THE BRITISH ARMY

New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 247, 17 March 1944, Page 19

THE BRITISH ARMY

New Series of Talks

the British Army, but what do you know about it? Could you answer half-a-dozen more or less elementary questions about its organisation? What is the linked battalion system? Why are Cardwell and Haldane so important in the army’s history? Scottish regiments get a lot of publicity. Do you know the proportion, roughly, of Scottish regiments to English regiments? Do you understand clearly the difference between the Cameron Highlanders and the Cameronians; the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the Border Regiment; the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and the Rifle Brigade? What distinguishes a Light Infantry Regiment from others? What is the meaning of the Roses of Minden? Who are the Buffs, the Diehards, the Pompadoure, and the Cherubims? Considering what the British Army has meant to the Commonwealth and the Empire it is not unreasonable to suggest that such things (and there are heaps more) should be known to Britons overseas, as well as at home. The National Broadcasting Service is following up its series of talks on the Indian Army with a number on the British Army. It won’t be possible to give the history and traditions of every regiment (there are 49 English Line regiments alone), but something will be said about army organisation and important traditions and customs. Major F. H. Lampen is to give these talks, and the first will be heard from 2YA on Monday evening, March 20. P RESUMABLY you are proud of