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North & East Yorkshire County “MERRY CHRISTMAS” “MERRY CHRISTMAS” “MERRY CHRISTMAS” “MERRY CHRISTMAS” From the County Chairman Hi everybody, Can I first of all wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year Legion..!! and From reports received from various Branches the Poppy Appeal seems to going very well. Lets hope it’s another record year and we manage to reach the Naonal target of £42 mil- lion. I am hoping you are all planning ahead and doing something for the Royal Brish Legion in 2013, which will create greater awareness, strengthen the membership, raise the income of the Poppy Appeal and recruit addional supporters. This County Newsleer is now starng to generate new arcles and your Branch achieve- ments are being publicised, we now need you to adverse your Branch events by having them displayed on the Events Calendar. So please use the Newsleer and let other Branch- es know what you are doing. The Legion’s Pathway for Growth plan will start phase 2 in the New Year and will change the delivery of welfare, representaon, Remembrance and comradeship to a more local level. The Area Manager, Chris Cunningham, will be informing us all on these changes as and when they are taking place. Colin Colin Northridge MBE North & East Yorkshire County Chairman CONTENTS Page 1—4 Membership Page 5— 12 Branches & Poppy Appeal Page 13 Welfare Page 14 Who’s Who Page 15 County Events Diary Page 16In Memorium News December 2012. Issue 2

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From the County Chairman Hi everybody,

Can I first of all wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very

Happy and Prosperous New Year Legion..!!

and

From reports received from various Branches the Poppy Appeal seems to going very well.

Lets hope it’s another record year and we manage to reach the Na*onal target of £42 mil-

lion.

I am hoping you are all planning ahead and doing something for the Royal Bri*sh Legion in

2013, which will create greater awareness, strengthen the membership, raise the income

of the Poppy Appeal and recruit addi*onal supporters.

This County Newsle4er is now star*ng to generate new ar*cles and your Branch achieve-

ments are being publicised, we now need you to adver*se your Branch events by having

them displayed on the Events Calendar. So please use the Newsle4er and let other Branch-

es know what you are doing.

The Legion’s Pathway for Growth plan will start phase 2 in the New Year and will change

the delivery of welfare, representa*on, Remembrance and comradeship to a more local

level. The Area Manager, Chris Cunningham, will be informing us all on these changes as

and when they are taking place.

Colin

ColinNorthridgeMBE

North&EastYorkshireCountyChairman

CONTENTS

Page 1—4 Membership

Page 5— 12 Branches & Poppy Appeal

Page 13 Welfare

Page 14 Who’s Who

Page 15 County Events Diary

Page 16— In Memorium

NewsDecember 2012. Issue 2

VICE ADMIRAL PETER WILKINSONVICE ADMIRAL PETER WILKINSONVICE ADMIRAL PETER WILKINSONVICE ADMIRAL PETER WILKINSON

National President, The Royal British LegionNational President, The Royal British LegionNational President, The Royal British LegionNational President, The Royal British Legion

Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson CB CVO, who has links with a number of Service

chari*es following a career as a Royal Navy submariner and former Deputy

Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), has agreed to take the helm as Na*onal

President of The Royal Bri*sh Legion.

The Na*onal President is the figurehead of the na*on’s leading Armed Forces

charity, linking with its patron Her Majesty the Queen and serving as its

representa*ve at na*onal ceremonial events such as the Fes*val of

Remembrance and the Cenotaph.

The unpaid honorary posi*on is appointed by the Legion’s Board of Trustees

for a period of three years.

Admiral Wilkinson’s appointment was approved by the Board of Trustees on

6th

September 2012. He takes up his posi*on today, succeeding Lieutenant

General Sir John Kiszely who resigned on Monday. Sir John’s predecessor was

Air Marshal Ian Macfadyen, and the appointment of a Royal Navy

veteran con*nues the Legion tradi*on of rota*ng the senior role among the

three Services which it represents.

Admiral Wilkinson said:

“I am delighted to be taking up this role with The Royal Bri*sh Legion at a *me when it is reaching an ever greater

number of Armed Forces families with a growing range of welfare support, and when it is consolida*ng its historic gains in

having the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant enshrined in law.

“I look forward to taking up my du*es at the start of what I hope will be another record-breaking Poppy Appeal

which will raise much-needed funds for its support services, and at a *me when Remembrance observa*ons are drawing

ever growing numbers to mark the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces.”

