Happy Independence Day to all of our American friends! Remembering back to the ASL pre Independence Day drinks back in 2017, what an amazing event which I'll remember forever!

While in London recently we visited the memorial to "The Women of World War II" This is the first time I have managed to get there so it was lovely to see it in person. We laid two crosses there which means we've now done it for all three members killed during the war. OneContinue reading "The Women at War Memorial"

We Recently took a trip down to London and couldn't help visiting some AAGB landmarks! Grosvenor Gardens really is the home of the AAGB, It's where they had a number of parades including their formation parade. It's also where they were headquartered for a number of years. We took some time to try and reContinue reading "Grosvenor Gardens"

Hi everyone, Just to keep you updated, for the time being we will be having a new post go live on the blog every other Thursday at 06:00 GMT. The first one is this week, we hope you enjoy them and If you are interested in seeing more or a specific thing then you areContinue reading "Future Posts"

Recently we popped up to Leeds for the day. I've got loads of photos which I will be uploading to the site gradually but I thought I'd start off with this. The AAGB used the garage of Rowland Winn in Leeds, all through the war the AAGB served from here and all the AAGB trainingContinue reading "Leeds"

We were saddened to learn the other week of the sudden passing of Raymond Colledge, former chairman of The American Society in London who died suddenly in early December last year. Ray was a huge supporter of this project and wrote the foreword for my book back in 2017. He invited me to the ASL’sContinue reading "The passing of a great supporter"

I was honoured to get this and a covering letter back in the post late last year. A copy of my book so kindly signed by the forces sweetheart herself, Dame Vera Lynn. I sent Dame Vera a copy for herself too which she said she was pleased to receive, she was interested to hearContinue reading "A letter from Dame Vera"

We seem to be getting lucky at the moment with finding new photos that we have never seen before Here's the first and I shall post the other up when I receive it. I purchased this photo about a month ago. This shows the AAGB's first public parade in 1940. A mix of Surgical units,Continue reading "A new acquisition"

How time flies and I realise that it's taken me over six months to post these photos! I was honoured back in the sweltering summer to be invited to give a brief speech at The American Society in London's Independence day celebrations at the house of the Deputy Chief of Mission to the US Embassy.Continue reading "The American Society in London Speech"

I realised the other day that I've not posted on the blog for ages, rest assured we're still busy working in the background. I've attended a few events over the last couple of months and continue to successfully raise the profile of the AAGB. Over the next couple of weeks I'll post various updates onContinue reading "General update"