12 January 2019
Presidential Display: Conscientious Objectors in WWI - Richard Berry FRPSL
Our President, Richard Berry FRPSL, gave a display, the likes of which we have not seen before, on matters relating to conscientious objectors. As usual Richard invited a number of guests, particularly from the ‘Royal’ and his family, but on this occasion his mother was not able to come!…
9 February 2019
John Daynes’ Plate 15-page Competition (members decide the winner) and Members’ Displays
We had seven entries for this year’s competition. At the end of the competition members who entered gave a short talk on their respective entries. In addition we had a sizeable accumulation of material from the late Alistair Kennedy and other sources for members to sort through and buy. …
2 March 2019
Ambulance and Hospital Trains - Dr Brian Robertson OStJ, TD, MICPEM
This display and talk was given by member Dr Brian Robertson, who was himself Squadron Commander of the Ambulance Train Squadron RAMC(V) in BAOR between 1985-1994, responsible for ten such trains. …
13 April 2019
All Day Meeting: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & Live Auction
The following appeared in Newsletter 320 (Summer 2019)
The AGM started with our President (Richard Berry FRPSL) welcoming those present to the meeting. He then led a moments silence in the memory of members who had died during the year, in particular our two distinguished and highly respected Honorary Life Members Keith Tranmer and Alistair Kennedy, other members Martin Ellam, Brian Standley and Dr R E Tanner and lapsed member Ze’ev Galibov. …
18 May 2019
The French Ambulance - Steve Ellis
Before our scheduled display and talk our President, Richard Berry FRPSL, had a presentation to make - you may remember that at our AGM he announced that he had awarded the Alan Brown Trophy to Francis Rodrigues…
30 May 2019 Stockholm
FPHS Meeting at Stockholmia 2019
We thank our President Richard Berry for arranging the room and co-ordinating with the other military societies to hold an informal joint meeting at Stockholmia 2019 on 30th May 2019.
The meeting was designed as a drop in and was informal. …
8 June 2019
All-Day meeting: Joint Meeting with the East African Study Circle - Members’ Displays
Our President, Richard Berry FRPSL, opened the meeting by welcoming members of the East Africa Study Circle (EASC) to our all-day joint meeting. This was reciprocated by …
6 July 2019 - Leamington Spa
MIDPEX, Leamington Spa: the Society will have a table at this event
20 July 2019
Emergency Currency - John Cowlin
We know of John’s enthusiasm for the pre-stamp period of postal history - he has previously given us displays (e.g. Postcards 1899 to 1945 and Postal History 1759 to 1815 which included some counterfeit assignats (banknotes)) and he has had a number of articles published in our Journal (including the Seven Year’s War 1756-1763; Copenhagen Campaign 1807; Peninsular War 1808-1814; Napoleonic Wars 1803-18 & French Revolutionary Wars 1789-1795; A Nelson letter of 1804 and many more). …
10 August 2019 Banstead
War & Philately, Banstead, Surrey - with dealers of stamps, postal history, books & ephemera
We had a very good day at Banstead on Saturday 10th August - our eighth year and another success for the Society. Hopefully the dealers present had a profitable time and the many collectors who attended went home with a few choice items.
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14 September 2019
9-Sheet Pesidents Cup Competition
Although we clashed with Autumn Stampex (due to an unfortunate mix-up when arranging the 2019 programme) we had 15 members present at one time or another during the afternoon. Our President and one of our Vice-President’s had to leave early as they were involved in the Stampex exhibition dismounting process and we had two late attendees as they were at other specialist society meetings at Stampex! …
19 October 2019
All-day Joint meeting with the King George Sixth Collectors Society
Our President, Richard Berry FRPSL, opened the meeting by welcoming members of the King George Sixth Collectors Society to our all-day joint meeting. This was reciprocated by .…
9 November 2019
The Great War - Aftermath 1919 and Beyond
Peter High opened the meeting and gave a short introductory talk about military mails and conflicts during the inter-war period. Essentially it was - what do we mean by “Aftermath 1919 and Beyond” - quite simply any military involvement anywhere in the world following the Armistice and before the outbreak of World War Two. …
14 December 2019
New Acquisitions and Queries ...... and a chat over Coffee, Biscuits and Mince Pies - Members’ Displays
We were in the Burns Room for this meeting, having been pipped at the post for our usual Reserved Bar Lounge meeting room by an all-day meeting of the Channel Islands Specialists’ Society (who even borrowed some of our display frames to hoot, albeit by agreement!). …