Guild Events 2015
Mike Peters writes
On behalf of all members who attended the Swindon Event and
the council, I offer public thanks to Ian Gumm taking on the organisation of a
Guild weekend. I was unable to attend as I was on tour in Arnhem but I have
heard nothing but positive feedback from everybody who attended. Thank you Ian
and thanks are also due to Chris Scott for delivering what I believe was a top
class battlefield walk - that’s what Guild Fellows do isn’t it? These weekends
don’t just happen it takes commitment and enthusiasm to produce the goods and
the result adds great value to the Guild itself. The weekend included a
validation opportunity that a number of members grabbed with both hands, well
done to those that progressed closer to achieving badged status - I look
forward to a bumper crop at the AGM. The validation would not have been
possible without the efforts of the Validation Secretary Alison Hine and the
validators that gave up their time to validate their peers - thank you all.
More validation weekends are at the planning stage - to those that have offered
to run them, the bar has been set high! This event follows in the wake of the
Forgotten Front Recce weekend run by Simon Worrall which was also a huge
success, thank you to Simon for coordinating and administering a very
successful recce that also attracted a lot of positive comment. We can now look
forward to the Dublin weekend organised by Kay Neagle, the programme looks
superb.
Membership Subscriptions
Jo Hook writes
If you haven't yet paid your annual membership subscription
please could you try and do it this weekend!!
A few points:
1. The payment window for membership fees
will close on 1 April 2015.
2. Please would members Email a
confirmation of payment to the membership secretary at mbr.sec@gbg-international.com
if payment is made by Bank Transfer.
3. A guide on how to pay can be found at http://www.gbg-international.com/bank_account.html
4. Members who have not paid by 1 April
will not be chased and it will be assumed that they no longer wish to renew
membership.
Returned copy of
Despatches
Mr Meijer of Leiderdorp (NL) – Your copy of the magazine has
been returned as not known. Please can you supply the Membership Secretary with
your current address
New Validation Package
Tim Saunders writes:
Members will be aware that the latest iteration of the
Validation Brochure including some new and replacement assignments is due to go
live at the beginning of next month. The Validation Team have, however,
discovered during the process of updating the associated Validator’s Handbook
and having seen how candidates increasingly interpret the outcomes and advice,
that we need to enhance clarity for both existing and new assignments.
Consequently we are re-wording certain aspects of the assignments in the Brochure.
This process will now inevitably delay the launch of the new package of
assignments by a couple of months.
The existing Validation package has been successful and has
served us very well over the last eleven years. This is, therefore, a part of the
process of continuing and considered evolution not revolution. Be assured that
the package will remain focused on aspects of guiding and guiding related
business and is still targeted at the guide who has experience of our craft.
Validation will also continue to be vocational and pitched at NVQ 3 level.
The V Team are not aware of anyone currently working on the
new assignments but if they are, they should over the next couple of months
concentrate their efforts on the assignments that have not changed. If in doubt
please contact a member of the V Team.
It is intended to publish the new suite of Validation
documentation and launch the package during June 2015 at the latest.
Dutch Validation Event
Saturday, July 18th, 2015
Wybo Boersma writes:
The Dutch Guild membership will be holding a validation
event on July 18th 2015 at the Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' in Oosterbeek.
There are currently three Dutch candidates participating.
The Validators will be Wybo Boersma and Willem Kleijn.
The proposed programme is:
09:30
Welcome coffee in the
Airborne Museum
10:00 to 11:00: Assignment 1 candidate:
11:00 to 12:00: Assignment 1 candidate:
12:00 to 13:30: Lunch (own expense) or
Schoonoord Restaurant Restaurant Hartenstein @ Laura. The location depends on
the number of participants.
13:30 to 14:30: Assignment 1 candidate:
14:30 to 16:30: Battlefield walk led by Luuk
Buist et al
16:30 -?
Closing reception at Restaurant Schoonoord
or Restaurant Hartenstein @ Laura.
Audience members are welcomed. Please note that the majority
of the proceedings will be in Dutch.
Stevenage Validation Event
– Wednesday 20 May 2015
Alison Hine writes:
The next validation event will take place at the Battle
Honours offices in Stevenage. We have ten Assignment One candidates
so far:
•
Rory Stephens
•
Steve Chambers
•
Chris Nation
•
Robert Gallagher
•
John Wynne
•
Dan Hill
•
Francesco Di Cintio
•
Simon Worrall
•
Greg Davey
•
Bryn Dolan.
