British South Africa Police ~~ ~." Regimental Association UK

TP ST:: .'ontents

Issue 62- Spdng2006

~PUI3llsh6d b

The United Kingdom

Branch of the BSAPRegimental ~tion

and the BSAP Trust

EDITOR

Mike Abbotts (5975)e-mail:

michael. abbotts1@btintemet. corn

Tel: 01932349373Mob: 07931 388821

The opinions e~ed in

The UK Q~ are not

necessarily those of the UK

Branch of the

BSA Police Regimental

Assoaation and the BSAPTrust.

P~ Address~~nce to the

Hon Sec~details are

published on the last ~.

2 Chairman's Chat.Shield Guarding Company

3 Oxwhich Press4 Around 8 About the UK and Ireland

London-4North West —6

7 AGM Notice —UK Branch8 Snippets From The Hon Sec

Membership Subs —12Avid Stamp Collectors'? —13

Zimbabwe Pensions Update —1314 Lo Brudda Gamina. ..15 New Members - UK Branch17 Chan~ of Address 8 Other Contact

Details20 Dates For Your Diary

21 From The Far OutpostsAustralia —21Queensland —23Natal —24Transvaal —26Western Cape —29

31 Memories of Sir Roy Welensky

Oops!32 Alcantara Contingent 194636 46ers 60th Anniversary Reunion

37 The Paddy Anderson Story43 Remembrance Day 2005

Sailor~Idler44 Association Stock45 Obituaries49 Overseas Branches

UK Branch Comm~ /Trustees

Regimental ~ation UK

(.HAIRMAN'4 (.HAT

At thi« tilnc Ia«t yc'u' I WVH)tc th;lt not a

lot cluu)gus. '1 hi«yc;u lvc «hill I)c going

tllrough a ntunk'. r of chlulgcs.I"italy, olu long-serving l-lon.

Mike i.c Ich, vvill I)c Il."turning his kit to thc

stone «uld retiring to such deli/~its;Is

dccoratlng, galdcnlng «uld gl JHdchlldrcn

I In no p(u ticl. lfi)r ordcl I. His n.'tin:nlcnt

0Alcially takes pI'Icc at thc AGM s() if you

wish to pay tHI)utc k) his efforts over thc

la«t 20+ years, pica«c try and;lttcnd. I'Ou

lvili h'lvc 'u'Hplc opp011MIity to I)uy hlIH 'I

dnnk at thc Snacks aflcrvvards.

I aIH. dcllghtcd that his posltlon has 1)ccn

flllcd — I'Hon: dctalls at thc A4M — and I

tIHst you will all yvc the ncw H)an yoM'

support, and plltlcnec, ln dtlc coMM,

I IIc other ch,ulge, unforhulatcly„ ls tlult,

I"amcolHhc I:state is no longer avail;II)le to

us fot thc BRMdlvay Br««al. Kc «Irc Iooktn«~&

«lt «ul. «IltclH«ltlve vcnuc hut, at this short

Iu)tlcc, n Iy hofx", .i are I'K)t high fol this yctu. .

On «a h«lpplcr note, I «un dcllgjltcd to Ict

you 4)ow th;lt. Collovving last yc u's dinner,

Sir Michael Walker, Iu)s acccptcxi hononlry

IHOHIIx". rshlp of thc Blanch (to vvhlch hc Is

cntitl(d;L« the son Of' a former mcnlhcI. I,

Space pcnnlts nlc no Inow. so I ll scc you 'It

the AGM, I hope.

Peter VhilliPS 6(N5

CllaInnan

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Mindful of the passing of time;lnd that stories once lost are lost for ever„Ox~vich press are compiling;u) anthology for public;Ition on the lif'& and),vork of the Brtttsh Colonial Vollce I"orees.

I-lave you;I story to tell'? YVC an: inviting CI)ntributions tlLat )),ill &nve Ie Idelw an insight

Into what lt wvas Ilkc to I lve and A OI k as J, Colonllll Vol icenl;Ul, »&votn,'U I. KVC are !Ook in&»

for I'!CUE cx~xmenuw that are N ttUn, amusing„ filghten~nI, ndlculous„senolLs orbIAUTC «U1cl «I!thoug»h cen18Ã3 on the wvork of the Vollec, sublnL««slons c«ln alsl) give «1

Avldel socl«11, hLstoncaI as@'.ct th«lt shcxfs light onto what lt w«Ls like to live IUld AVID ln

the Co!onilw.

1he Ienf»tI1 of sublHIss)ons O'UI be short of' long LUId IU1y ntNlbel of Iten)s 01"I dIAenng»

topics can be sublnltttxf, Vhotop&» Jphs th«lt tie U'1 with th& «Utlc!c would be A'eleolne,

bnef reslUne on h(w you c;Uaae to lx:;lt th'lt p;Utlcular spot at th;lt p;Utlcul;U. time or hovv

you c«Ulle by the story «U1d )vhat llappelxxf to you atler would. «Also be of U)tcrest.

Ifyou have a. stol/ that vou fc»el shot lid be pl&'servcxf fol postel'lty Jncl IU'e hJppy to vs ate

it up for such a book, pie, Lse send your submission to;

The Editor - Colonial police

(.Kxvlch Vn'ss

VO Box 724SXV«UISM

SA3 IKZE-Inail adc!laws; Ox)vich(~'i Ivcomt)k. corn

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AROUND 4 ABOI.!TTHE UI».'

AND IRELAi"iD

l.ondon GatheringsNovember 200» No ovcl'seas visitors this

1'rionth — I vvondcr wvlly. » (I'Ion Scv).Tliosc attending includ«I: 5975 Mike

Abbotts; 4278 3ohn Balchin; 6737 Mike

Coleman", 4&i Tcd t' alloway; 5479Mike Imach; 6527 Mike O'Donnell;

6(»09 Parrydonew; 6505 Peter Philhps"„

[7327] Mal»&»ie Plant» 6348 DQlnls Poole»

4853 I't«f P in«r; 4840 Mike Pursiow;

P/R 19566 'Skip' Rausch; 4735 Clif'f

Rogers» Mid 7391 Alai i Toms.

I am promoting «'i i«ord, CD orwltatcvcr!). " The following sill the

i«ord of attendance (alph'ibetically)

5975 Mike k Audrey Abbotts 4»783ohn Balchin'„7211 Peter Biddulph;5317 Kcith Brooks; 6727 MikeColeman; 7359 Hc~ Cubitt; 4882 Peterk Hatbatu Dancer; 5998 lan Dunbar;5755 Stewatt k Pam Edwards' 4046 TedCalloway; W/P 129 Sheila Cault; 9086Tony Ci anger; 4851 Murray k MavisHarrison; 5171 Peter Hillier; 6125 MikeHorner; 4508 Deil Humberstone;6514 / 7562 Chris k Son Russell

Johnson; P/R 24637 Charlm, With

Debbie I»'emp' 4879 Hrian k Jacky Lay;5479 Mike k Jan Leach; 4777 TackieMacintosh; 4468 I"rank k Phil Maguire;

, , 5615 Tom Meekin; 5055 Ken Miners;, 4955 Hob Morriston; 8170 Mel'

0'brien; 6527 Mike O'Donnell; 6150""

'i;4;::;...:.„.-:j:j;, '., Dave Paterson; W/P 193 Jenny

'~"--"~+"''+'-"" Paterson; [7359j Maggie Plant; 6348'I'hc Mikes - Abbotts, Colcnmi k 0;Donncll

Punter; 6681 CieofI' Quick; P/R 19566Decelilber 2005 ThLs divas the Hlg olie! Skip Rausch; C»ui.'st lan Robertson; 4735(.+»'inised this y~"ii by Alan Tonis;ind Cliff Rogers; 6063 Alan Stock; 6130assisted by his &jfe and a few others, Mike Rarldy Syn'lmons; 5559 Dick k Hev

Leach says This was ill idoiibtcdly tile I hot npsotl» 8338 Mal k Roz Thurman»

4&t ever Christmas gathering (Sounds hke 7391 Alan k Lynn Toms; 7072 Terry k.I Ui %'almsley; 5625 Hiff

This p;ige is sp~nsoi«1 by WIary I angran in loving memory of 6772 Tim

British South Africa Police '".~:~" Regimental Assmation UK

%'ay; 66M John %'elis; and 5486 Mick%'exL

Blanch fllnds bcncfltcd fTom

succcssflll raAlc coITductcd bv Lynn Toms

and tis Ls his woI'lt HIA KIIy rttn al'I LxjNllly

successful auction.

,lanuary 2006 Overs'» visitor» this

Illonth included TaA Morgan and D'Ivc

Grinlbly who werc botl'I visiting the UKflom ZIlnbabwc. Another ncwcolllcI was

Pat Knight who is in the UK on a 'look

and ~ visit from South Africa. The full

list of those who signed the reystcr

included; S975 Mike Abhotts; 4278 John

Balchin; 5469 Dave Grimbly; P/R

32720 Kevin Hall; 5N)3 Hob Hardy;

6308 Dan Hughes; 4717 Pat Knight;

5479 Mike Leach; 901604 Glyn

Morgan; 3976 TaA Morgan; Guest

From Zimbabwe Brian Moultrie; 6527

Mike O'Donnell; 6905 Peter Phillips;

6348 Detmis Poole; 4853 Fr+i Punter;

484) Mike Purslow; and 5625 HifTVh&y.

February 2006 saw a peat turnout for

a dtIll, damp night. Whilst Peter Grant

was vLsiting frolTI South AfTl&Q Dave

Darby c4Uppcd Irl fIQITl HahnlIn, Hll, lce

Braes visited from ScotLInd with his

guests, and HIlaI1 and AnI'Ic Hobson calTic

down fiom Lancashiw, . The rcptlar

faithfttl

turned ollt ln foIT'c to greet thclll, whIch

Included Pat KnIght who L»»tl 1 l llew,

'looking'. The fLI11 list (alplI;Ibctical) of

those pnmatt Included: 5975 MIkc kAudley Abbotts; 4278 .fohn Balchln„'

P/R 15994 Nigel Biss; 110619 Hmcc

Blues» 7225 Kclth Broken»' cSN)9 I ctc1'

Butler; 7359 Hectic Cuhitf; 692% Dave

Darby; 7125 'Pop' Fllis; 7461 PctcI

Grant; 6630 Jim Haxlett; 8131 Brian kAnne Hodson; 6308 Dan Hughes„4717Pat Knight; I479 Mike Leach„'»0!~

Ken Miners; 6527 Mike O'Donnell;

6905 Peter Phillips; 6348 Dennis Poole;

4853 Foal Punter; 4@0Mike Purslow;

5923 Tony Seward; and 5625 HiA WVay.

March 2006 saw the following

braving the carly»TInng weather (Or

should tlIat be the late winter weather):

5975 Mike Ahhotts; »468 Dave

Adshead; 4278 John Halchin; 7359 Bertie

CIIbitt; 90%6 Tony Granger; P/R 32720

Kevin Hall; 5662 Barry Henson; 6514 /

7562 Chns Johnson; 5479 MIkc Iwsch;

6527 Mike O'Donnell; 6905 I'cter

Philhps; 6348 DnInis Poole; 4853 FMPunter and 4@0 Mike Purslow. VVe

were joined by thAv. IIlcnlbcls of thc

'Spnngbok Club' Alan 1 ktrvey„%illHinding and Allen Robertson.

Tltis page is spon»ond by Mary l..angtan in loving memory of 6772 Titn

British South Africa Police '"--. :-'

Regimental ~ation UK

Worth Q'tat Rag»ion,

Ml'r.'t %cough4933 IC(xi Wk lison reix)ILs Afnlosl 30

l))c)111?Crs (U)(i "ttcsts «)ttcn(ILxf o(U' thlr(I

t Iulstnl«Ls I..(u)ch «lt Thc Myel:ico(l&»h (?Il

Dccc)nb+ 11". An excellent re:eptio))

«U1(i nlc«11 (ls (Lsu'll «U)LI «1 very pl("LSult st«tff

In«kfc thc cvcnt L'o with «1 I)«ul&» «Ul(i I h«lvc

sent;1 letter to The Myetmou&&h thani(in'»

thc111,

»1»e h«ad hc;1ps of pll/cs fot the 1'1fflc

«U1(i (ls Mii(c «Ulc'I .1«U1 Lc(lch weIL' ahscnt lt

w«Ls the ttlnl of «1 c()L)pic of others to h«1vc

;L~sistancc to their c(u~ with loa(fs of

g(xxl14%. I hose often(itllL» wele: 4933 R(xf

1)Yilson;u)d (IanL»htcr At)(b)" L 5t)07 I larry

Da&'res «Uld (LUIL»hlcl Vcntly; &&131 HolTzo

JJodson 'u)d his h;u)dier Anne; 471') L,tntking with his wifi I..ll;1 «U)d son Jolu);

5t)Std Alan XYhitehurwt; 4tH I Allen

Day; 8307 Fl«ush Firth and Je;1nettc: 6314

0'ugly tu)d V«tl Xlarsden (win) btuou&»ht the

Iw)crcwo)~I; 4s49 ken;u)(f "vvFI& 204&(14

I X)t )tallfol d-Sr)lith; 5725 phil al1(i

Shell«1 &5'lead; 70&t4 I'n«u)I( «tn(i M«(P~«U'ct

J)eal derl; [43271 Ron«1 «Jollrlstolr„' 7207

Arnold XYoolley;u)(I 03679 V;u)L1

IYoolley ther 1)anlc u';1s lnlsscxf (?fi I«'Lst

time! t?h (ie'U '1nl I in t)L)L(hie).

