BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@historyfare.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240801T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240801T213000 DTSTAMP:20240701T082521Z URL:https://historyfare.co.uk/events/meltons-first-casualty-of-the-great-w ar-charles-garstin-a-much-loved-son/ SUMMARY:Melton’s First Casualty of the Great War - Charles Garstin - A Mu ch-Loved Son DESCRIPTION:For the August HistoryFare monthly talk\, we welcome guest spea ker Major Phil Watson.\n\nPhil joined the Army in October 1976 at JLR RAC as a boy soldier\, and on joining the 9/12th Royal Lancers \;served wi th the regiment in Cyprus\, Bosnia\, Northern Ireland and the Gulf War. Du ring this period he also served away from the regiment conducting \;tw o tours at the RAC Signal School as an instructor. \;In 1998\, he was commissioned \;from the ranks\, and was appointed the regiment’s fir st Regimental Career Management Officer. After leaving regimental duty he fulfilled a series of staff appointments at Chilwell\, Bovington and North wood\, before returning to regiment duty to command Headquarters Squadron. \n\nHe left the 9/12th Royal Lancers in 2012 after 35 years service and jo ined Home Headquarters (HHQ).\n\nHe is a keen military historian\, special ising in the First World War and is a \;published author. He remains a s \;an adult volunteer with Lincolnshire \;ACF\, after completing three years as the commandant for Leicestershire\, Northampton and Rutland . In addition to his volunteer role with the ACF he is the \;Chairman of SSAFA Leicestershire and Rutland.\n\nPhil will be talking to us about S econd Lieutenant Charles Garstin who was only 20 years old when he was kil led on 24th \;August 1914 in his first action.\n\nNot only was he his regiment’s first officer casualty of the war\, but Melton\n\nMowbray’s as well. Garstin is remembered in St. Mary’s Church\, the town war memo rial Edgerton House\, and on the plaque at the British Legion.\n\nGarstin ’s family details are listed by the GWGC as being the son of Sir William Garstin of 17 Welbeck House\, Wigmore St\, London.\n\nHowever\, from the age of seven years old\, he went to live with his great aunt\, Miss Grant\ , at `The Lodge’ Melton Mowbray.\n\nThe presentation will look at Garsti n’s family background\, his reason for joining the 9th \;Lancers\, a nd the circumstances leading to his death.\nTo reserve your seat\, please select the “book now” label above or email \;meltonhistoryfare@gma il.com\n \;\nAdmission cost £3 per person\, payable on arrival. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historyfare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/202 4/06/Garstin.png CATEGORIES:History Talk,Local History LOCATION:Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club\, 24 Asfordby Road\, M elton Mowbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=24 Asfordby Road\, Melton M owbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-T ITLE=Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR