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It is with regret that we have to
announce the passing of the following:
R.J.T.Amos 2Lt 1st Bn(NS) See Obituary
F.Barden 4th
Bn
S.Bishop 5th
Bn
C.Beaumont-Edmonds M.C. Lieut 70th
Bn, 2/5th
M.B.Church 2Lt 1st Bn (NS) See Obituary
R.A.Cunnmgham Captain 1st Bn See Obituary
LW.Dunkeld M.B.E. Major 1st Bn,
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E.Erends 5
G.Grey 70th
Bn
W.King 6th
Bn
D.Livett 1st
Bn
F.H.Lyons M.B.E. Captain 9th Bn,
Int. Corps
W.O’Rourke 4/5th
Bn
R.F.G.Shaw TD Major Guards Armoured, 4/5th Bn See
Obituary
L.F.Smitherman Major (QM) 1st Bn, 3
W.Swingler RQMS 1st
Bn, 2nd Bn, R.Berks See Obituary
J.R.Taylor (Jess) Pte 1st Bn (Assault Pioneers)
W.Tucker 4th
Bn

2Lt R.J.T.Amos
Dick Amos, who died on
“After he left School, he was called
up to serve in the Royal Sussex Regiment for two years. During that time he was
posted to
He worked in the fashion industry and
became a very keen member of Horsham RUFC, playing in
the 1St XV.
Latterly, he moved to
It was while he was living in Godney that his talent for acting was discovered and for
several years he was ft star of the local pantomime, Dick is survived by his
partner Laurie and his two children.”

Martin Church died after a short illness
in November 2008 aged 69.
At prep school it was noticed that
he had a good voice and I became a boy chorister at
He was educated at
After
“I was serving with the First Battalion, The Royal Suss
Regiment in
Tall, good looking and very efficient as a Platoon Command
it was not long before he was selected as Assistant Adjutant, a ra occurrence for a National Service Officer. The Battalion
was very sor when Martin had to leave on completion
of service”.
He then entered the business world -
starting his career in sales at pharmaceutical manufacturer Procter and Gamble,
before joining R P Martin as a money broker, where he spent ten years prior to
joining Telerate (a global market data organisation) becoming European MD in
the 1990’s. He then joined Cicada as Marketing Consultant. A colleague
describes Martin as:
“One of the stellar characters of
the market data business, a larger than life figure both in personality and
physique. Whilst
contributing greatly to Telerate’s business success, he managed to remain
popular with his colleagues, both senior and junior - no mean feat”.
He lived with his wife Diane and two
sons in
(We are indebted to Keith Ross for
his care in providing this Obituary)

Captain R.A. Cunningham
Dick Cunningham, a man of very many parts,
died far too early on 8th September aged 70 after a painful but gallantly
fought illness. Through his talents Dick had influenced and entertained very
many people inside the Regiment and in wider civilian life. Dick was born in
Joining 1st Royal Sussex
in
On return to
Dick’s home life with his wife Jill,
who he had met while serving with Junior Leaders at Oswestry,
and their four children, centred on their restoration of King John’s Lodge and
its garden at Etchmgham, East Sussex.(see below)
These were a delight and his pride and joy, to which his family brought him
home for his final days. His was a life that touched and improved the lives of
so many others, and we extend our deepest sympathy to Jill and his family.
( The Editor in indebted to Dick’s
brother Edward, and to Douglas McCully, for their
tributes on which this Obituary is based. Their accounts feature many other of
Dick’s qualities and escapades, and are held in the Record Office for those
interested to read).

Major R.F.G.Shaw T.D.
Dick at camp, 1953/54 (photo Malcolm
MacNichol)
Lt Col Malcolm MacNichol
writes:
“After a life full of activity, and
much enjoyment, Richard (Dick to everyone) Shaw died on
Although he was married thrice, none
lasted. His love was

Major (QM) L, F. Smitherman
(
Len Smitherman
was born in Tunbridge Wells in 1924 and attended Skinner’s Grammar School.
After ATC and Horne Guard he joined the RAF aged 17
and having passed his Aircrew Aptitude Tests he was, to his sorrow, failed on
eyesight. At 18 he joined the Royal West Kents,
transferring to the Royal Sussex during basic training.
Colonel John Buckeridge
writes:
I first met Len Smitherman in 1943
when he joined our 10th Battalion in Seaton Carew. I
was a fairly new 2Lt assigned to help train up soldiers for active service
overseas and he was on of the many young soldiers who passed through the
sausage machine. I believe he was from
In September 1943 we joined a draft of about thirty Royal
Sussex Regiment reinforcements (including Tom Gardner) and we sailed from
Soon after we arrived in
After losing touch for some years Len and I started
exchanging email messages about Regimental historical details for I know he was
very proud of his old Regiment and its activities both during and after the
war.

