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Regimental Band Concert in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund (The Soldiers’ Charity) at Lincoln Cathedral – 20 Oct 10
20 August 2010
The Regimental Band will perform a concert in Lincoln Cathedral on 20th October 2010 in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund, The Soldiers’ Charity. This concert precedes the Laying up of Old Colours of the 1st Battalion which takes place the following morning.
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The Grenadier Guards in the War of 1939-1945
27 June 2010
Nigel Nicholson and Patrick Forbes
Written by renowned author Nigel Nicholson who served in the Grenadier Guards in the war, this official history is a quite outstanding example of the genre. The first volume tells the story of the campaigns in north-west Europe, in which four Battalions of the Reg...
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Minutes of The Grenadier Guards Association Annual General Meeting Held in The Sergeants Mess 1st Bn Grenadier Guards Wellington Barracks on 20th March 2010
20 April 2010
1a. The President, Colonel E. H. Houstoun OBE, opened the meeting with a short moment of silence to remember absent friends.
1b. He then read the loyal messages from Her Majesty the Queen, our Patron, and from His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel of the Regiment.
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Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting Held in Wellington Barracks, London SW1E 6HQ on Saturday 20th March 2010
20 March 2010
The President opened the meeting at 1100hrs. The following were present:
Executive Committee:
Colonel E H Houstoun OBE (President, Grenadier Guards Association)
Major GVA Baker (Regimental Adjutant and Director of Welfare)
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Minutes of The Finance Sub-Committee Meeting Held At Regimental Headquarters At 1200 hrs 17th March 2010
17 March 2010
Attendance:
Mr. G Severn Chairman
Mr. L Bozeat MM
Mr. D G Money MBE
W02 (RQMS A Hill
Captain (QM) TA Rolfe (Association General Secretary)
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting at 1200hrs....
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IN MEMORIAM
25 November 2009
Royal Hospital Pensioner Roy Newman1929-2009
Roy enlisted at Kingston on 14 December 1945 joining the Grenadier Guards as a drummer and served with the Battalion for 8 years undertaking a number of posts including the 3 Inch Mortar Platoon Sergeant....
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Readers Digest September 2009: A soldier’s wealth: how comradeship helped a platoon of the Grenadier Guards to survive a terrifying night in Afghanistan
27 October 2009
by Alexander Turner
[Major Alexander Turner, a company commander in 1st Bn Irish Guards, has written two books for Osprey – Vimy Ridge 1917 and Cambrai 1917. His new book on Messines Ridge will be published by Osprey in 2010....
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Grenadiers feature in new best-seller Phoenix Squadron
11 September 2009
Rowland White, best selling author of Vulcan 607, has recently written another gripping military history, this time about HMS Ark Royal and her intervention in British Honduras in 1972. The Grenadier Guards, who were the resident infantry company at the time of the crisis, feature heavily.
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