Thc photos show s()n1c of those 1n

«lttc)xi«u)cc.

r'";i'N~".8Nx)

Ken 8 Dot Stanford-Smith with

Valerie Marsden

Penny 8 Harry Davies, Alan Whitehurst

and Allen Day

Our next "do"is a harhecue at the Myerscoug»h on

SUNDAY 30,JUJ Y 2006 at 2.00prn50 per head

:Wccornrrrodation available —contactl(od 1)Yilson -01516051333

Tl&is p;t& e is sponsored hy 5662 Barry Henson

6

British South AAica Police '" ~ ':-' "'"Regimental ~ation UK

The uK Branch of the BSA Police Regimental Association

Notice is hereby given Oat the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the British SouthAfrica Police Regimental ~ation (United Kingdom Branch) will be held in the El

Alamein Room at the Victory Services Club, Seymour Street, London on Saturday13 May 2006 commencing at 1'I.00am to transact the following agenda.

1.

5.6.

8.

11.

Gre.tings and ~ogiesRoll of Honour

Confirm the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting of 15"May 2004Matters arising therefrom.

The Chairman's Report.Financial Report.BSAP Trust ReportThe Almoners ReportThe Elecbon of Executive Committee Members (See Below)El~ of Chairman

Appointment of Auditors

Any Other Busin~

Election of Comm~: Three members retire by rotation: Peter Phillips, Mike

Leach and Peter 'Pop' Ellis. Neither Mike Leach nor Pop Ellis is standing for re-

election. Peter Phillips offers himself for re-el~ to the Committee and asChairman. Any member wishing to stand, or p~ another member for election

OR have items for Any Other Business, should advise the Hon Sec not I~ than 7days before the meeting.

Please to attend this im rtant meetinYour rtici *on is both meanin I and si nificant.

At the conclusion of the ~ting a buffet lunch at F5 a head will be available but only

A bar facility will also be available. Any member ~king accom~a5on must

contact the Club and make their own arrangements direct.

British South Africa Police "'~ ."-" Regimental AssoGation UK

SNIPPI: I'S I ROM TI IL' HOIX SI"Ct(4)29] P«lt Arllold nl«ldc cont«let vvhcn

p«Li»lng throu/~) tire UI«cn rolltc k) RSAwhere hcr sistcI in LU)vvcll. She is k~&7ing

well «UT(i hcl ncw «Iddn is «lppGlfs 11'1 thc

( h(Ulgc of Ad(h"»» sect)on.

)d«86 Mick %%'(N)d h«LS flu«lily rct)AQ

fTol'H Thc Little Sw«)liow . Tl'Ic pM))is("»

Ifc sold;Uld Mick hop(& to attend morc

funcnoHS as «U)d when hc GU1 gct away

flT)nl thc golf co(lfsc. Sadly Mal Is so f«ar

ply)ving to bc a poor c;lddy so hc may have

to ilb«U)don that notion. Hls ncw «Iddrcs»

lU)d phone HLUnbcl Qppc«U's ln thc ch(Ulgc of«lddA. ,L» sect)on.

FNO LUldsay MCCallunl ln Ncw

/~I(U)d IS WondCIll'lg If any Of hrs S(Iut)d

«)rc still «lllvc, «Uld hc would love to n:-

o&tablish cont;lct. Members of his sqLIad

appear to be:BOI.TON; Alan Brian; 4975 [S;U.flydL~wd MLL];BROWN; Harry Colin; 4976CiLANFII"'LD; Williatn Richa)d; 49711

CROSBY-JONL'S; Miclrael Bolton;4979CROSSAN; Willi fUT1 John M'U(well;

49II»l

DAVIES; Roy; 4977 ]Sadly d~&GLM

MLI.]

MA'. Al LUM; Albcn Ci~mrgc Lin(L»ay;

4980Nl'ILL„' FI«UICIS MICI'IaCI L«lwfQlce; PN I

NEQTON; David Rolxat; 4982SANKY; David John Michael„4983TLN NANT„Cioldon Robert Slatel; 49MWADL; Elle LH1est Edward; 1985WILKINS; Rob(& JOIUl; 4986WILSON; K.eith I larold; 4987HILL; Alastair Riced Jocelyn; 49N

If' you know of the whcrLabouts /

WELLBEING OI" ANY OF THE Above,pic(Lsc cont«lct Lindsay diM:t at.:Hol IUI((I~'p«U'««d)sc. nct.nz

We lrave lxm advi»cd by Paul„son of4)63 John Souter, that John, who is

Sufiemlg frol)1 Al«hCIITler S, IS HOW Ul «1

Nursing Home, the Bradgate Park Nursing

Home, Bmnd Hill, Woodho(L»e EavesLeicecershirc LE12 SSS. Paul asks for

phot'««zphs of BSAP E" Rhodes)a as this

d~s help Jolrn no n)d in nm)embcring his

Pauli vlslts Illost days and plcs ctc GU1

bc s('1)t to thc HLIrslng 110ITlc Kkffc% above.ChristlTUL» saw a huge number of ends

sn)t to the ChailTnan and to the Hon Sec.Sadly there wen: far too nary to list this

ye;U. But wc were most pleaM to nxeiveGlf(L» fronl n)aI)y ofoui widows . Whilst

on this subject, 4 71 Rcg (Uld EX%Villcent

Thl» P«t~()C 1S»J')011SOI'M le 5322 StU«tent RodC188

British South Africa Police '":~:-" Regimental ~ation UK

scut a lovely Chllstnlxs c«uTI st«ltulg that

they had 4TH on 'I Baltic ( .Hiisc l«ast

Augtlst —13 days / 7 difkil:nt COLu)tries /

3000 naLIticaI I11il('s. A wondcrfllll tnp

dLIflng which they ITlei with Rogcl' and

Pam Lathe. Roger is the son of 5520 C',hris

Lathe.%FR 2431 Rose Bolven Luld 7677 Pete

Dewe spent Chnsinl«ls In Llvlngstonc vvith

7784 Steve and Wendy Aeornley then

took t11C Road to tlic Isles visiting Loch

LolTiond, Oban aITd Poft WIlia111. They

Intend to fetLun in the SLIHTmcf!

li's Ll sr)I(ill )v~)rid: 7391 Alan Tonls

sent the following note by e-nuul —Last

AuyL»t I btuT)pcd into 7368 Mike Rayne

(sqLI;ld 6/65) ul 8 k Q Eveshaln,

Worcestershire, UK. and discovenxi he

llvcd ]List a co(lplc of Ini les away froITI mc.

This morning F21/01/2006) in Pick 'n Pay,

I'ish Hock u1 the C«q)e, I bLul)px1 Into hlnl

agaIH, ttuTls 0Ut he Is stayulg dovvn ihc road

from us in Simon's Town! INote they

both «actLIally live in the UK! MLLE

50M 3im Gilbert has attired as

Postmaster in Goonhavem. I-lc says —I

have just realised that wort. is not for thc

(Sinking classes, so pllftulg my feet up.

Happy and m&Kul retirement 3im See

Ad(rm section for his new holne details.

@74Steve Glovel; ill a Hoic pavulg ) us

2006 subs, wTit(~: Through the

Assocl'Iilon I h'v'c Icncv '(.d friendshipswith both 8472 Chris Inman in Pinctolvn,

Natal Midi'u1ds and 8(A) Dave Lawson in

Kwx. ,ulu-N;Ital. Then on 14" September

last year I had Il SLuI)rise visit fil)n) C'hris

who was in thc UK io sce his DaLI&g~)ter in

S0Uili %ales Iuld his H10thcf In RNlc()H1,

;u&d when u;lvclling between thein, pL»»Lxf

this)Llgh Mal kct Dlayton. Lulkulg Up with

8006 O)ris Roberts we had ILu)ch together

IH ihc (.rolvn Inn. ChHs wo(lid bc chceil.d

Up no cnd If fon11er fncn(fs ITI'ldc cont'Ict.

As tl"ie amI)er 1iqLIid and. c011vels«ltioi'1

flovvcd It scclTIcd as thoUgh tune stood still.

One week Liter I had a phone call hT)HI

D'lvc ln N'It*11. Very enlotionaI. Th'ulks

for thc news Steve- MLL.9317 Doug Hubbard has usLxi his nme

well in The Stat(w. He has vvTitten his first

book which I IT'ends and col lolly. lcs may bc

interest(xl to know of; entitled "Spxial

Agent, Vletiuun . Tllis u» dllc fol relellsc

pllblishcl's PotoH1'ic H(x)ks Of

%«lslungton D( . In Apnl. Thc work ls ful

ovclvlcw of ifle «actlvltlcs of tile «lgcnts of

the US Oflice of N«lv«11 Infclllgence u1

Vietnam between f962;u)d 1978; it h;L»

taken nearly el/~)t yern to wntc.

British South AAica Police '"-'~- ''Regimental Association UK

Lncoulal&lngly, despite the fact that thc

lxTok will not bc pl1ntcd mltll next n10nth„

thc publisher reports advance catafoyle

sales ln exch&» Of a thousilnd copies froITI

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The Ixx1k vvill bc av;lilablc in the UK

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3948 Eric Collier held a 'lunch' at the

end ofNovenae, initially ananged to r&lise

funds for 4061 Hob Slade's project. in

Zimbabwe. Duc to STIace only a few locals

were InvTted (not like the old days at the

Ada Cole Stables In Essex —MI I ) and

these included 5044 Tony E; Jelly8radshaw; 7212 Tony k Judy 8rown;3948 Elic Collier with Sonia; 4145 Mark

k Gill Frecrnantle; 4518 Dave k Quita

I.x Guem; 5479 Mike k Jan Leach; 6509Don ScaN', 4061 Hob Slade; 4I100 Terry

Spong; 4857 Mike k Celia WVIItshire; and

fiicnd, ncig~Ibour and cook(!) IliilxaI Seals.

6925 Dave Darby from Bahrain sent in

his subs plus a very geneITIus donation—Thanks Dave. In his communication he

stat~~: — I retina flum thc Ministry of the

Interior herr: in Bahrain, after 30 yes ofselvice, and have llansfemxI over to the

Hahl &Iln Royal I' light On a two yearcontt & ct to shift Up a secllnty Qxtlon the%.

I tum&xf sixty last birthday so I am SIIII: I

will retire when this two yeats is up. I look

fonvatd to every issue of the Outpost to ~what old pals ale up to„even if it can be

vcly sad to see those who will never read

the maine again. Dave, thanks also for

nnewing your sponsorship of Outpost

p L&~w —all helps —MLL44211 Bruce and Odette Gates have

decilkxI on another change. They have

sold thell house 11'I Cyprus and n10vcd to

Canada.

P& R 18056 Barrie Hardie sent a newsy

narnltive of their plst year in the Cap:.They did a wonderfIII 7 day rail J0Unley

throu/~1 tl1e Kaloo to Port Elizabeth the

Addo Game R~rve, East London, Folt

Beaufort, De Aar, Matjisefontein,

Kormwter and then Cape Town. In July atrip w'zs nT"Idc to the UK. but for family

ruasons he was UITable to link up with the

Blanch. NovelTIbcr I I this yeal found

This page is sponsored by 4212 Tommy GriAin

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British South Africa Police ' ~ ~"" Regimental Asscxiation UK

HaITlc on parldc in Kllysl1i+ where Gcnl'I 11

Pctcf %8lls was thc n1aln guest. Othcl

HSAV members present includ(xf 4456

Guy Houghton and 4426 Guy Brooke-

Smith. . On the MOTII ffont H;uric is still

Adjutant of the Albatross Shell Hole in

KJIysna.7368 - 8448 Mike Rayne has just

spent 3 weeks in Cape Town and had the

pleasure of drinking Alan Toms' beer and

eating his biltong at his lovefli home in

Simons Town. I also met with Tafly

Roberts, Mike Gale and had lunch with

Gilly Potter and his good wife. I have had

more contact with ex BSAP in the last 3weeks than 1 have in tie last 25 years ( My

fault entirely, but I enjoyed the banter and

natter) FOR SALE Mike has a Police

Sl,lpt, Swofd fof s«IIc. Offers to Mike dilly. ct

please, email: mikcr«lyneL(IItiscali. co.(Ik

5661 Tr.voI' Wilson h'Is been In tol.lch

fToITI Pfctona. Hc ls consldenng n1ovlng

to thc CQpc and h«L» nladc a coUplc of'looksee' visits. Trcvor says: F~licr Lx»t

year we took a trip to the C«~, hying to

decide whether to move or not, ;uld looked

up Dave k Marion Wright and Dave and

Nlcky Waddon Ul Montagu, then 4456

Guy k Pat Houghton in George, Clifl and

Moira Iwvctt wcfc also visiting ffonI thc

UK and wc ITlct Up WIth thcITI at Guy k

Pat s. Wc '«Ilso nlct o(If g(xxf fncn(L» Tonl

k Phocbc %aude In Montagu 'uld with

them visited Phoebe"s Brother Flctch

JCUTucson and his Klfc Jan (cx WPO)who have a small holding a fcw km's

outside thc town, I «1Lsu "ig and boarding

Alpaca». %C all had a yet d;Iy together.

During «another visit in November wc

visited thc %( tcnI C«Iix.' iand ag«un st«lvcd

with Ton1 k Phoebe, ruld «Ilso spent

couple of days with other fiiends Annie k.Joe Surkont. This was also a most

enjoyable jaunt I was a Incmbcr of sq(UI(f

4/57 and I iUII trying to locate «Is ITiany of

the mcnlbers as possible WIth «I view to «a

possible get together next yc'u; f(Ir those

th«lt c«ul ITIakc lt. (Venue ctc not

dctcnTuncd as yct —IUst In thc pLU'u'ung

s~cs.) Good lUck In vol.lf cf]orts, TKvof

MLL %C hope to get over later in the ye;u

fu1anccs pclTllitting, Iuld hope th'lt. should

this bc possible„ I can nIakc thc London

Dlnncl. Still kwp In toUch with Mlcky 'Uld

Norah York and Alan k Pauline l.,ane and

we always get together during our visit.

