Welcome to Coldstream News
.................... keeping up with all things Coldstream!
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Community).
Now, onto the news and remember ........ the newest news is ALWAYS
at the top!
This news has been archived,
click here for 'the latest' news
from Planet Coldstream.
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UPDATE NEWS: 19 November 2008
1. Second to None (E X C L U S I V E):
More chapters from this remarkable book are
now online, read more here
...
About the book!
Jack was determined not to be trapped in the black hell
hole of the Deepcar mines like his father and finally,
escapes to join the elite force of the British army, the
Coldstream Guards, where he carries his father's boxing
skills to the ultimate heights and then experiences a
love and passion he didn't know could exist, changing
his life forever.
His love is left behind as his Division leads the
British Expedition Forces off to a war to end all wars,
facing unbelievable horrors. Trying to survive in an
insane world of terror, slaughter and constant death.
Annie was born in the poor house and raised in poverty,
neglected and cast aside by her mother. Torn from her
grandfather at a young age, the only person who had ever
loved her, and raised in a Dr. Barnardo's home where
death came to seek her. Fighting to survive and finally
finding a love that could cost her her life.
Two people whose lives were set on a collision course
that was filled with loneliness, misery, pain and
heartache, tempered by passion and love. Based on real
people who laid the foundation for a new generation.
Read chapters
from this book here.
Lilywhite cottage in the heart of Ironbridge is a terraced cottage
built in the late 1700's for the workers of the Coalbrookdale Co.
during the heyday of the industrial revolution. Views to the River Severn and tucked
into the hill side town of Ironbridge, Shropshire Lilywhite cottage
is situated 200 metres from the famous landmark itself. A myriad of
timeless alleyways will lead you to the heart of the town with ample
pubs, cafes and restaurants, just two minute walk away.
read more here ....
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UPDATE NEWS: 17 November 2008
1. Battalion News:
The Battalion are currently away at the moment on a Brigade
Exercise, more info will follow on the last couple of weeks events
(sporty stuff to follow).
2.
Second to None (EXCLUSIVE):
Did you read and see the fascinating article from Terrence Cardwell
recently published? Guess what
EXCLUSIVE to ShinyCapstar, chapters from his remarkable book are
now online, read more here
...
3. Hougoumont or Bust - Sponsored by UK Gear:
Would you be able to cover 650miles in 85 hours ......? Some
of the lads in Battalion are going to try,
read more here .......
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UPDATE NEWS: 24 October 2008
1. All Ranks Party, Victoria Bks, Windsor 23 Oct 2008: The
Battalion held an All Ranks Party on the 23rd October 2008.
Organised by WOII (RQMS) Stokes and team the event was an
outstanding success with excellent food (as always) and tremendous
entertainment. Everyone seemed to enjoy the night, including
Pioneer Sgt (Robbo), the one with the Beard, who was the first on
the dance floor strutting his stuff! To everyone who helped
make the event, thank you and well done,
see a few images from the event here ....
2. Coldstreamers Down Under:
The Coldstream Guards Football Team have recently returned back from
Australia, we have uploaded an exclusive article (and see images)
from the Quartermaster, Major AP Jasinski,
read more here...
3. Sergeants' Mess Halloween Party 08:
Images for the
Sergeants' Mess recent Halloween party are now uploaded,
see them here ...
4. The Corps of Drums:
A few more images
of the most versatile platoon in the Coldstream Guards have been
uploaded,
see them here ...
1. A fascinating story:
ShinyCapstar is very lucky to have received images and a fascinating
story of a Coldstreamer who served from 1909 to 1930,
read more here...
2. Battalion Update:
Over the last couple of weeks the Battalion have been extremely busy
with exercises, major Athletics Tournaments and GOC Sports Days.
Plus a couple of promotions. read more
here .....
3. What a Challenge:
Would you be able to cover 650miles in 85 hours ......? Some
of the lads in Battalion are going to try,
read more here .......
