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No. 30
Summer, 193 8
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Th e above Society exist s for the purpose of affordino' Officel's interested in A.l't the opportunity of
m ~etin g . a nd also provides facilities for the exhibition find dispOSed of thEir works.
}Iem ber ship is open t,o Officers holding , or ha,ving
h eld , permanent commissions in t he Regular Army
or Royal Marines.
The Societ,v is holding its Fourt eenth Annual
Exhibit ion at v t,he RB.A. Galleries. Suffolk Street,
Londo;1. S.Y17.1 from th e 26th September to the 8th
October', 1938 inclusive . H,eceiving day -wi ll be
Saturday, 17th September.
_-\I1V Officer int Erested is invited t.o comm unicate
with:' The Hon , Secretar~T , Colon el L. N. Ma lan,
10, Blenheim Road Lond'on , N .W,8 .
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GOLFING SOCIETY.
R.A.P .C
Ca') t._. H . R. Beauchamp
(halved) 0
Lt.-Co l. C N . Bednall 0
Capt. R . C Thompson 8
Lt.-Col. R. G. Stanham 'j
13
RA .O.C
Capt. H . S. Mitchell
(halved)
Col. W . E. C. Pickthall
R. P . Bridge
T. G. G o re
MIDDLESEX REGT .
Major H . Phillips
(halved)
M a jor N . P. Proctor
C ap t. M . Crawford
Cap t. ]. R. B. W orton
0
2
2
0
R.A.P .C
Ca pt. H . R. Bea uch am p
(halved)
CaDt. R. C. Tho mpson
Lt. ,Co l. R. G . Stanham
Lt.-Co l. C N. Bednall
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
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suIt was reached. From the 18th Tee Bedna11 and vVo rton both hit good drives, Bedna11' s bein o' the longest.
Worton then
played an il~n shot of about 170 ya rds, rig ht
into the heart of that very closely bunkered
la st g reen and all that Bednall could do "vas
to O'et a hard half. Worton deserves all
credit for p ullin g out a shot like that a~ a
critical moment when it was needed t o glVe
the victory to his side.
The Middlesex, in the semi-final round,
met and " 'ere slaug htered by the victorious
R.A. S .C . side who, \yith their Cambridg e
Blues, won the cup for the second year
runnin g.
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SINGLES .
R .A. O.C
R .A .P .C
Capt. H. R . Beauchamp
(2 up) 1 Capt. H . S. Mitche ll
C ol. W . Picktha ll
(1 up)
Capt. R. C Th ompson 0
Lt.-Col. R. G . Stanham
(1 up) 1 Bridge
Lt.-Co l. C N. Bednall
(5 & 4) 1 Co ulthard
M aj or T. A. M eek
( 1 up) 1 Bri e . W . N. Sto kes
Mai o r S. F . Barra tt
0 Bransbury (1 up)
Maj or W. T a nn er
CaDt. A . R. H a milton
0
( 4 & 2)
Lt.-Cel. A. N. Hidden
Capt. ]. R. Burne
0
(6 & 5)
o
o
FOURSOMES .
R. Beaucham p and
H. S. Mitchell and
Th e> mpso n
-! W . Pickth a ll
0
1
0
1
1
H.
"2
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R. G. Stanham and
C N. Bednall (4 & 3)
T. A . Meek and
S. F. Barratt (3 & 2)
A . R. Hamilton and
]. R. Burne
1
1
Br.idge and
Co ulthard
A. N. Hidden a nd
W . T anner
W . N. Stc kes and
Bransbury (3 & 2)
o
o
1
?1.
-2
Match v. R.A.M .C.- Played at the Berkshire Golf Club, Ascot, on 26th May, 1938 .
vVe were n ot able to ra ise such a strong
side for thi s match and the R.A. lVLC., ha ving read of our victory over the R .A.O.C. ,
\\"ent into the hi g h ways and byways and
o'athered tog-ether
a most formidable side t o
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,
oppose us.
F our ball foursom es \I' ere ' pla yed in the
rn orning ove r the " Blue" course and our
only victory \I'as that of Beauchamp and
Th om psoll, \\'ho had a better ball score of
6 5.
The Sing les, in the afternoon, ,yere played
on the "Red" course. Th e top match was
the only success , our tail being unable t o
compete against golfers of much lo wer
handicap.
SINGLES.
R .A .P.C
Capt. H. R. Beauchamp
(4 & 2) 1
Lt.-Col. R. G . Stanham 0-
Capt. A. R. Hamilton
Maj or S. F. Barratt
M a jc r O . D. G arratt
Maj or W . Ead ie
Capt.
R .A.M,C
Lt.-Col. D. C M onro
M a jo r F. A. Stephens
(1 up)
Lt.-Co l. R . G . Shaw
( 4 & 2)
Co l. F. S. Irvine
(3 & 1)
M a jo r B. J D au nt
(6 & 5)
Lt.-Co l. W. Campbell
( 5 & 3)
C ol. C M . Finny
( 7 & 5)
Lt.-Col. W. P . Croker
(6 & 5)
'.
R. Burne
0
1
FOURSOMES .
H. R, Bea uchamp and
D. C MUl'ro and
o R. C. Tho mpson (5 & 3) 1
F . A. Stephens
R . G . Stanllam a nd
R . G. Shaw a nd
1
-! S. F. Barratt
F. S. Irvine
T
O. D. G arra tt and
B. T. D au nt and
1 A. R. H amilton
o
W. Campbell (3 & 1)
W. Eadie a nd
C M. Finny a nd
o
W. P. Croker (6 & 4) 1 J R. Burn e
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Matches as follows are to be played this
year : 2nd July v. R.A.O.C. , at Didcot.
4th and 5th July v. A.E.C., at Office,'s'
Club, Aldershot. bth and 7th July v. R .A.Ch.D., at
Officers' Club, Aldershot.
Last yea r each match \\-as close and very
exciting and it ,4> hoped that the side, with
most of last year's players ag ain available,
will g ive a goo.d account of themselves.
Major Evers has gone to Egypt, his place
as Captain being filled by Major Barratt .
The latter proved, in a valuable innin gs
during Hle last Chaplains' match, that run s
still flow easily from his bat.
