103 years ~ 1915 - 2018 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2018 Cymru Am Byth Front Cover: WO1 Gavin Paton RIFLES, Army Serjeant Major (previously Field Army Command Serjeant Major) (left), is given a brief by LSgt Williams 91 (centre-left) with the help of LCpl Robins (right) and Gdsm Grimshaw (centre-right) during a visit to the Marshall Fahim National Defence University (MFNDU). WO1 Paton was visiting as part of a group, led by Lieutenant-General Patrick Sanders CBE DSO, Commander Field Army. The group were taken around the MFNDU site to better understand the role that Number Three Company were conducting at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA). During this tour, the group also visited Camp Qargha, the home of Number Three Company for the first five months of Operation TORAL 6. This Page: RQMS J Owen and RQMS D Davies Hondzocht Memorial Service © Devogeleer Emile. WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2018 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. 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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 Second Regimental Council Meeting Clarence House 1 February2018 Left to Right: Lieutenant Colonel D W N Bevan MVO, General Sir Redmond Watt KCB KCVO CBE, Major General R JÆ Stanford MBE, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC ADC, Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL, Major General B J Bathurst CBE, Major General R H Talbot-Rice CBE, Colonel T C S Bonas 2 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE CONTENTS Forewords Sailing – Exercise PACIFIC LONGBOW HRH The Prince of Wales’s 70th Birthday Regimental Lieutenant Colonel 4 Capt McNeil-Love 102 Patronage Celebration 173 Commanding Officer 7 BattlefieldT ours and Remembrance Welsh Guards WRU Debenture tickets 174 Association Battlefield Tour to 1WG Support to Sam Warburton OBE 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Hechtel and Cambrai 105 Hurlingham Club 175 The Prince of Wales’s Company 8 36th Falklands Anniversary Wrexham ������ 109 1WG Support to Sam Warburton OBE Number Two Company 18 Regimental Representation at Arras ��������� 110 City Hall Cardiff 177 Number Three Company 25 Captain GCL Insole MC at 1WG St David’s Day 2018 179 Headquarter Company 32 Insole Court Cardiff 112 Welsh Guards Support to Cardiff City FC 181 Regimental Band 44 Veterans Visit to the Falkland Islands Welsh Guards Support to 36 years on 113 Swansea City FC v Liverpool FC 183 Distribution of Officers 48 Regimental Representation Welsh Guards Support to Distributions of Warrant Officers 50 at Hondzocht 118 Miss England 2018 184 Honours and Awards 51 Regimental Representation at World War 2 History Uncovered 185 Training and Exercises St Charles de Percy 120 HMS Prince of Wales Afloat �������������������������� 189 Exercise MAYAN STORM 52 3rd Time lucky – Falkland Island visit 122 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ������������ 190 Operation NEWCOMBE 54 Regimental Battlefield Tour to Italy 125 Regimental Charity, Rear Operations Group Leadership Day 56 Falkland Islands – Return to Sapper Hill 130 welfare and Regimental Veterans Guildford Armed Forces Memorial 132 Regimental Veterans Officer Report ���������� 193 Exercise ATLANTIC LEGACY (Pt 1) Regimental Remembrance Sunday 134 South Wales Charity Boxing in aid of the Op CORPORATE 1982 58 Recruiting, Cadets, Welsh Guards charity ������������������������������������ 195 Exercise ATLANTIC LEGACY (Pt 2) Community Engagement Volunteering with SSAFA 196 A Veterans view 61 Cadet Cambrian Patrol 2018 137 Leaving a Legacy to the Regiment 197 Recruit Training 2018 68 Dreams and Wishes Charity 139 Welsh Guards Association Counter-Poaching Team Malawi 72 Maidenhead Cadet Force visit to Secretary General’s Foreword and Sports and Adventure Training Wellington Barracks – Part 1 and Part 2 140 Assistant Secretary General’s Roundup 198 Cardiff Branch Report Battalion Football Cyprus Tour 2017 73 Oratory School Visit 144 200 Welsh Combat Regiments Parliamentary East Glamorgan Branch Report 201 Battalion Enduro Team 2018 ������������������������� 76 Reception 2017 145 Llanelli, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire