,BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA I'OLICE REC IMENTAL ASSOCIATION

UNITED KIN& DOM BRANCH4 B S A P TRUST

ISSUE No: 41 SPRING 1999

OUTPOST

EDITORIALThe year marches on towards the"magic" of 2000, with concernsexpressed about everything breakingdown, airplanes falling from the sky,electricity and water ceasing, foodsupplies drying up, because of thefailure of "Y2K" compliance (incomputer parlance). Maybe we shouldgo back to the "good old days", whenthe word computer was understood onlyby that strange few. Now we find themeverywhere, the nlachine that everybodyblames for everything that goes wrong,the reason your questions cannot beanswered and the reason you cannot beserved -because "the computer is down".However the upside is that from the longlist of former members on the Internetcompiled by Andy Dougall, it is a greatway of keeping in touch and many ofyou are doing it. So a tool of the newage is helping to sustain and maintainthat spirit of comradeship forged in abygone era. AND, incidently, enablesyour Hon Sec to keep his recordsaccurate and your Editor to create thisOutpost. Marvels of modern science — solong as they keep running. Wc will scc.

AGM time is nearly with us again, regret-tably David Cardy has had to step downas Treasurer and Committee Member. Onyour behalf I thank him for the assistancehe gave. Dan I-Iughes has agreed to standand, if elected, to take on the office ofTreasurer. Any other willing volunteerswho would like to stand, please get yournames to our Hon Sec as soon as possible.Thc covers of the Outpost were spon-sored by a. member who wishes to remainanonymous - so on your behalf I willthank hlnl for his gcnel'oslty.The Regimental Dinner this year is beingheld a month later than usual, at therequest of some of our colleagues inSouth Africa, who have indicated theywill be coming over for the rugby andwould like to opportunity to attend ourdinner, to which they will be verywelcome. Fred Mason, one of our Branchmembers and Chairman of Natal Branch,has advised that their dinner will be onthe 21" August in Durban, and anyonewho was in Depot during a year endingin "9"will bc specially welcome as 1999is a "round figure" anniversary for all ofthem. Sec you at the AGM on 21" May1999 at Trcnchard House from 6.00 pm.

ROLL OF HONOUR2S53 Lt. Col. Harold JACKSON CBE KI'Mpassed away in London on 2"" December, 1998. Col. Jackson was 95 years oldat the time of his death and had served with Distinction in thc BSAP bein&& our

&i&Commissioner from 1955 until his retirement in 1958. He attested on 4'February 1927 and three years later was transferred to the CID where he servedthe majority of his service, being appointed Officer Commanding CID on I"August 1950. At that time this post also included Chief Immigration Officerfor the Colony of Southern Rhodesia and Registrar of the Central Aliens 'I'axand the Native I'orcigners Identification Bureaux. Col. Jackson was the firstOC CID who later became Commissioner.

He was awarded the Kings PoliceMedal for Distinguished Service in1949 and the Colonial Police Medalfor Meritorious Service in 1955. Col.Jackson was appointed a Commanderof the British Empire on his retire-ment in 1958. During his service hereorganised recruiting and improvedhousing and education, especially forour indigenous members. Sadly hiswife May died in 1985. I-Ie is sur-vived by their daughter Jean, withwhom he lived until his passing. I ol-

lowing his retirement Col Jacksoncontinued to use his knowledge andexperience to further the aims andobjectives of the Force, being thcChairman of the United KingdomBranch of the BSAP Regimental As-sociation for 15 years. His supportcontinued after he retired as Chairmanand on his death he left a legacy toour charity, the BSAP Trust. Manydonations were received from friendsand colleagues in lieu of floral trib-utes as he had wished. The funeralwas a family affair, with his grand-sons taking an active part. The~cofTin

was draped with the BSAP flag. Theservice opened with the RegimentalMarch Kum-a-Kye and concludedwith the Evening Hymn and Last Postplayed by a recording of the BSAPBand. Percy Barnes, Peter Short,Rick May and Mike Leach repre-sented the Association. Percywalked the beat in Bulawayo withHarold when he first joined the forcein 1927.Sadly we advise the death of 3660Peter Sylvester JONES in Devon,England on 25th December 1998 fol-lowing a second heart attack. Peterhad served from 08/04/1937 throughto I/06/1958 when he retired as aChief Inspector. Peter would havebeen 86 years young in February. Astrong supporter of the UK Branch ofthe Association he will be sadlymissed. The Association was repre-sented by 3799 Tony ANDREW,7125 Pop ELLI S, 4046 TedGALLOWAY, 4145 Mark k GilI REEMANTLE, 3667 CyrilTURNI..R, 3663 Pat PATERSON, and3661 Mike KEMP. The vicar who

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conducted the service was the son of2277 Cecil Charles Henry GROSSE.Our sympathies are extended to hiswife Marjorie, their son in Englandand their daughter in South Africa.3720 Cecil Walter PAGE died in hos-pital in Castel, Guernsey on 5" No-vember 1998. Cecil, who was 86years old, suff'ered a massive stroke in1988 and was subsequentlyhospitalised. He was a farrier in ourForce and served from 14/4/38 for 20years retiring as an Inspector on27/5/58.

4526 Douglas Vernon ALMY sadlysuccumbed to cancer of the pancreasat his home in Turweston, Northants,on Saturday 27'" February 1999.Doug served two spells with theBSAP. He did his three as 4526 fromJan. '50 to Jan '53 following whichhc spent time with CMI" D. It wasduring this period that I met Dougwhen I was posted to DETT whereDoug did his best to keep us on theroad. Doug returned to the BSAP inJuly '62 and retired in July '8l withthe rank of Chief Inspector (T). Onbehalf of the many members whowould have known Doug, wc extendour deepest sympathies to his wifeCherry, and their children Michael inJohannesburg and Kathleen in Victo-ria Falls. At the crematorium, theAssociation was rcprescnted by 6905Peter PHILLIPS accompanied by4623 Maurice ROI FEY and 4491Ralph I RWIN

Sadly we report the passing of 6757Kendrick John "Lew" LEWIS whodied on 7'" October„1998 when hishonle in Cornwall caught fire follow-ing an electrical f'ault. Lew served

from 1/10/62 and took his dischargein 1982 after almost 20 years servicewith the Rank of Det. /C/I. On re-turning to thc UK he took a job withthe Foreign and Commonwealth Of-fice retiring for the second time at theagc of 55. We extend our sympa-thies to his former wife Josephine andtheir daughter Melany.

We have been advised that 4946Derek Charles "Fats" WALLERpassed away in Mafikeng Hospital onMonday 28'" December, 1998 follow-ing a long and painful cancer of thecolon. Fats served from 14/7/19542and retired on 7/9/1981 with the rankof Ass. Comm. 5364 DaveGEORGE attended the memorialservice along with 7899 RustyHUSTLER, 6823 LcsTHORN BERRY, 7809 JanWEILOPOLSKI, 7784 SteveACORNLEY, 5526 Phil DEVI. IN,6282 Dick KNOLLYS and 6255 JackLONDON. Hennie Du Toit of theRhodesian Prison Service alsoattended.

Zimbabwe advise the passing of 4234Charles William "Bill" HOBLEY on22"' December 1998, Bill had servedfrom 22/12/1947 (51 years ago to theday) I'ctlf lug as an Assistant Conlmls-sioner on 17/7/1979. He had been illfor several years. Many tributespoured in over the E-mail system.9589 Rob DYER from Botswana diedin Zimbabwe on 10'" January, 1999following a heart attack brought onfollowing a bout of flu.5356 William Arthur Brian (Bill)BLACKFORD. Died in Mutare on 1stI ebruary 1999. He had been very illwith cancer for several years.

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3529 Hank BLOWERS PMM. diedin Zimbabwe on 22/01/1999 Fol-lowing his retirement from the Forceas an Assistant Commissioner after31 years service in 1967, he served15 years as Sergeant-at Arms inPari iament.

3406 Jack BRENDON died inGeorge, RSA in November 19984057 Mathew "Paddy" OGLE diedin Bulawayo 27th October 19983751 Norman GLOVER died inMasvingo October 19983825 Percy CLEAVER died in NatalOctober 19984056 Errol John Denzil ThurstonTEMPLE-MURRAY died in SouthAfrica in October, where he haddwelled for many years. He was nota member of the Association. Duringthe war he was a glider pilot andserved in the same battles as BillMay.

FINAL FAREWELLSSadly we have learnt of the death on9'" September, 1998 of Mrs PeggyKIRKWOOD, at the age of 80Years, in Barnstable, Devon. Peggywas the widow of P/r Jim KIRK-WOOD who served with many, in-

cluding PATU.

Valerie Margaret OATES passedaway in the Woking Hospice,Surrey, UK on Saturday 6th Febru-

ary 1999. She was suffering fromCancer and Emphysema. Val wasformerly in the PGHQ Typing Poolat the end of the 50's and early 60'sthen went to assist our man inLisbon.

A TRIBUTE TO THEBSAP

Following the passing of Lt. Col.Harold JACKSON the Trust re-ceived a donation from a gentlemanwho did not serve with the Force.

His reasons for donating were:"...purely sentimental. I served inthe Hampshire Constabulary from1975 to 1997 when I was retired onmedical grounds.

In that time I worked with officerswho had previously served with theBSAP. I was always impressed withtheir ability and integrity and I feltthat their premature retirement, andthe necessity to commence a newcareer must have been very difficult.

Additionally my brother, who was amember of the Royal Marines, hadserved with the CommonwealthMonitoring Group in Rhodesia dur-ing the transition to a one partyMarxist state.

During this period he was attachedto a police station in Matebelelandand has often spoken of how im-pressed he was with the conduct andprofessionalism of the BSAP at thisdifficult time.

With the demonisation of all thingsRhodesian after UDI it seems sadthat the work of so many men andwomen can be dismissed so lightly.I noted that neither the Times nor theDaily Telegraph carried an obituaryof Lt. Col. Jackson and it was onlyby chance that I read the death no-tice in the Telegraph. "

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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICEREGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

UNITED KINGDOM BRANCHNotice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of theUnited Kingdom Branch of the British South Africa Police RegimentalAssociation, and BSAP TRUST will be held at the Metropolitan PoliceSocial Club, 'I renchard I-louse, Broadwick Street, London on Friday 21stMay 1999 commencing at 6.00pm sharp to transact the business set outbelow:-

1. Greetings and Apologies2. Roll of Honour3. Read k confirm minutes of Annual General Meeting on 15th May 1998.4. Matters arising therefrom.5. Chairman's Report6. Financial Report and Presentation of Balance Sheet.7. Annual Report of the BSAP Trust.8. Election of Executive Committee Members (See note below).9. Appointment of Auditors for forthcoming year.10. Any other business.