Of our opponents it may be expected that
the R.A.O.C . and A.E.C. will produce good
sides. The Chaplains claim that they will
be stronger than in the past and in this
connection it is \,vith considerable trepidation that one notes the doings of Padre
Steele in the Hampshire County side. At
his best he is a very fine fast bowler.
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Of the two remaining games on our prog ramme, one was dra wn and the other lost
and our final fi g ures for the season Vi1ere :Won IS, dra wn 2, lost 6.
To end the most successful season on
record , a match was arranged a t Aldershot
bet,;veen the Aldershot Office and the Rest
of the Corps-this provided an even and
enjoyable g ame and the score, 3-3, \\"as q.
very fair result. After the lllatch an e~cel
.lent tea was provided by the Staff oL the
COlllmand Pay Office and the Eastern Command Hockey Cup was then presented--by
Colonel G. A. C. O rmsby-Johnson, O.B.E.,
lVI.C., who in a short speech warmlY cong ratulated the team on th eir creditable
achievement.
LA WN TENNIS. '
Opportunity is taken t o remind all members of the R.A.P.C. Officers Club that the
Annual Law n Tennis Meeting \~; ill be held
at Roehampton as usual on Friday, the 1st
July, at 2.0 p.m. Although the final stages
of the level sing les (Musson Challenge
Bowl) \,vill be played and courts reserved for
Officers and their ladies to play other games
of la wn tennis during the afternoon, this
annu al meeting has of late years become less
of a serious la\;\"n tennis tournament and has
come to be reg arded as the annual Corps
"At Home"; the one day in the year on
which Officers and their families may renew
associations formed at other stations, h ome
and abroad, or meet other Officers of the
Corps, perhaps for th e first time
The attendance in 1937 although a larg e
one would no doubt have been g reater had
it been more widely understood that the
social aspect of this meeting is more important than the actual competitive lawn
tennis.
R.A.P.C. v. RA.S.C.
This match, played at Aldershot on Friday, the 20th May, 1938, resulted in a win
for the R.A.S.C . by six matches to twoone drawn. Scores:Capt. R . H. Beauchamp and Lt.-Col. R.
G. S tanham (R.A.P.C.) beat Capt. F.
L. Saunders and Capt. H . Leuty 6/ 3,
6/3; beat Major E . N. W. Birch and
Lt. H. D. Street 6/0 , 6/I; lost t o Lt.
H. St. J. Yates and Lt. S. H . A.
Scroope 4/6, 6/8.
Capt. V. W . Rees a'n d Col. G. A. C.
Ormsby Johnson (R.A.P.C .) lost to Lt.
H . St. J. Yates and Lt. S. \ H. A.
Scroope 2/6, 0/6; lost to Capt. F. L.
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_lld el'sho t A
Hilsea A
Chatham
P erth
'Warwick A
E gypt* ... .. ....
Edinburgh . ..
London
W .O. & E. C.*
* 1 Jl{atch not
Clu b
.-Igg rcga tc
Fir ed 11 '0 1' D ra1un L os t P Oill t s Pa i1li s
16
0
3 26
7831
13
0
3 26
7808
16 13
0
3 26
7727
16 . 9
0
7 18
16
8
0
8 16
16
6
1
8 12
lE'
4
0
12
8
16
3
1
12
6
15
1
0
14
2
in cl ud ed. neit,h er Tea m fired .
Division H .
lfj
F il-e d
iVall Draw n
Aggregat e
L os t Pa i n is Pai lli s
Ald ershot B .. . 16 14
0
2 28
7711
York
2 28
16 14
0
7565
Hilsea Bt ..... . 14 10
1
3 20
Salisbury
16 10
0
6 20
Warwick B ...
16
8
2
6 16
. Sh anghait . ... . 14
5
1
8 10
Canterbury ...
15
0
4
11
8
Shrewsbury .. .
16
2
14
0
4
Malta
0
15
14
2
1
t 2 matches to come from Shangh ai.
::: 2 matches to be reported versus Hil sea .
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Corps News-Officers
From "The London Gazette"
The 1938 Birt h day H onours.
Order of the Bath .
C.B. (Military
Division.)
Riley , Major-General Henry Guy, Roy al
Army Pay Corps, Chief Paymaster at th e
W ar Office and Inspector of Army P ay
Offices.
To be Lt.= Colonels.
l'IIajor and Staff Paymr. H. VV. Taylor ,
25 4 3 8 .
lVIaj or and Staff Pay mr. R. H. Smy th ,
M.C., 12. 5 .38 .
To be Majors a n d St aff Paymrs.
Major and Pay mr. R. H. Sayers, M. C. ,
3. 4.3 8 .
Capt. (Bt . .Major) and Paymr. E. T. C.
Smith, 25-4.3 8 .
To be Majo rs.
Capt . and Bt. Major (Asst. Paymr.) J.
Feehally, under prov. of Art . 177 R.W.,
1. 4 38 .
Capt. and Paymr. A. E. Barlow , r8-4. 38.
To be Paym rs. (on prob.).
Capt. S. Vickers, R . Fus., 1.I.38.
Capt. H. R. Beauchamp, Leicester R. ,
1.I.38 .
Lieut. S. C. Rog ers, N. Stafford R.,
1.1.38 .
To be Lieut. (Asst. Paymr.).
Staff Sg t. Major W. F . Oram, 8-4-38.
Ret irement s.
Lt.-Col. and Staff Paymr. R . VV. Kell y
retires on retired pay, 3.4.38 .
Major (Asst. Paymr. ) T. Hard, ha vin g
attained the age for retirement . 8-4 .38 .
Lt .-Col. and Staff Pay mr. R. W . P. Sands ,
O. B .E., having attained the age for retirement, 25-4.38 .
Major (Asst. Paymr.) W. Moran, O.B .E.,
lVLC., retires on retired pay, 1.6. 38 .
B I RT H .
D U NN ILL.-,-On April 23rd, 1938 , at a
nursing home, to Lilian, wife of Captain A.
L. Dunnill, of 12, Silverc1ale Avenue, Hove
-a brother for Anne.
DEAT H.
