DOCSLIB.ORG

The Newsletternewsletter

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Newsletternewsletter TheThe DevonshireDevonshire andand DorsetDorset RegimentalRegimental AssociationAssociation THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER No 12 - 2018 ASSOCIATION REGIMENTAL AND DORSET THE DEVONSHIRE THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER No 12 - 2018 ASSOCIATION REGIMENTAL AND DORSET THE DEVONSHIRE 11th, 39th and 54th of Foot TheThe NewsletterNewsletter No 12 2018 THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2018 Contents Locations 2 The Regimental Charities 36 The Regimental Association 2 Regimental Reunion 38 Regimental Association Reunion 2019 2 Events Chairman’s Message 3 Bois des Buttes Centenary 44 President’s Message 4 Pte Sidney Humphris Centenary 50 Association Calendar 5 Locquignol Liberation Centenary 52 Appointments 7 Minden Dorsets Band Concert 54 Editorial 8 LCpl Onions VC Memorial Plaque 54 Supporting the Regimental Association 8 Weymouth Remembrance Parade 55 The Association Website 10 Weymouth Veterans Weekend 56 Information on Branches 11 Photographic Memories 58 Focal Point Leaders 12 Historical Articles President's Awards 13 A Tale of Two Victoria Crosses 63 Notices 14 Wimbledon Parish Church Memorials 64 Postbag 16 The Battle of Plassey 66 The Keep Military Museum 19 11th Foot Military Aid, Cornwall 1873 70 Branch Reports Fovant Badges 71 Band 22 An Extraordinary Man 72 Bridport 23 Malta GC 74 Exeter 23 Sarah Sands - a Little Known Fact 76 Gillingham 26 The Other William Shakespear 77 Honiton 28 Welfare Report 78 The Officers' Club 28 News from The Rifles 84 D and D Old Comrades Forum 29 Bankers order form The Bugle 88 Plymouth 31 Last Post 89 Poole 33 Obituaries 91 Purbeck 34 Support Your Newsletter 95 Semper Fidelis Dinner Club 34 Editor: Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) GS Nicholls © 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. No responsibility for the goods or services advertised in this journal can be accepted by the publishers or printers. Advertisements are included in good faith. Managing Director: Ron Pearson Managing Editor: Katie Mordue Advertising Manager: Sally Haynes Forces and Corporate Publishing Ltd, Hamblin House, Hamblin Court, Rushden, Northamptonshire NN10 0RU. Tel: 01933 419994 :: Fax: 01933 419584 Devon + Dorset 2018 (2).indd 1 22/01/2019 14:15 2 THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Locations The Rifles Exeter Office The Military Museum of Devon and Dorset Mrs Babs Holliman (The Keep Museum) Building 11, Wyvern Barracks, Exeter EX2 6AR. Curator: Mr Chris Copson Tel: (01392) 492435 Mil: 94348 2435 Deputy Curator: Miss Laura Gardner E-mail: infhq-rifl[email protected] Archivist: Mr Luke Dady Custodian: Mr John Murphy The Devonshire and Dorset Barrack Road, Dorchester DT1 1RN. Tel: (01305) 264066 Regimental Charity E-mail: [email protected] Lt Col (Retd) Geoff Nicholls Website: www.keepmilitarymuseum.org Building 11, Wyvern Barracks, Exeter EX2 6AR. Tel: (01392) 492436 Mil: 94348 2436 E-mail: [email protected] Museum Display The North Devon and Barnstaple Museum The Square, Barnstaple EX32 8LN. The Regimental Association of Tel: (01271) 346747 The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Fax: (01271) 346407 WO1 Tony Cox BEM E-mail: [email protected] Building 11, Wyvern Barracks, Exeter EX2 6AR. Website: www.northdevon.gov.uk Tel: (01392) 492436 Mil: 94348 2436 E-mail: [email protected] The Regimental Association The objects of the Regimental Association are: 2. To alert The Rifles, which now manages welfare funds on behalf of its antecedent regiments, to any welfare needs of 1. To promote the efficiency of the Army by maintaining: past members of The Regiment and their dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. a. Contact between past and present members of The Regiment, fostering mutual friendship between them 3. To encourage recruiting into The Rifles. and providing suitable social gatherings. Further to the objects listed above, the Regimental Association b. The espirit de corps and comradeship that members Charity has power to take all necessary action for publicising found whist serving. and disseminating information concerning the histories, deeds and traditions of The Regiment and the former Regiments. c. The traditions of The Regiment and to publicise and Note: “The Regiment” as mentioned above includes all disseminate information concerning the history, deeds earlier regiments, such as the Devonshire Regiment and the and customs of The Regiment. Dorset Regiment which