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THE QUEEN'S REGIMENT

Volume 18 No 2 December 1984

Unconquered I Serve

Battle Honours borne on The Colours

The Regimental Colour :

" Tangier, 1662-80," " Namur, 1695," " Gibraltar, 1704-5, " " Bienheim ," " Ramilles ," " Malplaquet," " Dettingen, " " Louisburg ,"
" Guadeloupe , 1759," " Quebec , 1759," " Martinique , 1762, " " St Lucia , 1778," " Seringapatam ," " Maida, " " Vimiera,"
" Corunna ," " Douro," " Talavera ," " Aibuhera, " " Aimaraz, " " Badajoz ," " Salamanca ," "Vittoria," " Afghanistan, 1839,"
" Punniar ," " Moodkee ," "Sobraon ," " lnkerman ," "Sevastopol," " Lucknow," " Taku Forts," " New Zealand," " South Africa ,
1879," " Nile, 1884-85," " Burma , 1885-87," " Chitral ," " Relief of Ladysmith," " Relief of Kimberley," "South Africa ,

1899- 1902," " Korea, 1950-51 ".

The Queen 's Colour :

" Mons," " Marne, 1914- 18," " Aisne , 1914," " Ypres, 1914- 15-16- 17- 18," " Hill60," " Festubert, 1915," " Somme, 1916, 1918,"
" Aibert, 1916, 1918," " Vimy, 1917," " Cambrai , 1917-18," " Hindenburg Line," " Italy, 1917- 18," " Ma cedonia , 1915-18,"
" Gallipoli , 1915," " Gaza ," " Jerusalem," " Palestine, 1917-18," " Defence of Kut al Amara ," " Mesopotamia , 1915-18," " NW
Frontier India, 1915, 1916-17," " Dunkirk , 1940," " Norma ndy Landing ," " North West Europe, 1940, 1944-45," " Abyssinia ,
194 1," " Dmars, " Aiam el Halfa," " El Alam ein," " Longstop Hill , 1943," " North Africa , 1940-43," " Sicily , 1943," " Sangro ,"
"Salerno," " Anzio," "Cassino, " " Italy , 1943-45, " " Malta, 1940-42," " Hong Kong ," " Defen ce of Kohima ," " Burma ,

1943-45" .

Allied Colonels-in-Chief
HER RO YA L HIGHNESS PRINCESS JULIANA of the Netherlands

HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE 11 of Denmark
Colonel of the Regiment : Brig . H C MILLMAN , OBE
Deputy Colonel of the Regiment : Col J C HOLMAN , OBE

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Alliances The Canadian Armed Forces

The Queen's York Rangers (RCACI
The South Alberta Light Horse (RCACI
The Queen 's Own Rifles of Canada
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Ca rl eton & York)
The Essex and Kent Scottish

The Australian Military Forces

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

The New Zealand Army

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

5th Battalion (Wellington, West Coast and Tara naki l
The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

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

Hong Kong
The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers)

Affiliations HMS Excellent, HMS Brighton and HMS Leeds Castle
The Royal Marines (A 'Bond of Friendship ')
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Anglian Regiment
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
No . 3 (F) Squadron Royal Air Force
The Royal Danish Life Guards (an 'Unofficial Alliance ')
212 Panzer Grenadier Battalion
The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers

Affiliated Units of the Cadet Force

CCF School Contingents
Alleyn 's School , Dulwich; Ardingly College ; St . Aloysius College; Brighton College; Chichester High School; Collyer's VI
Form College (Horshaml ; Cranbrook School ; Cranleigh School; Dulwich College; Eastbourne College; Epsom College ;
Haberdasher's Aske 's School (Eistree); Hampton Grammar School ; Highgate School ; Hurstpierpoint College; The Judd
School (Tonbridgel; The King 's School (Canterbury); Kingston Grammar School; Lancing College ; Mill Hill School ; Reeds
School ; Reigate Grammar School ; Royal Grammar School (G uildford) ; Sir Roger Manwood 's School (Sandwich); St
Edmund 's School (Canterbury) ; St John's School (Leatherhead); St Lawrence College (Ramsgatel; The Skinners School
(Tunbridge Wells); Tonbridge School ; Whitgift School ; William Ell is School ; Wilsons Grammar School.

ACF Units/ Sub-Units Cadet Coys Nos 25 and 26 .

Greater London : Cadet Coys Nos . 194, 195, 205, 211 , 216, 217.
NE London Sector Cadet Coys
Cadet Dets No. 72 .
Middlesex and Cadet Bns
NW London Sector Cadet Bns Nos 133 to 136, 141 , 143, 147, 149, 151 to 153, 155 to 158.
NE London Sector
SW London Sector Cadet Pis 1st (Redhill) and 2nd (Farnhaml The Queen' s Regiment (Surrey ACFI .

Surrey: 1st (Ca nterbury) , 2rd (Sandgatel, 3rd (Tunbridge Wells) and 4th (Maidstone) The
Kent: Queen's Regiment (Kent ACFI .
Nos 2 (Seaford), 3 (Hastings) , 4 (Lewesl , 6 (Crawleyl, 7 (Chichester) , 8 (Crow-
Sussex : borough), 10 (Eastbourne) , 11 (Horshaml , 13 (Shorehaml, 14 (Bexhilll , 16 (Hurst-
pierpointl , 17 (Bognorl , 18 (Littlehamptonl , 20 (Lewes OGSI. 22 ISouthwa terl .

REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS
Howe Barra cks, Canterbury , Kent CT1 1JU (Telephone 0227 4574111

Regimental Secretary Col J W Francis lext 2951
Deputy Regimental Secretary Lt Col J J White lext 2501
Financial Secretary and Sussex Affairs Maj A Martin , MBE lext 2511
Lt Col L M B Wilson , MBE (ext 2531
Archives and Surrey Affairs Maj H C L Tennent lext 2521
Kent Affairs
Maj R Waite lext 2541
Recruiting, Regimental Association Maj I R J ones lext 2551
and Admin. Capt A Hill (Maidstone Military ext 2921

Regimental Careers Officer
OC Regimental Information Team

REGULAR BATTALIONS

1st Battalion
Lisanelly Barra cks, Omagh, N Ireland , BFPO 804

CO : Lt Col P V Panton

2nd Battalion
Oakington Barracks, Cambridge, CB4 5EJ

CO: Lt Col M R I Constantine

3rd Battalion
St Barbara Barracks, Fallingbostel , BFPO 38

CO : Lt Col D A Beveridge , MBE

TA BATTALIONS

5th lVI Battalion
Leros T & AVR Centre, Stu rry Road , Ca nterbury, Kent

CO : Lt Col D H A Shephard
Hon Col : H H Prince Georg of Denmark, KCVO
Deputy Hon Col : Col J B Ogilvie, OBE TO DL

6th/7th lVI Battalion
Norfolk TA Centre, Denne Road , Horsham, Sussex

CO : Lt Col P J Hubert, OBE
Hon Col : Lt Col Sir A Colin Cole, KCVO , TO , FSA

QUEEN 'S DIVISION DEPOT

Bassingbourn Barracks , Royston , Herts. SGB 5LX
Regtl Rep : Maj M D Malony BEM

4 Contents

Ed ito r : Colonel of The Regiment's Preface page
Lt Col J J White, Dates to Remember
Reg 1mental Headquarters. Deputy Colonel of The Regiment 5
H owe Barracks, 6
Canterbury, Kent Editorial 7
Mainly about People 9
CTl lJU Senior NCOs Location List 11
Cap Badge The 1st Battalion 12
The 2nd Battalion 15
Collar Ba dge The 3rd Battalion 22
Pictures from Bassingbourn 1984 34
Butto n The 5th Battalion 44
The 6/7th Battalion 46
Depot The Queen' s Division 54
Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion 57
Regimental Representative in Denmark 59
Regimental Secretary' s Notes 60
RCO 's Report 61
62
Letters 64
The Regimental Association 66
The Regimental Golfing Society 66
News from our Affiliated Associations 69
HMS Leeds Castle 74
Marriages, Deaths and Obituary 75
The Atta ck on The Sambre Canal 78
An Offi cer but Not Quaite a Gentleman 79
Short Articles and Contributions 80
The Sidney Connection 83
85
Bermuda 87
Birth of the Mechanised Infantry Inside ba ck cover
J ournal Order Form

Pnnters COVER PICTURE

Geenngs of Ashford Ltd Cpl Brooks 2 QUEENS, tackles a 'bottomless' crevass in Canada on
Cobbs WoOO House Exercise Rocky Trail.
Chart Road
Ash ford. Kent Picture by Capt Will M orris, by courtesy of Soldier M agazine.

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~ COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT'S PREFACE
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~ 'We are growing serious, ·and let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull'.
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: ADDISON
1In his speech at the August RMAS Passing Out Parade the CGS made the point that 'whilst •

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".\,! the Army needed dedicated officers it had no place for dull ones' . I would merely go one ~
12!~· stage further and say that neither this Regiment nor the Army wants dull WOs, NCOs or iZ!~:
Junior Ranks either - professionals blessed with humour, yes!

In this day and age there is no room for anything less than a truly dedicated approach to

• one's Service career (without hopefully becoming a ripe military bore in the process!) For

this 'Great Little Army', and probably still the world's best, will only maintain the highest ~

standards in BAOR and elsewhere by the exercise of top grade professionalism at all rank i~Z!
levels . Having said that (and as in the past) I believe frankly we could still adhere to these

high standards both in the Regiment and the Army, and both would probably be much •

happier places as a result, were we to smile rather wider and more often, make better use of

our leisure time and be less over ambition tainted . In short, if we were all to take ourselves •

just a trifle less seriously and so eradicate the germs of dullness! •
,:1Some 20 years ago (to quote another CGS in his most recent book 'The Seven Ages of the
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standards and especially at middle management level. At much the same time another

successful and short lived campaign was underway in the Radfan . However in those now

'forgotten' days we Infantrymen did still seem to find time to smile a good deal, make our ~·

own fun, play a variety of games and follow some useful leisure pursuits '( we even read a

good book or two!). We could never in consequence be accused of breeding dullness. If we

2'J 2Jcould do it then (and many CO's today can still recall those happy days!) and still be highly

I2J professional perhaps we coulhd aAiso doh it now bit we just gavedoursehlves the tihmed and I:•
opportunity. Espec1a11 y s1nce t e rmy as never een sma 11er an we ave never a 1ess
• commitments. (For a start whatever happened to those Wednesday recreational

afternoons?) My slogan therefore for 1985 is let's be 'The QUEENS - the happy
• professionals' and for this reason the Regiment everybody likes to have in their formation or

garrison and to be stationed alongside.

May I just say here how much I welcome the TA and HSF enhancements mentioned in •
more detail elsewhere in this Journal. In particular, it will be very pleasing to revive some •

1: more of our old TA connections in both SE London and 'Sussex by the Sea '. I was never in
any doubt that we had made the right decision on Bands. Two excellent performances by
o;M the Albuhera Band I viewed recently merely endorsed it to the full. (Both Bands will, of

m1-~Z! course, be on Horse Guards on 11 June next for all to view - a diary date!) . I was also
greatly heartened by the turnout at this years Grand Reunion . The numbers increase

~• annua lly but there is one very clear message for our officer readers - your OR chums, past
and present, do want to see more of you at this event! Last but by no means least, let me
just reiterate how pleased we all were to read of the appointment of General Michael

• Reynolds as Colonel Commandant, The Queen 's Division - another feather in a very

distinguished regimental cap!

Finally in wishing all QUEENSMEN , past and present, and their families a Happy •
Christmas and Prosperous New Year may I just add how very grateful we should all be that
our three regular Battalions came through their differing and trying operational tours in
Northern Ireland this past year with such distinction and, thank the Lord, the near minimum
loss of life and limb . However this is little conso lation to the few so tragically bereaved or
injured. Our prayers should remember them this Christmastide .

~ CHARLES MILLMAN , Brigadier •

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Dates to Remember 1985

January 12 Regtl Golf Matc h v Kent County Constab-
ulary, Chestfield GC.
20-30 1st Bn moves to Gibraltar. 14 Regtl Assn Grand Reunion ,

February Bassingbourn.

Sobraon Day I1st Bn) . 26-27 Dover Tattoo.
Col of Regt visits 3rd Bn . 30-3 Aug . Royal Su ssex Regtl Assn, Goodwood
10
12- 14 Main Meeting.

March Royal Sussex Officers' Cocktail Party . August Queen 's Own Buffs Assn Reunion,
1 Officers' Dinner Club, Duke of York's 4 Canterbury .
Canterbury Cricket Week and Regtl Tent .
15 HQ. 10- 16 Regtl Golf Matc h v Royal Marines,
Royal Sussex Regtl Assn St George's Day 23 Canterbury GC.
23 Service, Chichester .

April 6/7th Bn celebrates 1Oth anniversary . September
13 Cumberland Sword and Kirkes Cane
13-14 Competition . 6 Regtl Golf Match v Queen's Own Buffs ,
Birthday of HM Queen Margrethe.
16 Annual Regtl Golf Meeting , Canterbury Epsom.
25 8 Sevastopol Day 12nd Bn) .
GC . 9 Salerno Day I 1st Bn l.
26 Dragon Club Dinner, Duke of York's HO. 13 Quebec Day l3rd Bn) .
27 Queen 's Own Buffs Regtl Assn AGM and 20 Queen 's Surreys Officers' Club Ladies
Inter-Branch Darts Match.
27 Royal Sussex Regtl Assn All Ranks Lunc heon - Clandon Park, Guildford .
Reunion Dinner, Lewes .
30 Birthday of HRH Princess Juliana. October Royal Su ssex Officers' Dinner, Arundel.
3rd Bn Grand W eeke nd, Fallingbostel.
May 4 Officers' Club Cocktail Party.
5 4-5 WO's and Sgts' Past and Present Din-
11 ner, Bassingbourn lto be co nfirmed).
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11 Royal Sussex Regtl Assn Parade and November
Service, Eastbourne.
16 Middlesex Regt Officers' Dinner, Cavalry 4 2nd Bn start tour of duty Falkland Islands.
16 and Guards Club . 8 6/7th Bn Offi cers ' Cocktail Party,
17 Middlesex Regt Albuhera Service of
Remembran ce and Reunion , London . Haberdashers Hall.
21 -25 Albuhera Day. 9 Lotd Mayor's Procession, London.
RWK Officers' Cocktail Party .
22-23 Queen 's Division Inter- Regimental Golf Field of Rem emb ran ce Ceremony ,
Match, Canterbury GC . Westminster.
' Freedom Marches' by 2nd Bn and Quebec 10 Middlesex Regt Assn Remembran ce
Service, Mill Hill and Reunion Edgware.
Band .
Royal Sussex Regtl Assn - Goodwood December Club Ladies
20 British Battalion Day .
Races. 20 Queen's Surreys Office rs'

June Luncheon, Clandon Park.
1
2 ' Glorious First of June' I1st Bnl . Acknowledgment
Royal Sussex Regtl Assn Cricket v Lavinia
2 Duchess of Norfolk's X I. The Editor acknowledges, with thank s, receipt of
Queen's Surreys A ssn Church Service, the foll owing publica tions:
8 Guildford Cathedral.
5th Bn Beating of Retreat and Offi ce rs' Th e Oueensman , Autumn 1984
11 -13 Cocktail Party. Qu een's Surrey Newsletter, M ay 1984
Massed Bands of Queen's Division on Legion !Canada), July, Augu st and September
13- 14 Horse Guards IRegtl Night, 11 Ju ne) . 1984
Argyll & Sutherland Bowl IAOGC SSA FA News, Autumn 1984
15 M eeting) , Muirfields & Gullane. The Cormorant IJS DCI , July 1984
19 Official Birthday HM The Queen. Gl obe and Laurel, M ay/ June and July / Augu st
July Regtl Golf Match v RMAS Aldershot . 1984
7 The Sapper, October 1984
Queen ' s Own Buffs A ss n Reunion ,
M aidsto ne.