From Leytonstone, Essex, Admiral Wilkinson joined Britannia Royal Naval College as a University Cadet. AKer passing out of

Dartmouth he followed a Cold War career through Diesel, Polaris and Hunter-Killer submarines.

He commanded HM Submarines O4er, Superb and Vanguard before moving to dry land with the Nuclear Policy Directorate

in the MOD and then as the Captain of the Second Submarine Squadron based in Devonport. As a Commodore he was

appointed to the staff of the Second Sea Lord as Director of Naval Service Condi*ons.

Promoted to the Flag List in 2004 he was made Naval Secretary, responsible for the career management of 40,000 Naval

Service personnel. He was then made Defence Services Secretary before a final three years in the MOD as the Deputy Chief

of the Defence Staff (Personnel).

Re*ring in October 2010, he is Chairman of the mari*me charity Seafarers UK, Vice Chairman of the Forces Pension Society,

Vice President of Combat Stress, and Patron of ‘Soldier On’ and the Loch Class Frigates Associa*on. He is Trustee of the

Armed Forces Memorial located at the Na*onal Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, part of The Royal Bri*sh Legion

family of chari*es.

MEMBERSHIP Branch Management Handbook

AKer receiving recommenda*on from Internal Audit, Membership Council decided at their last mee*ng that paragraph 2.1 in

chapter 4.2.1 of the Management Handbook (Branch/Club rela*onship) should be changed to read as follows:

2.1. Since the Club and Legion Branch are separate en**es, it is important that their Commi4ees be kept completely

separate. Members of Club commi4ees should not also serve on any Legion Branch or County/District commi4ee

with which the Club is directly associated. It is a condi*on of the Licence that a Club or Branch officer (i.e. President,

Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer) shall not also serve on the commi4ee of their associated Branch or

Club as an officer (i.e. President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer). This s*pula*on does not

preclude representa*ves of Clubs or Branches being "in a4endance" at the other

party's commi4ee mee*ngs, where agreement for this prac*ce exists or is introduced.

This change will ensure that conflicts of interest between Branch and Club cannot arise as a result of

dual membership on Commi4ees; it is also in line with the Legion Club Licence as agreed by the Board of

Trustees.

A HARD COPY WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL BRANCH SECRETARIES TO UPDATE THEIR HANDBOOKS

Membership Applica/on Forms—MS4

Please be aware that MS4/2010 or earlier will no longer be accepted at County or CDI aKer 31st

December 2012 due to HMRC changes to the GiK Aid declara*on that must be Implemented as

of 1st January 2013. To order new copies of the MS4/12 please

contact the following, and provide the relevant informa*on:

Nicola Wren. nwren@bri*shlegion.org.uk

01622 794273 or

Phyl Summers. psummers@bri*shlegion.org.uk

Branch Name

Branch Number

Branch Accounts & MS1

Deadline for submission to arrive at County Office no later that 31st December 2012.

As I am sure you are aware failure by a Branch to submit these accounts renders the membership of the

Branch ineligible to be a delegate or register a vote at either a County or the Na*onal

Conference. It also means that should members of that Branch wish to apply for *ckets to the

Fes*val of Remembrance they cannot be considered.

County Annual Conference

The North & East Yorkshire County Annual Conference is to take place on Saturday 12th January 2013 at the Galtres Centre,

Easingwold at 1100hrs. The deadline for Mo*ons & Nomina*ons has now passed but any member of the branch or public is free to

a4end. Lunch will be available at £5.00 per head, but please do inform the County Secretary to enable final numbers for buffet.

Standard Bearers Compe//on

This years compe**on took place on Saturday 1st December 2012 at the English Martyrs Church

Hall in York. We had 3 main compe*tors, and 2 Youth. The winners of this years compe**on are:

County Standard Bearer: Mr Barry Moody MBE

County Youth Standard Bearers: Cadet Allen

The Regional Standard Bearers compe**on has a proposed date of 16th March 2013, and to be

held at the Galtres Centre, Easingwold.

Thank you to all of the compe/tors , judges and

Legion Financial Year

Charter Mo*on 1. Change of date for branch accounts—MOTION CARRIED

The following Mo*on presented by the Board of Trustees to amend the membership year

to give the Accounts department more *me to assemble the Charity Accounts. This was

carried at Na*onal Conference and therefore will have the following impact :

The effect for the legion year 2012/13 is to reduce the Membership Financial year to 9

months. The 2012/13 year will be from 1st October 2012 *ll 30th June 2013. This means

that R&Ps must be returned prior to having been adopted by the AGM, as the AGM and

Conference dates will not change but remain in line with the corporate Financial Year

Membership Fees 2012/13

The Mo*on to raise the membership fees was LOST

at Na*onal Conference, therefore the Membership

Fee from 1st October 2012 will be £13.00

County Training Courses

North & East Yorkshire will be holding the following Training Courses

throughout 2013.

