The Royal Army Pay Corps Journal

Vol. Ill.

No. 18 .

Summer, 1935
anel conscielltiously the duties of State,
Their labo urs n ever cease and the cares
of Empire a re n ~ver abse;lt,
The spontaneo us expression of love and
loya lty she\\'u throug hout the Empire express th~ g ra tituele of th e people for long
~' ears of unrem i tting labour ca rried ou t
\\'ith consc ientious zeal and conspicuous
success ,

PI,"io bv VOlldyk

F or the .first tinle an articl e \\Titten by

a S upp lem f' ntary H.eserv ist al pea rs in th e
Corps J ourn a l, a nd it is p roposed to publish
other;; in clue co urse , We feel that this
shou ld be H \\'e!coll1e feature, as our S u pplementa ry Reservists form a very important part of th e Organisa tion of the COl-PS,

80 , Pall Ma ll, L ondon, S, W,I,

June, 1935 ,
At this time the th ought upperm ost in
the minds of a ll is ill cOllnectioll \\'ith the
Silv er Ju bil ee of Their Majesties The King
and Queen,
A ' a Corps it \\'as not our I rivilege to
take part in any of the Ceremonia l parades
held in connec ti on \\'ith the celebratio ns,
Our role was confined to that of spectators,
.and the three thin gs \\'hich \\'ere brought
hom m ost of a ll to us here in London
were the sponta neity of the \\'e!com e, the
vastn ess of the cro\\'ds everyw here and the
superb effort at clecora tions, \\'h ich hac!
transformed the poorest st reets and a ll eys ,
One ca n11 0t forget the cro\\'ds who,
night ly through Jubilee Week, \\'a itec1
patiently outside Bucking ha m I a lace in
the hope of catch in g a g lim pse of Their
Majesties on the flood-lit ba!co ni e ,
N or1l1::1 ll y \\'e a re n otab ly ~lIldeJll ons tra
tive but in the \\'eek of Ju bi lee celebrations
this poplllar conception was shattered, for
everyone in London, th e provillce a nd th e
remot est outpost of th e E m pire desired to
give to Th e Kin g a nd Queen a demonstration of th e hi g h regard in \\'hi ch th ey are
l1e ld throug hout th e British Empire .
The rea son for this sponta n ity is n ot far
to seek , Loo"].;illg back on the event of
the la st 2 ~ yea rs-some of the most
troubl ed ill ' th~ hi storv of t h \\'orld- \\'e
find the Killg and Q l;een have eve r co ncern ed thel11s~ l ves \\'ith the \\'elfa re of their
subj ects , Fo r 25 years we have seen th em
clay in and cl,ay out ~e rf o rming dili gentl y

Th e Ed itors of the J ourna l are desirous

of obta illin g a comp lete set of the Corps
Seniority Roll,
If any readers have copies \\'hi c:h are not
required the Editors \\'o nld be g ratef ul if
th ey \\'ould communi ca te \\'ith them,

FRONTISPIECE.
Th e fronti sp iece is a photograph specia lly
tak e n fo r the Silver Jubilee and she\\'s the
J~in lS wea ring the uniform of a Field 1\[arsha l. The riband is that of the C rder of
th e Garter, aro und his should ers is the
Roya l Victori an Chain \\'ith Badge, a nd
from hi s collar is suspended th e Sovereign ' s
Badge of the Orde r of the Bath , On his
breast are. th e Sta rs of th e Ord ers of the
Garter and the Bath, a l1 (l abov~ them the
Badges of th ~ Orde r of the Ba th, the tar
of Tnd ia . St, Michae l and St, Geo l:ge, the
India n Emp ire, the Royal Victorian Order,
the British Emp ire a nd the Imper ial ervice O rd ~ r. The 19 14 -1 5 Star, the General
Service \,tVar Medal, a nd the Victory Medal
compl ete the lin e of decorations ,
Th e
aigu ill ettes on the rig ht breast bear th e
letters V,R, and E,R , denoting that His
Mai e t~' wa s a i(le- ]e-ca lT1 9 to Q ueen Victoria a nd King Ed\\'arcl ,
49

THE

Corps Sports Notes

Arra ngements for 1935.
M Oll ..

] Il ly

1St

Lawn Tenn is a t R oeh am p ton.

Tu es . ,

Jul y 2nd

Lawn Ten.'lis at R oeha m pton .

Thurs. ,

Jul y 4th

F r iday,

Jul y

Golf . S umm er M ee ting a t W en t\lorth .

Annua l Meeting, R. A. P .C. () Hi ~e r s ' Club .
Annual Dinner, Java l a n d M ilitary Club, 94 , Pi cca dill y ,

5t h

..-

(La dies' Day ) .

L o nd o n ~

W . I.

at . ,

Jul y 6th

Tues. ,
W ed .,

Jul y gt h
Jul y IOth

Thurs .,
Fri day ,

Jul y J I t!l
Jul y I ::: til

Crick et v. R oya l A rm y O rdnance Corps a t Did cot .

}
}

Cricl(et \'. A rm y Ed ucationa l Corps a t A ldersh ot .

Cricl(et v. R oya l Army C hapla ins D ept. at Ald ershot .

Q. A . P.C . GOLFING SO CIETY.

Army Golfing Society Annua l Meeting.
Th e A nnua l Meeting of th e A rm y Golfin g ociety was h eld at th e R oya l P orthcald Go lf C lub , P ort hcall'l, conl"tnencin g
o n Ap ri I IS th . The Corps II'as represented
by th e follo\\'in g :-Major Bed na ll, Ma jor
S ta nh am , Ma jor Meek (Captain ) , Ca pt.
Evers a nd Capt. M illin g .
It was a m ost enj oya bl e meetin g a lt ho ug h the \\'ea th er was rather un kind .
Th ere II'as a strong \\'ind blowin g a ll th e
tim e, som etimes risin g to a ga le, a nd as it
co ntinu a ll y cha nged direction go lf was not
eas\". A ho le " 'hi ch I\'as a mas hi e sho t on e
da ~: wo uld req uire "wood" the n ext. It
ra ined most of th e time and 011 t he secon d
day o f th e meetin g th ere \I'as a ha il stor m
to a dd va ri ety.
Th e Arm y Go lf C ha mpionshi p was held
on Mon day a n d T uesday, 15th a nd 16th
A pril. 88 I\'as th e 1 est sco re return ed b y
th e R .A. P .C . on the first day, b y Ca ptaill
M illing, th e others retnrnin g 89 a nd go.
O n the second day Cap ta in Eve rs was th e
ollly representati ve to b reak 90; he cam e
in \\'ith an 88 whic h II'as a g rea t effort
unde r the circum sta nces. It II'as bl o\\'in g
a ga le a ll day and one had to p lay t hroug h
drivin g rain a nd hail m o t f th e tim e.
Cap tain Evers was thi rd on t he second
ci a" a n cl seventh on the t \I'O days' 11ay.
hi ~ score b ein g 178-22 . 156.
Th e fi rst round of the Arm y Golf ' ha llenge C u p \I'as p la yed on Vle dn esdny J 7th.
th e H.. A .P. C. team ha v in g been d raw n to

p lay th e RA.S.C. (No. J) T ea Ill IIhose

h an d icaps were 2, 5, 10 a n d 10 re pectively.
Major l\I ee k , as Capt a ill , II'as in th e un en viab le pos iti on pf having to dec ide th e
tea m to rep rese nt th e R .A.P.C. T his was
ma de a ll th e more c1 iAi cnlt u. t here was
little to ch oose bet ween t he sco res of a ll
five p laye rs on th e N[onday a nd 'rue day.
Actu a ll y on c urrent f 1'111 Capta in M illin g'
was p lay in g th e m ost co nsisten t gu lf a nd
Cap ta in Evers' sco re on Tues day I1ncl er th e
t rribl wea th er con d iti ons \\'as defi ni te ly
good. Major }\!(eek \\ith g reat un se lfis hn ess dec ided t o leave him e lf oat a nd c hose
th e fo l! OII'in O" tea m IIit h f(! lf' resul ts as
sholl' lI.
R. A.S.C. ( o. I ) .
R .A. P . .
Lt. Ga r c1 ner
7 Capt. 'fillin g
0Lt. Hu x harn
7 Ma jor Stall h a111
n
Ma j . C lover
o Ma jor B dna 11
.=;
Cap t. Willi am s
o Capt. Evers
4
14

<,)

Cr..ptai n i\'[illin g- di d we ll to he onl v seven

do\\" n to Garc1n er, t he A rm y C ha mj ion , as
the lat ter we nt rounc! in 76. At th e 4th
h ole hf' \I'as on e dO\I' l1 a nd reac hed th e
turn onl y t o be :) do wn a ft er a ve ry hard
fig ht . Tt II'as a g rim stru ggle a nd he could
not aff ord to make a n y mi stakes aga in st
such a relentl ess opponent.
Ma ior ' ta l1 ha m h a d on e f th o. e days
wh en h Rd Inck d ogs one a ll th e ti m e . H e
has bee n th e rn a in-stav of th e team each
yea r a l1 d even ag-a in st g rea t od ds h e al ways

R O YAL

ARMY

PAY

wo n throug h . H owever , thi s year the luck

was a ll aga in st him and h is ba ll seem ed
to ta ke a d elig ht In ferreting out diffi cult
li es (a nd the re we re plenty of th ~ m to be
10ulld) . H e was u p aga inst a goo d player
but I.v ith an y luck he wo uld h a v ~ h eld him .
Major Bedna ll' s fi nis h of five u p was a
stout effort a ft er his up hill fig ht d urin g the
fir st nine h oles. H e was two cl own a t th e
third but h ~ wo n tl;e next t wo holes an d
was one up a t the turn . Th en he go t his
tee th into it a nd a fter ha lving th e IOth h e
WOll the Ilth a nd [ 2th to be tbr e~ up . H e
held on to this lead u p to the 17th II'h en
he drove the nail home by winnin g th e
last two hol es.
Cap ta in Evers, whose g rea t fea r was
t ha t the wind wo uld bl ow him ove r ,
sta rted off in g rea t sty le, a nd for th e first
9 holes pl ayed g rea t golf. H e was 3 up
a t the 4th a nd continu ed to pile them 011
till he reached the turn 6 u p. H e ga ined
J fu rt her lea d of a hole a t th e 12th b u t
a fter th at things didn't g o q uite so well fm'
h im and he lost t wo of hi s lea d by til e
t im e he ha d reac hed the J 7th . H e had bad
luc k a t the J8th where he foun d a pond
wi th his secolld sh ot, fini shin g four u p.
It was a ll excitin g ga m e to wa tch and
one of tI le be .. t d urin g th e mee ting; 11i.th a
little lu ck the H.. A .P .C. team l1li g ht have
\Vo n. A t th e 4th hole th ~ net score was
T dO II' n a nd th e R. A. P .C. held on till th ey
reac hed the turn a ll q ua re. Th ey continu ed to fig ht .w ell a nd we re one up a t the
[ 2th hole, IVhi ch was a g reat effort COI1- ide ring th at they were badl y dow n at th e
3 rd . At thi s stage of the ga me it look ed
as t houg h t he H.. A.P.C. \1'mtIc! pull it off .
A ll four playe rs were go in g stro ng a nd
they see med t o have the bette r of th eir
op pOll ents. H owever, the luck didn't ho ld
a lld holes bega ll to sli p a way. By t he 16 th
th e R .A .S .C. had recove red fiv e holes a ll d
we re sta ndin g four up, wh.i ch lea d th ey
in creased by one on t he 18th gree n .

CO RPS

J OUR NAL

SI NGL ES .
R .A.O .C .
H.. A. P. C.
Lt. TIli tc hell (3&2) 1 Ma jor Beel na ll
0
Co l. S tokes
0 Ca pt. Millin g (2 u p) I
il laj. S ta nharu
Lt. Col. Kin g
o
(3&2)
Col. W a n l'ick
o 1\Iaj . Mee k (.)&4) I
Capt . H OII'a rd
Ma jor ASh::
0
( r up)
J
Lt . Co l. P ick t ha ll 0 Cap t . Evers (4&3) I
Major H a rke r (2 u p) 1 Cap t . SlI'ee ny
0
Co l. B ritlon (.~ & 3) J Cap t. Ga rra t t
0
3

FOU RSOMES .
IIl itc hel l ;:y S tokes
(5&4)
Bedll a ll & ll.liilin g 0
~ ta nh a m & Meek
Kin g & W a nl'ick 0
(3&2)
Evers & H owar d
Aste &: P icktha ll o
(3&2)
H a rker &: Britton
(3 .:2 )
I
S \\'eeny &: Ga rra tt 0
2

Sprin g Meeti ng.

The Co rps Spriug M eetin g II'as he ld a t
th e un d ri dge Pa rk Golf Club on April
5 th , th e a ttenda nce being 14.
Th e
I\'ea th er " 'as cold and boisterous with
sh owers of rain a nd sleet , a lte rn a ting wit h
periods of slIn shine. Th e foll ow ing took
pa rt in th e me~ ting :-Lt .-Co ls . H ar t-Cox
a nd Forde , Ma jors Bedna ll , S ta nham a n d
Meek , Ca pta in s W oods, Eve rs, Ga rra tt
Saye rs, Ma rsh all , Ba rlow , Buck and H agga rd , and Li eut. Thies . In a dditi on to
th e above we \I'ere p leased to see Mrs.
\i\Toods, NIrs. E vers a nd Mrs . H agga rd .
The m orning round ~onsist ed of M eda l
Play S in g les, un der b.a ndicap, over th e
\Vest Course, a nd the a ftern oon round ,
Bogey S ing les under ha ndi cap , over the
Ea st Course. Th e hilly .na ture :of th e
courses, combined with th e ro ugh wea th er
co nditi on s, p roved a good test of golf, a nd
Maj or S tanh a m's 85 in the m ornin g was a
rea ll y fin e effort in th e circumsta nces . Th e
a fternoo n sco res we re not so good, but th e
lVe::! ther, \I'h ic h was then a t its worst., may
have been responsible for tha t . Th e res11lts
all I bes t sco res were as follows : -

Matches .
A matc h I\"as played aga in st t he R oya l
AnllY Or ln a ll ce Co rps, on May 23th , at
th
e "North H a llts Colf Clul " F leet result.
lng III a II" ln fo r t he R .A.I .C . by 7 m atc hes
to s. The R .A.O .C. II'ere well ' rep resellted
th eir tea m hav in g a : tin g bot h in t he hea d
and the tail. Th e deta ileel re I.1lts were
as [011 011'5:51

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J UU 1{NAL

II'inllill g both tlte scra tch a lld th e handi cap

iJn zeS II'ith a g r oss score u t 83 .
T he Corps II'as also su ..:cess[ul III the
~pr in g Mee tin g 0 1 t he A U e rshot CO l11nl a nd
G o lt Uu b a llCI 111 tne U llll T ea m com petiti on s, d et a ils of Il"ltich appear in the A lde rshot C Ol11m a nd notes .

Medal Singles:
Lie ut. W. H . Thies IOI - 24 = 77
Majo r R . G. S t a nh a m 85- 6=79
Cap t. A. N. Evers
87- 8=79
Capt. J. G. W oods
9 I - I 2= 79
Ca p t A . E. Barl ow won the prize for
th e best net score over tlIe second nin e
IlO les with 44-8=36 .
Bogey Singles:
Maj or T . A . leek
6 clo wn
8 clown
~ ~ap t. A. N. E.\ers
Ca pt. J. G. Woods
9 dOII'n
Capt . A . E. Bat'low
9 cl own
S-..mmcr Me~ti n g .
Th A Ullua l S umm e r l\leeting Il" ill be
he ld a t th e Wentll'o rth C lub, V irg inia
Water, S urrey, on Thurs da y, Jul y 4 th.
F ul l par l icu lars a n cl 11try fo rms have been
c i rc ula ted.
Competitions .
A knockout co m petitio n o n h a ndicap for
membe rs ser v in g in th e vVa r Office , A ldersh ot a 1l d Eas t rll Comm a n d is in proo ress.
F irs t r ound results are as fo ll o ll's : Maj o r
Sta nha m bt Lt. Thi es 3 & 2, Lt.-Co l.
R oge rs bt Maj. B ednall 4 & 3 , Cap t. Millin g bt Major }I,rIee k
& 2, Lt. Holm a n bt
Capt. Ga rra tt J np , Lt .-Col. Hu g hes 11)0
Lt- Co l. H ac kett (scra tc h ed), Cap t. O li ve I'
IV / O Ca pt.
Iarsha ll (sc ra tc h ed ), Capt .
Woods bt Capt. Bl1 c k 8 ::x 7, Lt .-Col. H a rtCox bt Capt. Ba rl oll' 2 & I.
Other Items.
The Corps has bee n rei rese n led in va rI Oll S otll e r golfin g events recently, a n d II' it l-!
n otab le su ccess.
Majo r Sta nha ll1 , p lay in g off a c lu b ha ndiap o f 9, at th e, ' pring Meeting of Th e
B :1its Go lfing Soc iet y a t th e Prillce' s Co lf
C lul , Sandll'ic h, II'o n the "B rillknlan "
C UI, th e "Baird" C u p a nd II'as rl1nn er llD
ill th e eni or Meda l. [n t he final of th
" Brinklll an" C up 'M a jo r S ta llh a lll \\'o n o n
the 19t h green a ft e r be in gclow n a t th e
] 3th ; the d ecidin g -trok e of t h e m atc h II'as
:-1 si."teen yard p utt IIhich l\Iajor Sta nh a m
sa nk fo r a half a t th e eig ht nth ,lI1cl t hi s
fo ll owed by a pa r fo ur a t the 19th gave
~"i Jl1 th e m a tch.
1\flljor Sta nh a lll a lso appea rs to ha ve
c'l r r ied a ll befo re him in the S I1 rin g 1\[eetill g o f th W a r O ffice Col fin .!; Soc iet v at
th e Ashfo rc1 1Vfa n o r Go lf C lul o n May i. th,

THE

R O YAL

A RMY

PAY

Sma ll Bore R ifl e League .

S hi e ld and S il ver M edals.
A ld er ho t .
Runll e rs U p. B r-o ll ze M eda ls . W oo hlich .
Own St art Ha.n-::l.icap.
A ld er. hot
rs t S.S .M. Pl olVlll a n
\Ai 001lI"i ch
2nd i\ lr. Th o rl e
3rd Captai ll M illin g
A ld ersh ot
Woohl'ich
4 th Serg t. A lIi x
W o kin g
.' ith S.Sgt . B oggis
S ,=:c reta r y a nd Capta in of T a m Prize.
W ok in g (l\ fi ss 1\[ec1 ca lf a lld S.S .
[3oggi:) .
Tr i an ~ lI l a r Match ( 10 as id e).
1st ClV ili a n s
Score 969
211d W.O's a nd N .C .O ' s
,,
966
3rd C" ffi cers
"
94 1

52

FIN. \L LEAGVE TABLE.

:\ ~grt!g-:l l f'

Club

Firt:t1

A'clel".; hot
Woo lwich

18

\~7 0 kin "

I t!

'a," tc l"~ U I"Y

Hil seil
(" haLha m

(or

'8
18
18

18
15
14
12

0
0

t)

IS

(j

~~d illulll"g h

18

12

1'3

5
5

Pres tO :l

.I ~

0 1:1

l8

4
0

Ho"" low
Pel"t h

PoilH S

\V u ll Orn . L o"'!

18

U
11

0 18

8824
8645
8634
8504
8374
8329
8396
B24.'
8299
.. . .
1 ...
-~

4~

Command Pay Office

1'1 5.

:Ig~ i nsl

8284
8314
8357
8375
8355
8352
8454
8360
8457
2489

J OU RNAL

KING ~E OR GE ' S JUBJLEE TRUST .

Th e fo ll o\l' ill g a m o unts have been rece ived UJl to c1 a t e fo r the Jubil ee Trl1 st
Fl1 nd from rn e mb =rs o f t h e R oya l A rm y
Pay Corps. !\ furlh e r li st of sui scri p ti o ns
rece ived II'ill be p ubli s h ed in th e n ext iss lL
o f th e J Ol1rn a l together II'ith a n acco u nt
of h OI . t l e Co'lo ne l-Co1lJlI1a nda nt has
d irec ted th a t th e m oney sha ll be di sposed
of .
s. d.
Co l. .T. C. ,\ rmsL. ng
...
...
1 1 0
K .. \.P .C. Old C'O llll,:c1e , ,I so.' ;alioll
25 0 0
10 0 0
li .A.P. C'. B?l1 cvo lcnt. F Ull '!
Th e \Nar orn ,~ (1'.9 :tnd F.lO)
4 3 6

The lead iug avera ges (9 6 o r ove r ) 111

the Lea g ue, are as folloll's :9S.S7
l. MI" Self. ,\ I d 0 1"~ ll ot
98.S{)
2 I"gL. Co. 'pel". .\ Idel"silot
7
97".9:1
v. i\11". C a ll "JO Il , A Iclel"shot
97.88
4. ,\1,'. f-.'alishll l':V . Alclel""l, oL
97.82
5. MI". :ell. Eclinb urgh
97.61
6.
~t. OTOIIIIOI", r\ Idel" Il ot.
97.2.2
Melj,nlf.
Wok
ing
7. J\i is.;
97. 11
8 L . 'gt. Phillips, \No l' in g
96. 77
9. L.Sg l_ .\lIi x. Woolw ich.
R6.73
1O. Ca[JL. i\ lill ill ):;. 1\ Idc rshnl
96.22
H . MI". 1I100ne.v . \\" oo lll"il" h
I

SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAG U E.

The ' ma ll B o re 1~ ifie L eag ue f o r the
Season ]" 934-1 935 has n OlI' fini s h d, a lld
s ill ce th e last m atch II"as 'fir e ci , th e COlllmittee have rece ived som e ve ry killd a n cl
com p lim _n ta ry le tters II' hic h s ho ll" h 011"
much th e Lea g ue has been app reciated, a n cl
t o tho'e II'ho have thus exp ressed th eir
p leas ure, the Committee w0l11cl t a k e thi s
oppor tunity o f tender ill g t h e ir th a nk s.
Th e 'fi rst yea r of tbe L eague has resulted
i ,1 a vic t o ry f or A Icle rs h ot , I ut th is fea t
IIill not as iJ y be repeated, as \I'itb th e
cha n ges o f Offi ce Staffs, a ncl II'ith th e ex peri e nc e ga in e d ge nera lly, future results
a re go in g to be op~ n a nd th e Trop hy will
jJro bably fll1d a n ew h om e.
111 this, th e fi nal re port on Rifle S hootin g
for t he ras t yea r, th e Com mittee II" 0uld a lso
t ha nk th Offic ia ls -o f th e va ri o us C lubs fo r
hav in g he lp d in m ak in g th e L eagu e a s uccess .
['.!th o ug h the S umm e r is fast app roachi llg II' ith C ri cket, Tenn is, et c ,. 11'1;: mus t n o t
be idl e. There is a lo t t o be cloll e durin g the
I erio d
E wa itin g for th e openin g of a n"
o th r S m a ll Bor e Rifl e Season, a nd a le tte r
on this s uI j ect has been c irc ulated t o a ll
u ffices a t H Oll1e .
Th e re. LIltS o f th e var io us com pet iti o n s
held durin g th e past sea son are:-

CORPS

Aldershot, ...
Com mand
i'lorLhcm ('nm manrl
Scolti, 1, CO lnrna ll rl
So u Lhem Con; m:1 nd
' Veslc m Co mnl<lntl
X : 1"Ihern T:-eb l!d Di ;L r! ~ t
E asLe rn

2:6
30
28
24

l .g
11

Army Pay Offi ce

l.J

I~am e t

1I
8

Berml1da
('an terbtll;
Cey lon
....
ChaLham E.f'>.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING ' S S I LVE .~

JUBILEE MEDAL.
In acco rd a nce II'ith th e p rin c ipl e of a ll t
nte llt la id d Oll"n by th e "Ma r Offi ce, a n
() fFi ce rs in th e Corps holdin R th e ra nk
of Co lo n e l o r above (includin g th e Co lo ne l
Comma nda nt a n cl Brevet Colon e ls) a ll 1 a ll
Ass i ta nt P av m as t e rs o n th e active li s t on
th e 6t h 1\ fa y, T935 , have bee n ml'a rcled th
3bove m eda l.
F ive . 'l eda l. II'ere a ll otted to th e Coq 5
for di striblLti on amo ngs t t h
V/a rrant
Office r a nd N o n-COlllmi ssion ed ( ' ffice rs-th e m a in Cj ua lifi ca ti o n o f issu e bein g le n g th
of
me ritori OI1 S
serv ice
durin g
Hi s
M a jesty's reig n . Th ese J\'Ie da ls \I' ere a 1lotted b y th e Officer ill C ha rge of H eco r ds
to:76'<;7075 S .S.M. H . G ra nt .
7657J47 S.S.M. C . A . Ma rtin .
7657238 S.S .M. P. A. No n-is.
773307 2 S .Q. 1.S. F . Ca rtm a le.
7657206 S .Q.1\ I. S . C . . P a in e.
In a cl cEtl on , no tifi ca ti o n ha. been r ce ived that me dal s h ave b een a llo tted fr OI1l
th e COlllm a lld "Poo l" h \- G.Os .C. to L t ..
C ol. P. P. Vidal, (I RE., a nd 76S7 347
, .Q.M.S. C . B ooker.
A m ' furth e r 11l1 sce l1 ~ n eo ll s awa rds \I'hi ch
ma.I' be n oti 'li ed IIil l be pub lis h ed in du e
cour e.

C h ntha l11 RE.

Deptforc!
Exele:'
Gibra ltnr
Hil sea
Houn slow
LpiLh
r,ichfield
I.on don
"hila

Perth
l' resLon
Wad ey
\Vnrw lck
\\Iill('he5t(' ,
Wo]; in"
Woo lwirh
' -ork

6 10 6
610 0
5 711
2 12 5
9 13 6
.'1 9 6
2 13 0

1 17
17
2015
12
2 5
3 15
3 0
2 10
2 4
I 10

6
0
0
8

;)

2
6

0
6
0

6 0
1 17 0
2 10 0
2 4 6
2 9 5
3 7 1
2 5 7
2 8 0
111 0
2 2 0
10 9 1
3 0 1
~

- - --

138 18 8

JAMA!CA .
Th e Ed it ors ha\"(:, rece ive d a revised
editi o n o f a pamph let "N ote,. for In comin g
O ffic e r a nd th eir F a 1l1ilie." p re pared by
H t'ac1q l1 a rte rs, J allla ica C OHlm a nd .
1': co nta in s ve n ' II sef l11 a nd d eta il ed inform a ti on fo r offi'cers II" h o a re o rd e re d t o
J a lll a ica.
AII\' officer d E's iro l1 'i o f seein g th e a bo ve
m av obta in it on arp li c? tio n t o th e E ditors .
NOTE - Tr " 8im i1" . pnhli cntion is :1vn ila ble in ol lwr
fo reign stnLio ns. t he Ecl;tors wo uld I,e glad
to 1" 0 ' i \'e n co py so tl"d Lhe ;n formnLion
cO 'ltai "ccl Lhereill lfiav b ~ ,"'"i 1<1 1,1 to all
who a re o rr\ pred n1)road .
53

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CO RPS ....:J:..-.O_U_R_N_I_A_L_ _ __ __

Royal Arm y Pay Corps

Corps News-Officers
DEATHS .

From "The London Gazette"

RO YAL ARMY PAY CORPS.
Cap t. a nd P aymr. J. S. Eynon , 1. C . to
be l\l a jor (Ja n. 3) .
Capt. T . H. Swee ny! frOI11 .R. E . to.~ e
Ca pt. a nd Pa ymr. (\pnl 25) \\'Jth SenlOrIL)'
Ap ril "25, 1933
. .
Capt. a nd Pa y mr . E. I!.. hell y to be Ma.).
(May 'i) .
Capt. and Paymr. J. F. Bellm an to be
Mai. ( I ay J4).
Lt. H. P . L amb ert, fr OI11 h.p . list (la te
Midd'x R. ), to be Lt. a nd P aY1l1r. (May
T2, T933) and to be tem p . Ca pt . (May I 2 ,
T934) .
Lt. (tem p. Ca pt .) a nd P ay mr . . H. P .
Lamher t to be Capt. a nd P ay m r . (Ma y 12),
\Iith sen y. May I2, 1933.

PO ST INGS .
Cap tain E. C. Ove rton , Cey lon to Chatham R .E., 27 / 3/3.1.
'faj or C. T. Stait, War O ffic e t o Eastel'Jl
Comel ., 7 /5/3 .1 .
L ieut. H. hin g, Eastern CU l1Id. to vVa"
nffice, 7/ :hs

ENGAGEMENT.
Mr . P. L. KIRWA N a nd j\[iss /'1. . L .
CO LLYER .- Th e eng-a!!ell1ent
lS a n
noun ced betll'een M r . Pat ri ck T.. ione]
i ir\lan . R oya l Engineers . son of th e late
{ai o~ L. E. K ir\la n . J\I.B. E .. a nd stepson
of 1\[rs . Kima n . of I 5, Prospect RO \I. Chatha m . an d Alay ne Lin c1say. \'o nn gest
c1allQ'irter of th e la te Li eutena nt-Co lonel A.
A. Coll ver . O. B.E .. Th e Bec1for(lshire Regiment. a'nd Arm y P av Depa rtm e11t. a nd M rs.
Coll yer, of 18. So nthwooc1 Court. N .\V . TT .

MA RRI AGE .
l~VD RR

RICHARDSON
LE B AS. On April 26th, T ~)3S, a t Sl. Marga ret' s,
\Vest111inster bv th e R ev. L. N. de Bu rg h.
Capta in Fra'nk' R yder Ri cha rc1son , third
son of th e la te Dr . J. C. R yc1 er Ri cha rrl SOll ,
of Sa x mundh am . Suffolk. a nd of J\1r . .
Ryc1 er Ri cha rd son . to J oa n Mary , only
daughter of th e late S ir H ec1 ley L e Bas a nd
of L ady L e Bas, of Th e Ma no r, K elsale,
S Ilf\'olk .

Old Comrades Association

ALLE r . - 0 11 Ma rch 20 tll , J935 , suc1den lv a t S erem ba n, F edera ted l\ 'l a lay
S ta t~;, J oa n Ly nn , onl y (la ug hter of L ie ut.Co l. \. L"nn Alie n .
LAl~(;r;: . -() n Ap ril 9th, 1935 , a t 3 ,
Crev ill e
R oa d ,
Ri chmond ,
S urrey,
Bea tri ce , yo un gest da ug hter of t.h c la t.e
Lieut.-Co l. J ohn Ecl\l'a rcl L a rge, Rlfl e Bn ga de a nd .'\r111Y Pay Depa rtm ent.

WILLS AND BEQUEST S.

Co lon el Wm . IVIorga n P layfair, la te
Armv Pa v D epartm en t , th e oldest m ember ~ f th e R oy a l a nd Anc ien t C olf Club ,
St. A ndrell's, \I'ho di ed, aged 9 1, left per
sOll a l esta te ill G rea t Brita in va lu ed at
3,358.
,

NEW APP OINTMEN l S.

Th e vVar O ffice an noun ces t he foll o\I'in g

a ppo in tm en ts :
.
L ieutena nt-Co lonel J. B01S, D. S .n.,
l'I LC . , Th e Kin g ' s 0 11'11 R oya l R egim ent
(La ncaster) , to he Officer in Cha rge of
Infantr\' R eco rd a nd P ay Off;cc: . Preston ,
\\'i th effect frOlll October 8t h , 193 .1 .
Th e l) romoti on of L iente nan t-Co lo n 1
T3 0is \\ill [011 011' th e relinq ui shm ent of co m ..
ll1 a nd of the 2nd Batta li on , T he E:.O.R.R.,
;n ?lfav. H s\1 cceeds Colonel 'vV . A . Bi al,e.
CB., CM .G. , D .S .O . . A.D.e. ,. 011 c(111 1).1 t ion of tenure. Colo nel Bl a k ~ 15 th e so;> n lo r
colonel in t he Armv an d reach es t he age:
limi t in Oc tober.

T,ieutena nt- Colon el J. V. R. J ackso n ,

Th e Buffs (Ea t K ent R e.O' i11l E' n t) . has be n
ap poillted Office r in cha rg-e of In fa .n try ~e
corc1 a nd P ay Offi ce . H ounslo \\', \\'lth eff ect
fr om A ug u. t 12 next.
L ieutena11 t-Colonel J ack so n' s tenure of
co mm and at 1\IaY 111 Yo exp ired on Apr il
27 th a 11 d he will he p rOlll otecl to Sl1 CC ~ cl
Colonel M. n. C la rJ.: e. D.S.O.,. \\'ho \\'111
reach th e ag-e limit of hi s ra nk 111 Decem her. J oinin .'?' Th e Buffs in T002, L i ute11 a11 tColonel l ac ].- ~-o ll serve d ill th e Sonth Af l'l C'll1 'vVal: a nd I\'as ad juta nt in 1q 1'4-1 ." allel
major ill Tq T7 . H e was \\'oull clecl ill ~.ra n ~e
a nd has been \\'ith th e S Ol1th erll N lg;en a
Reg ill Je llt a nd th e Sma ll Arm s School.

ANNUAL GENE RAL MEE TI NG .

The Seven th A nn ua l Gen eral 'feet ing of
th e O ld Comra des Associa ti on took place
at Mess rs. H a rrods, h.llig htsb ridge, L ondon, on 26th April, I 935.
Th e Chai r lVas taken by Colonel J. C.
Arm st ro ng , C B., Cl\I. G., Co lonel Comman lan t of the Corps a nd Presiden t of the
Associati on , suppor ted by Bri gad ier H . B.
T oll er, C.B ., C .M .G ., V ice-Pre:sid ent, a nd
a lar ge number of members.
Th~ H Oll. Sec ret:1 ry re<1d th e n ot ice COl1 Veni lTO' the meeting .
The minut es of t he S ixth Annual Ge neral
m eetin g \I'ere a lso rea d, co nfirm ed and
si g ned by t he Cha irman .
The Cha irm a n in introducilJ g th e A nllua l re port a nd sta tem ent of acco unts sa id
that the affn irs of th e Associa ti on ha d been
dea lt with in 2 mann er I\'hich had pro duced ver y sa tisfac tor\T fi g nre a nd shelVed
a sp le n d i ~1 in crease {n th e fund s .
He
thoug ht t hese \\'ere thin gs on I\'hich to cong ra tul a te the Committee and Sec retary, and
pointed out the stri ctest econom y had be:ell
exercised.
Co lonel Mack enzie sa id he ha d n othin g
t o a dd tu tlt e rema rk s of the Col onel Comma nda nt and p roposecl th e a dopti on of th e
allnll a l rep ort a nd sta tement of acco un ts .
Co!on el Madi e second ed the m otion
whi ch was ca rried unanimousl:-, .
Th e Cha irm a n sa id that it had been 1) roposed to e. tab li sh a C haritab le F un I by
Deed P oll :\1l C! to adopt amen clecl ru le's .
Colonel Du esbury, in g ivin g Ollle deta il
of the Sl1 go' stion inform ed th e m eet in g th at
sin c-e the Assoc iati on had been form ed
somethin g li ke l.js ha d bee n I aiel on acCOllnt of In come T a x on in vestments-th e
amount th is :-' ea r bein g- 6 T2S. 2d. Oth er
Treas urer had app lied for refund s b ut th e
inva ri ab le rep l:-, had been to th e effect th at
relief oul d not be effected until th e ru les
h a(~ been :~ lf e n~ rl a lld tha t it cou l I not l) c
retrospec-tive . H e fOcllld th e Le ic e~, ters hir e
R egt. had ma naged a refund so he: had ob tained from thelll a cop:-' of tl'l e:ir ru les a nd
on th e basis of th~se had proposed ne\\'
ml es for th e Associa ti on \I'hi ch he h ~ d Sen t
011 to Lhe Chi ef In spector of T a xes for hi s
r ema rks. H e rep lied t hat with th e a mended
rules he co uld n ot ag ree th a t t hE' fund~

55

\\'ere fot: cha r itilb le p urp oses only .

The

G~ll e ral Co mmit tee ha d at their m eeti ng sug-

geste.d that th e rul es be ame nd ed a n d that

a charitable fund be sta rted- the first
Presid ent t o be the Colonel COTllmanda nt
a n d two Vi ce-Presidents. A copy of th e
pr oposed r u les \I'as availa ble for everyone
a t th e mee tin g . Th e prop()sal of the Trust
Deed w hich a ll o \\'ed the President a nd
Vice:-Pn:sid ents t o de lega te to the Ge neral
Committee a ll th e powers which th e Committee previollsly possessed , had been
agreed t o. There \\'as oth en\'ise no fundam enta l a lterilti OIl of the ru les.
In conn ec ti on \\'ith this ma tter Col onel
Du esb lll'Y sa id th a t he would like to a dd a
fell' \\'ords of thanks to Captain Beech , a
Solicitor a nd an old comra de.
He had
agreed to assist a nd to t ake t he ma tter
througl} Som erset H ouse.
Colon el Duesb ury then proposed "that \""e
form a Cha ritable Fund by D eed P oll;
tha t our Pre:siLl ent and Vice-Presidents be
th e Tru st ees a nd tha t our ru les be a dopted
as th ey a re n o w p laced in front of YOll."
In th e discu ssion \I'bich follo\\'\:'d it \\'as
pointed o ut th at this benevo lent fund
\\'ould 1I 0t cla sh \\ith th e R. A.P .C. Be:u evolen t Fund a nd that thel:e ~\onlc1 be n o over.
lal pin g .
Mr. Sha rp second ed th e propos ition a nd
th a nk ed Colon el Duesbary for brin g in g
the proposa l fo r\la rd. S'i'Dce_ th e Assocja tion ha d been formed , va r io ns Treasurers
had hope d to obta in a refund but \\'e re
l:n sll ccess fll l.
Afte,- further discussion the I)ropositioll
\~a s p ut to th e mee tin.g a nd ca JTJed .
A t thi s stage Capta in F ryer proposed a
very hea rt v vote of th a nks to th e re:tirin g
Offi'ce rs 'a~d Committee.
Eve ryo ne was
p le:ased \\'ith \\'ha t they had cl one. This
\\'as second ed by J\ [r. S tephen s a nd ca rri ed.
Th e C ha irm a n p roposed th at a ll n,e11lbers
of th e Commi ttee be re-elected \\'ith i\Ir.
S har p as Chairm a n, Colonel DlIesbury as
H on . Treasurer a nd 1\fr. Bro\l' ne as H on .
Secretary. J\Tr. McCreedy second eci thi s
m oti on which \\'a s carri ed .
S .S.J\1. M itc he ll o l\i ng to cha nge of
stati on had been obliged to r e. ig n. Th e
Chairm a n r egretted the n ecessity for thi '

THE

R OYAL

AR1\1Y

P AY

CO RPS

J OlRNA L

T-R E

ROYAL

ARMV

P AY

CO RPS

J O R NAL

~---------------------

to t l'\ank yo u , Sir , and the members for the

kind manner in wl1-1ch they have acknowledg ed anything ,,hich I 'ha ve been able
to do . It has been a pleasure t o do every thing I ca n fo r an y member and so long as
I am able I sha ll only be tOo pi eased t o
carry 011 the good work of the Associa
tion. "
Th e Chairman sa id that a proposal had
been pnt up by some meJ1lb ers that our
fund bad reached so atisfactory a size
that \I'e might consider some inclulgence
to members---eith er to cnt (iO\l'11 the p rice
of the Dillner or to assist in. some \I'ay th ose
\\'ho found it diffic ult coming a lon g way,
or \\'ho \I'ere h ard up a n d definitely coul d
n ot a ff ord the expense. Briga dier Toll er
co nsi lered tha t in the p resen t positi on
th ere \"'as no object in accumulatin g and it
seemed to him 't ha t a certain sum of the
m emb ers ' subscriptions to hel p th e members
th em se h-es might be COll idere I or to assist
thos e me mbers ,,ho required the price of
dinn er. Col. Duesbury had told him that
th is \\'as done el. e\\'here a nd appeared to
be worka ble. The idea ,,-as that peoplE:
,,-ou ld come t o the di nn er ,,-ho wo u ld n ot
otherw ise come.
-M r. J. Thurgoo I sa id that there was a
certain a mount of restricti on with th e
Ia nag ement Committee; but if they h ad
a n ext encled amo unt it would create la rger
hopes in th e hearts of members ,.... ho were
iI-l neces ity. M r. G . Stephens aid he was
again st granting any assistance in paying
for the ti cket, a nd stated that "' hilst he had
health an cl strength he \I-as ready and willin g to pa?
Co lonel Ma ckenzie suggested th a t if say
[50 \I'as placed at the cli posa l of th ~
IVl a nage1l1en t Committee for assista nce of
a ny old Com rades \\'h o cou ld IIOt affo rd the
cost of t he dinner it mi g ht meet the position a ncl the matter be left entirely t o
the j'v fanagement Committee . Mr. Fullom
\I'as opposed to the id ea of a ny refund.
The objects of the Associa ti on ,,,ere as
stated in the rul es---assistance should be
for the benefit of those for whom it was
ori g inall y intended. H e considered that
th ~ Committee had had their hands ti ed
and that s in ce the O.C.A. had been in
ex ist ence they had not been over-generous.
The Chairma n sa id tha t rather unfortun ate ly onr m em bers were of a hi g b cla ss

in view of his good \I'ork on the ~ommit

tee an d proposed that S.S.1\1. 'Syme\\"ho
had ca rried on the good \\"ork sh ould be
elecLd in his p lace . Tllis \\'as second ed
by Colonel La ng and ca rri ed.
Lt-.Col. Hunt propo ed a vote of th anks
to the re ti rin g a uditor, Lt.-Col. R obson a nd
Mr. Bell al1d their re-election for th e coming
year.
Colon.;l Young second ed and the propu sition was carried .
Tbe Chairman inform ed those present
that the new Deputy U nd er Secretary of
S tate for V. a r , had hoped to hav ~ come
to the Dinner to-n ig ht but hi s Doctor fo rbade him to do so . 1\1r. Pa terson had been
la id up \\' ith a chill on th e liver and the
Doctor '\'as strongly aga inst his comin g ill
vien' of t he risk of catchin g a he h chi ll.
. H e was disapl?ointed a nd h Ol ed he ,\'ould
b e asked next yea r.
With regard to th e Kin g ' Jubil ee Trust ,
the Chairman said "We are a ll givin g
something to it, I hope , a nd I think \I-e
should g ive a donation from the funds towards it . I do not think \\'e could find a
better object outsid e our o\\"n sphere. Not
onl y are we she\\'in g our loya lty to th e
King but n-e do someth in g for other peop ie
and I suggest th at every member \\'ould
wish to give so m ~ sum to this object. "
After the ma tter h ad been di cl1 ssed at
some l ~ng th it \\'as proposed by
ergt.
R ey nolds and seconded by Capta ill Fryer
tIn t as this \\'as a Jubilee matter the SUlr.
of 25 be paid to the King's Jubilee Trust.
Thi s proposa l WaS carried unanimously.
The Chairman then in formed the m ee tin g'
that th e H on. Secretary had J1 vacancies
for th e Guard of Hon our in co nn ecti on
vYith th e King ' s Jl1bil ee drive on IIth May.
Mr. Brown e had also informed him -that h E:
h oped t o obtain 4 tickets for members for
th e 6th 'May a t Buckingham Palace. These
\\ ere intended for tho e members \\'ho \I'ere
tmable to sta nd for long. Anyone interested in th e above \I'ere in vited to g et into
t ouch with th e H on. Secretllry .
Brigadier T oller proposed that th e l1 sua l
honorarium shou ld be g iven to the H OIl .
Secreta ry, who had ca rri ed out hi s duti es
\I'ith r ~ ma rkable ability and zeal. C:2 ptain
Fryer seconded and the proposition was
C1rried un anim ously.
Th e H on. Secretary said " 1 should like
56

and that th ere we re fewer people (as com pared with other associati ons whp h ave
more calls tha~l we ha vt: ) \I'h ~ have made
demands 011 our resources.
In reply t o Brigadier Toller, who asked
'vvhetb,er the Management Committee had
received many cases whi ch th ey \I'ere un ab.le t o deal \I'ith generously, lVIr. S ha rp
~ald that they had dealt with every case on
ItS ments. They h ad refu sed n obody a n d
not on ly h ad they not refu sed them but
they had told them, \\'here it was consid ered , nece~sa ry, to come up aga in . Sin ce
the Samantan fund \I'as lll a ug nra ted every one IJad been assisted, n ot only in th e shape
of cash but surg ica l instn.ll1lE:nts as well.
The m ~ tter was discussed at some leng th
after wh Ic h Colonel :M ackenzie proposed
'that ~be sum of 50 annually be p laced at
the dlsposa l of the Management Committee so .that they, at their discretion, may
use thIS money' to assist old Comrades to

to the dinner who would other wise

abJe to afford t o come, it being
underst ood that th e a mount \,"ould not be
expended so as to make a deficit- on the
year's working.'
.
CO lll e

~ot b~

. This \I'as second ed by S.Q.lVI.S. ValIin,

tme a nd ca rri ed .
A m e~11ber asked whether men discharged
as med Ica lly ~nfit cou ld recei-';e preferen,
tlal trea tment III the matter of em ployment .
:M r. Browne, in reply, sa id th a t whenever
be was notified of a vacancy h e informed all
the people on his register. We sent their
nam e to th e p lace a nd th e rest was entirely
a matter bet\l'een the man a nd the Emp loyer .
Col onel Young proposed a very hearty
vote of th a nks to the Colonel Commandant
fo r presiding, \I'hich proposa l \\"as secon ded
by Colonel L ang a nd carried un animously ,
Th e proceedings th en terminated .

SEVENTH ANNUAL DINNEQ.