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Col J C HOLMAN OBE
Deputy Colonel of the Regiment

Colonel J C Holman OBE, who was educated at
Tonbridge School , joined the Army in 1956, and
went to RMA Sandhurst . He was commissioned
into The Queen 's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
in 1958. He served in Cyprus, Kenya and at the
Regimental Depot at Canterbury before becoming
ADC to the Colonel of the Regiment , Lt Gen Sir
Richard Craddock , in 1964-5 at Chester.

After Chester he was posted to 1 QUEENS OWN
BUFFS in Hong Kong and took over the Recce
Platoon which he retrained to become a Tracker
Team in Borneo . From Hong Kong he went to
Germany from 1967-69 on the staff of HQ 2nd Divi-
sion before returning to 2 QUEENS in Belfast as a
Company Commander in the early days of the
troubles .

Shortly afterwards, in 1971 , he attended the From Flanders to the Falklands-
Army Staff College, Camberley, and after comple-
tion of the course served as GS02 Ops / SD / Int / Sy help us help them all
at HQ South W est District. He rejoined 2 QUEENS
as a Company Commander and served in Northern ~. ~(ul1~!l4 yal
Ireland and BAOR in 1974-75 before going to RMA
Sandhurst as a Company Commander from 1975 British l:egion
to 1977 .
48 PALL MALL.LONDON SW1Y 5JY
In 1977 he took over command of 1 QUEENS and
served in BAOR, Northern Ireland and Canada.
After command he was Chief G3 Trg / EPS at HQ 1
(BR) Corps from 1980-83.

In 1983 he w as promoted and commanded the
Commonwealth Military Training Team in Uganda.
On hi s return he was appointed Chief of Staff of
the newly form ed Permanent Planning Group
JFHQ in September 1983.

He was appointed Deputy Colonel of The
Qu een's Regiment on 1 January 1984.

Colonel Holman is married with one daughter.
He has pl ayed cri cket for th e Army and Combined
Services and has represe nted the Infantry at golf
and cri cket.

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The cover for the new Regimental Bands' 9
Programmes, painted by Chas E Stadden
Ed t o r a
MASSED BANDS DISPLAY
Arms Plot moves up to early 1987 have now been
The Massed Bands of the Queen's Regiment will announced for our regular battalions. The 1st
Beat Retrea t on Horse Guards Parade at 6.30 pm Battalion moves from Omagh to Gibraltar in January
1985 and returns to Tidworth in January 1987. The
on 11 , 12 and 13 June 1985. 2nd Battalion, which left Londonderry for Oakington
The Queen's Regiment night will be Tuesday 11 in November, are going to Minden in August 1986
June, when the Prime Minister will take the following a tour in the Falkland Islands from Novem-
ber 1985 to March 1986. The 3rd Battaiion will come
salute . back from Fallingbostel to the 'Home of the Regi -
ment', Canterbury , in January 1986 and are
scheduled for duty in Belize from April to October that
year. Future moves for our regular bands have also
recently been decided . The Albuhera Band will remain
with the 1st Battalion until their return from Gibraltar
in January 1987 and will then join the 2nd Battalion in
Minden . The Quebec Band will stay with the 3rd
Battalion , accompanying it to Canterbury in January
1986.

Considerable planning is also being done on the
TA side with the formation of two Home Service
Force companies within the Regiment in January
1985 and of the 8th Battalion . The Queen's Fusiliers
(City of London) in 1986. These events are covered in
greater detail elsewhere in the Journal.

This edition is also packed with news from al l parts
of the Regiment and severa l interesting articles
ranging from the account by Capt Will Morris of
'Exercise Rocky Trail ' in Canada , which our cove r
features , to the ' Sidney Connection' by Maj Gregory
Bla xland. I am most grateful to all contributors and
only regret that I have been unable to include all the
material and photographs submitted.

This is th e 56th Journal published since the
formation of The Queen's Reg iment and we all owe a
great debt of gratitude to my predecessor as Editor,
Maj Guy Weymouth for the professional way he
produced, over a period of 17 years, the first 55
editions of this much respected and appreciated
pub lication. I have intentionally kept to the same
style and layout as this issue will comp lete another
bound volume of the series.

However, some readers may wish to suggest
certain changes to the content or format and I would
be most grateful for any constructive proposals for
alterations which cou ld possibly be incorporated in
the edition next June and thereafter .

Finally , my sincere thanks to all who have helped
me produ ce this Journal and my very best wishes for
Christma s and the New Year to all our readers .

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' Glorious First of June ' celebrations. The victorious
Regimental cricket team , winners of the Rose Bowl.

picture by HMS Excellent

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Mainly About People

Honours and Awards Command Appointments
Lt Col C N Clayden, late QUEENS, formerly Maj M J Ball has been selected to command the

Middlesex, was made a MBE in the Queen's Birthday 1st Battalion in January 1985. Maj P C Cook to
Honours List (Col Clayden is a Conservationist at the command the 2nd Battalion in September 1985. Maj
MOD). C M Joint,.the 5th (V) Battalion in October 1985, and
Maj R M M Low, 5 UDR , starting in June 1985.
Maj (QM) D A Mirams has been awarded the
Efficiency Decoration (Territorial). University Degrees
Maj R E Lowans, 21C of 6/7 QUEENS (V) was
W02 M C Kay has been presented with the
Meritorious Service Medal. awarded an MA in Education from the University of
Sussex in September after three years of part-time
Gallantry Awards for Northern Ireland study.
Sgt M D Giles (2 QUEENS) was awarded the
The following officers of the Regiment have been
BEM and the following received a Mention in Des- awared First Class Honours Degrees : Lt S T D
patches: Capt A M Goulden, Capt L S P Mans, Duggan and Lt J P S Wright.
Cpl M P Guilfoyle, LCpl R M Bird (all1 QUEENS) ,
C Sgt DJ L Buddle, and LCpl T G McGarry (both Army Staff Courses
2 QUEENS) and W02 M G Bernier (Depot Queen's Maj J B Stirling, having successfully completed
Div) . In addition the following members of 2
QUEENS received the GOC's Commendation : Cpl R Div Ill of No 17 Army Staff Course at the RMCS (11
A McAuley, LCpl D A Turner, LCpl P J Vaughan October to 17 December 1982) and Part Ill of No 17
and Pte T R F Harding. Staff Course at the Staff College, Camberley (31
January to 16 December 1983) is entitled to ' psc'
Appointments after his name in military records.
Col J B Ogilvie OBE TO, has been appointed a
Capt W R Harber has been selected for ASC No
Deputy Lieutenant for Kent. 20 (Camberley October 1985 to December 1986) and
Col R M Cain OBE has been appointed Honorary Capt W Knight-Hughes for the German Staff
College Course (September 1985 to September
Colonel of the Middlesex and North West London 1987).
Army Cadet Force.
Retirements
Col M J Doyle MBE is appointed DA / MA Maj P A Gray, 20 June 1984; Maj (QM) M J
lslamabad, Pakistan, in the rank of Brig in Jan 1985.
Flynn, 26 July 1984 ; Brig P D Johnson ADC, 11
Col M V Haxward OBE was appointed OIC
Manning and Records Exeter on 16 July 1984. FAugust 1984 ; Lt Col J J White, 28 August 1984·

Col C G Champion was appointed Project Officer Maj M G MacWilliam , 31 August 1984; Lt Col p
CANE Trials in the USA on 24 September 1984. Packham MBE, 1 December 1984; Maj C L
Lawrence MC, 1 December 1984.
Col M J Dudding was appointed ADC to HM The
Queen on 20 October. Miscellaneous
Lt-Gen Sir Brian G Horrocks KCB KBE DSO
Capt D F Wall LTCL BBCM (formerly
Bandmaster, KOSB) succeeded Capt P Hannam MC, now aged 89, is residing in a nursing home in
BEM RRF as Director of Music, The Queen 's Sussex, and is fairly well .
Division, in August 1984.
Maj-Gen C M M Man CB OBE MC, recently
W02 D A Boden, RQMS 1 QUEENS is appointed suffered a severe stroke. He is now out of hospital
RSM 1 QUEENS. and being cared for by Mr and Mrs Ritchie, 28
Tomcroy Terrace, Pitlochry, near Perth , Scotland .
Promotions Letters are most welcome , regrettably he is unable to
Lt Cols R W Ackworth and J C Holman OBE reply .

were promoted to Col on 30 June 1984. Brig B B Rackham CBE MC DL, now aged 88,
Capts M J Cooper. J N Pratten, A J Roberts, recently underwent an eye operation and reports that
he ca n now see to read and having the sight in the
A W Russell. J D K Russell and D J Wake were one eye assists his walking .
promoted to Maj on 30 September 1984.
Lt J R J Powell's commission has been changed
Majs M J Ball. PC Cook, C M Joint, R M M from SSC to SRC.
Low and M C Willis have been se lected for
promotion to Lt Col in 1985. W01 W R Munday, representing the Middlesex
Regiment laid a poppy wreath in Hong Kong on
Liberation Day (27August).

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SENIOR NCOs LOCATION LIST

(as at 1 N ovember 1984)

REGULAR ARMY

W arrant Of f icers Class 1 P A Turner 3 QUEENS
JWalters 2 QUEENS
S R Bream QGM RSM 5 UDR 3 QUEENS
B Cunningham 8 / M 3 QUEENS B Webb 2 QUEENS
A J Cunis IR RFI RSM 5QUEENS GWhitall 2 QUEENS
T S Oav•s FTCL AACM 8 / M Queen' s Div Oep AJWild 5 QUEENS
A J Francis 8 / M Queen's Oiv Oep 2 QUEENS
RSM 6/7 QUEENS M N Wilson
JP Ham1ll BWWinter 5RRF
PE Hills FLCM 8 / M 1 QUEENS G R Yandaii-Wright
AD Milligan W01 Royal Brunei Armed Forces
RSM 3 QUEENS A J Akehurst Colour Sergeants
G Moss
WA Munday RSM 10 UDR A Amber 2 QUEENS
M A Rowney RSM Bermuda Regt G WAnglin AC ID Guildford
PE Beard 1 QUEENS
J Taylor RSM 20UEENS M A N Britton OGM 5 QUEENS
S Broome 2 QUEENS
W arran t Officers Class 2 M J Brown 1 QUEENS
A C Buckwell Queen's Div Oep
D Allaway Queen' s Div Oep 0 J Buddle 1 QUEENS
K Arey 3 QUEENS W Caldwell 2 QUEENS
0 S Bailes J A Carter 5 QUEENS
R Baker 5 UDR B Charman 1 QUEENS
Queen's Oiv Dep AP Clark 3 QUEENS
M G Bernier Queen's Div Dep S H Cochrane 2 QUEENS
J 0 Blanchene HQ SEDIST 8 Cooper 3 QUEENS
D A Boden 1 QUEENS 3 QUEENS
8 L M Braz1er 3 QUEENS R Cross 3 QUEENS
MC Broad ACID Canterbury JP Cullinane 5 QUEENS
K H Brown Dep (att USA/ Canada) P J Daines School of lnf
J Brown 1 QUEENS V P Daly 6/7 QUEENS
C Bruton Queen's Div Dep D A Davidson 3 QUEENS
P Bull RAC Centre A Denny 2 QUEENS
M Butcher 3 QUEENS 3 QUEENS
2 QUEENS E W Dixon 3 QUEENS
L Carr !RAF ) 1 QUEENS E G Drew 2 QUEENS
B F Camille 2 QUEENS 3 QUEENS
J EM Fagg 1 QUEENS
DT Cooper CPTA TA Farrow Queen' s Div Dep
A Cornick 3 QUEENS A W Freeman 1 QUEENS
2 QUEENS AD M Furlotte 2 QUEENS
G Davies 1 QUEENS A Greengrass Princess Marina College
T Daw Lo ndon UOTC D Haynes 1 QUEENS
3 QUEENS J Hedges 1 QUEENS
PG Dobson Queen's Oiv Oep MD Higgins 3 QUEENS
L J DuHield 2 R Anglian M J Holland 6/7 QUEENS
J Edwards 1 QUEENS B J Horner 5 QUEENS
Royal Hong Kong Regt .3 QUEENS
J Fensom 2 QUEENS A P Howard 6/7 QUEENS
M Forester S Howick 1 QUEENS
F D Francis RSME RAC Centre
5 RAF P J Ives 6/7 QUEENS
G T France 1 QUEENS M M Jones 6/7 QUEENS
ME Gauntlett 1 QUEENS B Kelling 10 UDR
H J Green BEM 3 QUEENS D H Kirk 2 QUEENS
3 QUEENS 3 QUEENS
G Harmer Queen' s Oiv Oep K I Leach School of lnf
BE Hayward 5 QUEENS DJ Lovell 3 QUEENS
2 QUEENS 3 QUEENS
A W Hewen TCS / Aanges SEOIST S Manji 3 QUEENS
B D Hilton BEM 1 QUEENS R C McAndrews RHO
3 Armd ON HO & Sig Regt K E M cCreadie 2 QUEENS
S Hmton 5 QUEENS 6/7 QUEENS
D T lrv•ng-James 3 QUEENS G 0 Morrow 2 QUEENS
3 QUEENS C Norton Queen' s Div Oep
T G lsaacs 3 QUEENS 2 QUEENS
5 QUEENS G W Page Queen' s Div Oep
CA Jarv•s 2 QUEENS TAJPage 5 QUEENS
A Jenkinson BEM 1 QUEENS J Palmer 3 QUEENS
P A Juhel 3 QUEENS 1 QUEENS
P Parker School of lnf
P A Kearse RIT DJ Phillips RMAS
K Lea IA AFI 2 QUEENS 2 QUEENS
R Maxlow 5 QUEENS A I Piper 1 QUEENS
Queen's Div Oep M T Pons 5 QUEENS
0 J McCa•g A J H Prangnell 1 QUEENS
P A C Mears RMAS 2 QUEENS
BWMiller Queen' s O•v Oep J w Reid 1 QUEEN S
BC Older 1 QUEENS Queens's Div Oep
1 QUEENS W J Reid 5 QUEENS
0 Paterson 2 QUEENS IJL8
R PoUington 5 QUEENS C J Aodziew•cz 5 QUEENS
3 QUEENS S J D Scully
B J Aawlings 5 QUEENS
M J Aeardon L F Taylor
3 RAF P K Tidey
G R1ckerby lOUOA
PP M Ayan MM T Took
I 0 Townsley
T Saunders FA Wakeman
T Slater
R Weaver
M 0 Sm1th PWhite
P L Stone
J Thompson K White
D P Wlllmott
G A Thorne 0 Wilson
G H Thorner IAAFI CC Wilson
CWitten
N A TICkner
J E Tombllng BEM
0 Tonks

