Summary of Past Speakers and Activities

Legend: E=Evening, T=Tour, L= Luncheon, A = Afternoon

DateLegendSpeaker/EventPositionTopic
1998
16 Apr 98 E MGen Clive Addy National President FMUSIC Update on FMUSIC
15 Oct 98 E Col Al Halpfer Comd 31 CBG State of Reserves
19 Nov 98 E Col The Hon RC Rutherford Judge Somalia Inquiry
1999
21 Jan 99 E Mr Gavin Watt Historian United Empire Loyalists
18 Feb 99 E LCol John de Domenico Author Peacekeeping Indo China
18 Mar 99 E Mr Karl Kjarsgaard Pilot & Historian Halifax Bomber Recovery
15 Apr 99 ET LCol Bob Mahar GM Diesel LAV 3 Tour & Briefing
20 May 99 E Annual Mess Dinner
May/Jun 99 Annual Top Cadet Awards to 13 Area Cadet Corps
17 Sept 99A Annual Cocktail Party
21 Oct 99 E Ted Barris AuthorCommonwealth Air Training Plan
18 Nov 99 E BGen TK Quinn Director General Army Reserves Land Forces Re-organization
6 Dec 99 LDr Jack Granatstein Author & HistorianWho Killed Canadian History?
2000
01 Jan 00 L New Year's Day Levee
20 Jan 00 E Werner Hirschmann Engineer, German Navy U-190 & NW Atlantic
17 Feb 00 E Kim StacyHistorian Royal Highland Emigrants
16 Mar 00 E Jonathan VanceAssoc Prof. UWOThe Great Escape Reality vs Hollywood
20 Apr 00 ECapt Harry Chadwick 1st HussarsPeacekeeping Bosnia & Kosovo
08 May 00 L Dana Poulton ArchaeologistVictoria Park & The British Garrison
10 May 00 EAnnual Mess Dinner
May/Jun 00 Annual Top Cadet Awards to 13 Area Cadet Corps
15 Sept 00A Annual Cocktail Party
19 Oct 00 EPeter Langille Assoc Prof UWORapid Deployment UN Forces
6 Nov 00 LLCol Carl Mills HistorianCdn Airmen in Korea - AOP
Tribute to Joe Liston
16 Nov 00 E LCol Brian Smith CDICMine Removal in Bosnia & Kosovo, Canine School
2001
01 Jan 01LNew Year's Levee
18 Jan 01 E Ian HunterUWO School of Law Most remarkable event in the Annals of the Navy
15 Feb 01 E F/L Steve Haley HistorianRAF in Iraq 1925-1944
15 Mar 01 ELCdr D Spillman US Coast GuardLiaison with Canada's Security Forces
2 Apr 01 L Dr Bessie Borwein Professor Emeritus UWOAlternative Medicine
19 Apr 01 E Salim Mansur Assoc Professor UWO Pol Sci Failure of Middle East Peace Process
17 May 01 EAnnual Mess Dinner
May/Jun 01 Annual Top Cadet Awards to 13 Area Cadet Corps
13 June 01 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
21 Sept 01A Annual Cocktail Party and Dinner
17 Oct 01 E F/L Steve Haley RAF (Ret)Command Performance (Military Ineptness)
06 Nov 01 LMayor Anne Marie De Cicco City of London
21 Nov 01 E F/L Dr Don Bondy HistorianThe Big Blow / White Hurricane Lake Huron 1913
2002
01 Jan 02 LNew Year's Day Levee
16 Jan 02 E LCol Paul Fleury LSH(RC)Canada's Coyote in Recce
20 Feb 02 E LCdr Mark Van Den Bossche CO HMCS PrevostCity Class Frigates
04 Mar 02 L MGen Rick Hillier ACLSCanada's Army
6 Mar 02 ET Peter Maurer Pres Diamond Aircraft Factory Tour
20 Mar 02 E Capt James McKay 1st HussarsAftermath of the Gulf War
09/10 Apr 02 T Tour Warplane Heritage Hamilton & RCAF Museum plus Para Maint Coy Trenton
