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w e ll dinn e rs and a ll w e re extre m e ly s uccessful , undistinguished, whilst the moon was in the sky
whe th e r t h ey tool< place at the Coy. T .A . Centre to a pplaud the f a ll of their second wicket. But
or elsew h e r e. Speech es were the order of th e we enjoyed the lunch !
day and it was nice to see the CIVI C heads tak1ng
their place at t h e top table, t hus cem enting the The clean up we enjoyed in 1965 at the Div.
links each Coy. h as with the local au th o rity. Rifle M eeting w e could not repeat in 1966, but
with the cup for Match I a nd four firers in the
Quarter1naster's Department as sto res go- G.O.C.'s Twe nty (Sgt. L elliott took second place),
A hum of activity is in cessant w e were far from disgraced. On the other ha nd
and come back-and go aga in . A constant ringing we improved our showing at the Bde. Skills Com-
of te le phon es us h ers in each day a nd vo uch e rs petition a nd were gratified to see that the hard
pile up by the sco r e. All of this is taking place work put in on weapon training and specialist
la r gely behind th e scen es , but th e day com es s kill s was rewarde d. Maps , compasses a nd pro-
when s udd e nl y a n outlying Coy. r eali ses that it tractors, however, still seem to be something o f
is minus its SLRs. or its vehicles, or s te ns, and a m ystery, a nd some people round them rather
the fact t hat all has disappear ed so smoothly re- di ffi cult to see w ithout li ght at night !
sults entire ly from the firs t-c lass a rrangem e nts
made by Ma j. George F a ulkner a nd his staff. On the s oc ial s ide, the T .A. O fficers' Pas t and
A bonus in the shape of Sgt. Loc kwood has now Present Dinner was held 1n September with as
come about and h e wi ll b e assisting the Q.M . now many ex-members absent as were present. What
that B Coy. has concentrated a t B roa dstairs. about everyone making a real effort to be there
t his year- Dudley Hotel, H ove, precise date later
Down Among the V Men but sometime in September. The final Officers'
Maj. Pat Browne has set up B Coy. 5 QUEENS Guest Night was held in H astings late in Novem-
ber with almost more ex-C.O.'s present than
(V) Coy. O ffice at Broadstairs, with Capt. Ger a ld serv ing m e mbers ! Th e Sgts.' Mess h e ld a most
Din eley as his 2/ I.C. W .O.II Mirams is the C.S.M., s uccessful dinner at the Dudley Hotel in Septem-
with Sgt. Atkins sta nding in as P .S. I. until the ber a nd we are told th at the res id e nts managed
arrival of 5 QUEENS P ermanent Staff. The W est- a little sleep that night!
wood corridors, therefore, resound with movement
a nd indeed it is diffic ult at tim es to find an office H.Q. Coy. 4/5 R . S ussex (T.A.)
in which to reflect q ui e tly! Th ese notes a r e written ae H .Q. Coy. of t h e

Territorial Company Commanders 4/ 5 R. Sussex (T.A.). Th e unit a t this location
As from 1s t January, th e T erritorial Coy. (St. L eonards-o n -Sea) will become on 1st April ,
1967, C Coy_ (C inque Ports) of 5th (Volunteer)
Comds. have move d to their futur e locations, as Bn. The Queen 's R egiment and the m a jority of
follows: Broadstairs, Maj . C olin Gower; D eal, those "of age" at prese nt in H .Q . Coy. will
MaJ G raham Turn e r; F o lkesto n e, Maj. Ian tra n s f e r to C Coy. In a ddition to ex-H .Q . Coy.
Faulde r and e mbr yo Coy O ffi ces set up in eac h personnel, a la rge number from A, C and D Coys.
lo c a l i t y . will join the "happy band." As to B Coy.-our
broth ers in f ar flung W est Sussex we wi ll wel-
Supplem e nt to Ed.'s Gazette? com e but a f ew- geography rather than k een -
As us ual, Fred Fleagle had the last word. ness being the cause.

Should h e produce a supplem ent or not ? Time The ftrst weekend relative to the n ew Coy.
a lone will t e ll , but th e P .S.O. was e ngaged in was h eld at Bulverhythe on 5th / 6th November,
some fairly fast recruiting talk the other evening 1966, when the Officers, W .Os. a nd Sgts. o f th e
w hic h could poss ibly bear fruit! new A VR II Coy. attended a training weekend.
Th e C.O. (designate) of 5 QUEENS (Lt.-Col. D.
4/ 5 Bn. The Royal Sussex Willows) was a lso able to be present and a good
deal of ground was covered both in lectures and
THE disadvantage of a communal magazine debate.
is that the cosy domestic atmosphere in
which we tend (ever so slightly ) to conceal our On the H .Q . Coy. side Bounty night a nd our
failures and invite pra ise for our played up New Y ear's Eve Dan ce w e nt off w ell. Judging
successes is replaced by the playground rough- by th e amount of beer consumed perhaps that
house . should be "floated off" well. On New Year's E ve
- prompt at midnight- we were able to display
The more charitable readers from our s ister to all the n ew fl ag a nd badge of Th e Qu een 's
battalions will read our story of ex Merry Widow Reg iment.
a nd think, "This must be a different ex- probably
got the name wrong," while the less inhibited will Now w e look not backward but forward. Th e
bell ow across t h e brea kfas t table, " H ey Bill, New Y ear is one of great promise a nd both those
listen to Malcolm's ve r s ion of that cock-up h e of us who will continue to serve and those that
made of that night patrol! and h e doesn't even wi ll leave on 31st M a rc h , wish th e new Coy. the
mention walking across his own minefield!" How- best of g ood fortun e.
ever , this is a small price to pay for the ple asure
we shall get from reading in one cover the BEANEYS-
doings of so many soldiers from this Sout h E ast
corner of England . THE BUTCHERS FOR THE
GARRISON SINCE I 9 2 1
In th is ftr st edition it is a little diffic ult to
know where to begin the story of our own doings (ex-Buff)
a nd undoings. The Sussex Y eom a nry played a
gam e with u s in th e su mm e r-cricket we call e d e eYou 'll find us in Military Road
it, but th ey had some other name ! Our scor e was
- 23 bus passes the door -

F. R. BEANEY

34 & 35 MILITARY RD.- CANTERBURY

Telephone 62827

50 a s tudy clay on the problem s of AVR III. There
was a gratifying a ttend a nce of ofiicer s and
4/ 5 Bn. The Queen's N.C.O.'s who were obviously enthu s iastic to en-
Own Royal West Kent s ur e that 8 Q UEENS is a goi n g con cern . Th e
B rigade Comm a nder visited us during this week-
Regt. ll .A.) e nd a nd took part in our disc uss ions. H e tooh:
th e opportu nity of saying f a r ewell to th e Batta-
T HE final page of the regimental history has lion as h e takes up a n importa nt N.A.T.O.
turned and although words cannot express a ppointment in the New Year. W e would like to
our feelings at the passing of our county regiment thank him for a ll the h elp a nd e n couragem e nt
and in particular our own Battalion in April, we he has given to us in the formation of T &
look forward with pride and anticipation to our AVR II & III and wish him every success in his
future in The Queen's Regiment. new appointment.

W e b e li eve it was P rin ce Philip who sa id Rose by Any Other Name
that tradition should not be a sofa on which to If our r ead e r s h eard a large explosion in the
r est on on e's laurels, but it should be a laun ching
pad to the st"-r S. The un su rpassed traditions of S evenoaks area we can assure them it was only
high s tandards and d evotion to duty that have due to Major Jim Ogilvie's horrified r eaction at
always been maintain ed by th e s ix origina l Hom e receiving a letter from Home Counties District
Counti es R egim e nts will ce rta inl y ens u1·e that our a ddressed to 'C.O.-d es ignate Central K ent T erri-
n ew R egim e nt is wel1 and trul y on cou rse. torials.' It is hoped that this will not become
a nother bracketed title for 8 QUEENS.
All members Of tbe last a c tive Battalion of
the Queen's Own Royal W est K ent R egiment wish Will the Press Get it Right?
The Queen's R egiment a ha ppy and brillia n t W e in The Buffs and Queen 's Own Roya l
future .
W est K ents and the Queen's Own Buffs have the
"8 QUEENS Get Fell In" misfort une of having titles the Press a lways get
W e of 4/5 Queen's Own have been entrusted wrong. Queen's Own Buffaloes, Queen's Own
East K ent Buffs, Royal W est Kent Buffs and
with creating the 8th (Territorial) Bn. which will Queen's Buffs are just but a few of the errors
be our material heir and successor. Now we mus t with which w e have been inflicted. Surely th e
let the dust settle and get on with the task of most unmilitary minded reporter cannot get The
making T . and A .V.R. a worthy successor to th e Queen's R egi m ent wrong !
Territorial Army which has contributed so much
to our military h eritage. Bravo Delt.a Christmas Party
Combined B and D Coy. held a very success-
All of us concerned w ith the formation of the
8th Bn. are quite d etermined tha t it will be a ful Christmas party at P enge on Tuesday, 12th
great s uccess and enhance the name of The Dece mber, thanks to the efforts of Capt. Gregory
Queen's R egiment. and Mr. and Mrs. Franks.
L / Cpl. Sheedy
Queensmen In Spurs
Members of the Regiment will be interested Members of the Battalion will be sorry to
hear of the tragic death of L / Cpl. Sheedy in a
to know that on format ion the 8th Bn . will have car accident. He had been a member of D Coy.
a company of "Yeomen True" from the K ent a nd up to two years ago and also served in the
County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Provost section and acted as Battalion Bugler.
based at Maids ton e. Th ey will wear Th e Qu ee n 's Why Not Quee nsmen?
Regiment cap badge and buttons but will retain
th e ir present 'collar dog'; this is appropriate ~s The Queen's R egiment has an unsurpassed
it cons ists of th e White Horse of K ent super- h eritage passed down to it from the s ix original
imposed on crossed rifle s. W e assure our m em- Home Counties regiments. Surely if we delve
bers that there is n o truth in the rumour that back into th eir history, we could find a noth er
th ese will be the only rifles on issu e to the word to replace the rather uninspiring term of
Battalion! 'Private' and 'othe r ran]{.' Fusilier, Rifl e man ,
Kingsman, Trooper, Gunner and Guardsman are
Badges Symbolic fa r more distinctive and surely must help recruit-
It was Shakespeare who wrote t hat in war ing. If nothing better can b e found why not settle
for 'Queensman.' In delving back in the past
we should imitate the actions of the tiger , but would it not be possible to find a dress distinction
we in The Queen's Regiment must be as fierce that could be worn by The Queen's R egim ent that
as the dragon on our hats and as quick in battle is s imple and practi cal which wou ld compe t e with
as the s tallion on our col!ars. Our button is on e such things as the hackl e of th e Fus iliers, th e
mos t appropr iate for th e r ole of AVR III (a id to green uniform of the Rifle and Light Infantry
the civil power) in which we must be as gentle Regiments and the black flash of the Royal
as a lamb. If we were cyn ical p e rh a p s we co uld W elch Fu s iliers . Provided th ey do not require
say the star is th e star of h ope for better things extra cleaning such dress distinctions would
to come ! assist in r ecruiting a nd establis hing r eg im e ntal
prid e.
Quee'n's 0\vn in Ecuador Cocldails and Di scotheque
Ste ve Finnis, our late I.O ., has writte n to th e
The officers h eld their annual Christm as cock-
Battalion from his new hom e in E cua dor, but his tail party on the 17th D ecember which brok e
opinions of that country are very s imilar to those with tradition by ending with a discotheque by
that Ham Witty had after his recent visit to kind arrangement with John Langhorne. Mike
Mexico H e would like to hear from his fri ends D evon s hire and K e n Watson.
in the · Battalion and his address is as foll ows:
Apartado 6141 , Guaquil , E c uador, South Am e ri ca. W e congratulate Major Don P ennells who
appeared sporting a magnificent beard in true
Weekend Training trans-Antarctica expedition st andards. Don, you
On the last w eek end in November we held will be very we lcome as Pion eer Sgt. in 8
QUEENS.

