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

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Derek Jones who passed away on the19th July 2026 aged 96, Derek served from 20/08/1947 till 14/01/1953, 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: Derek’s funeral will take place on 12th August 2026 at 14.00hrs at St. Matthews Church, Boughton. NG22 9JR.

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Tony Thomas a former Drummer in the 1st Battalion who lived in the Nottingham area and saw service in Northern Ireland, Pirbright and Berlin with the Corps of Drums, 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 they are known.

If anyone knows his Army Number could you please email me at commsoffr@grengds.com

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Paul Beezum who died at home in Christie’s Beach, South Australia, 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: For those in South Australia these will be announced when known.

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr John Brentnall who served in the 2nd Battalion in Windsor, Hong Kong and London and is known to many, our thoughts are with his long term partner Melanie and 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 has already taken place, his partner Melanie has asked that if anyone has photographs of John could they be passed on to her which you can do via my email address at commsoffr@grengds.com

I hope this email finds you well.

I am currently trying to put together an obituary for Sammy Loxton to go into next year’s Grenadier Gazette however Regimental Headquarters no longer hold any P Files. I have requested Sammy’s documents from the Records Office but they cannot be located.

I am trying to piece together Sammy’s service record from when he joined until when he left, if anyone has anything to add to this in regards to dates, rank and locations he served at it would be very helpful.

Thank you.

Regards

Stumpy

Lt Col (Ret’d) J A Keeley MBE

Assistant Regimental Adjutant

Regimental Treasurer and Welfare Officer

regtltreasurer@grengds.com

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Stanley Thomas Cooper who served with No 4 Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards from 18/02/59, serving on Operations in Southern Cameroons. He sadly passed away on 30/07/26 but was a very proud Grenadier Guardsman, 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: His cremation will be held on Monday 17th August at 10.30am at Cannock Chase Crematorium, Norton Rd, Heath Hayes,WS12 3HJ. We have requested immediate family flowers only and that donations to be be collected for The Grenadier Guards Charity. If any former Grenadiers would like to attend they would be very welcome.

The funeral of Mr Scott McCash at St Giles Church, Sandiacre, NG10 5EE at 1300 The Wake will be held after at The White Lion in Sandiacre

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Hayden Elliott who served in the 2nd Battalion in Ballykelly and Caterham, he is known to many of us as Big Kev’s Batman, he has very sadly passed away last night, 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 posted when known.

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Richard Durrant who enlisted in 1958 and passed away on the 28th July, 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.

All Grenadiers marching on the Cenotaph 2026 your tickets and joining instructions will be sent electronically  individuals on 30th – 31st October.

From  Phil Hunt

It is with great sadness we report the death of Mr Don Robinson who served his National Service as a Grenadier Guardsman and was a long time member of the Wolverhampton Branch Grenadier Guards 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 his support of the Grenadier Guards Association and may he rest in peace.

Funeral Details: Will be announced when known