100 years ~ 1915 - 2015 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2 0 1 5 Cymru Am Byth 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Troop photo 2015 . by kind permission of Tempest Photography WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2015 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 (Retd) T C S Bonas BA ASSISTANT REGIMENTAL ADJUTANT Major (Retd) K F Oultram * 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 Association Website at www.welshguardsassociation.com * AFFILIATIONS 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment HMS The Prince of Wales 1 2 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE CONTENTS Foreword Freedom Parades Regimental Lieutenant Colonel Foreword ......................................................... 4 Carmarthen ........................................................................................................................... 90 Commanding Officer Foreword ................................................................................ 6 Newport.................................................................................................................................... 92 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Powys ......................................................................................................................................... 94 The Prince of Wales’s Company.................................................................................. 8 Battlefield Tours Number Two Company ................................................................................................. 12 Welsh Guards Association BFT ............................................................................... 96 Number Three Company ............................................................................................. 16 Conegliano 2015 ............................................................................................................... 98 Headquarter Company ................................................................................................. 18 Falklands 2015 ................................................................................................................. 100 Support Company ............................................................................................................ 28 Other Articles Welsh Guards Choir ......................................................................................................... 32 In the Beginning There Was Caterham .......................................................... 104 Regimental Band Living in Pirbright, Lcpl Duffell ............................................................................. 106 Welsh Guards Band Tour of South Wales ......................................................... 34 Living in Pirbright, Lcpl Jones 57 ........................................................................ 106 6 Nations ................................................................................................................................. 37 Monmouthshire Branch Trophy .......................................................................... 107 Jordan Short Term Training ....................................................................................... 38 Imber Court ........................................................................................................................ 107 Welsh Guards Centenary Concert ......................................................................... 41 Eric Jones 100 Years ..................................................................................................... 109 Forging Links ..................................................................................................................... 110 Distribution of Officers ............................................................................................ 42 Monte Cassino .................................................................................................................. 111 Distributions of Warrant Officers .................................................................. 44 GSM (WO1) Mott .............................................................................................................. 111 Honours and Awards ................................................................................................ 45 Rugby, Courage and the Welsh in War ............................................................ 112 Training and Operations Two Generations of Welsh Guards .................................................................... 115 Welsh Guards Collection ........................................................................................... 116 OP TORAL ................................................................................................................................. 46 Return to the Falklands .............................................................................................. 118 Battalion Sports Regimental Affiliation with HMS Prince of Wales ................................... 120 Welsh Guards Rugby ...................................................................................................... 48 Remembrance Sunday .......................................................................................... 121 Welsh Guards Boxing .................................................................................................... 50 Welsh Guards Football .................................................................................................. 56 Welsh Guards Association Branch Reports Welsh Guards Polo ........................................................................................................... 56 Secretary General Report ......................................................................................... 122 Welsh Guards Cricket ..................................................................................................... 58 East Glamorgan Branch ............................................................................................ 122 Welsh Guards Motor Sports ...................................................................................... 59 Llanelli Branch .................................................................................................................. 123 Welsh Guards Enduro Ex ............................................................................................. 62 London Branch ................................................................................................................ 124 Welsh Guards Sea Fishing .......................................................................................... 65 Merthyr Tydfil Branch ................................................................................................. 124 Welsh Guards Sailing ...................................................................................................... 66 Midlands Branch ............................................................................................................ 125 WG100 Gibraltar ................................................................................................................ 67 Monmouthshire Branch ........................................................................................... 125 Montgomery and Shropshire Branch ............................................................. 126 Centenary Events North Wales Branch ..................................................................................................... 128 State Ceremonial ............................................................................................................... 70 North of England Branch ......................................................................................... 130 Presentation of New Colours ................................................................................... 71 Cardiff Branch ................................................................................................................... 131 Centenary Book Launch ............................................................................................... 75 Ogmore Branch ............................................................................................................... 131 Remembering the Early Days of the Regiment ........................................... 76 Swansea and West Glamorgan Branch ......................................................... 133 Sgt R Bye VC ........................................................................................................................... 78 Welsh Guards Reunited Branch ........................................................................... 135 St David’s Day........................................................................................................................ 79 Welsh Guards Association Darts and Shoot ..................................... 143 St David’s Day in Jordan................................................................................................. 81 Welsh Guards Centenary Golf................................................................................... 82 Welsh Guards Association AGM ..................................................................