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NEWS. AUGUST 1997 Options

OVER £7,000 RAISED FOR SAILOR HURT IN MAST FALL

DONATIONS from RNA branches and individuals in response to an appeal on behalf of injured 'button boy' Paul Wilson have totalled £7,150. flie annual dinner dance was Paul is confined to a wheelattended by 126. including 11w chair as a result (If a fall during guest of honour. Capt Tim Ti. :1 Royal Navy mast-manning Lcwts RAN. Naval Adviser to the a at County display Buckingham Australian High Commission. Show in 1995. Over 201) shipmates attended

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A leading Seatnait at time time. Paul lell 21)11 while descending a mile after the display. As the hat ton boy he had stood at the top of the 9011 mast. 11 c was admitted to Man desUe Hospital

which were- and to costhis spinal injuries hill] the use of his legs career in the

the annual remembrance service. conducted by the Rev John Falconer RN: in the clubhouse grounds. Music was provided by the Salvation Army and the Lesson' was read by the branch president,

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Navy. He did not, however, lose his courage and humour. He was 'adopted' by Nob Area which launched the appeal fund, and he later became a member of Luton & Dunstable branch, winning their Shipmate of the Year award list

Falmouth

Sir Janics, Jungius, Alter the ceremony

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ippt. 1 fund pi toed in from RNA hr inches itt throughout the iou is Sonic. like I son . win on1 ug

aiid Des Johnson (Newbury) decidcci to raise mmmcv time hard svay lug canoeing front Swindon to Reading and Des carrying his

ruprnaie rSW vviiSOfl broke ins spine ma fall during a mast-manning display.

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pat on a barbecue br his old friend and his chums. Sammy plans Itt attend the Room Defence Vessels reunion iii Scarborough on September 19-21. i'he visitors were also pleased to meet George C 'amilleri. a siinivrtr of l-IMS Itarbani.

hi aneh standard twice' around Nesibury racecourse.

lIre branch's 21st anniversary seas marked by the dedication of a rest standamd and lie laying up itt mIre old at St C'iithbert's Church. Ihe new standard ss:is time gift itt tire Mayor. Dr NI. GilLs iii niemitry 'I Iris late wife, a former niember of tire \NRNS '(lie service was conducted by tire branch chaplain. Prehcndars K. I )avis, and by tire Rev. I). Tiiyltmr. It o is ssell attended by shipmates of No.4 Area rind other cs-Service ttrm!a nisa tons.....lie pa rrmde was led by I tic band of t he Sea Cadet ui it IS Weston, with cadets front TS t)tilverttmn providing the standard escorts. The salute was taken Iry Smirgettim (dr I. Roberts RN (retdb. aecompined by the Mayor rind time president ol No.4 Area, Sltipnmate I-I. C'. Jetfrics. lie an t'olltmsving evening anniversary dinner was held at a hiehm the guests of honour were Shipmate R. Trenttetm. life vice prescient of No.4 Area, rind Mrs lrenilett.

Harwich & District

Wire it the branch failed to field a runner in the I .orrclnn Marathon,. chef Steve Woods vurlu a tee med to lie sponsored by No.5 Area branches and the townspeople. lie eormipleted the course in Shrs 5t)niin .ind raised £1,251) for King George's Fund for Sailors. Ihe cheque was presented by branch president. Shipmate .1 ni ('rorhant.

Wigston & District Ihirty-threc shipmates visited IIabbaemmbe and called itim I)artmnouth branch where they were treated to a tour of l3ritamtnia Royal Naval College. During an earlier visit by the branch to Malta,

shipmates tour of the est bOsh

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WINNER

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of the Navy Picture Puzzle

competition in our June issue is Mr. P. Hancock of Birkenhead. He correctly named RFA Reliant, converted in 1983 from the container ship Astronomer. Built in Poland, she served

support ship.

helicopter

Mr Hancock's reply was chosen at random, and he

receives our cash prize of £25. We offer a lurther prize for a correct solution to this month's puzzle. Name the

West Bromwich The club's 25th anniversary was celebrated in style with a buffet supper provided by the ladies For 150 shipmates and guests. Guest of honour was Capt N. L.A. Jewel RN lrctdl. lornier ('omnianding ()tbeer of I lM submarine Seraph. who opened the club in 1972.

