JU LY , 1964

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LOCATION LIST OF OFFICERS(Com piled from official records and in fo rm ation available on 22nd May, 1964)

(a ) R EG ULAR ARMY

Lt.'C ols.

B rin k le y , W. H., p.s.c. (S p ec ia lL is t) .................... M in is try o f D e fe n c e (A PS)

F ra s e r , D. U.,M .B.E., p .s.c .(a)(E m p. L is t (1) ) M in is try o f D e fe n c e Q (M ov) P la n s

D ew ar, K. M. J .,O .B .E ., p.s.c.(E m p. L is t (1) ) H.Q. R h e in d a h le n G a rr iso n , B .A .O .R .

C am p b ell, A. F.,M.C., p.s.c. ... H.Q. S o u th e rn C o m m a n d

H a rv e y , H. C., p .s.c. (E m p. L is t(1) ) .................... S a lis b u ry P la in S u b -D is tr ic t

B u rto n , R. S. M., , . ,p.s.c., p .t.s .c . ... In s p e c to r a te o f A rm a m e n ts , W oolw ich ,

S.E.18.

R o b ertso n , A. J . , p .s.c, ............ 4 th B n. T h e R oyal N o rfo lk R eg t. (T .A .)

D ye, J . B .. M .C., p .s .c .......................... 1st B a t ta l io n

P e tit . J . M.,M .B .E ., p .s.c.(E m p. L ist (1) ) M in is try o f D e fe n ce

M ajors

G re e f, A. O., M.C. C lo th in g & E q u ip m e n t E s ta b lis h m e n t.c /o R .A .E. F a rn b o ro u g h .

F a rre lly , T .P ., T .D . G .L .O ., R .A .F . S ta tio n . C h iv e n o r

C ald e r , W. J ., p .s .c ......................... H .Q . N o r th e r n C o m m a n d , Y ork

D ean . P . S. W., s .q . (T /C o lo n e l) M ilita ry A tta c h e , T o k y o

L u m m is, E. T .. p.s.c. (T /L t-C o l.) G .S .O . 1

In g le , F . D.,M .B .E ., p.s.c. ... H .Q .l (B R ) C o rp s

W illiam s, R. M.,M .C., p .s.c. 4 C o m m u n ic a t io n s C oy ., C h e l te n h a m

T u rn b u ll . A. W. J .,M .C., s .q ............... 1st B a t ta l io n

C reasey , T. M., p .s .c ......................... R .M .A. S a n d h u r s t

H ow gego , G . C ., j.s .s.c ., p .s.c . ... H .Q .l (B R ) C o rp s , B .A .O .R .

P o w e r, E. W. A., p .s.c ., f.s.c ., (U S) M in is t ry o f D e fe n c e A (S.D .5)

H a y c ra f t, I. H.,

E.t.s.c. (L o ca lt.-C o l.) ............ O p e ra tio n a l R e q u ire m e n ts S taff,M in is t ry o f D e fe n c e

M organ , E. H ., 1st B n. U g a n d a R ifles M .B.E., M .C. ...

F a irh o lm e ,W .D .G . M .I.O . A d e n (H Q M id E ast)T h a in , P .................. S in g a p o re M ili ta ry F o rc e sL yw ood , K. C. G. 1st B a t ta l io nM ason , F . E . I.,

A .M .I.W .S. ... S u ffo lk Si C a m b r id g e s h ir e R eg t. (T .A .)

S ty le s , T . H . ...

G illm o re , A. H. V., M .C., p .s.c.

E m sd e n , B. H. C., p .s .c .........................

P a lm e r , L. A., p.l.

D e lie r , W . C., p .s.c ., f.s.c . (US)

F itz g e ra ld , J . D. A.

P u l le n . H. N . D., Pi..................

F le m in g , F . R.,p .s .c .........................

C o b b o ld , A. G. B.G o d fre y , F . A.,

M .C . ...........

H o lm a n , R. p .s .c . (n ) .

A.

M..

B.,H o rre x ,M .C ..........................

H o p p e r, P . D. L.

G u n to n , M. K. D.

C ap trin s

H a ll-T ip p in g , J . .

M a c D o n a ld , J . P. (T /M a jo r )

C a tc h p o le , A. K. (T /M a jo r )

J o n e s , J . G .. M .B .E .....................

M u rp h y . B. M. .

D e a n , T . D.

B ec k . S . G.

H e a th . J . R.

S m ith . T . D .. p.l.

C h u rc h i l l , J . D.. M .C. (T /M a jo r )

F o rd . P . C ...............

F r e r e , J . A. K. W.

H e n d e rso n . M. L., p .s.c . (T /M a jo r )

W ilson . R . G.

T h o rn e . D. C.. p .s.c . (T /M a jo r )

R a v e n , P . G.

C la rk e , D. L.

T h o rn e . M. E., p .s .c . (T /M a jo r )

T r e v e th ic k , R. L.

R ey n e ll, N ...............

M o rris s , J . Y. ...

E as t A n g lian B r ig a d e D ep o t

H.Q. C o m b ritfo r , F .A .R .E .L F .

H.Q.. 148 Inf. B de. (T .A .)

653 L ig h t A irc ra f t S q u a d ro n

1st B a tta lio n

H.Q. L an d F o rce s . B ah re in

A rm y A ir C o rp s C en tre

1st B a tta lio n

161 In f . B de. (T .A .)

1 M ala y s ia R an g e rs

1st B a tta lio n

H.Q. B r itis h F o rce s , C y p ru s

S in g a p o re M ilita ry F o rce s

H.Q. E a s t A n g lia n B rig ad e

C am b rid g e U n iv e rs ity O.T.C.

S ta ff C ollege, C am b er le y

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A .D .C . to G .O .C . B r i t is h L a n d F o rce s , K e n y a

H .Q. A d e n G a r r is o n R o y al S ie r r a L e o n e M ilita ry F o rc e s D e s e r t In te l l ig e n c e O fficer a t ta c h e d

T r u c i a l O m a n S co u ts 1st B a t ta l io n 5 th K e n y a R ifles H .S ., E a s t A n g lia n B r ig a d e 225 Sig . S q d n . B .A .O .R .

G ow ing , R. D.

M o rto n , P . W.B a rn es , C . M. J .P e a t, W. J . B . ..

L ew is, N . J .P a v i t t , N. R.R ow sell, S. A. J .B aily , D , R.

L ieutenants

B arc lay -L c g g ie ,I. G .......................

Je f fe rso n , I. W ..(T /C ap t.)

Ross, P . K . R. ...H o rre x , H. R. (T /

C ap t.) ...........C o n d er , E. H. ...M a th e r , C. A. S.A b b o tt. R. J .S to n e , P . P . D . ...T u r n e r C ain , M. G.R eev e , W . H.V a rle y . J . A.M alim , A. C. ...K eep , J . H.C h ild , B . J . S.,

B .S c .........................

2nd L ieutenants

T h o m p so n , R. H.L ong , P . B. D . ...C o n d er. R. S. ...C a ld e r , A. J . K . .

Q uarterm asters

C ase, H, S. R .,M .B.E. (S taff Q.M .) (L t. C ol.)(E m p. L ist) (2) C a d e t T r a in in g C e n tre , F r im le y P a rk ,

F r im le yJ o a n n y , A ., M .B.E.

(M ajo r) ............ 4 th B n . T h e R o y al N o rfo lk R eg t. (T .A .)J a s p e r , G . S.

(M ajo r) ............ a t t . H .Q . E a s t A n g lia n D is tr ic tW arre n , T . C.

(M a jo r) ............ G .H .Q ., F .A .R .E .L .F .H o w a rd , C. E.

(M ajo r) ............ E a s t A n g lia n B r ig a d e D ep o tN o rm a n , H . H.,

M .B .E . (C ap t.) . 1st B a t ta l io nM cC oll, N . (C ap t.) 1st R o y al L e ic e s te r s

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S tu n e ll, G . H.,A .R .C .M ., p .s.m ..(M a jo r) ............ R o y a l M il i ta ry A cad e m y , S a n d h u r s t

> r e g u l a r a r m y —s h o r t s e r v i c e o f f i c e r s

Caip ta in sS eek in g s, P. C. ... H .Q . M ov. C o n tro l. B r is to l C h a n . P orts

L ieutenantsP ro ss e r , B ................ - M a la y s ia n R an g e rsP e a rc e , I. L. ... 1 st B a t ta l io n

1st K in g 's A fr ic a n R ifles

1st B a t ta l io n 1st B a t ta l io n

1st B a t ta l io nD e g re e C o u rs e , R .M .C .S., S h r iv e n h a mJ u n io r T ra d e s m e n R e g im en t, R h y l1st B a t ta l io n1st B a t ta l io n1st B a t ta l io nN y a sa la n dE a s t A n g lia n B r ig a d e D ep o t 1st B a t ta l io n 1st B a t ta l io n

1st B a t ta l io n

1st B n. 2 n d E a s t A n g lian R e g im e n t 1st B a t ta l io n 1st B a t ta l io n 1st B a t ta l io n

2nd L ieutenantsH a w k in s , W. L . . . 1st B a t ta lio n V oy , D. A ............... 1st B a t ta lio n

Q uarterm astersD e n n y . J . W . (L t.) H .Q. U g a n d a A rm y

(C) e x t e n d e d s e r v i c e o f f i c e r s

M ajorsT i tm a r s h , H. H.,

T .D ..................P o w e ll. K. W.