amalgamated to create the Devon and Dorsets, as well as any successor regiment or unit, for example The Rifles. The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Association Reunion 2019 Saturday 11 May 2019 - Exeter Once again you are warmly invited to come and join the Timings Regimental Family on this special day. Please note that * 1015 hours: Annual General Meeting (AGM) - to we will repeat the earlier timings this year to increase the ensure that members can influence the management of time available for socialising. the Association. * March through the centre of Exeter - led by The Devon * 1130 hours: A parade through Exeter - to show the ACF Band and our Branch Standards. West Country that we are still going strong (form up by * Honour our Regiments and fallen comrades in the Service 1115 hours). and Act of Remembrance * 1150 hours: Inspection, Drumhead Service, Presentation * Enjoy a Reunion Buffet Lunch and Social. Meet old of President’s Awards (all completed in front of the acquaintances; catch up with your friends Cathedral). Outline timings are as follows and full details are in the * 1230 hours to 1700 hours: A buffet lunch and reunion letter you will find enclosed with this Newsletter. Please in the Corn Exchange. send us your return. * 1900 hours: An evening get-together in the Rougemont Whether you have been to a Regimental Reunion before Hotel in Queen Street (opposite Central Station) organised or not, this is the time to come home. by our Exeter Branch - to continue the movement (closes You will be warmly welcomed. at midnight). Full details are in the enclosed letter. We all very much hope to see you there. Devon + Dorset 2018 (2).indd 2 22/01/2019 14:15 THE DEVONSHIRE AND DORSET REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 3 Chairman’s Message I write these notes from New Zealand where was suggested that thereafter there should be an Viv and I are enjoying a long-awaited extended annual pilgrimage. Thanks to the efforts of Steve holiday visiting family and friends and touring Keane and Smudge Less, on 5th November a the country. As we have travelled around, I have coach party from Exeter, augmented by many been surprised and humbled by the number of others who had travelled independently from far war memorials we have come across in the and wide, gathered at the NMA. The focus this most remote communities, each with recently year was the Ulster Ash Grove to commemorate laid wreaths. Remembrance has dominated the death of LCpl Stephen Taverner who died 2018 here just as it has in the UK, particularly of injuries 35 years previously following an Association activity. explosion in Crossmaglen. The Battalion was Our Reunion in May was another outstanding at that time based in Ballykinler and the patrol success with a good number marching supported was supporting 1st Battalion The Grenadier by bands. The weather was kind and the Guards. Stephen’s sister and other members of Drumhead Service on Cathedral Green was the patrol were present at the commemoration a moving event. On your behalf I would like as well as two representatives of the Grenadier to thank the Rifles and Devon Army Cadet Guards who had been present on the day of the Force bands for providing marching music incident. After visiting the Ulster Ash Grove, and Reverend Canon Eric Woods for leading many moved on to the Regimental Memorial to the Drumhead service and battling with the Cathedral bells pay their respects. Whilst there, an NMA volunteer made celebrating the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan! the unsolicited comment that ours ‘was the nicest memorial We continue to be welcomed by the people of Exeter and at the NMA’. I agree. the service on Cathedral Green provides a moment for us That same week I had the privilege of joining members to remember previous generations and comrades recently at the Westminster Abbey Field of Remembrance on 8th passed away. November with Prince Harry as the Royal representative. A week later saw two tour groups heading for France to Jeremy Lillies and the London Branch have done sterling visit battlefield sites and to mark the centenary of the action service over many years to represent us at this event. I very by 2 DEVONS at Bois des Buttes on 27 May 1918. Both much hope that others will now come forward to continue tours were highly successful and the commemoration event this, which is a great occasion to represent the Regiment and was a fitting tribute. We were joined by contingents from 5 meet many old friends. Gibraltar Battery Royal Artillery and The Rifles as well as, it