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Members that want my Email address please go into my site and click on my profile and you will find all the info on there.

John Atkins

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BRIAN HILL

Welcome to the Bulletin Board Brian hope you enjoy it..Brian was in the ACC and was a cook in the SGT,S MESS in DETMOULD 

REGARDS DEREK LEESE

R I P trooper JOHN Mc GUINNESS [1938-1945]

Flag this messageInformation From Household Cavalry Home HQ - The Passing of a ColleagueWednesday, 26 January, 2011 9:30From: "Paul Stretton" View contact detailsTo: "Paul Maj Stretton DII" Dear Member of The Blues and Royals Association,


I must sadly report the death on 17 January 2011 of 318014 Trooper John McGuinness (93) who served with the Royal Dragoons from January 1938 to January 1945.


He was serving with The Royal Dragoons in Palestine when WWII broke out and was subsequently captured and held as a PoW in Germany for over 4 years. He was always proud of his service with the Regiment and maintained his links with the Association.

A funeral service will be held Our Lady of the Assumption RC Church Tile Hill Lane, Coventry CV4 9TA on Friday 28th January at 9 a.m. Any Association members able to attend would be welcomed by his family.

The condolences of the Association go to his widow and daughter at this difficult and sad time.


THE ROYAL DRAGOONS 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)



PF Stretton

George Blaxlands photo's

George has sent me these photo's to put up on the site.

John Atkins

Welcome to George Blaxland

Welcome George (  ID     Blax123  ) to the BB, George was in the Regiment in 1960/62 he was in Asqn in Neesoon and I believe he went to HQ in Ipoh, but I will let him fill us in with the details, we hope that you will enjoy being with us on the BB George.

BARNARD CASTLE 1947

Photo sent in by John Harvey

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Ian Wilson, hope you have had a good one, sorry for the delay as I just realised it was today.

Best wishes

 John Atkins 

JOHN (DOUGLAS) HARVEY

Welcome to the BB John hope you enjoy looking around John was in the ROYALS 1947-1949 not sure of his full details, maybe he will tell us more.

regards derek leese

Welcome to Robin Ward

Welcome to the BB Robin (ID IS 5462rjw), Robin joined the regiment in Aden in 1960 he was in 3rd Troop Asqn. I will let him tell you all about his time in the Royals.

from PAUL STRETTON HQ

Information from Household Cavalry Home HQ - Channel 4 TV Series - D-Day To BerlinThursday, 20 January, 2011 10:02From: "Paul Stretton" View contact detailsTo: "Paul Maj Stretton DII" Dear Member of The Blues and Royals Association,

I’m aware that Home HQ recently put out something similar to this but this is an approach by a friend of a serving officer who, as you will see, is making a series for Channel 4. I fully accept that the generation of former soldiers being targeted here may not be receiving this email but if it does get to any of them that's great. If you have knowledge of someone who you think might fit the bill perhaps you would be kind enough to make contact with them.
""Dear Roly,

We have been speaking to veterans on the phone initially to see what campaigns they were involved in during this period, what details they recall in terms of what rations they carried, what kind of weaponry they typically used and any other particular memories that stand out for them. If they are not happy to talk about a subject we do not pressurise them to do so.

Once we have established the veterans who are happy to speak to us on camera about their time in Europe we are aiming to conduct the interviews in their homes or at a central location where we might be able to interview two or three of them in the same day. We are aiming to take no more than three hours out of each interviewee's day.

A very brief series overview is below:-

We are making an ambitious 6 part series for Channel 4 which will re-tell the story of D-Day to Berlin . The series will use a combination of archive and re-created battlefield action sequences but the most important element that we are looking to drive each programme and bring it to life is firsthand testimony from the people that were there at the time.

I’m looking for veterans, involved from D-Day onwards, who might be willing to share their stories with us for this new series. At this stage I’m simply hoping to talk to and meet as many veterans as possible with a view to filming interviews with them from the end of January onwards.

Hope this is of some help – if you need any more information then do let me know.
Hopefully see you soon.
Hettie.
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Thank you.

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Brian Ingram tomorrow the20th, have a good one mate.

With best wishes,

John Atkins

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Tony Boon on the 19th which over there will be to day, have a good day Tony and hope that the floods are a thing of the past now for you in Brisbane.

 Best wishes

 John Atkins

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day on the 18th to Frank Carter, hoping you have a good one but go steady on the hard stuff.

 Best wishes

 John Atkins

Malaya Medal.

Just had a phone call, asking me if I had received the above medal.

