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Conway Club
About The Conway Club
Membership
Presidents Of The
Conway Club
Patrons
Newsletter
Social Functions
Officers & Committee
AGM
Branches
Contact Us
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About The Conway Club
The Conway Club was founded in 1910 by
the late Captain H W Broadbent RD RNR who was at that time Captain Superintendent
of HMS Conway. The first President of the Club was Major
Sir Hamilton Gould Adams. He was President for 11 years,
The main
purpose of the Conway Club is to maintain and foster social relationship
between former Cadets of the Ship and the Conway shore establishment.
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Membership
Membership of the Club is open to all Cadets
who served in the HMS Conway school training ship and are known as Old
Conways, providing they completed a full course of training. It is to
be hoped that this Website will encourage those Old Conways who have
never belonged to join, or who have ceased to belong to rejoin, the
Club. Provision is also made in the Club Rules for Honorary membership
of the Club, for those who have at any time been closely associated
with the Conway or with members of the Club.
Membership subscription is GBP15 for full
life or GBP5 annually, payable to the Hon. Treasurer on 1st January
each year.
Please download the following Application
Form (Word document) which can be completed and sent via snail mail:
Membership_Application.doc
(64Kb .doc)
Please note that this downloadable Word
document may open in your browser, if it does either choose to print
the document to be completed by hand or save it to your computer for
printing later.
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Patrons
The Committee of the Conway Club by unanimous
agreement of all members invite especially deserving or meritorious
persons to fill the position of Patron of the Conway Club. The present
patrons are:
The Most Honourable The Marquess of Anglesey
Captain David T Smith OBE FNI RN
Lieut Commander Ian E Fraser VC DSC RD RNR
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Presidents Of The Conway Club
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1910 - 20 |
Major Sir Hamilton
Goold Adams GCB |
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1921 - 30 |
Admiral Sir Sackville
H Carden KCMG |
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1930 - 34 |
John Masefield OM,
LL.D |
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1935 - 40 |
Captain Sir Edward
Headlam CSI, CMG, DSO, FRGS, RIM |
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1941 - 48 |
Captain SS Richardson
OBE, RD, RNR |
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1949 - 58 |
Air Chief Marshall
Sir Richard E C Peirse KCB, DSO, AFC |
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1959 - 69 |
Captain W H Coombes
CBE, RNR (Hon) |
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1969 - 72 |
Captain E Hewitt RD
RNR |
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1973 |
Captain D T Smith
RN |
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1973 - 75 |
Commodore D T Smith
RN |
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1976 - 82 |
Captain D T Smith
RN |
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1983 - 85 |
Commander T Kinloch-Jones
RN |
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1986 - 90 |
Captain L J Thompson
MNI |
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1991 - 92 |
Captain R J R Tyrell |
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1992 - 96 |
Captain L J Thompson
MNI |
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1997 - 99 |
J F Sheldrake Esq
JP |
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2000 - 02 |
Commander J W H F
Dickie OBE RNZN |
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2003 - 05 |
Capt DNB Nutman MNI |
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2006 - |
A Smith Esq |
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Officers & Committee
The Club's Offfciers and Committee are chosen
from members of the Club and is limited in number to 24, elected annually
at the AGM.
Oficers
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President |
A F Smith |
64-66 |
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Vice President |
J R Hughes |
54-56 |
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T Mason |
56-59 |
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Hon Secretary |
Margaret Hollinrake |
Hon Mem |
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Hon Treasurer |
C B Smith |
58-60 |
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Hon Chaplain |
The Rev S Douglas Lane |
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Hon Auditor |
C H Plummer |
67-72 |
Committee
44-45 Lt Cdr J Heath RNR
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46-47 J H Lockwood
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48-50 Capt A G Burns
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49-51 W E Gale
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50-51 J McCaughren
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50-51 Capt D N B Nutman FNI
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50-51 Capt T Powell (representing OCs outside the UK)
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51-52 Capt D Owen
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52-54 J F Sheldrake JP
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56-58 Lt Col D Hilton TD
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56-59 Capt M M Reeves
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56-59 Lt Cdr C Blakey OBE RD RNR JP
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58-61 Capt A D Saunders
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66-70 K C Huggins
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67-70 R B Tubb
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69-71 Capt P P van Bergen
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71-73 S A Budd
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72-74 M B Burrow
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Newsletter
A Newsletter is published twice a year
in Spring and Summer. It is full of information on social events, news
on the activities of Old Conways around the world and graphic reports
from the personal history of Old Conways.
Your letters, reminiscences, news, etc.,
are all welcome. Closing dates for copy are:
Spring - 28th February
Summer - 30th June
but contributions received after those
dates will be included if possible.
Copy for the Newsletter can either:
Be posted to the Editor, Alan Burns, via
the Hon Secretary:
Mrs M S Hollinrake
64 Cambridge Drive
OTLEY
West Yorkshire
LS21 1DD
Tel: + 44 (0)1943 465141
E-mail: clubsec@hmsconway.org
Or can be emailed direct to Alan
ensuring that you CC the Hon Secretary on the email.
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Social Functions
Annual Dinner Dance
This major function usually takes place
with the AGM, alternately in the North and South of the UK in October. Please refer
to the Diary for full details of the current
and forthcoming year's Annual Dinners.
Annual London Buffet Party
This usually takes place on the first Thursday
in June at a venue overlooking the Thames commencing at 1830, and is
well attended by Old Conways and their guests from near and far. Details
of the next event are in the Diary.
Branch Events
Most Branches in the UK and overseas hold
annual dinners and other functions on a regular basis. Please consult
the Diary for details.
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AGM
AGMs are held annually in October. Full details are posted on the Diary page.
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Branches
The Conway Club has branches throughout
the world established for the furtherance of social contact. They operate
as independent organisations and there is no structural, legal or financial
linkage between individual branches and the Conway Club e.g. the Conway
Club Committeee listed above has no organisational control over branches.
Some are "joint" branches with members from Worcester, Pangbourne
and General Botha.
Each branch is run by a dedicated group
of volunteers who give freely of their time and energies to keep Conway
chums in contact and the name Conway alive.
Wherever you are in the world you are encouraged
to contact your local branch and join the local group. Contact can be
made through the branch secretary.
The following list of branches is probably
not exhaustive. Please do not take offence if your Branch isn't listed,
instead take up your pen (or keyboard) and contact us to ensure that you are included
in the next update of this website.Pleasew provide details of
the Branch Secretary's address, ideally an email address and a phone number that the Secretary is prepared
to have broadcast on the website, and a note of planned activities
and social events.
List of Branches
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Contact The Club
You can contact the Conway Club through
the Club Secretary
Mrs M S Hollinrake
64 Cambridge Drive
OTLEY
West Yorkshire
LS21 1DD
Tel: + 44 (0)1943 465141
E-mail: clubsec@hmsconway.org
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