. G ODFREY.-on 2nd June, 1938 , at Long
View, Lime Reg is, after a long illness, Lt.Col. S. Arden Godfrey, R.A.P.C. (retcl.),
ag ed 61.
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WAR IN SHANGHAI
Retirements
PART I
By Captain F. W. C. THOMAS.
Prior to the trouble, it was always interesting to see the Japanese sentries on
guard and to note how the children and
civilians all bowed Vi/hen passing them.
(The J apanese compel the Chinese to do
this too at the present time .)
These barracks command the quarters of
the Russian Regiment of the S.V.C., though
the Regiment has now obtained other
accommoda tion in the old P & 0 Bank
building on the Bund.
A number of Japanese refugees left for
J apan on this day "vhilst the Chinese City
Government of Greater Shanghai moved its
headquarters to the French Concession .
Large numbers of Chinese troops v,'ere to
be seen arriving by bus and train"and taking up positions behind sand bag barricades and emplacements in the Chapei Area.
They appeared smart and well equipped but
no artillery or A.A . guns appeared to be
with them.
The Whangpoo was blocked at a point
just above the Bund in the French Concession . The Chinese sank several sma ll
Japanese steamers, junks and barges for
this purpose.
Generally there was an air of suppressed
excitement and large numbers of Chinese
fla g s were to be seen displayed from the
windows of shops, offices and houses "'hilst
sporadic outbursts of fireworks served to
celebrate rumours of Chinese successes in
the North .
On ' Au oust 13th the Ministry of Finance
ordered a ll Chinese banks to close their
doors for two days. This- did nothing to
allay the fee ling of uncertainty in financial
and business circles and many Chinese
residents of Hongkew a'nd Chapei commenced to seek safer quarters in the French
Concession and International Settlement.
The stage \\' as fast being set for hostilities which were to prove disastrous in 10S3
of life and property, to ca use misery aud
homelessness to thousands and thousands
of Chinese and seriously to upset foreign
business interests and cloud their outlook
for many months.
A g lance at the map which accompanies
this portion of my article \\'ill SflO\" th~
"
t
(Above)
MAJOR T. HARD retired on 8th April after
nearly forty years' service. He transferred
from the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1898,
thus following the footsteps of many other
members and Old Comrades of the Corps.
He served at stations where no longer a pay
office exists, such as D orchester and Cape
T own.
(Left)
lIEUT.-COL. R. W. KECLY joined the Army in October,
1896, transferred to the t:orps two years later and
retired in April whilst serving as RegltTlental Paymaster at Leith. In his younger days he played for
Hamilton Academicals " and last season won the
. Caledonian United Services Billiard Handicap.
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g eneral layout of Shanghai and the principal places and localities mentioned by me.
Aug ust 14th was destined to be the most
eventful of the Sino Japanese conflict, at
least in the vicinity of Shanghai.
By this day, British and American Troops
were in a state of readiness, the Shanghai
Volunteer Corps had been mobilized and the
gates to the outside of the city had been
closed at midliigh t.
Pinning their faith to the sanctity of the
settlement and French Conc2ssion, Shanghai business men and civilians generally
commenced the day as usua1.
At 10.15 the first incident of war, apart
from the slight skirmishes and one or two
burnings in Chapei the previous day, and
the first hint of dang er to the settlemen t
and concession residents appeared, "w hen
three Chinese planes endeavoured to bomb
the Japanese \yarships in the Whangpoo.
Amongst these ships ,,as the now famous
"Izzy", the flagship, which was later to be:
the object of many similar fruitless attempts
to destroy her. Three bombs also fell on the
HOl1~:rke\\ Wharf killing two British and
\\olll1ding many Chinese coolies.
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The scene \\"as almost indescribable. Outside the Palace Hotel were hundreds of dead
and wounded, whilst the fifth floor of the
hotel was a shambles. Portions of bodies
"vere biown into the loung e and entrance of
that hotel and all windows in the vicinity
were completely shattered.
Man y of the injuries were inflicted by flying glass and there is on record the case of
a forei g ner who, thou g h clad in a white suit
wh en decapitated by a piece of g lass,
sho wed n o spots of blood on his clothes! His
head was ne,"er found. This is mentioned
to illu strate the terrific force of the explosion .
At the other scene of bombing , the loss of
life was far w orse. Thi s road junction was
a!\\"ays very con g ested \\"i th pedestrian
traffic and, o\\"ing to the influx of refu gees,
was more cro\\ded than usual. The tvvo
bombs burst exactly at the intersection of
the roads and penetrated th e road into a
main sewer beneath. When the smoke and
dust had subsided, hundreds and hundreds
of bodies were to be seen lying in various
stages of disinteg ration.
The g utters
actu ally were runnin g with blood \\"hilst the
unfortunate occupants of motor cars involved in the disaster were being incinerated in their blazing cars . Th e force of the
explosion had rendered most bodies nude
and it was a horrible sig ht , late in the day,
to s~e lorry load after lorry load laden with
bodI es and fra g ments of bodies passin g out
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b
lacklllg modern A.A" g uns, heavy artillery
and adequate medical and supply services.
In my next article I hope to describe the
Sincere Store disaster and to show the prog ress of the Japanese offensive to the time
of the victory march throu g h Shanghai.
(To be continued")
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Paul Keres.
Thi s you ng Esthonian-he is onl y twenty two- is
putting his country on the map of the chess world
and it is more than probab le that he will be knocking at the door of the world championship before
very long. H ere is an example of his forceful style of
play, a style which is mos t attractive as he is never
averse to sacrificing material for pos itio n.
Game No,. 49.
Black.
White.
P. Keres.
A. Dunkelblum.
Q.P (King's Indian Defence).
1. KtKB 3
1. PQ4
2. PB4
2. KtKB 3
3. PKKt 3
3. PK 3
4. BK2
Too tame for a player of the White pieces.
.
4. BKt2
5. Cas tl es
5. Castles
6. PQ4
6. PB4
7. KtxP
7. BPxP
8. KtR3
8. PxP
9. PxB
9. BxKt
End Game.
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--------------------This position comes from a Kiev T ourney, Korchmar playing the Wh ite pieces. He continued:1. KtKt4 !
