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YORKSHIRE REGIMENT GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009

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David Nicholson (Originally from Sunderland, served in Malaya with the 2nd Battalion 1948ish)

      I am the Branch Secretary of The Royal British Legion, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. One of our members, who was in the Green Howards (and never let any of us forget it) died on Saturday morning. His name was David Nicholson and he was a past Branch Chairman.
    His widow has asked for the local RBL Branch to provide an Honour Guard at his funeral. There will also be members of the local RNA Branch present.

   My request is whether a Standard Bearer from your Association would be prepared to attend the funeral to parade alongside the RBL and RNA.
   If someone could attend I can liaise directly with them. I can be contacted on 07879 256179 or 01707 887390

David was immensely proud of having served in the Green Howards and I think it would be fitting if the regiment was represented.
I hope you can assist.

Bruce Morton
Hon. Branch Secretary
The Royal British Legion
Welwyn Garden City

David's cremation service will be as follows:
Date:            Monday 28th July
Time:            11:45 hrs.
Place:           Harwood Park Crematorium, Knebworth
Other:           Honour Guard requested by family
                 Family flowers only
                 Donations to RBL Poppy Appeal c/o Coughlan Bros., 1 Southfields, WGC, AL7 4ST
                 Gathering afterwards for all involved (family, RBL, RNA etc.) at the RNA Club, Welwyn Garden City
References:
Crematorium -
         http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=harwood+park,+knebworth&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.596707,27.246094&ie=UTF8&ll=51.882478,-0.172606&spn=0.027709,0.053215&z=14&iwloc=A

RNA Club, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1HA -
         http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=al7+1ha&countryCode=GB#map=51.80509,-0.18883|15|4&loc=GB:51.80509:-0.18883:16|al7%201ha|AL7%201HA

400CLUB July Draw Winners: Disc 186 Leeds Branch GHA – Mrs J Vause £20 : Disc 245 R Gibbon £15 : Disc 328 Thornaby Branch GHA £10 : Disc 71 A Wilson £10. XIX

THE VISIT TO THE 2nd BATTALION THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (Green Howards)

SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2008

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BAND CONCERT – 4 OCTOBER

From 1958 - 1968 we were the Band of the 4/5 Green Howards TA. It was decided that when we were disbanded we would form a civilian band and 40 years later we are still going strong. We are a band of over 40 with an age range from 12 to 80 and it is the only adult wind band within a 40 mile radius of Scarborough.

We are giving a concert on the 4th October at Queen Street Methodist Central Hall Scarborough starting at 7.30pm as part of our 40th year celebrations.

If any members serving or non serving would like to come they would be more than welcome. Further information can be obtained from:

Malcolm Appleby (Conductor)

appy.beech@btinternet.com

Ken Wharton

Author of: 'A Long Long War; Voices of the British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-98' (Published by Helion Books: April 2008)

The next 3 book-signing events are as follows:

                  Edinburgh: Blackwells bookshop : June 27 (18:30 onwards)
                  Brecon RRW museum:                  July 12 (10:00 onwards)
                  Leeds: Waterstones:                      August 7 (18:30 onwards)

Civvie mates share a few experiences

Squaddie mates share a lifetime of experiences no civvie could ever dream of

Ken is now writing the follow up book which will also be a collection of soldiers' voices. It will include:

Part One:    Belfast (separate chapters on Murph/Turf/Andy's Town/ Ardoyne/ Falls etc
Part Two:   Londonderry (separate chapters on Bogside/Creggan/Fountains, Gob etc
Part Three: Rural Ulster (separate chapters on XMG, Belleek, Lisnaskea, Omagh etc)
Part Four:   Mainland and European attacks
Part Five:    Loved ones speak out.

GREEN HOWARDS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REUNION 2008

I can now confirm that the Regimental Reunion will take place on the weekend 24^th/25^th/26^th October 2008 at the TA Centre, Coldyhill Lane, Scarborough with the kind permission of the Commanding Officer, 4^th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.

Due to the increased costs this year to the GHA for TA Staff wages (£1.5K), Band Fees and world economy affecting the price of fish and chips, the cost of tickets has had to be increased.

The cost of a full ticket (Fri/Sat/Sun) is £25.00. Cost of a day ticket for either day Saturday or Sunday is £9.00.

Tickets are available from the Headquarters at Richmond. Cheques should be made payable to ‘The Green Howards Association’.

Dennis Appleyard

"An Event To honour members of the UK Armed Forces and the MOD Civil Service who lost their lives or were injured in Northern Ireland and the over 300,000 personnel who served in the Province since 1969".

To read more about it click here!

Ebrington Barracks 2008

There's a new web site on the net which I'm sure will interest all those who served in Northern Ireland.

Click here to go straight to the site!

A Glimpse of the Green Howards Past

This little Gem of a book was sent to me by Yvonne Forster, the daughter of the late Joe Forster. It was amongst her Dad's souvenirs and she thought, quite rightly, that we should all enjoy reading it.

It's a recruiting booklet published in the early sixties and is well worth a read, especially by our presently serving lads of the Green Howards Battalion. Click the link below and have a good laugh!

Were you in the 2nd Battalion The Green Howards?

1961 Newspaper report. The Green Howards in the Iserlohn Read it here! "Page by courtesy of The Northern Echo"

1963 Newspaper report: The Green Howards in the Libyan Desert Read it here! "Page by courtesy of The Northern Echo"