{"id":135769,"date":"2023-12-30T14:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T14:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/30\/why-white-sheep-named-sergeant-charles-led-ghana-army-2bn-wreath-laying\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T14:38:27","slug":"why-white-sheep-named-sergeant-charles-led-ghana-army-2bn-wreath-laying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/30\/why-white-sheep-named-sergeant-charles-led-ghana-army-2bn-wreath-laying\/","title":{"rendered":"Why white sheep named sergeant Charles \u2018led\u2019 Ghana army 2BN wreath-laying \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ghanaians who may not be abreast with military culture will be shocked about an activity of the 2 Infantry Battalion (2BN) of the Ghana Army which centered around a white sheep named Sergeant Charles II.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is after the 2BN held a wreath-laying memorial parade for past dead mascots, to uphold an age-old tradition of the Battalion, according to a report first filed by Peace Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spotless white sheep is a mascot of the 2Bn Ghana Army since the Colonial era. A mascot is a person, animal or object adopted by an institution as a symbolic figure that is believed to bring good luck to that particular institution.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1703961545_514_ngcb1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246142\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>In line with its tradition, the 2Bn held a parade to honour its dead mascots on Saturday 16 December 2023, at the Mascot Cemetery of the Myohaung Barracks, Apremdo, Takoradi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1703961545_424_ngcb1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246143\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The current mascot of 2Bn is a white spotless ram christened Sergeant Charles II who was present to honour his predecessor mascots.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, on the 16th of December, a short but solemn wreathe-laying parade is organized at the Mascot Cemetery in the Myohaung Barracks \u2013 home of 2Bn, to honour the souls of the dead mascots.<\/p>\n<p>According to military historians, the sheep Sergeant Charles II is named after its first donor, Sir Charles Noble Arden Clarke. Sergeant Charles II is deemed a morale behind the Commanding Officer, and the Unit, which inspires the Unit to higher achievements.<\/p>\n<p>The donor, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke born on 25 July 1898 and died on 16 December 1962 was a British colonial administrator who was governor of the Gold Coast from 11 August 1949\u00a0to our night of independence on 6th March 1957.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The parade held to honour dead mascots of the 2Bn was comprised of a Contingent (commanded by Lieutenant Felix Ameyaw), Cenotaph Guards, Wreathe Bearers, Flag Hoisters, the Unit\u2019s Corps of Drums and the current Mascot \u2013 Sergeant Charles II.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanding Officer of the Unit \u2013 Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Atobrah Bondah, who was the Guest of Honour for the occasion, laid the first wreathe on behalf of Officers and Soldiers of the Unit, the Head of the Defence Civilian Staff.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Abigail GN Boamah, layed another on behalf of Defence Civilian Staff, and Madam Philomina Akrofi, who represented the Battalion Magajia, laid the last wreathe on behalf of wives and families.<\/p>\n<p>According to Peace Journal, Sgt Charles II succeeded SWOII Charles IX who died on Saturday 30 April 2016, after a short illness, and was honoured with full military burial. 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