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| Altcar Camp IJ |
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| Altcar Camp -Phil on his bike |
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| Altcar Camp - CG and my Staff Car |
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| Altcar Camp - QM working hard |
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| Altcar Camp Last on parade together 48 years ago |
Showing posts with label NACF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NACF. Show all posts
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Altcar NACF Visit
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Warcop NACF Visit
Visit to Northumbria ACF Annual Camp Warcop.
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| NACF Visitors Warcop Camp |
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| NACF Visit Warcop Camp |
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| NACF Visit Warcop Camp IJ CG |
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| NACF Visit Warcop Camp Paintballing |
Saturday, 26 April 2025
Northumbria ACF - St Georges Dinner
Northumbria Army Cadet Force
St George's Dinner
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| NACF St Georges Dinner IJ GG |
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| NACF St Georges Dinner William IJ GG |
Sunday, 19 January 2025
NACF Banner Parade
Northumbria Army Cadet Force
Banner Presentation
Tynemouth Army Reserve Centre
19th January 2025
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| NACF Banner Presentation Parade |
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| NACF Banner Presentation Padre's Address |
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| NACF Banner Presentation Padre's Blessing |
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| NACF Banner Presentation |
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| NACF Banner Presentation IJ |
Sunday, 10 July 2016
Somme Commemoration Bedlington
To commemorate the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme, and in particular to remember the losses of the Tyneside Scottish, a parade and church service was held in Bedlington, on 10 July 2016.
Bedlington lay in the heart of the SE Northumberland Coalfield and provided many recruits to the Tyneside Scottish. The effect of the 1st July would have started to arrive in the communities around that time 100 years ago. The notifications of death on the impersonal Army Form B104, the last letters home, would cause grief for many families, whilst for others relief as they find that their loved ones survived. One of the biggest concentration of causalities in the country was Bedlington where over 60 men was lost from a small community.
The parade, led by the City of Newcastle Pipe Band Battery, had representation from 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery, the Tyneside Scottish Branch Royal Artillery Association, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Association, Northumbria Army Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps.
The church service in Bedlington St Cuthbert's Church included civic and military leaders, local community as well as families from those who fought with the Tyneside Scottish on the Somme.
Bedlington lay in the heart of the SE Northumberland Coalfield and provided many recruits to the Tyneside Scottish. The effect of the 1st July would have started to arrive in the communities around that time 100 years ago. The notifications of death on the impersonal Army Form B104, the last letters home, would cause grief for many families, whilst for others relief as they find that their loved ones survived. One of the biggest concentration of causalities in the country was Bedlington where over 60 men was lost from a small community.
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| Anxious families awaiting the postman West Sleekburn July 1916 |
The parade, led by the City of Newcastle Pipe Band Battery, had representation from 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery, the Tyneside Scottish Branch Royal Artillery Association, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Association, Northumbria Army Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps.
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| City of Newcastle Pipe Band lead the Parade |
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| Bedlingtom Somme Commemoration Parade |
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| St Cuthbert's Bedlington Northumbria ACF |
Saturday, 2 July 2016
Ex Reflect Somme - Tyne Cot
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| Tyne Cot Cross of Sacrifice |
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| Tyne Cot Memorial |
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| Tyne Cot Northumberland Fusiliers Tyne Cot Memorial Northumbria ACF |
Ex Reflect Somme - 2nd Northumbrian Brigade RFA
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| 2nd Northumbrian Brigade RFA Ypres Extension Cemetery |
The Germans had released gas and tried to breakthrough the British lines, but were held by gallant actions of Canadian and British troops.
The 50th Northumbrian Division were used to reinforce formations fighting in the Salient. The 2nd Northumbrian Brigade RFA deployed in support of 28th Division.
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| 2nd Northumbrian Brigade RFA Location 24th May 1915 |
capture the Bellewaarde Ridge. The Brigade War Diary of records intensive artillery fire from the early morning.
At 7pm a German shell exploded on No. 1 gun killing 5 of the detachment and severely wounding the No 1. The war dairy records the loss of;
Corporal JA Carr and Gunners JW Clarke, G Robinson, JW Rowbottom, AW Venus.
At 08:30 Driver Wilson was killed.
The six men were buried at 11:20
The Gunners remains were discovered in 2013. They were identified from their shoulder titles which identified them as members of the North Riding Battery from the 2nd Northumbrian Brigade RFA. Two of the six men could be identified; Gunners JW Rowbottom, AW Venus.
They were all reinterred on April 20th 2016 at a ceremony held in Ypres Town Cemetery Extension Cemetery. In the presence of the British Ambassador to Belgium and families, a burial party from 4th Regiment RA finally laid the men to rest.
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| Ypres Town Cemetery Extension Cemetery |
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| North Riding Battery Graves Ypres Town Extension Cemetery |
F II Grave 33
A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR
Royal Field Artillery
F II Grave 34
A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR
Royal Field Artillery
1308 Gunner
A.J. ROWBOTTOM
Royal Field Artillery
F II Grave 36
A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR
Royal Field Artillery
F II Grave 37
A SOLDIER OF THE GREAT WAR
Royal Field Artillery
F II Grave 38
1817 Gunner
A.W. VENUS
Royal Field Artillery
At the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate on the eve of the 1st July 2016 I laid a wreath in memory of the men of the 6 Gunners of the 2nd (Northumbrian) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
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| Menin Gate 1st July 2016 |
Ex Somme Reflect - Ypres Yorkshire Trench Display
In the Flanders Field Museum is a video and display of items being excavated from the Yorkshire Trench. The Yorkshire Trench was discovered in 1992, and included trenches from 1915 and 1917, and a dugout.
