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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Introduction, Sue Parkes - McConnachie, Branch Membership Secterary. 5 General Service Medal 1962. 6 'Least we Forget, The Northern Ireland Conflict. 8 Who are we, The Royal British Legion' 10 'We Served' HMS Resolution. 14 40th Anniversary, Falklands Remembered. 15 Armed Forces Day. 17 Branch News. 19 "We Served" The Ulster Defence Regiment. 23 The Video page 24 Forecast of Events 25 Military Humour 26 Poets Corner Contact us Ed Morris- Alicante Branch Chairman Les Dewson - Vice Chairman, Recruiting & Retention Janet Brickhill - Branch Community Support Hamish McConnachie - Web Master & Publicity Alicante.Chairman@rbl.community Alicante.Vicechairman@rbl.community Alicante.BCS@rbl.community Alicante.Web@rbl.community 2
Sue Parkes McConnachie Alicante Branch Membership Secretary WWhen I was asked to do the introduction for the ‘Veteran’ issue 7, the Quartery Magazine of the Alicante Branch of the Royal British Legion I felt so proud, as a fairly new member of the Legion(3 years) I am still a little unsure of how everything in the Legion works but I am happy to say that I am getting there so much so that I was confident enough to volunteer to become a Committee Member of the Alicante Branch and took up the position of Membership Secretary last October. Although many of you will know me personally I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little about myself. I was born and brought up in Nottingham being educated at Highbank junior school as a child in Clifton and then onto Charnwood Bilateral school for girls where I have to say I was a bit of a nerd and really loved school which I left with a very good education. My goal was always to work in a bank but in those days you had to be eighteen years of age to join Barclays, as a space filler I went to work for the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI) at their offices in Nottingham handling Germany BFPO expenses. Just before my 18t birthday I applied and joined Barclays and went to college at the same time to pass my business studies exam, unfortunately I was very disappointed with my career in the bank and left to work for Boots the chemist in their Head Office. I worked within the Boots Group for 38 years where I worked in numerous departments and held different roles, Marketing and Sales for 17 years, and the rest in IT managerial roles finishing in a specialised role as Software and Hardware Asset Manager for the whole of UK and Europe, with letters after my name which I was very proud of, finally retiring when I was 58 so I could continue to enjoy my traveling passion. I feel very lucky to have been able to travel all over the world and have visited many countries and enjoying different cultures. Obviously one place I visited was Castalla in Spain which was where I met my husband Hamish. Hamish introduced me to the military and all that goes with it, and I have to say I love being part of the Queens Own Highlanders Regimental family, I have met some lovely people through Remembrance Sundays in London and various Reunions. I try and support Hamish in all he does and am very proud of him and his achievements within the Legion and other charitable organisations here in Spain. 3
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