From Len Keeling

It is once again my sad duty to inform you all of the death of Maj Paul Dutton Glos/RGBW
Paul passed sway on 30th June 2026 after a short fight against the dreaded Cancer.
Anyone wishing to contact Mrs Lucie Dutton may contact Debbie Hards at the Rifles Taunton Office who will supply you with address etc
Funeral details will follow later.
As ever
Len RU

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This will be my final report on this but of course, please let me know if you have any questions. I have added a bit of detail which will hopefully be of interest to some of the readers of the newsletter who served in Gorazde, and whom may even wish to return themselves. I have copied in a number - who have been close to this over recent years. 

• 22-25 Apr 2026: Ian Harris (OC A Coy 1994) and  Jerry Biggs (OC 3 Platoon 1994/95  - Ben Hinton’s Platoon Commander) visited Bosnia including Gorazde. 
• Over recent months, and as reported in previous RGBW Association newsletters, the lower memorial for Phillip Armstrong,  Martin Dowdell and Chris Turner has been moved to be combined with the upper memorial to Ben Hinton.
• The main purpose of this trip was to complete this 'relocation’ project by fixing an ‘explanatory’ brass plate to the now ‘combined’ memorial and to lay a wreath.
• The memorial location is at the A Coy UNPROFOR OP7 location on the side of the ’new’ road from Gorazde to Sarajevo. The Gorazde Children’s Foundation (GCF) memorial (opened in May 2023) to all six UK soldiers killed in Gorazde, including to our four RGBW, is located next to this memorial. 
• Although Ian Harris has revisted the area many times since 1994, this was the first time that Jerry had returned since he left Gorazde in early 1995 - 31 years ago! So inevitably, this was also a bit of a 'battlefield tour’ with the intent to visit as much as possible, to meet and chat with as many locals as we could, prompted by showing my 1994 photos. There was plenty of story telling along the way!    
• Itinerary (an ideal basis for those interested in visiting):   
• 22 Apr: Travel UK to Sarajevo. Visit the Sarajevo seige Tunnel Museum 
• 23 Apr:
• Travel (hire car) from Sarajevo to Gorazde - the long way (the 1994/95 UNPROFOR convoy route!) via the infamous Rogatica town (1994/95 Serb checkpoint site), and Visegrad (Bridge over the Drina).
• Gorazde: Visit of the RGBW / UNPROFOR site of ‘Cotswold Camp - including the bus station (A Coy base). Chatted with staff whose fathers had been in the Bosnian Army within Gorazde with us. 
• Familiarisation of  the town and the vicinity including ‘Factory Valley' - and the two sites of the RGBW vehicle incidents. 
• Met with an impressive young local Gorazde politician. He was the son of a local Bosnian Army commander who served within Gorazde during our UNPROFOR tour.  He is now involved in bottling water from a mountain spring close to our memorial (OP7) site and distributing it further afield within Bosnia. 
• 24 Apr: 
• Further local visits and ‘story telling’ around our 1994/95 locations.
• Main focus: Attached the engraved brass plate on the rear of the newly combined RGBW memorial, lay a wreath and paid our respects.
• Return to Sarajevo via the ‘short’ route and the town of Pale. 
• ‘Battlefield tour’ of Sarajevo, including visiting The Seige of Sarajevo museum and the Genocide museum
• 25 Apr - depart to UK
• My thanks to:
• The RGBW Regimental Association for its generous grant towards the memorial relocation cost, and for the provision of a RGBW wreath.
• The Gorazde Children’s Foundation charity (started by ex-RGBW Maurice Evelyn-Bufton) for their support in sourcing in-country labour to conduct the physical relocation and refurbishment of the memorial.
• Personal contacts of Ian Harris, especially Muki (a Gorazde / Sarajevo) local, who for over 20 years has supported me in the establishment and maintenance of our RGBW memorials in Gorazde. 
• Updates are on the Facebook 'RGBW Gorazde' site.
• Finally, for any reader who may be considering a similar return to Gorazde including Sarajevo and Visegrad, Ian is very happy to help with advice, maps, and recommendations for travel/flights, car hire, accommodation, and local contacts etc. It is a safe, interesting, cheap and beautiful country to revisit and explore. I’m available on  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

Regards. Ian Harris: 26th Apr 2026