17 Apr 02 E LCol John Moyer Comdt Peace Support Trg Centre Peace Support Training
28 Apr 02 LDr Chris BrymerProf Geriatrics UWODecisions on Driving
16 May 01 EAnnual Mess Dinner
May/Jun 02 Annual Top Cadet Awards to 13 Area Cadet Corps
19 June 02 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
09 Sept 02 L Dr Bill BradySecretary Blackburn GrpTransplants et al.
20 Sept 01A Annual Cocktail Party and Dinner
02 Oct 02 T Eurocopter Plant Fort Erie & Wine Tour Niagara on the Lake
16 Oct 02 E Dr Ken Hilborn Prof Emeritus UWOA Defence of the Anti-Ballistic Missile System
06 Nov 02 TLondon Airport, Empire Aviation and NAVCAN / Lunch WBOM
20 Nov 02 ELt (N) Peter Antonew CFRCCanadian Navy in the Persian Gulf
2003
01 Jan 03 LNew Year's Day Levee
15 Jan 03 ELt Reg Hill Member RLMIJapanese Naval Codes
19 Feb 03 ELCol Dick Moore President Bisley MarksmanRifles, Marksmanship & Sniping
04 Mar 03 E Cdr Bob Bush RCN Director Submarine ProgramCanada's New Submarines
19 Mar 03 EPeter Zuuring Author, Director Arrow AllianceThe Avro Arrow
16 Apr 03 ECdr Mark Butt US Coast Guard, Air Station DetroitSAR and Aux Air Patrol
26 Apr 03 LJohn NashCertified GemologistCanadian Diamonds
06 May 03 TMil Heritage Museum Brantford & F&M Brewery Guelph
21 May 03 EAnnual Mess Dinner
May/Jun 03 Annual Top Cadet Awards to 13 Area Cadet Corps
3,4.5 Jun 03 TKingston, Comns & RMC Museums + Fort Frontenac, Ottawa, War & Aviation Museums
18 June 03 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
19 Sep 03AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
15 Oct 03 E Dr Don BondyMember RLMISkunk Cabbage, Mulberry Bushes and the Japanese Air Raid on Detroit
16 Oct 03 T The Secrets of Radar Museum Western Counties Wing London
23 Oct 03 T Canadian Military Engineers Museum Wolseley Barracks London
3 Nov 03 L Col Doug Fraser (Retd) UN Weapon Inspector Team LeaderWhat we found in Iraq
19 Nov 03 ECol Gary O'Brien Past Comd 31CBGChallenge of Command in Reserves
2004
01 Jan 04 LNew Year's Day Levee
21 Jan 04 ELGen Lou Cuppens President FMUSICState of the Union
18 Feb 04 ECapt Philip Linden Monty's SignalMasterMarking Time: Sicily to Italy WW2
17 Mar 04 EDr Barry M. Gough Professor of History, WLUHMCS Haida
5 Apr 04 LVAC & Parkwood Hosp, L. Ross-Alexander/M Boucher Who, What, Why & How of Veterans Care at Parkwood Hospital
21 Apr 04 ECol Charlie Fox Fighter PilotI Wish I Had Not Shot Rommel
11 May 04 TSt. Thomas, Elgin County Military, Pioneer & Railway Museums
19 May 04 EAnnual Mess Dinner
May/Jun 04 Annual Top Cadet Awards to 12 Area Cadet Corps
13 Jun 04 THamilton International Tattoo
23 June 04 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
22 Sep 04AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
20 Oct 04 ELCdr Alan Offer CO HMCS PrevostArctic Deployment of HMCS GOOSE BAY
24 Oct 04 TRCMI Military Band Concert, Roy Thomson Hall
17 Nov 04 ELCol Bill Henderson Pilot, Michigan Air National Guard127 Fighter Squadron Selfridge and the Iraq War
18 Nov 04 TLabatt Brewery Tour
