The Acorn 1991

Foreword

BY LIE UTENANT COLONEL J W M ELLERY

In 1989 we antici pated c hanges in 19 90, but in the e vent und er estim ated th em by a mil e I w rote last yea r 'W hen yo u read the se n otes we will be in Sennelager - or will we ? Will the crumb ling edifice o f Co mmuni sm cause us t o m ove elsewhere?"Itisanyone's guesswh ere w eshallbe in 19 91or 92 YourRegiment hasdem onstra ted exemp lar y flexibilit y by c onverti ngfrom lightto heavyarmo ur,exercising inGermany and Canada, pr eparing 2 fleet s of Challenger t an ks for Operati on Granb y, d ispatching ASq uadron to theGulfandp reparing The Regiment for a tou r sh ould the situation t here wo rse n Given t heuncertainti esof t hen e xt few m ont hs, I amno t th e b est p erson to write ab out next year -however since SaddamHussein is n ot a m embero fth eA ssocia tion read on.

B eforewe left 5 Airborne B rigadeand Comberm ere Barracks, Windso r- in deedt he very night b efore -we be at 2nd Battalion Sco ts Guards 6 3 in th efinals of t he L ondon Distri ct Box ing Comp etition Itwasasp lendidH ousehold Divisio n eve ning and laid firm fo undations for our b o xing team w hich lookslike becom ingth e BAOR champ ions;a lbeit most o fthe o pposition has tak en th eeasy way o ut by de ploying t o th e Gulf! Exer cise activity i n 5 Brigade q uite pr op erl y co ntinued rig htu p to the mo veto Sennelagerand although so me m en we re co nve rted t o Challenger Ma in Battle Tank sk ills be forehand, an d a l arge r eserve of instructors trained, co nvers ion proper was scheduled t o t ake p lace in Germany

Thus on arrival in Sennelager, fortuitou slynamedAthl one Barracks a fter ou rd istinguished Colone l o f formeryears, we setabou t tha t c onversion in earnest.Asaregiment w e co ntinued to welcomeconversion asacha llengeandour d eadline wasco mpJetion b y Ap ril in t ime for low leveltrai ning at So lt au. In the me mory o f ma ny o f ou r readers Soltau was a Tr ainin g A rea"-no longer itis n owan a rea w heretr aining t akes place alongside pic nickers, scrambler m otor cycle rid er s a nd mi scel1 aneou s "green s" Woe be tide anyo ne whos e tan kshould sp illfuel- or w orsestilloil.Non etheless after a pe riod of ad ju stment and w ith o ur t an ks fest ooned abo ut with d rip tra ys and oi lab sorbi ng sand w e relearned the

lessons of tan k man oeuvre, camouflage and the p hases of war Troop t est s were co n vincingly wo n by Staff Co rpora

Li ndsaywho t he Training Major at t he BritishArm y Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) in Canada later descri bed as q uite simply t he best tank com mander he had seen Unsolicited p raise bu t w elcome non etheless.

Co nversion firin g followedand th ist oo wassuccessful so t hat. b y t he foll owing tr aining p eriod in July, w e felt w e had b roken th e back o f co nve rsion and co uld start t o enjo y a mor e me asur ed pace Well, w e did a ll get aw ay on leave, bu t d uring A ugust it b ecame clear th at lifewas t o t akeave ry different tu rn- and fo r the be tter i nm any ways For th e first tim e in 4 5 years armour from BAORwas t obedep loyed opera tionally Initiall y, we h oped against hop e tha t The Li fe Guard s w ere to be amongst t he first t roops committe d ; our tanks we re all manned and ope rational a nd o ur p ersonal s kills were sharp We s hall all vividly rem ember th e t elephone call from Headquarters 33A rmouredBrigade, co inciding with a visit from The Colonel. t elling us n ot to d eploy but to handove r o ur t anks t o 7 A rmoured Brigade For th e n ext t wo w eeks we live d in th e Scots Dragoon Guards' ba rracks and assisted in th e ir prepara tion Sadly we ther efore mi ssed the o ppo rtunity t o trai nw ith o urBattlegroup whi ch includes ou r newcomra des from 3 rd Battalion TheLight Infantryand 127 D ragoon Field Battery, Roya l Ar til1e ry H owever, th e disa ppoi ntment was q uickly shru gged off aswe p repared o urselvesfor dep lo ymentt o Canada BATUS with out ad oubt pr ovides th eb est p ossiblet raining in pe acetim e. The Life Guard s Battlegroup o f a th ousand m en o f all Arm s and Services -including a do zen Seamen from HMS Intr epid - set a bout t aking ove r hundred s o f armo ured vehicles, guns andlorries infreezingco nditionsto fire and manoe uvre o ver a th ou sand or so sq uare kilometres. We w ere p retty gree n at th e start but with the d etermination o f all. lea rned th e lessons th e hard way i n b itterly cold conditi ons and r eturned a fter a month in finitely better pr epared for t he t ask w hich no w faces u s.

Above allitisco mmitment and highmo rale w hich areour hallmark s. A full O RBAT and good facilities are luxu ries w e enjo yed but it is the esprit de co rp s r efreshed o ver ge neration s whi ch m akes usa readych oice for op erations and w e were pleased t o be t asked t o p ro v ide first A Sq uadron and th en th e re mainder for O peration Granby.

As I w rite the se notes we are t raining flat ou t and resuscitating t he "scrap" t anks inherit ed in exchange for th ose de ployed in itially. St range tha t me n shou ld want t o go o n ope rations but weall (nea rly a ll) do andwe h ope t oad dfurth er hon our to ou r lon g hist ory. Whatever c hangesli eahead for The H ou sehold Di visionafter O peration Granb y, it wi ll be our fervent wish t o continu e th e unb roken tra d ition o f 300 andm oreyea rs o f service Thege neral p ublic sees th e tr adition exemplified by ou r M ount ed Squad ron and y ou m ay read i n th e not esw hichfollo w th eir hard wo rk andun stintin g effort t o de monstrate excellence wh ere medi ocrit y is so o ften th e expec ta tion of t oday

Thesea ret he lastno tesI s hall wri te as the Co mmanding Officer and custodia n o f your great Regiment I have b een bow led ove r b y t he support I received aily from m y ser vi ng Offi cers,Warrant O fficers, Non Comm issionedO fficer s - and th eir families - and j n ow wish yo u all. se rving or retired , my tha nks for allthat is past andmy heartygood wishesfo r19 91. A nd r em em ber.

"Fortune Favours The B rave"

Jt is evide nt from th e articles i n The Acorn th at 1990 was an extraordinarily busy and ambi tious year It wo u ld be wrong t o let th e jo urnal go t o b ed witho ut a bri ef u pdate

A Sqn The Li fe Guards dep lo yed t o the Gulf o n 26th Decembe r 1990. M ajo r H ewitt was sp ott ed stretching o ut on th e sand s in front o f the Prime Mini ster, John M ajor , ju st a few days later o n Ne ws A t Ten I B and C and HQ Sqns spe nt a wee k at Sennelager Training Centre for "Batt le Casualty Replacement" training. T his b egan o n the 7t h January 199 1. The co urse was invaluable It i nvo lved a realist ic and p ractical progra mmeof essential sur vi val sk ills; N BC, First A id , d ese rt navigati on , as well as thr eat and recognition lectures Hav ing heard abou t all th e en vironmental hazards w hich we will face in th e de sert. it seemed tha t enem y fire wo uld be t he least of our pro blems Mo uth-to -mouth resuscitat ion was d rummed int o eve ry last man until it became second natur e Apa rt fro m lectureso nbattl eshock. there was a nother kind o fshock t o be seen fr om tim e to tim e o n the faces of M aj Waterhouse B Sqn l. dr.a nd Capt Madde n The first had arrived from a staff appo intme n t a nd t he seco nd from t he Mo unt ed Regiment at Knightsb ridge I They adap ted with a hearty sense o f humour. We com p leted a hard, satisfying week at SIC, hopin g (perhaps) for a lo ng weeke nd before deplo yi ng to th e Gul f. We wer e Warned th at from mid-day Sunday 13th Januar y, t hat we wo uld b e pu t on stand-by t o be at 72 hour s notice to m o ve. At 9am o nSunday we were notifi ed t o m o ve in 72 h o u rs! Having pack ed up all pe rsonal kit in rooms, each man had abou t 48 hour s t o sor t his life o ut. qui t e lit erally We d ep loy o n Wednesday 15 Ianua ry, a date we may never forge t.

·A Squadron The Life Guards

A s th is is bein g w ritten the Squ adron is pr eparing to de ploy t o th e Persian Gul f on Ope ration Granby L5. The Sq uadron is go ing w ith th e 14/ 20th Kings Hussars a nd will makethemup t oafour squadron Regiment with 59Challengert anks(mostlyM KIls). The14/ 20His theth eonly Arm oured Regiment in 4th Armoured Brigade The infantry battalionsare;The RoyalScots and 3rd BattalionRoya l Regiment o fFusiliers, with w homwewo rked close lydur ingOp Buxton earlier in the year.

We have incre ased in stren gth t o 112 offi cers and me n. Apart from taking on strength Cp l Stephenson RAMC and Cpl FarrellREME, the add itional manpow erwasfoun dfrom with in th e Regiment. Th is is p articularly un ique as n early a ll the othe r regiments or batta lions and sub uni ts w ho have gon e or w ho are going to Saudi Arabia have had th eir ran ks mad e up to stren gth by taking m en, platoon s, t roops and even compani es or squadro ns from othe r r egiments' batt alions.T he Sq uadro nis in a mar vellouspos itionfrom w hicht o dep loy foract ive servicehavinghadt he opportun ityt oexe rciset ogether for th epast year. On t hisc onfident not elet us take a l ook backat w hattheSqu adron hasachieved in 1990

A syou canimaginethe early par t ofth e yearwastak en up b y th e need t o co nvert fro m Recce t o A rmoured So ldiers Theco urses fo r thistraining started inearneston 19 February 1990, t he Regiment having arr ived in Sennelager o n 4/ 5 Febru ary 1990. The interim peri od was spent sett ling in and redecorating th e barracks; which cont inued well into t he summer. M ost of th e Squadro n we re o n th e co nversion courseswhic h finished att he endofMarc h. Soon afte r, at t he begin ningo f April ,ourme nfound t heir skillspu tinto practi ce when we w ent Troop Training on Soltau.

enter t emperatures o f 29 C into th eir co mputers. Although the firi ng pe rio d was a gre at suc cess much tim e was wasted d ue t o ra nge fires caused by the hot and dr y condit ions. Thepe riod b etweenMay and Jun esaw th eSquadron sp lit and undergoi nga variety o ftas kswh ich included Site Guards , Intern al Trade Cour sesandthe pr epar ation of th eChallenger for Regimental Training in July. Whil e Band C Squadrons remained in T he Li fe Gua rds B attl e Group , A Squadron su ppo rted 3 LIBattle Group Trainingadvanced q uickly a nd inno time atall the Squadronand 3Ll wereachieving good results

Al though SCMWhatley infor med usfrom expe rienceth at it d idn 't get co Jd on the Luneburg t raining area in A pril, the snow andfr ostarrived and stayed withus t o th e bitter e nd Easter L eave was a most welcome bre ak and we returned refreshed to mo ve bac k north again to H ohne fo r recruit firin g. This time th e t em peratur eswe nt compl etely theoth er wayandTank Commanders fir ing at 10 .00 amwerehaving to

Grou se Shooting

A fter we returned fromSo ltau atth eend of Jul y w eworked flat out o n th e vehicle par k to get the Challengers fixed befor e go ing on leave It was im portant that w e had th e vehicles into p co nditionb ecause d irectlyafter leave rehearsals co mmenced for Op Buxton Op Buxton wasat actical demo nstration o f A rmour and Infantry using t raining aid s suchassim ulated fire(SIMFJCSl. This dem onstrationwith 3rd Batt alion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was for General Snetkov,the Co mmander Western Group Forc esGermany,a very senior So viet O fficer.This visit was descr ibed by th e Corps Comma nder as th e m ost im port ant thin g happenin g in BA OR t his year. Little co uld we have known that th is statement wo uld pal e int o insignifi cance when co mpared with events w hich were t o co me about later in th e year.

During o urtime o n Sennelager Rangesrehearsing forOp Buxton we had th e goo d fortun e t o b e visitedby th eCo lonel of t he Regiment who sportingly jum ped into t he commander' sseat of aChallenger tank and destroye d an enemyt ank with Simf ics.O nthe dayo fth e visitM rWhe elerwas comm andin go ne o f 2 Troops t anksand wasab let ospeakto General Snetkov and int roduce his crew t o th e General.

This visit coin cided withPre-Batus train ing, but t he Squadron m oved upt o Soltau onc e again totak epartinthefinal phases of this exerc ise. At t his stage mu ch o f th e organi sati on forsendingt roops t o th eGulf forOpGranby 1 werewell underway and th e latter halfo f Oc tober saw the handovero f our Challengers to t heRoyal Scots DragoonGuards.l twas an un believable situation to be in and, on ce ove r the initi al s hock of havi ng to give up one's o wn t anks, the Squ ad­

"Sorry Corporal Major , I thought you shouted 'FIRE'''

ro n undertook the task o f preparing t heir veh icles for someone else to take to war with determina tion and a professional attitude.

We r eceived early MK tanks in exc hange for o ur good cond ition M KIlI vehicles and feverishly worked on t hem to ready t hemfor t heranges inDecember ; t hiswasahugetask which was ach ieved in a bout one mon th .

A Squadron remained behind in Germany whilst Band C Squadrons went to Canada (16 Oct-20 Nov) for Exercise Med icine Man 7. Workco ntinued o nth etanksanda comp reh ensive tr aining p rogramme was followed This comp rised m ostlyofgunnery training Duringthi sextraordinary pe riod in1990i t beca meclearthat there was a strong possibi lityth at t he Regiment maygo to the Gulfas p arto f aco ntingency p lan -Op Granby 2.

T hisinfact did not com et o fruition butamore immediate planinvo lving 4 Armou red Brigadegained mome ntum We a llm oved upagear t omee t newo rders andco unter orders a nd th eart o f anticipationwasper fected i n da ys There ins of th e Sq uadron were passe d t o th e Squadron 2 1C, Captain Aste r. as Major Hewitt at short no ticenew out to Canada to tain and we were ordered to hand over our Challengers again -this t imeto the 14 /20 H.This wasareal blow t o m orale

We heard on 27 N ovember 199 0 t hat the Squadron had bee n e lected t o accompany the 14 /20 H o n Op Granby 1.5 an d fr om th ereo ninitwasallgoonce again. Ou rt anks had at thi sstage been handed over,soforth eth ird t ime in th eyear we had t o t akeove r o thert anksto comp lete amos t usefu l firing package at Hohne. From 10-14 December the squadron fired on the ranges both night and day and came away having ac hieved exce llent resultsand valuabletr aining Thegunnery staff atH ohne ran th e ranges in anexce llent way w hich mea nt th at prog ressiveand realistic t rainingwasac hieved . Everyone th oroughl y e njoyed it.

On the sporting side, the Sq uadron has been equally successful; our first and majo r achievement was on the 26 June when we conv incingly won the Int er Squad ron At hletics Co mpetition byo veronehundred p oints It wasave ryhot summer's dayandBrigadier Browne, o urBrigadeCo mmand er p resentedth e prizes.SCplPickard camestorming home t ov ictory in th e lOO mhurdles andcel ebratedwith acigarette. L CoH Lowe p roduced a fine cr icket team and led it to triumph at t he end of Julywh en we met HO Squadro n in the finals LCo H Wells and LSgt Chapman took mos t of th e wickets

A lthough we d idn't win the Boxing, LCoH Godso n coachedth etea m and p roducedsome finebox ers.TprCrouc her andTpr Davies wo nth eir bouts andTpr Crouch erwaspresent edwith ameda lforth e best boxer LCplClubley wasdeclar ed the best loser

Again , in t he cross-country competition A Sq uadronheld mos t of t he first 21 p laces with Co H Robe rts t aking l st place but wed idn 't m anage t osecureth eove rallpri ze A s imilar fate b efell us in th e Tug-o-War w hen th e heavy weig ht t eam wo n all t heir p ulls b utth e lightwe ight o nly succeeded inone

The inter-squadron rugby compe tition was our mos t prized victory and SCpl Gratton, w ho t ook over from SCpl Ormiston as SOMC, coache d a veteran side a nd wo n an over whelming vic tory by beating firstly B Squ adron th en HO Squadr on without either of the teams scorin g against us. Unfortun ately SCpl G ratto n aggravated an o ld i njury wh ich turned ou t t o be a chipped bone in his foot

Alth ough most of the Sq uadron remains unchanged th erehasbeensome movement ofmento o ther Squadrons andfor ERE Wearesad to see Captain As to r step o fft o t ake co mmand o f B Sq uadron pe nding th e arr ival of th eir new Squadro n Leader. He has given sterling serv ice, friendship and g unnery adv ice and wewishhimluck W02 Whatley, who has b een with th e Sq uadro n for t he past t wo years and has h elped with the move from Windsor t o Germany i n such a ma rvellousmannerand rema ined w iththe Squadr onrig ht up until th e comp letion of our p reparations to go t o wa r, has sadly m oved o n t o beco me the next ROMC.

A t a Sq uadron Part y o n 12 December W02 W hatley was prese nted with ab rand y deca nter a nd glasses o n a t raya nd a p rint from th e Sq uadron SCpl Pickard handed over his Troop t oM r Lo ndon who cameto usfromthe Troop Leaders Co urse having excelled himself by winning t he coveted A rmourers and Braziersprize.SCplPickardwas att ached t o the 14 / 20Hattheendof Nove mberasLOandwillno doub t be seeing mu ch of us in t he Gulf Capt Tarling return ed in November fr om t he RGOs Co urse where he t oo exce lled himself by achieving a grade "A"; the first since 1975 in t he whole ofth e H ouseholdCavalry andRAC.The Commanding Officer ac hieved this accolade in 1975.

