9th-12th-Lancers - Year 2001 - Page 0076
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 2001 |
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76 REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE 9TH/12TH ROYAL LANCERS (PRINCE OF WALES’S) Home Headquarters Home Headquarters, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince ofWales’s), TA Centre, Saffron Road, Wigston, LEICESTER LE18 4UX Telephone: 0116 2759572 Fax: 0116 2759571 Web Site: www.delhispearman.org.uk E-mail: twickel@delhispeannan.org.uk hardy@delhispearman.org.uk he past year saw some very important staff changes in Home Headquarters. Early in January Captain Stuart Hardy joined the team as Assistant Regimental Secretary. Many may remember him as RQMS and later as Technical Quartermaster in the Regiment. He has taken over the running of the Old Comrades Association and the Museum. Mrs Angela Tarnowski of course remains as Curator in Derby. He also shares with the Regimental Secretary the processing of grants to individual applicants from the Charitable Association. Originally HQ DRAC asked us whether we could manage the office with a staff cut from three to two! But with help from the then Director of the Royal Armoured Corps, which was very much appreciated, it was decided to increase our establishment to bring it into line with most of the other Cavalry Home Headquarters. Mrs Twickel, who worked in the office temporarily, when Mrs Hickman retired, has now left to do other things. Mr Suresh Mamnani, who is a trained book- keeper, is now the office manager. Mrs Cornwall of course contin- ues to be in charge of all of us at Home Headquarters. 1 am very grateful for all the help and support I get. HHQ is now connected to the Internet. Our Web-Site is proving to be very popular judging from the number of ‘hits’ we get each week. Apart from general information about the Regiment, the Museum, the Old Comrades Association and the Charitable Association we publish our annual Newsletter, a forecast of events and notice board information. The Web-Site also has an answer facility. So anyone who uses the Internet can either e-mail us at the address which is given above or contact us through our Web-Site. Old Comrades Association President: Brigadier HWK Pye Old Comrades Association Committee Chairman: Lieutenant Colonel ARFNZ Twickel Deputy Chairman: Captain SP Hardy Hon Secretary: Mr ]W Smith Hon Treasurer: Mr AM Montgomery Members Colonel AP Gilks DL ES Nelson Esq Mr PK Jordan Major RM Collins Mr WF Brown Mr M] Lewis Major W Grant Mr P Davitt Mr ND Priddey-Smith Captain ONG Scholte Mr M] Hayes Mr R Ward e continue to have a well-supported Old Comrades Association with a very active Committee. The number of Old Comrades subscribing to our Newsletter and the Journal is increasing and we are delighted that so many come to our many reunions and functions. We would like to remind readers that everyone, who was a member of the Regiment, its antecedents and the 27th Lancers is automatically a member of the OCA. The first event in 2001was our Museum Day in Derby when Colonel Maitland Titterton gave us a very interesting talk about the mechanisation of the 12th Royal Lancers. He was ably supported by Major Douglas McMeeken who used all his old contacts in the RAC D&M School to produce slides and pictures of the various vehicles that were issued to the Regiment over the years. That evening we all gathered again at The Spot in Derby for our annual Derby Reunion that is organised by Pete and Pauline Jordan. It is entirely due to their hard work and ability that this event is the success it is. Each year both of them organise a live band, a raffle and plenty of food and drink so that many past and present members come along and enjoy the filn. Later, in April Ken and Liz Draper invited us down to Weymouth to our Wessex Reunion. This always coincides with the Grand National at Aintree. After an excellent lunch in the Glenbum Hotel we placed our bets and settled down to watch the racing. Again, this was a very successful event and we all had a great time together. This year 9/12L were chosen to sponsor the Cavalry Memorial Parade. On the Saturday night before, we met as usual for the Old Comrades Association AGM which was followed by our annual Dinner in the Duke of York’s HQ. Attendance was excellent and 119 sat down to dinner. The following morning was warm and sunny when we gathered in Hyde Park. Brigadier Hugh Pye commanded the parade, General Mike Swindells commanded the 9/12L contingent which was as well supported as some of the other regiments, which had recently amalgamat- ed and General the Viscount Monckton took the salute. |
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