Droxford and District Branch R.B.L Speakers at Branch Meetings
Pre 1998
"A Major at Alamein" Field Marshal Lord Carver
1998
"Battle of the Nile" Mr Colin White (Sept 1998)
Rear Admiral Sir Paul Greening (Branch Annual Dinner)
1999
"The future of the Trimaran" Mr Christopher Stonehouse (April 1999)
"The renaissance of Portsmouth Harbour" Mr John Vail (July 1999)
2000
"The Aftermath of War" Surgeon Captain Morgan O'Connell (Feb 2000)
"Running out of Earth (Climbing Everest)" Mr Neil Laughton (Mar 2000)
"Life in the Merchant Navy, changes since the war" Capt. R.Joyner (Apr 2000)
"H.M.Inspector of Prisons" General Ramsbottom (Annual Dinner)
2001
"Climbing and Walking Throughout the World" Mr Michael Moody (Feb 2001)
"King Lud and Queen Mary, Life in the Merchant Navy" Capt R.Joyner (Mar 2001)
"The Royal British Legion" Lt General. Sir Roderick Cordy Simpson and "Trafalgar talk" Dr Andrew Gordon (Annual Dinner)
2002
"Medical Experiences in Afghanistan" Dr Robin Denham (Jan 2002)
"Life as an Officer in the Army on Active Service" Capt. Giles Malec (Feb 2002)
"A Frigates Eye View of the Falklands Campaign" Commander. Peter Mosse (March 2002)
"Life in the Royal Household" Rear Admiral Sir Paul Greening (Annual Dinner)
2003
"From Rebels to Heros. 36 Ulster Div. Somme 1916" Col. Jos McCabe (Jan 2003)
"Five Hundred Years of Service to the Mariner" Commodore Peter Melson (Feb 2003)
2004
"A Captain for P&O Cruise Liners" Commander Ian Gibb (Mar 2004)
"HMS Warrior, Past and Present" Capt. David Newbury (Sep 2004)
Admiral Sir Jock Slater (Annual Dinner)
2005
"Recruitting Gurkhas" Col. Alan Brown (Jan 2005)
"SOE France, 1040-1945" Mrs Elspeth Forbes Robertson (Mar 2005)
"Deployment of the Black Watch in Iraq" Lt Col. James Cowan (Sept 2005)
2006
"Operation Telic, Iraq" Major Giles Malec (Jan 2006)
"Kohima, Then and Now" Major Herbert Brice (Mar 2006)
"The Handover of Hong Kong" Commodore Peter Melson (May 2006)
"The Judge Advocate of the Fleet" Judge John Sessions (Sep 2006)
Cdr Julian Malec (Annual Dinner)
2007
"Tactical Helicopter Flying in Iraq and Afghanistan" Wing Cdr. Richard Mason (Jan 2007)
"Managing Water" Mr Bob Edmunds (Mar 2007)
"Operation Corporate, The Flaklands Campaign 1982" Capt. Andy Buchanan (May 2007)
"Everest. The Challange and the Cost" Mr Mike Truman (Sept 2007)
"Life as Bridge Master of Tower Bridge" Lt Col. Chris Stevens (Annual Dinner)
2008
"Submarines in the Cold War" Cdr Jeff Hill (Jan 2008)
"With 1Mech Brigade, 6 Months in Basra" Major Giles Malbec (Mar 2008)
"T.E.Lawrence - not just Lawrence of Arabia" Mr R.Knight (May 2008)
"A Yachting Adventure - Sweden to The Solent via The Baltic" Mrs Janet Melson (sep 2008)
2009
"Guns and Cocktails - Adventures of a Diplomat" Mr Adrian Sindall (Jan 2009)
"National Service 1958-60, My part in the Cold War" Mr Peter Holt (Mar 2009)
"Writing Obituaries for The Times" Rear Admiral Guy Liardet (May 2009)
"The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League" Col. Paul Davis (Sep 2009)
2010
"A Midshipman 1941-43, Fun Fear and Farce" Cdr James Pardoe (Jan 2010)
"Portsmouth Historic Dockyard" Cdr Julian Malec (Mar 2010)
"Gliding, Free as a Bird" Mr Mike Dawson (May 2010)
"A Tour in Afghanistan" Major Giles Malec (Sep 2010)
2011
"History & Current Operations of the Empire Test Pilot Training School" Cdr Simon Sparkes (Jan 2011)
"The 1545 Battle of The Solent" Dr Dominic Fontana (Mar 2011)
"China, A Nation of Paradoxes" Mr John Rowlinson (May2011)
"Ethiopia, The Kingdom of the Lion of Judah" Dr Paul Buxton (Sep 2011)
"The British Legion" Cdr Julian Malec (Annual Dinner)
2012
"Gallipoli 1915, Strategic Stroke of Genius;Tactiacl Bloody Disaster" Rear Admiral Guy Liardet (Jan 2012)
"Capt. Bernard Warburton Lee VC, 1st Battle of Narvik" Cdr Rob Scott (Mar 2012)
"A Falklands Retrospective, 30 years on" Various Speakers (May 2012)
"The 1545 Battle of The Solent" Dr Dominic Fontana (Sep 2012)
"Veterans Outreach Support" Cdr Peter Mosse (Annual Dinner)
2013
"Building Your Own Aeroplane" Prof Bob White (Jan 2013)
"Seafarers and Scurvy" Prof Duncan Colin-Jones (Mar 2013)
"Recollections of a War Artist" Mr Gordon Rushmer (May 2013)
"The Silk Road - A journey through Uzbekistan" Cdr Julian Malec (Sep 2013)
"The Lieutenancy" Brig. David Harrison (Annual Dinner)
2014
"Letters from the Ukraine" Mr Kit Powell (Jan 2013)
"Admiral George Anson, his life and legacy" Prof Duncan Colin-Jones (Mar 2013)
""Droxford Station, A Line in History" Mr Tony Williams (May 2013)
"Mons, 1914" Commodore Peter Melson (Sep 2014)
"Verterans Outreach Support Update" Surg Capt Margan O'Connell (Annual Dinner)
2015
"Flying in the First World War" Prof Bob White (Jan 2015)
"The Secret Ministry of Ag & Fish. Churchill's School for Spies" Noreen Riols (Mar 2015)
"Countering Piracy in the Indian Ocean" Vice Admiral Duncan Potts (May 2015)
"National Memorial Arboretum" Cdr David Scott (Sep 2015)
"Remembering the dead in the War" Cdr Julian Malec (AGM)
2016
"Robots, Lasers and print your own ship - is this the future?" Capt. Paul Porter (Jan 2016)
"Shackleton - feats of endurance" Mr John O'Reilly (Mar 2016)
"Patrolling the Southern Ocean - experiences in the ice with HMS Endurance" Rear Admiral Nick Lambert (May 2016)
"The evolution of Naval Nursing, Crimea to Afghanistan and beyond" Commodore Inga Kennedy QARNNS (Sep 2016)
"Wine Tasting" courtesy of Barton Vintners (AGM)
2017
"Security in Eurpe - what next?" Rear Admiral Chris Parry (Jan 2017)
"Whizzes, Bangs and Whispers (British Army Development)" Lt Col. Alan McComb, RSigs (Mar 2017)
"The Wager Disaster (loss of HMS Wager 1741)" Rear Admiral Kit Layman (May 2017)
"Managing the Skies Above Britian" Mr Martin Rolfe, CEO NATS (Sep 2017)
"The centenary of the WRNS and women in the RN" Lt Cdr Janet Melson (AGM)