We welcome CaptainMackenzie- Hill from th e Pathfinder Platoonw ho co mes w ithus t o th e Mid dle Eastas BattleCapt ain, MrM asterton from th eRecce Troopw ho comes as a n LO as d oes M r Mi ller RHG/ D

"TA NK I N ACTION " LCoh Douglasund LCpl Young on Recruit Firing

The triumphant Athletics Team

B Squadron The Life Guards

1990 has witnessed reassuring repetitions o f 1989 : joint first Sabre Squadro n in th e regimental sport s co mpetiton, winners o fCrew and 'Troop Tes ts (both bySCplLindsa y and 2 Troop) -infact we hadthr ee tr o op s inth e first five,a nd w ere th eo nly squadront o attempt b attlerunsatH ohne rangesin May du ring conversion firi ng It has b een parti cularl y satisfying t o have achie ved all thi s now th at w e have the same equipm ent asA a nd CSq uadrons. A bove all,m y am bition as st atedi n December 1988, t o go t o BATUSatth eend o f1990 has b een fullfill ed Without bein g me lodramatic we are now ready for war l

eeggg, 1990 has n ot b een with out its frust rations, especially since 2 Augu st when Ira q in vaded Kuwait, and ob viously Saddam Hussein's subsequent intran sigence has m eant th at w e a re co ntributing very significantly t o O p Granby. Having handed o ver our CVR t o A Squadron, The Blu es and Royals, and taken ov er th eir B Squadron's Challeng ers, we embarked in mi d-February o n a tra ining pr ogr amme that wasb othd emanding, and ultim ately rewarding in that our aim wast o gain a placeo n th e BATUS orbat The Regimental calenderb oreallthe hallmarks o faconventi onal year b ack in Germany : in dividual, cr ew, and t roop trainin g included r egularvisit s t oSo ltau,firin gatHohne ranges, the RhineA rmy Summer show,a site g uard , adventuretr aining, and all th e tr aditional athletic and drill co mmitments associated with b eing Life Guards

One p articular noteworth y be nefit o f serving ab road i s th at the o perational co mmitments we un dertook at Windso r, such asth e Heathr ow andGat wickai rport guardforce , o f w hich the former was kept o n short n otice t o m ove , hav e ob viously di sappeared. Combine thi s with th e e nd, alb eit pr obabl y t emporaril y, o f Oper ational Readiness Tests, and th e fact th at th e Regiment was c omplete with noSq uadrons o r Troops d eployed elsewhere, guard dutie s were co nsiderably re duced. This was a r eal bo nus

It has beend emoralising t o tak ea ndhan dove r two Chall enger fleets in Germany, and a Chieftain fleet at BATUS When in earl y September we were re directedt o Fallingbostel en r oute t o Soltau for Pre-BATUS Battle group Training, and t old t o give our t anks t o The Desert Rats, it be came q uite

clearth at the autumnwas going t o begood fle xibilit y trainin g BAru S pro ved that the famou s B Sq uadron spiritis indomitab le Co ldclim ate andol dkit pr esentedp roblem s th at were ov ercome, and capturing ac rucialb ridge infacto nthe last morning m eant we end edo urtr ainingo nar eal "high" Special tribut e mu stb epa id t o o urLAD Section Severallik ely m ember s o f t hei rte amhad already b een t aken t o the Gulf, yetthe y provided a fantasticser v icedurin g wh at wasa tou gh st art for o ur ne w "Tiffy". SSgt Hopkins

SCM Holbrook has calculated th at B Squadro n manpow erhasc hanged 75 % in2 years H owever th e B Squadron "Buzz" still seems to m otivate th e te am. The SCM has again admirably met t he unr elenting man power demand s imp osed o nusinb arracksa nd by c our ses durin g th esecond conver sio n year.For exampleSCplLindsa ya nd Co HDangerfi eld mad ea newte am, and w ento nt o winb oth crew andtr o op t ests Our new b oys Bowen , Cannell, Forsdick. Latham , Osb ourneandZoilin o m ore than p roveda m atch for th e trainingat BATUS, and Co H KeJl andhas r eturned from a Cadet 'Tr aining Team with a ne w wife t o t ake o ver 2 Troo p Hail and farewell are not cert ain at t he tim e o f writing b ecause o f ou r p ending role as Battle Casualty Replacem ents The Squ adron L eader 's new job at the Arm y Present ation Team m ay bep ostponed ifhostilities o ccur Ithas be en a pl easure having CoH Dangerfield back in B Squadron thi s year The last t ime B Squadr on w ent t o BATUS in 1983 h e co mmandedtheBtankin t he Sq uadronLeader's Troop In 1990 hetre ated u s t oanother exe mplaryp erformance, and his irr epressiblese nse o fhum our is alwaysst imulating Inth e WivesClub , Mr s Dangerfieldhas typifi ed the l oyalandselfless support th at w e have co ntinued t o enjoy d espite an intensiv e tr aining year a ndm ost recently"Saddaml" Co HBell ringer,sportsmanp ar exellence beit drill and weapons , m ounted dut y, gunnery,cri cketo r soccer, has been selectedfor th e Sandhu rst Cadre He is id eall y suited for thi s as his Troop Leader, Mr "Champag ne Charlie" M eynell will te stify "Chuck" leaves us for the GuardsD epotinitially,then he willmo veo n t o be A djutant at Eton. So he will still be in his Co Hs beaten zo ne. M r Goo dchild hand ed o ver 3 'Tr oop t o Mr Graves i n o rder t o be come A DC to the M ajor General in the summer.

Troo pers Rog ers imd Patemo ttewith the Corps Com mander

1990 has also featured o ur "DutyDin k". LCoHShatliff and hisGer man wife joined u sinFebruary.Hissignalling and tank skills have prov edi nvaluablet o Mr H anson, while his sp orting t alents have helped manySq uadron te ams O ur Josswi ll de finitely be The Blues and Royalsga in, and wewishhimb est luck with 'P Comp any" and CVR!A n ewly pr omoted L CoH Gray goes up t own for th e first tim e leaving a memory of a wicked gr in , fun in 3 Troop, and so me o utstandingly "gutsy" perfor mances most recently as heavyweight in th e int ersquadron boxin g. He too k o n a farri er, who was a juni or Welsh Champion Hew ill bejoine dinLon don by LCplsButler and "D o t" Stephens, who arereturning t o ceremonial, and last but n ever least t he uniq ue "Sir James 'Ium bull Bart" Just down t he road at Headqu arters H ousehold Cavalry Tpr Hur st has m oved in t o d emonstrate his cle rical p rowess , whichhaskept th eSq uadron sowe ll se rved Hissuccessor, Tpr Nix on, has an act to f ollow, but "so far, so good"

Finall o RecceTroop literally ov ernigh es - Starnpa a bap tism of fire. Co H o rsefles h a fter 13yearsinth e sam rsued b y CoH Lanahan, who alm ar m oured and"mech" tr ades rns to Lo ndo n o n p romot ion. ow his exa mple o f "ge tting stuck nspirat io nal relish.

The last tw o years have prov ed that reassuringly B Squadron remains cheerful, d etermined , and to ugh. The results say it all "Fact a n onve rba" - "Deedsnot wo rds " speak for th emselves A ny poten tial enemy bew are I

SCp Linds 'it'

SCpf Li ndsay, winner of troop tests

C Squadron The Life Guards

1990 has been an ex traordinary yea rfor C Squ adron as it has, indeed, for th ew hole o fth e Regiment. Th ey ear b egan wi th the m ove t o Germany a nd the t ake over of our C hallenger tanks. Durin g the fir st few month s we ran co nversion cours eswhi ch e nsuredtha te veryonehadatleastone Challenger trad e I n April we v entured up t o So ltau for Tro op 'Iraming .Everyonee njoyed this sh ort exercisewhich c ulmin ated inCrew Testswhich g aveusag ood basis of kn owledge on w hich t o prog ress.

In early M ay we went t o Hohne t o ca rry out conve rsion firi ng The we ek w as de manding but gre at fun , g iving us a goo d o ppo rtunity t o see th e impr essive power o f a 120 mm g un . Theclim axfo rthe Sq uadronwasa Bundesw ehr s hoot in which the c rews reacted t o snap t argets down the range. LCoH Squires a nd his crew sco red 100% a nd were du ly rewa rded w ith a M ars Bar b y Co mmander A r mo ured , Bri gadier lenkins

Followin gas hort bre ak at Easterthe Squadron d eployed t o H emer M enden for a s ite g uard It was n ot a t ask th at we w ere look ing forward t o b ut it pr oved t o be b oth i nteresting a nd rewardin g O n o urreturn from th es ite g uard wecarri ed out m ore inte rnal trainin g

In Jul y,wecarried o ut RegimentalTraininga ndTro op Tests at So ltau , t hat marv e llous tra iningare a whic h see mst oget smaller ev ery time we visit I All tr oops did well in the te sts, particul arly l Troop w ho were run ners up Du ring the second week o f th e exe rcise Th e Life Guards Battl egr oup started t o co me t ogether and o urtr aining m oved up agear. Wes pent a v eryusefulwe ekend o n t he Hohne im pactar ea with C Company, 3rd Battalion Th eLight infantr y, practisin g th e mech anics ofth eSqua dron Compa ny Group A ttack M embers of t he Sq uadronhadth eo pportunity t o rid e inth e b acko f a nAP C an d di scoveredq uickly tha t it wasan u npleasant experien ce! LCpl Crawley got hi s fingers cau ght in a mortar hat ch I Foll o wing a shor t battle group e xercise o ur trainin g p eriod en ded and we retu rned t o Sennelagert oservice o ur v ehiclesb ef ore d epartin g for summer leave.

From t he mom ent th at our l eaveended a nd w e returned to Senn elager, the ch aracter of the whole ye ar changed. No longer wast heForecast of Eventsare liablepl anningg uidet o wh at mi ght ha ppen ne xt. Saddam Hu ssein had c hanged a ll tha t by invading Ku wait in early A ugust. Sp eculation gre w as to whether military unit s would b e se nt from Ge rmany. The decision t o send 7th Armoure d B rigade was t aken du ring ea rly Septe mbe ran d so me o fu swe re natur all y d isappointed that wew erenot go ingalso We did , however, havean impo rta nt ro le t o play b y h anding ove r o ur Mark 3 t anks to th e Scots Dragoon Guard s Thiswa s ad ifficult ta sk u nder the circu mstance llm emberso fth eSq uadron ca rri edou te aid goo d bye t o Captain SmythOs bourn Cle land an d LCpl Taylor wh o were all de t s Dra goon Gu ards.

For aw hileitlo oked as if o u rPre-BATUS train ing w ould go a head, aJbeit w ith unserv icablet anks. Sadly, it was a lmost completely cancelled a lthough w e d id spend a r ather fru strating d ay b uzzing a round in arm our ed per sonnel carri ers Fortunately,and b y ave ry narrow mar gin , th e highlight o f o ur tr aining y ea r w as no t affected Webeg an o ur dep loyme nt to Canada in earl y Oc tob er and mos t of us w ere away fo r at least a m onth. The exercise was excellent in every w ay

Gen era l Wa/la ce lGOC 3 Armd Div) with LCoH Rich ards at Soltau

a lthough op erating on Chieftain di d have it's frustratio ns I Both th ecrewsand t he LADw orked tire le ssly toke epth eo ld wagons oad Neverthelesss, we did have a few da ys w hen p as ve ry lo w I The w eather, de sp ite t h e gs w e r ec eiv ed was no t t o o b ad altho s ig ht the temp er ature did drop t o - 25 e p e w ere frighte ned t o get into th eir sleep t dn 'twak eup! Nonet heless, weall surv t m ro mthe exer cise. T hehectic lifeof er mm ely o n our arri val hom e. Shortl y er Tr nder 2 Lt Earl, was d etached t o th e n ro ut e t o th e Gul f A fewda ys laterit was ci uadron w o ulda lsogoand they w ere joined b y T ro mI Troo p.Alm ost all o f o urLADw ere po s unit s offto th eGulfb efore Christ mas The rem vehicles, both A and B were slowly b eing handed o v ert ounit s bound forthe Gulf. Atthet imeofwri ting itloo ks as if th e remainder oftheRegiment will gosomet im e in the New Year. We live in exciting but uncerta in time s! Inconcl usion , it has beenan e xt rao rdina ry yea r in w hich th e Squadron has ac hieved m uch and wo r ked hard , pr obabl y harder than w e w ereexpecting Inthepast tenm onth s we ha ve full y converted to our new rol e and c omplet ed a BATUS exerci se and who knows wh ere we may be in a few

mon ths t im e? And , of co urse, w hile allthi s hasbeengoing on the whole r eason for o ur pres enc e in Germany has di sinteg rate d Down c ame the Berlin Wall in November 19 89, then th e w hole b o rder. Thisw as foll o w ed b y econom icu nio na nd, finally, co mp lete un ification o f Ger many O ur first year h re has seen so meexciting changesand 19 91 looks asif itco uld be ever y bit as exciti ng I

Headquarters Squadron The Life Guards

In all r espects 1990 has been ay ear o f g reat change;p olitically in Ge rman y and in the Middl e East, and for The Life Guards wi t h the m ove t o BAOR.Th is compl icated situat ion has g iven Q Sq n a g r eat challenge but o ne w hich has been me t w ith enthusiasm and flexi b ili t y

Squadr on L eaders have come and gone. At t he end o f 1989 w e bade farewe ll to M ajor Hew itt who now command s A Squadr on and w elcomedMajo r Clark. Yet by O ct o b e r 19 90 afte r a ve ry fu ll year,hehadbeen m oved on t o the O m anas th eOC Sc ho o l o f Armo ur andMajor Gri ffi nhas rep laced him. Some thi ngs ho wever never change and W0 2 (SCM) St ephenso n ret ains his firm g rip o n the Squadron m ov ing int o 1991.

Ja nuary 1990 brought us th e g reat hand over/t a keover withTheBlues andRo yals Themagn itudeof th e admin istrati ve ta sk should not beunde restimated and itis acreditto all depar tm ent s t hat th e Regi ment wasabl e t o depl o y co mplete with Cha llengers t o So ltau for tra ining in ear ly Ap ril.

This first depl o yment pr o ved t o a ll t hat th e ad minist ratio nof aBat tle grou p inth e field is afar more complicat ed and sophi sticatedbeastthan our t as king with 5Air borne Brigade Cooper atio n with squadron echelons and t echnical support for the MBTsb ecamem ore slickas th e exer cise prog ressed , w ith enthus iasm ma king up for exper i ence Le sson s learnt here w e re compo unded as th e Regiment m o ved t o H oh ne in Apr il for a successfu l c onver sion firing pe riod.

The summer o f 1990 wasa br illiant o neduri ng w hich w e wer e able t o send pe ople adventure tr aining in the O bersdorfTri angleinBavaria,compete in,o rganise and enjoy alar-

SCpf Gratton and LCpl Barratt on Hohne Ranges

Major Griffin Cl nd W02 Evans pick up some poin tersontheCorporals' Coursefr om the Gold S tick

ger t han ever Rhine Army Summer Show and still have ti me to remember o ur roots withasharp Adj utant'sD ri]] Parade. Follow ing th e festivities o f Jun e we embarked on Regimenta l and Batt le Gro up t raining in Ju ly,again at So lta u. Conceived w ith p rogressive t raining in m ind, t he exe rcise devel oped from Troop t raining to Troop Tests, th rough Squadro n/Company gro up t raining, t o a Batt le Gro up exerc ise. This enabled HO Sqn to bu ild up it s sup port for t he Batt le Group ina simi lar way an d t hrough de monstrat ions, such as the replenishment st and run by W0 2 Collin s, (MTWOl, we we re ab le t o establish all forms o f SOPs w ith the var ious Battl e Groupcomponents. Particularpr aisemu stgoto SCpl (SOM C) [ordan for his efforts with t h i s As it t urned o ut t his was o ur last o pp ortuni ty for such d rills b efore BATUS. Therefore we were a ble to r elax o n a well d eserved summ er l eave b ut w ith an eye to unfolding events i n the M idd le East. Back fro m leave in Sep tembe r we had t o turn o ur hand to supp orting the depa rting7Brigade. TheOM (E) Captain Kell y b rilliant ly hand led th e d ifficult task o f handing over M BTs and the LAD wo rked horrifich oursto ensuretha tth e Desert Rats co uld leave as scheduled

DespiteBAOR'schanged p ri oritiesTheLifeGuards Battl e Group re mained on co urse for BATUS Exercise Medici ne Ma n7 for wh ich mem bers of HOSquadron were in Canada from6 O ctober and d idno t leave until 2December,ensuring tha t t heBattle Group had anefficient set u pto move t hrough in Suffield.

Sho rt of war,BATUS provides uswit h theh ardest tes t of our a bility and Medici ne M an 7, byitsco ld weather , exaggeratest he p roblem s t hrownu p int raining. When one considers t hato ver 100 diff erent natures ofam munition are u sedby t he Arms and Services with in a BattleGroup, it iscleart hat th e ta sk o f coordinating supply andmainte nance isap articularly tax ing one The exercise b uild u p was p rogressive and ensured t hat wewe re ab le to improveo nt he lessons learn t at each stage ; we arrived in BATUS an in t erested t eam and emerged on R& Ratt he en d awelltra ined,if ti red,un it. Following ano ther handover m iracle p erformed by th e OM (E) , the Squadronwerescattere dto t he fourcorne rs o f t he Nort h A merican cont inent ; as far so uth as Flor i da, west as San Francisco and Vancouver and to t he N iagara Falls in t he east.

N ow bac k in BAOR we are co ncentrat ing on sup port ing Op Granby 1. 5 and w hatever else t he con flict sp rings at us. Some me mbers o f t he Squadron, no tab ly fr om t heLAD are already in Saudi Ara bia w ith others soon t o follow. Nat urally we wish th em t he very best.

Even when wor king flato ut there isalw ays t ime forsport andt his is b orne out b ythe ach ievements of HOSquad ron in t heinter- squadron spor t s co m petition For th e second time i n t hree yearsweappear to havesew nup theco mpet it io n, th oughacou p le of events rema in.To date we h ave had 5 first p laces in th e separate eve nts wit h perha ps bo xing as th e m ost p leasing win. The Regiment pr ides itse lf on th is sport and,t hankst o t heste rling work by the tra iners,HOemerged vict or io us with Farrier Smith pe rhaps t he st ar in t he H eavywe ight category

Afi nep erformance i n box ing wassu ppor ted byco nvincing victor ies in both swi mming and water p o l o.Sgt Hu rnphr ies of th e LAD should t ake m uch credit for organ ising and tr ain ing for t hese b efore t he com pe t ition as well as for his individ ual v ictories in t he 50m freesty le and b utter fly

Bodi es beautiful- the S wimmillq Te am

Th eSq uad ro me in o rienteeringand crossco untry In or id ual w inner was W02 (ROM C) L odge,a ywaswon by a goo d aJl ro undSquadronp p ossib leto m ent i on all t heind ividual spo o f 1990 but per haps the most n otable w as th at b ho wo n a Br onze M edal for England in t h o nwealth Fencing Championships. Cong rat

We l ookfo rward to w us Wecanb eco nfident t hat if th eap proac r it wi ll be anothe r successful 12 mon ths.

T he Regimental Corpo ral Major and Trooper Carvell ierretun«

OA and {lis Crews

sta temen t is one o fth em orec harm i ng cha racter ist ics ngBr itishand wit h t hat i n m in d I th i n kit isfa i rt osa y t ha HO tro op h asno th ad a d ull a nd idleye a r. s rcise (tact ic a l, lo g isti ca nd ph ysica l) and t heGu l f p rep are the mes t hat wi ll un dou bted ly r un t hro ugh man rticle s i n th is jo urnal and t his, a long w ith th e o ccasion efere ce to cer tain pe rs ona l an d hu moro us in ciden ts i n they w ere i nvo lved , w ill be no e xception asw thver ym uc ha new t eamt ha t RH OTroopbeg an t h n rig ht from the b eginningth ere wa s mu ch to do. T admin r at i o n of the m ove o ut and t akeo ver of all t he e nt was ex pe r t ly m anaged by b y t he Reg i men t al Sign n t O fficer,t hen a Corp ora l o f H orsean d n owa St a ff C po

It w g ,Feb ruaryi nfact , be fore t h et ro op was offon exe rcise and t h is w as a co mmand pos t exercise for us althou gh t here w ere troo ps p laying l t wa s ru na t D iv is iona l l evel an d h ad d iff er ent namesata ll levels , Ir on Cha rg e, Fly i ng Falcon,Picador 's L ance but wecalled it Ex Warm Barn am ong o t her t h in gs. It was s et n ear t he D utch Bor der and we t rave lled a pprox imate ly 4 00 mi les o n t he e xercises, whi ch incl u de d d r iv i ngba c k t o A th lone B a r racks. Ma r ch w as take nu p wi t h course s and qu ite soon w e were o n exe r c ise again, this t ime in So lt au . RHO Troop p laye d it s du al ro le, a s it qui te ofte nhas t o,o fr unni ngt he Reg iment du ring low l evel tr ain i ng and a lso fitti ngi n its own t ra i ni ng A t t he end ,its fi rst ro le p revented the tro op fr om t aking pa rt in a se ries of crew tes ts Th e s am e thi ng happe n e d in July wh en t roop t ests too k pl ace,also on So ltau T hese were cl everly w ork edo ut b y th e O ps Officer i n t a nde m w ith th e Co mmanding Offic e r a nd

A djutant a nd pro ved i nte r est ing a nd i ll umin at in g. T h eSignals

O fficer w it h the he lp o f h is Germa n s peaking si dek ic k LCoH

Ba raugh (p ronou nced B at h ex RH G/D!) p rovi d e d i nt erfe r­

e nce and jammin g on t hera d io n ets, t hus putt i ng th et roop l eadersa nd c om ma n d er su nderp re ssure, w it h an i mitatio n G e rma nta xi s erv ice,se veral d i ffer ent disc jockeys and var iou s o t he r dir ty t ric ks for 48 h o urs. Th eyen joyed th emselves e n orm ously. T h e r est o f t he t ests were v e rysucce ss fuland u p on th ei r com pletion t h e Regi me nt wen t t o t rai n asa who le. T he Regiment we n t on su mm er l e a vew ith t he pro spec t o f 3 weeks o f sunsh ine an dp re BATUSand BATUS to follo w W ho b utt he m os t as tute w ou ld ha ve imagi n ed t hes ituation on re turn from leave? Cer tai n l y n oone in RHO troo p, o r if they d id t heyk ep t it pr ett y q u iet. T he n ewsituation in th e Gu lf me ant m any chan ges of p lan,o ne o f w hich w as t o the Troo p's adv ant age. W hi lst th e Sabre Sq uadron s we re b u sy h a ndi ng over their p r istine t anks in e xchan ge for rath er l ess p rist ine o nes,RHO troop had v irtuall yth e wh ole of Solt auavailab l e t o it for several days Th is t ime wa s very usefu l and man y m ino r pr ob lems wer e i r on ed ou t a nd much was p r act ised. Th esituat io ni n t heGu lf ha d it seffec t o n BAT USt oo. Th e Regiment be in g warned o ff fo r Op Gr a nby 2, w ent to Canada as ah ig h p rior ity a ndm ea ntt hat wehadsuff icient bac k u p t o co mp lete all t he exer cises. O ne o f t he m o s t i n t e r esting c hanges for u s wa sus ingA FV 43 2s in stead o f CVR(T) Su ltans, t he ch ie f b less i ng be ing masses of ex tra room i n t h e b ack w h ic h w as , o f course, put to good u se.

