ARBORFIELD OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION 53rd REUNION.

ALREWAS - Friday 15th July to Sunday 17th July 2016 inclusive.

The following report contributed by Trevor STUBBERFIELD (52A)

Photographic contributions as attributed.

Photos included in this report remain the Copyright © of Max WARWICK 49B (MW) and Trevor STUBBERFIELD 52A (TS) and should not be copied without the express permission of the owners.

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Saturday. The Drum Head Service.

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A total of 41 ‘Crosses of Remembrance’ were laid in Memory of those Arborfield Old Boys whose recall to H.Q. had been notified in the twelve months following the 2015 Reunion.

The Crosses below are for those with close links to the ‘Arborfield & The September 49ers’ web site.

John Cassells (49B).	Harold Ivor ‘Taff’ Leppitt (53B).	Thomas ‘Tom’ Spurs (53B).

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Pipe Major Alex Burt (62A)

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A phone call by The Reverend Bev John (66A) to ‘The Boss’ to delay the impending rain showers. It didn’t work.

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Roger Traves (57A) A.O.B.A. Remembrance Secretary and The Reverend Bev John (66A).

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The rains arrived, umberellas raised, we carried on. For the second year running ‘The Editor’ was unfortunately caught in front of the camera. I really must read my ‘Manual of Covert Observation’ again before next year.

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The Standard of the A.O.B.A. was laid upon the Drum Head Altar.

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The Pipes and Drums leave the service.

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It was a great pleasure to once again meet up with Chevalier Legion D’Honneur, John Wintle (October 1939), Senior Old Boy on parade along with his daughter (front row left). A remakable man who, at the age of 93, still drives himself from South Wales to Alrewas for the gathering.

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The Reverend Bev John (66A) presented a Holy Bible, received by Frank Westwood (66A), for use in future services of the A.O.B.A.

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Keith Bartlett (66C) presented The Reverend Bev John (66A) with a gift for services rendered to the intakes of 1966 which also included a belated bestowing of his College Colours.

Here a word of appreciation for the faultless renditions of The Last Post and Reveille by the Fusilier Corporal seen in the background.

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The Editor.

To view reports of previous events based on the ‘Army Apprentice National Memorial’

First Published: 15th August 2016.

Latest Update: 1st September 2016.

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Saturday’s A.O.B.A. A.G.M.