9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1984 - Page 0051
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1984 |
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LAD ’LAD Duty Grapefruil' lsanie colour but larger than a lemoiil keeps going through nty mind as I sit here, remintscntg over the happenings last year, tor inspiration lot these notes, May 83 saw us on Exercise Mountain Goat’ in Langenberg, The time, was, in the main, spent changing major assemblies which seemed to havoa 'down‘ on its Although we went to all corners ol EAOR in pursuit of the elusive replacement assemblies, we reluctantly had to resort to cannibalisarton to maintain CVRT availability This resulted In some 20 CVRTs looktng somewhat ’battle damaged’ at the rail station equipment park. At least they pnivtded good fun when we attempted to load them on the trains for the return tourney The exercise had it‘s highlights, orte being SSgt Langlord, who hell bent on furthering Anglo/German relations on his last exercise in the Army, spent as much time as possible tn any available Gas!» Statle He didn’t appreciate berng nick - named 'Cinderella’ when EME deCided midnight was late enough lot his taunts Mention must also be made oi Sgt Page, who spent two days extricating his CVRlTl Samson from a most inaccessible track in a steeply sloped wood; all this to save 5 minutes on the original tourney? Must be a lesson herel The exermse was followed by a fairly quret time through the Summer months, during which we had a successlul Annual Technical Review, followed by an enjoyable adventure training exercise in La Courtine, France. This time we were blessed wtth excellent vehicle reliability and so avoiding the conSIdeiable headaches involved in casualty recovery to Hohne. Exercise ’Etetnal Triangle’ was the next obstacle. This proved to be very worthwhile. It was played realistically, allowing us to appreeiote some of the problems we would encounter on the 'teal thing’ Many ol the Regiment gained, lor the first time. the experience of being backloaded With their vehicles through the Divisional recovery system. Repairs being carried out some 100 Kms behind the front line. We don't think they Will be so keen to break down in luture, Radio communications sometimes proved unsattstactory, particularly on one occasion, when the LAD was ordered to attend a REME Brigade meeting. Alter chasing around the countryside, the meeting turned out to be for DtVisional Recovery Olltcers It was attended by Lieutenant Colonels and Motors plus one but of place’ ASM However, the free beer and sandwrches available at the meeting were appreciated The next lew months saw ultra high activity on PRE‘s, handover of the Scorpion Heat and preparation for the move to Wollenbottel. During this time we said goodbye to Captain and Mrs Lucy, who tell to try their hands in Civvy Street. and welcome to Captain Williams from 12 AD Regt Workshops. Indeed, by the time of the move, we had bid farewell to the whole LAD, tunlortunately too many to mention by name, but we wish them all wellltLess the ASM, WOZIAOMSl Gowman, SSgt Woodard, Sgt Williams, Cpl Wightntati, LCpl Fenwtck arid CFn Manning who moved With the Regiment Once at Wolfenbuttel we met all our new members, the majority of whom were ex , 2 RTR LAD Again. unfortunately, lat too many to mention tndtvdually but welcome to each and every one ot them No sooner had we arrived than preparations for Exercise ‘Fresh Starl’ were underway The ExerCise proved bettefiCial by allowing the new LAD personnel and the Regiment to get to know each other quickly In tact, it could be said by sprite, too quickly; they arrived in the Unit one day. to lind themselves on exercise the next. Apart from ltxtng everything, lrom the memorial to mole traps, we have managed to lind some time lot spun at both Regimental and BAOR levels. We had entries in the Hohne 10 mile race and Verden Marathon. WOZlAOMSl Gowman achtevrng the latter in 3 his 59 mins, a time at which he is tusttliably proud; It was his first ntarathon' We are presently in the linals ol the REME BAOR Hockey ‘Late’ Competition. on a [Oll'll entry Willi 45 Fd Regl Wksps and l FlHA LAD 5891 Welsh was a regular member of the REME BAOR Hockey squad, Sgt Hughes is a member of the Football squad at the same level SSgt Woodard continues his good work training the REME BAOR Swmtmtng team. The LAD were runners ~ up in the REME Ollshore Sailing Regatta. wrnning the ELKIN Cup. LCpl Rowley, an ex » Army Youth rugby player, is expected to do well next season This only narrtes a few with sporting talents but with such diversity of skills we look forward to even better achievements over the next year. tiii. othrtz'tii ROVAt lANlJRS REGtMENTAl JoiinNAt Throughout the year we had detachments to the Falkland lslands, Belize, Canada and Cyprus This extra Workload was ottset to some extent by the attachment to us of SSgt Net ., RNZEME, on Exercne ‘Long Look’. He was constantly shalt-trig his head llt disbelief at the things we do and COltSldef quite normal Maybe he now believes the British 'Tontmy’ to he ouatntlv eccentric but. who knows. he may be right7 On his own admission, he enioyed his stay With us and gained some very uselul CVRlT) experience He did nor appear to think much ol the All Blacks defeat by England, espeCIally, as he was watching the game ‘live’ on televismn at the ASM’s house. It has been an eventful year during which we had manpower turnover of around 90 per cent but more ‘ups’ than 'downs' Now we are settling well at Wolfenbuttel and. With a largely fresh team. are looking lotward optimistically to the challenges of 1984/86. |
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