T ha nk s t o the Red I n d ian infl uenc e of Canada, In dian nam es w ere thought of for t he maj or it y of th e tro op a nd I feel it wo u l d b e ch urlish n ot to pr eserv e a few of t hese fo r pos t erity.

Cap t Ro b er t so n (the A djuta n t) - Sma ll M an Bagg i ng L Cp lB enge - Tall M an W hingeing Capt A nse l l (the EME) - N o Packs Co ming

Certa in o the r m em b e rs of t he tro opa lso des erve amentio n because o f the ir effec t o n mor a le with in the troo p LCpl D av id son a nd his "c heeky gr i n", Co H (O'Artagnan) M argan "The Jnt B od ", L Co H Poyn ter (apart fro m t he sa d mo ment wh en h e t em p ora ril y l os t h is "coc k les he ll h e r oes" hat ) and a dr aft i n from th e Ou eens O wn Hi gh lander s b y th e nam e o f

Mac gillvray, w hose c utti ng Ce lt ic c omm ent s w ere rar ely un amus in g

Th is re por ting per iod ends wit h t roop m embersgo i ngt o t he fo ur w inds(apu b i n Lo ndon !l. the loss of Ca pt a inT h o rn eycr oft , LCp l Cur s on , LCp l M c L eish a nd Tpr s Wail er, Rees a n d Bar r e tt to t he Gul f, CoH M arga n t o K n ightsbr idge , L Co H

Tove ll to C Sq uadron a nd t he Signals Office r all of w hich thro ws n ext yea r i nt o a cer ta i n amo unt of uncer ta i nty , b ut I t h ink t ha t's situat ion - n o change.

LCpl D l1 9"Spo t t he M ustache "

Recce

Rec ceTroop arr ived i n BAO R asa newly for m ed body b ut in som e w ays at an ad vanta ge to th e sabr e squadro ns; the Regiment had just co me from a recce ro le with 5 A irborn e Brigad eandso t herewas nocha nge o f v ehicleinvo lved In o t her wayst ho ugh t hetas k wasa d ifficu lt o ne - close rec ce b ears littl er esemb lanc et oa ir bor ne rec ce -and t h e so phisticat io n o f th e new ro le was not easily ac quired

Tra in ing b egan in ea rnest o nSo ltau inA pr il, a yo ungt eam findi ng its feet t h ro ugh p roced ures and crew level assessmen t A n ecessary share o ut whic h w ent w ell w it h all r ecce troo p cre ws be ing plac ed inthe fir st 50 % o n regim ental cr ew tes ts and W02 Evan 's cr ew b reak ing i nt o th e to p five

Basictac t ics mastere d , w e moved to H ohneattheendo f A pril as pa rt o f a regiment al fir ing p erio d t o p ratice t he skills learnt in 5 A irborn e Brigad e D ue to lim ited am munit ionw e we re o nly able to co nfir m gu nne r sk ills a nd con tente d o urselves with d evelopi ngo th er m ilit ary skills such asweaponhandling.

"A change is as good as a rest" a nd t his was t he t heme for June wit h a n adve nt u re t ra ining exe rcise - Ex O berstd o rf Triangle p lanned by t he troo p lead er (Lt Ma sterton) Ten m embers o f th e troo p w er e ab le to e njoy good w eath er, clim b ing, t r ekk ing, s wim m inga nd cycl ing in Bavar ia o n w hat proved t o beso successful anexe rcise tha t it was u ndertaken o n a regimenta l ba sis !

Onc e back in camp, tr a ining and m aint enance b ecame t hep r io r ity again u nt il wedep loy ed t o So lt au for regim ent al tra ining in m id July ;it wasp lannedon a pro gressivetrai ning b asis. The t roop wasin volve d i n t roo p te sts in w hich b oth h alves p er fo rmed well and moved on to sq uad ron andba tt le group train ing. The latt e r part o f t heexercisewas b y far t he

mo st useful and it wasat t hissta ge tha dev elop o ur sk ills as a ba t t legro up asset

A side from Co H Co le'sexcursio nas t he Op Buxto n pr esent at io n t o a visit ing gat ion in Septe mber , th e t roo p geared ATUS a nd Med icine M an 7 Th it uat ion in was now h ott ing up and thu irie l ape ada ach ieved a new sig nifican

The

an i m m acu lat e one in t erms of bo th facil n : an env ir onme nti n whic h on ecannot fail to learn imitat i o n s t o t rai ning and wereali also nolim it at io n to how m uch o c ved as a nov ice team yet returned a ve d in the t o ughest envir o nm e a icult t ime of the year.

Thel e ssi veo ne ; fromtr oop to squa dro n t o ve us th e chance to refine the sk ills a y incr eased By t h e final at tack Recc t he "ti m ely and accura te i n fo r mation d and proved the ir va lue to the squad

BATUS als mo ments;th e Tro op Lead er u.rHansom sho o fideas ran o v er a T64 t oit s surprise wh ilst o l d infant ry tr ench with hi

There is m uch to do in \99 \ ei er her e in Germ anyo r o ut in t he M iddl e East. 1 acq uired th e b ase fro m w hic s in 199 0 mu st go t o M ajorG pertise and energy an d t o W0 p in 1990 wh o moves t o A Sq

LCpl Pa tterndte

LCpl Wood

Regimental Orderly Room

[990 was February 1980 all o ver again:

o nge ; fr om p ackingup, t oClerks leaving th e , g families t o German y In fact, if w e had rn an Barrac ks I d on't thin k it wo uld have bee n hic h year we we re in . Germany never r so it was t hought.

o manyfr iendsb ehindinWindsor was a wrench. ga i d farewell t o so me of our long serving clerks LCo H H arman lefti nFebruary t o li ve inth ewi lds o f Glamorgan. LCpl Smithleft t o work inSlough.LCo HM cSherr y finally ma de th e br eak a nd is wo rking in Bra cknell, h aving te amed u p w ith an ex Chief Clerk b y th e n ame o f Cherrin gton We m anaged t o dr ag LCoH Bish op o ut to Germany for about 4 mon ths, getting o urlastd rop o f b lood o ut ofhim A llth e cler ks in Germany wish t hem th e very b est o f lu ck for th e futu re

From helpi ng to recruit po tential Life Guards last year, LCoH M eAlpine has m o ved t o th e Training Wing w here he now m ost e fficientl y processes t raining cou rses

LCoH Gollingsspen t m ost of t he ti meas t he Mo vements Clerk m oving h imself from golf c ourse t o golf c ourse or cri cket p itch to cri cket pit ch. Howeve r, he di d manage t o fit some wo rk in d uring R &R in BATUS. H e is pos ted t o the Mo unted Regiment in th e New Yea r

TheSq uadro n and d epartmentalclerks have bee n p laying M usical O ffices, changing so m uch that it is hard to keep tr ack o f them. LCpl Smith left A Squa dron in February, and w as replaced b yTpr Usherwho in t urnwasrep lacedby L CpJ Ganda r w ho b y th e t ime yo ur ead t his will bei nth eGulf!Tpr Hur st has Jeft us for H eadquarters Household Cavalr y to be r eplaced b y Tpr Nixo n from th e ta nk p ark Tpr Ward was replaced b y Tpr Lavers as fil ing clerk, Ward th en re placed

Arri vingi nBA OR w e m et u p with LCoH Lu gg o nhisfirst po sting to t he Regiment. He has sp ent t he last 9 years wit h t he Mou nted Regimentasa D utymanandlatt erlyasacle rk He i s t he 1990 resident e xp ert o ndi sciplinea nd th e Int Wagon Clerk.

CoHPricehad aq uiet st art t o t heyear ven turing out on ly forAnnu alFiringat H ohneinMay H oweverhekep tb adgeringabo ut go ingt o BATUS witht heRegiment.Beinga "soft to uch", I allowed hi m togo :The t emperature reached- 2 5C l

LCpls Coker and West were p romoted LCsoH in July LCo H Co keriso urb uddingcom puter expert beavering away at Pampas, th epe rsonnel data system, and p uJl ing o ut w hat littl e hair he hasleft .LCoH West spendsas little t imeat the docu mentsd eskasposs ible.also pu llingo ut t helittle hairhe has l eft.

LCp l Ho me w ho r eplaced LCoH Go Uings Tprs Usher and Co llier have settled dow n in t he O M 's and O M (El Departm ents. W ho said "No thing seems t o change"? O nthe sp o rtingfro nt CoH Priceand LCoH Gollingshave co ntinued to play golf and cricket. T he Ord erly Roo m en te redate am for the Paderborn Garrison Charit y Bed Push in aid o f t he Across Trust , a chari ty whic h gi ves handicapped a ndund erprivilegedc hildren ho lida ys Thet eam co mprised Co HPric e, LCso HLugg& Coker(LCoHWest wasth e p atient) and Tpr Ward . N eedless t o say th ey d id not finish first (5th of 13)

Service in Germa ny has change d o ut of all recognition ; no mo re Ope rationalReady Test s or Bo rderPatrols,no t so m uch paperwo rk and t hen when we thoug ht th at ev erything had settledd own .O p Granby lfwe do d eploy t oSaudiArab iather e w illbeso mevery int eresting art icles for n ext year's A corn.

THE BED PUSH TEAM

Tpr Ward LCoH Lugg

LCoH COrier LCo H West CoH Price

Light Aid Detachment

"That was t he yea r tha t was" is t he phrase t hat certainly spri ngst o m indw henr eflectingupont heac hievements and di sappointments o f th e LAD over t he last twe lve mon ths.

Theyearstarted we ll wi th a 100 % PRE and t he handove r/ t akeovero f Alt hon e Barracks from RHG/D .TheLAD soon realised that it was in for a busy year w hen th e Regimental Second in Co mmand issued th e Lo ng Range Forecast of Events, consis ting of numerous exerci ses, live Firi ng at H ohne.a BattleGro up exe rcise in Canada and more Gunner y and Conve rsion course s t han you cou ld shake a "Troop 3Bar" at The LAD settled into life with t he th irdRegiment pr esiding at At hlone Barracksin t hreeyears,mee ting newp ersona lities and lea rning t o cope witht he intricacieso f cleaning white buff b elts.

Challenger maybe on e of t he latest ad ditions to th e Briti sh A rmy vehicle fleet, bu t it did not t ake long for the squadron fittersectio n s, ledb y SSgts He y wood , H opkins and Paul, t o realise t hat t he ta nks w ere not as reliableassome peop le wou ldhaveus b elieve.Oi land co olant leaks,gu nkit malfuncti ons w ere o ften cries heard from commanders on So ltau. The LAD saw quite a t urnover of pe rso nnel th roughout t he year, n ot least t he ar rival of a n ew ASM in August in t he formo f WO l Win spea re There w erealso tw o d etachments ; LSgt Coleman w ent t o t he Falkland Islands for five mont hs and LCp l Martin went t o BATUSforsix mont hs o n t he Tempo rar y Staff Bothare stil l wo ndering whatth ey did wrong t o be sent of to these far flung co rners o f t he earth

A week 's Ad venture Tra ining o n So nthoffen in Bavaria in lunesaw2 5o ft heLAD, ably ledb y W02 Swirlesand SgtMa llen. scaling all sorts of heights and wo ndering where th e snow had co me from and generall y "messing about on t he wate r, " canoeing and w hite water raftin g

Preparation for BATUS was ov ershad owed by preparation s for Op Granb y 1. The LAD l ost twe lve t radesmen t o 7 Ar moured Brigade in o ne a fte rnoon The r emainder livedon the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards t ank p ark for t wo we eks, w orking as d irected by Division and b ecame known as t he O p Granby Canniba ls or Rent-an- LAD.

A last dit ch re pair

BATUSis a p rovinggroun d fo r al l. no t leastCfnFarrand who,wh ilst driving the EME,learn t to map read, list en t ot he radio , m akeco ffee,ju mpo ut o f t he backof pickup trucks an d b reak his colla r bone Para ro le n ext ti me SSgt Lutton had q uite a t ime t rying t o r ecover an A rmoured Repair and Recov ery Vehiclewhichhadthr own its tracko n asteep bankin a red t emplate area which was o ut o f bounds 18hours each day He eventually succeede d with a lo t o f gr it, sand and d etermination . The LADis presently inthegrip ofOp Granby 1. 5.By th e time most o f its me mb e rshavedep lo yed w ith ot her Regiment s and Workshop s, a total of 12 wi ll remai n at Ath lone, th e A SMleft incharge w hi lst t he EMEatt emptsjCSC andall a wait t he callup Withou t excep tion everyone has worked extreme ly hard th is year, recognised b y all whom the y have assisted bo th in and outside of the Regiment To those th at have just joined th e LA D and ha ve be en w hisked off t o th e Gulf, you d on 't know what yo u have missed.

EME's Team

Mounted Squadron The Life Guards

Ceremonial

1990ha s bee n a very full an d bu sy y ear for the Squadron , w hich did 0 foll o w t he m ore traditional p attern of pr evious year s The Sq uadro n was involved in an Escort befor e th e ajor G ne ral's Inspection, provided a Divi sion for the Qu een o the r 's90 t h Birthday Celebrations andth e Tricent enaryCeleb rat i o n o f Rotten Row,aswellas our m ore usual co m mit m en t s

Themain c eremon ia l season started with Troop,Sq uadr o : andRegi men t al d rills during March Thi s w as inpr epareio for a -i sit by th e Presi dent of India on 3 rd April 1990. Un ortun atel y, t h e President di d no t get the Royal Train at Gal .i ck bau cl fo r V ictoriaStation butwas d riven insteadby car -rai h t t o Buckingham Palace, th ereby mi ssing t he Es cort enti rely. Th e Esc ort co mmanded by L G Sq uadron Lea er reu r n ed t o Hyde Park Barracks,so mewhat co ld afte r a Ion and f rui l ess wai t. H appily, th e Captain 's Escort d id ta ke place the n ex t day

The i ajor G ene ral inspectedt he Regiment i n Hyde Park o n 2 .1-'1 April Unli ke past yea rs t he weather was very good an d ne ground h ar d eno ugh not to look like a battlefield once the Re imen t had can tered over it. Th e M ajor General co mmend ed t he Sq uadr o nonits turn out,dre ssingand horsemanship . Th e pa rad e drew undue attention from th epress a itwas the fir st t imea woman intheshape of th e A ssistant

A d jut ant 12 Lt Mor l ey WRAC) had taken part on h orseback lune wa s as bu sy as eve r with the Queen' s Birthda y Parade a d i s rehea rsal sw hichallwent excepti onallywell wit h finew eathe r. Theonl y rain whic h fell in Jun edec ided to coinci d e wi th th Gar t er Ser vice w hich w ent ahea d after a sh ort d ela y The Sq u ad r o n too k up its pos itions , whereupon the rain fell har d er a nd w e w e re di smissed from o ur du ties half wa y t h r ugh th e Service t o save o urselves drowning

The Sq ua dro n p rov ided a Division fo rth eQ ueenM oth er's 90 th Birth dayCelebrations o n 2 7thJunew hich wasapa rticul arly inte resting an d e xce ptional pa rade , and o ne w hich no one wh o was present will ever be likely t o forget. The Div ision kept remarkably steady and calm in spi te of the crowds and vol ume o f no ise

Th e latterpar t oft he ce remonialseason wast he sameas u sualw ith a St ateV isit, State Opening of Parliam ent and t he L ord M ayor's Show

Summer Camp

The high light of the yea r fo r the L G Squa dron was undoubtedly the t raining period for 3w eeks at Bodney Camp in Norfolk As t he hor sesbeca me fit, so d id allthe so ldiers with earlym orn ing run s, mid m ornin g ridesand afte rnoon spo rts / tr aining All activitiesfor th e 3w eeks t ook part in b lazing sunshine apa rtfr om2 d ays - Jo ng m ayg lobal wa rming co ntinue I Nin et y nin e perce nt o f Sq uadron p ersonnel su ccessfully comp leted ATDs, CFTs and BFTs , b ut ve ry few escape d un scath ed across t he Sq uadron o r Regimental hand y hunter co urse s

Th e Sq uadron was d elighted to ho st Th e Go ld St ick for a v isit o n th e d ay o f th e Sq uadron int ertroop Handy Hunt er p airs co mpe tition , w hich was wo n by Tpr Boardman o n "Churc hill" and Tpr Dogs o n 'La ngtry". O ve rall, 3 Tro op wo n. TheSquad ron's finerun of success in th eRegimentalHandy Hunters com petition cont inued with Lt M adden and Co H O ldmanfr om 2 Troop w inning firstprizemuchtothechagrin of M ajor Watson and SCM Ritch ie who were denied t his mu ch coveted prize by h alf a second , In th e show ju mpin g arenaTpr Boardman on Chur chill wo nth e JuniorRanksc ompe t itio n

Oth er Events

I ndividual troop winter camps have again taken p lace thr oughou t Nove mber, a nd have pr oved to be an enormo us success 3 Troopstarted th e ball rollin gby journeying to Braham Park in Yorkshire, w here n o do ubt th e Knig htsbr idge br and o f hum our and int ellect d elighted a nd amused th e locals LCoH Walker andLCplSlingsby w ill no d oubt b ear t est imony to t his 2 TroopandITroo p b oth we ntt oA rdinglyin Sussex but at different t imes and t horo ughly enjoyed th emselves.

O n the 24th May , th e Gold Stick visited t he Squadron in Barracks A showjumping competition was due to take place in Kengsington Palacefield , bu t du e t o th ehard grou ndit t ook place in the outdoor m anege w ith the B BQ h eld in th e Gym LCpl Radford on "Dettingen" and Tpr Negus on "Krughtsbridge' were the bi g winners,

Sport and A dventureTraining

Th e Sq uadro n has managed t o find t ime to take par t in m any sp o rting activities and adve nture t rainingexpedit ions Riding eve nts have b een nu merous and inclu de o utings w ith th eSandhurst Dr ag Hun t,wee kend huntert rials an d seve ralt eam c hase even ts a round th eco untr y w hich have b een graced by a L G Sq uadron t eam

3 Troop's LCoH Irving, Troopers Willlinson and ' Fearnl elj at S ummer Camp

January,and February found several so ldiers p articipating in "Ex ercise Winter Warrior " which took p lace this year in France, where bo ththe amo unt of sno wand apres-ski were much appreciated . Du ring Jul y and October CoH PringJe o rganised severa l pe riod s o f adve nture tr ainingat Fremington , which again we re hugely enjoyed i n marvellous weather con ditions.

