9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1986 - Page 0028
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1986 |
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THE 9TH/l2TH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL D Squadron After an interesting twelve months with the Squadron showing a flexible approach to life it is time to reflect on the past evens. This is best done by look- ing at each of the Troops separately. but not before the successes of the Squ- adron are first noted. These stretch from Rugby to Gunnery. This year we won the inter Squadron mgby and competed with varying degrees of success in the other events but in none as well as in cross country. The Adjutant, Captain Robertson, joined the Squadron for gunnery camp while the 21C Captain Reed, was acting as RGO. Captain Robertson’s practiced safety brief assisted a “brave” effort in the December gunnery camp and helped us achieve an A Grade in March, Major Hopkinson took the reins in December and had the Squadron quak- ing. During the Regimental Exercise his master plan incorporated guarding thirteen bridges and frustrating the other Squadrons for three days! For a closer look at the year's work let us take a closer look at the troops. SHQ Troop Continuity is not the game When SHQ you have as name For ever the leaders come and go, So what chance have the ranks below! Maj Hutchins was the first to go, He set the standards we all know. He left behind his Batco Wallet, With egg yoke still splattered on it, Next to go was the engine man, Who went nowhere without his chip pant It was of course our friend Nosh, (Cpl Grubb) The LAD must feel the loss. Then we said goodbye to Steady Dick (Sgt Allen) And also his baby sitter Tpr Pick, Also LCpl Bryand and Tpr Keen, The men whom coveralls have never seen. 26 Goodbye also to the nose, (Tpr Ducker) as a PT] he was only a pose. LCpl Francis for his brief stay, From the tank park now will never stray. Capt Jones then got in the chair, Or was it Capt Reed, no, he was in the air! Never the less between the two, The Squadron had an Officer in SHQ, Maj Hopkinson now runs D, His "overs” and ”outs” we never see; But all the same he’s “very brave”, Or so the Adjutant, Captain Robertson, says. Hello then we say to Sgt Bot, (Sgt Hart— well) 'I‘ool checks seem to be his favourite job, Also, what’s going on, where' we going, LCpl Powell Who one day will decide when to walk the aisle, Tpr Holley, whose now seen some time, But maybe that's best left behind, And Tpr Martin, our newest guy, Whose very quiet and a bit shy. LCpl Cunningham, recently promoted, Shows that in SHQ your skills are noted; But what about the famous few, Who always seem to be in SHQ. There's Capt Reed our 21C, Without him where would the accounts be? With W02 Sewell survival‘s on the brain, But about worms he’s gone insane. Then there’s our signals men, Sgt Duff, Who hates to admit its all a bluff! Cpl Stunell, or “Stan the Man", He’s the reason BFT's began! And of course Cpl Woods who likes to eat, For him a dozen bratties and chips is no mean feat. Then there’s permanent send LCpl McGann, Who's never stopped since the day he began. LCpl Lenihan, for him I daren‘l say, The Naafi manageress doesn’t get in the way. LCpl Morris, our Squadron clerk, Without his contacts we'd be in the dark. Tpr Gelsthorpe the Squadron medic. On occasions he treated more than a headache. For LCpl Radbourne we should give a special verse, Because when you mention “Tank Park" he’s off in reverse A lot of names but very few hands To do the work D Squadron demands; But a smile you‘ll see, and efficient job done. To ensure D Squadron's properly run! let Troop The troop has had an interesting year with Sgt Heggs recently promoted, and posted, Cpl Yorke filling his space. Mr Pooley took over as the troop leader and had a good feeling when it all went well, but not many know when he had that feeling! The highlight of their year was a trip to Berlin “Adventurous Training", at- tached to the troop was Trooper Pick, who later joined, and Cfn Evans. The aim of the trip was to give the troop an understanding of the relevance of Berlin to their role in BAOR, or so we are to believe! They visited Spandau Prison, the Russian War Memorial and the Bandenburg Gate, and had dinner at Hotel Moskau, in the East. Plenty of Champagne and Caviar: was had, a novel experience for all bar Tpr Grice who claimed to live on it! Tpr (David Bailey) Wragg proved to be wasted when he got can-ied away with Cpl Yorke‘s camera at the Blue Cath- edral. In the meantime Tpr Adams, |
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