Page 546 - The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1962–2021

THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL ARMY VETERINARY CORPS 1962 – 2021
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foot and mouth 133
handover to China (1997) 146–9
and illegal immigrants 137–9, 140–2, 141 kennels 137–8, 139, 144–5
pack mules 25, 88, 131, 132, 133
rabies 145
Route Twisk 136
Saddle Club 135, 136, 137, 145, 147, 391 Sek Kong 135, 136–7, 144
Sham Shui Po camp 135–6
Specialist Dog Group 139
Stonecutters Island 144
veterans’ rights campaign 149–50 Vietnamese refugees 143
water supply 131, 132
wild fires 131–2
Hong Kong Chinese Training Unit 133
Hong Kong Defence Animal Support Unit (HK DASU) 140, 144–6
Border Detachment 140–2, 141, 143, 146
Chinese Locally Enlisted Personnel handlers 140
dispersal of dogs 147
Dog Display Team 142–3
and HKMSC disbandment parade 148 and meat hygiene 145
redundancies 147, 149
reunion (2012) 149
skill-at-arms 145
Veterinary Hospital 145
Hong Kong Dog Unit 131, 134–5 move to Sek Kong 135–6
Hong Kong Tattoo (1987) 142–3 Hood, Capt Steve 380
and “Bronny” 479–80
and “Sadie” 473, 475 Horne, Capt Tony 116, 120
Horse Trust (Home of Rest for Horses), Speen Farm 154, 155–6
horses
acquisition of 310
Bosnia 209
Botswana 253
Cyprus 91–2
“Dettingen” (Queen’s Own Hussars’
Drum Horse) 26–7
East Africa 42–4
H Sqn, RCT 102, 390
Karachai (in Afghanistan) 405
King’s Troop, RHA 160, 161, 163–4, 166,
167
Military Working 167
“Octave” 156 “Pepsi”, Cyprus 84
and protection from IEDs 403 provision for sick 17
“Sefton” 153–6
at Sennelager 24, 25, 29 Singapore 51
“Spud” 163–4
for Trucial Oman Scouts 38 use for patrols 224
horses, Artillery, Crimea 17 horses, Cavalry, Crimea 17 horses, Pack 224, 325
Crimea 17
Cyprus 91 Falklands War 392–5 training 266
World War Two 19
Horwood, Capt Paul 506 Housby-Skeggs, Capt Nicky 167 Household Cavalry 18, 151–68
IRA bomb attack on (1982) 153–6
origins 151–2
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment 156–8
duties 157–8
and mounted operations 404 routine 156–7
and School of Farriery 198–9 summer camp 157, 158
hovercraft 133
Howard-Carter, Capt 340
Howarth, Pte Eden 456
Howe, CSgt 61, 69
Hoynes, Sapper Mark, tribute to LCpl Rowe 491 Hudson, Dennis 50, 51
Hughes, Capt Pippa 199
Hunt, Lt Gen P M 62
Hunter, Pte Caroline 342, 343
Hurricane Hattie (1961) 72
Hussein, King of Jordan 121
Hyde Park Cavalry Barracks 152–3
Hyslop, Councillor Bob 323
Ide, SSgt Craig 95, 230, 434, 435 IEDs 337, 356, 403, 443, 454
Afghanistan 492, 497, 500, 503, 504
and IE3D detection dogs 504–5, 506–8, 512 Iraq 417
Remote Control (RCIED) 470
Vehicle Borne (VBIED) 423, 470
Victim Operated 495, 497, 503
India, North-West Frontier 19
Indian Army, pack animals 404, 407
Indian Army Veterinary Corps 19 Indonesian Confrontation (1964-66) 52, 54–66
end of conflict 65–6 and pack animals 389
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