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16th May 2012
At Netheravon Airfield in Salisbury last Friday (11.5.2012), Major Kate Philp of 3rd (UK) Division in Bulford, the first female soldier to lose a limb, on operations in Afghanistan in 2008, joined The Tigers Parachute Display Team from The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and 20 other women to takes a jump from 13,000 as part of a charity skydive to raise funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity...
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4th May 2012
This years Kings’ Regiment (Liverpool) Korean Veterans Association Reunion will take place at our usual venue. The TA Centre, Townsend Avenue Liverpool, (the cheapest pint in town) on Friday 25th May 2012 commencing 7.30pm.
This year marks 59 years since the "Battle Of The Hook" the last Battle Honour to be awarded to the King's. This is an episode of national and regimental history and a...
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16th April 2012
To read the latest edition of the Royal Artillery Association newsletter, please click on the link below:
march-newsletter-word-version.pdf
For more information visit: http://www.theraa.co.uk/
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31st March 2012
To read April's edition of The King's Regimental Association- Liverpool Branch newsletter, please click on the link below:
king's--regt-association-newsletter-(adobe-electronic-edition)-april-2012.pdf
For more information visit http://www.kral.org.uk
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30th March 2012
The Mission: To install and dedicate a marble memorial at each of the two sites in Gorazde ( Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina ) in commemoration of the 4 x RGBW soldiers killed during 1RGBW’s operational UNPROFOR tour in 1994.
The Request: Financial support or specialist advice.
The Context: In 1994-95 the newly formed Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) conducted...
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29th March 2012
This year Gunner Sunday will take place at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Sunday 22 April. Branches and regiments are most welcome to attend. So that we can have some ideas of numbers attending, please call the RAA Membership Secretary on 01980 845362 or 845233 if you intend to attend.
Timings are:
10.00hrs Assemble in the Octagon Colonnade
10.30hrs Latest arrival time
10.40hrs Pensioners...
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29th March 2012
The Royal Artillery Assembly will take place at the Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, over the weekend 18 to 20 May.
Details have already been sent to Branch Secretaries and RSMs. This is the major event of the year in which the RAA is involved and to recognise its significance we are promising to reimburse 90% of the travel costs incurred by branches that travel to the event in a full coach or...
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21st March 2012
To read the article about the 50th Anniversary of the Formation of the Commando Gunners, please click on the following link: commandogunner50-(2).pdf
For more information about the Commando Gunners, visit their website: http://www.commandogunner.com.
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16th March 2012
It is with great pleasure that the Combined Services Cricket Association can announce that the Inter Services Twenty20 Tournament (IST20 2012) will, once again, be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday 19 June 2012. This is the fifth year in a row that Services cricket has been hosted by Marylebone Cricket Club back at Lord’s, and the third year running for the Inter Services...
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18th May 2012
Veterans Scotland- West Lothian signs agreement with Armed Forces
A historic agreement is forging stronger links between the West Lothian community and the Armed Forces. Thirty two Covenants...
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