Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support.

We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Pioneer Weekend
• Latest News
• Past Events
• Future Events
• Pat Morley demonstates to Dusty
• Burns Night Reunion
• PTSD
• Sgt Butlers War
• Postcard from France
• A Conscripts Tale
• Digging through the Archives
• AGM Minutes
• Pioneers on Juno Beach
• Press Cuttings from 1946
• Letters to the Editor
• Blast from the Past
• Photo Gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• Last post / Obituaries
• Lost Trails

and much more !





 Newsletter - October 2015

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• End of an Era
• Latest News
• Past Events
• Future Events
• Disbandment of 187 Tancred Company
• Cenotaph Parade 2014
• Naming of Cpl Roberts Close
• Josh Campbell meets the Queen
• News and Military Pensions
• Artisan Skills
• Honour and Respect at Wootton Bassett
• Battlefield Tour of Scotland
• From Military to Civilian
• World War 2 in Colour
• Previous Association Newsletters
• Larger than life Pioneer
• Association Shop
• Prisoners of Memory
• Photo Gallery
• Digging through the Archives
• 23 Sikh Pioneers
• The loss of 2 Platoons from 175 Company
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• Blast from the Past
• Press Cuttings from 1945
• Last post / Obituaries
• Lost Trails

and much more !


 Newsletter - April 2015

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support.

We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• End of an Era
• Latest News
• Past Events
• Future Events
• Bicester Parade
• 2014 Reunion Weekend
• Going Full Circle
• Command Dinner Night
• The Sale of Graven Hill
• The Fighting Pioneer Painting
• A Memoir of 44 Company
• Back after 74 Years
• D-Day Facts and Figures
• Memories of National Service
• The Strathallan
• AGM Minutes
• Pioneer Tattoos
• Blast from the Past
• Press Cuttings from 1944
• Photo Gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• RPC Association Shop
• Last post / Obituaries
• Lost Trails

and much more !


 Newsletter - End of an Era

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Latest News
• Past Events
• Future Events
• 23 Pioneer News
• Commando Speed March
• Details of the 2014 Reunion Weekend
• Cenotaph Parade 2013
• Regimental Boxing Night
• Pioneers reunited at Phoenix House
• Mental Health of Veterans
• 1912 Basuto Company
• Pioneers in 51 Commando
• Saving Sarah Rigler
• Going - Do Not Forget Us Poems by Bernard Fox
• The Labour Corps 1917/1918
• History of Mauritius Forces
• Field of Remembrance 2013
• Brigadier HGL Prynne
• Blast from the Past
• Press Cuttings from 1943
• A short story from Sarajevo
• Photo Gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• RPC Association Shop
• Last post / Obituaries
• Lost Trails

and much more !


 Newsletter - April 2014

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... with this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. Our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going.

Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Founders Day 2013
• Past Events
• Future Events
• General News
• 23 Pioneer News
• 168 Pioneer News
• Pioneer Diaries Part 2
• Ernest's vital role on D-Day
• Auxililary Military Pioneer Corps
• Photo Gallery
• Behind the Scarlet Coat
• A Christmas Card from 87 (Alien) Company
• Working in Civvy Street
• A short history of 64 Group Pioneer Corps
• Phoenix House
• Press Cuttings from 1942
• Letters to the Editor
• Pioneer Services Section
• Book Reviews
• Last Post - May they rest in peace
• Pioneer Services Section
• Lost Trails
• Association Shop
• The Cuneo Mouse
• And Finally...

and much more !

 Newsletter - October 2013

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... with this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Derby Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. Our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going.

Also included is the booking form for this years Reunion Weekend. I look forward to seeing you all there!

Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Pioneer Reunion Weekend 2013
• Past Events
• Future Events
• General News
• 23 Pioneer News
• 168 Pioneer News
• Corps of Drums Reformed
• Frank Shepleys War Service
• Steve Blenman's African Adventure
• Photo Gallery
• Kraxel - the full story still classified by MI6 today
• Pioneer Diaries Part I
• Press Cuttings from 1941
• Blast From the Past
• RPC Association Shop
• Letters to the Editor
• Pioneer Services Section
• Book Reviews
• Last Post - May they rest in peace
• Pioneer Services Section
• Lost Trails
• And Finally...

and much more !