13

A K Adam Serg ean ts I A Johnston 1 QUEENS
AB Albrecht 1 QUEENS
A J Alien 3 QUEENS G A Jones R & LS LDN01ST
A I Anthony Queen' s Oiv Oep A Kennedy 2 QUEENS
P J Archer 1 QUEENS R King 5 QUEENS
G R Arnot 2 QUEENS 0 P B Knott
MAvery 1JLB J Knowles 2 QUEENS
M Avis Queen' s Div Oep E lavery HO LOND1ST
3 QUEENS A P lawson 1 QUEENS
J Back 3 QUEENS A G Layzell 1 QUEENS
PM Bailey 1 QUEENS A A A Lewis
A Ballard AAC Centre F W Lewis a en
I A Banks 3 QUEENS I J MacCormack
B 0 Bartlett DAAG HQ SEDIST RN Malam FRU INI )
J Barton 1 QUEENS P J Marshall HO LONDIST
MP Bennett 1 QUEENS A G Martin 1 QUEENS
K A Bennett I R Anglianl 5CTI K J McCieave Queen' s Oiv Depot
S N Boampong 2 QUEENS I McCulloch 2 QUEENS
A Booker 3 QUEENS AS McEwan 3 QUEENS
G D Booker 2 QUEENS S McNulty IRRFI 1 QUEENS
K Bowdrey 3 QUEENS A J Mclvor 3 QUEENS
3 QUEENS 2 QUEENS
J W Boxell 1 QUEENS G Meade 1 QUEENS
C J Brazier 1 QUEENS S C Mitchell 1 QUEENS
FE Brown Queen' s Oiv Dep BA Morrison 2 QUEENS
N K Butcher (A Anglian) 3 QUEENS 0 Munday 2 QUEENS
WButler 3 QUEENS Queen's Div Oep
M Carter 3 QUEENS P Munnery 3 QUEENS
N B T Cavaglieri 3 QUEENS J G Murphy 3 QUEENS
P J Churcher 3 QUEENS JP A Newman 2 QUEENS
B Clarke 3 QUEENS G A Nicol
l F Clarke School of lnf CH Noel AMAS
P J Clarke 1 QUEENS 1 QUEENS
MCollins 3 QUEENS K Nolan
J J Cooper 3 QUEENS R J Norman 3 QUEENS
A P Cooper 1 QUEENS WA Norman 2 QUEENS
1 QUEENS 2 QUEENS
MC Cope 1 QUEENS JP O'Connor
P Copeman 3 QUEENS S K Olliver 5 QUEENS
3 QUEENS J J O' Shea 3 QUEENS
JP W Costan 2 QU EENS 3 QUEENS
C Crofton 3 QUEENS BA Parker School of lnf
1 QUEENS G Perkins 1 QUEENS
JP Crossan 5 QUEENS J M Phillips 3 QUEENS
G Crowley 3 QU EENS 3 QUEENS
E J Dale 5 QUEENS C J Piper 3 QUEENS
1 QUEENS T J Power 3 QUEENS
SA Dane 2 A Anglian 1 QUEENS
J Oapprich 2 QUEENS T Prosser 1 QUEENS
A Oavies 2 QUEENS A A Rice 3 QUEENS
N Oe-Warrenne-Waller 2 QUEENS T Robinson a en
1 QUEENS 1 QUEENS
0 Dumbleton 2 QUEENS A J Robson 1 QUEENS
J Duncan RIT P W Russell 1 QUEENS
A P Ouplock 5cn A R Scully 1 QUEENS
2 QUEENS CC Seeker
M Fallows 2 QUEENS 5Cn
A A Farquharson 3 QUEENS P Sekharan Princess Marina College
A W Feakins HO SEDIST SA Sellen 3 QUEENS
2 QUEENS 1R Sheret 3 A Anglian
E C Fearon 1 QUEENS A A Smith 2 QUEENS
K Fidge 1 QUEENS Princess Marina College
3 QUEENS BP Smith 3 QUEENS
J Foster 1 QUEENS AWSmith 2 QUEENS
P F Friday 5 QUEENS PG Smith 3 QUEENS
J Gaylor R & LS LONDIST Sennelager Trg Centre
1 QUEENS S Snoad 1 QUEENS
P George Queen's Div Oep A Songhurst 2 QUEENS
M DGiles 3 QUEENS C J Stamp 5 QUEENS
0 C Glynn HQ 1 (BR) Corps J E Stephens Queen's Div Oep
A J A Goodman 3 QUEENS
J Gorey IJLB S Still 1 RRF
I l Hall 5 QUEENS T 0 Sullivan 2 QUEENS
S T Hannington 3 QUEENS l V Tanner 3 QUEENS
0 Harbinson Queen' s Div Oep Queen's Div Oep
A A Hayes RAC Centre A Taylor 2 QUEENS
0 J Hills 1 QUEENS PE M Thayre 2 QUEENS
0 J Hinds 2 QUEENS HA Thomas 2 QUEENS
T C Hogben 1 QUEENS 3 QUEENS
A Hoddinott E C Thorne 1 QUEENS
F J Holloway PC Toms 2 QUEENS
T G Holman M T Turner
J Vann 2 QUEENS
BA Hubbard M J Venmore Queen's Oiv Oep
C H U Hull M K Vessey Queen's Div Oep
A Jacobs C S Vickers 1 QUEENS
1 QUEENS
A P Janes GM Walker 1 QUEENS
S Jarvis A WWard 3 QUEENS
N Jennings A V Weare

CV Wheeler
R S Wiles

B Winkworth
M K Woodward

MAYoa
C T Young

14 TERRITORIAL ARMY

5 QUEENS (V) 6/7 QUEENS (V)

E T F Clarke MBE BM w'"'"' oT" c'"'

G R Anderson Warrant Officers Class 2
A l Arthur
KM J Bell D Bowen
G A Bigwoocl 0 Cadywould MBE
A Caulken J Langley
KM Dye G Lane
G Fairfax P Neat
WE Gawler G Peel
A R Jones BEM BWhite
A J K;ff
P J Roast Colour Sergeants

E Allison J Baker
S SAnderson D Bicker
A Birch A Frater
J P Bright 0 Mclucas
I E J Chatfield 0 Saunders
G Croxford A Skog land
R Davey 8 Smith
A A Franklin 0 Tru ran
BKElane R Thornton
A J Stockford
P J Twort Sergeants
0 F Tyler
0 Kourtoulou P Beales G Morrison
A H Bamford 0 W Lobb E Cavinder C Osbom
M 0 Beach A J Longley G Parr
J F Bennen B Cox T Raper
P J Crossland B J Lucas J Cooling G Sallatt
0 J Cross R S Marsh A Dunn A Smith
C G Oavis FA Mason P Devaney J Sad ler
A L Dawson A P Nob le N Hicks
D F Dormer C S O'Driscoll N lrwin J W illiams
0 J Eagle MP Page J Lashmore
B FEaster D P Papa K Lightowlers BEM A Wishan
CM Feaver 0 A Peters
G Flint A 0 Runer TWa rd
TFcv R Staves
P J Graham C Stroud
D Green R S Waters
0 A Hams 8 T Watson
RAG Howard D M Whitethread

sJ Willis Non-Regular Permanent Staff
Warrant Officers Class 2
P A Banlett
D Oragonetti
M Elsey BEM

Colour Sergeants

C Long
J Coote
C Friend
J Aolfe
P Bradley
o Aoberts

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The 1st Battalion

lt is with great sorrow that we announce
the sudden death on 31 October 1984 of
our Regimental Sergeant Major, W01 J

Budgen.

Editorial An Appreciation of RSM J Budgen
by the Commanding Officer
The summer and autumn months have followed
much the same pattern as the first 18 months of our There is of course an obituary on W01 Budgen
tour - long periods of busy routine interspersed elsewhere in this issue of the Journal, however it is
with short periods of excitement and relaxation. only fitting that the Commanding Officer should
have the chance of adding a few extra words in
The weekend of 11-13 May was probably the most appreciation of the most excellent efforts that he
hectic and dramatic of our tour. Just before midnight made on our behalf during his most successful tour
on the 11th the public weighbridge at Ballygawley as our Regimental Sergeant Major.
was blown up. The following morning C (Sobraon)
Company was supporting ATO in dealing with this As is often the case, there will be many less senior
incident when at 0930 hours, only 6km away on the members of the Battalion who are unaware of the
border, CSgt Hillern, a part-time member of 6 UDR , degree of influence held by the RSM over our daily
was murdered whilst off duty. An hour later an RUC lives and of the extent to which his efforts alone have
mobile patrol was ambushed at the other end of the contributed to this long tour in Northern Ireland . Let
' patch' . This sequence of events inevitably led to a there be no mistake, during these two and a half
stepping up of operations in our TAOR, and since years of his tour he made an ever increasing contri-
then there have been few occasions when the Bat- bution to so many aspects of Battalion life and we
talion has not had nearly two companies deployed on shall miss him enormously.
operations.
His support and enthusiasm for our flourishing
For ten days in May and again in early June, A Fishing Club need no mention amongst you 'Tight-
(Tangier) Company and B (Holland) Company took
over responsibility for 4 and 6 UDR TAORs respec-
tively whilst the UDR battalions went to their annual
training camps in England. This was in addition to
our own commitments .

Looking back on our tour it is perhaps surprising to
find that there have only been 13 major incidents in
our Fermanagh TAOR : one murder ; four attempted
murders ; four culvert bombs, though one was an
elaborate hoax ; three bomb / incend iary incidents ;
one ambush on the RUC . What is perhaps most
significant is that , apart from CSgt Hilern' s murder,
all these events were IRA failures because either the
target was missed or the device was discovered .

All this operational activity has inevitably had its
effect on other Battalion activities, particularly train-
ing . However, by Christmas all the compa nies, less B
Company, will have achieved at least one two week
training period in England or Scotland .

There has, of cou rse, been a fun side to life here as
well , and those who have taken full advantage of the
very many sporting and recreational activities that
have been on offer will look back on this tour with
considerable satisfaction.

16 Cricket

liners'. lt was an activity that he loved, and many of The Battalion cricket team , for the first time in
you owe him a great debt for his enthusiasm and many years , reached the final of a major competition.
energy in this sport alone . He was a staunch sup-
porter of the Corporals Mess, and I know there are The team beat 5 UDR , 1 D and D and 2 Royal
several PMCs and Committee Members there , who Anglian to reach the Infantry Cup final. The oppo-
will always value his advice, guidance, and support nents were 2 Ll who had defeated the Battalion in
to them. On the day before he died we were the quarter finals of the Army Cup. Revenge was
discussing the next games fixture for the Privates v therefore very much in the minds of the 1 QUEENS
Corporals in the Queen's Club, events that he always cricketers. 1 QUEENS batted first and with the
encouraged and enjoyed so much, and which have exception of Sgt Clarke and Pte Pickers no-one was
been appreciated by a great many of you Junior able to put an innings together. The team was all out
Ranks . As a Sergeants' Mess member he will be for 101.
sorely missed. The sucess of your social programme
and your enjoyment of life in the Mess were so much 2 Ll , apart from a slight stutter when their two
due to his stewardship alone and I know you Army players were out cheaply , never looked in any
members of the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' real trouble. They made 103 for 2. A lthough pipped
Mess would support this view wholeheartedly. This at the post it was a f ine effort by an inexperienced
list of his achievements could go on and on . but enthusiastic and skilful team.

To me he was a friend, an ever cheerful com-
panion , a sound and wise adviser, and a first class
example of what our Regimental pride and spirit is all
about . He loved the Battalion second to none, and it
is so unfair that his life had to end just as he was
about to embark on his commissioned career, where
I know he would have given us all further invaluable
service .

We in the 1st Battalion all owe him a very great
deal and will miss him in so many ways. Our love and
continued support go to all his fam ily whom he
cherished so dearly.