4916 Hill "Jock" lamb wa» rcadin ~

the Daily Telegraph on 4 'M'uvh when hc

noticed «an article on T«lhltl «Uld I'rcnch

Polyni sia ln thcll' ll lvcl sUppletncl I t

Whilst praising thc Polynesian isl;ul(fs and

British South Afi)ca Police "'~ ~.-"' Regimental Association UK

IT.'coITInlcndiilg holi(ilys, there was ITIore

iiifolllliltlon on stop ov(.r s ll"I thc Pacific.

Qllotc —Drive towiulls C)aLIgNn InilscNll

but gct iunbLIsllcd by INlch Lul(1 MLISCLull

RcstaLrant. RNI by Roger C)own),

Fngllshlluui, now t)9 I')Lit as stiTupt ilnd

piT)b;Ibly as fit as when he policed

Rliodcsla ln thc 1950 s. I Iad cnoLIQ&T of

that. Sailed the world with chums.

Wrecked the bc(lt in I"rench Polynesia Luld

never ICII. Was an extnl in Hrando's

Mutiny Qn tile HOLIIity ITIOVTc. Dcilno(LS

drinking I)0(Its in Pap(etc with 'I'revor

IIwvud. St;uTeda rabbit fium. Then the

RcstaLlPc&t; Ilow UTc b(,st kiiowTl c(I~ in

island with fish p;uk out fil)nt. —Unquote.

Thc article conclLIdcs 'O'Ith a rcfcrei'Icc to

Sharoll Stone beiilg il CLLstonler and Roger

Rlyil)L', I~/1(»2 e» «»15«» Iri r/1«' )v«)I"4 )II)t«ld «I

ill«212 Il'k«EIK» (~~'1 «I kL'YV/t«)IP2 XII«II «22I 5f«2~«»!"

7504 Hniul Hayes scut thc following dated

12'

Mail:h 20N). "Whilst on;ui 'OLIting' in

the Mooi River ar(a of Natal, this

affciT)oon. , I Iuld a bllcf chat with ol'ic 39X)

Chuck Bottnel who Is S2 (uld as )veil as

can bc expected.

7167 Peter Long is trying to nlakc up

Iic I"nuid where to settle. Ilc savs in IILs

latest communication: "I comn)ute

between Vciez Malaga, Spain (with my

folks) and Leis» on Se'I, Essex. 7015

Roger Barnard is in Tone:ice, , just south

of Alic ultc and to the west ofCJuar(Lmvlr at

;I pklcc callix1 Cuidad Ques&a, hc is well

Cn1oyliig I lf C. HIS Clllal ad~ IS

'carol. IT)ger j«22»yahoo. co.uk'. I aLso met upwith 8107 Dave Poultney, he has lan out

here for 3 - 4 months, trying to find

nl)ployment and settle. Lives in Caleta,

Torre del Mar.

Hon Sec's CornerIn the last Outpost I advised that 3942

Hob Harkley was on the commitke ofOSPA. Sadly havulg been elected, a spell

in hospital, a~savate(I by advancing yes,ciusml Hob to reign his position on the

Committee. My Apoloyes Hob- MLII was overwhelmed by the seasonal

mc~lf~es ofgoodwill sent at the end of the

yew in which special mention was made ofmy s1anding down at the 2006 AC)M.

TIunk you a11 for your very kind

comments Luid sentinients.

Membership Subscnptlons fell due

on I' January 200|). For those ofyou whoh'lvc not pl'lccd this payillcnt on a Hailk

Order, I ask you to re-consider. I stims that

this is a Hank ordcl Nld not a dIRx, t debit.

Thc ~latioil does not clalnl this money

;ulnually, but your b'ulk follows your

wflttcn InstlLlctions arid pays us diAxt.

I"oi'nls an: available froin thc Holi. Scc.

Atl ailorl+TIotls clot'lor spollsors this page.12

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Whilst on this subject, if you pay income

tax pie~ consider converting this anrrrr II

payment to a Gift Aidpayment. The HSAP

Trust llxeived f I pal. 21 from the tax nlan

In addrtron to thc contnbutrons yoU ITrade to

us. This is a valuable sorrrcc of'income so

yorrf SUPPOIt Will be IIPPreelat&I. Agccrln,

forms are available horn the Hon. Srx:.

Are 1here Any Avid StampCollectors Out There".

Ol Per lraPi roll cci~l Pl)l'lit lrle I' ll /Ac

tv'ght dl'tr. ction?

Solne fasclnatlng stan'Ips cln for' sale

through ouf Hranch and and thoUgh I

have no ldell of vrllucs lf yoll contact

me dmxt, we c Irl ncgotratc. The hst,

which I car send to interested

pacfties, InclU(lcs many Rhodesian

first day covers and even the

Glurchill ovefpnllt sGQllp.

Mike Leach P479jHon. Sec.UK Hnnch H SAP Regimental

A&%%1atlon

207. Little LullabyHQ.Jidon, Lsscx

SS155'Tcl: 01268 419176

IIMBABlrVE PENSIONS UPDATE

By 4649 John Seward, Hon SecAustrahan Branch -December 2005

Althoup~l efI'orts hrlvc IM.n Inadc for

pcllsrons to bc pard to those Irvrng outsrdc

Zrmbabwc nothrng nMch has chcU"icicd

since I ebru;Uy 2003.I have brxal in touch with the I'I;Une

Lily Association in South Africa and thc

Zimbabwe pcnsionels" n."pn~cntatives in

Hntairl Of the OversecIS Servlee PCIISiollers

Asxlcrcrtron (OSPA) fof whrch I cUll nlost

yatcfiII in keying mc in the pictor as to

thc sltUat. lon,

Lately the Zimbabwe representative ofthe OSPA h Is uprLrtnf mc Icg~Uding their

efforts, which included a reply from the

Di~tor Pensions OIIICC in Zimbabvve

datA thc 1st Novcmlx. r 2005. In the

prcanlble to answering the queri~w the

Director stat(4 Thc Govclnnlcnt ofZimbabwe is willing to pay all outstmrding

prmsioners nwident outside Zimbabwe but

It IS faerng tripl Crll1'eney prcobICnlS.

I Iowcvcr efforts ar& being nl'ldc to secure

the nxIuirorI fbrcign exchange so th;It

pensions can be paid."

In summary he

statrxI:

I. That a IMIding;rccorllrt h;ls txcnestablishrxf for 'rll pnlsioncr! nwiding

OutSide ZirnIXlbV ce

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2. That paylncnt» afc been processed ln

local clunky but these payments are not

bi&n fcInitt&1 so ml lnconlc T'lx issue dA.s

not ansc.

3. Ilrcy afc cxalnululg the possibility oi

sending c;lch pensioner a t;Ix certilicate at

thc cnd of thc year

4. LxtcfHaI pcnsioncfs constltUtc al'x)ut, 3 lo

ot thc totill number of pensloncfs they afc

p'iyulg.

5. They know how IHUch Is owed to Dich

pcfisionci Iuld each tlnlc tI)civ, Ilfc pcilstons

inciwaQN, thclf pensions afc also adJ'Ustixi

aecoITIingly,

In lddition I undnst uld tilat coun»cl has

been bi)ckxi in the UK to put a c~ to the

Hntish (.iovclnment as the government

&sponsible fol negotiating thc fcinlttability

plvvislons and to pfovl(:ic a MTiedy.

Lo bruddcr I~(unina mmlulgl sick

I-Ii» work i» all finished mid wasn't he

quick, mid n ady mid clcml are his finest

imp lsh tiTIt he generally wears when he' son thc fagash. And OA on his bike at anlttling pace he is yinlung all over his

ebony face.

All over the cotuitry, for miles around,

Flour, Kctemba and Joseph ml: found

All spotless and smihng mid wondcrftlily

chic for each Onc had wangled thc very

smTic tTlck, t 0 visit thc brother who was

ITLullngl SICk.

And ovcf thc veld scc the brothers appear

to visit their brudder and beg good cheer

and help with the dora, the good kaffir beer

So with laughter and singu)g and nxkl~deli J&~ lt, with tom-toms and clapping the

"lg) 81uddel- 6,'amjlla" {Mnt ul by May whole Of thc HistSinclair„KPR 2(47|)7)

Lo bruddcr g~~muia mmllny sick

On Satluliay InoiTlulg thc houseboy,

Dick Is 'llll&I witII conccfn Ilnd

pi«ilscwol tlly gilci and bcigs his Inastel to

give hun a bncf to go to tltc Invalid

brothers rchci

Tllcll staggcnng holncwmd with thc

bm&ing if light come I"lour, Ketcmba and

Joscvh;uld Dick

And zonke lo bludders '~iny' sick"!

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Sunday 11th June —At noon, Nor& WestGathering at the Myerscough.

Sunday 25"June —Noon. SouthernCounties ~ring at the White Horse,

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JULYTuesday 4th July —1st Tuesday 5.30pm

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Saturday 26th August —Broadway BraaiFarncombe Estate not available. Butother venue being explored. You will benotNed.

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OCTOBERTuesday 3rd October -1st Tuesday,5.30pm at VSC I ondon.

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AUSTRALIA when she was S(icrct;rry to thc OfTiccr

C(unmNrdulg Mil/oe Valley IH HrndrrnrCommenting on the work th;itand later with thc Spxiai Foll:es and atcoinnllftee ITicITibers pcrf()ITIT Rol) Cafes,CIO HQ "s whew. she sea nl as S~wmtary tothe Arrstr««II«an HNJ1ch CIINmlNl„/Mdthc OIIKcf Colrrm«lHdlrlg Six.eral Hnrnch.tnbilfc fo Mlkc Leacll, noting tfr«rt as

ShrrIcv Myirea, w)TO wils vlsltuig lier'SecretNy of the Uk brxlch hc h;rssister Donvn Hutson flonr Zilnbabwe andprovided many yeNs of loy;11 andrs thc widow of the late Jolln Mylfca lixs

proft&si011ai scrvlcc to his owil br«uich britA:tumed to Zimbabwealso to all the other bnuiches of the

6090 "Paddy" pardner fAun the UI(.RcginlcHtal Assocratron. He slid Mike ilsITas been In Pcrth vrsitrrig his son Nld h,'rs

you ITlove on from that role thc Austr'««ila*

now A 1(rm('d to LnglNld Paddy speritbA«HCIT sQllrtcs you for all that f«uthfUI

H1Niv y(«us hcIU ul PCI'tll v iorkrirg irtservice .addy also served foi i]lany yc'irs

Ne&v members ex Ch~ef Insp(xtor (I)in Victoria I'lovii ice,9663 Hllan Robert Wilson wllo serve(1

John (~rey froni South Aine«i isJune 1976 to July 19M has joine(I thespending his Clu rstrn«rs holidays wrtl IHunch. He resides ul Perth .uid rs thefNnily in Darling&on ne(u P(&h,

Manafjng Din+for of a Steel Six+i;rlist' *

Movenlcnts 4411 Pctcl Beach 'uld hisColnp«uly. HMB was prcscilt «lt olir List

wife I-Iylda lulve sold their proITCI)y inAlmlr«II Luncheorr wheA. hc took photosNSK iuld lulvc gone to the UK for scverlrfwhich we wiII be publish~x3;I 1;ltcr Aussieinonths befoA.* they d(«cide whcthcr t(i stayOutpost when wc receive f1 lcm.in flic UK oi rctrifli to Austnrlia, Kc wisliVIQfors AII and Jcall Taylor fi onlthem all thc best an) hope tliat they do

D(rrbNT afc st«ryulg with their soll In Pcfth,IT'.trun to thc lucky c(xu&try arid maybe settleSheila Van Mocrkerken flvn Southrn Pcrth.

Afnca has ICA Us and wlrlgcd 1'1ci w«lv to6275 Mike Preston, ur(l lus f;unrlyle Iias ~ll,'rcccp

lTavc moved to Pedi fr(un Caribcnfr.as a rwwidcnt and staying with her daughter

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Kelcome Mike and Shcfagh and hope that

you vill enjoy the sunshine ofPath.1 I"zvelIIng menlhers

4714 Tony Drynan and his knife

Yvonne have «~alt a lovely hohday In

South Afric;I and Hotswvana and were full

ofpraise as to the wildlife in the Okavango

ln Hofswana. Hc took solnc wonderful

photos of thc wildlife there.

4105 Belt Freemantle and his wife

Sylvia have %vill sl1cnd ChIlstInas with tl'Iclr

daughter raid her punily in Quccnsland.

7045 Rob (~IItes o(u" Ch«uIInan who

works;It the Ke«tern ALIsfraiia Pretnier's

OfIIce h;Id a wondcrfIII business trip to

India;uld is h rs also )xnan to NS% and

Tasn1«ullrl xvhcrc hc nlct with lnany cxcon1I «Id(",s.

P/R Alan McGlath had a rushed trip

to thc UK a«his nlothcI w«L«scnoLrsly 111

and I re&mt to rcpolt that she p IssLxi away.

OLIf deepest syn1pathy to Ann and hIs

I;unily.

Margaret O'NCIII widow of the late

9234 Frjlvard 0 Nelll, was In thc UK on

holiday. Whilst she was away Alf 'uld Jean

Taylor hou«c sat for M«u m, t.