Greetings 51
W e w is h to t ake this opportunity or wis hing
T o Lt.-Col. A. D. Peckham , M.B .E.,
a ll R eg ulars , Voluntee r s , , T er ritori a ls a nd p~st 4th / 5th R.W.K. (T .A.) ,
members of Th e Qu een s R eg-Im e nt a n d Its
renowned predecessors a very happy, prosperous D ear Co lonel P eckham ,
a nd peaceful New Y ear. I do no t know how to express the a pprecia-

DIRTY HALF H UNDRED! tion I f eel now, and I know m y brother officers
(0Psig n ate 8 (,! UEENS). will do, on reading your letter of 22nd September.

I(OHIMA The sentiments you express would be h a ppily
rece ived a t a n y t im e, but your timin g m ak es t h em
a ll t h e more so.

Your letter wi ll be read out at our R e union in
London, but I a m a lso h av ing it photogr a ph ed so
that I can send it out to the R egiment in India.
It so h a ppe n s t h at t h e 25th Annive r sary cele bra-
tions out there have been delayed to fit in with
th e Pres ide nt's prog ra mme-h e is to present co l-
ours- and is sch ed ul ed for 1st-4th November.

Your le tte r undou btedly wi ll be r ead over
there not o nl y to r elatively n ew so ld iers but to
those old e r on es w ho a lways fl ock in to Shillong
on th ese occasions and who will remember with
a dmira tion th e "Royal West Kents" whom th ey
saw, and fought with, in Kohima.

With m a ny thank s, which many of my col-
le agu es wi ll ech o whe n th ey know of your letter.

Yours s ince rely ,
D. E . LLOYD-JONES,
Hon . Sec., Assam R egt.,
R eunion Club.

Plaque presente d b y 4/5 R.W.K. (T.A.) , Brig. 5th Bn. The Middlesex
H. U . Richards, S ir Charles Pawsey and Lt.-Col.
G . A. E. K een e, to the A ssam R egime nt Reunion Regt. (D.C.O.) (T.A . )
Club on the occasion of t h eir 25th Anniversary
to comm emorate the mutual pa rt tah:en in th e THE foremost problem in our minds at pre-
sent is the forthcoming reorganisation of
D e fe n ce of KOHI~lA . the T errito rial Army. On the 31st March, '67, 5th
Ac know ledge m e n t: C h a rl es Whi te . Middlesex will disband and will form Batta li on
H .Q., two Rifl e Companies and the Spec ialist
Th e s ig-nifican ce of the photograph , r epro- Platoons of a Territorial Unit (T. and A.V.R.
duced above, will be seen in the following Ill ) whose title will be announced shortly. The
exch a nge of letters :- third Rifl e Company will be formed largely from
101 Engineer Regiment, R.E., and will be based
To Major D . E . Lloyd-Jones, at Acton. Battali on H .Q. will remain at Edgwarc
5 Pl ayf a ir Man s ion s, with one Rifle Company and the Specialist
Queen 's Club Gardens, Platoons- the other Rifle Company will be based
L on don, W .14. at H ounslow.

Dear Ma jor Lloyd-Jones, In addition, D Coy. o f th e 5th Volunteer Bn.
Twenty-two year s ago the 1st Battalion The Th e Qu een 's R egime n t (T . and A .V .R . II ) w ill
b e form ed at H orn sey a n d will con s is t bas icall y
Assam R egimen t , the 4th Battalion The Queen 's of th e Enfi el d a nd H orn sey Com pa nies . whic h
Own R oyal W est K ent R egimen t a nd the 3rd h ave a lready a malgamated. Oth e r pe rsonn el from
B a ttalion Th e A ssam Rifles w ere h eavily and the Batta lion who h ave undertaken th e greater
mutuall y in vo lv ed in th e histori c de fe nce of obligation s of the T . a nd A .V .R . II will joi n thi s
K ohima. Coy. on 1s t April, 1967.

On t his t h e 25th a nnive r sar y of t h e r a is ing of In o r de r to fa c ilitate th e c h a n ge o n 1s t April ,
The Assam R egim ent, I send you greetings from the Bn . h as already reo rganised in th e n ew loca -
a ll rank" of 4th/ 5th Batta lion Th e Qu een 's Own tion s a nd the Acton Coy. has comm enced its
Royal W est K ent Regimen t (T.A.). Ther e a re ini tiation in to th e m yste ri es of Infant ry worl<.
sti ll m a n y retired officers a nd soldiers c losely
associated with the T erritoria l Battalion who A C01npa n v
were with th e 4th Battalion at K ohima, who As pa rt of t h e reo rganis at ion of the Batta li on,
cherish memories of fri e nd ships f ormed with
members of The Assam Regiment a nd The a Rifle Coy. was formed a t Edgware with effect
Assam Rifles. from 1st Nove mbe r , 1966 . Althoug h at prese nt
s m a ll in numbe rs, we a re dete rmine d to g row in to
May I wish you a very happy a nd s uccessful a worthy s uccesso r to th e original A Coy. at
reun10n o n 1s t Oc tober. H orn sey. Th e n ew c ompany is command ed by
Maj or R . M. Cain , who a fter a yea r as a civi lian
A. D . P ECKHAM, h a s n ow join e d the Battalion . Cap t. T . D . Jon es
Officer Command ing, is compa n y 2IC a nd Ca ptai n s D . 0. M . Thomas
4th/ 5th R.W.K. (T.A.).

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~ nd Parkinso n a r e compa n y officer s. Th e C .S .M . course, the most eage rl y sought-after one in the
IS W .O.II Birmingham, C/ Sgt. Mortim er is our Bn. a nd one w hic h we hope to r etai n in 1967.
C.Q.M.S. a nd ou r P .S .I . is W .O.II J. Warn e r .
In collabo r ation with H .Q . Coy., two t eam s W e were less fortunate in the W eapon Train-
w ere entered for the an nual training competition ing Competition, but con g ra tulations a r e d ue to
a nd t h e first t eam consisting of Cp l. S e r g ldes, Cp l. Su llivan on w inning t h e Co rby Gup and to
L / Cpl. Adams, L / Cpl. Hunt (H .Q. Coy.) , Pte . Pte. Grei ll e r on winni n g t h e Best R ecruit Cup.
Pitney, Pte . Thomas and Pte. Tuv ey (H.Q.) won
the competitio n . Whil e all c r ed it is du e to t h e In conclus ion, congratulations to Sgt. a nd
t eam a nd to t h e C.S.M. a nd C/ Sgt. Green w ho Mrs. W a rd on the bi rt h of a son in November.
tra1n e.d th e m, w e a lso gai n e d a number of points
by bemg th e onl y com pany na ive enough to enter D Company, 5 QUEENS
a correctly constituted team; for once virtue was First notes from th e n ew D Coy. wi ll n atu r-
re ward e d.
a lly b e tinged w ith nostalg ia for l h e "O ld
On 19th Nove mber a Bounty Night Wine a n d Regime n t," so yo u mus t excuse us if we c ry
C h eese Party was h eld jointly w ith H .Q. Coy. "D ieH ard" occasionally
The organisers, Capt. Jones a nd W .O.II W a rn er ,
laid on an amus ing cabaret w ith abundant food Howe_ver, with the New Year, com es t h e
a nd drink, a ll of which were t h o r oughly e nj oyed n ew R egtm e nt and a g r eat c hall en ge for us a ll .
by a good turnout from both companies. The main iss ue will, of c ourse, be recruitin g,
We look forward w ith confiden ce to taking whic h mus t b e tac kl ed with full enthus iasm. Th e
our place in The Queen 's R egiment a nd hope to firs t w ee kend's training und er the newly-organis ed
d e m on str ate t hat the c h ange to A .V .R. Ill h as battali on tak es place s h o rtl y wh en othe r com-
done nothing to daunt the diehard spirit at Edg- panies of A .V .R. Ill do battle wit h ourse lves for
ware. W e would welcome v isits from othe r m e m - s upre macy in the s kills of fi e ldc r aft, weapon
ber s of the R egimen t w h en they a r e in the training, etc. Our honour is at stake.
London a rea; perhaps we might even recruit
some time-expired regula r soldiers to help the Cr y in g "Die-H a rd" on ce, w e mus t r eport that
O.C. Company ! in t h e recent escape a nd evas ion 11 Fly by N ig ht "
exer cise, run by the 1st Bn. The B edfordshire
B Company and H e rtfords hire Reg im e n t (T .A .) three teams
The last notes publish ed in th e final ed ition from D Coy. swept t h e boar d, a nd out of about
100 team s, won the firs t unit prize, beati ng the
of "The Die-Hards" r eferred to the death -throes S.A .S. into seco nd place. Th e t hree teams were led
of B and D Coys. of 5th Bn. Th e Middl esex R egi- by C pl. Roger Davis, who h as now s uddenly b e-
ment. These a r e con cerned with the birth of B come 2/Lt. R. Davis. having recently passed his
Coy. o f the n ew A.V.R . Ill Bn . "board "- congratulation s. Oth e r members of t h e
victorious t ea m s were C pl. Jal<ob, L / Cpl. Ed-
The a m a lgam ation of th e two compa ni es ward s , Ptes. Ocl<well , Dodd, Bicl<e r staff , W a ll ace ,
(with Major S . H e ns h aw O.C. , Capt. M. Dora n Fox a nd Symond s.
2IC, W .O. II Vasey C.S .M. a nd C/ Sgt. Rea
C. Q .M .S.) tool< pl ace on Tu esday, 15th Novembe r, Another addition to the chiefs has com e in the
when the Ea1ing personnel moved over to join form of 2/ Lt. R . Crosh er from the Queen's Own
their new comrades at Hounslow. D espite the Royal W est K en t R egiment. Mr. Crosher has
setbacks which h ave b e fall e n t h e T .A. in r ecent tak e n over No. 1 Platoo n from Lt. M. Mu irhead,
months, the future looks bright for B Goy. The w ho h as g-ai n ed m emb e rs hip of that exclus ive
total strength is over 80 a nd there is every reason band of robb e r s call ed Support Platoon .
to hope that the Drill Night a nd W eek end attend-
ance will pick up to the hig h level e njoyed in 1965. W e are looking forward to next w eek's train-
ing (!) which will b e in t h e form of a period of
Both Ealing and Houns low Companies con- drill , followed by a period of T .A. bounty pay-
c lud ed their indiv idua l training years w ith s ig ni- m ent, followed by a look at, a nd a talk on, the
ficant compe tition win s. Ealing, for th e second Vi c toria C ross r ecently acqu ired by t h e Midd lesex
year running and for the fourth year out of it s Regiment. The medal was wo n by our late m e m -
e ig ht years life , won the Middles ex T . a nd A .F .A . be r, Pte. Edwa r ds. This w ill be follow ed by a
Tough Training Competition. Capt. Margand farew e ll presentatio n to Capt. Don Jon es a n d a
agai n led the s uccessful t eam (fi ve of whom h ad long pe riod of beer drinking.
b een in the 1965 team) in this contest which has
steadil y become m ore competitive year by year. If we recover from this strenuous activity we
The old D Coy. con cluded a long run of successes wi ll be hav ing our a nnual dinn e r a nd dance th e
by y et again winning the Champion Company w eek a fter.
Compe tition- Th e Bott C1l p . This troph y is, of
More news after t h e All<a-Seltzer .