Branch Management—March @ York County Office, date TBA

Branch Treasurers—May @ York County Office, date TBA

1—1 Training

We have many Branch Chairman, Secretaries and Membership

Secretaries come into post this new financial year, and the County

Training officer is willing to come and visit and assist wherever possible.

The training within the County is to become

more proac*ve to enable that all new officials

are out on the correct path and old habits

within branches are not carried through.

BRANCHES & INFORMATION

ALL ABOARD’

THE NEW ALDERSON HOUSE MINI-BUS The Royal Bri/sh Legion’s Poppy Break Centre in Bridlington takes delivery of their brand new minibus.

Thanks to the many generous dona*ons received from branches of the Legion na*onwide plus the support of the general public,

volunteers and staff raising funds throughout the last few years, Alderson House took delivery of their £49,500.00 Mercedes Sprinter

minibus last month.

The bus seats 16 people plus the driver and is wheelchair accessible using an automa*c tail-liK system. Fi4ed with extra comfort

coach seats the bus also has a climate control system, automa*c side door, reversing camera and luxury interior trim details.

Helen Birkbeck, Manager of Alderson House said

‘Having this new bus will make a real difference

to the service we offer our guests whilst out on

excursions. Our old mini-bus did not seat

enough people, especially when we had to

remove seats to accommodate wheelchair users.

The coach seats were also uncomfortable for

long journeys and it had no climate control. I

thank everyone that had a part in raising this

amazing sum of money to enable us to make this

purchase’

Guests have already enjoyed trips out to various

places of interest in the area and Mac the driver

reports that they all say that the journey has

been most comfortable plus it ‘drives like a

dream!’

Pickering & Thornton Le Dale

The public were going QUACKERS in the second annual Pickering Duck Derby.

Organised by the Pickering & Thornton le Dale Royal Bri*sh legion Branch, is

saw an armada of rubber ducks cheered on by hundreds of people as they

floated down Pickering Beck from Beck Isle Museum to the finishing post .

There were cash prizes for the ducks finishing in the top three places while a

fluffy duck was presented to the person who came fourth place. The Royal

Bri*sh Legion invited visitors to join them at the WRVS Centre for Jacket

potatoes, bacon sandwiches and hot drinks. This was followed by a Hog Roast

and a raffle.

The Tenacious Spy

I have recently had a biography published which I believe will be of interest to members of the

Bri*sh Legion. It concerns a Canadian war hero, Major William Morris Jones.

As a member of the Canadian Royal Black Watch, he returned from WWI a much

decorated soldier, having twice been awarded the Dis*nguished Conduct

Medal. When WWII began, he was determined to enlist, but having lost an eye in

WWI, the Canadian military refused to accept him. Jones travelled to Britain as a

seaman on a merchant vessel determined to join the RAF--and he did. He was

subsequently sent to the Middle East where he developed an excellent defence

system for Cyprus, then several more in other areas. While there he was approached

by Britain's MO4 and asked if he would consider a highly secret mission. Of course he

would! Jones was that kind of man. One requirement was that he leave the RAF and

join the army and that he could join the Imperial Black Watch. AKer espionage

training near Jerusalem, he was parachuted into Croa*a with the task of

determining who the Par*san army was suppor*ng--the Allies or the enemy

invaders. He quickly became a folk hero to the people for his daring and amazing

work, however, the Germans placed a "wanted dead or alive" price on his head for his

amazing work.

The end result of 13 boxes of papers, newspaper ar*cles, photographs, le4ers, etc.

provided by his son, is The Tenacious Spy: The Story of William Morris Jones. I believe

your members will be par*cularly interested in this remarkable man and his

exploits. The book is available in printed form from: www.amazon.uk or as an ebook

from Kindle

Driffield Branch LOCAL chari*es were donated £100 by a building society as part of

their annual charity giveaway.

Four Driffield organisa*ons received money during Yorkshire Building

Society’s Make a Difference Week.

The chari*es were: Driffield Friends of Girl Guiding, First Steps

Pre-School, Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restora*on Project and Royal

Bri*sh Legion Driffield.