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UPDATE NEWS: 09 October 2008
1. Hougoumont or Bust:
From the 15th to the 18th of December 2008, an elite team of Seniors
from the Coldstream Guards will attempt run, row and cycle the
distance from Coldstream (Scotland) to Hougoumont (Belgium), a total
distance of nearly 650 miles in under 85 hours!
read more here ....
1. Coldstream Guards 24hr - 3 Peak Challenge:
We have uploaded images and an EXCLUSIVE article from the event to
ShinyCapstar - read more here ...
2.
Join the Coldstream Guards: Fancy
joining the Coldstream Guards? The Recruiting Section has had a
little bit of a re-vamp, see it
here ......
3.
Need a Break?: ShinyCapstar thoroughly recommends Lilywhite Cottage for that
'quality' break, read more here ....
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UPDATE NEWS: 25 September 2008
1. RSM's Nominal Rolls - images added:
Images have been added to the RSM's Nominal Roll Section, but there
are a few images that we need a hand with - can you help? (See details
here)
2. Shiny Gallery Update:
Loads of images have been added to the Shiny Gallery from pictures
e-mailed in to loads of 'Sniper' images from the Falklands, Iraq,
South Africa and Afghanistan,
view the gallery
here.
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UPDATE NEWS: 24 September 2008
1. Coldstream Guards 24hr - 3 Peak Challenge:
The 3 Peaks Challenge has recently been completed (original
info here) and we are awaiting images and a roving report from
the event. For now, please enjoy the images that have posted
in the Coldstream News section of the forum (Click
here to view them).
2. Past & Present IMPORTANT INFO:
The Sergeants' Mess 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards will be hosting
this years Past & Present. If you've not read the 2nd Circular
sent from RHQ then view it (with lots of info on the P&P Dinner)
by clicking here. Note, if you are
still to send back your return you are advised to phone to confirm
your attendance. Read more here .....
3. Coldstream Nominal Rolls:
Thank you to everyone who has e-mailed me images and info regarding
the nominal rolls that have been produced (See details
here), if you have info or images that you would like to add to
the pages please e-mail it onto us at
shinymessageboard@yahoo.co.uk .
4.
Second to None:
The Regimental Recruiting Team has just published the Summer 2008
Second to None Newsletter, view it online
here.We have
also put up the February - March 08 Newsletter,
view it here.
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UPDATE NEWS: 09 September 2008 another update!
1. Regimental Sergeant Majors of the 1st & 2nd Battalion:
A new project underway to list all of the Regimental Sergeant Majors
from the 1st and 2nd Battalion.
See details by clicking here.
2. Sergeants' Mess Happy Hour, Friday 5th September 2008
The Sergeants' Mess recently said hello to many Coldstreamers who
had returned to the fold, and farewell to others leaving it.
The organised happy hour was well attended with some excellent music
from Rog Coates and other entertainment from Robbo and Clive!
See images from the event in the Gallery by clicking here.
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UPDATE NEWS: 01 September 2008
1. Sergeants' Mess Farewell Dinner to WO1 & Mrs NJ Hicks:
Fresh back
from Summer Leave, the Sergeants’ Mess said farewell in true
Coldstream Style to WO1 Nigel Hicks and his good lady, Elaine.
Considering that there is only a few free
weekends before the Battalion depart on numerous training exercises
with a very busy time table ahead, the turn out of the Sergeants’
Mess was outstanding. Pre drinks were served before dinner, and most
stood outside the Sergeants’ Mess taking advantage of the excellent
evening outside. The traditional dinner call was sounded and all
took their places in the bar, waiting for the top table guests to
arrive. Rumours then circulated that the nominee to say the
traditional grace before dinner had not been chosen and someone
would probably be ‘wallied’........ read more
about this event including many images here.
