THE HAW K Regimental Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars

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AFFILIATION S 2nd Bn ., 6th Q .E .O. Gurkha Rifle s The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanr y

ALLIED REGIMENTS The Canadian Arm y The 14th Canadian Hussar s

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New Zealand Military Force s Queen Alexandra's Regiment - R.N .Z.A .C .

Editor : Major M . A . Urban-Smith, M .C. (Rat.) Trooping of the Guido n Queen's Birthday Parade, Benghazi . June, 1963 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 3 Forewor d

By Lieut .-Colonel G. A. L. C. Talbot

INTRODUCTIO N cise " Triplex West " between October 1 This, alas, is my last foreword for TH E and 11, 1963 . Here we acted as an armoured HAWK for, in July 1964 1 hand over comman d car screen to an infantry Brigade for three of the Regiment into the capable and popula r days and then changed sides, becoming enem y hands of Major S. R. M . Frazer. As always , for the next three days. Others with whom we much has happened since April of last year , have exercised have been Battalions fro m but this time I thought 1 would not writ e Malta and Cyprus, the Royal Military this foreword as a chronological account , Academy, Sandhurst, the Royal Navy an d but rather tell you what has happened in the Royal Marines, and the Royal Air Force . approved military fashion, under various Perhaps one of our more unusual trainin g headings . Sport, which indeed plays a grea t activities occurred in August, when a part y part in our lives in Libya, I shall leave ou t of 14 soldiers from 1st Recce Squadron of entirely, because it is well dealt with else - the Nigerian Army was attached to us . where, but other events 1 will mention , These excellent N .C.O.s and men were trained albeit in outline, so that you will have som e in Saladin D . & M. and Gunnery by us before idea of our varied existence . going on to Bovington and Lulworth, to learn to become instructors . Finally, just MOVE OF SQUADRON S before Christmas " C " Squadron had thei r As most will know, the whole Regiment , airportable exercise, " Top Hat ", in Argosie s less " B " Squadron, is in Benghazi with down to El Adem . " B " Squadron in Tripoli . So that as man y as possible should see as much as possibl e EXPEDITION S of Libya and to vary training areas, 1 Libya, as some will know, is a superb plac e was endeavouring to switch "A" and "B " for running expeditions—or "Adventure Squadrons in the late spring or early summer . Training " as it is officially described—and This is tough on " C " and " H .Q." Squad- 1 think, as a Regiment, we have taken ful l rons, but I am obliged to leave the airportabl e advantage of this. Expeditions into th e Squadron in Benghazi and, of course, wit h desert of under 600 miles are hardly wort h the bulk of the Regiment being there, " H .Q . " mentioning, even though one member of a Squadron has to be there too . I have now party to the Kufra Oasis (600 miles) did hav e heard that the Under Secretary of State fo r a pretty warm time of it by diving into a ho t War has approved the interchange of "A" spring. During 1963 we launched two major and "B" Squadrons . This will take place trips—one to the Uweinat Hills (1000 miles ) during the period 17-23 August . Men, vehicle s on the Libyan/Egyptian/Soudanese Borders , and equipment are to move by LST and th e and the other to Lagos in Nigeria (over families by air . 3,000 miles) . Both were of great value ; th e experience gained on the first being in- TRAININ G valuable in the organisation of the second . This has taken much the same course a s And very great credit devolves on Lt . when we were in Libya last . The early part D. V. F. Chappell for organising and com- of the year, when the weather is liable to b e manding both these ventures . I will make n o unreliable, being devoted to individual train- comment on them other than to draw you r ing, including a gunnery camp, and th e attention to the following facts concernin g summer being used for Squadron camp s the trip to Lagos ; it was a round trip of 6,200 either by the sea—when business and pleasur e miles ; two of the four vehicles taken, had can be admirably mixed—or exercises and previously been condemned as beyond eco- treks in the training areas around Tripoli o r nomic repair ; the oldest member of the party between Benghazi and Tobruk. We had a was 26 ; no expedition had taken their parti- number of regimental exercises, the most cular route since the war, and it is not know n important and most interesting being Exer- when it was last used .

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PUBLIC RELATION S the Guidon presented to us in June 1961 by During 1963 we have had several visit s Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templer . from the Lancashire Press . After a visit b y the Northern Daily Mail in October 1962, HONOURS AND AWARDS the Deputy Editor of the Oldham Chronicle, This has been a bumper year for member s Mr. Gordon Maxwell, came out in February of the Regiment who gained the followin g 1963 . He was followed by Mr. James Hogg, awards : of the Bolton Evening News in March . Our B.E.M. for gallantry : 23923263 Tpr. M . E. last visit was from the Manchester Evening Downs . News, in the shape of Mr. Trevor Bates and M.V.O. (New Year 1964) : Major P. C . Mr. Clive Cooksey, in December, and our Clarke . next is from the Bolton Evening News agai n O.B.E. (New Year 1964) : Lieutenant- in March. Mr. Bates wrote six excellen t Colonel B. C. L. Tayleur and Lieutenant- feature articles which were admirably illus- Colonel R. M . Roberts . trated by Mr. Cooksey's photographs. Al l M .B.E . (New Year 1964) : Major G . R. D . these visits covered every aspect of Regi- Beart . mental life, and they are most welcome . I OPERATION S think it true to say that we get a good pres s Obviously, " C " Squadron's operations in Lancashire, one which is strictly fair an d in Cyprus must be the highlight of the year . honest. Lastly, though perhaps I should no t With support from "A" and "H .Q." Squad- include this under Public Relations, we were rons, they started to move from Benghaz i visited in December by six M .P.s : Sir Frank early on the morning of December 27, an d Markham, M.P., Mr. Harold Davies, M .P., of were plunged straight into patrol work . They the Parliamentary Estimates Committee, and returned at the beginning of February . I Lt.-Col. R. H. Turton, m.c ., M .P., Dr . A . D. D . had the good fortune to visit the Squadro n Broughton, M .P., Colonel C. G. Lancaster, just before they came back, and it was cheer- M .P., and Mr . J. T. Price, M .P . ing to hear the pleasant things said about them. Perhaps 1 will be forgiven if I quot e RECRUITIN G (without permission) from a letter written by This has not been a good year for the General Young to the Squadron Leader afte r Army as a whole, and we have taken in the Squadron had returned to Benghazi : nothing like the numbers we did in 1962 . " I would like to congratulate you and you r Even so, we have kept pace with wastage , Squadron for the splendid work they hav e our total cap badge strength on December 31 , carried out during the five weeks that they 1963 being 549, though this has now rise n have been under my command . You came to 561, making us the second strongest quickly to our assistance at a time when w e Regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps . were very hard pressed for troops, and yo u (Figure on December 31, 1962, was 556 . ) have operated throughout with an efficiency During 1963 Army policy on recruiting seems which has impressed everyone and not leas t to have taken a complete somersault. At the myself. Your presence has been invaluable beginning of the year there was no question and I am extremely sorry that your Squadro n of our being allowed to replace our specia l has left my command " . recruiter in Preston when his tour finished . However, in about June or July I was begge d VALE to send someone to Preston, and this I have It is an anti-climax to add anything afte r now done, though, in fact, he has gone to the preceding paragraph, but good-bye s Blackpool, where I hope he will get bette r must come at the end. It is difficult to say results. Anyway, the Regiment is still ove r what one feels without resorting to cliche s strength, and the praise for this lies at th e and becoming sentimental. Still, primarily, door of Major Urban-Smith and his team o f I am sad to go ; greatly honoured and privi- recruiters in Lancashire. leged to have commanded for three wonderfu l years ; deeply grateful to all ranks for th e tremendous support they have given me, and PARADE S utterly confident that the Regiment will ad d We have not had too many of these, th e further laurels to its name under Majo r highlight being the Queen's Birthday Parad e Frazer. Good-bye and all the best of good on June 8, when, for the first time, we trooped wishes to everyone! Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 5 Headquarter Squadron

As forecast in the last Journal, in May Captain Park took over the job of Adjutan t from Captain Pharo-Tomlin, who is now a n instructor at R .M.A. Sandhurst. This was the start of several moves and changes whic h have made their mark on the Squadron during the year. On Captain Park's departure , Captain de Beaujeu, the Regimental Signals Officer, held the fort until the arrival of Major Ross from R .A.C. Records. In June, just after the Queen's Birthday Parade in whic h the " H.Q." Squadron Guard made a great impression, S .S.M. Cundy left for Lulwort h and we were very pleased indeed to welcom e S .S.M. Williams on promotion from " C " Squadron . Also in June we lost our M .T . S .Q.M .S., S.Q.M .S. Baker, who went to Tripoli to look after " B " Squadron, but Sgt . Powell stepped into the gap and is in ful l charge of the usual style of M .T. Troop with a sharply fluctuating number of vehicles an d drivers on the road . In July we had our first Squadron seasid e training camp near Derna. Fifty All Rank s came out for a fortnight and cadres were ru n in driving, radio and desert navigation . In addition, the chance of using some reasonable ranges could not be missed, and so range Lt.-Colonel G . A. L. C . Talbo t classification was carried out . At the end of the camp we had a team rac e Mr. Chappel's urge to roam asserted itsel f to the top of the 1,100 ft . gebel and back . once more and off went R.H.Q. Troop to th e With a quarter of a mile on the flat before mountains, on the borders of Libya, Egypt the climb, the results surprised many . First and the Sudan. A most successful trip and a came the L .A.D. Troop represented by : good work up for some people for the later L/Cpl. Lunny and Cfn. Gordon, Halmsha w trip from Benghazi to Lagos and back ! and Clough ; second, the Sergeants' Mes s During the summer we had the first inter - with: S.S.M . Williams, S/Sgt . Escott, S/Sgt . hut gardening competition . This was in n o Barnes and Sgt . Rumble ; third the Radi o way to encourage work on the gardens, but cadre of: Cpl . Flux and Tprs . Aucott , rather to reward those that had alread y Dickinson, Morris, Dunne, Wild and Riley ; worked so hard. The last couple of days , fourth and last the navigation cadre : Sgt . even so, saw a wealth of activity and the final Clarke, L/Cpls. Redmond and Parkinson , result was quite outstanding ; where there had Cpl. Mitchell, Tprs . Lee, Squires (575) , been nothing but a piece of rocky desert o n Huggins and Cfn . Ridsdale and Oakley . the Regiment's arrival, there appeared a The time of the winning team was 51 minutes . splendid array of flowers and shrubs . The Taking a day off after the climb and the Judges, the Commanding Officer, Mr . Smoker that followed it, we had a swimming Holderness-Roddam, the Regimental Gar - Gala. Unfortunately in the bay where it was den's Officer, and the R .S.M., Mr. Witney , held it was virtually impossible to measur e had a difficult job but finally awarded the distances or make lanes, but even so it was a clock and a prize of beer to the cooks. Led great success and helped to pick some swim- by S/Sgt. Mace, all the cooks, but especiall y mers for the inter-Squadron competitio n L/Cpl. Hughes and Tprs. Dixon, Hardie , later in the year . Challenor, Eardley and Stephenson, reall y At the same time that this was going on, deserved their win, but there were several

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Cpl . Nadin pitting his wits against Tpr. Huggins . Miss Jones, W.V .S., looks on admiringly

Mrs . Bury and Sgt . Bury, who, being a busy man, tapes messages to his many friends instead of writing letters

Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 7 close contenders, M .T. Troop and Band Troop being their closest rivals . In August an attempt to run another cam p on the same lines as the last met with onl y partial success. Though there were n o shortage of volunteers, only 31 All Rank s could eventually be spared, so we had to cu t out desert navigation and rely on radio , driving, bathing and beer drinking to keep u s occupied . Captain Pemberton joined us as Squadro n 2IC from "A" Squadron but due to a bad polo fall could not actively work with th e Squadron until after all the exercises . September saw us with the Strategic Reserve Exercise " Triplex West " loomin g up, so the whole Regiment went out on a work-up called "Gun Runner ." 1t is hardl y fair to say that if we learnt by our mistake s we had an exceedingly successful exercise , but we did in fact learn a lot in all troops , R.H.Q., Air Troop and that composite body , the Echelon . As a result " Triplex West " saw us raring to go with the added incentive of supply by air throughout, a game that w e had not played before. Tpr. Waites came out of the cookhouse to bring in the heli- copters in a most professional style . It wa s doubtful if he could be allowed to return t o Excavating Major Frazer's Byzantine Fort nea r Benghazi (Left to right) Miss Chetwynd Talbot, Major Langdon- Mudge, Tpr . Binns, Tpr . Crossley, Mr . Barrow an d the Colonel cooking after his display of knowledge in hi s civilian trade. The air drop did not go quite so smoothly with parachutes carrying load s of jerrycans falling all over the Echelo n vehicles. Luckily no one was hurt . With the exercise season over we turned our attention to the inevitable Administrative Inspection ; " if only we could go fightin g and get away from these beastly things " wa s the oft heard cry, but our chance of that typ e of life did not come until after Christmas . The Christmas holiday passed in the usua l pale-pink haze with excellent parties bein g run by all troops. The decorations were magnificent, though the premises, at times , rather unusual, as our Squadron Club, th e Diamond Club, was still an idea in our minds . Boxing Day brought the Cyprus flap and within 24 hours we had reinforced " C " Squadron with T .Q.M.S. Bentley, on a Tec h recce ; Cpl. Greenwood, to help in their offic e for a bit ; L/Cpl. Ratcliffe and Tpr. Tonk s Benghazi, 1963 from R.H.Q. Troop to fill the places o f

8 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars crewmen on leave ; Tprs. Stephenson an d Prescott feels rather lonely as he is the onl y Mayes to cook ; L/Cpl. Kent and Sgmn . non-N.C.O. in the Troop . Richardson from Radio Troop ; Cfn. Halm- That we do not begrudge helping to ad- shaw, Roberts and Williams to reinforce minister Air Troop goes without saying, " C " Squadron L .A.D., and Tpr . Jose fro m but the Army, in its wisdom, has given u s Newmarket Troop to run an Officers' Mess . nothing further to administer the Troo p Some of these have now returned bu t with. However, all goes very well and th e P.Q.M.S. Exley went across for just lon g exercises that T.W.A. has been involved i n enough to earn his gong, if they had one ; would rejoice the ear of a seasoned cam- Cpl. Metcalfe is now running the Squadro n paigner. These, however, were NOT good Pay and LCpl. Gee is helping out on Radio . enough for the Troop Leader who alway s longs for something new : it may be the in- One great innovation which deserves fa r troduction of a donkey to the strength of the more space than can be allotted is Teen y Troop by Cpl . Wilcox, the attempted crashin g Weeny Airways, or A .A.C. Section Libya, o r of two highly respected members of the Air Troop 14/20 H. Commanded by Captai n British press, or encouraging local inhabitant s Joynson 16/5L, the Air Troop has thre e to take pot shorts at the aircraft . The Austers with the murmur of some mor e A.A.C. powers that be have been most kind planes of another type to come . The othe r and have provided just the people to over- pilots are S/Sgt. Smithson, A .A .C., who i s come all difficulties : Cpls . Lovell, Ridley and a qualified flying instructor, and Lt . Cornis h Wilcox are adept at taking planes to pieces , our first Regimental pilot. The other mem- Sgt. Bracey and L/Cpl. Blackmore of th e bers of the Regiment in the Troop are Sgt . R.A.O.C. provide the spare parts and Cpls . Preece, Troop Sergeant, and L/Cpl . Rowley , Hughes and Groat, under the guiding hand o f L/Cpl. Downey and Tpr. Prescott, drivers . Sgt. Spencer, try to put them together again .

Royal Tournament, Earl ' s Court, 196 3 (Left to right) : Tpr. Everett, Tpr . Grimshaw, LCpl . Taylor and Sgt . Barber

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Wavell Barracks, Benghaz i

Driven on by Captain Pemberton, M .T . Towards the end of the year we said good- Troop have had the usual gruelling year , bye to Mr. Chappell, who is now preparin g covering thousands of miles with little respite . to try his luck in jumping out of aeroplanes , Although others will no doubt disagree, the and S/Sgt. Timson who has been Troop 3-ton drivers have had the worst of it, i n Sergeant of Radio Troop : in place of the particular, Tprs. Stott, Keogh, Barnes , latter we were glad to welcome Sgt . Kay , Slamon, Ashworth and Gallagher. also of the Royal Signals . A further notabl e Empire building has been closely watche d increase has been Sgt. Layhe who has just to the chagrin of the two Quartermasters . transferred to the Regiment from R .E.M .E. , Tech are, as always, overworked, with th e to be our first Sgt. Carpenter for many years . T.Q.M .S., Sgt. Bury and Sgt. Marshal l The New Year produced two strong thoroughly harassed, but all ranks have taken resolutions ; by the 2IC, Major Frazer, t o the strain well and must be congratulated . make the Regiment fit, and by the Squadro n Captain Boulter (nearly forgot, congratula- to make the Diamond Club a reality. Th e tions to both the Q .M.s on their Captaincies) , first has meant that everyone does half a n has made it abundantly clear that his sight s hours P.T. training per week ; no dodging i s are set on the impending hand-over, in lat e allowed and the sight of the Chief Clerk, S/Sgt . 1965, but even having achieved his immediate Escott, going for a run the first day that thi s object of having a good 60 % of his staff a s started cheered everyone up but showed tha t N.C.O.s, he is not resting on his laurels . there was no escape. On more pleasan t The matrimonial stakes seem to have taken matters, the Club preparations are going wel l the Squadron by storm, but no part has been and by publication date of these notes i t more affected than the Regimental Office . should be absolutely thriving . Realising that Mr . Chappell would be seen No mention has been made to that grea t less and less in the Assistant Adjutant's chair , organisation Newmarket Troop . Newmarke t due to his great propensity for distant roam- Barracks which consists of the Officer's Mess , ing, Captain Park duly installed Mr. Harman stables and Garrison Church, is some fiv e from " C " Squadron . This, however, merel y miles from the Regimental Camp, Wavell increased the difficulties, as no sooner did the Barracks . To simplify administration (that' s Adjutant announce his engagement but hi s what the authorities said), all the groom s Assistant followed suit ! and Mess staff come under " H .Q.' Squadron . c

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H.Q. SQUADRON HOCKEY TEAM (Left to right Back row) : Cpl. Farrell, Captain (Q .M.) Vale, Captain (Adjt .) C . A. Park, Tpr. Chadwick, S .S.M . Williams (captain), Cpl . Weaver Front row : Captain de Beaujeu, S/Sgt. Escott, Cfn . Clough, A .S.M . O'Brien, A .Q .M.S . Springthorpe

This bonus has put the strength of the Another newly presented cup which wa s Squadron up to 15 officers and 236 O.R. s competed for was the inter-Troop footbal l at the time of writing . cup, presented by the Senior Ranks . Thi s The Squadron has had a pretty successfu l was won by the L .A.D. Troop. We now have year in sport, coming second in the Are a two other cups from the latest batch, the inter - Cricket League . Those who represented th e Troop hockey cup from the Corporals an d Squadron were: Major Frazer, Capt d e the athletics cup from the Squadron Leader Beaujeu, S.S.M . Williams, S/Sgt . Escott, Sgt . still to be competed for . Bracey, Cpl. Green, Trumpet-Major Jones , The Area league football and hockey ar e L/Cpl. Hallett, L/Cpl. Ingham, Tpr . Hamblin , still continuing and we staunchly deny tha t Tpr. Squires (575), and Cfn. Bell. Als o the absence of " C " Squadron will make an y there was a terribly successful inter-Troo p difference . Although we fancy our chance s cricket week in September when everybod y in both these sports we feel that we have the had a go and Air Troop/Radio Troop cleared confidence of strength ! The hockey tea m the cup which had just been presented by th e is captained by the Sergeant-Major and, a s Squadron officers. In the end of September can be seen by the following players, it i s was the inter-Squadron swimming competi- pretty difficult for young men to gain a place ! tion. Unfortunately, despite our early The players are : Captain Vale, Captain Park , practice at Derna, our results were not to o Captain de Beaujeu, Lt . Cornish, W.O . 1 good, but the following, led by S .Q.M .S . O'Brien, S .S.M. Williams, P.Q.M .S. Exley , Taylor, tried their best : Sgt . Powell, Cpl . S/Sgt. Escott, Cpl. Farrell, Cpl. Weaver , Green, Cpl. Greenwood, L/Cpls . Dootson, Tpr. Chadwick, Tpr . Huggins and Cfn . Hughes, Hallett, Mulholland and Pye ; Tprs . Clough . Smith, Dixon, and Traskowski ; Bdsm . The football team is captained by Cpl . Meynell and Cfn . Halmshaw . Kinnaird and is doing extremely well despit e October found us with the start of th e the fact that our selector, Sgt . Sharp, has been hockey season hard pressed by football . stolen by "A" Squadron . Several good

Journal of the 14th 20th King's Hussars 1 1 players have gone the same way, but we are Tpr. Stephenson . left with a good team selected from : Cpl . Work is now in full swing for the Annua l Kinnaird, Sgt . Bracey, L/Cpl . Springthorpe , Vehicle Inspection but there is an exercise Cfn. Gordon, L/Cpl. Mulholland, Tpr . laid on for February, the chance of a furthe r Dickinson, Cfn. Bell, Tpr. Cullen, L/Cpl . seaside camp in April and a Regimenta l Kent, L/Cpl. Ashton, L/Cpl . Dootson, Tpr . exercise in May, so we should be getting ou t Farrell, L/Cpl. Hughes, Cpl. Metcalfe and and about a bit pretty soon .

