Showing posts with label ABF The Soldiers Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABF The Soldiers Charity. Show all posts

Monday, July 25, 2011

A Beating Retreat, ABF The Soldiers Charity, Oakham Market Place, Oakham, Rutland

ABF The Soldiers Charity
for Soldiers for life

The President Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP
and members of the Leicestershire and Rutland Committee of
ABF The Soldiers' Charity www.soldierscharity.org

By The Minden Band of The Queen's Division
(Director of Music: Major B Miller BMus(Homs)LLCM(TD)LRSM ARCM pfm)

at Oakham Market Place on Wednesday 7th September 2011 6.30pm

After this event there is a reception in Oakham Castle.

If you have a lounge suit and a spare £25 to support this cause,
"a good cause I believe the government should support"

If you only attend the market place event please don't forget to place your donation in one of the many buckets.

The event is being held in aid of

ABF The Soldiers' Charity
which gives lifetime support to serving and retired soldiers and their families.
Registered Charity No. 211645

Admission to the Castle Reception is by ticket at £25.00 each

The price of the ticket includes Reception Drinks,
Canapes with wine and soft drinks.

For further information or if you want to become a Community Fundraiser
or to help raise funds in any way please contact

Lt Col Jack Tarr OBE - Tel: 01159572103 - Email: eastmidlands@soldierscharity.org



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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