• Reference
    X550/15/24/15
  • Title
    The Wasp. Journal of the 16th Foot. The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Association.
  • Date free text
    Autumn 2000
  • Production date
    From: 2000 To: 2000
  • Scope and Content
    Regular items include Editorial notes; news of the Regular battalions and Territorials; Personalia column; events and items of interest; extracts from previous Wasp magazines; news from the branches; deaths and obituaries; diary of events; photographs; new items for Regimental Museum. Also includes: A Short History of the Regimental War Memorial and Gardens, Bedford (p.22); the Regimental Corner, St Paul's Church, Bedford (p.24); W. Nind, 5th Battalion pow injured by elephant, c.1943 (p.26); A Memory of our Queen Mother, by Bert Dopson, ex-70th Battalion (p.27); The Secret Regiment, by John Perry, part two (p.28); Army Life, 1942-1945 by Ken Steward (p.33); tales of My Army Experiences, by the late Danny Hearn (p.38); extracts from 'Christmas Truce' of 1914 by Malcolm Brown and Shirley Seaton relating to the Bedfordshire Regiment (p.43); death notices for R.J. 'Jim' Batchelor (obituary); Jack Dallimore (obituary); Danny Hegarty (obituary); Ray Hughes (obituary); Jack Leech, MM and clasp (obituary); Bill Luff; Major L. Moody; Brigadier G.W.H. Peters (obituary); Doug Read; E.W. Rowe; Charlie Slaughter; Edith Sque; Major C.A. Styles; S. B. Summerfield; Major General Sir David Thorne; Captain M.R. Veal; R.J. Wells; Irene Wicks, widow of Don.