REGIMENTAL
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
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t is with the greatest pleasure that I look back on my first year as your Chairman. For Ria and I it has been a really special time, meeting up with old friends and comrades, being in contact with so many whose names we had heard but had never met and once again being a real part of our Regimental Family. So much to remember; the service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Michael Allmand’s VC and the huge support from his extended family, the Association, RGR and the local community; rowing on the Thames with Nick and Eva Gordon-Creed in Didi; our excellent All Ranks Reunion, despite being
ambushed to make a speech, plus our Winchester Remembrance Service and Reunion in our 60th year since being honoured with our royal title, all made particularly special by the attendance of Antony Wakeham, who had been at the original ceremony. Also at the Reunion we were delighted to receive the lovely painting of Hugh Wallace from his family, the original of which will be on display in the Gurkha Museum and a high quality copy will be held by 1 RGR, where the Wallace Memorial Trophy is keenly competed for each year just as many readers will remember. I was privileged to represent your Association at the 25th birthday party of RGR at Shorncliffe along with Captain Dembahadur Gurung
At the All Ranks Reunion: Duncan Briggs and Rasbahadur Gurung, who had been the Mail Runner on the 1976 Annapurna South Peak Expedition, reunited after many years
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