Three days later on 11th November many of you will have seemed, the entire population of the village. Our thanks go to been involved in Remembrance Day services and parades the organisers of the two tour groups Steve Keane and Geoff across the country. In Exeter, our President laid a wreath at Nicholls – the latter who was also responsible for organising the city ceremony in Northernhay Gardens and afterwards the ceremony, to Brian Duff for arranging the commemorative made a presentation to the Lord Mayor in the Guildhall. presentation and above all to our President General Sandy This presentation was identical to the one which Brian Storrie for his captivating and moving speech; the words ‘It Duff had arranged for the Mayor of La Ville aux Bois les was a long way from the fields and meadows of Devon’ will Pontavert following the commemoration of the battle of be long remembered.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 45 Infantry Division (1939)]
    1 May 2019 [45 INFANTRY DIVISION (1939)] th 45 Infantry Division (1) Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division & Employment Platoon th 134 Infantry Brigade (2) Headquarters, 134th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section 4th Bn. The Devonshire Regiment (The 1st Rifle Volunteers) 6th Bn. The Devonshire Regiment 8th Bn. The Devonshire Regiment th 135 Infantry Brigade (3) Headquarters, 135th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section 5th Bn. The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 6th Bn. The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 7th Bn. The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) th 136 Infantry Brigade (4) Headquarters, 136th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section 9th Bn. The Devonshire Regiment 4th Bn. The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 5th Bn. The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Divisional Troops Headquarters, 45th Infantry Divisional Royal Artillery th 55 (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (5) (H.Q., 373rd (West Somerset Yeomanry) & 374th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Batteries, Royal Artillery) th 96 (Royal Devonshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (6) (H.Q., 381st (Thorverton) & 382nd (Totnes) Field Batteries, Royal Artillery) nd 142 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (7) (H.Q., 383rd (Torrington) & 384th (South Molton) Field Batteries, Royal Artillery) th 69 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (8) (H.Q., 273, 274th, 275th & 276th Anti-Tank Batteries, Royal Artillery) © w w w . BritishMilitaryH istory.co.uk Page 1 1 May 2019 [45 INFANTRY DIVISION (1939)] Headquarters, 45th Infantry Divisional Royal Engineers th 205 (Wessex)
    [Show full text]
  • Curo Housing Estate a Scene of “Deprivation” Keynsham Town Councillor Dave Biddleston Says Pre-War Poverty”
    THE WEEK IN East Bristol & North East Somerset FREE Issue 544 26th September 2018 Read by over 40,000 people each week Curo housing estate a scene of “deprivation” Keynsham town councillor Dave Biddleston says pre-war poverty”. vandalism and ant-social behaviour. residents are living in “deprivation” at Curo homes in Last week, a deputation from the 40-plus homes A Facebook page set up by residents shows images of Tintagel Close, claiming “basic sanitary living has been attended the town council meeting to describe some of bare electrical wiring exposed to the elements and other so compromised it's as if Keynsham has moved back to the problems they face as a result of poor maintenance, scenes of neglect. Recently The Week In reported on an arson attack when waste bins were deliberately set alight and although nobody was hurt, considerable damage was caused to neighbouring properties, with the heat even melting drainpipes and guttering. At the time residents reported that the lock on the bin store door had been vandalised and not repaired. Responding to a report by BBC Bristol, Curo claimed that the CCTV system at Tintagel Close had been vandalised beyond repair. This brought an angry reaction from residents who claimed the security cameras have never worked. Continued on page 3 Tintagel Close Concerns at Warmley Funding boost for Problems persist at MP changes position Also in this Community Centre . Keynsham one-way Mangotsfield tip on Brexit week’s issue . page 5 . page 6 . page 12 . page 7 2 The Week in • Wednesday 26th September 2018 Curo housing estate a Public meeting to scene of “deprivation” discuss traffic concerns Continued from page 1 homes at Tintagel Close.
