9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2006 - Page 0119
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2006 |
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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES'S) 117 The Band of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers and Colleagues from The Regiment Old Comrades Association nother enjoyable year culminating in a unique Reunion weekend in which we were invited by the Lord Mayor of York to attend a wine reception at the Mansion House on the Saturday evening, the 16th of September 2006. The 9th Lancers have historic ties with York and to reciprocate the kindness shown to us we have invited the mayoral party of four to join us for dinner on Sunday the 16th of September 2007 during our Reunion weekend which I am pleased to say has been accepted. Our relationship with the management and staff of the Monkbar Hotel, York, the venue for our last five Reunions with the sixth coming up in the September of 2007, has developed into a home from home relationship and last year we presented the Manager, with a print of the “Last Parade” which now hangs in an appro- priate place of honour behind the bar. Our website www.ninthroyallancers.org is thriving and the newsletter “The Lancer” can now be seen in glorious colour on the website with the facilities for anyone to obtain a paper copy from ones own computer. Please feel free to register at the Forum and tell us about your past experiences during your time with the 9th Lancers. Sadly we recently lost Don Thompson, former clarinettist with the Band-Don emigrated to Canada some thirty years ago from Rochdale in Lancashire — he leaves a widow Vera, two children and four grandchildren to whom we send our sincere condolences. If you want to know more about our Association please contact me on 0161 764 0186 or email me on Haydockdenis@aol.com. ' Mayoral Pan‘y leaving the Church Service during the Reunion Weekend. 150th Anniversary of The Indian Mutiny This year sees the 150th anniversary of the Indian Mutiny. India was the jewel in Britain’s Empire and the threat to its sta- bility was sudden and dramatic. The Mutiny was to bring about perhaps the finest chapter in the history of the 9th Lancers, with 13 Victoria Crosses won during the campaign. Hope Grant was to be the Commanding Officer and then Commander of the cavalry brigade (both British and Indian), and his medals are now in the museum (thanks to the generos- ity of Colin Hook). The 12th were also in India having just returned from the Crimea, but, serving in Central India, were not present at the major actions. This is a brief summary of some of the major events. It is most colourfully described in the 1715-1936 History by Major EW Shepherd. It is fashionable to decry the value of some of the awards of VCs at this time but perhaps readers of the history should judge for themselves. As regards the politically correct attempts to change history, you should visit the Memorial Hall in the Armoured Corps Centre in Ahmednagar, where the actions of the Indian Cavalry and gallantry awards to both British and Indian, hold centre stage. They display pride in our shared his- tory and so should we. Indian Mutiny VCs Lt Alfred Pte John Purcell Stowell Jones Delhi Budlee-ki-Serai 19 June 1857 8 June 1857 Sgt H Hartigan Lt Robert Blair Budlee-ki-Serai Bolundshar 8 June 1857 28 Sept 1857 Pte Thomas Hancock L/Cpl Robert Kells Delhi Bolundshar 19 June 1857 28 Sept 1857 Pte JIR Roberts L/Cpl William Goat Bolundshar Lucknow 28 Sept 1857 6 March 1858 Pte P Dionohoe TSM D Rushe Bolundshar Lucknow 28 Sept 1857 19 March 1858 Pte J Freeman Pte R Newell Agra Lucknow 10 October 1857 19 March 1858 TSM D Spence Shamsabad 17 Jan 1858 |
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