Bulletins

This page links to copies of the Association's Bulletins which are emailed to members.
The latest Newsletter will be available in this list at a later date.

  • January 2022

    Contents: New Years Honours list - Tracy Luke awarded an MBE; Information about the official Archives; Winchester Curry Lunch information; New members welcome; Mike & Val Wedding: Quiz Answers

  • February 2022

    Contents: Information about the Winchester Curry Lunch in April: Website & Facebook update; Hub locations and activities; Royal Memories from Joan Pennie; Jo Vestey remembers Hong Kong; Quiz

  • March 2022

    Contents: Update on Cyprus, new school to be opened; Changes to AGM date and location; Lost publication?; Missing schools, list and request for information; Progress update on "British Forces in Germany" research; Spotlight on members - Katie Cutt.

  • April 2022

    Contents: Information about the AGM event in Malvern; Hub activities; Quiz; Spotlight on Members - Jan Handley in Cyprus; Thank you.

  • May 2022

    Contents: Looking ahead - Malvern Theatres; Hub Locations and Activities to Wellington Monument; Gurkha Children's English School report; Spotlight on members - Hazel Collins at school in the 1940s; 

  • June 2022

    Contents: Reminder to book your place at the AGM in Malvern; King's School/Haig School, Gutersloh information about a reunion; A Glimpse into Facebook; Spotlight on Members - Marion Tapp and friends visit Berlin; Quiz

  • July 2022

    Contents: Difference between the Bulletin and the Journal explained; last call for AGM; Rain did not stop play! visit to Wellington Memorial; Information about upcoming Paperborn reunion; Spotlight on members - Kath Rawcliffe reports a Malta mini-reunion; 

  • August 2022

    Contents: Welcome to new members; Spotlight on members - lynne Rowles gets a General's Commendation for 36 years service; Quiz; From the Archives - Army Schoolmistresses say farewell.

  • September 2022

    Contents: death of the Queen; Report from the Malvern AGM and lunch; Spotlight on members - June Slaughter remembers Singapore; Getting together - three meet in Cyprus; From the archives - the display organised at Malvern

  • October 2022

    Contents: Report of the Paderborn reunion; Report of the Gutersloh reunion; Spotlight on members - Ann Birch's school photographs; Limited edition print looking for a new home; Archives, "School is Everywhere" video

  • November 2022

    Contents: From the Archives - Malta Wives Club in 1972; Report from a Sennelager reunion; Spotlight on Facebook; Sharing Memories - a poem for the Gutersloh reunion by Lynne Walters.

  • December 2022

    Contents: Subscription information: Greetings from the Association Chair; Spotlight on members - Dee Day in Australia; Spotlight on members - Mollie Scroggie and friends from the 1960s in Osnabruck; From the Archives - A is for Aden!; Remembering friends - obituary for Pam Bonner.

  • January 2023

    Contents: Dramatic Arts in Osnabruch; Spotlight on Singapore; B is fro Burmuda; Reunion of St George's School pupils; Pupil signed uniform from Hong Kong.

  • February 2023

    Contents: Subscription information; St David's School, Malta; Boarding schools - letter to the Daily Telegraph; Archives sent to the IOE; Quiz.

  • March 2023

    Contents: Winchester Curry Lunch information; Spotlight on Singapore & Hong Kong. 

  • April 2023

    Contents: The girl in the red blazer; Reunion report for Singpore; M is for Munster.

  • May 2023

    Contents: Winchester Event - curry lunch report; A Grandfather's connections to a Gurkha regiment; Peter Hall's obituary.

  • June 2023

    Contents: Information about the AGM at the RAF club in London; Focus on Munster; Music from the past (Malta); Obituaries for Alison Porteous & Pat Williams.

  • July 2023

    Contents: Researching families; Further focus on Munster; Quiz; Tourex information - In Remembrance: Obituraries for Beth Morris and Pat Williams.

  • August 2023

    Contents: Information about the AGM & Lunch; C is for Cyprus; Drawing an Octopus (Cyprus); Archives - old exercise book cover; Morris Dancing in Germany; Obituary for Pat Law.

  • September 2023

    Contents: R is for Rheindahlen - Ark School & Windsor School; Connections- Postbox and the National Memorial Arboretum; Quiz.

  • October 2023

    Contents: AGM & Lunch at the RAF Club, London; Karaolos School, Cyprus; 50 year Reunion in Malta; Archives - OBE for Marie Clark in Malta during WW2; Farewell to HMS Hampshire.

  • November 2023

    Contents: Hobbies - Wildlife photography; Limericks & Limerick Challenge; A return to Sardinia after 43 years; Obituary for Eddie Martin.

  • December 2023

    Contents: Greetings from the Chair; Limericks; R is for Rheindahlen - the Summer Ball; Book Review "Odesa 1919: Surviving the Red Terror in Ukraine" by Ron French; Event dates for 2024; Christmas Quiz.

  • January 2024

    Contents: Information & booking form for Curry Lunch in Winchester; Mr Aubin catches Turbulencitus; Friends from Germany Reunion; W is for Windsor School - Steve Green's e-book.

  • February 2024

    Contents: Subscription Fee reminder; About the Spring edition of the Journal; Reunion for the Wyvern Club; Obituaries for Margaret Sowerby, Margaret Wishart, Doreen Brown, Marjorie Marshall, Kay Birtwhistle, Nigel Grandfield & Trevor Ricketts.

