Birthday greetings

Happy birthday to John Matthew on the 01-01-10,  Hoping you have a good one and best wishes from the admin team.

John Louch Memories

Birthday Boy

Stan Whitworth,Many happy returns on your birthday tommorrow.
01***01***10.
Mr&Mrs. GRUMPS.

RIP DAVID CAROLAN

Tony Boon reported tonight that the Son of Tom Carolan died this morning as a result of a traffic
accident on Princess Highway Downunder,
the accident was between a Petrol Tanker driven by David Carolan and a car.David and 2 children
died as a result.
are sympathy goes to both families.
you can read more on Facebook
RIP DEAR FRIENDS
Derek

LONGEST DAY

The longest day and the best ever was the 21St of December 1957,as it was the day Rose and I got Married,still together as we both agree parting would cost us too much cash we can ill afford.!!!!!!!!!!
Only kidding gents,we are looking forward to out 60th,only another 8 yrs.
Merry Christmas to you all.
Bri/Rose.

Birthday wishes to two members

Happy birthday tomorrow 20th to John Cogan and Barbara Aitchison, best wishes to you both, Have a good day both of you.

Barbara I reckon Jim will be taking you for a slap up meal ???? (go on jim you know she is worth it)

 John A

birthday wishes

HAPPY birthday to JOHN COGAN for sunday 20th have a nice day

Birthday Wishes

Happy birthday to Trevor Watson for tomorrow 19th December, wishing you all the best and have a good one but try and keep off the hard stuff unless you are used to it.

photos of 1960/61

These are a few of my odds and ends photos of time in the Royals

PHIL HAYWARD

Welcome to PHIL dont know a lot about him at the moment,all i know he lives in France im sure we will have more from him soon

derek

Photos from Mick Amos

These photos were sent to me by Mick Amos to upload onto the site for him.

Brisbane Trip

Look what i found in the Pacific Ocean,Only the Hon Secretary of The Household Cavalry Australasia,Is it the same in O.Z as in the U.K Finders Keepers,because i not thowing her back in !!!!

Dear Santa!

DOWNUNDER

FREDS PICS

scouse FREEMAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOUSE FOR WEDNESDAY 16th HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE[NOT TO MUCH CAKE]

HOME HQ

1. I have been asked by Thelma Lane and her family to pass on their sincere thanks and gratitude for all the messages of condolence and tributes they have received to her late husband, Major Brian ("Bronco") Lane, who passed away on 10th November. She and the family would also like to thank all those that attended the funeral service which demonstrated the respect that Brian was held in by hundreds of friends. Understandably, there are far too many messages for Thelma and the family to respond to personally however, they would like their thanks to be passed to everyone.

2. A former Blues and Royals Officer has asked me to make the following employment opportunity known to the membership:

CARETAKER/SECURITY MANAGER, EAST DEVON : To act as Caretaker and Security Manager for a sizable country house in Devon in the absence of the residents while living full time in the gatehouse of the property. Contract likely to last at least six months while the house is on the market. This job would be suitable for a proactive single person who will take ownership of the role and take personal pride in its appearance, its security and the daily functioning of the staff. PAY: £2.5k per month. Start date 26 Dec. A more detailed Job Description is attached and any queries or application should be made to: oliver.birkbeck@guardcorps.co.uk.

3. The Service Personnel & Veterans Agency (SPVA) cover a large number of aspects that may be of interest to those that have served in the Armed Forces. If you need information on anything from Veterans issues, medals, Service Pensions and provision of the Veterans Badge etc. If you have any queries or just require information, please visit: http://www.veterans-uk.info/

4. The Regiment continues to serve in Helmand Province, Afghanistan until April/May 2010. To date they have been very busy and for operational reasons their activities are not disclosed when information (however innocent) could be used to assist the enemy. I am sure you will join me in wishing all members of the Household Cavalry Regiment (and all Armed Forces personnel) a quiet Christmas and New Year and the safe return to their families and friends. Home HQ will be closed down from 18 December 2009 - 4 January 2010 however, if you do have any important issues please leave a message at the number below and the voicemail will be monitored throughout the period.