N .B. Since going to press we are happy to
repon that we won the Battalion training trophy.

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Reorganistion of the Reserve Army

BY MAJOR C. T. F. WEST

T HE fact that the Reserve Army-that is the
present T erritorial Army a nd Army Emer-
gency R eserve- is being reorganised is well
known, but what is probably not so well known
a nd which has been obscured by the storm of
protest over t h e 'disbandment of the T.A.,' 'the
eliminatio n Of famous Regts.,' etc., is the back-
ground to the reorganisation, a nd secondly, how
t his w ill concern a nd affect The Queen's R egi-
ment. H ence this article.

Present Future, C.O. Designate and Location of Dr!ll H a ll s
T .A . Bn.
T & AVR 11 T & AVR Ill

3 QUEENS SURREYS A Coy. (QUEENS SURREYS)
4 QUEENS SURREYS 5 QUEENS (V )- Guildford
(Maj. D. A. Robinson, T .D .,

3 QUEENS SURREYS)

4 BUFFS Bn. H .Q . and H .Q . Coy. 6 QUEENS (T) (QUEENS SURREYS)
5 QUEENS (V)-Canterbury
(Lt.-Col. D . A. Willows, 4 BUFFS) (Lt.-Col. W. E. McConneli, T .D .,
4 QUEENS SURREYS)

Bn. H .Q. & Coy.-Kingston
Coy.-Cobham
Coy.-Croydon
Coy.-Batt er sea

5 BUFFS B Coy. (QUEENS OWN BUFFS) 7 QUEENS (T ) (EAST KENT)
4/ 5 R .W .K. 5 QUEENS (V)- Broadstairs (Lt.-Col. F . G. Neville, M.C., T.D.,
4/ 5 R. SUSSEX (Maj. P. S. Browne, 4 BUFFS)
5 MX 5 BUFFS)
C Coy. (CINQUE PORTS)
5 QUEENS (V)-H astings Bn. H.Q. & Coy.-Deal
(Maj. M. A. G. Roberts, T .D., Coy.-Broadstairs
Coy.-Folkestone
4/ 5 R. SUSSEX)
D Coy. (MIDDLESEX) 8 QUEENS (T) (WEST KENT)
5 QUEENS (V)- Hornsey (Maj. J . B. Ogilvie, T .D., 4/ 5 R.W.K)
(Maj. H . E. Couch, 5 Mx.) Bn. H .Q . & Coy.-Maidstone

Coy.-Gilllngham
Coy.-Tonbr!dge

9 QUEENS (T) (R. SUSSEX)
(Maj. H . M. McNicholl, T.D.,

4/ 5 R. SUSSEX)
Bn. H .Q. & Coy.-Eastbourne

Coy.-Brighton

10 QUEENS (T) (MIDDLESEX)
(Lt.-Col. P . D . Hall, T .D ., 5 MX)
Bn. H .Q. & Coy.-Edgware

Coy.-Acton
Coy.-Hounslow

Baekgr oun d Defe n ce stru cture.

T he r eorganisation of the R eserve Army h as b. Ma ny units no longer have a real role to
become n ecessary for rhe following r eason s:- play in present D ef e n ce planning, and those
that have a role are under-recruited in an
a. I n general, both T.A. and A.E.R. units are unsatisfactory number of cases 'vith the re-
equipped with obsolete or obsolescent vehicles sult that they a re incapable of fulfilling the
and equipment, and to r e-equip them all with tasks assigned to them.
the new range of radio, weapons, vehicles,
c lothing, e tc., would have been a vastly ex- In the case of the T .A. Bns. of the Regts. of
pensive business nut of all proportion to the t he former Home Counties Bde., as a generalisa-
cont ribution the units make to the overall tion, it is true to say that the senior ranks are

or were on the books but that there was a sorr y PROMOTIONS AND
lack of tit, young junior ranks The experien ce APPOINTMENTS

of e the senior ranks Is now outdat ed a nd many
ar e too old and u nfit menta ll y and ph ys ica lly for
th modern requirem ent.

. Th is is b e ing brutally r ealis tic, but it is not
wTsrmea.hAtgioedu.n, ladcapboeraoduscvltodet ouadnsnobetdeeer vrsppaernaeosrwsltteuisntarhtap,onpdnalyyinstddthtaioenyi nc.tahtdiceeohenimde vaawlenomhynaegVtnsotihdslauesonfttbeheteeherinesr
S uppl e ments to the London Gazette
Regular Army

The New Pattern M a jor-Gen. C. M . M. Man , O .B.E., M .C. , late
Inf., relinquish es his appointment as G.O .C. 49
(W est Riding a nd North M idland) Div / Di st., r e-
maining o n fu ll pa y, 23rd D ecembe r, 1966.
2nd Lt.
1966 . R . D. J . Dent to be Lt., 20th Septembe r,

In the reorgan isation the T .A . a nd the A.E.R. Lt. B. K. Don ova n to be Capt., 16 t h D ecember,
are to be m erged into the T e rrito rial and Army 1966.
Volunteer Rese rve (T & AYR) . This is divided
into three categories:- Lt. R. J. L. Sherr in , M .B.E ., to be Cap t , 16th
December, 1966.
a. T & AVR I . This con sists of som e sp ecial-
ist units to re inforce the Stra teg ic R eserve, L t. P. J. Hube rt, to be Capt, 16th D ece mb er,
of individuals who volu nteer 1966.
a nd a reserve
Lt. B. K. Finc h , to be Capt, 16th D ecemb e r,
for t his commitment a nd who can b e called 1966.
out to reinforce regular units at any time.
Thes e a r e the 'Ever R eadies,' and readers will
r ecall that m e n in this category were call ed
out in the summer of 1965 to reinforce
SUSSEX in Aden . 1 R. Editor's Announcements

b. T & A VR II. This con sists of the units Officers' Unlform Grant
which are r equired to reinforce B.A.O.R. or
N.A.T.O. in gener a l war, and certain
other units who are required for duti es in The M .O.D . h ave aut h or ised a grant o f £7 / 13/ -
U.K. or elsewhere, in general or limited war. to e ntitl ed Officers to meet t h e cost of u niform
C learly most of th e units nominated to r e in- changes
force B .A.O.R . in ge n eral war might equ a ll y Queen's as a result of the formation of The
Officers Reg iment. No action is required from
well be required to r einforce the R egular to obtain this g ra nt.

Army a nywher e in the world unde r limited
war condition s. So there is, in general terms, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Military)
a dual role for which T & AVR II must train. Congratula tions to Capt. (Q.M.) W . C. Lyn es
Units in this category a r e known as 'Volun- for be ing awa rd e d
teer' units, e .g., 5th (Volu n teer) Bn . The 1965) . the L .S.G.C. M eda l (11th M a y,

Queen 's R egiment (5 QUEENS).

c. T & A VR Ill. The third category has no Articles, Stories and Correspondence
overseas commitment, but is required to W e we lcome from readers
assist the U .K . c iv il a uthorities in the m a in- are lik ely to be of interest to artic les, etc., which
R egim e nt- past o r prese nt. aJI m emb e r s of the
tenance of law a nd order in the event of
general war. Th ere is a les s er training com- Contributions w hich are d esig n ed s p ecifically
6mr( eQt hiqtuumei(ereTnene'mtsr reSaintunotrdrrfieaoaylr)s l)tehBs(es6ns.erQiTgU' ThoEreeoErurNQistuSoea)reig.anel''s aunRndei tgsfii,mtneee. gns.st, for readership by Old Comrades of our form er

R egiments, should be sent to th e Secretary of
the appropriate County Office, who will decide
whether or not to include them in t he ir "County
Notes" section of the JournaL

Comparison-The Present an<! the Future New Year's Honours List
Congratulations to the following:-
our At the moment ther e are seven T .A . Bn s. of K.B.E.
immediate concern and all wi ll , in effect, Maj .-Gen . Sir John Willoughby, K.B.E.
have a continuing C.B .
Regimentally, the life a lbe it under another guise. O.B.E .
refor e, the r eorg anisation will Lt.-Col. D . P. Pull e n , O.B.E ., T .D .
not harm us and ultimately perhaps, M . B .E .
to h a ve done us a power of good. may prove Lt.-Col. E . A . H . J effc oat, M .B .E .
Maj. D . R. B ishop, M.B.E.
Qu Thus from 1st April, 1967, as part of The
Bn een 's R egim ent, th ere wi ll b e one Volunteer
. (5 QUEENS) a nd fiv e T e rritorial Bns. (6, 7,
8, 9 and 10 QUEENS) .

