BRIGADIER Malcolm Page, chairman of the Henley branch of the Royal British Legion, was the guest speaker at last week’s lunch meeting of the Rotary Club of Henley, held at the Red Lion hotel. He gave a résumé of the history of Somalia and the lead-up to the formation of the Somaliland Scouts, a battalion of the British Army in which he served when he was in the country from 1947 to 1951.
Although there were a number of British officers and technical personnel, the battalion consisted largely of Somalis who often served overseas. David Tapp thanked Brigadier Page, who is also the UK chairman of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League. The club made a small donation to the Somaliland scouts account of the league, for which the speaker expressed his thanks.
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