The Seventh Annual Dinn er of the Old
Comrades' Association took p lace at
Messr~. H a r rods, Knig htsbridge, , . 'vV. J,
on Friday, 26th April, 1935. There \\'as a
la rge muster of past a nd present members
of the Corps, all ranks being rep resented .
The late h our a t \\"hich th e a nnu al m eeting terminated, p re vented th e Colon el
Com.mandan t from hold in g hi s ll sual receptlOn; he \I'as, !to\l'ever, ab le to receive
and \ve!col11e M r. Watherston, Director of
FlIlance, I\" ho ,,-as the g uest of the even m g.
The tables had been tastefull y decorated
a nd the "~o ll of H onour" occ upied its
usu~1 pr0I11111ent position, in front of th e
Cha Irman , being- inspected by a la rge nUll!ber of the members.
~o l o n e l Arrl"!stroug presided and was SllpPOI ted by Bngad~ers T oiler a nd Musson,
C? lonels Macken Zie, Young, Lang, Macfie,
RIley aljd Duesbury, Messrs. S harp, and
Browne .
Full justice was done to th e menu, whi ch
was excellently served .
D~ring Dinner a splendid p rogra mm e of
mUS1C was re ndered by the Tim bus Orches ~ra , com po ed of ex-service m en .
fhe t oast of " His Ma jesty The Kino-"
was p:op?sed by the Chairman a nd \I~as
enthUSIastIca lly drunk, to the accompaniment of the National Anthem.

Colonel R . A. B. Young, O. B.E., in pro,

poslllg the t oast of the Old Comrades' Association , sa id : " I am ver y proud to-night
tQ propose th e toast of the Old Comrades'
Association. I a rn Il ot mllch of a speechmaker. I have not th e merry wit of our
Co,lone.l Con;ma ncJant or tthe fluency of
Bllgadler 1 oil er- n eIther have I the
journ alisti c \I'it of Co lonel Mackenzie who
h as had thing s published in Punch, ~ hich
I should never do. I am VE:ry o-lad to see
from th e fin a ncia l re port and balance ~heet
the ex trao rdin a ril y fl ourishing state of our
fund s a nd as I gather that we are now
p roposin g t o ' blue' a bit, tha t is all to the
go.o d. I think before actually proposing
tIllS toa st, I s hould like t o go into a year
?r two of past history . I have had 33 years
111 the Army Pay Department and the
R.A .P.C. I joined from a Reg iment-the
Royal Inniskillin gs-and had the honour
of findin g, when I did join , th e present
Colonel Commandant already there from
the sa me Regiment. I should like to tell
y ou a n instance or two abo ut the early
9ays . When I joined a t Belfast I \vas put
111 charg e of the General Account Book
in \\' hich yo u \lTote every transactiona Cost Accountant wo uld probably call this
a J ournal. The other O fficer in the room
had the Cash B ok a nd signed the ch~ques
- th e Cash Book O ffi cer was alwa ys kn own

57

THE

...

<0

..
C

:>

c
c

'">
'"

Cl)

..

V>

C,)

'"

E
"
Q

."

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

as th e Go vernment and th e other the Op position! In those days the pre ent K,ill g
came over a nd \\'~ had a big pa rade and
the qrder for the pa rad e was that the Pa y
Corps s hould occ upy a certai n position ill
the march on the r oute. It a lso sa id that
a ce rta in' nUl11b~r of mugs \\ ould be attached to th e back of tht W agpn Ca rt. The
Pay Corps did actually march immedia tely
behind the Wago n Cart (la ug hter ) . Not
onl y th e \ iVar but other things have made
th e Corps a much bi gge r sho\\' than
formerly, and I \\'ollld base the g reat success
cbf our O ld Comrades Association on the
'fact that \\"e have had such excell ent people
in the War O ffice as our Colonel Comman dant, Brigad ier -Toller and our present
Briga dier. They ha ve introd uced m odern
ideas and I think yo u \\"ill agree t hat the
Associat ion has a lot to tJlank t hem for.
The onl y other thing to say is th a t our
Deputy U nder Secretary of S ta te for \\Ta r
is too ill to be w ith us, \\h ich \\'e r egret,
but we are very g lad ind eed to ee Mr.
W a therston h ere . I hope I ha v~ n ot I ored
you too long. I g ive yo u th e toast of the
'Old Comrades Association'."
(L ou d
app la use.)
Mr. E. J. W. Browne (rep ly in o-) sa id:
" I feel ve ry p rou d at h aving been elec ted
by m y co ll eagues to r eply to thi s im] Orta nt
toast \\'hich has been so ably proposed by
Colone l Youn g an d responded to so ge nerously by yo u. A very em in ent m a n has
sa id that the id ea l Secreta ry shou ld be
seen and n ot h ea rd . You \\ill observE; that
thi s toast is be ing replied to by the Presidellt of th~ Dinner Committee .
Our
A nnua l gatherino-s a re occas ions for Stockta kin cy ; they are mil estones in th e progre sive histo ry of Ollr Associa ti on a nd contribute ne\\' ideas and increased force to our
-actIvIt Ies . It wOl~ l d be impossibl e to g ive
a deta iled account of the ma ny a nd varied
e fforts m ade 0 11 behalf of our members but
it mig ht not be out of place to make kn o \\"n
a few.
" In ' th e first place the re is the question
of e11l ploy m en t. So far I ha ve regi stered
sS na mes for em ploy ment a nd I am ha ppy
to be able to inform yo u that the g reat
ma jority ha ve found jobs . W e do not
clos~ our eyes to th e appallin g amOl1nt of
unem ploym ent a nd th e demora li in g effec t
u pon th e nation. No man , \\'hatever po iti on h e occupies , can view with out concern

CO RPS

)l' R ~A L

the eve r-increasin g p roblem of unem ploy ment, and it is the a im of our President
and the c om mi ttee t o see tha t every member on return t o Civil life has a fa ir chance
of emp loy ment, in o"n e ~f our o \~' n offices ,
\\"ith the able co -ope ration of P ay masters,
or throug i) one of the service orga ni ations.
Some people think th a t it is a\\'fully easy
to get a job in Civil life-in fact the other
day a fellO\\" came to L ond on to ge t a job
and ano ther asked \yha t brought him to
L ondon . H e rep li ed that there \\'as not
m uch doing in the country so he th.oug ht
he wo ul d come to L ondon to get a n honest
li vin g . His pa l rep lled 'Tbat's easy, yo u
will have no opposition'; but it is not qu ite
so easy as thG\t. A g reat many h.ave r~ o t
joined the Associa ti on.
They h ave no
objection t o nle Association help in g them
and getting better conditions for them .
What we have to do is t o get these people
t o rea lise t heir responsibilities. They have
go t to be m embers of the Associationthe v cannot sit on the fence. We i1ltend
to l; ut our mem bers first, second and third.
The other item is concern ed \\'itb app lica ti ons for assistan ce . I \\'ish t o empha ize
that \\'e \\'ere n ever intended to be an
Insura1lce Soc iety. Nevertheless, it is ob vio us that there must be some of on r members wh o throllg h no fault of their O\\'n
fiud th at a n ap1 li cation for assistance is
justified a nd we \\" elcome an appea l fr om
suc h Cl member. Th ese people are tardy in
aI plyin<T a nd the opportunity of helping
them is a cheerful matter for m\- Committee. We ha ve not vet refused a-11 applica ti on on beh'a lf of a -member, his " 'idow
or children. Ss applications for a ista nce
have been received.
v\Then you come to
consider the strength ' of our Co rps a nu the
num bers of our members, I do n ot think
that we have been flooded with applica tions for ass i~ tance and that is one of the
reasons why a large amount in g ra nts does
not appear in our balance sh ee ts.
"Another point is the p rogress of the
Association. vVe a re no\\" a recogni zed
bodv and th is year-the vea r of the r'::in g ' s
S il v'e;- Ju bilee"":"\ye a re fi~ding a G ua rd of
H Oll onr fr0111 the Old Comrades As ociation : many of \lS formed one at hi s Corona ti on. W e are prond t o be there a t his
S il ver Jubil ee, a nd God spa rill g 11 we \\"ill
be th ere a t hi s Gold en Jubi lee.
" The o-r eater our membershi p, tbe
59

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CO RPS

J OU RNAL

Retirement

g rea t er the power we \\'ield, the stron ge r

is our voice, and the g rea te r th e concessions
\\'e ca n obta in for the benefit of o ur m em bers. Membership of tb e Old Com rade~
Associati on is an honour. We a r e proud
of our Associa ti o ~.
Most of us havE'
had qllr day, and only want to ma ke thin gs
better for our old comrades, m ore especia lly th ose who come after us, to fee l th a t
we ar<: in touch with each other and above
all .-to spend a night like tilis, swappin g
m emories and enjoy ing a few convivial
hours. Old friendships shou ld never be
allowed to lapse, not beca use th ;y m ay
still be useful t o us, but for the sake of love
and loya lty. Mem orv is a fickle thin g ,
but none of us ca n ever for get the joy
of a nig ht like this. :Ma y the coming Silver
Jubilee yea r be a happy and prosperous one
for YOll , and the seven th y<:a r of our Association be a luckv seventh for us a ll.
Browning l1.as wr~tte n 'Grow old a lon g
w ith me, the best is yet to be,' and I h ope
that will be applicable t o everyo ne of us .
From the en thusi asm \rith which you have
received thi s toast, I have no fear for th e
future of th e Associa ti on, and I thank yo n
m o. t heartily ."
Th e Chairma n said that as \\'as our
custom a telegra m had been sent t o Hi s
ifajesty The Kin g as follows-'The OIc1
Comrades' Associati on , R oyal Army Pa y
Corps assembled at Han'ods, Knig htsbridge , on th e occasion of their a nnua l
dinner send loya l a nd respectful gre'etings
t o Hi s Majesty. Th ey desire to cong ratulate him on his S ilver Jubi lee and are
proud of being in hi s Ser vice. J. C . Armstrong, Colonel Commandant.' I am very
pleased to tell yo u that the follo\yin g reply
has been received from th e Private Secreta r v . 'I am commanded by The King to
convey t o the O ld Comrades' Associati on.
R oyal Army Pay Cor ps assembled this
even in g th e King's sin cere thanks for their
kind message of cong ratulati on an d good
wishes for the forthcomin g S ilver Jubilee.'
Then follO\red the readin g, by th e Hon orary Secretary of cables received fr om Egypt,
Kh a rtoum. Ma lta, a nd Gibra lta r. 1l'I essages
of good will from many old comrades , unable for one reason or an oth er t o b~ present ,
~\' ere rea c1. Towards midnig ht the com pany
dispe rsed, having passed a nother la ndmark
in th e history of the Association.
E. J . W . BR OW"t>.TE , H on . Sec .

Lieut.-C ol. C. H . Ga rratt, O. B .E .,

having atta ined the ag~ limit of 6S yea rs,
retired from the appointm ent of Cashier ,
Eastern Command, on 29th May, I 93S
Lieut.-Col. Ga rrqtt join ed the South Stafford shire R eg im ent in May, 189 1 and
served with th em for ten vea l'S before transferrin g to th e Army P;y Department in
1901, \\' h en h e was posted to Houn slo\\" .
In 1903 he was sent out to So uth A fri ca
but oni y l' mained ther e for three m onths.
He was then posted t o Devon port for four
months and in the same yea r went abroa d
again , this time to Egypt where he was
st ati oned for the n ext two years.
From 1\[ay , 1905 t o December, 1910 h e
was emp loyed with, the Army Accounts
Departm ent a t Woolwich , P ontefra ct, Y ork
and S ierra Leone.
O n returning from Sierra Leon ~ in A ugust, I909, Capt Glo\rra tt was 'posted !O
A ldershot and received hi s maj orit y In
May, 19II after 20 years' service.
At the out break of the G r eat War he was
stationed a t Ca nterbury and proceeded, o n
s th A ug ust, 19 I 4, to France in advance of
the British Expeditionary F orce.
H e remained in France and B elgium
until Jun e, 19 16 \\hen he was post ed for
du ty at W ooh\ic h . In N1a y, 19 19 he joined
the Russian Relief Force t o A rch a ngel
t akin g over from Lieut.-Col. Coxon.
Shortly afte r hi s return six m onths later
h e was a\\'a rded the O. B.E. a nd \\'as a lso
menti oned in the Despatch es of Genera l
L ord Rawlinson for hi s services in Torth
Russia .
After further se rvic~ at H ounslo\\' a nd
Ed inburg h he \\"qS promoted Lieut-Co l. in
June, 1 921 and \\'as poste,d to the Command
Pa y O ffice , Baghd ad, bein g subseq uentl y
posted to Egypt.
R etllrnin g in 1922 h e was posted to
H amilton and later to the Command Pay
Offi ce. E din b urg h and in May, I 927, at the
age of : 7, he reti red from the Corps .
A month later, hO\\'e ver, h e \\'as appointed Cash ier of the Eastern Command
and has been empl oyed a t 80, P all 1V1all
from Jul y . 1927 .
Li eut.-Col. Garratt \\'ill take' \\ith him
th e good \\'ishes of all w ho have served
with hi111 for many happy' years of r etirement a t A ldersh ot.
60

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J OU R NAL

Contract Bridge
B y Lt.-Col. J. GROSE (Late H.. A.)
Th e Gold C u p has be n \\'0 11 th is ~ 'ea r
by the Wolfers' T ea m playin g the /T o ng
T-u'o, the system of approach bidding . The
l ong un bea ten record o f Lederer's team
was broken b\' the ir d ef at a t the hand o f
1ngra m 's Team \\'ho Sllcc um bed 111 t he
Final to the W olfers .
Since I \\Tote my first ar ticle to this
J ourn a l d yea rs ago and explained the
p rin cip les of app roach bidd in g, th e f)I"ac tic of its ex ponents ha g radua ll y changed.
As ' ulbertson says , "the genera l standard
of Brid ge p lay in g excel1 ence througho ut
the \rorld is much hi g he r no \\''', a nd o\r in g
to a ltera ti ons in the ru le. a nd the aCCll lT1t1latioll of experi ence, a firmer foun dat ion
on \\"hich to erect the edifice of th e bid ding h:1 - beeD p roved to be desirab le.
H and va luation has, th ere fo re, bee n
tigh tened up a nd the tabl e o f hononr tr icks
modi fi ed .
New Tahle.
2 Tricks A .K
Tt Tricks A .Q ; K.Q. J
I Tr ick
A; K.Q; K. x &: Q.x
t Trick -Q.x & Q.x; Q. J. x
OM Table.
2 Tricks A .K
I t Tricks
A.Q; A .J . 10 ; 1:: .Q . TO
I Trick
; K.Q; K.x & Q .x
1- Trick Q .x & J .x; Q. J. x
Th~ one o ....c r OIl C has heen adopted 1 y
more a nd more of th e best p lay ers until no\\"
it is accepted as part o f the system. That is ,
wben a bid of "One" of a s uit is taken
out by partn er with a hid o f "O ne" of a
l1ig her suit or " 1'\\'0 " o f a lower suit , this
response req uires th a t the biddin g be kep t
01 en for one more roun c1. It fo ll o\\'s th a t
before openin g t he biddin g. a p laye r mu st
look a head and consider \\'hat h e is goin g
to ca ll n.ex t if his pa rtner so responds.
When th e opener has a suit of six , or a
s uit of 'five headed bv three h onours or bv
A.K., he ca ll re-b id -it . But \\'hen he ha-s
not a re-b iddab le suit, h e should be
strong enoug h to make som e oth er bid.
"The requirem ents for openin g th e hidding .
then, are 2-1; h onour tri cks \\'ith a re-hid<lable suit , or 3 h onour tricks.

Be it noted that th e o l/ e O"1!e 1" o l/ e con venti on does not supersede the old forcing
bid, the demand bjd as it us<: d to be ca lled .
If th<: re ponder has a very po \yerfu l h a nd
(3t honour tricks or a distribution \\'hich
makes ga me highl y p roba ble), h~ shou ld let
hi partner kn ow o f this straight a \\'ay by
makin g a jump take out into ano t her su it.
That response is, o f course, forcing ri g ht
up t o ga me, and eac h partn er can then
proceed to show his trength in detail \\'ithout an y risk of the bidding peterin g out
before a gam e contract has been reach ed.
vVhil e ha nd va lu a tion h,as been ti g htened
u p and the requ irements fo r an openin g bid
raised, th e standard of biddab le sui t has
been 10 \\'e red considerably. A five card su it
headed by Jack is biddable no\\' , and 0 is
a four card . uit headed by J ack and one
higher llOnollr. T ake, for in sta nce, the
follo\\'in g sit ua tio n :

.A. -

Q K.J.x.x
O Q .x. x.x
+ x.x.x .
Y

B
Z

. K .Q.x.x
Q Q .x
O J.x. x
+K .Q.J.x
Gal1le a ll. Dea ler Z.
As Z, I llOuld not h esitate, th ough v ulll e ra ble, to b id ' 'O ne C lub", beca u e " 'hatI;:ver respon e partn er may ma ke, there wi11
be an apl rop ri ate continu a tion of th e biddillg , a nd th e hand, thoug h unado rned by
Aces, is not without possibiliti es.
If the opponents do n ot bid, Y \\'ill ca l1
"One Hear t" . o\y so far, Z does not know
from th e calli.ng whether Y has a stro ng
Heart suit whi ch hi s Q.x \\' ill fi ll up or
mere ly a l ~' trick h and \\' ith n o spec ia l
fea ture beyond a biddable s ui t o f H earts.
H e next ca ll s '~O ll e Spa de", an d Y must
bid aga in on th e o n e 0'u e1' o l/ e rul e.

THE

IH )VA L

ARi\ j \'

V no\\' ca lls "One KoTr ul1l p", ulld a

that is n ot a forcing b id, Z passes and the
m ost s ui table declaration has been reach ed
after three ca lls, a ll g ivin g to partn~r
definite in forma ti on. "B ut ," yo u may say,
" ,dlY n ot ca ll 'e ne No-Tru I1l p' right
a"'ay on Z's hand a n d c ut th e cac kl e? "
Ver~' II-ell , h\lt s uppose V' s h a ncUlad peen
d iffe rent; -upp ose he had held t\l'O m ore
pad~s and on ly a doubletoll Diam ond. In
th at ca"e aftt:: r Z's 'econd b id, i.e . , "One
pac~ . y
\I'o uld ca ll , not "O ne K oTrulll p", b ut " TII"o Spades", a nd a t that
declaration th e h.a nd s wou ld be p layed.
Dut h OIl" 1I"0uld yo ur cack le-c utt ers ca ll ?
In a nsl\'er to an openin g b id of "O ne I\oTrum p", both the above variati ons of V' ,:>
hand would produce a re p onse of . 'T\I'o"
or "Three ~o-T rull1 ps", for they COLlnt
IQ po ints* a nd a re equa ll y suitab le for s upportin o- a " i\ o-Trulll p" ca ll. In the second
case,
a
vulnerable penalty,
perh a ps
cloulled . wo ull be certainly deserved and
n ot improba bly paid.
T\ro hands of 110 g rea t pO\l'er have been
tak en a - a n illu s trati on , but \I'hen the
streng th a nd distribution are s uch as to
justify highe r cr1l l11 g, th ere ca ll be n o
doubt that eve n mor e adva ntage is ga in ed
by a n intercha nge of inform at ion b etween
the partne rs , a nd the best tim e to begin
it is \I-hen the b idd in g is 10\lest.
In the a l proacll system th e openin g bid
of "One Ko-Trump" is llsed to g ive definite Lnform a tioll. It sho\l's a 4.3 .3.3. distribution \I ith fOllr or m ore honour trick s.
T h is reljl1irement may be 101l-ered to 3i
ho nour tricks orovided tha t the hand con tain eight h ot;our ca rd s. Dut there is no
rul e \\'it h out exception s a nd \I-ith such a
as :
+ K. x,
\7 K .x,
O K.x.x,
h and
-r A. K. Q.x.x.x, an openin g bid of "One
No-Trump" is obviously th e b est, th.e da n ger of deceiving partn er bein g fa r outweighed by the adva ntages.
\Vh en asked at the openin g of play t o
decla re th eir syskm, it is th e custom of
man y approac h bidders to anS\le r : " Th e
forci ng tllO".
There is a n old idea \I ith m ore li ves th a 11
a SUI er-cat that \Iith fi ve q ui ck tricks, YO ll
oug ht to opell \Iith a " TII'o" bid which is
forc in g t o game . A littl e thought lIill
sho\l' ~ o u that thi s is n ot so und. Certain ly
Ace, 4 points; King. 3 ; Quee n 2 ; Jack I.

PAY

COl{PS

J OU l{. AL

th e re is a type of hand \I'hich ca n ma k e a

game \I-ith out any h on our trick support
fr om pa rtn er , for ins ta nce : + A.K.x.x.x,
\7 K. Q, O A .K.Q.x.x, -rx. W ith that hand
yo u mu st open \I'ith "T\IO S [ ades" beea u e yo u wa nt to go to ga me in either
Spades or Diamonds, h OIl'ever feeb le your
partn er m a ~' be, a n d YO ll II-a ut t o s ho\l' him
both ~- o ur s u its and make him choose for
~ o u \I'hic hever of the t\\O h e has m o t of.
I se ldom get th ese hands m y e lf. The Culbertso lJ teH I1l lid not once 111 a ke a n ope n in g
bid of "T\lo" ill th e \Ihole 300 hands they
played ill their las t m atch aga inst E ng land .
Dut t hose hands do occ ur and they ca n be
g uaged by th e los in g tric k co un t .: ~ '<Ql l
shoul d nol have m ore tha n four 105 rs . The
above hand has three losers : olle in , pades,
th e Q l1 een; one in Hea rts, the \ ce; and
on e in C lubs .
But if you have a five Cj l1i ck tri ck hand'
\I-hich reql1ires some s u pport from partner,
do n ot rash ly force hi1l1 to I ':d to g amt:
till ~ ou have hea rd \\hat he has t o ay.
If h e ha. the uppo rt h e \I'ill ge ll era ll y ca 1I
on it. a nd if h e has n ot, II-h y co mpel him
to b id \Ihat yo u ca nn ot make. There " re
a fell' h a ll cls \I'hich point to a n ope nin g b id
of " '1'\1'0 No-Trum ps", a n d so me lIilh
II-hi cfi a b id of three, four and eve n fi\'e of a
s uit is a dvisab le , but these lJ ids are not
forcin g when they are made lI'ith out prev ious ca llin g.

Proh lems.
H o,,\' " 'ou l d yo u hi cl the fo ll o,, i ng pa i rs
of hands, a. su min g that th e oppon ent. pass
throng h oll t ")
N .B .- Th e problems are intelld ed to be
tri ed by tll-O p laye rs bidding in turn , each
seeing onl y on e of the pa ir o f ha n d . .
Th e correspondin g Y h and. a re on page
72 a n r1 th e a ns \I' rs on page 77.
Z 's Iiand s .
Problem r.
Problem 2 .
Came all. Dealer Z. Ca me a ll. Dea ler Z .
+ A.x
+ A. J .x.x
\7 x.x
\7 x
O K .Q .x.x
O K.J.I O.X.X
-rK .Q.x.x
-rK.Q.x.x
Problem 3
Prob lem 4.
L ove a ll. Dealer Y. Love a ll. Dealer Y.
+ A.Q.x.x
+ A.x.x.x
\7 K .x .x.x
\7 J. x
O Q. r o. x.x
O x.x
-rA.K .x
-rK.J. x

THE

R O YAL

A R i\lY

PAY

C ()R P S

J l5URNAL

The Jubilee round the Stations

th e processioll of t he Prim e 1\Ii 11 ister ' and
of the Lord Chan ce ll or at quite a b ri s k t rot.
A long in terval fo ll ows a nd then ITore
ch ee r ing . The Royal proces ion no doubt
are coming. A ll eyes a re turned expectantl y
on t hc lined road. and r oune! the bend comes
into ight-a small hand dust-cart. comp lete
II-ith du tman! , Il the people chee r II-i ldly
-they are ill that n~ood . and the ca r t
j OLlrn y _ towar Is the Cathedra l amid
acc la!:1 ation.

Th e fo llowing cl scriptio ll s hav e been co llected fr om loca l repre -'entatives, as we f ee l

s ure that readers will be interest ed to he::tr
of celeb rations in th e various statio ns.
Brigadie r A. 1. l\fUSSOIl , R. A. P.C., \I'as
h on ured with an invitation to attend the
com mel11orati e servi ce at
t_ Paul's
Cath edral , as representative of th e Roya l
Arm y Pay Co rps.
E." ST F:RN Co"nL-\ND.
A ear ly as Ma rch L ond on i ast ir vvith
prepa rations fo r the Great Day . l\{vsteri o us
tubes a re bein d um ped in th e Ma il. a nd
m ys ter ious tre nch es d ug in St . J a mes' Park.
Day i o ll ows day-t he tube become huge
scaffoldings, and th ey in turn become mil es
and mi les of stands. Pipes and cabJes a re
laid in the trenches, a nd a ll the app urtenance of flood- lig h tin g are g raduall y e rected
befo r e ou r wo nd ering eyes.
ea re r a nd nea re r th e great event approaches. One day th e tand have assumed
ga ily co loured covering. a no th er, la rge
d eco rat ed po le Jin e a ll th e proces ion ro ute,
a third , a nd b lu e a nd ye ll ow f stoons hang
fr om po le to po le . . lo ",- Rags appear fr om
every b uildin g, tricolour d rapi ng from wind ow to window . and bun ting is st retched
acro s every treet.
Pall Mall ca n ho ld its ow n lI'ith them a ll.
Stands hav e been rear d again t every
buildin g, so me cove red in b lu e and orange,
others in dar k red, and va r ious o th er
co lours blendi ng in to a gay a nd harmoni o us
w hole.
Ju bi lee Day arr ives at las t. By 9.30 a.l11.
as ma ny as possib le o f us a re sa i !y esconced at o n e o f th e sixteen wind o ,,'S o f our
0Ftlce w hi ch bea r u pon Pa ll Ma ll. Every
WlI1dow and eve ry stand within sigh t is
full , but th pav ements co ul d in som e places
accommodate ar!d afford vie ,, to a few more
peop le. Th e day is love ly, brig ht un s h ine
but not un comfo rtab ly hot. Everyo ne is
excited and ch ee rful.
Fir t we ee a parad e o f magnificent ca rs,
carrYlll g th ose lI'h o ha\' bee1l ill vited to
atte n I th e ervi ce at St. Pau l' _ oo n t he
:Speaker' Coac h goes s low'h ' by, d raw n by
Its magni ficent and heavy ho rses, a nd then

Jubil ee Decorat ions in

At length comes the n ext procession.

Trel11 end us app la u e OTeets the Duke and
Duches o f Yo rk w ith the litt le Princesses
a nd the D uke a nd Duche's of Kent. Ao-a il{
a n inte rva l. a nd turth e r enthu siasm fo/'t he
Prince of \ Va les. with hi s aunt, the Queen
of No rway . and th e Du ke of
la nce te r.
Th y are fo ll owed by the Pr in ces_ Roya l
w ith he r family.
No w an ex pectant hu sh , a nd the d i ta nt
roar o f chee rs a nn o un ces the app roach of
th eir M a j es ties. The esco r t o f cava lry a nd

63

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

R.H. A. trot by, next the Life G uard s, and

next th e Kin g a nd Queen. The g racious
kind ness a nd exq ui site a ppea ra nce of their
Majesties have been m or e fu lly a nd ab ly
dea lt wi th tha n we a re a bl e, a nd we can
on ly record per sona l impress io ns. It is a ll
m ost affecting . Peop le a re w ild wit h delight
and enthu siasm . H a ts and handk erchief s
,,'ave in the a ir, a nd eve ryo ne chee rs himself hoarse.
, Now a il is go ne a nd peop le urge o ut into
the road, o r ga th er ro und wi reless lo ud speakers for a broadcast of the Thanksgiv ing Ser vice . As t he process ion w ill
ret urn by a diffe r ent ro u te, a nd by novv there
is li tt le h ope of securing even a peep on that
ro ute, it remains onl y for us to make th e
best of o ur way h om e by the on ly two
mea ns of tran sport availab le abo ut herewalki ng o r und e rg ro und ra i Iway.

PAY

CO RPS

J OU R NAL

U n til abo ut 9 p.m. it is poss ibl e wit h a g reat

effo r t to make one's way a long th e pavem ent
but as d usk fa ll s th e streets, it seem s, are
fill ed wit h a surg ing c rowd-a ll wit h th e
one obj ect of seeing London flood -lit.
A lth o ugh t raffic in a il t he chi ef \Nest E nd
streets is stopped, it is difficult to make one's
way up Regent S treet or Oxfo rd treet.
Every shop is illumin a ted in so me fo rm o r
other a nd thi s, co upl ed w ith th e illumin ations disp layed in t he streets makes a sig ht
never to be forgotten.

'tHE

j)YAL

AR;\lY

P AY

F1"Om Par lia ment Sq uare the towe rs of

th e W a r Office stand out a mong th e ligh ts
of Whiteha ll , whil e" B ig Ben " ca n be seen
for mil es a round.
Back through S t. J ames ' Pa rk "" here hundreds of lamps a re used to ill uminate the
ma ny we ll kept flower beds a nd trees the
crowds a re as thi ck as ever . It is a n o rd erly
and good-natured crowd but sight-seeing
under t hese cond itio ns is a tedi o us task and
so soon after 11 p. m. we decide to ma ke o ur
way homewards leav ing those in t. J ames'
Park to struggle on in th e di rection of
B ucking ham Pa lace vI' he re th e vast multitud e is h ourl y bein g added to.
It has been a g rea t nig ht-a fitti ;,g fi.na le
to a g reat a nd wonderf ul da y.

PERTH.

T he Detachm ent a lmo st w ithout exceptiol1

were pa rti cipa nts in officia l capacities at t he
Jubil ee Pa rade and Drum H ead Servi ce
held at Perth o n 6th May. A day of brilliant s Ullshine gave to t he spec tacle t hat
brave show o ne a lways associates with
" H ighl and Gatherings " whe re K ilt and
Feather Bcn net swing to th e ski rl of the
bag pipes .
A strikin g and mu ch d iscussed f eature of
thi s parade wa s th e Ex-Se r vice Men 's Muste r. A s il ence that cou ld be fe lt g reeted
th e ar riva l o f th e" old so ldi e rs" as co lumn
afte r column of be-meda ll ed civili a ns
marc h ed on to th e P ara de G round.
Truiy a s triking test im ony to t he loya lty
of th e" O ld B ri gade" to the ca ll of " Th(,l
King" and " The O ld Regiment. "

BELFAST.

Jubi lee Day was celebrated by a sho rt

ceremonial parade.
In the evenin g
th er e was a procession of to rch -bearers to
the B eacon on Cave Hi ll , f rom whence th e
cha in of li ghted beacons in No rth ern Ireland commenced .
On
aturday, 11 th May, Be lfast was
h onoured by a visi t f rom H.R.H. T-he Du ke
of G loucester , who was accorded a n enthusiasti c welcome on hi s way through the
ga ily d eco rated st reets to a nd from the City
Ha ll , wh ere he w as presented wit h th e Freedom of th e City.
O n S unday, 12th May, His R oya l Highness attended a service in Belfast Cathed ra l.
Warra nt O fficers and sen io r No n-commi ssioned Office l's of the Belfast Ga rri son
were selected fo r th e honour of lin ing the
entra nce to the Cath ed ra l.

T he police a r e being re fo rmed a nd

ma rched in f ou rs to take up new position s
f or the r eturn journey. Th eir control has
been exce llent, and th ey a re ap plauded by
th e crowd as they m a rch past. A quite unauthori sed con stab le g rave ly ac knowl edges
th e cheers on beha lf o f th e Po li ce Force
in genera l! And so we go hom e to enj oy
th e latte r end of a perf ect day, to be
follow ed by a sca rcely less remarkable
nig ht.
Th ere a re m ore pe rson s in L ondon at
t h is tim e than there have ever been before.

T ne Royal Pro.cessi on passin g the

Comma nd Pay Offic e.

Prog ress eve ryw her e is slow . It is 1mpossib le to ge t within 400 yard s of
B uckingham P alace whe re a n exci ted but
pa ti e nt crowd of some two hundred
tho usa nd a re waiting, hop in g to catch a
g lim pse of th eir Ma j esti es . It i impossible
to get nea rer th a n S t. J ames Pa lace so we
sh uff l a long the Ma ll towa rd s Ad miralty
A rch, whi ch presen ts a t rul y mag nificent
appea ra nce and to th e H orse G ua rd s w he re
th e building is illumina ted in a d elicate
shad e of blue.

J OURl\AL

sa lu te duri ng the ma rch past of th e Troops,

a nd var ious loca l o rga ni sations, whi ch took
pla ce afte r t he church service h eld at Exeter
Ca thedra l.

YORK.

Th e proceedi ngs of th e day opened with

the Ju bilee Parade in P a rlia ment Street.
H ere, li ned up fo r inspecti on, \\'ere th~
16/ 5th Lan cers on foot , the 2nd B n. 1 orthumber la nd Fusiliers, the \i\Test Yorkshire
R egt. , the L egion of Frontiersm en, a nd C\.
detachment of the British L egion . Th e in spection \I'as carried out by Ma jor-General
G . H . J ackso n , C .B., C .M. G., D. S.O" the
C01l1mander of th e \i\lest Riding Area, \\'ho
\I'as accompan ied by th e Rt . H o n. th e L ord
Mayor of Yo rk. Three ch ee rs were g iven
by al l th e men on pa rade f o r H is Maj esty
the Kin g, \I'hich, acco mpani ed by th e waving of headd resses on bayonets, presented
an in sp i rin g spectac le.
Aft er th e Military Parade a T ha nksg iving
Se rvi ce was h elel in th e M inster where His
Grace th e Lord Archbishop of York con.
ducted th e service.
A Ivli lita ry Enterta inment was g iv en in
th e enclosure of t he York Race Com m ittee,
on the Knav esmire, in the afte rn oon .
Musica l select ions were p layed by the bands
of the 16/5t h Lan ce rs, 2nd Bn. To rthumbe rland F usili e rs, 2nd Bn. the Lin co ln shire
R egiment, 2nd Bn . t he Royal Scots F u ili ers
and th e 1st B n. the K .O. Scott ish Bo rd e rers .
Th e Eq uitatio n estab li shm ent of the
16 / 5t h La nce r gave a remarka ble display

CHE STER .

Pall Mall aWa its the Royal Processi on.

COR P S

Th e celebrations commenced with a servi ce in th e Ca th edral f oll o wed by a 'l arch

P as t of th e Troops at Chester , th e Bri tish
Legion , and other o rgani sat ions.
Th e
Gene ra l
O fficer
Comma nding- in- Chi ef,
W estern Co mmand , who was accompa ni ed
by th e Mayor and Co r po ration, and supported by a ll officers of Command H eadqu a rte rs, too k th e salute,
Th e Other Ranks of th e Detachment
we re se lected to assist 111 th e a rra ngements
within th e Ca thed ral.
EXET ER.

Co lon el L. D. Woolcombe, O fficer ijc

R ecord s a nd Pay Office, Exete r, took th e
65

THE

1, OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

Cathedral) of the Colours to be presented to the loca l Terri toria l unit, the King' s
'M onday sa\', ' a n
O"" n Ma lta Regiment.
exce ll ent di play by the B rit ish sch ool-childr en in an " Empire Pagea nt. " Pat Newe ll ,
th e daughter of S . .M. Newe ll , fi ll ed the
p ivota l ro le of Brita nni a in thi s. On ~o n
day evenin g. tho'Jsands of people gat hered
at the various lo ud-speake r po int to hea r
th e King' s speech , which \~' a5 receiv ed here
with except iona l clarity. Thi was befitt ing
to a speec h " 'hich \-\'as to so deep ly impress
al l who we re privileged to hear it. On thi s
night ou r e.P., Co lonel G. A. e. OrmsbyJohnson , O .D.E. , M.e., wa s ,.,uest of H.E.
Th e Governor , at a . tate Din ner g iv en at
th e Va ll et ta Pa lace.
T he big even t o i the week took place on
Tuesday , when nea rly 4 .500 members o f the
th ree se r vices pa raded f o r r eview by His
Excell ency, Th e Gove rn o r, Genera l Si r
David Campbe ll , G.e.R
di st inctive
ieature was the parading of the King 's
Co lo ur oi the Mediternnean Fieet, a it is
understood that the Colour is brought
as ho re on o nly very specia l occas ions. Th e
rev iew end ed with th e Roya l Navy, the
R oya l Marines. and the army units march-

of ho r. ema nshi D and trick ridin g.

Th e piping a;ld dancing di play.giv n by
th e 2nd B n. Roya i Sco ts Fusllters 'was
g reat ly appreciated .
.
.
.
In the evenin o', the flood lt g ht!1l g o f the
Min ter City \Nall , Ba rs and th e illum in a tion of 'the bridges presented a \\'onderfu l
cene, vi \\'ed bv th ousa nds of spec ta tors.

NI. \L T.-\.
If anyone h ere had any doubts r egardi ng
lhe loya lty of the iJaltese people to the
B ri tish Cro\':n , th ey must ha ve been dIspe ll ed durin<Y Jubil ee week.
The island
popu lation put up a rea lly splencltd show,
astonishing even those w ho expected something" xtra. " Va il etta pre ent ed a spectacle probably un eq ua ll ed in its hi sto ry,
trada Reale (th e m a in str et) be ing so
brilliantl y decorated as to a lmost obscure
the shops them elv es . Th e A nti-A ircraft
section of the R oya l E ngin eers had a busy
week operat ing their sea rchlights to floodlight the prom in ent bui ldings, one of whi ch
was the Command H ea dquarters. The hi storica l Ca5t ill e looked more dignifi e I tlnn
eve r und er the intense a rtifi cia l light.
Th e ,,'eek opened on th e unday wit h the
ceremony oi th e blessin g ( in
t. J ohn 's

Phot o b'V Grand

Battleships illuminated in the Grand Harbour, Malta

LE~T TO

RIGHT:-H.1YLS. ResolutioD, H .M.S. Queen E Ji zaueth , R .M .. Revenge.

66

THE

J OlRNAL

ROYAL

ARMY

ing past the Gove rn o r before linally d epa rtin <T.

quadrons of Royal Air Force
machines dipped past first the Governor,
and later th e Royal Standard, whi le one
ma chin e ,vound up the proceed ings with
some in te r esting "stunts. "
Th e Detac hm ent RA.P.e. p layed a n un obtru siv e but
usef ul part in the parade, having the so mewhat trying job of mars halling specta tors in
th e various ~ Dcl os ure s.
A wate r-ca rniva l he ld on the nig ht of
Tuesday proved to be a wonderfu l show,
thanks to the resou rces, and I shou ld add,
the reso urcef uln ess of th e Med iterran ean
F leet. yIode l of the " Q ueen Mary " we re
marve ls of compactness and likeness to the
origina l, thoug h they were on ly bui lt u p on
th e sma ll boats of the shi p respo nsib le for
their con struct ion. So me were neat, a nd
others tru ly eXCJ ui site, but they were a ll
good to look at. Mode ls of Ne l on's ., Victory 11 were a lso on view, as was a la rge
rep li ca of the Royal Coach, compl ete \\'ith
"Windsor G r eys. The latter was a r ema rkab le piece of wo rk , and loo ked very picturesqu when caught at the ri g ht angle by
the sea rchlig hts of the batt les hi ps in the
harbour.
A ltho ug h the ce leb rat ions were continu ed
through the week , there r emain onl y a few
items wo rth menti oning. O n Wednesday
aft m oon the Gove rn or gave a ga rd en-pa rt y
amidst the love ly surrou ndings of Sa n
Antonio . _ li the R .P.e. Officers and
th eir \I'iv e atte nded this f un ct ion. O n th e
same night the Fleet gave a sea rchli g ht display , \\'hi le the RAF .. not to be " out hone"
in this lin e, wer du e to give an il lumin ated
night-Hying disp lay on the Thursday.
Ow ing to un fa vou rab le weather, however,
thi had to be postponed unt il th e fo ll o\ving
Monday .
The end of Jubi lee Week was marred by
the news that it had been found n ecessa ry
for H.E. , The Governor, to und e r<Yo an
operation, but bu ll et in s repo rt in g good progres were received with re li e f by the er'v ices a nd civi li ans a li ke. Great adm irati on
i being exp ressed for H is Exc lI ency on
his ca rryin g th ro ugh an except iona lly
a l-d uo us W' ek in sp ite of th e handi cap und e r
wh ich he must have been labour ing.
'GIBR .\LTAR.

Th e

' ilver Jubi lee wa

celeb rated on a

PAY

CORPS

J Ou RNAL

gra nd sca le, the fest ivi t ies lasti n<T a fortnight.
O n Mond ay, 6t h May, after a
thanksgiv ing se rvi ce in the Cathed ra l, His
Excellency the Gove rn or (Genera I
ir
Charl e Ha rin gton) proceeded to No rth
F ront where th e 2nd Batta li o n Th e Go rd on
Hi<Yhlanders wo n th e admiration of a ll by
th eir Trooping of the Co lours parade.
In the afternoon , hundreds of chi ldren
paraded in the lameda to hea r the King's
mes age and to receiv e Ju bil ee meda ls. At
5.0 p.m . His Exce ll ency opened the Jubilee
fair there. In the evening a fire\\'orks disp lay \ as given in the harbour whil t a huge
bon fire was lit on th e top of the Rock which
was a lso illu m in ated by sea rch li g hts from
H.M.
hi ps in harbour.
Many public
buil din<Ys we re fl ood- li t and the \\'hole tow n
was ga ily decorated.
The chi ef event of the fortnight was the
search li g ht tattoo held on the Race Course,
and la ting four days. This wa o rga ni sed
by the military and proved to be a wonderfu lly fine show, asto nishing veryone by
th e hi g h tandard attained. Tbe various
items, which includ ed o ld time It-i ll disp lays
in th e unifo rm of the period, the storm ing
of Ba daj os, th e so ldier's dream. sea
cha nti es, etc., lasted from 9.0 to 11 .45 p.m.
Th ey we re ca rr i d out with a preci ion of
tim ing and illumin at ion wo r thy of A lders hot
or Tidworth tattoos. The sea rchlights used
,,'e r e those in fi:<ed position up the Rock
a nd \I'er e very effective.
Two thousand seats \\' ere available each
eve ning and "'ere we ll fi ll ed. Th e organ isat ion of the "eat ing a nd box offic " 'as in
the ha nd of NI a j or E. A Rason who,
ass isted by .Q.M . . Ha lter and ergea nt
Riddington put in many days and ni g hts
of very hard wo r k. Th e Command Paymaster, Lieutenant-Co lo nel Felllle ll , wa
H ono rary Treas urer to th e tattoo. a nd each
night th e who le of th e detachm ent ~\'as on
duty at t icket offices and ga t s.
Th e rema inin g days of the fortnight saw
various items of in te rest sta<Yed, including
Re<Tatta , Ex hibiti ons, Parade, a HOl'se
S how, and a race meeting.
O LD COj\f I~ADE - ) AS _ OCIATION .

Th e O . . A. fo und a Guard of Honour

for th e ort hern Drive o f Th eir Ma je. ties
on 11th May, 1935 in conjun cti on with the
o th r Ex- ervi ce Associa ti ons.

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J OURNAL

round the Memorial for wi th one accord the

youngste rs yelled out " O ld so ldiers neve r
die " and it was ca rried on a ll th e way up
Constitution Hi ll , until we fina lly crossed
over into Hyde Park.
Loud chee ring announced that their
Majesties were coming and now the Roya l
Proce sio n ca m e into view, passing us at a
\\"alking pace.
W e are all pleased at being able to take
part, especia lly as a mes age has been
received fro m Lord J ell icoe tell in o' us that
Th e King was much struck wit h the steadiness a nd bearing of all ranks and ca rried
away a very pleasa nt m emory of the enthusiastic
welcome
acco rd ed
their
Majesties.

O ur pa rticular section of the route was

th e East Carriage Road in Hyde Park and
the parade was und er the command of Lord
J ell icoe. Th e as emb ly was at We ll ington
Barracks, each co lumn marched off hea led
by the fifes a nd drums of on e of t he Guards
Battalions.
Our trusty co lumn had th e
Grenadiers and right bravely we stepped out
as we passed the Guard and proceeded
alona Spur Road pas ing B ucking ham
Pa lace . What a sig ht met our eyes: chi ldren a far a the eye co uld r each, thousands
and thousands 0 f them; t he \ icto ria
ilemorial """as covered with them and it
was a wonderful and never-to-be-forgotten
sight; but a ll our calcu lat ions of marching
strictly to attent ion were upset as we came

" .. . 'tn d if you ' re uch a fool that you can't remember \I' hat yo u' ve
got to do, pUl, It dow ll 111 a note-book-th .. :lme us 1 do! "

68

THE

ROYAL

ARMY PAY

CORP5

JOU RNAL

--------------------

Our Chess Page

invariab ly train the mind, and bring one
into the company of excell ent, sport ing
type of chara cte r. It is a good h obby for
midd le lif e.
Ga me No. 3 1.

Chess in Sch ools.

