Welcome to The Newcastle Branch of the Coldstream Guards Association. Branch No 4 – Founded 1913
Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings are still being held at the Strawberry Public House, Strawberry Place, NE1 4SF, until further notice. Meetings are held on the last Thursday of each month (less December). Meetings start at 20:00 prompt.
Forecast of Events for 2026
EARLY NOTIFICATION
Saturday 3rd October 2026 Newcastle Branch Stag Luncheon
It is planned to hold next year’s Stag Luncheon at the County Hotel on the above date. Events will start at 13:00 (location and timing TBC). Gentlemen, if you would like to bring wives, partners, with you for the day, there will be plenty to occupy the ladies in Newcastle for the day.
Message from Tony Taylor
Recovery Support Officer
I am Tony Taylor, ex Coldstream Drum Major, I recently started working at the Battle Back Centre for the Royal British Legion as a recovery support officer. It seems that it is not widely known that our multi-activity course is available to attend by any veteran, and I am trying to get the word out there that our courses are available. We offer a 5-day multi-activity course at the Battle Back Centre in Lilleshall, Shropshire. Food and accommodation is provided, as is world-class coaching on activities such as wheelchair basketball, golf, archery, cycling, sitting volleyball and climbing. All activities can be adapted, making them all very inclusive and open to all abilities. We have had a gentleman attend who was 83 recently, who took part in all activities, including getting to the top of the climbing wall.
This is a great place for a reset, refocus and general wellbeing including the link between physical and mental health as well as developing ways of managing stress. If any veteran wishes to attend, they need to call the helpline on 0808 802 8080 and request to attend, then a case officer will be appointed to check eligibility, etc., before getting them booked on.
This is an amazing course, and to see the difference in people between arriving and leaving on the Friday is phenomenal
CSgt Paul Blakelock is going to let the London Branch know about us at their next meeting. I can let the Shropshire and Birmingham Branches know, but would someone be able to circulate this information to the other Branches, please?
I am happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Kind Regards
Remembering the Iraq War – 15 Years On
PSB from RBL, kindly share throughout your networks and register via the link.
Remembering the Iraq War – 15 Years On
We are hosting a daytime commemorative event at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on Friday 22nd May 2026 to mark the 15th anniversary of the end of Operation TELIC. We warmly invite those to attend from the serving and veteran communities who served in the Iraq War (Op TELIC: 2003-2011), families of those who served in Iraq (including the bereaved), and those who worked as civilian contractors supporting British Forces and civil society in the country.
If you know of any individuals who may be interested in attending, we ask that they register their interest via this link: https://rbl.org.uk/telic15o
Certificate of Merit
At the last Newcastle Stag Luncheon, there were a couple of certificates of merit handed out to both Kev Stott and Rob Gray. Below are the images of the awards ceremony
