N&M Augl 16 Newsletter

Newsletter August 2016






Jutland 100
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The first of this year’s Battle Honours Lunches was to commemorate
the Battle of Jutland. Our guest speaker was Mr Richard Latham,
Admiral Jellicoe’s grandson (2). Guests included, Mr Nicholas Childs,
Capt Chris Streeten RN, Mr Ben Sharp and Dr Paul Cook (1). Admiral
Jellicoe’s famous flag signal flew from the Club’s mast for the day. “Equal
Speed/C(harlie)/L(ondon),” directing his fleet to change from a column
formation to a single battle line steering course Southeast by East, while
maintaining current speed (3). Club Vice-President, Admiral of the Fleet
The Lord Boyce with Vice-Chairman, Mr William de Segundo (4).




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Wine Buffs

(or the juice) minus the skins is then
transferred to another tank to finish the
fermentation process.
• Run off is the process involved when
the winemaker removes juice from
the tank of fermenting red wine; this
juice is used to make the rosé wine.
The run off process results in a darker/
more intense red wine (the wine left in
the fermentation vat) and, in my opinion,
a so-so rosé wine.
For the wine aroma hunters:
The following are the typical aromas
found in rosé wines.
• Grapefruit, banana, strawberry,
raspberry, redcurrant, almond, linden, cut
hay
Best of the Evening,
“English Rose” Camel
At the May Wine Buffs we tasted rosé contact were known as the vin vermeilh
wine and it was interesting that the wine (or pinpin to the English) and were Valley, England. 2014,
of the evening was English, followed by considered to be of much lesser quality. 12.5 %, £16.50. Fortnum
France. (Who would have thought that our Club & Mason. Grape Pino Noir
and Dornfelder.
When the first wine labeled as rosé was Claret’s great grandfather was a rosé wine)
produced is not known, but it is very There’s a difference between old-world Well worth trying.
likely that many of the earliest red wines rosé and new-world rosé wines. Old- Chateau de Pibarnon,
made were closer in appearance to today’s world rosé wines tend to be drier than France (Provence).
rosés than they would be to modern new-world rosé wines. New world can 2014, 13%, £19. Bought in
red wines. This is because many of the also have very similar characteristics to France but Berry Bros stock
winemaking techniques used to make white wines. Tip: You should drink still it. Grape 65% Mourvèdre -
todays darker, more tannic red wines rosé wines when they are young or are 35% Cinsault
were not widely practiced in ancient 1-3 years old. Miraval France
winemaking. Both red and white wine How are rosé wines made? (Provence). 2014, 13%,
grapes were often pressed soon after The four approaches to making rosé £15. Majestic and M&S.
harvest, with very little maceration time, wines are bleeding, pressing, limited Miraval is owned by Brad
pressing by hand or foot, creating juice maceration, and run off. Pitt and Angelina Jolie,
that was only lightly pigmented. the Buffs though that it
Even after the development of newer, • Saignée or bleeding is used to make was a little too light but
the best quality rosés. Juice is obtained
more efficient wine presses, many by stacking up the wine grapes in a tank a good quaffer. It didn’t
winemakers still preferred making the and letting the grapes’ weight do the rate the rave reviews that
lighter coloured and fruitier style of crushing. Since the juice is in contact it has received in the press
wines. There was an understanding, as with the grape skins only for a very short though.
early as the time of the Ancient Greeks time, the rosé wine obtained through this The also-ran rosés.
and Roman winemakers, that harder technique has a very pale colour – rosé Usually, price isn’t a
pressing and letting the juice “sit” for a wines made through bleeding are rich, guarantee of quality but in this tasting
period with the skins would make darker, fruity and have great freshness. spending a little more on rosé appears to
heartier wines, but the resulting wines pay off.
were often considered too harsh and less • Pressé or pressing is the technique Marques de Alarcon, Spain. 2014, 12%,
desirable. This sentiment lasted well into of pressing the red grapes until the juice £ 8.50. Independent Shipper
the Middle Ages, when the pale clarets has the desired colour. Once the desired
from Bordeaux were starting to gain the colour has been attained, the winemaker Le Rose de Giscours, France
world’s attention. To the English market stops pressing. Only the pressed juice is (Bordeaux). 2014, 13.5 %, £11.50.
the most prized clarets were, according used to make the rosé wine. Berry Bros
to wine historian Hugh Johnson, the vin • Limited maceration is the most Far too sweat and cloying with almost a
d’une nuit or “wine of one night” which commonly used technique for making Synthetic taste.
were pale-rosé coloured wines made rose wines. The grapes or, to be more San Leo (Vino Spumante) Italy. 2014,
from juice that was allowed only a single precise, the skins are left in contact with 11%, £8. Waitrose. Grape Nerello
night of skin contact. The darker wine the juice until the winemaker decides that Mascalese and Glera.
produced from must that had longer skin he is happy with its colour. The “wine”