I thank you all for your continued support to the Association and wish you all a pleasant and prosperous Christmas and New Year.

<<...>>
PF Stretton
Major (Ret'd)
Regimental Secretary The Household Cavalry
Home Headquarters
Combermere Barracks
WINDSOR
Berkshire SL4 3DN
Telephone:
Windsor Mil 94253 5132
Direct Dial: 01753 75 5132



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National Service 1952 to 1954

A few pictures from Carlisle, Egypt and Germany.

Tickets for Troops

Tell all those you know about "Tickets for Troops"
I put the above in and googled it,try it out .
Grumps.

Merry Christmas.

To all my old comrades and there families.

Have a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Ted Pentecost

JIM HEATH

With the help of are MI5 Agent Denis Sowerby i was able to get in contact with Jim Heath,in CANADA. Jim is not in the best of health at the moment, mind he sounded great on the Phone he sends his best wishes to all of you who knew him. Pity he dont have a computer..if anyone needs the contact details for JIM please ask DENIS and im sure he will email them to you

regars derek

 

 

Ted Pentecost Photos+1

Brisbane Trip.

Well just returned from yet another perfect trip to Australia Brisbane Qld With the added bonus of being kindly looked after by our Aussie Dame who aloud me accomondation in her Family home,Once again the wonderful Jenny was the perfect host,nothing was to much trouble for her,we visited some some of the off beaten tracks areas,she drove me the almost for miles on end (Don yes as a perfect Royal Dragoon i did do some of the driving Rolls was in for a service lol) there is some thing different aroung every corner,from the wonderful beachs to the rain forests and outback, In good Royals style i returned the complement by by wineing and dining her as best i could, Although i dont know if this her Ukrainian heritage but when she cooks a meal you know youve eating !!! She laid on a super barbecue in her garden,and invited our Royals friends to it Pete Why, Tony Boon Ken Brown, And Tom Caroline drove all the way from Sydney to be there all with ther partners with a couple of friends of Jennys it was a superbe lunch / evening event ( and Yes Bri i did get half Pi**sed ) but did,nt chance the Jamisons or it would been singing Cowboy Songs all night !!!) Bri i'll let you into a little secret after that night the amber nectar as was flowing qiute regular. but all good things come to an end to quickly, and it was back home to the cold!! thank you to all the old Royals who yet again made my stay an unforgettably one,And more importantly to you Jenny for  being the unselfish,helpful,down to earth, person you are for putting up with the Old Pom !!! Photos to follow.

Fred.

Intake 55/11 67th Trg Regt Hadrians Camp Carlisle May 1955

W/S 19 Training Wing B111

A SQN Wesendorf 1955/56/57

Ted Pentecost Photos

memory lane

ROYALS RUGBY TEAM

latest from Multiply

Much of the work in prepping for our datacenter move has been done, and we are targeting tomorrow afternoon US/Eastern time (Saturday December 5th) to start migrating customer data to the new facility in Miami.

(For those who are curious, Saturday afternoon is our lowest-traffic time of the week)

This means that for a short period of time the site will be unavailable for maintenance, and accounts will come back on-line as soon as they are moved. We are working hard to make the transition as smooth as possible, and to minimize any downtime or disruptions.

Once this phase is complete, there will be one more maintenance window that will be required to complete the move, which will happen approximately 10 days from now. At that point, the move will be complete and we'll be up and running in our new facility, with faster hardware than ever.

WHAT A LIFE

MY ULU FOOT SLOGGING EPISODES

what a life

old vets memory

long past memories

Windows 7

Has anyone got windows 7?if so is it worth having,the Mrs says if it is any good she will get it for me.
Bri

How to load photos on to the BB

FOR ALL MEMBERS THAT ARE UNSURE HOW TO PUT PHOTO’S ON THE BULLETIN BOARD.

