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The Pioneerthe Newsletter of the Royal Pioneer Corps Association April 2010 the Pioneerthe newsletter of the Royal Pioneer Corps Association April 2010 www.royalpioneercorps.co.uk Paying their Respects Page 5 Become an Officer Page 14 Medal Parade Page 34 PLEASE SUPPORT THE DERBY DRAW Full details on Page 12 Bicester March Page 36 REUNION WEEKEND Page 8 the please send your cheques payable to RPC Association with your order... Pioneer association shop ▲ Buttons ▲ Cufflinks ▲ Cufflinks ▲ Tie Pin ▲ Tie Pin both badges new badge bronze lovely lovely available £5 £6 £2.50 £2.00 £1.50 each or 6 for £8 ▲ Corps Tie Two different styles are available. One with the older ‘Blackpool Tower’ cap badge and one with the newer cap badge. £8.50 each ▲ Wall Shields ▲ Wall Shields hand painted 85-93 badge £20 £20 ▲ “No Labour, Blazer No Battle” ▲ Badge Military Labour silk & wire during the first £8 World War by John Starling and Ivor Lee A new addition to the shop and only just published. Price includes a £10 donation to the RPC Association. Hardback. £30 ▲ “A War History of the Royal Pioneer Corps 1939-45” by Major E H Rhodes Blazer Wood ▲ Badge This book, long out of silk & wire print, is now available on CD-Rom at a cost of £8 £11 ▲ “Royal Pioneers 1945-1993” by Major Bill Elliott The Post-War History of the Corps was written by Blazer Major Bill Elliott, who ▲ generously donated his Badge work and rights entirely silk & wire for the Association’s benefit. It was published ▲ Bronze Statue £7 by Images, Malvern in why not order & collect at May 1993 and is on sale Reunion Weekend to save in the book shops at £24. postage £10 £60 + £5 postage 2 | THE ROYAL PIONEER CORPS ASSOCIATION the Pioneer INCE THE last Newsletter we have said large number of members who are not on this goodbye to both the CO and RSM of 23 Pnr active list and therefore not receiving the SRegt RLC, Lt Col Wheelton and WO1 Ross, I Newsletters. would like to thank them for the work they As is normal, a booking form for the Reunion undertook on behalf of the Association during Weekend is enclosed with this edition, a draft their tour with the Regiment and wish them well programme, as planning is still in progress, is for the future. It is hoped that they both return to published on page 8. It is intended to use the Association functions. In their place we welcome Reunion as a fundraiser for the ABF The Soldiers' Lt Col SD Fletcher and WO1 (RSM) C Johnstone. Charity, and we are asking for £5 per night It is pleasing to report that only 20 Newsletters voluntary donation for accommodation. I hope were returned as “Gone Away” in the last you agree that this is a sensible idea. It is distribution, members thankfully are now envisaged that we will have record numbers informing us of change of address. I recently attending this year, let us hope (and pray!) for Front Cover received ten notifications of change of address in good weather! We are aware that Reunion Weekend one day! As the price of postage is now so high accommodation within St David’s Barracks will Main Picture: Paul Brown the cost of re-sending Newsletters is both be limited and some may have to be expensive and wasteful. accommodated at St George’s Barracks. We will, A record amount was made in the Christmas of course, provide transport between both Draw, may I thank all members for their barracks so there will be no excuse for drink continued support. The list of winners is shown driving. on page 12. As usual tickets for the Derby Draw May I also thank members for contributing are enclosed please also give this your fullest articles, and letters, to this Newsletter, these are support. If you can sell extra tickets please let me always welcome and help to maintain the history know - a telephone call will suffice. of our Corps. If you have any anecdotes, Once again, sadly, it is my duty to publish a humourous or relative to the history of our Corps long list of obituaries in this edition, many who please send them to me. Articles always appear were well known Corps “Characters” and many more interesting if accompanied with who saw service in World War 2. photographs. However, with new members still being Once again may I thank my son Paul for his recruited the 'Active' list of the Association hard work in the preparation of this Newsletter. continues to rise, we know that there are still a Norman Brown Back Cover 23 Pioneer doing their duties during the period 2007-2009 CONTENTS | APRIL 2010 Registered Charity Number 2 RPC Association Shop 1024036 Please place your Christmas orders now Patron 3 Editorial HRH The Duke of