R I P TO HARRY DIXON MOFFAT [ROYALS] P W NASH[BLUES] H RATCLIFFE[BLUES]

Flag this messageNews From Household cavalry Home HQ - The Passing of ColleaguesWednesday, 29 September, 2010 10:22From: "Paul Stretton" View contact detailsTo: "Paul Stretton" Dear Member of The Blues and Royals Association,

I must sadly inform the Association membership of the belated notification of passing of the following members who served with the regiments of the Association:

23215235 Tpr PW NASH (72) who served with The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) March 1956 to March 1964, sadly died on 05 September 2010. The thoughts of the Association go to his son, John at this difficult time.

THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (The Blues) REGIMENTAL COLLECT
O Lord Jesus Christ, who by thy Holy Apostle hast called us to put on the whole armour of God, give thy grace, we pray Thee, to the Royal Horse Guards that we may be thy faithful soldiers and servants and fight manfully under Thy banner, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest one God, world without end.


328648 Tpr Harry Dixon MOFFAT (93) who served with The Royal Dragoons January 1940 to March 1946, sadly passed away on 08 September 2010. Our condolences go to his surviving family at this sad time.

THE ROYAL DRAGOONS (The Royals) REGIMENTAL COLLECT
O God, in whose sight all creatures are manifest and to whose eyes all things are open, grant that the works Thou requirest of the 1st The Royal Dragoons may never be done to be seen of men, but always for Thy Glory, and that, waiting on Thee to renew our strength, we mount up with wings as eagles at Thy word, through Jesus Christ Our Lord.
(TOBIAS,1930)


23929138 Tpr Harry (“The Rat”) RATCLIFFE who served with The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) and The Blues and Royals March 1964 to March 1976, sadly died on 09 September 2010 a funeral service was held at Slough Crematorium on 17 September 2010. The condolences of the Association go to his family at this sad time.

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

FANARA 53

POP DAWSON IN FRONT OF AEC READY FOR BATTLE
ME ON TOP OF AEC READY FOR NAAFI

kilo99

this was kilo99 in1953 on the CAIRO road
top---plm NEWTON---CPL THOMPSON--??
middle---DENIS SOWERBY---ROBINSON
bottem---HOPKINSON
3troop Csqdn

Are these still valid?

re-enlist in the future?

re-enlistment documents

Wesendorf 1956

John Panton - Top right?

ID

just like this one DEREK?

it hurts, I might die..!!!!!!

We went for a walk today around our garden to finalise a new design, rather reminiscent william barnes uncle & aunt featured in his poem " leafy boughs a-swaying " & it was about this I was going to tell you, but I had an acident and I get no sympathy here so I'll tell you about my woes ! tongue-in-cheek.    my son laid a path in  the garden, and as usual never got around to finishing it and left an edge proud ,it wasn't a problem until to-day when he parked his car at the end of the path so we had to go around it to get to the path. yep you guessed it I didn't lift my feet high enough & tripped , There was this 100 kg rotund Orangutan flying though the air in ever increasing  momentum then I landed in a very thorny rose bush to the right my left ear in a Barbary bush the whole of my left side hit the concrete sharp edged kerb and the pavour path,it has been reported that a 9.7 on the richter scale has been recorded for ost westfalen lippe today.   a quick look at my wounds and I decided they were serious,so Memsahib was detail to get me some antiseptic creme to help dress the wounds, but half way though the great hall.AKA as the coach house she had forgotten what she was going to do & went to check on the washing machine from there to hang out the washing then to her chicken....in the meantime I was in the bathroom and lost at least 20 ltrs of blood,its the blood thinning tabs I'm on, on doing a proper exam of my ills I found that I had Broken my arm in at least 4 places. fractured my kneecap ad broken all of my ribs in my upper ribcage,I had just finished  putting on the plaster of paris casts when she remembered what she should  of been doing for me and came in to the bath and asked "Did you say you wanted a cup of tea ?

"Off Air"

This Station will be "Shut Down" from 1200hrs.19 Sept. till 1200hrs. 26 Sept.2010.

Cruising to the Fiords on our 51st. Honeymoon.

Best Regards to all.   Doug & Joan.

Locker cards, ensure they are displayed for next O.C.s inspection

NICK DOYLE

Welcome to the BB Nick .hope you enjoy looking around..Nick was in my troop in Germany .

come on Nick tell the lads about the beer and whiskey and your time with the regiment

regards DEREK LEESE

Cyprus 1964

Can anyone tell me if the lads who were sent out to Cyprus in 1964 for a few months were entitled to a medal, whether it be a campaign clasp or a UN one? Thanks, John.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER

Happy birthday on the 14th to PETER STRACHAN hope you have a good day

Photo Album 2010-09-11

photo from BARRIE DOLPHIN

not sure if you can read the names im sure Barrie will help on this one

happy birthday

Happy birthday to SYD SALTER for the 11th have a good day .you will not be 21 again

£1,000-a-head Fashion for the Brave photos

Stunning....and all for charity too!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1309778/Flying-flag-Linzi-Stoppard-poses-showstopping-Union-Jack-gown-launch-fashion-fundraiser-aid-military-charities.html

Artical sent in by Dougie

I have tried to enlarge photo so not sure how it will look

New Zealand

Has anyone been able to  contact our friends/,comrades in New Zealand ?.  Nigel Reed, Terry Messer and others.

Hoping everyone OK.  I know no deaths at present.

Regards  Doug.

 

Yer tiz. Calamintha nepeta in my garden today

Don this one is for you picture 2 has a dandilion in the forground. Frank

1st troop A Sqn BERLIN 1949

Photo sent to me by Robin Bucknall i remember a few names but sorry not all

who said the Eagle was in a museum ?

Go to e bay type in this article number,270629673661 . you will be suprised what comes up ,if you want a translation ,ask Don he is duty interpreter this month. Frank

ALL MEMBERS [SURNAME]

WILL ALL MEMBERS THAT HAVE NOT GOT THEIR SURNAME ON THE MEMBERS LIST PLEASE INFORM JOHN ATKINS ,AS IT IS GETTING DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF 165 MEMBERS.
THE ID NAME IS NOT MUCH USE

THANK YOU

JIM HARVEY

Welcome to the ROYALS BB Jim hope you find your way around ok.im sure you will find some old pals on here JIM was with the Regiment 1965-1969 in detmold

regards DEREK