At the Annual General Meeting held on 10 April 2010 Honorary Life Membership was conferred on Keith Tranmer in recognition of his many years service to the Society.  The President (Ian Muchall) recalled that Keith had been our membership secretary for some 20 years until 2007 and he was also our President during 2001-03 which included our 50th Anniversary year.  Keith had supported the Society in other ways - he had attended almost all London meetings and had also attended our weekends away (notably Leeds and Lancaster), has written articles for our Newsletter / Journal and displayed regularly at London / away meetings.  He was also a regular supporter of our former annual meetings in places such a Birmingham, Manchester, Worthing and Worcester.  Those who had been present at meetings where he displayed knows he always had a good story to tell - associated in some way with the material he displayed and he was an excellent host as President at our 50th Anniversary dinner during our first weekend away.  He continues to support the Society by being on the Committee and giving us his wisdom on a variety of subjects when we meet on those formal occasions.  Those present wholeheartedly supported and approved the proposal.

At the Annual General Meeting held on 12 April 2008 Honorary Life Membership was conferred on Alistair Kennedy in recognition of his devotion and tireless work for the Society in so many ways and over such a long period. He was President 1991-93, he deals with the despatch of the Journal and has done so for many years, he helps out at live auctions, assists at Midpex and other Society events, assists in answering queries from both members and non-members and generally supports the Society as a regular attendee at meetings all over the country and can be relied upon for a display no matter what the topic. He is one of our foremost experts on Forces mail generally.

In a subsequently letter thanking the Society he states that "I was completely taken by surprise by the award of honorary life membership of the Society. I consider this a great privilege, and thank the members for this honour. I have been a member for a little over fifty years (I think I joined in 1957) and have had great happiness from my membership throughout that period. I look forward to many more years of the same".

At the Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2004 Honorary Life Membership was conferred on John Daynes, a point universally approved by every member present. This was in recognition of the enormous amount of work and support provided by John to the Society over many years and in so many important roles. John had worked for the Society since the late 1950's.

He was President 1988-1991, Librarian 1974-2004; Editor of the Newsletter 2003-2004, and had been a prolific contributor for many, many years; and he took over the postal auctions following the death of the late Alan Brown. He was also the programme organiser (having played a leading role in the formulation of our annual programme over a long period) from 2001. In addition John helped out in so many other ways: a strong supporter and advocate of our once plentiful and regular provincial meetings, he also organised the engravings for both the President's Cup and the Harry Cope medals. Congratulations and a big thank you John, from us all.

Sadly John died on 17 July 2008 - his obituary can be found here. Obituary-John Daynes