NEWS

  • August 2020

  • Death Notice Sergeant Richard Nash 9/12L

    13th August 2020

    It is with much regret that I have to inform you of the death of Richard Nash on Saturday 1st August 2020 aged 73. …

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  • Death Notice Lance Corporal Roland Bridger 9L (1950s)

    3rd August 2020

    It is with much regret that I have to inform you of the death of Roland Bridger on Wednesday 29th July 2020 aged 83.                      

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  • Corporal Derek Edgeler 17/21L (1954-1957)

    22nd July 2020

    It is with much regret that I have to inform you of the death of Derek Edgeler on Sunday 12th July 2020 aged 84. Derek’s…

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  • July 2020

  • Death Notice Major J.O.P. Kirk (17/21L)

    20th July 2020

     It is with regret that I inform you of the death of John Oliver Pardo (Jo) Kirk on Wednesday, 15th July 24th 2020 aged…

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  • Death Notice Trooper Brian Smith 17/21L (1957-1962)

    13th July 2020

    It is with much regret that I have to inform you of the death of Brian Smith on Friday 19th June 2020 aged 81. …

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  • Reverend James William Adams VC, Attached 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Lancers

    10th July 2020

    Reverend James Williams Adams was 40 years old, and a chaplain in the Bengal Ecclesiastical Department(serving as chaplain to the Kabul Field Force), British…

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  • Private George William Burdett Clare VC, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

    10th July 2020

    William Clare was born on 18th May 1889 at St Ives, Huntingdonshire. He won the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood in France on 29th…

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  • Sergeant-Major (later Lieutenant and Quartermaster) Charles Wooden VC, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own.)

    10th July 2020

    Charles Wooden was born on: 24th March 1827 at Kiel, Denmark (now Germany). He enlisted 17th Lancers c.1845, and served with the Regiment in…

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  • Sergeant John Farrell VC, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)

    10th July 2020

    John Farrell Born on in March 1826 at Dublin. He enlisted 17th Lancers 1842. Farrell rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at…

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  • Troop Sergeant-Major John Berryman VC, 17th (The Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

    10th July 2020

    John Berryman was born on the 28th July 1825 at Dudley, Worcestershire. He was working as a cabinet maker prior to enlistment in 17th…

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