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2011 FRIENDS OF THE GREEN HOWARDS AGM WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2011
15th August 2011

The 2011 Friends of the Green Howards AGM will be held on Thursday 29th September 2011 at, Worsley Barracks, York, YO10 4EB, courtesy of the ...

FRIENDS' LECTURE, 17 JUNE 2011 - PAUL CHEALL ON "FIGHTING THROUGH FROM DUNKIRK TO HAMBURG"
29th May 2011

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FRIENDS' LECTURE, 20 MAY 2011 - "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT'S CONTEMPTIBLES?" BY EDWARD NICHOLL
3rd May 2011

15 APRIL 2011, - FRIENDS' LECTURE, LIEUT COLONEL ANDREW ROE ON "WAZIRISTAN"
16th April 2011

The Friends of the Green Howards Museum enjoyed a fascinating lecture last night, which provided a valuable insight into current activities in Afghanistan and its ...

THE NEXT FRIENDS' LECTURE, FRIDAY 15 APRIL - LT COL ANDREW ROE ON "WAZIRISTAN"
30th March 2011

The Afghan conflict has again refocused world attention on Waziristan. Once one of the British Empire’s most volatile territories, the inaccessible province in ...

FRIENDS' LECTURE, 18 MARCH 2011 - WW2 ESCAPE LINES
19th March 2011

Roger Stanton, who is the Honorary Secretary and Founder of the WW2 Escape Lines Memorial Society, gave the first of the Friends' Lectures of ...

MUSEUM LECTURE PROGRAMME, - 2011
20th January 2011

The programme of Museum Lectures for 2011 is now in place. The lectures are as follows;-

"THE GREEN HOWARDS IN RUSSIA, 1918-1919", - FRIENDS LECTURE AND MUSEUM EXHIBITION
1st November 2010

The final lecture of the Friends Lectures for 2010 was given by Brigadier John Powell, OBE, on the subject "The Green Howards in Russia, 1918-1919, ...

FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2010 - LECTURE - THE GREEN HOWARDS IN RUSSIA
18th October 2010

This months lecture will be given by Brigadier John Powell, OBE.

REDEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL TO 2ND LIEUTENANT DONALD BELL, - CONTALMAISON 11-12 SEPTEMBER 2010
6th September 2010

The programme for the weekend of 11-12 September is as follows;-

THE GREEN HOWARD, ISSUE 9 (SEPTEMBER 2010)
3rd September 2010

Details of the contents of the latest issue of The Green Howard, together with previous issues, can be found on http://www.enicholl.com/the-green-howard/index.htm.

"HOSTAGES : POLITICS OR COMMERCE?" - THE MUSEUM LECTURE, FRIDAY 25 JUNE 2010
26th June 2010

The fifth lecture of the 2010 Museum Lectures was presented by the President of the Friends of the Green Howards Museum, and Deputy Colonel of ...

FRIENDS AGM, THURSDAY 24 JUNE 2010
25th June 2010

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Green Howards Museum took place at the TA Centre, Stockton Road, Middlesbrough on Thursday 24 June.

THE FRIENDS' LECTURE, - 24 JUNE 2010
25th June 2010

Following the Friends' AGM on 24 June (see separate News Item), a lecture was presented by three members of the 2nd Battalion (Green Howards) Yorkshire ...

FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS AND THEIR HIDDEN STORIES, - MUSEUM LECTURE, FRIDAY 21 MAY 2010
22nd May 2010

On a warm May evening, when many might have been tempted to take advantage of the weather, it was gratifying to see the Normanby Room ...

CONTALMAISON 10 YEARS ON - THE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
10th May 2010

On 9th July 2000 The Friends of The Green Howards Museum erected and dedicated a memorial to Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell VC in Contalmaison, ...

JANE AUSTEN AND THE MILITARY AS SEEN THROUGH HER LETTERS AND NOVELS, - MUSEUM LECTURE 30 APRIL 2010
1st May 2010

Yesterday the Museum Lecture programme for 2010 continued with Paul Brunyee presenting a talk on Jane Austen and how her work was influenced by three ...

THE GREEN HOWARDS IN THE NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN 1940, - MUSEUM LECTURE, FRIDAY 26 MARCH 2010
27th March 2010

The second lecture of the Museum's 2010 evening lecture programme was presented by Major Roger Chapman. His talk was entitled "The Green Howards in the ...

MUSEUM LECTURES, 2010 - BOOK AHEAD AND PAY LESS!!
13th January 2010

Details of the Museum Lectures, to be held on Fridays in 2010, are now being advertised to Friends and people in the Richmond area by ...

MUSEUM LECTURES, - 2010
30th November 2009

A programme of lectures, to be held at the Museum, has been organised for 2010. All lectures are on Fridays, starting at 7.00 p.m., and ...

A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, - FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2009
5th November 2009

THE FRIENDS' 2010 AGM, - THURSDAY 20 MAY
5th November 2009

"THE GREEN HOWARD", ISSUE 7 (SEPTEMBER 2009)
7th September 2009

The September 2009 issue of "The Green Howard" is now out. This high quality 44-page colour journal has been sent to all Friends of the ...

CONTALMAISON 10 YEARS ON - PROPOSED EVENT
5th August 2009

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE REGIMENTAL MUSEUM, AND THE ANNUAL GEOFFREY POWELL LECTURE
20th May 2008

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Green Howards Regimental Museum took place at the Worsley Barracks in York, on Thursday 29 May ...

FRIENDS' LECTURE: "TOM RIORDAN AND THE BATTLE OF THE MENIN CROSSROADS" BY GEORGE RIORDAN
1st September 2007

The final Friends' lecture of the 2007 season was a "sell-out" occasion. The Normanby Room was full, as an appreciative audience listened to George Riordan.

"THE CRIMEAN WAR" BY MAJOR J R CHAPMAN, MBE
5th September 2004

Major Roger Chapman, Curator of the Green Howards Museum, presented an illustrated lecture on the Crimean War to an audience which once again filled the ...

"RESEARCHING (MILITARY) FAMILY HISTORY" BY EDWARD NICHOLL
8th August 2004

Edward Nicholl, webmaster for the Green Howards website, gave a lecture to a very full audience in the Normanby Room on researching family history, with ...

"SNIPING IN WORLD WAR II" BY MARTIN PEGLER
4th July 2004

Martin Pegler, Curator of the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, gave a Lecture in the Normanby Room on aspects of the sniping in World War ...

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDS AND ANNUAL LECTURE
17th June 2004

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Green Howards Regimental Museum was held at Worsley Barracks, York, on 17 June 2004.

"WITH THE 50TH DIVISION ON D-DAY, 1944" BY KEITH MATTHEWS
6th June 2004

Keith Matthews, Curator of the Castle Museum in York, gave a Lecture in the Normanby Room on aspects of the soldiers and equipment of the ...