rapc journal 1935 summer
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PI, io v VOlld
y
The
Royal Army Pay Corps Journal
Vo
l.
Ill No.
18.
80 , Pall Ma ll, L ond on S, W I
Ju ne, 1935 ,
At this time the
th
ought uppermost in
the minds of a ll is ill cOllnectioll \\'ith
the
Silv er Ju bilee of Their Majesties The
Kin
g
and
Queen
A ' a Corps it \\'as not our I rivilege
to
take part in
any of the
Ceremonia
l
parades
held in connec tion \\ 'ith the celebrations,
Our role was confined to
that
of
spectato
rs,
.and
the th r
ee thin gs \\'hich \\ 'ere brought
hom most of all to us
here
in London
were
th
e spontaneity of the \\ 'ec ome, the
vastness of
the
cro\\'ds
everyw
h
ere
and
the
superb
effort at clecora tions \\'h ich hac
transformed the
poorest st
reets and a ll
eys
,
One ca
n
0t forge t the cro\\'ds
who
ni
gh t
ly
through Jubilee Week
\\ 'a
itec1
patiently outside Buckin g ham I a lace in
th
e hope of catching a g lim pse of Th eir
Majesties on the flood-lit ba coni e ,
N or l
::
lly \\'e a re not
ab
ly
l l d e J l l
t r a -
tiv e but in the \\ 'ee k of Ju
bi
lee celebrations
this poplllar
conception was sh
at
t
ered
for
everyone in
London
th
e provillce a nd
th
e
remot
est
outp ost of th e E mpire desired to
give to Th e Kin g a nd Queen a demonstra-
tion of th e high regard in \\ 'hich th
ey
are
l1e ld th roug hout
th
e British Empire .
The rea son
for
this
spo nt
a n ity is not far
to
see
k ,
Lo
o ].;illg back on the eve nt of
the la
st
2
yea s some of the most
troubled ill ' t h ~ hi sto rv of th \\'
or
ld- \\'e
find the Killg and Q l;een have eve r con
ce rn ed
t h e l 1 1 s v e s
\\'
ith
the \\ 'elfa re of
their
subj ects , Fo r 5 years we h
ave
see n th em
cla
y in and
cl
,
ay
o
ut
r m i n g dili ge
ntl
y
49
Summer, 1935
anel conscie
llt
iously
the
duties of State
Their
l
abo ur
s n
ever
cease and the
cares
of
Em p
ire a re ~ v e r abse;lt
The spo nt aneous exp re ssion of l
ove
and
loya lt y she\\ 'u
th r
oug hout the Em p ire
ex-
press t h ~ gratituel e of th e people for long
e a r s
of
unr
emi ting labour ca
rried
ou
\\'ith consc ient ious zeal
and
conspicuous
suc cess ,
F or
the
.first tinle an
art
icle \\Titten by
a S upp lem f ntary H
eserv
ist al pea rs in
th
e
Corps
Jo
urn
al, a
nd
it
is proposed to
publish
other;; in clue course ,
We
feel that this
shou ld be
H
\\'e coll1e
feature as
o
ur
Sup
plementary Reservists
form
a very
im
por
t
ant part
of th e
Organisa
ti
on
of
the COl-PS,
Th e
Ed
it
ors
of
the
Journal are des i
rous
of obta illing a complete set of the Co rps
Seniority
Roll
f any readers have cop ies \\'hi c h are not
re
quir
ed the Editors \\'onld be grateful if
th
ey
\\ 'ould communica te \\'ith them
FRONTISPIECE
Th
e fronti
sp
iece is a photograp h
spec
ia lly
tak en fo r the Silver Jubilee and she \\'s the
J ~ i n
wea
rin
g the uniform of a Field 1\[ar
sha
l.
The riband is
that
of the C rder of
th e Garter aro
und hi
s should ers is the
Roya l Victo
ri
an Chain \\'ith Badge and
fr
om hi s
collar
is suspe nd ed th e Soverei
gn
' s
Bad ge of the Order of the Bath , On
his
breast ar e
. th e
Sta
rs of th e O
rd ers
of
the
Garter and the Bath a l (l b o v ~ them the
Badges of Orde r of the Ba th the
tar
of Tnd ia . St Michae l and St Geo
l
ge, the
Indi
a n Em p ire, the Royal Victor ian Order
the British Em p ire and the Im per ial er
vice
The
19 14 -1 5 Star the
General
Service \,tVar Medal and the Victory Medal
compl
e
te
the lin e of
decorations
, Th e
aigu illettes on the
ri
ght breast bear
th
e
l
etters V R
a
nd
E R , denoting that
His
Mai e wa s a i(le- ]e-ca lT 9 to Queen Vic
toria a
nd King
Ed\\'arcl ,
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orpsSports
Notes
Arra ngements for 1935.
MOl ..
] Il ly
1St
Law n Tenn is a t Roeh am pto
n.
Tu es .
Jul y
Thurs. ,
Jul y
F ri
day,
Jul
y
2nd
4
th
5
th
{
Lawn Ten.'lis at R
oe
ham pton .
(L
adi e
s'
Day ) .
Golf . S umm er Mee
tin
g a t W en t\lorth .
Annua l Meeting, R. A. P .C. C
lu
b .
..-
Annual Dinner, Java l and M ilitary Club, 94 , Pi cca dilly ,
W.I.
at . ,
Jul y 6th
Crick et v. Roya l A rm y Ordna
nc
e Co rp s a t Did cot .
Tu es. ,
Jul y gth
}
ed .,
Jul
y IOth
Cricl(et \ ' . A rm y Ed ucat iona l Co rps at A ldersh ot .
Thurs.,
Jul y J I t l
}
ri
day
,
Jul
y
I
:
til
Cr
icl
(et
v. R
oya
l
Ar m
y Ch
ap
la
in
s D
ep t.
at
Al d
ershot .
Q.A.P.C .
GOLFING
SO
CIETY.
Army
Golfing Society
Annua l Meet i
ng.
Th e Annu a l Mee ting of th e Arm y Go lf
ing ociety
was
held at
th
e R
oya
l P orth
cald Go lf C lub , P o
rt
hcall' l , conl"tnencing
on Ap ri I S
th
.
Th
e
Co
rps II'as r
ep
rese
nt
ed
by th e follo\\'in g :-Majo r Bedna ll, Major
Sta
nh
am , Ma j
or Mee
k
(Cap
tain ) , Ca
pt.
Ev ers a nd Cap t. Milling .
It w
as
a most enj
oya
ble m
ee
tin g a
l
t hough th e \\'ea th er was ra
th
er un kind .
Th ere II
as
a s tr ong
\\
'ind blowin g a
ll th
e
tim e, sometim es rising to a ga le, a nd as it
co ntinu a
ll
y cha nged d
ir ect
ion
go
lf w
as
not
eas\". A ho le " 'hi ch I\'as a mas hie sho t one
wo
uld
req uir e wood
th
e next. t
ra
in
ed most of th e tim e and 011 t he secon d
day
of th e m
eetin
g th ere \I
as
a ha
il
storm
to add va ri ety.
Th e Arm y Go lf Cha mpionshi p was he
ld
on Monday and T ues day, 15th and 16th
A pril. 88 I\
'as th
e
1
est sco re returned by
th e R
.A.
P .C . on
th
e fir st d
ay,
by Ca
pt
aill
Milling, th e oth ers retnrning 89 a
nd
go.
On th e second day Cap ta in Ev e rs was th e
ollly repr
ese
ntati ve to break
90;
he cam e
in \\'ith an
88
whi ch II'as a g rea t e ffo
rt
un
de
r
th
e circum sta nces. t II'as blo\\'ing
a ga le all day and one had to p lay thr ough
dr ivin g rain and ha
il
mo t f th e
tim
e.
Cap tain Ev e rs was thi rd on the second
ci
a an
cl seve
nth on
th
e t \IO days '
11
ay.
sco re being 178-22 . 156.
Th e fi rst round of th e
Ar
m y Go lf ' ha
l
lenge Cup \I'as playe d on V e dn esdny J 7th.
th
e
H .
A .P. C. t
ea
m
ha
v ing
bee
n dr
aw
n to
p l
ay
th e RA.S.C. (No. J) T ea Ill IIh
ose
han dicaps were
2,
5, 10 a nd 10 re pect ive l
y.
Majo
r l\Iee k ,
as Cap
ta ill , II
as
in
th
e un
enviab le
pos
iti on pf hav ing to dec i
de
the
tea m to rep rese nt
th
e R .A.P.C. T his was
made a ll th e more
c1
iAi cnlt
u.
t here was
litt le
to
choose bet wee n t
he sco
res of a ll
five p laye rs on
th
e N[onday a nd 'r u e day.
Ac tu
a
ll
y on c
urr
e
nt
f
1111
Cap ta in Milling'
was p lay ing th e most co nsistent gu lf and
Cap
ta in Ev e rs ' sco re on
Tu
esday
I1ncl
er th e
t rribl wea
th
er conditi ons \\'
as
defi ni te ly
good. Majo
r
}\ (ee
k \
\ith
g reat
un
se lfish
ness dec ided to leave him elf oa t a nd chose
th
e fo
l
OII in
O
tea m I
I
ith
f(
lf resul ts as
sholl' lI.
R.
A.S.C.
(
o.
Lt. Ga r c1 ner
Lt.
Hu x ha
rn
Ma j . C love r
Cap t.
Willi
ams
I ) .
R
.A.
P
7 Capt. 'fillin g
7 Ma jor
Stall
h
a111
o Ma jor B dn a 11
o Cap t.
Eve
rs
14
0-
n
=
4
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THE
R
OY A
L
ARMY PAY CORP
S J
UU 1{NA
L
Medal Singles:
Li
eut. W. H .