SnippetsP/R Don Bulloch Lulfolt(uultely

1&ccntly blQkc his hip «uld «Ls a D&LIIt had to

h(lve a hip rqilaccmcnt, DLuing the fall

Don struck his head, which Ies1IIted in ahacnorrhage In the brain. This n~ltatcdfilrther medical attention and lcsLIitcd in afbltnight's stay in hospital. He is slowly

Inlprovlng.

3411 Chief Inspector "Bunty"Ludlow will be celebrating his 90"birthday on tile 2 of Janualy. Wc wish

hun a happy birthday and m«ly hc have

lnany moI1:. Hunty who was one of the first

Police Cadet« in the force served film the15" of Auld 1934 to the 31' of August

1958.P/R Doug Lyon ex Police Air Wing

will be celebrating his 85 'birthday on the

17"' of December. Doug suAenxl a «trike

several years ago and although~ still not

speaking he is much better physically and

more alelt.

Graham Blick husband of our

Associate member Fleur Blick (daughter

of thc late Dave Holt) is in South Africa

Axruiting fol thc con1pany that hc works

for. CJr«&1m was our Gucwt of Honour at

one ofour Annual Luncheons when, at the

time, hc was Chairman of the Rhodesian

Association of%estem Austn«iia.

Chllstlllas BrllaiThere was a ~nable turnout at the

combined RA%A and HSAP Christmas

bl «hali 'lt Kings Park on 4 Dccclnbcr.

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Attendees includlxt Doug and JackieCapper„Kerry anti Ohvta Hoadlcy,

Margaret 0 Nelll, Alan and iIoyce

Me&rath, Tom and Marjorie Dohcrly,Pat and Joanne Dunn, raid Charkw and

Adele Scott.Also in attendance were our pluqxxtive

new member 5154,lim Clampit and his

wife. Jim is pictured below (left} with

KI~ Hoadley.

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4!u II IIt'll I

Monthly Meetin@Ke hold these every Qx;ond

KIxlnesday of the month at thc RSLHelnlont on the corller of thc C)rc«lt hlstcnl

Highv ay and Leake Stlect froln 5.15pm

till 7pn1, You are more tku1 welcome to

attend.

J~~IIr I 5@iIrud (4649)

QUI:VNSLAND BRANCHMike Eddcn, Chaintlan ot' the

Quecnsl«uld Hnulch reports having re-

establish&4 contact with his old SH boss,

Derek Bennison, "who is still as h;Ile raid

hetuty at 80;Is he was 30 years ago in the"70s. Through hin1 I have now [xnan in

touch with Roy %clch «I fncnd «U1d

colic«I@le tronl Unltall and Salisbury days,'who uslxt to play a n1e«ln h«uld of Solo «U1d

Poker. " "Derek and I shared a Smetaly,Dorothy Gardiner (nee Daniels}, who I

first met and employed as a secmtaly in

CID/SB Sinoia on 11 November 1965—auspicious day for us and our fellow ex-Rhodesians; wonderful gir1 whose parentsVVatty and Nancy were good friends of thepolice.

I belier in the yetu ave wcw. visited byMargaret Stewart (ncc Hagley}, ntusing

slstcr at I"Olt Vlctona I losplt«ll «Uld Ill«ltron

'lt Sinoia I lospital. She luld conic to visit

her old friend Helen Hollis, ~widow ofRoy,;Ilsr) a sql aid m;lte and tlicnd who died last

ye«tIr.

Oul dllupltcl M')blc ('vvIdow oflnsptctol 1ony Dawson) n "ccntty

ccicbratni her 50th birthd;Iy:u)d she;uld I

had a Joult cclcbl«ltlon„as w'c «U'c flvc days

;Iput and I divas celcbr Uing my ?5t h.

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It hru» Ixxn a yei»i vvhcn i»U»ny of 0»u

Nlodcsi'Ul police friend» have pQ!i~f ol i ol

lost their wives;u»(f it hLL» b(xn sa(l but ave

iu): fbrcveI' p;»tcf»II fol their Illclnory.

Rosem;uy auld I have nile fin(»i

chi»llcngc and that is to s»w, ive iultil )014,

wl »en the Austl «»I l«Ul Govcfnl ncl lt vv»11

allow us to dn»)v;UI Australi«an VLmsion (we

have k) w«ut teil ye(»ls «lfICI «»cccpt«u»ce as

I»:sldents). As Inruly Of I is kllow, thc loss ofour Zinlbabwc I'olicc pensions, is a blow

which ls difTlc»lit to c()nlc to fell'ns with,

«Uld ill o(lf c«L»e„the sou)cfions ye«us «Uld thc

flung of our Uk Okl Age Pensions,

hx. ;»use wc live(1 in Australi'», South Atiica

'u)d Zin)b;»bvvc;u)d;u»: not p;u)t~xf the

ailn»ial incretnn»ts for those living in tile

UK or L'U meaIL» that v e I»ave to live on

39'l'0 of a Uk pens~on. Ke In«u»»ge very

well throug~h the gl "Hcroslty ol olE' daugI»ter

13cbblc «Lnd hcl husi)«uld Rob i»lid since no

one other tfliu» o(u d;»»Ighter Roz is f'»fling

hea(f-over-heels to enlploy us on a p;»n-

tlnlc b«lsL» ll.fc ls «lIM»dy a clulllcHge.

I «run encoN;»gnl to be optimist»c by

those dinos;»»U», Bill Cnhtrcx, Bill Castle~

Ward and Sid Hristn)v Lu»d hope th»t all of'

yoii I»ave;l long tune to go.

5'lfJI 81«Iflell

08 Vxti"acts

I'I'N1 M«L»01» 5934, LHMII ad(frCSS:

fIMI«UL»on((ti& Ivc.co./n I'sports on

activities ul 1»lafaf lncludu IL~ il I'cport oil fhc

Rl'ioclcslail-Zlll'll)«lbWCan %01ldWIdC RC-

Unio» activities in which he says "RobBiistow all(1 lus tc Uil did a sterling job of

work org«uuslng wh«li, to nlanv, was «1

w~&k of fun hlled acf»v»ti(s, p;»cke(1 with all

s()I'fs of Irlcnlollcs. People c'»ITlc fi»)ln all

over thc world - I w'L» able to renewed

fnclldships with folk f»QI11 A»Lstlalia,

Ug«Ulda UK, Cape Town JOI»«anneslxlrg' Uld Zilllbi»bwe.

The week st ut(4 xvith over 41$ px)piet»lnung Out Oil «» )«vet SNlday i»lonlillg toattend thc opclllllg ccn »)lolly which st«»ffed

%%3th flic I llslng of ihn;e fla+». Thc week sevents c»»llml»atcd with thc lowcllllg of. thc

flags on a bc»utifi»I Sunday afternoon. In

bet%veen these txvo cveilfs were «'» host ol

othei cvcnis.I.or our pa»t thc BSAP organiscd a very

succcssfi. il fiu)ction at the Tudor Rose in

I I illcrcwt, with well over 100 folk attending.

Sct out below is a list of those v ho attel»ded

fM'elf «»Inlost a conlplctc list —sol ne di(f i)of.

gct I 0Nld to A.'cordil»g thcu details. )&855 Teny Albyn, UmI»Ianga, 5041 Peter

Arnold, Umboy'ntwini; I78f) Lioncl kRose Bak('.I, UHlhlotl„' I)258 Tiny BJIRIOIf,

D;ulu»I; 9303 Vctcr Beck, Cape Town;

Thi» P;»L)(: iS»POnSOWd by )615 Tom MCC4n24

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4258 DcITIck k Jl.ulc Bennlsoil, Kloof;John Hleekcr; 7827 GeofI' Hlythe,

Zinlk+we; 7055 Alan k Mym;I Bnait,

Sm1I«T, Dalroll Brcnt, 3ohann( sbltrg„5762David k Helen Bruce, Austniia. „BuzzBluTougxs„' 6468 Dave k Penny Ca/low,

Margatc; 9381 Kclth Chisnal, Krligcr Nlli.

Park; 6283 Nobby k Nate»cha Clark,

Waterfall; 5836 k, KP90 Peter k Gill

Colcpcper, I-filler'&; 6136 Ant Cfossfcy,

Hiller; S926 Nigel Cuerden k Sheila

Chadwick, Plctem1(llltzblug; 5931 Allul kGerda Clulnlng~llu11, HIIICIL'st, 83 1 8 David

ClL»hwofth, USA; 8105 Pctef Cutting,

Kloof', 12300 Laurie k Dmin DCKitt;

5251 3ohn k Carla Dolby, M«'Irfn«tc; 5293Trevor k Beryl Dutton„Kloof', Iml I"arrcli;

%P71 Lol use I ord, lnchm'iga; Dora

Mitchell (Mother of Louise Ford); 7543Peter Gatlmld, Ilillcr(wt; 7402 Rob kShelagh 13luriilton, I-Iiilnlwt; 4749 3ohn kLatirette Hardie, Durb,"u1 North; 231003%Gordon Haslewood; 6187 3ohn Haswcll,~1 Nolth; 5874 Gm'th k 3anl'ie

I'Iatton, Kcstvillc; 5876 Roy I Icndry;

Pietem1aritzbufg; 5428 lan I-IO~~~„Dtutun

Nolth; 91040 Rob How„Kloof; 7229 IX&

Howse, Hillcnwt; 7026 StI1;tch Hugh'„Damal; 7299/@37 Ian Hug~1(w, Durbml;

Mariml I-ILIL»nlmI, Austnilia'„6059 Lauric

k I lz Ibbltt, Vretona. ; 4937 S;u1dy k

Mmg~ul:t J~w»op, Hiller&t; 5087 Robin kI at JoluL»on, DUrk%1„' 7033 Dcfek kMcg;u1 Keir, I lillcmrst; 6256 lain Lliing,

Umhlanga; 6454 k KV91 John k Chris

Lc(&„Kloof; 4501 Vincent k I-Iizcl

Lov@vuve, Cape Town; 6872 k %PDave k Maddy Ly1&n„Kloof; 5482 Scottyk I'cliclty M«'lclll, lley, New Gcnllany„I csley Mmlning, Diutxul; %346 MiltonMarrificld (I Iobbs), 9315 Iml Mar. h,

Atlstnifia; 5934 I red k Lindsay M;Ison,

Hillcrest; Brian MCCaf linn; 3ohn

MCKcndrick, Am1y; 10437 Gavin k JcnMCLent u1; Im k Cathy Milne, I-Iiilcnw„

6668/7@5 Cluis k Hetty Morris,

Natal/Gauteng; 9785 Clive Murnly,

Ugan(LI; 6097 Tcd k SUc I ainttng, Stilt

Rock; 5946 Len V;lpc, Dluban; 21925Hcnlie Vaitcfson; 8%0 Diu1c'in Pa( 11,

Victem1ailtzbllr«~' 9497 Vctcf Vcllcnldc'

8276 Hriml k I&1rna VckiiL», Vinctown;785~ Hcn Vrctonus VictcnI1'ult7btu'g' 5661Eric Robb, UK; I OITainc Rutherfoolxf,

5976 NigCI k V(1Ullne Sellw'ud,

Victcnnaritzburg; 7954 Trog Shaw,

MIIfgltc; Robclt Shaw, Son of Tfog", 7233Clivc Shelley, Shongwcni; Kaync Shelley„Natal„5749 Vaul k Heather Shcwell,Cowic Hill; 4254 Nlcl/Slnudgc k. Shlf Icy

Smith, Inch;u1g;I; Nigcl Smith, Son of

Neil k Shirley; Mike Southgatc„DLuhml;

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23137 Roger k Rose South~«»ate, Fmstem

C lpe; 9744 Tim Steyn; Picteml'Iritzb(ag;

5653 MlkC k Dl Tilylol, InCh;Ulg;1; 8092Peter Venter, N;Ital; 5850 Hob Vincent;

Umhlang~~; ()467 Hutch k Hillaly Von

Horst', Malg»atc; 7667 Pet(U Waddleton„

5268 Malcolm Wiltshire, DLUb;UI North;

8157 HaITy Wo(ln, Tnlvsvaal; 5802 Ken

k Yvonne Wo(xf„kloof; and 8068 Denis

k Manon Wyatt, DLlrl')rUI.

Ffctf notes tlUlt hc and Hairy Woan

poppLxf ollt to sec Brick «UId JcIUIy Hl yson

at Halito Bay. Brick w(Ls looking fairly ht,

spen(iS most of his dav In b(xf «U1d battling

'rvlth thc fnL«»II«Itlon Of being p«U«IIys(X1

do%11 the Ieff sl(fc. Hc hrls t(lmLxf clf»»lty

«Uld (ILLalif1~& fol the OHL (Over Bloody

Eighty) —I lappy Hill)day Brick!

I lave hclUd that MylTI TIU)mas 1Brian J

I honl(IS CID, noW IIVIng In HOLS'»V«Ula) h«Id

a k)ad fall at thc lvcckend U)d bll)ke hcr

ankle. Something to do vnth rl p'Uty «U1d

sllpplnI» OA the table whilst doing an

Unpn Unptu (.'«&I C;UII I-lope you ale fcelnlg

better MynL

It was nice to se.' Lom'1 Perkins at the

I Lldol Rose. Sire h«Ls n'1«ldc a good

I&@avery from her oper«ltion - Perky will bc

rcllcvcd that hc can now IUUlg LIp his plnny!

Think I ha(1 k)etter call it a day as the

Atten(LU)cc Rcgistcl hrls IITIIde thIs a bit of a

long onc atld nlcssagcs which arc too bigmakes downloading expensive for most ofus. Cheers for now

TRANSVAAL BIRANCHMonthly SundownerFriday 13/08/05

At th(r Jocks «as LLSLI«11 and a good tllmollt.

