Photos taken by Brian Cox during October 2011

All the photos in this Southsea album were taken by Vivienne Moore. The photos of the yard were taken from a tourist boat. All members are photographed at our excellent Gala Dinner.

This year Tom Straition and Brian Cox represented the Association at the Blanford ceremony. All the photographs in this album were provided by the Photographic Section of the Corporate Information Centre, HMS Collingwood (part of the VT Group). Thanks to them for kindly forwarding them to us. There are five exception which are marked (BC) and were taken by Brian Cox.

This second album for Llandudno provides pictures of our remembrance parade. This is the first time we took part in such a ceremony. All picture by our pal Viviene Moore.

The first of two galleries for this reunion: this one is at the hotel with members, mainly at the gala dinner. All pictures by our pal Viviene Moore.

Shipmate Rachel Cousins emerges from the murcky depths of a Royal Marine puddle while team mate Helen Norstedt-Girling stands by (its her rear with our name on it)

This is for non-members who have photos which may be of interest to the association

These two watime Collingwood class photos were sent in by Dave Lascelles, Kens brother. Ken has crossed the bar. The following is from Dave's email to me:- Thanks for the email reply. Brian. I found these two photos of HMS Collingwood. The other photos are all of the "shipmates" type, I believe they were taken in Alexandria,& Malta etc. I'm sorry that I don't have a lot of details, I know he was on the Malta convoys, and we have an 'HMS Javelin' Christmas card, dated from October 1942 (post early! etc). He was with the flagship (HMS Nelson) late in the war, - don't know how long, but I understand that it was when they took the Jap surrender at Penang and Singapore. Sorry, but I have mislaid (but not LOST) his service number, which I'll send in when I discover it again - should help to establish his dates at Collingwood (?). Hope these are of interest. Best Regards, Dave.

Once again several of our members attended this ceremony

Ted Finch, a near neighbour of mine, put together this collection over a period of fifty years. The bar was constructed in his loft and was the scene of many happy hours for him. Unfortunately, due to his age, the collection is now being broken up and this is a final record of it.

These photos were taken by the irrepressible Vivienne Moore at our April 2010 reunion in Staford. Pictures include scenes from the coach trip to Shugborough Hall, Gala Dinner and the memorial arboretum.

These are some of badges of the old electrical branch. I wore the RE badge myself as a POREL before changing over to mechanician.

In trhe 60's, 70's and 80's two of my Ships visited Austarlia and I have lots of memories of working with them at sea, in Sydney and in Freemantle (Garden Island is the base in both places). During my recent visit I took these photos which will remind anyone who was there of those days.

These excellent photos were taken by Derek and Vivienne at the recent reunion in Torquay. They compliment those pictures in the other Torquay 2009 gallery. There are pictures of tot time at Exeter RNA and there are many pictures of the remembrance parade which we attended.

Another really enjoyable reunion, not so many of us but (as always) very friendly. Two highlights: first the surprise attendance by Joe and Rachel (the commando girls) and secondly the wreath laying at Torquay cenotaph by Derek Moore. This was the first time we were together on Remembrance Sunday and we attended the ceremony together as a unit. Finally we were pleased to be joined by members of the HMS Eskimo Association.

From left to right the team members are: Rachel Cousins, Joe Riley, Claire Perryman with daughter Sophiea, Nicola Hague, Louise Holland, Sam Tubbs and son Robert Tubbs. Robert is in the front clutching Maurice-Sealions class mascot, they completed the course with us!

The full team for the successful 2009 run: Rachel, Joe, Sam, Louise, Claire, Nicola.

This album of pictures records the magnificent effort of three service wives (Rachel, Joe and Carol) to raise money for the charity 'Help for Heroes'. They completed the Commando Run and collected about 2500 pounds altogether, of which we contributed 1000 pounds. See the reunions page for the full story.

This was our second visit to the Balmoral Hotel in Bournemouth. The girls from the 'Wives do it Wet and Dirty' Commando Run team came to say thanks for our donations to their sponsored charity 'Help for Heroes'. We raised more than 1000 pounds for them from various sources. See the reunions page for the full story.

Doug Newell retired as Standard Bearer earlier this year; however, he attended the November 2007 reunion at Bournemouth and was persuaded to carry the Standard again for our Remembrance service so that we could record the event for all to see. At the service the Reverend Taylor said: 'this is the last time Doug Newell will carry the Standard and we should thank him for his years of service. We should also remember that Doug has represented the association, not only at our reunions, but also at many ex-service ceremonial events around the country.' I would like to add that Doug has always been smartly turned out and has carried our Standard with great dignity as the following pictures illustrate. - Brian Cox, 05/11/07