Validation session 20th
May 2015
Alison Hine writes:
The next Validation event will be at the Battle Honours Ltd
offices at Stevenage on Wednesday 20 May 2015. Assignment One sessions
will be running concurrently and at present we have 9 candidates. It will
also be possible to validate Assignments 5 and/or 6. The event will
start with coffee and registration at 09.30 and end about 16.00. Lunch
will be provided. The cost per head for candidates and audience members
is £25.00 which includes lunch and coffee/tea etc. Joining
instructions will be issued nearer the time.
Candidates who have asked to present Assignment 1
are:
Rory
Stephens:
1st Norfolks and their action at Polderhoek Chateau
Steve
Chambers:
Green Howards, Red Tulips – The Assault at Lala Baba August 1915
Robert Gallagher:
The Australian Battle of Hamel
Dan
Hill:
The Hertfordshire Regiment on 31 July 1917
Greg Davy:
The Fen Tigers at Thiepval 1916
Chris
Nation:
22 August 1914 – First Shots
Francesco di Cintio:
TBC
Simon
Worrall:
TBC
Bryn
Dolan:
TBC
Candidates for Assignment 5: Peter McLelland
Candidates for Assignment 6: Anthony Rich, Roger Emmerson,
Peter McLelland
NB Please will all those candidates who have yet to confirm
their attendance and their proposed topics please do so as soon as possible.
Validators: Chris Finn, Mike Peters, David Harvey, Mike
Scott, Jools Whippy, Alison Hine, Christopher Newbould
Audience: Clive Harris, John Wynne, Tom Dormer, Tony Scott,
John Harris, Terry Webb, Roger Lye
We could do with more Validators and are very short of an
audience! Please would anyone wishing to attend contact Alison Hine on valsec@gbg-international.com
LAST CALL: Badged Guides
Dinner – Central London Friday 7th August
Graeme Cooper writes:
Will all Badged Guides who wish to attend the 5th Annual
Badged Guides Dinner please register their reservation by e-mailing Graeme
Cooper info@corporatebattlefields.com
Dress is Black Tie for gentleman and ladies accordingly.
Guiding Badges to be worn. The Dinner is 3 course with wine.
Reservation is a commitment on trust. When attendance is
known the price will be informed. The cost will be slightly higher than
last year (£71) according to the selected venue which is unique and steeped in
history.
Accommodation as usual is available at the Union Jack Club.
When booking please state that you are a Guild Member to secure the reduced
price offered.
Rendezvous for the evening will be at 7pm at a location to
be notified.
LAST CALL: Guild of
Battlefield Guides Annual Golf Championships Friday 21st August
Graeme Cooper writes:
Any Member wishing to take part in the Guild’s Annual Golf
Championship for the Ashhurst Trophy and Putter at the John O'Gaunt Golf Club,
Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedford SG19 2LY please e-mail Graeme Cooper info@corporatebattlefields.com
with their Guests names and Handicaps. Details and cost will be forwarded in
due course.
Waterloo Commemorative
Book
Secretary writes:
I have received the following communication from a company
called Extraordinary Editions which may be of interest to some members:
"Extraordinary Editions are the world’s most unusual
military publisher, specialising in large format, limited editions,
made by hand and designed to last for generations.
I am writing to introduce our latest work, the Waterloo
Commemorative Anthology.
An extraordinary event demands an extraordinary work to
commemorate it and the anthology is just that.
Seven years in the making the book contains over 500
pages, 300 of contemporary writing and 200 of illustrations,
many rare and some never published before. They are
printed on a stunning acid free, archival quality paper and bound by hand in
leather.
I have enclosed our e-brochure and for more information
please visit our website at: www.extraordinaryeditions.com
We are trying to bring our work to the attention of
Waterloo enthusiasts worldwide and I am writing to Waterloo tour guides to see
if they would promote
the anthology to their tour customers.
In return for handing out our brochures on your tours we
would pay a 10% sales commission on any order received as a consequence.
[ This is most easily achieved by putting their company
stamp on our brochures before handing them out ]
I was hoping that either the Guild of Battle Field Guides
could supply me with a list of guides who might be interested, or might pass
this offer
on to your members."
If you are interested please get in touch with the company
directly.
The Man who lost Singapore
Ryan Gearing writes:
I've got a manuscript from a chap who has written the story
behind the fall of Singapore
I'm looking for a Guild member who'd be interested in
reading it for credibility and overall feedback.There's a free copy of the
finished book for whoever does it!
If you are interested please contact Ryan at ryan@unicornpress.org
The Gurkhas - 200 Years of
Service to the Crown
Ryan Gearing writes:
I was present at the launch of the commemorative book “The Gurkhas
200 Years of Service to the Crown” by Major-General Craig Lawrence CBE last
week. The guests (who included fellow members Clive Harris and Julian Whippy)
were welcomed in the library at RUSI after the Brigade of Gurkhas Memorial
Service march from Wellington Barracks down the Mall to the statue in
Whitehall. After this we were given a presentation on the history of the
Brigade of Gurkhas from the author, Major General Craig Lawrence and supported
by Field Marshal Sir John Chapple, Brigadier (Retd) Chris Bullock, Major (Retd)
Gordon Corrigan, Colonel (Retd) William Shuttlewood (Director Gurkha Welfare
Trust) and Gavin Edgerley Harris (Curator of the Gurkha Museum). Obviously
there was a lot of discussion about recent events in Nepal and it was highlighted
that the Gurkha Welfare Trust is ideally placed with its support network
and infrastructure to assist the other aid agencies in the relief effort.
Here is a link with Joanna Lumley talking about the book,
Gurkhas and the recent events in Nepal. https://t.co/4wVQaXADUr
Validation Autumn 2015
Tim Saunders writes:
Following on from the Cranwell weekend in September the
Dieppe Validation weekend will take place over the weekend 28/29 November
2015. Primarily aimed at those candidates on the Near Continent it will
be open to all other candidates, as time in the programme permits. As Dieppe is
within striking distance, halfway (ish) between Normandy and the Somme we hope
to see plenty of members coming forward for validation from those locations.
There will, however, be a one day Validation event in SE England over the
weekend 14/15 November in order to fill the void left by the move of the AGM
and its associated validation opportunity to February 1916.
Details of both events to follow but expressions of interest
to Alison Hine please valsec@gbg-international.com
Even though the focus of the Dieppe weekend is very much
validation it is intended to run a low key battlefield tour on the Sunday in
such time as is available before dashing to the ferry.
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
International Guild
of Battlefield Guides
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