Note from Shay Bassett

I enclose a couple of photos of the RA memorial at the UK's Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is sited outside the RHQ area of a locating Regiment based at the Camp, and unfortunately there were about 17 names on the cross. I was in Bastion as a result of escorting comedians Mike King and Andy Clay during an entertainment tour of the various locations in Afghan where our troops are based. We ended up overnighting at the Camp en route because of the weather. It was the tail end of Winter, and rather stormy when we there. My lasting impression of Camp Bastion is a sandy stony plain that stretches as far as the eye can see, with a climate similar to our very own Six Cross in Waiouru at the equivilant time of year i.e. not a nice place. Bamyan, and Kiwi Base in particular, were a relative paradise after Helmand.