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One of my proudest moments since our formation was to meet
"Old Bill", Bill was 95 years old and a WWII veteran who
spent over 4 years as a POW. Whilst still active both his
eyesight and hearing were failing him, enter the Royal British
Legion Village in Kent who within a week had found Bill a
place at the village.
I had the honour of escorting him there, see him settle in and
meet the staff and other residents. I felt more than confident
when I left that he was in outstanding hands.
It was a nice surprise a few weeks ago when I received an email
from the Village with a photo of Bill on his 96th Birthday, and
also the news that he is to attend a garden party at Buckingham
Palace in June.
Below is a list of dates for your diary on what's happening in
the Chonburi Thailand Branch of The Royal British Legion.
Malaysia 2010
We depart for Malaysia on 9 June
spending Three nights in Ipoh and Four nights in Penang, returning
on 16 June. Whilst there we will attend a total of Four Remembrance
Services for the Malay Emegency.
Malay Rangers
Armed Forces Day 2010
On returning from Malaysia we will
soon be hosting our Second Armed Forces Day, this year being held
on Saturday 26 June at Tropical Bert's. We raised over 33.000 Baht
for the Legion last year and hope to improve on that this year with
the help of an auction.
Remembrance Day/Armistice Day
We hope to hold our first Armistice
Day Service on Thursday 11 November at St Nikolaus Church in
Pattaya, more details will be given nearer the time but we hope to
hold a full service.
St Nikolaus Church
Remembrance Sunday
Once again our branch will attend the
Remembrance Day Parade held at the British Embassy in Bangkok, this
year held on Sunday 14 November.
As in previouse years our Standard
will march on with the British Club Pipe Band, wreaths will be laid
and we will join the Embassy Staff for refrehments after the
service.
Our President Mr Graham Macdonald
lays the first wreath
More information on all the above can
be found by looking in the respective links below.