F .A .R .E .L .F .B .A .O .R ., B .F .P .O . 29

FORMER REGIM ENTAL OFFICERS STILL ON THE ACTIVE LIST

L ieu t.-G en era lsG o o d w in , S ir

R ic h a rd . K .C .B .. C .B .E .. D .S.O ., p .s .c .........................

M ajor G enerals

B u t le r , M. A. H.,C .B .. C .B .E .,D .S .O ., M.C.. i .d .c .. p .s.o., p .s .c .(a )

F r e e la n d . I. H.. C .B ., D .S.O .. i.d .c ., p .s.c .

T u rn e r -C a in .G .R . , C .B .E ., D .S.O ., j .s .s .c ., p .s.c . ...

B rigad iers

P r ic k e t t , A. J . C., j.s .s .c ., p .s.c . ...

G .O.C. 1 (BR ) C o rp s , B .A .O.R .

M in is try o f D e fe n ce ( J o in t W arfa re )

G .O .C.. B r it is h L a n d F o rc e s in K e n y a

H.Q. F a r E ast L a n d F o rce s

S .H .A .P .E .

C olonels

A l l e n . R. M..C .B .E ., j.s.s.c ..p .s.c . (T /B r ig .) M in is try o f D e fe n c e (A .P.S.)

S m i th , W . C ..C .B .E ..p .s.c .

j.s.s.c ..

H a U e tt, J . N . R .. M .B .E ., j.s .s.c .. p .s.c .........................

L ieu t-C o lon eis

F e r r ie r , W . P. ... S h u t t le w o r th , W.

P. A., p .s.c . ...T h u r s b y . P . D. F .,

j.s .s .c ., p .s.c . ...

G .H .Q .. F .A .R .E .L .F .

M in is try o f D e fe n ce

R.M .P.

1 (BR) C orps. B .A .O.R .

1 P a ra c h u te R eg im en t

M ajors

W ard . J. A. W. R .A .P .C .E b e rh a rd ie . C. E..

M B E M Cp i . c . (T /L t-C o l.) G .S.O . 1, B .A .O .R .

B la c k m o re , A. W ..t . A M IT A ... R .A .S .C . A tta c h e d G u rk h a A.S.C.

S ta r l in g , J . G ..M .C ., p .s.c . . .. P a ra c h u te R eg im en t

K e lly , J . N .. M .C . G u rk h a R ifles

Captains

O d d ie , W. R. A. . P a ra c h u te R eg im en t C o a tes . K ................ P a r a c h u te R e g im e n t

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THE ROYAL A N G L IA N REGIM ENT

in 1962, the A rm y Council exam ined the existing organisation of Brigades o f Infantry with a view to creating fu rther flexibility to m eet the changing needs of future strategy. T o this end, the Council decided that a m easure of re-grouping between Brigades was necessary in order to create as m any four-regim ent brigades as possible.

As a result, the Forester Brigade was dispersed and one of its battalions— T he R oyal Leicestershire R egim ent--w as grouped with the East Anglian Brigade.

A t the same time, it was stated that it was the Army C ouncil’s intention th a t all Brigades should be encouraged to move voluntarily tow ards the "L arge Regim ent". The effect o f this will be that, while all Brigades will be expected ultim ately to re-organise on the basis of the Large Regim ent, the tim ing will, in each case, be a m atter fo r each Brigade to de te rmine in consultation with the W ar Office.

By “Large R egim ent” is m eant a Regim ent in which there is centralised control o f affairs, having a com m on factor in its title and based on one depot which will be its hom e. T he m ain advantage of this concept is the extra flexibility in deploym ent and reinforcem ent. T he present organisation o f one regular battalion is ne ither econom ical n o r suited to m odern operational conditions.

W ith the arrival o f the R oyal Leicesters in the East Anglian Brigade, the p rob lem of a title fo r the Brigade arose. The nam e “ East Anglian Brigade" had already been stretched to cover counties such as Lincolnshire and N ortham ptonsh ire, and it was felt that it was too m uch to include Leicestershire as well.

Accordingly, the Council of Colonels o f the E ast Anglian Brigade decided to ask fo r the title to be changed to "R oyal A nglian” .

They based this choice on two facto rs: —The counties from w hich the Regim ents cam e

were, in early days settled by East Angles and M iddle Angles.

The wording represented a m inim um possible change from “East A nglian".

The Council of Colonels also felt that in o rder to avoid yet another change in the not too d istant future, they should, a t the same tim e as asking for a change of title, ask fo r the Brigade to be re-organised as a Large Regim ent.

H er Majesty the Q ueen has now approved the form ation o f the R oyal A nglian Regim ent on a date no t yet finally decided, bu t p robably in Septem ber this year.

The Battalions will b e : —1st (N orfolk and Suffolk) Battalion, The R oyal

Anglian Regim ent.2nd (Duchess o f G loucester's Own Lincolnshire

and N ortham ptonsh ire) B attalion The Royal Anglian Regim ent.

3rd (16th/44th Foot) Battalion, The R oyal Anglian Regim ent.

4th (Leicestershire) B attalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen M other has been appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the R oyal Anglian Regim ent and she will have tw o D eputy Colonels-in-Chief—H .R .H . Princess M argaret and H .R .H . The Duchess o f Gloucester.

The Regim ent will have a Colonel and a num ber of D eputy Colonels. These have not yet been appointed.

It will have a new cap badge, similar to the one w orn by the East Anglian Brigade and the 1st B attalion will continue to wear the collar badge of the 1st East Anglian Regiment the figure o f Britannia superim posed on a Castle.

The 4th Battalion The Royal N orfolk Regim ent (TA ) and the Suffolk and Cam bridgeshire Regiment (TA ) will become part o f the Royal Anglian R egim ent and will remain particularly affiliated to the 1st Battalion.

All this will have its repercussions in our own regim ental affairs. Details of these are now being worked out.

The Royal Norfolk and the Suffolk Regim ent Associations will remain as at present. The annual d inner o f the Officers D inner C lub will take place as planned on 9th O ctober in the Arm y and Navy C lub.

This Journal will cease publication on a date to be decided later, as the Royal Anglian Regiment will have its own Journal, and it will not be possible to publish two regimental magazines w ithout m aking the cost prohibitive. It is however, proposed to replace the 'B ritannia and C astle’ by a Bulletin which will chronicle and circulate news of the 1st (N orfolk and Suffolk) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, 4th Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (TA), Suffolk and C am bridgeshire Regiment (TA) and past and present m em bers of these regiments.

The 1st (Norfolk and Suffolk) Battalion of the R oyal Anglian Regim ent will remain particularly affiliated to those counties and will, we know, do its best to retain the close links we have at present with the towns and villages, and the people of the counties it represents.

Furtherm ore, the serving m embers of the b a ttalion are most anxious to retain a very close liaison with those who are no longer serving and it is hoped th a t we shall m anage to achieve this despite any changes we may have to make in the organisation o f o u r Clubs and Associations.

REGIMENTAL NEWSThe following telegram was sent to Her R oyal

Highness, Princess M argaret, Colonel-in-Chief of the Regim ent, on the occasion of the birth of her dau g h te r: —

"T he Colonel of the Regim ent and all Ranks 1stEast Anglian Regim ent present their hum ble dutyand send sincere congratulations to Her R oyalHighness their Colonel-in-Chief".

H er Royal Highness graciously replied: —“ My husband and I sincerely thank you and allR anks for your kind message of congratulations",

(signed) M argaret, Colonel-in-Chief.

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M emorial in St. A ndrew ’s C hurch , B iarritz on 12th April, 1964. A report o f the service and o ther p ro ceedings is published elsew here in this Journal.

The Regim ent is grateful to Brigadier Prickett for so kindly attending this function as its representative and for sending us the interesting report.

Tigris DayGreetings were exchanged between the Regim ent

and the 1st Bn. l /2 n d G oo rk h as to m ark the anniversary o f the crossing o f the R iver Tigris in M esopotam ia on 23rd July, 1917. In this battle the 2nd N orfolk Regim ent and the l /2 n d G urkhas took part in a successful operation in the face o f stubborn Turkish resistance.

Freedom of Entry into Ipsw ichThe M ayor and C orpora tion o f Ipswich have

signified their approval to accord to the 1st (N orfolk and Suffolk) B attalion o f the Royal Anglian Regim ent the honour o f the Freedom o f Entry into the Borough which, in 1963, was granted to the 1st East Anglian Regiment. A sim ilar h onour was previously conferred upon the Suffolk Regim ent.

In a letter to the C olonel of the Regim ent, the M ayor of Ipswich writes, “ I have no do u b t we shall continue the close association with the B attalion of the new Regim ent which we have in form er tim es".

