Veteran Affairs
NEWS
Please summit any veterans
news items which may be of interest to other veterans to
James Paul
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My Name is Alan 'Mac' McClinton and together with Eddie Shinton we have started a new association for ex soldiers and serving soldiers who were, in the now disbanded, 'Army Dog Unit Northern Ireland'(ADUNI) The aim of this new website is to re-establish contact between ex-dog handlers and put them back in touch with each other - without the payment of a fee! So many of us served in the ADU NI from the early 1970's onwards, which makes some of us roundabout 60 years of age, and more! Now has to be the time to do this, or it will be lost forever. We want to build a successful Association which, in future years, can be administered by our younger colleagues who served in the later years of the Unit's involvement in NI. The ADU used hundreds of handlers from all branches of the services and this is part of our history which we should not allow to fade away. It was a unique situation and we have some wonderful memories of those times. Please get in touch - stay in touch - and help us build the first Army Dog Unit (Northern Ireland) Association. No subscription required! We look forward to hearing from all who served in the unit - send us your photos (then and now!) for inclusion on the website, and share you memories with us too - they will make good reading for everyone. Tell us about your ADU NI tours, and what you are doing now - always interesting to former colleagues! Whether you were a Guard Dog Handler Tracker Handler or AES Handler. you were the guys who made it so special for more information go to http://www.armydogunit-ni.co.uk Yours Sincerely Alan 'Mac' McClinton Ex ADU NI 3brigade 8Brigade and 39Brigade
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I have a website:- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bill.watts
whose purpose is to reunite members of the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute
Regiment who served in Palestine during the period 1945-48.
Palestine Veterans Day, which will be held on the 18th October 2003 at Eden Camp, Malton, Yorks. This annual event is open to all servicemen, Army, Navy, Airforce and Palestine Police who served in Palestine during the troubles and all veterans and their partners are admitted free of charge. As I served with the 3rd Bn during the troubles I am particularly concerned to attract as many ex 3 Paras and I have added a page to my website to advertise the event but - with the number of veterans dwindling year by year - it can't get too much publicity this year. For more information go to Palestine Veterans's Day Yours sincerely
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Traffic Warden John Power is gaining a reputation for extreme PWC events. In May this year John, 49 from Cheshire, set a record time for a Lands End to John O Groats run. In 7 days John and the Voyager Jetski Team travelled 780 miles. The team raised over £3226 for the British Heart Foundation. In 2002, John and the team are planning to circumnavigate The Falkland Islands to raise money for SAMA 82 (South Atlantic Medals Association) and The British Heart Foundation. In 2002, it will be 20 years since the invasion and subsequent repatriation of the Islands and money raised will go towards helping the veterans of the conflict. Progress with the planning and reports of previous expeditions can be seen on the Team's website at: http://www.TheMedWeb.co.uk/jetski |
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New National Standard of the N.M.B.V.A.
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This is the New National Standard of the N.M.B.V.A. It was recently Dedicated at the Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving held in Leicester on Sunday the 7th October 2002 The service was conducted by the Rev. Paul Whitehead (CF4V) Chaplain to the East of England Regiments & NMBVA. Holding the standard is our National Standard Bearer is: Mr Mike Weller City of London Btn.Royal Fusiliers (SAS) He Paraded the Standard along with the many others of the Royal British Legion at the Festival of Remembrance held in the Royal Albert Hall London on the 10th of November 2002 |
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