Th i
es IOI - 24 = 77
Majo r R .
G.
Stanh a m
85 - 6=79
Ca p t. A. N.
Evers
87 - 8=79
Capt. J. G.
W oods 9 I - I
2=
79
Ca pt
A . E. Barl ow
won
th
e
pr
ize f
or
th e best net score ove r tlIe second nin e
IlO
les
with 44 -8=36
.
Bogey Singles:
Ma
jor T . A . leek
A.
N. E.\e rs
Ca pt. J. G. Wo ods
Capt
. A .
E. Bat
' low
S-..mmcr M e ~ t i
6
clo wn
8
cl own
9 dOII'n
9 cl
ow
n
Th
A Ullua l S
um m
er l\l ee
tin
g I
l"
ill be
held a t
th
e
Wentll
'o
rth
C
lub,
V
ir
g
ini
a
Water, S
ur rey, on Thur
sda y,
Jul
y 4
th.
F ul l pa r l icu lars a n cl 11try fo rm s have been
c irc
ul
a
ted.
Competit
i
ons
.
A
kn
oc kout co m
pe t
iti on on h a n
dicap
for
membe rs
se
rvin g in th e vVa r Office , A lder
sh ot a 1l d
Ea
s t rll
Co mm
a nd is in
pro
o r
ess.
F irs t ro
und
res ult s
are
as fo ll o ll's : Maj o r
Sta nh
a m
bt Lt. Th ies
3
&
2,
Lt.-C
ol.
Roge rs
bt
Maj. Bednall
4
& 3, Ca p t. Mil
lin g bt
Major
}
,rI
ee k
0 &
2,
Lt.
Holm a n bt
Capt.
Ga rr
a
tt
J np ,
Lt
.-Co l. Hu g hes 11 )0
Lt - Co l.
H
ac kett (scra
tch
ed), Ca p
t. O
li
ve I
IV
/ O Ca
pt.
Iarsha ll (sc ra tch ed ),
Capt
.
Woods
bt
Capt. Bl1
ck 8
::x
7,
Lt
.-Co l. H a rt
Cox bt
Capt. Ba rl
ol
l' 2
&
I.
Other Items.
Th
e Corps h
as
bee n rei rese n l
ed
in va rI
O l S o tll e r
go
lfing eve nt s rece ntly, an d II it l-
notab le su
cces
s.
Majo r
St
a nh a ll1 , p lay in g off a c lu b ha
ndi-
ap of
9, at
the prin g Me e
ting
of
Th
e
B :1its Go lfing Soc iety a t th e Prillce' s Co lf
C lul ,
Sa ndll
' ic
h,
II'on
the
"B
rillknlan
"
C
UI,
th e
"Baird"
C u p a nd II as rl1nn er llD
ill th e eni or
Meda
l. [n the final of th
"
Brinklll
an" C up 'Ma jor S ta llh a lll \\'on on
the
19t h
gr een
a
ft
er be in g- clown a t th e
] 3th ; the dec
idin
g -
trok
e of t h e mat c h II'as
:-1 si."teen yard putt IIhich l\Iajor Sta
nh
am
sa nk fo r a half a t
th
e eig ht nth ,lI1cl t hi s
fo ll owe d by a pa r fo
ur
a t the 19
th
gave
J l 1 th
e ma
tch.
1\flljo r St a
nh
a lll a l
so
appea rs to ha
ve
c'l r r ied a ll bef ore him in
the
S I
1
rin
g 1\[eet
ill g of th W a r O ffi
ce
Col fin . ;
Soc
iet v at
th
e As hf o
rc1
1Vf ano r
Go
lf Clul on
May i th,
52
II' inllillg
bo
th tlt e
scra
tch a lld th e handi
ca
p
iJn zeS II'ith a g ross score ut 83 .
T he Corps II'as
also su ..:cess[ul
I I I the
Me
e
tin
g 01 t he A U e r
shot CO l11nl
a
nd
G o lt
Uu
b a llCI 111 tn e
U llll
T ea m com peti
ti ons, d eta ils of Il"ltich appear in the A ld er
sho t CO
11m
a nd n
otes
.
SMALL BORE RIFLE LEAG U
E.
The ' ma ll Bo re ifie L ea g ue fo r the
Season
]
934 -1 935 has n O
lI
' fini sh d, a lld
s ill
ce
th e
last
m
atch
II"as 'fir e ci , th e
CO
lll
mittee have rece ived som e ve ry killd a n
cl
co m p lim
_n
ta ry le
tt
ers
II
'hic h sho ll" h 011"
much th e Le ag ue ha s bee n ap p rec iated, a n
cl
to
th o'e
II 'ho h
ave th u
s
ex p
r
essed th
e
ir
pleas ur e, the Committee w0l11cl t a ke thi s
oppor
tunit
y o f
tender
ill g t he
ir th
a
nk
s.
Th
e 'fi rst yea r of tbe L eague has res
ult
ed
i
1
a vic to
ry
for
A Icl
ersh ot ,
I ut th
is fea t
IIill not as iJy be repeated, as \I 'itb th e
ch a nges of Offi ce Staffs, a ncl
II
'ith th e ex
pe ri ence ga in ed
ge
ner a lly, future res ul ts
a re go in g to
be
a
nd th
e
Tr op hy
will
jJro b
ab
ly fll1d a new h om e.
111
this, th
e
fi nal
repo
rt
on Rifle S hoo
tin
g
for the
ra s
t yea r, th e Com mitt
ee
II" 0uld a lso
t
ha nk
th Offic ia ls -o f th e
va
ri ous C lub s fo r
hav in g he lp d in m
ak
in g th e L ea gu e a s uc
cess .
['. th o ug h the S um m er is fast app roac h
i llg
II'
ith C ri
cket, Tenn
is, etc ,.
11
'1 mu s t n ot
be idl e.
Th e
re is a lot t o be cloll e durin g the
I er
iod
E
wa itin g for
th
e
ope nin
g of an"
o th r S ma ll Bore Rifl e Season, a nd a le tt er
on thi
s s
uI
jec t h
as bee
n c irc ul
ated
to a ll
u ffices a t H O
l1
e .
Th
e re . LIltS o f th e va r ious co m pe t iti ons
held durin g th e past seaso n are:-
Sm a
ll
Bore
R ifl e
League
.
S hi e ld and Sil ve r M e
dals.
A ld er hot .
Runll
ers U p. B
r-oll ze
M
eda
ls . W oo
hl
ich .
Own Start Ha.n -::l.icap.
rs t
S.S .M. Pl olV
llla n
2nd
i\
lr.
Th
o rl e
3r d
Captai ll
M illin g
4 th Se rg t. A lIi x
.it h
S.Sg
t . Bog g is
S
,=:c
ret a ry a nd Capta in of T
W ok in g (l\
fi
ss
1\[
e
c1
ca lf
[3ogg i:) .
A lder. hot
\Ai001 I"ich
A ld
er s
h
ot
Woohl ' ich
W o
kin
g
a m Pr ize.
a lld
S.S
.
Match
( 10
as
id
e).
1st ClVili a n s Score 969
2
11d W.O's
a
nd
N .C .O ' s , , 966
3rd
C"
ffi
ce
rs " 94 1
THE R O YAL A RMY
PAY
CORPS J OU R NAL
The
l
ead iu
g
av e
ra
ges
(9
6
o r
ove r )
1
1
th
e Lea
g
ue
,
are
as folloll's :-
l.
M "
Se lf.
,\
9S.S7
2
I"gL.
Co.
'pel".
.
Id
el"silot
98.S{)
7
i\
1
"
.
C a ll "JO Il ,
A I
cl
el shot
97".9:1
.
4.
,
1,
'.
f
'al ishll l:V .
Alclel "l, oL
97.
88
5. MI" .
:ell.
Ecinburgh
97.82
6. I ~ t .
OTO IIIIOI"
,
r\ Ide
l Il
o
t
97
.61
7.
J\i
is .;
Mel
j,
nlf. Woki
ng
97.2.2
8
L. 'g t. Phillips, \No l
in
g
97. 11
9.
L
.Sg
l_ .\lIi x. Woolw ich.
96.
77
1O.
Ca[JL. i\ lill ill
):;. 1Idc
rshnl
R6.73
H .
M
"
.
1I100ne
.v .
\\"
oo lll"i
h
96.22
FI
N.
\L LEA GVE
TABLE.
Cl
ub
Fir
t:t1
\V u Orn
.
L
o
~ g r t g - : l
Po ilHS 1'1 5.
(or : I g ~
n s l
A'cl
e
l" .;
hot
18
18 0
U
8824
8
284 2:6
Woo lwich
'8
15
C
3
8645
83
14 30
I t
14
0
t)
8634
83
57
28
18 12 0
6 8504
8375 24
Hil
se
il
18
9 C
U
83
74
8355
l .g
("
h
aLha
m
IS 7
(j
11
8329 8352
11
i l l u l l l "
18
5
I 12
8396
8454
l.J
Pres tO :l
1
3 5 1
B . 8360
1I
Ho"" l
ow
18
4
0
1:1
8299 845
7 8
Pe
l"
th
l8 0 0
18
. ....
1
2489 0
HIS
MAJESTY
THE
KING ' S
JUBILEE
MEDAL.
In acco rd a nce II'ith th e p rin c ipl e
of
a ll t
ntellt la id dO l"n
by
th e "Ma r Office, a n
()
fFi
ce rs in th e
Co rp
s ho
ldin
R th e ra nk
of Co lon e l or
above (includin
g
th
e Co lo ne l
Co mm a
nd
a
nt
a n cl Br
eve
t Co lon els) a
ll 1
a ll
Ass i ta
nt
P
av
m as te rs o n th e
ac t
ive lis t on
th e 6t h
1\
fay, T935 , have bee n ml 'a rcled th
3bove
m
eda
l.