Mike Leach Honorary Secretary, 25'" March 1999

ELECTION OF COMMITTEE MFMBFRS:- Three members retire byrotation, Brian Gibbs, Mike Plant and Dave Cardy with Brian and Mikeindicating their willingness to offer themselves for re-election. Dan Hugheshas also offered himself for election and if elected, to take on the office ofHon Treasurer. Brian Gibbs has also indicated his willingness to stand forChairman again. Any other member wishing to stand or to propose anothermember for election, please forward his name to our Hon Sec.At the conclusion of the meeting a bar service will be available. The Bar willalso be open prior to the meeting for early arrivals. There is NO accornmoda-tion available at Trenchard House.

PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND THIS IMPORTANT MEETINGYOI1R PARTICIPATION IS VERY IMPORTANT

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Ted MALLON 4622 was in York foran International Security Conferenceon 24'" October 1998 and took the trou-ble to make contact with our Hon Sec.He was representing the Safeguardgroup from Harare of which he is stillthe Chief Executive and brought greet-ings from all in Harare. (I wonder whoelse was there from the BSAP- MLL)Bert SELLEY 4586 suffered a crop ofduodenal ulcers in the summer but theyhave cleared up nicely after treatment.This set back did not prevent Bert andCherry attending the Palestine PoliceLuncheon in Perth in October. Therewere four BSAP present, Bert was sup-ported by 4616 Alistair BULMAN,5858 Mike JACK and 7411 DickEDIE. They would love to display aBSAP table flag at this function infuture. Can anyone help?

Alan HADFIELD 8755 (1971 to 1981)has made contact over the e-mail hav-

ing read in the Cape Outpost that theRegimental Association is using thisfacility. As this is the cheapest and oneof the most effective ways to commu-nicate he would like to pass on hisdetails to all ex members. "My fatherPercy 4606, mother, wife, son andmyself run a medium size alarm instal-lation and monitoring company in CapeTown. We also have a vehicle satellite

tracking aiid management company,which is also doing very well. WhVnot make contact with my father ormyself at "carm@iafrica. coin

" or bysnail mail at P.O. Box 137, HowardPlace, 7450, Cape Town, South Africa.Tel: 27-21-531-0504.Greg Koll, who is a private researcher,is trying to piece together details of thelife of 2851 Wilfred Lewis Caryer.Wilfred served from 4.2. 1927 and re-tired 5.4. 1948. However Greg stillhasn't been able to find out what hap-pened to him once he left the force. Hewould love to hear from older rneinberswho knew him and get a better ideaabout the person. Greg has also triedto locate his children but has had noluck with that either. If anyone canassist Greg please drop him a line at830 Windbreak Street, Kamloops, Brit-ish Columbia V2B-5P I Canada.The BSAP Association has a Chat Pageon e-mail and members are recountingtales of their Service. Tliis one is fromWill CORNFLL in California. "I cameout on the Union Castle ship PendcnnisCastle that sailed from Southampton onApril 30, 1961 and I attested in theForce on May 15, 1961. There were 8of us on the ship: 6374 Laurie Burden,6387 'I'affy Morgan, 6380 Tony Grice,6379 Paddy Fisher, 6286 Colin-MohrSutherland (Jock) Menzies(pronounced by a Scot as 'Mingies'(although I don't think our late S/I,Gerry Winchcombe, was terriblyinterested) 6376 Brian Sampson, 6391Dave Rhodes (yes) and yours truly.Col. Walker, (God bless him) havingtold me (and presumably others) thatall I needed to bring to Rhodesia was atennis racquet and a dinner jacket and Iwould get on like a house on fire, sat

us down for a chat in thc Sn&okingRoom. I here werc seven and wc sat lna semi circle facing Col. Walker as hepaid for a last round of drinks beforehe let us depart for darkest Africa. Hclooked round and said, 'There's justRhodes to come now' and shortly there-after a figure appeared, shoulders mov-ing in time with his feet, and walkedtowards us. Col. Walker saw hhn ap-proaching and rose, extending his lettarm towards the chairs to invite Daveto join us. Dave extended his left handand shook Col. Walker's left hand, ap-parently somewhat nervously, ingreeting! Rhodes had arrived. Therewas one among us whose lips had notpreviously touched alcohol but that sta-tus had changed by the time vvereached international waters, if I re-member correctly. Unlike that of theAlcantara mob, our voyage was rela-tively uneventful although Jock, per-haps because he was too engaged withexperimenting with the power of"kitchen sinks" forgot about the po~erof the sun on his fair skin, and foundhimself in the ship's hospital for a fewdays. Who remembers I./Sgt. Gardner'?He met us at the Railway Station whereI believe John Manning was the Mem-ber I/C at the time. Gardncr came be-cause our Squad Instructor was onleave and we had the distinct displeas-ure of expecting the worst by hearingall the tales of Gerry Winchcomhe andnoting some of the alleged evidence ofhis feelings towards recruits in thewalls of the judo room. The first I'ewdays of P/T were great for us pommieswhile the locals were shivering withthe onset of cooler weather. As far asI can remember, (my squad photoswere all lost in a fire in 1976) the

locals consisted of 6377 'I onyMaycocl. , 6375 Jules Pelissier, 6392Drumtnond Hands, 6385 Harry (Flash)Lightning, 6409 Alan Caddv and two13echuanaland rccruitswhose names re-grettably escape me. We were intro-duced to all thc daily Depot duties,including equitation by Pete Langham,foot drill initially by Gardner andsometimes, until Gerry returned„TackyMacintosh, Law and Police Duties byJim Gilbert, musketry by DonHollingsworth, the two o' clock paradeby Ron Trangmar and stables by JohnStrouts, who I met up with at the recentUK dinner. The day ol Winchcombearrived and the of1ly lnemory I canrecall is a member of 6 Squad intowhose face Gerry got into and whounwittingly fluidly relieved himself onthe morning parade. Very nasty. Goinginto the city after training or on week-ends was something to look forward to,if you could afford a Rixi taxi or had alift„particularly the anticipation ofhaving a few beers, a lobster thermidorfor seventeen and six and seeing Edwinand Rachelle playing at the WindsorHotel. Those werc the days!It I&appens to the best of us. MikeCAVE P/r 15152 has moved into aretirement village in Salisbury East!This is the one in South Australia, nearI'erth - see Changes of Address.Neil Brian STEPHENS 5471 has ar-rived to live permanently in the UKfrom Western Cape. He is 80% disa-bled following a stroke and is in ahospice in Northamptonshire. Neilwould love to hear from members whoknew him. (I have his address - MLL).Hc was a Matebele and a rugby playerto hoot!Terry KEEN 7875 has at last re-estab-

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lished contact. (He even caught upwith his subs!! MLI.) I-laving experi-enced a few personal problems, Terryis now hack on track, and running hisown Private Investigations Sectionwithin a larger security company al-though his side of the business is self-contained. Work is coming in from allover the world with recent trips toPoland, Germany and the UK, as v ellas California and Bermuda. Terrythinks that Bermuda is the closest thingll e h;l s s e c n t o t h e R h 0d e s i a h eremembers. He maintains contact withformer BSAP members through hiswork and wishes all his friends a happyfestive season with a prosperous 1999.Rod WILSON 4933 was on the I'axmachine within hours of receiving hiswinter Outpost thanking all concernedand enjoying some very interestingcontent and the very high standard -asusual. He sends his thanks to all con-cerned in its production and asks forone a month! (Bully for you Rod - Irealise you said that tongue on cheek,but if you wish to do the other nine Iam sure no one will object — MLL. )Rod expressed interest in the bookMapolisa„but was put off by the 210postage and packaging which doublesits price. He is trying to organise abulk order. Rod also mentions WP12Dorothy WESSON (Espach) who is re-ported to be in Hararc. "Was she theEx Met. lady who received a rollicking(edited word MLL) because she haddriven a "Golden Flash" up 7" Avenuewhilst wearing a skirt?" Rod thinks itmay even have been 4983 Dave SAN-KEY's bike!Mention of'Ginger MATI-IEWS in theextract from Central Newsletter in aprevious edition caused 4011/5069 Roy

HARRIS to make contact. Roy use"to sing with Ginger in the choir.

Roger CAPPER 5936 has graduatedfrom the Orange County Sheriff'sOffice, Civilian Police Academy hav-ing attended 12 weekly, 3 hoursessions, covering all aspects of Policeoperations from Recruiting, Swat,Scenes of Crime, Aviation, Marine,Dogs, Horses, Gangs, Drugs. . .ct al.Roger says, "I.ittle has changed overthe last forty years and across twocontinents. The basics, "Preservationof peace, prevention and detection ofcrime and the apprehension ofoffenders" holds good today. Themethods and pressures are different insome areas - more specialisation, more

paper works (done on laptop computersfitted to Patrol cars) and dealing with acontinuous backlog of calls. Thegraduation does not lead to anythingbut rather a PR exercise to say"Support your local Sheriff"' and this ishow we spend your 'I'ax dollars. Imust say I was impressed but then I'mbiased with my wife Renate working asa civilian in "Crime analysis" and myson Rolf, a road Deputy. Next week inthe US is their Thanksgiving holiday oras the irreverent call it "Turkey Day"and shortly thereafter, Christmas forwhich I would like to wish you, andmembers of the RegimentalAssociation, greetings from this side ofthe "pond" - Hamba Gashle

"John Duguid 7579 (Ex-Inspector No:2-Relief Bulawayo Urban up to Jan'79) has made contact over the Internet.His e-mail address is"duguid@yebo. co.za". He is now liv-ing at 5 Galiot Close, Glenridge, Si-monstown 7995. Overlooking I alseBay, his house is about 16kms from the

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"Liglithouse at the end of the World"—that is Cape Point. "Currently I'lnserving my last 9 months before retire-ment (in Aug 99) as the ExecutiveOfficer (XO) of the SA Navy Subma-rine Base SAS HUGO BII!RMANN. Istarted life in the SA Navy (1958),becoming a Midshipman(1959), beforechoosing (1960) a more exciting life-style in, firstly the NRP and when thatfolded, the incredible BSAP (1966-/9). I have served in the SANDF 1979to date.A news item on Radio Four last yearstruck a chord with P/r 9948 RoyTHOMPSON-HOLLAND. Apparentlya man in Copenhagen had taken hisfather for a ride on his motor cycle.The unusual thing was that his fatherwas deceased. Well, Roy seems torecall the story of a European Consta-ble who had attended an SDD on his

motor cycle and returned by placing hisfeet in the panniers and handcuffing hishands round his body! Initiative!

