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Ron Watson
Treasurer
r.watson@bntva.com
Ron joined the Army as a boy soldier for the Royal Engineers aged 16, in 1954. He sailed to Christmas Island on New Year’s Eve, 1957, as a Sapper, and worked as a stevedore, and at the main airfield mixing cement.
After injuring his foot on the coral, Ron was given an office job, and taught himself to type, then passed typing exams. Ron worked for the Engineer in Chief in the War Office, Whitehall, until he left, aged 40. Since retirement, he organises golf tournaments in Sussex.
Wesley Perriman
Curator/Editor
w.perriman@bntva.com / curator@bntva.com
As an Artist and Curator, Wesley has exhibited across the country.
In 2019 he co-curated the "Over the Fence" exhibition at the Peace Museum with Dr Becky Alexis-Martin. The exhibition contained many items belonging to the BNTVA along with items from Maralinga that had belonged to his father Jim Perriman. Jim served in the RAF as a cook for 18 years.
Doug Hern
Historian
d.hern@bntva.com
Doug, a veteran of Christmas Island, and well-known name within the BNTVA, left the Royal Navy and worked as a signalman on the East Coast Main line, working his way up to cover a number of signal boxes. After this time and the demise of steam, Doug went into engineering, working at Perkins Engine manufacturer in Peterborough, and finished up skippering their test boat in the Wash, at Sutton Bridge.
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