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EXPLANATORY NOTE TO THE duplicated A4 size Newsletter, later and INDEX briefly called DURBAR, was issued. It is shown in the Index as NL. In the first two The Index is laid out in two sections as years it was supplemented by an annual follows: Journal in the now familiar A5 format (shown in the Index as J1984 or J1985). SECTION I – Subject Index Subsequent editions of the Newsletter Subjects have been classified appeared in the A5 format though initially under thirteen main headings, viz: and somewhat confusingly called Journal, Animals; Badges; Battles and Campaigns; as with the previous annual documents. Biographical; Book Reviews; Buttons; The name DURBAR was re-introduced Colours, Standards and Guidons; with effect from Vol. 5, No 2. The name Formation Signs; Medals and Decorations; changes to the A5 format have been Museums; Shoulder Titles; Uniforms; disregarded for the purposes of this index Weapons. Those remaining unclassified and all entries other than the NL and have been inserted in a general section J1984/5 referred to above are indicated by entitled Miscellaneous, with a brief reference to the Volume, Number and reference to the subject matter of the page, e.g. 6/2/8 is Volume 6, No 2, page 8. article where necessary. Follow-up articles or correspondence appear immediately after the main entry, SECTION II – Regimental/Unit Index. often with just the volume/page number This section has been arranged reference. An asterisk * denotes an as follows: British Army; Indian Army – illustration. which is further sub-divided into Cavalry; It should be noted that in the Artillery Engineers, Sappers & Miners, early years the Society did not necessarily Signals, Pioneers; Infantry; Gurkhas, A & issue four journals a year; thus Volume 2 Q Services; Frontier Units; Auxiliary consisted of issues 1, 2 and 4 (3 was not Force (India); Imperial Service issued). In Volume 3, No 3 some pages Troops/Indian State Forces; Indian Navy; are marked as Vol. 3, No 2. Both Indian Air Force; Police; Overseas, Volumes 4 and 5 consisted of issues 1, 2 including Brunei, Burma, Ceylon/Sri and 3 (4 was not issued in either year). Lanka, Gulf States, Hong Kong, Malaya, From then onwards we achieved four Nepal, Singapore, South Africa and issues a year for each Volume. Dates were Miscellaneous. Indian units have been introduced to the front cover with effect placed in order of precedence according to from Vol. 6, No 4 (Winter 1989) but have the 1947 list, with previous units in their been excluded from this Index. lineage listed under these, e.g. a regimental The former India Office Library medal to 12th Madras Infantry is listed was merged with the British Library and under 2nd Punjab Regiment – 12th Madras was originally known as the Oriental and Infantry became 72nd Punjabis in 1903 India Office Collection. Although now which in turn became 3rd Bn., 2nd Punjab falling within the Asia Pacific Collection Regiment in 1922. Regiments disbanded documents relevant to the Indian Army are before 1947 are inserted under a separate now accessed through the India Office heading, as are new post-Independence Library and Records (IOLR) heading. raised units. Early references in the journal referred to There have been a number of India Office Library. For the sake of changes in format since IMHS was uniformity all such references are now formed. Initially known as the Indian shown as BL-IOLR. Military Collectors Society (IMCS), a Key to Index References: NL/1/2 - Newsletter/No.1/Page 2 J/1984 (5)/2 - Journal/1984 or 1985/Page 2 10/2/3 - Durbar/Vol.10/No.2/Page 3 For those accessing the on-line version of Durbar the page numbers can be ignored. Stripping out earlier society news and