9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0087
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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was elected a Committee Member of the Old Comrades Associatron, Later becoming Secretary to the Committee 9/12L Scrotum Paul Dough. Onm riir 9TH! ter novAt LANCERS ntciMENtAt, JOURNAL lighting in the very linest tradition of the Regiment, l and "NEW“ m 3W WW6 Will “game wnerQiEPlE'fiPoifié’” (\er Mi Mi it m (- ....... . m.“ M. L ”A ‘0‘“ 0' C0 Tkrone. up that her lather was among the very Omagh North 55 bravest of men , When the Regtrr tent moved to ‘ )ram remained with C L.J.R.N. Emmi}; SZUILS yed to CByprusAas the ingependent gar reretgn ase tea he lure at Northern Mr. F G c "In Squadron. But t to strong and in Corpral Orarrt applied es posting. ’tiS first tour between larch1981 that he l on~|n-Despatches tor tround Londonderry. ted to him by the at Hohne in July Corporal Inn [Jon-l John-on ACC Corporal lan Johnson ACC died suddenly ot a heart attack on 10th December, 1933 while leaving the ferry at Dover on his way home for leave. t returned to i at Hohne in April gh initially posted to Not a short time soon luadron once more. Gunner Mechanic a n piUlubbtUlldl bravery and hlgh ad death serves 'y member of this ; is mourned by 'a" was ?.’,9'[§|Q;V§imgani‘l‘lm Wow. i iitcreasmg busmess commitments lotced his retirement in 1983, John was a cheerltil, gregarious person, he was very likeable and had a wide circle ol trtends He Will be much missed Deepest sympathy goes to his Wile and family iii their tragic loss in l ih hill military at Gomershall, i zbruary 1984 and are held at both l Church and by enbuttel Our l to his Wile Julie yho can never be lnss ol a lather, He leaves a wrle, live children and eight grandchildren, to whoiit we , send our sympathy l popular and respected NCO competence and elliCieiicy r1 him as an outstanding Corpo was reccorrimendod lot early pmmntirm CMO/A P G Be he married Miss Julie Clegg. HIS promotion to Sergeant young age at 25, the award ol the action on let February 1984 while on specral duties in Northern Island Trooper Oram lOlI'lECl the Regiment Hts ltrst introduction to Northern Ireland came when he accompanied the Regiment to Omagh let their l8 month tour between mid 1976 and late 1977 Still in C Squadron he was deployed With his troop, rotating between the small police out station at and it was while he was at Hohne that Troop Corporal he was noted as a Ireland proved tt November 1978, lot a special duti Mr, Frederick Wart died at the age ol 91. He had sewed for 8 years in the 91h Queen's Royal Lancers from 1914 to 1922, becoming a Troop Sergeant. It was during I He was wounded in France. Aprtl1979 and N received a Monti his work in and z This was presen Colonel-in—Chief 1982. A native of Yeoyil, he spent his early ears working as a groom for the Eeverend J D Keilor After leaving the Ninth he joined North Somersetshire Yeomanry. He lived in West Coker from 1924 until his death. He was made an Honorary VioePresident of the Royal British Legion, having been a Committee Member from l93d. He also earned a Long Service Medal as a returned to C St: member of the Special Constabulary. gualified as a “oatmeal or“ ”WWW 35.95 ..i Utmnwu soldier cl exceptional moral standing His s as an example to evei Regiment and his loss all Corporal Oran Regimental Duty 1981. and althou Command Troo; ate 1974 in Detmold and was posted to C Squadron where he qutckly made his mark He was interred wil honours, near homer Bailey Leeds on 29 Ft Memorial Servtces wt the nearby Brownshil the Regiment at Wall sympathy is extender and daughter Katie, v compensated for the lleek in Co Fermanaoh and th" maintained high moral standards He was always Willing to help his lellow men and, no matter what the Conditions, found nine to give words or encouragement Asa His iarked ral and he He was an excellent cook who took pride in his work in the Ollicers' Mess Oii exercise. even in the most atrocious conditions, he pinyided food til the highest Standard at the Military Medal and the biith at his daughter Katie all occured during his second tour The citation tor Military Medal rniist remain a but. we know that ll was awarded lrir supreme pelSlH‘fll courage nt indeperitent operation Close His untimely death came as a shock ms to all who knew him SBCFDI Our deepest sympathy goes to his tan Wife and laniily to the end at his tour, Sergeant Oram was klllf‘tl when he was C0n'l[)rttrtl observation post by the IRA, Ised in an new the village at Dun Moy C0 Antririi. With no escape possible he went down |
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