18 NAVY NEWS, FEBRUARY 2008
Deeps
are all
heart
TEN submariners from the Royal
Navy Submarine School ran 249
miles in a charity run between
HMS Raleigh and London.
Organiser WO Dermot
‘Robbie’ Roberts ran the first leg,
despite having suffered a heart
attack in 2006.
The submariner set out to
prove to others in a similar
situation that it was possible to
recover and lead a normal life.
● Trainees from the RN School of Mechanical Engineering at HMS
Sultan with the newly-renovated mine
He said: “It’s been a great week
but very tiring. It wasn’t just the
Make mine
running.
“All day we were out talking
to the public while also giving
lectures to local sea cadets in the
evening and holding fund-raising
a makeover
events.
“The Submarine Service is
known as the Silent Service so we
● Sailors from HMS St Albans take a break south of the border
made ourselves available in each
THE Shipwrecked Fishermen
and Mariners Royal Benevolent
English break for St Albans
town to talk to people about what
in appreciation for the support
we do.
given to sailors during both wars,
“It’s been non-stop but very
Society collecting-box has had a and they were installed at various
enjoyable.”
spruce up at the hands of trainees seaside locations to act as collect-
TEN cyclists from HMS St Albans set off to cycle Organiser WO Marty Wallace said: “This was The team of ten consisted
at the RN School of Mechanical ing boxes.
430 miles from Rosyth to St Albans in aid of an excellent opportunity to raise some money for of four instructors from the
Engineering at HMS Sultan. “Time and the ravages of
the Mayor’s Fund for the Future and the Royal charity while encouraging health and fitness. Raleigh school and six trainee
The collecting box, in actual the weather have reduced their
British Legion. “It was hard work but good fun for all those submariners, each man running
fact a World War 2 mine, is once number significantly, but those
The sailors worked in two groups of five, one taking part.” about seven miles a day.
more a gleaming red and white, that are maintained by local vol-
team on the bikes and the other as support Their warship is currently mid-way through a Their hard work has raised
and in position to catch the eye unteers continue to raise the pro-
team, navigating and collecting money. 12-month refit in Rosyth. £2,889 for Southwest Children’s
of people coming off the Gosport file of the society and generate
Heart Circle.
ferry. valuable funds towards its work.
Robbie said: “We wanted to
The society’s chief executive “The trainees from RNSME,
support a heart-based charity in
Cdre Malcolm Williams said: HMS Sultan, have done a really
recognition of the support given
“The Gosport mine is one of just magnificent job with this refur-
to me.”
52 that we have remaining around bishment and we know their
Quorn cycles
The charity, based at Bristol
the coast of Britain. efforts will contribute greatly
Hospital, works with children
“Originally the Admiralty gave to the mine’s ability to attract
with cardiac problems who live in
the society over 200 surplus Mk donations from visitors and locals
the south-west.
17 mines at the end of WW2 alike.”
Collingwood collects
through pages
Walk around
for Christmas
the rock
IN GIBRALTAR, POPT Paddy
Esler and the PT staff at the
IN THEIR annual Hamper personnel.” base got 100 people from the
Appeal, more than 1,000 items It wasn’t just those close to home command and their families to
were gathered together at HMS who gained from Collingwood’s commit to run one mile on the
Collingwood for Fareham Social generosity in the festive season. astroturf at Devil’s Tower Camp
Services. Lt Kirsten Brooks organised and donate £5 to Children in
Boosted by collections in Operation Christmas Child, gath-
of history
Need for the privilege.
Marlborough Building and the ering 50 shoe boxes full of presents Paddy said: “Military
Chaplaincy, the goods were put to be distributed among deprived personnel, mums and tots
into hampers and handed out to children in Eastern Europe and FOUR cyclists from HMS complete with prams, and even
the elderly and the underprivi- beyond. Quorn set out to cycle 530 animals came out in force to
leged in the local community in Maria Owen, a support work-
miles across Europe from
achieve the aim by lunchtime.
time for Christmas. er at the base’s chaplaincy, said:
Dan Helder in Holland to
“I’d like to thank everyone who
Sarah Munro of Fareham “Each of these boxes was made took part on the day.”
Social Services said: “The peo- with love and sent with love to a
the Commonwealth and
The runners, walkers, and
ple we deliver to think it’s lovely child in real need.”
War Graves Commission
wheeled raised £500 in total.
and really appreciate that HMS In 2006 over one million shoe
cemetery in Bayeux.