From the Chairman

In the April gun armed steam powered warships has Viet Minh, supported first by rearmed
newsletter I been characterised as the battle that won Japanese infantry under British command
wrote of my the First World War confirming as it did - and then by a brigade of French Foreign
dear sister’s full British maritime superiority and thereby Legion (largely made up of former
life. Tomorrow entrenching the debilitating blockade. Members of the Wehrmacht and Waffen
I will enjoy her Our guest speaker was Richard Latham, SS). His son, Arklay Purdie, served in Iraq
last gift of two former RN and RNR officer, Dartmouth and Helmand with 2 Para - and is now an
Centre Court contemporary of your chairman and intelligence officer at Hereford.
tickets. I also grandson of Admiral Jellicoe, Commander Perhaps the less said by me here about
described a in Chief of the Grand Fleet at Jutland. We the Referendum the better. Cloudbursts
visit to our two are similarly to commemorate the Battle in London probably helped to account
new Aircraft Carriers now completing in of the Somme but that is a subject for my for a much smaller attendance than the
Scotland. In this piece I revert to more next piece. equivalent party for last year’s General
normal description of the many enjoyable The annual Waterloo dinner saw around Election. However some 33 of us sat
events that have taken place since April. 150 Members and guests celebrating this down to dinner and when asked who they
Elsewhere you will read of how Yassen great victory again all together under our thought would win (I thought enquiring
Yankov, our Operations Manager, marquee in the Courtyard. The event was which side one had voted for might be a
organised and led a team for the inter Club brilliantly orchestrated and compered bit divisive) just nine of us forecast Leave.
golf competition in which we considerably by the Secretary and memorable music I would like to conclude with a few words
improved our ranking from last year rising was provided by the band of The Royal of encouragement on our Staff Welfare
to 5th out of some 18 entrants and a little Yeomanry, The Pipes and Drums of Fund. As is the invariable Club custom
behind the Cavalry and Guards Club. Not the London Scottish Regiment and the we do not, like restaurants or hotels,
a bad result and achieved despite your incomparable singing of our very own encourage tipping of our hard working,
Chairman’s increasingly arthritic knees, Diva, club Member Alison Pearce. Our loyal and effective staff. Rather Members
now recovering from 90 holes in three guest of honour Professor David Purdie are encouraged twice a year to contribute
days at Woking and Rye and receiving of Edinburgh University provided a to the Staff Welfare Fund. The total
treatment from Nordic Balance’s able most entertaining speech and has a most amount generously donated this June is
physio who I strongly recommend. But remarkable family history. His Father- some £21,500. However, Members may
don’t book him up so much he does not in-Law Lt Col Arklay Guthrie (now 95) care to reflect on the fact that this has
have time for me. ended the Burma campaign with 4/10 come from only 10% of our Members.
Some 80 plus sat down to a Battle Gurkha rifles and went on with his Vice Admiral John McAnally CB LVO
Honours Lunch commemorating Jutland. Brigade to Indo-China.
This largest ever encounter between There, from 1945-1947, they engaged the




Frederick Sleigh Roberts VC (later Field Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar)

Lieutentant, Bengal Artillery, attached to possession of by him. He also, on the same day,
Hope Grant’s Cavalry Division, Honourable cut down another Sepoy who was standing at bay,
East India Company Forces with musket and bayonet, keeping off a Sowar.
Khodagunge, India. War Office, Lieutenant Roberts rode to the assistance of the
24th December 1858 horseman, and, rushing the Sepoy, with one blow
Bengal Artillery Lieutenant Frederick Sleigh of his sword cut him across the face, killing him on
Roberts the spot.
Date of Act of Bravery, 2nd January 1858 He was invested with his VC by Queen
Lieutenant Roberts’ gallantry has on every occasion Victoria at Buckingham Palace on 8th
been most marked. June 1859. The VC is now housed at the
On following up the retreating enemy on the 2nd National Army Museum in London.
January 1858, at Khodagunge, he saw in the Lord Roberts was a member of the Club
distance two Sepoys going away with a standard. from 1900.
Lieutenant Roberts put spurs to his horse, and The Club is fortunate to have a small
overtook them just as they were about to enter collection of Roberts memorabilia, most
a village. They immediately turned round, and of which can be found in the VAD Room,
presented their muskets at him, and one of the including a prayer book inscribed by
men pulled the trigger, but unfortunately the caps Lord Roberts on 25th August 1914. Two
snapped, and the standard-bearer was cut down by portraits of him also hang in the Club, one
this gallant young officer, and the standard taken in the Long Bar and one in the VAD Room.

Three Clubs 1

Three hundred and fifty Members
of the three Clubs in St James’s
Square enjoyed a delightful Summer
Garden Party in commemoration
of The Queen’s 90th birthday. Our
Chairman delivered a fine speech
and, accompanied by Barbican Brass
our own Diva, Alison Pearce, led the
gathering in a stirring rendition of the
National Anthem.
1. Mr Iain Wolsey, Col Ian Paterson,
Vice Admiral John McAnally
2. Miss Alison Pearce
3. Lt and Mrs Kanty and friends
4. The Barbican Brass
5. Enjoying our Chairman’s speech
6. Members returned to the 3
Clubhouse to enjoy a buffet
supper in the courtyard