    [Show full text]
  • From 3 September 2018
    from 3 September 2018 Larkhill | Durrington | Amesbury | Boscombe Down | Salisbury via Bulford & Archers Gate route including journeys on Mondays to Fridays except public holidays route number X4 X4 X4 activ8 X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 sch Larkhill Medical Centre 0557 0625 0642 0712 0720 0737 0823 0903 0938 08 38 1608 Stonehenge Inn Larkhill Road 0603 0632 0648 0719 0727 0744 0830 0910 0945 15 45 1615 Durrington Rangers Garage 0608 0638 0653 0726 0734 0751 0837 0917 0952 22 52 1622 at Bulford High Street 0611 0641 0656 0729 0737 0754 0840 0920 0955 25 55 1625 Amesbury The Centre 0620 0649 0705 0715 0738 0746 0803 0849 0929 1004 34 04 1634 Boscombe Down Raleigh Crescent 0625 0654 0744 0752 0809 0854 0934 1009 30 mins 39 09 1639 until Archers Gate Underwood Drive 0628 0657 0720 0749 0757 0814 0857 0937 1012 42 12 1642 Old Sarum Partridge Way Beehive roundabout 0636 0706 0731 0758 0806 0823 0906 0946 1021 then every 51 21 1651 Castle Road St Francis Church 0639 0709 0734 0803 0811 0828 0909 0949 1024 54 24 1654 Salisbury Blue Boar Row 0647 0717 0743 0815 0825 0837 0917 0957 1032 02 32 1702 Salisbury New Canal 0828 Fisherton Street rail station 0832 South Wiltshire UTC Wilton Road 0835 continues below continues via Beehive connecting activ8 on schooldays operates via Stratford Road (Grammar School) Park&Ride journey through and arrives in Salisbury 3 minutes later tickets available Mondays to Fridays except public holidays route number X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 X4 activ8 X4 X4 activ8 X4 activ8 Larkhill Medical Centre 1640 1704 1734 1804 1834 1904 2055
    [Show full text]
  • Royal Norfolk. & Suffolk
    NOVEMBER, 1964 THE JOURNAL OF THE P EAST ANGLIAN REGIMENT (ROYAL NORFOLK. & SUFFOLK) “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. JOHN COPPING JEWELLERS 67 LONDON STREET • NORWICH X H Silversmiths to the 1st 8ast cAttglian 'Regiment SILVER FOR PRESENTATION Enamel, Gold & Watches by Gem Set Regimental and Patelt Philippe; International; Sporting Brooches Girard-Perregara; Zenith JOHN COPPING, NORWICH . at the top of London Street 1 Minden Day Parade in Aden The salute was taken by Major-General J. H. Cubbon. CB, CBE. 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. Dettlngen — Minden — Belleisle — Havannah — Martinique, 1794 — Seringapatam — India — Rolica — Vimiera — Corunna — Busaco — Salamanca — Vittoria — St. Sebastian — Nive — Peninsula — ( abool, 1842 — Moodkee — Ferozeshah — Sobraon — South Africa, 1851-3 — Sevastopol — New Zealand — Afghanistan, 1878-80 — Kabul, 1879 — Paardeberg — South Africa, 1899-1902. The Great War — 43 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 — Prezenberg — 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 — Vlmy, 1917 — Scarpe, 1917, '18 — Arleux — Oppy — Filckem — Langemarck, 1917 — Menin Road — Polygon Wood — Broodseinde — poelcappelle — Passchendaele — Cambrai, 1917, '18 — St.
    [Show full text]
  • Supplement to the London Gazette, Ist July 1980
    9374 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, IST JULY 1980 Major Barrie John FAIRMAN (483900), Royal Regiment Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Horatio Sprague of Artillery. BYRNE (443689), The Green Howards (Alexandra, Prin- Captain Andrew Foxcroft FRENCH (492940), The Royal cess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment). Aqglian Regiment. Lieutenant (Acting Captain) David Cmpp (500344), Major Patrick Hector GULLAN, M.C. (483921), The Corps of Royal Engineers. Parachute Regiment. Lieutenant (Acting Captain) William James CLARK Major Anne Lindsay Campbell MASSBY (484364), (507237), Royal Corps of Signals. Women's Royal Army Corps. Major David Frederick CLEMENTS (475121), Corps of Major John MILLS (449012), Royal Corps of Signals. Royal Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander TANNER (397700), 24386771 Private David Raymond CROMIE, Ulster Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Defence Regiment. 24169040 Corporal Ernest Clive Gwynn DAVIES, The Royal Welch Fusiliers. CENTRAL CHANCERY OF 23863139 Warrant Officer Class 2 Norman DONALD, THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD B.E.M., The Gordon Highlanders. Captain Jonathan Michael Peter DURCAN (494553), St. James's Palace, London S.W.I. The Royal Green Jackets. 1st July 1980 24204737 Jonathan Lionel Austin EAREY, Royal Army The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the Ordnance Corps. award of The Queen's Gallantry Medal in recognition of Major Michael John Brooks EDGAR (473939), The service in Northern Ireland during the period 1st November Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Lieutenant-Colonel George Brian HOPKINSON (433571), 1979 to 31st January 1980. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 24310037 Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) George Captain Graeme Richard KALBRAIER (494506), Royal Richard BURROWS, Royal Corps of Signals. Regiment of Artillery. 24262662 Bombardier (Acting Sergeant) Michael Ray- 24362571 Sapper Leslie MANN, Corps of Royal mond GLAZER, Royal Regiment of Artillery.