Aden 1965
Les Deacon (ex-Sergeant) writes;
The War Years: Len joined the 1st Bn.
Royal Sussex Regiment in
After weeks on Snakes Head Ridge (Hill 593) he was evacuated
from the line with severe frosbite to the feet.
(Together with his wounded PT. Comd. 2/Lt. John Buckeridge and his wounded PT. Sgt Jimmy Parks)
The Regiment lost 12 Officers and 213 men, alone on 1 6thJl
our now exhausted and decimated
Regiment from
He was promoted to L/Cpl. Then Len moved with the Regiment
to
He married Irene Gladys Buss on
He immediately re-enlisted into the Regiment and travelled
with them to
A daughter Dawn Irene was born on
The Career Years: Len rejoined the Regiment in
His next big move was from Tidworth
to
A son, Anthony was born on
Len then moved with the Regiment from Lingfield
to
During the Regiment’s
In 1960 he was commissioned at Holywood
Bks,
He then left on his first Officer detachment to the Ghurkas in
His second detachment took him and his family to NATO
headquarters Rheindahlen, before returning to the
Regiment in Shorncliffe in 1963.
Len’s family then moved to sunny
During this posting, he went on the
After a spell in Lydd, he moved
with the Regiment to Lemgo, where he was Captain QM
until 1969.
He was promoted to Major and moved to his last military
detachment as the RQM of 21 SAS
(Artist Rifles) in Putney,
He left the Army in 1970, after 6 cap-badges and 28 Yrs and
9 months with the Colours.
Len “The Pipe” Smitherman: He was
from childhood on, a keen footballer. He played for his Bn.
And played in goal for the Army. Later Len created, trained and managed a very
successful Regimental Football Team, together with CSM
Chippy Wood. He was a gentle man, who was large in
character and stature. He smoked his pipe from the age of 16 years until the
end.
His first concern as an Officer was always dedicated to the
livelihood of his men. Len was a dedicated Regimental man, who never forgot all
his brothers in arms over the years, regardless of rank or status.
He was known as a brilliant logistician, especially when the
pressure on and things went wrong. He carried a photographic memory of Casino and
his war-time experiences in his head.
He was a fine Officer and gentleman and his passing, marks a
loss for the Regiment and to all those who knew him.
The Civilian Years: After his release from the Army, Len
moved straight to
Len worked in the Adelaide Education Dept Library until his
retirement in 1980.
Unsettled he and Irene moved from
Len moved down to Waimangaroa,
near
He spent his last years here, with a cat and a dog, his
garden, his memoirs and his Computer. He kept in touch, via his computer with
the Regiment,his comrades,
friends and family around the world at the age of 83 yrs. He was always a
loving and caring, Father and Grandfather.
Len “The Pipe” Smitherman passed
away quietly on
His ashes were cast to the wind and sea at Nelson, NZ by
Dawn Smitherman and the following generations.
Len leaves behind, his son Michael, his daughter Dawn, 4
Grandsons, 1 Granddaughter, 2 Great Grandsons and 1 Great Granddaughter.

