e r left th e b a t- H eadqua rters, United States Army,
talion at the end of June after two very eventful
years. The farewell ceremonies were marred by Eu rope and Seventh Army,
the death of the Colonel's fa ther imrnediatelf The Comma nder in Chief
before he handed over Command. Both Colonel APO 09403
Jack and Mary will be greatly missed s ince they 18 June 1971
did so much for the battalion and its famili es. D ear Colonel Fletche r,
We all wish them the very best in the future. The most impressive ceremony of the Beat-
ing of R etreat at H e idelberg on the occasion of
W e w elcom e, from HQ AFCENT , our n ew th e celebration of th e birthday of H .M. Queen
Commanding Office r and trqs t that Lt.Col. and Elizabeth n was indicat ive of th e excelle n ce a nd
Mrs . R eynolds will have a h a ppy t our. There is professiona li sm o f th e British Army. W e a re
every indication that it will be an eventful one. most g ra teful to you and the officers a nd m en of
the 2nd Bn., Th e Queen 's Regiment for a ra r e
Training opportunity to observe this traditional ceremony.
The battalion spent three good weeks on the Please accept and extend to other members of
Sennelager ranges field firing- the weather was
very kind so it was an enjoyable and valuable
period. B Coy. and the Mortar PI. took pa rt in
the Corps Firepower demonstration a nd C Coy.
in a d emons tration for the JSSC.
During our curtailed period at Solta u , coys.
spent two days revising coy. training and two
days working with tank s quadrons. Now the
APCs have been handed over to our LAD a nd
Tech Staff for safe keeping and out have com e
batons, shi elds, respirators, et c. Flex ibility is a
great thin g.
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your command our cong ratulations , our admira- A COMPANY
tion a nd our bes t w is h es for the future.
So at last we know. The Emerald Isle has
Most s incere ly, fi n a lly called us and t h e n ext notes will undoubt-
(Sgd.} A. S. COLLINS, JR edly be written from Londonderry. After many
Lieutena nt Gen era l, USA fals e s tarts and much di sruption we fl ew off in
Ac tin g Co mmand e r in C hi e f. early August (just in t ime for the mini twelfth} .
Th ese notes a re, in ev ita bl y, s hort s ince every-
one is packing, training and c ha ng ing f rom Since our last n otes we have managed to
BAOR to a n IS posture and we want them to train; Sennelager was a great success during
reach the Edito r in time so he can go on leave w hich we managed to achieve much profession-
as planned. '(This is only sour grapes from the a lism. Vis its from th e Brigadi e r Infa n try and
majority of the ba tta lion w ho have had their the Comm a nd er of 6 Bd e. did much to incr ease
lea ve can ce ll ed ! ) our ego, as did our section a nd platoon competi-
• Thank you Sub .-Ed.- Ed. ! tion under t h e d irection of the 'School of In-
fa ntry'.
(Top) : Sgt. Fulle r of the Band, in
c h a,racteristic pose. Our n ext tas k (and task it was} was the set-
Pictur e by Preben Baltzer. ting up a nd ru nning of th e Battalion waterman-
ship training at H amelin. Though our APC's
(Lower): Clay Pigeon c ompetition ·during the s uffered as a res ult (not due to the company, but
Rhine Army S ummer Show. (1. to r .} Pte. visitors} the REME det under Staff Adams work-
Hugo, CSM Pruden ce, Ptes. G nmdy and ed wonde rs a nd managed to get us a ll back to
W erl-som eh ow. The visit of two CO's, at this
Smit.h (80). stage gave us much amusement.
Our n ext c h a lle n ge was "Soltau T wo" which
unfortunately was cut s hort due to operationa l
sta ndby for N . Irela nd . E ven so we managed to
gain great training value from our fri ends in
C Sqn 4/7 DG w ho su ffe r ed us for two days-
a nd nig hts. Th e climax of a 'C lose L eager', after
a n inte resting 'night march' (T a nky t erm for
night drive} and nig ht withdrawal, made our
tra ining wort hwhile. W e had been fortunate
enough to see and partake in some of the most
up-to-date a nd unus ua l combinations of engineer-
ing bridging equipment- coupled w ith an ex-
p e ri en ce of M2 bridging at H ameln-we migh t
cons ider ourse lves not a n y 'Grenadier Company '
but 'Engineer Company'.
We welcome into the company Lt. K een on
s ix months attachm ent from the R CT ; 2/ L t. Stir-
ling who has once aga in rejoined us fresh from
his Platoon Comma nders Course, and Lt. McLel-
la nd, a n old lag of the compa n y who is with us
from N. Ireland as com pan y 2IC. At the same
time we we lcom e Capt. P e t e r son (Canadian Army }
who will re m a in at W e rl learning about th e prob-
lem s of APC's; on our return he will become
compa n y 21C A very warm welcome is also ex-
tended to o ur latest recruits--Pts. P epper, H ar-
ri son a nd Vi n n ic o mbe t1ina nd a lso C/ Sgt. Close who
joins us f rom R e c rui g.
Lt. Palmer le ft to b ecom e 2IC Command
Coy. a nd Cpl. Whi te h orn is on his selectic:1
course for the AAC. Pte. Huckle left for 3
QUEENS in N. Ireland and unexpectedly-and
after only eighteen months with the compan y-
CSM Scott left us for the 4th Bn. Coy. Capt.
Montgomery disappeared to take up a n appoin t-
ment in t he U nited States (T emporary Major to
boot} a n d finally the Companv Commander, Maj.
Cowi n g, leaves us for th e Sta ff Coll ege. To all go
our best wishes. W e hope Maj. Boucher who
a rrives shortly will be a ble to pick up the
threads. To he lp him we are pl eased to hav e
CSM Ormerod w h o moved up from C / Sgt., a nd
Pte. Thorn (our conti nui ty ma n as Com pan y
Clerk} w ho hopes to move up.
Lastly congratulations to our most recent
prom otion s- C pl. D e Dom enico to Sgt. and L / Cpls .
Grives, Fish er, Duffield a n d Clark to C pl.
A «;OY IN PICTURES
P ictures by R . M. Excel!.
1. '•Look what I've found!" Comd 6 Armd 4. "I h eard that one b efor e". Capt. Mont-
Bde. gomery.
2. Warterproofing at Hameln. 5. "What's unde r th e water ?" A brace of
COs.
3. C-in C vis its the Compan y at Senn elager .
6. 0-in-C talks to an APC crew.
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B COMPANY 19
"S'pose you know- s'orl cha n ged !" During It was then our task, in conjunction with A
th e past few m o nths we ha d been training ha rd Sqn. 4/7 DG, to provide a demonstration for the
in th e m ech a nised ro le onl y to l ea rn , during th e J SSC at H ameln , but before th is our APCs had
middle of E x. "Soltau 2" tha t we were to return to be wash ed dow n ; it is not yet confl rmed who
to N . Irela nd . (Whoops of j oy from severa l got t h e wett est- t h e APCs ot the so ldiers. The
m embers of the Company !) demonstra ti on took place on w hat must have
been the hottest day of the year with 6 APCs
In May we c lass ifi ed a t S e nn elage r a n d the n a nd 3 tanks cross ing the River W eser by M2
s pent three enjo yabl e weeks fi e ld-firin g on the B n~ ge. On e sectio n of 11 PI. are sti 11 recovering,
s uperb ra nges. Highlights included the visit of havm g spent part of the day in NBC suits.
th e GOC. M a j .-G e n . Fraser , who wa t c h ed 6 PI.
doing ex tre m ely w ell in a n APC withdrawal WOII Ayling has gon e to Admin. Coy. for a
exercise. The Gen eral cla imed a o be "highly up- rest a nd we welcom e in hi s place WOII S have .
lifted"-bu t not h a lf so muc h as S g t. Bla n c h ette W e said farewe ll t o Sgt. Mu n day (to the Di vision-
who had to sta nd on a m ound to come up to the a l D epot) , Sgt Murphy ((to JIB Shorncliffe) a n d
Gen er a l's eye-level ! An early m orni n g BE t es t L / Cpl. C lover (to IJLB Oswestry).
was hig hly s u ccessfu l d espite a few "d iesel feet. "
Finally our introductio n to APC fl otation p roved P .S.-Re lax everybody- C C 11 PI. has had
that even 2B cou ld s ink . (We ll, Sgt. Stewart ?). his baby (or rather his wife h as).
A wee k la ter w e moved to Ohr P a rk for fur- SUPPORT COI\>IPANY
ther flotation tra ining and then to Hohne to tak e In th e c urre nt of air ca used by t h e fla ppin g
part in Ex. "Full Blast", a 1 Br. Corps fir e- of the compa n y hierarchy on receipt of the
power d emons tration . Eve ryon e tried their ut- ord e r to move to Nor the rn Ire la nd , the fo ll ow ing
mos t but h eat a nd haze a nd dust clouds m a d e letter was found . Since no one has time to write
s hooting diffi c ult on th e day. prope r notes, we re produce it here in the ho pe
that its inte nd ed r ecipi ent w ill read it and that
In Jul y, back again to S olta u a r ea , this t im e it may prove of inte rest to others:
to take part in training with 4th/7th D .G ., bu t
a fter one week , w e had to return to prepare fat "Dear a ll at h ome,
North e rn Ire land . Good us e was, howeve r, m ade .. Wot w ith th e n ew pos tal c harges, I'm on ly
of the time and many friends were made in B nt1ng once every three munths so h ea r g oes s in ce
Sqn ; at least th ey lea rn ed it was more diffi cult
t han they h ad thought to con ceal a troop of April. Albuh cra D ay cam e rou nd agen on 16th
tanks at ni g ht from the infantry. W ell don e Sg t . May a nd we had a kind of fat e, t h e Morta rs ra n
Bartle and the ta nk-hunting parti es ! a darts s ta ll, th e Anti-Tanks ran ham s te r raci ng
a nd o l~ Chunk y _Prude nce, th e sarma jor. ra n
Lt. Hus kisson has left us for 18 months with c lay p1geon s hootm g as usua l. Afte r t his we
AYT ; h e ha nd ed 7 PI. over to 2/ Lt. Dragon- went camping at S enn y lager a nd did our annual
n etti, r ecently a rrived from Mons OCS. shooting. A w eek la ter w e went back to Senny-
lager agen a nd did some feeld firing a nd support
A very old s talwart (29G?), L /Cpl. Holman , has wepon training. The Assorlt Pioneers made
left us for a tour at th e D epot pr ior to r e tiring bangs as usual.
a nd we tha nk him for a ll h e has don e for us,
particularly on the amenities committee and in W en w e cum back from there we were get-
bask etball. t ing reddy for the Con centration s. The Morters
w ent furst up to HOhne a nd wurked verry hard.
W e we lcome Sgt. Jam es (who tak es ove r After th ey fini s h ed th ey w e n t on Ex. "Fu ll Bla•t"
from Cpl. Mead as PI. Sgt. 6 PI.) a nd contrary with B Coy. w h ere they did more firing. Capt.
to popu la r rumour, his last pos ting was n ot York e says h e's n evve r going to s it c lose in front
Stalag 7 ! Cpl. M ead w ill b e looking after our of t he Abbot g uns agen ). Then they fired in th e
interests in the MT Section. Divisiona l Fire Planning Day a nd finally cam e
back to W erl. Th e Anti-ta nks w e n t off in a ll
A welcom e too, to Ptes. Smith a nd D a ly, d irections, furst Mr. Gwillia m went to Putlos
Junior Soldi e rs from Bassin g bourn a nd to Pte. a lon e then one c rew w ent to H ameln with C Coy.
Tuffrey, a K entish Man from 1 QUEENS who a nd learnt to cross the M2 bridge (and how to
has trans ferred to us. s ink t h em ). Two g uns w e n t on "Full Blast" and
fir ed a w h o le years a mmo in on e day . On e c rew
Congratuhitions to Pte. and Mrs . Walpole wen t to Putlos; finally they all went up t h ere to
and Pte. a nd Mrs. H ayn es on the birth of th e ir fir e a nd promptl y a ll got called back becos we
s ons. was put on three days not iss.
C COI\>IPANY Meenwhile the Coy. Comd. a nd the Sarma jor
skived off to Todendorf to do a n anti-aircraft
Since lOth May we have hard lv seen Albuh er a course. C hunky was in his e le m e nt - a n ything
B ar r acks; a nd when we have, th e Adjuta n t fl y ing s uits him . Coy. Com d . cam e bac k a nd sed
seem s to have arranged it so that we w ere Duty h e'd bin fi s hing m a inly. A ssorl t Pion eers had
Company! b een t eech ing th e g unners to use min e de tecto rs
for Irela nd. Little did t h ey kn ow Cpl. Simmonds
After s uccessfully completing SLR C lass ifi- has s tra in ed his arm but n ot well en ough, h e's
cation at Sennelager w e r eturned for Albuhera still cu ming. W e went up to Soltau for a fo r t -
Day celebrat ions . Althoug h w e did not win th e night but came back a fter a week cos we're off
best s ideshow prize several pe ople c learly wanted to Irela nd agen . W e got a n ew Coy. Comd
to vent their .feelings in th e wood-chopping Ma j . Goring a n d hope h e lik es u s.
event organised by 10 PI. 9 PI. h ad a verv odd
targe t into whic h to kick footballs a nd 11 P.L lost Lu v,
everybody's treasure in the treasure hunt. George a nd the boys.
S enne lage r fi eld firin g foll owed s hortl y aft e r - P .S .- Old C h u nk y o r gan ised a c lay p igeo n
wards. It was rumoured that the Compa n y 2IC team for th e BAOR Ch a mpionships consisting of
took fright as h e abandoned us in the middle to Ned Gru ndy, Barry Smith, a n d Sean McHugo.
go on a cou rse t o Engl and ! what with a ll that pract ice aga ins t a it pla n es
t h ey wo n c.n d have a big s ilver pigeon (a nd 'l.
Whils t OC 11 PI. took s om e r est a nd w e nt king s ize h a n gover) to prove it.
off on a Borde r P a trol, the r est of us took up
r es ide n ce ( ?) with 50 M iss ile R egim e nt, g uard -
ing rocket s (or som ething) .