In October, th e Sq uad ron t eam w o n th e in tersq uadro n w ater polo m atchhelda ChelseaB arracks, ablyled by LCp l Gard nerw hoisanA rmy p layer The Squa dron footb allt eam have wo n a llth eirma tche s so far, and hope fully willco ntinue to do so . Squa dron p ersonnel have v isited aw ide vari ety of pla ces t hroughout th e year in cluding t he Channel Islands , Sp ruce Meado ws in Canada , Rotte rdam , Paris and Ne w Yo r k. Co H Waygood spent several weeks in Oman in struc ting horseman shipa ndTrooper Pearson is du eto go to Cyprus ona UN tou r wi th a Squadron from the Blues and Ro yals

TheM usicaJRide wasag reat success t his yea r, ably ledb y Capt Harris an dCaptMcK ie, an dadministratedbyCoH Darley Various sho wground s th roughou tthe cou ntrywe revi sited , b ut more g randiose p lans t o go New Yo rk we re pos tponed until19 91. Sad ly,Capt McKie reti res asRiding Master s hortly, an d he mus t be th anked fo r all the hard work and i m agination h e has p ut in to p r oduc ing an excellen t and impress ive d isplay for th e M usical Ride

Tr ooper Fi nnigan sw ings the sabre

Far ewells

Durin g t he year,we have said farew ell t o Lt Col R J Morrise y Pai ne,MajC H N Gra ham , Capt EConno lJ y,Lt HRDFullert on, Lt R B AMadda n, Co H Evanst o BAOR or th eGulf, CoH Burn s who has moved to th eTraining Wing ,CoH Darley an d Co H La yzell

Wewe lcome Ma jor TheH onM RM Watson , Cap tainP L Harris, LtWM D werr y house.Lt RWUloth , Co HFletcher,CoH Tie rney, Co HAlien ,Co HOld man and Co HLanah an.

LicutC/1 al1 / Fullerton pulls it off!

Troop er A llurn and Langtry

The Band of The Life Guards

The hist o ry of The Life Guards began in 1659at the court of th e e xiled King Charles 11 in Holland. A number of loyal gen tlemen led by Lord Gerrard of Brandon formed themsel es into t h e King's Life Guard. This duty has been carried o n t hro ugh t he centuries by the Household Cavalry and is sym boli sed today by the Guard Mounting Ceremony at Hor se Guards, Whitehall in London.

The 29th May 1660 will always remain a great day in the annuals of our history for it is recorded that at the public entryofKingCharles 11 into London hewas escorted bythree troops of Life Guards each preceded by its own Kettledrummer and four Trumpeters. This proud occasion began the history of the Band that you hear today.

The use of kettledrums and trumpets was, at this period, confined to the Army and nobility and, even in the King's troops, The Life Guards alone had the privilege of using kettledrums. The musicians held warrants of appointment from the King and were paid at the rate of five shillings per day. In the year 1678 they wore uniforms of velvet, silver laced, their instruments having richly embroidered and trimmed banners,thewhole cost defrayed bythe King.Thisistheorigin of the present day State Dress worn by the Band and Trumpeters.

The band is always very busy performing at the many State functions and giving concerts throughout the length and breadth of the country The State occasions include playing for the Royal Family during banquets, presentation ceremonies, investitures and garden parties at Buckingham Palace or at Windsor Castle

The Band has travelled widely and has performed in the Far East, the United States of America and most of Europe with several trips to Berlin to take part in the famous Berlin Military Tattoo, both as a mounted and dismounted band.

The Trumpeters sound fanfares at many important State and civic functions. They play at all the major ceremonies during the year including the State Opening of Parliament, the Garter Service and the like. Over the years they have performed in many countries as far apart as Australia, Iran, Canada,USA, Japan and most countries in Europe and Scandinavia.

It is often forgotten that all members of the Band are also trained medical orderlies and may hold military driving licences. These skills fit them for operational tasks.

TheNewYearforthe Bandbeganastheold onefinished, still deployed on Operation Orderly as medical assistants. 1t was a succesful operation with many of the Band receiving letters of personal thanks from members of the public Before the end of the operation four Trumpeters managed to fit in trip to Detroit for the North American Motor Show and the launch of the Austin Martin Virage: unfortunately there were no free samples!

The end of January saw the Regiment move to BAOR and consequently the Band moved to Knightsbridge 1t was the usual organised chaos with lots of waving across the M4 to the Blues and Royals as they moved to Windsor

In March we welcomed the Director of Music back to the Band on the completion of his riding course, looking slimmer and very fluent in horse terminology As you see from the picture of his passingout parade, his horse was carefully chosen for him.

The following month we started the mounted season with Guard Mountings and the Major General's Inspection with the Director of Music leading the Band on horseback for the last time.

In May, the trumpeters were on their travels again, this time to Salt Lake City for the 50th Anniversary of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. They were received with a great deal of enthusiasm and made very welcome; the Trumpet Major and LCpl Carson even managed a round of golf played under scorching sunshine with the snowtopped Rocky Mountains asa backdrop It was back to business on their return with the Beating of the Retreat (aswet as usual),the Trooping, the Garter Service, the mounted season finishing with the Oueen Mother's 90th Birthday Celebrations on Horse Guards' Parade.

The Band's summer season was quite short this year but we still managed to make our annual pilgrimage to Eastbourne where old friendships were once again renewed.

The year ended with a much shortened trip to visit the Regiment in BAOR,this being due to the Band's commitment to Operation Granby

The Band have said fareweJ! to LCoH Cox and LCpl Bailey Congratulations are to be given to the following on their promotions; ABCM Bourne, SOMC Alien, LCoH Alien, LCoH Dutton, LCoH Lazenbury, LCpls Alien, Wilman, Goodchild andBolstridge. We welcome totheBand,MusnsRowe, Taylor and Rayner

The Pay Office

Having l eft the Regimental go lfing c hampion and Service Fund A ccountant SSgt Iirnrny Ly ons b ehind in Windsor on the Arms Plot M ove, th e Regimental go lfers th ought th at at lastt hey had achance to wi n th e tro phy.l twas not to b e Our newServiceFund A ccountant W02 Wallis also a go lferand ret ained the tr ophy

Th e postin g o f SSgt Lyons was th e start o f a serie s o f pos tingsth at leaves th eDiv 2,w ho joined t heuni tin Octob er 1989,as the lon gestservingm ember inth e t eam . To M ajStovell.SSgt jimm y Ly ons, SgtCameron, Cpl "Alf"M ullender and th eir families, w e bid farewell. We w elcome Capt Sernb erg, W0 2 Barry Wall, Sgt Clay,LCpl A skina nd PteFox Forth e first ti mein t welve mont hs weareat full stre ngth. Wewe lcometh e new t eam, as w ell as th eir families.

On hand over o f Paymasters th e regimental yachting cap was also handed o ver and Capt Sernberg was soo n ta king groups upt o Kielfor Sail TrainingExercises. Ashe isalsot he Regimental Parachuting O fficer and a keen jumper him self, somewhat o f a runner andskie rt oo , life hasb een h ecticeve n for him.

Between all t he sp ort and a very busy milita ry tr aining schedule,thePaymaster andhiswifehave foundtimeto pr o­

du cea h ealthy b ouncing bab yboy The rest o fth eteam has not lagged be hind Bo th Sgt Clay an d LCpl A kin are both expecting new additi ons to th eir famili es and r ecruiting p rospects fo r the RAPC look goo d for th e year 201 8!

On th e work sid e of life. th eteam has hadave rybu syyear; wh en they were not supporting th e Regiment in the field (at H ohne and Soltau as we ll as exerc ise M edicine Man 7) they wer e d oing th eir fair share o f re ar p arty duti es. Exercise Med icine M an 7 pr oduced a differen t environment to t hat normally ex perienced by a Pay Team. Administeri ng o ver 1000payaccou nts p rovide d subs tantial work o nth e"pu blic" side , not t o m ention serving ove r 7000 cans o f b eer in th e Junior RanksClubin CampCro wfoot eachevening.Everyon e t ook the oppo rtunity t o s ee a b it o f Canada (and America!) and th or oughly enj oyed t he exercise as a whole Sadly someo ne had t o stay b ehind t o " ho ld th e fort ". A sco mpensation,W02Grechhas been t ryingo nhi sdesert b ootsand sun hat:

Without a do ubt thi s has b een o ne o f th e bu siest and m ost successful year s for this te am.

The Warrant Officers' & Non Commissioned Officers' Mess

We held o urfarewell dinn er t o Wind sor o n 9 January 1990, att ended b y the Co lonel of the Regiment, Major Genera l Lord MichaelFitzalan H oward, TheM ajor General, Comm ander 5A B Bdeand thre e former CommandingO fficers, andas man yserving Senior O fficersas w eco uld seat.January 13saw th efinalfunct ion in the Comb ermereM ess,afarewell cocktail part y for tho sewho coul dattendth e Dinner The Mes s p rop ertywas th en p acked up an d mov ed to Sennelager

O n arrival in Sennelager it was d ecided th at th e whole M ess w as inn eedo fext ensive red ecoration .On c ompletion inmid -March w e wereabl e to start pro viding entertainment for all m embers and t heir families.

For th ereo pening o fent ert ainment s inth e M essa familie s lun ch was held on th e 3rd Sund ay in Ma rch. This w as follow ed byaCafeCo ntinentaleveni ng the foll owing Saturd ay, withth e th eme b eingvariousm enus from Europ e TheRCM went for the Russian M enu ; alas th ere was n o caviar, but all wh o attended the ni ght enjoyed the excellent food p rodu ced

O ur first o fficial v isitor t o th e M ess was Commande r 33 Armo ured Brigade, Brigadier Br owne. followed o n2 7 Mar ch b y the Cor ps Com mander, Lt Gen Sir Charles Guthrie, forme rlyWelshGuards During hisvis it hemanaged t ospeak to all Warrant O fficers and pr esent L ongService a nd Good Conduc t Meda ls to OROMC SmithandSCplPickard

April and May pro ved to be q uiet du e to the Regiment be ing at So ltau and H ohne and Easter Leave. We di d howeve r manage t o fit in a C Sq uadro n Dinner, a di sco and a Livi ng In Dinn er.

June, Jul y and th e beginin g o f Augu st were fairly hecti c wit hanHO Sq uadron D inner, Cou ntry and Western Evening, and famil ies lun ches which co ntinue t o be a g reat success Th e Warrant Off icers held a dinne r, which was close ly followed b y a familie s' d ay The Mess er ected a tent for thi s occas ion which pr oved t o beasucc ess Thr ough out t heda y M ess M embers w ith th eir families and guests enjoyed th e wh ole event. At the end of July we had a farewell visit from The Lieut enant Colonel Comm anding Household Cavalry,

Colonel A H Parker-Bowles. to whom the Mess presented a farewell present We wish him luck in his new appointment After a hectic first 6 months the Regiment then went on three weeks well earned leave.

During lanuarys farewell in Windsor dinner the RCMpredicted in his speech that somebody would make trouble somewhere in the world because The Life Guards were leaving Windsor and 5 AB Bde, the then centre of Out of Area Operations That somebody was Saddam Hussein. When Iraq .nvaded Kuwait during August it was to have far reaching cor.sequences for all of us over the next few months, and possibly longer

Brigadier [enkins, Commander Armoured I(BR) Corps visited the Mess on 5 September followed closely by the Colonel of the Regiment, Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard, on Wednesday 12 September During his visit the Colonel was able to talk to many Mess members and then sat down to lunch with 50 of them.

The Regiment prepared to deploy to Soltau but diverted to Fallingbostel where we handed over our pristine tanks to the SCOTS DG. This was to be our first encounter with Op Granby and one which was to continue to affect us up to the present day, and beyond.

On return to Athlone Barracks at the beginning of October, the new Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Household Cavalry, Colonel J D Smith-Bingharn visited the Mess for thefirsttimeon4October, wherehewasabletoaddressthe Mess members and wish us luck in the future.

Recruiting Team

The Household Cavalry has had a successful recruiting year in 1990, so successful that our numbers were "capped" (the "in" buzz word) in September and we were restricted to taking only adult recruits with family connections. This should not deter all our Association members from their magnificent efforts on our behalf, as by the time you receive your magazine,we will hopefully be back in full swing looking for adult and junior soldiers and of course musicians; hence 1 amagain including our introductory slipwhichhas proved so • successful over the past two years.

Personalities who have served in the recruiting team this yearareStaff Corporal ClarkeBEM,TprLeafeandour Mounted Dutyman Tpr Smith from Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

The season started in March at the Blackpool Household Division Dinner and the team finally returned to barracks on 29th September 1990. In between, an extremely successful month was spent in Scotland and Wales with the remainder of the time being spent predominantly in North West and

Although most of the Mess members deployed to BATUS from 8 October until 21 November, A Squadron remained behind with an element from HO Squadron, which enabled us to have a dinner Then all ranks combined to hold aHalloween Partyforthefamilies,which literally wentoffwith a bang.

On the Regiments return we gave a cocktail party for the BATUS Battlegroup, which proved immensely popular with over 500 people attending at the height of the evening. Also during November we were visited for the second time this year by Major General Cooper

Through necessity,the Christmas festivities had to be curtailed slightly,but wedid manageto hold aWivesClubChristmas Dinner on Saturday 8 December Initially, we thought that because so many husbands were away preparing vehicles for Op Granby, there would not be enough waiters. However, the single men rallied round and in the end there must have been two waiters for everyone of the ladies who sat down.

Everyone tried to get back for the Christmas Draw,which again this year was the main function ofthe Mess. ROMC(E) Powell, the Master Chef and all the committee are to be congratulated onmakingthe eveningsuchagreatsuccess,even if the weather did try to spoil it for us.

Our thanks go to fifty or so serving and nonserving members who made the effort to come out for Brick Hanging. Although there were some serving members who could not make it due to operational commitments, we all appreciated the effort of those who travelled so far in foul weather to get here.

North East District As usualthe seasonhas not been without its "lighter moments," with a controlled explosion on the Budget Hire van at Halifax probably being the highlight Following this we encountered one or two councils who were loth to have Army recruiting teamsgoing into their areas,due to the current situation, but overall the team was very well received throughout the country and certainly made its name. LCpl Kellet (RHG/Dl, who certainly acquired his "Navigator" qualification at the Grand Tour of Lake Windermere, was instrumental with others in detaining some local "Boys" at Folkstone who had attacked the RA recruiting team. Driver Bichard,attached from RCTandJockaswell,actuallygavea £ 10 note to a fellow in his home town of Dundee to get some "chips",having thought hehada potential recruitforthe RCT. Needless to say, money, chips or potential driver were never seen again.

A very successfulweekwasspent inthe Manchester area due to the efforts of Mr J E Simpson of The Life Guards Association who went to a great deal of trouble and put in a lot of

effort to advertis e The Household Cavalry and also get us i nto sc hoo ls a nd local shows. Co H Ly ne was a lso able t o renew his acquaintance with The H ouseholdCavalry and find the b arbero nthis o ccasion. TprSmith,o ur Mount ed man,gained a well earn ed reputation as th e t eam "sm oothie" th roughout the t our.Hewill bea gr eat lossto the H ousehold Cavalry a nd we wishhim we llinhisfo rthcoming ca reer asa pai nter and decora to r. H owever, he s hould remember th at t hecareersoffic ewarned himt hat th is washow H itler started out ..

Th eculmina tion oft he rec ruiting season wasm arkedbya gra nd dinne r and disco in the "Oxford Blue" in Windsor, atte nded byso me 29me mbers o fth e t eam, th eirwivesa nd girl friends prior to proceeding on some well earned leave Iap pealas everto allreade rs ofthi smagazinet ocon tinue in their efforts to recruit for their regiments and The H ousehold Cavalry in order that we go into 1991 and b eyond at full strength Should yo u w isht o co ntact any o f o urrecruiters I have included th eir addresses and t elephone nu mbers as th ey will be delig hted to hear from you at any ti me. Wewill be in the following Distri cts d uring 1991 and s hould you know of a sch oolorcad etu nitwou ld lik eusto visit them ,p leasel et me know and I w ill see what can be arra nged The recru iting t eamw ill of cou rse bede lighted t oseeany ex m embers of th e Regiment.

South West District 29 Mar -30 A pr

Western Distr ict l May - 15 May

So uth West dis trict 16 May -3 1 May

North East Distr ict I lun - 30 fun

Eastern Distri ct l lul - lOlul

Roya l Tournam ent [0 lul - 31 lul

North West District 1A ug -15 Aug

Western District 16 A ug -3 1 A ug

Eastern Distri ct I Sep -30 Sep

Househol d Cavalry Recruiters

SCpl Maskell P - 46 AMard ol- 0 743232678

RHG/D (LSL) Shrews bury SYI IPP

W02 [ones - 13 Castle Street - 072220 445/6

LG (LSL) Salisbury SPI ITT

WOl Richards -594 High Road - 08 19021376

LG (LSLl Wem bley 08 1903349 1

M iddlesex HA O2A F

SCp] Catli n -TA Centre - 052 43426 7

RHG/ D (LSL) Pheo nix Street

Lancaster LAI J DD

Co H Mo ore -36/38 Old Street - 078 2281780

LG (Army) Hanl ey STI 3AP (Stoke Off ice)

Co H As hby - 2 44 Ho ldenhurst Road -020 2287 91

RHG/D (Army) Bournemouth B H8 8AX 020227734

CoH Craister - 7 Ridley Place - 09 12328749

(Army) Newcastle upon Tyne 0912322306

Co H Lyne -Barnett House -061228 3300

LG (Spec) 53 Fountain Street

Ma nchester M2 2AN

Co H Baldwin -27 St John 's H ill - 08 15350343

RHG/D Batt ersea SWll ITT

Trooper Smith in Rec ruiUJ1g Mode

CoH Cnlister wit h Troope rSmithand Co uisiream Co lle ague

The Guards Depot

The Househ old Cavalry Training Squadron has had anoth er successful and e njoyable year at th eGuards Depot. 1990 produced many changesandhighli ghts for Staff andrecruits a like W ithth e m oveo fth eRegimentt o BAOR we no longer hav et he bas eo fsanity to ru nto wh en life atPirbright getst oo much!

The introduction of "Recruit Capp ing" has brou ght about a reduction in t he nu mbers of Li fe Guard recruits co ming t o t he Depot, an d the Common Training Sy llabus fo r Recruit s is currently bei ng revi sed. We have seen a ch ange of staff and th e pro motion o f th e Training Sq ua dro n Leader Ma jor Kn owles, assisted adm irably b y W02 (SCM) Byrne

There have bee n many v isit s by Hou seh old Cavalr y p ersonalities, inclu ding a ve ry suc cessful 'Fee daway " (Ho usehold Cavalry even ing) he ld on 7 Ma rch for staff a nd recruits T he gu est sp eakerw asM ajor Lanew ho bro ught t heH ousehold Cavalry Information t eam and gave a n interesting an d informative presentation on life in t he M o unted Regiment and o n Challenger in Ge rmany.The evening pr oved for th e recruits th at th ere is m or e t o lif e th an th e Drill Sq uare a nd a cha nce forthestaff to "swingthelampan d pull asandbag o r t wo " Brigadier Emson, th e Silver Stic k, Lt Co l Rogers and the Regimental A djutant hav einspected various PassingOut parades .

