D(DLOY) Years 2010 - 2011
QUEEN PRESENTED AFGHANISTAN MEDALS TO ROYAL MERCIAN AND LANCASTRIAN YEOMANRY SOLDIERS
The Visit of Her Majesty The Queen
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
Lichfield Cathedral 20th July 2011
SSgt Brook Tpr Marsh Sgt Bowers Tpr Clowes Tpr Cooper Cpl Crabbe Tpr Trounson Tpr Morris Tpr Morgan Cpl Rondeau LCpl Alcock Cpl Fisher Sgt Griffiths Tpr Brotherton Sgt Peacock Cpl Wood Cpl Hagley Tpr Jones Cpl Adams Cpl Sedgeley
Sgt Blakemore Cpl Dutton Cpl Chandler Tpr Carine LCpl Green LCpl Dawson LCpl Woods LCpl Duncan WO2 Fothergill SSgt Vause LCpl Church LCpl Smith Sgt Boughton LCpl Hume LCpl Wood LCpl Biggs Pte Miller SSgt Howell Tpr Passmore LCpl Harper
LCpl Chaney Tpr Woodcock SSgt Hull Tpr Totney LCpl Fisher SSgt Garbutt WO2 Speed WO2 Dawber LCpl Morris LCpl Davies Tpr Randall Cpl Innes LCpl Lloyd LCpl Nicholls Sgt Allum LCpl Clayton Pte Balkwill Tpr Barnes LCpl Upton LCpl Hanley Pte Evans
Tpr Kennaugh SSgt Wade SSgt Cummings Tpr Moss Tpr Finlay WO2 McEnroe Cpl Fisher LCpl Swannick Sgt Duncan SSgt Bland LCpl Whitehill WO2 Williams Sgt Morris Tpr Smith Cpl Sefton LCpl Dean LCpl Stirling-Brown Tpr Lawton Sgt Dowd Cfn Stallwood
Tpr Hulse (Scarlets) Tpr Eggleton Lt Dumont Lt Eastham Tpr Triance Tpr Price SSgt Whitehill Pte Walls Cpl Clark Pte Yeates Tpr O’Donoghue Tpr Dove Cpl Breeze LCpl Price Tpr McAleese Tpr Doherty Pte Whitehill Lt Anderson Capt Warburton LCpl Burns Tpr Watson (Scarlets)
Capt Frith WO2 Ashby WO2 Smith WO2 Astley WO2 Madden WO2 Robertson Lt Tyler Capt Hodgkinson Ocdt Barnard Tpr Kilborn
Capt Hinckley Capt Peters Capt Davey Maj Elwell Rev Pratt Maj Fitter Maj Bragg Maj McEwan Capt Tory Maj Gen Farquhar HM The Queen Lt Col Acton WO1 McNamara Maj Preston Maj Shute Maj Morris Maj Gaddum Capt Hamilton-Russell Capt Valentine Capt Aspinall Capt Trevor
Her Majesty the Queen recently presented operational medals to soldiers from the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry at Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire.
The Queen attended the Regiment's Homecoming Parade and Thanksgiving Service in her role as the Regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief. The event recognised the contribution of those soldiers from the Territorial Army Regiment who deployed on Op Herrick 13 to Afghanistan. She shook hands and talked briefly with soldiers as she presented them with their medals for their service at various bases.
Her Majesty was welcomed by the Bishop of Lichfield and The Dean of Lichfield, the Very Reverend Adrian Dorber, who said: "It is with pleasure that we welcome you to this cathedral in order to give thanks for the safe return of the soldiers of the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry."
The Queen agreed to have her photo taken with the regiment and also took the time to speak to some of the soldiers families thereafter.
A five-month tour of duty saw 35 soldiers and officers operating the Army’s latest base protection surveillance equipment at various Forward Operating Bases in Helmand Province.
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry is an armoured regiment made up of four Squadrons, two are based in the West Midlands with a further two based here in the North West of England, C (The Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron based in Chester; and D (The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry) Squadron, based in Wigan.