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Some more sad news I’m afraid. The previous Arnhem Fellowship President (2013 to 2017), Major-General Keith Spacie, passed away on 16th October. From Paradata: Maj Gen Keith Spacie CB OBE was born in 1935 and commissioned into the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in July 1955, awarded an MID in1958 and transferred into 3 PARA in 1960. Among…

It is with great sadness and regret that I have to inform you of the passing of Carolyn Brodie. Carolyn was our membership secretary and the daughter of our founding member, Major Tony Hibbert. Many of you have known her for many more years than I have and I’m sure you will be as equally…

It is with great sadness and regret that we have to inform you of the passing of one of our Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life Member, John Bosley, on Monday 3rd October. On 18th September 1944 John jumped onto Ginkel Heath with the second lift as part of the 11th Parachute Battalion, Battalion HQ Intelligence…

It is with great sadness and regret that we must advise you of the passing of one of our Honorary Life members, Bert Turner, 196 Squadron, RAF. Bert passed away on the evening of 4th August. Bert was a regular attendee of the September commemorations travelling with a group of ex-servicemen from Staffordshire. He always…

The Arnhem Fellowship was represented at the 80th Anniversary event of the formation of the Parachute Regiment at Merville Barracks, Colchester. Visitors to the stand included two Arnhem veterans and Honorary Life members of the Arnhem Fellowship. John Humphreys OBE DL, now a Chelsea Pensioner, who served with the 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers and…

Please find below, a copy of the invitation to the unveiling of the Glider Pilot Regiment Monument on September 16th 2022, 13:30hrs. The unveiling will take place at Wolfhezerweg 111, Wolfheze (at the entrance to Chalet Park Lindenhof and the Glider museum. Everyone is most welcome to attend.

Dear Members, There are, of course, many good causes and worthwhile charities all looking for financial help. Two such charities in particular that help to support the Arnhem Fellowship’s purposes are The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity (SUPPORT OUR PARAS) The Market Garden Challenge for the Taxi…

Dear Members, Please see below a joint statement issued by the Trustees of the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship and the Board of the Society of Friends of the Airborne Museum. The representatives of the Society of Friends of the Airborne Museum and the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship have agreed to build a closer working relationship for the…

I regret to inform you of the passing of Lieutenant Kazimierz Szmid of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade on 28th May 2022, aged 97. Kazimierz fought at Arnhem with the 1st Battalion of the Brigade. Thank you to his son Andrzej for keeping us informed. In the early hours of this morning my lovely,…

Once again, we find ourselves about to start a season of PARAS10 challenges taking place in May, September and October, raising money for Support Our Paras. We kick off with Team Queripel running in the Colchester 10 mile run on Saturday 14th May. Team Queripel: John Gerring – needs no introduction (!) Paul Gerring –…