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updated 28th April 2008
HMS St Vincent
Tree Re-dedication
We are
now able to confirm the date for the re-dedication service at the
National Memorial and Arboretum for our tree and new crest .
The
Service be held at 1300 on Saturday 23rd. August 2008.
Our
standard bearer and bugler will be in attendance and I hope many of
you.
Dress will be blazers and medals. Can I ask you to inform me via
e-mail or letter if you and your guests (numbers) wish to
attend.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen, I look forward to hearing from you
in due course.
The National Memorial and Arboretum is in Staffordshire:
We
look forward to seeing you there. Take care
Contact information:
Honorary Secretary, Kenneth Cast: by e-mail: Suke1202@hotmail.co.uk
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February 2008
Happy Days Speed
Sailor Down Memory Lane
As they stood in the winter sunshine
chatting about old times, a group of former navy recruits could not
believe half a century had passed.
But it really was 50 years before that as boy sailors they had
passed under the clock tower to begin naval training at HMS St
Vincent in Gosport . . . .
[read more]
added to site:
Winter
2007 Newsletter now available for download [Members' Area]
The latest newsletter is now available as a pdf version - please
contact our Secretary for the 'opening' code.
added to site: December 2007
Armed
Forces Pension Group
Statement of Intent
Our aim is to secure pensions, or
compensation in lieu, for former regular members of the armed forces
who served for fewer than 22 years at any time from 1949 to April
1975 and who were discharged before 5th April 1975. We ask Her
Majesty's Government for pension rights, or compensation, based on
years of service and related, pro rata, to pensions received by
those who completed 22 years of Service.
Membership
Membership of the Armed Forces Pension Group
is open to all ex-servicemen and women who served for three years or
more, but less than 22 years, and were discharged prior to 5th April
1975. To apply, forward your full name and address for receipt of a
membership application to Armed Forces Pension Group, PO Box 8151,
Mansfield NG21 0ZA
NG21 0ZA. Tel: 01623-402-290 or via the web at
http://www.afpg.info/contact.html
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Poppy
Appeal
You will be pleased to know that we raised over £325 for the Poppy
Appeal for selling those little enamel Poppy pins.
Thank you to all who contributed for this worthwhile cause.
For you Scottish veterans, there is now a Scottish poppy pin with a
red four leaved Poppy on top of a background of St. Andrews Cross.
Anyone who wants some please contact the Secretary. They are £2.50p
each including + P & P. (Or £1.50p each if you send a strong stamped
addressed envelope.)
added to site: December 2007
2008 AGM and Reunion - Saturday 11th October 2008
AGM at St Vincent College in Gosport -
Annual Reunion Dinner at the Thorngate Halls in Gosport
For Further information please contact: Mrs Diane Smith 02392 584498
Remembrance March Past and the Pingat Jasa Medal Award Ceremony . . .
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This Year's Reunion, a great time was had by all . . .
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