9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1985 - Page 0103
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1985 |
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Captain A A J Dinamore Archibald Dinsmore died suddenly at his home at Ashford in Kent on Mth February aged 82 years. He enlisted in the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers in May 192]. Following service in the United Kingdom and Egypt. transferred during the 1939-45 War to the Royal Military Police in which he served in France and Malaya. He was commis- sioned in January 1942, being taken prisoner in the Far East where he languished in Changi Gaol until liberated in August I945. He became 0C 3rd Indian Corps Provost Unit CMP in Singapore until his release from the Army in 1946. By his express wish no flowers were sent to his funeral but. instead donations for the 9th/llth Lancers Benevolent Associated were requested. Our sympathy goes to his wife and daughter. THE WH/ lZTH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL ,/ z A. RSM George Dly MIE MSM George Day died on 14th April 1985 and was buried at his home village where he had lived for 25 years. He was an outstanding cavalryman having served pre—war with nth/lath Hussars, during the war with 27th Lancers; in Palestine, Barnard Castle. Malaya. and BAOR with the 12th Lancers and finally finishing his service with Leicester and Derby Yeomanry. It was his ll years as RSM of the nth Lancers that one remembers most clearly. He had the difficult task of helping to reform the Regiment for peacetime duties and all the pre-war standards that went with that. In character he was deeply imbued with the cavalry spirit which I would describe as a mixture of panache. enterprise and the achievement of high standards. Many will remember that little figure. Always immaculate in jungle green in Malaya. SD or fatigues in Europe; a cap that always looked too big. and a big nose sticking out under it: a big cane; and an ability to appear wherever something important was going on. Of course such a detailed interest did not endear him to all but George Day only had one standard — everything done by the Regiment must be done well. He had no time for half measures His abiding success was as a dirciplinarian. He knew that standards could not be achieved without discipline — self discipline and corporate discipline. it. As RSM he sought discipline by example. by being fair and only as a very last resort, by the crack of the whip. His style gained a terrlfic response from generations of 12th Lancers. Hls award of an MBE was a recognition of his distinguished service but his true memorial was the fact that when he left. few could imagine the Regiment without him. Like other successful soldiers he was blessed with an exceptionally happy family life. His devotion to his Regiment was certainly matched by his devotion to them. Perhaps there were a few times when Kathy Day might have said the Regiment was getting an unfair share. But his home was his castle and the support and affection he got there — and certainly gave back — played a deep part in his success. Our sympathy goes to all his family. JMB lOl |
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