Membership Eligibility If you have served in the RE (PS)/(PCC)/(PCS) you are eligible to join the PCS Branch of the REA. If you served in the ATS or WRAC and trained as a Postal & Courier … READ MORE
Postie News
WRAC Association Centenary Stamp of Approval To help celebrate the Centenary of the formation of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Association and to support fundraising for the new WRAC Lady statue to be unveiled at the National Arboretum early 2020, the British Forces Philatelic Service (BFPS), in conjunction with the WRAC Association will be producing a special commemorative cover to be issued on the 1st December 2019. The cover bears an image depicting women soldiers in various roles during the past century. A Royal Mail Scottish 1st Class definitive stamp (lion rampant) was chosen for the cover to reflect the Association’s … [Read more...]
Bereavements
Capt Mike Redshaw Sadly we have been informed that Mike Redshaw passed away on the 5th May 2020, he died suddenly at the age of 59. Mike served from 1979 to 1987 leaving PCS in 1984, being posted as a Troop Commander to 35 Engineer Regiment in February of that year and then as Regimental Signals Officer in 21 Engineer Regiment in March 1986, before leaving the Army in 1987 as Captain. On leaving the army he commenced his property career with Mathews & Goodman in Liverpool and Manchester. He then joined a large Land Agency practice in Preston as a Director, to set up their commercial arm, where he remained for 9 years before … [Read more...]
Forces News
Veterans New Railcard Government fulfils promise to veterans with new railcard. Military veterans to get cut-price train travel to help boost job prospects and bring them closer to family and friends. Military veterans will get cut-price train travel to help boost job prospects and bring them closer to family and friends, with a new railcard on sale from Armistice Day, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced today (22 January 2020). Available from Armistice Day this year, the railcard will extend discounted train travel to the more than 830,000 veterans not covered by existing discounts. Royal Engineers Association 18 … [Read more...]