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Vol VII, No 9 Summer 2011

In This Issue

Normandy – The first two days

The March to the 70th

The Captain Class Frigate Memorial

Photo: W Clodd

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Editorial

The opinions expressed in the Normandy Star are those of the authors and

do not necessarily reflect the policy and views of the Norwich & District

Branch of the Normandy Veterans Association

All copy, articles etc. for inclusion should be sent to the Editor

Editor – Paul McAllister

12 Millside, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk, N.R12 9PA

Tel (01692) 583336

Email: NormandyStar@aol.com

Website: www.normandystaronline.org.uk

As you read this, the 67th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the

battle of Normandy will be upon us. It only seems a matter of weeks

since we were commemorating the 66th ! Time really does fly and we

are heading towards that all important 70th anniversary year. There is

information from our Secretary Jack Woods regarding the Norwich

Branch’s “March to the 70th” in this edition.

This first Normandy Star of 2011 you wil notice is a bit slimline! Quite

simply, the cupboard is bare, having exhausted my box of outstanding

articles and items of interest. So may I please make an urgent appeal.

Normandy Star is YOUR magazine, and for it to continue it needs your

support. Please give that support by submitting any stories, funny or

sad, photographs, poems and items of interest to me, so that we can

make the December 2011 edition a bumper one. Thank you, and best

wishes to you all.

Paul and Sarah McAllister

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Branch Officers and Committee Members

Normandy Veterans Association

Norwich & District (No.3) Branch

Officers and Committee Members 2011

Chairman: Veteran L W Mann

Vice Chairman: Vacant

Secretary/Treasurer: Veteran J S Woods.

Committee Members: (1) Veteran F L Scott.

(2) Veteran S D Valori.

(3) Veteran J E Curson.

(4) Veteran L Fox.

(5) Mrs K Burge.

(6) Mr G Holmes.

Other Officers and Appointments

Welfare Officer: Veteran L W Mann.

Public Relations Officer: Veteran J S Woods.

Assistant Secretary: Mrs S McAllister.

Social/Events Co-ordinator: Mrs K Burge.

Standard Bearer/Parade

Marshal: Mr P McAllister.

Reserve Standard Bearers: Mr M J Baker

& Mr G V Claxton.

Editor, The Normandy Star: Mr P McAllister.

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Chairman’s Chat

Chairman’s Annual General Meeting Report

I am sure you are all as sorry as I am that, owing to illness, Phil

Johnson has been unable to continue as Chairman. Being the Vice

Chairman, I took over the position as Acting Chairman. I would like to

thank Secretary Jack Woods for the help and advice he gave me, plus

all the Committee Members for their co-operation, helping me with my

duties as Acting Chairman. Our Secretary, Treasurer and all Committee

members are doing a wonderful job helping our branch to operate so

successfully.

I would like to thank the members who give up precious time, whatever

the weather, to go out collecting, without these dedicated members,

I’m afraid the concessions would not be able to continue for our outings

and the Christmas lunch, as we would not have the money coming in.

If there are any of you who could spare if only one hour, which would

be for a maximum of four times a year, please come forward.

Best wishes and good health to you all for the future.

Len W Mann

Chairman.

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Secretary’s AGM Report

Annual General Meeting 12th May 2010

Secretary’s report

I have pleasure in submitting my report for the 66h Anniversary year 2010

On the 31st December, the membership stood at 271. Of those, 113 were

Full members of which total 10 are Life members 157 were Associate

members of which total 39 are wives of Full members 34 are Hon.

Associate members (widows) and 1 Honorary Member (Patron). 7

members died and 9 members were overdue of paying their

subscriptions.

Attendance at monthly meetings averaged 43, an increase of 7 on last

year. This does not include figures for the Xmas lunch, which was heavily

subsidised.

The programme for the year included 6 committee meetings and 10

monthly meetings, one of which was the Annual General Meeting.

On the 28th March we recorded the death of our Life President James S

Hipwell. His funeral was private but a Celebration Service in his memory

was held in St Peter Mancroft Church on the 3rd June. 6 Branch members

attended and the Standard was paraded.. The social programme

commenced in June with a return to Normandy from the 4th to the 9th.

During Armed Forces Week members attended the Flag Raising ceremony

on the 21st June and entered an exhibit in the Forum on the 22nd June.