Reunion—Suffolk Section 1964As already announced in the last issue of the

“ Britannia and Castle” the annual Reunion of the Past and Present A ssociation, Suffolk Section, will be held a t Blenheim C am p on Sunday, 19th July, com mencing at 12 noon.

There will be no C hurch Service bu t the Annual General Meeting will be held in the T raining C om pany Cinem a com m encing a t 11-30 a.m . Branches have already been inform ed.

Lunch and tea will be served for those in possession of meal tickets. T here will be only one bar for sale o f drinks.

Regim ental G olfThe Regim ent was represented a t the Army

Golfing Society’s Spring M eeting over the R oyal St. George's and Prince’s C ourses at Sandwich in M ay by Lt. Pearce, M ajor C reasey, Lt.-Col. M urray-Brow n and Cols. C arro ll and Freem an-Taylor. Ian Pearce played in the Arm y C ham pionship w ithout m uch luck, but being in Aden one week and Sandwich the next is not conducive to top class m edal golf over a very difficult cham pionship course. However, as the week went by it is clear that he can hold his own in top Arm y golf in the fu tu re. In the in ter-U nit team event, the Argyll and Sutherland Bowl, the Regim ent was drawn against the W elsh G uards, whom it eventually beat a t the 20th hole. Ian Pearce clayed nar- ticularly well to beat C olonel A. A. D uncan, bo th in the m atch and play-off. In the Quarter-f inal, the Regim ent lost to Jhe R. Scots.

C ongratulations are due to the 2nd East Angian Regim ent on winning both the Argyll and Sutherland Bowl and the Army T eam C hallenge Cup, when thev beat the R.A.M .C. in a thrilling m atch at the 19th hole.

G EN ER A L NEWSB E R T R A N D STEW A RT ESSAY C O M PETITIO N ,

1965P riz e : £80Closing D a te : 22nd June, 1965 S u b jec t:

“The resources o f our defence forces have become increasingly stretched over the past two years. The arm y has been particularly affected, and has had to provide lightly equipped forces for IS and counter-insurgency operations world wide still m aintaining m ore heavily equipped forces in BAOR. The o ther two Services suffer to a lesser degree, and are not faced with the same difficulties o f having to train, equip and allocate m anpower for two such different commitments. How can these difficulties best be m et? Discuss any m easures (including financial measures) which you consider might help the Army to meet its varying com m itm ents m ore easily and w ithout any loss o f effectiveness.”

G eneral conditions fo r this essay com petition will be the same as for the 1964 com petition and can be found in ACI 397 of 1963, except that the address o f the Arm y Q uarterly and Defence Journal shown in parag raph 5 is now -43, Cardington Street, London N .W .l.

G E O R G E K N IG H T CLOW ES M E M O R IA L PR IZE ESSAY, 1965

Prizes: 1st P n te £35 2nd Prize £15

Closing d a te : 31st M arch, 1965 Subject:

"Because of the revolutionary developm ent in weapons, and changes in the pattern o f war during the past fifty years, some people now doub t the value o f military history as part o f an officer's educational curriculum .Give your views on this, and discuss in general term s how best the experience of the past can be reconciled with m odern trends and m ade to serve present and future needs in the m ilitary field.”

G eneral conditions for this essay competition will be the sam e as for the 1964 competition and can bs found in ACI 243 of 1963, except that the address o f the Arm y Q uarterly and Defence Journal shown in Daragraph 7 is now—43, C ardington Street, London N .W .l.

G O L D M ED A L A N D T R E N C H GA SG O IN E PR IZ E ESSAY C O M PE TIT IO N , 1964

Prize: T h irty guineas and Gold MedalClosing D ate: 15th O ctober, 1964T h e subject of the essay may be chosen from eithero f the following which rank equally in ad jud ication :(a) “T he geographical situation o f the free part o f

E urope which as a consequence of W orld W ar II has shrunk to such an extent and has now so little geographical depth, th a t even a unified W estern Europe would not be capable o f successfully defending itself, w ithout U.S. assistance’

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(b) “Recent advances in missile technology have given rise to speculation on the fu ture roles o f m anned m ilitary aircraft. However, the avent of V /S T O L capabilities has restored the flexibility form erly lost to high perform ance a irc raft when they were tied to long and expensive runw ays. Discuss the advantages of com bining the missile and V /S T O L m anned a ircraft in fu ture British strategy for general and limited w arfare ."

G eneral conditions for this essay com petition are contained in ACI 15 of 1964.

THE OFFICER’S ASSOCIATIONT he Officers’ Association was founded by Field

M arshal Earl Haig in 1920, with the prim ary object of assisting those who at any tim e held a commission in the Arm y, Navy or A ir Force, and their wives, widows and dependents.

On the form ation of the British Legion in 1920, the Officers' Association adopted the additional title of "T he Officers’ Benevolent D epartm ent o f the British Legion” , and it ob tains its funds m ainly from the British Legion Poppy D ay A ppeal and from the three Services Benevolent Funds.

T he Officers’ Association is not a fund raising organisation and has no m em bership as such, but nevertheless welcomes subscriptions and donations.

The Association has seven m ain functions: —(a) Financial H elp the Association is prepared to

consider assistance to ex-officers and their dependants who find them selves in tem porary financial difficulties.

(b) E ducation—assistance tow ards school fees. This is norm ally restricted to the children of war disabled o r deceased officers.

(c) A dvice— on a wide range o f subjects, including legal advice.

(d) Service Pensions and W ar D isability Pensions— advice is given on the p repara tion and submission to the M inister o f Pensions of claims in respect of W ar Disability Pensions. In addition advice is given on questions concerning Service R etired Pay and Forces Fam ily Pensions.The Association co-operates closely with the Officers' Pensions Society on these m atters.

(e) H um es—the Association has its own Hom e in South Devon, with 35 residents, for elderly and lonely ex-officers o f lim ited income. It also has the right o f nom ination to a num ber of o ther Homes where officers o r their widows can p o ssibly be accepted a t low rates.

(f) Clothing S tore - clothing o f all kinds can usually be provided from the Store fon those in need.

(g) Resettlem ent and E m p lo ym en t - th is D epartm ent whose address is 46 V ictoria Street, London, S .W .l. is a t the disposal o f any officer, m ale or female, a t any time for advice, and when nearing retirem ent can give d irect introductions to employers.T he Association works through a system o f

H onorary Representatives th roughou t the United K ingdom , the C om m onw ealth and elsewhere and it is these representatives who find the cases of hardship or distress, or investigate cases that come to H eadquarters in o ther ways. A djudication on cases is done

by a team of honorary workers who, in turn, attend a t H eadquarters every day of the week. This enables cases to be dealt with speedily and effectively. The help o f all these honorary representatives and workers is invaluable and the Association is most grateful to them .

Anyone hearing of cases of distress or hardship am ong ex-officers, their widows or dependants, should refer them t o : The General Secretary, The Officers' Association, 28 Belgrave Square. London, S.W .l.

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T here are now vacancies at the above establishm ent for training severely disabled Ex-Servicemen and women in Clock Assembly and Repairs, and also in Invisible Mending. Applicants m ust be fit only for sheltered em ploym ent or work in their own homes and the age limit is 55 years. Practically any disablem ent can be accepted providing the applicant has good eyesight and the use o f both hands.

T he Clock Assembly Course is for 3 m onths and a fu rth er 9 m onths for Clock R epairs: the Course for Invisible M ending last 3 m onths. During the period o f training men are resident a t the Centre but are free to go hom e at weekends if they wish. Those who are accepted receive Governm ent T raining Allowances from the M inistry of Labour during the courses.

A good living can be made by those who successfully com plete the Clock R epair Course, whilst C lock Assembly with Smith Clocks Ltd., can provide ex tra income for those in receipt o f a war disability pension. T here is also a dem and fo r those trained in Invisible M ending and in a fairly short time a trained m an can successfully operate a business from his hom e.

PERSONALITIES2nd LIEU TENA NT R. P. BARCLAY

It was with profound regret th a t we learned of the death o f 2nd Lieutenant R obin Barclay which occurred on 12th April as a result of a m ountain accident at M ukerias, about 100 m iles from Aden.

Robin, the elder son of Brigadier and Mrs. Peter Barclay, was educated at H arrow and Sandhurst and was comm issioned into the 1st East Anglian Regiment in August 1963. He was twenty years of age.

T he funeral, with full m ilitary honours, took place in Aden on 15th April. A M em orial Service conducted by the D ean of Norwich was held in the R oyal N orfolk Regiment Chapel on 16th April and attended by R obin's parents and relatives, friends of the family and m embers of the staff from the D unham Estate. Colonel W. A. Heal represented the C olonel of the 1st East Anglian Regiment.

We extend to Brigadier and Mrs. Barclay our sincere sym pathy in their tragic loss.

Brigadier H. Bulwer-Long, O.B.E., M.C., is the new High Sheriff for N orfolk. He has also been appointed an Area Com m issioner in the Order o f St. John of Jerusalem .