Army Air Corps Section (Libya)

O.C . . . Captain H. C. W. G. Joynson , when the " lost " expedition turned up with a 16/5 L broken radio set . Lt . C. C. Cornish , 14/20H Subsequent summer turn-outs included a Q.F .I . . . S/Sgt. J. W. Smithson, A .A .C. search for an oil truck driver who it wa s eventually concluded had been eaten by A.S.M . . . W.O.1 T. E. P . O'Brien, R .E .M .E. wolves after his truck had broken down ; an d a long-range Casevac by Captain Joynso n Much to the surprise of the Regiment w e from a small oasis about 500 miles South o f came into existence in early May 1963 whe n Benghazi. This involved 14 hours' flyin g two Austers were flown in from Cyprus by over desert covering some 1,100 miles . The Captain Joynson and S/Sgt . Smithson. They casualty, L/Cpl. Movery, R .E.M.E ., wh o had been preceded, briefly, by the A .S .M . , was with an "A" Squadron expedition, ha d W.O.1 O'Brien, and his first four technicians . tried to cool off in a hot spring, he wa s Established as a separate unit but ad - fairly badly burnt and the first attempt at a ministered by and under command of th e Casevac was made by a R .A.F. Pembroke , Regiment with a view to ultimate integra- but it stuck in the sand at Bzema Oasis an d tion, we are rapidly becoming experts on was there for a week. He was eventually desert " swans " . Soon after our arriva l flown by Auster to a BP Oil Rig half-way t o Captain Joynson flew to Tripoli to liaise an d Benghazi and then completed the trip in a find out the difficulties. This is a 650-mile D.C .3 . Captain Joynson on his return tri p trip which we eventually discovered can be spent an interesting unscheduled night stop a t done by courtesy of the U .S. Coastguards a t Agedabia, which included a mint tea part y Marble Arch and the U .S .A .F. at Misurat a with the Governor and Chief of Police . NDB, which is usually (!) within range fro m In October we added to the aerial con - Marble Arch . fusion of Exercise " Triplex West " . Our June brought our first " Search and Res - highest achievement was to supply the Com- cue " turn out . An Ordnance expedition ha d manding Officer with six pairs of clean sock s not been heard of for six days, so we wer e from his dressing room at Newmarket be- launched into the burning sands for the firs t tween breakfast and lunch . time. Captain Joynson and S/Sgt . Smithson Shortly afterwards the exercise S/Sgt . flew the aircraft, A .S.M . O'Brien and Sgt . Smithson was involved in the rescue of 1 1 Preece—now in a Blue Beret with his own Libyans, who were stranded in a Land-Rove r " Hawk " cap badge—led the ground party . without petrol, water or food, some 60 mile s We searched about 350 miles South of Ben- south-west of El Adem for seven days . ghazi and in the process discovered our first Amongst them was a relation of the King, th e oil rig, and consumed vast quantities of th e Imam of Giarabub, and his son, so there wa s Oasis Oil Company's iced beer . Sgt. Preece a certain amount of excitement locally . led a party to the top of the rig at 2 o'clock S/Sgt . Smithson was at R .A.F. El Adem a t in the morning and gave a brilliant demon- the time and was co-opted into the search . stration of " brinkmanship ". They were After an initial possible sighting by an e n most hospitable, as, we later found, are al l route Brittania, he flew to the area, found th e desert rig crews. It was a slight anti-climax vehicle, landed beside it, watered the occu-

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Captain Joynson and S/Sgt . Smithson : Auster pilots attached to the Regiment . The Troop has now been joined by Lt. C . C . Cornish, now a qualified pilot pants and finally guided in the R .A.F . in the Fezzan to meet the returning Nigeria n Desert Rescue Team . expedition . They were forced by a badly - During November our supplications at las t running engine to spend the night there at bore fruit and a Troop of Sappers fro m U .S. Army Survey Camp . They were very Maidstone came over to build our " al l hospitable, and expert barbers. L/Cpl . weather " strip . This was done by unrollin g Downey and Tpr. Prescott are still sportin g bitumen soaked hessian on hard packed earth . crewcuts and baseball hats . It so far appears to be most successful wit h Finally, Captain Joynson rounded off the the occasional need for a few patches . A t year by spending New Year's Eve in Cypru s the same time a Troop from Cyprus cam e at Dhekalia. S/Sgt. Smithson followe d across and erected our hangar, a Marsto n shortly to support the Cyprus Section unti l shed and Twynham hut ; it took them only the arrival of 21 Flight and a slight easin g 15 days. The A.S .M. and his technicians no w of tension made our presence unnecessary . find it quite a change to work under cover ; Captain Joynson and Cpl. Lovell then fle w six months' second line servicing in the ope n an Auster back to Benghazi via the now was doing no good to either tempers o r familiar route of Antalya (Turkey), Rhodes— aircraft. The Ghibli winds have so sand an interesting night stop—Iraklion (Crete ) abrased the aircraft that, they are now more and R.A.F. El Adem. We were met on ou r silver than khaki camouflage . arrival by the first of the " new era " Regi- At the end of November we flew t o mental pilots—Lt . Chris Cornish, who ha d Tripoli to assist the R.M .A. Sandhurs t just finished his course at the Centre . Staff in running Exercise " Golden Fleece " . Our future prospects are helicopters , And shortly afterwards flying representative s integration and, we hope, some more Regi- of the Manchester Evening News out to Hon mental Pilots . Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 1 3 Light Aid Detachment

The past year has been a most interesting period as it included the first full cycle of exercises in Libya in the new Armoured Ca r role. The order of priorities in the fiel d seems to be : provision of an adequate bee r supply, successful navigation with the su n compass, and keeping the Regiment " on th e road." But we are now all au fait with ou r new charges and it is certainly an interestin g challenge to operate in the desert withou t close second line support . The move into the permanent hangers wa s completed by the beginning of July . Thes e are, of course, a big improvement on the ol d Workshop Scammel l "Aldershots" but it was soon found that they Having done its recovery, was itself towed to Benghaz i are little more " gibli "-proof and particularl y by "A" Squadron during January in the period of final prepara- tion for the U .M .I. 2 R.T.R . L.A.D. may b e He certainly enjoyed our field cooking ! interested to know that their home-mad e Best wishes to L/Cpl . Rooke who is no w office will continue to be used as an instru- wearing a 14th/20th cap badge . ment workshop . Congratulations to Sgt . Rumble on being Activity in all Squadron Troops followed awarded the Regimental Medal and t o the usual pattern during the training season A.Q.M.S. Ottaway, L/Cpl. Movery and followed by preparation for the U .M.I., except L/Cpl. Wheeler on their promotion . Con- for A.Q.M.S. Ottaway's Troop which spent gratulations also to Cpl . Devey, Cfn. Pearce , an un-planned month with its Squadron i n Williams ("A" Squadron), Dunn and Gordo n Cyprus instead. It is to the credit of the on addition to their families . Troop that the same 22 Ferrets of the The L .A .D. has again been much i n Squadron drove back into Wavell Barrack s evidence in Regimental sporting activities . after almost continuous patrolling during th e Cpl. Kinnaird, L/Cpl . Wheeler, Cfn. Bell , period. Practical instruction on how t o Williams (" C " Squadron), Hines, Clough change a Ferret engine was given to a work - and L/Cpl. Hallett have all been members of shop in Cyprus ! Regimental teams. H.Q. L.A.D. did well in It should not be believed, of course, that th e H .Q. Squadron sport, winning the Squadron activities in S/Sgt . Barnes' shop are usually o f soccer cup and reaching the cricket semi - routine (or even official) nature. As he tol d final. The L.A.D. has naturally been active in a visiting officer : " We do work of consider- go-karting circles. Cfn . Small almost need s able variety here." He does wish, though , an additional wardrobe in which to house hi s that car manufacturers would fit more durabl e trophies . exhaust systems . The L.A.D. party was held in Decembe r Recovery high-lights included the removal and was a most enjoyable occasion thank s of a " C " Squadron Ferret from a minefiel d largely to the efforts of S/Sgt . Barnes and Sgt . at night by Sgt. Rumble's crew (subsequen t Heath . repair of the mine-damaged wheel station by Angling for a place on a course in U.K. is Cfn. Swatton and Reynolds was also most understandably a popular occupation while creditable) and recovery of another aircraft stationed here . Top marks for getting a at Benina airport, this time by A.Q.M.S . place on the most irrelevant course to date Springthorpe and Co . must go to A .Q.M .S. Ottaway who managed Captain Grant left us in July and the new to get on an Air Photo Reading Course ! E.M.E. is Captain Wood. We have als o Finally, we have always felt that the welcomed A.Q .M.S. Springthorpe, Sgt . Att- Regiment needs looking after and Cfn . wood, Sgt. Shaw, L/Cpl . Linford and Cfn . Strangewood has lately been obliged to exten d Nichols. 2/Lt. Heggie has spent six month s the L.A.D.'s service to include cutting th e with us and we hope he enjoyed the experience . Regiment's hair. 1 4 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars The Ban d On the whole, the past year has been a In the very near future, the full band ar e very quiet one for the Band, and our sorties planning to go to El Adem as guests of th e into the field of entertainment have bee n Royal Air Force, where a full week of musical confined to the local area. Perhaps the most entertainment will be carried out . Later i n notable of our military engagements were th e the year there is a possibility that the Ban d occasions when we had the privilege of per - may go to Cyprus to play at the Troodo s forming for the American Military Attach e Leave Centre. (Written in mid-Dec., 1963 ! at his residence on the celebration of the U .S . —Ed . ) Armed Forces Day, and at the Britis h Just before Christmas, we said goodbye t o Consulate reception in honour of the officia l L/Cpl. "Bill" O'Driscoll, who returned t o birthday of Her Majesty the Queen . I n the Depot en route for Civvy Street. "Bill" addition, the Band has performed at both was with the Band for 12 years, and was ver y Officers' and Sergeants' Messes quite often , popular with all members . Earlier in the and at the Officers' Beach Club in Benghazi . year we said farewell to Bdsm . Tony Morris , The brunt of the entertaining has bee n who left us on a compassionate discharge . carried by the Dance Band, who are becomin g We hear from him occasionally and are gla d firm favourites in the area, and are always i n to say that he has settled down very well t o demand. Recently the Dance Band flew to his new life . Tobruk to perform at the "Burns" Night In August, Bdsm . Hotston and Gallagher Dance, held by the R .A .F. Whilst they were left us for a year at Kneller Hall . We look in Tobruk they had a conducted tour of the forward to their return, and we hope they wil l war cemeteries there, and were impresse d be refreshed and enriched by musical know - with what they saw . ledge .

General Lathbury (Q .M.G .) Inspecting the Regiment' s Trumpeters Left: Colonel C . A . Morris (Area Commander) Left to Right : Cpls . Bateman and Jennings, Bdsm. Howell, Morris, Swales, Ripley r

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Visit to Uweinat Mountains

A party from the Regiment under Lt . and, in view of the hitherto heavy petro l Chappell left Benghazi on July 1 to visit th e consumption of vehicles, and repairs whic h Uweinat mountains just under one thousan d had to be done to a three-tonner left there b y miles away. Although later eclipsed by th e a previous expedition, only six people went on expedition to Lagos, the visit to Uweinat wa s to Uweinat . itself an adventure and it proved to be a valuable rehearsal for greater things to come . The following is an extract from Lt . Chappell's report : The mountains lie at the junction of th e Libyan, Egyptian and Sudanese borders and " The Uweinat mountains have n o they are well known for their ancient roc k introductory slopes but suddenly rise paintings on the roofs of caves—believed t o steeply from the hard flat gravel plai n be over 6,000 years old . which surrounds them . They impress no t The following went on the expedition : because of their height but because they Lt . Chappell, Sgt. Sherrington, Cpl . rise majestically out of sheer desert and Nicholson (Medical), Cpl. Watt, Cpl. Bing - because approaching from the north the y ham, Cpl. Green, Tprs. Tonks, Traskowski , are first seen beyond a shimmering blinding Prescott, Eardley, Webb, Ratcliffe, Steele , range of sand dunes . Cfn. Payne, Roberts, and Eaves . " The Police post consisted of a Libya n It was hoped also to make contact with flag flying above a cave in which lived tw o " C " Squadron, who had planned to do an elderly policemen . These men who belong airportable exercise in the area, but in the to the Tebur tribe from Tibesti must hav e event they had to be satisfied with a surpris e one of the loneliest police jobs in th e meeting, at an oil rig in the sand sea, wit h world. They guard the Libyan-Sudanes e Mr. Michael Hope wearing a red side hat ! border and the reservoir of water there . Despite the policemen's seclusion they The party reached Kufra Oasis on July 6 greeted us wearing clean and pressed K .D ."

Cfn . Eaves and Cpl. Bingham inspect an oil rig en route for Uweinat Mountains

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The rock paintings were eventually found , having been there during the war. The old inspected and photographed. They had re- aircraft hangar was intact except for its roof tained their colour remarkably well . In on e and there was a white enamel bath in the cave a section of the roof was missing ; it had oasis . evidently been removed by a party of Ameri- can explorers . The natives of the oasis are keen gardeners , After a night's halt on the way back, Lt . and they were to be seen riding to and fro m Chappell's party reached Kufra to find the their gardens on English bicycles . rest of the expedition in a cheerful moo d After a rather tiresome journey back wit h having made friends with a Greek Docto r vehicles getting stuck in the sand, and man y and the local inhabitants . tyre punctures, the party got back to Ben- There was still evidence of the L.R.D .G . ghazi on July 16 .

Sahara Expeditio n Benghazi to Lagos and back in forty-six days

"Influenced by tales of the wartime Thus wrote Lt . Donald Chappell at the L.R.D.G., and a natural curiosity to se e beginning of his report on the Sahar a Africa, I had first contemplated a trip o f expedition, which took him and 14 others this nature when the Regiment was told o f from Benghazi to Lagos (on the Nigerian its posting to North Africa " coast) and back in just over six weeks . The idea was for selected young member s of the Regiment to carry out this adventurou s expedition as part of their training, and t o pay a social visit to the Nigerian Recce Squadron, members of which had visited the Regiment in Benghazi previously . The members of the expedition were :— Lt. Chappell, 2/Lt. Barrow, 2/Lt. Nicolson (R.A .M .C.), Cpl. Barclay, L/Cpl. Midgley , Tprs. Webb, Bostock, Jones (11), Tonks , Maunder, Gallagher, Tottman, Singleton , Cfn. Roberts and Payne . The party travelled in three three-ton and one one-ton army lorries. Two of th e vehicles had been declared "Beyond Economi- cal Repair" before the journey, and ha d been obtained from the local purchase dum p in Benghazi . Both these, and indeed all vehicles, were given the full treatmen t before being passed fit for the journey . 2/Lt. Nicolson was, in fact, a medical cadet who flew out from England at his ow n expense to join the expedition as M .O. H e had been asked to do some meteorologica l and gastronomic research, in addition to his duties as a doctor . After lengthy and complex negotiations with various departments of State in White - hall, who gave clearance for the expedition to travel through the Sahara and Nigeria , The French Fort at Dirkou the party set off at 0600 hours on November 1 .

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The first part of the journey through Libya , provided a variety of problems, including th e crossing of a sand sea, large patches of har d rock and isolated sand dunes, and an are a which was inadequately mapped . The Libya-Niger border was crossed o n November 6, followed by the most frustrat- ing part of the whole journey, with constan t breakdowns . However, a cheerful party reached the firs t French Fort at Dao Timni on November 9 , where they had a shower and hearty breakfast . The French Officer in charge, who spoke n o English, was friendly and obviously enjoye d his life in the desert . His main relaxation wa s exploration by camel and searching fo r neolithic rock paintings . He had about 40 native soldiers and a dozen French under hi s command . With the help of a French guide and afte r some more "boggings" in the sand, th e " You got it in ; You get it out " French Fort at Dirkou was reached o n Cfn . Payne contemplates on the problems o f November 10 . Although it was midnight , Sahara driving the three French Officers of the garriso n welcomed the party at the gate of the Fort . At Kano the party spent the night at th e They were most helpful with informatio n Police Barracks and were shown round th e about the area and they supplied the part y town in the evening, being escorted (volun- with some accurate maps . tarily) by members of the Police force . Agades, the important trading and capita l At Kaduna, where they arrived on Novem- town of Niger was reached on November 14 , ber 15, they were given V .I .P. treatment by after journeying through a gloriously fertile the Nigerian-Recce Squadron . One of th e plain with green vegetation and animal life , Nigerians a Technical Storeman—had bee n including gazelle and ostrich . It is in thi s attached to the Regiment at Hohne, an d area that the colourful Tuaregs or blue me n others had visited Benghazi . The officers o f live. Tuaregs are not as dark as other Africa n the expedition stayed with the families o f tribes, but the men paint their faces with blu e English officers, and the soldiers at the Office r dye and wear blue robes and a blue veil . Cadet Academy . Vehicles were serviced b y They are a warlike race and wear sword s drivers, with workshop assistance, and othe r called Takoubas . members of the party went on the rifle range On November 16 the expedition crosse d with the Nigerian Infantry Battalion . There into Nigeria with its friendly people, mu d was also a football match against the Recce huts with lampshade roofs, and gradual in - Squadron, who turned out en masse t o crease in vegetation . watch . They were the victors . While harbouring off the road on the firs t It was unfortunate that the expedition , night, the distinctive beat of numerous Africa n having come so far, should have a vehicl e drums was heard, and soon there appeared i n accident . The one-tonner completely over- the distance a mass of some 10,000 African s turned . Two members of the crew received in traditional white robes. Thinking that thi s injuries. Cpl . Barclay, with head injuries , activity might indicate some tribal ceremony , was later evacuated to Benghazi by air, an d or even a political coup, some of the brave r Tpr. Tottman, with serious injuries, wa s members of the expedition went to mak e flown—accompanied by the doctor--to Eng- enquiries. The gathering turned out to he a land. The doctor returned to Nigeria in tim e harvest festival celebrating the Ground Nu t to rejoin the expedition on its return journey. harvest, to which the expedition—the only Cpl. Barclay made a good recovery, an d white men present—was cordially welcomed , Tpr. Tottman is now (January 1964) makin g and which they all enjoyed . The report a good recovery in a hospital in Woolwich . doesn't, however, mention whether or no t The one-tonner was recovered as the resul t they joined in the native dancing! of the splendid efforts of Cfn . Roberts .

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(Photo by courtesy of 'Manchester Evening News' ) Tpr. Bostock and Cpl. Midgley with one of the three-tonner s

(Photo by courtesy of `Manchester Evening New?) Tpr. Maunder and Tpr . Tonks operating a theodolite

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On November 27, the expedition crosse d the River Niger, one of the world's largest . Dense jungle covers either bank, and croco- diles are known to guard its murky depths , but alas, there were none to be seen . The expedition reached Lagos on Novem- ber 23, having completed 3,128 miles . Twenty miles short of the city, it poured with rain. This was considered of no importance . While in Nigeria, Lt . Chappell, the doctor , Tpr. Tonks and Cfn. Roberts appeared o n T.V. They took on to the set various interest- ings pieces of equipment, including a charge- ing set, an igri (home made water boiler) an d a theodolite . Later, the whole party, went t o a barbecue with a local official who presente d them with two rams and an African knife , leaving them to get on with it . The official was the proud owner of his own camel . * * * (Photo by courtesy of 'Manchester Evening News' ) On the return journey, the party were Tpr. Singleton returns from Lagos better able to appreciate the country throug h The expedition arrived in Benghazi for a which they passed, for being more familiar champagne reception, just after five o' cloc k with the route, they were less worried by navi - on December 16, having covered 6,180 miles gation and "going" problems . in 46 days . Each day showed a different landscape . * * * The jungle giving way to long grass an d This account is not complete without a scattered trees of the bush, and near Agades , word about the people on the expedition, an d sand was beginning to reappear . their way of life in the desert . At one village Lt . Chappell was presente d It was a young man's party. The oldes t with a Tuareg sword by an African gendarme , soldier was 26 and the youngest 18. Th e the previous owner being a camel thief. At average age just over 21 years. There wer e Dirkou the party acquired Tuareg knives and no Sergeants with the party . a sword. The doctor got a chopper ! Everyone enjoyed themselves. It made a The French were again friendly and helpfu l pleasant change to get away from Cyrenaica in Niger. They escorted the party to see some and meet a wide range of people in differen t neolithic rock paintings . There was also a n countries . international football match, which the Everyone was healthy and fit through th e French won . period, and morale remained high in spite o f At the Libyan border good wireles s the various "ups and downs" and mishaps contact was made with Benghazi, about 750 with vehicles . miles away. Morse contact had been possible The members of the expedition all got o n up to a 1,000 miles, and the expedition also well together, and a friendly rivalry soo n spoke to a French garrison on the wireless . developed between the various crews . While halted there, they were passed by an Nearly all members of the party had a Arab truck carrying two American women specific job to do. In addition to the tech- hitch-hikers going to Nigeria . These were b y nicians, there were navigators, a diarist, a no means the only hitch-hikers who were me t photographer and, of course, a medical "doing" the Sahara . orderly . On Friday, 13th, near Sebha, the expeditio n Everyone was briefed regularly so as t o was met by Mr. Bates and Mr. Cooksey of avoid having "passengers" . On the whole , the Manchester Evening News, who had discipline—while being effective—was in - arrived from Benghazi after an excitin g formal. Jobs were done quickly and efficiently , journey by Auster, to see them, and particu- and the teamwork of crews and the party as larly those of the party whose homes are i n a whole, was good . the Manchester area . Normal compo rations were used . Thes e

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(Photo by courtesy of `Manchester Evening News' ) The Sahara Expedition makes merry on the last stage of its return journey from Lago s

were supplemented by private purchase , by crews. Water was originally rationed t o mainly tinned fruit and extra tea, milk an d one gallon per man, per day. Later, this was sugar. Other food was bought to add variety . relaxed, except during the Bilma Sand Se a Each vehicle had a normal A.F.V. cooker crossing. Water containers were filled up a t which worked well, and cooking was done every opportunity .