Pm+&t were: 6769 Dick Glanville» 7784Steve Acomley„visiting ex Indonesia and

head(xf for Scotland, 7742 I-I. Sneddon,9790 DLLncm Waul»I, 4831 Peter R FnUI

Stiff, 5526 Phil Devlin, 7f)55 Alan Jewson,6650 Peter Conches, 5%7 Alastair Webb,9364 Jenny LUI( lster, 6145 Alex Fl««ser,

4895 Ken Rose, 6534 Ian Qtthbeltson,6416 An(III:w Stcnlslow, 9150 J.Thompson, 8105 P. Cutt)ng„9165 G(x)ff

Lotter, 9271 Frik Hanekom, 63(82 TenySCIIWQft7„6345 DaVC I Ioln1C5„8452 D«IVC

James, 6538 Glenn Macaskill.

ANNUAL DINNER9/09/05

OLU prLmicr event of the ycaI again saw agc'It attend'Ulcc. Wc well: honoLIT(xf bv the

presence of several Out-ol-town visitors:

among them Rusty Hye, Buddy Dcetlefsand Hutch. von Horstcn who flew Llp fn)ITI

NaL'll, D'rlvc Wng»)t fTonl MontaLII, and

Dlgby Pocock fTOnl Port AlfT(xf, It was also

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good to see thc Ie«lair««nce 01 oru olrl I lcrdnlan, 1 10&)38 3«unlc Dcnlctnou, 7959

friend Chris Munnion. Ray I foggins„78K I-I;uly Llstcihuizen,

Our Intr&t speaker was Neil .Iardinc of' 22115M Alf %Piston) 7789 Peter

rugby «usaf schoolmastenng fame, and he Drysdale, 8446 D. Walters„F260 D;lvid

entertained us with a ye«lt addI1'ss. Inter Amm, 49286 Chas Lotter, %FR 2427

alia, he called thc HSAV thc best three in Hetty Lotlcr, N)26 3onathan H;uvcy„9354the world. kIIIanous was his conlment on a Sunon Rhodes, 'A&'FR 71 Isokx:I Vn:tonus,

piece ofya5ti found scrawled on thc wail 8557 (:.'ru Tie Vn:torius, 6692 Hii;ul G m cy,

of One of hLS schools — I filler w«Ls a f«1kc) 75K I Les Loltci; 1(X)33 I"flc I fow;Ird„8544

3ardine's the real thulg." (. IIve Slrlvvc 5'17') I'at Deasy 9364 Jerry

All in all, it was a ye;It evening that flew I wlc«tster, 110756Chris Hirllc, 6467 GIrth

past fw too quickly. Sprvi 11 tlunks to Dave von I lorsten„4713 Milton Davidson, Guest

James for oryulising Nell 3;uIIIIIe and to Hill Jcrucy„6268 Leon du Triit, Guest Mike

D«'lve I Iollnls fol «'ul«u1glng «1 pllif&%Ion«II du f oil, I S3&86Y C hi ls Katem1eyel; 7«s55

auctioneer„who brought ln plenty of bucks Al«ul 3cwsoi'I, (470 D«lvc Low) 7556 30hn

fol yoru;LssocIQtlon, anrl fol pn:p'ulng thc Sh«le, 7290 Steve v'ul den Hcx"ver„65kt7

name taps. Ian I-I;uzlr&„6117Roy Erfw;udge, 6r)04 lan

Thc following slyxJ lhc feyster: I~twrencc„070 M lke Clayton, 8749

6769 Dick Gianvikle„@10 Anrflew Scatch lsdalc, Anny guest Rob Wilson,

Stewlnslow, 71% Chris Russell, 7611 P)97 Rich;ud I iddlcr, 703K Ashlcy

Dick Lltilla„6538 Glenn Macasklll, 498&~ Collings, &r6fr0 Dave I Ioward, 795&v

3ock Crossan, (400 Peter Finch, 5661 (.irah;unNicix)ILs, 59r)1 DonJoss„KI' IOI

Trevol Wlsrul„5695 Dave Sloln«ul, 6671 ShcITI Lylul„49@01 Ir.eith Alexandct'„

Jan Steenkamp, f1393 Dutch vrul leak, 6255 6416 Tcny Sinith, Guest I&ich;uII Snlith,

Jack London, 6764 Willie Wiclripoiski, 61 7 Ftnli Cunninghanl, 7tr47 H. 13rxxfen,

Intafr Alex Hundrx:k, @&II Hill 23730.1.R. C;uulon, 8411 Rusty Hye„5470

LabtLschayze, 920497 RI'S 3ake Schutte, Huddy Drx:tfefs, 218172 Maj. (.i. ()Itin„

7@3 Hob Shoig Guest 3. H. de Hlllyne) 6148 Alex I"l«lsel, 6345 D«lvc Holn'les,

9142 M. Htuker„5526 Phil Devlin, 10222 'HSAV Schrx)is Unit' Neil 3ardine, @52Pete Dyer, F065 Steve Hritz, 1015~ V. Dave 3'uncw, T.S. Viper Sr' McClynxult,

I lobson, 5666 Dave %rip&tt, I 108&87 John 10 'H'ltt. Chris Dewe, 6610 30ck ViITett,

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Guest B.T. Stone, Gul'»t WcUTcn Pollard,

P/R Ru»sell Pollard, Guest Vincent Taylor,

71514483 Mike Grocncwald (Sandton

Comn1ando), 08376949 Peter Cloetc

(Sandton Cdo), 9705 Peter Langley

(Silndfon Cdo), R.M. Dow (SNldton Cdo),

SAAF MUscunl Pctcl McL&01, Gul»t Rob

Wishart, 7439 John McCarter, Guest

MicITacI Wals11„34476Y F.F. Robinson,

Guest Roll Zcn1an„8313 Nlgcl Hothwcll,

7609 Ton"I Short, 7670 Jol'ln Sutton, 7319

Tony Glover, 7255 Nom1an Attclbury,

8556 DalTOII Blent„8157 Harry Woan,

10098 Bryan Slnith„5231 Don Rohland,

6535 Rob K.enny, Guest Justin Harker,

901859 NSPO RalTIIal Poultney, 7617Fowlcf Davcy, Guest Shannon Wlntclstorl,

6650 Peter Comblw, 7777 Digby Pocock,

9214 Ian Mwalds;Ind K.oula, 9704 Alistair

Steualt, V3707 Gary Mn1zics, WP 221 Jo

BIQphy, 7289 Dave Parkcl, Guest Hob

LdlTIIston, WP 230 Brenda Brophy, WP

227 Tnna RIcllarllson.

MONTHLY SUNDOWNER 14/10/05

Not, too ITI,"Iny tIIcrc fol whatever Mson,

but enjoyable. 6769 Dick Glanville, 6382

TcITy Schwa'/ 8345 Dave Holnlcs, 5807

A4stair Webb, 5539 Andy Lcarn10ntII,

Guest Demck Fields, 7651 Dick Latill;»,

5695 Dave Slon1aIT, 4831 Pcicr 2 Fnln

StifI; 6764 Willy Wiclopolski.

MON I"HLY SUNDO%'NER 11/I 1/05

The 40"' annivep 1ry of UDI saw a goodturnout at the Jocks with snacks donated byPeter and Fnm Stiff, P~t werc: 6769Dick Glanvillc, 8452 Dave Jane&„9574lan Denholm, 5526 Phil Devlin„GuestMike Johns, 10197 Dave &iAith», 9704Alistair Stcualt, 8749 Scatch Isdalc, 6316Bob Wishalt„900909 Neil Macdonald,

6382 Terry SchwBftl 6345 Dave Holnlcs,5156 Peter Gibson, 8091 Jim Parka; 5695Dave SIOITIalT, 4831 Peter 2 Fran StiA;

7651 Dick Latilla, Judy Hankinson, 6764Willy Wielopolski, 6534 lan Cuthbeltson,

6692 BITan Garvey, 7184 01rLs Russell,

110887John Herdn1an.

REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADEAT ROOIHUISI IV&L SUNDAY

13/1 1/05

Those who attended had a good time: 6769Dick Glanville, 7651 Dick Litilla, PR 7843Hob Shorl. Alrwtng Dudley Paxton, 5619Hany Fnslin, 5272 Pat De;Isy, 6764 Willy

Wielopolski, 780315 John and MaryRedfem„6255 Jack LondolT, 6671 Jan kFelicity Stw~TTp, 8819 Dave Donkin,

10914Fred du Toit, 7727 John LmT.

Apologies ftonl John Sutton.

VISIT 16/10/05

6278 Gcny and Wendy Dycl' flonl

Brisbane passed tlTITTugh Joburg after a

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honor visit to Zim and attended a small

Gwelo reunion involving 5484 Doug and

Pat Cioete (who live in Belfast,

Mpumalanga) and 6538 Glenn and 3o

Macaskill, plus various 'civvies' and

family. The Dycrs and Cloetes send best

wishes to all who know them.

THE %'ESTERN CAPE

The Annual Dinner was held at the

Mowbray Golf club. This was our first time

at this venue and the general consensus was

that both the venue and the food were a

gmt improvement on Wingeld.

Those attending were:-

7880 Bob BEDINGHAM; 7880 Guy

HEKKER; 5483 Dave BLACKER; 6846

3im BLAIN; 6354 Derek BOTHWELL;

6820 Andy BULI.MORE; 5727 Peter

COOLHEAR„Andrew Crook (Guest);

6941 Richard CURRIE; Guy dc Gruchy

(Guet); Des Easom (Guest); William Ellis

(Gu~&); 8895 Rod ETERMAN; 4885

George FARMER; 4774 3ohn

I"LETCHER; Bobby Gibbons (Guest);

5860 Doug GRIERSON; Deon ~ck(Guest); 5872 Winston HART; 7544 Dave

I-IAWKS; PR9402 Peter HENNING,

6694 John HOLMES; Dick Hom (Guest

Speaker)'„8173 Lockie I-IOWIE; Roger

Humphreys (Guest); 6780 Spats 3ANSEN;

6739 Johnny .IOHNSON; 6118 Pat

KEYSER; 5349 Peter LANE; 3an Licvcns

(Guest)' 6869 Peter LOGUE 8151 Lawne

MABIN; Ralph MacARTHUR (Hon

Piper); 7108 Alistair MACKENZIE; 8244Rob MAC LEAN; 6984 RicedMATTEN; 6504 Andy MATTHI"'WS;

Peter McKinley (Guest); 8302 Niall

McKRILL; Wendy MEYLR (~iatc);Alex Millar (Guest); 7364 Dusty

MILLAR; 3975 Vic MOISEY; 8714 John

MUNRO; Rudolph Murray (Guest); 6893Brin OHERHOLSTER; Dave Osborne

(Guest); 6120 Dave PARRY; 6158 Don

PETERS; Gideon Pienaar (Guest); 5689Gilly POTTER„'5795 GiA'READE; 5098Dave RILEY; PR14754 Len ROWLEY;5814 D|mk RUSSELL; W'm:nShackleton (Guest); 6226 Andrew

STEVENS; 6222 Rob TRAILL'„6248Basic VAN EEDEN; 8897 Carl VAN

WOERDEN; Shayne Van Wocrdcn

(Guest); Tcd Vickery (Guest); Kevin Vos

(Guest); Eddy Wilkinson (Guest) And 8265

Stewart WOODCOCK.Our Christnus party was held at

Tlmour Hall on 5 Dcccnlbcr and was agreat succor. We had a turnout of 105

members and guests, who enjoyed a spit-

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bra."Ii Ind salads pr()vide(I by Chris PiL»got,

Kc were cntcft(IIHC(I by Fllst OptIon, thc

husband;Ind wife dUO Of H11;In arid Lyn

Vc,lcefull, who performed gentle and

rcf'L'(ing b«(ckpot)nd IHILilc on kcyboar(L»,

gulf&0 «1nd voc&Iis. Of co(lrsc thc r«lfllc»v'L»

it s LL»LLII succ(:ss. Th'Inks go out to

evelyone who cont)ibutcd prizes and to all

those of you who put in so n)uch cfTolt to

n'1«1kc thc p«)rty a succcs,'i vc(11 after ye«)r. Ofthose who «attended fronl f«Ir-fi(Lng pI«Ic( i

Nicky and Dave YVADDON take f)1st

pnze, having II«(veiled all the way flan)

M011t«lgu.

I do have onc pipe hovvcvcr At thc

Dtnncr wc were let down by seven I~piewho stIld they w cre con11H&» but dtdti't gl;1cc

Us with their presence. Similarly„at the

Chl ist)Has pl(rty I I » folk told 1.1s they were

attending but only 105 p(lt tl'Icll money ln

th(", tin. VIC Lsc bc;Ir in nlind wc have to clltcr

AND VAY FOR tho»c who tell u» they In=

'Nendin&». It you arc onc of thc ab»cute(&

and yoLII' consclcHcc L» pncklng» wvc II'Ivltc

yoU to do tire nght thtng. OUf bank «(ceo(int

is St,)ndlnf Bank, CLIrcmont (02.'»109) a'c

number 072()135&80.

In thc comsc of b(L»Ines' I c«IH)e acr()ss

8.')fvt Sc(IH V;Itrick CARSON, xvho is

n..ildcnf In Son)chief YV("st. I' I(.' Li «In «nflIILO

pilot with «ln. ovcfsc(L» «111'linc, &I bit of

chang»e fron) a Unlfon11 HNHch Inspxtor.V('e an: attempting to 1~lit him.

In November oilly 2 Isobel POTTERrcpn's('. H ted ollf Association at a lunchhostcd by the Northern Rhodesia PoliceAssociation. A retired member of theNy«LS«ll«1nd Po11cc was also pr( s(,nt» so «Ill

the forces in the fom)er I"'cdcration werenvfcscnt& The vcnl. le was the LclnstefI-lail, home of the Cape Town Club TheClub was formed some years ago as thc11.suit of '1H alnalg««ITlation of the fon11erHere XVll and thc City and Civil Setviceclubs.

