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PATRON OF THE BSAPTRUST

Geol the Lord WalkerGCB CMG CBE

EDITORMike Abbotls (5975)

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I A)st Sheep04 Around k Ahouf thc Lily. and Ireland

LOndOB —4. IICL)nd Gafhll11Ige 5„UkBI Illeh

ABIIal Dllzxx, 6, Noltlm'l& at Chu&tleg», 11.12 From the Irar Outposts

1 wstcm (.ape — 12, 9'i~km O'Ipc —13, NIItd -- 14,Trlnsv;I;11, 16.

14 lhc %wc')ties

18 MyerSCOUIsh Ad)'Crtlsen)enf

Oop !19 IVho Is this.»

Depot 1&hays

21 Explosive Quandl& hy Bertie Cuhitt

23,1immy Blather)sick

24 Llk Ilsll'OST

33 I lood llero34 Outpost Memorahles

Christmas CardsChant»cs ofAddA5s etc: other confacf. detluls

36 Canadian Visitors - Maurice k. I":thid AknlD:ltes for your diary

37 Military Pohce in Mashonaland

40 'll)e Steer Thrt"Id

41 Murder ln thc stolln df"din

43 Crime lwnls

44 1 hc Hnal Inspection45 Ohlhlallcs49 Obverse:Is 81znches

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CHA|RMAN'S CHAT

By thc t.lITIC yol. l read this I shall ll«Ivc

h«ld thc plcasl. llc of )01»111~» oilr collcaf»ucs

in the Cape for their n)onthly g»BA)cring in

November. I shall TL~it Bny )stings,nl(ss«lgcs etc. in due COI.Iisc but it will be

InteiT'sting to conlp«lll. ho)v they Brc fanng

»BIILst our g»««. fhcnngs hen.'. I BIll pILT)Bring

this col»Inn i»1111ediately Bffcl thc Rugby

Semi-finals —shoill(1 »lake nly »)ecting In

thc Cape even ITIole llltcresting.

OUr IXM g»athQl»g, thc RCInnlentll

Dln'lcf, %M, Bg»aln, a L»re«lt suc&ws. The

»UIT)hers were up 0» ILLst yc«)r which Is

encounging and I am siuL those pn~ntwill B~m& that Pat Llwless stnIck just the

light note In both content Bnd diIratioll ofhis sf hah. Onc ilrca where I was

disappoint', despite my pie;I in the Last

editioll, wilsln thc nl, lnlbcr of people who

still choose to wcm lounge suits r«)ther

than get dosed up for thc occasion.

I anl ywteful to thc few px)pie who

mwpondcd to my Truest previously Bs to

why rlttcn(LB»ce «lt the AC)M seclns 10 bc

(IIT)ppII)g 0H. I fGw nothing ncw was

forti)coining fronl those icspollscs

fact()I's silch ILs dist«)nce, cost, tllTling werc

«ill r«llscd «Ind «UL Inattcrs which yoill

conllnlttcc h«lvc corLsldclcd. Rci»»ctfl, Illy„lt

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is impossible to please all of the p(uplectc. . ... so I y.I(ws we are going to have to

live with it. Ti)e other factor, (uIII() (lumini,

is not something I can do much about

however, we mill k~) the

(late tilTIC»vcnilc coiLstantly under review.

Upcoming is the Rcmembiance Dayservice at thc Rhodesia Plot at

KcstIT(i»ster Bnd we are hoping for goodrepresentation. %C shall p~icl. lfarly miss

Ricky May this yci)r. He was a great

silppoltcl of this evcllt «Ind (Icslgncd 0UI

Ical)1c»411 pla(IUC for thc plot.

After that is our Christinas Sundowner

on the first Tuesday of December. I shall

be back from South Africa and look

forward to scelng voU there.

6905 Peter Phillips

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A BRIEV R'ORD FROM THEHON. SEC.

I have to report that I am going AWOLagjlln and by thc flmc voll lead this, I willhave bccn away fol two ITlonths. QIItcllncxpectcrliy I received an ofTcr of a sixmonth contract with thc Unitrxl NafiorLs,

which involves quite a bit ofg»Jobctlutting.

As I cannot BAold to turn it down„ I leavetomolTOW (9/9). %c wiJJ have the sxTIcBlzlngclHcnt as dunng my last absence,with Hcrtic Cubitt, Mlkc AbbotLs and ITly

wife J~l, keeping thillgs ANIMlg withinput from me on line Bnd Chairman PeterPhillips where necessary.

Nothing new on the Sharc PCILsion front,Sevenl Ixxlple have hV similar nosesto that which I report&8 in the last Outpostand we are stIJJ not holding our breath,W'th regard to subs dcfaulters. The Jase

apJxMI hIIS had qultc posltlvc rcslllts bllt bvthe time you receive this Outpost, many of'

those still in default» will have nxeivlxf aletter from Hertie Cubits

I wish everyone a very happy ChnsfIIMs.Take care.

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cndolsenlcnfs Indra tin&» that fhc

9015David Burford sponsors this page

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;IdWwsccw aIc no longer at tire addllws

rect)rdcd,

[4304t Brown SM, S*IIirinp»amCourt, Katton Norfolk TP25 6XD~IIayes P, Middlch "Iy Ct, BishopsCiccvc, Gloucs. GI 52 NT. (B~Ix1'~t~$') —c&I anyone contIm1 this'?'&

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If any mcnlbcr has knowledge of the

print ass ofany of tIIc above, please"Idvisc thc Hon. Scc.

Thc London Month/y Catherings takeplace at the Vlctol y Servlcl!s Club»

Seymour Street oA Edgwarc Road,around the corner from Marble Arch

from 530pm until late on theVIIZST Tuesday ofevery month.

7 Au@1st 2007 attnlctcd thc followingbods k bodcsscs: 4278 John Balchin,4735 CliA Rogers, 4503 EkeHumberstone, 4853 Fmi Punter, 5055Kcn Miners, S507 Brian Taylor, 5662Bany Henson» 5975 Mike Abbotts, 6348Dennis Poole, 6507 Seamus Power(visiting f111m Spain), 6527 MikeO'Donnell, 6735 Mike Coleman, 73S9Bertie Cubitt, 7391 Alan Toms, 8338Ma1 Thurman, Guest Roz Thurnlan, WP335 Jan Knight (ncc Inine) (visitingfi11m Botswana).

4 September 2007 thee present weve:6905 Peter Phillips, 5662 Barry Henson,7391 Alan Tonls, 7085 Hut»»I (Fred)Hubbard, 7084 Flunk Dearden, 8510David Adalns (Mat Bnmch)» 6308 DNHughes. 7225 Kcith Brown, 7260 RayDale, 6609 Parry Jones, 4278 JohnBalchin» 5322 StIIart Rodda» 19566 SkipRausch, 5507 Brian Taylor, 6527 MikeO'DonneIL

2 October 2007 —preset wne: 6905Peter Phillips, 6527 Mike O'Donnell,6348 Dclmis Poole, 5469 David Grimbly(Mat Branch), 8278 Tony Marillier, 4278John Balchin, 19566 Skip Rausch, %12Den*.k Singleton (fRNTI Bcnml(4).

Now to other paIts of thc UKInland, stag with Ireland:

This page is sponsored by 4899 Sid Cooper In loving memory of his wrle Doms.

British South Africa Police "". .--" Regimental ~ation UK

The Sixth ASAP Ireland C.atherinfv at Kihnore, Clonmel

8 'September 2007

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BACF', S Mills, T Meekin, E Norns, R Eliddulph, J Burkett, T Devoy, 6 Norri, , R Fynn, J Berry, D Riley

C 'vvood, C Cavanarth, R Syrnrnons, p Deasy, R O' Hara, D fvtallinson, R Cooke, J Scott, R Harvey,

E tvtatchett

MID A Burkett, tvt Berry, N Hall, J Matchett S Stokes, RorJer Capper, Vv' Cavanagh

FRiDNT t Flynn, J tvteekin, A Mills, «Scott M Biddulph, C Harvey, Renate Capper

Another succ~wsftll Gathering w;Ls

held on 8 'S«yt«mher, 2007, at the ILsual

ventle, Sandy Stokes pl'lee ne'O' Clonnlel,

County Tippently. A hig thanks is due to

S,'indy f«II again nl«lking hLS sp;lclolLS

honle an«l g«ll«len available, The wv&ltller

wv«'«very go«xf, vv«31111„«by «lnd c'llnl «Ind

small pvups 1vew. dotte«1 hew, alxf there

«llx)ut the lrtwns, chatttng„«fl'Inktng &Uld

1'lter ellfoying the excellent ( urly and

other dishes provick;d fol' i«Inch, A hlg

th;Inks duc to S'uxfy 'In«f to IVI«tne Henyfol' the c«wktng„K'ltf 1~1 I lynn fol' the

13esselt, Pat De;«y for the fish Bn«tai„;Iud

al 1 tile 1«ld les 6:110 he

lixed

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6925 Dave Darbv slmnsors this ryage In loving memory of Harry and Sheila Davies5

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Once 'Igl)in, thc I'Uge H«V3-CLU))-I Llb

i)c;uby, )vhicl) )ve block-lx)ok fr)r otir

n)cl))hers fi0IH '1f'U; &VIL» fltll up 'U)d

IIILIging fivin tile IA4s I)f ln'1ny vvhcn

1hcy LUTlvcd at thc g«)theI'ing, «I vcl yconvlviill F11LIay evcnu)g xv«L» had by «ill.

In addition to th&' usLI«II crovvd, vvc

vvelcon)ed Roger;uld Rciultc Capperfrol)1 thc U.S., Roger Cr)ok fioln I"I Ulcc,

Vctci «Uld M!1~&~Qic Hiddulph «U)d DickMallinson finnan UK. Sex enl old

Rhodest;u)s also attei)dc@I LL» gucwts.

Regrettably, 43s& & Andy Hi vant could not

bc present dilc 10 ill-lic'lltll lu)d &vc vvisil

hin~ ail 1he bat. KVilia Hry;u)t attcndcxf on

liis I)cl)alf' and also;lctcd «L» Oflicial

Vhotognapher. Thlu)ks, Kill I.

I hose «1ttcnding ( HHInbcnng 361 xvcle;

471)9 Fddie 8. 3L);u) Illlatchctt, )615 Toink Jnu) Mcckin, vvitII gl)c~t» St;u) &vv Anne

Mill», .)108 (iolLIon 8. F~ e 5&orris, ")63')

fX&ve Nlcv, 5272 Vtlt l)e*.Lsv, &936 Ro«cr

Rcnttc 6 lpga. l v,ath p, re»t» 33~)(FR) (.hi'Is &v«hvcndy l&«avlnlafil1 (Wendyvv;L» a M.R), 922& 3I)hn h'; Linda Scott,6130 R;indy Syinnions, 623-'I Hob A,

I».athly~) 1lpin, 8196 I'Om l)cvoy, »fvf.fohn k Maize HCITl «ind &~ntest 1»IIcky

I lail, ~')ll Dick i&laflinson, 7211 peter &c«

M«lgglc HKMUIph 744&1 Vctcl 0 H«lr«l

4209 .Iuli'u) ~c Alisl)n Hurkitt, 67S3Ro&~er Cook, )6&81 Robin A. C;Uolc

Harvey„S )N6 S'Uldy Stokes 'Uid gllestsGcoff'and M;1g&gie W)I)d (ex Chipinga'I,;lnd Willa Hiy;ult.

Ai)ologics &vere nxxivu1 fix)m; PeterVhillips, Hany Hcnson, Mike Ahhotts,Mike 1.1.";lch„I"M Vuntcr, Clivc Vvans,Rose Howcn, How;ud Hyrnc, 'u)d Hill

O'Conncll.Donatlol)s Ul c«L»h «U1LI kllxl c«u)1C to

FLILro100, which vv;L» frwarded to UkHi",U)ch Fund. l llanks to all.

Thc 7 Annu«ll 6athenng %vill bc onSatuR4y 6 Scpten)ber, 2008, s«MHc

venue, so m;Ike a note iri your di;tries.

THV. ZN)7 Llk HRMilCHAWXl. IA1. l)AXL'R

Took pl«lcc «at thc Vlctolp ScrvlccsClub in London on Frid;ly 2&)"' September2007. As Vcter Vhillips ix:inalkcxi in thiscxfitiI)n's "(O'Urm'u)'s Chat" theRegu))cntai 13uu)CI, divas, «ag«ul'1, «I gGltsued".i» It VV" Is vvcll '111ci'Idcd aild OLlr

(ntest Speaker„ I3ngadicl' Vl)t I. 'Iwvless ofthc Rhr)dcsiiu) Anny Assocl'11)OH„struck

ltL»1 thc Hght Hotc in bL)th content «U)d

dunltion ofhis spxvh.V;uay Jones and 0;U) Hugl)&s;ul: also

10 bc thanked for the)I Oig«U)ls'ltlon of thcdinncI 'U)d 111c Rxcptii)n 'Ulcl h'Uldllng oftile fine)cc&. „xvhiic 13cru)is Voolc did his

usu,"Ii gr)od job in Organising the niff le

(abut fronl IL»ing thc niicn)phone Js «1

6925 Dave Darby sponsors this page In loving memory of Harry and Sheila Davies

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pointer!) and in this y~ m pl&«scut;Ition our

Patron, Lord Walker, ably;Issisted him.

Thc attc11cl«ulcc I&gistcr consists of

Gen Lord Michael Walker (Pat)on of'

the BSAP Trtlst)„Brigadier Pat La)@km

(Guest SIx"1ker), thc~fICI the cist In

alphabetical order consisted of: 5975Mike Abbott»„6743 Bruce Allen, 427ft

John Halchin, 5401) Richard Banlc»,111697C".harles Hennett, 7764 G L Hest,

111032 C'.olin Hew&, 7211 Peter

Biddulph, 6639 Eric HiITcll, KV344Renee Birrell, %FR 2434 Rose Bowen,5044 Tony Bradshaw, 5317 K J Hlx)ok»,

9591 Les Burrow Tim C,'allow (Guest),Helen Cathro (Guest), 39'-I8 EI)c Collier„6753 Roger Cook, 4891 Sid Cooper, 7394Brian Croasdell, 7359 Bertie Cubitt, 48«)2

Peter Dancer, 6925 Dave D;uby, 5272 Pat

Dexsy 7677 Peter Dewe 4615 Gus Gale4428 Bnlcc Gate»„5355 Ilugh Ciibson„6629 Gvx)lgc Glibbcry, 90116 TonyGranger, 7461 Peter Gnnt, f)962 Bill

Hand, %72 Wnston Hrut (South Afnca),t)605 Cy Haltley, 5171 Peter Hillier, 8131Brian I Iodson, S659 Hoppy l-lopkins,

5259 Wilf I-lowe, 6308 Dan I-lug&~)cs„

4503 DID I-lumbcrstone, 7418 ColynJ«uIll'», C)t)09 P«uTy Jones, Chns K.ulsey

(Guest), FR Pat Lacy, Liz I 'Icy (Guest),Paul La I'ontcu'Ic (Guest), 5248 Alan

Lane, 5349 Pctcr Lu)c, 4«119 Brian Lly„

5312 Mike Lindicy, 331)5 LlulunyLlu)11)I)lb'„CIIf1 M'lson (Ciuc»t)„JohnMcAdam (Guc»t), S725 Phil Mead„5615I onl Mccku), Si«ul Mills (Guest), S055I«.cn Mulcls, 4955 Bob Monlston, 6360.Iohn Moxham, «»»43 Anthony Murphy,6527 MIkc 0 Donne!i, S310 Hri;ul

V;lrn;lby, 8')32 Gcny Vaxton, 6905 I'etcr

Phllhps, 6341) Dennis Voolc S395 TunPotter, 4I)53 I'lwxf Vtu)tcr, 9573 Ciraemc

1&cstolick„5601 I'ric Row), t)432 Chris

Roberts, «»l160 Mike Robertson, KV199Lind'I Robertson, S322 S A Rodd;I, 4735C!i fT Roget», 6%«) Colin Say, 9439 Glenn

Scylnour-Hall, 7661 k()d Shelley, Ian

Spacknuu), 566«) Dan St;&nnard, 6130Randy Syn)mons, 5507 HInn Taylor,S559 Dick Thon)pson, 7391 Al«ul Ton)»,S625 BiA' %ay, 415«N Tiln Kcimer,241 81 H Iiu1 Wc!eh, 4«i-)7 MIkc Wltslulc,Bli'u) Minter(Ciucst), 5351) Mick York.

