9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2005 - Page 0015
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2005 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) l3 Boat Patro!s on the Shatt A/ Arab, Indeed the Palace based troops also seem to be enjoying the experience, but with a slightly more frantic pace of life than at ‘Al Fat’. Tpr ‘Stavross’ Keane has come clean as a distant rela- tive of Bob Hoskins whilst LCpl Allen is the heir to the largest collection of lampshades in the world! In addition Tpr Carter has emerged as the oldest nineteen year old in the Regiment; aging at a rate that will see him bald by twenty. Cpl Lucas enjoyed his tour, initially providing the Troop with regular doses of morale, but then dealing the greatest blow to morale possible by getting unexpectedly posted to Bovington in December! CjM 2nd Troop (Boot Troop) What have Mr Minards, Sgt James, Cpls Day and Train, LCpl Humble and Troopers Bedson, Olive, Parkinson, Wood, Green 998 and Reynolds got in common? Despite their combined fat- ness they all managed to fit into one Snatch, just one of the many achievements of Boot Troop this year. From Gunnery Camp to In Barracks Training, OPTAG to deployment, Boot Troop have behaved in a cheerful and (mostly) proficient man- ner. The build up to TELIC 7 seemed especiallyprolongedwith In Barracks Training starting in June followedbyOPTAG. Boot Troop has remained resourceful and good humoured through- out. Deploying on Op TELIC 7 2nd Troop have been enjoying the delights of the Al Faaw peninsula. C - uucting OP on the A hOtLZ,,, Shatt Al Arab Waterway to getting bogged in amongst the vast expanse of soft sand, both multiples have worked hard to con- duct their patrols in a professional yet cheerful manner. Newly promoted LCpl Preston had been given parole from the Officer’s Mess in early August with part of his rehabilitation being a couple of months work experience with Boot Troop. He enjoyed himself, but must have broken his parole agreement as he was suddenly withdrawn up to the dark place that is Basra Palace! LCpl Harold as always showed a solid and dependable contribution to the Troop, but I have a feeling it all got to him as he was eventually found floating on an inflatable armchair in the flooded entrance to Camp Driftwood looking rather deranged. LCpl Dickinson has grown possibly the most suspect moustache ever to grace a face, well almost; I have seen women with denser upper lip fluff than Trooper Gray It was like having two ‘Magnums’ in one multiple without the Ferrari. A highlight in December was LCpl (nee Tpr) Bloomer picking up his first stripe from none other than the Prime Minister. Story has it, the PM didn’t know what a rank-slide was, but was none the less trying to hand them away to anyone. ‘Pants’ Bloomer took his with a smile while being filmed by BBC News; he even volun- teered the head ofthe government a bit of advice on the running of the UK, the suggestion that VAT be taken off all pork pies. One or two heads dropped on the lead up to Christmas, Cpls Day, Train, Hobson and Hall especially when their whole lives nearly washed away in the ‘Great Floods of Camp Driftwood’, the standing waters also encouraged sparrow sized mosquitoes. Lt Mmards p/us troop, |
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