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2023 Reunion
Some of you will have seen that Andrew Heatlie has had to cease organising the reunion due to family commitments.
It is clear therefore that a volunteer is needed to take over organising it, I guess this could be in the venue Andrew was planning to use or in a venue closer to where they live.
Please step up to the mark or it wont take place. I’m sure those who have organised one in the past would be willing to pass on any help or advice.Just received by Ray
Hello Ray, I hope alls well with you. Sorry to burden you but I am unable to arrange the above, due to family issues. Please could you notify whoever is in charge, of my change of circumstances.
Again, I’m sorry about this but my family comes first.
Stay cool, keep safe, best wishes.
Andrew HeatlieAny volunteers
Chris
Just received by Ray
Hello Ray, I hope alls well with you. Sorry to burden you but I am unable to arrange the above, due to family issues. Please could you notify whoever is in charge, of my change of circumstances.
Again, I’m sorry about this but my family comes first.
Stay cool, keep safe, best wishes.
Andrew HeatlieAny volunteers
Chris
Shocked and saddened to learn from Chris’s message this morning that Gordon Dadd had passed away. He was in the next bed space to me when I first arrived in Osnabruck.Lovely Guy. My condolences to his family. R.I.P. Gordon.
Geordie CDoes anyone have a contact address or tel No. for Gordon’s family. I know he has two children, boy and girl, and either will do
I’m absolutely gutted. Gordon Dadd was one of the “good guys” who served in 7. I remember him arriving, he got married around the same time as me, lived in Belm the same time as me and was married to one of the nicest people I ever met. They were a perfect match.
He took over a reunion and organised it through the worst conditions (for reunions) we’ve known in the last 15 years we’ve been doing it.
I find it astounding that, now we live in a world when I can be told what somebody’s cat had for breakfast while the cat is still eating it, and how coooool someone thinks they are within nano seconds, I don’t hear about a mates funeral until the very day it is happening. Is anyone going? Will we be unrepresented? Please don’t tell me that nobody knewA compilation of photographs of the Amazon Bridge Memorial Ceremony has been put together and uploaded onto youtube. The link is below. Please share on other social media platforms. A note for your diaries, 13 May 2024 is the 80 anniversary of the construction of the Amazon bridge. The REA will be involved with the organising. It will be a big event and well worth visiting. While I am on here, I went to the RE museum on Friday and I have to say it has much improved since my last visit and is now well worth visiting. Take care everyone.
The latest edition (May 2022) of the FOREM magazine just arrived
Email me if you want a copy
It’s freeGordon : I’ve already sent yours
Chris
For Casino Memorial dedication photographs copy the address under the Amazon Bridge tag and paste in your browser. You can scroll through the photographs by using the left and right arrows on your keyboard.
Just received from FOREM
Good afternoon FoREM member,
2022 Annual General Meeting
The Friends AGM will be held in the Royal Engineers Museum on Wednesday 15th June 2022 at 11.00hrs. Full details of the programme for the day and related matters can be found in the attached Annual Report.
There will be a buffet lunch if you wish to partake, at a cost of £10 per person, please notify Robin Lloyd Owen robin.lloydowen@googlemail.com before 12 noon on 1st June. Please pay at the Reception desk for your lunch when you enter the Museum and they will advise you where the AGM is to be held.
We very much hope to see you there!Best Regards,
Leo Favret
SecretaryAnyone who wants a copy (pdf) let me know and it’s yours for free.
Finally arrived home after spending a few extra days in Yorkshire. Just thought I would add my thanks to Sammy for organizing a good weekend, it’s good to meet up with old friends. It’s also good to see a few extra people putting comments on this site, let’s hope more join in and a few ‘pull up a sandbag’ so Ray has more memories from 7 Squadron veterans to add to the site for preservation.
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