There are man y chess p layers who co nsider that th e definite adva l~ ce in the
strength of English Chess is much due to
the fact that quite a number of schoo ls now
give a sho rt period every week to the teaching and study of the game. This has been
done for many yea rs abroad, especia ll y in
Germany. Ove r twenty yea rs ago, the chess
ed itor played a number of schoo ls there and
thoug h h e was then quite good, he was
beaten in imulta neo us play by a number of
German boys. Mr . C. .. Kipping, w ho is
l1im se lf a famous prob lemi st and a lso a
strol1 0 ' p layer, and th e composer of our
thirteent h problem, has for many years
devoted much of hi s time out of schoo l, to
the training of hi s boy s, whilst :M r. G. C.
Brown- the headmaste r of the famo us College for the B lind at Worcester, also has a
very fine team , and man)' first class and
internati ona l players have sta rted th e ga me
1.111der his tuition.
Chess enco urages and deve lops 0 many
menta l a cco mplish ments , that many consider that it shou ld form part of the
curricu lum of eve ry schoo l, \"le wonder
'w hat the average parent wou ld have to say
-on the matter?
Rea lly g rea t players are invariably clever
men , a nd are usua lly drawn from the professional ranks . Amongst these may be
menti oned a Cardina l, man y Cabin et il inisters, Doctors, lawyers, actor, solicitors, and
many cle rgymen. whilst every chess p layer
know s that N apo leon was a keen player
a nd th e board he a lways p layed o n is still
to be seen in the famous chess restaurant in
Paris- th e Cafe R egence.
Li lienthal , the French Master. whose now
famous game at Hastings against Capa blan ca is given below, was a boy prodigy,
and. Reschevsky is playing at the forthcom1l1g Congress at Margate this yea r . The
latter was a very fine p layer when only four
years o ld. He played in London, at th e
Gambit Cafe against 20 st rong pla)/ers when
-o nl ~ 10 years o ld and easi ly he ld his own
~ga 111 s t th em.
Chess ca n be sty led as a n
mtell ect ua l game, and its study wi ll

llayed in the Chri stmas Hastings Tourn ey, and remarka ble for its Queen sacrifice
0 11 the 20th move against a former vVorld
Champion. The position at the sacrific ial
move is given as an interesting study :__

Quee n's Pawn.

\\HtTE.

BLACK

Lili e ntha l

Ca pablan ca

1. P-Q4

Kt-KB3
P-l<.3
B-KtS
B x Kt ch
P-QKt3
P-Q.+
P--KR3
B-R3
Bx]'
PxB
Q-Q2
Q-B3
QKt-Q2
R-QI
P-OR4
O-B5
li-OB l
P-K-l
Q xI- P

2.
3.
4.
5.

P-QB4
Kt-QB3
P-QR3
PxB
6. P-B3
7. B-Kt5
8. B-R4
9. P-KA
10. B x B
11. Q-1{ 4 c h
12. Q x BP
13. Q-Q3
14. Kt-K2
15. Cast les (KR)

16. Q-B2
17. P-B4
18. P-B5
19. PxP

B lack ( 12 pieces)

White (12 pieces)

20. PxKt! I
2l. P x P

22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

69

Kt-Q4
QR-Kl
R x Q ch
R-JG
R x Kt c h

QxQ
R-KKtl
Q-KS
Kt-B4
Kt x R
Rx P
R esigns.

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

Gam e No. 32.

Here i another ga me from th e fifth
r o und of the P remie r Tournam ent a t HastingsQu een 's Gambit Declin ed.

By C. S.

P-Q4
P-QB3
Kt-B3
P-IO
B-I<2
ast les
P xP
P-QKI4
P-KtS
QKt-Q2
B-KI2
Kt-Q4
P-KR3
P-QB4
. Q-B2
P-Kt3 .
KR-Q l
Kt-B 1
BxB

Q-K2
Resign.

KIPPf NG

B lack (9 p ieces)

~".~
If

l~N
,
,

~J

.. v

.~~

f:

"

m
;

J OU:RJ.~AL

End Gam e.
The n eat li tt le end- ga m e, by a Canadia n
p layer , is a deli g htfu l st udy a nd quite easy
to olv e.
By J. SCHWER
B I ~ck (4 pi eces)

G. 111. N rman

Problem No. 13.

A very elegant two m over , qui te easy but
r epresenting a m ost unu sua l then;e.

CO RPS

BLACK

\\ !-.lITE

R. P. ~l itche ll
1. P-Q4
2. P-QB I
3. P-K3
4. Kt-QB3
5. Kt-B3
6. B-Q3
7. Castle
. J3 x BP
9. B-Q3
10. Kt- IQ
11. P-K+
12. P-KS
13. Q-B2
14. Kt-Kt3
15. Q-K2
16.0-K-I
17.13 x P
1, . 0 -Kt4
19. 13 x K t
20. QR-QB l
21. R x P

PAY

;,

"
w;. '

White (3 pi eces)

White to play and Mate in t wo moves.

o luti on to Problem No . 12 (see page 20)
Key-Bishop to B .Sq. Th e various mates
that fo ll ow, w ith the cr o s checks stamp
this probl em a s fi rst cia s.
Probl em No . 11 (Vo l. IT. , No . 16, page
360) is so lved by R - Kt6 a nd no t R - Kt8
as g i ven in the last i sue.

W hi t (6 pieces)
Vlfhite to play and win .
County Che ss .
In the sem i-fina l of the E ex Co unt)'
Championship. S . .M. F lea I' wa s beaten
after a five ho ur game, fo llowi ng t\\'o
draws. I-li s sco re, on a hi g h board for th e
County th is season , has been excellent.
Th e contest fOl- the cha mpio nship of the
H ong Ko ng Co lony between five se lec ted
p layers, two of whom are military personne l, is novv proceed in a .
ergt. Rush ha
\-\'on fo ur games a nd recent ly, afte r a five
ho ur ga me \\'hi ch r esulted in a drawn Book
end in cr. he moved hurri ed ly a nd lost to the
SL'\: yea rs' champion, who ha s a l 0 won fOU 1games. As th e to urn ey is a two ro und o ne,
he ti ll has a chance of reve rs ing this
decision.
A Farewell.
Chess p laye rs are a lways loth to g iv e up
any sma 11 se rvi ce they m ay b a ble to C011tribu te towa rd s th e ad va nce ment of the
gam e, but ow in g to th e g reat distance whi ch
separates England from H ong Kong, w hi ch
entail s nea rly three month for a reply to
be r eceived, and the impossibi li ty of giving
t he Magazine th e latest new the p resent
C hes Ed itor fee ls it to be in the inte rest
of r ea de rs to tempo ra ril y r li nquish hi s
pos iti on.
.S.M . F lea r, of Co lcheste r, a
first cla ss pla ye r and enthu siast, h as v ery
kindly p romi sed to un de rtake the Ed itorship, and chess r eade rs may look forward
(c onti nued

01<

page 76)

TH E . R OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORP '

SQUEEZE

J OU RKAL

By Captain
E. D. EDINGFR

a re usually re fer r ed to as " Box-W a il a hs.'

Th eir stock-i n-trade in th is part of the
\\-o rld i u ua ll y ho useho ld lin en. a ll tho e
Himsy iik ga rm ents with \\' hi ch the fema le
m embers iike to ado rn them elve ( no I
did n't say clot he them elves), ivory figures,
Ha ving se lected the
lacq uer wa re, etc.
a r ticles one wi hes to purchase a considerab le leng: h of time is spent in str ikin g- a
bargain and during this p rocess one \\'onlers \\'h)' the box-wa lla h is conti nu a I.ly on
t he al ert to see if there are any witne s~ es
unti l it is discove red that he ha s to pay the
num b I' o ne house -boy a nyth ing up to 10%
of the value of hi s sa les for bein g a llo\\'ed
to enter the house, and \\'oe betide h im if
he r e fuses to pay.
I t is t he normal practice to a 11 0 \ \' one's
cook to buy the daily req uirements of food
f rom th e loca l markets . He is of co ur e.
ab le to get eve rything at a chea per rate than
a for eigne r purchasing f rom the same
-o urce, but th e price he charges his en~
ployer a llows fo r a li tt le pr fit o r qu eeze
on every a rticle and it behov s one to exa min e ca r f ull y eve ryth ing purchased to
ensure that it is not of inf erior qu a li ty.
Th ere is a g uild in each Chin ese city
which looks afte r the interests of begga r
and a t here are a large numb I' of these
Cl' at ures to be ca red for one is natu rall y
curi o us as to t he source of income of the
society. O n making enquiri e one finds that
eve ry shop pay sq ueeze, the amo unt varying acco rding to th e ize of th e hop, a nd
if th i is no t pa id th en 0 ma ny begga r '
appea r o utside the shop of the defa ul tu
that custom rs can get ne ith er in no r out of
th e shop.
A certai n o;nc r of the Garri son liv e in
a house o utside the Br iti h Concession in an
Area \\' hi ch is co ntro lled by the Chin ese
A uth oriti s. O nce e ery q ua rter the policema n 0:1 du ty at the cro s roads nea rby
appears at t he front door a nd J am af raid
that if he didn 't ge t the qu eeze he ha d come
fo r th e officer in qu estion wo uld eith er have
a consid e rable amount of atte ntio n f ro m th e
wo uld
loca l bu rg lars o r his se r vant
announ ce that th e ir m ot hers wh o liv e up-

ON refe rence to a ui ct iona ry one

finds that there a re severa l definitions
of thi littl e word but t he one t hat
fits th e follow ing literary attempt i "a
forced exaction o r impost made by A.siatic
Officials a nd se rvants. "
Every t ransaction ca rri ed out by the
Chine -e, be it in mor::ey or in kin I. is subj ect
to thi
queeze a nd it i gene rally agreed
that thi is very large ly res ponsible for retard in cr the progress of the co untry towa rd s
prosperi ty a nd a settled gove rn men t.
T o get some id eO! ho\\' fa I' thi s sys tem
extends it hould be borne in mind that the
co ntro l of the custom s se rvice a nd the supervision of t he sa lt r evenues have been carried out by foreigners for many years. The
r evenu e f rom these se r vices is security for
loans to China and if foreign cont ro l did
not exi t a ve ry la rge proport io n of th e
r even ue \\'o uld disappea r in sq ueeze.
\-\ill illust rate be. t th e
A few exa mDI
way in which-sq ueeze enter in to the:
va ri ous wa lk of lif e.
Every foreig n own ed steam ship ell gaged
in t he Chin ese coa ta l trade has Oil board
a Comprado re. Thi s ma n i respon ib le to
t he hi pping Company fo r everyt hing- connected with t he ca rgo in cluding that portion
of the h i! 's cre\\- which h and le th e cargo,
and for the la rge num be r of deck passenger which these shi ps ca rry at all ti mes
except in the dept h of \\inter. Eve ryone
of the ship's cr ew wh o has any conn ectio n
with th e omprado re ha nd s ov r a ce rta in
proportion of hi s wages so tha t he can keep
hi s job . wh il e every ha\\'];: er \\'h o co mes on
board at the various port s o f ca ll has to
pay th e Compr adore 10 r the pri vi lege of
se ll in g hi s wares in th e ship. T h o Comprad ore in hi t urn has to ha nd over money
to certain individuals wh o prese nt th emse lves at the va ri o us ports of ca ll , and if h e
r ef uses, eve ry pac kag whic h leave the
shi p i damaged aild il is don in uch a
myster ious way that it ca nil ot be brough t
home to a nyone.
Th e re a re a num be r of ae nt lemen who
call at one's ho use fr om tim e to time WJ1 0

71

THE

R OYAL

ARMY

country were sick and required thei r presence imm ediately and it wou ld be very
difficul t to get oth er servants to rep lace
them.
And now on e FlI1a l exa mp le which since
it refers to the pay of soldi ers will possib ly
appeal mo re than th e othe r exa mples. In
this in stance I quote the actual conv ersation that took p lace between my wif e a nd
the manage r of the hote l in which we we re
residing .
Hotel Manager: "Yo ur master very
rich ? "
My wife: "No, my master no belong
rich. "
Hotel Manager: "B u t yo ur maste r belong paymaster, a ll paymaster s very ri ch. "
i[y wife: " Yes, my mas ter is payma ter
but no belong ri ch, he get pay a ll ame as
oth e r officers."
Hote l Manager: " How much your master get one month , $500?"
My wife (having in view red uced hote l
cha rges) : "Yes, $500 one month ."
Hotel Manager (obv iously not believ ing
thi s statement): " ot a ll a me Chin ese
Army, Paymaster Chinese rl11 )' ve ry ri ch,

PAY

CORPS

J OUB-NA L

1HE

-----------------------------

he take money from a ll so ldiers. "

And as a seni or officer remark ed when
thi s co nv ersation was repeated to him.
" E ith e r he doesn't believe yo u or he thinks
yo u' re th e biggest foo l on th e face of the
ea rth. "
N 0\\1 don 't all rush j or a job i:1 China ,
beca use yo u'll find the Chinaman is one too
many for you anJ yo u' ll be squeezed out in
a ll ~; (:nses of the word .
Cont ract Br id ge
(:o llt inued from page 62)

V 's Hand s.
Problem I .
Problem 2.
Game a ll. Dea ler Z. Game all. Dea ler Z.
+K. x .x
+ K.x
Q K .Q.x.x.x
Q A.Q .x.x
O x.x
O A.x.x
~x.x.x

~ x . x.x.x

Problem 3.
Problem 4.
L ove all. Dealer Y . Love a ll. Dealer Y .
+ K .x .x
+ K .]'I O. X
Q A.Q.J.x .x
Q K. Q .x.x
No ne
O A.x

~ Q.x.x . x .x

Soll/tion

01/.

~ Q . x.x
page 77.

Army Pay Office, Belfast, February. 1911.

72

ARMY

PAY

CURPS

J UURI AL

OBITUARY
Da ni el J or dan (late S.Q.l\f .S . No . 56)
died at So uthampton on lUay I 2th, I935.
at the age of 86. H e en listed into th e
Gordon Highland ers on September 16th .
I 78, and erved with th em ill Malta,
Egyp t, Malta aga in , and Ceylon, returnin g
home in I 89 I. H e \\'as a \\'a rded the Egyp t
Medal and Star, I884-5, a nd \I'as p romoted
Quarterm aster Sergeant in r 885.
In I 89 1, ~Ir. J orda n transf rred to t he
Corps of 1\Iilitar~' taff Clerks, a nd to the
Arm y Pay Corps in I 893 . H e spent the
\I'h ole of hi s service in th e Corps at h om e,
and wa a wa rded th e L ong Ser vice and
Good Co nduct Medal. H e \\'as discharged
to pe nsion on September I5t 11 , 18 99.

George OS\l'ald Dav ies (la te Q .JH.S. No.

70) died in L ondon on May 18th , 1935, at
th e age of 82. Th e deceased enli sted into
th e Sou th Wa les Borde rers on February
19 th , r 877, a nd ",ent out to th e Cape ~f
Good H op~ in th e foll o\\'in g year. Here
h e was a\\'a rc1ed th e South African Medal
with clasps. In 1880 he served a fell'
months in G ibraltar, and \I'as t hen six
yea rs in India, t\\'o in B urm a, and a brther
four in India . H e \I'as p rom oted Quartermaster Sergea nt in r886 .
Mr. Dav ies returned h ome in r 89.3, transferred to th e Corps of MilitG1 ry taA' C lerks,
and hence to the Army Pay Corps in 18 93.
H e \Ias a \I'a rded t h e Long- Service and
Good Conduct M edal 1n ;896, and \\'as
discharged to pension on February 23 rc1 ,
r '98. Th e \I"hole of hi s service in th e
Corps \I'as spent at h ome .

BACK Row.-Boy Cnmpioll , S I got. W. P. L. l\'[ cE,'oy, S.~.)I. . G. 'tevens, Sgt. . A .

Pain e, Sel'gL. J. Dunne. l\1r. Wltkoll'skl and ~ . Q.M.S . H . Ho~kln on.
MIDDL E Row.-S .Q.Nl.S. (n ow Lt.Co l. retd .) R. S. An comhe, Sgt.. W . Slan ey, S.Q .M.S.
C. P itch er, S.S.M. J. Booth , S.Q.M.S. S. A. W. Cass, S.Q.M.S. G. BradbuJ'Y, L j Sgt. G.
Pall'sey, Sgt. ~ . J . Brogden.
.
FRON T Row .-Sgt . J. H . FOl'ster, Sgt. J. H. SmIth , Boy Booth, Sgt. D. J . QllIgley, Sgt. R.
Cairly, Sgt. G. John so n.

R OYAL

L abourer., co m pos~ d of n egroes, with

British officers G1 ud n on-commissioned
officers. When that corps \I'as disbanded
in r 888 , Anderson transferred to the Corps
of Ivliltitary Staff Cl erks, a n d then to the
Arm y Pay Co rps, havin g by th en a ttained
the ra nk of Quartermaster-Se rgeant. He
\I'as awa rd ed the Long Service and Good
Cond uct Medal in 1896.
After service in \ Vinchester, Curragh
Camp a nd R eadi ng , h e was po ted to
Alder bot in 1905. On h is discharg~ in
Jun e, 1913, after 20 yea rs' service in the
Co rps, he lived ill Aldershot and served
as a Civilian Clerk in the Command Pay
Offi ce there during th e greG1ter pa rt of the
'lI1ar. H e was a pop ula r member of the
Conservative Club, and was keenly interested in the Field Club . He had been in
failin g h ea lth for a yea r, and felt very
kee nl y the death o f his wife, t\VO months
ago.
The funeral took place a t th~ Town
Cemetery, A ldersh ot. In addition to the
famil y IITea th s, flora l tributes were sent
from the R.A.P.C. Old Comrades Associati on. the Con servative Club, and re latives
in . ' \Ieden. Th e Old Comrades Association \I'as r ~p rese nte d at the funera l, which,
th oug h of a private nature, was attended
by Colonel W. S. Mackenzie, O. B.E., Cap.
tain W . E. 1\Iatthews, S.S.M. P. P lowrnan
and other of the A ldershot Office.

J ohn Harris (l a te ~.Q.M.S., No. 547)

died at Leicester on March 22nd, 1935, at
the age of 60. Mr. H a rris en li sted in the
Cameron ians in r89 1, transferred to the
East urrey Reg iment in r 89:1 . and to the
A rmy P ay Corps in r894. He served in
South Afri ca from 1902 -I 9'0 ", and was
awarded the Queen' s Medal with 4 clasps .
He was promoted S. Q .M . . on April rst ,
190", and \\'as posted to Maurit ius in
I ovember . 1906, returning home fifteen
months later. a nd remaining at ~()me for
the rest of hi s ser vice. I n T911 he was
a warded t he L ong- Service and Good Conduct Meda l . and he was di scharged to
pension 011 February 17th , I914.

His ma n l' friend s in A ldershot \Iill lea rn

with reg ret of the dea th of Mr. P er Adolf
And erson (late S .Q .l\iI. . No . 202) of 38,
York R oad. Ald ersh ot , which took place
on 23 rd l\Iay. a t th e ag-e of 79 yea rs. Born
in . weden . he \\"as the eld est son of P er
Erik- Ander on. founder of t he P eol le's
Savings Bank of S \Ieden . H e \\'as train ed
as an enO' in eer , fol lowed a seafarin g life
for some years. and in SeD tember , r877.
join ed the British Army. H e se rved \Iith
th e R ova l Artillerv in Gibraltar until I880 .
wh ell l~e . a il ed fo;' th e W est Indi es. a nd in
r882 tra nsfer red to th e Corps of Mi lita ry
73

THE

R O YAL

A RI\fYT PAY

THE

J O URi"AL

G u nn ers h e se rved for three years in South

A lri ca, a nd \\"a s a \\a r ded t he Queen ' s
Meda l \\"ith the cl asps, Ta lana and D efe nce
of L adys mith.
Hi service ill the Corps \\as . pe nt entirel y a t h ome. H e atta in ed t he rall k o f
S taff Serg~a nt 011 Jul y 1st, 1910 , and was
a\\a rded th e L 01lg Serv ice and Good Conduc t Medal in the sa me yea r. H ~ was d ischa rged t o pension on Ap ril 14th , 19 I2.

Those of the Corps \\11 0 served \\itI1

Mr. Cha rl es Bryan (lateS.Q .I\ I. S ., 1\1 0 . -506j
will learn of his d ea'ch in , t. Thom as'
H o pit al , O ll 16th Ap ril, \\ith deep regret.
Enlisting in the L ein ster R eg im en t III
18 94 he transferred to th e A rm y P a y Corps
in th e f.o ll o\\in g yea r an d \\as sent t o Ireland un til th e oa tbreak of the So uth Af ncan War in 1899 . H e \\ent o ut with one
o f the first drafts \\it:, the rank of L anceS ergeant and served th roug hout the war,
eing awa rd ed th e Quee n' s Meda l \\ ith t\\"o
clasp -~a ta l a nd Tra nsvaa l-and th e
Kin g's Medal with the clasps 190 1-1 902 .
H e served on th e sta ff of L ord Roberts
a nd L or d Kitchener as a Staff Sergean t
an d was p resent at the entry into pretori a .
R eturni ng to England in 1904 h e \\as
post ed t o P Oll tefract a nd from there, as
S. Q. M .S. , to S ierra L eo ne. whe:e he contracted m a laria a nd \\as l11Va h ded home
a fter abo u t h\e\ve months.
H e \\"as then posted t o th e H o rse G uards
\\ h ere he served for severa l yea rs. In
J9 12 he \\as a \\arded the L on g Service and
Good CO lldu ct Medal. Soon af ter th e outbreak of the G rea t W ar in 19 I4 he \\as
posted to Woolwich where he rema in ed
until his di charge on 2nd Jun e , 19 20 .
Charles Bryan \\ill b e rem em bered as a
man of unfailin g good hum our and rea dy,
but kindl y , wi t. H e \\as ma inly in strumenta l in a rran gi ng the first Corps Dinner ,
a ttend ed by representatives of almost every
offi ce at home, held a t th e Inn s of Court
H otel in L ond oll on 20 th April, 19I 2. From
that first small meeting has sprung the
pop ular a nnual gatherin gs now a ttended
b y m ore than 300 persons wh ich are a r egular fea ture of the Old Comra des Associati on of which B.ryan was a strong supporter .
He was unmarried and leaves a brother
a nd three sisters. He di ed as he liveda true and loyal soldi er and a good friend
t o all.

CO RPS

Th e d ea th occurred at Exet er on March

IIt h, 1935, of Th omas Palme r (late
S.Q.i.\f.S., 1 -0. 3::;6) , aged 68 years. The
deceased served for nearly fi ve years in the
Y ork and L a ncaster R egim ent I fore tra nsferrin g to the Army P ay Co rps on its
formation in 1893 . H e went Ollt to South
Africa ill J anuary, I 900 , wh ere h e ga ined
th e Queen' s 1edal and the Kin g's Meda l,
and \\as promoted S .Q.I\L . in A pril , J90 2.
H e returned h om e in I 903 , a nd in 1905
was awarded the L ong Service a nd Good
Conduct Meda l.
The r ema in der of his
serv ice was spell t a t h o m ~ , and he \\"as
d ischarged on February 1st , 19 18 .

Frederi ck Russell (late S.S.M. TO. 885)

\\h 0 retired fr0111 th e Co rps in 19 31, died
in B ermuda on 26 th Ma y.
Th e de ceased enlist ed in th Dur ha m
Li g ht In fa ntry a t the age of I7 a nd later
sa\\" servi ce in th e South A fri can W a r.
H~ \\as in va lid ed h om e after fi g htin g a t
Spio11 Cop a nd then joined th e Army P ay
Corps.
.
In 1906 h e returned t o So utl~ A fri ca a nd
lat er sa \\" serv ice in Iraq, In d Ia an d Engla nd.
In November, 1929, he was posted to
Bermuda a nd \\hile there retired fr om the
Corps to take lip the post of Chief 11llmi o-rati on O fficer. H e took u!? hi s - d uti es a t a
tim e when the activities of th e Immi gra tion
Depa rtment were b~ing added to u ncl er the
drive begun at tha t tim e t o depo rt aliens
and und esirables.
Russell \\o rkec1 ha rd as th e onl y o fficer
of a department \\h ose duties ca Il ed fo r
three men and thi s ove n\ork \\"as a n indirect ca use of his fata l illness.
H e ha d heen in ill health for 0111 e time
a nd ea rly in 'fa y ba cl been giv en seven
weeks' sick leave pri or to retirement , but
a fe\\ davs a fter\\ards was ad mitte (l to the
Kin g Ed\r ard H o pital where h e died .

William Frederick Marshall (late Staff

ergeant, No . 94 1) died in S t . Patrick' s
H ospita l. Cork on April 18th , aged 63
Mr. Marshall en listed in 189 1 in the
Oxfordshire Light Infantry. but transferred
within a few months t o the Royal Field
Artillery, where he served to t h e date of
his transfer t o th e A r my Pay Corps on
May loth, 1901. During h is time in the
74

R OYAL

ARMY

P AY

CORPS

J O RNAL

Past and Present Impressions

of the Royal Army Pay Corps
By Cp l. E . PEARSON, R .A.P. '. (S .R. )

T the co uc lusion of my seco lld yea r' s,

or to be p reci e 75 hours, tra inin g as a
Supp lem entary R eserVist 1U th e R oyal
Army Pay Corps, I \\ill end eavour , in this
very short acco unt, t o link Ill y past a nd
p resen t impression s of m y Corps (I hope
the servin g m embers \\i11 110t objec t t o m y
claiming this intim a t e association ).
On observ ing the word ' I ast' it m ay at
first be assum ed I am on e of the old brigade
w ho never die. It is , ho\\"ever, an axiom
that im p ressions ga in ed \\hen very yo ung
ne ver fa d e! Actua lly d urin g th e war yea rs,
the past to which I refer, I \\as still strugg ling with th e three R' s, and on m y \\ay
t o and from School eac h day had to pass
what appea red to be a ll ever-g ro \\in g
colo ny of huts. Tbroug h the \\il1d ows o f
these huts I freq uently observed soldiers and
others t oiling away a t m ysterious book s
which I n ow know as bind ers conta ining
' thirty-eig hty fives and sixes". As a boy
I tbO llg bt this \,as one of the m a llY new
o rga nisa ti ons which I h ea rd my e ld ers refer
t o with such freq uency in those da rk wa r
yea rs. I d id not eve n g ive a thoug ht to the
necessity for such a n organisation, and
n ever for one mome nt rea lised tha t one da y
I should be a very r a\\ r ecrnit in a similar
bUl much sm aller establishm en t .
At thi s stage I wo uld like to digress a
little and say how, in th e hot summe r
m onth s, I oft en sympa thised with t he
d erks clad in a rmy tunics open at the
neck , which I a !\\ays th oug ht \\as a serious
breach of discipline, en deavo uring to cope
with what wo uld be an ever-increasing
volume o f accounts, and I d o hope th at if
ev~ r I a m ca ll ed upon to perform s uch
work a nd ill simil a r surroundin gs the eminent Committee at the W a r O ffice, \\ h o are ,
-a t present, re vie\\ing th e sa rtoria l req uirements of the soldi er wi ll h ave designed a
n ~ w uniform for the Corps .
I am afra id ,
ho wever, t hat someone will be assessing a
forfe iture of pay, or something m ore ser i-

ous , for in clusion on m y 308 - (lhe debit

side) if I a m ca ll ed u pon to \\ea r a deersta lk er and shorts ! !
I \\ill n o\\ pass on to my introd ucti oll
to t he Corps and Ill y prese nt im press io ns or
sa m e. I \\as strong ly advised to join the
n e\\ ly- forIn ecl ' upplementa ry R eserve of
the Ro ya l A rm y Pa y Co rps, a nd after a
goo d deal o f consid era ti on I foun d myself
one fin e b ut co ld mornin g in J a nuary, on
m y \\ay to t he R ec ruitin g (ffice . I was
w a rm ly welcomed by the R ecr lliting Sergea nt, \\"h o \\as ha ving a terrific struggle
to get hi s Uffice fi;~ go ing, b ut I found
the a tmosphere very ch ifly in more ways
than o ne \\"hell th e said Sergeant heard I
was n ot a rec ruit for the R eglllar A rm y.
H oweve r, such a recruit arri ved shortly
after a nd th is see m ed to tha \\" th e ergeant.
H e p roceeded to inform m e th at m y new
venture \\"as go in g to be m oney for jam.
I did not ag ree \\ith him but th oug ht it
best no t lo te ll hi 111 so. I then proceeded
t o be m ed ica ll y exa mined by the Medical
Office r a nd here a.oain I mu st have been
unfortuna te . It \\'as, as "I have pre\iously
st ated a very chill v day. and as I a m 110
advoc~te o f N u d ist" Colonies I ,ery seriously con sidered \\alk ing out . H o\\ever,
the M.O . a rrived a bou\: n oon a nd I was
pass;ed fit and enlisted.
In du e course a number of doc um ents
arrived fr om L ond on, and on a perusa l of
these I wo ndered \\"hy I , as a humbl e re
servist, should hold al! these documents.
I no w, of course, ap preci a te their va lue and
usefulness . In the course of a \\eek or so
an offi cial doc um ent from my Comma nding
Officer a rri ved in st r ucting me to report for
tra ining , and I then began to \\onder \\hat
\\as in store for me .
On the first nig ht the fu ncti ons of the
Corps and the reasons for I11Y en I istmen t
,~ e re careful!) explained . It was all very
novel and m ost interesting, p rovin g of
g reat va lue later . I felt I \\as goi ng to

75

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

THE

----------------------~-----------------------

ha ve an interesting tim e, and had no reg rets tha t I was going to sacrifice a number of ieisure hours each yea r for th e next
four years. I a m afra id th at as th e nights
rolled on and our jackets (1607'S) bulged with
a host of fo rms, our instructors must have
rea lised they had some very ra \\. ma terial
t o mould. H owever, we p loddE:d steadily
on an d soon bega n to g rasl the p r ov is~onal
organisa tion, the organisa ti on of a Pa y
Office in peace a nd \\'ar, the correct keeping
of soldi er " accounts, paymen t of Marriage
_ A Ilo\\'auces and a ll the other intricate de
t ail s of arnlY proce dur~ so far as pay and
allo\vances are concerned. I had, however,
some diffic ulty in understand in g some of th e
army ja rgon, i. e ., 'bad-hats', 'g la s-h ouse',
etc. I th ink our instru cto rs can b ~ forgiven
for using these expressions \\' hich I suppose are every-d ay terms in Army Offices.
After all, \\'e don't expect the same
Kin g 's Eng lish as we get fr01H the B.B.C.
Talks Department.
Our ins~ructors do
know, however, tha t \\'e cannot s \\'i tch off
if we are bored!
At' th e conclusion of m y fi rst year's trainin g I went a\\'ay w ith the th oug ht upperm ost in , m y mind, " H owever shall I remember all this for a whole yea r ?" and I
was more th a n surpri sed at the beginning
of my second yea r hO\v it all ca n;te back
to me aft er a brief run over th e main ideas
\\' ith th e instructor. The ]Jracti.cal tests
and exam in a tio n papers wer~ indeed a
g reat hel p, an d th e points on which I \"'as
hazy thE: first year soon became clear ami
understandable . I think that during our
first year we all were a littl E: sca red of
airing our ignorance qnd perhaps did not
ask as ma ny questions as w~ oug ht , but on
meeting again we seemed to b,ave gain ed
more confidence and were more at hom e
in our surrouudiugs. WE: were, therefore,
not so afraid to place our difficulti~ s before
the instructors. I can visualize the instruct ors in futur e years facing a barrage of
questions .
I must say I do now realise that both
from the p ublic and soldier's point of vie\>,.,
the Corps is a very efficient branch of the
Army. O ne hears so littl~, if a nyth ing at
all, about it and \\'h en in th e future I read
about th e presentati on of th e A rm y Estima tes in the H ouse of Comm ons I sh all
know that the R oya l Army Pay Corps
plays n o sm all pa rt in thi s \\ise spendin g
of public money.

In thi ' br ief account of my i11l press i o n ~

of th e Cor ps orga nisation I have p ur posely
refra ined from making a ny suggestio ns for '
its smoother \\orkin g . I consid er it \\'ould
be im pert in ence on my. par t to c1 v ...,u at thi s
stage, reali in g as I do, th a t aft er all I
have had onl y a meagre opportunity o f
I \\'ould ,
stud y in g the estab lishm ent.
however, like to say ho\\' intere ted I
shou ld be to lea rn if it is possible to
introd uce mec hanised m ethods in a Pa y
O ffice.
It is \\'ell-kn own that in this
mech a nised ag e \\hen speed, accuracy and
econo mv mean so mu ch in the ever-increasing tra~l e co m petition \\"ith oth er Nations,
that such meth ods a re bein g adopted by
our leading Banks and other la rge und ertakings , and I have carefull y compared th e
work of our Banking Corp orati ons and the
Pay Offices with the result th a t I feel each
is strivin g to ach ieve thg same object. I
rea I ise t ha t such methods a re costly and
would need a g reat deal of justification for
an eve nt \\"hich may ne"er occur. I do
feel, however> that the introd uction of
mechanised methods and centra li sa ti on of
accountancy during peace and capable of
expansion at short n oti ce would serve a
dual p urpose.
In conclusion I shou ld like t o pay tribute
t o the serving members of the Corps who
h ave ac ted as our instructors, and to express on behalf of other fellow members of
th e Supp lemen tary R eserve , om g ratitude
for tlieir patience and willin g ness to help,
and I a m sure I a m correct in sayi ng that
all the members of the Reserve \\'ith whom
I h ave assoc ia ted treat th e tra1l1111g seriously and do not look upon it as a weary
duty to perform ea ch yea r . I am of the
opinion , however , that more ca reful nursin ~r will be necessary b efore we are in a
position t o crawl from t he nursery I!
CHESS- (cont'11IIed fr01"1't paf.e 70)

to some fut ure excell ent co lumn s.

Th e present Ed itor des ires to l'ake this
opportunity of ve ry hea rtily thankin g the
many pl a~r ers ami readers o f th e co lumn
w ho have helped him so often in th e compilation of t he a rti cles a nd f o r their man)'
kind wishes a nd useful help. H e fee ls sure
th ey wi ll acco rd simil a r he: p to the new
Editor.
A ll corresponclence .. etc., should in future
be add resse I to S.S .M .. E. H. F lea r, 1 Reed
Hall A Yen ue, Co lch ester.

R OYA L

ARMY

PAY

1.

CONTRACT BRIDGE.
Answers to p rob lem s on pages 62 an d 72 .
N .B.--Th ese ca ll s a nd th e COI1lm en ts th en'on a re a matt er of op ini on, a nd the Edito r' s deci sion is n ot to be trea ted as indisputable.

7733011
7657876

Y.

7733052
7657775
7658134
5610240
7657551
7733578
7657635
7657572
7733826

(c ) Z looks ahea d; by open ing \\'ith "Olll:

Diamond", he ca n ca ll "One Spade" if V
bids "One H ea rt" and " Two Clubs" if
Y says "On e No-Trump", thus k eepin g the
bidding low .
(d ) Y has ampl e hon our streng th for a
"Two No-Trum p" call, but he is vuln erab le a nd be kn ows n othin g as ye t abo ut th tClubs.

7733098
7733378

7733029
7733rh3
76576YJ
7657600
7733112
7733690
773?f784
7734085

P rob lem 3.

N.-T.

0
5 Q
4

(2)

(4)

Ull tiCl'

Z.
2 . (1)
3 Q (3)
5 + (4)
6

S.S. M. F. Brierlev.
S.S. M. J. K ell er.-

W i th Gratuity .

N. -T. (d )
3
.-1'.

pass .

N. -~r .

(6)

The fo lJ o\\-i!lg haye heen awarded thi meda l

A rmy Ord er 72 of 1935.

Y.

3.

Wi th out Gr atuity .

2+

N.-T .

LONG SE RVICE AND GOOD CO N DUCT MED A L .

P roble m 2.
(c )

Z.

Z's hand is strong enough for a one

round forc in g ca lL His Diamond suit is
not strictly b iddable, but liberties may be
taken by responder with a min or suit . In
the G old Cup F in al, he called " Three
Spades" at this point, an,d the hand
wa played in "Four Spades" and was set
while 3 K. -T . can be made .
'

V.
N. -T . (a)

Z.

Pr oblem 4.

(6)

pas . (b)
(a ) A bid of "One H ea rt" \\'ould requ ire
that Z k eep the bidd in g ope n. Y is too
weak to justify th is.
(b) There is no poin t in Z go in g on as
a ga me is p lainly out of reach.

1.

JO URNA L

------------------------

Y.

Prob lem I.

Z.

COl~PS

7733348

1040994
7658179
7733205
7733341
102097'0
7733807
10225Q.71
1411877
5039866
7733410
1412697
' 5718618
;7733234

Q (5)

Jum p take out into a nother suit ,

shows g reat stren g th .
(2) Keeps the bidding as low as possible,
meaning " I have no more strength to sho\\'
as yet" .
(3 ) " 1 can su pport yo ur H ea rts \\'elL
Hearts sha ll be t.h e fin al trum p declara tion .
(4)
Aft~r trumps have been decided 011,
the partn~rs show th e s uits they control,
in order, start in .g' \\'ith th e most junior.
( ~)
Z I1lig ht ca ll "Five Spades" showin g
h1s Ace , but he sees n o object to be ga in ecI
by this.
'W ith th e four / fiv e No-Trump conventi on, a G ra nd Slam can be ca lled .
(r)

:.

S.Q. 1.S. J. B. Breth erton .

S.Q.i\J. S. "\T. J . Chant.
S .Q.M.S. H. W. D Oll e.
S.Q. :ll. S. F . R Ead e.
S.Q.M.S. J. GemmelL
S.Q. M.S. V . R. H azelL
S.Q.i\'I.S . H . J. Horan.
S.Q.M.S H. H. Hortop.
S.Q .M .S. A. C. J ac k.
S.Q.M.S. J. B. T. Norris.
S.Q.M.S . A . J . POIDIOV.
.Q .M.S. F. Pro\\se.
S.Q.M.S. R Renni e.
S.Q.M.S. E. Shuw.
' .Q.!'vI..S. P. W. Smith.
S.Q.lIL . A. J. Tall)ot..
S.Q .M.S If. \N. Wood cock.
S/ Sgt. T. Rarding .
Sgt. D. C. J. Adams.
Sgt R. G . Bartleth
Sgt. R 13. Bavley.
Sgt.. F. \. Bell.
Sgt. R W . Bannin g.
Sgt. F. Brasier.
Sgt. C. Brooke.
Sgt. W . S. DUI,t .
Sgt. R. F. Everett.
Sgt. C. A. Morris.
Sgt. G. w. Pash ley.
Sgt. J. B oss.
Sgt. W . H. Skirrow.
Sgt.. V. G. Stevens.
Sgt.. C. S. Swann.
OUR CONTEMPORAR I ES.

Th e Editors ackn old edge lI"iUl many than ks receip:. o f th e foll owin g J ourna ls:
" 'R..A.M.C. News and Gazette," Ma r. Ap,; l, May._
.
" Th e \~I ire ," April. :May. J une.
" Th e Sapper," Apr il . May. June
"The Gunner." AI ri l. M ay . June.
" RA.O,C. Gazett e. " Mar .. r\ pri l, May .
" Th e vVu 'p, " March.
dT he Acco ll nta nt " -(Five cop ie ) .
" R .A.V . . J ou,." aL" May.
I '
" A.E.C. J ourna l," April.

77

THE

R OY A L

A Ri\lY

PAY

THE

CO RP

Colonel R . .E. Daubeny, C.B.E.

AN APPRECI ATION
The dea th took p lace 011 the 10th Ma rch,
1935, a t his h ome in Dovercourt of Co lon el
R egin a ld E rnest Da ube n)', C .B. E., very
sudde nl y a t t he age of -So
H e passed out of Sa n dh urst a t the age of
] 9 ha \'in g O"a ined the P a 'ill g O ut Prizes
fo r i\ Lilita rv L a\\' an d Mili tary dmln istration and \\:as post ed to the R oya l Lancaster
R egim ent ill September, I g6. T \\'O years
la ter he \\"as promoted L ie utena nt an d \\it li
onl y 3t yea rs tota l se rvice he rec ive I his
Cap ta i1lcy in l\I arch , I g00. H e \\'as ah"ay
p roud of t he distin ct ion of bein g tlte y:JU ng est Capta in in the Briti h A rmy.
In September , 1901, Ca r ta in Dallben v
transferred to the A rm y P ay Depa rt m nt.
H e served in Egyp t, H ong h Ong and
, in gapore .
) n th e outbrea k of the G rea t vVa r in
Aug n t, 19L.t, Cap tain Da ube ny \I'as se rvin.o in the Co mma nd Pay Cffice, Lon do n
Distri ct. t '1en situ ated nea r
t . .T ames'
P a rk L'n de rg roui.ld Sta tion. On Aug ust 4th
h e \\'a ord ered to orga ni se a R egim enta l
P ay Office for th e T erritori a l Di visions of
th e L on don Di st ri ct 0 11 the ir mbodim ent .
a nd to ta ke over t he duti es of R egim ental
P ay master. *
In F ebruary , I9I.). Cgp tgin Da ubell\' \\"as
appo inted T em pora ry ]\fa jor a nd S taR" Paym aster recei vin g hi s sulr ta n ti ve p r011l otio n
t o tha t ra ll k in July , 1916. In t he Dublin
Easter rebellion of I g 16 , Li!1 en H a ll Ba rracks \\"as bnrnt dO\\'ll together with m s t
of the record s of the P a ~r Office . )'Iajo,'
Daubeny \\'as on e of th e O ffi cer selected
to proceed on tempora ry dut y t o assist in
reconstructin g th e acco unts whi ch had been
destroyed and \\"a occupied fo r o ver three
month s on thi s dut y . In Ja nu ary, ]917
he \\'as a ppointed T em pora ry Li eutella ntColonel a nd fi ve months la ter he receive d
a brevet Lieutenant-Colone1cy.
O n c011lpleti on of hi s duty in Irela nd he
return ed to L ondon and ill F ebrua ry, 19T7
he was orde red to org-a ni se a P ay Offi ce for
th e ne\r1 y form ed L abour Corps. H e \\'as
* 'ee article bv Colonel D au bell Y in B .A .P .C.
J ou rna l Vo l. IT No. 10, p. 55.

told to fi nd a suitab le offic out of Lond on

\\ith accomm odat ion for 1,000 clerks and
to bear in min d the I robab le Jl eed for ex pans ion . ); ottin g ha l1l \\' qS s lected as t he
loca tion fo r t he office \\'h ich opened on
9t h !\Iay, 19 1/' on \\'h ich date L ieut.Co lon el Da u b ~ n y \\'as appo inted T e mp ra r y
Co lonel a nd Ch ief P aymaster .
Wi thin
igh teen Illonths over 7,000
clerks \\"ere em p loyed in t he office cl al in g
with so me 800 ,000 acco un ts .
By th
nd f Ju ne, I g20 th e de ul oh ili za ti on of the La l our Corps \\"as a lm ost com plete and Colon el Da ube ny \\a. t ransferred
to th e R egimen ta l Pay Offi ce of th e Roya l
H orse a nd R O~'a l F ield A rtill ery, Wool\'; ich , \\' hi ch office, n o\\" th e L abo ur Corps
had d\\'in d led to a fe\\' sl1Iall units, \\'a
the la rgest of th e pay offi ces in exi. tence . t
H e \\'a subseq nent1\- post d to E g ypt but
aft er a s hort pe ri od of d ut y th ere h e was
in va li de d a nd post ed to th e P ay ( ffice in
Cha t ha lll . Tn . Tove m ber , 1925, he \\'as prol1lot ed Co lond and Chief Pay master and
a ft ~ r a pe ri od of te m po ra ry dut y a t York,
\\'a sent t o Malta as Com ma nd P aYlllaster.
H e re main ed t h~ re fo r about a yea r \\" h ell
h e return ed to th is countr y on relirel1l ent .
Hi s A rm\' s~ r v i ce exten ded O\'e r a pe ri od
of 30 ~'ea r s' a nd fo r hi s ser vice d ming; the
\1./ar h e \\'as g ra nted th e
.B .E . , bein g
ne r so n a l1 ~- decorated by H. M . t he Ki ng a t
Bu ckin g ha l1l P alace .
Colonel Da ube ny \\'as in hi s yO lln ge r days
a kee n a th lete. O l1i ck of foot, hand and
eye he rep resented Sa ndhurst in th e foil s at
the a nn\1 a l com 1Jetition \\ith th e R oya l Military Aca demv, W oolwich a nd also \\'on the
Arl1l Y Athleti c Meda l for the sa rn \\eapon.
H e was also a very promin ent Freemason
a nd had passed throug h all the hi g h er
degrees of th e O rd er. H e \\'as a m ember
of the En g li sh, Iri h and Scotti sh co nstitutio ns and had foun ded more th a n one
L odge .
D~lrin g th e hort a nd very difficl1lt peri od
the Labour Corps P ay Offi ce \\'as in exi stt See ar t icl e

b v Co lonel D a nbe n v ill

J ourn a l V ol.
No. 17'. P." 26.

rrr

R.A.P. '.

R OYAL

A RM Y

P AY

en ce, Co lonel Da ube ny's O"rea t q ua liti es of

l eadershi p a nd ad minist ra li on as erted
themse lves a n d hi cha rm of ma nner t u rned
111 a uy pe rso ll s i II clin ed to be a ntago ni stI C
in to willin g h eIr ers .
City corpo ration offi cials a n d representatives of other A rm y Depa rtmellts, relu cta nt
to ca rry out esse ntia l servi ces , fac tory
O\\"ll erS furi ous beca use th eir buildin gs \\"ere ,
acco rd in g t o th ir ideas b~ in g mi snse d ,
poli t icia ns in dignan t a t t h e all eged fa ilurE;
of t he pay <; ffice to sen d constitu ents a ll th e
m on ey Expect ed, all \\"ere g reeted \\" ith a
c ha rm of ma nn er \\'h ich, in turn , eased
th eir diffic ulti es, re moved their app rehensions , and cOll vinced t h 111 that mi stak es
might have bee n made, but not b~' the
pay offi ce. Hi s co urtesy a nd tact in dea lin g
\\ith sll ch visitors I\'as a li stinct asset to
th e office a n d th e departm ent geu erally .
Colonel Da ul en)" rece ived hundreds of
letter of app reciati on a n d th anks from th e
\\'ives an d depe n da nts of soldiers \\'ho h ad
"in the first place a com p lain t rega rdil1 O"
110n-receipt of a llo \l'a nces, and it is amusin g
t o r ela te th a t a fe\\' suc h letters \\ ' e r ~ accompani ed by a thank-off ering , in one case
a b und le of aspa rag~ls, in a nother the photog rap h of a baby \\hose a Jl o\\'a nce h<] d b ee n
delayed.
Th e un ex pect edl y succes ful dem obiliza tion of the L abo ur Or] s a nd th e speed)
\\'indin g up of th e la rgest pay offi ce \\'hi ch
ha s eVer existed must be p laced entirely
to hi c red it. It \\'as <] g rea t achi evement
du e la rge ly to hi in sp irin g personality,
hi infectiou enthu siasm , a nd th E; \\'ay h e
co nsta ntly k ept befor e his staff th e fact tha t
thoug h th eir d uti es \\'e r ~ ha rd a nd perh aps
uninterestin g th ey \\" ere performin g a
na tional ser vice which demanded th eir best
'ell dea V011rs.