2. A Tribute to the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards:
The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards paraded for the last time on the
31st July 1993 and was officially placed into Suspended Animation on
the 31st of December 1993. In June/July/August of 1993 some serving
members formed No. 7 Company, others joined the 1st Battalion in
Munster, Germany - just in time for the Bosnia Tour in November
1993. All members of the 2nd Battalion presented a booklet
containing a nominal roll of the Battalion, history of the Second
Battalion and many fantastic images from Exercises to the Queens
Birthday Parade.
To preserve the history of the 2nd Battalion, we have scanned the
images of the booklet for your enjoyment.......
read and see more here
3. Battalion Athletics Team - 10KM Inter Services Road Race:
On the 3rd
September 2008 (358th anniversary of the Battle of Dunbar) the
Coldstream Guards Athletics Team took part in the Inter-Services 10k
Road-Race at RAF Honington near Bury St Edmunds. The money raised on
the day from entry fees went to the Help For Heroes Campaign. The
Commanding Officer paid the entry fees from his Public Fund to allow
a team of 25 to take part ..... view more info
and images here.
4. ShinyChat - ShinyCapstar
Forum
Fancy a
ShinyChat? Do you know of the
thousands of members of our active community that talk to each
other ‘daily’ on the
ShinyChat Forum.
The
forum is located by
Clicking Here and has hundreds of users from
ex members of the Coldstream Guards that once served in the 3rd
Battalion to Mums, Wife’s and Partners of Coldstreamers. We also have a large number of ‘Civilians’
who are members and like to look in on Planet Coldstream every
now and then.
There’s daily talk in the sub forums from ‘what was on telly
last night’ to ‘what to stick in a parcel for someone in
Afghanistan’ and even a section dedicated to those ‘freebies’ or
internet bargains!
The forum also features a ‘fantastic arcade’ where you can
challenge other members to play hundreds of games and try and
get the top slot, or just have a relaxing game of Mah-jongg.
A team of runners from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards will
shortly be attempting to run the 24 hour 3 peaks Challenge to raise
money for LCpl Simon Wiggins who was injured in the Battalions
recent tour of Afghanistan, the money will be usd to improve Simon's
way of life and to help adapt his home.
1. A morning with the Drill Course:
A number of Guardsmen have been selected to attend a Potential
Junior Non Commissioned Officers Course at HDPRCC, before they get
there however, they must complete a Pre Course - ran in Barracks by
the Training Team. Read about the morning with the Course
(loads of images) - for more info click here.
2. Anyone for Cricket?
The Sergeants' Mess took on the Officers' Mess at Cricket recently
...................... who won? did Mac McGowan get to
bat? Did they have Pimms and Cucumber Sandwiches? Who
was wearing a tea-cosy on their head?
See and read more by clicking here.
3. Breakfast with the General:
The Battalion hosted the presentations and awards ceremony for 52
Brigade recently. There were many VIPs and distinguished
guests in attendance, one of which was the Commander Field Army,
Lieutenant General GGM Lamb, CMG DSO OBE - who joined Officers and
Sergeants for breakfast in the Sergeants' Mess before the
presentation. See and read
more by clicking here.
5. Coldstream Guards - 3 Peak Challenge:
A number of Coldstreamers will be attempting the 3 Peaks challenge
on September 13th 2008 to raise money for LCpl Simon Wiggins (who
was injured in Afghanistan during op Herrick 7), more information
regarding this adventure will be uploaded next week, including all
those fantastic sponsors who have already donated money.
1. Regimental Personalities:
Battalion Staff of the Regiment have now been updated with an image,
see them here.
2. The Coldstream A-Z Section:
The Coldstream A to Z Section has had a few more internal links
added. You
can view it via the home page or by
clicking here. It will eventually feature an 'A to Z link
of all things Coldstream and more'!
