Mr Michael Welham has informed the Association of the death of Mr Ludvik Schafer who served with 1 DERR from 1961 - 1964, serving in Tidworth, Malta and Cyprus.  His funeral is to be held at the West Wiltshire Crematorium at Semington, near Trowbridge, BA14 6HL at 16:30 hours on Monday 29 June 2025.  The Association extends its condolences to his widow, Mrs Rita Schafer.

Mr Fraser Monger, the son of Mr Anthony (Tony) Monger, has informed the Association of the recent death of his father at the age of 63 years.

Major Clive Rendle, who died on 29 April 2026 at his care home at Cadogan Court in Exeter, will be remembered by many of our older DERR members as a larger than life character, a consummate regimental officer and a devoted family man.

Members can now upload photos that they might feel might be of interest to other members.

So how is this done? 1st log into the website, then navigate to the "Members Portal" in the top menu there you will find an item entitled "Upload photos" select that and create a category in your name then you'll be able to upload images/photos. I would suggest that create albums as you go.

The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum in Salisbury will re-open on Monday 16 February 2026. The final stages of the refurbishment are underway and in early January the museum staff will start filling the display cabinets with the artefacts. The work on bringing the collection up to date and displaying it in an interesting and imaginative way has been a long process, one that started over three years ago. 

Earlier this month the Daily Telegraph published a long article about the Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre which killed 29 Service and RUC security personnel on 2 June 1994.  The link to the article is below:

https://mcusercontent.com/385b795f557d0f1ce0b00b7b6/files/83c37eb7-1bf3-eb3b-2d9a-029f94ee608c/In_1994_29_men_died_when_an_RAF_Chinook_crashed._This_is_how_the_MoD_hid_the_truth.pdf