THE DRUMS INVADE NORMANDY

by 2Lt D M Martin

The Corps of Drums were only 40 years and two up staying in Cherbourg for two nights; no, not
and a half months late for the Normandy Invasion; because we all got too drunk the first night, but
but at least they were there . because in the morning the weather was horrific.
This mattered not , as Cherbourg was quite
In September 11 drummers and one non-drummer interesting and the lads found themselves a 'burger
headed for an 'adventure training' exercise, the main bar' and to my horror were content to eat American
aim of which was to visit various Normandy landing fast food instead of dabbling in a little French
sites and a few of the museums scattered around the cuisine .
coast . For the officer in command (the non-
drummer) this sounded like a recipe for disaster. Then the tour began ; we caught a bus to St Mere
Eglise, the place where the American paratrooper
The ferries to Cherbourg are not particularly hangs off the church spire . We enjoyed the airborne
frequent so the 0930 from Portsmouth was the only museums, and chatting to a few Americans who had
option . How could we catch that from Northern ' done the course'. The locals found it quite pleasing
Ireland ? We eventually decided to travel on the last that people so young as ourselves (with the
flight out the night before and sleep at Portsmouth . exception of Sammy Trent you understand) had
The only problem was that our visions of warm been bothered to make the pilgrimage, so we
passenger terminals and pleasant tea-bars (or just accepted their hospitality gratefully! !
pleasant bars in Sammy Trent' s cast) were shattered.
W e slept in a grotty car park whilst the good old At St Mere Eglise came the real morale downer, as
Pompey rain came down. We arrived in Cherbourg I told them we were walking to Utah Beach!! Justifi-
about lunch time feeling pretty lost . We were fairly cation for this was the Adventure Training element,
conspi cuous as we wandered the streets of Cher- so the lads shut up, put their minds in neutral , and
bourg . I can remember thinking to myself that things aher some stupendous map reading by their platoon
w ere not quite as rosy as I had hoped . However, we commander, arrived at Utah Beach. Where were we
established a good pla ce to camp for the evening and to sleep? The camp site that the tourist office had
also established where the best bars were. We ended told us was open , was shut . Great! We were very

tired and very sleepy. We got round the problem by 17
LCpl Vandenbosch chatting up some ' local ' and
persuading him to let us sleep in the camp site - no The museum we had wanted to see was shut for
water, no toilets, no nothing! This was all com- the season so we decided to head for Carentan on
pensated by the fact that strolling along Utah Beach foot, from where we caught the train to Bayeux . We
after dark with no one else around for miles is a based ourselves in Bayeux for a couple of days, as it
is quite central for the British landing beaches. Most
fantastic experience. of us saw the Bayeux Tapesty depicting another
invasion . On our second day in Bayeux we decided
Soldiers can be pretty insensitive at times but Utah to hire bikes and tear off towards Arromanche . This
Beach seemed to send a chill up most of their backs. was a joke in itself as we all got soaking wet, and the

1. Samantha Fox. 1 QUEENS pin-up and page 3 Sun
Girl visits the cooks .

2. The winners of Kirkes Inter-Company Novices
Boxing Competition.

3 . LCpl Gale of C Company (left), Kirkes
Welterweight Champion in action against Pte

McEwen of Support Company.

4. OC C Company with his boat patrol group from 7
Platoon .

5. The Brigade Air Reaction Force . provided by
Support (Quebec) Company, prepares for the GOC's

inspection .

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18 LCpl (Grunt) Jones advises the GOC on curry.

Drum Major' s bike broke down so he had to double
from Arromanche to Bayeux with his bike on his
head!

Arromanche was superb. The museum was well
worth seeing and probably the highlight of the tour.

By popular request we returned to Cherbourg for a
last night sampling of the local vino. Needless to say
we all had a very good night. The only worry being
that one of my foreign JNCOs, who shall remain
nameless, returned to camp slightly late and I was
very worried . I have never been so relieved to see a
JNCO in my life!

For the return journey we had to do the opposite
to the way out and we slept at Heathrow, and were
constantly harassed by immigrant cleaners whose
total concept of England appeared to be confined
within the artifical barrier of Heathrow Airport.
However, we escaped this harassment by flying into
Belfast and the usual Irish rain .

THE ALBUHERA BAND KAPE TOUR 1984

I hear it all now, Band KAPE Tour, another two Band on the public address system, he stepped out
months leave. Well now to enlighten the unin- of the PA caravan and with one leap was in front of
formed . The tour started off well, with a memorial the Band ready to give the step off (this was all done
service in Ballykelly in the morning for the Fusiliers . without taking a breath). 1 don't know what it is
Back to Omagh to pack the transport, which left the about these types of shows but we always seem to
same day to travel to England on the ferry. follow the cows, even Torvi ll and Dean couldn't have
done as well as us. Friday 13th, unlucky for some or,
We all arrived in sunny England on 13th June. Our in this case, CSgt Winkworth . Kent County Show in
first engagement was the Aldershot Army Display. A the afternoon in the pouring rain (it waited for us to
week of rehearsals in the sun, just right for the sun go on), then a quick dash back to Crowborough to
tans. We left the Aldershot Army Display and Long- dry our kit out, then down to Herstmonceux (don't
moor Training Camp on Monday 25th June to move ask me to pronounce it) for a Beating Retreat for the
to Crowborough Training Camp (Stalag 13). Trans- Army Benevolent Fund . Saturday it was Kent
port was on time for once but there were no hot County Show then off to Bassingbourn for the
meals on arrival until the Tuesday. The first week Grand Reunion on Sunday 15th. A good time was
saw us trying to cram in all the rehearsals for two had by all and some old faces turned up .
months into four days.
After the reunion it was back to Crowborough,
Saturday 30th June saw the Grand Opening of the most of the Band , not wanting to waste time sitting
KAPE Tour at the Brighton Pavilion, where we were on the bus, got their bulling rags and polish out while
interrupted by a CND march whose rendition of on the journey. Monday 16th and it was back to the
Peanut Vendor left a lot to be desired (some of us schools.
thought Raggio was with them). Sunday 1st July
saw us dashing down to Fort Newhaven for a vintage Saturday 21st and it was Brighton Lions Day, and
car rally where our Army white bus won first prize! a march through the town which was a very good
Then a quick pack down and onto Chichester for a rehearsal for our ICFT. Sunday 22nd we were back
march through the town and a service in the on the Dartford Show after a two year break . On the
Cathedral with the Scouts. 25th we moved, once again, to lnvicta Park Barra cks
in Maidstone.
Monday 2nd July and it was the start of the
schools tour . Two schools a day, every day a bit like Thursday 26th was a concert in the Longmarket,
a vitamin pill. Saturday 7th and we were back in Canterbury, just to remind them that there is still a
Chichester to find ourselves working with the Irish Queen's Regiment. Cpl Seabrook, not wishing to
Guards. The display went well, but, when it came to travel on the Band coach, decided to go by ta)li
leaving, the Irish Guards had a luxury space age instead. Sunday 29th we moved to Colchester. All
coach and we sneaked away in an Army white liner. went well until the final performance of the Finale,
when we found ourselves and the Royal Irish
Monday 9th , back onto schools until Thursday Rangers the only ones left on parade.
12th when we started the Kent County Show . This
was when the Bandmaster had to fulfil his role as Sunday 5th August we went down to Tunbridge
Announcer and Drum Major. After announcing the Wells to find we were playing to a capacity crowd on

the first concert (12); they had changed the location 19
at the last minute, though . The second concert
proved to be more successful where a small crowd of YOUR
300 attended - a change back to the original
location may have helped . Monday 6th and it was SECOND
back to Canterbury for the start of the Cricket Week . CAREER
Wednesday the 8th and we returned to Northern
Ireland for a well earned rest and two weeks' leave . CAN BE AS

EXERCISE SOUTHERN CROSS CHALLENGING

by Lt J R J Powell AS YOUR
FIRST
On 18th August nine members of the Northern
Ireland Sports Parachute Association departed from
Gatwick airport for Raeford in North Carolina. Of the
nine, four of us came from the battalion, myself, Pte
Bill Bryne, Pte Bill Haley and Pte Andy Gardiner. The
exercise was organised and led by Major Dick Trigger
(Para) instruction being given by W02 Mick Berry
(RCT).

The aim of the exercise was to make at least 50
parachute descents each in the three weeks we were
to be in America. Previous experience varied . Pte
Bryne had made over 100 descents and was category
10 and possessed a 'C' licence . I had made 51
descents and was category 7, Pte Haley had made
four descents and was category 2, and Pte Gardiner
had also made four descents and was category 2.

Within five days of arriving at Raeford, everyone
was making freefall descents. Because of the very
good weather, three to four descents a day were
often made. Even on the occasional bad day, at least
one jump was made. Jumping was not only confined
to Raeford, we jumped at nearby Laurenberg, at Fort
Bragg as guests of the Green Beret Para chute Club,
and with the United States freefall team , the Golden
Knights.

The instruction of W02 Berry was augmented by
the owner of Raeford Parachute Centre, Gene Paul
Thacker, an ex Golden Knight, and his two sons, Tim
and Tony Thacker . The Americans we met were at all
times extremely hospitable, and very often invited us
to their parties and barbeques .

At the end of the three weeks we had all made
good progress. I made 61 descents, became cate-
gory 10 and received a ' C' licence, Pte Byrne made
80 descents and received a 'D' licence, Pte Haley
made 41 descents became category 8 and received a
'C' licence . Pte Gardiner unfortunately received a
knee injury after 22 descents which curta iled any
parachuting .

Every member of the exercise felt that the time ,
effort and expense was wholly justified, espec ially
when one considers that it can take up to two years
to make 80 descents in Britain.

20 In 1983 he was awarded the British Empire Medal
for his service as a Regimental Butcher and Cook.
THOUGHTS ON A TOUR WITH THE INFANTRY
There are, of course, many stories that could be
by Lt G R Le Fevre, lnt Corps written about him , but I am sure he would rather tell
them himself over a pint or four!
They say that first impressions are always the most
important, so it was with a great amount of interest From his many friends and comrades thank you
and a certain amount of trepidation that I arrived in and the very best of luck for the future. See you on
Northern Ireland to join 1 QUEENS . I was one of five 16th May.
Intelligence Corps Officers who landed over here at
the same time, all destined for various different THE ANNUAL LETTER
Infantry battalions. After going through the time
honoured ritual of playing any amount of tricks on a A Holland Company contribution
new Officer, I was able to look around me and take
stock . by One of the CO's Pea-Brained - -- s

Northern Ireland held two firsts for me, that of Dear All ,
actually being here, and also that of being in a
battalion . I had no idea what to expect and was Well the Company ticks over much as before even
somewhat surprised to find that Lisanelly Barracks though there are quite a few new faces. We' ve got a
was much as I imagined a battalion camp would be in new OC (you know , one of the CO's 'pea-brained
England . lt was not until I went south into the TAOR . .. s' ) and Jimmy Juhel is back as CSM , shame
that the imagined picture of cramped accommoda- he's still got this fitness thing. The rest are mainly red
tion and the like was made apparent. Going back to .. . s, but we' re glad to have most of them as there
Lisanelly , the air of 'normality' was further under- are never enough to go round.
lined by the presence of large numbers of workmen
and various buildings going up , all of which seem to We've done two Fermanagh tours so far this year .
be a permanent feature of Army life. Nothing much changes down there except the PV's
are becoming really smart - super-sangers , decent
On arrival in Omagh, after meeting the members of blast walls , mortar alarms with dayglo switches (the
the Company all playing the part of someone else, I CO' s favourite) and the accommodation is OK now.
was then despatched with a 'batman' ! to the Officers Trouble is they look pretty permanent to me . There
Mess . My first question on arriving there was 'where was a bit of excitement on the first tour when, right
are all the Officers?' , the answer being 'away on at the end after only one commercial bomb in four
duty'. lt seemed somewhat strange to have an even- weeks , ' H' Hillman of Dave Brown's section stuck his
ing meal with only four or five Officers present, the head in this culvert and there was a 1000 pounder in
rest being away on duty, but that is the reality of eight milk churns. ' Oh .. .' he said and you should
Northern Ireland . have seen his face . I ain't half glad he found it
though.
lt took me a further month to meet all of my
platoon as I was pitched almost immediately into a We had no major incidents on the second tour,
Fermanagh tour. Asking them what they most liked although we did find an abandoned IRA OP With
about Northern Ireland the shouts came back 'leave'. radio , binos etc. but the weather was good and the
Now nearly six months later I can begin to under- time went quickly. ' Cos the 21C was away we
stand the need for it as often as they can get it. borrowed an officer from the Gurkhas to do Ops
Officer - until he turned up Colour White expected
As to the future, my Corps beckons and my career him to be about 5 feet tall and need special rations!
for the next few years seems set. I was told that I The CSM organised a great party in the swimming
was coming to Northern Ireland for experience, and I pool when we got back. The whole company went in
think I can say it has certainly been one . - the OC was never out - so did all the guests
(QM(A) , QM(T) , UFO, Adjt) who all took it in really
FAREWELL TO GRUNT 900 good part (so did the PT staff) and the boys lined the
route for the RSM' s splash! Pity the CO had
lt is not often that the opportunity arises to say something else on.
farewell in print to an old friend and Battalion person-
ality . LCpl (Grunt) Jones has finally decided to hang Mind you , that's not the only ops we've had. The
up his butcher' s apron after 22 years of excellent CO's had most of us down south twice to help out A
service in the Regiment before the Battalion departs Coy and we seem to have done a lot in 6 UDR' s
for one of his old haunts, Gibraltar . He joined 1 MX in patch. In fact, now I think about it, we' ve provided a
Lydd in 1963 and being too young to go with them to patrol and QR F for them for all of May and most of
Greece, he spent a short time with 1 Queens Own September and October and in the first half of June .
Buffs in Colchester. He served with the Diehards in we actually ran things for them while they went to
Gibraltar, Libya, Northern Ireland , British Guiana and camp in Scotland . that was a pretty busy few days
Warminster. He then joined 1 QUEENS and served in too, but at least we came up with a dug-in command
Berlin, Bulford (when he became a Regimental wire and a couple of other small finds .
Butcher) , Werl , Canterbury and four tours of
Northern Ireland . I suppose it's not all been bad though . We've

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managed to get 18 away parachuting in Kent (mostly

from 4 PI), 13 (mostly 6 PI) on an exercise with 2 WE, THE
QUEENS in Cyprus and there've been a lot of

courses . We've even got about half a dozen mara- LIMBLESS,
thon nuts in the Company - some have even done it LOOK TO
twice (I ' d never tell them but you can't help admiring YOU FOR
HELP
them can you?) On the other hand we haven't done
too well in Kirkes but we' re trying to end strongly.
The boxing helped when 'Wis' Whistler and 'Jum
Bob' Robinson won the light heavy and heavyweight
- after all that's where the punches count, isn 't it?

We've just had three weeks on Brigad e Reserve We come from both world Donations and Information:
and are now getting ready for the final Fermanagh wars. We come from Korea, The Chairman , BLESMA,
tou r (wish us luck) , then it's leave and back to pack Kenya, Malaya, Aden, Cyprus,
and ca rry MFO until we arrive in Gib. I th ink most of Midland Bank Ltd.,
us are looking forward to the change now. We'd Ulster and from the
hoped for a bit of a break but there'll be a new CO 60 'Nest Smlthfleld ,
there and . well, you know, I'll write from there Falklands. London EC1A 9DX.
anyway.
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All the best, Tommy.
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Lisanelly Barracks
BFPO 804 BLESMA
BRIT IS H LIMBLE SS
2nd October 1984 EX-SERVICE MEN "S ASSOCIATION

Dear Sir,

I thought you may be interested in the series of

attached photographs and an explanation of the L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -....

extraordinary Infantry goings-on here in Omagh!

When 1 QUEENS took over Lisanelly Barracks from

the QDG in 1982, we were left with strict instructions

to preserve the Valentine tank on display at the

Barracks' entrance as a lasting momento of the

cava lry's sterling efforts here since 1949.

