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2025

Events will be published once they are announced

Valleys Branch Sunday Lunchtime Carvery 11 May 2025

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1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards Junior Leader Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Dinner The Tank Museum Bovington Saturday 17th May 2025

The Wessex RCA Branch is pleased to host this unique opportunity for a dinner in the Tank Museum for those members of the KDG, Bays and QDG who started their Army career in the Boy’s Squadron RAC or the JLR RAC or who were Permanent Staff.

Price

£35.00pp

Dress

Lounge Suit, Regimental or Corps Tie

Timings

18:30: Wreath Laying Ceremony at the RAC Memorial Wall

19:00: Reception Drinks in the Tank Story Hall (Kindly provided by Henry Sugden of Defined Wines)

19:30: Dinner Served in the Tamiya

Menu

Starter:  Ham Hock Terrine, Piccalilli, Capers

Main:  Chicken Supreme, Dauphinoise Potatoes, Leeks, Wild Mushrooms, in a Maderia Sauce

Dessert:   Lemon Posset, Raspberry, Sable

Tea & Coffee

3 bottles of wine on each table

Port

A cash bar is available throughout the evening, Seating will be arranged based on Pass Off Years and tables for the Band with Permanent Staff sitting on the tables that covered the years they

served at Stanley Barracks.

Carriages from 11pm

Payment Details

Please make payment of £35.00 to Lloyds Bank, Account Name: Home HQ 1st QDG. Sort Code: 30-92-07. Account number: 01567390

Reference: Surname JLR and year passed off from JLR or Band, or PS for permanent staff and year they were posted to JLR. E.g. JonesJLR1972.

Campervans and Caravans

The Tank Museum has given permission for anyone wishing to park a campervan or caravan to use car park 4 on the night of Saturday 17th. Please let Dave Way know if you intend to use this facility by emailing your car/campervan registration to qdgrca.wessex@btinternet.com

Tour of Stanley Barracks

An organised group tour of Stanley Barracks is being arranged for 14:00 on Saturday 17th.

Access to the Tank Museum

As RAC Veterans you are entitled to free entry to the museum, on the weekend you can get entry by telling the ticket office you are part of the QDG JLR Dinner party.

QDG-RCA Wolfenbüttel Annual Gathering 19th – 23rd June 2025

Ladies – Gents, over the Weekend of the 19th June 2025 we will be  holding our Waterloo “Cultural” Gathering in Wolfenbüttel – Germany.

 This is an open Invitation to any Serving QDG / ex QDG – KDG – BAYS or attached Regiments  to come along and join us for a fun Weekend, telling Tall stories of daring do whilst drinking Copious amounts of German Bier over a “Currywurst mit Pommes”.

 Those of you interested in participating in this “Cultural” event, please PM Martin Ruscoe on FB for further details of Location — Hotels — etc.

QDG-RCA Powys and Border counties Oswestry Rugby club weekend of the 10 – 16th July 2025.

It is planned to hold the dinner on Friday 11th July 2025.
Oswestry RUFC have kindly allowed us to hold the event at their club.
Dress for the Dinner will be smart casual with shirt and Regimental tie for us gentlemen, if owned, this is so a small amount of etiquette can be maintained, However, if the weather is obsessively hot, planters order maybe worn
Cost for the sit down dinner is £40 per person, other weekend meals will be on a Pay as you Dine basis. 
Payment by cheque payable to HHQ QDG and annotated ‘Oswestry gig’2025 on reverse of cheque.
Postal address: HHQ QDG, Maindy Barracks, Whitchurch Road, Cardiff CF14 3YE.
OR.
You can now pay by bank transfer to Home HQ 1st QDG Sort Code 30-92-07 Acct No: 01567390. (Lloyds Bank) Your reference would be: Your Surname followed by Initial followed by OSD25. Example Jones DS-ODS25
There are enough spaces for Campervan, Motorhomes, Caravans and tents, and a very limited space inside the club for camp beds, although it is very basic. With toilets and showers available 24hrs
PLEASE FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
All payments MUST be received no later than 10th June 2025.

QDG-RCA Annual Reunion and Dinner, Cardiff – 18th October 2025

Masonic Hall as the last few years, full details, menu and payment option will be posted in due course but date is confirmed.