Undaunted , we entrust ed our APCs to C Coy.
sailors a nd swam the m ac ross ( ?) the Rive r
Weser a t Ohr P a rk. "Left h a nd down a bit"
wasn't in it.
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Signal Platoon questionab le sto res to th e Bn. on training at
So ltau (tw ice), Senn e lage r , Ohr Park a nd H ohn e.
H avi n g o nl y just begun to master _t he_ pro ~J A pleasant discovery was that drive rs cou ld
c laim over 5 h ours su bs iste n ce a llowa n ce on the
lem s a nd intricacies of radio communi catiOn m m a ny long journies a nd several BARONS have
been created, name ly Pte.s She,...,, F ost er a nd
a n APC battal ion , we start stripping everything "Rats '' Th omas w ho h ave su bmitted bills for
out. Y es, it's off to U ls t er aga in a nd_ a ll our re- DM 50- over tim e th ey ca ll it. Not a ll our runs
a re tedious; rece ntl y C pl. Bria n Old e r voluntee red
ce n t ly ac(]u ired know ledge a nd expc n en ce h as_ to to run to Ki e l to co ll ect Maj . D av idso n 's minia-
ture "Cit y" w hi c h h e wa nted to move from Os lo
be le ft o n th e s h elf. Once more w e have to thm k to W erl. Kiel proved to be a good "overnig h ter";
it w as cheap, vu lgar a nd s leep less. (F or addresses,
of FFR vehs. a nd man pack _sets- ugh ! . app ly to Cpl. Old e r) . Pte . Fos t er a ls o vo luntee r ed
Spring prov ed a try ing tim e for us, w 1th on e to coll ect twe lve m embe rs of th e 62 C lub . but
two mus t h ave re-e nlis ted e n rou te b eca use 14
CPX a fte r a n oth er plu s a ll the worl< that h a d t o were pac l<ed into the lo ng s uffe ring 12-seater
be do n e in s id e a nd outs id e th e Bn. H Q veh tc les. minibus on the lo ng ha ul from Osten d to W e rl.
Capt. Pat Bu rk e, OC LAD, sta t es t h at hi s previ-
ous knowl e dge of Bns. a ll ows us on ly o n e more A s h ort ra ll y and recove ry exe rcise was he ld
ch a n ge w ithin th e v~hi c l ~s. Any mor e t h a n th ~t at Soltau in May when the LAD team won the
w h ee l c hange event by produ c ing s uch an hila ri-
constitutes a record tn his book. To add to his ous display of lunacy with w hich nobody could
prob lem s, we h a ve a jinx ve hic le, n a m ely / S / B. compe te. R ecovery w as a lso t he s ubj ect o f h um-
Eve rything t ha t could go wmng has gon e wrong our but CSM Fr ed Potts will te ll you m ore. A
with this one- except the completion of a BER furth e r military ven ture was pla nned a nd w rit-
t e n for Solta u in July but e v ents in Ire la nd a nd
ce rtitl cate. O n e ca n h ea r Pte. "Grott'' Kn ott a quick m ove bac k to W e rl for es ta ll e d us aga in-
w e did, however have a mom ent of g lory when
ag r ee ing wit h that solution . . . w e had 18 te n tann e rs under command for th e
move back (CSM Potts was in his g lory ).
Followin g a wee k of feve n s h prepa ra t_JOn. w e
departed for Soltau. A rath e r le n g th y JOurn ey Au revoir to C/Sgt. Dick Marchant (who goes
plu s B's u s u a l problem s m a rred th e first day . to teach Bord en how to t each MT S ergeants) a nd
The second day end ed with th e news of th e Bn's. welcom e to Sgt. Culley (E x - 3rd Bn.); h e ap-
move after which everybody in the Platoon en- proves of the Banner behind the MTO's door.
joyed' the stay a t Soltau. Th e hig hlight of the W elcome a lso to Sg t. M ead w ho r eplaces P ete-
week w as Bn. HQ m oving into field under Seagnll the-Bill Bowles. The form er now has got the
m eas ure of d etails a nd th e latter runs MT in
a nd P ro'nto. Th e aftern oo n wa s s pe nt moving as Pr eston , Lan cs. Congratu lat ion s to Pte. Bolton
on staying sober during the platoon party (B
ind e pe nd ent v e hs. ove r the trg.. area without Coy. n ea rl y h ad him ) and condolences to L / Cpl.
officers or senior NCOs comma nding ; for som e Greenfield- his con tribution to the party cost
this was a n embarrassing moment having so him £10. And now to Irela nd; it w ill b e a c h a n ge
from BAOR a nd w e'll be back for a noth e r "Rave
ofte n laugh ed a nd c ursed at th e office r s los ing Up" party at Christmas. "Mac the B lack" sh ould
the ir way. Som e drivers were re li eved of th e tr be well versed in Disco by the n .
com forta bl e perch a nd were made to c ommand THE BAND
from th e hot seat for a c h a nge. Pte . D ave Barre tt
gave his c rew a good cross-country tour of ~h e S in ce our arriva l in W e rl , w e h ave bee n k e pt
tra ining area befor e eventua ll y reachtng con s tantly bu sy p lay ing a t both Military , and
(roughly) the right place; he a dmits t hat driving Civil Engagem e nts. Th e Dance Band , tlrs t to get
is eas ier ! Pte. "Pig pe n " Smith s till wo nd e rs w h y und e r way1 has a v ery good nam e in the area.
wate r pou red into hi s v e hi cle ha tch w h en he
drove fast down a steep bank into a small river Th e Kn ell e r H a ll Ins p ection on 11th May was
"Only 4 feet d eep," h e claim ed ! ve ry s uc cess'fu l a nd we w e re awa rd ed a 1'V e ry
Good" report.
One of our attached office rs, compa ring life
to the first trip to Soltau, thought the re was " too The re followed a spate of en gagem e nts which
included several Schutzenfests and parades at
much noise a nd not e noug h move m e nt". H eidelburg a nd Baden-Ba den for the American
p ,·onto (Capt. Baillie) has r eturned ; h e says a nd Fren ch F orces. Rumour h as it that the B a nd-
m aster was v e ry n ea rl v bought by a n Am e ri can
he was only on a cou rse, but can the re rea lly b e Gene ral for a n undisclosed figure ; something
mus t h ave gon e w rong, however, as h e is s till
that number of long courses which a n officer can ·with us. (T he B a nd Pres ide nt's "slice" was not
attend ? Shortly after, Lt. Gardiner departed to large e nough.-Sub.-Ed .)
the "Kremlin" to b ecome Assistant Adjutant.
At the time of writing, C/ Sgt. Don Knight is On July 3rd the Band a nd Drums travelled
moving to th e Ration Store ; o.ur s in ce re t h ~nk s to B elg ium to ta k e part in a F estival in Namur,
for a ll his h e lp and und e r s tandmg. On e es p e c1a lly a nd on the 7t h the Band d eparted for D enmark
for a n 18-day Tour which was a h uge success.
re memb e rs those try ing times in U lster wh e n (Sgt. Fuller n early s tayed behind to h elp the
"stores" a lways produced the "goods". L /C pl. Tuborg Brewery!) .
"Spud" Murphy has left for Sp. Coy; t h ey say
h e h as to be sea rched before a nd after entering W e say f a r e w e ll to Sg t . Fu ll er who is leaving
th e PI. s tores. W e welcom e L / Cpl. W e bb a nd Ptes. the Arm y a ft e r 24 yea r s service with th e Bat-
ta lion .
D ennison, R eynolds, Stroud and Turner. .
On be ing told h e would b e the Intelhgen ce Qua.rte 1·maste rs D epartment
Officer's drive r in N . Ire la nd , Pte. " Pigp en "
Smith asked "What is inte lligen ce •" H a lf th e It's been a h ectic time getting esta blish ed in
PI. went with the Adva n ce P arty which left Albuh e ra Barrack s but at last the d e pa rtm e n t
W erl on 5th Aug ust. All are look ing forward to seem s to be settling in . Fortun ately we have m a de
a n inte resting trip, but w e hope it won 't be long som e very good contacts in the area and because
be for e we see our big "m etal mons te rs" aga m .
MT
S ince a rriva l in BAOR. w e have covered
som e 250,000 miles. Judi c iou s s uppression of
pa pe r (in th e case of minor acc id ~ nts ) h~ s re-
s u lt e d in a ve ry creditab le acc1de n t/ m1l eage
tl g ure of on ly on e in 35,000, a n d it is of inte r est
that this is b e tte r th a n t h e N . Ire la n d or UK
rate; does this indicate a professiona l touch or
that German roads and signs are better ? Ta ke
you r pic k. .
Since April we h ave p r ov1d ed troop lifts,
POL s upplies, rations a nd a host of sundry a nd
of t h is a r e getting more t h a n our cntit l cl s h a r e 21
of the "goodies". RQMS J ephcott togethe r w ith
C/ Sgt. Kitson are the procurers of the unobtain- Pte. Bassett h a' l<•ft t h e depa1 tment to t•ke
a bl e a n d are fr eq u e ntl y r eturn ing to hom e base up te mporary employment in lJK be for L cml-
w ith a s mile on their faces a nd their pockets g rain g to Austtalia; w£> wish him ·we ll and will
miss his toothless g rin. His duties on hygienP
bu lgi n g. a nd sanitation have been taken over by Pte.
Underwood who was the d epa rtm e nt repr escnt..a-
DPM h as b ee n issued a nd by the freque n cy tive on the Rheindahl en Marches, with a medal
it is wor n , t h e battalion is u nd oubted ly sati s fi e d a nd blisters to p rove it.
w it h t h e e ffort s of t h e ir "Burton s' r e l)s.", C pl s.
Bennett a nd B est .
THE OFFICERS - ALBUHERA DAY- 1971
Back row: JJt. Garden e r (R. S il(s .), Capt. Yorke, Lt. B e n s on , Ca pt. Brunn e r (RAPC) , Capt. l\lea r s
(RA C hD) , Capt. Burke, BE!\>l, (REI\lE) , 2/ Lt. Wake.
Centre row : F lt. / lJt. 1\'lorris (RAF), Capt. Jonldaas , Lts. Palm e r , Lo w , Hus kiss on, J e nnin gs and
Gw ill iam .
Fron•t row: Ca.pt. Coll man , MBE, J\•Ja js. Go ring-, Christian and Wools p e n c r o ft, Lt.-Col. Fletche r , OBE.
Ca.pt. Critchley, Majs. D e war a n d Cowing, Ca pt. S nowdon.
Officer s not s h own i.n t h e gl'oup are: l\laj. Ta:\'lol', Capts. G rove, Higso n (RAl\lC), Baillie. Hunt e r ,
l\1ontgom e ry and Hodges, Lts. MacWilliam and W ill is, 2/ Lt.s . S tirlin g a nd Myles .
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The 3rd Battalion
Bn. HQ Sp. Coy.
CO : Lt.-Col. K. Dod son ; 2IC: Maj. J . R. O C: Ma j . D . G . W ells; 2IC : Capt. D . J . C.
Stephenson ; Adjt: Capt. P . V. P a nton ; Ops Offr: Dickens; CSM : won R. H are; QC Mar PI : Capt.
Lt. P . Bi s h op ; IO : Lt. C. G. F . C harte r; RSM : J . K . Ross; OC Anti Tk PI : L t. B. D . Th ompson ;
WOI B . M. Morris; Chief Clerk : WOn J . A. OC As lt Pn1·s: WOn L . D . Moodie ; Drum M ajo1:
M a r k s. D / Maj . D . H em sley.
A Coy. D (Comd ) Coy.
QC: Ma j. N . J . D . McC ully ; 2IC: Ca pt. D . A. OC: Capt. R. Waite; CSM: WOII W . Martin ;
Beveridge, BA; OC 1 P I : 2/ Lt. J . Ewart ; OC2 P I: R SO : Capt. G . C. Brow n; R ecce: Capt. S. C.
Lt. N. F . Russe ll ; OC 3 P i : 2/ Lt. P . L . V . M a rtin ; Thorpe; RMO : Maj. D . P . J . Murray, RAMC; Edn
CSM: WOn J . E . Butle r. Offr : Capt. D . Marray, RAEC ; Sigs WO : WOJI
W h i t e.
B Coy
QC : Maj . M. V . Hayward , MBE; CSM: WOn E (Admin ) Coy.
OC : M a j. J . L a n g horne; CSM: WOn R . C.
A. Prin ce; QC 4 PI: Lt. M . H . G . Panne tt ; OC
5 PI : L t. R. A . M . Chris tmas, BA ; OC 6 P i : 2/ Lt. A. Ril ey; MTO : Capt. (QM) P.A. N ewman; QM :
J . M. Harcu s. Capt. (QM) D . W . Adkins; Pmr: Capt. I.
McDonnell, RAPC; P a dre: R ev. J . A . Barrie,
C Coy. RAChD; Bandmas te r: WOI Bedford ; RQMS:
QC : Maj. P . Hiscock , BSc ; 2IC: Capt. P . J . WOII L . H . H a rt ; AQMS : WOII R. Barlow
REME; Messing WO : WOII Ashley K , A CC.
H ubert; CSM : WOn D . J . Bailey; OC 7 PI : Capt.
