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Contents
Foreword ...................................................2
Launch of The Mercian Network ................3
1 MERCIAN...............................................4 Foreword .............................................4 A Company .........................................5 B Company .........................................8 C Company.........................................9 Support Company.............................11 Headquarter Company ......................13
2 MERCIAN.............................................22 Foreword ...........................................22 A (Grenadier) Company .....................23 B (Champion) Company ....................26 C (Skirmish) Company .......................28 D (Fire Support) Company .................30 Headquarter Company ......................35
3 MERCIAN.............................................44 Foreword ...........................................44 A Company .......................................45 B Company .......................................48 C Company.......................................52 Dragon Company ..............................58 Headquarter Company ......................64
4 MERCIAN.............................................66 Foreword ...........................................66 A Company .......................................67 B Company .......................................67 C Company.......................................68 D Company .......................................70 E (Rifles) Company ............................72 F Company........................................74 Headquarter Company ......................76
Crich Pilgrimage ......................................78 Infantry Training Centre ............................80
Cadets ....................................................82 Cheshire ACF ....................................82 Derbyshire ACF .................................84 Merseyside ACF ................................87 Staffordshire & West Midlands ACF ...88 Denstone College CCF ......................90 Lordswood Boys’ School CCF ..........90 Mount St. Mary’s College CCF...........91 Newcastle-under-Lyme School CCF..92 Queen Mary’s Grammar School CCF.94 RGS Worcester CCF .........................95
Regimental News ....................................96 Honours and Awards.........................96 Wimbledon 2011...............................97 LCpl Derby XXIX ................................97 Victoria Cross winner.........................98 Elizabeth Cross presentation ...........100 Memorial Bellinglise .........................102 Support for Soldiers.........................103 Birmingham University OTC.............104 East Midlands OTC..........................105 Regimental News ............................106
Obituaries ..............................................108
Regimental Association .........................118 Cheshire ..........................................118
Worcestershire &
Sherwood Foresters ........................125
Staffordshire ....................................130 Mercian Volunteers ..........................138
Museums ..............................................144 Cheshire ..........................................144
Worcestershire &
Sherwood Foresters ........................144
The Mercian Regiment Museum ......145 Staffordshire Regiment Museum......146 The Regimental Gazette ..................147
THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor:
Jim Massey
Regimental Headquarters The Mercian regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9TJ
Front Cover:
Cpl Taylor of 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Staffords) patrolling from Base Attal – June 2011
Back Cover:
Cpl Mark Ward MC of 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) presents the FA Cup to the Captain of Manchester City – 15 May 2011.
Photograph courtesy of the
Football Association and Getty Images
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