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Mr Taylor opting to ‘fight light’ on Ex KHANJAR OMAN
two Six Nations games but mindful of the moral com- ponent of fighting power, refreshments and televisions were procured for our enjoyment by a thrifty Maj Tim Barker of A Sqn.
In May, the Royal Caledonian Ball and Cavalry Memorial were disappointingly cancelled once again. Whilst a huge frustration, the small fortune usually expended on this weekend was saved and put to good use by the subalterns; Mr Snowball added more spoil- ers and racing stripes to his electric blue BMW and Capt Peppiatt invested in all things golf, only to give
Cheers Robbie
it up a month later. He is now an open-water-swimmer with a top of the range wetsuit.
June and July saw the Regiment deploy South to Thetford, Salisbury Plain and Caerwent, all as part of Ex WESSEX STORM. As the rest of the country enjoyed ‘Freedom Day’, plans for the Summer and the rest of year were being concocted in OPs and leaguers across the Plain... Upon our return, the Mess, complete with exercise moustaches, wasted no time in giving the newly completed Granby Room a proper christening. An alternative to the rather pokey snug, the Granby
Capt Humphries was outraged by the lack of facilities at the vaccination centres