John Seward 4649 transferred to theAustralia Branch in November 1998.Joe SURKONT (7471/8850), JohnMIJNRO (8714) and Tom NAUDE(5800) are all contactable on e-mailaddress "'sam l@intekom. co.z'a". Theyrun a corporate investigation companyout of Cape Town and their postaladdress is:- SA Management, P 0 Box439, Goodwood 7460, Cape Town.Their website can be located at"URL:http://home. in tekom. corn/sam angt".Howard JONES 3924 keeps in goodhealth despite his loss of sight. Hewould love to hear from his formercolleagues, as it is contact through theBSAP that keeps him going. Margaret

SANDY SANDERSONS O'EDDINGDerek JONES4995 sent in the (above) p/iotograph taken at the wedding of 4/38Sandy SANDERSON «nd IVendy on 3"' March /973. C'an you recognise thentembers as they were 25 years ago.~

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acts as his secretary for allcorrespondence.Pat PATTERSON 3663 sent Christmasgreetings thanking all concerned in theproduction of Outpost.Spike WERNER 6344, in the States, ishaving some BSAP rings made. Theprices vary depending upon the stand-ard of metal used. If anyone is inter-ested they should contact Spike directat PO Box 6453, Lubbock, Texas,79493-6453 USA.So how did you meet your wife then?In 1962, a visit to Vila De Manica tosee the bullfight and perhaps down afew Manica beers and prawns was agreat delight. At the Fife Avenue hos-tel two constables decided to make thetrip by coach. Johnny Wicks and JimS., who was from Yorkshire, set outand thoroughly enjoyed themselves.On the way back from their destinationthey were sitting together in the coachabout four rows back from the frontseats. Right in thefront row on thesame side, I'm givento understand, weretwo lassies also fromYorkshire, a mother ':and her adultdaughter, both tiredfrom the long day's trip and the excite-ment of the bullfight. They decided tohave a snooze. Unfortunately, Motherfell sound asleep and her jaw droppedso when the coach hit a bump in theroad her bottom set of false teeth fell tothe ground and bounced back on theplush carpeting. Our constables, JimS., and Johnny Wicks were enjoyingthe scenery but they were disturbed bya commotion in the front of the coach.The message soon came back that

someone was looking for some falseteeth. Our hero, lucky Jim, stood up tomove out of the seat and have a lookaround — and promptly stood on them.Somewhat embarrassed he handed theteeth over to the owner and, as a natu-ral consequence, was introduced to thedaughter. Not too long thereafter theywere married and, as far as I know,lived happily ever after. Jim, if youread this, my wife and I would love torenew the contact with you andMarilyn. - 6388.Phil JACQUES 7505 has made contactfrom Cape Town and says, "I havetraced 7217 John TEDFORD. He is inDarwin Australia. John now makes useof his work e-mail system-"john. tedford@oca. nt. gov. au". Haveyou any idea where 7313 Ed Perkinsis? I last saw him in Bulawayo beforewe left for RSA. He too, had left thePolice and was managing a MedicalAid Scheme - I think associated withthe Railways. Foolishly, we did notexchange addresses. The UK Branchhas made contact with John. On leav-ing Tjolotjo in 1981, he, Christine andtheir son Michael moved to Australia.John joined the Department of Law atDarwin, where he became DeputySheriff of the Supreme Court until re-tirement in 1994. They then moved toCairns but full time employment was aproblem, so John re-applied to workwith the Court system. He is currently"Deputy Registrar" and enjoys attend-ing the rural court sittings where hestays overnight in various policecamps. He meets up from time to timewith Rob JOBSON (7438/8184/9753)who is a solicitor in that region. Johnsends his regards to all especially PhilJacques, Terry Keen and Norman

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Reader with happy memories of hisdays at Wankie.Fred White 4090 has a ncw e-mailaddress„"bsapca(a&mars. ark. corn'.Fred says "I decided to join the club!!I recently visited Greg KOI. I. inKamloops, Canada. Greg is a keencollector and has been in touch withmany BSAP of similar ilk. Gregshowed hospitality akin to Rhodesianand I saw his collection. I agree thatAndy F ie 1d and Hugh Phillips havedone a fantastic job in getting informa-tion onto the Internet for all to read.Andy was the first ex-BSAP type Imade contact with in Harare aboutthree years ago. Enough for this time.Seasonal Greetings to all. I red 4090.Dave SLOMAN responded to the snip-pet in our last Outpost. "I was sur-prised to read about BONES SCULLYbeing in Pietersburg. Surprised becausethe story has been around here for over10 years that he is dead! So, I got mydaughter resident in Pietersburg to dosome sleuthing and lo and behold,spoke with Bones this morning. AsMark Twain said, the report of hisdeath is greatly exaggerated. Bones hasbeen resident there (and very healthy)for the past 12 years. He is doing whata lot of ex-policemen dream of - man-aging a brewery. I have arranged tosend him our next Outpost and will gethim on board again.

""BSAP Mounted Trooper" We have

told you about the miniature MountedTrooper being made by Shnon ELMERand the fact that it is now ready andmarketed by Access in Harrow,I ondon. Well on 5" December 1998,5906 Martin WLI I S visited an exhibi-tion in Russell Street, London where hepurchased this product I'or E I 7. Mar-tin says it is absolutely tnalvellous.

The article in our last edition — "-:Ialesfrom a Patrol Diary" stirred memoriesof 6606 whilst he was at Sipolilo on1975. Mashumbi Pools was a postsome 55 miles north and was servicedby a narrow dirt road negotiatingdownwards to the Zambesi Valley andon to Kanyemba. I'requently the OCLomagundi District would radio in thathe was flying to Mashumbi and he wasto be met at 0800 Hrs. This wouldentail a 0600 departure and drivingalong the road which was perilous atthe best of times. One such call cameat the peak of the rains when severalSAP vehicles were bogged down totheir axles on this road. 1 rue to form Ileft early and managed to survive thejourney in 4WD and travelling side-ways most of the way arriving just intime to see the Cessna landing. Onmeeting the OC I was somewhat cha-grined by his observation that as Mem-ber I/c I should ensure the cleanlinessof the station Landrover!! Incidentallythe Military Rl.'s would remain in situfor several months axle deep in mud.No such luxury for the BSAP.

ANSI''ER TO THE O'EDDING CAPT1ONWerc you right? See page 9. Al Sandy'. s wedding were, from left to rigltt: 3620IIarry GAII'SKELI. , 4780 Sam WILLIAMS, 4995 Derek JONES, 3779 DigbyALLEN, 4547 Alan RICH, 4728 Bill L'LLWAY, 4757 Ron PILBROUGH, 3976Taff MORGAN, 4059 I'etc r ROBINSON, 5562 Eric SA UL, 3925 IIi II MA Y attdSandy'5 father William .

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Glen Macdonald 3761 was interested inboth of the Summer and Wintereditions, one mentioned 3840 RichardWolfe and the other published StanEdwards' article. Glen says therewere 24 in the batch of recruits in thepicture in the latter story, so a few didnot get into the picture!

Alan Rich 4547 sent a Christmas Daymessage of Old Comrades. He hadjust had a phone call from 3525 JackieWordsworth who was visiting Hararefor the festive season. Sprightly asever, at the age of 87, his memory isvery good but his hearing is on thewane. He wanted to visit a few of hisold cronies so off we went. Rex Bod-dington 3072 aged 93, also has a hear-ing problem but an incredible memory.Out came the photograph album and hewas able to identify just about every-one who appeared on a 1931 picture.This was of the town branch bods inSalisbury Baker Avenue entertainingthe band of the Grenadier Guards whowere touring Southern Africa. At the1997 Christmas sundowner Rex hadbeen given a $100 for being the posses-sor of the lowest number present - hereturned the envelope complete withthe $100 as a donation to this year' sparty. His two sons both in Harare andwife Johnny who is an ex nursing sisterare well. Theunis Coetzee 3905 in hislate 70's, is very fit and a keengardener. Hc has a son in Harare, an-other in UK and daughter here. Hiswife is in poor health. 3529 HarryBranton (Hank) Blowersis in his 80's,sports a white beard, also has a hearingproblem and not very efficient sight.He has resigned as Chief Scout but stillpossesses a finely tuned memory. Heintends to attend the sundowner on 8th

January. Reg Coulton 3797, who isover 80, greeted us both by stating ourforce numbers. He is reasonably wellbut has meinory lapses and a hearingproblem. His daughter dwells inHarare. Reg re-married some yearsago. His first wife died as did his son;his present wife is a delightful Scottislilady. Mike Brough 4446, despite it be-

ing Xmas Evc, was still at work. Aswife Lou (nee Campbell of Plumtrcc)said, "you know old Mike; he will beat work until the last minute of the lasthour the place is open.

" Mike worksfor Fluff Hawkes alongside BertFreemantlc. Brough's sons are in SAand Botswana.Don RUSSFLL 4808 sent Christmasgreetings to all. He spent Decemberand January in South Africa withfamily. Recent visitors to the Ro-chamar Bar included Audrey, wife of4941 Terry Looker who was over fromCanada examining students in the Bal-let world, and 4857 Mike WILTSHIREwho had been in Lisbon.

Angus ROSS 5265 was in the UK forChristmas and made contact. IIe hadhoped to attend the I" Tuesday on Jan5'" but was delayed by an earlierappointment.