Click on add photo’s on the home page (1st THE ROYAL DRAGOONS)

Page comes up (upload photo’s)

Click on new album or existing album

Next click on the first browse

Next page comes up choose file

Go to where your photos are kept on your computer

Click on the photo and then click on open

Your photo should go onto the browse box

If you want to add more photos go to the next browse box and repeat as the first photo

If there are not enough boxes then click on the Blue writing that says add more

When you are finished click on upload

When the photos have loaded a page will come up for you to add any info

And finally click on save on the bottom left of the page.

Now your photos should be on the home page of 1st THE ROYAL DRAGOONS

Photo Album 2009-12-04

YouTube - Chuck Berry - My Ding A Ling Live

YouTube - Chuck Berry - My Ding A Ling Live

Bandsman Cleveland 1943-2009

Trevor joined the Band in Ipoh and bought hiself out in Tidworth.Not a long stay,but the start of a long friendship,tradgicaly cut short on Mon23rd.November.Trevor,passed away,quite unexpectedly,whilst waiting to board the ferry after a trip to France.He lived in Guernsey for many years with Brigid(the girl he left the band for),son Dominic,and eventually,grandchildren,who lived net door in St Peterport.As a music teacher and semi-pro jazz musician he was welknown and respected.He ran the Island Jazz club and yearly Festival.A great guy I was proud to call my friend.     Ken Eatch.

Fred Collingwood

Just had a nice evening with Fred and Jenny it was great to see him again he returns home on Thursday

Photo Album 2009-11-29

Multiply

I wish to let you all know that if you are having a problem with the site going slow at times it is because we have been informed that Multiply are moving there Datacenter to Florida at the moment and they believe that when it is set up things will be much improved and hopefully faster. ???

John

GRAHAM TAYNTON

Welcome to the BB Graham nice to have you on board.
Graham was in SHQ troop A SQN Wesendorf 1955-1957 Sigs OPERATOR on 19 and 52 sets.
hope he will tell us more once he gets the hang of the BB
regards derek

more from Berlin

H4H

Doncaster Rugby Club Under 13s
Help For Heroes - Christmas Rugby Tournament


Before I go into details let me explain some background to the event. We have started to raise money for our end of season tour to help those lads who find it difficult to attend such trips due to costs. This is always a difficult but rewarding process as I am sure you will know from your own experience. However during our first fund raising meeting we decided unanimously that we should also set aside some specific events to raise money for other causes outside of our own little world. We quickly decided that we should nominate Help For Heroes as our charity for 2009/2010. There were a few reasons for this;

Firstly a Doncaster Rugby Club ex-junior section player, Ben Parkinson, was been badly injured whilst serving with 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (follow these links to read more about Ben’s story and his unflinching bravery:
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/community/Paratrooper-Ben-went-to-Afghanistan.3246302.jp and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203202/Horrifically-injured-army-hero-Ben-Parkinson-confounds-doctors-learning-speak-again.html

Secondly our head coach served with The Blues and Royals for 22 years. The Blues and Royals are part of the Household Cavalry who are currently deployed in Afghanistan.

Thirdly we also have some connections with London Irish, through ex-players of both Doncaster and London Irish, whose nominated charity is also Help For Heroes and we hope to have some support from them for this event.

So what are we trying to do? Our intention with this tournament is to have some really good games of open running rugby but with the added and important aim of raising some serious money for Help For Heroes. We have registered the event with H4H and our reference number is 20091109-4453-4130.

The ways in which we aim to raise money are as follows:

Try Sponsorship – With the attached form we would like all players participating in the event to approach their friends, family, parents’ friends, parents’ work colleagues, etc to gain sponsorship for each try that your team scores in the event. Please be aware that the refereeing style will be to encourage try scoring by all teams! If you require help with printing the forms then please let me know and we can work together to make suitable arrangements.

Collections – We will have Help For Heroes collection buckets on the day and you and your supporters will be suitably hassled and harried to make cash donations as the event goes along.