I.lcle «u'c photos of sl)n)c of those u)

attendance„kindly provided by Colin

Hewcs al1d I'lv3 Vtultcl.

Pal ryJones

8289 John Dineen sponsors this page

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Raf lie Prim. to Glenni+ytnour-Hall

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Guest Speaker, Brig. Pat Lawless, Chairman

Peter Phillips and Patron of the BSAP Trust Gen.Lord Walker.

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CHIJDI. KI(iH RI.PORT6TH October 2007

EngLuld v Austr&ilia ul thc Rugby

World t .up did Ilot deter the 23 Old fiuid

not so old) fossils who attended oiir

gathering. Considering that we had 11

apologies (holi(LIy, f(UHIIv comiHltlncnts

etc) thl tuIHout w&xs ~(.tlfyulg (not

to ITlentton the sIHokiilg bcU1. 1 lil p'Issu)g,

The Old Coilchiilg I louse Is CNl'Qltlv

elating a 1&~~e awnillg &1t thc rc*u' foI'

inclement weather and with a I;uge

%eked 'UMI with tables, NHbrdias and

ashtrays this caters adlnirably for the

sITiokci'. Those that dtd attend cllJoyc(l the

c&UH&uadenc ~ON)ting old tIITles frolH

bye-gone years aild catching up on news

of old fnen(fs. The rugby illatch was

shown on a big scn:en ill, thc b'U with thc

sotuld ttullcd 0A which did Ilot iilti LIdc 011

thc private scnlrns fonHcd by solne over

glasses at tables ncluby.

PRESENT were 3948 Eric Collier,119% George I'ardell, 3967 Johnny

Johnston, 202956 Hif(La Olivier, 5329Paddy Morton, 5566 Dave MacdonaldAnd Wife Jo;UI, 8355 Chlls Butler And

Wife Shirley. 8693 David I.anion, 508')

Jim Gilbert and wif(". Molly„5541 Dick

Mallinson„5468 Dave Adshcad, 9270Gcralnt, Iones, 9486 D'Ivid I uscombe,

44M Buchan Tclfer„5956 Dave

I&'enn(dy Air(l KVif(", Anne, 509K David

Riley once again over fiT)IH C(Ipctow)I

«Uld (jucst Chnstulc TcnniU1t, EVolthy of

IHcntion ale. 5349 I'ctcr i.anc;u)d wif(:

Ann, wlx) lrlvc 1(gently Inovc(l overfi'OIH Capctown, they;Ire in the process Of

Inoving hoinc, (UUJ w«e hope to scc then)

on;I Ix;yrl;u b;Lsis. Geolg&e I.ardell kindly

piit up Di1vc Riley, Enc ( Ollici &uld guest

Flu istlnc TCIII I'll)i, well doilc Cicolgc.

A plloto of soIHc present Isshownbelow.

I"n)IH Leff to nglii «U)": Bucl)«ul I elfci, Cjcorf«c

I;Il(fell, Eric (.'()Ilier, (. hristillc Tenn"u)t. '111(f

Jol)ilily Jul)i)sion

0(Ir %1;Iy 2008 oathcI'ing has b(&n

iul«ul&&ed 101 S«lturday 17th, s'UHc vciuic-fr()IH I 130hi&. QucI Ics„dlIMtions ctc

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k:astern Cape:A avinter braai of the Ltstern C'afw Branch gas held on Satrtrday, thc 28 July2(X)7 at the M;ttitinte Club„ I'ott Elizabeth. Although the attendance bynleltlbers &v«ls I&t%)liable, sotlle It«avtllg cotne ftolll out of towll, tile pros@At oflllcle111ellt x&'eatftct put oA a bettet attend«tttce. A goAf tittle Yves llad by tflose vvllo

aftenckxl «tnd dlscussloH cctltrcd «troM1d p«tst alld pn iettt sltuatlolls.

Belovv ls a photo taken of tile ladies atteltding.

I"rotn Ieff to ngltt: LaMit Do&&11, V«at Col11ptolt, Jo'tll DtcktllMn, June Dlcklttsotl,

I felena Btlp. teln, a Attest alld Dotvthy Circ«ell .

'I he blokcs in attendance ate, f&.attn@I in tfte next photog;&ph. .

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The Sweatiesauthor James Scott

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7727, xvho servA in the BSAP from 1967to 1980, retiring in the r,uik of Inspector. He

now live in Johanncsbt)rg.

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George 8MaureenFarmel

NatalLLst yell sollietltilc, Rob k Sllcl«agll

11«ui)tlton at)d Alf k .Ie;u) Taylor

tuldcrtook LSL) (Look Sco 'uld Dectde)

tnps to OZ. Havillg golie «111 tile '«v«ty out

illete to clleck out tlte opposition tlleyve

decided not to gr). .. or have they. KVell, xve

are sad to tell you that Alf;uid v;e: Jeannic

This is a compelling story of a cpu)t)y in its

dc«)th th)~&, centred oil tile BSA Police

Salisbury SWAT. tean) in the final days ofthc v nr. Facing impossible odds 'the thin

blue line' was never thinner as they and the

Special Bianch faced the th))~t of annul

insumwtion in thc city, thc horrors ofCommunists-backed terrorism and the

ultiniate at)x)city.

"Gives aninsightinto the enormityofour situation at the time.

Whoever you are, whatever youdid, recaptureitin this book. lt

deserves to be read. "Insp. Peter Gibson,

Ou'c Salisbury SWAT 1978-1980

Available from your netuaw1 bookshop or%'o'w. 'ull;Uon. con) or

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have decided to rcttlrn to thcil roots so It

will be DNidee, ScotLuld that won that

tLIssle. . Hut the strangest of'all is Rob's

choice ... Ciul yoU bcllcvc lt hc hLLS

relocated to the Fim State. Eitch the FreeState — I w««s alwilys told thilt that w«as

sonlcwhcrc you c«unc ftom not went to.Heing positive we c ul at leasa say that tlult

is one that ALLssie lost! Seriously, Al f and

Jell we wish you that vs best in your

rctifcITlcnt to Scotland. And to yoU Rob,on your trips back to Hillcrcst, which weknovv will be frequent, we will trIM to

show you the enor of your wilys —goodluck to you both.

Annual Dinner: Natai 81aneh

%liat ii glMt cvcnlng - I thu"Ik It w«ls

thc best AHHU«il Dinner wc have had In

nl«uly 11 yc'«lr. ON @lest spclker w"Is I'Ionc

othci than Ian 'Mac thc ex-Mat lbelcl'lIld„

Rhodesian, Natal ShMS and SpnngbokcAxlch. Hc spoke with guilt w««nlmess ofhis days In HU!awi«yo «uld thc nvalry

bctwccn thc Police and locals rugby teal'ns

—hc cvcn ildlTlltted to poaching Onc ortwo of 0Ur playcis! Hc toUchcd on his

days as Rllodesiail coach lvith Hutch

coITung IH for soITlc scnotis Mickeyt;Iking'. Hc was very diplonTatic in his

comment about his stay as the Hoks

coach.

Attending the fi.inction wcIT:: Terry

Alhyn; Lionel and Rose Baker, Allan

«u ld I"lick Bennet; Alill1 auld Myma

Brent; Rob Bristol and son Rickie,

Nobby and Natascha Clark; Ant

Crossley„peter Cuthng; Don Darkes;uld friend; Graham and Hetty De WVitt;

Chris k Elsabeth Driver; Cicorge;uld

Lynn Calhraith (y.uwts SAS); Peter kf;!Kibe 4atiand; .Iohn k Yvonne

Has&veil; Phil Hart «lnd guest, C~;utah

Hatton„ lan al"Id VcHHv Ho~~; Dcs alii, l

T lish How'se; Dick uld Jenny

Iselnonge; Derek and Megan Kerr;lain Laing; John l~; Peter k Ctuul

Ly&w; Dave and Maddy l,ynn; Ian 'Mac'

and Rona Macintosh (4ucst) I n:d and

Llnds«ly MILson, «uld Dapl'ulc Hllddlcston

(g.lest); Scotty MCCaulcv„Phil «uld Evc

Mingard; Tcd;uld Suc Painting; Hii;ul

'Perky' Perkins; Judge I lilary uid Coialic

Squires; Vic;uld Rccna Sutherland;

4arlh 'Hutcli' and Hill;Iry Ron Horsten

and fiunily; Roy XYeleh; Kcn and

Yvonne %'ood„' Kevin XVoods aiid

fiuTllly; DC11HLs k Mananl Wvlltt.

Durhiln South Station Function:PeterAITlold froln DN'13an SOLitl'I St'ltlon reports

24 p«uty gocls attended tire DI~l Sollth

hlnctlon On SNlday «8 July 07 at thc Mills

Homb Shcllholc in %amer He;lch thc new

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n~eeting place. Thc monling st;utcd brip~t

'uld sunny but by I 1am the wind was

blowing;uld continual thou/»out the

fiulction. Ptcrc welv, those th'lt showed

thcnlsc Ives mls tIXIc putygocrs nalllclv

D'Ivc Ctlf low who collldil't be stopjxxl

('ulyway why shotIId we lly) tu&d I-lil Von

Horstcn, wvho 'lflcl a plcllstint bl&uing

8:%ion Icd tile diulcin~~.

Those attending weal&: I ronl Margatc

station, 8214 Hob Packer and Kim, 6467Hutch and I lil Von Holden, 6468 Dave

Iuld Penny Callolv„5251 .fohn and Carla

Dolby raid 8157 B,ury Woan who told ofhow hc got 1ncked uito J0111111gthc HEAP.

From Hillcrnt 7229 Eke Howse. and

Dtu4lll South IriclBbei's, 5939 Vlc and

Recna Sutherhlnd, 6564 Stm and

Wendy Shawe, ~PI)8 ocnlld and Macha

Coleman, PR3335 Digger Flavell, 5794lac Parker SAPS Mike ~ed Martine

30ycc anc'1 Dcs and Dora Mcllct. ...rind not

fbrfytting 5042 Petit k Bonnie Arnold!!!

TransvaalMonthly Sundowner 13/04/07 A fair

tlullout at thc Jocks. PA'sent wcn. : 63 t5

Dave Holnles, 6817 Kclth Douche, 5807Alastair Webb, 7184 Chris Russell, 7651Dick Llltill, 5526 Phil Devlin, 9790Dunctul Waugh, gliest C lurielon Waul&l,

110887 IOII Herdman, 6610 30ck

Pirrett, 6769 Dick Glanville, 6538 Cjlcnn

Macasklll

Monthly Sundowner 11/05/07 A goodevening indeed. In attend;ice were: 6650Peter Combes, 4988 Hill Crossan, 6817Kcith Douche, 6382 Tnry Schwaltl„5930 Roy Gardener, 9790 DunceWaugh, 7038 Ashlcy Collings, yiestMong Wi5s, 6345 Dave Holmes, 5539Andy Learmonth, 6017 John Hill, 6538Glenn Macaskill, 6692 Blian Garvey,7978 Doug Hay, 6610 30ck Pirrett, 346M. Merritield, lan Hooper, Tvl Scottish,6769 Dick Clanville.

Monthly Sundowner 8/06/07 Not lmnythere coz of the Cunt and Rice the next

day. 6345 Dave Holmes, 7453 Neil

Dawson, 7651 Dick Latilla, 9271 FrikHanekom, 6769 Dick Glanville.

Cunt 4 Rice Luncheon 9/06/07The cxpcnnlcnt of '1 ncw vcnuc at the

NoithclifTCountry Club restlited in a goodattendance in spacious surroundin~. Welldone to Kcith Douche for setting it all up.

Those who signed thc register werc:6769 Dick Glanvilie, 5756 Peter Gibson,5839 Colin k Hmbara Becks, 7038Ashley Collings 8. Mong Willis, 5137Don Norris, 110756 Chris Birtle, 6268Lian 4, Merle du Toit, 6382 TCITy

Schwartz, 7819Rob Stewart, 9354

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Simon k, Rina Rhodes, 5526 Phil kRobin Dcvlln, 6817 Kelth Douche,

%P5Y G.wcndolyn Drummond, 900202

Malcom k Riced Banifleld, 8741

RHAF Dave MeClell;u1, 10337 Colin

Kenny, @66 Greg Hill, I»452 Dave

James, 5619 Bang Enslin, 6145 Alex

Fraser„%25 Martin van Rensbulg~,

6316 Hob Wishart, 6484 Mike Williams

ex Natal, yI(its David k Baler lRichmond, 6612 Dave Willis, 7272

Cflarlle Plscopou, 9189 ( .H. Cox,18813Y1 fru11ish k Janicc Roberts, 6017John k Meg Hill, 8053 Gus k Brenda

Afbertson, 7717 Tony k Yvonne

Merris, 19714C Tom Rutherford„%P422 1 fifaty lkwk, 9364 Jeny

Lancaster„6593 Jac van Niekerk„

110687Nick k F/R John Shcward, 78'»5

Hally k Joey Estcl flulxcn, 6255 .I'lck kFiona London, 6185 Errof Worton, 6117Roy fMwards, 8081 Vetel Vrancis, 7651

Dick Latflfa, 6764 piflie Wiclopolski k(5703) Judy Hankinson, 653K Glenn kJo Macaskiff

Monthly Sundowner 13/07/07 A fair

tulTlout. Present were: 6769 Dick

Glanvillc, 9150 Jerenly k Libby

Tholnpson, 9165 Geoff k Ol 1(ulda

Lottcr, 7651 Dick Latilla, 7184 Chris

Russell, 7272 C11;uhe PIscopou, 7102

1faITy Hro@1IC, 7038 Ashfey Coffinfw,

y test Monlg Willi», YV346 M;Iur(xzl

McITlflcld, plcst Lon«rulc Ruthcl foKJ„

9271 f'11k l lanekom„(5703) Judy

Hanklnson, 6764 %1llle WicfopofskL,

6538 (.tlenn Macaskill, 6345 Dave

Holm'.8SAP Golf Day 1/06/07 Convened by

Qi10 .lock Pinctt, the d;ly was a gll-It

success wltf1 «lppl'ox. Rf 20(N I«us(xf. A

@mt cffolt from all concerned plus otabfe

il1cll "Ise(f suppolt from cx members.

Deputy Chair Dive Jllnlcs play(xf and

a!«»Ist(xf ol "I the day. Kclth Salnlcr

&&p(x:iafly flew up fiom Ea~t London for

the (fay„thanks for your support. Amongst

oui Irlany kind sporL»ols w(:rc D'lvc auld

Marion Wrist &w11 Mont;Igm„and their

(Llughtel Tracv who, ap'ut fronl out-

(51vlng everyone oil thc day„was a. pI.'«lt

Inotlvator w1th pn~&s, r«lfffc alld auction,

these cv(ults rising R5080. Tft;ulks;Ifso to

'Iuctioneer %(uIM1 Banks. Sp(x:iaf thanks

to thc olganlslng team before and on thc

day: Carol fivn1 J(x.k's office„DickGlanville, Kcith Douche, Phil Devlin;uld

puticul'u tflaIIks to Hfythc Stone, ex I'T«'

Rustlpc, ;I golf(. I who playe(f a n1;Ijor petbefore and d(ning, ably supported by his

wife Vc~ «111d I ydla Cloctc.

%elf done J(x:k Iuld helpers! hJ. (Tha/'s

'6/('irll M(1(*(IS/«1// la//(111/~. lt/I/4. "3/I/w/$«i),

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The MyerscoughFor nearly nine years now BSAPUK Assoc, North %'est Region, has held

rqmiar meetings at Thc Myel&cough on the A59 towards Clitheroe andopposite British Aerospace, from Junction 31 ofT the M6.

Thc meetings are on thc second Sunday in March, June, September andour Christmas Lunch on the Second Sunday in December, all at 12 noon.

Of apprmimately 750 members in the UK only about '150 attend

gatherings to Ineet okl conlf ades and at fhc Mycrscough wc gct up to 26.Everyone who attends finds they enjoy themselves, the food is good and

reasonably priced and those who do come, come again.Our numbers are dwindling rapidly so ifyou live within reasonable

distance or arc just in thc area make an CA'ort and come and enjoy yourselvesbefore it is too late. It is a good day out.

For further information call 4933 Rod %'ilson on 0151 605 1333.WVC look fonvard to seeing vou.