TALKING OF "FOREIGNPARTS'"

Dennis Poole [6348] reports that6743 Roger and Sue COOK haveagain come up trumps for the UKBranch, by sponsoring this years rafflewith one 4 day and one 3 day stay fortwo, on a Bed and Breakfast basis, atthe Hotel Auberge Camelia in thevillage of Aviernoz. ', in the French Alps.

Aviernoz is situated in picturesquesurroundings about 14 miles south ofGeneva, and is easily accessible byroad, rail ol' altt

More details follow in due course.

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MEMOR!ES OF SIR ROY WELENSKYNeal Arden 3004

The Outpost is excellent and, oncemore, there is something I especially like,

the picture and text of Sir Roy Welensky's

gravestone on page 35.As the writer says,it is so simple and modest. For Roy wasone of our greatest men during his time asPrime Minister of the Federation OFRhodesia 8 Nyasaland. I knew him first

when introduced by Donald Wolfit, the

actor, who was appearing in Salisbury

Theatre. At that time I had beencommissioned by the Rank Organisation

to do a treatment of a projected film about

Rhodesian History. Donald brought us

together, by post„sothat Sir Roy might seewhat I'd written and comment on it for

historical accuracy. This led to a friendship

both by post (I still have a tile of our

correspondence) and in person when hewas in London and afterwards when heretired to Blandford Forum in Dorset.

On retirement he told Donald Woltthat they had given him 'two pieces ofSilver which then stood on his

mantelpiece. Roy said he awaited the

receipt of the other 28! Roy's simple grave

and inscription was not unlike Donald's

own where Lady Wolt had put the simple

Inscription 'Donald Wolfit Actor' I know that

because I was a pallbearer. The Last

scene of all was when Jimmy Young's

producer, Harry Walters, heard that

Welensky was in London for a day or so.He asked me to find out If Roy would

consent to be interviewed on his

programme. Roy was willing but before hecould do so was taken into hospital and

shortly afterwards he died.

Oops!771e man Macho makes no mistakes cioes

not usually make anything."

Edward

Phelps.

There, 'my weships', my case rests!These errors are in Issue 61 —Winter

2005.

Page 5 was sponsored by 5662 BarryHenson.Page 8- Sorry Margaret! The name of thelady fourlh from left in the Ireland photo onwas omitted —Margaret Punter

Page 12- Sorry Mr Chairman! The chapin between Gen Sir Mike VValker and Bill

Ellway is Peter Phillips.

Page 37 featured Barry Bromley with

Dave Riley, Mike Tasker 8 Dave George.

The London gathering (pages 32 and 44)was on Tuesday 6"' Decemberi [All thesegathering s are on the FIRST Tuesday ofeach month. ]

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The 60th ANNIVERSARY of the'ALCANTARA" CONTINGENT

by 3967 0/S 'Johnny' Johnston,M.B.E.

FOREWORD. By early 1946, the Warwas over, the vast British Empire was still

intact, and a Labour Government was in

power, u~er Clement Atttee. Food andclothing wem ~ll rationed, children could

leave school at 14 years of age, and roadsgnposts throughout Britain had yet to bere-installed. Thousands of servicemen

mie waiting demobilisation, and several

hundred of them applied for posts asConstables and Mounted Troopers, in the

Br5sh South ANca Police of Southern

Rhodesia. Just over a hundred luchy oneswere selected, as the first post-war batch ofrecruits, to serve in this young colonial

country, renowned for its sunshine andpotential. /t was the largest contingent inthe /ilstory of the BSAP, ano' we sa//ed fo

ANca, late March 1946, on the S.S.AIcantara, whlc/1 had galnocl fame as atnmpship dun'ng the war years. The

allowing is a personal account of the

Alcantara' draft, drasticaly condensedfiom my memoirs, and basEd on cllaries,

and the fading memory of anoctogenalian.

The 'Alcantara' draft was a mixed bagof young ex-servicemen, of various ranks

and considerable war experience. Matelots

who had served on the icy seas of Russianconvoys, and Naval battles of the Far East,and rillemen and tank crews who hadexperienced action on the dusty deserts ofNorth Africa, and the steamy jungles ofBurma. Some had been paratroopersduring the 'D-Day' landings, and a fewwere highly decorated aircrew who hadflown throughout the world. Several hadbeen prisonerswf-war, and one of these,Basil Taylor, was a friend from my,hometown in Kent, who had spent fiveyears hewing coal and salt in the mines ofGermany and Poland. Popular Basil diedin Rhodesia, in the fifties, aged 33 years,and the 'Basil Taylor Memorial Cup'became another Rhodesian soccer tmphy.

With a few pounds in my pocket, and asuitcase full of dothing unsuitable for thetropics, I was ready for anything on thisgreat adventure. Sailing fromSouthampton, by the East coast route, ourfirst call was at Port Said, the northernentrance to the Suez Canal, wherepersistent Arab vendors tried to scale theship's side from their bum-boy, and wereroughly ~ into the sea by the vigilantcrew. Over a thousand African troopscame aboard here, en route for Mornbasa,and they slept on the open deck, and wereraucously happy to be returning home.With the temperature hovering at 100' Ftie cruise through the carel, via the Bitter

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Lakes, took twelve hours to reach Port us at the railway station: open-sided carts,

Suez. Then began the dreary journey, each pulledbyfourmules, andreminiso. nt

through the stNing Red Sea, to Aden, and of the Boer Warl Trotling through the wide,

onwards to Mombasa, where ihe friendly modern streets of Salisbury, with a whip-

African troops disembarked. cracking African driver, was an

Just before Mombasa, we had crossed embarrassment to some of our ex-

the equator, and volunteer victims took part commissioned colleagues.in the traditional 'Crossing the Line' The headquarters of lhe BSAP wasceremony. Continuing southwards, we sited on the prosperous side of the city,

reached our destination, Durban, on St and reached by Montagu Avenue, with ils

George's Day, the 23" April 1946, and shady lines of red4owering flamboyantwere greeted by the singing of a large trees. Usually known as 'Depot', it was the

European lady, in a voluminous white training school for European recruits, and

dress. She had become a legend during our home for the next few weeks. Our few

the war, when she welcomed many allied possessions were unloaded Aom the

troopships to her pm8ritish city. Before quaint carts, and an unsmiling, red-faced

being whisked away to the basic facilities of Sergeant, in riding breeches and leather

Clarewood army camp, we gratefully gaiters, brusquely allocated rooms. Kit

munched gifts of oranges and grapes — issuewas5e first priority. Khaki shorts and

rarely seen in Britain during the austere tunics, riding breeches, puttees, leather

war years. gaiters, spurs, peaked cap, felt bush hat„The long rail journey to Rhodesia pith helmet and various badges were

passed through arid, sparsely populated some of the equipment we carried off, in

areas of the Transvaal and Bechuanaland, large biIown kit-bags, to our small shared

before amsing the Limpopo River and rooms.

arriving at Bulawayo, in Matabeleland. After years of wartime storage, our

Here a few went boating and one of the various items of saddlery needed hours of

lads, David Logan, tragically drowned massage with saddle soap to bring it up to

when his boat capsized. Another few military standard, but help was at hand.

hundt miles, through flat, dry veldt, and The bush telegraph had been workng

we arrived at Salisbury, the capital city. Nfe overtime and a hotchpotch group of under-

had been travelling just over a month, and nourished African men had gathered in

a unique form of bansport was wailing for hope of employment. Shabbily diessed

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and bare-footed, most had worked for

Tfoopefs pre-war Bnci were Bxpellenced Bt

dhobeying and polishing equipment. Asouf' salafy was about 218 B ITIoflth, It wasobvious that our bearers woukl receive aPlttancB.

I succumbed to the pleading eyes and

pleasant smile of a smail, emaciated man,

wearing dean but We!I-patched shorls and

a threadbare shirt, who produced a few

scruffy references from a dirty, stained

envelope. Ghafi Mupranga, hailed from anisolated village, in the Mtoko district, where

his two wives and five children grew their

own food, Qf indeterminate years, slow,

hard-workng Chari, stayed with me for the

whole of my Rhodesian service, and his

lack of English was an incentive for me to

learn Chishona. His one excusable fault

was that he usually got drunk on payday!Pre-war batches of fecruits were

different to our contingent, in that they had

come difectiy from civilian life. We were all

ex-servicemen, reasonably disciplined and

pfoffcient at 'squafe-bashing', with and

without Itiles, the age-old method oftransbrming raw fecruits. Qur instructors

hacl B fairly easy task, Bncl the BIITI was to

get us out to the under-manned towns and

districh as soon as possible. Obvious and

obscure nicknames for recruits soon

errerged; 'Bomber', 'Spike', 'Spud',

Tubby', 'Shiner', and the more racist

Taffy', 'Jock' and 'Paddy. My Naval P.T.I.nidmame had been 'Clubs', and now I

became 'Johnny' for my Rhodesian years.Depot was always a hive of military

activity and, from early morning 'Reveille' tolate evening 'Last Post', our lives weredictated by bugle calls. It was a place ofgood order and discipline, where the grasswas always cut shoft, weecls clare llotgrow, hedges neatly trimmed andboundary stones freshly whitewashed.Recruits, smaftly attired in starcheduniforms, polished leather and gleamingbadges, marched to lectures, drilled on thedusty parade ground, or trotted andcantered, in military formations, on theirwell-groomed horses. Every day the sunshone relentlessly, and we werepermanently thirsty and our backs damp.From the outset, I felt that I belonged to anelite band of men and, although theRegifnent had been in existence for justover fflty years, fewer than 4,000 hadenlisted before me.

At daybreak, an African buglersounded 'Reveille', and we would creepfrom under our mosquito nets and huffy forthe fffst parade at 6am. It was the besttime of the day; cool air, dear blue skies,and before the tropical sun becameuncomfortably hot. Early days at the riding

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neverridden and the reluctant horses, after Away from the confines of the riding

a few restful years, realised that they would school, our horses loved their comparativenow have to work for their fodder. fieedom, and could be more difficult to

On the first morning an o5cious control. At times a frisky horse would

Sergeant shouted, 'Those who have decide that the pace was too slow, andriddenbefore, onestepforward, MARCH'. would gallop off, with ils rider dingingA few, hoping to impress, admitted their desperately to N neck. This usuallyskill, and were allocated the frisky horses. prompted the instructor to yell, 'Send us aThen, to gain confidence, we were card when you get there, lad'. Carefreeencouraged to speak to our suspicious riding in the open veldt„away from dreadfulsteeds, stroke their necks, examine their 'civilised' noises, was always a thrill, and I

teeth and crawl under their bellies. This loved the combined aromas of hay, sweatresulted in a few nips and kicks, as the wily and manure. But, I also have memories ofhorses sensed the inexperience of their hot legs and protruding veins, caused byflew masters. tight woollen puttees, thick cord breeches

To teach us to grip with our knees, and the tropical heat! ~ horse had its

saddles were initially banned at the open- Regimental number burned on it hoovesair riding school, and we sat on blankets and, if a horse died on patio!, a hoofhad tostrapped to our horse's backs. The more be hacked off, as proof of death. In the pastartful mounts would puff out their a few unscrupulous Troopers had soldstomachs, to prevent Se surcingle fiom 'dead'horses!being tightened, which meant that the Sport played an important role in

blanket swung round and the rider slipped Rhodesian and Police life, and wi5in aoff. 'Tafly' was one of our less agile riders, couple of days of arriving, football trials

and his undignified falls prompted the were heldin the cool oftheevening. With

unsmiling instructor to yell, 'And who told two other raxuits, I was selected to play for

you to get off, lad7 We soon prog~ the Police 1st XI, on our first weekend in

to the more comfortable and safer saddles, the country, when we trounced a strongbut the more wilful horses contiinued to puff RAF team, and delighted our sport-madout their stomachs when being saddled- senior officers. It meant that I would beup. The trick was to give the animal a stationed near Salisbury for the whole ofsharp dig in the ribs, and quickly tighten the my service. During the next five years, I

girth strap! played regularly for the Police, and

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progressed to captaining both

Mashonaland and the Rhodesian national

team. To my surprim, Salisbury was apleasant, modern city, built from scratch in

Just OYBI 50 yeafs. Pflvlleged white peoplelived in detached villas, set in spacious,well-tended gardens, and the war yearshad made little difference to their

comfortable life-style. Any Africans seen in

the affluent resKlential afeas were CBftaill

to be the house servants, nannies orgardeners of their white employers.

At the end of a long, depressing war,

thousands of British people sought newlives and opportunities in other countries,

and Rhodesia, a vibrant, carefree land, still

in its infancy, was an attractive proposition.

VVith a scarcity of cheap sea passages,and air travel non-existent, the more

determined immigrants had only oneoption, the adventurous, and often

horrendous, overland JoUITley Ulrough theuncertain wilds of northern and central

Africa.

In the cool of the evening, I often

strolled to Ceil Square with Basil Taylor

and Tom Bannister, to welcome and chatto these tough, colourful characters.Months had been spent on the journey,and their battered, gaudily painted vehideshad carried them across the Saharanwastes, and through thousands of miles ofunknown and often hostile country. These

lean, enthusiastic travellers, and theiryoung families, were all in the pioneermould and well suited to this new, excitingcountry, and they were proud to callthemselves Rhodesians. During trainingour salaries were raised to f260 per annumor 821-13-4d per month. With freeuniform, no taxes and a cheap servant andmess bill, I was never consciously short ofcash, and even put aside a few poundseach month towafds my sea passageback to Britain for leave. Finally, threecheers for the wonderful life, andcamaraderie we experienced in dearRhodesia, and how lucky we were to servein the World's Best Police Force:PRO REGE. PRO LEGE. PRO PATRIA.

