Announcements

ARMY PEOPLE TRIBUTES

LOCAL OFFICERS APPOINTED

Adherents Sec Edra Cooper, Dereham

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Emerald (55th) Majors Brian and Hesley Johnson (17 December) Golden Majors David and Margaret Scott (11 December)

DEDICATED TO GOD

Lilly Ava, daughter of Kirk and Lucy

Smith, at Reading Central by Major

Adrian Maddern Freddie James, son of Bandsman Ben and Lindsay Clayton, at Leeds Central by

Major Valerie Spivey

PROMOTED TO GLORY

Rtd BM Robert Harding, Darlington S/Reservist Christine Andrews,

Cwmbran Iris Lindsay, Waterbeach, on 1 October Maureen Fullman, Skewen, on 15 November Irene Cosgrove, Govan, on 19 November Rtd CSM Tom Saunders, Plymouth

Congress Hall, on 22 October

BEREAVED

Graham Andrews, Cwmbran, of his wife S/Reservist Christine Andrews,

Bandswoman Wendy Andrews and

SCL Rachel Horne, both Cwmbran, of their mother S/Sgt/Bandsman Alf Fullman, Skewen, of his wife Maureen Fullman, Andrew

Fullman and Nigel Fullman of their mother Major Helen Young, Arbroath, of her mother Irene Cosgrove Heather Saunders, Plymouth Congress

Hall, of her husband Rtd CSM Tom

Saunders, Sharon Saunders, Plymouth

Congress Hall, and Sarah Williams,

Bristol Citadel, of their father

MAJOR ALFRED GURR

ALFRED George Gurr was born on 10 September 1931 in Bessbrook, Northern Ireland. When he was five, he and his parents, Alfred and Florrie, moved to Maidstone in Kent, his father’s former home. The family began attending the corps there and Alfred became a junior and then a senior soldier.

Alfred became a solicitor’s articled clerk and had a promising legal career ahead of him. But in 1951, at the tender age of 19, he entered the International Training College as part of the Intercessors session. There he met Lucy, who was in the same session. They married on 30 October 1954 at the corps in Laindon, Essex, where Lucy’s family soldiered.

The first of their children, Linda, was born in 1955 while they were stationed at Skegness. She was followed by Rosemary, born in 1958 when they were at Liverpool Garston, Andrea, born in 1960 in Penzance, and Alistair, born in 1969 while they were stationed at Bradford Great Horton.

Alfred’s other appointments included York Holgate, Hull Newland, Morden, Streatham Vale, Wolverhampton, Worksop, Sunderland Millfield, Blackburn Citadel, Clacton Citadel, Sittingbourne and Folkestone. He also spent a different but happy period serving with the Red Shield Defence Services in Germany, firstly in Soltau and then Mansergh Barracks, Gütersloh. His final appointments in the UK were to Blackheath, Chatham with Upchurch Outpost and Canterbury DHQ. He retired in 1996.

In November 2020, Alfred entered Hanningfield care home in Sittingbourne, where he was wonderfully cared for

ENGAGEMENTS

THE TERRITORIAL COMMANDER (COMMISSIONER ANTHONY COTTERILL) AND COMMISSIONER GILLIAN COTTERILL

Hednesford, Sun 5 Dec Longton, Sun 5 Palace of Westminster (parliamentary carol service), Tue 7 Royal Albert Hall (territorial carol concert), Wed 8 Riverside Complex (HSU carol service), Tue 14

THE CHIEF SECRETARY (COLONEL PAUL MAIN) AND COLONEL JENINE MAIN

Palace of Westminster (parliamentary carol service), Tue 7 Dec Royal Albert Hall (territorial carol concert), Wed 8 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