1. PxKt
If the Rook moves White still continues as in the
text.
2. QxKt!
2. QQ2
Of course if the Q is taken mate in three foll ows
by RK8ch .
3. KBI
3. QQ5!
RxPch was threatened, and if instead Black Dlays
, .. PK.Kt3, 4. R(Kt3)K 3 wins .
4. RxP!
4. QxQ
5. RKt8ch! !
Resigns, for if KxR, mate in two .
Perhaps as brilliant a series of five consecutive
moves as we have ever seen.
Solutions to End-Game from Play.
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STANDARD AND
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soles.
Sh acldet on, who cam e over from Murmansk to see h ow hjs ideas \\'ere wo rkin g
out , told the following stori es. I h ad 1<nO\\'n
the fa mons explorer as a boy , his father
being a docto r t wo h ouses a \\'ay fr om my
h ome , H e ,,'as coming to lunch ,vith me
and , ca lling for me at the office on the way ,
h e asked if I \\'ould mind \\'alkin g in the
road , as it \\'ouId n ot do for him to be seen
fa llin g in his o\\'n boots .
Goino int o al1 offic e on e d ay h e found a
soldier \\earing the Sh ackleton boots and
ask ed his opinion of th em, The soldi er rep lied, " T hey ' re alri ght ind oors but n o
b lin king use outside".
Out on th e road h e met another soldi er
no t \\'earing h is boots and ask ed him \\'hy,
onl y to be told , " \\Tell , you see , I'm g iving
my ruddy rud der a rest". It is n eedl ess to
add that th ey h ad n o idea " 'h o h e ,,'as.
Before leaving L ondon I boug ht a special
th ermometer for recording very low temperatures, This I hung outsid e m y bedroom
\,' i.ndo\\' at the Mess and from the b eginning
of J anuary t o end of Feb ruary I kept a chart
of th e temperatures " 'hich recorded a minimum on the 18th F ebru ary , \\'ith 32 below
zero or 64 degrees of fr ost.
T he h ouses \\'e re k ept \\'arm with double
\y indo\\'s an d dou ble outside doors , A larg e
st ove is built in at the corners of a dj oining
r00111S, stok ed \\'jth logs. The office ,,'as
war med by ce ntral h eating. One morning
\\'e fo und th is \\'as n ot workin g and , as it
was impossible to \york in th e cold, we
closed the offi ce for the day.
\l\Th en the thermom eter goes do\\'n to a
certain level a pa rt icul ar fl ag is fl o,Yn on the
flagstaff on the T O\\' n H all and th en n o
child ren go to school.
Of conrse th e river D\\'ina soon fr oze and
om hospital ship, th e P . & 0 , K aly an
and the French cruiser \yere fast for several
months , Yo u can im agine the appea ran ce
of t he ice round th ese ships aft e!' a fevil
\yeeks .
One saw a fe\\' m iserable reind eer with
sleighs in th e to\\'l1 , \\' hich look ed out of
place besid e the electric trams which ran
all th rou o'h the ",inter.
The 1\Iess I joined h ad been a h otel. There
\\'ere about six bedroom s, a bathroom and a
large dining room and ante-room.
There \yas an excellent g rand pian o in
th e dinin g room " 'hich \\'as ve ry useful
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ladi es .
Of t}l e t otal numbe r of m en sh O\\'11, I do
n ot thl11k m ore than fi ve altogether actualhd id pay duti es , Th e others were Ji1en \\'h~
had been invalided from the froIlt and ",ere
detailed for the Pay Offi ce. As far as I can
rem em ber they acted as orde rlies . Th e t,,'o
ladies ,,'ere Russia ns who had lost practically all their belongings. Sergt. Ma jor
Humphreys engaged them to do some of the
simple \\'ork, such as keeping the loose leaf
accounts of the locally raised Russian F orce .
They \\'ere not very much u se and, of
course , Humphreys \"as the on ly one of u~
,,'ho could t eac.h them in Russian .
Russian accounts, both a t sh ops and the'
cashier' s at the Bank , are kept by an abacus ,
a p rimiti ve form of cash reg ister . It consists of a frame containing wires , on which
a re beads of several colours,
On e colour represents so man y k opecs
(roo = I rouble), When the total reach es
one rouble, a rouble bead is moved up and
the kopec beads put back ; " 'h en ten rou bles
a re reach ed, a ten rouble bead is moved up ,
and so on , It is a lso u sed every ,,'h er e in
J apa n ,
The m ost s triking building in Arch anger
P ay Office St aff .
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Lieut.-Colonel Sydney Arden Godfrey,
\,"hose death occurred on 2nd June, at Lyme
Regis, retired in March, 1937.
I have knov,,n the late Lieut.-Colonel
Godfrey since 1918, vv hen he 'Norked vvith
me in Accounts 2 War Office.
He was a man of exceptional charm and
certainly one of the most loyal people with
whom I have ever served. Before joining
the R oyal Army Pay Corps, he worked in
theatrical circles and was obviously beloved
by all he came across, as I have met several
of his friends from time to time. I also
knOl\" how popular he was with the Rifle
Depot at Winchester, as the 2nd Battalion
Rifle Brigade were with me at Malta and
often spoke about him.
One's g reat sympathy is extended to Mrs.
Goc1frey, who has lost a husband of a most
unselfish and kind hearted disposition.
G.O-J.
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A ver y unfo rt unat e cas ualty , necessitat ed by th e
l'ecent stress of w ork in R .P.O ' s. , was the pO Stlllg of
:Ma jo r Mackenzie on t E-mpora ry du ty , from the school
t o Wad ey.
Th e otll er Officers ha ve a lready received t heir
postings wh~ ch ar e:Capt. Mard en, M .B .E. , t o E astern Command
Capt. H owell, iVl. B.E. , to Cant er bury.
Cap t . R eE-s to Pres ton.
Congratula tions
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A / S.Q .M.S, Peasley , on being a dmitted an A ssociate
,Memb er o [ t he London Association of Certified A l:countants .
Mr. Self
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Sgt Cooper .... ........
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Miss P ott .. .. .... .. ..
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Cpl. McDa id ..... . ...
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M rs. P easley .. .. .. .. .