CU RPS

J l) Ll~l\A L

O,C .A. CO M MITTEE NOTES .

T he G~ n e ra l Comm ittee held their
q ua rterl y meet ing a t 80, P <] ll Mall, S. \1.. 1
on 3rcl Ai ril. M r. R. C . B. Sharp, j. P . ,
Chairma n of th E; Committee presided. The
fo ll ow ing members were prese nt : Mr. J.
Thurgood, Capta in J . F eehally, S.S. Ls P.
Plow ma n, D. Sy me, S .Q. i\I. S.s F. V .
}\fun d.\-, G. \ \ . Mi tchen er a nd R . T . Va lli n tin e with Colon el H . Duesb ur\" Hon v.
Treas . a nd ',Lr. E . J. W. B ro\\"l;~, Hon;-.
ecty.
T he minutes of the previous meeti ng
ha vin g been read an d confirme I, and ma t
ters a ri sing th erefrom di sposed of, the
m eting proceded t o disc ll ss t he annua l
sta tement of accounts a nd tl~ e an nual re port. Both h av in g being app roved, it \\"as
decided to print th em for the informa tion
of th e mem bers generall y. The ag~ n da for
the annual m ee ti ng \\'as a l 0 discu. sed a nd
approved . Th e in sc ri pti on of t he names
of all members whose dea th s had been reported siuce 1st April , 1934 on the " R oll
of H onour" \\"as approved .
ThE; H on y. Secty . read corre pon de nce
regardin g th e Sil ver Jubil ee of Hi Ma jesty
and it wa s declc1ed to bring th e q uesti on
of a donation to th e Jnbilee Tm t F und
befor e the a nnnal meetill O" , a nd to leave
the findin g of tli e G ua rd of H onour on I rth
1\1ay, in th e hands of th e H ony. Secretary.
The H ony . Secretary read a letter fr om
i\Irs. Ga \\'n r ega rding th.E; admi ssion of
Captain G awn to E psom N ursin g H ome
and it was decid ed to sen d a letter of ~- m
pathy to Mrs . C a \\'n an d fa m ily.,
The
latest report was that slow but stea dy p rog ress was beill g made by Capt . Ga nn .
The Committee g ratefully ackn ow ledged
donations of f ro 15S . od. from ali sbur)
a nd [ ro fr0111 H ong K ong .
Vario us oth ers item s con cernin g the empl oyment of m embers a nd th e care of iuvalid members \\"ere dealt \\"ith .
The Committee re port \\"ith reg ret the
dea ths of Colonel R. E . Da ubeny, C. B .E. ,
at Dovercourt, Mr. Cha s. Brya n in L on do n,
and Mr. C. E . And erson , a t Ba in gstok e.
Letters of cond olen ce were sent to the relatives in ea ch case , and the As ocia tion
were able to send \\Tea ths in th e ca e of
lVlessrs. Br~' an and Anderson , a nd be rep re
se nted at th e funera ls .
E . J. W. BR OW NE , H on . 'ec.

The foll o \\'in g letter has b een received

by Briga di er A. I. Mu son from Sir H erbert Creedy, K.C .B ., K. C .V .O ., Perm anent
nder S ecretary of S tate for V\ a r.
The War Offi ce.
L ondon, S. W.I.
Dea r fu sson ,
14th March , 1935
I was very sorr y to see the ann ouncement
of t he dea th of Da uben y , \l"h o111 I used to
kn o w a nd wh ose loss \\'e all depl ore.
May I assnre YOll , th e CorQs and his
famil y of my sincere sym[ ath y .
Y our sincerel~r ,
H . J. CREE DY.

i9

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CO RPS

THE

J Ou RNAL

R OYA L

ARMY

P AY

CORPS

J OU RNAL

Married Quarters Roll

Class
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
'14.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80..
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
!l6.
87.
88.
89.
90..
9l.
9?
93.
84.
9.5.
96
97
98.
99.

WAITING LIST .
Th e fo ll owi ng undffi c! a l extract from th e " Waiting Li t"ror the Marri ed Qua rters Reil
at 1st
.Jun e, 1935, ' is includ ed ill Lh e ' J oul'll,d " a ~ a mat
t,er of genera l inte r ~s t to th e Corps. A lt ho ul'1 h pub
lis hed und er \;Var Offi ce sa n cti o~. th e extraOet cannot be quoted a s an authority in ' any offic'al docu
ment a lld it mu st Le bom e in milld t hat th e
" "Va iting Li5t" is liabl e to va ri a t.: ons a promoti ons
.and other ca ualti es occ ur.
Sergeants (Cl ass 14) .
31. L awso n, J. S.
1. E verett H F
BOII"
en,
'1.'
.
32. tLdl et t E. C.
2.
33. Erllln cl , C.
3. Steph enson , J .
34.
P :n k W
4. "V"ct . C. D.
35. i~j 00;15 l~" J .
5. Gi lbert, E. E.
36. Dogg rell , R
6. :Dow ler G W
37. Rob el'l - . W. C.
7. Rey n o l ~l s , H . v",.
38. IJotLer . 171./ A .
Young
,
L
.
E.
8.
Willi
a111
s,
P.
J.
69.
Ba rn haw . H .
9.
40.. Lp es. W.
10. P n l'old . R.
41. Bedford. L. O.
11 . Loton, C. :M.
42. P ea e, E.
12. Ryan , S . F .
4'. H appe. F.
13. Thom as, J. C.
41. Riddin g ton , F . J .
14. Clark , H.
45. Adlam. D. J.
15. Bat eman , R. H.
46. McDon alcl , L.
16. Close . J. H. R.
47.
ower!),', T .
17. Ran so m, E. R .
48. .John so n, G. A .
18. Sutto n. P. W.
19.
ook , L.
49. Walker. S. R.
20.. Bal'l'e tt, F . J .
50.. Wi les. E. A.
21. F inch G F
51 . Drul11l11olld, R J.
22. Broad'lJe l;t , ;\.
52. Bi shop , A. W .
2:5. K elso, J.
53. Moody, i~. G
24. Hi ll. P. J.
54. Baker, F. J .
25. Win h, B . J.
55. PU ll ter, S. F .
56. Chell ingsworth. s:r.
26. W elch D
27. LOll" , '~i . D. G.
57. L ydon , P.
28. B uxton , W . K .
53. W OI' ley, R .
29. Coll ins. J .
59. Murphy , P. H.
3D. T as ker, R.
60.. , \ rgent. A. R.

a.

Army Pay Office, Warw ick , 1907 .

Row.-1093 Sergt. J. W. Ga rland , 790. SI Sgt. W. F elto n, 784 / Sgt . F. J. Clu tton ,
ll,7D Sgt. J. R. JOD es, 1294 Sgt. (now Capt . an d Asst. Paymt. ) P. R. Fryer, 1279 Sgt. R.
HI cks, 856 Sgt. E .. Oak ley, 1253 L / Sgt. A . Cooper, 1257 Sg t. F. Humphrey s, 683 S / Sgt. E. MfLffey.
MIDDLE Row. - Mr. Olive r, 1\1.1'. Rawlings, 475 S.Q.lIL. L H. B . Hattersley, 1216 L / Sg t. 'i'.
B. MOl'gan, 777 S/Sgt. H. J ohn ton e, 1044 Sgt. J. Davey, 1178 Sgt. C, H. Smith , 822 S / Sgt.
A. Coles.
FRONT Row.- 578 S.Q.~l.S . H. W. J acobs, 20.6 S.S.1\1. G . Lewls , Capt. E . L V S. Davls.
Major Basevi, ~1r. Thom as , Major Bluu t , Mr. C-oste \oe, 604 S.Q. M .S. F. P. H,eiJgoocl, 428
S.Q .M .S. T. W. Woodford .
BACK

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, ETC .

To be Lance Sergear;t .
To be Warran t Officer , Class I and appointed S.S.M.
'pl..f. Slater, 25 / 2/ 35.
7882013
77330.47 S . Q. ~f. . A. E. Le'L, 3/ 10/ 34.
7880432 Cpl. W. V. Da\'ie5, 30/3 /35.
76574.57 . Q. :.\1. '. H. M. LoYeri ll g, 14/ 10/ 34.
6844500. 'pI. K J. Mooks, 30/ 3/ 35.
7657 ~'7'5 S.Q.) I. S. R. E. Dove. l7 / 1D ;34.
548551 Cpl. F. J. Low ery, 17 / 5 /35.
765744 1 S.Q. i\J.. '. F. B. Mitcheil , 9 /11J 1S4.
4799362 Cp:. H. PocklingLon , 17 / 5 /35.
To be warrant Officer, Cl a';s II and appoi r; ted
2318449 C pl. P. L . Gauti el' , '(.0 / 5/ 35.
S.Q . M.S.
To be Corporal.
7733319
/ 1:lgt. W. A. Ma on, 2l / 2 /35.
54219 Ptc. J . T . Rlt'ssell . 26 /2 /35.
7657.433 S/ Sgt. F. Kimbell , 31 / 3 / 35.
2655206 Pte . M. L. W fL lLon. 8/3 /35.
7733'284 S / Sgt. A. Bn,rlow , 24 / 4/ 35.
1070661 Pte. R . E. Jam es, 9/ 3/ 35.
7657'674 , / Sgt. S. !-'etch , 1l / 4/ 35.
5495871 Pte. A . RamseyHolden, 4/ 4/ 35.
Tt' be Staff Sergeant.
6009203 Pte. C. M. D eveni sh, 5/ 4 / 35.
7657891 ,'ergL A. E. V. Ad a ms, 9 /'!:i /35.
6341593 Pte. C . A. F rasel', 27 / 3/ 35.
10.26158 Sergt. A. G. J on es, 26 / 3/ 35.
781352 Pte. C. T. N ye '2;3/ 4 /35.
7733348 Serg L. R. G. Bartlett, 27 / 3 / 35.
'2;320652 Pte. W. H . Oul d . 1 /5/ 35.
7657972 ergt. F. Butler ,. 1/ 4/ 35.
Continued in the Service beyond 21 years ,
141690.8 Se rgt . T. H. Davi es, 13/ 4/ 3f<.
7657292 S.S.M. A. K . Hunt. un ti l 31/ 12/ 36.
7657925 Sel'gt. E. A. Gal'l'od, D . . 'I.. 14 / 4/ 35.
7657473 S.Q.M . . A. E. Bish op. until '2fJ / l / 37.
1415698 Sergt . J. P lunk eLL, 24 / 4/ 35.
7657266 S. , .1\T. H. Brindle.v, n:ltil 30/ 6/ 36.
7657946 Sergt. G. F. Bios ', 2A 14/35.
1411624 Sgt. G. D. Ega n, until 1/ 2/ 40.
7657'952
ergt. IV. H . Davi s. 25 / 4/ 25.
7657468 S.Q.M .S. W . W. Scott., ullti l 31 / 3/ 37.
7733717 , ergl. S. J ones, 27 / 4.'35.
765750.5 S.Q.M.S. H. J. Lent. un t il 31 /3 /37.
7657295 , '.Q. 1. S. C. H. Seou lcr, u ntil 17/ 6/ 36.
To bll Sergeant.
70.40520 crgt. J . O'K eefe. llnLil 21,, 8/ 36.
18640.32 L / gt. W. C. T. Pul lin. 4 /4/35.
7733350 S.Q.M.S. H. Tal'l'ant until 31 / 3/ 37.
3906479 L / . f.'t. J. P. Wright, 2Jl. / 5/ 35.
(cont i'llu.ed 011 11ext page)
400608 L j gt. S. T. Chellin gs worth . 21 / 5/ 35.

80

]00.

Lance Serg,e ants, etc.

(Class 15).
1. H a rg reu ve . C. E .
2. All en. "W. H .
3. Wa t-on.
4. '1'hI)111<15, T.
5. T:1.y lo r J
".
.
, .
v
Cemem :c. E .
7. P ann elI. H . H.
8. Gowers, A. T.
9. Be\\'i ek, T .
ID. F airclo ugh . R.
1l. H on on. B.

Caterh am .~ .
Bra nch , S. R
Pink ney , W.
H itchcoc k.
H
i Voan, ,1 . R.
17. B ee' , J . . .
18. Lee. P. lIf.
19. 1\[cLall gh lall,
20.. i~ illi a nl , T. G. A.
21 J
.
en kin so n. G.
mith , R.
22.
2s. i\Iool'e, L.
Z1. Ow en. E .
25. Da wso ll. A
26. Gauti er, P. L.
27. Sea d e. F. 11 . J .
28. Lee, P.
;<9 . T homas . F. ' .
30. Wilbu l'll, R. F .
31. 1\ln.vhew. W . G.
32. P encod,. J . H .
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

PROMOTI ONS AND APPOINTMENTS , ETC. (cont inued.) .

in the Service beyond 21 years (cont d.) .
Di s~ h a rges .
S / egt. J. Warren , un t il 20 / 1137.
2017895
pI. C. J. French, 27 12/ 35.
S.rpr.s . H. Long. unti l 16/ 10 /36.
2657~94 S.Q..1\1. . ..\ . E. Seot! . 8 /3!':5
S.Q.l\'f . . R. E. \71. 01'1,5. unt il 22/ 2/ 37.
, 657039
.Q.1\ LS. L . G . Berk ele:: . 12(4/35.
S. '. 1\1. P. 1\ . NOl'l' is , until 2/ 1 / 37.
76~~262
.Q. :.\L S. W. J . t!op,kl11 s. 1.9!4 35.
R.Q.:.\<I.S 1.. . 'vii. F. G. F is her. Il nlil
760(053 ~.R.M. J . J. J?a lLon . 31 3 (~:J .
311 / 37.
.
7658125 S.Q.1\ L.. L E. i Nl ckendell . 23 /4/S5.
7657891 S i Sgt.. T. W Ay lill. unl il 17 /4/39.
76580.28 S / S~t. C. G. Tow n -end. 24 /~ / Z 5
683823s
ergt. W. ~r. H ewett. un t il 7/ 7/ 28.
7652157 R.S. M. W. E . Car hl e. 26 ' 4/ :55.
76512?9 ~.Q. j\I.S . C. Ireland . 3/ 5 35.
'Re-e ngagements to c.omplete 21 yea rs.
77340.11 Sg t . S. F . RY<Ln , 29 / 3 /35
7657177
.Q.1\ I. S. W. E . Bell. 23~4 ~5.
765 226 S.Q.M . . C. A. Pall1 e. ) 5 /~5.
4742447 Sgt. T. E . L y t hgoe. 11 /4 /35.
546143
gt. H. B arnshaw. 10. /5/35.
76515,'2.
.Q.M . . H. W : HOl'top . 1/5/35,
-extenSion of Service to comple',e 12 YEan.
144315
.Q.1\f. S. P . .\Iltchell. 9 5/ 35.
7657151 S.S.M. J. Y. M. Ga rdn er. 10./ 5,'35.
7882391 Cpl. A. Dawson . 18 / 2/ 35.
2655?D6 P te. 1\ L L . Wa lt on. 26 / 2/ 35.
Probat ioners jOined .
52850. CI)1. E. Ow en , 7/ 3/ 3'5.
4189315 Fu sr. B. ~~ea r , R. V\!elsh Fu ilier , Ch~t,
1869490 Pte. J. K . B la ck , _
hn.m (R.S.), 18/ 2/ So.
.
1671:.'>50. T;iSgt. A. T. Gower 8 /4 /35.
8'243~6 ("':,unn er G. H . Ca" . R . A., RI! ' fI,
4037'31 L / S!!t. N. M . Simpsoll , 24 / 4 /35.
21/ 2/ 35.
2319517 L / Sgt. A. A. R. Newb erl'\>. 13 / 5/ 35.
7536290 Pte. C. J. Stm'ey, .A.D.C .. Win ch e. ler,
7584887 L / gt. S . C. K irk e, 23 / 5 /35 .
28 / 2./35
..
(co nt. u u eri on 'I f'Xt page )
'Continued
7733236
7657362
7657485
7657'2;38
7657'460

14 (coniil1l1 ed).
Fr:t se r, G.
HP.I'bert. iN . J .
Kershall" , H. E.
(:mnt, F. W.
Th ornton , P. J.
P Ollnt:ley, D. J.
Toli ey, R. D.
Burnett. E. J .
Brown , A. L .
H omel', B .
1\Iill er, P .
Bl'IJad mith , A . E.
1\ Iull der. C. iN .
O'Connor, \. H .
Chapp ell , E. W .
Gi le . W . G. A.
Bndin g, C. P.
Wright . P . J.
Ta~' lor , E. T.
H a l'l'is. F. W.
A lexa ll der. F. H .
Free man. S.
1\11IckreLh , R. V\.
D onova n. F.
A II ;) lI , E. J .
o'Jper, L.
K ill !! . E . .'\.
Sta ff , iN . E.
LOII"lh er . E. H. E.
:.\J ead ows . R. A .
Pulli n. W. C. I.
B l'oo kes, J\. F. J.
Lawson, E. V.,I .
B OII"n . E. F.
E~' non , J. J. A.
H o:t re, J . L.
Sm ith. W. A .
Ld hl'1oe . T.
Finn \ ' . E .
Na sh . J.

Sr

THE

R OYAL

ARMY PAY

CORPS

JOURNA L

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, ETC . (continued) .

Probati tine rs joined (continued).
Probationers trans fer re'!! ,
822355 GunI'. E. W. Till ev . RA. , W oo l\\"i h.
186949-) ,'appl' J. K. Bl ac k. \," oo l\\"i cll, 9 / 8 :S4.
11 ' 3 ' 3~
7882448 1:'t e.
"\, lI so n , York (U). 16 / 7 / 34.
5249J96 ,igmn. A . Willi s. R .C.O ... Cante l'hLlI'~"
40317Dl Pt ~ . P. J . SLe\\"al'd, "\" al' ley . 1'6/ 9 / 31 .
2 / 4 / 35.
3 B54297 Pte. F. A. As ll ey, H o un low . U'; 9 / 24.
7882983 Pte .
A.
O; l lJ e l't.
R.T.C..
vT a rl ey .
4948083 P te. T. E. Linle r, W oo ki ch. 24 / 9 / 34.
9 / 4/ 35.
6138520 an i'. O. F. A. In g b , I-l ilse n. 15/ 8 /34.
2817648 Pte . F. A . Coze n , S. la frs. R.. Y o"k
8168C6 L / B cli-. O. C . W ea il'e. Win ch ;;le1' ,
(B.). 10 / 4 / 35.
20 / 8 / 34 .
4189961 Fus!". A.
opeslake. H. \~le l sh Fu ,'5.,
39:8(,11 Pt e . J. T. ]\[arsh . PI'esto n , 6 / 9 / 34.
Preston , 11 / 4 / 35.
2321097 ,if!1l1 n . D . L. Thomas. Chalha m (R.E. ),
3684663 Ple. T. M c Al't hlll'. E. L nll '5. R .. H ong
J 5 / 10 / ~ 4 .
K o ng, 14/ 4 / 35.
3710149 Pte. J . 13 nll ey, York (11.). 22/ 1G'3 4.
3384C5Z Pte. .R. .Ra I'nes, E. L, ne. H.. 11 0 ng
2308474 ,ien.
It. D . P eal'so:', W oo l\\" ic h,
K o ng. 14/ 4 / 35.
23 ' 10 /34.
3652149 Pte. J. A. MOI'gan , P. of W. " ols ..
6285231 E t e. L. R. Stevens . Ca n terh ury. 16 / 10 / 34
L e,t h , 26 / 4 / 35.
5181731 Pi e. A. N . Agne,," , Chat, h~m (R .E. ) _
81988Z L / Bdl'. C. R e ves. B.A .. Ca llte ,bul"\.
6 / 11 / 34.
29 ; 4 / 35.
.
Re- transferred t D un its.
2319314
'igm n. D. r. Banum.\'. R .C.O.S .. W oo l", ich . 24 / 4 / 35.
5 ~95485 Ple. K. G. Wood\\" a rd to 211 I R n . H:l11 'P2655230 Gc1.m n. J. D. Vi/p athel'a ll. Co ld 5ll'e:] m
>hil'e Reg t .
Gd .. Wo ol wi ch. 30/ 4 / 3"f,.
4122237 (' pI. G. N . Pa l mer to 2nd B Il. Ches l1il' .
7012205 Pte. G. H. M cClu s key . Tt UJ.tel' H i A,s .
B g t.
C hatham , 1 / 5 / 35.
'
Marr iag(i"
556874 5 I te . H . F. ]\[oc kl er. W ilt -h; re R egt ..
1're ton. 7 / 5 / 35.
5107450 Cp !. L . \1',i . : \ . Ri ll ks. 26/2i 35.
7883618 Pk C. A. G. P"get. H. .T. C .. W a kin g .
2320652 P te. W. H. Ould. '< 3 / 2 / ~5.
13/ 5 / 35.
7260523 L / Sgt. C. J\l cLau gh la n. 5 / 3 / 35.
6844811 Rfmn. A. Sco la. K.R.B .C .. YOI'k \R.) .
7882037
pI. J . H . .l:' ea~o k . 3013 /35
10/ 5 / 35.
403731 L t,'OTt. j\. ]\'1. S impso n, 24 / 4 / 35.
830423 Pt . R.
bl'k e-Hal ifax, Ha nt~ B ., (,h:lt106C-265 L/ -gt. F. G. W atso n . 2C'/ 4 / 3'5
ham . 14/ 5 / 35.
781996 L / , gt. T. 13e\\" ,cl< , 21 / 4 / ;'5.

"v.

AN!)

NEWS ,
Aldershot Command
COM MAND PAY OFFICE, ALDERSHOT ,
Follo w; lI g up o ur n otes o f the Ireviou s i ~ ue .
\I'e are g la d to re po rt f ur t he r s uccesses in t h e Comm and G() lf.
11 t he firs t day o f the S prin g M e ti n g
'a p!:l in E vus return ed th e i;s t score 011 ha ll dicap,
88 less 14 = 74, t ,he re h.v winllill g th e Pa ge t C up.
ClfJla in iVIi!l illg was amollgs t the runn erS-lip w ith
87-11 = 76.
On the seco nd day Capta in Mil ling
was first OIL ha ndica p \\"ith a seor of 78 - 11 = 67.
78 wa:; a lso the seco nd IJest gro s sco re fo r thE
day .
'~ pt', in E'-ers was "ulIn er-up with 85- 14 =

71.
T he R..\ .P. C . a lso won the 'het\\"o de up in the
nit T eam Co m petitio n, \Vh i h is o pen to a ll un it s
in th e Comma nd. a nd is \\"o n IJ~' th e un ;l I'el lll'n;ng
th e foUl' be t gross sco r(~ o n the seCO!lel day of the
m eeting.
T;,c \I ;nnill g sco res \\"el'C a s fo llow ":-.
C'nptai n Mil lin g
... 78
i\ lll.jO I' c.leek
85
Captaill Evers
85
9~
M :1j or Bedna ll
3'42
Th e 2nd Rn. W est Y o rk hire Hcg'l1le nt \\"ere
nUln !" -up \\"ith 356. This i ti ,e first Li m e that
th is CLIp ha s bee:1 won b.v tIle H.A..l:' .C. 'rhe " 'eathcr
conditi o ll s during th m eeting \\"e1'e ba d wh:ch
m a k es the above core a ll the more c redilabl ?
In th e \ Id er -hot Co mm a nd In t e r-Unit. F Oll l.ome.
Co mpetition, wh ic h is pla,\" ecl on handi ap. Maj or
B ed ll an a'nd Captai n i\Iillill g re pre clIteci ~he C0 1"]JS
in t he "A" Team. Th ev reache d the fina l after
w innillg Rv round.
.
1st U o nn el.
\' "Other U:! its " . \~/ o n 4 and 3.
2nd R o nnd .
vVon 2 and 1
v Roya l Signa ls "A"
3rd Hound.
I' . ,'ta ff
o ll ege. ' NOli o ne np aHe ' [1 g rEat
m ~tch.

At co n clu ion of p ri odi ca l " D estru ct ion o f DO CU1l1 enL '" Board.
er-So r ry , you fell ows-I'm a fra id yo u'l l have lo go throu g h that stuff agaill - l 've dropp ed
my fo ullta;n pen '01ll whe re I "

82

Thi s was t,h n l'. t " OU Ilc! in wh i h stro ke, \I'ere

r ece ived '. At th 14th hol a ll three trok, s hIvin g
gon e, th e R ..A.P. C. we l'e one down hnt played Rar
golf f01' tll re ma ining hol es and jU 'L wo n.
4th Round .
v. K ings O.R R egt. i~/o n 4 a lld 3
Thi s was a g rea t w in , as th e Kin gs Own \\"ere one
of th e favo urites, o ne of th e phye,'s be: ng Veut.
Evan w ho ha d r ecent ly hrok n t he record of the
cou r' e by going rou nd ;"n E9 .

S emi -fina l.
v. , ta ff Coll ege ( 'taff). W o n 8 and 7 .
J.t \\"a rea ll y bad lu ck for the Staff Coll ege team
a they c,wght th e R.._\ . P. C. t ea m p la.y ing pal' golf,
ha"in " gone out ill 37 , being t hen 7 up. Th e tenth
h o lE ,~ade it d o rm y 8, a nd th e Ile~-t sa w t h e fini sh
of the ma t ch .
Fina l Hound.
v. R. \ Va rwicks .
,U the request of the R . ' Var\\"i ck - th e final round
\\"as pla,ved o n t.h e day foll owi n g th e emi -n na l.
' n furt ull ate ly Maj or B ednall d ewloped a so re hand
\I'h ich chi not m ak e it easy to prod uce th E same
qualitv of "oif as in the sem ifi lHl l. Th e turning
poi:!t occur red at the 14th ho le \\" hen lhe ma.tch wa
a ll squ:l1'e. The R. vV arwi cks h oled a .I o ng putt
on a slop in g g reen , a ncl th e R "\ .P.C . fa Il ed t~ get
d ow n in two pntt s from a s ho rtEr dl sta ll ce. Three
putt s aga' n :It the 16.lh ho le made th. sor e dorm y,
a nd a ha l ; at th e 17til gave rhe H \Va l'wl ck a \\"Ill
hy 2 and 1.
Poztings ,-The e lld of h e troopin g season has
blought ahout \\"ho lesa le cha n.& s ill o ur sta ff.
, ...\1. GebbeLt, S .Q.M.S . .l:'om roy, Sgt. SwamI.
a nd ,'gt. End" ott have gone to E "y pt: L / S gt .
.\[oor( to "," orthnn 'om m a nci , a nd .Q.M . . \N. C.
G ear to ,a li s lll1ry on p'robation for S.S.l\ I. , .
.
Th eir pla ces have he :1 fill ed by S.Q.l\l. . )ler 1"1 fi eld from Egypt . ,' / Rgt. D avl s fro m Exeter . . Sgt.
M a lo\\"s f,'om W oo l\\"i ch . Sgt. P enfold fr01l1 S Ingapore. Sgt. Wood s .. f, om L ondo n a lld L / Sgt.
M cL n ug hllll fl'Om \v, n chest e r.
S.Q.l\I.S. l\ Lit.chell was d;scharg(d o n M ay 9th aocl
is noli' employed in th e o ffi ce 111 " clY li lan ca pa c'L .
Vil e o ff er our con"ratu laLlO:1 to Co l. M acke nZie,
Capt.ain iVlatt hews. fi e ut. Thi es, Li.e ut. L ine, S .SJI'.
Crnnt. a lld M.r . H o lloway on b e111 g a\\'a rd cd t he
l';' ~ n g's Jubi l e M Eda l. a nd S.Q.M.S. J ac k th Lon g
E l'\'ice and G oo d Co nd nct M Ed al.
Marriage .- L J Rgt. C. 'McLan g h li n at
leland ,
L a nark hir , on 5 lh M a r ch.
Costing School.- Th e preSEn t Course (12th ) t erminales o n 2C th Jun e, 19::'0. An inte resting feature
o f thi coti ,--e i: til e nlry oi thtl tudents for th e
R ov al Soc ietv of 1\ rt3 ex aminati on s . Th, s ' s now
pa,:t o f th 'Sclloo l' s cnnic nlulU , tll e ot her _ r~ nk s
e nterin" 1"01' the Stage .Il (Intermed'ate) Book k eeping an el t he oR'ic rs fo r Stage III (Advanced) Bookkeep in g anel Costin g.
A 11 th e stud e nts, in lu cl: nl'( officers, at for th e
Jnt ~ 1"I11 diatc exa mination held in Apri l last. a nd
al l k,,'e I'een awa rded fir s t -c lns P" es. Co ngratula-

THE

ROYAL

ARMV

PAY

CORPS

JOuRNAL

ARMY
e n~bl e

Photo by Ga l. a nd Pold. It. Aldershot

The Chetwode Cup.

Capta in A. N . E ver s.
Cap,t a in H . G . B. ! illill g.
~I aj Ol' C . N . Bedn a ll.
M ajo r r. A. 1 ek.
tiOIl a re ceJ'Lain ly du e to the t udents for th e exce.ll ent s ucces es a chi e\'ed whi c h rel eci.s gre a t cred:t
o n th e I lI s t.-u ctot', ' .Q.M.S. Lo \'e lel'. Th e adva nced
e xa minations are b eiog beld on 28th a lld 31s t May
a nd th e r esu lts of these wi ll be aw aitEd w ith g reat
interesL.
The chool is w ell represe nted in t he offi ce s porb
a nd three members are m embe rs of th e offi ce tl'l ck t
tea m.
Cricket.-Th e eason tarted with t wo good w:n 3
aga in t the Sgt . o f th e It.A. '. -' . an d th e Army
D ental Corps. W e were th en nano", ly d efea ted
by the Qu een 's Bays in a ma tci: whi ch wa remarkable for tbe force fu l baLtlllg of our oEponents an d
of Sgt. Grant who h it 59 including two sixes. Th e
bitLerly cold w ea the r pre va1i1l1g on th iS day ca u sed
many catches to be droppc,d a nd mate r a ll y affected
th e res u lt. The lI ext gam e again st th e R.A.V. C.
was won main ly through t,he great bowling of Mr.
1'hol'nton wh o too\; 6 for 5, an d t he steady batt: n g
of Capta in Evel's who ma de 34 n ot o ut. Th e scor e
al'e show n below .
Command Pay Office 117 (Cap t . Evl's 41 ).
R.A,S.C. S ergts. 96 (Sgt. Gra nt 5 for 44 Col.

Roge rs 3 fo r 6).
Command- Pay Office 135 (MI'. Thornt 11 31 ; Capt.
Ev e rs ~4 ; g t. Grant, 25 ) .
Army Dental Corps 107' (Ca pt. E ve rs 4 fo r 23;
, gL Grant 3 for 29).
Comma,nd Pay Office 135 ( gt. Gra n t 59 ; Mr.
,'a li , bury 27 ).
Queen 's Bays 142.
Command Pay Office 71 (Capt . Evers 34 no t o u L) .
R,A.V.C. 27 (Mr. Thol'llton 6 fo r 5 ; 'apt. Evers
3 for 5 ) .
Rine.- Th e leng ue program m e in th e " H am p hire
L eag ue" has now been. o mpl et ed. a nd thollgh not
occu pying lead1l1g p'os ltlOn s m the league, bo th
t eams hav e do ne mu ch bettO' tha n in t he prevloll s
seaSO:1 . Th e 1st t eam fir ed in 20 m a t ch es, o f whi ch
8 w ere WOII a lld 2 were drawn whi ls t th e 2nd t eam
fired in 18 matc hes w illning 8 a nd drawin g one.
SeVEr a l ne w m ember s h ave co m e along and
a lthoug h we a re 10si :1g some o f our s ta lwa rts, there
is eve ry indi ca ti on t h at we s hall be ab le to field
two team s aga.i n n ext winte r. T o s ti mul av, interest
in th e Ic:Lgues it has been decid ed t ha t /)0Lh teams
wi ll fir e their ca rd s o n th e sa me e vel1ln g whi ch w111

indi\'id ual in tl'll ctio n

younger m emuers, by members of th e 1 t t eam , o n
th intri cacies of th e mod ern wea pon.
Indi e te~m wa form ed durinlZ th e year a nd th e
m embers have improved wonde rful ly. Tt i hoped
to enter them i n o ll e of th t) lea g ues n .x t w in t er a nd
we kno w th at th ey will give a good ~ co unt of
th em se l ves .
1\:li s M. Wi Iso n won t he . 'L a di es
M edal" for the year 1934-:-1935 and we hE-artily con gr" t u.l ate her on her <lcilleVem ent .
As it might be o f i nte rest to a ll , th e fo ll owing
a \'e rage lll~d e in th e leag u programme during th e
year. are pub li s hed.
1st Team.
i\Ir. J. Cann o n
'"
..
. . 99.6
(Win ner of the S hootin g
Shi ld fo r 1934-1935. )
M e . .J. a li s bur ,
99.2
~rr . ' V. IT. Se lf
99.2
Rg t,. L. Coo per
..
98.2
,' .S.1\ [, P. P lowmall
98.2
Capt~ in H . G . 13. 1\l illjn g
98. 1
Sgt. A. O 'Co nn ot'
97.9
~Lr. E . E ll ard
96.8
On 7th .\ pril a fr ie ndly makh 11':\ fired ~ga in st
the Command Pay Ofli (;e, }1~gy pt, "lid w e mo t
hearti l~' cO lI g mtu late o ur oppo nen t s o n pu t tin g up
th e sp lendid sco re of 598 again . t o ur 590, e\'e n
th o ug h til, :',111 .\lI" w.~ lI ce whi ch is a ll ow ed fOl' firin g
wi';ll ' ~'\ , CC ri fl es \\tu,. no(, cl'l irn ed by them .
Th e Annual Competition s orga ni . ed uy th e
, .M .R .C. fo r 1934 we re cOlllp eted for on 22nd a"ld
29th A pr il. 1\:1::5. a lld res ulted a s fol lows:B e ll lI ferllt l- . '. 'gt. C . H. P eas ley .
"Daily Trl eg raph " C rtifi ca t e-S .Sgt. C. I-T. Peaslev .
' D a il ; ,\[ai l " C rtifi cate-S.Sgt. C. H. P ea s ley .
" News of t he vVo r ld " Ce r ti ficate-Sergt. L .
Coope r.
.
.
Winners of Silver Spoons.-R .,_gt. C. R . P eas ley ,
S el'gt. A. O' Co nnor , Se rgt. L. Coo per .
Quite a IIn ml)cr of mcmb c r ' enLcl'cd for tb c
, .i\J. R. C . ,Jubil ee i\J eda l Co mp ti tion w hi ch had
beel! SI cia ll y ill tituted for thi s vea 1' . R es u lts arc
not ye t, Lo ha nd . but good sco res were. m a d e by
mos t and it is hoped that a c h one W111 rECeI Ve
the S .i\l.R .C. Juhil ee ~rda l i n co mm emorat ion of his
efforts.
" re are so rry to r ecord he de pa rture of S.(l. 1.S .
O ear. and we \';i sh him ev(' ry SU CCESS 111 hiS ne w
tat io n . H e has al"'ays hee n o n ' o f o ur ma in sta ys
a nd hi . ('heH.v pre c,n;'e \V dl he mu c h m i ~sed on th e
r a nge. G ood lll c k is tl' e wi h of us a ll.
WOKING.
Th e C I('rk of th e Vi7eathe r h a vin g con si s te ntly re fu sed to g i\-e us a ny s prin g w athel'. it is sin cer el ,
hoped that h.v th e tim e th ese not.es appe~l' 'n pl'1nt
om ethin g like a litt le wa r m un s h lne m a~' be on It
way to he lp us with o ur o utdoor SOCia l a ct lv1t1es .
Arrivals.-P te. G. E. C . Pa~et joined us on probatio n o n 13th 1\1ay . a nd we Wis h him every s uccess
in hi s l1 ~'W ca I'l'eel'.
S.Q.i\J. .
. T. Steel and familv j o in ed from
, hre ws hury o n 1 t May , and we hope th ir soj ourn
in ' Nokin g will he a parti 'ul a r ly IHtp py one.
Se rgt. W . A . Potter a nd fan,i lv j o in ed for du ty
ex Ma lta d Ul'ing Janu ary of thi s y ear, a nd we
ex t e nd to IIl em a h ea rtv w elcome.
Departures.- L t Serg ." H . W . Rapple was po ted
to A ld ers hot d ur ing J a nu ary. 1935 . and he \\'I ll be
missed fr om t he SEorts C lll b point of vi w.

PAY

CORPS

J O{ RNAL

S / Se rgt. ,\ . G . Jon es le ft for Presto ll early in

Apri l afte r a tO lll' of duty wh ic h last ed nea rl\' ' ix
y ear. W e wi h thi. N.C.O. a n 1 hi s fam il y a liaR])Y
~, tlm JI1 L a nca s hire as they had durin g th e: r Lour
111 Surrey.
On l et May Ollr o ld il'l enel cl.Q .1\ l. , . H . H . H o rtop
said goodb'ye to th e ervi ce after erv in g for O\'er
18t yea r- in th e Corps. vVe unders tand h e i goin g
to open a moLor bu sin ess in o- Iorio us D e \'on som i.
wh e l'e o n the B'y-P ass het\\'een Ex eter a nd P I.vmouth.
H e wa. th e reci p ien t of a ca se o f pi pes from hi
o ld co ll eagu es jnst. pri 'l r to hi s de parture . and wc
wish ed him we ll in " c i"vy" life in Lhe time-

hon o Llred way.

Obitu~ry. ---':[ t was with \-er'y d eep regret tl1o1t we

leal'l1t o t Lh d e~th of G lelln a Dorot h." . da ug hter of
S ; S ergt. and Mrs . A . O. J ones . which took pla ce
h e re on 20t h i\Ofarch (aged 3 m o nt hs) . Our deepest
sympath'y wa ex pl'es ed to th e k reav d parents.
Items of Interest.-On ce aga in we thoro ughh' enjO'yed oursc lves at th e O. C .A. H e-U ni o n Dinn er: OUI'
thank a re lll e to th e Din ne r Co m m itt,ee for th eir
nob le e ffo rts.
W e extc nd om hea "t ies t cong ra tu lation s to
S / Se rg t. f\ . G. J o nes, wh o wa s promoted to Lhat
r",nk o n 26th March. and to Corpo ral L. W. ,\ .
13inks , wh o was malTied on 26th F e bl'ual'y .
On Ma.y th e 10th t hi s s tation was honoured with
a vi it, b'y I-LH.H. Th e Duke of G lo n ester. who ame
to present ne w co lours to Ulil 2n d Ba t t a li o n Ro.\-al
vVal'\\' icksh ire R egi ment. who are s t a t ioned here.
Thank s to our hos ts. the who le of thi o ffi ce were
f a voured wi th a n exce ll en t vie\\' of the ceremon y. a nd
t he we~t.h e l wa s d elig htful. Most of u att ende d th e
"Presentation Ball " g iven by th e 'e rgeRnt. ' ~l e in
th e e venin g, whi ch w as a hu ge su ccess.
Th e er O'ea nts ' l\[es goes a long in its e rene \\'a~ .
a nd we ha ve ju s t co nc lu ded a \c ry ucce ful se rie
of fortnight ly whi s t ch' i ves .
It is pa rti cu la rlv grat ify in g to find Me s n gP I'
Rarciin g ba ck ill h arnes a fter a s pe ll of nea d y
- ix mon t hs o n th e s ick l is t. wh ich in cl llded two
vis its to the
Dmbrid ge Ho pita l. .Alders hot.
Jubilee Day ,-:III ost of the s taff vi , itecl L Oll Io n on
t hi s cla .\, . 0 t,hat I a m afl'a'd Lh at we have nothin g
to reco rd o f a nv iu t ere t t.a kin g place in the B a l'ra ks. and in add ition th e B a ttali o n s t ation ed here
werc e n ~ a ged in a full reh ea rsa l of t h e ce remo n'y
of p l'ese'ntin g (,he Colo urs . s o th ey did not . Lage
ally eve nts to m (Ll'k th e occa s ion .
F .E.G.
Cricket.- P o ti n " and casun It ies ha ve "Tou gh t
havo in ou r c l'ic k~t t ea m. S erg ts. Th ma s . i\J orri
a nel Encl acott, who have le ft (,0 plar c ri ke t. in mu ch
mo re s nitab le clil11 "(' s, w ill pe rh ap . be chee red to
kn ow th a t w e mi ss th em.
E ven so, we al" p laying the tim e honoul'ed m a t ch e
witl, our o ld fri e nd s London. HOlln s lo\\' and A ld ers hot. and i n Ju lv w c hope to m eet Sau bu1'Y.
H owever. ":e 'have h eg un well. On lI la,\' ~nd.
recit in g "G un ga Din " . \\' c prepa red to receJ ve a
beati ng fl'Om L o ndon Pay Offi ce.
t range ly enou g h.
de pi te a magn ifi ce nt innings by L / Co rpom l D'.'noncl.
w ho sco red 95. w e c entu a ll y \yon b~' till' e Wick ets.
Th e re was li itle ju bilat,ion. K.no \\"jn g th e! l' own
ca lihl'e . \Vokin g p la,ver were LOO hu y pll1 cllln g
th e mse lves .
A. V.P.
Tennis.-vVe h a ve r ece ntlv been pl'e nted wi t h a
new " F mel en " coud" complet e with s prink ler and
oth el' conv eni en es , and w e now awa it 1'e piJ e ' LO
ch a ll en ges we ha ve lTI ~ d e, so f a r w ith o ut s ucces: .
A g lall ce at th e fo ll ow111g h st of play er \\,111 md1 cate o ur s treng t h to intendll1 g V1 Itors to whom we

THE

ROYAL

ARi\lY

PAY

CORPS

J URNAL

mate w illn er SOI11(' trep' dati oll a to til c o~t of ce lehl'ation. Th e comm itt ee a l'e now at work fo rm u latin g
the co ndi t io ns und e r whll:h lbe cOlll petit ion shall h e
run . 1\ reanwhi le, practi ce fo r th e ev e nt. goes Oil but.
it is a ga in po illt ed o ut t hat w e are p:lrL:c u l'l ll y
,," x io us LO fix LIP so m e m atc li es, a nd wou ld apprecia t e
T .A. \N. B.
a ny nquiri es 1'01' 'da tes" .
'ShooHng,- Thi is now pra ct ica ll y " pa c ked up" fo \'
the s umm er , " it, is in c reasing ly diffi c u lt to e n t ice
m e mhe l's Lo th e ran ge whi le t e nll j, is <tva il"b le .
Th e I'esldts for tI, e easo n ju s t finish ed 'He as
fo ll ows :--.
.
Monthly handicap sP : ~ln~.
Ko\'e m l,e r- L j Si gt. A. \7. Phi ll ips .
D ecembel'- o l'po l'a l E. A. J o ne .
J a nll a r~'-Corpol'al G. J enkill so n.
Februal'y-L/ Sgt. A. V. Ph ill ip . .
1I.I a r c h -Co l'[~ora l (~ . J e nkin soll .
Ap ril- Sel'gean L YV. C. L. 1\'l a.
Silver Cup for highest average over season:
[i ss I[ed cn lf (97. 50) .
(rullner-llp )-Sgt. Ph ill ip s (96.96).
Silver cup for high est average with h a n,l iicap:
C p l. E. A. J o ne .
(l'un n e r.u p)-Cpl. G . .TeJlkin so n .

sha ll a lway be o nl y too please d to extend a welco m e,

ei hel' at (Cmen's" or "m ixed " : 'aptain Sweeny-[ la. ' fo r the A Im y.
0111 111 a lid
a nd , w hOp'e, w dl t urn o nt for u s in his
spare time.
B oggi - a "st l'e'lky " t ype of playe r .
E la rn -o f two good service.' and a c nt aw k ward t o
d ea l wi th . A t h is b e~ t On a gl'Hs. COU I'~
(especia ll y vUI' old Oll e, wil:cil 11:1 5 nOw
been replaced ).
.
I c D o nald-po sesses a cl a n ge ro u left hook , cllfficult
to get out of th wa~' of. H a. a left hand
sel'\'ice a n g led , at t im es, to ~e nd the recei ver to the rope'. Tnd eed, plays iJ eLle r
wit h the left hand than with th right.
Phi lli [ s-a "L\\'o - ~'ea rold ' . Ow n s a J.lromi5:ng fOl'e
hand dri"e; '" lea l'llln g to cO I1I1) ln e play
with t empe rame n t.
\ Vill do we ll with
e nco u l'age lll ent.
Ma y-a l 0 a le ft -h ander, but w iLhout ?l] c D o n,,] d ' s
\'a lue of llngles. Is a po pu la r m emh l' of
t h e Lea rn 'Lt the l1l0I1l e "t. havin g possesion o f the key of th e bar.
Punter. Pot Lel'. \N illi ~lm;, B in k 'lnd J e nk i nso n-h a"e
made I'al'e appearan ces on th e co ur L.
'a ll I,eep their
end (and the b'l l1 ) up with zesi..
Th
ff,('e l' COll1llland i ng . who was in s t rumen ta l
in ohtainin <> our cOllrL for us. unfortunatel y has been
co n:pell ed to withdraw. ou ly t e mporaril y .' we hope,
f rom ac ti ve tenn i. .
H e ha. , 1Iowe\'er. shown h is ontillu ecl inte rest in
OU I' acLi viLies 1,1' the jlresellt"tio ll of a . il ve r 'up o f
a holdillg capa~it\' which wi ll urel), cause the ulti -

As ou r total silooti n g stren gt.h i not more Lhall

t\l'el\'e , we we re alll/osl ati fied "vith our po~ iti o ll
in the L eague. V;7e a re hopin g 1,0 get ill :I IitU e
pradice dur in g the Sllml11 el' month . in orde r to
get a good talt in th e L eag ue next easoll, n nd we
s h o uld lik e to ay aga in how mu ch we a l pl'eciate
the a dd ed interest given to sh.oo tin g bv the v:niou s
compet.it ion s run hy the Alder hot offic .

