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
- tony woolfenden -
from: Rochdale
just seen the news congratulation to all past and present serving
members of the Battalions on the award announced by the Queen this
morning. FAB
[226] Fri 6 Oct 2006, 14:47pm
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- Rab McCord -
from: Newtownards
Hello Ernie (seadog) Hodgins, good to know your alive and well, lots
of fond memories of days gone by. Any shots fired over your bow
lately???
FAB
[225] Fri 6 Oct 2006, 12:44pm
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- Tony Mason -
from: Folkestone for now
To Billy,
Still getting over the fact that there are reports that you may
possibly be married. Can you please pass my regards and best wishes on
to Ally and the rest of the troops.
Kipper, best wishes to you and Hannah, hope it all goes well.
RTB, remember I was a young ranger out in Cyprus and I can only
imagine what you and Billy were talking about. All the best to you
mate.
[224] Fri 6 Oct 2006, 11:25am
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- BILLY -
from: ITC CATTERICK
Today i spoke to the padre of 3 para who has just come back from the
sands and who has had so much to deal with and who in soldier terms is
a man's man. He spoke very highly of all our lads and this is one
of the things he told me," when the irish platoons first got
there they were in a fire fight for 7 hours being hit from 3 different
sides all at once and to a man they stuck it out and all walked away
job done " He also spoke of the lads so dear to us who did not
make it home and to there familys his love and prayers are with you
all. He knew them all and spoke of them as we would do. Just thought i
would share this all with you today. To the ones we lost so dear to us
all " YOUR LIGHT SHINES THE BRIGHTEST OF THEM ALL"
[223] Fri 6 Oct 2006, 11:15am
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- big pete purcell -
from: hornsey
hi kipper i hope things work out for your wife.we will be thinking of
you both.are thoughts are with you at this time.a speedy recovery.god
bless.f.a.b.
[222] Thu 5 Oct 2006, 22:02pm
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- brad978 -
from: Ballymena
kipper, all the best to you and your wife,hope you remember us ,marty
kinnear@brad
F.A.B
[221] Thu 5 Oct 2006, 13:01pm
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- ernie (seadog)hodgins -
from: Hull East Yorks
just a quick hello to all ex 2nd Bn members and thier families i have
just been reading all your messages and it's nice to see so many
names i can recall especially Big Jim .Billy Weir ,Tony Magill just to
mention a few, memories come flooding back there is'nt many
rangers in Hull . It will be nice to keep in touch through the web .
Iam also on the oldoppos website so until next time best regards to
you all ernie seadog hodgins.
[220] Thu 5 Oct 2006, 7:53am
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- Norman Hunter -
from: The posh part of Blacon
I know it may sound a wee bit silly putting a message on to say cut
down on the guest book messages, but that what I�m trying to say.
The forum was set up to allow people to enter into discussions and
allow for a bit of security, there is also a PM system and a live chat
facility, you also need to have a Email address to leave a message so
therefore if you want to reply to an individual perhaps that�s the
best way to do it.
I know Gerry�s Email may sound a bit blunt, but the guest book has
over 200 entries in 22 pages since being reset last month this makes
it very hard for people to look back through and we don�t want to have
to resize again or worse still loss all the old entries again.
Please please continue to leave messages that you think the wider
audience may wish to see and to keep the regimental family informed,
but for everyday messages, think is it the best way.
PS please don�t put hundreds of messages on agreeing or criticising
this message, do it in the Forum.
F-A-B
Norman
[219] Thu 5 Oct 2006, 5:09am
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- Jim Pritchard -
from: Belfast/Inverness
Looking forward to seeing you all at the dinner next friday. The team
from Inverness will all be there. Scouse, L2 has promised to bring his
wallet this year.
[218] Thu 5 Oct 2006, 4:10am
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- Brad - Glenn -
from: Belfast
Pixie - congratulations mate.
Hopefully see u soon.
