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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 2000
Transcription REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9th/12th ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 75
A Subaltern’s View of the Guidon Parade
With the weeks ofpreparation required for such
a parade one knew it was going to be a splen-
did affair. The weather was on our side, a glorious
cloud free sky with the midday sun beaming down
onto all the Lancers. With the Regiment formed
up, awaiting the arrival of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the distant hum ofa
helicopter’s rotors could be heard. The waiting
would soon be over and the long hours of practic-
ing drill and polishing Sam Brownes would come
to its conclusion. The enormous privilege of
parading in front of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother is always rewarding.
The presentation of a new Guidon is always an
important event. National television news teams
were there to film the occasion because our Colonel
A Trooper’s View of
the Guidon Parade
y personal thoughts on the Guidon Parade were
that it was an outstanding day that went very
well. The hours and time that everybody put in
made for an extremely memorable day.
As it was my first Guidon Parade 1 was very proud to
be a part ofit as members of my family and friends,
who had travelled from Peterborough, were there
This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the
presentation of the new Guidon by The Queen
Mother to the Regiment.
Tpr Nash, A Sqn
in Chief was doing this in her centennial year. After
the Queen Mother’s blessing the new Guidon was
paraded in front ofthe Regiment. The old one would
be sent to Derby to remain on display as another
important part of Regimental history.
The Regimental Photograph was taken and then we
moved to the Officers’ Mess for tea with The Queen
Mother. With a comfortable congregation of local
officials and dignitaries we enjoyed the company of
The Queen Mother in a more relaxed environment.
Having indulged ourselves there was an opportunity
to talk with The Queen Mother as she departed the
Mess. The remainder of the Regiment had lined the
route to her helicopter where we wished our Colonel
-in-Chief farewell.
Lt P Vale, A Sqn
Maj A J Jones, LCpl Jones, Musn
Jones, Tpr Jones, P KJordan, D
P B Joyce, Cpl Joynson, D Jugg,
Cllr A Kalia, P W Keane, SSgt
Keeney, J Keith, J Kelly, Miss A
Kelsall, LCpl Kemp, W01
(RSM) Kerr, W02 Kershaw, Tpr
Kinnard, Tpr Kirk, LCpl
Knowles, S Kovacs,J
Labouchere, LCpl Lane, Cpl
Langston, Lt Col D A St G
Laurie 0BE MC, Tpr Leathers,
Maj R Lee, Lt Col P H Lewis, Lt
Col P J Lewis, Tpr Lewis, Maj R
Lindsay, Sgt Linwood, SSgt
Lockett, Lt Col P Lort-Phillips,
Lt H P F Lort-Phillips, Sgt
Loseby, Capt T S D Lyle, D P
Lyons, W02 MacDonald, LCpl
Machen, Sgt Machin, Lt Col J R
St D Mackaness MBE, Lt Col RJ
Mackaness, Col D H S L
Maitland-Titterton, Cpl Major,
Sir Christopher Mallaby GCMG
GCVO, Sgt Mallin, D T M
Maloney, Tpr Marland, Tpr
Marples, M AMarshall, LCpl
Marson, Lt Col J M Martin, SSgt
Martin, Cpl Martin, LtJ I D M
Matheson, LCpl Mawhinney, R
McColl, M AMcGrath, SSgt
McGrath, F D McInnes Skinner,
Cpl McKay, SSgt McLennon,
Maj G D McMeeken MBE, Tpr
Meadows, Tpr Melvin, J
Metcalfe, Capt L H Meynell,
Jonathon Miles, Cpl Millar, W02
Millen, Tpr Milne, Tpr Milner,
W02 Milson, LCpl Minto, Capt
JMitchell, Tpr Mitchell, Capt
The Hon A Monckton, Maj Gen
The Viscount Monckton of
Brenchley CB 0BE MC DL, Capt
R A Montgomerie, A M
Montgomery, V Moore, LCpl
Morrison, W02 Morton, Cpl
Motum, R A Moulds, Maj M G
Moule, N Murray, Tpr Murrell,
The Hon D L R Nall-Cain, Brig
L J R Nash, CJ Nash, Tpr Nash,
E S Nelson, J Neumann, Cpl
Noone, P Norman LVO, Canon
W B Norman, G Normanton,
W02 North, R Northall, Tpr
O’Brien, Tpr O’Dare, B O’Hara,
J A Ogden, A R Oldham, LCpl
Owens, Cpl Packwood, Sgt Pagett,
Tpr Parker, Sgt Parks, Cpl
Parrott, J W Parry, Cpl Patchett,
SSgt Patey, S Pavlenko, Sgt
Payne, Cpl Payne, Capt J Pearce,
N C Pease, Lt Col R H Peaver
TD, R GPeek, Sgt Pegg, W02
Pegg, Musn Penny, G J Perkins,
N Peto, LCpl Pike, D Pinnell,
Cadet Highlander R Pittaway,
Tpr Plunkett, Tpr Pook, LCpl
Pordage, A L Porter, LCpl Potter,
2Lt B H R Preston, Lt C B R
Preston, Tpr Preston, W02
Price, Cpl Priestley, SSgt
Pritchard, LCpl Pritchard, Cpl
Pumford, JPurves, Brig H W K
Pye, Cpl Quigley, Mrs Quinn,
Tpr Radestock, Cpl Rae, Sgt
Rathbone, T Ravenor ARCM,
Maj R C Rayner, A K Read, Tpr
Reast, A Reed, Capt G S Reid,
Tpr Reid, LCpl Reynolds, W01
Rhodes, Cpl Rhodes, Cpl
Rhodes, Maj J H D Richardson,
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