AGM 2015
Secretary writes:
The Guild AGM will be held at Highgate House near
Northampton - close to the Naseby battlefield which we will be visiting. The
dates for the event will be Friday 29th - Sunday 31st January 2016. Put the
date in your diary now. Further details will follow.
Dutch Validations
Chris Scott writes:
As last year, I represented the Guild at the Validation Day
held at the Hartenstein Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek near Arnhem. 18 July
2015. As well as being an official Guild UK presence and overseeing that all
procedures and practices were performed in accordance with Guild rules and
ethos, I also acted in the role as Verifier for the assignments.
Three candidates made Assignment One presentations. The
event went very smoothly and was most professional in atmosphere and
performance. The Validation team followed the rules and practices of the Guild
and managed each presentation according to Guild standards and
expectations. I was impressed by the forthright nature of the audience
comments and how supportive they were of both the candidates and the Guild. The
assignment session was followed by a most informative and enjoyable battlefield
tour of the Oosterbeek northern perimeter. AND it was done in English.
If any member would like to do assignment 1, 5 or 6 during
the Arnhem weekend from 8 till 11 October please contact Chris Finn and Wybo
Boersma.
Members e-mail addresses
Secretary writes:
We get a number of requests for details of members e-mail
addresses. Please note that these are published on the website at http://www.gbg-international.com/members/member_contact.htm
Theft on The Somme
Graeme Cooper
On Monday 20th July 2 cars belonging a military recce group
were broken into at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval.
Goods and private belongings were stolen including
Passports. Police attended the crime scene. Members like to be aware and
take precautions.
Validation
Tim Saunders writes:
The latest version of the Validation Manual has now been
posted on the Guild Website and will be ‘live’ on 1 August 2015 and should be
used for all future submission of assignments, less those covered below under
transitionary measures.
Our new Validation Secretary, John Greenacre, has sent out
copies of the Validator’s Handbook to all Validators.
Transitionary
Measures.
Any candidate who has started Validation should be aware
that any Assignments 1-8 which have been already passed continue to count
towards validation. Any assignments currently in preparation or for
resubmission under the old scheme must be submitted to the V Sec by the
extended deadline of 31 Aug 15 after which date only the new assignments will
be accepted.
Thanks are due to Chris Finn who has done an enormous amount
of work to update and maintain the foundations of Validation laid by our
founding fathers, Chris Scott and Christopher Newbould.
First World War History
Symposium Northampton
Vern Littley writes:
I have received the following which may be of interest to
members:
"Please find attached details of a World War 1 History
Symposium taking place at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery in October. The
Museum is currently inviting speakers to submit proposals for talks lasting
10minutes, 30 minutes or 50 minutes on World War I
Northampton/Northamptonshire. We would be grateful if you could circulate this
opportunity through your networks. Should you be interested in discussing a
proposal for a talk informally, please do not hesitate to contact the Project
Officer on 01604 837669 or at hsanghera@northampton.gov.uk."
If you are interested in participating please can you
respond this weekend. Details and an application form are attached.
Arnhem Weekend 8th - 11`th
October 2015
Wybo Boersma writes:
As noted above we will be offering the opportunity for
candidates to undertake Assignments 1, 5 & 6 at the upcoming Arnhem
weekend.
The programme for the weekend will be:
Thusday October 8:
12.00 – 14.00 : Arrival Hotel Haarhuis in Arnhem. www.hotelhaarhuis.nl
14.30 – 16.30 : Visit to the Luftewaffe 3rd Fighter Div.
Command Bunker ‘Diogenes’ at Schaarsbergen guided by Willem Kleijn. http://home.kpn.nl/witie/Diogenes.htm
and www.fliegerhorstdeelen.nl
17.00 – 19.00 : Arrival of member who couldn’t manage to
arrive at 14.00
19.30 – 21.00 : Diner at hotel
Friday October 9:
07.30 – 08.30 : Breakfast
09.00
: Depart to the
National Military Museum at Soesterberg. www.nmm.nl
10.00 - 12.30: Visit to the new National Military
Museum at Soesterberg (opened December 2014)
12.30 – 13.15 : Lunch at the National Military Museum
13.30
: Depart to Huize
Doorn.
14.15 – 16.00 : Visit to Huize Doorn, home of the German
Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile after WW 1 and the new exhibition about WW 1 in the
Netherlands. Visit to the biggest collection of memorabilia of Kaiser Wilhelm. www.huisdoorn.nl
16.00
: Return to Arnhem.
18.00 – 20.00 : Battlefield walk with visit to the John
Frost Bridge at Arnhem.
20.00 – 22.00 : Diner near the John Frost bridge in Arnhem.