William “Bill” Swingler
Bill Swingler
was born in 1905 and died at the
Into these nearly 104 years he
fitted a very full life , leaving his mark on all with
whom he came in contact.
With the toughest imaginable
childhood, cast out on the streets by his father, rescued by the NSPCC and
fostered, he learnt how to survive from a very early age. Despite never having
had a proper education he made the most of his life, for example taking an
A-Level in biology in his 60’s.
In 1922 he enlisted in the Royal
Sussex, serving with the 1St Battalion in
In 1930 he returned to
In 1936 he joined the City of London
Regiment (TA) and was embodied into the Royal Berkshires when war broke out. He
volunteered for Special Service in
withdrawn to
Bill’s granddaughter Tamsin Garland recalls his incredible energy and vitality,
and the inspiration he was to others. He was a talented and active sportsman
and his frequent quote was “use it or lose it”. Everyone at the
Bill’s spirit and determination
stayed with him to the end. For the last seven or eight years he battled with
cancer refusing to let it get the better of him despite repeated painful
surgery. His children, grandchildren and his many friends remember with
pleasure a remarkable man. In the final words of the Daily Telegraph’s “Lives
Remembered”, his longevity was due to moderation in all things except, perhaps,
fighting for King and Country!
Right: Bill receives Her Majesty’s
Greetings Card on his 100 Birthday, from General Sir Jeremy Mackenzie Governor
of the
From the previous edition:
W. “Badger” Balcombe Sergeant 7th
Bn; 109
(Royal
S. Bishop Private 5th
Bn
0. Bridger Corporal 4th
Bn; 6th
Ba. (see obituary)
P. Burton Corporal 1st
Bn; SAS (see obituary)
D.E.D.E. Butler 1stBn; REME
W.P.MacG. Cargill Major 1st Bn; Frontier Force Regt, Indian Army (see obituary)
A. Desborough 2nd Bn; Regimental
Band
J. Earnes 1st
Bn; Regimental
Band
T. S. Frowd Lt Col 2nd Bn; RWAFF
(see obituary)
J. Hams Corporal 5th Bn
A. Maile 9th
Bn; Secretary,
The Pinwe Club
J. Pluck Sergeant Depot; 1 Mx
L.J. Smeeth Corporal 4th Bn (see obituary)
J. Sprigg Corporal 1st Bn; Royal Fusiliers
L. Warwick Chichester
Branch
L.G.Weston 1st Ba;

OWEN BRIDGER
Owen Bridger was for many years the
mainstay of the Branch. Barry Cobbold has provided us
with an account of Owen’s wartime service written by
himself, which is published below; while it is unusual
for an individual to write his own obituary we thought it would be of general
interest concerning his own wartime service, and of particular interest regarding
the service of the 6th Battalion. This is what he said:
“ 49 Reunions
The 6th Battalion The Royal
The first months of
the War the Battalion based in 1 had very little training spending all the time
guarding RAFBases (Tangmere,
Thorney Island, Odiam
etc.). The Battalion embarked for France in April /940 and were under canvas atAbancourt, again very little training was carried out
because the Battalion came under Line of Communication command working on a
bakery and the railways. It was during May after the Germans had invaded the low Countries amid rumours that the Battalion was moving
that several members of No. I (Signal) Platoon said that f we returned safely
from the War that we would all like to meet and it was decided that our
rendezvous would be Brighton Station the first Sunday in June at 1200 hours.
Almost immediately after we had made our pledge the Battalion was entrained and
moved North after a lot of delays due to enemy bombing We passed through Amiens
Station and saw the wreckage of the train that had been carrying the 7th
Battalion. Just north of Amiens the railway track was damaged and our train was
diverted to a siding at Ailly-s-Moye when the
Battalion took up a position in a wood overlooking the village: and then amid
the confusion and complete breakdown of communication it would seem the
Battalion was forgotten. After 36 hours Lt. Col. Wannop
not being able to contact any authority decided to withdraw the Battalion
south. I am sure that many of us would not be here today if he had not made
that decision. Contact with H. Q. L. of
C. near Paris was eventually made and the Battalion was sent to Blain stacking
petrol and ammunition that was still entering the country. The Battalion stayed
at Blain until June 15th when we were ordered to march the 60 miles to St. Nazire. None of us will forget that march and the frustration
when RAF lorry after lorry roared by and they were all empty! We were in
position around St. Nazire when the ‘Lancastria’ was bombed and sunk in the harbour. We
eventually embarked on the S. S. Floristan and
because the ship was so overloaded (it was the last one) is struck a sandbank
and was damaged and it took three days to reach Plymouth.
When we arrived on 2
June we were immediately entrained and 48 hours later arrived in
Northumberland. It was here that the Battalion was joined by a large contingent
from the Devonshire Regiment who were made welcome and quickly integrated into
the Battalion. During the Autumn of 1940 the Battalion
was in the
During May 1944 when
we were stationed in A the Battalion was almost disbanded to provide
re-enforcements for “D” Day and the Normandy campaign and we were all posted to
different Regiments in small parties. So although there was no Royal Sussex
Battalion involved in the Normandy campaign there was a lot of us serving in
other Regiments.
Somehow we kept in
touch during this time so that it was no surprise that on the first Sunday in
June 1946 at 1200 hours on Brighton Station that some 20 members were re-united
and we have met at the same time, same place every year since then.
It is sad that time
has taken its toll and some good friends and comrades are no longer with us and
now only ten of us meet every year. We have returned to France on two occasions
to mark different anniversaries of our reunions; finding the wood as Ailly-s-Moye and the field at Abancourt
where we first made that pledge. All of us that live in Sussex are members of
the Regimental Association and are members of the Hastings, Arundel and Midhurst Branches.
If this account stirs memories of any ex-Signal Platoon member or indeed
any member from H.Q. Coy. 6th Battalion, The
Royal
Roussillon Gazette Editors’ note; Regimental
Signallers always were something rather special!