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Waterloo Dinner
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The summer events continued with the
annual Waterloo Dinner taking place
under canvas in the Courtyard. The
guest speaker was Professor David
Purdie who delivered a witty and much
appreciated speech and our diva led
Members and guests in rousing singing
accompanied by the Pipes and Drums of
The London Scottish Regiment and the
Band of the Royal Yeomanry.
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1. Professor Purdie, The Chairman,
Mr John Briggs.
2. Mr Stuart Maconochie
and Colonel Charles Maconochie.
3 The Pipes and Drums of
The London Scottish Regiment.
4. The Sláinte





Summer Ball 1


The night after the Waterloo Dinner came the Summer Ball in
honour of The Queen’s 90th Birthday. Flapper dresses were
in order for the ladies and they did not disappoint. The ‘Royal
Footmen’ were on hand to entertain and the guests danced the
night away to the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.
1 Ladies from the Cumberlidge party
2 Mr James Hemsley and Miss Claire Bamford
3. Miss Salwa Al Tajjar, Miss Alexandra and Miss Katharina
Schedat
4. The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
5 Miss Ourania Mapouras and Miss Sophie Mapouras




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Club Game Dinner



Guns and friends gather to share
memories of days so far and talk of

the season to come. Enjoy a
three course dinner with wine and

Sons and Daughters Dinner port


Members are encouraged to bring sons and
daughters, and other members of the family,
to enjoy a formal and sparkling Dinner at the
Club

Friday 9th September


Thursday 22nd September
Time: 1900 for 1930
Price: £70 per person Time: 1900 for 1930

Dress: Mess Kit | Black Tie |Medals and Price: £80 Members |£85 guests
Decorations Dress: Mess Kit | Black Tie


For more information or to book, please contact the Events Team
For more information or to book, please contact the Events Team on on020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]
020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]




Bridge Society


The regular dinner and duplicate bridge for agreeing to take on this enormous from one club to another during the
evenings held on the first Wednesday task. It is envisaged that we will have course of the afternoon. There are
of each month (except August), are annual matches with all of the major five venues, Athenaeum, Carlton, RAC,
directed by our regular Director, Victor bridge-playing St James’s clubs over the Reform and ourselves. This year we
Lesk and are proving ever more popular next year or so. have the added honour of being chosen
with members and players from our On Wednesday 15th June we held the to host the celebratory dinner after the
fellow St James’s clubs. We certainly annual Waterloo Bridge Cup. This competition where the winners will be
have the reputation for being one of the prestigious pairs competition is hard announced. There are still one or two
most friendly places to play, whilst still fought over and is always a highlight places left. Please e-mail me for further
maintaining a reasonable standard. of the St James’s bridge calendar. The details: [email protected].
On Monday 9th May the In & Out Club Secretary, Chris Hogan, made an Finally, I have been asked by several
fielded a team for the annual Centenary encouraging and inspiring speech at the members if there is any chance that we
Cup, which this year was held at the dinner during the evening, in which he could run some more bridge lessons for
Oxford & Cambridge Club. We played particularly emphasised the important beginners. I am currently in the process
well and our honour remained intact role that bridge has in Clubland for of checking the feasibility of this and
where we finished a very respectable bringing the different clubs together will report back with further details in
fourth place. Congratulations to all in such a fun and sociable atmosphere. the next newsletter. However, if any
members of the team. This year we had nine tables and the member is interested in taking part in
On the issue of representative matches, it eventual winners were two of our a course of six lessons (one a week),
has been decided to concentrate more on members, Beverly and Elliot Black. then please email me so that I can let
this over the next year or so. Organising Congratulations to our well-deserved you know the arrangements as soon as
these both home and away matches winners. possible.
require a lot of time and commitment. On Monday 10th October the Club
It is for this reason that I am extremely will play host again to the annual St Simon Ward, Bridge Chairman
grateful to one of my fellow Bridge James Café Bridge Tournament. This
Committee members, Ms Barrie Gilbert, competition involves players moving

Library News Rachel Hird

Recent additions to the Library Rachel Hird joined the Club as
The new pirates: modern our new Membership Secretary in
global piracy from Somalia to March 2016.
the South China Sea by Andrew Her first step into Clubs was during
Palmer. He shows how this ‘new’ a twelve-month industrial placement
piracy is rooted in the geopolitics at The Garrick in her third year
and socio-economic conditions of studying Hospitality and Event
of the late-20th century where Management at Manchester
populations live on the margins Metropolitan University. Having
and where weak or ‘failed states’ never worked in a Club before,
can encourage criminal activity she says this was an eye-opening and immersive introduction
and even international terrorism. as she worked in many different departments from back of
Somalia is considered to be the house in housekeeping to front of house and waitressing in
nest of piracy, but hotspots the Coffee Room.
include not only the Red Sea Rachel was chosen as an exemplary student and was asked
region, but also the whole to represent the Club as an ambassador at The Garrick Club
Indian Ocean, West Africa, Latin marquee in the Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot.
America, Southeast Asia and the Upon graduating with Upper Second Class Honours she was
South China Seas. invited to return to the Garrick and worked as the Events
Both the following authors came Coordinator for a further two years and soon realised how
to the Club to give ‘Fireside family orientated Clubs are and how much she enjoyed being
Chats’ on their respective subject. a part of them.
Farewell Kabul: from Rachel left The Garrick Club to take expand her horizons and
Afghanistan to a more develop into the role of Membership Secretary at The In &
dangerous world by Christina Out.
Lamb, Sunday Times journalist When this young energetic northern addition to our team
and author isn’t at her desk she spends lots of her spare time at home in
This book tells how the West Battersea spoiling Chewie, her little Lhasa Apso, and “talking
turned success into defeat in the to him like a mad woman!”
longest war fought by the United
States in its history and by Britain
since the Hundred Years War. It Latin American
is the story of well-intentioned
men and women going into a Wine Tasting Dinner
place they did not understand at
all. And how, what had once been
the right thing to do had become Time:1900 for 1930
a conflict that everyone wanted Price: £70 for Members | £75 for Guests
to exit. It has been a fiasco which Dress: Suits
has left Afghanistan still one of
the poorest and most dangerous
nations on earth.
Killing the Bismarck:
destroying the pride of Hitler’s
fleet by Iain Ballantyne
The fascinating story of the four-
day hunt for the Bismarck and
the final battle.
A very topical reminder, A
corner of a foreign field: the
illustrated poetry of the First
World War by Fiona Waters, Martin Hudson MW from Berry Bros will
kindly donated by a Club member take us through five wines from Latin
America as we enjoy a three course dinner
I look forward to receiving your suggestions for Thursday 29th September
new books and please do contact me with enquiries at
[email protected] For more information or to book, please contact the Events Team on
020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]