Con clusion Regimental Museum

It is now pointless (and indeed it can be The Chairman of the Army Museums Ogilby
damaging) to Jive in the past and to
the futur e. On 1st April , 1967, the n ew deplore bTMinyragujstsehtsetatynePdllThsahPuiedsaoiQtnnhtuaiePntegrnasesCsiisanatast hltoho9g5rPut/le-.ycooTfltloweMcotbiileoivtnoaprluyuombfDleisrsHahweeodr-f
described above will take effect. pattern

As a result of this reorganisation a Volunteer t ext a re sch eduled to follow in about one year .
R eserve will be created which will be streamlined ,
well equipped a n d geared to support
Army in a n emergency, and which the Regular The Cat a logue is edited by Capta in A . E '. Has-
should be a well Mill er , M.C., a form er k eep er of the Scottish
challenge to any man who wishes to offer his National Po rtrait Galle r y, assisted b y Major N. P .
services . This will be bac k ed by the T er D aw na y, m e mbe r of t h e staff of t h e Ogilby
a force which would h ave a vital part rito rials, a
in the or threa t to play
event of gen eral war Trus t.
to this A complimenta r y
country. availab le for viewi ng copy of this Cat a log u e is
in the R egimental Museum.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES 55

AND DEATHS DEATHS

BIRTHS GREEN- On lOth December, 1966, Mr. R. C., of
8 Stoke Park Road, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh,
ARNOLD-On 25th September, 1966, at Munster, Hants., and late of Ashford, Kent. Served with
to Sgt. and Mrs. M . Arnold, a son, Mark 1/ 5th Bn. Th e Buffs during the 1914-18 War.
Andrew (1s t Bn .).
LANDELLS- On 18th December, 1966, L /C pl. M .,
GAY- On 5th November, 1966, at Munster, to C pl. Royal Sussex. Killed in road accident.
and Mrs. P . Gay, a daughter, Joanna Marjorie
(1st Bn.). KIRK- On 28th D ecembe r, 1966, Pte. Harry
Edward Daniel, M .M. (L/ 16389 and 6189241),
McAVILLEY- On 5th December, 1966, at B.M .H . aged 67 years. En listed at the age of 16 and
Rinteln, to Pte . and Mrs. B. McAvill ey, a so n, served in th e Middlesex Regt. 1916-22. Award ed
Heath (3rd Bn.). the M.M. for ga llantry in 1917 when serving
with the 1st Bn.
PEACE-On lOth December, 1966, at B.M.H.
Mount Kellett, to Capt. and Mrs. N. C. Pearce, UPFOLD- On 30th December, 1966, Cpl. William
a son, Nathanial Gerard (2nd Bn.). (L/ 9537), aged 82. Served in the Middlesex
R egt. 1903-17.
THOMPSETT- On 13th December, 1966, at B .M.H .
Mount Kellett, to Pte. and Mrs. L. Thompsett, ARCHER- On 21st Dec embe r, 1966, David Edward
a son, Richard Allan (2nd Bn.). Murray, aged 20, beloved son of Major M. G. M.
Arch e r, M.C., lately Queen's Own Royal West
TOOP- On lOth December, 1966, at B.M.H . Rinte ln , Kent Regt. and Queen's Own Buffs, and Mrs.
to Pte. and Mrs. K. Toop, a daughter, Eileen Archet'.
Louise (3rd Bn.).
MOTHERSOLE- On 11th November, 1966, Lt.-Col.
MARRIAGES D. H ., late Queen's Own Royal West K ent
Regt.
BEEDLES-MAGEE. On 5th Decembe r, 1966, at
St. John 's Catholic C hurc h , Belfast, N . Ireland, WALTERS- On 30th November, 1966, William
Pte. J . Beed les (4th Bn.) to Miss Kathlee n Mosley, M.C., late Th e Buffs.
Magee.
TURNER- On 16th D ecembe r, 1966, Lt.-Col. Archi-
WEBB- WARNOCK. On lOth December, 1966, at bald Frank St. Aubyn ("Gracie"), M .B .E .,
St. Patrick's Church, Ballymacervett, N . Ire- aged 68, late Th e Buffs.
land, Pte. R. W ebb (4th Bn.) to Miss Olive
Warnock. NUNN- On 23rd July, 1966, Vivian Wynter Ran-
cock. Served in The Queen's Royal Regiment
WILLS- KING. On 3rd December, 1966, at the during the 1914-18 War, and later qualified as
Good Shepherd, Carshalton B eeches, Pte. D . a barrister.
Wills (1st Bn.) to Miss Jacqueline Ellen King.
BICKELL--On 25th October, 1966, Pte. H . A.
EGAN- O'LEARY. On 3rd September, 1966, at the (6136783). Served in the Eas t Surrey R egt.
Cathedral of St. Anne, Shandon, Eire, Pte. E. 1924 to 1945.
Egan (1st Bn.) to Mary O'Leary.
POSTLETHWAITE- On 26th October, 1966, W .O .II
STEADMAN- WILKE. On 2nd November, 1966, at Frank (6089158), The Queen's Royal R egt.
Munster Standesamt, Cpl. D . Steadman (1st Was R.Q.M.S. of 2/ 6th Queens in Italy durin g
Bn.) to Ute Wilke. the 1939-45 War.

THOBURN- WELLER. On 3rd November, 1966, at PULSFORD- On 23rd November, 1966, Pte.
the Register Office, Epsom, Surrey, Pte. N . Frederick James (399), aged 72. Served in Th e
Thoburn (1st Bn.) to Margaret Weller. East Surrey R egt . from 1914 to 1917. Admitted
to the Royal Hospital, Che lsea, June, 1966.
FITZGERALD-EASTON. On 15th November,
1966, at the Register Office, Cante rbury, Kent, ASHTOWN- On 5th November, 1966, Major Lord
Pte. W. Fitzgerald (1st Bn.) to Edlth May Ashtown, D.S.O. , aged 69. Served in the 3rd Bn.
Easton. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regt. during
the 1914-18 War. Awarded the D.S.O. as a
BETTERTON-CUNNINGHAM. On 19th Nov em- Major, and was three times wounded.
ber, 1966, at th e Register Office, Hillingdon,
Middlesex, Pte. R. Bette rton (1 st Bn.) to BULLEN- In Novemb e r, 1966, Sgt. Frederick,
J eanette Cunning h am. aged 84, The Queen 's Royal Regt. After se r-
v ice as a Regular Soldier in the 1914-18 War,
KIAMIL--MEHMET. On 25th Nov embe r, 1966, at he served in The Queen's (T .A.) betwee n the
the Register Office, Brent, Middlesex, Cpl. wars from 1921 to 1927.
A. Kiamil (1s t Bn.) to Munire Mehm et.
BROWNING--On 15th Decembe r , 1966, Sgt.
Fred e rick (6271), aged 84 . Served in 1st Bn.
The East Surrey Regt. from 1900 to 1908.
Wounded on the Somme in June, 1916, when
serving in the Border Regt. Had been in the
Star and Garter Home, Richmond, for the last
three years

PERRETT-YOUNG-Qn 22nd D ecember, 1966,
Lt.-Col. J. G. C., M.B.E., Th e Queen Royal
Regt., aged 74. S e rv ed in th e Regt. in th e
1939-45 War and late r with the British Joint
Services Mission, Washington , D .C., U.S.A.

SIMMONS~On 31st December, 1966, W.O.I Joseph
Benjamin, M.B.E., M .C . (22259330), Th e Queen's
Royal Regt., originally The Royal Sussex Regt.
Joined 1st Queen's in May, 1944, and served
with distinction in Burma and later in Malaya.
Awarded t h e M .C. for gallantry at Yenanyang,
and subsequently received the M.B.E. when
R.S.M. of 1st Queen's. An obituary will be pub-
lished later

56

NEWS FROM THE COUNTY OFFICES

The Queen's Surreys Lt.-Col. C. R . K. Bacon, O.B.E.
Office
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AS the last Journal of The Queen's Royal
Surrey Regiment was published just before oaMwflhsuotishcHehmeuemaRtdhheeeagasaitcmggreeieKvnsnitetenanrgliosstMutooseunmdts-heobueunplamaozRtn.oieo-nTgneihdmta;omewinetatsr.idhs sisCntohoslwwe. ord, on
Christmas, there is not a great deal to record in in the
this, our first contribution to the Journal of The Bacon
Queen's Regiment. Although the Annual Reunion upkeep
of tbe Regimental Association held in October
is scarcely news, it is mentioned to remind our tRGDT"sQrWeheiieurcvginveitsiieenIesmnnHridtoae'mesenlrfn"1aao/Ft9EdpDr)a0qx.,n7i6uefsA,d0ortsa.rcriardyigitcHtsaefenteratr.eea"Csradmsd.Lon,alidiDcann"shCnggekaed.celssea(ttoGchmneRhar.d.blO,saem.etCrKhbex,a.ee.hpo1e5i9fnb4oBp0iCf7rtag(io,oMcioEdvlho.naueeansBncrs,istenaetdbcALoaetothne.nIMaeng,s'ssllaiDapTjaonohrinhlesdrid)es---.
members of our annual get-together and to con-
firm tbat it is to continue. The Reunion was held
at tbe Porchester Hall in London, and there was
a good gathering of old warriors, their wives and
families who all appeared to be enjoying them-
selves greatly.

Honours and Awards Certain other maps, made by Col. Bacon in
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h ave been g iven to the National Army Museum.

2nd Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment Office rs' Major G. W. H. Rowe, O.B.E.
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57

The picture was pa inted in t he yea r of his The Queen's Own Buffs
ma rriage wh e n h e w a s 23. Cap t. Noe l was Office
aa ~~odi ni etded t o He r Ma jesty's B od y Guard in 1875
in 1899 a t th e age of 74, a fter se r v ice as

Co lone l of th e 1st G loucest e r Rifle Vo lun tee rs.

FROM FAR AND NEAR

R .S.M. J . B. S immons, M .B.E., 1\'I.C., late The T HE f ollowing telegr a m was sen t to H .R .H .
Queen's Ro ~· al Regiment Princess Ma rina , Duc h ess of K ent. o n 13t h
W e received t he sad news of the death of Mr. D ecember, 1966:-

S immon s as t h ese notes we re be ing pre pa red fo r "DEPUTY COLONEL AND ALL RANKS OF
the Journal. W e h o p e t o _in c lude a n a pprec ia tio n HER REGIMENT WITH THEIR H UMBLE
of this di s ting uis h e d so ldi er 's cha racte r and se r- DUTY SEND EVERY GOOD WISH T O
vice in the next iss ue of t he Journal. S uffic e it to THEIR COLONEL ON THE HAPPY
say he r e that h e w ill be r em embe r ed a s a fin e OCCASION ON HER BIRTHDAY."
fi ghting s oldie r a nd the b est ty pe of R egime n ta l
Sergeant Ma jor. T o Mrs. Simmons a nd h er fa mily Th e follo w ing r eply was r eceived: -
we off e r our d eepest sympa th y. "! SEND YOU AND ALL RANK S MY
REGIMENT MY WARMEST THANKS FOR
YOUR KIND MESSAGE WHICH I M UCH
APPRECIATE. MARINA, COLONEL."

The follow ing s ig nal w a s r eceived in Hong Kong
o n 31st D ecember from Cop e nhagen :-

"To a ll ranks of 2nd Bn. The Queen's R egi-
m en t (Queen's Own Buffs) m y best wish es f or
a h a ppy N ew Y e ar a nd a pros p e ro u s futur e.

FREDER IK R., Colone l-in-C hie f. "

Ed. -Th e t ext of the r eply sent to Hi s Ma jesty b y
the Bn . was r eceived too late to b e included
in t his issu e.