The NVA annual parade in Whitehall was attended by members where a

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wreath was laid on the Cenotaph, returning home via the Green Man

Six Mile Bottom for supper. On July 9th members attended the 70th

anniversary Service of Remembrance for Norwich Air Raid victims in St

Peter Mancroft church. On the 18th August members attended the

Seaside Show on the Pier at Cromer. On the 24th September members

went on an outing to RAF Bircham Newton organised by Associate

members Tony Nelson and Mick Ayres ending with a visit to

Sandringham.. On the21st October, Len Fox attended a short ceremony

at the Norwich War Memorial during which the caskets containing the

names of the fallen were returned , On the 7th November members

attended a 70th anniversary concert at the Theatre Royal Norwich by

the Bands of the Royal Air Force. On Armistice Day a short service at

the Norwich War Memorial was attended by members and on

Remembrance Sunday members attended the service at Norwich War

Memorial during which Len Fox laid the Branch wreath, followed by

service in Norwich Cathedral. A wreath was laid by Ernie Chambers at

the Memorial at Airfield Farm Topcroft. 70 members and friends

attended the Xmas lunch in the Wallbro suite in the Holiday Inn Cramer

Road.

The Normandy Star continues to be issued free to members, the editor

continuing to produce a high quality edition. Public liability was again

arranged through the National Council.

The collections programme was again most successful, the backbone of

the fund-raising. 13 collecting days grossed £5000 thus enabling our

social programme to be subsidised. The members owe a debt to the

dedicated band who continue to support the fund-raising effort

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The secretary again serviced the Books of Remembrance. These books

are an important record of passed members and have to be treated

accordingly. Entries may be viewed by contact with the secretary.

The administration department has had its usual very busy year.

Support from our assistant secretary Sarah is extremely important in

keeping things running smoothly. I do not to have to remind you of her

input, most of you get it first hand. Once again I pay tribute to our lady

members, what we do without them? Kitty Burge, Beryl Johnson, Jean

Chapman, Karen Browse Walker, Lynn Butler, Jane Horner, Margaret

Batley and all the other ladies who give their support.

Schools attended included Stalham Junior, George White Junior and

Hethersett Old Hall. Visits made under the schools initiative during the

year, were mainly by John Curson, Siro Valori, Len Fox, myself and Len

Mann. These visits are more important than ever as history is no longer

on the curriculum in many schools .

Finally, vote in the Branch Officers and Committee persons you want to

manage the Branch for you and give them your wholehearted support

throughout their year of office.

We march on in comradeship, make the most of the rest of your lives,

what have you got to lose. Good luck to you all and God Bless.

Jack S Woods Hon Secretary

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Subscriptions for 2011 are now due. If you have not yet received your

2011 Membership Card, it is because you have NOT yet paid your

subscriptions. Please do so As Soon As Possible in order to continue

the benefits of membership. Rates for 2011 are £5 per person (£10

per couple).

All subscription monies to be sent to the Assistant Secretary, Sarah

McAllister, at 12 Millside, Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9PA. Cheques

made payable to “NVA Norwich and District.” Membership cards will

be sent out with your next copy of Normandy Star News or Normandy

Star once monies have been received.

Subscriptions

Lapel Badges

Full colour enamelled lapel badges, produced by the Branch to celebrate

the 67th Anniversary of Normandy, are now available. Costs are £2 each

to Branch Members, £3 each otherwise, plus 50p postage/packing. They

can be obtained from George Holmes, 169 Palgrave Road, Great

Yarmouth, NR30 1QD. Tel: 01493 858319. Cheques made payable to

“NVA Norwich and District”

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The Branch is now able to supply Normandy Veterans Association blazer

badges from its own supplier. These are full colour woven cloth, available

for both Veteran and Associate members. We will not be holding a stock

of these but can order as required, with delivery normally within two

weeks.

To order your badge, please contact Paul McAllister, 12 Millside, Stalham,

Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 9PA, Tel: (01692) 583336. Badges are £12.00

each, plus £1.00 postage & packing, cheques made payable to “NVA

Norwich and District.”

Blazer Badges

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From the Secretary’s chair

The last secretary's chair began by wishing you all a Happy New Year

and here we are into May. The bad old winter has gone and we have

better weather to warm our old bones. Talking of that sort of thing, we

are of course getting older and sooner or later we will have to create a

“Ninety's” Club It's a bit late for some of you of course we already have

some of you at the grand old age, so why don't we make a start, I

know of Fred Wright, Reggie Burge and John Eastbury and later on

this year, John Curson. How many more of you are out there, don't be

shy, speak up and let's get a list going.

