The Royal Irish Rangers 40th Anniversary Parade ( Catterick )
Ladies & Gentlemen
I visited the Yorkshire Branch on Saturday to add input to the details
of the parade.
I am pleased now to announce that the details have been finalised.
The parade will take place on Saturday the 5th July 2008 at Gaza
Barracks, Catterick and Richmond Town. The days details are as
follows:-
Wives and partners are encouraged and welcome.
All personnel in the parade need to be there by 10am on the morning of
the 5th at the latest, Coffee/Tea and biscuits are provided before the
parade.
Form up at 11am
March On 11.30am
Parade and Speeches approx 1 hour
March Off and Salute 12.45pm approx.
Mount Buses for Richmond 13.00
March Off in Richmond at 13.30pm
Short march round Richmond Town
Short service at Cenotaph
March Off and Salute.
Lunch will be a Hot & Cold Buffet provided in the Civil Service club
after the Richmond Parade (We have the full use of the Civil Service
club for the whole day) Bars will be open after the parade.
After Lunch we will be entertained by the Brewery Boys. and later in
the evening there will be a Disco with Irish Stew.
Tickets for the whole day including all food and entertainment will be
�12.00 and are available from Joe Mills of the Yorkshire Branch,
Mobile 07736 383276 after 6PM as he works during the day.
Now everything is down to you to make the day a resounding success, I
ask all who are able to please attend, as this will probably be the
last major Rangers event, as most of us are not getting any
younger.
And the lads of the Yorkshire Branch have worked very hard for all our
benefits and deserve our full support, as there were no 40th
Celebrations available elsewhere at the time.
Gerry
Mon 18 Feb 2008, 18:44pm
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Guestbook
- roy kendall -
from: plymouth
hi to all in rangerland looking for ex sgt jimmy scott and rsm david
davison help fab roy
[1185] Wed 16 May 2007, 17:35pm
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- Wee Shanks -
from: little pigs hostel
further research,flights around start of august in and around 200 euro
return,belfast to tegel.hostel prices in 6 to 8 man dorms,just like
old times without aidey millar keeping us up all nite we may need to
get him a single room,in spandau.lol.the hostel prices in and around
20 euro per man per nite. friday fly out monday fly back,,so guys get
ur leave passes in to ur wives and not a lot of time ,but fast balls
turn out better....fab
[1184] Wed 16 May 2007, 13:24pm
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- Wee Shanks -
from: BERLIN AND BUST
Well Good to see a few responses,but theres still no numbers of
positive volunteers for this offensive on deutsche boden..(german
territory).grunewald seems a no go area since the dumping of oil
canisters in the soltau area,think that was HQ coy,pipes and oil
drums.punchy loyal and co.lets come up with some practical
alternatives.fab
[1183] Wed 16 May 2007, 13:01pm
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- jaunty kirkpatrick -
from: The big smoke lisburn
Well whats the crack, ive got the jolly roger and im getting strange
looks in the bed room with my Capt Pugwash gear hanging there ready to
go, any dates confirmed, how many barrels of rum do i bring or have we
plenty ports of call,. So Captains Gibson and Hayden any chance of
heaving too with some dates as im getting the viking head on to do a
bit of piliging on the water, and im being pestered to swing off the
top of wardrobe with the pugwash kit on, so lets hear of some
dates,.
WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND. FAB.
[1182] Wed 16 May 2007, 12:21pm
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- Rab McCord -
from: Ards
Sounds good to me. Eddie Parkinson (CSM C Coy) has agreed to put us
up in the Grunewald. He has agreed to march us all from the aircraft
directly to the bivvy site. If we behave ourselves, he will allow us
a night out on the town!!!!!!!!!!
FAB
[1181] Wed 16 May 2007, 10:46am
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- Jed -
from: Kells
YA! Berlin sounds like a good one. Was over on Paddies Day this year
and was made most welcome at the Irish Bar in the Europa Centre. Note
on Iron Jaws, I have it on good authority that a unit from the Recce
Pl 2 RIR may be responsible for one of her siblings. In particular a
RGR called 'horse'! Anyone throw any light?
Jed
[1180] Tue 15 May 2007, 11:18am
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- Jim Pritchard -
from: Inverness
Shanks, sounds good! Berlin might be a problem though for some of the
old and bold. L2 is still barred from most of the bars for mine
sweeping and there is an ongoing issue with CSA for Iron Jaws which
involves wee Jimmy Knuckles and all his mates from the mortars. Keep
us informed on how you get on. FAB.
[1179] Tue 15 May 2007, 9:29am
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- wee shanks -
from: the wee smoke
IMPORTANT NOTICE....SUGGESTIONS CAME OVER ON A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
REFERENCE ANY SMALL GET TOGETHER AS A SORTA RE-UNION 2 REG IN THE NOT
SO DISTANT FUTURE,NOW CALL IT WHAT YOU MAY AND COME ALL WHO WISH,THE
GET TOGETHER WAS SUGGESTED A WEEKEND IN BERLIN..FLIGHTS FROM BELFAST
ARENT THAT COSTLY NOW,AND ACCOMODATION OF SOME DESCRIPTION SHOULDNT BE
A PROBLEM BROWSING THE WWW.AIDEY MILLAR SUGGESTED PONCHO AND GREEN
MAGGOT,I THINK ID RATHER A CHEAP B&B.DONT; WANNA GO ON TOO MUCH ABOUT
IT LETS HEAR SOME FEED BACK FROM ANYONE WISHING TO GET THERE HEAD
SHOWERED FOR THE WEEKEND..FAB ...DATES A TIMINGS TBC,PENDING NUMBERS
AND FEED BACK.
[1178] Mon 14 May 2007, 20:48pm
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- taggy -
from: blackburn lancs
had a great weekend with chappy just back from kosivo,he some great
pic of pristena and the bread factory.we drank my locals dry.hes still
mad as ever,
[1177] Thu 10 May 2007, 19:45pm
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- Norman Hunter -
from: North of England Branch
It is with sadness we record the passing of an old soldier
We have been asked by Cheshire social services to try and locate any
relatives or comrades of Mr Thomas Holland Ex Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers. Thomas passed away at a nursing home in Chester this week
with no known next of kin.
The only details we have are that Thomas was 99 years old, he
enlisted in the Skins around 1926 and was a POW of the Japanese during
the second world war.
Thomas will be laid to rest at Blacon crematorium 15:00hrs Monday
14th May.
