John Boys (Royalist) Boys himself went to London rather than continue further military resistance while others of the Regiment went on to serve at Wallingford Castle. During August 1648, he made a futile attempt to raise the Siege of Walmer Castle in Deal, one of the Cinque Ports, and customary home of the Lord Warden. Sir Algernon Sydney replaced him as Warden in 1648. In 1659, Boys was held as a prisoner in Dover Castle for "petitioning for a free Parliament", but was released on 23 February 1660. He was then, reputedly, granted the office of Receiver of Customs at Dover from Charles
1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers Regiment with HQ at Shorncliffe. ('Mixed' indicated that members of the Women's Royal Army Corps were integrated into the unit.) The unit became 62 (Mixed) Signal Regiment in 1959, regained its 'Cinque Ports' subtitle in 1960, and merged with 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signal Regiment in 1961. In 1967 the merged unit became 44th (Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron in 36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment, which was disbanded in 2010. The full dress of the original artillery volunteers was based on that of the RA, but for ordinary parade the men wore a loose undress tunic and trousers of blue Baize. The