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THE MERCIAN
EAGLE
Editor: Sam Phillips Regimental Headquarters The Mercian Regiment Whittington Barracks Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9TJ
Front Cover:
LCpl James Burbeck after NLAW LF
Back Cover:
Anti-Tank Platoon armd battlefield craft syllabus
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Contents
Foreword .............................................. 3
Pte Derby XXXII..................................... 4
Infantry Engagement Team.................... 5
The Mercian Regiment Benevolent Charity .................................................. 6
1 MERCIAN ............................................ 7
CO Foreword ........................................ 7 A (Grenadier) Company......................... 8 B (Malta) Company ............................. 12 C (Meeanee) Company ....................... 15 Dragon (Earl of Chester’s) Coy ............ 16 HQ (Eagle) Company .......................... 22 Sports, Adventure Training & Messes .. 27
2 MERCIAN .......................................... 30
CO Foreword ...................................... 30 A (Grenadier) Company....................... 31 B (Malta) Company ............................. 38 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 42 D (Dragon) Company .......................... 43 HQ (Champion) Company ................... 45 Sports, Adventure Training & Messes .. 47
4 MERCIAN .......................................... 48
CO’s FOREWORD .............................. 48 B (Malta) Company ............................ 49 C (Kohima) Company.......................... 50 D (Dragon) Company .......................... 52 HQ (Eagle) Company .......................... 53
Mobilisation......................................... 56
The Band of the Mercian Regiment ..... 60
OTHER UNITS ...................................... 62
Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst (RMAS) .............................. 62
Infantry Training Centre Catterick......... 64 Infantry Battle School .......................... 67 The Worshipful Company of Bowyers . 68
CADETS ................................................ 69
Derbyshire ACF................................... 69
Hereford and Worcester ACF .............. 70
MUSEUMS............................................ 71
Museum of the Mercian Regiment (WFR Collection) .......................................... 71
The Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire) .................................72
Staffordshire Regiment Museum ......... 73
Cheshire Military Museum ................... 74
REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION ............. 76
Cheshire Regiment Association........... 76
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association....................... 77
Mercian Regimental Association.......... 83 Staffordshire Regimental Association .. 84
Mercian Volunteers Regimental Association ......................................... 88
OBITUARIES ....................................... 90 Honours, Awards & Promotions .......... 96
THE MERCIAN EAGLE