Eastern Command
o f lu ck in hi lI e \l. ph ele .
" rgt. T . i\ l. ~ l dl s a l'l'i "eel from 1' re. tOil on 1st
Apri l. 1935. whilst. 1Ilr. C. Trel a nd ( x-8 .Q. M .8.)
who recen t ly took hi s di s 'ha l'ge at Dcptfol'd . ha s
join ed t he office. t,aff 'lS n ci vi li 'l11 cle ric vVe tl'U. t
the.v w ill both be happy in theil' new url o ulldings.
For the fir t tinle. so far as is kn ow II. an e ntry
has I,e n m"ele hy this D etac hlllellt i n the Ea stern
Command Tn ter-Un it Lawn Ten n is Sh:eld. In t.he
fir st ronnel. d es pit e a 'er.v se r:ou s lack o f pra ctice,
o ur team : S .Q . .\ I. S. M att]' \Is a nd Sel'gt. E\' a ns
auti 8 / S 5 LS. I\:II lght a lld~ l udd hea t the 2nd Traini n g Bri gade , D pot R .A. , I", th ree matches to on e.
In t he . eco nd rou nd we a t'e draw lI :cgain ' t Lhe
R .A .S.C ., F e lthal11 , w ho pnt, th e I-lou lI slow D et:lchm e nt o ut of th e co mpe tition in th e p rev io us ro un d.
Th e 01' ps ha "e, th .. el'o l'e, a ll oppo r tunit.v 0 1' " ven gjng that d e l' at.
FOI' va l'io u, I' aso n , w h; 11 w ill \'cry soon be
ohvi ous, c ri c-kct news ha s heen le ft to the last ..
Up.. to the t ime o f goin g to pre s w e have played
three gam es and lost them a ll. FlI'st the ]I ol' ~,s l o\\'
Offi " were O UI' cO ll quel'O l's, the n the 20th 'olll))a n y
R.A.S. '. anel In t ly the D e ptfo l'd office .
Bo h
H ou ns low and Deptforcl a re to be co n g l'atuint.ed
u pon th e ex 'e ll e nt battin g perfol'man 'es wh ic h they
put up . Tt ha s hee n s u gges t ed th aL we al' o nl :' fa il'
weathe l' c ri ket e rs, nnd . if t h nt is the case. other
offices with whom we have fi xtures ca n peJ'h ap. "'n it
,t littl e 10 11 ge l' be fol 'e can cell ing th e m , 111 0 re s peci n ll y
a. Lt. -Co l. T . H. Rohso n h as n ow I'e turn ed 1,0 t h e
office as Ca hi er.

COMMAND PAY OFFICE ,

EASTERN COMMAND.
onO' ratll latioll s :lre ex t e nd ed to the foll ow in g
u Ho lI l )ei ng awarded Hi s. _\l ajest< , il ver Jubi lee
1\ led rd :-Colo ll cl J. L . 1\ lel n ll. L, eul. H.
tubbs,
Li e ut. H . Ei !lg . L ie ut. VOl. E.
L o ftL1s. S.Q. )L S.
F. 'artm al e .
The Jllhil ee procession to ,t. 'Paul' s Cathedral
found ll" vel'y happi ly s ituated as the who l of th e
om e fro nt willdows overlooked the route a lld g rall d
tand seat we re ava ila hl e 1'01' those fortunaLe e nough
to o htai n a window all o tment. Th e d ecorations of
the ,,n ious clubs. in wh ich we are in the mid t, llid
l11u c h to g ive P a ll 1\.I a ll ::L very pleasin g appeamLl ce.
O n i\ l ay 28th \\'e were SO IT Y to hav e to sa ~' goodbve to Li e ut. Co l. C . H . GatTatt , wh om we shall 111 1
"E, ry mu c h. I n hi. place we welcome Li e u t .Col.
T. 'R . 'R obso ll to thIS offi ce as Cashi er.
rajol' C. J . ' tait joi n edfl'om . th e \~7 a.l' Offi ce on
t,h e 7th M ay ill relief or Li e ut. H . Kin O', who is to
he co n gl'atLilated uJlon hi appo in t m n t t o the staff
of F.9. 1\lajol' Sta it ha s p" e"o L1 s ly se rved 111 thiS
office and we a re g la d to we lco m him ha ck.
On of 001' land m ark in t h e person of .Q.M.S.
B ell has at la t seve red h is long conn ectio n with us
having ta k n his di c harge t.o pe ns io n o n Lhe 23rd
A pril and, w ith hi s u. lla l sangfrOld , fall en 1I1tO a
bill et with th c L o ndo ll office th c lI ext day. , Ve all
111 is. hi s geni a l figure a nd kno w led geal)le . 11 seltllt io ns on a ll tllill g. connected wi th l o r t. H.i, scath ing indi ctm e nt: 0'1' a well -known London soccer
club were a joy 1.0 l isten to. vVe wi sh him the best

86

_ _ _ _ _ _ _T_H
_ E_ R OYAL

AR]I'IY

BARNET.
Congratul ati ons,- T o Capl:1i n H . 1-1 . Cottie r o n
the birt h of a daughte r on .-\ pr il 28 t h. 19 ~5.
Crtck e t.--Oul fi r st fixture of th e s nso n i on 30th
Ma,". 1935. when we p I:1" th e B" I'n e t Po l' ce .
J\ otw lth s t:lnchn g the willtl 'Y \\'eather con di t ions ,
n fe w of 0111 ' e n Lh u . las ts h" " e I,eell ,;:~ I ,l e to ge t so me
practi ce at t h e n e t s a,lld \\'e are 100Jitllg forward to a
. uccess fnl year.
"OlcFl CE REI . ".
. CHAT ':t AM (ROYAL ENGINEERS) ,

Arrlval~ -Ca pf:u 11 E. C ,. Ovel'to n hav in g joi ned

u' fro m ey loll. we exte n I h llll " heart" wekome nnd

hope that h e wi ll ha\'e n o ca use to I:eO'l'et hi s sta v
at this ~t"tion . \ Ve 'H e si ncerely hop :~g that \\'ith
III a~sl. tallce we haIJ Ile ab le to rea ch a high po ' ition ill th e Rifl e L eague next se'l. on.
'Rifl eman .\lc luskEY a nd Private C I"l' ke H a Ua x
have IJee n po sted t.o t h:s D tac hme n t .oil p,.ok,tio n ,
and we tak e the OIJpol'tLnll ty of offel'lll " th em our
best w is hes with t h e Ilope that, they \I'in both s ucces' l'u ll y pa s thei,' Exa rllinatio ns .
Departures: -Corpl. !-1. Poc1di n gton h a vin g been
posted t.o v\> a 1'\\'1 l, on 18t h M:L1 'c h h is I'l'i e.lld - in
thi stati o n w ish h im ,1 11 th e besL a n d sin cerel y
Il ope th at Mrs . Pocklin gLo n has no,." cOlllp lete(y
I'eco\'el'ed from hEl' Illness an d IS e nJo."lng I,ettel'
h ea lth than sh e l !d dUl'ln~ h e l' tav "t C1Iatham.
'W e hope that the W arWick Deta c hmellt ha\' e a
occel' team. and if ' 0 we ca n lh ol'ou<>h l v l'ecol11 Tnend COl'pl. Poddington 1'01' ~he centrd~r\\:~l'd posi.
t io n. Th eil' ga in i, o Llr los . . but we are hopinO'
o that
o ne o f OUI' lI ew jJ l'u lJatio n el's w ill h el p us out,.
a ltho ug h he w ill ha"e a ha rd job t o repla ce our o ld
entre fOl'ward.
D ischarge.- , .Q .i\I.S. L . G . B a r k I y le ft us o n
12t,h Apri l. havi ng c la; med hi. di sc harge after th ree
month s' not' cc. , Ne ll'ld e l'st:l ncl th:lt this \ V:ll'rant
Offi ce I' i~ jJ roceed in g to take :l po!; it io n in So uth
Africa . } Ic t,d,e:' the best w is h s of the D eta, hm~nt
with him. a lld we hope tlwt h e wil l ha\'e e " er y
s lI ccess in t hc f"t ule. OUt' cricket and hoc1,c,' t.eams
are th e poo re r h,' his ab En ce; a fine a ll ,.ol'lllder. h i
pre~c n ('e wi ll I,e t{l'eath ' missed at ChaLh alll.
Prom ot :o ns.- T hc ~cing ratll l at i o ll .
I' th e d eta chIll En t are offered to .. S. i\L H. M L overin g. , e l'gt.
IV . C . Pu ll ,n a n I COl'p l. W . H . Ould Oil the:,. promo
tlon s t.o th "" l1 ks stated .
OUI' c.ong a t.lIi:ltioIlS (11'1" a lso o lIel'ed to Pr i"ate
Thoma s nn ha\' in g s uccess fully I rl sed his exalll; nat.lo ns and on hi~ transfer Lo Ihe Co rps. By tll t im e
these not.es appea,. i n p r int we cx pect I h' I' s ult o f
P ri vate ' \ g new'" ex amin at,ion \\'ill he -kn ow n . and
hope that h e ha s now c h lln gecl h 's had<>e-. \N e wis h
boLh Pt ' . Thon"lS ancl .' gnew n il th be t fo r th e
fULI'II' e with H ,'e I' Y s uccess fu l C:ll'e ,. ill the Corps.
Ma rri ages ,-On' the 23rd F e !,ru 'lIY, 1935 , nL Croylon, Surr0Y , Co r p i. i\ . H . O uld to 1\Ti s~ Y e l'a Eth e l
Hhodel', rlll d Co rpl. ,T. Pea coc k 1,0 M iss Li li'lIl
D o roLhy rs:d le l Hud ,o n. nt T oLtenh am , on th e 30th
M al' h , 1935. W e ask thcm to accc pt OU I' h ea rti e I,
cO II grat ul rltion s w'th hest wi s hes 1'01' th e future.
Awards.--o-To i\Jnjor YV. ~Ioran. O. B .E .. i'Il . . , ,1 n(l
i\ lajor W. ~ e il so n , we o ffe l' CO 11 gn" u lation o n the ir
h;win g bee n awarded th e Ju bi lee M ecl;d.
Crick et.- \Ne mad e a Yel'V ea rl y stMt thi s. easo n.
the Warl 0.Y Deta chmellt be'in g entcrt;,ill ed at C hathanl Oil t h e 3rd M ay . \ Ve we re a hit . haky h e fore
this ga lll c a s \I' wel'e una h ie 10 h ave a pra ctice
ga m e, a nd o lll y a i w pla \'(lI's had lllan:cged to hrave
th e cl lI1 ents to have :1 n l' pra c t ice at. the II ets. Fo r
th e ma t c h wc WC I'e ve ry lu c l,y t.o ha\' a fi n e day ,

PAY

COR PS JO 'RNA L

-----------------

in fad th e wea hel' was so ni cc .ha t wC' at ' ha('h ' m

\\'cl'e a iltU " Jealous of our' i;:itors. a s \\. wc rc \\'i s hII> g l ,h,d It I",d I,c, n u - \\' ho had suc h a long tl'i p
o n ., fi ~l ( a d ay. \ Va rl ey \\'0 11 th e Los s a'lcl c1 ec' Lied
1,0 bat fl, "t., \ Ne mad c n ve l'y good s tart hy 1,0\\'liug
S.Q. J\I ., . IrOI'; 1I1 whe ll on ly 12 I'un~ \\el'e a ll the
boaI'd , bu t b fOl'e th e seco nd wi c ket. fe il 71 run s
w re l'eg ls Lel'ed . . Th e th il'd w ic ket fe ll at 97 and we
bega n (,0 h:lV0 VISIOIIS o f \ ;' a lle., llIakin g a tr III 11 .
dOllS SCOI'C :tnd th c II d ecla r ing . ll owever. with the
fa ll of tillS ,"'1 keto L / . el'gt. Watso n foullel a good
le ngth 1'01' I.". !, w lln g "lid SOO n mad" shorL work 01'
th e r<"ma ulln g 1,,,Lsm ell . \""rlev wel'e a ll o u t fol'
112: a vel'Y pOOl' sco re cO:ls lde;';ng th e start. that
tl,e. , ea r l." l,alsl1I 11 h"d g"'"n thr ill . . \ t thi s point
III the I'l'wtch wc ;,c1 joul'l1 ed for tea.
\ ft,f I' tea we
founel that th e \\'Ind was I,(g inll illg to get" little
stl'o n gCl' th :rll \\'e \\. r e ho p' lI g 1'01'. Our fil'~t , wi c k et
fe ll at lb. CO l'pi. Bak el' being out t o a good catch
bv thc Wic k e t hepe r . Th e s con d fe ll :Lt 41. again
the res u l,t o f a ca tch. a "ery gooe! on e bv S.Q.?I! .S.
H OI'[ln .. rhe sco re I. 'oal'd s lo\\' ly Cl (' I)t u p u nt,il when
the th ll'cl Wic k e t [ell It re'nslel'ed 86.
s'Q.'i\L.
H o ra n ca lll on to how l a t th iS poi"l. a ll cl then o llr
tl'o uhl es s tartEd.
With c leve l' Ai~ h t:IIK k.Q . ill.,-;.
R om ll hogan to sweep t h e hoal'd. From 3 for 86. the
\\'1 'I,els fell a s 1'01 1011' :-4 1'01' 86, 5 for 87 , 6 for 92
? for 102, 8 for 10;,l ~ 9 fo l' ] 0 7. Ami ,1. t great ex:
c lt eme nt 0 111' la.t I,atsma n, Corp l. P eacock, procee ded to the . Wic ket. In stead or his lI ~ ual galll
of tl',)'lIl g to hit th e ha ll out of the groulld he . 111 'p,., ed li S hy I InY ln g a \,el'V straig ht bat. To ("I<e
Olll' feelin gs Pt e. Th o llH1 S shewed I1 S how it should
be don e h,\' sco lin g a g lorious iOll!' to leg . Th e n for

n ea rl y two o\e l's we we l'(' JI1 sn:::.nen:-.e, \\'ou"lcl we

lose. dl'a w 01' m a ll age 1.0 wi n ? , 'till w iLh Corpl.
P ea 'oc k ke~pl ll g a ,'CI'Y straight hat. his partll el'
p lCkf cl t h e C'O I'l'pct hnl l and sco rcd a 1'0 11 1' with a
g IOI'IOUS lilt. to the houn da r.". T o \ " al'iEy we ofi'er om '
co n gratu lation s for a .' er)' good cl is play. rin d on l'
Lhanks fol' a VCI', xC ltl n g n:ld enj \'a l)le ga m e. i\lay
OUI' I'etul'll fixtur e equa l it.
'
.
0 11 the 10th ray w e p lol\'cd 0 '11' a lllll1 0l c lic kEt
m atch, R.E. Office
tart \'el'sll' R .S. Offi ce Staff
Both Officers i / c 'R ecol'd s and Ollr 1'1'. pccti'e Heg! :
\r e hwl fifte ell
m e n ta l Pn.vma ste ls tu I'll cd out.
as id e. a ncl as us ua l it was a VEI'v lose "ame R,
Ill a nag d to sco re 99, ,'el'gt, F Ol'sr being "'top ~co;'e;'
with 23 (what a leg g hd e. I hat batsman has). n.E.
had sco red 95 '\'Ith thl'ee\\'lckets to fa ll II'hen stumps
were dl'a 11'11. \ VI" I. t belll O> ,e l' son'V fO I' the R .S.
t ea m fie lding in " " el~v c';; lrI ,;-: n d ';'e wonll ha\'p.
h ee n mOl'e pl eased if lh e.1' had just mana.ge I t play
o n e m o re 0"01 ' so tl"lL the res ul t wo ul d nol have
h ee ll in d o u ht. \ 'V hen s tllmps \\' ore clr:lI\'n aptain
R. S. E lli cQ tt wa s 47 not o ut; we al T ~0l'1 '\' that.
the timc di 1 not nll ow him to rea h h is h n lf r nt UI'.\'. Th m a in fe nture of thi . ga me \\'a, the I,att. in g ~f o ur R . P. s. Wh e n the~' hoth pl 'ocreded to
the wlckct. a vc ry s traight bat "'15 shown to theil'
first l,a ll , and w hegan to ha"e "ision s of a hurre
sco re . Still we 11l1l't g i ve no ~ecl'e t s away.
_~t
the m o m e n t th eir sco l'es al' a dead h at ,i lld we
arc se l'io us lv Lh in l, ing or h,I\'in rr a d eL"i di,', rr match
to rli OVC I' who i. the 'bett!' batsl1lan.
O n the l'nh JH :ly we ,.j ited Ca nte l'hury for 0 111'
m atch With I,hat d etac hm e nt t ea m . .-\I \\'avs :lss ul'ed
of :t g ood ga m e there , in fact. we ha ve ,', ever h n
ab le to hcaL t h e m in tl l past, we \\'1'1' a little d ownhearted w h en lVe start,ed \I it h II vel' '' sC l'n Lc-h team .
'V\ it J, t.h e I-lnow letlge t hat Ca ntE'l' I ; ul'~' wOll l d b

THE

ROYAL

ARi\IY

PAY

CORPS

J Ol RNAL

------

CHATHAM (ROYAL SIGNALS) .

strell thneJ Lh is seaso n bv the add ition of some

good pl".vers who ha I bee ll' po - t ed Lo them during
th i<l St trooplll' seaSO D. we had \' 1 Ions of an extm
heavy defeat.
'anterbul'y won Lh e Los and d ecided
to hi1\' filst . Wh e n the.v did , they found L / crgt.
' Nntso ll in his Liern ent with a pitcli on \I'hich h e
cou ld make th e ba ll t urn. and with a wind to eo
abl e him to f1 i" ht th e. ha ll co ns id ra hl~' . 'Jh first
fi\'e batsmen w~re easv victims to thi howl er . a lld
a ltogethel' in this match hi s figures \I'ere 7 w!~kets
for 43 runs.
'ant rburv were all o ut for 82. Lol') L
R a msay, H olJ en l) ein g 'top scorer with 14.
This
100kE.d it very easy cor e to ta ck le. and o ur bat. m en
soon showeu that they were III no hurry to knock
th e rlln s of!'. Thi s was soon cli ~co\' red to be. a
mi s tak e . as the wind gained in fOI '!'e a n I Captain
Malpass h ga n to u se it, \\'ith so me onslderable
ad\'antage. " e had thrEe WI ckets down for 23, 6
[or 62 and 7 for 75. At tb is I oi n t COl' pI. Baker was
bowled . ilaving played a splend :d inn.in gs in which
he ma le 43 ruJ1'. How 3 nte rbury WIsh ed th e~' had
tak en advnntag o f the easy catc h he had offered
at the st art of his innin gs. Major l\ l ol'~n find Mr.
CUE t, th en became the batsmen a !ld th e advantage
of th eir age and exper ience soo n he~nn t be felt.
l\Ir. Guest k pt hi s bat o. tralght that we be~an
to wonder if it \\'as anchored to t he g l'o unel , \\'h d st
at the othel' end Major l\Ioran watchEd 1'01' ~n~' ha ll
that wanted to be hit. \'\Ilth:1 f(loJ'lou , co \'e r !lwe.
a foul' we nt on the sco re hoarel, then a shot \\'as
pla ced through the CO \' ers for a 3., and \\'e had tIed.
Two balls nftenval'ds a h:1 11 was bO\\'led to the lEg
side and Maj or ]\[OI'a n pl::tyed the Id eal . Lroke and
we had wo n . Our thank s are extended to Canter
bun' for :1 very excitin g and en joyable ga1l1~, and
ab) fot' thEil' e'fforts in en terta ini ng and mnk111g us
so co mfol'tahl e du ri nO' the evel1lng. 'V e hope to
retUl'n ou r thanks on their visit to Ch:1th a111 on the
30t h .-\u gu t .

Ra\'ing ju st per us d a few of the I aciing da il y

papers, we t1Lrt these note re lalin g to th e activi
ties of our d etach ment with some COllce ln . " ca ll se
not on of li S h'l s so l vecl a Cl'OS -wo rd puzzl e cor
rectly , draw n a ho rse in any recog ni SEd swee p tak e,
sw um th e c ha' III~ 1 0 1' cio.Je allY o f those t hin gs
whicl.1. mak e Il eadlines , and is in t,he ve rn a uJ a r "big
n ew~

r\ 'biting ea t wind. sk y of elepha nt g re.v hu e and

a fa lli ng harometer ha s caused a genera l rush on
th E. part of th loca l per onnel to red ee m ti le overcoa ts left in "U ncl e's" sa fe kee ping fOI' the s um m er month s, alld makes the t erm "s umm er not es'"
as applied to th is e ffort, seem -omewhat iron i ~ nl.
Arctic weather. ho\V ~ \'er ca nnot lull th triumph
<Lilt g li'nt in th e
~' e of all those 1'0rtunnLe p op le
who ben fit by the new I,udget, and are chee rful l)'
waiting fol' the 1s t, of Ju ly and In cr a . e of pa y .
It is reported that a marri ed m an (m e miJer of ou r
deta chm ent) was- see n out in a new ' uit th e othe,day (h ade of avil le lo w).
.
A s us ua l, the majorit.v oE u s haye bee n da ' hll1 g
al)out in an ath let c 1I1ann er and doin g o ur very
bes t to knock th e co ve r o fE th e I,a ll . nlld thereb\'
retain that ~'o u thfu l figure.
T enni s . cri ck et anct
bowl s keep mos t of th E de ta c hm en t. vc ry mu ch
occ upied at wee k ends .
Cricket n ews ",i ll he fou nd ill the D etach men t
RO.r a l Eng;neer ,note, but so mething mu s t, Le aid
here abollt th e an llu a l inleroffi ce fixture. ,R.E.
Offi ce v. R.S. Office, play ed at C hathnm on the 10th
May (15 ;~ s id e),
After winnin g th e toss, Signal s l);1ttcd with more
vigour than . ki ll n,nd on a goo d wicket in a bli ll d
in g light co ll e t d the. om ",ha,t meagre tota l of
99, Sgts. For e (23) a nd B loss (18) b ~ il1g t he only
mpn1h l' r~ 0)' the t ea m ab le to successl ull y con nec t
with the ball
E n g in eers afte r mak ing a lisastrous s t art co ll ected
95 for 13 wickets and th e match wa s drawll. Cnpt.
Elli otL sco red a re l'v fine 47 not. o ut whi ch in clud ed
a mammoth square c ut fol' 6, a'nd ",as th e one m a n
who could not be shjfted . Th e 10\\'
ori ng is
asc rib ed to fal' t oo many players hittin g the " in sid e
ball with the outs ide bnt",
Th e Engin e l's \\'E're .omewhat unfo rtunate in not
being ab le to beat the clock. but it, is bel ieved that
their officp motto is now "Te mpu s Fugit" .
' Vintry Q.1I1dition, ha\'e suhdued .most of th e
t enni s e nthu ~ ia ts. iJul a Yer v large ladd I'. the
entl'v of n t eam in th e Ea s t erll COJ11man I Lawn
T eni; is Championsh ips. a mu ch improv ed g l'a. S court
a nd an e,nthu iastic secre tary il,di cate a. ve ry . uc
ce~s fLlI "ea50n ,
No t enni: mntch s hn ve bee n played to date .
Th e bowlin g green is now a picture an I th num he l' of peo ple in the vicin ity \rho trundl e :l ' UII ning wood i a toni hing .
The three rinks at Cliatham a re vel'\' mllch oc lI
pi ed and on match (hys resound wiLh th che rs
of he s ucces. fut a nd th e moan s and la menta t!on s
o f the va nqui s hed,
How ever, as til e vanqu is h d
a l\\-avs dro w n t he ir ~ orI'OWS, \\'hi l t the y icto liou.
c0l11l;li serat.e with th em and, hare t,he bottle, both
parti es alw ays find it a n en gaging pastime.
A ve r.v s tron g co ntin gont from hatham attended
tb e Co rps Dinn er at Barrod. a nd had a mos t en
joya ble t ime. }\ny statem e nts co nce l'l1 ill g t,h con
diti on of this party afte l' the d inner are trongly
d eni ed,

Th e only oth er game we h,n'e p laved \\'a~ allninst

the DepoL B a ttalion , Royal Eng.in Ee rs. The r esult
\\'a a draw. which was yer~' crecli tah le to us. ha\~n g
r eg:1 r I to the number from whom our opponents
were ahle to c hoose tl,ell ' team , a nd OUI' small de
tachm ent.
Ten r; is.-The ten ni s season ha. opened with m ore
than th e Il' u:! 1 e llthusias m . Th e weath l' ha. not
been too kind 50 far to t hi s gamc. but on ever.v
po ss ible occa io n hOtJl cou r t:; ha \'e I)ee n full. With
me1l11, er \\'aiLi ng for a game. A tournament ha s
heEn he ld . but th e actual wInner I not known. <IS
a ll the game co uld not he fi lii . hed owi ng to the
in clement weather, Stili eye l-yon enjoyed them
sc h 'es and had some vuy close games. It, is hoped
that. a ll offices visitin g lis th is Slimm er wi ll be abl e
to bring a l o rt111 to be entertained by our p layers.
Bowls.- Th e gree n was officia lly opened ea l ' I~' in
Mav . and sin ce then two matches h::I"e iJeen played.
\\'ith the re, ults against u. It i .ho ped that as Lhe
weath er inlj)roves more p l a ~' e rs wil l I)e seen on the
rink .

J n con chl ion it mll st be stated that our ground.

are now looking at their very 1 e :t, and are a fin e
adverti em nt, for our hardworkmg gardene r, to
whom w e must ad d they arc a credi t .
SAPPER.

88

1HE

RUYAL

----------------------

ARMY PAY

On March 17th the zone fina l o f the .\ 1'111,)' Bd

liard s
hal"pioJ1 ship was h eld at 'hatham and
Major Lid s ton e (B,A.P. C.) aJ'Ler winn ing a pre
lill1in ary gum in a canter beat pI. ott/e (ho lder
of th e c hamp ;on s hip 1934 / 35) after a very interest.
in g game. .-\ s C pl. Cottl e is a pin ve l' 0 1' outstanding
a l)ili ty with 11 bi g I'e putntion ill th e di s t,ri ct, th e
D eta c hm ell t who ntte lld ed e ll mo sse \l'C I'C highly
d e lighted. Th e sco res we re :lS f o ll ow~: Play- Ll- hours.
))ajor Lid s ton e-500.
Cp l. C t t le-385,
1\ t Colche t e r )lajor L' l lone wo n hi fir st gam
but s uh e'lu entl y lost to the finali -t (Band maql
H ooke r. 2nd Bn. B edfs and H et'!.s B egL) by a
few point..
"Ve co ng ratulate Staff e rg t. Bl o ~ s on his pro
motion to that ra,n k. a nd it i, gPllera ll y on, iclEred
that the add it ional cr ow n was no bl." w tied by the
r eci pi ent.
,.S.i\1. Drummond from Shanghai and
.Q.l\J.. '.
Ba ke r 1'1'0111 \ Voolwich have alTi \' ecl 'lI1d we heli Ye,
are very mll c h impresse d \l' ith C'hath a m a nd i ts
c harm s . It s hou ld he noted that C hat.ham is situ
ated in the ce ntre of t.he H op grow in g he lt.
Th e sca l'citv of news now forces me l con clude.
th e sta ff \\' ho d ab-b le in slock s and
A m em be r
sha l'es aS~l1 re s me that "observat.i o ns ' wi ll rfmain
tea d~' at 1503 whi l t the 1'i e in " rations " tt- 9 ~
wa s cxpected . Th e s lu mp in " P o nt oon . " is ascli bed
to the losing of the foo't I)<l 1I seaso n. En ough-Late NeV'ls.- 'Ve wish to exLn d heartiest cong ratulat.ion s to , gt. D. J. Adl a m on the occasion of
the hirth of :1 daughttr to l\ l r Adl a m at Chatha m
on 22nd i\fa? 1935.

CORPS

JOURNAL

boy: spo iling th e wicket through slid ing in hob

nail s.
Th e foregoing remark \\'ill be o b dOll S to a ll as
th e dl'ol't of an Office R ep . to mnke 'ome sort of a
how ill the :1losen e of interes till g matt er-a poin t
UpOIl \\' hic h on ly fell ow Offi ce Reps. can ad equale ly
sympat.JlI e.
It is we ll at th is point. howeve,. t o mentio n that
\\'e h;I\'e pl ayed one cri ckEt matc h tbis . eaSo n. the
resu lt of \\'h icl\. in view of th e compl e t e ab,ence
of prrtct icc . wa. vel'y . a u s facLory .
011 tlle 31'd of )[a" we were entertainEd hv OUI'
old fri nd s Hlld adve;'sarie at the R ecord anil P ay
Offi e. Ch,lth al11 .
Thi s m atch . apa l't fl OI11 the
\\'eather cond iti ons which \\'ere d ecidedly coo l. was
all Exce ll ent o ne- keen ly co nt ested nnd
\' e l~' e\' en
gam" . The res ult was a \\"in for th e hom e team
l,y 5 runs. their scor e bein g 117' to 0111' 112.
The ma l ch di :;closed two exce ll ent 1':1t,; in eac h
team. the e ff orls o r L / SI'gt. \" <ltson (35 rll ll') a nd
Sergt. Pu llin (27 runs) were o f great a . ,;s lance to
Ollr oppo nents i n obta inin g their v i ctol'~'
'a ptai n
Cough (46 I'un ) and Mr. Bon e (32 rU II ' ) e nalo le I
OUI' team to [Jut, lip a good sho\\. L / Sergt. \ Yalson
with 5 wickeL for 3.5 I'un .- al 0 d'd hi, s tuff well
in the how lin g. OUI' best howicr l.eill ,"; R.Q. )1.S.
H oran \I'itb 5 wicl,ets fo r 36 \'llns, T he result oE
the match \\':\ . II Ot a pl a rent until th e la:-t two
0\' I's-a vel'\' . ntisfactol'v concl usion .
DIl l'i n CT tile inten'al ;l nd after th e ma t ch we
grea tl~' ~ n.ioye 1 the we llkn ow n h ospitalil y of ('Ill\'
friend a n d it was with difficulty that \ye were al ol e
to teal' our. c hes awa \' .
.
Th e r etul'J1 jO U1'll (Y to \~Tarl e~' wa s Yer. int erest
in g a nd ver~' muh enjoy ed bv our p a rty a we
were fortunate enolJO'h lo I,e a l' le to return lhl'o ugh
London to sec the'" Jul ilee deeol'atiun s and fl ood
li ghtIng und I' com fortabl e cO:ldit.ioll
l-L\R mL.

ot

WARLEY.
Sport and Genera1.-In t.he 8nl11111 I' is ne of the
R .. \ .P.C. " JOllI'na l" it i, ell tDm :1I 'Y for those of us
who have th e pri y il ege of represe li tiug tll e various
Onlces at hom e to eulo g ise the d e li g hts of this
s ea on in Ellgland : leafy tr e . g ree n \l'ard. th e
hrl)JPy sou nd of leather 011 willo\l' \l' hil st one i
l azi ly reclinin g in some s ha dy s pot. te nn is on we ll nu l' ed tud alld oth I' iJ1\'itill g pa lim e. that the
m ere menti on of sllm mer at hom conj ures up.
Pel'ilaps this i dOIl E to in pire a s pot oJ envy
11Jno ng t tho se of our .colleagu es sel'yi ng in the "o ut
p os ts of Empire " 01'. al t ernati ve l.v . it ma~' Ioe that
th e writel', 01' writ ers, a re doing thei r best to co n
vin c tll em elves thnt. a fter nil. En g land mllst have
iL compel1 'ation a nd here ' Ollt to look fOI' them .
t f many suc h e ulogi e ;1) pea l' in th i. iss ue from
mv fe llo w scribes at home J s hall l e ten lpted lo
think that thelat,t e r is th E re,,) IP,t. 011. Fio far
unlllle l' has I,ee ll cOll sp i lI 011 S Ir v it : 'l llse ncc . but
it is OUI' natu re to be optimi s ti c .
It is part a lld parce l ol c l'i cl,et condilion s Ht hom e
to re:ld in th e pap E.I'S the re mark " R ain ' topped
play " , but I'ece ntl y we ha\'e be n reading "SIIOW
topped p lay " . It. has been l'u m Ollr d that the
llmpire of at lea st o ne co unty mat h I' e ntl.\' was
pla CE d on the '.'h Ul't li t " owing to I'rost bite, hut .
l)eal'in g in m ind th e customar.v att itud e 01' lImpir in gen ra l, a . Iight breeze might have cf\ lI secl th l .
I think a we ll -known ca rtooll ist hn ' m issed hi s
opportu n;t,y this veal'.
\~Ie are a ll famili<11' with
ih e dl ' awing ~ lepiclin g the umpires t.n lollg a deep
di\' e to in s pect. the wicket , 01' a lea d in g cl'l cket e r
o n th e I)oi nt d c ming up fOI' the third time to hit
11 six, but 're
:~w no d .cri ption of a h epskl11
<tl rcssed Eleve ll ta i; :n g lesson ill s k :~t i llg 01' 0 1' s ma ll

W OQ. LWICH.
,Yi th th faclin(T out of wider sports alld lho e
of lhe 5U111111 el' s~;Jso n no t. fairlv sl;lrt ed . neW5 in
a ll branches i- somc\\'hn t li mite(1. hUl th e keynote
of rep res enLati\'e i olle of opt,i111.i s m il1" theil: o.wn
parli c lll :1 r IlI1 e :wd a ll ho pp to WJ'lt,e of sometlll ng
clone" in t.he .\ ntumn is>ue.
Miniature Rifl e Club.-The clOSE' of tl1P L e;lg lle
Competition finds U' holding se on l place to Ald er,
ho t . ' Vhat a stJ'uggle it ha been t o get there is
best-kn ow lI on lv to those \\' ho h a \'e tak en pan In
th e co nt st.
.
.
We doff 0 \11 ' hal to .'\l de rs hol. and a dmire t he
sp lend id cO ll s i :; ten ,~' of thei,' s h00cing , which fro m
\\'ee k to \\. ek has hc lj.lecl to k eep US kc.yed up,
No le
do W B adl11ire those cluhs \\'ho have run
LIS prelt.\ close and \\ ho on m01'e than one occasion
have mad e it cliflk ult. to p l'e\' nt ~ \I 11 wohh le .
Th
do"ged det e l'l11l1 l<l Lioll cli s pl ,tyed by those
club s at t.he hoUom of the League Tabl e has heen
a n ins piralion fo r we rea li se the diffi c ul Les und e r
whi c h they h::ve laboured. ,Ve look f [' wa rd with
inLerest to t he nex t cO l11petili,)J1 ,Ind m Hntim e wish
a ll clubs "good shuoting'.
Football.- Th e . ea on came to an end with a \~sit
to a nt. rbur.", wh ere all n.ioyable ~ame elid ed in a
draw 2-2. . \ fte l' the match Ihe VISitors wer e nt er
ta ined hy til e ' ta l,' oJ the office in their usual wholeheart cl l11an:1 er a nd th e way tbl:; wa s appr clflt,pd
n1ilkes olle wo nd er w llether 'th e ga me is rea lly tlie
ch ic[ att rHct.io n on loh est) occa ion;;.

89

T HE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

HockeY .-i:"ol' a t eam o nly t\\"o ca Oil S o ld . it is

h il' COn1l1lPll t to 11 5el't t hat \\"e h:1l'e Il o t dO ll e bad h .
. \ lo 's to l-lo uns lo\l' by 4-2 a lld a goa ll ess d r't\v
\I ith C ha tham illd ica(es a d cci d cl improvement alld
shou ld nct ; : 5 a n in ce n t ive to t he ~' O llll g enthu siasts
\\ho h,l\'c ac cc pted de l"eat ill so t hee l'fu l '" sp' rit.
:\ 14-0 de feat at th e ha nd s o f t he h ish G ua rd s
was I,:d allced b v a 10----3 vielo r y ol'er the Eri th
'1' dm icn l ('o ll eg'e an I th ere see ms to he 11 0 I' a son
why the 19356 season. ho ul d not hc ell t e re d u IJon
wiLh o n fic1e n e.
T ennis.-In this seCt io n t here i __ as vet. no t h illg
t o r port a . regard ma t c hes pl ayed. etc. _\ '\' e sha ll
be opposing our neigh'bo urin g De t achm ell ts in the
I'ery 1I ar future a :ld ill th is l'e ' peeL. hop' to l,e a l,le
to 1~ lfi l OLtI' us ua l s umme r plogral11m e . I II a d d it io n.
11'8 are' nc1e ,ll'o u rin g lo in t roduce oUI'se ll'e to o m e
nell' o ppo nellts in t he Ga rri so ll . OW ' lI g to :\11 ole r
sight lI' e W I' too late to elll e r fo r the E as t ern Com
!(land C lla ll1pioll sh ip .
'W e ull der s tnll d lhat o ur
l,.t e t, arr iva ls fro111 Ol'e rse<1" a re t ellll is ell th usiasts.
nll d w ilh their ass:sta nce \\"e ho pe to I,e :cI" to
mai nta ill a stron g t ea m.

CO RPS

It) RN AL

THE

rem a in wit h us a n d trust they lI' ill do '0 for ma ny

yea rs .
\,Ve eX l end a vel" hea l'Lv welcomc to Mr . C A .
P'l ill e (E x. 76572C6 S. Q.i\f. '.) \\' ho ha joi n ed us011 I'et' relllent afte r 36 Vea l'S serv ice.
\~'e a lso ull g rat u lat e 'h im o n Lhe a \\'a rd of t he
K ing's JLl h i l e ~ M ed ,, !. a fi t ti ng re cog lliti o n of a,
10 ll g a nd use lu l ca l' e l.
ArriVals
and
Departurr,~. -Du ri n g
th
past
qu a rt er the fo ll ow ill g h nl'e join d t he office :-S.Q .J\ f. . '. H . H o lt from II o ng K o n g, H.Q. J\ l. S . 11. E .
\ Vort 1'1'0 111 S in gapore . . elgt . .J. C . ilHon d s frOl n
'e l'i on . .Q. :\I. . . E.
ha\\' has be ell po t ed to
Deptford. whi le ~ergt. E. W . 'hapn);1 n has go n to ,
and Se r CTt. \\'. H . C. So uth Iw s ,1I' r i"ed I' rom . lhe
\\' al' officc (1' .9 ) . Sergt. H . A . M eado w. ha s p roceed d to Alcl e rs hot Oil Cos t ing Dut' s a n,1 S.Q.i\ 1. . .
W. T. B ake l' hn gone to the R ~ i g n : oI s Office at
C hatha m .
] n a dd it io ll tlwee p l'Ol, a t ioll e rs hnve joi ned us a nd
11'
11'1 h Lhem e l'e r v s ucce s w h ilst th ev are w it h us,
G unll er E. W . Ti ll ev . R .. \.. Gcfs m n. .T. 1
W ea Lh ra il. ('o ld Lre,Hn' G ua ld s and Slg mll. D . F.
Ba nbll ry , Ho. Sig na ls.
Jubil ee Medals.- \ \ Te co ng ratulate (he fo ll o\\' ill g
Oil the aW :lrd o f H .i\ 1. T he K illg. S : II' I' .JulJ :J ee
~J ed a l :-Co l. R . \ V. nl a cfi e . l'I l n.j o l C. Gr im ' ha w,
O.B. E .. M a jor A . Gre n \\oo" , C'1pt. H . C. L vo n s,
Li e u t. A . E. J Oll es. J,i u t. J . Qui n ll , Li e ut. C . R.
Ha ddock a llcl S . . :\1. P . A . ,\i oni.

General.- \Ve exte nd cO ll g l'a lu lat io n, to Sla ff

Se rO'ea ll t Ba rtl ett. F. Btit lc l', D :lI'ies a nd U lp h on
thei r promotio n to tile Sel'o ll d D ivisio n . nlso t o
Lall ce 8 el'u t, Gautie r o n hi , a ppo ill( ment
Two o ld ( imers in the perso ll s of S.S.~l. Ga rdner
an cl
.Q. M . . k
E . S cotl hUI' e said farewc ll to
u lli form. \Ve a re ha p py to ' :t.v, howel'er, thaL they

London District
LONDON.

DEPTFORD.
\N e haste n to co nfi r m t ha t th is co lu m n i " D p t fo rd Not e" ', no t " News from a ll Qu art e r ", alI< I
fur l he r t o stat t hat th e 1:II'ge num be r o f "ca s ua l
t ies" d oes not s ig ll if y th at the R .. \ .P .C. D e pot ha s
bee n tra ll s fe r l' d.

A r ri v a ls. - DlI r ing th past q ua r te r th e fo ll owi ng

oth er "In ks have j oi ned th is sta t'o n :-S., .M. G . A.
Bal'll es fl'o m E gyp t,. S .Q. r. S. \-"". G . D rl1nl l11o nd
fro m Deptfol'd on pro l,atio n fo r W. O. I. j 8gt. J .
Gal'l'oo, D.e. M .. from H Ol1 l1 s lo\\', [ I'. B ell (exS.Q .
~r. .. ) from C. P. E.C.

Arrivals. -S.(~. l\ l. S.

E.

F! haw

from

\V oo Jwlch.

S.Q. ;\[ .. '. W . H . \\T a l'dell :1:1 d .' :-:lgL. C. R. B o ne

from. ill gn po re . S j Sgt f . 1'1. H a ll from Egypt. a lld
Sgt. F. A . B ell fro lll S hrews l,lII.\' .
Departures.- .' .Q. ,\ I .S. E. C. BOSI\' e ll a lld ~gt.
i\. C. 1\.( lIl to Egypt . a lld 8.0..]\ 1. .'. W. G. DI'U lll
1110 lld (011 p ro l' aron fo l' \V. 0. 1) to L Oll d on.
Dischargii .-S. Q .M . ' . C. Irela ll d. on 3 r rl M ay, 1935.
T o nil o f t hese Lhc lI s ua l good lI' i51, e a re extc llcI r1.
Medals.--l l ea r ty co ng ra t ll la tio ns to Co l. .\ . ~ l.
Wi l o n 1) . .0 . (O ffice r i j c H .. \ ., .C . R e co rcl~) . B t.
Co l. H . Du es l,u l'y a ncl ('ap t. P . R . Frye r, OJ; hei ng
a ward ed . il" e l' Ju l,ilee M ed nl:, a nd to 8 .0.. ,I.. . K
S ha ll' . w ho haH hee ll all':u'cl ed L .S . :,"I t! C.C. l\oled :oI .
Crick et .-O u r Al'st J11 atc h 0 1" t he. en: o n was with
Co mm a lld I'ny O nice . E aslet'n Co m m a ll d. t he I'e
s lIl t he ill g a ' ve l'.v he:t l'te ilill g w in fo l' u s bv 1 0
w i c k e t~ .
Thi s was a m os t ('ll joval)le ga me , in sp ite
of t h will l r" wi ll d whi ch preva i led .
Tabl e Terinis.- T h i is eX l r llI e l.v popu lar, a n d
no n p lav in g mem hers a l'e not J<lI ow n . A \'e l'Y p lea s
an t t OI;ma m ell t was he ld o n 16t h Ap l'i l, W oo lwi ch
(130) P ost O ffi ce pl'o l'id ill g t he 0 ppo :tioll, a nd
a lt ho ll 2; h we los t.. we wel'e not in d isg race. It i
hODed t o :IITa ll ge so m e in ter office ga m es s ho1' LI.".
Rine .-S hoo ti ll g 0 1l (,i llu e9 to i l11 pl'o l' , a ll d it h a s
1I 0W bee ll deci d ed 10 eJ: s pense wi t h t h ~ . , f irst Ai d
P os t ". T wo Ell joyal) le eve n ings ha ve I' centl y I:e ' I
spe ll t with o u r lI elg hbo u r; -\ 'V. D. o n ~t", bu l " ry- l llIt
we we r Ll nfo rtl.l ll a(,e (,0 lose both ma,t c hes I,~, a ve l''y'

\ Ve extell d to a ll a hC" I,ty welco me, a nd wis h

'.Q. ~l. S. DI'um mo nd :l s ucces ' fu l ter mination d
hi s probatio ll .
Departures ,-The fo ll o "~ lI g o t h I' mnks a nd
civilian m emb 1'5 o f the st" ff IWl'e left th is offi ce
for reaso ll s stated :~'3.S. ~ l. 'N . E. Ca rl il e o n d i "
charge . '.Q . ~ l.S . .A . E. \Vi c kell d ell , 011 d i cha rge,
Se rgt ,. R . J. W oods t o A lder 'ho l , '11 11'. ~ l. H . B.
H atte l '~ l ey (ex. , '.Q. M., . ) o n retirem en t.
\ Ve w i ~h :01 1 t he ve ry best in t heir n ew sp he l'e .
Sport.-O ne c ri cket fi xLu re hns t ak e l' p l:lce t o
d ate. agai nst \ Vo kill g a t B urt OIl '; Co n r t
L Oll do l!
b a t ted fi rst. ma ki ng 128, o f II'll ic h L j Co rpl. D ill1 0nd
f the ]\ l i h La l ~1 1:'oo t P o lice. ill c lud ed to ma k e u p
th c lIul n l)u. \I'as 95 not o ut. \ Vo k ill /Z co red t h e
r uns req uired fOI' Iicio ry 1"01' th 1055 o f scve ll
wi ck ts, time beill g exte llded a rew millut es ill o rd er
l o an'ive at a d efi ni te 'O ll el U io:1.
His Majesty ' s Silver Ju bile &.- Th e d et achm ent!,
o f Dragoon G ual'Cis a nd Hw,snrs tak ill g pa rt ill t,he
R oya l P rocess lo ll Wl;1(: q ua rt red ;n H ege ll ls Park
Barracks, .o n 5t h fl lld 6th of 1\ la v . I II ad d it ion , t he
b a t~ely of R oya l H OI" e AI 'li ll e r,}' pa ra led here he
f o re all d "fter th e P roces ion. Th ose o f us "l lHlrLe red
jn IJiIl r:lck ' thu ' sa w q uit e :.l 1:1rge part, o f t he p ro
ces,io :J e ve ll if \\'e d id 1I 0~ se it ill prog ress th ro ug h
L Oll do ll .

n a l"l 'Ow ma r g in .

