9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2006 - Page 0029
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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) Z7 Most of the Troop took part in the Brigade Adventurous Training package. Tpr “Arnie” Arnold went off sailing, found that he liked it so much, went back to do some more and gain some sailing qualifications as well. Tpr Joyce enjoyed the multi activity week in Bavaria and Tpr Scott enjoyed falling out of the sky completing a week at Sennelager Parachuting Centre. Last but by no means least is Tpr AiXill who arrived fresh from basic training, sailed from Gosport to Gibraltar, then went to the Officers’ Mess as a waiter for his trouble. With the majority of the Troop being away for long periods of time it was just as well that the vehicles where sent to Ayrshire Bks to be Bowmanised. RC Support Troop Our story begins in May when the long deserved and much needed POTL ended. This heralded the re-birth of the glorious Support Troop. The newly appointed Troop Leader came in the form of the short, compact Mr Knight, ably assisted by the meticulous Sgt Broadhurst who’s frequently heard saying “dot every i, cross every t”. Cpl Hackney returned to the Troop, as did Cpl Doherty from his comfy job in Command Troop. Also returning to the bosom of Support Troop is LCpl “Lewy” Lewis who remains as Sgt Bloadhurst po/‘sed.’ reliable as ever on the Vehicle Park and LCpl “Brenda” Rushton who was entirely too comfortable in his schoolgirl outfit during Mons Moy. We also had LCpl “Monkey” Reid swinging our way from the OC’s Rover Group. To complete this cast of rogues are Tprs Pearce who returned to us, Tpr Gilbert straight from his travels to Button Moon, where he is a princess!!!!! The arrival of Tpr Cramphorn was slightly delayed due to mistakenly thinking he was Sterling Moss on the winding roads to Hohne, resulting in a short stay in the Hospital, and bringing up the rear for a short time was Tprs Phillips and Impey, who are now serving with the QRL in Catterick. July saw eight members of our ‘elite’ Support Troop selected for an Advanced Engineers Course lasting five weeks. Their new found skills would be tested to the max when the Squadron was selected to show to the Brigade the Regiment’s capabilities. Many phone calls were made to various Engineer units to gath- er the equipment and enable us to show off the skills within Support Troop. After many rehearsals we were ready. On ‘D- Day’ the unlucky Mr Knight managed to fall off a Sultan while having a face to face with Sgt “Hayley” Blunt, badly damaging his knee. With the Study Day over and the equipment returned, the Troop then embarked on various Adventurous Training activities. Someone even managed to go to Australia on the RAC Rugby Tour at the ripe old age of 29. The end of the year saw both the Troop Leader and Troop Sergeant having to undergo surgery for their knee injuries and taking two weeks rest and recuperation. It’s now a Troop com- petition to see who will be back to operational effectiveness first, will it be Lt Knight or Sgt Broadhurst? CB Guided Weapons Troop The re-forming of the Squadron happened after the POTL peri- od and immediately the business of barrack soldiering contin- ued as undiminished in intensity as ever before. The Troop was lead by Lt Lloyd-Owen, after his return from the SSR cell on Op TELIC 7, and Sgt Noone, who escaped from the clutches of Lt Knight to come and run, in a very efficient manner, the Troop administration. Our Striker vehicles were returned to us and suddenly (less the shortage of one Troop Cpl) we had a full com- pliment of soldiers and vehicles 7 a rather unusual phenomenon these days. |
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