Page 4 - MERCIAN Eagle 2018

THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor: Sam Phillips Regimental Headquarters The Mercian Regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9TJ
Front Cover:
A soldier from B (Malta) Company 1 MERCIAN provides overwatch with a Next Generation Anti Tank Weapon (NLAW) following the first assault of a Company attack during Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3 in Oman.
Back Cover:
A Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle from C (Kohima) Company 1 MERCIAN throws up dust as it departs from a temporary leaguer during Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3 in Oman.
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Contents
Foreword .............................................. 3 Regimental News.................................. 4 Pte Derby XXXII..................................... 4
1 MERCIAN ............................................ 6
CO Foreword ....................................... 6 A (Grenadier) Company......................... 6 B (Malta) Company ............................. 12 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 16 Dragon (Earl of Chester’s) Coy ............ 23 Headquarter Company ....................... 30
2 MERCIAN .......................................... 45
CO’s Foreword.................................... 45 A (Grenadier) Company....................... 46 B (Malta) Company ............................. 51 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 53 D (Dragon) Company ......................... 56 HQ Company ..................................... 62
4 MERCIAN .......................................... 69
CO Foreword ...................................... 69 B (Malta) Company ............................ 70 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 71 D (Dragon) Company ......................... 74 HQ Company ..................................... 76 The Band of the Mercian Regiment ..... 79
RHQ MERCIAN .................................... 81
Regimental Support Team .................. 81 RHQ Chester ...................................... 82 The Mercian Regimental Benevolence Charity Update.................................... 83
OTHER UNITS ...................................... 84
RMAS ................................................. 84
Infantry Training Centre Catterick (ITC) Pl Comds................................................ 86 Infantry Battle School (IBS).................. 87 Soldiering Students: Birmingham University Officers’ Training Corps ....... 87 MTMC ................................................ 89 NWOTR Annual Camp ........................ 90 East Midlands UOTC........................... 92
CADETS ................................................ 93
The 2018 Rocky Mountain ‘Leadership and Challenge’ Course........................ 94 The Worshipful Company of Bowyers 2018 ................................................... 95
MUSEUMS............................................ 97
Musum of the Mercian Regiment (WFR Collection) ........................................... 97 The Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire) .................................. 98 Cheshire Military Museum ................. 100 The Staffordshire Regiment Museum 102
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION ........... 104
The Mercian Regimental Association 2018 ................................................. 104 The Cheshire Regiment Association .. 104 The Staffordshire Regiment Association .. 106
Mercian Volunteers Regimental Association ....................................... 111
OBITUARIES ...................................... 116 THE REGIMENTAL GAZETTE ........... 121
THE MERCIAN EAGLE