Messmates, Please see below the official photograph of the Great War Centenary Dinner held at Eden Hall on Friday 2nd May 2014. Framed copies can be ordered from Mick Saunders ([email protected]) at S$ 30.00 each. I am pleased to report that the evening raised over £2,000.00 for our chosen charities, the Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes. Additional…
I would like to share with you and all the other alike not wanting to post it without the correct approval and please find the link below, as a Southwold boy born and bred and given the events that are coming up thought others might find this of interest. As yet I have not been able to make it…
I have just uploaded some 275 photos into the Gallery. Check them out!
Please pass this on. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284673/World-War-Two-heros-family-forced-sell-medals-pay-heros-care-home-fees.html
This past weekend British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into the sand. Titled The Fallen 9000, the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of the civillians, Germans and allied forces who died during…
Please see this event organised by some Sandbaggers – memory lane (for some!). Only one day left to register… http://commandochallenge.sg
Anyone interested in joining a Help for Heroes jungle trek in Vietnam during April 2014? From: Hilary Galea <[email protected]> Date: 11 November 2013 To: “John Howells (Sandbag)” <[email protected]> Hi John, Thanks for forwarding the flyer for the Gala Christmas Dinner. Not really connected, but I wondered if any Sandbaggers know about/have signed…
Dear Sandbaggers, Andrew Gray has just sent us some interesting news on a new “Combat Art” project that has been piloted by 40 Commando during their recent tour in Afghanistan. His Mother, Anita St John Gray, is involved in the project and the exhibition of the artwork has just opened in Taunton. This is a fascinating and often hilarious view…
