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Thursday, September 09, 2010

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














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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