Events Calendar



For more information or to book any of the events,
please contact the Events office on 020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]



AUGUST Thursday 22nd Friday 28th
Thursday 4th 1900 for 1930 Game Dinner 1900 for 1930 Oktoberfest
1100 Clarence House, private tour, £80 for Member | £85 for guests An evening of fine beer, food and
followed by lunch back at the Club Mess Kit/Black Tie entertainment
£49 including the tour and two course £85 for Members | £89 for guests
lunch with wine Thursday 29th Club Casual
Waiting list only
1900 for 1930 Latin American Dining NOVEMBER
Club Dinner
Thursday 18th A three course dinner with a tutored Wednesday 2nd
1900 for 1930 tasting of Latin American Wines by 1830 Bridge
InterClub Hog Roast for the under 35s Martin Hudson MW Play and supper with wine
£38 including a couple of glasses of wine £70 for Members | £75 for guests £43
Suits
SEPTEMBER Thursday 10th
1900 Club Quiz
Wednesday 7th OCTOBER The second of this year’s quizzes to
1830 Bridge Tuesday 4th challenge ‘the little grey cells’
Play and supper with wine 1830 Fireside Chat: War Memorials Trust £22 including a two course supper
£43 The story of the organisation that works
for the protection and conservation of Friday 11th
Thursday 8th war memorials in the UK 1230 for 1300 Armistice Lunch
1030 Tour of Buckingham Palace State £10 for Members and Guests £55 for Members | £57 for guests
Rooms and the gardens, followed by with the money going to WMT
lunch at the Club Saturday 12th
£32 for the tours only |£70 for the tours Wednesday 5th 1400 Festival of Remembrance
and a two course lunch with wine 1830 Bridge Royal Albert Hall
Waiting list only Play and supper with wine Afternoon Performance
£43 £24
Friday 9th
1900 for 1930 Tuesday 11th Sunday 13th
Sons and Daughters Dinner 1830 to 2030 New Members Drinks Remembrance Sunday
Members are encouraged to bring sons To welcome new Members who have The Coffee Room is open for lunch
and daughters, and other members of the joined the Club in the last year
family, to enjoy a formal and sparkling Gratis for new Members | £15 for Tuesday 15th
dinner at the Club existing Members and guests 1900 for 1930 Winemaker’s Dinner –
£70 Port. A Tutored Tasting with Johnny
Mess Kit/Black Tie with decorations Wednesday 19th Symington of Symington Family Estates
1830 Bridge Four courses with seven port variations
Wednesday 14th Play and supper with wine and wine.
1830 Wine Buffs £43 Mess Kit or Black Tie
Wines from Germany £110 for Members | £120 for guests
£10 Thursday 20th

1900 for 1930 Trafalgar Dinner Wednesday 16th
Wednesday 21st Guest speaker : Admiral Sir George 1830 Bridge
1830 Bridge Zambellas GCB DSC ADC DL Play and supper with wine
Play and supper with wine £90 for Members | £95 for guests £43
£43 Mess Kit/Black Tie with decoration
Waiting list only

Thursday 17th Wednesday 23rd 1830 Christmas Bridge
1900 for 1930 Beaujolais Dinner 1830 Wine Buffs Play and supper with wine
An intimate dinner party in the Astor The Cabernet Sauvignon grape variety £43
Room to welcome the new Beaujolais from around the world
and enjoy some of the older vintages too £10 Saturday 10th
£70 for Members | £75 for Guests 1900 for 1930 Club Christmas Party
Mess Kit/Black Tie DECEMBER Three course dinner, dancing and late bar
Thursday 1st £95 for Members | £98 for guests
Tuesday 22nd 1900 InterClub Drinks for the under 35s Mess Kit/Black Tie with decorations
1830 Fireside Chat: Christopher Payne Festive drinks and canapés
The furniture expert from Antiques £35 Friday 16th
Roadshow shares his life in the world of 1230 End of Term Lunch
antiques Wednesday 7th
Gratis for Members | £5 for guests Three course set lunch
1830 St James’s Square Clubs’ Carol £34
Service and two course supper at the
Club
St James’s Church
£12 for Carol Service only
£45 for Carol Service and supper