F ive . 'leda l. II'ere a
ll
ott ed to th e Co q 5
for di striblLti on am o ngs t t h V
/a rrant
Office r a nd N on-C Olllmiss ioned ( ' fficers-
th e main
Cj
ua lifica ti on of iss ue bein g len g th
of me rit ori O1 S se rv ice durin g Hi s
Ma jes t
y's
reig n . Th ese J\ Ieda ls
\I'
ere a
1-
lo
tt
ed by th e
Officer
ill C ha r
ge
of Heco rds
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THE R OYAL
ARMY
PAY CORP S
. :J : -.
O_UR_N__A_L
Corps News-Officers
rom The London
Gazette
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS.
Cap t. and Paymr. J. S. Eyno n , 1. C. to
be l\la jor (Jan. 3) .
Capt. T . H. Sweeny frO11 .R. E . t o . ~
Capt. and Pa ymr. \pnl 25) \\'Jth Se
nlOrIL
)'
Ap r il
25, 1933
. .
Capt. a
nd
Pa ymr .
E.
I . hell y to be Ma .).
(Ma y i) .
Capt. and
Paymr.
J.
F.
Bellm an to be
Mai. ( I ay J4).
Lt.
H.
P . L amb ert, frOI11
h.p
. list (la te
Mi
dd'x
R.
),
to be
Lt.
a
nd
P
aY 1l1r.
(M
ay
T
2,
T933) and to be temp . Ca pt . (May I 2 ,
T934) .
Lt.
(te mp. Ca pt .) a nd P
ay
mr . H. P .
Lamh er t to be Cap t. and P ay mr. (Ma y 12),
\I
ith se
ny. May I2 , 1933.
PO ST INGS.
Cap tain
E.
C.
Ove rt
on ,
Cey
lon to C
hat
ham R .E., 27 / 3/3 1
'fajor C. T. Stait,
War
O ffic e to
Easte
l'Jl
Co
mel . , 75
L ie
ut. H.
hi n
g, Eas
tern CU l1Id. to vV a"
nffice, 7/ :hs
ENGAGEMENT.
Mr . P. L. KIRWA N a nd j\[iss /
1
. L .
CO LLYER .- Th e en
g-
a e
ll1e
nt lS a n
noun ced betll'een Mr . Pa t ri ck T.ione]
i ir\l
an
. R oya l
Enginee
rs . son of th e l
ate
L.
E.
K ir\l a n . J\ I.B. E .. and stepson
of 1\[rs. Ki m
a
n . of I5, Pr
ospect
RO \I. Ch
at
ham . an d Alay ne Lin c1say. \'onn ges t
c1allQ'irter of th e la te Lie
ut ena nt-
Colone l A.
A. Coll ver . O. B.E .. Th e Bec1for(lshi re Re gi
me
nt.
a'
nd Arm
y Pav Depa
rtm
e11 . and Mrs.
Co ll ye r, of
18
So nthw ooc1 Court. N .\V.TT .
M RRI AGE .
l ~ V D RICHARDSON
LE
BAS. -
On
April
26
th,
~ ) 3 S , at
Sl.
Mar
ga
re
t'
s,
\Ve st111inster bv th e Rev.
L.
N. de Bu rgh.
Capta in
Fra'nk
' Ryder Ri cha
rc1
son , third
son of th e la te Dr . J. C. R y c1 er Ri cha rrl SO ll ,
of Sa x mundh am . Suffo
lk.
and of J\1r .
Ryc1 er
Ri
chardson . to J oan Ma ry , only
daught er of
th
e late Sir H ec1 ley L e Bas and
of L ady L e Bas, of Th e Ma nor, K elsa le,
S Ilf\'olk .
DEATHS.
ALLE r . - 0 11 Ma rch 20 tll , J935 , su
c1-
denlv a t Serem ba n, F edera ted l\ 'la lay
J oa n Ly nn , onl y (la ug ht er of L ieu t.
Co
l. \. L nn Alien .
L A l ~ ; r Ap ril 9th, 1935 , a t 3,
Crev ille Roa d , Ri chm ond , S
urr
ey,
Bea tri ce , yo un ges t da ught er of t.h c la t.e
Li
eut.-
Co
l. J ohn Ecl\l'a rcl Large, Rlfl e Bn
ga
de a nd .'\r111Y
Pay
D
epa rtm
ent.
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
Colonel Wm .
IV
Iorga n P lay fair, la te
Armv
Pa
v D e
partm
en t ,
th
e oldes t mem
be r th e Roy al a nd Ancien t C olf Club ,
St. A ndr
el
l's, \I'ho di ed, ag ed 91, left per
sO
ll
a l esta te ill G rea t Britain valu ed at
3,358. ,
NEW
APPOINTMENl
S.
Th e vV
ar
O ffic e
an
no
un
ces the fo ll o\I'ing
a ppoin tm en ts : .
L ie
ut
ena nt-Colonel J. B01S, D. S .n.,
lI
LC. , Th e Kin g ' s 0 1111 Roya l R eg im ent
(La n
cas
te r) , to he Office r in Cha rge of
In fantr\' Reco rd and Pay Off;c
c:
. Pr es ton ,
\\ 'i h effect fr O
ll Octo
ber 8t h , 193 .1 .
Th e
l)
romotion of L ient enan t-Co lo n 1
T3
0is \\ill [011
011'
th e
re
linquis
hm
e
nt
of com
ll1 a nd of th e 2nd Batta
li
on , T he E:.O.R.R.,
;n ?lfav. H s \1 ccee
ds Co
lonel
v
V A. Bial
,e.
CB., C M .G. , D .S .O . . A.D.e. ,.
011
c(
111 1)
.1 -
t ion of te
nu r
e.
Co
lonel 15
th
e s o n lo r
colonel in the Armv an d reac hes t
he
age:
limi t in
Oc
tober.
* *
T ieut enant- Colonel
J. V.
R. Jackson ,
Th e Buffs (E a t K e
nt
R e.O i11l E n t) . has be n
appoillted Office r in charg-e of In
fa
.ntr y
cor c1
a nd P
ay
O
ffi
ce . H o
un
slo
\\
' ,
\\
'l
th
e
ff
ect
fr om A ug u. t 12 n
ext.
L ieutena 11 t-Colonel Jackso n' s te
nur
e of
comm and at 1\I
aY 111 Yo
ex p ired on Ap r il
27 th
a 11 d he will he p rOll otecl to S1CC
Co lonel M.
n.
Cla rJ.: e. D.S.O.,.
\\
'ho
\\
'
111
reac
h th e ag-e limit of his ra nk
111
Decem
her. J oinin .
?
Th e Buffs in T002, L i ut e
11
a
11
t
Co
lonel served ill th e So nth Af l'l
C'l l1
'vV
al: a nd
I\
'
as
ad j
ut
a
nt
in 1q 1'4-1 ." allel
major ill TqT7 H e was
\\
'oull ce cl ill
and h
as
been \\ 'ith th e SO1therll N l
g;e
n a
Reg ill Je llt a nd th e Sm a ll Arm s Sc hoo l.
Ro
yal
Ar m
y
Pay Corps
Old
Comrades Association
ANNUAL GENE RAL MEETING .
The Seven th Ann ual General
f
eet ing of
th e Old Com ra des Ass ocia tion took place
at Mess rs. H a rrods, h.llig ht sb rid ge, L on
don, on 26
th
April, I935.
Th
e Chai r
lVas
taken by Co lonel
J.
C.
Ar m st rong , C B., Cl \I.
G.,
Colonel Com
man
lan t of the
Corps
a nd Pr esiden t of
the
Association, sup ported by Bri gad ier H . B.
T oller,
C.B
. , C
.M .G
., Vice
-Pr e:s
ident, a nd
a large number of memb ers.
H Oll. Sec r
et:1 ry
re
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THE ROYA L AR1\1Y PAY CORP S JOlRNAL
in
view of his good
\I
'ork on
the
tee
an
d
proposed that
S.S.1\1. '
Syme\\ ho
had
ca rri ed on th e good \\"ork should be
el
ecLd
in
his
place .
Tllis \\'
as seco
nd ed
by Colonel La ng and ca rri ed.
Lt-.Col.
Hunt
propo ed
a vote
of th
a
nk
s
to
the
re ti rin g audit
or Lt.-Col.
Robson a nd
Mr.
Bell al1d their
re-election for
the coming
year.
Colon.;l Yo
un
g se
cond
ed and th e pr opu
sition was carried .
Tbe
Chairman
inform
ed
those pres
e
nt
that
the
new Deputy Und er Se
cr
e
tary
of
St
at
e for
V
ar ,
had
hoped
to
come
to the Dinner to-n ig ht but his Doctor
fo
r
bade
him
to
do s o.
1\1r.
Paterson
had
been
la id up \\' ith a chill on th e li
ve
r and the
D
octor
'\
'as
st
ro
ng
ly aga inst
his
co
min
g i
ll
vien' of the risk of
catchin
g a he h chi ll.
. H e was disapl?ointed a
nd
hOl
ed he
,\'o
uld
be
asked next
yea r.
With
regard to
th
e
Kin
g '
Jubil
ee
Tr u
st ,
the Chairman said
W
e are a ll giving
so
mething
to
it,
I hope , and I think
\I-e
should
g ive a donation from
the funds
to
wards
it . I do
not think \\
'e could find a
better o
bject
out sid e our o\\"n
sphere.
Not
only
are
we she\\'ing
ou
r loya lty to
th
e
King but n-e do
somet
h
in
g for other peop ie
a
nd
I
suggest th
at eve ry member \\'o
uld
wish to g ive sum to
this
ob ject. "
After
th
e ma
tt er
had been
di
c
l1
ssed
at
some it \\'
as proposed by
ergt.