Addresses THANK YOU ! The Editor thanks those who have contri- The addresses of the Regiment are now as buted articles and photos for this year' s follows : Journal. He hopes that those who contributed BENGHAZI articles which have not been printed are not "A", " C " and " H .Q." Squadrons, too disappointed . 14th/20th King's Hussars , B .F.P.O.55 . BADGES O.C.A. Lapel Badges (3s.) and Blazer TRIPOL I Badges (9s.) are held by the Regimental " B " Squadron , Secretary . 14th/20th King's Hussars , Please apply to : B .F.P.O.57 . Home Headquarters , 14th/20th King's Hussars , After August 23 "A" Squadron an d Lancaster House , " B " Squadron are due to change over. This change is, of course, subject to the exigencie s Norton Street , of the service . Manchester, 16 . 2 2 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars

"A" Squadro n

The year started with refresher cadres running in preparation for the Squadron's annual firing on the range . After two un- successful attempts to carry out a recon- naissance of the range, owing to the wadi s being flooded after heavy rains in the hills , we managed to get through and were abl e to pick a suitable stretch of desert on th e training area as a range . The Squadron moved out and we wer e surprised to find ourselves suffering from col d wind and rain. This did not seem fair out i n the desert ; however, it is normal for the tim e of the year . The firing went well, not withou t the odd anxious glance over our shoulders at Assault troops, who were having a gran d time, throwing grenades, letting off demoli- tions, and firing on a small arms range bac k to back with the "A" vehicles . We borrowed a policeman from the loca l police force—CYDEF—in Barce. One evening " Cydef Sid," as he became known , asked to be taken into Barce some 50 mile s away. L/Cpl . Medcalfe and Tpr. Mason took him there in the Squadron water cart . Major Frazer makes a point They dropped him at the police station an d Right : Sgt . B . N. Marshall . Background : Tpr. D. R . waited for him at a nearby garage in thei r Taylo r vehicle. Suddenly they noticed the vehicl e rocking and immediately thought some hos- Once we were back " Troop Tests " tile natives were trying to turn them over, s o started ; each troop going out for a day , they started to drive out of the town . As the y when the Colonel and Major Frazer teste d drove down the street they saw the house s them on tactics. During this time Major falling down, some of them into the road . Palmer arrived to take command of th e L/Cpl. Medcalf decided to get the " Hell " Squadron from Captain Pemberton, wh o out of it, and drove flat out until he reache d left for U.K . on a course, and thence t o the Squadron camp. On arrival they wen t " H.Q." Squadron. Colonel Stephen visite d straight to bed without a word of thei r the Regiment, and 2nd and Assault Troops experience to anybody . The next mornin g laid on a small demonstration of troo p we received a radio message from Benghaz i movement against elements of " C " Squad- informing us of the earthquake that had take n ron. The time had now come to start pre- place. We were asked to provide transport paration for the Annual Vehicle Inspection : to help the Arabs left homeless as a result o f a period of feverish activity made apparent b y the disaster . the sight of all the troop leaders working o n On the return journey to camp after firing , the vehicle park in denims . Mr. Keith and his crew; Tprs. Fenton an d At about this time the Squadron organise d Bradley, travelling in a Saladin, were force d a camping outing for the young boys wh o off the road by an Arab lorry—down a n are sons of members of the Regiment . From embankment and into a small river, where "A" Squadron went the sons of Majo r they turned over. Luckily, none of them wa s Palmer, S .S.M . Sharrock, A.Q.M .S. Markey injured, as they had the presence of mind t o and Sgt . Marcelle. They thoroughly en- duck down inside the turret . joyed themselves and exhausted Lt. Barrow,

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1st Troop "A" Squadron near El Charrub a Left to Right : Turrets : Sgt. East, Lt . Keith, Tpr . Fenton, Cpl . Robinson . Drivers : Tprs. Crossley, Bradley and Hetheringto n Cpl. Leather, Tpr . Tomlinson, Cfn . Gold- were all right. Everybody was surprised, a s smith and L/CpI . Leeming, who were calle d the accident happened on a track that we ha d upon to play endless games of football an d all used many times before . More respect ha s cricket with them . since been paid to the mine maps! S.Q.M .S . Exercise " Spring Weight " was the first " Charlie " Osborne, annoyed with th e of the regimental exercises. "A" Squadro n efforts of two of our cooks, and convinced he led the Regiment out to Fort Msus, where th e could get on better without them, sent the m exercise was to start . Heavy rains made th e on foot back to " H .Q." Squadron, about a ground very soft . Captain Whittington, who mile away. The cooks, inexperienced i n was in front navigating on a compass march , finding their way in the desert, were foun d had a difficult time frequently disappearin g wandering in the wrong direction some hour s up to the axles in mud . It was necessary t o later by Mr. Roddam, who gave them a lift . fan out to find ways round the soft bits . The On returning from " Springweight " w e recovery team, under Cpl . Cooley, had a busy started rehearsals for the Queen's Birthday day. Finally, within five miles of Msus, the Parade, on which occasion Tpr. Downs re- beer lorry bogged down as darkness fell . ceived the B.E .M . for rescuing a drowning This seemed a good reason to gather th e man whilst on leave in England . Squadron round and camp for the night . We Troops then went out on individua l did some troop training before the start of th e exercises for four or five days at a time . The regimental exercise, during which Sgt . Letts , whole Squadron then went to Derna for ou r over-confident, while navigating at night o n " summer camp! " Whilst we were there w e the light of an oil rig, disappeared down a did our annual range classification . In the 15-ft . hole in his Saladin . The Saladin di d afternoons we played sports on the beach . not see service again, but the crew soon re - " C " Company of the Green Howards, wh o covered from minor injuries . Troops the n joined us for a while, proved unbeatable a t ceased to use the oil rig as a means of cheatin g volley ball. The S .S.M. organised a party in on night navigation exercises ! the Sergeants' Mess for the officers and ser- At the end of the exercise Cpl . Bewley an d geants of the Squadron and the company o f L/Cpl. Eadsforth, travelling in a Saracen , The Green Howards. They had collecte d blew up on a last war mine. The wheel wa s some winkles off the beach, which we ate , blown off, but apart from a shaking, they and which we thought caused an outbreak of

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"Everyone and everything full of sand" "A" Squadron Armour on the mov e

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" Jippy Tummy " . Everybody was to be seen doubling to and from to the latrines , until the Air Force kindly flew up large supplies of medicine from B .M.H., com- monly known as " cement " . We were non- tactical and there were some lively parties i n the evening . Major Palmer soon thought of a remedy for the morning-after effects, b y making 5 a .m. bathing compulsory for all . Some members of the Squadron didn' t appreciate this, but agreed they felt bette r afterwards . A party of 12 Nigerians ha d joined us to do some pre-course trainin g before attending courses at Bovington an d Lulworth. They came from the independent Recce Squadron in Nigeria—commanded at the time by Major Beart . They remained ver y cheerful in spite of eating compo rations fo r the first time, and living in a strange country . We enjoyed having them with us, and were glad to hear later that they all did very well o n their courses in U .K . We returned to Benghazi via Timimi and Soluck. This route was used by " Coombe Force " during the war, in order to cut off the Italian withdrawal . The remains of thei r (Photo by courtesy of Manchester Evening News' ) " Flimsays " and some burnt-out vehicle s M.P.s Visi t (Left to right) : Mr. J. T. Price, M.P., Sgt. Cunliffe, are still to be seen there today . L/CpI . Eadsforth, Tpr. Beaumont Mr. Roddam took an expedition to Kufr a soon after our return, accompanied by Sgt . " C " Squadrons. The Assault Troop acted Colborne, Cpl . Thompson, L/Cpls . Mover y as enemy. So many vehicles moving at once and Hanaghan, Tprs. Jones (611), Stewart , by day created a dust cloud that must hav e Archer, Wolstencroft and Cfn . King. The been visible for many miles . We arrived at desert was at its hottest, and they had a Mechili with everybody and everything, ful l difficult time with the vehicles overheatin g of sand. The Padre had travelled in a Land- and bursting tyres . Stopping at an oasi s Rover ; an S .D. hat pushed firmly down ove r between Jalo and Kufra they were told of a his ears, with a scarf tied round his nose and lake nearby where they could bathe. L/Cpl . mouth ; looking more like a gangster than a Movery was the first in, only to be out agai n padre ! in a flash, having been badly scalded fro m Our next and final exercise of the yea r the waist downwards . The lake was a hot was " Triplex West." A lot of troops came spring, and although the top 12 inches at out from England—even tanks . During th e the shore were cool, it was boiling farther in . second part of the exercise the Regiment Although some 400 miles from Benghazi , acted as enemy. The Assault Troop, unde r Tpr. Archer was able to establish radio con- Mr. Barrow, excelled themselves at night , tact and asked for casualty evacuation b y sending out fighting patrols and preventing air. An R.A.F. aeroplane arrived, but got the enemy from getting any sleep . stuck in the sand, and it was thanks to Cap- Whilst most of us on our return starte d tain Joynson in an Auster, and the assistance the annual chore of preparing for the Admini- of an oil company, drilling not far away , strative Inspection, Sgt. Barclay, Cpl . that L/Cpl. Movery was got back to B .M .H . , Midgley, Tprs . Bostock and Singleton went Benghazi . with Mr. Chappell on the expedition t o Soon after we were off on another regi- Nigeria . Their exploits are described else- mental exercise—" Gun Runner " . We did where in the Journal . a night march to Msus, an advance to con - The year was rounded off by an All Ranks tact, finishing with a convoy move by " H .Q . " Squadron Dance in the gym at " New- Squadron to Mechili, escorted by "A" and market ". The senior ranks in the Squadron

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A.Q.M.S . Markey, Sgt. Colborne, Sgt . Hol- land, and some younger ones, notably L/Cpl . Wheeler and Tpr . Taylor (692) . Sgt. Marcelle runs the basketball team , which is lying top of the league at present , captained by Cfn . King with Cfn . Andrews a s top scorer, and Tpr. Platt (029), who are especially on form . In the D'Arcy Hall swimming competition , the Squadron came second, thanks to Tprs . Price (500), Platt (029) and Boyd, wh o seemed to win most events between them . Sgt. East has been the mainstay of the Regimental Go-Karting Club, which i s flourishing, and most members of the Regi- ment take part in it . Personalities who have left the Squadro n during the year are : Mr. Gordon to " C " Squadron ; Mr. Cornish to the Air Troop a s a pilot ; Sgt. " Wacker " Preece also to the Air Troop (since known as " Luftwacker"!) ; Sgt. Cunliffe, Special Recruiter in Blackpool ; and an old soldier of the Squadron, Cpl . " Slim " Bonfield to Catterick. Others we have welcomed : Mr. Barrow, Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Hope on joining the Regiment ; Sgt. Marcelle from recruiting in Preston ; Sgt. Sharp and Cpl. Leather from th e Not a statue, but Tpr. Beaumont breaking stones at th e Provost Staff; and Sgt. Spray from the " diggings " D. & M. School at Bovington . did all the work decorating, and Sgt . Marcelle acted as M .C. " C " Squadron were away o n exercise at the time, so the Squadron wa s only too pleased to invite their wives to hel p swell the female contingent . The evening wa s thoroughly enjoyed by everybody . The year's sport started well, the Squadro n winning the inter-Squadron boxing. Tprs . Kelly, Mason, Tomlinson, Massiah, Sher- lock, Platt (184) and Pitts each winning thei r weights, and Tpr. Price, who got through t o the semi-final, but had to retire with a broken hand . The cricket team with Massiah and Stan - ford as star batsmen, and Tomlinson and L/CpI . Leeming as bowlers, won us secon d place in the D'Arcy Hall Cup . L/Cpl. Leeming, Tprs . Tomlinson, Mollo y and Todd have all played in the Regimenta l football team. In the area hockey league the Squadron i s third at the time of writing . The team con- sists of the older members of the Squadron : Tpr. Downs is presented with the B.E .M. by the Major Palmer, Captain Whittington, Consul-General, Mr . G. N. Jackson

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"B" Squadro n

April was a busy month of preparation fo r camp that S .H.Q. and the Support Troop the Medicina Ball, C .I .V. and Admin . set off for Gdames. S.H.Q. travelled ver y Inspection. All three went extremely wel l comfortably but from Assault Tprs . Spilling but the Medicina Ball was by far the mos t and Wagstaff's descriptions, one gathere d enjoyable . that the seats in the 3-tonners were no t Unfortunately, S.S.M . Jones was not there comfortable . A rotor arm broke during th e to act as host, his foot having been trodden o n trip and in Gdames . Mr. Bob Grant taught by a 3-tonner . However, S.Q.M .S. Tasker ex- L/Cpl. Armstrong how to make a new on e celled himself and, with the help of Sgt . with a pin, needle and cork ! Gates, Tpr. Shepherd and others, arranged a n Throughout the summer, troops were o n excellent evening for us all. The S.Q.M.S . their own exercises and in most cases the y obviously enjoyed the party himself too . were asked to report on something o f The next big excitement was the Queen' s importance. 1st Troop were congratulated Birthday Parade . There were three troops and on their report from London . 6th Troop a command car on parade. This caused found all the sand grouse watering holes and many preliminary flaps but when the da y have been Sunray's blue-eyed boys eve r came all the vehicles started up and the drive since . past was extremely impressive . In the football league the Squadron are The Squadron summer camp was about tw o about half-way. Tprs. Crossland and Street miles west of Sabratha, where a thoroughl y and L/Cpl. Fahey have done extremely well , enjoyable time was had by all . Man y and so have Sgt. Morris, Cpls. Holland , lessons were learned including the use of Kendall, Tunnicliffe, Cfn . Dunn and Tprs . sand channels . It was not long after this Moors and Angel .

Queen's Birthday Parade Tripol i Left to Right (mounted) : Sgt . Burke), Cpl . Darbyshire, L/Cpl . Hatton, Lt . Lang

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" B " Squadron's Beatles : " The Saracens " Left to Right : Tprs. Daniels, Truscott, Booth, Angel and Semple

The hockey team is in the same positio n were 11 people aqua-lunging, among the m and has been very well run by Cpl . Kerr Cpl . Kendall, Tprs. Jones and Foster, an d with the help of Cpl . Dowdeswell, and the Cfn . Walker . close support of L/Cpls . Doherty, Taylor There were two speed boats, of which on e and McKenzie. was owned by Major Goodhart, and the " B " Squadron would have done very wel l other by Cpl . Brock, which he made himself. in the cricket league with Tpr . Murrell as the Both boats had their unhappy moments . big star. Unfortunately, however, there was The former lost the " Leader's " yachtin g a technical hitch and we didn't join th e cap, and Mr. Hodson's glasses, after a tight league. We hope that normal service will b e turn, and the latter had a little trouble with resumed this year . a reef. Many people in the Squadron had a Tpr. Hernon has done well in organising lot of fun with one or other of the boats an d the table tennis on his own . In the team both we are very grateful to their owners . Tprs. Bell (78) and Street have done very R.H.Q. is a fairly safe 650 miles away—s o well . They are in both the 1st and 2n d is the Band ; we don't miss either, not even Tripoli Anglo-American Divisions and ar e the latter, as the Squadron has its own dance placed 3rd and 4th in the leagues. All this band made up by Tprs. Angel, Booth, involves a great deal of detailed liaison wit h Daniels and Truscott . The Liverpool sound the American Base and Tripoli town, and the is now heard in the raw in Tripoli . results are a credit to Hernon's personal We say farewell to Major Goodhart, wh o initiative . commanded the Squadron for the best part The Squadron has won the Regimenta l of two years. We wish him all the best fo r Swimming and has also done very well i n the future . other swimming meetings in Tripoli. There LIGHTHEART

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" B " SQUADRON TABLE TENNIS TEA M (Left to right) Tprs. Furlong, Murrell, Hernon and Street

" B " Squadron Corporals at Sabratha

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Major Garbutt visiting Tripoli for Medicina Right : Sgt . Douch . Left : A lady friend—but whose ?

Medicina Ball, Tripol i Left to Right : Mrs. Minard, S/Sgt . Plumb, Sgt . Gates, Mrs. Plumb, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Gates, Sgt. Wallace and a third of S/Sgt. Minard

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" B " Squadron's potential " Roy Rogers " Left to Right : Tpr . Burn, Sgt. Mitchell, Tpr . Forrester, Cpl . A. Thompson and 2/Lt. Rawlins Polo in Tripoli There are also some civilian players, in- cluding Americans . One of them is a School- BY BACKHANDE R mistress. When the Squadron is not away o n On arrival in Tripoli " B " Squadron foun d training, we usually play with full sides . a flourishing Saddle Club in existence under We have had a number of matches an d the able management of Brigadier C . H. we usually manage to win at home, and just Beville, D .S .O . (late R .A.), who was ver y lose away. A most enjoyable weekend wa s pleased to see the 14th/20th King's Hussars . spent in Benghazi, playing against the Regi- It was only later discovered that his missin g mental team before their visit to Malta . The three teeth were a result of a backhande r hospitality was memorable—for some more from Col. R . J. Stephen, M .B .E., in 1937 ! than others—and it is hoped to get a retur n The stable consisted of some 25 ponies , match against the Regiment in Tripoli i n most of which could play polo—of sorts— the spring. In conclusion, a great deal o f but were also being used for hacking, and adult fun is enjoyed by all players, and they alway s and children's riding classes . look forward to visits to and from teams an d The polo ground is, unfortunately, slo w players both in Malta and Benghazi . and has a sandy surface, which has to b e rolled and scraped between each chukka . Various ideas have been put forward fo r improving the ground, including " oiling, " RUGBY but when it was discovered that it would SEVEN-A- SIDE COMPETITIO N take the entire Squadron transpor t 10 1/2 months to fetch enough oil from the desert , In the Tripoli area seven-a-side competitio n the idea was dropped. However, it was nic e " B " Squadron defeated 1 Green Howard s to know that the oil companies would give 8—3 in the final . us the oil sludge provided that we woul d The team was : 2/Lt. Sanders, Sgt. Morris , collect it . L/Cpl. Payne, Tpr. Mullaney, Cfn. Walker Six members of the Squadron play polo . and Tprs. Boulter and Barker.

Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 3 3 Life at High Pressure BY CPL. K . KENDAL L I joined the Penguin Sub Aqua Clu b shortly after arriving here in Tripoli alon g with a few more of the " B " Squadron lads . When I first enrolled it was mostly as a pastime, but, what with the numerous tes t dives, social evenings, dances, and even a n exploration of the sea bed near here for th e famous archaelogical expert, Professor Austin , it has turned into a full-time hobby . Diving can be dangerous . Quite apart from the obvious reasons, there exists a thin g called " Nitrogen Narcosis," that occurs over certain depths. This is exactly the sam e feeling as one gets after a booze-up with th e lads, but when you're a hundred feet down , and you decide to share your air with a fe w passing fish, it can be decidedly dodgy . The sport does have its highlights : for instance, when training Libyan policemen t o dive, all went well until we started to teac h them the underwater signals . To get thi s " B " Squadron 6th Troop over to them, we had to make the appropriat e Left to Right : Tpr . Fry, Tpr. Furlong and Cpl. Long sign and say the word or message it conveye d in Arabic, such as the thumbs up sign fol- it has opened up a whole new world o f lowed by " Quayis " and so on . This was al l colourful, if strange, life which you will fin d very well until we entered the water for th e if you try this sport of " life at high pressure . " first time . The instructor, turning a question- ing eye on his pupils and giving the thumb s up sign, was immediately answered by hi s STOP PRESS three proteges removing their mouth-piece s TABLE TENNI S and endeavouring to shout Quayis ' throug h Tpr. Hernon of " B " Squadron has bee n a deluge of bubbles . selected to represent Tripoli Anglo-America n Apart from these incidents, and the ever- civilian league team versus Malta Combined present danger of diving, I can honestly say Services and Malta Island team .

The Hawk Home Headquarter s The address of Home H .Q. is THE HAWK is published once a year an d comes out in April . Contributions, including Lancaster House , photographs, are always welcome, both from Norton Street , members of the Regiment, including thos e Manchester, 16 . extra regimentally employed and Ol d Comrades . Tel . MOSS Side 123 8 Copy should reach the Editor by Jan- The office is at the back of the D .L.O.Y . uary 30. Drill Hall at the junction of Upper Chorlto n Road and Kings Road—near Brooks Bar .