Army Motorsports Day 2018 78 Welsh Guards Recruiting 2018 146 Branch Report 202 Household Division Support to Jalsa Salana UK 148 London Branch Report 204 Boxing Competition 2017 79 Installation Mass of The Merthyr Tydfil Branch Report ��������������������� 206 Battalion Mountain Bike Team Rt Revd Paul Mason 149 Monmouthshire Branch Report Hard Endure 2018 84 Individual Articles Branch Dinner 207 Welsh Guards Exhibition Polo Match 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment 150 Montgomery, Shropshire and Midlands Branch Report 210 at Ham Polo Club 86 100th Birthday – Charles Saunders 154 100th Birthday – Sid Elsbury 155 North Wales Branch Report 212 Mark Evison Foundation Golf Day 87 From Pirbright to Prairie – A Welsh Guards North of England Branch Report 213 Household Division Golf – Officer in BATUS 156 Ogmore Branch Report ��������������������������������� 214 Colonel in Chiefs Cup 88 1WG Christmas 2017 in a Day ��������������������� 159 Swansea & West Glamorgan Welsh Guards Association Golf ��������������������� 89 The Chepstow Stampede 160 Branch Report 214 The Lawson Cup – 80th Birthday of Field Marshal Welsh Guards Reunited Branch Report 216 Household Division Athletics 92 The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank 161 Association Race Day - Ludlow 221 Officers Mess Ski Weekend 93 Commander Kabul visit to 1WG 162 Royal British Legion Award to Mr Roy Hill 222 Death in Paradise 163 Association Biennial Lunch Swansea 223 Running the Newport Marathon in Kabul 95 The Drapers Medal 2018 ������������������������������ 167 Welsh Guards Collection Oswestry ������������ 224 Endurance Sport 97 Equipment Care Award 2017 168 Welsh Guards Association British Army Inter Unit Poem – Field Marshall Darts and Shoot 226 Orienteering Competition 99 Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank 169 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 228 Sailing – Exercise PACIFIC LONGBOW Honourable Artillery Company Open Day 170 Forecast of Events 232 Gdsm Brain 100 HMS Prince of Wales Affiliates Day 172 In Memoriam 234 CONTENTS 3 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE Major General R J Æ Stanford MBE, Regimental Lieutenant Colonel FOREWORD The Regimental Council met for the second time since its inauguration at the end of January under the chairmanship of our Colonel This meeting has now become a permanent feature of Regimental life and is a useful forum for addressing some of the wider aspects of the Regiment The Battalion has had another excellent year where their reputation has been first rate They have been providing a wide range of tasks in Afghanistan and I congratulate all ranks for the way they have impressed everyone with their professionalism, sense of humour and dedication to the many and varied roles The manner in which all ranks of The Prince of Wales’s Company and Number Three Company adapted to being extended in Afghanistan, as a result of a decision taken at the NATO conference in July, has been a true example of selfless commitment I would particularly like to thank the families who coped with this change admirably; as many of us recognise it is the families who often bear the brunt of such changes to plan The Rear Operations Group under Major Frankie Howell and WO2 Parry 95 were a great support throughout It is good to have the Battalion back in the UK with the look forward to yet more variety as they move back into the State Ceremonial / Public Duties role in March 2019 We have much to thank the current Major General for in constructing a rewarding programme for all guardsmen undertaking ceremonial duties These he centenary of the end of the Great War has focused the attention duties will now be interspersed with Tof the Nation and the Regiment and we have played our part in overseas training opportunities to Belize the commemorations of the war which led to our formation. We have and Kenya, deployments to the Falkland Islands, adventure training and a full commemorated the 846 men killed in action as well as the sacrifice and sporting fixture list The Battalion will heroism of so many Welsh Guardsmen who were in action shortly after benefit from this as well as