Beating Retreat Oakham The Band of The Life Guards the band for ABF The Soldiers Charity

Chairman, Edward Baines, (Conservative) Rutland County Council DC

&

Cllr Mrs Sharon Spencer (?) Chairman of the Town Council and Mayor of Oakham

Beating of the Retreat

Oakham Market Place

Dr Laurence Howard JP PhD, as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Rutland

meets Officer from The Band of The Life Guards the band is one of two mounted bands.

It supplies music in both mounted and non mounted formats for State ceremonial events.

Dr Laurence Howard JP PhD, as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Rutland

meets a local photographer

Soldiers assist with collecting for

ABF The Soldiers' Charity

http://www.soldierscharity.org/

Drum of The Band of The Life Guards

Lieutenant Colonel Jack Tarr OBE Regional Director of Fundraising

dressed in black, has told me the event raised

just over £3,000 for The Soldiers Charity

In a previous posting I mentioned the reception that

follows this event, I was given the wrong information

Each guest pays £25 for a ticket

(Left) Mr Beech organiser from the

East Midlands Branch of

The Soldiers Charity

Rutland Army Cadets

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