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"C" Squadro n

Since the last issue of THE HAWK, Cpl . with everything we possess was the highlight Scott, our longest-serving soldier, has left of this part of the exercise . The Browning the Squadron for a posting to England prio r competition was won by Cpl. Stark's team ; to discharge. Cpl. Scott has served for man y Cfn. Williams meanwhile proved that armour years and was with " C " Squadron at is not what we thought it was by putting a Medicina. It was a sad day when he left fo r rifle shot straight through the engine deck . all, except Cpl. Scott, who was poured in a t To cover us for CIV he filled the hole wit h the back of the aircraft, only to pour out o f chewing gum. Our greatest excitement ha s the front a few minutes later . We all wish been our operational flight to Cyprus—a him the very best of luck in his new job . report of which appears elsewhere . During the year the Squadron has don e Normal military activities have include d several unusual things over and above the gunnery camp and many exercises . Gunner y normal run of training. On the night of th e camp produced plenty of amusement . Tpr . Barce earthquake the Squadron was ordere d Essery started things going by reminding us to establish radio communication betwee n that our day had, in fact, just begun . O n Barce and Benghazi. In fact the telephon e the first morning, S .Q .M .S. Williams taugh t system worked perfectly, but at least L/Cpl . everyone how to fire rocket launchers an d Foxcroft had his photograph taken amon g throw grenades, when he was not involve d the ruins. In late June everyone went t o mending the Sergeants' Mess tent, and Sgt . summer camp. This started as an exercis e Rumble came down from the Regimenta l near Mechili where it was so hot that the beer R.E .M.E . camp high above us, to drive th e became undrinkable . This was disastrou s Ferret towing the moving target . He is stil l and the next few days were spent in camp b y here . the sea near Derna . Annual classification About this time Cpl . Howard gave u p

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driving the Squadron Leader's Ferret an d became Squadron Signals N .C.O. His firs t notable act was to convert Captain Eyre' s Ferret into an outstation of the B .B.C. by putting into it as much wireless kit as h e could lay his hands on . In early May the Gloucestershire Regimen t came over from Cyprus and we formed th e enemy in support of Nifty Shifty . We suffered considerably from the rain, mud an d map reading. S.Q.M .S. Williams and th e Echelon had a particularly hard exercise, driving daily up and down the Charrub a track—21 miles of rocks, stones and wadis . L / Cpl. Birtley and Tpr. Floyd with thei r 3-tonners, had arm-breaking journeys . On the last evening M .T. Troop and L .A .D . thought they had had enough of " O " Groups, and Tpr . Cotton's scorpion spider and the L.A.D .'s scorpion did battle. The " O " group was resumed . The scorpio n was buried . On Exercise " Spring Weight " we al l thought we proved that either Mr . Chappell' s sun compass didn't work, or that the ma p was wrong, or both. However, we proved L/Cpl. Foxcroft and Tpr. George Smith (Driver) a t something—that you are wherever the senio r the Barce Earthquak e present (in this case, the Commandin g Officer) says you are. To prove the su n of our time, and many members of th e compass, an exercise of Ferret and Landrove r Squadron . As last year, our greatest succes s patrols went 150 miles into the desert . We has been football. One of the mainstays , suffered 40 punctures in two days because of and last year's Captain, Tpr. Essery, left the heat, and L/Cpl. Vasey proved that the y during the summer, and now L/Cpl . Watson i s can be mended on the move . in charge. At the end of April the tea m In early May, Sergeant-Major Plunkett visited Tripoli, at Medicina time, to pla y went on a camouflage course, and came bac k " B " Squadron, but there the bright light s full of enthusiasm for his new task of dis- and sand (in that order) stopped success . guising S.H.Q. in the desert . Despite the The team scored 104 goals during the seaso n amount of time spent concentrating on the —most of them being scored by Tprs . Carte r course near London, the results have been and Tickle . This year the team has so fa r remarkably good . scored 67 goals in nine games . Individua l Mr. Harman came back to the Squadro n sporting successes have included Tpr . Price' s for Exercise " Triplex West " from the com- very good achievement in the area Decathlon forts of the Adjutant's office, to act as ou r as individual winner . He and his Troop team , forward air controller. He was not allowed Mr. Patrick, Tpr . Smith and himself were als o very many strikes, but those that he wa s clear winners over the 20 events . Tpr. Smith were very effective and showed how frighten- has also played Rugger for Malta and Liby a ing the aircraft ground attack role can be . in Malta, having previously played fo r The exercise started with us acting as lowe r Cyrenaica area with Cpl . Amor and Tpr . control, but, in the second half as enemy , Kirk . with each Ferret representing three tanks , The following team won the Cyrenaic a there was greater excitement, despite th e Football League and the Knockout : Cpl . repeated attacks on Ras El Eleba. The Kinnaird, L/Cpls. Watson, Vasey, Tprs . Forresters refused to leave, and it took a fina l Essery, Burns, Carter, Harper, Harrison R , attack by both "A" Squadron and ourselves , Harrison K ., Jones, Kirk, Medhurst, Price , representing 135 tanks, to stop the exercise . Quinn, Sefton R., Smith, Tickle, Cfn . In barracks, sport has occupied much Williams, Major Garbutt, Mr . Gordon,

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Bestwick . Lance Race : Winner, Tprs . Aspden and Jones. Bed Obstacle Race : Dead heat , Cpl. Burgess, Tprs . Spencer, Smith, Cpl . Stark, Tprs. Aspden, Jones. Reveille Race : Winner, Tpr . Medhurst . Accompanied by much bad temper and hard work by the whole Squadron, parti- cularly S/Sgt . Ottaway and the L .A.D . , C.I.V., now known as U.M .I. was success- fully accomplished in March . In December, S/Sgt. Ottaway became an A .Q.M.S. with al l the attendant festivities in and out of th e Sergeants' Mess . Immediately after Exercise Sprin g Weight ", more shouting and dust-in-the- mouth from early morning Giblis all leadin g up to the Queen's Birthday Parade on June 8 . Despite everything, the general feeling wa s that it was a tremendous success and wa s thoroughly enjoyed by the spectators . The Administrative inspection came an d went, just before Ramnuggur, followed a fe w weeks later by Exercise " Top Hat ", which i s reported separately. In the few days left t o us before our move to Cyprus, the Squadro n Bar, as a result of days of very hard work b y Tprs. Aspden, Wareing, Spencer, Harper, Medhurst, Quinn and many others, was the scene of a very successful Squadron party, t o which all the wives were fortunately able t o come . Since the last issue of THE HAWK we have Major Garbutt enjoying a joke with Greek Cypriots said goodbye to the following, and wish the m every success in their future jobs : Mr . Sgt. Jackson, L/Cpl . Watson, Tprs . Bestwick, Patrick, Cpl . Vinson, L/Cpl. Birtley, Tprs . Jones, Harrison R., Morris, Price, Smith , Essery, Medhurst and Quinn, to civilian life . Tickle . Mr. Harman left to become Assistan t The following team won the Cricke t Adjutant. S .Q.M.S . Williams left for " H.Q ." D'Arcy Hall Competition and the Area Squadron as S .S.M . in June, and sorry League : Major Garbutt, Mr. Gordon, Sgt . though we are to see him go, you cannot kee p Jackson, Sgt. Smith, Cpl. Burgess, L/Cpl . a good man down. Sgt. Sherrington ha s Watson, Tprs. Bestwick, Jones, Harrison R . , gone to R.H.Q. as " Pronto Minor " . Cpl. Morris, Price, Smith, Tickle . Farrell, Cpl . (now Sgt .) Powell, Cpl . Kinnaird In the Cyrenaica Area Hockey League th e to " H.Q." Squadron, and Tpr. Travis t o Squadron was the runner-up . "A" Squadron . Cpl. Boyle is now with the A different sort of sport was played o n Training Regiment at Catterick, and L/Cpl . Monday, November 25—Ramnuggur Sport s Lomas, Tprs. Battersby and Fleming with Day. Before lunch there were vehicle sports . Tripoli Camp Staff. After an excellent lunch for all members of We welcome to the Squadron a number o f the Regiment and their families, there wa s people, some faces familiar, others not . Mr . bicycle polo and a chain of command race . Gordon has arrived from "A" Squadron t o Results for the morning races where they command 3rd Troop. Mr. Cornish, Mr . affected us were : Radio Race : Winner , Bowles and Mr . Smales have arrived from Tprs. Aspden and Jones . Wheel Chair Sandhurst. Sgt. Marsden has transferre d Race : Winner, Cpl. Burgess and Tpr . back to us from the Queen's Royal Iris h Spencer ; Second, Tprs . Smith and Bestwick . Hussars, Sgt. Blake has come back fro m Potato Race : Winner, Tprs. Smith and Bovington, and Sgt . Smith from Catterick .

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S .Q.M .S. Alvin has left " H .Q." Squadron t o Tpr. Wardle from " B " Squadron. In take over from S .Q.M .S. Williams. Sgt . addition we welcome the following to the Elliott is now Troop Sergeant of 3rd Troop , Regiment and to the Squadron : Tprs . and Cpl. Green, Troop Corporal of 1s t Troop. L/Cpl. Burnip has arrived in th e Ashurst, Barnes, Battersby, Doyle, Eames , Squadron to replace Cfn . Oakley. Tpr . Kershaw, Kirk, Simpson and Walkden . We Strike has joined us from "A" Squadron and hope they will be very happy with us .

Exercise 'Top Hat'" ("C" Squadron) On December 16 at midnight, the Squadro n arrived, and a fairly lenghty discussion wa s moved out to the Laundry Unit near th e held on how to get the Ferret out without Blue Lagoon, for the first stage of the exercise . setting off any more mines . Acting S .S.M. was Captain Pemberton, wh o Eventually, Sgt . Jackson with his mine did quite well with different coloured torches , detector, and Major Frazer, armed with bee r to get the Squadron into a night leaguer al l cans, set off from the wall marking the field . facing the same way . They had no sooner set a foot inside than th e Next morning the first chalks were calle d warning noises from the detector were heard . forward to Benina to emplane for El Adem . The picture of the 2 I/C, with one hand o n The remainder endeavoured to camp u p Sgt. Jackson's shoulder, and the other plant- around the buildings, an order that not eve n ing a can on the spot, was unusual . At least the officer in charge could understand, as w e magnetic mines were ruled out . However, the were theoretically, still in England . recovery under Sgt. Rumble's direction wa s During the day, 1st Troop, who had bee n a success after a winch rope had been carrie d the first troop to arrive at the other end, wa s out, and the vehicle pulled out . Next da y sent off to find a route through the Bi r the L.A.D. "bodged it up" well enough fo r Hacheim minefield . The rest of the troop s it to drive 200 miles back to camp . followed slightly ahead of schedule, and spent The Squadron moved early the next morn- a very cold night three miles west of El Adem . ing to Bir Tengeder, where at 1100 hours th e The last chalk arrived at 0730 hours o n air drop of supplies began . This was a grea t January 18, and we were all briefed a t success, and by 1300 hours the drops ha d 0800 hours . finished and we were ready to move west- Throughout the day the Squadron move d wards again. Only one can had split open . through the minefields on different axes . Sgt. Jackson and Tpr. Harper found som e Everybody had their fingers tightly crossed , interesting old guns, which are to be put i n and there were shouts over the air of "Look the Squadron Bar. out! . . . too late—You have been over it" . The night of the 19th was spent at Bir-el - During the afternoon, as the Squadro n Gerrari, which the Squadron overshot, and was converging on the R .V. area, Sgt . Youn g the Leader ran into . came up on the air and said that he had lost On the 20th a slower advance to contact a wheel from his Ferret in a minefield . was made, and we began the search for th e Neither he or Tpr. Brown, his driver, wa s Green Howards, who were acting as enemy . hurt. This must have been fate, considerin g Their positions were supposed to be abou t we had all come through the Bir Hachei m eight miles east of Zr Msus, in a mudpan . minefield unharmed and were now, as w e We all soon learned how difficult it is to fin d thought, 20 miles clear of mines . a platoon of Infantry in the desert after a n Whilst the Squadron moved to this area , approach march of over 100 miles, especially which was approximately five miles east o f where there are several mudpans . Only later , Cur-el-Maraseb, R .H.Q., in the form of were we told that an 8th Army and Afrik a Major Frazer, Major Ross and Mr . Harman Corps armoured brigade had passed within

38 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars four miles of each other during the war, an d 3rd and 4th Troops, ably supported by th e neither side could see the other . Squadron Leader and the acting S .S.M . By nightfall we knew roughly where they hareing across the mudpan at 50 m .p.h . were, and a patrol led by Captain de Beaujea u After this the Squadron collected for was sent out to pin-point their position . This breakfast, and then left for camp via Msus , was not a great success, so an advance t o Skeleidema and north to Benghazi . Everyon e contract was begun before first light by 1s t was back in camp by last light on Decembe r and 5th Troops. As the sun came up, th e 21 . We washed all our vehicles on December recce troops confirmed the enemy's positio n 22 and settled down for Christmas and th e and an attack was put in, out of the sun, by the New Year. Little did we know . . .

Cyprus It was 5 o'clock on Boxing Day mornin g problem. We were despatched very speedil y when the Squadron Leader's telephone rang . by a very familiar M .A.M .S. team, by our Most of " C " Squadron had only just suc- own emplaners, Captain Eyre and the S .S.M. , ceeded in finding their way to bed among a and by an "A" Squadron team . The last debris of paper hats, beer cans and wrappin g had never seen the inside of a Beverley before , paper and the Squadron Leader had only rid- but by the time we had finished they knew ded himself of the last of his officers half a n more about lashing points than most of us . hour beforehand . We landed at Akrotiri and moved up t o Shortly afterwards, dressed for Boxing Da y Nicosia in batches . All that the majority o f rather than " D " Day, he was confronted i n us knew was that the Greeks and Turks had the D'Aosta conference room by a group of been shooting at each other—and on arrival grim-faced, service-dressed officers who an- many of us had to be restrained from leaping nounced that we were at 24 hours notice t o out of the aircraft, taking up fire position an d move to Cyprus . opening fire on the first Cypriot who showed It was with little reluctance that we pu t himself ! But in fact all seemed very quie t aside our holiday and started the difficult and it was only on the journey to Nicosia tha t task of rooting out the Squadron from th e we saw the first signs of the trouble which had mysterious places to which it had disappeared led to our move . to celebrate. We were surprised to fin d We passed road blocks of barrels and bar - everybody there at the parade after lunch . bed wire manned by scruffy characters—un- This was largely due to a 3-tonner which ha d shaven and unsavoury—in parachute smock s somehow gathered together a colourful and cap comforters—with loaded Stens . crowd, full of the festive spirit, which it ha d They seemed friendly but thoroughl y collected from the four corners of Benghazi . business-like. Whether they were Gree k By that evening we knew that we were or Turk we did not know . definitely going. Benina had filled up wit h We were destined for a tented camp outside Beverleys and Hastings, with slip crews , Nicosia, and there we were equipped with ou r loading teams, servicing teams and refuellin g Union Jacks. The camp looked uncom- teams. Every car was filled with its first lin e fortable and spartan but we didn't stay there ammunition, which in itself seemed enoug h long. Slowly we picked up the gist of what to take on the whole of the Greek an d had been happening. 2nd Troop saw th e Turkish armies . village of Skylloura burned to the ground ; The airlift started at midnight and pro- the Squadron Leader went near the ol d gressed throughout the next 36 hours . As we walled city and saw the results of the Christ- had returned only six days beforehand fro m mas fighting there and the Troop Leaders ac- " Top Hat "—an airportable exercise to E l companied R.A.F. families protection patrol s Adem—this lift presented absolutely no in the suburbs .

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"C" SQUADRON IN CYPRUS

1. Ferret leaves Beverley Aircraft 2. Tpr. Kirk 3. Tpr. Spencer on the Kyrenia Range 4. Mr. R. F. Cornish 5. Tpr. Gawthorpe

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" C " SQUADRON IN CYPRUS (Left to Right) Top : Tpr . Walkden, CpI . Purnell, Tpr . Smith Centre : Tpr . Spencer, Sgt. Howard, Tpr. Niel d Below : Cpl . Foxcroft, Cpl. Burgess, L/CpI . Standis h

Cpl . Burgess and Mr. Bowles in Cyprus

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Tpr. Spencer passes a burnt-out Cypriot building

The simple story was that the constant columns of vehicles moved into position, le d animosity between the two communities ha d in each case by four Ferrets . We found i n flared up. The trouble spread through the the city that all was quiet. Nearly all th e whole Island, but was centred in Nicosi a houses had been hastily evacuated and th e itself—and particularly in the walled city an d only signs of activity were the many roa d the suburb of Omorphita where a particularl y blocks and the furtive shadows that move d bloody battle had raged among the narro w away from the windows as we went past . streets. This had left the city in chaos . In We were used as highly mobile patrol s many parts almost every house had eithe r covering each Battalion area, and we saw th e been burned or systematically looted, an d marked effect that the cars had upon th e Greek started at Turk literally across th e Cypriots. There was little tendency to argu e street . with what we said . A British Truce Force had been gathere d On the establishment of the " Gree n together. This consisted of 1 Glosters, th e Line " the force was to take over the Greek Rifle Brigade, 3 L .A.A. Wing R.A.F . and Turkish positions as quietly as possible, Regiment and "C" Squadron 14th/20th King' s and by the next day the operation had en- Hussars. Apart from ourselves, the whole joyed partial success and gradually we wer e force was normally stationed in Cyprus, so returned to the Squadron . we had to learn our way about quickly . The We had moved by this time to the Nicosi a Forresters and later 2 R .A. also arrived fro m Club. In times of peace and quiet this is the England to help out . The task of this force major British Club in Nicosia, and we settle d was to stop the fighting and maintain Law ourselves in great comfort . The Manager' s and Order. Its first move was to impose th e office became the Ops room and day by da y " Green Line " (Major-General Young ha d bigger and better maps went up on the walls , only a green pencil at the time) which was th e more and more coloured pins covered th e dividing line between Greeks and Turks who maps and the chatter on the two wirelesse s were initially forbidden to cross it . The became more and more intense . British were prepared to open fire to enforc e There followed a week in which we wer e this, though this never happened during ou r largely employed on escort duties as we be - stay . came regrettably a sort of "radio cab organ- Most of the troops were attached to the isation" . "Ring up and we'll send one . ! " Infantry Battalions who were to move into th e We escorted the High Commissioner . We city. On the morning of December 30, long escorted Mr. Duncan Sandys, and we

42 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars performed a variety of mysterious tasks fo r Of course, neither story was accurate, bu t Major Macey, the well-known liaison officer . gradually a picture of the Island developed . At his request, Ferrets would disappear The Greeks were cutting the Turkish com- from Dr. Kutchuk's house, with terrified munications, blocking the exits to thei r individuals concealed in the turrets . villages, so that food could not be brough t Soon, 16th Parachute Brigade with it s from without, nor could doctors get in . complete headquarters and 1st Battalion Both communities spent the hours of dark- The Parachute Regiment arrived on th e ness guarding their villages and shooting a t Island. The Headquarters ousted us from th e random to frighten the other side . This part Nicosia Club while 1st Para stayed i n of our job was intensely interesting and mos t Dhekelia. Despite our move we started to d o valuable . A glance at the maps in Truc e a job that suited us completely. So far th e H .Q. showed that the majority of their infor- trouble was thought to be mainly in the city , mation came from our patrols . but now that the situation there was more stable, it was time to find out how far th e Our tasks grew and grew, and soon we were outlying areas had been affected . This tas k covering the whole Island. Each troop was given to " C " Squadron . Most troops tended to specialise in, and become th e split into two patrols, each of two cars, an d authority, on one particular area . Th e these patrols left each morning furnished wit h Squadron Leader was given full responsi - a long list of villages to be visited . bility for all recce on the Island . Eac h The patrol leaders were faced with th e morning a vast conglomeration of vehicle s extremely difficult task of questioning th e would assemble outside our base, and int o inhabitants and finding out exactly what ha d the ops room would squeeze at least 2 0 been going on . We soon discovered tha t patrol leaders from the various units in th e the Greeks regarded us with a certain reserv e Island. In the evening the same people woul d if not suspicion, and emphasised that ther e write out their reports, at first in duplicate , had been little trouble in the village. Th e then in triplicate and, finally, as more peopl e Turks, on the other hand, were overjoyed t o became interested in what we were doing, i n see us. They filled us with Turkish coffe e quadruplicate . until it came out of our ears, and tumbled ove r Truce Force Headquarters was particularl y themselves to tell us that they were half- concerned by our reports of shortage o f starved, that no doctor could reach them, and food, and we spent several days escortin g that they were terrorised at night by th e food and medical convoys to the wors t Greeks . affected villages .

Cpl . Lilley on patrol visiting a Turkish community Sgt . Rumble in Cyprus

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Replacement Ferret : Straight from the Ark (Left to right) Cpl. Vasey, Sgt . Jackson, Tprs. McVay and Jose

It soon became obvious that the only wa y you ? " " Well, it's not coming " . to remedy the situation was to remove the The incident of the stolen armoured "pigs" road blocks and ensure that the people wer e was the most frustrating. Two armoured . Th e 1 not too frightened to leave their villages 1-tonners had been stolen from the Ordnanc e Cypriots did not remove them all themselves, Depot at Famagusta, and the Squadron wa s so our patrols started to dismantle them, bu t told to find them. 3rd Troop spent a whol e they were put up again after dark . day about an hour behind the vehicles, wit h Our largest task was to escort Turkis h the L.A .D. noses to the ground, followin g delegates round the Island in armoured one - tyre marks . Eventually it appeared that th e tonners, so that they could explain to th e vehicles were at the village of Atheniou,bein g local villagers what the agreement about th e disguised as 3-tonners. An elaborate opera- removal of road blocks meant . A truly tion was planned by which we were to sur- formidable force assembled at the Kyrenia round the village, and Captain Eyre was t o Gate one morning and, under the Squadron collect a Turkish informer, put a sack over hi s Leader's direction, vanished to all corners of head, and make him point out where the pigs the Island . were . If they tried to bolt we were to ope n We came near to firing several times . The fire. Only one hour before we were to mov e first incident was started by a report that in, we heard that they had been handed over 20 Greeks captured in the village of Kokkin a in Famagusta . were to be shot at midnight . 5th Troop were One night we thought we were really i n sent up to the village and on their way dis- business. There had been talk about a covered that the deadline was not midnight , Turkish invasion for some time, and that it was 7 p .m.—and the time was then half- evening an R.A.F. Shackleton reported si x past eight, so they pressed on expecting t o ships off the coast. This, everyone thought , find a holocaust at the other end, but lik e must be the Turkish Armada. The troop s so many of the stories we were sent t o were hurriedly recalled from patrol and the investigate the situation had been amicabl y first sign of activity they saw was the Unio n settled before their arrival, and the hostages Jack which graced the front of the Turkis h had been sent back . orphanage in which we lived, crashing to the That same night the remainder of th e ground . Squadron moved out to intercept an arm s Inside, secret documents were burned an d landing on the North Coast . When the y everything was packed up . Everything of arrived there was no sign of the Greek ship . value would have been destroyed were it not The Squadron Leader, striding along th e for Captain Eyre, who was convinced w e beach, was met by a Greek who said " S o would be coming back—and in fact, we never you've come to look for the ship, have moved out. But it was a shock to the Sabre

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Sgmn. Richardson and L/Cpl . Gee in Cyprus Troops who had thought that S .H .Q. had become a permanent fixture in the orphanag e to see it ready to go in a very few minutes . Tpr. Jones on patro l After this the situation appeared calm, but every night was supposed to be " the night " There had been trouble there, and thi s when something would happen to spark if off could be the reason, but it was a mystifie d again. But nothing materialised. However , " C " Squadron that handed over its Unio n our long-range patrols were cut down t o Jacks to the Life Guards . We were greete d enable us to be close at hand if there wa s by "A" Squadron in Benghazi with its wheel s trouble . off, preparing for the Annual U.M .I . We became thoroughly settled at th e orphanage. Each day one troop was hel d The move to Cyprus had been so sudde n back for maintenance and another was i n that several of the Squadron who were o n reserve at ten minutes notice to move . leave in the United Kingdom did not join u s until later. But we didn't remain settled for long . On January 26, exactly one month after we ha d "A" Squadron and " H.Q." Squadron been warned to move to Cyprus, we wer e therefore lent us some people to make ou r placed on 72 hours notice to return to Libya . strength up, and in addition, people came wit h us who are normally in " H .Q." Squadron but who, we hope, would be able to come t o us if a similar operation happened again . They were :—T/Q.M .S . Bentley, Cpl. Green - wood, Cpl. Metcalfe, L/Cpl . Kent, L/Cpl . Gee, L/Cpl . Ratcliffe, Tpr. Binns, Tpr . Stephenson, Tpr. Tonks, Tpr. Mayes, Cfn. Halmshaw, Cfn . Roberts, Cfn. Williams , Sgmn. Richardson—all from "H .Q ." Squad- ron, Mr. J. F. A. Hope and Tpr . Platt from "A" Squadron.

