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C (KOHIMA) Company
OC
2IC
CSM
Wr Sgt CQMS(M)
CQMS(T)
7 PLATOON
Pl Cmd Pl Sgt
8 PLATOON
Pl Cmd Pl Sgt
9 PLATOON
Pl Cmd Pl Sgt
Maj Anderson Capt Arnold WO2 Townsend WO2 Kauleta CSgt Gilham CSgt Ritchie CSgt Leleavono
Lt Remer
Sgt Uluikabara
Lt Hemming
Sgt Rowley-Johnson
2Lt Sendall Sgt Baikirewa
Maj Philip Anderson
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, C (Kohima) Company has risen again. In September we had a rare and enviable task of forging a new company. C Company is once again a full-strength fighting company, poised to deploy on operations.
I was fortunate to inherit the foundations of a brilliant company from Maj Martyn Fulford. I and the team continue to reap the rewards of his two years of hard
work. Martyn led the company through its reanimation. Transforming it from the rehabilitation company
back to a rifle company.
us that will live in our memories. We have also conducted a variety of support to other training, whether it be to the Platoon Commanders Battle Course or the Queen’s Division JNCO Cadres. We also managed to provide some excellent fighters to the Battalion Boxing Night and now to the
1 MERCIAN Boxing Team.
Our standout event must be Kurkri
Challenge. An event that honours our Kohima title. Every person in the company conducts a gruelling exercise, sapping
He and his team did a fantastic job. Allowing the new team and I to take the reins and all the credit.
We had the great honour
of securing the route for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
our endurance before completing an eight mile and two-mile insertion to a bayonet lane. Everyone who completed the exercise received their company flash, recognizing their achievement.
In the future the company deploys
As a new company,
we do not have the
usual platoon updates
as we did not form up
until 1st September, just over two months before writing this article. Instead, we have tried to give you a flavour of the company as it is.
on Op ISOTROPE, supporting the Home
Office efforts to reduce the flow of illegal
migrants over the channel in small boats.
In the summer we are looking forward to
deploying to Romania on a NATO exercise.
Throughout we will develop our armoured
infantry proficiency, ready to deploy to
defeat the King’s enemy’s wherever he sees
fit. and killing the enemy – STANTA, 11 Nov 22
However, I would be remiss if I didn’t highlight a few notable events. First, we had the great honour of securing the route for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A once in a lifetime event for
Kohima Challenge, a soldier closing with
C Company – Picton Barracks 1 Sep 22
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