Date
|
Event
|
| 2001 |
Initial thoughts raised (in a car park in Cambridge) |
| 2002 |
Further thoughts (on Utah Beach) |
| 2002 |
Consultations with guides and organisations |
| Autumn 2002 |
Inaugural Dinner and Conference, RAF Marham |
| August 2003 |
First Member passes Validation (Wade Russell – Badge Number One) |
| November 2003 |
Launch Weekend – RAF Uxbridge |
| 28 November 2003 |
Launch of the Guild – National Army Museum, Chelsea |
| 2004 |
First edition of Guild magazine The Journal published |
| 2005 |
Second edition of Guild magazine published – re-titled The Battle Guide |
| 25 May 2006 |
Guild becomes a limited company |
| 2010 |
50th Member passes Validation |
| 2013 |
First edition of Despatches (the rebranded Guild magazine) published |
| 2017 |
Guild Council hands over to Guild Management Board |
| 2019 |
100th Member passes Validation |
Date
|
AGM/Conference
|
| 2004 |
RAF Uxbridge |
| 2005 |
RAF Uxbridge |
| 2006 |
RAF Uxbridge |
| 2007 |
RAF Uxbridge |
| 2008 |
RAF Uxbridge |
| 2009 |
Woolwich Station |
| 2010 |
RAC Officers Mess, Bovington |
| 2011 |
RAC Officers Mess, Bovington |
| 2012 |
Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove |
| 2013 |
Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove |
| 2014 |
Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove |
| 2015 |
AGM dates changed from November to January/February |
| 2016 |
Highgate House, Naseby |
| 2017 |
Highgate House, Naseby |
| 2018 |
Congres Hotel Van der Valk, Mons |
| 2019 |
Mercure Grand Hotel, Leicester |
| 2020 |
Mercure Great Danes Hotel, Maidstone |
| 2021 |
Online AGM |
| 2021 |
Online AGM |
| 2023 |
Leonardo Hotel, Milton Keynes |
| 2024 |
DoubleTree by Hilton, Lincoln |
Date
|
Bagded Guides Dinner
|
| 2011 |
Cavalry & Guards Club |
| 2012 |
The ‘In & Out Club’ |
| 2013 |
The East India Club |
| 2014 |
The Oriental Club |
| 2015 |
The Reform Club |
| 2016 |
The RAF Club |
| 2017 |
HQ Ship Wellington |
| 2018 |
Special Forces Club |
| 2019 |
The Army & Navy Club |
| 2020 |
‘The Covid Club’ |
| 2021 |
The Fletchers & Farmers Guild |
| 2022 |
The Cooper’s Arms |
| 2023 |
The Union Jack Club |
Date
|
Recces
|
| 2011 |
Fall of France, Normandy “Behind the Beaches” (1) |
| 2012 |
Dieppe, Normandy “Behind the Beaches” (2) |
| 2013 |
Somme, Normandy |
| 2014 |
Normandy |
| 2015 |
BEF 1915, Ardennes |
| 2016 |
Arnhem |
| 2017 |
Gibraltar, Operation Michael |
| 2018 |
Verdun |
| 2019 |
Berlin |
| 2020 |
– (COVID!) |
| 2021 |
Portugal, Special Forces, Somme |
| 2022 |
Portugal, Malta |
| 2023 |
Spain, Berlin, Normandy |
| 2024 |
Ypres |
Patrons
|
Date
|
| Richard Holmes |
2003 – 2011 |
| Lord Faulkner |
2012 – |
Presidents
|
Date
|
| John Hughes-Wilson |
2003 – 2010 |
| Gary Sheffield |
2010 – 2019 |
| Spencer Jones |
2020 – 2023 |
| Steve Abbott |
2024 – |
Chairman, Chair
|
Date
|
| Peter Hewlett-Smith |
2003 – 2010) |
| Tony Coutts-Britton |
2010 – 2011 |
| Mike Peters |
2011 –2022 |
| Ian Gumm |
2022 – 2023 |
| Mike Scott |
2023 – |
The Guild annually makes a number of awards which recognise the contributions made by members of the Guild to both the Guild and the craft of Battlefield Guiding. Details can be found here.