The Coldstream Guards Association

Objects of the Association

• To maintain an organization whereby the principal of 'Once a Coldstreamer always a Coldstreamer' be sustained.




• To bring notice to Regimental Headquarters any case of deserving assistance from Regimental Funds, which are at the disposal of the Regimental Lieutenant Colonel.




• To assist members who have left or who are leaving the Regiment to obtain employment by collective efforts on the part of Branches and by individual effort on the part of its members to obtain recruits for the Regiment.




• To organize meetings of members of each Branch, including its Annual Dinner, Memorial Parades and Social events.

The Coldstream Guards Association are proud to have the principle of 'Once a Coldstreamer always a Coldstreamer'. The Association, whose Patron is General Sir Michael Rose, KCB CBE DSO QGM DL, have their office at Regimental Headquarters in Wellington Barracks.

The Coldstream Guards Association, which has branches all over the UK including one in Canada, is able to help those members who have recently left the Regiment to find a job or a new career. As well as this, they can recommend members who need financial assistance to Regimental HQ, who then are able to access funds. In fact, 72 applicants were accepted for help in 2005 - 6, with over £45,000 being given over to those worthwhile cases.

The Association organises regular meetings at each Branch as well as a number of social events throughout the year, such as the popular Annual Dinner, and also encourages members to take part in memorial parades.

The Coldstream Guards Association has thrown its weight behind The Coldstream Kids Charity, and said:

The newly formed charity of 'Coldstream Kids' is a very welcome addition to our service charities. Formed by dedicated Coldstreamers in response to Regimental fatalities in recent conflicts, it is aimed specifically at children in need, of all Coldstreamers. We are a family and as with all families our responsibility is to all our children, the next generation who will carry forward our heritage and traditions.

Association Branches

• Aldershot

• Ashington

• Bath

• Birmingham

• Bradford

• Bristol

• CANADA

• Coldstream

• Doncaster

• Dorset & West Hants

• Essex

• Exeter

• Gloucester

• Huddersfield

• Hull

• The Isle of Wight

• King's Lynn

• Leicester

• Leeds

• Liverpool

• London

• Manchester

• Middlesbrough

• Newcastle

• North East Lancashire

• Norwich

• Plymouth & Cornwall

• Reading

• Oxford

• Sheffield

• Shropshire

• Suffolk

• Sunderland

• Sussex

• Watford

• Windsor

• Yeovil & Taunton

• York

Contact Details

The Secretaries of the above Branches can be contacted by telephone on 01642 479 463, or by e-mail on coldstream.guards@ntlworld.com or via Regimental HQ.