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ROYAL ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION


Incorporating the Army Gymnastic Staff (Past and Present) Army Physical Training Staff 

Old Comrades’ Association and the Army Physical Training Corps

FOUNDED 1919

PRESIDENT
Major General James Bashall CBE (late PARA) 
(Colonel Commandant, Royal Army Physical Training Corps)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Brigadier JPS Donnelly CBE (late Cheshires) 
(Commandant, Royal Army Physical Training Corps)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN
Lieutenant Colonel (SMAA) A Billings RAPTC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Lt Col (Retd) GB Jones

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Brig JPS Donnelly CBE (late Cheshires), Lt Col A Billings, Lt Col D Peters, Maj M Warwick, Maj S Davis, 
WO1 B Reese, Lt Col (Retd) B Lillywhite, Lt Col (Retd) P A Watkins MBE, Maj (Retd) J V Larkham, 
Maj (Retd) S G McNeish, Maj (Retd) C Wilkinson, Lt Col (Retd) G Davies, Mr B Stead Esq, Capt L Neville

ASSOCIATION BRANCHES


NORTH EAST BRANCH
SCOTTISH BRANCH
covering Yorkshire, Durham, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
CHAIRMAN: Maj (Retd) S G McNeish
CHAIRMAN: Ian Dean (Tel: 01887 829323 Email: stewartmcneish@sky.com) 

ickdean@virginmedia.com VICE CHAIRMAN: Maj (Retd) J Gardiner
(Tel: 07879 621880) (Tel: 01667 455888)
TREASURER: Mr D Warburton SECRETARY: Maj (Retd) D McGill
david@clifftopb7.plus.com (Tel: 0131 3103639 Email: dougie.mcgill412@mod.uk) 
(Tel: 01723 584180)
HQ Sp Comd (N), Craigiehall, South Queensferry, 
West Lothian, EH30 9TN
NORTH WEST BRANCH
covering Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, BRITISH FORCES GERMANY
Merseyside, Cumbria, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, 
Worcestershire, North Wales, Warwickshire
CHAIRMAN: SO2 1 (UK) Armd Div
(Tel: Civ: 0049 5221 995 3555 Mil: (9)4882 3555) 
CHAIRMAN: Lt Col (Retd) A Duxbury
SECRETARY: SWOPT
(Tel: 01691 656943 Email: brenal@talktalk.net) (Tel: Civ: 0049 5254 822216 Mil: (9)4879 2216)
VICE CHAIRMAN: Mr D Eatock (Tel: 01695 632958) (Email: 1UKXX-G7-PD-SWOPD@mod.uk)
SECRETARY: B Stead Esq
Headquarters 1 (UK) Armoured DIVISION, Wentworth Barracks, BFPO 15
(Tel: 01772 311339 Email: aptc_nw@hotmail.com
16 Withy Trees Close, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6WT CANADA BRANCH
TREASURER: Mr C McBride
(Tel: 01743 272050)
CHAIRMAN: Maj (MAA) R Black RAPTC
(Tel: 001 403 932 4281 Email: octec@netkaster.ca) 
SOUTH WEST, MIDLANDS & SOUTH WALES BRANCH
Trails End Camp, BATUS, BFPO 14
covering Cornwall, Devon, Oxfordshire, Somerset, 
South Wales, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Dorset
OVERSEAS POINTS OF CONTACT

CHAIRMAN: Lt Col (Retd) P A Watkins MBE
ASIA
(Tel: 01980 654860 Email: philip.watkins811@yahoo.com) Mr J Noble
VICE CHAIRMAN: Maj (Retd) J H Cork (Tel: 01451 820597) (Tel: +65 90239018 Email: tbc
SECRETARY: Maj Bob Taylor
(Tel: 01264 886993) Email: taylortribe666@btinternet.com AUSTRALIA
TREASURER: Maj Gary Pither
(Tel: 01934 512410) Email: deergaz@aol.com
No Nomination

SOUTH EAST BRANCH
CYPRUS
covering Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, Maj (MAA) CG Higgins (Tel: Mil: (9)4120 4537 
Greater London, Buckinghamshire
Email: bfc-hq-j7-pd-so2@mod.uk
Mr T Steel
CHAIRMAN: Maj (Retd) D Sears
(Email: rasteel@hotmail.com)
(Tel: 01252 629611 Email: denis.sears@ntlworld.com) 
SECRETARY: WO1 (SMI) I Lester
NORTHERN IRELAND
(Tel: Civ: 01252 787152 Mil: (9)4222 7152 Capt (MAA) M Gresty
Email: raptchq-trg-analyst-8@mod.uk
(Tel: Mil: (9)49163206 
HQ RAPTC, Fox Lines, Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Email: 38X-G7-PD-SO3@mod.uk
Hampshire, GU11 2LB
TREASURER: Jim Pollock Email: jimrona@talktalk.net
USA
Mr N Hull
EASTERN BRANCH
(Email: pass@satx.rr.com) 
covering Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Mr J Brennan
Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire
(Email: gymjpb175@yahoo.com)
CHAIRMAN: Lt Col (Retd) D McBurney
(Tel: 01206 572577 Email: don_mcburney@hotmail.com) SPAIN
VICE CHAIRMAN: Maj (Retd) W Robson (Tel: 01284 769587) No Nomination
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Lt Col (Retd) T Quare
(Tel: 01473 310726 Email: tandpq@btinternet.com) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Victoria Cottage, 3 Bacons Green, Holton St Mary, Rob Price 

Colchester, CO7 6NJ
robpricepti@hotmail.com




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