Colonel H. R. R. Conder. O.B.E., was successful at the reccnt election of candidates for the East Suffolk County Council. He represents W eston. M ajor S. J. Pope was again returned fo r the Dow nham M arket constituency in the N orfolk County Council elections.

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M ajor A. H. Athill has retired afte r nearly 24 years’ service and had joined Security Express Ltd., as their representative in E ast Anglia. He is now busily engaged in finding staff and offices in N orw ich and in Peterborough. T here is a possibility th a t C ap tain T. W. C hatting will be joining the Norw ich branch and so, with Lt.-C olonel E. A. C ooper-K ey, M.B.E., M.C., the m anaging d irector a t the headquarters in London, there is a distinct 1st East Anglian atm osphere in this firm.

Colonel J. F. C arro ll, C .B.E., has m oved from A ldershot and is now living in London.

His new address is: 3, C ope Place, London, W8.

We welcome C aptain N. R . Pavitt and Lt. I. G. Barclay-Loggie on being granted R egular C om m issions in the Regim ent. Both are a t present serving with 'units o f the East A frican Forces and are expected to join the Regim ent during 1965.

M ajor T . C. W arren a t th e W ar Cem etery in Singapore

M ajor T . C. W arren, w riting from Singapore and reporting on a recent visit to th e C om m onw ealth W ar Graves Com mission C em etery a t K ranji, says th a t the graves are very well m aintained and are visited by large num bers o f people o f all nationalities. He sent us a photograph of the graves o f 5830189 Pte. H. C. D ockerill and 6020488 Pte. E. Hoy, bo th o f the Suffolk Regim ent.

C ongratulations to the follow ing on passing the practical part o f the S taff/P rom otion E xam ination.

Captains N . J. Lewis, J. Y. M orriss and P. W. M orton.

C ongratulations, too , to M ajor M . K . D. G un ton on his prom otion to Field R ank.

Lt.-Colonel R . G . D . H are has just finished an oil painting which he has presented to the R oyal N orfolk Regim ent M useum . I t depicts the 2 /9 th F oo t resting near G ib ra lta r on the re tu rn from the Battle of Barossa in 1811. T he R egim ent is m ost grateful to Colonel H are fo r this m ost interesting and colourful gift.

M ajor C harles Pryer has re tu rned hom e a fte r a stay in the N orfolk and N orw ich H ospital follow ed by convalescence a t M undesley. It is good to know that he is m aking excellent progress tow ards recovery of his speech which he com pletely lost as a result of an operation to his th ro a t.

B rigadier E. H. W. Backhouse, C.B.E., D.L., presenting the M eritorious Service Medal to R.S.M . K. T . Duffy.

R.S.M . K. T. Duffy retired in January this year. It was characteristic o f this fine soldier that his last p a rad e whilst serving was one which, by R.S.M. D uffy 's special request, was taken by an officer of his old regim ent. Brigadier Backhouse, on the occasion o f a passing-out parade at the Brigade Depot. He presented R.S.M . Duffy with the M eritorious Service M edal.

M r. and Mrs. Duffy have now taken over the lease o f : T he O range Tree, Cressing Road, Braintree, Essex.

L t.-Colonel H. M. W ilson, M .C., has returned from N igeria and has taken up a retired officers’ appoin tm ent at the M inistry of Defence A(PS) where he will join Brigadier R. M. Allen, C.B.E., and Lt.- C olonel W. H. Brinkley. Colonel W ilson’s home address is M anor House Farm , M apledurwell, N r. Basingstoke, Hants.

M r. J. H . Pearce, M.B.E., has retired after fifty years’ service in the Regular and T erritorial Armies. He joined the N orfolk Regim ent in 1914 and was prom oted Regim ental Sergeant M ajor in 1929 and retired ten years later when he joined the Yeom an W arders a t the T ow er of London. D uring the second W orld W ar he was commissioned into the Royal C orps o f E lectrical and M echanical Engineers and rose to the rank of C aptain.

In 1947 he joined 4th Bn T he Royal N orfolk R egim ent as C hief Clerk and O rderly Room Sergeant, and held these appointm ents until the end of last year. He was appointed a M em ber o f the Order of the British Em pire in 1957. We wish him and Mrs. Pearce a very happy and peaceful retirem ent.

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ANNOUNCEMENTSBirths

BARNES.— On 10th O ctober, 1963, a t Freetow n, Sierra Leone, W est A frica, to C apt, and M rs. C. M. J. Barnes a daughter, C lare.

C A TC H PO LE.—O n 28th Decem ber, 1963, at N anjuki, Kenya, to M ajor and Mrs. A. K . C atchpole a daughter, D iane.

ST A R L IN G .—On 5th Jan u ary 1964 a t Ipswich, to Pte. and M rs. G . Starling a son, Philip Ivan.

C H A N D L E R .—On 6th Jan u ary 1964 a t Ipswich, to Pte. and Mrs. N. C handler a son, N orm an Paul.

PO COCK.— On 9th Jan u ary 1964 at Colchester, to Sgt. and Mrs. G . Pocock a son, Neil M ark.

E A G L E N .— On 12th Jan u ary 1964 a t Felixstowe, to L /C p l. and Mrs. L. Eaglen a son, C hristopher Charles.

BAINES.—On 15th Jan u a ry 1964 a t Ipswich, to Cpl. and Mrs. F. Baines a son, Peter.

G R E E N W O O D .— On 4th F ebruary 1964 a t N o rwich, to L /C p l. and M rs. R. G reenw ood a son, D aren Craig.

C A R PE N T E R .—O n 5th F eb ru ary 1964 a t Ipswich to Cpl. and Mrs. R. C arp en ter a daughter, Lorraine M argaret.

W H ITE FO O T .—O n 8th F ebruary 1964 a t H a rwich, to Pte. and Mrs. F. W hitefoo t a son, M ichael Francis.

SH ANK S.— On 9th F eb ru ary 1964 at Felixstowe, to Sgt. and Mrs. B. Shanks a daughter, Kay N icola.

BARNES.—On 12th F ebruary 1964 a t W isbech, to L /C p l. and Mrs. A. Barnes a daughter, Jeanette Ann.

SM ITH .—O n 18th F ebruary 1964 a t Ipswich, to L /C p l. and Mrs. F . Smith a daughter, Louise E lizabeth Germ aine.

MOSS.—On 25th F ebruary 1964 at Colchester, to Pte. and M rs. F. M oss a son, Paul A rthur R ichard.

BU CK EE.—O n 1st M arch 1964 a t Bury St. Edmunds, to Pte. and Mrs. J. Buckee, a daughter Lynn Louise.

G O R B O U L D .— On 13th M arch 1964 a t East D ereham , to L /C p l. and M rs. D. G orbould , a son Jeffrey David A rthur.

A N D R EW S.—On 22nd M arch 1964 a t W est Ham , London, to L /C p l. and M rs. R. Andrews, a daughter, E lizabeth Jane.

JO NES.—On 31st M arch 1964 a t Tow yn C ottage Hospital, M erionethshire, to C aptain and Mrs. J. G. Jones a daughter, Edw ina Sophia G arton .

PR IC K E T T .—On 23rd A pril 1964 a t the A m erican Honpital, Paris, to Brigadier and Mrs. A. J. C. Prickett a daughter.

MarriagesH ILLS—C H A M B E R S.— O n 18th Jan u ary 1964

a t W alton, Pte. M. H ills to A nita M arian Rose C ham bers.

COLEYSH AW — D IG G L E .—O n 25th January 1964 a t Felixstowe, Pte. D . C oleyshaw to H ilary Judith Diggle.

DeathsA N D R EW .— In Jan u ary 1964, Colonel R . H.

Andrew, C.B.E., M.C., late the Suffolk Regim ent.SH EEPSH A N K S.— On 1st F ebruary 1964 a t

W oking, Sir T hom as Sheepshanks, K.C.B., K.B.E., aged 69 years, late the N orfo lk and Suffolk Regiments.

C A M PB ELL.— On 3rd February 1964 at C olchester H ospital, M ajor General J. A. Cam pbell, D.S.O., aged 77 years, late the Suffolk Regiment.

A L D R ID G E .—On 16th February 1964 a t W est N orw ich Hospital, R.S.M . Charles Aldridge, D.C.M ., aged 82 years, late the N orfolk Regim ent.

PEA R SO N .—On 17th F ebruary 1964 a t T h u rston, M ajor E. E. Pearson, aged 83 years, late the Suffolk Regiment.

W Y T C H E R LE Y .—On 24th February 1964 a t Sheffield, W. W ytcherley, late the Suffolk Regiment.

NEW BY.—On 26th February 1964 a t Hales- w orth , P. Newby, aged 75 years, late the Suffolk R egim ent.

PA G E T .—On 27th February 1964 a t his hom e, L t. Col. G . N. Paget, aged 73 years, late the N orfolk Regim ent.

JA M ES.—On 11th M arch 1964 at the R oyal H ospital, Chelsea, C /S g t. F. E. James, aged 78 years, late the N orfolk Regiment.

