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Andy Baston

@andybaston

Retired Air Traffic Controller. Volunteer with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission @CWGC All views are my own.

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Joined July 2011
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Tinnitis Emeritus@pbontoast1Sep 2
On 2 September 1995, an RAF Nimrod MR2 (XV239) crashed into Lake Ontario, killing all 7 crew members. On 2 September 2006, an RAF Nimrod MR2 (XV230) crashed in Afghanistan after an in-flight fire, killing all 14 crew members Rest. We have the watch
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Roxy@stuartroxySep 2
2 Sep is a bad day for the UK MPA community as we remember our friends and colleagues who perished on this day in 1995 and 2006 when XV239 and XV230 crashed in Toronto and Afghanistan respectively. Till we meet again in the Scruffs’ Bar. 😢
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Met Charlie & Lindsay at The Swan pub in Marbury to discuss the impact flooding on Wrenbury Rd is having on the pub & residents. Together with Cllr James Pearson, I’m raising these issues with @CheshireEast pressing for a long-term fix, continued pumping & clear warning signage
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Privates Hodgkiss and Evans clean and tidy for #RemembranceDay @PoppyLegion #EOHO @CWGC
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Roxy@stuartroxy18 Oct 2025
The 111th birthday of No 201 (Guernsey’s Own) Sqn RAF at @RAFLossiemouth yesterday.
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Private John Hassall of RASC at #Whitchurch Cemetery - a lovely botticino marble headstone - cleaned today for #EyesOnHandsOn @CWGC project Thanks to whoever left the poppy @PoppyLegion
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Marine William Clay drowned when LCG 15 was overwhelmed and sunk off Milford Haven he was laid to rest in #Whitchurch Cemetery - grave now clean and tidy for @CWGC #EyesOnHandsOn #RM360 @RoyalMarines
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Lots of money raised for @TheChristie and a marathon pb for @tom_bastonUP @parismarathon
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Looking good at 20km #TeamChristie @parismarathon @TheChristie
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Cancer hits hard, we've found out first hand what an amazing job @TheChristieNHS do, please support @TheChristie justgiving.com/page/thomas-b…
Thomas's fundraiser for THE CHRISTIE CHARITY

Thomas's fundraiser for THE CHRISTIE CHARITY

Help Thomas Baston raise money to support THE CHRISTIE CHARITY

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Dave Thomas@akutrs15 Jun 2023
Undaunted, we have made a no-frills 48-page compilation edition FREE for QPR supporters to read and/or download. Most of the content will be familiar to many of you already, but it's really intended for those who have seen little of what we do. Link here: akutrs.com
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Absolute musical legend in #Nantwich @NevilleStaple @SugaryStaple brilliant!
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New ground for me today #FLEQPR
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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

Sounding The Last Post at St Clement Danes

Sounding the Last Post at St Clement Danes is Sergeant Tim Hynd from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force.

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The Baston Brains Trust and still they can’t beat me at cards @PlymUni @oceansciencetec #PlymGrad
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Thoroughly enjoyable time volunteering at @birminghamcg22 #B2022
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40 years down the road and still sounding great, thanks @ABCFRY
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Its #WarGravesWeek with @CWGC In 1939 Nellie Griffiths was working in a laundry in #Nantwich by 1944 she was an aircraft fitter at RAF Sherburn in Elmet She was killed when an Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle crashed during a test flight #OrdinaryPeople #ExtraordinaryTimes
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Nice hike up Ben Vane #munro
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Finally got back out to #Nantwich All Saints Cemetery - Cpl George Bleasdale @RoyalAirForce and Pte Joseph Howells @RWFMuseum - cleaned and tidied for @CWGC #EOHO
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