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Apr 20, 2020
Col Gordon Barnett MBE
Gordon Barnett MBE, R Sigs and SR had been suffering from cancer for about a year prior to his death. He was taken to hospital after...
Mar 26, 2020
Commander Howard Straw WKhM RN RNO
Commander Howard Straw died peacefully in a residential care home on 26th March 2020. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and...
Feb 16, 2020
Tim McCoy
Major Tim, The McCoy, died on 16th February 2020 after a short illness at Roborough House Ashburton. He is survived by his son Charles,...


Jan 27, 2020
Colonel Johnnie Johnson
We regret to report the news that Colonel Johnnie Johnson, who commanded Force Ordnance Services (FOS) and then succeeded Nigel Knocker...


Jan 15, 2020
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur al Said
It is with great sadness that the Sultan's Armed Forces Association mourns the death of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. His wise guidance...


Jul 10, 2019
Neville Baker WKhM(G)
Just days short of his 95th birthday, Neville Baker died peacefully in Sussexdown Care Home on Thursday 11th July. He’d originally joined...


Apr 11, 2019
Lt Col Karl Saxon Beale
Karl Beale was born on 12 May 1929. Commissioned into the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 14 July 1949, he was awarded an MID in...


Mar 3, 2019
Air Vice-Marshal Leslie Phipps
After a short illness, Les Phipps died peacefully on 3rd March. During a full RAF career, and with a background as a fighter pilot, he...


Nov 26, 2018
General Sir Charles Huxtable KCB CBE DL
Sir Charles Huxtable died on Monday morning 26 November 2018 following a relatively short illness. His death is announced in the Times...


Nov 9, 2018
David Duncan
Sadly, one of  3 (Heli) Squadron’s founding pilots, Dave Duncan, died this morning - 9 November 2018. Dave had been ill for some time...


Oct 29, 2018
Nick Moulton-Thomas
Nick Moulton-Thomas died on the morning of 29th October 2018 in al Nahdha Hospital, Oman. He was known to many in the Association and in...
Sep 22, 2018
Ted Carrington
Raaid Ted Carrington, who was OC HQ Sqn SOPR from 1983 to 1987 during David Baxter’s time in command, died on 23 September 2018 in...
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