Chairman This year it was necessary to appoint a new Chairman as

our last Chairman, Veteran Philip Edward Johnson had to retire early

owing to illness. Phil has been a good Chairman during his years of

office and we're sorry that he has to stand down. Phil is a Life Member

so he remains on the members list. Vice Chairman Veteran Len Mann

filled the space until the A.G.M. when he was voted in as Chairman

unopposed. We wish him a good Chairmanship during his period of

office.

Normandy Very shortly a Branch party will be going back to

Normandy. There will only be about 30 this time of which only 10 are

Normandy Veterans. This is the way of things now, although there are

a lot of Normandy Veterans still about, fewer are making the annual

pilgrimage. Of course we all want to go back but there are drawbacks

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such as general health, and affordability. One major drawback is the

cost of travel insurance. It has been found that a lot of the insurers

either won't take the risk or if they do, up go the costs, which in many

cases are in between £100 and £200 . Add that to the cost of the

journey, together with the fact that most need a companion or carer

call them what you will and you are looking at a lot of money. Another

thing to consider is the pilgrimage factor. Returning Normandy Veterans

will always go to visit their fallen comrades but what about those who

accompany them, do they always want to re-visit War Grave cemeteries

year in and year out? It is and will continue to be the policy of this

Branch to make return visits enjoyable to everybody, Normandy

Veteran or non Normandy Veteran.

D-Day in Norwich This year, as the Branch is in Normandy at the

time, the Norfolk & Norwich ex-Services Association have taken over

the arrangements for a service and wreath laying to take place on the

day at the City War Memorial. There will a Parade of Standards and a

Service after which the Lord Mayor will lay a wreath on behalf of the

City followed by a Branch wreath and wreaths from other sources.

Members of the general public are also invited to attend and if they

wish, to make their own contributions. The cooperation of the ex-

services association is acknowledged and it is hoped that this will

become the start of an annual event in the city calendar.

March to the 70th. The 70th anniversary year of the landings in

Normandy is getting closer. It threatens to be massive on both sides of

the Channel. It is impossible to estimate how many Normandy Veterans

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will be able to take part in the celebrations which will inevitably take

place, but those who are able will take a most important role. In

accordance with our March to the 70th policy, the Branch collection pro

gramme will be adjusted in order to allow some of our Normandy

Veteran members their costs, availa bility and affordability are the

operative words which come to mind.

Associate Members Norwich Branch welcomes Associate Members.

As our veteran membership diminishes, (which won’t be for some time

yet, so don’t panic) the Associate members will be essential to support

the remainder. They can be “the wind beneath our wings”. This Branch

will continue to exist while there are Normandy Veteran members

needing it.

Whitehall A Branch party will visit Whitehall this year. It will consist

mainly of non Normandy Veterans. This is because it is the Branch

policy to encourage non veterans to take part in Branch activities. It

helps to keep the Branch strong to the benefit of it's remaining

Normandy Veteran members. This Branch has no intention closing

down as have so many other Branches leaving it's remaining veterans

“in limbo.”

Collect ions are as always an important of the Branch calendar of

events. The March to the 70th programe will need money to subsidize it

and income from this source will be used to do so. Again if you feel like

giving some time to this activity, have a word with Sarah and she will

organize something for you.

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On the welfare front, the Branch committee will do its utmost to help

and assist members needing support. Again you can help. A visit to a

sick comrade (that is if they want to see you?) can help no end.

Associations like S.S.A.F.A Forces Help, Spirit of Normandy Trust,

Veterans Agency, Royal British Legion etc can all be contacted through

the secretary’s office but in many cases a visit from you might be all

that they need.

Public relations Always the most important job, but the next few

years will be most important. Contacts will be made through the Press,

Veterans agency, Royal British Legion, Normandy Star, Normandy

News, Normandy Memoir etc., Fliers will be produced as to our

activities etc.

How can you help? Mostly by being supportive, by being a comrade

to others, by keeping yourselves as fit as possible, by having a positive

attitude to what remains of your lives and by Marching with us to the

70th.

