The Second Battalion Infantry Brigade (2BN) of the Ghana Army, last Saturday, 16th December 2017 held it 54th annual wreath laying ceremony at the Myohaung Barracks, Apremdo a suburb of Takoradi.
The annual Mascot wreath-laying ceremony, which was held in commemoration of a ram Sir Charles Arden Noble Clerk presented to the unit as a sign of good fortune.
The wreath laying parade was under the command of Second Lieutenant Elliot Tetteh Nyankah and chaired by Lieutenant Colonial Emmanuel Opare Nyante, the commanding officer of the unit. (2BN)
As part of the ceremony, the gallant men of the unit observed a moment of silence in memory of former Mascots amid the sounding of the last post.
This was followed by Lieutenant Coloniel Emmanuel Opare Nyante laying wreath on behalf of officers and men of the unit.
Two separate wreaths, one on behalf of civilian employees and another on behalf of wives and families of the unit were also laid.
According to Lieutenant Amissah, the adoption of a spotless white ram as the Unit’s mascot dates back to March 1957 when the country achieved her independence.
He said the Unit was privileged to be part of the independence parade.
Due to the smart and impressive turn out, the Governor Sir Charles Noble Arden Clarke, who reviewed the parade, later presented the Unit with a white ram which later became the mascot of the unit.
The ram, Corporal Charles as it was named, died on December 16 1962, the same day that the donor, Sir Charles Noble Arden Clarke, the last Governor of the Gold Coast also died in the United Kingdom.
It was buried without any ceremony because the Unit was on peacekeeping mission in the then Congo now Democratic Republic of Congo.
However successors to Corporal Charles are buried with full military honours.
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