NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2018
Newsletter for Branch meeting on 15th
August 2018 - Please note any information for the newsletter to be
passed on to Jan Bridle by the last Saturday before the next meeting; also if anyone has changed their email address or set
up a new one could they please let Jan know.
Branch subs remain at £15 and are
due to be paid to the treasurer now if not already paid. Please send any
cheques, made out to REA Bournemouth, to the above address for John Cusack.
Next meeting on
19th September will be a games night with shove-ha’penny,
Monthly
Informal Lunches
As usual
held on the first Tuesday, menu lists on the table at evening meetings. Contact
John Cusack for any information or to book/choose from menu if not at meeting.
Albert Graham
Bennett
It is with
much regret that we report the passing of Graham Bennett on the 18th
of July 2018.
Our sincere
sympathies are sent to his family at this very sad time.
The
funeral took place at the Test valley Crematorium, Romsey, on Friday 10 August
2018.
The
service was well attended by former members of the New Forest Branch as well as
a good representation of the Bournemouth Branch. The Standards of both the Bournemouth
and Southampton Branches were also in attendance.
Graham
joined the army as Boy Soldier at the Army
Apprentices School ,
Taunton , and
then
joined
the Royal Engineers in 1951, as well as postings in the UK Graham served in Cyprus
and Bahrain . At one time he was the youngest Sargent in the
Corps, he later retrained as Shipwright which required him to rebadge to the
REME.
Graham
was a Life Member of the REA and was awarded The Gp Directors Commendation
in
recognition of his work on the Committee of the New Forest Branch.
Graham
had recently transferred his REA membership to the Bournemouth Branch following
the
closure of the New Forest Branch.
Birthdays
of Note This month we wish a very Happy Birthday to Phil
Webster, who will be 85 on the 23rd August. We also take the
opportunity to wish many congratulations to David and Jean Watts who celebrate
their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on the 6th September.
Memorial Horsa RJ113
This
memorial is raised to the memory the 2 glider pilots and the 21 men of the 9th
Airborne Field Company R.E. who were killed when their Airspeed Horsa Glider
N.O.RJ113 crashed in this field (near Paulton, Somerset) on Sunday September 17th
1944 en-route for Arnhem on Operation Market Garden. The glider took off from
R.A.F. Keevil, Wiltshire towed by a Short Stirling Bomber no LK148 of 229
Squadron. All men were buried at Weston-Super- Mare cemetery with full military
honours.
Bob Hucklesby attending the Burley AFD
celebrations Memorial Horsa
as Guest
of Honour pictured with Sir Desmond Swain MP.
Army
Apprentice College Chepstow Intake Group 70 A 50th Anniversary Reunion Hon Sec Eastbourne Branch REA has been
contacted by an ex sapper and ex apprentice who is attempting to arrange a
50th Anniversary Reunion of the group in 2020. He was wondering if you could pass this information
on to REA Branch Secretaries so that as many of this apprentice intake get to
hear about the proposed reunion. The
person trying to arrange this is Mr Mac Mcilveen his email is macmcilveen@yahoo.co.uk .
Anyone interested please contact Mac or
Tim Denman, Hon Sec Eastbourne Branch REA - email
bjanddroopy@btinternet.com .
Forthcoming
Evening Events 2018
19th
September - Games Night
17th
October - Bingo with Fish and Chips
21st
November - Talk on Vietnam
by Christopher Legrand
19th
December - Easy Swing Duo
Forecast of National Events 2018.
14th-16th
September Corps Memorial Weekend
13th
October REA AGM and Annual
Dinner
14th October Sapper Sunday at Royal
Hospital Chelsea
meeting RE in pensioners,
contact John Griffiths for info.
8th
November Field of
Remembrance at Westminster Abbey at 11.00 hours
(entrance by ticket only
to be requested from HQ REA)
11th
November Remembrance Sunday
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