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contents
Foreword .................................................. 2
A Paralympian, an inspirational Mercian and two friends from the past .......................... 3
1MERCIAN ............................................... 4 Foreword .............................................. 4 A Company........................................... 5 B (Malta) Company ............................... 8 C Company ........................................ 11 Support Company .............................. 14 Headquarter Company ....................... 18
2MERCIAN ............................................. 26 Foreword ............................................ 26 A (Grenadier) Company....................... 27 B (Champion) Company...................... 30 C (Skirmish) Company ........................ 33 D (Fire Support) Coy ........................... 35 Headquarter Company ....................... 38
3MERCIAN ............................................. 44 Foreword ............................................ 44 A Company......................................... 45 B Company ........................................ 48 C Company ........................................ 57 Dragon Company ............................... 60 Headquarter Company ....................... 64 3 MERCIAN Welcome Home Parades. 70
4MERCIAN ............................................. 72 Foreword ............................................ 72 A Company......................................... 73 B Company ........................................ 75 C Company ........................................ 76 D Company ........................................ 78 E ‘Rifles’ Company ............................. 79 F Company ......................................... 82 HQ Company...................................... 84
Crich Pilgrimage Sunday 1 July 2012 .... 90
Infantry Training Centre ........................... 92 Prince Of Wales’s Division Company ... 92
Visit Of Maj Gen Porter to Pass Out Parade Course 11.17.......................... 94
Prince of Wales’s Division
Annual Crich Pilgrimage ...................... 94
Birmingham University Officers’ Training Corps Annual Camp 2012 .................. 95
EMU OTC Summer Camp 2012.......... 96 Cadets ................................................... 98 Derbyshire ACF................................... 98 Hereford & Worcester ACF................ 102 Staffordshire and West Midlands ACF104 Birkenhead School CCF.................... 106 Lordswood CCF ............................... 108 Queen Mary’s Grammar School CCF 109 Regimental News ................................. 110 Honours and Awards ........................ 110 HERRICK 14 .................................... 110 HERRICK 15..................................... 110 Friends of the Regiment ................... 110 Promotions ....................................... 110 Regiment Association ........................... 124 Cheshire Regiment Association......... 124
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment Association ....................... 129
Staffordshire Regiment Association ... 132
Mercian Volunteers Regimental Association ....................................... 137
The Cheshire Military Museum .......... 141 Museums ............................................. 141 The Mercian Regiment Museum........ 142
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Museum ........................................... 143
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum 144 The Regimental Gazette ....................... 146
THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor:
Jim Massey
Regimental Headquarters The Mercian Regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9TJ
Front Cover:
Members of 4 MERCIAN taking part on Ex Dragon Aquila Ascent – 3 September 2012
Back Cover:
We are delighted to announce that O/Cdt Sam Vause was Sword of Honour Winner, at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Passing Out Parade, on 13th April 2012.
Sam is from Allestree in Derby and is currently serving with 2 MERCIAN. His brother Josh is a Captain in the Battalion.
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