N. P . Harri s; OC 8 P I : Lt. M. P . Laws on ; OC
9 PI : Lt. T . C. Wilson.
P a.tt e rn of Even ts rioting resulted, although the company remained
in reserve. Th e n ex t event in which the B a tta lion
L IFE in t he Batta lion is still hectic wit h was involved was t he Whiterock Orange Parade
most week-ends spent in Belfast or and consequently all Companies moved to the
in one of th e othe.r delightf ul beauty spots in good s hip Maidstone. A massive security opera-
Northern I rela nd. The 'Ma r ching Season' is tion was mounted for th is event, and apart from
now in f ull swing, a nd nearly every member minor s toning inciden ts, the parade proceeded
of the Battalion has seen t he rathe.r un - p eacefu lly.
militar y sight of t he "Swinging Drum
Ma j o r s ." On the following w eek-end the Batta lion
once again moved towards B elfast to cover the
N ews of the Ba t t a lion's next posting has R ev. Paisley's protest march to Stormont; thi•
come th roug h ; it is t o Lu cknow Barracks, passed without incid ent, and w e were able to re-
Tidwort h , wit h the pleasure of a six months turn to Ba!l ykinle r after an un eventful week-end .
tou r with t h e United Nations F or ces in W h en not d eployed in B elfast, a great deal rf
Cyprus later on. time and effort was spent on routine operations
such as road blocks, ambushes and guarding k ey
At t h e en d of the last edition we concluded points.
with the Easter Par ades in B elfast. After a wee k
in East Belfast t h e Battalion r e turned to B a ll y- For the tra ditional July 1st parades ("the
kinler and re-assumed responsibility for our mini tw elfth"), t h e Batta lion moved to East B e l-
country commitments. fast an area now we ll-known to us all. Aft 2:r
thre'e days of k eeping a watchful eye on th e
On 1st May t h e Battalion again d e ployed to various Orange parades-and being the target
East Belfast to cove r t h e May Day Parad es. of many irate marchers- the Battalion once
These passed with no serious incidents, and the again returned to the relative peace of Bally-
Battalion r eturn ed to Ballykin le r in tim e to e nj oy kinler .
an impressive dis play by the Band a nd Drums
when they B eat Retreat before several hundred July 12th •aw the mounting of a massive
guests. Everyone then looked forward to three security operation, in w h ich the Battalion was
weeks w e ll-deserved leave which b egan on 4th very much involved. To many of the security
May. T h e Battalion re-formed on 26th Ma v and forces in Northern Irela nd this parade was a
immediately re-ass um ed res pons ibi lity for Poli ce novelty but to us it was the second anniversary.
Division G. It h as been rumoured that if the Battalion re-
turns to Finag hy Fields n ext year. we are all
It th en fell upon th e Rifle Compani es to g-oi n g to b e mad e honorar y m embe r s of the
guard t h e RUC Stations in B e lfast, and alth oug-h Orange Order. This will m ean that we will not
this was a ted ious task it w as a very necessary only w ear orange lanyards but sashes as well !
one, as there had been several attacks on police The para de passed with no incidents a nd a fte r q
s tation s. O n 13th June B Coy. moved to Dung ive n day of well-known Ora n g e m a rc h es a nd son gs
to cover a n Ora nge Parade which had been ban- we were able to retu rn to our re sting g round
ned by th e Stormont Gov ernm en t. T he Orange- for a few days before h eading in a differ ent
men march ed in defiance of th e ban and minor direction. T his time, it was Londone rry (or for
our Catholic read e r s-D e rr y). Bn. HQ spent a
p leasant two days at Ballykelly while companies
were d eployed in the city. Except for m embers of
the Platoon S earch T eam s, ·wh o w e re w e ll ston ed,
this proved to be a very uneventful week-end.
24 In our n ext contrib ution , w e s hould be able
to re po rt on ou r pre pa rat ions fo r th e mo ve from
No doubt m a ny readers h ave read a bout the North e rn Ire la nd . a nd th e re w ill s ure ly be a n
"n ew oper a tion s" to comba t subver sive or ga ni sa- a ir o f 'Who o pee' in th ose notes !
ti o ns in North e rn Ire la nd , a nd n eedless to say,
in th ese, th e B a ttalion h as bee n invol ved. In on e, AWARDS
our Compa nies carried ou t numerous house It was with great pleas ure that w e heard in
sea rc h es in the Prov in ce. a nd by m ean s of a June tha t Sgt. R. J e nkinson had been a w a rded
very earl y morning s tart, the op e ra tion ce rtainly th e BEM in th e Birthday Honours for his lead er -
achieved its a im, the taking of known IRA m em- ship and exploits in Northern Ireland. Ma ny
bers by surprise.
cong ratulations t o him, a nd a lso to won J
During the past three months the Battalion
has earned a very nota ble name for itself by the White, WOn L . Moodi e a nd Sgt. R . Collins on
w ay it h as carri ed out its many t as k s a nd a lso rece iving their Long Service and Good Conduct
for its pa ti e nce in dealin g with a ll the aw kward M edal s for 18 years of und e t ect e d c rim e.
s ituations. Not man y s oldiers will be s orry to
leav e North e rn Ire land , but it has ce rtainl y been
an expe ri en ce whi c h eve ryon e will rem e mbe r f or
a v ery long tim e.
THE GRUNTFUTTOCK AWARDS Security Award. The m a n in th e Intelligence
S ectiOn ·who hung up th e Londonde rr y m a ps for
D ear R eader, a ll to see whe n no-on e was s upposed to know
we w e r·e g oing th e re .
Firs t I mu s t con g ra tula t e you on readin g this
fa r in th e Journa l. It may w e ll b e t h a t y ou a r e Exposu re Award. (A 25p Voucher to b e spent
only flicking throug h on your w a y to finding out at the nearest Sex Superma rket) . To the couple
who has been taking Cocktails with Col. Hollis t; on the forward slopes of Finaghy Fields on 12th
nevertheless now you are here, read on. Jul y.
As this is the Fifth a nd Final (for the Concentration of Force Awa.rd. (To be known
moment at least) of the Gruntfuttock Epistles a s the 'One Out, All Out Goblet') . HQ Northern
concerning the events, or som e of them, in the Ireland Comma nd.
top right h a nd corner of the 'Land of Sa ints
and Scholars' (Ye Gods) , I have decided , D ear Finally I would like to wi s h Mr. Sidney AI
R ead e r, to make a numbe r of awa rds to those Goosecreature the very best of luck with the
whose deed s might have been allowed to go un- notes n ext time the Sub-Editor starts thumping
noti ced w e r e it not for the 400 words of s pace I t h e ta ble.
am obliged to fill .
Luv to all,
For Originality. 'F enian Forbes' for trying to J . P ea smould Gruntfuttock .
prove that an Armoured 'Pig' will flo a t provid ed
you drive it into the wate r fast enough. TO ALL STAFF COLLEGE CANDIDATES
AND PTE. GRUNTFUTTOCJ{
For Safe Driving. To 'Joe Ninety' and the
'Daylig ht' cowboys of 'Ciaude' for their record- If
breaking myst ery tour to Londonderry on 17th
July. N eve r , w e a re told, did their speed exceed (with sincer e apoogies to Rudyard Kipling)
25 mph and, of course th e y would have got to
Ballykelly much earlier if ther e had b een a IF you can k eep your h ead when through a lecture
proper reception party to m eet them. As part of You 've s lumbe r ed peacefully, awoken late,
the prize, a brace of Freedom Mayors in Hot And waking, suddenly remembered,
Pants are now at 2 hours notice to guide the It's up to you to open the debate ;
prize winners to all the latest trouble spots. IF you can tire a nd not be tired of waiting,
While some long-winded idiot drivels on;
The Early .to Bed Award. To our p e ripathetic And whe n your turn comes, not give way to hating
Adjutant who has, w e are led to beli eve, given Although h e may have spoken far too long . ..
ve ry cl ear instructions to all Duty Officers that
th ey are n ev e r to ring him afte r 10.30 a t nig ht IF you can dream th e Princ iples of Warfare,
as h e still has not had time to t ea ch his "Moon- IF you and Monty both think just the same;
beam" how to a n s w e r th e 'phon e in the corre ct Imbib e your d a il y dose of Sch e m es or L ectures,
military manner. And y e t not Sl\ffe r softe ning of the brain ;
IF you can bear to see your a ppreciations,
Bravery in the Home. To L / Cpl. D ennis for Staff shatte red . hideous with ruby ink ;
s urvival or' countles s attac k s by s om e kind of vam- Or watch the Schem es on which you've poured
pire which seem s to leave the victim severely
marked about the neck whenever the Company your labours,
d epa rts for tours of duty in B elfast. Scoffed at and scorned, and yet not take to
R & R Awa.rd. Office r Comm a ndin g Suppo r t drink . .
Company.
IF you can make one h eap of all your writings
Chastity Award. The Honourable Member for Cast in th e fire , with just one single toss,
. . . . . . who always waves to us in s u c h fri e ndly Then watch the m burn , and only murmur softly,
fashion when ever she sees us. I wonder why ? "The world will be the better for their loss" ;
IF you can force your pen and ink and pencil,
Economy of Effo-rt. HQ 19 Airportabl e Bd e., To s erve your turn lon g after thought is gon e,
for forgetting to send us any more copies of the And so write Qn wh en th ere is nothing in you ,
daily P assword. Except the thought to get the damned thing
Foresight Award. HQ 39 Airportabl e Bde ., done . . .
for rem e mb ering to t e l1 u s w e w e re re quire d for
the 12th July Ma rches more than two hours be- IF you ca n deal with G en erals , not enrage them ;
fore they started . Or should they greet you : "Why have you come
h ere ?"
IF you can then produce a ready answ er,
Assuredly, you won't h a ve mu ch to fear;
JF you ca n fill the unforgiving minute, 25
With s ix ty seconds' Staff W orl<, n e 'e r a b lot,
You•·s is the Sta ff Coll ege- a nd all that's in it, (Top) : Sgt. Jenkinson, BEM, with an
And- what is more, you're we lcome to th e lot ! ! a.dmjr er .
BOOJ{ OF THE SCRIBE- Chapter 3 (Centre): Pte. Clarke, Asslt Pnrs., Guarding
the Wesse x h e li copte r after the RAF esco rt
1. It came to pass at th e end of th e fifth month
t h at th e season call ed Block L eave did pass away. had shot it up--by mistake !
And behold the tribes of C Coy. did return unto (Lower): The Co rps of Drwns at the Short
the la nd of bogs a nd bombs. And th ey did bring Strand-Cpl. Bake r , L / Cpl. Cochran e, Ptes.
unto th em a lso two n ew c hi e fs- Wils on a nd
Ki n g-- the so n s of Wilson a nd Kin g (it is ho ped). Inkpin and Roll.
2. N ow t h e C hi ef called Hiscoc k did see that
the tribes had b ecom e slow and unfit a nd h e d id
ca ll upon the trib es to do all mann e r of exercise.
That c hi e f calle d Wh a ll ey, a man mu c h g ive n
to pa inful sports, did lead the tribes each day
for mighty run s. And th e re was much puffing in
th e la nd .
3. At this tim e t h e T rain in g Officer d id call
forth m e n , say in g, "Com e u nto m e a ll who are
c unning a nd of g ood aim a nd I wi ll mak e you
into snipers true". And b ehold the re cam e forth
Lear, Crosby a nd Benne r ; a nd they did creep
a nd crawl in s trange a nd wonderous ra im en t.
4. And unto th e Tra inin g Offi ce r ca m e oth ers
a lso , m en of re n ow n who soug ht to beco m e
lead e rs of th e tribes. And for e ig ht a nd twe nty
days Snoad a nd Boston, L ear a nd Ris ing did toil
at the stran ge arts of command. And through the
s till s mall hours in a place call ed Ballycastl e
th ey did c raw l a nd groan as a ll a round th em
they did h ear c ries of venom a nd lust. a nd they
did g row tired a nd their b ones did cry out in
pain .
5 Oth er s did play at c ri c k e t a nd oth e r s ports.
But t h e c hi e f ca lle d H iscock ciid say "Ve rily ,
Verily I say unto you, cricket? Not m e ! I lik e
not such sport"; a nd the tribes did do PT inst ead .
6. At this tim e the pe opl e of th e la nd of Uls t e r
d id continu e to rise up agains t th e ir leaders, a nd
the tribes of C were sent forth to bring
peace unto the people of Ballymacarret. Now the
people of Ballym acar ret did gather a nd did rent
the a ir with th e ir c ri es as they did call on a cer-
ta in man a ls o known as Joe Nin ety to return
unto hi s own hom e.
7. Now on the Twelfth D ay of the Seventh
Month , the tribes were sent forth a second time
unto the city of Belfast for this w as the time of
the F east of the Orange Men . And for many
hours t he tribes did wait on the streets a nd bye
ways. Now th e re was a m a n ca lled Charman
who did pass under a bridge ; but ver il y, ve ril y
it is eas ie r for a pig to pass through a needle's
eye than to pass under that bridge. And b ehold
the re was a gre at noise as the dom e of th e pig
did s tril<e that bridge a nd that ch ie f call ed
H art·is was sore di s pl eased.
8. Th e dw e llers of th e city called D e rry rose
up a nd did cast forth stones against the Fort
call ed Ess ex. And t h e s oldi e r s th e r e in did call on
the tribes of C to come unto them . B eh old
the tribes did set forth w ith much stealth a n d
with cover plans; and the ir c h arriots did pass
bv many, many dive rse ways unto that c ity: a nd
a ll m en w e re confused. But th e p eopl e of D e n ·y
did hear of this scourge, and they we re afraid
and returned each unto his own house. And there
was peac e in that city.
9. The t ribes of C did grow weary of the
Scribe, a nd in th e eig hth month they did send
him forth to s it amongst the Angels of Thirt y
N in e Bri gade, to minis t e r unto a ll m e n am id a
mighty rus h of paper. And th e chie f called H arris
w ith a third pip shiny and n ew did seek to take
his seat amongst the thrones of C Coy.
26 at t h e m om en t he was inducing his batma n t o
buy. This he threw at on e of the 'bombers' w ith
THE CITATION such fo rce a nd accuracy that it t hrew the villa in
to the g round . Only t h e fact tha t h e had the
-OR THE HALF-YEARLY LITERARY "clacky box" cha ined to his w rist , a nd tha t he
h ad b een th e m ot i va tor of a su ccess ful salesdri ve
EXERCISE of canned beer earlier that evening among his
ve hic le c r ew.' preven te d th e Iris hma n's ca pture.
There is a saying that actions s peak louder However, with complete disreg a rd of his per-
than words. With this in mind it h as been d e- sona l safety he en coura g ed his driver and ba t-
cided that. rather than write of the mundane man to purs ue th e assassins beyond a discreet
events of yesterday, this valuable s pace could dista n ce. On his return to the scen e of the
b est b e fill e d with the s tirring exploits of the e n gagem e nt Capt. T w is t found th e la ndrover
h eroes of Support Cov. in the hostile environ- burning fi er ce l y. Th e whol e area w as an infern o
m e nt of Northe rn Ireland. This w as a bold d e- D espite bad h ot-chocola te burns caused through
cis ion which immediately limited the a uthor 's Ma rs B a rs exploding in the seve re h eat, this
choice of subj ect to on e of s om e sev enty-fi ve officer m a n aged to en te r the conflagr a tio n
c itations for pers onal bravery - Lt. Thompson m on1 ents a h ead of three coura g eous s oldie r s of
has been excluded as h e was a w a y in Dublin at Support C o y. a nd so r escu e th e Canteen Cash
th e tim e. box.
