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ACC Association – What We Do

Remembrance services in November and Corps Sunday in July each year form the backbone of the ACC Association’s events. But there is a wealth of other events and activities for members to participate in throughout the year, many organised by special interest groups and branches.

Current Activities

There are many Reunion events happening throughout the year run either by the ACC Association Secretary or willing volunteers.  For golfers, there are four Society meetings and eight matches against other Corps. There are clubs and societies for special interest groups like the Officer’s Club, the ACC Golf Society, the Sergeants’ Past & Present Association (currently in abeyance) and the Airborne Chefs’ Association. All this activity is in addition to regional lunches and “get-together” events run all over the UK throughout the year. The subsidiary branches organise events for their own members.

The in-house magazine, “The Flaming Cauldron”, is posted to all UK registered members of the Association annually in November. The magazine has a busy members letters section and ex-corps members can try to locate old colleagues by asking the readership, as well as all the news and articles on forthcoming events and reports on previous functions.

ACC Association dates for the diary 2026

  • Thursday 6 November 2025 – Opening Ceremony of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey followed by open lunch at the Westminster Kingsway College (Training) Restaurant
  • Sunday 9 November 2025 – Cenotaph Parade (tickets limited to 50 – via the Secretary) and lunch at the Victory Services Club
  • Sunday 9 November 2025 – National Memorial Arboretum Remembrance Day Ceremony.
  • Friday 27 March 2026 Officers’ Club AGM / Reunion dinner at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London
  • Tuesday 2 June 2026 Governors Day Review at Chelsea Hospital
  • July (TBC) 2026 Officers’ Club Summer – likely a curry lunch at the VSC, London
  • Corps Weekend to celebrate 85 years on the formation of the ACC (22 March 1941):
    • Saturday 4 July 2023 Association evening function at the Village Hotel, Farnborough
    • Sunday 5 July 2026 Corps Sunday at The Royal Garrison Church Aldershot followed by curry lunch at the Village Hotel, Farnborough.
  • Tuesday 4 August 2026 ACC Officers’ Club versus Worship Company of Cooks golf match followed by Dinner at Norton Park Hotel, Sutton Scotney
  • Friday 23 October 2026 Officers’ Club Ladies Dinner Night at the Harbour Hotel Southampton
  • Thursday 5 November 2026 Opening Ceremony of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey followed by open lunch at the Westminster Kingsway College (Training) Restaurant
  • Sunday 8 November 2026 Cenotaph Parade (tickets limited to 50 – via the Secretary) and lunch at the Victory Services Club
  • Sunday 8 November 2026 National Memorial Arboretum Remembrance Day Ceremony

There are also the following Regional events – more info to follow:

  • August 2026 ACC/RLC veterans / Chef Kent Regional lunch at McCleods Restaurant, Kent (POC Andy Springett).
  • October 2026 – ACC North Regional reunion – Grand Hotel, Blackpool (POC Mick Joyner)
  • October 2026 – ACC Scotland Veterans – TBC (OPOC Ray Lorimer)

NOTE: Some dates are subject to change.