Reynolds
and
seconded by Capta ill Fryer
tIn t
as
this \\'as a
Jubilee
matter
the
S
Ulr.
of
25
be paid to
the King's Jubilee Trust.
Thi s proposa l
WaS
carried
unanimously.
Th
e Chairman th en in formed the meetin g
th
at th
e H on.
Sec
retary
had
J1
vacanc
ies
for th e Guard of
Ho n
our in connection
vY ith th
e
Ki n
g 's Jl1bil ee
drive
on IIth
May.
Mr. Brow
ne
had
also
inf
o
rmed him
-
h
at
h
E
hoped to ob tai n
4 tickets
for m
embers
for
th e 6th 'May at Buckingham Palace. These
\\
ere
int
ended
for tho e
members
\\'ho \I'ere
tmable to stand for long.
Anyo
ne int er
ested
in th e
above \I
'ere in vited to g
et
int o
t ouch wit h th e H on.
Secre
tllry .
Brigadi
er T o
ller
proposed
that
th e
l
sua l
honorarium
shou ld be g iven to
the
HO
l
.
Secre
tar
y, who had
carri ed o
ut
hi s
duti
es
\I
'ith r k a b l e ab
ilit
y a
nd
zeal. C
:2
ptain
Fryer
seco
nded
and
the proposition
was
C1rried un anim ously.
Th e H on. Sec r
etary
sa id " 1 should like
56
to t l
\ank yo
u, S
ir
, and
th
e
memb
e
rs
for the
kind manner in wl1-1ch they have
acknow
ledged
anyt
hi
ng ,,
hi
ch I
'ha
ve
been
ab le
to do. t has been a pleasur e to do every
thing I ca n for any member and so
long as
I am ab le I sha ll on ly be tOo pieased to
carry 011
the good
wo
rk
of
th
e Associa
tion. "
Th
e Chairman sa id
th at
a
pr
opo
sal
h
ad
been
pnt up
by some meJ1lb ers
that
our
fund
bad reached
so ati sf
ac
to
ry
a size
that
\I
'e might consider some inclulgence
to members---e
ith er to
cnt (i
O\l
'
the
price
of th e Dillner or to assis t
in.
some \I'ay
th
ose
\\'ho fo
un
d it difficu
lt
coming a long
way,
or \\'ho \I'ere hard
up
and definitely co uld
n ot a
ff
ord
the expense. Briga dier Toll
er
consi lered that in
the
present
pos
iti on
th
ere
\
'as no
object in accumul
a
tin
g and
it
seemed to
him
'th at a certain sum of
the
me
mb
ers ' s
ubscriptions
to hel p
th
e
members
th emseh-es might
be CO ll
idere I or to ass ist
th
ose me
mbers
,,ho
requir
ed
the price
of
di
nn
er. Col. Duesbury
had
told him that
th is
\\
'as done el. e\\'here and appe
ared to
be wo
rk
able.
The
idea ,,-as that
peop
l
E
,,-
ou
ld
come
to
the
di
nn
er ,,-ho would not
otherw
ise come.
-Mr. J.
Thurgoo I
sa id
that the
re
was a
certain amount of restriction with th e
Ianagem
en
t Co
mmittee;
but if
they
had
an ex tencled
amo
unt
it would
cr
eate
larger
hopes
in
th e
hearts
of m
embers
,
...
ho were
iI-l
neces
it
y. Mr. G . Stephen s
aid
he
was
against granting any ass istance in pay ing
for the ti
ck e
t, a
nd
stated that
' hilst
he
had
health
an c s
trength
he
\I
-as re
ad
y
and
wil
lin g to pa?
Colonel Mackenzie suggested th at if say
[5
0
\I
'
as
placed
at the cli
posa l of
IV
l anag
e1l1en
t Committee for assista nce of
any old Com r
ades \\
'ho cou ld
IIOt
afford
th
e
cost of the dinner it mig ht meet the posi
tion a n
cl the
matter
be
left entirely to
the j
vfanagement Committee . Mr. Fullom
\I
'
as
opposed to
the
id ea of a
ny
refund.
The objects of the Association ,,,ere
as
stated in
the rul
es---assistance
sho uld be
for the benefit of those for
whom
it
was
o
ri
ginally int
ended.
H e co
nsidered that
Committee had had their ha
nd
s tied
and
that
s
in
ce
the
O.C.A.
had been in
ex istence
the
y had not been over-ge
ner
ous.
The
C
hairm
an sa id
th
at r
at
her
un f
or
tun
ate ly onr m em
be
rs were of a higb cla
ss
T-R E ROYAL
ARMV
P
AY
CO RP S J O RNA L
and
th
at
th ere
were
fewer peop
le (as com
pared
with o
th er
associations
whp
have
more
calls
t h a ~ l
we ha v
t:
) have m
ade
demands 0
our resources.
In repl
y to
Brigadier Toller,
who asked
'vv
hetb,er the Management Committee h
ad
rece ived many cases which th ey \I'ere un
ab.le to deal
\I
'ith
ge
n
ero
usly,
lVIr.
Sharp
~ a l d th at they had dealt with every case on
ItS ments.
They
had refused n
obody
and
not on ly had they not refu sed them but
the
y
had
to ld
them, \\
'
here it
was consid
ered e ~ s a to come up aga in . Sin ce
the
Samantan fund \I
'
as
lllaug nrated
eve
ry
one IJad been ass i
sted,
not only in
th
e shape
of
cas
h
but
surg ical instn.ll1lE:nts
as
well.
The
t t e r
was discussed at some leng
th
after
wh Ich Colonel :
Mackenzie proposed
'th at
~ b e
sum of 50 annually be p laced at
the dl
sposal of
the
Management
Commit
tee so .
th at the
y,
at th
eir discretion,
may
use thIS money' to assist old
Comrades
to
CO
lll
e
to th e dinner who would oth erwise
~ o t ab
Je to affo
rd
to come,
it
being
und ers tood that th e amount \, ould not be
expended so
as to make
a deficit- on the
yea r's
working.' .
.
This \I
'
as
seco
nd
ed
by
S.Q.lVI.S.
ValIin,
tme and carri ed .
A
1 b e r asked
whether
men discharged
as med Ica lly ~ n f i t cou ld recei-;e preferen,
tlal tr
ea tm ent
III
th e matter of empl
oy
ment .
:Mr. Browne, in rep ly, sa id th at whenever
be was
notified of a vacancy he
informed all
the people on his register. We sent their
nam
e to
th
e p lace a
nd th
e rest was
entirely
a matter bet\l'een th e man and the Em
p loyer .
Colonel Young proposed a very hearty
vote
of
th
a
nk
s to
the Colonel
Commandant
for presiding, \I'hich proposal \\
as
seconded
by
Colonel
Lang a
nd carried
una
nimou
s
ly
,
Th
e proceedings th en terminated .
SEVENTH NNU L
DINNEQ
Th e Seventh Annual Dinn er of th e Old
Comrades' Association
took pl
ace
at
M e s s r ~ . H arrods, Kni g ht sbrid ge, , . vV. J
on
Friday, 26th Ap
ril, 1935. There
\\'as a
la rge muster of pas t and present members
of the
Corps,
a
ll
ranks
being
rep rese
nt
ed .
Th
e late hour at \\"hich
th
e a
nn u
al meet
ing terminated,
pre
ven
ted
th
e Colonel
Com.mandan t from hold ing his
ll
sual re
ceptlOn; he
\I
'as, to\l'ever, ab le to rece ive
and \
ve col11e Mr
Watherston,
Director
of
FlIlance, I\ ho ,,-as the g uest of the even
mg.
Th
e tab les had been tas tefull y decorated
and
the
of H ono
ur
occupi
ed it
s
u s u ~ 1 pr0I11111ent position, in front of th e
Cha
Irman
, being-
inspe
cted
by
a lar
ge
nUll
ber
of
the memb
ers.
Arrl" stroug
pres
ided
and
was Sllp
POI ted by
B n g a d ~ e r s
T oiler and Musson,
C?
lon
els Ma
cke
nZie, Young, Lang, Macfie,
RIley aljd
Duesbury,
Messrs. Sh
arp,
and
Br
owne .
Full
ju
st ice was done to th e menu, which
was
excellently
served .
D ~ r i n g
Dinner
a
splendid
progra mm e of
mUS1C was rendered by th e Tmbus Orc h
compo ed of
ex-service
men .
fhe
toast of " His Ma jesty
Th
e Kino-"
was
p:op?sed
by the Chairman a
nd ~ a s
enthUSIast Ically drunk, to
the
accompani
ment of
the National Anth
em.
57
Colonel R A B
Young,
O. B .E., in
pro,
poslllg
th
e t
oast
of
the
Old
Comrades'
As
soc iation , sa id : " I am very proud to-night
tQ propose th
e toas t of the Old
Comrades'
Association. I a rn
Il
ot mllch of a speech
maker.
I have not
th
e merry wit of our
Co,lone.l Con;m ancJant or tthe fluency of
Bl lgad
ler
1
o
il er
- ne
Ither
h
ave
I
the
jo
ur n
alisti c
\I
' it of Colonel
Mackenzie
who
has h
ad thin
gs pub
li
shed
in Punch h i c h
I sho
uld never
do. I
am VE:ry o-
l
ad
to see
from th e fin ancia l re por t
and
balance
~ h e e t
the
ex
trao rdinaril y
fl
o
urishin
g state of our
funds a nd as I ga ther th at we are now
proposing to '
blue'
a
bit, th
at is all
to the
go
.od.
I think
before
actually proposing
tIllS toa
st,
I sho
uld
like to go int o a
year
?r two
of
past
history . I
hav
e
had 33 years
111
th
e
Army Pay Department
and the
R. A .P.C. I joined fr om a Reg
iment- the
Royal
Inniskillin
gs- a
nd
had the honour
of findin g,
when
I did join , th e present
Colonel Commandant already
th
ere from
the same
Regiment.