Armed Forces Covenant signed in

Redcar & Cleveland

An Armed Forces community covenant has been signed

in Redcar and Cleveland.

Borough mayor Denise Bunn and representa*ves from

the Armed Forces and Redcar & Cleveland

Partnership Leadership Forum took part in a special

ceremony.

All signed the covenant to pledge support to all the

area’s servicemen and women serving in

Afghanistan and elsewhere - and their families. The

aims of the Armed Forces Community Covenant are to:

Encourage local communi*es to support the Armed Forces community in their areas;

Nurture understanding and awareness among the public of issues affec*ng the Armed Forces community;

Recognise and remember the sacrifices faced by the Armed Forces community;

Encourage ac*vi*es which help to integrate the Armed Forces community into local life, and

Encourage the Armed Forces community to help and support the wider community, whether through par*cipa*on in events and joint

projects, or other forms of engagement.

The covenant ceremony took place at South Bank’s City Learning Centre to mark a major milestone in the close rela*onship between

the community and service personnel in the area.

Representa*ves from the council, Armed Forces and other community leaders also signed the Armed Forces covenant.

It is designed as a voluntary statement of mutual support between the civilian

community and its local Armed Forces community.

Mayor Bunn said: “The council will do all it can to support the service

community in the borough and promote closer links between local people and

our service personnel.

“The Community Covenant scheme aims to build on this local level of support

and it’s especially poignant that we sign this pledge of support prior to the

forthcoming annual Remembrance Day services.”

Whitby Branch

Meet Whitby Branch new poppy appeal team

from leK:

Joe Wells, Stan Grisedale, Dave Hellawell

and Deeanne McCabe

Richmond Branch

Fes*val of Remembrance

The remembrance Fes*val organised by the Richmond branch of the Royal Bri*sh Legion is a sell out event.

The show, at Richmond School on Sunday (28), is a way of saying thank you to the

people of Richmond who have supported the Legion’s poppy appeal over the years and who helped raise

almost £18,000.

The show will be led by the Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai band, and will include music from the Ca4erick WAGS

choir, Richmond School choir, Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School choir and a display by the

Army School of Ceremonial Drum Wing.

Army School of Ceremonial Drum Wing Fifes and drum

Ca?erick Military Wives & Girlfriends Choir

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Branch Opening

from leK, Alan Higbee - County Vice Chairman,

Clive Saunders - Branch Chairman, Valerie Cole -

Branch Secretary Keith Twigg - Branch Treasurer

and Kimberley Thornton—County Secretary.

HORNSEA has regained its branch of the Royal Bri*sh Legion.

It closed in 2010 due to insufficient members aKer more than 80 years

of fundraising and organising the town's Remembrance Day service

Clive Saunders, chairman of the legion, said: "It is really good that

such interest in reforming the branch has been shown by the

residents of Hornsea.

"I hope the branch will grow and prosper to help in providing

welfare, comradeship, representa*on and remembrance for the

Armed Forces community in Hornsea and the surrounding area."

Fulford Branch

CHILDREN from primary schools in the city have visited York Cemetery to remember those

who died figh*ng in two world wars.

Children from St Oswald’s CE,

Fishergate, St Lawrence’s CE and St George’s RC primary schools visited the

cemetery ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

The Year 5 and Year 6 pupils listened solemnly to the Ode of Remembrance

next to the war memorial

before walking around the site

to put crosses on the 250

military graves of those who

were largely treated at the

hospital in Hospital Fields

Road but did not survive their

injuries.

A pupil from St

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Cemetery. Pupils

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Remembering to Fallen

OLD and young gathered today to remember the fallen in

York, who joined the rest of the country in two minutes’

silence.

In York, many tourists and visitors were among the thou-

sands who packed into Memorial

Gardens, filled the adjacent river bank and city walls and

lined the streets to applaud the city’s servicemen and

women on Remembrance

Sunday.

Senior officers of the Bri*sh Army’s 15th (North-East)

Brigade, serving, reserve and cadet officers from several York-based units as well as civilian organisa*ons paraded from the Eye

Of York to the Gardens, where they were joined by veterans of the Royal

Bri*sh Legion and other ex-servicemen and women’s organisa*ons who

had marched from Stonegate, the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Lord

Crathorne, the civic party headed by the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Keith

Hyman, as well as former Lord Mayors, senior police officers and many

other dignitaries.