90

R OYAL

ARMY PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

Northern Command
COMM AND PAY OFFICE, YORK.
Random Notes and Jottings . -Tn co ncl us io n we
ho pe t hat, o ur reg ular reacl.l's (both of t he m ) w ill
['I preciate the res ulTlp tio ll o f Lhe s~ nol es a n I t hat
they lI'i ll 110 lo n ger yea i'll in I'a ill fo r 1I 0t s 1'1'01 11 t he
o ld ('it , wil ic h. a s statio ns go , is q ui te good. o nl y
o ll e mu s t rem emb er ihat s o m e "Iatio ns go fa s t e r
th a n oth e rs . (0 ur r eg ular readers . we u nde rstan d .
nre th e o n w ho, \I'll n stationed h e re . in va ri ably
caught a tram fl'ol11 Nessgate a t 10 [) . m. nig h t lya ll d th e oLher IS the o ne wh om I\'e m t o n lhe Coast
in '02. Oll' ing to a gJ'ilC'ou .. cO l1 ce sion I,." the
li cens ill g autholit ies l11allY 11011' 'aLeI, th e t l'a lll at
K e sgate at 10.30 p.m.)

Medal s .-O ul co ngral u latio ns arc cx t cn 1,>c1 10 Lh e

fo ll ow ing to ", 11011 1 III .1ul lil ec ;\ 1( o: ,J ha s I, ce n
a",al'd pd :-('0 1 nclll. G. n,:lcy . ;' I"jo r J . M . ]\J a c
n:1I11:1ra, Lie nL. \~r . L. 1)ank s, 8.S. ]\ 1. C . . \ . ]VI:lI' ti ll.
A !IO Lh eJ' fa c l which a p pea rs to h:II'e I,ce ll m issc c1
f"ol11 OUI' nol es is tll r( ce nt aW[l1 cl of the L. 8 . an d
e.C'. i'l led a l t o .Q. M.S. T . F ow lc r at Cattpl ic k .
Th e re is . a' vet. 110 direct el' ideIL'C thaL the a ncient
."et \\i lh: d I;i gh l.v COll lll ell ';ald c pl'aclic e of " dip .
pi ll g" ha s b, ell ca l'r'c d oul. so \\c 1I1llSt. fol' thl'
p rEse nt , mc rc ly a ' s ul11 e that it 1"" , .
.\ l1'ore rece llt :lw,II'd \\ hi"h w r ,,J , o hal'l' I le;1 s ll l'c
i n I'eco l'd ill g is that of 8 f.i;t . '1'. ll al'd ill'g who
r ece n t ly joi ned this o Aice frOI11 AI:' lta.
Football.- In th e se asoll j ust c1 0~C' c1 Our co m bin cd
tea m (H .. \ .P.C . a llcl R .E. ) fin isl' rI ill :1 cred i table
poslt'o n in th
Y ork \V ecl n , s cl <ll' ]lalf 11 01: rl a.v
L eag ue. Di v i ~ i o n l l. an d ho lds the di still LO ll of
ha vill ", sc'ol'eel nlOl'e go:tl s lh,, " a ll Y o( i1er lcam in
t he ir D i" is'o ll
Billia r ds - '1 u ri.ng l hc \\'ho le of th e easo n thel'e
\\':lS a lI ee k a ll I nec k l.,ugg lc h twpe n this o lliee
t ea m a lld the 16 ,-5(h L an ce rs in th G:J ITi son \ V.O.s
a llcl , 'e l'gts. ~ l c~s B illiards L eaguc. Th is \\':1S l'e;1 II'y
o n lv fitl ' ll ; ,,~ a ll Olll' " H onl (" Inatches :1I'e pl a ved
on (he tah le of 0 111' (,:11',, 11'1' frien ds . a,ncl \\'itho ut s uc h
a pril'il ege we sho u ld he' un ab lc to com pete ill th e
league. T he Ana I leag uc ta ble ho\\' c\'C I' pl'o l' ed tha ~
t he La ll er have pi p ped 11 5 1,.1' o ne po in t-therefore.
so ra l' :1S we " I'C cO ll ce l'lI ed t ht: hono l1l'S ar the: l's .
(P .R.-lt is l'ul11 o u l'erl t llnt next senso n the L a ncer s
hope t o fi n is h ill n d iffcrpnt pos it.io ll ill t he L eag ue to
t ha t w hich ('il e" ac hi eved t hi s s : nso n. li7. .. t he pell u I.
t!m" le o nc.)
Cr icke'!.-Co lI s idtJ ill g
t hat
OLlI'
com l,inecl
(R . _\ .P . . a llcl R. E .) cri cket t enm hold t he Gn l'l'isol1
8 111 :1 11 U n its c ri c ket cup , our perfO l'l11 a ll cc. ' n thc
fi rst t\\'o I11 ntc hes nl'e noth in g abou t w hich to wl'ile
home , w l'oLe he-not on ci ud ing t he en tence \\' il h
the pl'epos il ion. \ \ 7(' IH11'<' en (erta ln cl C h fl o ll an d
Sea lnoft. :l lId whi le fi n ish in g in th e fi rs t three (Y o rk
race. a rc a il n s t w it h us) in fact seco nd in :1 ch
matc h. we o n'" ju st " chi c I'c d the eco nd po , ;tio ll .
Th e c losc scnso " 'd e pa l't lll'c of Capt. E vel's a llcl Cp l.
B l'igg h ns w e a !( e ll ed O llr I't'$O ll l'ces so m ew h nt :1 ll d
nOL hi ll " m Ol'e li e cl be sa id :It lhe m om en t except
th :l t i\ I~ss rs . 8 ut cli l1'e . " eritv . J-[a l1lll1 o lld :llId H o bill s
need wo n y 11 0 ful'l he r ol' e'r th e' r a hili ty (0 I'r t 'lin
(h eir pl'cse n t p laccs ill t. he es t;1b li;:hmrllt of Co unty
o r E ng lan l
fo r th is seaSon a t a n y ra t e.

Arriv a ls a n d Departures .- I II th i~ iss ue li e ha l'e

pl ea s ure in wclc:o m; lI g OUI' new Comma ll d P Qy n~ a s tc r ,
Co lo ll e l H . G. Hily and ]\ It's . Hi ley t o Y ork a llCl w e
t rusl that t hi . . thei l' ftt dh er >oj o u'l'II ill th is. t a li o n ,
m ay pro ve t o be ext rem e ly clljoy:dd e ill e l~ r." "'''v.
O ur I;llc Co mm :J ll cl 1' aYl11as'(, I' . Co lo nf' 1 11. Ge ll ge.
A lldrews a lt] ~hs. GC lI ge'r\ nd "e ws a l'e 11 I\'. we hop e,
cOll1l'ol-lal, l" set.t.I ecl in t he 1:Jlld f the EhaJ'ilohs a ll d
are enj oy i li g I,e tte r we:1 lher t h:l ll we at hOl1le. O ur
l11 uc h I'aulltccl E ng li sh 8U lnm I' is ea d y Ij "' ng u[)
to it s r~putatiO Il , SII OW hal'!!1g a lrea dy ca ll ~cd th e
aban doll nl li t, of ,eye raJ nickel mat c hes .
F l)rth~I' ar,e",, 1 ill ('ludc: - 'gt. L. C. Beclfo rd
fl 'ol11 P er th (t o ('altcr 'c k ) , L j Sgt. L . :\ Ioore fr om
. \ Ider. hot. (to Catte ri "k) : L ' Sgt. '1'. Cole lna ll from
L Oll don (to C;illtn ick) : J~ Sgt. E. J . i\ lon ks 1'1'0111
Y ork ( B..P.) .
To al l of Lhese a h ear t v \\. Icorn e 's e xtend ed a nd
i f a ny of them fee l 10 :1eiy ;11 t hi s co nn t .y of hroa d
a Tes t ile), a1'C re minded lh :u t hi ll gs wi ll he hcU er
wh ell t he app roach in g l'n ill Y se a sO Il is 0 1' r , an d an y
lI' a y, C'at.lcr ic k \I':1S id way., 1'\ 1'\' hea Ilh v .
()n the olher ha,nd th e fol lo'w: ng d ej); lrtureo are
rcc rded :-S.Q. :\ LS. J . K . C. O ,\' CII 10 ei h ril 1t," , ;
~L. Ii' . H. Thom :ts to 8 in gapor,' from (;aUc r ic k :
.gt. J. C. Ba ck \\'ell (retul'll s l.O) Egl' pt f rom Cat
teric;< , 'gt. C. G . L ew is Lo li o n ( KOll g, L Sgt.
S. E. Targelt to , \ Iclershot fro l1l Cattcrick.
. \ 1 hough th t: SOj Olll'll of some o f th e: e was not
lOll g in th is oll1 ll1 a ll d , it is C rtai ll that th,' 1' will
al ways ho ld hnppy me m ories I' t he ir t al' ill t hc
ble<1 k nol'lh, an d . 'it may he a rl dcd. lh"t t1icil' Ia ln
a h le assist:1 l1 CC at las t ye:lI" s T attfJ nt ll:l l'c n - wo rt h
Ca. t ie,
e wc"stle. upoII .1' y nc , \I':I S " ppTccja t cci t o
th e full. Tt is r Ul no ul'p d t ha l till' fi rs t lI a lll ed is
cO ll t inu ill g to p'lt ronise t il,' sallle la ll lld r.\, :IS o f ~' o re,
b ut as p ro viOll s ly tated. t ilis i3 0111.1' :I r um on r.
W ilh the a id o f th e ind t' x ill Cent ra l S ,o(,'o n
(s ur r pt Jt io ll s l.v ho r row ed du r ill g t hl" a hse nep of t,he
S. '. M .) i t h a " bee n a scerta ill cd th a t th e d isC i1:1 I'g
o f S.Q.]\I.. S . H. Tuk e passed Ullll oticeci in t hese
co lumll s. H e wa s d isc l1:l rg ed a fc\\' mo nths ago at
hi OW II reques t to Like u p all " I po ill t ln r,ll t with l he
D Ollca s (,er lorpnratio n , so that he is ., /ill ' Il (,hc
1\o rth E' I'1I C;Oll' II1 :1 11l1.
Still unde r lhe hea di ng of ,\ rr ila l. :1 11 r1 D epa rLures
wp 11:1 1'0 p lf' as llI'c in reco rcJ:ll g th e sa fe a rri l'a l an d
c1 e pa l'l,n rc o f t he sto r k :It t h qn ,n -ters o f thrce of
o nr l1I <ml ,rs. all I th at 0 11 1' fam l llts s (. rr ll gt h IS
now ill crcasc d hy J o hn \\ ' rig ht , J o hn Mur ph.l', a nd
8 y llia Cha n Llel'.
. A r rn ll gc d a lp llil l,etir a l". t he fo ll ow ill g t.o pics
wo ul d ,1I,0t :I p penr ill t h is o rc1 el' : -

xr's

Old Comrades Association . -Ow in g to th e large

llul11 l,e r or m ' lr" ,e pnra t ill g \- ol'k from L o. nd,o n (and
t h te l'l'ifi ,' IClI g th o f ench- IIlIi E) t h " o n'lc ;: rl.'pre
s l1 ta t ion a t l ilc ,\lI nu ," D inll eJ' \\'a s not lIum l'I('[oIl y
strolg. Cl, If) lI el 1l.
Ri le I' ,,"c1 L t .Co l. P . L.
Old ham a ltt' lI(lec1 a nd. wo' und ers t.1I1d , t hat a ha pp."
tin: e wa s had 1,." all . R oll 0:1 next .vea l!

_c: .

TattoG.-Th :s ve:t r 's Xo rt l,fI"~ ('ol1l n1:t ll d n rch

Ji" ht T attoo w ill ' l,e held at \Y o ll a(on Pork " ott ill g'
h ~11I 011 Jll lv 6th :1I1cI 9 th to 13th. T o :1 11 o(-Ji ces
wi t hi n a 12 ho ur,,' c:! m el rid e of 1\ot t ' ng h :'lIl :1 n in
l'i t a t io l1 is ex t ell d e u t o :l1'I''' nge :111 oAi e o ut ing :! lId
spe:1 I lil e cl ay in t il e co unl ry of Roh! lI H ood :l." d h t
me r r \' s t rik ' rs . co.lt c lud ing til e c1 a.v With a .' ISlt to
t he T attoo- licen ecl h u ffe(s ill <1 11 part . \\ Itil fl n y

9I

THE

ROYAL

ARMY PAY

CORPS

J OURNA L

- - - - -- -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - necessa ry apo lo gies for urging this as an in centive

to visit K .)ttin gham-but wou ld no . ome of Lho e
who with tood the he"t a nd burden of the dav In
the Labour Corps Record and ya.v Offi e ciLII'ing tJ~e
Great W ar no\\' lik e to rE,' lslt the c nes of thell'
former triulllphs und er p leasa nler circum stances?
If 0 here is the cha nce! Fu ll cl t,a il s or co n ess ion :;' to Officers ani other rank s Logethcr \\'ith a ll
part:cul ars of the T attoo, H chearsa ls , and Ma ssed
Band Concerts w ill I,e sent rree o n a pph catlo ll to
the Tattoo Booking Office, South p,u '" le, K otUnghml1.
A. has a h'eady been reported els where last
ve;u"s T aUoo provided the han d so m e SUIll of 75 as
dOllation to o ur O . .;\ . Fund. - kt I1 S therefore
do a ll in o Ill' powel' to he lp the Ta too.
Jubil ee/Tll anksgivin g Serv ice.- Thi. serv lcP was
hell ill th e Garri o n Church, York. on unday,12th
1I[a'- . a nd Wi\. atte nd ed b~' a I arty fro m the combinecl detachments (C .P. and R. I . ) in 1lI11form.
Local Inform ation.- I t wou ld bE ntt:ng to commen ce t.his Art icle wilh a few notes of in te rest
outs id e . hop " regarding l.he o ld eit.v a nd its
env irons. Erst whil e l'es id ellL ma.v lIe intc l' ;;t d to
kl1o\\' that lhe Jl op ulati on of c reeping th in gs in the
eiLy has s li ght ly d ecree) ed I' cently. The CaU E of
thi s is the fa ct t.hat the tr.1l11S ha\,,, ceased to run Lo
DrinO'hou es . and as a re ull a ll optim ist can now
IIl'oc;ed fl'on~ Flllfol.d 01' one or the oth 1- I'emainin g
Lram termini to D1'In g hou ses In a greater tl!ne and
at a greatel' ia re than fOl'm.e d~-. Ruch I ' the pl'l ce
of Ill'og1'eSs !-(One definitIOn of an optimist IS
a n y'voung , o ld ieI' fi ll in g l1p his fh" t \ .F.O . 1771.)
Second ly Y ork
it~, has agHin fai led to reach
Di \' i ion n . of the FooLbal1 L eag ue. The rea501l. so
far as \\' have been a hle to ascel'La in. is that 16 01'
17 othe r team s in t.h e leagu e l'etu l'n ed heUH ca l'ds
for Lhe 42 ho le !
Ftnall.v, the pel'for ll1 a:"ce of t he York Rughy
L eag ue C lu b ;lI'e o n vel'tll1g many of I1 S lIItO hlkus.
- ::\ote. A three hours ' hike 0 11 a Satu rdH.v afternoon
f,'pe, \\,h ic h aft.e l' nil i;; Y()Ik 's poplllar p, :rp.
Stop Press- H ock ey .-i\c\\'$ has j ust come to
hand that gt. Drul11l11ond ha s passed an xamillatiO!l in Hocke~' 'umpirill g a nd ha . hee n I'eg ist red
a an Army Hockey Umpire. R e wa also . elected
to 'lke part in the Command H ocke.v Tl'lal la - t
Ko,-ember in goal.
"B.\ B _\D OR I " .

LICHFIELD .
Nothmg r ea ll y seem s to happ,en in this s i epv o ld
town. except p lent y of wor k , ,vet, wh en \\'e co n 'ider
ho \\' l11any c1 lan ges hayc occul'l'ed s; nce, . ay, a year
ago, it is s urpri sin g.
J\ IJo ut a half of the military sta ff :we ne\\'. a nd 1.0
th e m we exte nd OUI' hest wls l;es, and hope they \\'ill
nnd t h ir s ta .v w ith us v ery p leasant,.
T he late t de part u re, of th e o lder m em hers o[ the
taff, is S.Q. ~L S . G . F01'Sytlh, \\'ho ha gon e to
Edill bl1l'O'h on pl'obation for S .. M . ' Ve are happy
to co ngl~tulate hil11 u pon his Jlromotion. II'hic h, we
feel ure. is uow b u t a matter of t im e .
Hi s presen ce wi ll be missed as mu ch o ut id . as
in . i le the o(fic'e a nd we are now iJU $ ~- I' -arranging
OU I' d is rupted tenni . team fol' ,,-e ha ve a reputatio n
to keep ul~. Our men' s team here ha, lo st so few
matches in the last veal' or two that all the loca l
teal11s al'e now o u t for our bl ood. ,Y e are qui te
co n te nt . for \\'e have some promi si n g m ateria l. a ncl
ca n pl'om ige ' hl'ewsb my office a good fight, if the
lo ng a\l'iliLec1 match II'lth them doe. at la st mate r1 :d ise.
Our new hard co urt is in fine con dition. a n d \\'e
never t ire of s how ing it to our friend " from other
office.. W e ha " e bee ll a hl e th i yea!' lo get going
quite ea rl .v and hope to find Lhat \\'e ha" e benefite.l
accordingl.v.
Other function are somewha
lill1it cl i n thi office o\\'i!1 to the sma ll staff and la ck of fac ili tie~.
Tn Januarv \ye held he second of ou r an ll ua l
dinll ers at t l;e G eol'ge H ote l. Practi ca ll~' the whole
of the 'office taff and th eir wi ,-es . aLtended alld at
down t,O a VerY ni ce din ner, a nd n fLe!' a fe"- we ll
chosen wO Ids I ~y OUt Reg im en ta l Paymaster. M ajor
H. C. P II'sey, we re L1'eatE'd to an excel I nt ]11'0gram m e of c nte r~ai lllll ent by o me of Olll' members
and hy two pml s~ l o ll a l en tertalll er s. . \11 gave o f
the ir b'st alld were we ll re e1ved. and. a was th n
stated, OUI ' tha ll k are du e to the secr tary a nd his
7
co lJ.ertgues fl)1' the '-e1'Y finc. e,',Hi IlI " i'. n.l0vment
p rol, icled . It really 1S surpn lI1g . Lo discover the
ftrnou llt o f ta lent that lu rks behllld "Ol11e of th e
ru gged exterior' ill the L ichfield office .
The dinn er lI'a fo ll o\\'ed a week Inter h" a <lan ce
at t,he same ho t elr y. It was a great ,ucce.>s. notwithsta nd ing Lhat the re was a hi g l'oun t er-H;t,traction a t th Gu il dhall 011 Lhe samE' ("'(""112; . lh o. e
who k now thi s c; ly \\' ill realise holl' \\ell OLlt d a ll ce
well 1" as it is gellera lly con sid er ed that holdillg two
d an ces 011 011 ' lIi o- ht h e re I ;l klllg .lust a h ttle
too mu ch. H owever we ha d a goo d m uster f r o m o ur
fl'i end s a t th e baITa ck s, th ree m iles o ut. wh ic h COllt r ibuted in 110 sl1l;\ 11 Wily t.o OUl' Sl1 cces. . Th e Recretarv a nd committee aga in pro\' d Lh !r worth and 1t
was ce rta inl y not th ei l' fa ult th at o ur seco nd vell ture
in thi s li li e 0:1 the 12Lh r\ pri I was !l ot alte lld ed
w ith qu ite the same s ucce s . P erlmps we \\-e re a
li t tl e t oo amhiti o us in takin g t he mu ch la rger Gui ldhall , 01' mayiJe, i t was a litt le lale in. lite . ea 011 .
Th a t is Lhe ex l ell t or Ollr SOCial act" I1.i e thiS yea r.
Th e NOI-th,> I''''
omma nti Tattoo i. lJ":1I1; he ld at
Nottingham lhi yea r an d all the mi li lary a nd some
of the c ivili a n st a ff wi ll ' ,e o n dut,-.
I wa ~ n e'\;'ly fOl'gett' ng.
We I,ave pl ayed o ne
crick et mal c h. against th e Th eolog1c,a l Co11. O'e. W e
wi ll qui etl y pa ss ov" r the . co re . Svihc It to say
that we (os t . OUl' top sco rer bein g h. Ba iscl e n
with 9.

REGIMENTAL PAY OFF ICE , YORK .

S.S.M. l\[cCarthy sa il ed fo r Mal ta 011 12th Ap ri1.
'V e we1'e sO I'I'y t o lose hill1 but tl'l1st that his soj o ul'l1
in the sun ny c l:nles will be a hal P.Y oll e. ,
RQ .l\LS . Luki n' e ml)n l'i,ed 011 0 1'd ?l fay from
E g.v pL. and 'ergL. E. J:. Bown on 9th Apri l from
Hon g K o ng.
, 'ergca nt F. 'Vehl,er \\'a~ Jlos ted t o E xete r on 2l:lt
1\Ia.v a fter sel'\' in g for fh'e ve;1I-s in Y o l'i<.
Ple. W. ' Vi lso n. R ova l T a ll k Co rp . alll Pte . J .
B enl.l ev . K.O . R ova l Reg: n1ent. wel'~ tl'an ferred
t o th e ' Co rps on 16th Jul y, 1934 and 22nd October,
1934 . respecti ,ely . The latLel' ha s In ce been posted
to H o un s low.
Rif:lernan A . , 'co la : lCR. RiR e Co rps, joined on
pl'Obatio ll 10th ~I ay .
Th e porting s id e of the office ha s no t yet got
into its s umm er s t!id e. Th e c ri cket teal11 is fee lm g
rather und el-no Ulished th rough t he loss of our' s t a r s
oi la st 'ea son, hut. no doubt \\~th pra t :ce and per s istence. a l,e Lte r re port will ap,pea l' in the e co lul11n
in du e co urse. '

92

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

JOUR AL

--------------------Northern Ireland District

Jubilee Honours. - Thi s D et achm ent h as been

honoured by the awa rd of th e King GeOl'ge V Si lvec
Jubi lee M edal s to Lt. -Co l. F. P. Vicini , O.B.E-. ,
and L ieut. E . B. Godw in , to w h om we offe r our
hea ries t co ngratu},,!.ions.
Ju!l ilee Celebrations.-A ll acco un t o [ t h e cele bration s o n 6t h M ay and durin g the visit of H .R.H .
Th e Duke of Glou ces ter, will be found on page 65
of this iss ue of th e " Journal " .
C.C.A . Dinner.-In spite of Lh e long di stance. t,,-o
m emb e rs Lt . E. B. Godwin :tnd S .Q. M.S. E. G L_
Brow n, 'r eprese n LeJ th is Bra n r h at the Annual
O. C .A. Dinn er on 26th April. On e o f our r e presentatives was una ll e to d esc rib e many p a rti culars
on this ocr" ion . b ut bot,h of t hem , co ntrary to o ur
expecLa Lion:. re ported a rdma rk ably gmooth sea
passage on thell return Jour ney.

Crick.et.- , ' .Q.M.S. E. G. L. Brown a nd Sergt. H.

Hu mp!l;'ey- hav e bee n se lected to pl ay for th e Belfas t Garriso n S. & D. C ri ck et T eam, a nd in our
next r e port we ho pe to he ab le t.o g ive a good
;ICCOlnl t ) 1 rh bir perfo rm ances.
Ten n is :-As the T enn is Courts are s ituated just.
out 'Iel e Li1 c office_ eve ry a dvantage of th e unu s ually
fin e weather is taken [or practice. Judg ing by tJ1 e
form di s played , we hope to ca rry off most of the
cha Il ~ n ge ev~ " ..,
Offic e Out ing .-Members a nd th ei r I'amili es arelookin g forward to th e Annua l Outing o n 6th Jun e
o rga n ised by t h e co mmittee of th e Socia l C lu b . Th ep roposed it;n rary is \.0 the G lens of Antr: m a nd
r e tul'l1 by th e Coast R oad. It is hop ed to in clud e
a ll accon ll t o t' th i outing in th e neA t is u e_

Scottish Command
PERTH.

Rifle ClUb.- As a s ubs idi ary of our Socia l C lub ,

th e Rifl e Section continu es to flouri s h and s:nce th e
last pl'int of the " Journal " many hots have la.nd ed
. 'in th e b lack".

In CO ml11 0 11 with the rest of th e Britis h

I s les we are just " t.h a wing out"
after expcr :e nci ng th e unpre.ced ented co ld s pell wh ~ ch , th e
m erry month o f May so . t,reacher o us lv P'I od ll ~ecl
fo llo lV i ng a week o f g lol'l o us ,T u btl ee wea th el .
Apa rt from w eekly riR e m eetin gs, active socia l
a ff a i rs o[ t he D etachm ent h ave bee n co ns pi cuou sly
ab 'ent in t he l ast several month s. but a stir IS
a ppare nt among t enni s enthU Siast us OUl' g r ass
co urt aga in ass um es a tl'lm and p layab le nppe;trrunce.
With unfailin g r eg ularity o ur fea,therec\ fri ends
return to n es t, in their part1 cu lar a nd often p eculIaI'
pi a tlS in and around the offi ce.
For seve "al weeks Mr. L ow our Office M essenger
and Caretaker, watched for th e return of th e swa llows 3;nd was fortun a t e enou g h to be out 111 th e
front of the office wh en th e "wand ere r. " r etul'!l ed ,
flyin g Ol1t of the . blU e! cl.,i stan ce stra ight to tJ11&
R ecreati o n Hu t wlI1d ow le ft purpo. e ly open fOl
th em. H o use bui ldin g comm en ced wltho~t d elay,
des pite th e clatter of t h e stamp in g m achin es t emporarily bou sed in th e Hu t for pr e~,a r atlOn of
P ension B ooks a nd now the' swa llo " , S n ~st 1
s nug ly compl ete r epos in g again st a beal11 III th e
hut.
In cid enl.1.l1y the blu e tits ha ve agaiJII n es ted at
a depth o[ a foot down a di s u .ed p ipe, whi ch lean
agains t th e t enni s .co urt nettll1 g, a nd . IX pl:e tty
a nd tin y eggs contaIn th e embryo bll1e tit famrl y .

A ne w rifl e obtain ed on re- payment fl'Ol11 theSocial 'Iub ha s he lped considera b ly in m a int a ining
the co ,-,fid ence so essentia l in S.B. shooting.
Mr. Wa lke r , the loca l S .M.R..C. R e presentative,
paid us a visit towards the end of th e winter season
a nd demonstntted so me of the finer points of t h E
~ame .
A v ery kind in vitatio n from him res ulted
U1 a sma ll pal-ty vi - iting h is Cl ub alnd benenttin g
still flll'ther by u in g first class rifles and s hootin g
coa Ls a nd , what is more important. te lescopes.
This last item represents ollr one big dl'aw-bac k
at, the mom ent, we have no ',scopes. Up to a fortnight ago, binocu lars 'Were being u sed , a.nd it was
noti ceab le that v ery litt le advance was be ing made
in the sco rin g . Sin ce the g lasses have been dispensed wi t h , a d ecid ed jump ha been mad e by all
rezular aLt end ers, thus proving th a t the st.rai,n cf uSing the 'b ino culal-S definitely in terfered with
actua l s ig hting. A m ovem ent is afoot, a nd it is
h oped th;tt a t lea, t two 'scopes, co mp.1 ete " 'ith
s tand s, will b aYl1i.1ab le by the next winte r season.
Sin ce th e conclusion of th e L eag ue s hoots. our
av erages a re a t l east being maintained by monthly
Spoon 'o l11pe tition s and "Poo l" shoots. To date
Spoons hav e been won by S.S.M. Mo s rund Corp l.
P. Palm er. " P oo l " of varving amo nn t-s have gone
t o lI.fa j ol' J . H epb ul'l1 , S.Q .M .S. Spoon et,
orpl.
Bl'll c(;: . and L / Sgt. N ewbel'l'y.

Co rporal G . N. Palm er has lef t th.~ sLa tion o.n

r e- joining hi o l ~ RegJment, 2nd Bn. Ih e C hesh l! e
R eg t.. ftt Catten ck.
Th e recipi ents of the ]{ing's .Si lver Juh ilee J\>l ed a ~
in this office al'e Co lonel C. H . McClI lI en . Officer
ilc R eco rd s, a nd M a jor J. R e pburn. these officers
h a ving both served throughout th e rClg" of K in g
George V.
TiI e partpl a,ved by the D et,ach rll ent i!' the Jubi lee
p'a rud e in l:'elt h i. I'eco rci ed el ew iI ere 111 t hI S Iss ue.
McSPORRAN" .

A fri e lld ly match wa compl et ed vel' us Shrew bury o n 12th Apri l, and \\' e r ece ived another s poon
(wood n), th e re ult being :-Shre ws bury 451 ;
P erth 440.
Stop Press.- Congratl1.i ations to Ser gt. L. Cooper.
A lde rs hot, on eC lll'lng a place in t he R egular A I'm
T ea m.
"McSP kTSTR AP ".

93

THE

ROYAL

AIUIY

PAY

CORPS

J O -RNAL

T HE

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - -- - _._.. _- - -

Southern Command
Mt. T. \Vdi e one of 0 111' old c i\'ili a n fri ends
retired 011 age limit on th e 8th o f "\\fa y, and we
lru s t that hi s I' t.ired life wil l be a happy one.
P r omotions.- \\'e h earti ly co ng l'a tu late , taft" et'
geant ) [ajor F. B . Mi t che ll 0'11 his p r moti oll l o
\ \:.ar\"an t Offi c.,r. Cla s 1. Lon g nHty he weur a
"::;:1111 Browl\ e .
To ,taf,' erg ants P lun kEtt a nd D a\ i w a l -o
heartie t co ng ratu lation s 0 11 th eir
extell I om
lromotion s to t he 2nd Di\ision. a nd h o pe t o s e
t h eir names in th li t o f 't a ff , e rgean t Majors
one of th e-e d ay s.
Additional Arrival.- W E oft"e l' our co ng rntl1 la
. . )1. a nd )1I"s. ~1 i t c hell o n th e bi rth
I ion s to
o f a clau g hteJ', Fra nces Ann , on th e 13t h o [ J\ pril,
1935. H7e a re glad t o r port that I.oth are do: n g
very w ell .
Sports Club ,- Th e mjn :a ture ra.nge cnt.hu. ia t s
r egre tted th e ( li d o f bil e ho otin :; se:l soll. nnd a re
ef",er ly awaiting th
Ol1ll1l e nce ment oJ" n xt
se aso n. Spoons \\"ere kindl.\ g iven h v t he offi cer s
of th e d eta chmEnt. a.nd S .S .M. l'Ili lc he ll. and \\' e re
\\' on by Ca pLnin Eacli e . S.Q.,M.S. B lyth , ' .S.l'I1.
lIIitche ll. l'Ilr. l'I loore, and .\I r. Pope . \Y c fi re d a
pos tal s hoot with th e Canterbury Offic t.1 : th e re
s nlt bei ng, Ca nt e rIJlIl' ~' 904 points , E XE t e r 374
p oints . Alth o ua h heat en we are not at a ll des
pondent. an d h ope to turn th e labl es next ea . on .
Th e s port club is in a flouris hin g co ndition , nll d
we li re no w an xiou l ~' looking [ol'wa\"(1 t o a s um
J .\ YBEE.
m er (if a ny ) o ut in g .

COMMAND PAY OFFICE, SALISBURY.

Jubilee in Salisbury.-Th e City went gay ind eed
for th e Day with proce sioll s alld dan ce-, fr f.e and
oth e rwi e .
Th e Mi li tary were repl'esented at th e e n ' ice in
tJ1 e ath edral. at whi c h th e oa,nd of th e A rgy ll and
Suth Erland Hi g hland ers wa pres nt.
The Ca th edral Spil'e wa Aoodlit. alld ma de a
wonderful s pectacl e.
Cricket.-A team i- in be in g . and we a l'e in hopes
.of gi\'illg a good account of o urst!h 'e- wh en we are
vi s ited hy th E t eam from WokiJl g on 5th July.
Our fir y mat.ch. \\'ith th e C. D . E xpel'im w t a l
Slat:on , wa s p lay d at Porton on 15th ~ I a y. a lld re
suited ill a win for Porton.
Th e ma tch \\'as
thorou g hly enjoyed by ,, 11.
Dep artures. -S .Q.M.S. T oy. I' embark ed fo r B e l"
muda 011 13th Apri l f\"Om Liverpool.
S. '. ) l. Prill" has tak en up a n a ppoi lltm eu1t a t
Ex eter and a ll wi . h him the he.t o r luck i n ivil
life after 34 year:- in th e .\ ,.mv.
Se rgt. H oit moyed to '\\ill chest er on 11th F el lru
an' and we wer e sorry to lose o ne who co uld be
rEii ed UpOIl to help at' an y kin I o f soc: al activity ;
we wi s h him happin e.. at hi s ne w s l a ti n.
Arrivals.-V\ e welcom e S.Q.:IIr.. . God he hen r from
E gypt, a nd S.Q .)LS. G ea r fl'om }\I d r hot. th e
la tter on prohation for promoti on t o \\' a rrant Offi cer.
C ia
L May th eir stay in al i bury be a happy
on e .
Awards.- " e offer congratulations 10 Co L E. E. E.
ToclJ , O . B.E.. Lt.-Co l. L. J. W e bb , "\["jo r E. , N.
Dawkin . ~LB . E.. ancl Lieu.
OLearv. 011 r ece iv.
in g the Ju bi lee Medal.
. fOOKR \KER.

HILSEA.
B eyo nd '; on g r a tulatinO' S . . M . R E. Dore o n hi s
jJ ro motio n to tha t I'ank and ~'ecord i n g t he d eparture
o[ Pte. Ing lis to Exeter, th e t'e is ve l'Y litt l ~ of whi h
t o write .
Th e on ll' D etnc hm ent acti\"itv was riR e hooting
and that has cea ed unbi l n ext sea son. \ Ne fini s hed
5th in th e L eag ne Table. and are a nticipat:n g a t
lea s t a ' s uccessfnl a fini s h n ext yea l.
\ Ve \\" oulri like to con a ratu la t e 'th e ,' e re t a ry and
Committee o f .\la nage ment on th eil' ve l'\' s ucce s
ful h a nd ling o f t h e L ea gu e's a cti\"iti es . nil I a lso to
congratu la t e th e Alders hot Offi ce Oll it m eriled uc
cess.
\\Te \vo un d up th e sea on \\"i h a miniature " Bi s
ley ". Prizes \\"e re pre en t ed by Col. F. '. Larm olll",
R.A.O. C ., Offi ce r ' /c RE:cord s, Lt. 0 1. H. W . P.
Sands, R egim enl ,ll PaYll1a s!.e t. a nd Capta in
. D.
Vint.
hninnnn of the Clu b Committee . It wa a
\'ery lI ccess fll l eve nt whi ch \\'a s thoro ug hl y nj oyerl
by a ll pr sent,

EXETER .
Arr ivals.- Vi' e take thi - opportullity of we lcom
ing . taft"
gt. A. E. V. Ad~m . f" om GiiJraltar ,
Se rgeant f. \Vebb I' from Y o rk , I t e. G. F . _-\.
Ingli s from Hjlsea. and l\lr. H. T. Pring (l a t e
S.S .M. ) from Sa lis l Ul'Y , and W 'l hope t heir t ay
in Exeter wi ll be a long a nd enjoyabl e on e.
Departures.-We a ll mi s' th e pl'esell ce of ,. Q .
M. ~. Paine (Tiny) wh o wa disc h'lI gE d t o pen ~Oll
<m 9t h ~Iuy. \V e hope he h as se Lll ed down , alter
35 y ears ' se rvi ce in th e Army , in hi ' ne \\" r ole a s
a "cin'Y" in the '~oo l \\"i ch Pay Offi ce .
l a ff Sergeant Da \'is wa s po t ed t o t.h e A ld f.l"
, hot oft"i ce on the 210t of May . Hi . chee .y person
ality will be bad ly n.i ed in E x t e l'. Our loss .
he:nv eve"l", is Alde rshot' s gain, and we ho pe his stu :v
in A id r:- hot will be a enjovabl e :L hi s stay in
Exeter .

Western Command
Tennis.-Th" se rvi ce of S. , .:111. rnith wi ll be "eri oll 10 s t o t he a lrEad y d epl e t e) ra nk o f t enni s
enthu ia t s . a ncl w ho re th a t hi r li e r. S . . .\1.
Robin s . will r e pa ir th e loss.
:1\ot,w ith s t a ndill g our la ck of numbe rs we a re hop ing to fu lfil OUI" us ual fiXLure. mth Pre ton a nd
Shrew I)urv.
"Ve m ad e a good t a rt in ou r firs t m a t ch of th e
sea son again t th Lo cal Aud it Sta ff. whi c h IV \\'on
IJv six events t o three . th e honon rs res t.ll1 g w1th our
fi'rs t two pairs wh o won a ll th eir e\" ent .

COMMAND PAY OFFICE , CHESTER .

Arrivals.- , .Q ..?II.S. '. R. Bee join ed from Gib
ra ltar on 29th ?lIt.rc h, a nd " . .\f. V. H. Robin s is
due to join from \\ la lta on 30th ?> l ay. A h a rly wel
-co me i extellded lo both th ese v\7arrant Offi cers.
Depart ur.es.- .S .M . R . G . Smith i. lea vi ll g u s for
P l'es ton on 11th Jun e, '111(1 OUI' best wishes go wi t h
him fot' ,. s uccess ful term in ation to hi . course in pa y
-duti es . a nd a hHppy tuy in hi s new station.

94

R( lYAL

ARMY

Jubil ee Cel b~ ra UcflS . -W e ,ne pleil ed t o me:l tion

that th E , li ver Jubilee )[ edal ha s hee n aWind ed to
'ol one l It : \ . B. Youn g , O.RE. , a nd Li e ut ena n t
W. H . ~ I oorno ft .
r\ n acco n :1 t o f th e Ju bil ee ce le bra t ion ill C hes'er
reco rde I e lse whe re ill thi S iss uf.
PRESTON.
SOCial ClUb. -Om atti\;t:E
durin g th e la t
Gna rt e.t ha.ve .' ndud Ed th e ye a l"i ~, trip s to ,\ in t.e
an d
hes t er 10l" t he G ra nd ~ati O Il , d and C he t er
C up res p ecti\" ly . Both e\" lIts \\'e l'E pa tron ised uy
c lub m mbe rs . a nd Wit h fa vo ul"lllJle wea th c l' t ile
raci:1g wn ' \'ery enj oy a b le. a lth o u rr h we c1i dn' ~
al\\"a\'s filld th e win ners.
,V lth t h
illte nt :on of ce leI,rat:ll g th e ilH l"
Jnbd ee, a lan ce was held at th e R ege!l t B a llroo m
o n 17th 1'I 1"y. a ll d wa s attend ed h,' so me 14C m em o
be l'S and fri end s. Tt is reg r t le d' (h at th e a LLe:1 d
an CE fe ll rath e r h or t of that ex p t ed a.n d co n sequ ell Lly resu lte 1 lit ;. heitvy ca ll upo n t,he C lub' s
ex ~ h qu e I'.
H owe ve r , ti10 ~e p rese:! t I.hor 11gh ly
e njo.vecl Lh e lan ce, alld no \\" \'crv end ea vo ur is
being mad e ( 0 repl en i h th e fund s .
Th f. othel' impol-t a,nt eve nt wa s Lhe Allllu a l M etin g . a t whi ch OUI' Sec retary. SI , gt. Ha k: ns . a lld
Mr~ . Has k.n
\Vere hea rtil y t han ke d fo r t he: r kin I
sen' ice durillg t ile pas t .y ~ al". X eed lcss t o . a~',
SI g t. H a s k l!lS wa s Ulla nlll .011 Iv I ~ e l ec t e d H on.
Ec re t ary . Th e d a t e alld v enl\l~ for th e .\ n nua l
Tr;p ha s not y t bee n dec irl prl .
Ri ll.: Club .- .\I th o ug h we d ;cI not fi all . e \'e l"', hi g h
tiP. in t he Rifl e L ea gue . th e fi xtnre~ \\"e l'e 'Iook ed
forwa rd t o with grcat k lln :' . alld n Xl s~ a !'O Il
we hope 10 ~ho \\' g reat impro ve ment. \ \' e s hould
E ke (0 t ake th e ,,'p po rtll" :ity o[ tha"l kin g th e Ai d r
s hot Offi ce fo r l"llll nin g th,~ L ea g ue a nd t o CO li
g ratu la t e Ih EI1I 011 hEa din g th E t.1iJl e.
\ Ve are plea 'eel to r cord t hat .in t h e rubl .er n' a t ch
with Depo t.. The L :Jya l TI ef( ill1 cnt . \\"e co n nl"l. ed
0\11' prev .o us \'Id or\" , alth o ng h on ly b~' a n'lITOW
marg in o f 5 pO::lls. :\ mntc h w:\ a lso fi , ed with
D Epot, E a t L aqcn hire R egim ent , an I \\'011 bv 84
point . Owin g. t o th e s~ lI son ha v in g clo ed a re turll
s hoob was not arrau ged. but it is expEct ed that o.: e
wi ll t n ke pin e next winte l'. Th e sea ~o n was ('on
cluclt d with a C lnl
hoot , competition ' being
a lTa :1gE d l.~' , gt. Pink. and. thank s l o gen eroll s
don o _\'l 1113 11"1 pri ze' \\. re o ff ered fOI' th
com
pet it o rs .
Cricket. - \\
a re plea. I' d (.0 welcome L :e ut.
olone l C harltoll a s c a[~tai n of t he t ea m thi s seaso n.
H e ha s ha d th e pl ea s ure of I aclin g us to vido r.\,
in our t\\o gam es pla.ved to date . .\ g:lins t, Bl ac k
bum T chni (;al Coll eg e at 13 la c ldlu\"ll. \\'e malla ged
to win hy 3 r\l'I S. th e 'cores bEill g vp r.v low. our
opPo ll en t s 3'4 (Sgt. \ iVa lke r 5 wi("k e t ~ for 10) . alld
ou r eh 'es 37 . Our batti ng impl'o \"C cl co ns id erahly
in th e Garr ison L~a g u e m:1tch wi(,h D e pot. Th e
Lo~' al R eg im nl.
Battn g fir. t. we totall ed 151
(Sgt, \\Talk Er 33. Sg t . Orm erod 29 ) . and th e D el ot
we re c1 ismi s d for 43 ( g t, \i\ a lker 5 for 15). Th e
fixture li s t ha ' heen ;n cre ased t.hi s sea 011. a :l c1 t wo
int el'" t a ff 1I1:1l c hes. )filitarv v. C ivilian s. 11fl \'e been
arra nged . Li eut.-Colo!lc l C ha l"ito n is a lso ("apl a in
of th e Garriso n E le\e n . and S g t . \Valkpl an I (']>1.
L ee also re pre~p'1t th Garri son thi s Spa SOl1.
Office News.- in ce th e la s t )lu m he r o f th
" Journ al"

n IGl'g

l1tlll1iJ el'

or

ch:l nges ha\-

t ak en

p lace in th t' o f-fi ce. a nd whi ls (, we lco min g th e n ew

'0111Cl'
and wi shin rr th III a ))I ( :l s rl n t s t;-lV in thi s
statio'\' IV ho pe ~h~lt tll0 5P who hn\'e le ft." wi ll fi nd

PAY

C(lRP

th in O' to Ih ei;' lik ;ng in th.'lr n w s t a tio n .. '1 hose

\\'ho have le ft a r ~ ,'gt. :\lill s to E H.. t f' I1I Cunl lll <l lld
!:U~: ~l. ' . l-L gg ill . on a nd Cl'l. I3l ac i; ,vei l 10 Eg'y pt :
. \ 1'1" a l : !I re , . 'gt. J O~l es fro m V\i Ok:lg. L/ C.
~t o wHrd f, om \ \1 a 1'1 ,Y, I' lI s . Co pcs t a!;e, R . \\' e lsh
1: us .. and Pte . M oc k lEl" . ..'" ilt- hil e B egt., on j)roha
1,10'1. .W e co ng l'a t ulate L / C. )[ Hr,h 0)1 pn ,;.n ' hi s
probat. on. a nd ho pe that he will he s ucces-ful in
th e Co rlM.
_ Army Day.-Fo ll owing th e pra ct:ce o f ~he R OY'11
Ih e ."\ r llly he ld'an
' : \ t H om ' on '25th .' [a \, 19c5. a t ' F uh\ooc:.JI
B ft l"l"acks .
Th e B a r rack s we re o pen 10 t he g e': r. d pcl hl :c
from 2 p.l11. unl ' l 10.30 p.l11 .. t he ld c". 11l.>i n g JP
nl. g hten th e puhl '(' a, t o how a so ldi er 11\' " In the
.\ rnl y , a nd in t hi s conn cti n pe ia l aitc n( ion was
pai d t o 'lI"ran gc l11 e nt o f e \'e:1 t s in 11 il 'ch c \'t .lin
pha -es o f mil it al.v life were d is p lav d . On e f a t l\l"e
wa s ph .-s ie,d t ra: nin g a . ca rri ed o ut ;:0 VE'HS a g o
and as it is (ocl ay .
.
\Vi t h til .. co opera t.ion o f li e B"nd a 'HI Drullls
of t,he 1 t Batta lion Th e E a<t La'lca.1I :re Heg im Cllt
and . 4th . B a tta lion Th e L o:-, ,, I Reg'mc nl (T.A.) ,
mu sica l It.e m: fo rm ed a popu la r pHl't o f the [i 1'0g l"<1)11 me . \\llI c h . ncl lld ed H et reat 1.J v tl!e B ant! and
Drum . o f th e fo rm er un il.
.
olll e 37 pla ces we re o n \:E\v . i!lciuc:! iP ( the Gal"
ri son hurc h. Coo k H ou se, 18 pOlln d\" Cu n . Det en
ti o n 13a rra c ks, (a ptly d cI': hecl ;I , \ hl' le: aot use d
hui ldi n " in t he B a rra ck). B a r ra ck Booms. Bat,h
Hou se' . n:1 d R ecord a nd P a y office. U n fo r t un <l t t! ly,
o\\'i!l g to . \ nnllal Ca mp. 16 T. Co m pa ny l . k .C.
were ullabl e to t a k e pa.t in t he p!ocet,J ngs.
Th e R eco rd and Pa\' Offi ce \\'as ope n fo . in s pec
ti on 1'1'0111 2 p.m. t o 7 p.l1l .. a lld t he p rincill e fo l
lowe d in\'o l ved h,win g a Room se t Oll t t o represe: lt
ea ch !'l ect.~ on. i.e .. Ret urn s. includin g Pa rl ia mentary,
Ad '" em" . 1'<1 \' L i ~ t . . \ r I11 V R rsen e. Pell s ion ' , '1' . .'\.,
a nci B ookin g. Th e t;df was "lTa n gf(1 arou ))ci th e
d iffere nt room s , and a c le ci as " Gui dcs", exp lain in g
::\ av ~' a :1d th e H va l .\ ir Force

I..h e YCl l'lon s ltems . nnd nns.\"e ring an y

u<:: sti ons.

