On the 28th of November 1983, at 8.00pm, 55 ex serving members of The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers met at the premises of the RAOB Club, at the junction of Lumb Lane and Hallfield Road, Bradford, for the purpose of forming a West Yorkshire Branch of the REME Association. Those men, whose names are listed below, became the Founding Members of the Branch, which still flourishes today.
*Denotes "Still Active Member"
*K. Bland
R. Brown
E. Alston
R. Beaumont
J. Benton
W. Bowers
*D. Carr
W. M. Carrick
B. Cartwright
D. Chesswas
S. Conroy
*G. Daglan
*D. Davies
G. Dinsdale
P. Donelly
J. G. Falkingham
J. Halmshaw
D. Hampson
A. Harrison
R. S. Higson
D. Humpleby
J. Hurst
R. Killinbeck
A. Knapton
C. Lancaster
*R. Leach
*D. Lee
W. Levell
A. Lloyd
S. Lunn
S. Munson
P. Myers
*J. North
R. Parker
F. Patrick
S. Piper
*R. Priestley
*J. Rayner
J. Read
D. H. Robinson
W. C. Shepherd
S. D. Smith
H. J. Smith
R. Sutcliffe
E. Sutcliffe
I. Townson
R. C. Vickery
N. Whitaker
*L. Williams
J. Wilman
G. Winn
F. E. J. Wood
R. Wood
W. Yaxley
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING
THOSE PRESENT:
Col. B. S. Turner-Comd. Maint. N.E./N.W Districts
Col. (Retd.) Carreck-President Elect.
Mr. B. Slicer-Patron Elect.
The first proposal from the floor:
A BRANCH BE FORMED
The second proposal from the flooTHE BRANCH BE NAMED "THE WEST YORKSHIRE BRANCH*
ElECTION OF OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN: Mr. J. North
VICE CHAIRMAN: Mr. E. Alston
HONORARY SECRETARY: Mr. J. HalmshawHONORARY TREASURER: Mr. B. Priestley
PROPOSAL;
Branch meetings be held on the second Monday of each month, the next one being the 12th December 1983
The chairman then introduced Colonel Carreck who agreed to become President of the newly formed Branch. He then addressed the meeting and expressed his thanks for the invitation to become President.