The Club Golf Cup

Eighteen teams converged on the famous Stoke Park course on a cool Spring day in April to compete for the annual Club Golf
Cup. Our own team comprised the Chairman, Lt Jack Cooper, Capt Dan Herlihy and Operations Manager Yassen Yankov. After
an adventurous round, including enjoying a couple of bunkers, our team came a very commendable fifth place.
We are looking to raise our place in next year’s competition so do please get in touch with the Events office if you would like to
represent the Club. 020 7827 5724.



































Paying by card

The Club has installed new membership card readers in the bars and the Coffee Room and, in
order to ensure speedy and accurate charging, please offer your membership cards when settling
to your membership account within the Club.
Payment of up to £30 can also now be made via ‘contactless’ payments on credit or debit card in
the bars and Coffee Room.

The Club Bedrooms

With the majority of the Club’s bedrooms refurbished there is no better time to stay
here and take advantage of all our great club and wonderful capital city have to offer.
Varying in size from the grand Canning Suite to a Club Cabin, each room has an
en-suite bathroom, television, tea and coffee making facilities and there is free Wi-Fi
throughout the building.
The room prices start from £95 per night for Members and include a continental
breakfast, daily newspaper and VAT. Please contact [email protected]
to make a booking.


































Fireside Chat New Members’



War Memorials Trust Drinks Party



Tuesday 4th October
New Members

The fascinating story of the Drinks Reception
organisation that works for the
protection and conservation of
th
100,000 war memorials in the UK. Tuesday 11 October

This is an informal evening open to
Members of the Club who have joined within

the past year. The evening is for you to meet
fellow Club Members, as well as getting to
know members of the Board,

Committees and Staff


Time: 1830 TIME: 1830 - 2030
PLACE: King Harald V Room
Price: Members £10| Guests £10 PRICE: Gratis for New Members | £15 for existing
Going to the Trust Members and Guests
Dress: Suits

For more information or to book, please contact the
For more information or to book, please contact the Events Team Events Team on 020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]
on020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]

Wine Committee Saving the Colours,

The reaction from members to the wide Mercurey Vieilles the Guards at Inkerman
selection of wines that appear on the Vignes Albert Sounit
Club’s Wine List continues to be very 2013 - £49.00
positive. However, I am regularly asked Ruby red in colour, this
about wines for the summer months and wine displays intense red
also dessert wines. These can both be fruit, spicy notes, over
tricky areas to get right and so I thought delicate tannins. It is a
I would use this list to highlight one great match to lighter
or two stars on our list and help guide meats such as pork and
members when choosing wines in these lamb but, surprisingly, is
areas. light enough still to go
Fleurie Grand-Pre with rich oily fish like
Domaine Lathuiliere salmon.
Gravallon 2014 - £32.00 Maison Albert Sounit, a
Pure and fresh, this long established winery
Fleurie shows juicy in the heart of the Côte Chalonnaise,
cherry fruit combined has undergone a qualitative revolution
with delicate but in the past few years and is today among
impressive structure the leading wine producers in the Côte
Domaine Lathuilière- Chalonnaise. This elegant Mercurey is
Gravallon is a small, made from hand-picked grapes selected One of the Club’s finest paintings hangs
family-run domaine now by Maison Albert Sounit. in the Coffee Room and is Robert Gibb’s
in its 5th generation. Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise final picture of his great Crimean trilogy
Cathy & Cedric aim to Domaine de Coyeux 2009 - £23.00 - ‘Saving the Colours, the Guards at
strike a balance between Half Bottle Inkerman’, 5th November 1854
the old and the new, with Refreshing and unctuous dessert wine,
wines that respect the from Southern Rhône’s picturesque Painted in a temporary studio constructed
traditions of their ancestors but have one village of Beaumes de Venise. on the slopes of the Pentland Hills to
foot firmly in the present. Following lutte Yves and Catherine Nativelle of the south of Edinburgh, Saving the
raisonnée principles, this Fleurie displays Domaine de Coyeux lead the way with Colours was begun in 1894 and took
sweet red gamay fruit, but also an their production of Muscat in the Côtes four years to complete. While Gibb was
impressive finesse and body drawn from de Rhône village of Beaumes de Venise. working in the makeshift studio soldiers
its pink granite soils. I recently served This outstanding Vin Doux Naturel from the Edinburgh garrison were
this with roast lamb from the trolley and exudes tangy, tropical and citrus flavours brought to the site to serve as models.
my guest was impressed by the lightness with delicate floral notes. The canvas portrays Lieutenant H. W.
of this red, whilst delivering a depth and I recently served this with an excellent Verschoyle holding proudly aloft the
complexity of flavour. rhubarb-based pudding which it matched tattered flag of his regiment while the
duke of Cambridge is visible in the right
Pinotage Rhebokskloof excellently. background welcoming the guards. The
2013 - £31.00 Chateau Briatte 2009 - painting was exhibited at Royal Sottish
A fresh, elegant £35.00 Half Bottle Academy in 1900 but there is no record
expression of A gentle, fresh, easy-drinking of how the Club came by it.
idiosyncratic Pinotage Sauternes, rich yet upbeat. Robert Gibb RSA (28 October 1845
grape from classic – 11 February 1932) was a Scottish
Rhebokskloof Estate Chateau Briatte counts painter who was Keeper of the National
Paarl enjoys a Yquem, Suduiraut and Gallery of Scotland from 1895 to 1907
Lafaurie-Peraguey as
longstanding reputation neighbour. The blend of and was Painter and Limner to the King
as one of South Africa’s 90% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon from 1908 until his death. He built his
most renowned wine and 5% Muscadelle is gently reputation on romantic, historical and
producing areas, a factor aromatic with honeyed, particularly military paintings but was also
of its soils and climate. orchard fruit and delicate a significant portrait artist.
Old-established wine citrus refreshment. Good The Victoria Cross was instituted by
estate Rhebokskloof is with cheese, particularly Roquefort Royal Warrant on 29th January 1856.
located in the heart of and rich pâtés as well as the traditional 111 were awarded for action in the
Paarl and is now making dessert - very attractive and a wine that Crimean War, 19 of them at the Battle of
exceptional wines. This Pinotage offers certainly punches way above its weight! Inkerman.
dark ripe fruit, subtle smoke and ash,
whilst still delivering a lighter wine. Simon Ward
This goes excellently with pork dishes Chairman of the Wine Committee

