Page 3 - The Gazette Autumn 2024

THE QARANC ASSOCIATION
Vol 21 No 2 •
Autumn 2024
The Gazette QARANC Association 3
QARANC – page 10
75 years of the
– page 40
73mph on a bobsled
“Charitable Incorporated Organisation” 1163821
Patron
Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Edinburgh
President
Colonel Paul Jackson KHN CNO (Army)
Chair
Colonel (Retd) John Quinn OStJ
Charity Office Administration Manager Tracey Buckingham ARRC Telephone: 01276 412754
Email: manager@qarancassociation.org.uk
QARANC Regimental Secretary Susie Squires susanne.squires892@mod.gov.uk
Administration Officer
Alison Roberts
Email: admin@qarancassociation.org.uk
QARANC Gazette Editor
Steve Bax
Telephone: 0797 7171138
Gazette submissions: gazette@qarancassociation.org.uk
www.qarancassociation.org.uk
Postal address:
QARANC Association Office, Headquarters Army Medical Services, Robertson House, Slim Road, Camberley, GU15 4NP
Celebrating
75 years!
at Hampton Court – page 14 Climbing Kilimanjaro
QARANC anniversary marked
– page 50
Contents
President’s Foreword ........................................................ 4 John Quinn OStJ, Chair of Trustees..........................5 A word from the Editor ..................................................... 5 Colonel Commandant Kevin Davis ........................... 6 HQ update from Tracey Buckingham.......................7 Regimental Secretary Susie Squires ....................... 8 Honoured to light D-Day beacon ............................... 9 Corps Day................................................................................10 QA 75th celebration at Hampton Court.................12 Meeting D-Day veterans ................................................16 Windsurfing in Morocco ................................................. 17 Eyewitness to history: A QA at Normandy .........18 Northern Ireland Branch................................................20 Reunion Lunch ....................................................................22 West Country Branch......................................................26 Wales Branch.......................................................................27 Interview with Col Paul Jackson...............................28 History of the Corps with photos.............................32 From midwife to football referee...............................37 Short Term Training Team in Grenada ..................38 QA joins Olympian for high-speed bobsleigh...40 When in doubt, ski it out................................................43 Jurassic Coast Branch....................................................44 Nijmegen Marches............................................................46 DANE cohort graduates ................................................49 Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro ................................................50 International Culture Day ..............................................54 Exercise Tiger: ski slope thrills..................................56 Meet Ron Buist....................................................................58 Scottish Branch ..................................................................60 Millbank Branch...................................................................61 Obituaries and Last Post ..............................................62 Museum of Military Medicine Shop........................69
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