I should like
to
tell
you an
instance
or
two abo
ut
the early
9
ays
.
When
I joined at Belfast I \vas put
111
charge of
the Gene
ral
Account
Book
in \\'
hich
yo u
\lT
ote
every
transac t ion
a Cost Accountant would
probably
call
this
a Journ al.
The
ot h
er
Officer in the room
had th
e Cash
B
ok and
signed the c h ~ q u e s
- th e Cash Book O
ffi
cer was always
kn
own
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E
Q
o
THE
ROYA L AR MY
PAY
CO
RP
S J
as th
e
Go
vernment and th e ot h
er the Op
position In th ose day s the pre ent K,ill g
came
over and
\ \ ~
h
ad
a
big pa
rade and
the qrder for the pa rad e was that the Pa y
Corps
sho
uld
occ upy a certai n
position
ill
the march
on
the route. It a lso sa id that
a ce
rt
a in' n U l 1 1 b ~ r of mu gs \\ o
uld
be at
tached to
th
e back of tht W agp n Ca
rt.
The
Pay
Corps did ac tually mar ch imm ed ia tely
behind
the Wag o n Cart
(l
a ug
ht
er) . No t
only th e \ iVar but other things have made
th e Co rps a
much
bigge r sho\\'
th
an
formerly, and I \\'ollld base the g reat success
cbf our Old
Comrades Association on the
'fact tha t \\ e have had such exce llent people
in
the War
Office as our Co lonel Comman
dant,
Bri
gad ier -Toller
and
our present
Bri ga
dier.
Th
ey
ha
ve
introd
u
ced
m
ode
rn
ideas
and
I
th
ink yo u \\ ill agree t
hat the
Associat ion h
as
a lot to tJlank them for.
Th e onl y other
thin
g to
say
is th a t our
Deputy U nder Se cretar y of Sta te for \ \Ta r
is too ill to be w ith us, \\h ich \\'e regret,
but
we
are very g lad indeed to ee
Mr.
W a
th
erston here . I hope I ha not I ored
you too long. I g ive you
th
e toast of
the
'O
ld Comrades Association'." (L oud
app la use.)
Mr. E. J.
W.
Br owne (rep ly in o-) sa id:
I fee l ve ry proud at hav
in
g been elec ted
by my co ll
eag
ues to rep ly to thi s im] Orta nt
toast
\\'hich h
as
bee n so
ab
ly
propo
sed by
Co lonel Youn g an d responded
to
so ge ner
ously by yo u. A very em ine
nt
man h
as
sa id
th
at th e ideal Sec reta ry sh
ou
ld be
seen and not hea rd . You \\ill observE;
that
thi s t
oast
is be ing
rep
lied to
by the
Presi
dellt of t h ~ Dinner Committee . Our
A nnu a l
gatherino-s
are occas ions f
or Stock
takin
cy
;
they are mil estones in
th
e progre -
sive histo ry of Ollr Associa tion a nd contri
bu t
e ne\\' id
eas
and increased force to our
-act IvIt Ies . t be imp oss ible to g ive
a deta iled acco
unt
of
the
many a nd
varied
efforts made 0 11 behalf of our memb ers
but
it mig
ht
not be out of place to m
ake
kn o \\ n
a
few.
In ' th e first place the re is th e
question
of e
11l
ploymen t. So far I ha ve reg istered
sS names for employ ment and I
am
ha
pp
y
to be
ab le
to
inf orm yo u
th
at
the
g reat
majorit y ha ve found jobs . W e do not
c l o s ~
o
ur
eyes to
th
e
app
alling amOl1nt of
unem ployme
nt
and
th
e demora li ing effec t
u
po
n th e
nation. No man
, \\ 'h
atever
po i
ti on he occ upi es ,
can
view w
ith
out concern
59
the eve r-increas ing p roblem of unemploy
ment, and it is the a im of our President
and the c om mi ttee to see th at every mem
ber on return to Civil life
ha
s a fa ir chance
of emp loy ment, in o
n
e
our offices ,
\\ ith the ab le co-ope ration of P ay mas ters,
or throu g i) one of
the
service orga ni ations.
Some people
think
th at it is a\\ 'fully easy
to
get
a job in Civil lif
e- in fact
the other
day a fellO\\ came to L ond
on to
ge t a job
and
ano
ther
aske
d \yha t
brought
him to
L ond on . H e rep li ed that th ere \\
'as
not
m uch doing
in
the co
untr
y so he th.ought
he woul d co
me to
L ondon
to
get a n ho
nes
t
living .
Hi
s pa l rep lled 'Tbat's easy,
yo
u
will have no oppositi
on';
b
ut
it is not
qu
it e
so
easy as
th G\t. A gre
at
many h.ave
joined the
Associa ti on.
Th
ey
h
ave
no
ob ject ion to nle Association help ing them
and ge
ttin
g better
conditions
for them .
What we have to do is to ge t these people
to realise t
heir responsib
ilities.
They hav
e
go t to be members of the Association
the v cannot sit on th e fence. We i1ltend
to l; ut our members first, second and third.
The o ther item is conc ern
ed
\\'
itb
app li
ca ti ons for ass i
sta
nce . I \\'ish to emp ha ize
that \\'e \\'e re n ever intended to be an
In
sura1lce Soc iety. Never
th
eless, it is ob
vious that there must be
some
of on r mem
bers who th rollg h no fault
of
their O\\'n
fiud th at a n ap1 li cat ion for
ass
istan ce is
ju
stified a
nd
we
\\
elcome an
appea
l from
such Cl membe r. Th ese people are tardy in
aI ply in
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g rea er th e power we \\'ield, th e s tron
ge
r
is our voi
ce, and
the grea ter
th
e
co
n
cessions
\\'e ca n
ob
ta in for the benefit of our mem
bers.
Members
hi
p of tb e Old
a d e ~
Assoc
iati on is an honour. We are proud
of our Associa
Most
of us hav E'
had
qllr da y,
and only want to ma
ke
thin gs
better for our old
comrades,
more especi
ally
th
ose
who come
after us, to fee l
th
a t
we
ar.TE , H on . Sec .
60
Retirement
Li
e
ut.-C
ol. C. H . Ga
rratt,
O. B
.E
.,
having atta ined
the
a g ~ limit of 6S yea
rs,
retired from
the
appo intm e
nt
of
Cashie
r ,
Eastern Comm and, on 29th May, I93S
Lieut.-Col. Ga rr qtt joined the South Staf
fordshir e R
eg
im
ent
in May, 1891 and
served with th em for ten vea l S be fore trans
ferrin
g to
th
e
Army P ;
y
Department
in
1901, \\'hen he was posted to Houn slo \\ .
In 1903 he was sent out to
So
uth A fri
ca
but
oni y l mained
th
ere for th ree months.
He was then
posted
to
Dev
onport for four
months and in the same yea r went abroa d
again , this time to Egypt where he
was
stati oned for
th
e next two years.
Fr om
1\[
ay , 1905 to December, 1910 he
was emp
l
oye
d with,
the Army Accounts
Departm
ent at Woolwich , Po
nt
efra ct, Y o
rk
and S ierra Leone.
On returning
from
Sierra in A u
g
ust,
I909,
Capt Glo\rratt was 'posted O
A
ld
ershot
and received
hi s
maj
orit y
In
May, 19II after 20 years' se rvice.
At th e o ut
break
of the G r
eat
War he was
stationed at
Ca
nt erb ur y and
proceeded,
o n
s th Aug us
t,
19I
4,
to France in advance of
the British Exped iti ona ry F orce.
H e
remained
in France and Belgium
until Ju n e, 1916 \\hen he was
pos
ted for
du ty at W ooh\ ich . In N1a y, 1919 he
joined
the Ru ss ian Relief
Force
to A rch ange l
tak in g over from Lieut.-Col. Coxon.
Short
ly afte r his
return
six m ont hs la
ter
he was a\ \'a rded the O. B.E. and \\'as also
mentioned in
the
Despatch
es
of Ge n
era
l
L ord Rawlin son for hi s services in To rth
Ru ss ia .
After further r v i c ~ at H ounslo\\' a
nd
Ed
inbur
gh he
\\ q
S promo
ted
Lieut-Col.
in
Ju ne, 1921 and \\ 'as
poste
,d to the Command
Pa
y O ffice , B
ag hd
ad, bein g subseq ue
ntl
y
posted to
Egypt.
R e
tllrnin
g in 1922 he
was pos
t
ed
to
H a
milton
and later to th e Command Pay
O
ffi
ce. E
din
burgh and in May, I927, at th e
age of : 7, he reti red from the Corps .
A month later, hO\\'ever, h e \\'as ap
po int
ed Cash
ier of th e
Eastern
Command
and has be en empl oyed at 80, Pall 1V1all
fr om Jul y . 1927 .
Li eut.-Col. Garratt \\'ill tak
e'
\\ith
him
th e
goo
d \\'ishes of all w ho h
ave
se
rv ed
wit
h hi111 for man y happy' years of re
tire
ment at Aldersho
t.
THE R OY AL
ARMY
PAY CORPS J OU R NA L
Contract
Bridge
By Lt.-Co
l.
J. GROSE (Late
A.
Th e Go ld Cup
has be
n \\'0
11
th is
by the Wolfers' T ea m pl
ay
ing the T
ong
-u o, the sys tem of approach bidding .
The
long
un
bea ten reco
rd
of Lederer's t
eam
was broken b\' the ir def at at the hand of
1ngra m 's
Team
\\'ho Sll
cc um
bed t he
Final to the W olf
ers
.
