9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1987 - Page 0031
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1987 |
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LCpl Brown also left, but for civilian life. and we wish him all the best. Lt Tyszkiewicz and Tpr Sloan attempted to leave the tp by getting lost during the I Armd Div Regatta in Kiel. but somehow they drifted back into port after a week or so. to find themselves the Regatta winners! After a good result on Ex Rhine Farewell. 3 Tp B Sqn. as we were then, gave a sound perfomance on the Autumn FTX. The new arrivals Tprs England. Butler and Keeney were introduced to life on exercise. and Tprs Saunders and Bradley showed us all the meaning of close co-Operation with the locals. Tpr Mooney joined the tp after his gunner mech course at Lulworth, along with Tpr Whicken- den, fresh from Catterick. On arrival in Wimbish we joined D Sqn. and soon proved our worth with a very good result in troop tests during the Regimental Training on Salisbury Plain. We look forward now to a successful year in Wimbish. 1') Son Ski Team: Lt Charrington. 2Lt Ashwel], Capt Martin. 2Lt Pedrick. Tpr Ducker, Tpr Holmes. Maj Hopkinson THE 9TH/l2TH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL GW Troop Just three weeks after settling into B Sqn it is time to remind ourselves about our time in D Sqn. Most memorable were the ranges and now training period which were both cold. 50 cold in fact SSgt Day spent most of the time on the decks, further disaster struck when his B.V. lead burnt out. Cpl Knight spent a lot of time pushing the LAD Samson and enjoying temporary attachment to the LAB plus their comforts. Tprs Feltharn and Lawrence joined us from first and second tp. Tpr Ducker went on a con sig course and has been on permanent send ever since! Tpr O‘Connor passed his GW course. Cpls Smith and Boulter left in the Summer for Gunnery GW and Crew Comd courses thus being spared the weather and joys of FTX. Finally. the tp left Germany on a high note with a brilliant P.R.E. report due to the hard work of those involved. This ended with no ‘A’ jobs and a bottle of whisky from the Squadron Leader. Sp Troer Support Troop was reformed in December 1986 under Sgt Simpkin with the able support of Cpl Yorke. Our first task was preparing the vehicles for handover to the QDG. but LCpl Radhourne. Tprs Nobbs, Melton and Buckley escaped to do the Assault Pioneers course at Hameln. followed later by Cpl Yorke. This left newly promoted and married LCpl Pick plus his side-kick Tpr King to do the donkey work on the vehicles. Tpr King kept the Son amused with his stories of how tough life was as a child in the East End of London. Apparently he was forever being kidnapped and used to decorate lawns, rockeries and ornamental ponds. March saw the troop in Wimbish, with a new arrival, Tpr Roberts from B Sqn. In June the troOp were able to put their training together for the first time, and produced a very creditable result in the troop tests. |
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