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OUR SAD LOSS
It is with great sadness that we
have to announce the death of our Life Vice
President, Captain John F Kidd RN who crossed the
bar at 22.30 6th Nov 2011 and will be greatly missed
. A quiet Funeral was held at Capel Dewi Church
Llandysul at 14.30 on the 11th November 2011.
Donation to the KGFS (King Georges Fund for Sailors)
would be greatly appreciated. |
HMS CURACOA TRAGEDY
We now have the final 3 names for
unknown graves in Scotland, for further information
visit the Curacoa Scotland page by clicking
HERE |
WE ARE RELOCATING OUR OLD BRANCH STANDARD
The Branch is relocating
the Laid-up Standard which is currently in St
Peter's Church, we shall lay it up in Christchurch.
The event will take place on Sunday 20th March 2011.
Prior to the Service there will be a short march
from the Falcon Hotel car park to Christchurch.
16.00-16.15 hours Muster and fall in (Falcon Hotel
car park). 16.30 hours March off.
16.45 hours All those attending will take
their seats. |
October 28th 2010
In order to make it easier to find particular items
of interest on our site, we have added a
SITE MAP page,
where you will find specific links. We hope this
makes your visit more enjoyable |
September 16th 2010
If you served with or know someone who served with
HMS Nith, please contact the Webmaster as Gerry
Johnson of Warley Staffs who served in her, would
like to make contact Click
HERE to contact Webmaster |
August 28th 2010
In view of the prolific use of
Asbestos in the Ships and equipment in the past,
many Veterans may be suffering from the associated
illness, click
HERE to visit Asbestos.com |
August 22nd 2010 from the Falcon
Hotel
We are privileged to have been given permission to
play on our site, a song written especially for
those who lost their lives in the fatal collision
between HMS Curacoa and RMS Queen Mary. click
HERE to go to the page and choose to
play it |
August 2nd 2010
The NHS gives Veterans the
possibility of Priority treatment, click
HERE to
go to the Veteran's NHS page for further information |
August 2nd 2010
35 Million pound Lottery news for
Serving and Ex-Service personnel, click
HERE to got
to the Lottery news page. |
June 12th 2010
We plan to add a Chairman's Announcements page in
the near future, a link will be included here when
it is ready |
May 24th 2010
A new Service is being offered to Association
Members, made possible by the kindness of S/M Geoff
Apperley of the Royston Branch RNA. A series of
Welfare Reports will be published covering topics
either of interest or of current value. To view them
please click here
or on the "Welfare Links" in the above menu. |
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May
19th 2010
We
now have a new page which lists Discounts available
to Serving and Ex-Service personnel. Click "Forces
Discounts" in the menu above |
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19th
November 2009
It
is now possible to study the Royal Naval and Royal
Marine Casualties lists during and in between the
Wars
Please visit Casualties page by clicking
HERE |
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10th August 2009
We have received
information regarding some from HMS Curacao
who were buried in Scotland on the Isle of Skye together with some
pictures.
Please click
here to view |
26th June 2008
1.We now have a page that links to the
Royal Navy Communities page where you can play interactive games,
simply click Interactive Page link above. Grateful acknowledgements
to Royal-Navy.mod.uk
2.
We also have a Welfare Links page which offers links to a number of
Forces Welfare Organisations.
3.
You can now also watch Naval Videos from You Tube, see link aboveT |
This is a small friendly branch which meets on the third
Monday
of every month at the Dairies Club, Water Street, Carmarthen.
The branch was reformed in 1988 and the Branch President
is Lieutenant Commander John Lewes RN (Ret’d). This is a recent
addition and we all wish our new President well, and look
forward to seeing him at our meetings. Reverend Chancellor Patrick Thomas,
who is the Vicar of Christchurch has accepted our
invitation to become the Branch Padre and we welcome him and
hope to see him as often as his duties allow.
T he Chairman is s/m Derek Morgans,
a tireless worker on behalf of ex-servicemen with regard to pensions, and is
always available to anyone who has a query on this subject.
The Branch Secretary is Donald
Griffiths, who also doubles as Treasurer and is
dedicated to keeping the affairs of the branch, including finances, in a very
ship-shape order. The meetings always generate a lot of interesting items in
which every member plays an active part, and suggestions for the benefit of the
branch are always welcome.
The venue for the meetings is a small club (the Dairies
Club, Carmarthen) and members of
other Branches of the Royal Naval Association , are classed as
Associate members of our club, and can always be assured of a
very friendly welcome and an open invitation to join in the various activities.
Bingo and Entertainment evenings have proved to be a very
welcome addition to the branch’s
activities, always well supported, and we are
encouraged by the club committee to hold these events, but we do not stage them
too often in case they lose their following.
We are always looking for new members so if you would like to recapture those
service days, with the friendship and company of other shipmates, why not come
along on the third Monday of every month and see what we have
to offer.
I am sure that all members will join with me in congratulating our
Chairman s/m Derek Morgans who won the Welsh
Bugler of the Year competition 2003 and for
consecutive years since then This is a very
worthy feat and reflects quite strongly on his prowess as a bugler. Well done
Mr Chairman, the branch is very proud of you.
14 Apr 03
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