HMS Raleigh Marks Year of Engineering
Remembrance Sunday – Plymouth
I invite you to gather at the Hoe Memorial Garden to lay our Wreath and remember our fallen shipmates on Remembrance Sunday, 12 November 2017, at 1030 am, prior to the 11 am Main Service. Hope you can be there. Len (on behalf of the Ardent Association) Yeatman.
Commander W John Bingham OBE RN Rtd
The Type 21 Club has learnt that Commander W John Bingham OBE RN Rtd, the first CO of HMS Amazon (73-75) died on the 27th September peacefully at home in Denmead. Husband of Patricia and father of Philip, Hugh, Roger and Ursula. His funeral Service will take place on Thursday 5th October 2017 in All […]
Remembering Our Fallen Shipmates
A bright sunny day heralded the start to Remembrance Day 2016 at Plymouth. At the Ardent/Antelope Memorial a larger than normal gathering witnessed the laying of wreaths including our own T21 Club wreath. On completion, all proceeded to the Main Ceremony on the Hoe. Wreaths again this year were laid at the other five venues […]
Club Memorial and Bench at the NMA
A photo of our memorial and bench at the NMA taken 24 August 2016 and shows the Naval Service Memorial in the background. Taken by David Woollard who was at the NMA to oversee some work on the RNEBS Memorial.
Devonport Naval Heritage Site and Visitor Centre
A trip to the Devonport Naval Heritage Site and Visitor Centre and time on-board HMS Courageous (Decomissioned Nuclear Submarine) is being considered on Saturday 8 October 2016 as part of the PM events for the reunion. If you are interested [or not interested] in attending this event please take part in our poll so we can […]
New Treasurer Needed
RBL Mesothelioma Campaign Update
Legislation will be amended in April 2016 to enable all veterans diagnosed with Mesothelioma as a result of Service the choice between receiving a traditional War Pension or £140,000 in lump sum compensation, regardless of age at diagnosis. The average civilian compensation award under the Government’s Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme is around £122,000. Whilst the law […]
Remembrance Sunday 2015
By Cliff Cowling (Amazon Rep) – Wreath Coordinator. Remembrance Day 2015, a dull, cloudy, misty and windy day in Plymouth where many ex T21 er’s gathered at 1030 at the Belvedere Memorial Gardens on the Hoe in remembrance of our fallen comrades. Several wreaths were laid including our own T21 Club wreath at the base of the Ardent/Antelope […]
Photographs from Reunion
Photographs from the 2015 Plymouth Reunion can be viewed and downloaded from here.