The National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association
Mid-Ulster Branch & Northern Ireland Branch
Nigel Coulter – RAF-Wings
The flowerbed shown has been planted on the main Lisburn to Dublin road in Northern Ireland. Lisburn Branch of the RAFA (Royal Air Forces Association) organised this with the local authorities and there should be a permanent Association presence in this spot from now on.
The picture shown includes the late Nigel Coulter, active member of the Lisburn Branch, Area Council Member and Northern Ireland Regional Committee Vice Chairman. Nigel was integral to this project and this image is a tribute to his dedication.
Nigel was also the Honorary Secretary of the Mid Ulster Branch of the NMBVA
For more information on the RAFA go to http://www.rafa.org.uk
London Cenotaph
Mr Trevor Percival Honorary (left) Chaplin of The Mid Ulster Branch pictured at the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Day 2010. Photo: Kindly supplied by Don Mott of the North Kent Branch
QUB Services Club
NMBVA members attending the QUB Services Club 85th Annual Dinner 13th November 2010
Burma Star at St Anne’s Cathedral
Four members of the NMBVA pictured at St Anne’s Cathedral Belfast where they attended the service to mark the laying up of the colours of the Burma Star Association. (Left to right Mr George Mc Fernon , Mr Andy Weir, Mr Harry Sharkey of The Northern Ireland Branch and Mr Tony Baker MBE of the Mid-Ulster Branch)
Ballyedmond Castle-PJM
Presentation Ceremony at Ballyedmond Castle
Our Branch Patron The Right Honourable the Lord Ballyedmond OBE., JP., LLD kindly invited NMBVA veterans to his home Ballyedmond Castle County Down on Saturday 23rd October 2010 for a tour of his estate and a sumptuous luncheon prior to presenting Pingat Jasa Malaysia medals to six veterans on behalf of the Malaysian Government to British servicemen and women who served in the hostilities in Malaya,Singapore, Borneo and the Kingdom of Brunei after Merdeka until the cessation in 1966 when Indonesia declared peace.
List of Recipients
Mr Robert Eric Faulkner Royal Air Force
Mr John Loughrey 22 Light Air Defence Rgt., Royal Artillery
Mr Wenford Maguire 1st King’s Dragoon Guards
Mr William Partridge 6 Light Regiment Royal Artillery
Mr Eric McIlveen 1st Battalion Argyll and Southern Highlanders
(Unable to attend, received by his niece Mrs Patricia Baker)
Mr George Hewitt Royal Navy
- Mrs Pearl Coulter presented a bouquet to Lady Mary Ballyedmond
- Mr Danny Faulkner, Branch President thanked Lord Ballyedmond and presented him with a NMBVA shield.
- Lord Ballyedmond presented Mrs Pearl Coulter with a scroll to mark the service of our Late Honourable Secretary Nigel Coulter ISM.
