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The Mercian Family Newsletter Issue 9 Issue 9: April 2015 The Mercian Family Newsletter The Heart of England’s Infantry News th Regimental News - An Afghanistan Commemoration Service took place at St Pauls Cathedral, London on Friday 13 March. The service was attended by the Queen and the Royal Family, senior politicians and senior Armed Forces Officers. 21 families of Mercian Regiment soldiers killed in action in this conflict attended the service. After the service a march past was held with HRH, The Prince of Wales taking the salute. One of the marching contingents was made up of Afghanistan veterans, where a number of ex-Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters and Mercian Regiment personnel took part. In sport, 1 MERCIAN were narrowly defeated by 1 Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) in the semi-final of the British Army Championship Vase (BACV) during March. Rivalling the Six Nations for suspense, it was an unfortunate end to an incredible inaugural season for 1 MERCIAN. Despite their relative inexperience as a side, they finished five points clear in their league to earn promotion and were the final Infantry Battalion competing in the British Army Championship Vase. The match finished with 1 MERCIAN on 15 points and 1 RHA on 22 points. A full match report is available here. 1 MERCIAN - D (Dragon) Company, 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment sent half of its manpower to Lydd Ranges, Kent during early March, as they continued preparations for deployment to Canada later this year. The live firing package was not only valuable as a training device, but also represented the first time the Company has conducted training as a formed unit away from the rest of 1 MERCIAN. It also provided a welcome opportunity for the soldiers of Dragon Company to get their ‘soldiering’ heads back on, after a long period of conducting armoured fighting vehicle training. Private Wiley was the winner of The Martin Robinson Memorial Trophy for best private soldier in A Company. Alongside its impressive rugby union performance, the 1 MERCIAN volleyball team also entered the 1 Armoured Brigade tournament during March. Despite only forming six months ago, the team which trains weekly was eager to impress. Using the skills developed since October last year, they began brilliantly, beating both 4th Battalion, The Rifles and the Fusiliers. Following these impressive displays, the team made it to the final against The Royal Tank Regiment. The skill of 1 MERCIAN team shone through and they clinched victory in a nail biting finish. 2 MERCIAN - Soldiers from A (Grenadier) Company, 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment deployed to Sennybridge on Exercise Grim Grenadier last month, in order to complete a number of military competitions designed to push the troops to their limits. The Martin Robinson Memorial Trophy is competed for individually, and involves a military knowledge test, 10km navigation exercise, battlefield casualty drills test, two mile best effort with 25kg and a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear drills test. It is awarded in honour of Martin Robinson, a 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment soldier killed on operations in Northern Ireland in 1972. Second is The Keenan Cup which is won by the best section commander. During this competition, individual patrols have 18 hours to complete a number of tasks. These include contact drills, stand-off reconnaissance, artillery target indication, ambushes, a section attack and indigenous agent forces meets. Private Wiley was the winner of The Martin Robinson Memorial Trophy for best private soldier in A Company. Corporal Williamson was winner of ‘The Grenade’ for best section commander in A Company. Also of note is Corporal Bradley. He was the best shot in Grenadier Company and didn't miss a single shot during the shooting competition. Elsewhere, the majority of 2 MERCIAN is busy completing is move back to its home in Dale Barracks, Chester from Cyprus, as its six month UN peacekeeping tour comes to an end at Ledra Palace, Nicosia. The battalion also took on 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps in the semi-finals of the Army Boxing Championship at the start of April. Despite boxing bravely, 2 MERCIAN were defeated. Full results with images from the night will be available in the May newsletter. 4 MERCIAN - The Regiments reserve Battalion focused on Military Annual Training Tests (MATTs) during March as the training year came to a close. This was a combination of the standard format tests which incorporated point to point map reading. At the end of the month, 4 MERCIAN also deployed a small team to Uganda in order to train and help assess the Ugandan Army for its upcoming UN tour. Often seen as having a dry, sunny climate, at this time of year Gortex is a must due to heavy rainfall. Recruiting wise, 4 MERCIAN continues to succeed. 