We can manage this number using two rooms concurrently but
we will need both validators and audiences. Lunch will be
provided. Please could you put the date in your diary!
Guild Insurance
Secretary writes:
The Guild Public Liability Insurance will be renewed at the
end of March and a number of members have already let me have their details. If
you are interested in getting a quote please let me have details of your annual
guiding turnover and I will get quotes back to you asap.
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.
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.
American Battle Monuments
Commission Apps
Neil Bright writes:
Members may like to know that the American Battle Monuments
Commission have released two smartphone apps.
One for the American Cemetery at Madingley and the other for
the one at Colville sur Mer
These are easily downloaded in seconds via Google Play and
located by putting "American Battle Monuments Commission" in
the search option
600th Anniversary of the
Battle of Agincourt Conference 2015
Mike Peters writes:
I have received details of a forthcoming Agincourt
conference to be held at the University of Southampton:
We are pleased to announce that bookings for the forthcoming
international conference to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of
Agincourt which takes place at the University of Southampton between Friday 31
July and Monday 3 August 2015 are now open
We have a number of prestigious key-note speakers including
Professor Bertrand Schnerb (University of Lille III), Dr Andrew Ayton
(University of Hull) , Dr Alexandra Hildred (Mary Rose Trust), and Dr Thom
Richardson (Royal Armouries). Dr Ian Mortimer will be giving a special
public lecture on Saturday 1 August on The Meaning of War, and Professor Anne
Curry (University of Southampton) reflecting in an after dinner speech at the
conference dinner on 'life with Agincourt'.
There will be a very special event on Sunday 2 August with
privileged visits to the Mary Rose, Porchester Castle, Titchfield Barn (a
building which Henry V would have seen in 1415 and which is now a theatre), and
Titchfield Abbey, along with a conference dinner at the Royal Armouries Fort
Nelson, which includes a private tour of the artillery collection. There
will be a wide range of talks and papers and special events including visit to
the defences of Southampton.
The conference will start on Friday 31 July at 14.00
(registration from 12.00) and close at 12.00 on Monday 3 August 2015. The
full programme will be published in early May. (Proposals for papers are
invited by 29 April, the date in 1415 most of the indentures for the campaign
were sealed.
There are a number of packages available with costs starting
from as little as £100. The complete package, costing £325 (early bird
rate) includes all en suite accommodation, catering, all sessions and all the
privileged visits.
There is a discount available for Battlefield Trust members,
and should you wish to benefit from this discount, but are not yet a member
please do visit their website and sign up.
Please note that any bookings received after the 30 June,
the full charge will be applied, as we are charged additional administrative
costs. So please book early to avoid disappointment.
Upcoming Napoleonic Events
Suzanne Brunt writes:
The latest list of Napoleonic events is as follows:
Apsley House, 149 Piccadilly W1J 7NT 020 7499
5676
05 May 1830-2000 'Wellington Portrayed' with the 9th Duke of
Wellington. £25
06 May 1830-2000 'The Battle of Waterloo' with Peter
Snow £55 with included book.
11 May 1430-1600 'Weapons at Waterloo' with Paul Wilcox £25
19 May 1100-1230 'Managing the 1st Dukes Households' with
the Duchess of Wellington £25
20 May 1830-2000 'Wellington and Women' with Lady Jane
Wellesley £25
15+16 May 1800-2100 Museum at Night
Talks must be booked on 0870 333 1183 in office hours.
www.apsleyhouse.org.uk
National Army Museum Exhibitions and Displays around the UK.
find details of times and charges on www.nam.ac.uk/events 020 7730 0717
24 Feb-28 Nov The Gordon Highlanders Museum,
Aberdeen
24 Feb-28 Nov The Defence of Hougoumont, Guards
Museum, London
21 Apr-04 July Somerset Military Museum,
Taunton, Somerset
02 May-25 July Wellingtons Redcoats, Duke of
Wellingtons Rgtl Museum, Halifax
15 May-30 Oct The Black Watch Castle and Museum,
Perth
01 June-30 Nov The Battle for Honour, Cardiff Castle
Museum of the Welsh Soldier.