administrative items has altered the page numbers but the hyper-links should take you to the relevant article. That Thing – A Vignette (story of SECTION I a butchered pig) 9/1/2 Pig Sticking in India 19/2/58 19/3/107 SUBJECT INDEX * * * * * Badges Animals Animal Transport Officer 3/4/8 Aden – Government Guards Camel – The Grantee Camel Corps – query *17/1/38 in World War I 21/2/52 - identification 17/2/63 - Silladar & Grantee Camel Corps Agra Volunteer Rifles *3/4/24 of the Indian Army 23/1/10 4/126 - Camel Transport in East *6/3/31 Africa 28/1/32 Azad Kashmir Regular/Reserve Camels of the Central India Horse /Rifles (A.K.R.F.) c.1919 *28/2/72 – query *17/1/37 Cattle – Bengal Presidency Stud - identification 17/2/63 Department 20/3/114 Badges and Buttons – bits and bobs Elephant, My Lord the 2/4/6 Extracts from Military Dept. Elephant, An Ad Hoc Indian Battery Notifications Gazette of India 28/4/203 in W.W.2 19/1/24 Baluch Regiment, 10th *20/3/94 Elephant Transportation used by the Baluchistan Infantry, 124th Indian Signal Corps *20/1/3 Duchess of Connaught’s Elephants 19/4/142 Own *17/4/113 Elephants and Camels, Employment Baluchistan Infantry, 126th *18/2/52 with Field Batteries in Bengal 15/2/41 Baluchistan Police – An Old Elephants, Employment of in Badge of the *17/2/41 Burma prior to 1861 27/2/91 Baluch Light Infantry, 127th Horses, Australian in India *6/4/6 Queen Mary's Own 19/1/5 Horses – 61st Cavalry *20/4/all Baluchis, 129th Duke of Mule, Artillery Development & Connaught's Own *19/3/81 Mule Breeding 18/1/11 Baluchis, 130th King George's Mules, But where do the ... come Own (Jacob's Rifles) 20/2/41 from? 17/4/122 Bengal Irregular Cavalry, 13th *25/2/76 - RIASC and the Dunkirk Bikaner State Forces *11/4/139 Evacuation 18/2/82 Bombay Lancers, 1st – pouch - Force K6 (Dunkirk) 18/4/124 belt badge *26/2/81 Mule Transport, Fifty Days in a 16/3/99 Bombay Light Cavalry, 1st – Mule, Military Mule in the British Shako badge c.1845-1860 *24/4/180 Army and Indian Army – An Bombay Marine Service – Anthology – book review 19/4/158 Naval pagri badge *19/1/31 - availability of 20/2/79 - Naval surgeon 19/2/77 Mules, Pack, Force K-7 & K-6 *28/4/185 Brahmans, 1st *3/2/25 - Part 2 *29/1/14 3/3/16 Tigers and Panthers – Burning Burma Rifles, 8th Bn – Badge Bright 17/3/103 query 12/1/37 Carabiniers, 3rd (Prince of Wales’s Cavalry *26/1/25 Own Dragoon Guards) arm Hyderabad – post independence Badge – query *17/1/38 Palace Guard *28/1/30 - identification 17/2/63 I.M.R. – unidentified – request Cavalry Badges 1903-22 *2/2/14 for information *J/1985/13 Cavalry Badges, Some Modern 5/1/10 I.M.S. Canning – officer’s servant *3/2/25 Cavalry, 61st *20/4/all I.N.S. Kukri – query *3/1/21 Ceylon Cadet Corps *2/2/10 - identified 3/3/17 J/1985/13 - challenged 3/4/25 - variation of 2/4/11 *6/1/9 Central India Horse *25/1/26 Indian Armoured Corps *17/2/67 *28/2/73 Indian Army badges 2/1/5 Chapple, J.L. – Indian Army - further facts 2/2/3 Collection and Archive *31/2/78 *J/1984/18 Chamar Regiment *3/2/23 Indian Army Ordnance Corps Choti Khas Lancers 3/3/15 – pagri badge *3/2/23 *13/4/154 3/3/16 *28/1/31 *26/4/207 Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles, *27/1/48 AFI (1891-1909) *2/2/10 Indian Artillery – possible arm J/1985/13 badge *3/2/23 Delhi Contingent AFI 3/4/24 Indian Cavalry, Modern badges *5/1/5 Dewas Senior 3/2/27 Indian Long Range Desert Squadron 3/4/25 Shoulder title and cap badge *7/1/29 *31/4/423 4/1/26 Indian Signal Corps *10/3/19 Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, Indian Overseas Service Badge *3/2/23 2nd Bn. *3/2/23 Indian Police *J/1985/18 - possible Mess servant’s badge 3/3/15 - two unidentified badges *7/1/30 Ex-Services India – lapel badge *4/1/3 Januk Battalion *3/2/22 Exodus