Ma n y cong ratula tions to M a j. C. L . Ta rver ,
e.Idest son of th e D e puty Colonel of th e 2nd Bn .,
Ma j .-Gen . Ch a rles Tarver, o n th e r ecent award t o
him of the M.B.E. for "dis tinguished s erv ices in
t he Borneo T erritorities during the period from
24th D ece mber, 1965, to 23rd Jun e, 1966." Maj .
T a rver is now serving with the 3rd Bn. of the
R egim e nt in B .A.O .R .

All those ex-Buffs w ho served with him will
have noted with sorrow and r egret the death , on
16th D ecember at his home at Manaton, Devon,
of Lt.-Col. A. F . St. A. ("G rac ie") Turne r , M.B.E.
H e had been ill with lung cancer for ove r four
yea r s. H e left the R egimen t in 1930 and it was
la rgely due to him that the W est Country Lunch
cam e into being some 12 years ag o. Maj. Robin
Tuke w as amongst 1hose who attended th e
funera l at Ma naton Church on Zlst D ecember .

Those r eaders of Invicta who wish to have
a bound copy made of ' h e final volume (Volume
VI), to join the other five already on their book-
shelves, a re inv ited to send their copies of the
1966 issu es of th at now-d efunct Journal to the
Quee n 's Own Buffs Office, whic h will get the m
bo und for approximately 25/ -. Any missing iss u es
will be added , free, g ratis a nd for nothing, pro-
v id ed th a t at least t e n months' issues a re sent in.

M a j s . D . S . S c ull a nd (Q.M .) S . V. S te ph e n s
ar e amongst those who w ere recently granted
Res t r ict ed permission by H er Ma jest y th e Qu ee n
to a ccept a nd w ear the U nifot·m e d S e r v ices
Malaysia Meda l, instituted by t h e Government of
Singa pore.

(Top ) W.O .I A. Wihns hurst is prese n ted with Space does not, unfort una t ely, p ermit of the
the L.S.G.C. b y Major-Gen. Halford, G.O .C. 43 publication of a list of th e very la rge numbe r of
(Wessex) Div. / Dist., a.t a eere m on v h e ld at na m es of those who so kindly r em ember ed the
Warminster recent I y. (Bottom ) Queen 's st a ff of R .H .Q . The Queen 's Own Buffs- as they
Surreys R egimen tal Association Reunion. A t h e n w e r e-at Christmas time. It is hoped, how -
party of East Surrey Old Contemptibles. Stand- e ver , th a t a ll who did so wlll accep t th ese f ew
mg: E. G. Ashfleld, C. Piper, J. Glock, Sgt. lines as a token of the g ra titude a nd the a ppre-
E. E. T e mpter ; seated: Brigadier G. R . P. ciatio n for th eir kindness which is f elt by the
Roupell, J. Windsor, G. C. H elditc h , F. Quilter. recipien ts of their g reetings and good wish es, the

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s t a ff of The Queen's Own Buffs O ffi c e - a s they The Queen's Own Buffs
now are. Regimental Association

Tl!anks to th e generos ity of S / Sgt. G. E . BRANCH NOTES
Routh1er, of 1 Canadian Signal Regiment, a nd
w1 th the co-operation of th e Canadian Directorate BROMLEY
of His tory. and the Canadian Forces Headquarte r s
1n OntariO, a n album entitled "A Pictorial I W OULD like to comm ence these notes by
Souvenir and History of 1st Bn. The Queen's extending , on behalf of the Bromley Branch
Own Royal West Kent R egt.", compiled when b est wish es a nd a s tonishing good h e alth t o a ll
th e Bn. was in Poona 'n 1926 under th e command Past and Presen t m embers of the R egiment for
of Lt.-Col. A . K. Grant, D.S.O., has just b een the coming year. wh er ever they are. I would
received at R .H .Q . The Queen's Re g i m e n t furth er add our wishes for success to the Journal
(Queen's Own Buffs Office) and has been handed of The Queen's Regiment and its Editor, Major
to the Curator of The Queen's Own Museum in Guy W eymouth. I feel sure that the new publica-
Maidstone. It makes !nteresting- r eading and is tio n will prove to he as interesting to read as
w ell worth scrutinising. Inv icta.

T HE following m essa ge w as handed to the C.O. It was pl e a s ing to have one of our Vice-
of th e 2nd Bn. on Saturday, 31s t D e cembe r, Pres id ents, Lt.-Col. "Pug" Durtnell with u s at
by one of the Eltham and K entish Times re- our November meeting. It is not easy for him to
porters who was visiting Hong Kong at the time: attend, as h e has now retired to the depths of
th e country. The Chair was taken, as us ual, by
We, the und ersign ed, b eing th e Mayors of Mr. Stan L ewis, while Mr. A . C. Ashby acted a s
B exley, Bromley, Dartford and Greenwich a nd Secre tary in Mr. Harry Woolnough's a bsence.
the Editor-in-Chief of the K entish Times Seri es
of Newspapers, are proud to have this opportunity Apologies for absence w e re received from the
of conveying our sincere best wishes to all ranks President, Major L eslie Pyrke, who has a rthritis
of th e Qu een 's Own Buffs , the Royal K e nt R egi- in a knee, cau sed by too much dancing and play-
m ent, and in particular to thos e serving with ing golf the following day! The correspondence
the 1st Battalion in Hong Kong. having been dealt with. Mr. Ashby reported on
the proceedings at the R egimental Association
The last day of 1966 is an histori c one for th e A .G.M.
R egiment, for they join with three other famous
County Regiments of Sussex, Surrey and Middle- It was r eassuring to h ear that the Queen's
sex to become The Queen's R egiment. Own Reunion will once again be held at Maid-
s ton e. The Chairman mentioned that he would
We are sure that the new Large Regiment write to all members at Christmas and r emarked
will carry on the fin e traditions of all four that during the past year the Branch had been
r egiments built up over their long and distin- fortunate in being a ble to maintain the strength
guished his tories. of its member ship and that meetings on the
whole have been fairly well attended.
K. J . SMITH
The Mayor of Bexley R em embrance Sunday in Bromley was quite
(Councillor K. J . Smith, J .P.) a "uniform" affair with large detachm ents from
th e T .A ., R.A.F ., St. John Ambulance, e t c. The
F . G. V. LOVELL Queen's Own led the civilian section of the par-
The Mayor of Bromley a de, marching behind the Branch St a ndard
(Coun c illor F . G . V . Lovell, J.P.) Beare r (Harry Woolnough) , who w as compli-
m e nte d on his s mart turn out. Th e n ext meeting
ERIC J . GROVER will be on Saturday, 28th January.
The Mayor of Dartford
(Councillor E . J . Graver, J .P .) B .B.

R. T . COOMBS CATFORD
The Mayor of Greenwich
(Councillor R. T . Coombs, J .P .) WE would like to t a k e this opportunity of
sending our best wishes to the new Editor,
JOHN S. MASSEY Major Guy W eymouth. The Catford Branch would
Editor-in-Chief, K entish Times Series also like to say goodbye to Invicta, and are sorry
to see it go.
(Mr. J. S. Massey)
KITTEN.

CANTERBURY

A NEW YEAR, a new journal and, one would
think, new inspiration for me to record some-
thing of more than lJ s ual Inte res t- alas ! matters
do not see m to work out that way.

The December meeting of the Bra nch was
h eld on Friday . 16th, at the usual venue , and 16
m ember s w ere present, including Mr. A. E . Kidder
(Cha irman) a nd Mr. Les Pain (Secretary) .

The minutes of the previous m eeting were
taken as read.

The m eeting was brief, owing to th e fa ct tha t
a social evening was tll follow; also there was
not much business. The main subject of discus-
sion concerned the low state of the Branch funds
which, it seemed, had almost r eached rock
bottom. This news came as rather a shock to

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most m e mbe rs. a nd th e time ava il a ble w as o~c u ­ LONDON (BUFFS)
discussing -nays and means of replenish-
f~.ged in ex c h equ er; it is hoped th a t s uch a resul t WE welcom e th e con t inua nce of t he Reg i-
th e m en tal J ourn a l and w is h " Th e J ourna l of
. Th e Qu een 's Regim ent " a lo n g life. Th e na m e
wi ll be a cnhdiseovme de. troph y . th e form of a s hield is of li t tl e conseq uen ce ; th e n ew s is.
Ah a m
for a cta rts compe tition (whic h, inc ide n ta ll y , w as I s us p ect, like u s, that few of the Bra n c h es
wo n by a t eam from t h e Branc h in 1948 a nd h a d ha d a m eeting during D ecemb e r, so t he re is no
no t been compe te d fo r s ince ! ) h as recently been specia l news to report. B ut th e Buffet D a nce a nd
ha nded ba ck to th e Bra nch , as th e r ig htful Christm as P a rty w e h e ld on o ur D ecembe r Meet-
n o w own ers. It w as d ec id e d t hat a ing nig ht w as a huge s uccess a nd w e a re loo kin g
ho ld e rs, a nd s h o uld be held among st m emb e r s, so forward to a repeat performance next season. It
comp etition w as r eall y " Th e E ve ning of the Year ."
perh a ps thi s will c r eate a little m o r e mte r est-
y Durin g t h e us ua l seasona bl e f est iv iti es we
.
h and skill! cards w ere received fr o m many w er e h a ppy In th e knowl edge that , throug h the
11 Chris tmas
r nd other friends .. but . as I have not our Ch ri st-
Branches a list, it would be mvidiOus to m entiOn ge ne rous response of o ur m emb ers to a gift to a
d a complet e mas Appeal, we wer e a ble to send
a ny sp ecifically . Afte!' th e m eetmg the m e mbe_rs, la rge numbe r of our olde r m e mbe rs a nd th e
tl with their ladies, enjoyed a social evening, w1th depend ents of those who have passed on. B eing

games, refreshments and, of course, quite some a ble to do this s m a ll ac t of kindness a t this tim e
us a ll to enjoy o ur Chri stmas
s "natter. " has lost another old m ember in o f Goodw ill e na bled a littl e extra pleas ure, know -
The Bra nch fa re with, perh aps,
Mr. Arthur R ye. The funer al service was held a t ing tha t our fri ends of so m a ny years had not
Dunkirk Parish Church on Tuesday, 13th D ecem- been forgotten.
ber whe n our late m ember was buried next to Unfo r t una tely, a sad note cr ept in before th e
0 his' father, Captain Rye. The Branch was r epre- welcome d emise of 1966. Corporal Cotton, M .M .,
sented by Mr. W . Cook, Mr. Les P a in and m yself. passed away at Canterbury on 22nd D ecember.
f All th a nks for the arra ngements a r e due to Mr. Not a very ha ppy Christmas for his family. Then
y w . Cook, a f ellow-member and c lose n e ig hbour , we received the news that yet another of our

