HMS Penelope Association - Annual Reunion
Blackpool - February 2012
For details contact Mike Bee. Tel: 019 2451 4711 Email: mike.bee@ntlworld.com
HMS Brilliant - 30th Anniversary Reunion
Torquay - 23rd to 25th March 2012
At the Livermead House Hotel, Torquay. TQ2 6QJ
www.info@livermead.com
For more information and booking form, go to --> www.hmsbrilliant.com
NP8901 - 30th Anniversary Reunion
Plymouth - Saturday 31st March 2012
12:00 - !!!!!!!!!!!!
The Artillery Arms
6 Pound Street
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 3RH
01752 262515
For those that don’t know it is situated at the back gate of Stonehouse Barracks.
If you requires any more information please contact Figgy Duff at neil.duff@ntlworld.com
HMS Hermes Reunion (Falklands 30th Anniversary)
Portsmouth - 5th to 8th April 2012
At The Royal Maritime Club, Queen Street.
For details contact Richard Tipping, the Secretary of the HMS Hermes Association. Tel: 017 5278 7697 Email: richardtipping@blueyonder.co.uk
HMS Glasgow Association 33rd reunion
Eastbourne - 20th to 23rd April 2012
All ex-crew of C21 and D88 welcome.
For details contact The Chairman of the Association, Gary Eaton. Tel: 07864 712776 Email: geaton8@aol.com
Hospital Ship Uganda - 4th Reunion
Southampton - Friday 4th May 2012
The Fourth Hospital Ship Uganda Reunion for the Thirtieth Anniversary of The Falklands War will be held on board P&O Cruises MV Aurora in Southampton at lunchtime on FRIDAY 4th MAY 2012.
The event will be open to all who served, sailed or were treated medically on board Her Majesty’s Hospital Ship Uganda during The Falklands War in 1982. Husbands/wives/partners welcome.
Cost: £22.00 per head, £10.00 per head for all former patients. This will include a welcome reception from P&O personnel, all time on board the ship and a commemorative lunch with wine in the ship’s Dining Room. There will be access to the unique ‘Uganda Room’ for group photographs.
Applications and further details from SAMA (82) members: Mark Trasler on: hugs@traslers.co.uk or Maggie Freer maggie.freer@ntlworld.com
NB: Final closing date for applications 30th March 2012. Our organising teams have to work closely with P&O in Southampton and would appreciate your completed application forms well before that date.
HMS Brilliant (1982) - Wardroom Officers' Reunion
Portsmouth - 5th May 2012
The Officer of HMS Brilliant (1982) will hold a 30th Anniversary Reunion Dinner at 1930 on Saturday 5th May 2012 in the Wardroom, HMS Nelson.
All wardroom officers and civilians of wardroom status who served onboard during OP Corporate are invited to attend with their Ladies.
For full deatils contact Cdr Colin Tozer RN(rtd) by email : colintozer145@btinternet.com
HMS Sheffield 30th Anniversary Reunion
Portsmouth - 4th to 6th May 2012
For information regarding this event, please e mail Tug Wilson - guy4god.wilson@hotmail.co
HMS Ambuscade Association - Reunion 2012
Crewe - 11th to 13th May 2012
at the Crew Arms Hotel. Ticket price £35.00
Check out the programme on the website --> http://www.ambuscade.org.uk/amb_Events-2012.htm
For tickets and more details contact:-
Mark Brocklehurst
Tel: 019 2583 9592
Mobile: 07775 841924
Email: mark@sharplesgroup.com
SAMA (82) - AGM and Reunion Weekend
(and Falklands Memorial Dedication at the National Memorial Arboretum)
Stafford - 18th to 21st May 2012
Full details on the "Events Nationally 2012" page
HMS Exeter D89 - 2012 Reunion
Gosport - 25th May 2012
at the Gosport & Stokes Bay Golf Club.
Cost per head £10. This includes hire of the hall, food and the left over to go behind the bar as usual.