The Inte r-Regimental Pace Sticki ng co mpet ition was represented by th e H ousehold Cavalry te ams from th e Mounted Regime nt, Senne lager and t he H ousehold Cavalry Training Squadron CoH D erbyshire, o n bei ng dis missed , "ben tth e knee" so rem arkab lywe llth at his tr ousers t ooko n a tot ally diff erent ap pearance, as on e leg sp lit from cr otch t o knee The Fo ot Guards are co nsidering a n amendment for nex t year.The t eam captain h ad n o probl em in selecting th e t eam from th esmallnum berso fNCOs qu oting,"If yo u ow n a pa ce stick YOU'RE IN r

The major spo rtingfixtureo f the summe r was th eint erregiment al company athle tics m eeting whe re the staff and recruits o f t heH ousehold Cavalry TrainingSquadron tea med

upwi th luni or Parachute Com pany level(in tru e5 Ai rbo rn e t radition) makinga formid able forceagainst t he var ious Foo Guards te ams. T his combination of H Cav speed and Para staying p owerp roved unstoppab le, asthe t eamste amro lled its way t o the m ost reso unding v ictory seen at Pirbright for m any y ears It wasn ice to see TheH ouseh old CavalryTrainin g Squadro n win t he team t rophy for th e fir st tim e Weare nowlooking forw ard t o thecr oss c o untry,vo lleyballandba sketb all co mpetitions w here o nce again weanticipate favourable results

The Household Cavalry are forever gaining grea ter influe nce at th e Dep ot,firstly with t heCavalry Co rner in th eWOs' and N COs' Mes s a nd after the per sistence o f t he pa rad e th ere ar e now tw o H ousehold Cavalryba nners hangingin th e ch apel.

Wehave not ye t con vinced t heFoot Guardsth ata t eam equestria n event is required in t he sp ortin g edu cation H o w ever, Derby DayatEpsom sawa goo dturn o ut o fH ousehold Cavalry Training Squadron M ess me mbers an d the y we re a blet o t ea ch so me o f t he o thers a thin gor t wo O ne Foot GuardsMe ss member, ons eeingth eac cumulated wi nningso fth eCavalry staff, washeard to mutte r, "Irec kon t hey kno wsomething ab out ho rses ! ".

As usual t here has bee n ahigh turn around o fLife Guards st aff ove r the p astyear We havesaid goodbyet oCap tain Me adwho is po sted b ack to theRegimentasO M (E) a ndt o LtFarrwho has leftfo r civ ilian life, a lthough so me o fus never kne w tha t he wasatth e Depot inth e firstpl ace Lt Davies has go ne t o have his br ain washed a t t he Signals Schoo l. and CoH Roberts has r eturned t o the Regiment, b eing replaced by Co H Wise Co H M ac kay has left th e Army afte r teac hing the li kes of LCsoH Coleman, Kitc hing and LCpl Kellet at H ous eho ld Division Cad re Cour se In the ir p lace Lts ' Firks and M eynell, LCso H Warren and Parkinson, LCpJ Beech and Tpr Standlake havearrived t o m aintaint hehigh reputation atth e Guards Depot. We wis h th e r egiment we ll for th e next year andtheb est ofluck to Lt Col de Ritt er as Co mmanding O ffice r.

'SPORTS

Boxing

Boxing is primarily th e art of self defence. Professio nal boxing, not unlike ama teurbo xing, is different in man yways, not least of which it is done for payment. "Any fool can fight but few can box "

In th ewo rld of amateur bo xing inthe Army th eo ld values of fitness , co urage, de termination, co ntrolled aggression a nd skill are maintained . I t is a highly tec hnical sport.

The finest result which the Regiment produced this year was undoubtedly beat ing2nd Battalion ScotsGuards 6 3 i n the finals of t he London D istrict Boxi ng Co mpeti tion.

Th eintersquadron comp etition washe ld earlyin June thi s season to allow plenty of t ime to p repare for the BAOR Championships.

The Inter Squadron Champ ions were as follows:

Banta m : Trooper T HWAITES C Sq uadron

Feather : Trooper CROUCHER A Squadron

Light : Trooper WILSON HO Sq uadro n

Light Welter : Trooper JUKES B Squadron

Welter Troo per STEVENS B Squadron

Light Middle: Trooper DAVIES A Squadro n

Middle Lance Corp oral PATTERNOTTE B Squadr on Ligh tH eavy: Trooper BUCKLEYCSquadron

Heavy Farrier SMITH HO Squadron

T he winners o f t he Inter Squadron Trophy 1990 were HO Squad ron, allb oxers d isplayed ag reat dea l of cour ageand de termination during th e competi tion which washeld in the Riding Schoolasthe Gymn asium wasco nsidered too s mall

The r egimental coa ches were SCp[ O rmiston and CoH Godson assisted b y LCoH Grantham and LCpl Daynes w ho are now upgraded to Grade 2 They started to mould the Regimenta l Tea m in p reparation for the BAOR Champ ionsh ips

T he a rea which needed improving was, w ithout do ubt. skills As every good coach knows footwork is the basis of a good bo xer 's tech nique Boxers were also taught blocking,

pa rrying andco unter p unching, other criesof bobbing, weaving,snapp ing,swaying, stepping in and stepp ing o ut, fading leading h and, uppercut s,hooks, crosses, jabs werealso pract ised O nce our oppon entsheard ofall t histhey pulled out of the compe tition and gave us a bye to t he Divisional Finals H owever, Op Granbywas announced and many mor e t eams didthesame I A t the time ofwriting weareinth eSemi-Finals BAOR to be boxed by 25 January and it is u nfortu nate that t he b est regimental t eam The Li fe Guards has ever assemb led hasbeen unable to gaint he matchprac tice needed to achieve the aim of becomi ng BAOR Champio ns. Hopeful ly, the boxers will still be available to enter forthe Individual Champ ionships i n M arch.

Cricket

The wors t th ing a bout w riting a su mmary on t he cric ket p layed by the Regiment is that, yet again, d ue to a dea d.! ' combinat ion of t raining commitme nts , bad weather and conflict ing d ates, we have played pitifull y few gam es against o ther regiments. This mu st be redressed next year - which I leave to mysuccessor - ifRegimentalcricketis to flourish Now I've go tthat offmy chest, the1990seasonwas not entirely barren.

Our first opponents in early May were the 17/ 21 Lancers, very ab lyled by t heir RegimentalSergeantMajor. Hewasvery s hort for his weight, a Yorkshireman , and liked t o negotiate like Art hur Scargill.What is more hed id not entirely tru st the LifeGuards capta in , Lt M eynell, even without th e pr iork nowledge that the latter was in B Squadron Agree ing with him how to playt hema tchin theprevailingweather c onditionswhich w ere foul -w as protracted and fru strating .

Regimental firing at H oh ne and various sit e guards were to pass before w e once mo re reassembled at t he 17/ 21 Lance rs barra cks i n M Onster. T he RSM had th e Test a nd County Cricket Board plus vario us sol icitors in attendance This time as he agreed the basis of p lay with Lt M eynelLBut, almost imm ediately. t hings again we nt wrong for The Life Guards Capt Robertso n (Sa ndhurst Cap tain X I p laying membe r MCC, top batsman forTheLi feGuards Cricket Club , many cricket jumpers) was almost immediate ly out, close ly followed b y 2 Lt Rees-Davies, newly arrived batting phe nomeno n and w ell known "sciv er' (ex Sandhurst XI. cou nty p layer and at least t hree jumpe rs). Even the slugging ability of 2 Lt Wheeler & Lt H anson.bo th ca pableof puttin go n aquick 50 (especially when tea was in t he offing) were a disappoi ntment. With t he Life Guards sco re no more t han abou t 120 runs, we were hard pressed to co ntain their batsmen Desp ite th evicio usly fastLCpl Addis a nd the effective LCoH Wells asstrike bow lers. theru ns came easilyfort hem Slowly bu t surely t hey r eached and overtook o ur t otal A ll congrat ulations m ust be given for their gutsy pe rformance

Tpr Buckl ey and L/Cp l Daynes Looking Menac ing

TheRegiment retri evedso meofit s prid e whenwepla yed

33A r mo uredField Ambulanc e at home This time o urbat sm en , especial ly M ajor He witt, got well int o th eir stride and blasted th eir b owlers all ov er the b arracks We w on com fort ably against a capable side, and restored some mu ch n eeded co nfidence

The inter squadron compet it ion went ver y w ell d espite interm ittent filthy weatherand a plag ueo fmol esall o ver th e pit ch B Squadron, last years' winne rs, crashed i n th e first game against HQ, v icti m t o th eirown shortfallsi n th e b atting d epart ment HQ we nt o n t o m eet A Squadron in th e final w hich A Squadron wo n ve r y co nvincingly C and B Squadrons hada p layofffor third pla ce,b ut,d ue t o mu ch squabbling b etween b oth Squadron Leaders, th e Adjuta nt and b oth SCM's the po ints w ere halved fo r third pla ce!

Lastl y, the annu alclashbet ween TheWOs ' & NCOs ' Me ss vs The Offi cers' M ess went off splendi dly, if not entirely to' plan, at least for the O fficers.As op posed t o lasty ear,the Offic ershad a full, c ompetent team and d emonstrated so b y crashing up a score around t he 150's In re ply th e WOs' & NCOs' pl ayed th eir joker a nd put SCM Clarke on t o bow l. who, th ough not exactly Dennis Lill ee, helped skittle the largely ov erconfident O fficers It was slightly e mbarrassing t o b e so tr eated b ut the resulting loss t o th e O fficers' H ouse m eant a gain to the Kindergarten t o th e tune o f some DM 2 50 Thanks go t o all wh o p articipated throughout the seasoninth e Regimental sideandespe cially L CsoH Go JJings a nd Lanahan and 2 Lt Rees-Davies for their effort s o n be half o f th e te am.

Cross Country

Byth e time th e Regimenta rrivedinGerm any th eBAOR

Cross Country League was near c ompletion Nevertheless te ams wer e enter ed fo r th e remaining m eetings, if fo r n o o ther r eason tha n t o gauge th e st andard of co mpetition from w hich we co uld effect ively tr ain for th e follo wing seaso n.

The highlight o f 1990 was th erefore th e int ersquadron co mpetition inMay The enclosed natureo fthe s urrounding German cou ntrysidelent it self t oanint erestingandwi nding cou rse To avoid any co nfusion over route m arkings the competitors w ere led around the course b y Captain T E Thorneycroft o nhor seback. The individualwinnerw as Co H Roberts, A Squadron with B Squa dron o verall winners With further tra ining th rough th e wi nter m onth s we should prod uce a highcalibret eam for th e next BAOR Co mpe tition.

Fencing

Th e Life Guard's fencing t eam, Arm y Thr ee Ma n Team c hampions in 19 87 and winners o f a num ber o f Arm y and Int erServicesindi vidual titl es t o it scr edit,had quit ea record t o live up to o n its return t o BA OR

Gladly, mu ch int erest was shown i n w eekly tr aining evenin gs or ganised b y Co H Mar gan a nd it becam e apparent t hat, whilst larger o rganisations th an o ur own mi ght dominate i nnumbers, wecould hold our own i n q uality

The BAOR Championships at th e end o f Ma rch subseq uently saw a Regimental entry o f 14 indi viduals and tw c teams

O ur fir st ev ent was the individual foil c ompetition, t h modern electric equ ivalent of t he French cou rt swo rd Despite so me con fusio n ove r th e co mplicated equipment w e fielded an entry o f five in cluding LCpl Butl er and Tpr Glads to ne t o co mpliment th e more experienced Capt Mahon y, Lt Hanson and W02 (QMS!) Co rfield, APTC. No t surprisingly, it wasth e latter thr eewho m ade the finalpo ol o f t welve with Lt Hanson llth. Q MSl Cor field 10th and Capt Mahon y the tri umphant winne r.

Th e pr ospe cts o f "swords at d awn" perhap s ma de Epee, the duelling sword , our best repre sented and strongest weap on . The i nclusion o f M ajor Hew itt amongst o ur ent ry o f Mahon y, Hanson , Corfield, Co H Ma rgan an d LCpls B eech, Bebbi ngtonan d Butler added so me"dash " ifnot t oo mu ch "flas h" t o th e p roceedings. Sadly, he was eliminated earl y. leaving Ma hony.Hanson and Mar gan t o co ntest t hefinal. A s with all events 25 EngineerRegiment do minated innumbers, but th e Lif e Guards p roved ma sters in standard with Lt Hanson5th, CoH M argan4th andCapt M ahony takinghissecond titl e t o complete a satsifying t wo da ys in whi ch he had not lost a fight

Sabre, the swashbuckling'Err ol Flynn" of w eapons,was enthu siasticallysupported at club evenings. D espite entry o f W02 Corfield,LCp ls Beech, Bebb ington and TprGladstone, o ur relative lack of e xperience p roved d ecisive. Al ongside som e v ery good sabre urs fr om 25 Engineer Regiment. 16/ 5 Lancersa nd 5 Regiment RAinparti cular, our boysdid wellt o sur vive th eearly r ound s Therewe reno fencers inth e final in thi s weapon. unfortunately.

Having e ntered so many individual event s we w ere obliged by t herul es t o enter bo ththe six andthre e m an team eve nts Und oubtedly a t eam of Mahony, Hans onandMarg an w ould have carriedo ff the thr ee mante am titl e but with our for ces div ided, th e Regiment did wel l enough t o finish 3rd in th e three m an team and 3rd inthe six ma nte am e vents, qu alifyi ngus fo rth e A rmychampionships laterinth eyear.Hopefully, a good b asis has been laid d own for ne xt year.

InAp ril,Co HM arganand LCpl Beb bington were selected t o rep resent BAOR in anInt ernationalServices Co mpetition "the koos" in H olland Tra gicall y, this eve nt was ab andoned whenan RA F Co rporal wask illedbyab rokenblade pier cing his h eart Thiswasa soberingremin der toall. o ftheinher ent dangers o f combat sports

The Arm y Championships in Ma y unf ortunatel y clashed with Regimental c ommitments and only Capt Mahon y managed t o get bac k t o A ldershot to contest the Arm y Epee titl e whi ch h e won forth e fourth t ime In Jul y h ew ent on t owin the Services Epeet itlefor th et hird ti me Jul y saw CoH M argan in action as th e England t eam manager a t th e Co mmonwealth Federation Fencing Cham pionships at Branhall in Cheshire Co HM argan went o n t o wi n a t eam b ronze m edal with the Epee team

The pos ting o f so me key Regimental fencers will mean th at n ext year willdepend , mu ch upo nt h e e nthusiasm o fthis years newcomers -fence o n!

Golf

T he facilities for golf in Sennela ger are w ithout do ubt superb We are most fortunate in b eing situated almost on top o ft he B ritish A rmyGolf Club , whi chon ly i n Sep tember was extended to a 27 hole cour se.The n ew [ 8 h ole co urse winds its way ent irely th rough t rees and isanext reme test of acc urac y T he p icturesque 10th , apar 3, isa120yd carry over a lake w here th ere is no roo m fo r e rror at all.

The op portunities for co mpetition, b oth t eamandind ividu al , are almo st e ndless, ranging from Garr ison Leagues/ Knocko uts , mee tings at Divis ional, Corps andB AOR level in addi tion t o weekly comp eti tions w ithin th e Senne lager Club itself.

The Regiment has only fielded a t eam o n t wo oc casio ns andwe re beateninboth. Atanindivi dual le vel , go lfers have p layed in Club competitions at weekends and midweek w hen ti me a llowed.

Co H Ierarn was awarded a priz e at the RAC me eting for getting "valuefor mon ey"inone o fhis roundsan d achieving a g ross sco re of 137.

O n 8 Jun e t he Regimental Go lf Day took p la ce on o ne of the few days during the summer w hen it rained There we re t wo round s ; a m edal anda fo rm o frnatchplay W02 Wallwo n the med al roun dw ithLtH ennessy- Walshand Cap t A sto r 2nd and 3rd . I n t he afternoon Lt H ennesy-Walsh wo n, with W02 Wall 2nd and Capt As tor 3rd.

In Aug ust Lt Hennessy-Walsh won th e Volvo M ilitary Tour w ith an o utrageo us 65 (8 under p ar) an d was justly handicapped as a result Thisqualified him fo rentr y int o th e knocko ut for th e Volvo Masters Proam at Valderma H e failed to q ualify !

H opefully 1991 will see more p eople p laying go lf in the Regiment andindividualsenteri ng compet i tions Who know, sand ir ons may be t he only clubs th ey wi ll need

Hockey

Fo llowi ng an encouraging year in Windso r the hockey te am has go ne from strength t o str ength in 1990. The standard of pl ay throughout the Regi ment has improved consid erably whic hwasreflected inth e pop ularity a nd level of the Inter Squad ron H ockey Comp etition . C Squadron were the wort hy winne rs b ut game s t h roughou t we re h eavily conteste d and, wit hout except ion , close 2 Lt Ree s-D avies was th e top score r (9 goa ls) and Tpr Usher (HQ Sq uadron) was vo ted m ost p romising pl ayer.

At regirnentallevel, du e t o pr essurescausedinth eMi ddle East , fi xtur es have b een frustrated but we have still mana ged to p lay some matc hes int he 3 Arm d DivLeagueaswe ll asa fewfriendlies Therew ere good victo ries over 3LI and 56 Bty RA wi th ou r o nly defeat bein g against a stro ng 5 Inniskillen Dragoon Guards side.

A nu mber of players have p erformed we ll including the A djutant , but particular thanks mu st go to LCpl Wright ACC wh o has b een invaluable atth eback bo th fo rthe Regiment and his Co rps side. The season is far fro m ove r and we are aiming for pro motion to Di vision 1 in 1991.

Offshore Sailing

Th e Regiment has ma de a successful start t o O ffshore Sailingin BAOR Since o urarrival, althou gh som ewhat limited by th e lack of qualifie d crew parti cularly at skipp er level, novi ce cre ws o f five keen sailors t ook part in t wo Regattas durin g th eseaso n Inlul y, th e Paymasterledthe LifeGuards entry in th e RAC Regatta t o a gallant eig hth (assisted b y th e q ualified Skipper o n loan from th e tr aining ce ntre) In Sept ember, Lieut enant Rup ert Uloth a chievedgreater success in the 3rd Arm oured Di vision Regatta.B oth eve nts w ere o riginated by Kiel Training Cent re using their fine n ew fleet of 29' Hal berg Rassy sloo ps

Th e oppo rtunityt o take soldiers from aba rracks envi ronment and pa rticipate in stimulating adv enture tr aining p ursuit s i so ften m issed through pressure of co mmitment s The easeofadmi nistrationand scope of activity p rovided b y t he sailing fleet at Kiel isextremelyvaluabl e andw e w erelucky to be ab le to ta ke advantag e o f this so soon The co ming seaso n pro mises to beeq ually successful. Not only willw e enter th e same t wo Regatt as, b ut t wo further weeks o f adventu re sailtr ainingw illbe o rganisedinthe Baltic, andp erhaps even furth er no rth t oward s Swe den. So ldiers will be en couraged to gai n t he ne ccesary q ualifications, ensuring th at a stro ng cadre of e xperience is built u p wit hin th e Regiment we ll int o th e [990's.