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As a point of inter E-st t he aver age. .of som e of t he
member .:; who have left t he station ar e given :Capt. Cubitt
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S.Q. M .S. J agot
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Mrs. F lu x ...
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Mrs. Thompso n
95.00
Elsewhere in t he J ournal will be fo und a r efer ence
to t he t ribute pa id t o M r . Self for his ser vices t o
Small Bore R ift.e Shooting.
Next seaso n p'l'omises t o be full of in te r est a nd we
are looking forw a rd to renewing t he t ussles with
othH" offices . Look out P er t h- we haven't fo r go tt en
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BELFAST.
Posting.-S.Q.lVI.S. B. E. L . Tozel' and family arrived on 2nd May, 1938, and w e extend to t hem a
hear ty welcome.
Social Club.- A very enjoyable ou tin g too.k place
on 20t h May . 'Memb ers ,of t h e socia l cl ub and friend s
num ber in g 36, p roceeded by 'bus to Garron Tow er
via t he, Glens of An t rim , and returned via Coast R oa d
t hrough Lam e. The walk t hrough t he Glens was ,
most enjoyable, and t he sce nery was admirable,
especially to t hose wh o ha d not visited t his part
of N'o rt hf' rn Irelan d b efore. Th e w eather was very
kind to us a nd everyone t hor oughly ,enj oyed t hemsel ves .
Sport.- Cri.:ket.- Unfortunately t hro ugh lack of
a s ufficient number of playin g m embers, t.hE Staff
and Depa rtm enta l Crick et T eam will not fun ction
this seaso n , but it is hoped t hat a few games will
be an 'a n g;ed for t he not so g ood IOf t he detachment
dUl'in fS t hE- sea.so n .
GOIf.- The D .P . is again end eavourin g to r aise a
team to compete in t he N .r. Di strict int er-unit comp et ition , to be held at N ewcastle, Co. Down, ea rly
in Jun e. W e hope t o bE- a ble to tell you som ething
more about this in t he next iss ue.
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other doubtful delicacies, was placed mo st con veniently outside the ra,thole. The rat, stilllivE.s but has
vacated quarters. One presumes that this was on
account of t,he smell loutside the 'front door ',
'Yhen the drought broke we WEre treated to very
satIsfactory downpour- from a gardener's viewpoint
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WIn ows most happily aud smugly obvi,ously dreal11~ng .of the lettuce,. cabbages, potat,oes, etc., wallowll1g In the vrd, as It were, only to discover on a lTival
home at Rainham that not a drop of rain had fallen
there!
One of our Corporals has taken an allotmenthorticultural variety-and thanks to the rest, of the
jun.iol's a rmed with the gardening tools of the remaInl11g allotment hold.l's , the allotment is beginning
to bear a marked resemblance to a co urse of fieldworks a:t its vyorst.. One crop has been reaped so
far, spnng omons madyertently left behind by his
prE.decessor. As regards casualties onl v one r a ke
has.heen broken; strange to say i ~~'as broken gardemng!
As yet there are no cases of sabotage reported
from thE. machll1e room. It is obvious that the mut.
tered threats and curses uttered a month or so ago ,
are so much hot, all'. Mach1l1e accounting in conequence co ntInues Its h umorons course.
Football has faded into the pa,st with many cries
of, 'Now next year - - I! I' Towards the end >of the
season we got WE.ll into our stride and won several
matches against qui te strong sides.
One of our
rugger-cum-soccer players , a half back , rlaint.ively
as ked how one should tackle at this foolish O'am e as
every timE. he tackled so meon e he h ad to apoloO'ise:
B;e was strongly advised to co ntinu e witH his al~olo
~Ie~ on acco unt of the success of his original 'sweepm g methods. Vl7e have had a succession of O'oaL
keepE.rs~ everyone evading the job and each oman
suggestmg someone else for a variety ,of reasonsh eight , weight , speed, slo\l'ness , ad infinitum. Before
a m~tch t,hE potential victim is h eartily assured that
all that is asked of him i.s 'that he makes some show'
--.Q uite! On the field when h e apologises for havin g
m1.S ed a fi endlsh ball possessed of the devil that
sq uirms around his hands and darts into the net .
he i again assured 'quite all ri ght , old man!' BUT
WHAT A CIIILLY ATMOSPHERE. Th e job is so
unpop ulal' that Olll.' la t goa lie, after hi first match.
wa bEmoaning the fact that, as h e had been un :
lucky enough to save a pen alty , he would have to
play in goal again. But next year __ I 11
.'Ne have. commencE.d crick et with a win by 7
WIckets agaInst Chatham Po st Office. As we have
held quite a n influ x of cricketers the matcll was used
as a sort of freshmen's match. ,""le were without
S:S.~L NewEll, who was on the 'bleachers'. runnin g
hIS eye over our n ewco mers and other star s. so it
will be appreciated that the name of Chatham will be
a power in the land . L / CpJ. Murrav had a Yen'
fine innings of 44 nl11S when he was cauO'ht a"t
mid.off.
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Tenni is now in full swin O' and much enthusiasm
is in evidence so far. A si~gles Tourn am ent is in
the process of being handicap ped .
The offi.ce ou.ting has been a rrangEd for H astings
after an ll1gE 111:0US pro cess of 'Reductio ad abStll'dl~m'.
The choice of venue , as our secreta ry admml,bly put it , is alway~ the result of much specuJ;1tIon and dEbate. I remember attending a meetin g
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h ope they enjoyed themselves . No doubt they will
be giving us some good tussles later on.
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vVe have recently welcomed to t he office Staff Sgt .Ma jor.F. R. Ead e from Salisbury , and Staff Sergt.
H. A. Fox , who h as returned after a spell at SingapOI'e and offer our congratula t ions to both upon
t heir recent promotions .
Our one and only Cricket match to date wa s pl ayed
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what sEemed to Le a hallucination. The guard carefully explained that to avoid changing the encrine
at Prest01l and getting it at the oth er end ofOthe
train they .ran t~e train nound a loop l~n e-tl"U ly
the , ways of r aIlways are, lIke our poilcemen , wondutul- whl ch proves that the "railway system" is
no. b e~t er tha n the " modified system", or is it? No
prIze IS.offe;:e d for the correct answer , but as N apoleon saId , dear comrades. work It out f,or yoursel ves".