Saturday October 10:
07.30 – 08.30 : Breakfast
08.30 – 17.00 : Battlefield tour and walk 1st British
Airborne Division at Oosterbeek by Luuk Buist and Wybo Boersma. Drop and
landing zones. Visit to the Glider museum at Wolfheze www.wolfheze.nl/-glider/glidermail.htm
, Lunch. Advance to Arnhem. Perimeter at Oosterbeek. Visit Arnhem-Oosterbeek
War Cemetery at Oosterbeek.
18.00 – 22.00 : Visit to Museum Airfield Deelen www.museumvlbdeelen.nl incl. BBQ
by Willem Kleijn.
Sunday October 11:
07.30 – 08.30 : Breakfast
08.30
: Travel to Airborne
Museum Hartenstein in Oosterbeek.
09.00 – 10.00 : Assignment 1 by Luuk Buist
10.00 – 12.00 : Visit the Airborne Museum Hartenstein byWybo
Boersma. www.airbornemuseum.nl
12.30 – 14.00 : Lunch at Restaurant Schoonoord at
Oosterbeek, the Main Dressing Station during the Battle of Arnhem.
14.00
: End of the weekend.
Return home.
Cost:
Sharing a double room: per person: € 445,00.
Single room per person: € 490
Payment by: IBAN: NL33 INGB 0005 1137 51, BIC: INGBNL2A to:
Vrienden v/h Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek.
No cheques please. All payments in Euro’s .
Also mail your form to: W. Boersma, E-mail: w.boersma@wxs.nl
The application form can be found on the website at http://www.gbg-international.com/event_2015.html
I need to know numbers by August 1st in order to book hotel
accommodation so please can you let me know if you would like to attend asap.
Waterloo Events List
Suzanne Brunt writes:
The latest list of Waterloo events is:
04 November Autumn Meeting of Waterloo Association.
all welcome, www.waterlooassociation.org.uk
www.waterloo200.org.uk
for details on how to buy St Pauls Commemoration Book
and the Official Waterloo2015 guide.
'Wellingtons Men Remembered' Volume 2 now at Pen and
Sword Quote 107368.
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
01226 734222
Apsley House, 149 Piccadilly W1J 7NT 020 7499
56 www.apsleyhouse.org.uk
Stratfield Saye House RG7 2BT. open 30 July-24
Aug. 01256 882694
follow the archaeological digs at Hougoumont with Tony
Pollard
National Army Museum Exhibitions and Displays around the UK.
find details of times and charges on www.nam.ac.uk/events 020 7730 0717
to 28 Nov The Gordon Highlanders Museum,
Aberdeen
to 28 Nov The Defence of Hougoumont, Guards
Museum, London
to 30 Oct The Black Watch Castle and Museum,
Perth
to 30 Nov The Battle for Honour, Cardiff Castle Museum
of the Welsh Soldier.
to 24 Oct Relics and Remembrance, The Victoria
Gallery, Liverpool
to 24 Oct The Story behind the painting,
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
to 01 Sep Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
to 24 Oct Museum of Liverpool
to 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.
27 Sept, free pop-up cinema, The Vaults, Waterloo
Station, London
1400-1600 for families, full screening 1930-2230, tickets by ballot,
register by 27 Aug, 020 7730 0717
08+09 Aug Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Assheton
Terrace, Caenarfon LL55 2
1000-1700 Living History Weekend 01286 673362
until 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
27-30 Aug Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St,
Toronto M5J 1E3
Napoleonic Historical Society conference.
napoleonichistoricalsociety.com
27-30 Aug Almeida, Portugal Historical Weekend. www.cm-almeida.pt
29 Aug 1100-1600 Fort Amherst, Chatham,
Kent Summer Fair.
29-31 Aug Military Odyssey, Detling Showground, Kent
ME14 3JF
05 Sept Grand Victory Ball, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
BN1 1EE. Dress code 1815.
Dance workshop 1430, arrive 1830 carriages
depart 2300.
www.pavilionfoundation.org
www.hrd.org.uk/tickets
03000 290902 £85
05 Sept Eastbourne
Redoubt, Royal Parade, BN22 7AQ 01323 410300
1900-2200 Waterloo Evening of music and history ending
with 1812 overture.
09 Sept National Museum of Scotland, Auditorium Level
1, via Lothian St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
1815-2000 Paul O'Keefe talk 'Waterloo:the
aftermath' 0300 1236789
12+13 Sept HERITAGE OPEN DAYS. look
in your local press.
