Stanley Bagshaw and the Short-Sighted Football Trainer (Stanley Bagshaw Series)

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Chaplain to the Forces (3rd Class) Reverend Alan Paul JEANS, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, Army Cadet Force

A number of military personnel have been granted state honours for their work in the Armed Forces. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Captain) Ronald PARKER, Corps of Royal Engineers (now Royal Army Medical Corps) As well as those listed below receiving state honours, Her Majesty The Queen has also bestowed a personal honour on a select group of soldiers who were closely involved in the funeral of The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in April. Recipients are cited for a wide range of activities, such as championing the needs of personnel, leading on conservation, representing the Army with distinction and providing outstanding support to the COVID-19 response. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “Congratulations to our esteemed Armed Forces personnel receiving state honours from Her Majesty The Queen in this year’s Birthday Honours List.He later attended Aberdeen University to study medicine and worked in towns across England and Scotland. He met his wife Joss in Cornwall in 1974 and they married seven years later. The character of Stanley Bagshaw was created and illustrated by Bob Wilson in a series of children’s books first published in 1980. The illustrations from the books were then used to create a six-part Yorkshire Television series for ITV, also narrated by Wilson.

While the town itself was pretty dull (it was famed for its tramlines and the local football team, Huddersgate Albion), things seemed to constantly “happen” to our Stan, invariably requiring him to be the hero of the day, preventing tragedies, defeating villains, and generally saving the day. Congratulations to our esteemed Armed Forces personnel receiving state honours from Her Majesty The Queen in this year’s Birthday Honours List. Warrant Officer Class 2 (now Warrant Officer Class 1) Samuel Stewart VANDAL, VR, Corps of Royal Engineers, Army Reserve Meritorious Service Medal ListMajor (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Gregory George ANDREWS, MBE, Corps of Royal Engineers, Army Reserve The exceptional qualities of 56 service personnel are being recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2021. year-old Stanley Bagshaw lived in the (fictional) town of Huddersgate – Oop North, “where it’s boring and slow”– with his Grandma at number four, Prince Albert Row.

The work our people do every day is nothing short of exceptional and I am proud to see so many individuals recognised for going above and beyond the call of duty to achieve excellence.” Captain Joseph Edmund Geoffrey READ, Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch Warrant Officer Class 1 John YOUNGER, The Royal Logistic Corps Chief of the General Staff Commendations The work our people do every day is nothing short of exceptional and I am proud to see so many individuals recognised for going above and beyond the call of duty to achieve excellence.Warrant Officer Class 2 Zoe Venus ROBINSON, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) On their wedding day the poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann was read by which they vowed to live their lives, a lesson passed on down the generations. First broadcast in 1984, the six episodes were repeated on Channel 4 in 1987 and by ITV in 1989 and 1990. Episodes Captain (now Major) Jayne Louise DONAGHUE, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

During his time in Whitehaven, Dr Bagshaw joined the practice at Catherine Street Surgery, and subsequently moved to Church Street surgery in 1986 and latterly to Mansion House Surgery in Whitehaven. Warrant Officer Class 1 Martin Steven LANCASTER, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch Warrant Officer Class 1 (now Captain) Stephen Christopher ATHERTON, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Major (now Lieutenant Colonel) James Daniel LOWEN, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersWarrant Officer Class 1 Jason Lea Christopher WOODRUFF, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class Alan Paul JEANS, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, Army Reserve/Army Cadet Force