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A glimpse of things to come...
We have many exciting
items to add to the site in the near future.
Some of these are a shop, where you can buy anything from
ties and shields to books etc. Also there is a vast archive
of pictures that will be going online - I have lost count
at how many now ! - but at least 1 thousand pictures !
Then we have electronic versions of some books that will be
available shortly. As you can see a lot to go online, so please
be patient.
We also have had a CD's made up of every single page of every
single Corps magazine and this will be made available shortly.
The history section will get very big next year !
If anyone has emailed us about research
into relatives etc,
we haven't forgotten you, its just that these things take
time.
We have had over 11,000 unique hits to the site so far
and over 45,000 hits on the forums !
Merry Christmas and Happy New-Year
from everyone at The Pioneer
December
24th
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April 2002 |
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 Britains
Toughest Jobs
Jeremy Spake
is out to find the hardest job in Britain.
Jeremy visits 23 Pioneer regiment
in Oman.
Surely the toughest job in Britian is
not the RLC !
BBC1 Friday 26 April, 19:00 - 19:30.
April 24th
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February 2002 |
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2002
calendar page
All the known
up to minute details of future
events etc are now online in the events section !
February
1st
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Are
you insane ?
Do you think
that you are insane ?
Take this test and find out for sure !
February
1st
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December 2001 |
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new
link - 168 Pioneer Regiment, RLC
168 Pioneer Regiment
is tasked with providing Specialist Logistic Pioneer Support
primarily to the British Army - a role that calls for this
huge variety of skills and abilities. All this, as well as
being trained soldiers. In any military operation, the British
Army requires skilled personnel to carry out these vital jobs.
This task is Specialist Logistic Pioneer Support.
December
29th
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank everyone who has emailed me and used the forums.
The website has been online for around 7 months and we have
had thousands and thousands of people visit it. We have many
new items, stories, past events etc to go online next year.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New-Year !
All the best,
Norman Brown and Paul Brown
December
14th
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book
review - England's Last Hope
Here is a great book to read over the
Christmas and New Year peiod.
It is the true story of Gerry 'Cloggy' Compton, a boy soldier
in 1942 and who retired as 521 Royal Pioneer Corps CSM in
1969. Gerry has led a life packed with more experiences than
most people would dare to imagine for themselves and this
book is a definite must have read !
December
13th
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book
review - It don't cost you a penny
I don't often get the chance to read
two good books back to back but here is another great book
to read over the holidays ! It is a
very funny account of a private soldier's soldiering.
December
13th
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website update & tidyup before 2002
Have updated the website - first update
since September time.
Main items that have been changed are :-
» cosmetic makeover of majority of site
» missing buddies
section updated with new people added
» forum
changes to layout etc
» downloads
section updated
» new books in history
section
» new pictures in humour
section
» new links added
and updated
» new sitemap
» over 200 new pictures of Pioneers scanned
in ! (online soon)
December
13th
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September 2001 |
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in memory
In memory of all who have perished
in America this week; the passengers and pilots on the United
and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Centre and
the Pentagon, emergency personnel and all the innocent bystanders.
Our prayers go out to the friends and family of the deceased.
September 13th
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newsletter
WO's and SNCO's reunion club
Only the second newsletter to go online
and quite a big one at that.
Details on ladies dinner night, quiz, book worth reading,
mr ron harrop, minutes of last AGM, history bit and list of
members.
September 2nd
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ladies
dinner night - Saturday 13th October 2001
You should have the form to fill in
for this. If not goto the newsletters
page, download september newsletter and print out form on
last page.
Returns must be received by 3rd October
2001. Remember we had to turn people away last year because
we were over subscribed !
September 2nd
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August 2001 |
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missing
buddies page updated
The missing buddies page is now updated.
We will soon have access to a database of people in the UK
and will be available to Pioneers and ex-Pioneers to use for
a fee of a fiver - only to be paid if we are successful in
finding your buddy.
August 22nd
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photo
gallery updates
Photo gallery is now updated with some
pictures of 23 Pioneer Regiment in action.
August 22nd
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editor's note
I have been getting quite a lot of requests for searches -
our historian is currently on exercise for a few months and
we will get round to them when he is back.
Have updated the forums to give details on how to go about
posting messages and obtaining passwords etc.
August 21st
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July 2001 |
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newsletter
(northampton branch)
The first newsletter to go online and
hot off the press !
A small newsletter with an obituary
to
Ron Harrop and details of the Summer Ball etc.
July 9th
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summer
ball
Northampton Branch of the Royal Pioneer
Corps Association has a
summer ball on Saturday 4th August. Live band, great food...
July 7th
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humour
pages
The humour pages have been updated.
Guaranteed to raise a smile or two...
July 7th
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June 2001 |
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fun
and games section
The Fun and Games section !
Loads of excellent games, jokes and humour etc to keep you
amused !
June 25th
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photo
gallery
The Rogues Gallery ! - Photos old and
new. Do you recognise who this is?
Send in your pictures now to
appear in this section !
June 18th
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23
Pioneer Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps
Details and exploits of the 23 Pioneer
Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps are now online.
There is an interesting article on life as a UK Army 'Professional
Slaughterman'.
June 15th
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forums
update
Just a quick reminder that when you
post into the forums you need a password for the RPC members
forum and the 23 Pioneer Regiment Forum.. All the other forums
you just need to enter a username (anything you want), and
don't enter anything for the password. When you are there
please sign the guestbook.
June 12th
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special
article for D-Day
54 years ago today since D-Day.
Have you ever heard about Compound 219 ?
June 6th
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website launched
RoyalPioneerCorps.co.uk website is
finally launched ! - hope you like it.
If anyone has any articles, pictures, stories etc that they
would like to see added to this site then please get in touch.
This website will be updated on a regular basis. You can tell
when it was last updated by looking at this news page. This
site is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5x.
June 6th
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pioneer
corps magazines
There are 180 magazines in total dating
from 1943 to 1993.
The most prestigious occasions of the Corps will be put online
in full.
Also the war history of the Royal Pioneer Corps from 1939-1945
by
Major E. H. Rhodes-Wood will also be available for download
in electronic form to read.
This project will not be ready though for some time.
June 6th
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