Officers.
- Captain Peareth.
- Captain Howe.
Other Ranks.
- R.S.M. Andrews.
- Band-Master Hewett.
- R.Q.M.S. Edwards.
- O.R. Sgt. Ings.
- C.S.M. Cook.
- C.Q.M.S. Austen.
- „ Blackman.
- „ Slender.
- Sgt. Ambrose.
- „ Coaster.
- „ Deeks.
- „ Freeman.
- „ Hamblin.
- „ Manering.
- „ McMahon.
- „ Potts.
- „ Webb.
- „ Wilkins.
- Corpl. Cornwall.
- „ Farr.
- „ Robinson.
- L.-Corpl. Stubbins.
- Dr. Murdock.
- „ Stevens.
- Pte. Goldsmith.
- „ Howland.
- „ Levenson.
- „ McGann.
- „ Spooner.
- „ Woodhams.
On the 21st June Canterbury Cathedral was once again, as it had been many times before, the scene of an impressive military ceremony in connection with the Buffs. It was a great memorial service at which every battalion was represented, the grand old church being crowded with soldiers and their relatives. On this occasion the 2nd Battalion received back its Colours which had during the long war been in the safe keeping of the Dean and Chapter. The Colours of the 6th and 10th were solemnly placed in the custody of the same Church dignitaries, to be hung upon the walls together with those under which our sires and grandsires fought. Captain J. C. Page, M.C., who had served so long as its adjutant, was in charge of the party of the 6th, and Lt.-Colonel Ponsonby of the brave Yeomen. It was an occasion that those present will never forget.
The real conclusion of the Buffs’ great war history, however, was another and still more solemn ceremony and service in the same church: this was the unveiling of the memorial to our glorious dead, whose names will be found not only in the Warriors’ Chapel, but in an Appendix to this book, numbering nearly six thousand. Space will not permit of a description of this touching service. The unveiling was performed by Lord Horne, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, and a full description is to be found in the regimental paper, The Dragon, for September, 1921.
We have merely to note that the celebrated general who unveiled the memorial, after giving a short account of the doings of the regiment in the war, made use of the words:—
“There is a record! one and all, Regulars, Territorials, and those who fought with the Service battalions, all serving, all nobly maintaining the discipline and traditions of their regiment, all inspired by the spirit of the Buffs.”
Veteri frondescit honore.