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M .T . Troop on Troodo s Why not do so NOW ! (Left to right) Tprs. Tickle, Harrison, Morris, Burns , Lloyd and Grant

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Looking back on 1963 we find it has bee n well and prompted the remark from one of a most successful year . Medicina Ball wa s our members that " It would be a good idea held, as usual, in April and we invited a to have one of these every Saturday " . fairly large number of guests from all unit s July to September was fairly quiet as fa r in the Cyrenaica area . The evening went as Mess li fe was concerned, but plenty to d o with a swing and everyone thoroughly en- in the training line. October always com- joyed themselves, as is to be expected . mences with thoughts about Ramnuggur . Members of the Regiment who served a t This year we held what could fairly b e Medicina get less and less each year . There described as the finest Ramnuggur ever, an d now remain only three . when one considers the amount of work pu t The formation of Air Troop caused an into it, it is not surprising. The South Sea increase to our Mess strength and we wel- Island effect complete with blue sky and star s comed the arrival of W .O.1 (" Paddy ") produced by S .S.M . Plunkett and his com- O'Brien, S/Sgt . Bill Smithson, Sgts . Bracey , mittee was much admired, and some of th e Spencer and Callister on various date s younger couples were quite taken with th e throughout the year, and we are now used " snug " corners made from palm leaves . to the sight of light blue berets on the table a t About 300 people attended and it was a mos t the entrance to the Mess . enjoyable evening . Breakfast was served a t June saw us busy preparing for the Queen' s 5 a.m. and, as last year, roughly 120 were Birthday Parade, which was very impressive there to eat it . and well attended. Being a rather warm day, Things were fairly quiet until our New the invitation to liquid refreshment at the Are a Year's Eve dance, which was marred by th e Mess afterwards was accepted with alacrity . absence of " C " Squadron (who had poppe d The same evening we held a cocktail party off to Cyprus). We saw the New Year i n for two hundred, including our own mem- with gusto and can only hope that 1964 wil l bers and their wives ; this, too, went down very be as pleasant and successful as 1963 .

R.S.M. Witney entertaining Colonel Stephen at the Sergeants' Mess

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Regimental Sports News

FOOTBALL receiving their medals from the Area Com- We continue the notes from last year' s mander, Col . C. A. Morris, immediately afte r Journal with the news that, as prophesied , the great Cup match . the finals of the Command Cup saw th e In the season 1963-64, " C " Squadro n Regimental team playing against the Depo t showed their prowess once again, with muc h Royal Malta Artillery in a home match i n the same team. The only changes were : Benghazi. This was a most exciting gam e Cpl. Kinnaird posted to " H .Q." Squadron , between two well matched sides . The Regi- replaced by Cpl. Green, from " H .Q ." ment went ahead in the middle of the first hal f Squadron ; and Tpr. Essery, to civilian life , with a beautiful goal scored by Tpr . Medhurst replaced by Tpr . Price. The Area league from 30 yards out. The second goal was table in December shows the true picture : scored by Tpr. Tickle in the last 15 minutes Goal s of the second half and the final result wa s P W D L F A Pts . 2-0 . Cpl. Green played an extremely good 1st " C" Sqn . . . 8 8 0 0 68 6 ps 6 game, as did Cfn. Williams in goal, but fo r 3rd " H.Q." Sqn . 6 4 0 2 17 11 8 him the match might easily have gone the 7th "A" Sqn . . . 5 2 0 3 16 19 2 other way. It should be recorded that thi s 9th Band . . 4 1 0 3 6 34 2 was the finest match that had been seen i n There was no doubt that " C " Squadro n Cyrenaica and in the Regiment for man y would win easily once again ; but thei r years. Each member of the team gave of his departure to Cyprus on Boxing Day kille d best and the result was outstanding. It is their chances and " H .Q." Squadron ar e worth recording that this was the first tim e favoured against " C " Company 1 Gree n that a Cavalry Regiment has won the Malta Howards, who are both dangerous and now i n and Libya Cup . top place. "A" Squadron have the promis e Also, as forecast, " C " Squadron carrie d of a good team but tend to take the gam e all before them to win the Cyrenaica league, rather vocally which puts off their bette r

REGIMENTAL FOOTBALL TEAM 1963-64 (Left to right Back row) : Cpl . Kinnaird, Tpr. Tickle, Tpr. Jones, Cpl . Green, L/CpI . Fahey, Cfn . Bell Front row : Cpl. Vasey, Tpr. Carter, L/Cpl. Watson (captain), Tpr. Harrison, L/Cpl . Tomlinson

Journal of the 14th 20th King's Hussars 4 7 players. The Band have played valiantly with a view to selecting a team for the Nea r but seem to be unable to get out of the losin g East championship in Malta . rut and rise to the high standard of many The Regiment was represented by Cpl . previous Band teams . Daubney, L/Cpl. Parkinson, Tprs. Birch , Despite the handicap of not being able t o Elson, Nelson, Kirk, Smith (" C " Squadron) , call on " C " Squadron players, a Regimenta l Rothwell, Bosher and Cfn . Wheeler . team is being mustered to go to Tripoli i n They played well in all their matches , early February 1964, to play in a Sport s defeating R.A.F. ldris 11—9, Royal Signals Festival. The "A"" H .Q." Squadrons team 19—3, Tripolitania 6—3 and Royal Signals will be chosen from Cpl. Kinnaird, LCpls . again 15—3 . Springthorpe, Leeming and Ashton, Tprs . Tprs. Nelson, Smith, Bosher and Birc h Field, Smedhurst, Cullen, Tomlinson, Tod d particularly distinguished themselves . and Molloy and Bdsm . Ripley and Meynell . Cpls. Beck and Amor were unfortunatel y They will play against " B " Squadron in a absent, as they were required for duties i n trial match to select a team to represent th e Benghazi . Regiment . As these notes close to go to th e The players were housed at Prinn Barracks , Editor, we wish our team the best of luck i n which they found a bit rough ; however, a this festival. new bar was being opened at the time, and the food was " fab ." There was, alas, no chance of sociabilitie s CRICKET with " B " Squadron, for they were out on a n After a poor start the cricket seaso n exercise, but outings were arranged to see th e quickly got under way and the standard o f sights of Tripolitania, and everyone was duly play improved to such an extent that " C, " impressed with what they saw . " H.Q ." and "A" Squadrons came first , Cpl . Daubney and Cfn . Wheeler did a second and third in the Area League of 1 1 good job looking after the team in a mos t teams . competent manner, and the visit was muc h The outstanding performers were Tprs . enjoyed by everyone . Stanford, Massiah, Tomlinson and Leemin g Tpr. Smith was picked to go to Malta t o in "A" Squadron . Tprs. Watson, Tickle an d represent the Regiment in the championships . Hamblin, supported robustly by Majo r Garbutt in " C " Squadron. And in " H .Q ." Squadron, Sgt . Bracey (A .A.C.) and Cpl . Green . The enthusiasm of our West India n troopers was influential in the support give n The Underwate r to cricket this year, and at times our oppo- nents thought they were playing the Wes t Indian 2nd XI ! Explorers Clu b The D'Arcy Hall competition was won b y (MEMBERS ONLY ) " C " Squadron, who played well and de - T R I P O L I served to win, though no-one can understan d tel. 3123 6 how they did it . "A" Squadron were th e runners-up, followed by " B " Squadron , :—BEACH Facilities who beat " H .Q." into fourth place, at 7 .3 0 on a Saturday morning. A possible expla- TENNIS COURT S nation of this result is that half the " H .Q . " SWIMMING POO L team had visited the Sergeants' Mess th e (Olympic Size ) previous night ! We hope this year to have " B " Squadro n TRAP SHOOTIN G with us and to provide them with some stiff CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUN D opposition to which, it is believed, they ar e BRIDGE ROO M unaccustomed in Tripoli ! LOUNGE BA R RESTAURANT (Continenta l RUGBY FOOTBAL L and Oriental Foods) A combined Area team left Benina o n November 26 to play against Tripolitania

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Regimental Go-Kart Meeting The Regiment has 19 Karts in the club. Meetings are usually held every two weeks

p olo

Polo in the Regiment continues to flourish , for the Army against the Navy in the Rundl e and is the only form of equestrian activit y Cup, which the Army won . Major Palmer possible in Libya . The Regimental Stable s played in this match again this year, also wo n are amalgamated with the Benghazi Militar y by the Army . In July last year, the Regiment Saddle Club, which is run by the Regiment , sent six players and their wives to Malta fo r and we have a total of 30 ponies, all of whic h ten most enjoyable days . We managed t o are local barbs, with the exception of fou r win the Du Cane Cup for Army teams , rather larger animals from Tunis . We hav e against Army, Malta, by 4—3 after a very 23 officers playing polo, of whom six are with close match. Our team on this occasion was : " B " Squadron in Tripoli . This is the most 1. Tubbs we have ever had playing since the war an d 2. Whittington augurs well for the inter-Regimental tourna- 3. Palme r ments in Germany . 4. Garbutt . We play polo twice a week for most of th e Mr. Holderness-Roddam and Mr . Lang year: in addition to this we have riding schoo l played for the Army subalterns against th e and polo rides before breakfast four morning s Navy. The whole trip was most enjoyabl e a week, and a children's riding school fou r and successful and we are hoping to repeat i t afternoons a week . We have also started a later this year. The hospitality of our many limited amount of riding for soldiers, apart friends in Malta was fantastic ; we are parti- from the grooms ; our eventual aim being t o cularly indebted to Brigadier and Mrs . achieve a soldiers' . polo team. S.S.M. Kingzett and Major and Mrs. Dewey for their Sharrock, A .Q.M .S. Markey, S.Q.M.S . kindness on this occasion, and indeed when - Taylor, S.Q.M .S. Escott, L/Cpl. Steele and ever any member of the Regiment is in Malta . Tpr. Sloan are our main supporters at th e Also in July we played a farewell match fo r moment . Mr. Noel Jackson, the Consul-General, wh o In May last year, Major Palmer an d did so much to assist us in training our ponies . Captain Pemberton went over to Malta to play He captained a team of himself, Mr . Greg

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The Du Cane Cup, Malta. Mrs. Palmer presents a prize to Captain Whittington, while Major Palmer looks o n benignly. Right : Major Garbutt and Captain Tubbs .

Holub of Esso, Mr. Ralph Stefan of th e On Boxing Day our tireless little ponie s American Embassy and Captain Eyre, an d were given a change from polo . We had a they just beat a Regimental team after a goo d " lawn meet " followed by three-and-half- match . miles point over some 24 small obstacles . We played for the inter-Squadron polo cu p Mr. Gordon jumped the highest, Captai n in November. "B" Squadron sportingly Whittington came off the hardest and a good brought their team down from Tripoli an d time was had by all . playing on strange ponies, gave "A " We are most grateful to our grooms for al l Squadron a much harder match than th e their hard work under the indefatigable Cpl . final score of 8—2 would suggest . " C " Lilley, and our farrier Cpl. Woodcock who Squadron beat " H .Q ." Squadron 4—2 in th e successfully completed a long farrier's course other match. In the final, "A" Squadro n in U .K. Tpr. Medhurst is also to be con- beat " C " Squadron 7—1 after a good fas t gratulated on coming top of his equitatio n match, the score again not truly reflecting th e course at Windsor. Without their help, i t struggle that went on ! would be impossible to take so much ad- We were very pleased to have playing wit h vantage of what is an ideal opportunity t o us Colonels Stephen, Woodd and Allen durin g play a lot of polo for comparatively littl e their visits to the Regiment. It was quite money. apparent that they have lost none of thei r skills. Their positional play and clean striking of the ball were a revelation to som e REGIMENTAL DINNER of the less experienced players . Anothe r The Regimental Officers' Dinner will b e point of note about their play was the rati o held at the Cavalry Club on Thursday , of work achieved to effort expended, con- June 18, 1964. Notices will be circulated i n trasting with some of us who rush around at May and applications to dine should be sen t vast speed, making a lot of noise, and achieve to Lieutenant-Colonel E . B. Studd, Kirkham, remarkably little . Lower Slaughter, near Cheltenham, Glos .

5 0 Journal of the 14th 20th King's Hussars Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

We have had a very successful year i n good "Tetley's" house had something to do Lancashire with a steady increase in ou r with his absence . Sgt. Lindley and his "B " strength, a marked increase in our percentage Squadron assault troopers were left behin d attendances on out-of-camp training an d in the early stages of the battle to shoot u p very satisfactory trade test results . the enemy R .H .Q. This they successfully did , Our camp last year was held on the York - and then made good their escape . The onl y shire moors at Bellerby, near Catterick—not trouble was that once they had rejoined thei r quite near enough for Sgt . Bradshaw, who , Squadron, the Squadron Leader would insist with ambitions of being a light aircraft pilot , on always leaving them behind on any furthe r flew his Renault upside down on his wa y Squadron moves without telling them where home across the moors one night . We were he was going . very fortunate with the weather, and for ou r We were delighted to have the Commande r second week, hit one of the few warm spell s of 14th/20th Home Headquarters with us at in the English apology for a summer . camp. He was dressed rather like a Zanziba r We worked extremely hard with both Field Marshal and, during the first week , Squadron and Regimental exercises in th e helped us by umpiring our exercises, travellin g first week, and an inter-regimental exercise , in his Morris Traveller, complete with be d under the control of the B.R .A.C., Brigadier made up in the back . During the secon d The Lord Grimthorpe, against the Warwick week, he really roughed it, and became th e and Worcestershire Yeomanry, in the secon d signaller on the "A .C." Squadron Leader' s week . Rover—and the radio worked too . Back home in Lancashire, we have als o We were delighted to see the D .R.A.C . , had a busy time with a Civil Defence exercis e Major-General D'Avigdor Goldsmid, wh o in Bolton, and a signals exercise in Derby- visited us in the field near Hovingham durin g shire. "A .C." Squadron finds Wales attract- our Regimental exercise . He visited al l ive, even if you can not get a drink on Sun - Squadrons and only caught one troop wit h days. They have had exercises with th e their pants down. Sgt . Lee now fully appre- Royal Welch Fusiliers, have become airborn e ciates that he must carry out his mornin g in helicopters by courtesy of R .A .F., Valley , devotions a little nearer dawn ! and have put their drivers through a skid pa n Our exercise against the W .W.Y. was great course near Pwllheli . fun . We fought over some glorious parts o f "D" Squadron disappears to the Lak e Westmorland and Yorkshire, and negotiate d District for their exercises, and have eve n the most primative of roads and bridges . been seen carrying out mounted training o n Despite the extremely hilly country, ou r Captain Armstrong Wilson's horses at hi s wirelesses, still the old steam radio 19 sets , home near Kendal . worked remarkably well. On one night "B" Squadron never quite know where R.H.Q. harboured on a Naval Signal s they are going until they leave their Dril l Station near Harrogate . Here at least, we Hall, and sometimes not then . thought we would be safe from the enemy , We have been very pleased to have bee n being "aboard ship" and be left at peace fo r visited by so many members of the 14th/20t h the night. It did not work out that way an d during the past year . Their visits, with th e H.M.S . Forrest Moor, with us aboard, wa s latest news and scandal from Africa ar e well and truly torpedoed in the early hours o f much appreciated. During August we reall y the morning. Maybe we were not as alert a s began to wonder if Major Palmer had an y we should have been owing to the very high soldiers left in Benghazi, from the numbers of standard of naval hospitality . "A" Squadron who were floating roun d Some had a more interesting exercise tha n Lancashire—mostly in expensive lookin g others. Sgt . Millward decided to leave us o n self-drive cars . the first day and not rejoin until after the exercise was over. His story is that we al l TAILPIEC E drove past his Ferret and refused to stop t o Heard in D .L.O.Y Radio Cadre . give him any petrol . We rather doubt this , "Wot I'm going on with now is th e and are more inclined to believe that a rather `fanatic' alphabet" .

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Major Chartres expounding the master pla n Left to Right : Lt . Evans, Captain Hart and Lt . Foster (R .W .F. )

2nd Bn. 6th (Q.E.O.) Gurkha Rifles

The Battalion is stationed at Gallipol i joint action in the Italian campaign of Worl d Barracks, Hong Kong . War II, and in particular, during the captur e They were warned for operations i n of Medicina . Borneo in May, and this caused great excite- The banner will be carried by the Battalio n ment, particularly among the younge r Pipe Major and will receive its ceremonia l Riflemen . " christening " on the Medicina Day parad e Flown into Labuan in late June, they were on April 16, 1964 . deployed by sea, river and air to cover a n It is intended that the Banner shall b e operational frontage of some 400 miles . The carried whenever a parade is held, to com- Battalion had a successful tour of thre e memorate Medicina, and also on other months and the two main contacts with th e suitable occasions . opposition during this period took place i n The Battalion is now commanded by Lt . - their area. During one of them Lt . Hugh Colonel Tony Harvey . Wallace, a promising young officer, wa s killed . The Battalion now has a Pipe Banner wit h their own badge on one side, and the 14th / THE EDITOR THANKS . . . 20th badge on the other. The idea of this i s Mr. D. Levy, of Messrs. F. J. Parson s to have visible evidence of the associatio n Ltd., for his help in the production of thi s between the two regiments based on their Journal . 5 2 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 14th Canadian Hussar s A Visi t

In January 1961, Major lver Clifton, 2I C never seen a real steak until then. Th e of the 14th Canadian Hussars, visited th e gathering moved at midnight to the Com- Regiment at Hohne. That was the secon d manding Officer's house, and finally we wer e visit by a member of his Regiment since ou r released to bed in the Commercial Hotel a t two regiments became allied in 1928 . In 2 a.m. with a warning that reveille was a t June 1963, being in Canada, I was fortunate 3 .30 a.m. There was some domestic re- in being able to return the visit, our first, an d sistance to this since reveille had been a t to make a presentation of a Trumpet Banne r 6 a.m. the previous morning. and a Regimental Side Hat . At 3.30 a.m. an unbreakfasted and uncom- The 14th Canadian Hussars is one of 2 6 municative group, suitably garbed Wester n Militia Regiments, which together with 4 style, moved off to the Hassett Ranch t o Regular Regiments, make up the Roya l breakfast and witness a branding . After a Canadian Armoured Corps (R .C.A.C .) . The gargantuan meal consisting of a heart y Militia is the equivalent of the T .A. and " English-style " breakfast, plus periphera l undertake much the same tasks, albeit wit h additions such as pillars of pancakes and considerably less Regular support and as- mounds of hot muffins, the party joined th e sistance . cowboys at the corral on the range . Th e The Regiment is located in Swift Current , expertise exhibited by the cowboys in ropin g Saskatchewan, with " B " Squadron a t the steers was fascinating . Born to the saddle Maple Creek some 85 miles away and nea r and deft in handling the rope, they quickly , the Saskatchewan-Alberta border . At each effectively and without fuss, completed this bi g of these places there are Drill Halls—calle d operation in some four hours. Then, headed Armouries—which, whilst fulfilling the same by Captain Norval Birch, we moved off in a military functions as their T .A. equivalents , motorcade for a tour of the Cypress hill s are much more prominent as the live an d which included the R .C.M.P. stud farm at vigorous social centres of their areas . In our Fort Walsh . four days visit my wife and I were entertaine d Apart from three magnificent stallions an d in both Armouries and can attest to the thrust the splendid herd of black brood mares, Fort and thoroughness of the social activity . Walsh is of interest as the site of the Siou x The Colonel of the Regiment, Colonel Treaty negotiations. It was here that th e J . P. Whyte, was leaving for a tour of Europ e then R.C.M.P. Commissioner, an America n the day after our arrival . Despite this, he General, and Sitting Bull, met to thrash ou t was kind enough to invite us to his house as the future of the Sioux Nation after Custer' s soon as we arrived and immediately broache d defeat by the latter and Crazy Horse at th e a bottle of champagne. This was our firs t battle of the Little Big Horn . sample of the warm and openhearted treat- The migration of the Sioux to Canada afte r ment which we were to receive for the nex t this battle has given rise to a virile legen d four days and which forcibly brought home which is recounted in these parts . A to me the very real bonds that exist betwee n " Mountie " Corporal was sent to the Siou x the two Regiments . to remind them they were now in the Queen' s Major Clifton and his wife drove us tha t lands and that they were expected to behave day to " B " Squadron in Maple Creek wher e accordingly. Astonished at the temerity o f we met the Commanding Officer, Major E d the Corporal, Crazy Horse is said to hav e Reardon, and where we were to remain fo r demanded why only one man was sent to dis- the next 24 hours . Major Reardon promptl y cipline them. The Corporal replied " Why slapped Stetsons on our heads, high-heeled not ? Only one tribe ! " boots on our feet and whisked us away to the Reluctantly we left Maple Creek and re - Armouries where, since we were in the Bee f turned to Swift Current where rest and re- country, he had arranged a steak cookout . cuperation were vital before further Wester n The steaks were prepared by Cpl . Dick and hospitality was experienced . beggar description. Suffice to say we had The following day I was taken round the

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Regiment in Benghazi. This was read ou t just before the presentation . Our last day was spent on the farm owned by Major Clifton just outside Swift Curren t and that evening he and his wife joined us a t the house of the Adjutant, Captain Nic k Markewich . Although jaded and pulverised by the out - standing warmth of the hospitality we ha d received during our visit, we found ourselve s deeply regretting our departure . My over- whelming impression was of the genuin e goodwill that exists for the Regiment there, i n Saskatchewan, and of the importance o f maintaining the link as a vigorous and mean- ingful association . A vivid visit and an unforgettable experienc e for which I shall always be grateful . M.A.J . Hassett Ranch : "An unbreakfasted and uncommuni - cative group"—Major and Mrs. James with (centre) Major Reardon (C .O . of the 14th Canadian Hussars) and (left) Mrs. Clifton 2nd/6th Gurkha Rifles Armouries by the caretaker, Mr. Paul Jameson, and given an opportunity to liste n and talk to the very good 25-piece Regimental band. W.O.2 Tallman is the enthusiasti c Bandmaster . Both he and his band betrayed healthy amusement at the origins of " Royal Sussex " as our Regimental March . I sus- pect they could have capped the tale had they wished . Prominently displayed in the Mess, as wa s the history of the 14th/20th, were photograph s of our three Messes taken at Hounslow i n 1931 . They are in good order and had dur- ing the war been stored in the house of th e Colonel of the Regiment to ensure their survival. That night a dance was held in the Officers ' Mess and attended by three ex-Commandin g Officers, most of the serving officers, the O .C . of the local R .C.M.P. Detachment, and man y others prominent in the community . The presentation took place during the evening i n an atmosphere of considerable goodwill wit h the Trumpet Banner being much admired . Speeches of impressive genuineness wer e made which reflected the regard in which th e links between the two Regiments are held .

