Page 9 - Bugle Autumn 2014

Bugler Clift on Pegasus Bridge at the 70th Anniversary Ceremony
CONTENTS
Foreword...................................................................................................................................................................... 9 London Gazette.............................................................................................................................................. 10 Regimental Gazette................................................................................................................................... 12 Regimental Update.................................................................................................................................... 16 First Battalion ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Second Battalion........................................................................................................................................... 38 Third Battalion................................................................................................................................................... 54 Fourth Battalion............................................................................................................................................... 66 Fifth Battalion ..................................................................................................................................................... 82 Sixth Battalion............................................................................................................................................... 100 Seventh Battalion ..................................................................................................................................... 118 D Company (The Rifles) 5 RRF ............................................................................................. 130 E Company (The Rifles) 4 Mercian................................................................................... 134 The Band and Bugles of the Rifles .................................................................................. 136 Cadet Force..................................................................................................................................................... 142 Alliances................................................................................................................................................................. 174 Officers’ Clubs.............................................................................................................................................. 178 Rifles Sports Clubs................................................................................................................................. 182 Regimental Association News................................................................................................ 190 Letter to the Editor.................................................................................................................................. 242 Articles..................................................................................................................................................................... 244 Association Branches of The Rifles................................................................................. 260
THE RIFLES
THE BUGLE
Editor:
Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) P J Wykeham
CLF Lt Gen Nick Carter and Lt Gen Tim Evans at HQ ARRC
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