Welsh Guards Magazine 2020
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105 years ~ 1915 - 2020 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2020 WELSH GUARDS WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2020 MAGAZINE REGIMENTAL Cymru Am Byth Welsh Guards Magazine 2020_COVER_v3.indd 1 24/11/2020 14:03 Back Cover: Lance Sergeant Prothero from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, carrying out a COVID-19 test, at testing site in Chessington, Kingston-upon-Thames. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 1. Gdsm Wilkinson being 7 promoted to LCpl. 2. Gdsm Griffiths being promoted to LCpl. 3. LSgt Sanderson RLC being awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. 4. Sgt Edwards being promoted to CSgt. 5. Gdsm Davies being promoted to LCpl. 6. Gdsm Evans 16 being awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. 7. LSgt Bilkey, 3 Coy Recce, being promoted to Sgt 8. LSgt Jones, 3 Coy Snipers, being promoted to Sgt 9 9. Sgt Simons being awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Front Cover: 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Birthday Tribute to 10. LSgt Lucas, 2 Coy being Her Majesty The Queen, Windsor Castle, Saturday 13th June 2020 10 promoted to Sgt Welsh Guards Magazine 2020_COVER_v3.indd 2 24/11/2020 14:04 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2020 COLONEL-IN-CHIEF Her Majesty The Queen COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC ADC REGIMENTAL LIEUTENANT COLONEL Major General R J Æ Stanford MBE REGIMENTAL ADJUTANT Colonel T C S Bonas BA ASSISTANT REGIMENTAL ADJUTANT Major M E Browne BEM REGIMENTAL VETERANS OFFICER Jiffy Myers MBE ★ REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London SW1E 6HQ Contact Regimental Headquarters by Email: [email protected] View the Regimental Website at: www.army.mod.uk/welshguards View the Welsh Guards Charity Website at: www.welshguardscharity.co.uk Contact the Regimental Veterans Officer at: [email protected] ★ AFFILIATIONS HMS Prince of Wales 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Régiment de marche du Tchad ©Crown Copyright: This publication contains official information. It should be treated with discretion by the recipient. The opinions expressed in the articles in this journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy and views, official or otherwise, of the Regiment or the Ministry of Defence. The Editor accepts photographs for publication on the understanding that those submitting them have, where required by data protection legislation, obtained consent to publication from those depicted. Anyone who believes this is not the case or has a DPA related concern should contact the Editor. 1 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE Welsh Guards Fourth Regimental Council Meeting Clarence House, London Wednesday 19th February 2020 Left to Right: Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst KCVO CBE, Lieutenant Colonel HS Llewelyn-Usher, Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB GCVO OBE DL, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC ADC, Major General RJÆ Stanford MBE, Major General RH Talbot-Rice CBE, Colonel TCS Bonas 2 CONTENTS Forewords Battalion Golf .................................................... 92 Memorial .......................................................... 170 Regimental Lieutenant Colonel ....................... 4 Regimental Golf ................................................ 92 Welsh Guards Professional Golfers ............ 173 Commanding Officer ......................................... 7 Association Golf ................................................ 93 The Regimental Archives .............................. 175 Rugby .................................................................. 95 The WG Ethos Booklet ................................... 177 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Polo ...................................................................... 97 The New WG Memorial ................................. 179 The Prince of Wales’s Company ...................... 9 Boxing ................................................................. 98 Assistant Equerry to Their Number Two Company ................................... 12 Royal Highnesses ........................................... 181 Number Three Company ................................ 15 Battlefield Tours and Remembrance Reflections of an Exchange Support Company ............................................ 18 Wrexham Annual Falklands Officer in the US .............................................. 185 Headquarter Company ................................... 20 Memorial 2020 ............................................... 102 Regimental Remembrance 2020 ............... 104 Regimental Charity, welfare Regimental Band ........................................... 31 Arras 2020 under Covid-19 Restrictions ... 