AUSIE EAGLE

The EAGLE has landed once more in Brisbane!!!
Yes our intrepid traveller has once more braved the airways to meet up with the AUSIE 105s.
Have a great time Mr COLLINGWOOD.
Grumps

YouTube - Cute Animal Christmas Song

YouTube - Christmas Songs - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Lyrics

YouTube - Bing Crosby - O Holy Night

YouTube - Jesus be the centre

YouTube - Bing Crosby - White Christmas

YouTube - Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards

YouTube - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

Phone Number

I am trying to find out if anyone knows the phone number for Reg Brown, I was given a number which I tried and the young lady that answered told me that no one by that name lives there so if anyone knows the number for Reg can they please Email it to me as I need to get in touch with him.

RIP PC BILL BARKER

I would like to send my condolences to the famly of PC BILL BARKER who gave his life to save others in COCKERMOUTH

RIP

Blockhouse Demolition Elster Platz 1949

Pictures for Derek

from PAUL STRETTON

I have been asked to forward information about www.forcesdeal.com, a new initiative for raising funds for established charities for the Armed Forces, developed by Simon Weston OBE, Mark Cann (Director of the British Forces Foundation – a member of COBSEO) and a team of professionals.



www.forcesdeal.com is a new insurance price comparison site, whose purpose is to provide great value insurance and, in turn, donate funds to support Armed Forces charities, through the Forcesdeal.com Foundation. Please see below for further details about Forcesdeal.com and the Forcesdeal.com Foundation, including who to contact if you would like additional information.



The more people who use www.forcesdeal.com , the more money can be donated to established Armed Forces charities.








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The Band - Shorncliffe 1960

Sad News

Sadly guys i have to call an end after 20 years of walking for Others and through personal health and family challenges i need to focus myself attention on my new family and myself.I would have loved to have been able to help our young soldiers and their familes as my own challenges today are as a result of being a war orphan.It is time that i looked after my own family and life.God Bless you all Nige

3 OLD PIC,s

these go back few years

YouTube - In the Bleak MidWinter Christian Christmas songs music Gospel classic popular famous carols

anybody got a coat

test

nice tree

YouTube - THE CHRISTMAS SONG - Nat King Cole ft Natalie Cole

Photo Album 2009-11-12

TONY RANTELL

Welcome Tony i hope you enjoy looking around the BB

well another ex ROYAL shows up from Downunder

Tony PLEASE fill us in re your service details i understand you left the REGT around 1967--1968 time

regards derek

RIP----MAJ LANE

From: "Paul Stretton" View contact detailsTo: "Paul Stretton" Dear Member of The Blues and Royals Association,

I must sadly report the passing of 496966 Major Brian (“Bronco”) LANE who died yesterday afternoon (10 November 2009) at Frimley Park Hospital aged 76 years, he had bravely been fighting cancer for some time. Brian Lane served between December 1949 - October 1986, initially with the Grenadier Guards and then The Blues and Royals where he achieved a Late Entry Commission. Those who met him, I’m sure will agree, that a more professional, imposing and passionate soldier, Warrant Officer and Commissioned Officer, you could not find. The thoughts and condolences of the Association go to his wife, daughters, family and friends at this difficult time. Funeral details will be released when known.

THE BLUES AND ROYALS REGIMENTAL COLLECT

O Lord Jesus Christ who by the Holy Apostle has called us to put on the armour of God and to take the sword of the spirit, give thy grace we pray thee, to the Blues and Royals that we may fight manfully under thy banner against all evil, and waiting on thee to renew our strength, may mount up with wings as eagles, in thy name, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.



PF Stretton
Major (Ret'd)
Regimental Secretary The Household Cavalry
Home Headquarters
Combermere Barracks
WINDSOR
Berkshire SL4 3DN

Welcome

Welcome to Karen Leese, another of the Leese family if we can get a few more we can start another Regiment.

TIM CONNELL

Welcome to the BB Tim took a long time to get you on the BB. mind better late than never. hope you find your way around ok.

last time i saw you i think you held the Rank of CAPT.maybe you can tell us more once you get the hang of the BB

regards DEREK

Photo Album 2009-11-10 #2

Birthday greetings

Happy birthday today goes to Cedric Auty, all the best from all the Admin of the royals site

ON PARADE

Karen Leese on parade in EPPING

Photo Album 2009-11-08

ANTHONY JOHN HULETT

Welcome to the BULLETIN BOARD Anthony hope  you  enjoy it and     find some of your old pals.