The difficulty arose from ha ving to select The B att a lion Intelligen ce Cell s hrewdly
one cita tion from among SQ many. Thankfu11 y a ssessed this a ttack upon the mobile canteen to
some proved to be Sltb j'U,dice. For ev e n a t thi s be ins pired by the IRA's notorious shortage of
mom ent it is certain tha t a numbe r lie b e fore provis ion s. "A co r n " iss u ed the ominou s w a rnin g
the GOC awaiting his judg m ent on both th e of a reduction in a ssassination attempts upon
suitability of an award and the Compa ny Com- soldi ers a nd a sh a rplv incr easing threat to
mand er 's lite rary m e rit. "cla cky" boxes. Again Ca pt . Twist rose to the
occasion . H e a nd his vehicle crew immediately
Others contain tales of h eroic deeds b est left produce d an e labora t e, yet foolproof s ch em e,
untold. Among this category mus t numbe r the wh e r eby the Company cantee n is equipped with
determined exploits of Pte. T est er who, with a self-destruction device which appears to work
complete dis r egard to his pe rsonal s afe ty and on a pro-rata bas is.
promising future, sallied forth with intrepid
valour into the Battalion cookhouse during a On another occa sion having successfully sold
recent evening skirmish. Allowing no obs ta c le to a bottle of 's trawberry soda' to a r eluctant and
d et er him from his self-appointed 'sweep opera- preoccupied soldier a t the ve ry forefront of a
tion', he seized (allegedly single-handed) twenty most vic ious street riot, Capt. Twist saw a 'tup-
cold cickens. these he delivered immediately into p enny' piece of the money h e had so conscien-
the custodv of his company colleagues who took tious ly earn ed , fa ll from th e twitching finge r s of
the necessary m easures to defeat any rescue th e n e r vous purc hase r a nd fa ll into the grating
atte mpt. A clerical ey ewitn ess (a cons tant source of a n earby drain . Whilst the savage battle raged
of trouble in our operations in Ireland) described about him this officer , with c ool d et e rminatio n
the resulting scene as one which could only be and a singlen ess of purpose which can only be
caused by a furious baton charge of a t least admired , raised the gra ting a nd thrust his a rm
twenty T este rs; a daunting thought to us all. In- to the shoulde r into water a lready discloured
deed it would appear that in his zeal this h ero, with th e blood of his fa ll en comrades. For seve r a l
among our many, forgot 8 Bde's rallyl<ing cry of t ense minutes h e g roped for the lost coin, im-
"firm but honourable b ehaviour". mune to the holocaust a bout him. The situa tion
was critical. The leading platoon was und e r con-
It is by this simple process of elimination- stant harrassm ent. The few broken survivors by
a little of one and much of anoth er- tha t the list now grouping them selves protectively around the
was quickly r educed. Suffice to say each m a n of prostrate Company 2IC, presented an ever-shrink-
the company is a h e ro, each h e ro s om e thing of ing targe t to bric k and bomb throwe r s. At this
a legend and within each legend a little fact is stage the Compa ny Commander was spurred into
interwoven with just a little fiction. And thus making one of his rare decis ions ; the platoon
leaving some of our leg ends with the Gen eral was orde red to withdraw. However , Capt. Twist ,
and some with the Adjutant, let us cons ider still groping down the munic iple drain, refused
the courage displayed in the: to leave. With a stubbornness already r ecognised
within the Compa ny for its Churchillian propor-
GENERAL - OFFICER - COMMANDING'S tions, h e r efused to give w ay to the mob with
COMMENDA'l'ION his 'tuppen ce' still unsecured . Unable or un-
FOR willing to leave the Capta in to the m er cy of the
frenzi ed rabble, Lt. Thump'em order ed his troops
CAPTAIN OLIVER 'I'WIST, THE QUEEN'S to charge, hoping th e r eby to gain s ome r es pite.
REGIMENT This courageous m a noeuvre was thrice repeated
a nd sev e ral galla nt a rrests w e r e made.
This officer with a s elfless d evotion to the
military cause, and at times a dis play of courage Still the missing coin prevented withdra w a l
far beyond the normal call of duty has for the to safet y. Though by now a growing pile of empty
past six months commanded Support Coy's. Guinness bottles. wate rlog ged policem en and un-
Mobile Canteen. touche d s andwi c h lunch es labelled '3 QUEENS'
testified to the thoroughness of Capt. Twist'e
On 16th June Capt. Oliver Twist was in a dredging ope r a tions. Th e s treet horde furh e r in-
landrover travelling at the rear of a convoy in furiated by th e arrest of som e of their numbe r
the Falls Road. Without warning and in a most now assaulted the pos ition with unremitting
brutal manner a large gang of youths launc hed fury. The thin r ed line w a ver ed : that moment,
a petrol bomb attack on the vehicle. Capt. Twist which a lone is th e t ou ch ston e of a tru e leade r
reacted instantly. Most office r s ch eerfully a ccept had arrived . Capt. Olive r Twis t leapt to his fee t
the risk of finding themselves d efenceless in a n with a loud "hurrah" of triumph, the 'tuppeny '
ambus h a s the ftn e for an acc idental discharge piece h eld firmly b etween his fingers. This was
is so prohibitive that the cost of a d ecent buria l the turning point of the conflict. The soldier s.
is more economical, and, of course one gets only moments b efor e utterly spent a nd exha usted
more sympathy. Capt. Twist w as one su ch , and
so found himself without a g un. H e h a d , howev er ,
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TRAINI NG WING
pu rsued down la n es a n d a ll eyways. S niper Cadre. Members of the Battalion
The courage a nd leadership of Capt. Oliver cou ld h ave been excused if t h ey had thought that
the time was t h e year 2000, a nd the m e n from
Twist had once again saved the day. outer s pace had arrived. It was in fact Jun e t h is
The GOC takes note of Capt. Oliver T w ist's ye~ r and the "objects" in tra iling rags were the
courage, determination a nd exce ptiona l zeal. H e Smper Cadre. The cadre's aim was to train
is aware of his high r eputation with in the Com- s nipe.rs for employme nt on IS operations; Sgt.
pa n y, indeed within t h e Battali on as a whole, J enkinson, .rr.es h .from his cou rse, was given the
f or the pers istant man n er in w hi ch h e pedd les task of traming tt, a tas k he carried out admir·
hi s wa r es in his difficu l t and demanding job as a ~l y. Th e individua l resu lts achi eved were hi gh
OC Ca n tee n . And h e is furth e r aware that, whi lst w ith th e standard of "Sniper Marksman" be ing
lil<e others in this dangerous theatre, he is under attained by L /CpL Venner a n d Ptes. Crosby and
the constant pressures induced th rough t h e two Hmton. One evenmg was spent in the area of
c ommunities, Capt. Tv..rist h as th e furth er wo rry Dundrurn Quay where the cadre carried out a
of the s ix-monthl y audit board . It is to Capt. two hour stalk which caused t h e local population
Twist's very rea l cred it t hat, w ith tireless drive, a fair degree of conce rn ; moreover th e Royal
ene rgy a nd m a nipulation , h e has n e utra li sed th is Ulster Constabulary appeared a couple of times
to In vest igate reports of suspici ous activ it y seen
threat . General comm e nd s Capt. Twis t for hi s amongst the warehouses.
The Junior NCOs' Cadre. A second NCOs' cadre
m a n y and sing ular qualiti es a n d directs that was h e ld duri n g late Jun e and early Jujy , Ire-
t h ese outs t a nding c h aracterist ics s h ou ld b e u sed land has adm irable f aci lities for training at lo w
for th e co mmon g ood . T o this e ff ect an en try is level tactics a nd the students had plenty of op-
to be made in the person a l documents of this portumty to get away from t he frustrations of
outstanding officer that he sh ows some of th e the Inte rna l Security routine. The cadre for
d exterity r equ ired by a Battali on 's F a mli es seventeen stud en ts was a g reat success though
t h er e seemed to be a high rate of wear a n d tear
Officer. (e leve n .s uffered . injury at o ne stage or a nother!).
Th e main exercise was h e ld in the Antrim Gle ns
Maj. W ells and a ll ra n ks of Support Coy. ?ve r four days of g lorious su mm e r weathe r a nd
are very sorry at the very imminent departure 1t confirm ed t h e ge n erally high s tandard achieved.
of Capt. David Dicken s a nd wish him much L / Cpl. G il es, in particular, was con s id ered to h ave
s uccess at Cambe rl ey. His e ffici en cy, calm a n d achieved a result that wou ld ha ve been a cred it
commonsense so often absent from the Irish to an NCO of cons ide rable experien ce. W alsh and
scen e, w ill be sorely missed. W e do, h owever, D a ly co nducted t h emselves in exemplary fashion
a pprecia t e th at h e. ind eed , as with a ll of us h ere, du nng the somewhat harrowing "Resistance to
needs a rest from the stra in of this troubl ed Interrogation " phase, h eld in the rather squalid
th eatr e and we are quite su r e that th is h e will out-house of a farm. Snoad tried out (unsuccess-
find at th e Staff College. fu ll y) a n ew tech niqu e for c rossin g barbed wire
fen ces. Oth e r s learnt equally painful lesson s. But
th e over-a ll f eeling, after it was a ll over and
t h ey h ad had a nights sleep, was t hat it had been
both fun and wort h w hil e.
Exercise "Ede l W e iss"
W aving a m e rry good-bye to the remainder
of t h e Batta lion c ruis ing on ce aga in on the good
ship Matdstone, e ig hteen mountain-clad members
of the Battalion left North ern Irela n d accom-
pa ni ed by Scoobie. th e Ardoyne dog, fo r' 10 days
adventure tra ining in the Scottis h Hi ghla n ds.
Our firs t port of call was t h e Army Mountain
Training Ce ntre at Fort George w h e re we met
ou r instructors: we were issued w ith a compr~
hens ive range of clothing a nd equ ipm ent and
received bas ic ins tru ction in mountain safety
a nd movem e n t. Scoob ie, in the m ean time, carr ie d
out an inspection of the Gordon Hig hla nders;
s olve d th e mys te ry of S cotsm e n 's und e rwear ;
a nd was placed in c lose arrest, for hi s efforts, by
a provos t NCO w ith a very hig h pitched voi ce.
The first phase was spen t in g lorious Glencoe
w h e re we were accommodated in Balla c hulis h
v illage h a ll. Bid ean Nam Bi e n (3766 feet) pro-
vided our only experi e n ce of s now a n d ice work ,
a nd we qu ickly learnt th e use of the ice axe a n d
(Top): Starlight and S upporters' Club. (1. to
r. ) Ptes. Robertson and Babbage, Sgt. Slnden
and Maj. Murra y.
(Lowe r ): Ptes. Fry•e r s and Winter of the
Dog Section exercising the ir dogs.
ga in ed confid ence b y practising the brea kin g-
tech niqu e on a 45 ' s now fi e ld . Th e final c limb to
th e top produced a mini-dra ma when la rge
chunks of ice b1·oke loose and hurt1 e d down on
us causing one or two nasty bruises. The magni-
fi ce nt Aonac h Eagach a llowed qs raidllgetowasalkvionug1·.
the ri c h d e lrg hts a nd a dv e nture of
Often on a lmife-ed ge fl a nk ed by t e rrifying drops
we were reli ev ed to have as gu id es s uch ex pe rtS
as our old fri e nd S g t. John H endri e, a nd Sgt.
Andy Ande r s on of Annapurna fam e.
Phase two found us camped b elow Ben
Nevis with the w eather turning sour. One party
qu ick ly disappeared iqto cloud in an attempt to
reach the summ it of The Ben. The a im was
almost achieved but good sense dictated tha t,
w ith v isibility down to s ix f eet a nd s oaked to th e
s kin, w e left th e mountain to th e ghos ts of less
prudent mountaineers. After a gale-torn night
spent in tents (several of which w ere blown
down) , w e decided to depart prematurely for
phase three.
A converted youth hostel next to the Dun-
donnell Hotel on the s hores of Little Loc k Broom
provided our home for the rock climbing phase.
The crags of Miotag provided t he entertainment.
The party quickly divided into two camps- those
who discovered the joys of rock climbing and
those who discov e r ed the t e rrors. Cap t. Thorp e
gave a d emonstration of how not to climb "a
severe" and was forced to act as patient during
r escue train ing . Cpl. Bob Bardwell found that
abseiling without a rope was not a healthy
activity. A welcome visit to Ullapool was followed
by a two-day tre k through rugged deer-infest ed
country with a night spent in a h unting shack
where, we w ere told, a murder had been com-
mitted a few years ea rl e ir.
So ended a most refreshing ten days a nd we
swapped the splendour of the Hig hla nds for t he
monotonous c li c k-clack of locomotive wh eels
drawing us ever closer to Ulste r.
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The inter-com pany pentathlon h eld at Bally-
27 Old Bond Street, London, W.l. kinler on 28th April was voted a huge success. On
a perfect day for a ny sport. D Coy., who w ere
Bath . Bexhill . Brockenhurst . Camberley runners-up to E Coy. last year, gain ed sweet
Cambridge . Cheltenham . Chester . Cranwell r even ge by w innin g th e trop h y overall this tim e.
East bourn e . Edinburgh H arrow . Leiceste r
Plymouth . Ports mouth . W inc hester . Ma lta D Coy. picked up maximum points by win-
ning t h e Basketball and Rugger. The Ru gger
final b eing without doubt the b est attraction of
t h e day w ith a ve ry hig h powered team consising
of Col. Dod son , Maj . Stephenson, Capt. Thorpe,
Lt. Bishop a nd Ptes. D'Angostino, Humphreys
a n d Bennett proving th e ir sk ills in winning a
boisterou s, though exc iting, final a g ains t a gallant
B Coy. team .
E Coy. pu ll ed off the H ockey and a ls o the
Tug-o-War finals with Capt. Adkins a n d Capt.
Newman both doing th eir s tuff HS team coach
and captai n res pective ly.
