Page 555 - The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1962–2021

THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL ARMY VETERINARY CORPS 1962 – 2021
Ploce, Croatia 205, 206
Poland, Ex ULAN EAGLE 32–3 Polish Tank Transporter unit 123 polo 275
Kenya 43, 46
ponies, Malta 46–7
ponies, Hong Kong border patrols 139 ponies, pack
Borneo 57, 389
Ex HIGHLAND ENDEAVOUR 391–2 Highland 400
Kenya 43, 44, 220
Malaya 387
Pope, Lt Col Richard 44, 108, 109, 376, 439 Kenya 378
Melton Freedom parades 326, 329, 330 and mules 399
Nepal 226–7
and pack ponies 400
and working horses in Bosnia 209 Port Task Group, Emden 34
Porter, Sgt Bill 60
Porter, LCpl Cat 419
Porton Down, Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment 376–7
Possnett, Mrs Pam, Mayor of Melton 327 Post-Graduate Veterinary Dean, post of 377 Potters Bar, Greyhound Racing Association Kennels 20
Prica, Supt 127
Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire 169 Principal Veterinary Surgeon to the Cavalry 17 Pritchard, LCpl Bethan 461
Private Finance Initiative, for Melton rebuild 289–91, 294, 295
Profumo, John, MP 340
Project PACORUS 186
Pryde, Cpl Jock 27
Puckey, Maj David J, recommendations on pack transport 406–9
Puckridge Barracks, Aldershot 112–13
kennels 112 Pullen, Cpl Jimmy 71
Purdy, LCpl Steve, and “Chocolate” 495 Purves, T 293
Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman 115, 116, 121 Quaile, Cpl Tom 68, 100, 113
quarantine, Oman 121
quarantine accommodation, Aldershot 110 Queen Elizabeth, HMS 462
Queen’s Own Highlanders 55, 56 Quigley, Capt Gerry 57, 83, 171, 189 Quigley, SSgt Wesley 211
and “Chocolat” 447
and HASD trials 492, 493–4 Quist, Capt 159
Quorn, HMS, visit to DAC 326
rabies 23, 101–2, 145, 216–17 and feral animals 427
Rackham, Andrew 440
Rackham, Keith 438, 439, 440
RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) 80
RAF Episkopi, Dog Training School 88 RAF Gatow, dog training at 41
RAF Newton 280–1, 282, 286
RAF Syerston 280–1
Raffen, Sgt, Royal Australian Rifles 61 Ramakrishnan, Cpl 50
Ramsey, Brig 343
Randall, Peter 109, 324
Ranger Force (new) (2022) 462
RAVC Association 384
Reunion (1996) 323 RAVC Benevolent Fund 384
RAVC Laboratory 97, 98, 105 RAVC Museum, Aldershot 103–4 RAVC Reserve Unit 273–6
Resilience Training Exercise 274–5 RAVC (Royal Army Veterinary Corps)
and animal health and welfare 349–73 archives and artefacts 386
assistance to foreign governments 247–62 cap badge 19
Capability Review (2006) 442–3 Centenary Banner 465
Centenary celebrations (2018) 275, 332–4,
338, 464–5, 465
Centenary Scroll 465
Chelsea Pensioners 383
Collect 357, 522
Corps publications 385–6
evolution (to 1961) 17–20
and formation of Army Reserve Unit 273 Freedom of Aldershot 108–10
and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment 156–8
integration with Army Medical Services (AVS) 374–86
and King’s Troop, RHA 166 and legacy of Op BANNER 193 Memorials 293, 323, 438–40, 440
Afghanistan 430
Iraq 429
modern expectations 376
Operational Requirements for Increased Manning (2002) 441–4
pay scales 365–6 personnel (2021) 382
547