W ILSO N .—On 16th M arch 1964 a t G rea t Horkesley, Lt. Col. F. T . D. Wilson, O.B.E., aged 87 years, late the Suffolk Regiment.K IN G .—O n 23rd M arch 1964 a t N orth Middlesex H ospital, T . E. K ing, aged 90 years, late the N orfolk Regim ent.

N IC H O L S O N —On 5th April 1964 in a Nursing H om e, Colonel W. N . N icholson, C .M .G ., D.S.O., late the Suffolk Regiment.

D A W ES.—On 8th April 1964 a t Hastings, Sussex, D. C. S. Dawes, late the Suffolk Regiment.

BARCLAY.—On 12th April 1964 as a result o f an accident a t M ukeiras, Aden, 2 /L t. R. P. Barclay, 1st Bn., 1st East Anglian Regiment.

OBITUARYSir Thomas Sheepshanks

Sir Thom as Sheepshanks who has died aged 69, was Perm anent Secretary a t the M inistry o f Housing and Local G overnm ent for four years before his retirem ent in 1955. He had had a long and d istin guished career in the Civil Service since 1919.

Educated a t W inchester and T rinity College, O xford , he joined the N orfolk Regim ent in 1914 and la te r served in France with the Suffolk Regiment. H e re tired from the Arm y with the rank of captain in 1919 and entered the Civil Service.

In 1951 when the M inistry o f Housing and Local G overnm ent took over the functions o f the M inistry o f Town and C ountry Planning Sir T hom as becam e Perm anent Secretary. His principal post-war w ork was on tow n and country planning and new towns.

Sir Thom as who m arried Elizabeth Creem er C a lvert, daughter o f the late James C alvert in 1921, h ad tw o sons, one of whom was killed in action in 1943, and a daughter, who died in 1958.

Major-General J. A. Campbell, D.S.O.M ajor-G eneral Jam es Alexander Campbell died

a t C olchester M ilitary Hospital on February 3rd a fte r a long period o f illness, a t the age of 77. K now n regim entally as "Jack” he was a distinguished soldier and m uch liked by all ranks o f T he Suffolk Regim ent.

Jack Cam pbell was gazetted to The Suffolk R egim ent from Sandhurst in the autum n of 1906 and a fte r service with the 1st Battalion in the M iddle East he w ent to Flanders with them in 1915 and was w ounded a lm ost a t once. Re-joining later the same year he becam e A djutant and accom panied the Battalion to

M acedonia. A fter being a Bdc. M ajor and doing a Staff C ourse he com m anded the 9th East Lancashire Regim ent. W hilst leading this Battalion he was aw arded a B ar to the D .S.O . th a t he had gained in 1916, and was w ounded fo r the second time. After the 1914-18 W ar he went to India as A djutant o f the 1st Bn. and in 1920 joined the Staff College, Q uetta. Between 1922 and 1945, Jack C am pbell held a num ber of S ta ll A ppointm ents, with one exception all on the G enera l Staff side. In 1934 he was given com m and o f the N o rth e rn Bde., K .A .R . and was prom oted C olonel an d la te r B rigadier. It greatly grieved him th a t he th u s never com m anded one of the Battalions o f T h e Suffolk Regim ent.

O n th e o u tb rea k of th e Second W orld W ar he re tu rned to the U .K . and a f te r com m anding Brigades fo r 2 years took over the South H ighland A rea and then the L ancash ire & B o rder D istrict as a M ajor- G eneral. H e re tired in June 1944 and settled in Suffo lk .

Jack C am pbell had tw o great interests— soldiering and horses. D ecora ted fo r bravery and m entioned in D espatches, he h ad a m arked influence upon younger officers; he no t only looked a soldier but showed keeness and efficiency in a ll he did. His love of horses was m ost m arked and he was ever ready to help and encourage those who w ere keen to learn. T o the last years o f his life he never failed to support all Suffolk R egim ent activities, and the Regim ent m eant very m uch to h im . H is o ld friends o f all ranks will m iss him sadly.

M ajo r-G en era l C am pbell m arried Violet Cal- th ro p the au tho ress , in 1920. O ne son was killed during the w ar w hilst serving in the R .A .F . H is su rviving son, G o rd o n , gained the M.C. fo r gallantry in Ju rii 1944 w hilst com m anding a Battery, R.A. B adly w ounded he was invalided out and after serving in the Foreign Office, is now a M .P. and U ndersec re ta ry o f S ta te fo r Scotland. W e extend our symp a th y to Jack C am pbell's w idow and to his son.

A note o f a coincidence connected with G eneral C am pbell and M ajo r G ordon Campbell appears elsew here in this issue.

C olonel W . N . N icholson, C.M .G., D.S.O.C olonel N icholson w as com m issioned into T he

.Suffolk R egim ent in 1900 and served jn the South A frican W ar fro m 1900-02.

H e passed o u t o f the S taff College, C am berley in 1912.

D uring the G re a t W ar 1914-18 he held num erous staff ap p o in tm en ts and was g ran ted the rank of Brevet L ieut. C olonel.

H e was aw arded the C .M .G ., D.S.O. and m entioned in d ispatches on seven occasions.

In 1927 he com m anded th e 1st Battalion. H e was a m ost sk ilfu l a d m in istra to r having held num erous adm in istra tive appoin tm en ts since the beginning of the first W orld W ar. His ta len ts were by no means confincd to ad m in istra tion . As a teacher o f tactics he soon show ed th a t in this sphere too he was m uch above the average. As a re su lt of his ability he soon had the B atta lion in first ra te shape from every po in t of view.

He was very a p p ro ach ab le a t all tim es and his k indly help and advice on a n y subject was well worth having.

His final appointm ent was A .Q .M .G ., N orthern Com m and, India, where he m ade a g rea t success of their m obilization planning.

In 1933 he retired fo r age. He cam e into the Army through the Varsity where he had read Maths, H e was therefore o lder than one w ho cam e from Sandhurst. H ad it no t been fo r age, there is no doubt that he would have risen to a very m uch h igher rank in the Army.

Colonel N icholson was appoin ted C o lonel of the Regim ent from 1939 to 1947.

The Regim ent is indebted to C o lonel N icholson fo r his excellent account o f the H isto ry o f The Suffolk Regiment 1928-1946.

He leaves a widow and two m arried daughters, Sally and Susan, to whom we extend o u r deepest sym pathy.

L t-C ol. F. T. D. Wilson, O.B.E.Lt.-Col. W ilson was com m issioned in T h e Suffolk

Regim ent in 1896 and served in the S o u th A frican W ar 1899-1902.

He took pa rt in the a ttack a t C olesberg and was present a t the taking o f P retoria .

In the G reat W ar 1914-18 he was tak en prisoner a t the Battle of Le C ateau.

In 1920 he com m anded the 1st B a tta lio n who took part in the M oplah Rebellion in 1921-22.

Colonel W ilson had an eye fo r all b a ll games and took an active p a rt in Cricket, H ockey and Tennis and soon had a B attalion th a t was second to none in these and o ther sports. He played fo r th e Army versus the Navy at Lords in 1910, 1911, 1914 and 1920.

U nder his leadership the B attalion so o n settled down to be a happy fam ily and fit fo r an y em ergency.

H e retired in 1924 having com pleted his period in comm and.

Colonel W ilson leaves a widow and a son, John, to whom we extend our deepest sym pathy.

Lt. Col. G. N . PagetGeorge N orrie Paget, second son o f S ir John

Paget, Bt. K .C., was born a t Chelsea in 1890 and educated a t W ellington College. He w as com m issioned into the N orfolk Regim ent from the Special Reserve in 1913 and joined the 1st Bn. in Ire land . H e left Belfast w ith the Battalion fo r active service in F rance on 14th August 1914 and was w ounded an d m ade a prisoner of war a t the Battle o f M ons ten days later. On release from captivity he joined the 2nd Bn. a t T hetford and w ent to India, He saw fu r th e r active service in W azirstan before being posted to th e R egim ental D epot. Prom otion to M ajo r cam e in 1932 and he retired in 1935.

On the outbreak o f the Second W orld W ar M ajor Paget was recalled from the R eserve and w as posted to the P ioneer Corps with the rank o f tem p o rary Lt.-Colonel. He was a bachelor.

Major E. E. PearsonM ajor E rnest Edward Pearson died a t his hom e

at T hurston, near Bury St. E dm unds on February 16th a fte r some years of failing health . He was 83.

The only son o f the Reverend E. L. Pearson of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, he was born in August 1880 and was educated a t C harterhouse and E m m anuel College, Cambridge. He left the university in 1401 in order to take a C om m ission in T he Suffolk Regiment, going a t once to join the 1st Battalion tow ards the end of the Boer W ar.

When the war ended he returned to England with the battalion, and after service in M alta, becam e Adjutant of the 6th Bn. which brought him to Bury St. Edmunds. The ou tbreak o f the F irst W orld W ar found Ernest Pearson with the 2nd Bn. a t T he C ur- ragh, and he was captured with the rest o f the B attalion at Le C ateau in August 1914. After 41 years as a P.O.W. he becam e O.C. Depot, and in 1922 he retired. Although this ended his activc career as a soldier he retained a trem endous love fo r The Suffolk Regiment until the end. Living as he did near the Depot, he seldom missed a chance to a ttend fu n ctions where he could meet o ld friends. And he had very many of these, being one o f those quiet, cheerful and kindly people who becam e loved by all with whom they come in contact. One o f the associations he always supported was the local branch of the South African Veterans.