Imagine our surprise when shortly afterwards
DRAC demanded its removal for use in Vickers' tank
museum. As ordered by QDG , we lnfanteers fought a
gallant rea rguard action on their , and their
predessors' behalf, with the end result that afte r a lot
of hard bargaining we obtained a Salad in in lieu . In
the even t , this is perhaps an even more fitting tribute
to the cava lry effort as of course they actually
deployed here in these vehicles in times of old! So,
Round 1 ended with a good Infantry victory in true
'a ll arms co-operation' style.

Following this saga we were quite determined to
mark the new Infantry presence in Omagh, hence we

purloined one of our redundant CONBATs and it is
now mounted in pride of place at the front gate with
a suitably ' Infantry orientated' ins cription .

As a footnote we plan to consolidate the long

overdue Infantry presence here by mou·nting the
Adjutant's antique motorcar alongside these two
items as we hand over to 2 Ll next January . There
will no longer be any doubt that the Infantry has

arrived in Lisanelly Barracks!

Yours sincerely ,

Paddy Panton



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The 2nd Battalion

Editorial managed to give his liquid diet medical backing .
Rumours that his leave was extended to allow the
By the time this edition of the Journal is published Supreme Soviet of Suba lterns to seize power are
our Londonderry tour will be over, and we shall have strongly denied by the Platoon Commanders .
set up shop in Oakington, near Cambridge. Not that
we shall see much of Oakington over the coming Before that final city tour , though , we had seen
months to judge from the speed with which our W02 ' Boy George' France off to Hong Kong and
Forecast of Events is fi lling up. Exercises, Freedom welcomed W02 Bernie Winter to the hot seat as
Marches, Study Days and KAPE tours are gradually CSM. Having come from somewhere other than a
spreading across the Year Planner for 1985, all Rifle Company he did have the grace to express
building up to our departure for a Fa lklands tour at surprise at the pace of life and degree of flexibility
the end of the year. expected of us. Capt Will Morris has also left us, but
not before he managed to get some time off to lead
At the time of writing B Company is deploying into an exped ition to Canada in the summer.
Londonderry city as the last 2 QUEENS Company to
be deployed . We wish them a quiet and a safe tour . The Company boxing team covered themselves
with gory glory in a very closely-fought evening's
In addition to the regu lar company deployment finals. Having come out of the city and gone on
into the city, we have had a heavy Brigade Reserve leave, returning less than a week before the competi-
commitment as well as the routine provision of tion , it says much for our gladiators that the Com-
escorts. All this has kept people on their toes and left pany came third.
them in no doubt that we wil l remain operational
until the day we board the aircraft and ferries for the Various individuals have distinguished themselves
move back across the water. in other fields of sporting endeavour. Cpl Tim Rogers
became the Army cycling champion. He and Pte
But life has not been entirely taken up by
operationa l duties, as the articles that follow will
show. Sporting and social occasions have contin-
ued , and some of the companies have even found
time to do some training. In other words life as we
have come to know it has continued relatively
normally. Most people have managed to get some
time away from the restricted life of Londonderry ,
but few have done so in more dramatic fashion than
the team led by Capt Wi ll Morris on Exercise Rocky
Trail. This was an expedition to the Rocky Mountains
and is covered later in these notes. lt is enough to
say here that it was a very successful expedition
which was a fine example of the opportunities for
cha llenging and adventurous training that the Army
offers, even to those on operational tours of duty.

A Co m pany

Our last city tour is now behind us, and while not
entirely incident free, was at least less dramatic than
the previous one. One or two members of the com-
pany, desperate for a Criminal Injury Compensation
Claim payment, stuck their necks out with varying
degrees of success . The Company Commander even

1. The CO briefs the Secretary of State for Northern
Ireland from the city walls at Masonic Base.

2. Lt Fisher briefs the Parliamentary Under Secretary
of State for the Armed Forces from the city walls .

3. 2Lt Holmes is introdu ced t o Lo rd Trefgarne .

4. The flavour of Londonderry. Pte Andrews. C
Company prov id es pro tec tion for a dog hand ler and

friend .

Cpl Tim Rogers , Army Cyc ling Champion 1984.

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Alex Alien formed part of the Battalion cycling team, 25
who came second in the Army Inter-Corps Cham-
pionships . In sport, the B Coy rugby team excelled . Indeed
2Lt Goddard's team was unbeaten within the bat-
At the Northern Ireland Army Athletics Meeting talion, scoring 132 points, with only eight being
Ptes Mac McPherson and Miller won four medals scored against. Throughout all the matches Maj
between them, with the latter being presented with Jackson , 2Lt Goddard, W02 Whitall, CSgt Buddle,
the Northern Ireland Army Athlete of the Year award Sgt Anthony, Ptes Alcock , Marquardt, Woodjetts ,
for winning the discus, shot and high jump. Big Mac Gerald and Skinner all played very impressively.
won the 400 metres and did so again later in the
season when he ran for the Army against the RAF. Those who have left the Company include : Capt
Oyler (back to the MOD) , W02 Outfield (to the Uni-
versity of London OTC) , and Sgt O' Connor (to 5
QUEENS) .

We welcome 2Lt Jones, Ptes Bradbury, Crowley,
Ferber, Giles, Hogg, Howes, Roberts, Sweetland ,
Wakelin and Wingrave .

We send our best wishes to the following, who
have either recently got married, or are about to; Cpl
Lyden. LCpl Lavender , LCpl Green , Ptes Absalom ,
Beresford, Bone, Budden, Cook, Fleming , Knight,
Lai , Marquardt, Rogers , Singh, Tedds and Young.

Pte Miller , Northern Ireland Athlete of the Year 1984, C Company
receives the award from the Commander Land
During the last six months we have seen more
Forces. changes in the personalities of the Company .
Additions are Lt Jerry Tozer, on attachment from the
Perhaps the military highlight of the period, apart Intelligence Corps and Sgt Mick Jarvis, both of 9
from our final exit from the city , was the three week Platoon , Sgt James Duncan to 10 Platoon and Lt
training period at Barry Buddon in Scotland . lt was Jason Burrows to 11 Platoon. We have also
good to get platoons away for a week at a time to do sustained some losses, the more notable of these
field firing and practise once again the dash-down- being the posting to the Depot of Sgt Dave Monday,
crawl tactic for returning from a night at a Dundee as a PI Sgt Instructor and Lt Tim Scott to civvy
pub . Pte lbrahim returned a bit tight-lipped about the street. Having successfully completed a resettlement
experience, but his jaw is now mended and he can course in carpet / bricklaying, Tim has joined
open his mouth again. Barclay' s Bank to train for eventual takeover of the
Bank of England!
Since the last edition of the journal there have
been promotions for Cpl Spike Milligan, and LCpl We have also had a very good sporting interlude
Terry Parker, Mick O' Reilly , Alan Lay and Wayne with successes in rugby, soccer, hockey, and more
Bovelle. We wish them well at their new dizzy recently we won the Battalion Novices Boxing
heights. Competition to become the 1984 champions. Our
success in the various field and ring events has not
B Company been dominated entirely by the signed up members
of the Company . One of our wives, Mrs Joan
B Coy have been very busy in the last few months. Crossland-Page entered and completed in a very
Two tours in Londonderry , a heavy reserve commit- good time, the Antrim Coast Road Marathon. Our
ment, guards and duties, have kept us very occupied congratulations go to her on a magnificent effort.
operationally . However the Company did manage to
escape to Barry Budden in Scotland , on week- long We have completed two city tours since the last
platoon packages of skill-at-arms training . This break issue. Both passed off very smoothly with hard long
fro m Northern Ireland was appreciated not only for hours being rewarded with good finds . Unfortun-
the uninterrupted conventional training, but also for ately two members of the company were injured
the lively night spots in Dundee. during our second tour in a terrorist shooting attack
on the night of 25 September 1984. Cpl Mick
William-Smith was wounded in the cheek and Pte
Peter Rooney was hit, by the same bullet in the leg .
Both have made a good recovery and we are looking
forward to them returning to the fold after post city
tour leave.

The next major event for all of us is the great move
east to Oakington, where , although the pace
promises to be just as hot, we are all looking forward
to more peaceful surroundings and a relaxed pint of
ale in the local.

26 On September 15th the Drums took part in the 8
Infantry Brigade Massed Bands display at Ebrington
D Company Barra cks, their last public engagement as part of
Support Company . At the end of our tour in
Support Company has had an active four months . Northern Ireland, they will leave us on reorganisation
Operational commitments have been heavy, and all to HQ Company. We will welcome in their place the
the platoons have been involved in periods of military Recce Platoon .
and adventurous training .
Now to mention some personalities: CSgt Britton
During May and August the Company was has left for HQ Company, to be replaced by CSgt
deployed as Brigade and Province Reserve to assist White ; Cpl Kirk ham was detached to assist in a
our colleagues in 1 QUEENS and in 6 UDR . Rural KAPE tour as an aikido instructor; LCpl (now Cpl)
patrolling made a pleasant change from the streets of Kenny achieved a very creditable 'd istinction' on his
Londonderry! Mortar NCO course; Ptes Griffin and Pynn, members
of the battalion team at Bisley, both returned with
At the time of writing the company is coming to medals, Griffin having had the distinction of firing
the end of its sixth and final tour of the city. Unlike the SMG in the Inter Services competition in July ;
the previous tour which was relatively peaceful, we Pte Wooley sp read Regimental influence by volun-
are now apparently in the middle of a 'silly season ' tarily helping at the Middlesex and NW London ACF
and have been subjected to numerous hoax devices Annual Camp; Cpl Brooks took part in the now
and proxy bombs , a shooting at1ack and an elaborate infamous ' Ex Rocky Trail ' to Canada ; Pte Youngs
booby trap lED . and Horscroft both fought well to win their finals in
the Inter Company novice boxing championships.
The Milan Platoon has been involved in two
intensive periods of specia list training . The first , Ex The company is looking forward to Oakington .
Tank Killer, the UKLF Concentration, took place in The new year will see the Mortar Platoon almost
July. Two months later the platoon fired its remain- doubling in size and all the platoons will undergo
ing missiles at Warcop. intense training for their normal specialist roles .

In August , the Mortar Platoon spent a week
indulging in water sports at Ballykinler, and the
Drums went to Magilligan for a simi lar form of
adventurous training.

Why does the Army Benevolent Fund still need help?

For most of us nowadays the memories we have of the two
World Wars have become dimmed by time, but for those who
were left disabled -and for the many bereaved families- the
tragic aftermath of war is ever present. Many are suffering great
hard ships. The Army has also been in action in many parts of
the world si nce the end of World War 11. Thu s even in peace-
time the problem continues.

The sole object of the Arm y Benevolent Fund is to try to lessen
this suffering. It does this by making contributions to the Corps
and Regimental Associations and National Service charitable
organisations which have been set up for thi s purpose. All the
money, which is used in this reall y good cause is given
voluntarily, by means of donations and bequests. You can help
by giving as much as you possibly can yourself - and by
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B COMPANY AT BARRY BUDDEN 27

by Lt J Gibbs thoroughly soggy canoeist . Pte Howes also attemp-
ted this rather foolhardy exercise although he left the
lt was a cool spring morning in May, when the canoe underwater. Generally, though, the standard
advance party departed from Londonderry bound for of canoeing was good , made more realistic by the
Barry Sudden range comp lex and train in g area . B occasiona l sighting of a seal. Perhaps this prompted
Company were to be the first to experiment with the the cries of Eskimo ?
new 8 Infantry Brigade training package outside
Northern Ireland. Barry Sudden is situated ten miles Windsurfing was , on the whole, a new experience
from Dundee, on the eastern coast of Scotland , very for the majority . With strong gusty winds LCp l
conveniently next door to the championship golf Kenny developed some interesting methods of falling
club at Carnoustie . The training area consists of a off the board , appa rently with very little effort. Cp l
range complex , which caters for up to section level Guyett, encouraged by a group of arm chair experts
stage fi ve live firing , and also an extensive dry train- on the sho re line, was urged into deep water. Having
ing area . sai led out some way he encounte red the problem of
turning the thing around . Such a manoeuvre proved
The aims of the training package were simple ; too difficu lt, and afte r probably making his final
initially to pass the company through t he SLR APWT decision as to wh ich records he would take to a
and th e GPMG alternative A PWT, followed by pro- desert island , he was picked up by safety boat .
gressive range work up to stage five live firing
section atta cks and including a tactica l live night The dinghy sa il ors had their work cut out as
ambush . In addition to these requirements , emphasis currents and winds were strong . Sgt Vessey having
wa s placed on persona l fitness, w ith training in clud- entrusted LCpl Solley with the tiller certa inly did not
ing extreme ly pop ular ea rl y morning runs, as we ll as mention igloss, kayaks, or eskimos as he capsized!
a section battl e run and obstacle course competiti on. However all was well and , having righted the craft,
Th e fina l aim and probably the easiest to achieve, they tacked into shore for a welcome cuppa .
was to al low the platoons to enj oy the relaxed night
life of Dundee whe neve r possible. lt wou ld be fair to say that everyo ne had a crack at
most activities w ith varying degrees of success . The
The organ isation of the t rain ing was complicated Platoon braved the elements , showed a deal of
by having to sha re t he camp with the 4th, 10th and determination and enjoyed a thorough ly good week
7th Battalions of the Ulster Defence Reg iment con- away from Londonderry.
secutively, however all t hree Batta lions were very
helpful and co-operative throughout their stays . KENT COLLEGE
M any friends were made in both the NAAFI and the
bar respectively . CANTERBURY

A ll three platoons worked and played extremely ENTRAN CE EXAMINAT ION :
hard during their stays at Barry Sudden and 13th February, 1985
fortunately all the training objectives were achieved.
A C hristia n Ind epend ent Schoo l. Co-educa ti ona l,
MORTAR PLATOON ADVENTURE TRAINING Boa rdin g a nd Day, o ffering p laces at ages 11 - 14 a nd
in th e sixth fo rm .
by Capt C A Newell
Forme rl y a Direct G ra nt G ra mma r School , Kent
Having been kept very busy for some time, it was a College is o ne of the group of Methodist Residentia l
welcome break for the Mortar Platoon to mount a Schools . The Sc hool has acce pted the in vita ti on o f
charabanc destined for Ballykinler. We embarked on the Depa rtment of Educatio n a nd Science to pa rtici-
our journey in gloriou s sunshine, looking forward to pate in th e Assisted P laces Sc heme .
a week of adventurou s water sports. Our hosts for
the week we re The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Entry to Se nior School (560 pupils) a t age 11 + .
and th ey catered for our needs extremely w ell Occasio nal vacancies later.
through out our stay . Activities attempted va ried
fr om wind surfing to fishing . LCpl Kirkham led the Entry to Juni or School ( 100 pup ils) a t age 7+ o r
fi shing party , comp lete with every possible piece of later. Alm ost a ll pu pi ls rema in int o the Sixt h Fo rm
tackl e you could imagine . . very impressive. whic h conta ins 170 stude nts. We have a good
However his ca tch w as less exciting , although he academ ic reco rd , excell ent oppo rtuniti es fo r other
was ve ry successful when digging up bait . ac ti vities including An . Music a nd Dra ma, together
with hi gh standa rd; a nd fine facilities fo r Spo rt .
The rea l men w ent straight for the more ru gged
pursuits. LCpl Lu ckhurst demonstrated immediately T he current fees in th e Se ni o r School a re £3 753 p.a.
w hat to d o w hen ca psized in a can oe. Cries of (boa rdin g) a nd £2034 p.a. (day).
something to d o with Eskim os (I agree the water w as
rather chilly) , and t hen the sight of the bottom of th e Examina ti o n; fo r ent ra nce in Se ptember 1985
cra ft w ith stacks of thrashing about resulting in a includin g Sc ho larships , Bu rsa ries a nd Ass isted
Places , will be he ld o n 13th Februa ry, 1985.
Completed a pplicati o n for ms sho uld reac h the
Sc hool by end of Ja nu ary. Visito rs welco me.
P rospectus avai lab le o n request fro m the Head-
ma; te r, Kent Co llege, Ca nt erbury, Kent CT 2 9DT .

