Royal Regiment of Artillery - Regular Army Emergency Commissions 2nd Lieutenants  [X = CROSSED SWORDS]

Hamilton-Williams, B. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 22/8/45) 4/6/43 Hamlin, M. P. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R. Hayes, W. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Jelbart, R. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Manning, F. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Martin, J. F. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Mitchell, F. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Pilling, E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Welsh, J. F. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 29/9/45) 4/6/43 R. Wickham, W. G. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Withers, P. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Bailey, F. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Baker, W. J. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Bamford, W. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Bardell, C. J. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 12/2/46) 4/6/43 Barraclough, N. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 29/1/46) 4/6/43 Beach, G. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Benson, M. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 9/6/45) 4/6/43 Bocking, F. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Cameron, J. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R. Chandler, R. G. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Collinson, F. J.  (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Connors, C. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Cumming, A. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 8/12/45) 4/6/43 Davies, T. I. (W.S./Capt. 26/12/45) (T/Maj. 26/12/45) 4/6/43 Dingley, S. N. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 14/11/44) 4/6/43 Evans, E. F. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Evans, N. D. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 R Ferrie, B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Ford, R. T. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Franklin, K. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Hamlin, P. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 * Hanna, A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Hanney, R. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Hawkey, A. R. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Heelan, M. J. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Hirst, P. J. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Holmes, C. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Horrocks, W. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Hughes, L. J. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Hurrell, S. R. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Jackes, R. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Capt.) 4/6/43 Jones, K. D. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Killick, A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 15/11/45) 4/6/43 Kipling, J. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Lascelles, C. R. S. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Lewis, S. P. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 1/2/46) 4/6/43 Lloyd, J. T. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Marsh, J. A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Maynard, H. M. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 McFarlane, A. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Moates, A. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Murray, D. M. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Nicholson, D. L. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Nicol, A. C. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Nugent, E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Owen, R. C. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Payne, G. S. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 12/7/45) 4/6/43 R Pretty, C. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Pride, A. D. P. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Prytherch, P. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 12/12/45) 4/6/43 Randall, S. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Rose, W. L. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Rugman, J. S.  4/6/43 Scally, J. D. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Scott, L. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Simpson, W. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 R Spedding, F. R. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Stephenson, D. T. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Stewart, D. G. M. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Vallet, L. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 2/2/46) 4/6/43 Webb, F. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Whiteford, J. L. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Williamson, T. K. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Williamson, W. G. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Wills, V. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Brown, J. R. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Cox, W. H. F. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (T/Capt. 1/7/44) 4/6/43 Davies, W. G. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Francis, L. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Holmes, D. L. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 House, W. B. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Porter, J. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Shaw, G. H. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 R Shelton, L. E. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 R Stedman, E. G. R. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 R Vincent, V. T. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 4/6/43 Warburton, E. J. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Waters, C. G. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Stevenson, P. W. (W.S./Lt. 4/12/43) 4/6/43 Gabb, M. J. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Adams, R. W. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 R X Blandford, J. W., M.C. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) (hon. Capt.) 5/6/43 X Houghton, R. B. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Reason, G. R. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) (T/Capt. 7/12/45) 5/6/43 Bonham, E. J. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Burt, H. S. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Cornthwaite, N. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Davies, T. S. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Easton, R. G. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Fouweather, L. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Gibbons, H. R. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) (T/Capt. 1/11/45) 5/6/43 Haines, H. J. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Haynes, S. G. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Jones, W. R. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Lunn, J. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 R McAuslan, E. W. (W.S./Lt. 5/3/44) (hon. Lt.) 5/6/43 Potter, A. R.  (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Scoltock, C. R. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Scott, D. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Syborn, V. J. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Brisland, E. J. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) (T/Capt. 29/8/45) 5/6/43 Morgan, M. T. (W.S./Lt. 5/3/44) 5/6/43 Thomas, J. H. S. (W.S./Lt. 5/12/43) 5/6/43 Audland, G. M. (W.S./Lt. 5/3/44) 5/6/43 Meakin, N. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 Fisher, R. J. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 Meaden, J. G. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 Evans, A. A. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 Hughes, T. M. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 R Burt, R. W. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  (hon. Lt.) 6/6/43 Stephens. W. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 Hood, W. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 de Rome, N. (W.S./Lt. 6/12/43)  6/6/43 Barker, C. H. S. (W.S./Lt. 6/6/43)  6/6/43 Cutting, D. H. (W.S./Lt. 6/6/43) (T/Capt. 28/4/45) 6/6/43 Toop, W. G. (W.S./Lt. 6/16/43)  6/6/43 Smith, G. A. (W.S./Lt. 6/16/43)  6/6/43 R Minor, F. E. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 12/6/43 Noonan, E. F. (W.S./Maj. 27/9/45) (T/Lt.-Col. 27/9/45) 12/6/43 Blackburn, J. (W.S./Lt. 21/7/44)  12/6/43 R Blackwood, J. P. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 12/6/43 X Hackston, D. G. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 R Morley, W. H. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (hon. Lt.) 12/6/43 Rider, R. D. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Tweedy, T. R. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (T/Capt. 9/11/45) 12/6/43 Wagstaff, N. R. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Wakeman, H. J. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (T/Capt. 6/8/45) 12/6/43 R Walker, J. W. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Wood, E. S. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Bannister, P. G. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Brind, G. B. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Chipper, A. R. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Coates, N. A., y.* (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Darby, J. (W.S./Lt. 12/3/44)  12/6/43 Harding, S. C. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Hawk, J. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Lovatt, M. R. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Lunn, R. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (T/Capt. 1/10/45) 12/6/43 Low Mitchell, D. I. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Moore, N. W. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Nocton, A. D. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Sawyer, C. T. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Smith, H. R. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Staniforth, G. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 R Ball, F. C. (W.S./Lt. 12/6/43) (hon. Lt.) 12/6/43 Bollon, B. J. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Carmichael, G. W. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43 Clarke, S. E. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43) (T/Capt. 3/10/45) 12/6/43 Hull, L. E. (W.S./Lt. 12/12/43)  12/6/43