C Coy. won a n e n tertaining Soccer fin a l
aga inst A Coy. to finis h off a s plendid day of
sport in whic h 260 office r s and m en took part.
Cric k et
Th e c ri cket sea son ope n ed w ith a Sin~l e
Wicket Competition in which som e fifty m ember•
of the Battalion took part. After a long day of
individual contests Capt. Brown finally won the
competition and some talent had been spotted
for t h e Battalion t eam .
In the annual Officers v. Sergean ts match , th e
officers managed to carry th e day b y. 42 runs
afte r a high sco ring match in wh1ch MaJ .
Stephenson scored a century.
So far three Battalion matches h ave been
p laye d. In th e firs t r o und of th e Army C up w e 29
were soundly b eate n by 1 Para. (i n s pi t e of t h e
fac t t h ey h a dn't a pair of w hite fl a nn e ls be tween Fis hing from t h e sma ll port of At dg lass we
t h em!) a nd in a fri e ndl y matc h aga inst th e 17/ 21 have, on various occas ion s, caught innum e i-abl e
La n cers at Omag h we aga in los t , but by a n arrow w hiting, mack er el a nd cod. In o n e day, I pet-
margi n of onl y 10 r u n s. A gam e agai n st th e RUC sona ll y caugh t som ew he re in t h e reg ion of 50
fro m th e loca l area produced t h e fi rs t wi n of th e cod; however, be ing a novice I n eeded th e b 1ain
season by th e decisive m a rg in of 114 runs. of th e ex p e ri e n ced a n g ler to s h ow me th e best
way to put the worm on the hook, how to use it,
Int e r-Compa n y L eag ue match es are taking a nd h av ing caught th e fi s h , ho w to ge t it off the
place despite operationa l commitments a nd even hook ! I was present on one trip w hen Pte. Pant
if th e standard is not parti c ular ly high , a t leas t (Sig. PI) caught a 281b cod; I h ave neve t seen
ma n y of us a re gettmg the chance to tread t h e a fi s h so large in my li fe, it was a bo ut as lon g
ha llowed turf of th e cric lie t s quare . as a n SLR a nd its h ead was a lmos t as la rge as
a football. Of course to most a ng le rs this wouldn 't
Ca noe in g be a bad catch, but to a novice this was a dream
With th e com ing of summ er and six n ew com e tru e.
canoes from th e Nuffie ld Trust, Batta li on cano e- Mi n d yo u, oth e r fi s h caught by e ith e r myse lf
ing took on a n ew lease of life. No rth ern Irela nd or oth e r s in c lud e s k a t e, h a dd ock, tope, bass,
is a n ideal pl ace for th e s port with la k es, rivers pla ice, h e rri ng and c rab.
a nd t he sea a very short distance from Bally-
kin l er. Unfortunate ly I cann ot com pa re fi s h ing h e re
wit h fi s hing in Eng la nd but a ll I can say is that
B ecause of the s tringent safety regulations for a n y b od y in t e r est ed , Northern I rela nd is the
needed, it was decided to run a three w eeks p lace . Th e b est of lu c k. a n d watch t h e Birds'
course on L ower Loug h Ern e to qualify more in- N ests• !
structors. E leven of us set off for the L ough on
22 n d Jun e , arm ed w it h three c ivilian-type t e n ts • A11glc1·s, fi.s h ennen and no·t:iccs, u:ill und er-
a nd cooking a n d camping equ ipment. L ough Erne s tand t his. To find ont for ymo·sd/, get the bug
is one of Northern I rela nd's b eauty spots in the and ta k e up fis hing.
South W est of the province n ear the old town of
E nnis kille n , a nd as th e weath e r was kind w e
combined a n extremely enjoyable week with
some good training. W e were lucky to have WOI
R eilly of th e APTC (wh o is on e of th e foremost
canoeists in Britain) as our ins tructor, a nd as a
r esult, Lt. Thompson a nd Sgt. Basson gained
t h e ir A CU Ins tructors certi fi cat e, a nd L / C pls.
Bu ll a nd L eachma n and Pte. B r eslin gain ed
th eir profic ien cy awa rds.
On th e la st two d ays of t h e co urse we r a n
a n Orienteering Competition in conjunction with
the North ern Ireland Canoe Association on a nd
a round the lake in which m emb e rs of the B at-
talion cam e firs t a nd second .
The interest in canoeing g rows daily, and
off t he B a ll yk inl er beach on fin e a fternoo ns one
can ofte n see a s ma ll flotil la practis ing capsize
dri lls-at least that is their story ! W e are ho pi n g
later in the year to run a three-day exercise in-
volving ca noe in g and roc k c limbin g.
The N oviee Fisherntan C p l. G il es of t h e Qt'U's d e partm e nt, with his
in an IS Situation 10 lb. 4 oz. Cod .
b y A n g le r
Eve rv read e r w ill alreadv k now the probl em s
facing a ll those s tationed in North e rn Irela nd ;
many wi 11 h ave se rve d the re th em selves.
Any of you w h o are fi s h e rm e n w ill rea li ze th e
frustra tion in getting a trip 'jack ed up' only to
have it can cell ed a t th e last minute because of
the 'Situation'. However, those w ho do manage
to get out very rarely come bac k w ithout a
catch of som e sort or a nother.
Speak in g fr om p e r s onal e xper ie n ce. I g ot t h e
bug in May w hilst on block leave a n d for a w h ole
d ays fi s hing, I was b lessed with one d og fi s h .
Since tha t day I have n ever looked back and
th e va ri e t y of fi s h that can b e caught is u n -
limited .
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L------- I~ Brown an d A u stin, A Co;v.
(Lowe r) : Sgt. J e nkins on's Sniper Cad r e.
OUR WIVES (Top): Lt. Russell receives the trophy from
Th e Commandin g Officer a.fter the Officers v.
B:v 1\'Irs. J<. Dodson WOs and Sgts. cricket mwtch (won by the
It has been a long time s ince a ny Battalion officers).
Wi ves' C lub notes have appeared in the Journ a l , (Centre): T h e Colonel Commandant, 1\laj.-
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bara Flint) , nor do I intend to revive th e prac- (Lower): "Hel p! "-Pte. Ellott-A Coy.
tice; but whilst waiting for the "Twenty-Fou r
Hours" progran1me to g ive me a n up-to-date re-
port on Belfast before going to bed, I feel I would
like to write a n open letter m a inly for the benefit
of 3 QUEENS wives, but a lso because it may
interest other subscribers to know how we are
faring.
W e a re at present living through the most
dramatic moments of our tour in N.I. W e have
16 eventful months b ehind us, only 6 weeks of
which have been genuine leave periods when we
could be sure of hav ing our hus ba nds home for
three sq uare m eals and a full nig ht's rest. No
matter how we may have felt a bout Ballykinler
and County Down as a station, very few will be
sorry to move to a more peaceful . re laxed atmos-
phere n ext winter.
I would like it to be known by all readers
that I have unbounded admiration for the extra-
ordinary way in which our wives have learnt to
live with the uncertainties, the frustrations, the
boredom and fears of life h ere. W e all know that
the Eng lis h a r e noted for b eing at th eir b est
when in a tight corner but a battalion is made
up of many different nationalities. Some young
German wives from Lemgo are doubly bew ild ered
because of lang uage difficulties; som e newly-
wedded Irish girls have left fa milies in the thick
of things in Belfast. Whatever their handicaps
a nd wherever they may ha ve h a ile d from , they
are 3 QUEENS wives now and have joined to-
gether in a remarkable show of patience and
kindliness. This is epitomized by the instant will-
ingness of wives to receive others from hirin gs
in outlying di str icts into their hom es as tem-
porary refugees during Ire land 's la test vicious
fl are-u ps.
The h elpful and fri endly attitude of Company
Commanders and Warrant Officers deserve
special m ention . Most of them have young fami-
li es . and busy hom e liv es to cop e with but they
have n ever been found wanting when particular
a nd specialised inte rest was desperately n eeded.
The ir record in fostering ne ighbourliness a nd
ironing out problems has been outs tanding.
Family life whilst husbands are away h as
been greatly h elped by our marvellous volunteer
workers who run a multitude of youth activities;
by th e sympa thetic staff of the M edical Centre,
and even by the tradesm en-some of whom visit
the camp and others who run the three village
shops-who are always ready for a chat and a
cheery word.
I just hope that by the time the next Journal
comes out our present dram a will have calm ed
down and we s hall have peace a nd quiet for th e
packing-up. I shall n ever get the lids on my
boxes without L / Cpl. "Bomber" Brown to s it on
them!
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The 4th Battalion
Alhuhera Company
The period covered by these notes coincides fetes, schools, Cadet detachme nts, camps and T &
with the busiest months of the year for recruit- AVR activities w hich the Company has attended.
'ng and it would be difficult to r ecall our various To avoid wading through such a list, the
tctivities without inflicting on readers a cata- activities of each platoon during the p enod May-
ogue of the town and county shows, carnivals, July is summari sed as follows:
Platoon Static Displays Arena Displays School Cadet Miles
given given Displays Displays Covered
No 1 PI 42 8
covering Surrey, 6 5 3,312
London and Middlesex. 74
No 2 PI 8 8 5 3,379
covering Kent a nd 30
S.E. London. 8 13 4 3,424
No 3 PI
cov~ring Suss ex. 146 8 27 14 10,115
(Coy. Displays)
TOTAL
Mention must be made however of Sgt. Brown cricket a nd soccer and under Pte. Rickson th e
(1 PI), Sgt. Mogford (2 PI), Sgt. Rumbold (3 PI) soccer team had co n s id erable success in the few
and their ha rd-pressed m en who have borne the games it could play.
full brunt of these activities; and of C/ Sgt
St•vens, Cpl. Kemp and Ptes. Bradshaw and Although Albuhua day came at the w eekend,
Manning who have done much work behind the with pre-arranged recruiting activities, the Com-
scenes to produce the four recruiting kiosks and pany took time off on the day before, to celebrate
the num erou s other i te m s for our static di splays. the R egimental Day and the Battle Honour from
Not to m e ntion a ll the work put in by Capt. Ward which it derives its name. The celebrations
(2 IC) and WO 2 Lea (CSM) in producing our opened with a volley ball match between the
arena di s plays. Th ese started as a su pport wives and the Company which, with the h elp of
weapons race, but, after an alarming casualty both wind and spectators, and a startling display
rate inflicted by manhandling wombats over a 4 by Mrs. Brown, the wives gallantly won. This was
foot wall, rapidly reverted to a more orthodox followed by a soccer match of offic ~ rs a nd
tactical display of "Infantry in action". The mile- sergeants against the remainder of the Compan y.
age covered to arrange and carr y out all th_is In case readers becom e too curious as to how the
activity ha s a lso been con s id erable and 1n officers and sargeants of such a small Compan y
addition to the platoon mileage, the Company managed to field a full XI it should be added
'Mini' has covered ov~r 10,000 mil es in ju st over that over half the team consisted of QUEENS
officers and sergeants invited from the Junior
3 month s. Infantrym e n' s Battalion. In spite of such im-
It is difficult to measure the results from all ported talent, and the acrobatic goalmouth dis-
this effort At only a few shows have there been plays of C / Sgt. Stevens, the men won hand somely.
any direct results- such as at Addington , wh~n
Cpl. McLelland and 3 PI (working outside their Such strenuous activity was smartly followed
area) bagged 4 recruits. In the main it has been by a Compan y pre-lunch drink party and a n
a steady flog in the hope of long term results.
However the following recruiting figures for the "Aibuhera Lunch" in a ll m esses. And so day
first s ix month s of this year, compared with those
for the same period last year, suggest that per- passed to night and to a most enjoyable all
haps it has not all been in vain. ranks dance organised by Sgt Rumbold and
Net members of 3 PI. The Company were very
honoured to have as their Albuhera Guests, Maj-
In-flow Ot\t-ftow Gain/ Loss Gen. Tarver, D e puty Colonel (Ke nt ), Col. C layton,
D eputy Colonel (Middlesex) and Mrs. Clayton
1970 January-June 91 263 -+13722 (loss) a nd some 25 guests from RHQ , 5 QUEENS (V),
1971 January-Jun e 195 163 (gain ) The Junior Infantrym en 's Bn. and former serving
officers of the Regiment now living in the Folke-
An impression that life in the Compan y has been stone area. The Compan y were a lso pleased to
a ll work a nd little play is regrettably correct as provide a small party under CSM Lea to attend
such a full calendar of events h as left littl e tim e the Middlesex Regiment Albuhera Memorial
for anything else. More is t h e pity, because we Service in St. Paul's Cath edral on Albuhera Day.
a r e capabl e of fi e lding good teams for hockey,
R eade rs who are familiar with recruiting
34 (Top): Not members of 4 QUEENS Coy ! but
jargon will perhaps be sorry to hear that the Cadets looki_ng round the company Recruiting
familia•· cry of "KAPE" (K ee ping th ~ Army in
the Public Eye) is soon to disappear and to be kiosk. ·
replaced by "Regim e ntal R ec ruiting Tours". How-
ever for thi s year it has been "KAPE" and in (Lower): Sgt. Brown a.n.d members of 1 Pl.
this connection we are grateful for the support demonstrating to cadets at St. Martin 's
we have been given by the Bands of 3 QUEENS
and Tha Junior Soldiers' Company. W e are a lso P lain.
gratefu l for the support given to us by our f e llow
representative Company, 4th Bn, The Royal Ang- To all Readers !
lian Regiment, Tiger Company, in assisting us
with tactical demonstrations to cadets. Our If you know of a likely recruit,
thanks a lso to the 13 young QUEENS soldi" rs of tell him to drop us a line.
Th e Junior Infantrymen's Bn who volunteered
the ir serv ices as "Satisfied Soldi e rs" during their 4 QUEENS COY.,
s umm er holidays and who were attach cld to Risborough Barracks,
ACIOs for periods of up to two weeks. SHORNCLIFFE, KENT.
Our latest activity has b een to produce the
cast for the next Army TV commercial film a nd
if we arc not carefu l we wiJl lose Sgt. Brown,
L/ Cpls. Stacey and Askey, plus a section of in-
fantry, to the film world. If work with 4 QUEENS
Coy teaches the m en nothing else it certainly
teaches them to be versatile!
