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Rank /Ints/Surname
Regt
Dates of Service
Month/ Year of Death
Rank /Ints/Surname
Regt
Dates of Service
Month/ Year of Death
Lance Corporal G Husband
16/5L
1935-1946
Jan-18
J Gaggero OBE
12L
1953
Oct-19
Trooper D A Wilkins
9/12L
1958-1970
Feb-19
Bandsman E S Johnson
17/21L
1978-1987
Nov-19
Lieutenant M Cory-Smith
12L
1951-1953
Feb-19
R H B Neame CBE DL
17/21L
1953-1955
Nov-19
Warrant Officer 1 (RSM) P Conyers
9/12L
1964-1984
Apr-19
Captain G Caldecott
12L
1958-1970
Nov-19
Corporal C Butler
9/12L
1966-1975
May-19
Lance Corporal M J Owens
9/12L
1998-2002
Dec-19
Captain B Fanshawe
12L
1954-1956
May-19
Corporal J Blakemore
16/5L
1962-1968
Dec-19
Corporal M Hopwood
16/5L
Jun-19
Corporal S Knowles
16/5L
1943-1947
Dec-19
Staff Sergeant N Crocker
17/21L
1942-1971
Jun-19
Warrant Officer Class 1 (RSM) D Tomlin
17/21L
1956-1983
Jan-20
S Williams
9/12L
Jul-19
Trooper J Carter
17/21L
1959-1964
Jul-19
Trooper Lawrence Short
17/21L
1959-1965
Jan-20
Trooper I B Grant
16/5L
1977-1989
Jan-20
Trooper C Sandywell
16/5L
1950-1952
Jul-19
Captain N L Clifford-Jones
9L
1953-1955
Jan-20
Corporal R J Jessop
17/21L
1949-1951
Aug-19
Corporal C G Wood
17/21L
1950-1955
Feb-20
Lance Corporal B Pedersen
17/21L
1965-1971
Aug-19
Lance Corporal N Baker
16/5L & QRL
1988-2000
Feb-20
Major M Welborn
9/12L & RL
Serving
Sep-19
Captain A J Willcocks
17/21L
1944-1948
Sep-19
Sergeant C W Eacock
17/21L
Dem. 1946
Feb-20
Trooper W Annable
16/5L
1949-1952
Oct-19
REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL LANCERS (QUEEN ELIZABETHS’ OWN)
Obituaries
In Memoriam 2019 - 2020
Lance Corporal N Hopkins J Hutchinson Esq
Captain P J Sykes
Trooper N Marchant
Captain E Nelson
Warrant Officer 2 R Jones
Captain R H Nicholson
Trooper B Ford
Trooper J Holmes
Corporal A Nolan
Warrant Officer 1 (BM) K Harrod
Trooper H B Allan
Corporal K Rogers
Captain P Hibbert-Foy Lance Corporal W Cavanagh Sergeant C Taylor
Lance Corporal F Mason
Tpr Frederick Bills
17/21L 16/5L 9L
RL
12L
17/21L
16/5L
16/5L
RL
17/21L
17/21L & QRL
17/21L 17/21L 9/12L 16/5L 16/5L 17/21L
1947-1948 1948-1949 1953-1954 2018-2019
1946-1968 1955-1960 1960-1966 2016-2019 1959-1966 1973-1997
1949 1967-1979 1961-1971 1948-1951 1975-1993 1953-1956
May-15 Jan-19 Feb-19 Feb-19
May-19 May-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jun-19 Jul-19 Jul-19
Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Sep-19 Sep-19 Oct-19
In-Pensioner F Winfield
Captain E O Jones
Captain I Buchan
Warrant Officer Class 1(GSM) D T Henderson
Trooper G Haden
Trooper G L Judd
J Payne Esq
Staff Sergeant (SQMS) W N Ferguson
Lieutenant Colonel Reverend T Hiney MC
Corporal J Gration Trooper J H Stewart
J Fairbairn Esq
Captain R A Montgomerie
Warrant Officer Class 2 K Fletcher
A. Rundle
17/21L QRL
9L & 9/12L 9/12L
17/21L 17/21L 17/21L 17/21L
9/12L
17/21L 16/5L 17/21L 12L
17/21L
REME QRL
1949-1977 2008-2014
1959-1981
1954-1957 1971-1975 1951-1953 1949-1970
1967-1978
1971-1980 1949-1953 1952-1954
1969-1992
1998 (left)
Oct-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Nov-19
Nov-19 Dec-19 Dec-19 Dec-19
Jan-20
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Feb-20
Feb-20
Fred was born in 1923 and left school in 1937 at the age of 14. He was variously employed as a radio station messenger, a tailor’s cutter and latterly as a milk roundsman, having also found time to unsuccessfully volunteer for air crew du- ties in the RAF. However, in 1942 he was called up for military service. His basic training took place in Bodmin and ad- vanced trade training was undertaken in Catterick and then Bovington where he learnt to drive a multitude of both
17-year-old sweetheart during his embarkation leave. Young love maybe but their union lasted until Edie’s death in 1988.
Fred was sent by troopship out to Algiers and posted to the 17/21L where he found himself in 2 Troop B Squadron as Ser- geant Reg Povey’s driver which he was throughout the war. Fred fought with the regiment throughout the North African cam- paign and, most notably, during B Squadron’s do or die attempt to reconnoitrer the pass at Fondouk. Here the tank struck a mine and was disabled forcing the crew to bail out. After the North Africa campaign Fred, was moved to Naples and on to the battle at Monte Cassino. At one stage he had to drive the tank along the ‘mad mile’ which was a straight road which ran for a mile or more in full view of the German artillery. Later in the battle
wheeled and tracked vehicles. Following completion of his training Fred at the tender age of 19 was able to marry Edie, his