The sun shone at Thorney near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 3rd June for the Annual Gathering. Members enjoyed a talk by Lynda Hotchkiss, (Researcher for the Cave FHS) and by Philippa McCray and Elaine Phillips, (Event Organisers). A wonderful buffet lunch was served and there was an opportunity for a guided walk around Thorney. In the evening some members enjoyed a meal at The Bell Inn, Stilton.

2007 was a very special year for the society - a 30 year anniversary - taking place at Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, on Saturday 23rd June. Home to a branch of the Cave family during the early 1900's Sulgrave Manor is perhaps better known as the ancestral home of George Washington's family. It was a day of celebration and emotions ran high. The rain held off long enough for a group photo.

In the evening The Rt. Hon. The Lady Braye (Patron) joined us a The Starr Inn, Sulgrave, for a celebratory dinner. A report of the gathering by Philippa McCray, (Member #68) appeared in Caveman Vol 7 No 1 October 2007.

Members met at the Coalport China Museum in Ironbridge, Shropshire on Saturday 10th May. The formal business of the Society took place during the morning and in the afternoon there was an opportunity to explore the various Ironbridge museums, including Blists Hill, the recreated Victorian town. A dinner was held at The Malthouse Restaurant in Ironbridge. A report of the Gathering by Richard Cave, (Member #59, appeared in Caveman, Vol 7 No 3 October 2008.

On Saturday 19 September members met at the University & Literary Club in Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol for the Annual Gathering of the Society. The club, housed in a magnificent Georgian building, was originally established in 1889 as the Literary and Philosophic Club - it provided a wonderful setting for our 32nd Gathering.

Following the AGM, members enjoyed a talk by Dr Colin Chapman on research using old naval records. There followed plenty of free time during the day to catch up with old friends, to use the Internet for a spot of research and to quiz Lynda (the society researcher) and Hugh!

In the evening some members met at The Rodney Hotel in Clifton for an excellent dinner which was enjoyed by all.

A full report of the event, written by member Ruth Hecht, can be found in the November 2009 edition of Caveman, available in the Members Only area.

On Saturday 19th June 2010 members met at Eden Camp in Malton, North Yorkshire for the Annual Gathering of the Society.

Eden Camp is a modern history theme museum located within the grounds of an original WW2 prisoner-of-war camp.

Following the AGM, members were given a short talk by Sylvia Townsend on Romany Cave's. There was then time to catch up with old friends, meet new members and do a spot of research before lunch in the Officer's Mess where such delights as Submariners' Feast, Peace Convoy and Churchill's Pie were consumed.!!

During the afternoon a short service was led by Chairman and Founder Hugh Cave and a wreath, in honour of the 87 men and women who lost their lives during WW2, was laid. A full transcript of the service, written by Hugh, is available.

On Saturday 18th June 2011 members met at Ashby De La Zouch Museum in Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire for the Annual Gathering of the Society. A warm welcome was extended by volunteers working at the museum, which was awarded Museum of the Year in Leicestershire in July 2010.

The meeting started on time and the business of the Annual General Meeting was soon over.

A very large pedigree showing the early Cave family in Yorkshire and their descendants, Cave-Browne and Cave-Browne-Cave, proved of interest to most in the room, and the museum brought out from their archives various items relating to Stretton-en-le-Field; where the Cave-Browns and Cave-Browne-Cave families resided during the 19th century.

Both medals correctly named to above and mounted for wear on old brooch bar with original ribbons. Born circa 1900, Camden Town. Enlisted as Boy 11, Chatham Manning Division, May 1916. Served in HM Monitor ABERCROMBIE, Jan 17 - May 19. Post-war sea postings up to 1929 were STORMCLOUD, ENDEAVOUR, MARLBOROUGH, IRON DUKE, ROYAL SOVEREIGN. Record transferred to card 1929. He would have left the Navy the following year UNLESS he signed up to complete for pension, in which case he would have been serving at start of WW2.

ABERCROMBIE operated in the Eastern Med. and the Aegean during Cave's service and joined the Allied Fleet which sailed through the Dardanelles to Istanbul after the Turkish Surrender.

We believe Walter married Margaret E Kennedy during the March Quarter of 1924 in the St. Pancras district of London. If you have ANY information concerning the above, or his family, please contact the Society.

The was taken on the green near the Maypole at Sturminster Marshall, near Wimborne, 1901 on the occasion of the return from the Boer War of Robert Gale Cave, son of Mary Furber Cave, (Mrs Edward William Cave). All the village folk gathered and an address was given by Rev. James Cross who can be seen with the clear white shirt front, immediately in front of Robert Gale Cave.

Robert Cave stands wearing a cap with his back to the Maypole. Robert Cave's nephew, Clement Tory organised the event.

Four Generations, taken at Cottmans Corner, Sturminster Marshall, Wimbourne, 1904

Standing

Clement Edward Tory (son of Elizabeth Gale Tory nee Cave)

Seated

Elizabeth Gale Tory (nee Cave) with baby

Phyllis Irene Tory (daughter of Clement Edward Tory)

Seated

Mary Furber Cave (nee Richards) - Lady with stick

Family Group

The Edward William Cave family

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