ANNOUNCEMENTS
ARMY PEOPLE
TRIBUTES
LOCAL OFFICERS APPOINTED O Adherents Sec Edra Cooper, Dereham
MAJOR ALFRED GURR ALFRED George Gurr was born on WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 10 September 1931 in Emerald (55th) Bessbrook, Northern O Majors Brian and Hesley Johnson Ireland. When he (17 December) was five, he and his Golden parents, Alfred and Florrie, moved to O Majors David and Margaret Scott Maidstone in Kent, his father’s former (11 December) home. The family began attending the corps there and Alfred became a junior DEDICATED TO GOD and then a senior soldier. O Lilly Ava, daughter of Kirk and Lucy Alfred became a solicitor’s articled clerk Smith, at Reading Central by Major and had a promising legal career ahead Adrian Maddern of him. But in 1951, at the tender age of O Freddie James, son of Bandsman Ben and Lindsay Clayton, at Leeds Central by 19, he entered the International Training College as part of the Intercessors Major Valerie Spivey session. There he met Lucy, who was in the same session. They married on PROMOTED TO GLORY O Rtd BM Robert Harding, Darlington 30 October 1954 at the corps in Laindon, Essex, where Lucy’s family soldiered. O S/Reservist Christine Andrews, Cwmbran The first of their children, Linda, was born in 1955 while they were stationed O Iris Lindsay, Waterbeach, on 1 October at Skegness. She was followed by O Maureen Fullman, Skewen, on Rosemary, born in 1958 when they 15 November O Irene Cosgrove, Govan, on 19 November were at Liverpool Garston, Andrea, born in 1960 in Penzance, and Alistair, O Rtd CSM Tom Saunders, Plymouth born in 1969 while they were stationed Congress Hall, on 22 October at Bradford Great Horton. Alfred’s other appointments included BEREAVED York Holgate, Hull Newland, Morden, O Graham Andrews, Cwmbran, of his Streatham Vale, Wolverhampton, wife S/Reservist Christine Andrews, Worksop, Sunderland Millfield, Blackburn Bandswoman Wendy Andrews and Citadel, Clacton Citadel, Sittingbourne SCL Rachel Horne, both Cwmbran, and Folkestone. He also spent a of their mother O S/Sgt/Bandsman Alf Fullman, Skewen, different but happy period serving with the Red Shield Defence Services in of his wife Maureen Fullman, Andrew Germany, firstly in Soltau and then Fullman and Nigel Fullman of their Mansergh Barracks, Gütersloh. His mother final appointments in the UK were to O Major Helen Young, Arbroath, of her Blackheath, Chatham with Upchurch mother Irene Cosgrove Outpost and Canterbury DHQ. He retired O Heather Saunders, Plymouth Congress in 1996. Hall, of her husband Rtd CSM Tom In November 2020, Alfred entered Saunders, Sharon Saunders, Plymouth Hanningfield care home in Sittingbourne, Congress Hall, and Sarah Williams, where he was wonderfully cared for Bristol Citadel, of their father
ENGAGEMENTS THE TERRITORIAL COMMANDER (COMMISSIONER ANTHONY COTTERILL) AND COMMISSIONER GILLIAN COTTERILL O Hednesford, Sun 5 Dec O Longton, Sun 5 O Palace of Westminster (parliamentary carol service), Tue 7 O Royal Albert Hall (territorial carol concert), Wed 8 O Riverside Complex (HSU carol service), Tue 14 THE CHIEF SECRETARY (COLONEL PAUL MAIN) AND COLONEL JENINE MAIN O Palace of Westminster (parliamentary carol service), Tue 7 Dec O Royal Albert Hall (territorial carol concert), Wed 8
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by staff until his promotion to Glory on 15 October 2021. Major Alf will be remembered for his strong principles, musicianship, forthright preaching and above all his deep love and concern for people. The many comments on his Facebook page bear testimony to his influence on the lives of so many people. – LH MAJOR RENEE OZANNE RENEE was born in Gateshead on 14 January 1923. Her parents, Ann and William Harlow, were assurance officers who served mainly in the north of England. They also held appointments in Cardiff and Southend before retiring in Gillingham. Renee entered the International Training College in 1949 as a cadet of the Standard Bearers session. After an initial appointment in Hereford, she was stationed at King’s Cross, where she met Lieutenant Stanley Ozanne, who was at a neighbouring corps. They married in 1953 and had three children, Len, Jean and Ken, while serving in many appointments in southern England, Belfast and London, before a long stint in East Anglia. They retired from Bracknell in 1995, settling in Hove to be near Jean and her family. Stan was promoted to Glory in 2008 and Renee then lived in sheltered housing before moving into Villa Adastra. As her health deteriorated, she moved into a nursing home. She was promoted to Glory peacefully on 12 October. Renee’s service was that of a true pastor, with her service centred on the care of the families around her. She never put herself first. She and Stan were very much a partnership, sharing their ministry as they shared their lives. Although she considered herself to be ‘unremarkable’, it is worth remembering that, in a time before many married women worked, Renee worked fulltime and cared for her family. While some churches resisted the ordination of women, Renee served her Lord in a way that left no one doubting the validity of her calling. Although sermons were preached, they were also lived out in the day-to-day acts of service that were her life. Renee is much missed by her family and friends, but is now at rest. – KO