114 new faces have joined in the last year, including those from our Regular Battalions. Beginning March 2015, soldiers leaving the Army must visit a Reserve unit during their last 12 months of service, leading to hopes that even more MERCIAN soldiers decide to join the 4th Battalion. Looking forward, April 2015 is the start of the new training year and with it further MATTs to ensure attention can turn elsewhere. 4 MERCIAN will deploy on its camp in August in Croatia before it joins 2 MERCIAN in Kenya in November. The Band of The Mercian Regiment - After focusing on recruiting during the first two months of 2015, the band have begun their annual camp in Cyprus. They are being supported by musicians from The Royal Signals (Northern) Band, The Waterloo Band and Bugles of the Rifles, The Lancashire Artillery Band and The Army Medical Services Band. Cadets - Cadet Georgina Billington, Dudley Detachment, B Company Staffordshire and West Midlands Army Cadet Force has been awarded the British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Certificate. It was presented during an award ceremony by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, Paul Chandrasekharan Sabapathy CBE. It was awarded after she found her elderly neighbour in a distressed state. With her condition worsening, Georgina assessed the casualty, began CPR and called an ambulance. A West Midlands Ambulance Service responder was so impressed by the efficiency of her CPR that he asked her to continue to assist in his treatment. Unfortunately despite all their efforts they were unable to save the patient. Cadet Billington now looks forward to meeting the Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne at a Reception for Young Achievers towards the end of April. Elsewhere, Private Ollie Ruff who left Hereford and Worcester Army Cadet Force after their Annual Camp in 2015 has now passed out from the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) at Catterick. A former cadet from the Stourbridge detachment, he will now join 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment in Bulford. Regimental Mascot - The Mercian Regiment Mascot Private Derby XXX has two full time handlers, the Ram Major and the Ram Orderly. March saw the handover of duties from Ram Orderly Private Seager of 1 MERCIAN, to Private McLean of 1 MERCIAN. The Ram Orderly conducts a variety of tasks to ensure that Pte Derby XXX is in good order for the huge number of parades he attends. From daily washing and brushing of his coat, to the oiling of his horns, Private Seager has not been far from his charge for the last year. The new Ram Orderly Private McLean, from Manchester has deployed on Operations to Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. Infantry Training Centre (ITC) - Recruits at Catterick Garrison’s ITC marked the end of their basic training on Friday March 13 th 2015. Colonel Hadfield from The Mercian Regiment was invited to inspect the soldiers, which included various Mercian Regiment recruits as they enjoyed their passing out parade. Family, friends and the Regimental Mascot, Private Derby XXX were all in attendance to congratulate them on completing training. Other News Private Jacob Rivers who was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for his actions during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10 –13 March 1915), was remembered with the laying of a commemorative stone at a memorial service in Derby during March. It was laid exactly a century after the action which saw him awarded the British Army’s highest honour, the Victoria Cross. th On 12 March 1915, Jacob was leading a daring mission on the battlefields of Northern France which would ultimately cost him his life. On his own initiative, the soldier from 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters crept to within a few yards of a very large number of the enemy. The enemy were massed on the flank of an advanced company of his battalion and so he threw bombs on them. His action caused the enemy to retire, thus relieving the situation. Private Rivers performed a second similar act of great bravery on the same day, again causing the enemy to withdraw. He was killed on this occasion and his remains were never found. The Regimental Mascot, Private Derby XXX was in attendance for the commemoration. Private Thomas James Dale who served in 8th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War was finally provided with a headstone on Monday 23rd March. Private Dale never received a military headstone when he died of his wounds in 1919 having served on the Western Front since 1915. His family, serving members of the Regiment, and The Staffordshire Regiment Association, as well as a bugler from The Band of the Mercian Regiment were present for the service at Longton Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent. The Mercian Regiment Museum (Worcestershire) has begun fundraising to preserve the future of the museum. Their new website and Facebook are available via the provided links.
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