46ers -60 AnniversaryReunion

3921 Bill Earle mails the 46ers 50"anniversary luncheon held in

London and organised by 4158 TimWeimer and asks if there is anyintention of holding a 60"anniversary function.46ers who would like to attend a 60"get-together are invited to contactTim VVeimer either by phone, 023806383'IO, by post at 5 SifverdaleRoad, Southampton, Hants, SO152NG or by email: to:-tim@eeimer. freeserve. co.uk

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THE PADDY ANDERSON STORY foursome. One, Brown, left when we called

3605 T.S.(Paddy) Anderson at Port Said, about 3 weeks out. VVe grewup quickly on a near two-year trip tramping

Chairman's Note: the Bay of Biscay, the Indian Ocean, theBurma Coast, the China Sea, the Yangsi

By chance I found out that one of our Kiang River, Hong Kong and home via

members, 3605 T.S. (Paddy) Anderson, South Africa (Durban).had served in a number of forces around On return to the UK I went in to thethe world, in addition to the BSAP, so I Insurance Industry but the urge to 'goasked him to put his story on paper. Paddy foreign' had obviously got to me becauseis now 91 and living in the Isle of Man; his in 1936 I answered an advertisement forrecall is to be commended. 'young gentlemen required by the British

Peter Phillips South Africa Mounted Police' and joined6905 that Force on 30.6.36 in Rhodesia. I

remained with the BSAP until 1938when I

transferred to the Northern RhodesiaBorn and educated in Belfast, on my Police where, after several years service, I

15" birthday in 1929 I decided to join the was released for active service; with aMerchant Service and shipped with group of a dozen or so young NRP menAndrew VVeirs Bank Line on SS Comeric we drove (in the back of a 15cwt truck) toin Be~.She was the oldM steamer with Nairobi, Kenya where we were posted tothe company, an American built "Liberty" variousArmygroups.ship for use in the 14-18war. Lying Iow in I foundmyself a Sgt. In the 1/2Bn ofthethe water, she had four holds - 2 forward King's African ries on active service alongand 2 aft. Amidships, a deep tank, cabins, the borders of Somalia and Ethiopia. Therea 'dining quarter' for we four apprentioes was, however, an almost immediate end ofand a dining room for the ship's oScers Italian Forces activities in

and engNeefs. Eritrea/Ethiopia/Somalia so I wasShe was a tbating disaster, the Captain transferred to the newly formed Occupied

(another Irishman - another disasterl) who Enemy Temtory Administration in

knew many of my family/connections was Mogadishu. This Force was almostknow to us as a 'right bastard' and, apart immediately re-titled British Military

from the erst oflicer, we were an unhappy Administration and its development lead to

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'civil' admin in the occupied 'ex-enemy'

territory.

A year later there was a general

posting of civilian British Colonial ofticers tothe Somali territories. Initially I was in

charge of Mogadishu Central (police)District and a year or so later was moved toArms co!lection from the tribes in the

bo8er area between Somalia and the

newly reconstituted British Somalian

Protectorate. Late in 1941 while patrolling

this area I encountered a British

Somaliland patrol also on arms collection,

in charge of which vs a Superintendent

of Police being none other than KenFlower (3654) who had been, in 1936, atrooper with me in the BSAP Depot. V/e

camped togethef fof' a couple of days

during which, offhand in conversation, hesaid he was about to move from British

Somaliland to Ethiopia. I gave him an

application, written on a page tom from aDiary, to the Commissioner of Police,

British Somaliland. Things never moved soquickly! Within a couple of weeks I wasback in Nairobi, given 2 weeks leave, gotmarried (we were quite broke), got 2 pips

on my shoulder, went to Mombassa, given

a passage to Berbera, British Somaliland

and reported to Police Headquarters,

HalgBlsa.On reflection now, in 2005, I must have

had a couple of leaves in 1943 and 1944-

Somaliland had a one-year tour system. In

1945 my wife and 11 month old sonfollowed me up to Somaliland, over 2000miles of sand track road, where I was to bestationed until 1953 when I moved toSafawak.

During my last five years, in

Somaliland, I was confirmed as Director ofIntelligence and Security (DIS) by the thenGovernor - Sir Gerald Recce, an exProvincial Commissioner from Kenya. TheDIS oIce had been moved to theSecretariat and this recognition of its

(probable) future importance created amove, by some senior admin oflicers, totake over from a Police oIcer an oIce of'some impoitance' and, Iherefoie, one towhich Admin oNcers should, naturally,have first daim. Sir Gerald, however.Confirmed me in the appointment in whichI remained until 1953 when I wastransferred to Sarawak.

One incident of amusement at thistime. The then Commissioner of Policeburst into my oIce, redder in lhe face thanusual, and slapped down a notwcation thatI had been awarded the King's PoliceMedal (KPM). He said, whether in praiseor anger or disbelief, "you' ve got the bloodyKPM". 'I had!' 'He hadn' t!' Apparently therecommendation had come from HEhimself. Prior to Sir Gerald there had beenan odd suaxmion of Governors: a

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Marines Brigadier, followed by a seniorpre-war District Ofhcer, 'Somali Smith', whowas married to a very presentable Somaliwoman; then an Indian Civil servant whosestay was brief and ~ goods andchattels, which he shipped horre, weresubjected to search and confiscation onarrival in UK; and, finally, Sir Geraldhimself.

In 1945 the Camel Corps mutinied.

The Somali Camel Corps was based in

Burao district, its barracks, ofltces andoftcers' quarters being ~ to BuraoTownship. One 'historic' morning thecantonment was empty, not a single

Somali soldier to be seen, not one rNe in

camp. . . nothing! I was in charge ofHargeise district and heard of the mutiny in

casual conversation. The ofllcers had beenquietly removed and Ihwn out of the

territory, the whole afla!r was handled

within the Military command. We, thePolice, had no trouble in recovering the

missing rNes and no action was taken

against the rank and Se.At that time, as far as I recall, there

was no more than some one hundred Brits

in the Protectorate plus a handful ofItalians. The country settled down under apeaceful and permanent government

service. There were few incidents other

than one serious night attack on the houseof the District Commissioner, Burao by a

gang of local Somalis. No reason for theattack was ever established - the gangmay have been under the influence ofKhat. The shooting resulted in the death ofthe night watchman and the D.C.'s dog.The gang moved out of Burao and wererun to earth some few days later in thebundu west of Burao. There was a brief

I!relight and several of the gang were killed

by the Police patrol under Inspector JohnDavis. The remainder of the gang wentbefore a court in Burao. The political

condit!ons, and sentiments, in theProtectorate at that mme were strict, severeand straightforward. The gang werecharged with Murder, convicted andsentenced to death. They were transferredto the gaol in Berbera to await execution,subject to appeal. The appeal was turned

down. On the morning of the day on which

execution was due, the gang escaped,never to be seen again. A typical Somaliending to a local drama - the Somalialways came out best! The tribes anywaysettled their serious differences in their ownage-old way - tribal infighting anddiscussion - that the Government seldomknew of. That this station should haveexisted was evident - the Somali was quite

prepared to humour the government in thesure knowledge that they would alwaysand eventually prevail, . ... which they havedone!

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In 1953we went home on leave and,whilst on leave, were posted to Sarawak.This was, without doubt, with the full

knowledge of the Governor Sir Gerald

Recce who, by his personal knowledge of

my position, realised there was no placeback in the Somaliland Police Force.

VVhen I decided to write my

experiences of these hidden people in their

hidden land I thought Iirst to consult

knowledgeable works of their earlier

history: they told me much I did not know

but left me with Ihe sure feeling that, while

much had changed over the centuries, all

is much the same as in those bygone

days. The lands of 5e Somaiis extend

some 600 miles on its northern coast from

Djibouti, through Zeilah and Berbera at sealevel, to some 7000 feet in the Erigavo

District, on to Cape Gardafui and down the

East coast to the foothills of the Kenya

Highlands, to the mouths of the Tate and

Juba Rivers in Kenya. Qn the VVest,

through the vast Qgaden district to the

foothills of the Ethiopian highlands. The

whole area covers some 100,000 square

miles with the Somaii Desert being the

sixth biggest in the world. This is Somalia

of the Somalis.In the 7" Century Somalia was quite

simply, there. It was discovered by the sea-

going Arab traders on their adventurous

voyages eastward along the Gulf of Aden

to the Horn of Africa, then into the Indian

Ocean and southwest to the Kenya river

mouths. Some were to remain in Somaliato develop trading posts where they metand married into the Galla nomads andother tribal groups already present in thecountry. In the next 600 years the mixedpopulation - Somalis — multiplied andspread throughout the Horn of Africa andsouth towards Kenya where the have"prospered" as a nomadic people in thishard infertile land.

From 1848 Britain took its Iirst positiveinterest in the area, Burton and other British

Army officers paying sporadic visits. In theeighties, British Consuls from Aden - thenunder the India CNice - were posted toBerera and Zeilah. Berera, due south ofAden, maintained British confidence in its

interests over the Gulf of Aden approachesto the Red Sea and to the safety of theSuez Canal. Peace and quiet was not,however, fully established. Moha nialAbdullah Hassan, the Mad Mullah, harriedthe British permanency from the late 1880suntil 1914 when he died, undefeated, ofinfluenza. Britain and italy accepteddifferent areas of the Somaii desert,identified as the British SomalilandProtectorate and italian Somaliland, up toVVVVII and on again to 1'969 when theUnited Somali Republic was formed. Thiswas brought about by a tribal military coup

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based on a government centred onMogadishu with liNe apparent interest from

the outside world. It is still a land and

people of mystery and, again, still divided

between the Isaak and Darod trifles.

There is a casual note in one of thebooks of reference that an Arab in the 6"Centufy IBAclecl IA SoITIBIIIaflcl BAci ITIalllecl

a Gall woman. From his 2 grandsons,Isaak and Darod, he established the

Somali people with eh Isaaks in theNorthern lands (British Somaliland) and theDarod who colonised the lands to thesouth (italian Somaliland). This simplistic

review resuE from my experiences of theSomalis. Readers who wish a scholarly

treatment of the subject should refer to I.M.

Lewis's "A Modern History of Somali".

Moving on, we anivcd in Sarawak in

January 1954. Prior to leaving Somaliland

we had been offered CyprusSuperintendent to Superintendent - which I

refused. It was, however, necessary for menot to remain in Somaliland as reborn to

Police Department was impossible after 5years as D.I.S; my face didn't fft. The offer

to transfer to Sarawak came while wewere on leave. How much, if anything, the

Goverrxx - Sir Gerald Recce - reali~ ofthis personal dilemma I do not know, but

Sarawak offered an increase in salafy so I

Bcceptecl. This Illove resulted floAl a visit

by the Inspector General of ~ial Police

- Col. Muller - who was determined thatofficers serving in Somaliland should be"turned over" more Irequenly than in thepast Two other Superintendents, PatDavis and Leslie Wink, were posted backto Kenya.

Gmiffey Wilson was Commissionerof Police in Sarawak. VVe were posted toSibu in charge of the Third Division, on theRejang River —the longest river in Malaysiaand the largest division, bigger than

England with 6 Districts. There were noroads, all transport being by launch orlongboat Peter Turnbull ~me Deputyshortly after our amval, having been headof SB, in place of Adams who had beenfound to be fond of small boys. Bill Eastellbecame head of SB.

During 5?i58 I did a stint in Brunei

aciing as Chief Police Ofhcer while Alan

Outram was on leave. In late 1958, Wilson

was posted to Tanzania so Turnbull

~me Commissioner, Bill Eastell his

deputy and I took over as h~ of SBbackin Sarawak. I never saw eye-tcH'. ye wi5Turnbull; we never 'gelled'. A pity for theForce, because ft was Unhappy Bflcl quiteobvious to others and, I believe,

~nised in Government cirdes. Theywere quiet years and the Force developed.A Malay Oflicer, Hamdan bin Sarat,Aloved Iflto heaclqUaftefs. He WBs Bpleasant, 'getalong' with other ~e and

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eventually ~~ Commissioner, He built

the Force up to 2500, retired, ~me aMinister, acted as Governor of the State,

retie again, travelled to America and

Australia with his wife and family of four,

and wfote to me only recency. Roy Henry

had preceded Hamdan; he didn't last too

long, went to Fiji then Hong Kong and

eventually feil down dead in London!

Throughout the years in Sarawak life

on the whole was qUI6t. There was,

however, QAB gfave exceptIon vAlen there

M/as 8 threat of afl IAcurslon ffofTl

Indonesia. The Royal Irish Horse tanks

were moved in by some military strategist-

liNe use as the country ilooded badly and

the tanks sat on the high ground near the

Museum for most of the time. They were

followed by a military contingent of two

Commandos and a regiment of Ghurkhas.

This army presence was still in situ when

we left on fe5rement.

Back in U.K., in Ulster, I was selected

as County Commandant (Royal Ulster

Constabulary "B" Specials) for County

Fermanagh. I remained in that command

until 56 "B"Specials were disbanded and

the Ulster Defence Regiment ~whereupon I was fTlacle 8 Lt. Col. 8flcl

given command of the 4" Battalion based

at Enniskillen. Throughout Nese moves

and cha~s my mother continued to live

at Lindisfarne in HOI~, Co. Down until

1969 when she died. VVB were then in

Fermanagh and it was probably her deaththat BAclecl GUI assocIatIon wIth tfle Nofth

of Ireland and we relocated to the Isle ofMan.

