There will be a small Parade / Service to
commemorate the Falklands Conflict, at Southwick Park, Fareham, Hants, on Weds.
2nd May 2007.
The Parade will be led by the band of HM Royal
Marines, followed by contingents from the Royal Navy, the Royal Military Police,
the Royal Air Force Police, the Staff at Southwick Park, the RN Regulators
Association, the RMP Association, and the RAF Police Association.
We, the RAFPA, have been requested to attend with
White Berets, and our Standard.
Exact timings are yet to be confirmed, but as the
new Station Church only holds 200 people, a "flood" of attendees could be an
embarassment. If you wish to attend, please let me know before the end of March,
and if we have to hold a lottery for places, then so be it. (It's unclear at the
moment if this invitation extends to wives / partners, etc., and indeed, whether
we're likely to be fed !!!!)
Further details will be circulated when they are
available, but I would suggest that the whole Parade / Service, would take no
more than 1.5 hrs. The "parade march" is about 400 yards (but at RM pace
!!)