Sid STRICKLAND 4843 was pleasedto meet up with 5310 Brian Parnaby atGalgate as it was more that 40 yearssince they last met. In the mid 50'sthey served together in SalisburyUrban, then in 58 Sid was posted toBanket serving with Insp. Andy AN-DREWS and Don SILLIS, Jim PAINE,Bill Blackford and Phil MEAD. It wasat Banket that Sid met Vera, his futurewife who was a nurse at Sinoia withMargaret I lolton who later marriedGuy STORRY. Sid wishes to point

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out an error by yours truly in Issue 38,page 20. He does not mass-producemodels of mounted troopers. Sidwishes to thank Allen DAY for hisefforts in arranging thc Galgategatherings.Mike BROOKES 4595 sends greetingsfrom Nerja, Spain. He wonders howmany of his squad mates (Squad 5/5)might read this? (Is there a 50" Reun-ion on the horizons - MLL) Mike andHazel had a glorious October cruise onthe Mediterranean. Stops includedMalta, Crete, Turkey, Beruit, Port Said,Cairo, and Messina, Sicily before re-turning to Gibraltar. If that does notwhet your appetite, he spent Christmasin the Spanish mountains, and on Box-ing Day did a four and a half mile walk(One way of working off the Christmaspud!). Then to top it all, the next day,he did a three hour horse ride! Somepeople seem to have to keep fit!Bryan WALTHEW 785 I continues tosupport us from Saudi Arabia. Withretirement approaching he likes tospend time in Ireland where he willeventually settle. Whilst there in Octo-ber he met Paddy FLYNN and RonFinnegan and Laura who were visitingfrom Zimbabwe. There is no truth inthe report that during the visit of BSAPmembers, the brewery was drunk dry!Wally Pr 3356 and WPR 201908 Bes-sie PRATT sent a very newsy Christ-mas card from Devon. Bob BOTTRI-ELL 3996 and his wife Joan had vis-ited from Natal in October. Althoughunable to attend the functions he wouldlike to in London, Wally keeps in touchwith his fellow A Reservists and Bes-sie's fellow WFR including Bill andGwen JONES. Wally says "I have aphoto of Bev (Bill's daughter) aged 5

sitting on Santa's knee in 1955 (ForSanta read Pete BOSI EY) Others Ikeep in touch with include MikePLANT was a CSO witlt me for Sena-tor Harriman's visit - I drove the Sena-tor's car! The late Dave and ShirleyGOODHEAD and Rob k Lynn TRAILat Hatficid, Takkie MacIN1OSH wltodrilled us, and JohnnieMylrea who looked af-ter us during out 1954training course. Oth-ers who trained us atdifferent times in-cluded Alee BLAIR, MikeOLDCORN, Gerry WINCHCOMBEand of course Peter HA WKE Mentionof P/r Training, who can forget Nor-man HILL and the greatest PWO of alltime, Mike "Scouse" JONES. If youdoubt what I say just ask what the P/rlads and lassies gave him on hisretirement! The Outpost always bringsmemories to names. GwynRICHARDS, Rob ANDERSON andAlan CROOK (Remember the TsetseIII Fly Camp in Nyamapanda!) Thenthose wonderful days atHatfield/Waterfalls where the MembersI/c included Alistair BULMAN, ScottyMACAULAY, Sam WILLIAMS,Doug GRIERSON, Lee CRONE,Shamus POWER and P/r's Bob Hobart,Roy Thompson-Holland, Ken Minersand Colin and Vanda Walker. I rambleon!" - Yes indeed Wally, but thcnames and places invoke many memo-ries — MLL.Dave GEORGE 5364 took the troubleto make contact with details of "Fats"WALLER's funeral (See Roll ofHonour). He said, "Being present atthis funeral service made me realisehow the families of deceased members

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appreciate the presence of ex-membersat funerals and memorial services.Those present agreed on the impor-tance of Outpost to keep us in touchwith each other. Appreciating thatmany do not contribute to thc Outpostdoes not mean that they are notappreciated. Dave retired from theBophuthatswana/SAP and now worksat the "International School of SouthAfrica" at Mafikeng doing everythingexcept teaching. Simon TAYLOR, sonof the later (ex

members of the 1953 Coronation Con-tingent together with Jack who won-ders where the 18 are now. If youwere a member, or know someone whowas, please drop Jack a line. I-Ie»thinking ahead to 2003 and the 50"Anniversary reunion!

Neville PADDY 6090 & Bev GAR-DINER have arrived from Austral1aand are running a Guest House in Hun-

stanton (See Changes of Addresssection) just down the road from the

Queen when atCID) Mike Taylor,altd LizRICHARDS, wifeof ex D/I JohnRichards, alsowork at thisschool. Davepasses on his re-gards to all exmembers with hisbest wishes for1999. D. H.

SOUTHERN GATHERING home 1nSandringham.Having left Zim-babwe in 1983they went to Perthwhere they kept intouch with formermembers includ-ing DickHAMLEY, PeterSCOTT (workedecurit corn an ),for the same retail s y p y

Nick &, Manny HARRISON, (recentlymoved there from New Zealand) andPete STANDALOFT. Paddy andBev's daughter Kate is a theatre nurse,married and settled in Perth and theirson Richard also remains there havingjust qualified as a chartered accountant.Paddy sends greetings to all (too manyto list) but in particular Pat and Rose-mary McCullough (my I" MIC atGokwe!) Derrick Bennison (Sundaysquash) and Mike Crafter in Harare.

Joe 3983 SAYER's health continues tohave its ups and downs. He nowperforms self-dialysis daily and this as-pect is well under control. Sadly theEpilepsy orientated blackouts continue.Joe keeps in touch with comrades allover the world including 3982 Dennis

I IALLWARD 4730 has spent a year inAfrica, following his retirement. Thetime has simply flown by„and Dave isnow back at his home in Romsey,Hants.

Jack BOND 4567 is another who hasre-located. (See Changes of Address)The move caused him to drop out ofsight for a year, but now back in thegroove, he sends greetings to all withbest wishes for 1999. Jack has justread "Just Out Of Sight" the book writ-ten by P/r Tony ELDRIDGE that wascommented upon in his local presswhen Tony presented a copy to his oldschool. Jacks verdict. "A Jolly GoodRead". Still with Jack, he noted 4612Tom Waddington mentioned in our lastissue. Tom was one of the original 18

The next gathering planned for thcSouthern Counties will take placeon Sunday 27th June 1999.Out thison your calendars now. If you werenot advised of last year's event,then please contact either BernardTerry or Mike Horner.

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ROSS in Amanzimtoti (who got satel-lite TV for his 50'" weddinganniversary!) and 3920 Jim CAR-S'I'AIRS (recently returned from a visitto USA & Canada). Joe and Marywere delighted to receive a newsy letterat Christmas time from 3939 Peter AL-LUM .Mike BROOKES 4595 sends greetingsfrom Nerja, Spain. He wonders howmany of his squad mates might readthis? (Is there a 50'" Reunion on thehorizon? - MLL) Mike and Hazel had aglorious October cruise on theMediterranean. Stops included Malta,Crete, Turkey, Beirut, Port Said, Cairoand Messina, Sicily before returning toGibralter. If that does not whet yourappetite, he spent Christmas in theSpanish mountains and on Boxing Daydid a four and a half mile walk! (Oneway of working off the Christmaspud!)Then to top it all, the next day, athree hour horse ride! Some peopleseem to have to keep fit!Ted AYRES-I-IUNT 6479 suffered re-dundancy at the end of 1998. Butthings are looking up with a similar joband leaving him better off than before.Ted had a Christmas card from WillieHAMILTON in the Cape. Willie hashad a by-pass operation and is sup-posed to be taking life easy. Williewas Ted's M/I/C at Goromonzi.

Doug GRIERSON in the WesternCape, having retired from theUniversity, is working with Derek ED-WARDS in the storage business.They are still in the Cape. Doug andDi visited New York via Cairo and UKto see Kerry k Sally. Their Christmassnap showed them sitting inCanyon lands.

Ron PII BOROUGH keeps in touchfrom The I.and of Thc Long WhiteCloud. Last year he visited Perthwhere he met with Sam WILLIAMS,John SEWARD, Dick HAMLEY, RobGUEST and Lou WHITMORE. Ronplans to be in the UK in May 2000 foran IPA gathering in Bournemouth.

Bryan TAVENER 8305 has arrivedfrom Zimbabwe for a couple of years.His business is oil analysis, in whichhc hopes to freelance or establish hisown company. I-Ie sends best wishesfrom himself and his brother 6570Mike, to all that remember them.

The article in the last Outpost by 5819Gwyn RICHARDS about the BSAP inNyasaland was sent to John JENKIN-SON in Edinburgh. John was theformer Chief Health Officer for Mani-caland in the 1950's when Gwyn wasstationed in Umtali. John has a collec-tion of stamps to which he adds othermomentoes to illustrate the issue.Tony De Araujo 10068 has made con-tact over the e-mail. He left I-Iarrogatein April 1997 and returned to his oldjob in RSA. The green grass was notthat green in the UK and his work isfar more settled there. He apologisesfor not having said goodbye to all inthe UK but his departure was fairlysudden.

June OLDCORN, widow of 4424Mike, writes from Spain, to say she ismissing our Outpost that she enjoys.Sorry June, this is always our biggestgap between editions. June states thatshe always gets "itchy feet for take off"when reading it. Sending her greet-ings to all, one day she may fit in aholiday to link up with one of ourgatherings.

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&WTMMWIW&SNORTH& lESTAn excellent attendance of 18 membersplus guests celebrated our early Christ-inas gatlicring at eli New Inn C&algatc.Our new landlady and partner, althoughstill in the throes of refurbisliing thckitchen, produced a very passablemenu despite the difficulties and it vvasobvious to all that our wclcoine willcontinlle at this lncct. lllg place.

The celebrations were somewhat sad-dened by the news of thc death offormer Commissioner I-iarold Jacl son,a Westmorelander and a distant cousinof 5639 Mike Hoggarth.On a happier note, after years of for-

eign travel, once again 5310 BrianParnaby together with his friend JackClraham, travelled all thc way fron)Whitehaven to meet old comrades and

friends and in particular 7084 Pr&ankDcarden and Margaret. I. rank retiredf'rom the Cumbrian force on 9" Decen)-bcr having acliieved the spritely age of55 years.It was a delight to have Rona Johnston

(4327) with us again looking fit, welland cheerful.

Members attendin& werc: 4041 AllenDay, 4327 Rona Johnston, 4572 JoeMercer, 4585 Chris Raitt, 4843 SidStrickland and Vera, 4933 Rod Wilsonand Harry Marchall — ex LiverpoolConstabulary, 5310 Brian Parnaby andJack C&raham, 5479 Mike Leach and

Galgaiet12'" Decetnher 1998. Frotn left: 4572 Joe MERCER, 48-l3 SidSTRICKLAND, Harry Marsltall (Gttest), Jan LEAC.'H, Plr 28844 MickCOLEMAN, Rona JOHNSTON, 5310 I3ria» PARNABY, Terry COLEMAN, 7207Arnold IVOOLLEY, 4041 Allen DAY, Vera STRIC.'KLAND, 4585 Scouse MITT,

IVI)r 203679 Paula IVO(1LI.Lr Y, Margaret atul 7084 Frank DEARDFN, Gloria&I'&

7090 Gralutnt PARK tvith 5479 Mike LFACH beliind. The Photo was taken by4933 Rod IVILSON.

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Jan, 7084 Frank Dearden and Margaret,7090 Graham Park and Gloria„7207Arnold Wool Icy, Pr203679 PaulaWoolley, Pr 28844 Mike Coleman andTerry. Apologies were received froln:4/16 Larry King (illness), 5559 DickThompson, 5639 Mike I-loggarth and7022 Dorothy Walker who was onholiday. Our Chairman Brian Gibbs6050 phoned on the day to wish every-body n1erry Christmas and I-Iappy NcwYear,

In I ebruary five members made it:John Balchin, Jack Brown, MikeI.each„Denis Poolc and Tins Weimer.March bought a fcw '"irregulars'"Michael Groombridgc from Portugal,Tcd G'11!oway, Rcg Vincent (who toldthe most, well. . .jokes!?), Brian Gibbs,Peter Phillips and Stewart Rhodda.

