Regimental Histories - Year 1960-1985 - Brockbank - Page 0047
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()rmzbruck the Army Combined Downhill Event. Rayner also captained the Army Cresta team. Most of those who came with the Regiment to Osnabruck were only too familiar with military life in BAOR. It revolved around the allotment of training areas and ranges and the incidence of exercises and inspections. High standards were expected and attained and because so much of the Royal Armoured Corps were deployed in the theatre there was plenty ofhcalthy competition. The pace was hot but good management could ensure that there was time for sport and recreation and doing justice to visitors to the Regiment and other important ceremonial and social events. Luckily 1964 was a year when the Regiment, new to its equipment and role, was given the time to settle dovm and to train progressively towards a formation exercise which took place at Brilon in Bavaria in the autumn. The Colonel of the Regiment came out for a four day visit in May. Later in the year he presented to the Officers Mess a superb painting ofour Colonel-in-Chief by Douglas Anderson. A party from the Leicestershire and Derbyshirc Yeomanry — the affiliated Regiment — also came to train with the Reece Troop in Denmark. It was good again to be able to welcome a strong party from the Old Comrades Association to Mons/“Moy day. There were no stables in the barracks so a nucleus of seven polo ponies collected for the 1964 season had to be in Roberts Barracks — two miles away; SQMS Priddey»Smith was in charge. An enormous Mercedes horsebox was bought and enjoyable polo was played at Munster with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards and with the 15/19th Hussars at Bad Lippspringe. A team entered for the Captains and Subaltems competition was knocked out in the first round but another consisting of the C0, Captains Cochrane-Dyet and Caldecott and Lt George won at the Hohne Tournament. A start had been made. Some local drag hunting organised by the Germans always attracted a good turnout. During the winter the stable was built up to seventeen ponies and a number of hacks so that fifteen olficers regularly attended riding school. In July Lt-Col Thomson-Glover handed over command to 45 |
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