I confirmed, yes. Received by post from the Military Attache in London. (3 Yrs. ago)

I surmised the caller was going to invite me to a presentation locally.

Regards  Doug. 

WILLY CREAVIN (RIP)

Paul Graver has asked me to pass on the following
Willy Creavin ex BAND has passed away Paul recieved the info from
Lyn and Billy Baines
Regards Derek Leese

Fradley Arms

Yesterday I made a phone call to the manager of the Fradley Arms with regards to the function room for the reunion, I was informed that the Fradley Arms has been refurbished and that now the function room that we used last year does not now exist, there is now only a small meeting room and the rest by what I can make out is incorporated in to the bar area, the manager has told me that for us to have our reunion their this year he will make sure that the area next to the meeting room will be reserved for us and that the buffet will be laid out in the meeting room, Now I do not know at this time how or whether it will be possible to do a raffle with other people being in close proximity to the area set aside for us, I myself feel a bit dubious as to how this will work out but after talking to Denis and Derek we are of the opinion that at this late time there is not a lot that we can do to find anything in that area to hold the reunion this year but maybe if it did not work out for us at the Fradley Arms this year that we should look for some other venue for next year., now I will leave it to you all to make your own comments and opinions and post them onto the site, The manager tells me that he will do what he can to make sure we are well catered for and that he will keep the price to somewhere near the same as last year for us.

John Atkins

NIGEL BUCKMAN

Welcome to the bulletin board Nigel hope you enjoy it. Nigel was my SQN CLERK in BSQN 1968 WHAT A SMALL WORLD

REGARDS DEREK LEESE

Once a Tanker always a Tanker

This is what my family got me for Christmas. Is great for Snow days.

Trying to get out of the Garage.

Fun with the Nor Easter in MASSACHUSETTS

Massachsetts Jan 12 2011

Noreaster Storm started 0200, 15 inchs by midday. these taken about 1230 and still 8hrs till snow stops, they tell us we may end up with 24+ins.

Queensland Floods

Hi Guy's still raining here we have just been cut off.the Pine river has just crossed the road and Strathpine has now got to evacuate.It is going to get worse as we have got the King tides this afternoon.Will keep intouch.

PAT SIMPSON (RIP)

Sorry to have to report the passing of SAMMY SIMPSON,s wife PAT.
Just had words with Sammy and he tells me she passed away on Saturday morning
if i get more info i will post it on the BB
REGARDS DEREK LEESE

Is it spring yet

Well we reached 13 deg here in Paderborn today all the snow is gone except for the dirty stuff on the side of the road, sun was shining birds singing I noticed that a lot of the Daffs are showing their heads, the Rhodos & azaleas are looking fine with big fat flower buds on them,I suppose its to much to hope for an early spring,  still a bit of  frost in the ground when that's gone I can get the remaining bulbs planted that came late. Frank

Reunion 2011

This is the list of members that have informed me of there intention to attend this years reunion, if there is anyone on the list that will not be attending let me know as soon as possible and any member not on the list that wishes to attend to also let me know ASAP, May I also ask if anyone that is booked in at the Premier Inn finds that they will not be able to attend the reunion, let me know and not cancel their booking as I will do it for them and book someone in that is looking for somewhere to stay that is on my list, by doing this I will have a better chance of getting them a room there.

John Atkins


B ALLEN , / ROSE
B DOLPHIN,/
C CARD,/ FRIEDA
C CRIXON ,/ JANET
D BEST, / JOAN
D LEESE /
T BRIDGEN
D SMITH / WIFE
D SOWERBY/ JEAN
F O'SULLIVAN / SON
I MACINTOSH / FLORENCE
J AITCHISON/ BARBARA
J ATKINS / MARGARET
J COOPER/
M DECARTERET/ WIFE
J MATTHEW/ MIRIAM
J PRIEST / MARTHA
K SHAW / MARGARET
MATTHEW / WIFE
NOBBY EVANS/ WIFE
R BROWN/ PAULINE
REG BROWN/ SUSAN
S FREEMAN/ SON&WIFE
S MACKAY/
T AYLES /
T LYONS /
T SMITH/ WIFE
T SUSSEX /
T WORT/ IRENE
J KELLY/ WIFE
J LOUCH / WIFE
P RYAN / WIFE
B BENNETT / MARIA

K BUFFERY / JEAN
P PLUMB
R FROST
A GILLARD
N DOYLE
R BORLEY
C BEST
G BLAXLAND / MARGARET
R KENDEN

John Charman

Welcome John Charman to the BB, site ID is jm2mc11.