Regimental Histories - Year 1960-1985 - Brockbank - Page 0022
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r, Tidworth and Ulnar the same to the end that lieth the true glory, grant to Thy servants of the 9/12th Royal Lancers the grace to strengthen their fellowship so well begun in this place, that with Thee as guardian they may ever seek Thy honour and glory and the well-being of their fellowmen, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord” Mr Perowne chose for his sermon a most apposite text from St Paul’s Epistle to the Philipians — “Reach- ing forth to those things that are before.” So ended an inspiring service. Many of those present wore the campaign ribbons of the Second World War and two, the Colonels of the foundation Regiments, those of the First as well. Men were therefore touched deeply by the loss of some~ thing dear to them by association and comradeship in many years of service A few saw it as the end of their commitment and left; the majority soldiered on. Major Waller, the editor of the last 12th Lancer Journal, found an evocative verse to sum up: “My tale was heard and yet it was not told, My fruit is fallen and yet my leaves are green, My youth is spent and yet I am not old, I saw the world and yet I was not seen; My thread is cut and yet it is not spun, And now I live and now my life is done."" On leaving the Church the new Regiment formed up on the Lucknow Square and changed to its new cap badge and shoulder titles. The parade ended with a march past the new Colonel, General Sir Richard McCreery, A telegram of greet- ings was received from Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, the Colonel-in-Chief. The Order of Battle and list of officers serving elsewhere are at pages 26—21 With the greatest good sense the two Old Comrades Associations voluntarily amalgamated to form a new Association and it was agreed that the annual visit ofthe Associ- ation to the Regiment should be held on the newly named Mons/Moy Day, New pattern uniforms and regimental music ’Quoted from Elegy by 01mm: Tichbomc. a, 1586. 21 |
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