Looking into the futur e, t h e leve l of activity
wi11 r emain much the same except that during
the winter months emphasis will be placed on
schools and cadets and assistance to our volunteer
Bns. It is a lso planned to deploy every man in
the Compa ny throughout the area as "Satisfied
Soldiers" during the first two week s of November.
Although the Company h as only b een in
e xistence for a short tim e t h e re have b een seve ral
comings a nd go ings. We send our best wis hes to
the following- who have left u s : Sg-t. Andrew s
(To 3 QUEENS), Pte. Williams, L / Cp l. Murphy,
Ptes. Britchford and Manning (on Di scharge)
We welcome the following who have joined us:
Sg-t. Rumbold (from 1 QUEENS) , P te. Simmon s
(from Depot) , Pte. Medhurst (from 3 QUEENS),
Pte. G lass (from 2 QUEENS), Pte. Sowe rby,
L/ Cpl. Graham a nd Pte Ward (from 1 QUEENS) .
Ptes. Jones. Mitchell, Pollock a nd Stewart
have been attach ed, pending posting to 3 QUEENS,
a nd Sgt. Kemp (from 2 QUEENS) a nd Pte. Rome ro
h ave been attac h ed pending di scharge. Before
thesa notee are published we will a lso have lost
our CSM, WO 2 Lea. who leaves u s on promotion
to RSM of 2 QUEENS. Although this will b e a
sad loss to the Company we congratulate him on
his n ew appointment and wish him and his wife
every success for the future . His contribution to
the Company has been enormous and w e are
most grateful to him for getting u s off to a good
start We welcome in hi s plac" WOII Scott. W e
also con gratulate L / Cpl. a nd Mrs. Pollock on the
birth of their son , on 26th May.
We have b een very p leased to welcome th.e
fol1owing visitors to the Companv since our last
notes: Mai-Gen. R. V. Penfold, GOC South East
District: Maj-Gen. C H . T arvar, Deputy Colonel
(Kent): Col. A. S . J. de S Clayton, D eputv Colonel
(M iddlesex): Brig. J R. Ande rson. Divisional
Brig-adie r; Lt-Col. M. F. Revnolds. CO2 QUEENS:
Lt-Cnl. P. Johnson, CO 5 QUEENS (Vl · Maj. J
M. Hewson a nd Capt. F . Oram. 5 QUEF.NS (V);
Maj. G U . Weymouth anrl Lt-Col. F. W . Hann
from RHQ : CRpt. A. C. Dawson. Lt. P. M. H
McGiJJ, Lt. J. G. McWilliam an d 2/ Lt. A. Carter
from JIB; Mai. J. R. Stephenson. 2IC 3
QUEENS: Maj. M. E. Girlin~r. 6 QUEENS (V):
Maj M. C. A. L . Gilham, 7 QUEENS (V); Maj .
R. W . D ennis, JIB.
Depot The Queen 's 35
Division Compa n y from The Gibraltar R egim en t carried
out a fortni g ht's training here a year ago.
On t h e 23rd July we bade far e w e ll to our
fir st Commandin g Office r Lt.-Col. W . C. D e ll cr, Our readers ma y be inter~sted to lea r·n . t hat
OBE a n d w e lc omed the n ew on e , Lt.-Co l. M. J . this summer t h e De pot C ricket team h as enJoyed
Doyle. MBE, QUEENS . .w e s hould like to r ecord a full season of fri endly a nd successful matches
our s pec ia l co ngratulatiOn s to both upon thatr with severa l local Crick et T eam s, the J SSC a nd
awards in H er Majesty's B irthday Honours Li st. oth e r s. R egrett a bl y our c ri c k ete rs lost the Easte rn
Lt.-Col M il{e Doyle was Comm ission ed into th e Di st ri ct fin a l in th e Arm y Cup to 39 Engr R egt.,
QUEEN'S Royal R egiment in 1953. H e served having beat e n 9 Coy RAMC by s ix wick ets in the
Wi th hi s R egim ent a nd its su ccesso r s in Mal aya, Di strict semi-final. I n t he Southern Comma nd
Ade n , H ong Kong a nd Bahrein a nd his la st job Juni or Orie ntee ring C hamp ionships our Ju~ior
was in BAOR wit h HQ 6 Bde. Soldi e r s' t eam gai n ed fourth p lace in t h e Mtnor
U nits T eam competi tion and J / Pte. Jones, R
W e a lso sa id goodby e to Capt. P. C. Maclare n , ANGLI AN , is to b e congratulated on coming in
The Qu een 's Own Rifles of Can ada w h o, on ex- ninth in the individu a l event, o nl y some 29
rhange from hi s R eg im e n t, has served at th is minutes behind the individua l c hampion .
D ~ pot for th e p ast e ig h t ee n month s w hi c h h as
included comma nd at The Divisional Battle Th e Junior Sold ie rs' inter-platoon co m-
Camp at Warcop. W e wish him a nd his family pe ti ti ons s h ou ld be complet ed by th e e nd of th i
pvery s uccess a nd happin ess in his n ext appoint- term and riva lry between Bandsm en , Drumm ers
m e n t at t h e Canadian M ili tary Acad em y and and In fant eers is reaching its peak! On return
assure them a hearty welcome if they should from Eas ter L eave an External leadership camp
ever return to Bassingbourn was es tab li s he d in North Wales a nd every Junior
Soldi er s pe nt t en days there learning how to
Th e Divis ional D e pot h as bee n form ed 18 canoe, rock c lim b and to nav igate and traverse
months a n d s ince the beginning of t he last year, th~ Snowdonia mountains. At the time of writing,
forty R ecruit platoon s h ave form ed up at fort- the Adven ure Tra ining Instructors are leading
ni g htl y inte rval s a nd over 1,450 Adult R ec ruits expeditions for our Junior Soldiers on the Isle of
have completed or are unde rgoing their 14-week Skye, befor e they travel to t he ir Company Battle
Bas ic R ecru its' trainin g before joi ning our R egu- Camp w h ich is to b e at L ydd Camp thi s s umm e r .
lar Battalions. N e arly 500 Junior Band sm en ,
Drummers and Infantrymen are being or have ''GETTING TO ]{NOW YOU"
Ueen train ed h e re . Th ese Junior Soldiers the n A p a •·ty o f Sch oolbo ys who recently v isi t e d
complete th e D e pot's ex-Juniors Soldiers' 6-week
transitional course, with those maturing Junior the Divis ional D e p ot .
So ldie rs R egim e n tall y ba d ged fro m the Junior Pictures by The Stevenage Gazette
Soldiers units at Oswestry, Rhyl a nd Shorncliffe,
before t h ey too are pos ted to our Battali on s. In a nd H e rtfordshire Express.
addition to recruit a nd Junior Soldier training,
the D epot runs pre-courses for t hose attending
var iou s Sch ool of Infant r y courses T o date 33
Subaltern s , 59 Sergeants a n d 77 Co rpora ls h ave
attended two or th ree weeks pre-course instruc-
tion at Bassingbourn.
T o assist our T a n d A VR Battalions, t h e
D epot provides in structors, and programm es 2-
week T and AV R R ecruit courses; so far, more
than 300 h ave attend ed e ight s uch courses. In our
last Journal notes m ention was made of the
Depot a ssistan ce to affiliated CC F a n d ACF units
a rld , in conjunction with t h e R eg im e ntal R ecruit-
ir•g Officers, t h e Depot h a s organ ised a nd pl a nn ed
many CCF field days, A CF week e n d v is its a nd
training camps for these con tingents. Since w e
form e d, s ome 1,500 Cadets from t h e Divi s iona l
area h ave v is ited or attended th e trainin g camps
establish ed at Stanford Tra ining Area.
Apart from the continuous training commit-
m ent, the D epot has becom e our new Divisional
home a nd is respon s ible for the administration
a n d movem e n t of h old ees. C urre n t ly we h ave 30
Officer s a nd 180 Soldier s on our H eld Streng th .
The D epot a ls o acts as host to m a n y v isitors. T h e
Divi siona l h a lf-yearly Pos ting Confe r e n ce is h eld
here. as indeed are R ecruiting m eetings and visits
by Arm y Careers Officers from the Div isiona l
area.
As the first Divis iona l D epot to be form ed
for t he Infant ry of the Lin e, Bassingbourn Bar-
racks has becOme of great interest to those
Division s of Infantry who have still to c reate
t h eir own D epots. 'w e h ave b een visited b y
Officers of The Scottish , The K ing's a nd The
Light Di v is ions a n d have h os ted Au stralia n , Paki-
stan , French , Swedish and W est G erm a n Army
Officers, who wish ed to l ~a rn about Britis h In -
fantry training. Last, but by no m eans least, a
36 IIOUSE 01.<' THE Y E A U
Our second D e pot "Op en Day" was h e ld on snow
26th Jun e and m or e than 9,000 people attanded,
a numbe r w hic h w as certainly g reat er th an last 4tlt- 9 t lt O ctobe r , 1971
year. Apa rt from a h eavy rain shower a t 4 p .m, E mttit•e Pool, W e 1nbley
thi s yea r 's "O pe n Day" was mos t s u ccess ful frOJ!l
ev~ ryon e's point of view w h en the m a n y s tatiC The first night (4th October) is a GALA
displays and arena events (which r an continuous- NIGHT and the proceeds are being given,
ly for two and a half hours) wer e much appre- inter alia, to the Army Benevolent Fund.
ciated. The events culminated with a B eating R e- Seats: £2.50, £2.00, £1.50, £1.00 and 80p.
treat Ceremon y pe rform ed by som e 230 Band s- (Half price to Members of the Armed
m en a nd Drumm er s of The Queen's Divi sion . Of Forces, their families and friends for the
the latter dis play w e were most grateful to have
w ith u s the Band of 3 QUEEN'S, the Band a nd £1.50, £1.00 and 80p seats).
Drums of 1 RRF and t ha Band a nd Drums of
1 R ANGLIAN. It can be stated quite fa irly the re- Concession aL rates for parties.
fore that this was a Queen's Divisional occasion,
a nd ha ppily supported by severa l hundred Old BOOK NOW AT THE BOX OFFIOE,
Comrad es of the form er R egiments of our WEMBLEY_
Divi s ion.
Another feature of this year's "Open D ay"
was the presence a nd excellent display provided
by the Massed Band and Pipes of the Brigade of
Gurkhas. During thi s-the Gurk h a W e lfare
Appea l year- in addition to their Band, t h e
Gurkh as' set up their own static display a nd
W e lfare Appeal stall, a nd from all these, the
Gurk h a W e lfare Appeal benefited b y seva ral
hundred pounds.
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The 5th (Volunteer)
Battalion
CO: Lt.-Col P . D . Johnson ; 2IC: Maj. M. A.
G. Roberts, TD ; T rg. Major : Maj . J . M . H ewson,
M C; Adj : Cap t. C H . St. Jo hn P e rry; QM : Capt.
(QM) F . B. Oram; RMO: Maj . L. Burn, RAMC:
R SO: Ca pt. A . .J . Bing h a m; A / ! 0: L t. F . J . Sim s;
P a dre: R ev. R. C. L. Pilgrim, RAChD ; Pmr:
Capt. D . H ough ton , R APC ; MT O : L t. (QM ) R.
White; RSM: WO! E. S . Parker ; ORS : Sgt. A.
St. J . Whebby.
THESE notes find us between camps- CSM Chaffer was not there but then it's a small
"BAOR I " a nd Gibraltar are behind us screen
and as we go to press "BAOR II" is abo ut to June
start.
"BAOR I " in full fli g h t. A H eard from Gu ild -
At home, t he season of range days, classi- ford , a nd dear Richard.- the dear boy surround ed
fi cation and exercises culminates in the Bn. by parac hutis t s was a s ig ht for eyes. My! ho w E
FTX in September, at t he end (almost) of Coy has com e on- or off! They do tall me it was
our tr aining year. t h e Spar at th e ir "home loc". W ell if Ri c hard was
taking the waters, the score has c ha nged.
T he Bn. is now over strength. Two new Drill
Hall s at D eal a nd S e venoak s h ave b een reo pe n ed The CO gave a ba rbecue a nd roasted a few
an d muc h effort has been put in by th e compa ni es o ld favourites. Everyo n e looked quite viril e a nd
concerned to en sure that they have got off to a hi s wife a perf ec t exa mpl e of m y f avour ite
good st a rt. Both n ow field platoon s. Fre nch dressing.
5th Bn. "Birthday H onou rs" List The darlin gs of C Coy did a n Assault landing
K St J (The Order of St. John) - to t he Ad- and as P eter was away on holiday with his
famil y t hey ask ed m e to be in c harge; quite. th e
jutan t, for obviou s reason s. best thing that has happen ed to m e for som e
K CMG (Knig ht Commander to Miss G ibral- tim e-to be assaulted at m y age is too much Th e
final la nding at Hastings on a packed beach
tar) - to OC B Coy, for equ a ll y obviou s r easo n s. cau sed a few babi es to "arrive'' earli e r than
RAChD- to W02 D . Marriott (C Coy) who planned but with Sgt. Brown there, w ho would
worry. Anyone for the Barrell ?
did not attend a C h ristian L eader ship Course.
New Colours- -to D Coy. July
D FC- to the Trg. Major who fl ew from
The s u n in a ll its g lory s hone upon us a nd
Camp to Camp like a r eal o ld qu •en . indeed th e 6th a n d 7th too. ("My! how you've
MPH - to Maj Mike Robert s, caught in a g rown", as D es said to the Jim ).
Speed T rap at Chilham on 18th July. (This award The s hooters w ent to Bisley and were knocl< ed
carri es a cash bon us of £15 a nd cost s) . flat by th e N. Iri sh . Practice m a k es perfect-and
P e t e r H arr ing ton , s h ou ld h ave bought u s a ll
GEN. B I R D'S DIARY Guinness instead of promises, promises.
Sub-Edito?-'S Not e : W e c ontinue Gen . Bi1·d's
Diary- it ntay be c onside1·ed queeT by s om e but As I end, C Coy a re off to Germ any to m op
it c overs nLa.ny sins! up o n t he "H eard " a nd D ear Graharn is doing
t h e last of this yea r 's HQ s plits. This tim e h e's
D ear Diary (SO Book 1971 ), off him self to how what h a's m a d e of: sorry it
was not Rock.