Anthony was in the ROYALS 1965-1969 hope he tells us more once he has got the hang of the BB

Charity Jog/walk.

Hi everyone!

Well we have lift of approval from Whitehall, I have decided to start at John a groats on the 12th May so i can attend the Blues and Royals function I will be close to Tidworth when the Royal reunion takes place so we will drive to that.The success of the venture will in some way be achieved if i can recruit some people in the UK who may be able to point me in the right diection in seach of sposors.I will post the route in the 48 hous.First request, does anyone have Robin Bucknalls email address?Cheers Guys I beg you all PLEASE get behind this i am sure you have already given but please help me in this.Nigel (Sack.) 

 

 

Michael Amos

May I welcome Michael to the BB, michael served in the Royals at the same time as me in Asqn 1959-1961 I believe that he has some photo's of that time which I hope he can put up on the site for us, it is good to have someone that was in Asqn on the site for a change.

cyprus 1964

ERNEST JOHNSON

Wwlcome to the BB Ernest hope you find you way around ok

Ernest was a CPL in the ROYALS Service dates 1962-1970

not sure what SQN he was with but maybe he will tell us more when he gets gets the hang of the BB

REGARDS DEREK

COLIN MARTIN

Welcome to the BB Colin it sure is a long time since i heard from you.its so long i have forgot

your service details of time you spent in the Regt.would you please tell the members a little about yourself.last time i heard from your Lady you were in hospital hope     you are back in good health

regards derek

Silver Arm Badge 1St The Royal Dragoons.

Gents,take a look at this on ebay.just put in on item number line 220501385729
The seller says it is silver but has NOT got a hallmark?
Grumps.

deck of cards

Here is a new way to look at a deck of cards!!
Please do not delete! You will be glad you didn't.


Deck of Cards

It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.



The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.



As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.



Just then an army sergeant came in and said, 'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?'



The soldier replied, 'I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.'



The sergeant said, 'Looks to me like you're going to play cards.'



The soldier said, 'No, sir. You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country,



I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards.'



The sergeant asked in disbelief, 'How will you do that?'


'You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds me that there is only one God.



The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments



The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.



The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John .



The Five is for the five virgins there were ten but only five of them were glorified.



The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.



The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.



The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives -- the eight people God spared from the flood that destroyed the Earth.



The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.



The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.



The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell.



The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.



The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.



When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year..



There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.



The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.



Each suit has thirteen cards -- there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.



So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for.'



The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, 'Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?'



Please let this be a reminder and take time to pray for all of our soldiers who are being sent away, putting their lives on the line fighting



Prayer for the Military.



Please keep the wheel rolling. It will only take a few seconds of your time, but it'll be worth it to read on....



Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.



Protect them.


Bless them and their families



I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.



Amen

BRYAN ROWLAND

Bryan welcome to the BB hope you find your way around ok.

Bryan served in the ROYALS 1958-1961 and was with A SQN 5th TROOP

I hope he tells us more about his time in the ROYALS when he gets the hang of the BB

Regards DEREK

Profiles

To all members that have not filled in their profiles may we plead with you to do so, as you will see we have nearly 130 members and for us in Admin it is getting very difficult for us to know who is who, site names and just first names do not help, we do not understand why this is not being done and we are having to send personal messages to get some members email address's which is getting time consuming as well as trying to find more members to join our site.
So can you please do your bit and help us out, we have asked for this to be done on numerous occasions and it is still not being done. Thank you.

John Atkins

Webmaster

JOHN TRACHY (ZOOT)

Welcome to the BB John hope you find your way around ok

Yet another ex BAND member..please fill in ur profile John as i had problems sorting out who you are on your login.

many thanks  regards DEREK

P.R.I?????

