Coming Events 2025

8 March - Committee Meeting - Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth 20 March - Inaugural Meeting of Severn Area Group - United Sevices Mess, Westminster Chambers, Cardiff CF10 1AG. Contact TCA Secretary Matthew Salisbury on 26 April - White Rose Group - Premier Inn, York NW.  YO26 6RL . Contact Allan Buster Brown on  20 June - Bristol Channel Group Lunch at … Read More »

May 2025

TCA SLOPS CLEARANCE SALE We have several items in Slops which are surplus to requirements for the New Regime recently announced. BARGAINS,BARGAINS,BARGAINS These items are being sold off at just £5 per item, inc Post and Packing. Embroidered Blazer Badges – 5. Baseball Caps : Logo 1, – 3,         Logo 2, – 4. Binders for TON Talk – 10. RN Berets - 7. Sizes: 57,  59,  60 ( … Read More »

March 2025

TON CLASS ASSOCIATION - BRISTOL CHANNEL GROUP NOTES OF INAUGURAL MEETING 20th March 2025 At the UNITED SERVICES MESS, CARDIFF Organised by TCA Secretary Matthew Salisbury PRESENT Brian THORN, Robin BOND, Mike BRYANT, Mike PREECE, Jeff POOLE, PETER GITTINGS, Julian SALISBURY, Bob REID, Bob THOMAS, Charlie WILLIAMS, Ray SUMMERS, Digby WALL, Will EVANS, Gordon CEATON, Matthew SALISBURY N.B. I h … Read More »

January 2025

Selamat Hari Kerismus dan Tahun Bahru Poopalu Nagiah, an Associate Member who lives in Port Dickson, Malaysia has sent us Best Wishes for Christmas and New Year and asks to be remembered to all who served in 104 / 6 Minesweeper Squadron during late 1950's to late 1970's in Singapore. Many will recall Poopalu as the skinny teenager who hung around the jetty and welcomed many visting TONs. Alway … Read More »

Sepember 2024

WHITE ROSE GROUP at Eden Camp Remembrance Parade  On 8th September members of the White Rose Group attended the All Services Remembrance Parade held at Eden Camp, Malton, Yorkshire, as they have done for several years past. Pictured below (L-R) are: Phillip Fluke, Clive Dennison,Standard Bearer Dave Parrish, Terry Foreman and Allen Brown. … Read More »

August 2024

Ann Soanes RIP It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Ann Soanes, widow of our long-serving former Chairman John Soanes. Ann was a tremendous suppport to John throughout his many responsibilities as an RN Petty Officer, Senior Police Officer and Chairman of both Torbay Branch of the RNA and the TON Class Association. She was well-respected and much loved by TCA members and a … Read More »

July 2024

Report of the July meeting of the White Rose branch held in York. Present, Terry Foreman, Trevor Dixon, Alan Hewitt, Clive Dennison, "Pincher" Martin, Phil Fluke and myself. Allan Brown. Apologies were received from Pancho Brett and  Jeremy MackRell ( due to ill health), Jim Virgo ( broken arm), Ken Rutherford and Dave Parrish. I gave an update on correspondence received and our present financ … Read More »

June 2004

Visit the Summer 2004 edition of the newsletter of Vancouver Island Military Musem under Further Information page for the impressive story of Royal Canadian Navy contributions to the Korean War and also the REAL story of actor James Doohan, aka Engineer Scotty from StarTrek. YARNTON's Cyclone 1966 We have been contacted by Chris Vasper, whose father was a Royal Signals Sergeant and Ham Radio op … Read More »