DEAL, WALMER AND KINGSDOWN ROYAL REGATTA ASSOCIATION.
RETROSPECT
It
is twenty years since this Regatta was revived it is nine years since we
held it.
In
August, 1939, we were all ready for a Regatta and had to put it off.
What
we went through in the following years is too fresh in our minds to be
recalled.
Suffice
it to say, thanks be to God for such preservation as we have had and that
we
are able to hold a full dress Regatta again, even without a Pier.
There
have been many races in the intervening years, with no programmes,
no
starting times, no prizes but the glory of self-sacrifice.
Let
us never forget the epic of Dunkirk, a heroic - mammoth race in which
an
army was rescued from death to victory, the daring raids on Dieppe and
St. Nazaire
and
the immortal landing on the beaches of Normandy.
To
the Deal Rowing Club we would say,
well
rowed G. Newing, N. Cohen, F. Franklin, H. Little,
S.
Jones, H. Brumell, Tim McManus. Farewell!
At
the going down of the tide - and at the rising - we remember You.
PATRONS:
RT.
HON. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, O.M., C.H., M.P.
(Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports),
The
Earl of Guilford.
The
Lord Northbourne.
Field-MarshaI
The Lord Rirdwood, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.N.G., G.C.V.O., C.l.K., D.S.O.
(Captain
of Deal CastIe)
Sir
Gerald W. Wollaston, K.C.B., K.C.V.O.
Sir
Ernest Bruce Charles, C.B.E.
H.W.
The Mayor of Deal (Alderman S. Little, J.P.)
D.
A. Daniels, Esg., O.B.E. (Town Clerk of Deal).
Contesa
di Sant' Elia.
Major
John Arbuthnot, M.S.E.
J.
R Thomas, Esq., M.P.
Col.
J. E. Leech-Porter, C.B.E., A.D.C., R.M.
(Commanding
Officer, Depot Royal Marines).
Councillor
W. P. D. Stebbing (Deputy Mayor of Deal).
Mrs.
W. P. D. Stebbing (Mayoress of Deal).
Warre
Bradley, Esq.
G.
W. Hardman, Esq.
(Chairman,
Deal, Walmer and District War Memorial Hospital).
Dr.
D. W. Kirk, M.B., B.S.
(Medical
Officer of Health).
V.
K. Phillips, Esq.
(President,
Deal and District, Chamber of Trade),
F.
T. Colegrave, Esq.
(President,
Deal, Walmer and District Rotary Club),
P.
Billing, Esq. (President, Deal Bowling Club).
A.
Baynton, Esq. (General Manager, East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd.)
Mrs.
Courtenay Mayers.
Chairman.
Cr. Leonard B, Watson. - Deputy-Chairman. Sir Ernest Bruce Charles, C.B.E.
Treasurer.
A. C. Urry, Esq - Secretary. Mr. A. Shotbolt. - Assistant Secretary.
Mr. M. RuggIes.
Management
Committee: Mr. L. B. Watson (Chairman), Mr. C.C. Job (Chairman, Aquatic
Committee)
Mr.
W. B. West (Chairman, Shore Committee), Mr. J. C. Bodker (Chairman, Carnival
Committee), Ald. C. U. R. Cavell (Chairman, Publicity Committee), Mr. A.
C. Urry (Treasurer), Messrs. F. J. Hunt and W. Hills (representing the
Deal Rowing Club), Mr. A. Shotbolt (Secretary), Mr. W. Ruggles (Assistant
Secretary).
Headquarters. 43, Queen Street, DeaI
September 1947