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The Regimental Journal of
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
Volume 8 Number 11
Colonel of the Regiment’s Foreword ... 3 Colonel Commandant’s Foreword....... 5 Commanding Officer’s Foreword ........ 6 Honours and Awards.......................... 7 Diary of Events 2020 .......................... 8 A Squadron ........................................ 9 B Squadron...................................... 12 C Squadron...................................... 15 HQ Squadron ................................... 20 Cassino Tp ....................................... 22 Command Troop ............................. 27 Training Wing.................................... 28 Welfare ............................................. 29 Light Aid Detachment ....................... 29 SPS Detachment.............................. 30 Catering Department ........................ 31 RAP.................................................. 31 Gymnasium ...................................... 32
The Guardroom
(Regimental Duty Staff) ..................... 34
Editor: Major J Curry Contents
The Weight of Waiting....................... 34 Officers’ Mess .................................. 36 WOs’ & Sgts’ Mess .......................... 38 Cpls Mess ....................................... 39 Troopers’ Bar.................................... 40 LCpl Emrys Jones 959 ..................... 40 EX WESSEX STORM........................ 42 Pontins............................................. 46 COVID-19......................................... 47 PNCO Cadre 2020 (C Squadron)...... 48 Ex MULLENS CUP ........................... 50 Rugby .............................................. 52 Boxing.............................................. 53 Golf .................................................. 54 Basketball......................................... 54 Mountain Biking Adventure Training .. 55 Squash ............................................. 55 Field Sports ...................................... 56 7th Infantry Brigade HQ ..................... 58
Swanton Morley 2020
Field Training Unit ............................. 58 ATC Pirbright ................................... 59 RATD................................................ 59 1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Sri Lanka Armoured Corps ............... 60 The Leathersellers’ Company ........... 61 1 Special Service Battalion ............... 62 E Squadron – Dyfed and
Glamorgan Army Cadet Force .......... 63 Regimental Comrades Association ... 64 Regimental Home Headquarters....... 64 Regimental Trust............................... 65 RCA Christmas Delivery
to Cassino Tp Families...................... 66 Heritage Trust ................................... 68 Firing Line......................................... 70 Regimental History Book .................. 71 Obituaries ......................................... 72 Valetes.............................................. 76 Regimental Gazette .......................... 81
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