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significant number of soldiers from the 2nd Battalion through our amalgamation. Their integration into the Company has been a significant success and
Training Centre in Catterick, where he will undoubtedly thrive, and in short order Cpl Shepherd and Cpl Sibanyoni will follow – all
LCpl Black lines the route for HM The Queens’ funeral
move elsewhere in the Battalion – but know they can’t wait to return to B Company as Corporals in quick time. One of the greatest losses to the Company is Capt Adam Keenan, who will move on after leading the Infantry Nordic Skiing team and after over
2 years’ service to the Company – we’ll certainly miss his meticulous approach to planning, tenacious execution and, as CO 1 Scots Guards described it, ‘unconventional’ dress code.
I’ll now leave the platoon commanders to tell you more about life in B (Malta) Company this year.
is owed entirely to the efforts of Platoon HQs and the 2 MERCIAN team who passed them over in great order. These soldiers were quickly put to work
Under the watchful eye of Cpl Shepherd, the team trained like warrior-monks
will be a credit to the Regiment and help grow the next crop of infantry soldiers.
Whilst glad to see them promote, I’ve been sorry to see Cpl Black, Cpl Rowlands, Cpl Broomhall, LCpl
not only conducting
freedom parades around Chester, Tamworth and Nottingham, but at very short notice providing route markers for HM The Queen’s funeral procession.
Perhaps the greatest demonstration
of the ‘new’ B Company after the amalgamation was at the Battalion inter-Company boxing night, whereby
the Company came together to support the B Company ‘Blades’ boxing team. Under the watchful eye of Cpl Shepherd, the
team trained like warrior-monks. All fought hard, with the Cpl Bray vs LCpl Morris fight being particularly impressive, and with Pte Nailati throwing punches that are now being investigated by DSTL for use against Russian armour.
As ever, there have been numerous comings and goings. I would particularly like to thank CSgt Crawford, moving to the Combined Arms Manoeuvre School, for his impressive handling of Op INTERFLEX as CQMS(M) – even with a particularly niche set of foreign weapons and accounting systems. Cpl Bray has left us for the Infantry
Bristow, LCpl Sutton, LCpl Boggiano and LCpl Smewin leave the Company and
CGS is briefed by WO2 (CSM) Coates and Lt Jarrett
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