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Notices from Regimental Headquarters ABSENT FRIEND - WO11 DAVID VEYSEY
Posted: 26th February 2010
Ex WOII David Veysey sadly pass away peacefully today (24 Feb 10) in Chester. He served in The Green Howards as a Bandsman, serving from 1958 – 1979. David will be greatly missed by his wife and two daughters and his grandchildren. His funeral will be held in Chester Crematorium on the 4 March at 1200 midday. No flowers by request, donations to the Hospice of the Good Shepherd, Gordon Lane, Backford, Chester, CH2 4DG. Tel: 01244 851091
ABSENT FRIEND- MAJOR (BOLO) G M YOUNG MC
Posted: 18th February 2010
It is with sadness we announce the death of Major ‘Bolo’ Young MC at home in Colchester on February 10th 2010 in his 99th year after a short illness. His daughter Alison writes:
“Although Father’s memory was sadly impaired he remained as charming and good humoured as ever with family, friends and the carers who looked after him so well over his last couple of years”
The funeral service will be at 3.30 pm on Thursday 25th February at Colchester Crematorium, Mersea Road, Colchester CO2 8RU followed by refreshment at the Officer’s Club St John’s Green Colchester CO2 7EZ; everyone is most welcome.
No flowers by request: donations if desired to the Teachers Support Network or to St Dunstan’s via East of England Co-operative Funeral Service, 33/35 Long Wire Street Colchester, Essex CO1 1LH.
APPEAL
Posted: 11th February 2010
Al Hindmarsh is doing a 100 mile run (More like a fast walk at his age) at the end of May 2010. Al is thinking of asking any ex Green Howards to sponsor him. Whilst it won't buy Tom a new set of legs or slippers, for that matter, he is sure that any money will come in handy. AL is hoping that the response will be good as this tragedy could have happened to any of us whilst in Northern Ireland. It's for a good cause so come on you Green Howards, show these Brave Lads what we're made of! Once A Green Howard - Always a Green Howard! XIX
Name: Al Hindmarsh
IP: 144.177.50.5
E-mail: alan.hindmarsh@akersolutions.com
All
Thanks to everyone who has pledged money to help young Tom. At this moment in time the pledges stand at £915.00 I think with a bit of luck we may reach a £1000.00 by mid May. All donations are really appreciated
Regards
Al
THE GREEN HOWARDS' RICHMOND SUNDAY - 23RD MAY 2010
Posted: 8th February 2010
1. Richmond Sunday this year will be held on Sunday 23rd May and it is hoped that as many Branches and individual Green Howards as possible will take part.
2. Timings and Events
11.15am Assemble at Nuns Close Car Park, at the foot of Hurgill Road. Medals to be worn. All Branches attending form up, under the Parade RSM, W02 Simon Buckley, in two divisions with the Standards in the centre in file.
Parade Commander, Captain P J Ralph MM, takes over command of the Parade.
11.30am The Parade marches off via Quakers Lane and Pottergate to the Regimental War Memorial at the head of Frenchgate in the following order:
Band, Parade Commander, Marching Division 1, Standards and Marching Division 2.
Middlesbrough Branch, the winners of the Standard Bearers Competition, will carry the RHQ Standard. Standard to be collected from RHQ on the day.
A wreath will be laid on the Memorial and the Last Post and Reveille sounded. The Parade is then fallen out to make their way down Frenchgate to Church.
11.55am Members enter the Parish Church. Standard Bearers form up for lodging Standards.
12.00am Church Service.
Should any members wish to join the column during the March to Church, they are at liberty to do so either at the corner of Queen's Road/Quaker Lane or at the War Memorial.
3. The Service
a. The Standards will be lodged at the High Altar at the beginning and recovered at the end of the Service. The Parade RSM will marshal and march the Standard Bearers. Standards will be marched in to the Green Howards Regimental Slow March and leave to the Regimental Quick March.
b. At the beginning of the Service, Canon Richard Cooper will read the Regimental Collect in front of The Green Howards Chapel. The GHA Champion Standard Bearer will turn the pages of the Book of Remembrance. A Wreath will be placed in the Regimental Chapel by the Parade Commander.
Ushers and Collection. To be nominated at the GHA Executive Meeting in April.