  • March 2024

    Contents: "Striguil" mail delivery; Lost locations; National Memorial Arboretum - Naval School Malta plaque; Reunions for Singapore; Banned items in School - vaping; Obituaries for Danny Favis, Jill Westwood & Sadie Smith. 

  • April 2024

    Contents: Hobbies “Garden Bloomers”; Focus on SSAFA with Sue Adams; Now and then – keeping fit; Quiz

  • May 2024

    Contents: Winchester Curry Lunch event, Hobbies - collecting silver part 1; Fort Stanley Hong Kong reunion.

  • June 2024

    Contents: Details of Lunch & AGM for 2024;Hobbies – Collecting Silver Part 2; In remembrance

  • July 2024

    Contents: Further details Lunch & AGM for 2023; Plön reunion report; Members – “Being a Trolley Dolly”; From the Archives

  • August 2024

    Contents: About the National Memorial Arboretum; Posted! photograph and description; Members – “Pupils by their parents”; Quiz, "out and about in UK"; In Remembrance, Carol Robson; Future events 2024 & 2025.

  • September 2024

    Contents: Member Tom Jordan writes about a Malta Reunion; Tim Mason writes about Mount Pleasant School in the Falklands; Wendy Billington’s book review;  Writing your memoirs for family, friends or the Association; Last month's Quiz answers;

  • October 2024

    Contents: Group photo from the AGM at the NMA; Future events 2025; R is for Rheindahlen; Bill Johnson and a special anniversary reunion; Paul French views on vaping; Archives, items displayed at the AGM (donations from Alison Porteous & Peter Gaskell); In remembrance, Geoff O’Connell.

  • November 2024

    Contents: "Solemates" and their South Downs Success; Purpose & History of the Bulletin & Journal explained; Brief Encounters by Sue Adams; Do you remember Margaret Lockhead?; In Remembrance, Charles Laing;

  • December 2024

    Contents: Seasons Greetings & News from Mike Chislett; Christmas in Nepal by Dee Day; December Quiz; In remembrance, Jean Sudron; Sampler and poem reflecting upon Education.

  • January 2025

    Contents:  Subscriptions for 2025: Events this year: The Defence Academy Part 1 by Ken Jones OBE: December Quiz answers: In remembrance, Jill Tottingham and David Greenwood; The Tourex page

  • February 2025

    Events this year: The Defence Academy Part 2 by Ken Jones MBE: Website and Update Log: Coincidences? Guy Gibson auction of memorabilia: In remembrance -  Jude Harley, Clive Hughes and Margaret Ball: Quiz – American Presidents.

  • March 2025

    Events – Defence Academy: It’s a small world by Sue Adams: From the Archives –Peter Gaskell’s collection about Singapore: American Presidents quiz answers:" A trip down memory lane" by Joan McHale (Singapore): Teacher benefits from Money Saving Expert

  • April 2025

    Events –Information about the AGM at Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa: Spotlight of Mount Pleasant Primary School, Falklands from Ceri Tacey; In remembrance, SueTelling.  

  • May 2025

    Events: More about Petwood Hotel history: Recommended reading from Bill Bowen, "Lancaster: the Forging of a Very British Legend" by John Nichol:  Spotlight on your Committee: Paderborn in the Snow! from Timothy Cohen: Reunion in Cyprus: Quiz – Six is too many

  • June 2025

    Ken Jones OBE – report on the visit to the Defence Academy, Shrivenham: Rosemary Segebarth writes about "Exploring Woodhall Spa": Quiz answers: Changes to the Committee; Fire at Slim School, Bergen: In Remembrance – Denis Turner and Geoff  Hern

  • July 2025

    More about Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa: Sheila Maxfield writes about the Schneverdingen “Highland Games”:  The changing curriculum and education: What’s                        new on the Association’s website?

  • August 2025

    Contents:   Rescued honours board goes to museum; Past directors of BFES; information about a new book “Little Britain Rheindahlen” ; Families – babies born in BMH; In Remembrance - Brenda Paterson and will Andrews.

  • September 2025

    Contents:  Report on recent Survey; Four “St George’s” across the world; Committee members; How the curriculum has changed – Ken learns to cook: Reminder of St John’s School Cyprus Reunion; Tidworth School, 1947; In Remembrance – Janet Presley and Chris

  • October 2025

    AGM at Petwood Hotel report; After Petwood – the journey home to Germany by Arthur & Sheila Maxfield; EPA become LPA – information from Tom: Cookies, Consent and the European Commission and the INTERNET: Appeal for Christma Photos: St George’s School in Gibraltar: In Remembrance: Lt Colonel Paul French, MBE (Retd) and Cliff Jones

  • November 2025

    Berlin – report on the Cultural Experience Tour: Subscriptions Reminder: From the Archives – school is Everywhere; AGM and lunch for 2026: Schools still open; Photo of a class from 1920s; Quiz about collective nouns

  • December 2025

    Christmas greetings from the Chair; Subscriptions for 2026: Missing Schools; Photo of PoW December 1916: In Remembrance – Tony Chester

  • January 2026

    Happy New Year making a New Year Resolution to record your memories; Travelling from Berlin: Teacher’s Pension News from Tom: In Remembrance: Hilary Clark and Maureen Elliott (Woodhouse)