Free Fall

Parachuting

"Cut! Climb O ut! Go !" Familiarwo rd s t o th e handful o f s o ld iers w ho have vo lunteered fora p arachuteco urseat the Joint Services Parachute Centre at Bad Li ppspringe Th e Regiment is ver y fortunate to have th e p arachute cen tre onitsd oorstep The facilities forlearning topa rachute (not in the m ilitaryway!)are s econd t on o ne.Thewe ather is th eo nly variablefactor. Sadly, during 1990 , milita ryand exercise co mmitments have not allowed m any p eople to start pa rachuting It is mandatory for any one wh o wi shes to parachute t o u ndergo an intensive peri od o f g round training,

The Paljma ster with his Crew at Kiel

befo re p rogressingt o th e firststaticline "d escent" .For th ose w ho aspi re to greater he ights, it t akes at least six static lin e jumps to achieve a r ecommendation for free-fall. But th e exhilara tion is most definitely wo rth it. Costs are m inimal as allt he equipmen t ispro vided Thefirsteightcan didatesthis yeareven had th eircou rse feessubsidised I

Nextyearp romises to b e just asbusyayear With events whi chareun foldingattim e of writing inthe Middle East,pl annin g p arachuteco ursesforsoldiers is not easy. Neverth eless, if th ere is a ga p, peo ple will be parachuting into it. Fingers c rossed for clear blu e skies I

Swimming and Water Polo

TheRegiment's exercise programm esa nd other commitmen ts have left little oppo rtunity for regu lar swimming activities since our arrival in Germany Notwithst anding this, Lt Gaselee m anaged to field a regimental team fo r the 3 Ar md Div Swim ming Championships at Warendorf whi ch w ere h eldo nth e25th a nd26thMay 1990. Theteam achieved 8thpl aceo ut o fth e 11 major units competing.

In June, th e REME h eld its BAOR Swimming Champi onships at Rheindahlen fo r whi ch TheLifeGuards againent ered ateam consisting fo r t hem ost part ofour REMEper sonnel Theevent was not without success.LSgt Humphri esco llected two medals and Lts Hanson, 2 Lt German and Tpr Chubb also won medals . O ur performanc es in t he relays were rewa rded and at the end of two days Th e Life Guards team had ac hieved fo urth p lace ove rall.

A t homewe h ad th eintersquadron waterp olo a nd swirr" min g co mpetitions These t ook pl ace in A ugust with t r.: Water Polo bei ng played at th e Bund eswehr Camp " Augus td o rf M akeshift goa ls we re co nstructed by LS!;: A ndersonwho alsop layed for th ev ictors o fth eco mpetit i - HO Squadron

The swimming competitio n was a lso dom inated by H Squad ron with 2nd , 3rd and 4th positio ns goingto B, CandSquad rons respectively Individual event s were won by Ca M ahony (Individual Medley),2Lt German (50 m Breastrok e Co H M argan (lOO m Backstroke), LSgt Hum phries (50 rr freestyle & Butt erfly), LCoH Baugh (lOO m Freestyle), LSc:c: Scott (lOO m Backstroke),LCoH Richards (100 m Breastro ke

In ge neral. o ur competitive swimming result s in haveh ighlighted theneedformore serioustrainin g in ord t o achieve higher p o sitions However, as i s oft en th e case during busy per iods, suc hasthe handover of v ehicles t o t he Scots Dragoon Guards, time for training is a p recious co mmod ity of which major spo rts ta ke t he li on's share.

Polo

Disappointingly litt le polo wasp layed i nth e Regiment i n BA O R t hisyear Thiswasdue to a shortage o f poi nts(RAPA wasunfo rtunately unable to assist) andthe increasingd ifficulty of th oseoffice rs whod id playinlookingaftertheir ow n ponies beca use o fth e absenceofgro oms.

Several p ractice chukkas were held at Bad Lippspringe du ring which th e 15th/19th Hussars, especiall y M ajor Prestw ick, very kindly offered a few tips to the tw o green Li fe Guard Office rs Lt Dwerryhouse played successfully b ack at Guards d uring summer leave in the Major General's Cup whilst Capt O'Ka ne played with Taylors Port in th e H ohne Polo Tournament,getting into the finals. TheBadLip pspringe L owGoalTournamen t 20 -22 July wasavery enjoyable weekend with Capt O 'Kane play ing with the 15 th / 19th Hussars

All eyes are now turne d t o next year which , with more po nies, m or e p layers and t he prospect of an "organised " ya rd , looks more pro mising

LCp/ Mc MU/an Preparing to ju mp again 1II1

Capt Cox, Maj Anderson, Us Hanson & Whee ler

Rugby

This year,th e r ugby seaso n has been ove rshadowed by other commi tments such as BATUS a nd OP GRANBY. We caught the end o f the BA OR 89/ 90 season w hen th e Regiment moved to Sennelager in February As expected ou r t eamwas no match for th ewell established andexpe rienced te ams of BAOR. Ho wever, som e excellent t alent was d ispl ayed whi ch shows promise fo r th e 90/91 season.

The90/9 1season started o ff on avery enco uraging foo tingwith several good w ins fo rth eregimentalt eam.This new foun d burst o f p romise slowed do wnin Oc toberduet o B andCSquadrons de parting for Canada on exe rciseM edicine M an 7and eventually stopped t ot ally, du e t o th e regimental commit ments to OP GRAN BY.

The Inter Squadron Rugby Co mpetition also went the wayofOP GRAN BY. However,out oft he two games played, ASquadron emergedthe victors.Both 2 Lt Graves andW02 Evans look forwa rd t o an unint err upted seaso n next year

Windsurfing

Insufficient t ime hasbee nspent enjoyingth e plea sures of windsu rfing since our arrival in Senne lager. Ou r time has b een s pent d oing o ther th ings, the m ajority of which have been of a m ilitary natu re rather than leisure pur suits.

Living near t o Paderb orn, wh ere the wat ersfromth e Egge Hills form s ubterranean strea ms w hich are fo rced up into mor e t han 200spr ings around Paderborn it isno t surprising th at we are ab le to find ad equate facilities for wind surfing.

One such location is t he Li ppesee, sit uated a few kil om etres beyond th e main NAAFIs hop in Sennelager Here the river Lippe flowsth rough alarge gravelworks and p rovidesa suit able stret ch of wat er.

Several w eekends w ere spent bo ardsailing and credi t mu st go t o th e t wo Troop Leaders from C Squadron w ho encouragedth eirsoldie rs to co mealong and have a laugh I

Food was p rovided b y the M aster Cook and pr epared ov er th e Bar-BsOue by Lt Uloth w ho produced m outh wateringr esults , ev en if th e odd br atwurstwassprink led with sand. Tofinish offthe mealth ere wasnothing b etter than aco uple o fbeersco nsumed at t henearby snack barw hilst soakingup th e sun and watching the experts sail u p and d own

Jwo uldliketo t hink t hat clu bm embership willimprovein 1991 ; but withth e prospe ct ofserv ing inthe Gulf.that remains to be seen!

Fishing

Sennelager and th esurroundinglakeso ffer flya nd coa rse fishermen excellent facilities t o enjoy what th ey l ove doi ng m ost

We have had compet itive success from th e Officers' House. The following havep erformed particularlywell : Capt

Sanderson caught th e highest num ber o f tr out th is seaso n, Capt KeLly caughtth e biggestt rout from t he lakeand Lt Earl caughtth e larg est trout in t hewhol eo fthe area during th is fishing seaso n.

The BAORCoarse FishingCo mpetitiont ook placein Holland.LCoH O'C onnor and LSgt Chigney took part. LSgt Chigney won more than one trop hy. The t eam finals w ere held in Denmark. LCoH O'Co nnor's t eam came 10th o ut o f 100 t eams and thu swalked awaywith the firstcup o f t he seaso n

Lo cally LCoH O' Connor holds the Bream record of 360 kgs and has won 3 events outr ight.

Squash

Since arriving in Germany sq uash has beco me po pular within the Regiment Despite having o nly on e co urt in Athlone Barracks the availability of equipment within the Squadrons andRegimental s quashladder has led t o an everin creasing number o f players.

The ma jority of our best play ers are h owever Senior NCO'sand weare e ndeavouringto form anucl eus ofyoun g t alent t o replace th e "Old Sweats" This appears to be not on ly th e case within t he Regiment but within th e Royal Armour ed Corp s.

It has b een a goo d y ear for the tea m. They reached the semifinals of th e RAC Int er Regimental Championships losing o nlyt ot heI 5/ 19th Hussarsinaneedle tig ht match.They eventu ally won t he competition.We a lso had ago odwin in t he Paderborn Garrison Sports Day Knoc kout.

The Jnter Squadron Squash should p rove very co mpetitive.

2 Lt Wheeler had a good year, representin g the Arm y un der 2 5's a nd the Royal Arm our ed Co rps having won th e 3 Div Squash Champ ionships

The Germans, despi te having on ly di scovered squash 5yearsago,havew orked hard on de velopme nt ofthe game and we are spo ilt with m any local cl ubs.

It is o ur i ntention t o jo in the Paderborn Squash L eague next seasonaswe llasenteringth e3 Armd DivSquash League, sending i ndividuals t o p lay i n the mul titude of BAOR Tournaments and th e Cumberland Cup League

2LT Wheeler

Skiing

Wh ilst t he Regiment was invo lved in m oving t o Germany wewe re lucky enough t o have hadafoot o nth egro u nd with r egardto skiing Withkind help oft he 15 th /1 9th H ussars we ma naged to se nd so me40 so ldiersd ow n t o Bavaria for Exercise Snow O ueen A ll co ncerne d hada t rem endou stime and c e rtainly go t a ma zing valu e for mone y

Ma jor Clar ks chalet in Zerrnat t was utilised t o t he full o n ma ny ski tri ps and an even longer pe riod ove r the Easter Leave period T he route down to Zermatt became much publicised as the Audi Ou attro test route sinc e both Ma jo r Clark and Captain Smythe -Osbourn e owned one . Unfortu natelythe latter 's, bl ew up o nth e wa y, causing muchamuse ment t o e veryone b ut th e ow ner!

This a rticle isslightly u nfortun at e in th at it co m es be fo re t he 1990/ 91 A rm y Seaso n in Verbier. Ho we ver Lt Wheel er has put a lot of hard work intoorganisin g b o th a t eamand finalsfor th e co ming season Reports o n t he snow thi syear arefar better thanwe re experienced lastyear, sothetra ining and s kiing in general sho uld be t remendous.

T he most "u nusual"ski ing was un dertakenby te n o fficers on R& R after Med icine M an 7. Having t ried a t ypically Canad ian "RoadCruise " westeamed up t o Banff, booke d into t he Banff Spr ings H otel andt ookinafew coc ktails b efore v enturi ng o n to th e slop es t he next mo rning

The first resor t w e w ent to was Sunshine Va lley, a sm all r esort a b ou t 20 mi nutes fro m B anf f. Th e w eather was n ot goo d , b ut it wasanideal d ay t o li mber up ,a nd mu c hfun was had b y all The next thr eed ays were spent at LakeLouise - a bigg erreso rt wi t h goo d easy runs . T heco nd it io ns here w ere perfect. fabulous snow and the w eather t o go with it. It really was a fantastic way to re cove r from an arduo us exe rc ise andc ertainly an exper ienc ethat allconc erned wo uld recommend to anyone else

TUG OF WAR

Sadlyun likep revious yea rs it hasnot bee n a ver y e ventfu l year due to commitments such as BATUS and Ope ration Granby

H o w ev er, after so metr ainingwe w ere read y for t heGarri son compe tition held at the Rhi neArm ySummerShow We came four th in what was a very to ugh com petition.

This hel ped t o p rodu cean excellent int ersquadron tu go f war,w ith B Squadro n w inningand H O Sq uadro n seco nd

Coldi tz Revisited Li eut ena nt Ul oth and Surgeon Major O'K ane

"I' m sure tflere's Cl road whee l in my web bing somewhe re" CoH Camp on mai nten ance

Bachelors at Fmilies Da y

LClndi ng a Big-Un! Tne TO and LCpl Daljnes

BOOI

Tro oper Turn er-The Real Thin g

The Mounted S ouadro n pulling itsweight

The LAD Lads

Cap tain Thorn eycroft

A Grandstand View WOl (RCM) Bel za and the S ouadron Coporai Ma jors

LCpl Wood in the Bi g Coun try

Bea ting Ret reat in the Baltic W02 (SCM) Step{1enson

W02 (SCMI Holbro ok recei vingorders fro m l1is Sauadro n Leader

Cro ssing tl1 e S tream

T he Househ old Cavalry Musical Ride 199 0

Captain Slater 011 HUI1 Li I1 !J dol1

Ranp has it pr ivil eges, LCoH Poynt er and SCpl lngram

-\dopr iIl9 t fle Positi on

The Ti tans Meei

Soldie rsat Sea on boa rd HM S I ntr epid i n Amsterdam

'Equitation

The Regiment t ook o ver t he Rhine A rmy Sennelager Equestrian Centre (RA(S)EC ) fr om th e Blu es and Royals in February 199 0.TheBlu esa ndRoyals had ov erseen the b uilding a nd su bsequent ope ning of t he centre in July 198 9,with th eassistance o fThe Lif e Guards in th e form o fth eRiding Master, Stable M anager a nd Riding Instructor. They did a w onderful jobo fsupp orting the Centreright upto th e time they handed over.

From th e start, The Li fe Guards have co ntinued strong suppo rt for theCentre unde rth eRidingM aster,Capt Sande rson. With th e m agnificent faciliti est hatth eCentrepr ovides, t he Regiment has been able to have co nsiderable competiti onsuccess; t herehasalso b een keensupport for th e Weser Vale Hunt an da pleth orao fridin gco ursesfor BFGp ersonnel and de pendents

O n th eco mpetition front m emberso fth e Regiment have done well with numerouspr izes and creditab le rides A ll t he hunt er trials andshow jumping co mpetition so nthe calendar were entered, with highlights being th e Verden Garrison Horse Show o n 19/ 20 Ma y and th e Rhine A rmy Summer Show 15 /16 / 17 Ju ne Theo utstanding c ompetitors oftheseason w ere CoH Maxw elLw ho w on the best Military Rider at the Rhine Ar my Summer Show, Cpl Peers, W0 2 What ley, Captains Ma hony, Kelly, Slater and Lt Uloth Cap tain Slater w on th ebe stOfficerrider,andM ajor And erson and Capta in Slaterw on t he BA ORHu nter Trial Pairs Comp etition for the 1990 seaso n.

Thirteen co urses have be enlaid ou t t his year for be ginners th rough t o co mpetition standard These have bee n attended by 78 m ilitary ri ders, 39 depen dents and 10 staff . Foran yone wh o mi ght havedo ubtedit, this hopefully shows t hat RA (SJEC has been a resou nding success in its first full year o f opera tion.

Major CSK Anderson and Captain CR Slater with Kittiwake and Huntin gdon BOAR Pairs Cha mpions 199 0,

All in all, equitation wit hin th e regiment has d one well, desp itethe exigencies o fOp Granby It hasbeen particu larly gratifyingto seet henum bero fsoldi ers who have regul arly supported t he indoor show jumping circu it

Adventurous Training

O urpro ximity to B avaria op ens allsor tso fadv enturous training d oors and in July 30 office rs, NCOs an d troopers emba rked on a 12 d ayexe rcisen earO bersdorf o nthe German - Aust rian bord er.

The length o f the tr ip down de pended o n wh ether you we reluckyenought o p ileint oap rivate ve hicle o r t ravel by Land Rover or 4Tonner.Weall assembled ont he even ing o f Sun day 15thJuly in th e Ro yal A rtillery's m ountain hut

The accommodation wase xcellent, th e hut havi nga perm anent staff o f t wo w ho were highly qu alified adventure training instructors, r unning sucha ll ex ercises all year round

We decid ed to split t heteamin to five gr oups ofsix,o neof wh ich was to rock climb all week und er the exp ert tuition o f Bombardier G rapple,

T he o ther groupsro tated dail yaro und hill walking,t aken by W02 Evans. CoH Steel, Lt Wh eelerandL CoH Wells,cycling t aken by Lt Earl and swimming b y 2 Lt Rees-Davies

Thecable carsto ok some of t he dr udgery out of the hill walkin g which was or ganised prim arily b y "Beastmaster Wells w hohadrecced anumbe r ofroutes including a two day ro ute with an ove rnight stop in a m ount ain hut The o nly com municati onwas b yfoot, andi fithadn 't beenfor thetwo gor geous Au strian dow nhill s kier chalet girl s we would have had a p retty bo ring eve ning

T he cyclingwasvery pop ular with ro utes o fu p t o 30k m daily. It ssuccessd epended very mu ch on th eweather w hich was v ery ho t But just as the sun tans wer e d ev elopin g and th e sun wo rshipper, Lt Mas terton, had used up his Fourth

The Comma nding Offi cer V isitsan Adventurous Trai ning Exe rci se in Ba vari a

The Weser Vale Hunt

Mas ter and Huntsman - Capt T E Thorne ycroft

It Ma sters -Maj C S K A nderson, Ma j ) L H ewitt

Whippe rs In - M rs lane Sanderson, Lt J D A Gaselee

Capt N D Garrett

Hon Secretary -H err Horst Mo og Kennel Hunt sman -Tpr Gladston e

It be camequit e clearfrom t he mo m ent wearrived inGerm any th att he Weser ValeH oundsco uldnot o perate anyl onge r o nth esystemthat has b ecomewe llkn ownove rth e last 21 years.Mili taryco mmitments we reth reat ening t o ruin th e season, financially the hunt wasinsolven t andwe hadlo stt he confidence of m anyo f o urvaluabl efriends, bo thEnglishand German. It w as extremely sad to have t o say goodbye t o BrianWatt s, th e Hunt Secretaryfor th e last20yearswho has retired t o liveinSpain In hispla cewew el comed HerrH orst Moog, a loyal and extremely r esour ceful friend who h as added so me vi tal administrative t alent t o th e Hunt

We t argett ed th e finance and houn d management as areas t hat n eeded attent ion. The v ariable cost o f keepi ng o ne hound was not d issimilar to th at o f a pe t dog: So w e were intent o n d ecreasing costs whil st m aking ourselves an attractive pr oposition to people (both English andGerm an) w ho want edto hunt Work wassta rt ed t ofind a b etterand cheaper feed, a gra nt to im prove t he ke nnels, be tter buildin gs and mo r e so lidlin es, impr ove th e di scipline thr ougho ut th e pack and indi vidual ca re o f th e h ound s

With t hese cl ear aims in m ind, we set to wo rk. Capt T E Thorneycroft as M aster and Hunt sman, Capt N D Garrett,

Factor 0Haw ian Tropical SunOi l bo ttle , t he we at h c and it b ecame bitt erly co ld and we t

The swimming revolved around a mount ain lak. wasrefreshing ly co ldto swimin , bu t themainattract th ehiri ngofrowing bo atsinord erto padd learoun d t ing the h orde s o f sunbathers in various states of u r:

Inthe ev ening, th e tranquillity o fthe sleepy out o f town of O bersdorf was shatt ered by us letting off va rious ways, especiallyatt heWine H ousew here t h e we lcomed o ur lessons in how t o d an ce Tpr lames p ert th e headspinandb ackflip mu ch t o th e deli ghto fthe a d r yo ung ladies

We ended t heweek with ad ayou t inth e nearby l e Kempton , be for e t ravelling back t o A thlone Barrack s exercise was extremely successful, de veloping the s o l adventur e tr aining skills as well as b eing a we lcome l: from Regimental Duty.

We l ook forward t o 19 91 w ithExer ci seSnow Q ueen 5 dul ed t o run fro m January t o Ma rch

M rs lane Sand erson and Lt Gaselee as Whipp ers in and Tpr Gladstone as th e Kennel Huntsman

Weput two bitches into pup Onet oa hound b elonging to o ur friend M ajoie in H olland an d t he other to a smalle r hou nd witht heinte ntion o f b reaking into th e pet market Th e r esponsew as alarming, w ith all puppi esso ld w ithint wo d ays o f advertising a nd awaitinglisto fl5for th e next litter. Puppies i ntended fo r the p ack are all ou t at walk and witho ut exception b eing v ery professiona lly cared f or. We ar e very excited abo ut hunting them next season

The Mee tatHeim atdorf, Tro op er Gla dstone, Kenne l Huntsman with the hounds

· Our bi ll to th e Rhine A rmy Summer show was dou bled, not surprisingly as th e H ound s t ook t ot he occas ionb eautifullyand di dn'tputa "pad" w rong! (I wish[ could say the same for th e M asteran d one o fth e Whips I !) H ounds w ere also s hown at Pony Club camps and th e Families' Day,r ecruiting va luable friend s o n each occa sion.

