Newsletter June Issue 7

7/31/2019 Newsletter June Issue 7

1/6

June 2012 Issue # 7

Service Families Support

Group.The Service Families Support Group is a small group ofpeople which exists to promote the welfare of servicepersonnel deployed on operations worldwide, and toprovide a place where their families can meet up viaFacebook. The group also provides support for variousprojects through private contributions, and will sendwelfare parcels to deployed personnel who are onoperations where requested. The group is not acharity and no donations are accepted. If you have anycomments or questions or if you wish further info orwant to join the group feel free to contact us

http://sfsginfo.co.uk/index.html

7/31/2019 Newsletter June Issue 7

2/6

MOOtilda MOOscot- Moore adventures in the sands.

Well after two MOOnths in the sands of Afghanistan with the EFI I got to spend a fabMOOlous week in the sands of

MOOnehead with some of the aMOOzing SFSG family though I dont think Butlins knew quite what had hit it! Lol From

playing on the beach and paddling in the sea to finding some new red coated MOOmbers of the herd I think I just about did

all there was to do I even made friends with the HOOFing Take That tribute band Beautiful World.

And even MOOnaged to get up on stage with Tina Turner on the last night there

While taking a trip to Watchet we spotted the 40 Commando Steam Engine and the Gay Archer (I believe it was an old

navy patrol boat lol)

Although for now my time with our heroes is over that is not to say I wont continue to promote the welfare of our troops and

The Service Families Support Group.

I will be taking part in a series of charity events throughout the year so keep your eyes peeled

for those upcoming events on twitter and Facebook.

To see the full album from Minehead go to- (www.wix.com/mootildamooscot/mootildasmoovement).

Keep your eyes peeled for more updates from our roving moos reporter in next months issue.

7/31/2019 Newsletter June Issue 7

3/6

Royal Anglian Regiment

Initially formed of seven battalions (four regular and three Territorial Army), the regiment was reduced in 1975 with theloss ofthe 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion to three regular battalions and three TA. The regiment was reduced again in 1992to two regular and two TA battalions with the loss of the 3rd (16th/44th Foot) and 5th Battalions. As one of the existinglarge regiments, the Royal Anglian Regiment is unaffected by the restructuring of the infantry that was announced in 2004.The remaining Territorial battalion of the regiment, the East of England Regiment was re-designated on 1 April 2006 as the3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment as part of the reforms.

The two regular battalions have the nicknames the Vikings (1st Bn) and the Poachers (2nd Bn). The old regular 3rd Battalionwas nicknamed the Pompadours, and the fourth the Tigers.

In 1995, each battalion renamed its companies in order to perpetuate its lineage from the old County regiments:

1st Battalion 'The Vikings'o A (Royal Norfolk) Company (after the Royal Norfolk Regiment)o B (Suffolk) Company (after the Suffolk Regiment)o C (Essex) Company (after the Essex Regiment)o D (Cambridgeshire) Company (after the Cambridgeshire Regiment)

2nd Battalion 'The Poachers'o A (Royal Lincolnshire) Companyo B (Royal Leicestershire) Companyo C (Northamptonshire) Companyo D (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company

3rd (V) Battalion 'The Steelbacks'o A (Norfolk) Companyo B (Lincolnshire) Companyo C (Leicestershire & Northamptonshire) Companyo E (Essex & Hertfordshire) Companyo HQ (Suffolk & Cambridgeshire) Company

All regular battalions of the regiment have carried out tours-of-duty throughout "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Themost costly time for the regiment in NI occurred in the 1970s and 1980s when they lost eighteen soldiers, the last in 1989.Despite violence in Northern Ireland having largely subsided, the regiment continues to be posted there. When in NorthernIreland, the Royal Anglian Regiment, l ike the rest of the Army, is primarily used to provide support to the Police Service ofNorthern Ireland.

Throughout the 1960s, the regiment served in Aden, where they operated against guerillas fighting against the Britishpresence such as in the Radfan. They also garrisoned Malta, the Persian Gulf, and Cyprus. The regiment has continued to

carry out tours of Cyprus into recent times; the last was carried out by 2 R ANGLIAN in 1998.

7/31/2019 Newsletter June Issue 7

4/6

.The 1st battalion also served in Northern Ireland between 89 Aug to 90 Jan (South Armagh), Apr to 91 Oct (Fermanargh) and Dec93 to 94 June (Co Tyrone). They also did short tours of Cyprus (1992) and the U.S. (Fort Lewis) in 1995. Also in 1995 the 1stBattalion was sent to Croatia during the time UN soldiers were being taken hostage by local militia. As part of 24 AirmobileBrigade they were sent there between July and Oct of that year.

During the crisis in the Balkans in the early 1990s, 2 R ANGLIAN was deployed to Bosnia in April 1994 as part of the UNpeacekeeping force UNPROFOR. During the tour, Corporal Andrew Rainey became one of the first ever other ranks to win theMilitary Cross, for his actions during a heavy contact between 3 Platoon, A Company and a Bosnian Serb military unit on theconfrontation line in the north of the Maglaj Finger. The battalion left later in the year, having suffered a single loss by alandmine. Shortly after British forces intervened in Sierra Leone during its civil war, the 2nd Battalion briefly joined the IMATT

force in June 2000 to help train the Sierra Leonean armed forces.