Since I \\Tote
my
fir st ar
ticl
e to thi s
Jo
urn
al
d
yea rs
ago
and explained the
prin
cip
les of
app
r
oac
h bi
dd
in
g, th
e f)I
ac tic
of its ex ponents ha g radua ll y changed.
As ' ulb ert son says , the ge nera l standard
of
Bridge
p l
ay
ing
exce
l1
en
ce
th r
ou
gho
ut
the \rorld is much hi g her no \\
' ' ' ,
a nd o\r ing
to
a
ltera
ti
ons
in the
ru
le. a
nd
the
aCCll
lT1t1-
l
atio
ll
of experi ence, a firmer foun dat ion
on \\"hich to
erec
t the
ed
ifice
of th
e bid
ding h :1 - beeD proved
to
be desirab le.
H
and
valuat ion has, th erefo re, bee n
ti
gh
t
ened
up a nd the
tabl
e of h
ono
nr tr ic
ks
modi fi ed .
New
Tahle.
2 Tricks A
.K
TTricks
A .Q ;
K.Q.
J
I Tr i
ck A;
K.Q;
K.
x :
Q.x
Trick
-
Q x Q x;
Q.
J
x
OM Table.
2 Tr icks A .K
I t
Tricks A.Q; A .J .10 ; 1:: .Q . TO
I
Trick
; K.Q; K.x Q .x
1-
Tr ick Q .x J
.x;
Q.
J.
x
on o c r OIlC has
hee
n adopted
1
y
more
a
nd
more
of th
e best p l
ay
ers until n
o\\
it is
accepted as
part of th e system. That is ,
wben a bid of
One of
a suit is taken
out by par tn er with a hid of
O
ne of a
l1i g her s
uit
or " 1'\\'0" of a lowe r suit ,
this
re
spo
n
se
req
uir
es that
the biddin
g be
kep
t
01en for one more roun c1. t fo ll o\\'s th a t
before
ope nin
g the b
idding.
a p laye r mu st
look ahead and consider \\'hat he is go ing
to
ca ll n.ex t if
his
pa
rtner so responds.
Wh en th e
ope
ner h
as
a suit of s ix , or a
suit of 'five he
ade
d bv
th r
ee honours or
bv
A.K., he
ca ll re-b id -
it
.
But \\
'hen he h
a-s
not a re-b idd ab le suit, he sho
uld
be
strong enoug h to make som e o
th
er
bid.
"The requirements for ope nin g th e hidding .
then, are
2-1; honour tri cks \\ 'ith a re-hid
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R.H.
A.
tr
ot
by, next the Life G
uard
s,
and
next th e Kin g and Queen.
The
g rac ious
kind
ness and
exq
ui site a ppea rance of their
Majesties have been more fu lly a
nd
ab ly
dea lt wi th than we a re a bl e, and
we
can
only record persona l impress ions. It is a ll
mos t affecting . Peop le a re wild wit h delight
and enthu siasm . H ats and handk erchief s
,,'ave
in
th
e a ir , and eve ryone chee rs him
self hoa rse.
,
Now
a il is go ne a
nd
people
ur
ge out int o
the r
oad,
or ga th er round wi reless lo
ud
speakers for a broadcast of the
Thank
s
giv ing Se rvice .
As
the process ion w ill
ret urn by a di ffe re
nt
route, and by n
ovv
there
is li tt le hope of sec uring eve n a peep on that
ro ute,
it
remains only for us to make th e
best of our way home by th e only two
mea
ns
of tran
s
port avai
l
ab
le
abo ut
her
walking or und erground ra iIway.
Pall Mall i
ts the
Royal Proces
si
on
T he police a re being re form ed a
nd
marched in fou rs to
tak
e up n
ew
positions
for
the
r
et
urn journey. Th e
ir
contr ol has
been exce lle
nt
, and th ey a re ap plauded by
th
e cr
owd
as
they
march past. A
quite un
authorised constab le g rave ly acknowl edges
th
e cheers on b
eha
lf o f th e
Po
lice
Fo r
ce
in genera
l
And so we go home to enj oy
th
e latte r end of a pe
rf
ect day, to be
follow ed by a sca r
ce
ly less remarkable
night.
Th
ere a re more persons in London at
th is tim e than
there
hav e e
ver
been b
efo
re.
U ntil abo ut 9 p.m. it is poss ible wit h a great
effor t to ma ke o ne's way a long th e pavement
b
ut
as d usk fa ll s th e streets, it seems,
are
fill
ed wit h a s
ur
ging cr
owd -a
ll
wit
h th e
one obj ect of see ing London flood -lit .
A lth o ugh traffic in a il the c
hi
ef \Nest E nd
s
tr
ee ts is sto pped, it is difficult to make one's
way
up
Regent S tre
et
or Oxfo rd tr
ee
t.
Ev e
ry shop is illuminated in so me fo rm or
ot her and thi s, coupl ed with th e illumina
tions
disp
layed in the st r
eets
makes a sight
never to be forgotten.
Tne Royal Proces sion passing th e
Command
ay
Office
P r
og ress ever
yw
here is sl
ow
.
It
is 1m
possible to ge t within 400 ya rds of
Buckingham P alace where an exci ted but
pa ti ent crowd of some two hundred
tho
usa nd a re w
aitin
g, h
op
ing to catch a
g lim pse of th e
ir
Ma j
es
ti es . t i imp oss ible
to ge t nea rer th an S t. James
Pa
lace so we
shuff l a long the Ma ll towa
rd
s Ad miralty
A rch, whi ch pr esen
ts
a trul y ma gnificent
appea rance and to th e H orse Gua rd s w here
th
e building is
illumina
ted in a delicate
shad e
of
blue.
' tHE j)YAL AR;\lY P AY COR P S J OURl\AL
F1 Om Pa r li
ame
nt
Sq uare the towe rs of
th e W a r Office sta nd out a mong th e lights
of
Whit
eha
ll
, whil
e
Big Ben ca n be seen
for mil es a rou nd.
Back through S
t.
J
ames
'
Pa
rk here hun
dr eds of lamps a re used to ill uminate the
many
we ll
kept flower beds and tr ees the
crowds a re as thi ck as ever . It is a n o
rd
erly
and
good
-natured crowd but
sight-seeing
un der
these
cond
itions is a tedious task and
so soon after 11 p.m. we dec ide to make our
way homewards leav ing those in t J am es'
Park to
strugg le on in the di rection of
B uckin gham Pa lace v 'here th e vast multi
tud e is hourl y being added to.
It has been a g rea t night - a fitti ;,g fi.na le
to a g reat and wonderf ul da y.
BELF
AST.
Jubi lee Day was celebrated by a sho rt
ceremoni al parade.
In
th e evenin g
th ere was a procession of torch-bearers to
th
e B
eacon
on Cave Hi
ll
, f rom whence th e
cha in of li ghted
beacons
in No rth e
rn
Ir e
land commenced .
On aturday, 11 th Ma y , Be lfast was
honoured by a visi t f rom
H.R.H.
T-he Du ke
of Gloucester, who was accorded an ent hu
siastic welcome on hi s way
thr
ough the
ga ily deco rate d st reets to and from the City
Ha ll
,
wh
ere he w as
pr
ese
nt
ed wit h th e Free
dom
of
the City.
O n S unday, 1
2th
May,
His
R oya l Hi gh
ness attended a
se
rvice in Belfast Cat hed ra l.
Warr
ant Officers and sen ior No n- com
missioned Office l's
of
the Belfast Ga rri son
were selected fo r th e honour of lin ing the
ent rance to the
Ca t
hed ra l.
CHE
STER .
Th e ce lebrations commenced with a
se r
vice in th e Ca th edral fo ll owed by a 'la rch
P
as
t of th e Tr oops at Chester, th e Bri tish
Legion
,
and ot
her or
ga
ni
sat
ions.
Th
e
Gene
ra
l O fficer Co
mm
anding- in- Chi ef,
W este
rn
Command, who was accompa
ni
ed
by
th
e Mayor and Co rpo rat ion,
and
s
upp
o
r
ted by a ll officers
of
Command H
ea
d
qu a rt ers, too k the
sa
lute,
Th e Other Ranks
of
th e Detachment
were se lected to ass ist 111 th e a
rr
ange ments
within th e Ca
th
ed ral.
EX ETER.
Co lonel L. D. Woolcombe, O
ffi
ce r ijc
R eco rd s and Pay Office, Exeter, took th e
65
sa
lu te duri ng the ma rch past of th e Tr oops,
and var i
ous
loca l o r
ga
ni sa t ions, which
took
pla ce after the c hu rch service held at Exeter
Ca
th
edra l.
PERTH.
T he Detachm ent a lmost w ith out exceptiol1
were pa rti cipants in officia l capac ities at the
Jubilee Pa rade and
Dr
um H ead Se rvi ce
held
at Pert
h on 6th May. A day of
bril
liant sUllshine gave to the spec tacle that
brave show one a lways
associates
with
H ig
hl
and Gatherings whe re K ilt and
Feather
Bcn net sw ing to th e ski rl
of
the
bagpip es .
A str iking and mu ch discussed fea
ture of
thi s pa rade
wa
s th e Ex-Se rvice Me n's Mus
te r. A s
il
ence that could be fe lt g reete d
th e
ar
riv a l o f th
e
old so ldier
s as
co lumn
after co lumn of be-meda lled civili ans
marc hed on to th e P ara de G round.
Truiy a s triking test imony to the lo
ya
lty
of the O ld B ri
gade"
to the ca ll of Th(,l
King
and The O ld
Regiment.
YORK.
Th e proceedings
of
th e day opened
wit
h
the
Ju bil
ee
Parade in Pa rli a
ment
St ree t.
H ere, lined up for in
spec
tion, \\'ere
16/ 5th
La n
cers on
foot
, the
2nd
B
n.