Oops!"77@.' r&urrr I I'ho

Inane'.

v rid»rr &rr&~I '~ ~/~re&

rior ICIIrcdly rrr~ke rlrrl rhirrg. "EJIlrrrdPAP/f~s. None-the-le% I do Ivgct and

apologise fof those that do occur,

MSA„Fditor.ISSUE 66—Summer 2007

7N3 Ralph Macleod refers to p;g~e 36ftflh line down in which I ln GoughBoth;I's I.orce No is shown as

"7833/8619". Itin Goup~l Hotha s flfst

Folie No. was 7883.. R;IIph's is 7833.

C illy Potter, from 'The FairestCape", points out that in the May 2007edition of' the Cape Outpost it was DaveBlacker who resigned as Mltor, aAer

having served for many years, not Gilly

Potter, who is "the nine Hon

Seclvtary/Treasurer (in which capacity I

too have served foi" n'key y&lfs) .5695 Dave Slonlan notes that not onlv

did we lrive him (and others) appemngtwice at the .Iune GatheIlng but under

difierent Force Nuiiilxv. —theflrst time as

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%HO IS THIS?Thc qllcstion was pos(xf In Issilc t)6 arid

thc arLswcr Ls g»)veil IlcA:. Ycp —lt Li

Section ONcer Harry Henson - his

slice(««sor Is on lhe nght. !

S&'0 Bariy Henson Hon Sec UK Branch

5696 and the seund;Ls 634&). I-Ic says "Ioffcn gct, conf lLsed at such O'Ithcnng»s but

nlv RcgilHentaI HNHbel I shal I ncvcr

forg»et —5695 . Hc acts:pt!i nlv apology

accepted but thinks that 5696 AListwr

Peden u)d Dennis Poole, the cometowner of 63YA, nllght n(xxI thea fe«lthcrs

slnoothil)g!

I"Inaily in this (xfition I apologise to the

family of' the Late 4354 Dennis Leslie

Shel illI»halll fol any distress that nl«lv

have occurr(xf from having his death

i&portlxf twice Ion pag(» 45 &Uld 48).

DLPO'I' DAYS4853 VILLI Pllllter de', w ilttei)tioil to

SOITlc coITcspondence On fhc HSAI

Association websitc which was sparke(f

0A by conlnlel'lt flT)IH 5504 D'lvc

)M)ttncy Ul which he s;ud "In 1956, at 20,IIHnledi'ltelv following a stil'lt of three

yet» Ii) the Royal MIIit;uy Pohcc, I

thought M0IHS Dc@it w«Ls «I holiday

c«UHp! Moil, thiui tli«lt, I tho(ight Chief

lnsp(xtoi S«UH Keller, was thc fN)III(:st

con)cxfian then:. ..'uld he i)ad quite a bit Of

colnperitioil too.

5944 Macca MacC»illivl"Iy ilddc(l to

tl'ic convcls«ltlon with his conllTI&'nt I anT

pie«Ls(XI tlrat sonic()nc othcl tlliul Inyself

thofolighly cr)Joycxl thc %;pot expcncncc!I-laving finislml schooling, I lrad plucnts

atternptin&» to pei»TUIdc me to g»o to tu)i,

n1cet a chap floIH thc BSAPwhoexplaincxi to me how I would 1TC tl «unLxf to

ndc hol»(s, dnvc IHotol cycles g c«u»,

play IHgby, Iexli self deft'nce, h;U)die

fiwwzns. ..etc etc...convey ine filx: of

ch;u'ge to thc nlost exciting continent ln

thc world. ..«and 10 and behold, PM" me

fiQIH thc Ininntc thilt I sct f(x)t (NI;I ci'llise

ship! Matc, I had 10 pirich nlysclf. I I'iad 'u'I

«ibsoliltc kill, «Ind lnade fncll(fs th«lt. I sh'ill

never fbrf»ct. Moms Depot fbq;Lxf tile boyinto a nl«UI, «uld I pcl»onaily h«i(1 g»teat

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Hwprx;t for ail the tough irrstfuctor» tlult

InorridrxI us lnk) a tc«un. 6N)d orl ther)1.

55M )oh» Acr~ add&xi to thrs vrelv

with his comment '"I also ape'. YVhile ru)t

exactly a 1)oliday c;u))p„Depot was nt had,

I w;rs 22, }fad workrxI for 4 odd

yl-"ll», col)Id lldc, vvas farnlil«u wrth Drill

'uld thc I ee Fnficld Mfuk I (fix)m mytime in thc Irish equivalent of the

I cmforlal Arlllyl «lnd had a c«rf alld

rnotod)ikc driving Licence, so llo

prohiclrr. Thc 11)strlrctofs, M&%l» Srnlth,

Maclr) tosI)„Stcphcr)S„HollrH~«&xvor 5 «Uld

Monry-Brown wcr): ail knowicgr-rhlc 'uld

I Ic;unt l lot If'they yclkxi lt you it w«rs

voru own filult ar)d there vvas Ilo l r)«)lice rn

it.

I Car) only Hx-)II one rocket frum DCIKclln. In oru I;Lst month in Dqx)t we

wclv. thc scrlror squad «u)d wcfe oil thc

fight for the 14N Pall)dc. I was the right

H)«lfkcr «uld orl thc corlunand h«ld to cofnc

to attention 'u)d marsh out from thc

Squ'rds„pcffhm)ing tile Slope Am)s, each

rifle lnovemellt synchroniwd vvith each

pace, and lullt at thc rl«urfker. Or) one

()cc')sion, for some H'm)n, I gotout of

syncl'l «Uld «UTrvcxf 111 a t«ulglc. This lcd to ah-Il-cking fiom Mr Keller and a g«o hack

and do lt ag««rll. Hut all qr utc gN)d-

I'rur)roru'NI. As I)'gafds a crrffcw„ I srxnl to

rex dl wc were allowed out of Dr70t on 2cvcnlngs 'l WG.k, probably Wxir)~ly;uld Saturday auld bc back hy either 2200or 2'. No big deal. Ke ( the ovru~xscx)lit)I)gent, not rr)cludrng thc 2 Rhodcsl«u's

we had) had no sc)cial life anyway. Theshort haircut, with white scalp showing,Ill«lfked yorl lust«llltlv «Ls «l HSAP fecfurt

arid therefore llnpovefishrxI ruld vvlthout

wheels. I remember on one ocmsion

going alto thc C«ul C~u) Bal at Mclklcs130tcI «and ordering a beer. The bann)nIookrxf at lllc pityingly fuld said, You do4)ow tI)csc «rfe J)6 erich .

Adding his view 5567/6219 DickH Unicy said "At 23 going on 24„exRAFk Kenya Police, Depot was an absolute

deli/»t and a doddle — added to the facttl fat I, a farmer's boy could ndc ql Utc well,I had no problems at all with my squwi

instructor, Peter Lulghan or any in the

equitation stafI. . Hut under his hig noseI pllfI' cxtcnof thcfe hc«lt «l he«ut ofpufc

gold."

I too hM prl:vious experience, comingfiom 3 years in the ACF, the London MetPollcc (rrs «l C«rdct) «and thcrl frill'l thnx

yeu» in the Royal Military Police, whichcasrxi me into the HSAP in 1959. TheIM when I arTrvlxf was also «arl exMilitup Policeman, Ron Tranpnar. Hy

S~~by [2853]Jean iilingworth ln loving memory of her father Col.H.Jackson.

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and Luge the BSAP Dc~t 'I rairung was

very go&xi. MIKE 5975

EXPLOSIVE QLIANDM'.

Bertie Cubitt 7539In 1965 I joined the BSAP and aficr a

shortenixl ~ut fiaining course at Morris

Dc~t, duc to my previous sivvice, I was

posted to Sinoia,

The MGnhcr-in-G&arge at Sinoia at

tliat fil)'Ie was Glief Inspxtol Monty

Isikson, with if~for lathe Khitelaw as

his 2 i/c and Sp. Cnutge Goldie was thc

Scl'llor ScrgGult. I WIIS plac&I, as a ncw

boy„on charge oflice duties to SG: how I

shaped up and to closely sufxmise my

every move despite my previous police

experience as I had found in the short time

flmt I )mal hen with the BSAP that for

solnc MLsoi), afid (Iui4 IInnix'I. "siully, I

Inay add, there was 'I dG.'p dis4l. 1st of cxNorthern ~esia Pohcc ~&.

Onc aflcfnoon '1 vehicle dlovc up to

the Charlie Ofiicc cntraiiu:, an EMA got

out and entiulxf the G argc Oflice. I was

hchuld fhe counter and aficr fhc usluII

pleasantries I enquinxi whether I could hc

ofassist+)ce. Tile vms introduced himself

as MI.Du Toit wllo fariTIIXI oi.l'f oli tlic

K Iroi Road. Hc stat%I tilt I Ini 1st coinc

out to his c'u "nuu)" as he tuui something

toshow Inc Kvhich was IH flic fx)ot of tlic

c u. I Ie would not elahonltc fluter, so I

foilowixf him out of thc CharLle Ofiice,

dowi) thc steps and oi.lt to ills Gu; full ofcluiosity. 3ILst at this moment Ins~tor%hitehw enteinf thc (.)argc Ofiicc floln

the intnior of'the stanon, having ohviously

hGud flic exch;Ulgc„and followed Ifs oiif,

dovvli fhc s4."ps to sxx. what w'Is going 01"I;

very nosey fhGCC 1nsT)G:t,ois.

Du Toit worN~mly opened the Ix)ot of

his c'u" very Guvfilllv, aHd with a dl U))atic

gestl, llc pou14xf lnsl(ic. As I 1{x)kcd into

the hoot I saw a mixfilun sir1xf Gudfx)ard

hox covcnxf with il hand towel. Wfh il

fiourish Du Toit svvept the towel aside and

I saw, to my homn; ttuit the Gudfxxud box

colltfunixf Iov's of sticks ofdyi'ianutc, hovv

Illany I didn 1, hothcl to coiu)t iit this tune.

I am slue tluit Insp, %hitclaw Iuid thc

same thoup~ts as Inyself at tliaf tiine as I

hGU1i il sharp IHtakc of hn.dfh froin his

dinx:tion.

Du Toit statixf that lic luui had this

dyiuU)Utc on his f"U1n foi slunctlnic and

the Gudlxx&d box contmnixf wlult h;ui

1.celt Icff 13chind hy thc conti"Ictors who

had usaf dyl)anllte to constnlct il diUH oii

his f;um several yc;Irs i»o, I-lc now

w;u)tixf to know wliat to do with thc "Iefl

over" dyn'unite and thought tliat thc

Soon~ bv t28531 Jean llli~oW in loving memory of her fair Col. H.Jackson,

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police station v, ILS;I go&)d pl;Ice to dele)sit

It„ILs wc would obvioLLsly know how to

dispose of it. Thefaith of thc mari!

I IL)okLXI at 3;uric Whitclaw and he

looked at nlc as both of LLs colilci sL% that

thc dyn&ullitc w&ls wc.'plug «lnd ObvioLLslv

In «'1 vcl y dangcITIus state of which Dii Toit

appc;ulxi tot;illy oblivious. It )v&as at this

time we wne joined by C/Insp. lsiksoi)

and Sergeant Goldie who also had a pLx»

inside thc car boot. Funny how potentially

disastrous silU«itious always dl «Iw a crowd.

Monty IookLxf Lip fIT)l)l the c«lr boot and

said what any self IL&pccting senior

rncmlxv of the InspL~OITIte would have

s&ud, My God It s weeping, c'uTy on

InspLx:tor Whitelaw, get lid of it'", and

disappc~ into the Station via the

Ch«~~c Ofhce steps.

.Iarriic Well Up to the f&Lsk looked 10N)d

arid s&M1 C«ury on Seri«e«ult Goidlc, and

fOIIow(xf Monty into thc Sf'ltion. GLx»gc

looked pityingly at mc arid said "You

heard, caITy on Constable Cbbrtt' and

fbllowrxi 3;unie into the St;Ition with

«ilacntv. Thc f&annci had heel) )vatchlng

this exchange WIth oix,n I'iloiifh «Ind flu«lllv

tNTlcd to nlc with an exp''. %ion fiill ofcxlxxtation. I wish that I colild IL~»f th;it I

bravely took thc dyn;ulutc to;I safe

k)c*ltioi) «'u)d LLsing n)y expertise 'llr)in n"iy

Am)y days, blew it up. What actually

haplxxf was that Jan)ic Iud already

contacted a friend of his who workixf asonc of the Mine Man;)gers at Alaska

Mine, which was sltfiakxf on the Kills)I

Ro«ld a few n"ilies north of Sinora. TheMiulagcr told him that the dynamite wassafi: provided that it was not interfenxi

with noi thc vehicle 1))ovLXI ag'un arid hcwould send some men to rciTIOVC it and

explode it under controllixI conditions.

.I«amic i&sTIIXI suitable instructions. I

blockLxf ot thc cntMlcc to the statioli with

drNTLs r«u)d L,Korted DU Toit into fhc

charge oNce. We did not have to waitedvei y long before two Europe«uls alTlved lrl

a Mine bakkie, in white ovnalls and hard

hats. I indicated the whereabouts of the

dyrrarnite to them, and stated that it

'Ipfx"ulxl to be in a dm)gerous condition.

They laughed and fiIII of'chat took it awayin a mx)ner I thoup~t v«as quite casN11.

L~tcr we Ic;uTIt they had blown up the

dyn«lnlitc WIfl1 a contA)1k' explosion In asafe location.

I Irave to say that I was fiill of«Idnlilahon as these chaps seemed to takeihc whole thing very c+suaily and dealt

with the pIT)bier@ expcditioiLsly in hipgAxH1N llotu. I suppose nothing Izpi«lees

cxpcItise.

Sponsored by P660] Marjorie Jones in loving memory of Peter Sylvester Jones

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A ming»»ittly reitevtxf farmer received abollocklng ln EnglLsh, albeit v 1th a bi@ad

Scots accent, ffotn Jaliiie in his office.

Sllcli Offences as thc KG:pl lit» of

Dyitatnite in contravention of the

Explosives Act, kayoing Explosives in afi

insLx;urc manner, keying Explosives

without a Ilccticc «tnd othefs hcltlous

offences wcfc lxltided about, tlic list

seemed cl1cHess. As Dll Toit wLLs ofAfiikxins extraction, hc pn)bably

un&&stood vety little of wliat Jamie,

whose accent always became thicker the

more excited he got, was trying to explain

to him. Nevcrthcl»ss he playLxI his p;tft

with many "Ya Min»xa", "Nm Mincel"

and "J«immer Mine: &" rou1»»tly in the rip»it

pi«tees «and got away wltli a stcfHTl

warning. The Rq)os Conn was mitten

ofI with NI PAR appntded.

As for young Cubitt, he )lad a fcwb&xs tliat nlf»»tt ln thc Police Rt~fve Ptib

«llld coliteITlplattxf cll«Mns of coITllii«ln(1

especially when one is at the 1x)ttom of thc

food cliain and wliat mip»it have beni the

end of a potentially brilliant canxv had the

box explodixf.

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Outpost. / »2/2»)/Ogive /»» the g~w)d pe1&»)22

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re»re)22/x r n /2»2 Tf)» are! 7/Ie»22?i» l»'i) th&

»I»/»b». s5 /)I 1M»1/'»)r G»11e1 al Sii. .Alp'. »»/ ll./r»/)v»rr»l), 6'..B.E r.:".8, &'»f. I'.O. ,

Co»12»»121»/a11f Ge)tet"»I/„8«),&I. Po/1»*»1 a11

112»»»)»'ceil'l»)IT») j Ihe l(111L I/lrlg») j I/Ie

8/al'l'1ei'lit»'/«L)'k?27»)1 1»1/ 111 85~f. / »)ll»'»'

De/2»)t, R~/i)/)»Ii; »)rt.&0di M»12»/2 /»2?/.

",IIMM'I»"

Jttincs Blatftcfwick, colnliiotily

knowli as 'Jimmy, ' was born in J;Uiuxy,

IN~9, and affcr six yern' setvicc in tile

B.B. Police was tn«nsfetTLxf in 1896 to the

B.S.A. Pohce. The folio&sing year hc was

pfotnot&1 Rcf»ttilet'ital Sctgcant-M«ifot. Ill

JLII)e, 1913, he was piT)tnotcxf InsIxctor,

and in I"eblltafy, 1917, hc w«rLs plvtnottxf

to tile l«tnk of I icutcli«tnt„and at tlic s«tn)c

time g»t aiitLxf thc honotltty mnk of (:"apt tin

while ln colnn)«tttd of tlic Iiiipcll«ll Service

details then in DL7ot. I tnay be wing)ni», but

I IHiaglnc wc «ill fctnctnbet' hill) best as

Reymcntal Seig»c, ttit-Major of' the B.S.A.Police.

tl'tink his ITlost ni'Irked tTillLi 'tnd

cluntcteristics wctc his 'lbsolutc sense ofjustice, his methods of give and t;tkc, i.c.