The Chairman of the UK Branch ofthe Assmation suggested my exploils

might be of interest to Outpost readers. I

have tried to report it as a 'history' and I

hope it does not come over as novelised.

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These indude postal and physicaladdresses, telephone numbers

(land line and mobile), AND youremaII aclcll esses.

Your co-operation will be much

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The event organised by The RhodesianArmy Assooation at the Field ofRemembrance, St.Margaret's Church,Westminster Abbey was again attended

by members of the British South Africa

Police The service was conducted byMajor the Rev Terry Spong, G.F., whobefore he entered Hog Orders served in

the BSAP {No. 4600). Among thosemembers who participated in the servicewere 6905 Peter Phillips {Chairman),4180 Rick 8 Jean May, 5479 Mike 8 JanLeach, 4158 Tim Weimer, 4278 JohnBalchin, 5975 Mike Abbotts, 6348 DennisPoole, 5662 Barry Henson, and 7359Bertie Cubitt.

The BSAP Standaid was borne by JohnBalchin, while Mike Leach again read thelesson. After the service a lunch wasenjoyed at the Headquarters Club, TheDuke of York's Headquaiters, Kings Road,when many toasts were given and prizeswon in the rafIIe. It was a good opportunity

to rrmt up with many of the Armed Forcesof Rhodesia and chat about "whenwe" etc.etc. The food was veiy good and plentiful

and the bar kept the fluids flowing!

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charge of the Naval Brigade guns.After the corps disbanded Edward

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ASSOCIA'I'lOW STOCK.Bcftiie Cuhitt 7359, Q Rq&

As yoLLI ncxv QRcp I fivj 11 incLIIHbcnt

upon nic to biing to thc InnHkv. hip's

attention that lvc have Inoncy tiff up in

Stock ltcnl», thc niolley !10tH which could

be lx:ttcr L)tijiz&xj in AssL)ciation I'unds.

So th'lt, saiLI - colnc on thc IHelnbcfship-

hov, ' about buying tllat book Or plaque

which yoLI h;lvc xvantD3 bilt h'lvc jxcn

putting 0fr.

Hetter still -- I Idiirs! Is your IHan still

wcaI1n~&~ th«it IHoth~ltcn, w«itcl soaked I «i«~

vv)th teeth HI«ifks found his neck, HLIm it

and buy h)m a ncvv Onc for hi» HIlthLLay,

L)ster, oi wh'itcvcl ol ILL»t to ITiakc him

IA)k il bit lnoi'c pfcscntabjc. Three tyj)cs

aI): avaiLlblc Ccntcn;lrv, Associ;ltlon, or the

old f)IVOLIIitc thc !=ofce Tic. All three

would give thc jxx)r old bugger a choice!

The fIffy odd ncw niembers &vho have

)01nLxf tlic As»oclatiol'I ovci the pp«lst I 8

IHonths —do you all have an. Associ«ltion 01

Ccntcniiry Tlc -- I bct you don tI Now Is

thc tlnlc to I')LIKha»e theln both before thc

price goc& up with thc ordcling of ncw

stock. V ITIt is thc state of your old folie tie

-- 1(x)k lt oLit - you nwxf a ncvv onc! Coinc

ofi Acofnlcy n.j)Lice thilt I'0Kc Tlc yoil

nicked off mc in thc PliaHLI&w Pub in 1 974!

How IH«lny member» h«fvc I;LIILxf to

pilfchasc thc History of yoill 1"oKC —Only

0 copli'» afe IcA bilt &it a very n.«lsonablc

price. How about I-Ia)nlcy's Hix)k 'ThcRcgmcnt", thc plctLIIMN ln which «Ilc CILI) tc

IH«)gulf I)cent. Wc aK able to offer it to thc

membership «'it zl «111 tlfnc low j)ncc ol 610duc to some clever opportunistic buy'ng.

The following ail-. SO)He of the stock items

held:-

H«ldges —HLlzcr, with 'ind without Cfoxvn.

f.j2.00Hook —HSAP 13istoiy. f30.00Hook —The Regiment (1 Ia)Hley). $,10.00Coastefs —HSAP —with cf:st. $7.50Mats —Table —with cnwt. &)0.00Pl ques - HSAP C~t. &)5.00Ties —AssocIatlof). 612.00Ties —Ccntenaty. 6").00Ties —Fowx. 65.00Vide) —HSAP. f20.00

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OBIT'/ARIFS 4942 lan Trevor Marriott pa~ away atSevenoaks, Kent on Friday 9th December

It is with rq~rct that wc rcport the 2005 at the age of 73. Ian attested onfollowmg deaths 07/07/1952 and left on Gratuity on

22/071964 with the rank of 1st Sgt. He isA'c cxtcnd our dccP symPathy to thc survived by his wife, Ivy, and daughtersfamily and friends of thc dcccascd l3ebbie, resident in LIK and Sheri Mariani,

passed avl/ay at HeacIIAgtoA, Oxford, Gri 4207 g/IM~ay31/" 0/2005 at "6age Gf73 D'" on the18/1m005 in Louth Hosp~I after a

long illness complicated by several strokes.liver. He ~%~ f 04/06/1951 and He pncd the BSAp as a t per onretired vNth the raAk Gf Detective Chief 28/09/1947 ~ the Me~ Iitan Police inInspector on 01/11/1975. He is survived

L ndby his tvvo sons, Henry 'Chuck' andRd e AOematKntmplamlnoxroKI B ch %~ ed lith ton Friday 04/11/2005 when, in lieu of fioral

Chief Ins~or (Signals) in Salisbury. Qnrefirement he became a 'Life Member' of

relations, with the BSAP represented by 4 ed t En I nd t I;n SkPeter Phillips {Chairman), CIN Rogers,Mik I/Iltshi, Bob Sa ag, ppy J M & J.

ll

Hopkins, Mike Leach, Gerry Paxton, Biffndchld

Way, Alan Toms, Jim Habet and PeterBradshaw, representing TcNly who was 4703 CI"out of the country. Dave's brother Colin

poe ~ I F nd ft to 01/03/1958 In the rank Gf ~~AtCl ded fro H rtAttack A ta ch

aCIClresses, the first by TGAy BraClsaw, be f th UK Bdelivewbyhis~peter te~ndby d~ CI ed b hDave's eldest son, Henry "Chuck"

Hallward and the third by l3ave's youngerson, Richard,

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3525 John (Jack) Layton Wordsworth Inspector on 31/07/1974. The following

passed away in Bulawayo on 15/11/2005. tribute has been received from 4776 JulianHe had been in poor health for the past Macdonald - Mike served in Bulawayofew months. Jack joined the force as a and on his retirement he moved into hisCadet. in May 1934, attested as a Trooper Vumba home "Hunters Moon", on theon the 27/12/1935 and retired as a Senior other side of Leopard Rock Hotel, whereAsst Commissioner on the 29/05/1969 the views from his house across the valleyafter 35 years service. He was born in to the mountains beyond wereBulawayo on 29/05/1916. He is survived spectacular. Mike was always popular,by his wife, Eileen, and family. even from his early days in the bachelor

quarters in Bulawayo Camp where he3619 John Rowden Davies, died at his lived with Tula, his dog and his pride andhome in Perth, Western Australia on the joy, his Mark III Jaguar. His determinationmorning of Friday 11/11/2005. John to remain in Bulawayo was only surpassedserved as a Trooper in the BSAP from (or should that be equalled?) by his09/02/1 937 to 11/09/1 938. determination not to be put out of his

Vumba home by political insurgents.P/R 8651 John Ernest 'Ox' Barritt passed Sadly Mike's erst marriage to Sheila did notaway in Durban on Saturday 19/1'I/2005 last, but wiU1 his second wife Beryl, heafter a long illness bravely borne. found happiness to the end of his days.

Mike was certainly one of life's gentlemenDorothy Gwen, spouse of 4019 Phil and I am sure he will be fondly

Owen, ~d away in Pietermaritzburg remembered by those of us who wereon 'I 8th November 2005. pivileged to know him.

Jean Hollingsworth, widow of 4490 Don 8377 Heinrich Jacobus (Stass) PassenHollingsworth died in H~ RSA on died in Port Elizabeth on 03/12/2005.18/'I 1/2005. Stass was born in P.E. on 19/02/1951 and

joined the BSPP on 31/12/1969, serving4634 Michael Charles Owen Errington until 01/051981 during which period heWales died in Harare Hospital on worked in Gwelo, Salisbury, Bulawayo and09/10/2005 following surgery on a burst other localities. He was acting Detectiveduodenal ulcer, Mike atlested on Chief Inspector at the end of his service.22/05/1950 and retie with the rank of He returned with his wife Jaqui (formerly

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299 W/D/Sio Jaqui Greenhough) to P.E. ~s in Chipinga, Rusape and Bindura

in 1983 where he joined the SABC as a in support of SB Operakons. His PoliceSecurity Supervisor, which role expanded Reserve services spanned 1972 to end ofto enmmpass transport, health, loss 1981. Keith was resident in Hermanus, in

conbol and labour relations. A favourite the Cape and was not a member of thehobby was the manufacturing of BSA Assmation.Police miniatures, which included various

uniforms, motorcycles and ho~, which 7339 lan Alexander (Sid) Clark pa~he displayed on occasions at our functions. away in his sleep on 23/01/2006 in Harare,

They were truly a work of art, perfect to the Zimbabwe. Sid served from May 1965 tolast detail. It was whilst working on one of March 1981 and retired from the force with

these at home that he quietly passed the Rank of Deteclive Inspector. Sid wasaway. His funeral was held in P.E. on not a member of the Regimental

09/12/2005 and among the many who Association.attended were his brother Andre Stassen,Trevor Compton, Brian Bernstein, Alan 4275 David Wilfred Pratt died in Harare on

Dickinson, James Carse, Peter Knowlden, 23/01/2006 fiom heart failure. He served in

Pat Ferguson, Normal Foster, Rob Qark, the force between May 1948 and Jul 1978Alan Gordon and Tnevor le Roux. We when he retired with the rank of Assistant

extend our condolences to Jaqui and sons Commissioner.Mark and Tlm.

Central advise the death of 5212 Derek6053 Frederick Haynes pa.'~ away John 'Tommy" Tomlln on 2501/2006 atpeacefully, after a very short illness, in Harare, Zimbabwe following a long illness.

Durban on the 10/01/2006. Fred served Tommy served in the force from

from 30/08/1959 to 1481/1961. 14/01/1954 retiring on Gratuity on30/05/1964 with the rank of Sergeant.

Steve Acornley reports the death of P/R

18406F Keith jeffrey Meadows on the Don Norris reports that 5115 Rodney11/01/2006(in Kabul) Iromnatural causes. Stuart Gale went on his last patrol from

He is sun/ived by his wife Angela and Mutare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday

daughter Mana. Ke51 was a PR PATU 04/02/2006 after a long fight againstmember during which he rmeived the cancer. Rodney served as a Constable

bronze baton. He also worked for GC from 30/08/1953 to 09/12/1958.

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4365 Anthony Thomas James 'Tony'

N/llcox ~ awBy at. the Duneclln

Hospital, New Zealand on 09/02/2006 after

a long illness. Tony attested on 07/12/1948and served almost 25 years until his

retirement as a Chief Inspector on

16/11/1973. Natal advise that He is

survived by his daughter Jane and son

Anthony Scott who also served, as 8898.

The Transvaal Branch reporls tf16 death Irl

Johannesburg, by his own hand, of 10055lan Murdoch on Monday, 06/03/2006.lan served from 02/05/1 977 to 04/06/1 979taking his discharge 'By Purchase'. He left

as a Staff S/G. In ~nt years he was amembef Gf tf16 TraAsvaal Branch

committee.

Tony Granger re~s that Beryl Cragg,one time station ~taly at Highlancls

Police Station, died in Bloemfontein, RSA,on 29/11/2005 from chronic pneumonia.

3942 Robert John 'Bob' Barkley has died

at the age Gf 83. Hls fuAeral was GA Fnclay

24/03/2006 in Crawley, Su~x. Parry

Jones reptesented M BSAP. Bob served

in the Royal Navy in N/5/ 2, then as aTtooper in the BSAP from 1946 to 1949.He then joined the NRP attaining the rank

of Supt in 1959. He was active in the

GSPA Benevolent ~ety.

PR 20233 R J "Johnny" Marcus died in

Parklands Hospital in Natal on 14/02/2006after a long baNe against cancer. Johnnywas a long serving, dedicated member ofthe Chiredzi 'O' Reserve who did ChargeGffice, Radio Control Room and the AgricAlert duties for many yeats. He is survived

by his wife Fae and three daughters.

9{4fI {formerly NS 9{){)9N)David I.I1c

I~0n1h dIAI {11Gnl hctII t fal ILIre) at

Grr1otvlci {Transvaal) on 03/I I/2005. He

selv(x] as II Icgtllar fIUnl 06/01/1975 until

13,'1~'1980;IIId was a memlx~ of thc dogsection.

This is a somcv hat belated n pol1 that 93311

Vcter Ch;tries Chantler died of c Incer on

04/06/2()01 in lVaI111baths, South Af11ca.

Vetcr .Ioined the fonx on I/10/1974 and

colnpleted his service on 4 D|vember 1982ln thc ZRV %1t11 thc Rink of'Insfxctor. I Ie

cllcl not bcicNlg to any assclciation blanch.

In memory of Olla l.i~~~ht who died in

Novena 2005. She xvas a KI"R at

Mount Darwin and Is rcn1clnben. d very

fol"icily by n1any n1elllbers wl'lo nlct hcl

there) Includtng Mlkc I each, Hllall

Hc1dson, Gemint cion~~, AlaI1a I3lcnt and

n1;Iny others. May shc rest in peace.

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