For further details and to book contact:- Len Brownsword Email: lbrownsword@hotmail.com
The HMS Coventry D118 Association
Portsmouth - 25th to 27th May 2012.
30th Anniversary Act of Remembrance and Reunion
All details can be found on the D118 website:- http://www.hmscoventry.co.uk/reunion.php
For any further information please contact the Chairman - Chris Howe MBE by email: chris.howe@systematic.com
HMS Fearless 30th Anniversary Dinner
Portsmouth - 25th to 27th May 2012
The Gala Dinner to take place on the 26th May 2012 in the WO's, SR's and SNCO's Mess HMS Nelson.
The Dinner cost per person will be £60.00. This includes Pussers Rum, Wine, Port, free raffle, subsidised bar and Entertainment.
For Full Details and to how to book go to the website --> www.fearlesscomrades.com
or
contact smudge@fearlesscomrades.com for any questions relating to the event.
HMS Broadsword Reunion
Plymouth - 25th to 27th May 2012
Programme of events:-
Friday 25th May 2012 - 19.00 - Informal get together at the Union Rooms, Union Street followed by beer tasting trip down the old haunts for those still standing!
Saturday 26th May 2012 14.00 - Annual General Meeting WO and SR's Mess HMS Drake. At this meeting, Capt Bill Canning will be stepping down as Association President. All members are asked to attend to give their support and appreciation for his leadership during the hard times and his dedication to the Association ever afterwards
Saturday 26th May 2012 19.00 - Reunion Dinner WO and SR's Mess HMS Drake.
Dress code: Lounge suits/jacket and ties
Ladies: Dress or Trouser Suit
Further details and contacts on the HMS Broadsword Falklands '82 Website http://www.hmsbroadsword.co.uk/index.htm
801 Naval Air Squadron Sea Harriers Reunion
Yeovil - 26th May 2012
A reunion for those who served on the 801 Naval Air Squadron Sea Harriers during the Falkland's conflict will be held at RNAS Yeovilton on the 26th May 2012.
For further information contact: John.keenan23@btinternet.com
HMS Bristol Association - Reunion 2012
Portsmouth/Gosport - 26th & 27th May 2012
Saturday 26th May
HMS Bristol Association is proud to announce its 2012 reunion will be held on the Polo fields, HMS Sultan, Gosport to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands celebrations concert.
There will be a service in the Chruch at HMS Excellent, Whale Island during the morning to Dedicate and Bless our newly commissioned Association Standard.
A top 80’s band will be performing along with other acts throughout the afternoon and evening at the concert on the Polo Fields at HMS Sultan.
Sunday 27th May
Freedom parade through Gosport high street and service at the Falklands Gardens followed by Civic reception.
HMS Bristol’s newly dedicated Standard will be on parade for the first time.
All eras are invited to attend the weekends events regardless of when you served onboard. Guests welcome.
Camping has been arranged at Kingfisher caravan park opposite HMS Sultan, kindly let me know ASAP if you require a pitch.
Timings for the weekend together with prices will be advised in due course.
For more information kindly visit HMS Bristol Group Facebook page or our website www.hmsbristol.co.uk
For further information contact the Chairman, HMS Bristol Association:-
Peter “Bungy” Featherstone-Williams Tel: 07824 487054 Email: bungy82@sky.com
42 Commando RM - 30th Reunion
Poole - 8th to 10th June 2012
42 Commando Royal Marines Falklands 30th Anniversary to be held over the weekend 8-10 June 2012.
For more information, please go to : http://www.bootneck.co.uk/reunin_news.html
HMS Glamorgan 30 Year Reunion
Portsmouth - 9th & 10th June 2012
The HMS Glamorgan 30 year Falklands Reunion Weekend will take place on 9th and 10th June 2012. Events will include a Gala Dinner on Saturday 9th June 2012 in the Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth, and a Memorial Service on Sunday 10th June 2012 in Portsmouth Cathedral including a wreath laying at the HMS Glamorgan Memorial Window in the Cathedral.
