9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1987 - Page 0039
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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 Mechanical Transport Troop At the time of writing this report we have to say some hellos and some goodbyes. Firstly hello toi~ Capt Simpson, Cpl Sedgwiclt (PR1), LCpl Ward (COMD TP), Tprs Clarke, Welhourn. William- son from the RAC Trg Regt, and Tpr Hardy from the 0rd Room. Farewell tor Cpl Allen (retiring to civvy life) LCpl Hunt (retiring to civvy life) Tpr Love (retiring to civvy life) Tpr Lawrence (retiring to civvy life) Various incidents have happened. Within the troop, we now know that Challenger (Tanks) tend to choke on Bedfords, Tpr Rae take note. Woofer’s also take a liking to Bedfurds. Tpr Hall take note. There have been other minor accidents within the troop, but happily no serious injuries. Troop Training (Ex Rhine Farewell) went off well. As packets were leaving for the sun from Northampton Barracks, Cpl Anderson and Cpl Reid who (left 24 hrs earlier) were sitting on the Auto~ bahn reportedly doing a boom trade in the Rasmtte. Cpl Anderson during the Ex did his ”Postman Pat" hit keeping the Regiment supplied with daily papers and mail not forgetting freight for Tech, and clockng some 7,000 Kms during the exercise. Cpls Reid and MT Department Allen seemingly enjoyed themselves on heartbreak hill (Pol Point) with the RCT (fatigue men). Tprs Clarke. deom and Hall have fallen in love with various girls near and far. Best of luck for the future. With the exercise period over it was time to get down to the serious business of preparation of the vehs for PRE and handover to the QDG; in April. All went really well for the B veh fleet. A special thanks to the lads for all the hard work, late hours and mileage they put in. The time of writing sees MT settling down into its new home in Carver Bks. where we have a new fleet of vehs to take over and new tasks. |
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