Guild AGM
Secretary writes:
The Guild AGM weekend will be held at Highgate House
Northampton between the 29th and 31st January 2016. All members and associate
members are invited. An application form to book your accommodation
requirements is attached.
The Guild AGM will be held on the afternoon of Saturday 30th
and formal notification of this will follow.
The final details of the programme for the weekend are in
the process of being prepared and will be put up on the website in due course.
However one element will be a Naseby battlefield walk which will be held on the
afternoon of Friday 29th. It would be useful if members interested in
participating in this would indicate that on the application form at this
stage.
Payment for the weekend can be made by cheque (made payable
to the Guild of Battlefield Guides) or bank transfer (if using this method
please let me know when you have paid and reference the payment so that I can
identify it). Payment must be made before 31st December 2015.
The 100th Anniversary of
Edith Cavell's execution
John Richardson writes:
On Monday 12th October at 1045hrs there was a service of
remembrance and multiple wreath laying ceremony at the statue of Edith Cavell
to mark the centenary of her execution. It was by her statue in St
Martin's Place outside St Martin's-in-the Fields Church. It including a
last post played by a member of the Rifles. There is an annual act of
remembrance there. I saw at least four "members" of the Guild
there, possibly five. The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association
(Millbank Branch) standard was flanking the statue with the RBL National
Standard as the as the Chairman of the RBL was present and he laid a
wreath as did the Chairwoman of the Association. There were half a dozen other
RBL Standards. There were probably about two hundred mourners present.
I guided thirty members of the QARANC Association Millbank
Branch to Brussels a fortnight before following Edith Cavell's life and death
in the city on a bespoke tour for "Spirit of Remembrance", who are prepared
to organize tours for groups wishing to follow the Cavell trail. The narrow
streets are very difficult to negotiate by coach.
Guide Wanted
Secretary writes:
I have received the following specialist guide request. If
you can help please let me know.
I am looking to organise a battle field study based on the
Maginot line for 15 armed forces motorcyclist. The aim of the study is to
enhance the knowledge of the group. I will be heading it up and planning
etc
There is monies in the budget to pay for time and all other
expenses will be covered ( hotel and meals)
My question is could you put me in touch with a historian
who rides a motorcycle and is willing to spend up to 7 days away in France
around June 2016
Vehicle Break Ins
Gary Weight writes:
On the matter of Thefts from vehicles in the latest Guild
Update I can confirm that Normandy has been hit again this year. Indeed my
vehicle was broken into in early October at the Hillman Battery at
Colleville-Montgomery (between Sword Beach and Caen). Two windows were smashed
and some items stolen. I can also confirm that break-ins have been reported in
car parks at Pegasus Bridge, Utah Beach and Point-du-Hoc this year. These are
just the ones I know about and I am certain there will have been more judging
by the reaction of the Gendarme at Ouistreham whom I had to report my incident
to.
Napoleonic Events in
October and November 2015
Suzanne Brunt writes:
23 Oct 1930 Norman Cross Gallery, Peterborough PE7 3TB talk
by Paul Chamberlain on The Battle of Waterloo £5 for non-members. fonx2015@gmail.com
24-31 Oct Windsor Castle half-term events.
02 Nov Cavalry and Guards
Club, 127 Piccadilly. London
talk by Marcus Beresford, Lord Decies. details from angloportuguese@talktalk.net
04 Nov Council Room, Kings
College, The Strand London
next door to Somerset House, all welcome at the Autumn
Meeting of The Waterloo Association. starts 1800 Sir William Mahon speaks on
The Life of Henry Percy.
04 Nov Glyndwr University, Mold Rd, Wrexham LL11 2AW Mick
Crumplin gives the ABF Lecture. reception@glyndwr.ac.uk
01978 290666
05 Nov 1715 Kings College, Room K6.07 Dept of War Studies,
6th floor Kings Building, Strand WC2R 2LS 'Maritime Relief:trans-national
charities for British POW's in Napoleonic France'
lecture by Elodie Duche. contact alan.2.james@kcl.ac.uk
06 Nov Friends of Lord Hills Column, Council Chamber, Shire
Hall, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND
1800 £5 book with Amanda Mullins 01743 851115 or 07720
677530 Mick Crumplin talks on The Bloody Fields of Waterloo.
06 Nov 1930 Church Meeting Room, Stilton, Peterborough talk
on Stiltons part in the story of Norman Cross £5 fonx2015@gmail.com
JOHN TAMS CONCERTS
07 Nov Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne Dorset
WARHORSE CONCERT with John Tams and Michael Morpurgo.
15 Nov Sun Inn, Hitchin, Herts
21 Nov Reeth Memorial Hall, North Yorks.
26 Nov The Boathouse, The Parade, Parkgate CH64 6RN
07+08 Nov Jane Austen Society of Denmark, Copenhagen
Weekend.
City tours and Regency Dinner at Schaeffergarden Palace at
Gentofte
£150
copenhagen1815.simdif.com
07 Nov Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, a Jubilee Opera premiere.
'The Drummer Boy of Waterloo' by Megg Nichol and David Stoll. megg@meggnicol.demon.co.uk
enquiries@aldeburgh.co.uk http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/contact
11 Nov Royal Highland Fusilier Museum,Sauchihall St, Glasgow
G2 3LW Mick Crumplin and Carol Divall speak. www.rhf.org.uk
0141 332 0961 for times.
14 Nov 0930-1700 Tower Theatre, North Road, Folkestone CT20
3HL
The Shorncliffe Lectures
Day
£18/£15
01303 223 925 secretary@shorncliffe-trust.org.uk
free entry to a book festival.
14 Nov Windsor Castle Waterloo Conference £55/£49.50 www.royalcollection.org.uk
19 Nov Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Newfoundland Rd, Deepcut
Mick Crumplin speaks on Waterloo.
01252 833371 1900 £5 for
non-members.
19 Nov 1830-2000 Black Watch Museum, Balhousie Castle, Perth
Major General James Cowan lecture 'The Battle of Waterloo'
01738 638152 £9/£7
24 Nov free lunchtime concert at The Guards Chapel,
Birdcage Walk.
http://www.guardschapelfriends.co.uk/
0207 414 3229
26 Nov 1930 Stapleford Granary, Bury Rd, Cambridge CB22 5BP
Col Nick Lipscomb talk 'Waterloo : Wellingtons greatest victory, or
Napoleons biggest blunder?'
£6 01223 849004
01 Dec 1500-1530 Weston Rooms, Burlington House,
Royal Academy.
Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD A
curators talk on
THE WATERLOO CARTOON the preparatory drawing for The
Meeting between Blucher and Wellington by Daniel Maclise.
THE EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL 03 JANUARY 2016.
1000-1800 Sat-Thurs 1000-2200 Fridays.
02 Dec 1830-2030 Old Royal Naval
College, Greenwich SE10 9NN
in the King William
Undercroft. info@ornc.org
The Battle of Waterloo in an authentic recreation of a
classic 19th century hippodrama on an outsize recreation of a Regency Toy
Theatre.
book on ornc.org 020
8269 2131 £10
08 Dec York Army Museum, Tower St, York YO1 9SB
Mick Crumplin lecture on Waterloo. 01904 461014
09 March 2016 Friends of the British Cemetery
Elvas provisional date for the Spring Reception to be at The Cavalry and Guards
Club Piccadilly London.
full details to follow as soon as possible.
German Halftracks pulled
from Polish River
Vern Littley writes:
Members may be interested in the following - https://m.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/two-german-wwii-halftracks-pulled-from-river-in-poland.html
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
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