In 1996 C Company (1st Bn) was sent with the Parachute Brigade that was taking part in the biggest Airborne exercise since theSecond World War in South Carolina, U.S. During this exercise WOII "Boogie" Boulton was killed in a Road Traffic Accident (RTA).

In March 2002, 1 R ANGLIAN was sent to Afghanistan, where it was based in the capital Kabul as part of the International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF). The battalion often patrolled the more dangerous parts of the capital to maintain order in a city underconstant fear of attack by Al Qaida and the Taliban. The ISAF force at that time was commanded by Major-General John McColl, aformer officer with both 1st and 2nd Battalions; he commanded the latter between 19921994. The battalion left in June, havingsuffered a single loss due to an accident. The following February, A company of 2 R ANGLIAN was posted to Kabul in June 2003.They were replaced by C Company in June.

In 2005 1 R ANGLIAN had a successful tour in Iraq as part of Op TELIC 6 where the battle group was responsible the Basra RuralSouth area of operations. C (Essex) Company was detached to act as a Brigade Operations Company and was involved in severalhigh profile arrest operations including the arrest in Basra of 14 insurgents.

In spring 2006 2 R ANGLIAN deployed to Iraq as part of Op TELIC 8 and formed Basra City South Battle group. C(Northamptonshire) company was detached to operate as part of Force Reserve and was involved in many high profile arrest andstrike operations. During the tour the Regiment mourned the loss of two soldiers; on 13 May 2006 Private Joseva Lewaicei andAdam Morris died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb attack in Basra. A third soldier was badly injured.

From March to September 2007 as part of 12th Mechanised Brigade 1 R ANGLIAN was deployed to Afghanistan as part ofOperation Herrick 6. This deployment was the subject of the Sky One documentaryRoss Kemp in Afghanistan, broadcast inJanuary/February 2008. A book has also been written by a former commanding officer about the battalion on this tour,AttackState Red, published by Penguin. They were stationed in the infamous Helmand Province and faced some of the fiercest fightingsince the Korean War. The fighting attracted much media attention due to the ferocity of the combat with soldiers often havingto resort to using bayonets. The battalion suffered 9 casualties during its tour, 5 hostile and 4 accident.

1 R ANGLIAN (as of 2007) is part of 12th Mechanised Brigade, based in Pirbright. The battalion now operates in the light infantryrole and is expected to move to Bulford in the summer of 2011.

2 R ANGLIAN Is TRB and is based in Dhekelia, Cyprus. . The battalion operates in the light infantry role.

Look out next month for a brief history of another regiment .

7/31/2019 Newsletter June Issue 7

5/6

7/31/2019 Newsletter June Issue 7

6/6

A V F L K B U X B U W U K U A N U J B F X C A M O

M V C G P A M G T Z E E G V H P G I G Q F T M G Q

I T B G I G K N K H R T M Y P S E D Y O Y U U Q H

L M E R L I N I H C B G I A U H T Q M Y D M R J R

A D O U Q F F K V N A K F R A C E H E P D L L Q U

U N V H P J B I I X H B B F W N A T R A P S L S B

U J A Q K S U V G K E R E Y I M J T G V B U M U U

C E E V X W T O R N A D O G P T J W A R R I O R B

E B Q F E N L E Y T D Z C L D H S M O Y Y L Q R H

D U Z I A E W U D E S N R P J I Y A D F B B E T P

B R Z C K R S S R U N U T S B F R D M S H A H U A

G B N H R J N M C C R K A I R E I R R A H Q S D X

P O V J E R Z L S I Q L V I X Z C J W B U U Z P A

S N D Q H N A L T I M S N D F G R G S F L F B O S

X D A E T T S L R P H I H R X A K P M Z R N F Q Q

K S G M N A K I T S T R T U V E P K U B A Z U D R

E Q J V A P U T D K E E O A F Z D A E I E F O E N

G H E U P L A K C A J L U L R N G C C Z R T I W KG Y A L M F Q V C D X U U S O U C X U H P C W K W

H I A U I R A D N Y U A T C U U X O Z P E F E Z D

R K O O N I H C C S Q K H Y R Q Q V W P Z U C W A

Z X N Y L X Y G J D H X T C Q E E B E G R K D N M

O B F J E V H H H B Q S I L F S H Z U D X A T E I

T W O I V G J I O L W X D Y M J J H K S R G D S F

Z S P Z Y K S J W W D R F Z B Z X Z J C T D L B J

Apache Merlin

Bulldog Panther

Chinook Ridgeback

Harrier Scimitar

Hercules Spartan

Jackal Tornado

Lynx Viking

Mastiff Warrior

Contact us: WWW.SFSGINFO.CO.UK Twitter: @SFSG2011 Facebook: SFSGSOCIALCHAT