9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1987 - Page 0042
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1987 |
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THE 9TH/IZTH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL 9/ 12L LAD — Wolfenbl'ittel (The Final Confllct) The last year in Wolfenbilttel has been a very busy and successful one for the LADr Ex Rhine Farewell in April got off to a slow start when the road party encountered blizzard conditions as they left Wolfenbilttel, the 20 hour journey to Baden Wurtemburg is not one we wish to complete again in a hurry and several members of the LAD were seen to wince when sitting down for the next couple of days. The LAD shower was once again in full use by all members of HQ Squadron. this popular and useful facility almost came to grief when Cfn Arnold went a bit over the top with the petrol for the Benghazi burner! The lack of major assemblies at this time meant a fairly large area of hard standing had to be found to set up an ECP. A convenient car park next to a sports stadium in Willingen soon filled up with dead vehicles and their crewsr They became an object of local interest On return from Bavaria, thoughts turned once again to the annual tri- national exercise, PROBEX. Although only small participation is normally made by the LAD, this year, the ageing AEC recovery vehicle had the unusual task of recovering the American recovery vehicle! In June, C Squadron went on ex- change to the Italian Army, The fitter section almost didn’t make it, when it Cpl Coulson recovering the American recovery vehicle — Probex ‘86 |
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