„

tact„N)d a tottl abscticcof vttldtcttvcttcss.

Thcsc were all wntp~ ilp ln «l stiiklng»ly

rug»g«»txf personality, which, saith his entin:

lack of ostnttatiotLs display of autiiotity,

Sponsored by p660] Maijorle Jones in loving memory of Peter Sylvester Jones

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end@~I hiln to aH. While the lash of his

~asIHS never fuicd at the time to sting

the nxipient, they left no pemlataent sc'u;auld I kalow of no one who rc4Uns ally snitof' iH-f(xling or of'nlalice (I(~inst him for

;ulything hc ever s'lid or did.

"DIIring his twenty-eight y~' scvicehe saw active service in the Mat;lbelelluld

and Mashonai(uld kcheHions, arid in tire

War, 1899-1902. In 1911 he

ptvc~fed to hlgl,"uld with the contingent

sel(xtni to Iql~nt the Police at Hi»

Mal(sty Kulg G(urge Vs Coronatlon. In

1916he was gl;ult(xl the Long Service and

G~ Conduct M(xhl."I can only &~&t now what I said of

hIIH ul thc R.eglnent(II OrdcI' alulounclng

his death, and that ~d as foHows: 'Hy his

death Rilod(cia has lo»1 a true soldin; afine character, ruld the Govenunent a loyal

sc~~lt. It nlay safely he slud that duIlng

the whole of his long service in the Police

he Inadc no cnclnlcs and„on the other

Iumd, hy his absolute impartial keen sen»e

of justice and lulfalllrlg tact, hc BTadc

1Mlumel ahie fnends. No BMl ITlorc

d(-servcdly euned the confldencc of his

sailors or the resp(xt of his juniors. His

los» to the Corps, which he Iov(xl, and for

whtch ITC has done so IH(lch, Is lrr(, jxQ"(IMc;

thc Inenloty of hlln wlH, however, Icnaain,

and his example mig»t w'(".ll be accepted asthc ldelll to which aH ~s sho(lid stnve toattain.

"I think I may safely add, in

coflcll lsion, that I know of Bo fincrexaIHple tluul that which hc gave d(lnnghis life of culying out the principlesurvolve ul the ruxntly adopted IcymnluliITlotto, Pfo re/&, pro Icge, pro patIla,whch ls mscnkd at the foot of this

memorial &let. In unveiling this

montunent I uTLst that lt IHav In a sHaaH

way help to cherish ruld pclpct~ his

memoty, which is vny dear to us all."

TIAE UK INPOST~DCIIIlls Poole Icports having hadtl"Ic pic(lsulc of aITangng thc vlslt of squadmate 6345 Dave Holmes and his hlerMlcl'IOHc on thcll' first vlslt to tllcsc shon&from JHurg. They were greeted at thehoITlc of NonTla Ind IXI1llls hy 4853 I rcdand M~~t Punter, 5668 Dan and PatS@nnard and 7964 Stuart Thomson.I"nx1 and Dave were e-mail

correspondents lxlt had ncvcr ITlct hcforc.Dave and MicheHe staynI variously withNollHa &uld Dcmlls rn SufHok, 6349 Mlkcand Marge Eglington in StaAordshilw,

6336 Tony and Carol Hall in

Glouc(~awhile and Dave's daughter in

O.lpar, Fife, completing their visit

~l':Q I„British South Africa Police ~~..»"" Regimental ~ation UK

sJ)ending a week aboard a can!d-boat ul

and around Stlatford -on- Avon.

Their find day saw a vathenng in

Evesh+H for a farewell llu)ch attended hyMike and Marl»c Dennis aHd Non))11 and

to thc gv3t pleasure of all, Minanl

Gallagher, the rmmt widow of 6337Peter Vincent.

A photo of their visit appears below:

From I to R Mike Eglington, DaveHolmes, Fred Punter, Dennis PMe andPeter Stannard.

Mike Wiltshire 4%7 xvrites: "I have

J(L»t bccn aw(lv SIUhng fof a fcw days IU'Id

it has proIllptcd n)c to IIU1kc a contnbution

to the Outpost. Sanctions ." The BeiraPatroL Aficr the imposition of'I.".()Onornic

Sanctions against Rhodcsi;I on 11

Novcmb(v 1%)5, I was soon appointc(i to

a cotu)t(. r-s()net)ons Iolc both Inside and

outside thc co(u)try. Much wats iuldcr

thc bridge since then, but at a st)iling I dlv

on 30 Aug'»t this ycw I met with I'ctcr13(x)th, thc I I;Ut)our Master at PoolcI-kuhollr (which ulcI(lent(dly ls thc second

largest naturd harho(u in the world, aficr

Sydney). I discov(~I that in his RoyalNavy scIvlce hc was naMg'IItor on thc

}rigate I-IMS Daring tl)'It heal »cvend

spells oA thc port of Hciirl in 1967 tocnfowx the UN sanctions. lhcy wercable to turn away a number of oil tlu)keir

aild also cxaIHined other veils for goodstntffic. %CJokingly ap~i that wc wei'c

then cncH)ics «'1nd I H.mind(d hiln ofour

petrol nltiordng aI)d other shortag('».

Natundly this w(Is tdl u"I good palt and hchas ass~ n)c of f(Ittm.' saf(". piL&wg»c

through Poole I Iarhour.

Saihng —OI'I tl'1c subJcct of SIIIlulg, I was

plm~i to have ~2 Peter Dancer xscr w for:1 fh(u&fay sail in the Solcntcwlicr in thc 2007 sex»on. Kc hoisted

stdls an(J visite(l Y'Urnouth ION, (."Owe&

'Uld Lynlington My boat. Jouct of An)cf20fl) ha» 4 berths so is comfbltahIc fortwo. Morc SIUhng k) colnc latci' (Uld wvc

n)ay link with ~ Tony Bradshawwho tells me that hc has nx(.ntfy bought aMoody 27. Afire, ~Arl O' I OII, ~(uu.

British ~7 Africa Police '~ -;-" Regimental Assmatfon UK

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(Ol«ltlk»lf tlkk/E' O»E'(.' /)I' a /)O/ifk'I(ttt 11'/k)

,1'(LI(/ nr)re fo f/k (f/~l(f f/klf f/IE«( at( llo

/I 7ci k/%IIII)5 /)E'f)1'E'('I l COI ll lf1 LC'5, /I I if

/k «I(k/I'(«/ (Oi»(i(IE'Ik(".1 Of i»f(t.(.1f.

I/i (fo«1' (E.'»($7 fo I'('I»/ol "('E' f/taf v/E'll', I/ u'("

(+o /)a(.'/ fo f/IE' /1/(y'k)I(o»I'( ll'(tt&' u'/k'll u'E'

/M) /)a/I('(I fp u'lf/I f/k' Cr(71)ta«L'I fo (III//

Ip f/k I t('1k /I, f/I(tl a /It Ilk/I E'(I IL'atm /af(7

I c(" /kl//(7/ 11/) 11'lf/I f/k' I'«L'Ik'/I fo (Ill// II/)

f/k. ' f)E'«7«?(LIL)', f/k'tl f/IE'I(" 11LLY Olll'

(LA'(k'l(tft )tl 11'lf/I f/k';fttk'ti(L I«L)' ill f/k' fl C()

14)t'/(I I VClP'5 (ill(/f/k. '111 ~5( IU1cltlg~ IL'I lil f/IC

5«( '('(k'/-I p' of I ~) V).t I (/i(/)I'f r(.'(III,'&'E'

f/iaf I oil at'(' a,'&'ai/or'. If (Etf(tit)/I'. &'olt«I(Ii'

(l5 Ij1'oil a)l(II' E'f('I'E'll/«1 E'(/I'«Ilia('ll'E!4'.

'Able ~man' ~2 Peter Dancer.

V/14 23-l50%

&april

M'alter Ten&' it&

Ilotifying ILs of his cluulgc of;Id(fl)ss(n.'coILIed In thc 4 oA coif,ullnf t11kcs thc

opporttulity to ~t all and tells us that heis still alive and kicking miss thc old lifebut now el)joying retirc177ent, and tnlveling;Iround the world "whilst I O'In.

". I le

t;Ikes this opportllnity to wish all themcnlkm of our association a long andpeaceful I if(." whnever they are.

5936 Roger Capper writes "Duringour @vent tour of L)uropc, My wif(:;used Ipaid a visit to thc I;Ikcsidc Austri;UI city ofBll:gnu, on the Hodnlscc (The Swim O'III

it I like const;ulzi and c Illa) upon oldRIIodc ilan fllcnds Jock all(i Vwolllc'l

Bmndl) Iwra&vskl 7922 whosettled in Vonllhcrg affn leavingZilnh)bwc about 20 yeanago.

Solnc of you lnip~lt lcnlenlber Jockwho servuf in M;u)icaland, MidlandVIQv1nce a)7d fulally at Sallsbtuf Cental„aficr;I long perio(i ofnxovely IL&ultwlt

fronl a nlotorcyclc accldcnt ul Mld Vlov.Vclv11lca rs thc (51uglltcr of. thc llltc ScppBIiuldl„who owHed Ll g(lnlgc In, lululscLIfc,

;uzi w;ts a Volicc Remix'e Vf&.K pilot.(f-Ic Lllso Ilad LUI c)( Vollcc M;U771on-

i lcITIngton anllour(xI car, which IlcR:storeEf LUId kept ul Ll Iqllat~c below his

honlc„dllHng thc I'Iondo)

.lock„Veronica;uui their aciult son;ulddLUI J&~ Itcr;ue happily;uld comf(utahlysct(41 IH tllls k.(roti fill «'IIpillc I'cgIon.

S~lmM by P970j C~y Lo~r in loving memory of Larry.

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DLInng oN short «uld cnJovilblc stay, JockNld Veronrca Intn)duce(1 Us to tl lc

ALIsfl1an rail systcnl, which suspended aH

fam over that weekend to cncounrge the

loc& to usc this means of transportation

with the onset of a long-tenn closruL; of amountain ro uf tNInel which was

cxpecteCI to caLLsc serious vchicuLlr delays

in and 'nxLnd the city. ..Jock who has not

forgottcrl his Scottish hence, coLIId not

mist the fox. tnlvel, to the ex@mt that werode into Switzerland, then Gently Lu)d

back to ALLstna later to drive to V«~„thc

capital of Liechtenstein aH on a Satur(4y

morrmlg. ..,..(Jock proudly sports his "

BSAP I" number plate on his c Ir) Jock

who stIH works Is eagerly looking

forward to his retirement next yam and

cxtcncls Ills best wishes to forTicl

cx)n)~ and frier)ds scattered aroNxi thc

globe. As a ~npt for our avi(1 aviation

members, m~ day airships fly above

thc cltlcs of Hregcnz «uld Llrldarl

(Gmrnny) from their lake side f«lctoly at

Friedrickshaven, the orignnal horne ofCount Von Zeppelin.

4595 Mike Brookes tender(xf his

apologies for being unablc to attend the

AnnLI«II Dinner this y~ and sends his

greetings to aH ruld p IrticULarly to those ofhis vintage. He went on to say "Reefing

thc ~cnt OLItpost I w«Ls sony to I&M

aborrt hvo dGlths In p«MCLIIar. Onc IX,nis

SheITinp~lun. Ile used to be i/c AAi("u)

Police Camp in BULm'ayo. If I nmcrnbnco~tly he was given;I stafT roH afIer;Inasry Irl/cycle accident. I le was a gre«lt

supporter of the Police football t(uns.Another name which rang some beHs lvns

Nelson Gnrhan)(459r')'1 who w'Ls with me

and othcm on the Stirling C Lstle on OLu

way to Cape Town in Mph 1950. I-le

had spent some time in the Pal~~One

Police, ay&in ifmy memory has not let rnc

down.

3708 BIII Cr"«Ibfjee wlltes "Thr()rrgh

the columns of'the Magazine I world like

to exprlws nly appnxiation for the kind

Birthday thoughts cxp~ by "semor

nonager)ariarl" Neal Ardcrl„ in the

SNmncf &lit)on of yoUf OUtpost. Wl)ilst

wc llavc never h«ad tile p46NC of

meeting~ I did serve with a number of lus

squad Inates, including 3009 LesCaylard (my cquitltion instructor in

DL7otl, 3011 C~oi~~e Hull, with

whonl I solved at Shamva ln f938 ancl

302t Steve Maybrooi(, my S%0 in CIDSalisbury in 1947. It would be inter&ting

to «~un JUst how Inany nonag&nanans

are stiH thriving I know of' six„ luunely

3385 l.ionel "t.ummy" Lumhottz in

S~~ by 5725 Phil Mead

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British South Africa Police "':.:"' Regimental ~ation UK

UK; 3411 Hunh Ludiolv„3657 Alan

C~odlvln ln Austr«ulla; 36% Bg'an"Bill" I-layes in UK; 3676 JohnHamilton; 3693 Hill Scholium in Ncw

6"li«lnd Ilnd 3875 .Iohn «)tilnyon In

Australia

Associate XVayne Kennef Icy hx» scut In

thc following photo In thc ALIgLIst 1972

OLItpost wvlth thc colnnlcnt ThL» Is «I

photo of our i=rivi PLLntcr a» a Supt. Hc still

looks as good I believe."

I' rcd I on thc left), lvho was SLIpcllnten41nt

foarts k Dice) «It thc tlnlc, w(IS h«Lndlng

an 'Iwald to t st Sib«)nda. .Dave Darby 6925 vvliting to Harry

Henson h onl a froln ia very hot. and

hLLH)id Blthl aln ofren.'d "cong ItLIlatlons

k) yoLI (111 on thc velp good SLIHln)cl 2007Issue 66 of thc OLItpost. Solne of thc

follovvlng ilre anlong thc n)ilny 111clllones

that always alise from IL )ding the

Outpost, I did not know that AlanBirchall fphoto page 101 was in the UK.On page 13 was thc Incntion of BillyBlldd 6969 «lnd Jack Taylor 6940, I h(lve

nol. seen HOI hc«Ird of those two Depotnliltes fol' over 30 years. On page 6 at thcGMdlcigh Gathcnng Is a n)cntlon of%%ally Pratt PR 3356. I knew Wallyvvcll when he was IIH A reservL»t at

Hatfield in the 1960s„I would love to drophim;I linc and pay my re~cput», the ye Irs

pals by, he was in the Royal Air I orcedLIHng the lvill; how c«111 I get «I cont«Ict

ad~%as for him'& Many thanks;Ind well

done again, a lot of wolt. has Mn put in

by you 'Ill to pnxkIcc such a fine

111agzzlne.

8(In& ha~ p(LE".i((I ()l) Iv()III;5 (Y)))l()(r(Icrc)II'( fo Dal'(( I !II(I)II( volt I()r 11)II)'

cr)l)1pII)?Ic)1150)? IIIc OIIf/8)«'f, D(lA'.A'~II(E' r'I I)b()IL«' h.fltol.

4046 Ted Calloway, colnmcnting onthc death notlcc of thc lilte 4630 HarryBall wntcs Oblttl«tnes, s«Id rc«Idlngs asthcv «II), Hl«lkc good pron)ptets for the

Hlclllory bo)(. In nly c«lsc, I I'I;Ivc to go b«Ick

to thc Inid 50s, to find myself Member i/c

at Miami„a station dcstilxxi to bc takeH

over by Karoi. In those days, it w;Is a very

Sponsored by I4942] Ivy Marriott in loving memory of husband Trevor.

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British South ANca Police '~:~"" Regimental Assooation UK

laq~c district to police, with a sprinkling oftobacco farmcl's 01'I thc hi+cr levels, TTLsspic«ld along thc top of thc Z«NlbczI

Escalpmcnt, «Ind «I fcw dlc haAI kr«««IIS at.

lower levels where thc tsetse fly controlled

life. Thc Z«II1)bczl nvcr flQntagc stn:tchcd

fIQITI wh«lt Ls now thc Kariba (, tolgc Clown

to thc nctghlx)unng Jx)lice illca (SIpolilo),and was heavily popuLated by gmnc ofvirtt)ally cvcry type krlown, with IiiT)itixI

legal hunting arms. Policing of this vast

«Irca w«Ls thc ~pOILslblllty of 4 LP «lnd adozen or more A/P.

