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