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Jerry Hammond's forthcoming book "Catching Memories". If you're into Carp Angling, then this is one book you won't want to put down. You can order online at www.calmproductions.com
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Roy Barford entered the Great South Run which took place on 30th October. "Thanks for you donations and support! i have managed to raise over £300 pounds so i'm sure The Royal British Legion will want to say thankyou too! " Roy Barford
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WALKER THRILLED TO WIN BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP "A DOUBLE amputee was celebrating this week after being crowned the British Disabled Open's Stableford golf champion.
"Former soldier Dave, 55, plays golf once a week at Westgate and Birchington Golf Club (more)... " Category 3 STABLEFORD Result (over 2 rounds) |
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Ken Hames joined the British Army in 1973 as junior soldier. After serving in West Germany as a tank driver, he was selected to attend the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1976, returning to serve as a Platoon Commander in Germany with the British Army of the Rhine. Hames joined the Queen's Regiment, before serving on an exchange program with the Royal Marines, with whom he served as a Captain in the Falklands War and was at the liberation of Port Stanley and was one of the last guards of former Nazi Rudolf Hess at Spandau Prison in then West Berlin. Hames then joined the Special Air Service, where after a period of service he commanded Britain’s anti-terrorist team for one year. He then rejoined the active part of the unit, and served in the First Gulf War. He served for the majority of his time in the Army with the Queen's Regiment and, after amalgamation, the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, before finishing his service as Second in Command of the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick. Ken Hames is now a TV Presenter, Motivational Speaker and a a Patron of Help 4 Heroes. |
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Kev Milsom and Junie Brooker "We Should consider ourselves lucky for what we have, let's spare a thought and take some time to appreciate what our Walking Wounded have done for Us, Our Country and the Sacrifices they have made and will have to endure for the rest of their lives. |
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Kent Kidney Cycle Challenge 25th September 2011 The challenge was aid of the a local charity set up in 1967 as a tribute to a Ramsgate policeman who saved the life of a boy in difficulties on the town’s West cliff. Later Mr Squirrell suffered kidney failure and needed dialysis, for which he travelled to the ‘local unit’ in London. Pressure put on the South Thames regional board and monies from the fund were instrumental in establishing dialysis services in Kent with opening of the first kidney unit in Canterbury in Dec 1971. Since then the trust has provided ongoing support to people suffering from kidney disease and assisted research into chronic and acute kidney failure. |
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Army Foundation College Channel Swim 2011 Three of the military staff will attempt the complete crossing, matching the |
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Dan Mills 1st Battalion The Queen's Regimeny /PWRR In April of 2004, the 1st Battalion, the PWRR, arrived in Iraq. Dan Mills was a sergeant in the sniper platoon of Y Company. His platoon was posted to the Cimic House compound in Al Amarah in the Maysan province, to defend the CPA whose role it was to reconstruct the town. It was intended to be a peacekeeping tour, with the PWRR visiting local police stations to help the Iraqi police keep order in Al Amarah. But on their first foot patrol, Dan's team are hit by a grenade thrown from an Iraqi police station being used by supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, the OMS. What should have been a peacekeeping tour turns out to be a constant back-and-forth battle that lasts for months. |
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Lieutenant-General Jonathon Peter Riley, CB, DSO (born 16 January 1955) is a retired British Army officer and military historian. He joined the Queen's Regiment in 1974, was commissioned in 1975 and promoted to lieutenant on 9 March 1976. Promoted to captain on 9 September 1980, major in 1987 and lieutenant colonel in 1993, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1996 and promoted to full colonel in July 1997. He served six tours in Northern Ireland and five in the Balkans, in addition to service in Central America and Sierra Leone. He was Commanding Officer of the 1st Bn The Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Gorazde in 1995, promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1998. Commander of 1st Mechanised Brigade in Bosnia in 1999 and Commander of the UK Joint Task Force in Sierra Leone in 2000. In 2001, he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service. |
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Dawn Dormer has been nominated to carry the Olympic Flame with Lloyds TSB in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. Dawn Dormer is a pre school teacher who was a Great Britain natianal Gymnast, in her youth. She has been married to Paul "Joe" Dormer for 28 years. She has suffered the loss of her 15 year old son on a railway line, her 8 year old daughter currently has leukemia. She is a pre school teacher who specialises in one to one with children who have special needs. |
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"As most of you know, i have been training hard, getting myself fit to run in The Great South Run. I will be running it for a fantastic charity, The Royal British Legion, so all i need is a bit of your hard earned cash to allow the Legion to carry on its good work!!!!!!!
Dad of three Dave Walker of Downs Avenue, Whitstable, scooped the prize after shooting an impressive 73 points over two rounds at the East Sussex National Golf Resort."
I was a regular Infantry soldier for 22 years with 1st Bn The Queens Regiment and 1st Bn The Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment and have personally experienced what our Walking Wounded have been through and i was lucky enough to walk away unscaithed.
So please dig deep and donate now." 
feat achieved by Captain Matthew Webb in 1875, with another team of six working in relay, each swimming the minimum 35,200 metres (two miles) for two hours at a time. 