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UPDATE NEWS: 14 July 2008
1. Commanding Officers Message to viewers of
ShinyCapstar:
Lt Col TW Gray (Commanding Officer - 1st Battalion Coldstream
Guards) has updated his message on ShinyCapstar. We have the
message and a small biography on the present Commanding Officer.
Read it by clicking here.
2. Regimental Association Day:
Saturday 12th July 2008 saw the annual Regimental Association Day,
held at Victoria Barracks, Windsor and in the week’s lead up to the
event it rained every day so deep down most were prepared for a ‘Wet
Coldstream Day’. Most were amazed however, when clouds managed to
pass the barracks and apart from some very small drops of rain the
day stayed mostly dry.
Read more about this day and view over 150 images from the event
by
clicking here.
3. Mayoress of Windsor and members of her
Council visit the Sergeants' Mess:
On Friday 11th July 2008, the Sergeants’ Mess invited the Mayoress
and members of the council to publicly say thank you for all their
help and support in organising the Welcome Home Parade which took
place in Windsor on the 26th April 2008.
Read and see images from the event here.
4.
New Hougoumont Farm Images unveiled in the Sergeants' Mess:
On Friday 11th July 2008, the Regimental Sergeant Major and Mayoress
of Windsor unveild the Sergeants' Mess new images of Hougoument
Farm. The pictures are two images of the same scene, but with
a different prospective in each image. In one image you can see the
French coming as you stand on the wall of Hougomont, and in the
other you are with the French looking towards the wall. What makes
these images unique is that they are a snapshot of the same scene,
with the same soldiers in each picture. They are truly magnificent
images from no doubt the finest military artist in the world (our
opinion) Chris Collingwood. Read and
see more from the unveiling here.
OLDER NEWS
Did
you Know ...... phase one of the Shiny-revamp is nearly complete
and the Regimental History Section has been revamped,
check it out here...
The Coldstream Guards have 13 Victoria Cross holders and 1 George
Cross Winner, and you can read about all the winners in the VC
Section....
RSM Message to viewers of ShinyCapstar:
The Regimental Sergeant Major has updated his personal message to
ShinyCapstar viewers, you can read it here.
ArmyNet Update:
A new section has been added to the Coldstream Guards ArmyNet Site
(you must be members to view it). The section now has some
useful Sergeants' Mess information including the Regimental Sergeant
Major's Ten Commandments and a Sergeants' Mess Forecast of Events.
Log into ArmyNet here or
by clicking the icon.
SITE UPDATE NEWS:
08 July 2008
The 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards - WORLD
CHAMPION PACESTICKERS!
Last week saw the annual World Championship Pacesticking Competition
in Sandhurst. As usual, teams from all over the world entered,
some of them had been practicing for months for this elite
competition - unfortunately not for the Coldstream Guards Team.
All will be aware that the last couple of months has been extremely
busy for the Battalion with Afghanistan, leave, then the Queens
Birthday Parade, so it won't come too much as a shock to know that
the team that represented the Coldstream Guards were seen practicing
at lunch breaks and basically whenever the team could get together.
It shows the quality, perseverance and adaptability of the
Coldstreamers in the team who took first place in this
outstanding competition.
The Commanding Officer, Regimental Sergeant Major and all members of
the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards would like to congratulate the
team in their remarkable performance;
Driver: WOII (CSM) S Wright
Right Marker: CSgt Bell
Centre: Drum Major Roberts
Left Marker: LSgt Amer
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst A Team came runners up in the
Competition, and there were a number of Coldstreamers in the 'Stick
Off' for the Best Sticker of the Day. The Drum Major (Ben
Roberts), LSgt Amer and CSgt Taylor (now All Arms Drill Wing, was
Drum Major) were all in the running for the prize but it was
eventually given to another fellow Guardsman (CSM) from the Scots
Guards.
We have been promised images from the event, but if you attended and
have any please send them into us at
shinymessageboard@yahoo.co.uk.
All in all a FANTASTIC DAY!
