9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2001 - Page 0024
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2001 |
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Z4 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) Tpr Hughes, Tpr Do rest of the Army to the border with Macedonia, Cpl Elliott and team guarding a site in the Presevo Valley and Capt Matheson using a dubious grasp of the Russian language to justify going wherever he wanted. As ever, an operational tour brought some curious facial hair to the fore. Tpr ‘Doc’ Doherty’s 70s moustache, fortunately now a thing of the past, was only outdone by LCpl ‘Jonno’ Johnson’s boast that his extensive sideburns were the only hair on his head. Not to be outperformed, LCpl ‘Yozza’ Hughes shaved off all his hair and LCpl ‘Penny’ Lane turned his grey. The return to Germany, after an extensive Cadre build-up pro- gramme during which Tpr ‘Hippo’ Hipperson won lst prize, saw none of the Tp actually take part in the Cadre course. Tpr Garley visited the Bergen school of plastic surgery and Tpr Hughes ventured forth into civilian life 7 we wish him luck. Messrs Hughes, Johnson, Doherty, Hipperson and Wilson found their way into the desert with B Sqn opposing those who You rang my Lord? I? x Tpr Gar/9y, Capt Matheson, Tpr Cook, Sgt B/the//, Cp/ E/flotiLCp/ Lane, Tpr Rogers, LCp/ Haven , Kosovo had returned to A Sqn on Ex SAIF SAREEA II. For the remainder, a chilly firing camp beckoned. The Tp ends the year looking very different to how it began; many are away on cours- es, and there are many new faces, ZLt Doherty steps into the Tp Ldr’s spot but Sgt Bithell, as ever, remains. GW Troop It has been an exciting and constructive year for GW. After a very chilly period of work-up training in the sub-zero tempera- tures of the Sennelager training area, we deployed with the rest of the Squadron to the glorious Podujevo bowl in north eastern Kosovo. Rotating with the other troops, we became well acquainted with the whole area, from the wood covered hills of the Serbian boundary to the dilapidated back streets of Podujevo. We were also lucky to be involved in operations out- side the Battle Group’s usual area, and were witness to events which changed the scope of the usually hazy Balkan diplomacy. Cp/ Pumford preens h/mse/f aga/n |
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