06 June-24 Oct Relics and Remembrance, The
Victoria Gallery, Liverpool
06 June-24 Oct The Story behind the painting,
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
03 June-01 Sep Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
06 June-24 Oct Museum of Liverpool
14 Sep-14 Dec Surgeons Hall Museum, Edinburgh
NAM will be touring the country with Pop-up Events,
including film screenings,
a nationwide quiz, and a travelling pub. visit the
website above.
NAM talks will be at The Army and Navy Club, 36 Pall Mall,
London SW1Y 5JN
they need to be booked at least 3 days ahead on 020 7730
0717
16 Apr 12.30 free Nick Lipscombe 'Wellington and
his Gunners'
30 Apr 12.30 free Alwyn Collinson 'Waterloo
stories of love,death and war'
30 Apr 20.00 £10/£7.50 Peter and Dan Snow 'Battle of
Waterloo Experience'
11 June 12.30 free Mark Adkin 'The 100 days:Napoleons
road from Elba to Waterloo'
11 June 20.00 £10/£7.50 Tim Clayton '4 days that changed
Europe's destiny'
25 June 12.30 free Dr Ted Vallance 'The Glorious
Revolution'
09 July 12.30 free Prof Philip Shaw 'Shocking
sights of woe:David Wilkie,Charles Bell+Waterloo'
23 July 12.30 free Catriona Kennedy 'The women
of Waterloo'
evening talks can be booked with dinner on 020 7881
6600 info@nam.co.uk
The Army and Navy Club has its own Waterloo talks and
banquets, look on
www.armynavyclub.co.uk/
for The Rag Waterloo Newsletter.
05 Feb-16 Aug ROOM 90 British Museum, Gt Russell
St, WC1B 3DG
'Bonaparte and the British:prints and propaganda in the age
of Napoleon'
free entry catalogue by Tim Clayton and Sheila
O'Connell £25
The following lectures in the BP
Lecture Theatre
must
be booked on 0207 323 8181 tickets@britishmuseum.org
30 Apr 13.30 in BP Lecture Theatre 'Wellington and the
French:a family view' with Lady Jane Wellesley.
19 June in BP Lecture Theatre 'Napoleon the Great' with
Andrew Roberts.
08 Apr-30 Aug Carnavalet Museum, 23 rue de Sevigne,
75003 Paris.
exhibition 'Napoleon in Paris' www.parismusees.paris.fr 0033 144
595859
01 Apr-30 Sept Carlisle Castle, newly
refurbished Cumbria Museum of Military Life.
1000-1800 £4/£3 enquiries@cmoml.org.uk
01228 532774
03 Feb-28 June Charrington Print Room,The Fitzwilliam
Museum,Cambridge CB2 1RB
free exh 'Print Making and the legacy of Napoleon'
01223 332900
31 Mar-31 May Chatham Historic Dockyard, ME4
4TY 01634 823800
'HMS Victory - the untold story' exhibition to mark 250
years from her launch at Chatham.
www.thedockyard.co.uk/plan/events/hms-victory-untold-story/
included in annual ticket.
23 June-15 Nov Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich
SE21 7AD 020 8693 5254
1000-1700 closed Mon. exhibition 'Napoleon's
Draughtsman'
to 03 Jan 2016 Dumfries Museum and Camera
Obscura,
The Observatory, Dumfries DG2 7SW. 01387 253374
'Waterloo remembered' explores the involvement of local
families in Napoleonic wars.
to 10 May The Fan Museum, 12 Grooms Hill, Greenwich
SE10 8ER
exhibition 'Waterloo:life and times-commemorating the
Bicentenary
info@thefanmuseum.org.uk
020 8305 1441 £4/£3
Firepower Museum, Woolwich Arsenal, SE18 6ST
planned closure in 2016.
sign epetition to protest on http://epetitions.direct.gov/petitions/64840
26-29 May Firepower Waterloo Week www.firepower.org.uk 020 8855 7755
The Guildhall, City of London, 020 7606 3030
call for availability of
guided tours including the statues of Wellington and Nelson.
28 March-18 Oct Hermitage Museum, P O Box 11675, 1001
GR Amsterdam.
