9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1985 - Page 0101
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1985 |
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THE WEI/12TH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL 40 years after. A Reunion of I 'B' Squadron S Troop Amoured car crew took place at High Wycornhe in the home of Mt Harry Kemp during September 1984, Present were Mr John H D Richard- son, Mr G E Taylor, Mr Harry Kemp and wives. After a sumptuous lunch (what a difference from the Desert menu) they re-lived those dlys of the Western Desert campaign from Alamein to Tunis. All hope to meet again in the not too distant future, om Comrades Re-union. Bill and Kay Davis with Regimental Secretary. Charles ‘Splodge' Hodges lZL. The photograph shows Trooper Hodges just after he won 3 prize for being the smartest soldier tn the 1nd Cavalry Brigade. ‘Splodge’ joined the 12th Lancers at the Currush in Ireland. serving in the Regiment at Tidworth and Hounslow before embarking for Egypt in December 1926. He played cricket and football for the Regiment. Completing his service some years before the second World War when he served in the Home Guard, Currently living at Chatham in Kent he is visited by members of the OCA living in that arear |
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