Ernest m arried first, R hona Parker, who died in 1947 and secondly, G w enda, daugh ter o f John R yan of The Black and Tans. G w enda had the sam e love of horses and hunting as her husband. Always a keen horseman, Ernest did m uch in 1948-49 to rebuild the Suffolk Hunt and in 1949 becam e M aster. In 1953 his wife became Jo in t M aster and it is no exaggeration to record that the H unt has never been in better hands. Further, one can guess that E rnest achieved one of his main am bitions. In 1958, M ajor and Mrs. Pearson gave up the M astership, bu t continued to give great support to the H unt.

Ernest Pearson was buried at H orringer and the large number a ttending the Service showed som ething of the respect and affection with which he was held. Besides regimental friends there were m any follow ers of the Hunt and m em bers of the farm ing com m unity; he had farmed at W elnetham for 15 or so years between the two W ars. He is now greatly missed and our sympathy goes to his widow, and also to his sister Evelyn who lived with them . T he Suffolk R egiment has lost one of its best loved officers.

R.S.M. C. Aldridge, D.C.M.Charles Aldridge joined the N orfo lk Regim ent

in 1899 and served with the 2nd Battalion in the South African War. He was prom oted R.S.M . in the sam e battalion during the siege o f K ut-a l-A m ara in 1916 and was awarded the D istinguished C onduct M edal and the French M edaille M ilitaire. A fter a spell as a prisoner of war in Turkey he rejoined the 2nd B attalion at Thetford in 1919 and later saw m ore active service on the N orth-W est F ron tier o f India and in Mesopotamia where he left the R egim ent in 1922 on retirement.

He tried his hand as a publican in a N orfo lk village, but the urge for closer ties with the Arm y led him to the Recruiting Staff in N orw ich w here he served for more than fourteen years. He continued to take a keen interest in R egim ental affairs until his death at the age of 82 years .He bequeathed his eleven decorations and m edals to the R egim ental Museum.

A t his special request the funeral service was held in the R egim ental C hapel, N orw ich C athedral. A bugler sounded “ Last Post” and ‘'Reveille4’ a t the in te rm en t which took p lace in N orw ich Cem etery.

Mr. Aldridge, who had been a w idower for some years, leaves nine children.

EXTRACTS FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

17th January, 1964T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y R O Y A L N O R FO L K

M ajor C. B. G ran t, aw arded the T errito ria l Efficiency D ecoration.

T E R R IT O R IA L AR MY— SU F F O L K A N D C A M B R ID G E S H IR E

C apt. (A M ajor) J. R. L. Brashaw. aw arded the T errito ria l Efficiency D ecoration .

24th January, 1964R E G U L A R A RM YS h o rt Service C om m ission

W O 1 (R .S.M .) J. W. D enny to be Lieut. (Q .M .) 23rd D ecem ber, 1964.

31st January, 1964R E G U L A R A RM Y

C apt. (Q .M .) T . W. C hatting retires on retired pay 1st January , 1964.

4th February, 1964T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y — SU F F O L K A N D

C A M B R ID G E S H IR EC apt. (Q .M .) C . E. Isaacson having exceeded the

age lim it retires on 8th February , 1964.

7th February, 1964R E G U L A R A RM Y

C apt. P. D. L. H onoer to be M ajor 9th February , 1964.

C apt. C. J. N . T rollope retires 12th February , 1964.

25th February, 1964R E G U L A R A RM Y

M ajor (Q .M .) F. J. A lbrow having attained the age lim it ceases to belong to Res. o f Officers 16th Feb ru ary , 1964.

28th February, 1964C O M M A N D S A N D ST A F F

M ajor-G eneral M. A. H. Butler, C.B.. C.B.E., D .S.O., relinquishes his appo in tm en t as G eneral Officer C om m anding 2 Division 4th M arch, 1964.

T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y - R O Y A L N O R FO L KPte. M. P. l.ee-W arner and G n r. P. T. R. Pal-

g rave-M oore to be 2 /1 .ts. (on probation), 16th F ebruary , 1964.

T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y — SU F F O L K A N D C A M B R ID G E S H IR E

M ajor C. C. W ells to be l.t.-Col. 1st August. 1462.

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3rd March, 1964R E G U L A R ARM Y

M ajor J. M. Petit, M .B.E., to be Lt.-Col. (Employed List (1 )) 5th A pril, 1963.

Lieut. I. G . Barclay Loggie from Res. Officers, Cl. 1 and Rhodesia and N yasaland A rm y to Lt., 1st Janary, 1963 with seniority 19th Jan uary , 1960.

17th March, 1964T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y — R O Y A L N O R FO L K

Lt. P. E. G . B artle tt resigns his comm ission 3rd January, 1964.

3rd April, 1964R EG U LA R A RM Y

M ajor A. H. A thill re tires on retired pay 5th April, 1964.

C apt, N- R. Pavitt from G en. L ist (K .A .R .) to be Capt. 8th April, 1964, with seniority 2nd July, 1963.

10th April, 1964R EG U LA R A R M Y

2 /L t. D. A. Voy granted a Short Service C om mission 15th February , 1964.

14th April, 1964R EG U LA R A R M Y

Capt. M. K . D. G un to n to be M ajor 9th F eb ru ary, 1964.

Capt. B. H . G. Mills retires 31st M arch, 1964 and is granted the ho n o ra ry rank o f M ajor.

17th April, 1964C O M M A N D S A N D ST A F F

Brigadier G . R. T urner-C ain , C .B.E., D.S.O., is appointed M ajor-G eneral in C harge of A dm inistration H eadquarters, F a r East Land Forces and is granted the tem porary rank o f M ajor-G eneral 26th M arch. 1964.

24th April. 1964T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y — R O Y A L N O R FO L K

Lt. N. J. Davies from R es. o f Officers to be L t. 25th February, 1964 with seniority 9th D ecem ber, 1960.

Lt. V. C. R ayw ood from Active List to be Lt. 3rd M arch, 1964.

8th May, 1964T E R R IT O R IA L A R M Y — R O Y A L N O R FO L K

C apt. A. J. Sinton from Active L ist to be C apt. 2nd M arch, 1964.

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By the 26th Jan u ary , 1964, the m ove of the m ain b od y o f the B attalion from Felixstow e to Aden had been com pleted. D u e to th e o p era tio n a l requirem ents in the M iddle E ast a t th e tim e, th e original flight p lan had to be am ended m an y tim es as the move was accelera ted . F o r som e days in Ja n u a ry it seemed that w e had extended o u r am alg am atio n once again to include the KOSB, and W ate rlo o B arracks was filled to capacity . On 1st F eb ru ary th e B attalion took over th e in te rn al security o p era tio n a l ro le for the State of A den and th a t ro le has been o u r p rim ary task ever since. D uring an acclim atisa tion period in January an d F eb ru ary we w ere fu lly dep loyed and exercised in o u r I.S. role m an y tim es includ ing the m ovem ent o f P la to o n s in Belvedere helicop ters. I t was a full and active life quite new to a good m an y soldiers in the B atta lion . D uring th is period we w ere visited by the C -in-C , L t. G en. Sir C harles H arin g to n , K.C.B., C.B.E., D .S.O ., M .C ., the G .O .C . M iddle E as t Land Forces, M aj. G en . J. H. C u b b o n , C .B ., C .B.E., and m any visiting officers fro m E ng land includ ing the A djutant G en era l an d the Q u a rte rm as te r G enera l.

E arly in M arch , 1964, “ A ” C om pany moved fro m A den to M ukeiras leaving B n. H.Q. and four C om pan ies in W aterloo B arracks. A t this stage we considered ourselves to be co m p e ten t in ou r I.S. R ole, a n d had carried o u t two C o rd o n a n d Search op era tio n s w ith th e A den A rm ed Police. So we began to tra in fu rth e r afield in the W estern Aden Protectorate (W A P). T h e train ing areas o f the W A P are large areas o f rugged volcano hills rising o u t o f a sea of sand, pain ting a very v ast and s ta rk panoram a.

O ur soldiers, tied by o p era tio n a l necessity to A den fo r I.S. du ties, have th o ro u g h ly enjoyed the b reak p rov ided b y their tra in in g exercises in to the W A P w here we hav e carried o u t som e useful tra in ing with 45 C om m ando R o y a l M arines and with the 16 /5 Lancers.

E arly in April d issident tribesm en activity in the R ad fan a rea (N o rth ern W A P a re a adjoining the Y em eni B order) began to m erge w ith dissident activity being d irec ted tow ards th e im p o rta n t A den-D hala road .

W ater supplies arriving fo r 1st B attalion. W ith peak tem peratures of about 130 degrees F ahrenheit the w a te r issued to the troops is about as warm as bath water.

