Royal Naval Guild of Bellringers

Introduction

There are approximately 120 members of the Royal Naval Guild of Bellringers, serving and retired.

Three meetings are held each year.  The Winter Outing and Annual General Meeting are held at the beginning of March, traditionally in the south of England.  In the spring/summer a joint meeting is held with the Royal Air Force and Army Guilds and the autumn meeting, which extends to a weekend, is held in October as near as possible to Trafalgar Day.  All meetings are organised on a voluntary basis by members and are held in a variety of areas, covering the whole country.

In addition to these meetings the Ringing Master may arrange peals or quarter-peals for special, naval or royal occasions.  A weekend training course run by the RAF Guild is also open to RNGB members.

An average of 36 members attend meetings, which are informal and cater for all standards of ringing.  The meetings are friendly occasions, with everyone being encouraged to improve their ringing, and new members are made very welcome.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Guild are:

• a)      To foster and encourage the interest of all naval personnel in the art and exercise of campanology

• b)       To arrange periodic practices and meetings of naval bellringers and their families at suitable towers.