Congratulations to
CPO (Ops)(HQ)
Tony "Maggot" Matthews
who has been
awarded the
Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal in the New Year Honours
2004 |
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Congratulations
are also due to Tony on his selection for promotion to
Warrant Officer RNR, the first to be promoted
through the ranks
of the
RNR. Tony was a much valued rating of HMS Wildfire before transfer
to HMS President on the closure of the unit.
This web site is under development. Work is being carried out to
develop the 1964-1989 pages first.
The site is an account of the history of the Royal Naval Reserve
in the Medway Towns from the Commissioning of HMS WILDFIRE in 1964
as a HQ Unit attached to Flag Officer Medway to the present.
It concentrates on the period up to 1989. An anniversary book was
prepared for the 25th Anniversary celebrations in 1989 by Lieut
Commander Bill Hagger RD RNR, but not published. That explains the
reason for dividing the site into pre and post 1989. Without his
assiduous work this site would not have been possible. Copies of
the Anniversary book can be obtained from Bill - e-mail
for details.
The spirit of HMS WILDFIRE lives on in the form of the Nymphe
Society where former members of the ship's company continue
to meet on a regular basis.
More recently the Royal Naval Reserve has returned to the Medway
Towns in the form of the thriving Medway Division of HMS PRESIDENT,
the London Reserves Training Centre.
Since 2000 the ship's name HMS WILDFIRE has again been part of
the RNR. The Reserves Training Centre at Northwood, in north west
London, now bears the name.
To find out more about the Royal Naval Reserve visit the Centenary
web site, where you can also find contact
details for RNR Reserves Training Centres.
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