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The RAVC Calendar for 2018 can be found further in this issue of Chiron Calling. The events listed below are reproduced to remind members of closing dates for returns. Payments must be made with reservations. All cheques are to be made out to ‘RAVC Central Fund’. Further information and return proformas can be found on the RAVC Association website, under ‘Events’.
RAVC Council Meetings
The next RAVC Council Meetings will be held at Robertson House, in Camberley on Fri 27 April and Fri 22 Nov 2018. The meetings will commence at 1030 hrs and will be in the following order:
a. The RAVC Corps Council.
b. The RAVC Welfare & Benevolent
Fund.
c. The RAVC Of cers Club.
Separate instructions for members of
each of the above committee will be sent out by the Regimental Secretary.
RAVC Centenary Dinner
(Date and Venue TBC)
The RAVC Centenary Dinner will be held either at Buckingham Palace or Kensington Palace on a date to be con rmed early in the New Year. Please visit the RAVC website for further information - ravc- association.org
This dinner will be open to serving Of cers and Seniors, and selected retired and past members of the RAVC Council. Numbers will be limited owing to the strict security and cost for the dinner and places will be offered on a rst come rst served basis.
Timings: 1915 hrs for 1945 hrs (TBC)
Dress:Serving Of cers - Mess Dress and miniature medals. Retired Of cers, Seniors/Guests: Black Tie with miniatures. Ladies: Evening Dress
The cost for the dinner will be around £80 per person but the nal cost will be con rmed at a later date. This will include pre-dinner drinks, and wine/port during the dinner. Please check the RAVC Association website for all other details.
Closing date for tickets for the Dinner: TBC. (See: ravc-association.org)
RAVC Association Committee of Management Meetings
The above meeting will be held at the DAC on Tuesday 22nd May 18 and on Saturday 28th July 18. Further instructions will be sent out to Committee Members by the Regimental Secretary.
RAVC Morning Service – Royal Hospital Chelsea on Sun 1 Jul 18
The RAVC Morning Service at the Royal Hospital Chelsea will be held on Sunday 1 July 2018. The Service is be preceded by a parade at 1015 hrs, followed by the Sunday Service at 1100 hrs.
A Curry lunch will be served following the service at a cost of £10 pp. (£5 for serving RAVC pers).
Anyone interested in attending the Service and Curry Lunch is to contact the
NOTICES
Regimental Secretary. Further details and a return proforma can be found on the RAVC Association website.
RAVC Centenary Parade at Melton Mowbray on Friday 27 July 2018
As part of the celebration for the RAVC Centenary, a parade will be held at Melton Mowbray on Friday 27 July 2018. The parade will include a march past through the town of Melton Mowbray by kind permission of the Mayor. The parade will be followed by a reception at the DATR.
Whereas the parade will be open to the public, the reception will be attended by a number of VIPs and will be by invitation only.
RAVC Annual Reunion 28 Jul 18
The 2018 RAVC Association Reunion will be held at the Defence Animal Centre, Melton Mowbray on Saturday 28th July 2018. The event will include the following:
a. 1500 hrs - Association Committee of Management Meeting.
b. 1650 hrs - Memorial Parade and Service.
c. 1800 hrs - Association Annual General Meeting.
d. 1830 hrs - RAVC Of cers’ Club AGM. e. 1845 hrs - CVO open discussion –
all invited.
f. 1930 hrs - Annual Reunion Dinner.
Field of Remembrance
The Field of Remembrance will be celebrated at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8 November 2018. As this is a ticket only attendance, those wishing to attend this event are to forward their names to the Regimental Secretary by 1 October 2018.
Remembrance Service & Cenotaph Parade
The above event will take place on Sunday 11 November 2018. Owing to the security arrangements for the day, members wishing to attend are to forward their names to the Regimental Secretary by 1 August 2018.
ROYAL ARMY VETERINARY CORPS FORECAST OF EVENTS FOR 2018
RAVC Centenary Day – 27 November 2018 at the DATR
A Service and Reception will be held at the DATR on Tuesday 27 November 2018 to mark the Centenary Day of the RAVC being awarded their Royal warrant by King George V on 27 November 1918, following the success of the Army Veterinary Corps in WW1.
Further details will be published on the RAVC Association website.
RAVC ASSOCIATION WEBSITE
The RAVC Association website can be viewed at : ravc-association.org
Members and readers will be able to keep themselves up to date with Corps matters and will also be able to send their attendance returns for functions direct to the Regimental Secretary.
Minutes of meetings will be posted on the website for members to read.
The photo gallery is updated periodically to show recent activities taking place around RAVC units.
RAVC ASSOCIATION
The RAVC Association has a Branch known as the Melton Branch, which is based in Melton Mowbray. All those who have served in the RAVC are automatically life members of the association, and all those who have either served with the RAVC or are friends of the RAVC are also entitled to become members of the RAVC Association.
There is a ‘one off’ membership joining fee for those wishing to join. The Association Branch meets monthly, usually on the rst Thursday evening of the month at the DATR WOs’ and Sgts’ Mess, courtesy of the Corps RSM.
Anyone wishing to join the Association or who would like to attend the monthly meeting are most welcomed.
More information can be found on the website: ravc-association.org
Further information can be obtained through the Branch Secretary; Mr Roger Whittle: roger.whittle.13@btinternet.com
Thu 1 Mar Fri 27 Apr Tue 22 May TBC
Mon 25 Jun Sun 01 Jul
Fri 27 Jul Sat 28 Jul
Mon 10 Sep TBC
TBC
Thu 8 Nov Sun 11 Nov TBC Nov
Fri 23 Nov Tue 27 Nov
Closing date for articles for Chiron calling – Spring/Summer 18 Edition RAVC Council Meeting – Camberley
RAVC Association Committee of Management Meeting - DATR
RAVC Centenary Dinner – Buckingham Palace/Kensington Palace 222nd Anniversary of John Shipp Day (Formation of the RAVC)
RAVC Association Morning Service & Curry Lunch at
Royal Hospital, Chelsea
RAVC Centenary Parade – Through the town of Melton Mowbray RAVC Association Reunion – Service 1645 hrs.Dinner 1930 hrs RAVC Mgmt Ctee Meeting 1500 hrs.RAVC Assoc AGM 1800 hrs RAVC Offrs Club AGM 1830 hrs.CVO Fireside Discussion 1845 hrs Closing date for articles for Chiron Calling – Autumn/Winter 18 Edition Commander’s Challenge Shield Competition – North Luffenham Annual Golf Meeting – Melton Mowbray
Field of Remembrance Service – Westminster Abbey London Remembrance Service and Cenotaph Parade – London
Animals in War Memorial Service – London (TBC)
RAVC Council Meeting – Camberley
RAVC Centenary Day Celebration - DATR