Joe Brown

7th.9th Royal Scots Church Parade.

Officers when they had marched with their Companies would fall in on either side of the Church entrance. The Field Officers wore the kilt and carried ash walking sticks. When the last Company and entered the Church the Commanding Officer would lead the officers to their pews. When I joined the Battalion in 1943 our Padre was the Rev Ronald Selby Wright who, at the beginning of the Second World War, was the Radio Padre and broadcast regularly on the BBC. Early on he would get you to walk with him on some pretext of other, and as we met groups of Royal Scots would stop to talk. His rapport with them was obvious and a lesson was there to be learnt on how to really know the lads we were privileged to serve with; generally he used first names, knew about their family life and frequent banter about one or other of the two Edinburgh Football Teams. It was a first-class lesson for a young officer on good personnel relations and leadership. Joe Brown.

7th.9th Royal Scots Church Parade.
Joe Brown, Jun 9, 2013
    • Bernard85
      good afternoon joe brown.sm,yesterday.09:07am.re:7th.9th royal scots church parade.a fine looking parade,i like your coment on a young officer lesson in personel relations and leadership.all the best.bernard85
    • Joe Brown
      Bernard.

      Only three surviving officers of the War-time Battalion, and we are in this photograph.

      As the years roll by, I miss all the lads.

      Good to hear from you and hope you are keeping well.

      Joe.
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