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JANUARY NEWSLETTER 2019
Newsletter for Branch meeting on 16th January 2019 - 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 20th February  
Will be a quiz and Gwen will start collecting the Fish and Chip money (still £4.50) for the April Bingo night.

Monthly Informal Lunches
As usual held on the first Tuesday, menu lists on the table at evening meetings. Contact John Cusack for any information and to book/choose from menu if not at meeting.

Vacancies    A new Social Secretary is still required, and ideas for evening meetings welcomed.

George Bubb  
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of George Bubb on 22nd December 2018. His last posting was as Major Instructor at Bovington from where he retired to Wareham. Our sincere condolences go to all his family and friends. The funeral will be held on Mon 21st January at 1pm at Poole Crematorium and the Standard has been requested. The wake is at the Quay Thistle Hotel.

Welfare    
We were very sorry to hear that Jean Watts suffered a fall at home and has broken her knee-cap. After a spell in hospital she is now home but unable to attend meetings for a while. We send our commiserations and wish her a speedy recovery.

Book Recommendation 
This book, called 1918, by Richard Van Emden, about WW1, is peppered with recollections from Royal Engineers, their units and their tasks. The ISBN no is 9781526752307

Christmas Eve Beano
We all had a good evening with lots of laughs, an xmas quiz by  from the RBL, and a lovely buffet finished off  by this amazing xmas cake made and cut by Val, although Bert had a stab at it first.




Forthcoming  Evening  Events 2019
20th February                        Quiz
20th March                 AGM
17th April                   Bingo with Fish and Chips
15th May                    Talk by Christopher Legrand
19th June                    TBA
17th July                     Skittles
21st August                Music Quiz
18th September          TBA
16th October              Bingo with Fish and Chips
20th November          TBA
18th December          TBA

Forecast of National Events 2019.
27 April - Army v RAF Rugby Kingsholm Gloucester 
04 May -   Army v Navy Rugby Twickenham
17 – 19 May   - Gibraltar Weekend
25 May - Trooping the Colour - Major General’s Review
28 May - Opening Event at National Memorial Arboretum
06 June - Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder’s Day Parade
01 June - Trooping the Colour – Colonel’s Review
05 & 06 June - Beating Retreat, London
08 June   - Queen’s Birthday Parade 
28 – 30 June - Chilwell Weekend*
26 – 28 July - Minley Weekend*
13 - 15 September - Corps Memorial Weekend* 
12 October - REA AGM and Annual Dinner * 
13 October   - Sapper Sunday at Royal Hospital Chelsea 
07 November - Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey 
10 November - Remembrance Sunday

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