Oct 132012
 

As the club members are scattered around the Solent area can I urge you all to approach your local Royal British Legion Branch and volunteer the services of yourself and your vehicle for the Saturdays leading up to November 11th? I have done it and will be on Hayling from 27th October, other areas are, as yet, unclaimed. The presence of a military vehicle makes the collectors stand out from the crowd and gives a physical reminder of who is collecting and why. All that is required is that you turn up and look pretty, something I am exceedingly good at.

I am not doing this entirely altruistically, although I wholeheartedly support the RBL and all they have done for the last 90 years, I will be getting something back – more tales from ex-service people about what they did and what my type of vehicle did, what it means to them. So, if sitting in the autumn sunshine, sipping a brew from your thermos and chatting to some very interesting people appeals – get in touch with your local RBL and help their appeal

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  •  October 13, 2012
Jul 272011
 

I was playing with Google and “Solent Overlord” and came across a photoset by Mark Rutley on flickr I asked if I could  link to it  and he kindly agreed, there was also one image of  the man that makes OVERLORD such success that I particularly liked and that is reproduced here:

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  •  July 27, 2011
Jun 052011
 

As well as the galleries that I am slowly garnering from my colleagues at SOE there are some external sites that have OVERLORD 2011 pictures. Check this page occasionally as the list of sites grows Continue reading »

  •  June 5, 2011

Overlord 2011

 

A selection of galleries from a range of photographers on one theme: the successful Overlord 2011 Military Spectacular held for the first time at the Lawns, Denmead.

Select from the tabs in the title bar or from the links below. If you have pictures of the event you wish to see featured on this blog please contact the webwright by clicking this link

Pictures from SOE members are listed below, the list will grow as I manage to wrest images from them. There are also links to external sites with some fine pictures from our visitors and from our exhibitors, we hope to improve facilities for photographers for 2012 so make sure you come along to OVERLORD 2012 with plenty of batteries and memory cards or film!

 

Katie Lamsdale’s People

The webwright’s Post War Vehicles

Ron Bossingham’s View

External Sites:

Rambo’s report on the Historic Military Vehicles Forum

Kev Shaw at UK Airshow Review

Colin Lacey (SOE member) on Facebook

Mark Rutley’s portraiture set on  flickr

514th Q.M. Trucking Regt. (Red Ball Express)

Paul Morgan’s pictures at HMVF

Barry James Wilson on flickr

C and A images (pictures for sale)

 

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Dec 242010
 

2010 saw the first March4Honour event and, at time of writing this, over £600,000 has been raised for the Royal British Legion, Continue reading »

  •  December 24, 2010
Nov 262010
 

At last night’s club meeting various charities were considered for “headline” status at Overlord 2011. A large majority were in favour of The Royal British Legion to be the beneficiaries of our disposable surplus …

Poppy at the farm

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  •  November 26, 2010

The Club Today

 

SOE is a thriving club based in the Solent area (Southampton/Portsmouth/Petersfield) and beyond that caters for the military collector, their family and friends.

Activities include organised trips to shows, military sites and museums, meals out, weekend camping, drive outs and a regular monthly meeting with guest speakers, performances and film shows.

The club organises and runs the prestigious OVERLORD military spectacular, a three day event that attracts over 100 military traders, 500 re-enactors portraying aspects of military life in the 20th century and representing many nations; 350+ vehicles and exhibitors who inform and entertain the public through static displays and exciting arena events. Surplus from the event is used to support local and national charities; past recipients have been organisations such as Rowans Hospice, Help for Heroes, Royal British Legion, Combat Stress and the Ghurka Welfare Trust.

The main supported charity for OVERLORD 2013 is the local military charity Hounds for Heroes  who do much as their title says – they train dogs to aid disabled service people

For further information on the club please contact us

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