Harry was senior troop, at the time I

recall, and one weekend, he sought

pcnTIission, being oA'duty, to go camping,

down to the ZmsbeA Valley. I-Ie )nd his

own nT/cycle, upon which he would take

along his blankeLs, pcrsonaI needs for

existence, and his servant. I clearly nv I!I

11IITI aski11g pcnTIIsslon to take his .303 nflc,

on the assunncc that it was for piQt~onpurposes, only, ils this wtus a non hint)ng

area, al)d llc ccrtailily ILld no hunting nghts

m)yway! OA he went. I think it was

SLInday, when I was called oA the tennis

court (in those days district policemendldn't lravc pohtlcal meetings Interfenng

with their weekend lclsufe s), for a phone

call IIQm the O&Irundu pohce (boAIcr

station), It w:Ls Hany to say "I've shot an

clq)hant". I wonder what A"lctions other

Members In Chal@ic could have fo il rcport

of that nature. My thoughts obvioLLsly went

flQITi — thcl& goes n)y tenn lsto wondcl

how rn«Iny weeks I sh«ill bc On thc

typewriter explaining this ofT to the O.C.... I dlgA 6, Hany was OK. Sollndcd very

self-assIIAXL It ~ms that hc had set up his

c«IITIp «II nongst some baob«Ibs) In thc

cvcrllng light~ when «I cow, ITQITI a p«Lsslng

I)erd of clcph'lnts„ llllLst have pick& I up hLs

scent, and made hcr way to his site. There

shc knocked ovcl; ilnd blltted his nl/cycle,

with his servant, already up a tie:, shouting

warnings. Harry gable/Ioadhxl his rifle,

and, by now being the target of the intITIder,

flAxl at thc «IppIQachlng «In)lnai. WIth soITIc

p~lcc of ITllnd, «IIITIIng tlic first shot Into

«I fIQnt knee which bA)upjlt thc anlnlal to il

halt„before he fired OA two or thl~ molQ,

putting an cnd to its life - as it fell on to his

blal)kct A)11. Hc was I'Iter able to nTakc his

b«lck to Mlr%11I c«m)p "with thc dented

pctIQI tank of his M«Itchiess bcanngwitness to thc cvcnt. Pnol to his ultilniltc

tr««nstcr flQnl MI«IIIII, Hilny dtd c«Irry out

One of thc obllg~ltoly iannual foot patIQls ofthc ZalTlbczi Valley, ba~Hng a bLIA'llo. I

later lc~)i'll. Perhaps I should lrave

foiL~n that Harry was six)n to t)ansfcr

into the Wild I ifc and National Valks

Sponsoiml by [6503]Valorie Masterton in loving memory of husband Graham.

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Dept. from when: he ultimately took

retirement holding the nU1k of SCI)ior

Game Warden.

I ootnotc I I~VI, whilst Ilt M IIUnl, a VISIt by

a South AfnGUI (a Mr van Roycn), anlvalg

at the Charlie OHicc, asking if'wc had a

nxold of'his brother's ~ve, down in the

Valley. His brothe had apparently been a

am)ciate of the fanlous SI":LOUS, whose

hIU)ting exploits u)vctzxf a deal of the

country before thc amval of Rhodes and

the eely settlers, and had, as far as he

knew, bmn kIIIIxf by a lion. Station nxolds

wne, sadly, of no help. Makes you think.

At Immit H,UTy w;Isn't armed w)th a

IT)UP/Mo!)dcf! though shootalg clcphIU1t

with a .303 is not to be IlxonlmcndIxf,

80I) Slalfc (Trooper 4061) wntcs I

aln Inost Intcnstcd UI thc 'Uf)clc

ZWMHL'Si PATROL fP&II,&. &), J&&I&c aa' i)Io)II)R'I'2007). In 1941) I WIIs statlonIxf

at Gokv c and did the last Z;UI)fbi Patrol

before radios werc introduced. Unlike

Trr)opn Hoddinott we travellIxf to llTc

nvcr In thc Natlvc DcpMllcnt Iony to

Blng~~t, I'roITI thclv, to Sanlp+olulna (now

Kariha) by thc steel Ixxlt, propelled by four

Hatot)ka ()arsnlcn, w"h)ch I undclstIUld

was put there by thc HSA Conlp'Uly Ul

1923,

Thc NC at Gokwc, Bill Sv anson, was

was allocated A3100 a ycw for the

maaltcnIU)cc Of thc roads ln thc ZMlbcsI

valley. As this was not enough~ to paylabour hc bought a kxld of salt that was

IIividcd between the chiefs village along

the route. The chief was then cxIxxted tom+e up the road between himself and thc

next chief. The n1ain job was to fill in the

holm in the roV left by elephants during

thc I Uny sec)son.

On conlplctlon of his tIIx basincss the

chief lined up the women who then

revived one tin of salt hach, paytnent forthc work on the IQc)d. cellist thLs was

going on a medical orderly and myselfvaccinatIxl children born sinu: the last

patrol.

In the book 'Blue and Old Gold'

publislxd in 1953 it is my photo of the

cn)c with an ann protruding from it' s

belly. I meet up with Eric Collier from

tlITIC to tln1C,

4933 Rod WVilson, who oqmlises the

Mycfscoupl gcrlcfm@% at rn thc North

West Rcglon, vvn4"s that hc would Ilkc to

appeal to men)bers of the H SAPAssociation to try to attend more

Ineetin@~, be they in London or out in thc

bush. I-le g~w on to say, "It smTIs to methat tl'IcJc aA: thrcc nlaln reasons fol nol'I-

pUtICIpatlon as follows:

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I, Some se: it as a lo»g tinlc ag(3;uld arc

j ust not intend.2, Some have health pfoblclns or I3crllaI3S

J(1st (ion t dnvc «u'iylllofc.

3 Some «wc stnutttiulg to Inake ends lncct

and cannot affoni to travel.

In thc North West tflcfe aM Inany

lncfnbels who live WIthtn «1 days walking

p;Itloi and others who live v,ith. in a days

cycle patri (I3()w I flat(xf those) ofa venue

where nlcl llbcls nlcet but jlist do not go.Thc othcf (eely, In need of solllctl'ling to

do, I check(xl the Obittuuy pages of the

Outpost and noticed that we lose

ovcl 100 Illcm13cls pcf y61I at%i of comse

this wiH incrclsc as ycaI's g(3 by, Kc have

some 750 mctnbers in the UK. so you do

not need a cdculat(3r to scc that in (3 or 7ye'us the Association will no longer exist.

Mluly pcoplc who go to nlcctM~&% afc

v(~ slupnscd to fuld tlley '1K; very

friendly events„pn3ple Iningle and talk

about aH sorts of things, not jl.1st

"Remember" when" they puss news ofothers aluund, it jorts memories alld

I3(x)pic then want to conhlct old fllcnds.

These nlcctlngs atl. IMt cxpcnstvc to

attend and much plcwtlfe is to be Iuld.

Kc ncM to know which of Us h«KS

health problcnls so we c N give them a

call and perhaps give them a lifI, you will

be surpriscxf how close a lnelllber lives

tl Iat voU do not know about, «uld then there

aK those who don t nul a c«lf, so tllcy

could get a liA too.If' the Ass()ciation c(3(IId print a list of'

aH Inelnk~&„addi)esses alld tclcphollc

Ilulllbcls «'Nd give c«lch nlclnbef a c(3py,

s(ugly wc coUld ln«akc a dlfIcI)ence and wccould cont'lct those stiH living close bybefore lt Is f(30 late.

3.& //)oill/e(/ o«r ro Rod, wre (/o /Ial'('

Itlel'l 1/)et."i'/ll/2 /L'(t«' (ALII/a/)/e /ot' olin

llletl)kv~' att(/r/III3«$14 lhe c/f'ott«; 0/11'la)tv

ttl('tttb(tin arid o«r 3/))toner we /(ee/) ill

/otic'/I 31'ldt I)tet)I/x'r5 lvh&) (II'e Itl /30()I'

/Iea///1 /3/ot te-/he-/el:&' mottle inter(sritq;

rlto«q~/Its —/ loo/' fonlard ro IL&g)on&(.

fir)111 o«t'I'Cadet". I Ml/«elf/)/)ort«', F(/

SIXTYYEARS AGO.Ily

3708 Bill CmlltreeAlthotlgh. I joMllcyc(I k3 Ikllodcsia House

in London to join the HSAV I;lte in 1937, I

w;Ls not dcstulc(l to fet(lm thcl.cto fol

allTIost «1 dcc«ldc.

It was in 1947 that I enjoyed my first

'home' leave„ tnlvchng fronl Cape T(3wll

to SoutlMlnpton a130«ud thc Union (.astlc

Lltlcf SS ( (NIafvoll C«lstlc. I

foftuKItc enough to h«lvc «ls shlpnl«ltcs„

British South Africa Police ~ ~ ~--'' Regimental ~ation UK

Charlie Aust (3231), father of RhLxfesi«IH

Allny s Hng. CI1«%rile ALIst Ilnd 'ln old

tobacco Gnrler fiiend„Phil 3LIlrI&w. The

boat was still fitted oUt a troop ship with

thc hvo sexes betng stnctly segregated —It

was also 'dry'. Thc later situation v, Ls

ql.llcklv rcnlcdllxI by fncl1cl Phil who,

shortly before dL~LUv. time, appL~ on

flic Lluavslrlc accotnpllniIXI by a rctlntlc ofIMrIIl.*ls hu~Hng I«~~c box&&, whtch tumcLI

out to be 'liquid n:fleshment'. Nlxxfllws to

say, we wne very popLIIar on the voyage.

ln I ondon, acting Upon a plonltsc I

had made to Butch Huckley (3746), the

three of us paid a visit to a stnall Pub, jl5talound the cornel. flUIH RhodesIa I-I0LLsc,

ownLXI by Hutch's fath+; There we

introduced ourselves to Mr. Hucklcy Snr.

who inmlediately stuck his head into the

LIumb waltcl at thc cnd of thc Ixlr to

sLLmlnoll his good I«Idy who liltcr LlmvLXI

on thc scclle bcanrlg a tI «ly 0fsn«lcks.

Whilst we wan Indulgtng a young

RAF OIIIcer appearLxi In the M and he

w'Ls intnxIuced to us as Dickie Perkins,

yoLLng brother of (3482) Hill PerkilLS.

DLInng thc cnsl. lIHg frlvollty Dlcklc

enqLIIILxf as to how he could loin the

BSAP, whereupon I ildvlscrl hlnl to c«III

on cx- Detective IHSIx&10r Hilly Bond

wire was then the Rc&Tuiting Oflicer at

Rhodesia I-louse. He was in Depot when

I rctLIlxnf to Salisbury affcr my leave.

My SLx'ond nx.mi t w«L«I Ton111'ly

GriNtiLS who I found sitting next to me at

«Ln Anrly rc union Iield In ArrrloufcfsH'III, London. Upon hIS CIlqLIil i11««, dunngconvelsation, as to how he could join ourranks, I dircctlxl him to the oNce of Mr.Bond. Tolllnly too was allcady In

Rhodesia when I lctLIITlcd.

Traveling Lwt Coast lxrek to Africa in

the SS Llany'bby Castle„ the vessel

docklxl Llt Port SLILI«ln for 'il fcw days ilncl I

was able to live ashore with an old friend

George Flnlay (3441) who wils ONccfComm«zldlng Pohce there. Tniycally,shortly affn my visit, Cieorge was killed in

a Nile stcMIer disaster when the boatcapsizlxI in a gale whilst on route toKhartoLIIH. Ironic;Illy, about this time,'lnothcl chLlln of mlnc, DIck Undclwood

(3515) was drowncxf in similar

circLIHISMICCS when on LIke Nyasa the

Vipya, a stiver on which he was 'First

Mate', tLImcxf turtle and smk with yetloss of life.

Sholtly aAer nly IL;tLIm to S«lllsbLIry, onIS~" October 1947, Kay and I wen:HIalriLxI (we have just celebrated ourDl«II'rlolxf Wcddtng AnnlveI. ttly) In thc

Anglican CathLXIral. Percy Cleaver

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(3825) wrrs my Best nlan whilsf. Tony

Andrews (3799) was GfoolTIsnTIn. A

large nIIn1bcf of BSAP ch'1ps wcfc 11"I

attendance Including two old tlrncrs—

(867) Sp. Major 'Mac' McDcm1ott and

(939) Sp. Major Teddie Hupcs-Halls.

Imagine my sufp11se upon leaving Chfudl

to find four motorcycle outriders waiting

to I'scoff thc bndal caf to thc I'cccptlon at

the Camd Hotel. Butch Hucklcy and

Spike Huglcs wcfc fhc leading palf-unfortunatcly I do not recollect the names

of thc two at thc fear. 1 do not kfiow how

the escort leA the rexption but I learned

later that the party continued well into the

night at the Depot Sergeant's Mess.

As a posfscnpt. 1 could not believe my

eyes, after driving to the Leopard's Rock

Hotel, to find Ron Trangn1ar (4169) and

lan MCKay (4165) —carly post war

rccnlits —ensconced in rooms not fear from

thc Bndal SUItc. . ... I doubt whcthc1 any

other member of' the Folic has spent his

Honeymoon with a future RSM in close

attendance!!!

FLOOD HEROYou will I xall that in the middle of

this ycrll Bntaln cxPcnenced rffcadff 11

floods. Well, Alan Toms 7391, our

Dcplity ClIain11rln, dI rlws ouf rlttcnflon to

an incident n.poltcd ln thc Evcshanl

Observer drltcd 25 3uly 2007, Which

fcvortcd tlfat "A brave Evcsham man

was dubbed a hero this week afterrescuing a young woman fi.om the

River Avon,'"

The hero of this

report is 7368Mike Rayne,shown left.

'1

Mike, served in thc BSAP from1965 to 1981, retiring as a Supt. He

is a n1cmbcf of thc UK Branch ofthe HSAV R/A. He dived into fast-

rnoving water, saving thc life of a

yoiing Evcshanl wonlan floating in

the river. Mike's panner, JenniferEdwards, saw fl'Ic won1iln In thc

water, shouted for Mike and 1lcitcdfhc cn1cl gcncv sci vices.

Team leader, Kclth Wil1ian1s

from Evcsham Ambulance Station,said by his action in pulling the

young woman from thc water hc

hrlil Saved hei lifC.

Well-donc Mike.

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OI.JTPOST MEMORABLESAlan Toins fqxifts tllat tile booklets

are now being printixf and shotifd bc

dcspatclicd dtinll&i Novcrnb«.

There ail: 7 titles in the serio&, Zmslmi

Patri, Kilahari Pawl, Sunrise Patrols,

M:IkaILI, Not Without Incid«lt, Dovvn the

Dix;ades and Thc HSAV Ofiglils and

Eely I listory 1885-1901.They arc in niatching covcis, Cost is

f;7 e Ich, except Origins and Early History

wliich is 68.50. A fiIII set of 7 for Q I. All

pilccs IIiclude postagi* aI'id picking.

(Mcrs 'Iccompaniixf by chn]ucs plmsc to

Bertie Cubitt, addict on inside back cov«of'the Ou st.

The cover hz» 4ofd Iettenng on a bine

backyviind.

CI-IRISTMAS CARDSMelllbci s rife llfL~cd not to foiget tllat then.

are ChristInas Cafcfs on sale„also available

fioiil oiII Q Rep Bertie Cubltt, at f I.25

pcr pack of 5 c;Ifd» plus pkp".

CHANGES OF ADDRESS AOTHER CONTACT DETAILS

5436 D T (Dave) Championaddn'»s Is now: Calle Magnolio 17, Pi11af

de Tampaverde. 013191 Pilar de la

Homdada, Alacmtc, Spain. Histelephone No is 0034 966 763 471

6449 Ted Crawford has changed hisCital address to &ted«aw6449 {ii)

btintemet. corn& and notes tliat his postcode is SY I 0 OHV.

