51st RAF Police Dog Trials at RAF Henlow.  Full details when I get them but all attendees must contact the Secretary with their details
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Hi Steve thought the attached pictures might arouse some interest.
The section at Heraklis consisted of only five dogs ,and as can be seen we did rather well at the 63 Trials.
George Robertson


Please see attached photos one of which is AD Gandalf recently mentioned on the message board. The photo includes myself as was then, Cpl Merv Appleton and AD Gandalf, Sgt Norrie Lakie being presented to The Princess Royal.
Came across this b&w photo, The Princess Royal took a shining to Gandalph that's for sure.
 

 
This photo is a 2 man attack at RAF Gib c1978 during a charity display. I'm in the suit but I cannot recall the names of the handlers.
 
 

Regards
 
Merv

 RAF Police Dog Trails - Kai Tak and Seletar - 1958 programme from Mitch

Hi Everybody,Your Secretary, Dave Wardell and myself are in the process of compiling a colour supplement of the 2007 Dog Trials.  We probably have enough photographs, although we wouldn't say no to anymore but we would like to ensure that the facts and figures are correct.
 
In the official programme it showed that 1963 and 1974 were blank years, no trials held. Well we have established that there was a trial in 1963, we have the winners name, dogs name and the unit they were serving on, but are still trying to establish what happened or not in 1974.
 
If anybody remembers, or indeed knows for sure what did or didn't happen to the trials in '74, or if you know somebody who might know!!!!!! if you could let us know, asap please as the supplement will be going out with The Griff. thanks in anticipation,      Mitch

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2007 RAF Police Dog Trials

2006 RAF Police Dog Trials - pictures 

 

John Porsch MBE, Chairman of the RMPA, Chichester is also the owner of a specialist security company. He would like to talk to anybody who might be interested in consultancy positions. He is very interested in talking to people with specialist knowledge on dog training. If anyone is interested please contact John on

john@porsch.freeserve.co.uk

 

 

WARNING FOR THE RAF POL QPD!!  

I received a phone call today from George Clapperton about a book he is writing. He asked me if I could contribute to it in any way from an ex kennelmaids point of view. Apart from supplying him with photo's, I also said I would post a wee note here to requesting any ex dog-handlers to get in touch with George or e-mail me personally and I will pass any details they need to get in touch with George. He told me he has wrote to a lot of people already (Jim Henry being one of them) but hasn't got much so far from kennelmaids. I was a kennelmaid from 1979 to 1986 and served at, apart from Newton, P & S.S. Rheindahlen up to my discharge. If anyone can contribute towards George's book it would be very much appreciated.

Finally, are there any kennelmaids in this group apart from me??  Take care - Liz Rush (nee Waugh) Ljakrush@btinternet.com

 

 

'The story of the RAF Police Dogs' by Steve Davies

 

 

Is this a dog handlers wife?? has been asked

the reply has come back:

You have got it wrong mate,the photo must be a provost  or Station  policemans wife who wished she had married into the cream of the RAF Police (Dog Branch)
Sad but probably true.

 

Please forgive the intrusion ...my name is Tom Newton and I though you may be interested to learn, that I'm about to add an article on the history of the RAFs Police Dogs, kindly written for my page, by your own Stephen Davies, for: K-9 History: The Dogs Of War!

http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History/index.html

Below is the url for what will eventually become the new RAF Police Dog history page, once it is published; I thought, that perhaps you may wish to add a link to it on your page, for your former RAF K9 membership.

http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History30/

Oh, by the way, I was a former U.S.A.F. K-9 handler at Hahn AB, West Germany, back in the early sixties.

Also, and I realize it is alot to ask, I would like to please request the use of a few of your own K9 photos; Mr. Davies has use quite a number of names within his article, that I believe match up with quite afew of
your own photographs.

I have some current RAF dog photos, that I can use on the page, but it might be nice to use some of your older ones to illustrate the piece; that is, if you don't mind, I would apprecaite it.

Thank you for your consideration!

Best regards,

Tom (Newton),
USA
ps: I realize, that you're Royal Air Force, but by any chance do you know, if the Royal Marines are still using canines today? I've spent hours on their official website, and heck if I could find anything about
their current use ...other than that some British Army units do support them, but no mention of their own use of dogs today.

Willpower - an interesting picture - extra comments added 2 January

 

 

A special "Dogs Edition" of Provost Parade is planned, (does these mean it's for the dogs to read? - question from the WebMaster) and they would welcome any articles, reminiscences, etc., from former RAF Dog Handlers (and I presume literate dogs - WebMaster again) for inclusion in this.

Any such articles should be sent to Provost Parade Editor, Flt. Lt. Andy Bell, at RAF Halton.