Section I Annual Gatherings – Dinners & Luncheons

Section I

 

President’s Speech

   Brigadier Michael Biggs, nothing recorded.

   Major General Rowley Mans, nothing recorded.

      48th Annual Dinner held at the Hall of India Dining Room, Royal Overseas League. 1995

      49th Annual Dinner held at the Hall of India Dining Room, Royal Overseas League. 1996

      50th Annual Dinner held at the Hall of India Dining Room, Royal Overseas League. 1997

      51st Annual Dinner held at the Hall of India Dining Room, Royal Overseas League. 26 June 1998

      52nd Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich,  4 June 1999

      53rd Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich, 2nd June 2000

      54th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich, 16th June 2001

      55th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich, 11th October 2002

      56th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich, 20th June 2003

      57th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich, 11th June 2004

      58th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich, 10th June 2005

 

Major General Patrick Stone, CB CBE

      59th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess,
      16th June 2006No 6, November 2006 – p.  5

     60th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess,
     8th June 2007 – No 7, November 2007 – p.  6

      61st Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      27th June 2008 – No 9, November 2008 – p.  3

      62nd Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      19th June 2009 – No 11, October 2009 – p.  3

      63rd Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      25th June 2010 – No 13, October 2010 – p.  6

      64th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      24th June 2011 – No 15, October 2011 – p.  4

      65th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      15th June 2012 – No 17, October 2012 – p.  4

  

Brigadier David Williams, MBE

      66th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      14th June 2013 – No 19, October 2013 – p.  4

      67th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      13th June 2014 – No 21, September 2014 – p.  4

      68th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      26th June 2015 – No 23, November 2015 – p.  4

      69th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      17th June 2016 – No 25, October 2016 – p.  4

      70th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      16th June 2017 – No 27, October 2017 – p.  4

      71st Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      18th May 2018 – No 29, October 2018 – p.   4

    72nd Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club,
      14th June 2019 – No 31, October 2019 – p.  14

      74th Annual Gathering, Luncheon, at the Army & Navy Club,
      17th September 2021 – No 35, April 2022 – p.   8

      75th Annual Gathering, Luncheon, at the Army & Navy Club,
      10th June 2022 

  

Guest Speakers

      Maj Gen The Duke of Norfolk, 47th Annual Dinner held at The Royal Overseas League                                                     

      Colonel The Viscount John Slim, 48th Annual Dinner held at The Royal Overseas League

      Rt Revd John Kirkham, 49th Annual Dinner held at The Royal Overseas League

      General Sir Edward Burgess KCB OBE, 50th Annual Dinner held at The Royal Overseas League

      Lt Col The Lord Chalfont OBE MC PC, 51st Annual Dinner held at The Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich

      Martin Bell Esq, MP, 52nd Annual Dinner held at The Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich

      Captain John Nunneley, 3/6 KAR, 53rd Annual Dinner held at The Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich

      HRH The Duke of Gloucester, 54th Annual Dinner held at The Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess, Woolwich

      Prof Richard Holmes CBE, 57th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess                                                  
      No   1, November 2004 – p.  8

      Gen Sir Sam Cowan, GCG CBE 58th Annual Dinner held at the Royal Artillery Officers’ Mess                        
      No   3, November 2005 – p.  6

      Maj-Gen Angus Ramsay CBE DSO,  59th Annual Dinner held at the R. Artillery Officers’ Mess                      
      No   5, November 2006 – p.  3

      HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, KRVO, OStJ. 60th Annual Dinner held at the House of Lords                  
      No   7, November 2007 – p.  8

      Lt Gen Richard Shirreff, CBE, 61st Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club                                                                
      No   9, November 2008 – p.  6

      Lt General David Leakey, CMG CBE, 62nd Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club                                                
      No  11, October 2009 – p.  5

      Gen Sir Jeremy Mackenzie, GCB CBE DL, 63rd Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club                      
      No  13, October 2010 – p.  9

      Lt Gen Mark Mans CBE, 64th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club.                                                      
      No  15, October 2011 – p.  7

      Lt Gen Christopher Deverell MBE, 65th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club.                                                     
      No  17, October 2012 – p.  6

      Gen Lord David Ramsbotham GCB CBE, 66th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club                         
      No  19, October 2013 – p.  6

      Edward Paice Esq, 67th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club.                                                                                   
      No  21, September 2014 – p.  6