7085 Hugh Graeme Hubbardcornet addre s is 4 South Side,PIIIboroug~l, West SIL»sex, RH20 2D}-I

9656 Jim Patton asks ".. .anyonewLshing to contact mc on my pefsonIII e-ntail", please do„at:PATTON RANCI ITEXAS(~~)wildblue. net. This is a difixthne to me, it is safe and scxtifc, NO urus,etc."

6015Alistair Patterson advise; tfLet

his new email address is afandjem(q~hotlflatl. corn,

6147 Tony Andersen is now at 5 StMary's Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH I 0313D. His Tel: 01293 520210.

9767 Bob Morgan now nwidcs at 10Syivdcll Dllvc, Wal foken, KlslM:h,Cambs, PE13 3UD

6538 Glen Macasldll, Editor of the

Trallsvaai OutlxLst, ha» cliaiigcd hL» email

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adhlress to /~en. macwkillci's)y;Ihoo. co.uk-I-Ic still lives in 'foreign palts' thou/~I!

110713 Brian Armstrong now

resides at 17 WIIow Close„UppIITIg~mn

LE15 9RD23450N P/R %'alter Terry tells us

that hc is still alive and kicking and

enjoying 11:tifclTlent and now resident at

11 Millbank COLIrt, Thilsk„NorthYorkshill:„Y07 I Ql-I. Tel no 01845527535

6609 Parry Jones has Inoved hollsc

to — Laburnum Cottage, Thc Linc„Chawston MK44 3BI-I. Tel: 01480216059. Still h Ls mobile 07954 117394and email: hjpj+ck 1otlTIail. co.uk.

5951Quin Lamb informs us ot his

new email addllws ".. .now that I have

succeeded ln gcttlng nly broadband sct upwith Sky. Please discontinue using mytiscali address and change your records to

now show Ine as: dcniselalTIktl)Sky. colri

7996 Pctel Hllst has nlovcd to6503 Idaho St, Vancouver„Washington, (WA) 98661, USA.Telephone nlunbel's: I-Iome + (360)597-3626 Mobile (337) 412-4741;Email: W7cra(j~yahoo. corn.

7476 Dave Muley wntes I have

Inoved and O'Iv ncw addle% and c-n1IIII

particulars wc: 31 Kingswood I'.state, 71

Inwlda R(wd, Kak&all, 3610, Kwazuiu-

Natd„RSA. E-mail:

seelcysI'a&tclkornsa. nct

[5392) MI& M Y Taylor advims tIIat

she is now resident at 26, Lldy Jane Walk„ScraptoII, Leicester LE7 9EP and her Tcl:0116241248- Mob: 07979080507.

6432 Chris Roberts advises that

following his lctlMncnt IroIT1 Tl'le Shield

GlklKIil "Ig ColnpIIny Ltd having

coITlplcted 20 yGIIs onc mol'1th contlnuolLs

service, he mlly now be found on

roberts6432+(l googlcn1!ill. coul

6338 ED BodinIton says "Please let

it be known that Ed wld Pclmy I3odington

wc no longcl n:sldent on Rhodes, OAxxe.

%C an: now back bn the UK. but still

looking for a place to stay. I do have aplcsent contact ass at 4 %cnlockEdge, Stubs Hillg3orking, Sunny, RH42@I'." Ed sends Mt regards to all. Hc

stIII contact+le by crKIII at:

~ngga3yahoo. co.uk.

5349 Peter B.Lane advisies that asfrol'n Novcnlbcr 2007 hc will bc residing

at 'Staddieston~w', Tuckers LIne„Ansford,Cllstlc Cary, Sonlelsct„HA7 7LI'. I ILN TclNo is 01963 351 506

4840 Mike Purslow says th'lt as

Onetel h'Ive been tIIken ovel bv Clll phone

Wall:hoLLsc and '1s thclz &le,*llkcly to bc

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changes, cMId «Is «1 pic«lut1011, I h«lvc

err«lngcxf to have;In «additional e-maII

«Iddrcss which yoil shot&I Usc in futtlre. It

is:- mike jillian(rI. ',y;Ihoo. crl.uk.

4046 Ted.CiaIIokvay wntcs that with

CAcct fioln 01/11/07 his ncw adders wiII

be - Tire Annexc Steading I Iay, Man01

Rd.„Sta«plcyuvc, T'lantern. Sotnersct. TA26U. Tel: (0) 1823 282321.

6985 Tony Mitchell write that he

and .Rainy have «a ncw .Iddn ss at 9Meynell Sticct. Chtlidl Gn&ley,

Sw ICIIincotc, Derby DPI I 91 S His encladMws nthony. mitchell23rrI'ntlvvorid. corn

7298 Julian Hlncks wntcs, lny enlail

adrs is Adi;InHincks t'rt!aol. corn.

l66ti4l Shirley %Veils, xvidow of .fohn

Tells, wntes "I anl nriw on linc at last,

h«lvlng waited nr«ll'ly two nlonths fol «I

ncw pl'lone. My address is 9 Bntncll

Court, George Roarf, StokenclKN:h,

Bucks. HP14 3RL New land line nulnbcr

48%3~ Tile Inobile nun1bcl'

l&inalns the s«Ilnc 077iM)25749.8170 Steve Brooker's net eniail

adrfnws is: steve br')ki+CI:talktalk. nct

Please tell the Hon Sec if you

change YOUP contact details

(physical, postal, email, landline or

mobile Dhone numbers'f.

CMIADIA N VISITORS5109 Maurice A Fthel Aked visited theUK in September/Octokx, r mainly tof«amily «Ind fncnds In Yorkshire «lncl oilthcil' wvay back to Canarf«1 spent a coupleof weeks in the Home Countics withDoUg «lnd C«Irol Hilxfrick„Mike kAurflcy Abbotts;Ind their last stop waswith sonic othel (not BSAP) fncnds.Unfol tllnatcly the visits to thc Hol'llcCountics rfirfn't tie up with thc VSCgatherings. Tlrcy solid n:~«nds to;Ill. Itwas I&lily gc'lt seeiltg thcnl ancl D0Ug kCCIIOI. AN3 ED

DATFS FOR YOUR DIARYThc Lonrfon gatheilngs;Ire fiom 5.30pmto Inidilight on the FIRS'I' Tuesday ofevery month at The Victory ServicesClub, ScylnOtlf Snlx'. t, Just off Lrfgv«llie

Rrxld, close to Malbfc Arch «Ind thcIinrfcri'roNld st«'Itioil of that nilnlc.

NOVFMBLR1uesclay 6th -- 5.30pnl at VSC.

Sundav I 1th - Rcnleinbi"«Iilcc D'lvPanlde at Plot 67, Thc Field ofRenlcmbr«luce, St Margaret's Chrilvh,next to Westminster Abbey. 10.15anl—I I.10ain.

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DECEMBERTuesday 4th —5.30pITI ChnstITias get-

together at VSC.

JANUARYTuesday 2nd —5.30pm VSCITBRUARYTuesday 5th —5.30pm VSC

MARCHTuesday 4th —5.30pm VSC

APRILTummy 1st - 5.30pm VSC

MAYTuesday 6th - 5.30pm VSC

Saturday 11th - 11.00am A@M at VSC.

Saturday 17th - 12,00 noon South &est'bash' at Chudleig~.

JUNETuesday 3 rd - 5.30pnl VSC

7o all regf'ons' etc —please letme have your Dotes' for our

diary kifke Abbott Ed

Military Police in Mashonaland.

C7«"s .Io/z?z Bc?I&.'/???7 .s'cise rc'/cll c?zc'c' f&) f1?is'

c??'f?c'ic' ln cl /27?z«/o?z lzc'. Hs'. s'f )clpel" cll'ld

.s 7'', c'sk'd !f sir?1?I«/ lnc?I«c ?1'?fc regis'f???g

reading in f/zc'. 07?ip&?s'f. 473«'I' C/?/) 'Rczgem

C;&)plC?CI f/Z?S" C'll/Zl' Of &111 Cll llCIC' fllC71

clp/zE"cfr«M (01? /zc?gc'-s' /19 c% W) llz flic'

"Anzzv X Is/cli y Il/7?sfri?fec/" p??I?ILs/?cc/ &r?z

3/ Dec«1?nor /8W. A5 5fc?fc'c/ c?/?czvcl f/?cz

?zz«?g«c??ze s'~'«Zs" I«7?~a~'II ' «rn ?Ii?crfrc?fdic/

?z?c?g&7"l?ze bl?t Ivc /?cA'c' 1'lof gczf c&zpic'5 &zf

fi?c??i/Z. «sf? «?f?&zns /zel e.

lt Is httle mote than four years since

Mr. Rhodes anlved at I'ort Salisbtii+ and

annoi. lnced th«it tliis station would

henceforth be Iwx;ognimt as the capital ofMashonal«and. In that intnval several

Incidents and «tccldents have occun& to

diversify the histoiy of the n:gion in

question and to eh':k the tntllnplunt

pro~ms ofHntish South Africa generally.

Hut all this has not prevented the Hntish

South African Police fium attaining and

m;Iintaining a capital state of efficiency'lltd we li'ive much pie«lsllle accordillgly

in nvroducing in excellent series ofphotogli7phs of a corps which «Is It st«Inds,

posse~ high miiit'Iiy qualific Itions, and

if occasion anwe, would certainly be of

distinct military value.

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It is true that the tendency of a body

Irkc thc Hritlsh Sol.1th Afrtcl)n Police nltL»t

Holy be in the direction of' civilian

IL»efulnc««» I«)ther tll«tn that of Inrllt«try

excellence. As districts kxomc more and

morc scnled and the chance of' nafive

risings mon: and morc remote, thc nli lit~policenuul hnds his civil duties cxp'u)ding

ar ld thc and thc I)xfuireIHcnts of the

corHmtutity y-«tdtutily dcnutnd that hc

shall pay mow. ;tttQ)tion to fix~ and lcm»

to hi» training in ptu))ly milit;try cxcrcisL~.

Huf. even In it dQ-tde hence whQl

M«L»hoKII«u)d Inay be «)IIHost as sctti(xf

Middlcmx and it"scapital IH;ty n:&sruti thc

I)r)'-frx I"ol't «Li ptrrely ornamental, It nl!Iy

still be consider& d~winble to I&tain nlruly

of the nlilit;uy chanlctQistics f()r which the

Hntrsh South Afn(-In VOIIcc arc now

con»T)icuous. And ln the pn icnt„ tl)QC I»

Ilo (juest)01 I as k) thc nccc%rtv for

regan ling the corps IL»;I IHi lit'try

oq;tu)isation which no Ioc,ti volttntccr

corps could as yct hope to rcpLlce.

The head(I(users of thc police in

M;L»hon')land;u): at I'ort Salisbtuy, vvhcre

«U& !ifrltloncd thc c(UHIH«utd«u)t, thc dL»frlct

staf1 ofilccr,'u)d thc (Iu«'U tcl fH«L»tcl' «U)d

p'tynuL»ter of'the fon!e. Saiisbtrry too is the

Lcntre of A Dlstnct -- there Ure hvc

Mit»I)onaliuld pollcc disfTlcts lcttt, %XI A„

"'H", "6". ", "D", uld "}'which incitrdc»

tile kUld, tl'lc h(. Id(III«u tQ& ho!iplftll (U)d theor'lilt«ulcc ston'. . The band lf. shotlld bementioned tuv, tnlined as field andIH«)chine altlllcnsts iUld «tA (INte cap«tbicof t+ing their place as gtu)HQs ifnxINrLXI.

In this connection it m;ly be Inention(xithe MashoKlliUld polrcc poss('«6 a

very filll art) fiery alxi nlaclrule glI1armament In '"A" District fitcre are a 2.5In. Hlotult'illn glI), two 3 ln. flcld gN)s «Uld

thnic M«Lxlnl IHachmc gNls; ln HDisfrid there;. U): thrQ: rnachine yes; in

Dlstnct a frcld g)n iuld «l M«txuH; ln"D Dlstncf a flcld gtul al'ld a M«txlnl; ln

V Drstrrct «I 7 pottndC' H10(ultrun glII«Uld a G«)thug.

The Sairsbtrry kuncks have excellentaccoIHIHod'Itlon fol fhe ofircers, Holl. —

commiv»ioned 05ccrs and mcn, with)ness lr(lt», ston~, cl)ntcen, nxn"&tion-

roon), st«)bles„ctc. Tl'tev arc corrncctcdwith thc tovvrt by telephone, by which allO'L»LC of lo!if ("tttlc 'uld othQ conlpl'tintscarne be pr()nil')fly Iepol tQI and

promptly dealt with.

Anlong oN' till, L»tl«Itious will be foN)d

gvup (x)nt«unlng the Ictlngconunandant of the Hl ital South AfTlcan

Vollcc and the ofhccls «lt 1M)d(itt«utcrs. Itwill bc notlcQI th«tt the N)lforH') L»

extremely plain and wor4H;utlil~c, the fttll

dr)w» hat being of the pattens mltde vny

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familiar in this co(ultry by "3ameson's

Ride", wlule Instead of the ndlng Ix)ots thc

scilsiblc aild sin)pic pUttlcs hiivc k;cn«Idopt(xl.

Another gioiip Is of wan«HIt 0%eelsand non&omITlissioncd offices of thc

colps and a thud shows a pal«idc of «I field

troop 0Mlc of thc he«ldqu«Irtcr squadron.

Two pictllres exhibit a 7 po(indcr glu1

and a M«axu11 lull@ Icd Up Nld iri acf.lon. .

Thc Max HTI «Ippcais soITicwhat. ovci'

horsed or over mulcd but doubtless them

is a spixihc lcason tor the biyl~ of thc

team. Thc 7 poUndcr pul too docs not

look quite such a ku)dy wc(Ipon as a pi ~of such smdl c;llibre oug~lt to be. One

docs not, however„doubt it's capacity to

do good service and probably the nattuv. of'

the (ovultry Iuyullw a pretty substmtial

glul canlagc.

The general view of a dismoNIt(xf

p~c includes the auld, "A" and "C."'

Squ«idrolLS and thc n«itive contlngcnt.

Th(~» I«Lst arc k"Hl@~ col'lvcltcd from «1

separ. ltc fighting unit into District Polic(:.

Their drill, equipment, etc are being

Iillprovcd and they are foiind to be very

LlscfLII In fuITlishing cscorLS for thc native

Con1missioilcrs.

The native contingent arc aITn(xI with

Maitini- I Icnry„but (III the white tn)opcrs

h«Ivc Lee-Mctford ITlagazinc nfl',

Thivughout the dlstncts «ul. Y~uloiLS

f'orts„which ail: n)atlllcd by thc Hntlsh

South Afiican Police, every fort being

well sUpplicd with I «ltlorLS, «ui umulltI011~

etc, and Is clNtc stlollg ci'io(lgl"I to hold Its

own in iu)y ordilmy outbILak. This policy

of scattered forts is a vcty soNId one in a

country Ill(e Mashonaland, where constmt

evidence of thc doi ninaiit power Is

extremely net&sary. It was probably

4q;cly duc to the abs(u)cc of such

precaut)ons that the last Mat;lbele nsu)g

;LSSNnnf such serious diinensions. If aficr

thc dcfc«lt of Lok;I)gila a nNllbcr of posts

had bccn formed and kept lip throUghoUt

the country„ it is quite possible that

outbicak may never had occtirr(xf.

ong thc CIVIII«an dutl(% pcrfonTI

by thc Hntlsh Solith Afric«HI Police is the

sUpcivislon of thc 10«I(LS and drifis ln thc

nclp~lk)urllood of thc outstattons. They

have also to repiir when n(x:cssaly about

900 miles of telcyaph wires;uld in some

districts they (let ILS sigiullers, (u)d Iiave the

post'll arrangcincnts Hl thcu h(u1(LS.

A new COITunandmt of' the Biitish

So(1th Afnc'ill Police luLS just kcl I

appointed. TIIis is Capt;Iin. J.S, Nicholson

D.S.O, of' thc 7' IIIKSIIrs, wlio did

splenchd service In the Mat;lbelc nsu)g,

and who has ainady had police

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British South Africa Police ' ~:=" Regimental Assmabon UK

cxpcnence «1s col111rl«NII«1111 of tl'Ie

Notthn11 / un%&i dixistol t.

Thc rcgtnlent It II1«ty miso hcIllcnttoncÃi, It«ts M.n, «Is onc of tllc lh&&' tti«tr

forces of the cottntry„«I good dc«II of «Ictlve

sclvicc tx;ing In;Ii»ly n&ponsiblc for thc

qttclling ol the M;Ishon«1LI»d wbcllion,

dltllng v«'hich truly ci&tt'IItics occtttrcd.

