VETERAN SOLDIER.
ENTHUSIASTIC HOME GUARD. (Rec 10.15 a.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 3. The oldest member of the Britain’s Fighting Services —77-year-old Ser-geant-Major -T. W. Piper of the Home Guard—met the King when Majesty visited the Abington Home Guard camp in the Southern Command, during tile week-end. '1 he King congratulated Sergt.-Major Piper on his youthful appearance. “It is my pleasure not to feel my age,” said ' Sergt.-Major Piper. His medal ribbons include the Khedive Star, which he earned in 1885. Scrgt.Major Piper, who played county cricket some years ago, still plays regularly and turned out for a Homo Guard XL last week-end. The camp visited by the King is the first of its kind to be held by a Home Guard company. The King found the Home Guard training in the use of the bayonet, anti-tank rifle, and small arms, including the tommy gun. Th e com pan v had been lent a “Waltzing Matilda'” tank for the week-end. and at the conclusion of the parade the King was presented with a. scale working model of the tank made by the men. . . Earlier His Majesty inspected the unit which defends the bridge over the Thames at Henley.—Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 208, 4 August 1941, Page 5
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