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WINCHESTER.
. The Editor has app ealed for "No tes" and "Notes"
It has got to b ~, but .the writing o f them is rather
Ilke makll1g bncks WIthout straw. Incidentally, is.
straw u~~ d for bnck-ma klllg ? One cannot m ake a
story out. of a 'Flu epid emic 01' a n epic out of
people bem g at work who should be in bed.
But here is a ll our n ews .
Since Winch estei: last appeared in t he Journ al we
ha ve l ost S; Sgt. Cain to Northern Ireland , on pro.
motlO~ ,. a nd Sgt. Johnson to Singapore. We have.
been Jomed by Sergt. Alexander from Sh a ngh ai and
Pte. 'I'opliss from the School, who sinc. joining us.
h.as emerged successfully from the trials of proba.
tlOn and has also ta ken Clerk Class 1 in his stride.
Also we now have with us Tpr. Crofts of theD r~goon .G uards, on probat ion-and r.ea lisin g, the
wnter thlllks, that a Bookmg Section is more uncomfortable than the sa ddle (or should it be the
motor car ?). ' ''le have also been join ed, if that is the
cor~'ect term. by ::\Iiss , iVillihecl A nn John son, who.
ar n ved on 11th F ebruary , 1938 and made s o much
fus s about it t hat her fat her had t.o miss two bo.ats
to Singa p'ol'e in co nsequ en ce. She and her mother '
are doing weH now and hop e to join fath er next
troo pin g SEason.
W e h ave h ad no opportunity of social entertainm ent due to t he exi gen cies of the service-a nd per_
h aps to the fact t hat the fund s aren ' t so goodbut w e hope to get in a co upl e of cri cket m atches
!n t h e sU.mmer. and t h e pOSSIbility of an "out in g'"
lS bell1g ll1 ves tIgat ed by certain intrEpid so uls.
.On e m emb er attend ed the O.C.A. Meetin g a nd
D~nn e r a nd .another managed to get into Slaters,
"n t h ou~ payll1g, .after clinllr.
Both h ad a very
good t m' e, espeCIally th e la tter an d both arrived
back here at 3 a. m . t h e followin g morning in good
order if not wit.h milita ry discipline, baving only
bem sto pp ed on ce by the police on t he way.
The B,.P., Col. H erbed, is leavin g us in Sf' ptember'
for E astern Command a nd his successor is not yet
know n to us but is, of course. t he subj ect of mo re
or less wild speculation. It will b e more appropri at e
besid es ensuring our appearance in the Autumn
journal i f we defer our farewell to Col. Herb er t t ill
then and know to whom w e can address a welcome
to ' i\7i nch ester in his stead.
WOKING.
Here , There and Ever ywh e re. ~Once again we
reac h t he season wh en we can ex pect to h ear of
furlou gh bein g . gr anted to fortunate beings in oth er
p arts of t h e world w hile we view with som e trepid ation the imposin g fi xture list for the Summermonth s. I do not refer to crick et or even bowls
but to T .A. T ra ining Accounts.
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In passin g, it is curious how in t he 'Win ter one is
forced to r~se in the cold and miserable morn to
complete the current week' s football forecas t wh il e
i n the Summ er when th e daw n is gold en (vid e aver age noveli st) there is no such abso rbing task to
undertak e.
Th e lure of football pools has been
known to seEP even into the mund a.ne work of a
Regim~ntal Offi c~ ! Fairly recently a Supplem entary
ReserVIst who WIshed to purchase his disch arge was
supplied with t he necessary data and A.F.0.1633 .
This form was in du e COUl's~ oompleted an d return ed
by the R eserv ist sh ewin g name and address of th e
p erson actually provi cling the money as "Little-
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woods, Liverpool" .
It was pleasant to see a bumper attendance at
.the Oo rps Dinner t his )Tear apd as mu ~h will no doubt
be written elsewh er e m thiS \ssue lIttle remams to
be said in these N oles except to t hank the Dinner
CommittEe for their efforts. In accordance with
tra:dition w e held om' Annual Meetin g in t h e 'Gr een
_Man ' before tackling Putney Bridg.e . It is a compad , ple~s u rabl e -little pub just at t.he edge 0 ' be.yond where one can obtain that to llldu ce courage
before .enco un terin g t he dangers of the Smoke's
cro ssings. Some t im e ago a qUiOtation appeared in
Ithese Notes wherein it was laid clown that in Army
F in ance if yo u put do wn 26 / - ill D ecemb er it comes
up a dollar with th e first butter cups in May . ' i\7 ell,
.on t he r et urn jouru ey from t he Dinn er we made
acquainta nce with an establishment where cash deteriorates mu ch more r ap-idly , one simply put down
.a doll a r a,t 1 a. 111. and it cam e up a ham sa ndwich at
1.5 a.m.'!!
R egardin g t he Dinn er menu- " My
D eal', I was t he first to come away " - , i\lo kin g wives
reminded t heir lesser halves t hat this yarn had been
used before.
The O.C.A. Standard was t hought to be very impressi ve Cl nd we have wond er ed-did the fact t h at
the lion was pointin g east in st ead of west inspire
'one of t he sp eech es. Perhap s. on th e other hand ,
th e lion's tail h as now re c.e ~ ved such a violent twist
th at he has ck cid ed at last to fa ce his tormen tors!
Th e Ser geants' Mess ha s qui eten ed somewh at , it
'h avin g been decided to abandon whi st drives an d
dances du r in g the Summer. ' :"l.h do in tend , how ever ,
to have a coupl e of good outin gs- th e ,f irst to be of
the Stag variety just in case th e fund s r un low.
Captain T. H. Sweeny h ns left us flor t he mo re
'crisp climate of Scotland and t.her e ca n be no doubt
th at he will be sorely missed in Southern sporting
circles. So to Captain and Mrs. S"veeny we say 'la,ng
.m ay your lum r eek' and ' ware D anny H ayes and
:other old-timers at L eith Fort .
