Jamaica reunion

Comrades Group garrison Church











Newcastle Wall with regimental badges on wall











Garrison Church

Jamaica reunion

Jamaica Defence Force Band and some old R W F bandsmen



Afro Carib bandsman in Zoave  uniform

Garrison Church group Fiddler Fred in wheel chair

Jamaica reunion

Lime Cay











Bob Marley’s House














St Davids Day at the Hotel

Jamaica reunion

My wife arriving in Jamaica



Hotel pool











Lime Cay (pronounced Key )


Dunns river falls

R W F guard in Dusseldorf

Here is a photo of a guard in Dusseldorf in 1949. Unfortunately I do have any names to put to faces.

major Byrdes Funeral

A photo of Major Byrde's Funeral Malaya Major Byrde came to us from the Welsh Regiment. He was shot leading an attack on a large platoon of C T’s. Nobby Mason led a counter attack and some bandit’s were killed and wounded. Nobby won a D C M for his action in repelling the C T’s  Attack.

R W F members at this funeral were as follow: C S M Morton, C S M Woods, Maj Battson, Major Hilditch Capt Arkle,

Permanent staff Wrexham 1953

Names on this photo are Sgt Collins, Wally Watkins, Cpl Downs Cpl Ryder, Sgt Smokey Morris, Sam Jones 34, Sgt Mac Cormack,
.Sgt Ernie Wilcox,  Cpl R B  Donovan, C Sgt Smith,Sgt Pring,  Sgt Hanks, R S M Wally Wanklyn Captain Edwards, C Edwards, Captain Finchett – Maddocks Lt Edwards

New Villages Ladang Geddes estate

Here is a copy of my map of the Ladang Geddes rubber estate.This estate is the largest estate  in Malaya. it covers some 14,000 acres and employed some 4,000 workers it is surrounded by jungle and is 10 miles from a public road.Above details from the Regt History Vol 6 of the regimental history by Lt Gen J Riley
DS.O..

Food Denial

A scheme was designed to prevent the tappers giving food to the C T platoons. 10 Platoon were engaged in this plan.It meant that in some cases a Fus and 3 men would be responsible for checking the tappers out to the rubber to tap the trees early in the morning. The whole village had to have a communal breakfast and what was left was destroyed under supervision to prevent the tappers being forced to hand over food etc to  the local C T’s. This article was printed by the Soldier magazine by Captain F S Napier.

Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden visiting the 2nd battalion R W F in Malaya
In front is LT Col Benyon C O of the 2nd Battalion R W F
Followed by Anthony  Eden.

Rogue Elephant Hunt

Whilst in the company lines major Barchard called me over to meet a civilian. This civilian turned out to be Mr Jack Leonard game warden of Gemas. Jack informed me that a rogue elephant was coming out of the jungle and causing thousand of dollars worth of damage. He then told me the local council members wanted Jack to take 26 Malays as escort to the hunt party. I asked Jack how many men did he need, he replied 3 Royal Welchmen will suffice. I then asked the nearest men if they would volunteer for the job as escort. Fus John 19 and Fus Baker 84 said yes I made the up the 3 rd man. After discussing our weaponry Jack said he would send for us as soon as the elephant was sighted. In a couple of days we had word from Jack to meet up and enter the jungle to kill the elephant. Jack and his gun bearers took 2 high powered elephant guns, I took an M 2 0.300 calibre modified carbine with a 30 round magazine. Fus John and Baker took the mark 5 S.L.M.E. 303.We caught up with the elephant and Jack fired a shot in to the animals chest cavity and either a heart or lung shot downed the elephant and Jack delivered the kill at close range. We then cut the tusks out. But we had to bury them as it poured down and as a consequence we re entered the jungle later and brought the tusks out Picture shows Fus John a gun bearer with me and the tusks

News paper cutting of the hunt

• Photo of left l /Cpl John 19 and R B Donovan with the tusks after reclaiming them from the site of the kill 

• Letter from the game warden Mr Jack Leonard

4 members of the hunt party

British P O W’s Great War

Post cards of British P.O.W’s In France and Flanders

ARMS CACHE

I was  asked by my company commander to go into the jungle to recover an arms cache  I would have 2 enemy surrendered bandits to guide us to the cache Our intelligence informed all would go well.But the
M o D had a bounty price for all ordinance and small arms ammunition to  any S E P who was responsible for returning it to the British authorities. There was a chance we could have been set up and ambushed for our equipment. To be on the safe side I took an Iban head hunter and a Sarawak ranger plus a dog handler and a wireless operator, plus 7 Fusiliers, I led the party. The photo left shows a Communist terrorist center of the group,opposite is a photo of our haul. Bottom left shows a Dakota dropping surrender leaflets. The photo bottom right shows one of these leaflets. We recovered 2 S M L E's mark 4 plus  4 tins of S A A and  2 complete police uniforms which the bandits used to sneak up on any police out posts and then captured all the documents and ordinance kept in the police station, they then killed all the police in this out post and set fire to it.
.Surrendered  bandit in centre of photo                                                                  R D with arms cache

Dakota dropping surrender leaflets

                                                                    Copy of surrender leaflet on right