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his old regiment becoming a regular attendee at the Cavalry Memorial Parade and to the Officers Dinner as well as attending many Association events both in England and France. In recent years he has been a regular attendee at the Barnsley reunion becoming known to many as “Uncle George”. Sadly, like his great friend, General Watson, he had a fall in June 2022 from which he never recovered and died on the eve of his 96th birthday in September.
Freeland, GOC 54 (EA) Division in 1961. Tony returned to the Regiment in 1963, as second-in-command of B Squadron at Paderborn, and married Sarah Howard in 1966. He was appointed Adjutant of the Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry and the newly-weds made their first home in Yorkshire. He relished this appointment, being able to race and hunt regularly. He returned for his last tour with the 13th/18th Hussars as Officer Commanding HQ Squadron at Munster in Germany. The newly formed Regimental Air Troop, which included his younger brother, Charlie, was under his command. His final job in the Regular Army was as the Ground Liaison Officer at RAF Odiham. The fam- ily, now with three daughters, Emma, Alice and Kitty, lived at Hartley Witney. He retired in April 1974 and the family moved back to Norfolk, setting up home at The Old Rectory at Cley. Following some agricultural training, Tony took over the farm, which he inherited on the death of his father in 1979. He joined the Army Cadet Force and was appointed Commandant of the Norfolk ACF, as a Lieutenant Colonel, an appointment held by his father thirty years earlier. He reor- ganised the three sub-units into artillery, engineer and infantry squadrons, as they remain today. He also ran the Army Benevolent Fund in Norfolk and fre- quently hosted clay pigeon shoots and other events on the farm. Tony Blount was gentle and greatly liked by all fortunate enough to cross his path during his long and happy life. He was an accomplished horseman, one of the best shots in Norfolk, andanexcellentfisherman.Helovedthe North Norfolk Coast and enjoyed frequent holidays at the isolated Blount family croft on the west coast of Scotland. Most of all, he was devoted to his wife, who sadly pre- deceased him, and to his three daughters and seven grandchildren - all so often at The Old Rectory with him. Tony became less and less mobile towards the end of his life but remained cheerful and uncom- plaining until the end. He died peacefully at home on 18th December 2022.
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Kong and attained the rank of Sgt. It was whilst serving with the Wessex Yeomanry in 1977 that he decided to leave the army after completing 18 year’s service. After leaving the army he settled in Gloucestershire where he remained until his death.
Mr D A C Stewart
Served: 1973-88 Died: 24 Jan 22.
Dave Stewart joined the Army enlisting 9th November 1973 he arrived at the Regiment in Fallingbostel on 1st December 1973
Mr D B Lindley
Died: 27 Dec 22 Served: 1969-89.
Sammy as he univer- sally became known enlisted at Doncaster in September 69, fol- lowing his basic training he then went through Catterick and left there a qualified driver ready to travel the world. He arrived
at the Regiment who were in Munster at the time and Sammy was posted to C Squadron. After nine enjoyable months with C Squadron Sammy was ready for a change and transferred to the band under the tutelage of Bandmaster WO1 Ben Titley. Sammy was a hugely popular per- son within Band and stayed with the band until options for change in 1982 when cuts in band strength was made. Sammy then demonstrated his ability to handle change and became the Post NCO as a Cpl and then moved to the Provost, sadly after an accident which resulted in some spinal injuries Sammy was medically discharged after 18 years’ service.
Sammy was widowed last year and leaves two Daughters, Kara & Gail. It is testa- ment to Sammy’s popularity that there was a strong turnout from his old Comrades from the Band and the wider Regimental Association who travelled from far and wide to Sunderland on a stormy day to celebrateSammy’slifewithhisfamilyand friends.
Wives Obituaries
Mrs I Cunningham
Died: 6 Jun 22
Irene Cunningham the wife of Maj Michael Cunningham 13/18H served 1959-89. We were informed of the sad news by daughter Michelle.
whilst on the Chieftain Main Battle Tank. Serving initially in B Squadron, he com- pleted a tour with the Regiment in Omagh, Northern Ireland, before moving with the regiment to Tidworth. Whilst in Tidworth B Squadron deployed on a 6 month tour of Cyprus where he was a member of the United Nations Force on Ferret Scout Cars located in Nicosia gaining a UN Medal in the process. The Regiment then moved to Paderborn in Germany and he was posted to C Squadron (The Legion) where he was a member of 4th Troop whilst on the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) Scorpion. By this time he was a Driver
Lt Col A H Blount
Died: 18 Dec 22 Served: 1954-74.
Mr M Clift
Served: 1959-77 Died: 18 Jan 22.
Tony Blount was a soldier, Norfolk farmer, countryman and devoted family man. He was a gen- tle, kind and impec- cably mannered gen- tleman, without an enemy in the world. Tony was born on the 13th March 1934
We were informed by Mike’s wife Johnice that he had sadly died aged 83 years of age. Mike joined the Regiment in Barnard Castle in 1989. Whilst with the Regiment he saw ser- vice in Germany, Canada and Hong
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in Gloucestershire. The eldest of four, he was just six, when war was declared. With his father fighting abroad and mother run- ning the farm, he took his role as man of the house seriously, looking after his younger sisters and gathering wild pro- duce for the family from the land around; he was always up and out at sunrise, a habit he never lost. He rode from his earliest days, often bare-back. After the war, the family moved to Old Dalby Hall, Leicestershire where he hunted as a teen- ager with the Quorn. His first dog was a mongrel sheepdog; the family also had a bloodhound, two dachshunds and a tame pig. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, Tony joined his father’s old regiment, the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1954. He served as a troop leader at Wolfenbüttel and Neumunster in Germany before see- ing action in Malaya. Returning with the Regiment to Fallingbostel in Germany, he was then appointed as ADC to General Ian
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