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February 2012 ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT ASSOCIATION www.rafregt.org.uk BIRMINGHAM BRANCH Branch AGM Page 2 Branch Subscriptions Page 2 BRANCH AGM Page 2 Newsletter Subscriptions Page 2 – Branch Appeal Goodies for Our Injured Boys Page 2 BRANCH & NEWSLETTER Branch Birthdays Page 3 Our Branch Standard Bearer Bob McGowran Page 3 SUBSCRI PTIONS Page 2 A New Member Page 3 Correspondence Page 3 “The Flash” from the chairman GOODIES FOR OUR Page 4 RAF Regiment News Page 4 ’s 70th INJURED BOYS Page 2 Hundreds celebrate Regiment Anniversary Page 4 – RAF Honington entrance a picture Page 5 RAF REGIMENT NEWS Winston Churchill and the Regiment Page 5 RAF Regiment Mounts Guard at Royal Palaces Page 5 Page 4 RAF Regiment Snipers protect Afghan family Page 5 – A Gunner keeps watch a picture Page 5 Gunners keep watch during a meeting Page 6 NATIONAL MEMORIAL – ARBORETUM UPDATE 11 Squadron meets locals a picture Page 6 L115A3 Long Range Rifle Page 6 Page 9 – LR Rifle a picture Page 6 RAF Regiment leads operations against Taliban Page 7 FROM THE RAF REG.T Prince Hal presents Awards at Honington Page 8 SECRETARY Page11 National Memorial Arboretum Update Page 9 The National Memorial Arboretum Page 9 Memorial to include HMS Petrolia Page 9 Future Events at the NMA Page 10 From the RAF Regiment Secretary Page 11 Deaths Page 11 Ex-Sgt John Bush Page 11 ’Rourke Ex-SAC Eugene O Page 11 Ex-Sgt Trevor Germaine Page 11 Ground Gunner Ex-SAC Arthur Coleman Page 11 Ground Gunner Ex-Sgt Roy Whitehouse Page 11 New Notices Page 12 Corps Diary Dates Page 14 Who Rules Britain? Page 14 The Best Fighters in the RAF Britannia Rules the Waves Page 15 Dates for Your Diary Page 16 Operate on the Ground Birmingham Branch Committee Page 16 The Royal Air Force Regiment Ground-based specialists, NEWSLETTER NO: 272 protecting RAF assets from enemy attack. FEBRUARY 2012 2 THE BIRMINGHAM BRANCH NEWSLETTER NUMBER 272 FEBRUARY 2012 1 Dear Readers. BRANCH AGM So if you can, please help to swell our Branch funds. Branch funds really need an The Branch Annual General Meeting was – injection of cash so if any of you as many of our held this month and as is usual in our Branch, the – members already do could include a donation to three executive office positions of Chairman, Branch funds when you pay up your Committee Secretary and Treasurer are each elected in turn, would be extremely grateful. for three years. This year, it was the Branch ’s position tha Treasurer t was due for election to Newsletter Subscriptions the office. All the other officers had agreed to I have a list of members of other branches stand again and after the President Dave Gooding and others, who have asked to receive the Birmingham Branch newsletters. The took the Chair, they were all were again elected to £7.00 per year. their various offices. The Branch Committee for subscription for this service is 2012 is therefore as follows. So would those other branch members and PRESIDENT Dave Gooding others who have asked to be put onto the VICE-PRESIDENT Peter Swash Circulation List for Birmingham Branch newsletters and wish to continue receiving the CHAIRMAN Ron Sharp £7.00 as SECRETARY Malcolm Baldwin newsletters, please send a cheque for TREASURER Tom Magee above, IMMEDIATELY to THE BRANCH MINUTE SECRETARY Ken Bridgwood TREASURER Tom Magee and NOT to me. BRANCH QM Tom Magee A reminder as above, will only be given in PRO/SOCIAL SEC. Michael Beard the March and April newsletters, after that non- RESEARCH CO-ORD Hughie Cooper payers will not be reminded again and will be FINANCIAL AUDITORS Trev & Joan Round removed from the Newsletter Subscription Roll. My thanks to all those members and The President gave his thanks to all the Newsletter subscribers that have already paid but Branch Officers for again putting themselves if you wish to remain as members or to continue forward to serve the Birmingham Branch in their – to receive the newsletters, would all non-paid up various offices. Our Chairman Ron Sharp who – members and newsletter subscribers please pay due to his medical condition was unable to be your Subscriptions immediately. with us, sent his best regards to everyone and thanked all those who have contacted him with Goodies for our Injured Boys their good wishes. It is most important that we remember the BRANCH SUBSCRIPTIONS dangers that our young men and women serving Branch Subscriptions were due on 1st on operations are all facing, so please remember ’s time again for you to put February so yes, it the appeal your Branch Committee have set up. your hands in your pockets and to pay your Please send any donations you may wish to