As always I appeal for n1ore of you toattend these friendly and informalgatherings. They can bc a lot of fun.

LONDON1 wenty six members and theirwives/friends attended thc Christmasgathering at Trenchard House on I"Decem ber 1998 P/r 7044 JohnARNOTT, 4278 John HALCHIN,4822 Jim A, Hetty HI. ALE, 5024 JohnBISHOP, 7716 Ken BOND, 5317Keith BROOKS, 4837 Jack k. JennyBROWN, 6737 Mike COLEMAN,6449 led CRAWI ORD, 4882 Peter 4barbara DANCER, 5998 IsnDUNHAR, 5755 Stewart k. PllmEDWARD, 'o, 6050 Brian 0 AdricnncGIBHS, 4819 Brian k .Iacky I.AY,7833 Ralph MACLEOD, 4180 Riel'MAY, 4955 Hob MORRISTON, 6360John MOXHAM, P/r? Pat NELSON-F'-DWARDS, 6905 I'eter I'HI I..I, I PS,7327 Mike k Maggie PLANT„6348Dennis POOLE, 4735 Cliff ROGERS,4332 I'eter SIIOR1', 7391 Alan k. I.ynnTOMS, 4158 Tim WEIMER.1st TuesdaysThe following were see at I'renchardHouse, Broadwick Street, London onthe I" Tuesday in January: CliffRogers, Ricky May, Mike Leach, Stew-art Rhodda, John Halchin and BrianGibbs.

WELSH GATHERING TOCOMEAndy Dougall 7002 has organised theinaugural Welsh Gather/Dinner whichis to bc held on Saturday the 17'" Aprilat 5537 Brian Litton's place, the GlynAfon Hotel, Fligh street, I lanberis,Gwynedd I, l 55 4HA ( Telephone01286 872 528) where wives and kidsilrc wclcon1c.'I'hc cnt. irc hotel nlay be occupied byHSAI'"crs fronl I riday 16'" to Sundaymorning if they wish so that they maycunII I ugly 'IV0Id dI'Ink/dI'Iveplosccut lou! Sonic IIlay wIsh to coll-f lnc I he v Is It to lhc S;ltul'd;Iy 0n IV,wh lclI Is I'I0 pI 0blcnl. Thc cut-I atcprices arc I'. 10 pcr person pcr night bcdonly and thc BSAP meal on Saturdaynight is f5 pcr head. All other mealsare optional, for a f'ew quid. Nearer theevent, Bri;In will be asking fordeposits. Hook now to avoiddisappointlnent.

Llanberris is a touristy area wheremembers, wives and kids can gowalkabout in the sticks on MountSnowdon or ride a train and thus it candouble as a family week-end outing forthe more civilised among us.

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NEW MEMBERSWentzel Christoffel COETZER 5941:31 Churchill I-louse, Portland Road,Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3RB. Tel:01795 479195.Angus William Stuart COOk Associ-ate (4825): 59 The Cherwel1, TheGrange, Daventry, Northants NN I I4QL. Iel: 01327 311178.Lesley Jean "Jenny" EVISON W/p354: Nolands Farm, Oxhi II„Warwickshire, CV35 ORJ. Tcl: 01926640309.Nevi lie Henry "Paddy" GARDINER6090: Kiama Cottage, 23 Austin Street,Hunstanton, Norfolk PE36 6AN. Tel:01485 533615.Murray Neil GOULDSTONE 5883:44 John Amner Close, Ely, CambsCB6 I DT. Tel: 01353 669104lan Edward "Tim" I.ANGRAN6772/8565: 4 Bascley Way, Bedworth,Coventry CV6 6@AJohn Morrison SCOTT 9225: 4 TowerLane, I-Iillsborough Road, Moneyreach,Co. Down. BT23 6AY. Tcl: 01232448905.lan David WILKINSON 9128: Spot-ted Dog Cottage, Whorlton, BarnardCastle, Co. Durham Tel: 01833627377.

LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED

Can anyone assist with a contact ad-dress of any of the under-mentioned:Mrs. N. ODENDAAL widow of 3671Ernie, last heard of in Forfar, 4645 A JSIMMONDS, 6185 M J CROSS, 6426.Iimmy GILDEA once in Wilmslow,7140 E R M TILLI'NG and W/p 129Sheila GAULT.

THE HANK HANKINSONAPPEAL

As has been mentioned elsewhere,Hank's 23 year old son, Anthonysuffered severe brain damage,v hich has necessitated his beingtreated in a rehabilitation centre,and this will probably have to be

for an extended period, with per-manent disability at the end.

The costs are quite horrendousand are having to be met by Hankas medical aid does not cover this

type of treatment.An appeal has been launched bythe Transvaal Branch, who havemade a substantial initialdonation, to all Branches andmembers who may be able to helpHank out in this time of need.Your Committee has made a do-nation on your behalf from ourfunds, but wc now ask if anymember would like to make hisown donation. Those of you whowould like to do so, please send itto our Hon Secretary, Mike Leachwith cheques payable to theBSAP, stating that it is specifi-cally for the Hank HankinsonAppeal, and whether you wish tobe anonymous or not. Our HonSec will consolidate all such mon-ies received and ensure that theyare passed to the Appeal. Pleasehelp if you can, thank you.

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'KiHugh's December Issue starts off' withan apology. "I anticipate a five weekholiday in April through to early Junenext year and will be visiting Englandand possibly Southern Ireland duringthat time. This of course means that theJune newsletter, number 65 niay be alittle late. But I aim to have it outearly in July provided I can tear mybody away from the Coastal Paths ofthe South West peninsular, the concerthalls of London, and a few pints of thebest in Trenchard House on the firstTuesday in May.During the visit of the SecretariesMeeting, Alan Rich took them to seethe Police Museum, exhibits for whichnow litter the floors in the Comman-dant's office block - now a designatedbuilding. It is an impressive collectionand will take months and months ofdedicated work before anything ap-proaching finality is reached. There areplaques, photos, medals, uniforms,albums, documents, all of'which needto be mounted or presented to besteffect. Fortunately the ZRP, right up toCommissioner Chihure are 100% in fa-vour of the project, have even providedan assistant to help with the work, andit will be a very fine display when it' sflinished. There's even a Prisoners De-tained Book with the name of one ofthe branch secretary s writ largetherein!The next stop is my MAILBAG. BillCrabtree dropped nle ii line from Dur-ban thanking me for the contact withGeorge "'Pint"' Smith (George alsowrote and thanked me for putting him

in contact after 60 years!) and liiniingthat he'd like a mention of some of theothers who were in his squad. AleeHampshire I' ve mentioned on severaloccasions, and he gets more than al11cntion for his sporting prowess in theThird Volume of our History. GeorgeKay was another, and I notice not men-tioned as being at the Bulawayo Dinner(hope all is OK with him). Larry Tukehas dropped right out of sight though Ifancy he may live in the Maronderaarea - news of him would be welcome.Bill mentions the death of PercyCleaver only three weeks after his wife,Lee, and recalls wartime days in theAegean with Peter Sherren and DonLane. His final mention is of GeorgeHenderson who moved to the NRP andthen SAP.At his home town of Christchurch,Brian was in contact with a medal col-lector who knew Phil Sinclair, ex SS,and probably 7171, who now lives inWareham in Dorset and works as aproperty agent. On the way back therewas a stay with Bob and Sue Bed-ingham in Capetown and a visit toTirnour Hall from where Dave Blackersent his good wishes to PaddyBlanchfleld. John Christie 5511, whonow operates Christies InternationalMarketing, made an appearancelooking, to quote Brian, "like a mega-rich fat cat".Tony Moore of 9 Coventry Court,Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia haswritten to just about everyone askingfor information on the BSAP DogSection, its history, training, successesand failures, to include in a project he' sworking on. Tony has already been intoucli with Peter Solltll alld Mike Joband has researched extensively the Pal-

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estine Police, Kenya and Surrey dogsections. I I anyone out there vvants topush this request along, they can eitherwrite to the address above or emailtonymoorcQa) access. nct. auAlan mentions that old "Satchmo"Chidusa, who used to be a popularstation sergeant performing with ourBand, is a member of the HarareBranch, is still in reasonably goodhealth though with failing eyesight. Hewas pleased to have his medals ondisplay at this year's Conference. BrianTaylor, Keith I-Iolshausen and Alan arequite willing to carry out researches orinquiries for members of the Associa-tion providing that post and photostatcharges or other costs are met. Theywill add a small amount which will goto the Museum Fund. Don't forget thatmedals, photographs, uniforms andequipment will always be welcomedonations. And while we' re on the sub-ject of medals and history, does anyoneknow what happened to two albums Iprepared when I was at PGHQ? One,plum coloured, dealt with Murrays Col-umn and Schuckmannsburg, the other,deep blue or black - with the crest insetin the front cover - was of the ForceHistory.

That leads me on to a letter from LouisBarr of Box 53149, Kenilworth in theCape who writes to say that hc is mak-

ing BSAP metal soldiers which are54mm high and cost R350 for a set ofseven. He's covering the RLI as well,(R200 for four), and if anyone wants tofollow this up they can contact Louisdirect.

Sightings at our Friday evening ses-sions - where the beer is cheaper thanin town and the snacks plain but sub-stantial - include Freddy Louw, of tape-

!measure fame: Neville Boniface wholearnt Morse Code years ago; lanl-layes, over whose past a veil is bestdrawn; David Naisbitt (I think!) and ofcourse all the usual old soaks, JackHammond, Taffy Morgan, RonWarren, Harry Kefford, Rod I'innigan,Alan Rich, Dixie Bruce and, seeing I' veinsulted that lot, Hugh Phillips! Freddybrought news of Ray Rausch, TrevorWilson, Tom Naude and Wally Barber,all of whom are well and flourishing.Maurice Cooper-Jones has had a periodof ill-health recently involving the re-moval of a kidney and we wish him aquick and complete recovery.

