9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0099
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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l Next to gel Harbour Thls Sunken turretrrtng marks the spot where the USS Antone was Sunk at Pearl rHE era/12m ROYAL LANCERS nectMENrAt JOURNAL Back again at Man Yee, the new Company Commander had arnved, we redoubled our efforts and vast operations were planned WIth the Marlne Poltce, but we stlll falled to catch one ll' Atter the border tour we started plannlng our next uverseas exercise Tins ttme rt was to be much further allelrt and wrthtlut any real support lrorn allted armed lurcus. Ex ’Coconut Grove‘ durlng July. August and September, was a seven week expedmon to Fur Agaun great cmphasts was to he placed on ltve Inlng, but we were gomg to have to hurld our own ranges tn the bush The ulan was that alter five weeks at range work and dry exercises tn the htlls and ntountalns, that there would be two weeks adventure lrannng Thls was to be my task. In the meanttme belure we departed, l made up tor an earlter leave I had lost and spent two weeks m San Francrsco We arrived In Fm by RAF V010 and Hercules and setup a tented camp tn the town of Serra, the sugar capltal ol the lsland group. We were welcomed by the local populations, who had not seen Brttish soldiers smce lndeuendence, although there had been Gurkha exerctses. Yet another postcard was despatched, and further revenge obvtously planned, because stgnals started arrtvtng rnentronlng dates lor my return The first ttve weeks were hecttc but a huge success We nearly had a complete disaster when one of our ageing Bedtord 3 tonners, lelt belnnd In Fur by the Army Since ntdependence, had brake latlure and rolled on a mmmtarn track wtth twenty Guardsmen In the back, Lucklly, they escaped wtth cuts and brulses, The adventure Iralnlng phase was a success, Guardsmen learnan to dtve‘ boating out to Coral Island and spending two days With the Frpan Navy Mtnesweeper' Sadly we departed from the beautltul South Pacrltc Island ll’t Mld' September, arnvtng back In Chllly Hong Kong vra Guam by VC~10, |
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