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SaBRE<br />
<strong>The</strong> 4LANCS amphibious section attack<br />
Employers’<br />
day at Halton<br />
<strong>The</strong> 4th Battalion of the Duke of Lancaster’s<br />
Regiment recently organised a splendid<br />
display at Halton Camp near Lancaster. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
staged an amphibious section attack from the<br />
river then into the camp itself. More than 60<br />
visitors, including a good number of young<br />
people, were treated to this spectacular action<br />
at close quarters. When everyone regained<br />
their breath, a delicious BBQ was served to<br />
the visitors and the TA participants.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chairmen of<br />
both Cumbria and<br />
Lancashire Employer<br />
Support Committees,<br />
Gordon Moore and<br />
John Eastham<br />
respectively, thanked employers for attending<br />
and for the support they give to their Reservist<br />
employees. Lt Col Andrew Kennedy, CO<br />
4LANCS, added his thanks and presented six<br />
Ian Gibson and Heather Davis from Lancashire County Museums with Gordon<br />
Moore and John Eastham at the Halton Demonstration<br />
Employer Support Certificates to C J W<br />
Metcalfe, D Stoker Group, Lancashire County<br />
Council, Pendle Borough Council, Ribble<br />
Valley Borough Council and Rossall School.<br />
Employers and Reservists at No 10<br />
<strong>The</strong> Prime Minister hosted employers and<br />
Reservists from around the country at a garden<br />
reception at the world-famous No 10 Downing<br />
Street. Five employers represented the North<br />
West including Beatrice Fraenkel, Chairman of<br />
Merseycare NHS Trust, Alan Brown, Governor of<br />
HMP Liverpool, Paul Sharples from the<br />
University of Manchester, Eamon O’Rourke<br />
from Belle Vue Leisure Centre and Jonathon<br />
Pugh from Shell UK. <strong>The</strong>y were joined by WO2<br />
Kevin Shackell and CSgt Peter Roberts from the<br />
Royal Marines <strong>Reserve</strong> Merseyside and Captain<br />
Keith James of 170 (Infra Sp) Engr Gp RE (V).<br />
All were introduced personally to the Prime<br />
Minister and Defence Chiefs who took a great<br />
interest in both Reservists and employers and<br />
thanked them for their commitment.<br />
WO2 Kevin Shackel, Eamon O’Rourke, Alan Brown, Ian Rankine, NW SaBRE Director, Beatrice Fraenkel,<br />
Jonathon Pugh, Capt Keith James, CSgt Peter Roberts and Paul Sharples<br />
58 THE VOLUNTEER www.nwrfca.org.uk
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