Soldier – August 2019

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TEN details have been changed in this picture
of The Band of The Coldstream Guards and the
Band of the Royal Irish Regiment performing at
The Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall.
Circle all the differences in the left image and
send the panel to HOAY 933, Soldier, Ordnance

Barracks, Government Road, Aldershot,
Hampshire GU11 2DU with your full contact
details, including email address, by no later
than August 30.
A photocopy is acceptable but only one
entry per person may be submitted.

The fi rst correct entry drawn after the
closing date wins a Klean Kanteen TK Pro steel
fl ask. The winner’s name will be published in
the October issue. All the usual rules apply.
June’s winner:Cpl Grainee Devery, Army
Music Careers Adviser, Twickenham.

NO. 933 Klean Kanteen


TK Pro steel flask


http://www.kleankanteen.co.uk


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uk4u Thanks!:
01798 812081;
http://www.uk4u.org

Veterans Welfare Service:
0808 1914 218 (from the UK);
0044 1253 866043 (from overseas);
http://www.gov.uk/government/groups/
veterans-welfare-service

8 Regiment, RASC/RCT/RLC 18th
anniversary reunion weekend,
October 18 to19. A pre-reunion event
will be held on Friday evening at a
venue TBC with the main event at
The Village on the Green Club, Aspull,
Wigan. All past members, irrespective
of cap badge, are invited along with
a partner or guest. The cost is £30
per head or £10 for the pre-reunion
event. For more information contact
[email protected]

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The Army Engagement Team
wants to hear from members of the
public who would like a personal
invitation to its hi-tech roadshow.
Call 01276 412880 or email
your name and address to
armymediacomm-aeg-mailbox@
mod.uk with the event you are
interested in attending.
August: No events
September 3: Haringey
September 4: Haverfordwest
September 10: Cheltenham
September 12: Coventry
September 26: Windsor

4 Regiment, Royal Military Police
is due to disband on November 1,


  1. If you have donated or gifted


any property please contact SSgt Gary
McCallum (AGC (RMP)) via gary.
[email protected] to
arrange its safe return. Anything left
unclaimed will go to the RMP Museum.
David Stewart wants to talk with
veterans who served with his late
father, Cpl Robert Muirhead Wilson
(Royal Army Ordnance Corps). He
was in Tripoli, North Africa from 1953
to 1954 and trained as a storeman at
Hilsea, Portsmouth in late 1952. Contact
[email protected]
Author Mike Donovan wants to
hear from anyone who served
alongside former footballer Alan
Gilzean during his national service in
Aldershot/Farnborough around 1959.
He is writing an offi cial biography of the
ex-Scotland, Dundee and Tottenham
Hotspur player, who died in July 2018.
Email via mikedonovan333@gmail.
com
Military charity SSAFA is running
a family break to Devon from
October 21 to 25 for Service families

whose children have additional needs
or disabilities. Siblings also welcome. To
apply email [email protected] or
call 0207 463 9315. All 50 spaces are
on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.

The Advance Study – a research
programme into the long-term
health of military personnel
injured in Afghanistan between
2003 and 2014 – is looking for new
participants. Servicemen or veterans
who were under 50 when they deployed
are asked to get in touch on 01509
251500 ext 3408. The team wants to
hear from those who were medically
evacuated by air directly to a UK
hospital, as well as those who were
not injured and may provide a match
in age, rank and role to one of this
cohort. Taking part involves six separate
day visits to DMRC Stanford Hall,
Loughborough for a health MOT over 20
years. Travel and accommodation costs
are reimbursed, and participants receive
£100 per visit as a thank you. Visit
http://www.advancestudydmrc.org.uk for
more information.

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