Please find our Newsletter following the recent Normandy Veterans Reunion in Portsmouth. Reunion Newsletter 2017
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WE’LL MEET AGAIN – NORMANDY VETERANS’ REUNION 2017 Following our previous Autumn get-togethers, plans are taking shape for a Reunion for
Normandy Veterans again this Autumn. This year we are planning the event in Portsmouth
to be held over the weekend Friday 29th September through to Sunday 1st October. It will commence with a get-together with a light buffet supper in the Engine Room Bar, Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth – 1900hrs on the Friday evening 29th September. On Saturday 30th September from 1000hrs until 1600hrs an event will be held on Castle Field in Portsmouth, which will include displays, Fiona Harrison singing on stage, afternoon tea and a parade of veterans’ standards. Transport to and from hotels will be available all day. In the evening, from 1930hrs there will be a dinner for veterans and guests at the Royal Maritime Club.On Sunday 1st October the weekend will draw to a close with a commemorative service at Southsea Cenotaph conducted by Reverend Mandy Reynolds. Hotel accommodation for those wishing to stay for the weekend is available at a Complimentary tickets will be allocated for the Friday supper, Saturday events and Gala **There are limited spaces for the Saturday night dinner, therefore tickets will be issued on Catch up with old friends and comrades. Come and join us! We would love to see Summary of Itinerary Friday 29th September -Sunday 1st October
Friday Evening: 1900-2300 – Get together in the ‘engine room bar’ at the RMC for those who wish to join us Saturday 1000 -1600 – Reunion on Castle Field (Including parade of veterans and Standards at 1515). Tea will be served in a marquee. Afternoon Tea Various displays Fiona Harrison “A voice in a million” vintage entertainer Young Historian Prize giving.Plus lots more
1930 – Veterans Dinner Royal Maritime Club – note limited spaces** |
WE’LL MEET AGAIN – NORMANDY VETERANS’ REUNION 2017
Following our previous Autumn get-togethers, plans are taking shape for a Reunion for
Normandy Veterans again this Autumn. This year we are planning the event in Portsmouth
to be held over the weekend Friday 29th September through to Sunday 1st October.
It will commence with a get-together with a light buffet supper in the Engine Room Bar,
Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth – 1900hrs on the Friday evening 29th September.
On Saturday 30th September from 1000hrs until 1600hrs an event will be held on Castle
Field in Portsmouth, which will include displays, Fiona Harrison singing on stage,
afternoon tea and a parade of veterans’ standards. Transport to and from hotels will be
available all day. In the evening, from 1930hrs there will be a dinner for veterans and
guests at the Royal Maritime Club.On Sunday 1st October the weekend will draw to a close with a commemorative service at
Southsea Cenotaph conducted by Reverend Mandy Reynolds.Hotel accommodation for those wishing to stay for the weekend is available at a
subsidised rate – costs per night- £55 for a double room and £40 for a single,.
to be held over the weekend Friday 29th September through to Sunday 1st October.
It will commence with a get-together with a light buffet supper in the Engine Room Bar,
Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth – 1900hrs on the Friday evening 29th September.
On Saturday 30th September from 1000hrs until 1600hrs an event will be held on Castle
Field in Portsmouth, which will include displays, Fiona Harrison singing on stage,
afternoon tea and a parade of veterans’ standards. Transport to and from hotels will be
available all day. In the evening, from 1930hrs there will be a dinner for veterans and
guests at the Royal Maritime Club.On Sunday 1st October the weekend will draw to a close with a commemorative service at
Southsea Cenotaph conducted by Reverend Mandy Reynolds.Hotel accommodation for those wishing to stay for the weekend is available at a
subsidised rate – costs per night- £55 for a double room and £40 for a single,.
Complimentary tickets will be allocated for the Friday supper, Saturday events and Gala
dinner for veterans, wives & widows. For others the cost is £10 each for the Friday evening
supper & afternoon tea and £30 each for the Gala dinner. Please note all these costs are
subsidised and will be funded by donations, sponsorship and fundraising.
**There are limited spaces for the Saturday night dinner, therefore tickets will be issued on
a “first come first served” basis.
Catch up with old friends and comrades. Come and join us! We would love to see
you all again.
For full details and any enquiries:, email: info@spiritofnormandy.org.uk
Tel; 01428 605672
Summary of Itinerary Friday 29th September -Sunday 1st October
Friday Evening: 1900-2300 – Get together in the ‘engine room bar’ at the RMC for
those who wish to join us
Saturday 1000 -1600 – Reunion on Castle Field (Including parade of veterans and
Standards at 1515). Tea will be served in a marquee.
Afternoon Tea
Various displays
Fiona Harrison “A voice in a million” vintage entertainer
Young Historian Prize giving.Plus lots more
1930 – Veterans Dinner Royal Maritime Club – note limited spaces**
Sunday 1030 – 1130 – Service of commemoration Southsea Cenotaph
All enquiries: info@spiritofnormandy.org.uk
On the 6th June the NVA attended a memorial service at NMA Alrewas for the 73rd anniversary of D-Day. During the service Robert Mille, Consul Honoraire de France symbolically presented the Legion d’Honneur medal to 17 veterans. Photos courtesy of Peter Lloyd.
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