Coldstream Guards Association, Birmingham Branch.

22/07/2026

Troops,
The late Dee Lloyds family have released the details of her funeral.
The funeral will be on
Tuesday, 4th August at St Francis Church, Bournville B30 2AA. The church will be open at 1230 pm and the service starts at 1pm. Soft drinks will be available at the church before the service. Car parking is very restricted but you can park on local adjacent roads such as sycamore and Maple.
For those who wish to attend the burial, it will be held at Kings Norton cemetery on Longdales Road B38 9BQ.
For those who just wish to travel directly to the funeral reception, that is being held at the Westmead Hotel (Hopwood Suite) on the redditch road (2 minutes from jn2 M42) B48 7AL. The hotel is about 5 miles due south from the church.
Could you add your name to this message if you can attend for the caters and if anyone has any specific dietary requirements.
Kind regards
Andy Woollaston.

13/07/2026

See you in the morning- - Gods Kingdom come - til then - Avoir

Troops,
It is with heavy heart that I have to inform you of the passing of one of the sisters of our branch Mrs Dee Lloyd.
Dee had been attended branch functions with her husband Stan since the mid 1980’s.
After the loss of Stan Dee still attended functions and later meetings. She then got more involved with the branch helping out with the fund raising raffles and later becoming the minutes taker at the branch meetings.
A couple of years ago due to failing health she went into warden controlled premises in her much beloved Bournville area of Birmingham.
In the early hours of Saturday 11th July her family was informed that she had passed away.
To Dee’s family please accept the branch’s sincere condolences.
Dee may you rest in eternal peace. 💙❤️💙🙏

12/07/2026

Troops,
It is with heavy heart that I have to inform you of the passing of one of the sisters of our branch Mrs Dee Lloyd.
Dee had been attended branch functions with her husband Stan since the mid 1980’s.
After the loss of Stan Dee still attended functions and later meetings. She then got more involved with the branch helping out with the fund raising raffles and later becoming the minutes taker at the branch meetings.
A couple of years ago due to failing health she went into warden controlled premises in her much beloved Bournville area of Birmingham.
In the early hours of Saturday 11th July her family was informed that she had passed away.
To Dee’s family please accept the branch’s sincere condolences.
Dee may you rest in eternal peace. 💙❤️💙🙏

15/06/2026

Troops,
It’s with great sadness that I have to inform you that one of our sisters of branch Jean Reeves the wife of the late Jim Reeves has sadly passed away.
Sincere condolences to the family.
Jean may you rest in eternal peace. Xx

13/06/2026

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10/06/2026

Troops, it’s with heavy heart that I have to inform you that Birmingham Branch member Brian Bardsley sadly passed away a few days ago. He requested that he didn’t want the fuss of standards etc at his funeral and that we must respect.
Farewell old friend your tour of duty is complete.
🫡🟦🟥🟦🙏💂🏻

24/05/2026

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24/05/2026