SITE UPDATE NEWS:
01 July 2008
The BRAND NEW Shiny Gallery:
All (well most anyway) images that are stored on ShinyCapstar have
now been archived and can now be found on either the 'Archive
Section' or the NEW Shiny Gallery. I have a few more images
and pictures to add, but if you fancy seeing your images online then
send them onto us at
shinymessageboard@yahoo.co.uk where we'll do our best to get
them up as soon as possible.
A few more links have been added to the Coldstream A to Z Section. You
can view it via the home page or by
clicking here. It will eventually feature an 'A to Z link
of all things Coldstream and more'!
NEWSFLASH: 25 June 2008
Sergeants' Mess Guests - charges now
applicable
With effect from the 1st of July 2008 a small charge will be
applicable to anyone guests staying in the Sergeants' Mess in
Victoria Barracks. This is very unfortunate, but is due to changes in
Army Contract Services. This charge will be small but all
should be aware of it.
The Regimental Sergeant Major will explain more on the next
update to ShinyCapstar..
The Coldstream A-Z Section:
The Coldstream A to Z Section is slowly being built up. You
can view it via the home page or by
clicking here. It will eventually feature an 'A to Z link
of all things Coldstream and more'!
Apologies for the delay in updating the site, the Battalion have
recently returned from some richly deserved POTL (Post Operational
Tour Leave) after the very demanding tour to Afghanistan on Op
Herrick 7, and I have moved roles within Battalion.
I have thousands of images and stories that will be added to the
site over the forthcoming weeks from the tour, including the
Battalion Op Herrick 7 DVD that was recently published by WOII
‘Murph’ Murphy of the Training Wing. That said, if any members of
the Battalion have any images or stories from the Battalion or
indeed in general pass them onto me and I’ll get them on the site.
What’s happened since the last update?
Onto Planet Coldstream and what can I say apart from hectic! The
Battalion returned from leave at the start of the month, with many
seniors and officers having to return the Saturday prior to take
part in the first rehearsal of the Queens Birthday Parade. On the
Monday the Battalion were paraded on the main square from Spring
Drills and Street Lining Preparation, many of the Battalion will
line the streets of ‘The Mall’ on the Troop. Locals got quite a
shock when the practice moved out of barracks as hundreds of
Coldstreamers marched out of the front gate and over the main road
to line the long walk as part of the rehearsal.
History was made
as the long walk has never been used before for
this kind of rehearsal and it was an amazing site that many of the
media were present for. The new Commanding Officer, Lt Col Toby Gray
was present in full ceremonial dress keeping a watchful eye of
expertise over the Battalion, more and a complete profile on the
Commanding Officer on the next update.
There of also been (or will be shortly) a number of changes to key
personnel in the Battalion;
Lt Col TW Gray has taken over as Commanding Officer.
Major DP Hall has taken over as Company Commander HQ Coy.
Major AP Jasinski has taken over as QM (Quartermaster).
Capt N Overton has taken over as the TQM or QM(T) (Technical
Quartermaster).
Capt Dale will shortly be taking over as
RCMO (Regimental Careers
Management Officer), all change Capt Dale is now the
UWO (Unit Welfare Officer).
Capt M Etherington will shortly be taking over as MTO (Mechanical
Transport Officer).
Capt A Hunter will shortly be taking over as
UWO (Unit Welfare
Officer), all change Capt Hunter is now the RCMO
(Regimental Careers Management Officer)
WOII (DSgt) Andy Jones & WOII (DSgt) Danny Gibson
have recently
taken over as Battalion Drill Sergeants.
WOII J Sheard has taken over as the RRWO (Regimental Recruiting
Warrant Officer).
WOII A Stokes has taken over as the RQMS (Regimental Quartermaster
Sergeant).
WOII S Jones has taken over as the TQMS (Technical Quartermaster
Sergeant).
WOII Taylor recently took over as CSM 1 Coy (Company Sergeant
Major).