Jack S Woods

Hon Secretary & Treasurer

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Collections Programme 2011

The Collections programme for 2011 is now underway. These street

collections are an essential part of the Branch fund-raising activities,

monies raised subsidise trips and events and ensure that the Branch is

financially healthy in the years ahead.

Our dedicated team of collectors is dwindling and new volunteers are

needed. Not only will you be carrying out the vital task of collecting,

you will be acting as an ambassador for the Normandy Veterans

Association, giving the public the opportunity to meet and talk with

Veterans, something which is enjoyed by both Veteran and Public alike.

If you can spare an hour or two throughout the summer to help with

the Street collections, please contact Sarah McAllister, 01692 583336,

to put your name down.

Thank you.

FORTHCOMING COLLECTIONS FOR 2011

JULY

Thursday 14 July : Sainsburys, Pound Lane, Norwich.

AUGUST

Thursday 25 August:Tescos, Lowestoft.

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The Collections Team at Cromer, March 2011,

L-R : Reg Milford, Margaret Dickinson, George Gallagher, Trevor Opher,

Donald Dolby

This small and dedicated band of collectors raised over £550.00 at

Morrisons, Cromer, a superb effort. Thank you and well done to you all.

Photo: R Milford

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After the 65th anniversary of the landings in Normandy, it was decided

to enter into a rolling pilgrimage to Normandy annually culminating

after the 70th anniversary. This was not going to be an easy

undertaking owing to the dwindling numbers of Normandy Veterans

available and able to travel. Those willing to do so have the extra

problem of comprehensive travel insurance plus the need for carers or

personal escorts.

Some time ago, while speaking to Trevor Beattie, he stated that if there

was only 1 veteran wanting to return to Normandy both he and Eddie

Iizzard would be willing to take him.

Again some time ago I personally issued a series of documents entitled

“ Normandy and the Normandy Veteran “ in which I set out my vision

for future of the Normandy Veteran in Normandy post Normandy

Veterans Association. In it I stressed the importance of somewhere

central to be situated in Normandy where small family groups returning

on pilgrimage could find out exactly what, if anything, was happening

there during their stay where they would be able to take part and more

importantly where the Normandy Veteran in the group, especially if is

his first return, could find assistance as to where to find the right

places for him to visit; cemeteries where his comrades lay, places

where actively served etc.

Last year, the during the 66th anniversary year, traveling with the

The March To The 70th

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Branch party was a Normandy Veteran accompanied by a younger

friend as carer. He was not only able to take part in the Branch itinerary

but also able to visit a Commonwealth War Graves cemetery of his

choice to lay a wreath at a comrade's grave, an emotional experience

for everybody there. Again, a lady traveling with the same party was

able visit her father's grave for the first time. This year the Norwich

Branch has assisted a family group where the Veteran concerned is

making his first return since he landed on Sword Beach on D-Day,

again wanting to visit places special to him, something this branch will

always be willing to assist as and when it can

Norwich Branch's vision for the future is that small family groups will

return for many years, traveling on their own or as part of organized

commercial holiday groups. These groups operate their own standard

itineraries which don't necessarily have to be followed, but small

groups wishing to ” do their own thing “ may most likely need

information and support to do so. Norwich & District Branch will

endeavour to assist any Normandy Veteran singly or part of a family

group needing help to return to Normandy on pilgrimage It will also

continue to work hard to bring about its “vision for the future”. You

never know; miracles sometimes happen.

If you wish for any more information concerning this document, or any

other document personally issued by the Branch Secretary please

contact Veteran Jack S Woods 50 Aylsham Road Norwich Norfolk NR3

3ES UK. Tel: 01603-627706. e.mail: jack.aylsham50@virgin.net.

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Normandy – The first two days

Concluding Frank Wright’s moving account o f his experiences during the capture of Port-en-Bessin

Captain Walton selected about a dozen of us armed with rifles or brens

and explained that we were about to put down covering fire on a

German flakship which was moored in the outer harbour whilst an

assault team ran round the sea wall to capture the ship. The leading

men crawled forward along the cliff to the left. There was no cover. We

followed, out into the wind and sun where the whole world could see us.