S.S . M. T. H. Godbe.hear has become so immersed
in 'o ur m achines th at h e is now almost an a uto m aton
but he do es not r equire to be wound up !
S.Q.M.S . S. T. St eel is still flourishing but w e
.(lare not ment.ion machines in hi s presen ce. N o
Tem arks r egarding rEvised overseas roster.
S.Q.M.S. B. Crowther has now parted brass rags
with his two pins and is, there fore, <1n asp'irant for
"Overseas orders.
. S/ Sgt. E. A. Wilson cannot, attain his desire. H e
knows! H e also knows that we know t hat he knows
that we know t hat whi ch h e dEsires.
Sergt . S. F. Pu nter is wond el'in g -whether h e will
r eq uire a topee or a fur co~t next t.rooping season.
'The M.O . iust looked at him an d said not too viciou sly"fit'''.
Sergt. W. A. Potter is only on t.he wait ing li st .
'Ot hEr r emarks as for S.Q.M.S. Crow t her .
Sergt. A. V. Phillips seems t.o t hink t hat h e w ill
get some embnrkahon. f\!.r1ough! Poor sa p!
L iSI1:t. T. G. A. W illiams is r eally in the BIG
NKWS. Mrs. \Nilli am, (lI ee Our Buritv) present ed
him with a nne son on 7th 1\1ay and ,ye h ",sten to
add O~l' co ng ratul a.tion s t.o t hose already showered
ll1~On t h em .
All t lll'ee eX1Ject. to pr o'ct'ed overseas
a.lso .
L / Sgt. G. Jenkinson is onlv 0 11 th? w a it in g lis\'
Jor ovprseas and is wondering wh at influ en ce ont>
n eeds for t h e r eal tliing.
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Departure.- Lt.- Colonel A. A . Cockburn ha s departed for Salisbury, a.nd left behind ma ny pleasant
memori ES of f.ve years at York.
Among other
interests he " fa th ered " the R ecord and P ay Office
Club and did much tow ard t he success of it' s.
yario'u s act.i viti es. W e wish him many bappy days
in his new surroundings .
Promotion.-Cou gr atula tions a re ext end ed to CpI..
Gidlow on hi s prom otion to that rank; t he usuaL
custom of "\iV etting " was dul y obser ved at a n earby
Inll.
Sports Club.- An outing to Preston took place on
26t h ]i ebrua ry to wit ness the soccer match between
Preston North End and Bol to n Wanderers. At the
time it was anticipat ( d that York Cit y F. C. wo~ld
meet Preston at. \iVembley bu t , of co urse, the CItywen t down fi ghting a,gain st Huddersfi eld in a replay ..
Th e game was very int er estin g from th e star~ to the
finish a nd a d raw of t wo goal s each was a Just reflection of the game.
Aftel: th e mat ch the part y proceeded to SUl1.\ners
Hotd wher e a deli ahtful t ea was provid ed. After
replenishil1 a t he i n~er man t.he pa rty mad e their
way to th e" Hippod rom3 to see t be. play "All I,nen
are Li a rs" wInch was a fan' ente rtall1l11ent , pOSSIbly
from a crit ic' s point of yiE.w. How ever , at 8.30 p .m.,
by t he kind invita tion of th e Offi cers and Staff of
t he R ecord a nd P av Offi ce, Preston, the par ty were
ta ken to th e Vict ~ ri a a nd Sta tion Hotel where a
spl endid entE.rtainm ent wa s bein g h eld on the occa-
s ion of t h e a nnu al dInner for that offi ce. \Ne met
several old fri end s and enjoyed t he con cert t og-ethe1'
wit h the liquid r efr:sh.ment provid ed. Our th anks
are ext end ed to om fn end s of t.h e R ecord a nd ~ay
Offi ce, Preston for t he excell ent tin~ e we spwt 'Ylth
th em that evenin g. Th e r eturn Journey ~o Yo~'k
comn1enced a bout 10.;:0 Rl11. in t he pourmg ram
and aftu sever al necessary stops, York was r eached
at 1.30 a .m., everyone haying had a good day lOut.
sports Club.-Th e halt-yearly m eetin g of t he C?lub
has been h eld and t h e pro gr amm e f01: t he vanous
activi ties has been a lT<ln ged for t he summer mO~lths,
so we sh all be lookin g for.ward t o some good times.
"It t hi s m eetUHr our Chairman, Colon el E . James,
D. S.O ., M. C., ::dlud ed to the early departme of Lt.Colonel \.. \. Cockhul'n, and paid t fi.but e ~o that
Offi cer 's gr eat inter est and m any acts of kllldn-ess
in t he affairs of th e Club.
Baseball.-Th is sport is r a pidl y ~ii inin g pop.u l.ar ity in th e North o f Engla nd and th,lS 1;; snrprl slll.g
wh en one con siders that t. hl S part o f. th e country I~
so cri cket conscious. Th e con trast is co nsiderable ,
however, as in baseball. th e spect <1 tol's ar e part of
t he gam e it, being t heir duty t o hurl r ema rk s at
th e plnyers, comphm entary 01' oth u wl se.
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Sergt. Bown is again a n~e!11b e r of t he t:0rk ~CIty
'Maroon s, who pad ,icipn te 111 the L ancaslnre -Yorkshire Ma jor Leag ue. ThIS L eag \.l e IS composecl of
teams as fa r a nar t as Hull an d L1 YE rpool, and e~ch
tenlll consists of seyeral Can ad ian professionals, WIth
local amat.eurs t o ma ke th e number up.
Cp\. Gidlow is a lso <I keen baseball fan and plays
for th e York Nom ads. winn ers "1 St yeal: ?f th e York
Am at eur Lea i!ue <1 nd Kno ck-Ou t competltI?I1 . Sever.at
memb er s of the offi ce staff t,a ke a kee n ll1ter est III
t,he eXDloits of our t wo play ers and help t he rest
of York te llin~ Sc.rgt. BOWD to stand firm wh en the
"find blows , for r eason s best kn own to t hose who
a re famili ar' with " Bill" .
more skilful or some say lu cky con.tE.st ants, survived the prolonged barrackmg and ~ff ects o~ smoke
ha \'e, etc., t o play some as toundll1g shot s. The less
skilful have since lw rnt to play .eu chre, as It has
been said tha t you do h ave sO'm e 1d ea of wh a t yo~r
opponents a re going t,o do nex t when plaYlllg thIS
game.
