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The Care for Casualties Christmas Card can be ordered now!
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“Care for Casualties Christmas Cards will be in stock for collection or delivery from RHQ Winchester by 19th October, but orders can be placed via the website at http://www.careforcasualties.org.uk/xmas11.html now.”
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Free Holiday Accommodation offer in Bali Indonesia
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Mike Skeet would like to offer members the opportunity to visit Bali. There are many attractions and many Therapeutic options which people may wish to enjoy, and all tastes can be catered for.We have a big house so accommodation is no problem, as long as you don’t mind Rottweiler’s, well trained . You...
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Nov 3, 2011
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Mark Adams of Teal Photography On call for RGJRA Photographic Needs
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Mark Adams of Teal Photography works very closely with the London Branch and supplies photographs for use on the branch web site as well as on the Photo web site and in our annual Swift and Bold Magazine, (last years cover picture). Recommended to Green Jackets by Green Jackets!
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Veteran News Issue No 21
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Dear All, Please click HERE to view the latest electronic issue of Veterans World. This new option allows you to view Veterans WORLD via ISSUU, a leading digital publishing platform that’s free to access. This new option will provide you with a more interactive, digital version of Veterans WORL...
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The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum Regimental Christmas Card 2011
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This year’s Christmas card, titled Sick going to Balaclava, is one of 16 watercolours on display in the Museum depicting scenes from the Crimean War (1854-56) attributed to Major the Hon. H.H. Clifford (later Major-General Sir Henry Clifford VC KCMG CB) (1826-63).Lieutenant the Hon. H.H. Cliffo...
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SALAMANCA 2012 BATTLEFIELD TOUR AND THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
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1. General The Rifles are organising a Battlefield Tour (BFT) of some of the Peninsula War Battlefields surrounding Salamanca prior to taking part in the bi-centenary celebrations of the Battle of Salamanca. The planning for this event has already started as facilities such as hotels...
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OMEGA RIFLES PROJECT
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A dedicated web based portal has been designed by Riflemen for Riflemen in conjunction with Omega Resource Group plc (ORG) to help serving and ex Riflemen find civilian employment at NO cost to the Riflemen. This e-mail serves as a warning order to alert the Regiment of the launch of the Omega Rifle...
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1984 3RGJ Original Design Tee-Shirts Sold in Support of The Rifles C4C Charity
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These Tee-shirts are made to the original 1984 pattern.Please see attached design picture The cost of each t-shirt is £8.00 (incl P&P, UK Only), with £1.15 of the cost of every shirt sold going to Care for Casualties.For delivery charges outside the UK please enquire by email for additional po...
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A Proposal to Celebrate the 50th Anniversay of the beginning of the Borneo Campaign
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In December 1962 the 1st Battalion (43rd and 52nd) quartered safe in Penang and settling down for Christmas leave, were mobilised at short notice and sent to Brunei where a revolt had broken out. That was the beginning of a four year period during which all three Greenjacket Battalions saw active ser...
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The Rifles Care for Casualties Appeal
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From Major General Jamie Balfour, President, The RGJ Regimental AssociationDear Fellow Riflemen, With all The Rifles battalions now deploying again to Afghanistan over the next 18 months, I am writing to update you all on the Rifles’ Care for Casualties (C4C) appeal as the fundraising needs to...
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FOCUS ON COURAGE The 59 Victoria Crosses Of The Royal Green Jackets
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FOCUS ON COURAGE The 59 Victoria Crosses Of The Royal Green Jackets by Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher Wallace KBE DL And Major R.D. Cassidy MBE Amazon is now offering used copies of the above book at £50 a copy, to which postage is added. The book can be purchased new from our regi...
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Veterans World Spring 2011
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To view and save the latest copy of Veterans World Please click HERE. You will need Adobe Acrobat Installed to access the PDF file
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Book -"Rifleman, a front line Life" by Vic Gregg - Formerly Rifle Brigade - Published February 2011
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"Rifleman, a front line Life" is a word by word account of growing up in the slums of Kings Cross, joining the RB on his 18th birthday in October 1937 and right the way through the war to 1943 with 2nd RB untill he rebadged into 10th para and went into Italy and then on to Northern Europe. Too mu...
