Saturday March 31st We hope to repeat the success of last year's joint London meeting with the Wilfred Owen Association by holding another similar event at The Lamb, a historic pub in Bloomsbury. This year, Jon Stallworthy and Jane Potter will be talking about their work on the new Penguin edition of Three Poets of the Great War (Owen, Rosenberg, Gurney) which came out last Remembrance weekend, and which is dedicated to the memory of Vivien Noakes (and passionately recommended by Tim Kendall in his war poetry blog - war-poets.blogspot.com). There is an additional treat in the form of the baritone Philip Lancaster, who will be singing some Gurney songs. Details of prices, etc, to follow shortly.
Tuesday 17th July The annual 'Sassoon Plate' Golf match will be held at 2pm (following luncheon in the clubhouse) at Lamberhurst Golf Club, Church Road, Lamberhurst, Kent TN3 8DT. If you would like to play in, or attend the event then please contact Bob Miller - romanybob@aol.com
Wednesday 18th July This year's 'Flower Show Match' between Matfield Cricket Club and the George Sherston X1 will be played on at 2pm on Matfield Village Green, Kent.
Saturday 8th September Following the success of last September's Annual Conference held at Stratford-upon-Avon the Fellowship will be holding this year's event at Radley College in Oxfordshire.
The Conference will have an 'Education' theme. The Fellowship's life president, Dennis Silk, was Headmaster at Radley College from 1968 to 1991.
Until August 2012 Siegfried's notebook on horse-care is included in 'War Horse:Fact & Fiction' an exhibition to accompany Spielberg's film of the Michael Morpurgo book 'War Horse'. The exhibition continues until August 2012 at the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea.
SSF's Sam Gray reported that the exhibition was well worth a visit. The Sassoon exhibit featured little notebooks from his time as transport officer and there is a double page of instructions to farriers how to deal with various equine ailments, in his familiar handwriting and quite legible.