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Worshipful Company of BasketmakersVisit to Armoury House |
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Worshipful Company of BasketmakersVisit to Armoury House |
The Basketmakers Livery Committee organised a visit to Armoury House, the historic headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company, on the 5th November 2002. This event was attended by the new Prime Warden Jeremy Sorrell. Our previous Clerk, Major Gerald Flint-Shipman, Past Prime Warden (1993) is Major Commandant, the Light Cavalry with the HAC.
The oldest regiment in the British Army, the HAC was raised in 1537 some 32 years before the Basketmakers Company was established. Their web site address is www.hac.uk.com
The Museum, Court Room and Long Room were amongst the highlights. Each visitor received a handsome illustrated HAC Calendar with the proceeds going towards sending the HAC band to Boston in 2003 to visit the Honourable Artillery Company of Massachusetts headquartered in Boston's Faneuil Hall.
Pictured with Prime Warden Jeremy Sorrell, Major Gerald Flint-Shipman, who donated to the HAC the painting in the background, which depicts the HAC Infantry Detachment at their Annual Camp at Seaford in August 1859.
