9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0091
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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prisoners from Delhi to Allahabad in 1858 (Hart’s Army Lisl187ll These documents were presented t0 the Museum by Mr Derek St Fancis Thongei grandson ol Captain R Freei Thonger, Mr Thonger was commissioned into the 9th Lancers in 1945 but, never served With the Regiment as he was posted to the 25th Dragoons ill the Far East, Staff Over the past two years the presentation oi the Regimental Collection has been much improved This is largely due to Miss Natalia Wieczorek who was employed, With the aid oi a Ministry ol Defence grant, as the Military Gallery Assistant The trustees are grateful for her hard work and for the enthusiasm she always showed We are sorry that she left early this year to take up a post as deputy curator With the Royal Crown Derhy Museum, RMC The Royal Home: The S S A F A Royal Homes for Otlicers’ Widows and Daughters Oueen Alexandra’s Court, St, Mary’s Road, Wimbledon, SWlQ 7DE, comprises 75 selfrcontained, well fitted, unfurnished, centrally heated flats and flatlets on a mature (our acre site amidst graCious surroundings. There is a resident Warden (a retired Service Ofticerl and a resident Nursing Sister for emergency medical treatment and Care during short term illness. Widows and Unmarried Daughters of limited means of deceased Officers of all three Services are eligible tor admission provided they are between the ages of 50 and 70 and are fully capable of looking after themselves and their accommodation. The flats are rent lree, but residents contribute towards meeting maintenance costs according to their means Further particulars may be obtained from the Warden (Tel: 017946 5182i Bi 's Royal Surprise (The article below IS extracted from the Kentish Gazette of 18th Novernber,1983l When the Queen Mother spotted Canterbury cavalry veteran Mr. Bill Davis at the Field oi Remembrance in London's Westminsier, she told him ’I remember you holding an umbrella over me at Calterick.’ Mr Davis aged 77, oi 24 Clifton Gardens, was ‘llabbergasled’ because the umbrella incident took place 2i years ago He served for eighteen years in the Twelfth Lancersi now amalgamated into the 9th/121h Lancersiaiid then worked on the railways before retiring i3 years ago He has kept in close touch with his old Regiment and it was when the Queen Mother was presenting a new guidon , a cavalry standard7 at Catterick in l962 that he lirst that her ’She is our Colonelrianhiel and it was raining at the presentation, sol held an umbrella over her, We always remembered it but I didn‘t expect her to Willi all the ceremonies Sl‘ie attends,’ says Mr, DaVlS. It was as President of the British Legion Women’s Section that the Queen Mother placed a small wooden cross in the Field pl Remembrance. Westminster, last Thursday She spotted a group of veterans wearing l2th Lancer badges and stopped to talk to Mr. DaVis With him was his 70-yearrold 8X7 Lancer lriend Mr Percy Shaxted, of 27 Harcourt Drive, Canterbury, who heard the umbrella conversation. He said:‘The Queen Mother’s certainly got a remarkable niernory ' The two veterans were together again at a service at the war memorial iii Ihe City Cemetery on Friday. TllEQTll, lZTil ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL The Royal Hospital Letter trom the Lieutenant Governor The Royal Hospital Chelsea, (Below is an extract ironi a letter sent to the Regimental Secreiaryl lam writing to ask the Secretaries ol Corps and Regimental Associations it they wrll help in encouraging more suitable candidates to apply [or admission to the Royal Hospital. You Will, lam sure, understand that we need a regular supply (it relatively ht rnen who are able and Willing to lake on various light duties which lorm an essential pat't oi the successful and happy running of the Hospital as a Ul'llYllTltlllllVi in which the average age is 77 Until a few years ago, there was no shortage of such candidates. But there is one now, and we have been tecelviiig a disappointingiy nigh proportion til applications from gentlemen who have more or less serious medical problems and who ilf they were to be admittediwould soon have to go into the lnlirriiary as long stay patients Because this lS not a home for the chronic sick, and we have only limited room in the lnlirmary, we have to be very careful, as you Will understand, in how we apply our minimum medical standards for admission. The purpose of this letter is, therefore, to ask you to bear in mind our need tor relatively younger and hiter candidates tor ln-PetiSion. Such men can have a full and satislactorv life in the Royal Hospital, making an important contribution to the smooth running ol the Hospital, as well as enioying the many acnvrties organised for the lanensipners, and the Wide range of outstde vi5its and excursions which contribute so much to an interesting and active life, There must be many who do not realise what they are missing by not applying to come here until they are too old to enioy all that the Royal Hospital has to ulterior maybe even too infirm to be admitted |
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