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REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL LANCERS (QUEEN ELIZABETHS’ OWN) 149
Lance Corporal M L Mancey
Mick Mancey passed away on the 8th March 2019 at the age of 81. Mick was born in 1937 and he joined the 17/21L, as a band boy, in Sep- tember 1954 serving in the band un- til 1956. He then transferred to regi- mental duties and worked in the medical centre in York Barracks in Gremendorf. He later successfully completed a medical orderly’s course at BMH Munster, was promoted to Lance Corporal and returned to the medical centre. Mick moved with
the regiment to Paderborn but it was not just a change of scenery for him. His memory of that time was that it was always cold with multiple ‘alarm’ schemes in the depth of winter to map ref- erences in the middle of nowhere! Even worse, the local Pader- born Brau was a poor substitute for his beloved Germania brew. Mick left the regiment in 1959 and became a hydraulics fitter at the Ford car plant in Essex where he worked for 25 years. He was one of a triumvirate of retired lancers employed there along with Peter Greenwood and Stan Doe. In 1961 he married Brenda, the love of his life, his best friend and soul mate. His pet name for her was ‘Duchess’ but sadly she pre-deceased Mick in 1994 and life was never quite the same again. Together they had two daughters, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a fifth due later this year.
Outside of his work Mick was very proud of his garden and al- ways had a permanent tan of which he’d say ‘it’s not a tan, it’s rust you know’. He grew massive vegetables and once won 1st prize in the village show for a 15lb cabbage. He also loved a cigar and a glass of cider or ‘lamp oil’ as he called it explaining that it helped with his tan. Mick and Brenda attended many OCA dinners and the Cavalry memorial parades in Hyde Park. He was a founder member of the Canterbury Troop and much to his amusement held the honorary rank of Riding Instructor. He even had his own business cards made to this effect! A charming,
witty man, always impeccably turned out and with his beloved Brenda by his side he seldom missed OCA functions. The soirees at their house in Ongar will not to be forgotten in a hurry! He loved a bit of style and on one occasion arrived, with Brenda, for an OCA dinner in a chauffeur driven vintage Bentley. Kind and welcoming to all, he was a great friend to our older members, our sympathies go to his daughters and their extended family.
Sergeant R Tomlinson
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Sergeant Roy Tomlinson, former 9/12L, sadly passed away on 30th March 2019 aged 78.
Born in Worksop Nottinghamshire, known to many in the Regiment as ‘Tommo’ but more commonly ‘Roy’, he joined the Army in 1959 where he joined the 17/21L. Roy joined Recce Troop and went to Hongkong in 1960–62. He was a keen and tal- anted sportsman and went on to win the Brigade Cross Country Champi-
onships for two years running and also won first prize on the athletics track in the 440yards and 880yards. Roy then served in Aden and Borneo before returning to Sennelager, Germany where he met his wife Gisela who worked in the NAAFI. Roy left the Army in 1968 then re-joined in 1971 joining the 9/12L and was with A SQN in Detmold. Roy went to Omagh in 1976 where he worked in Tech before moving to Tidworth with the Regiment where he became Provost Sergeant. The Regiment then returned to Germany with postings to Munster and Hohne where he trained the Regimental Cross Country Team which won the British Army on the Rhine Shield three years in a row. Roy left the Regiment in December 1983 and resided in Retford, Nottinghamshire. Roy did a lot of work for his local community helping people from all walks of life. He will be sadly missed by his family, friends and comrades he had from being in the Regiment.
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