9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2002 - Page 0028
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2002 |
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26 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) Quartermaster Department It scarcely seems that a year has alreadypassed and we are once again preparing notes for the Regimental Journal. The year literally started off with a bang as the department supported the Regimental Firing Camp. Cpl ‘Packo’ Packwood worked tire- lessly to ensure that all ammunition was produced on time, to the required quantity and delivered at the right place. The RQMS would normallyperform this task however, unfortunate- ly he was absent through illness, but it has to be said that ‘Packo’ not only performed this task magnificently, but without com- plaint or a hitch. The main effort for the department this year was to provide sup- port to the Regiment as part of the OPFOR Base Admin Group in BATUS, which saw 50% ofthe ‘green’ members of the depart- ment being permanently away throughout the nine months. The remainder of the department formed part of the rear party and under the guidance of Sgt’s ‘Charlie’ Brown and ‘Gus’ Fletcher, the camp was weeded out, tidied up, given new carpets and a lick of paint, which resulted in the Commander publicly commenting favourably on the standard of Haig Bks. The return from BATUS has seen Cpl ‘Rusty’ Phillips reunited with ‘Packo’ to form part of the ‘cheeky twins’ and Cpl ‘Tel’ Terry and LCpl ‘Phil’ Cooling reunited with their respective accounts in preparation for a LSI advisory visit, which proved to be most successful. The main effort now is preparation for a regimental exercise in the Czech Republic in March 2003, where B Echelon will deploy complete, for the first time in many years. The department now lines up as follows: QM Capt Fred Reid RQMS W02 (RQMS) Mark Gorman Accommodation SNCO Sgt ‘Charlie’ Brown Maintenance SNCO Sgt ‘Gus’ Fletcher LD Ammunition Storeman Cpl ‘Packo’ Packwood Clothing Storeman Cpl ‘Rusty’ Phillips Project Harley Cpl ‘Tel’ Terry Loan/MFO Storeman LCpl ‘Phil’ Coolin Prom Clerk Frau Angie Fright Gardener Herr Dirk Syring Officers Mess Gardener Herr Jorg Kustrung Tailoress Frau Ilsemarie Schweitzer Tailoress Frau Christa Kohler Domestic Staff Sandra Whawell, Linda Dixon, Amanda Terry & Lorraine Houston CO’s Domestic Staff Michelle Murray Our civilian staff continues to give us excellent support, from ‘Angie’ carrying out extra work as Regimental ‘interpreter’, to the hard working domestics, who go about their business in a most competent and cheerful manner, to the tailoresses who have been particularly busy since the introduction of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and last but not least the garden- ers who, no matter how bad the conditions, always manage to brave the weather and make the gardens look nice. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them on behalf of the Regiment, for their outstanding work throughout the year. Changes ofpersonalities to the department has seen the farewell of Capt John Pearce, who is posted to Bovington to do a grown up job and W02 Eddie Dent who is leaving the army after 22 years of loyal and dedicated service, also Tpr Wilson who is retiring to Colchester. ! We wish John and Maggie, Eddie and Tina and their famrlres the very best of luck and good for- tune in the future. We welcome back into the fold from his cushyposting Capt Fred Reid and his wife Maggie also new into the department is W02 Mark Gorman and his wife Tracy and congratulations go to him on his well earned promotion and the rumours are that he and the QM will form a ‘good guy’ ‘bad guy’ partnership, the question is, who will be who? Watch this space! Quartermaster Technical Department he year ends the same wayas it began: - With not much hap- pening. No change there then. With Canada more or less kicking off the year the dept almost halved in strength, with the departure of RQMS (T) Neil Pegg, Cpl Loz Lawrence, Cpl Prinna Prince, Cpl Rob Hill and LCpl Fragle Fackrell. This fine body of men formed part of the Activation Party and help put in the foundations of a very suc- cessful tour for the dept. In May newly promoted SSgt Ramsden once again took up his favourite hobby and flew out to replace W02 (RQMS (T)) Pegg, rumour has it by the time he had stopped shaking and sweating it was time to come back and hand over the reigns to Sgt Rutherford. Cpl Lawrence returned with SSgt Ramsden in order to prepare for his D&M Instructors course in the more solemn surroundings of Bovington. Despite the dept changing constantly during the nine-month period of BATUS a high standard of work was maintained. In QM Staff /ooK/ng forward to 2003 |
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