9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0098
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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rns 0w :er ROYAL tANCERS RFGtMEMTAL JOUFNN Durrng Apnr the Company deproyed on the Hong Kong border C Crrntparrv was tn support at one of the Cotcnv Gurkha Battalrons whose ttrrtt rt was tr) guardtt'stertgth, murder to tnlercept ittegat Immtgrants rm front Chrna Srnce the tate seventres the Anny, In conrurtctron wrth (M) Royal Hang Kong Pulrce, have been restmnsrbte tor rnlercepttng these Its. Gennratly rt rs a very hmmg duty for sotdrers, who spend a srx week tour starrdrng In tower 0P5 The game rs watch and watt, or, ptay cat and mutter; m the trrtts and smalt rstttated vrltages wrth the moat Chrnestrand the 'Srrakoheads’ The latter are d thuroughty unpteasant bunch 0| thugs, who snttrgqle, at vast cust, Us mm Hong Kong by runk or speed boat Out task on thrs tour was to guard the eastern Hank and SoethICatly the vast Sat Kung perrtrrsuta (mm the patrol base and Peirce outpost at Man Yee The month passed urreverttmlly wrth the Company, despite It's etlorts, not catching one It tspent a tor of the ttrrre rurmtng atorrg the watl or the Htglt Istand Dam, to strengthen my tag and atsol In orgarrrsrng vrdeo entertarnment for the guardsnten. Atter thrs month on the border the Company had another two weeks leave perrod In a Vrt 0| complete madness I decrdud to escape from the humrdrly at the Far East and, wrttt very lrttte planning, team on an aermptane [or Hawatr. Yet another postcard was penned t0 the OHtCer's Mess, and further revenge ptarrned tar my return! I spent a very pleasant two weeks In the sun at Waakrkt~un~$ea, yrsrted Pearl Harbour, anempted |o surf but felted mrserabty, then returned to Hang Kong to spend a turther tour weeks on the border! ,, , , w y The Battle trrductnnatmn Range t'tnrrg pmm at KOYA It Ort [he nnat srmrgml Frx Bayortets' NGt |
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