Be Tough – Be Infantry – Be Fusiliers Newsletter v 1 June 2021 1 June 2021 This Month’s Contents v Fusilier on top of the world 3 v St George’s Day in Seaham, Northumberland 3 v Welcome to Fusilier Officer Cadets 4 v Op GRANBY Memorial Service & Gathering - Sun 4 Jul 21 4 v Field Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney commemoration 7 v The Royal Fusiliers Chapel Annual Memorial Lecture 8 v ‘Bobby’ - the FUSILIERS’ former mascot 8 v Notices 10 v How to contribute 12 v Editorial policies 12 Please email Newsletter contributions to
[email protected] by the 25th of the month at the latest RHQ RRF, HM Tower of London, EC3N 4AB v 020 3166 6909 v www.thefusiliers.org 2 1 June 2021 Fusilier on top of the world he Colonel of the Regiment and all Fusiliers T congratulate 1 FUSILIERS veteran Philip Clough who, on Tuesday 11 May at 0530 local time, successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (29,000ft) as part of a mixed British-Bahraini expedition. Phil was RSM of 1 FUSILIERS between 2012 and 2014 and then commissioned as a LE officer. He has been working in Bahrain as a military advisor since 2015. Once again, many congratulations. St George’s Day in Seaham, Northumberland he Sunderland Branch of the Fusilier Association (Northumberland) held T a St Georges Day service on the eve of St George’s Day. The reason for this was that it could be pushed out in local media on 23rd April and the Fusiliers could keep St Georges Day free to do their own celebrations.