AIIT1ost till thc ofttccrs„tlott-cot1111llssiolt(xI

offlccrs 'md I»en it& thc illttstrztion wcwthe nxxI«II for the 1896;Ittd the cl Isp lorI II97, 'tnd other decorations, and

nohntltst«ttldtng tts»hort exL»fence, the

corps cat I Ix)«1st of it D.~S.O., «I VC. «1»(1 «l

C,M.G. c'1rncd 111 the »Inks.

THE SILVER THREAD

By Syd Weatterall

VVhisper not to me of Xanadu, statelyclornle Qf Kubla Khan, Ol. those otherageless warriors who brightenhistory's span, I know of Omaha's

grim beach and lwojima's sands Thefallen ever cherished and whose gloryalways stands,

But I have heard of one far dime with

places as sweet dt earns Qf 8fairyland of beauteous charm hewnfrom virgin realms, Ah, savour

Mavuradonna's heights andChllTlanllTlanl s peaceSuch land of pure delight and truepatriots release.

Tis also said their strife was fair andnoble was their causeBut honour with deceit was paid andalmost without pause,Scattered they were to far IIungshores with little wofdly gainSave for that blessed hope that oncethis dear home to redaim.

There is still the mystic silver threadthat binds this gallant bandOf comradeship, travail and ah, theRegiments last stand,They say that hope still lies awake forsome eternal hourSo tarry friend for thou mayest yet still

smell that sweetest flower.

Sydney VVeatherall 2006

T'A'0 Lsktlnos sttttng ln «I k«1ynk &«vcl cchilly, so they lit a fire in the cntft.Unsltlpnstngly lt sttnk„provtng ot'tcc«I~~~rttt'1 that yon can t. have yottrk«ly«1k «md Ilc«lt lt too.

This page is spon~ by (~)Shirley Wells in loving memory of John

40

British South Africa Police ""-:--"'' Regimental ~ation UK

Murder in the Storm DrainHy r'kW)9

As I vc s'Ud before, nothing Inlich cvcl

happcnc«i ln Cl D QUc Q(lc. Very

occasionally something did, ;Usd it did on

Onc of those pl&ls&lnt SLIndays In M'1Kh.

Thc sky was blue with a few cotton-wool

cIOLIds, thc tcmpcl lt(lrc wasn t too high,

LUld the «UI w&L» «Iry, aMlo(1/1 there h«ld

hccn a hcavy lain on thc night hcfbl'c. A

typical beautifLII Sunday in nlid-Rhodesia.

I was, again, on call. Fair to say, I

didn t do ralv nlore d(Ity tLIms tLMI thc

others, D/Insp. Hoh Savage Ook his tLUll &L»

dtd thc othcl DSO s, 30hn Taylor and Pal(II

Naish. I had check(xf thc CR and OH,

riothlng I'HI(Un. cl ITly attentloH, &Uld I was

qulctlv contcITlplatlHg '1 cold I'lgcl at thc

club. The haitlest dectsIoii I had to IMke

was„did I have a drink at the police club,

thc sports clLIh 01 iIhc Gkp nlinc CILIh.

DecisiolL», decisions, dccisioIL»L I tell you-it was hell in Afri«ai

The diffICLIIt decision was s«xiii

lved. I was call«xf up on the nldio, and

asked to meet Hoh Savage at the oflice.

Thee. I vvas told a body had h(x..n f(TLUld in

a. stonll dl"«lln bctwecl1 thc 111/~'I Stt«, ct «Uld

Railway Linc. Hob and I collected the

ncccss&try c«ILUpment„an&UIg«xl foi thc

Afl'ic«UI «Ict(xtivc»i on c'!11 to lx;

sLIHTmonsc+ iUld visited thc sccilc.

This w;Is one of those large Rhodesian

stonTI dl«lins, aho(lt 10 yards wide &Uld

some 6 or 7 feet «4:p, concrete linc(f, to

c«lny thc stoITH waters ll&«vay 'Iflcr thc

heavy tropic«TI downpoN's, There, Nldcl'

the bridge c UTying thc Illilway tt-.lcks, was

the b(xiy of:Ul Afri("UI IHalc, agcxf about

30 yc;Us lynlg on his hack. I li» 'sklppcl'

or polo shiit, was pulled LIp under his

&UTnptt!I, &Uld his tIQLL»crs rllQLUld hl!i «Ulklcs.

I le was also very deld,

It looked a typic«ll rohITciy/IT1N'dcl

scene, ;Uld I was busy planning;Ihcad a» to

thc next steps to t+c ln IHvcstlgatln«g this

apITUT:nt IHLIrdcr, Vn serve thc sccHc,

photop&lphs, fon:nslc exalBIH«ltlon, po!it

nlorfcnl, l(x'«ll en(INI ics, Idcntlflc'ltlon,

history, etc, ctc.

I took the appropriate photos of the

Ixxfy and scene, and HTIde a go(xf sc(lrdi

f«TI «Ulythnlg which nlight bc of cvldcntl&al

value„ol' «I possible weapOH. Ilarenothing except thc LL»ual dchns and

rubbish, pl(istic h'lgs, hlvkcn gi'Iss

including 'I broken f (x' I-Cola bottle with

a c&lp still lnt«lct - «Uld such like„that nllp&lt

lx'. cxp.et«xi ln a stonll dI'«Un, although &l

I«U@&c pile of bi'%lees had k.conic»flick

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Luldcr tJlc bndgc, all(1 wrth tJlc other dcbnsfomled something of' sm;IIJ d;un, behind

which stoml water would collect before:

slowly dr;Uning awray. Kwpite thc heavyNln thc pl):vlorrs cvcnulg, tile (4illn vvils

dry, except for orle or tlvo small puddles.

A SL-udr of thc;N-I rev(-1J«I a J)001 ofdri«I blood on thc top «igc of the stolTH

c4JJH, (Uld 'ln ab«u)don«I plL»h bike abo(lt30 yard» alvay on thc p;1th le)ding overrJ)c HUJ tilrck», «Uld, very ultcrcstlllgly, tile

cntlfc back wheel;U)d cop» vvcrc cover«Iul wluat appe;mxi to be thick con~&eaJ«I

blood!

Thc Ix)dy w«L» 1&lnov«I;Uld Hob ruld IA'-moved tl'lc clothu"ig to check for

idcntlfrc~ltrorl and iulytiullg else tJI«lt nllL', ht

bc reve'ried. The shiit w;L» intact and noI I'101c d'U nag«I 01 tonl th;Ul nil L«i)t bcexact«I of those time». TITc re)LL»crs

cont;linc(i arl old wallet, in which was a,«'r~l(~)&I 01 JML«'», 'uxl Kvlllch wollld

subs«Iucntly;Legist in tire identification of, :4 ls«I «L» a ho(Lscbov cnlploycd IH

Quc Quc. Ihc tn)LL»ers als() show«l asnlaJI tc;u or crit in thc rl u right Icg, a little

below thc brrttocks, «Uld tJlc aA"'I «UQluld

:urd ITclow that te;u was hc.lvily stain«iwrtJI blood I Jlcre w«IL» «llso Jt'ut ofbr()ken Co( I-Col;I bottle in thc right hip

po( kct. Thc tA)r L»ers werc tJkcn iL» «U 1

exhibit.

Local elquiries idcntih«i thed(xGls«I, «uld con frnn«I he lrad 4x'.ndrinking in the 6 «v«", p b(wr-i)all allSQtluday «rficmooll, but Ilad not b«, llIHvolvcd ul any «up%I)Tents 01' drsplltcs. I ICIlad no kllowll cncnllcs, nol was tJlcA« Luly

possible nlotlvc fol 'Ul attack rlpon I'UH1.

L'nquiries also failed to locate the pnmnceof «ulv r«'ofSIS In tJlc «U&r over thc pA:vro(ls24 ho(us.

OH thc foiiowulg H10Hlulg„«1 postHlor'tcnl cx«ulllrr«ltron SI'rowed thcd«c L»LM had a hip» level of Chil)rrlar inIus stoinacll, «and thilt thc din.ct ca(Lse ofdeatJI wru» drowning. . I-Ic;Ilso had a su)allbut deep p(11KtuA: wound of tile postenorrip»t ihip, vvhich had Seve@xi his femoral;Utcry, lvhich would plT)b;rbly have causedde(1th by blood loss

Thcsc f'lets IGld to tile conclllsron tilatoru d«(.(L»«I llad got hinrsclf dnLH, andxvhrlc cyclulg 110ITlc wrril «'1 Coke bottle IH

his hrp pocket, fell Into thc stoml dl«UH,

;uld ul doing so„snuL»hcd the C okc Ix)tt Jc,which sever«I lus nfj~lt fcnlor'««I «Irtcrp. Hcthen probably said, "Oh golly gosh tJI'lt

WIL» JOIJy soA". , 01 solTlcthlng sunll«lr In

cIUShona, chIBbcd ollt 0'I thc stonll dnUH,

A:-Inountc(I his bicycle and cycl«i of%Aficr a short WIUJC hc prob IMv IMIIscdall )vas not well, and dccid«i to rc-enterthc storm dr«un, when under tile bndgc

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Brmsh South Africa Police ~ ~'" Regimental Assmation UK

Luld in privacy he could lower his trousers

and lllspect his inJLu'y. On looking at his

woruld, which was then still prob«ably

pUITIplng OLlt I«u'gc spUfts of his rcm«unulg

blood, he mLLst have faint»xI, or done so

throu/» loss of bloLxf. This cxplairLs his

state ofdress (of Iul(%%).At that time the heavens open»xI, and

the lr&ultant deluge of storm water

collecting in the dnin drown»xf him.

The nlufdcl nlost forll I wrxs cxp»x:trng

to have to Invcwtrg~«rtc Inlmlxllately bc' une

a straight forward sudden death, arid was

h«uld»xf to QUc QUc Urban lo flnlsh.

CID Que Que restufIuf its happy

somnolence, where nothing mtlch ever

happened. Except please don't tell that to

Bob Savage. He' ll put me on extr«I call-

out, or behind the yrard.4~3 Hvwel PalTy-. fortes 2007

Crime Lords

by Gin@& Mac&skill

Glenn (For»'e Ao (1.$38) iv dre I:»lir»7r»7/'t/Ie

i/7e Tr'~11L'ivy»r/ Or»I/705$ (/7e r»7o/» over fE'017l

nre in 20N N'/Ien I N»rv»rrrning /7»1»/» r»&

I/le UK)»lP7d l/re Cnmc Lords ls lrls

.se»'olrd nels~/ 8e/oN' »77"»' I"L"I'lerv5 o/ /IL'i

,s»'»o&rd nor ~/ Iv/lie/I /i'»7tur»'. s rr u& fi» ri»7rr»r/

/orlnel rrrelnk'1'5 o/ rile M!f~.

RI'VII:"WS

Anyone who cn)oys a conspiracy theory

will gct a kick orrt of this book. nly

CLInosrty w«rs «IroLLslxl bv thc srrgg»'stion of

conupt links between criminals;uld

polrce. .Mac&skIII avoids the paranoia

pitfall, weaving a cogent plot filled with

crlxfiblc cluractcrs. " Nomuul Shopped„3ohannesbrug& CITIZI:N newspaper

7th ~mber ~006

"Glenn Mac Iskili's Crime I or»IS rc I»fs like

thc front page of nlost South AfnMH

newsIQpels. rt Is very f«1st-paced Luld keeps

thc IG1JCI Q~LIrxI «ls thc aUthol t«rckl»% thc

world of cnlnc syndicates opcratlng ln

IUthclll Afnc«LCnnlc LorrIs will t«Lke

you into places you don't want to believe

exist, showing you the scmficr side of'our

society." Andrew Hect, Pretoria News

2%13Lule 2007.

"YOLIr story has all the h;IIlrnarks of'a best

seller. yipping raid such a page-

tumcr. could not put it down. conumcnd

yoU on the (Mucatiollal valrlc of' thc

text. unusual fbr a novel of tlus

genre. dctruied Inst~It that you pve of thc

nlcthods, the thinking, the on~ization«uld thc coltulutnMIt of thc people ln thc

police. everybody here and abrrxrd should

le«rd it. Willi Ahlers, ALrthof.

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British South Africa Police "~ "" Regimental Association UK

5692 John Lucas sent this from &»ariavia 5109Maurice AIrrd also of that

lovely cotulttp and wllo fr-.liraselsewhere. In this Issrlc of the Ottpost.

"And I never p;Label a cry for helpTIIOLI+ at til»&%, I shook with fe«tr.

And;tt itt»es, God forgtve nic„I'vc wept unnuully tc us.

TI IL' FIICK INSPELTIOW

A policcnlx& st13r@ before his ( torf,

As must always come to ptss,I IC hopxf his boots v erc shining,Just as bri«~ tly ls his bra~s.

"Step frtrw;u4 now, policem'ul,Hov ' sh'LII I deal wltl'I yorl 3

I'lave votl «llw«lys tlu ned thc othr I check.I'o my chtudl have you bren tnte'."The 13r31ICCIITI sr1rtarcrf his shorlldel's «lnrf

s;ud "Nrt«Lotd, I gurws I ain' t.aLLsc those of 1Ls who carry grNs

6«ul t alw«tys bc «t %11»t.

I vc had to wQllr 1»ost SLuldays,

And at time, nty talk divas toup»,Anrl ai. tt rites, I vc been vtrtlcnt,'C'trlse tile vv13rld is avvfully rough.

HUt, I never trek Ll pc»I'Iv

That xvasrl t I»II Ic to ko'p,Tllougl1 I worked a lot of'overtime

%lett tile bills "otJUst too steep

"I know I don't rfrmtvc I pl;lccAmong the px)pic hcn,They ncvcl' v 'rulterl nlc 'uoru1d,

Except fo cttft» thclt fears.

"Ifyou' ve a place for me here, Lord„It neerfn t bc so g lnd.In life, I didtt't exit or nmi too much,So if you don' t, I' ll understtutd. "

There w«ls stlcnce «111 arorulrf the thrr3lte,

Wl1CIL, thc s«unts had offe11 tt r3rI,

As thc polrcenlru I waited r1uietlyI.or thejudgnTtcnt ofhis God.

"Step forward nrwv, brave 05ccr,You' ve born yotu' bmdens vvcll.

Walk pcacefullv on Hettven s stl ccis,Yorl vc served yoLI rc tllltc tn I-ICII.

-Author Unk»own

Please don't forget to tell theHon Sec if

You change YOUP, corri'act details(Physical, postal, Email, Landline I

Mobile phone ntjmbeps)

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OBITUARIESlt ls &%1th regret that Ave report the

follolnng deaths.Vk extend our deep sympathy to the

fanllly an(l fl1ends of the decellsed.

13855 Don~@~as David Pedler Craei(nell,OBV& CPM. A Meow of' the UKHranch, Davi(i died poof(Illy at

Dold)ester on 24/06/2007 aged II9 yc;U&.

He served in the HSAP ftom 18/08/1939

to 2204/1948 leaving with the rank of

Sergeant. David v as born in India on

11/09/1918 but he lnoved to England

whilst still very young (U)d aAer beetlingschools and a brief'period in Banking, he

fulfilled his interact in Ovelscas Service by

joining the HSAP. Relc~ for Milit Uy

Scrvlcc In lsfolth Afnc(I U1 .IN)c 1941, hc

and a slnall cadre ofOII)um sct up Police

I'orccs In thc fom)cr I tall(ul occupied

TCTltoncs of Entrei+ SoITlalia and

Ethiopi(L whilst serving in Eritrcu he was

Ilppolntcd CoITln)issioncI' of Pollcc 'lt thc

age of29. After thc war hc retNnc(l to thc

HSAP but left the ROIL(; in 1948. I-Ie then

playe(1 a part' in the efIL'ctive n*stol ation oforder in Somalia. . On colnpletion of tlrat

tiLsk hc nitl. lmed to hLs post In El'itrc*l

where hc played 'Ul Inspll ltlon'll pUt In

thc prop&% of Erit)&I to Indcpendcl'Icc In

1952. I Its cxpcncncc ln co(alter

ins(Ugcncyi lc(l to his Appointmcnt in the

Kenya Police in 1954 ILs Assist U)t

ConUnissioner of Police of' Opcllltions

with a dirLwt nisponsibility for a SpvialForct of Tails of psctldo ~~i(U)I&. Wth thc

opcfatlolral I')h'lsc of tile Kenyai'InL~~cncy ended U1 1956i iU)d illl "llost on

cue, I ondon appnrachc(1 thc KenyaCiovclnment to role Lsc David for

&lppolntITlcnt as t onln)lssloncl of Police

of Hlltlsh SonrallliU'ld Pfotcctol iltc.

