Page 73 - Bugle Issue 19 Spring 2022

The DCLI, SCLI, LI & Rifles Bodmin Association Reunion at The Keep
The LI and RIFLES Bodmin Association held their annual reunion on the same day as the Sounding Retreat at The Keep in Bodmin. The Association is made up of mainly Light Infantryman, with a few DCLI, SCLI veterans and Riflemen. The rain held off and even the sun came out for the Drumhead Service at the DCLI War Memorial, which was accompanied by a section of The Salamanca Band and Bugles of the Rifles. As has become customary, the names of fallen LI Soldiers were read out during the service.
THE BODMIN SOUNDING RETREAT & REGIMENTAL RECEPTION
On September 4th 2021 the Salamanca Band and Bugles, reinforced with members of
the Waterloo Band, Sounded Retreat in the Rifles Freedom Town of Bodmin. The Retreat was followed by a Regimental Reception and a reaffirming Ceremony that reaffirmed our status as a RIFLES Freedom Town. This ceremony was hosted jointly with Bodmin Town Council.
This was the first Sounding Retreat held in Bodmin since the formation of The Rifles in 2007, which was also the last time The Rifles celebrated the Freedom of Bodmin with a parade. The Band was joined by Buglers from Cornwall ACF and Veteran military Buglers ‘Quicksilver.’
The DCLI, SCLI, LI & Bodmin Annual Reunion
This was the first Sounding Retreat held in Bodmin since the formation of The Rifles in 2007
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The DCLI, SCLI, LI & Rifles Lucknow Dinner
This year’s Lucknow Dinner finally went ahead at the Kilbirnie Hotel Newquay, after two long years of postponements. The branch holds this dinner annually, keeping alive and in celebration of The Defence of Lucknow.
The evening started well with an individual welcome by the Chairman. The guests for the evening were Major Warren Marginson the outgoing OC D Coy 6 Rifles and the incoming OC Major Tom Roden.
There were five members of the Bugle Association with us and we entered the dining room with the Salamanca Band of the Rifles playing the traditional “Roast Beef of England”.
Our President Major Hugo White was given a hearty congratulations and standing ovation, when it was announced that he had been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The dinner was a total success, and we are now all looking forward to The Paardeberg Dinner on Saturday 26 March 2022.
Philip Simmonds Ex LI, Adam James Rifles, Jesse James (Chairman) and Tony Simmonds Ex LI
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Bodmin Sounding Retreat - Salamanca Band & Bugles with (L-R) Commander South West Col Nev Holmes MBE, Mayor of Bodmin Councillor Jeremy Cooper, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, and High Sheriff of Cornwall Mark Thomas
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