As a result we were alerted to take pa rt in o p eratio n s a n d "A " C om pany were o rdered to move dow n from M ukerias to A den by air on 16th April in o rd e r to co n cen tra te the B attalion in Aden whilst th e p relim inary operationa l m ove was taking place. T h e B atta lion w as also p rep arin g fo r the Q ueen’s B irthday Parade. T h e C om m anding Officer com m anded the p a rad e , com prising R oyal Navy, R oyal M arines, 1 E. A nglian and the R oyal A ir Force guards a n d m obile d e tach m en ts of th e R oyal H orse A rtillery a n d th e R o y a l T an k R egim ent. T he success o f the p a rad e was due to a first class piece o f jo in t service co -opera tion and a tactful A dju tan t. Im m ediately fo llow ing the Q ueen’s B irthday Parade “ B ” C om pany m oved n o rth to the opera tio n a l base a t T hum ier some 30 m iles sou th o f D hala, a n d p reparation began to d ep lo y the B atta lion for th e operations against the R ad fan tribes. W e were m ade responsible for the T h u m ie r-D h a la ro a d to see th a t it was kept open to b o th civilian an d m ilitary traffic. On Sunday, 26th A pril, the C om m and ing Officer was called up to the T h u m ie r base by th e Brigade C om m ander to take ch arg e o f th e T h u m ie r base and the T hum ier-D hala road.

O n T uesday , 25th , “C ” C om pany m oved u p to the T h u m ie r base w ith the rem ainder o f Bn. T ac HQ. O n W ednesday, 29 th , the B atta lion w as given the task o f clearing th e W adi R anw a so th a t th e guns o f the R oyal H orse A rtille ry cou ld be m oved nearer the rebels. T o carry o u t this ta sk No. 6 P latoon under

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2 /L t. Long was used supported by a Squadron o f Arm oured C ars and Saladins from the 4th R oyal T ank Regt.

W hen they had proceeded half-w ay up the W adi they cam e across a road block m ade up of boulders which m ust have been placed there th e night before as two nights previous a patrol had reported the W adi clear. As it was suspected th a t the road block was m ined or booby trapped considerable care was taken. D uring this period the troops were being continually sniped at, from a distance of 600 to a 1000 yards, but because of years o f practice in this type o f life and w arfare the rebels could no t be located. During this action 2 /L t. Long was hit and had to be evacuated to Aden. He is now progressing well in the R .A .F . h ospital there.

Eventually the block was blasted aw ay and the force proceeded to m ake a position for the guns, where they rem ained for 24 hours under constant sniper fire until recalled to base cam p. T he M ortar Platoon was also used during this action.

“C” Coy. were used to p icquet the Thum ier- D hala road and on the night of 1st M ay a dissident tribesm an walked into a night am bush and was wounded. The next day blood trails were followed up but no body was found. D uring the weekend 2 n d /3 rd M ay "A ” C oy. was m oved u p and the whole B attalion concentrated a t T hum ier ready to take over from the R oyal M arine C om m ando on the high ground to the East. A t the sam e tim e 1st Bn. The

King's Own Scottish Borderers arrived in Aden once again to take over the In terna l Security Role. Little did they realise as we said “goodbye’’ to them five m onths earlier th a t they w ould be back so quickly.

As we go to press M r. Sandys has just visited us and 39 Infan try Brigade have taken over the running of the operation. T he B attalion is still picqueting the hills and all is fairly static except fo r the Recce P latoon com m anded by C ap ta in H orrex who have been lifted in to W adi T aym by Belvedere helicopters. T he tem perature is a ro u n d 110 m ark , and w ater is rationed to two gallons per m an per day. All the re-supply is being done by Belvederes which run continuous sorties to keep the troops supplied with rations, w ater and am m unition.

OFFICERS’ MESS O ur Officers’ Mess in A den was bu ilt som e four

years ago and consists o f th ree blocks, two fo r accom m odation and one fo r the an te room , dining room , etc. All the officers’ room s a re air conditioned, and the public room s have plenty o f fans and look ou t on to a patio . W e were very thankfu l to take over from the K ing’s Own Scottish Borders a fine garden which includes an aviary w ith a large num ber o f birds and two giant tortoises. T o see greenery in Aden is a great delight and we are very grateful to the KOSB fo r handing over such a good garden.

Since we have arrived we have said “goodbye" to Paddy Ford who has m oved up the road to the Federal R epublican A rm y and Bill Peat who has moved up to the T rucial O m an Scouts. We congratulate bo th on passing their A rab ic language exams. We welcome to the Mess D avis V oy who has joined us from M ons OCS.

W e would like to send o u r deepest sym pathy to Brigadier and M rs. B arclay on the death o f R obin Barclay. R obin was a very p o p u lar m em ber o f the Mess and was quickly m aking a nam e for him self in his p latoon and C om pany.

We have had a num ber o f functions since we have been in Aden including two dances held on the m ain patio with dancing to the steel drum s, and roulette has also becom e a very p o p u lar pastim e. O ur professional croupier Ingleby Jefferson now m akes such a nam e fo r him self th a t he is in dem and from a num ber o f sources.

SER G EANTS’ MESS A fter m uch packing, weighing and repacking, the

Mess finally go t to Aden, only to find vast num bers o f Scotsmen still there. A few ra th e r cram ped nights were spent on cam p beds in every available spot, and then away w ent the Scotsm en and we were able to get down to putting the M ess shipshape again.

This was achieved by m uch hard work on the pa rt o f CSM “P addy” C onboy and his very willing helpers, and by the use o f vast quantities o f paint, bu t the result was very gratifying. On the social side the Mess held a cocktail party and dance as a form al opening night which was a g reat success (them there old cocktails sure do have a kick). T he Mess owes m uch to CSM “T ed ” H olden and his com m ittee for the great am ount o f praise received from outside units on this event. M any o f the Mess m em bers have spent periods in the desert o r a t M ukeiras and CSM “T om ” Bullock has a real red “ko n k " to prove it.

We congratulate Sgts. K elly and Laver on their prom otion to C olour Sergeant, m ay they have m any years o f “fiddling” , and also the following on their joining the M ess: Sgts. F letcher, Hansley, W atson, Lines and Cocksedge.

W e m ust m ention a period when it was difficult to tell w hether the Mess belonged to the 1st East A nglian Regt. or the R oyal Navy, there were so m any sailors about. They were Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officers of H .M .S. Llandaff with whom the M ess spent some very happy hours. A visit was arranged to the ship and from the state o f a certain old file who cam e back a very good night was had by all.

A t the m om ent we are preparing for a second event, the Llandaff is back in p o rt again.

“A" COM PANY C om pany C om m ander: M ajor W. C. Deller C .S.M .: W .O. 11 Bullock C .Q .M .S.: C /Sgt. M arjoram

Since we last wrote m uch w ater has passed under the bridge and it is difficult to rem em ber w hat life a t Felixstow e was like. D oubtless elsewhere in this issue will be full details o f the Battalion move to Aden and so we will not talk ab o u t it here bu t will try to bring all past m em bers o f the Com pany up to date on ou r recent activities.

Before going any further, we m ust com m ent on the tragic death o f 2 /L t. Barclay in a climbing accid en t a t M ukeiras on 12th April. In the nine month's he had been in the Com pany, R obin Barclay had becom e a well-liked and respected m em ber of the C om pany, and was a fine leader o f No. 1 Platoon. H is loss is felt deeply here in “A " Com pany.

O n arrival in Aden we expected to leave alm ost a t once fo r the only up-country station of Mukeira*. However, this did no t occur and we rem ained in Aden fo r some five weeks while the lo ca l security tem perature subsided to a level that perm itted the rest o f the Battalion to cope w ithout us. D uring this time we lea rn t to swing a pretty police b a to n —soldiers o f the sixties seems rem arkably like the soldier o f the fifties to those o f us who were in C yprus—did some guards, and actually took p a rt in one real I.S. operation with the local police.

M arch 2nd saw us released from Aden and we set ou t fo r M ukeiras by road. The first thirty miles o r so were very pleasant driving along the beach on hard packed sand with the white-capped waves and squaw king gulls to keep us com pany, lt seemed a picnic. T hen we turned inland through Z ingibar and a long an inland route to avoid a bad patch of beach. Q uite w hat it was we were missing we prefer no t to im agine as ou r taste o f the corrugated up country roads and tracks axle deep in dust resulting in choking clouds of dust and bellied land rovers, told us we were definitely “up country” ! After about an h o u r o f this we regained the beach, and while waiting fo r the tide to recede so as to allow us to continue the C olour Sergeant produced a welcome brew. A fter ab o u t an hour we set off along the beach again, but this time it was m uch softer going and before long we were towing one of our three-tonners. Despite this we were all a t Shucra by one in the afternoon, having covered some sixty miles in six and a ha lf hours.

