MONITOR
Clerk’s Letter
I
t is always humbling at this time of
year to see the support that Livery
Companies give to the Armed
Forces.
On the 3rd of November the Master
planted a cross in the Garden of
Remembrance at St Pauls Cathedral; the
National President of the Royal British
Legion Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson
CB CVO spoke beforehand about the
support from the City to the Armed
Forces. He should know – he is the Clerk
to the Cooks’ Company.
Our work with the Royal Signals is
broad. Organised and led by Liveryman
Mike Williams we support the work of 11
Signal Regiment in training all levels of
Signallers by providing prizes and
recognition of achievement. At Mansion
House each year the “Through” award is
given to a soldier, non-commissioned
officer, or warrant officer from the
Royal Corps of Signals who has made an
exceptional contribution to the provision
of information services on operations, in
support of operations, or in assisting the
training of others preparing for
operations. As you would have already
read in this issue of Monitor, at a
practical level the Employment Panel
provides support to Signallers who are
transitioning from their military career to
a civilian life. Their work includes
workshops to help those at the end of
their military career prepare to find
employment to networking and
information events.
We also support the Sea and Air Cadets.
These are fantastic organisations that help
education and instil a sense of
community spirit and self-worth into
young people.
One of the great win / wins are the carpet
guards that many of you will have seen at
some of our recent events, such as the
recent Installation Dinner. The cadets
take great pride in their ability to provide
a professional, smart guard at our events,
so please take the opportunity to speak
with the cadets and learn about them and
to tell them what a great job they are
doing. I am sure that being at
Goldsmiths’ Hall or Mansion House is a
memory that they will treasure for the
rest of their lives.
Contributed by the Clerk,
Mike Jenkins
Above: The
Garden of
Remembrance at
St. Paul’s
Cathedral
Right: The Tower
of London
remembers…
“Blood Swept
Lands and Seas
of Red”
NOTICES
Our Thanks to Our Sponsors:
We are grateful to our sponsors who play an important and welcome role in helping
our Livery Company thrive.
We wish to thank MVine for their pro bono development work on our website,
Positive Image Ltd. and Kulu Valley for communications, as well as the pro bono
public relations work for us by Whiteoaks PR Company.
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Photographs of WCIT Events:
We would like to thank Gerald Sharp Photography for providing the photographs of
the 2014 Installation Dinner. Anyone wishing to obtain these, plus many others, please
visit: www.sharpphoto.co.uk
We would also like to thank Mike Williams Photography
(www.photographybymikewilliams.co.uk) for providing the photographs of the
Royal Signals & Enterprise Awards; Junior Warden Chris Histed; Kerri Mansfield,
Court Assistant, and WCIT Liverymen Peta Walmisley, Elizabeth Sparrow, Peter
Cordery, Geoff Unwin and Roger Marshall for providing the WCIT news and events
photographs. Also thanks to Blind In Business; John Chilton School; Meadow Wood
School; Lifelites; and the Barts Guild for providing their respective photographs from
their charities. Also thanks to our partner schools LBTS and HA for providing
photography.
Also a thank you to the City of London Corporation for providing permissions to use
the City of London Coat of Arms in Monitor.