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Queen's University Air Squadron
A personal message from the Air Officer Commanding No. 64 (Northern) Group
There is a strict limit on the number allowed to join Queen's University Air Squadron each year.  Those of you who are accepted will find it exciting, interesting and most enjoyable.  Not only will you learn to fly safely and well, but you will also get some of the training which has made the quality of the Royal Air Force the finest in the world.  I wish to welcome those of you who are about to join the Squadron and I hope that each one of you will do all you can to keep "Queen's" in the forefront of the University Air Squadrons.

Information regarding Queen's University Air Squadron
The aim of the Air Squadron is to maintain the interest of members of the University in flying and the problems associated with it.  It is also intended to promote and maintain a liaison with the University in technical and research problems affecting aviation.  The Air Squadron has a staff of regular Royal Air Force flying instructors who teach members to fly up to the standards required by the Royal Air Force.  The Air Squadron is now equipped with de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 training aircraft, which is one of the best light training aeroplanes in the world.  The course for members of the University covers a period of three years.  It includes solo aerobatics, solo cross-country flying to an advanced stage, and a syllabus of ground training.  Membership of the Squadron is open to all students, including ex-Service undergraduates from all three Services.  However, only a small proportion of medical members can be enrolled each year.  On joining the Air Squadron, an undergraduate becomes an Officer Cadet in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.  His training is arranged so that it does not interfere with his studies or his future career.
A member's main obligations are :-

     (a) To complete at least 40 hours flying per year - The member may make his own appointments to fly from Sydenham aerodrome any day of the week, including week-ends.
     (b) To complete a syllabus of lectures - These lectures are to give a better understanding of the problems of flying and its allied subjects. They are given in the evenings, usually one evening's attendance per week during term is all that is required to complete the lecture syllabus.
     (c) To attend Summer Camp for fifteen days - Normally during July or August, the Air Squadron is attached to a regular Royal Air Force Station from which it flies every day, and at which its members live as Royal Air Force Officers.

On the satisfactory completion of each year's training, every Officer Cadet is paid a retainer fee of £35.  In addition, he is paid per hour of attendance at the aerodrome or for lectures.  Allowances are also made for travelling expenses incurred.  During the Summer Camp, he is paid 12/- per day plus 6/- per day flying pay.
Members of the Air Squadron, on completion of their academic studies, are eligible for consideration for direct-entry Permanent Commissions in the Royal Air Force.  If members are selected for Permanent Commissions and have obtained their degree, they are given an ante-date of fifteen months on their seniority when they are commissioned in the regular Air Force.

We shall be pleased to give any undergraduate further information at the Air Squadron Headquarters, 18 College Gardens, Belfast

Souvenir Programme - "At Home"
Regimental Depot The Royal Ulster Rifles
Held at St. Patrick's Barracks, Ballymena on Wednesday, 17th August, 1949
Major R. M. Parsons Commanding

Programme of Events

During the afternoon the following will be on view :

          Troop Armoured Cars                     Exhibited by the      North Irish Horse
          40mm Bofors Gun and Tractor               "    "                 247 Light A.A. Rgt. R.A.
          Bn. Photographs                                     "     "                 6 (T.A.) Bn. R.U.R.
          Radar Eqpt.                                            "     "                 60 H.A.A. Regt. R.A.
          Signals Eqpt.                                          "     "                 Hq. N.I.D. Signals
          R.A.E.C. Display                                   "     "                 Command Executive Office Hq. N.I.D.