2005
01 Jan 05 LNew Year's Day Levee
19 Jan 05 EMorley Haynes RCNLife of HMCS Weyburn K173 (a Corvette in WWII)
16 Feb 05 ELCol Bob Dale, DSO, DFC, CD RCAFThe Mosquito Bomber
7 Mar 05 L Captain Samantha Roman, CD22 Service Battalion (London)Serving in Bosnia with CIMIC
16 Mar 05 EPhilip Handleman Author, HistorianThe Art of Air Warfare
20 Apr 05 ETed Barris AuthorIntroducing his new book "Days of Victory"
17 May 05 TFort Malden, Amherstburg and Pelee Is. Winery Tour
18 May 05 EAnnual Mess Dinner
12 Jun 05 T Hamilton International Tattoo
22 June 05 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
12 July 05 T HMCS Haida, Hamilton
16 Sep 05AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
19 Oct 05 EF/L Archie Munro Member RLMICanadian Veterans in Holland 60 Years after Liberation
23 Oct 05 TRCMI Military Band Concert, Roy Thomson Hall
7 Nov 05 LChief of Police Murray FaulknerLondon Police ServiceLondon Police 150th Anniversary
16 Nov 05 ELCdr Ross Beck, RCN Member RLMICanadian Naval Aviation
7 Dec 05 EMixed Formal Dinner
2006
01 Jan 06 LNew Year's Day Levee
18 Jan 06 EBob McDaniel Professor Emeritus, UWONetworking Brains and Bullets in the Canadian Forces
15 Feb 06 EMaj Ian Haley 1st HussarsThree Block War
15 Mar 06 ECapt Carrie Riddell 31 CBG HQMONUC (United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
3 Apr 06 LCapt Brian HowardCO, 23 Air Cadet Sqn, St CatharinesCanada's Largest Flight School, and Best Kept Military Secret
11 Apr 06 TOntario Police College, Aylmer
19 Apr 06 ECol Robert Chekan, CD Canadian Forces CollegeCanadian Air Campaign in Kosovo, 1999
17 May 06 EAnnual Mess Dinner
21 June 06 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
15 Sep 06AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
25-27 Sep 06 TOttawa and Trenton
18 Oct 06 EMaj Keith Cameron DCO 31 CERAfghanistan
23 Oct 06 LJohn NashGemtalk
15 Nov 06 EMaj Pete Jaeggi DCO 436 (T) SqnFlying In and Out of Afghanistan
6 Dec 06 EMixed Formal Dinner
2007
01 Jan 07 LNew Year's Day Levee
17 Jan 07 ELCol JW Martin Honorary LCol 22 Service BnThe Tet Offensive
21 Feb 07 ECapt James Howson and
Lt Blair Ashford
1st HussarsJoint Operations in the
Republic of Moldova, 2005
21 Mar 07 ELCol Chris Thompson The Nyala and Other IED-Resistant Vehicles
18 Apr 07 EMaj Dan McLean, CD 31 CBG G4Operation Narwhal 2007
8 May 07 TA Day's Drive Down to Port Dover
16 May 07 EAnnual Mess Dinner
27 June 07 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
21 Sep 07AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
17 Oct 07 EMaj Bernie Scheid, CD Kandahar 2007
12 Nov 07 LMCpl Nickie Clarke22 Service BnBosnia and Afghanistan
21 Nov 07 EW. Corfield, LCol R. Moore & F/Lt D. Bondy RLMI membersLambeth, Ontario, and the Secret U-Boat War
5 Dec 07 EMixed Formal Dinner
2008
01 Jan 08 LNew Year's Day Levee
16 Jan 08 E LCol Robert Shaw, CD Senior Advisor to the Chief of Police for Kabul 2007Challenges to Police Reform in Afghanistan
