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- Peter J Schuffels, Chief Engineer MSC Crossed the Bar
- Captain Derek P Richards RD* RNR Crossed the Bar
- Chief Officer James M Roe RFA (Retd) Crossed the Bar.
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- The Clock Book Cometh Oct 2018
- RFA Reunion 2019 Durham
- 2nd Engineer Officer Ronald Blundell, Crossed the Bar
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Chief Officer James M Roe RFA (Retd) Crossed the Bar.
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It is with much sadness that I report that Chief Officer James (Jim) M Roe RFA (Retd) Crossed the Bar on 29th October aged 71. This was reported to me by John (Sid) Kempton.
Former RFA Chief Officer (X) Jim (James) Roe crossed the bar on 29 October aged 71 after a long struggle with cancer. Jim, who incidentally never joined the Association, was medically retired from the service in the 1980s and subsequently worked for the Prison Service and later the Met Office as Port Met Officer, Southampton. When the Southampton job became defunct, Jim closed the office and retired himself in the mid 1990s. Once retired, Jim and his wife Marianne moved to a little hamlet in La Chapelle-Neuve, Brittany.
As Sid said in his email to me further details will be sitrepped to this page as and when known.
On behalf of the RFA Association I offer our sincere condolences to his wife Marianne sons James and Thomas and grandson Dominic
If you have any remembrances of Jim please email it to me at captain.pat@rfa-association.org.uk and I will post them on this page. I am also looking for photographs of Jim for this piece and the RFA Association Gallery and Archive, If you have one please email it to me.
RFA Reunion 2019 Durham
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The RFA Reunion 2019 will be held at the Radison Blu Hotel Durham on 11th May 2019 and I would suggest that you book your room in the Radison Blu soon as I am told they are filling up. I booked today (23 Oct) and I was quoted £145 for a double occupancy room for 1 night and £9 parking for 24 Hours.
The Radison Blu Durham.
Have as shufti HERE for their website with all their contact details and also details about the rooms other facilities etc and HERE for a map which does show the location of the Radison Blu and other hotels close by.
Durham Taxis have fare calculator (have a shufti HERE) and according to this the fare from Durham Railway station to the Radison Blu should be about £3.60 (don't quote me)
As more details become available regarding the Reunion and of course the AGM I will post it to this page.
Peter J Schuffels, Chief Engineer MSC Crossed the Bar
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It is with sadness that I report the Peter Joseph Schuffels Chief Engineer Officer with the Military Sealift Command crossed the bar on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 in Knotts Island, North Carolina USA aged 74. Pete will be remembered by we older ones for his time as an exchange officer with the RFA in the early 1990. My thanks to Mel Watmough and Rex Cooper for the heads up
On behalf of the RFA Association I offer our sincere condolences to his wife Zenaida and all his family.
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The James Coulll Memorial Award 2018
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The trustees of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Association are delighted to announce that the 2018 Commodore James Coull Memorial Award has been made to First Officer (now Chief Officer) Jamie Edward Finlay RFA for his outstanding performance in RFA Mounts Bay, during Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in the British OverseasTerritories of Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands,the Turks Caicos Islands and the independent island of Dominica (Operation Rumen) after they suffered unprecedented damage post hurricanes IRMA and MARIA. It is clear that he ticked all the boxes one would expect from an officer of the modern RFA and more.
Captain Derek P Richards RD* RNR Crossed the Bar
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It is with much sadness that I report that Captain Derek Paul Richards RD* RNR and member 0338 Crossed the Bar on Saturday 27th October 2018 aged 75. I have spoke to his son Ben and he informs me that it will be a private funeral service followed by cremation.
On behalf of the RFA Association I offer my sincere condolences to his wife Helen, daughter Zoe and son Ben.