WOII C Pote recently took over as CSM 2 Coy.
WOII P Addenbrooke recently took over as CSM HQ Coy.
(WOII S Wright is still CSM 3 Coy and
WOII R Wright is still CSM SP
Coy).
WOII Thayre has recently taken over as the RSWO (Regimental Signals
Warrant Officer).
And last but not least, as previously mentioned, I have moved from
the Welfare Office and now work along side the RCMO with a couple of
hats, my role with the RCMO is to take on CLM (Command Leadership
and Management) and Basic Skills, and my other hat(s) are ArmyNet
and ShinyCapstar. The last couple of days have required so much of
the grey matter upstairs that I was too busy for anything else, but
things should settle down now and we promise more regular updates.
Read more about what CLM and Basic Skills are here.
Now and the Future .... Saturday the 14th June 2008 sees the Welsh Guards Troop their Colour
to celebrate the Queens Birthday Parade (for
info on this parade click here), with the 1st Battalion taking up the duties of
Street Lining and Number 7 Company taking part in the Parade as
Number 6 Guard, more images from this event will follow.
This year (2008) the Escort, numbers 2 & 3 were formed from the
Welsh Guards, 4 Guard was formed from Nijmegan Company Grenadier
Guards, 5 Guard was formed from F Company Scots and Number 7 Company
formed 6 Guard. Those who watched the parade may also have
spotted Major General W Cubbitt (Coldstream Guards) GOC London
District and Major G Bartle Jones (Welsh Guards) who was the Field
Officer for the Parade and is at present the Second in Command of
the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.
The Battalion Forecast of Events has been published and shows a very
busy but very rewarding timeline, including some events listed
below;
June:
Sailing and a Battalion Diving Expedition to Gibraltar.
JNCO , Sniper and Combat Comms Cadres.
The World Paced Sticking Championship.
The Battalion Golf Tour in.
July:
Adventure Training – Sailing.
A Sky Dive Adventure Training Exercise to France.
The Regimental Association Day.
Battle Group Planning.
August:
In Barracks training and Summer Leave.
With major training and exercise events to follow in the forthcoming
months.
The good news is that a date has been ‘booked’ for Hanging the
Brick, with the following day being a Battalion Fun Run in Fancy
Dress – normally the said few try and avoid people the morning after
the brick …………. now they can stay as they were and pop out for a bit
of early morning PT (not recommended, but should be entertaining to
say the least!).
MORE UPDATES
WILL FOLLOW VERY SHORTLY
OLDER NEWS
What's
this - have ShinyCapstar been sent images of the Commanding Officer,
Lt Col GCC Waters playing with his band - the Red Hot Guardsmen?
NO ............ it's images from the recent Regimental Dinner of
Col Waters and his good lady wife showing just how much they are
'very good sports'.
A fantastic evening with good food and very good company.
The following is an extract from the Army MOD Site that best
explains CLM.
The aim of the Basic Skills soldiers' education programme is to
improve the performance of soldiers both in barracks and on
operations. The Command, Leadership and Management courses prepare
soldiers for the tasks that they will undertake during their
military careers. This is supported by a Basic Skills package.
The programmes develop leadership and management skills, as
soldier’s progress through the ranks, covering Basic Skills,
leadership, management, and the development of professional military
knowledge. The skills and qualifications that soldiers gain are
accredited and are therefore transferable to civilian life once they
leave the Army.
The Army is committed to improving the standard of Basic Skills. In
line with the Government's Basic Skills agenda, all soldiers are
required to reach Level 1 and Level 2 in literacy and numeracy as
they progress through their careers.
Educational and Training Services officers, along with 40 MOD Basic
Skills Tutors, deliver a comprehensive package of Basic Skills
support to soldiers, both in barracks and on operations
The following is an extract from the Army MOD Site that best
explains CLM.
