NEWSLETTER
JULY 2016
MEETINGS-THIRD WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH AT RBL CLUB CHURCH
ROAD FERNDOWN STARTING AT 19.30 HRS
Branch informal lunch. Held on the first Tuesday of the
month at Ferndown RBL club at noon.
NEWSLETTER- JULY 2016 Branch meeting Wednesday 20TH
MONTHLY LUNCH
The August
lunch will be on the 2nd August. List on the table tonight. Please contact John Cusack if you are unable to attend.
BIRTHDAYS
OF NOTE.
Many Happy
Returns this month go to 2 members, John Miller who will be 85 on the
25th July and Geoff Lord who will be 90 on the 15th August.
WELFARE
Keith
Butt has been
in hospital for a numbers of weeks also Wendy Grover who also has been in hospital for a number of weeks.Our
good wishes go to them and any other members or ladies not well at the moment.
ENTERTAINMENT
Tonight is
our Skittles night, Good Luck and happy bowling to all. A big thank you to
everyone who helps to make this a good evening of fun.
AUGUST
ENTERTAINMENT
Jackie Smith
and her husband will be giving a talk on one of their American adventures at
our August meeting.
BUFFET
Due to Wendy
not being well enough to do the buffet many thanks to Joan and Gwen for taking
up the hard work and keeping it going, it is most appreciated.
MICHAEL
HODGES
Michael
passed away on the 27th April 2016 aged 79. He served as a regular Sapper from
1956-59 with the Military survey in Cyprus . He joined Reading REA as a
life member in 1956 during his survey training near Newbury. He joined the
Bournemouth Branch in 1982, then moved to Weston Super Mare, before returning
to us in 1996. He was active in the RBL being the Secretary of the Churchill
Somerset Branch and Secretary and Vice Chairman at Christchurch . Michael was also the Mayor of Christchurch in
1978.
SUBS
There are a
few Members still owing subs so please can you all pay John
Cusack as soon as possible.
JUNIOR
LEADERS
The Junior
Leaders Regiment has had a memorial cairn in the area of the old church within
what was Old Park Barracks in Dover .
Over the years the memorial has been vandalised and spoilt. The JLRRE has - with the help of the Corps Colonel and the RSM
of 1 RSME Regiment - designed a new cairn which will be sited in the garden by
the Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess
Brompton Barracks. The new cairn will be unveiled on the Re-Union
weekend in October 2016. The cost which is £2400 has been met by the Junior
Leaders Branch of the REA which has left the branch short of funds. So, if any ex Junior Leaders wish to make a
donation to the new cairn costs please speak to our Chairman Allan Grover who
has details of where to send donations.
SW GROUP EVENTS 2016
AGM at BATH
on 4th September
FORECAST OF NATIONAL
EVENTS 2016
29-31 July Minley Weekend* closes 24th June
16-18 September Corps Memorial Weekend*
8 October REA AGM and
Annual Dinner*
9 October Sapper Sunday at Royal
Hospital Chelsea
10 November Field of Remembrance Westminster
13 November Remembrance Day*
*National Events Booking Details Available from the Branch
Secretary
Branch Welfare
Officer Please Contact
Peter Piggott
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