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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 2006
Transcription 105 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9mm ROYAL LANCEKS (PRINCE OF WALES’S)
a drreer brr bur, w1Lth2 dnver dead, ran nnand erasbed nn mp
ufunegun 1nrua11y raken brrsnner, be ew brs enrnrs msmme
ed and, 321an a rnnrnry gun sbd a gernnns and embed mm
Lhe enrn rn find brs wnunded amfla Tnere Lbey were bmb
rereued by ennw uavp 1eader Lr Bab Magu-re, ennrnnssrnned
rn Lhe field by Genera1 A1exander, and mmalfm wrn an M0111
1ra1y (obrr D Te1) knbrn srnekenk was awardedLhe Murrary
ores
As a resu1r uf brs severe wnunrk knbrn fwund brnrse1r rn Lhe
Anerren base Hebrra1 rn A1exandrra When nn rbe 1md rn
recavalchz and a Welsh Guards ufficer were dressed 1n Lhe bn1y
umfmm avnr1ab1e,rbar uf: Gwaen Lbey were vrsrred bya us
Genen1 by Lhe nane uf Ersenbnwer He asked 1thEy were nm
rn Lhe babrr uf szluung senrnr dreers, and Lbey rep1ed nn1y
wbenrbeybadrberr bars m10naskrngrnrennmerrrennrere
rn Tmsra,rbeyrnrrndrbenrse1ves nn anAnerrean deubyer 511
Lhe NmLh Amen eesr, wbere knbrn erd Lhzl be bad never
been nrnrerrrebenedrn brs1re WunglaLhezurbzuleu-uhezu
2bvve Lhe sbm
me ember 1943 rnAbrr1 1944 Lhe remenr ens xermgln,
reed XErEaned andrernrned,befnre 1and1ng rn Names knbrn
ens annnned admin-11 rn cdnne11<ae 5av111andbe1drbarnnsr
rbrbugbnd Lhe 1ra1ran Canunlgfi
Tbe war ended w1Lh Lhe Regnenr 1n besessrnn uf Trrese 1n
see ufhzvmg been nn aeuve servree srnae 1941 knbrn valune
eeredrnr serveernrbe Far Em 1-1nwever Lhzlvurhzdended
hefme be enu1dsee aeubn, andbe re nned Lhe kennrenr rnMay
1945 Tney bad by Lhen nmved rrnnr Arena rn Pa1esune, vra
Em 1-1e rnnk up brs 51d per nrAduranr rn cdnne1 Peer
Bume Fnr a11 Lhe rnerna1 seeurrry dmes, knbrn :11de mber
uffiners se11 fwund ume rb emu! ebb, and hunung wrrb Lhe
kanue Va1e 1-1unr
1n May 1947 Lhe kegnenr rerun-ed rn England as Lhe RAG
Tmmng Regnenr ar sarnard oasue Handmg ever brs 1M7 as
Admanr knbrnwas ab1e rn enwyfufly hunung w1Lth2 Zedznd
and mgzmslnthe rwnregrnenra1 sbnmsnr 1-1urrnn Maguand
Suezdzm Pzrk 1n 1949 be wnn Lhe Regnenra1 (Mnuned)
ores onunuy Rae
1-1e wenr rrnnr rbere rn Lhe Sufi canege and subsequenuy
renrned brs 51d Cumnundmg omer,1<ae 1av111, ar AG17 as
(3302 1r was wbr1e seryrng near Lnndnn Lhzlhe ner Grnran
F1nd|zyv Lbe yvunga daugber ufSu Edmund F1nd|2yv Barr, uf
Abe1nur, wbnnr be ens rn nnrry rn Mean aner re mmng Lhe
kegmrenr 1n Ibnb Tne weddng ens emured nn rr1nrand1aer
uszened nnrn c1: Bum-13111: 1mgr11ness be1nredrnbave
Lhe film b1ayed rn brnr
W1Lh k1-1an1bbb,sduadrnns and uavps were deblvyedrrnn.