Hunt – An Indian Johore State Forces (Malaysia) Connection 18/2/60 – query *17/1/37 Faridkot State Forces *13/3/120 - identification 17/2/63 Frontier Scouts *13/1/1 Kumaon Rifles – query *3/1/21 General Service badge, GRI - identified 3/3/17 cypher *27/2/100 Kumaon Scouts *6/1/9 Gorkha Rifles, 5th (FF), 1858-85 *3/2/1 6/2/15 Gurkha Rifles, 9th, pre and post Light Infantry, 5th (Musalman) 1947 *NL/2/4 Bengal Native *21/1/15 Gurkha Rifles, 9th – badges of 8/4/36 Lucknow Highlanders – plaid Gurkha Rifles, 10th Princess Mary’s brooch *6/3/29 Own – mistaken production of 6/4/21 badge with ‘15’ instead of 10 2/1/5 Ludhiana Sikhs, 15th *27/2/81 Gurkha Rifles, 10th Princess Mary’s Madras Guards AF(I) 2/1/4 Own – Honorary Badges *7/1/3 Madras Infantry, 9th – helmet or cap 3/4/24 Gurkha Para Bn., 153 *6/3/28 4/1/25 Gurkha Para Bn, 154 *6/3/28 Ministry of Defence Constabulary Gwalior Lancers, 1st *J/1984/17 (Pakistan) – query *17/1/38 Hyderabad Contingent, 3rd - identification 17/2/63 Mess Dress Collar Badges Western (Chin) Levies – badge and 1922-41, Indian Infantry *18/4/113 Shoulder strap *31/1/11 Nepalese Police – tentative *3/1/22 Women’s Auxiliary Corps 3/3/17 (India) *18/4/95 Nepal - Unidentified badge *5/2/10 Unidentified North Waziristan Militia/Tochi - Lions of Ashoka over wreath Scouts *22/2/83 with 8 in centre, crossed kukris Orchha State – belt plate and under and RLY TOUI on scroll *3/2/23 Infantry badge *27/1/32 - Lions of Ashoka over wreath Orissa State Transport *3/1/21 with facing fish *3/2/23 3/3/17 - Rifle Brigade type with TB Pakistan Armoured Corps in centre 8/4/6 4th Cavalry 4/2/20 - Crown and wreath with ED 25th Cavalry 4/3/30 in centre *9/1/10 Piper’s Badge, 12 Pioneers *7/2/28 - Crown and wreath with SE&O Pioneer Battalions, Badges of in centre *9/1/11 – request for information 8/4/5 Mountain goats/sheep *11/4/149 Punjab Cavalry, 4th *25/4/173 - identified as Sudan Punjab Cavalry, 5th – belt plate *27/3/105 Police and Tripolitania Police 12/2/73 Punjabis, 91st – request for - Letter ‘S’ pierced by arrow *13/1/38 identification *12/3/121 - Panther’s head – black cotton - identification challenged 13/2/84 thread *13/1/38
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    10.45am Service at St. Tudy War Memorial followed by CRYING OUT FOR PEACE RINGING of ONE Bell 75 times, one for each year since VJ Day - 15th August 1945 Robin Thwaites, the new Curate, welcomed Villagers to the Service of Commemoration and reminded all present of the restrictions regarding Covid-19, asking all to remember to socially distance. Colonel Rupert Nicholas OBE then spoke for a few minutes about the experiences of the men who endured so much in the Far East campaign and gave a short account of his father’s service and experiences. This was then followed by the laying of the wreaths on behalf of the Historical Society, the Parish Council, and the Village Hall. Ten Villagers were known to have had a relation who took part in the fighting and the ten each laid a Cross of Remembrance for their father, uncle, aunt, or grandfather. The Exhortation was then read out, all joined in the refrain before the Last Post was sounded prior to the two-minute silence and Reveille. Prayers were then led by the Curate before ‘The Cry for Peace’ after which one single bell was run 75 times to mark the years since the end of WW2. The service concluded with the saying of the National Anthem as singing, at the time of the service, was not permitted. 15th August 1945 marked the end of WW2 after six years of conflict involving many countries from around the world. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in Europe, thousands of troops in East Asia fought on until Japan’s surrender, with many not returning home until 1946.