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9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0040

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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 1984
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Quartemaster’s Department
Stnce our test notes t ttnnk t can ‘v,
wtth hand on heart, that tt’s been ’et‘e
hett ttt a year” We began wtth the
Regtrnental tratntng ttt Langenburg,
whtch saw us move a month’s worth
of compo and huttd a compo tnottntatn
on the tocat GttH Platz. To the dettght I
of many we were out of the reach of
the Arttty Bakery, theretnre, the OM
and SOMS HO bought tresh ttttts trt>tn
the IL-cat suttcrmatkct each day tmn ~-
aSSUTr cadets that 4 WM?» per watt, th
day tS a tot at totts!
The next nutter event was the
Regtmemnt Advanntmtts tum mg
Exetctse tn Franco La Crtttttttte wzw
the destn‘rattnn tot yet another compo
mournatn wttt- buses, trucks and
anythntg etse thh wheels and a spare
spate, httacked tr; vae tt, undet the
eagte eye of ROMS Bettamy On
arrtyat, out came the ROMS'S French
Phrase Book, and the takeover (rt the
accommodatton mocks began. After
cettnnng each ttertt, up woutd come
the cry 'C’est Bon‘ from the ROMS,
Sgt Frost and Cot thhardsrn The -.-
Quartermaster even got tn on the act
Then the compo arrtved and chant
gangs had tt dtsappeanng mte a hut,
tmdet the watchtut eye of Sgt
Freeman Once tnstde the hut the
chant gang became a pnstat ttlttt‘e
7 Sorttng otttce, wtth dttterent men s
Cpt Mutr begging the OM tor some teave, and box types bemg Segregated.
When the tratntng was over H was a
Case of cteantng up and handtttg beck
Have you nottced how eaget peortte
are to hand over to you and how
W
O MUCH FOR “‘53: teluctant they are to take back?
NEW BOOTS ' Then came the tth exerctse, Ito not
’Eternat Trtangte' wtth the
Ouattetmasters Department tut‘t’ttttg
the Regtmentat B Echeion, but the
handever of Campbelt Barrackst
t-tehne and the takeover of
Northampton Barracks, Wotttznbuttel.
The Department sptt! tntrr (Wt tts
wtth the Quartermaster and Cnt
Moturn taktrtg aver tn Woltenbuttet
and the ROMS amt Sgt Frost handtng
over t1" Hohne tr Says much fat Sgt
Frost’s hard work as Attcotntnodattrn -
Sgt that on cotttptetton 0t hattdovet
we had a hth tot IGH dufilbttth nttty
tThese the ptgrswttt than had thaketj
the evetttttg betore hatadovet‘}
We ate now sertted nne
Wettenbttttet and beg-nntng In take
stock
The new Combat Htgh Boots were tssued earty thts year
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