CORPORAL CHARLES BURTON
Charlie Burton died in 2002 and for some reason we missed
publishing an Obituary for this remarkable ex-member of the Regiment. Our
attention was drawn to this omission by his late Signal Platoon Commander,
Captain Jonathan Fletcher; and we are pleased to reproduce his obituary from
the Daily Telegraph below. Corporal Burton will be remembered by his fellow
signallers and battalion Rugby players in Malta in the middle GO’s:
(The Daily Telegraph - 15th July 2002)
Charlie Burton, who died yesterday (
Starting off from Greenwich on September 2 1979,
they sailed down the Meridian to Cape Town, then on to the Antarctic where a
party of four; Fiennes, Burton, Oliver Shepard plus Fiennes’s
wife Ginnie and the family terrier Bothie - were duly deposited.
The team brought with them scientific equipment
and several board games; Burton, who claimed to know nothing about chess, was
charged with conducting matches with the American, South African and Russian
stations by radio
Leaving Lady Fiennes at Borga
to maintain radio contact, the three men forged a previously unventured 900-mile route to the Pole. It was a relatively
smooth passage.
Using aneroid barometers to map their way, they
even had to slow down at one stage to enable their supply plane to find them.
After reaching their destination, they headed for the Scott base at McMurdo Sound on the other side of the continent to be
greeted by a piper.
As the expedition turned north, the pressures
became noticeable. Shepard’s wife asked him to give up; and Burton coped with
any strain by marrying his girlfriend “Twink” when
the expeditioners halted in Sydney.
When
After being driven north, the pair took a 16 ft
boat through the Northwest Passage, with Burton at the helm, and headed north
until the vessel became stuck in the ice off Ellesmere Island.
They then skied over the glaciers to Base Alert,
a grueling experience for Burton when the soles came
off his feet, though he suggested they rested only when he fell over and struck
his face on a rock.
By then they knew that both French and Norwegian
parties were headed in the same direction. With Lady Fiennes established at
Base Alert to maintain radio contract, the two men set off on snowmobiles.
Their troubles began to mushroom. A fire at
Alert destroyed much of the supplies for which they were waiting. Four hundred
and fifty miles from the Pole, the pair found themselves
stranded in temperatures of minus 30 degrees with only a week’s supply of food.
On one occasion, Burton clutched on to Fiennes’s snowmobile with frozen hands as it sank into open
seawater while his companion rescued some vital pieces of equipment. Since much
of their protective clothing was lost, they were driven to sharing a sleeping
bag for 24 hours until a new snowmobile was hazardously delivered by a Swiss
charter pilot.
Burton, who was expedition cook and radio
operator, established during one transmission that Britain was at war; but it
was five days before he discovered that it was with Argentina. A freak warm
spell prevented them from using the machines properly.
Then, after having to cut their way through
successive ice walls, they got on to an ice floe the size of a football field,
from which they had to transfer when it collided with another as the waters
carried them north. Eventually they arrived at the Pole, celebrating their
success ahead of the Norwegians with “a nicely chilled magnum”.
They had become the first people to reach both
poles in a single journey of some 52,000 miles.
However, the excitements were not over. Fiennes
shot a 12 ft tall polar bear through the ankle, 12 yards from Burton, after it
climbed on to their ice floe. As the floe disintegrated into smaller pieces,
they became alarmed when the wind carried them back north.
But after three months, they met their ship,
which was jammed in the ice between Greenland and Spitzbergen.
The expedition had taken them three years and two days by the time it finally retumed to Greenwich.
The son of a commander in the Royal Navy,
Charles Robert Burton was born on December 13 1942 and went to Millfield before joining the Royal Sussex Regiment. He came
out to start a business in South Africa and, after returning to London,
enlisted as a Territorial in the SAS with Fiennes and
Shepard as they were planning their expedition.
On returning home, Burton and Fiennes received
the Polar Medal, with Antarctic and Arctic clasps, while Shepard received the
Arctic clasp. However, Burton was particularly delighted by a Jak cartoon in the London Evening Standard which showed “Twink”, in
her curlers, saying on the telephone that he would only sleep in a fridge.
A decade later, Burton and Shepard rang to suggest
a second expedition though, this time, on foot and without support. Fiennes
protested that it would be impossible, prompting Burton’s standard response:
“Shut your mouth, or I’ll smash your teeth”.
When the trio met next
day at the Royal Geographical Society, Fiennes pointed out that since neither
dogs nor machines could manage the terrain, there was no chance for
men. “Balls,” shouted Burton, “Captain Scott was absolutely right in reckoning
manpower to be the efficient method. Our journey will prove it.”
Shepard then clinched the idea by saying: If we
don’t do the journey, somebody else will.” However, Burton and Shepard
eventually pulled out, giving up the pleasures of participation for those of
organisation.
Burton later explained that once Fiennes became
competitive he would regard any signs of enjoyment as tantamount to mutiny and
insist they travel faster. Instead, Fiennes completed the first unsupported
crossing of the Antarctic continent with Mike Stroud.
Burton went into the private security business,
looking after the Cabinet Office and the Treasury Office, and played much golf
in his spare time. He is survived by his wife.