4. After the Service
a. Branches will form up in Frenchgate, in the same order of march as before, behind the Band and proceed via Frenchgate, Dundas Street and Queen's Road to Friary Gardens. The Deputy Colonel of The Yorkshire Regiment, Major General A P Farquhar CBE, will take the Salute on Queen's Road (outside the old Post Office building).
b. At Friary Gardens, presentation of Gold and Silver Badge awards will take place. The Parade will then fall out. After the Parade, a cash bar and buffet lunch will be organised in the Comrades Club, Newbiggin, Richmond.
c. Richmond Sunday Officers' Lunch. Pre lunch drinks will be served in The Green Howards Museum, Normanby Room, from 1230 hrs to 1345 hrs. Lunch will be held in The Frenchgate Hotel and Restaurant, Richmond from 1400 hrs and will consist of a hot and cold buffet; the hotel management have given the Regiment private and exclusive use of their facilities. Drinks will be waiter service (cash). Attendees will be billed after the event.
400 CLUB WINNERS - FEBRUARY 2010
Posted: 1st February 2010
45 |
Captain T Wharton |
£20 |
25 |
Major J P J D Oliver |
£15 |
417 |
Mr T Heron |
£10 |
335 |
Captain I H S Homersham |
£10 |
THE GREEN HOWARDS' 400 CLUB 2010/11
Posted: 14th January 2010
The current year for the 400 Club ends on 31st March 2010. I am therefore writing to ask if you will kindly continue your membership for a further year. As you already know, this Club is the only source of regular income to back the various activities of The Green Howards Association. Apart from the Annual Reunion, these include the annual Executive Meeting of Branch Secretaries at Richmond and Richmond Sunday.
During the current year we sold a total of 425 discs, after payment of prizes and expenses totalling £1,250.00 a profit of £1,300.00 was made for the Association funds. I would ask you to seriously consider continuing your membership, to take out additional discs and to encourage new members. There is no limit to the Club membership and the cost of a disc is £6.
For the coming year the total prize money will be £1,180 as detailed below:
4 x prizes per month:
1st prize £20
2nd prize £15
3rd prize £10
4th prize £10
7 x prizes drawn at the Reunion:
1st prize £200
2nd prize £150
3rd prize £ 75
4th prize £ 35
5th prize £ 25
6th prize £ 20
7th prize £ 15
An application form is below. Please return it as soon as possible with your cheque, made payable to 'The Green Howards Association'.
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To: The Yorkshire Regiment Area Headquarters(The Green Howards), Trinity Church Square, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4QN
THE GREEN HOWARDS' 400 CLUB
I wish to become a member of The Green Howards' 400 Club for the year 2010/2011 and to purchase
.................. discs at £6 each.
I enclose the sum of £............. in payment. Cheques should be made payable to The Green Howards Association.
Signature: .........................................
Name: ...............................................
Address:.............................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
.........................................................
Date: .............................
PLEASE RETURN THIS PROFORMA TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE BY 31st MARCH 2010
400 CLUB WINNERS - JANUARY 2010
Posted: 4th January 2010
29 |
Brigadier D M Santa-Olalla |
£20 |
89 |
Maj Gen A P Farquhar |
£15 |
239 |
W D Broughton Esq |
£10 |
176 |
Leeds Branch GHA |
£10 |
REUNION 2010
Posted: 6th November 2009
The dates for the Reunion 2010 are confirmed as 22/23/24 October at Scarborough.
400 CLUB - ANNUAL REUNION 2009 JACKPOT WINNERS
Posted: 20th October 2009
360 |
Harrogate Branch GHA |
£200 |
09 |
Brigadier M A Atherton |
£150 |
200 |
Mr W J Short |
£75 |
65 |
Captain C L Smith |
£35 |
292 |
Newcastle Branch GHA |
£25 |
98 |
Captain Hank Doolan |
£20 |
74 |
Colonel A Wilson (donated winnings to GHA) |
£15 |
SITREP - MAJOR JACK RIORDAN
Posted: 8th October 2009
Jack was re-assessed by the Social Services and NHS as being able to reside at home with welfare support and carer assistance. Jack returned home on 7 Oct 2009 and his Careers are now visiting him twice per day to take care of his needs. Jack will be assessed on a daily basis by his carers and if the need does arise he will be taken back into Hospital or Care Home.
Jack and Judith send everyone in the Regiment their warmest regards and best wishes. Anyone who may be passing their home will be made welcome if you call in and see them.
