September 12th 2013
Royal Naval Reserve Commodore visits HMS Sherwood’s new homeCommodore Andrew Jameson is the national Commander of Maritime Reserves and is based at Navy Command HQ on Whale Island in Portsmouth. The Commodore visits units such as HMS Sherwood annually but this trip was far from routine as he got the chance to look around what will soon be HMS Sherwood’s new local base, […]
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Reservist’s wife: I’m very proud of my husband and his achievementsNicky Parsons, aged 42, is married to Derek, a Naval Reservist, who is based at HMS Sherwood, Nottinghamshire’s only Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) unit. The couple have three young children and have been happily married for 18 years. Derek, who was recently promoted to Petty Officer, deployed to Afghanistan in February 2012 and completed a […]
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“I’ve gained life skills I wouldn’t have got elsewhere”Richard, aged 26, who works as a Teaching Assistant at St John’s Primary School in Ripley in his civilian life, has been a Reservist at the East Midlands only Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) unit, HMS Sherwood in Nottingham, for four years during which time he has successfully climbed Mount Snowdon, participated in the Queen’s Diamond […]
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Reserves sail into the futureForesters House, Swiney Way, currently home to the Army Reserve Unit: 350 Field Squadron (Air Support), 73 Engineer Regiment, will be refurbished and an existing garage space reconfigured to create the improved premises that will also become home to the city’s only Royal Naval Reserve unit: HMS Sherwood. Also co-located at the site will be […]
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Military personnel help celebrate East Midlands in BloomThe Reservists from HMS Sherwood, Nottingham’s only Naval Reserve unit, the Territorial Army (TA) and Royal Auxiliary Air Force were invited along to the event following the National Armed Forces Day activities in the city last weekend. Warrant Officer 1 Sean Jones from HMS Sherwood said: “We were delighted to be invited along to the […]
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Naval Reservists support Uniform to Work DayUniform to Work Day takes place every year ahead of Armed Forces Day, and is designed to raise awareness about the different roles Reservists do in our communities as well as raising awareness about the forthcoming National Armed Forces Day event in Nottingham. Leading Seaman (LS) Derek Parsons, aged 45, spent much of 2012 mobilised […]
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