Paddy Griffith Memorial Kriegsspiel?

[Guy]

Henry Hyde mentioned today on The Minatures Page that Too Fat Lardies will not be at Colours this week-end because they will be attending a meeting regarding this idea.
Anyone know anything about it?
Guy

[Martin]

I understand from Richard Clarke that it's one of the Duxford games that Paddy had comitted to run. The intention is that it will still take place, in memorium.

Richard had been part of the team assisting Paddy in umpiring previous Duxford games and is involved with this one too.

Martin

[Guy]

Thanks Martin,
Nice idea.
Best wishes
Guy

[hammurabi70]

Would that be this one?
http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.3269

[henridecat]

Will details can be published/confirmed here?

[Martin]

Would that be this one?

Yes, that's it. The putative Axis attack on Malta.

[hammurabi70]

Would that be this one?

Yes, that's it. The putative Axis attack on Malta.

This is happening next Saturday; anyone going?

[Martin]

Yes. Richard Madder & I are going. Not sure who else. I'm also not sure yet what the format is, but there are apparently speakers.

It's at the RMA Sandhurst, where Paddy spent several years as a lecturer.

Martin

[hammurabi70]

Yes. Richard Madder & I are going. Not sure who else. I'm also not sure yet what the format is, but there are apparently speakers.

It's at the RMA Sandhurst, where Paddy spent several years as a lecturer.

Martin

Would you care to post a debrief note?

[Martin]

Someone probably can, but it may be a while if I'm doing it.

Martin

[hammurabi70]

Someone probably can, but it may be a while if I'm doing it.
Martin

That bad a result for you, eh!

[Martin]

We went straight from the memorial for 10 days in Scotland, hence this tardy response. Here's a very brief summary of the occasion......

The memorial was held at RMA Sandhurst and was attended by c100 friends from all periods of Paddy's life.

After a brief drinks reception, we were ushered into the Indian Army Memorial Room, where there were 70-80 minutes of fulsome tributes, interleaved by excepts from Paddy's TV programme 'The Game of War'. This part of the day was preceded and followed by a couple of songs by the Beatles.

Paddy's wife, Genevieve, gave the first tribute, and was followed by friends from school, university, Sandhurst and after.

I have known Paddy for less than 10 years, so was very interested in the descriptions of him by school-friends etc. It's clear that the man I knew was already recognisable from an early age.....creative, intellectual, irreverent, humorous, rebellious, dismissive of rules & regulations. One colleague made the comment that an institution like Sandhurst could never contain Paddy. How very true......

His interest in history & wargaming, was always there, and wherever he went he set up clubs, and discussion-groups, and societies to promote both.

Following the tributes, we adjourned to the Waterloo Room (dominated by a huge diorama painting of the battle) for tea, coffee, buffet & chat.

A good day, a fitting tribute, and I'm glad I attended.

Martin

[hammurabi70]

Sounds like a very apt and fitting day although not quite the Kriegsspiel I thought they had in mind.

A good final salute.

[Martin]

Yes it had occured to me that the memorial might have taken the form of a surprise k/spiel - which would have been very much in Paddy's style. Some attendees at his first game at Duxford had been under the impression that it was to be a day of lectures, although Paddy always claimed the misunderstanding was not down to him!

This suspicion was reinforced by the fact that we were split into several groups for the pre-event communication, although that turned-out to have no significance on the day.

I'm assuming that Paddy's planned game at Duxford will still go ahead, although I'm not involved in the running of that.

I think Richard Clarke is. Perhaps he can enlighten us.