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9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0087

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Regiment 9th/12th Lancers
Year 1984
Transcription was elected a Committee Member of
the Old Comrades Associatron, Later
becoming Secretary to the Committee
9/12L
Scrotum Paul Dough. Onm
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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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