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Jones and his wife Sandra. We received an update on the Serving Let me take this opportunity to wish you all well, and as the
Corps and an overview of the National Memorial Arboretum autumn progresses to winter our thoughts will start focussing on

project, which I am sure will appear elsewhere in this edition.
Christmas, lets all try to remember its real meaning and share a
thought for those less fortunate than ourselves.
As I type this newsletter the radio has just announced another
three deaths in Afghanistan, which reminds us of the continuing Do have a restful, peaceful and happy Christmas and a prosperous
deployment of our Corps in troubled times, we currently have 14 New Year.

on operations, they will, let us hope and pray for their safe and
speedy return.

EASTERN BRANCH

Lt Col (Retd) Tudor Quare

The 2013 annual Branch Dinner took place at Bury St Edmunds
Golf Club but this year with reduced numbers primarily due to
sickness causing last minute cancellations. Even Don McBurney,
Branch Chairman was taken out and Don does not miss an

opportunity for a day’s golf very often. The mornings scheduled
Golf Competition, for the George Talkington Tankard, was not
suficiently supported this year and the few that had gathered
earlier in the day democratically decided to give it a miss although

they did play a round of golf of a non competitive nature. Hopefully
next year there will be suficient numbers and it is intended to
encourage women to join in and compete for the George
Talkington Memorial Tankard.

We were delighted to have Jacquie Trainor, the daughter of Maj
(Retd) Chas Trainor who died in 2012, and her partner Chris
Gowers join us this year. Chas Trainor will be missed by the Branch

as he was a founder member and has for many years, regularly
attended all our annual dinners. He was a very good golfer with an
impressive handicap who participated in the golf events. Jacquie
has also been to many of the dinners over the last few years with RAPTC Association Eastern Branch Dinner 12 Apr 13
her father and is keen to continue, she also indicated that she Standing L–R: Dennis Arnold; Sheila Arnold; Chic Wilkinson; Ann Robson;
Dianne Wilkinson; Pam Quare; Andy Fisher; Krys Fisher; Jacquie Trainor;
would like to join the golfers in tribute to her father. New faces John Rogerson; Olive Rogerson; Chris Gowers; Tudor Quare
present were former Corps member John Rogerson and his Kneeling L–R: Gary Jones; Bill Robson
wife Olive. John left the Corps in 1974 on commissioning in the
Queens Regt. He is still very much involved with them working as

a Regimental Secretary for their Association at Canterbury. He had As usual, the Bury St Edmunds Golf Club provided a irst class
served on postings whilst in the Corp with Bill Robson at York and service to us and an excellent four-course meal. It remains our
Tudor Quare at ASPT, so he was amongst familiar faces.
intention to retain this venue for future dinners and golf as it is
probably the most central venue for the ten counties the Branch

Also joining us was the Corps Association Secretary Gary Jones geographically encompass.
who participated in the golf, met members and had his ears
bent on Corps issues. Prior to the meal, he was afforded the The active Branch membership for the areas covered remains
opportunity to give a short state of the union to those present. Bill relatively small and the familiar faces who attended this 2013

Robson, as Branch Vice Chairman, formally introduced him to a annual dinner relected this. In addition to those listed above Tudor
seated captive audience and told him in a very courteous way he and Pam Quare, Bill and Ann Robson, Dennis and Sheila Arnold,
had ive minutes before the waitresses started to serve the irst Andy and Krys Fisher and Chic and Dianne Wilkinson were also
course! The branch dinners have always placed this time limit on present at the Branch Dinner.
speeches: a stand up, speak up and shut up approach.