Gloucester Editorial and contents 7 9 KG GCVO 4 News / Past Events / Future Events Vice Patrons Latest news with details of past and future General Sir John Stibbon KCB OBE events, including the reunion weekend Major General G W Field CB 18 From Italy to Normandy President Final part of George Pringle’s wartime experience Brigadier H J Hickman CBE 29 From Salerno to Vietri Translation of a diary of Lt Rocholl, 16 Panzer Chairman Division at the Battle of Salerno Colonel A Barnes TD JP 13 17 32 Photo Gallery Controller / Editor Photos of various Pioneer events including Medal Norman Brown Esq Parade and March through Bicester 32 Design / Photography 38 Tunnels full of Cheese Sandwiches Paul Brown World War 2 Memoirs by Lieutenant Edward Hayball ☎ telephone 55 Long Lost Trails 01869 360694 Can you help locate these people? ✆ fax 56 Blast from the Past 01869 360695 Can you supply names and places? ✉ email 58 Norman Carling’s and the Battle for Caen [email protected] By a Pioneer Corps Liberator ✈ website 60 Letters to the Editor www.royalpioneercorps.co.uk We welcome your letters and views ✇ facebook group 62 Colonel Donald Dean www.tinyurl.com/b82ste The VC hero of Boulogne and Madagascar 63 Book Reviews Three book reviews The Royal Pioneer 63 Long Lost Trails Corps Association Can you help locate these people? c/o 23 Pnr Regiment RLC 64 Last Post St David's Barracks May they rest in peace Graven Hill 66 And Finally... Bicester OX26 6HF Finally closure with a little humour THE ROYAL PIONEER CORPS ASSOCIATION | 3 PAST EVENTS ■ ON 3rd November 2009 Lt Col John Starling and Mr Norman Brown were invited to attend a Book Launch at the Gift of a tie RAC Club, Pall Mall, London. The book was the autobiography of Mr Hermann Rothman and entitled “Hitler's Will”. Herman for a short time The 63rd past and present officers dinner served in the Pioneer Corps during World War 2 before transferring to the Intelligence Corps. It was pleasing to see another ex Pioneer at this book HE 63rd Past and Present Officers’ Marshall was led in by Lt Col Donovan launch, Major Geofrey Perry who Dinner held on 27th November was a who conducted him to his seat. As this T great success with 82 sitting down to was taking place the orchestra then played captured Lord Haw Haw in 1945 in the woods outside Hamburg (photos can be a well prepared and presented meal. the March of the Field Marshal’s old seen on the gallery pages). The guest of honour was Brigadier AS Regiment – the Royal Warwicks. He was Downes OBE (Head Def Log Ops & apparently touched by this, and with the ■ ON 10th February 2009 Lt Col John Plans), the other guest was Capt (Retd) Ray tremendous ovation he received. Starling and Mr Norman Brown were Hazan (President St Dunstan’s) no stranger Telegrams and messages were then read invited to attend a book launch at the to the Pioneers as he was OIC the Cadet out by the Chairman. After the Loyal Toast, Lansdowne Hotel, London. Training Team located in our former a brief ceremony took place in the dining The book entitled “German Training Centre at Simpson Barracks, room at which the Field Marshal kindly Schoolboy, British Commando” was the story of Colin Anson who fled Germany Northampton. Also in attendance was Maj handed over to the Colonel Commandant in 1939 and joined the British Army, (Retd) Geoffrey Perry, who on 28 May the presentation of the silver centre-piece firstly the Pioneer Corps and then the 1945 shot and captured Lord Haw Haw, for the Corps Central Officers Mess, on Commandos. William Joyce. Lord Haw Haw worked for behalf of those former officers who had Josef Goebbels’ Nazi propaganda subscribed to it. This was followed by ■ THE FIELD of Remembrance had a ministry, his sneering voice earned him prolonged applause. Lt Gen Sir John large number standing behind the this nickname but his ludicrous Cowley spoke briefly of the timely reason Corps Plot (Number 134) and our only propaganda broadcasts to England of the gift and the significance of its In Pensioner Mickey Hull and WO2 Tats throughout the war amused the public design. Faulkener standing at the front of the rather than snapped morale. Full details of “Monty”, as he is better known, plot. how Maj Perry captured and proposed the Toast of the Royal It was pleasing, once again, to see two daughters of George Scully GC shot the traitor can be found in Pioneer Corps. He then spoke stand alongside members of the Corps. his autobiography “When Life for over half an hour without a Becomes History” (ISBN 0- note, which is remarkable for a ■ IT HAS become practice to follow the 9543617-1-7).
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