    [Show full text]
  • Water, Water ..Everywhere!
    February 2016 Number 124 LOCAL EVENTS NEWS FEATURES INFORMATION Water, Water ..everywhere! Photo at Higher Mill Bridge - Sylvia Preece Photos in village centre - Dick Nicklin S LISTING DE GUI & When n, Where What’s O vy Parish in Peter Ta NEW PUBLIC EMERGENCY DEFIBRILLATOR installed outside Village Hall - see pages 6-7 for details Avant nous, le deluge! February Wed 17th 10 - 10.30am Mobile Library Van calls, Church Lane 8.00pm Quiz Night, Peter Tavy Inn. Thurs 18th 7.30pm St. Peter’s PCC meeting, Edgecombe Sun 21st 4.00pm Joint Family Service, Methodist Church Tues 23rd 7.30pm Flower Festival planning meeting, Village Hall Fri 26th 7 - 9pm Youth Club, Methodist Church Sat 27th 7.30pm Quiz Night for Friends of St. Peter’s, Village Hall March Thurs 3rd 4.30pm Messy Church, Methodist Church Sat 5th 7.30pm BINGO night, Village Hall Sun 6th Mothering Sunday Thurs 10th 12 - 1.30pm Soup & Dessert Lunches, Methodist Church Eve “Locals' Evening" at the Peter Tavy Inn. Sat 12th 10 - 12noon Daf fodil Cof fee Morning, Manor Fm, Cuddlipptown 7.30pm “Jim Causley” - VIA concert, Village Hall. Wed 16th 10 - 10.30am Mobile Library Van calls, Church Lane 8.00pm Quiz Night, Peter Tavy Inn. Fri 18 th 7 - 9pm Youth Club, Methodist Church Sun 20th 3.00pm Palm Sunday - Joint Family Service, St. Peter’s Church Thurs 24th tbc Maundy Thursday Service, Methodist Church Fri 25th tbc Good Friday Service, St Peter’s Church Sun 27th 9.30am Easter Sunday: Communion, St. Peter’s Church 4.00pm Easter Sunday Service, Methodist Church April Sun 3rd 6.30pm Start of summer time services, Methodist Church Thurs 7th 4.30pm Messy Church, Methodist Church 7.00pm St.
    [Show full text]
  • The Rifle Club Movement and Australian Defence 1860-1941
    The Rifle Club Movement and Australian Defence 1860-1941 Andrew Kilsby A thesis in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of New South Wales School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences February 2014 Abstract This thesis examines the rifle club movement and its relationship with Australian defence to 1941. It looks at the origins and evolution of the rifle clubs and associations within the context of defence developments. It analyses their leadership, structure, levels of Government and Defence support, motivations and activities, focusing on the peak bodies. The primary question addressed is: why the rifle club movement, despite its strong association with military rifle shooting, failed to realise its potential as an active military reserve, leading it to be by-passed by the military as an effective force in two world wars? In the 19th century, what became known as the rifle club movement evolved alongside defence developments in the Australian colonies. Rifle associations were formed to support the Volunteers and later Militia forces, with the first ‘national’ rifle association formed in 1888. Defence authorities came to see rifle clubs, especially the popular civilian rifle clubs, as a cheap defence asset, and demanded more control in return for ammunition grants, free rail travel and use of rifle ranges. At the same time, civilian rifle clubs grew in influence within their associations and their members resisted military control. An essential contradiction developed. The military wanted rifle clubs to conduct shooting ‘under service conditions’, which included drill; the rifle clubs preferred their traditional target shooting for money prizes.