107 and Regimental Veterans Distribution of Officers ............................... 36 Association Battlefield Regimental Veterans Officers Report ........ 188 Distributions of Warrant Officers ........... 38 Tour/Hechtel 2020 ........................................ 108 WRU Regimental Debentures ..................... 192 Honours and Awards ................................... 39 Rhosgadfan Hero awarded the DCM ........ 111 How to Donate to the A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen ...... 40 Veterans Visit the Falkland Islands Welsh Guards Charity ................................... 193 38 years on ...................................................... 113 Not Just a Conflict - A Memoir by Training and Exercises WG Distinguished Conduct Brigadier JF Rickett CBE .................................. 193 Jungle Warfare Instructors Course ............... 45 Medals of WW1 ............................................... 119 1WG Bonfire Night 2019 ............................... 194 The Leuchars Cup ............................................. 48 In Memoriam John (Jack) Perkins South Wales Police Boxing Fundraiser 2019 .............................................. Ex MAYAN WARRIOR (Belize) .......................... 49 (2735449) ......................................................... 125 195 St David’s Day Charity Concert and Dinner . 196 Belize Short Term Training Team (STTT) ...... 51 In Memoriam Sid Elsbury (2734113) .......... 126 Falkland Islands Roulement Infantry WG Fundraising Coins ................................... 196 Company - Part 2 .............................................. 52 Unit Welfare Officer Report .......................... 197 Recruiting, Cadets, Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick ....... 54 Community Engagement Mortar Platoon Cadre ...................................... 56 Welsh Guards Association Berkhampsted Collegiate School ................ 129 Anti-Tank Platoon Cadre ................................. 57 Secretary General’s Foreword .................... 198 Parliamentary Reception 2020 ................... 130 Battalion Sniper Cadre .................................... 58 Cardiff Branch Report .................................... 201 Royal Visit to 1WG 2019 ................................. 131 Op RESCRIPT - Covid-19 response ................. 60 East Glamorgan Branch Report .................. 202 Defeat Don’t Repeat Update ........................ 133 Reconnaissance Patrolman Cadre ............... 62 Llanelli, Cardiganshire and Recruiting Team Report ................................ 134 Machine Gun Platoon Cadre .......................... 63 Pembrokeshire Branch Report .................... 203 The Livery Company of Wales Grant .......... 136 Cayman Islands Short Term London Branch Report ................................. 206 Training Team (STTT) ...................................... 64 Merthyr Tydfil Branch Report ..................... 209 Individual Articles Royal Military Academy Sandhurst .............. 66 Monmouthshire Branch Report .................. 211 HMS Prince of Wales ...................................... 137 Montgomery, Shropshire and Midlands Sports and Adventure Training 5th Battalion The Royal Branch Report ................................................. 213 Ex FROSTED BLADE ........................................... 67 Australian Regiment ..................................... 139 North Wales Branch Report ......................... 215 Officers’ Mess Ski Trip 2020 ........................... 69 German Armed Forces Staff College ......... 141 North of England Branch Report ................ 218 Ex RACING ICE .................................................... 71 Christmas in a Day - 2019 ............................. 145 Ogmore Branch Report ................................. 219 Battalion Ski Trip 2020 .................................... 73 A Borderlands Guardsman .......................... 147 Swansea and West Glamorgan Ex TELEMARK TITAN ......................................... 75 Chaplaincy in 1WG ......................................... 150 Branch Report ................................................. 221 Officers’ Mess Shoot ........................................ 78 1WG St David’s Day 2020 .............................. 152 Welsh Guards Reunited Branch Report ..... 222 British Army Warrior Fitness (BAWF) ............ 80 Deer Stalking in Scotland ............................. 154 Welsh Guards Collection Oswestry ............ 225 Battalion Enduro .............................................. 81 Lockdown Leadership ................................... 156 St David’s Day Windsor 2020 ....................... 227 Fishing ................................................................ 82 An introduction to Combermere Association Darts & Football .............................................................. 83 Barracks ........................................................... 159 Shooting Competition