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THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor: Sam Phillips Regimental Headquarters The Mercian Regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9TJ
Front Cover:
Regimental Mascot Pte Derby XXXII and Ram Major Cpl Phillip Thornton standing outside Chatsworth House. Image © Drew Gardner 2019.
Back Cover:
A Mercian soldier in Lithuania in 2019 on Ex IRON WOLF; a NATO exercise.
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Contents
Foreword .............................................. 3 Regimental News .................................. 4 Pte Derby XXXII..................................... 4 Regimental Support Team..................... 5
1 MERCIAN ............................................ 6
CO Foreword ........................................ 6 A (Grenadier) Company......................... 7 B (Malta) Company ............................. 13 C (Meeanee) Company ....................... 18 Dragon (Earl of Chester’s) Coy ............ 24 HQ Company...................................... 30 Sport and Adventure Training .............. 36
2 MERCIAN .......................................... 38
CO Foreword ...................................... 38 A (Grenadier) Company....................... 41 B (Malta) Company ............................. 45 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 48 D (Dragon) Company .......................... 52 HQ (Eagle) Company .......................... 56 Sport and Adventure Training .............. 62
4 MERCIAN .......................................... 68
CO Foreword ...................................... 68
B (Malta) Company ............................ 70
The Band of the Mercian Regiment ..... 78
OTHER UNITS ...................................... 82
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) ............................................... 82
Infantry Training Centre Catterick ........ 83
NWOTR –
Ex FROZEN SWORD .......................... 84
Infantry Battle School .......................... 86
The Worshipful Company
of Bowyers.......................................... 87
MUSEUMS............................................ 88
Cheshire Military Museum ................... 88
The Mercian Regiment (Worcestershire) Museum ............................................. 90
The Staffordshire
Regiment Museum ............................. 92
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION ............. 96
Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association....................... 96
Cheshire Regimental Association ...... 101
Mercian Volunteers
Regimental Association..................... 102
Obituaries ......................................... 104
THE MERCIAN EAGLE