Command Leadership and Management (CLM) is a new course introduced
in January for all non-commissioned officers (NCOs). "The Army is
known for its leadership in the field, but we were finding that this
wasn't transferring back to the barracks," adds Colonel Chris
Caswell, chief of staff of the Educational and Training Services (ETS)
Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps.
The course took three years to develop and was built from scratch
with the best management and leadership thinking available. It is
designed to give soldiers a toolkit of practices and procedures as
they progress through the ranks from Lance Corporal to Warrant
Officer Class 1 (WO1), the highest rank a soldier can reach. Content
is mapped onto national standards including BTEC and NVQ and runs
from GCSE right up to postgraduate level.
The course is delivered through a combination of education and
training to prepare a soldier for promotion to the next rank. The
Army aims to put 7,500 soldiers through modules of the course each
year. Although it's still early days as far as feedback is
concerned, the Army 'rumour service' website has featured positive
discussion about CLM at soldier level.
In effect, it is HR management training for the soldier, says
Caswell, stressing that it is fairly 'ground-breaking stuff' for the
Army.
"We're very excited about it," he says. "Modules in the course
include change management and 360-degree appraisals - a radical
concept for such a hierarchical organisation."
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UPDATE NEWS: 03 May 2008
The site has recently been updated with:
Sergeants' Mess Farewell Events:
The Sergeants' Mess recently had a working lunch and a Regimental
Dinner, read more at the link.
THE
TOMMY LEECH APPEAL
-
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
. >> Tommy needs our help.
L/Sgt. Carl Leech who lost his life in a car
accident travelling home to Middlesbrough from his post at
Catterick. Not only did he leave a widow but a very young son Tommy
who tragically was born without ears and hearing, operations to
rectify this could not be done till he reached the age of 10. Tommy
has now undergone tests which determined that this is possible, but
can only be done in Germany at the cost of £50,000.
For more
information and an online video, please click here.
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UPDATE NEWS: 27 APRIL 2008
The
Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new
pieces.
The
Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new
pieces.
No
1 Company Return's Home: features a small article, some images
and media coverage from 1 Company's return from Afghanistan.
Battalion St George's Day Celebrations: features an article and
images from the Battalion's celebrations of this glorious day on the
23rd April 2008.
As you can see the site is having a little revamp and there will be many
new features added in the coming weeks including an active
Coldstream Timeline where Coldstreamers can add their own images and
stories. More updates and Coldstream News will follow in this
section but in the mean time please view the
Herrick Section
with some fantastic images and articles from the Coldstream Guards
serving over in Afghanistan (due back at the end of April 2008).
More features are being added to this site daily, so please
keep checking back. For now you can view old Coldstream News
by clicking on the links above in the 'Old News' Section.
SHINYCAPSTAR
UPDATE STATUS
Some sections of the site have
been updated, some sections have been added and some sections are
still to come.
1. HOME
PAGE: a
total redesign with easier navigation (I think?), and more stuff to
be added, but it now features direct RSS Feeds of the latest 'Army &
MOD News, plus a scroller that tells you the most popular links on
the site. Two new features of the front page will be updated on a
regular basis, 'In the Spotlight' and 'Site Feature' will be updated
on a regular basis just in case anyone misses something. Polls
have also been re-introduced, we'll see how these pan out. The
'Shout-box' has been dropped due to potential spam messages being
left.
2. REGIMENTAL HISTORY SECTION:
the
Regimental
History Section has been long due an update, not that we missed
anything the first time, just tidying up a little. The main
'Regimental
History' page has been updated (to look a little like a
newspaper - le me know what you think). From there, I kind of
got carried away and started updating various pages to the History
Section, including a re-vamped VC Section with added images, and
Medal Entitlements of each VC Winner. Obviously this section
alone is HUGE so please bear with it and keep checking back for
extra features, including ............................. 'The
Time-Lines'. I am working on two timeline projects, the first
being a pictorial timeline (see work in progress here), the second
being an interactive timeline of Coldstream Campaigns from 1970
(read more about this exciting project here).
