NAVY NEWS, APRIL 2009 31
Collingwood
service is
Whitehaven
planned for
the summer
THE annual Collingwood
standard is
Battalion Royal Naval Division
memorial service is to be held on
June 5 at 3pm.
The service will be conducted by
the chaplain of HMS Collingwood
and also taking part will be the
chaplain of Blandford branch,
who help plan and run the event. passed on
This year an address will be
given by Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry.
The service remembers the
gallantry and sacrifice made by
WHITEHAVEN branch has flown its Amber Cartmell.
the men of Collingwood and their
standard for the last time.
On behalf of the Whitehaven Sea Cadet
colleagues in other battalions –
In an emotional decommissioning
unit, LC Cartmell accepted the duty placed
Anson, Benbow, Drake, Hawke,
ceremony held at Whitehaven’s Sea
on her by S/M Robbs “to guard and keep
Howe, Hood, Nelson and the Cadet unit, the remaining members of
safely the standard in the hope that it may
Royal Marines battalions. the Cumbrian branch drew to a close its
in the future be handed back to others who
The Collingwood Memorial, 24-year history and links with the town.
may come forward to re-form a Royal Naval
made of polished marble,
Association in the town.”
The standard was then handed over to
commemorates those who gave
Amber then received the Standard from ● Marine Cadet Ben Abbott, of Whitehaven Sea Cadets, marches on the Whitehaven
the cadets for safekeeping.
their lives at Gallipoli on June
Marine Cadet Abbott and marched it off branch standard, fl anked by branch chairman S/M Jim Park and secretary S/M Lily
In front of shipmates from Millom
4 1915 and is situated at the
the deck ‘at rest’. Robbs
branch and the entire ship’s company of TS
entrance to Blandford Camp, a
After the ceremony the unit’s Commanding
Bee, the standard was marched on to the
mile north of Pimperne village on
Officer, Lt (SCC) Peter Lucas RNR, spoke
has a presence in the town, we are honoured remember.”
deck by Marine Cadet Ben Abbott, flanked
the A354 Blandford to Salisbury
to the cadets and explained the significance
that their standard has been given into our
Lt Lucas added that Whitehaven RNA’s
by Whitehaven branch secretary S/M Lily
road.
of what they had just witnessed. hands for safekeeping.
Organisers suggest meeting at
Robbs and chairman S/M Jim Park.
first standard bearer had been a former Royal
“This is a small piece of history and the “It will not gather dust in a dark and
the Anvil Hotel in Pimperne from
After saying a few words about the RNA, end of an era,” said Lt Lucas. forgotten corner but will be displayed
Marine, and he felt it was fitting that the last
noon onwards on Friday June
S/M Robbs called forward Leading Cadet “Although sad that the RNA no longer proudly in our unit for all to see, and to standard bearer was a Royal Marine cadet.
5, while the Chairman of North
Dorset District Council and the
Commander Blandford Garrison Root-and-branch remembrance
have invited attendees to join them
for tea in the Headquarters Mess
AN ILLUSTRATED evening talk Lichfield, turning them into 150 The illustrated talk will begin at
Royal Signals after the service.
entitled Growing Remembrance is acres of trees and memorials. 7pm and end at around 8.30pm.
Further details and forms are
to be held at Hinton Ampner, near The Arboretum is now also Tickets cost £15 each, and
available from Stuart Adam, c/o
Alresford in Hampshire. home to the National Armed proceeds will go towards essential
Camvere House, Portman Road,
The speaker will be David Forces Memorial, officially opened maintenance on the ancient parish
Pimperne, Blandford, Dorset
Childs, the founder of the by the Queen in October 2007. church of All Saints, Hinton
DT11 8UJ, tel 07877 944388.
National Memorial Arboretum in Hinton Ampner House and Ampner.
Staffordshire. Gardens, owned by the National Details and tickets from David
Life back in Fife
On retiring from the Navy, Trust, will be open for a glass of Templeman on 01962 793009 or
David set about obtaining an wine and the evening with David templeman@turnpike-cottage.
FIFE Veterans Association area of disused gravel pits near Childs from 6pm on April 23. freeserve.co.uk
(FVA) is a network of ex-Service
personnel based in Dunfermline
whose aim is to help military
personnel integrate back into
civilian life.
If you are a serving member
of the Forces, or a dependant,
and you intend to return to Fife,
● The No 4 Area top table with their wives: from left, Mick Arnold
contact the FVA – they could help
(Area Secretary), David White (National Council Chairman), John
you, or you could have knowledge
Stuart (Area Chairman), Howard Jeffries (Area President), Paddy
worth passing on.
McClurg (RNA General Secretary, guest of honour) and Charles H
www.fifeveterans.org.uk
Thomson (Area Life Vice President and MC for the evening)
marina
£50 PRIZE PUZZLE Revels at
Bideford
MORE than 200 No 4 Area
shipmates and their guests attended
the area reunion weekend at the
Durrant House Hotel in Bideford.
As ever the weekend was
judged a success by those who
attended, with plenty of chances
for shipmates to get together to
swing the lamp.
Entertainment was laid on every
night, with a church service on the
Sunday followed by a SODS opera
performed by area branches.
THE mystery ship in our February
The highlight of the weekend
edition (right) was HMS Astute,
was a formal dinner on the
correctly identified by Mr R
Saturday night with RNA General
Strickland of Plymouth, who wins Secretary Paddy McClurg and his
our £50 prize. wife Kate as guests of honour.
This month’s vessel (above)
is a County-class destroyer,
pictured shortly after completion
For the
in 1963.
a winner.
She was the only one of eight
Closing date for entries is May
13. More than one entry can be
to be built at a particular Scottish
granddads
submitted, but photocopies cannot
shipyard.
be accepted. Do not include
Can you name the ship and the anything else in your envelope: no
A UNIVERSITY lecturer is
shipyard which produced her? correspondence can be entered into
undertaking a sponsored cycle
Complete the coupon and send and no entry returned.
ride from London to Paris to raise
it to Mystery Picture, Navy News, The winner will be announced in
funds for the Association.
HMS Nelson, Portsmouth PO1 3HH. our June edition. The competition is
Inspired by two Navy veterans
Coupons giving the correct answer not open to Navy News employees or – his and his wife’s grandfathers
will go into a prize draw to establish their families. – Chris Mackintosh aims to raise
£1,000.
The proceeds will be split
MYSTERY PICTURE 170
between Bolton branch (where
S/M John Smith was a member
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before he died last summer)
and Durham City branch, for
Chris’s grandfather S/M James
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Mackintosh.
Chris, who is a senior lecturer
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in sports development at
Nottingham Trent University, and
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a group of friends will make the
369-mile trip from HMS Belfast
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to Paris via Portsmouth in June.
The route will allow them to
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pay tribute at memorials on the
Normandy beaches en route.
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