May
Quite the most exciting m ont h of the year So much for the long a n d h ot (pant s) sum-
me r. An d so to bed with you (D ear Diary).
so far . An ea rl y s tart- but the whol e month quite
overwhelmed by that camp trip to Gibraltar. Genbird .
P .S . I s it tru e w h at t h ey say a bout P -Gee?
T he 3rd Bn The Royal R egiment of Fusiliers
(3 RRF to th e SD fan s) - host s " par excell en ce". A COMPANY
Gerald, Malcolm and Michael m ention• d by Ea rl y in Ju n e we h e ld an In ter-S ection Com-
Miss G ibra lta r o n h er show : a nd the 2IC in a petition, in w hic h nine team s of six took part:
SPOT a ll on his own and, my dears (as h e said ) each had to set up a pa tro l base camp, cook t h e ir
"W it h only on e channel they all h ave to watch". own rations, a nd complete a night patrol exerci se
on the Saturday evening On Su nday m orning
How nice to see the wivas there; nice but th ere w as a forced m a rc h from Mi nlay to Fir-
confus ing (don't get in a paddy a bout it). bright, followed by a race round the Guards
assaul t course a nd a run-down shoot on Pirbrig ht
Wond e rful month- supe r p eopl e. The trip t o ran ge. T o do well r equired a hi g h standard o f
T a n gier a n d Ger a ld 's s hop was fun . E ven Albu- training a nd fitness. The winners we ra L ·Cpl.
h era Day, when D Coy did the ir "thing" with a John son a nd h is Support P I t eam , closely f ollow-
lot of Scots m en. was differ ent. Cocktails with ed b y Cpl. Rose and hi s t eam from H ou n s low.
Colon e l Robin and a ll. L ICpl. Gray did parti cu la rl y well with hi s t eam
of n ewly-join ed recruits. The Commanding Officar
And didn't CSM Mirams look divine on the watched t he closin g st ages of the competition a nd
box?- Quite the Alan Wicker of the 5th! Pity presented t he prizes
38 (Top): "Miss Gibraltar" with March and
Shoot winning team from B Coy.
A fortnight later W i:! w e nt to Cam p (except
for s ixteen o f Support Pl. who a rc at Soltau as (Centre): Not stolen from 3 QUEENS ! A
this report is written) . W e arrived, with E Coy, Plrutoon from B I D Coy. on an IS Exercise in
at th e H a ltern training areas in slig ht drizzle
and am id c ri es of "Its quicl< e r by ra il " late on Gibraltar.
Saturday, 19th Jun • (the latter r efe rr ed to the 16
hours it h a d taken to FLY th e 350 mil es from (Lower): Splas h ! Sl{t. Terry Corbett leads
Guildford). W e w ere g r eet ed by our a dvance 11 PI. (from b e hind !) in Assault landing by
party and found a m eal r eady a nd our t e nts a ll
up, thanl<s to Kirk e 's Sobraon Coy, 1 QUEENS- C Coy. at Cambe r.
a foretaste of the hos pitality we were to receive
from thl!m . Tra ining was co ncentrated on w eapon Pictur es by Maj. M. A. G. Roberts.
ha ndling, a ttac l< exerci ses wi th live a mmuniti o n ,
de f en ce a nd withdrawal. The s ta ndard s reac hed
w~ re v e ry e nco urag ing, s howing good bas ic l<now-
led ge a nd excell e nt teamwork on the part of a ll
concerned.
However, this Camp will probably be rem em -
bered for other things. The weather alternated
between tropica l downpours and desert heat, but
n eve r actua ll y inte rfe red with tra ining "Di g- in ,
Cam-up! " was a common cry; digging was easy
in the sandy g round , but th e resu lting tren ch es
were som e what co llapsible . Cpl. Gleed 's section
were renowned for k eeping in s te p ; they did so
a t a ll tim es, even- it is said- on nig ht patro ls.
C/ Sgt. F a irfax was a popular man, a ppearing at
the most unlik ely times and places with his ~ ton
cornuco pia overflowing with Wu.Tst , Ma rs bars,
t~a. e tc. Pte . Jon es seemed to pre f e r going to
Baden-Baden (courtesy of D eutch es Bundes
Bahn) to appearing a t first parade. The un-
doubted h eroes of the fortnight w ere th• Mobile
Bath U nit (thoughtfully TAC-s igned "Have Bath,
wi ll travel") whose H eath-Robin son-looking e quip-
m ent belied its • fficiency.
0 / Cdt. Milne r-William s broke hi s ankl e, som e
four p eople caught 'flu, and Cpl. Rose lost his
voice halfway through "Eskimo Nell " , but oth e r-
wi se we a ll came back tire d , f it and happ y.
Our thanks are due to the QM a nd the m em-
bers of HQ Coy for their assistance, and to Brig.
Mans a nd the CO for visiting u s and bring ing
such good weath.r with them .
Just before Camp w e said goodbve to C/ Sgt.
D erek Naylor and welcomed C/ Sgt. David Sharp
in hi s place
B COMPANY
OC: Maj. G. Dineley, TD; 2IC : Capt. B. Halt ;
PI. Comds: Lts. C. A S . Bates, P . J . Mount, 2/ Lt.
C . B ellin ~ham ; CSM: WOn D . A . Mirams; C QMS:
S / Sgt. K . C r a nn ey; PSi s. WOn W . G. Warre n ,
Sgt. G. Major .
These notes cove r a rather hectic period,
starting with Annual Camp in Gibraltar where
our Sponsor Unit was 3 RRF.
The w eather in Gibraltar was extrem ely un-
kind, it rain ed on e leven of our days there- un-
h ea rd of during the Summ er months.
The training facilities in Gibraltar a re
limited, h owever there is a n extr em ely good IS
Training Village. All the IS training culminated
in a large exe rcise with B Coy, 3 RRF, on e hig h-
light of which was the appearance of the OC
a nd CSM as v ery realistic Special Branch Officers
- as some soldier s from 3 RRF soon found out
Three oth• r events which made Camp suc-
cessful w e re, a middl e w eek e nd trip to T a n g ie r,
from which everyone re turn ed laden with good s
from the Casbah: secondly a very inte r esting day
at sea on board HMS Galat ea: and thirdl y , a
March and Shoot Competition won by L / Cpl.
D erek B avan and his S ection who w e re lucky
enoug h to h a ve their prizes presented by Miss
Gibraltar, 1971. (See picture).
On return from Camp the task of classifying 39
eve ryon e on th e ir Rang e Course s tarted in earn-
est, broug ht forward t hi s year because of the May was the month for Annual Camp for all
closu r e, for r e pa1rs , of t h e ETR at H yt h e. but t he ever-independen t Support Platoon. Our
hosts w e re 3 RRF, w ho m ade us very welcom e,
Th e Company Ini t iative Exe rci se th is year a nd th e venue- Gibra ltar.
cove re d 279 mil es of cou ntrysid e . F aversha m ,
Ma id sto n e, B lackh eath, Li ve rpool St. S t a tion , S ettlin g in too l< n o time at a ll , it seem ed onl y
Northa mpton, P et e rborough a n d Bra ndon were minutes before L / C pl. Bonn er h ad the laundry
a ll c hec l< po in t s o n t h e route. Th e w inn er·s, thi s c oncession sewn up a nd was looking f or hi s next
year, w e r e C p l J ohn Pirt a nd Pta. B ill H azard lin e of bus in ess Within two days. a fter v is its here
who covered th e co urse in 11 h rs. 29 min s.- thi s a nd th ere, le ctures o n "th is a nd t hat" we were
fast t ime was helped by th e fact t hat they we ll c lu e d-up on G ibra lt a r a nd had got used to
hitc h ed a very long lift in a H e li copta r! The OC going up a n d down ra th e r than a long. The train-
d istingui sh ed him se lf by arresting a m a n at 0330 ing fac iliti es ava il ab le were limited , but a lot of
h rs. on B lackh eath ! H e was v is iting a c heck u seful work was don e. Th e middl e Saturd ay was
poin t w he n a "Cops a nd R obbers" c hase occurre d fr ee a nd mos t of Us took the da y trip to T a n gier
- three m e n being c h a sed by t h e Poli ce; two w here w e learnt how to haggle for our souvenirs,
were arrested by the police a nd t he third by t h e a nd hold our breath in t h e market. From a quiet
OC. The Co mpany was m ost disappointed that socia l drink on the uppe r d eck of the f e rry o n
t hey mi ssed som e legal 'agro'! the wa y b ack, on e t hing led to a nothe r a nd fi n a ll y
to a m ilitary ta k eove r of the d eck for a party
W e din ed out Sgt. Wall y Woolgar, on e of our fu e ll ed large ly on win e at 18p a bottl e.
PSi s, w h o is leav ing the Army ; h e h as settled in
Ma idston e a n d is workin g for a firm of printer s. The Sunday was Albu hera Day, when the
W e s h a ll miss hi s la u g h a nd h is w it, but in hi s result of the OC's plotting was revealed in the
p lace w e welcom e Sgt. Geoffrey Maj or from 3 shape of t he pipes a nd drums of the Argyll and
Q UEENS Suth e rland Hig hla n d e rs w h o played r evei ll e for
the Company w hile the officers (in their off duty
Finally congratulations to L t. P et er Mount rig ) served tea in bed to those \vho w eren't out
a nd to Cp l. George Morgan on their r e cent taking phot ographs.
marriages.
The Royal Navy provided a day at sea in the
C COMPANY fri grute HMS Galatca, a d ay s poiled so m ewh at
by h eavy showe rs of r a in . Th e CSM and th e S g t s.
OC: Maj. P. G. Harrington ; C QMS : C / Sgt. A . disappeared into t h e P etty Officers' Mess a n d
J . C ruttenden : PI. Comd: Capt. M R. L . Harding; were ne ver seen again u ntil it was tim e to be
PSis : W On J . Barrell a nd Sgt. E. Brown ; CSM: decanted into the tender, w hile the remainder of
WOn D . H Marriott. the Compa n y worked t h eir way up a nd down a nd
in a nd out of the s hip to th eir h ear ts co n ten t.
R ecent activity has been d es ig n ed to bring u s
to a high standard of training in pre paratio n for Th e much-vaunted I S exercise against 3 RRF
a nnu a l camp at Soltau/ Luneberg (the last two started off on t he wrong foot; the combined might
w eek s in July) . of B a nd D Coys was to h ave put in a dawn
co rdon and search, but we were forced to remain
A s u s u a l the coy h as class ifi ed on the Annua l on t h e leash until the r,a vo lting peasan ts were
R ange Course and w e have been particularly sitting comfortably, whe n w e w ent in under
pleased by the hig h scores achieved by t h e re- cove r of broad daylig h t. H eavy rai n fo r an h our
cru its, thank s to the excelle nt tuition t h ey r e- or two didn't exectly put th e cordon party in good
ce iv ed from our NCOs. humour, but breakfast a nd a ch ange of rol e
stoppad the g rumbles. Once w e got used to the
Our team again competed at B isley in the idea t h at th e lig htweight trai ning version hou se-
China Cup ; they were: Maj. H a rrington (T eam br ick h ad not b een issu ed , everybody fe ll to with
Capt.) a nd L / Cpl. Adam s-GPMG ; Lt. R yan , Sgt a will, D Coy, responding to som e a ncient instinct,
Lelliott, Sgt. Harri s (HQ Coy), L / Cpl. Woodcock, roam ed th ,a s treet in organi sed bodies looking f or
Pte. Dutto n a nd Pte. T yler- Rifle; C pl O'F a rre ll r ioters to frigh ten, a nd B Coy produced the fin est
(R eserve) . The t eam held their own in a strong squad of Gestapo m en si n ce the Nurembe rg tria ls.
fi eld that produce d a n a ll tim e r acord score. This was undoubtedly t h e hig hlig h t of camp a nd
is certain to be fou g ht a nd refough t for a long
Tha nks to 20 Maritim e R egt R CT and t h e ir tim e to com e Afte r that t h e r e was li ttle to do
LCT with the w illing c rew , the Sussex beach es but come hom e a nd dry out (in more ways than
w it n essed its fir st amphibious land ings s ince 1066! one).
I t w as w ith ide al condition s of a calm sea The aftermath of camp is always a slack
period but on th e socia l side w e h ave h ad a m ost
and b lue sky that a h yp oth etical RN Sqn a nd s uccessful da n ce. Th e Sgts ' Mess, in a n unguarded
RAF "soft en ed up" R ed B each Cambe r to a ll ow mom ent, invited the officers a nd th e ir ladies to a
us to storm ashore and m eet the entrenched socia l eve ning a nd bankruptcy proceedings ar,a
forces of "H arr ingto n 's Maraude rs"- much to th e now b e ing con s id e red .
delig ht of th e uns u sp ecting h oliday-mak er s at
Pontings Holiday Cam p. Th e Company is to provide a contingent fo r
t he Lord Mayor's parade in November, and the
Afte r establi shing a beach-head , t h e w eekend first drill parade has a lready been h eld on the
was spent using assault boats for river crossings, square at Mi ll Hill . Attendance in futur e s h o uld
e tc., a t Cambe r Castle Sand Pits a nd the exerc ise b e good, as we fi n d that 200-300 WRAC 's a r e
ended with a nother full-scale company la nding station ed th e r e.
against the r e-establi s h ed H arring ton 's Marauders
a t St. Leonard's. As w e write, Support PI. are at camp with
C Coy a nd w e are waiting for them to get their
R ecruiting continues to be good and w e can own back w ith inte rmina bl e cam p stori es, in t h e
be selective, but there is still room for a few bar.
m o r e.
(Continued overleaf)
D COJUPANY
OC : Maj. M. L . Muirhead ; 2IC : Capt. R. E .
L owan s ; PI. Comd s: Lts. R J. Claydon , R. H .
C rosher , T . C. R. Hutton , a nd P . J . Moseling;
CSM: WOn D H a rwood; CQMS : C/ Sgt. R. A.
Ston e; PSis: WOn McFadyen a nd Sgt. H . K .
Brown.
