Regimental Histories - Year 1960-1985 - Brockbank - Page 0058
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A Short History aj’the 9!]1/12rh Lancers rons visiting Haltern in the spring and then in the summer A Squadron went to Libya for a month with the Royal Scots, BSquadron to Vogelsang having spent a month in Berlin, whilst the resident squadron of the lst Royal Tank Regiment went to gunnery camp, and C Squadron followed by A Squa- dron to Larzac in souhern France. The Commanding Officer was flown to Larzac by Captain Lott-Phillips who later turned the aeroplane on its propeller necessitating a return to Osna- bruck by second»class train with wooden seats. All were con» centrated again at Osnabruck in September for the visit of the Colonel of Lhe Regiment and Old Comrades for Mons/Moy weekend. They were accompanied by the new Duke and Duchess of Westminster who presented a Trumpet Banner in memory of the late Colonel. It is competed for every year by the regimental trumpeters. The very vigorous training season made it more than usually difficult to field polo teams but tournaments were enjoyed with the Germans at Dusseldorf, and at Munster, Hohne and Berlin. The annual soldiers tour~ nament brought out a team consisting of the brothers Parsons, Lance Corporal McEllroy and Trooper Osborne: they won their first match but then lost to the 14/20th Hussars. The Garrison Saddle Club, chaired by the Commanding Officer, flourished, members doing particularly well at the Osnabruck Horse Show. Inspired by the avcnture training expedition to Pakistan a party under Captain Hibbcrt-Foy set out for Khar- toum by Landrovcr in August. They reached Kufrah in the Libyan desert after a regimental battlefield tour in reverse — Tunis, Sfax, Gabes, Tripoli and Agedabia. The departure of Bandmaster Keeling in June ended a tour of exceptional stan- dards in the Band. He was ultimately to become Director of Music of the Household Cavalry and much admired on mounted parades on the Horse Guards. The Regiment’s five year tour in BAOR ended with an outstanding report from the GOC 2 Division, Major General Blair, at the Annual Administrative Inspection. To achieve a suitable drive past on icy roads at the end of the parade the leading squadron was preceded by a formation of German 56 |
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