Remembering Our Dad

Dad meeting HRH Prince Philip, at the REME 50 Gala Concert in 1992, modelling the uniform of yesteryear

Scribe: Kim Angove

Our Dad, Dave Roulston-Bates, sadly passed away in February 2021. The whole family have been devastated by the sudden loss of losing Dad; he really has left a huge hole in all of our lives, it’s been a very tough year without him.

Dad was a very proud REME Veteran. He left the Army as a Corporal in 1992, but in his heart, and after all those years being out of the Army, Her Majesty was still ‘Boss’, right up until the end. He was very proud.

Throughout the first few months after losing Dad, my Sister Adele and I found a lot of comfort on The REME Facebook groups. Chatting to people that knew Dad & sharing stories.

We then found the Virtual 10k and decided to take part.

We had our horses kitted out in REME Corps colours, to honour Dad, and entered the 10k (we actually did a 5k run/walk and a 10k horse ride, all on the same day) and managed to raise a fantastic amount - £1,000 for The REME Charity.

We wanted to be connected to something that Dad truly loved and we think he’d be very proud of us for what we achieved.

Some pictures below of us during our Virtual 10k.

In July we took part in a 30k Endurance GB National Ride, and were lucky to be gifted these fab REME T-shirts from Gaz Hooson! Thank you Gaz.

We are looking forward to taking part in next year’s 10k, and for many years to come.

Keeping REME in the family - for you Dad.