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2018 Reunions and loads of chat by Mike Crowe

Greetings Shipmates and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all.

 

Very many thanks for the good wishes you have sent me and also the contributions and suggestions, the system works because YOU want it to work, and it works even better if you copy this out to your members or, contact them to have their email address put on the circulation list.

Petition - Stop the CUTS to our armed forces.

The MOD have announced that our armed forces will be cut over the next few years. If this happens it means our Navy, Army and Air Force won't be able to defend this country by conventional means, and would have to rely on our nuclear capabilities instead.
You can sign the petition here.

The Combined Services Annual Church Service 2018

Received via CONA.
THE COMBINED SERVICES ANNUAL CHURCH SERVICE
2018

As has been our custom for the past twenty plus years, this
service will once again be held at
St. George’s Church, St. George’s
Square, The Hard, Portsea. PO1 3AT
on Sunday the 13th. May 2018

St. George’s Church was constructed in 1753 by about fifteen
Dockyard Shipwrights and three gentlemen, plus a grocer, a carpenter and a
Tallow Chandler. Completed in six months it was a Chapel until 1875 when it was

Petition to stop cuts to our Amphibious capabilities.

Received from CONA.
 
Dear Branch Secretaries and CONA Colleagues,
 
For your information.
 
3.         Parliamentary Petition – ‘Stop the cuts to RN & RM Amphibious Ships’ Petition
 
Shipmates may wish to be aware that a Parliamentary Petition is ongoing to ‘Stop cuts to the RN & RM Amphibious Ships’.
 
If you would like to sign the petition and it is hoped you will want to sign up.   please follow the link below;
 

RN Reunions 2017/2018

Attached is the output from Mike Crow who compiles a combined spreadsheet of all known reunions of RN personnel.

Email addresses out of date

Can the following members please email websiteman@rnca as there is a problem with your email address.
Frank Lane 983 current email frank@egbe.co.uk   no longer valid
Alan Fawcett 556 current email asf4497@gmail.com no longer valid
Robert Reeves 856 current email bob_reeves130@yahoo.co.uk no longer valid

Veterans UK Survey

Veterans UK (part of Defence Business Services) are running a Customer Satisfaction Survey. The on-line survey is for both Serving Personnel and Veterans to give their views and feedback on the service they have received, and to help them understand, from the people who use their services, how they can do better.

If you would like to give your feedback on your experiences, please complete the Veterans UK Customer Satisfaction Survey 2017 here.

 

RN Reunions 2017 spreadsheet

Attached is the output from Mike Crow who compiles a combined spreadsheet of all known reunions of RN personnel.

Type 42 Reunion Jul 2017

              Type 42 Association Reunion 003

 

The Type 42 Association Reunion 003 will be held at HMS Excellent on 22 Jul 2017.

Open to all who have served on a Type 42 Destroyer, Discounted tickets for all fully paid up association members, new members can sign up to the association via the website.

 

BGM Start 1230 hrs Finish 1345 hrs

Reunion Start 1400 hrs, Finish  2100 hrs

HMS Excellent, Sports Field

 

Tickets: Members £10 + 1 Guest £10 & Non Members £30

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