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When you drink shows, fairs, and cricket on the village hot Bovril you expect it to warm you up, green. How did it manage to achieve this stimulate you, nourish you, and generally position ? make you feel better—and it docs! Through trust: by living up to its promises That’s why Bovril fills a warm and cheerful for over 70 years. When you add Bovril to corner in people’s hearts: that’s why it is, cooked dishes you expect it to liven up the and will continue to be, a part of the British flavour—and it docs. When you spread it way of life. THE WASl* ,.,i THE EAGLE The Journal of the 3 rd East Anglian Regiment. (I 6 t h / 4 4 t h F o o t ) ol i une 19 6 1 Price 2/6d. (postage extra) V . No. 5. J , Free to Regimental Association members CONT NTS PACE PAGE The Colonel of the Regiment 232 The 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/ Regimental Notes 232 44th Foot) Nominal Rolls of Officers, W.O.’s, and Sergeants 250 Regimental Christmas Cards 232 tst Battalion Notes 252 Regimental Diary 232 The East Anglian Brigade Depot Notes 261 Regimental Ties 232 5th Bn. The Bedfordshire Regiment The Regimental Calendar 233 (T.A.) Notes 264 The Regimental Chapel 233 tst Bn. The Hertfordshire Regiment The 16th Foot Museum 234 (T.A.) Notes 265 The Essex Regiment Museum 234 The 5th Bedfordshire/1 st Hertfordshire Recruiting 234 Regiment (T.A.) Notes 266 Regimental Exhibition 235 4th Bn. The Essex Regiment (T.A.) Notes 268 The 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/ 44th Foot) Dinner Club 236 The Essex Army Cadet Force Notes 270 The Army Benevolent Fund 237 The 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/ N.A.E.R.S.S.A. 237 44th Foot) 271 Royal United Service Institution 238 Regimental Remembrance Sunday November 20, i960 N.A.A.F.I. 239 271 Operation “ Pay Cheque ” 239 Annual Summer Re-Union, 1961 273 Dunkirk Veterans’ Association 239 The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Association — Notes from The Army Art Society 239 Branches ....................................... 273 Imperial War Museum 240 The Essex Regiment Association — The Infantry Junior Leaders’ Battalion 240 Annual General Meeting 278 The Mons Officer Cadet School, Aider- Notes from Branches 278 shot 241 Personalia 242 Engagement, Marriages 283 Military Essay Competition 248 Obituaries 283 Our Contemporaries 249 Editorial Notes 294 THE WASP AND THB EAGLE THE COLONEL OF THE Regimental REGIMENT Christmas Cards On January 6 the Colonel of the Regiment Regimental Christmas Cards will be avail­ and Lady Denning jailed from Southampton in able again this year and can be obtained from: the S.S. “ Canton” for Singapore, where they The Regimental Secretary, arrived at the end of January. The General Regimental Headquarters, and Lady Denning spent the first days of The 3rd East Anglian Regiment, February with the tst Battalion at Fort George, (16th/44th Foot), Malacca, where they had a most enjoyable and Warley Barracks, interesting time. They found the 1st Battalion Brentwood, Essex. in great heart and cannot speak too or The Secretary, The Bedfordshire and Hert­ enthusiastically of the welcome they received fordshire Regiment Association, or The Secre­ and the spirit of all ranks and the families of tary, The Essex Regiment Association. the Battalion. After their visit to Malacca the While the inset has not yet been decided, General and Lady Denning spent the next few the card will follow the pattern of previous weeks in a very interesting but somewhat years, with the Regimental crest on the front strenuous tour of service units and S.S.A.F.A. and tied with ribbon in the Regimental colours. organisations in Malaya. This included a short visit to Hong Kong, where they met members It is hoped the cost will remain the same as of the Regiment serving with the Garrison last year, 10/- per dozen, post free. there. The Colonel of the Regiment and Lady Regimental Diary, 1962 Denning left Singapore on February 23 in A Regimental Diary, on the lines of that H.M.T. “ Nevasa ” and after a pleasant voyage produced by The Bedfordshire and Hertford­ arrived back in this country on March 16. shire Regiment Association for some year* past, • * * is being organised and printed in co-operation On the occasion of the amalgamation of the with the Army Sport Control Board by the 5th Bn. The Bedfordshire Regiment (T.A.) and 3rd East Anglian Regiment (i6th/44th Foot) the 1st Bn. The Hertfordshire Regiment (T.A.), Association for 1962. • which occurred on April 1, the Colonel of the The diary will have the Regimental crest on Regiment and the Associate Colonel sent the the outside and inside there will be 12 Regi­ following message to Lt.-Col. C. Simmons, the mental pages containing information about Commanding Officer: The Regiment and the Regimental Associa­ “ On the occasion of the amalgamation of tion. Fifth Bedfordshire Regiment and First Hert­ In addition, there will be other pages con­ fordshire Regiment all ranks Third East taining general information and a map of the Anglian Regiment send you their greetings and Underground Railways of London. The day- welcome the new Battalion into the Regiment by-day pages contain notes of the principal of which it will form an integral part. engagements fought by the British Army in Brigadier Paton and I are fully confident that the past and during the two World Wars. the Battalion under your command will most The binding is either in leather or plexide worthily uphold the fine traditions of the and the prices are: former Regiments. Leather ..................... 5s. 6d. D en n in g , Colonel. Plexide 4s. 6d. P aton, Associate Colonel.” * * * Orders, which should be sent as early as possible, should be addressed to: We are sorry to hear of Mrs. Paton’s accident. She fell and dislocated a shoulder, The Regimental Secretary, which has been very painful. We were glad to Regimental Headquarters, hear from the Associate Colonel that she is The 3rd East Anglian Regiment, making good progress and we hope she will (i6th/44th Foot), soon be quite well again. Warley Barracks, Brentwood, Essex. 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