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Shipmate Kevin Close is cycling unsLipportcd from John 0' Groats to l,rmnd's End on August 15-29 in aid of the RNLI and Macmillan Nurses. Ti contribute, or cheer him on, contact I be branch seeretarv on 1)1952 414721.

A donation of 13.01)11 from the RM Association h;ts provided new chairs and tables as part of the contin uing ref urbishnre at ol the branch clubhouse.

and in what way was it a 'st' In Fleet Air Arm service. Compteme the coupon and send ft to Mystery Ptcture, Navy News, HMS Nelson, Ponsmoumh PCI SHH. Coupons gtvtng correci answers wtti go into a prtze draw to estabttsh a slngmewtnner. Ctostng date br entries ta September 15. More than one entry can be submittS, but photocoptea cannot be accepted. Do not inctude anything

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Scharnhorst foes are now the best of friends

A VETERAN of

the sinking of the Schartrborsf has with others involved in the Battle of North Cape formed friendly links with survivors of the German hattlccruiser.

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Bomb alerts fail to stop bug 1-ott at

Rayleigh

TRAFFIC chaos caused by bomb alerts failed to stop 120 golfers arriving on time to play tn a charity golf tournament hosted by Rayleigh branch. 'The aitendanee was all the more remarkable considering participants had travelled from all parts of the home Counties ant) London. Among those taking part. in aid of King George's Fund for Sailusrs, were teams and individuals from the Royal Nasy. Arnry, RAF, US Air Force, the Police, the Royal Hospital School Holbrook. HMS Belfast. The Royal British Legion and the RNA - represented by Wat lord. Tmtnhridge Wells and Greenwich hratrehes.

Army triumph

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of each month at the TA Centre, lalmouth.

Sammy Sammat, his old Maltese shipmate from HMS Layhurn, who

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Shipmate D. J. Baker encountered

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At the invitation of the Commodore HMS Raleigh. Commodore Hugh Rickard, 21) shipmates with the branch standard took pamt in a passing out parade there. The salute was taken by branch president. Vice Adniir tl

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Erich year, Shipmate Thomas Bethell. vice chairman ol Sideup branch, and others who were in the action. are guests of their former enemies for a six-day reunion in Germany. Sightseeing trips, dinners and nm brill arc held in their honour, including a reception by the Mrtyor of the host tow-n which this year was Bad-Harzburg. Only 36 men survived the sinkinc out uti a ship's company of atout 2,tititl, rind tire reunion organised by the l3ordkamerad, the Germrtn equivalent of the RNA - irmvnlves a service of renrenrbratree and wreath-laying. Shipmate Bethell. who is also a member of tire North Russia Club. was in the destroyer I ISIS Sac age du ri mrg tire hat n Ic -

Sir Teddy NIP for Taylor, Southcnd East, opened the event at which £535 was raised, Time tournament ended with a celebration at the 19th hole, followed by a nnusicnsl dmsphty and Sunset eweirony by tIre 1st Southeird-omm-Sca Girls Brigade. (he inter-Services prii.e was taken by the Royal Engineers. '(he Polrce Trophy was won by the USAF NiPs, amid two trophies went to Rayleigh. conrpetitrg teams horn against Navy Portsnrouthi and HMS Warrior. The RNA inter-branch trophy was won by Shipmate Bob 11111 with the lughest stribletord score

MEMBERS of Redrrmth & Camhorrme branch Ioitk iorss'ard It) an to Dartmouth en outing September 6, going by boat to Tomes and ending the day with shipmates at Liskeard. A RETURN visit to Waterlooville by the Pearly Kings and Queens raised £350 in aid ol the Special held Olympics, in tn Portsmouth July. Shipmate 0, Whittaker, vice chairman for eight years1 has stood down and handed over to Shipmate H- Kemp. tI' WIl.l. tie 'Up Spirits when) Pormsnrouth celebrates its Dirtnrrind Jubilee tin August 22

Tribute to Falklands dead

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WITH RNA standards on parade, Portsmouth Naval Base Commander. Commodore latn Henderson, pays tribute to the Naval dead of the Falklands War at the memorial in Old Portsmouth after a parade in the city. The event in June marked the 15th annIversary of the end of the war. Commodore Henderson, who saw action in HMS Plymouth during the conflict, was joined at the memorIal by Gary Cook, a Vouth Member of the Royal British Legion's Fratton branch. Picture: LA(PHOT) Richard Thompson, FOSF