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Journal No 24 Summer 2013 The Regimental Association of The Queen’s Own Buffs (PWRR) THE JOURNAL Number 24 Summer 2013 CONTENTS Lead Page 1 President’s Jottings 2 Editor’s Page 3 Branch News 4 - 9 Men of Kent 10 - 11 Maidstone Branch Re-Launch 11 AGM Minutes 12 - 15 A statue in the making 16 - 18 Amiens trip 2012 19 - 22 440th Anniversary Lunch 23 - 24 Sail Army 25 - 32 Canterbury Reunion 33 - 35 Maidstone Reunion 36 - 39 Tower of London 40 Last Post 41 - 55 Photo Gallery 56 - 58 Turning the Page 59 - 60 Tertre Memorial 61 - 63 Schindler Medal 63 - 64 Sobraon Colours 65 From Regt Web Site 66 - 70 Notice Board 71 - 72 Forecast of Events Inside Back Cover Front Cover: Artists impression of the Statue by Peter Birkett. A great many of the photographs in this issue were taken by Barry Duffield to whom we are very grateful. LT. COLONEL E L C EDLMANN OBE MC 28th April 1914 - 28th April 2012 Lt. Colonel Edlmann OBE MC was the last ‘Full Term’ Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 1 THE PRESIDENT’S JOTTINGS am trying to keep these short to make room for Many will remember the very successful all ranks Iwhat I am sure will be a cracking good editorial. lunch to commemorate the 440th Anniversary of I should remind you that Major Peter White has the raising of The Buffs in 1572 and I believe in now been our superb editor since 2001 in which the next few years we could well repeat such a time he has produced 24 Journals all of which luncheon at The UJC, Outbreak of The Great War, have been excellent and widely read. On behalf of Queen’s Own 260 or whatever? - your ideas?’ all readers I thank him warmly. As I have already mentioned the Maidstone This last year has once again been busy; wrong Reunion this year will incorporate the unveiling very busy. The Government decided to withdraw of a statue to celebrate The Queen’s Own Royal funding for a Forbear Secretary at RHQ PWRR West Kent Regiment and its close ties with the which left us to select a replacement for whom we Borough. now have to pay. The highly efficient and energetic Major Dennis Bradley BEM has looked after our It will stand sentinel in the forecourt of Maidstone affairs for 13 years besides those of The Middlesex Museum, hopefully for a hundred years. The Regiment and to a lesser extent those of The Committee had to decide whether the statue Queen’s Surreys and The Royal Sussex too. He should depict the 50th in 1756, the Peninsula has produced year on year carefully orchestrated Wars, The Crimea or moving on, The Great War and happy, well attended reunions at Canterbury or the 2nd World War in all of which “The Dirty and Maidstone, besides giving enormous help Half Hundred’ greatly distinguished themselves. to Branches, servicing our AGMs and a myriad Instead I chose the uniform worn by the Regiment of other activities too. As a concession RHQ has in Malaya during their arduous three year tour permitted him to organize one event annually and (1951-54) during which they once again were I have chosen The Maidstone 2013 Reunion on superbly successful but sadly at the cost of 28 Sunday 15th September at which Peter Birkett’s killed. Peter Birkett’s excellent and interesting wonderful statue will be unveiled of which more article in the Journal describes the sculpting and follows. the bronzing. To him I am much indebted. We owe Dennis a lot and from the response of Now to pay for it! We have had a good response Branches this is universally endorsed. Thank you from our appeal but these things do not come with Dennis. You may wish to know that he remains at a packet of cornflakes! I am particularly gratified RHQ but deployed to other duties for PWRR. that so many old Buffs have given which not only shows a great rapport between our two old rivals In his place your Committee of Management but which also encourages us further to find an selected Major Peter White MM to take over as acceptable and secure site in Canterbury for a our Secretary but on a part time basis, although by statue to commemorate The Buffs, hopefully within his energy you would hardly believe this. Welcome the next two years. The enclosed leaflet invites on board Peter. readers to donate for the Maidstone statue; even £10 or £20 will make all the difference, particularly Time marches on all too rapido. Recently I with Gift Aid added; so I hope for a further great attended the final Officers’ Annual Luncheon of response. The Queen’s Own, this year with 46 attending, again well organised by Major John Norton Now I will defer to our Editor! Go to it, Peter. and nicely done by the UJC. From now on their diminishing numbers will join The Queen’s Own Buffs Annual Lunch, this year on Wednesday 9th October, again at The UJC. Contact Captain Micky Gwilliam. 