102 years ~ 1915 - 2017 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2017 Cymru Am Byth Bangor KAPE Tour September 2017 Photograph courtesy of Dawn Hughes. WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE 2017 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 DEPUTY REGIMENTAL LIEUTENANT COLONEL Major General B J Bathurst CBE REGIMENTAL ADJUTANT Colonel (Retd) 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 Regimental Veterans Officer [email protected] ★ AFFILIATIONS 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment HMS Prince of Wales ©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. 1 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE St David’s Day, Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright The Welsh Guards Major Generals Major General B J Bathurst CBE, Major General RJÆ Stanford MBE, Major General RH Talbot-Rice CBE 2 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE CONTENTS Forewords BattlefieldT ours and Remembrance RMAS Instructor Cadre No 171 .................... 151 Regimental Lieutenant Colonel Foreword .... 4 Monte Casino ................................................... 91 Unveiling of the Iraq and Afghanistan Commanding Officer and Regimental Sgt Robert Bye VC ............................................ 94 Memorial .......................................................... 152 Sergeant Major Foreword ................................. 6 Welsh National Ceremony Welsh Guards Inaugral Regimental st of Remembrance ............................................ 95 1 Battalion Welsh Guards Council Meeting .............................................. 153 Saint Charles De Percy .................................... 98 The Prince of Wales’s Company ..................... 8 35th Falklands Anniversary Wrexham ....... 100 The First World War Centenary Wood ........ 154 Number Two Company .................................... 12 Association Battlefield Tour Visit of Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Number Three Company ................................. 16 to Hechtel & Ypres .......................................... 102 Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL ....................... 156 Support Company ............................................. 20 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headquarter Company ................................... 22 The Drapers Medal ........................................ 157 Centenary Celebration .................................. 106 Falklands War 35th anniversary event Regimental Band Pilgrims Progress – Cardiff Senedd ................................................ 158 Battle of Passchendaele Commemorations .. 30 The Passchendaele Centenary .................... 108 The Drapers’ Company Service ................... Wales Mini-KAPE Tour 7 - 9 February 2017 .. 32 159 2017 Regimental Remembrance Sunday Exercise Turning Wheel ................................. 161 Distribution of Officers ............................... 34 Address ............................................................ 111 Welsh Regiments Parliamentary Distributions of Warrant Officers ........... 36 Recruiting, Cadets, Community Visit 2016 .......................................................... 166 Honours and Awards ................................... 37 Engagement Regimental Charity Fundraising, welfare Assistance to the Cadet Cambrian Patrol . 115 Training and Exercises and Regimental veterans The Regimental Support Teams (RSTs) ...... 117 Exercise Long Look ........................................... 38 Regimental Veterans Officer Report .......... 167 RST Support to Cadets ................................... 118 Exercise Sarmis 17 Romania .......................... 41 Windsor Colour Rush ..................................... 169 KAPE Tour Wales 2017 .................................... 120 Exercise Mayan Warrior .................................. 45 Dulwich College CCF Affiliation ................... 122 One Day’s Pay Scheme (ODPS) .................... 170 Exercise Wessex Storm .................................... 47 Battalion Community Engagement ........... 124 Leaving a Legacy ........................................... 171 CIS Platoon Cadre ............................................. 50 Gordon’s School Annual Drill Competition 125 Welsh Guards Association Parachute Foundation Course ...................... 51 Honourable Artillery Company Presidents Foreword ..................................... 172 Exercise Frosted Blade .................................... 53 Open Evening ................................................. 126 Exercise Prairie Storm ..................................... 55 Cardiff Branch Report .................................. 173 Oratory School CCF Biennial Up Pen y Fan with Number Three Company 56 East Glamorgan Branch Report ................. 174 Dining In Night ................................................ 127 The Intelligence, Surveillance and Llanelli Branch Report ................................. 175 Individual Articles Reconnaissance (ISR) Group concept .......... 58 London Branch Report ................................ 176 Marathon des Sables .................................... 128 Exercise Jebel Storm ......................................... 60 Merthyr Tydfil Branch Report .................... 177 Commanding Officers Leadership Award Monmouthshire Branch Report ................ 178 Sports and Adventure Training (COLA) ............................................................... 131 Montgomery and Shropshire Welsh Guards Football .................................... 62 St David’s Day 2017 in Pirbright .................. 132 Branch Report ............................................... 180 La Manga Rugby 7’s ........................................ 65 St David’s Day 2017 in the Welsh Guards Enduro Team .......................... 66 Falkland Islands .............................................. 134 North Wales Branch Report ....................... 181 Welsh Guards Boxing ..................................... 68 Welsh Guards WRU Debentures ................ 138 Swansea and West Glamorgan Welsh Guards Polo .......................................... 74 Peterson & Drapers Visit to 1WG ................ 140 Branch report ............................................... 186 Polo – The Rupert Thorneloe Memorial Cup 76 Alan Appleby MM – Obituary ...................... 141 Welsh Guards Reunited Branch Report .. 188 Welsh Guards Mountain Bike Team ............ 77 HMS Prince of Wales Media Article ............. 144 Monmouthshire Branch Trophy Recipient 196 Welsh Guards Golf .......................................... 78 White Collar Boxing ........................................ 145 Welsh Guards Collection Oswestry ........... 197 Infantry Ice Hockey ......................................... 81 Past, Present and Future – A Padre’s Welsh Guards Association Household Division Athletics ....................... 82 Perspective… ................................................. 146 Darts and Shoot .............................................. 200 Welsh Guards Ski Trip .................................... 84 Regimental Walking Stick ............................. 147 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting ... 202 Welsh Guards Darts ....................................... 86 Welsh Guards Rugby Reunion Club Officers Mess Ski Trip ..................................... 88 (WGRRC) ............................................................ 148 Forecast of Events .......................................... 205 Carp Fish – Ex First Cast ................................. 90 Visit to 1WG of HMS POW Senior Officer .... 150 In Memoriam .................................................. 206 CONTENTS 3 WELSH GUARDS REGIMENTAL MAGAZINE Major General R J Æ Stanford MBE, Regimental Lieutenant Colonel FOREWORD he past year has been an excellent one in many and various forms. We Our continued thanks to them and all the have commemorated the Regiment’s first VC, awarded to Sgt Robert Bye on many who have supported us through T them. Colonel Peterson, as a Welsh st 31 July 1917 on the first day of Passchendaele. This was commemorated both Guardsman, is also doing great work for in Wales with his family and at Passchendaele. The Battalion has seen a year of the cadet movement in Wales as Honorary training in preparation for being held at readiness for numerous eventualities, Colonel Cadets Wales. be it overseas threats or those closer to home and Regimental Headquarters More good news has been the WG Rugby and the Association have supported the Regiment in so many different ways. Re-Union Club which has been part of the Regiment for so many years. I am grateful to Major Alun Bowen and his new This year we held our first Regimental generously, given a prominent role. The Committee for agreeing to take on the Council meeting with the Colonel in Colonel was present and HRH The Duchess mantle of the Club and move it forward of Rothesay named the ship. The affiliation