1
orth
umb er land Fu sili ers, th e \i\Test Yorkshire
Regt. , th e Leg ion of Frontiersmen, and
C\
detachm ent
of
th e British L
egio
n .
Th
e in
spec
ti on
\I
'as carried out by Major-Gene ral
G . H . J
ackso
n , C .B., C .M.
G.,
D. S.O the
C01l1m ander of th e \i\les t Riding
Area,
\\'ho
\I'as accompan ied by th e
Rt
. H on. th e Lord
Mayor
of Yo rk.
Th r
ee chee rs wer e given
by al l th e men on pa rade for H is Ma j es ty
the Kin g, \I' hich, acco
mpani
ed by the wav
ing
of
headd resses on
bay
onets, pr ese nted
an insp irin g
spectac
le.
A
ft
er th e Military Parade a T ha
nks
g iving
Se rvi ce was helel in the M inste r where His
Grace th
e
Lord Archbishop
of
York con.
ducted th e
se
rvice.
A Ivli lita ry Enterta inm e
nt
was given in
th e enclos
ur
e of the Yor k Ra ce Comm
itt
ee,
on the Knav esmir e, in the afte rnoon.
Mu s
ica l se lect ions
were
played by the bands
of the 1
6/5t
h La n cers ,
2nd
Bn. o rthum
be
rland
F usiliers, 2nd Bn. the
Lin
co ln shire
R egiment , 2nd Bn . the Royal Scots F u ili ers
and
th e 1
st
Bn. t he K .O. Scott ish
Bo
rdere
rs
.
Th e Eq uit
atio
n estab li shm ent of the
16/ 5t h La nce r gave a remarkable display
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of
hor.
ema
nshi D and trick riding.
Th e piping
a;ld
dancing di pl
ay.giv
n by
th e 2nd Bn. Roya i
Sco
ts Fusllters 'was
g reat ly appreciated . . . .
In
the eve nin
o
',
the
flood lt g
ht 1l
g o f
the
Min ter City \Na ll , Ba rs and th e illum ina
tion
of
'the bridges
pres
e
nt
ed a
\\'onderfu
l
cene, vi \\'ed bv th ousa nds of specta t
ors.
NI
\ T.-\.
f anyone h
ere
had any doubts regarding
lhe loya lty of the iJaltese
peop
le to the
B
ri
tish Cro\':n , th ey must
ha
ve been dIs
pe lled durin
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O ur
pa
rti cul
ar section of
the
rout
e
was
the East Carriage Road in
Hyde
Park
and
the parade was und er the command
of
Lord
J e ll icoe. Th e as e
mb
ly
was at
We ll ington
Barracks , eac h column ma rched off hea led
by the fifes and drums of one
of
the Guards
Battalions. Our
trust
y co lumn had th e
Grenadiers and right
bravely we stepped out
as we passed the
Guard and
proceeded
alona Sp
ur
Road pas ing Buckingham
Pa lace . What a sight met
our eyes:
chi l
dren a far a the eye could r eac h, thousands
and thousands 0 f
them; the \ i
cto
ria
ilemorial
as
covered with them and it
was a wonderfu l and never-to-be-forgotten
sight;
but a ll o
ur
calcu lat ions of marching
strict ly to
attent
ion were up set as we came
round the
Memorial
for wi th one accord the
youngsters
ye
lled out O ld so ldiers neve r
die and it was ca
rr i
ed on a
ll
th e way up
Constitution Hi ll , until we fina lly c
ro
sse d
over into Hyde Park.
Loud chee rin g
announced that
their
Majesties were coming and now the Roya l
Proce sion came into view, passing
us
at a
\\ alking
pace
.
W e are all pleased at being ab le to take
part
,
espec
ia lly as a mes age h
as been
received fro m Lord J e ll icoe te ll in
o
' us that
Th e King was much struck wit h the steadi
ness and bearing of all
ranks
and ca rried
away a very pl
easa
nt memory
of
the
en
thusiastic welcome acco rd ed their
Majesties.
. 'tnd if you' re uch a fool that you
ca
nt remember \I
h
t yo u've
got to do, pUl, It dow ll a note-book-th . lme us 1 do
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THE
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Our Chess Page
Ch ess in Schools.
There are man y chess p layers who con
sider
that th e definite in
the
strength
of English Chess is much due to
the fact that quite a number of sc hoo ls now
give a sho
rt period every
week to
the teach
ing and study of the game . This has been
done
for
man y
yea
rs
abroad,
especia
ll
y in
Germany. Ov e r twenty yea rs ago, the c hess
editor played a
number of
sc hoo ls
there
and
though he was then quite
good,
he was
beaten in imulta neous play by a number of
German boys.
Mr
. C ..
Kipping
, who is
l1imse lf a
famous prob
lemi st
and
a lso a
strol1
0
' player, and th e composer
of
our
thirteent h
problem,
has
for
many years
devoted much
of
hi s time out
of
sc hoo l, to
the training
of
hi s boy s, whilst :Mr. G. C
Brown he headmaster of the famo us Co l
lege
for
the Blind at Worcester , also has a
very fine team, and man )' first class and
int ernati ona l players have sta rt ed the ga me
1.111der his tuition.
Chess enco urages and deve lops
0
many
mental acco
mp
lishme
nts
,
that
many con
si
der
that it shou ld form part of the
curricu l
um of
eve ry schoo
l,
\
le
wonder
'
what
the average parent wou ld hav e
to
say
-on the matter?
Rea lly g rea t players
are
invariab ly
clever
me n , a nd are usua lly
drawn
from the pro
fessional
ranks
.
Amongst
these may be
menti
oned
a Cardina l, man y Cab in
et
il inis
ters, Doctors, lawyers, actor , solicitors, and
man y cler
gy
men. whilst every chess p layer
knows that N apo leon was a keen pl
ayer
a nd the
board
he always p layed on is st ill
to be
seen
in
the famous
ch
ess
res
taurant
in
Paris- the Cafe R ege nce.
Li l
ienthal
, the
French
Master.
whose
now
famous game at Hastings against Capa
bl
an
ca is given below, was a boy
prodigy,
and. Reschevsky is playing at the forth
com1l1g Congress at Margate
this yea
r . The
lat ter was a very fine pl
ayer
when only
four
years old. He played in London, at th e
Gambit
Cafe against 20 st rong pla)/ers
when
10 years old and easi ly he ld his own
th em. Chess can be sty led
as
an
mt e llect ua l game, and its study wi ll
69
invariab ly train the mind, and bring one
int o the company of excellent , sporting
typ e
of
c
hara
cte r.
It
is a
good
hobby
for
midd le lif e.
Game
No.
3
1
ll a yed in the Chri stmas
Hastings Tour
ney, and remarka ble
for
its Queen sacrifice
0 the
20th move
aga inst a
former
vVorld
Champion. The
position
at
the sacrific ial
move is given
as
an int eresting study :__
Queens Pawn.
\\HtTE. BLACK
Lili
e
ntha
l
Ca pablan
ca
1.
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Gam e
No. 32
.
Here i another ga me from the fifth
round of the P r
emie
r Tournament a t Hast
ing s -
Qu een s Gambit Declin ed.
-.lITE
R.
P.
i t c h e
1. P-Q4
2. P-QB I
3.
P-K3
4. Kt-QB3
5.
Kt-B3
6. B-Q3
7. Cast
le
. J3 x BP
9. B-Q3
10. K t- IQ
11.
P K
+
12.
P-KS
13. Q-B2
1
4. Kt-Kt3
15. Q-K2
16 . 0 -K -I
1
7.13 x
P
1. 0
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19 . 13 x K t
20.
QR-QB l
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BLACK
G. 111
. N
rman
P -Q
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YAL ARMY
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CO
RPS
J OUB-NAL
country were sick and required thei r pre
sence imm e
diat
ely and it wou ld be
very
diffic
ul
t to
get
ot
her
se
rv
ants
to
rep
lace
them.
And
now one
FlI1a
l exa mp le wh ich since
it ref e rs to the pay
of
soldiers will possibly
app ea
l more than th e ot her
exa
mp les.
In
thi s in
sta
nce
I
quote
the actual
conver
sa
tion
that
took p lace between my wif e and
the
manage
r
of
the h
ote
l in which we we re
re siding.
Hote
l
Manager:
Yo
ur mast
er
very
rich ?
My
wife: No,
my
master
no belong
rich.
Hotel
Manager: B
ut yo
ur
maste r be
l
ong
paymaster, a
ll
paym
aste
rs very ri c
h.
i[y
wife:
Yes
, my mas ter
is
payma
ter
but no bel
ong
ri ch, he get pay a
ll
ame as
oth er officer
s.
Hote
l
Manager: How
much your mas
ter get one
month
,
$500?
My wife (having in view reduced hote l
charges) :
Yes,
$500 one month .
Hotel Manager (obv
iously n
ot
believing
thi s sta teme
nt
): ot a ll ame Chinese
Arm
y,
Paymaster
Chinese
rl11
)' ve ry ri ch,
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he
take
money
from
a
ll
soldiers.
And as a seni
or
officer remarked when
thi s conver
sat
ion
was
rep
eated
to him.
E ither he doesn't believe you or he thinks
you' re the biggest foo l on the face
of the
ea rth.
N
\\1
don 't all
rush
j
or
a job i
:1
China ,
because you'
ll
find
the Chinaman
is one too
man y f
or
you anJ you'
ll
be squeezed out in
a ll
: n s e s
of
the
word .
Cont ra
ct
Br idge
:o
llt
i
nu ed from pa
ge 62)
V 's Hand s.
Prob
lem
I Pr
oblem 2.
Ga
me a ll. Dealer
Z. Game
all. Dea ler
Z.