Film  "Dangerous Journey" will be shown in the Lecture Room, Sandhurst Block.  This show lasts 45 minutes and will be shown at approx. 15.00 hrs. and 16.15 hrs.  It is the story of a successful patrol carried out by two private soldiers, and depicts one of the many tasks that have to be carried out by the Infantry.

The following places will be open for inspection :-  Regtl. Museum; Wing of Sandhurst Block; Dining Hall and Kitchen; Gymnasium; Unit Fire Shed

The Cups and Medals won by Major R. M. Parsons, O.C. Depot, at Bisley, 1949, will be on view outside the Guard Room

14.30 hrs. to 15.00 hrs. - Selections by the Band of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, by kind permission of the Inspector-General
15.00 hrs. to 16.30 hrs. - Cookery Display by A.C.C. Personnel                                                                       
 15.05 hrs. to 12.20 (15.20?) hrs. - Drill Display by Recruits of North Irish Horse Brigade Training Centre on Sandhurst Square
15.30 hrs. to 17.30 hrs. Miniature Range .22 Competition (Prizes awarded to 3 best ladies and 3 best gentlemen)
15.30 hrs. Shooting on 25 yards Range Rifle and Light Automatic (For makes only)                                         
16.00 hrs. Children's Sports (Open to children under 12 years of age)                                                              
17.00 hrs. Motor - Cycle Display by 60 H.A.A. Regt. R.A.                                                                               
17.30 hrs. Musical Recital by the Band of the Royal Ulster Constabulary                                                         
18.00 hrs. GOD SAVE THE KING

Short History of The Royal Ulster Rifles (83rd and 86th Regiment of Foot)

     On 28th of September, 1793, Major William Fitch raised the 83rd Foot in Dublin, and two months later Major-General Cornelius Cuyler raised the 86th Regiment of Foot in Shropshire.  The two Regiments were amalgamated in 1881 and became The Royal Irish Rifles.  Up till then the full names of the two Regiments had been the 83rd (County of Dublin) and the 86th (Royal County Down).  On amalgamation the new Regiment was "Royal" because the 86th had been given that honour at Bourbon.
     The green uniform, black buttons, etc., date from the time when the Rifle Regiments were the Scouts, for whom the red uniforms were too conspicuous.  To be made a Rifle Regiment was the greatest honour and compliment, and is an honour shared by only three other regiments in the Army.  When the Partition of Ireland occurred the Regiment became known as The Royal Ulster Rifles.
     The Regiment took part in the following campaigns :- Cape of Good Hope (1805), The Mahratta War, Storming of Bourbon (now Reunion), The Pindari War, The Peninsular War (in which the 2nd Battalion of the 83rd was the only one which fought out the campaign as a complete unit), The Indian Mutiny, The Boer War, The Great War, Mesopotamia (1920), and the 1939-45 War.
     In 1795 the 86th did duty as Marines and in 1801 they performed a most magnificent feat, doing a march of ninety miles in Egypt in 116 degrees temperature, on three pints of water and no food, in forty-eight hours.
     The Battle Honours carried on the Officers' full-dress cross-belts are :- "Egypt,"  "Cape of Good Hope,"  "Bourbon,"  "Indian"  "Talavera,"  "Eusaco,"  "Fuentes d'Onero,"  "Ciudad Rodrigo,"  "Badajoz,"  "Vittoria,"  "Salamanca,"  "Nivelle,"  "Orthes,"  "Toulouse,"  "Peninsula,"  "Central India,"  "South Africa, 1899-1902,"  "Mons,"  "Ypres 1914, '17, '18,"  "Somme, 1916, '18,"  "Courtrai,"  "Suvla,"  "Marne '14,"  "Neuve Chapelle,"  "Albert '16,"  "Struma,"  "Jerusalem."
     In the Great War eleven Service Battalions were raised in addition to the Regular Battalions, and the Regiment won three Victoria Crosses.  In the 1939-45 War the 2nd Battalion earned special distinction in the Dunkirk Retreat.  Later the 1st Battalion became a Glider Battalion, and both Battalions took part in the Normandy landings on "D" Day, the 1st Battalion gliding down a couple of miles from the 2nd Battalion.  The Regiment were the first into Caen, the taking of which was one of the most important operations in Normandy.  Both Battalions again took part in Crossing of the Rhine.
     On the 1st May, 1948, at a parade held at Ballykinlar, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were amalgamated into the 1st Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles (83rd and 86th).    Ballymena Observer