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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL LANCERS
REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF
THE ROYAL LANCERS
Editors: Major HG Simpson & Major (Retd) PA Watson Regimental Website: www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/25401.aspx
Colonel of the Regiment’s Foreword........................................3 Commanding Of cer’s Foreword.............................................4 Editorial ...................................................................................... 5 Regimental Diary.......................................................................5 Amalgamation Preparation and Parade ................................... 9 Tercentenary Celebrations for the 9th (Wynne’s) and
12th (Bowles’s) Dragoons .................................................. 13 Readiness and the Lead Cavalry Battlegroup (LCBG).........15 Cambrian Patrol ....................................................................... 16 Mounted Ranges.......................................................................17 Omdurman Shield....................................................................19 Exercise ARGENTA LANCER
The Royal Lancers’ Battle eld Study, 20–24 Sep 2015...22 Exercise HODSON’S HORSE 2015 and the Royal Armoured Corps Boxing.......................................................................24
The Squadrons ........................................................................25
A Squadron...............................................................................25 B Squadron ...............................................................................28 C Squadron ............................................................................... 29 Exercise NAVIGATION LANCER ....................................... 33 D Squadron...............................................................................35 HQ Squadron............................................................................37 The LAD in 2015.....................................................................37 AGC(SPS) ................................................................................. 38 Command Troop.......................................................................39 Quartermaster’s Department .................................................. 42 Quartermaster Technical ......................................................... 42 Motorised Transport Troop ..................................................... 44 Training Wing ..........................................................................47 Catering Department 2015......................................................47 Regimental Welfare Of ce.......................................................48
The Messes..............................................................................49
The Of cers’ Mess ...................................................................49 Warrant Of cers’ and Sergeants’ Mess...................................51 Corporals’ Mess ........................................................................ 52
Sports and Adventurous Training ........................................53
Exercise WHITE KNIGHT ...................................................54 Exercise NORDIC LANCER .................................................55 Snowboarding...........................................................................57 The Cresta Run ........................................................................57 Exercise RACING ICE ............................................................ 61 Exercise SCILLY LANCER ...................................................62 Exercise CORSICAN LANCER.............................................65 Exercise FREEWHEELING LANCER................................66 Exercise SPLASHING LANCER .......................................... 68 La Chemin de la Liberté (the Freedom Trail).......................69
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Contents
Football ..................................................................................... 70 Rugby ........................................................................................ 70 Boxing ....................................................................................... 71 Cricket ....................................................................................... 73 Polo ............................................................................................ 74 Equestrianism........................................................................... 76 Grand Military .........................................................................77 Enduro....................................................................................... 77 Golf ............................................................................................ 78 The Italian Cavalry Championships ......................................78 Powerlifting .............................................................................. 80 Athletics .................................................................................... 80
ERE ...........................................................................................81
Loan Service Oman Senior British Loan Service Of cer (Oman)................................................................................. 81
Operation Gritrock:
Defeating Ebola In Sierra Leone ...................................... 81
The Wolves ...............................................................................83 Mubarak Al Abdullah Joint Command & Staff College
(MAJCSC) Kuwait: My Life With the Shebab................84 SO1 Concepts, Land Capability Management Branch.........85 The Joint Services Advanced Command and Staff Course..87 SO1 Fighting Vehicle Systems – Defence Science and
Technology Laboratories ................................................... 87 Headquarter Royal Armoured Corps ....................................88 XO Mentor to Afghan National Army Of cer Academy ..... 88 British Support Team East Africa ..........................................89 B Squadron Light Dragoons...................................................90 SO2 U5 – Future Plans – UNFICYP ..................................... 91 AJAX SV Team.........................................................................92 The Armoured Trials and Development Unit.......................92 Troop Leading At RACTR......................................................94 The Field Army Headquarters ...............................................95 The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...............................95 The Pilot Course and Apache Conversion.............................97 Joint Media Operations Centre (JMOC)................................98 Lancers at Army Training Centre (Pirbright).......................98 The Army Foundation College (Harrogate)..........................99 Royal Lancers TACP ............................................................... 99 The AFV Gunnery School .................................................... 100 Through the key hole – Army Careers Centre (ACC)
Lincoln..............................................................................101 Recruiting Group ................................................................... 102 Countering Poaching in sub-Saharan Africa.......................103 Day To Day Duties Of An Outreach Team Operative ........ 104
Allied and Af liated..............................................................105
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) – A Year in Review ............................................................................... 105
HMS Prince of Wales.............................................................107 100 Squadron – The Royal Air Force Aggressors ............... 108 The Royal Lancers and The Brewers’ Company ................110 D Battery, 3 RHA ................................................................... 110 Leicester, Northamptonshire and Rutland Army Cadet Force –
B Squadron........................................................................112 Leicester, Northamptonshire and Rutland Army Cadets pull
King Richard III’s cof n to its nal resting place .......114 D Squadron Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force..............115 Annual Camp 2015 Wathgill ................................................115 The King’s School Grantham Combined Cadet Force.......116 Uppingham School Combined Cadet Force........................118
Home Headquarters .............................................................119
OCA Honours and Awards 2015–16.....................................119 Regimental Association – welfare support to former
Lancers .............................................................................. 120 Royal Lancers Old Comrades Association (RLOCA)
Committee ......................................................................... 121 Chairman RLOCA.................................................................122 OCA Functions and Events ..................................................122 The Royal Lancers’ Museum................................................128 Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of
Wales’s) .............................................................................128 The Queen’s Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
Museum ............................................................................. 129 Visit of The Rushe Family to Derby .................................... 130 New Zealand Gallantry Decoration......................................131 Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo .................................. 131 A Wreath Laying Service to Commemorate the 25th
Anniversary of Op GRANBY..........................................134 The Gulf War Memorial........................................................135 Band of the 17th/21st Lancers .............................................. 136 Canterbury South East Branch (Omdurman Troop) .......... 136 East Midlands Branch (Fondouk Troop) ............................137 Old, old comrades ..................................................................139 Lancers in London ................................................................139 North West Branch (Balaklava Troop) ................................140 Southern Branch Notes ........................................................141 Stoke on Trent (Aliwal Troop) Branch.................................141
Obituaries...............................................................................144
The Royal Lancers Of cers Dinner held at the Cavalry and Guards Club 3rd December 2015....................................150
Regimental Gazette ..............................................................151
Valete ....................................................................................... 158 Honours and Awards 2015–16 .............................................. 164 Regimental Prizes and Awards ............................................. 164
The Chapka, The Annual Journal of The Royal Lancers, is published on behalf of the Regiment by: Crest Publications, 1 Rothwell Grange Court, Rothwell Road, Kettering, Northants NN16 8FB. Tel : 01536 317000 email: jayne@crestpublications.com www.crestpublications.com
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