Particular point was given to these links b y The Pipe-Major with the 14th/20th crest on near side . the receipt of a signal of good wishes from the The Gurkha crest is on the other side. 54 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars Old Comrades Association We had a good reunion at the Carlto n Rooms on May 4, 1963, followed the next da y by the Memorial Parade at which the Duke o f Edinburgh took the salute . Unfortunately our numbers were down o n recent years, probably because of the post- ponement of the Cup Final Match . During the evening Colonel Stephen pre- sented a silver salver to Major George Swallow in recognition of all his hard an d selfless work as Secretary since 1946. George continues to take a close interest in the wor k of the Association, putting his vast knowledg e of its members at the disposal of the new Secretary. He has also been kindly attendin g the meetings of the Combined Cavalry O .C.A . On November 30, the Northern Branch ha d a reunion in Manchester, in conjunction wit h the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry . This was attended by a hundred of our pas t and present members and their wives, to- gether with about the same number o f Yeomen . Colonel Stephen, Lt .-Colone l Talbot, who had flown back from Benghazi , and Lt .-Colonel Browne (from York) wer e Cpl . C. Pugh, 14th King's Hussars, Muttra, 191 7 present . The Drill Hall was made to look quit e homely by R.S .M . Jude and his team o f The following bought tickets for th e helpers, who worked long hours to achiev e London reunion : Colonel R. J. Stephen , this. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselve s Lt .-Colonel J . A . T. Miller, Brigadier J . B . and some Old Comrades kindly wrote to th e Norton, Lt.-Colonels B. B. N . Woodd , Secretary later to say so . This function wil l R. P. D. F. Allen, E. B. Studd, H . D. T. Miller, again take place in November this year . E. G. W. T. Walsh, R . M . Roberts, D. P. R . A census of a cross section of the Associa- Scarr ; Majors J. J . Mann, J . P. S. Pearson , tion has been carried out during the year, G. H . Swallow, P . T. Drew, D . E. R. Scarr, asking whether members would prefer t o P. H . Marnham, M . A. Urban-Smith, Mrs . have a meal at the London reunion instead of P. S. Mosse ; Majors P. C. Clarke, R. E. D . a stand-up buffet. The result is that opinio n Harris, L. R. Charlton ; Captains G. S. is heavily loaded in favour of a sit-down meal , Sanders, R. A. McClure, P. L. J . Groves , and the first one will therefore take place o n A. H . I . Bridges, P . T. Fenwick ; Messrs . C . J . May 2, 1964. It will be held in one of th e Blease, E . Sheen, P. Workman, C . C. Cornish , restaurants in the Earl's Court building, where L. J . Adams, W. J . Adams, L. Berriman , there is an adjacent bar. There will be no B. F. Birtchnell, J. R. Burnett, F. Blackwell , band this year . W. Bradley, H . M . Brodie, W . E. Brooker , Details about this and the Sunday parad e F. G . Coath, A. A . Cannell, V. C. Coles , will have been issued by the time you rea d P. W. Challis, E . E. Clarke, T. W. Corbett , this, but please note that the Memoria l J .W. Dixon, J . Eccleston, W .O .1 D . J . Flowers , Parade on Sunday, May 3, will start half a n S . Follows, A. Freeman, A . E. Gillard, R . F . hour earlier this year . Hutton, A. Hall, W. Hainey, S . H. Harrison , The Regimental Secretary is most gratefu l J . E. Jones, J. V. Justin, R . Jones, E. Kirby, to those Old Comrades who make a contribu- F. F. Lauder, R. E. Luck, D. F. Marks, J . P . tion to the funds each year . Without thi s Murray, B. K . Niblett, G . Nicholls, S . A . financial help it would be difficult to meet al l Nicholls, H . V. Natty, A . C. Pugh, H . Parr , our commitments . R . E . Rushbrook, D. R. Staniford, J .

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Sgt . A. E. Gillard in his snuggery at Royal Hospital, Chelsea

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Shepherd, C . G. Smith, J. H . Taylor, W.O .2 Finishing his service with the Royal W. Volley, H. G. Webb, G. W. Woodroffe , Wiltshire Yeomanry, he retired in 1930 t o S . A. Wheeler, and serving members of the become the Host at the celebrated Dolphi n Regiment . inn at Devizes . The following bought tickets for the He was a splendid soldier : self-confident , Northern branch reunion at Manchester : strong and brave, free and easy, happy-go - Colonel R. J. Stephen, Lt.-Colonel P. F. W . lucky, and ready for anything. Browne, Lt .-Colonel . G. A. L. C. Talbot , He became a most loyal and constant Old Majors M. A. Urban-Smith, R. E. D. Harris ; Comrade, and attended all the reunions an d Captain J. R. Thomas; Messrs. A. W . parades . Bailey (R .E.M.E.), A. Bailey, J . B. Bailey , He is survived by his wife, Elsie, whom h e C. Broadbent, F. G. Coath, T. Charles , married in 1921, and by his son, who serve d R. Easto, J . Eccleston, E. Fryer, W . Frost , 22 years in the Royal Navy, and his daughter , W. Hainey, J . Jowett, H. Parr, D. Staniford , who is now Head mistress of Cheriton Primary J . W. Spooner, J . Thompson (Stalin), J . School. White, D. A. Walters, E. Ward, R. Whillans , He was a devoted husband and father , W.O.I J . V. Justin, W.O.2 Flowers, W.O . 2 and our great sympathy goes out to his Volley, together with the permanent staff o f family . the D.L.O.Y. and the Recruiting team . There were also present a goodly numbe r of D.L.O.Y. members, including Colonel R. F. Hesketh and Lt.-Colonel J. N. B . S.S.M . ARTHUR BAILEY Cardwell . S .S.M. Arthur Bailey, great-hearted 14t h Hussar, died in his sleep on February 15 , Deaths 1964, at his home in Blackley, Manchester . We regret to announce the deaths of : He was a constant Old Comrade and only TOM JULIFF, who died on May 12, 1963 , recently he attended a reunion at Regimental after a long illness. He was one of the Home Headquarters, and met several of hi s leading Regimental boxers of the 1919-193 0 old friends . period, and was also prominent in Garriso n When I joined the 3rd Troop of "A " tournaments featuring special contests . Squadron in Bangalore, he was a young Cor- SGT . H . ST . PIERRE died on October 2 , poral. " Jock " Pentland was Sergeant - 1963 . He was a keen member of the Major and Tom Millgate S.Q.M.S . The n Northern Branch O .C.A . there was Arthur Cooper as Farrier Sergeant , MR. W. LEIGH has reported the death of Cpl . Stacey of the Band, Cpl . Wheeler , his youngest brother, who served for 12 year s Shoeing-Smith Gayton, Fred Crossley an d in the band of the 14th and with the 20th in all . World War I . Arthur was a slim handsome young fellow, CPL. R. REEVE of Twickenham, on January quiet and efficient, yet full of fun, and a n 23, 1964. He served during the post Worl d engaging companion. He had the way wit h War I period . men and horses, and was never known t o SGT. HARRY NORMAN (" Paddy ") o n raise his voice or hand in anger . January 11, 1964, aged 73 . On appointment to Lance-Sergeant, h e " Paddy " Norman started life in the 20t h went to " C " Squadron . With them he wen t Hussars, joining the 14th in 1911 . He on service and served conspicuously through - served throughout in " C " Squadron . He out in Mesopotamia and Persia. Major was an excellent rifle shot, a qualified equita- Edgar Bridges, his Squadron Leader, de - tion instructor, and he led a troop with das h scribed him as one of the best " junior and judgment . He was gay and friendly and tacticians " . liked by all . He was one of the Cadre who came hom e He was with " C Squadron throughou t from the East in 1919 to start the peace-tim e their battles in Mesopotamia, and on thei r build-up of the Regiment . epic march through Persia to the Caspian i n He was keen on games and a keen sports - 1918 . He took part in the encounter with man. He trained successfully several hunters the Turks at Tak-mah-i-dasht . and polo ponies for officers . " Safety Pin ", a He was awarded the Medaille Militaire fo r beautiful pony belonging to Captain Geoffre y valour on the battlefield . Hamer, was his greatest achievement .

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Getting command of "A" Squadron I Arthur and his dog, Queenie, on hi found Arthur as my S .Q.M.S . ; he shortly . s knee inseperable companions became S.S.M. with Charlie Wash as I have tried to give a picture of this stal- S .Q.M.S . and " Taffy " Evans, Staff-Sergean t wart soldier and faithful friend . In estimatin g Farrier. What a team ! his worth we must acknowledge how muc h One of Arthur's triumphs was when th e help and encouragement was given him b y Squadron football team, led by Farrier - his devoted wife, and tender to her our Sergeant " Gunboat " Smith, won the Nor- great sympathy in her sudden sorrow . thern Command Inter-Unit Competition a t York. I have a picture of the team wit h JACK MILLE R Old Soldiers' Association

In case you are not clear about the purpos e Mrs. Bernard says she has made her usua l of the Old Soldiers' Association, its charter i s subscriptions on our behalf, to charities, and , as follows ; as the result of an appeal a donation was made to the "Not Forgotten Association". Thi s To promote the welfare of retired organisation cares for badly disabled ex- Officers and discharged soldiers of the 14t h servicemen and provides comforts and concer t King's Hussars, 20th Hussars, 14th/20t h parties in hospitals . It also arranges visits fo r King's Hussars and 26th Hussars b y the disabled to sporting functions, such as th e helping them to establish themselve s Derby and Wimbledon . It gives a Christma s respectably in civil life by means of grant s party at the Royal Mews by kind permissio n or loans for business or similar purpose s of H.M . The Queen, and provides TV sets at a and to assist them, their wives and families , small rental for those who are completel y or immediate dependents, in circumstance s housebound . It is a worthwhile charity . of hardship or distress . Grants totalling £363 were made to thirty- Further, to assist serving soldiers of the three Old Comrades and their wives o r 14th/20th King's Hussars, their wives o r widows. Of these, four are on a regula r families, on the recommendation of the quarterly allowance, and have been for some Commanding Officer or competent Servin g years. All are over eighty years of age . Grants Officer . " took the form of coal, blankets, extra nourishment ; the payment of rent and hire The Secretary of the Old Soldiers' As- purchase arrears caused through sickness o r sociation is Mrs. M . L. Bernard, whose offic e unemployment ; clothing and a convalescent is at 206 Brompton Road, London, S.W .3 . holiday. Parcels of useful clothing were sent Telephone KEN 8612 . at intervals throughout the year to the mor e Mrs. Bernard has written to the Editor needy cases . Gifts of worn but useful giving an outline of financial activity during clothing, are always acceptable at the Ol d 1963 . Soldiers Association Office . The sum of £500 was received from the regiment, being the total of a day's pay Mrs. Bernard can always put people i n donated by most members of the regiment . touch with the National Association for the £50 was received from the Benghazi Churc h Employment of Ex-Regulars . The Old of England Church Council from collection Soldiers Association pays an annual sub- monies in St . Luke's Chapel, Benghazi . The scription of £10 to this Association. Eight Council has agreed to donate half the ex-members of the regiment were found collection monies to our Old Soldier s employment last year. The jobs and area s Association Benevolent Fund in future, by were : two half yearly payments . Clerk, Hamilton (Scotland) ; Storeman, Subscriptions from past and presen t Glasgow ; Engineer, Middlesbrough ; Officers total just over £119 for the year. Storekeeper, Lincoln ; Postmen, Aberdee n The £500 donation from the regiment ha s and London ; Machinist, Hull; Commis- been invested . sionaire, Manchester . 58 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars Bull By P.F.W.B .

" Do You Remember " ? Series—No . 2

A lot of loose talk goes on about " bull " i n speaking, makes a nuisance of himself in a these days. I myself have even on one oc- privileged and indiscriminate way . casion, whilst still serving, entertained a Wa r It is a bit of hard luck, you may think, fo r Office Committee enquiring into " bull " — a bull, when " Foreign devils " not only but there was a time when " bull " was merel y occupy his ground, but not content with that another expression for " shooting a line " , alone, proceed to water tempting grass plot s and in no way connected with its presen t and cultivate luscious and succulent Canna etymological employment . lilies and, to top it all, expect a mere festoo n It was a fine, clear Saturday morning in th e of headropes (obtained to his certain know - Spring of 1936 in Lucknow, and the Com- ledge, by devious and highly questionabl e manding Officer had expressed his intentio n means by house-proud S.S.M .s and S.Q.M.S . s to inspect the Barracks in anticipation of the from the Kabari wallah's shop down in th e District Commander's Administrative In- Thieves Bazaar) to keep him from his jus t spection, due for the following week . The entitlement . Lucknow Barracks, where we had recentl y " Stand to your beds ", was the cry, as th e replaced the 10th Hussars, were, in terms o f C.O.'s cortege was seen leaving the Regi- whitewash, red raddle and other forms of mental Office. Little did the junior Com- military colour decoration, absolutely re- manders of " C " Squadron apprehend, tha t splendent . The gardens in particular, which " stand to your flower beds " would, unde r surrounded Troop Bungalows and Mes s the circumstances, have been more appro- Rooms were impeccably tended and a deligh t priate, for by the time the cortege arrived, a to the eye. Miles of " buckshee " headrope s Brahamini bull and his harem of six satellit e on white-washed posts, elegantly marked the cows were browsing contentedly in " C " confines of their lush and well watered flowe r Squadron's prize winning garden . beds and broad, well tended pathways . As he arrived and surveyed the unin- An air of well being and quiet confidence tendedly pastoral scene, the Colonel remarke d permeated all ranks that morning as the y to the Provost Sergeant, with some asperity, awaited the arrival of their Commandin g " Get those cattle out of it, Sgt . Rogers " . Officer, and put the finishing touches to thei r Provost Sergeant (loq) " Cpl . Bullingha m personal kits inside the Barrack Rooms . At get those cattle out of it " ! Provos t least, it was felt that nothing would be foun d Corporal, " Sir ! . . . L/CpI. Trick get those to be wrong with them . Little did " C " cattle out of it " ! Squadron realise, in the middle of this martia l L/Cpl. Trick, the junior member of the Utopia, that fate was creeping upon them Regimental Police in attendance, recognisin g —BULL ! ! that the conventional chain of command had To Hindus all cattle are sacred and not t o been completed, and realising that the be destroyed, or molested by anybody. That principles of military discipline, as expounde d they are not cared for by anybody, in parti- to the world by " Der Alte Fritz " and hi s cular, does not really enter into the matter . military tutor " Der Alte Dessauer ", were After all, in a religion in which everybody not to be trifled with, proceeded to comply b y is of a lower caste than the last, and nobod y springing into action and drawing the offend- who is of a higher caste may consort with a ing bull off with a smart one across his sub- lower grade, even a co-religionist has a pretty stantial rump with his whip . thin time of it (at least, he has to fend ver y You have probably seen wild west films o f much for himself without much cossetin g round-ups of wild buffaloes on the prairie , from outside), and a Holy cow gets nowhere , and stampedes of cattle through a rock y but he is none the less, a Brahmini, and a s gorge, and it was just about this that L/Cpl . such, he wanders the streets, lies down in the Trick's attack let loose . With a wild snort middle of the road, browses off native of resentment, tail up, horns down, literall y vegetable stalls in the bazaars, and generally bull-dozing a lane or wreckage through Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 59 flowers and bushes, the leader of the her d spectacular) victory. The " enemy chieftain' s executed a crashing turn on his hocks and wound was not very serious, but sufficient to went straight at L/Cpl . Trick, for whom , remind him of the sanctity of W .D. propert y since reculer pour mieux sauter was the sole Hindu propriety was not offended b y resort, dodged behind the big babool tree , reason of all action having taken place unde r which stood at the corner of 2nd Troop " C " cover of darkness, and what the eye does no t Squadron. From this point of vantage h e see, the heart does not grieve after . watched the bovine maelstrom that he ha d unleashed, swing past him, and disappear in a The officers had an exciting scurry in pur- cloud of dust across the maidan followed b y suit in the dark, and for 10 minutes at least , his harem, when he returned to report to Cpl . all the image of war without its guilt, and onl y , Bullingham, who reported to Sgt. Rogers , 25 per cent. of its danger . that the mission was completed . The depredations in " C " Squadron' s The Colonel realising that this darin g garden were repaired in time for the G.O.C.' s operation had only just about achieved it s inspection the following week, by the rathe r aim with the slender force at his command at questionable expedient of the Squadro n the time of its commission, assembled a Malis pinching most of the flowers out of the punitive force that evening after Dinner, Municipal Gardens along the Mall and stick- by recruiting a number of his officers mounte d ing them into our own flower beds, where they and armed with hog spears . The enem y lasted just long enough, without wilting, fo r marauders were surprised and put to rout a s the General to express admiration for our they returned on an evening foray into the industry, and to commend our horticultura l Barracks in what, but for the fact that Pete r good taste, and to record his opinion in a Hurndall scored a first spear, " a tergo " on highly satisfactory final report . the bull, would have been a bloodless (though That's BULL, that was !

