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NOVEMBER, 1961 THE JOURNAL OF THE 1” EAST ANGLIAN RECIMENT (ROYAL NORFOLK. & SUFFOLK) Choose an AUSTIN every time A U S T IN 7 It's incredible! Front wheel drive. Fully independent suspension. Up to 50 m.p.g. Over 70 in.p h. 10 feet long, parks in 11 feet gaps. See also the AUSTIN A40 and AUSTIN A55 5 -6 seater 2.9 litre B.M.C. engine. Six cylinders and twin carburettors. Accelerates Austin factory-trained men with the vividly to the 90s. Disc brakes and full range of specialised Austin tools at overdrive. their disposal carry out first - class servicing and repairs. IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ABOUT ANY AUSTIN M O D EL ANN P G E R T O N JLbJ & CO LTD M A AUSTIN DISTRIBUTORS 5 Prince of Wales Road, NORWICH Major’s Corner, IPSWICH Telephone: 28383 Telephone: 52271 Also at LONDON . BURY ST. EDMUNDS - KING'S LYNN - LOWESTOFT - FAKENHAM “ Royal Doulton ” — “ Spode ” “ Wedgwood — “ Minton ” “ Stuart ” Crystal FOR YOUR HOME IN ENGLAND OVERSEAS SPANISH SHERRY TO SUIT ALL TASTES SPORTSMAN’S PALE DRY .............. ... 13/- A good Medium Sherry for all occasions BOCARDO’S FINO 13/6 Very Dry, the ideal aperitif ROYAL SHOW .......................... 15/6 A very old Brown, sweet wine AMONTILLADO SUPERIOR .............. 15/6 An excellent Medium Dry Sheer*" UNIVERSITY CREAM .......................... 20/6 A rare old Oloroso of great ag* OBTAINABLE FROM o 0 WHITMORE AND • DOWNING STREET - - CAMBRIDGE Tel. 52971 l TOLLY & COBBOLD QUALITY ALES Still Marching ahead in East Anglia The eye of Anglia is a lively eye . informed, and above all, informative. Look into Anglia your own Independent Television. You will find in it much to discuss . much that is entertaining . .. much to catch your imagination. 1 here is always something of local interest on Anglia. ANGLIA TELEVISION Your own Independent Television, produced at local studios in Anglia House. FURNISHING COMPANY, 37-38. CORN HILL. Phone: 2 3 4 BURY ST. EDMUNDS i i i' i v l \ I ISES IN THE REMOVAL AND STORAGE OP M k \ I I I kI I uk- MEMBERS OP HER MAJESTY’S PORCES. U-:\TRAU.\ HEATED STORAGE DEPOSITORY. REGULAR INSPECTION AND MOTHPROOFING ARRANGED FOR GOODS STORED OVER A LONG PERIOD. SMITH’S FURNISHING CO. SELLS EVERY KIND OP HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND OFFER MANY OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING THE MAKING OF CURTAINS AND COVERS CARPET CLEANING AND FITTING. \\D THE RE-MAKING OF MATTRESSES. Estimates Free. Personal Attention. i ii.'h nr II / ’ dr APP0INTMEH1 TO H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II BREWERS FINE NORFOLK ALES brewed by Steward & Patteson Ltd POCKTHORPE BREWERY NORWICH F. Al STONE & SONS MILITARY AND MUFTI TAILORS SINCE 1874 By Appointment to The East Anglian Brigade SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENTS ACCEPTED LONDON NORWICH YARMOUTH 4 New Burlington Street PRINCE OP WALES ROAD 15/16 Central Arcade Phone: REG 1313 Phone 25*96 Phone 2383 1 p i E S The Jewellers of East Anglia Agents for the Leading Manufacturers of GEM RINGS GOLD and SILVERWARE WATCHES, CLOCKS E.P.N.S. and CUT GLASS SWAN LANE (off London Street) NORWICH Nor 57G Tel. 23051 JEWSON & SONS LIMITED Timber Importers HARDWOODS, PLYWOODS AND WALLBOARDS MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD FLOORING BLOCKS, DISTRIBUTORS OF FORMICA BOX AND CASE TUBULAR SCAFFOLDING MANUFACTURERS ERECTION, SALE OR HIRE BUILDERS’ MERCHANTS PROTIM SPRAY & ADVISORY SERVICE FOR DRY ROT AND WOODWORM HEAD OFFICE NORWICH PHONE 21336 (10 Line*) Also at Ot. Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Dereham, Diss. Fakenham. etc. 5 Pnfer □ ; ';v- N* '■'S'! * Bv APPOINTMENT i at - TO HE* MAJESTV Tm£ QUEEN MATTERS •<ikcr HiLEKEEET JOHNSON •cxkcr specialise in hats for every * occasion — faultless hats * pqt*. made to suit you personally, jtr with the same distinctive V xfcr correctness that is observed in "I" sjfe the making o f all regimental w m U o / i headgear. Also available (BOND ST.) LTD., ❖ are impeccable accessories * including regimental and club ties. nfer 38 New Bond St., London W .i. M ayfair 0784 nfecr W eekdays 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. 1st EAST ANGLIAN (Thursdays 6.30 p.m .) Jfe Saturdays 9 a .m .— 1 p.m. REGIMENT 40a London Rd., Camberley V SK (Wednesday afternoons only) n^7 V *':••• n^-7 *4* • & ^ J4, JtirXLJiL □ IK /A r-. ¥\ fK fZ f? tC ?cE3 GREENE KING Irew it locally 6 Office: Tel. 1037 A.A. & R.A.C. HARPERS Guests : Tel. 2676 Appointed of THE SQUARE HOUSE ABBEYGATE STREET HOTEL ‘•FOR ALL MUSIC BURY ST. EDMUNDS MUSIC FOR A L L ” A dignified Georgian Residence (a scheduled ALL building). Within five minutes’ walk of the RECORDS TYPES centre of this historic town and the ancient Abbey ruins. Standing in beautifully timbered grounds of over three acres. Hot and cold TO SING water and electric fires in all rooms. Own MUSIC & PLAY poultry and eggs. Fresh fruit and vegetables from the garden. FOR SALE PIANOS AND HIRE Terms : 24 Abbeygate Street Weekly from 8 — 9 gns., including all meals Phone BURY ST. EDMUNDS 173 Bed and Breakfast 21/- single and a t 16 HIGH ST, NEWMARKET. Phone. 2456 Resident Proprietress : Miss M. O. GAMBLE ESTABLISHED 1797 T. H. Nice & Co. Ltd TELEPHONE No. 1 MOTOR ENGINEERS ©liver & Son ♦ Renowned for Quality Foods Distributors for and Wines for over 150 years MORRIS - WOLSELEY - M.G. CARS ------------------D e p a r t m e n t s ------------------ MORRIS-COMMERCIAL VEHICLES GROCERIES PROVISIONS COOKED POODS FROZEN POODS NUFFIELD TRACTORS CONFECTIONERY BISCUITS WINES. SPIRITS AND BEERS RILEY DEALERS — Deliveries to all parts of the District— * ABBEYGATE STREET Bury St. Edmunds BURY. ST. EDMUNDS Our resident Manager, Mr. W. V. Clarke Telephone 2801 (3 lines) would be very happy to give your enquiries his personal attention, and our constant Also at THETFORD (2204) and ELY (2952) endeavour is to render a service which will merit your unstinted admiration 7 250,000th QUALIFIED & FACTORY TRAINED ENGINEERS for VAUXHALL RADIO, TELEVISION & ELECTRICAL VICTOR We have four shops and a VICTOR production passes the fleet of service vans in this quarter million! No wonder it's a best seller. Panoramic vision, superb roadability, wonderful area for your convenience parkability, all synchro gears and fine finish. »□« VICTOR Prices from £505 plus £211/10/10 P.T. W oollatt & Mitchell BURRELLS WHITING STREET AND ST. JOHNS STREET 26 Angel Hill BURY ST. EDMUNDS 3242/3 Bury St. Edmunds CASTLE STREET, THETFORD - - 2IM TELEPHONE: 3157/8 HIGH STREET, BRANDON . 