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Afte r a good " weed-out" the two fin ah st s were
Q.1\I.S. Wri gh t (las t year 's champ.) and L j Sgt .
Soper . F rom the commE.ncement of thell' game, the
feelin er amo [lO'st th e !'; pect a toI's was of t ensed excitem~n t sucl1 as is felt on awa iting to h ear th e
15t h res dl t on the P enny Points Eool , having already
mark E.d 14 co rrect. Bot h pl ayers soon reached. ,a
sco re ill th e regIOn of 40, a nd L j Sgt . Soper, w1tn
some brillia nt "cuemanship " , am assed th e total of
49 a nd bro ke down ;- even hi.s . oppon ent ha d recased his cue. Shiner vVright wit h 41 on th e hoa rd
and a look of a co nqu eror on hi s face, betr ayed no
sio'l1 s of emotion as h e addressed the cue balL
M~Yin g his cu,e back wai'ds and forw ards, as if sawin g
his t humb off-h e hi t. sudd enly to score a n effortl ess
"six shot" . After the balls -ha d bee n r epl ace d on
th e table, and th e spectators' eyes in ~h e ir socketsplay r es um eci a nd , needless t o. say , ShlllE.I' scored th e
necessary point s to carry hIm to victory for the
seconcl year in succession.
R S.M. E. F . Baggs , RA .M. C., who so kindly
placed t he R A .M. C. Sgt . ' s Mess at om disposal for
the eve ning . nresent ed th e priz es :- 1st , S.Q.M .S. E.
A. Wl'i gh t : 2, L j Sgt . R Soper and th e. H1g hest
Break prize t o L j Sgt. F. Cozens, also va rIOUS myst ery pri z,es.
Tennis.-All R A .P. C. p ersonn el in Y ork who hold
th e r a nk o f L j Sgt. or abov e are pl aying members
'of t he vV.O' s. a nd Sg t s' . Garri son R ecreation Club ,
and the refore h av3 access to th e Club 's t enni s
courts.
\~T e ho pe in th E. nea r future to be a.ble t,o chall enge
anv local te~ l11 ~ , e~ p ec i a ll y t,h e R,egim ent al P ay Offic e
St; ff to mi xe d doubl es. etc., which would include
th e i~ ev i table " P ow W ow " over the tea tabl e.
Staff Outing. It hi s b een decid ed t hat tbi s year
our Annu al Outin g t akes !Jlace in t wo form ati?l1s.
Firstly a masculin e stag par t y by '.bus t o ;rarIou s
r esort s on th e east coast s of YorkshIre-to mclud e
co untry inns, wh Ether of l:i storicaJ in te rest ?r no~.
S3co nd l v a chal'abanc tnp for all members famIlies to Sca'rbo l'ough. for the h enefit of th eir children.
Shooting. -Th ~~'e'i s little t o r eport und er t hi s h eadin g as, sin ce th e last issue of th e JournaJ , j'he shooting seil so n- a fairly su ccessful on e for York- has
bee n bro u ~ ht t o a close.
Major E. H. K ellv won t,he spoon fo r t he mont,h
of March a nd Sgt . Cla l'k e di.d likewi se fo r th e month
preyiou s.
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At th e t ime of goin g t o prin t we are a WaItll1g th e
fin al l'E.s ult of our placing in t he L eague- and are
at. t he same time ho ping t.o accompany Ald ershot
"B " int.o t he First Division to r emain th er e for
good, or a t least until l'iA es are a t,hin g of t he pas t.
" N URO " .
YORK. REGIMENTAL PAY OFFICE.
Arrivals. -Lt.-Colonel G. '\tV. Nelson. Ma ior E. R.
K elly a,nd P te. C. E. R Gidlow have join ed us from
Sali;; uur y Warwick and Ex eter respectIv ely . Vole
extend t~ t hem a hearty welcom e to thi s ancient
cit y . and hope th eiL' stay will b e a. happy on e.
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has the matter ill hand and that th e maximum t,ran sfEl' fee has bee n fixed at a gallon. If thi s is co rrect
it is felt that ollr Supporters' Club will obviate any
lleed to consid er t he possibility of tran sferrin g any
of 'o ur players .
Two pi ctures of our hom e ma t ch yerSlI S R ,H ..:L
are a[!pended.
Tennis.-Thi s year Major r\, C. VV . H and s and
fiy e othEl' r a nk s of th e Det.achment entered ftOr the
Command Indi\i.dual Champion ships, h eld a t the
Gezira Sporting Club , Cairo. U nfortunately, owin g t o
pressure of work, two members were obliged to
s?ratch fro m the tournament aft er s uccessfully n ego t)atll1g th e earl;v rOllnds.
'N e have aga in entered the Senior Ranks' Tenni s
L eague and hal"" e great hop es of improying on our
position i.n t he table this year, hayin g bem third fo)'
the past two seaso ns. There is tremendous keen ness and consequently a great improvemE nt in all
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HONG KONG.
,Hong Kong Calling.- Last month Lieutenant E.
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Refugee Children
The Shield
Th e Shield was presented at the ma.tch Th e Winners Y. The Hest by ,0 Ul' O. C. Troops Brigadier R .
Howl-ett, D.S.O. , lVI.C ., anl! wh at looked t,o' be a fin e
afternoon s t enni s was completely spo ilt by a rain
storm , t he like of whi ch only J a!!laica can boast.
However, we l'efused to be put dOv'iD by the weather
:md t h e large gath.ering: which includ ed nEarly all
t he Officers a nd t heIr lach es , spent the Lim e ill' enjo y _
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Vol. IV.
No. 30.
Summer, 1938
CONTENTS
Editorial Notes and N.otices
Corps Sports N ews
Corps News- 'Officers
Promotions and A ppoilltments
Retirements
vVar in Sh anghai-Part I
Our Chess Page
Presentation of O.C.A. Standard
Personal Recoll ections of Archangel
O.C.A. General Meeting and Dinner
Obituary
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