Pathfinder Platoon

Havin g squ eezed in 2 months skiin g ov er Christmas I rejoined th e Pathfinders Platoon as it embarke d upon anot her frantic and eruoyable year The annua l selecti o n co urse ran sm oothly th rough January and Febru ary with 6 n ew m embers joining the platoon (including LCo H Heath). Shor tly afte rwards, t he platoon moved com plete to Belize f or the annual jungle train ing package This includ ed live firing and m anyo ther as pects of advancedjungl ewarfare.The final exercises w ere bot h dema nding and r ewarding R &R saw peo ple o fftoN icaraguaas well as the USA

InJune, 12 m en flew t o No rth Caro lina, USA, t o participate i nan int ernational "pathfind ing" com petition. M eanwhile,4o f

Westillneed asystem o ffundrai sing tha t p rovides a year longi ncome without be ing ao neoff eve nt (the uncertaintyo f knowing w here th e Regiment w as goin g to be 12 months hence p revented u s relyin g o n specific occa sions for inco me).Wecameupw ith th e id eao fH ound ado ption, w hich me ans tha t i ndividuals ar e resp onsible fo r th e up keep charges o f apa rticularhou nd The system isw orkingesp ecially we ll, entirely cove ring va riable cos ts for an ind efinite peri od. Wew ere win ding our selves up to have an excellent system with guaranteed hunt ing thro ughout th e season , spec ial co ncessions from the Sennelager Range autho rities to b e a ble t o hunt at will o ver the Senne and solid su pport fromthe Regime nt. A ndt hensu ddenly, asi fby fate,tha t m an Hussein decided t oinvade Kuwait.Itisimmaterialth at he has dra stically affected Western economy, but t o ruin o ur Hunting was in excusable '

The Ranges are o ut of bo unds (as t hey are be ing used 7 d ays a w eek to tr ain Granby troo ps) whi ch mean s we ar e t ot ally in the hands of farmers in th e Vale We cannot now pla nam eet card Butwewereno t tobe b eaten H oundsare hunting twi cea wee kand will re main so thr ou ghout th e seaso n This acto fHunt saba teurismh ad t obebro ught to ta sk Maj or 1LH ewitt (J t Field M aster) d ecided t osend hisSquadron t o brin g Hussein t o ta sk and Captain T E Thorneycroft wassent t o 4 Brigade. Id oubt Hussein willtr y t o invadeanywh ere again wi thout th inking carefully o f t he r epercussions resulting from ups etting th e WVH!

We w ill be leaving th e H ounds in ve ry capab lehand s - Tpr Glad stone wi llcarryth e horn ,Capt ND Garr ett will cont inue to stand in as M aster and M rs lane Sanderson is prov iding h er invaluable h elp and advice. A t th e time o f writing thi s rep ort, houn ds arei n Eastern Germany for aweeks hu ntingt his must be a first. We are hunting 6 '/2 c ouple.

Thus J am p leasedt o repor tth at th e Hun tco ntinuesunaffect ed and i s o n th e crest o f a wav e.

usb egan a 2m onth attachmentto 22 SA S.A fter extensive t raining at Here ford we flew to M alaysia to b egin 6 mor e weeks o f jungle tr aining. This pac kage included a 2 w eek trainin g pha se runb y the Ne w ZealandSA S Thefi nalexerc ise began imagi natively with Bo at , Mo bility an d M ountain t roops parachuting into t heseaatnightwhilst A irTroops ut ilisedtheir HAHO abil ity (High Altitu de High O pening) All o f th e four t argets wer e "taken ou t" s lickly, c1inicaJ ly and most impressively!

R& R saw peopl e disa ppearing o ff all o ver M alaysia and Thailand (with a visit t o a n un known li ttle t own called Bangkok).

The Second in Comm and, re tiri ng Joint Master, at the Bo xing Dald Meet

· In Ju ne,o ur 12 man pa trolreturn edfrom Ireland having b een att ached t o 2 PARA 's COPplat oon for 6 m onth s They had many an int eresting sto ry t o t ell

In Jul ywesent off a12 m an training t eam t o Hong Kong t o instruct in all aspects of jungle warfare and urban warfare. Meanwhil eo ne patrol b egananinstru ctorsco urseinB runei w ith a nother beg inning an attachment t o a unit in Kenya

The latter p art o fth eyea rinclud ed a numb ero ft esting 5Air borne Brigade exercises.Six sold iers also be gantheir attachm ent t o 59Comm ando RE, duet o d eploy toNorway in the New Year. Seven o thers are pr esently enjoyin g th eir HAHO parach uting course in California

Ib elieve th atse rvice w ithth e Pathfind er Platoon iso ne of th e mos t fascinating, varied and rewarding m ilitary jobs on o ffer t oday. As an exa mple of variet y, on my most r ecent return to th e regiment I shall have serv ed in 11 countrie s thi s y ea r. In te rms of professionalac hievements , inthe 5years t hat th e platoon has bee n estab lished, just o ne p erson has failed SASselection. 22SAS pr esently have 16e xpathfinders . so service with the platoon can b e consi dered an excellent stepping stone for tho se wishing to go th at way.

The e ntrancesystem fo rvolunteer sfrom t heHou sehold Division hasexcit ingly changedt his year.Theplatoon is now able t o accep t t otall y unp ara train ed so ldiers. (The o ld system m eant th at it wo uld take anything up to 8 months b eforea Guards mancould atten d the selectioncadre.) Thisis a tremend ousstepforw arda nditishop ed that itwillm ean an incr ease in H ousehold Division volunteers -volu nteers w ishingt o do o ne of th e m ostexc itingjobsin to day's A rmy

REM. H.

Oxford University Officer ltaining Corps RAC ltoop

Thispastyearhasbe enfruitfulforth e t roop Thetrainin g has be enofahigh standard andeno rmously va ried.Weekend e xercisesw ithth e Ferrets have ta ken pl aceall o ver Salisb uryPlaina ndTh etford embracing all aspectso f Armoured Reconnaissance.

In Mar ch, th ere was a live firing camp at Warcop in Cumbria,duri ngwh ichanim pressive numb ero ft argets w ere hit a nd an im pressive amount o f vo lleyball pl ayed. The t roop has also t aken p art in di sm ount ed in fantr y e xercises, w hich was a shock t o thesystem of those m oreusedto t here lative comfort of a Ferret. The culmination of th e ye ar's traini ng was, of course, the inter O fficer 'Training Corps co mpetition, Ex UTOPIAN VAGA BOND , in whic h th e Oxfor d R.A.C. 'Tr oop cam e 3rd o ut o f 5 t eams Th efirst 3 placess panned 5 p oint s o ut o f a t ot alo f700, so it wasaclose runt hing. Throughout th isperi od,t he Ferretshavebee nkept in superb condit ion by Corpor al M ajor McBrid ewiththe willin g(and not sowilling) help of var ious tro op membe rs.This hasens uredth at a weeke nd exe rciseis not cut shor t andth evalue o fth e tr aining l ost b ecause o f cars th at eternally br eak d own

A part fro m routin e t raining, th ere have b een nu rneror ext ra-curricular activities M embers of th e tr oop have visit e Co mbermere Barracks as guests of The Blues and Royals lea rning to d rive Spartans and t o muck o ut stables. Ther e was avisitin the summ er t o TheHou sehold CavalryM ount ec Regiment and,judgin g by th e troop' s M ess bill at th een d c . the afternoon , ever yone hadate rrificti me. There havea lso bee n v isits t o RNAS Yeovilton t o pr actice escaping from upsidedown submerged helicop ters and six peop le attended an 0 1.C.TroopL eaderscourseatBovington to learn th e rope s. M any member so fthe troop havea lso been t o Sandhur stand su cc essfullygained Territorial A rmyCommissions . Severalfo rmer tr oop m embers haveeve nfilt ered throu gh t o th e HouseholdCavalry andRoyalA rmoured Corps as Regular Officers .

On t he adventure t raining side, th ere have been several army sailingtrips to th eCaribbean,expeditions to Kenyaand a 230 mile tre k i n Canada earlier t his summe r.

The tr o op parties have certainly n ot dimini shed in statur e,wi th everybo dy maki ngth e most of t hehedonistic stud­

Captain MacK enzi e-Hill

ent life.O ur annual d innerwasan eno rmous successandw e Th e R.AC Troop co ntinues to thri ve with ov ersixty keen werep leasedt o have Major GeneralBarron , Di rectoro ft he m embers und er th eguidance o f o urPermanentStaffIns­ RoyalArm oured Co rps , as t hegu esto fhon o ur The Troop t ructor, Corporal Maj or M cBride Th et rainingisvariedand also organised the o.rc Christmas Ball,when fo ur hundred interesting yetth e t roopstillm anages t oenjoyit selfsocia lly. peop le at tended fromthe Corps,University,Polytechnican d In O xf ord it ishard n ot to London Universi ty to cele brate the end of t erm.

The Wives' Club

The Regiment 's mo ve to Germany led, of ne cessity, to mu ch in creased activity in th e Wives' Club in 1990 Without family and civilian friends im mediately t o h and and finding th emselves in strange surroundings. wives ge nerally l ook t o th e Regiment forsupportan dcompanionship Inth e case of Sennelager,th eGarrison q uartering a rrangements scattered us o ver a wi de ar ea, in creasing t he sense o f isol ation for so me.

Mr s Belza, with th e efficiency and de dication she d isp layedin Windsor,rose t o m eet thi schallenge by introducing bi weekly coff ee mo rnings in ad d ition to the tr aditional m onthl ysuppe r eve nings Transp ort cos ts p laced anun precedented str ain on the b udget but Mr s Rob ertson 's valiant e fforts as Treasurer have kep t th e club so lvent.

Lie utenant Earl cap tivat es the Wives

feld and M rs A nderson's pa rticipation in the SA AFA Volunt ary Co mmit tee and,t ogether with t heFamilies Off icer, Capt Lawrence, inth eNAA FI Customer Relations Comm ittee, has given us some input i n th e r unning of t hose or ganisations

But o ur yea r hasn 't been ent irely devoted t o du ty : there hasbee n a lot of fun.Thefamilies pic nic an db arbecue in th e kindergarden in Jul y was enjoyed by a ll -and p roved th at p rior trainin g is de finitely req uired forsuccessi n th e t hreelegged race The picnic pr ovided light relief while t he me n w ere o nexerciseat Soltau,as di d the co ach trip t oPotts Park amusement pa rk n ear M inden

The Summer Dinnerin A ugust,an i nnovation o fM rs Belza's. dr ew a large crowd in th e WOs ' & NCOs' Mess and was much enjoyed, particularly the slig htly risqu e cabaret act. A m ove t o have th em re peat th e show next door at t he Officers'Hou se for the b enefit of th eSilver Stick,wh o wasd ining th ere, was vetoe d by th e WOs

The fo rmation of a ten stron g committ ee proved invaluable asits m embers took onsuc h tasksasmann ing the Garri sonT hrift Shop,w orkingwith Homest art, a su pportgro up for familiesind istress, and fostering- all duties requiredo f usby th e Garrison Headquarters as o ne o f t he major unit s her e. The efforts o f the commi ttee a lso ensured that our door to d oor newslett er de livery service fu nctioned efficiently It cert ainly proved its wo rth when the A djutant was r equired to ci rculate th e fi rst O p Granby d etails t o th e families at a m oment's n oticew itht hemajori ty o fth eRegiment al ready at BATUS.

M rs Slater and M rs Lodge rep resented th e Regiment's wives at t heFederation o fA rmyWiv es Co nference i nBiele-

A major highlight o f th e year was th e ver y successful A utumn Fashion Show in th e revamped Juni or Ranks Club , ru n in c onjunction with th e 3 Ar moured Field A mbulance Wives' Club More th an200wivesfrom allun its inth eGarriso n we re trea tedto ave ry pr ofessionalshow and Mr sCross, MrsTaylor an d MrsGandar prov edth eyco uldt each the co ut ure ho uses a t hing o r tw o ab out m odelling, as could th e th ree subalterns who b ravely agreed t o add a t ouch o f mach ismo to t he p roceedings(MessrsM asterton, Earl and Rees-Davies have insisted th at th ey remain nameless in o rder to pro tectth eirreputationsll .

As t he year winds to aclose we h ave justenjoye d aspectac ular Christmas Di nner, co mplete wit h a v isit from Father Christmas (could t hat have been t he Pay Office 's "0 " Grec h be hind t he bea rd'r) The even ing was a m uch n eeded fillip in t he face of th e Regiment's comm itments in t he Gulf

We move i nto th e Ne w Year w ith m any c hanges ah ead The Jan uaryWi ves' Clubeveningwill beMrs Be lza's last in th e chai r H erswi ll beahardactto followbu t Mrs Lodg eism ore t haneq ualt o th at t ask We look forwardto we lcoming Mrsde Ritter and t he ma ny o ther wives who w ill b e joi ning us in Sennelager i n 1991

Mrs Be lza and Mrs Ande rson inthe Chris tmas Spirit

' Former Service in the Middle East

From ti me immemorial t he Middle East has been a hotb ed o f unrest,an ddur ingthe 11th and 13thcentu riescrusade rs were se nt to the Ho ly Land Sinceth e formation o fth eStanding A rmy a fterth eRestoration of King Charles 11, the Brit ish Army has had presence i n the Midd le East in t imes of t rouble. But t he Life Gua rds, a lthoughth ey t ook part inall ma jor campaignsin Europe, did no t parti cipate in t he Middl e East until just over 100 y ears ago.

In 1882 th e Egyptian War was fought for th eco ntrol o fth e Suez Canal and afte r t he rio ts l ed b y Arabi Pasha in Ju ne, whe n o ver one hund red Europeans w ere slaugh tered, the Royal Navy bo mbarded Al exandria and a Bri tish Force was assembled to pro tect key poi nts . A compo site Regiment of Household Cavalry w ith their horses (consist ing of 1LG, 2L G a nd RHG) und er com mand o f Co lonel Ewart, 2 L G, was d espatched t o Egypt and landed in A ugust 1882 A fter m in or ski rmishes they t ook p artinthefamous moonlight chargeat Kassassin w hich co mpletely shattere d the enemy's infantry anda batt eryo f guns The assau lt o nthemai ne nemy position of Tel el Kebir fo llowed by the das h of 39 miles to Cairo r esulted in restoring t he Khed ive back on h is thro ne The co mpos ite regiment return ed t o England in Oc tobe r 1882. In 1884 General Go rdon, the British Commander in Kharto um,wa s isolated bythe forces oft heMah di,andaHeavy Camel Regiment was formed, co nsisting of d etachments of 40 men from each o f th e Cavalry Regim ents stat ioned in England, under command of Colonel HonRTalbot , I LG This regiment sailed from England in Sep tember 1884 . O n ar riva l in Egypt t hey were mo unted on came ls and in December 1884 set o ut over the des ertforKha rto um intheSouda n Al l went welluntilth ey reached th ewe llsat Abu Kleaw here they we reatta ckedat o dds of eight t oo nebya hord eofde rvishes who suffered ve ry heavy casualties. The news was t hen

received o f t hed eatho f Gor don in Khartoum and the B ritish Force retr a ced thei r step s and th e Heavy Cam el Regiment retu rn e d to Englan in lune 1885

Thee xplo its of the Regiment inth eM iddle East during the Second w orld \ ar are fully do c um ent ed in "T he Histo ry o f t h e Fi r stH o sehold Cav alr y Regiment"by Colone l Ho n E. H. wyndharn. b t briefly the v ents are as follo ws :

A compos i e r egiment of Ho usehold Cavalry, u ndercomm and o f Lt Col E. 1. L 5 eel LG, wasdis patched to Palestine \ it hthe ir o rsesin earl ' 1940 At t he beg inning of 19.41 they ga e up th eir ho rses and becam e a Mo tor ised Cava lry Regir ent and again in ear ly 194 2 rh y reo rganised t o form a n A rm o ured Car Regiment In the ir varie d ro les they se rved wi distinc tio nin ' h e , li d dleEa st u ntil theyembarked atthe be ginn g o 19J ..! 'o rp articipat io n in t heItalia nca mpaign.By their a daptabilin in su ccess ful l y c hanging roles, the me mbe s o, theRegimen o nce again d isplayedth esa me ve rsatility a eir fa ebe ar inthe First World Warin France andFlanders For service i n t he Middle East t hey were awarded t he Ba . " H ono ur s of Ira q 194 1, Palrnyra , Syr ia 1941, El lamein o rth frica l942/4 3, a ndthe Honor ary Distinction o -Ba ." - d

In I - 6 , Th e U fe Guar d s move dfromGe rmany toEgypt a n a er se ce in Ale xa nd ria,Ca iro andth eCanal Zo ne, t h e m \"E'd' to Pales tine u ntil 1948 when t hey returned t o Eng la nd

From I ' 0 19 56 t he Regim ent was stat ioned in the Canal Zon e 0' Eg. p: i th de aeh m ent s be ing sent to Aden an d Cyp rus

In 19- a

t h e O ma :::

t he United , " r For c e Sin ce t he n sq ua d rons of the Regim ent ha ve be etac eel on everal o ccasi o ns for service w it h t he U ned f a c e in Cyp rus

OBITUARIES

Colonel E J SWard LVO, MC

Died 13 November 1990, aged 81 years

Served January 1950 to March 1956

Surg Lt Col R J 0 Smith

Died October 1990, aged 55 years

Served 15 January 1980 to 15 August 1983

294756 Tpr H T Alien

Died 27 October 1990, aged 80 years

served 23 April 1929 to 21 March 1937 and I September 1939 to 12 October ]945

4200 T Batley

Died 1990 age unknown

served 26 November 1915 to 1 March 1919

294242 Trp P BirtwistJe

Died 24 February 1990, age 96 years

Served 23 October 1914 to II October 1922

299547 Tptr G E Boormann

Died 10 May 1990, aged 80 years

Served 28 January 1925 to 28 July 1931

296554 W02 W E Bammer

Died 16 August 1990, aged 72 years

Served I Dezember 1944 to 30 November 1966

299542 Tpr W H Branch

Dies 12 September 1990, aged 84 years

Served 14 July 1924 to 1 May 1928

5958837 J Booth

Died 12 May 1989, aged 68 years

Served 31 lanuary 1942 to 29 July 1946

4010 S E Butler

Died J2 July 1990, aged 93 years

Served 10 December 1915 to 3J March 1920

294627 Tpr F C Evans

Died 6 Septemner 1990, aged 80 years

Served I September 1939 to 4 January 1946

295lIJ Tpr G E Gasson

Died 18 January 1990, aged 71 years

Served ]9 September 1946 to 16 April 1952

22205629 Cpl R W T Hoggson

Died 6 November 1990, aged 62 years

served 7 December 1950 to 14 September J964

22556584 Musn 0 N Johnson

Died 27 May 1990, aged 54 years

Served 5 January 1954 to 20 December 1956

329428 Tpr W J Lindsay

Died 27 May J990, aged 76 years

Served 22 April 1940 to 27 September 1945

294789 CoH G E Melior

Died 17 February 1990, aged 79 years

Served 8 October 1929 to 7 October 1971

299498 Coh W J Patience

Die 15 October 1989, aged 86 years

Served 11 October 1921 to 10 October 1929 and 10 October 1933 to 1 August 1945

329727 Tpr H Turvey

Died Sptember 1989, aged 89 years

Served 15 August 1940 to 15 l\pril 1944

21000149 CoH R G L Wright

Died 19 January 1990, aged 60 years

Served 21 January 1948 to 24 September 1956

Obituary

Trooper N J Baker, late The Life Guards

Neil Baker was born in 1968 and joined the Army in the summer of 1985. After spending time at the Guards Depot as a Junior Recruit, he was posted to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment where he completed the riding course and passed out as a Mounted Dutyman. He spent two years at Knightsbridge, where he was a most popular member of the Regiment He was always well turned out and loved the horses and his days as a Mounted Dutyman He was posted to Windsor and became a CVR(T) driver. He continued his skills as a driver when the Regiment moved to Cer­

many and looked after his tank with the same discipline and professionalism as he did his horse. During his time in Athlone Barracks he also looked after the Squadron Leader and was an excellent and loyal orderly Sadly, in August 1990 when he returned to England for some summer leave, he was involved in a tragic driving accident and was killed instantly His death came as a dreadful shock to the Regiment and he leaves behind him many friendswho remember himasaloyalLifeGuard.Our deepest sympathy goes to his mother and family

299518

SOMe R SARGEANT

Recently a former member of the 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment visited the War Cemetery at Nijmegen and took this photograph of the grave of SOMC Sargeant who was killed at Nijmegen on 26th September 1944. "Sandy" was born in 1902 and joined The Life Guards in Ianuary ]923 and at the time of his death was SOMC of ''0'' Squadron, 2 HCR.

