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The Baton now has online donation and sponsorship pages available through BMyCharity Bmycharity is an online fundraising site that offers charities the opportunity to recruit fundraisers and collect sponsorship.  They are unique as they do not charge charities commission on donations made via their site. Bmycharity was set up by former Royal Marines Ben Brabyn [...]

We are so proud to have the Baton carried by Suzanne and her team on their personal test of endurance and a reminder of not only an incredible part of World War 2 history but also what women have been doing up to the present day, somewhere there’s a brave lady with her life on [...]

August 3rd 2010 After his evening at Hasler Company Alan was truly humbled by the spirit throughout the whole unit and said that to see and talk to men adapting to their individual situations in the way they were is more inspiring than words could ever explain….. Based in HMS DRAKE , HM Naval Base [...]

July 16th-18th 2010 Countess Sally Povolotsky, founder of Project Mobility said “Project Mobility proudly took the Baton to their official launch at the Land Rover Owner Show, supported by Allmakes 4×4 Ltd, where Jacobs Spanner was underway to build in 3 days for LCpl Daniel Robertson from the Coldstream Guards. Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE attended [...]

July 4th 2010 On Sunday 4th July Alan was invited to the Isca College of Media and Arts, Exeter to hand the Baton over to the chosen Isca team competing in the Exe Valley Challenge, 10 miles to be completed alongside the River Exe inside a given time. The chosen team were Martha Ash, Maddie [...]

The ‘Ghorkana Cup’ 2010 The Ghorkana Cup was started in 2009 and consists of a 20 mile tab in 15kg of kit concluded by a shoot at 200m in accordance with a current practice on the yearly shooting test every soldier must complete.   This year, the team that carried the Baton throughout consisted of Major [...]

Thursday 1st July Mark White, who with his wife Lyn is incredibly supportive of the Baton’s cause, handing a cheque over to Alan Rowe MBE for £1,000 from Ben Parkinson to the Baton, this money will be going to the Royal Marines C Group whose aims are…..

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June 8th 2010 On Tuesday 8th June, Alan was invited onboard ‘Astute’ the Royal Navy’s latest Submarine and delighted to hand the Baton over to Cdr Andy Cole, OBE.  Official photo’s were taken which will be posted shortly. Astute is the largest, most advanced and formidable vessel of its kind ever operated by the Royal [...]