Rhodesia Regiment - The History

	Rhodesia Regiment - The History Alex Binda, author of The Saints - history of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and Masodja - history of the Rhodesian African Rifles is now working on the history of the Rhodesia Regiment. Please support the compilation the history of Rhodesia's largest and longest serving military unit. We need all material pertaining to the Rhodesia Regiment and Royal Rhodesia Regiment - photos, copies of documents, anecdotes, records etc. Use this board to record your memories. All entries will be passed to Alex and material that he chooses to use will all be properly recorded and acknowledged. Get it down folks because none of us are getting any younger. Do you want our friend on the left here who we have called 'Comrade Honest Ncube', (drawn specifically for this project by noted cartoonist Vic MacKenzie) to give the world his version of events? Contacts:- Alex Binda abinda@tiscali.co.uk Hugh Bomford hbomford@clear.net.nz or PO Box 13003, Tauranga 3141, New Zealand This is going to be like eating an elephant - a daunting task when faced alone but together we can do it by taking one bite at a time.
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Hugh Bomford

Mar 1, 08 - 10:53 AM

Final Title

This is from Alex Binda:
Dear All,
Thanks very much for your responses to the title suggestion appeal. The interest expressed was very gratifying. This is what we more or less ended up with:-
Just about every suggestion contained the words 'Rhodesia' or 'Rhodesian' and 'Regiment' i.e. 'Rhodesia's Regiment', 'Rhodesia's Territorials' 'The Forgotten Regiment' 'Steadfast Loyalty - Rhodesia Regiment' etc. A few eg Tony Ballinger , Noel Robey etc. voted for a simple "The Rhodesia Regiment" with no subtitle averring that these 3 words encompassed the whole. There were many other fine suggestions my own personal favourites being Hugh Bomford's succint "By the Right", Digger Essex-Clark's "The Lion,Tusk and Crown" and David Heppenstall's "Ninety Glorious Years".

In the final analysis, (and after a brief consultation with Hugh) I have opted for a combination of Chuck Melson's fine and succint "Rhodesia's Regiment - From Pioneer Column to Independence 1890 - 1980"

So this is the final choice:
Main Title: "THE RHODESIA REGIMENT"
Subtitle:
"FROM PIONEER COLUMN TO INDEPENDENCE 1890-1980"

I hope you are all happy with this final choice and thanks again very much for all the suggestions.
Alex

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