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6984 Trooper Walter Edward Maxfield
41st Company, 12th Battalion (Hants/Hampshire) Imperial Yeomanry (later Lt.-Col. Maxfield, 1st C.M.R., D.S.O.)
My grandfather was the Secretary of the Salisbury (Wiltshire) Branch. I'm pretty sure he's wearing his badge above his medals here: www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/47279...m-72157624191119339/ Here's his badge:
www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/59130...m-72157624191119339/
But not wearing it while at the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace when invited as a Boer War Veteran on Thurs 14th July 1960. He's wearing his Canadian Veterans' Association badge instead:
www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/49906...m-72157624191119339/
and:
www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/59124...m-72157624191119339/
What I do have, are two handwritten lists and addresses of the Salisbury Branch Members which are crossed through when they died. I did spot one who lived in the same row of houses that I do now.
Best wishes all, Pete.

I have at last got round to photographing this South African War Veterans' Association banner. Its size meant that it had to be photographed in four sections and then stitched together in photoshop.

The Worthing and District branch had their inaugural meeting on Friday 30th September 1938 (Worthing Herald, 30/09/1938). The last mention I have so far found relates to the 1959 Armistice Day parade.

This banner was dedicated in St Paul's Church, Worthing, on 28th May 1939 (see later post).

Chairman of the Worthing branch (1939): Lieutenant-Colonel John Winchester Springhall, 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment.
Chairman of the Worthing branch (1953): Captain Walter D. Douglas-Jones, Army Service Corps (formerly Quartermaster Sergeant, Lumsden's Horse).

The banner arrived a little moth-eaten, so it is now undergoing a 72 hour stint in the freezer to kill off any eggs or larvae.




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Lovely to see - thank you! Colours very apt. How large is it? Best wishes.

The Worthing Herald of 6th June 1952 published a list of veterans who paraded with the colour on 30th May of that year.


Worthing Herald, 6th June 1952

THE VETERANS.

Before the dinner, members paraded, with their colours, to the South African war memorial in Steyne Gardens, where Mr Bridgman conducted a short service.

South Africa veterans present were:

Captain DOUGLAS-JONES (Indian Cavalry)
Mr DURRANT (East Yorkshire Regiment)
Mr F.W. BEAKIN (10th Royal Hussars)
Mr W.H. BULLING (Royal Horse Artillery)
Mr I. CLEMENTS (7th Dragoon Guards)
Mr W. GILBERT (10th Royal Hussars)
Mr E.E. KINDRED (18th Hussars)
Mr C. McDONALD (Royal Artillery)
Mr A.H. MENDHAM (Manchester Regiment)
Mr E. MILLER (Southern Rhodesian Horse)
Mr E. PARKER (The Royal Scots Greys)
Mr G. PAINTER (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Mr H. POPE (Royal Sussex Regiment)
Mr W.C. SMITH (Royal Engineers)
Mr R. STIFF (Royal Artillery)
Mr G. STONE (Royal Artillery)
Mr A.H. WESTBY (Scots Guards)
Mr W. WEEKS (Imperial Yeomanry)

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Here's one I photographed some years ago now in Worcestershire. At that time it was still being paraded with the British Legion standards on Remembrance Sunday although the Boer War veterans were no longer around.

Thank you Paul,

The Worthing example is identical in every way, even down to the staff and tassels (removed for photography).

I have just found this article which describes the dedication of the standard on 28th May 1939.


Worthing Gazette, 31st May 1939

ANOTHER STANDARD DEDICATED.

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR VETERANS’ PARADE.

“What is the use of standing up and just singing ‘Stand up, stand up for Jesus’ while things are going to rack and ruin in the world today?”
These outspoken words were addressed to the congregation that crowded into St Paul’s Church, Worthing, on Sunday, for the dedication of the standard of the Worthing and District Branch of the South African War Veterans’ Association by their Chaplain, the Rev. P.E. Battersby.

Led by the Littlehampton Town Band, members of the Branch and members of the Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Littlehampton Branches of the South African War Veterans’ Association, members of the Worthing Branch of the Old Contemptibles’ Association, the British Legion and the Royal Naval Old Comrades’ Association and the Worthing Royal Air Cadets marched up South Street and Chapel Road from Steyne Gardens, where they assembled under the Officer Commanding the Parade, Major W.C. Acraman, M.C., D.C.M.

MAYOR TAKES THE SALUTE.

After the service in St Paul’s the procession was re-formed for the march past the Town Hall, where the salute was taken by the Mayor of Worthing (Alderman E.A. Brackley), who was supported by members of the Town Council. The Air Cadets formed a Guard of Honour in front of the Town Hall.

The dedication service, which the Mayor and Mayoress, as well as some of the members of the Council with their wives also attended, was simple but impressive.

As their bearers stepped forward the standards of the Tunbridge Wells and Brighton Branches of the South African War Veterans were placed at the side of the altar with the newly-dedicated banner of the Worthing Royal Naval Old Comrades’ Association.

The new standard, borne by Mr E. Parker, supported by Messrs A.W. Poland and G. Randell, was presented to the Chaplain who, unfurling it for the first time, dedicated and blessed it, and handed it over to Lieutenant-Colonel W.E. Chute-Ellis, the Vice-President of the Branch.

As the donor of the standard, Colonel Ellis presented it to the Branch President, Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Springhall, O.B.E., D.C.M.

The banner was then placed on the alter until the end of the service when the Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Trumpeter A. Broxham.

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