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THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor: Sam Phillips Regimental Headquarters The Mercian Regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9TJ
Front Cover: HM King Charles III (then HRH The Prince of Wales) on his final visit to the 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment, at Weeton Barracks.
Back Cover: Soldiers from
1 MERCIAN on the amalgamation parade at Picton Barracks.
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Contents
Foreword .............................................. 3
Regimental News .................................. 4
LCpl Derby XXXII................................... 5 Infantry Engagement Team.................... 6 Regimental Headquarters ..................... 7
1 MERCIAN ............................................ 8
Commanding Officer’s Foreword ........... 8 Gheluvelt Company............................. 10 A (Grenadier) Company....................... 11 B (Malta) Company ............................. 14 C (KOHIMA) Company ........................ 19 Dragon (Fire Support) Company.......... 24 HQ (Eagle) Company .......................... 30 Battalion Activities ............................... 34
2 MERCIAN .......................................... 38
CO Foreword ...................................... 38 A (Grenadier) Company....................... 40 B (Earl of Chester’s) Company............. 41 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 44 DRAGON (Fire Support) Company ...... 46 HQ Company/Quartermaster’s Dept ... 49 Sports, Adventure Training & Messes .. 53
4 MERCIAN .......................................... 65
CO Foreword ...................................... 65 B (Malta) Company ............................. 66 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 67 D (Dragon) Company .......................... 69
HQ (Eagle) Company .......................... 71 Mobilisation......................................... 74 The Band of the Mercian Regiment ..... 75
OTHER UNITS ...................................... 76
Infantry Training Centre Catterick......... 78 Infantry Battle School .......................... 79
The Worshipful
Company of Bowyers ......................... 79
CADETS ................................................ 80
Derbyshire ACF................................... 80
Hereford And Worcester ACF.............. 82
MUSEUMS............................................ 84
Museum of the Mercian Regiment
(WFR Collection) ................................. 84
The Museum of the Mercian
Regiment Museum (Worcestershire) .... 86
Staffordshire Regiment Museum ......... 87
Cheshire Military Museum ................... 88
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION ............. 90
The Cheshire Regiment Association .... 90
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association....................... 93
The Staffordshire
Regimental Association....................... 96
Mercian Volunteers
Regimental Association....................... 99
Obituaries ........................................ 101 Honours, Awards & Promotions ........ 108 Regimental gazette ........................... 109
THE MERCIAN EAGLE