339 This space is donated by W . H. CULLEN A SON Tailors, Clothiers, H atters and Hosiers L. J. LEESON 4, 5 & 6 Butter Market and Son Ltd. Bury St. Edmunds (right opposite Suffolk Hotel) T H E CHEMISTS The noted house for Men's Suits, Overcoats, Mackintoshes, Raincoats, Shirts, Ties, Collars, ABBEYGATE Socks, etc. All goods marked in Plain Figures. Terms—Cash BURY ST. EDMUNDS You can’t do better than try Cullen and Son for Clothing. JAMES ROLFE & SONS LIMITED THURLOW St. Andrews Street South CHAMPNESS BURY ST. EDMUNDS Corn, Seed & Forage M erchants --------------- & SON Cattle, Pig and Poultry Foods Fertilisers 14 Abbeygate St., Bury St. Edmunds Established 1837 'Phone: 3357/58 Jewellers for 145 years Service'. Quality! Satisfaction ! L . 1). FAIERS & SONS T H E M A N ’S I I Wa l » 2* WALK-ROUND SHOP 28 Butter Market HATTER STREET Bury St. Edmunds BURY ST. EDMUNDS Men’s and Boys’ Outfitters THE Our Speciality is : WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS “ CLOTHES FOR THE MODERN MAN" FOR EVERY OCCASION LIONEL For a Town or Country House LEECH or Bungalow — consult (Member of the B.P.A.) GERALD BENJAMIN TURF A CCO U N TA N T Auctioneer, Valuer and Stock taker TELEPHONES : KING STREET BURY 2420 2877 3222 IPSWICH 1 ST. ANDREWS STREET, N. (Just behind the Town Hall) BURY ST. EDMUNDS P h o n e : 52287 For GUARANTEED FURNITURE 1 EESONS at Reasonable Prices PHOTOGRAPHIC LTD. VISIT Opposite the Abbey gate Bury St. Edmunds HOLLIMANS For all your Photographic Requirements CINE and STILL 71 KING STREET Authorised Agencies for: CAMBRIDGE PAILLARD-BOLEX - ZEISS IKON REMOVALS and STORAGE A SPECIALITY Accredited Sales and Service for: G.B. BELL & HOWELL Phone 50778 WESTGATE & SONS, LTD. PATRONISE THE FIRMS 37 Abbeygate Street WHO HAVE TAKEN SPACE BURY ST. EDMUNDS Phone: 2887/8 IN THIS PUBLICATION VEGETABLE & FLOW ER SEED S LAWN GRASS SEED — DUTCH BULBS for without their support SEED POTATOES HORTICULTURAL PEAT — SUNDRIES it would not have been possible Large Variety Food for Domestic Animals 9 TROUSERS SPORTS JACKETS AVAILABLE FROM GOOD CLASS OUTFITTERS THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN PHILLIPS & PIPER LTD CHRISTCHURCH WORKS — IPSWICH For Better Printing Consult : THE MORECAMBE BAY PRINTERS LTD. BRIDGE ROAD, MORECAMBE Specialists in Art Work 10 “The Britannia and Castle’’ JOURNAL OF THE 1st EAST ANGLIAN REGIMENT (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) All Editorial Contributions to be forwarded to The Editor, The Britannia and Castle Journal, Britannia Barracks, Norwich. 11 1st EAST ANGLIAN REGIMENT (Royal Norfolk & Suffolk) [9 and 12] Britannia superimposed upon the Castle and Key. The Castle and Key superscribed “ Gibraltar, 1779-83 ” and with the motto “ Montis Insignia Calpe ’’ underneath. Dettingen — Minden — Belleislc — Havannah — Martinique, 1794 — Seringapatam — India — Rolica — Vimicra — Corunna — Busaco — Salamanca — Vittoria — St. Sebastian — Nive — Peninsula — Cabool, 1842 — Moodkee — Ferozeshah — Sobraon — South Africa, 1851-3 — Sevastopol — New Zealand — Afghanistan, 1878-80 — Kabul, 1879 — Paardeberg — South Africa, 1899-1902. The Great War — 42 Battalions — Mons — Le Cateau — Retreat from Mons — Marne, 1914 — Aisne, 1914 — La Bassee, 1914 — Givenchy, 1914 — Ypres, 1914, ’15, ’17, ’18 — Neuve Chapelle — Gravenstafel — St. Julien — Frezenberg — Bellewaarde — Aubers — Hooge, 1915 — Loos — Somme, 1916, ’18 — Albert, 1916, ’18 — Bazentin — Delville Wood — Pozieres — Guillemont — Flers Courcelette — Morval — Thiepval — Le Transloy — Ancre Heights — Ancre, 1916, ’18 — Arras, 1917, ’18 — Vimy, 1917 _ Scarpe, 1917, '18 — Arleux — Oppy — Pilckem — Langemarck, 1917 — Menin Road — Polygon Wood — Broodseinde — Poelcappelle — Passchendaele — Cambrai, 1917, '18 — St.