Prior to the service in the Cathedral, there will be the Annual Portsmouth Falklands War Service and Parade at The Falklands War Memorial by the Square Tower. There will be a Glamorgan Platoon marching in this parade, as there was for the 25th Anniversary service. On completion of the service there will be a short march past from the Square Tower to the Cathedral to allow the Glamorgan Platoon to proceed directly into the cathedral for their Memorial Service
Further details can be obtained from Alan Watt on alan@cecascotland.co.uk
SAMA Wales - Annual Liberation Day Service
Swansea - 14th June 2012
Falklands 30th Anniversary Liberation Day Church Service, St Mary Church, Swansea - 14th June. Time to be conffirmed.
Royal Fleet Auxillary – 82 (RFA Crew-Bar Re-Union)
Falklands 30th Anniversary.
Plymouth - 14th June 2012.
At the ‘ WESTON MILL HOTEL, BRIDWELL ROAD, WESTON MILL, PLYMOUTH’.
Calling all shipmates that served on RFA's ; Regent, Resource, Tidespring, Tidepool, Fort Grange, Fort Austin, Brambleaf, Pearleaf, Plumleaf, Bayleaf, Appleleaf, Olwen, Olmeda, Olna, Sir Geraint, Sir Galahad, Sir Percivale, Sir Tristram, Sir Lancelot, Sir Bedivere, Engadine, Stromness and Blue Rover.
1.•If you served on any of these RFA down the Falklands in 82, or were RFA personnel on other ships, you are most welcome to come and join us.
2.•This will be an informal get together.
3.•This is a great opportunity to meet up with ‘old shipmates’, many for the first time since 1982, and hopefully make this event a Typical ‘RFA Crew Bar’ success !
4.•Places maybe limited depending on the response to this and other advertisements, so please contact me (on the email address below) as soon as possible, and I will put you on the ‘Guest List’.
5.•Alternatively, search Facebook, for the 'Event’.....‘RFA Crew Bar Piss-up – Getting it together after 30 years’, and contact us there, also, so that we can get an idea of the numbers attending please can you click the ‘attending’ or ‘maybe attending’ button.
6.•On the 15th/16th June, some of us will be travelling up to Pangbourne for the Commemorations on the 17th June. If you would like to go there, please contact me and I will put you in touch with someone organising an RFA attendance, again, limited spaces most likely, (no transport supplied, but there maybe lifts in others’ cars’ up to Pangbourne).
For either event, please contact:- robiowbirds@btinternet.com
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
Blackpool - 16th June 2012
As the 30th Anniversary year approaches of our victory on Mount Tumbledown, an event, by popular demand, has been planned for the Troops, Wives and Dependants of the Tumbledown Battalion.
The venue is The Imperial Hotel, North Promenade, Blackpool. The presence of those attending will be spread over the weekend with the date and timings of the function being 1800 on 16th June 2012 to the wee small hours of Sunday 17th June.
The Order of Dress will be optional from Smart Casuals to Formal Wear. Of course there will be no need to attend the entire weekend as many will opt to attend the day of the function alone.
The object of the exercise is to enjoy a memorable evening. To this end there will be no speeches, instead opting for an appropriate toast given by one of our Ladies, Widows or Dependants.
The cost will be kept to a minimum by abandoning the usual sit down dinner, opting instead for a decent venue, good music, dancing, bar facilities, ample seating and a delicious buffet. The cost per head is £17.00 (Non-Refundable) with children under the age of 12 given free entry.
Should you wish to attend, please indicate as such and allow us to understand the numbers you wish to bring.
Additional costs to ensure an eventful evening of £3 - 4000 have already been catered for.
All payment for you and your guests should be made to Acc No. 00134462 Sort Code 83-18-14 (V Campbell) Royal Bank of Scotland. Please leave a reference with your payment such as your surname. A confirmation report of payment will be generated and sent to you.