BATTLE OF THE SOMME - RESEARCH
Posted: 1st October 2009
Historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore is looking for accounts by soldiers who served in the Green Howard regiment, or any other regiment, during the July-November 1916 battle of the Somme. This is in connection with a book on the fighting on the Somme commissioned by Penguin which he is researching. The book will focus on the capture or attempted capture of the chain of villages and strongpoints which had to be overcome if the German line was to be broken and will cover actions involving the regiment’s 2nd, 1st/4th, 1st/5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th battalions including the 2nd and 10th battalions’ valiant deeds on the first day of the battle, 6th battalion’s 28-9/9/1916 capture of Stuff Redoubt, and the 8th and 9th battalion’s taking of Lincoln Redoubt. Contact Hugh Sebag-Montefiore on 0207-435-1035 or at sebags@hsmontefiore.com
THE NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN 1940 - TV DOCUMENTRY
Posted: 18th September 2009
A Norwegian film company, Ekko Films is currently seeking British veterans who participated in the ill-fated campaign of April 1940 and are currently putting together a historical documentary for a forthcoming TV program detailing the events in Norway during 1940; German and Norwegian veterans are also being interviewed.
If you would like to be considered for interview then Ekko Films would be very pleased to hear from veterans who served with the Royal Navy, British Army or the RAF and participated in the Norwegian Campaign.
All interviews will be conducted with the utmost respect and sensitivity.
If you would like to be considered then please contact:
Mr Robert Pearson
21 Meadowvale Close
Ipswich
IP4 4HE
Tel; 01473 716380
E-mail: bakerstreetrebel@yahoo.co.uk
GREEN HOWARDS ASSOCIATION VISIT TO CREPON 2010
Posted: 25th August 2009
This Headquarters has organised a 4 day visit to Normandy, travelling on Friday 4th June, picking up at designated pick-up points starting at The TA Centre, Middlesbrough and returning on Monday 7th June 2010, via the Dover/Calais route. The ceremony at the Hollis Hut and Crepon Memorial is to take place from 10.30 am on Sunday 6th June 2010.
Accommodation: 3 nights staying at the 3 star hotel Mercure in Honfleur. Based on sharing a twin/double room with private facilities. Single room supplement is £45.50 per night (set by hotel). Buffet breakfast.
Coach: Executive coach, Coach capacity 49 seats, drinks facilities, WC, DVD system and air conditioning. Local use of the coach on days 2 and 3, subject to driver’s hours.
Price: £275.00 per person based on a group size of 49 paying clients. 4 day European travel insurance, if required can be provided at a cost of £15.00 per adult.
Anyone wishing to participate in the trip is to inform this Headquarters (01748 822133) by Friday 11 September 2009.
THE ELIZABETH CROSS
Posted: 24th August 2009
The Elizabeth Cross
You will have seen in the press that the Queen is to honour the families of Service people who died in action with the Elizabeth Cross. This is a splendid development and great credit is due to all those involved in MOD and elsewhere. In the announcement the Queen said "I greatly hope that the Elizabeth Cross will give further meaning to the nation's debt of gratitude to the families and loved ones of those who have died in the service of our country". The next of kin of over 8000 Service people who have been killed since 1948 will be eligible to receive the award. At the time of writing more than 400 Crosses have already been issued. For information and an application form call the medal Office Tel: 0800 0853600.
THE GREEN HOWARDS ASSOCIATION CENTENARY
Posted: 9th July 2009
THE GREEN HOWARDS ASSOCIATION CENTENARY
1909 - 2009
On ALMA DAY, 1909, the first meeting of the Green Howards' Association was held in the Army Temperance Room at Fulford Barracks, York.
The suggestion to form within the Regiment a veteran's association for the purpose of bringing together past and present NCOs and men once a year, and so promote and foster that esprit-de-corps and good feeling for which the 19th had long been noted, was made by Lieutenant Colonel A de S Hadow when he responded to the toast of the 2nd Battalion, whose officers were the guests of the Regimental Dinner Club at the Ritz Hotel, London, on the 5th March 1909. He hoped it would be possible to form such an association and that members would assemble at York for the first annual dinner that year as guests of the 2nd Battalion to commemorate its return after 19 years foreign service. The suggestion was very favourably received throughout the Regiment and the formation of th4 Association went on apace, and in a short time the organisation had been completed as follows:
Major General W E Franklyn CB, Colonel of the Regiment was elected the first President of The Green Howards' Association. The Vice Presidents were the Officers Commanding the 1st and 2nd Battalions and the Depot. The first Executive Committee consisted of Lieutenant Colonel A de S Hadow as Chairman, Major G Christian DSO as Treasurer, Sergeant Major W T Howes as Honorary Secretary, and one representative (not an officer) of each battalion and the Depot.