Another ex-member I thought had leftthe country but to whom it was a pleas-ure to chat with the other day wasMartin Braidwood 5250. Martin hasgone "to the dogs" as he did manyyears ago, working for one of the Secu-rity Firms who so wonderfully help tokeep this newsletter going, and assuresme that he is in fine fettle.

Benny Franklin 3490, phoned witheven more news of Cab Callaway.This involved Cab breaking up his celland escaping to join the SAAF. Bennymet him some while later at the NMR(?) Barracks on Snell Parade inDurban. "Relevant extracts from Hugh's Marchnewsletter brings us up to date withvarious branches around the world."The December Australia Outpost fromDick Hamley, started off with confir-mation that Central Committee hasgiven its blessing to the formation ofthe Australian Branch and puts Dick inthe position of holding a GeneralMeeting„pulling in a Committee, anddeveloping some Branch By-laws. Thenewsletter follows Dick's recent

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holiday, from the Secretaries Meeting,the Harare Dinner, to Port Elizabethwhere he met Trevor Cornpton, Alan"abre, Marshall Grieve, AlanDickinson, Jim Carse and Ish Bailey„and offered up son Richard (Jnr. ) as amember of the Algoa Branch. Beforetelling of the attendance at the lastSocial, back in October, Dick mentionsthat Neville 6090, and Gardiner arerelocating in the UK and that Ron andCarol Pilbrough, holidaying inAustralia, came upon the rail stop ofCook with, as Ron describes it "TotalPopulation: Humans 2. Flies 72000approx. " Dick refers to certain omis-sions from my list of the Harare Dinnerattendees, the more notable being therather wizened, receding red haired, be-medalled, demob- suited chap on myright! Dick, I stand corrected. By nowRichard Hamley will have retired fromservice with the Western Australia Po-lice Service and come to the end ofthirty eight and a half years' as a pro-fessional policeman. It is significantthat this particular milestone in his lifeshould come only one week before theinaugural meeting I' ve mentionedabove, and thus provide Dick with theopportunity to carry on serving fromthe confines of his home and with thepermission of Helen and their dog(s)! Itis intensely pleasing for us in CentralCommittee to think that Dick, with twopensions coming in, will now be ableto roam Australia on his pensioner'srail card, soliciting membership for thefinest Police Regimental Association inthe world!.D Blacker, editor of the 29th editio nof the Cape Outpost reports that on theWest Coast, three members of Squad9/65 who live very close together, are

suggesting a 35th year reunion for,perhaps, September 2000 (Hurrah! Mycomputer prints 2000; does that meanI'm free of the bug? I-ICP). 'I he threeare Mike Loftus, Dave Hillman and JoeSurkont.

Bruce Allan has re-located to Dunedin,Scotland and found that therand/sterling rate is nearly as vvorryingas the Zimdollar/any other currencyrate! Barry McCartney 5767, has beenin touch from the UK and there's anenquiry from Vivienne Mawson con-cerning the present whereabouts ofDerek Bell, presumably 5643. The An-nual Dinner was as well attended asever, the meal excellent and the guestspeaker, Nigel Murphy (ex RBC) mostentertaining . Attendance, excludingguests, reads - Vic Moisey, EddieWilkinson, Derek Edwards, NigelHarris, Trevor Dutton, Peter Jackson,Peter Lane, Ted Rowen, Dave Blacker,Eric Robb, Trevor Wilson, Ian Moore,Tom Naude, Doug Grierson, WinstonHart, lan McEnd, Dennis Benneyworth,Pat Keyser, Dave Parry, DerekBothwell, Eric Birrell, Ian Donaldson,Diaz Ferreira, Stuart Bass, KenMackay, Basil Harvey, BobBedingham, Ernie Kirkham, JohnnyJohnson 6739, Graham Jansen, PeterLogue, Brian Oberhoister, StuartWither, Andy Bullmore, Dick Currie6941, Ted Spencer, Stretch Hughes,Alister Mackenzie, Edward Johnson7128, Edward lons, Dusty Millar 7364,Mike Loftus, Joe Surkont, DaveHillman, Phil Jacques, Alan Crook,Fred Varkevisser, Lawrie Mabin, RobMcLean, Stewart Woodcock, PaulWeinal, Mike Webster, Phil Stringer,Peter Shout, John Munro, AlanHadfield, Don McClintock, Rod

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Lterman, Carl Van Woerden, BrianWard, C 1084„Mike Mays, WendyMeycr, Rick Pepworth„Michael, Alan,Tom and .fohn Constable, Jack Clews,I..en Rowley, Ralph MacArthur, andJlullCS S1YCS.

An intriguing addition to ihe Cape edi-tion is the Botswana Cybernet withquite a wealth of news on, amongothers, Matt Harwood, Dave Stanton,Neville Spurr, Chris Pargeter, lanLaing, Rusty Hye, Richard Gurney(who lives in Japan), Tony Granger,I.ee Robinson, Tom Campbell, DaveMorley (in New South Wales), ArchieBlack.

My last Outpost, that seems to improvewith every edition, comes from theTransvaal and is edited by SteveMclntosh-Dona. The December issuementions the unavailing efforts of vari-ous Zimbabwe pensioners to furthertheir case for the Brit Government toaccept liability for, or offer any reliefto, Zimbabwe Service pensioners. TheTransvaal Dinner was yet another tre-mendous success with attendance asfollows - M. Abbotts, S. Accornlcy, R.Anderson, S. Harry, B. Heeden, R.Biccard, N. Binder, J. Hissett, J. Blain,J. Bremner, R. Bristow, E. Brown, M.Hullen, G. Bye, A. Collings, P.Coolbear, D. Craven, E. Cunningham,N. Curling, M. Davidson, D. Deetlefs,P. Denholm. P. Devlin, H. Dixon, J.Dolby, M. Doyle, P. Drysdale, L. DuToit, T. Dutton, R. Edwards, J. Evans,Fraser, 6692 (Farvey it can't be, andHarvey it ain' t! HCP), B. Glanville, A.Glover, D. Golightly, P. Gough, C.Grobler, E. Hankinson, G. I-Iarrington,J. I-lerdman, P. Hillier, P. Hobson, R.Hoggins, L. Ibbitt, T. Izon, G.Jones9270, "Scouse" Jones, R. Kemp, J.

Kloppers, E. Kumin, I. I.an1bon, l.I,awrence, A. l.carmonth, E. Lottcr, L.Lottcr, G. Macaskill, H. Marshall, WPC. Mason, S. McCroric, S. Macintosh-Dona, A. Molyncaux, A. Morgan, R.Mumford, I. Murdoch, 13. Oberholster,D. Parker, H. Peach, D. Peters, C.Piscopou, D. Pocock, C. Pretorius, K.Rayne, G. Reade, I. Rhodes„E. Robb,1-1. Roberts, A. Robinson, E. Robinson,S. Rogers, C. Russell, C. Rutherford, J.Seward, J. Shav, A. Shaw, R. Short, D.Sloman„S. Smalc, A. Smith 7375, H.Sneddon, M. Spencer, D. Stanton-Humphreys, A. Stassen, A. Sternslow,J. Steyn, P. Stiff, J. Sutton, B. Tayclor,M. Trigg„R. I ubbs, C. VanMoerkerken, J. Van Niekerk, G. VanEck, R. Visser, G. Von Horsten, V.Walker, C. Walker, D. Walters, R.Watson, D. Waugh, H. Way, A.Whitson, L. Wielopolski, B. Williams,D. Willis, 1. Wilson. There were alsonearly 20 apologies.I'm glad to report that young AnthonyHankinson is making pretty fairprogress after his terrible road accident.His father, I-lank, has expressed hisdeepest thanks and appreciation for thetremendous support he has receivedfrom the Association and from indi-vidual members; we all join in wishingthis young man a steady and completerecovery, and assure Hank that he andthe family are very much in ourthoughts.

Another young man who has - I hate tobe facetious and say - been though themill, is Gavin Bennison, 9109. Gavinlost an arm in an industrial accident butulcc lt Is to scc that his conlpanv 'll'c toretain his services and offer him analternative position.

The remainder of the magazine in-

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eludes a letter from "Sakkie" McKay6019, relating to Operation Cauldron;brief news from Bryan Rogers 7400,Doug Stanyon 7158 in Queensland, anda few "whereabouts wanted"- DaveWarburton, Paul Randall, Patrick Dray-ton and Rod Shirley, all of squad 6/60and enquired after by Peter Baker inthe USA (I have his "handle" ).Now to local news, socials, letters andso forth. The Harare Branch ChristmasSundowner had to be postponed as'someone else' booked the Club thatevening. However, nothing daunted,the Committee decided on January 8thfor their function, and what a hooley itturned out to be. Well over 100attended, among them - and the mostaged person there - Terence McCor-mick 3417, as spritely and sharp wittedas ever and, of course, the winner ofthe prize for longevity- in the regimen-tal number sense. There was no RexBoddington with us this year, but the$100 cash that Rex won last year wasreturned with interest added of $10,plus a $2 coin, and all in the sameenvelope he received it in last year! Inorder of arrival those attending were-Ron Blackmore, Rod Finnigan, PeterBellingham, Ron Warren and guestsfrom Cork, Basil Andrew, DaveHawks, Guy Houghton, Dave DeBurgh- Thomas, Ray Fawcett, GerryGibson, leuan Hemmings, Mike Fox,Peter Tomlinson, Brian Darling, DaveSaddington, C. Levy, Nigel Gabriel(who gets a special mention a littlelater), Mike Rowley, "Dixie" Bruce,Keith Holshausen, Mike Edden, BillOgilvie, Ray Townsend, Gillian'Conway, Dave Le Guern, Peter Bell,Bill Ellway, Syd Bristow, AnthonyBrown, Hilda Hill, Norman Hill, Ter-

ence McCormick, Bob Schonken„AlanRich, Bill Linfield, Chris Johnson,Brian Taylor, Nelson Graham, MartinKay, I.es "I'aff" Phillips, Alan Best, D.Maclean, I. rank Stober, DennisThomson„Conny De Cock, Peter Dewe7677, visiting from Port Shepstone;Brian Pyvey - (noways, Dave, PYMperhaps?); John March, DorothyEspach, "Tackie" Macintosh, DerekHumberstone, Joan Phillips, DaveMartin, Sheila Weaver (nee Bruford),Roy Mullins, Mike Bloomfield, BasilChard, Peter Quick, Ralph Thompson,N. Rollett (? Rowett), Hugh Phillips,Peter Enwright„Pat Deasy who waswith us on holiday from the Transvaaland, needless to say, a real pleasure tosee again; and finally the Naudes-together at last! A number of our wid-ows had joined us for the evening, andit was particularly nice to welcomeFrancesca Sherren, Isabel Ross (Cook),Mary May, and Joyce Flower. ConnieVowles and Mamie Botha were bothunable to attend, but are well. BertFreemantle, Roger Gillett, MikeBrough„Jack Bacon and Ken S-S senttheir apologies.Visitors to the Club on Friday eveningshave included Biff Way from Gauteng,and John House making an infrequentvisit to the bright lights from Chipinge.Dave Hallward popped in on severaloccasions, and a recent and most wel-come visitor, who was accompanied byhis wife, Belinda, was Bernard Atkin-son 11086, (son of the late George).Charles is a computer programmer andlives in Manhattan. Peter Bell, who isnot quite as often with us as of yore,recounted receiving some batting in-struction front Terence McCormickwhich included the exhortation, "Ifyou