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a nd to Mrs. Cook for all th e h elp sh e gave . The stalwa rts, Tommy Carr, h a d di ed a ft er a heart
late Mr. Arthur Rye served with the 2nd Bn. a ttack on 27t h D ecemb er. Our condolen ces and
The Buffs prior to and during th e 1914-18 War; d eep sympathy is extended to Mrs . Cotton, Mrs.
h e a lso served with the Scottish Constabular y. Carr a nd th e ir fa mili es during th e ir s ad be rea ve-
The Branch extends Its heartfelt sympathy to the
m e nt.
A s pecial happy New Year to Major Guy
widow and relatives. r eceived a Chris tmas W eymouth, in his new role as Editor of our
My wife and myself Journa l. Our s in cere tha nks to Colone l Grace for
card from one George Simons who, togethe r with
his wife, are serving, ira a civilian c apacity, fo r s ix years of m ost interesting Journals, a nd our
three years in Germany, his address being:- best wishes to his successor for a happy re ign.
A.S .V.U., H.Q. B.S.S.O., B.F.P.O. 40. Will someone Th e London Branch, Th e Buffs, e xte nd to all
plea se decode or decipher these cryptic abbrevia- Branches of the Association and to all serving
tions? George Simons, who was a m ember of the m embers of the Queens R egiment a happy and
Folkestone and Dis trict Branch until a short time h ealthy 1967, and m a y this year be the best you
ago, was billeted at our house, together with two have ever had.
others of The Buffs, and he has never failed to A.E .S.

send us a card at Christmas. LONDON (QUEEN'S OWN)
A happy note, I think . on which to c onc lude.
While remembering with some nostalgia the past,
we look forward to a happier future in the year I WOULD like to commence by wishing the
a head. Therefore, best wishes to The Queen's Editor every success in this new enterprise;
R egim e nt (particularly to the 2nd Batta lion!) , to may the s ales go up and the price of th e maga -
zine go down . This branch has ins tructed m e to
all Branches of The Queen's Own Buffs Reg i- say "Hello" to r eader s from all R egiments and
mental Association and, indeed, to all who have if e v er you a re near " The Cranbourn e " on th e
or are serving with . . . w ell, I cannot las t Friday of any month, at about 7.30 p .m ., look
served The Buffs. A happy N ew Year to all. in a nd you will see, in the saloon bar, waiting
forget- for the mee ting to b egin a t 8.15 p.m. s harp,
A. H . BERRY.

several elderly g entlem en w earing a tie with
K entish grey and dark blue stripes, denoting w e
served in The Q.O. R .W . K ent R egiment, lately
FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE amalgamated with The Buffs, and now part of

The Queen's.
A HAPPY N ew Year to a ll Buffs - Pas t and I t ell you thi s to show you w e s hall w elcome
Present - wherever they may be! May the m embers of any branch of the new R egiment at
m emories of the past transcend all the changing our m eetings, as honorary m embers of our own
scenes of life, and the s pirit of comradeship brin g bra nch. Ther e must be many who, if not actually
serving with, must have served alongside each
us together in our various Branches for some oth e r's units, a nd have yarns to t ell of days
happy r eunions in 1967.
I would like to take this opportunity of ex- be twee n th e wars.
Our m e mbe rs' a v e rage age is 55 . W e h a v e
pres s ing this Branch's s in ce re appreciation of or four octogena rians, one who s till attends,
Col. Grace's untiring efforts in th e past in so ably three who k eep consta nt watch on m e by mail.
carrying out the arduous task of editing our three
There are several septuagenarians who attend and
Magazine; and at the sam e _tim e w e wi sh Major two who keep contac t. The re are sev eral
Weymouth eve ry s uccess in trhking on the respon- on e or sixties and th m a jorit y In the fifties. We
sibility for the new Journal. in th e ir e
do not, w e regret, have any young m embers, as
Owing to illness, I trust that the postpone- the N .S . s id e of the Army seem ed to lack the
next issue of the usual full Notes will comradely spirit that exists among older ones.
ment to the I then hope to be able to t ell you a ll The reason is s impl e, t he la ds w e re n ever
be excused .
about our m ost enjoyable a nd succ essful social
last month. together for more than possibly a year. In our
day w e w er e lucky to get away from an abroad
Wi t h ren ew ed good wis h es for 1967! battalion under s ix years, so our fun and g ames
E.V.L.

60 W e w e r e a ll extre m ely pleased to h ear frorn
''Digger, " ex-"Dicky" Bird from down under.
came as w e ourselves made them. W e fought, Apparently Dicky is enjoying himself v ery much
boxed, played games against each other so often, in his ne w hom e in Aus tralia an d the c hange of
everyon e knew each oth e r. seasons does not seem to worry him . W e hope he
doesn't get too mixed up when h e starts garden-
So, should you be near the W est End of ing. Thanks for yo ur le tte r, " Digge r"- k eep in
London- it's a bout 50 yards from L e icester Square touc h-and t h e b est of British. W e a lso thank
Station- do drop in, w e shall be glad to see you. our on ly se rv ing m ember, Vernon Simmonds
(w it h the Band in Hon g Kong) for hi s Chris tmas
Our m eeti ng, h eld on th e 16th D ecember, the card a nd wish him a ll th e ve r y b est of lu ck
only month which does not have the last Friday Hope to sec you again soon.
for our m eetings, was once more a great success.
W e did not have quite the gath ering w e've had JIM WELLS.
in the past, but the r esponse from those who did
not attend was s imply m agnificent. W e w er e ab le MEOWAY
to assist several of our members to have a ni ce
Christmas and this was our object. OUR January m eeting was not up to expecta-
tions, r egarding numbers attending; but be-
Our three overseas members, Col. Hugh Wil- in g s o c lose to Chris tmas and New Y ear's Eve
kin, Messrs. Harry Brown a nd Fred Cannon, celebrations, it was not s urpris ing that attend-
started it off, and follow ed by Bill Whiffen, two a n ce s uffe red.
or three colon els, one R.S.M ., several bandsm en , a
lady from Guernsey, in a ddition , and w e w e re However, the littl e busin ess we h ad to do
hard put to keep up with the influx of cash . It was disposed of quickly a nd ha rmoniously a nd a
simply was overwhelming, and to add to our general "natter" took place as to our future social
efforts our R egimental Secretary also cam e a long activities . It \-Vas pl easing to see that our social
with a s um from Association funds. secretary was soon off the mark in promoting an
individua l Knock-out Darts Competition, for a
I have written to all who so kindly sent m e trophy that the Buffs' Association h eld. It was
cash and the Treasure r has a full list. Our suggested a replica become the winner's property.
Preside nt, General Ridde ll, was very s urprised
to see how many of our m embers w ere repre- H e is also arranging for an ins tructive film
sented. I inform ed all prese nt at our m eeting, and s how in the n ear futur e. Quite a f ew good sug-
stressed that with the spirit as shown by a ll gestions were forthcoming and we feel optimistic
these very kind and generous p eopl e, there is r egarding our futur e, if only we k eep the s upport
littl e fear of the branch ever b ei ng on its last of the few old faithful s, plus one or two n ew
legs. faces.

May I, on behalf of the London Branch, send W e note with interest that the 2nd Bn., on
to all contemporary m embers, serving or not, the its r eturn to England, will be for a short while
compliments of the season and may 1967 not only stationed at Chatham. W e are hoping that contact
be happy and p eaceful, but a h ealthy one, too, will b e made with a v iew to a social get-together.
for all.
After our talks in the Clubroom w e adjourned
More anon. for a darts match between three ex-Buffs and
THE SPIDER. three ex-Queens Own. I will not give the r esult
(b eing a modest so rt of chap), but I know som e-
MAIDSTONE one who is go ing into training for the Competition
by learning where the numbers are on the board!
F IRST, we would lik e to say "Hello" and w el-
come to all R egimenta l Associations who will Ther e is not much news I admit, but we felt
be contributing to the Journal of the Queens w e would like to appear in the first edition of the
Regime nt and to the m embe r s of the 1st Bn . Journal of the Qu eens Regiment, if only to r e-
(Queens Surreys) , 3rd Bn. (Royal Sussex) and serve a s mall space for future informative and
the 4th Bn. (Middlesex). Togeth er with the 2nd interesting news.
Bn. (Queen 's Own Buffs), we wish you all a very
prosperous and happy n ew year. W e thank all who sent Christmas cards and
apologise to any w e overlooked. Best wishes for
W e held our annual Christmas Social and a happy New Year to all r eaders a nd success to
Draw at th e Bridge House Hotel on 21st D ecem- all Branches.
ber. As the Maidstone Branch of the Royal Naval
Assn. u se the same ., house," we inv ited their G .E . L.
members and ladies to join us. Altogether, about
60 people attended. The draw was highly su ccess- RAMSGATE
ful thanks to the h elp of the ladi es of the Maid-
stone Branch and particularly to our chairman, GREETINGS to all r ead er s of th e first iss u e of
Tim Hayley, who took on the job as Master of our new Journal, from us all here at Rams-
Ceremonies and to M ess r s. Farrington, Sedge, gate, at present unde r a light cloak of s now, fast
Maxlow and Winlow for their invaluable assist- di sappea ring in the sun . To all our n ew read e rs,
ance in the running of the draw. Our guests a welcome and an invitation to visit us, especially
seem ed we)) to the fore in shouting "hous e" in at our monthly meetings at the Freemason's
our Tombola session, which was ably run by Tavern in High Street on the third Friday of every
Maxi e, "shoute r-oute r, " and our treasurer, Bill month. Just drop in on us, we will be pleased to
Chiswell, collector of cash. By just after 11 p .m. see you, as will our Branch of the Ladies' Guild,
it seemed that many m embers would not be able who meet on the first Friday of every month.
to go the pace until the extension time of mid-
night. I think it was about 11.30 wh en a well- W e are very fortunate in being invited back
proportioned barmaid came to tell m e that my to the Freemason's Tavern s ince having to give up
wife was waiting downstairs! Curtains! the Drill Hall and are very grateful to Mr. and
Mrs. G. D everson for giving us this chance to go
All m embers were sorry to hear that Bill "back home." I'm sure we a re going to be very
Lad ell had b een taken ill. H e has now, having happy, but at the sam e time we say thank you
journeyed by taxi, joined his r elations in Nor- to all those concerned who made our stay at the
folk . W e wish him a very speedy r ecovery. Alf Drill Hall so happy. E specially we say a very
Hetherington, another r egular attender who has s incere thank you to one of our members, Harry
bee n on the sick list for quite a time now, does Cook, Sergeant in A Coy., 5 Buffs (T.A.), who has
not seem to show a great deal of progress to- tended to our bar r equirements every month.
ward recove ry. W e wish him w e ll and hope h e
may soon return to work.