Rocketing Around Liby a BY GORDON MAXWEL L

Mr. Gordon Maxwell, Assistant Editor of colleagues with stories about a nice soft tri p the " Oldham Evening Chronicle ", visited the spent in exchanging stories over drinks . Regiment in February 1963 .—Ed. It turned out to be much tougher than that , " Remember that fellow, Maxwell " ? although, to be fair, I had my share of gin an d " Yes, wasn't he the one who came out canned beer during the trip . just in time for the Barce earthquake " ? But the pace was hot. I arrived i n He was indeed, and that fellow Maxwell ha s Benghazi on Thursday, February 21, an d still not forgotten his visit to the 14th/20th that evening was rocketed into action toward s King's Hussars, even though a year has gon e Barce. Rocketed is the right word, if Captai n by. For it wasn't just the earthquake , Pharo-Tomlin remembers the nightmare drive although that was exciting enough in al l to Barce and back. It was 4.30 a.m. before conscience . I got to bed, and I was up three hours later to What counted really in a fast and furious file a story . trip to North Africa, was the way the Regi- A tour of the camp followed, but this was ment went out of its way to give a warm and interrupted for another trip to Barce, and friendly welcome to an unknown visitor . Major Wreford and I returned to Wavell jus t Had I been God, I couldn't have receive d in time to take off with the Land Rovers o f more courtesy and consideration . From " C " Squadron for Charuba. We spent th e Colonel Talbot down to the latest recruit, I night in the desert just outside Soluk, and th e was treated in such a handsome manner that following day moved off for Msus . I am the Regiment's friend for life. To me , Charuba has vivid memories . I observed it's a great unit . firing practise, witnessed night firing for Before I set off to Africa, I was regaled by pictorial purposes, and was very nearly drunk Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars

Mr. Gordon Maxwell of the " Oldham Evening Chronicle " on Charuba Ranges with Major Wrefor d under the table by those redoubtable fellow s compass journey—Major Wreford, Captai n in the Sergeants' Mess . Tubbs, Trooper Pomfret and myself. Our By now it was Sunday, and I was beginnin g Land Rover broke down on top of one of to feel the strain. But there was anothe r those scrubby hills, but Duggie Wreford was marathon day ahead with Captain Pember- equal to the occasion, and soon had us ton, who not only had to pass his vehicle s moving. We made a pinpoint return t o through the shambles of Barce, but also had camp . to turn back to deal with a Saladin which ha d And so the desert tour finished with move- gone into a ditch. (The driver, incidentally, ment exercises—Saladins and Ferrets scut- was Tpr. Bradley from Oldham . It may no t tling from place to place, without exposing have pleased him, but it gave me one mor e themselves on the skyline. It was a great story from a trip packed with incident .) afternoon, giving me yards of extra knowledg e Monday was quiet by comparison—visits to boost my standing as the Chronicle's to quarters, chats with local boys, and a n alleged military expert . evening visit to the Club Berenice, where I The following day it was goodbye to the emerged the winner at roulette . desert and into Tripoli to prepare for th e On Tuesday I had to leave for Tripoli an d flight home. But I was able to inspect " B " " B " Squadron. It was a bit of a wrenc h Squadron's barracks and prepare a little leaving all that action behind, but Major propaganda in favour of better things fo r Goodhart and Captain Tubbs were not t o when I got back home . There was also time disappoint me . to drive out to Sabratha to have a look at the The Land Rover trip from Idris Airport Roman ruins, and then finish off with a mea l to the Squadron's desert camp was done i n at one of Tripoli's attractive restaurants . darkness. When it comes to hair raisin g I've seen the Colonel two or three time s driving, Tubbs and Tomlin are equals, and I since. " Come out again, any time ", he was glad to blunder into a tent Mess at mid- always says . And my answer is always the night and restore my nerves with a large same: " If I can find an excuse I shall be brandy . there ". " B " Squadron provided a cross-country And I shall be . Journal of the 14th/20th King ' s Hussars 6 1

.Peterloo

If you dwell in or near Manchester, or i f had held drill parades to smarten everyon e you have visited the city, you have probably up and to ensure that columns of citizen s been to the Central Railway Station . Nearby would march in step and in line, using th e is the Midland Hotel, the Y .M .C.A. the Fre e minimum of space of the then narrow roads , Trade Hall and the Theatre Royal . and generally spread an atmosphere of order These buildings were not standing in th e and confidence . year 1819 . In their place was a wide open These semi-military activities caused th e space called St . Peter's Fields. There, o n gravest forebodings amongst the Magistrates August 16, 11 people were killed and ove of Lancashire and Cheshire who, having n o r several hundred injured- during a public meet police force to turn to in those days, gave th e ingwhich Regular inCavalry and Yeomanr y necessary warning orders to the Military . became involved with the large crowd of Until after the regular Police Force wa s citizens which had gathered there. started in England in the 1830s, it was quit e The so-called " riot " at Manchester, or th e common for soldiers to be called in to hel p Battle of Peterloo as the satirists called i t the Magistrates to restore order in a riot, o r (Waterloo had been fought four years pre- by their presence, prevent a public gatherin g viously) started quite innocently with a publi c getting out of hand . meeting, mainly of cotton workers who live d " Duties in aid of the Civil Power " was in Manchester and the surrounding towns , not, in 1819, the refined art that it is now in including Middleton, Royton, Rochdale , the British Army . Troops were not trained Oldham, Ashton and Stockport . in this aspect of their profession and orders t o The purpose of the meeting was for th e military commanders, given by excited multitude to be addressed by a well known officials in the heat of the moment, sometimes enthusiast for political reform, Mr. Hunt, had regrettable results . who was to be chairman of the meeting . He , August 16 turned out to be a fine day . Th e and many others felt strongly that it was quite meeting at St . Peter's Fields was timed t o time that the people of Manchester and start at 12 o'clock and during the mornin g district, were represented in Parliament, an d the various contingents of cotton operative s that some of the prevailing economic evil s from the adjacent towns converged on should be removed . These evils included an Manchester. It was, initially, a gay occasion . appallingly low standard of living of the The people turned out in their best clothes , ordinary people ; a great shortage of food , whole families, including the children, came particularly bread, little, if any, sanitar y along to see the fun ; the women in thei r arrangements ; low pay, poor working condi- gaily-coloured dresses, the children singing tions, and much unemployment . and dancing as they went along, and th e In fact, the morale of most people livin g various leaders carrying flags and banners o n in the Manchester area was very low indeed . which were emblazoned suitable slogans . Or, in other words, they were thoroughl y While these columns were on the move , " browned off " . the committee of Magistrates of Lancashir e There was, however, little that the poo r and Cheshire set up their command post in a people could do about it. The Government i n house near St. Peter's Fields (where the London was not sympathetic and the re- Wyvern restaurant is now situated). As a formers' only resort was to try and swa y precautionary measure the local troops had public opinion in their favour by givin g been turned out and during the morning too k publicity to their cause at public meetings . up waiting positions in various side street s The very large number of people who nearby . wished to attend the meeting, coming to The Military consisted of two troops — Manchester from different directions, pose d each about 50 men—of the Manchester an d quite a movement problem . In order, there- Salford Yeomanry, the Cheshire Yeomanr y fore, that the concentration of large bodies of complete, and about 300 men of the 15th people should be carried out with speed an d Hussars. There was also the best part of two orderliness, the various outlying contingents infantry battalions stationed just east of the

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Fields, and two guns of the R .H .A. in Lowe r away in time, were cut down. People wh o Mosley Street, where they could command the had left their homes in such high spirits tha t principal approach to the area . morning, found that the day was not to b e The 15th Hussars were experienced troops such a picnic after all . and many of them were wearing their Water - The number of casualties is difficult t o loo medals . The Manchester and Salford determine, but most authorities agree that 1 1 Yeomanry mainly consisted of tradesmen , people were killed during the day . small manufacturers and merchants . They This then is a brief outline of the event s lived chiefly in Manchester, Pendleton an d of August 16, 1819, in Manchester . But what Stretford . were the results ? At the appointed hour, Mr . Hunt, the chair - Both the ruling classes and the country as a man of the meeting, rode into the Square, whole were divided as to the justice of th e where about 60,000 people waited to hear hi m authorities' action . speak. He and other speakers mounted some The country had recently been through a hustings which had been erected in the middl e disturbed period in which riots had take n of the open space . place in most industrial areas. In one cas e As Hunt began to address the crowd, th e there had been armed revolt against th e Magistrates, now in a state of fear and Government. There was no effective Polic e apprehension, sent a message—not to th e Force and there were, no doubt, man y commander of the troops—but direct to the dangerous people about, some of the m Manchester and Salford Yeomanry—th e influenced by the French Revolution—less nearest troops—summoning them to th e than three decades before . scene . On the other hand, there was a pressing The Yeomanry soon arrived and, forcin g need for political and social reform, parti- their way through closely-packed crowd s cularly in areas like South-East Lancashire, with difficulty, they arrested Hunt, who wa s which had suffered so much as a result of th e standing on the hustings. The Yeomanry Napoleonic war . then made an attempt to seize some of th e Reforms came not at once, but later . I n banners which were being held aloft b y the meantime the Government had to asser t members of the crowd . its authority and Hunt and the principal re- By this time the crowd was getting angry . formers received terms of imprisonment . Having started as an orderly gathering wish- The Commander of the Manchester and ing to hear Hunt's speech, they now, resentfu l Salford Yeomanry, Major Birley, was late r of the arrival of the Military, started booin g exonerated at the Lancaster Assizes, and a and shouting and, in some cases, throwin g sword, which his men presented him with , projectiles at the Yeomanry, who were hard still hangs in the R .H .Q. of The Duke of put to it to defend themselves . These activitie s Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. were no doubt egged on by a number of It is difficult to form a fair judgment o f unruly Irishmen, who had by now joined th e the Peterloo riots. The Magistrates were throng . responsible for maintaining law and order , Having left the Infantry at the extreme and in view of recent events in England, they edge of the Square, and keeping the Cheshir e were naturally nervous about large gathering s Yeomanry in reserve, the Commander of th e of people, particularly when they came i n troops—Lt.-Col. L'Estrange, rode up at the martial array and carrying banners containin g head of the 15th Hussars, to the house wher e militant and aggressive slogans . the Magistrates were assembled. Speaking The troops also had a difficult job . Once through the open window, he said : " Wha t they had received their orders they had n o am Ito do? " choice but to carry them out and, whe n " Good God, sir! " said the Magistrates' hard pressed by an excited mob, who ca n spokesman, " Don't you see they are attack- blame them for using their sabres ? ing the Yeomanry? " '" Disperse the meet- However, there is another point of view , ing " . and this is clearly brought out in the variou s The signal had been given . The Hussars accounts of the riots which are housed today rode into the crowd, and such was the stat e in Manchester's Central Reference Library. of general excitement, numerous casualtie s The people of Manchester were for man y were inflicted. Apart from the " roudies " , years embittered and resentful at what the y many innocent people who could not move regarded as a military massacre, and parti-

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cularly hurt that the Yeomanry were loca l in England we now have an efficient Polic e men and fellow citizens . Indeed, many of Force which, without loss of life, can cop e them were individually recognised by Man- with most disturbances, whether it be "Ba n chester people during the riot . the Bomb " or the hysterical admirers of th e Let us be thankful that, though we ma y Beatles . have similar problems in overseas territories, M.A .U-S .

MISCELLANIA

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14th King's Hussars Sergeants' Mess Outing, 1904

L/Cpl . Rowley, Air Troop

" B " Squadron, D .L .O .Y ., at Bellerby, I963 . Cpl . Naylor and S .S .M . Richardson 64 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars Regimental Gazette Marriages Tpr. M . Shaw to Miss S. Black on We congratulate the following : December 14, 1963 . Major C . C. G . Ross to Miss Fiona Daly Tpr. C. A. Taylor to Miss E. Horne on on April 27, 1963 . January 29, 1964 . Major M. H. Goodhart to Miss Angela Bdsm. K. L. Chatburn to Miss S. M . May on February 8, 196 4 Younger on January 7, 1963 . Captain C. A . Park to Mrs . G . M. Blair on Bdsm. C. Love to Miss D . Dransfield on December 20, 1963 . June 8, 1963 . Captain V. J. Tubbs to Fri. A. D . Heine o n Sgmn. Dine to Miss I . Stewart on August March 13, 1963 . 10, 1963 . Mr. P. Harman to Miss Mary Hotham o n January 25, 1964 . Cpl. M. J. H. Clark to Miss L. McKechnie Births on July 13, 1963 . We congratulate the following : Cpl. J. A. Hatzer to Miss P. Box on Octobe r To Major and Mrs. C. C. G. Ross, a Son , 5, 1963 . Alastair Charles Gordon . Cpl. Trudgian to Miss D . M . Cornelius o n To Sgt. and Mrs . G. Jackson, a son, David . September 14, 1963 . To Sgt. and Mrs. Jones, a son, Willia m Cpl. W. R. Woodcock to Miss M. K . David . Gardener on September 4, 1963 . To Sgt. and Mrs. R. Wallace, a son , L/CpI . C. M. Daubeny to Miss J. A. Mervyn Victor Noel . Ashpool on September 28, 1963 . To Sgt. and Mrs. W. Zbierajewski, a L/Cpl. P. G. Watson to Miss M . Grant on daughter, Cecylia Halina . June 8, 1963 . To Cpl . and Mrs. J. D. Barclay, a son , L/Cpl. T. P. Welch to Miss B . J. Lant on Neil James . July 20, 1963 . Tpr. N. B. Barratt to Miss E. A. Whitake r on July 10, 1963 . Tpr. B. Battersby to Miss J. Harris on December 17, 1963 . Tpr. W. G. Bell to Miss M . Oxley on January 12, 1963 . Tpr. P. A. Brocklehurst to Miss M . A . Clarke on June 27, 1963 . Tpr. R. Butler to Miss C . M. McCarten on July 25, 1963 . Tpr. W. F. Dixon to Miss A . Bryan o n December 21, 1963 . Tpr. W. A. Field to Miss S . Gordon on January 5, 1963 . Tpr. R. Flint to Miss A . Farr on February 9, 1963 . Tpr. D. W. Hinchcliffe to Miss P . M . Hickey on May 4, 1963 . Tpr. A Ogden to Miss B . Ingham on July 27, 1963 . Tpr. R. W. Rhodes to Miss M . J. McLean on August 17, 1963 . Tpr . T. H. Tickle to Miss L. P. Reynolds on July 25, 1963 . Tpr. J. H. Spencer to Miss P. Bennett on October 8, 1963 . Tpr. R. A. Williams to Miss K. Conroy on Mr. and Mrs . Harman at their wedding at St . Asaph on December 26, 1963 . February 25, 1964

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Major and Mrs. Goodhart at their wedding at Stoke D'Abernon on 8th February 1964

To Cpl. and Mrs. G. Bingham, a daughter, L/Cpl. and Mrs. A. W. Fahey, a daughter, Diana Margaret . Adrienne Carol . To Cpl . and Mrs. M. H. Burgess, a Son , To L/Cpl. and Mrs. J. Nelis, a son, John Paul Michael . Stuart . To Cpl . and Mrs. J. Bonfield, a son , To L/Cpl and Mrs. R. Standish, a son, Richard Jason . Nigel Peter . To Cpl . and Mrs. Devey, a daughter, To L/Cpl. and Mrs. Taylor, a son, Ia n Charmain . Robert . To Cpl . and Mrs. B. R. Garner, a Son , To L/Cpl. and Mrs. M. E. Vasey, a Son , Robert Leslie . Malcolm Alan . To Cpl. and Mrs. Holland, a daughter, To L/Cpl. and Mrs. W. R. Woodcock, a Deborah Suzanne . daughter, Karen Margaret . To Cpl. and Mrs. Masters, a daughter, Ilona Andrea . To Tpr. and Mrs. K. Bates, a son, Derek . To Cpl. and Mrs. C. G. Molloy, a daughter, To Tpr. Binns (873) and Mrs . P. Binns, a Susan Margaret . daughter, Alexandria Karleen . To Cpl . and Mrs. F. Mullen, a daughter, To Tpr. and Mrs. A. P. Brennan, a son, Alison Linda . Lyndon David . To Cpl. and Mrs. E. A. Podesta, twin To Tpr. and Mrs. M. J. Cotton, a daughter, daughters, Lucia Angela and Anna Maria . Mandy Lorraine . To Cpl . and Mrs. Williams, a daughter, To Tpr. and Mrs. R. Flint, a Daughter, Patricia . Debbie . To Cpl . and Mrs. A . K. Roadnight, a To Tpr. and Mrs. J. J. Carmody, a son, daughter, Angela . John Michael .

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Major and Mrs . Ross at their wedding in London on April 27, 196 3

Births (continued) To Tpr. and Mrs. W. A. Field, a son , To Tpr. and Mrs. G . Travis, a son, Mark . Craig Anthony . To Bdsm . and Mrs. K. L. Chatburn, a son , To Tpr. and Mrs . S. Huggins, a son, Nei l Darren Lee . Samuel . To Tpr. and Mrs. A . Pye, a son, Albert . To Cfn. and Mrs. Angus, a son, Duncan To Tpr. and Mrs. J. K . Roadnight, a son , Rattray . William John Kennet . To Cfn. and Mrs. Dunn, a son, Paul . To Tpr. and Mrs . S . Mills, a daughter, Gai l To Cfn . and Mrs. Gordon, a daughter , Stephanie . Heather Huntley . To Tpr. and Mrs . R . N . Crank, a son, Jan .

Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 6 7 Honours and Awards

We congratulate the following whos e We congratulate the following on thei r awards were announced in the New Year' s awards made on February 21, 1964 : Honours list . Lieut-Colonel B . C. L. Tayleur . . O.B.E. Major C. C. G . Ross Lieut-Colonel R . M . Roberts . . O.B.E. For soldierly merit and the example he set s to all ranks in loyalty and devotion to dut y Major P. C. Clarke . . . . M .V.O . and his valuable contribution to all aspects of Major G . R. D. Beart . . . . M .B.E . the life of the Regiment . We also congratulate Tpr. Michael Down s For his selfless and tireless work in th e on the award of the B .E.M . for gallantry a t compiling and maintenance of all forms of Blackpool on 25 November, 1963 . Th e Regimental Property, History and Records . citation was as follows : For his loyal and devoted services to th e At 9.30 p .m . on 25th November, 1962 , Regiment when holding the appointment of Trooper Downs and a companion were Adjutant and especially for the preparatio n walking along the Promenade at Blackpoo l of the Regiment for the presentation of th e when they saw an old man supportin g new Guidon in 1961—a parade which brough t himself by the sea wall . After passing th e it great prestige . man they then heard the sound of groaning For the work he did at R .A .C. Record s and splashing coming from the sea . whilst serving all the Regiments in the Roya l Trooper Downs saw the old man in th e Armoured Corps which much enhanced th e water, being carried from the wall . Th e good name of the Regiment . tide was fairly high, the sea choppy and there was a heavy swell, it was also ver y R.S.M. P. C. W. Witney foggy. Trooper Downs, after telling hi s For soldierly merit ; in recognition of hi s companion to telephone for assistance an d valuable contribution to all aspects of life o f removing some of his clothing, dived int o the Regiment, and in recognition of his long the sea and swam towards the man wh o and continued services in the Regiment, i n was now about 50 yards from the sea wall . particular in its Senior ranks . After a strenuous struggle in the rough For his devoted service first to the Officers ' water Trooper Downs succeeded in holding Mess and later to the Warrant Officers' and the man up with his right hand and starte d Sergeants' Mess both of which have brough t to swim back by breast stroke with his left much prestige to the Regiment . hand. This was extremely difficult owin g For the example of loyalty, selflessness an d to the weight of the man's clothing, bu t devotion to duty which he has set to all ranks . after a great effort he managed to reach th e sea wall. Here Trooper Downs dragge d Sgt. I. R. Rumble the man towards the steps where he was abl e to pull him almost clear of the water and For soldierly merit and his great loyalty to support him until the arrival of an ambu- the Regiment and his devotion to duty . lance. Unfortunately the man died on th e For his fearlessness in sport and tirelessnes s way to the hospital . Trooper Down s on duty . displayed in the face of forbidding condi- For his high standard of military efficienc y tions, great gallantry and determination i n in the field and example to all those who have his efforts to rescue a fellow man . served with him . HISTORICAL NOTE REGIMENTAL MEDA L Although Regimental medals were quit e The Regimental Medal is intended as a common during the Napoleonic War period , reward to any officer, Warrant Officer , the 14th/20th is now the only regiment in th e N.C.O. or man of the Regiment who shal l British Army using one . contribute in some conspicuous manner to th e The medal was instituted by Lieut-Colone l military efficiency or military honour of th e E. D. Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, V .C., 14th Regiment . King's Hussars, in 1909 .

68 Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars The Officer s

With the Regiment, February 196 4 Detached, February 196 4 C .O . . . Lt.-Colonel G. A . L. C . Lt.-Col. B. C. L. Tayleur, A.M.S. H.Q . Talbot O.B .E . F.A.R.E.L.F . 2IC . . Major S. R. M. Frazer (C.O . Lt-Col. D. P. R. Scarr . . R.M.C.S., Shri- Designate) venha m 2IC Designate Major M . A. James, M.C . Lt.-Col. (Q.M.) R. M. Staff College , Adjutant . . Captain C. A . Park Roberts, O .B .E . Camberley A/Adjutant . . Lt. P. Harman Major P. H. Marnham . . R.A .C. Gun- nery School " H.Q." Squadron Major D. A. Heath, M .C . War Offic e Sqn. Leader . . Major C. C. G. Ross Major D. E. Wreford . . A.O.R.E . P.R.I . . . Captain A. F. Prevet t Major R. E. D. Harris, M .C . D.L.O.Y . Radio Officer Captain D. L. de Beauje u Major M. H. Goodhart . . R.A.C. Depo t Q.M . . . Captain R. Boulte r (Regt . June 64) Q.M . (Tech) Captain T. Val e Captain C. A. Pemberton R .A.C. Range s Castlemartin Attached Captain (Q.M .) B. E. H.Q. Nairob i Paymaster . . Major J. J. Langdon-Mudge Moore Garrison R.E.M.E. . . Captain W. H. D. Wood Lt . K. M. Hodson Long R.A.C. R.A.Ch.D . . . Revd. T. J . W. Morgan Cours e A.A.C . . . Captain H. C. Joynson Lt. D. V. F. Chappell Parachute Sqn . 16/5L . R.A.C . Lt. C. C. Cornish 14/20 H . Lt. T. G. Lang . . A.A.C. Pilot' s Course "A" Squadron Lt. (Q.M.) E. Sheen D.L.O.Y. Major J. M. Palmer 2/Lt. J. R. Smales R.A.C. Depot Captain P. J. Whittington (Medical) Lt. T. D. Holderness-Rodda m 2/Lt. W. R. T. Edge R.A.C. Centre 2/Lt. J. R. G. Keit h 2/Lt. P. R. H. Clifford R.A.C. Centr e 2/Lt. J. J. D. Barrow 2/Lt. E. M . J. O'Brien 2/Lt. J. F. A. Hope STOP PRES S "B" Squadron Major Clarke is now commanding `C' Major G. R. D. Beart, M .B .E . Squadron and Major Garbutt is at the Captain V. J. Tubbs J.L.R. at Bovington. Captain Eyre 2/Lt. J. R. Clifton-Blig h has taken over Signals Officer bein g 2/Lt. R. B. Sanders replaced by Captain de Beaujeu . 2/Lt . 2/Lt. J. P. Rawlin s M. L. A. Hope is now in `B' Squadron .

