New Members
Jo Hook writes:
We welcome the following new members into the Guild:
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Jeff Jones from Ontario Canada joins. His
interests are WW2 Airpower US Civil War WW1
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Jim Maynard from Hatfield Herts joins. His
interests are The Western Front
·
Nick Lipscombe from Portugal joins. His
interests are The Peninsular Wars
Membership Fees
Jo Hook writes:
Would all members paying by BACS inform the membership
secretary in order to update current records. Please could all members
email membership secretary at the membership address and not via personal email
address. This address is mbr.sec@gbg-international.com
Also:
Would the member who sent a membership renewal to the member
secretary please identify themselves. Cheque is from the Bedfordshire
regimental memorial appeal - no identification as to who this member is.
D Day Anniversary
Secretary writes:
Members going to Normandy between the 4th - 8th June are
advised to refer to the official MoD website - https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/d-day-70
which explains the accreditations you will need to move around the area. I have
had a conversation with the MoD people and at the moment it seems that the
major security 'lock down' will take place on the 6th and that relatively free
movement with be possible on the 5th.
New Route to Normandy
Secretary writes:
Members may be interested to note that Flybe are to start
operating a new route from Southend Airport to Caen starting on the 6th April.
Prices look good.
Anzac Day 2014
Secretary writes:
Information regarding the arrangements for Anzac Day are now
on the website at http://gbg-international.blogspot.co.uk/
John Baskyville VC Primary
School
Paul Trickett writes:
RE: Frank’s link about the former John Baskeyfield VC
Primary School.
Members might like to know that they can go to the link
below here on change.org and sign the petition, if they so wish. I know I have!
New DVD Released
Tim Saunders writes:
‘Le Cateau’ the second in the series of WW1 films by BHTV,
featuring Guild members was released on DVD this week by Pen & Sword
Digital. It picks up the story of 1914 from the start of 5th Division’s
withdrawal from the canal line west of Mons and charts the epic 24 hour march
back into France astride the Mormal Forest to the hills above Le Cateau. Here
with the cavalry outposts driven in General Smith Dorrien, with the Germans
snapping at his heels was forced to stand and fight on 26th August 1914.
The team, Paul Oldfield, Mike Peters, Andrew Duff, Tom
Dormer and Tim Saunders, take the viewer through the battle, with the whole
being supported with maps and diagrams, to II Corps break clean and the
dreadful night march to St Quentin. While Ed Church provides vignettes on the
soldier’s clothing and equipment.
The third part of the series ‘Nery and the Retreat from
Mons’ is at an advanced stage and will be available within the next four weeks
or so.
The British Army and the
Overthrow of Napoleon in 1814
Frank Baldwin writes:
Professor Charles Esdaile
A lecture and sandwich lunch, 12.30-2.00pm Wednesday 16th
April 2014, Hosted by The Fusiliers Museum London in the Officer's Mess of The
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers HM Tower of London
This year is the bicentenary of the defeat of the Emperor
Napoleon by the forces of the sixth coalition. The British and their Portuguese
and Spanish allies invaded France across the Pyrenees in the last act of the
peninsular |War.
Professor Charles Esdaile is Professor of Modern History at
the University of Liverpool. He is a leading historian of the Napoleonic wars
who has written extensively about the Peninsular War.
Our hosts will be the Fusiliers Museum and the event
includes a sandwich lunch a glass of wine and the opportunity to network in the
exclusive surroundings of the Fusiliers mess in HM Tower of London.
If you would like to attend this lunchtime talk, please make
a donation of £25 for each attendee (£20 for members of the Battlefields Trust)
and email your name, contact number and any special requirements
(dietary/mobility) to helen@battlefieldstrust.org
On receipt, email confirmation will be sent together with directions to the
venue. If you have any questions, please ring 0207 387 6620. We look forward to
welcoming you.
In order for you to receive a pass allowing you access to
the RRF Building inside the Tower of London and be included in the catering you
must book at least 48 hours before the event.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally
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costs for the charity.
BBC News
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D-Day code veteran visits Bletchley Park to see
top-secret machine - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26988623
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
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