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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 2006
Transcription REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) 103
Home Headquarters
Home Headquarters, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince ofWales’s), TA Centre, Saffron Road, Wigston, LEICESTER LEl8 4UX
Regimental Secretary Major DN Chappell
Captain SP Hardy
Mr S Mamnani
Miss S Bull
Assistant Regimental Secretary
Administrative Officer
Clerical Support Assistant
2006 has been another busy if undramatic year.
We have lost Ajantha who was seduced by the bright lights of
London town, while also looking forward to getting married in
Sri Lanka this April. Her post has yet to be filled, but finally
after three sets of interviews we have offered the post to Miss
Sheryl Bull who aims to start in April. The workload has been
shared but less than equally, as the major burden has fallen on
Suresh. He has coped manfully and further underlined his place
as the lynchpin of the team.
Joe seems in remarkably good heart especially considering the
looming smoking ban. He does make a fine silhouette outside in
the snow, wreathed in smoke. His morale came under further
attack when a young girl offered him her seat on the tube, but it
was restored when another kissed him farewell on any number
of occasions! Anyway he must be content overall because he has
not felt the need to buy a new car this year, so far!
Telephone: 0116 2785425 Fax: 0116 2759871
Website: www.delhispearman.co.uk
e-mail: hardy@delhispearman.org.uk or
chapell@delhispearman.org.uk
Our work for the museum has been largely in abeyance, until
receiving the final green light from the Heritage Lottery Fund in
the autumn. The Three Regiments reform the Working Party
this spring to select the final design and Design Team. There will
be a lot of detailed work to be done for the displays, and any vol-
unteer help would be much appreciated in that and the physical
movement and selection of items for display It is likely that the
museum will be closed from mid summer for the refilrbishment.
Mike Galer has taken the post of Curator and he is welcomed
whole heartedly. We were temporarily snowed under with
enquiries and filled in a few of the many gaps in our knowledge
while trying to answer them.
It was an especial pleasure to be included in the lunch given by
the Duchess of Cornwall for 12L Comrades of her father. It was
a rather hectic three weeks but the day was a greatly enjoyed by
all who went. We are still awaiting the photograph of Gilly
Brockbank sitting in the sentry box outside Clarence House,
with the rather bemused policeman looking on.
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