20 Feb 08 EMaster Warrant Officer Neil MacIsaac, CD 31 CER (The Elgins)Combat Engineers in the Modern Battlespace
19 Mar 08 ECdr Tim Gijzen, CD CO, HMCS Prevost Canadian Navy - Future Challenges
16 Apr 08 EBGen Phil Spencer & Capt Claus Breede Capt Breede, Curator,
The RCR Museum
125th Anniversary of The Royal Canadian Regiment
21 May 08 EAnnual Mess Dinner
19 June 08 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
19 Sep 08AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
15 Oct 08 ELt Alexander Lomasney 4 RCRModern Infantry Tactics
19 Nov 08 EMaj BCA (Chris) Brown, CD OC, C Sqn, 1st HussarsSudan and Darfur, 2007-8
3 Dec 08 EMixed Formal Dinner
2009
21 Jan 09 EMs. Nicole Drake Manager/Curator, Secrets of Radar MuseumThe Radar War in Europe 1942-1945
18 February 09 ELCdr Jeffrey White HMCS Oriole - Canadian navy's sail-training vessel
18 March 09 ELCol Robert Hallas, CD Deputy Commander 31 CBG31 Canadian Brigade Group: Capability and Commitment
15 April 09 EMaj Vivian McAlister, MD 1 Canadian Field HospitalCatastrophe Surgery - Lessons from the Canadian Hospital in Afghanistan
20 May 09 EAnnual Mess Dinner
24 June 09 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
25 Sep 09AAnnual Cocktail Party and Dinner
7 Oct 09 TAir & Space & Military Museums, Winery & Elm Hurst Inn
21 Oct 09 ECapt Michael O'Leary, CD 4 RCRMyths of Military History
9 Nov 09 LMaj & Mrs CJ Malone RLMIRCAF Pipe Band and Tartan
18 Nov 09 ELCol Kevin Doyle, CD Chief of Staff, 31 CBGArtillery
2 Dec 09 EMixed Formal Dinner
2010
20 Jan 10 ESgt Michael Holmes and Sgt Rob Mineault Canadian Forces Physician Assistant Training Program
17 Feb 10 ESgt Jamie Knight & Cpl Joe Angelini At the Pointed End in Afghanistan
17 Mar 10 EJohn A. Hutton Ontario Police CollegeOntario Police College: Past, Present, Future
21 Apr 10 EDr Don Bondy RLMICanada's Bantam Soldiers WW I
19 May 10 EAnnual Mess Dinner
23 June 10 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
17 Sep 10AAnnual Cocktail Party
6 Oct 10 TWindsor Tour: Lancaster Restoration, Tilston Armouries, Transportation Museum, Winery
and Wayside Dining
20 Oct 10 EP/O Bill and Alice McKee RLMIVisit to 1944 Crash Site
of Bill's Lancaster Bomber
17 Nov 10 ELCol Rick Phillips CO, 31 Service Bn31 Service Battalion
1 Dec 10 EMixed Formal Dinner
2011
19 Jan 11 L (at Prevost)LCdr Jeff White CO, HMCS PrevostSouth American Navies
16 Feb 11 ELCol Costiff Brigade Group Plans
16 Mar 11 EMichelle Gellatly Exec Director, St. John AmbulanceRole of St. John Ambulance
20 Apr 11 ELCol RG Moore and Greg Bernard Thunder over Michigan Airshow 2010
18 May 11 EAnnual Mess Dinner
22 June 11 A Annual Garden Party with WBOM
16 Sep 11AAnnual Cocktail Party
19 Oct 11 EJorn Buø Kongsberg Defence CorporationFire Control Systems
16 Nov 11 EAbeny Kuol From Sudan via Ethiopia to Kenya by Foot
7 Dec 11 EMixed Formal Dinner
2012
19 Jan 12 ECpl. Fred Gutz & Cst. Mike Thompson RCMP London Detachment Rural UnitRole and Functions of the Rural Unit

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