12 Sept Jane Austen Grand Regency Ball and Supper,
Assembly Rooms, Bath BA1 2QH
1900-2400 £85 www.farthingalecostumes.com
12 Sept Norman Cross, Peterborough Living
History Weekend. PE7 3TB
1100-1700 talks by Paul Chamberlain and Major Bob
Picking, marching displays by 9th and 95th.
contact@normancrossgallery.com
01733 245189
12 Sept Brunswick Room, Guildhall, Bath, Jane
Austen Festival
1600 Peter Youds talk 'Balls, Belles and
Bugles' www.bicorn.co.uk for his
books.
until 15 Sept Exhibition at Chapelle de Nassau,
Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique,
Mont des Arts, Bd de l'Empereur 2, 1000 Brussels.
Mon-Sat 0900-1700 free entry
19+20 Sept. Symposium + exhibition at Bomann-Museum,
Schlossplatz 7, 29221 Celle.
'The Battle of Waterloo and the German Armies' www.bomann-museum.de
19+20 Sept Garrison Weekend at Fort Amherst, Chatham,
Kent. www.napoleonicassociation.org
until 30 Aug Carnavalet Museum, 23 rue de Sevigne,
75003 Paris.
exhibition 'Napoleon in Paris' www.parismusees.paris.fr 0033 144
595859
until 30 Sept Carlisle Castle, newly refurbished
Cumbria Museum of Military Life.
1000-1800 £4/£3 enquiries@cmoml.org.uk
01228 532774
10 Oct N W Branch of the Waterloo
Association, Conference Day, Fulwood Barracks,Preston.
from 1000 'Eccentrics, Rogues and Heroes:some of
Wellingtons Men' with Carole Divall
and John Downham. £25 including hot lunch and
afternoon tea. All welcome.
details from David and Janet Bromley djbromley@derventio.fsnet.co.uk
14+15 Oct Friends of the British
Cemetery Elvas, Portugal Residential Conference.
at The Bull Hotel, Long Melford, Suffolk with full
programme of speakers. Open to all.
details from Nick Hallidie, nickah3559@gmail.com
01787 880445
20 Oct National Day of Lines of Torres Vedras, and 43
kms walk called Marcha dos Fortes.
07+08 Nov Jubilee Opera, Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh.
proposed concert 'The Drummer Boy of Waterloo' by Megg
Nichol and David Stoll.
until 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.
until 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
until 06 Sept University of Nottingham, Lakeside
Gallery exhibition. 0115 951 5151
Lord Hills Column, Shrewsbury 2015 opening times. book
on 07720 677530 £5
16 Aug 1200-1600 31 Aug 1100-1600 13 Sept
1200-1600 03 Oct 1100-1600
until 20 Sept National Army Museum, Edinburgh Castle.
0300 123 6789
exhibition 'After the Battle' www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/
until 31 Aug last chance to see 2 colours carried at
Waterloo.
Plas Newyyd, LLanfairpwll, Anglesey LL61
6DQ 01248 714795
Marquis of Anglesey display www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plasnewyyd
until 26 Sep Plymouth City Museum, Drakes Circus, PL4
8AJ 01752 304774
1000-1700 not Sun+Mon ''Fallen Emperor:Napoleon
in Plymouth Sound 1815'
until 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
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 and covers. 03457 641641 to order.
Belgian 2 1/2 euro coin orders to The Belgian Royal Mint.
Koninklijke Munt-Monnaie Royale, Boulevard Pacheco Laan 32,
B-1000 Brussels.
Netherlands postage stamp for Prince William of Orange
Belgian stamps on www.fil-mag.be/waterloo
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 charged again at Waterloo in June, www.greysandglory.org
Walmer Castle, Kent CT17
7LJ New displays.
01304 364288
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 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.
until 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.
To trace ancestors www.findmypast.co.uk/waterloo-200
and a new website www.waterloomen.com
info@waterloomen.com
which has a database of all combatants at Waterloo.
The village of East Shilton, Leics has produced a
booklet on the 6 local men
who fought at Waterloo £5+£2 p+p paul.lseaton@gmail.com
and follow www.GTroopRHA.co.uk
to follow Cavalie Mercer research.
and lastly, when in Rome be sure to visit the Museo
Napoleonico
in the Piazza di Ponte Umberto. www.museonapoleonico.it
Compiled by Suzanne Brunt, 63 Playstool Road,
Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 7NL 01795 842992 Suzanne.brunt@talktalk.net
please advise me of any relevant events.
Twitter and Facebook
Secretary writes:
Hopefully members are aware of and are reading the Guild
Twitter and Facebook feeds. Both contain up to the minute news and information.
The web addresses of each are:
Best Regards
Tony Smith
Guild Secretary
International Guild
of Battlefield Guides
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