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1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards 13
The 2IC explains the plan
senting the Regiment, RAC and Army Golf teams, Tpr Al-Ameri leads the QDG Basketball team and plays for the RAC while Tpr Smith has returned from a 6 month period with a dance company touring the UK. It would be callous to not also give the Squadron 2ic (Capt Hind) a mention, a man who can juggle the demands of multiple Excel spreadsheets with the onerous task of representing the RAC at cricket throughout the summer and an arduous Defence Engagement visit to India. It is also a year that has seen a large number of A Squadron individu- als stand out at Regimental level. LCpl (now Cpl) Bould won the Mann Trophy for best LCpl/Tpr of 2018, Cpl (now Sgt) Edwards received the Leathersellers’ Trophy (complete with generous cheque and Regimental cufflinks) as the best Corporal and the year was capped off by LCpl Edmunds being singled out as the recipient of the Mann Trophy 2019. A superb achievement by all in what are hotly contested and very highly regarded Regimental awards.
Alongside this the steady drumbeat of equipment care and routine activity has kept us busy on the short periods we have had in camp. Troop Leaders and Sergeants have earned their money man- aging their vehicles, equipment and per- sonnel so that we can train and deploy again early 2020 to Salisbury Plain. All of this amidst a very full programme and with manpower that routinely gets pulled away to support the wide range of tasks the Army demands of us. 2019 has proven to be a year where the Squadron has kept up the pace of training and progression demanded of it in order to be ready for exercise and operations in coming months. Every year is a busy year for those at Regimental Duty and we continue to demand a lot of our per- sonnel, thankfully we are fortunate that we have so many that continue to deliver to such a high standard and inspire oth- ers to ensure that we remain ‘First and Foremost’.
“Is this a wood or is it a forest?”
At the Royal Norfolk Show
CER-B
Sgt Sudlow bangs on about climbing