Chairman’s Corner September 2012

Chairman’s Corner September 2012

Chairman’s Corner September 2012 Last Friday was the annual CADS golf day. CADS members were joined by guests Gerry Caulfield, George Bohlander, and Lt Cdr Chris Grey, from HMS Ocean which was visiting Amsterdam. The weather stayed mostly dry, with just a few showers,...
CADS Golf Day

CADS Golf Day

The CADS Golf Day dawned bright and breezy, with lots of cloud scudding across the sky. CADS members were joined by guests Gerry Caulfield, George Bohlander, and Lt Cdr Chris Grey, from HMS Ocean which was visiting Amsterdam. The weather stayed mostly dry, with just a...

Weekend pilgrimage to the Somme battlefields

Saturday 15th September & Sunday 16th September 2012. Last Sunday morning at 7:30 am, John Cameron-Webb, Jan and Gale Bakker and myself rose up from a WW1 trench, fueled by a spoonful of rum, and were immediately mowed down by the entrenched German machine gun...