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The Laughing Soldier: British Armed Forces Jokebook
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Click HERE to view book cover -- Edited by Administrator on Wednesday 3rd of November 2010 09:09:25 AM
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New Book - From Miner to Major by Major (retd) Peter Lawless. Formerly Ox & Bucks LI and RGJ
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From Miner to Major by Peter Lawless Peter Lawless has spent his life serving his country. In From Miner To Major he tells the story of his 44 years in the military. From National Service to the regulars and into The Rifles, he describes his experiences in Africa, Asia and Europe in this intriguing me...
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Gary Driscoll RGJ - The Singer
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Many people had the pleasure of seeing Gary feature in the successful BBC1 series “Tonight’s the Night” hosted by John Barrowman Most people will be familiar with his work for the London branch of RGJR Association and he also continues to work the club circuit. His first album “Inspirations” w...
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John Kershaw, formerly Oxf&Bucks early 50s seriously ill.
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We regret to announce that John Kershaw, who formerly served in the Oxf & Bucks LI, is very seriously ill. He has been diagnosed with cancer of the brain and is at the moment in hospital.
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Public support for our deployed personnel
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The MOD acknowledges that there is a significant desire among members of the general public to support our personnel on operations and expresses its gratitude for this support and generosity. Support for our personnel deployed on operations is always welcome, but the high volumes of unsolicite...
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Operational Awards
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A total of 131 members of the Armed Forces have received honours and awards in the Operational Honours List dated today, 24 September 2010.The list below is The Rifles extract from this list, which recognises service on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and national operations for the period 1 Oct...
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An Appeal from Lt Col (Retd) Poole-Warren, Regimental Secretary, The Rifles
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Care for Casualties Fund Raising Campaign (Click HERE for flyer) As we look back over the past three years of our Regiment’s life which has been characterised by operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, 54 men have been killed in action and over 290 have been notified as casualties (in need of hosp...
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And in today already walks tomorrow' - A Portrait of Sangin
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In the Summer of 2009 3 Rifles commissioned an artist, Marcus Hodge, to visit Helmand and record their up-coming Op Herrick 11 deployment with a painting. He visited the Battle Group in Sangin in February/March 2010 and began preparatory work for this giant project. After six months of effort thi...
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Request for help with Association publications
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Dear All, As most of you will know I now send out four Association publications a year. These are the Ezine on the 15th June, September and December which is an on line magazine distributed to everyone who has a current registered email address on the database and also Swift and Bold, which goes out i...
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Are you one of these new recruits from June 1974
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The following photograph was sent in by Gerry Chandler and puts names to faces from this Passing Parade photograph taken in 1974. Are you one of the faces who is looking at yourself as you were 36 years ago? Back Row (Left to Right) T(erry) Irvine, B.Lackland, E. Baker, S(teve) MacGloughlin, K. How...
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New Book - A Rendezvous with the Enemy written by an ex Green Jacket
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My name is Darren Ware and I am a resident of Accrington, Lancashire who has written a book which you may be interested in. The book I have written is about my brother who was killed in Northern Ireland in 1991 whilst serving with the Coldstream Guards and it is published this week. I am a 39 year old poli...
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Former Bugle Major Colin Green VSI
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____________________________________________________________________Hi AllNo change with Colin still fighting and keeping his chin up .Billi...
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Justice for Lt Col Workman 43rd & 52nd
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Those of you that remember the cowardly killing of Lt Col Workman in 2004, now justice may be done. LtColWorkman2004 DWM
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A Long Long War now in Paperback
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Friendly Venue for Functions
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I own a pub - The Three Tuns, Great Bedwyn, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN83NU - www.threetunsbedwyn.co.uk - and I would be delighted if any Regimental Branch/RGJ Club/Soldier wished to host a reunion of simply come for a pint where they would be most welcome . HQ 12 Mech Brigade have come to us for the...
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Book “Family at War”
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The book “Family at War” by Brigadier Jolyon Jackson, late Royal Green Jackets, is based on firsthand diaries letters with lots of pictures and is a treasure trove of unseen material. In essence it is about part of his family in WW1 and follows them through the war. The forward is by Richard Holmes....
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Chelsea FC - Inside Right project for ex-servicemen
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Some of you may be interested in this scheme. Please spread the word to all in the London area. This project is now starting regular weekly sessions promoting men's health and well being, to start on Mon 17 May between 1400 and 1500. Please see the attached flyer and registration form HERE. By regist...
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