Post by aghart on Sept 9, 2014 19:20:27 GMT
13 members were present for the September meeting. A minutes silence was held for Bert Jenkins, our third WWII veteran to pass to the Green Fields this year. Details regarding the French Governments plans to award the Legion of Honour Medal to surviving Normandy veterans was given. It was announced that the branch had received £100 from RHQ RTR. It was confirmed that the branch standard would be paraded at Poole Park on Remembrance Sunday. Details of the RTR Cambrai Lunch at Bovington in November were given. It was also agreed to hold the annual Ladies Lunch on 18th January 2015.
The branch President presented the Regimental Colonel with a certificate thanking him for all the help he has given the branch. The Regimental Colonel then gave a quick update post amalgamation of the RTR and of RHQ RTR. With the RTR now being a "single battalion" Regiment RHQ will reduce in size to the same level as the Cavalry Associations and will be headed by the Regimental Secretary. The HQ is likely to stay at Bovington and not be co located with the RTR at Tidworth.
The branch President presented the Regimental Colonel with a certificate thanking him for all the help he has given the branch. The Regimental Colonel then gave a quick update post amalgamation of the RTR and of RHQ RTR. With the RTR now being a "single battalion" Regiment RHQ will reduce in size to the same level as the Cavalry Associations and will be headed by the Regimental Secretary. The HQ is likely to stay at Bovington and not be co located with the RTR at Tidworth.