MAJOR W.P.Mac G. CARGILL
Paul Cargill was born at Lucknow,
India, on 22nd April 1920, where his father was a Civil Engineer. He was
educated at Malvern College, Worcestershire, and his parents returned to
England in 1934 eventually settling in Hove. When war broke out Paul enlisted
and after training at Eaton Hall was commissioned in the Royal Sussex and
seconded to the Frontier Force Regiment in northern India. With the FFR he campaigned in Burma when the Japanese entered the
war.
At war’s end he returned to UK and, after marrying Margaret,
rejoined the 1st Battalion of his Regiment in Suez. Margaret joined him there
in 1951 but after a few months the Egyptians abrogated the Treaty, and together
with all the Battalion families they occupied a tent in Hodgson’s Camp, from
where the families were evacuated to UK. After serving on with 1 R.Sussex in the Canal Zone and returning home, Paul was
seconded to the Parachute Regiment and was promptly sent back to Egypt! Back
with the Battalion in Korea, he was appointed to command the Royal Infantry
Guard Company (Royal Sussex) and was presented with a Letter of Appreciation by
the Adjutant General of the Republic of Korea Army.
On rejoining his family in Gibraltar Paul was disappointed
to miss his battalion’s service in Benghazi, but instead he successfully
trained and converted the Gibraltar Defence Force into an infantry unit, the
Gibraltar Regiment.
When the Battalion returned to Lingfield
the Cargills rented a house in Uckfleld,
and then after a few months in Northern Treland Paul
retired and they bought a large house and grounds in Scotland near Perth with
the intention of breeding mink; but these animals had other ideas and the
project was abandoned! Paul joined the Prison Service and worked as Assistant
Governor at a number of prisons including Dartmoor and Wormwood Scrubs. On
retirement the Car-gills settled in Worthing where Paul continued his love of
animals with a Dachshund that lived for 16 years. He sadly died on 8th January
2008, and his friends say they miss his dry humour, rye smile and twinkling
eye. We offer our sincere condolences to Margaret and his family.

