News From the Glosters

Funeral of Major Philip Henry Hall MBE

The funeral of Major Philip Henry Hall MBE will take place at All Saints Church, Lydiard Millicent, Nr Swindon, SN5 5LS on Monday 20th March 2023 at 11.00 am. Family flowers only, donations if desired may be made to Myeloma UK (Myeloma.org.uk) and ABF, The Soldiers Charity (soldierscharity.org). The service will be followed by a reception at the Bolingbroke Arms, Hook Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, SN4 8DZ. All are welcome to attend but please inform either Mrs Debbie Hards (01823 333434 // This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Mrs Tracey Clarke (07887 556364) in advance. Several will know Sandra Hopwood, Phil’s partner, and correspondence may be addressed to her at 12 St Peter’s Close, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, Hants, SP11 7SF. Mrs Tracey Clarke is Philip Hall’s daughter and next of kin.
Letters of condolence may be sent to Tracey at 26 Goose Green, Hook, Hants, RG27 9QT.

Please be warned there is limited parking in the vicinity of All Saints Church.

Thankyou

Len Keeling and Martin Talling would like to thank all those who have either assisted or attended the funerals of the following members recently, Steve Wright, Peter Handel, Mark Bessell, Philip Miller, Pete Long, and Richard Smith. It has been an extremely busy fortnight but each veteran received a great send-off; thanks to the cohesive support of our veterans. Well done.

Veterans ID Card

The Veterans’ Recognition Scheme has a two-phase rollout. Phase 1 is complete; with Service leavers receiving a recognition card as part of the discharge process.

Phase 2 is to extend the scheme to existing veterans so that they can more quickly, easily and securely prove they served in the UK Armed Forces so they can access the services they need.

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Service Reminders For This Week (4):

Service Reminders For This Week (4):

Stephen (Steve) Edward James Wright, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, the funeral service will be held at St Mary the Virgin Church, Fore Street, Torquay, TQ1 4QY on Monday 30th of January 2023 at 13.45. Please wear what you are comfortable with. Family flowers only but donations, if desired, for the Rowcroft Hospice at Home team by retiring collection.


Mark Bessell, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, the funeral service will be held at Bristol South Crematorium, on Friday 3rd February at 3 pm. No flowers please, but if you would like to show your appreciation for the impact Mark has had on your life, please donate to Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team which brought Mark home to his family.


Philip Miller, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, the funeral service will be held at Sedgemoor Crematorium Stretcholt TA6 4SR at 1100hrs on Monday 30th January 2023. No flowers please, but should anyone wish to donate, there is a just-giving site at: Crowdfunding to In memory of Philip Allen (Dusty) Miller 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th/61st on JustGiving

Richard Smith will be held at Gloucester crematorium on Friday 3rd February @ 1pm and the wake will be held at Stroud rfc , family flowers only , donations to Gloucester royal hospital intensive care unit charity

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Upcoming Funerals

Listed below are dates and times for upcoming funerals

  • Phill Miller-Somerset 30 January 11:00hrs
  • Richard Smith- Gloucester Crem 3 February 13:00hrs
  • Alan Putterill- Cinderford Crem 17 February 13:00hrs
  • Ivor Panting- Glos St Barnabas ch ( burial) 24 February time tbc
With the exception of Alan Putterill all will have bearers, wreath and bugler

Message from The Webmaster

Hi there

Some of you may have noticed some changes with this website!

My name is Jim Waterfall and since the death of Dusty Miller I have taken over the duties of webmaster for the Glosters. I realise that I have a very hard act to follow after Dusty’s magnificent contributions to the Association and the Glosters website over the years and I hope that you will be as supportive of me as you were of Dusty.

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