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EXERCISE ROCKY TRAIL
by Capt Will Morris

Earlier in the year I was delighted to receive the Top: Exercise Rocky Trail sets off across the Ice
news that our bid for an adventurous training Fields.
exercise in Canada had been approved, and that I
was to be released to lead an expedition to go lower : Capt Will Morris pauses on a trek through the
climbing in the Rocky Mountains. Now I was faced ice fields.
with the problems of logistics, team selection and
training. Our first target in this second phase was the 1,500
feet sheer face of Mount Cory near Banff. I set off
The aim of the exercise was to introduce climbers with the assault team on a bright, hot, sunny day.
to serious mountaineering in snow and ice and at alti- We were glad to have the weather on our side, and
tides of up to 12,000 feet. This was not an easy aim set off confidently. All went well until we were within
to practise for in Northern Ireland , but once the team 200 feet of the top. Suddenly, and completely with-
had been selected, we did manage some training in out warning , the weather decided we had gone far
the local area . Climbing dry rock in brilliant sunshine enough. A severe electric storm threw everything it
while encouraging the team to imagine their hand- could at us in an attempt to dislodge us from our
holds to be covered in ice and snow was not the ideal precarious grip on the rock-face. Hailstones pelted
preparation for the climbs we were to undertake in us and lightning seemed to strike the face all round
Canada. As events transpired no training we could us.
have done for the expedition would have prepared us
fully for the conditions we were to meet. Not really I took the hint and abandoned the attempt on the
knowing what was in store, I considered by the time summit. To abseil down the rock face took us four
we left the province that the ten-man team had done hours, with occasional pauses crouched against the
as much in the way of preparation that the local rock in a desperate attempt to shelter from the ele-
geography and operational commitments had ments. Eventually we reached the transport at the
allowed. bottom safely. Although very relieved to have sur-
vived we were thoroughly chastened by the experi-
We landed at Calgary on 10th August and set off ence, and there was not much light conversation
at once for the Columbia ice-fields, eager to put our made on the journey back to camp .
equipment to the test. The scenery was spectacular.
The ice-fields were honeycombed with crevasses and Undeterred, I led the team out on what was to be
the ice walls were constantly on the move . the climax of the expedition - an assault on Mount
Assiniboine , known as the Matterhorn of the
The crevasses were extremely deep with very fast Rockies.
flowing water at the bottom . I very quickly realised
that if anyone fell in, even assuming he survived the
fall, he would instantly have been swept away or
crushed by the moving ice. The responsibility was
awesome .

At 10,000 feet we set up our base camp between
two crevasses in preparation for our assault on two
11 ,500 foot peaks . The ice wall we built around the
camp was more a psychological comfort than any
sort of real protection against the menacing threat of
the mobile landscape . These two climbs, completed
successfully, were a very useful introduction to the
climate , and certainly reinforced my misgivings about
the lack of opportunity we had had for training in
such conditions . The thermometer acted like a yo-
yo, showing hot, sun-tanning temperatures by day,
but dropping to minus ten degrees centigrade at
night. But after three days and with the two peaks
successfully ticked off our list we headed back to
civilization in good spirits to sample the rest and
recuperation facilities.

The next phase of the expedition took us to British
Columbia and Alberta. lt was not as successful as
the first phase in terms of actual achievement but
provided the team with valuable insight into their
own chara cters and showed those who were
unaware of it before that there is a good deal more to
climbing than simply finding a route to the top .

Again all went well to start with and we made 29
good progress. Once again, however, the weather
had decided that we were not to be allowed to True, it will involve some manufacturing but then,
succeed. After spending the night in a hut more than think of the customer. Think of the money!
1,000 feet up, we awoke to find that a blizzard had
raged throughout the night and that we were faced The de luxe model is essentially the same as the
with 2 Yz feet of fresh snow. For the second time 1 ' Popular' model in that it consists of a 4 metre length
had to make the decision to abandon the climb. of brown, green or black string but with a vital
difference (and you can stress the development
The only way out was down, but that was more costs) that it has a rubber band tied into every 10
easily said than done. The descent was horrific ~ lt centimetres .
had been testing enough on the way up , relying on
very narrow ledges no more than six inches wide for it's fantastic isn 't it? But stay cool! Don' t hawk
support. Now they were covered by snow and yourself about. Let Goretex approach you with an
impossible to find. The only way to get down was to idea for a DPM waterproof, ' Breathing' model which
abseil the thousand feet through the blizzard which will be your Ghia model.
was still howling round us, severely restricting visi-
bility . lt was a very relieved team leader who saw the But business is complicated these days, despite a
last man complete the abseil , and who then led the self selling product you will need to advertise . You
team off through the snow , now four feet deep, back should stress simplicity and effectiveness . Point out
to ca mp . how it beats stuffing grass into your puttees, web-
bing or new voice procedure aide memoire. Demon-
Although we failed actually to stand on those last strate how it goes over as much or as little of you as
two peaks we had had an unforgettable experience, you want. Do you want to run? then don' t wind it
and the aim of the expedition had certainly been round your legs. Do you want to hide? ,then wrap
achieved. lt was training of a more arduous nature two Garlands round you.
than most soldiers get the opportunity to carry out,
and a number of the team were surprised at how Be prepared for detractors. Will it catch on
physically and, perhaps more importantly, how foliage 7 No more than normal camouflage and it will
mentally demanding the expedition had been . not fall out as easily. Will it take longer to make up?
No. Will the soldiers understand how to use it? P-- s
On returning to Londonderry, however, I was off!
brought back to earth by the soldier's gift for
understatement when I overheard one team member
answering a question by describing the expedition
as: 'All right, but we were a bit unlucky with the
weather!'.

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Garland ", w hen you are ordered to 'cam-u p', take Barracks, Canterbury .
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10 centimetre intervals, attach one end of the string Caterham School,
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. There, you 're a winner already. But should you be
dissatisfied that you have offered a sufficient range
of Garlands bearing in mind the seemingly endless
lengths some people will go to be 'more jacked up';
then you ca n offer the ' Delu xe Camouflage Garland'.

30 On checking-in , the driver collected the road
books and dashed ba ck to the navigator who was
You will also be assailed as an inventive geniu s. A waiting with maps and pens at the ready . There was
little modesty will help sales - especially after the only half an hour before the start time for him to plot
first TV interview. Your line should be that the the route on the map from the road book (route
Garland is a product of Eastern mysticism . This is ca rd) .
partly t rue . The East German Army use them as a
basic aid to field craft, though this fact should not be At 2103 hrs all the time cards were checked and
offered in your Daily Telegraph inerview. signed and at last the team was off; eight hours of
solid driving in front of them.
That leaves prices. Well market forces will take
over once you start offering a 4 metre length of string The team had to follow a given route and collect
for £1 .50 a throw . Do not undersell! Th e deluxe information in the form of letters which were on
model should go for at least a fiver! And don't worry small boards placed around the route . The
about patents . You will have no trouble from the information was then recorded on the time ca rds .
Socialist Paradise although shoddy copies of your Also along the route there were time control points
own product will inevitably be made in Taiwan. manned by rally officials . The location of the time
control points and the time of reporting to these
But one day every soldier in the Army will have 4 locations were known to the team beforehand .
metres of string in his pocket and you will be a Points were gained for not recording information in
millionaire! the road book and for being early or late at a time
control point. The team with the least amount of
What's that Sa ' Major? They already have ? points would win the rally .
Really? What for?
The first half of the rally went very well for the
EXERCISE START RIGHT 11 team, they managed to keep on time and collect all
the required information on the route . This was not
26 May 1984 to last!

by lt R P Crosbie-Wood At the start of the second half of th e rally an
ominous rumbling sound developed which at first
Exercise Start Right 11 was held at Bulford on 26th was thought to be the half shaft. On arrival at the
May 1984. it is a 100 mile night vehicle navigation first Time Control point .it was subsequently
event with the first section held on public roads and discovered that the rear left hand wheel nuts had
the remainder on the Salisbury Plain Training Area . worked loose. This was soon put right and once
The full field of 61 entries was made up mainly of more the team was on its way.
beginners. Thus follows an account of the rally
which was run by the British Army Motoring The terra '- at the next stage was to prove very
Association . difficult, including Salisbury Plain , mainly on tank
tracks where the team encountered numerous other
With an air of excitement and anticipation the rall y rally vehicles comi ng in from all directions making
team co nsisting of LCpl Henry Waiters (the navi- the avoidance of a collisio n a major feat .
gator: and Pte ' Pip' Ayres (the driver) started prepar-
ing the Land-Rover for the .ally . This required such The last section of the rally included a river
things as putting on extra lights and ensuring that crossing. The team had been warned that because of
the vehicle was in the first class mechanical con- heavy rain the river was running high . On reaching
dition. The preparations were spread out over two the river this proved to be so. On entering into the
weeks and at last by Thursday 24 May all seemed to water the eng ine had to be kept in high revs and the
be ready and the team left Northern Ireland that vehicle had to be drivel' at very slow speed . The
evening on the Belfast-Liverpool ferry. team thought that they were doing well until when
they were almost three quarters of the way ac ross
After an uneventful journey the team arrived at when the engine cut out. To reach the tow chain,
Bulford by late afternoon the following day . After which was secured around the rea r bumper, the
settling into their accommodation it was time to driver had the unenviable job of climbing out of the
check the vehicle in preparation for the very carefu l vehicle and wading through the ice cold water to
inspection which would precede the start of the rally . reach the tow chain and secure it to the front of the
vehicle to enable the recovery vehicle positioned on
On checking the vehicle , much to the horror of the the opposite bank to tow tliem to dry land .
team, an inner front wheel oil seal had gone and oil
had leaked onto the brake shoe. Knowing that they Once on dry land the team thought that maybe
had spare brake shoes and oil seals, they were not their troubles were over and once more they cou ld be
too disheartened and set to replacing the defective on their way. With mu ch anxiety the driver turned
parts . the key expecting the wo rst, that the engine wou ld
not start. However, Lady Lu ck was with them and
The repairs comp leted, a further setback was the engine started first time and they were on their
discovered by Pte ' Pip' Ayres when he noticed that way to the finish point, at which they arri ved without
the right hand rear tyre was flat . Time was runnin g furth er mishap.
out as the report time was getting cl user and closer.
With panic setting in the team set to and changed The wait for the results to be announced seemed
the wheel with only minutes to spare before their end less but at last they were announced. Out of the
check-in time at 1903 hrs .

61 vehicles that started the rally only 46 finished . 31
Two had overturned during the cross-country sec-
tion . Only nine vehicles finished the rally without any At last we reached the 20 mile marker. ' Only
damage . All credit must go to Pte ' Pip' Ayres for a another five miles to go' Keith chirped cheerfully
high standard of driving for the team vehicle was beside me. Five miles being a short easy distance for
included in those nine . me on a normal training run, could have been
another 20 miles facing me for all I knew or cared .
The final result was an excellent one. The team However I carried on somehow putting one foot in-
finished first in the Novice Class and came ninth front of the other, comforted by the thought that at
overall. Both LCpl Waiters and Pte Ayres are to be least I knew by now I was going to finish. By this
congratulated on their performances as Navigator time we were passing walkers and stragglers . The
and Driver. Both agree that it was a testing course distance between 24 and 25 miles is just a vague
and that rallying is not a sport for the faint hearted . nightmare of aching bones and throbbing blisters in
my memory. Then at last we were in the town for our
THE ANTRIM COAST ROAD MARATHON last mile, being carried along by the well-wishers
who paused in their shopping to shout words of
by Mrs Joan Crossland-Page encouragement to us . People came out of their
houses to offer us water but we stopped for nothing
I awoke to the sound of the alarm. lt was 6.30 on a now we had only one thought in our minds and that
Saturday morning. Today was the day. The day I had was to finish.
been training and preparing myself for over the last
few months. The day of the Antrim Coast Road My heart lifted as we ran the final stretch and
Marathon . turning the corner saw the large banner across the
road announcing the finish . I heard my name being
We arrived at the start in plenty of time. The called over the loudspeaker and saw the friendly
excitement mounted as almost 1,000 people faces of the crowd as the clapped and cheered.
gathered . I looked at the faces around me , expec-
tant, eager and some sr. owing clearly the trepidation I crossed the line and collected the coveted gold
I was feeling myself. I picked out the famous faces of medal. I had done it . I made my way through the
Ron Hill and lan Thompson , two of Britain's greatest finishing tunnel which was lined by officials . They
runners and wondered whether I might be slightly called me by my name, smiling and patting my back
out of my league. with a special well done from each of them .