LT COL T.S. FROWD
“Ermie” Frowd
was born in 1908 in Swanwick, Hants; the son of a
naval officer. As a teenager living in
After Malvern College he went to Sandhurst
and in 1929 he was commissioned in the Royal Sussex, serving with our 2nd
Battalion on the North-West Frontier of India, and subsequently during the
Dunkirk campaign. In the latter he led his platoon, which had become detached,
across country; and was one of the last groups to arrive at the Beaches, from
where he saw them safely home to England. He served subsequently in North Affica, and with the staff in the Mediterranean area.
Ermie had married Diana in the late 30s
and in the SOs they based themselves in Lavant near Chichester, bringing up their children Gerald,
Caroline and Patricia.
After service with the Royal West African Frontier Force, Ermie retired in 1958; and the family moved to Sturminster Newton, where he became a Retired Officer at Bovington Camp and filled his life further with Presidency
of the local RBL and Chairmanship of the Hinton St
Mary Cricket Club, with whom he played into his seventies. After 25 years in
Dorset, Diana sadly died and Ermie moved to Eastcombe near Stroud, to be near Caroline and his
grandchildren.
We offer our sincere condolences to all his children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren, by whom he is sorely missed, with his
quiet, kindly humour and his fund of stories.

WILLIAM “BADGER” BALCOMBE
After recruit training at
Chichester, Badger went to France with 7th Bn, The Royal
Sussex Regiment in 1940. On 18th May 1940 the battalion was bombed while
entrained in Amiens station and suffered heavily. They detrained and on 20th
May took part in the devastating battle with Rommel’s
Panzer Division outside Amiens. Armed with rifles and 50 rounds per man and a
few Brens and Boyes Anti
Tank rifles, the 7th Battalion held up the Germans for 24 hours before being
over-run. 140 were killed; Badger was among the 197 that escaped back to UK.
There they were reconstituted into 109 (Royal Sussex) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, Royal Artillery. The regiment went to North West Europe after D-Day
and Badger attained the rank of Sergeant.
Badger, whose home was in Chailey,
was a loyal member of our Lewes Branch and of the 7th Battalion Old Comrades.
He was quite a character, always greeting one with a ready smile. He was a keen
gardener, supplying his friends and neighbours with fresh vegetables; and being
so popular he will be sadly missed by alt who knew him. No one yet has been
able to tell us why he was nicknamed “Badger”! Any offers?
(The Editor is indebted to Tony Verth,
late 7th Battalion, for this obituary)

JOHN SMEETH
John was born on Hayling Island in
1918, the son of a shepherd. How then did John become Royal Sussex and not
Royal Hampshire? Because shortly after, his father became a shepherd on the
Goodwood Estate and John grew up in West Sussex.
After leaving school at 14 John got a job at Irene garage in
Westergate near Chichester and soon after he learnt
to drive, passing his test in 1938. In 1939 he joined our 4th Battalion (TA)
and in March 1940 went with the 4th to France as part of 133(Royal Sussex)
Brigade. During the passage he acted as escort to his CO, “Bolo” Whistler and
to the Brigade Commander, Brigadier Whitty.
During the retreat to Dunkirk, John had the misfortune to be
captured by the Germans. He spent the War in Germany and Poland, working in
coal mines and factories, often poorly treated and suffering numerous
illnesses. But during this period he kept a diary of 40 pages and several
hundred words. He was liberated by 7th Armoured Division at Fallingbostel
on 21st April 1945 and flew home in a Dakota, complete with his diaries. During
his time as a POW he was promoted Corporal.
John had met his future wife Molly before the War and they
were married in June 1945. They spent their married life in Chichester, raising
a family, with John having a number ofjobs in
Chichester and Bognor Regis. When he retired in 1980 John took on what he made
a full time job as Welfare Officer of the Chichester Branch of our Regimental
Association. He was always out and about visiting our old soldiers and their
widows. His wife supported him in this work and when at last he had to give it
up the Chichester Branch presented him with a painting, especially
commissioned, by Charles Stadden.
When John’s wife died in 2001 he moved into Glebe House, Southbourne, where he lived comfortably until 4th May this
year (2008) when he sat down to read his paper, closed his eyes, and left us.
No fuss, no drama, just the way he would have wanted to have gone.
To quote his son Nigel:
“Loving, caring, devoted and always willing to help other
people. He rarely moaned and always had a smile and a cheery word. In the
introduction to his war memoirs Dad said simply; ‘during my time as a prisoner
of war I simply tried to do what seemed right each day, as each day came
along’. An excellent motto for us all, and I think he achieved that, not just
during the war, but throughout his lifetime; “Farewell old soldier!”.
(The Editor is indebted to Nigel Smeeth
for the notes on which this Obituary is based)
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Winter 2008 Edition