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D COY. GffiRALTAR - 1971
(Left): Albuhera Da.y Cele bra.t ions. (Ce ntre): The reluc tant "pick-up" during an
Pi c ture b y Ma j . R ob e rts. (Righ't) : IS exercise .
Pte. Oakle~· about to abseil down th e
south face of the Rock.
E COMPANY w ho le world w as against them wha n a sk ed to
wade through the rive r; indeed they w ere able
OC: M a j R C. B. Dix on ; 2IC: Capt. G. W . to s h elte r und e rneath it, whil st loos ing off
Evan s; PI. Comd s: Lts. M . G . Butlin , G . N . W a l- t hunderfiash es.
tham , A . P . H a igh a nd 2/ Lt. J. L. A . :Fowl e r ;
CSM: WOII J . A . Collins; CQMS : C/ Sgt. S . L . A. Great second w eek, with ev eryone only too
Roger s; PSis: C/ S g t Phillips , S g t s. Phillips and ple a sad to hand ov er the ir g as mas ks to A Coy.
Caton. This time the a tta ck on A Coy's pos ition w ent in
led by that "D y n a mic Duo", C pl. Hoad and L / Cpl.
June, and it was annual ca mp time. Prepara- Dabell, who threw the m selv es onto the barbed
tion for it took placa during the week end 5th / 6th, wire. Th e thunde ring b oots of 14 and 13 P in s w er e
and CSM Collin s pointed out that a rra n gem e n ts drowned b y their g roa n s. The opposition was
had been m ad e with the loca l ba rber to a llow for complet ely beat en a nd th e t ru e c unning of A Co y
last minute alte rations . During thi s w eek e nd th e s howed itself as the C.S . g a s r eached E Coy.
annual 5 mil e fitn ess test took place, with L / Cpl.
N e wsum making v e ry fast tim e ov er the las t two Unforget a bl e mome nts of Camp 1971 : Lt. But-
mil es. H e had an urge nt fappointm e nt'. lin's faca when h e r ealised the cost of the toast
and past e order ed for him by Lt. Tony Haigh ;
Arrival in Ge rmany was w elJ orga ni sed; the th e call to unknown call s ign "Sunday Minor
OC drove tha pla n e off the runwa y, a nd it ra ined! Minor"; and the efforts of th e B Coy ren egades.
Howev er next morning instant activ ity. 14 Pl
was joined by r en egad es from B Coy (or w as it W e bid far ew e ll to Sgt. Philips, who r eturn s
R ecruits ), training comm enced a nd it ra in ed. A to the 2nd Bn. fully equipped with his fibreglass
warning ord e r w as issu ed ( "Quag li a n os N ow"), h elmet, supplied by Cpl. Hughes. Now that the
tableclothas brought out, a nd the OC's 0 g roup 2nd Bn. a r e in N. Irela nd , w e expect that this
comm enc ed. n ew form of headgear will g o down a bomb in
the B allymurphy E stat a !
Th e fir s t w eek s t a rted w ith a ll t hose things
tha t you do not see on "Dad's Army"; m a rch es in HQ COMPANY
battle o rd e r , section attack s, nig ht s hoots, eva n
live firin g. Som ehow w e al1 managed to live The Signa l platoon, much to everybody's en vy,
through it , e v en L / C pl. Dabell w ho cam e und e r s t a rte d th e Campin g S eason b y g oing to Gibra l-
fire from A Coy aarly on Tuesday m orning . ta r , only to find tha t w eather conditions we re not
quite what wa 8 expected . N evertheless they mu st
The w eek finis hed with a two-day exe rc ise, have train ed v e ry h a rd a s a ll the s ignall e rs c la ssi-
during which 14 PI. s p e nt a v e r y quiet d ay, w a tch- fi ed a s grad e 2 or 3, a nd now have bulging leg
Ing A Coy dig in. 13 PI (Maid ston e) m eanwhil e muscles gained from much hill climbing.
w er e doing th eir b est to fini sh off Lt. H a ig h a nd Apparently much of the hard work was com-
hi S party. Cpl. R yan however almost s ucceed ed p ensated for by something callad a "Green
where Ma idstone fail ed: safely throwing a Jacket" whic h com es in a g lass and is bought
thund ertlash a way from the oncoming 13 PI., h e in the NAAFI : tha t is with the exception of
blew himself up. Tha second day open ed with 13 S/ Sg t. Ma rcha nt, who h ad his own private Grot
PI. r eaay to put in an attack on A Coy's position . Bar in som e secret pa rt of the Rock. Pte
However, everything came to a full-stop w hil st Mclntosh who was hig hly d elighted to receive
2/ Lt John Fowl er disappear ed on a r ecce'. H e DMS boots a fte r a two year wait, then found h e
re turn ed 5 d ays lig hte r! (sic). could not move fast enough on the IS exe rcise
a nd w as promptly hit on the h ead! With the kind
L a ter on it ra ined . Which en sured tha t Cpl. of h ead s th a t s ig n a ll e rs h ava th e r e were no ill
H oad a nd L / C pl. D a bell did n ot feel that the effect s. The Si g n a ll e r s w e r e luc k y e nough durin g
the fortnig ht to pay a visit to North Africa, a nd t ho ug h t of (a t last) getting his ve hi c les o n t h e
to see li fe on the edga of th e Dark Contme nt ; m ove.
perhaps a discreet veil should be drawn over their
act iv it ies! R ec rui t in g is goi n g w e ll . C pl And erso n is
very pleased w ith hi s proteges a nd returned from
A few of the Company atland ed the BAOR 1 a rec ent recruits' exe rcise full of good reports.
camp at Ha1te rn , and the main comment aga in
seem s to have been th e w eathe r, with a lmost The Signal platoon are ver y pleased with
never-endin g rain, making t he en tering and leav- th e ir hom e m ade a ntenn a (bits of te Jevts JOn artal )
ing of t h e camp area somethi ng of a n a dventure. a nd managed to send sig n a ls a di s tanc e of 70
Sgt. Bartl e tt and L / Cpl. Hards m a naged to work mil es- on e way o nl y. Congratu latiOns to Ban d-
the ir way t h rough t h e stock of v eh icles and it ma st e r C larkc, Cp l. Cage a nd S / Sgt. Marchant
would seem that the drivers worked their way who rec entl y rece i ved their Me ntortou s ~ervtce
through th eir stock of veh ic le brake mi shaps Certifi cate, a nd to Sgt. Ri c h ards who r ece1ved a
caused by th e rain. c lasp to hi s Efficien cy Medal ; also to Drummer
Filmer who received hi s Efficie ncy Medal.
T h e I ntelligence section s pent their cam p with
th e Ju n ior L e ade r s Regime n t at Shorncliffe, with Th e H eli copte r training h eld r ecentl y we n t
very li ttle commen t, so apparently it mu s t have very well, everyone having a fli g ht ; thi s inclu.d e d
been qu ite peaceful. com ing down a rope a nd of course Pte Oltver
of the MT had to burn hi s hands.
The Drums w ere at camp with the Regi-
mental Band at Cardiff for one week, and then Th e o rie nteering w eek e nd was won by the
moved on to Bassingbourn for th eir second week ; Sig nals with the MT coming second, much to C pl.
they managed to inc lude a n assau lt course as Fry's delight and surprise! !
part of t h ei r tra in ing, re sulti n g in Drumm er
Parish rece iving a cracked rib a nd Drumm er News from the ACC is th e promotion of Cpl.
McClca n , a n e lbow injury. BAOR II camp, is now Cheep, who never suppli es anything less than four
w e ll u n der way, t h e H Q party making the ir way s tar m eals.
to R hein sehl en Cam p by coach, boat, train and
a 4 tonn er. (The Company Commander, w as the Lastly the MT PI.-Sgt. Mount's own taxi
onl y on e to en j oy t h e luxury of a ir trave l !) A ll service-now a t full strength. Good old Cpl Sm1th
seem s to be go ing we ll and e veryone is in good still h as troubl e with map r eadin g; L / C pl. Boat-
spirits. 2 QUEENS turned up trumps and could man is th e f a ther of th e platoon, and Sgt. S•m-
n ot do eno ug h fo r us; w hen t hey arrived w ith mons the MT PSI is still s miling- pamfull y
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up w e ll, a nd o f course tea is provided by L / Cpl.
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The 6th (Volunteer)
Battalion
CO: Lt.-Col. D. G. Wilson, TD ; 2IC: Maj. E.
R. Ludlow; T1·g. Maj .: Maj. M. E . Gi rlin g; Adj:
Maj. A. H . W arde, MC; QM : Capt. (QM) A.
Colyer; OPS Offr: Ca pt. B. M. Sidwell; RMO:
Capt. D. P. J. McCarthy, RAMC; UPM: Maj J .
Ennis, RAPC; RSM: WOI C. R. Shinn; RQMS:
won H. Shearing; ORQMS: won R. A
Thompson .
TAVR Centre-Brander HolL.,.,_Broomhill Road Cpls. Murphy and Newn h am w ith exce ll ent buffets
provided by Mr. Banks the caretak er, a n ex-TA
-London SW 18 (Wandsworth). W On, ACC. Cpl. N ew nham has a lso just b een
presented w ith a baby g irl b y his wifa Mary. W e
We are settling into our Drill H a lls a nd h ave welcome Sg t. M_oran and Cpl. Adarns who have
con t inu ed to gath er in recruits; our posted transferred from D Coy 5 QUEENS (V).
strength is now 24 offi ce rs a nd 86 soldi ers. T ra in -
ing has conce ntrated on individU:al weapon hand- B (Greater London RA) Battery
ling a nd tleldcraft for our r ecru 1ts a nd a ll ranks
have m ade a great effort and gained valuable OC: Maj. A. C. Co le; 2IC: Capt. A B. Turn a r;
e x p e r ie n c e . Tp. Comds: Capts. J. H artgill and P . Grove, Lt
K. Dingle; BSM: W On J . Levy; BQMS: S / Sgt.
W e w elcom a to Bn. HQ Maj. Robin Ludlow S. H . Smi t h ; PSI : S / Sgt. H . C. Payne.
as 2IC a nd PMC Officers' Mess. After a varied
Regular and R eserve Army Career, he has now TAVR Centre-Wenl ocl< St., Hackney, London Nl
settl ed for hi s original !ova- the Infa ntry. W e Jul y has been our recruiting mon th cu l-
a lso welcome back to the fold Maj. John Ennis,
a n East Surrey a nd Qu een' s Surreys' officer of minating in a n Open D ay at the Drill H a ll, Wen-
long standing a nd now our Unit P aym aster. lock Straet when we were ve r y pleased to wel-
come Gen. Sir Rich a rd Craddock, Colonel of the
W e h ave found that though the establi s h- R egim ent ; Col. A . J . Page, CB, TD, DL, Honorary
ment at Bn. HQ is small , there is a stead y fl ow Colonel of B Battery a nd numerous fri ends, young
of recruits a nd we a re therefore forming a n inde- a nd old. Guests were inv ited to s hoot on th a 22
pendent rifle platoon at Brander House under R ange and take part in an en ergetic inter-section
2/ L t. R. A . R atner. With t hi s in mind we h eld a attacl< comp etition , which involved sw ing ing
R ecruiting Day a t W a ndsworth on September 4th, across "crocodile-infested" rivers and storming
supported by a Band a nd full static di splays of the battlements of the Drill H a ll.
equipment.
A display of support weapon s was provided
We were very pleased to ·welcom e to Bn. by the HAC a nd a di splay of ve hicl e-born e radios
HQ Col. D. A. H . Sime, OBE, M C, TD a nd we by 151 Regt R CT (V). The Ope n Day cu lminated
congratulate him on his appointment as our in a tuneful display by the Corps of Drums of
Honorary Colon el. the HAC. Our month of h a rd r ec ruiting h as a l-
ready borne fruit and w e hope this will continue
A COMPANY (Middlesex) in th e months to com e.
OC : Maj. M. J . B eaumont, TD; 2IC : Capt. D . C (London and Kent RA) Battery
J . Margand; PI. Comds: Lts. I . Blythe and (QM)
F . Webb; CMS: WOn C. W K. Partridge; CQMS: OC: Maj. M . F . Coll ett, TD ; 2IC : Capt. M. A.
C/ Sgt. C. Purchese; PSI : C / Sgt. A. Stevens. C. Winterton ; Tp. Comds: Lt. H . F . B loomtleld;
2/ L t. E. G. W arhurst ; BSM: WOn T . G. Granth-
TAVR Centre-Deansbrook Road, Edgware. am; BQMS: S/ Sgt. D. Lindup ; PSI : S/ Sgt. E.
Mark ey.
After recruiting throughout April, on the
22nd/ 23rd May we took our first tentative steps TAVR Centre-Flodden Road, Camberwell, Lon-
towards soldiering proper with a weekend bivouac don SE 5.
on Stoney Castle Ranges; som e 25 a ll ranks
attended with the n ew recruits being ta ug h t the From t h e moment C Bty. Cadre r eturn ed re-
basics of tlaldcraft and h ow to shoot on the ETR juvenated from their camp in Germany in April,
R a nges at Ash They also discovered t h at mos- the magic word "R ecruiting" has swept all before
quitos a re hungry beasts and that soldiers can it. In its wake w e find our Battery Comma nde r-
get very wet from time to time. who seem s to h ave perfected the art of being in
three places at once-:-a nd the 2IC, whose n awl:y-
Subsequently, a fter gatting an initial taste. of appropriated office (lt actua lly h as wmdows) IS
living alfresco, the Company attended a Battalion rapid ly disappearing under p1l es of m emo s .
training weekend on 5th/ 6th June which was
a lso h eld in the Aldershot area. Our D rill Hall is receiving a welcome face
lift, while from the hands of S/ Sgt Markey
Meanwhile back at the "ranch" , r ec ruitin g notice boa rd s blossom with battery s trength s a nd
has continu ed based on the them e of inviting training programmes. R ecruits appear at a steady
young local lads to try their hand at "shooting rate to be absorbad into the Training G Troop
for pints". Edgware being a thirsty a rea, this has (Sub Editors-- Note- 7 Tp ) und er 2/ Lt. W arhurst.
raised the stren gth of the unit to 46 all ranks to R ecru it Training weekends have been w e ll
d ate. attended, and after only two days ranga firing,
eig ht recruits, m ost of whom have never tou<:hed
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