There, below, was the flakship in the harbour, grey and sinister-looking

it bristled with ack-ack guns mounted forward, mid-ships and aft. There

was no one on deck nor on the quay nor as far as I could see, anywhere

else. Beyond the harbour wall a British destroyer waited but further out,

where I expected to see fleets of support vessels there was nothing. I

looked behind, up the slope and was shocked to see six or seven of our

lads lying, obviously dead, on the hillside just behind our position where

they had been caught by shell- fire from the flak-ship.

It was hot now. “German flakship at one hundred yards. In your own

time - FIRE!" Captain Walton yelled from his end of the line of men. We

began banging away at the flakship. Taffy Evans with his bren was on

my left, I heard it give an occasional stutter. If he fired long bursts of

course we'd be out of bren ammunition in no time. I could see out of

the corner of my eye that he had to lift the butt of the gun very high to

get the right angle of fire. That meant that he was very exposed. I fired

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a few rounds at targets which I selected for myself on the ship - well,

no-one would be using it again would they? Then realised that we

ourselves were under fire, from where? I kept my head down, cheek

close to the rifle butt and elbows well apart - fired again ~ yes, there it

was again, the crack of a rifle bullet and a faint whisper, then another

crack and a tiny shower of seeds fell on the forearms of my battledress

from the lank, dry grass in which we lay. I fed another clip or rounds

into the magazine of my rifle and pushed the bolt home, realising as I

did so that I hadn't heard Taffy's bren for some seconds. I looked

quickly at him. Taffy was dead. He lay on his left side as if sleeping,

eyes closed, right hand still clasping the butt of his gun. A tiny wisp of

vapour rose from his neck by the tunic collar. Another crack, more

seeds, I thought "I'm going to die here, now and won't know a thing

about it, please God, help me get out of this!” Still no sign of life from

the flakship nor any sign of the assault party.

"Stop firing!" came the order and, thankfully "Withdraw” We crawled

swiftly back to the safety of the wall. Captain Walton sent Corporal

Lawrence back to fetch Taffy's bren, Shock Kendrick went too. It wasn't

long before they were back and we set off at once down a steeply

cobbled street with fishermens' cottages on the right and a high wall on

the left. The sniper was still busy, keeping us pinned on the left. At one

point, about half way down, the street turned slightly to the left and we

had to nip across to the shelter of the cottages. As each man crossed

there was a crack and a bullet would ricochet up the hill from the

cobbles. He was firing low, fortunately. Marine Musgrave was the man

in front of me. When he was half way across there was a crack and he

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yelped, then came hopping back to the wall, cursing. It was my turn to

go. I hesitated, heard Hugh Corlett's voice - "Go on Wrighty" he said.

The sniper was impatient, he put a round into the top of the wall above

our heads, showering us with grit and bits of broken cement. I nipped

smartly across.

We made our way to the inner harbour which was surrounded by a

wide quayside similar to many in cornwall. As we marched up the

typical smells of a fishing port replaced those of cordite and death on

the hill. Now it was stale fish, gauloise and garlic.

I was astonished to see men sitting about everywhere eating hot food -

first hot meal for two days - and quite flabbergasted at the sight of one

of our fifteen hundredweight trucks complete with the rotund figure of

our Quartermaster, Captain Tunnicliffe. Nearby was a field kitchen,

petrol burners roaring away heating dixies full of stewed steak,

potatoes, vegetables, steamed pudding and boiling water for tea.

It's when you meet the men from the other troops that you hear news,

mostly bad. We heard how Captain Cousins, of A troop had been shot

dead whilst accepting the surrender of the eastern strongpoint. Then

how a German counter-attack had overrun hill 72 as the last men were

leaving. "You can expect them here by this evening," we were told,

darkly. I said nothing about the pointless and ultimately tragic

manoeuvre in which we had just taken part. It was sometime before

the numbers in the square began to thin out. But eventually they began

to fall in and move off. X troop was last to go. We marched back by the

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way we had come, through the streets to the bottom of the hill, then

up the long cobbled street, past the point where Musgrave had been

wounded. The sniper was silent now, all was quiet, heads were

beginning to pop out of doors and windows. We marched, rifles slung

on shoulders past the stone wall and out onto the steep slope where

we had crawled so cautiously two hours earlier.

This time we spread out, line abreast, facing up the hill. Behind us was

the outer harbour and the flakship, Taffy Evans still lay there asleep.