The Somme 1916: last actions and advances

The Somme Offensive comprised 12 BATTLE OF THIEPVAL of the Northamptonshire Regiment,
named actions over a period of four-and- SEPTEMBER 26TH -28TH as part of 54th Brigade, 18th (Eastern)
a-half months, starting with the well- The strong German position on Division, in the assault on Thiepval and
known first day’s assault of July 1st with the heights of Thiepval had proved was wounded on the first day of the
its heavy casualties and followed up with impossible for the initial British offensive battle. He was returned to London in the
a succession of battles whose names are of July 1st to take and had caused heavy expectation of recovery but tragically died
now largely forgotten but some of which casualties in the attempt. But after on 16th October three weeks later.
achieved significant strategic advances. In the capture of Pozieres in the second Lt-Colonel Ripley had come out of
fact, later on there was a series of well- phase, Thiepval was now exposed to the retirement at the age of 50 at the outbreak
planned related successful operations possibility of flanking movement from the of war in 1914. Previously, he had served
taking strategic objectives, despite the south and east. The attack was planned as Adjutant to the 1st Volunteer Battalion
difficult conditions in rain and mud and to follow the Battle of Morval by one day of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and
finally cold. when the enemy’s attention was focused was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
BATTLE OF MORVAL on a different part of the line. General Sir and commanding officer in 1903. He
SEPTEMBER 25TH – 28TH Hubert Gough’s Reserve Army, made up continued in command of the battalion as
Club members played important roles from recently recruited New Army units, an Honorary Colonel from 1905 through
in some of these later advances. Among and later on October 30th to be renamed its reconstitution as the 4th (Territorial)
these actions were the Battle of Morval Gough’s Fifth Army, formed the order of Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
where XIV Corps succeeded in taking the battle, including II Corps (11th Northern in 1908, reluctantly retiring only a few
key objective of Morval, one of three key and 18th Eastern Divisions) and V Corps months before the declaration of war.
objectives of that battle. (39th Division) and Byng’s Canadian In 1914 he was fifty but applied to be
Corps comprising three Divisions. reinstated. He had wanted to lead the 4th
but was given command of the newly
created 6th Battalion in October. He led
it through training and embarked for the
Somme on 26th July 1915.
Regulations stated that Commanding
Officers and their 2nd-in-command
were not to be deployed in the same
attack. Lt. Col. Ripley therefore acted
as Brigade Liaison Officer during the
attack at Trones Wood in July but lead
the battalion in the assault on Thiepval
on 26th September. A German shell
exploded next to him, shattering his right
arm which had to amputated at a base
hospital. Lt. Col. Ripley was evacuated to
London and was expected to recover but

On the first day of the battle, the Captain
of the King’s Company of the Grenadier
Guards, Captain William Drury Drury-
Lowe, led his men in XIV Corps’ capture
of Morval. He was reported as tragically
killed by an enemy shell while consulting
Captain Hargreaves of the Irish Guards.
Captain
William
Drury
Drury-Lowe,
Captain,
1st Battalion,
The King’s
Company,
Grenadier
Guards,
Guards Division,
XIV Corps Lt-Col. George Eustace Ripley led tetanus set in and he died of heart failure
his newly formed 6th (Service) Battalion just three weeks later.