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open your eyes when vou hit the ball,you' ll find you hit it far morc often!"Peter, on behalf of Bobby Potter, istrying to contact Dave and .lenny Pat-tel soll «nd Deililis Hoves. I hc lattcl' Iwas able to identify as a Man of Perth.Jack Copley writes fron1 Omagh inNothern Ireland, but makes no mentionof thc terrible and tragic event occur-ring there a few months ago. I suppose,relatively speaking, that Jack is report-ing his own terrible and tragic circum-stance when he tells me that his pen-sion cheque was sufficient to buy a 200carton of cigarettes and one beer. Arefund of six hundred plus dollars fromthe Zimbabwe tax offices he returnedso that a few beers may be purchasedat our Friday evening gatherings!Thankee kindly Jack, that' ll be about50 beers in the Club or about 30 inHarare's up-market hotels! As I said,everything's relative.

Ian Hayes 5115, writes to describe aNew Year party held in Perth at thehome of one-time Police Reservist, andnow protea grower, Frans (and Ann)Vernig. Present were Dick Hamley,John Seward, John Savage (who was atschool with Ian, Kerry Hoadley, PeterStandaloft, Steve Martin, I ew Whit-inore and Rob Gates. Wives werepresent (as chauffeurs?), and Ian alsotelechatted to DennisHoyes and con-veys the best wishes of John Savage toPeter Robinson.

From the edge of the Indian Ocean,(Annerley in Natal to be precise)comes a letter from David Owen 5774.David mentions the sudden and tragicdeath of Don Darkes' son, Rowan. Ourdeepest sympathies to you Don. Finallythere is mention of Peter Huson 5663,Vince Hustler, and Peter Dewe 7677

who, as I mentioned earlier, was at theHararc New Year"bash". I his lastPeter, having won a sports bag in theraffle, then present d same to TerenceMcCormick with the words, "'Here„ thisbelongs to you„my father stole onefrom you vears and years ago!"lan Clark 8397, writes from Chegutu(Hartley) to wish all friends and formercolleagues the best for 1999 and tellsof meeting Dick Smith 3137, brother ofLance. Dick (age 90) has left Karibaand now lives in the Greenways OldPeoples Home. Spike Werner's address,lan, is an e-mail "Werner; MichaelDavid BSAPOI ice@usa.net"' Seems abit short to me but that's what you getfor NOT attending the Hararesundowner. Afraid of the breathalyser?From Mutare, Tony Gale gives news ofDurban based Tony Nero 7783 andwife Jill visiting the city and also ofAlan Ledger 8224, passing through.Tony believes that Barny Lomas' wifemay be living in Mutare but has yet toreceive confirmation. Barny joinedback in 1935 - number 3493. Finally'I ony mentions the finding in a safe atthe I';astern Highlands Trust of variousbits of medals and insignia belongingto the late Chief Supt "Lofty" Plastow.I think Lofty's widow lived in Mutarefor some years, but if anyone knows offamily elsewhere, would they please leteitlicr myself or Tony know so that wecan find out whether they want to layclaim to the items. A "Nil" Return willmean that the Depot Museum willbene f it.

In conclusion I look forward to meet-ing old colleagues in Trenchard Houseat the beginning of May (I shall bestaying in the Services Club) and intro-ducing to them my wife, Dawn.

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BOOKSEric Collier has kindly donated several"Rhodesiana" books in very goodcondition, to be sold with all proceedsbeing donated to the BSAP Trust.Please support our own Charity! It isintended to offer some over the nextfew issues so that all may have aci1ance to purchase. There is no pricequoted, best offer with reason for pur-chase will secure. Large Pictorial Hard-back: A) Rhodesian Legacy by lanMurphy &, Alf Wannenburgh B) Hunt-ers & Hunted of the Savannah - WorldWild Life Hardback Editions Rhode-sian Reprint series, Vol I, 2, 3, 4, 6and 7. Other titles are: C) The GoldRegions of South Eastern Africa byThomas Baines D) Sunshine &. Stormin Rhodesia by F C Scious E) The OldTransport Road by Stanley P. Hyatt I )The Chronicles of a Contractor byGeorge Pauling G) Rhodesian Rhymesby Cullen Gouldsbury and H) Men,Mines & Animals in South Africa byLord Randolph Churchill Softback Edi-tions J) Next Year will be Better byHilda Richards K) Rhodesian Pano-rama by Tony Tanser & PhillipaBerlyn.

Apparently signed copies of "TheGreat Betrayal" are still available fromRASA in RSA through the Flame LillyFoundation. They cost about f21,which can be paid into a local bank inthe UK. If you are interested, contactthe Hon. Sec.If you wanted to read Mapolisa, byDave Craven, but were put off by thepostage from RSA. This book is nowavailable from your Hon Sec at f. 10plus KI p&p. This book has beendescribed a very good light read, whichbrings back many memories.

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CONSTABLJ LA RYCAPERS

'I'he off-duty life of a District I'olice-man on a remote station of'tcn lackednl llc ll I fl tllc w'lv of Il nl en i ty anddlvcl sion. Havll'ig cnioycd an Inltlalposting at peri-urban I-Iighlands whereTom Bannister was Mcnlber i(c, andwhere wc had many a joust at the'1ennicourt Net„such a pastime trans-planted easily to outstations. All thatwas needed was net, quoit and a splashof whitewash(No Problem!) — plus theground on which to place it. The quoitwas a legitimate charge on station rec-reation club funds, which werc

insuffic-

ientt to purchase the nct as well, so weconstructed one. A ball of stationeryoffice twine was duly woven, toppedwith a Sleeve of I our by Two, -etvoila! -we werc in business. The Pow-ers That Were must have marvelled atthc diligence with which we werecleaning our fircarrns!

Wc hllcl sllch a pitch at Donla, plus 1 hePart-1 imc Pumpman's Relay, and thcDoma Working Mcn's Club. I' ll try toexplain .....The village contained four or five prop-erties which werc served by pumpedwater, each property having a watermeter, which had to bc read monthly.One of our multif'arious duties was todo so, and it was ordained by DI-IQthat the X3 a Inonth fce gleaned fromthc Water Board was to be credited tothe Station Rec Club. So Willie Ilamil-ton and I would ch'u1gc Into sports ge;ll'on each first day of the mouth, andspin a coin. The winner had choice ofroute — clockwise or anticlockwise, andwc sct off apace with notcbool andpencil, in opposite directions. I,ast back

lit the station with thc correct anddouble-checked figures would concedea cold lager! The Donla WorkingMen's Club was instituted to welcomein the (hopefully crime-free) week-end.Selected members of'the public, Inostlypolice reservists, would bc invited atattend at 12.30pm Saturday for indoormusl etry training (i.c. Darts) in thestation mess, bringing their own suste-nance with them, for games of "Killer",301, Round the Clock, k also (localrules) 9 hole Golf - numbers I to 9,and a bull before each number. Wewere soon in need of a new Board, so Iwrote to the Castle Brewery in Salis-bury under a letter headed "DomaWorking Men's Club" advising them ofour loyalty to their products and re-questing a new Board f'or our premises.A couple of weeks later a smart carpulled up outside thc station„and thedriver thereof identified himself as theBreweries Rep, and asked for direc-tions to the local Working Men's Clubas he had no record of such an estab-lishment on his books!. Wc showedhim our premises, and thc parlous stateof our Target Board. He seemedbemused, but regretted — no dart boardavailable. However a week later theRMS Hus delivered a couple of cratesof our favourite brew - much appreci-ated by thc Dolnacilcd

The advent of the Dolphin Radio sys-tcnl hlld brought us better colnms, withits daily schedule at 8.30 am - but thesystem closed down on the Sabbath.This left an opening and with one ortwo other like minded and remote sta-tions in the District we decided to fillthe gap, with Sunday morning dartscontests. 'I he scorcrs werc duly swornin, and play began, scores being trans-

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mitted to the opposition across the~~~waves. There was no Sabbath for theCaptive "Steve Boardmans" pedallinggenerators, who charged batteries onthe innovative cycle- chargers, I mafraid ....The larger stations of course, had betterfacilities. Shabani in the early sixtieswas adorned by the Blue Lamp - a finereplica of an old English pub. One ofour prominent Police Reservists wasBob Syvertsen, local builder and hard-ware merchant. He managed to con-struct a Skittle Alley for us. At thistime there were movements to start afootball league amongst the Shabanimine departments, who had use of amagnificent sports stadium. The townalso had a more downmarket pitch.With our complement of some tenregulars and about 100 Reservists, wedecided to enter the League, but whereto play? The African Police team werealso looking for a ground of their ownand we had some seven spare acresgoing spare. Now one of the diverseduties thereabouts was overall respon-sibility for the Airfield, looked afternlanually by one African CAAemployee. The local asbestos mine, atthat time had a contract withMcAlpines. I heard on the grapevinethat Sir Alfred McAlpine himself wasto fly in soon and arranged with themine manager to meet him with a sta-tion land rover. He was an affable manand after his hijack to the Blue Lampand a couple of beers below his amplebelt, he agreed to assist. Next morningat dawn, a squadron of yellow heavyearth-moving vehicles, reminiscent ofRommel's entry into Tunis, drove intothe Police Camp.Hy I 1am the ground had been levelledand top-soiled. That was quickly

strewn with grass-seed and the nextrains saw it transformed in to rnatch-fitness. We applied to Central fundsfor the purchase of goal posts, nets andcorner flags and began training. OurMember-in-charge suggested the teambe dubbed "Tottering Copspurs" butwe settled on the more mundane BlueLamp Rovers and easily became bot-tom of the League that year, againstsuch teams as Shabani Academicals(from the Mine Offices) and Millwall(from the Birthday Mill). Hut we re-grouped and won the cup next year. Itwas a good morale builder and theleague blossomed into tcn teams. AtChipinga we managed to build a simi-lar ball park, though out of camp, withthe help of Bill Springer (OBE)'sheavy construction vehicle. Hill, bythe way, was a stalwart of the PoliceReserve Air Wing and would alwaysrefer to his decoration (for his ownFlying Doctor Service to outlyingclinics) as Order of the Beatle Empire,that group of questionable troubadourshaving received the same honour thatyear. Bill kept his Cessna in a shed inthe Police Camp and would start upthere, roar along for half a mile ofpublic road to the airstrip and take offwithout stopping!. Sad to think he waskilled whilst flying in a Police Reserveexercise a year or so later.I was on holiday in Rhodes last year,when the owner of a cafe we fre-quented introduced me to his cousin,just returned from Zimbabwe, where hehad worked for the Roads Departmentfor some years. We chatted aboutShabani, and I was pleased to hear thatthe Police Soccer Ground was stillthere, said to be in fine shape, theleague still flourishing AND withoutcrowd violence!