1'\\'0 0 'd ock 'U11 e, th e office cloor5 \\"e re o pened .

b ut )) o boclv ca me in. and we hega n :0 wO lld er if
after nil tl;e offi ce was not go in g t o be an a tt ra cf oll.
At 2.20 th e fir t \is itol ('am e in : th e \\'ord was
qllicl;l~ pa s e I ro und , a nd so we hpga: 1.
B)' q
o ' cl oc k . 0111C L SGO pEo ple h od ]1a ~se d I h roug h t he
offi ce : we were si mp ly c rowd ed o ut d llrin g this
pcri cl. alld 1,Ei"ol'e on c could full ''- e xp lai )) a , ectio)) . th e party ha d Lo he hUlTi ed to th e nex t room
so a s t.o g' \'c oth e . a chan ce t o ge l int o th hu :l,llng
Th e to ta l nllmber u f \';, it ors . exclud ing ch ild ren ,
\\"a s 2609 , so we cert ni ))l y had Ill' ,, !talc. .\ m ong
t,he manv in t eres t ed we re th e )[a vor a nd Ma\' oress
of Prest on. and \\' hil e in the .Adre>n ;] H oolll . ;, plnte
was " run off"' On a card g i\' i:la t he ~"1Yo r' - ' Ea r
tic ulilrs" to comm e mo rat e hi s vi s it. TI1<' ~ I a vor
wa s more than s nrpri sed wh en th e .\ d r lIl a Ol)er.
ator (:II l iss C:al1lbrill ) hand ed hilll t he card a a
"s pecin. ell" o f th e work don e hv ( h ~ machi ne . T h e
Brigadi er i t c ,\ dllli))i , lra ti o n. Vi es t rtI C'O l1lm :l'ld,
a nd the , \ r a Oll1ll1an le r a Iso \i it d t he' o(fice .
As mi g ht hn\'e he n e xpec t ed. th ere ,,. Ie some
iJlte t'e s ti l ~ O' chal'ac t ers am o ng th e ,"isi t.ol's.
~ o n le,
apparen t ly . \\. re pa s t mp l o~'ee ;n pay om es . out
to r en e w the il ' a c qllaint.~n ce with .\ rlll .\' Fo r ms.
On e old gentleman on heing a pproa c hed hy Capta m
H ard , said he wa ju t haying a look rl) lII1<1 .I gam
os h e was in th e "barra cks in 1879. On e YOII )) g lady

THE

l.t OYA L

AR~IY

PAY

CORPS J O l" NAL

a l~d

ene"gy, th e ciOllors of whi c h a .. e the yo un ge l'

ml h ta ry III mher5, ha ca used us Lo b .. ea k o ut into
s pot o f c ri cket , badminton. clo ck-golf a ll I t en iquoit. om o ld fri en d bowl s ha vin " rece ded a li t t le
in to the I'nckg round. R esul t, ,,~ are now ab le
shollld a n VO l1 e care to \' Ls it us, to present a va riety
of it ems th a t. provide hea lth y a ll d yigo rous compe t iti on
I n t he atln lini t ra lio:l of this ci uh we shall mi ~
th e will 'ng and ab le serv ices of St a ff Qua r te rm astel'
Sgt. Stee l. who for so many yea r \\'<1 the centre of
ou r socia l acti\itie. Sergea nt Chellin gs'.I'o rth. however. h,\s a h'e<1dy proved himse lf to he a worth y
successo r .
Cricket.- Ollr nrst mat ch. agaim;t Li e ut.-Co lonel
'iN . D. N'. R ohotham's old t,ea lll. Co nd o \~ r. res nlLed
e vera l o utin a g ra t ifyin g w:n lJy seven wicket s,
stan din g performan ces we re g iven , deta ils of wh ich
will be sn pp li ed in late r numbe r. of th e " Journ a l".
A good t a r t lik e th ' s will gi ve encouragem ent to
a l\ conce1'11 d an d we hope t o improve more still
as the ea. on p1'Ogrsses.
RiHe Club.- -Th e P erth Offi ce \\' el'e kind enough .
as a res u lt of our in vita t :on in th e last number of
t he " J ournal" . to send us a et or targel',. After
co mplet ion , th ey were inadve r te nt ly left at th e Dl'ill
H all , th e P.S. In tru ctor de troying th em in error.
I im ag in e he mu st hav e t hou ght. th em th e ~ ff o rt s of
some rec ruit. F inalty compl eted. we were a sha de
bette r on th at occas ion than P e rth , a nd imm ed iate ly
o ur easo n opens, ahput Octohe r, \\' e are hoping fot'
a ret ur n matc h.
T ennis. -Our ' ta l warts are p'ract ;sin g for tJl e
Rhin e Cup , a nd our loca l engage ments . Co rpo ra I
Bri ggs will giv e a sli g ht improvemen t to th e team
whi ch journ eys fOI-th to play th e Co mm a nd Office
at Ches te r, on Jun e 18t h .
Long Service an d Good Conduct Medal :--'1'0 th e
a lready e nd less li st of " t hose who h ave n ever been
fo un d oub" . is "dded t he nam e of Se rgeant B ell ,
who now loo ks and [eels, an old soleb el'. Our on ly
reg r"t i , th a t on receip of th e meda l, th e " moi t E' l1 in g" wi ll be do ne at Deptfo rd to whICh offi ce he
h as now proceeded .
Arrivals and' Departures.- Staff Se rgea nt Wi Il ia m3
from Ti ent in , Pri\'at.e W ea ire Irom Win c hp ter,
Sta ff Qua r termastel' Se rgeant Steel to Woking .
S e r~ e ant F. _\ . B ell to Deptford. Cor pora l J a mes to
Chath a m (Sig nal ).

was overheard to r ema rk to a fri e nd , "What. I an

see of it. frol11 th e tim e a so ldi e r join up , td l he
leave i,he Arm~', he doe lI othin g l;ut sign d- - n
forlll ". Th e genera l fee lill g , howtlver, was that th e
v isitor were pl ea a:J t ly s UI'\~ r is d to see alld hElLr
how the in terest of th e soldi er a re saf g uard ed in
th e pay offi ce.
It is est imated t hat so me 30,Coo to 40 .COO people
vi sited the BalTacks, and I,he Co rporation Tram ways t,ate that th e traffic ret urn on th e rOll t e
we;'e the high est ev er , e vell e xceed in g t hose 101'
footb a ll matches a t, Preston North End, whi ch l~
OD th e sa me route.
All pX0l!rallll11eS we re so ld by 3.30 p.m ., a nd it
mu t be men tioned tha t th e prog ram l1l e wa s cert ainl y a splendid achi evemen t for Ul e price, 3d. Not
only did it give a fu ll account of th e \'ari ous dis
play a nd places 1.0 v:e\\' . hut a . hort history of
eac h R egim ent. Th e Ea st L anca sh:re . a nd Th e Loya l
R egim ents, a nd of the Corps was a lso includ ed.
From the above i t will be seen that th e At -H ome
was a huge success, a nd eve ryl.ody ee l1l ed del:ght ed
with th e inn o\'ation of a!l Army D ay. in cludin g lh e
offi ce staff . who ce ria,in ly I'ose tQ th e occa ion. a ncl
showed g reat versatiE ty in t hei r unu sn:l l roles o[
guides.
A lett er was afterward. received from J\lIajol' C. E.
M . Ri cha rd s D .S .O., Offi ce r Command:nl! Troops .
Presto n. thanking th e who le staff for th eir helpful
co-ope ra tion on the At-Hom e Day.
.
SHREWSBURY.
Silver Jub ilee. -As WH douhtles th e case in
many oth er small st ation, 110 active participa tjon
by t hi s offi ce in a ny o ffi cia l celebrations, look place.
H ence we we re fre e to atten d th e ivic festivit ies.
Th e Quarr ', th at J\ll ecca of love a nd roman ce. a
state"' nt, th a t ma n v ex-Shrews bur y '~T all a h s will
doubtle
ag ree with , wa s t he sta'ge et for th e
celebratioll s . a nd severa l memh e .. s of th e Deta chme nt \\'e r obsen'ed t o be jo:nin g in. B.v th e way.
th p. har wer~ ope n all day. 0 t hat th ere i po si bly
so me conn~ c tjon betwee n the two.
Two Office ..s- ololl el H olmes ;\ Co urt. D.S. O.,
Offi ce r in charge of R eco .. ds and Li eutenant W. T.
Cork-ha\-e been awarded Th e J<.in g s Jubil ee M edal.
W e congl'atulate them mu ch and en vy th em a littl e .
Spor ts.-The Record and Pa y Office Rocial Clu b
havin' na . ed away, ha bee n replace d by the Sta ff
a nd Departm enla l Cluh. and no t .. a ns fu ion of id eas

Commands Abroad
EGYPT .
Th e fina l mov es to alnd from th e United K ingdom
for the current troop in g ea soll ha\'e now been completed. a nd we ca n settl e down for a fEW mont.h s
vo id of farewell a nd greet in g. Th e fo ll ow ill~ haye
left for home :-S.S.M. B ar ne , S.Q.-1\ I. S. vodhehear . :-Iel'ri1i ell. Lukin s . Douse. H optrou gl1 . Morri s .
and M ason. Staff-SE-rgLs . P a.v ne, Mall oy a nd H all.
whilst Stafr-S ergt. Wa .. ren emlJad,s on th e 25th
1hy . Th e wives of Sergts. Adams an d Bark er
were invalid ed in Mav . a nd th e fami ly of S .. gt.
W a lker proceeded to U. K ., on t he N. C. O. being
posl E-d to th e Sudan . Fortunately , the staffs of t he
two offi ces we re not d pl eted I y th e de pa rtu re of
such a large pa .. ty. as th i.. reli efs had co mme nced
duty no week Ol' 0 earlie... T h "' .... i vals were S.S .lVe

Gebb ett, S.Q .M .S. Hi ggin so'l a nd. erg t . Swa nn to

th e Co mm a nd OffI ce, a nd S.Q.M .S .s McDon ald a ncl
B oswe ll. Sergts . B lack"'eU. Endacott , K ent and
Whitema n a nd Co rpo .. a l Bl ackw ell to t he I eg im enta l
Offi ce. Th e Costing Section received ' .Q..l\ L S.s
E lIi s and Pomroy, whi le Sta ff -Se rg t. Vi ncent rejoin ed fro l11 th e. udan , on posting to th e R eg im en tal
Offi ce.
Th e past two month s have seen th e p1'0111 0tio n to
' 'V.O. C\;L. s II of Kimbell a nd Ba .. low, th e adm iss ion
to t he 1arried Quarters Roll of Sergt. Morris . an I
th e advan ceme nt to R A .P. C. Cler k Cluss I of Private Mann.
Th e 28th March found th e D et,ach ment o n pa l'ad e
with Li cut,.-Colonel K elly as Offi el' Commandin g.
Li eu t. Temp le as offi cer in charge of pa rad e, a nd

96

THE ROYAL

AR ~Y

PAY CORP

S.8. :\1. K a ine as th e W ar1'<tnt Offi ce r. The occasio n

was t he Area Co mm an der' s a nnu al in pec tion . a nd
f .. om th e '.'~o uqu et- ' tlll'own aLo ut hy t h ~ BI-i ga dier
I t ",a e \n cle nt that the t.hree p1'fJlimi!1 a r:v pa rades
were worth wh il e. T he D etachm ent is to he co n
gnttulaled on a re:dl.v splend id t U1'1l -out, whi le the
."reH Co mm a nd er wns so ena moured of th e rest of
th e in spec t ioll t hat the s hort om: ll gs of other un its
cam t.o li ght as he res ult of a cO lllpari30 n.
CO llllll e:1 c ln ~ on the 11th Jun e. th ere wi ll h t he
a nnu a l exodus to th e Falll; lies' hallge of Air Cam p
:I t Mu ~ tap h a , " 'here Our fam ili es will enjoy a "el'V
n ce sary " brea th er " for abo ut t hree weel< . That
" " BI'ea Lhe1'" i, E'S enti a l is e"idell ced In' th e fa ct
th a t during a hea t . spe ll lasting nea r ly
fort ni ght
a t the el:cl o[ .Apl'll. t!l e nln Xl III tlll1 sha de t 1I1pe rature reg Istered at H e hopo h., was 116 deg ree . . a.nd
n,lth o ngh 110 fi g ures we re 'l\'ail"l, le. it a n be a ' ~n lll ed
that thI S was exl' eded ill _\ bl as,i n.
.A lthou g h the, il ve r Jul d ee Da v fo und the r\ r(i jI(' ry" 'avall'y, G uards a n(1 rnfa nt ,y at a hig parad e
a t C. ezlI'e h at 6.30 a .m .. 11 0 all clll a ry tr oo ps w ere
'on s how . bu t a large n umh I' o f th e CO I'PS fa mi lies
ava il cl t.helllse lvc,
f the fr e tra ll s po rt to see th e
mnr.h l~ast . III the c\en ing. th e Rcs id Encv wa.
bl'l ll1 a nlly 1I 11l1'1l1n a ted . severa l o f our o ffi ce rs were
the g uests of Hi.. E x,.ell encv, whi lst a lTnngemen t
we re ma de lo!' 11l1litar.v fam ili es to view th illu min
.at'o Il S, fl'om uoals pl y ill g up a nd do wn th e ~i l e .
Th e omm<l nd P " ym a5tc r . \I aj ol Kin ga n. C'apta in s
~ooper and Pa rratt a lld Li euL . T e mpl e \\'e l'e re
Clp l nt o f t h-.J , 'il ve r Jul.i le.' Med a l
Tn on r las t uotcs . reference W:l~ ma de i o th e
evac ua tion of famili es from fl ats at I-I el iopo lis to
qu a rte rs at .Abhas la a nd Ka l' e,1 K il. owi n O' to t,he
numbe r of fnmiF es in Ca iro hein e- fifty less tha n at
t h bcginnin " of th e seaso n. :~om eth i n g a ppE':lI'S
to ha\'e bee n wro ng In t.hl s a ssrs~ m nt , fo r. after
mov in g:l num ber of o ur famili es into ql la rte r a nd
t el'1ll1n at lll g th e leases of th e f1 nt~. volun t ee rs to ret U1'll to H eliopo lis were ca ll cl for by the Barrac k
pEople, ~ n cl III a cldl t:on. othel' Aats hnve been rented.
rL a nt.i cipated. the ca r tax impose-a bv th e
E gvptIa n GO\'e1'11ment ba ~e d on th e w ight of ca l's.
I S m01'lbund. a nd In th e nea r fut u .. e it is ex ppc ted
~hat. the ord er will I,e resc inded
Thi s inforniat.:on
I S gl\'en to car ow ne rs wh o ma\' joi n thi s sta ti on.
.a nd 111 cns my .. ema .. ks in a n earli e r i ~ ' ue nla), hay e
mA u nced th em in any way .
.
Outi ng to the Barr age.~Ill li u of a Spo r ts Day,
t he trIp t o th E Ba .... age wa s hai led with at i fa ction
a nd ~" ~,~ t he top ic of co n ve .. sation fOl ' weeks hefOl'e:
It wa ullfqlt un ate that May 8th also saw th e depar l.lll 'e of 9me of o m' o lcl es t res id ent s to .E ., and
t hat th e tr1 1) p)'eclucled us f .. 01l1 o-ivin g ~h e m lh e
usua l farewell . Th e hot s p~ 1I rpc;.. cl ed in D eta chment Notes tum in at cl th e (la y he fo ..e the out ing ,
<1 nd th e re were sig hs of co nt entm e:lt--- pn .. licul nrly
from th e ne \\' ~lI '1'i\' a l s ex-1-!',\,. L an cashire-wh e n t.he
day daw ned to l.he accom pa ni me:1 t of coo l breeZES.
'N e "'ere cO ll \'eye d to Tl od pI Farag fro m AI.ba . ia
by s peC Ial tram '. and emba .. ked on th e Anglo.Am er:cnn Kil e st ea me .. " Pl11'il an" at 9.15 a. lll . Th e
journ ey hy roa d o r rail cann ot cO lllpare 'w ith the
]Jlctul'esCjlJe !\'i le "o ll te . wllibt t he comm odious
" Puritan " afio .. led ampl e dec k spa 'p fo .. th e c h; ldTEn to ro m p with out .. isk. and th e p'a .. nt s to lounge
in " l\.fade ira " cha irs .
Th e trip cl ow n th e N ile neeel s littl e desc r:ption ,
fo ... to th e o ld ti mE' ''s, t. he , ce.nes a l'e not f.. e h , hu t
to t ile newcollle r th e p rilll i ~ i \'e wa tcr wh ee ls with

t heir oxen, the dahabi e hs in ful l sa il. the crude

irrigatio n of t he fi elds , th e ba nana p la ntation a nd
t.he nat,,'e nslle l'lllen Cl' ated quite all in teres t . to
whI ch was added th ei:' first E' lim pse of the P )'I'a1l1ids
a nd the Mehemet l\li ~ rosque .
Arri vin g at th e B a rrage at 11. 45 a.m .. o rfi cia l
a nd unoffi cia l ph otogruphel's sw ,11'm ed ro und t hE
pa rtv . a nd we \\'e l'e astou nd ed wh en. with in a few
minutes of t,he I hoto. I.ein g ta ken. t he~" were being
offere d for sH le. . \ . lU ll ch on boa r d wa' fiX Ed for
1 p:m. we had nn hO ll1'_ to st r oll ,'oll ncl th ga l'dells ,
wh Ich except fo r th e E g."plla n >etl!11 -, a l'e almost
a replica of th e B ota Ili ca l G-ard n <; at home.
T he B a rra ge itself i no ornalll nt . allhouo-h it is
und oubtEdly a fin e engineering feat, a nd 7t hrief
outlin of it hi stor.v ma\' be of int.erest. ~ ;1 p o l eo n
is cred it ed wi th sll gge ting thp exist ing dam. but
it " 'a s left t o Meheme _\Ii to CO lll mE'nce the work
in 183'7. th e de'ig nE1' bei n g a Frenchnlan nam e, 1
:-rouo-e l Bey. Xo donht he wo uld ha ve macle a goo d
job of it, if the Iahou r a t hi s di s l~osal had 11ee11
u etter , hut, as t h wOlkme n had he n impI'e sed by
Mel lEmet Ali. as waS th e C'lstO Ill. the I. , t r suIts
co uld not 'J e expected. ' Nh n :'I reh eme t Air d ied in
1849 the work wa carri ed on b r h is so n. and was
supposed to han' bee:l compl ete d in 1861. Two
veal' lat!'. a n effort was ma de to clo e th e sluices .
hut as thE' barri E'r heo-a n t o c rack. the\' had to be
o pened imm ediate l.v . a nd a larlZe laff ;\,a5 engaged
in keep in g tllelll open. Th e eXI)E n e of ma int ainin g
thi s taft' ca used the a uthoritie ' to on. ider the
qu estion of hay: ng he Barrage de, t ro\ecl. an d wh en
th e Brit is h callle on th E scene i'l 188~ ,o n' e Indi a n
ilTigation nginee r.. were asked lo make a sun'ey
wi t h a vi e\\' to th mi le-Io n!! ~t ru c ture being dest1'o ved. th e co t not to excEe J fi\'e hundred thO ll an d
I)o ti nds. As t hese ngi ll ee rs repo ded t hat it co uld
be mad e sa fe a ncl wo rk a hl e [01' th a t S Ulll. M r. '~7; 1I _
cox . an em; ne.nt British engin ee r. tUld 1't ook the
work , whi ch was C'olllpl et ed in 1890. a nd proved to
be the a h 'ation of 'Lh~ .. Delta.
To get baCK to th e' hip , th e l unch .. ig nal of t ,,o
hla toS on the steam er '- iren. brought Olll' di sin tEg I'ate d I~a rt v ha ck to th e boat ;n re cord time. and
we did justi e to Po sumpt uou s repast.
The aftel'1loo n was devoted to donk ey ra CE a nd
,;port , an d except for Int er -O ffi ce and in t er., ection
do)}k ey ra ces, tQe 'e we re on fin ed to th e lad iES an d
dli ld ren. ' . pecia l mention llluSt be made of the
prow es of Mrs.
hell er), . who . for three YEar
1'Unning . has wo n t he Married L adies' Ra ce. a nd
added t o t hat feat thi s year bv bei ng second , to
CO llni e Nor'EO n , in th e Lacl: es ' Donk ey R,ace.
A v I'y acceptab le t ea was enj o.ved 0 11 board at
4 p.m. , nnd after an other wa nel er roun e1. th e slea mer
left, th e Barrage a t 6 p.111 . D a ncin g . to t he accom panim ent of a jazz ha nd that ha.d played on board
througho ut th e day , } !Oll se a nd " 'VV aLtl ., were indu lged in d uring the rEturn jo urn ey . a nd fr om th e
numl .er round th e ba r it ee mecl that " W attl e" was
defi ni tely th e mo t p'o pul ar. Supper was serve ] on
board . and a \'e l'y happ.v day termin ated for t he
mai ority. \\h n w arri ved a t, Abhassia at abo ut
8.30 p .m. Th e Ill in or:ty. th e super men. adjou rn ed
Lo th e Perge anls' Me.' to fin Is h th e:r ga me o f
" ' ;Vattle" .
In conclud in g these not e', a pecial tribute mu t
he paid to th e 01'''311i C1's-Cap tain Norton and
Sergt. Rn nkin- who " lIlu st 11:,,-e hee n \'ery g ra t ified
that eve ryth ing wo rk ed out a co rd in g to Ila n. and

97

THE

ROYAL

t\ Ri\ l V

PAY

no t a sing le complaint \1' 01 5 m i 'ed by a ny o f th e

200 w ho made up th e pal' .,'.
Rifl e Club.-AIl ~ n thu5iasts WC l'e gnuin Iv di sappoint ed \"hen hootin g 0 11 th e .303 ra nge' cam e
to 'l n e nd on the 15t,h of -'larc h . Th e re is a f"sri n
atio!. "bo u t "b ig" I'u n ge hoot ing w h ic h o n e d oe
not fee l on th e " m ini at ul'c " and o ur w e kl y s hoo t s
we re a l",a.vs keen !." anticipat d.
\Ve fini s hed UI
the 5 a SOIl w it h a n In t el'O ffi ce s hoot- ommnnci
l' el'SU3 Reg; ll1.~ n ta l -a nd aft e r a he t i s tru gg lE the
R eg'menlal Office, witl l a :1 a ll eged scra t ch team.
pro\'ed worthy winners b~' a ma rgi n of 11 poin ts.
lt is o f interes t to 1)0tE that o m ' T ea m in the
Egypl , I'aics ',i n e and ,udan TI'ophv Comp e tition
t ook tp nth p lace out of a tota l 01' twellty three and
thaL of th e twe ll'e lllih~ary t ea m cOll' pe ti ll g o n ly
three exceE d H I o u r aggregat.e.
poon willn e l's u llder- h '1 n t e,,, were Se l'gts. Bo l
t o n a nd FCl'gu - on.
.Q. i\I .S. Bla c k wo n the SpOOIl
pr
n Led 1'01' the hi ghest scratc h sco re ill Marc h .
\ Ve I'eg l'( t th~ d e pa r t u re of three tal wan. [01'
t h e Unil0d K in d om . S.Q.i\l. S . D o use. S.Q.i\ L S .
HOI~t ro u gh and ,' / Sel'gt. Mall oy; t he I,d ,t e l' m ig ht
have bequ eath ed hi s s un .gln s es Lo th e club a
th e~r wi ll hc o f preciou lilll e use w h He he' has
gon e.
Th e sea, on on t he miniat u re J'all ge was wOIl11e1
up \I-itll a fr ie n d ly m atch again t Co mmand Pav
Offi ce. Ald e r.hot. a,nd with th e a:d of t.he leagu'e
handi cap .Jor u ing se l' vicE riA es we m anaged t o
win by 8 p3i nts . a n d thou g h "we :ay it a ' houldll 't"
it \I' as no In ean erfo rt. i ud g ill g h.v our o ppon e11t '
performa n ce in the Sma ll Bore L eag ue. Th e sco re"
w e re . \I dms hot 590 . RA .P .C . E gypt 598 (6 lo

COR P S

THE

J OURNA L

l< OYAL

ARMY

PAY

CORPS

J OURNAL

co nnL) . \ ;Vc accepted \~l arw i c k' s

halJcn o-e t o a
match with se l'v ice riA es b u t a they a l e ~ you n g
team th e sco re will no t, be d :sc losed.
poon s have been wo n by S.Q. M .. B lack a 11d
Se rgt. A nde r to n.
Billiard Notes .-Th E on ly t eam trop hy wh ic h t il e
d etac hm e n t ha not p rEy ious ly wo n . 11 011' g races Oll!'
m ess s how case.
Th e E g yptian State Railways C hall e n ge CUR,
whic h ha prOVId ed " so near and yet so far " resulL,;
111 fo rl11 e r .vea rs has b een \\'on , so Lhat Wc hold all
the
niol' ranks c ham[ i011 s hips in ('airo. I:oth fOI'
team a nd illdividl1 a l ~.
'
Th e se mi -final draw fo und us oppo. ed to th e
R a d io ,po r t C lub, who are ne w e ntranL5 lo th e
compe tillon . a nd \\'ho wi il improve wilh expe r iEn ce.
b ut in t hi s m " tch th ey los t by fiy e ga 111 e.- lo o ne.
Ou r oppo ~lents III the fina l we re thE B.A.F. R. Q _
Middl e E as t l a nI . whi c h in cl uded t h ho ld I' o f t he
R.A.F. ind i\ idll a l c hampi o n ~ hip' . but th re ult wa s.
n eve r i n doubL a nd we won by foul' ga mes to two .
with a n . agg reg<Lte a d va nta ge o[ 143 po in ts, the
sco res he l11 g a s follow s : R , A.P .C.
S.Q.:M.
B la c k
e rgt. ,0w e l'l)y
L / Sgt. Cln rk c
L / SgL.
t ~w:t rt
S l'g t. Morris
SI, gt. \\' estcott

150
150

I SO
150
140
127

CO I'/) \.
COI'P \.
!.. \ .C.
L.A .C.
(jorp\.
Corpl.

R.A ,F.
Ow ell
C lark
Ca rtv
Witliin glo n
, \ dams
M axtecl

lO~

867

115
112
93
150
150

R . A.P.C. E g y p t Billiard Team , CuPs and R e plicas , 1934 / 35.

L .Sgt .. C la~'k ~, ~gt. 1\1 01Ti s. , .Sgt. V-'est~ott , , .Q. ~ L , . 13la ('k , Sgt. 'owel' hy , Sgt. J o rdan , L .SgL. Stewnrt
l~ll Jle l' ''ll C l uh (ha ". n gc C UJl. S.el'geall Ls I\ less Blillal'd L eague C up. ECT.Yptiall St'lte H.ailwa.v Cha ll e nge
Cup, llld ' \'ldrwl B.JI1;: rds C h' tmplo ll s hlP (Open) C ur-Holde l'. S .Q.i\J.S.13Ia k; IlIdi vidual n ook el' Cham.
p ion hi p C up (Ope n ) -H o ld e l', S.Q. M .S. B la c k .
.

724

011 F l'id ay , 17Lh Wla y . wc a l' e nt e rtalllin g t.h e

S I'geal! ts of th e 31'd O l'e ll adi el' Gua l'd s and h ope to
I'etllrn t he: 1' hos piLa li t.v o n 4th ]."ohl' lI a "y .

Th e hll l'ch o f Eng la nd rns titule ln d i ', ; ,1Lud ' Iwm

pio ns h;p: arc n ow be in g goL nnd el' \\'ay, illld a
st ro ng c ntry h as h ce n pu t in fro m t,h e d c Lac hm e nt ,
n o fe IVe r t han ~e ve! 1 e ntri es h a vill!( h ce n mad e I,a th
fo r h ill iard s a n d snooker, :0 that, if we ca ll I(co p
l'Ca.o nab ly c lea r o f ea c h o til c r in Lh e pre lim inary
.oil nd 8 wc ~ h o\l l d l,e we ll I'c IFe~c nt cd in th e [i l'a l
s La,ges .

. Cricket .- Olll' C l'ic ke t Season ope ned o n 26th

Ma rc h. and to daLe. we have played ix 11l11Lc n c .
Th e AI's\, \Va~ . again s t Hie Corps o f Nri l itil1 ' ~'
P o lIce . " li d afte l' ha vlll g WOII th !l t o ;; wp made 174
fo r 9 n ee la red . and pu L it a CI'o S th c --Coppe l's " w h o
w: I' C a ll o ut fo r 96 , w h ic h inducl ed a 59 hv L / e p !.
P y lc who cal'ri ed hi s bat. an d wa th e o nl y o ll e t o
l-e ac h d o uh le figul'es. Captain Bill'I'utt took 6 "ncl
'j3ecco nsa li 4 wi c k e t s. OU1' 174 incll'd ed 63 fl'om Tl'i s
tl'a m and 33 fl'OIll B ecco nsa ll , :tnd both wel'e 1I 0t
out,

Sergea ll '(S' Me3s .- S: nce l ast go ill g to Pres . wc

ellt.elt ain erl the Ail' Force on ,unday, I-r lll ua r.v
17th . Th e H.kf. put in so m e ' p lEndid ground
wo rk dUI'i ng t h e ga m e-I forgot to t ell YOLl. it wa ~
a football nlatc h- wh il st the ('O I'PS s id e was defi n
itel v "i n I,h e ": 1' " w ith t h e 1I1tin,ate resu lt th a t wc
lost lh e m a t c h hy 2 goa ls to Ni l.

I n ter-Office Shoot- Command versus Regimenl al":"Cairo, 1935.

(In th e b us) :-._e rg L Tri s trilm, S.Sgt. B cco:lsn l\.
PLandi ll g) :-S. gt. I\ l ad le:;. .,' g t. I\ lall ov, L ., fit . (' Ia rk e. Pte. M a nll .
gt. Hill , S.Sgt \V s i 'o I L,
,'.Q.1\-I. S. Don se, Sgt. Fe r g u s~o n. , . . M . Bames, M ajol' vVa rr, "ptain No rton , Boy " a l'1', Sgt. \No lfe .
,'.S"t. Pra d. Ca pta i n Jnrc1ille , Li e u t. T em ple.
(l":n celi !lg) :- S,Q.,\[,S . Bla ck , L. Sgt. Ha ll id ay, Sgt. Bo lt o n . S .Q..M.S. Roptrou g h , Ca pta:n H a nds.
(Sitt'n g) :-Sgt. H a ilstoll e , 'gt . }\lIclorton , S.Q.M.S. As he r, 'gt. Mars ha l! , S.Sgt. So uth ga t e, ' .S.1\ 1.
l{ ain e.
LEFT TO RI GHT

98

Th e seco nd matc h found us aga in . tit , id e from

th e H eli opo lis 1'lpo l'ting C luh, a n d this match ca n be
d esc l'ihed a s a. "Thl'ill e l" . vV e made 155 fo l' 3
d eclared (Ca.p t. B'\ I'1'att, 60 a llcl L,U1 l' 68, hoth not
out) and a s w ~ a.lI owed o ur oPP'on c nts 20 minutes
ovc l'Li111 e . t.h e.v s howe cl theil' appreciaLio n hy beating
LI S o n t.h e post. their effort being 156.
OUI' next g am e I'es ll lt ed in a will fol' us i n a 10\\'
sco l'in g g" mc . h," 11 I'uns , vers us th c Ord ll nn e
D epo t.
\N~ are unahl e to sin g fl1l'Lh el' prai es"
in th e
fo ll o win g ma tc hes we d id not excel :v. Kin g's DI'agoon GUill'ds.
2nd Fi c ld Co mpany. R.E.
Roy:t l Al'm y V e tc Iinary l>orp . .
Te llnis.- TL was 111lfortuna,t e that thi s yea r ' te n
ni s c ha mpi o ns hips cl as h ed with t he vi s:!, of Mr. H .
".1. lV[HrLin ea n' s
rieket XI f. om E n gh n d. Natur
a ll y th e !aLte r got mu c h 111 0 re support a nd 6\'e.n
Lh e h"rd e n ed tenni s e nthu sia s t,s we re ee1I lea v in g

An y h ow. we re we d o wnh ea rted ?-.vou wo uld not

Lhink so .iudg~ lI g hy (,h e wav th" back-c hat fl owcd
Inrin g t e,l.
P r ,'haps Lh c fact that beer fl o\\'ed
freel y (in I'o t,h ~e ll ses ) h a d so m d hi ll g- to do with il ,
",bie h. cO llpl ed with a 1110sL e nj o~' "hl e socia l in Ih l'
(ve n ;n g, hoth '. cn' ices wc re "e levat ed " 0 11 t h e Ana l
clos;ng . B y the w:ty , ca n yo u imag ine h oar y o ld
b lig ht,c Is say i n g . " Th ey arc lit,tle fairy Howel'. '.
when. judgi n g- b~' fa ces . Lh ev a re gera ni um s ?
1'h ell o n .\ pI;1 9t.h , th e welco ming of th e n e w
draft!
And did th e n e w draft thInk th ey we re
posted Lo ('<1I1Han in s t ead o f Egypt? Th e re th e~'
wcre t" nj o.v in g " ~ I ap ' llp feNI ill th e M es. \I"Lh the
0.0. hu lg in g wit,h nl o ll ~ y. press ing c i1 s nal~ 0 11 t hcm.
Isn't that what wc a ll dream ,tbo u t?
Th c rl e r.'trtllre of t h c a iel el1'"f L oaLH,cl1 n ce rt a in
li v(' lill(,ss '" we ll. "One tO ll ~ h o f Y o ung P I '~ l11ak r e,
Lh e \\' ho le 1\ ll's. k in" alld we wcrt' gc nll ill e ly so rry
ilnd loth I. pill'!. wiLh th ose wlJo ha ve :,ai lecl'"wa:.-.

99

THE

R OYAL

ARlVIY

th e t e llni co urts "lid makl !I" a t ra,ight lill c for

l.hc cricket. pavIl :o lI.
'"
Our elltrie we re \'e l'y Je w, o u I ~' Capt, Ba rratt
n nd Stnl'f S e rgt. Ed e Ente ring for th e in g les a nd
R egi me nta l Douh les. In th e Sin,gles , c;'pt. BarraLt
faIled In th c fir3t I'o ulld to a (]UIlII r and in Lh e
second rou lld Ede was al so th e G~nll e r ' s vicLim
III l.he i{ eg im e ntal Doub les W E m<Lll aged to I:eac h
the qll a rtet' final> \l'h ' n t he R. C. o f Siglllll s put paid
to o ur efforts
The mixcd doutle .. wa s run on the Ame r;can ~y s
t e n!. each pall' plaY!lIg ca c h otheI' th e bes t of 7
ga me. u:lde!' n sea led h;llld ica p. \~' hilst thi - mav hc
a good id eJ], 01' elub t e nni s it \l'a S hardl y IJCcol;lin g
to th e A rmy Championsh ips . T he e\'c nt wa s wo n
bva O nnn c r ynd Mrs . J\rg nl (\I'i i't of el'gC. Argc nt,
R.A .P. ,~, 11andicap unknown .
So far thi sea. on we ha VI' had on e fri e ndly ga m e
aga l~ s t. th e NOl'thumbel'land ru ili er s Re rg t s:' M e ~,;.
and It I h o ped th:1.t m:tllv more of thi s qn a l'ty \'!'Il
be h Id durin g the sea 011.
.
GIBRALTAR.

Th c la 'lt of th e mov cs of thl' I ;'oop; nO' Sf'asOIl tOI)I'

pia 'C wit.h t h e a l'I'i val 0:1 May J ~ t"'of S.O. ;\I.. '.
O\\' e n nnd famIly from York . 'In I th" departu re oi
S;Q M . '. l~ce ami Staf1' Rergc;u lt .\ dam s fo r honw.
~ o ll g l'atlllatlO ll S to tltc latl c r 0 11 his 'pro mo~: on.
_:Q. Ul . O\\'cn mu st s ure l;? have d cs palred of gettll1g a\\'a y from York r.s "fte l' hei ng the re for tl'n
veal's h e had to s it on I,i s b oxes fr. !' six month. waiting for a .ra.sage. 11 0wever . he ha s al'ri\'ed , and
we W1S~1 hlln a nd nil-s . O \'!e n a h a pp,v s tay.
TenOls .-OU1' la s t toul'll a m e nt was agai n fa\'o ul'~d
hy .fine we:tthe l' and anoth el' ellj oyah le dnv wa s c xpe ll en ced .. i\J I' .. A nde l'Son prov ed h EI' I'ccove l'y from
h e r opc, mtloll by n noth cl' Will , thi S Lim e pal'tn el'tld
hy h el' hu . l"md. Owing to so man y ot he r call s
we hfl"e not hee n ab le to holl th sc tOUl'llnrn cllts
(;1 h month , hut it is hopecl t o I'e lim e th em I;],til' l'.
OU I' t eam hn s p l:1.yecl ,;e ve ral l1latc he: in thc Com
m a nd l ' ILgu e and n l'C doi n g m Od e r:ttel.v \\' 11. Th e
play o f c rgea nt B essent h as I, ee 'l a gl'cn( asset t u
th e "'a m and on prese nt fo rlll he should go far ill
I h c Command tOUl1lam e nt.
At Home.-Li ellte nant-Colon el ~ nrl M rs . F e nn ell
"!CI'e at home to the membel'S of the COl'pS a :ld th e';1'
fnm: li es and wc a rE> indebted to them fo r a most,
pl c;'sa llt afte rll oo n. Whil s t th e lacLcs and c hildl'en
gathcred at SL. 13 ernal'd ~, th e Omcer,; and Wal'mllt
Omcel ' look on the Se I'g e: lI,t at t e nlli s ,tll<1 aftel'
a elosest l"Jgglc 0!1 ;, hot da ', ; I11 were g lad to j oin
th c lach es III a c np of t ea whI c h wa. taken on til e
le l'l';1ce, familia. I' 10 m<ln y w ho h;w e I,ce n invited
th e re in th e pa st,. St. TI el'll;]l'ci s. tile I'ecognised
qual'l e l' of th e Gom m;Ll ld Payma s t er. is situaLed on
th e EUl'opa R oa d o n t he s icie o f th e I'oc k. Whil e it
i. not 1,00 high uP.. it, look s ovel' th e wh ole of tlh e
bny anol on a cl ea r n l'" dor y "li Cit a we e njoy ed, th
v ie w is II1Hgnifi cf nt. Th e L na c-es of th e gal'd en wer e
a wOllded'ul picLul'e. III add iL o n 10 fl owel'ill g plants
o f m;]I1V kind , . :hmhs and tl'eeH " e l'e ;,] so ill full
hloo m . MI's . r ell nell is to he ('o n g l'a tnlat ecl :>lId
c nvi ed s ll c h a paracli c.
Cricke t ,- Th g re a~ event has bee n the vis it 0f
Mr. n . O. A li e n' s Xl w ho g ;] vc us SO Il1 P. d c li ghtful
'Ticket durin g thc tlll'ee two -day ll1atc h e~ \\' iLh locn I
. ides . -r.h. Ali en w;) < acco lllpa;li cl I. s uc h famou s
Cl'i c kl'tl'l's as A. P . F. rhaprn;ln , \,\1 G. l ow nd cs .
Jr . .J . It ntlh ove ll, 1\ 1' lc. Ho \\'c ll . A. 11. B :lxt I'. alld of
cO Ul'se hi s icl e proved t oo Ll'on g fol' th e Olbl'a llal'

PAY

CORPS

JOURNAL

'ri c ke t C lul,. wholll t hey r1 isn, isscd fo r 26 il l th e

firs t i" llIlI g, and cvent,;;t1ly I J ~ at by nin wicket s.
Th ey rIl so hcat th c g ock XI IJy th sa me margi n ~ Ihl
were on ly preve nted hy Ijme fl'ol11 heating thc
G :II'I';SOIl s idf'.
Th e matc hes, whi e h w ere pln.vecl
lInder th l' lI ew I. IL\\'. rul e, we rc n il I1mpired by
CflJ)l:tin d e Rl'ett, fl.E .. allCl Fi.S. J\ 1. And el'so n.
R. il . I' .C. 'l'I,,,il' v is it was' fo ll o wcd bv o n e from t h"
York s h il'e Gelltl e mell whi c h "n ~ ;tl so' vc r y illtl'l'est ! ng
I I was good to S CI' H is E XC'0il e n cy the
(; o\'c I'll o I', Sir C llal'Ie8 H ;nill gto n. pla.vin g, a,nd h p
sco l'ed l11 :1.ny I'UIIS. indud ;n g a g lo l'i o ll s ix.
Our OWII CO I'PS m a t h e. have I'ee ll rl e l;l ye cl. but
<0 fa r \\'e ha \,(' play cl two . buth or whi c h ha\'e b ee:~
lost.