What does the letters **P.R I**stand for,can`t for the life of me remember.

Reunion 2010

May I ask those new members that have joined us recently to please confirm to me if they will be attending the reunion next year so that I can keep my list up to date, Next week I will be calling into the Premier Inn to get acquainted with the management and to see if there are any more rooms available. Any one that wants to get in touch with me can go onto the home page and look for calender and click on reunion where they will find the information concerning the reunion.

Hymn To The Fallen

Harvey Andrews - Soldier Poppy Appeal. Causes.flv

David Reed Felstead.

Some of you older Royals would have know Davids Father who served in the Royals as did David ableit only a short while until the Amalgamation then as a Blue and Royal Officer.Proudly wearing a Royal Sweat/Shirt and Cap on his Sponsorship bike ride from Lands End to John"o" Groats for the injured forces scheme.

CHRIS WILSON

Welcome to the BB Chris hope you find your way around ok any problems let me know.

Chris was with the ROYALS 1963-1969 and was in BSQN DETMOULD guess what i was his SSM.will let him tell you more when he gets the hang of the BB

REGARDS DEREK

HYMNS FOR SUNSET by The Salvation Army Brass Band

AN EVENING EPILOGUE Salvation Army BAND & SONGSTERS

the british soldier

The Soldiers perform live on GMTV

!st the Royal Dragoons 1927

For those interested search Google - British Pathe - 1st The Royal Dragoons and see silent clip of the Regiment and Band at Hounslow preparing to leave for Egypt in 1927.

ANTHONY (TOT) FLUDE

Welcome to the BULLETIN BOARD ANTHONY or do we call TOT.hope you enjoy looking around.

Anthony served with the ROYALS 1965-1969 will get him to tell you more later.

regards derek

WILLIAM HENSON

Welcome to the BB Bill hope you find your way around and enjoy what you see
Bill was in DETMOULD with us and was in B sqn will get him to tell you more later
regards derek

RONALD ROTHWELL

Welcome to the BB Ronald hope you find your way around ok

RONALD was SQN CLERK in B SQN 1948 to late 1950 i will let him tell you more once he gets the hang of the BB

REGARDS DEREK

ROGER FROST

Welcome to the Bulletin Board Roger hope you enjoy looking around.should keep you busy.

Roger is ex C sqn 2nd TROOP 1962-1965 will let him tell you more once he has got the hang of the BB

REGARDS DEREK

 

William Roy

Many happy returns to William Roy on his Birthday tomorrow 19th October,  hope you have a good one and many more.

 John

HAROLD MONKS

Welcome to the BB Harold hope you find your way around ok.just enjoy what you see mate.
Harold is one of the old timers WOLFENBUTTEL 1948 l/cpl in B Sqn.will let him tell you more
regards derek

James Hamilton-Russell

I have today phoned Mrs Hamilton-Russell to enquire how Jake is doing and she informs me that he is doing very well at the moment and has asked me to thank everyone that has put up there good wishes for him on the BB, during our conversation I asked whether they would like to join us on the BB, she tells me that they are not really very good on the computer but yes she thought that they would like to join so I have sent out an invite for them to join.

I have explained that they might only just like to see who is on the BB and find out what everyone is doing nowadays and keep in touch when they feel up to it.

maj/lt col BANHAM MBE

Has any member any idea the whereabouts of MAJ BANHAM MBE ??

FRED BROOKS

is anyone in contact with GINGER BROOKS i have sent many emails over the past year or so,,all returned saying his mailbox is full. dont think he came over to the last reunion.anyone got any news please
regards derek

The Club Route Walk 2009

It all started here. Joe's Bridge near the Belgian/Dutch Frontier.