 Newsletter - April 2013

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... with this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. Our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Loss of 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC
• Past Events
• Future Events
• General News
• 23 Pioneer News
• New “Pioneer” Centre at Bicester
• Disbandment of 8 Regt RLC
• Lost in France - Search for missing Pioneers from the BEF 1940
• Photo Gallery
• Harry's War - Harry Carass's letters home in 1940
• Pegasus Pioneers - Pioneers with 1st Airborne Division
• Wartime Service - Ray Wilson describes his wartime service
• Letter from my Father - William Cartwright describes D-Day Landings
• Photos from the Suez Crisis
• Press Cuttings from 1940
• Blast From the Past
• AGM Minutes
• History of the RPC Association
• Bill Carty recollects his service in RPC
• RPC Association Shop
• Letters to the Editor
• Pioneer Services Section
• Book Reviews
• Last Post - May they rest in peace
• Pioneer Services Section

and much more !

 Newsletter - October 2012

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... with this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Derby Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. Our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going.

Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Latest News
• Past Events
• Future Events
• 23 Pioneer News
• 168 Pioneer News
• Details of the 2012 Reunion Weekend
• Pte Stringer opens old peoples home
• The National Memorial
• New member celebrates his 100th Birthday!
• Son in first visit to father's grave
• The Suez Crisis 1956
• Waynes Keep
• Gran Pere Williams Diary - A great story of French Pioneers in WW1
• Reminiscences 1955-1959 - John Young remembers his Army Service
• Edinburgh Branch RPC Association
• Blast from the Past
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• RPC Association Shop
• Last post / Obituaries
• Pioneer Services Section
• Lost Trails

and much more !

 Newsletter - April 2012

Association members should be finding the latest issue of The Pioneer dropping through their letterboxes... With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going.

Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• Latest News
• Past Events
• Future Events
• 23 Pioneer News
• 168 Pioneer News
• Details of the 2011 Reunion Weekend
• Multi-Skilled Pioneers article
• Pioneer Trades School
• Reminiscing by Terry Martell
• The Pioneer magazine, 8 Corps District, 1945
• Military Curriculum Vitae
• 847 Smoke Company
• Diary from Pte S Johnson from 1943/1945
• AGM Minutes
• Coco the Clown article
• Diary from Pte S Johnson from 1943/1945
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• RPC Association Shop
• Last post / Obituaries
• RPC Association shop
• Lost Trails

and much more !


 Newsletter - October 2011

Association members should of received the latest issue of The Pioneer. With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Derby Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going.

Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• News section with details of past and future events
• Colonel Donald Dean and his exploits in Madagascar during WW2
• The Blitz, including extracts from Unit War Diaries
• Unveiling of the Athens Memorial
• Wartime Memories from 12 Centre Pioneer Corps
• Palastinian POW's, how the Germans reacted to Jewish POW's
• Fire Fighting, a report of 206 Coy during the Fireman's strike
• Blast from the Past
• Photo Gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• RPC Association Shop
• Last post / Obituaries / Lost Trails and much more !

 Newsletter - April 2011

Yesterday I finished the distribution of the latest copy of the Association Newsletter, you should receive your copy very soon, unless you have already received it. I hope you all enjoy it.

With this Newsletter you will, as usual, receive tickets for the Christmas Draw (unless you have already indicated that you are unable to sell them). It would be appreciated if you would give this your fullest support. We know that there are many causes requiring your hard earned money (especially in these difficult times!) but our two Draws per year help to keep the Association going. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• News section with details of past and future events
• Wartime log of prisoner of war Capt AL Hale
• The Erinpura-Basotho tragedy - 633 Pioneers lost their lives
• The National Arboretum
• From Aberdare to Albacete - wartime service in the Pioneer Corps
• A Military Gypsy - Memoirs of Lt Col CC Davey
• Blast from the Past
• Photo Gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• RPC Association Shop
• Last post / Obituaries / Lost Trails and much more !

 Newsletter - October 2010

This morning I finished the distribution of the latest copy of the Association Newsletter, you should receive your copy early next week, unless you have already received it. I hope you all enjoy it. With the Newsletter there is a return for the Reunion Weekend - 2nd-4th Jul 2010 at Bicester. If you are attending and early indications show a large number will be attending, please return by 15th June 2010.

As is normal I am enclosing tickets for the Derby Draw please give this your fullest support as the money raised help the Association to carry out its work. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this issue !