AYRSOME PARK BUGLER - DMR LEE MATTHEWS
Posted: 19th May 2009
BBC TEESIDE RADIO INTERVIEW
RHQ YORKS are looking for Drummer LEE MATTHEWS who used to attend the Home Fixtures at Middlesbrough FC. If any GHA member knows of his whereabouts, could they please forward to RHQ Richmond his contact details. TYVM.
HEROES RETURN 2
Posted: 2nd April 2009
From: Secretary Cobseo [mailto:sec.cobseo@btconnect.com]
Sent: 01 April 2009 15:57
To: Secretary Cobseo
Subject: Heroes Return 2
Dear Members,
Today the Big Lottery Fund has announced the launch of Heroes Return 2 to enable veterans of World War 2 and their spouses/ partners/carers (up to 3 people in the party) to visit those places in which they served in WW2. Included this time around are places in UK. Details and application forms will be available from this weekend, but you are asked to circulate this very welcome information to your members and encourage them to register with the Helpline listed.
Mike Bray
Secretary COBSEO
BIG salutes veteran WWII heroes with commemorative funding.
Second World War veterans across the country can today sign up for a new multi-million pound commemorative funding scheme that will provide Lottery support for anniversary trips to the places where they saw action.
The Big Lottery Fund has today announced the opening of its funding initiative, Heroes Return 2, pledging funding for veterans, spouses, widows and carers wishing to mark overseas anniversaries throughout 2009 and 2010.
Sir Clive Booth, Chair of the Big Lottery Fund said: “The generation of men and women who served this country during the Second World War gave so much to protect the freedoms we enjoy today. As they get older, pilgrimages to the areas where they saw service become ever more poignant and precious to our veterans.
“Today’s Heroes Return 2 funding announcement builds on the Fund’s previous support for our veterans. We were proud that we were able to contribute to events marking the 60th anniversary leading up to the end of the Second World War - including helping 39,000 veterans and their carers go overseas to revisit those sites where they saw action.
“This is why I am personally delighted today to announce the launch of Heroes Return 2, making a further offer to fund the trips for those veterans who would like our support to attend anniversary events across the world. In this way, we hope to do our bit on behalf of the whole nation to honour the service and sacrifice so many of our veterans made.”
The Fund has opened up a Heroes Return 2 hotline for all veterans to ring for further information: Heroes Return 2 Helpline 0845 00 00 121. Hundreds have already registered their interest.
Pat White National Chair of the Italy Star Association said: “We are delighted that the Big Lottery Fund have given us another opportunity for more of our veterans, some who have not had a chance to visit their areas of combat, to return and bury their nightmares.”
Pat White continued: “The first time I entered a Commonwealth war grave cemetery it felt as if I was entering a different world, so calm and peaceful: when you walk in peaceful lanes so green, remember them and think what might have been. We do remember them.”
The Big Lottery Fund has already supported veterans through the Awards for All small grants programme with funding over £178,000 to support anniversary trips this year.
Launched to mark the historic 60th anniversary of D-DAY in 2004, BIG’s former Heroes Return scheme awarded £16.6 million to over 39 thousand veterans, spouses, widows and carers to fund commemorative visits to Second World War battlefields, cemeteries and other significant places across the world.
Heroes Return was the centre-piece of the Veterans Reunited programme including Home Front Recall which awarded £19.2 million to support UK-based group events and activities to commemorate those who contributed to the war-effort on the home front, and Their Past Your Future with an ongoing £9.6 million scheme funding a UK-wide schools and education programme to give young people the opportunity to learn first-hand from veterans about their experience of war.
Further Information:
Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888
Out of hours contact: 07867 500 572
Heroes Return 2 Helpline 0845 00 00 121
Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030
Textphone: 0845 6021 659
Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards are available on the website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Working for the Service and Veterans Community
OBITUARIES/INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT GH MAGAZINE
Posted: 2nd December 2008
The next edition of the Green Howard Magazine will be published in the New Year and will contain some obituaries of those Green Howards who have passed away in recent months.
Inevitably we don't know all who have died nor do we know all we should about them. If anybody knows of a Green Howard who has died please let the Obituary Editor (Roddy Bailey) know. In particular, if anybody knows any pertinent information/recollections or memory that should be recorded for posterity in our Regimental magazine please send it by email - Roddy Bailey's email address is roderic2@eircom.net - or in manuscript to RHQ who will pass it on to me.
Any contributions, no matter how small, by 1 Jan 09 please.
Roddy Bailey
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