Redcar Branch Remembrance

Top Left: Poppy Appeal Organiser Dave Blisse4, leK, with Chairman Peter Downham and girls from

Kirkleatham Museum at the Balloon Launch

Bo?om Le@: Simon O’Connor leads the Standards as the Parade in Redcar marches down for the

Remembrance Service

Top Right: Local children paying their respects to the fallen

Bottom Right: The Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, Councillor Denise Bunn, laying the

first wreath at Redcar Cenotaph

Alderson House

Christmas Fayre at Alderson House was a huge success, raising £2452.42 for the

House Ameni/es Fund.

Events included a Prize raffle, cake stall, a bo?le tombola and a gi@ tombola with

over 200 prizes.

There were a displays from the

Cleveland Model Group, music by BRIDBEAT

and an early visit from Santa and his elf,”

says Anna Roseby, Ac/vi/es Co-ordinator

at the Legion’s Break Centre in

Bridlington. “HearGelt thanks to all those

who sold /ckets, donated prizes, and baked

cakes, and helped to bring a wonderful

atmosphere to the day.”

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2011/12 Poppy Appeal Total

Message from Mr Ray Sheppard, Head of Poppy Appeal

As we embark upon this years Poppy Appeal challenge I would like to confirm our

final numbers for 2011. At close of play yesterday the total monies

collected was declared at £40,088,972.78, this represents a year on year

increase of 9.38%.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed in delivering

this phenomenal amount of money.

Well done all, and good luck for the 2012 Appeal

2012 Poppy Appeal Launch

Trafalgar Square

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County Poppy Appeal

Coordinator (East), Mr.

Ernie Oldfield, County

Chairman TRBL East

Yorkshire Women’s Section,

Mrs. Jean Oldfield and

Caseworker Carla Muse

raise funds at the Street Life

Museum in Hull

Northallerton Branch

Northallerton Branch Poppy Appeal Organiser - John

Hutchinson - at his Poppy Appeal stall in Northallerton

Town Hall on Saturday 3 November. John returned to

organise the Poppy Appeal aKer a recent spell in hospi-

tal. He has advised the Branch that this will be the last

*me he will be able to organise the appeal and will be

re*ring at the next AGM. He has regularly raised over

£20,000 for the appeal, last year being no excep*on

No 2337 (Northallerton) Squadron ATC assemble

at Northallerton Town Hall on Saturday 3 November

before going onto the High Street in very cold weather

to collect for the Poppy Appeal.

Poppy appeal organisers delighted at record fundraising result

SALES of poppies in a North Yorkshire town raised more money this year than at any *me since the appeal's incep*on in the 1920s.

David Johnson, the local poppy appeal organiser, said fundraising in Richmond and surrounding villages has so far totalled £20,740 –

and money was s*ll coming in.

Mr Johnson, 60, said: “Following last year’s record breaking collec*on of £17,928 – which was the best in Richmond since the 1920s –

the amount collected so far in this year’s poppy appeal has exceeded that by nearly £3,000.

“The kind generosity of the people of Richmond, Gilling West, Brompton-on-Swale, Ravensworth, Whashton, Kirby Hill, Easby, Skeeby,

Hudswell and Holly Hill truly reflects the support given to our Armed Forces in ac*ve service or at home.”

Mr Johnson said that £9,877 was gained through collec*on *ns – including £1,170 collected by Army cadets; £1,162 from Richmond

Market Place poppy stall; and £838 from Richmond Co-op stall.

A further £2,951 was collected from sales of enamel badges; a huge £2,776 was raised at the Richmond Fes*val of Remembrance;

£2,051 from dona*ons and £1,466 from the sale of wreaths.

More of the funds were raised by the town's pubs, clubs, a poppy appeal coffee morning, St Mary’s Church and the Sta*on.

