The following Minutes relate to the first meeting of the new Branch held at the Royal British Legion Club on Monday 24th.September 1979. President
Shipmates Submissions
Pussers Blue Liners
On 27 January 1989 the Royal Navy announced the end of the issue of Blue Liner duty free cigarettes, which were eventually phased out
Visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth
On Saturday 19 May 2018, 33 members of the Norwich Branch visited HMS Queen Elizabeth alongside in Portsmouth. We were met at the gate
Armed Forces Day at Carrow Road
On Saturday 14th April Norwich City football club held their Annual Armed Forces Day at Carrow Road. Personnel from the Queens Dragoon Guards at
Visit to Sim-Fly and St. Georges Distillery
Seven of us arrived on a misty Sunday morning at Old Buckenham airfield to experience the Sim-Fly flight simulator; following the introductions and briefing
National Rum Day
Okay, it may be something derived from the other side of the Atlantic, but any excuse to have a tot is okay with us,
Big Ships V Small Ships Don’t Mess with The Royal Marines
I do make a point of looking at some of the statistics that involve modern navies and match them against what we are doing.
Visit to HMS Ganges
Pat Whiley, Martin Williamson and myself, Keith Smith, decided that we would like to visit Ganges again so on 1st June we set out.
2017 Dunkirk Service
Three of us from Norwich RNA; Pat Whiley, Stuart Fidler and myself, Keith Smith, attended the annual Dunkirk veterans service at St Andrews church Honingham
Battlefield Tour 2017
The tour this year was to Holland, a country where our own county regiment did much campaigning during the last war. Four RNA members