It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr John McFall who was a National Serviceman with the Grenadiers in the 1950’s, our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.

We thank him for his service in our great Regiment and may he rest in peace.

John’s funeral is set to take place on Tuesday 29^th September at 1.30pm at St. Peter’s Church, Westhampnett.

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr John Masterman who I remember as a Company Sergeant Major in the 1st Battalion in Berlin, our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.

We thank him for his service in our great Regiment and may he rest in peace

Funeral Details will be announced when known.

Dave passed away peacefully 8th September 2026 at 0800hrs following a long illness. 

I will send out funeral details when I get them from his wife Sally.

Regards Babs

Mrs Babs Reid

Secretary of the Surrey & East Hampshire Branch

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Friday 16th October 2026 marks the Centenary of the Guards Memorial, which proudly overlooks Horse Guards Parade. To mark this occasion there is a military event planned by Household Division Headquarters on that day at the Guards Memorial.

As part of the event members of the Regimental Association have been invited to attend. The plan in detail has not yet been released with timings etc, however the date is confirmed.

Can you all please disseminate this information to your Branch Members and ask them to complete the simple form at the link below if they wish to attend this occasion. Once completed this will give Regimental Headquarters a total of attendance which will assist in the format and design of the event.

Once confirmed all details of the event will be published.

Anyone wishing to attend must complete the form No Later Than 1200 hours on Tuesday 08th September 2026.

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It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Graham Draper our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.

We thank him for his service with our great Regiment and may he rest in peace.

Funeral details will be announced when known

23416416 Mr Frederick Harper

14th September 2026 at 1300

North Hertfordshire Memorial Park & Crematorium

Bedford Road

Holwell

Hitchin

SG5 3RT

Tony Thomas funeral will take place on Thursday 27th August, 1pm in the Serenity Chapel at Bramcote Crematorium, Nottingham.

Friday 16th October 2026 marks the Centenary of the Guards Memorial, which proudly overlooks Horse Guards Parade. To mark this occasion there is a military event planned by Household Division Headquarters on that day at the Guards Memorial.

As part of the event members of the Regimental Association have been invited to attend. The plan in detail has not yet been released with timings etc, however the date is confirmed.

Can you all please disseminate this information to your Branch Members and ask them to complete the simple form at the link below if they wish to attend this occasion. Once completed this will give Regimental Headquarters a total of attendance which will assist in the format and design of the event.

Once confirmed all details of the event will be published.

Anyone wishing to attend must complete the form No Later Than 1200 hours on Tuesday 08th September 2026.

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Thursday 10th September at 13.00 at Vinters Park Crematorium, Maidstone ME14 5LG.

On Sunday 16th August 2026 a team of veteran Grenadiers and Grenadier family supporters walked just under 18 miles from Bawdsey to Snape Maltings in Suffolk in memory of Glen Ling who was killed in Crossmaglen on the 21st December 1978. We remembered all three of the team killed that day which included Glen, Graham Duggan and Kevin Johnson as we laid a wreath on Glen’s grave having completed the walk.

So far we have raised some £3500 with Gift Aid for the Colonels Fund, if you would like to donate to the fund the link is above, we have had some fantastic support with donations and on the ground when we met with four of Glen’s siblings and his niece who joined us for the walk and the service at the grave side.

We should also make mention of Ken Goodall seen in the photo in blazer and brigade tie who was one of Glen’s bearer party, he is a local man to Glen’s grave at St Mary Magdalene’s in Sternfield and took it upon himself to tend to Glen’s grave and lay flowers and wreaths for many years, local Grenadiers also took this on and have paid tribute to Glen for the last 5 years, a few years back we had the great pleasure of having Rick Garmory MM join us to remember Glen, Kevin and Graham.

A great day but one with purpose to remember Glen, Graham and Kevin and raise money for the Colonels Fund.

It is with great sadness I report the death of a dear old friend to many Mick Gear who served in the 1st Battalion in the 1960’s most notably in Sharjah earning the nickname of Sharjah Mick, whose many stories included street lining for Sir Winston Churchills funeral and standing sentry in the bear pit at the Tower of London, he was also a staunch member of the former Medway Branch of the Association, our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time.

We thank him for his service in our great Regiment and may he rest in peace.

Funeral Details will be announced when known.

Funeral service details

The funeral will be held on 27th August 2026 at Bushbury Crematorium, Underhill Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton, WV10 7JG at 1400

The Wake will be held at the Hollybush, Penn Road, Wolverhampton WV4 4HU, from 1430