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The Regimental Journal of
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
Editor: Maj R O’Shea • Sub Editors : Capt S Maxwell, Lt R Fulloway Contents
Volume 9 Number 2
Colonel of the Regiment’s Foreword...... 3 Colonel Commandant’s Foreword........... 5 Commanding Officer’s Foreword ............. 6 Service Medals ..................................................... 8 Diary of Events 2021 ........................................ 9 A Squadron.......................................................... 10 B Squadron.......................................................... 14 C Squadron ......................................................... 16 HQ Squadron ..................................................... 24 Cassino Tp ........................................................... 26 Quartermaster’s Department.................... 28 MT .............................................................................. 29 Training Wing ..................................................... 30 Welfare Team ...................................................... 31 LAD............................................................................ 32 SPS Detachment ............................................. 34 Padre........................................................................ 35 Catering Department..................................... 36 Gymnasium .......................................................... 38 Officers’ Mess .................................................... 40
WOs’ & Sgts’ Mess ........................................ 42 F/Major Regimental Mascot...................... 44 Regimental Christmas Day........................ 45 Cpls’ Mess............................................................ 45 BATUK..................................................................... 47 Ex Warfighter....................................................... 48 Ex RATTLESNAKE .......................................... 50 Norwich City FC................................................ 52 Regimental Engagement Team............... 53 St David’s Day ‘a dewi sant’..................... 54 2022 Bismarck Challenge.......................... 54 RSM Thomas Barlow, KDG ...................... 55 The Gambia STTT ........................................... 56 Rugby ...................................................................... 58 Triathlon .................................................................. 59 Ex WHITE KNIGHT ......................................... 60 Basketball.............................................................. 62 Parachuting.......................................................... 62 Sailing ...................................................................... 62 Field Sports.......................................................... 64
Swanton Morley 2021
B Sqn AT................................................................ 64
US Army National Training Center........ 66
Op SHADER........................................................ 67
RAC Training Regiment .............................. 68
ATC Pirbright....................................................... 69
Warfare Branch – Doctrine ........................ 70
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst....... 70
Royal Yeomanry................................................ 72
Governor General’s Horse Guards....... 74
1st Reconnaissance Regiment............... 76
E Squadron (1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards), Dyfed and Glamorgan ............. 78
Clwyd and Gwynedd ACF Report........ 80 The Leathersellers’ Company.................. 82 Regimental Comrades Association...... 83 Regimental Home Headquarters........... 84 Cardiff Reunion Dinner.................................. 85 Field of Remembrance................................. 86 Officers’ Regimental Dinner ...................... 86 The Regimental Trust..................................... 87 Regimental Gazette........................................ 99
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