• News section with details of past and future events
• Final part of George Pringles story (unless he sends in more!)
• From Italy to Normandy
• Tunnels full of Cheese Sandwiches by Lt Edward Hayball
• Norman Carling and the Battle for Caen
• Colonel Donald Dean - the VC Hero
• Blast from the Past
• Photo gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• Last post / Obituaries / Lost Trails and much more !

 Newsletter - April 2010

Hot off the press is our latest newsletter... the printed newsletter should be dropping through your letterboxes anyday now, for which I have enclosed some Christmas Draw tickets - please give the draw your fullest support as this is now the main source of income for the Association. Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this excellent issue !

Also in this Newsletter are details of the 23 Pnr Regt Medal Parade and March through Bicester on 28 November 2009.. all members of the Association have been invited to spectate at these events and I hope to see you there.

• News section with details of past and future events
• Final part of George Pringles story
• Falklands - After the Battle with photos published here for the first time
• Lancastria Fatality
• Pioneers on D-Day
• My service with 120 Company
• Life and death of Horsley Hall
• Dieppe Memories
• Blast from the Past
• Massive Photo gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• Last post / Obituaries
• Lost trails

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - October 2009

Hot off the press is our latest newsletter, a week or so before it drops through your letterbox ! Please keep your letters coming in and I hope you enjoy reading the many great stories inside this excellent issue !

• Massive news section with details of past and future events
• George Pringles story Part II
• Frank Nichol remembers his time in Munster
• Normany to Neumunster - D-Day with 67 Pioneer Company
• Final part of life in a wartime smoke company - Smokey Joes
• Photo gallery
• Your letters
• Book reviews
• Last post / Obituaries
• Lost trails
• Pioneer humour

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - April 2009

Hot off the press... online for the first time ever before its through your letterbox !

• Latest news with details of past and future events
• George Pringles story
• My Life 1938-1946
• The Fred Hall story
• Prisoner of War story
• Reunion Weekend photographs
• Your letters
• Tragedy of the Lancastria story
• Smokey Joes story
• Book Reviews
• Last Post / Obituaries

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - October 2008

Now online! Inside you will find...

• Service in West Berlin by Maurice Grange BEM
• Where is tomorrow story by Dorothy Spencer
• National Service by Bill Goode
• Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace
• 23 Pioneer Medal Parade
• They lost their freedom fighting for yours by H P Weiner

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - May 2008

Now online! Inside you will find...

• The complete book 'It don't cost you a Penny', published in 1955.
• Quick Visit by ex Pte Leonard John Hooper, 190 Coy Pioneer Corps
• A 13 Year Old in 1939 by Cpl J Stout.
• Diary 1945 by Pte Charles Henry Warner
• Introduction to Demob by Peter Bowden
• Passout Parade Photos

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - October 2007

Now online! Inside you will find...

• Royal Visit to 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC
• The Party 1937 by Arthur C Cole
• Pioneering A.M.P.C to P.C. by Charles Thursby
• A Piper in the Army by Iain Insch
• My Army Years by Ex Pte Leonard John Hooper

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - April 2007

Now online! Inside you will find...

• Pte J Tancred, 187 Coy PC
• Approaching Normandy
• Liberty of Bicester Parade
• Six Years in the life of a Pioneer by Ex W02 PG Smith

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - October 2006

Now online! Inside you will find...

• St Davids Barracks
• Pioneering Days at Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps by W G Ford

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - April 2006

Now online! Inside you will find...

• Hospitality by Alex Dickson
• Reminiscences of a WW2 Pioneer Officer by Captain I W Haxell
• Pioneers in the Blitz

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - October 2005

Now online! Inside you will find...

• VE Day
• The Pioneer Corps during WWII
• Salerno by G D Pringle
• Acts of Bravery by members of the Pioneer Corps during WWII

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - February 2005

Now online! Inside you will find...

• Recollections of Harry Ratner on D-Day by Harry Ratner
• Remembering Cassino

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - September 2004

Now online! Inside you will find...

• Pioneers on D-Day
• Pioneers on Anzio

and much, much more !

 Newsletter - February 2004

Details on ladies dinner night, quiz, book worth reading, mr ron harrop, minutes of last AGM, history bit and list of members.

  Newsletter - September 2001

A small newsletter with an obituary to Ron Harrop.
"To have known him was a privilege to have had him as a friend was an honour".

  July 2001 - Northampton Branch