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Red Hackle So How Are You Going to Tell Mum No. 121 May 2012 THE RED HACKLE SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL MUM... ...THAT YOU WERE DISCHARGED AFTER PROVIDING A POSITIVE SAMPLE AT CDT A moment of madness - a lifetime of shattered memories No. 121 42nd 73rd May 2012 THE RED HACKLE The Chronicle of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), its successor The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, The Affiliated Regiments and The Black Watch Association The Commanding Officer, his Battalion 2i/c and his eight Company Commanders, including Major Rob Hedderwick (left), Major Roddy Williams (4th from left), Major Harry Clark (5th from left) and Major Andy Richards (3rd from right). MAY 2012 THE RED HACKLE 1 don’t lOSE YOUR VOICE - REGISTER TO VOTE In order to vote you must be registered as an elector. If you are not on the register your views and opinions will count for nothing at election time. You can and should register to vote if you are not already registered. If you have changed your name, please let us know. Members of HM Forces and their spouses or civil partners can register either by means of a service declaration or choose to be registered as an ordinary elector instead. Remember, 16 and 17 year olds who register are entitled to vote as soon as they turn 18. P.S. Did you know that registering to vote can do more than protect your democratic rights? It can also help you open a bank account or get a mortgage, loan or mobile phone. For information on registering to vote: Phone the Freefone Helpline on 0800 393783 e-mail: [email protected] or write to the Electoral Registration Officer, Moray House, 16-18 Bank Street, Inverness IV1 1QY HAVE YOUR SAY 2 THE RED HACKLE MAY 2012 THE Contents Editorial .............................................................................................................................................. 3 RED HACKLE Regimental and Battalion News ....................................................................................................... 4 The Black Watch Heritage Appeal, The Regimental Museum and Friends of the Black Watch ..... 7 Correspondence ................................................................................................................................. 9 Book Reviews ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Obituaries ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Articles .............................................................................................................................................. 14 The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland ............................................ 20 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland .................................................. 46 The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada .......................................................... 47 The Tyneside Scottish ...................................................................................................................... 48 Angus & Dundee Battalion Army Cadet Force ........................................................................... 50 Black Watch Battalion Army Cadet Force .................................................................................... 52 Association News ............................................................................................................................. 55 Editorial The Chronicle of The last six months since the November 2011 Edition of the Journal was published, have been The Black Watch an extraordinary period. Like so much of Army life, this has been a period of waiting. Waiting (Royal Highland Regiment) for the news on the future shape of the Army and how it will affect The Black Watch Battalion its successor of The Royal Regiment of Scotland and the future of the three remaining MOD funded posts The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion in Home Headquarters The Black Watch; waiting for news about the Museum Committee’s bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to allow them to come to a decision about the redevelopment of The Royal Regiment of Scotland Balhousie Castle and the refurbishment of the museum and waiting for news from The Black The Affiliated Regiments Watch Battalion in Afghanistan. and Whilst there has been a degree of speculation in the press about where the cuts in Army 2020 The Black Watch Association will fall, the MOD are keeping the information on tight hold and it will be after the publication date of this magazine that any announcement is made. With the Army expected to lose 20,000 May 2012 posts the cuts will inevitably affect the current size and structure of The Royal Regiment of Scotland and various links to antecedent communities may also be affected. No. 121 A detailed account of Project Balhousie has been included in this edition but the news con- firming that the bid for a grant of £778K from the Heritage Lottery Fund had been successful, Published for The Black Watch was made public on 15 March. The Trustees of the Museum Trust, after much deliberation, decided on 19 March 2012 to proceed with the re-development of Balhousie Castle. Those involved in the Heritage Appeal have worked hard to reach this point and I am sure that readers will wish this major enterprise every success. Communications from Afghanistan have been sporadic with the battalion focussed on opera- METHOD PUBLISHING tions but from all accounts it has been a very busy and successful tour. The notes from the tour Sutherland Press House, Golspie, are well written and are comprehensive giving the officers and soldiers of the battalion a timely Sutherland, Scotland KW10 6RA record of their tour and the wider Black Watch community and its supporters a privileged view of Telephone (01408) 633871 Fax (01408) 633876 to whom all enquiries regarding OP HERRICK 15. It was early on the morning of Remembrance Day last year that the battalion advertising should be addressed. suffered its only major casualty but thankfully did not suffer any fatalities. Editorial Matter and Illustrations © Crown Copyright At the same time, the business of the Association has continued with the normal round of Design and Typography © Method Publishing 2012 Branch Dinners, Burns’ Suppers and Branch AGMs. It is always at this time of year that the central Association staff realise that they owe a debt of gratitude to the relatively small number of active The opinions expressed in the articles of the magazine Association members who keep Branches and Sub-Committees vibrant and functioning effectively. are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy and views, official or otherwise, of the Regiment or We have another busy year to look forward to with what we hope will be a very special Regimental the MOD. This publication contains official information. Day on 23 June 2012, when the Old Colours of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland It should be treated with discretion by the recipient. Regiment) and 1st/51st Highland Volunteers will be paraded for the final time as they are marched “The Red Hackle” is published every six months in through Perth and are then de-consecrated beside the 51st Highland Division Memorial on the May and November. Contributions large and small will always be welcome. They should be typewritten in double North Inch. We hope that this will be a truly Regimental day, lead by massed Pipes & Drums with spacing on one side of the paper only. Photographs, Guards provided by A (Grenadier) Company from The Black Watch Battalion and the Regimental cartoons and sketches of Regimental interest are also Association and Detachments from The Black Watch of Canada, the Transvaal Scottish, The welcome and will be returned if requested. Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch and Angus and Dundee Battalions of the ACF and finally The All material for inclusion in the various issues must reach the Editor not later than 1 April and 1 October Black Watch sons and daughters from Queen Victoria School (QVS), Dunblane. We also hope that respectively. some individuals will manage the journey north from G and V Companies of the old 1/51 Highland. From 1 January 2013, bulk orders are supplied It is also planned to hold a book launch on 23 June, to mark the publication of Victoria at a rate of £7 per copy. Individual copies are sent Schofield’s first volume of our definitive Regimental History which is entitled “Highland Furies” out to permanent subscribers, both in the UK and abroad, at a subscription rate of £14 annually for UK and that will be followed by the Regimental Reunion which this year will be held in the Bells’ subscribers, £14 annually to Europe and £16 annually Sports Centre beside Balhousie Castle. Worldwide by airmail. A Gift Aid Scheme is available The 60th Anniversary Dinner to commemorate all those who fought with The Black Watch for individual subscribers who are subject to UK tax. battle-group in Korea is taking shape and as well as a dinner on the 17th of November, there will The magazine fund benefits from tax reclaimed in this way. All subscriptions should be sent to the editor, “The be a church service and lunch in Perth. For those unable to travel to Perth the London Branch Red Hackle, Home Headquarters, The Black Watch, Dinner on 22 November will also honour the Korean veterans. Balhousie Castle, Hay Street, Perth PH1 5HR, and Finally, we sadly have to report the death of a
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