Airborne Engineers Association Scotland

Our next meeting will be our 20th AGM and will take place at 1230 hrs. on Sunday 18 November 2018, at the Royal British Legion, Central Branch, 33 Rodney Street, Edinburgh.
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Cromwell Lock - Zetland Park Grangemouth
Sunday 23 September 1030Hrs.
Blazer, Berets, Medals to be worn.
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Old Comrades Dinner
XV Para HQ Holdwourth Street, Glasgow
Saturday 20 October 2018 1930Hrs for 2000Hrs.
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Garden of Remembrance Edinburgh.
The dedication service of the Garden of Remembrance at the Scott Monument, Edinburgh will take place at 1100 hours on Monday 29 October 2018.
Please parade at 1030Hrs. Blazer, Berets, Medals to be worn.
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Cenotaph Parade London
Sunday 11 November 2018.
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Lothian Branch PRA Dinner Dance
Friday 7 December 2018 1830Hrs
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General Service Medal 62 with Clasp South Arabia
On 16 September 2016, an e-mail was received from the Army Medal Office saying that those killed and wounded in Aden in 1965 would be entitled to the GSM as set out in Special Army Orders of 25 July 1966.

On January 2017 a letter was received from Major General Nitsch CBE to the effect that the men of 300 Para Sqn RE could not be awrded the GSM because they had not served 30 days in theatre. Howver, he went on the say that the casualties of 300 Para Sqn RE had already received the GSM, which according to him, was always the case if killed or wounded in action. No medals had been awarded.

A letter dated 31 May 2018 from Lord Howe stated that members of 300 Para Sqn RE could not be awarded the GSM because they had not served 30 days in theatre.

On Monday 18 June 2018 a letter was received from the Army Medal Office intimating that the GSM would not be awarded to the casualties of 300 Para Sqn RE because the squadron was training in Aden/Radfan. Its a pity no one told the enemy that. This is the first time in all the letters received from the MoD that the word training has been used. They must have scraped the bottom of the barrel to find that loophole. They are now using any excuse not to award the casualties of 300 Para Sqn RE the GSM. The people in the Ministry of Defence who made this decision should hang their heads in shame.

1 September 2018.
The latest excuse from the MOD is, because we were not on the attached strengh of any unit we are not entitled to medallic recognition. 300 Para Sqn RE was attached to 24 Field Squadron Royal Engineers whilst at Al Milah but it seems no one told the MOD. Also, they are making further enquires into the death and woundings of 300 Para Sqn RE personnel. They are again reaching into their barrel of excuses to find one that will cancel medallic recognition to which they are entitled under Special Army Orders 1966.
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