BATTLE OF THE ANCRE Devenish, Henry Noel, Capt., Royal
HEIGHTS OCTOBER 1ST – Field Artillery, aged 44, KIA October
NOVEMBER 11TH AND THE 6th 1916.
BATTLE OF THE ANCRE Kennard, Arthur Molloy, DSO, Lt-Col.,
NOVEMBER 11TH – 18TH Royal Field Artillery, 179th Brigade,
Now that the Thiepval Ridge had fallen, attached to 39th Division,
the Germans no longer dominated the 5th Army, aged 49, wounded in the
Ancre valley and the British were able Battle of the Ancre Heights and died
to renew the attack in this area. Key of wounds on January 2nd 1917.
positions at the Schwaben Redoubt, the The Royal Garrison Artillery fielded
Stuff Redoubt and the Regina Trench the heaviest calibre guns that were
were successfully taken (see Thiepval map increasingly recognized as required to
above). Five Club members (see below) knock-out enemy strong-points and
were killed in in this late action, including dug-outs from which surviving machine-
three Artillery officers, two with the Royal gunners could emerge with devastating
Field Artillery and one with the Royal effect, and also were especially designed
Garrison Artillery. Improved artillery to take out or neutralize enemy artillery
bombardment and co-ordination with batteries, often using gas shells as well.
infantry assaults enabled the infantry to The RGA had originally been developed
take strong-points such as the Schwaben from fortress-based artillery located on
and Stuff Redoubts and with fewer
casualties. Artillery was becoming a war-
winning weapon and the number of men
serving in it grew hugely, from 93,000 in
1914 to 549,000 by the end of the War.
The Royal Field Artillery was
developing more accurate and effective
firing of shells. At the start of the war
most artillery fire was from light field
artillery using shells that exploded in the
air to produce shrapnel designed to kill
enemy, not to cut trench wire. Heavier
field artillery shells, designed to explode
on contact with the ground, tended to
dig in before exploding, reducing their
effectiveness in cutting wire. Field guns
now incorporated the newly developed
contact fuzes adapted from a French
invention (Fuze 106) to cut trench wire,
learning the lesson of the earlier assaults
where infantry frequently found trench
wire barricades intact or only partially A Royal Field Artillery Battery on the move
damaged.
The accurate cutting of wire was critical British coasts. From 1914 when the army We should also remember our two Club
in enabling successful infantry advance possessed very little heavy artillery it members KIA taking part in the infantry
by this stage of trench warfare. Such grew into a very large component of the assault by General Sir Hubert Gough’s
accuracy depended also on improved British forces. It was armed with heavy, Reserve (later Fifth) Army:
spotting by aircraft and balloons, large calibre guns and howitzers that were King, Charles Eustace Dickson,
communication with the artillery batteries, positioned some way behind the front Captain, 2nd Bn, King’s Own
and new techniques of optical and sound line and had immense destructive power. Yorkshire Light Infantry, 97th
range-finding. All this required a high Killed in action serving with the RGA was Brigade, 32nd Division, Gough’s
level of training and skill on the part of our Club member: Reserve (Fifth) Army, aged 28
the Artillery officers and men, not to Taylor, Cecil Salisbury, Lt-Col., 28th Glasford, Duncan John, Lt-Col., Cdg
mention bravery in this highly dangerous Heavy Artillery Group, Royal Garrison 12th Australian Infantry Brigade,
operation, subject to accident as well as Artillery, November 6th, aged 49. 4th Australian Division, late Lt-Col.,
enemy fire. See above right two 8-inch Howitzers of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
Our Club members who were killed in a Heavy Battery of the RGA and the even aged 43
action serving with the RFA supporting more impressive gun of an RGA ‘Siege’
these assaults were: Battery.

AFTERMATH It was undoubtedly an important part of German pressure on Verdun, enabling the
The Somme Offensive of 1916 officially German strategy to hold on to territory French to recover ground lost including
ended on November 18th after the Battle gained as part of grinding down Allied key forts, delivering a crucial boost to
of the Ancre. It is sometimes argued will to fight on, and also to preserve a Allied morale (the British Commander-
that the advances made at great cost bargaining advantage in any possible in-Chief, General, later Field-Marshal
during the Somme Offensive had little peace talks to end the war. The initial Sir Douglas Haig became an Honorary
significance because in the aftermath the Allied objectives of taking the strategic Member of the Club in 1919). It is
Germans prepared a new highly fortified towns of Peronne and Bapaume back estimated that the Germans had to direct
and straighter defensive line several miles from the Germans were finally achieved 300,000 Reserves to defend the German
further back, to which they retreated by April 1917, as a result of the German positions at the Somme. Perhaps most
gradually between February and April withdrawal under pressure, with an importantly, many historians emphasize
1917. This new line was named by the important effect on Allied morale and a the necessary learning process for a New
Germans Siegfried Stellung (Position), blow to German morale. The fact that Army formed in the early years of the war
called the Hindenburg Line by the Allies. later in March 1918 the Germans took and also for the Commanders faced with
However, it is important to note that this back the ground lost, before being pushed a new kind of war and the development
retreat was a result of German recognition back in the great counter-offensive that of the new armament technologies and
of the dangers posed by the threat of won the war, is also irrelevant to the the organization and delivery of those
renewed Allied offensives in Spring 1917 strategic impact at the time. technologies, leading to eventual victory in
and by continued Allied raiding parties Again, the Somme Offensive has to be November 1918.
and artillery barrage through the winter judged as part of a concerted general
following the official ending of the Allied offensive on several fronts. In this Robert Cookson, Member
Offensive. November 18th was not the respect, it undoubtedly achieved one of
end of the story, as is sometimes assumed. Haig’s claimed objectives of relieving the




