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17th May 2012 - Members Only

Surf Action: News update May 2012

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16th May 2012

First Female Soldier To Lose A Limb Takes A High Jump For ABF The Soldiers' Charity

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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15th May 2012

Wounded Service Personnel Set for UK Tour Following West End Success

A group of wounded, injured and sick Service personnel who took the West End by storm in January with the hit play ‘The Two Worlds of Charlie F.’, created by The Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust in partnership with The Royal British Legion and Defence Recovery Capability, will now bring their real-life stories of conflict and recovery to tens of thousands of people throughout...

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11th May 2012

RAF Association Steps In To Support Linton Footie Team

The RAF Linton-on-Ouse football team were on top form recently when the RAF Association stepped in to provide them with funds for a much needed new kit. On May 9, following generous donations from RAF Association Northern Area branches, Wing Commander Paul Owens, the station’s OC Support was on hand to receive the kit on behalf of the Station Commander. The RAF Association’s...

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3rd May 2012

Father Starts Memorial Ride to UK Bases

The father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has began a cycle ride visiting over 50 military bases around the UK, raising awareness of the need to support fathers following the death of a family member. Sandy Elliot, 48, set off from Gordon Barracks, Aberdeen on his month long solo cycle ride at 9.30 this morning (1st May). Sandy’s son, Private Kevin Elliott of The Black Watch, 3rd...

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26th April 2012

Edinburgh Squadron Leader Runs Sahara For RAF Families

A serving RAF Officer completed a gruelling desert challenge on 16th April. Squadron Leader Daniela Spiridigliozzi Nowalski (34), from Edinburgh, took on the six day, 150 mile “Marathon Des Sables” across the Sahara Desert in aid of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF), the RAF’s leading welfare charity. Daniela, who has served in the RAF for 13 years, has raised around...

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25th April 2012

Reg, 91, To Carry The Olympic Torch

WWII veteran Reg Whittaker is all set to bear the Olympic torch as the flame passes through more than 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the UK. Reg, 91, who is a member of the RAF Association’s Huntingdon and District branch, is one of 15 torch bearers who will make history on July 8, when the iconic symbol passes through St Ives and Huntingdon. As a former member of the RAF, he served...

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20th April 2012

Chantel To Take On First Big Run For RAFA

After the RAF Association supported her husband in his bid for the London 2012 Paralympics, Chantel Butterworth is taking on a marathon challenge of her own, in aid of the charity. Chantel, 26, from Sale, is married to Paralympics hopeful and world champion cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth. Former Senior Aircraftsman Jon-Allan lost his arm in a rocket attack that left him close to death, while he...

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18th April 2012

Dad Steps in To Assist Gunners In Fundraising Marathon Bid

A RAF Regiment gunner managed to rope his Dad in at the last minute when he ran the Rome Marathon in aid of the RAF Association. Initially Cpl Chris Richards, who is based at JHQ Rheindahlen, planned for himself and two other RAF Regiment Gunners - Sgt Kev Butterworth and FS Jon Tointon - to run the Marathon, but due to an imminent deployment, Jon had to pull out and it left them down to...

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