To the secretary. I am intending to go to Chepstow for the BOBA weekend this year. I had noted the date as 13, 14 and 15 September. However I know that the BOBA weekend is usually on the 21st September annually. I assume that this weekend of the 21st is busy. There is a note whish I cannot now find in this years information for the BOBA weekend is in fact on the 21st! Kindly confirm the 13th as the correct date.
2024 Reunion Bookings are available, see Reunion Booklet on BOBA/Membership.
It is advisable to arrange accommodation as soon as possible.
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Hi to John Everleigh who stays in Edinburgh. John you served at Beachley in the forties
I served in the Fifties, 58B.My email is attached kindly give me a call. I am planning to vist Beachley this year for my final farewell to Beachley. I live in Dalkeith.
I served in the Fifties, 58B.My email is attached kindly give me a call. I am planning to vist Beachley this year for my final farewell to Beachley. I live in Dalkeith.
I recently had been having problems with my Television and despite the addition of an amplifier for £100 it still remained imperfect. A friend put me on to a help line called "Restore TV". They sent an engineer who spent an hour and a half finding the interference source and providing a more powerful Amplifier and a Filter. Result perfect TV.. There was no charge for this service. I am placing this on the guest book in case there may be some one else who needs assistance. The internet gives all contact info if you are interested.
John Eveleigh 42A
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John Eveleigh 42A
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I recently made contact with John Bass of 44 group. It is quite some time since the days when he and I corresponded regularly in the guest book. I hope that he will be making further entries in the future when he overcomes problems with his computer.
John 42 A
John 42 A
Hello out there. It is a long time since I made an entry in the Book but just to let you know I have just made contact with john Bass of 44 Group. He doesn't sound any different from the last time we spoke and still has computer trouble, but hopes to get it fixed so that we can once again bore people with entries in the guest book.
Keep the flag flying
John Eveleigh
Keep the flag flying
John Eveleigh
I was in group 65C as an IC&P Fitter. I served 25 years in the corps
and left in 1990
and left in 1990
Hello to all you blokes out there, Tomorrow I sadly will be attending the funeral of Colin Bridgeman 66c A Coy, Colin had not been well for a couple of years, another old boy gone, go well my friends.
I have been trying in the last few months to contact personnel from the 74 Groups, we only have 12 registered as members. I have only managed to make contact with three by phone ( I do not have email details for any ) If any 74 Group members or wannabe members read this, perhaps they would contact me, time is getting short. Memsecboba.
Hello to all BOBA Members and ex-Beachley Boys,
As you may be aware this year is the 100th year of the first Apprentices coming to Beachley to continue and complete their journeys into the Regular Army.
Accordingly, your committee is holding a very special event alongside our Annual Reunion on 13/14/15th of September to celebrate our beginning. All the details and application forms are available on this website and we would like to share the event with as many of our friends and colleagues as possible, so please try to join us to celebrate our achievement of reaching this great milestone.
If you have any difficulties with booking please do not hesitate to contact any one of the Committee, their contact details are listed in this years Beachley Echoes, which is now available on this website as well.
Regards,
Your Committee
As you may be aware this year is the 100th year of the first Apprentices coming to Beachley to continue and complete their journeys into the Regular Army.
Accordingly, your committee is holding a very special event alongside our Annual Reunion on 13/14/15th of September to celebrate our beginning. All the details and application forms are available on this website and we would like to share the event with as many of our friends and colleagues as possible, so please try to join us to celebrate our achievement of reaching this great milestone.
If you have any difficulties with booking please do not hesitate to contact any one of the Committee, their contact details are listed in this years Beachley Echoes, which is now available on this website as well.
Regards,
Your Committee
I received the latest Beachley Echoes 2024 .AN EXCELLENT PUBLICATION .Many many thanks to ALL who make it so.70 A/B.
Group 70A/B I attended the BOBA REUNION IN 2OO9 and marched with the BOBA Contingent at the London Remembrance Parade 2018,.Two milestones for me, Considering 2024 REUNION.I look forward to the annual Beachley Echoes. Regards to All.
I am pleased to advise you that the 2024 Reunion Booklet is now available on this site. Visit BOBA then BOBA Membership and you can then read it, download it or simply download the Reunion 2024 Application Form and follow the instructions to apply for your tickets to the 2024 Centenary Celebrations and Annual Reunion over the weekend of 13/14/15th September 2024.
Gentlemen,
On behalf of the members of your Committee I wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year wherever you are in the world.
On behalf of the members of your Committee I wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year wherever you are in the world.
We all know 2024 will be the centenary of Army Apprentices coming to Beachley and in order to celebrate this milestone the Annual BOBA Reunion will take place over the weekend of 13/14/15th of September 2024. We are pleased to advise you that at present rooms are available at The Two Rivers. It is anticipated that they will be reserved quickly so if you wish to stay there you should book rooms ASAP directly with the Hotel.
Mainly for Bill Nichol and Colin Huckle - First time on the site for many years after looking at my photos of the '63 and '64 Baltic cruises - you are both in photos that I have if you ever need them.
Nice to see you'r both still around.
Regards. DD
Nice to see you'r both still around.
Regards. DD
Sadly Just to inform the group that my Brother WO1 William Andrew Weir Dewar Retired member of REME. Passed on the 31/8/23 in the company of his family at Pitlochry, Scotland . I believe he was an apprentice about 1950s military No.22309165.
Sadly missed
Robin Dewar
ex R Signals
Sadly missed
Robin Dewar
ex R Signals
For your information;
The Annual General Meeting of the Association will take place at 13.00hrs on Saturday 16th September at The Beaufort Hotel, Chepstow & NOT as previously stated at 17.00hrs at The Beaufort Hotel, Chepstow
The Annual General Meeting of the Association will take place at 13.00hrs on Saturday 16th September at The Beaufort Hotel, Chepstow & NOT as previously stated at 17.00hrs at The Beaufort Hotel, Chepstow
It is my sad duty to inform you of the passing of Dicky Dowes 65C. Dicky was a great character and spent his last years as a Chelsea Pensioner RIP
Looking for Douglas Muir, Thornlibank and Matt Anderson, Cumnock, from 74C/75A
Calling all 74B ex apprentices the big 50 is coming next year I have spoken to a few lads that I'm still in touch with regarding a reunion please e mail me if your interested JONES.g69@sky.com