9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0056
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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rHEertter RLtYAl t ANCrns nEGtMENrAt JOURNAL After the usual round of farewell parttes, and one excepttortally entoyable lunch gtven by the 14m t’ZOth Ktttgs Hussars, we started to pack for the move It t5 a desperate process , each tlern of stlver and every ptcture to be nceouttted tor and tndtvtdually packed The Mess resembled a balllclteld for about ltttlr weeks, Into wlttch moved an tttcreastng nutt'tbet ol Welsh Guards Olltcers, vISlbly shaken by the trahstttoh lrottt Chelsea to Bergen Hohne We wtsh tltern well tn a camp wlttch was about as had as tl looked, but a Mess where we had a lot ol lttrt Wollenbullel Is a very dt‘llerent cantenntenl, woll known to many lorrner members ttl the Regtment The latter ts equally well known to the lucal populace, tl tudged by the lrtendltnr,. s dtsplayed at, and after, our tntttal lunch party ttt MEN The Mess ts sntall, wtth no spam rooms at all now, but very comfortable Now summer ts reported to be on the way, we can nestle Ill our corner at the Camp belttrtd a curtatn ol green As there lS also ttme to draw breath, after a spate of exerctses, the team ts sendtng out It's scouts ttt search at enterlatnmerttl With contacts already made] all looks set lor art entoyable tl ttrtttg stayl Durtng the year the Regtrrtental Assdctatton made a generous and substanttal grant to the Regtntent tor the upkeep pl Regtmetttal Properly Thts was dtvtded between the Otttrzers and Sergeants Messes When you conStder that the testonng at two candelabra set us back about £1200, and three ptctures the same, you can judge how welcome are any such contrtbultons. The Regtmerttal Property ts out herttage and tt lS only rtght that the servrng members drt thetr utmost to ntatntatn tt tn the best possrhle candtttrtn But tt ts a heavy burden and we are grateful for the Assomatton's help SSgt Beaumont now runs the Moss, atded by an increasntgly excellent and helpful team headed by Cpl Woodbrtdge and LCpl Gretg, Alter a bapttsrn ol (machine gunl hre. wtth a bullet tor too. a guest ntght lnr 60 and a lunch lor lOO all lllSlde ten days, they have set themselves htgh standards The food on all three OCCaSIOllS was nutstandmg, lot whtch, we are gratetul to those excellent Cttttks Cpls Leenards and Olsen 54 We are saddened by the sudden and unexpected death at Cpl Johnson who was also responsmle for helpth us to achteve such a htgh standard at messing, durtttg hts ttrne tn the Offtcers’ Mess As regards our comtngs and gotngs, the wandetets have returned, Lewts from Uganda, Stallord lrom the Falklands and Reed lrorn Lebanon, the taller gtvtng a htlartous account at hts trtals and trtbulanotts We tell Carson Ntcholson tll Hohne ID try to save a few Welsh souls, and he gave Us an excellent clock vvhtch keeps a pastoral eye on out acttvtttes horn the mantleptece Btll and Ltnne Grant are tn England tor a year and the Lt need proved a smash ntt wtlh the cttttatett as the Easter attttrtyt heavywetght squadron lender team at Burgess and Hutchtns have returned The unlikely Quartet 0! Altraharn, Roberts , Holmes, Robertson and V Everard have passed some (‘Xlllll or other Whatever tt was, a Int ol champagne was drunk and they all appear more urnntelltgtble than belore Well done boys , some have yet to buy the cltatttpaghe Wltett drres Abes get back? Ltndsay has suddenly t; rrte everybndy’s lrtertd and lS «tune a uselul Contact for bttcel l have probably lotgntlnn suntedne trnportant, but as I had lotttttllen tn wnte the notes, we art; not dutng too . badlyl DNC |
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