Suddenly the crowd was quiet as the loudspeaker I had asked myself a hundred times over the last 26
began to count down the last 10 seconds. 5-4-3-2-1 miles, why was I doing it, but now the answers w ere
and the great mass was moving forward. We were all there as the overwhelming sense of achiev· 'Tlent
off. I gave a quick wave to the TV cameras as we soared through me. I had been running for less than
passed and settled down to a nice easy pace. My a year, beginning with a gentle jog once around
husband , Keith, beside me, had come along to give Ballykelly Forest. I didn't know then that one day I
me moral support . would run a full 26 miles 385 yard marathon . lt took
me five hours but I was to find out later that only 614
The first ten miles passed quickly and easily of the 956 entrants completed the course .
enough. I was carried along by the thrill of running
my first marathon, and I felt on top of the world . The Pte Sands (2nd Bnl covering the crossing of his patrol
rain had stopped and apart from a stiff breeze it was during the Cambrian Marct> 1984.
a perfect day for running. Then slowly I came to th e p ic ture b y PI H Q Wales
realisation that I was feeling tired and from about 12
miles on I knew it wasn' t going to get easier,
especially as my feet seemed to have developed
DMS boots. The mile markers seemed to become
further and further apart and I bega n to look ahead
longingly for eac h watPr station. 'Small sips' , Keith
would tell me as I snea kily t ried to gulp down the
wh ole cup. A cool drink and a nice wet spo nge to
wipe over my face became two of life's greatest
lu xuries and by 15 miles the water stations w ere my
own perso nal oasis, as mu ch an excuse to slow
dow n as for anyth;.,g else . By 18 miles I w as looking
w istfully at the fresh grass verges by t he roadside
and drea ming of feeling the soft rainjew elled
greenness of it beneath my aching oack. A little
furth er along I saw someone swimming in the sea
and w ished for some mira cl e to happen that I might
change places with him .

32

The GOC Northern Ireland, Lt Gen Sir Robert
Richardson KCB , CVO , CBE pays his farewell visit to
2 QUEENS on 31 October 1984. (Top pictures : with A
Company. Lower pictures : with C Company.)

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The 3rd Battalion

Editorial NBC casualties to AFV recognition and culminating
with a gruelling, stretcher race over a four kilometre
Having completed a roulement tour in West course. This race provided a tense time for both the
Belfast the battalion returned to Fallingbostel at the team and the spectators as in order to win the
beginning of June with plenty of war stories to tell competition the battalion team had to win the race .
and feeling justifiably proud of having carried out a The team certainly did not lack encouragement
very successful operational task . The cha llenges of during the race and the Brigade Commander and CO
Northern Ireland were soon put to one side and were but two of the many supporters who ran the
everyone adjusted very quickly back to our role as a course with them. The final result was a win for the
mechanised battalion and the armoured vehicles that battalion and the impressive shield now proudly
had been lovingly cared for by the Rear Party . Prior adorns the corridor of Battalion Headquarters . The
to proceeding on well deserved leave, a very hectic Corps Commander presented the Shield himself to
two week period was experienced by everybody. the team which was: Capt Kilpatrick, LCpl Garcia ,
With the introduction of the new mechanised bat- Cpl Greenhalgh , LCpl Williams , LCpl Watson and
talion establishment a great process of inter LCpl Salt.
company postings took place which in essence saw
the creation of Fire Support Company with a newly In common with the majority of the British Army
formed Reconnaissance Platoon, enlarged Milan and the battalion was totally involved in Exercise Lion-
Mortar Platoon and the move of th e Drums Platoon heart. For those who are not aware, Lionheart was
from A Company. Also an Inter Company Knock-Out the largest exercise undertaken since the second
Sports competition was held with the points World War and in BAOR you were certainly a rare
awarded for the various sports counting towards the bird if you were not involved in some way or another.
Quebec Competition. The highlight of this period As part of the 1st Armoured Division the battalion
prior to leave was a Thanksgiving Drumhead Service was committed to the control and umpiring organ-
which was followed by a Medal Parade at which isation of the exercise. Our tasks varied from provid-
General Service Medals were presented to all those ing umpires at brigade, battle group and company
who had been awarded them from the Northern level, organising an Area Co-ordination Centre,
Ireland tour. The salute was taken by our Brigade providing simulated casualties, training assistance to
Commander, Brigadier R H Swinburn , and the reservists, obstacle police, to providing vehicle for
marching troops were followed off the parade by our the Corps Commander's protection party . All in all it
armoured vehicles, a fitting reminder that the whole was a very busy time and for many it provided an
Battalion was re-united in its primary role in BAOR . excellent opportunity to see how commanders one
level or more higher reacted to different situations.
We returned from leave in the last week of July There is no doubt, that although we were not
and by the end of the week the entire battalion was ' players' on the exercise, a great deal was learnt by
at Sennelager for an intensive two weeks on the everyone. lt was also very pleasant to meet up with
ranges: firing the Annual Personal Weapons Test members of 5 QUEENS who seemed to be enjoying
and conducting field firing exercises. In the seco nd themselves in the woods and on the bridges! There
week Battle Group Headquarters, with the command were , of course, many visitors, to the exercise from
elements from the companies, and other affiliated all parts of the world , and it was a particular surprise
units found itself at the Battle Group Trainer being to meet at the top of a hill some officers and SNCOs
put through its paces. The two exe rcises that were from the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The
played provided the opportunity for the battalion to Volunteers) .
come to grips with BATCO, a subject which has
caused a great deal of discussion throughout the On returning from Spearpoint, attention th en
Army . Whilst at Sennelager the Inter Platoon Patrol focused on battle group graining at Soltau . In
Competition was also held and despite the incredible between preparing the vehicles for the exercise the
'tropical' storm conditions all platoons found their Inter Company Novices Boxing Competition was held
targets and at the end of the day the Mortar Platoon which resulted in a clear win for B Company and the
was declared the winner. awarding of the first points towards the 1985 Quebec
Competition .
Having once again returned to Fallingbostel the
Rifle Companies then spent a week each on Site The training period at Soltau was carried out in the
Guard duties, whilst at the same time the battalion customary mud and rain , and after a week of com-
was busily preparing for its part on Exercise Lion- pany level training the battalion took part in a battle
heart. However, before the exercise a battalion team group exercise which tested all phases of war.
entered the brigade First Aid Military Skills com- Everyone will admit that it was a very hard exercise
petition, which they won convincingly and therefore with the injection of many unexpected events, and
qualified for entry, along with all the other brigade - that it brought out many valuable lessons .
level winners for the 1 (BR) Corps competition for
the Connaught Shield. This competition provided a Since returning from Northern Ireland many
tough test in a variety of combat casua lty situations officers, NCOs and soldiers have been on external
ranging from evacuation under fire, the treatment of courses, and in between the major events va rious
internal cadres have been held . To say that 1984 has

35

Thanksgiving Drumhead Service on return from
Northern Ireland.

been a busy year for the battalion in an understate- Our initial activities for ra1s1ng funds have now
ment. There is no doubt that it has been a demand-
ing year but on each occasion the battalion has risen commenced and these have included a number of
to the challenge. Now we look ahead to the chal- events. On 13 April 1984, 13 members of our wives
lenges of 1985! club led by Mrs Janet Beveridge completed ten
obstacles of the assault course for which they were
THE JUBILEE SAILING TRUST sponsored. The ladies thoroughly enjoyed the
occasion but I do hear they did not like the water
by Lt J F Burke jump! I would like to thank all the wives who
participated in this event which raised the sum of OM
For those of you wondering what is the jubilee sail- 905 ; I' m sure that the husbands are proud of their
ing tru st (like myself until! got involved). it is a trust wives achievements. On 1 September 1984, 11 mem-
whose aim is to take the physically handicapped to bers of the battalion participated in the Verden
sea for long cruises in order to build up confidence marathon of whi ch five members were sponsored. A
for everyday life. marathon is never an easy task(!!) and the efforts of

The trust charte red a sailing ship la st year for the these five in raising OM 1627.62 was really
first time - for some 26 weeks . They have charte red remarka ble. Well done! On 7 September 1984, the
again this year and will do so again in 1985 - but
intend to build a sai ling ship, ca lled the Lord Nelson, battalion held a Quebec fete in St Barbara Barracks
which they expect to lau nch in late 1985. This will from 1400- 1700 hrs which was thankfully blessed
allow the trust to take double the numbers and once with good weather and w ell supported. We also had
built wi ll last 40-50 years . the pleasure of the company of the Regimental Sec -

This is obvious ly an expensive business and the retary , Col J W Fran cis and his wife who were visit-
expected cost is £2 million . To support this worth- ing the battalion. The whole battalion, including the
while venture the battalion is helping to raise funds in Wives Club, was greatly involved in organising stalls
1984 and 1985 towards the cost of the Lord Nelson . and side shows and there were some amusing feats

performed . All in all it was a very enjoyable family
outing which raised the sum of OM 3540.58 for the
trust . Finally, on 9-10 November 1984, The Cpls

Mess is holding a darts marathon (to score

36 Life at the Academy is, by nature of it being a
training establishment and because these men
1,000,000) commencing at 1800 hrs , 9 November might, and often do, pass out to take up their military
1984 . There are two teams of ten working in shifts careers in N Ireland or similar situations, very hectic
who will be sponsored . Rumour has it they are and testing. The student officers have to be instruc-
training like professionals (watch out Crafty Cockney ted in the various military disciplines including drill ,
and John Lowe) . We also have a few events planned weapon training , tactics, NBC, military knowledge,
for 1985 to raise funds for this very worthwhile trust, etc. Unfortunately there is limited time available on all
and we hope our efforts will help to benefit the these subjects and consequently , further special to
disabled in crewing a sailing ship at sea in 1986. arm training is carried out after leaving the Academy.
lnfanteers attend the Platoon Commanders Battle
LIFE AS A COLOUR SERGEANT INSTRUCTOR Course at Warminster, Gunners attend the young
AT SANDHURST officers course at Larkhill, Tank Commanders attend
their troop leaders course at Bovington and so on
by CSgt T R Farrow throughout the various Corps.

Having spent a cold January and February of 1982 The culminating point of the course (apart from
on the ' Runway' of the All Arms Drill Wing square at the Sovereign 's Parade) is a two week final exercise
Pirbright, I embarked in March, to the RAMC Train- overseas. This takes place in Cyprus in winter and
ing Centre for the First Aid Instructors Course, the spring and in Vogelsang , south-west Germany, in
last of the four pre-requisite courses before attending the summer. The SMC locations differ slightly
the selection course to become an assistant depending on availability of transport. This final
instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. exercise is normally labelled a ' hands off' exercise
with the students running the exercise, filling every
A small amount of pre-course preparation was appointment in the company - except that of com-
required to brush up on my small arms and tactics pany commander, otherwise nothing would get
instruction prior to arriving at the Academy in June done!
1982. After having spent almost seven months in
total on five courses (JNCOs SAA, SNOCs Tactics, Despite the bounds of the course, there was time
All Arms Drill Wing , First Aid Instruction course and for occaional lighter moments, notably the review .
the six week selection cadre) I eventually finished my This is put on by members of the SGC in the main
'training' and still had not seen hide nor hair of an who perform various sketches depicting the less
officer cadet or student officer. serious , and sometimes less logical side of military
life .
This changed, however, once the new intake
arrived in September for the start of their 28 weeks The Academy itself is a beautiful place with its
training . Gradually, as the first term of their course lakes and woodland walks not to mention the historic
progressed, the complexities and idiosyncracies of buildings, the magnificent chapel and the Barossa
the Academy and its various courses and colleges training area. The facilities for training and relaxation
were revealed . are exceptional and are greatly missed by instructors ,
families and officers alike once their time at the
The Academy is basically divided into three Academy is over. Likewise, there are very few similar
instructional colleges: Old College, with its opportunities during one' s military career when you
magnificent Grand Entrance, deals with returning can mix with members of so many different divi-
officers seeking Regular Commissions and , with sions , corps and regiments , each with their own
effect from May 1984, the WRAC College . New Col- 'strange' traditions and histories. These differences
lege is for the Standard Military Course where the do occasionally cause feelings to rise and amicable
instructors are almost exclusively from the Guards exchanges to verge towards argument as each man
Division and Victory College is for the short courses stands proudly as a representative of his own Regi-
and the 28 week standard graduate course . There is ment with its history .
also Rowallen company for those who will later join
the SMC but for whom it is felt, for various reasons , Now, two years later, I am pleased to rejoin my
some pre-course training is required . battalion with a greater understanding of the other
elements that make up the Army and also of what
I became a PI Sgt in Victory College on SGC No 2. the officer has to go through during his first few
My platoon was made up of 25 men and a captain months of his career .
from the QRIH who was to be the platoon comman-
der. My platoon members had at least two things in REMEMBER
common : a degree from a University and the desire
to beome an officer in Her Majesty's Forces . Other MASSED BANDS DISPLAY
than that they w ere as diverse in personality, back-
ground and military experience as any other collec- 11 JUNE 1985
tion of new recruits . Some came from very well-
known military families, others did not know one end
of an SLR from th e other - as they adequately
demonstrated during the ensuing weeks!!

37

1. A selected Wives Club team about to tackle the 2. The moment of truth. The water jump was empty

assault course . during practice.

3. W02 Arey exhorts the fire Support Company tug 4. The Commanding Officer congratulates Capt
of war team to greater efforts in the Inter Company Cooper and the B Company Platoon Commanders on

Sports Competition. winning the Quebec Patrol Competition .

5. Pte Hazzell versus Pte Pearce in the Inter Company 6. lsaac '84. Cpl Stewart coaches Sgt Cooper.
Novices Boxing Competition . Pte Pearce eventually

won on points.

38 CO . ' No David it is not that! '

THE FOURTH FORCE DG . 'Well Colonel if it is about me drinking Black
Russian with th e OM and and . '
by Maj M N C M yles
CO . No David - be quiet and listen! I am about to
The expressions of the theatre are common in the snooker OC Support Company by tasking him to
military vocabulary . A ' three act play' describes a form the Fourth Force. This is to be a non-mech
long and entailed military affair . If one fails to play company that I can feed into the meat-machine very
the part one is likely to be told to 'get one' s act early in the battle. The drums platoon and you will
together'. What follows is a play where the Fourth provide the manpower and he will provide the com-
Force from the 3rd Battalion 'gets their act together' mand element and train the fe llows .'
in 'a three act play'.
DG. ' But Colonel .
Act 1 Scene 1 - the first act is in the CO 's office
CO . ' Be quiet boy and listen. This will work and
'We need a fourth force' ! The Commanding remember, I didn't get where I got today by not
Officer of the 3rd Battalion The Queen' s Regiment understanding that you can' t sink someone elses end
sat in his sunlit office contemplating his navel. 'That of the boat and keep your own end afloat. Now go
is what we need .. . That will keep Myles out of BG forth and prod uce .'
HO!' (Myles is the officer commanding the new large
Fire Support Company known (unkindly) throughout A ct 1 Sce ne 2 - The scene is OC HQ Coy 's Office
the Battalion as Fire Support Regiment). ' Now we've and interviews are being held for places in the Fourth
got ten days before Battle Group Training so that Force . (Now the Oxford English Dictionary definition
should stop him coming in to my office with good of an interview is a meeting of persons face to face
ideas'. ' Now where will the manpower come from?' especially for purpose of a conference . Let us just
' Ah yes Gouda has far too many men in HO Coy' accept that these were one sided interviews with a
' Send for Gouda' (Gouda arrives looking hot and foregone conclusion! The first candidate for inter-
flushed.) view is the HQ Coy Clerk.