HONG KONG .
H o n g J.i: o ng cn ll'n g, over :1. mi leage o f a ppl'ox ;111
:l t ely 9.000. hllmidity at 95 degrees . w;th s li p h t
rain or mi. L nlld th e Dollar at 2/ 2. Sti ll wc ;'m ile
a ltho ugh the in c reased Co lo llia l A ll owan ce, of w hi c h
no dou bt, yo u ;],t hom e ha ve hC't rd Lalk in 1'a I'! '"
me nt. h as h"d th e c ff ec t o f making Qllite un lik el,\'
peopl e fls -'essa l, le for In com e Ta x. \~I e ll , it is t axcs
UP0!l
taxation w hi c h k ce ps t lt e " Old C r untry"
goi ng , and we out hpl'e do not milld g- iv ;ng our
quota.
Tn fact evc r,vone sa Y3 " Pili I h f' C'ol o ninl
Jlll o \\'; ln ce up " S mu c h as yo u lik e " :1.nd \\'e wi ll
p :1.y the ex tra T a x .
To get d o wn t o bu s in ess. Sin ce th e last notes .
tJl e moves fOl'ec'tgt th e rein hav e now t.ak e n place.
a ll ll we t ellel e r a h c:],rty we l ome to S.S. M. Bla c!(elt ,
SI.Q.M .S. J'vlurikami, 8c,rgt. L e wi s and famiE e ,
Se rgt. Moody , and th e family of Re rgt, Fox . Th ey
are a ll n ow fairl y well anch or ed down. a nd . we hop e ,
h egillning to e njoy life in thi s c;lpr; ciou s c limate.
S.S .M. Bla e ke tt ha.s alt'e:1.dy figured with promi si n g
e ff ec t o n th e tenni s co nl'ls (Chnth"lTI plea. e nol,e) .
an d w e hope t hi s w ill continu e a wc m ay have 10
c;]'1I o n hi s servi ces s hould t he occa sion a ris e.
,\
little L,ird hi,. whi sp e red that S.Q.JVJ.S. Murikami
is handy w:th " rifl e. V,' hi le we know t,he re are "
few qu ee r bird s out he re th:1.t 'ou ld co nv nientl~'
hc dea lt wit.h by a good s hot, our hopes are th at
hi s nam e will figure i!1 the n otes of t he future a ~
" maker of pos i bles . v" e have Il Ot yet found oul
m'lc h about Sergts. L e wi s and Moody e xcept that
th e latte r can throw n "good dal' t ". Th ey may Lc
dark horses.
Whil e o n t.he s ubject o f ne w arrival s . we 'a nno ~
miss th e mo t impo rta llt eve nt of th e cUl'l'e nt y ea r ,
" Janu a ry 31st, 1935. To Sergt. an I Mrs. W;I Ol~- '
A Son. " Our mos t hearty congratulatioll s to th elll
hoth , and a sin ce re wi s h that t,he youngste l' wi ll
enjoy fu ll ness 01' h ealth aDd prospe rity tlll'oughout
hi life. " Tug" is in th e seve nt,h h ea ve n o f d clight ,
:1.S It e is n o w t he prond possesso r of a " pigcon pair " .
Ma)' hi s lu ck contillu e .
sacld I' vein we n ow co me to tl1(' clepartllre~ .
particlll:uly in res pect of S .S.11. Thompso n a nd
family wh o, owing to (.h e ex ige ncies o f th e se rvi ce
have had to pa rt company f or a w hil e . Mrs. Thomp son a nd c hildre n em l arked o n th e 9th F e hl'u ary 0 11
th e RM.S. Raw ,dpindi fo r En g land. Fi.S.M. Th o mp son ha. now proceeded for a tour of duty at Fih"llg ha i. To all wc wish the best of lu c k <lnd trust
th:1.t w hat at present apr~ ea rs a hard s h ip , wi ll be
:tmply co mpe nsa,l.ed fo r o n th eir re- un ion in th e
ne:1I' fut,ul'e . , .S .1\1. a nd Mrs . Th o mpso n took an
ac ti vc I :1.rt in all th e fun ctions of the D etachm e nt ,
,md it was mainl y hi .. e xperi e n e o f past eve nts

tn

!OQ

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY

whi c h h elped to m . k e , the Xma s party the s u cce,,~

It tU.ln ed o ut . to be. 'Iw o oth e r "goo d troo ps" and
~hell f,1I1l1h e.s wdl also be 11ll sscd. i. e. , .' .Q.M .i:i.
u n. 1 1\11'5. H o lt, and Sgt. and Mrs . Canoel. AllY ,
ho w Ollr 1033 \'i lll tJe so meO n e e ls e' s g ai n and ~' e
t h re fo l.'c hopp t h at (t hei.r n e w ,, [,atl o n5' wi ll be
ve ryt l1'll g ~hey d es ire. La st I,u t not leas t we llIu s t
L?lId e l' Our lare w~ 1I Wi s h es to. S / Se rg t. Williarn s :1.nd
S I gt. B owll. lh t ll' SLay ' nt h LI S "a s o nl v tI '~ns
It,o ry , bl!t no n e th e 1(' s pl easnnt. A good mall v
01 us Will mi ss t h e gam s of t e n nis with Se'rgL.
Bown , "lid th e D e tachme ll t a s a \\'ho le wi ll be
so rl'y .1.0 lose th c s upport o f S / S- rgt, Willi a m s o n
th e c ri c k e t fi e ld.
T e nn is.- A lt hough w e ha,c ha d an ;Imp lc ~dl o L
l11ellt of ten ni s co urt t.ha t n c k le jad e, t,h e w eath e r,
has been aga inst us. SI n ce ~ ove mb er last \\'c have
e nd eavour d to s t a g e an "At H ome" b u t all Olll'
e ff~rts have bee n s pOIlt by,rain. Th e re;s a g lo ri ou s
l;n cel t~]' l lI ty alh o:u~ H Oll g h Oll g wea LlIP, 1' . Lt t;llll1ts
~ OU "Ith SUII. h ne up t o t h e last mlllute a nd then
Wh e:l a ll IS :ct , d ow n co mes th e ra :n . Thi ::; ; ~
vC l'y dl s l,ear[ c ll Ing .to t h e o rga n isers, as " e caunoL
g t t.ogethc r to g i ve Lh c ne,,'L:o me l', a \\' ic on'e
Th e:;e '.' At H omes" have a l w:tys been
featllre
our SOCIal a cLl\l\tl ,a nd are look ed forward to h:1
a ll.
H o\\'eve l', we hn ve managed to play a co upl e of
rl'le 'ld ly m:1.tc h e5 . ,n th H. M .S. I\d ve ll t ul'e a lld thc
R . J\.1\L. C . QUI' nutt c h w ith the former t e;im turned
o ut a n ca s v vic t o ry by 8 mat.ches to 1. Th e R.A.M. C
g U\'e u a he tter run , a s we only n,anaged t o br at
th c m by 5 matc h es t o 4 . Th e foll o wi ng re present cd
th ~ Det;lc hnl.e n t HI th ese ~at.ch es :- C:;apt. Ingpe n.
S.Q,.ilI.S. M : li eI'. Se rgts. ray lor , Kin g , Tribul e,
SmIth , and VVtl so n.
Soon wc wi ll be in t.h e throes of th e A rea Leagu e
matc hes . but wh e th e r w e s ha ll come through with
t.lle s:tlTle s uccess :1.s I ~ s t ,;aso n re mains \\'ith t,h e
fu t ure. \~' e have th llIakin g o r a good Lea m, hut
h ad weath Er has pre \'e:l ted us from gett in g toget.h el'
for pra dce. No douht we s hall su fi'e r from th c l os~
o f. OUI ' o lel sta lwa rts , Ca,pL. Ma. k e nzi o, . Q. M .S .
\I :l 1'I11:1n . ;Ind .Q.M.S. Olrlfi e ld . ln c;dc n t: dly, w c
11;l ve JII 3t sc ~ n t he lI e ws 1n Co rps orde rs o r tlw di s
harge o f S.Q.M.S. O ldfield , alld ~h re fo l'c ca nn ot
JI1is, t he oppo rl.unity of w is hin g him OII C,:) aga in.
Il c:llth .. IlapJll ness. n,nd pros pe l'ity in c ' v il life . W e
ml s 111 111 , ;I S n o doul,t. all who 1(lI ew him do. Capt.
fngp e ll has proved a va l ua l" iiJ'diti c n to o ur t eam.
a,!c1 wiLh Se l'gt. vVi lso n a s a pHl'Cn e r , we hope th e :
wIl l g : vc " gnod :1.C,COllllt of Ill c ll1 se-l ves in th e
Leag ue.
Fi.Q.M .S. Mill e r and l-Je r,gt,. '1'''y lo l', on c
o f la s l se:tso n 's co mbinati o ns arc sti ll ,,;Jth us. ;],nd
wi ll. 11 0 d o ubt d o th ei r "s tuff". Sergts. I\in g and
Smllh, are s hap in g we ll, th c fOl'l1l e r ha \'ing a lrea d y
had cxpc l':ell ('c of tournam e nt t c nlli s i n Shangha;,
so that OUI ' pro peets are n oL a It oget.h e l' h opel e~~.
D ance.- vVc ha \ ' 0 hacl a D eh c hm cllt dan ce, a 11'1
\\.t' arc ju ' Vr,a lol y pl'oud of Ih e fa c t. uecausc

a I Lh!)u~ h

wc

s a~t

iL

o llr!5 he~ .

" .IT

wa~

goo d".

CORPS

JOURNAl

a nd Mrs. Borl'rtt, 'I'h Brigadier i / c Admini s trnti o ll

a nd ? th el' Ofhcl'r.; of the G' lni sO Il. Th e dan ce took
~he. tOI m of a cal)a ret,. \\' : th t<tbl es and c hail'S f01'
s lttll1 ~ ou~ ,a lld p:lr~"k' n g:. o f I' fl'es hm.' nt , aroun d
t,h e h,LiI. IIH .l la d tlt e c ff ect o f making it mo re of
:: , hOIll,c ly arl,,: r, al ' c1 ce rta lllly cO:ltrihuted to a
-; 11':l t ex t e nt Lo lh c. pupulal'lty of th e e \cn in g . Th e
~ e fl e, hm e nt < WCI'C 'n th e ha nd s of th e N. !\ .A. 1".1. .
~LI~I dl eyd .d "us ,\\c ll. Th ey al so h e lped by ~ upply
I;~ ", 11. ." Ith 1.111 ." t".bl es a nd c h a irs, and gen e rall '
(I d t h eIr l, c8 t. .1 0 help mak e th e dan ce go.
-\11 Our OfTlcns. t h eir ladi es ;D d fr;e nd s we rc
th ore . a nd the. taff we re I'epre e nt ed :1. 1CO per cent
All IIl\'l latl0 11 5 werc pe rso nal OIlC to whidl th ~
m e m t,e l's of tlte Det ac hm e nt co n t r: t.uted ill o l'd cr
(. k ce p do,,:n expenses . It i s diffic\!K to s ill le
out lI n)' O!le 10 1' 1:llh vldll;t! prai se ;n th:s affair. ga s
It wa s o n e of t ho - e function s \\'hic h req uired t h e
whol,,-ll earted ~ llJlPOl't of veryo ll e . Ho \\'c\'c r OUl'
sy mp.athl cs wc ,' WI t h th ose th,-ce m e mbe rs ' who
urfic lat,ed uclnnd Lh e. counte r Illilli ~ tel'in g to Lhe
oth e rs wallt ;. \Nc w' lI Il ot n, cll t io ll allY names ill
ord e r . t o s pa re t heir blll s hcs , but c \'( ryo n c !( n ws
th'l ~ to, be s lu e k away frol1' lil e eni oy me nt from
s C \- .. n 0 c-J ck 111 the c \'oll:n g (,0 ;'.bollt two o ' clo c k
III tlte nl ol'l lln g do e. call for s') lnc prai st' . A lso
therp were tw o otlte l's, wlto otriciated at the door
10 1' :i lmost as lo n g. who :1.re a ls o worthy er OU I' jlell t
cQ mm ell da tl Ol1. "'V e h OI c t lIl a k e t h is an a nnu a l
e v li t at lea t, \'ut as It. wcnt do\\'n so \\'c ll we may
Itavo more than one n e xt , easo~.
R i.fi e S II-oot.ing .-U nfortu na le l,v, with c h ll nge~ i n
.., [afl ')l ll' a 't\Vl ty, ul~d e r thl G h eading 1' 3S s lump ed
sOln e wha,t, I,ut thl I ' on ll a t ell1porary 1;lp. c, all d
a ll'eau v, now t,hat wc .. re gettin g mol'c ett l cl
steps a,l'e he lng takC:1 to rCS lI scita t e th is III'all c h vf
s po rt. 001. l3lid e rhcck ha s ve l')' kind ly put up a
troph y 101' , th e c-o lnlll ,g scas on , in o rd cr 10 e n coul'age those Intel'c , t ed ill s hooti n g, Inlt a s fl, 1I pal'tl c ulars of the I' nes on win c h t.h e co mp e tilion i.s to
be run <I;'e no t yet ;waliable fur t he l' d etail s will h:1.vr
Lo be le l t. ove r for th e next 1' '''''5 .
. Bat hing .- Good n e ws has heen h eH rcl i n conn ect:O I~ With thi S a lways popular l'eC I'ea tion.
Lt, is
wlll s p r red that r,l l;lUn c h i to be pe l'man elltly hired
d ll l'l ng Lh" bath in g sc a so n to re pla ce t lt e one which
" 'as Slink the s caso:1 t, for e last. Tlli s \\'ill mcan
more all o tm r n ts .pCI' Un it a nd pos il,ly. w o s h;dl
gct, a ll ot,m e nt.s With o ut haYlng t o s ha n' with oth"l'
1 nits . This is to b e d e,: rcel.:I it g i\'cs 1110l'e SOO pt'
for o rga ni s in g outin gs to " ' h!ch \\'c C;1I1 in v ite OUI '
fn e nd s.
i\ t th e s a m t im e we mll s t not forgd,
Il,a t la s t se a so n wll n wc we re pnlred lip wit.h (h e
H !\.n I. C . . t,hey did eve rything in 1.I1 ci l' pow r to
m ak e us lee l l1,t h ome. bo th soci:1.lIv alld in t h c
5';1 t.e r'in ~ Iin e. It is to be reg re t ted that OUl' m e m uc rs cltcl not :Lva li t h e ln .. c lvcs o f t hi , hos pitality
m o re than thcy did .
.
Cri cke L-\N ~ do 1I 0t, us uall y ha" e nlu h 10 I'cpo r t
u nd el' till S h r:1.d :n g \'lIt tlt e Troop in g
p; lso n did
prOV ide us. ;],t le;ls t LClIlporH ril y . with thc nu \, lcll s of
a useful c ri ckct t eH nl. U:lIo rtun :l( e lv. th ose Il1l l'dv
m n rrol11 the fr oz 11 \\'ast S of K Ol'th l'h in H- .s",i .
iVilli;rllls a lld 'g t. How lI- " 'e!'c mCl'e l.v hird ' ~. f
I,,, ss~g ;lIllt l" ll' c ri c ket is poore r a s a result. S .Sgl.
\"'I b ms . s'gt,. BO\\' n, I'ox . :Kin g . Smith and Tayl,) r
:I ~, i ste d th " S i g ll~l s 'n th cil' Lca~u e matc hes towill'd c
th c c nd of tl '0 sea so n :llld it W;], mainly du o to Lil('
efforts o f th ctic m e miJer.< of the Det.lch ln e nt tha.t th e
Sigllal s WCI'C ahl e to d fcat th e RA.O.C, ' and draw
with the H. /\. i\I.(:.

of

~ o ln e

onc s ugges t e rl \\'f' s hou ld trv th e ex pc l'im e nt, and

th;],t W;1. good e n o u gh 1'01' us. A co mmittee got t oge th e r. madc the n ec-eSS; II'.Y arm ll genlcP:s, and (h ~
I'c.;u lt W;LS t,hat 0:1 Tu cs ua y , t he 15'(.]1 o f January,
wc we l'c a IJ et. In orde r to g i vC tone. to tl;,
a ffair, aud to let peop le know tllat it rcally wa s a
R..A.l'.C , da n 'C , the e n t l';lIl Ce hall was draped ill
c ~ l r ta;lI s c l' Ih e Go rp, colo urs, and wh el'cv!' r posG' h le th c hall wa s rl ecol'ILtecl ill blu e all I primrose.
A ltogel.her ;thout, two hundred and tw pn ty l~eo J)l o
WH e present, includin g H is Ex ce ll e n c'y . Th e G.O.C. ,

Ior

..................

--------------~

THE

ROYAL

ARMV

Th en we h ~ d Lhe Corps "C l'i c k c ~ W ee k " -LWO

con sl'c ntiv n".tches a t th e cnd o f F eb nwry "'he n
we d ef aLed t he H.A ,S.C. a nd l o~t toO lh e 9th A.A.
Bty. RA , T hl' R.kS .C. h'''',e had" ,m ost u cce:sfu l c ri cke l season this ye,1l' bC! llg und e leated In WI. '~
n : ng t he Jll ni o;' Ci vilia n Leag,uc ",nd th e S ma ll U nIts
'oll1petition s. Th e t eam w lll :h la ced us wa s t he re
fo re not th eir ful l re pl'esc nt,at,l\'e ~ Id e but co n t", Il1 ~ d
enongh of thosc expe rts t o h",,' no rmal ly d e feated
us , H o wevcl' , ,.fter we had coll ect ed 107 run , ' . Sg t.
WiJli e Smith pro cee ded lo trundl e o ut th e OPPOSltl01L
Produ c ing th e hall from behInd 1115 l'l g ht eal' Wltlt
sublimc gu il e, he mcs me l'l sed t hc oPPOSitIOn t o t l; e
c., t e:tt t h, t he had good exc use. (and Wa, 1)lea sed vO
have it) fOl'celeb rating th e t" kl~l g o f SIX WI cke t s for
40 run s . 1J>e RA.S ,C. we rc d ls m lsscd f o r 78 ,r~"~ s
a nd thu , t n t he mom en ts wh en we ree l It n e~ess,1l y
to laud t lw Co rps s tock w e ca n tUl'll to thI S o nl y
defeat o f th e R,A.S, . C,~pL'1HI In g pcn gav e us a
g limpse of his A ld ershot form ))1 till S ga m e by hfti n g t he ba ll deal' for a co up le of ~ Ix es,
. ,
\;\,' ith thi s vi.ctory for encouragem ent, w(, s allt ed
fOI th o n t he nex t uay Lo give hattle t o Lhe 9t h
,\ .A . Bty . R . A, but th ey had too m'Ln y h eav ~
"' un s for us and we were de feate d by Lhree w; ~ k et .s .
~' e batted fir st alld sco r ~ d 147 .'un . (Sgt, Iay lor
79) , It w:ls ullfOl'tun a t e .that OUt' st ,tI' bowl er wa ~
unab le to re produ ce hI S hn lh a nt fo rn,l of th e p . e vlo uo
day. H ow vcr , th e games we re en},oy ed hy all _a :~~
we did manag e t o lure a co upl e o f qu a .'te l' blokes,
o ut, for exe l'cise . Bo th s ur vl\' d. vVe hope to ha\l
mo re of t h e~e enj oya b le ga nlCs ncxt sea on , .
General .--Thosc who ha,'e 'OJo ul'ned 11'1 lh e
Chl'l'i so ll 'e rg ants' M ess ~vi ll h e I'leaseu to kn ow
Lhat the e, t a hl is hm ent contlllues to fl o u1'l h , Corn pradol'e, ;)I'e chan ged pe ri oelie,t1l y" and M ess m eet ings 'tl'e held :I S u s ua!. Sgt, Snnth I, OIl C o f th e
leadin,g I:g ht s of t h e M ess SlI o~ l (cl' t,eam wh Ich c~m,
petes in th e reccntl y fo r med Snoo k er L eag ue , , ~h.c
}\nnu a l Ba ll of th e I\Jess wa s helel at La ll e .C I,t" ford' s R.c~ tall l'a, nt o n S'LtU I'd ay. W t:l. ~,J a r,ch , and
Pl'ov"J L-J l,e a \'C ry cnJ oyab lc affa,lr. S .Q.M .S .
S"I: cl l'rsun a nJ 'g t. SrniLh wC l'e I1I cl1Ihers of th ~
co mmi tLee I'es pc.: nsib le for Lh e dall ce ,u ran gem ents,
'\ Me 's h ocke y t eam ha ~ pla yed a num be r of
m ~tch es during ihi ' season . Th e Troops hIps hay e
rath e r deplet ed Oll r pl a:,' in~ strength now but we
did ha vc ~L c ry usd ul i\Jess l,e''IIn-stro n ~ e nou!!.h
, I 11 tl, e ll e":me n t:d s . d ~ of lh e E as t T"lIl Cashll e
.0 10 (
0
Begt , to ,t elraw.
Sgts , 1-'
'-illS ,tn (I 'r 'ty I01"' pI a),''c'
:~
for tll ~ 1\ ! c~s 1," "11 fo r the R J" ,O. , 'Lnd th e l e pl eFtl llt aLi ve Sl q a l~

U ni Ls clc\ u .

Sgt, Hu : h conti nu es to fig lll'C Ill'o nlln cntly

PAY

THE

JOURNAL
KHARTOUM,

S iJl ce t he la t, note fro nl t hi s hca lLh rcsor t wc re

pu b li s hed l h e l'e h,we IJeen co,nsid e rabl c clw nges III
th c s taff o f t he office, S.S.M , B a l'll es I'ctu l'll ed [0
'"iro a[ter fI bri ef sojourll in til l! S nd" .'1 and lI'as
reLiev ed by S.S.M, HOOkel', S / Sff.t , V ll lce n t a lso
l'eturned t o
airo o n t l,o c xp,ratlOn o[ pel' lod_ of
te mpol':l l'y dut~, a,nd wa s relieved h y Sg t, '~' a il;('r.
gt , ']'append e n 1" ' 5 been po s ted to th e S uuan 011
t empor:try duty .
. .
.
I n' th e ve ry viv id descrlpt:o n of t he ..J Gurn ey fl'o ll1
Cairo to t he , udan puhli ' hed in t he w inte r III11nhl'l' ,
a verv importa nt, point wa s om ittrcl. I I'de l' tu th
,'er,v "to uc hin !i a nd sad fare well Lo Co lc lIl;, 1 1~ll ow
an ee 0 11 pa ss: ng '~7 "cl l n n lf" , bu t I t" rh al~$ l t ,s not
so impol'tallt , afte r a ll o ne. C<l :1I1 0t ex pect to gel,
thc " p lum s " as l'ega l'd s. stat' o ns a nd l:e t","-' , a ll [J,e
adva,ntag s of s uch t errlhle s LatlO'". as C,w 0 ,
Th e o ffice ma y b said to It e o n Its feet and Lh e
sam e ma,v Ite said for' th s Laff d ES p, te, t!,e fa ct
that we have a ve ry Ao ul'l , h l"' g g t s . 1\ ress .
,
V,l e we re fo rtu na t e e.non g h to get :L n: otor boat LI:IP
up th e B lue N ile' recen t ly. but cve n t ha,t had It s
di s aPI; oi:ttm ents ,, $ we S<tW o n ly OIl C c l ocodd e . "nd
th" L was a bahy w h .ch apP <tl'ed t o ha ve lost It
,,,av. Th a t w e a ll en loved ou .-.<c lvcs ,wa du c to
Sgt, Walke.r who ar ri ed o u t t he dutI es o f
hl e f
t e wal'd in a ve .'y e ffi CIe n t, ma nn e r .. 111 fact , hnd th e
jO llrn ev b en lon ger it is a. moot Jl lilt a s to w hd h c l'
so m e 'o[ Lh e p a r ty ,,'ou ld not h"lV c sec,n qUlte ,a
n um he l' of I'oco dil es in al l so l't,~ 01 hpant : [ul coloul s
and tint~

C' '
'I' .
W e co n g ratul ~te OU I' ~[ oLh e !' ,Offi ce, ,uro, on . Iell
sp lendid s how 111 th e Sud"n J ro ph,v Shoot,
.
\ ce rtain " shooLi t" who \\'as co nspi cuo us. 11 1
; il'o more [01' hi enLhu s ia m Lit;" n 1'0 1' hI a h:l.ty
ne ve r ["i ls to produ ce th e c utting s hOWing t h e fi li a l
o f th e v ,'\I' i011. S unit
o n e ve :'v

pI a Clngs
po sJb le
occa sion,
.
.
'
" _
,,
Our mn ~e ill th e s po rtin g hn e, :. necess'"l ly vel '
limited bel,ng confin ed to ,swatt lll g ,'arIOU ' s peclcs
o f tlying " atcit ,w s" rInd ", tl cl cat~ ,
\'V e reg ret, th el' for I" . that we 0'"111 0L , upp ly th~
us ua,l s portill g SI;lti LICS wh Ich 0 freq ue ntl y, appe, lI
in o ffi ce no l cs " S lI'e are- nn c rI ck et, ~ all S loot lt"l!.
san s 'hooLi ng . 'a ll , hi lli al'ds . san d s-e r- S;" "? c ,'e l',vthin g,
C, ' ,E.R
MALAYA,

Arrivals an d De part ures ,-S. nce thc rend it ion o f

th e Sp l'ill g . 1935, notes, th e fo llow,ing ,"l'l'i 'l'als a ~ld
u e part ures havc to be reco rded :- S" .M . C, P ea l co
fro m C h atitam (R, ,'i gs.), S .Q ,J\,J" -' 11. 11. R-o ,d an ,1
fr o m Sa lis bur y Rer geant V-I. H, Sk ll.,.Ow 11'0111 W oo lwich Se rg eant F. H . Th o mas front North e l'l1 Com mand , Se rg a nt, C, W . Langh,"n fro m ;'Ide l's hot,
Se rg ea nt
Free m a n fro m Wal'wl ~k ; S ..
Da lton , DI scharged to P enSIO n , S,Q.M , \\ , 1.
W :Lrd ell to D e ptford , S.Q, M .S, H , E. Wort, ,~o
W oo lwi ch , SI , 'c rg t, C . R . Eon e to D e p LfOl ,
Serge<Lnt B,. H. C. P a n fold to. Ald er shot,
.
S.S,M. Du lto n wh o was Ol'lgln al !y posted to Edl," :
burgh , dccid~d t? rem a ll1 : 11 th e Co lon y: .. H e, lh el ~.
fo re took IllS dIScharge fl'om th e Se l' Ice, a nd , I,
no w emp loyed in th e offi ce o f th e Asst, F,nan cw I
Adv ise r , :'-l " la ya Co mmalld, ln cO,nvcyi ng OUI' ,~e ry
hest wi sh es, we hope th a t hl . obse rvaLlon s. ,11'
l h e futur o w;l\ he c:o nfin ed m o, l ly to wertLh e, I c

.
IJl

CORPS

Iucrll

ch ess .
,
f i
t
I
DII .';II g the past ye" r a se n cs 0 e an (!cs, ,e c .. la s
heen O ~' ga ni sed by S c rgpa n ~:, " ,,",'rod '~nd fru e for
th e I,ell ent of ArerL 'W elfal'e Funds, rhese actl v l ~
t ie, ha ve pl'o vid eu m ll ch :It: (j p ,1 ,'nt,) rb"'l\n ~ n t fo .
Ih e G,t l'l'i son a nd h :lve. consld~ . a,I\ l y " ugm ~ nted (h e
'N elfrLl'e Funds Mr , Bild e l'beck IS keenly IllLe l est ed
in th e ';V c;fal'e 'v: tivit:,;~ a nd C O' '',l n ll l'~ to pntCl't;J,1I1
o ur ladi es at her cnjo:vahle_ ''-' C ' k! y !-'!ah -Jo:, ~~
,. lI,ti cs-aL whi ch t he la d les h ong, C h ee, C hat ahr\
t:he \\' -fu ll a(h -anta ge bein g [" kC:l u l (h e h 5t ,t\\ O
item ' during th e t ea ir,t cl'v ,11. '1'1. St', I,[a tb erl'lgs
provid e th c o pportunity for tll.) m e~ ttll g of our
sca LtHe,1 D et-tchm ellL a1l(1 are mu eh a ppr,'(" -LtNI.
TI; ~ ,~,al e man; ,h'.~ 0 f h e Dpt'L chnLPnt It<'e perml ~ied
tCl g" t,h e l' aL t he month ly J\'l es m eetll1.g, - til e ~~~t.r
I rCCf(,di,'gs H e m ll ch app r clated I,) the ' '''\ ll.~ .d
~H:n . bers ",nd re ports o f the length ,of the " flil~ lal
p.I'OC edillgs appca r t o va":, ; n ,'<Ich no nsllhold ,

S.

M',r f

POl-t s
5 I
'. I
. ~ cc
T he la t " Troo p'e l' '' for 1934-3 "W lll g o n g s, ,, ,
d epn rt ed , \\' e ha ve sc LlI ed dow n Lo no rmal. S .\:t,M,S ,
102

R OYAL

AIU1Y

PAY

Garl'ett. Sgt s . Young a nd H e witt, are, ho\\'e\'e1',

wond e ring ",hidl 'boat wi ll com'ey th e m to En g lnn d
nex t ea on a nd t o what s tati o n the y will be se nt
Lo becom e a cclim atized .

CORPS

J O'CI~ i\AL

m Ollth ,

M a l'k et :ng ca n be doue thrcu g h the

K, r\.A.lc.L 01' dil'ecL fro m mal !,et , a lthough Lll is
la tter en \;li ls ea rl y mo r ni ng exe rcise and m uch
hagg li ng , wh e re th c la di es d o not get a ll th e! r o\\' n
way.
Still on e i ab le to m a ke a mu cb b tter
cho ice than by OI'd e l'i ng it throu g h ngen t s .
. The Qu,ute rs fi r e ve ry s paciol1 s a nd el cLri c li g ht
1S lIls La ll ed .
Gas s Lov es, the prop rty of th e 111111 c ip,, 1 Co on ci l. al'e ava ila b le i [ r eq u ired , t he "lI ow .
an ce i n 11 e u of fu e l being d ra w n in s uc h cases.
The o n ly fu el a vai lab le is woo d Itlld a Lh is is iss ued,
in la rge chunk s, thereby entailing extra wo rk on
poo ,' filLh e l' ill c hopp;ng, it n a tu ra ll y follo\l' s that
" cry few avni l th m Ive of thi, priv il ege ( ?)
On first '11'1'1\' a I ch e conu ' tio n ' see m very s tra nge
a nd co nfu in g , I)uv afLer a few mO ll t hs, wh En one
ha s lea rn t th e I'op'es alld get mo re 01' I s used t o
th e s t ick y hea l" it \\ i ll be fou nd that S :ngapo l'e co m pal' S ver y favo u mb ly with oth l' foreig n s t ation s,
a nd we Can a lwa.y fn ll ba ck on th e th o ug ht tha;, it
I oll ly for 3 ""d not for 5 years.
M,J.D .

'Sport,-i\ s a D et,ach ment we d o 1I 0t l'U:l sep ara t e

t eam s for an y s port, but indiv idu a l memb ers are
a lways to th e fore in th e va ri o us b l'<lll c he of spo rt
to w hi c h the Command is a ddict ed . T e nni s, cri ck et ,
wa t er- po lo, socce r an d iJi ll i;ll'ds ,d l It a"e thei r 1'01
lowe rs, fi nd it has t o be reco !'d ed t lwL S~l'gt .. H ewitt
di tingu is hed h;m se lf nt t enni . by w i ~l lIin g ,t "Coop"
in a Kllo ck o ut Co m pet:tion I' CHlt ly h Id at Fort
Ca n n in g.
For en t hu s ia s t s of s ma.1I hOI e l'iR e s hool in g it m a',
be inte l'e t.ing t o reco rd th at in a rece nt is ll e of t he
Mal aya n " Su nd ay Tim es " a s trong app e;t1 wa s
bei n g mad e fo l' a g rea t er sprea d o f this s por t
"mongst <: e l' v ice C irc les a nd t he w . it er o f the arLi c lo
st"Led that :1t hom e 12 st,l'on g A o uri ~ hing te ~m s
we re to I'e fo und i n Commnnd n !~ d R eg im enta l Pa~'
Offi ce . So ev iu elltly th eir fam e ha s spread .
Gen eral. -From private sour ces , in ful'mation ho s
been rece: ve d of th c name s of those wa rn ed 1'01'
Ma laya nex t seaso n , P e nding offi cia l co nfirm a li o:1 ,
it is to o earl y y et (,0 lI' e lco!7l e t he m Ity na me, bu t
for th eil' cOllsoirltion, Lh ey cnn he ass ul'ecl Lhat th e re
a re worse spots, If i t was no t fOl' the clamp hea t,
pri ckl y h eat, mosquitos, fl y in g nllts (ve l')' fo nd of
" Youllg pr") a nd a fe w o th er pel.ty an noy a nces it
cou ld , b y ,1 stretc h o f imag;nation, be ca ll ed "
hea ILh resort.
It. may be o f in terest Lo th m 1,0 kn oll' what kit
Lo b ring , 0 th e fo ll owing hints ma,v 0 1' may not
prove usefu l.
Dres, fot' offi ce w eal' :- Short, s loe ved k hak i s h i rLs
with hadg es of ra llk o n l'i g h t sleeve, kh a ki hOl'ts
a nd s to ckings a nd b lack h oes , A s a un ifo rm s hade
of kh a ki is in is ted on. it is a d visa b le t o 'Lwa it
ni'l'i"a l in :Ma l,tyn nnd plll'cha se loca ll y .
Unifo rm fo r "wa lk in g out " alld w h r. o n du Ly
o uts id e F o rt Canning (w :, ere H eadq uarters are
,: tuated ) : -Khaki dri ll tuni c a nd trou &e l' ,
F or marri ed p eo ple i 's s ugge l.ed th at a lu m inium
\\'arc, hin awa l'e , c roc k er y , d c .. be bro ught o u t as
th ey ", ;11 he I' quil'cd 011 111'1'i" ,, 1 a nd loca l purch<tse
is I'ath er e xpensive . Blank ets are tota ll y unn ecessary , and a ltho u cr h h eets. dc .. are uppl ied I'I'0m
W . D , so urces it is advi sab lc t o hrin g a ll Y ' 11 possessio n as th e t e xture a nd appC:l ra nce of th e i ssuc
n l'P no t, a lways in v itin g .
Ex cept what is necessa l'v
R ega rd in g clothing.
for I ,ut of th e o ut-w"rd :<nd homell'a l'd journ eys it
is most in a dvi sab le tha t heavv cloth ;ng s hou lu he
brou g ht, Th e c limali c co n dition~ pl',eclude sncil
hein g wo rn. and even tho ugh p'ut a way requi re
(,'eq uen t attllnt.i on beca use 0 1' t he mi ld ew, dc .
L ight loun ge s uit may be wo rn with o u t d'scom fO I,t, b ut th e mo t s ui tab le dress i " Whites" w hi ch
ca n be m ade up loca 1l,v and a re n ot. expe ns ive,
Li g ht tl'ilby h ats are use ful , but I ow let's and s ilk
Loppers are ve ry m uch out o f fash:o n " at present".
As regn l'd Lh e lad ies . th ey wi ll fi nd a ll va ri eti es
of si lks, eLe .. at l'ea s011ab le pri ces, and if Lhey ca n
m" n nge t,o Low a se wi.ng mn ehin e nmon!! th e: !'
baggage wi ll find th at th ey w ill ha ve am p le t im e 011
th eir h ands to d esign a lld mak e lI ew frocks for
Th eir h ousework ( not
e" e l'y d ay in the week,
cooking) t hey ca n more 01' less lea vc, of co urse wit.h
sup erv ision , in th e h a nd ~ o f an Amah, who no rm
a ll y receives a wagc of 14 d o lla r (1 12f. , 8d . ) a

MALTA .

T he trooping qu cs ti o n has been v r y acuLe thi

y ear so fa r as I\ l a lt'1 is co ncel'l1 ed, Th e re is \'e ry
littJ e accommodatio n available on " troo pcor " aL
any time, uut Lhe Hitou se full" notices 011 lI e:ulv
a ll the li,ners is a ll unu s ua l s taL~ o f ,tffa'irs ., Thi s
h as, of COlll' c, been du c to th very la rg e num be r
of " i s itOl:~ from Au t l'a l.ia and Indi" going hom e
fo r the J ub d ee ce le bra ti o ns . I t was o nl y a few
da ys a go when t h fina l a,'ailab le reli e fs from Lhe
is la nd were at la t despa t.ched , som e o f th em being
fi,'c o r s ix: mo n th, OH l'du c, Even in n or ma l yeaI'
it is mos t. d iffi c u lt to es rmaLe Lh e date of o ne "
departure, an d a co uplA of d ays ' notice of emha l'!wtio n is not at al l uIIU ' U,,1. If t,he ex peri en 'e
of th e la s t fi ve y ea rs is a " y g uid e, a l,roopshil)
'cOl11lfJg) no '[.I.0the l' th,t n Ma lt a oo uld eas ily be
One
fill ed by fam il ies fr o m Ilor e and Gibra lta l',
rea lises, howeve r, t hat s uch a pl'ocedur wou ld he
im pru ct i a ble ow in g 10 t,he ques L:o lI o f filling u p
troop-deck s pacc,
""i'ntc r _p o rts ha ve now given way to th e SU111 m e r ,va ,rl e t ~y, footba ll s g tling a rest from ki ckin g
a nd fl Clng II sed as wato}!,-po lo ball s in Lead. Talk in g o f footba ll J'emind ~ m e to m e nt io ll so m cthing
tbat. wi ll probab ly in Lc re t. those o f t he CO I'j)S wh o
have
e n 'l' d ,11 Lhi s staL io n,
Th e o ld rough
Fi or;a n;]. s qlll ll ~ ha s noli' been ~ev e l l ed off a,nd
bui lt up ill (.o a vc ry gc od ~ p'orts gro und . con tain In g t wo footba ll pi tc h e~ ane! o ne hoci< ev: pitc h,
Th e j o b t oo k ~O Ill C nin e monLh s to co mplete, but
we call n ow sce so me fooLIJa lJ without ha\' i ng t o
t.ake a bus rid c fol' it,
Tennis,-O ul' pe l'fo rmnn es in t h e leagu e havc
so Jar ex cedecl o ur cxpec t,1tio ns,
With ha lf th e
fi xture'S pl"v cl \\'e a rc lying :l very close Lhil'd , a nd
a lt ho ug h lh e ' h'lIl cc o f th e presenl le:ld crs beill g
C<lU g ht a l'e r m ote. we ha ll certainl v s t rive Lo
fini it runn e rs u p.
'
Th e fin a l of OUI' ow n " O.J. " C up is being pl aye d
011 29th M ay, wh en Lhe C, P ., th e donor of Lh
cu p , lI'ill be' Ht ho m " t o t,ho m embers of t he deta chm en t a nd th e ir fHmiJi e . Three of the semi finali s ts a rc S / S g l. L""'re,, , Sgt, Coo k and gt.
Gore . Th e s Ul'vi vo r of
gt, ScoffhH I1I a "cl
gl.
Dohert~' w ill m a kc l,he fo urth ,
Sgt. Cook i,
fa vouri te to w i'n Lh e c up for th e seco nd y ea r in
s uccession. hu t hi s ri va ls arc in sp ec ia l train ing to
tJ',v ancl s po il his a mbiti o ns,
103

...
THE

R OYA L

---------------------------

ARi\ IY

Cricket.- \Ve have not pla yed any D eta c hm ent

nm t h cs ye t , I,ut wi ll probab ly m:tk e a start soon.
W ~ . lla ll g reatl:r mi ss tha
Id ed . "yo ungs t er " .
. .~1. Robin ~ . who h:ts g on e ho m e Lo res u me p lay in g ' ri ke t in " more comfo rta bl e atm os p he re tha n
th e Marsa in m id s llmm e r.
S . . M. N ew ell seem s
Lo hav e re bin ed hi s_ fo rm , [or in th e fe w m ino ],
gam e. in wh ich h e ha, t a k en part t hi s se a o n he
has mad a bi g cores .
GOIf.-Thi s s port nlakes it s initia l app ara.nce
u nde r t l113e l' o LlS hy reaso ll o f a nol:ib le fea t
hy a t ea m r pr'" entin g th e . taff an d D epa rt m e n t s
in winnin g t.h e Sprin g C hall enge C up o n t h e Marsa
link s. It 't[ P a I's tha t th e pe ri'orman l'e w as quite
a "chee k " a ffa ir. a' no . & D. t ea m is s upposed
t o wi ll U clll~ o f a n~" sort' Th e t a.m of fo u r
in c l lld~ ~.f( E. Th E' Gov e l'1lor and Capt. L. E.
J n mes, M. C .. R. ;\ .P.C.
Congratulatior,;; .-vV e l 1<lv ~ qu ' te. a n umb er o f
th ese to offe r thi s q ua r ter . Fir t l\' , to th e C .P. ,
'0 1. C . A. C. Orm s hy-J o hn so n . O.B .E .. YI. C., and
M a jor L. J. '!I mp 0 :1 th e awa rd o f th e I{jng 's
S il ve,' Jul,i lee M ed a l. Th en to , ' .Q.M .S. P et.ch on
hi s prom otio n to \ N.O. H , alld to th e same, m a n on
th e bir t h of hi : " fir st " . n SOll , o n 24th Apr:1. W c
mu s tn' L o mit Sgt. Coo k Irom th e congl'atu la ti o ns,
for he wa s th e on l y ca"di lale to rece:ve a. " D" on
t,h Co mm a:'ld Ga s Co urse re ferred to j.n o ur la t
l ett er.
A 11 t he unit.s o n th e is land had o ne or
mOI'e "epl'e ellta tives o n th e Course.
Arriv.a ls..M . M cCal'th y ar ri ved Oil 21st
April t o r elic,' S . .~l. Robin s a
osting . er gea ntM njo r. Th e I"He r sa iled for U .K , fo r a pell at.
C he t er , three da ys Inte t. ' V e tru s t t.ll.;1 t bo th
w ill r nj o v !:fe a t' th eir ncw s t a ti o ns .
J t fJ il ee
Celebr ations .-N otes r e(!a l'clin g th ese
n ppea l' separa te ly ill t hi s '.3 l1 e.
" B U TTO r T " '.

P AY

CORPS

J OU RNAL

TlENTSIN.
V I'Y littl e of inte re l ha vin g ta ke n p ia 'e in LI'; .
d elec t n ble s tali (l ll durin g th e pas t qu a rt e r , it is
rather d : ffi cult to filld som ething with whi ch ~o
let the wo rld kn o w t.h a t w e s t ill exi s t.
Th e 2nd Battalion Th e Worces t e rs hi re R egimen t
have 6nd eavolll:ed to li ven thin gs UP. a b it hy presentll1 g two N[t1 ,tary s how s, o nc ol w h ic h wa s ill
th e f o rn, of a Mi litary d'spl"y , a ll d t he o th er the
pa r"de as part o f t he Ju bil ee cele b ration,> .
In th e. porti ng w o rl d o ur acti"i L.es a re som ewhat
li m it ed , m ainly on acco unt o l o ur sca rcit :{ o f num bers . uu t we ha ve acquit.ted ourse lves w ell in tho
SPGl'ts whi ch we have t ack led. Two o f our num l:e r
were me mh er of th e S . a nd D . h ock ey l eam , wh :ch
fi nj~ h e d th ircl in th e L eagu e tab le , and i:1 q pl':1 c tl ce
s hoo t he ld am ong th e m embe rs ol th e On r rlSOll
Se rgeant. M e~s, th e four R.A .'1'. . p e rsonn e l who
fir d secured foul' con ecutive p la ces. a ncl t oo k . ec o nd pl ace a mo ng th e unit s" ho fired .
Oil th e T en :: i. eo nrt ~ no (, mu ch ha s y et been c1o lle .
a s th e sea son ha s h a rd ly sta l'Led. but w e h o pe to
he ab le to ,'c port mun y s uccesses e re lo ng . it' a nd
w h en we c ~ n find th e courts a n d equ ipm ent und er
th e laye rs of d us t. left, a s lega cies uy t he man y du s t
s t o r m s w e hu,'c ex pe r ien ced thi s s prin g.
It now ha v:ng becom e a t!'l Ae warm , th e m c m l : '~ rs
of th e D eta hm ent wh o hnve beell wo nt t o pa ss
a way " Sunday in h i king al'o u nd th e co un t rysi de
ha ve n o w turn ed th eir a ttention s t o cy Iin g . By
thi s 1)1ean S th ey pa ss aw ay an a ft 1' :-:0 011 in l' nea ti on a nd two 0 1' three a ftel'l1 oon s i n remo vin g
du s t fro m t he hea rin g ' of th eir mn c hin s.
We
hOHe to b. ab le t o re po r t e xtcns: vc ex pl om tj on into
th e s u r r ou nding di s k iot i:1 du e co urse.
\;Ve o ffe r 0111' h ea rty con g "atu latio ns t o L / Se rg t.
E lgood up on hi s appoin t ment a n cl wis h h im eve ry
Sll cces ill t he future .
A City man a I,ed a bu s in ess fr i-e nd lo co m e c10WII
t o hi p'Iace :n th <! countrv f o r a w ee k. B y S'ltu rclay
the gue3 t h"d i-c:co m e a bit o f a uore. Sa id th e h t.
" ] ' 1)1 SOlTy . I'\' go t t o go up t o ]~o ll do ll to -clay, i)u t
here ' s .. g un a: ,d a coupl e of d ogs . 00 o ut a nd a mll se
y o urse lf wit h a bi t o f s po rt . "
Half an h Oll r la t er t he g u e t wa s hac k aga:n . " C OL
a ny 111 0 re d og' , o ld m a ll ?" he inqui re 1.

IN TER NOS.
P lease pity th e Offi ce R e p" eSe!l t :ltiv , ",h o . in repon se t o hi .; d emand ' for "co py" ha:; infl ic t cl cn
h :111 q l1e ri e3 s uch as t he fo ll o"" ng :" , \l hv lid th e fa cet iou s pay office -Ierk . wh e:1
au d it in g a t rayellin g la' l1I w h ich indu cted a ch a rge
of 1/- fo ,' porter, retul'l1 the cl ai m with a ll o !Jse r vat'on t hat cha r ges fo r li gh t r ef r es hm ent \\e r ili a d mi . 3: bl e, but if t he c1a; m "'"s fu r porte rage it s hou ld
1)e so sta td! 'Wa s (h e "me c lerk a un oyed lo no t ice
t hat \I'hen th e cla im "'as l'e tl1l'11 cd d ui v 'amenel cl t he
charge fo r hi re o f i1 ca,b ha d bee n a lte l'ed to 'ca b ilagc' ?
!\ :I d Sll r_lv t o go dn es ' t\\ a, n ot th e ,1111e d e d ,
\\-ho ca ll ed th e atten t' o n of an O. C . C omp~lI y l o t he
footn ot e a t th e t o p o f a n Arm y F o rnl !
.

.\n I ri sh lll a ll wa rela tin g " " cx p e ri e n ~e 01 hard s hip in t he jun g le .

",\ mn lun ;tion . food , a nd wh isky ha d ru n o nto"~
h e ' aid , "we wer parch et.! ",' th 1h irst. "
" \ Na s t.here no wate r ?" a s k ed n lis t ener.
", ' hul'c, uu L it wa s no l im e t o think o f c1 ean line s," re p lie d th e Iri s hm a n.

But reall y it' s j ust t oo harl fo r it Qu ee n Vi cloria

l' ay Co rps "et.eran t o r ecail lh :lt H C rtai n Pa yrr:t te r , wh n checking n Jlu h li c d o tilin g s l o p page .
lid inform hi section lea d ,. t hnt he co uld 1I0t t race
, pm ' J ack in th e pa y li s t~no t e ven amo ngst th e
g U:1l1 ,'s a nd dl'l\-e ,' ."

T he diminu tive ,ava lr,V Sutw lte l'll was a ll o ut to

ma ke an impre s ion w it h t he vel.v a tll'rlct iYe yo ull g
\\'o m a ll t o wh o m he h a d bee n ill l l'odne d. an d W:t11
wh om h p ha d blund e red lh ro u g h th last fo x(.rot,
"~\ f l'a icl J'lrl n ot d ancin g ve ry well ." he rema rk ed ,
' 'I'lIl a l iW e s lif[ fro m po lo ." T o whi ch h e recci " cd
th e i c~' and so m ew h at un ex pected re p l:{ , " I ' m "fmid
it' s of no in te res t to m e wh e re you com B 1'1'0 11 1. "

R.A .P.C . HOckey Te am .

T h photog ra ph r e prod u ced o n p a"e 3 of t he la t
if,s ue wa s s uppli eci hy I1lu " ll'a ted P h;t oc r, ft Ea lill <7
I~oll d o n , \ \1.13.
.
,
0'
It is 1'eg l'ettecl th d lh i., :cc kno \\ led gme llt w as in aCI\'c rtenlly om itt ed at Lh e t llll e .
I04