The trench is located in the centre of an industrial area to the north of Ypres.
Fascinating model and a display of the artefacts found can be seen in the museum.
The trench is located in the centre of an industrial area to the north of Ypres.
Fascinating model and a display of the artefacts found can be seen in the museum.
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| Yorkshire Trench Model In Flanders Field Museum |
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| Yorkshire Trench Artefacts Display In Flanders Field Museum |
Friday, 1 July 2016
Ex Reflect Somme - Menin Gate 1st July 2016
On the evening of 1st July 2016 laid a wreath at the 30394th evening ceremony of the Last Post at the Menin Gate.
The wreath was laid in memory of the Gunners of the 2nd (Northumbrian) Brigade Royal Field Artillery who had been recently laid to rest in the Ypres Town Extension Cemetery.
Cadets from Northumbria ACF laid wreaths for the Armey Cadet Force, Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish
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| Menin Gate 1st July 2016 |
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| Menin Gate 1st July 2016 |
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| Northumbria ACF Menin Gate 1st July 2016 |
Ex Somme Reflect - Knott Brothers Commemoration
The Ypres Reservoir Cemetery contains the graves of the Knott Brothers, the sons of Sir James Knott who founded a Trust in memory of his lost sons.
James Knott was a wealthy entrepreneur who lived at Close House, Wylam, prior to the First World War. He had made his fortune through his shipping line, Prince Line Limited which he set up in 1895. It grew to be the third largest in the World.
In 1914 on the outbreak of World War One, two of his sons, Henry Basil and James Leadbitter, volunteered to join the Army and were commissioned into the 9th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
Captain Henry Basil Knott died of wounds on the 7th September 1915 whilst serving with the 9th NF in the Ypres Salient. The 9th NF were in the line at Bois Carre close to the village of Vierstraart when he received a shot to the head. He was taken to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Siding, Poperinghe where he died. He was buried in nearby at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
James Leader Bitter Knott transferred to the 10th Battalion West Riding Regiment. He was awarded the DSO in the Birthday Honours of 3rd June 1916.
On the 1st July 1916 Major JL Knott was Battalion 2 I/C and the 10th West Riding's were in the front line facing the heavily fortified village of Fricourt. Following the detonation of a mine a position named the Tambour the Battalion advanced quickly through the German first line defences, but were caught by heavy machinegun fire from the second line devastating the Yorkshire men. The 10th West Yorks suffered the heaviest casualties of any Battalion on the First Day of the Somme, they included Major James Leadbitter Knott. He was buried in Fricourt New Military Cemetery.
James Knott was devastated by the loss of his sons, and decided to sell the Prince Line. After the War he used his fortune to commission a number of memorials and a set up a charitable trust dedicated to the memory of his sons.
He used his considerable influence to have the bodies of both his sons brought together, and they were buried alongside each other in Ypres Extension Cemetery.
On the 1st July 2016, the opportunity was taken to lay a wreath at the Knott Brothers graves in Ypres, exactly 100 years after the loss of Major JL Knott on the Somme.
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| Knott Brothers Major JL Knott DSO & Captain HB Knott |
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| Ypres Reservoir Cemetery |
Captain Henry Basil Knott died of wounds on the 7th September 1915 whilst serving with the 9th NF in the Ypres Salient. The 9th NF were in the line at Bois Carre close to the village of Vierstraart when he received a shot to the head. He was taken to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Siding, Poperinghe where he died. He was buried in nearby at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
James Leader Bitter Knott transferred to the 10th Battalion West Riding Regiment. He was awarded the DSO in the Birthday Honours of 3rd June 1916.
On the 1st July 1916 Major JL Knott was Battalion 2 I/C and the 10th West Riding's were in the front line facing the heavily fortified village of Fricourt. Following the detonation of a mine a position named the Tambour the Battalion advanced quickly through the German first line defences, but were caught by heavy machinegun fire from the second line devastating the Yorkshire men. The 10th West Yorks suffered the heaviest casualties of any Battalion on the First Day of the Somme, they included Major James Leadbitter Knott. He was buried in Fricourt New Military Cemetery.
James Knott was devastated by the loss of his sons, and decided to sell the Prince Line. After the War he used his fortune to commission a number of memorials and a set up a charitable trust dedicated to the memory of his sons.
He used his considerable influence to have the bodies of both his sons brought together, and they were buried alongside each other in Ypres Extension Cemetery.
On the 1st July 2016, the opportunity was taken to lay a wreath at the Knott Brothers graves in Ypres, exactly 100 years after the loss of Major JL Knott on the Somme.
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| Major JL Knott & Captain HB Knott Ypres Reservoir Cemetery |
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| Capt HB Knott |
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| Major JL Knott DSO |
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