3. THE
A to Z SECTION:
this section will be updated as time progresses. I was
e-mailed by someone ages ago asking about a particular article and
had to trawl through updates. I thought why not have an A t Z
of all things Coldstream and hyperlink frenzy!
4.
EASTER EGGS:
no this isn't a
ploy at getting some more choccy in April (I've had enough thanks),
but the terminology used for internet trap doors. I have
started introducing some secret links on the site (called Easter
Eggs) that will give you some information and images that no one
else will see!
5. PAST,
PRESENT & FUTURE:
a couple of pages I
am working on portraying a Coldstreamer at various stages.
6. A
NEW ICON:
I was messing about in Photoshop and created a new icon for
ShinyCapstar. Yeah, I know it's not very Web2.0 friendly but
come on ................ !
7. CRISP LOOK - CLEAN FEEL:
the look and feel
of ShinyCapstar will change over the next couple of weeks/months as
all pages will be filtered to the new template. I have to do
this manually to each page (copy and paste) as I am still using MS
Frontpage (booo hiss). Hopefully we will do away with those
irritating animations that were so popular at Shiny's birth and have
background image free pages. Before someone says it, yeah -
all this will probably be back in web fashion by the time I change
everything!
8. FEED
BACK:
ShinyCapstar is
still holding on .................. just! But
we need your
feedback so we can; a. pass it to those that require to see it and
post your remarks online and b. take your points onboard and
hopefully make things even better!
9. CELINE DION:
no she's not one of
my favourite artists, and no I'm not cracking up - yet! She
did, however, have a hit with the classic 'All By Myself', which
incidentally is ME, the Shinycapstar Team. Want to help, you
can by sending in images, stories, articles, scans - anything that
can take this site to a new level. We have a
YouTube account
for videos and the Gallery will soon be updated with some new and
improved software. Send anything onto us via the 'Contact
Page'
10. OP HERRICK 7:
as I write this
post there is only a few days until the Battalion are complete and
have returned to Windsor, with the Welcome Home Parade taking place
on the 26th April. I have just taken delivery of thousands of
images and videos (thanks to Lt Weddell) that will shortly be added
to galleries on the
Herrick Section
and made into short videos for the
YouTube Section.
THE
TOMMY LEECH APPEAL
-
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
. >>
Tommy needs our help.
L/Sgt. Carl Leech who lost his life in a car
accident travelling home to Middlesbrough from his
post at Catterick. Not only did he leave a widow but
a very young son Tommy who tragically was born
without ears and hearing, operations to rectify this
could not be done till he reached the age of 10.
Tommy has now undergone tests which determined that
this is possible, but can only be done in Germany at
the cost of £50,000.
For more information and an
online video, please click here.
SHINYCHAT:
GENERAL INFORMATION
We do our best to update this site as often as possible.
There are, however, times when other work commitments take priority
over this website. On the rare occasions that this happens we
try to add posts to the forum under the 'Coldstream
News' section.
The forum has nearly a thousand members and at the time of this post
had over 23,000 (yes twenty three thousand) articles posted in the
various sections of the forum from 'Find
a Friend' to '**Videos
Jokes & Funnies' - please note that some sections require
registration to view any posts.
The
forum is located by
Clicking Here.
**Some posts made in this section
are of an adult nature.
Try the
ShinyCapstar YouTube Video Channel Below
SHINYCAPSTAR IS CURRENTLY HAVING A SERVICE
It is inevitable that some pages will still have the 'old' template,
if this is the case please give us time.
The only other option was to close the site completely whilst we
apply the changes !
What's
this - have ShinyCapstar been sent images of the Commanding Officer,
Lt Col GCC Waters playing with his band - the Red Hot Guardsmen?
THE
TOMMY LEECH APPEAL
-
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