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m our December meeting was devoted mainly to stoutest stalwarts, w ho knew him in t hose Cat-
,_r. our Christmas draw, a ver y successful and ford days a nd w ho li ves in n earby Re igate, h ea r d
pleasant evening , at which we were assisted by the news in time to attend the fun eral on his own
:h and our behalf two days later.
)f our Ladies' Guild. of our Officer members-
te T hanks to several Th e m e m ory of T ed Willson is still wit h u s
most of whom, b y virtue of their business, a re un- and we a r e g rateful to ackn ow ledge a further
In ab le to attend meetings - we were ab le to m a k e four gui n eas in to t h e Benevo len t Fund, making
k Chri stm as a little h appier with a pa rce l to some n ea rl y £60 in a ll. A sp le ndid gestu r e .
Is a nd aged m embe rs.
23 s ick w elcome a new m embe r to th e Branch, Mr. T o a ll who may r ead this w e wish a h appy,
LS We healthy a nd a prosp erous New Year.
w . Geering, who joined u s in D ecem ber ; and wel-
k. R.O.R.

come two m embers from t h e Margate Branch, Mr.
Holliday a nd Mr. Ing ram, both joining u s at our

December meeting. our B ranch A.G.M. to see
Now to 1967 a nd
how many of us remain in office! And so till next
·- mon t h , best wishes to all "Que en's" eve r~E~r e.

e-
•e TONBRIDGE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
AND SEVENOAKS The Royal Sussex Office
j.

!o HE monthly m eeting of the Branch was held
a t t h e T .A . Centre at Tonbr idge on Thursday,
Ta G reetings

ll
15th December . W e w ere sorry to h ear that Jack
>I CLOSES with the formation of The
n Queen's Regiment which m a rks a nother
s tage in t h e histor y of Th e Royal Sussex Regi-
1966a ment. The Regimental H eadquarters (Royal
Sussex Offic e) wish all in Th e Qu een's R egi m e nt
LS a very successful and prosperous New Year.

y.
n
B r eadow was on the s ick list.
The Branch h eld a very s uccessful Social

Evening on Saturday, lOth D ecember, with bingo,
r a ff les and th e u s u a l buffe t , which was ve r y well

patronised. to W embley Stadium has been
A trip
.c a rr a n ged for t h e I ce Show, " Sl eep ing Beauty,"
:t on Saturday, 18th February. A coach has been
booked to leave To n bridge at 5 p .m ., calling at H on orary F reedom s
w
Sevenoaks. W e hop e that m emb e r s wi ll s upport
n this, and other events arranged f o r the coming Most of the c ities a nd boroughs who con-
ferred Honora ry Freedoms on The Royal Sussex
'e yea r . include the Royal Tournament at Regiment have now agreed, or agreed in prin-
These c ipl e, for these Freedoms to be transferred to the
>t Olympia in Ju ly, and poss ibly a trip to Boulog n e 3rd Battalion The Queen 's Regiment (Royal
r. taking over our own coach. Sussex). It was pleas ing to note that provided
d Christmas greetings were sent to Mr. Ada ms t h e cou nty connections were r etained, th e Cities
d a nd Borough Coun c i1s were prepar ed to accede
it in Cap e Town , and to our Scout T 'roop in Dublin , to this requ est .
w h o send thei r greetings to a ll m e mbe r s of the
n B r anch, esp ec ia!ly to t h ose members of the 1st
Bn. w h o w e r e stationed in Dublin a r ound 1912-14.
!! W e also send g reetings to a!! m embers of the On Tuesday, 29th November, His Worship
the Mayor of Brighton, A ld e rman Mrs. D . K . G .
It Regimental Association and wishes for a H appy

Watson -Mi11e r , gave a r eception in the Mayor's
l- New Year. Parlour, followed by a luncheon at the Ship Hotel
d As I have been "war n ed for duty" as corres- to m a rk the occasion of the transfer of the
pond e nt to th e new "Journal," I h e r eb y s ign off. Freedom of Brighton to the 3rd Battalion The
d H .A . Ml<.II. Queen 's R egiment (Royal Sussex). B esides m em-

·r b e r s of the Corporation and His Grace Th e Duk e
of Norfolk, K.G., E.M., the Lord Li e utenant of
0 ELEVENTH BATTALION Sussex, th e fo llowing serving and past office r s of

THE QUEEN'S OWN the R egiment were present : B r igadier J. B. Ash-
worth, C.B.E ., D .S.O., D eputy Co lonel, The Quee n' s
I T behoves u s first of all to say "H e llo" to our Regiment, Colonel J . R . Ande r s on, O.B.E., Major
new Jou r nal, and to wish it all success. W e J . F . Ainsworth, Major B. R. Cole man, Lt.-Col.
do not envy Maj . W eymouth his job of h old ing E . G. Holl ist, Major H . M. MacNic hol, T .D., and
t h e balance between a ll t h e various interests in Lt.-C ol. J . R. G. Sta nton, M .B .E .
;- the New Regim ent and its sat ellites, but we wish
'·.t him the best of British luck.
These and futur e notes must of n ecess ity be A Ser v ice fo r t h e A nned For ces of the Crown

y brief but our e nd eavou r wi ll be to make t h em An impress ive Servi ce for the Armed Forces
s ucc inct a n d to include those it em s which a r e of of t h e Crown was h eld in W estminster Abbey on
s interest fi r st to our own m e mb e r s a nd secondly 11th November, 1966, as part of the celebrations
y to our r eaders at large. to mark the 900th Anniversar y of the Abbey. The
Service was tal<en by the D ean of W estminster
0 The Ch ristmas season naturally a nd norm- a nd the preach er was the Bishop Suffragan of
a ll y brings u s littl e n ews of our m embe r s hip in Croydon . Th e two lessons w e r e r ead by the Chi ef
I, general- they are much too occupied with their of t h e D ef e n ce Sta ff and th e Secretary of State
own dom estic affairs- but w e have a lr eady had for D ef e nce.
k several letters of thanks and appreciation from
p those whom we h ave b een in the happy pos ition Among the past and present m embers of the
d of being able to send a stepped-up amount of R egim ent w h o attended the Service w er e Briga-
financ ia l h e lp t h is year. dier J. B . A s hworth , C.B.E., D .S .O., Lt.-Col. J . R. G .
0 Stanton , M .B .E., Lt.-Col. J . M. L e Mesurier, Major
Unfortunately, the on ly other r eal n ew s is B. R. Coleman, Major J . F . Ainsworth, Major
y that of th e d eath of Fred Jenkins at St. Ann e's, R. G. Harrison Stanton a nd m embe rs of the Lon-
u Redh il!, on th e 20th D ece mbe r . H e was one of the don Branch of the Regimental Association.
e "o riginals" a t Catford in 1915 and we wer e
y pleased to h ear that Waite r Po'rt e r, one of our
y
s

62 Tho Cinque Ports Association
Colon e l E. A. C. F aza n , M.C., T .D., D .L ., pre-
Field of Remembrance sided at the Annual Dinner of t h e Cinque Ports
On the sam e da y, following th e Service for Old Comrades Assoc ia tion which was he ld at
Southov e r G ra nge, L ewes, on Saturday, 22nd
the Armed Forces of the Crown, a short ceremony October. The g uests includ ed the Deputy Mayor
was h e ld at the R e gim e nta l P lot a t the Fi e ld of of Lewes, Brigadier J. B. Ashworth, C.B.E.,
R em embrance a t W estminster Abbey. The D .S .O., Lt.-Co l. J . T . W a lk e r, Lt.-Co l. F. W . Hann ,
Regimental C ross was planted by L t.-Col. J. R. G. O.B.E., a nd Major J . F. Ainsworth. It was fitting
Stanton, M .B.E., who r epresented the Colonel of that the dinner w as h eld in the dining room of
the R egim e nt, th e 1s t Batta lion C ross was planted the house where many m embers of the 5th Cinque
by Major B . R. Coleman a nd the Regimental Ports B attali on were attested prior to the 1914-18
Headquarter s Cross by Major J . F . Ainsworth .
Crosses w e r e a ls o planted on b e half of the 4th/ 5th \var .
(Cinque Ports) Battalion (T.A.) a nd th e London ,
L ew es. Hastings and "D " Company Cinque Ports l\'luseum
Branches of the R egimental Association. A recent a ddition to t he R egim ent's part of

Royal Sussex Re~in1ental the Chichester C ity Museum is a disp lay of photo-
Association Notes graphs and re li cs rece ntl y rece ived from Fort
William H e nry in New York State. In 1757 th e
BRANCH REUNIONS R egiment formed part of the small garrison of
A.rundel the Fort which made a gall ant but uns u ccessful
stand against the French under the Marquis de
On Saturday, 19th November, 1966, th e Montcalm. Although the Fren ch a llowed the
Arunde l/ Littlehampton/ Bognor B ranch h eld its garrison to march out with the honours of war,
Annual R eunion Dinne r at th e General Abercrom- they were unabl e to co ntrol th eir Indi an Alli es,
bie Hote l, Arund e l, unde r th e chairmanship of who massacred many members of the Regiment
Mr. R . G. Stoner. Th e dinn e r was v e r y well and their famili es. The Fort has been restored
attended and those present h ad a most enjoyable and a Regimental Memorial to those who lost
evening. Among the gu ests were His Grace The the ir li ves in t he massacre s tands b es id e it.
Duke of Norfolk, President of the Branch, Briga-
dier J . B. As hworth, D e puty Co lonel, The Qu ee n's Forthcoming Events
R egim e nt, and Lt.-Col. E . G. Hollist. All past m embers of The Royal Sussex Regi-

Midhurst and District Branch m e nt and those serving in Th e Qu ee n's R egim e nt
The Annual Dinner of the Midhurs t and are asked lo nole, unde r " Forthcoming E vents,"
District Branch was h eld at the Egmont Arms the fixtures which have been arranged by The
Hotel, Midhurst, on Saturday, 26th November . Royal Sussex R egimental Association to take place
Mr. Ch evis was in the c hair. Among those present during the com ing year, d etails of w hi c h wi ll be
w e r e Lt.-Col. and Mrs. T . W. Morgan , Rev. and notified individually n ea r e r the date. Those play-
Mrs. B . R. B eas ley, Major J . F . Ainsworth and ing cr icket are parti c ularly asked to note t h e
Mr. C. R . Hayhoe. Apologi es w e r e r eceived from dates of our two annual cricket fixtures against
the Colon e l of th e R egim e nt and Lt.-Col. E . G. The Duke of Norfo lk's XT and The Sussex
Hollist. After the dinner ther e was an entertain- Martlets.
m ent by the Tillington Player s.

His Worship the Mayor of Brighton, Alderman Mrs. D. K . G. Watson-Mille r, with Brigadie r J . B.
Ashworth, C.B.E., D .S.O ., His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, H.G., E.M., and Lt.-Col. E. G. Hollist.

Acknowledgem e nt : "Brighton H e rald ."