HEADQUARTERS

SQUADRON

RHQ

Lt Col JWM Ellery

Maj CSK Anderson

Capt HM Robertson

Capt NO Garrett

Capt JDR Cox

Capt R Hennesy-Walsh

Capt TE Thorneycroft

W01 (RCM) AJ Belza

SCpl Jenkins

SCpl Valentine

CoH Hearn

CoH Margan

CoH Yarrow

LCoH Poynter

LCoH Stewart

LCoH Tovell

LCpl Benge

LCpl Binks

LCpl Davidson

LCpl Stewart

Tpr Clarvell

Tpr Cole

Tpr Jones

Orderly Room

W02 (OROMC) Smith

CoH Prrce

LCoH Coker

LCoH Lugg

LCoH Gollings

LCoH West

LCpl Horne

LCpl Molyueux

Ipr Lavers

Tpr Maher

Pay Office

Capt JRJ Sernberg

W02 (SnMS) Grech

W02 (SOMS) Wall

Sgt Clay

Cpl Watson

LCpl Askin

Pte Fox

Training Wing

SCpl Evans

LCoH McAlpine

Squadron HQ

Maj RRD Griffin

W02 (SCM) RJH Stephenson

LCoH Barugh

LCoH Patterson

LCoH Squires

Tpr Hoare

Tpr Moore

Echelon Troop

SCpl (SOMC) Jordan

LCpl Toft

Tpr Few

Tpr Alien

Dog Handlers

CoH Parsley

Tpr Bromlield

Tpr Greenhough

Tpr Haynes

Tpr Lace

Recce Troop

Lt Hanson

CoH Coles

LCoH Dunn

NOMINAL ROLLS

LCoH Risbridger

LCplDevlin

LCpl Hodder

LCpl McCullough

LCpl Taylor

LCpl Wood

Tpr Bennett

Tpr Ellison

Tpr Holloway

Tpr Holmes

Tpr Martin

Tpr O'Hare

Tpr Prest

Tpr Robertson

Tpr Royston

Tpr Streeter

Tpr Vost

Tpr Wilson

Quartermasters Dept

Capt (OM) CR Slater

W02 (R0MC) Lodge

W02 Whatley

LCoH Hardacre

LCoH O'Hare

LCoH Sharples

LCoH Taft

LCpl Thompson

Tpr Clarke

Tpr .Jousifte

Tpr Usher

Quartermasters

Equipment Dept

Capt (0M) IW Kelly

W02 (ROMC) Powell

SCpl Steele

CoH Cross

LCoH Ford

LCoH Hadden

LCoH Smith

Tpr Chubb

Tpr Colbert

Tpr Collier

Tpr Oxtoby

MTTroop

W02 Collins

CoH Rigby

LCoH Cumming

Tpr Howard

Families Office

Capt R Lawrence

CoH Melior RHG/D

Gymnasium

W02 (0MSI) Corfield

Officers' Mess

W02 Fry

LCoH O'Connor

Tpr Davies

WOs' & NCOs' Mess

CoH Robertson

LCoH Rosbourgh

Medical Centre

Surg Maj CAJ O'Kane

LCoH Thawley

Hounds

Tpr Gladstone

Stables

Capt I Sanderson

LCoH Wellor

LCpl Gynane

LCpl Thompson

FTpr Newman

Tpr Cock

Tpr Jenkin

Tpr McMinn

Catering Staff

W02 (S0MS) Brown

Sgt Jarman

SgtNutt

LSgt Addison

LSgt Armstrong

LSgt Ashton

LSgt Ball

LCpl Brooks

LCpl Creswell

LCplDawes

LCpl How

LCpl Wright

Pte Brydson

LAD Staff

Capt DNJ Ansell

W01 (ASM) A R vvmspeare

W02 (AOMS) Swirles

W02 (A0MS) Deely

SSgtLutton

SSgt Wlnnard

Sgt Birrell

Sgt Bradbury

Sgt Humphrres

SgtScott

Sgt Turner

LSgt Anderson

LSgtBeany

LSgtBrrggs

LSgt Chapman

LSgt Coleman

LSgt Francis

LSgt Gomm

LSgt McCartney

LSgt Rogers

LCpl Burdett

LCpl Fell

LCpl Grinnell

LCpl Measor

LCpl Moore

LCpl Palfrey

LCpl Tervet RCT

LCpl Turnbull

LCpl Richards

LCpl Webber

Cln Burns

Cln Browning

Cln Davies

Cln Davis

Cln Duncan

Cln Flower

Cln Goble

Cln Kilminster

Cln Lynch

Cln Richardson

Cln Roper

Cln Whitmell

A SQUADRON

Squadron HQ

Maj JL Hewrtt

Capt RAE Tarling

Lt RE MacKenzie-Hili

Lt TJFC Masterton

W02 (SCM) Evans

SCpl Gratton

CoH Barry

CoH Roberts

LCpl Auld

LCpl Clubley

LCoH Coleman Sgt Bell (RAVC)

LCpl Bebblngton

Tpr Green

LCpl Hepple Tpr Herrero-Driver

LCpl Vaughan Tpr Hodge

Tpr Barratt

Tpr Carney

Tpr Doyle

Tpr Garrad

Tpr Hammond

Tpr Mather

Tpr Murgatroyd

Tpr Ravenscroft

Tpr Rees

Tpr Stafford

Tpr Wailer

One Troop

2Lt JDA Gaselee

CoH Jeram

LCoH Carter

LCoH O'Connor

Tpr Brown 144

Tpr Cornock

Tpr Exley

Tpr Fletcher

Tpr Henderson

Tpr Horrocks

Tpr Horvath

Tpr Smith 862

Two Troop

2Lt RPG German

CoH Nicholson

LCoH Douglas

LCpl Griffin

LCpl Larmouth

LCpl Pellett

Tpr Abraham

Tpr Beaumont

Tpr Bickerdike

Tpr Couling

Tpr Croucher

Tpr Fitzgerald

Three Troop

2Lt J Wheeler

CoH Camp

LCoH Wells

LCpl Brrght

l.Cpllrwin

LCpl Roberts

Tpr Bowden

Tpr Davls

Tpr Plant

Tpr Simpson

Tpr Willlams

Tpr Wilson

Four Troop

2Lt DCG London

CoH Godson

LCoH Lowe

LCoH Smith

Tpr Camngton

Tpr Cochrane

Tpr Docherty

Tpr Gallagher

Tpr Huxley

Tpr James

Tpr Parr

Tpr Penn

Echelon Troop

SCpl (S0MC) Orrruston

CoH Steed

LCoH Srnithers

LCpl Gandar

LCpl Redhead

Tpr Bridges

Tpr Clancy

Tpr Hopkins

Tpr Mahony

Tpr Marsh

Tpr Mullins

Tpr Pietruszko

Tpr 0uartley

Tpr

Tpr Stokoe

Tpr Taylor

Tpr Tomlin

LAD Section

SSgtHeywood

Sgt Greaves

Sgt Needham

LSgt Chapman

LSgt Chidgey

LSgt Morrey

LSgt Segar

LCpl Browne

LCpl Curry

LCpl Martin

LCpl Morris 203

LCpl Morris 51'"

Cln Bamlord

Cln Brentley

Cln Carr

Cln Chamberlain

Cln Evans

Cln Farrand

Cln Mackie

Cln McKeown

Cln Smith

B SQUADRON

SQuadron HQ

Maj GGE Stibbe

Capt JAW Astor

Capt DJG Mahony

W02 (SCM) Holbrook

CoH Bradley

CoH Kelland

LCoH Postance

LCpl Addis

LCpl Butler

LCpl Nunn

LCpl Wibberley

Tpr Bell

Tpr Fitzmaurice

Tpr Goddard

Tpr Nixon

Tpr McCartney

Tpr Watkins

One Troop

2Lt TEG Kenyon

CoH Bellringer

LCoH Brown

LCoH Wills

LCpl Farrimond

LCpl Paternotte

LCpl Stephens

Tpr Clough

Tpr Hadley

Tpr Rogers

Tpr Rookyard

Tpr Shipp

Tpr Wilkinson

Tpr Zollino

Two Troop

SCpl Lindsay

CoH Dangerfield

LCoH Reade

LCpl Brooke

LCpl Holden

L:Cpl McGregor

Tpr Bowen

Tpr Forsdick

Tpr Gregson

Tpr Grimshaw

Tpr Latham

Tpr Pickard

Three Troop

2Lt MRE Graves

CoH Newton

LCoH Byrne

LCoH Grantham

LCpl Gray

LCpl Hayes

Tpr Close

Tpr Cordwell

Tpr Hanson

Tpr Jukes

Tpr Marsh

Tpr Marsh

Tpr McBeth

Tpr Osborne

Four Troop

2Lt SJ Rhodes-Stampa

LCoH Hunter

LCoh Flynn

LCoH Stillwell

LCpl Brown

LCpl Hammond

Tpr Bishop

Tpr Cannell

Tpr Canning

Tpr Edisbury

Tpr Scott

Tpr Sherman

Tpr Smith 269

Tpr Sr uires

Echelon Troop

SCpl (SOMC) Windebank

LCoH Ablott

LCpl Stevens

Tpr Burns

Tpr Calvert

Tpr Cox

Tpr Hearn

Tpr Rudge

Tpr Turnbull

LAD Section

SSgt Hopkins

LSgt Phillips

LSgt Vincent

LCpl Pate

Cln Butler

C SQUADRON

Squadron HQ

Maj WSG Doughty

Capt JDR Cox

Capt EA Smyth-Osbourne

2Lt The Hon RC Assheton

W02 (SCM) Carter

CoH Wragg

LCoH Barratt

LCoH Deans

LCpl Conway

LCpl Daynes

LCpl Fisher

LCpl Hitchcock

Lcpl Humpage

LCpl Mansbridge

LCpl McMillan

Tpr French

Tpr Ward

One Troop

SCpllngram

CoH Kidd

LCoH Dixon

Tpr Archdale

Tpr Banks

Tpr Camp

Tpr Chubb

Tpr Greenhough

Tpr Mattison

Tpr Smith 981

Tpr Townsend

Tpr Wilson

Tpr Winter

Two Troop

2Lt PGR Earl

CoH Hickman

LCoH Goodwin

LCoH Richards

LCpl Curson

LCpl McLiesh

LCpl Vernon

LCpl Whiteside

Tpr Buscombe

Tpr Galvin

Tpr Morgan

Tpr Shaw

Tpr Tyler

Tpr Wood

Three Troop

2Lt RA Bramford

CoH Norcombe

LCoH Knowles

LCoH Stevenson

LCpl Crawley

LCpl George

Tpr Bishop

Tpr Cullen

Tpr Dawson

Tpr Fry

Tpr Hamilton

Tpr Lavallin

Tpr Reld

Tpr Smith 681

Tpr Thwaites

Four Troop

2Lt M Rees-Davies

CoH Kitching

LCoH O'Sullivan

LCpl Dean

LCpl Matthews

LCpl Wallis

Tpr Brown 4"l2

Tpr Denker

Tpr Derbyshire

Tpr Ellis

Tpr Hitchings

Tpr Hood

Tpr Lambert

Tpr McKinnon

Tpr Meek

Tpr Taylor

Echelon Troop

SCpl (SiJMC) Lewis

LCoH Frampton RHG/D

LCpl Swinburne

Tpr Buckley

Tpr Churms

Tpr Ford

Tpr North

Tpr Thomas

LAD Section

SSgt Paul

Sgt Kingdom

SgtScott

LSgt Haile

LSgt Malloch

LSgt Reynard

LCpl Clelland

LCpl Taylor

Cln Bramwell

HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY

MOUNTED REGIMENT

RHQ

W02 (OWlMC) Carrington

LCoH Hale

LCpl Clarke

Quatertmasters

Dept

W02 (RiJMC) GIlbert

CoH Goodchild

CoH Tinkler

LCoH Hatcher

LCoH Everett

LCpl Beel

Tpr Nelson

Tpr Bacon

Officers' Mess

CoH Meredith

Tpr Alien

WOs' & NCOs' Mess

LCpl Bandy

MT Troop

CoH Davies

LCpl Pitt

LCpl Smith

Tpr Fowler

Tpr Boardman

Tailors Shop

LCoH Evans

LCoH Button

LCpl Watson

Saddlers Shop

SCpl Castlelow

CoH Mills

Tpr Pope

Forge

FLCoH Jenkins

FLCoH Wright

FLCpl Thomas

Farr Adcock

Farr

Bartlett

Farr Bundy

Farr Newman

Farr Smith

Farr Hiley

Squadron HQ

LCpl Yeomans

Riding Staff

Capt B J McKie

CoH Mills

CoH Waygood

LCoH Avison

Training Wing

CoH Burns

LCoH Bell

Medical Centre

LCoH Tanner

Tpr Steele

Archives

CoH Kallaste

LCoH Orchard

Riders Wing

LCoH Cripps

Tpr Doncaster

Tpr Eggington

Tpr Preston

Tpr Hunt

Tpr McLelland

Tpr Riddhough

Tpr Tiffoney

Tpr Lewis

Tor Leaver

THE LIFE GUARDS MOUNTED SQUADRON

Squadron HQ

Maj The Hon MRM Watson

Capt PL Harris

W02 (SCM) Ritchie

SCpl (SOMC) McDermott

LCpl Sims

Tpr Edwards

Tpr Ingham

Tpr Plimmer

Tpr Reece

One Troop

Lt HRD Fullerton

CoH Fletcher

CoH Worrall

LCoH Bridges

LCoH Carey

LCoH Core

LCoH Peers

LCpl Gardner

LCpl Maxwell

LCpl Sanderson

Tpr Creed

Tpr Daniels

Tpr Grosvener

Tpr Hulse

Tpr Le Gallais

Tpr MacKenzie

Tpr MacLeod

Tpr McDougal1

Tpr Mount

Tpr Newell

Tpr Nuttall

Tpr Parkinson

Tpr Payne

Tpr Pearson

Tpr Rogers

Tpr Roy

Tpr Smith 882

Tpr Stafford

Tpr Tay/or

Tpr Walker 638

Tpr Weston

Tpr Wyborn

Two Troop

Lt RBA Maddan

CoH Oldman

CoH Tierney

LCoH Hubble

LCoH Knowles

LCpl Bonner

LCpl Brown

LCpl Hatcher

LCpl Heaton

Tpr Allum

Tpr Amos

Tpr Bainbridge

Tpr Brown

Tpr Chambers

Tpr Clare

Tpr Doga

Tpr Fenwick

Tpr Goater

Tpr Goodman

Tpr Hammond

TprJacobs

Tpr Lindsay

Tpr McClelland

Tpr Rutter

Tpr Smith 77"

Tpr Still

Tpr Stone

Tpr Suss-Franksen

Tpr Wyard

Three Troop

Lt AC Ogden

CoH Alien

CoH Darley

CoH Pringle

LCoH Hughes

LCoH Irving

LCoH Walker

LCpl Barlett

LCpl Gilbert

LCpl Hughes

LCpl Llewelyn

LCpl Long

LCpl MacDonald

LCpl Slingsby

Tpr Dunn

Tpr Edwards 265

Tpr Finnigan

Tpr Hunt

Tpr Kennedy

Tpr Leggett

Tpr Martin

Tpr Mortlock

Tpr Moxom

Tpr Negus

Tpr Nilsen

Tpr Obeney

Tpr Oliver

Tpr Parkes

Tpr Royston

Tpr Shearman

Tpr Tennant

Tpr Wade

Tpr Walker

Tpr Wilkinson

Tpr Williams

Tpr Wright

HCMR Held Strength

Lt Col CS Harcourt-Smith

Capt BJ McKie

BAND

Capt Cel Reeves

W02 (BCM) Morris

W02 (ABCM) Bourne

SCpl (SOMC) Alien

SCpl Hopkins

CoH (TM) Graves

CoH Poland

CoH Woodhouse

CoH Young

LCoH Bole

LCoH Dutton

LCoH Gook

LCoH Lazenbury

LCoH Pankhurst

LCoH White

LCpl Alien

LCpl Bolstridge

LCpl Carson

LCpl Goodchild

LCpl Morrish

LCpl Pearson

LCpl Wilman

Tptr Corney

Musn Field

Musn Hudson

Musn Maher

Musn Rayner

Musn Rowe

Musn Semkin

Musn Shirley

LCpl Chapman Cln Forster

Tpr Hillier

Tpr Lawson

Tpr Pettipher

Tpr McCauley

Tpr McDowel1

Tpr McTigue

Tpr Moore

Tpr Rimmington

Musn Slott

Musn Taylor

Musn Walsh

Musn Wheeler

ERE POSTS Lt JC Cruddace

Officers Senior to RAC Gunnery School

the Regimental List CoH Tate

Maj Gen SC Cooper

Brig ABSH Gooch 5 Cadet Trg Team

Brig JB Emson CBE CoH Stanworth

Col TJ Earl

Guards Depot

Maj PRL Hunter CoH Craister

Tpr Hurst 2RTR ATDU

5 AB Bde

Capt CN Mitford-Slade

LCoH Heath

Oxford University OTC

Howie

SCpl Tornkins

O'Niell

Trg Regt

Maksymiw

Maj JD Knowles JLR Bovington

2Lt GW Howson

LCoH Davidson

Capt AJ Mead Batt Lesotho

Lt GC Davies

Lt HD Fircks

W02 Flory

W02 Bryne RAVC Trg Centre

CoH Derbyshire

CoH Mackay

CoH O'Flaherty

CoH Wise

LCoH Harlow

LCoH Jackson

LCoH Jacobi

LCoH Parkinson

LCoH Shipton

LCoH Warren

LCpl Beech

LCpl Hoon

W02 Jones

W02 Burns

CoH Hayes

RHKR(V) Hong Kong

W01 CP Bunyan

664 Sqn AAC

CoH Wilde RWxY

W02 McBnde Army Dog Unit ((NI)RAVC)

Kingston

Shrivenham

Capt HD Dyson

LONDIST

Lt Col LA Lumb

Ma) The Hon NJ Adderley

Ma) CN Graham

Capt EDJ Goodchild

Capt Cl Ley

Mal IS Forbes-Cockell

1 Gp RAF

Maj DC Waterhouse W01 Radford RADRE Chertsey

Tpr Stand lake W01 Lowry RAC Sigs School

Household Cavalry RMAS

LCoH Knight

Jones

CoH O'Daly

CoH Renshaw

CoH Shone

Tpr Jacobs

SCpl Clarke BEM & RAC MRO

CoH Whittaker

Capt MC Van Der Lande Princes Marina College RAC Sales Team

Camberly

Col AP De Ritter

Ma] J R Bayley

AAC Centre

Capt ,IDA Dagliesh

Berlin HQ

Mal J Leighton DisAE Maj HSJ Scott

SCpl Beck

SCpl Gaunt

CoH Blowey

CoH Maunder