From Howard Starkie
Subject: Military Hospitals - Bring them back
There is a petition running on the Downing Street website regarding Military Hospitals. It says:-
'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to bring back dedicated Military Hospitals to provide adequate facilities (non NHS) for members of the Armed Forces who are injured or disabled in the course of their duties'
The petition closes on 6th August. The link is below for those who wish to sign up and/or pass on to their friends and colleagues.
Petition here
Subject: Military Hospitals - Bring them back
There is a petition running on the Downing Street website regarding Military Hospitals. It says:-
'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to bring back dedicated Military Hospitals to provide adequate facilities (non NHS) for members of the Armed Forces who are injured or disabled in the course of their duties'
The petition closes on 6th August. The link is below for those who wish to sign up and/or pass on to their friends and colleagues.
Petition here
A suggestion from Michael (Mick) Restel regarding the Veterans Agency.
I have just applied for a "Veterans Lapel Badge", through the Service Personnel & Veterans Agency. The badge is issued to all men/women who served in HM Forces up to and including 31/12/1994.
There are other groups of service personnel who would qualify.
Would it be possible to post an article on the site informing all members/visitors that this badge is an entitled issue.
I have just applied for a "Veterans Lapel Badge", through the Service Personnel & Veterans Agency. The badge is issued to all men/women who served in HM Forces up to and including 31/12/1994.
There are other groups of service personnel who would qualify.
Would it be possible to post an article on the site informing all members/visitors that this badge is an entitled issue.
Click for link
Click above for the Veterans page
Submitted by Colin Henderson.
Number 10 Downing Street has approved a petition that was launched requesting a new public holiday falling on the Monday after Remembrance Sunday in November each year. To be known as the National Remembrance Holiday, it's got three aims:
1). To emphasize the remembrance of those servicemen and women who have given, and continue to give, their lives for Britain.
2). To remind people of the importance of protecting our Nation and what it stands for.
3). To break that 3 month period between the August Public Holiday and Christmas when there are currently no long weekends, especially as the UK has fewer public holidays than most European Countries.
If you agree to the idea, please sign up to the petition - it doesn't take long - and it would be great if you were to forward the link to other people as well. If you are not interested, just hit the delete key. This is not just about another bank holiday, but more importantly about having a designated day to remember all those people that sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
THIS IS A NOTABLE PETITION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ASKED FOR, PLEASE SIGN IF YOU WANT AN EXTRA BANK HOLIDAY. For the link, click HERE
1). To emphasize the remembrance of those servicemen and women who have given, and continue to give, their lives for Britain.
2). To remind people of the importance of protecting our Nation and what it stands for.
3). To break that 3 month period between the August Public Holiday and Christmas when there are currently no long weekends, especially as the UK has fewer public holidays than most European Countries.
If you agree to the idea, please sign up to the petition - it doesn't take long - and it would be great if you were to forward the link to other people as well. If you are not interested, just hit the delete key. This is not just about another bank holiday, but more importantly about having a designated day to remember all those people that sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
THIS IS A NOTABLE PETITION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ASKED FOR, PLEASE SIGN IF YOU WANT AN EXTRA BANK HOLIDAY. For the link, click HERE
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Joe King receiving his PJM medal from the Malaysian Military Attachè in Norwich.
The photo album of the 2008 reunion in Coventry is now available in the photos link of the web site.
This tutorial will help all the members to subscribe to the RSS feed on this web site.
The 2008 Association reunion AGM minutes are available here.
The amended 26th Regt RA Association Charter is now available here.
The amended 26th Regt RA Association Charter is now available here.
The secretary has requested that this information be available to all regarding the regiment's Family's Open Day at Gutesloh on the 11th July 2008 ONLY !!!. The prices may fluctuate so please check with EasyJet to confirm the cost prior to booking.
EasyJet home page is available here for booking purposes. Transport from Dortmund to Gutesloh will be supplied by the regiment, as with accomodation as well but when booking, please inform the secretary with your flight times so that he can contact the regiment to arrange "pick-up" times from Dortmund to Gutesloh. To contact the secretary, email secretary @ 26thregra-asc.com
If anybody has any photos of the 2008 reunion in Coventry; namely Battery photos and any others they wish to share, please forward them to the Web Master for inclusion in the 2008 reunion photo album. This can be done by clicking the Web Master icon at the bottom of the page and sending an email with them included. They should be in a 640 x 480 .jpg format with names if possible.