Thc col to take up the challenge ofConstitutional change on Soleil;U)d xvas

wclc()n1cd IIAcl 3 yc(lrs of LU)relent)n&~

pnwsln. *in Kcny'L Ile would be b;lcl

anlong people hc knew well U1 a fIlcndiy

cnvUT)11II)cnt. On thc 26th 3(U)c 19()0, thc

Somali I lag wlls raised to symbolisc the

Unlol'I of thc two TcITltoncs.

On his n:tNn to Engl'U)d, David beg()n

a ncw can.cl with thc Fol&II'n ONcei a(-mar hc regarded as a 17-y(-Ir privilege.

A cornmerxiation letter hy the 'Chief'„

dated 19tll. Scptcn)bcl 1979,on his

n:tirctncnt Ai)n) the Irorcign Selvice, is

worthy of note - It was cel'tIUnly afol'tNUItc day fol' thc Service, Glrly In

1963, when you (David Cracknellf

bn&uj»t tls all the (Iuallt)es and experience

BIitish South Africa Police ~ ."~." Regimental Assmafion UK

devclofxxl dun ng your piT:vious

distinpiish& canx. r with various African

Police Force&. Since then you lrave tume(1

your hand, with excellent cfI(xt„ to a

niimber of' jobs of innmsing

imponsibility. 1 raining Dcpaitment,

Secunty HI~Ulch, P~Tsonncl d~Tlcntand the world ofQ/6 Irlve go(xf n'xwn to

bc yatcfiII for the invaluable contribution

you have m idc in their ~p(xtivc fiel(K».

Now that you arc pols(xf foi' retlMT1Qlt lt

fails to me to convey thc sine(lT: thanks ofthe Scrvic(: for all you have done for us

and to add oui very b(wt zvish&w for a long

ioid happy retirement - which will no

doubt be far fToin an idle onc."

Diavid and his late beloved wife Jati

retitixf to Hridpoit, Dorset in 1980, happily

involving htinsclf in active S(xxittng and

two terins as ii Doi'sct County Couiiclior.

4184 Peter Bosky Pete. die(l in Dand IIo

(.'Iinic, I-Iarzx on the inoming of the 3id

Scptcn11&r 2007. I-lc was }x&pltahs(xI

affn sufI(, ring a fall which daniag(xf his

hip some two nionths ago, and never ICII

hospital, Those of you wlio knew hlnl

will nmlember that he had a fine sinyng

voice.

5433 Patllci( Elle MA'al d XVaISIL M!s

RosenTIIy Kalsh„Pit's wife. , informs ((»

tlrat lre died at HoumnT&outh. oii I & Miirch

2007. Sadly I'at had Ixx..n unwell for the

p;1st tcn yeats, Pat served fiTIm 29/01/1956—31/01/1964 leaving with the nink ofSergeant He was a member of the UKH ranch.

5710 Duncan Stuart McDougall pass(xf

away in D(iiten on 26 Au@et 2006following a long battle with cancer. Hejoined the Fone on the 6 May 1957 and

retiini as a Superintendent on 11 July1980. DNlcan is survlv(xf bv hL» wifeAnne and their sons Robbie and Bruce.Alf Taylor and hve other mcmb|m the

Reg. Assoc attended the funeral. Anne

said that they wue mitch appreciated and

it was so nice that hi» friends fium the

HSAP wne still there affcr so many yeaisD(in(~ was a memb(l of the Natal

Hranch of the Rei~cntai Association.

7659 Peter Robert Gill died from canceron OYI/OS/07. Peter, a member of the UKHirsh, s(lied from 13/12/1966 to05/04/1977 retiring as a Detective

Inspxtor. I-Ie was Wtion(xf in VictoriaProvince for part of his service ind was soattract(xf by the aim tlrat he rct(imed to the

Province on retirnnent working for P(mpand Payne Fort Victoria and Iatn in the

Lowveld where he was involved asOMIIIITan 0'f tl'ic Nat(ITill Illstory society

of the Lowveld. He is survived by his wife

Alice and their sons Robert and Miithew.

British South Africa Police'

~ ~-" Regimental Association UK

9376 Michael John Davis died in

Johannesb(irg on 20/8/07 after battling

lymplTatic czlccr. Mike served from

10/03/1975 to 04/(J619/II0, leaving in the

I«ink of 11Lsp(,ctor. Hc was not a HTcmbcr

of the Tr«'Insv;nl Branch.5607 Francis Harold (Harl') Davicspas»cd away in hospital ai 11-30am on

Sunday 29/07/07. 4933 Rod D'ilson

n~its that H UTy's datlghter Vellny was at

Itis bedside fol the pil.vlolL» thn.'c d«hays Nld

went out to get a smldwich and when she

rctLImcd he had gone. Hany s(med in tile

BSAV from 06/01/1957 to 05/01/1960 left

as a (.Onst+le. He mct and monied

%V42 Sheila lynn Marriott, who alsoserve(I in the BSAP from 1957 to 19()0aHd thcv rctuITlcd to thc UK. S«idly Shel lil

died su(klcniy Iri 2004, an cvcnt. whichhad a v(~ klan cAG:t upon H«~, wlK)sc

hc«IMl dctcnol «)ted n&rk(xHy i'llld hcbec,"Imc quite ill about IS montlx» beforehe died. Back hoInc Harry went intothc Landsc«lpnlg business iuld atOnc time was ln chalgc of thcI'lcccollfsc at Alntl cc. I lc w isvery kccH ITlcmbcl of thc BSAPAssociation and a very good friendAg~ain we have lost another vny keen

ITlcITibci of thc Mycrscoup«I group and hcwill be sorely misM-but he no longersuffers and has gone to join Sheila.

5244 Brian RuA by David RHA' eldest

son Of Brian. I am very sorry to have totell you th«lt. ITly Dild p«lsscd aw«iy, onMOHdav 30 July 2007. Dad had a stlokcat 2114hrs on 20 .Iuly„ followed by twotcmbic Ms bIT)ught On by thc stl'okc-which nm«kc(I the skull of' an;Iln-IdyITaemhorlapling bi'xn. S«adly, his passingwas «)void«lblc, llastcned by thc prevailingsit(L'Itlon ln /imbabwc„' In this cx»e, thcfKKIOIL» state Of thc country's Incdic, ll

scrvic(%. And so, wl'icn Hly Da(I had astIT)ke at 2114hrs on 20 July, followed bytwo temble f««lls brought on by the stiuke-wh~ch cn«)eked the skull of «an alm&yh«lcirihoITaghlng braiil - hc did not receivethe right tr(-ItIT)ent. I'm plcaM th;It you

guys out there kept in touch with my Dad„'

the BSAP Assn w«'L» vcly ITiucll, orle of his

major windows on the world, from this

once proud ialld b(-Iutlflll countly. Hcalways si~n3 off "Post Nubila Phoebus"-- AAer darkness» them is light/ s(IIL»hine.

Thank God th«lt D«ld Is now back lri tile

sunshl1'lc.

8314 PAUl WVcincl died 'lt. RictxxckK Isteel, near Cape Town, on the morningof S(u)day 29.luly 2(J07, attn a long battle

with cilnce, Paul scmcd fToin 14September 1%)9 to 2 July 1974 and left in

thc I «Ink ofPatri Officer.

4957 Ronald Vr(*.ehorn died on04/10/2007 at HiberTIene, Natal. . Ronald

serve(i from 28/07/1952 — 27/07/1955

leaving xvltll the I%1k of Const;lblc. Hcw"Ls 'I Isscissbcr' of tile UK HrMlch of' thc

Ass(scratlon.

16772 I R Christopher AVillianl EnsorMcCanlLS, who was a member of the

I~Lstens Cape bnlnch, died on ThNsdaythe19 July 2007. CIuss„who was adnsitte(l

ro GITs(ste Schuur Hospital in Apisl this

ye«rr aAcr bcu1g (klp&lcslxf wsth

Ic(rk«scnsl«s. fctrrmcd I'ionsc to PE several

days bcfoil. his dL«rth. . Hc was bonl us thc

UK In. 1937 «sisd «sficr Jolnusg tl'Ic lsslllt'rfy

he saw service in Cypnls for several ve'u's.

He iesiyse(I frTsns th(". amly rusd wLast toSn Lsrsk«s where hc worked on a tea

eWte. He went to Rhodesia in 1965 toNet Year's GIA Estate whcrs." hc workedfor 2 years. Hc thcs joined the

IITrlniruTrtrois and T0Nssns Dept lrl Umtall

and later move(i to Salisbury. He wiLs «'I

Issemkx of PATU for 7 ye(u& arsd later

joirsed thc Ris(sd&1'I Defcrscc Rcgiisscl1t

and d(usng an uscldent in the KandcyaTTI wius woNsded in thc Ispt elbowicsllltlng in thc loss of thc «lnn. V'(sr his

pan us tl"ic «sctlols Chiss xv«Ls awarded

Hfoiszc Cns«of Rhodesia for bnvny.Chris arsd his farssily emigrated to RSA in

19«82 «snd at v«uso(Ls stages hc was also a

Prssvsiscral Old Hill rusd Old Hill of localMOTI Is.3435 Roger Atherston "Jock" Hilton-Barher DI C, died in Harlu(", on thc 6thAugLst 2006 «st thc iigc of )3 He servedas a TITsolscf ln thc I~@tens Distrscts ffoITI1935 to 1938. When he ICA the police, he

joined thc Royal Air fois:c res a fighterpilot. He served in Malt& d(rring the siegewhere he flew II(rrficarrrs, ;usd GlosterGladiators of World War I vint;rge. Helater spccialiscd iis aLvial photog;rphyflying Gloster Meteors, for wlrich he wasawarded the DF'C. I le trxssfnred to theRRAF us 1950 whcfc hc served I.ustil hisis;tinmsent in I 964 mth the nlnk ofGrsxtpCaptain. Fle served as StationComm lnder at both Thomhill and at NewSafNTI.

4264 4 lncent Hristler dred «st his honle ulPort Shepstone on 20 Octolxv 2007.Vince joiised thc F'orce on thc 01/05/1 948and retired on 01/08/1983. Hc n'.ill& onpension in thc rank of' A«istantConsITuss loner.

4243 John I.ynn Keppel Brett died inNatal on 21 July 2007 aAer a prolongedillrsLws. John scrv(4 mainly in the CID,fium 01/05/1948 to 31/10/61 when hc leA

on g«rtNty rusd took over thc RhodcsliaRailv, 'ays SCCNsty unit.

British South Africa Police' ~ ".~"'" Regimental Assmation UK

8SAP REC.lit~'IEM'Al,

ASSOCIATION 8RANCHESOVERSEAS

AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA: John Seward, 9/?1

Epsom Avenue, Redciiffe 6104, WesternAus&lia, Tel: (H) (8) 9277 3396, E-mail:

olivos@primus. corn. au,QUEENSLAND: Mike King, 11 LeroyStreet, Manly West, Queensland 41?9,Tel: (H) 07 3904 7814, (0)07 5583 5853,E-mail: miviking@optushome. corn. au

SOUTH AFRICABORDER: Bruce Beukman, E-mail:

lesprop@imaginet. cG.zaNATAL: Des Howse, P 0 Box 3019,Assagay, Kwa-Zulu Natal 3624 Republic

of South Africa Tel: (031)765-2609 E-mail:des@eastooast. co.zaNATAL MIDLANDS: Buddy Deetlef's,

PO Box 100595Scottsville 3209, Tel: 2733 386 2457, E-mail:

TRANSVAAL: Dick Glanville, PO Box8389, Johannesburg, 2000, Tel: (H) 011477 2793, (Bus) (011)447 2700, Fax:(011)447 4554, E-mail:dickg@cybertrade. corn%YESTER% CAPE: Chilly Potter, 15Stanford Inroad, Claremont, Cape Town77011, Tel: 671 8919, E-nail:v esterneape(ii; bsap. org

NEW ZEALAND: Greg McManus, Unit

160, 441 Whangaparoa Road,Whangaparoa, Hibiscus Coast, 1463,Tel; 64 9424 2980,E-mail: mcmanus@iconz. co.nz.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Will

Cornell, 1?462Walnut Street, YorbaLinda, California 92886-1827, Tel: 001?14 9931975, E-mail:

bsapusa@aol, corn

ZIMBABWECENTRAL SEC 8 News Letter, PeterBellingham, 6 Clifton Road, Harare. E-mail:pbellinghammango. zwNNNICALAND: A.Hitchman, 8 SimonMazorodze Road, P.O.Box412, Mutare,

Tel: 020 61445. E-mail.

MASHONAUOJD: Martin Kay, 19Braemar Avenue, Mount Pleasant,Harare - PO Box MP271, Harare, Tel:

(H) 301332 (B)62113'I. E-mail:

kayoss@mango. zwMASVINGO: Robin Buil, PO Box 848,Masvingo, Zimbabwe

MATABELELAND: John Learmonth,25, Neasdon Avenue, Bradfield,

Bulawayo, Zmbabwe. Tel (263) (9)4343,E-maii: learmonth@netconnect. co.zw

British ~Mca Police '"'"". =" Regimental ~ation UK

II&ITVD KIMiDOM BRANCHCOl)rlfihllTTVl'. MVMBVRS 8; TfRUSTVVS

Chaivn)an Veter Phillips 6905, 8„('c)n)naos(.'orcut Road„I Icmcl I Icmpstc)d„ I lc)tsI IV I I SU I'cl; (I I) 01442 244919 I..-n)ail: pctcrbp(j&', ,linea)ncrnct

%put), ' Chait. n)an: Alan Toms 7391, 'I fige Tnt, '

M;u)or Ro;)d, W'ckh;u))ford,

I-'vcslvun, W&ru&tcrshi)):, YVR I I 7SA; Tcl (I I I 013%» 831541; 1;-n);)il:

anton)s I (rt bt)1)tcn)ct. con)H0n Stxvetav': 8:u.v, I lenson M)2, 3011)lltop Iver)vc, Oakl)'un, Rutl'u)d, LF15 6NF-I cl: 01572 770331 — I a) t;ul: bs;qwk(&)'')of. cotn

A&sistattt Sxretav, ' Bett ( nbitt 7359„"'Fritton" 5s, Clnud) Road, Fin)st:)d Nr.

Colchcskz, I"sscx CO7 7AYV Tcl 11012(/» 822814 L-m;ul; bsapuk2(r)', 'aol. con)~ reasnl et: Ban Httl»hes 63%, 9 I 1).'i ford Rot)d„Croxw43)»oL1$1, L)st S)Lsscx TN6 2XQTcl: (I I) 01 P)2 652')4e, I"-mail; CDA ho&'he+agllsn. cx)m

I'-'ditr)r: Mike AI) f)0tts 5975, 8, (;unphill Cotut, Rest I3yficet, Sunny, KT 14 6IQ Tel

@9373- L-nla)1: In)el)acl. abbotts I (8,'btu)tt mct, con)

~~4en)her gin) HaIJett 6630„33I I)II I'aml Ave)lac. Whitestone, Nrulcaton, Kt)rks(- V I I 6TA Tcl 02476 %3176,}.'-m;ul: BSAVBVl+ri'aol. corn

Member and 'l rustee: parry, inncw ~,— Laburnrun Cotta~&ac, The Lane, Clv)v&ton

MK44 3BI I .. '1 cl: 01440 216059, n)obilc 079K 117394,L-mail: I)jpj(ri'j)otmail co uk

Almoner Iknnis Voole ()~ 7, (ianxvick (.'lose, Varklands, I Iavcrhill„Suffolk( I~9 93X — 'I cl: 01440 703010 -- L'n)ail: I3sap6348(ri! aol. corn"rnstte: Alien I.ne;)s 4393, 2„TI)c6nu)gc, I I)g~h Str|at, Morctot) u) M;utah, C)los. ,(-)L56 0AU&rttstee."Tim $$' elmer 4158.5 Silvcrdalc Rot)d, Sonthiunpto)), I Itu)ts SO I 5 2NC) {Ip023N) 63%310 tim(q. :;x),) itncr. finmrvc. co.uk