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The Mldhurst and District Branch Annual Dinner, 26th November, 1966. Ch a rles Whi te
Acknowledgem ent:

The Middlesex s t a n ces a t prese nt. This is only n a tura l A R eg i-
m ent which has fought shoulder to shoulder can
Regimental Association always m eet and mix shoulder to shoulder at
parades and functions whenever they occur.
WRITING these notes is akin to a swim on a Writing of fig hting s h o ulde r · to s h o uld e r
cold day-the initial plunge is the worst introduces the subject of the stories of ba ttles
part of the exercise but once that is over, you a nd individua ls. Ma jo r John L a ffin has w ritte n
hope all will go smoothly. Well, the plunge is the book "Boys in B attle," t elling t h e s tori es of
made and it remains to get on with the h~roic y oungs t e rs in action . H e has pa id th e
swimming . Die-Ha rds the compli!Tlent of r eproduc ing L ady
Butler's " Steady th e Drums a nd Fifes" as the
. The fir s t thing w e must record is our s inc ere jacket cover .
wishes for the success of the new R egimenta l This is the second time in the last two years
Journal and the hope that it will bring together that t he Die-Hards have been so commemora ted.
comrades who served in the same Regiment and Edgar Holt, when w riting "T he Str a ngest sWesar~"s
those who served in the stations with those the story of the Maori W ars from 1860 u
proud and famou s R egiments who now form part a jacket cove r th e pic ture of the 57th capturing
of The Queen's R egiment. In our own domestic a Maor1 R edoubt in Taranaki I m e ntion interest-
s ph ere, a ny office r or soldi e r who has worn the ing books a s so ma n y of you old-and young-
insigni a of th e Di e-Hard s is eligible to b ecom e a soldiers enjoy r eading milita ry stories a nd
member of the Middlesex R egimental Association a necdotes.
and will be heartily welcomed at one, or all, of I t is not inte nd ed in this initia l a rtic .e to
the 11 Di e-Hards' Clubs of th e R egim e ntal A ssoci- publis h n ew s from ea ch individua l Die-Ha rds'
atwn. In addition to th e norma l branches th er e Club M th e Association. but if any reader w ish es
~re a numbe r Of dining clubs which are Patron- to JOin h1s n earest bran c h or c ontact a n old
Ised by m embers w ho served in th e sp ec iall y fri end with whom h e .::;erved1 full inform a tion will
ra ised S ervice Bns. durin g th e war of 1914-18. be s upplied b y the S ecr etary of th e Assoc ia tion a t
Not only m the m etropolis a re bra nches to be D eansbrook Road , Edgware. A number of Die-
found but also as fa r apart as Portsmouth and Hards la t er served with the Queen's Royal
Hong Kong. Surrey. E as t Surrey, Royal Sussex a nd Queen 's
" Although w e a r e g en e r all y refe rred to a s Own Royal W est K ent R egiments, some reaching
commi ss io n ed rank, whils t fri e nds hips form e d a t
Old Comrad es," it must b e r ealised th a t th e s u ch pl aces a s Fricourt in 1916 a nd in P oon a 10
emphas is is on th e 'v ord comrades. W e a re not years la t er . a r e still kept by vete ra ns of the
OLD comrades, but old COMRADES, i.e., c om- respective R egiments \vho served in the sam e
rades of old. Newcomers to our gatherings often battle area or g arrisons. All the pa rent units now
r emark how th ey are impressed b y th e ge nuine b e ing a n integra l p a rt of th e n ew Qu ee n 's R eg i-
fnendship s hown, irrespective of the rank held m ent, th ese friendships have a n added interest ,
whil st se rvtng, or th e pos ition or fin anc ial c irc um- whtch w e a re most anxious to renew So do
w rite ; y ou r le tte rs w ill be w elco m e. ·

R.W.J .S .

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Forecast of Events -1967

February June

10 1 Queens R e gime ntal Day-SOBRAON DAY. 24 Regimental Cricket Match v. J{e nt Police at
24 3 Queen s- R . Sussex All Officers' Rcunion- the D e pot, and Annual D e pot Cockta il Partv.
25 R e gimental Cric lu >t Mn.tch v. D e pot, Rovn l
London a nd Marines, at th e D e pot. ·
Committee M eeting- L ondon .
30 2 Queens- Q u een's Own Buffs Go lf Match v
Ma rch North H a nts. Golf Club.

4 3 Queens- R. Sussex O.C .A . Ex ec utiv e Corn- July
m it t ee Mee ting-Chich est e r .
4/ 5 R . Sussex ( T .A .)-Layin g up of Co lou r s - 1 R e gime ntal C ric k et Match v. Free Forest e rs
Chic h est e r. at the D epot.

11 Birthday t>f H.M. King Frede rik IX, K.G., liing 2 R egim ental Cricke t M atch v. B a nd of Brothe r s
of D enmark, Allied Colonel-in-Chief, 2 Queens. at the D e pot.
2 Q u een s-Brig hton Branch Annual D a n ce
(Queen's Own Buffs). 9 DEPOT AT HOME.
21 4 Queens- Middlesex Regt. Offic e r s' C lub
12 5 Middlesex (T .A .)- Laying up of Co lo urs of
7, 8 and 9 T .A. Bns, Mill Hill . Dinn e r - United Services C lub, Pa ll Mall,
London.
31 5 Buffs (T .A .)-Annual Ball. 25 / 28 3 Queens- Goodwood Races- C h icheste r .

April Aug ust

1/ 2 2 Queen s-Qu een's Own Buffs Golfing Society 1 Queens-Return from B .A .O .R . to Hobbs
Spring M eeting, Royal St. Geo r ge, Sandw ic h . Barracks, Lingtleld.
(Dinn e r at th e B e ll Hotel, Sandwich, 1st April) . Can terbury C ric k e t W eek
517 K e nt v . L e iceste r s hire.
8 5 Qu eens-Cocktail Party, Cante rbur y. 9/ 11 K e nt v. Yorks hire.
21 4 Qu eens- Midd lesex Offic e r s' C lub Golf Meet- 16 R egimental Crick et Match v. Ba B es at the
D e pot.
ing, North H a nts. Golf Course, Fleet.
22 3 Qu eens- R. Su ssex O .C.A. A.G.M. an d Re- 3 Qu eens- Goodwood Races (Royal S u ssex
Stakes)- Goodwood.
union Dinner, Lewes. 25 / 26 3 Queens- Goodwood Rac es.
23 1 Queens-Regim ental Da.y-ST . GEORGE'S
S e p te mb e r
DAY AND YPRES DAY.
24 3 Q u eens-St. Geo r ge 's Day-Chic h ester. 7 2 Queens-Re gimental Day-SEVAS TOPAL
29 2 Quee ns- Qu een 's Own Buffs W est C ountry DAY.

Lunch eon , T aunton . 9 3 Queens- R . Sussex Cric k et Match v. The
29/ 30 2 Quee ns-Qu een's Own B uffs Golf Match Sussex Mart let s- C hich est e r .

v . Rye Golf Club, R ye. 13 3 Queens-Regimental Da.y-QUEBEC DAY.
30 Birthday of H.M. Queen Juliana, Queen of th e
Octob e r
Netherlands, Allied Colonel-in-Chief 3 Queen s. 2 Queens-Return from Hong l{ong to Gordon
Barrack s, Cha tham.
May
7 3 Queen s-R . Sussex Aube r s Ridge/ Dunkirk 6 3 Queen s- R . Sussex Officers' Club Dinn er-
Parade-L e wes. C iaridges.
217 Middlesex (1939/ 45) - Dinner- E x-Ser vice
16 2 and 4 Queens-Re gime nta l Day-ALBU · Club.
HERA DAY.
7/ 8 2 Queen s- Qu een's Own B uffs Autumn Golf
20 5 Queens- Annual Camp starts-Sennybridge. Meeting- Littlestone G.C.
21 3 Queen s-R. Sussex Cric k et Matc h v. Duk e
November
of Norfolk's XI- Arunde l.
22/ 27 Army Golfing Society Spring Meeting- 9 7 Middlesex- Offic e r s' Dinner- United Servic es
C lub.
Muirtleld .
31 Queens Regimental Annual Golf M eeting- 11 4 Queens-Mx. Ceremony at Field of R em em-
br ance- Mill Hill.
Canterbury G .C.
12 4 Qu een s- M x . R e m embrance Day Service-
Jun e W estmins te r A bbey.
1 1 Queens - Regimental Day - G LORIOU S
FIRST OF JUNE. Decembe r
3 5 Qu ee ns- Annual Camp e nds.
9 3 Queen s-R . Sussex Cocktail Party- Arm y 13 Birthday of H.R.H . Princess Marina, Duc h ess
a nd Navy C lub. of lie nt, C.I ., G .C.V.O ., G.B.E., Colone l-in-
C hie f .
10 The Official Birthday of H.M. The Queen .
11 1 Quee n s-Queen's Surreys R egim e nta l Ser-

v ice-Guildford.
16 3 Queen s-R. Sussex R egim e n tal Dinn er/ Buffet

Lunch- London .

Printe rs : "Ken t is h Gaze tte," 9 St. George's P la ce, Cante rbury , K e nt.
Adve rti s ing Age nts: Service Newspape rs Ltd . , 67/ 68 J e rmyn Stree t. St. James's, London, S.W .l . Whitehall 2504 .

Editor : R .H .Q.. The Quee n's R egime nt. How e Barra cks , CantE' rbury , K E' nt.

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THE QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL
ASSOCIATION

With the formation of The Queen's R eg im ent, it h as been decided to establish a Regimental
Association. It wlll be known as The QUEEN'S RE GIMENTAL ASSOCIATION.

The affairs of the n ew Association will be managed by a General Executive Committee, the
m embers of which have b een appointed fr om a ll ranks, both serv ing a nd retired, and the Secretary,
Lt.-Col. F . W . HANN, O.B.E., will operate fro m th e R eg imenta l H eadquarters in Canterbury.

All those who join Th e Quee n 's R egiment on or after the 31st D ecember, 1966, will be eligible to
join the A ssociation, and all members of existing R egim ental Associations will become affiliated members.

Existing R egim e ntal A ssociations ( known as County A ssoc iations) will continu e to adm inister
to the need s of their own O ld Comrad es and those who se rv e d in their R eg im e nts before 31s t December,
1966, through the S ec r e taries of t h e ir County A ssociation s. Th ey will, however, maintain a c lose liaison
w ith the new Association, partic ularly where finan c ial assistance is concerned.

When a serving member of The QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION leaves the service, h e
wi ll be e nco uraged to join a Branc h of th e Co unty A ssoc iation n earest to his hom e . In this way, it is
hoped that County Assoc iations will rece ive a regu ta r flo w of new members so that, in th e long term,
each Branch becomes the nuc leus of a Queen's Association Branc h at whic h time its m embers may
well d ecide to adopt th e c hange of nam e .

A s the fir st Chairman of The QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATIO N, I calJ upon a ll Old
Comrades of our former R egiments as wel! as a ll se rving m e mbe r s of The Qu een's R egiment to support

the new A ssociation.

Your whol e-hearted s upport, particula rly in t h e early days of our formation, will en sure that
the n ew A ssociation becomes a pote nt instrum e nt for h e lping a ll who fall on times of need . In many
cases, no form of National A ss is tance or Government G rant is available to ma k e suc h assistance

possible.

ENROL NOW as a m ember of The QUEEN'S REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION by completing the
form set out below and sending it to the Secretary.
J . B. ASHWORTH (Brigadier).

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Th e Quee n 's R eg ime ntal Assoc ia tion .

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