+K.
x
.x
+
K.x
Q K
.Q.x.x.x
Q
A.Q
.
x.x
O
x.x
O
A.x.x
x x x x . x . x
Pr
oblem 3.
L ove all. Dealer
Y .
+ K
.x
.x
Q
A.Q.J.x
.x
o No ne
Q . x . x
Pr
oblem 4.
Love a ll. Dealer Y .
+ K .
]' I O.
X
Q K. Q.
x.x
O
A.x
x . x
Soll tion
01/.
p
age
77.
Army Pay
Office ,
Belfast,
February. 1911.
B
AC
K
Row
.
-Boy
Cnmpio
ll
, S I
got.
W.
P.
L. l\'[ cE, 'oy,
S . ~ . ) .
G. 'tev ens,
Sgt
. .
A .
Paine, Se l
gL
. J. Dunn e. l\1r. Wltkoll'skl and Q . M . S H . H o ~ k l n on.
MIDDL
E
Row.-S
.Q.N l.S . (n
ow
Lt.Co l. retd.)
R.
S. An comhe, Sgt.. W . Slaney, S.Q.M.S.
C. P itch er, S.S.M. J. B
oo
th , S.Q.M.S. S. A. W. Cass, S.Q.M.S. G. BradbuJ Y, Lj Sgt. G.
Pall'sey, Sgt. J . Brogden. .
FRO
NT
Row . -Sg t . J. H . FOl'ster, Sgt. J. H. SmIth , Boy Booth, Sgt . D. J . QllIgley, Sgt.
R.
Cairly,
Sgt
. G. Johnson.
72
1HE RO
YAL ARMY PAY CURPS
J
UURI AL
OBITU RY
Daniel Jor d
an
(late
S.Q.l\f
.S .
No . 56)
died
at
So
uth
ampton on
lU
ay I 2
th,
I935.
at th e age of 86. H e enlist ed in to th e
Gordon
Hi gh
land ers on
Sep
tember 16th .
I 78,
and erved
with th em ill
Malta,
Egyp
t , Malta aga in ,
and
Cey lon, r
et urnin
g
home in I89I. H e \\ 'as a \\ arded th e
Egyp
t
Medal
and Star,
I884-5, a
nd \I
'as p romoted
Quartermaster Sergeant in r88
5.
In
I891, ~ I r . J
orda
n
transf rr
ed to the
Corps of 1 \ I i l i t a r ~ taff Clerks, and to
the
Army
Pay Corps in
I893 . H e
spent the
\I
'hole of hi s service in the Corps
at
home,
a
nd
wa
a
wa
rded th e L ong
Se
r vice a
nd
Good Con
duct
Medal. H e \\'as disch
arged
to pe nsion on September
I5t
11 ,
18
99.
Geo rge OS\l'ald Dav ies (late Q
.J
H.S. No.
70) died in Lo
nd
on on May 18
th
, 1935,
at
th e age
of
82.
Th
e deceased enli sted
in t
o
th
e
Sou th Wa
les Borderers
on
February
19
th
, r877, and
,ent
o
ut
to th e Cape
Good
o p ~ in the follo\\'ing
yea r. He r
e
he was a\\'a rc1ed th e
South
African Medal
wi
th
clasps.
In
1880 he se
rv
ed a fell'
month
s
in
G ibr altar,
and \I
'as then
six
yea rs in
Indi
a, t\\' o in Burma, and a br ther
fo
ur
in
India
. H e \I'as prom oted
Quarter
mas ter Sergea
nt
in r886 .
Mr.
Dav ies
return
ed home in r89.3,
trans
ferr ed to th e Corps of Mi lit
ry t
aA
Clerk s,
and
hence to
the Army Pay Corps in
18
93.
H e
\I
as a
I
'arded the Long- Service
and
Good Conduct
Me
dal 1n ;896, and
\\'as
discharged to pension on
Februar
y 23
rc1
,
r '98.
Th
e
\I
hole of his service in th e
Corps
\I
'as spe
nt at
home .
His
manl'
friend
s in Al
dershot
\I
ill learn
with reg ret of the dea
th
of Mr. P er Ado lf
And
erson (l
ate
S.Q .l\iI. .
No
. 202) of 38,
York Road. Aldershot, which took place
on
23
rd l\I
ay.
at th e
ag-e
of 79 yea rs. Born
in . weden . he \\ as the eldest son of Per
Erik
- A
nd
er on. fo
under
of the Peol l
e's
Savings
Bank of S
\Ie
den . H e \\ 'as train ed
as an enO ineer , fol lowed a seafarin g life
for some years.
and
in SeD tember , r877.
joined the British Army. H e served \Iith
the Rova l
Artillerv
in
Gibraltar un t il
I880 .
whell . a
il
ed fo; th e W est
Indi
es. and in
r882
tr
ansferred to th e
Corps
of Military
73
Labo
ur
er
., p o s ~
of neg
ro
es,
with
British o
ffi
cers ud non-commissioned
officers.
When that
corps \I
'as di
sbanded
in r888,
Ande
rson
transferre
d to th e Corps
of Iv
liltitar
y Staff Cler ks, and
th
en to the
Arm y
Pay
Corps, hav ing by th en a
ttained
the rank of Quartermaster-Sergea nt.
He
\I'as awa rd ed
the Long
Se rvice a
nd
Good
Condu
ct
Medal in 1896.
After
service in \Vi
nch
ester, C
urragh
Camp and Readi ng , he was po ted to
Alder
bot
in
1905. On h is
d i s c h a r g ~
in
Jun
e, 1913, after
20
yea rs' service in
the
Corps, he lived ill
Aldershot
a
nd
served
as a Civilian Clerk
in th
e Command
Pa
y
O
ffi
ce
there during
th e
greG1 ter
pa
rt
of
the
lI
1ar. H e was a pop ular
member
of the
Conservative Club,
and
was keenly inter
ested in
th
e
Field Club
.
He
had
been in
failin g heal
th
for a yea r,
and
felt very
keenly
th
e
death
of his wife,
t\VO months
ago.
The
funer
al took place at t h ~
Town
Cemetery, Alder shot.
In
addition to
th
e
famil y
IIT
eath s,
fl
ora l
tr
i
butes
were se
nt
from
the R.A.P.C.
Old Comrades Associa
tion.
the
Con se
rvative Club, and
re l
at
ives
in . \Ie den.
Th
e Old Comrades Associa
tion
\I
'
as
at
the funera
l,
which,
th oug h of a
private nature,
was
attended
by Colonel W. S. Mackenzie, O.
B.E.,
Cap.
tain W .
E.
1\Iatthews,
S.S.M. P.
Plowrnan
and other
of
the
A ldershot Office.
John
Harri
s (late ~ . Q . M . S . , No. 54
7)
died
at Leicester
on
March
22nd, 1935,
at
the age
of 60.
Mr
H a
rr
is en
li
sted in the
Cameron
i
ans
in r891,
transfer
red to
the
Eas
t urre y Regime
nt
in r89:1 . and to
the
A r
my
P
ay Corps in
r894.
He
served in
South
Africa from 1902-I 9'0 , and was
awa rded the Quee
n'
s Medal with 4 clasps.
He
was promot ed S. Q
.M on
April
rs
t ,
190 , and \\ as posted to Maur it ius in
I ovember
. 1906, re
turning
home fifteen
months
later. and remaining
at
~ ) m e for
the
rest of his service. I n T9
11 he
was
a warded the L on
g-
Se
rvice
and
Good Con
du
ct
Medal . and he was discharged to
pension 0
11 Februar
y 17th , I914.
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CO
RPS JOURi"AL
Th ose
of the Cor
ps
\\
11
0 served \\
it I1
Mr. Cha
rl es Bryan (lat eS.Q .
I\
I. S ., 1
1
0 . 5 j
will learn of
his
dea'ch
in
,
t. Th
om
as'
H o pit al ,
Oll
16th Ap ril, \\ith
deep
reg re
t.
Enlistin
g in
th
e Leinster R
eg
im
en
t
18
94 he tr ans ferr ed to th e A rm y P ay Corps
in
th e
f.o
ll o\\ing
yea
r
an
d \\as
se
nt to
Ir
e
land
un
til th e oa tbr eak of the
So
uth Af n
can
War
in 1899 . H e \\e
nt
out
with
one
of the first drafts \\ it : the ra nk of L ance
Ser
gean
t
and
served th rougho
ut
th e war,
ein g
awa
rd ed th e Qu een' s Meda l \\
ith
t\\ o
cl
asp
and Tr a n
svaa
l a nd th e
Ki n g's Medal wi th the clasps 190 1-1 902 .
H e se rved on th e sta ff of L ord
Rob
e
rt
s
and L ord Kitchener as a Staff Sergean t
and was prese
nt
at the ent ry int o pr eto ria .
R
et
urni
ng to
England
in
1904 he \\as
posted to P O
l
tefract and from th ere, as
S.
Q. M.
S.
,
to
Sie
rr
a L eone. whe:e he con
tra ct ed ma laria a nd \\as
l1
1Va h ded home
a ft er
abo
u t h\
e\ve
months.
H e
\\
as then pos ted to th e H orse G uards
\\here he served for
seve
ra l
yea
rs. In
J9
12
he \\as a \\arded th e Long Se rvice and
Goo d
CO
llduct
Medal. Soon af
ter
th
e out
break
of the G rea t W ar in 19I4 he \\as
pos
ted to Woolwich where he remain ed
until his di charge on 2nd Jun e , 19
20
.
Charles
Br
y
an \\
ill be remem
ber
ed as a
man of unf ailin g
goo
d hum our and read
y,
but
kindl
y , wi t. H e \\as ma inly
in
stru
ment
al in a rran gi ng th e first Corps Dinner ,
a tt end ed by rep rese ntativ es of
almost every
offi ce at home,
held
at th e In ns