      Maj Gen Julian Thompson CB OBE, 68th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club.                                                  
      No  23, November 2015 – p.  8

      Sir Alan Munro, KCMG, 69th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club                                                      
      No  25, October 2016 – p.  8

      HE Lazarus Amayo Kenya HC, 70th Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club.                                                              
      No  27, October 2017 – p.  6

       Also Col The Viscount Slim, OBE DL FRGS, President Burma Star Association                                                      
      No  27, October 2017 – p.  7

      Brig Allan Mallinson, 71st Annual Dinner held at the Army & Navy Club                                                                              
      No  29, October 2018 – p.  8

      General Lord David Richards GCB CBE DSO DL, 72nd Annual Dinner, held at the Army & Navy Club.      
      No  31, October 2019 – p. 17

      Maj Gen Paul Nanson CB CBE, 74th Annual Gathering, Luncheon, held at the Army & Navy Club                                  
      No 35, April 2022 – p. 10

      Brigadier Justin Maciejewski DSO MBE, 75th Annual Gathering, Luncheon, held at the Army & Navy Club

  

 

Section II

      A Day of Glorious Celebration to mark the formation of the KAR in 1902.    
      17th April 2002 – DVD Disc recording
      held at RMA Sandhurst in Royal Memorial Chapel, Reception in Indian Army Room followed by
      Curry Luncheon in Old College Dining Room in presence of HRH The Duke of Gloucester.

      Address by Rt Rev John Kirkham, 23 KAR                                                                                                                                                           
      No. 28, November 2002 – p.   9

      Speech by Maj Gen Patrick Stone (deputising for President), 6 KAR.                                                                                             
      No. 28, November 2002 – p. 10

      Speech by HRH The Duke of Gloucester                                                                                                         
      No. 28, November 2002 – p. 12

      Tree Planting Ceremony, NMA.
     
14th October 2003 – No. 31, December 2003 – p. 29

      Askari Appeal—The Final Thrust  Special report, Col Fergus Mackain-Bremner                                                                 
      No 1, November 2004 – p.  7

      Unveiling of the KAR Memorial Plinth at NMA. 23rd June 2005.
      By Maj-Gen Patrick Stone, CB CBE, President – No  3, November 2005 – p.  2

      60th Anniversary of KAR Annual Dinner  Held in the House of Lord’s. 8th June 2007.
      Following the ‘Loyal Toast, President’s Address – No  7, November 2007 – p.  6
      Address by HRH The Duke of Gloucester – p.  8

      Askari Appeal Closing Ceremony at NMA
      6th October 2009. – No 12, April 2010 – p.  5
      Service conducted by The Rt Revd John D G Kirkham, 23 KAR

      Re-Dedication of Association NMA Memorial Plot. 9th September 2019                                                                                 
      No 22, April 2015 – p.  4 
      Speech by Brig David Williams, President – p.  5

      African Memorial Tribute, RMA Sandhurst, 16th September 2015 (see also Supplement Page 20)                   
      No 23, November 2015 – p. 13
      Inauguration Speech by Viscount Slim – p. 15

      Unveiling of African & Caribbean War Memorial, London.  22nd June 2017                                                        
      No 27, October 2017 – p. 16

      Unveiling of the Askari Statue, NMA Memorial Plot, 20th June 2018. (see also Supplement Page 20)             
      No 29, September 2018 – p. 12
      Dedication Service in Chapel led by Bishop John Kirkham, Hon Chaplain – p. 12
      Speech by Edward Paice – p. 13                                                                                              
      Speech by Brig David Williams, President – p. 21

      Centenary of the Great War in East Africa. Sequence of events from 11 to 24 Nov, by Dr Anne Samson   
      No 30, April 2019 – p.   5
      Commemoration Services (see also Supplement Page 20)
      ZAMBIA, at Chambeshi Memorial, by David Williams – No 30, April 2019 – p. 11
      KENYA, in Taita Taveta County & Voi – No 30, April 2019 – p. 19
      TANZANIA, in Dar es Salaam by Antony Shaw – No 30, April 2019 – p. 27
      UGANDA, held in British HC residence – No 30, April 2019 – p. 29
      UK, held at the National Memorial Arboretum, by Ian Wallace – No 30, April 2019 – p. 33

      Commemorative Book Launch honouring our Askari, at the NAM                                                                                          
      No. 35, April 2022 – p. 12