Serembzn 1n Lhe svmh rn Tarnng 1n Lhe NmLh rbrbueb Lhe
oanrernn 1-11eb1ands 1r ens 21mg drawn bur eamba-g-r dnnrr
naed by cansunl baudbng, bmb bn vebrder and drsnrnuned
1r ens esunraed Lhzl Lhe ers envered snne 4 1/2 nnnrnn nn1es rn
Lhe rwn years
1n 1955 knbrn rernned w1Lh Lhe rennenr m 1-1er1nrd (1n
BAOR) as Sqmdmn Leder hefmegmng as bdgade M2191 d7
Annnured Engzde {1911119551 me rbere be ens annmned
MA lame CIGSmLhennk anr cdnnekandrbrs msfnllawed
by Lhe annnnrnenr as (3301 Ammured r5 rbe brrusb
Anresndars Suff1nV/asl‘nnglun
1954 saw knbrn rake cummznd athe kennrenr, nww Lhe
9rb/12rb Rwyzl Lanaers faflvwmg Lhe 1954 anra1eanrarrbn, rn
Osnabrrek me a very seessm 141112111 Cmmund nrneess
ens ranrd m Lhe key abndnrnenrs quRAC 1 (ER) cnrns and
1.th (:03 HQ l(BR)Cmpsf1m-n 195572 1-1ewas Lhenpmmme
ed rn M2191 Genera1 and was annnned as Drreernr Rm]
An-nnuredCbrbsmAan197z,asrnrrann1yreasnnsbewrsbed
rn serve rn Lhe Unred ngdum 1n 1974 be was abpnned as
Vre Adyuunl Genera1 unul brs reurenrenr
1n 1912 bebeeane cdnne1 quhe Regnenr, lame denebr uf
baLh basr and presenr nrenrbersnndan abbnnrnenubarbe sn
reb1y deserved
He and ornran, lageLher w1Lh Lheu {who were nww ab1e re se
ue dnwn ar rbe Mannr 1-1 nee ar sueenle Langerd, near
1a1rsbury rn Lhe Wylye Va11ey Fnr knbrn Lhns ens a rerurnbnne
as be bad been brbuebr 01711-1 Lhe n11ey He was ab1e rn Emma-re
rrae nn Lhe mber ressrnn nrbrs 1rre, Lhzl uflhe nrerervnunn uf
Lhe enunuy way nr1rre,rr>s vuldhfe and sbnrrs Fnr nnny years
be ens Drreernr quhe srrrrsb Fre1d abnrrs Smely
He was cbarrnran and 1aer Prerrdenr quhe Wrbsbrre dehfe
Trer He never eased rn 2111212 w1Lh brs knnwedee ufhud me,
and sex UP barn Owl nesung bares 1n brs barns He was a trend
mg nenrber uf Lhe sebene rn remuaduae Lhe Greer erd
nnrn 5a11sbury 1=1arn,and as a rrsbernran, rank a keen rnererr 1n
Lhe preservaunn quhe eba1k suezms Lhzl ran LhmughV-he Wy1ye
Va112y, bn wbeb be ewned a bear
As a nenrnrra1rn b1nr,rbe1ake berrde Lhe krver Wy1ye, Wh11:h
gzve brm, brs rann1y and a nunrber uf n1d sn1drer ennnade sn
nrueb b1esure,bas reeenuy been rnebrbnraed w1Lh rwn mbers
rn rnrnr Lhe Wrbsbrre vmdbe Tum Langerd Lakes Narure
Reserve Vrsrrnrsean enwylanhng vulfmm ‘Rabm’s H1d2’ m1
Lhe naned ‘Emnkmnk hke’whae brrrerns en be densen
As a nnrk nrbrs wnrk 1n Lhe onunry nrwmsbrre be ens ZPPan
ed Depmy Lreuenanr uf Lhe cbunry and 1.th Vee Lnrd
1reuenanr under brs aldmend Fe1d Marsba1 Rnly orbe
He was b1essed mm a very bawy rann1y1rre unul be was sumk
dawn by a nnssrve sunke sen. wbreb be never reenrered, and
wbreb 1edrna slady deerrnnunn rnbrs beebb ever ergbr 1mg
years maugbnmbarunebeens deydedybnkedaner bybrs
w1fe Grnrannberr Lhieesam anda daueber wbna11 survrve brnr
[we
Major PCG Shuter
P21 abuer dedar brs bnne
ar T1sslnglan en 14 January
zoom Lhezge n591
t I?
P21 ens a yer enunrryman
and a nrnsr genernrs and
krnd1ybersbn 1-1ewasenne
nnssrnned rnrn rbe
Narmumbedznd anhers
rnrnr Sandhursun 1939, and
be served w1Lh 1.th unul
ear1y rn Lhe war be ernje
{erred rnrn Lhe 22nd
Dragnnns, nne quhe new1y
rarsedAn-nnuredkegnenrs
He served rbrbugbnurrbe enr and saw azuve servree sen. D
Day nnenrds
Ar Lhe end quhe war Par wbn bad a1ways wrsbed rn be a czwle
ry nran, abp1red rn andwas aebepedby Lhe 9m Laneers as a reg,
u1ar afi'mer rn Lhe nnk uf Cream and mined Lhe kennenr rn
1ra1y rn 1945 He rnund hfe nrnsr aebeb-ab1e 2nd1a1n2d1n w1Lh
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