DG . ' C:olonel if it is about me parking in your car OC . 'Cpl Small , you have been selected from a
park . cast of thousands .. .' (just fill in the blank bits with
your favourite almost p lausib le arguments) .

Whitbread.
Our reputation has been

brewing since 1742.

Cpl Smal l : ' But si r (a recurring theme in this play 39
- But Si r' ), philosophica lly I quest for perfection;
but as you know , sir, physc ially I will settle for pro- The Corps Commander. Lt Gen Sir M a rtin Farnda l e
crastination. You must have misunderstood my with the Connaught Shield winners .
comments on the need to test my home combat kit.'
Bri g R H Swinburn talking to Sgt Cooper.
OC . ' Be on pa rade correctly dressed. Next! ' Brig R H Swinburn presenting the GSM to Pte Fasse tt

The next candidate for interview is the Officers of C Coy .
Mess Co lour Sergeant - CSgt Coch rane.

OC . 'Csgt, you have been selected .

CSgt C. ' But sir .

OC . ' Keep an open mind on the subj ect, CSgt.'

CSgt Coc hrane leaves the officer muttering abou t
a hole in the head being awfully simil ar to an open
mind.

The ne xt candidate is the Paymaster concerned
about his pay clerks.

PMR. ' But David , in princip le a pay clerk or a cook
should never be asked to fight as an infantryman
other than outside the NAAFI on pa y day .'

OC . ' Di ck there comes a time in every man 's life
when he has to be above his principles! Next!

(There are pther quotations from the old and bold
of HQ Coy too numerous to mention but Act 1 Scene
2 will close w ith the following two interviews.) Enters
Cpl Finch (Pay Clerk) .

OC . ' Cpl Fin ch, you have been (you know the rest
by now) .'

Cp l Fin ch. ' But sir, my wife is going to have a
baby .'

OC . ' I didn' t know anything about this. When is
she due to have the baby .'

Cpl Fin ch. 'We thought we'd have the first in 1986
when we arri ve in UK .. .'

OC . ' Next! '

Enters CSgt Horner known as ' Happy Jack' to his
friend s.

OC . 'You have been selected .

CSgt H . ' But sir, you faithfully promised that I
would be the Training Wing CSgt and not have to
faff around as a PI Comd . You p romised faithfully ,
si r! '

OC . ' Look lad the on ly three faithful things in this
world are money, a dog and an old woman .'

Exit Happy Ja ck muttering about if you must sa il
with the Titanic you may as we ll travel first class.

So armed with a variety of SLR s and SMGs th e
4th Force deploys to th e Luneburg Extension of the
So ltau Training Area (known affectio nately as the
Lun atic Exte nsion) to prepare for its ro le.

Some 40 members of the force gathered for
instru ctions primarily in minor tactics and the use of
mines and explosives. What they la ck in fire power
they make up for in ambush nasties .

A ct 2 Scene 1

OC Fire Support Company is addressing this
gathering of likely (and unlikely) lads .

40 The highlight of their visit was a 40 hour exercise
ca lled Exercise Cadet Train . This took place in the
OC . ' Now chaps what we want is lots of ingenuity Luneburg Extension of the Saltau Training Area .
and nastiness in creating suitable ambushes . We will We were blessed with decent weather which aided
devise plans various . the success of the exercise. The cadets had been
organised into three sections of ten, each with the
Act 2 Scene 2 - to the last act are predictable JNCOs from C Coy who were the section comman-
scenes to the older soldier and includes all the usual ders. Perhaps managers would have described the
lessons of life, ie JNCOs appointment better. The exercise was essen-
tially a night patrolling exercise with an opportunity
1. Water is wet, flows down hill and creeps into during the day for the cadets to drive some of the
bashers wherever possible. APCs which we had taken up to Soltau with us . I
heard later that driving the APCs was considered to
2. He who hoots with the owl at night has diffi- be the most exciting thing that they did whilst with
culty soaring with the eagle at dawn . us .

3. When all else fails and you can ' t get the 66mm The cadets were appreciative of everything that
to open, read the instructions. had been laid on for them and the hard work that the
JNCOs put into looking after them was very worth-
The last act opens with OC Fire Support Company while. We received very kind letters of thanks from
congratu lating the Fourth Force on acquitting itself both schools and I hope that we shall be able to
well on the Bn Defence Phase after the exercise, and arrange a similar visit within our last year in BAOR .
reminding them that much of each operation
depends on lu ck or as they say in Old Germany: THE GRUNTFUTTOCK

Alle kunst is umsurst Wenn ein Engel auf das By way of introduction
Zundlock brunzt (or as they say in 3 QUEENSI All
skill is in vain when an angel - in the touch hole of Some will remember Pte Gruntfuttock 40 who was
your musket. in the battalion in Gibraltar days. Shortly after that
tour he was posted but many may not be aware that
The Act closes as the mighty body once made up his brother (69) is currently serving and was recently
of cooks, drummers, bottle washers and HQ Com- posted to HQ Company. He spent the Northern
pany infantrymen, now welded into a single fighting Ireland tour at Echelon where he was employed as
body, marched off into the sunset singing ' Sussex by the skip cleaner filling the remainder of his time
the Sea'. 3 QUEENS now has a Fourth Force not to asleep in a hangar. The fact that he was not caug ht
be trifled with . he attributes to extreme vigilance . He still com-
municates regularly with his mother although in
Footnote these modern times by tape rather than by letter thus
overcoming spelling problems. He has bought a fully
For the Regimental Dress Committee . Grateful you automatic digital recorder (only 14 more instalments
now accept the Fourth Force motif of crossed wash- to pay) and as a result many of his tapes are sent off
ing up mops and soup la del on the background of the blank . Here is a transcription of one of the few that
Queen' s Regimental Drum and surmounted by the worked:
figure 4. This will be awarded for those non-teeth
arm soldiers who have served with the Fourth Force. Dear Mum,

COMBINED CADET FORCE VISIT Sorry about that last tape which would have told
you all about Northern Ireland if I' d pressed the right
23 July-1 August 1984 buttons . This time I thought I'd tell you all about
Exercise Lion heart which we've ju st finished . it was a
by Capt J P Castle bit confusing as some called it Spearpoint and any-
way wot I went on was Full Flow instead . Apparently
During the last week of July we received a visit this bit was getting all the TA and others over from
from 30 cadets of the CCFs of both Tonbridge England . Now me and Company Headquarters went
School, and the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. to Duisburg together with a load of Colour Sergeants
They varied in age from 14 Y, to 17 and arrived to train and then to exercise with reservists .
looking a little bleary eyed after very long journeys. Reservists are ex-soldiers who've been stupid
enough to give their right address when they leave
There was a full and varied programme arranged the Army . Anyway there was us and some Fusiliers
for them and coupled with a couple of practice doing the same thing. When the reservists arrived
battalion call outs the programme was expanded they was all split up so that the ex-Queens blokes
even further . we re with the budgies and all the ex- Fusiliers with
us . Oh , did I mention that this was al l being
Visits included a splendid morning on Hohne organised by 2 R Irish ? Nice to hear the old accent
ranges with 2 RTR who were live firing their again . Well we got them organised into platoons and
Chieftains and to whom we were most grateful for bedded them down in a nice comfy indoor range .
receiving us so well and looking after us throughout They was all a bit fed up because they'd had the five-
the visit.

There was also a visit to the Inner German Border,
the site of Belsen Concentration Camp, and an after-
noon in Hannover, all of which seemed to be enjoyed
by the Cadets .

41

Left : The winning Connaught Shield team negotiates
one of the many obstacles during the stretcher race.

Right : An Infantry soldier - LCpl Whittacker.

star RAF service and to make matters worse, when The op we were going to do was a joint effort with
they arrived at their reporting centre, some bright us, the Jocks and the Germans. Why do we always
bloke had exchanged their boots which they'd get lumbered with foreigners? Basica lly, the OC said,
broken in for the exercise for brand new ones. it was like a pheasant shoot with the Germans being
the beaters and us shooti ng the birds as they was
The next two days were spent doing training - flu shed out. Anyway when we were woken up the
shooting, NBC and the like together with some followin g morning we were told that the Germans
ta cti cs. Uncle Bill Dixon gave them a lecture ca lled had started without us and if we wanted to play we'd
defence aids which he sa id was best achieved by not better shift ou r wotsits. Off we went but it so
going with strange men . 'appened t hat our guide from the TA made a tiny
map-reading error and as a result we was the
When that was all over, the CO went on an 0 pheasants that got well and truly plucked .
Group and ca me back to tell us that we were going
to a ferry site to defend some Germans . Half an hour Afte r that we had dinner and then got orders to go
later we were told w e weren' t going to do that, then back to Du1sburg . There was a bit of confusion while
a bit late r that w e were . Anyway this happened two we was accused of having more jerricans than we
or three more times until it got dark and started to ought to but we denied it all and eventua lly we was
rain , so then we went. allowed to leave.

We on ly stayed at this site for a few hours during When we got ba ck we had a Company party. 1
which time we dug in a bit . I got a ride on one of the don't remember too much about it except that the
ferries but the bloke who drove it was a bit hacked CSM sa ng a song in an Indian accent and I woke up
off 'cos he' d hit a barge in the midd le of the night next day which was a grave error.
and was going to have to pay for it. We was just
gettin g organised when we got more orders. This That' s about it then , mum. Regards to Fred and
time to go and do an operation with some Scotch likewise to Dad when you next v isit.
mob miles away. After a mad dash across Germany
at nearly 20 kph we met our gu ide who took us off to Oh and ask ' im if he knows anyone who could do
where the rest of th is Jock battalion was. After a with a few jerricans.
meal we got our heads down for our first good
night' s sleep for nearly 12 hours . Your lovin g son,

Bert



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44

Maj Hugh Tennent (in bowler hat) leading the Colour Party from 5 C
Queen's Own Buffs Association in the March Past.
BASSINGBOl
The Colonel of the Regiment with Chelsea Pensioners
from our forebear regiments . The Grand Reuni<

and IJelov

The WO's and Sgts' P3st

6th Octo

45

·arty from 5 QUEENS (V). The Colonel of the Regiment presents the prize for
the lucky programme winner to Capt Peter Hanham
3BOURN 1984
BEM. Musical Director Queen's Division.
Reunion 15th July
Cpls Wadsworth and Ga!lie with the Royal Sussex
and IJelow Association Team at the Clay Shoot.

;' P3St and Present Dinner
h October

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The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion

Editorial Sadly , we wi ll shortly lose ou r drill hall at Kingston
to ou r sister battalion , and w ill then run two rifle
Recent changes in personalities include the retire- platoons at Houns low. We are also to raise a
ment of Maj Geoff Wright, the appointment of Maj company of the new Home Service Force in Janu ary
Chris Parkinson as second in command, the appoint- and preparations are now in hand .
ment of Maj John Fowler to the South- East District
Training Team and Maj Graham Gibson to the We have welcomed the new Commander of 2 lnf
command of D Coy. Maj A lan Marchant retires from Bde , Bri gadier Lee , and look forward to a Brigade
the TA, only to take up a new appointment camp next yea r at Stanford. Who knows, perhaps
commanding the Home Service Force Coy that we we shal l see anothe r spectacular Fighter Ground
are to sponsor, and Maj Tim Oyler takes ove r HO Attack Demo!
Coy . Capt Martin Taylor has set up the new Recce
Platoon , based on Tonbridge and Canterbury . As we EXERCISE LIONHEART -
go to press we lose a very popular and highly effec- A View from the Bridge
tive Training Major in the shape of Maj Steve Thorpe by Lt Col 0 H A Shephard
and welcome Maj Nigel Harris in his place . The first nine months of 1984 were devoted almost
exclusively to getting the battalion to Exercise
The new recruit selection system is now well under Lion heart in the best possib le shape and in su fficient
way and helping to reduce the intake of poorly-moti- numbers to undertake its operational role within
vated recruits , and the Officer Recruitment, Se lec- BAOR 's 4 Armoured Division . Look ing back now it is
tion and Training system has been vastly improved at with a great feeling of satisfactio n that we not only
both District and Battalion level. achieved the two main objectives but in doing so we
pleased all our many masters and just as importantly
On the sporting side, Pte Taylor I B Coy) won the most soldiers had a most va luabl e and enjoyab le
SEDIST TA cross-country championship , Ptes Hul- exercise .
land (HQ Coy) and Bray IB Coy) won si lver medals as The most difficult objective to ac hieve was
Young Soldiers at Bisley, and LC pl Falconer lA Coy) undoubtedly the TA Adjutant's nightmare of fore-
ran the London M arat hon in 4hrs 20 mins . casting the numbers we were going to ta ke still some
three months in advance of the exercise . Th ose who
The Battalion ran a stand at the Aldershot Army know the TA wi ll say that it is impossible to get
Display and A Coy (now at a strength of seven within 10% of the estimated figure but, believe it or
officers and 162 ORs) provided security at the Inter- not, we got within 4% and that with a turn out of
national Air Show.
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In training , the accent has been on FIBUA and
preparation for Ex Lionheart, and the path to BAOR ~
has been wel l beaten with Recces and CPXs , keep-
ing Bn HO and the company commanders busy . 5/RI..Stl< 1HELIBORN LANDING ..
Spring cad res in addition to camp have flourished,
6/7 Queens have joined us by starting autumn fv10R£. R.EPORTER.S l l
cadres , and we sent soldiers to each other' s cadres.
RSM Curtis ran this year's, and some 90 men
attended JNCO , SF , Signals and HGV cadres . The
SF cadre finished with a SED IST SF Shoot, where
we did very well . A ll our candidates for the Lt to Capt
Promo tion Exam passed , and our newer specialist
Platoons, Recce and Assault Pioneer, f lourish , with a
number making it to courses at the Depot and at
Hawley.

An event for B Coy ha s been the award of the
BEM to CSM Alan Jones, a postman in civil li fe .
W02 Jones enlisted in 1971 , and is best known in the
battalion for his sense of humour, membership of the
battalion soccer team and his dedi cation to the TA
even to the ex tent of attendance at the drill course at
Pirbri g h t !

A Coy entered a team for a Charity March in the
Brecon Beaco ns, under Capt Mark M cGhie, th e Mor-
ta r Officer. They averaged 4.3 km / hr tra velling 62km
in 14 hrs 13 mins, ca rrying 401b and climbing a total
of 6900 metres . Their two teams ca me fifth and sixth
out of 79, and ra ised ove r £600 for Spina Bifid a
Cha rities.