We fixed bayonets and slowly walked up the hill towards the slit

trenches on the crest. My way took me past the line of our boys on

the hil l, it was so exposed, they hadn't stood a chance - sitting targets

for the eager gunners on the flakship. The ground was pock-marked

with shallow shell craters. A British steel helmet lay there with a jagged

hole where shrapnel had torn through the metal crown. The Corporal

still led his men up the hill. He lay on his back, a shock of bright ginger

hair, his blue eyes stared past me unseeing, where the grease paint

had rubbed off his skin was the colour of marble. I recognised him at

once. Beyond the harbour wall the destroyer still watched and waited in

the sun and across the horizon was a continuous line of ships. We

walked on up the hill in silence, bayonets at the ready. Near the

rounded summit were the first trenches, dug deep into the chalk. They

were empty and we jumped across - and the next line and the next and

we were over the crest and walking on to open fields and the rolling

countryside beyond….

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Roll of Members Updates

Deletions from the Roll of Members

Mrs J M Thorpe (Resigned)

Mr J H Holmes (Resigned)

Col. H L Carey (Resigned)

Mrs P Ford (Resigned)

Mrs S Potter (Resigned)

Mr C S Maddock (Resigned)

Mr R W Lambert (Deceased)

Please ensure that the Secretary is informed of any changes of address, telephone numbers etc, so that Branch records may be kept up-to-date.

Obituaries

It is with deep regret that we record the passing of the following Veterans

and branch members.

Veteran R W Lambert Corps of Royal Engineers

Our sincere condolences are sent to the families of all those who have

passed to the green fields and beyond.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,

We will remember them.

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Thanks are due to the following individuals who have kindly donated to

branch funds;

Mr & Mrs Barrett Mr M C Beames Mr F L Bellamy

Miss J L Brock Mr K D Budgen Mr & Mrs R Butcher

Mr E Ducker Mr R Duesbury Mr A E Figg

Mr & Mrs Finch Mr & Mrs R Gill Mr B J Hale

Mr W D Irwin Mr B A Lammas Mr & Mrs J Lee

Mr B Marchant Mr J Nunn Mr C S Perry

Mr C Pollard Mr G Sayer Mrs J Timbers

Mr J G Thomas Mr F A Wright

Donations

Poetry

He stood a dauntless figure, prepared to meet his fate

Upon his lips a kindly smile, one arm around his mate

His free hand held a picture of one he loved most dear

And though the hand was trembling it was not caused by fear.

No braver man e’er faced death before a firing squad

Than stood that day upon the square and placed his trust in God

He drew himself up proudly and faced the leering foe

His rugged face grew stern, I ask one favour e’re I go.

Grant unto me this last request that’s in your power to give

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For myself I ask no mercy but let my comrade live

Then turning to the guardhouse where his sad faced Colonel stands

A witness to his pending fate brought here by Jap command.

He stiffened to attention his hand swings up on high

To hat brim in swift salute, I’m ready now to die

They murdered him in hatred prolonged his tortured end

In spite of all his pleading they turned and shot his friend.

They said he was an example of what they had in store

For others who attempted escape whilst prisoners of war

Examples yes,of how to die and how to meet ones fate

Example true, of selfless love a man has for his mate.

And when he reaches heavens gate the angels will be nigh

And welcome to their midst a man who knew the way to die

Whilst here below in letters gold, the scroll of fame e’er shall tell

The story of how they died, a Corporal and his pal.

Author unknown

Submitted by George Holmes

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JULY

Wed 13 Jul

Social Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham Rd,

Norwich.

11.00am

AUGUST

Fri 5 Aug

Committee Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham

Rd, Norwich

10.30am

Wed 10 Aug

Social Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham Rd,

Norwich.

11.00am

SEPTEMBER

Wed 14 Sep

Social Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham Rd,

Norwich.

11.00am

OCTOBER

Fri 7 Oct

Committee Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham

Rd, Norwich

10.30am

Wed 12 Oct

Social Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham Rd,

Norwich.

11.00am

Programme of Events 2011

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NOVEMBER

Wed 9 Nov

Social Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham Rd,

Norwich.

11.00am

Sun 13 Nov

Remembrence Sunday

DECEMBER

Fri 2 Dec

Committee Meeting, RBL Centre, Aylsham

Rd, Norwich

10.30am

Wed 14 Dec

Christmas Lunch – Details to follow

TBA

Programme of events is subject to update and change where necessary

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