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8 The Regimental Journal of The King’s Royal Hussars
go and try their hand at a whole host of different sports, some of which certainly took most out of their comfort zone. With all of this going on, C Squadron had the pleasure of making their way to Castlemartin Ranges in Wales to have a second period of live ring this year.
June saw the preparations for the Tercentenary ramp up to unprec- edented levels, with the Squadrons doing enough drill to give the Household Division a run for their money. Support Squadron did not get away lightly though, they had enough preparation to keep a brigade busy if the Tercentenary Celebrations were going to be a success. On top of this there were the usual bits and pieces to ensure the Regiment kept themselves current and competent as soldiers, including a spell on ri e ranges just to make sure that we remembered what to do on our feet. As well as 2015 being the Tercentenary for the KRH, it was also the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. Along with many other Regiments of the British Army, we were pleased to send a contingent of serving and retired members of the Regiment to Belgium to take part in a series of celebrations that remembered those who took part in the Battle from our antecedent Regiments.
With July upon us it was nally time to put the weeks of hard work preparing the Tercentenary celebrations into action, which meant three weeks of various events around the country culminating in a weekend on the Tidworth Polo Ground and the Parade itself. Both the Of cers’ and Warrant Of cers’ & Sergeants’ Messes each had their own dinner nights in the London Dorchester and the Swindon Hilton Hotels respectively. The Regiment descended on Preston and Winchester to exercise our freedom to march through the two cities. Following the Freedom Parades there was one nal push to make sure the Squadrons’ drill was up to the required standard, which was signed off by the Colonel of the Regiment in the nal days before the Parade. The weekend itself was a huge success and was testament to the endless hours of work put in by those parading and the supporting staff who carried on working throughout the entire weekend. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal was the inspecting of cer and certainly seemed suitably impressed with how we had decided to celebrate.
The end of the Tercentenary saw the Regiment taking a big sigh of relief and being, quite rightfully, very pleased with itself. The start of August allowed us all to get our affairs in order before
The Regiment on Parade