Regimental Histories - Year 1960-1985 - Brockbank - Page 0121
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Hnlme and southern France in August. The latter was a mixture of military and adventure training as climbing, canoeing and windsurfing were all available in the area, All ranks enjoyed the excellent swimming. B Squadron was able to send three troops to Suffield for three weeks, each with their affiliated battle group. Adiutants had changed in the spring with Captain Mackaness relieving Captain Bennett who then temporarily commanded HQ Squadron before going to the Staff College and handing over to Major Edgar. SSM Whitehead came in as RSM when Mr Jones was commissioned. The Regiment fielded a team for the Inter-regimental Polo Competition for the first time in ten years when Majors Chappell and Searby joined Lts Boughey and Scott who had kept the game alive. Three of them were lucky enough to be able to accept an invitation to play in Florida in December. There were large entries in the Regimental Hunter Trials in September and Major Chappell had some fun on his hurdler “Roman Sun". After the formation exercise ended in October a major reor- ganisation had to take place before the move to Wolfenbuttel. A fourth sabre squadron was added to the establishment and all Scorpion vehicles were replaced with Scimitarst Each squadron had three troops of four vehicles with a fourth troop equipped with Striker guided weapons and a fifth, the assault troop. When the advance party left for Wolfenbuttel on 3rd January 1984 much of the work had been completed and D Squadron began to form under command ofMajor Hutchins, who handed over B Squadron to Major Burgess, in the new station. The Regiment was thus organised, although not equipped, as the 12th Lancers had been when the war ended in 1945. WOLFENBUT’I‘EL For the last two years of its BAOR tour the Regiment was probably as well located as anywhere in Germany, Nor- thampton Barracks provided the home of the only major unit in Wolfenbuttel garrison. Gone were the fatigucs and chores imposed by a large station like Hohne. Gone too, of course, 117 |
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