    [Show full text]
  • The Northern Echo | Special Supplement Tuesday, March 7, 2016
    The Northern Echo | Special Supplement Tuesday, March 7, 2016 DLI TRUSTEES DLI TRUSTEES 24 The Northern Echo TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 The Northern Echo 25 Courage, Comrades, Community: The story of the DLI For more on the DLI, go to www.durham.gov.uk/dlicollection Courage, Comrades, Community: The story of the DLI INTRODUCTION GALLERY The war orphan Relics of the who joined up ‘faithful’ regiment The new DLI Gallery is full of remarkable stories. Chris Lloyd tells the tale of Jimmy Durham N 1885, the Durham Light Infantry was fight- ing in northern Africa against an army of na- tive warriors, known as Ithe Mahdists or Dervishes, when they found, floating on the River Nile, a baby who had become orphaned by the battle. So they adopted him, gave him a name – Jimmy Dur- WE WILL ham – and he grew up to mar- NOT ry a lass from Bishop Auck- ARTEFACTS OF FORGET: land and become possibly WAR: Historic In the DLI the first black soldier in the items from the Memorial British Army. His is an ex- DLI Collection. Garden at traordinary story, and there Clockwise from Durham are plenty more of those in left: the Lambton Cathedral the new exhibition, Courage, MILITARY Cap, which the Comrades, Community. FOUNDLING: first infantrymen ENS of thousands of people have discovered the story The Mahdists went into James Durham wore in the 1770s; of the Durham Light Infantry in the past year through the Battle of Ginnis, in Su- as a small boy a First World War T a programme of special exhibitions and events.
    [Show full text]
  • XXX Corps Operation MARKET-GARDEN 17 September 1944
    British XXX Corps Operation MARKET-GARDEN 17 September 1944 XXX Corps DUTCH-BELGIUM BORDER 17 September 1944 ANNEX A: Task Organization to Operation GARDEN XXX Corps LtGen Brian G. HORROCKS Guards Armoured Division Brig Allan H. S. ADAIR 43rd Wessex Division MajGen G. I. THOMAS 50th Northumberland Division MajGen D. A. H. GRAHAM 8th Armoured Brigade Brig Erroll G. PRIOR-PALMER Princess Irene (Royal Netherlands) BrigadeCol Albert “Steve” de Ruyter von STEVENICK Royal Artillery 64th Medium Regiment R.A. 73rd AT Regiment R.A. 27th LAA Regiment R.A. 11th Hussars Sherman tanks of British XXX Corps advance across the bridge at Nijmegen during MARKET-GARDEN. 1 Guards Armoured Division Operation MARKET-GARDEN 17 September 1944 Guards Armoured Division DUTCH-BELGIUM BORDER 17 September 1944 ANNEX A: Task Organization to Operation GARDEN Guards Armoured Division Brig Allan H. S. ADAIR Promoted MajGen ADAIR on 21 Sep 1944 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 2nd Bn, Grenadier Guards (Armor) 1st Bn, Grenadier Guards (Mot) LtCol Edward H. GOULBURN 2nd Bn, Irish Guards (Armor) LtCol Giles VANDELEUR + 3rd Bn, Irish Guards, 32nd Guards Brigade (Mot) LtCol J. O. E. “Joe” VANDELEUR 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade Brig G. F. JOHNSON + 1st Bn, Coldstream Guards, 5th Guards Brigade (Armor) 5th Bn, Coldstream Guards (Mot) 2nd Bn, Welsh Guards (Armor) 1st Bn, Welsh Guards (Mot) Royal Artillery 55th Field Regiment RA 153rd Field Regiment RA 21st AT Regiment RA 94th LAA Regiment + 1st Independent MG Company Royal Engineers 14th Field Squadron 615th Field Squadron 148th Field Park Squadron + 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment RAC XXX Corps Commander, LtGen Horrocks, ordered the Guards Armoured Division to form tank-infantry Battle Groups by pairing each Tank Battalion with an Infantry Battalion.