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Is tlfcrc a list ol RH I to the end'?L'ddic MA'I'CIILTT 4789 vvonders ilanyof&c is in a position to write a llis-tory of the HSAI' Riding Horses? IJcill I g h I b c;1b I c t 0 I I I u s t I c1 t c s u ch;1project! I am sure my old SquadInstructor Smudge Snlith would have avaluable contribution to make as wellas my Depot mentor„Steve Stephensnot forgetting the likes of Hill Earleand Johnny Pearcc and the many others— MLL Why not contact Eddie atHallymacash on 01846 676268.

History of the BSAP, VOL. III1939 to 1966

Hugh PHILL!PS, thc compiler, has ad-vised all Hranches that in an effort tomake the book more readable andpublishablc„he has linked — fairlyloosely - the Police development withthc political scene as it matured andchanged over the 27 years. Responsefrom menlbers for anecdotes has beenpoor and meagre. I-Iugh hastens to addthat people cannot conjure up tales of20, 30 or 40 years ago at the drop of ahat. They need to be reminded anddrawn out in a relaxed atmosphere.'Ibis was evident when Hugh chatted toJack Wordsworth. After an hour or so„and a few prods from his wife, thestories started to flow. Not all arepublishable! SO Hugh needs morehuman interest than he has got. Theremust be people whose memories willbe aroused with names like Castell-Flower - Maskell - Whitehead - Mercer- Spandow - McCormick - Ross and soon. And having heard thc story is stillreasonably sober enough to commit itto paper in very broad outline! Comeon - your help is needed!

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COLLECTORS CORNERTerry MORRISON is a collector ofHSAP insignia as a hobby. He iscurrently serving with the Royal UlsterConstabulary and would love to hearfrom others with similar interests. Ifyou are a collector why not make con-tact direct at 1-3 Castle I'ark Avenue,Hangor. Co. Down, Northern IrelandHT20 4HN

ZIMBABWEPENSIONS

The Newsletter circulated in Octo-ber 1998 arrived too late for thelast Outpost. To avoid lengthy rcpi-tio of what you already know andfor those that don't — sadly OSPAhave made no progress! Advice isnow sought on two !ega! questloflsand as yet have not been resolved.

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Will Cornell sent this report on the15th anniversary celebration of theRhodesian Association (original ly theRhodesian Veterans' Association)which was held at the River PalmsCasino in Laughlin, Nevada, USA overthe weekend of October 2nd. to 4th.1998. "Some 290 persons from allover the world were in attendance andthe large number present was due tothe identity of the distinguished guestspeaker, The Honourable IanDouglas Smith. The BSAP vaswell represented in the persons of tenformer regular members:- Roger Cap-per (5936), Dave Arnold (6028), DaveToddun (6333), Will Cornell (6388),Chris Elley (7153), Peter Cary (7785),Terry Keen (7875), Peter Hirst (7996),Tom Campbell (10007) and Mare Nel-son (111204 Support Unit). A few pho-tographs of the group were taken asproof of the event, which is probablythe biggest gathering of former mem-

hers of the I'orcc ever to have takenplace on American soil! 'I'hc celebra-tions started with a poolside braai onthc Friday night with Mr. Smith inattendance. The food was first classincluding lamb and boerewors speciallyprepared for the occasion. Old friendswere reunited and new friends made.Items of interest included amongstothers, a BSAP recruiting video and avideo of the movie "Banished" starringCieoffrcy Atkins supported by JohnBishop as his Member-In-Charge. Onthe Saturday morning, many of us wenton a boat trip on the Colorado river (not quite as dangerous as thc Zambesi!)with lan Smith. Thc afternoon was freeand in the evening Mr. Smith gra-ciously agreed to autograph books andother memorabilia This was followedby cocktails and dinner in the maindining room when Mr. Smith gave anaddress. He spoke for over an hourand received muclz applause. Hestayed through to well after I I:00p.m.

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The ASSAI' - North Arnericrz Hon Sec with Iczn Smith

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Vere you in Gatoonza circa 67/68~ Tony CLARKE a former RhodesianMagistrate (who is seated, secorzd fioin the left) is trying lo put names to histeammates. Ifyou can name them, please let the Hon Sec have the details.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 6"' April: Gathering, Trenchard House, London.Saturday 17'" April: Gathering in Wales. See page 17 for details.Tuesday 4'" May: Gathering, Trenchard House, London.

Friday 21" May: UK Branch AGM. See page 5 for details.Tuesday 1" June: Gathering, Trenchard House, London.Saturday 12'" June: Northwest at Galgate. Contact Allen Day for details.

Sunday 27'" June: Southern Counties Gathering. See page 14 for details.Tuesday 6'" July: Gathering, Trenchard House, London.

Tuesday 3'" August: Gathering, Trenchard House, London.Saturday 21" August: Natal Dinner, Durban. Call Fred Mason or Rob Bristow.Tuesday 7" September: Gathering, Trenchard House, London.Saturday 11"' September: Northwest at Galgate.Friday 29'" October: Regimental Dinner, London. (Note date change. )

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J E. BOND 4567: I The Close, l)ry-ants I. ield, Crowborough, EastSussex, TN65 I BHJim CARSTAIRS 3920: 22 CrawfordAvenue, Gauldry, Newport-on- TayDD6 8SGH. J. CAVE P/r 15152: 5/12 MelvilleRoad, Salisbury East, South Australia,5109, AUSTRALIAAllen DAY 4041: 29 Hest BankRoad, Bare, Morecambe, LancashireLA4 6I-IQ. Tel: 01524 209459.Andrew DOUGALL 7002: 1 he Shep-her's Arms, 27 Warrington Road,Lower Ince„Wigan, WN I 3AJ Tel:01942 243925

EDWARDS 5947: C/o 274McGill Street, Trenton, Ontario, K8V3K8 CANADARev. J D FALL 4479: Change 29Reymead Close to read 69.D. H. HALLWARD 4730: Now backin the UK and at 9, Fairview Close,Cupernham, Romsey, IJampshire SO517LSJeff MANNING 7440: 34 BaildonWood Court, Bai ldon, Shiplcy WestYorkshire BD17 5QGR H OLDRIDGE 900924: 55a HeatonRoad, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 2BNHywel PARRY-JONES 6609: 119aHigh Street, Banstead, Surrey SM72NS

Timothy. H. POTTER 5398: 9 Dan-iels Cross, Newport, Shropshire Tl'107XJW I-I ROYLL 5634: 53A, Moss I.anc,Sale, Cheshire M33 5AW.

SQUAD NEWSWere you a member of Squad 7/53?Numbers 5130 to5148 attested on27/9/93 and others may well I&avejoined that squad. Johnny VYE istrying to put together a "memento" al-bum which could start with your depar-ture from Southampton„ through Depotto end of service. Photographs and/or ashort biography sent to Johnny at FlatI, 35 Lower Bristol Road, Wcston-Super-Mare BS23 2PP would beappreciated.Were you a member of Squad 9/65~Joe SURKONT 7471, Dave HILL-MAN 7473 and Mike LOFTUS 7463are planning a 35 year Squad Reunionin 2000 to coincide with the WesternCape Annual Dinner. Why not makecontact at PO Box 439 Goodwood,7459 RSA.

CAN YOU HELP.Information is sought on thepresent whereabouts of 4548 Ken-neth ROBINS who retired as a Ser-geant on 8.3.60 AND 4569 D/c A. T.HARCOURT whose tx date wasI.9.54. The enquirer is hoping totrace Kenneth's wife Jo nee Hurle.Any information to Hon Sec.

RGSM'sAlan Rich has established comms withPGHQ Medal Section and over 500RGSM's and other medals still awaitdelivery to their owners. Any onewho has never received theirs contactAlan at 27, Guest Avenue, AlexanderPark, Harare, Zimbabwe and he willarrange thc despatch with PGHQ. Asthey are sent by registered post pay-ment of postage will be required.

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Chairman: 13rian (iibbs 6050 - 54 I'enn Way. I.ctclwvorth, llcrts S(i6 2SII I'cl (II) k (0) 01462 484508lion Secretary A 'I'rustc»: Mike I.each 5479 - 5 Winhsley Cirovc, Ilarrogatc, N Yorks 1103 2SZ1'cl (Il) 01423 565167 (0) 01423 530890Treasurer:Members:k 'I rustce: 'I'im Wcimcr 4158 - 5 Silverdnlc Rond. Southampton, I lants 8015 2N(i (I I) 01703 638310Peter I.llis 7125 - 46 I:ord Street, Moretonhampstcad, Devon '1()13 8NI. Tcl(I I) 01647 4407')7 (0) 01363772137.Iim Ilaalctt 6630 - 33 Ilill I:arm Avenue, Whitestone, Nuncaton, Warks CYI I 6'I'll 'I cl (II) 01203 343176(0) 01203 329900Mike Plant 7327 - 75 13urbridgc Way, 'I'ottcnhnm, I.ondon N17 9AII, Tcl; (II) 0181 365 0054 (0) 0171 4937771

Alan 1'oms 7391 - 6 Kings Road. 13iggin Ilill, Kent 'I'N16 3XII Tcl (I I) 01959 74846Peter I'hillips 6905 - 28 Ccmmacs Court Road, llcmcl Ilcmpstcad. Ilcrts IIP I IS(/ 'I'cl: (ll)01442 2449 f9(O)0171 929 9316Other Trustee:Allen I ucas 4393 - 7 I laysums Close, (.'hipping Campdcn, (iloucs (31.55 61'.ll (I I) 01386 841800

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