Collingwood donates food items boxes were sent from the UK
Conceived by Lt Cdr Steve
at this time of year, especially to children in war-torn or disas-
Walton, the ride aimed to raise
Team up for
as most of the people in receipt ter-ravaged countries by charity
money for the Royal British Legion
of these hampers are ex-Service Samaritan’s Purse.
Poppy Appeal and commemo-
rate the previous HMS Quorn,
Hospice
a Hunt-class destroyer that was
sunk off the coast of Normandy
THE Rowans Hospice in
with the loss of 129 lives a few
Purbrook, that provides palliative
NEED initial FREE
days after D-Day.
care to patients in Hampshire,
The team – Lt Cdr Walton, S/Lt
has gained £8,444 after the
Theo Stocker, CPOWEA Danny
hard work of the Royal Navy,
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Fretwell, AB(Diver) Pete Birse on
industry and MOD employees at
the bikes, and LS(MW) Mark
Portsmouth Naval Base.
Then contact:
Blake as support driver – notched
The money was raised by
up 90 miles on impeccable Dutch
various means, including car
cycle paths on their first day.
boot sales, boxing events,
From Rotterdam the team
entertainment and the Basin Run
crossed the Erasmus Bridge over
around the base.
polders, sluices and bridges to
Capt Chris Usborne, Captain
Vlissingen in their second day of
Executive Personnel, said:
cycling.
“Portsmouth Naval Base is
“From there,” said S/Lt Stocker,
passionate about getting involved
A Nationwide network of highly experienced Independent Solicitors
“the route took us over the Schelde
in events that will make a
estuary and out of Holland into
difference for others.
Who advise and represent Service Personnel, Reservists, the
Belgium, where the signposting
“We are delighted that the
Civil Service and their Families
became almost as cryptic as the
Rowans Hospice will be able to
language.
make use of these funds for their
“Whilst the wind turned in our
very valuable cause.”
Contact:
favour, the rain began in earnest
for a very damp, though pictur-
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esque, ride through Bruges.
Lisbon last
“It was at this point that the his-
MARATHON man Lt Cdr Steve
torical aspect of the ride began, as
● AB(D) Pete Birse and CPOWEA Danny Fretwell lay a wreath at a
or
Krosnar-Clarke has racked up a
they took in Passchendaele, with
Naval Division Memorial
total of fi ve marathons in 2007,
www.forceslaw.com
a visit to the World War 1 cem-
Beaumont Hamel and Thiepval, commemoration service the next completing his last in Lisbon in
etery at Tyne Cot, and the moving
where AB Birse found his great day. early December.
for a Local Lawyer who
ceremony of the Last Post at the
uncle’s name inscribed on the “All that remained for the The officer took on the
Menin Gate in Ypres.”
memorial. final day was a 25-mile ride from marathon challenge to raise
Muscles and cycles were
“The sixth and penultimate day Ouistreham, through a frost-laden money for Macmillan Cancer
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starting to feel the strain, but
left World War 1 well behind as we Normandy dawn to the CWGC Support, a charity that helped
COURTS MARTIAL • DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES • EMPLOYMENT
the fourth day called the Naval enjoyed a sunny cycle along the
cemetery in Bayeux for a short his father when he was dying of
and REINSTATEMENT of RESERVE FORCES PERSONNEL • SERVICE
cyclists to memorable stops at banks of the Seine, crossing at the commemoration service to the
stomach cancer.
INVESTIGATIONS • CRIME • HOUSE or BUSINESS PURCHASE
Lens, Vimy Ridge, Arras, the impressive Pont du Normandie to previous HMS Quorn.”
Steve is hoping to match
or SALE including LSAP’s • DIVORCE CHILDREN PENSIONS and
Naval Division Memorial at Honfleur,” added S/Lt Stocker. The whole team completed the
his marathon total with his
TERMINAL GRANTS • ACCIDENTS and COMPENSATION • ARMED
Beaucourt sur l’Ancre, and finally “The day ended at Pegasus ride of 531 miles in six days at
fundraising total, seeking to raise
in Auchonvilliers. Bridge where we were met by an average speed of 15mph, rais-
£5,000 for the charity.
FORCES COMPENSATION SCHEME PREVIEW • WILLS or
Day five drew the cyclists members of the ship’s company ing £3,000 for the RBL’s Poppy
Find out more at www.
DEATH of a RELATIVE
into the heart of the Somme to who had travelled over for the Appeal.
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