PORTSMOUTH
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Portsmouth Branch Events - 2024
We received 'Thank You Letters' from both Veterans Outreach Support and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance for our 2024 charity donations.
Following the November Remembrance Service in St Lukes at HASLAR, we were at Hornet Sailing Club for a lunch where there wer 29 Members and 7 guests
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Twenty five members attended a lunch at the Lysses Hotel, Fareham in August. As usual, Lysses provided an excellent meal
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​​​​Having welcomed four new members there are now over seventy Branch members, but there were two resignations and one removal for non payment of subs to the Main Association
Sadly we have to report the death of Maggie Feist, who was an active member and a regular attender at our gatherings. Maggie served on the committee of the Branch for several years.
Enough volunteers to form a committee came forward and were elected at our AGM in March. This was followed by a good lunch at The Crofton in Stubbington with just over 20 members present. Elected were Branch Secretary, Treasurer and Chair.
This year’s Charity cheques were given to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, a favourite and in memory of, our former Chair Judi Brown and to Veterans Outreach Support.
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Portsmouth Branch Events - 2023
The Branch consists of 77 Members. Since the AGM last year we have had six joiners but sadly there have been two deaths, Miss Patricia Gould and Mrs Tricia Tyrell.
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In March, 17 members met at Lysses Hotel in Fareham for lunch, which appeared to be enjoyed by all.
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The Branch AGM was held in St Mary's Parish Centre, Alverstoke. Regrettably there was a very low turn out, but those who attended tucked into a variety of pizzas on completion of the meeting. A plea for future members for the committee was issued as many of the committee have served for many years, in one capacity or another.
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Sadly on 8 November 2023 former MiC Capt Judi Brown ARRC, QARNNS, (RTD), our Chair at Portsmouth Branch, passed away - please see dedicated page.
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Portsmouth Branch Members and guests had lunch at abarbistro in Old Portsmouth, following the 2022 Portsmouth Cathedral
QARNNS Remembrance Service.
On 31 March 2022 twenty two of us got together for lunch at Bold Forester, Salisbury Green, with everyone seeming to have a good time.
The AGM for the Portsmouth Branch was held on 24 March 2022 at St Mary's Parish Centre - Judi Brown
Portsmouth Branch Events 2022
Portsmouth Branch Lunch 2020
On the 5 February 2020 Thirty four members of the Portsmouth Branch and a few husbands met in the Skittle Bar at The Crofton,
Crofton Lane Stubbington for lunch. As ever there was lots of catching up to do with people we hadn’t seen for some time and everyone seemed to enjoy the meal. No-one played skittles!
Our Annual Branch meeting had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 but all being well we will have our Remembrance Lunch after the Service as usual in November.
I would be very grateful if any Portsmouth Branch member who has a suggestion as to venues for forthcoming lunches contact either myself or one of the committee members with your suggestions.
With all good wishes and keep safe
Judi Brown
QARNNS
Remembrance Service 2019
