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12th Royal Lancers Govt House
Guard 1959/60
Contributed
by Danny Sails
9/12
Royal Lancers
I
joined the 12 lancers in 1958 and was posted to Wolfenbuttel.then on to
Cyprus in 1959 I did many land rover patrols with MP's around the
murder mile in Nicosia in that year before a peace deal was signed, we
Amalgamated with the 9th lancers on our return to Tidworth 1961 and
then it was off to Omagh for two years. N.Ireland was trouble free, believe
it or not and a good time was had by most .then out to Aden towards the
end of 1962. Aden was to be like the year we spent in
Cyprus, trouble for the first few months, Crater the hot spot
and the eye of any storm. my journey home after that year was another first,
for me anyhow, as the Comet jet was new into servise,and we were on it
heading for blighty.Our next posting to Osnabruck,was very cold after the
middle east, the years had passed quick,i was edging into my 8th year of
a nine year engagement, to be a full corporal and driving the CO col brockbank
who is now a maj gen rtd was the icing on my cake, and to share the staff
car with capt pye .now brig pye on the return trip from our successful
ski team trip in OBERJOCK who could ask for more except there was more,
the queen mother who was our col in chief had visited the regt in
osnabruck a while earlier, not quite a hand shake but been the CO's driver
I was mighty close and im sure I got a smile. |
