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THE SALAMANDER | JULY 2018
The Worshipful Company
of Firefighters
The Wax Chandlers’ Hall, 6 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD
FOUNDER
Gerry Clarkson CBE, OStJ, QFSM
COURT OF THE COMPANY
Wardens and Court from 7th June 2017
MASTER - John Mansfield
UPPER WARDEN - Andrew Mayes RENTER WARDEN - Frances Blois UNDER WARDEN - Graham Maltby QFSM
COURT OF ASSISTANTS
Paul Basson, Richard Bratton
John Goodrum, Jonathan Hall QFSM
Dr Nicole Hoffmann, David Holt
Peter Holland CBE, OStJ, QFSM, Bernard Laluvein Michael Leaver, Alan Mabbutt
Stephen Neville OBE, Ian Parlane
Andrew Phillips, Andrew Rhodes
Stephen Sanders, David Skilleter
Anthony Skinner, Richard Squire
Graham Woodhouse, Alan Woods
Including Past Masters:
Ken Barnes, Jeremy Beech CBE, SBStJ, QFSM Peter Cowland, J.Michael Harper
CLERK: Steven Tamcken
BEADLE: John Norris SBStJ
HONORARY TREASURER: Ian Parlane HONORARY CHAPLAIN: Rev George Bush HONORARY ALMONER: Peter Cowland HONORARY ARCHIVIST: David Holt STANDARD BEARER:John Kempton MBE
Committee Chairmen
FINANCE: Michael Leaver
MEMBERSHIP: Dr Nicole Hoffman
EVENTS: Anthony Skinner
EDUCATION & TRAINING: Vacant
PR & MARKETING: Colin Simpson NOMINATIONS: Jeremy Beech CBE, SBStJ, QFSM CHARITABLE TRUST - Frances Blois
CONTENTS
FROM THE MASTER 3 COMPANY NEWS 4 CHARITABLE TRUST EDITORIAL 7 MEMBERS & EVENTS 8 BRIGADE NEWS 12 BOOKS & MEMORABILIA 14 FROM THE CLERK 16 COMPANY DIARY 17
EDITOR:
Dr Robert Farquhar - Robert@wcoff.org
DESIGN:
Colin Simpson - Colin@wcoff.org
WEB: http://www.wcoff.org
Published by The Worshipful Company of Firefighters, The Wax Chandlers’ Hall, 6 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD Tel: 0207 600 1666 | Email: clerk@wcoff.org
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Cover Image
Wax Chandlers’ Hall is located in the heart of the City in Gresham Street on a site that the Company has owned since 1501.
Our Clerk and Assistant Clerk will be looking after our Company on the 3rd floor.
