Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel

The next two days were the main event to see who would be crowned 2022 Corps Champion. With 17 people fishing, day one was won by Mr Robert Marsh with 88lb 06oz, closely followed by Sgt Chadwick with 86lb 06oz. Day two would see several people still in with a chance of winning the event and first on the final day was Sgt Steve Tilson with 86lb 14oz and WO2 Dave Goodall second with 86lb 110z.

Coming fifth overall for the 2022 Championships was Mr Dave Parkinson with 4 points and a weight of 133lb 13oz, fourth was Sgt Steve Tilson with 3 points and a weight of 106lb 10oz, third overall was Mr Robert Marsh with a perfect two points and a weight of 128lb 08oz, second with 2 points was WO2 Dave Goodall with 131lb 07oz. The 2022 Corps Champion was Sgt Steven Chadwick with 2 points and a weight of 171lb 04oz.

Throughout the event a new format was created and this was the Larford knockout, with everyone in the hat at the start of the week, a random draw was completed and the winner from the draw each day would see you progress to the next round, the final pair was Maj Toby Burrell against Mr Bob Hill (a former Recy Mech), Maj Toby Burrell was the eventual winner, beating Bob by 8lb.

Onto some sad news brought to us during the event, Les Parsons (a former VM Sgt) who has been fishing for many years at Corps events sadly lost his battle with cancer on the 18 May 2022, the Corps angling community send their deepest condolences to his family.

The biggest thanks must go to The REME Sports Association and The REME Charity for its support in funding our sport. This significantly offset the cost of the event to each serving participant, encouraging greater numbers to attend. The Corps Championships proved to be a great success and introduced new members to the sport.

If you are interested in joining the REME Coarse Angling, please contact WO2 (AQMS) Dave Goodall on David.Goodall722@Mod.gov.uk.

The 40th anniversary service at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel took place on Sunday 12th June. The service was very well attended by several hundred veterans and family members from all over the UK.

The Chapel is located in the grounds of Pangbourne College in Berkshire and is open to the public. It stands as a permanent and ‘living’ memorial to commemorate the lives and sacrifice of all those who died in the South Atlantic in 1982 and the courage of the thousands of Service personnel who served with them to protect the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

The Guest of Honour, His Royal Highness Prince Edward Duke of Kent, was present at the service and afterwards visited the Chapel’s memorial garden which now has a wall of remembrance with plaques dedicated to the those that took part in the campaign.

REME are represented by a plaque, funded by the REME Charity, which also bears the names of the four members of the Corps lost in the conflict.

Maj Toby Burrell presenting WO2 (AQMS) Goodall with his Corps Colours

History

Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel

Scribe: Capt (Retd) Ian Hillier, OC 37 Eng Regt Wksp REME Port Stanley 1982

REME Plaque Plaques

The memorial garden

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