A t Shuqra we turned in land and began the clim b up the Lodar plain via the Irgub Pass. T his track climbs up through a tum bler mass o f lava rocks by a series of hairp in bends to a height o f 2,500 ft. aBove sea level. W hen we set out, we hoped to reach L o d ar th a t night, bu t due to one vehicle being on tow and the others feeling the altitude, it was 4 p.m . before we arrived up on the plain. H opes o f reaching L o d ar that night were finally dashed when one o f

T h e T h irra Pass

the th rce-tonners b roke a fro n t spring. W e therefore Icagered fo r the n igh t in th e best "G eneral C uster” trad itio n . L t. H aw kins and 3 P latoon patrolled the su rro u n d in g a rea to ensure our security, whilst Cpl. D ay and his section spent the night in a picquet position high up on the only “ jeb e l" th a t overlooked our cam p.

T h e next m o rn in g M arch 3rd we set off once m ore tow ing o u r vehicle casualties, and after an uneventful b u t very dusty drive, a rrived a t the foo t o f the T h ir ra Pass a t a b o u t 10 a.m . W e had seen pictures of this pass bu t to see it w inding its way lip the Audhali e scarpm en t fo r 4,000 ft. qu ietened even those who hadbeen longing to get ou t of th e — — truck in t h i s ------dust. A t a b o u t 1015 the p la toons set off fo r their clim b and , despite the h e a t of th e day, the 4,000 ft. climb and the 55 h a irp in bends, a rriv ed a t the top in reasonab le o rder ab o u t th ree h o u rs later. Pte. M eakins and C resser will, we feel, rem em ber their clim b fo r a long tim e and we a ll learn t th e value of sa lt and water d iscipline. G e ttin g the vehicles up was a different sto ry . This took n early four hours. T hree-tonners have to reverse and ang le them selves a t all the corners w ith a cliff face on one side and a sheer d rop on the o th e r. O th er com plications were A rab vehicles w histling dow n the pass with a blind trust in A llah and ab so lu te d isregard fo r o th e r traffic, and a com plete

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lack of brakes, wheezing petrol pu m p s and fuel locks caused by the tem perature and th e vehicles overheating on the climb. Sergeant K ing, w ho because of a twisted knee came up on a th ree -to n n er carrying am m unition, arrived looking like a ghost and saying "N ext time I'll climb up on my h an d s and knees before I'll ride” . M ention should be m ade here of C olour-Sergeant M arjoram 's effect o n vehicles. Despite frequent transfers between vehicles, different vehicles carrying him experienced w a te r leaks, broken springs, broken petrol pum ps (twice), fuel starvation after a halt and a tyre blow-out. W h a t a j in x ! Having successfully arrived at M ukeiras. w c settled in at the airfield cam p where we were very well m aintained by the R A F, gripped our advance p a rty w hich we had not seen since before Xm as (L /C p l. W ade 's haircut particu larly exciting the CSM ) a n d began to train —Annual range course, on rifle. L M G , Field Firing. Picquetting, H angar building, h e lico p te r delivery via the rope to m ountain tops, patro ls, P E tests and so on. We were visited by the C.O. tw ice and by the Brigadier once and as they b o th seem ed satisfield we assume that we are achieving som eth ing even if it is only the com plete destruction o f a ll ou r boots and most o f our K D .

Despite all this we’ve still fo u n d tim e to explore the local wadis which are surprisingly green an d fertile with lettuce and tom atoes growing betw een fields of barley and clum ps o f peach trees. W e ’ve also visited the Souk in M ukeiras which, on T u esd ay , is a most colourful sight— rather like C am b rid g e on a M onday, as M ajor D ellar was heard to m en tio n —and have at last found a football team we can b eat— M ukeiras United. How ever, why a soldier in soccer b o o ts in a collision with an A rab in bare feet gets bruised shins while the A rab is unhurst will a lw ays rem ain a mystery to us.

T om bola was a great activity a t M ukeiras. Pte. Devonshire is alleged to have never draw n any pay after his first lot of winnings and th e Sgts. M ess Syndicate seemed to do very well. P e rhaps this was because the CSM was the caller. P te. Coggles also did very well until he failed to d u c k w hilst leaving the cam p one m orning in a 3 -to n n er and found the barrier dow n and harder than he th o u g h t!

O ther aids to am usem ent a t M u k e iras were two Russian type grenades being th row n in to the cam p fortunately the throw er h adn’t been to a Small Arms School to learn how to rem ove th e pin a n d some twenty rounds o r so being fired in to the cam p one evening. This, we were told, is a fa irly traditional A rabian pastim e. However, L /C p l. D avies d id n ’t see it this way and had a very u n trad itio n a l fu rn itu re layou t in his ten t a fte r the grenade incident.

We are now back in Aden com bin ing all sorts of activities to allow the rest o f the B atta lion to go and see som ething of the W estern A den P ro tecto rate . We hope th a t they enjoy it.

Since arriving in Aden we have said goodbye to Sgt. Cocksedge who left us fo r “C ” C o m pany on his prom otion to Sgt. C ongratu la tions o n the prom oting, anyway; also to Cpl. H arm an (C), P te . W hitem an (B). Ptes. H udson, M urrels, N e ttle ingham (M T ), Pte. Bloomfield (SP>, Kent. Lewis, G u y m e r (M ortars). We wish them all the best in th e ir new surroundings. We also welcom e Ptes. C ornw all. G riggs, R edm ile, Johnson, R ichardson and Spooner, all fresh fro m “C ” C om pany.

A Belvedere helicopter lifting R econnaissance Platoon vehicles into the W adi Taym.

“B” CO M PA NYC om pany C om m ander: M ajor F. R. Fleming C .S.M .: W .O. 11 H olden C.Q.M .S.: C /Sgt. Kelly

Since the last notes the C om pany finds itself in an entirely new environm ent. W e left a m urky and dam p England and on arrival in W aterloo Barracks plunged into a welter of I.S. Drills and “arrival adm inistration” . W e had only a few casualties from sunburn, the sufferers claim ing th a t this was sustained while doing guard m ounting practice in “ bare buff’-.

W e have carried ou t several exercises and m inor operations with and w ithout the battalion . On one night o f road blocks 7 P latoon was successful in finding 18 rounds o f 7.62 am m unition . T hey also held up a camel train for a considerable length of time. The C om pany also took p a rt in the M aa’lla cordon and search operation. We went o u t on a som ewhat ill- fated three days’ desert fam iliarization exercise where our trail was m arked by broken or bogged down vehicles including the w ater cart whose rad ia to r blew up in the training area. H ow ever, the su rf is excellent down there so a good time was had by all until Sgt. Sharpe fished ou t a young shark. 5 and 7 Platoons were next called upon to act as enem y for 45 Royal M arine Com m ando in training areas B and C and the Little Aden A rea. T he exercises lasted 3 days and we enjoyed ourselves a lot. O ur sym pathy was extended to troop after troop and very hot and tired M arines doing attacks over loose sand and high jebel. A cer

tain Platoon Com m ander also got in some practice with his verey pistol a t aerial targets.

P latoons are now equipped with G PM G although in the initial stages of training it was the case of one harrassed subaltern instructing the whole Company- on the gun. Sgts. Sharpe and Jones are now our experts having completed a cadre under the eagle eyes o f a SASC team from Hythe.

W e congratulate Sgt. Kelly on his prom otion and wish him good luck in his new job with "C ” C om pany. We welcome Sgt. Jones to 7 Platoon in his stead. We also congratulate Cpl. G oodrum , L /C pls. Sm ith and Slinn on their prom otions. Together with “C ” Com pany we found the Arm y G uard on the Q ueen 's Birthday Parade and although this m eant rising even earlier than usual the parade was m ost interesting. It included guards from the Army, N avy and Royal A ir Force and Royal Marines. A very colourfu l parade rounded otf by our down-town activities and the C om pany’s move next day up country . T he next notes will give details of this exciting period.

HEADQUARTER COM PANYCom pany C om m ander: M ajor K. C. G . LywoodC .S.M .: W.O. II HollandC .Q .M .S.: C /S g t. SennettThe Coy. was returning from leave in dribs and

drabs, m ost of the packing had been done and everyone knew when were due to fly to Aden. We should have known it was all too good to be true. The W ar

Office suddenly dccided it would be n iter if the Regiment could arrive in Aden a few days earlier than expected. Chaos followed, but by the end of January most of us reached Aden one way or another, only to find that the barracks was literally overflowing thank to the W ar Office and their brainwave. Quite a large num ber of the Com pany spent their first few nights in Aden on camp beds in the gymnasium. Luckily the weather was relatively cool but nevertheless a sigh of relief was heaved when we moved into our perm anent accom m odation as the KOSB thinned out. We have one complete barrack block and bits of the other three. There is no doubt about it, we are quite really well off. Only four to a room and most corporals have their own bunks. Each room has a ceiling fan and an air conditioner (which sometimes works).

During February and early M arch we settled down and gradually got used to the tropical “ working day” , 7 a.m.— 12-30 p.m. This acclim atisation period was made m uch easier because we arrived in the middle of Aden winter—glorious weather, quite hot but not unpleasantly so, and with very little hum idity. T he administrative machine, which comprises a large part of the Com pany, is now working sm oothly but we still have not accepted entirely the ’Aden factor". In plain English this means th a t tom orrow here means any time in the next