Extracts

Norfolk Section
The Britannia and Castle
1 Royal Norfolk Carlton Colville Chronicles   1943 MT Section from WO2 Alf Cooke    1951 and 1952 Korea photographs by Barry Marsh   Mystery photograph containing Mick Fowler from Dick Cooper   Obituaries for Maj Mick Fowler in B&C and Castle 1982 [B&C 107]

2 Royal Norfolk India and MV Georgic by Jim Cameron   More on the late Ron Rae from Capt Ian 'Pip' Page [B&C 107]

3 (V) Bn Norfolk Regt George Eaton Kerr c 1901 A Coy 3 (V) Bn Norfolk Regt [B&C 107]

3 R Anglian (formerly '6 R Anglian' and 'the East of England Regt') www.3ranglian.com   [Click here for an observation !] [B&C 107] 

4 Royal Norfolk Sandringham Guard D Coy 4 R Nfk Nov 1939 from Maj Peter Farrelly TD   4 Royal Norfolk OCA Dinner 2006  [B&C 107] 
5 Royal Norfolk 
6 Royal Anglian The 1973 lesson by Ben Turner and the black eye of Miles Green are recalled   The Ron James Tie   What do you call four ex-6 Royal Anglian Offrs with pipes and ‘Ties Awful’ ?  [B&C 107]
7 Royal Norfolk Did you know these Peterborough men ?   Maj Gordon Johnson 7 R Norfolk and 1940 photographs sought [B&C 107]
Archives Tony Fishlock of 'F' Home Service Force Coy and his response to a question [Originally in B&C 86 Jun 96 and repeated in B&C 107]

Branch Reports 

Boys of The Old Brigade The Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Congratulations Gen Sir Michael Walker GCB CMG CBE ADC Gen [B&C 107]
Conversations and Letters Paul Duffin seeking Reg Griggs of 10 Pl [B&C 107]
Cyprus 13th North Elmham Reunion Sat 29 Apr 2007 [B&C 107]
Did You Hear About ? The R Anglian Orrificer ordering a 1986 'Take-Away'   The Ron James Tie   The Wisdom of Age [B&C 107]
Did You Know About ? The Fovant Badges [B&C 107]

Did You Know These of The Ninth? 14592141 Pte George Frederick Cocker 7th Bn kia Aug 1944   5783974 Pte Frank Ernest Lawlor 7th Bn kia Aug 1944  5780965 Lance Sjt Stanley La Barte Quibell 7th Bn kia Aug 1944   Arthur Loombe 1940-42   Mystery photograph containing Mick Fowler from Dick Cooper [All in B&C 107]
e-mail Le Paradis chapter in David Lee's new book   Seeking info on George Eaton Kerr c 1901 A Coy 3 (V) Bn Norfolk Regt   Seeking info on Charles Dennis Tyrell who served with the Norfolks prior to and during WW1   Maj Gordon Johnson 7 R Norfolk and 1940 photographs sought   Site Compliments from Dave Lester [B&C107]
Errors in B&C 106 Jun 06
Events and Notices 2007   
Funnies The R Anglian Orrificer ordering a 1986 'Take-Away'   The Ron James Tie   The Wisdom of Age [B&C 107]
Gems Tony Fishlock of F (HSF ie Home Service Force) Coy and his response to a question [Originally in B&C 86 Jun 96 and repeated in B&C 107]
Happy Birthday Happy Birthday in 2007 [B&C 107]
Hong Kong Dills Corner Camp 1953-4 [B&C 107]
Home Service Force Tony Fishlock of F (HSF ie Home Service Force) Coy and his response to a question [Originally in B&C 86 Jun 96 and repeated in B&C 107]

India India and MV Georgic by Jim Cameron [B&C 107]

Interesting Sites 3 R Anglian (formerly '6 R Anglian' and 'the East of England Regt' www.3ranglian.com [Click here for an observation !]
‘Personal reminiscences of WW2’ by Lt Edward James Pratt MC, Late the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. A majestic 1995 RBL presentation and his son’s account of Edward being awarded the MC. http://members.aol.com/jimspars/blztalk1.htm
Peterborough Memorial www.pboro-memorial.com and see 'Know these?'
The Fovant badges on Salisbury Plain www.fovantbadges.com/his_det.htm and www.fovantbadges.com/unrestored.htm
Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum new site www.rnrm.org.uk [All in B&C 107]
Korea 1951 and 1952 Korea photographs by Barry Marsh [B&C 107]
Letters and Conversations Paul Duffin seeking Reg Griggs of 10 Pl   Tony Fishlock of F (HSF ie Home Service Force) Coy and his response to a question [B&C 107]
Le Paradis Le Paradis chapter in David Lee's new book   Film Review of Pte Pooley's Revenge [B&C 107]
MV Georgic India and MV Georgic by Jim Cameron  [B&C 107]
Obituaries this issue No 107 Dec 2006 [B&C 107]
People Gen Sir Michael Walker GCB CMG CBE ADC Gen   Tim Chatting and the Ron James Tie  [B&C 107]
Site Compliments Dave Lester   Capt Ian 'Pip' Page [B&C 107]

