NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2019

MEETINGS -3^RD WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH AT RBL CLUB, CHURCH ROAD, FERNDOWN - STARTING AT 19.30 HRS        - INFORMAL LUNCHES 1^ST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 12 NOON, SAME VENUE

Newsletter for Branch meeting on 20^th February 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 20^th March 2019  

Is the AGM. John Griffiths and Allan Grover are both standing down so a new Chairman and Secretary are essential to ensure the continuation of the branch.

Vacancies    

A new Social Secretary is also still required. Any ideas for evening meetings welcomed.

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.

Bert Martin    

On Sunday 13th January 2019 at Bovington, Dorset, a presentation of an award and a certificate was made by the British Legion at their Dorset Conference to Mr Bert Martin. He was commended for all the years of hard work, commitment and dedication he has made to the training of Standard Bearers.

George Bubb  

His funeral was attended by the Branch Standard and a small Guard of Honour. George had served in Boy Service in Chatham and joined the R.E. in 1941as soon as he was old enough. In an extremely long and varied army career and travelling all over the world George became one of the youngest men to rise through the ranks ending his service as Major Bubb. Living in Wareham he joined REA Bournemouth and enjoyed the meetings and social events until ill-health prevented his attendance, but he still enjoyed visits from branch members.

300 D-Day heroes set to go on VIP anniversary cruise

From the Daily Express

UP TO 300 Normandy veterans will be given VIP treatment on a weeklong cruise to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.  Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday paid tribute to the "breath-taking bravery" of the soldiers who took part in the brutal 1944 campaign. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines ship MV Boudicca will take the veterans, the youngest of whom is about 92, with a relative or carer, on a round of commemorative events on both sides on the Channel.  In what is likely to be their last major gathering, they will arrive off Normandy in the early hours of June 6 - when they landed to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Commemorative events will include a naval display in Poole Harbour, Dorset on June 4, and a parade along Portsmouth's seafront on June 5, with a flypast of wartime aircraft. The following day they will return to the beaches where they battled ashore under a hail of enemy fire.

From Poole Harbour Commission - As we head into our second cruise season we are honoured that the port has been selected to be part of the Royal British Legion ‘Voyage of Remembrance’ for Normandy Veterans, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.  MV Boudicca will be at Poole port on 4th June to take part in commemorative events before sailing to Portsmouth and then crossing the English Channel and arriving in Normandy, on 6th June, exactly 75 years after the D-Day Landings. 

Forthcoming  Evening  Events 2019

20^th March                 AGM

17^th April                   Bingo with Fish and Chips

15^th May                    Talk by Christopher Legrand

19^th June                    TBA

17^th July                     Skittles

21^st August                Music Quiz

18^th September          TBA

16^th October              Bingo with Fish and Chips

20^th November          TBA

18^th 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

R.E.A. ANNUAL LUNCH

AT THE OCEAN BEACH HOTEL

ON 18^TH MAY 2019 AT 12 O'CLOCK

COST  PER MEMBER: AND GUEST  £17.00

PAYABLE TO

R.E.A.BOURNEMOUTH BRANCH

RETURN TO PETER PIGGOTT BY 1^ST APRIL

WITH YOUR NAME AND MENU CHOICE BELOW

Branch Annual Lunch

Saturday 18^TH  May 2019

Menu

Starters

Cream of Watercress  (1)

  and Potato Soup                               

                      Chicken Liver Pate               (2)

        Placed on Seasonal Leaves,

Red Onion  Marmalade and Melba Toast  

             Chilled Seasonal Melon Fan     (V)        (3)

Placed on Refreshing Fruit coulis

Main Course

                  Loin Pork Medallions             (4)

  with Celeriac Mash, caramelised Pear

 & calvados Sauce             

           Grilled Deiice of Scottish Salmon       (5)

Glazed with Pink Seafood Sauce

        Roast vegetable Tart with crumbled Stilton (v)  (6)

  

 Seasonal Vegetables and Potatoes of the Day

Sweets

Apple Pie and Custard       (7)

     Fresh Fruit Salad            (8)            

 Chocolate Profiteroles       (9)

Freshly Brewed Coffee & Mints