The Ordnance Society

Newsletter No. 141 is now available for download from the DOWNLOADS sub-page of the PUBLICATIONS page; and is available for members only.

The indices have also been updated and are included on the same page.

In line with a recently agreed Board meeting resolution, the password for Ordnance Society members to access the Newsletters and Journals on the PUBLICATIONS – DOWNLOADS page has been changed.  This will be an annual change from now on.  If you have NOT received an e-mail with the new password, then please contact the Membership Secretary, Alistair Graham Kerr (psgeditor37@gmail.com).

We try to provide a wide range of visits for OS members, some directly related to artillery and some less so. Sadly, we’ve been rather restricted by Covid for the last few years, but this year we’ve been able to offer a good list of visits again.

For those interested, please check out the “Visits” page on our website

The Ordnance Society’s very successful ‘National Artillery Survey’ has involved a number of museums and organisations which have in turn, resulted in some publicity for the Society.  We received an invitation to submit an article describing the Ordnance Society to the 2021-2022 Annual Review of the Army Museum’s Ogilby Trust.  The following link to the AMOT website describes in detail its work and has the 2021-2022 Annual Review available to view and download.  The Ordnance Society article is on pages 28-29. 

https://www.armymuseums.org.uk/annual-review-news/

The latest Newsletter is now included in the INDICES, which are in the PUBLICATIONS pages

Newsletter No. 139 is now available for download from the DOWNLOADS sub-page of the PUBLICATIONS page; and is available for members only.

Apologies for the late publication of the October edition.  Printed copies have now been posted.

Ordnance Society Chairman

Notice of AGM – Sunday 30^th October 2022

The AGM is to be held during the Society’s visit The Vickers Machine-Gun Research Association Collection near Swindon, including a tour, talk and live-firing demonstration prior to the AGM. Lunch and tea/coffee will be provided. There will be no charge to members for the visit.
Lunch from 1300, departure about 1600.

Joining details will be sent to paid-up members confirming in advance their intention to attend. Please confirm your attendance to the Chairman by Monday 24^th October at the very latest.

The Board hopes that the special programme laid on for us at this most interesting site will ensure good attendance at our AGM.

Attendance Forms and Voting Forms are available on the ORDNANCE EVENTS page.

The Ordnance Society is pleased to announce the 4^th Release of its WORLDWIDE SURVEY OF BRITISH ARTILLERY (of Breech-Loading and Quick-Firing guns).

This update has increased the number of different guns listed by seven to eighteen, which includes 15-inch to 40mm.  A total of 163 guns are now in the Survey.

There are still a large number of unrecorded British Artillery guns in many different countries across the world and details of any that are sent to the Ordnance Society will be gratefully included in the next version of our survey.

Newsletter No. 138 is now available for download from the DOWNLOADS sub-page of the PUBLICATIONS page; and is available for members only.

Apologies for the late publication of the July edition, which has been due to a combination of technical hitches, holidays and the handover to the new Newsletter Editor.

Printed copies are planned to be posted this weekend.

Updated 20th August 2022:

The indices have again been updated by Alastair Fyfe, and are available on the PUBLICATIONS page and its DOWNLOADS sub-page.