A few weeks ago some friends and I went off to Holland to raise some money for charity. This year is the 65th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden and we chose to walk The Club Route - the route XXX Corps took in their attempt to link up the bridges captured by the Airborne troops of the British and American armies. The route should have been about 65 miles, however the actual route is closer to 80. We walked it 3 days. We were raising money for the Royal British Legion and BLESMA ( British Limbless Ex-Servicemens Association ). The Ist Royal Dragoons were attached to XXX Corps for this operation and received the Battle Honour 'VEGHEL' for their efforts. I thought I would share with the group some of the photo's taken during our time in Holland.

charity auction (Dorset Squadron) annual dinner

28th Annual Dinner and Dance
Saturday 10th October 2009
The Carrington House Hotel
Bournemouth-on-Sea

180 diners sat down and enjoyed the dinner this year - and enjoyed General Barney even more with his speech. As with previous years, we had the auction in aid of the Household Cavalry Operational Casualties Fund, and with monies donated as listed below we were able to top up the charity 'pot' by £5000.00
Listed below are the five items that we auctioned and the other donations and deails ...

Item 1. Coca Cola bottle-opener - A mass produced example in bright silver metal with eyehole for attachment to string, wire etc. This is a robust pre-loved and experienced item that has seen service in many countries. Comes with to crate 20 x ½ litre bottles of Paderborner Export beer.
Winning bid of £90 from Carl Murray - Brian Mmurray's son.

Item 2. Waterloo 1815 - Two 75cl bottles of barley malt beer, Waterloo Triple 7 Triple, 7.5% alcohol and Waterloo Double 8 Dark, 8.5% alcohol - both bottles bear the intact bottle seal number 1541. Pine racked with a matching pair of 1815 style ceramic rustic Belgium beer cups. Rare and delicious beers with a brewery very near to the site where both the Household Cavalry and Royal Dragoons achieved victory in 1815.
Winning bid of £140 from John Finnie.

Item 3. Vallegre Vista Alegre Port - A presentation set of sealed four half bottles of 10, 20, 30 and 40 year old wooden cask matured port, all bottled in 2007. The Vallegre estate is one of the oldest and original of Portugal . All finely presented in cedar wood as a boxed set. Mint and brand new, all seals intact.
Winning bid of £180 - that John Finnie again

Item 4. Drum Table – The very last of a series of four hand-made drum tables by Member John Hawley. It was John’s inspiration that led to the first auction and has benefited the Fund so well. In divisional colours with the three cap badges on the side and the Household Cavalry badge centered on the top, supported on four gate leg mahogany legs with circular centre plate. Inscribed with John’s mark on the underside of the drum.
Dimensions: height 50 cm and diameter 30 cm
Winning bid of £550 - Len Knox.

Item 5. Household Cavalry Girandole. This is a brand new item, designed by Thomas Messel, who was an officer with The Blues and Royals from 1969 to 1974, he is now a much respected international furniture designer, a winner of several Guild Marks, a D&D award and is a member of the Awards Committee of The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers.The Household Cavalry girandole design was inspired by the insignia of the Household Cavalry and is finished in burnished water gilt 24ct gold leaf over a hand carved cast resin base. The glass is ‘brilliant cut’ with the E II R cipher and silvered with a unique antiqued sliver “mercury” process. The arm is 24ct bronze ormolu, cast from a 17th century Venetian master. Dimensions – height 50 cm, width 24 cm. Signed and dated by Thomas Messel.
Winning bid of £1900 by - yes -Len Knox again!

But there is more - John Finnie bid £1800 and Len topped with the winner - but john was offered another girondle at his bid of £100 and John accepted and purchased a girondole! Gentleman you are Sir!

Harry Maplesden raised £122 locally and Vic Sturrock sent in £50 in lieu of attending and we had a donation of £20 from Miss Jo Smith. That gave us £4832.00 so Dorsetsquadron tooped the money off from the raffle to make £5000.00 in total!

And we had a rattling good night - and a good Sunday morning too!!

Watch out for the newsletter later in the month and get ready with them £2 coins for next year!!

SKYPE

just to let all know that Tony Boon and Nigel Reed are now on SKYPE
and they both will be at the REUNION June 2010

Cathay Cinema Ipoh

'League of Gentlemen' repeated on BBC the other day. First time in 50 years?

Henry Mancini - Theme from A Summer Place

will this do STAN