make, subscriptions to the Branch and to the to the Branch Treasurer Tom Magee and he will Association. At the AGM, it was agreed that pass them on to the right place. subscriptions would remain the same again as last We still need money for the injured lads £10.00 for Associatio £5.00 for year, that is n and and lassies so see what you can do. We are still £15.00 in total your Branch Subscription . collecting money for the further support of our Please remember to pay for in order to injured troops. We must remember them after reduce my workload, there will only be reminders they leave Selly Oak Hospital or Headley Court, in the March and April newsletters, after that, for those badly injured may need support and or non-payers will not be reminded again and will be assistance for the rest of their lives. £5.00 for removed from the Branch Roll. Now The Royal British Legion is the best twelve newsletters every year is quite a good option for this and this year our new Lord ’t you think? ’s “Home for the Brave Appeal” is the best bargain don Mayor one for us to support this year. 3 ’ For those wishing to make donation work commitments. That s when marching up directly to the hospital, please address any and down with the Standard started and that was a donations or correspondence to; RCDM,Level 2, lot better for me, loving all that marching stuff, so Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, a bit of self help at home was needed, practice ’m Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2WB. makes perfect I suppose !so I still practicing And as the point of contact for all when I can. I have paraded the Birmingham donations (financial and non-financial) has Branch Standard on the following occasions. changed from Major Cheesman to Mrs D Binion, I completed my Standard Bearer Training please address them to her and due to lack of in March 2011. My first parade was at RAF storage space for goodies, could everyone please Regiment Association Reunion in April at first contact Mrs Binion on 0121 371 5317 to Bodelwyddan Castle. Then there was the Armed arrange a suitable appointment. Forces Day{naming ceremony} on 25the June at BRANCH BIRTHDAYS the NMA Alweras. A very Happy Birthday to the following This was followed by the Tower of Birmingham Branch members whose birthdays London Service on 10th July and then the Battle of are this month, may you all have many more. Britain Ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance in 4th Feb David Kelly Chesterfield Derbyshire Birmingham on 15th September and then the City 7th February Ray Harrold Presteigne Powys of Birmingham Remembrance Day Parade on 13th 10th Feb Hughie Cooper Stafford Staffordshire November. I have enjoyed them all and am 11th Feb Albert Weager Coleford Glouc looking forward to attending many more in the 14th Feb William Davies Machynlleth Powys future with great pride when I am called upon to 16th Feb Ian Smith Shoreham by Sea Sussex do so. Per Ardua. Bob. ’ham 18th Feb Graham Garvey B West Mids ******************** 20th Feb George Matheson Lower Hutt NZ Many thanks for that report Bob and I look OUR BRANCH STANDARD BEARER forward to following your career as our Standard Robert McGowran Bearer for many years to come. Since taking up his duties as our Branch A NEW MEMBER Standard Bearer, Bob has dedicated himself to We welcome Leslie Nichols of performing to the very best of his ability. With Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Leslie enlisted in July this in mind, he has been trained as a Standard 1953 and after his Basic Training at RAF Bearer with the RBL. The Legion run courses Hednesford, his Regiment Training at RAF throughout the year for new Standard Bearers and Dumfries and a Signals Course at RAF Catterick, existing Standard Bearers every Sunday morning served with 2 Armoured Car Squadron at RAF Habbaniya and RAF Shaibah in Iraq and then at between 1000 hours and 1200 hours at RBL – Kingstanding. He sent me the following RAF Nicosia in Cyprus with a three week information. detachment for the entire Squadron, to RAF “ I turned up on Sunday 13th Amman in Jordan - until his discharge in July February to meet Dave and Debra Gooding. Dave 1955. We welcome him and hope that he has a handed the Birmingham Standard over to me just long and happy association with us. CORRESPONDENCE before the training commenced. I was very proud ’ve had the following plea for help from to see and to be holding something very close to I me and my family. Now it was just knowing what Birmingham Branch member John Bowen of to do with it! Totten, Hampshire. So my training commenced as per the Dear Malcolm.
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