REMEMBRANCE DAY Saturday November 11 2023
It has become the the custom over the years that the RAF BD Association has been active that we lay a wreath and poppy crosses at the RAFBD Memorial at Eden Camp near Malton in Yorkshire. We do this on the 11th of November at 11am. With the loss of Fred Knox who would normally have conducted the Remembrance Service, the short Service will be conducted by the Chairman of the Association Mr Paul Steele. Nick Hill, the Eden Camp Manager will speak at the Service about the RAFBD Memorial and the input that Fred Knox had in placing it at Eden Camp. The date this year is Saturday 11 November 2023. Eden Camp is now open to the general public There will be some pictures published on this page of the Remembrance Service after 11th November. It is hoped that a few more people could attend along with the children from local schools.
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It is with great sadness that the RAF Bomb Disposal Association has to report that our President Mr Thomas Frederick Knox (Fred) passed away after a long illness. Fred passed away in the early hours of 10 September 2021 and his funeral was held on 23 September 2021 at the church of St Mary The Virgin at High Hesket near Carlisle. Fred was cremated at Dalston Crematorium. Fred is survived by his three daughters.
Thank you to our RAF Photographers Cpl Galloway and SAC Waterson for the above images.
A Slideshow Of The New Reunion Venue
If you are not a member of the RAF Bomb Disposal Association but have in the past been associated with RAF Bomb Disposal in any capacity you are welcome to Join the Association and attend this and future Reunions. Please use the "Contact Us" page and fill out one of the Email forms that you will find there.
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1st October 2021. ·
A FINAL FAREWELL was said at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire today as former members of No 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron held a formal disbandment parade.
Today’s ceremony was also the formal dedication of a new memorial to the Squadron, which has been installed inside the Station’s Chater Road Gate. The installation features, among other items, an iconic armoured personnel carrier used by the Squadron in previous years.
No 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron was actually disbanded during the lockdown at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, as the RAF’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) capability transferred to the Army. Restrictions at the time, however, made a full military parade impossible, and so the decision was made to wait for a more appropriate opportunity.
RAF BD ASSOCIATION & KEBAA REUNION 2023
The Annual Reunion for 2023 has been changed and will now be held at the:
"HOLIDAY INN M6 JUNCTION 2" Near Coventry
Friday 6th - Monday 9th October 2023
The wekend package includes:
- HALF BOARD EN-SUITE ACCOMMODATION
- FLAT SCREEN TV, WI-FI, TOILETRIES, TEA AND COFFEE FACILITIES
- WINE RECEPTION, GALA DINNER WITH PORT FOR THE TOASTS
- 1 NIGHT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FREE ONSITE CAR PARKING
- SATURDAY COACH TRIP TO STRATFORD ON AVON (INCLUDED)
- OPTIONAL SUNDAY COACH TRIP TO THE COTSWOLDS WITH A BLUE BADGE GUIDE AT £30 PER PERSON TO BE BACK AT THE HOTEL BY 1630
2 Night Package £215pp
1 Night Package £135pp
Extra night Sunday DBB £65pp
The Saturday Coach Trip is included in the price.
The Sunday Coach Trip is an optional trip at £30pp
If you wish to attend the 2023 Reunion and Dinner, it is requested that bookings be made direct with Isle of Wight Tours ONLY!
Bookings cannot be made through this website. Thank you.
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