1000-1700 'Alexander,Napoleon and Josephine,a story of
friendship,war and art'
0031 20 530 7488 www.hermitage.nl
also the Hermitage requests descendants of soldiers of N's
army to contact the
For tickets for Trooping the Colour and Beating the
Retreat in June.
www.householddivision.org.uk
0207 414 2207
until 09 June Imperial Carriage Museum, Schloss
Schonbrunn,1130 Vienna Austria
'coaching the Congress along'' coaches built for The
Congress of Vienna.
Lord Hills Column, Shrewsbury 2015 opening times. book
on 07720 677530 £5
04 Apr 1100-1600 06 Apr 1100-1600 25 May
1100-1600 13 June 1100-1600
08 July 1800-2030 16 Aug 1200-1600 31 Aug
1100-1600 13 Sept 1200-1600
03 Oct 1100-1600 friendoflordhillscolumn@gmail.com
to 07 June National Portrait Gallery, St Martins
Place, WC2H 0HE
1000-1800 Thur+Fri 2100 020 7306
0055 www.npg.org.uk
exhibition 'Revealing the Iron Dukes Passions'
08 May-20 Sept National Army Museum, Edinburgh Castle.
0300 123 6789
exhibition 'After the Battle' www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/
Plas Newyyd, LLanfairpwll, Anglesey LL61
6DQ 01248 714795
Marquis of Anglesey display www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plasnewyyd
23 May-26 Sep Plymouth City Museum, Drakes Circus, PL4
8AJ 01752 304774
1000-1700 not Sun+Mon ''Fallen Emperor:Napoleon
in Plymouth Sound 1815'
25 Mar-30 Sept Rifles Museum, Winchester SO23 8TS
'Waterloo 2015:The Rifles Museum Battle of Waterloo
Bicentenary Exhibition'
01962
828549 curator@rgjmuseum.co.uk www.rgjmuseum.org.uk
14 Apr 18.15 Kincaid Gallery, talk by Nick Lipscombe
'The Artillery at Waterloo'
25 Apr 1030-1400 The First Waterloo Seminar 'The
Opposing Armies'
book on number above, for prices and reserved parking, and
read Pauls' section.
Royal Hospital, Chelsea SW3
4SR 020 7881 5200
www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk
look for possible event.
www.royalmint.com/.../waterloo
for Item no UK15BWBU
2015 £5 Waterloo coin 0800 731 5593
www.royalmail.com/stamp-calendar2015
for news on the issue of
Battle of Waterloo stamps on June 18th 2015. From mid-April
ring
03457 641641 to pre-order first day covers and postcards.
for commemorative bone china for Waterloo 200.
sales@williamedwards.co.uk
01782 831862
The White Lion Society are the Friends of HM College of Arms
and produce posters and cards of all the Arms of
participants in the Nap Wars.
www.whitelionsociety.org.uk
click on The Gallery to view.
Roland Symons, P O Box 3327, Bath BA2 2XW
The Scots Greys will charge again at Waterloo in June,
follow them on
www.greysandglory.org
and donate to support them on
http;//www.indiegogo.com/.../greys-glory-bring-the.../x/9696989
contact Capt Jonathan Findlay on jcdecf@gmail.com if you have a grey horse to
lend.
Walmer Castle, Kent CT17
7LJ New displays.
01304 364288
26-29 May a Wellington Boot Camp Living History.
Wellington Monument Somerset closed permanently due to
safety concerns.
Wellington Town Museum, Fore St, Wellington has
permanent displays.
Wellington Arch Museum, Hyde Park Corner, combined ticket
from Apsley House,
new Waterloo exhibition from April throughout the summer.
to 13 Jan 2016 Windsor Castle Exhibition, Windsor SL4
1NJ 020 7766 7340
'Waterloo at Windsor' tour of State Apartments and Waterloo
Chamber to view articles
seized on the battlefield and articles purchased by King
George IV
www.royalcollection.org.uk
go to Windsor Castle link.
Mar-Oct 0945-1600 Nov-Feb 0945-1500 £19/£17
ticket allows entry all year.
16 March - 01 Nov Wordsworth Museum,
Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SH
exhibition 'Wordsworth, War and Waterloo' 01539
435544 £7.75
www.wordsworth.org.uk
next door to Dove Cottage
University of Warwick Virtual Exhibition on www.100days.org.uk
website called Napoleons Last Stand showing 100 objects in
100 days from Elba to St Helena.
Please note that I am away on tour until next Tuesday so the
weekly Update for next week will be delayed.
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
International Guild
of Battlefield Guides
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