Christmas Parties under Canvas

The Club’s marquee will be up again for the Trafalgar Dinner in October and will remain until the New Year becoming the perfect
space for private or company Christmas parties whether they be cocktail parties, dinners or dancing. The Banqueting team have a
range of menus and would be delighted to create a package to suit your needs.
Please contact Jen Hagger at [email protected] or telephone her on 020 7827 5723

Nordic balance

The summer has come and is on its way out, and the gym has been very quiet as many people leave these fair shores and head for
sunnier climes. We’ve used the down-time to expand the treatment side of what we do, taking on board a new treatment room
on the 4th floor. This has enabled us to strengthen and add to the team, taking on board a fantastic Osteopath, Andy, and in the
process of finalising a new Chiropractor. All this means we’ve better able to serve the needs of the members, and hope that,
should you need treatment for an injury or an issue, you’ll come down and engage our team.

Deal with your injuries

Physiotherapists, Osteopaths and Meet our newest team
Sports Therapists can work with you,
from acute injury through to exercise member - Andy
rehabilitation. Mansfield (Osteopath)
We treat issues like a sore back and
neck, acute headaches and migraines,
joint and muscular paint, sports injuries,
pre and post natal and much more.
Our Physiotherapy and Osteopathy
services are recognised by all health
insurance companies so it couldn’t
be easier to start to take the first step
towards feeling better.
Nordic Balance offers an integrated Get in touch with the office in order to
approach to health and wellness. Our book in for your first session.


The Fast Lane

As many of you know, earlier in the year we installed a Fast Lane into our Andy has recently come on board,
swimming pool. This turns the pool into an endless pool and ensures you can swim and brings with him nearly 15 years of
for as long as you’d like, without having to do lengths. Feedback about it has been experience in Osteopathy. He’s originally
great and many are enjoying being able to use such a great facility. As always, if from the Royal Navy and now practices
you’ve got any ideas of how it can be improved then do let us know, by speaking to a broad spectrum of techniques and
a member of the team or calling the office. approaches, addressing more than just
the mechanical parts of the patients’
pattern. His approach ranges from
direct structural techniques to increase
movement locally, to more subtle cranial
osteopathy to influence the whole body.
Andy has experience treating pregnant
women, babies and children, and he
is qualified to treat animals, especially
horses and dogs. He also teaches
anatomy, philosophical principles of
bodywork, and technique to osteopaths
and other body workers. He teaches
across Europe as an international
lecturer for the Osteopathie Schule
Deutschland.


Small group classes


Nordic Balance now has over 35 small teachers can get into your practice- which
group classes, some taking place in our means you get more out of each class.
studio, some in the gym and some even in You achieve your goals faster and
the local parks. ultimately feel better as a result.
Popular classes include the Nordic Blast For a free class trial, go to
Class, Iyengar Yoga, Mat Based Pilates and www.nordicbalance.co.uk/schedule
Take a HIIT! where you’ll be able to see what we’ve
The small class format means that our got on offer, and book in for a class.

Alice Harvey

Having graduated from Nottingham The naval and military connection
University with a degree in American appeal was of particular interest due
History, Literature, and Politics, to her father, Captain Chris Harvey,
Alice digressed somewhat from her a Royal Engineer and Sandhurst
natural literary interests and entered graduate.
into the ‘financial sphere’ as a PA Born in Chatham, Kent, where her
gaining corporate experience at RBS, father was based at a staff posting
Goldman Sachs and Deloitte. for the Royal School of Military
After a brief sideways dalliance in Engineering at the time, and raised
Financial PR, Alice returned to the in Essex (attending grammar school
supportive capacity where she felt in Westcliff-on-Sea), Alice is sister to
she belonged, this time at a Private three brothers, James, Edward and
Equity company based in Mayfair as Henry, and daughter to Carola - who
assistant to the Managing Director. at one time worked at Buckingham
Whilst always feeling comfortable Palace and herself relished her time
and confident in ‘corporate land’, working and living in London. Based
Alice always felt her people skills in East London, Alice is thoroughly
could be put to better use in a more enjoying her time at the Club and in
sociable and varied environment. particular getting to know its broad
Thus she decided to look toward and diverse range of members with
a new challenge; cue the In & Out! alacrity.




Armistice Lunch Winemaker’s Dinner




Friday 11 November Port
th

In conjunction with the Wine Buffs, a tutored tasting
with fellow Member Johnny Symington of
Symington Family Estates.
A four course dinner with seven port variants and wine
Tuesday 15th November














Our annual lunch to commemorate Armistice
Day. Three course lunch with wine, port and coffee. Time: 1900 for 1930

Time: 1230 for a 1300 Lunch Price: £110 for Members £120 for guests
Price: £55 Members | £57 Guests Dress: Mess Kit or Black Tie

For more information or to book please contact the
Events Team on: 020 7827 5724 or [email protected] For more information or to book, please contact the Events Team on
020 7827 5724 or email [email protected]




Naval and Military Club
No. 4 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4JU Tel: 020 7827 5757 Fax: 020 7827 5740
Email: [email protected] www.theinandout.co.uk