Suffolk Army Cadet Force - Report Jun to Dec 06. Why is Suffolk ACF on the Norfolk pages ? The Norfolk Section Editor is Webmaster Suffolk ACF and they go in the Suffolk Section !

Thanks Elfrida  [B&C 107]

WW1 Carlton Colville Chronicles   George Eaton Kerr c 1901 A Coy 3 (V) Bn Norfolk Regt [B&C 107]

WW2 1940-1945 with the 70th, 7th and 1st Bns by Alan Solomon [For B&C 107 ie 'To be completed for the print copy and site']
 1943 MT Section from WO2 Alf Cooke   India and MV Georgic by Jim Cameron
‘Personal reminiscences of WW2’ by Lt Edward James Pratt MC, Late the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. A majestic 1995 RBL presentation and his son’s account of Edward being awarded the MC. http://members.aol.com/jimspars/blztalk1.htm  [B&C 107]

Yes, I knew these of the Ninth ! Paul Duffin seeking Reg Griggs of 10 Pl [B&C 107]

Editorial Rule
 To qualify for inclusion in the B&C there is only one rule - something described must have been said to have happened. 
The authority is the Editor, British Army Review No 114 Dec 96, `If the facts don`t fit the legend, print the legend’.

However, the rules of good taste, respect and confidentiality are always applied.
Rule Britannia!

Site edited and maintained by Major John L Raybould TD Editor, Norfolk Section, The Britannia and Castle
  B&C Norfolk Editor
CONGRATULATIONS
We offer congratulations to our former Colonel of The Regiment, General Sir Michael Walker GCB CMG CBE ADC Gen, on his appointment as Governor of The Royal Hospital at Chelsea in 2006.
[B&C 107]

THE 6 R ANGLIAN 1973 LESSON BY BEN TURNER AND THE BLACK EYE OF MILES GREEN ARE RECALLED
In May 1973 the Norfolk Editor first appeared at Dereham TA Centre as a potential 6 R Anglian OCdt. The lesson attended is clearly recalled - Slidex (a defunct Signals manual encoding system) by PSI (ie Permanent Staff Instructor) CSgt Ben Turner. ‘On that evening in May 1973 I first met the recently retired Norfolk ACF Dep Comdt, Lt Col Miles Green, sporting a huge black-eye (or, as we would say in joint company, with no-one else listening - ‘Bleck ooi’) from a 1973 6 R Anglian Home Defence Exercise. From then on we became life-long friends. (Miles, to this day, takes his coffee ‘Bleck’.)’
[B&C 107]

THE 3 R ANGLIAN SITE
There is a majestic site at www.3ranglian.com of the Territorial Army Infantry Unit of East Anglia, based in Bury St Edmunds, formed on 1 Apr 2006.
It was formerly 6 R Anglian (formed 1 Apr 1971) then became the ‘East of England Regt’ in the ‘Options for Change’ in 1998.
What a stupid name for a ‘one battalion’ unit ! Thank goodness someone in MoD ‘saw the light’ - or maybe noted my observations which went far and wide?
It was to be ‘4 R Anglian’, in keeping with the age-old tradition of so naming the TA Bn but someone in MoD ‘thought different !
To obtain an instant copy of their excellent monthly newsletter contact Capt Sam Devitt devitt10@aol.com
[B&C 107]

THANKS ELFRIDA
 My thanks to our younger daughter Elfrida for scanning some of the photographs in this issue and for permitting me to use her home PC.
One weekend when Elfrida was aged three, I was as ever, out with the Territorial Army (as OC the infamous and notorious Thetford Gangster/Destroyer Pl - an essential requirement for enlisting was having served a term at Her Majesty’s displeasure !). Watching an elderly neighbour, Cyril, washing up, Elfrida observed: ‘My Daddy doesn’t help my Mummy. He plays soldiers!’
 I’ll take this opportunity to congratulate Elfrida, now 33, on her graduation this summer from the University of East Anglia, no mean feat for the mother of 2 young children ! [B&C 107]
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