All you need to do is watch out for the updates regarding pertinent information and by all means, all suggestions are welcome.
For more details contact: Vince Campbell on vini66@hotmail.co.uk
The 30th Anniversary of Operation Corporate 1982
Aldershot - Sunday 17th June 2012
A Commemorative Weekend:-
Hosted by Veterans of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT
and Supporting Units of AIRBORNE FORCES.
Patron: Lt Gen Sir HWR Pike KCB DSO MBE
Event Committee: Col JH Crossland CBE MC (Chairman), Maj Gen CD Farrar-Hockley MC, Col CM Davies MBE, Lt Col D Redwood AAC,
Major (Retd) M Simpson MBE, Major (Retd) L Ashbridge MBE, Peter Richens Southern Regional Secretary, Parachute Regiment Association.
There is to be no national event in 2012 as only the 25th and 50th are officially commemorated. The above Committee has the full backing of Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) of the Parachute Regiment who will, current operations allowing, support this event. Rushmoor Borough Council (RBC) together with the General Officer Commanding 4th Division, based in Aldershot, and SODEXHO are also supporting this venture.
The aim of this weekend gathering over 16/17 June 2012 will be to encourage as many of our former soldiers, and Next of Kin (NOK) of those who fell, to return to their old Regimental Home for this memorable occasion. It is the committee's aim to make this anniversary as available as possible to our soldiers and NOK while keeping the cost at a minimum.
The weekend will commence with an informal gathering of the Veterans on the evening of the 16 June with the main event being on Sunday 17 June. Sunday will concentrate on the NOK with the Service at the Aldershot Military Cemetery. It is there that most of our KIA are buried and all names of those KIA will be read out from the Falklands Plaque. A full Drumhead Service will be conducted by our Regimental Padres, including David Cooper. Children of the local branch of the Parachute Regiment Association (PRA) and Scout troop will lay flowers on all the graves. It is hoped that the Colours from both Battalions will be on parade together with many PRA Standards from around the UK. It is also hoped that a notable VIP will be in attendance.
On completion of the Drumhead Service the NOK and VIP will relocate to the Princes Hall where 3 contingents of veterans and serving troops will carry out a march past. The first guard will consist of both Battalions' Colour Parties and current serving members from 16 Air Assault Brigade. The second guard will be the Veterans of the 1982 conflict, and the last guard will contain the PRA members. It is anticipated that the Band of the Parachute Regiment will provide the music throughout. After the March Past a reception will be held for all at the Princes Hall.
Further details will be published in due course.
HMS Penelope 82 Crew Reunion
Plymouth - September 2012
Contact Ron Thomas for details. Tel: 015 4858 0034 or Email: ron.tg@btinternet.com
HMS Invincible WO's & CPO's 82 Association - Reunion
Coventry - 14th & 15th September 2012
The Association will be holding its annual Ladies Night Re-union at the Royal Court Hotel, Keresley, Coventry over the weekend of Saturday 14th
and Sunday 15th of September 2012. A short Memorial Service will be held on the Sunday 15th at approximately 1100 adjacent to the Falklands Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
For further information contact:- Pete Westbrook Tel: 023 9258 0158 Email: pete.westbrook@gmail.com
HMS Invincible - 30th Anniversary Reunion
Barrow-in-Furness - 21st to 23rd September 2012
The Communications Dept of HMS Invincible would like to invite any members of the Ships Company, Squadrons or anyone who went down south on Invincible to our annual reunion.
The Communications Dept has an annual reunion at various locations throughout the UK. This year, being the 30th Anniversary we would like to invite anyone who was on board during the Falklands. The reunion will be held in Barrow in Furness to show our appreviation to the town for building such a glorious girl who got us there and home safely.
Final details of venue and accommodation are yet to be organised but for those interested contact:
Tim (Gonzo) Jenkins at g0nz0bign0se@aol.com or visit the website on http://hmsinvincible82.co.uk