9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2005 - Page 0074
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2005 |
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72 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) attended an excellent presentation was given by Colonel David Maitland-Titterton and his team. Our thanks go to them for all their hard work, also not forgetting the staffat Derby Museum. This was followed in the evening by the Derby Reunion. Around 300 Old Comrades attended yet again a splendid evening was had by all. It was also nice to see many new faces from the past, all in deep conversation, (with lights swinging and sand bags pulled up). Our thanks, once again, go to Mr & Mrs Peter Jordan for all their efforts in organising the event. In April, the Wessex Reunion was held in Weymouth. An event ever popular for those who live in and around the Bovington area, a total of 52 attended. An excellent lunch was had by all with the traditional fish pie and many other succulent dishes on the menu, all kindly organised by Mr and Mrs Ken Draper. On Saturday 7th May, the OCA AGM and dinner was held at the Duke of York’s HQ. A total of 93 attended. This was to be our last AGM and dinner at this venue before it closes, but on say- ing that, our caterer will be the same at the new venue. As mentioned earlier, July should have been our annual pil- grimage to the Regiment to celebrate Mons-Moy, but due to reg- imental commitments, this was cancelled and instead, your committee overwhelmingly decided to put on a race day, which again was a great success. A total of 62 attended and for those who were WWII veterans, this event was free, thanks to the gen- erosity of the Lottery. On Sunday 25th September, the Old Comrades gathered at Canterbury Cathedral to pay homage to those 9L that have fall- en. A total of 32 attended the ceremony and lunch. In November, the Field of Remembrance Poppy Planting cere- mony took place. Her Majesty The Queen honoured us with her presence once again. This event gets more popular every year, ending with a curry lunch and drinks in a private room at the Union Jack Club. Finally, on December 3rd, the OCA Christmas Lunch took place at the Duke of York’s HQ and is mentioned earlier we said our final farewell to the place that has served us so well as a venue over many years. 2005, to the say the least has been a very busy year and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that are involved in organising area reunions extra to official events for all their hard work and commitment in keeping alive the esprit de corps of the OCA. Last, but not least it is with great sadness that I have to report the deaths of the following Old Comrades: The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley CB OBE MC DL- 12L Major MG Moule 9L Major BMH Shand MC DL 12L Major Jim Thornton 9L & 9/12L Captain RC Peaper 12L & 9/12L Captain JA Prodger MBE ERD JP 9L JR Banks Esq 12L M Jurgens Esq 12L AB Norman Esq 9L David Wentworth-Stanley Esq 9L WOl Pat Morgan 9L & 9/12L Major General the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley CB OBE MC DL Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton was the only son of the first Viscount Monckton, principle adviser to King Edward V111 dur- ing the abdication crisis of 1936 and later a Conservative minister. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, gradu- ating in 1939.He was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, with whom he went to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). May 1940 found him deployed on the line of the River Dyle, as part of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade. As the BEF fell back towards the Dendre, his squadron was almost encircled while his troop acted as flank guard. He fought his way out and for his con- duct in the action he was awarded the Military Cross. After the evacuation, he attended the wartime short course at the Staff College and was appointed the Brigade Major of an S/Sgt Eric Proctor 9/12L Sgt Tom Squirrel 12L Mr GE Britton 12L & 9/12L Mr EPF Matterface 12L Mr M Murphy 9/12L Mr Michael Christopher O’Sullivan 12L Mr Andrew Kenneth Paterson 9/ 1 2L Mr Victor (Bob) Rudd 9L Mr William Harold Spencer 9L Dr William Wynne Willson RAMC & 12L Armoured Brigade in England in 1942-43. In 1944 he joined the 3rd King’s Own Hussars who were resting in Palestine. He went with them to Italy and served with them, commanding a squadron, until the end of the campaign, and then returned to his own regiment in Germany. He commanded A Squadron 5DG in Korea from 1951-52, and after a period as Regimental Second in Command, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the Military Operations branch in the War Office. During that time he was a member of the British delegation to the Geneva Conference on French Indo-China and Korea, and was appointed OBE for his work in 1956. In 1956 he was appointed to command the 12th Royal Lancers, who were then in Wolfenbuttel as part of the Corps Covering Force. In the words of the Regimental History ‘he was to prove an exceptional Commanding Officer, quickly recognising the urgent issue of recruiting and initiating a number of very successful meas- ures to improve it’. In July 1958 he was promoted to be Commander Royal Armoured Corps (CRAC) of 3 Division. He attended the Imperial Defence College and upon promotion to Brigadier he became Deputy Director of Personnel Administration at the War Office. He was appointed Director of Public Relations (Army) in 1963, as a Major General. In 1965 he became Chiefof Staff, HQ BAOR before leaving the army in 1967. |
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