"C"Squadro n Major W. D. Garbutt Major P. C. .O Clarke,M,V . OUR ADVERTISERS (Sqn. Leader Designate) The Commanding Officer thanks all thos e Captain J . V. Eyre who have taken advertising space in this Lt. D. B. M. Gordon Edition. He hopes that all readers of the 2/Lt. M. L. A. Hope Journal will keep the advertisers in mind an d 2/Lt. W. G. C. Bowles will mention the Journal when writing t o 2/Lt. R. F. Cornish them,

Journal of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 6 9 Nominal Roll, January 1964 " H .Q ." SQUADRON R.H .Q . Troop W.O.I P. C . W . Witne y L/Cpl . I. D. R. Ratcliffe Tpr . C . Morrow Tpr. P. M . Tonks Sgt . P. Baker L/Cpl . T. P. Welch Tpr. S. A. D. Squires Tpr. C. C. Tottma n Cpl. G. Bingham Tpr . S. Huggins Tpr. K. Steele Tpr. P. B . Webb L/Cpl. J. W . Goodier Tpr. M. G. McGowan Orderly Roo m S/Sgt . J . J . Escot t L/Cpl. M. Glancy Tpr. R. H. Chadwic k Tpr. R. J. Squires Cpl. A. Greenwood L/Cpl. J . S . Parkinson Tpr. R. P. Parkinson SHQ Cpl. R. G. Flux L/CpI . D. Redmon d Tpr . J . D. Lay Q .M. Troo p R.Q.M .S . T. R. Cripps L/Cpl. D. H. Davies L/Cpl . J . S. Smith Tpr. M. J. Cullen Sgt . B. Layhe L/CpI . D. S. Ingham L/Cpl . I . C. Springthorpe Tpr. J. Gregso n Sgt . J. Owe n L/Cpl. J. Lloyd Tpr. T. Aucott Tpr. F. D. Mellor Cpl . B . Nadin L/CpI . J. Mulholland Tpr. K. Bate s Tpr . P. Smit h L/Cpl. G. Ashton Technical Troop T.Q.M .S . W. H. Bentle y Cpl . J . A. Fraser Tpr. P. Farrel l Tpr. W. T. S. Morris Sgt . J. Bur y L/Cpl. J. Nelis Tpr. E. Hambli n Tpr. J. K. Roadnight Sgt . G. W . Marshall Tpr . A. P. Brennan Tpr. P. McNamara Air Troop W.O.I T. E. P. O'Brien , Sgt. M. D. Spencer, Cpl. D. P. Lovell , L/Cpl. J. Blackmore , R.E.M.E . R .E .M .E . R .E .M .E . R.A.O .C. S/Sgt . J. W. Smithson , Cpl. P. Fisher, R .E .M.E . Cpl. D. Mullins , L/Cpl . J . V. Downe y A .A .C. (Pilot ) Cpl. D. J. Groat, R.E.M.E . L/Cpl. G. W. R. Evans , Sgt. E. T. Bracey, R.E.M.E . Cpl. M. Ridley, R.E .M .E. R .A .O .C . Cpl. P. Hughes, R.E.M.E . L/Cpl. G . E. Rowle y Sgt. K. G. Preece R.E .M.E . Cpl. M. A. J. Wilcox Tpr. J. A. Prescott Regimental Police Cpl. C . M. Daubney L/Cpl . T. Fox L/Cpl . A . E. Py e L .A.D. Troo p A .S .M. J. E. Thompson Cpl. J. E. Smith Cfn. R. J. H. Cusk Cfn. A. W . Pearce A.Q.M .S . L . G. Spring- Cpl. H. A. Watt Cfn. E. H. J. Eaves Cfn. D. Ridsdale thorpe L/Cpl. D. Hallett Cfn. C. Gatt Cfn. J. Robert s S/Sgt . D . J . Barnes L/Cpl . A. G. Lunny Cfn. J. A. Gordon Cfn. P. F. Rosie r Sgt . T. A. Heath Cfn. J. R. Angus Cfn. J. Halmshaw Cfn. R . S . Smal l Cpl. T. Bull Cfn. R. H. Bates Cfn. P. D. Hines Cfn. J. E. Tasker Cpl. R. W . Kinnaird Cfn. G. I. Bell Cfn. W . J . Oakley Cfn. K. Wil d Cpl. H. R. Pepper Cfn. T. R. Clough Cfn. M. L. Payne Cfn. G. Williams M.T. Troo p Sgt . St . J. K. Powell Tpr. D. Bosher Tpr. A. Gregory Tpr. J. P . Slamo n L/Cpl. W. M. Butcher Tpr . P. A. Brocklehurst Tpr. T. P. Keogh Tpr. N. Stot t Tpr. H. D. Ashworth Tpr . C . Dunne Tpr. H. Lees Tpr . S . Traskowsk i Tpr. M. Barnes Tpr. R. Flint Tpr. D. Nolan Tpr. D . J . Wil d Tpr . R. A. T. Binns Tpr. M. J. Gallagher Pay Troop P .Q.M .S. D. Exley , Cpl. D. Metcalfe, Cpl. T. W. Mitchell, Cpl. P. T. Trudgian , R .A.P.C. R.A.P .C . R.A .P .C. R.A .P .C. Radio Troo p Sgt . R . K. D. Sherrington L/Cpl. T. A. Hayes, R. Sigmn. M. J. Kent, R . Sigmn. J . M. Richardson , Sgt . D. Kay, R. Sigs . Sigs . Sigs . R. Sigs . Cpl. J. D. Bowman, R. L/Cpl. J. W. Jones, R. Sigmn. R. Ramson, R . Sigmn. K. Tipler, R. Sigs . Sigs . Sigs . Sigs . Sigmn. A. S. Wilson, R. L/Cpl. D. Gee, R. Sigs . Sigs . Admin Troop S.Q.M .S . W. Taylor Cpl. V. Farrell L/Cpl . J . P. McSpiri t Tpr. D. H: Maunder S.S .I. C . F. Smith , CpI. E. A. Podesta Tpr. G. A. Bat e Tpr. G. Pap e A.P.T.C. CpI . R. H. Venes s Tpr. J. D. Cavilla Tpr. G. Riche s Sgt. W. J. Bingha m Cpl. N. D. D. Weave r Tpr . R. A. Crowthe r Tpr. M. F. Taylor Sgt . E. G. Brunige s L/CpI . W . D. Denford Tpr . A. Dickinson Tpr. J. F. Waites Sgt. D. W . Clarke L/Cpl. G. J. Dootson Tpr . R. George

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'H .Q.' Squadron—contd. Cooks Troop S/Sgt . C. J . Mace, A .C.C . Pte . R . M . C . M. Moffatt, Tpr . K. Challenor Tpr . M. K. Foster Cpl. J . K . Davies, A .C.C . A .C .C . Tpr . J. Clements Tpr . R. Hardi e Cpl. B . Drake, A .C .C. Tpr . M. J. Bradley Tpr . B. S. Crossland Tpr . D . E. Maye s L/CpI. A. W. Birkett Tpr. M. Bush Tpr. W. F. Dixon Tpr. W.-Stephenso n LCpI . B . Hughes Tpr. W. A. Callaway Tpr . E. Eardley L/CpI. M . C. Trotter , A .C .C. Newmarket Troo p Officers' Mess and Stables Sgt . L . G . Marsden L/Cpl. R. Kennedy Tpr. J . W. Horspool Tpr . W. K. Price Sgt . D. F. Townsend L/Cpl. J. Steele Tpr. P. F. Hughes Tpr . W. A. Todd Cpl. M. J . Clark L/Cpl . W. Yare, A .C .C . Tpr . B. Jones Tpr. B . E. Tomlinso n Cpl. G . H. Hamer, Tpr . S . G. Allen Tpr . C. Jose Tpr . P. L. Went A .C .C . Tpr . P. Binns Tpr . D . Kinloch Tpr . G. R . B. Wilkin s Cpl . B . R. Garner Tpr. A. G. Boyd Tpr . J . Molloy Tpr. K . William s Cpl . W. R. Woodcock Tpr . P. Broadhurst Tpr . J . T. Pitts Tpr. B . E. Woolford L/Cpl . N . Dow Tpr . C . Fenton Band Troo p Bandmaster B . M . Cpl. D . V. Bateman Bdsm. D . A . E. Chittock Bdsm. K. G. Mathews Thomas Cpl. E. L. Osborne Bdsm. D. Finlay Bdsm . T. Meynel l SSgt . J. Wainwright L/Cpl. K. L. Chatburn Bdsm . J . J . Gallagher Bdsm. A. F. Ripley T/M. K . Jones L/Cpl. P. B . Connell Bdsm . E. Grierson Bdsm . D. G. Rydin g Sgt . P. B. Harding L/Cpl. N. D . C. Jennings Bdsm . P. F. U. Hotston Bdsm . D . F . J . Stone Sgt . A. C . Lenton L/Cpl. W. J. Lane Bdsm . P. W. Howell Bdsm. J . H. Swale s Sgt . E. Millward Bdsm. R. C . Agars Bdsm. C . Lov e "A" SQUADRON W.O.2 W . T. Sharrock L/Cpl. H. G. Hanaghan Tpr . W. A. Field Tpr . J . E. Plat t S .Q.M.S . C . Osborne L/Cpl. G. Lightbown Tpr . J . C. Fine Tpr . K . Rothwel l Sgt . V. L. Colborne L/Cpl . I . K. Leeming Tpr . D. T. Gallagher Tpr . M. A. Ryan Sgr . R. East L/Cpl. M. Medcalf Tpr . W. A. Grundy Tpr . T. D . Singleton Sgt . D . C . Harper L/CpI. J. F. Rushton Tpr . D . J . Grimshaw Tpr . P . J . Stuffin s Sgt . J. Harris L/Cpl. T. J. Rees Tpr . P. Hartshorne Tpr. G. C. Stanford Sgt . P. Y. Holland L/Cpl. J. C . Woolley Tpr . R. D. Hetherington Tpr. D. A. Stewar t Sgt . J. Marcelle Tpr. B . S . Archer Tpr . T. G. Howse Tpr. J. H. Spencer Sgt . B . N. Marshall Tpr . K. Beaumont Tpr . G. Jones Tpr. G. Smit h Sgt . J. Sharp Tpr . J. Banks Tpr . W. Jones Tpr. D . Smethurs t Sgt . P. Spray Tpr . D. Bell Tpr . G. W. Kelly Tpr. T. J . Sloan Cpl. B . F. W. Bewley Tpr . R. Benns Tpr. J. Kenna Tpr. M. Sherlock Cpl. A. Gibson Tpr . J . Birch Tpr. J. Kirwin Tpr . C . A. Taylo r Cpl. J. A. Hatzer Tpr . J . D . Blocke Tpr. E. J . Kirby Tpr . B. Tunne r Cpl. S. Fawcett Tpr . K. Boardman Tpr. K . Lucas Tpr . G. Travi s Cpl. V . N . W . Kirkham Tpr . S . J . Brabin Tpr. R. Mackenzie Tpr . B. Tomlinson Cpl. R. Leather Tpr . N. Bolton Tpr. J . H . Mason Tpr . H. Taylor Cpl. P. Midgley Tpr . P. C . Bradley Tpr. R . W. Massiah Tpr . D. R . Taylor Cpl. D. Nelson Tpr . M. S. Bostock Tpr. M. McGee Tpr . B. Taylo r Cpl. A. Smith Tpr . J . J . Carmody Tpr. R. F. Mathews Tpr . M. J. Taylor Cpl. B . Smith Tpr . D. Crossley Tpr. G. McGrath Tpr . R. Wood Cpl. J. T. Thompson Tpr . A. R. Davis Tpr . S. Mills Tpr . B . A . Wolstencroft L/Cpl. A. K . Binns Tpr . M. E. Downs, B.E.M . Tpr . P. Morris Tpr. M . Webste r L/Cpl. R . W. Crank Tpr . S . Elson Tpr. S . A. G. Morris Tpr . J . C. Warburto n L/Cpl. E. Dewhurst Tpr . J. Eltman Tpr . D. D. Ozanne Tpr. L. W . Wright L/Cpl. J. Eadsforth Tpr . B . C . Faulkner Tpr . G. J. Platt R.E.M .E. W.O.2 P . J. Markey L/Cpl. W. G. Movery Cfmn. B. R. Goldsmith Cfmn. A. R . Smit h Sgt . E. D. F. Atwood L/Cpl . W. G. Roll Cfmn. P . M . King Cfmn . W . C. Strangwood CpI . P. W. Cooley L/Cpl . F. B. Wheeler Cfmn. E M. Payne Cfmn . J . B. Williams L/Cpl . A. H. Gooding Cfmn. K. W. Davies Cfmn. C . G. Payne " B " SQUADRON W.0.2 E. P. Jones Sgt . M. B . Gates Cpl. B . A. Bradbury Cpl. J. C . Masters S .Q .M .S . T. E. Baker Sgt . G. J. Mitchell Cpl . A. F. Brock Cpl. C. Molloy S .Q .M .S . G . W. Tasker Sgt . E. J . Morris Cpl. R. R. Darbyshire Cpl. F. Mulle n Sgt . F . J . Baker Sgt . G. P. Shakespeare Cpl. R. Y. Holland Cpl. C. Passa m Sgt . R. Burkey Sgt . R. Wallace Cpl. K. J. Kendall Cpl . A. Thompso n Sgt . A. A. Douch Sgt . T. C . Wood Cpl. J. Long Cpl . D . Tunnicliffe

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"B" Squadron—continued Cpl . D. R. William s Tpr. B . L. Bunn Tpr. D. W . Hinchcliffe Tpr . J . G. Potter L/Cpl. H. G. Bridges Tpr. R. Butler Tpr. L. Ho pson Tpr. A . J . Price L/CpI. G. T. Dohert y Tpr. G. M. Burn Tpr. G . J . Jackson Tpr. J. S. Rile y L/Cpl. M. F. G. Elgi e Tpr. F. Carroll Tpr. E. Jackso n Tpr . W . G. Semple L/Cpl. A. W . Fahe y Tpr. R. B. Challenor Tpr . J . Jackson Tpr . J . Shepher d L/Cpl. J . C . Hatto n Tpr. A. F. Corne s Tpr . A. J. Jone s Tpr . B . Shuttlewort h L/Cpl. M. R. Holland Tpr. J. Crossland Tpr . J . E. Knowles Tpr . E. O. Smith L/Cpl. P. R. Rattray Tpr. M . Crossley Tpr . P. Loma s Tpr . F. H. Smit h L/CpI . H. W . S. Rook e Tpr. C. Daniels Tpr. B . Longsha w Tpr. J. A. Smit h L/Cpl. D. W . Sal t Tpr . G . Dolman Tpr. R. Mathieso n Tpr. R. Spence L/CpI . G. R. Taylor Tpr. M. G. Dora n Tpr. F. Mayhe w Tpr. V. Spence r Tpr. A. E. Ange l Tpr. E. I. Forreste r Tpr. W . A. Miller Tpr. J. F. Spillin g Tpr. W . E. As h Tpr. J. Foste r Tpr. A . E. Moors Tpr. J. S. Stimpso n Tpr. C . Bal l Tpr . G. Fox Tpr. J. W. Mullane y Tpr . I. S. Stree t Tpr . J. G. F. Barke r Tpr. R. Fry Tpr. R. Mulle n Tpr. R. Swainston Tpr . W . G. Bel l Tpr. R. H . Furlong Tpr. G. Murrel l Tpr. M. D. Tomlinson Tpr . A . E. Bel l Tpr. T. A. Gardne r Tpr. H. McCaffre y Tpr . I. F. Truscott Tpr . R. A. Bennet t Tpr . J. Gibso n Tpr. D. G. C . McLeo d Tpr. R. Vickers Tpr . D. A. Boot h Tpr. E. J. Gordo n Tpr. G. McKenzie Tpr . A. G. Wagstaff Tpr . J . A. Boulte r Tpr. D. Grayshon Tpr . C . Nelso n Tpr. M. W. Walli s Tpr . F. L. Brierle y Tpr. D. Griffith s Tpr . A. Ogden Tpr . R. W. Webster Tpr . K. Brogde n Tpr. A. Hear d Tpr. F. O'Malle y Tpr . R. A. Williams Tpr . J . T. Buckley Tpr. N. Henshaw Tpr. M. J. O'Meara Tpr . T. Wilso n Tpr . D . E. Bulloc k Tpr . I . P. Herno n Tpr. D. A. Pomfre t Tpr . A. R. Young R .E.M .E . S Sgt . R . E. Minar d Cpl . J . Whit e Cfn . T. W . Dun n Cfn. H . G. Mcllwrait h S/Sgt. Plum DE Sgt b L/Cpl. M. Armstrong Cfn. P. D. Evison Cfn. M . E. Nichols Sgt . T. Shaw LCpl. D. A. Linfor d Cfn. J. A. Fitzgeral d Cfn. A. M. Scot t Cpl. L. Deve y Cfn. N. G. Burgoyn e Cfn. P. Machi n Cfn. M . Walke r Cpl . H . W . Kerr ROYAL SIGNALS R .A .P .C . L/Cpl. A. D. Payn e Cpl . P . Dowdeswell Sigmn . R. H. Dine

" C " SQUADRON W .O.2 A . B . Plunkett LCpl. P. G . Watson Tpr . H. J. Gawthorp e Tpr . K . Sefton (876) S .Q .M .S . F. Alvin L/Cpl . M . E. Vasey Tpr. P. Gran t Tpr . A. Simpso n ,Sgt. R. R. Blake Tpr . E. R. T. Alcock Tpr. J. Gregso n Tpr . G. F. Smit h Sgt . G. G. Elliott Tpr . R. Ashurst Tpr. L. Harper Tpr. H. Spencer Sgt. G. Jackson (846) Tpr . P. Aspden Tpr. G. K. Harriso n Tpr. G. Strik e Sgt. P. F. Jackson (454) Tpr . J . Balmer (178 ) Tpr. T. H. Tickle Sgt . D. P. Jones Tpr. W . J . Barham Tpr . R. Harrison (892) Tpr. R. J . Walkde n Sgt . V . J . Smith Tpr. J. L. Barnes Tpr B . Holde n Tpr. M . Wardl e Sgt . M. H. Young Tpr. N. B . Barratt Tpr . R. A. Jones 35 8 Tpr. D. H. Warein g Cpl. D. Amor Tpr . B . Battersby Tpr . W . J. Keegan-Boy d R.EM.E. Cpl. M. H. Burgess Tpr . B . T. Bestwick Tpr . A. Kersha w A .Q .M .S . R. Ottawa y Cpl. D. Forman Tpr . M. Bilsborough Tpr. G. Kir k Sgt. Rumble Cpl. M. L. Green Tpr . D. H. Brown Tpr . T. F . J . Marlan d L/Cpl. Burni p Cpl . J . P. Howard Tpr . K. Burns Tpr. B . McVay L/Cpl. Hayne s Cpl. R. E. Lilley Tpr . T . I . K. Carter Tpr. K. P. Medhurs t Cfn. Alle n Cpl. W . Purnell Tpr . M. J. Cotton Tpr. R. Morris Cfn. Brehau t Cpl. P . J . Stark Tpr. T. J . Doyle Tpr. F. N. Nield Cfn. Moonie Cpl . J . B . Taylor Tpr . S. Durose Tpr. M . G. Plumme r Cfn. Reynold s L/Cpl. L. A. Foxcroft Tpr. L. G . Eames Tpr. D. G. M . Price Cfn. Swatton LCpl. R. Standish Tpr. M. Floyd Tpr. R. Sefton (682 ) Cfn. William s E.R .E. List—Soldiers 1963 Sgt . E. D. Hill . . H.Q. Cyrenaica Area Tpr. T. Garwell F .V .R.D .E., Chertse y Cpl . T. F. Horton A .A .S . Harrogate Tpr. J. W . Lewi s F.V.R.D.E., Kirkcud- Cpl . J . A. Diver Rheindahlen Garriso n bright L/Cpl. H. Taberner A .M .R.U . Chester Tpr. K. F. Watson 464 G.L. Sec . B .A.O.R . Tpr. S. E. Hunter Army M.T. School Tpr. J. Godfre y H.Q. 7 Armed . Bde . Tpr. L. W. Wilding H .Q . 130 Div . (T.A.) Tpr. A. Whitehead 8 Recce Flight, Kenya

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R.A .C . SCHOOLS R.A .C . DEPOT SPECIAL CAMP STAFF, W.O.2 . A. E. Cundy Cpl. D. Perry RECRUITERS TRIPOL I W.0.2 . G. D. Black Cpl. K. G. Robinson LANCASHIRE Tpr Cpl . E. G. Lowden S,/Sgt . H. S. McGregor . E. J. Wood W.0 .2 . D. J. Flowers Cpl. R. Fraser Sgt . G. Nicholls Sgt . C. Cunliffe Sgt . H. Hughes Cpl. L. H. Yankey L/Cpl. A. V. Lamb REGIMENTAL Cpl. R. Palethorp e Tpr. P. T. Gallagher RECRUITING TEAM L/Cpl. R. T. Heeley Tpr. A. J. Heard D.L.O .Y . Sgt . C . A. H. Barber L/Cpl. C. R. Ballantyne Tpr. M. Kelly L/Cpl. T. Taylor Tpr. M. Mullen W.O.I . S . Jud e L/Cpl. N. J. Be k Tpr. A. L. Preston W.0.2 . J . C. W. Macgregor L/Cpl. 'B . Lomas W.O.2. T. Hurd 3rd ROYAL TANK Tpr. F. J. Price REGIMENT , Tpr . J . Flemin g Tpr. J. C. Godfre y Sgt. H. Bradshaw Tpr . R. Clithero e Tpr . B . F. Harris Sgt . B . G. Stocker CATTERICK Sgt . W . Zbierajewski Sgt . E. C . Campbell Tpr . S . Benso n JUNIOR LEADERS' Cpl. L. V. Staite Cpl. J. Bonfield Tpr . J . T. Fletcher REGIMENT Cpl . A . K. Roadnight Cpl. J. Boyle Tpr . F. Duplock Sgt . J. W. Burnett (Band) Tpr . B . Battersb y Sgt . J. D. Barclay Tpr. N. Copestak e L/Cpl. B . Grubb Tpr. M. Mora n L/Cpl . G. J. Cooper Tpr . R. W. Rhodes

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