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THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor: Maj Charles Mann TD Regimental Headquarters The Mercian Regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire WS14 9TJ
Front Cover:
Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) 2017. Soldiers from A (Grenadier) Company trial new equipment in an urban operation environment.
Back Cover:
MERCIAN 10. The Mercian Regiment proudly parades through Tamworth to mark the 10th Anniversary of the regiment’s formation.
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Contents
Foreword .............................................. 3 RegimentalNews ................................... 4 Pte Derby.............................................. 4
1 MERCIAN ............................................ 6
Foreword .............................................. 6 A (Grenadier) Company......................... 7 B (Malta) Company ............................. 14 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 16 Dragon (Earl of Chester’s) Coy ............ 18 Headquarter Company ....................... 24
2 MERCIAN .......................................... 34
B (Malta) Company ............................. 46 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 54 D (Dragon) Company ......................... 62 HQ Company ..................................... 66
4 MERCIAN .......................................... 68
B (Malta) Company ............................ 69 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 71 D (Dragon) Company ......................... 72
HQ Company ..................................... 74 The Band of the Mercian Regiment ..... 76 The MERCIAN Regimental Benevolence Charity Update.................................... 82 RHQ NOTTINGHAM ........................... 82 A word from ITC.................................. 83
CADETS ................................................ 85
MUSEUMS............................................ 87
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION ............. 94
The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association
(Wfra) .................................................. 94 The Staffordshire Regiment
Association ....................................... 100
OBITUARIES ...................................... 109
THE MERCIAN EAGLE