Editorial

3. Foreword 4. Editorial 5. 50th Anniversary of the

Formation of the Regiment 6. Contact list 7. Regimental Number Plates 8. Northern Ireland Veteran’s

Ser vice of R emembrance at the NaƟ onal Arboretum,

Staff orshire 10. Regents Park Bandstand 2015 Charity ev ening f or C4C at

The Railway Tavern 11. RGJA Branches Band and Bugles Central E ngland 13. North East 15- North West 16. Suffolk 18. Wiltshire Winches t er (Hampshire) 20. The Royal Green Jackets (Rifl es) Museum 24. Ser geant Sydney Cobbold (1887-1916) 26. Soldiers of Oxfordshire

Museum (SOFO) New Book

Redcoats to Rifl eman 28. Fire up the Audi A8L 31. In Memoriam

Editor: Kevin Stevens

Copyright 2015 © RGJA

Welcome to the December edition of the E-Zine.

It should have been written by our Editor Kevin Stevens but, due to personal reasons, he is unable to carry out this duty so I have stepped into his shoes which are a hard act to follow.

At the Annual General Meeting held at Winchester on 20th November it was agreed that the ezine should only be published once per year. There is some disagreement within the Editorial team as what month this will be due to the fact that the publishing month for Swift & Bold will also have to be changed. At the moment, the publishing date for the next E-Zine is November 2016 but may be subject to change for 2017 onwards.

The Editorial Team will be working extra hard on your behalf over the coming months. They are involved in the production of this E-Zine, designing the 2016 Anniversary Poster (now completed), compiling a Schedule of Events, compiling and producing an Anniversary Booklet and have already started proceedings for the March edition of Swift & Bold 2015.

We have inserted the 2016 Poster in this E-Zine just to give you a ‘taste’ of what is coming at the 2016 Anniversary Show. It is subject to alteration between now and March when we will publish an up-to-date Poster on the Association Website along with the Schedule of Events and other information.

I must also mention the very hard work and organisational skills of the 2016 Committee. The planning and logistics is immense but they are determined to make an ‘Anniversary Show to be remembered’. So, enter in your diary or on the Calendar in the Kitchen…. 9th July 1200 hrs. GET THERE EARLY!

Thanks go to everyone who submitted an article without whose support there would not be an e-zine.

Seamus Lyons

www.rifl espropertyservices.co.uk

e-mail: rickmillward@btinternet.com

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Front cover: Her Majesty The Queen, our Colonel-in-Chief, with Field Marshal Lord Bramall of Bushfi eld when he was Lord Lieutenant of Greater London at the Parade of Veterans in the Mall to mark the 50th Anniversary of VE-Day, 1995.