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No 10 SQUADRON ASSOCIATION
Membership of the 10 Squadron Association is open to those who are serving or have served on the Squadron in the past, as well as their relatives. Whilst the majority of the sections on the website require a Username and Password to view and hence may only be visited by paid-up Members, a limited number are nevertheless available to all. We hope that you enjoy your visit here.
Association joining details may be found in the Top Menu.
AIMS OF THE 10 SQUADRON ASSOCIATION
• To preserve the spirit of comradeship formed during service with 10 Squadron
• To sustain a close relationship between the Squadron and the Association
• To provide a focus for contact with other former Squadron colleagues or their relatives, by promoting attendance at Annual Reunions and Remembrance Day Services at the 10 Squadron Memorial
• To encourage the collection and preservation of documents, photographs, anecdotes and memorabilia with which the Squadron’s history may be enhanced
• To encourage Squadron and Association members to contribute to the Association website
• To encourage members of the Squadron to join the Association
MEMBERS
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10 Squadron was formed at Farnborough on 1 January 1915 but later that week moved to Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey. Now based at RAF Brize Norton, as part of the AirTanker Hub, the Squadron operates the Voyager A330 tanker/transport aircraft in the AT (Air Transport), AAR (Air-to-Air Refuelling) and VVIP roles. Together with its sister No 101 Sqn, the two units employ a joint manning strategy on flying tasks, without losing a strong sense of individual unit identity as was evident in the Squadron's Centennial Year of 2015 when HRH The Princess Royal presented No 10 Squadron with a new Standard.
The 10 Sqn Association was formed in 1984 with the aim of preserving the spirit of comradeship formed during active service on the unit and a close relationship continues to be maintained with the present day Squadron. Membership is open to all who have served, or continue to serve on 10 Squadron, together with their relatives or friends of former Squadron members.
If you are a potential member, the Association Committee hopes that you enjoy reading the information on this website and after joining the Association, if you so choose, you will be granted access to the Members' Area, where many past records and other items of interest await you. Joining instructions are given in the Top Menu.
The Association organizes two main events each year. A Reunion Dinner is held each May in the RAF Brize Norton local area, to promote a strong fellowship amongst our members. In November, a Remembrance Day Service takes place at the 10 Squadron Memorial which is located at the entrance to the former RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire, where the Squadron was based in WW2. The ceremony preserves the memory of the personnel who sacrificed their lives when serving on the Squadron in WW2 and also remembers those who have passed away during peacetime in later years. All are welcome to attend. Scroll down further to read of the Memorial.
The 10 Squadron Association 2024
Contacting Us
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Memorabilia
Be advised that because the Association has no permanent postal address or official 'home' as such, we cannot accept any items of personal memorabilia that family members might consider appropriate to donate to the Association. Whilst we are most grateful for their kindness to think of us as possibly being suitable recipients, it may nevertheless be more practical to donate any such items to a museum or local history society.
In that way, items will be recorded and placed on an inventory which should then prevent them from subsequently appearing for sale on internet 'sales' websites where their future would be indeterminate. Sorry.
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THE 10 SQUADRON MEMORIAL
Imperial War Museum Register of Memorials - http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.31016/fromUkniwmSearch/1
The Memorial was designed by Norman Appleton (1926 - 2022)
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 
A Service is held each year at the 10 Sqn Memorial, Melbourne, Yorks YO42 4SS
A short 15 - 20 minute service by the Memorial is usually followed by coffee and bickies on the nearby farm.
We are grateful to Mr John Rowbottom, owner of Melrose Farm, for his continued support of the 10 Squadron Association, for his care and maintenance of the Memorial and for allowing us to hold our Annual Remembrance Service here.
A few Order of Service pamphlets will be available at Melbourne for those attending the Remembrance Sunday Service but it might be prudent to download and print part of the copy from the pdf link below. (You need only print the pages 3 to 5 (3 x sheets) which are specifically pertinent to the Remembrance Sunday Service.)
Remembrance Sunday 'Order of Service' Booklet - 2024 version
Directions to the memorial situated at the entrance to Melrose Farm, Melbourne, North Yorks. YO42 4SS are given below:-
Note : If coming from York on Remembrance Sunday, the B1228 road is closed in Elvington between 1100 – 1200 hrs for the Elvington Village Remembrance Day service and parade. Through traffic is not allowed through Elvington to Sutton on Derwent and Melbourne.
FOLLOW THIS ROUTE INSTEAD ------
From the A64 York ring road take the exit for the A1079 signed for Beverley & Hull. At 9.3 miles from the A64, opposite Barmby Moor Industrial Estate, take a right turn at the roundabout, signed to Melbourne & Allerthorpe. (Road sign points to Pocklington Gliding Club to the left.) There is a Service Area here where toilet facilities are available.
Pass through Allerthorpe village, passing the Plough Inn, seen on the right side of a sharp left-hand bend and take no exits from this lane until reaching Melbourne village from the east.
Turn left (south) into Campey Lane and after 1 mile turn left at the next T- junction. The sign post below is at this junction where you should turn left and it shows Seaton Ross 2 miles and Mkt Weighton 9 miles.
Travelling east towards Seaton Ross, the Memorial is on the right after 1 mile, adjacent to a large sign marked Melrose Farm. Adequate parking is available up the side tarmac, farm lane by the Memorial. Total journey distance from leaving the A1079 at Barmby Moor roundabout is 5.4 miles.
Please plan to arrive at about 10:30hrs so that the 2 Mins Silence at 11:00 hrs may be observed on time.
wef Nov 2024 - SUNDAY LUNCHES are available again at The Plough Inn at Allerthorpe
Telephone The Plough on: 01904 – 463326 to secure a place for the Remembrance Sunday Lunch, not forgetting to add that you are a member of the 10 Sqn Association. We suggest that places there are not requested for dining until after 13:00 hrs on Remembrance Sunday. Settle up your own bills before leaving too.
NOTE: If coming up the M1 from the south via Sheffield, the most direct route is via the M1 - M18, passing abeam Doncaster, to the M62 Eastbound. Follow signs for HULL and leave M62 at Junction 37 for HOWDEN (12 miles from the Memorial). Follow B1228 north until turning due east to Melrose Farm, passing the signpost pictured above on your right side when you're getting close and about 1 mile south of Melbourne village. (The junction off the B1228 to turn east straight to the Memorial is under the 'g' in East Cottingwith on the map below.)