2 EDITOR’S PAGE t last, the Journal has been distributed. We are not asking members for large amounts AHooray. As you know it was decided to delay just anything that they can reasonably afford, a publication until after the AGM so that the minutes few pounds maybe but every little helps especially of that important meeting could be included. In if the donation is gift-aided. 2014 the AGM will be held on 22nd February so that in future The Journal will be distributed in April The names of those who donate will be recorded, of each year. No, you had not been forgotten and but not the amount of their donation. It is the your patience is much appreciated- I hope it has fact that they have donated and thereby taken been worth the wait! ownership of these two regimental memorials that is the important factor. You will all have received an interim one page Newsletter together with details of the reunions and If you wish to donate in memory of someone then the statue appeal of which there is considerable all you have to do is to send a note with details mention in this issue. with your donation and a suitable message will be included in a Book of Remembrance which will be As explained in that earlier Newsletter, it has held in Maidstone Museum. long been the intention of the Committee of Management to negotiate with both Canterbury Enough said, there is a statue leaflet and donation City Council and Maidstone Borough Council for form enclosed in this issue-the rest is now up to the erection of two statues, commemorating The you. Buffs and The Queen’s Own respectively. You will, no doubt have heard, that Howe The opinion of the Committee of Management Barracks will most likely be disposed of by the members, an opinion which, I am sure is shared MOD within the next couple of years. The future by many of you, was that before the demise of the of Leros Barracks however seems secure at least Association at some time in the future, steps should for the immediate future which is great news for be taken to ensure that the names of The Buffs our Canterbury Reunion. Talking of reunions, do and Queen’s Own, and their sacrifices made over attend if you possibly can-without your support the centuries, should be suitably commemorated future reunions, in the current format, could be in publicly and in perpetuity. jeopardy. This was suggested to Maidstone Borough Finally I must raise the question of obituaries. Council who immediately supported the proposal Sadly as the years go by the ‘Last Post’ feature and made space available in the courtyard of gets longer and longer. The stage has now Maidstone Museum. Consequently it was decided been reached when I have to ask that, if you do to strike whilst the iron was hot and concentrate submit an obituary for publication they are only on the provision of that statue first. A detailed of a maximum of 350 words. Longer obituaries description of how the statue has been sculptured of significant regimental historical interest will be and cast etc has been written by the sculptor, published either in the Journal or on the Web Site. Peter Birkett, and is included in this issue. www.thequeensownbuffs.com. It was felt important that members of the Take care - I am looking forward to seeing you at Association should be given the opportunity to the Canterbury or Maidstone Reunion, hopefully contribute towards the project. both!! However, of the 1300 statue leaflets sent out to The Editor Association members only some 160 members 54 South Eastern Road, Ramsgate CT11 9QE have so far responded. Despite the disappointing Email: [email protected] number of responses to date, the amount raised Tel 0843 580914 now stands at just over £7,000 so there is still a Skype: peterw81863 some way to go yet. 3 BRANCH NEWS RAMSGATE BRANCH and Dennis Bradley’s Satnav would not talk to him, so he resorted to the old method of navigation, SECRETARY: M. F. Milham. 185 Bradstow Way he got out and asked directions. What was the Broadstairs, Kent. CT10 1AX problem? Rain, sleet, snow and hailstones, all at the same time, just as we were assembling for our MEETING PLACE: The Royal British Legion Club annual dinner and dance. Those of us already at Allenby House, 14/16 Cliff Street, Ramsgate North Foreland could only stand and stare as our guests arrived shaking off all that Thanet could 3rd Friday in the month, 19.45 hrs.
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