    [Show full text]
  • Wire August 2013
    THE wire August 2013 www.royalsignals.mod.uk The Magazine of The Royal Corps of Signals HONOURS AND AWARDS We congratulate the following Royal Signals personnel who have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) Maj CN Cooper Maj RJ Craig Lt Col MS Dooley Maj SJ Perrett Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM) Lt Col JA Allan, TD Meritorious Service Medal WO1 MP Clish WO1 PD Hounsell WO2 SV Reynolds WO2 PM Robins AUGUST 2013 Vol. 67 No: 4 The Magazine of the Royal Corps of Signals Established in 1920 Find us on The Wire Published bi-monthly Annual subscription £12.00 plus postage Editor: Mr Keith Pritchard Editor Deputy Editor: Ms J Burke Mr Keith Pritchard Tel: 01258 482817 All correspondence and material for publication in The Wire should be addressed to: The Wire, RHQ Royal Signals, Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8RH Email: [email protected] Contributors Deadline for The Wire : 15th February for publication in the April. 15th April for publication in the June. 15th June for publication in the August. 15th August for publication in the October. 15th October for publication in the December. Accounts / Subscriptions 10th December for publication in the February. Mrs Jess Lawson To see The Wire on line or to refer to Guidelines for Contributors, go to: Tel: 01258 482087 http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/25070.aspx Subscribers All enquiries regarding subscriptions and changes of address of The Wire should be made to: 01258 482087 or 94371 2087 (mil) or [email protected].
    [Show full text]
  • History of the Royal Marines 1837-1914 HE Blumberg
    History of the Royal Marines 1837-1914 HE Blumberg (Minor editing by Alastair Donald) In preparing this Record I have consulted, wherever possible, the original reports, Battalion War and other Diaries, accounts in Globe and Laurel, etc. The War Office Official Accounts, where extant, the London Gazettes, and Orders in Council have been taken as the basis of events recounted, and I have made free use of the standard histories, eg History of the British Army (Fortescue), History of the Navy (Laird Clowes), Britain's Sea Soldiers (Field), etc. Also the Lives of Admirals and Generals bearing on the campaigns. The authorities consulted have been quoted for each campaign, in order that those desirous of making a fuller study can do so. I have made no pretence of writing a history or making comments, but I have tried to place on record all facts which can show the development of the Corps through the Nineteenth and early part of the Twentieth Centuries. H E BLUMBERG Devonport January, 1934 1 P A R T I 1837 – 1839 The Long Peace On 20 June, 1837, Her Majesty Queen Victoria ascended the Throne and commenced the long reign which was to bring such glory and honour to England, but the year found the fortunes of the Corps at a very low ebb. The numbers voted were 9007, but the RM Artillery had officially ceased to exist - a School of Laboratory and nominally two companies quartered at Fort Cumberland as part of the Portsmouth Division only being maintained. The Portsmouth Division were still in the old inadequate Clarence Barracks in the High Street; Plymouth and Chatham were in their present barracks, which had not then been enlarged to their present size, and Woolwich were in the western part of the Royal Artillery Barracks.
    [Show full text]
  • LCCC Thematic List
    LONDON CIGARETTE CARD COMPANY LIMITED Last Updated: 3rd June 2021 Sutton Road, Somerton, Somerset TA11 6QP, England. Website: www.londoncigcard.co.uk Telephone: 01458 273452 Fax: 01458 273515 E-Mail: [email protected] Please tick items required. Prices, which include VAT (UK tax), are for very good condition unless otherwise stated. Orders for cards and albums dispatched to outside the United Kingdom will have 15% deducted. Size abbreviations: EL = Extra Large; LT = Large Trade (Size 89 x 64mm); L = Large; M = Medium; K = Miniature. Please see our catalogue for details of our stocks of 17,000 different series. 24-hour credit/debit card ordering 01458 273452. Why not sign up to our Free Newsletter giving you up to date special offers and Discounts not to mention new additions to stock and information on our current auctions. To sign up enter your e-mail address below and tick here _____ Please Note: Orders are sent post free to UK addresses, but for orders under £25.00 (or £15.00 for LCCC's Card Collectors Club members) please add a handling fee of £2.00. Overseas postage will be charged at cost with no handling fee. Please send items marked on enclosed pages. I enclose remittance of £ or we can accept Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Visa Delta, Electron, JCB & American Express, credit/debit cards. Please quote Credit/Debit Expiry Valid From CVC Number Card Number...................................................................... Date .................... (if stated).................... (last 3 on back) .................. Name (capital
    [Show full text]