Useful websites

Care for Mental Health: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk

Combat Stress: www.combatstress.org.uk

War Pensions: www.veterans-uk.info/pensions/wdp_new_index.html

Armed Forces Compensa*on Scheme: www.veterans-uk.info/pensions/afcs_new.html

Universal Credit: www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/welfare-reform/universal-credit

Localising Council Tax Support: www.communi*es.gov.uk/localgovernment/localgovernmen\inance/counciltax

Guidance to Local Authori*es: www.communi*es.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/2148567.pdf

Armed Forces Covenant: www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4E9E2014-5CE6-43F2-AE28-B6C5FA90B68F/0/Armed_Forces_Covenant.pdf

Housing Alloca*on Guidelines: www.communi*es.gov.uk/documents/housing/pdf/2171391.pdf

Benefits & Money Advice

good news story. As you’re aware, the Legion has been funding a Benefits & Money Advice service through Ci*zens Advice since

2007. In Yorkshire we have 4 Legion-funded bureaux:

CAB Richmondshire & Hambleton (Richmond) – since Oct 2007

CAB Sheffield Debt Support Unit – since Oct 2007

CAB Scarborough & District – since Dec 2008

CAB Kirklees (Huddersfield) – since Nov 2009

The Area Manger con*nually monitors both the output and performance of all four bureaux and it is clear that all are adding a tre-

mendous amount of value to my opera*onal welfare effort in the county. To date the service has met the needs of 3,250 RBL ben-

eficiaries, with a financial gain (in terms of welfare benefits gained or debts wri4en off) of £8.8 million. This averages out at some-

thing in the order of £2,700 per case. To my mind, this means that the service more than repays the investment the Legion has

made and our beneficiaries are considerably be4er off as a result.

WELFARE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

STATISTICS FROM 1ST OCTOBER 2011 – 30TH SEPTEMBER 2012

THROUGH THE YORK COUNTY OFFICE.

TOTAL EXPENDITURE SPENT ON WELFARE NEEDS: £325613.45

TOTAL RAISED FROM OTHER SOURCES TO SUPPORT NEEDS: £96852.47

LEGION EXPENDITURE: £228760.98

WE HAVE COMPLETED 1036 APPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE ASSISTANCE OF WHICH

232 CASES WERE REFERRED TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

63 CASES WERE REJECTED.

19 CASES WHERE THE FINANCIAL CRITERIA WAS NOT MET.

108 CASES WERE CLASSED AS CLIENT WITHDRAWAL , EITHER SATISFIED BY OTHER SOURCES OR NEED NO

LONGER REQUIRED.

THE LEGION IS AT PRESENT SPENDING 1.7 MILLION POUNDS A WEEK ON WELFARE AND THE NEEDS CON-

TINUES TO GROW.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE WELFARE TEAM AT THE YORK OFFICE

Who’s Who

President Maj Gen Michael Charlton-Weedy CBE DL

County Chairman Colin Northridge MBE 01845 526654

County Vice-Chairman Alan Higbee MBE 01482 631884

County Treasurer Mark Hogan MSM 07977555619

Area Manager Chris Cunningham BEM 0113 2180143

County Secretary Kimberley Thornton 01904 550577

Community Fund Raiser Elizabeth Hughes 01904 550576

County Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator Ernie Oldfield (East) 01964 623138

Paul Darley (North) 01423 867793

County Chaplain The Rev. David Porter OStJ BA 01904 769823

County Managers Assistant Louise Beilby 01904 550750

County Welfare Officers: Beverley Davies 01904 550572

Ian Poole 01904 550571

County Standard Bearer Mr Barry Moody MBE 01262 676622

County Parade Marshal Mr Barry Moody MBE 01262 676622

(Deputy) Miss Marie Taylor 01904 425751

Mr Gordon Lane 01482 899953

County Recruiting Officer Mr Harold Milner 01482 634191

County Youth Officer Mr Alan Higbee MBE 01482 631884

County Training Officer Mr Fergus Osborne (branch) 01287 281786

Mr Elwyn Pickering (national) 01423 874360

Registered Address:

The Royal British Legion,

North & East Yorkshire County

Unit 4, Triune Court,

Monks Cross Drive

Huntington

YORK

North Yorkshire

YO32 9GZ

Telephone: 01904 550570/7

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/north-east-yorkshire

NORTH & EAST YORKSHIRE COUNTY

“We Will Remember Them” “We Will Remember Them” “We Will Remember Them” “We Will Remember Them”

Aldbrough St John

Mr R Harris

Dormanstown

Mr G Smith

Driffield

Mrs E Lane

Easingwold

Mr H Smith

Harrogate Victory

Mrs B Metcalfe

Hedon

Mr E Boyd

North Ferriby

Mr J Cross

North Ferriby

Mr D Emery

Pickering & Thornton le Dale

Mr G Bowes

Richmond

Mr C Clapham

Skipton

Mr E Wiggan

Stamford Bridge

Mr C Jones, Mr (Col) K Evans,

Mr B Williamson

Willerby Kikella & Anlaby

Mr M Curtis